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VOL. XL
ROSEBURO, OREGON, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER .10, 1008.
NO. 13.
ROSEBURG
Review.
V:
SWEPT BTFLOODS
Four States Facing Worst Dis
aster in Years
7 DEAD; MANY HOMELESS
700 Persons Perisb la Collision of
Steamers D ad From Marianna
Horror Totals 243
Special to the Evening Review.
GUTHRIE, Okla., Nov. 30. Seven
persons are dead, many are mlBslng
and thousands are homeless today
as a result of big floods in Okla
homa, Texas, southwestern Missouri
and southern Kansas. Rivers
throughout the whole section are
rising rapidly and the worst floods
In years Is expected. Constant rain'
for the past thirty hours is respons
ible for the floods. ScoreB of rescu
ing parties are taking persons from
upper stories of buildings.
Situation in Kansas.
KANSAS CITY, Kan., Nov: 30.
Hundreds of men are working hard
to control the flooded rivers in the
southwestern part of the stato. The
lowlands for a distance of 100 miles
on either side of the river are inun
dated. Spring River threatens to
flood the mines.
The flood followed a 48-hour
downpour, which melted great bodies
of snow In the mountains.
Marine Disaster.
CHEE FOO, China, Nov. 30. Two
steamers, names not learned, collid
ed off the coast near this place to
day. Seven hundred persons are re
ported drowned. Details have not
yet been received. Relief steamers
have gone to the Bcene.
244 Minors Dead.
MARIANNA, Pa., Nov. 3ft.-
-It in
Blankets
and
Comforts
The kind that will keep you warm and com
fortable these chilly nights.
Our showing is very large and complete.
You can find whai you're looking for.
Moderate prices.
Come in and Look us Over.
ir Mf
IE FUREMOST DRY.G00DS ESTABLISHMENT
m
now practically certain that 243 men
perished in the mine explosion here
last Saturday. The foreman says
there were 244 men in the mine and
that only one of these escaped.
JIM FINCH'S CAREER.
Once Populist Leader In Albany, but
Always a Drunkard.
PORTLAND, Or., Nov. 29. Jim
Finch, who shot and killed Attorney
Fisher In Portland, was a resident of
Albany for nearly 10 years. He start
ed a populist publication called the
Oregon SUver Imprint, and pub
lished the same for a period of two
years. During the editorship of this
paper he nominated and elected C.
Gains, a populist, judge of Linn
county. At that time the populist
party was very weak In that county,
but through Flnch'B management he
led the populist party to success.
There is probably not mora vin
dictive man in the world' than Finch.
He pursued his enemies relentlessly.
Most of his enmities were incurred
in politics, and be not only waged
an unending political warfare, but
carried the fight Into business and
even social relations. Finch was bril
liant in politics; he was a genius In
planning a campaign or win a nomi
nation for a friend or to defeat an
enemy, and In both of these fields
of endeavor he was highly successful.
But his vtndlctlvenesa made him so
many bitter enemies that his political
activity won him no personal re
wards. His political methods were
not always above criticism, it is said,
and this fact did not aid his repu
tation. In Salem his reputation was not
of the best. He drank considerably
and was accused of having sold his
mother's furniture over her head and
deserting her there. He had poli
tical influence enough, however, to
secure the appointment of mailing
clerk of the House In the state leg-
mature w lava anu oi caimiuar
cterk of the House in the legislature
of 1905.
Proceedings against the murderer
will begin at once. The case will be
presented to the grand Jury without
delay, and an indictment,- accord
ing to District Attorney Cameron,
will bo returned immediately.
Mrs. May Finch, the two-weeks'
bride of the assassin, Is greatly dis
tressed as the result of the tragedy.
weVe been treating people square
HOW OREGON GROWS.
Horticultural Society and Dairy Asso
ciation Conventions.
PORTLAND, Or., Nov. 30. Tre
mendous Interest is manifested all
through Oregon, Washington and
British Columbia In the great fruit
gathering which will convene In
Portland under the auspices of the
State Horticultural 'Society and the
Northwest Fruit Growers' Associa
tion, Dec. 1st to 4th. The 20 premium
boxes of apples purchased by the
Portland Commercial Club will go
five boxes each to King Edward of
England, Kaiser Wtlhelm of Ger
many, Czar Nicholas of Russia, and
President Falleres of France, after
being exhibited In Macy's show win
dows In New York. The Pacific
Northwest is going to carry off Im
portant prizes at the National Hor
ticultural Congress at Council Bluffs,
Iowa, raoember 14th to 19th, If
united effort counts for anything.
It has been predicted that the
great Y. M. C. A. movement which
resulted In raising $51,260 at Eu
gene In seven days, is to be felt in
many of the other cities and towns in
Oregon.
The Presbyterian pastors of Port
land mot at the Commercial Club
last Friday as the guests of Presi
dent H. M. Crooks of Albany College,
and pledged $10,000 as Portland's
part in the endowment of that Insti
tution. W. H. Wehrung has been sleeted
president of the Portland Country
Club & Livestock Association, and
Secretary M. D. Wisdom will go to
Chicago to attend the International
Show aud arrange dates for next
year.
Congresman William .Lorimer of
Chicago, member of the River and
Harbor Committee, is making an ex
tended visit to many of the import
ant harbors of the Pacific coast. He
gave the Columbia river especial at-
tonton
A premium list superior to any of
fered before hi being circulated for
the approaching Oregon State Dairy
Association's convention at .Snlem,
Dec. 10th and 11th. Particularly
handsome cuira are a feature of the
prizes. Correspondence Indicates an
attendance larger than ever before.
For a reliable cough remedy use
Marsters' Cough Balsam. tf
SINCE 1277
OF SOUTHERN OREGON .
n
One Marriage in 12 Failure 20
Years' Record
945,625 DIVORCES CRANTED18,rahr'' ,
Two-Thirds of Them to Wives Com
mon Cause Desertion Cruelty
and Adultery Next
WASHINGTON. D. C, Nov. 30.
The Bureau of the Census has just
completed a compilation of the sta
tistics of marriage and divorce cov
ering a period of 20 years from 1887
to 1906, Inclusive.
During that period the total num
ber of marriages recorded was 12,
832,044. Muri'lugc llute.
The marriage irate in the United
States In the year 1900 was 93 per
10,000 population. IJnsert upon the
adult unmarried (single, widowed, or
divorced) population, the rate be
comes 321 per 10,000, indicating that
In each year something over 3 percent
of the unmarried adult population
uvarry. The marriage rate based on
the total population is higher in the
United States than in any other coun
try fur which reliable statistics are
available. But taking the marriage
able population as the basis that Is,
the population which is of marriage
able age but not married the rate in
the United States Is hot as high as it
is In Hungary, is about the same as
it is in Saxony, but is still higher
than in any of the othor countries in
cluded in the comparison.
Nearly Million Failures.
The total number of divorces re
ported for the 20 years, 1887 to
bUPC Inclusive, was 945,625.
An increase of 3 0 per cent In pop
ulation between the years 1870 and
1880 was accompanied by an in
crease of 79 per cent in the number
of divorces granted. In the-next de
cade, 1880 to 1890, tho population
Increased 25 per cent and divorces
70' per cent, and in the following de
cade, 1890 to 1900, an increase of 21
per cent in population was accom
panied by an increase of 66 per cent
Ln the number of divorces. In the
six years from 1900 to 1906, popula
tion, as estimated, increased! 10. o
per cent and divorces 29.3 per cent.
It thus appears that at the end
of the 40-year period divorces wore
increasing about three times as fast
as population, while in the first de
cade, 1870 to 1880, they increased
only two and two-thirds times as
fast.
The divorce rate per 100,000 popu
lation increased from 29 In 1870 to
82 in 1905. In the formed year there
was J divorce for every 344 1 ijersons
and in the latter year 1 for every
1218. Since it is only married peo
ple who can become divorced, a more
significant divorce rate Is that which
Is based, not upon total population,
but upon the totnl married imputa
tion. The rate per 100,000 married
population was 81 In tho year 1870
and 200 In the year 1900. This com
parison indlcattes that divorce is at
present times as common, com
pared wth married population, as it
was 40 years ago. A divorce rate of
200 per 100,000 married population
Is equivalent to 2 per 1000 married
population. Assuming that 1000 mar
ried iieoplo -represent 500 married
couples, it follows that In earh year
4 mafrled couples out of every 10n0
secure a divorce.
This does not mean that only 4
marriages out of 1000 are terminated
by divorce. The rate, It will be noted,
is an annual rate, continuously oper
ative, and comes far short of meas
uring the probability of ultimate di
vorce. The available data indicate.
however, that nut less than 1 mar
riage In 12 la ultimately terminated
by divorce.
Divorce rates appear to be much
higher In tho United States than In
any of the foreign countries,
Two-thirds of the total number of
divorces granted in the 20-year per
lod covered by this Investigation
wre granted to the wife.
Alimony was demanded In 18 per
ormt of tho divorces grnntod to the
wife, and was granted In 12.7 per
cent, in other words 3 wives out of
16 asked for alimony, and 2 out of
16. or 1 out of 8. obtained It. Tin
proportion of husbands who asked
for alimony wa 2.8 per cent, and tiie
proportion obtaining it was 2 per
cemL
Causes of IMvorre.
The most common single ground
for divorce was desertion. This ac
counts for 38.9 wr cent of all di
vorces (period 1887 to 1 906 ; 49 4
per cent or almost one-half of those
granted to the husband, and 33.5 per
cnt. or one-third, of those granted
to th wife.
The next most .rnportant ground
for divorce Is, fur husband. Adultery,
and for wives, cruelty. Of the di
vorces grants to husbands (1887 to
1906) 28.8 per cent wen for adul
tery: and of those granted to wlvi
27.5 per cent were for cruelty. Only
10 per cent of the divon grunted to
wives wwi for adultery of the hus
band, and 10.5 per cent of divorce
j 4'
4.
$IIEAR OPIE BEAD
AT THE
BAPTIST CHURCH,
I TONIGHT 8 O'CLOCK.
granted to husbands were for cruelty
on the part of the wife.
Drunkenness waa the ground for
divorce in 5.3 per cent, of the cases in
which the wife brought suit, and in
1.1 uer emit of thn ejiwrw in nrhiM. ti.u
those cases In which the specified
cause was the sole ground on which
the divorce was granted. Very fre
quently, however, divorces are grunt
ed, not upon one ground only, but
upon two or more in combination.
Divorced Marriages.
The average duration of marriages
terminated by divorce is about ten
years. Sixty per cent, or three-flfthB,
last less than -ten years and 40 per
cent last longer.
The number of divorces occurring
In the first year of married life dur
ing the entire period. 1887 to 1906,
was 18.876; the number Increases to
27,764 In the second year of nuaiT'.ed
life, and reaches Its maximum In the
fifth year, when It becomes 68.770.
From thnt point on the number dim
inishes year by year, but does not
fall below the number granted In
the first year of mnnried life until
the 18th year is reached).
Children in Divorce Oases.
Children were reported in 39.8 per
cent of the totnl number of divorce
cases. The proportion Is much larg
er for divorces granted to the wire
than for divorces granted to the
husband; children being in-CBont in
4 6.8 per cent of the former class of
divorces and 26 per cent of the lat
tmr. A reason suggested for thin is
that the children nre usuably assign
ed by the court to the mother, and
to her, therefore, divorce does not
Imply separation from her children,
while to the husband it involves a
severance of tho parental as well as
tlie marital relation.
Foreign Miu-rlngcs.
Of the divorced couples known to
have been married In foreign coun
tries 36.9 per cent were married In
Canada; 12.7 per cent in England
16.1 per cent in Gernmuy; and 1.!
per cent in Ireland. Tho percentage
for Ireland Is notably Btnnll, as com
pared with the population of Irish
birth, which, In fact, constituted 15.6
per cent of the total foreign born
population In tho year 1900. It Is
further noteworthy that the divorced
marriages contracted In Germnny
are moro man 8 times as ninny as
tnose contracted in Ireland, although
the German born population iH only
oa per cent larger man me Irish.
HTMItLK HTAHTS OF IlICi
It.AlliltOAD MI
James J. Hill Btartcd his career
a stevedore in the docks at St.
Paul, while Ilarrlman waa the son
of a poor country clergyman. Jus,
McCrea, president of the Pennsyl
vania, began working upon railroads
as a rod man. Oscar O. Murray, presi
dent of Baltimore & Ohio, was orig
inally a ticket agent. Charles IS.
Mellon, president of the New York,
New Haven & Hartford, began as a
clerk in tho cashier's ollice. (leo.
P. liner, of tho Heading, was origin
ally a printer. Rlr William C. Van
Home an American by birth one
of the creators of tho Canadian Pa
cific, and Marvin Hughltt, president
of the Northwestern, both entered
the railroad business as tHegraph op-
orators, (leorgo H. Harris, of the
Hurlington, was on otllco bnv, Fred
erick I). Underwood, of the Erie,
was a brakeinan, and Wltlinm 11.
Newman, president of the New York
Central and all tho Vandcrhllt Urn's,
was originally a station agent.
KESOMTIOXS OF COXIKIIDNfK.
To tho Officers and Members of
Roseburg Lodge, No. 320, of the
Benevolmit and .Protective Or
der of Elks:
Our Brother, I). C. McWllliamfl,
who has departed from among us. Is
not dead, but Is still living in the
memory of each and every true and
loyal Elk.
RESOLVED, That In the death of
Brother McWIIllnms, Roseburg
IrfMlge, No. 320, B. P. O. of Elks, has
suffered a serious and Irredeemable
loss. I
RESOLVED, That our heartfelt
sympathies are herewith extended to
the wlfo and family of otir late
brother in their hour of sorrow. May
they be consoled In the thought that
the lire that has departed has left
its Impression upon those In. the cir
cle of his brothers and acnualntanres
with whom tli cro will always r emu In
pleasant memory.
RESOLVED, That we realize that a
true and good brother has fallen.
But how consoling the divine assur
ance, that that which we rail Death,
only o fieri s to the freed spirit of the
lust and the good, the highway to lire
immortal. Fruit fall to the earth
and decay; but iwver a fruit that did
not leave Its seed, and never a life
that did not leave Its example.
RESOLVED, That an engrossed
eopy of the resolutions le given to
the family of our dwased Brother,
and a ropy be furnish, to the rlty
newspaper for publication and that
They be spread upon the Records of
Row-burg Ixlge,
No. 326. II. P, ().
of Elks.
.TOi9.N' T. T.ON'O,
II. T. Mif-I.AI.I.EN,
W. W. HAKIiWKM..
Cummlltee.
ITINKKAHY OF IUG FLKET.
To Touch nt Mediterranean Porto-
Home February ill.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 28. The It
inerary of the Atlantic fleet on Its
homeward voyage from Manila to
Hampton Roads was announced to
day by the navy department. The
battleships wul sail from Manila
next. Tuesday and will arrive at Col
ombo, Ceylon, Dec. 14. After coaling
at that port they will proceed direct
ly to Suez, where they are due on
January G. This means that the of
tloers and men wfll spend both Christ
mas and New Year's day afloat, but
that will not be a great hardship, as
the warships have been well stocked
with holiday delicacies for tho two
big feasts.
After the fleet has coaled at Port
Said it will divide and tho ships, in
twos and threes, will visit different
Mediterranean ports during January.
The Connoctcut and tho Vermont
will arrive at Villa Franca on Jan
14 and will leave on January 27.
Tho Minnesota and the Kansas
will arrive at Marseilles on Jan
uary 14 and will leave thore on Jan
uary 27.
Tho Georgia, tho Nebraska and the
Kentucky will arrive at Genoa on
January 15 and wil leave on Jan
uary 27,
Tho Rhode Island and the New
Jersey will arrive at Leghorn on Jan
uary 15 and will leave on January 27.
Tho Louisiana and tho Virginia
will arrive at Malta on January 15
and wllil leave on January 19, arriv
ing at Algiers on January 22 aud
leaving on January 30.
The Ohio and the Missouri will ar
rive nt A (li ens on January 13 and will
leave on January 25.
The Wisconsin, the Illinois and tho
Koarsarge will arrive at Naples on
January 17 and will leave January
27.
After these Individual visits the
fleet wilt reform, the iirst division,
consisting of the Connecticut, the
Kansas, tho Vermont and tho Min
nesota, arriving together nt Negro
bay on Jauuary 31 and departing on
February 3, after taking on coal.
Tho second, third and fourth di
visions will arrive at Nett-ro hay on
February 1 and, after coaling, will
leave on Fobruary 6 to Join tho first
dlvlKion at Gibraltar.
Tho fleet will then steam to Hamp
ton Ronds, whero It Is due to arrive
on February 21.
Many wives of naval o flic or s will
moot the battleships In the Mediter
ranean, In addition to those who will
follow tho fleet honve from the
orient.
OAIili FOrt COUNTY WARRANTS.
NOTICE Is hereby given all par
ties holding county warrants Issued
by Douglas County, Oregon, and en
dorsed prior to and including the
19th dny of September, 1907, to pre
sent tho same to the county treasuror
of Douglas County, Oregon, at his
office for payment as interest will
ceaso thereon after the date of this
notice.
Dated at Roseburg, Oregon, this
tho 31st day of October, 11)08.
J. E. SAWYERS,
Troas. of Douglas Co., Oregon.
PIE SOCIAL.
Tber will be a pie social at the
Eden bower church Saturday night.
Ladies aro requested to bring a pie.
ddG
Tho Ladles of the Maccabees will
hold their regular meeting Tuesday
afternoon at 2 o'clock. A full attend
ance l desired as there are matters
of Importance to come before the
meeting. 1
COFFEE
What is essential to
good coffee?
Good bean ground fresh,
and a woman of common
sense.
Your iroc.r return. Tour mon.f If fn Soa't
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J. W. Hamilton, President. A. C. Marsteri, Cashier.
J, F. Barker, Vice President.
J. W. Hamilton.
N. Rica,
J. F. Barker,
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It
Nortb Yakima Merchant Shot
on Way Home at Night
KANSAS SAFE YIELDS $2,000
'Frisco Teamster Slugged and Robbed
Steel Trust Declares Big
Dividends
Special to the Evening Review.
NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., Nov. 30.
While on his way home last night,
George Alexander, a hardware mer
chant of this city, waa shot and per
haps fatally wounded by a highway
man because he did not raise bis
hands high enough when command
ed. The bullet entered Alexander's
mouth and lodged near the base of
the bvaln. The physicians have no
hope of his recovery. The affair oc
curred on one of the principal thor
oughfares of the city. There is no
clew to the Identity of the thug.
Slugged uml Robbed.
SAN FRANCISCO. . Nov. 30.
While engaged lu a desperate hand-to-hand
encounter with footpads
early today, Al. Ryder, a teamster,
was struck on the head with a black
jack. He wua then robbed and his
body thrown Into the canal, but he
was rescued by a policeman. . His
condition, however, is serious.
Safe Mown; Rooty $24)00.
OLPE, Kan., Nov. 30. Robbers
blew open the safe of the State Bank
here today and hoc tired $2000, with,
which thoy escaped on a hand car.
New Navy Official.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 30.
Herbert L. Satterlee, a wealthy relat
ive of J. Plorpont Morgan, has been
offered the position of assistant sec
retary of the navy to succeed Truman
Newberry, now secretary In place of
Metcalf, resigned.
Pope In 111.
ROME, Nov. 30. All audloncoa at
the Vatican have been Busiiended ln
dellnltoly, owing to a Blight change
for tho worse In the condition of
the Pope. Mb cold Ib worse. Fever
developed this morning, but this
gruduiilly woro oft. Ills condition Is
uot serious.
Htcel Trust Prosix-rous.
NEW YORK, Nov. 30. That proB
lierity has arrived for the "steel
trust" Is shown by the reKrt for the
Inst quurter,, on which was based to
day's disbursement of the regular
quarterly dividend of 1 3-4 per cent
on preferred stock. The regular hi
per cent dividend on common stock
will be paid December 30, the total
disbursement for both kinds of stock
aggregating $8,840,432. The Bur
plus for the quarter amounts to $5,
153.023. Tho total oarnlngs for the last
quarter were $27,106,274, a Bhowing
much bottor than was expected by
the most Hangulne. The earnings by
months during tho quarter have
shown steady Improvement, the July
figures hnving been $H, 699, 630; Au
gust, $9,152,311, and September. $9,
354.833. Unlllled orders on hand on
September 30 wero 3.421,977 tons,
comparing with 3.313.876 tons at the
end of the last preceding quarter.
THE LATKST A.'l IIKST NOVELS.
can be obtained at the Public Library
In the Marsters' building, upstairs
over Burr's Music Store. dd6
Umpqua Cold Cure la a guaran
teed remedy. Quick and sure, at
Hamilton's. TF
W. T. Wright, Asst. Cashier
DIRECTOR.
W. T. Wright.
J. O. Nswland,
I. Abraham,
Cbai. W. Parks,