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THE WEATHER
LOCAL FORECAST
RAIN TO-NIGHT AND
SUNDAY
ROSEBURG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1909,
NO. 86
VOL. I
me
Over Thirty-three Hundred
Dollars Raised Sunday.
CHURCH IS FREE OF DEBT
IJeautiful NYw PreshytorJim Kill fire
AVas Crowded Sunday by Mem
bers and Friends of the
Church
Sunday was a beautiful day. The
stormy weather that had prevailed 1
fur more or less of the time for a
week had given away to bright Bun-1
shine, and the air was as balmy and
gentle as a day la springtime. Nature
was at her best, and it was Indeed a
flttiiiR time for the dedicatory ser
vices at the beautiful new- Presbyter
tian church at the corner of Lane
and Jackson streets.
The day was given to three Im
pressive services, and the pastor. Rev.
J. EJ. Burkhart, was assisted by Kev.
Henry Marcott, pastor of the West
minister Presbyterian church of
Portland, Dr. J. A. Townsend and
Itev. V. A. Smlck, both tormer pas
tors of the Koschurg church.
The morning service was conducted
by Or. Townsend, and his sermon,
delivered in his usual scholarly and
Impressive manner, was listened to
with rapt attention by the large aud
ience, which filled the spacious build-
ing. Following Dr. Townsend's dis
course Mr. Marcott'took up the ques
tion of church finances, and presented
the matter in such a forceful manner
that over $2,200 was subscribed by
those present for the liquidation of
the debt against the new building.
The afternoon service was held at
tnree o clock, itcv. Air. Marcott
preached a forceful and vigorous dis
sonrse. It was a sermon calculated
to inspire one who heaid it to higher
Ideals and better things, and immed
iately following ihe matter of finan
ces agnin were considered arid enough
more money raised to swell the grand
total to a sum exceeding $3,300,
which is sulficient to place the church
out of debt. ' At the close of these
services the special dedicatory ex
cises occurred. Pastor J. K. Burkhart
conducted this beautiful service, and
the dedicatory prayor vas offered by
KeVv Y . Smlck, of '.his city.
In the evening the service was of
unusu:il interest, tho sermon by Rev.
Mr. Marcott received with Intense
Interest by the 600 or more people
who had' the pleasure of hearing It.
The music was inspiring, especially
prepared for this service, and the
violin selection, by Mr. Schubert, of
die Schubert Symphony Club, added
most materially to the impressive
occasion and the vocal selection by
Mi. Marcott vas excellent. The
music for all three of the services of
the day deserves particular mention,
and added mo&t materially to the en
joymoM and spirituality of all pres
ent. The new church edifice, which Is
one that any community might well
take pardonable pride In, Is of beau
tiful architectureal design, is built
entirely of brick and has a seating
capacity of about 700. The Prsbyter
ian church is certaiuly to be con
gratulated for its efforts to acquire a
house of worship fully adequate to
the needs of the rapid growth and ex
pansion of the organization in Rose-burg.
FID 0NW1ARINES CHAUNCEYCASE TODAY
Blue Jackets From U. S
Meet Shot.
Ship
NEWS NOT COMPLETE
Wireless Message States That HUie
Jackets on Landing, Were Met
With Volley Nut Cm-Ai'iiiod
BURTON FOR
SUPREME JUDGE
(Special to The Evening News)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. The
nomination of Judge Horace L-Bur-ton,
of Nashville, Tenn., to succeed
the late Rnfua W. Peckhani ns asso
ciate justice of the United States Su
preme Court, was sent to the senate
this morning by President Taft.
Judge Hurton was formerly chief jus
tice of the Tennessee supreme court.
At the time of his recommendation
for that oillce President Taft was
judge of the United States circuit
court, sixth judicial district, to which
he was appointed in 1S93. Judge
Burton is 65 years of age and for
many years has been a close friend
of the president.
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CLAltK'S STVIHO
.ItoseburK National Hank IJIdg. .
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(Special to The Evening News)
NEW ORLEANS Dec. 13. A wire
less niessngo from Colon this after
noon, states that the American mar
ines' attempted a lauding at BUie
fieltlB this afternoon and were fired
upon. The Information Is miser
and does not state whether the blue
jackets were driven back or not, nor
does It state what troops attacked
the marines. Ibis believed from this
erport that Zelaya has captured Blue
lields from Estrada's troops which
have heretofore held It. Had Estra
da remained in possession of Ulue
fields thero could have been no en
counter between his men nnd the
marines, Bince his forces have been
on friendly terms with the Ameri
cans. The last' definite report from
that region Indicated that Zelaya's
army was approaching Blueflelds and
that the troops had orders to capture
and sack the town. News during
Sunday showed that Estrada was us
ing every means at his command to
prevent such a movement, but since
Zelaya's army greatly outnumbered
the Estrada force, it Is possible that
llluellelds has been taken nnd that
It was Zelaya's men who fired upon
Defendants are Arranged in
Four Classes.
BURNETTE ON BENCH
K.M'ctctI That Kml of (Vlehrutod
fuse Will be Readied by To
morrow Kvenliu; Many
In Attendance
'MOTION' TO DISMISS
Contrary to expectations throe
of the Chauncey cases, effecting
defendants J. Aiken, of Class
No. 1; C. J. Denning, of Class
No. 2. and S. C. Miller, of Class
No. 3, 'were disposed of this af
ternoon as far as taking testi
mony Is concerned.
Upon announcement that At
torney Jackson, representing
Chauncey, rested, Attorney Dex-
the marines.
Hack ut Work of Trouble
MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 13. Presi
dent Hawley, of the Switchmen's Un
ion, delivered an ultamatum to the
railway companies In the form of a
public announcement that unless the
striking members of the organization
are back at work before Christmas,
every switchman west of Buffalo
would strike before the first day of
the New Year.
Mr. and Mrs. John Baker, of WI11
Mons, visited at the home of Mr. nnd
Mrs. J. G. Belieu today.
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and that he had paid the taxes there
on since the purchase. Also that ho
had made numerous linprm'cments
to the approximate expense of $2500,
including .the eivctlou ot buildings,
laying of sldewalka and the Improve
ment of streets and alleys.
In asking a dismissal of the case
he alleged that he would suffer con
siderable damage should the prose
cution bo allowed to proceed.
The case of Chaunce vs. S, C. Mil
ler, defendant ot the second class;
Chauncey vs C. J. Dennfng, defendant
of the third class, and Chauncey vs.
A. Wollenbery, defendant of the
fourth class, will be taken up In their
order ns rapidly as possible. Indica
tions tend to show that all four
cases will bo disposed of by tomorrow
evening.
Mtornevs Dexter Rico and A. N.
Orcutt are conducting the cases for
the defendants.
Much Interest Is manifest In the
outcome of the cases, the courtroom
being fnirly crowded with those in
terested Some fifteen local attorneys are in
attendance at the trial.
DEATH EXPECTED
ANY MOMENT
ter Rice, representing the de
fendnnts, naked that the case
against defendants .1. C. Aiken,
C. J. Denning and S. C. Miller
ne dismissed on the ground
thnt a court of equity has no le-
pal right to try a case where a
title of real property Is involved,
and further upon the ground
that defendant is entitled to a
jury trial, such right being giv-
en him under the constitution.
The ruling on above motions are
to apply to all defendants in the
first three classes.
Attorney Rice asked the dls-
missal of the case of Chauncey
vs. Woltcnberg on the ground
the plnlntiff had failed to Intro-
dure testimony effecting riefen-
dants interest in title.
. At the time of going to press
Attorney Jackson, for the plaln-
tiff, is ninking his argument. He
will be followed by Attoreny
Rice, for the defendants.
In the event Judge Burnette
should rule favorably on the mo-
tlons advanced by Rice all cases
included in the four classes will
be dismissed. Otherwise the
court, will be obliged to imike
his findings in each Individual
case. .
The celebrated Chauncey case In
which thero are In ttte neighborhood
of 275 defendants, and which effects
all those persons owning property
In that section of Roseburg familiar
ly known as the south half of the
Rose Donation Land Claim, was re
newed In the circuit court this morn
ing with Judge Durnelte, of Salem,
on the bench.
In order to expedite matters the
attorneys representing the defen
dants arranged their cases In four
distinct elapses as follows:
Class 1. Those defendants who
deraign title either dictly or bv
mesne conveyances from Aaron Rose
after the death of Sarah Rose.
Claps 2. Those defendants who
deralgn title from Anron Rose after
the death of Sarah Roso through the
administration of Ihe estate of Aaron
Rose, deceased, by mesne conveyances
thereafter.
Class 3. Those defendants who
deralgn title from Aaron Rose, de
ceased, after the death of Sarah Rose
and after the death of Aaron Rose
i by conveyances from the .heirs of
said Aaron Rose, deceased.
Class 4. Those defendants who
i disclaim by their answers that they
had or claimed any title of the real
property named In plaintiff's com
plaint at the commencement of the
suit.
Aside from classifying the dofen-1
dants the stipulation further provides
that these defendants brought In un
der the amended complaint, are not ,
prohibited from Introducing testi
mony In their own behalf separate
from the class In which they are
placed. The court Is placed in a po
sition to consider such evidence In
rendering a decree. It is also provid
ed that the stipulation glial! not be
construed as to bar any defendant,
if such there should be. from making
a defense, and to Introduce testimony
In support thereof which Is not com
mon to the class in which it is placed.
In tho above classes, however, will
be found all of the defendants, each
attorney representing Interested par
ties, having signed the stipulation.
One case has been selected from
each class, the nam'1 to bo tried with
the undei landing that all defendants;
in th- same clans shall abide by the
decision of the court. In other words
should Uie particular defendant In
class No. 1, receive a favorable de
cision at tho hands of the court each
defendant In that class will be fav
ored likwlse. 1
The case of Chauncey vs. John Al
iten, deendant of the first class. Is
being tried this afternoon, the others
to follow in order as rapidly as pos
sible. It Is expected that the four
cases hinging the decision of all the
I defendants, wilt bo disposed of by
tomorrow evening.
Attorneys A. .V. Orcutt. John T.
Long and Attorney (it-neral A. M.
! Crawford, representing Attorney F.
j O. Mlcelli, filed ft motion for dismis
sal of the latter's case this morning,
' but such Vt ns denied by the court.
! Defendant Mlcelli set out that he
bad purchased the land Innocently
1 (Special to The Evening News)
.BRUSSKLS, Dec. 13. Tho physi
cians of King Leopold announce that
the monarch, whose life has been dls
patred of for some time, Is rapidly
approaching dissolution, and that at
the farthest death Is but a few hours
uway. Cardinal Mere ter, shortly be
fore noon, administered extreme un
ction to the dying king. According
to the advices received from tho pal
ace the king realizes that ho has hut
a short, time to live. Prince Albort
of Flanders Is at the palace prepared
to assume charge of the administra
tion that will fall to him at the death
of his royal uncle.
Somebody has been writing about
the habits of cows. Well, at any rate
they havne't the tobacco or booze
habit.
So Wrote J. Paine. Spokane
Hardware Man
THEN SHOT HIMSELF
Frlvoltlfs ami Inconsistency of Wife's
Conduct 1h(1 to Merchant's Rasli
IhH-d Wife Is now Hysterical.
(Special to Tho I'lvei.lng News.
SPOKANK, Dec. 13. Declaring
that his wlfo was his murderer be
cause of her Inconsistency, and that
the was responsible for his wrecked
lire on account of her frivolities, J.
I'alne, a prominent hardware mer
chant of this city shot and killed
himself. The burning accusations
against tits wife wore written in hia
bank book some thno lntt night by
the unhappy man, but the book was
left lp his overcoat pocket, and was
only found this morning by the of
ficers while they were investigating
the matter In the endeavor to iiud
a cause for the suicide. Paino did
not got up at the usual hour this
morning, and while Mrs. Pal no wns
preparing bur toilet in an adjoining
room she was Btartled to hear a pis
tol shot In the room where her hus
band was. Rushing to the bedroom
t-he was horrified to find her husband
lying in bed, and in his hand was the
smoking revolver. Her screams quick
ly brought in the neighbors who
found thnt Paine had shot himself
through the head and was dead.
Mrs. Paine was taken to the police
station ami Is in a hysterical condl-
Uon. She is being held at present
for fear sho may take hor own life
If released.
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