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ROSEBURG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON, THURSSDAY, APRIL 21, 1910
No. 140
VOL. I
mmum day
Ceremonies of Masons Closed
With Feast.
THE ATTENDANCE LARGE
Hon. O.' I. Cosliuw Acted as Toast
master ami Responses Were
Made by a Xumebr if Dis
tinguished Visitors.
The dedicatory ceremonies of Lau
rel Lodge No. 13, Free and Accept
ed Masons, came to a pleasing and
enjoyable ending about 12 o'clock
last night after a grand banquet at
the Armory, A crowd that filled
the lodge room in the new temple
to overflowing was present to listen
to the program for the enrly part of
the evening which proved a feature
of the day'B festivities and was car
ried out as published In a roriuer
issue oi i ne ie,wa wuu uui uuo ex
ception, the presentation address by
Hon, Binger Hermann. The latter be
ing detained at home on account of
Illness his place, was taken by K. G.
.lones, grand niastor, who delivered
this address. At the conclusion of
the program at the temple the audi
ence was dismissed and marched to
the, Armory where they found the
committee on refreshments had not
been neglectful In preparing a feast
in keeping with the other parte of
the splendid program for the day.
Nothing had been left undone to
make this particular part of the ex
ercises .pleasing and enjoyable for
the nearly five hundred guests at the
table. Prof Lots' "Stiring orches
tra furnished the music during the
banquet and it was a rare treat for
all. The banquet room was beauti
fully decorated 'and the tables were
profuse with bouquets of choice
roses. It was a pleasing sight to
the eye and brought a "feeling of
fullness" to the inner man that was
Indeed satisfying. Much credit Is
due to the various committees for
the excellent way in which the visit
ors and local members were cared
for and the day will go down In
h' r
i ' A Sri
1 . & iv?
."i til MiU'Vi-TT
THOSE warm days will soon be at
OKI
hand and you may as well i prepare
for them now. . Call at our store and we
will show you something in"summer suits
that is sure to please you.
It costs you little to dress
well if you buy your clothes here.
Workmanship and style the'Jbest.
Prices range from
$12.50 to $30.00
I. ABRAHAM
history as an Important event In
the annals of Masonry.
During the banquet Hon. O. P.
Coshow, past master, presided and In-
tnraaHnir tnilStR fl'Om NorrlS B. COX.
grand master, Ilev. Charles V. Bak
er, Frederick S. Dunn, past strand
natron stale scnooi aunenniouumii.
tt. H. Ackerman and Hon. L. Bllyeu
were listened to and much appreciat
ed. Thelnst toast closed a day Ions
to be remembered by the local Ma
sons and those from a distnnce. The
delegation from Eugene left for home
on their special train at 1 o'clock and
other visitors to the city took their
departure late last evening or early
this morning.
PARISANS WINE AND
DINE ROOSEVELTS
Special to Evening News)
PARIS, April 2t. Great throngs
greeted Col. Roosevelt when he ar
rived in-this city from Buda Pest to
day. The Roosevelts went to the
homo of American Embassador Ba
con, and later on the Colonet call
ed on President Fnllieres at the pal
ace UUU ufuu ruiuiKii iuiuiDiD,
chon. Both President Fallleres and
Minister Plnchon returned the call.
American business men In Paris will
give a reception In honor of Col.
Roosevelt at the Embassy, and presi
dent Fallleres will tender blin a ban
quet. Saturday evening the Distin
guished American will deliver a lec
ture at Sorbolne.
COST OF LIVING
TOOK BIG SLUMP
Special to the Evening News)
NEW YORK, April 21, High cost
of living took a slump hero today
when retailors announced a reduc
tion in the price of food stuff a. Un
til today although the wholesale
hou sea htad announced a gen
eral reduction, t he retail Rouses
niaintainer their former exhorbltant
prices. Among the commodities af
fected are flour potatoes, eggs, can
ned goods. Salted meats are slated
for a drop in price before the week
end.
HOW
ABOUT
YOUR
SUIT
SUMMER
IS
Found in Room at Nevada
Hostlery.
ROBS KIDD GROCERY
Secures 220.30, All of Which Is
Found at Time of Capture He
lievo lie is wanted ut Other
Points in the State.
One of the most daring robberies
eve.r committed In Douglas county
occurred In this city shortly after
10 o'clock last evening, when Frank
Murphy, alias George Chambers,
who has every appearance of a genu
ine crook, entered the grocery store
conducted by Mrs. A. C. Kidd & Son
and located in the Abraham building
on Jackson street, near the corner of
Oak, forced open the Iron safe, and
made his exit with $220.30, $190 of
which was in gold coin and the re
mainder in silver. The robber gnin
ed entrance to the Interior of the
store through lowering a window
situated on the south side of' the.
structure at a point directly above
the stairway leading from the upper
story of the Abraham building to the
alley ut the rear. Although no one
chanco.d to see the burglar enter the
building, It Is presumed that he
mounted the stairway above men
tioned, forced the window, and grasp
ing a projecting rafter, pulled him
self through space and alighted on
a sort of a balcony at the rear of
the store utilized in storing accum
ulated merchandise. Once inside of
the building the robber made his way
down the t-teep stairway and was
soon at the safe. In readiness to com
mence operations.
Turning out the electric light sta
tioned directly at the right of the
safe, the burglar set to work, and
as an appropriate preliminary fum
bled with the combination In an ef
fort to ascertain whether or not the
iron chest was bolted. Finding It un
locked, he then swung the heavy
doors, and a moment later turned
his attention toward forcing the In
ner compartments in which the mon
ey and other valuables were secreted.
Rein of frail construction the rob
ber had little difficulty in gaining
access to these depositories, but on
the contrary they yielded with eape
under the strain of a small nail pull
er which th3 robber brought into use.
Having accomplished this part of
the task the burglar then grasne,d
the contents of the safe, consisting
principally of twn nurses, one of
which contained S1J10 In gold coin,
and pnot her $30 In Hlver.
With this monev snfelv secreted in
his pocket the bumlar then glanced
about (he mom. Mid notieine but the
cash reerletei stationed on the count
er near the front of the store, wended
his way in that direction. That he
v:es (Hsannolnted In the loot secured
from that source can be Indeed from
J he fact tint be obtained but 30
cents, a 2R cnt piece nnd a niekle.
At thft fiinctme of the nroceedinesi
Robert Kidd. pon of Mrs. A. C. Kidd. J
nd one of the proprietors of the
establishment, chanced to naps the
store, in comnauy with n friend, nnd
recotJectinc that he had neelecled to
lock the wife at the close of the day's I
business informed the comnanlon that !
he would enter, but would return a
moment Inter. I
As Mr. Kidd crossed the threshold
of the front entrance he detected a1
peculiar noise, something simflar. he
savs. to that of a dog trotting when
adorned with an ornamental eollnr.
Realizing that something out of the
usual was In course of transpiration
Mr. Kidd started to walk to the rear
of the room, nnd nn he did so he
noticed a man standing near the safe.
At that moment Mr. Kidd yelled and
retreated to the sidewalk where he
called for aid. ..City Policeman
Knauss, who chanced to be standing
directly across the street in front of
the Wollenherg store, responded in
haste, and with revolver In hand en
tered the store only to find Mr. Bur
elar making his exit through the
window in which he came. Having
no opportunity to wing his man the
officer hastened out of the store, at
the same time notifying pedestrians
to follow the'burtilar who was at that
time making his way down Oak
street in the direction of Smith's
livery barn. Believing that (he bur
glar would turn onto Rose street
upon reaching the stable Knauss ran
up .lackson to the Rosebtirg National
Bank and thence down Vats street to
the corner of Rose street. As hn
reached this point he noticed several
ninin ..mhi .... !k .r
parties assembled near the c?ntnr of
the block, between Oak nnd Cass
streets, and accordingly, approached
them. One of the parties, tho fellow
who now languishes In the county
Jail awaiting trial on a charge of
burglary, appeared quite talkative,
and seemed inclined to lend his as.
sistance In an effort to capture the
criminal. In fact he Informed the
officer as well at Delos Livingston
and Fred Dillard, amstf.ur slueths
who had taken up the chase, that he
had been rubjected to a terrible or
deal a moment before, declaring that
some nnknown man had accosted him
near the llverr barn, at the same time
demanding that lie throw up his
hands and deliver over his money.
Farther the, fellow said that he be
lieved the unknown man was the
j fellow who had robbed the store.
I his .'ictluns appearing unusually
culiar In the event he was un up
right citizen. At that time Kuaus
cave un the I'hase and returned fo
hfs beat, realising no douM, that he
would be unapplauded for work
of this nature iuasmuch as he Is simp
ly employed bycertalu merchants to
protect their interests. As Knauss
left. Dillard and Livingston starred
down Oak street toward the railroad,
and to their surprise the "lalkatlvo"
man approached, stating that he
would nccomnanv them and come to
their assistance should ihe guilty
party be apprehended. Alter walk
ing to a point near the corner of Oak
and Sheridan streets Dillar I nnd
Livingston became somowhnt alarm
ed as to their safety Inasmuch an they
had suspicioned tho undesirable com
panion from the first, ccordlngly
they retreated, leaving Mr. "Talka
tive" at his leisure.
In the meantime Officers Wright,
Huffman, Ashworth and Williams had
received information regarding tho
occurrance, land accordingly each
started out on a still hunt In an ef
fort to capture the unknown man.
Constable Wright, who was the
first officer to appear nt the scene af
ter the eventful experience of Captain
Knnuss. wended his way In the direc
tion of the railroad yards, and upon
reaching a point nenr the depot was
accosted by Mr. "Talkative." who
again offered his services. Officer
Wright tumbled almost Immediately
but to make the game an attractive
one Invited him to aid In searchi g
the yards. The robber was much
pleased with the attention paid him
by the ' offlcor and it was not long
until the two were searching empty
cars, the formor attempting to de
tect the "unknown " and the latter
to detect himself. After a prolonged
investigation without material re
sults the crook became tired nnd dis
gusted and Informed the officer that
he would be obliged to leave.
Continuing the search for -some
little time alone Officer Wright also
became, perplexed at the situation,
but not wishing to give up hope, re
turned to the comer of Cass nnd
Sheridan streets whore he outlined
further plans of Investigation. Kn
tertaluing the, belief that the desired
individual might have rented a room
in the vicinity Officer Wright then
sought the services of Dnto Strange,
who chanced to be In the locality,
and the two ins company, started
out to search the rooming houses. Ar
riving at the Nevada house, situated
on Sheridan street, the officer learn
ed; that an unknown man had a
short time previously sought a room,
and had been assigned to slee.ping
apartment No, 2. With this vivid
clew at hand Wright and Strange
then proceeded to the room, nnd upon
peering through the key hole noticed
that the light was turned out and
that the room was dark. Persistent,
however, they knocked on Ihe door,
and nfter a brief dejay, were ans
wered by a man on tho inside who
said: "What in h do you want' "
"Open that door," said Wright, "or
1 will knock It down," nnd a mo
ment later the man conceded to the
demand. As the officer and his com
panion entered they noticed severs I
suspicious circumstances, among
them being the condition of the in
mate, who with light turned out
was still garbed in his usual apparel
with the expection of a coat. Order
ed to remain quiet and subject him
self to searching, the fellow appeal
ed nervous, but nevertheless' he paid
little, simply informing tho official
intruders that they were at liberty to
Investigate inasmuch ns hu liHd no
money except about. $20 which he
claimed us his personal property, A
thorough search of the man's am'arcl
showed this declaration to be true,
the amount found tallying exactly!
with his statement. Not wishing to j
do things by halves, however, the of-;
ficer could not be bluffed, but un the ;
contrary he ordered an even more '
thorough searching , Investigation.
The bedding v:ns thoroughly searched ;
aw were the tipartmeuts In the bureau
and closets. Like the previous
search a second ir.-pp'.iirit tm reveal-1
ed nothing of utaitling importance.!
At thf.t time WiUht and S'. range do-j
elded to givotip, i.nd were junt ulmtit j
to leave the rw-ri, when FL-ince. un
doubtedly seized with supernatural
instinct, shoved his hand into the
water pitcher, and to his astonish-'
nient pulled therefrom a revolver as,
well as the money In nrstion. This
Incident was enough to convince the'
officer that tho right man hail been'
apprehended, nnd a mnmoiit Inter '
he was officially arrested. Confront-1
ed with the revolver nnd money and
asked as to where it came from, the
fellow simply smiled, slating It did not 1
belong to him. In another instant 1
he was asked1 regarding his name, j
and in responding said that his true;
title was Krnnk Murph5'. In res-1
lone to further Interrogation how-j
ever, he gave his name as Cham-i
establishing the met that
traveling under an assumed
title. - -!
Without further delay Murphy was (
escorted to the county Jail, followed
by several officers as well as a crowd'
of citizens who wero alert to news i
regarding the capture. At the Jnll
he sold he was from New York City, j
but this statement Is doubted by thej
officials ns are all statements uttered
by a criminal under such circum
stances. A search of the man's per- j
son at the Jail revealed further i
startling facts, a quantity nf Jewerly
nnd other plunder being found.
Among the Jewelry are several Mason
ic emblema as well as a watch. Al
though no petty thefts have been
reported to the police during the past
twenty-four hours It may be possible
I that Murphy "touched" a few of the
Men Entombed
Lower Levels.
in
FEARED ALL ARE DEAD
Ilescuers Worked all Night to Re
move' Obstructions from the
Shaft That Bodies Can
be Heeovered.
(Special to Evening News)
BIRIXGHAM, Ala., April 21 It Is
now believed that forty miners, that
were entombed in the Mulga Mine of
the Blrlngham Railway und Coal com
pany are dead. .The rescuers who
worked all night attempting to re
move the twiwted iron cages which
block the Bhaft, declare that the
gases permeate, every crevice of the
mine. The explosion occurred late
yesterday afternoon. Of ihe impris
oned men, fifteen of them aro white
aud the balance are negroes.
SNOW AND FROST"
RUINS FARMERS
Special to the EVtenlng News)
CINCINNATI, O., April 2t Unlil
nnd ilsiiuctlcm hits followed In the
wnke of the cold Bimp tlmt linn pre
vnlled In Ohio, Kentucky, West Vir
ginia nnd Southern Indiana during
the past five days, nnd tho chnnge
has boon wrought will, It Is estimat
ed, reach the sum of $5,000,000. The
small fruit crop has been practically
destroyed nnd many truck KnrdonerH
and small farmers have beon ruined
by the loss of their crops. In north
ern Kentucky snow still stands on tho
ground which a week nito was cov
ered by growing things.
GOVERNOR HUGHES
FOR SUPREME BENCH
(Special to Evening News)
NEW YORK, April 21. According
to the. New York Sun in today's is-
Masonic visitors who were in tho city
yesterday inasmuch as his Jewoiry
consisted chiefly of Masonic emblems.
In case he did not operate yester
day, however, it is -an established
fact that he is wanted nt other points
in Oregon or possibly California.
When interviewed by members of
the sheriff's staff, this morning Mur
phy would say nothing, appearing
finite offended at his perilous posi
Ioii. Speaking to a News representative
this morning Mr. Kidd stated that he
was more than p'erd with' the
manner In which the officers respond
ed to the call, and especially to Mr.
Wright, who succeede1 In making
the capture nnd securing tho stolen
money. Had tho robber entered the
Kidd store the night previous to the.
robberv ho would have Been red $2300
Instead of $230.
Forty
AC HIICV ' Official Watch Inspector,
J HUE I, Southern Pacific Railroad
Call at Page Investment Co.'s square dealing lumber yard and got
the best saw-sized or slsio dimension lumber, tho best Extra No. A
Sunset Flrund Shingles, and the best air seasoned, kiln dried floor
ing, finish and all kinds of building lumber.
Dour screens, 2.8x2.6, 90c. Slab wood, 2 per tier at yard.
Adjustlble window screens, fit any window, 30c to 46.
Having been shipped by mistake wo havo some cull ihlngles at
$1.50 per M.
Page Investment Company
Phone 2421 709 North Jackson Street
sue. PresIdent Toft has decided to of
fer the vacancy on the Supreinu
Bench, caused by the death of Jus
tice Brewer, to Governor Hughes.
MARK TWAIN GROWS
NOTICABLY WEAKER
(Special to Evening News)
REDDING. Conn., April 21. Mark
Twain Is notlcahly weaker this morn
ing but is resting comfortably.
MI SICAL THICAT IX STORK.
Recital at the Baptist Church, Friday
Kvcnhig, April !2lS,
An entertainment or unusual morlt
will be given in the Baptist church
tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock In
which some of the best musical aud
literary talent In the city will parti
cipate. The event Is the recital given
by the pupils of Miss Ellen Oertrudo
Harris, assisted by the accomplished
pianist, Miss Merta Bales and Mlsa
Page, who Is a gifted elocutionist.
Tho program as arranged, which will
appear in Friday's Evening News,
Is a delightful combination, and
every one who Is fortunate enough to
attend this affair will feel repaid for
golug. Miss Harris haB hee.u In the
city for several months nnd hns dem
onstrated her ability ns a musician,
whlo Miss Bnles Is known to nearly
everyone In Rosehurg ns a pianist of
rtiro technic. Miss Page has often
charmed her hearers by her recita
tions and readings. Among others
who will appear in the program are
several of the best known and most
popular vocalists In the city. There,
is no admission charge to this recital
but un offering will be taken.
The case recently brought in tho
justice court by Boee and Jeff Will
iams ngnlnst Alva nnd Charles How
ard has been continued indefinitely
Inasmuch us the prosecuting wit
nesses have failed to appear In court
as Instructed.
Novelty Theatre
Billy Empey Van
AND
Jack Bellman
COMMEDIANS
I.V VAl'IIHVIIXH'
A . Itonrlug Sketch "The
Xreillii .House."
Singing, Dancing and Foolish
ness. 20 Minutes of Kim.
The only original IJInck Salome
dancers on tho stage.
' days only, Thursday, Friday,
Saturday. Matinee overy da,
I'K Tl'ltHS.
"The Toymnhe.rB Secret."
"Seaside Adventures at homo,
comedy.
"The Price of Patriotism," a
historical drama
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tories, and the best wearing
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for this Is the class of watches
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than we are offering them. It
Is to your advantage to see
that your new watch comes
from