THE WEATHER
LOCAL FORECAST
Filr Tonight and Thursday
Warmer Thureday
ADVERTISERS
Will ritidTlio Kvuuliiir Nuwk
the tout uiwlluw to reach the
people of Hnnotmnr. A wlilo-a-waku
publication prlntlnir
all th now tlmt'B fit to print
VOL. I
ROSEBURG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER i!9, 1909.
NO. 49
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But Fortunately no Serious
Harm Resulted.
ONLY WRECKED ENGINE
Crime Is Laid on Union Labor or. Sym
pathizers Structure Is a Mil
lion Dollar Steel Frame
Hotel.
(Special to The Evening News)
, Salt Lake, Dec. 29. Two unsuc
cessful attempts were made today to
dynamite the mammoth derrick steel
structure that is being erected In this
city. The steel work is being done by
Don union labor, and it is charged
that the union smypathlzers, or some
one directly identified with organiz
ed labor, is responsible for the at
tempt to blow up the frame of the
).-ig building. The structure is design
ed for a hotel, and stands at the head
of Main street, and when completed
will have cost a million dollars. This
tine hotel will be one of the most
complete institutions of the kind in
the entire west. To prevent any fur
ther attempts at destruction, armed
guards have been stationed around
the property. The attempted .dyna
miting was at an hour when no one
t wns in the vicinity, and although the
engine operating the hoist was wreck
ed, tho frame work was not injured.
Work has been temporarily suspended.
j of stringed instruments, and two
bountirui meats, dinner and supper,
j Is being arranged for the all day
.service at the Methodist Episcopal
'church on New Years day. Kev. M,
K. Meartr will pi each at 11 a, m. A
historical sketch of the church from
the time of Its organization to the
present time will be rend by Mrs. N.
T. Jeuett, at 2:20 p. m. This will be
followed by the annual roll call of
members at 3 p. m. Several of the
pastors of-the city will participate in
a round table conference at 3 p. m.
in the evening tho service will be held
at 7 p. m. After evening Intermis
sion for supper. After prayer, praise
nnd testimonies. There will be spe
cial vocal and Instrumental music by
Ihe choir and orchestra. This will
be followed with a happy and live
address by Robert Sutcliffe, the bus-ness-llke
and energetic pastor of Cot
tage Grove. All of those services will
be full of life and happiness. All are
welcome. Jas. K. Hawkins, pastor.
BATH TUB MURDER
MYSTERY UNSOLVED
HAPI'V NKW YEAIt'S KVEXT
An Interesting and varied program
with Hpecinl music by new orchestra
MISS ANNA MORGAN
HELPS LABOR CAUSE
(Special to The Evening News)
New York, Dec. 29. Miss Annn
Morgan, daughter of J. P. Morgan,
is strongly advocating the cause of
the striking shirt waist workers. A
Christmas gift from the noted finan
cier to his daughter, said to be a check
running well into five figures, has
been used to assist the strikers in
their fight for better conditions. Mor
gan is said to have offered no objec
tion when his daughter told him to
what use she desired to put the mon
ey. Other influential people of the
city are also lending moral and fi
nancial aid to the strikers, and it is
expected that the employers will soon
agree to the demands of employes.
(Special to The Kvenlng News)
New York, Dec. 29. Dr. Hughes
today authorized the return to thie
city of Mrs. Caroline B. M.artln, Moth
er of Mrs. Ocey Snead, victim of the
New York bath tub murder mystery,
and also Mrs. Mary Snead, an aunt
o( the dead woman, will be returned.
Both women were held awaiting exr
tradition on the charge of being im
plicated in the murder of Mrs. Ocey
Snead on November 24.
1
KUGKXE MERCHANTS WORKED.
Clover Swindler Secures About 9100
From Dealers.
SPECIAL SESSION
IN DEADLOCK
Frank Long, of Cleveland, is a vls
Hnr in the city this afternoon.
Eugene, Or., Doc. 29. During the
holiday rush of last Friday and Satun
day three mercantile firms of Eugene
were "worked to the tune of Sluo
In the aggregate by a smooth indi
vidual posing as a logger and repre
senting himself to be Ross Hill.
He purchased small bills of goods
nt tnree different stores and then paid
for them with a check for S30 pur
porting to have been drawn by R. Wi
Martin, manacer of the Mohawk Lum
ber company, ana tnen getting tne rat
feronce between the amount of the
check in cash fro-n xhe merchant.
The fraud was not discovered till
yesterday and today, when the checks
wero presented at the First National
bank for payment, they were found
to be wcrthle&s.
T3. H.-Mahn, who nrrlvd Li the city
some days ago to visit with relatives,
will leave tomorrow mornlntr for Se
nttle whare he will remain for about
three months.
Adrian, the 7 year old son of Mr.
and Mrs, W. H. Fisher, underwent an
operation this morning fur adenoids
and enlarged tonsils. Dr. A. C. Seely
performing the surgery.
First Annual
CLEA
RANGE
SALE
One-fourth Offon All Clothing
Our window is a mirror of what you will find inside. Every suit marked
in plain figures. You cannot afford to pass this sale of strictly high-class,hand-tailored'-suits.
It means money to you. DO IT NOW. BUY, SAVK, STOP,
THINK! Every suit and overcoat must be sold. : These prices mu&t appeal to
you. This is the store that does things. No fiction.
1
4
off
Think of an all wool, hand tailored
suit, nobby, up-to-the-minute; in style
and pattern, cheap at $15.00, now ....
All wool fine worsted suits, fancy
cashmeres and Scotch tweeds, cheap
at $18.00, now
All the.speclal high grade strictly all
wool materials, the latest fashions,
greeiis, olives, brows and dark grays,
all sues, cheap at $20,000, now
NOW $11.25
Now $13.50
ers, suits to be proud of, strictly hand
tailored, a bargain at $22.50, now ....
Suits that you cannot resist wanting
to wear, perfection, height of tailor
ing and materials, sold everywhere
for from $25.00 to $30. 0C, now
Now
Now
$15.00
$16.85
Now $18.75
1
4
off
(Special to The Evening News.)
Helena, Mont., Dec. 29. A special
BPHfllnn nf tho lnrl,nt,.n ,na u..
by the governor to consider the mnt-
im ui uil'icummk me appropriation
for the new whmR rn ti mnii.i
building, in order lhat nntlve stone
i-uuia ue usea instead or the proposed
stone from the Hoosler state. So far,
however, thern hn. hoan n n.nn..i.
The senate, which Is Republican, fa-
vum, uie innmna product, while tho
house Is Democratic, and advocates
Ihe native rock for the construction
of the new wings, which is also In
accordance with the expressed wishes
ui me moor unions or that section.
The Republicans are urging their
claim on the grounds of economy,
while those favoring native stone
claim that the Increased cost will be
only nominal, but by using Montana
rock all the money will be kept at
home.
ed turkeys now in this market, un
'old, nnd about a carloud of eastern
dressed ducks and geese. The
chance are that ihe quantity Is
much greater even than Indicated.
BOILER EXPLOSION
KILLS FIVE MEN
(Special to The Evening News )
Rending, Pa., Dec. 29. A boiler
explosion Is reported to have occurr
ed at the Metropolitan Electric com
pany's plant early this morning. Mea
ger Information from the the scene
of the dlsuster can only be obtained,
but It Is stated that five men wore
killed by the explosion.
ZELAYA IS NOW
IN MEXICO CITY
(Special to The Evening News)
Mexico City, Dec. 29. Former
President Zelaya, of Nicaragua, ar
rived here today and was received
unofficially by representatives of the
government. A great many Central
Americans cheeied wl.dly as Zelaya's
car, attached to the regular train,
pulled Into the station..
BIG FOUR TRAIN
IN THE DITCH
(Special to The Evening News)
Cleveland, Dec. 29. A passeHgor
train on tho Ulg Four railroad was
wrecked near this city today, and
several persons are reported to have
been seriously hurt in tho accident.
COLD KTOHAUK l-OUXS ON SALK
About 70,000 Pound of "Ripe"
INmltry Offered l'orlluiidct'H,
1-4 Off 1-4 Off 1-4 Off 1-4 Off 14 Off 1-4 Off
OVERCOAT BARGAINS
Manish Hand-Tailored overcoats, Military collars, large prominent
shoulders, Priestly Cravinetted, Blacks, Grays, fancy worsteds, Scotch Tweeds
and unfinished worsteds. You cannot resist these money saving bargains.
Overcoats Sold Everywhere from $15 to $18 Now $11.25
Overcoats Sold Everywhere from $18 to $20 Now $13.50
Overcoats Sold Everywhere from $20 to $25 Now$i5.00
Sec Our Hat Department For Attractive Prices
All Negligee Shirts to You at Attractive Prices
This is our first annual sale and we want you to eee and appreciate that we do
what we say, and have confidence in the store that does business in a legitimate
way. If you have never been a patron of llarth's Toggery, commence now.
Let us prove to you there is merit in high-class goods, a saving to you in this
sale and a satisfaction that will be a pleasure.
Harth's Toggery
HOME OF II KG A I, SHOES
HOME OP REGAL SHOES
HOME OP II KG A L SHOES
Portland Telegram
"Age does not wither nor storage
stale lis gastronomic charm."
So say the dealers. Hut seriously,
how Ions will a ocld storage turney
hold good?
Does the quality of an Oregon
urkey Impiovo by reason of ihe fact
that it was killed prior to Thanks
giving day, shipped to San Francls
?o, sent back to Portland for the
Christmas t-ade, and then held over
to Ne v Yei-r's dav?
Is an Oklahoma or Nebraska tur
key killed perhaps a month ago and
shipped on Ice half wny across the
continent, just what tho t average
Port laud consumer wants at tho Now
Year's dinner?
There is no use "taking thought
on what ye shall eat" at the coming
holiday. That little problem has
been most happily solved by the
market men. All the consumer need
do is wince nnd pay the price.
If he elcr-ls turkey. It will bo a
storage bird: if ho calls for a goose
it will be taken off the Ice for him;
if ho decides on a duck for the New
Year's dint.er ho will likewise get
the ''cured" article.
And the price that will In all
probability be In line wilh the good
things that wero In demand at
Thanksgiving time nnd Christmas.
Tho cost, as at the other holidays, is
likely to be 20 to 40 per cent higher
than In previous yearn.
And In rase a turkey cannot be
bo embalnird with Ice as to bo In
definitely kfpt fresh and young, what
is to be done with it when tho pros
pective l)upp turns nwav in disgust?
One little news item from the
north that found Its wav Into print
Snndav deems to be suggestive, it
follow s:
"Montpsano, Wash., lor. 2 si. Few
turkeys were eiitnn In Montcsano to
day aa local dealers were obliged to
return to Portland the shipments
received from there. They were
mostly cold storage products "and
their condition was unfit for con
sumption. "What birds were sold went at
35 Vents a pound."
At Christmas time, an at Thankc
glvlntr time, then wero hundreds of
families In the city where tho prices
demanded by the market nvn vir
tually barred turkey. Now. with the
holidays passnd. there are thousand
of pounds of dtPRKed turkeys, Ore
gon and eastern. In storage, unsold
ard-waiting for buyeru for the New
Year's dinner.
Dealers familiar with the market
"onditlond say there are between
Q0,000 and 70,000 pounds of dress-
STRIKE SITUATION,
NOT RELIEVED
(Special to Thu Evening News.)
Minneapolis, Dec. 29. The Btrlke
Bltuutlon In Minnesota 1b at a stand
still, and is awultlng the final out
come of H. B. Perham's trip to
Washington,- where he went to see
the president and others In an en
deavor to Ret their Influence In set
tling the matter. Perliam Is snld
to be a member of one of the train
men's organizations, and 1b going to
the national capital expecting to lay
the whole trouble before the mem
bers of the interstate commerce commission.
THIS AX AK Oh- QUA FT '
So Sayo Supremo Court Justice Wes
ley Howard.
Troy, N. Y., Dec. 29. -"Tho age of
patriotism has yielded to the age of
commercialism. Uppermost In the
humnn mind today is not the stars
and stripes, but the dollar mark."
Such was tho declaration of Su
orome Court Justice Wesley O. Ilow
ircl, In an opinion today reducing the
compensation of members of a com
mission nppolnted to apprnlBe dama
ges to property resulting from tho
construction of the AHhokan reservoir
In Ulsor county, which is to furnish a
water supply fpr New York city.
"While the commission furnlBhes
avonues for the reckless escape of
ninny dollars, there are other chan
nels of leakage and waBto fully as ap
nalllng," Bald Justice Howard.
"It Is greatly to be regrottod that
no public enterprise can be projected
and consummated without this ap
nailing loss, called 'grart.' Graft, in
not necessarily an Illegal expenditure
f money, but it Is that unnecessary
wasteful use that characterizes the
construction of every public venture.
At least 40 per cent of all money ap
propriated for public use Is lost in
irraft. All things could be posslblo if
tills frightful leak could bo stopped
ronds, canals, libraries, asylums and
hospHalB.
"Graft Is ns much nn element to bo
eckoned with In computing the cost
of a public structure as Ib cement or
Inbor. It haB come to bo a matter of
course this rake-otf a loss recog
nized by all who make ostlmntes of
ost In such cases. A public structure
built honestly would bo a freak."
T)r .E. V. Hoover was called to
Melrose yestorday to attend J. A.
Anderson, who is suffering from
pneuiuonla.
Teriffic Storm off the
England Coast.
New
LEVIED GHASTLY TOLL
Tidal Wave Swept lloston's Water
Front, Destroying1 Property to
the Value of One Million
Dollurs.
(Special to The Evonlug News)
Boston, Dec. 29. Durlne Christ
mas, week most severe storms raged
along the Now Bnglnnd and Cana
dian coast nnu' a great dor.l of ship
ping was wracked both in the har
bors and at sou. Krom advices re
ceived from Nova Scotia and New
foundland the gnlo that raged nkngr
tho coast on Christmas day reach
ed tho proportions of a hurricane.
As the storm subsided the vosaele
that had stood off the const during:
tho galo began to arrive In port, but
at this t!rae there are more than ut
dozen craft that are unaccounted for,,
and it Is feared that they are loat
Bovernl vcbbgIb foundered off the
New lOnglaud coast while the storm
was at lis holght, and the crews wore
lost with thorn. From the data ob
tainable it Is estimated that between
forty and fifty sailors were drowned
during the storm period, and the to
tal number who went down with the
foundored veBsels may possibly ex
ceed this estimate. During tho pro
gress of the gale a tldnl wave swept
Into Rnston and destroyed a million
dollars' worth of pro port y In a few
minutes of time. The wave reach
ed a height of fifteen feet.
Tho News was In error regarding
the awarding of the prize at t he
wed ding anniversary celebration or
Mr. and Mrs, A. T. Thompson .which
occtn'rod Saturday evening. The ar
ticle wsb to tho orrect that Mrs.
Thompson had won the first prize,
whllo In fact, tho Bumo was nwardeoT
to Mrs. Hnmpson. The consolation
prlzo went to Mrs. Ed Keuny.
Road The Evening NewB for news.
Just a call nt my etudlo
will convfrco you we are ar
tists and can make you every
1:1-1 or alfco photo yon may
desire. Frames mado to or-
der. Clark's Studio, Roso
Uurg National bank building.
FR EE
HOUSEKEEPERS, STORE-
KEEPERS, JANITORS
I have it now, a sweeping compound that will
meet the most exacting requirements. It is cheaper
than you have heen using as it has loss sand in it
and consequently lighter. It will not harm the
finest rug or carpet. It will take up all dust from
wood floors or covered floors. Unless floors nre very
dirty it can be used more than once, again reducing
cost. Retails at s cents per pound But that you may
know how it does its work I will give you a sample
package if you will bring tliiB adv. with you. "The
man with an axe to grind," and this time I want te
know how many of Mr. Bates' readers see my adv.
F. H. ChurchilF
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