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AS EXPERT PACKHH ofr THIRTY YEARS' EXPERIENCE SAYS tJOCGLAS (XJtJfTT AI'i'Lfc AJtJt tlliJ UkT ttlB liVER ttAKbtiil) bOCGLAS OOtSTT HAS TUB BEST ALVHIE-VEAK-IIOUND CLIMATE, AND tilfi BAKLIE8T ffttlTS ANT) BEIUUKi PROFITABLE INVESTMENT Advertiser get flood rnlurna from an nonncenienta placed in live papers the Daily aho Twick-a-wkkc Kkvuw. Try them there's none other so good. KEEP WELL POSTED On the current evente ol the world's progress by reading the Daily Kkvuw Delivered by carrier, 50 ent month OSEBURG VOL. XIV. ltOSHItl 11(1, OllKUOX, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH , 1011. No. li. Review m v p Attempted Extortion Alleged Against W. J. Scott A. M. GALLAGHER IS VICTIM Ollicei's Clever Dtcoy Oder Brings Letter Resulting in Arnsl of Stbptcled Han J. When arraigned before Jus- .. ) tire Marsters tliis afternoon, .. 4 Scott waived examination and -f J. was bound over to the grand 4. j. Jury. His bail was lixed at .J. & l.'ilio, which relatives furnished. 4. .j. .s. Charged with attempting, by means of a threatening letter, to extort money from Anthony Gal lagher, an aged Dixunviile farmer. Waller J. Scott, a middle aged man and son of Charles F. Scott, a well known contractor of Edenhower, was arrested In Koseburg last Saturday evening, after a clever piece or decoy work on parr of Deputy Sheriff Sam V. Stunner. The preliminary ex amination of Scott began at 2 o'clock this afternoon before Justice of the Peace K. V. .Marsters. with Attorney O. 1 Coshow acting as counsel for the accused man. Scott is alleged to he t lie author of nil unsigned letter received by Gallagher on the 23rd of lust Feb ruary, demanding that Gallagher leave $2f,0 in gold coin at a desig nated spot and threatening him and his wife with death if they told any one about the matter or attempted detection. The letter contains t he words "us" and "we," strengthening the belief of the a-thorities that Scott hud an accomplice in the plot. They suspect in this regard a strang er seen In Scott's company the past few weeks. This individual, the sheriff's ollice learns, was run out or Spokane, Wash., by the police last winter. There is no evidence, how ever, connectir'5 him with the ex tortion case. Scott was employed by Gallagher last January, cutting wood. The evidence agaist him consi.-ts of com parative specimens or handwriting and sajnples of stationery, repetitions of errors In spelling in a test letter, his known presence near the Galll gher farm on the night the deposit ion nf tin. nirmev whs demanded and other circumstances equally as con- incing. It is probable the case may timately be transferred to tne reu- 1 court for prosecution by the poe- authorities. The penalty tor at pled extortion is imprisonment. Y ..nyc "" u . . . Cnerry reCTOrai. I lien irtKC I B BUILDING Positively surpasses any sale ever attempted in Roseburg or Southern Oregon. Come if you have to come one hundred miles. Our complete stock muft move regardless of price. Beginning promptly at 8:30 a. m., Tuesday, MarchVth o o the doors of WoIIenberg Bros.' Store will swing open upon the most astonishing special sale ever inaugurated in Southern Oregon. It isn't an ordinary sale of merchandise bought cheap (because defective or out of date) for sale purposes, no indeed! This is a sale of our regular stock, and that means the best and highest grade goods in the country. Such bargains! Such buying opportunities! The store is full with the grandest offerings ever' known, and at the very beginning of the season too. Reap the fullest advantage of this wonderful sale. o o o without the alternative of a line. The sentence may be from three ; months to one year in jail, or from six months to two years In the poui , teutlasy. i The licensed man asserts that he is liniment, lie declares he may he the victim of spite work, but be gives the officers no clue to the : identity of any person who might have plotted against him. Relatives I are standing by him In his reslst ; ance of the charge which confronts ' him. II Is reported, however, that 1 Scott's father admits that the cir : cumstances point strongly to his son's guilt. I The letter to (iulluglicr. I The letter of attempted extortion received by -Mr. Gallagher, who is ' nearly Ml years of age. wua rudely scrawled la pencil and displayed poor education ou part of the w riter. A 1 reproduction, verbatim, follows: j'WIr. Antone Galagher. "Sir: ! "ou will on getting this draw 2'0 i dollars and take the same home with you lie sure it Is all gold money, put it, all In one package and leave it on top of one of the posts by the fourd next to that big tree whsre you pas ture your horses. "lie sure anil do as you are told on the same day as you get this for ; you are watched all the time and if I you try to split 011 us we will get you sure have the money at the i place stated rrlduy night Feb. 24 at ' dark, mum Is the word for If this : gets out we wont leave enough of you to hold a runeral over nor your ; buildings or your wife either. I "now dnnt try to watch us nor try : to get someone else to because you wont know what hurt you it you do. ' Just do as we lell you and then go home and don't tell nobody If you wuM 10 live to a ripe old age." I Suiecleil From the Klrxt. ' From his poor opinion of Scott's character and from the knowledge of Gallagher's premises displayed In the 'letter. -Mr. Gallagher was satisfied at ithe very beginning that his rornwr ! work hand was the guilty parly. '.Strongest of all circumstances lend . Ing to this belief, however, was the I address on the envelope containing ithe threatening communication. In stead of the word Anthony appearing '.as Mr. Gallagher's first name there j was the substitute or "Tony," and : Scott, according to Gallagher, Is the 'onlv persor in the neighborhood who lever addressed him in that way 11 i conversation or otherwise. 1 Gallagher notified the sheriffs ofllce Immediately after reading the letter and on the night of the same day Deputy Sheriff Stunner and 1 n Marshal Joseph Huffman secreted themselves near the place where the depositing of the money bad been : demanded. After waiting until near ly midnight a heavy rain set in and the two otllcers returned to town without having i-een anyone appear for the expected coin. Then It was up to the officers to bring about the arrest of the susiiected man in some other wav. and this was accomplished bv Stunner on the knowledge Hint Scott was an experienced sawmill : worker and would probably answer a letter offering him employment in that line, the purpose being to get a specimen or Scott's handw riting. I The Tell-Tiile letter. Stanner addressed a letter to Scott, "I have coughed and coughed until my lungs are sore and weak." Go at once to your doc- Jt l 1 . It -1 i. A u ui nut, a nc aayj Lnwnii. MiM COMPELLED TO DIMINIS o o representing himself to be planning 1 the establishment or a sawmill at liotliaii and offering Scott a position. The officer signed himself as "Geo. Tonyson." Scott fell Into the trap, sending back a reply in handwriting that convinced Stanner of bis guilt. His letter "G" in the word George is exactly like tttat capital in the word Gallagher, and the capital "T" und the next three letters in the word Tonyson are equally as exact in their similarity to the word Tony appeariug 011 the envelope addressed to Gallagher. In all oilier respects the handwriting of the two letters is unmistakably alike. I The strongest comparison or all 'was brougnt out when n letter was dictated to Scott at the sheriff s office, in which the word Oregon was used. Repeating the error In his letter to Stanner, Scott spelled the word thus: "Oreogou." Tills is the w-ay the name of the state is spelled 'on the Gallagher letter. The officers are positive that they have the right man in Scott. To aid in the prose cution of the case, they have seal to Portland for a handwriting expert, who is expected to reach Koseburg this evening. Scott's arrest took place In the lobby of a local hotel, while he was waiting to meet a man named Smith. representative of the supposed Geo. Tonyson. The Mr. Smith In this rase was Ralph Qi.llle. son ol the sheriff. The purpose was to first get un admission from Scott that he was the party who answered the Tony son 'letter. When young IJulne put the question to Scott he got a prompt replv in the affirmative. He Ininie diaiely nodded to his father and Stunner, who w re standing nearby, ami the two officers stepped forward and made their man a prisoner. Neni' Scene An Vital Date. I'pon taking Scott to Jail, the offi cers drew a very important admis sion from him. They pretended th"t they suspected him or being the man who stole the mail pouch rrom the Yoiiciillu nosloflice. In denying this. Scott gradually came to the point regarding his whereabouts on Feb-, ruary 2;i. the date or the t.allagnel i lettiT. Thrown completely off Ills guard, lie innocently admitted that he spent Ihe night or renruary z.i at ttie homo of his niece. Mrs. Gilbert Mollis, on the J. F. Marker place, about iih II yards cast of where Galla gher lives. The stationery used in the Gallagher letter Is of the same quality of samples of stationery so- ut: Scott's home In Edenhower. Scott formerly worked at . I.. Dvslnger's planing mill In this city, lle was once lodged in the city jail for drunkenness. COI XTV COl lt'l' Oltl)l-:US. Court adjourned last Sat- County urday nner minting me iuhuwink I orders: I Petition or D. B. Haines, et al. for ! c,M!Be.'" ..r0" :.L.l",'V., ml I .O. UIHII11SS-U. lll-uuiiT ... ; ciencv or boundarv description. I Petition or F. E. Weaver, et al. ror 1 the location or a county road in Dist. j No 17. dismissed, because or ilisuffl- ! clent proor or posting notice. I , i..i...,r i o H-lUi- and M R Rvan are In Portiand til buy a carload of road making ma- chlnerv for the countv. The niacliln- erv will arrive in a rew dnvs. o Glt.VXGK MEET. All farmers nnd their wives, don't forget to come to the Grange meeting March 10 at 1 o'clock In the 1. O. O F hall in Koseburg. and help us organize. Y. L. LEE. dsw Organizer, ...,-..fl Hiittitnv hv the o ncers aiiwiin ioui nay. i ins ne-a n"- TO BE REMODELED WOLLENBERG BROS., Roseburg, Oregon nrPn 1 I lIJ L STKliCK BY C. B. Anderson Meets Death on Track Near Edenbower TWO FRACTURES IX SKULL Tragedy c s at Midnight as Man, Laden With Pnrchases, Travels Ut.mi ward Drunk Wending his way homewnrd In ' : Intoxicated condition shortly past midnight Saturday. Charles II. An - dersnn, a .Norwegian, employed " nmiiod. There were no receipts or burned to death yesterday In a niov the local real estate firm of llilnes i ,,, ,.i,i.,.. ... i,.. . , l,,. was inn nlcture lliealie at lleleire Film land Oliver on the Edenhower Or-1 chard Tracts, was struck by the en- glue of Ihe Incoming Portland-Rose- , J(p lli8 lirienioon runnier Jewell burg local train, due here at 1:10 -1 r'-l vtl a telegram rrom Mrs. Anna in., und killed. The tragedy occurred ,,mill, n( Sltt,.s Idaho, who was at the south end ot the trestle round-, ()1.Kn!lMy r(,im , , a u.r r ing the heavy curve leading to Helen-1 A,,ri,on rs Hovde states that bower and situated Just one mile . (l( ,s ( ..,s,,ul, r,.iive" or the from the S. 1'. depot In this city. dead man. She said she was unable Anderson was apparently ut the . lo provide for burial of the body and edge or the track, either nsleep or ' requested thai It he hurled here. atteinptlng to get out of the way of x r,,py has been received by for- the train, when ho was struck. HisOI,r Jewell to an Inquiry directed to skull was fractured In two places. , ,,. odd Fellows lodge at Marshall. I ii the top or his head Is a gash four j sh., or which, it appears. Amler- Inches long and below this toward I ,, 0nce a member. the base or Ihe skull is another about hair us long. None or his limbs nor I ,..,.. .,ini. , n. n M1- any part or his body was ; injured. Jl e re va me t! - '. , When round. Anderson s body was Ht t h nr ch t ok : i in. h i " In a natural sitting posture against : yesterday. Di. I.anikln sa d he would the embankment ot tne iraca. a : i. . i..i.. ....,!.. ' " "" ' , ,, ,., ,. ;"' u "'R ',' ' slipped off of his left arm. That Anderson's body nor limbs snoweu no sign oi iiij-ijt aim '. his provisions were not scattered about, us might no expected troni ine Impact or a blow from a locomotive, has caused the belief on part of persons that he might have met with foul play. This Idea was not generally shared, howevei. ami n 1 commonly accepted theory being t un he was struck by the train and that because he was too drunk to get out or the way or it. 10 ou cu . y semu this question Coroner Jewell will hold nn inquest tomorrow. Beginning '" " o clock in tne morning. Anderson lived in a tent on the '" . ...... .. . employed for the past two weeks. lie came to Koseburg four months ,,r, m n "Wk" - - - - - Hughes. In this city. Last Saturd iy- morning Anderson cashed a check at Hie Edenhower store ror $t.7.'i. Then he came to Rosebiirg nnd spent ,a very busy day. He nought two. .....I.. .. ...,i!ii. ,,r i.rovlutiiiiu cut n tin nionev order to a ro aim and incldentallv Imbiber enough liquor to make him very drunk. The name or the relative is .virs. Anna Hovde. She lives at Stitos, Idaho. I On account of Anderson's condl Hon. Hughes tried to persuade him I to stay In town over Saturday night. hut Anderson declined und left for Eib-nbower. with Hughes advising him to stay away from tlio railroad track and travel along the wagon road. That was about 9 o'clock at night. When Anderson was next Bt'tMi lit wiih a corpse bcsiilo (lit raliroBil track. Tnt1 ciiMcoviry or 1Mb foody wns mailt' about 2 ; ;io o'clock Sunday morn In is l K. T. V, Kt'illtVr, living ou rlu old Caddis dairy ranch, near tlu seen- of tlu IraKt'dy, Tliey were cnmhiK l town with a relative who wan KoiiiK away on a (rata from this city. Audeihon' body was between two sunken water barrels at I he ede of the trestlf. A reasonable theory (s that he Biepned off the track to avoid i the train and, gettinK one of his feet j In the barrel nearest hhu. drew back I struck by the onconiinn locomotive. A si rami of his hair was round on, the step ol the engine call. Ills hat was round near Ihe track beyond I tir" X'revfiiimlly" carried along on Ihe pilot after An derson was struck, apparently by the: cowcatcher or perhaps by .1 cylinder. Not u cent or money was found ; 111 Anderson's pockets. Anderson was evidently once t.,,il...r nl lli Iltl.t Fellows tllllue Ut ' m ih-hIiuII Wash, lie wore n three- j,nk ,,, nmi mmlK his effect a was a c0ly (,r thB i,y-liiws of the lodge pimv iir ine tv- nws or I e ouue ,,. .lni.r of that order. ,' " ..... ... ,i. wnrlt. us meeting: so he 11 Was me llirn in... ... preached only live .times during the day. Itegluuliig , with the Sunday si'honl at ID a. in.. he turned every service of the day i , o . ... Kvery address . ,steriilece of logic and In- i - - ...m, mil, nee and wns renlele Willi spllilunl life und power. Rosebiirg has heard niany great preachers, hut none nave elled and few have eqnaiieu .... . it, Dr. I.auikiu Is .. Ti.., nv t,-liks lie uses , p ()f ,,,.,,1,,,. spiritual , preaching vet the crowds hang ., , h. ,; ns words. A line foi-iii-.l last i , direetion of Pastor El night uniler the direetion of Pastor Eaton, himself an old musical , Mr. i . , klM)VVS ,ow to do that ' TI . wav the crowd fol- . . . . , , , ),, migniy '( '' s,.,,,s wl ,. , yv (im, ,.., , Kveryl,,M.y Invited The Ladles' Aid Societies of the various Koseburg churches will hold a Joint session at the M. E. Church tonight. The infant son of Mrs. Curtis Is now helni! cared for bv Mrs. Lesnii i Lillv, or Glide. Mrs Curtis recently j died In this city. snerirr ijuine uioay iei-en,-o fxn.iiuii on laxes lot- Ihe current year The principal iiavnient was made by the Southern Pacific Co W. R. and A. W. Clark, of the i Clarke-llenery Paving Co.. were here rrom Sacramento today receiving rrom Ihe city Ihe sums paid In by the individual property owners on last year's street paving work 111 tills city. fi Picture Machine Explodes and l)0 Persons Perish TWO DIE IN ANOTHER FIRE Sensational Anarchist Plot Exposed al Spokane Zion City May See Civil War Speclul to The Evening Review. ST. PET Ninety perse 1EKSIURG, March (i. .Miieiv neiso is. i osiiv cm 11 en. were other persons were Beriouslv Inlured. An uudlcnce of r.otl wns in the theater when the explosion or the picture inu- chine set lire to the building. A panic ensued. Few or the bodies are recognizable. Tim I'erixli In Dig I'Iit. minn'IOAI'OI.IS, Minn., March 6. tiu, Svudicnto block on Nicollet avenue Is In ruins, with a loss of oini.iion. Firemen today began Henrchliig for the bodies or Miss Mary iiUk. proprietor or the A Hon reB- (r,ti ,l( her maid, lleriha Itad- ons. who were burned to death while sleeping In the building. I'ossiblv more may be dead. Three clothing stoles, a Testanrant and nuinher of destroyed. Snokatie Aiianlilsts i:nosed. SI'OKANK, Wasli.. March li. lu- volvlng an alleged plot to assasslrmti President Tuft when he leaves ou his summer vacation, the couleinplated Police uinu Sautbeln. charges were (lied today against Stuart Moffett and John Steele 111 connection wllh the recent murder of Chief or Police Rlll- iivau. notn men nave iieen nere several years, alio ll is llliegeq uiey planned to kill Pratt by shooting him the same as they did Sullivan li K alleged that Steele said: "Tal't will gel his when he takes his vnca- Hon.' It Is asset-led that Steel Is a member or the Inner circle or anar- ehlsts I. W. W. Ill I.OM Angeles. l.OS ANGKI.ES, March 0. l.os Angeles Is to be the next point of attack of (lie Industrial Workers of the World. II Is said that within a week 10M0 of them will be here to test the strength-ot the l.os Angeles anti-street speaking ordinance. The advance guard has reached here from Eresno and tlireewere Jailed today, ..... I roubles ul .Ion II. V. .ion t I I " , III., .March I.. uowie- lies under Ihe leadership of Vollva. w ho succeeded Dowle as titular head ... .m- sen. u.eu ..i... n.... armed Insiirreition ngalnsi the sum of Illinois. The state hoard ol health ordered vaccination of Xlouists. They have voted lo resist "to death." In-1 ternecine war Is also resulting in riots and armed guards are protect ing "Independents." w-lio held a meet ing In the tabernacle today. Vollva has posted a guard and upon Hie appearance of tho vaccinating squad, the fnlthful will assemble to resist. Independents ami regulars are light ing because the Independents want more liberty. XK.XT COXGIiF.SM TO SF.I-: ATTACK OX llAl.r.lNGKIt. Special to the Kveulng Review. WASHINGTON, March U. Im peachment or Secretary lialliuger ! being planned by the Hemcu rats. It was learned today that Ollle James, or Kentucky, is I raining a resolution which will probably he Introduced In the House by him or Graham, or Illi nois. The resolution will be referred to the House judiciary committee, and if adopted by the House, ihe Sen ate will have Itallliiger's lute in its hands. HOOSFVI-:l.T O.MIXti TO l-ACII'IO COAST. Special to the Kveulng Review. NKW YORK. March li Roosevelt stacis Wednesday on a Western and Southern trip. At Grand Canyon, Colo., he will he Joined by his wile and daughter, who will accompany til in to the Pacific Coast. RAILROADS OIIKV IIATIO INCHKASK IXJl XtTIOX. WASHINGTON, March ti. It is announced that every Western rail road has suhmllled to the interstate Commerce Commission's recent deci sion, denying them the right to In crease rates. The roads have agreed to cancel tile proposed increases and most ol them have promised to tile new schedules before March 10. Rev. F,. 1.. Jones, presiding elder ' or the M. E. Church. South, left here t his morning for Peoria. Oregon, to conduct the funeral services for Rev. Clark, who died there Sunday. Rose Club meets Tuesday evening. Everybody come. Dr. J. i,. Callawny, Oatopathlc Thy atcian. Abraham HulldliiK, Itosoburg. PALACC ItiEAIRE McKenzie & Moore The Merry Makers TONIGHT "The Call of the Music" Tuesday, Wednesday Thursday, "The Man of The Hour" IV Acts Friday and Saturday "In Wyoming" IV Acts STOCK
