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VOL. IV.
KOSEBURG, OREGON, SATUtDAY, XOVKMIIKH 80, 1012.
No. as
GRAND IS SOLD
C. VV. Hopkins, of Portland,
Buys the Marsters' Block.
HIMES & OLIVER MAKc DEAL
Consideration u( IjttO.OOO.OO Vn
Puld For the Iroperty No
CluuiKe In Hotel Lease
or Property.
' Horace L. Marsters today dispos
ed of bis block in which is located
tbe Grand Hotel, the Grand Grill,
R. Pritchard's cigar store aad Himes
& Oliver's real estate offices. The
purchaser is C. W. Hopkins, a well
known Portland capitalist, who has
considerable other Investments In
Douglas county. (50,000.00 was the
consideration paid for the property.
Mr. Hopkins purchased the block for
an investment only and not for specu
lation. Tbe sale of the block will In n'i
wise affect tbe leases of tbe varloiu
persons holding the same.
Some time ago it will be recalled
the lease on the Grand hotel was
purchased by the firm of Hlmes and
Oliver, who have made many
changes and alterations for the bet
ter In the service of the hotel. It
wsb through the efforts of this ener
getic and progressive real estate
firm that the sale of the block was
made to Mr. Hopkins.
Judge Lawrence Uurria, In the
circuit court, this afternoon listened
to arguments in the case of Clara
Marks vs. Jack Wilson. The plain-
tiff contends that the land at yreT
f ent In possession of Wilson was at
one time a part of the Marks estate,
and . that those in charge of the
said estate had no legal right to con
Harth's
f Harth's Toggery, Inc.
I
LAIHKS AUXILIARY,
The regular monthly meet-
ing of the Ladles Auxiliary of
the Roseburg Commercial Club
will be held In the club rooms
Monday evening, December 2.
Several mutters of importance
are. to come before the auxil-
lary at thlB meeting and alt
members are requested to be
present.
MRS. W. L. WALSH, Sec.
1007-d2
summate the transfer. It Is not
probable that the arguments will be
concluded until late this evening,
consequently a decision will not be
forthcoming for several days.
Do not overlook the invitation to
the public to attend the special!
Memorial Services of the Elks' to
morrow afternoon at 2 p.m.
n30,10(M
No little excitement occurred at
a point almost directly in front of
the meat market of George Kohlhag
en Bhortly after 10 o'clock this morn
ing, when the covering which pro
trudes to a point above the curb
came tumbling down with a crash.
Fortunately the sidewalk was clear
of people and fatalities were avert
ed. Had the accident occurred at
a time when the si d walk was throng
ed with pedestrians it is safe to as
sert that it would have resulted dis
astrously. DEAL AT HOME
. 4
' For good tailoring call at 137
Jackson street. 4
n 23. S. A. PHILLIPS.
Toggery
Wants You to Look!
FITFORM
LETTERS RUINED
One Woman Dies For Want
of Attention.
THREE LABORERS ARE KILLED
IV,:tstt'r Kalis From Ceiling and Fat
ulltUtt Are Narrowly Averted
Home Investigation
Proceeds.
(Special to The Evening News.)
LONDON, Eng., Nov. 30. It was
learned here today that at least one
letter was ruined when a number of
suffragettes threw acid in a letter
box containing money sent by a
young laborer to savo tlw lives of his
mother, baby and sister.
The letter failed to arrive at lta
destination, and without money or
friends, the sister died, white the
mother is not expected to live. The I
officers are working on the case and
arrests will probably be effected in
the event the identity of the young
laborer who sent the letter can be
established. The police have recent
ly rcelved complaints to the effect
t the suffragettes have ruined
thousands of letters, and that untold
suffering has resulted. The local
postoffice is flooded with inquiries
for lost mail. Women, who are sus
pected of being suffragettes have
been openly insulted and violence is
feared.
Three Men Are Dead.
PITTSBURG, Pa., Nov. 30 Three
men were burled alive In a cave-in
here today The men were later ex
tricated, but died on the way to the
hospital. " "
Narrowly E.scupeH Death.
SAWT13LLB, Cal., Nov. 30. Dur
ing the examination of Edward H
Kenney, veteran and member of the
Look at H ARTH'S TOGGERY
$15.00 Clothing You'll readily
see it's as good as any you are
asked $20.00 for elsewhere. You
will see, too, that the fabrics are
made of wool; that the styles
are good and that the tailoring is
equal to that of higher priced
garment.
Harth's Toggery
$15.00
Suits, Overcoats
and Raincoats.
Are superior in fabric, style and
tailoring to other clothing sold at
the price. The H ARTH'S TOG
GERY system safeguards you in
every way--in careful selection
in honest manufacture in low
price.
Your suit Kept pressed
FREE for you.
16,000 Automobile votes I'given
with each $15.00 suit or overcoat
( HA X( 13 I'ltAIStiS THE NEWS.
4
Pomona Grange, in session
today adopted unanimously the
following resolution in which
praise is extended to all those
persons and organizations who
assisted In and endorsed law
enforcement In the camptilgn
just closed. The resolutions
follow: 1
WHEREAS, Roseburg being !
the county seat of Douglas
county, where all our most sac-
red records are kept, such as
marriages, deaths, all property
titles and all differences tare
adjusted and where our citizens
are called from time to time
for jury duty or witnesses or
called to fill the various county
offices and where we send our
children for the higher branches
of education, thereby making
citizens of the whoJo 'county
vitally interested in the moral
and social conditions In Rose- !
4- burg and
WHEREAS, The sale of In-
toxlcatlng liquor tends to de-
bauch each and every one of
these Interests as well as many
other phases of society whether
4 said sales are made under a 4
license or sold illegally the re-
suit Is the same;
THEREFORE. Be It resolved,
4- that Douglas Pomona Grange
4 rejoice with the good citizens 4
league and nil others who as-
ststed In keeping Roseburg dry,
thereby encouraging the of-
ficers to greater efforts In rid-
ding the county of vice nd
crime.
We also commend Sheriff
4 Quine, District Attorney Brown, 4
Governor West, the Umpqua
Valley Naws and The Evening
News, nd all good citizens for v
4- 'their efforts in suppressing 4
lawlessness Mid crime in Hose- 4
burg and Douglas county and
pledge them our moral and ma- 4
terinl support wherever oppor-
tunity offers, and that a copy
4 of these resolutions be given to 4
the president of the Good Cltl- 4
4 zens League, Sheriff Quine, 4
4- District Attornev Brown. Gov-
ernor West and The Umpqua 4-
Vnlley News for publication.
(Signed.)
DOUGLAS POMONA GRANGE.
Home, following charges preferred
against the Veterans' Home, of this
city, a large section of plaster full
from the celling, narrowly missing
the witness. Stenographer A. G. Bag
ley declared that (today's accident
was the sixth of Its. kind to occur
during the past few months. In
each. Instance injuries to veterans of
the Home were narrowly averted.
TRIAL CLOSING
Celebrated Hearing of Labor
iles Nears End.
PEACE PACT TO BE SIGNED
OnUli.Uy KetMiitcil Hint Turks Have
HcaclM-d An Agreement With
tw HalkniiH Warriont
Are Jubilant,
(Special to The Evening News.)
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., Nov. 30.
That Olaf A. Tveltmoe furnished
Captain Schmidt money to leave the
country Immediately Jollowliig the
destruction of the Times building at
liOs Angeles was the evidence ad
duced by Raymond Burns, son of De
tective Burns, In the trial of the la
borltes here today. Burns testified
that Hockin told him Tveitmoo fur
nished the coin through Nichols, a
'Mcago laborlte. The government
expects to close Its case r.gafnKt th
hi bo riles tonight, at which time th'?
defense will commence the Introduc
tion of evidence.
IVace Is IteporfNl,
CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 30.--It
was officially announced through
Turk'h news agencl here torl.iv
that temporary peace relations wlih
the Balkans had been effected. Th"
agreement, It Is said, will be signed
this afternoon.
AFTER 10 YEARS
Attorney Patrick Given Par
don on ThanksgivingDay.
ACCUSED OF MURDERING A MAN
Ocfenduut Was Convicted on Clreum
Htjiiitliii Kvldence And - Htnt
nient of Mttn Who Admin
istered (lie Drug.
The full pardon Thanksgiving day
of a man kept In the prison colls (or
ten yenrs brings to memory a story
full of Interest:
The caao of Albert T. Patrick Is
destined to go down In history as
one of the most remarkable "causes
celebres" In American courts. Many
of Its features were absolutely uni
que, while others were of a highly
sensational and dramatic character
rarely equaled In crlmlnalogy. Pat
rick, the principal figure In the case,
whose previous record had been that
of a lawyer of only fair ability, sur
prised tho world by the wonderful
skill and acumen of his arguments
and won general admiration by the
energy and persistence -with which
he carried on the fight for his life
and his vindication for more than
twelvo years.
Of the life history of Albert T.
Patrick previous to the momont when
he came Into the lime light of pub
licity as the defendant in a sensa
tional mnrdei case, Comparatively
little Is known. Pntrick was born In
Houston, Texas, about forty-eight
years ago. Ho recolved a good com
mon school and high education and
studied law .at the University of
Texas, graduating In 1886. After his
admission to the Texas bnr Patrick
established himself In HouHton, meet
ing with but fulr success at his pro
fession. In 1892 Patrick removed to
New York with his wife and two
children. His wife soon nfter the
removal to New York died and Pat
rick sent his two children to their
grandparents In tho South.
In 189G Pntrick was counsel for
William II. Moore, president of the
Knickerbocker Phosphate Company.
Pntrick hnd Mr. Moore assign to him
$0,500 in the company's notes for
collection, hut when he obtained the
cnBh ho refused to surrender It to
Mr. Moore. Mr. Moore died sudden
ly just as he had begun a suit
against Patrick for the recovery of
the money. '
It was at,out that time when Pat
rick first became connected with
William Mursh Rice. Hlce was an
eccentric old man who had made a
fortune of about five million dollars
In Texas. He was married but had
no children. After a violent quarrel
Rice and his wife separated. Mrs.
Rice romulnod In the South, while
Rice came to New York, where he
lived In seclusion In an old fnsh
ioned bouse on Medison Avenue, his
only servant being Charles F, Jones,
a young man ot good address and
fair education, who acted as the old
man's valet and secretary.
Texas has a peculiar law known
as the "community law" by which
a wife at her death, may dispose of
one-half of the pro)erty acquired by
tier husband during their married
life. When MrB. Rico died In 1890,
she left a will In which she attempt
ed to dispose of one-half of her hus
band's property. Rice contested his
wife's will upon tho ground that tho
Texas law did not apply to him as
he was not a reHldent of that state.
The executor of Mrs. Rice's estate
engaged Patrick to obtain proof that
Mr. Rice's legal residence was In
Texas.
In connection with this will case
Patrick was brought In personal con
tact with Mr. Hlco. He claimed af
terwards that he had advised Mr.
Rice to compromise the suit for $70,
000 and had offered his services to
bring about a settlement, hater d
velopments made the truth of this
statement nppear rather doubtful
and a number of letters and docu
ments bearing upon the subject and
bearing the alleged signature of Mr.
Rice were adjudged to be forgeries.
William Marsh Rice died on the
evening of September 23, 1900.
Jones, tho old man's valet, who was
the only person with Rice at the
time of his death, called In a physic
ian, who, after a brief Investigation
signed a certificate stating that Rice
Excellent Oration and fine
musical program at Elks' Mem-
orlal Services, tomorrow, Dec.
' 1st. n30
had died from acuto lndlgeston sup
erinduced by over Indulgence In ban
anas. Jones and Putrick-took charge
of the body and effects of Rice and
arranged for the cremation ot tho
old man's body at the crematory In
Fresh Pond, l. I. .
On the day aftor the death of Mr.
Rice, Patrick presented a check at
Swenson & Sons' bank for $26,000,
payable to "Abert" T, Patrick and
bearing the alleged signature of
Rice. The cashier of the bank noted
the misspelling of Patrick's given
name and called up Rice's home by
telephone He rocelved the Informa
tion that Ftlco wag dead and there
upon promptly stopped payment oa
the check. On the same day the
Fifth Avenue Trust Company certi
fied chocks for $06,000, which Pat
rick had presented with the frank
information that the signer of the
checks was dead. All these checks
were later adjudged to be forgeries.
The presentation ot these checks
aroused suspicion and the police au
thorities began an Investigation. The
body of Rice was on Its way to the
crematory when the authorities step
ped In and called upon medical ex
aminer WltthatiB to make an exam
ination. He reported that he had
found a quantity ot polBon In the
stomach and that tbe lungs were In ,
a congested condition, Indicating
death by chloroform.
Jones, the valut of Rice, was atv
lested and charged with murder.
Aftor his arrest JoneB made several
conflicting stntemontB and finally at-
still at Dellevue hospltnl, recover
ing from tho wounds he had In
flicted upon himself, when he made
a statement, that upon the advice
.,..,1 I tlr.n TOntxInlr h
hud killed Rico by chloroforming
him whilo he slept Upon the
strength of this nlleged confession of
Jones, Putrlck, who had been ar
rested on suspicion shortly aftor
Jones liad been placed In prison, was
Indicted upon the charge of murder.
In the meantime Borne . rather
Btartllng facts had come to light. It
was known that in 1896 Rice had
made a will In v.'hlch he bequeathed
the hulk ot his fortune to the W. M.
Rice Instltuto of Houston, Toxus., an
Institution exlBtlug oven now only on
paper, although t: Is will has long
since been cnnfl::r. :d by tne courln.
Immediately r.fter tbe clualh of Rico.
Patrick and J. ncs submitted a docu
ment purporting to be a will signed
by Rice In June 30, 1900. Thla al
leged will bequeathed practically the
whole fortune left by Rice, with the
exception ot some small bequests to
relatives, to Patrick.
When Jones mado his nlleged con
fession, ho stated that Patrick had
exerted something like a hypotle In
fluence over hlin and had Induced
him to murder tbe old man to enable
Patrick to obtain possession ot Hlce's,
fortune by means of a forge'd will.
Jones admitted that he and Patrick
had concocted a number of forged
documents to strengthen tuilr posi
tion and to enable them to gain V
victory In the courts should the
forged will bo contested. Btrnnge to
suy, Jones was never Indicted for
the murder of Rice, but wa per
mitted to return to Texns.
Patrick's first trial upon the
charge of murder began on January
20, 1902 and on Mnrch 2G, of the
same year he was found guilty of
murder In the first degree. Patrick
contended from tho very beginning
of the trial that he was Innocent of
the crime with which he was charg
ed and seemed bo confident of hlfl
final triumph, even after he had been
found guilty, that on March 30, 1902.
(Continued from pago 4.)
A. C. POSEY, M.D.
Specialist for Eye, Ear
Nose and Throat
Diseases.
Eyes Fitied With Glasses
PARROT BUILDING
ROSEBURG, OREGON