I... THE WEATHER . 1 j.-j-;- LOCAL FORECAST FAIR TONIGHT 1 AND TUESDAY. ADVERTISERS Will ttuii Vho KvtMilur N'wwa the bent iiioitliim torunch tlio piHiuir Itomthurir. A wlUtw a-wnkt pub) lent ion print Inir all tho nowtlmt'fittoprlti t VOL. I ROSEBURG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER i!7, 1909. NO. 47 Estimated That Were Drowned. 600 jOrPAT rYICTPTTCQ PYTCTQ vivii 1 UIO I LjSlIO 1 0 HurifcH of (lie Dead Line the Hi ItttiikK CnH Destroyed (ov crniueul Must Send Aid to Flood Sufferers . (Special to The Evening News) Madrid, Dec. 2 7. Unparalelled ' storms have swept Spain within the past rew nours, and from the Incom plete returns obtainable fom ihe storm devastated provinces thi low est death rate la placed from 500 t 600, and It Is more than probable that the later reports will greatly swell this first estimate. Greatest dif.efs and suffering exlst3 among those whose homes have been destroyed bv the floods. The weather Is bitter cold which adds to the misery of th sur vivors. Many of the towns hav been cut off from railway communication, and it is therefore Impossible for re lief to be sent to the flood Riifferers, nor can the full damage to the prop erty In the inundated districts be learned. The banks of the Guadal nuaver river bear ghastly evidence of the destruction of life that hua ur. curred, as the stream is strewn with the dead bodies of its victims, while Innumerable carcasses of farm- stock and poultry line the banks of the riv ers Damage to crops 1ms been so extensive that it will be necessary for the government to bupply the people' of flooded districts with food stuffs, ns well as to ser.d in sufficient live stock to farm the land and to other wise supply the needs of the people. TWO TOTS BIPED MOTHER ESCAPED (Special to Tho Evening News) . T,ovelnnd, Tenn., Dec. 27. The two small children of S, M. Sunnycalf, of this city, were burned to death to day. The fire ocurred xt an early hour, before Mrs. Siinnycalf had :i risen, and had gained such head way before it was discovered that her frantic efforts to reach the room where the tots were sleeping were .unavailing, and the agonized mother was forced to flee from the burning building clad only in her night clothes. ASK STATEJO USE MONTANA ROCK (Special to The Evening News.) ' Helena, Mont., Dec. 27. The leg islature convened here in special ses sion today to consider an appeal emanating rrom organized labor's ranks which requests that an addi tional appropriation be authorized to nermit of the new wing of the state house being built" of Montana stone. Instead of cheaper and inferior stono from Bedford, Indiana. AFTI H CH.MBKRT,AI Mulkey Will ot Oppose Senator Hon me. Washington, Dec. 25. Former Senator Mulkey is quoted in a local newspaper today, saying; "I shall not be a candidate for the - senate It is FREE: HOUSEKEEPERS, STORE- . KEEPERS, JANITORS I have it now, a sweeping compound that will ni;et tho most exacting requirements. It is cheaper than you have been using as it has less sand in it and consequently lighter. It will not harm the finest rug ot carpet. ' It will take up all dust from wood floors or covered floors. Unless floors are very dirty it can be used more than once, agaiu- reducing cost. Retails at 5 cents per pound But that you may know how it does its work I will give you a sample package if you will bring this adv. with you. "The man with an axe to grind," and this time I want to know how many of Mr. Bates' readers see my adv. F. H. Churchill IRONMONGER I against Bourne, but shall be against J Chambeiiaiu five years hence. The ; direct primary question was notet ; tied in Oregon by the election -of Chamberlain, and another skirmish must be fought out in next year's state election. My belief is that Fill ton would now be in the senate, In stead of Chamberlain, If a strong fac tion of the Republican party had not antagonized the primary law. It 1: this factional difference which will cause a big fight next year, and the result will determine the fate of the result will determine the fate c direct primary law for Oregon." JS. P. CO. TRAIN WRECKED AT JRACY (Special to The Evening News) San Francisco, Dec. 27. The ncth bound owl train on the S. P. com pany's line which left Los Angeles yesterday at 5 p. m., was wrecked at Halley, 14 miles south Of Tracty, at 5 o'clock this morning. Accord ing to information given out at the company's offices in thin city, no one was seriously Injured in the accident. Of the entire train only two Pullman coaches were derailed. A broken rail was assigned as the cause of the trouble. . AT METHODIST ClintCH. Christum Music nt Methodist Church Is Appreciated. The special Christinas musical pro gram rendered by the choir of the 'Methodist church Sunday night, un der, the leadership of Prof. Lofz, proved to be the most inspiring event of the season. A large audience nc- j knowledged appreciation by their ; close attention to every selection, and I the congregation heartily joined in I singing such old time hymns as "Re it vive Us Again" and "Joy to the World." The duetd, solos, and spe cial choruses, showed the results of careful and excellent training. Men delssohn's Hallelujah chorus by the choir, the sol by Prof. Lotz, and the closing' selection, "The Holy City," in unison by the choir, were the best rendered selections. The success of such a program proves the ability of Prf. Lutz as trainer in bringing his singers up to a high standard of mu sic. Another rare treat of Inslru nental and vocal musical recital is in store for the people in about two weeks. WANTS CHILDREN'. Rosclmrg Man Ask Aid of Marsh field Officers. . Marshfleld, Or. Dec. 27. One of the pathetic Instances of the Christ mas season Is Bet torlh in a letter that has just been received by Marshal J. W. Carter from Roseburg. It Is a ttlea for an aged man who Is In the Soldiers' home and contains a plea for his two children who are supposed to be In this section to reti.rn and se him. As an inducement for their re turn, valuable property which' he holds in Roseburg and elsewhere is offered them. The letter which is written by C. B. Baker of Roseburg to Marshal Car ter In as follows: 'Will you flr d Lutle King, a voung man 21 years old. and also May King, a young woman 18 years old? Their father Is in the Soldiers' home here. has property that he will give them if they will come and see him. He has 160 acr.?s of land, also a house and lets in Roseburg and other places." .. .lohn Pennle, who went to Minne sota about six weeks ago on account of the death of a nephew, returned to Roseburg last. week. He was ac companied by Mtes Maudie Pennle. a niece, who will hereafter make her home with her uncle in this city. Mr. Pennle says that the Minnesota wea ther was pretty frigid, and that he could scarcely keep warm, while there. lr. and Mr. F. G. Hart Caught at Sacramento. WANTED AT CHICO, CAL. Are Captured Vimhi Warrants From . ltsebui-j and Chlco, California , To be Tried at the South evn Town., Mr. and Mrs. Fred Trlest, allaS Mr. and Mrs, F. G. Hart, the shady couple who recently fleeced a number of lo cal business men through the forged check game, were arrested at Sacra mento, California, Saturday morning as they 3tcpped from a southbouud Southern Pacific passenger tra1.!. From whdt can be learned of the couple and their operations It appears that they are experienced in the art of extorting money from ihj,unsis pecting Inasmuch as they are wanted at various points in the northwest. After working their game in Rose burg the couple boarded a train and went to Oakland under the pi:-uim of going further north. Thy- then boarded a southbound train and pro seeded south as far as Chiro. Cali fornia, where they wern successful In floating several questionable check3. In keeping with the characters they then left Chfco, linen dug vj spend Christmas at the home of the for mer's mother, who conducts a res taurant in San FrandHcn . Their plans failed, however, and instead of spending the day with mother, they were content to partake of the ra tions furnished at the Sacramento iiil. It is not probnbli that iho couple will be brought to It ,?ehurg for trbtl Inasmuch an they wer arrested on a w:urant from Chio. If co.ivlcl'd under the California hiw.t tbi-y Ill recei". a sm'erw sen-tem:'-, loi'$t ry being oiru ';f the most sertnus ofion.es conta'i:ed on tho i-iu into boosts of ihe southern tote. Constable. Wright wired Sacramen to regarding the couple nruil.uis to their arrest, and the description for warded oy him no doubt aided the i.ffireis mateiially in er'f-jctii u cap ture Sheriff Fe;iton said this I'lrnlng that he had written tho officers at Chlco regarding the couple, Intending to nave them brought here should tho charge at the southern city fall short. CONNECTICUT! IS BLIZZARD BOUND (Special to The Evening News) New Haven.' Conn., Dec. 27. A bllizard is raging over the state, and two men are dead, owing to the snmv "lockade on the street car llr.es in the city, and a, half million dollars' worth of property has already been lestroyed. The .torm han raged for wo davs. Wires are down, street car traffic is)at a standstill, and rail road pervico :s badly demoralized. One of the men killed was the con ductor on the street 'rail way system, who fn company with a passenger named Michael Morton, met death vhen the car plunged over an em bankment into the Nagautuck river. ZEPPELIN'S AIR CASTLE EXPLODED (Special to The Evening News.) Berlin. Dec. 27. Count Zeppelin's "air castle" has bursted In the an nouncement from semi-official source that the German government will not buv his wonderful dirigible Ml loon which was looked U"on by all Kurope qs a great success, it Is said that tK count will suffer extensive loss in this refusal of the government to take over his big air ship, the price of which was set at $1 40,000. The war de nartment refuses to accept It on the ground that it will practically be out of date and therefore useless within two years owing to a large pumher of implements tnat are sure to ne no d''d to the construction of Zeppelin ill. UKAKIXG HKKTOItKI) Sumner Woman ItlrsM-d on Christmas Day, The restoring of her hearing afte having been deaf for yearn atyl al most totally deaf for the past year, fs the 1oy that the Christmas sanon has brought to Mrs. .Jolnnna New man of Sumner, mother of Mrs Chan Selinder of that place and ernnd mother of Fred Selantler of Marsh ield. who la a well known pioneer of this peetion Fay the Chop Bay Times. She is about SO years old nd the restoration of her hearing a regarded ns little hhort of n miracle by those who are aware of It. Just what brought It about, no-one I knows. For some tlm past it had ie-n extremely difficult to make Mr Newman hear even with the of a trumphet and she and the family had given up hope. Ueing a very devout woman, her prayorf were for relief from deafness. , The other morning when she arose, Mie was almost dumfoiinded to find that she could hear the family con-j . versation, answering statements spok-: en in tho ordinary lone oi voice, the rest of the fanulj were even more lumfounded than she. It had all happened in the uight and no tme knows why or how. OIL TANK BURSTS BURNS THREE MEN (Special to The Evening News) .. Vnllejo. Oil., Dec. 27 The oil nnk on the fltemner Roma Oleum ex ulodcd late yepterday afternoon and .wo men were very Berionsly burned ind another wns so badly hurt that he will die. The latter is an Italian, Manuel Silva, and the two former are '.ewls Tyler and Sam Knutson. The 'njured men were brought to Down 'ng hospital In this city with nil pos sible haste and feivea every medical assistance. , HO ADS IX HAD CONDITION' Five Stages Stranded Along Myrtle I'oint limite, . , Marshfield, Or., Dec. 27. The Mage road between Myrtle Point ond Uoseburg Is In awful condition, ac cording to F, A. Haines, wlo'ame in hat way from tho surveying camp--if tlit Coos Bay and Boise railway oday. The sayB that he passed five dnges Rtuck in the mud anroute in Mud saw two dead horses being pulled out of the stage barns, the animals laving been sacrificed to the bad oads. He says that the mud Is about throe "eet deep. A crust of perhaps throe Inches has frozen on top, and being 'veak In places, the animals or ve hicles sink through and are in a worse predicament than if they had to com bat the mud alone. The frozen mud 's also very rough. Today part of the mall was brought 'n but a large portion of tho past week's mail Is scattered along the -dagp Hue between Myrtle Point and Roseburg, the carriers being compll d to unload part ot It at different places In order to get through at all. There were many anxious ones ihout town today fearin? that the 'Thrjstmns presents that- they are Tondly expecting by mnil will not reach here In tln.o for Christmas. At a special school meeting Wed nesday afternoon an elghl mitt tax was voted to pay off Indebtedness and use for school purposes. There was only one dissenting vote. This was one of the most pleasant school meet ings held, for many a day. Tho vote o bnitd a brick and cement school building was unanimous. The direct ors will now advertise for bids im mediately. Two or three more suit: able sites nre being considered and It is thought the. present building nd the ground can bo sold for, more th in enough to purchase a new build ing place. If so ihe district will save he exnenso of moving tho old build ing. Oakland Owl. KKW TODAY. FOR SA1j1; Three choice lotB In North Roseburg, Fet to fruit. In quire at this office d-sw-tf 3 Out of sorts--unstrung? Want to be as merry as a Bobolink? 'Tis astonishing what we Doctors of Clothes Troubles, and Tog "Newmonia" can do for you! Here is just the medicine you need Let us "tone" you up. Colli In the heail ... A Nov S.nilc li-lp Hal. Clillls Wool. -ii riKlcrucur "Ktulcj V limomnla I'lmnii-l I'iiJ.iiiimn T7 K.'old Feet Iiilcruori-ii ( nshnx-na Hon-. f1 OF "u" L,own Condition Cold I'Iiiiiku Thi n u llmli ltoln JHeadacho Derby 'unformed to Fit Your Heml ChaiMieil Hands fii-rimin Zephyr (ilnrin I Need a Change V HAK I M'S TMiOKIIY, Hand Tal- lorvd HultH. Let us fill this precsription for you at once and you will feel like a new man. HARTH'S TOGGERY Oliver Snyder, Murderer, Vic tim of Enraged Ranchers. TOOK MAN FROMSHERIFF After Killing a Sheep Herder the Des perado Tied to 'the Hills Was Captured by Deputy Sheriff Joe CaissWy., . (Special to The livening News) Heppner, Or., Dec. 27. Last Fri day night Oliver Snyder shot and In stantly Killed Arthur Green, an in nofenrflve sheep heaider. and then tho desperado fled to the hills. The .coun try was scoured for the fugitive, and finally Deputy Sheriff Joe Cassldy lo cated his man at a point about 15 miles from Hamilton, near which place the murder was committed, and caprur.'d him. Sn mad no at tempt nt resistance, Inasmuch ns he was probably aware that a poHse of ranchers and stock-neu were on nis trail, and felt that he would be safer I in. nr thHii at la r ire. The pnHse , which had been following the murder nr since the crime was committed Inst (Friday, discovered (hat Cassldy had the man and was on his way to He;p I ner with him, and Intercepting the neputy. iook the prisoner from him tust ns they wero driving out of Ham ilton. Snyder was taken from the rig and the sheriff ordered to get nut of the way. The orflcer struck bnck to Hamilton for assistance, but by the time he had secure ! anv one willing to aid him It was too late. Arriving at the scene again Cassldy found tho lifeless body of tho prisoner Ivfng in the middle of the road fairly riddled with bullets. Snder killed the sheep herder be cause the latter Interfered In his abuse of a dog that belonged to Chas. Reyner. It was a cold blooded and unprovoked murder, and the lufu lated ranchers and stockmen swore vengc nco on the murderer. VOTKD FIVK MILL TAX. District iV2 Will Make More, (iood Itomls. At a sneclal meeting of road dis trict No. ,12, held at tho court lionise, this atternoon, for the purpose of vot ing a rond lax, for the above district. The mei'timr was called to order at 1 ::I0 by Chairman W. II. prown. I. N. Ho wo wis elected ns secretary. After the chairman had exrlnlned the oblcct of the meeting and the im portance of voting a good substantial tax for the purpose of improving the county ronfls in this district, a mo tion was made bv S. C. Harlrum that In case a 6 mill tax was voted u and carried, that tho road supervisor was to be instructed to place crushed rock -from tho city llniHn line on the Roseburg hill east to a point on said county road In front of the Catholic cemetery, tho hatauco to bo distribut ed nt the discretion of the supervisor. Tho motion was unanimously carried. WINTER AILMENTS THE IIULUI.A8 COUNTY HOMB A. Creeson moved that the 5 mill tax he voted upon, which was carried. The chairman chose Dr. J. U. Chap man and S. C. Martrum as tellers. The ballot whs then prepared and those In favor ot the tax voting yea and thoite against the tax voting no. Tho result was 25 yeas and 9 noes. Tho 5 mitt tax was therefore carried. LOCAL NEWS. Miss Whipple, of Wilbur, Is spend ing a few days In tho city visiting; friends. J, VI. Pierce, of Cleveland, was 1ooklig after business i:-teres ta In, this city today Mr. and Mrs. R. ' J. Staug and daughter, wno reside a few miles be Nw Wilbur wore in tho city for a few hours today on a shopping expe dition. On Friday evening an action was filed In the Justice court wherein tho Roseburg Orchestra wns plaintiff and Rrof. W, F. Williams, a transclent dancing master, -was defendant. The aii.oiiitl aked fo was ?,o.i' At tachments wero begun and the offi cer was about to take charge of tho receipts nt the dance being given bv ' Mr. WtllinniB nt the Mnccabee hall, nnd nlso was about to take the sup per t'.at whs up-mired foi the danc ers when the defendant succeeded In borrowing the money nnd paying the amount sued for and the costs. It is not known whether Mr. Williams will continue lu the dauco business in this city. He formerly was engaged In giving dances at Ihe Armory, but be came delinquent In his accounts with the Roseburg Orchestra who have the Armory leased for dancing and there- . by the court proceedings resulted. Wa'ter Leatherwood. of Wilbur, was arrested by Officer Phillips, of Oakland late Saturday afternoon upon two charges, one of assault and battery upon the person of K. 11. Ot ttnger, and the other of lnrceny from tho store of Dave McKay. Both tho complainants are residents of Wil bur. Leatherwood waB brought hero on Saturday evenings train and Miortly thereafter, appeared before Justice of tho. Pence John T. Long. He wns plnced under ball In the sum of f 350. covering both aliened crimen. Thin he furnishec) with difficulty, tho homing being Ret for tomorrow morn 'ng at !l o'clock. Ottinger alleges that Leatherwood pulled him from his wagon as he was driving along the hlghwnv, at the snmo time strik ing a number of severe blows, with serious effect. McKay allegea that Leatherwood entered his store nnd without cause or provocation, Insult rtd his wife by calling her a number of unbecoming names. He also claims that Lent hci wood appropriated a doll at the approximate value of 50 cents, the same furnishing n basis for bring ing the larceny, chnrge. It Is said that Leatherwood Is a good citizen when solier. but when drunk Is con sidered of n violent disposition. ' How would you like to have a family group. While . tho children are home we will make it nt the studio or nt your home, Xmas trees or Xmas diniiern. W are pre- pared to do all kinds of work. Just call phone 2181 and make your engagement. . 4 Wb do nrtlKltc framing. Clark 'B Studio, Roseburg Na- tional Bank bldg. r ::n vi;. firs'! OK TIIK IIFXMI, KIIOK I