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VOL. XL
ROSEIiCRG, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANIZARY 20, 1DOO.
NO. 278
ROSEBURG
ADTO. L1NET0 COOS
Is Contemplated by Gentlemen
From Colorado
ARE LOOKING OVER FIELD
Would Fit on Special Machines and
Hake Daily Trips la Five
or Six Hours
Quick passenger schedules between
Roseburg and Coos Bay seem likely
to be put Into operation within the
next few months. Messrs. J. P. Car
son and Thos. W. Custer, who came
here a few days ago from Longmont,
Colorado, have been looking into the
local conditions and are strongly Im
pressed with the needs for an auto
mobile line from here to the coast.
Mr. Carson has been operating au
auto line between Longmont and
Estes Park, Colo., a distance of 35
miles, the difference In elevation of
the two places being over 4,000 feet.
Therefore hill-climbing is a matter
with which he is thoroughly familiar.
These gentlemen believe that a
through schedule of five or six hours
each way could be maintained be
tween here and Marshfleld or Myrtle
Point, and this schedule could be
materially lessened when the roads
are put in first-class condition. The
machine they expect to use is the
powerful Stanley Steamer, manu
factured in Boston, and built to car
ry eight passengers besides the driv
er, if they, conclude to establish
this auto line they expect to stnrt
with four machines, running two
each way between the terminal
points every day. Should the volume
of traffic demand it, this equipment
would be increased or even doubled.
It is needless to say that If an
auto line is put on here, whereby
passengers can go from Roseburg to
d Owing to the fact that the stormy weather has made it im
possible for many of our out-of-town customers to avail them
selves of the splendid values offered by our
BIG CLEARANCE SALE
we have decided to continue our SALE all next week, offering
greater bargains than ever.
It Will Certainly Pay You
to call and investigate our splendid offerings of high grade mer
chandise, at greatly reduced prices. .
JO S E'P.H S O
The Big
Coos Bay In six hours, such line will
I at once get all the passenger busi
ness now handled by the two stage
lines from here and the one from
Drain, as well as that of the private
stages which have been running dur
ing the summer. The present Btage
schedules of 12 to 24 hours would at
once be relegated to a past age.
Of course considerable road im
provement must be made before
quick schedules can be expected. The
autoB are made with an 18-lnch
clearance, however, so deep ruts will
not be a great hindrance. What is
of more Importance is comparatively
I smooth tracks and absence of short
curves. Hills are deemed but a
Blight Impediment. It Is rough and
crooked tracks that cut down speed.
Messrs. Carson and Custer expect to
take up this matter with the local
! Commercial Club, and will also go to
Coos Bay to Icok over the roads and
examine the business possibilities
also to learn what will be done by
the two counties toward improving
the reads.
Should they find the conditions and
outlook satisfactory they will place
their first order for machines. Be
ing of a special design It will require
at least three months to secure them
from the factory. Meanwhile they
oiiect to go to California to attend
to some business matters and then
return here to establish headquarters
for this proposed line. To a Review
representative this morning they
kindly gave the foregoing facts and
stated that they are not and will not
be automobile agents but will buy
and house only such machines as are
needed for their own use. They
seem to be looking into the mntter
quietly and conservatively, and there
is no doubt that the establishment
of Buch a line would be a great boon
to Roseburg as well as to Coos Bay.
Another Douglas County member
of the legislature. Senator Abraham,
has secured an appointment on the
committee on counties. He was nam
ed for the chairmanship of that com
mittee, following the appointment
thereto of Applegate from the lower
house. This makes a double block
ade of the county division movement.
Applegate can check Cottnge Grove
and Abraham in turn can check
Drain. Abraham was alBO given a
place on the committees of Municipal
Corporations, Printing and Education.
RJOTICE!
Store
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Congress Punishes Lilley For
Bis False Charges
NOW A GOVERNOR, HOWEVER
Explosion on Crib on Lake Mlcliigan
Kills at Least 20 Hen and In-
jores 45 Others
Special to the Evening Review
WASHINGTON. Jan. 20. Repre-sentatlve-at-Iarge
George LUley. of
Connecticut, was ousted from the
House membership by a unanimous
vote today. Lilley was elected gov
ernor of Connecticut last full.
While a member of Congres he galu
ed notoriety through his charges In
connection wUh the submarine boat
scandal. An officio! investigation by
Congress disproved his charges, and
the Investigating committee made a
report of severe censure. Today's
action of the House was prompted by
that report.
Inke Michigan Tragedy.
CHICAGO. Jan. 20. between 60
and 70 men were trapped today on a
crib at the municipal water plant fur
out In Lake Michigan when an ex
plosion set fire to the works. Twenty
bodies have been removed from the
Intake tunnel, but It is believed sev
eral more men perished. Tugs res
cued 46 men who were forced to
leap Into the water. All of them
are more or less burned. The crib
was used as a workshop for the men
engaged in the construction of the
tunnel, which was 40 feet in dia
meter and 25 feet above the surface
of the water.
A pitiable case of one of the in
jured is that of Thomas Goon. Both
of his eyes are blown out, nnd ho
was frozen to a piece of iron, to
Established 1877
which he clung for over an hour.
Large pieces of flesh were torn away
from the bodies of other men by the
explosion. ,
Gels Part of Fine.
AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 20. Follow
ing the decision of the United States
Supreme court upholding the $1,800,
000 One imposed In Texas upon the
Waters-Pierce Oil Co., for an illegal
combine with the Standard Oil Co..
the attorney general stated today
that J. P. Gruett, a former employe
of the first named concern, will se
cure a bonus of (100,000 for expos
ing the trust.
Stnmlurd Case Set.
CHICAGO, Jan. 20. Judge An
derson today set February 23 as the
date for rehearing the government's
case against the Standard Oil Co.,
In which Judge Landls imposed a fine
of $29,240,000.
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cjov. c;i:o. k. ciiamhuiu.aix,
onimlly Hleclccl I'. S. Senator Today
Head Review advg. for bargains.
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Verdict Returned in Criteser
Case Tbis Afternoon
LIOUOR SELLING CHARGED
Sam Cantile Convicted ol Rape, and
Girl's Story May Lead to Pros
ecution of Another
. '
v After one hour's dellbera- J
Hon, the jury In the case of $"
I Walter Criteser returned a ver- 4
j- diet of "guilty" at 3:30 o'clock 4-
this afternoon.
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There was an embarrassing scene
for tho prosecution in the clrcu't
court this morning, after a jury had
been enipannelled to hear the case
of Walter Criteser, of West Fork, in
dicted on the charge of selling liquor
In violation of the prohibition lnv.
District Attorney Brown called out
the names of three of the five wit
,i.'ssey for the state, but not one of
tnem npeared. Judge Hamilton, Al
ter delivering a sound rebuke fur UiIb
lapse, announced a rux'ts of tht-ty
mliiuUs, at the end of v hleh time
the missing witnesses were In the
court room ready to testify. Not
knowing that the Criteser caBe was
to be placed on trial this morning,
Wi be witnesses were about town
vhen their names wro called, -tl-tliifih
District Attorney Brown hm!
requested them to appear at the court
house constantly, explaining to them
that the case might be called nt any
hour.
All of the evidence In the case was
Introduced by 1:30 o'clock this after
noon, and arguments to the jury then
began. Criteser Is represented by
Attorney W. W. Cardwell. The In
dictment charges that Criteser sold
whiskey to George Meservo, on Oc
tober 1 last. This Indictment was
returned by the grand jury at the
October term of court, and Is follow
ed by a second indictment, on a sim
ilar charge, returned by tho grand
jury last week. Besides Meservo,
tho witnesses for the state Included
Is son, John Meservo; Jncob Fry.
Sheriff Kenton and Charles Miller. It
was the two Meserves and Fry who
were absent from the court room this
morning nnd had to be hunted by
the sheriff, Fry and Meservo were
found on the street, while tho elder
Meserve was discovered enjoying u
'snooze" behind a stove in the roar
of a local near-beer establishment.
George Meserve. testified on the
witness stand that Criteser sold him
whiskey, as stated In the indictment.
lis sou claimed also that he had
bought whiskey of Criteser at the
same time, as did Charles Miller.
Fry, who was supposed to have wit
nessed these ' transactions, wasn t
positive about the character of the
iuuor he saw, so his testimony did
not add strength to the state's caBO.
Sheriff Kenton's testimony related to
he quantity and quality of liquor
which he found on Crlteaer's prem
ises at West Fork. Whiskey, wine,
run gin, and beer are Included In
his Inventory.
On cross-examination, Atiy. i.ani-
well made the elder Meservo acknow
ledge that he had served time In the
nenitent arv for embezzling scnooi
funds in Curry county. He also forc
ed from Miller's li.w tho confession
that Just before the grand Jury mm
In Ituwburic last October he fled to
West Fork to avoid lnvestlf;-Mon for
tmotlcEKinie" In this city. Criteser,
he mild. Invited him to "stay around
and keep a lookout for anybody mat
m it tit be romlne.
Taking tho witness stand in nis
own uenair, uniustT ih:kiiuwhuk.-
frankly that he had on his premises
such Ituuor as was In his possession
before the prohibition law went inio
effect. He emphatically denied, how
ever, that he ever sold any liquor.
save near-beer, to Meserve or any
body else. He admitted, however,
that he told him on the ciaie speciin u
in the Indictment to "help hlmseir
from a bottle of whiskey which up
kept for personal use.
a utile Found Guilty.
After two hours' deliberation
Jury last evening brought In a ver
diet of Kullty against warn i anui
the Elk Creek Indian, charged with
mrie. He will receive sentence to
morrow morning. It Is rumored thn
ftomtono else will alao suffer for 11
licit relations with the proserutln
witness. Cantlle'a !4-yiar-old ni"'
AKnew Kussell, a half-brwl Indian
girl. On the witness stand Tuendny
ih. ffirl admitted that her relation:
with Cantile were subnequent in date
to thosr of another party, and a a
result of this statement an Indlct-
ment Is expected from the grand Jury
at any time.
Civil rtuu-n.
After the Jury In the Criteser case
retiree, the caso of R. B. Dixon vs.
gh will be heard. Dixon
mugh for monetary dam
ages for the loss of a quantity of
grain by fire starting from Spaugh's
threshing machine.
H. A. Phillips vs. Mnude E. Phil
Hps; divorce. Argued and submitted.
I u. H. if vera vs. Clarence coruutt
and Anna Coruutt; to foreclose mort
gage. Judgment for pi ft. for
$534.81.
COMMKKCIAL CLVH
tXMMlTTKKS APPOINTED
Proposed Olmngvs In Club's lly-Itmvs
Are to be Ottered at tlio Next
Regular Meeting.
At a special meeting of the Doard
of Trustees on Tuesday evening, Jan.
19th, at which Trustees Hamilton,
Marty n. Booth, Eddy, Murstors, Can
non and Alley were present, the mat
ter of tho appointment of the various
standing committees as provided by
the by-laws was carefully considered,
and the following resolution was
uninlmously adopted:
"Whereas, The Trustees of the
Roseburg Commercial Club, at a for-
mor meeting,
laid over for future
consideration the report of their spe
cial committee nppointeu to Btiggest
members of tho various standing
commlttoes, nnd upon taking up the
said report fur action, It appears that
members of tho Board of Trustees
are recommended for positions on
such committeo, which we believe to
be Inconsistent with the best Interests
of the Club for the reasons that the
Trustees are already giving much
time and attention to the various
matters pertaining to the welfare of
'.he Club, and that It Is desirable that
the membership at largo participate
as far us possible In Club affairs.
"And, Whereas, The said report
also recommends the appointment of
a Ways and Means Committee and a
Publicity Committee, which commit
tees are not contemplated by the by
laws of the Club, and which we be
lieve to be unnecessary under the
present by-lnws.
Therefore, Be It Hesolved, by the
said Trustees that the standing com
mittees nnmed by the by-lnws be as
hereinafter named, such changes be
ing made In tho said committee re
port aB will eliminate members of the
Board of Trustees, and so dispose of
he talents of various Club members
s to best promote the welfare of the
lull. "
Standing Committees,
louso Committee:
S. S. Josephson, Chairman;
II. T. McCliillen,
K. U Pengrn,
Reception Committee:
Dexter Hire, Chalrmnn;
J. W Perkins,
F W. liny nes.
Auditing Committeo:
W. H. Fisher, Chairman;
J. M. Throno,
W A. Burr
Membership Committeo:
E L. Giles, Chalrmnn;
H. W Strong,
S. K. Sykes
Book and Magazine Committeo:
J. E. Sawyers, Chairman;
fl M. Brown,
Henry Ilnrth. -
Secretary F. E Alloy gave notice
that at tho next regular meeting of
he Club he will present tho follow-
ng amendments to tho by-laws
1st. To amend Artlclo 4 to rend
as follows: "The powers of this Club
re conferred upon and shall bo ex
erclsed by a Board of Trustees con
slating of eight members, three of
whom shall bo elected by the Club
at each annual meeting to hold office
for two yenrs from the Hnw of their
election and until their successors
are elected and qualified, the Vice-
resident of tho Club, nnd the Presl-
lent who will be chairman of Hit!
Board of Trustees.
The Board of Trustees shall ap
point from resident members of Uie
Club such committers as said Board
of Trustees shall deem necessary In
addition to such com ml toon as are
prescribed by these by-laws. Five
members of the Board of Trustees
shall constitute a quorum. When
ever any vacancy occurs In the office.
of Trustee, sueh a vacancy shall he
filled by an appointee of tho Board of
Trustees to hold for the unexpired
term. The Board of Trustees shnll
pass upon nnd order payment of all
bills which hsve been approved by
the AudltliiK Committee.
At every regular meeting of the
Club members, the Serretary shall
read the minutes of all meetings held
by the Hoard of Trustees."
2nd. To amend section "B" of
Article R to read as follows: "The
Auditing Committee shnlt consist of
three members who shall audit all
bills whl'-h nre presented to the Sec
retary before the name are presented
to the Board of Trustees, and who
shall also audit the books and reports
of the Secretary and Treasurer and
make a report of their findings to
the Club at Its annual meeting.
whenever requested to do so by the
Board of Trustees."
The nomlnntlng committee recom
mends the re-election of the present
Club officers at the annlfiil election
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Governor Chamberlain Thanks
Legislature
McBARG STILL SCHEMIKC
I Introduced to Make Signing of
Statement No. 1 by Candidate
a Misdemeanor
Special to the Evening Review.
SALEM, Or., Jan. 20. Governor
Chnmberlntn wns formally elected
United States Bonator at a Joint Bfts-
alon of both bouses of the legislature
today. Pursuant to an invitation,
Governor Chamberlain later addres
sed the assembly, thanking the legis
lators, ns representatives of the peo
ple, for the great honor conferred up
on hi in. He called attention to the
fact Unit Oregon leads all other
states in the matter of people elect
ing their own senators, and added:
"Lot me say to you that I go to
Washington as the representative of
this magnificent commonwealth ab
solutely unfettorcd by any pledge to
porson or party. I go as the servant
of all the people to do nB God gives
mo light to sea. My whole duty will
be In furthering tho moral, commer
cial and Industrial Interests of our
Btate."
ficllhlK'f HcilRJltlon.
When rending of the journal In the
senate was completed this afternoon.
Helling, or Multnomah, created a sen
satlon by Inquiring If anyone had
knowledge of an armed body of men
nround the senate chumber that com
pelled Bnutor to vote against their
own wishes yesterday in the senator
ial election. When no answer was
received, President Bowerman de
clared tho question out of order.
Senator Selling's query Is looked up
on as a HtiraiKtlc fling at the six
Statement One republicans who voted
for Chamborlnln under protest.
OrniBby Mcllnrg, lieutenant of Na
tional Chairman Hitchcock, Is said
to be prepnrlng typo-wrlttcn protests
to be used by cortnln legislators who
voted for Chamberlain. The Idea is
that if enough men can be induced
to sign such protests they can be used
ns the bnsis for an adverse report by
thn credentials committee of the
United States Bunate. In this scheme,
Mcllnrg Is assisted by Clyde Fulton,
brother of Senntor Fulton, and a
number of old-time politicians.
Representatives liean and llrooks,
antl-Stntoment Oners, today intro
duced a IloiiBe bill, making It a mis
demeanor for candidates to sub
scribe to Statement No. 1. The bill
was sent to Its second reading.
A bill to provide an appropriation
of 12110,000 for the. Oregon Agricul
tural College wns Introduced today
by Honebrnkc, of Denton.
In tho election of Governor Cham
berlain as United Stntes Senator,
Senntor Abraham nnd Representative
.tones stood by thnlr Statement No. 1
pledges. Applegate and Buchanan
cast their votes for Cake. Applegate
made no comment, but Buchanan ex
plained that his personal choice was
rulton. but that having promised to
supjiort the republican voters' choice
he would vote for Cake.
Jones Is Washington's Senator.
Ol.YMI'IA, Wash., Jan. 20. At
noon today the legislature met in
Joint session and formally 'elected
Wesley L. Jones, former congress
man, United States senator to succeed
lvl P. Ankeny.
In the House, Ole Hnnson. author
of the anti-rnco trnrk gambling bill.
wns called to order repeatedly by
Speaker Meigs for mnking an attack
on Representatives Weir and Jeffries,
of King county, who are advocating
saloons ns the poor man club.
Idnlio Koloiw Surprised.
IIOISK, Idaho. Jan. 20. A sensa
tion wns created In the House today,
when Representative Johnson, a Mor
mon, declnrcd that the stringent local
option hill Introduced during his ab
sence nnd purporting to be his was
presented without his consent or
knowledge. The bill was withdrawn.
ItooMcreK W inn For Japs.
SACItA.MKNTO, Cnllf., Jan. 28.
President Roosevelt tins won Ml
flul.. ... nr.v.nt IadI.Ib I Inn nnr.vnr.
j able to tho Japanese being enacted
, n the California legislature. After a
conference with leading members of
both houses. Governor Gillette an
nounced that no antl-.Iatianes meas
ures will be passed at this session.
President Roosevelt's intervention
was prompted by the complaint o(
In the Japanese ambassador.
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