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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-05
THE BULL RING.
Thoss Made Of Steel Said TO Do Safest
and Cheapest.

INoeo Maoo of 0yeoa SAso 20 0V S@sS@s
and Cheapest.
About as much reliance can be
placed in ordinary copper bull rings
as In the ordinary bull. writes an OHIO
.dairyman in the National stockman
and Farmer. Do you know that they
viii break like glass? The bull knows
1T. and 1t only remains for him to
take the notion, and the ring will be
ready for repairs. am not as scary
about bulls as some people and never
lose any sleep imagining that a bull
calf will suddenly wake up with the
notion that he Is the owner OF the
earth and the Inhabitants thereof. Still
there are many occasions that require
a safe method Of handling even quiet
bull.
Although my bull Ii as nesceabie as
a lamb, yet can show quite a little
collection of rings that ID. has broken.
A stranger enters the stzble and gives
Taurus a friendly pat Oh the back that
frightens him almost ints fit. Timid-
ity would. be the last thing thought OF
~ .
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-05
Had Arm Broken.

A runaway that resulted dis.
astrously occurred in the western
part of town Monday evening.
Atea m belonging to J. J. Mu)let,
attached to a. woodrack, was
driven by the owner and his son
up to the stable, and before the
occupants of the rig could alight,
the horse become frightened and
ran. they first struck an 8x8
pest, which was knocked down,
and rushing on, the animals
collided with a corner of Mrs.
Purdy's house, tearing of =
corner board; they next smashed
through a couple of panels of
fence and mixed up wieh barbed,
wire, running across lot with
one end of the wire attached to
their rig aud the other end to the
fence, thus tearing off potato tops
and doing all sorts of damage to-
the garden.
The next stunt was collidfng
j with two posts at the Wills place,
where they finally become en-
tangled and one horse got a leg
! in a post hole. This ended the
!, mad race, but the results were
serious.
81 Mr.. Mullet was thrown from
: the rig and had an arm broken,
I while the horses were badly Gu
S on the barbed wire. Mr.. Mul
e llet's son jumped from the rig ans
t escaped uninjured
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-05

the auspices of the w. c. T. II.
Mr. Zimmerman, an Anti Saloon
League worker from Portland
viii be the principal speaker.
Short talks by local pastors.
Special music in charge of
Mrs. McCausland. Rev. Gibbs of
the South Methodist church will
preside.
Every body cordially invited.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-05
Has Made Good Record.

One of Benton couuty's en-
ergetic road supervisors has sent
in a report to the county court
that contains several interesting
items tor the public. He is D. B.
Farley, of Southern Benton, and
his report says:
81 will make a partial state
ment OF my road work up to thr
present time. / have let mos
of my work by contract and am
we'll pleased with the terms
have made and with the hands ]
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-05
Abrahafn LfnCofA

Was man who, agsinst all odds, at
tanned the highest honor . man could
get In the United States. j Ba1Iard's
Horsf ound Syrup has attained place
never equalled by any other remedy. It
10 a sure cure for Coughs, Colds, Bronchi-
tis, Influenza and all Pulmonary dis
eases. Every mother should keep sup
piled with this wonderful cough remedy.
Sold by Graham & Wortham.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-05
"StainIess Flag" Service.

There will be a Union meeting
of all the churches of the city
held on the Court house lawn
next Sunday evening. 1t is to
be a "Stainless Flag'' service
originated by DR.. Chapman
editor of the "Searchlight'' in
Los Angeles, California.
The meeting will be unde,
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-05
KILLED sy ELECTRICITY.
Death Came While Dorcey Work.
ed.-Sad Accident in Corvallis.

S0e~S0o HSSboSAAS @ ".-OS
A tragic death marked the
early hours of Wednesday morn
ing in Corvallis, when Joe Dorcey
of Albany, a member Of the
.'long distance gang Of the In
dependent telephone company,
now at work In this city, was
killed by q live wire.
F Dorcy was at work on a pole
Just back of the Charles Everett
house on north Third street,
and at 8:15 he came in contact
with an electric light wire, re-
ceiving 23oo volts of electricity.
The body fell back, the pipe
dropped from the lips. and fell
low workmen with q quick
movement cut the current, thus
preventing further disaster.
Within two minutes after the
accident the limp body was be.
ling tenderly lowered. and DR..
|Cashey and George Cathey were
lon The ground to begin q bat
Itle to save the life Of the un.
conscious man. For two and 9
half hours all that mortal could
do to bring back the precious life
spark. was done, not q second
being lost. but the deadly Juice
Ehad done its work and all efforts
were unavailing.
/ A large crowd quickly gather
led and a rope had to be stretch
ed TO keep back the curious
sympathetic throng. The wife
land several other relatives were
Summoned from Albany ant
reached Corvallis before th'
lease was given up as hopeless
At IL o'clock, however, jus
latter their arrival. the covers o.
the improvised bed which hat
been spread in the. street, wer
drawn over the quiet face, ant
q all was over.
I Joe Dorcy was a native o
michigan and was about SO year
of age. He had resided il
Albany about seven years and ha
been in the employ Of the tele
phone company for q number 9
years. It was stated on tn
streets that he had been marie
only two weeks, but this repol
Twas not verified. The remair
lwere placed in a recei,
ling casket and driven at once
Albany in the hearse, the rel
\ |tives returning BY train. II
1young wife was Frustrated !
the shock, and all the relativ'
have the sympathy Of this cor
| munity in their sorrow.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-05
SHE IS FOUND. ].


y Last winter the 1azcttS puO.
lished story coacerning the
strange disappearance from Hub.
ea.d Oregon, of q woman named
Freyman. Relatives Of the mis-
sing lady wrote to the chief. Of
police + of this city and to the
editor of this paper, asking for
information of their relative, and
Chief Lane made diligeut inquiry.
lin Corvallis to ascertain whether
lor not such a person had been
jseeu hereabouts.
| The letters Of inquiry gave
detailed information of thestrange
disappearance of the woman, and
enclosed q photograph, but no
such person had been seen or
iheard of in Corvallis. Later, an
Item ID ! Portland paper related
that the husband was still scour-
ing the country for a clue to the
Host wamou, but his efforts had
been ,oof no avail. But the mys-
|tery has at last been solved, and
/ a Woodburn dispatch Tuesday
gives the sad story as follows:
..The body of Mrs Mark Frey
man, who had been missing since
early in the morning Of January
first, was found yesterday
; morning between 9 and 10 O'Clock
.lby an old man who was fishing 1t
llPuddie river and ran across
the badly decomposed remains ii
!, driftwood between the two wago,
bridges crossing the stream cas-
, of Wosdburn.
: .sVery little was left Of the bod,
Save the skeleton. The husban
identified the remains by tn
false teeth and the clothing
8 which was the same that she ha
: when last seen. She had evident
lily jumped from the railroa
bridge into, the river and her bod
had drifted down to the poir
where it was found.
at 'sMI. Freyman on December
n took his wife to the home of tn
+ her sister, Mrs. Albert Jordan.
q Hubbard, because she express
|e a wish to 60 there and also Q
h account of her making a thre
s-(the night before to commit sucis
y stating that her, heart was wi.
,t}another man. At her request
:. ~ did not remain there that nigh
y Early the next morning she sli
u ped away from the house and
1e tidings, were ever obtained of b
ID until the body was found, s
a months afterward.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-05
Notic, Of Finai Settlement

Notice IS hereby given that the undersigned
Administrator A of the Estate of Abram Under
isill decease1 has filed in the County Court of
BENTON county. State of Oregon, his hnai &C
count rs such Administrator of said Estate,
and that Saturd, y the day of July A. D., 1907,
at the hour of ten O'Clock A. M. has been fixed
by said Court as the time for hearing OF object
ions to said report. and the settlement thereof.
HORACE UNDERH1LL,
Administrator of the Estate of Abram Under
HILL deceased. zS-5s
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-22
FIRE ADDS TO WHEELINe's LOSS.
Three Children Drowned-Hundreds
Rescued by Police.

Wheeling. West Va.-Flres have
added to the food losses in the
Wheeling district At Bridgeport. O..
opposite Wheeling. lime in water set
fire to the extensive plant of the Scott
Lumber Co, which was completely de-
stroycd The fire spread to n number
of nearby houses, which were de-
strOycd, and the total loss is $500
An explosion Of gas at the Warwick
pottery, in South Wheeling, de-
stroyed the greater part of the plant
and threatened many houses in the
vicinity, occupied mostly by Syrians.
The police rescued hundred or
more persons from their homes in
sklffs, but three Syrian children were
d.owned, The loss will be over $780,.
600
II is reported that Fire Chief w. G.
Clayton was drowned. Several other
persons are thought to have been
drowned.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-22
THE PRESIDENT is READY.
Prepared to Talk Shop With Railroad
Wizard Hartman.

Washington, d. C.-NLOw that T..
II. Hartman has secured date for
a conference with the president, 1t Is
no breaking Of confidence to state that
Mr.. Hartman has been making siren
nous efforts to obtain the conference
for some time. 1t was for this pu:.
pose that he came to Washington las.
week, although the O5tensible purpose
VAS to present his son to Mr. Roose-
welt. The president, however kept Mr.
Harrlman's visit to the White House
then on purely personal basis
Mr. Hartman tried again, this time
using his personal counsel. Maxwell
Eyarts, as intermediary He was so
sanguine, 1t is said that he waited at
a hotel for the summons he expected
would follow Mr.. Everts call on the
president
President Roosevelt gave Mr. Evcrts
To understand that he did not feel in.
cIincd to meet Mr.. Hartman until he
had clear idea OF the trend the con.
ference would take. The president
felt, so report says, that seeing Mr..
Hartman at that time might have de.
yelopments which would AFFECT the in.
terstate commerce commissions In
quiry. and he wanted first to 50 over
the entire ground with the commits.
sioners and thus be as full OF facts
as Mr.. Hartman might be OF theories.
Evidently President Roosevelt Is
ready now to talk shop with the great.
est railroad wizard OF the age.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-22
A BROAD HINT TO CANNON.
Porto Rico Speaker Intimates Island
Ready for SeIf.Government.

San Juan, Porto Rico.-The con.
gressional party, in charge of Gov.
Winthrop and Commissioner Of the In
terlor Lawrence II. Grahame, left here
for smile run In automobiles over
the military road into the interior Of
the island. At o'clock the congress-
men had returned to San Juan, where
they attended reception of the execu-
tive council, and visited the house OF
delegates. Mr.. Cannon was warmly
welcomed by the speaker. who made a
patriotic speech, in which he limited
strongly that Porto Rico was ready for
self.government
Mr. Cannon replied, and while he
eyaded the question of citizenship for
the people Of Porto Rico, expressed
qualification over the wonderful agri-
cultural development made here since
his trip of four years ago
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-22
MUST GO To TRIAL
CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT
SUSTAINs JUDGE dunno.
WRIT OF PROHIBITION DENIED RUFF
Mayor Schmitz Asks for a Separate
Hearing, and His Case viii
Be Called Today.

San Francisco Cal.-The state su
preme court denied the application
made by the attorneys for Abraham
Ruef Tor a writ OF prohibition to pre-.
vent Judge dunno from proceeding
with the trial pending the disposition
OF the writ or error to the United
states supreme court by Judge Heb.
bard
Decision Of the Court.
The decision of the court is as fol
lows:
I'VE are satisfied that the writ OF
error, If It was properly granted. does
not act as a stay Of proceedings in the
court having Jurisdiction ever the In.
dictment The petition is denied"
The case Of Mayor Schmitz, indicted
with Rucf for cxtortion on Ave counts,
was called. Counsel announced that
the defendant was ready, but demand.
ed a separate trial. Mayor Schmitz an.
nounCcd his readiness to go to trial.
and Judge Dunno set the case for
Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-22
CHICAGO sUB.TREAsURY cLEw.


Chicago, hit having proved i'm.
possible mp to the present to obtain
any trace Of the Sl73.00O. which mys
tcriously disappeared from the Chica.
go subtrcasury, the secret service of
ilcers are now working upon theory
which they believe may bring tangible
results. This theory is that an EN-.
plOye of the subtreasury is subject tc
periods OF mental alteration. He has
been examined and admitted he is sub.
jet to attacks when his mind is a
blank and he can not remember what
occurred during this time. II Is
thought that the man. who In his
normal condition, is careful and thor.
oughly honest, may have taken the
money and has now forgotten where
It was placed He will be closely
watched in the hope that some clcw
to the location Of the money may be
found
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-22
YoAkUM AND GENERALIZATION
HIS Interview With President and
Commerce Commission.

Washington, d. C,-B F. Yoakum,
chairman Of the board Of direct.
ors of the Chicago, Rock Island &
Pacific railroad, who had an interview
Monday with President Roosevelt and
members of the interstate commerce
commission regarding the railroad sit
uation. told President Roosevelt that
the agitation and legislation In various
states. regarding &c fares. and the re.
duction in freight rates. have made It
almost impossible for the railroads to
negotiate loans on their securities. He
declared that The railroad men are
willing that the supervision of the
railroads be centralized in the national
government"
That" he added, would restore
confidence, and give the people to un.
derstand that the railroads wish to
observe the laws and It would stop the
hostile Legislation in various states"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-22
WIPING THEM OUT
TELEGRAMS DESCRIBING BAT.
TIES IN CENTRAL AMERICA.
AS THE HONDURANS TELL THE STORY
President Bonilla Of Hondusas Lead.
Ing His Army Against
the Enemy.

Puerto Cortez, Honduras.-The fol.
lowing kilograms describing the fight.
ing Of the last two days between Hon.
dnras and Nicaragua have been re.
ceived here:
San Pedro do Sui, March G.--An ex.
ploring party of Honduras troops at.
tackled the enemy in considerable
numbers at Namasique, capturing
three advanced positions, dislodEing
them from the town, and driving them
from the vicinity. The losses of the
Nicaraguan forces were numerous.
THE Honduran attacking column
was small, advancing under command
OF Col Leecano LardIzahel, in the face
Of an artillery fire.
Rifles, ammunition and stores were
captured in considerable quantities So
completely did the Nicaraguans dis.
band In their flight that, although nun.
bering several hundred, they were
powerless to return, even within close
proximity to Namasique The fight.
ing lasted four to FIVE hours without
material loss to the Hondurans"
The Battle OF Old DepiIto.
The following details OF the battle
OF Old Depllto have arrived:
Palace, Tegucigalpa. Emil.
iano Chomorro obtained yesterday
the first victory over the enemy.
About $3.50 in the afternoon he az.
tackled Old Depilto. where the Mica.
raguans had 400 men, and completely
defeated them taking 30 prisoners and
capturing cannon. rifles and ammunl.
ton and eight mules
Other dispatches include an order
OF President Ilonila appointing Satur.
nino Medal ito be the inspector gen
eral OF the army Of the republic, who
will act in my behalf, and shall be
obeyed by all authorities
President 8onilIa Leads.
Manuel Bonilla has taken the field
In person. as Is indicated by the fol
lowing telegram from Tegucigalpa:
The presence OF the president at
the head of the army has completely
changed the situation. Enthusiasm
has grown to such an extent that
many persons of all classes have fol.
lowed the chief to share In the dan.
ger"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-22
PANIC AT A SHOW.
Children TrampIed and Injured In a
Stampede at Paducah.

Paducah, ky.-During the perform.
ance at an electrical theater a
moving-picture machine exploded. the
film took fire. causing stampede.
Children filled the place, having been
admitted free. Many children were
knocked down and seriously hurt. Sew.
eral men went rushing through the
crowd OF children, yelling fire" knock.
ing the little ones down TO save
themselves, Men were fighting to get
In to stop the stampede, and people
were yelling and crying. In the mean.
time there was no danger from the
fire. Mary Farrell, aged II. was
pulled through a ticket window by
three men; Flora Mccain, IS, badly
bruised by being trampled; Ruth
Reems, Il, knocked down and run
over and seriously hurt.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-22
MOB LYNcHEs TWO NEGROES.
The JaiIer Gives Up the Key at Point
Of Gun.

Monroe, .La.--Fllnt Williams and
Henry Gardner, negroes, charged
with shooting and robbing two
Italians here Monday night, were
taken from the city Jail at o'clock
Friday morning by party of so men
and hanged in the courthouse square.
Both negroes admitted the crime and
Gardner also confessed that ne had
pus early Thursday morning. Both
were about % years old, The mob
took the keys to the jail from the Jail.
err ut the point OF a gun.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-22
THE STRIKE IN LOUISVILLE.
very Few People Are Riding in the
Kentucky Metropolis.

Louisville, Ky,-Violence resulting
In Injuries to nearly dozen per-
sons. and the spasmodIc operation
of less than 100 cars for n few hours
under apparently inadequate police
protection, marked the second day OF
the strike Of the union employees OF
the Louisville Railway Co Few If any
of the cars operated were patronized
and a number were stoned.
Supt, Funk of the street railway
company denied that any professional
strike.breakers had been sent for, and
stated that all extra men hired so far
were residents OF Louisville and vlcin-
ity.
About 1900 suburhanites spent the
night in Louisville owing TO the aban-
donment Of service on their lines.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-22
LEGALITY OF THE EXISTENCE OF
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
is DOUBTED.
SAY OFFICIALS GOT S45O,OO0
Also Charge That $4,000 Was Raised
by the Prize.Fight Promoters
for a Monopoly OF
the Permits.

San Fraucisco-The action OF the
grand jury in bringing before 1t the
members Of the board Of supervisors
aroused the greatest interest in The
proceedings Of that body, which has
been forced 10 suspend its sessions
on account of the doubts thrown upon
its legality Of existence by the attor.
ncys Of Mayor SchmitG and Abraham
Rucr indicted for alleged cXtur,iOn.
When IL was announced last night that
tn" grand jury would probably re-
main IN session all night, It was con
be- looked for To add to the public
excitement the Bulletin last night
published an extra declaring that
further exposures Of municipal cor
ruptiun had been made and tina, many
indictments would soon be made In
certain circles the statements were
given crcd,ncr because OF the hnowl
edge that the Bulletin people have
been openly securing eyidcuc, to aid
Assistant District Attorney Honcy 10
his prosecution of public officials. The
Bulletin says that plot involving the
granting Of valuable street railway
privileges were laid bare Monday.
Grating Is Charged.
It is charged that the sum of $3.50.
600 was paid to high officials TO per.
nit Of the conversion OF stree, railway
systems into electric lines, and that
the Bulk Of this money was retained
by "a mysterious man, and that SINAI.
sums of money We're parcclcd out to
minor city officials to secure enough
votes to permit Of the granting of the
required franchises. Another story IL
that rival telephone companies each
paid large sums of money. one to shut
Of competition and the other to secure
The right Of competition for public
patronage. Another charge is that a
corporation fund of $4,000 was ra So!
by prizcight promoters to secure
monopoly of fight permits. The rail.
way franchises and the telephone fran.
chisc were passed by the supervisors
in the day Of confusion immediately
following the earthquake in April. The
supervisors were directly concerned
with all of these legislative acts.
Believe Someone Confessed.
II has been believed by persons close.
~ associated with the district attor.
ncy's office that some confessions
have been obtained which have direct
bearing ON charges privately and pub.
llCly made. Assistant District Attur
noy Honey a few days ago, When
asked for candid personal opinion o.
his evidence against officials indicted
and about to be indicted. said:
Il have stronger evidence against
these people than had In the land
fraud cases in Oregon, and where the
Jnrics convicted
Commissioner Wilson. an ox.super.
visor, II. NJ, Owens, an attorney. Ru.
dolph Spcckcls ana mysterious young
woman, whose name is given by Burns
rs Miss Smith, and who Is said to
have been employed by the board Of
supervisors as stenographer. were also
before the grand jury during the day
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-22
JEWS ADOPT SEVERE MEASURES.
Want to Prevent Repetition Of Recent
Ant!.Jewish Disturbances.

fehsavctgrad, Russia-Mcasures o!
especial severity have been adopted
here to prevent a repetition of the re.
cent anti.Jowish disorders Gov. Ma
lief has been ordered to investigate
the recent disturbances personally and
then to report in person to Premier
Stolypin.
The Jews here have received re-.
assuring telegram from NJ. Perga.
ment, member of the lower house of
parliament from Odessa, in which
praise is accorded the premier for the
promptitude with which he acted in
the local disorders.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-22

Chicago. lll.-Robert W. Patter.
son, editor-In.chief of the Chicago
Tribune, and son-in.law OF the late 10.
seph Medill, has parted with his per.
sonal holdings in the Tribune to Ne.
dill Mccormick, business manager of
the Tribune and son OF Robert Fl. Nc
Cormick, former ambassador to Rus.
STA and to France.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-22
30 DEAD ON FRENCH SHIP.
Explosion at TouIon Wounded Adj.
miraI and Sailors.

Toulon- Eighty blucjackets were
killed on the Franch battleship
Jena which blew up in the dock here
Tuesday, according to the latest re.
ports from the officers. Rear Admiral
Manceon and hundred other sailors
are suffering from severe injuries.
The entire afterpart of the Jena was
blown TO pieces. The bodies of the
victims were hurled through the air
by succession OF explosions. Scores
Of the men jumped overheard upon
the stone quay and suffered serious in.
juries. The magazine had recently
been replenished and contained many
tons OF powder, as well as a number
OF charges for torpedoes. The acct
dent is thought to have been caused
by the explosion Of one of the torpe-
does.