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'tX-:-":;'.'.r - ft ADVERTISERS Will rind The Kvontn Nnwt tho beat milium to ruach tlia poopleot Itoneburir A wldo--wnko publication printlnr U the dowi that fit to print THE WEATHER LOCAL FORECAST RAIN Tonight tod Tuesday 'e 1 ROSEBURG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1009. NO. 1 VOL. I J , Greatest Battlefields Are New York and San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO HEDHOT McCrcdie, of Washington. Will be Klccted by Smaller Majority The Vote Is Not Aproxl nintcd in X. Y. (Special to The Evening News) NEW YORK. Nov. 1. There are two leading features !n tomorrow's election. They are the fight for the district attorneyship ot Philadelphia and San Francisco, and tho mayor alty election In New York, which is a triangular battle between Oaynor. Democrat; Hearst, lndeiendent, and nannnri ttmmlil Icnn. AH three of the respective parties claim victory today for Mayor. Governors win be elected tomorrow in Virginia and Massachusettcs and city elections will be held in New York, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Toledo and , Buffalo. hold of tne Republican organl Kiion oi the 8latB oll'll' 'or the ' , natlonal campaign since he be prominent politically, and take . tie leadership if he appoints a Practical I"!'' man to succeed Comp troller Gum. who died yesterday L-h e on hunting trip In Canada. Qrh a nwe wl B've to llle Govern or the coiirol of the Legltlature and make It powible to force the passage of the direct primary measure in Jan- lirealdenUil candidate in lit 12. NEGRO BRUTE KICKS VETERAN TO DEATH (Sueciil'o Tho Evening News) TERRA HAUTE, Ind., Nov. 1. A herlff an a posse are searching for a big tn ot a neBro named Bam o.,M rto kicked to deatn last evening Arthur Smith, a civil war veternn, uu 11 Lno neB'" i winh'n ha will ki roughly handled. Smith accldentlj kicked over a street dice game, bit despite his apologies the negro knmked him down and kicked him to 4". He then made his escape. POSSEE AFTER A GERMAN BUTCHER S Dr. Fred Haynes To Be Seat ed Tonight. ALSO NEW COUNCILMEN Kiiforccmcnt of City Laws' Is the Pol icy of Mayor Haynes To Retain Present Polity Officers. Mixing Tonight. 1 At the regular seinl-moitiily meet ing of the city council this evening, Counctlmeu ,'oaeph, Mlcelli and S. J. ijosephson, members of the old conn ' cil, will continue to serve the city In their respective capacity, being re elected at tho recent city election. Among those members of the old council who hold over are council men John Mullen, 1). W. Strong. (J. 11. Patrick, A Bellov.8 and B. Bounds. As is customary the new members of the municipal body will be seated under the head of "new business" Just prior to .adjournment. The Incoming Muyor. Dr. Fred Haynes who assumes the chief executlveship of the city this evening, is one of Uoseburg's most popular young men. Ho was born in this city on October 23, 1871, and upon attaining snttlcient age entered the Roseburg public schools. Later he altended tho public schools at San Jose, California, completing hlB stud ies when hardly 17 years of age. He thon returned to Roseburg,' and after a brief sojourn went to Portland wham tin accented a nositlcn in a Mayor E. V. Hoover, and ;CoiincIlmen $rng store. At that time he con W. W. Cardwell, Louis Kohlhagen, ' eluded to study dentistry, and ac- FILES SUIT FOR $7,500 : San Francisco, Nov. l. There Is "no lull before the storm" In the camnalitn here. The great battle nn flin ntiAbt hnlWOPTI Frail els J. Heney and Charles M. Fickert district attorney mayoralty cunui- Aniaa nnH hlia alll-Hed 1111 & titaniC struggle. Thousands of agents are u,nlr uvurvivhprff nnd the feelilia is Intense, uraiors are running uuuui the city from place to place Bpeaking wherever a crowd gathers. Both Fickert and Heney are guarded by . armed detectives, and Heney is fight ing to win to finish and is using his graft prosecution In which he has been engaged for three years for his political thunder. Vancouver, Wash., Nov. 1. The Republican nominee for Congress, McCredie. is at home, placidly awalt: ing the result of the election tomor row. His friends -ve no doubt of his election, but the vote that will be cast will not be a large one, and this will lessen the majority. NEW YORK, NQV.J..-Govr.nor-""Hugheifls in a position todsy to se- (Specluto The Evening News) GlMLlJanltoba, Nov: 1. A posse is searchlis for an unidentified Ger man who Is reported to have mur dered a nman and two children on a farm nr this city yesterday Ac cording W reports reaching here this morning Ik) murders were committed by the ftimnn, who was a guest at tho place. rhere after beating oft the farmer ud driving him from the house and murdered his host's wife andi two diildren. He then made his eseanilo the woods. The names of tho vMms of tho fiend's savage butchery lave not yet been learned. ,4; K. tvarta, son of Capt. Jack Evorts, Peel, is a forest ranger, audi a youg man of much promise. During Ik recent meeting of tlJe rangers d the Cascade and Sluslaw National forests, at Eugene, ho de livered ailnterestir.g address on the subject if "Reseedlng Depleted Uralinffceaa;"- -.tnd is a reputed ranger iBthe forest or field. 4- Mrs. Henry Easton Brings Ac tion Against Kendall Bros. HOLDS COMPANY LIABLE Alleges That Wires Controlled lly Kendall Bros. Were Negligently Maintained Attorneys Card ell & Watson Retained. t A Dr. E. V. HooverRetiring Mayor 11(7 Dr. Fred HayneaIncomlng Mayor Alleging that J. L. and S. A. Kendall, owners of the local water and light system, were In a measure to blame for the electrocution of James Easton, which occurred on Saturday morning, September 25, Mrs. Easton, mother ot the deceased. has filed a suit in the circuit court against the above defendants, asking that she be awarded the sum of 17.600 as damages, and the costs and disbursements Incurred in bring ing the action. Attorneys Cardwell & Watson have been rotainod by the plnlntlfl and through their efforts the cnRe was filed. Among the allegations in the com plaint it Is alleged that at tne in tersection of Siiruco and Washington streets, the Pad lie States Telephone Company and the Kendall Brothers Water and L ant (joinnany, oacn maintained wires Ir. the conduct of their respective business, and that such wires wero strung so close to gother, and wero so carelessly and negligently maintained that the em ployes ot the telephone compnny wore endangered while engaged In fepnlr work. Futher tho plaintiff alleges that the wires controlled by tho electric light company were poorly. Insulated in the vicinity above mon- loned. and furnished little, It any. protection to the employes. in addition to tne auove allega tions the plaintiff simply cltea thp circumstances Burroundlng tho un fortunate lineman's death, alleging he was electrocuted while repair ing a telephone wire which In some unexplained manner came In con tact with an eloctrlc light wire, the property of Kendall Brothers. The plaintiff bases her damage upon tho fuct that the young mart was hut 20 years of age, strong, healthy and Industrious, and would. If he had continued to live during the ordinary period ot life, accumu lated property and cash at the p proximnte value of $20,000. The dealh of James Easton Is still fresh in the minis of tho cli'lsens lr this locality. It will bo remembered! that he was employed as linoman for the Pacific Slates Telephone Com pany, and on the morning of 8oi- . tomber 25, 1909, while engaged In repairing a dofoctlvo wire at the cor ner of Spruce and Washington Btroeta met instantaneous death through electrocution. Ho had worked for the? the telephone company three years, nnd hnd won a lioBt ot friends In this, vicinity. I 1 1 RECEIVER LAWRENCE . TENDERS RESIGNATION Henry Ryan, D. P. Fisher nnd Eu gene Hannan retire. The Important duties abandoned by these gentlemen will he assumed by tho newly elected members consisting of Mayor Fred Haynes, ani Councilmen O..C. Ba ker, Arthur Jones, S. K. Sykes, H. T. McClallen and Frank Clements. cordlngly spent several years at At lanta, Georgia, and Philadelphia. Pennsylvania, in attendance mt sever al of the largest educatlonnl Institu tions in the United States. Return ing to Roseburg, Mr. Haynes then evethey nre not HiiKitKeu in ttuLituns hid iuwiu.. profession, continuing In such capa- t A i' IV 1 '1 '3T " I Prpfi'i i Mmim ri Ijl Jj" ' r YOU buy your clothes of us you are certain of a number of facts among othersthat the cloth will be all wool and thorough ly shrunk that the gar ment will be hand made and that the style and fit will be faultless. These things we guarantee to you absolutely. Moreover they have an individuality of style that will appeal to you in stantly. The prices con sidering the quality are most moderate. $18.00 . TO $27.50 city until tha outbreak of the Spnn-Ish-Atiiorican war, when he embark ed for the Philippines, serving as a Lieutenant in the 2nd Oregon Vol unteers. At the clc.se of the war he nguln returned to this city and has since been engaged in tne aentai pro fession. When asked in regard to tho poll cv he expect i'l to assume In the man agement of city's aftulrB, Mr. Haynes simply Bald, "Tho city laws will guide mo In all mutters. I b'ellovo that the laws should he enforcid. and in, the event they nre not practical they should be repealed." rim Itctliing Mayor. Dr. E. V. Hoover, who rotlres from the Mayorship of RoBebuig to night, was born In 1873. At the age of twenty-eight years, he was first elected Mayjr of RoBebuig, and was thereafter ru-elocted for two succes sive terms, making a period of olght years, that Id has served the city as Its Chief Magistrate Dr. Hoover, while unending to his duties as a physician, besides serving In many other public capacities, has found lime to pay a great deal of attention o the needs of the city. Upon Ills entry into olllco, the clly was deeply In debt; the payment of warrantB was more than two years behind nnd tho warrants wero selling at a discount and even I hen It was difficult to Bell them. By an econ omical administration or the City's affairs, the di hi has been reduced to a minimum: tho CUy has been placed on a paying basin, and tho city war rants now sell at a premium. 1" one Instance tho Mayor saved the clly three thoiiHind dollars, by hoUllllg out ngnlnst tho bill of the old Water & Light Company. M'.my public improvements hnvo been mado in the clly during the doctor's term of c fllce, chiefly among them, being tho paving of Rose burg's prlnclial IiukIuchs streets. It was largely through IiIb efforts that the paving or the streets wiib taken up and carried to a sucessrul ( end, und now upon the eve ttl his retirement from ofhco sees the princi pal streets paved with a good und durable pavement which does a cred it to tho cil'. It can bo truthfully said, that dur ing Dr. Hnover'i, term or office there has never bo-jn uny complaint of mis management or the financial affaire . of tho clly, hut on the contrary, the clly has enjoyed one of tho cleanest nnd most, businesslike administra tions In its history. Dr. Hoover hns caked the council to. have the hooks or tho city export ed so as to Bhow I he financial condi tion or tho city Bluco his Induction Into office. Upon Dr. Hoover's retirement rrom office, the clly loses a faltUul and efficiont servant, and t.ie new Mayor of Roteburg is to he congratulated on finding Iho affairs of the clly In such good condition upon his entry Into office. Clly Attorney Retires. ; Frnnk fi. Mlcelli, for the pnst Tour years city atlcrncy, severs Ills official connection with the city this eve ning. During his Incumbency Mr. Mlcelli t has at all times endeavored to give the r.ly an Impartial administration. I tho police court ho proved hlm , self fenrloFs; yet he was kind and never allowed prejudice to bwny his ' better judgment. The vacancy caused by Mr. Ml celli' resignation will he filled by the I appointment of Attorney -George Neu i tier, at present associated with At torneys Cosliow - Rice. Mr. Neuner Is a young ninn pissefed o! good qualifications, and ho will no doubt prove himself an efficient offrer. From indications the present police officers will be retained uider the new administration. Mr. J. W. Lawrence, for mora than two years the courteous audi capable receiver of tho United State Land Office In tnis city, naa '.vaignea his position, ami is only awaiting for his successor to materialize so taut he can depart for Bond, this Btnte. where he will make his future home. Interviewed by a News reporter. Lawrence said that his resignation had been sent to the Dopartmont more than two weeks ngo, but aa ho had received no word from Washing ton, was unublo to say Just when ho would leave Roseburg While Mr. Lawrence's term diies not explro until some time In Janu ary, bUBlnesB Interests in Ecnd. de mand his immediate personal at tention, therefore ho found It im perative that ho lcava tno govern ment service. Mr. Lawrence has no Inkling as to who may succeed him here, anil. .bnly unxioiisly nwalts the acceptance of his resignation In order tnai no enn get his family moved before the? winter Bets In for good. TRYING TO MAKE UP FOR LOST TIME (Special to Tho Evening News) ': NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 1. Dolo- J! gutos to the New Orleans Waterway j Convention are busy rushing worker, Ui In an effort to mi'ko up ror time loat ; ' ; or i Mm,. Hiiliirilnv. line to the IntcllcSH 1 President Tnft s arrival. Toduy f Besslon will bo ociiplod In dlscussliiB the report or the resolutions com- ' mltleo, which, If adopted, will (id- 1 Vance the benefit plan ot deepenlm? ( tho Mississippi.. ThlB committee will f also make an cstlmul of the proposed j Improvement of the greut river.. j i CAVE IN TUNNEL ONE CATCHES SIX CARS (Special to Tlie Evonlng News) DUNSMUIR, Cal., Nov. 1. Con ductor Ed. Richardson and Brako maii Charles Neato were, either kill ed or liurnrd to death when tunnel No. 1, n ar Coram, on the Southern Pacific railroad caved In this morn ing, burying livo cars and tho ca boose. Tho caboose caught fire and ' the Ihtnies spread to the other curs. It Is impossible to toll whether tho victims wore killed outright of burn ed slowly In a subterranean prison. SK00T CITY MARSHAL AND MAKE ESCAPE (Special lo The Evening News) LEUEXA. Kan., Nov. 1. Marshal lla.ikiu, of this cily, was probably falully shot today in a battle with four men caught robbing a hank. Afer holding posse bent, on their nr refst nt bay for some time, the four robbers finally made good their es In a buggy. A meeting ot the forest rangers employed under the supervision of tho local forestry office Is being held at the office of S. C. Bartrum today. Aside from Chlof Rangers T. P. Mnft Konzlo, II. Hlnloy, Charles II. Florey and F. Amis, about thirty of tho local rangers are in attendance. Many question of general Intercut to tho rangers are being rom;idenrd. among them being the most feaslDlo manner In which to conduct tho roreitry wcrk; tho Improvement , the rules and regulations ROvernlnR the service, and tho fuvnre efforts of the employes. The meeting will ad journ this evening. It's tho "little things" that tend to make tho home happy.