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VOL. XI.
ROSEBURG. OREGON, MONDAY EVENING, DKCKMIIKK 7, 1008.
NO. 241.
Quick-witted Cashier Foils
Bandit at Ellensburg
EUGENE MURDER MYSTERY
Arch Fiend Bllkk Granted Reprieve
Ruel's Lawyers Rest Defense
Without Evidence
Special to the Evening Review.
ELLENSBURG, Wash., Dec. 7.
A daring attempt was made by an
unmasked bandit to rob tiie First
National Bank in this city, shortly
after the institution opened for busi
ness this morning. Pointing a re
volver at the assistant cashier, the
bandit demanded stacks of gold and
silver lying In the trays. Instead of
complying with the demand, the
cashier dodged out of sight quick
enough to escape a fatal bullet, but
received a ball in the arm. The ban
dlL Immediately ran out of the bank,
waving his revolver to prevent cap
ture, and escaped. He Is now being
pursued by a posse.
Prolmhle Murder.
EUGENE, Or., Dec. 7. Jacob
Mathews, an aged recluse, was found
dead today in a deserted cabin on
the trolley line between Eugene and
Springfield. His pockets were rifled,
showing robbery. It Is the theory of
the police- that he was choked to
death.
Ph' i id Gets teprk'e.
, SPRINGFIELD, III., Dec. 7. Her
man I'lllek, sentenced to hang next
Friday tor the murder of five mem
puivcf the Vrzal family, wis granted
a V.eve touay umii January z:t uy
acting governor SlK".an.
Edna
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IE fTJREMOST DRY.CIW ESTABLISHMENT
Billek, the little daughter of the
murderer, is sending ah ti I'c&s chain
of letters to little girls al. over 11
lihnifl, -isk.ng them to write to Gov.
Deneen for her father's pardon.
Patient Suicides,
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 7. John
Doherty, a patient at the Hasnamann
I ospltal, during the momentary ab
sence of his nurse today, cut an ar
tery with a piece of broken glass and
then Jumped to his death from the
stcond-story window. He was suf
fering from typhoid fever.
Arrested for Murder.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 7. John
W. Wilson was arrested today by the
police, charged with sending the poi
sonous "stomach powders" which
killed Harry Boas. Wilson was era
ployed by Boas In the electrical busi
ness. He was arrested on the
statement of a handwriting expert,
who says, after a careful examina
tion, that the letters accompanying
the powders received by Boas is in
Wilson's writing.
No Witness for Ituef.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 7 With
out placing any witnesses on the
stand, the defense in -the Ruef case
rested today. Attorney kAch moved
to have the court strike out nearly
all the evidence introduced by the
prosecution, but was overrued by
the court. Ach's contention was that
the evidence Is Incompetent.
CITY OF ltOSKIIl KG WINS.
Supreme Court Holds Kenioiistrntors
Did Not Prove Claims.
By a decision of the Oregon Sup
reme Court, handed down last week,
the City of Roseburg, as defendant,
won a victory over seven property
cwners, who resisted assessments for
the improvement of one block of
Main streetfrom Oak to Washing
ton street. The plaintiffs in the suit
were the First National Bank, S.
Hamilton, L. H. Hamilton. J. F.
Barker, G. R. Child, J. Y. E. John
son and Mary Johnson, and their as
sessmcnts aggregated $431. In ad
dition to this sum, the plaintiffs will
have to pay costs, amounting to ap
proximately $100. They were rep
resented by Attorneys Coshow and
Rice, while Attorneys Fullerton and
Orcutt and Frank G. Mlcelll acted as
WSV5, BEEN TREATING PEOPLE SQUARE
counsel for the city.
The street in question was graded
and gravelled by 11. J. Wilkins iu the
fall of 1905 under contract with the
city. This was done over the pro
test of the property owners who af
terwards entered into litigation, they
asserting that the street was better
in its stage then than It wouid be
after the proposed improvement, and,
furthermore, they preferred to im
prove the street individually when
ever required. After the work was
completed, the remonstrators refused
to pay their assessments, alleging
that the contractor had not complied
with the plans and specifications In
these respects: "That the stieet was
not reduced to a uniform grade; that
the surface was left uneven and full
of holes; that in some places the soil
had not been removed; that the
gravel was unevenly distributed and
consequently shifted; that there was
no drainage; that the gravel was not
of sufficient depth, and Jn conse
quence of these defects the value of
the street was materially lessened."
Following up this proceeding, the
remonstrators filed a suit in the cir
cuit court against the city, to en
join the collection of the assessments
levied against them. The case was
tried before Judge L. T. Harris," at
Eugene, who decided in favor of the
city, holding that the remonstrators
failed to prove that the work on the
street was Improperly done or not In
conformity with the contract. This
finding was sustained by the supreme
court upon the appeal of the prop
erty owners.
The street Involved Is that block
extending past the rear of the Re
view building. Assessments for the
improvement work were paid without
protest by half of the affected prop
erty owners, these Including the
Douglas County Bank, O. F. Godfrey.
C. W. Parks, Parrott Bros., A. C.
Ma raters and Mrs. E. Langenberg.
This suit is the sixth that has been
won by the city in the past four years,
with Messrs. Mlcelll and Orcutt act
ing as Its attorneys. Two more suits
are pending in the court, one relat
ing Co Attorney Albert Abraham s re
fusal on constitutional grounds to
pay a license fee for practicing law,
tlm nthpr n rpmonstrsinefi nirr'nst an
I assessment for the laying of a sewer
on upper Oak street, in whi?h Mr.
Abraham Is also interested. Th?se
cases are now before the supreme
court, the city having been victorious
In both of them in the lower courts.
SINCE 1877
OF SOUTHERN OREGON
SIXTIETH CONGRESS
IN SECOND SESSION
NEARLY4B1LL10N
Cortelyou Presents Budget of
Needed Appropriations
LIBERAL ITEMS FOR ORECON
Michigan Congressman Candidate For
Speaker Gov. Chamberlain to
Speak Tomorrow
Special to the Evening Review.
WASHINGTON, 1). C. Dec. 7.
Appropriations aggregating the stu
pendous total of $824,408,948, es
timated by departmental heads, was
reported to congress totfay ly Sec
relnry of the Treasury Co.lelyou as
necessary for operating the govern
ment the coming year. The largest
items In the budget are $234,000,000
for the war department, 137,000,
000 for the navy, $200,or.2,000 foi
the Interior department, $190,896,
OOO for the treasury and i2l8.Si7,
"00 for the department of agricul
ture. Some Oregon and Washington
Uen-s ait .
Columbia river at Its mouth, $250,
i.M, Columbia river at Three-Mie
Paiilds $1,000,000; up:ier ( uliiinlia
and Snake rivers, $85,000; Colum
bU !ver ltd lower V"UniiUe he
low Portland. $200,000; Tacoma
Il.irMor. in 0,000; TUt-ir-inoU Cnv.
$ If). 000; Clatskanie river $500;
Oos River. $1300; WiMame'tp and
Yamhill n. ers, $40,000; Grays Har
bor and Chehalis river, $81,000.
Ai('r CniiimiiN -loh
Reel i-ioutatlve Townrt' u 1, of Mhh
l.ffin. ti Oh) formally nnnnun -ed him
self a and '.late for splatter if in.
Vice-President-elect Sherman, af
ter a conference with President
Koosevolt today stated that a con
fluence between Speaker Oinnon and
Mr. Taft will be held next week The
iih rinse of the conference will he ts
reach an understanding regarding leg
illation at the present Kersioii
Many Conventions.
The national capital will this week
entertain more distinguished men
than ever before In its history. He
sides congress, several great conven
tions will hold forth with the Im
provement and conservation of nat
ural resources as the general object
h! view. Win. H. Taft will preside
tomorrow at the formal joint con
servation conference. Roosevelt will
make the opening address, while
Governor Chamberlain, of Oregon
will speak in behalf of the governors.
Definite plans for the improvement
of the waterways and harbors of the
Pacific const will bo urged on con
gress by one of the conventions that
will meet.
1'OST AND COUPS IXUCT.
Receive Olllriiil Visit from
HI ale
G'ouinimidcr Appcrson.
John T. Apperson, of Oregon City,
commander of the Oregon (J. A. U.
w-as In Koseburg the latter part of
last week and visited olllelnlly Keno
Post, No. 29, O. A. U., and Iteno
CorpB. No. 10. W. H. C, both of
which organizations marked the oc
casion by the election of oHlcerB for
the en.-uing year. There were two
pleasant social events In connection
with Commander Apperson s visit
On Thursday evening, when the Pos
held an election, a surprise bnnque
was tendered bv the Relief Corps
This was repaid by the Post when
the ladies held an election the fol
lowing night. The new olllcers are:
Post M. McCoy, Com.; J. I.. Dut
ton. Sen. V. C; John Keffer, Jim. V.
C; Itobt. Hathaway, Sergt.; Daniel
Ford. Oflirer of the Day; O. W. Jones,
Officer of Guard; J. C. Dine, Adjt.:
J. W. Wright, Q. M.; John Valentine,
Chap.
Corps Mrs. D. O. Palm, Pres.;
Mrs. Martha. Perry, Ren. V. P.; Mrs.
M. Houser, Jun. V. P.; Mrs. Jennie
M. Stanton, Chap.; Mrs. F.lsio
Wright, Con.; Mrs. II. Koadman,
Guard.
Society Woman HufrMc.
mtlSTOI., Ft. I., Dec. 7. hmma
It. ( heeseborough. one of the bet longed cheering. When the demon
known society women In Ithode Is-. miration ceased. Dr. Ilenry Couden.
land, suicided this morning, shoot-1 the blind chanlain of the House, of-
Ing herself twice In the head. Ine-
llness and sickness are the causes of
the act. Her husband, a yacht de
signer. Is In Ktirope.
John l. Movr- to findon.
LONDON. Dec. 7. lohn D. Rocke
feller, the Anu-rlrO oil king, has
purchased proerty at Queen Anne'a
(iate. and Is preparing to erect a
marble palace for himself.
Head Itevlew advs. for bargains.
FIRST DAY
Galleries Cive Appearance
Of
Society Show
OVATION TO JOE CANNON
House Swears in New Members Sen
ate Adopts Allison Memorial,
Then Adjourns
a J t"J a t a a
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SliCUMI HKKHION III'' HOTII
CONtiltlCSS.
Open December 7, noon.
Closes March 4, noon.
Senate Hepu hi leans, CI;
democrats, HI ; total, 92.
House Republicans, 221 ;
democrats, -109; vacancies, 2;
total, 391..
Speclnl to the Evening Review.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 7. With a
series of resounding whacks of a ma
hogany mallet, wielded by Undo Joe
Cannon, and three gentle taps of an
vory gavel in the hands of Vice
'resident Fairbanks, the House and
Senate today opened for the final ses
sion of the sixtieth Congress.
Whereupon tho so Ions formally got
eady for the business of deciding
how Uncle Sam mny best spend a
billion dollars next yenr.
An hour before the beginning of
the session the galleries were packed.
A largo majority of spectators wore
women, and they were arrayed in the
latest fashions. Their presence nnd
their finery were duo to tho fact that
custom has made the capital on open
ing days of Congress, n bIiow place.
bo great was the demand for an
opportunity to see the national leg
islature started In Its work that the
galleries of tho House wero reserved
for the families and friends of mem
bers, with very few places loft for
he general public. In the Senate the
same condition prevailed, except that
a large space was kept for those who
came without tickets.
(HiangcN In Persoiitie
At least ten senators are starting
today upon their last term of duty.
On the other hand there are nearly
twice as many who are receiving con
gratulnttons on the apparently sure
indications that they would he re
elected or upon the accomplished
fact.
Amid all tho handshaking, the
exchange of congratulations or of
condolence, it wns evident that the
senators felt keenly the death of
one of their number. ThiB wns
brought prominently to their aUeit'
tlon later, when a resolution was
adopted In memory of the late Sena
tor William H. Allison, of Iowa.
Those senators who are probably
beginning their last terms today are:
Ankeny, Washington; h oraker, Ohio;
Fulton, Oregon; Hansbrough, Nnrlh
Dakota; Hemenway, Indiana; Kltt-
ridge. South Dakota; Long, Kansas
McCreary, Kentucky; Piatt, New
York; Teller, Colorado.
Those whose re-election hos al
ready been accomplished or seems
sure are: Brum! id go, Connecticut
('lark, Arkansas; ('lay, Georgia; Dil
I Ingham. Vermont; Gal linger, New
Hampshire; Gore, Oklahoma; I ley
burn, Idaho; Hopkins, Illinois; Latl
mer, South Carolina: Mclner
Louisiana ; New lands, Nevada; Ov
man. North Carolina; Penrose. Penn
sylvania; Snioot, Utah; Stevenson,
Wisconsin; Stone, Missouri.
Senate Proceeding.
After the opening prayer by the
venerable eh a pin In, Edward Everett
Hale, and roll call, the senate trans
acted some preliminary business and
then listened to the Allison memorial
presented by Imlllver. Aftor adop
tion of the resolution, the senate ad
journed until tomorrow, when Alli
sons successor, Albert 11. Cummins,
will be sworn In.
In tlw llouwe.
Iloth members and spectators In
the Louse welcomed the utmenrance
'f Speaker Cannon with loud ond pro-
f(.r,,, prayer, after which the Speaker
, ordered a roll call, a proceeding
that required nearly half an hour
Members elected to fill vacancbn In
the House were next sworn In. They
were: O. f;. Foelker, (rl New York:
II. A. Harnhart Id) Indiana; K. K.
(Jliernsey, r) Maine; .1. P. Swasey,
(rl Maine; Albert Estaplnnl Id)
Louisiana; S. M. Dent. Jr.. (rl Ala
bama; and Hen W. Martin (r) South
Dakota.
Announcement was then made of
the deaths since the last session of
Representatives C. T. Dunewell (r),
New York; W. H. Parker (r). South
Dakota; Llewellyn Powers (r),
Maine, nnd A. A. Wiley, (d), Ala
bama. A brief resolution In memory of
each of them was adopted, and In
further respect, the House adjourned
until tomorrow afternoon.
Will Await Taft,
Indications are that the 60th Con
gress will be disposed to pass little
legislation before the inauguration
of William II. Taft on March 4 and
that Mr. Taft, himself pledged to
carry on the Roosevelt policies, will
be practically compelled, for fear of
embarraslng President Roosevelt, to
withhold his own program until he
becomes president himself. In the
meantime Mr. Roosevelt Is expected
to thunder against Congress in the
hope that he may be able to force
through some of the legislation
which he has repeatedly recommend
ed. Compromise on Cannon,
There Is no ouestlon that the so-
called Taft light against the ro-elec-
tlon of hpeaker Cannon has been In
definitely postponed, if not abandon
ed altogether. Already a large ma
jority of Representatives are pledged
to support Mr. Cannon for re-elec
tion, many of whom are, at the same
time, ready to join with their col
leagues to revise the obnoxious rules
under which tho Speakor now dom
inates that body. This, it Is gener
ally believed, will be the ultimate
solution of tho dltllculty which led
to unolllclat talk of Taft opposition to
the re-election of the Speaker.
Tuft's Program. j
IOT SPRINGS. Va.. Dec. 6. The
World is able to . present here the
principal legislative program of the
art administration.
Tariff revision Is tho primary
reason for the extra session that will
be called Immediately after March 1,
909. but the next President sees no
reason why, during that extra ses
sion, tho Sherman anti-trust law
should not be bo amended that rail
roads mny mako rate agreements
under the strict supervision of the
interstate Commerce Commission.
It Is not likely that more subjects
than the tariff and an amendment to
the Sherman net will be named by
Mr. Taft iu calling the extra session,
though ho may decide later to men
tion all of the princlpnl laws that he
hopes to see onacted. These are:
TriiNt Legislation In First ,
1. Putting a limitation oil, the
Issuance of interstate bonds and
stocks.
2. Authorizing railroads to make
rate agreements which otherwise
would be In violation of the anti
trust law, subject, to the approval of
tho Interstate Commerce Commis
sion.
3. Defining particular cases in
which temporary restraining orderB
may Issue without notice, nnd pre
scribing proceedings limiting their
operation to the very shortest day.
4. Such amendments to the law
organizing the Murenu of Corpora
tions ns shall require certain large
corporations doing an Interstate busi
ness to submit to the scrutiny and
examination of agents of the Federal
government.
Reorganize Three Depart ineiitH.
B. IleorKanlzino; the department
of Justice, the InterHtato Commerce
Commission and tho Department of
Commerce and Labor In respect to
the jurisdiction exercised by them
over Interstate corporations, both
railroads and others. It Is Mr. Taft's
Idea that these three departments
should work harmoniously, so that
no one shall bo koIiik over Kround
covered by another and so that there
shall ho no conflict of authority. Ul
timately cases handled by these de
partments must now ko to the courts
but it Is Mr. Tuft's Idea that a larire
number of cases can be disposed of
finally and equitably by the depart
ments under the right sort of law.
6. Reform In the monetary and
hankillR systems of the country.
This Is recognized as one of the
great problems before the new ad
ministration, but It Is not expected
thnt It will be taken up at the extra
session.
7. Conservation of the natural
resources of the country.
8. Improvements of
rivers nnd
OFFICERS.
J. W. Hamilton, President. A. 0. Msrstsri, Cashier.
J. F. Darker, Vice President. W. T. Wright, Asst. Cashier
innKCTona. .
J. W. Hamilton
N. Rice,
J. F, Barker,
S. C. Bartrum,
A. C.
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50,000 Square Feet of Space
Covered at Spokane
AN INTERNATIONAL EVENT
Prizes lo be Awarded Total $35,0
-Finest Apple Will Get $1,000
West Leads World
Special to the Evening Review.
SPOKANE, Wash., Dec. .7Flfty
thousand square feet are devoted to
the display of apples at the great ex
position of that fruit opened In Spo
kane today by the National Apple
Show Association. , Although termed
a national show .the exhibition Is real
ly International In extent, the dis
plays coming not only from all parta
of the Union, but from Canada and
Europe. From Maine, North Caro
lina and New York on the east, Ore
gon and Washington on the weBt,
have been entered monster displays
of the big and luclous fruit, filling
to overflowing the big state armory
and a larger exhibition blilldlng
erected especially for tho occasion.
Fruit growers from all over the
world have been attracted to the
metropolis ot the Inland Empire by
the unique exhibition, and many hor
ticultural experts will read papers on
apple culture during the ebtw, which
will extend through the week.
Ono of the noteworthy facts shown
by tho exposition Is that the Pacific
Coast country Is rapidly forging to
the front as a center of the apple
Industry, while New York, Missouri
and other stnteB which formerly held
the palm as apple producers are fal
ling behind. This is alleged to be
due to the ravages of insects In the
orchards of the east.
Throughout the Pacific Northwest,
and in many other parts of the coun
try, the present week will be observ
ed aB "apple week" In honor of what
is styled the "national fruit. Mer
chants all over the land have been
asked to make displays of the fruit
in their windows. All lovers of the
fruit will eat more apples than usual,
nnd ns & result a shortage of the
available supply.
COFFEE
Good is so good and
poor is so poor; have
Schilling's Best tomor
row. Your groc.r return. Tour bob., U rol 4Mt
Uk. II; mi bla
Read Review advs. for bargains.
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liLACKKMITH SHOP.
A. O. Ilcxrond, Prop.
Main Street, next to Van
llouten Hotel Proerty.
JU (lenerul ltlacksmitlilnK,
JU Morse Shoeing and
4 llcMtlrlnK.
harbors. The new administration Is
committed to an energetic policy of
Improvement, particularly of Inland
waterways. The Ohio river nine
foot channel from Pittsburg to Cairo
is to the front at present. It will
cost i;i. null. 11(10. and the next presi
dent favors the Issuance of bonds to
i push the work.
W. T. Wright.
J. O. Newiand,
I. Abraham,
Cnes. W. Parks,
liars tare.
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