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About The evening news. (Roseburg, Douglas County, Or.) 1909-1920 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 10, 1909)
THE WEATHER LOCAL FORECAST SHOWERS TO-NIGHT OR SATURDAY ADVERTISERS Will n ml Thy KvenlnrNuwa the boat iiiihKuui to reuch the ptHipluof ltoit'biirir. A wide-n-waku lMihliealltiu iirluttiiir all the new that's tit tu print VOL. I ROSEBURG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1009. NO. 34 Gives Police Clew May Rq- cover the Child MESSAGE TO PARENTS Ollicers Believe They Have Good Dis criptloii of the Man ami Woman lloth Wert Ihi'sst'd us Women. (Special to The Evening News.) LOUISVILLE, K.V., Dec. 9. If the story told by Kattie Martyn, a colored girl, is true, the police are sure that the man and woman, of whom they have a fair description, were implicat ed in the kidnapping. of pretty eight year old Alma Katherine Kellner, who suddenly disappared while on her way to church. Yesterday afternoon, the colored girl says, she was accost ed by two strangers dressed in wo men' clothes. One of them was a man, and they whispered a few instructions to her concerlng a meeting with the arcnts of the missing child. The mys terious couple talked but a few rae ments with the colored girl, and ap peared nervous as though fearing de tection. The little colored girl was , then sent to Mrs. Kellner with a mes sage which has not yet been made public. It is supposed that these peo ple know the whereabouts of little Alma, and are trying to negotltate terras of her surrender to her parents. DREDGER SINKS SIX MEN LOST (Special to The livening News. PORT ARTHUR, Out., Dec. 9. Six men lost their lives today by drowning. While the dredger was be ing towed across the local harbor she sprug a leak and in an incredibly short time went to the bottom. Nine of the fifteen men on the dredger managed to leap clear of the craft and escaped, but the six who were lost became entnngled in the equip ment and were unable to get out. The tug picked up the survivors and sent DONT THEY'RE GOING 25 DON'T DELAY Since 1877 an alarm to shore, and In a short J time a Heat of small craft was patrol ling me biioi wnuru uio ureuger tua- appeared looking for todies of the victims. ARMY FORTIFIED BATTLE EXPECTED (Special to The Evening News) BLt'EFIELDS, Nic, Dec. 9. Strongly intrenched at Rama, Estra das's revolutionary forces are confi dently awaiting the approach of Siel- aya's army. It is expected that the decisive battle of the struggle will be fought within a very short time. Zel- aya s troops, under General Oseja are reported to have approached to within ten miles of Rama. The army will probably give battle to the revo lutionary force tomorrow. MOTHER AND FOUR CHILDREN PERISH (Special to The Evening News) CONCORDIA, Mo. Dec. 9. Homed in by flames which enveloped the win dows and blocked the stairway, Mrs. Frank Hicks and four children were burned to death In the fire which de stroyed their home at Wayne, near this city. The origin of the fire is not known. $50,000,000 FOR RIVERS AND HARBORS (Special to The Evening News.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. After adopting resolutions urging the ne cessity of establishing a federal de partment of public works, Instituting legislative program for waterways. the improvements embracing annual expenditures of fifty millions on riv ers and harbors, Congress adjourned. John Rusenback. the gentleman who recently purchased the Henry Ridenour farm near Melrose, was in the city today and favored The News office with a pleasant call. He will keep posted on the doings of Douglas county tii rough the columns of The Evening News, having enrolled his name on our regular list of subscribers. DELAY Reduction ON All Ladies' Suits All Ladies' Coats All Ladies' Capes AH Children's Cloaks All Millinery We've Been Treating People IP. Gets Favorable Decision in Local Land Office ALLEGED-NON MINERAL United Copper-(ioM Mines Company Loses 80 Acres of VaTuiible Laud in Josephine County May bo Appealed A very important decision was handed down In the local United Slates land office this morning, the Northern Pacific Railway .Company having won their protest caso against the United Copper-Gold Mining Com pany, ji corporation formed and exist ing under the laws of Oregon. On January 9. ISOit, the Northern Pacific Comuuny filed its selection un der the date of July 1, 189S, and May 17, 190G, for the SVfc of SK of Sec. 28. twp. 35. S. R. 7. V such land being situated in Josephine county and containing in the neighborhood of 80 acres. Notice of publication was duly Issued, and on March 2, 1909. the secretary of the Copper-Gold Mines Company, filed a protest on behnlf of the company against the selection, alleging that the land was mineral in character. In due course of time the protest, with the proofs of publication of notice of selection were transmitted to the General Land Office. The commissioner of said of flco after duo deliberation allowed the protest and directed that the pro testnnt have sixiy days in which to apply for a hearing. .Application therefor having been made, notice of hearing was issued on August 16, 1909, the testimony to be taken before a United States Com missioner at Grants Pass, Oregon, on October 5, 1909. with final hearing at ihe Roseburg Land Office on Octo-, her 19, 1909. Afterwards it was de- i cided to take the testimony at the lo cal land office, such proceedure ma terializing on November 12, 1909. In tho meantime notice had been filed of tho assignment of the interest of tho selector, The Northern Pacific Company, to De Witt Ostrand, and on the date fixed tho protestant and the transferee appeared and offered test imony in support of their respective claims. After considering tho evidence the FAST Square. J officials of the Roseburg Land Office handed down a decision which in sub stance is as follows: "There are no mineral workings of Importance, nnd no evidence of a ledge, vein or lode, vr deposite of mineral of any description on he promises In dispute. But tlje evidence showij that, the protestant company has expended about $10,000 upon land some distance to the north, upon mining locations whose boundaries cover a part of the premises in dis pute. The evidence does not show that any defined ledge or vein or other mineral deposito has been dis closed by the company's workings, though rock carrying various kinds of minerals in limited quantities, not commercially valuable, is found, it Is claimed by protestant that a belt of several hundred feet In width, within which these workings are sit uated. Is such lode or vein. In our opinion, tho testimony on behalf of protestant on this subject, and the rather astonishing figures shown by some of protostant's assay certificates introduced, afford an example of val uation ambition overleaping Itself. Some of these assay certificates show values of thousands of dollars to the ton, but It is clear that if the samples were genuine ihey were carefully se lected and highly concentrated be foro the assays were made. Even (hough scattered specimens of rock carrying considerable value were found upon the mining claims in question, still It would be necessary to show n body or ore vielding such values as would justify extraction and treatment of the same. It has not claimed that there has been any pro duction of mineral on a commercial pcnle. "On tho contrary, the Northern Pa cific Company, or transferee has made a prima facie showing that the land in question Is non-mint nil in charac ter. The protectant has attempted to meet this by showing evidence that It Is developing a mine on other prem ises and on mining cluiniB extending into premises In question. But pro testant has failed to establish its claim." A Notable Cast The above case has attracted con siderable attention in this vicinity as the defeated corporation, The United Copper-Gold Mining Company, is offi cered by men well known In this city. In time past it Is alleged that over $80,000 worth of stcck has been sold, the stockholders Including men of prominence such ns Attorney General A. M. Crawford and Supreme Judge Slater. Should tho decision of the lo cal land office be upheld by the high est tribunal upon Appeal these stock holders will probably suffer the loss of their stock. Tho Northern Pacific . Company, wes represented by Attorneys Card-j well A Watson, nnd tho Tho United: Copper-Gold Mining Company, by At-, torney General A. M. Crawford. Thirty days have been granted the! defeated company In which to np- j peal. j THK MAX OK XAZAHKTI! A M st lint'n"'timr !,M tni'o nt the ! .Methodist Chimb Last Night One of the most interesting and successful events of the s"nson was1 the lecture at the Methodist chuich ; Thursday evening, given by Henlamln j Young. D. D., of Portland. That the) people of Roseburg apreciate the mes-1 sage of n ereat orator and a highly ' cultured, Christian gentleman wasj manlested by ihe large ami attentive, audience that greeted the speaker j In spite of the poorly lighted streets; occasioned by an unavoidable acci-; dent at the power house, ai multitude of people made their way through the dark to the church, nnd i long before the time of the lecture; tho house was filled with eager peo ple. The audience was composed of thinking citizens, largely business and professional num. j Proceeding the lecture two special; musicnl selections were rendered one, the "Hallelujah Chorus" by the choir, i and tho other. "Kemember Me," by a double male quartet. These selc-1 Hons werj well received by the aud ience. 1 .The speaker was introduced by the j local pastor, .las. K. Hawkins. The suhjret. of Dr. Young's lecture was, "The Man of Nazareth." For ; more than one hour he held his and-' lence in rapt attention. Kvervune seemed anxious to catch everv word., . In dealing with the subject the I speaker took for the basis of his arg-j ument, the fact of the common ac ceptance of the historic city of Christ, on the part of the lilble critics. Onthls ground he presenter! arg ument that Jesus was an enthusiast or the product of environment by I showing his marvelous character, works and teachings, nnd concluded I by showing tho influence of the Christian Meal In science, literature, history nnd art. At the ei'r of his address many peoplo I'Msln-d I heir way through the crowd to the platform to extend to him their crsonal greftiiigs unci ac knowledge their appreciation for his visit. He was asnurrcd tiiat at any time ho will be a welcome guest to our city. The lecture committee Is highly pleased with the success of this nf rair. Dr. Young left on the morning train for M-dford where he will de liver an address tonight. liouv UYEItS. In Kdwbiirir, Thiirmlny, December 9, 1 !!), t'i MY. ami Mm. J. D. Byers, a daughter. Th9 county clerk In In receipt of an L. C. Smith typewriter recently purchased from the Portland wholesaler. 1 Shooting Affray On Oakland Crowded Streets BOTH MEN IN MORGUE Woman Hud Applied for n Divorce KllliiiK Ills Wire's I.ovcr, II us lini'd Then Killed Him self. (Speclnl to The Evening News) OAKLAND, Cal., Dec. 9. A ter rlbio trnuedy was enacted In this cltv last evenine and brought to an abrupt emi me uomc.suc troubles or two fam ilies. Tho trouble was between Dr. EiiKere Wood, a prominent physician and (-1 ill) ma 11 . and Gabriel Jacobs, a jeweler, nnd was brought about by the doctor being too ardent 111 his at tentions to Mrs. Jacobs, who Is a par ticularly nannsoiuo woman. As a re sult of the encounter both Wood and Jacobs are la the inorKile. Tho trau- edy, which has been brewing for more man a year, cniiio to a culmination la.it evening when Jacobs met the doctor In company with Sirs. Jacobs at the corner of Thirteenth street and Broadway, and although the thoroughfare wes crowded with peo ple, Jacobs drew his revolver nnd shot Wood, killing him Instantly. The en raged huslmnd then took two Inef fectual shots' at his wife, and followed them up by shooting himself through the head. He fell within n few feet of where tho dead physician lay. The hundreds of people within sight of the double Irugetly were pan ic stricken when tho shooting began, and It Is almost a mlrncla that some of them were not struck by tho two shots fired at Mrs. Jacobs. Dr. Wood had been showering at tentions upon the wife of Jacobs for more than a year, and ho esemlngly became infatuated with her when call ed In a professional ca'iaclly, and from I hut time on was with the wo man a good deal. Jacobs had used every effort to get Ins wife to give up tho doetrr. but was iiucesseful, nnd only about a week before the tragedy she had filed an nppllcation for di vorce. Almost simlltaneouslv with the action of Mib. Jacobs, Mrs. Wood, thing or tho continued humiliation and Indignity she had suffered over II OurstqcK is large and Better than ever Australian and German Decorated China. Suit Cases. Craphaphones. Rugs and Draperies. Children's Carts and RocKers. Chiffioners and Dressers. Center and Library Tables. Morris Chairs and RocKers. Couches and Lounges. Space is too limited to name the many beautiful articles that will please you. Come in and see. ROSEBURG FURNITURE CO. Headquarters for Celebrated Columbia Craphaphones, Double Discs and Indestructiblo Kocords. We believe Folder's Golden Gate Coffee gives more comfort and proper stimulant to old folks than any other drink. People who have a knowledge of (food Coffee won't dcinn any other. We drink it ourselves and arc always glad to recommend it to our cuitomers. Alton S. Frey tho lnrnuntlon of her huohund with hor bi'iiiiliuil rlviil, hud ulso applied for a divorce. STRIKERS CANNOT RETURN TO WORK (Speclnl to Tho Evening News) SPOKANK. Wash., Dec. 10. There Is danger of a clash between the Switclunens' linlon and Great North ern officials on account of an an nouncement from railway headquar ters which prohibits those participat ing lu tho strike rrom returning to work. It Is apparent that tho railroads will follow the precedent established n number of yours ago when all the strikers were blacklisted and there after n nablo to obtain employment on any road. Fifty strike breakers ar rived this morning nnd are at work In Northern Pnclflo yards. ThlB ad dition to the force Is relieving the congested condition of the freigh tru ffle. SCHOOL BOY KILLS SWEETHEART (Special to Tho Evening News.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. A school boy love affair developed into a double tragedy last evening. Walter Sybold, eighteen years ot uge. shot and Instantly killed Miss Laura llraden. The young, people wore on I heir way homo from school, when Sybold, who had become insanely jealous of Miss lira den, drew his re volver and shot her. He then shielded by shooting himself through the head. AT THE STAR "A Happy Pair" Comedy sketch by Mr. and Mrs, Wallace. PICTURES Old Love Iji'ttiT- (Coined)') A Kl-li Stnry ( uiiit'iy) A Uhthily Affair ttomfily) It H-iiece orchestra furnishes continuous mumc. ft ADMISSION 10 ami llic. CHRISTMAS GIFTS COME IN AND WE WILL ASSIST YOU' IN SELECTING YOUR PRESENTS