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THE Roseburg Plaindealer Published Mondays and Thursdays. PLAINDEALER PUBLISHING CO. H. H. BROOKES, Editor. MARY K. BROOKES, Proprietor Entered at the Post Office in Roseburg, Ore., as second class mail matter. Subscription $2.00 per Year. Advertising Rates on Application. The Editor of the PlaIndkawr has no inten tion of making a f also statement rcflwtinc upon the life or character of any person, officially or otherwise and any statement published In these colums will be cheerfully corrected If erroneous and bronchi to our attention by the aggrieved party or parties. Our Intention Is that every article published of a personal or political official nature shall be news matter of genera Interest and large. for the welfare of the State at OCTOBER 19, 1903. SETTLED WITH CREDITORS. The morning Oregonian of last Sat urday in Portland city news says: The involuntary bankruytcy pro ceedings against H. H. Brookes, editor of the Roseburg Plaindealer, have been settled by mutual consent W. D. Fenton represented Mr. Brookes and Dolph, Mallory, Simon & Gearin the creditors. The basis of settle ment of all claims was as follows Secured creditors to be paid in full and the unsecured creditors 45 cents on the dollar cash. This leaves the plant, which is first-class, unincum bered. A National Finance Committee. There is a probability in the minds of political students of finance and currency within the Republican party that the coming session of Congress will provide for a joint commission to consider the necessity of currency legislation. It is even quite probable that the President in his message to the regular session of Congress wil' recommend such a commission as the best way of solving the questions that are to be considered. In fact, the understanding now is that the Presi dent has such a recommendation view, and he believes it is the very way to settle the differences in his own party as to what should be done. The adoption of such a plan would mean what all Republicans now be lieve will be the outcome no finan cial legislation this winter or within the next fifteen months. The President, it is well known, has given mors thought to financial ques tions in the last six months than to anv other subject. He has ascer tained that there are wide gulfs separating the different views, and that it will be next to impossible to reconcile the diversined views ana settle upon any one plan or bilL Con sequently the proposition now is to turn the whole matter over to a com mission, whether of Congress or to be appointed by the President from the outside, has not been determined. The work of the commission would be to delve as deeply into the conditions as possible and submit recommenda tions upon which the various Republi can elements might unite. THAT GRANTS PASS LIBEL CASE. Editor Chausse, of Grants Pass, was sued bv the Most High and Mighty Baron Hume, of the Rogue, for $15,000 damage to his character. The editorial was rather severe, but the jury last Friday by a verdict said the political wirepuller was only dam aged one dollar, and a member of the jury wanted to pay that amount. The quicker the newspapers of Ore gon get down to business and show up the corruption of the politicians who have the state and taxpayers by the throat the better it will be for Oregon. The worst combine that o can be conceived of is a combine republican and democratic conspiracy to slaughter men of both parties and run the machine for all there is in it. and if that Bcheme is not worked in the extreme southwest portion Oregon the balance of the state can rise up and call it blessed. Fiery Bush of Moses. There is now a remarkable plant in "Kew gardens" London's celebrated horticultural grounds on the Thames and which is of uncommon interest, because of the light which it seems to throw on one of the most famous of Ithe Old Testament miracles. This plant has just been brought from the Arabian desert, and numerous scien tists declare it to be identical with the "burning bush" which Moses saw burst into flame at his approach, and blaze for some time without being consumed. Extraordinary to state, the plant at Kew, which grows to the height of 5 or 6 feet, possesses the remarkable property of exhaling an inflammable f gas from its flowers, which, on being approached by a light, takes fire and burns brightly for a few moments; the plant in the meanwhile remains uninjured, owing to its sap In the hot deserts of Arabia, where the plant naturally grows more vig orously than at Kew, a larger quanti ty of this gas is exhaled, and it is probable that the fierce rays of the sun frequently cause it to taice nre. t can not be said that the discovery of this plant and its strange charac teristics adds greatly to the impres siveness of the Bible story but there it is to be regarded as you please. In appearance, the "burning bush" plant suggests an arid, sterile habitat. ts leaves are of a dull sage green color, and the gas-exhaling blossoms are pale pink. It is not generally known that nu merous nowers give iorin gases in small degree, notably the lily of the valley, and the meadow sweet, which grows so profusely in English mead ows. The blossoms of both these plants exhale the fumes of deadly prussic acid by night and all flowers throw off considerable nuantities of carbonic acid gas in the darkness- this hfiinrr whv it is unhealthy to o w keep flowers in a bedroom. Suicided to Escape Disgrace. The most extraordinary instance of official corruption on record, with a sequel which will amaze the American type of "boodler," is told m dispatches from Ruda-Pesth. At Peszer. in southern Hungary, the entire village council, consisting of seven persons, all related to each other, have com mitted suicide. It appears an oppor tunity arose to sell a forest, which was villaee uropertv. The council of the village resolved itself on this occasion into a family council, and the utmost care was taken by the seven that no hint of the idea of the purchase or sale should transpire in the village. With the secrecy of plotters, they held meetings to discuss the matter, made their own terms, and concluded the deal without any of the villagers being any the wiser. Deeds were drawn up by themselves, and as they were the only members of the council. no outside signatures were necessary The amount paid for the forest was considerable, but instead of pass ing into the municipal exchequer, it was divided into seven portions, and each of the related councilors appro priated a share and kept it for his own use. The most extraordinary in genuity was manifested in their en deavors to keep the transaction, with the consequent appropriation, secret. For a long time these efforts were completely successful. At last, however, the whole affair was discovered in a dramatic manner, when, rather than face the conse quences of their intention, the seven relatives held a hurried meeting, and there and then put an end to their lives. Hands Hard to Find. It is no news that farm hands are hard to rind. An incident which shows how very scarce they are in Oregon shown by the fact that Mr. J. B. Stump of Monmouth, Oregon, has been adver Using for over a month hia wish to en gage a competent man for a year with out receiving a single answer to his ad vertisment. Men have been drawn to the cities by the reports of high wage When a farm hand Bees a report for in stance, that plumbers have struck for raise from $4.50 to fS.OO per day of eight hours, he imagines the city must be a sort of paradise for working men When he cets to the city he finds that the high wages are paid to skilled labor ers who belong to organizations which throw every possible obstacle in the way of a man's learning their trade For the past two or three years com mon laborers have had little trouble in getting work in the city at wages which annear hich in comparion with those paid on the farm. Appearances are de ceitful. The common laborer in the city is almost sure to be out of work a good deal of the time and his board bill at high rate runs along with regularity, The rush to the cities has been overdone and the reaction is commencing. W will soon see many complaints of men being nnable to get work in the cities and various political and economical reasons will be blamed whereas the real trouble is that a great many men in tho country have not known how well off they were. Tne city is a poor place for a man who is not a skilled mechanic Northwest. Chicago Invades New York. John Alexander Dowie and 3090 of hia followers left but Wednesday morning from Zion City on a mission, the pur nose of which is to redeem New York. Eight traina.Bpeciallychartered, crossed the continent eastward on aa many dif ferent trunk lines. Ont at Zion City there ia great bustling in preparations for the trip. Never was an army in war times marsheled more precisely than the restoration host when it started on its pilgrimage of conquest. Members of tho host have been drilled and schooled for months. Every mem ber of the host knows on what train he is to ride, what 6eat he ia to occupy, in what berth he will eleep. There will be an interesting eight at Elijah hospice in Zion City since thehost has departed. The babies are left be hind. How many of them there are is known only to the dwellers in Zion City, but the biggest nursery in the history of the West, possibly of the country, has been established in the hotel. Mothors who count themselves among tho faith ful left their little ones in care of Dea coness Irish, who has been appointed by General Overseer Dowie to look after them. Many made tho trip who can not af ford tho expense, but they havo mado sacrifices in hundreds of cases in order to be numbered among those who are to have part in the regeneration of the metropolis. Men and women have sold their household goods,. parted with their horses and buggies, stinted themselves in various ways, in obedience to the command of their master. A Zion commissary, has been" estab lished in Now York. Deacori Frank Cotton, in chargo of tho conilnissnry, purchases wholesome, plain food, cook it without lard, and serves it in MmliBon Square garden. Meal tickets providing for thirty-five meals have been sold to tho members of tho host at f 5 a ticket Tho official programme for tho visitn- tion in New York has been completed. There will bo meetings' at Madison quaro garden nntitorium from October 18 to November 1 and in Carnegie hall from November 3 to 8, inclusive. There ill bo three meetings every day except Saturdays. Ten million stray pieces reached the dead letter ollice during the past fiscal year. $50,000 cash and money orders and checks to tho valuo of $1,493,536 were found in the letters. The products of Alaska in the last 30 years have amounted to $1G2,000,- 000. As we paid Russia but $7,200, 000 for tho territory, we may be proud of our bargain. According to statistics gathered by the Alumni Association of the Uni- ersity of Chicago, the higher educa tion of the universities and colleges tends to discourage matrimony among graduates of both sexes. It is rep resented that SI per cent, of the young women who have received bachelor's degrees in the University of Chicago dunng its hrst ten years are still unmarried, and of the 5S3 women graduates from tho under graduate colleges listed in the regis ter only 107 have married. The rec ords of Yale and Harvard have re cently disclosed a surprisingly small nercentaire of craduates who have t C3 U embraced matrimony. A recent writer says that Greece and Persia have lately exchanged am bassadors, for the first time in nearly twenty-four centuries, marking the fact that while war rumors come con tinually from Asiatic shores, in Amer ica and most of Europe the situation is peaceful. Of course the possibili ty of disturbance always hovers about the Balkans. The glory of conquest is no longer a reason ior war. iu- . . . VT tions show fight now more often than i for any other cause when matters fi- Remember Of our Drug Store Down Near the Depot. A handy place for ever- one in the lower part of the city aud not so far from any part but that it will pay you to come to us. If you have a telephone call 451, give your order and we'll deliver what you want promptly. Fullerton - nancial are involved, just as the pow er with the longest purse has the best chance of winning in the strug gle. Russia is an unpopular power. The present Czar has risen somewhat above his inheritance, in toleration and desire to crovern his people well. O A The Russian character has been dwarfed through ages of tyranny. And the taint of unreliability runs through any national life built as the Russian is of consonants, firecrackers and dynamite. The Japanese people have done sc much in a few genera tions that the world's sympathy would be mostly with them in the event of a Russo-Japanese war. Yet the Jap anese Is dangerously near the point where he needs a strong set back to teach him his place in the world's work. Better the Slav than the Mon gol. The ideal finish of any unholy fight is for all participants to get punishment. It will probably not be long until some sort of assault and battery occurs in the Far East. A fair sentence all round, to vanquished and conqueror, should be prounced in the Courts of all Nations. Oakland Owl Hot. J II. Mann, Nick Nelson nnd Jim Crouch have ict.irned from a hunting trip iiearKel'ogr. Cliis. Peterson and daughter, Miss Froml.i, of Kellogg, wero in the city the fir-1 of the week. E. I. Whitney visited with his family S.turilny nnd Sunday , returning to Saginaw Mondnv morning. Mr and Mro. Hoy Stearns and Miss JetsicOhmart reunited from Umpqun Ferry the firt of the week. Mrs. A. F. Stearns and daughter visit ed Roseburg friends a few days since last issue of this paper. The ladies of the Pr Hby'crian church will give a vaiiety sale. Also a dinner Thanksgiving D.iy. llryon Sutton, of Millwood, visited at the homo of E. F. Whitney Saturday evening and and joined tho W. O. W. Saturday night. J. F. Whitney entered the mysteries of Woodcraft last Saturday evening. Jenning ia a pretty good hand at most any trade and makes n very good 'Chopper." Mesdames Luther Sutherland and William Kirtly, of Black Butte are visiting their parents, Mr. nitil Mrs. Shelby Churchill. G. A. Taylor, ex-cntlnty clerk -mid sheriff of Douglas coiinty( now of Port land, spent the Sabbath visiting Oak land relatives. Rev. J. L. Stratford, formerly con nected with the Plaindealer at Rosofiurg,' is now pastor of tho Methodist church1 at Canby. Jesso Shainhrook, S. 1). Kvnns, Will Hiuory and other representative of I T ii i jm j n: Ferry and Coles Valley ,Avero in the city Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Howard, of Kosehurg, wero in the eity Monday decorating tho graves of loved ones in tho Old Oakland cemetery. " Miss Ella Roadman went to Myrtle Creek Friday evening where, sho will teach in tho public school. Ray Hen derson is also ono of the teachers. Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Waito, of Rose burg, wero in tho city during tho wof k looking after property lelongiiig to the estate of tho late Feudal Southerlin. Old friends often meet unexpected. Monday morning William Preston, the Eugene harness maker, and capitalist, met Dr. Gilinour, of this city, at the depot. They attended Sunday school and church together in Canada about 30 years ago. Mrs. E. D. Harvey, of English Settle mnt has returned from a visit with relatives on Deer Creek Mi6. Harvey is the only surviving member of the original founders of tho English settle ment and on the 21st day of this month will havo resided there fifty years"; J. B. Goff and J. M. Lecper have ar rived homo from an extended trip through Iowa, Illinois, Ohio, Kansas and other states. Mr. Goff called at this office Tuesday morning and chatted pleasantly a few momenta. He says many Eastern people have an eye on Douglas county apd will jierhaps come West next season in large numliers. George Horr has sold his farm on tin Swale to Georgo Bellinger of D.ma, California, and pnrchitEcd a sawmill mar that nlare. Mr Horr started to California to tf.ke charge of tho mill Monday afternoon. Hia family will follow a few weeks later. .Many were surprised to hear of the intentions of Mr. Horr ut if he must go, we well himself and family health, happiness and prosperity in a new home. Drain Nonpareils. . ,;,., i-,,,.!,.,,. n,r;Vrtl at the home D( jr. anj Mn,. p0w ry, Monday, Oct. 12. fa Location Richardson Mr. Thom.is, of Smith river, left on Tuesday's overland for Sacramento. Cal., where he will reside. Mr. and Mrs. Holiert Allan went to Albany, Tuesday, where they will make their future home. Hon. W. W. Wilson, thcS. P.'s bridge man. is stationed, with his crew, near Hoseburg, at present. Monday morning's south-boiiitd.over-land was relieved of four pairs ol steps, by the too. close proximity of a cattle guard. To the credit of Drain, let it bo said that a majority o: the young people nre acquiring two e;irls that money cannot buy an education and a character. Rev. B F. Peck has been assigned to the Drain Methodist charge. There are four in the family. This makes a bush el if our memory serves us right : From Mr. Peck's appearance, the Drain peo ple are getting good measure heaped np and run 11 inn over nnd there is no doubt as to the quality. The following item, worthy of the con sideration of all parents, is printed by tho press: "Did you over notice that tho boy who grows up on the streets generally quits school without an educa tion and has to work wliere no lias al ways played in the street? How many of these boya are in every town7" Drain, fortunately, possesses few such Iwys. normal notes contributed. New students, this week, nro Mary and Warren Cloake, of Hoseburg, and Ethel Putnam, of Sunnydalo. Miss' Putnam is taking post graduate work, being of the class of 11)01. Mr. Fied Sanders, of Condon, Oregon, is visiting with us todjy. Mr. Sanders is engaged in tho jewelry business, in Condon, and will soon return homo. Miss Smith, chair of English, is ab sent on a business trip. Her place is being filled by substitutes from higher classes. klkto.v nkwb contributed. Mr. Boss McDonald is very ill with typhoid fever. Dell Wcathorly and Loo Cheovcr came up from Gardiner, Tuesday. Miss Mary Lyons nnd Mrs. W. II. Stark camo down from Drain, Friday, to attend tho dedication of tho M. E. church. J. L. Ueckloy nnd family have moved to town. They will occupy the house of J. M. Uobinson. Mr. Dave Kiloy passed through hero, on Saturday's stage, en lontu to Oak land, to get medical trextmont. Mr. Pitzer Beckley and wife, of Oak- land, nro' visiting friends and relatives horo. W. 11. Jones has purchased tho prop crty formerly owned by C. H. Franklin. Mr. Hoy Holland, of Oakland, who has been working out on 1jon Lake, r . i . . . .i mi uiu imsi. two inonuiH, is once more visiting old time friends here. fho dedication of the M. E. church occurred here, Sunday. Tho debt of was promptly paid off by tho mem bers, after which services wero held and at ono o'clock the tables wero spread and everyone was welcome to eat of the delicious food, which consisted of chick en, turkey and other things too uuiiicr ous to mention. Myrtle Creek Mailings. Station Agent Burnett is attending district court at tho countv sent and while ho is out of the station his igni tion is filled by Agent Eel. Mrs. Mary Uice returned home, Tuesday evening from her visit in the valley. Mr. and Mrs. Will Andrews are on Mrs. Kate Chaney's place for this year. Mr. nnd Mrs. Herliert High, of Rose burg, wero here Saturday and Sunday visiting Mr High's father at the Over land, where a family reunion took place and a pleasant time had. Judge Smith, of Oakland, came up last Sunday and Monday he packed up his son, Lloyd's belongings and took them to Oakland. Mr. and ' Mrs. Lloyd Smith, hove moved back to Oakland, where Mr. Smith is engapod in digging wells for just common w.tter. Well! , Tuesday eve. ing Charley Trask left for Albany nen.- where he will spend the winter. Miss Grace Hall, went to Kiddle and began teaching in the public school the first of the week. Sain K. Sykes, one of Rnscburg's big hardware dealers, was looking alter business here Tuesday. Will Powell, MnMit Mondav and Tues day at Uoseburg, as a willies; in the railroad accident case. 'lhe W. C. T. V. will meet with Mrs. C. J. Armitngc next Wednesday the "list The Union did not meet last week be cause of the funerals. Miss Jennie Burnett arrived here sometime ago from Adrian, Mich. She will spend the winter here and will keep house for brother, G. W. at the depot Work is progressing with foundation and bas-ement part of Merchant Sehg's new building. The ground plan is -lOxtiO with basement under the whole house. G. W. White is no longer foreman in the Johnson sawmill, he having resign ed la.-t week. The family will remain here until Mr. White decklt-s what he shall do. The Myrtle Creek Prune Association have shippt-d to date eleven cars of prunes. Nine cars went to Bordeux, France, and two cars to the Eastern cities. They expect to ship a car a day now for the next two weeks at thi? i-'ace besides thev are shipping frrnn .irious other places in tiie county, also from the Willamette valley. A. E. Shiria has been secured by tlie company that is going to put in a large lumber manufacturing establishment at Winchester to take charge of and super intend the work for the eomieiiy. Mr. Shiria is one of the best millwrights ami all-around lnmler men in the country, and while we do not like to s-ee himtelf ami family leave town, we 1hj tly will find a plesant and profitable home. Marshal Drake attends to business matters in Itoselxirg, Monday, and while he was gallivanting around with the Nobility there Our Host, Kd. Na- ghel, of the Overland, was bearing np bravely burdens incident to preforming the duties ot marshal, recorder, mayor and justice of the ikmco, all which he bore with becoming grace ami modesty He had no occasskm to exercise his pre rogativo or to put anvone in the Itastil. Mail. Kiddle I'cms. Ira Is. Knlille h attending court in llo?eburg, this week ...Harry L. Wil liauis who has lieen working in A. Kid die's fruit dryer this t-eoson, bus return ed, to his home near Milwaukee Ethel Kiddle returned nignt from Grants Pass, wnerc she was on a visit Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Comutt spent Sun day last with friends and relatives in Myrtle Creek G. W. Kiddle's big steam fruit dryer is still operating, but will dote down soon ... O. V. Logsdeu left Monday morning for Kosoburg, and vicinity where he uoes for the purjoies of buying goats for his mountain rwich near Tablo rock ... Our school opened Monday, with Mr. Lamb, of Tillamook, as principal, nnd Mies Grace Hall, of Mvrtle Creek and Miss Ethol Kiddle, of this place as as sistants. The attendance w.-vi fair but moro are expected to attcml soon. Mail.- Publicity is Needed. If every act of a public officer were spread before the people that they might now what he does and what he neelects to do, there would bo fewer public officers go wrong. It is tho knowledge that their acts are not always scruteuired by the people, that encour- nuos officials to make mistakes or oc casionally violate strict regulations of propriety. In a recent issue tho Oregon Journal had tho following editorial on this subject: Whatever may be urged fo tho con trary, wo wish to uphold the doctrine that safety for tho public official, and the public as well, lien along the lino of imblicitv. The danger to both is front 1 w star-chamber methods, which lead in sensibly in tho direction of autocracy, throueh which things are sometimes done that cannot bo publicly justified. It should not bo forgotten that public business is public business, no mnttor through whnt official it may be trans acted ; that this is a government of tho people, which effects certain aims of government through tho instrutnont.il ity of public ollicials. But theso powers nro Bimply delegated. Tho public offi cial is tho people's agent, ami if they aro en- wnnt certain information they titled to it. So far as tho official himself ds con cerned, hu makes a mistake when ho puts himself in tho attitude of reserving information which the public seeks and dosiros. Publicity, as u mutter ot lact, in protection. Tho public thou knowa precisely what ho is doing, and gives it OLIVE tacit approval to each act. Knowing these things, there is no need of ex planations which are oftiincs unfortun ate, particulary for the oificial. An open and above-board method of transacting public biiHiiegs is the one that has received the indorsement of ex perience, and the wise official is the one who recognize Uie iacV. A Few Facts. AI)VBkTISEMK.VT. To the president.", kings, emperors and sultans, and others whom it may con cern, this warning ia j-ent! Kcfniin leityou die! An old saying, and a truthful one. "Who that taketh the sword ihnll perish with the sword," will do for :dl time. The first uun tired by government au thority of any nation 011 a reliu'KMis b.u-ij will lead to the inoat Moidy conflict e-r known 10 man. It will out crusade tlx.- crusaders, and will result in one nation, , or the union of two or more nations gob bling up the other nations. And mark you, the agressor ir ever the looser in the end. Religious fanatics, either Christians of Mohammedans, when aided by grafters, speculators and ignorant majorities, will lead to the death of human niultitui.'e.-, widowhood aud ortlians. Iiefided the billions of dollars of co't. And CrUtiuni ty, as taught, may h?e ita hope. Beni ember, you heads of nations so calledt that a wise out, by the nam of Pope, wrote among many grand things the.-.-sublime lines: "Wliatever is, is right, tliit world, 'tis true, Was made" lie sIkmiIi! have had it evolved "for Chris tian, and for Mohammedan too." j Komember aleo, that an attempt to j obey a line in ancient writing: "Go j preach the goepcl to the unknown j world" has drenched Europe in Wood. : Enough human blood has already been i spilled in religious wars to float a na- j tions navy. The gospel was not under- J stool then, nor is it by the church goers j now. A great and crand man bv name of Paine, w ho lived and flourished in the lSth century and to whom the 1'nitfd ' States is much indebted, as he was the first man to write the immortal wrN "United States of America" preached an understanding guK.4 rIio i he said : 1 "ThL work! is my country, to do grod ( my religion." The average mb?ioitary, with his im pudent zeal, is the most meddlesome creature that ever roamed the idain?. He is the one, with his learned ignor ance, that is floored in delate with priests of other systems of religion who condescend to enter the rostrnm with him. A iI mark you, heads of nations, the crentquantity of back sheshf. money) awl piles of ivory it takes to "convince" the average Ethiopian that the ancient Jews killed God. Stati'tie? tell us that the average cost of converting a heathen is ten thrustnd dollars. Over in China, Japan and India. Chris tian converts are confined to the most ignorant ones aiming tlie people, such as those that cannot discern the difference ; lctweon tho religion they are converted from, or the religion they are converted to. In reality, the wiser ones among said heathens can tee but little difference after all, between thoir God ami the Christian God. One is a God with three heads, representing a trinity, the other three Gods with but one head. Consider too, yon 'heads" of nations how the supreme Hrahma of the Hin doos, married the first man nnd the first woman before He set them to houe keeping in the lwantifnl garden of lies peridos. In fine, sirs, I have the honor to in form you that it is a thame for one na tion to try to shoot to death another na tion, who have the good sense to not ac cept a religion whose foundation resti upon a beam. I dare to speak or write my honest thought, and am one of the few of this world who is not afraid of the other fellow, bo ho president, king, emperor or pope. Neither do I fear any man-made God that over roamed im agination's dome of superstitious heaven. James Inmax. A friend to humanity, lxxiking Glass, Ore. Circuit Court. About half past live Thursday evening the jury in the damage suit of Kupert L. Jones vs. tho Southern Pacific U. H. company for $15,000 for injuries sus tained in a wreck near Myrtle Creek, on January 0, 1902, brought in a verdict for tho Southern Pacific company. The jury had deliberated for eight hours be fore reaching a decision, but as the sup per hour drew near they reached it. Mr. Jones is not in any wise non pluscd over tho circuit court decision, nnd says ho will light out his case to the end. His attorneys, Messrs. A. M. Crawford and John T. Lotig wero al lowed sixty days in which to file a bill of exceptions preparatory to making nn appeal to the circuit court. In tho case of tho State of Oregon vs. Krnest W. Shively, charged with assault with intent to commit rape upon llio person of his l!l year-old stoiwlaughter, tho defendant was found guilty hut was, recommended to thutxtremu moroy of the court. Slnveloy's attorney, John T. Long, mado a motion for a now trial, R WALKif IG Are the Best No waiting for Extras when plowing is good. The beststocK of Flows and Repeirs in the Couhty. CHURCHILL & W00LLEY I The Store That Does The Business I FISHER & BELLOWS COMPANY MEN'S CLOTHIfiG It doo n't require any considerable ex jcn.c to wear good clothes if you exercise g.Kll jiulinn-:it in oughly rcli.tbie and correctly priced stocks ; u. h a? onr. The Fall and Winter dis play is ;it it best. Styles and materials t. please the most critical. Prices 25 per cent less than you will pay at other stores. We call particular attention to our line of Oregon Cashmeres, fancy Worsted, Fan cy Cheviot and Thibet suites. All our suits from $12.00 up have non-breakable front. Hand padded Shoulders and Hand Tailored Collars. All are Union Made and marked at from 5 to $13 MEWS' OVERCOATS. A remark able line of the leading styles in all the newest mixtures and plain materials, $7.50 to $20.00. MEWS RAIN GOATS. We have everything that is good and that will turn rain. $2.25 to 15.00. Boys' Suits, Boys' Overcoats and a com plete sU'ck of General Merchandise, H Phone 721 Write B0YCE BENGSTON The OWIaY up-to-date Merchant TAILORS We also do the "best work in Gleaning Scouring and Pressing. Call and see us. Opposite Post Office. but live motion was overruled by Judge Hamilton who sentenced Shively to two years imprisonment in the peniten tiary at Salom. this is t lie only crimi nal sent from Ito?ebrg to tlw pen this term. Tlie grand jury turned in their report Saturday motning and were excused for tlie term. The report is as follows: In the Circuit Court for Doeglaa county, Oregon. Final report of Grand Jury. To Hon. J. W. Hamilton, Judge: We, tlie Grand Jury of the October, 1003, term of the above court in our final report say; That we have investigated with great rare nil crimes ami complaints of crime so far as the same lias come to our knowledge, nnd have disposed of the fame according to our best judgment. We Imve not reported upon the case of the State of Oregon vs. Walter Dine on account of the absence of material witnesses and we recommend that slid cause be continued for the term. We have not reported upon the case of tho state vs. W. P. Johnson on ac count of the necessary absence of ma terial witnesses for the state who were injured by the explosion of a boiler in the PjIU Bros', sawmill upon Myrtle Creek, and for the further reason Uiat there is a civil case now pending in this court the decision of which will deter mine the rights of the parties and gov ern the further prosecution of the crimi nal charge. We have examined the different county otlices and find the officers oblig ing and their records in good order. We recommend that the county court proenroasctof "Present Owner's Maps" ior tne use ot tlie assessor. We visited the Poor House kept by W. U. Vinson and report that the in matea are properly cared for, are satis- tied and contented. Wo inspected the County and founu it well kept Hospital We suggest to the county court that the Garden Valley ferry-boat needs at tention in the way of equipments. Our session has been prolonged on account of a most searching inquiry we havo mado Into the cause of death of Ida Page and wo have called u-inm.. after witntvs More us, havo investi gated rumor after rumor. r..vir. r... report, nnd from the mass of testimony before us we reaffirm the verdict of the coroner s jury and say that Ida l',,, committed suicide. Wo thank Hon. J. W. Hamiitn,, .! Geo. M. llrown, prosecuting attorney, for courteous treatmonr ,....1 I dunlin our session ! PLOWS selecting from thor for Prices and Samples Havinc completed oar labors, we ask to be discharged. Dated at Roseburg, Oregon, this, the 17th duy of Gctober, HXK. David McCouxm, Asmks Ikklaxd, Jack Chaphax, John Banks, T. F. Fisher, J. A. Jaqoks, C. H. Dapghestt. OTHEK CASES. G. C. 0. Whit vs Chas. Stronc etal, suit for partition; A. M. Crawford for plaintiff, F. W. Benson for slate, and J. C. Futlerton for defendants. Decree for sale of pioperty by referee. M. Boat Brnnstetter vs Teter Bran stetter, nit for divorce; John T. Long for plaintiff. Decree granted. 'J Sidney Meacham vs Mamie Meac ham, suit for divorce; Louis Barxeefor plaintiff. Decree granted. O Jennie Porter vs Jos O Kirkendall etal, suit in equity; J T Long and L Barxee for plffs. j C Fullerton and Dexter Rice for defts. Argued and sub mitted. K P Peterson, va CJ Creson, suit in equity; WW Card well for plff, F W Benson and A M Crawford for defU Motion for continuance allowed. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. Jfoono who is acquainted with ita good qualities can bo surprised at the great popularity of Chamberkin's Ooogh Remedy. It not only cures colds and grip effectually and "permanently, but prevents theso diseases from resulting in pneumonia. It is also a certain cure for croup. Whooping cough is not dangerous when this remedy is given. It contains no opium or other harmful substance and may be given as confi dently to a baby as to an adult. U ia also pleasant to take. When all or these facts are taken into consideration it is not surprising that people in foreign lands, as well as at home, esteem this remedy very highly and very fewara willing to take other after having once used it. For sale by A. C. Marsters and Co. Sam florrls Signed. Indian Will Hich Sunday Gam tor Sacramento. Sam Morris, tho Indian pitcher whtf, few days ago was released by Fred Ely, the manager of the Portland Browns, has been signed by Manager Mique Fisher, of the Sacramento Sena tors. If Sammv will nnl it jHloiie, hu will bo often heard from.