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rV- nM MMMl t . . m -a t" n IF YOU SEE IT Irt j '"" ! The Plaindealer j IT IS so. ! : IF YOU Dim 1 Ktnu The Plaindealer You Don't Get tub News. Vol. XXVII. ROSEBURG, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1896. No. 85. YOUNG SAM, I JAPANESE BAZAAR mm HOLIDAY GOODS. A splendid assortment of China goods, consisting of a groat variety of China ware, unique in stjle and finish. Albums, celluloid goods, fancy goods for souvenir?, silk handkerchiefs, paper napkins, ladies work basket, tiro crack trs and other things to numerous to mention. Como and see my goods, they are first class. At my bazaar opposite Odd Fellows' Temple. Young Sam. Proprietor of I'oultry, Flab nud Game, In Mention. H. T. BLUMB, Proprietor ot The City Meat Market, And Dealer In PRIME BACON, HAMS, LARD, AND FRESH MEATS OF ALL KINDS. Orders taken and Delivered Free to any put of the City. Roseburg, Or. A.C.MRSTERS&Co. E RAPP'S DRUG STORE. 1 DOUGLAS I S ljl I TP II IIP 1 For Recent and Chronic g W' 4 ''B COUGHS AND COLDS Jg II j IL Bronchitis, Hoarseness, Los u iuicir, "OBP 0 AND Irritability of tho Larynx and Fauces, and other Inflamed Conditions of th Lungs nnd Air Passages. Sr. TAR RAPP'S DRUG STORE. archBros' Sacrifice Sale Now in Progress. "Wall Paper A Choice Collection, at Prices that Sell- LIME PLASTER AMD CEWEHT. A FULL LIflE OFHWIflDOW GLASS ALL ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED. Real Estate Bought and Sold ZIGLER & WALL,. Depot Q rocers DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF a-STAPLE AND . FANCY GROCERIES.-- COUNTRY PRODUCE BOUGHT AND SOLD. Give ua a call. Goods delivered to any part of the City in short order. Corner.Lane A Sheridan Mreets. ROSEBURG, OREGON Farms, large and small, to Rent, AND IMMEDIATE POSSESSION GIVEN. Stock Ranges, Timber Lands and Mining Properties, Prune and Hop Lands of best quality, in choice locations, in quantities to suit intending purchasers, at reasonable prices and easy terms. Inquire of 3D. S- KL BUIOK, EAST AND SOUTH -VIA THE SHASTA ROUTE OF THE Southern Pacific Co. Express traiss lore Portland daily. feocth I I North fjjr.v. Lr. - Portland - XT 6:10 a.x 525a.m. Lt. - Roseburg - Lr. UttSr.X. 11:15 A.M. Ar. - Han Francisco Lr. 7:03 r. M. Above train stop at East Portland, Oreeon City, Woodbura, Salem, Turner, Marlon, Jefffcr son, Albany, Tangent Shedds, Ualscy, Harris burs;, Junction City. Eugene, Cret well. Cottage Grove, Drain, and all stations from Roseburg to Ashland Inclusive. Roacbun; mail Dally. 6:301. x. 523 r. X. ILv. Ar. Portland Rocbars Ar. 4:40r. x Lt. !b0a. K Salem IaBnenjcer Daily. t-XfiT. x. Lv. - Portland 6:15 r. M. Ar. - Salem Ar. 1 1D;15 a. X. Lv. I bSO i. X. DINING CARS ON OGIlEN ROUTE, Pullman Buffet Sleepers AND SKCOKD.CI.AHS S1.KEPIN CARS Attached to all Through Trains. West Side Division. Between Portland and C,-orvnlll Mall train daily 'except Eanday). 7:30 A. X. 12:151. X. Lv. Ar. Portland -CorvallU Ar. Lv. 6:20 r.x At Albany and Corvaliis connect with trains of Oregon Central & Eastern railroad. Express train daily (except Sunday). Portland - WYLIE PILKINGTON, Successor to O. W. XOAH.l General Blacksmithing Bl.K- HOIIMESHOEIXC . rROTTING AND RUNNING PLATES A SPECIALTY, REPAIRING OF AU. KINDS PROMPTLY DONE. Hliop on Corner WaHUInstou and Kane Sts., Roseburg. ROSEBURG Marble and Granite Works. E. W. AGHISON k CO., Props, PE01I TERXLVAli OK INTERIOR TOLSTfi The) Northern Phd) RAILROAD Is the Line to Take To all Points East and South T U the DIKING CAR ROUTE. Itruns throng!" VE3TIBDLED TRAIKB EVERT DAY IN THE YEAR to 8T. PAUL and CHICAGO (50 CHANGE Or CAES) Composed of Dining Cirs Unsurpassed', Pullman Drawing Boon Sleepers, 01 Latest Equlpaienf. TOWRIST St,EEPI.N CARS Best that can be constructed and in which accommodations are both FREE and FURNISHED to holders of First or 8ccond-clas Tickets, and ELEGANT DAY COUCH Eif Dealers in all kinds of Marine and Granite Monument and Headstones, Portland Cement Curbing tTor Cemetery Jolss. all kinds of Cemetery Work Estimates Furnished on Office and Salesroom. :7ii Oak Htreet. A Continuous Lino connecting; with All Lines, affording Direct and Uninterrupted Bcr Ice. Pullman Blceper reservations can bo secured In advance through any agent of tho road. 4:45 P. X. 7:25 r. x. Lv. I Ar. McMinville Ar. Lv. I H:r a. x. .VM A. M. Through Ticket to all FoInU In tbu Eastern Mate. Canada and Europe can be obtained at low est rate Irons Ccorgro Eatca, Agent Koscburg. R, K0ZHLER, E. P. ROGERS, Manager. Asst. O. F. & Pass. A"gen PORTLAND OREG0H. To The Unfortunate. Dr, Gibbon This old reliable and the mo'st successful Specialist in San Fran cisco, still continues to cure all Sexual and Stmlnai Diseases, such as donnorrhtra, ulect Stricture, 5yphillis in all lis forms, Skin Di seases, Nervous Debil ity, Impotency. Semi nal Weakness nnd Loss ol flanhood. the confl uence ol sell abuse and excesses producing the following symptoms; sallow countenance, dark spots under the eyes, pain in tho head, ringing in the cars, loss of confidence, diffidence In ap proaching strangers, palpctation ol the hearts weakness of the limbs and back, lossof memory, pimples on the face, coughs, consumption, elc. DR. GI11BON has practiced in San Frnncisco nrrr tlilrtv vears and those troubled should not fail to consult him and receive the benefit of his great skill and experience. Tho doctor cures when others fall. Try him. Cures guar anteed. Persons cured at home, that Trasnnablc. Call or write. Dr. J. P. Ulbbon, 6is Kearney Strcc 5n Francisco, Cat. IKHOUUH TICKETS To and irom all Points in America. England nnd Europe can be purchased . any ucxei uraac ot mis uompany. Full Information concerning rates, tlmo of trains, routes and other details furnished on application to U. S. K. BUICK, bjnal BgentatRoacbrg,Or.,or A, I. CIIAULTOK, 4.alt!tantf3eneral Passenger Agent, No. Ill First Bt,, cor. Waihlng st Bt, cor. Washlnsrton, PORTLAND. OBEGON, NOTICE. Notice is hereby cWcn to all horu it inny roa eern that I htveappolnt l D. W. Btearosof CiIh puoU precinct Deputy Inspector of Htock for raid precinct; postouicc addreos, Oakland; also A. J. CbaDman of Wilbur, and Raich Emlth. at Rokb bur?, to act dnring my absence, and otlitrs wil be added as parties inspected make their desire known to me. Roseburg, May 4 th, 1687. THOS.BMITH, lnpeelsor of Stock far Douglas county. Or SUMMONS. OF TSTICE S COt'RT TOR THE PRECINCT Pass Creek tntcof Orecon, Countv of Douclnv I " r r T Pl.l..t:.r. F. V. Ma.Inntif, Defendant S cover '-onr Tor W. Madantc- In the- p.nrn,- ,,f ih, Sim,. or Oregon. l nu are iicreuy rvnuintl to appear before the unuersiKncti, n JUltce of the Pence, for tin precinct aforesaid, on the 15tli liiy of Jnnuarv irj, ni one o chm-k in iiu' nin-moon ot salu Un nttiieomccolsaia justice in 11 precinct aner the above nnnud plaintiir in a civil acuon. The ilefeneant UU take notice that if lie (nil to appear and jnnvur the comnlalnt hrnln. ihi tlaintitrUI tnke judgement nirainst him tor me sum oi ?,auu and costs of this action. Given under my hand this ruth dav of Novem ber, a. i). roc P. V. RHODES, .'ustlceof the Pence. The foreKoiii!; Summons is nublMu-il l,v onti.r of P. V. Rhodes, Justice of the Peace for Pass t reek district in said County and State. Jimie this SOth day ol November, Pi95. dctd. LIVING THINGS IN CANCERS. tdheicn(a of the micro-p3raeite, or germ, theory of the cause of cancer have come into possession of what they be lieve is fresh proof of the correctness of their position, says the New York Ledger. This proof is a case in a Berlin hospital, which has attracted the atten tion of experts all over the world. A young woman and a middle-aged man, both suffering from cancer of the stomach, wero taken to Professor Van eyden'a University hospital in Berlin. The physicians tapped both patients to remove accumulated fluid, and exam ined the eecrelion very carefully, with the retult that living organisms were de tected. They were supposed to belong to the protozoa. The fluid was then submitted for ex amination to Dr. Scbaudinn, an emin ent expert connected with the Berlin Diversity, lie had had much experi ence investigating protozoa, tie de lected the unmistakable presence of germs in the Quid taken from both cases, and named them Lej denia gem mipara Schaudinn. Both he and Pro fessor von Lsyden are investigating the subject still further, and will make shortly a report of the result of their observations. The germ theory, which has been strengthened very sensibly by the Ger- mau doctors' experiments and observa tions, is not a new .one in cancer, but is now held by a large number os special- sts in both Eurore and this country. The old-style theory, sMil ad.iered to ery largely, is that the growth of cancer is duo to the proliferation of misplaced cells. In other words cells become mis placed and are in the nature of stray issue and seek to establish their rowth in their new habitat. In do- so they develop into a cancerous growth. This is the long-accepted Cohnheim theory. Some Euro pean specialists undertook to com bat Cohnheim'a cancer theory some ears ago. Drs. Rufer and Walier, of London, after extensive research, con tributed a paper on the subject, which formed the basis of subsequent develop ments. They advanced thp micro-para- eite theory, and arsmed that terms which develop under certain influences not known or explained are taken into the system, just as other germs are, by food, water and air. The cancer specialists cf the world haye divided themselves into two schools, accepting one or the other theory. Neither side, however, pre- teuds that the queatioa has been settled bsyonci a doubt, and all hands are awaiting with the greatest interest the result of the German doctors' decision in the present case. It is conceded that their verdict will go a long way toward settling the question. In an address read before the Medico- Cnirurgical Society of Gla?glow, and printed in the British Medical Journal, three years ago, Dr. Joseph Coast, of Glasjow, gave convincing proofs of the correctnesi of the theory of Drs. Rufer and Walker. He contended that the Cohnheim theory requires the existence of a tinsle piece of tissue, growing in a separate form and independent of the eurrounding tissue. Thi3 requirement he rejected, and that instead of the sin gle, independent tisiiie, there is evi dence that the normal tissue assumes a peculiar growth. A cancer, he con cludes, is infectious, and thus proof is furnished of its parasitic origin. The question of perhaps greatest im portance the Rufer and alter advo cates have had to deal with is the possi bility of tho production of tissue growth such as cancer by parasitic agency. Tu- birculosis is not a growth. To prove that such can be the result, Dr. Coats cited a case of malignant goiter. He found it in tumors of an unmistakable tissue growth. This disease, he asserts, is endemic in certain localities, resemb ling malarial diseases in ttiat respect. The explanation, he atserts, is the ex istence in the soil cf those localities of a morbid poison, which gets into the bod ies of persons, as malaria. If such poisons can produce the growth of a goiter with distinct tissue, he concludes that tho tistue origin of cancer can be likewise explained. An expert in cancer said recently that physicians did not consider the question as settled, but tho weight of opinion was now clearly on the side of the parasitic theory. "We are waiting with interest," he said, "the result of the experiments of tho Berlin hospital doctors, and think that good results may come from them. Still, the question is susceptible of wide discussion. The most we can agree upon now is that a cancer is a malignant tissue grort tti, and we can cut it out, with the jHJteibuity of its growing again. Cullom on Cuba. Wasiiinoton, Dec. 10. Public inter est in the Cuban question was shown to day by a full attendance in the galleries of the senate to hear the speech of Sen ator Cullom, of which he had given notice. Before he was recognized for a speech, petitions for the recognition of the independence of Cuba sented. National Civil Service. Philadelphia, Dec. 10.- The annual meeting of the National Civil Service Reform League wa3 begun today. Dele gates represent lhe principal cities of the United States. The executive com mittee chose George McEnany and A. S. Frissel, both of New York, secretary wero pre-! and treasurer respectively. I Robert B. Booker, civil Eervice com- Cnllom began by saying that while he miesioner of New York, reviewed the was not disposed to criticise President I great political movement of the country Cleveland, he had hoped for a more pos itive expression of tho true American continental policy from him. Cullom spoke of the record of Spaiu for cruelty and oppression, both in the treatment of her own people at home up to the present century and in her policy toward the provinces on tnis continent. Spain, continued to be, he said, what she had always been, a robber nation. The time had come, he declared, for this nation to announce the speedy termina tion of Spanish control of the island at the gateway of the Mexican gulf, neces sary alike to the welfare of these islands and the people of the United States. Tho Cubans could never be conquered and the war of extermination must stop. Cuba is already lost to Spain, Cullom claimed. The American veople were coming to consider the Cuban situation as a great political continental question. It was the doty of. the United States to nee its power to declare that no "charnel-house of ruin" shall be continued in West Indian waters. "We shall not claim Cuba as a reward for eaving her from the slaughter," said Cullom "but free Cuba is the reward. Means mdst be found to settle the Cu ban question speedily, and if other means fail we may consider properly the fair purchase of Cuba." The senator received close attention throughout. He offered a resolution de claring tbatjlhe "Extinction of Spanish title and the termination of Spanish con trol of the islands at the gateway of the Gulf of Mexico are necessary." in which seii-organizing power was made manifest from the revolution to the last national campaign, dwelling es - specially upon the splendid uprising "which resulted in Indianapolis gold standard convention. The history of the civil service reform movement, he declared is in itEelf proof that effective political organization does not depend on office-holders. Charles Richardeoa discussed the new city charter of Philadelphia. Silas W.Burt, ofNsv Yj ik, spoke on-the 'New System in Ne.v York." To ROSEBURG'S OPPORTUNITY Encyclopedic Convict Competition. Sax Fkanxisco, Dec. S. Oicar Lewis, manager of the Manufacturers' & Pro ducers' Association, will this morning present for approval to the cede commis sioners at Sacramento an act which if passed by the legislature will effectually prevent the competition of California penal institutions wiih free local labor and home industries. The essential feature of the proposed law is contained in the following portion of tUe bill: "It snail be unlawlul for any person confined" or em ployed . i a any.penal Tnsti lution in the state of California to engage or be employed in the manufacture of anything whatever that U an article of commerce in this state except jute bags and jute and broken stone for roads and highways." The Southwick bill, before congress, which prohibits the shipment cf convict made gcod3 from one state to another with the local bill just spoken of will give home manufacturers much protection. In case, however, of the failure of one or the other of theee measures, the cede commission has prepared a series of acts designed to mitigate the evils of convict labor. One of these bills abolishes the license for the sale of goods manufac tured in this state. This is designed to place them upon an equality with goods manufactured elsewhere, which, under the interstate commerce law, cannot be so taxed. An amendment to the political code provides that all prison goods made in this state shall have the brand convict made, and a new section of the penal code provides that any person dealing in such unlabeled goods shall be punished a tine of from $100 to $1000 or by im prisonment for from 10 days to one year or by both fine and imprisonment. By still another act all public bodies in this state are required to ;ive preference to California preducta. Treasurer's Notice. Notico is hereby given to all parties holding Douglas county warrants in dorsed prior to July II, S'.)'J, to present tho fame at tho treasurer's office in the court house for payment, as interett will cease thereon after tho dato of this notice. Dated this 3d day of December, 1SUG, at tho City of Roseburg, Douglas county, Oregon. Wm. A. Fkatku, County Treasurer. This is Different. Havana, Dec. 10. Dr. Maxim Zirtu chaw, the personal physician of Antonio Maceo, has surrendered to Colonel Lort, the Spanish commander at San Felipe, this province. The doctor confirms the announcement that Maceo was killed on Decembor 7, near Punta Brava, itt an on gagemcnt between the insurgents and tho Spanish column commanded by Major Cirujeda. Dr. Zortuchaw was shot in tho chin, tho bullet breaking his jaw aud passing out near tho neck and shoulders. A eccond bttllut wounded him in the ab-domeu. Costly Infatuation. Paris, France, Dec. 4. Legal pro ceedings in lunacy against a wealthy young woman named Marie Saudiet have made official record of an extraor dinary story that off and on has been the gossip of the boulevards for three years. Away back in '93 she became infatuated with a Hungarian musician named Ferko, who was the leader of nn orchestra in one ol the swell cales on the rue d'Eljs;e. Ferko was married. Marie gavo his wife $5000 on condition that she would return with her two chil dren to her home and remain there for tho rest of her life. The young girl's family made futilo efforts to break off tho liaison, and it continued until a couple of weeks ago when Ferko died and wa3 buried by his mistress with great pomp and ceremony. After the departure of his wife he gave up his position and became a habitue of the races, clubs ami gambling dens, and according to the papers filed in court he squandered in dissipation in this period not lees than $"50,000 of his iuaniorata's fortune. Since his death she herself has plunged madly into dissipation, and it is now proposed to incarcerate her and appoint a conservator for the estate, which, not withstanding the drain upon it, exceeds in vilno $1,000,00;). E. Du Gas. Physician aud Surgeon, office in Marsters' building. Calls in town aud country promptly answered night or day. Residence. 'Jll Mill street. Secure the Dictionary. The Pacific Coast Newspaper Syndi cate extends to the .people of Roseburg and vicinity an opportunity to secure a limited number of sets of the great En cyclopedic Dictionary, upon the same easy term3 as were recently offered in Portland and at the low introductory prices. This offer will hold good, at most, for a few days only, aa the purpose of the Syndicate at the present is confined to distribnting a limited number of sets at various points in the state far the pur pose of comparison with other works of reference. This distribnticn is rapidly apj roaching its end, after which it will be impossible to obtain the work except at the advanced prices. As far as Roseburg and vicinity is con cerned this is Ithe final opportunity. The payment of $ I secures the delivery of the entire set, four massive volumes, (5375 pages, 250,000 words, of which 50,- 000 are treated encyclopaedically) at your home or office. The balance due to be paid in twelve monthly payments of $1.25 each.! You will never asaiu have such a chance. Send your name and address at once to the Pacific Newspaper Syndicate in care of The Plaindealer and ycu will be supplied with sample sheets for ex amination, free of charge. See adver tisement in another column. . v -jpjNotfce To Contractors. Sealed plans "'and "specifications" and bids will be received at the effice of the county clerk of Douglas county, .Oregon, on or before January 14th, 1S97, at 1 o'clock p, m,, for the repairing cf the entire bridge ani approach across the South Umpqua rivtr at Rcsebarg, Ore gon, by replacing all timbers, flcor acd woodwork. All joints to be laid in white lead, and timb rs above floor to be painted. All old timbers, in cluding stringers, to be carefully taken down and piled in road on either side of river. Bridge to be completed by Aug ust 1st, 1SD7. Diagrams and dimensions on file in clerk's office. I Also at the same time and in the same manner, specifications and Lids will be received for making the county jail of Douglas county, Oregon, more secure in manner tollowing: ty lining the entire inner wall with No. 11 steel plate and that to be ceiled with an eight inch additional brick nail laid in cement morter. Present plastered ceiling to be taken off and timbers covered with No. 10 plate. Old window gratesto .be re paired and two additional cross bars put on, and all five windows to have ad ditional new grates put in cement laid wall and fastened to the steel lining. The court reserves the right to reject 3uy and all bids. Dated this 12lh day of November, 1S96. A. F. Stearns, County JuJge. SPECIAL CLUBBING OFFER. The Oregon Statesman Till March ist for Only 25 Cents. Every taxpayer should read a Salem paper this winter. The Oregon Weekly Statesman is the biggest, brightest. cheapest and best paper published at the capital. The legislature meets In January. Needed laws are to be passed and a U. S. senator is to be elected. Everybody will want to read a good paper this winter from the seat of war and to all wo cheerfully reccomniend the Statesman. It is fearless and free spokeu. It urges economy almg all lines of state government and is waging a war in the interests of thu taxpapers. Taxation must be reduced by abolishing all useless eouiuiiss-ious and correcting abuses, Tha Statesman is the only re liably republican Ass ciated Press paper in Oregon. It consists of twelve paw weekly. Its subscription price-is $1.50 p3r year, but by a special uirangemeut with the publishers we have arranged to supply it to our subscribers from this date until the adjournment of the legis lature three months gjoil reading for only 25c. Forward all subscriptions to the Statesman. Salkm, Ok. Sjr.d in your orders right awaj the sooner yoa send, the more you will yet for your money. Money to loan. Call at the otlice of I. F. Kiev, real estate dealer, Roseburg, Oregon.