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VOL. XL
ROSEUURQ, OREGON, TTKHDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 2a, 1008.
no. em.
AID FORSIDSLAW
Coveraaient Will Loan Machin
ery For Jetty Work
' SLIDE KILLS THREE MEN
; Idaho Mao Acquitted ot Murder Charge
;r GoT.-tlect Cosgrofe Is Stead
ily ImproYing
'i Special to the Evening Review.
EUGENE, Or.,' Dec. 22. J. B.
CuBhman, of Acme, has received
word from Congressman Hawley that
: the chief of engineers, U. S. Army,
, has secured from the secretary of
war the loan of the government raa-
chlnery now at the mouth of the Co
. qullle river for the building of a
-' jetty at the mouth of the Suislaw
" River. Lane county will probably
' be bonded for $200,000 to carry on
this improvement work. If a bill per
mitting such action Is passed by the
'. legislature.
'Three Killed by Carc-in.
SANTA CRUZ, Calif., Dec. 22.
Messages from Davenport today an
nounce the death of three men who
were buried last night beneath tons
of rock by landslides in the Port
land cement quarry there. All the
bodies were recovered.
Jauernig Acquitted.
BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 22. Alois
Jauernig, charged with the murder of
W. C. Simmons at Highland Valley
last September, was acquitted here
A today. Two years ago Simmons shot
r from ambush and wounded Jauernig
and killed the latter's brother-in-law
in the farmyard of his ranch. Self
defense was the gro'inds for acquit
tal in the present case.
App
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Silk Underskirts
Silk and Net Waists
Handsome Silk Umbrellas
Furs
Silk Rain Coats
Elegant Purses
With our splendid big stock, moderate prices, and cour
teous, experienced salespeople, we can make your Christmas
trading wonderfully easy and economical.
The Store For Satisfactory Merchandise
it? "5F.M0ST DRY. GOODS ESTABLISHMENT OF
Frozen Tomatoes Fatal.
PASADENA, Calif., Dec. 22.
Frozen tomatoes eaten by the fam
ily of Edward Brokaw, the single
taxer, are now believed to have
caused the death of his half-starved
little son and rendered his two little
sisters Berlouely ill.
Cosgrove is Better.
PASO R013LES, Calif., Dec. 22.
Gov.-elect Cosgrove, of Washington,
was In excellent humor today and
deplored the fact that his physicians
had forbidden him to eat turkey on
Christmas. He is constantly Im
proving, but is still uncertain as to
plans for inauguration as governor.
Moat Was Poisonous.
VALLEJO, Calif., Dee. 22. Geo.
Wildason, marine hospital steward,
has completed a bacteriological ex
amination of some of the beef serv
ed at the launching of the collier
Prometheus, and which caused the
death of Mrs. Rose and Walter Rey
nolds. Ptomaine germs were found
common in the decayed meat. This
testimony will be used in the in
quest over Reynolds tomorrow.
WAS BADLY BURNED.
Bursting of a Strain Pine at Leona
Mills Injures W. D. Tarr.
Special to the Evening Review.
DRAIN, Or., Dec. 22. W. D. Tarr
was seriously scalded last Saturday
night by the bursting of a steam pipe
at Leona Mills. He was facing the
pipe when the accident occurred and
was scalded nearly from head to
feet. He was taken to Portland by
Dr. Wade on the Sunday evening
train. Reports from St. Vlncent'3
hospital say he Is seriously Injured,
but will prboably recover. His home
is In Drain, where he has a wife and
two boys.
BASKET BALL!
BASKET BALL!
BASKET BALL!
At Sykes' Rink,
Tuesday Evening, Dec. 22nd.
SYKES AMATEURS
vs.
DRAIN HIGH SCHOOL.
Best Kume of the season. .
Admission 25 cents.
i
4.4.
ropriate Gifts
For Ladies
we've been treating people square
KI). HEAD WINS SHOT GI N.
The prize shoot at the Indoor Rifle
Range lust week was an exciting one,
ending with Edward Head and Lee
Brlsbin tied for 1st prize' with a
score of 28, and Hugh Miller, Ed.
Settle, W. W. Brlsbin and C. B. Pat
rick tied for second place with scores
of 26. In the shoot-off Head scored
26-23 and Lee Brlsbin 26-21. Pur
second, the shoot-off scores were as
follows: Miller, 22; Settle, 24; W.
M. Brlsbin, 20 and C. P. Patrick, 18.
'Cold and a Candle.
Dr. Moss of the Euglish polar expe
dition of 1875 aud 1876, among other
odd things, tells of the effect of cold
on a wax candle which be burned.
The temperature was 35 degreeB below
lero, and the doctor must have been
considerably discouraged when, upon
looking at his candle, be discovered
that the flame bad all it could do to
keep warm. It was so cold that the
flame could not melt all the wax of the
candle,, but was forced to eat Us way
down the candle, leaving a sort of
skeleton of the candle standing. There
was heat enough, however, to melt
oddly shaped boles In the thin walls of
wax, and the result was a beautiful
lacelike cylinder of white, with a
tongue of yellow flame burning Inside
of It and sending out Into the dark
ness many streaks of light
8iQ of Crete.
Crete can claim to have been the
scene of one of the longest sieges on
record, longer than the slego of Troy,
for In the seventeenth century It took
the Turks more than twenty years to
capture its capital city. The island. In
fact. Is famous for protracted military
operations, for, though the revolution
of 1821 was speedily successful In the
open country, the fortified towns were
still uncaptured when the powers in
terrened iu 1830.
Awkward For the Aeronaut.
An element of humor characterized
one of Mr. Spencer's Indian expert
ences. One day, after making a para
chute descent, bis balloon, traveling
on, came down among some fisher
folk, who promptly unpicked tho net
to use for fishing lines and cut up the
balloon to make waterproof clothing!
London Captain.
SINCE 1877
SOUTHERN OREGON,
THE
Bond Ordinance Wins by Bare
Two-Thirds of Council
AFTER LONG DISCUSSION
Bilullihlc Specification Causes 90
Minute Wrangle Fisher and
Long Vote "No," bat
Change Later
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home: things council did.
Passed the :!;", 000 paving
und bridge building bond or
dinance. Fixed the city tax levy for
1909 at the charter maximum
of 10 mills.
Elected Eugene R. Hunan as
councilman from tho First
Ward to succeed John T. Long,
resigned.
Ratified Mayor Hoover's ap
pointment of Joseph Huffman
to the city police force.
After a stubborn wrangle that Inst
ed for nearly one hour and a half
and arter the measure had once gone
down to defeat, the city council on
Monday night, by a bare two-thirds
vote required by the chartor, panned
the ordinance providing for the Issu
ance of $1)5,000 worth of inuniclpul
bonds to defray r0 per cent of the
cost of street paving and constructing
a bridge over Deer Creek. The final
vote on the ordinance follows:
Yes .losephson, Cnrdwell, Mullen.
Ryan, Patrick, Mlcelll, Fisher and
Long.
No Strong and Bound.
West Roseburg's two councilmon,
Kohlbngen and BellowB, were absent
from the meeting.
Immediately after the pnssago of
the ordinance. Mayor Hoover afllxeil
IiIb signature to the document, and
on the last day of this month It will
become a Inw. At the next reguinr
meeting of the council, the first Mon
day in January, 1909, Recorder Or
cutt will be instructed to give official
notice of the election at which the
voters of the city may ratify or turn
down the proposed Issue of bonds.
tins election will occur .'SO davs after
the posting of the notice or the ad
vertisement therefor. Figuring thnt
such proceedings will be carried out
in the earliest possible time allowed
by the charter, the election will fall
on Friday, February G. if the propo
sition is again endorsed by the voters,
or which there seems no doubt, ne
gotiations for the sale of the bonds
and the execution of a paving con
tract can follow as soon thereafter
aB such business can be transaotiMl.
"Ilifiililliic" Htiiys.
The wrangle between tho council-
men wns caused by the presence in
the ordinance of tho word "bltullthlc"
with reference to the parllculnr kind
of pavement to be laid. Councilmen
Strong, Hound, Fisher and l.ong took
the ground that such a specification
precluded competitive bidding and
wns unbusiness-llke. They advanced
the Idea to strike out the word "bl
tullthlc" and substitute "hnrd-sur-face."
Councilmen Jonephson, Card
well. Mlcelll and Mullen, backed up
by Mayor Hoover, stood unwaveringly
for "bltullthlc." and wltn this align
ment the war of wordB went on for
over an hour. Finally there came a
lull In the storm, and Mr. Mlcelll
called upon Recorder Orcutt to ex
plain the status of the matter from
the standpoint of the charter. Mr.
Orcutt informed the council that If
the word "bltullthlc" was stricken
out of the ordinance ft would sweep
away every vestige of the street pav
ing preliminaries already carried out.
The charter, he explained, compelled
the specification of a particular kind
of Improvement proposed, and that
Inasmuch as all of the ordinances al
ready passed specify that such Im
provement is to be of "hitulllMc
pavement," the bond Issue ordinance
must also have such wording. This
statement was followed by a bewild
ering lot of propositions and unsup
ported motions on part of the coun
cilmen. all of which ultimately cul
minated in placing the ordinance up
on Its final passage. ThlB was the
result of the vote:
Ves Josephson, Canlwell, Mullen,
Mlcelll, Patrick and Hyan.
No Strong, Hound, Fisher and
Long.
As It requires eight to constitute
two-thirds of the council, the motion
was therefore hist. There was a
dead silence for a few moments, and
then Josephson and Cardwell look
1 turns explaining to tho victorious
minority that every bit of work that
had been done toward paving wns
thrown away; that over J2000 paid
to F. C. Kelsey for his engineering
work was simply that much money
lost; that another set ot plans meant
the expenditure of as much more
cash, and thnt another whole year
must elapse before the council could
again arrive where It had Just broken
on. Bound suggested that the char
ter bo changed so that the particular
kind of improvement need be speci
fied only upon the acceptance of a
bid. Josephson pointed out to him
thnt to make such a change would
require a siiecial election, and thnt
under the charter only one special
election could be held during a year's
time, which would throw a paving
bond election as late as 1910. Mayor
Hoover, at this Juncture, took the op
portunity or Indulging In a heart-to-heart
talk with the opponents of the
ordinance. He reviewed the agita
tion for paving, tho trip to Eugene,
ma aecision or influential citizens
thnt "bltullthlc" was the brand they
wanted, thnt tho people had voted
for It overwhelmingly nnd ho de
clared thnt It wns utltl tho kind they
wanted, to the exclusion of all othors.
The mayor made sharp reference to
certain citizens who had favored pav
ing siinpiy Decause they ,-. thought
nothing would come of tho agitation,
but were now secretly opposed to It
becnuse they see that the city is in
earnest and that the project Is go
ing to cost them something. Mayor
Hoover urged the council to pass the
ordlnnnce In tt3 present state, de
claring thnt to turn It down now
would cause an Irreparable Iiisb in
time.
Fisher, one of tho councilmen who
voted agaiiiBt the measure, finally
concluded that the Mayor wns right,
nnd he accordingly moved to recon
sider the vote. Long voiced n socond
to the motion and It carried. Sev
eral minutes nioro of tnlkfest fol
lowed, and theu tho ordinance was
agnln placed on final passage. Fisher
and Long this time threw their voles
in fnvor of it, which with those of the
other six councilmen who voted in
the nlllrmntlve before, made tho noc
esary two-thirds, but Strong and
Bound refused to recede from their
original position and once more vot
ed iu the negative There la peculiar
irony In tho stands taken by Stronii
and Bound. Both were sent into of-
nee during the so-cnllod "nrocres-
sivo" era at the Inst city election, nnd
to elect Strong it wns necessnrv to
dofent Conncllninn G. Worthlngton,
wno is rightfully regarded by nonrlv
everyone as the father of the paved
street agitation among tho former
council.
"Bituminous Rock."
In his opposition to the ordlnnnce,
Mr. Strong explained that he wished
to be understood as In fnvor of street
paving. He declnred. however, thnt
he would not vote to give the option
of bidding to Just one concern. He
would not bind Ills own business to
any one firm, he said, nclthor would
he do so with tho city's business.
Notwithstanding tho explanation of
iiecoruer orcutt regurdlng the re
quirement of the charter, Mr. Strong
positively rorused to believe that the
city was compelled to specify nny
kind of pavement In tho ordlnnnce.
and "all tho lawyers In Rosehurg
can't mnke me think bo," ho asserted.
Mr. Strong produced two letters
relating to tho bituminous rock pave
ment, manufactured by the Eureka
Paving Co., ot Eureka. Calif. One
of these letters was from tho Mayor
of Eureka, saying that tho pavement
laid by its local concern was so sub
stantial that not over J lift for main
tenance nnd been expended In tho
past 18 years. The other letter was
from Mayor Strow, of Mnrslifleld.
which city lias bituminous rock pave
ment. According to this letter.
Mnrsiineid Is thoroughly satisfied
witn the pavement, of which Its
Mayor speaks In the very highest
terms.
Those letters wore cited by Mr.
Strong as an .Instance of what could
he done by permitting competitive
bids. Councilman Cardwell. how
ever, who has been In Miirshfleld a
great many times, declared thnt the
pavement there was soft in the Bum
mer time, nllowlng the wheels .of
vehicles to sink In for an Inch or
more, Futhermore, he snld, It was
black and unsightly. "Mayor Straw
1b excusable though," said Mr. Card-
well, "because he came directly to
Marshfield from Klamath County and
never saw bltullthlc pavement In his
life."
Tax U'vjr.
The council unanimously passed a
resolution fixing the city tax levy for
1909 at 10 mills, the maximum al
lowed under the charter. The levy
fixed a year ago was only 2 V4 mills,
but at that time the city was enjoy
ing a revenuo of $8000 a year from
saloon licenses. The taxable property
In Roseburg, as fixed by the county
assessor, is now $1,7:10.000. On a
10-mlll levy there wlM be realized
$17,300. Recorder Orcutt says this
sum, even augmented by city license
fees and police court fines, Is Inade
quate to meet all outstanding war
rants and defray, besides, the current
and Incidental expenses which will
accrue In 909.
New Councilman.
Councilman Long's murh-hernld. d
resignation of his seat, as a repre
sentative of the First ward wns final
ly presented Monday night, and It
was accepted In conjunction with o
vote of thanks for his services. On
the choice of a successor. Eugene It
Hunan and J. K. Clements were plac
ed In nomination. Hanan received ft
vote and Clements 4. the former be
ing therefore declared elected. Mr.
Hanan will serve until NovenBor,
1949.
New l'ollcemnn.
Bound,- Mullen and Strong, who
were asked as a committee to recom
mend to til o Mayor n competent mail
for addition to the night police force,
presented tho nnmo of Joseph Huff
mnn, who was formerly deputy
United 8tates Marshal at Kansas
City, Kans. The recommendation
proved unnecessary. Mayor Hoover
announced thnt ho had already
n luned Mr. Huffman to act as a spe
cial policeman to relievo City Mar
shal Norman, who desires to take a
vacation for about ten days, ae he
Is still somewhat Indisposed from 1Mb
recent Illness. When Manlial Nor
man returns to duty, Mr. Huffman
will probably bo placed on regular
night shirt with Cnrl Palm. Until
then, however, the city will continue
to hnve but one night policeman.
Minor Ordinniicea,
In addition to tho bond ordinance
three other ordinances were passed
as follows: (t) Approrlatlng $1100
tor re-laying the sewer in the nlloy
between Mill nnd Pino streots; (2)
levying nssessment for tho Improve
ment of West First Street, Iu Kin
ney addition; (II) levying assess
ment for the Brockwny Street sowor.
Resolutions. ,
Upon motion of Councilman Long,
a resolution providing for Hie grad
ing nnd gravelling of upper DougtnB
Street, from the oastorn boundnry of
the court house premises, to the city
llmltB, at au exponso of $1093, wns
laid on tho tahlo. Mr. Long declnr
ed that the property ownoi'B affected
by the resolution would not stand
for the proposition; thnt they wnnted
olthor pnvemont or crushed rock.
A resolution providing for the Im
provement of Pine street, from Onk
to Lane, chnrncterlzed ns the "two
woiBt hlockB In the city," wns
passed. CSrndlng and gravelling Is
provided. The estimated cost of the
work Is $1,7211.70.
Miscellaneous.
Conncllninn Josephson wnB elect
ed president of the council to pre
side whenever the Mayor was absent.
Recorder Instructed to notify
Southern Pacific company to plunk
the railroad crossing In front or tho
freight depot, on Lane street.
Josephson, Hound and Mullen ap
pointed ns a committee to ascertnln
the price of a piece of ground at ttie
west end of the river brldgo, the pur
pose or the council being to buy a
rock qunrry ir one enn be obtained nt
n reasonable figure.
Conncllninn Bound moved to hnvo
'ho city attorney draw up nil ordin
ance providing for n city weight and
scnlo Inspector, to bo pnld on a per--entago
basis from fines collected.
The motion wns lost,
J. T. Spaugh Wns again ordered to
build a sidewalk In front of his 40
foot property on Pnrrott Stroot.
City attorney was directed to draft
an amendment to the Bldewnlk or
dlnnnce, allowing Sxl2 inch lumber
for curbing, besides 4x12, as speci
fied now; also to permit tho use or
nails ns Inrgo ns 20-penny, Instead of
the present ninxlmum of 12-penny.
Application or A. Crcnson for a
fire hydrant to be Inslnlled on Deer
Creek avennn, In the vicinity of the
packing houses, denied. Mayor
Hoover explained that the amount of
hose now on hand Is sulllcient to
reach the neighborhood of the plants
rrom the hydrants already inslnlled.
Application or Geo. Rlter, of Kin
ney's Addition, for n sidewalk from
his premises to Mrs. Smith's proper
ly, opposite, denied hecauso or the
absence ot a sidewalk in front of
the Smith properly, it wns ordered,
however, that MrB. Smith build tho
necessary sidewalk at onco.
J. T. Buchanan, who lives on the
west end of West First Stroot, in
Kinney's Addition, fearing thnt a por
tion of his property was about to he
appropriated for straightening the
street, asked that In such event he
be nllowed damages. He was Inform
ed that the council had no Intention
of disturbing his premises.
Councilman Patrick's request for
the establishment or a light on Pnr
rott Street, between Lane and Onk
S.reeta, referred to light committee.
tirade elahllshed on Flint and
Oak Streets accepted.
Light committee recommended the
Htabllshment ot an Incandescent
light at the corner ot Oak and Flint
Streets.
OFFICERS.
J. W. Hamilton, President A. 0. Maraters, Cashier.
J. F. Barker, Vice President. W. T. Wright, Ant. Cashier
J. W. Hamilton
N. Rice,
J. V. Barker,
S. C. Bartrum,
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DALY 1SJ) HANG
Killed His Former Employ r,
in Portland
BRITISH STEAMER WRECKED
Captain and Six Hen Drowned Pa
tristic Suicide at Salem Trial
. ot Finch In Progress
Special to the Evening Review.
PORTLAND. Or., Deo. 22. Harry
Daly, who killed Harry Kenny on
the night ot Nov. 16, was sentenced
today by Judge Qantonbeln, to be
hnnged. Dnly killed Kenny, his for
mer employer, iu a saloon when the
Intter retused to give him a Job as
bartender. When asked if be had
anything to Bay, Daly replied that
he was innocent, but that he would
rather die than spend a life. In Im
prisonment. Progress In Finch Trial,
Three witnesses were examined
this morning in the trlnl of James
Finch for tho murder of Ralph Fish
er, prosecutor for the state bar asso
ciation. Attorneys tor the defend
nnt rely on self-defense for their
hope for aoqulttnl. M. O. Wilklns
testllled tliat lie saw no signs of a
struggle In Fisher's ofllce when he
entered a moment after the shot was
fired. Chas. Fisher, the dead man's
brother, gnve unimportant testi
mony. Dr. S. M. Gilbert, the autop
sy physlclnn, described the wounds
received by the deceased.
Suicide at Salem.
SALEM. Or., Doc. 22. Claiming
he had lost his last dollar In- a land
deal at Portland and being unable
to find work, Tom Sullivan, aged 63,
leaped from the big bridge Into the
Willamette Hlver here today, the
drop being 100 feet. His coat, on
which was pinned a pathetic note,
was found on tho bridge Baying he
had outlived his usefulness. His
home was in Tacoma.
Hfenmer Wm'kod; Seven Drown.
CUXHAVISN. tlermany, Dec. 22.
Tho British steamer Colton was
wrecked today on Point Mlzzenhead.
Tho captain and six men were
drowned.
Is Wan Cluing Crazy?
SAN FKANCI3CO, Dec. 22. Wan
Chang, the Korean, who is being
tried for the murder In this city of
Burlinm Stevens, Japan's represent
ntlve In Korea, wns declared to be
crazed by fancied wrongs done to
Korcn by tho Japanese. J. B. Lee, n
Korean, testified that Chang was
unable to tell right from wrong, on
nccnunt of his grievances. Others
testified thnt Chang was driven in
sane by tho troubles of his native
land.
Jap Congress Convenes.
TOKIO. Dec. 22. The Imperial
Diet convened today. S. Haaeha,
leader of the Constitutional party,
wns elected president.
Stork Is Expected.
THE HAGUE. Dec. 22. It was of
ficially announced In parliament to
day that Quoen Wllhelmlna expects
soon to proaont Hollnnd with an heir
to the throne. The news was re
ceived with rejoicing.
BUM) MAX MARKS RECORD.
LOS ANGELES, Calif., Dec. 21.
The highest rank among the 65 appli
cants before the State Board of Med
ical Examiners last week was taken
by Dr. A. W. Bowling, tho blind pro
fessor of anatomy In a local osteo
pathic school. Ills general average
was .( per cent. Only 33 others
passed the examinations.
DIRECTORS.
W. T. Wright.
J. O. Newland,
I. Abraham,
Chas. W. Parks,
A. C. Ilarstera.