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NATURAL RESOURCES AND CLIMATIC ADVANTAGES MAKE IT THE MOST ATTRACTIVE FOR tfdMfiSEEKERS AND INVESTORS. KEEP WELL POSTED On the carreat events n( the world's progress by reading the DaIlt Hxtiiw Delivered by carrier, 60 cei'a a Dionth PROFITABLE INVESTMENT Advertlserj Rut food r.lun;s Irom as onnceuiente placed in livt tapers the Daily Ann Twick-a-wksk Kivtitw. Try them there's none other so Ko.nl. 5BURG VOL. XIV. nOSKIIUHG, OREGON, MONDAY KVKMNG, Jl l.V 21, 11)11. No. 121. Review KOSI ' it. Raio Ruins $1,000,000 Worth of Nebraska Crops BENEFITS IN OTHER STATES Tens Goes "Wei" By Small Uajorttj Methods of Sugar and Steel Trusts Exposed (Special to the Evening Review). LINCOLN. Neb., July 21 Beatrice, a town 40 miles south of here, is iso lated by floods in the Hlue River Val ley. More than eight inches of rain fell within a few hours. Hlue River today Is over two miles wide In some places. The crop damage is $1,000. 1)110. Oilier grain growing districts In the Middle West report heavy rains yesterday, which greatly benefitted crops. TKXAS VOTtiS "WOT" l!V CLOSFST MARGIN IX HISTORY. HOUSTON. Texas, July 24 Chair man 'Hall, of the Prohibitionists, con ceded this afternoon that the "wets" won the state-wide election Saturday. The majority will not exceed f.OOO. It was the closest election In the his tory of the state. VXCLK HAM ISSI KS WARNING TO HAYTIAX FACTIONS. WASHINGTON. July 24 The Slate Department this afternoon authorized Minister Furnlss at Port Au Prince to warn the Haytlun government not to bombard unfortified cities. The it.orf attitoB will hnM Havtl respon sible for any loss of American life or property during tne penning re bellion, which bids fair to be suc cessful. . SF.ALS AWAY FROM COAST SAKE FOIl FIFTFFN YKAItS. wasiiivctdn Julv 24. The Senate this afternoon ratified the fur oabI trentv which prevents Great n.t.nl Inunn DlluHlfl 1111(1 the Ulli ted States from engaging In pelagic scaling for lo years, comiiiencuis December 13. 'I'ltlTST OPKRATF.W TKX YEARS i , I1F.FORF, KXPOSKD. n'AouivnTrw .Inlv 24. Evl ' .i x iho nlevpn largest steel ' manufacturers of this country had . entered Into n pooling agreement i. .,' November. 1900, forming a steel plate association, was presented be rore the Stanley committee today. The committee believes the pool agreement is still enforced. It al- lows the companies to sell only a : certain share of steel plate. Among signers are the Carnegie Steel Com pany. American Steel & Wire Com ' pany Tidewater Steel Company and. . the Crucible Steel Company. The f Carnegie Company was accorded i 46 25 per cent of the totnl output. Following his personal exposure that most of the steel concerns com- hlned to uphold prices. Chairman Stanley said today: "I'm tired of the Department of Justice. . "I will go ahead and Investigate myself. He ' virtually declared that Attorney- Mrs. Calland Mrs. Kendall The Merry Widows (Formerly The Antlers.) Modern Apartments, with bath and hot and cold water in each room. FIRST CLASS DINING SERVICE We guarantee to please particular people. 1 12 Brockway Street, Waite's Addition, near High School. Take Your Time to Read This SHELL (lOODS. Because we have Just received so many other new slvles In Shell Goods of all kinds. Collar Pins, Necklaces. Ear rings, Brooches. Hat Pins. Leather Toilet Cases, Etc., we are going lo give another week to these goods. Every style absolutely new. Ask to see our Hiawatha Collar Pins. Many prudent shoppers are buying these goods for the Holidays. NECK WEAR. Don't fail to see our 25c counter. You will find some rare bargains In new goods. HAIR GOODS. We have an enormous goods In Switches. Trans formations and Puffs. Puffs going out? Not this year. Then there are the Bmall 50 cent switches for the rosettes or biscuits, as they are commonly called. MILLINERY. Just a very few hats left. We are going to finish them all up Monday. Wo have to have the room. This is a "word to the wise." HAIR. AND SCALP TREATMENT FACIAL MASSAGE General WlckerBhum had shielded the interest. KI'ltKCKKI.S TFI.I.S HOW NlliAlt Tltl'ST TRIKD TO Itl'IX HIM. NEW YORK CITY, July 21. He- fore the Hurdwlck sugar investigat ing committee todny Clans SpreckelB. Jr., gave full details of how the trust tampered with his employes and did everything to hamper him and dis credit him in business when he fought the trust. Spreckels said that for more than a year men secret ly employed by the trust placed filth ill his sugar and distributed short- wolght packages of sugar to injure his credit and business standing. A GOOD SHOW. J. M. Ilusby'a big minstrel com pany, which exniuiieu . nere unuer unvas Tuesday evening, was greeted with a "crowded house In spite of (he intense heat of the evening. The Advocate's representative re ports an excellent performance, es pecially the dancing, while the oiu time minstrel performance and songs as usual delighted the audience. They carry a fine band and are a tuneful, musical, talented crowd. Yales Center Advocate, Aug. 20. Roseburg. Wednesday, July 2ii. Campbell Hardy, organlner for the Loyal Order of Moose, is here for l hi purpose of organizing a local lodge, nnd Is stopping ut the Hotel .McClnllen. The Loyal order oi Moose was organized ill Louisville. Kv.. April 12. 1S88. and Is a frater nal and social order of recognised merit, with lodges in all important itles 111 the United States, the total lodges numbering 054. with a mem bership close to the .100.000 mark. it is purely a rraternai organization, carrying no insurance, but paying a small sick, accident and funeral bene fit. Nearly all the titles of the Northwest have organized with large lodges. Portland has a membership of over 3000, Seattle 2000, and Ta coina and Spokane over 3000 each. Salem, Astoria. The Dalles. linker City, Eugene nnd Medford have flourishing lodges. Ail .noose lotiges have club rooms and gymnasiums. At the next annual convention to be held in Detroit the supreme lodge will offer $7 500 In prizes to Moose ath letes. At the National convention, held in Baltimore, college buildings, located at Muncle. lnd.. valued at $125,000, were given to the lodge, and In these a business and lndus trlel course will be taught, as well as a four venrs college course. Orphans and children of the poorer members will have the preference as free students. Mr. Hardy expecis to or ganize a largo lodge here as else where, where the morits of Hie Loynl Order of Moose are recognized, and what It stunds for. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. A. F. Latham to A. C. Redlfer. $10; parcel of land in Roseburg. t w T-iifinra to J. J. Henderer, $8500; parts of sees 15, 16 and 17, 22-10. J. S. Leach to R. H. Fields, $10; part of sec 20, 21-11. Edgar A. Gibson to T. S. Peck, $10; 100 acres sec 28, 27-7. A Peep Into His Pocket, will show the box of Bucklen's Ar nica 8alve that E. S. Loper, a car penter, of Marilla, N. Y., always car ries. "I have never had a cut. wound or bruise or sore that it would not heal, he writes. ureateBi neai er of burns, boils, scalds, chapped hands and lips, fever-sores, sklu eruptions, eczema, corns and piles. 25c at all drngglBts. The Leader HAIR DRESSINC MANICURING cash I'ldv.m Ms offfhfd FOIl KXIIHUTS FOR FAIRS. The following cash premiums will lie paid from the special appropria tion made by Douglas County, for exhibits of Douglas County products I'Mlllllin Ul l'UIIRIlln VMM III, lliuuili in ut the Dis.rlct Fair at Roseburg and ut the State Fair at Salem. All ex- hibils lu tliis class must be delivered to F. L. Calkins, lu Roseburg. not later than 12 o'clock noon on Satur day. Sept. 2. and the premiums wjll be awarded und paid on that day: Douglas County Ruised Seeds. 1st. 2nd. Sample of wheat, not less than one-hnlf bushel: Oregon Bprlng wheat . . . Oregon Chill wheat .... Canadian White wheat . White Velvet wheat .... Australian Club wheat . Hlue Stem wheat Landreth wheat White Clawsiin wheat . . Golden Chaff wheat . . . White French wheat ... Spring CI b w heat .... Any other variety Sample of not less than one bushel: Winter barley Surprise oats Side oats Russian Winter oats . . . Scotch Dun oals Outs of any oilier kind . Shelled corn One-half bushel of buck wheat Peck of popcorn Display of not less than 12 ears of Held corn. . Sample of not less than 12 ears of sweet corn, each of three varieties Twelve largest and tall est stalks of corn .... 2.110 1.00J 2.00 1.00 2.00 1.00 2.00 l.'IO 2.00 1.00 2.0(1 1.0(1 2.00 1.00 2.00 1.00 2.00 1.011 2.00 1.0 2.00 1 .00 2.00 1.110 I I 2.0(1 1.00 2.00 1.00, 2.00 l.oo' 2.0(1 l.oo I 2.00 I.OO1 2 00 1.00, 2.00 l.oo' I 2.00 1.00 2.00 l.oo I 2.00 1.00 I 2.00 1.00 I 2.00 1.00 4.0(1 2.00 Display of sheaves or winter wheat, three varieties, Ave sheaves of each variety, four Inches lu diameter . . . Display of sheaves of spring wheat, three varieties, live sheaves of each variety, four Inches in diameter . . . Display of sheaves of oats, three varieties, five sheaves of each variety, four inches in diameter Collection of grasses, not less than 15 varie ties Vegetables. 4.00 2.00 4.00 2.00 . 2.50 i.OO 1st. 2nd. lleets for table, six spec! mens, three varieties. , $2.00 $1.00 Manzel-wurzel. B spec'nis 2.00 Rutabagas. specimens .:." Sugar beets. 6 spec ins.. 2.00 Exhibit of cabbage, not less than three varie ties, six specimens . . Exhibit of carrots, not less than 20 pounds . Potatoes, early varieties, one-half bushel Potatoes, late varieties, one-half bushel Sweet notatoes. 1 peck . . 2.00 1.00 2.00 2.00 l.u'i 2.00 2.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 Cauliflower, 0 specimens 2.00 Kale, 6 specimens ..... 2.00 Muskmelon, 12 speci mens, four varieties . . Wateremelon, 12 speci mens, four varieties . . Display onions, embrac ing quality and uuan tliv 4.00 2.00 4.00 2.00 1.00 2.00 Squashes, for table, six specimens 2 "" 1.00 Largest squasn m kind Pumpkin , 5 specimens . 2.00 2.00 1.00 1.00 Turnips, X varieties. specimens each . ; Tomatoes, .i varieties, specimens each . . . 12 1.00 2.0(1 2.00 1.00 STANDARD HEARERS OF M. K. CHURCH EXTER I Al ... t ,..l MtKt enlovaoie is mi e nient upon tie so lai b Methodist Eidscopal U in en '''Bl ' " ... .... . .. t the uiiiK "J .";" ...-. church. A largt n m Hllfliuiiii't " -- entertained with a program "'-'" and instrumental """- .. ,,f tions, following me. u .ii hour during and cake were u'hit-li there was a which ice cream and served. The program: Piano solo. Miss l.eomi Recitation. Master Leonard Van euveii. , ...Vi Duet. Mrs. Ilrown uuu ."' bach. Recitation, Donnle Griiham. Recitutlon, Cllnion Graham. ' Song. Miss Herkelbach. Selection. Orchestra. Address, Rev. E. Olln bldrldgc. o - Kill .More Than Wild Itcnxts. The number of people killed yearly , Td beasts don't approach the vast number killed bv- disease germs. No life Is safe from their attacks. 'n., ... in oil- water, dust, even food. Hut grand protection Is af forded by Electric Hitters, which de stroys and expel these deadly disease germs from the system. That s why chills, fever nnd ague, all mnlaxiaL. and many blood diseases yield promptly to this wonderful blood ( purifier. Try them, and enjoy the glorious health and new strength they'll give you. Money back, if not satisfied. Only r.0c at all druggists., Have Arundel tune It. FOR RENT Furnished housekeep - Ing rooms; no children. At 3(12 Washington street. Mil TO PRISON - . P. J I fjlMP ASSCSSO' SCO luCt(l 10 , v r . Fight-Year Term CAUGHT WITH $5,000 BRIBE Will Pass Treaty Adopted ' By I'. S. Congress Special to the Evening Review. OAKLAND. Cal., July 24 Henry P Di.llon for 17 Venn. Assessor of Alameda Countv. was todav sentenced est weather on Saturday. Roseburg to eight years in the penitentiary for reported the highest temperature or soliciting a bribe from the Spring any .station on the Pacillc Coast and Valley Water Coiupanv. Dalton will even Arizona was not aa hot. With not appeal Ifonr duys already at 100 degrees or The plot which resulted In the ar-.i. records for July weather In rest and conviction of Dullou was ' Roseburg are broken. Observer V II planned nnd carried out bv the olll-'li"'" "H B,Jll,d "'Is urternoon that ..a .i. . ... ... -- tin, lint u-iivi. wiih iiiisslnir riilildlv ciais oi iiie niriiig auej ii aifi l oinpany nnd District Attorney Dnuo- line, of Alameda Couuly, after Dal ton, according to S. P. Eastman, president of the company, had of fered to reduce the assessment of the company from $3,000,000 to $2,500, 000. The $5000 which was fuiiiuMn marked bills on Dalton's person af ter it had been given to him by East man, was to hnve been the first pay ment of this amount. Dalton has been a prominent figure lu Alameda County politics for the ...a k.... .i... i,.,.iiit. buy control of one great system. mid center of a formidable politicnl machine. Countless attempts to oust him, four of which took the form of criminal procedure, found him un assailable In the strength of his per sonal and political following. TAIT PREFERRED ItEPl llLK'AX, EVEN IF IT WAS LORIMEH. WASHINGTON. July 24. Edward Illnes, Ihe Chicago lumberman. I charged . with raising the $100.00(1 slush fund that elected Senator Wm. Loiinier. resumed the witness stand .'"day before the Congressional inves tigating committee. . He produced a letter f rom j,. Congressman Ronton 1 00 WHICH HHUI.il lllltfc UUIllcn nun . t-n.- 1 no dent Tiift during the deadlock of the 100 Illinois legislature -and that the . President said Loiimer was accept jable tq him lu order that a Ropubli 1.00 can might be elected Senator. TAFT PRAISES J!;"'' KO" STAND ON Rl'.t II RO( IU. nr. v cm. i , .mini., jmj . dent Tnft received many telegrams todav congratulating him for his statement on the reciprocity treaty. Friends declare his laudation of aid given bv Democrats and Republicans will ultimately prove "goon poiiucs hy preventing schisms In the Repub- Mean party, it is reporieo tan ie celved direct assurances from i nnu'ia I that she wilt, confirm the reciprocity agreement. ' President Tart freely acknowledged Unit his long, hard campaign iu he - half of the measure would have,,,,,,,, hefore the first Rothschild wis iifovell unavailing If the Democrats , , ,,iitted to do business. At 4 per had not helped him. "The Democrats did not 'play poll- lies' in the colloquial sense In which those words are URed." snld the Pros dent, "hut lliey toitowen me u.c- tales of a higher policy. J I ATTORNEY GEXERAL WICKER I SHAM CLASHES WITH NAME SAKE. WASHINGTON July 24. Denial ..... , i,,.i , Wicker R,aiii, of Alaska, that his department r,,ruhrl, , investigate the alleged! oi trie tioiik'm i i" ' r "grab'' or Controller Hay by the MM- d GKKphelm Interests were - ,.t today Attorney-General ..,,.,br,,u, !,,,. ,1B House lit til . ,.,v committee clary committee. He flatly denied ,- ,,ld. fn nlso that nios tor coin in aibsrh re- quested by the War Department were COMPENSATION Compcnimtion l the ' ' applied to the methods uwd to secure uniformity of time in the varying temperatures lo which a watch li expoM-o. The cause of the error i the expansions and contraction! of mrlalj. The South Rend Balance wheel la made of two metsU of unequal expan On, lo proportioned, one to the other, that the expamtibn and contraction la netttralitod perfectly. A South Bend Watch keei time In all temperatures, as well ai in all positions. A. H. HUKV. , I . Otllclal Watch Inspector, 0P, J? ti V DALAiWE tj 4fa-3y i not competitive. Delegate Wtrkertthiim ami the At- to nuv-General eliiHlitnl htuittutly when ' the delt'Kute said ho con Id rtmllrm uie cmirKfs uuu inu Aiiorncy-vtf iuthi told him to. Tin committee ud- journed temporarily to end the qunr- i .iriMKii si.'i.-s iil'Posl l liiv ill 'T I I.TI.M.VTK Kl'CCFSS. (burg and Coos Hay hovers in front . .1,' . ' , , .'.' ' . . i. of the public eye as the result of the . 0VwA' uaUn'la'J,;'V4 H . ' presence III Roseburg Sunday of a er light Hi Parliament is predicted ; f , . , d h here today before he reciprocity, Co08 ',, , , , agreement with the I nlted States Is g Frttlld(c0. The ,mr,v waa com. ratified. Since Congress passed the I , fl f E CoI)el.thwtte, of London, measure. Its opponents have trans ferred their activities to Canada Premier Laurier stated that the hill would pass, but will not say when. After six days of good behavior the weather has become decidedly un- comfortable ' '"' r'"11;''' lt!llMit'l ill ll l xi vii , i ni o , .. u.i.i.ni this ar.ernoon, following u tempera- tnre o 100 on Sunday Indications; were this ufternoKii that I he mercury i might rise lo lo:t. The thermoiue- tor maximum on Sunday represented a rise of 1 ft degrees irom tne warm " . northward and he expected that It would be much less warm here to morrow. Portland today Is probably experiencing hotter weather than Rosehurg. At 5 o'clock I his morning it wub 10 degrees warmer there Ihun ill this city. ROCKEFELLER VERY RICH, III T RO'I'IICIIII.DS RICHER. The Rockefeller Income is so large that it Is said John 11. could, out uf j "k" 'he Union Pacific, ever year and never touch a penny of his principal His Income today is the second most colossal 111 the world. II Is more than twice as large as that or all the crowned heads ol Europe combined. It Is calculated to be 35 limes as great as thu.1 of the King or England, and five limes as great as that or the czar of Russia, the richest ruler or any nation. A recent calculator asserts that the Rockefeller income is at least $2. "5 a second. $12:1.00 4-5 a mlnule, $7,- 1420.08 an hour, $17K.0S2.0X u day. $1.2411.1174.50 a week, and $l.i,ooo, 0(10 u year. With every lick or Hie clock there drops Into the Rockefeller strong box more than $2, according to those who have figured It out to their own satisfaction. In spite of I lie fact that Rocke fellers charities have been enormous his pile does not seem to diminish I,. .i t i,-.ii mui mill l,,,u ili'iuiv been distributed' by 'Mr. Rockefeller 1 10 the generul educational board, the (.nicagu university, me ixiinu un?.n,m College and to research work. Insti tutions und religious "work of every description. Although no man can slate the amount or the combined rortunes of the Itothchilds. It is estimuted that they are at least $2. 000. noil. Olio. This - ,B four times the pronanic weami oi ti,e Kockefeller clan, and more than 5js times greater than the Untied Astor possessions, which form our urB,,Ht hereditary fortune. Vet the , r .... i.i.l- nf the Astor estate was a rich 0Pt the yearly Income of the present Itn,hschlld fortune would be $80.- noo.000, or more than the whole ,.n)tll amassed by the original Van- ,i,,r ,i Difssmukliitf. Will go out by tlio day or sew at linme. Fancy dresseB a specialty , Miss Mabel Stone, 717 S. Hamilton. - ajii o William Diitton, who resides In the Antelope dlslrlcl near Jackson County, while condition Saturday afternoon. - will..,) bv falling Into a wheel of the spring wagon he was driving on the j.;agie mini man. i ... dragged for more than hall a in lo. IIIH lll'H'l Bll' ' wheel. The team was not frightened and It did not run. Duitou was silll alive when the team was stopped but died shortly afterward. Mr. and Mrs. Curl Milliter and children lire here from Anderson, Cal.. vlslilig wlih Mr. and M.S. A. Wollcnbeig. Miss Helen Wollenberg. who has been visiting in San Francis co for two months, returned with them. Harney Dreyfnss. president of Ihe Pittsburg club, National I gue, lias purchased Marty O Toole, SI. Paul's spllbull pitcher, for 22.r,oO, the highest price ever paid for a ball player In the hlstoiy of organized lasebail. Mrs. L. Woodruff und son. ( laud Woodruff, arrived here from Hnndon Siiturdiv evenlm nnd left Sunday inr Portland for n brief visit. Mr. Woodruff bus sold his furniture business In Haiidon and Is now taking a vacation ror tne pen 'of Ills health. The law passed hy the last l.-fts-lature providing tor Ihe licensing or glli-net fishing In Ibis state, lias been left out of the Oregon rotle. and I' Is probable 'hal many fishermen will proceed to fish with glll-liels iu the future, without first taking out the necessary license. VISIT OF CAPITALISTS I.KAVKS HAII.ItOAO VISION, . Admit Hotifhtii-K-CooH liny I'mjcrt Ik I'niler Coiihldemtioii, hut Announce No Flans. Another vision of that' long prayed-for railroad between Rose nglaiid: E. C. Cox, of Chicago: 8 E. Ulddle, R. T. Hooper and E. W. Severs, of San Francisco, and E. C. Brooks, of Marysvllle, Calir. They spetit several days on Coos Ray in vestigating Its resources und pros pects. Concerning their visit there n,e Marshfleld Times says: Among the propositions they have , consideration It is understood f ,l)(g , , L,', ,., ,,,.. May to Roseburg and Eust to liaise, Idaho. When seen by a Times reporter to day Messrs. Nevers and Cowperlh- waito admitted this much, but said their plans were not eulHclently mn tured to mnke any announcement or give any definite details of their project. The present trip Is to fumlllnrlze themselves somewhat with local con dltlons and get In touch with the present situation on Coos Ray. They would not confirm uny or the many rumors afloat lu rurerencc to rallwny projects hut said due an nouncement would he made when there was anything dellnlto to be given out, which might be within a short time. OREGON NEWS. To bo arrested after he had taught with a good record for 20 years, to be humllliited by the grilling of law yers and by publicity throughout tne press, and to lie prevented from at tending the National educational meeting, oi which he was an active member, becuuse he wus under ar rest on n charge of improper conduct toward u little girl pupil, rrom which accusation he was readily acquitted iiv a Jury, is Ihe unpleasant story of Proressor A. 11. Voder, of Woodburn, who is leaving ror another state. Voder was tried lust week at Salem for alleged Improper conduct toward Lydia Sheinbeck. The tacts presented to the Jury were Unit this conduct consisted or her coining several times to his olllco to complain or her treat ment at the hands nf Miss Moon, her teacher, und trying to get him to tnke her case un with Miss Moon. When ho refused to Interfere with the teacher's discipline, the girl spread stories that he had coaxed her Into the room to fondle her. The lust or the quartet nf Hunnell babies died Tuesday at Merrill. There were four babies born to Mrs. Al Hunnell on June 2:1. Ihe combined weight being 12 14 pounds. one lived but a few hours and the other three have been kept alive only by being bathed in oil. There were three Kir Is and one hoy. .1 Nelson Wlsner. who was two months ago employed ns State Su nentntendent ol Fisheries, has been legislated out of olllce by the State Fish and Game Commission. Follow ing a meeting or the Commission held last week. Mr. Wlsner was Informed by one member that his olllco hail been abolished and thai his services would not bo required after AugusT L it 'a"Z given for Mi. W Isner sen fort ed re It is understood that the reason tlremenl Is economy, but.lt is sus pected thai this Is not the real reason, and It Is possible that after Mr. Wlsner has severed his connection with the Commission on August 1. he will be Induced to make a state- meut which may ho highly Interest ing. Ask for pinna votes nt Joseplison's. dtl Rolled oats and barley, cracked and whole corn, whent and all varle- ties of m'll feed at the Douglas County Mills. Phone 13. dtf Who's Your Foot Doctor? Walter E. Hardy Chiropodist and Foot Specialist i Treating Corns, Bunions, Ingrown Nails, Flatfoot and , Broken Down Arches, lite. Painless Antiseptic Methods Reasonable Prices. Motel McClallen, Room 30, for a few days only, call at -once or arrange for appointment. The Root of the Tree is the Life. The more Root the inoreLife. Let 110 agent deceive you. Get the advice of an experienced Horticulturist, and you will buy , ' your trees of A. L. KITCHIN, The Nurseryman Roseburg, Ore GLEXDAI.E PRISONER WORKS CRAZY DODGE. OI.ENDALE, Or.. July 2:l.-.-Chii3. Zeigler, arrested for disorderly con duct on the street, developed syiup toms of insanity while confined in lite city jail, smashing all the fur niture and fixtures iu his cell und . bruising and buttering himself se verely. He was taken from the cell and placed under t he care of a physi cian ill a rooming house and es caped shortly afterward, no traces of him having been found. It is thought that he was merely playing with the olllcers undvhls in sanity was a pretense. v EDWIX llll. I. ISO DEAD. Edwin Hilling, a well known resi dent of Roseburg since IS'.IO, died at his home, in this city. Sunday, July 2J, of general debility. He was 91 years of age and a native of England. The funeral was held from the resi dence. 7:il! South Main street, this afternoon, with services conducted by the locul society of Christ, Scientist. Interment followed in the Masonic cemetery. Mr. Hillings wub a California pio neer und nlso a veteran or the Civil War nnd one or the subsequent In dian wars In the Middle West. I lo was at one time engaged In the lur-' cantllo business lu Sacramento, Cal., and later at Oroville. He was the rather or Conductor E. II. Hilling and Mrs. A. G. Mrtihchoy, both of Mils city. MYRTLE CREEK NEWS. Waller J. Wright, one of Myrtle Creek's native sons, has been np polnted n deputy game and fish war den. On Saturday evening. July 20th, tile Misses Hlack and Hrtdket. with Miss Henedii-k, as accompanist, of Roseburg, will give a concert at the Haptlst clntrclt for tlio benefit of the gymnasium. W. C. Harvey, ol the Harvey con fectionery, is mourning the loss of a valuable Shepherd dog he hist 111 the fire Friday night. Mall. EXHtlSITS AT LAND SHOW. The entire west will he advertised during (lie I'liited States Land and Irrigation Congress to be liekl at Chicago from November IS to De cember 0 of this year. The -Southern Pacific Company and othvr llarrinian lines have engaged the whole of the Coliseum Annex for purposes uf ex hibition, und every town, county, or state lapped by these lines will be given the opportunity lo show what advantages It-may have lo offer to the prospective home seeker. ' To further this purpose, the space secured by the Southern Pacific and other allied lines will be divided Into lecture halls witli moving picture fa cilities, and ttie towns and other cen ters that care to participate in the ex hibits will be luvlli'd to send moving picture Minis and lecturers to depict to the public the opportunities for homes offered in the various districts. Photographs taken along the llitva' or the Southern Pacific, depleting tlio most Interesting phases of homo, farm and industrial life will also be shown. The Land and Irrigation Congress hi:s planned lo occupy the entire Coliseum at Chicago, but as the space allulcd to the several ex hibits was thought not sufficient lor 11, t nliiniinil Iiv tin, ttmilb:t'll I'llclllC for Its Western patrons, that com-, pany has concluded to secure Ihe annex for the Western exhibits. ' At the last Chicago Land Show lu 1910. the llarrinian Hues occupied the same spa.ee as Is proposed to be used I hid year, anil it .was computed that fully .77,000 pooplo attended thn .itiires. On the first colonist ex- aursiolt following the Inst In ll it show, according lo figures 'compiled and Is sued by the passenger olliclals of the Western lines, the Southern Pacific and Union Pacific Companies carried ' approximately ;,A.ouo colonists Into their territory, breaking, all previous records ror colonist travel on these n,,,.,,