PORT, AIT
ROSEBURG PLAINDEALER.
Vol. XXXV
ROSEBURG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY. JULY 9, 1903.
No. 51
RACE RIOT
IN INDIANA
BATTLE BETWEEN MOB
AND MILITIA.
THE NEGRO MURDERER SAFELY
HOUSED IH THE
PENH.
A special dispatch from Evansville,
Indiana, on Tuesday Bays: Six shot
dead and 25 injured, four fatally, is the
outcome of the race riots that have
caused a reign of terror in this city dur
ing the past four days. At 10 :30 lust
night the Evansville Company of Indi
ana National Guard, assisted by 200
special Deputy Sheriffs svrorn in during
the day, while guarding the County
Jail, in which were 16 negro prisoners,
poured a deadly volley of buckshot and
bullets into a crowd of several thousand
people led by a hundred armed rioters
which was pressing them back amid
jeers, accompanied by stones. When
the smoke cleared away, six dead bodif s
lay on the ground.
There is a contention as to who fired
first, the soldiers or the rioters. That
the troops were fired on is proved by
the fact that among the wounded were
four members of the troops.
Negroes are leaving the city in large
numbers, and doiens of nero families
are camped in the country. Officials
believe there will be no further out
break, although the utmost vigilance
will be maintained.
Governor Durbin is considering the
advisability of declaring martial law.
Great excitement prevails litre to-day.
Most of the killed and wounded were
members of prominent families. Ihere
is much criticism of the militia, but the
soldiers probably acted within their
rights, as laid down by the law, and it
seems thst the sufferers or their friends
and relatives will have no redress
Vsscextes, Ind., July 7. Lee Brown,
a negro who was in jail here for safe
keeping after he killed Officer Massey tt
Evansville and precipitated the race riots
there, today was taken to the state
prison at Jeffersonville by Sheriff Sum
mit on an order tram Governor Durbin.
At Jeffersonville Brown cannot be reach
ed by a mob. The negro was barely
alive, and had to be given stimulants and
be worked with for two hoars by Doctor
Decker before he could be taken to the
train. Brown's removal caused great
relief here, where the worst was expect
ed tonight.
Jeffeeso.v, Ind., July 7. Lee Brown,
of Evansville, the slayer of Policeman
Massey, whose deed caused the Evans
ville race riots, arrived at the Indiana
Reformatory this afternoon. Brown
cannot possibly recover from his wounds.
What Does It ilean?
In London on Tuesday, Foreign Min
ister Delcasse, of France, had a long
conference with Foreign Minister Lans
downe and M. BeJcasee also lengthily
conversed with tiie Russian Ambassador,
Count Beckendorff, after the latter bad
visited President Loubet. President
Loubet was also present in London and
after the Lord Mayor had presented
to him the keys, of London. A
luncheon was served in the City Hall at
which there was a brilliant assemblage
of guests besides the notable French
visitors, including the Prince and Prin
cess of Wales, the Duke and Duchess of
Connaught, and other members of the
royal family, the Cabinet officers, a
number of members of the House of
Commons, and Field Marshal Lord
Roberts.
Alter luncheon the Lord Mayor toast
ed the President of the French Republic.
In reply M. Loubet said he was happy to
bring to the heart of the City of London
a cordial greeting from the French
people.
"I join heartily," he added, "in the
wishes which you express for a cordial
understanding between the two people,
each of which holds a necessary place in
the history of civiliiation, feeling that
their commom interests should inspire
them with a spirit of conciliation which
will serve the cause of humanity. The
presence at my side of the Minister of
Foreign Affairs is a pledge to you for the
value which the whole French Govern
ment attaches to the development of
these happy relations of friendstiip be
tween our two countries."
M. Loubet returned to St. James
Palace at about 3 :30 p. in., and spent
the rest of the afternoon in a round of
visits to members of the royal family.
Clover Hay For The Dairy Cow.
There are three sins of omission that
do most easily beset the dairyman
failure to keep the milk or cream sweet
until it is delivered to the creamery,
failure to weed out the unprofitable cows,
and failure to provide a balanced ration.
These sins all have their punishment,
but it takes the average dairyman a long
time to learn the lessons, and then re
pent and reform, says Wallace's Farmer.
There is no exruse, at least no good
excuse, for not having a balanced ration
this year provided the weather is such
that with energy and intelligence a good
crop of clover hay can be secured. We
have the clover, the raw material, any
amount of it, for this is distinctly a
clover year. The only trouble will be in
getting it cut and cured at the proper
time. With reasonable weather this
can be done if the proper amount ct
brains and brawn is used.
With plenty of good clover hay the
problem of the balanced ration is easilv
solved. Given clover hay, you have the
flesh-formers. The carbooydrates can
be supplied in the Ehape of corn either
in the ear, or ground, or in the form of
silage. How much corn we are to have,
and the price of it, are tilings not de
termined, but there is little doubt that
we shall get along reasonably comfort
able provided we take time by the fore
lock and expend every energy to secure
a good crop of clover hty.
We canjoot emphasize this point too
forcibly. In other years when we have
failures in clover the farmer is obliged,
If he feeds his cows a balanced ration,
without which there is littleor no profit,
to buy his flesh-formers in the shape of
bran, gluten meal, or oil meal. We do
not hesitate o advise the purchase of
these where the ration is cut of balance
in the line of flesh-formers. We do not
advise them where the farmer can
balance the cations on the nitrogenous
eide by home grown crops such as clover,
alfalfa, cowpeas, or soy beans. Great as
the rest of these other -crops are, clover
in the huniSd region is the greatest of all
and the farmer who fails to secure this
clover crop, tor his dairy -cows is making
a serious and costly mistake.
Betterllet the corn go without the ad
dition working, or work it later, even if
you have to do it with one horee, then
let your clover crop pass the proper
period for cutting, which, as we have
often told rouT when one-third of the
blossoms turn brown. Clover hay cat
after this loses verv much of its nutrit
ive value. It develops woody fiber very
rapidly, become? less digestiole, lee
palatable, and has relatively less of the
flesh forming elements in it.
In curing a crop of clover hay, re
member that much of its value depends
on its palatability, and it is of greatest
palatability when it lias the greatest
amount of bloom. Farmers are apt to
overlook this point and imagine that
clover is clover. They should remember
that the food that tastes best to tliem
digests the best, gees to the right spot.
and gives afceling of comfort and satis
facation that can be expresped in words.
It is precisely the same way with the
dairy cow, or with any other of the live
tock on the farm. It is well cured
clover cut with the greatest amount of
bloom, which is when one-third of the
heads are brown, that makes the cow's
mouth water and puts the milk in the
pail and cream on the milk.
Wool Growers Notice.
The Roseburg Board of Trade desires
to get together a wool exhibit, composed
of small samples of all the different
varieties. If the sheep and goat raisers
will provide the samples, the Board of
Trade will have them properly classified
and placed in appropriate frames for the
purpose of making a splendid display.
Let every one take an interest in this
and we will soon have a fine exhibit.
THE POPE
IS DYING
END MAY COME AT ANY
MOMENT.
THE BREAKDOWN OF THE ENTIRE
. SYSTEM WILL RESULT
IN DEATH.
The following Association Press dis
patches from Rome, on Tuesday are as
follows :
Rome, July", 9:20 a. m.Tho pneu
monia from which his holiness has txvn
suffering is now complicated with
pleurisy, and the pontiff has paralysis of
the finger. Pope Leo passed a rest
less, sleepless night.
R me, July 7, 10:45 a. m. An opera
tion for puncturing the pleura will be
performed on the Pope at 11 o'clock
with a Pravat syringe.
Rome, Julv 7, 11 a. m. The punctur
ing of the pleura has been postponed un
til 2 o'clock this afternoon.
Rome, July 7, 3 :45 p. ni. -The follow
ing bulletin has just been issued:
"The test puncture of the pleura has
been made, and $00 grams .of liquid
have been taken off. A rapid examina
tion showed that some mucous was rat
tling in the lung, which was originally
affected.
"The Pope tonderwent the operation
with courage. His general condition is
now better, and he is resting.
Rome, July 7, 4 p. in. After the op
eration, Dr. Mazzoni said the danger re
mained imminent, but the illness from
which the Pope was suffering was full of
surprises. His holiness might even live
three days longer.
Rome, July 7. A bulletin issued at
S:30 P. M. says: The condition of the
Pope,.as indicated in the last bulletin,
continues satisfactory. His pulse and
breathing-are slow, but they are grad
ually improving.
Rome, July S. 7:15 p. m. As evening
approached the Pope's condition grew
alarmingly worse, and there is serious
fear that he will pass away during the
night. The pontiffs heart is not func-
tioning'properly, as a result of his great
prostration and very great weakness.
There was no amelioration in the work
ing of the Jridneys, which was contrary
to expectation after yesterday's oper
ation. bp to .3 p. ni. the patient had
jjot passed any urine. Tonight's bulle
tin is anxiously awaited, as it is .known
that it will be issued after a thorough
examination, and it will be considered a
final verdict, and also because it will tell
the whole truth as the result of criti
ci&mt of the treatment and the proposal
to consult others doctors.
American Fleet at Portstnoutk.
On Tuesday, with the boom of cannon
of the British fleet on .behalf of King
Edward, welcomed the United States
European Squadron to Great Britain's
naval headquarters this morning. The
gunboat Machias joined the flagship
Kearsarge. the Chicago and tlio tan
Francisco, early in the morning, and
shortly alter 8 o'clock signals began to
flutter from the mastheads of the
American andBritish ships. The latter,
in obedience to a signal from Lord
Charles Beresford, commander of the
Channel Squadron, formed two lines and
down this lane of huge gray warships
moved tbe Americans, their white sides
gleaming in the sunshine.
National salutes were fired by each
Equadron, which were followed by an ex
change of salutes to Rear-Admiral Cot
ton and Vice-Admiral Beresford. Subse
quently, the two Admirals exchanged
calls on the flagships, according to the
usual honors bb each came over the side.
At high tide the American warship
entered the harbor, led by the Kearsarge,
which was moored south of the railway
jetty, and within a stone.s throw of Nel
son's old flagship, the Victory; King Ed
ward's yacht, the Victoria and Albert,
and the battleship Collingwood flagship
of Admiral Hotham, the commander-in-
chiei of Portsmouth.
As the Kearsarge approached the jetty
"attention" was sounded on the Vic
toria and Albert, the Victor- and the
other ship in the harbor, a courtesy
which was returned from the Kearsarge's
deck, or which were drawn up an Ad
miral's guard of 50 marines, under the
command of Lieutenant Colty.
As soon as the Kearsargo was berthed
Sir William Macee, the Mayor of Ports
mouth, boarded her and greeted Admiral
Cotton, saying:
"The people of Portsmouth welcome j
the American squadron and extend to
its officers and men all the courtesies
they can ofler."
Admiral Cotton replied, expressing
his pleasure on behalf of the United
States.
The departure of Admiral Milne, com
mander of the Royal Yachts, specially
detailed by King Edward to welcome the
Americans, arrived on board the Kear
sarge, and was received by Admiral Cot
ton and Captain Hemphill. Admiral
Milne expressed the gratification of King
Edward at the arrival of the squadron,
and' in behalf of the King welcomed it
to Great Britain. Subsequently, Ad
miral Cotton, Captain Hemphill and
the staff officers visited the naval otficals,
escorted by an Admiral's guard and a
band.
Army Worms at Walla Walla.
A dispatch says: The army of worms
which invaded the valley Saturday is
turned tonight southwest and is about
two and one half miles from town. The
developments of today did not tend to
lessen the strangeness of the visitation,
but rather heightened it. Horticul-
tural Inspector Frank B. Morse said tc
j night the visitors were not army worms
1 nor tent caterpilere, but an entirelv
new species he had never seen before
and whose genus he did not know. Xo
one else here seems entomologist enough
to tell.
The worms have a tort of
thorny
covering with sham nikf nmlmilino
ami i Kmvh ft, -r. t:
narrow stripes down -ach si lem-ar
stomach. Mr. Mon-e !-ay they are
from an inch to an inch and seven
eighths lon-4-
No damege is beins done to wheat or
ganlen stuff, the wanderers confining
themselve entirely o weed.", such as ' ureal "rlLa,D
hollvhock, cockle burr, wild cheese, 1 Tbe Ra5i5an -Miuislor at Seoul is re
artichokes and oJhers. These thev strip, i P0" 10 have "Pained to the Corean
Mr. Morse says these worms are swift lgvernnient of land purchases made by
travelers, makiug six or eight feet to the An,encjns' Germans British and Jap
minute. Thev are rerr rnrlv. n.l mn anese, and of their construction of houses
haphazard. The area covered cannot te
determined tonight as they are spread
over several randies, one worm to every
few feet in some places and in others
where there are feeding grounds tbe j
worms lie a hundred to the square yard.
Those examining the curiosity today
thought the worms would turn into a
jeciesof moth or butterfly in a few
days. Many are now spinning webs
apparenlty preparing for a new stage.
The source is a mystery.
Disaster is made to cross irrigation
ditches. The water is brown with
liodies and hundreds are
drowned be -
fore the rest learn the desist.
i
School Alarms In the Philippines. J
Uncle'cnm is in need of another ship!
load of first class school marms to send i
to the Philippine Islands. Over one'
half of the previous shipment has nearly
been exhausted bv the military officers I
of the United States who married thei
enterprising school teachers. It will be
a good investment to send on another
supply.
At a special terra of court held upon
petition of J. C. Baker who plead guilty
to the charge of obtaining money under
false pretenses, the said J. C. Baker was
sentenced by Judge J. W. Hamilton to
spend three years time in the peniten
tiary. Baker is the man who forged a
check for $35.00 and had it cashed by
Wm. Schmidt a few weeks ago, and en
gaged in all sorts of swindles through
out the Willamette Valley puzzling the
authorities as to his whereabouts. He
was finally captured near Glendale in
a wagon by Sheriff Parrott and Alva
Bellows. He is a man of pleasant ap
pearance and looks as though he ought
to be doing something better than
spending his time in the state baatile.
PREPARING
FOR WAR
RUSSIAN MINISTERS AT
PORT ARTHUR
COUNCIL ASSEMBLED TO TALK
OF DEFENSE OF PORT ARTH
UR AND MANCHURIA.
Ki.v Ciiac, opposite Niu Chwang,
Manchuria, July 8. All the prominent
Russian officials in China, Manchuria
and Korea are attending the conference
at Port Arthur. Among them are Min
ister of War Kuropatkin, Admiral Alex
ieff, the Russian Ministers at Pekin and
Seoul, the political agents in China and
Korea, including M. Pokotiloff, recently
Russian financial representative at Pe
kin, General Dessinno, the military
agent in China, the civil and military
officials at Muekden, Harbin and Kirin,
and the Administrator of Niu Chwang.
The proceedings at the conference are
enveloped in profound secrecy. It is
popularly supposed that the Russian of
ficials are considering war questions.
The commercial foreign officers at Nin
Chwang and Port Arthur believe that
the possibility of war is increasing
Eteadily. The Russian policy is believed
to be to hold the Manchurian position,
and to take no steps to avert hostilities
with Japan, if it is assured that Japan
will fight unaided .
Looks Uks War.
The Cologne Gazette's St. Petersburg
correspondent telegraphs that, accord
ing to reports from Vladivostok, the
j Rsln War Miais'xr, Gescnl Kurop-
'atkin, on instructions from the Czar,
' ha? altered
his itinerary and baa left
Vladivostok su.'.derJy, going to kiko-
lavsk, in AsiatL- R:s.-i l, on the north
bank of the Amur, supposedly for the
purposeof the inspccti-Ki of fortifications
which would be especially important
in case of a conflict with Japan and
ontside their respective concessions,,
which the Rusisans are not permitted'
to do.
The Odessa corresiwndent of the Daily
Mail telegraphs that the seizure by the
Kishinef police of copies of a printed
appeal to the citizens to continue the
attacks on Jews has created uneasiness'
in official circles. The circular says:
"The Government's warning need not
be taken seriously. If the persecution
of the Jews is carried out with proper
determination, the
sonthern centers
i rT " !U"' L resulting in
me wuoiesaie exoaus ot the detested
I nml 1t octnKT.t Inn- f . 1. - r
...... uuiu me oOUIn Ot
Russia."
English Walnut Trees.
.
Te ro,rinP of English walnuts is
to be an industry in Oregon for
tu'3 tree ATS as Prolific here and has
88 fine flavo,ei1 nuts as aregrowa in Ens
land. In the vicinity of Dundee in Yam
hill county there are 97 acres oi walnuts,
that being the largest acreage of an
other locality in Oregon. There are
many English walnut trees growing in
the yards of Jacksonville and tho tree
has proven itself a vigorous grower and
a prolific bearer of very fine flavored
nuts. At the price those nuts sell for
in the market it would be a profitable
investment to plant the hill land about
Jachsonville with English walnuts, for
to grow them would require no cultiva
tion, spraying nor any of tho other ex
pense that is connected with tho grow
ing of fruit trees. Jacksonville Sentinel
Wanted.
20 tiers oak stovewood. SO tiers -h
blockwood. D. S. K. Bm. As,t