The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1907-02-19

The whole question, it saye,
hinges on the admission of flaborers,
and It suggests the removal of die
ability of the Japanese to become
naturaliz-d. = - .
If this is effected, the Nichi Nichi
thinks, the last source of difficulty
between japan and the United
| States will csase to exist.
! San Francisco, Feb. l6.-The
/ Exclusion League tonight received
the following telegram from Mayor
Schmitz: .....
! Amendment to immigration bill
only foreruuner of What is to follow.
Cannot make public full details un-
til later. ) Have not relinquished
any of our rights. Agitation at
this time may complicate satisfac.
tory settlement"
New York, Feb. 16.-"I would
rather 60 to the electric chair than
to the madhouse.
| That was the determination
reached by Harry Thaw this morn.
| ing. That be was serious is not
doubted for moment by bis at
torneys, who sought to soothe him
with the hope that the jury would
understand the difference between
emotional and permanent insanity.
:. Eyes" he said, Frightening up,
"coroner's juries -. sometimes say
people commit suicide while tenn
porarily insane. " ,.t.. '
+ He found many things to make
his outlook very dark today. He
professed to feel downcast because
of the adjournment of the case until
Monday, owing to the bereavement
of Juror Bolton. The sudden death
: of Mrs. Bolton weighed on Thaw' 8
mind, and the fact that the juror
was unable to be with bis wife in
: her last moments seemed to worry
! the prisoner. b a% s#< f.
AThere will be more deaths con.
rected with the casa," pc is report
, ed to have said. From the begin
/ ning things have gone against me.
) 81 am sorry for Bolton, but 1t Is
t just my luck" ..
Thaw seems afraid that District
/ Attorney jerome, satisfied that the
!. murder of White was committed az
t result of insanity, and that the
3 insanity is not temporary, will call
] the .,lunacy commission together,
Q stop the trial and send him to an
t asylum for the incurably demented.
E It was this fact that ca sed Thaw
8 to cry that the death chamber wae
{ preferable to the madhouee,
= His attorneys have befn com.
f Ie'lod to use the incest fnesse tc
!. prove him insane at the time Of the
s shooting and sane now, to secure
t his absolute freedom. '.@.
< Portland. Feb. 16.-Daily Jour.
: nal: John H. Wilkins stubbed his
r tee and broke his right foot off al
! the ankle just after be had gone of
q duty as watchman at the, Albers'
= Bros.' mill at Fort and Madison
r streets at 6 o'clock this morning.
e The morning was foggy, and Mr..
!. Wilkins did not know there was a
S tole ia the sidewalk until hessput
bis foot into 1t. 5f.:.t5, j. fstst,snE
George Craig and Fred Hamil.
: ton, two travelling men who; were
on there way to the union depot to
: catch an eastbound train, saw Mr..
Q Wilkins fall. Both jumped offtheir
: early morning car and rushed to
8 his rescue. They picked him up
, against his protest and rushed with
E him to the nearest public telephone
and called for an ambulance. Then
. tbay set him down upon a chair.
r awful sorry, old man." said
Hamilton to Wilkins after be had
> completed his part Of the task Of
catching "ceptral." It's pretty bad
: for a man of so to break leg.".
: ''It is when the leg costs him
] 500 even, answered Wilkins, care
. lessly. "The one I broke in my
stumble was of wood. I have
l worn it for seven years"
, Craig and Hamilton disappeared
: quickly, end Mr.. Wilkins hoped
: to a Car and went home.
4 That is the story and it is vouch-
ed for by Mr.. Wilkins himself.
"
, FARMERS call at the seed store,
! have friendly talk, and look