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1 J Iftitiftcft w&bvxa ROSEBURG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1903. Vol. XXXV No. 101 St? 1VT rUT PI A ftj C lJTVl iLiW and iCE CREAM PARLORS Fruits, Candies, Cakes, Pies, 1 Doughnuts and fresh Bread Daily Portland Journal Agency. Hendrick's Block, Opp. Depot E3 r & I. J. NORHAN & Co. Prop. &s Is BK - & 4i ij 4j 4i 4i 4 41 4 4 FARMERS' CASH STORE, 0. A. WOOD & CO, Props DEALER IN Staple ane Fanc Groceries. Highest Price paid for country produce. Fresh bread daily- Your Patronage is respectfully Private Free Delivery to 0 I nttLy Bring Us Your CHICKENS, BUTTUR, FOR CHSH OR TRHDE. ft J.F. Barker & Co. A Full and Com plete Assortment of all fcinds of TOYS. Etc, Etcjtjtjttjt ?& YOU'LL FIND 'THE PRICES .SATISFACTORY Hints to Housewives. Half the battle in good cooking is to have good FRESH GROCERIES And to get them promptly when 3'ou order them. Call up; leaders, but whose present officers Phone No. 181 for good goods and good service. jare incompetent and of doubtful C. W. PARKS & CO. J. MWeatberby T. A. Roseburg Real Estate Co, Farm and Timber Land Bought and Sold Taxes Paid for Non-Residents. Timber Estimates a Specialty. tv with us. r A LARGE LOT OF SPRAY MATERIAL At Marsters' Drug Store A CAR LOAD OF s U LPHU ft Of Superior Quality L If you want to buy a farm If you want furnished rooms If you waut to buy a house Tf vou want to rent a house f you want to build Tf vou want to move a house a house m.- j If you don't know PAT C. on or a Wrtg8 . . Your Ranches aad Timber Lands with me. : : : : R. R. JOHNSON, I HAVE EASTERN CUSTOMERS AMD CAN SELL S'J fOR riNE CONrtCllONtUY fjg s F t solicited. All Parts of the City TROXEL BLOCK OPP PASSENCER DAPOT HAVE PUT IN PLACE A stocK of HOLIDAY GOODS so com plete, so meritorious, that we Know we can please the purchas ing public Our stocK is large and embraces the latest and newest in Carving Sets Silverware Burnt Wood Novelties Cutlery Sporting Goods 5. K. SYKES. I Bury D. L. MarCn List your proper- Contractor and linildpr Keaebur? Oreaon OFFICE IN MARKS BLOCK, ROSEBURG, OR. V4 1 r Russia Afrn!d of England. If Russian diplomacy persists to the point of war in the far East, it will be in defiance of the most mature counsel submitted to the czar by the ablest politicions and soldiers in the service of the government, who re gard the risk as to great, in view of the depth of Japanese feeling and the strength of the machinery ready to give that feeling terrible expression. It is pointed out that public opinion in the provinces is daily becoming more outspoken, and that the demand for full garrisons is correspondingly imperative. Action by Britain in the event of hostilities is also represented to his majesty as a possibility that must be taken into consideration. A member of the peace party so active at pres ent in Russian government circles said Monday. "Observe the terms of the Anglo Japanese treaty. They erect into a principle of first-class importance the political and territorial integrity of China and Korea. Would Great Brit ain suffer that principle to be over borne without going to extremes? "Witness also the appearance of Sir Claude MacDonald, the British minister, at a bellicose meeting of Japanese graduates from the Cam bridge and Oxford universities at! Tokio, together with his astonishing speech, wherein he lauded the mili tary traditions of the yellow island ers, and spoke of the momentous crisis which might move Japan to add further luster to its warlike record "Consider, too, the attitude of the commercial magnates of Eng land, who are striving to render nugatory Russian enterprise in Asia. Go further and ask why the Brit ish commissioners and soldiers are ex , posed to the wintry desolation of the Jeylepla pass, on the pretext of set- tling trade accounts with Thibet. i Have we not here abundant evidence l of Britain's association with Japan for purposes sufficiently close to give ; us pause?" Dcspaiis of Clilim' 1-uturt. v u ling rang, tne weii-Known ex- , rmnictor f n tha ITnifcwi Cfnfaa Aa- TIT fri. i T Til , , . , , , snairs of China's future. I sep no ! see no : hope," he says, "for China, tition of the empire sooner The par- or later : is inevitable." He is disgusted with i official life at Pekin, and proposes to j resign his present position at the first j opportunity. The younger officials discuss the 1 1 possibilities of an alliance between ' China and Japan, but the only j j available Chinese troops are the 15,-' j 000 Japanese-trained men j Shi Kai (who was recently of Yuan appointed i commander of the imperial army and I navy), who might fight under foreign , courage. Amendments to Land Laws. j Important amendments to the pub- j lie land laws of the United States are expected to follow the report to Con-1 gress of the commission recently ap pointed by President Roosevelt, which began consideration of the subject last week. In connection with the public lands evidence will be collected relative to the administration of the government forest reserves, and there i3 a prospect that with the amend ments of the laws relating to the pub lic domain will come a more definite and comprehensive policy relative to the government forests. The commission desires to ascertain 1 conditions as they exist in each sec tion and will endeavor, as far as possible, to comply with public sentiment in this connection. The purpose of the administration in creat ing the commission was to secure the enactment of laws which would pre vent such frauds as have recently been given publicity and to prevent the exploitation of the timbered lands that still remain in the hands of the government. While it is not possible to predict, with any degree -of accuracy, what the conclusions of the commission wil be, there is a belief that a middle ground will be taken between the views of thoso who favor the repeal of the public lands and those who fa vor only minor amendatory legisla tion. A Foolish Action. The building of a Canadian armored cruiser for the Great I-akes has caused comment on the treaty supposed to re strict such a movement. Under-SecrC' tary of Suto Popo points out Uiat no treaty exists between Great Britain and the Unite ! States limiting the number and armament of vessels to ho main tained by the United Slates and Canada on the Great Lakes. There is an agr in en t to cease placing them after six months notice by either country. Mr. Pope doubts if it is binding. FIRE IN THE IRQUOIS THEATRE CHICAGO FIVE HUNDRED PERSONS IT IS ESTAMATED LOST THEIR LIVES THERE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. Chicago, Dec. oO Fire in the this afternoon caused appalling loss o'clock GO bodies had been inside had not" been accounted for. Firemen and policemen say that inside the build ing bodies were piled five deep. In nearly every in stance the bodies were fearfully burned and the hair singed to the scalp. At 4:45 p. in. the fire was out. At -1:45 p. in. Chief Musham, of the Fire Depart ment, said that from personal investigation he be lieved that there were fully 300 to 500 dead bodies in the first balcoiry of the theater. The firemen found at the head of the stairs lead ing to the balcony a large number of people piled up ix or oight feet high, so tangled together that the policemen and firemen had to drag them out by main force. 'Continue, on The Chinese Treaty. Ppeeial ami urgent instructions have leen sent to Minister Conner at i'ekin to bend every effort in the direction of seciirinc an earlr aimmvjl bv the Chinese government of the commerce I tre.ity ratified bv the rutted States j Senate. The ticaty, now in the archives oi the government, ha the MiMAtures 0 the social eommisMoners attached, to It mtil l,u f.ill ..ft.--.. .......1 ti... , : - , , " , 1 administration, however. does not rel-1 ' ish the lilea oi a t clinical evasion osing , resorted to in an effort t postpone the i annlication of the treat' Utiii. ijv its provisions time is given until October S next in which the thud rati axioa may be secured The most re- ' cent instructions to Mms-trr Conger aro ! designed to close the vr last avenue to the Chinese givuramtnt, to that it ill be impossible to ait ck the treaty on any grounds. Avowedly it is the purpose e United States to have . 1 1 V. W.-'.T. IIVIIIIllKa V 11 bieak out between Japiin aud Kussia. and 00k to the victor for a preservation of treaty rights. There is at present no doubt in the minds of our government oinriuls that there will be an outbreak between Japan and Kussiu, unless one of the n.ttions recedes from the position it has taken, and there is no indication at TliA tTiintf 1T1 ..IT.uT I.L.TW I.T-ullT.k i this time of any such disposition. TI10 efforts of the United States will Ikj bent nply in the direction of maintaining anu securing go-xt treue privileges in Manchuria in the event of n war. It has been an open secret here for a long time that Russia has interfered in the negotiations toward this end. Minister Conger's instructions are so couched that he hud been given to under.-tand that be must insist ujvon immediate action by Ciiina. Louisiana Asks Votes for Treaty. The extra session cf the Louisiana legislature last weeK adopted n con current resolution requesting United States Senators S. D. McEnery and M. J. Foster to support the l'anauia canal treaty as submitted by the President to the United States Senate. In another section of the resolution the governor was railed upon to transmit to the sena tors the wishes of the legislature. Sena tor Thorpe called attention to the fact that a senatorial caucus was Killed at Washington, and that the Louisiana .members, who attended the caucus. jHt6uld probably be bound unless the state legislature passed this resolution. Senator Thorpe said tiio resolution had the approval of both Senator Foster and Senator McEnery, and that if it whb passed the senators from Arkansas and Mississippi would probably fall into line with the senators from Louisiana. New Forage Plant. Tho Oregon Agriculturist says: Three vears aco Prof. A. B. Leckenby saw growing in tho made land near tho Union Depot in Portland an unknown variety of clover. Ho secured tho plant and cultivated it. From tho color of its blossom ho has named it "blue clover." Tho plant has now been tested in both Eastern and Westorn Oregon and invos promise of proving a forage plant of thy highest value. It makes a heavy crop tho year it is plant ed and tho food valuu of tho plant fo stock is about the same as alfalfa. Mr Leckenby believes tint it will fill the place in Western Oregon which alfalfa docs 111 the irrigated districts'. As it was growing upon land where ballast from incoming shipj had been dumped, it uiis thought tho -eud might havu come with tho liailasl irnm untie or Hoinu other country Tiiu United Status OF LIFE Iroquis of life. Theater At 5 persons recovered and 200 the ireond page) , Department of Agriculture has been un-ilile to find the plant in Chile or eke- where, and so far it is Known only as a new variety." is I'neumonia iniecuous. Giving to the unusual number of i deaths in New York from pneumonia in the let sis weeks a corps of physicians : has Hii appointed by the Department of II- 4.V.1 to make an investigation of 1'' uri tl the epidemic and their re- . ... , .. ' p.rt -H beiu th? hands of Health Com initsi-.i.-r LiUtrie in ti fo- days. In :iit part week "72 fatal pneumonia case? were recorded. That is the targert mini tr ii deaths from the disease in the !.!: ry of the city. The previous week -S deaths oecured and it was then tlu't thai cMxliti.ui would improve When the !iseae first because preva lent emly in November, the deaths were largeiy c -ntim-d to the localities inhabit ed by wirfcing ixxiple, but within l.e Inst mo weeks there have been as in :nj deaths proportionately am as tl wealthier ci.ifees. Many physiei ns re gard this as another evidence th.it pneu monia is .111 infections disease. Stat; Military B int. On rieIty ti "Virnor Ch ;:nVr! mi annou iced his appviutmeiit of ihc site military lioard to succeed that one now in existence, as follows: Judge-Advocate General, Cecil II. Bauer, of Portland, to succeed S. C. Spencer; Surgeon-General, Dr. Charles Chamberlain, son of the Governor, of t'ortland, to succeed Dr. A. B. Gillis, of this city; Comtnission-ary-General, A. Waddwell, of Portland, to succeed D. M. Duune, and Inspector General, Lieutenant Vcorhies, of Port I' ml, to succeed Colonel James Jackson. The oflice of Brigadier-General, which is at present held by General Charles F. Beele, is alrolislied under the law of 1903 1.1; January Smart Set. Tne Smart Set for January, 1901 opens the new year with an issue that even surpasses its predecessors in inten sity and variety of interest and in liier arv merit. The novolette, ''A Sister to 1 Husbands," by Caroline Duer, is a Mory of 03ceptiona!cliarm, ingenious and di tinctive, with brisk movement, abuml ant interest, and a delightful social at mosphere, in which the intricacies of of many loves are traced to a final liuppi ness In "Her Creditor,'' Emory Pottlo has written a character study of singular strength, whileCyrus Towusend Brady's 'The Wreck and tho Letters," is a nar rative of real Iwauty, written around a plot that is new. Other notable stories are "Uncle Jim's Little Idea," an amus iiu bit by Anna A. Rogers; "The House of tho Brain," a psychological tragedy by Churchill Williams, and "Tho im possible Thing," a story bubbling with fresh humor, by Eleanor A. Hallowell. Among the other writers of excellent fiction in this number aro Elizabeth Knight Tompkins, Zoo Anderson Norrts John Hegnaut Ellyson, Dutlicld Osborne and 11. T. George. Golett Burgess, Hayden Carrnth Frank Roe Batcheldor, Mrs Wilson Wood row and many more contribute humor of many sorts, and all capital while theio are verses of real worth from Maurice Francis Egau, Clinton Scollard Fanny Keiublo Johnson, Arthur Macy, Mabel Earl, Willis Leonard Clanahan, James Clarence Harvey, Virginia Wood ward Cloud, Elsa Barker, Samuel Win turn Peck, Charlotto Becker and others. Tho magazino includes also a story in French, by Mario Petite, and an account of llio Japanese Gciahes, liv Jusou ireiu'.li. From this lirst number of tho year, the reader must nuizur for Thk Smart ' Si:Tcven more thun it: pant phenomenal Mim-t-a. Meeting of Land Commission. On Monday at Washington the pub lic lands commission held a two hours' session, at which Representative La cey, chairman of the committee on public lands, and Representative Mon dell of Wyoming, chairman "of the committee on delegation, was heard. Mr. Lacey presented the argument against the proposed repeal of the j commutation clause of the homestead ' act, and supported it with data show ing that there had been no decrease 1 in that class of entries, or that the law was being violated bo as to cause alarm. Ke argued further that the land department had ample au thority under the present laws to pre vent frauds if the laws were properly administered. Under the commuta tion clause a person entering land can pay for it at the expiration of two years, after which it is not nec essary for him to reside upon it for the full term, as otherwise required. Mr. Lacey argued that if this feature of the law was repealed it would re tard settlement of the country. Representative Mondell also argued against repeal of this clause for the reason that funds for irrigation pur poses are derived trom the sale of public lands, and if settlement is re tarded receipts from that source would be diminished, and consequent- irrigation impeded. Senator Clark of Montana and others who were in the building at the time on other business dropped in casualiv to listen to the talks of the representative. The commission will continue its daily hearings each morn- ing, for the purpose OI ascer ainmg the sentiment with regard to propos ed changes in the land, stone and s timber acts. It is acting under the i direct personal supervision of Presi-, dent Roosevelt, and it is expected j both the chief executive and it is ex-: ) pected both the chief executive and ; the Congress will be guided more or Jess bv the commission's conclusions. A Soft Snap. To close saloons and gambling Erases by making it more profitable , jr their proprietors to engage in " estimate business is the project to be i lertaken by the New Command-' fnent association of northern Indiana, as organaed at Walkerton. The olan is ' to induce the owners of establish- aints to transfer their energies to other enterprises under a guaranty j that the association will make up to i taem any loss of income incurred j while they are establishing them-j selces, settlements to be made month- j ly. If any man making such change should be dissatisfied at the end of the first year, he may return to his former wavs. Some Good Hay Com; of it. It is unlikely that the Democrats may adopt "reciprocity" as a prin ciple. It would be very queer and utterly illogical, but we expect such things from the Democracy. Regard less of the trumpet blast of our Demo cratic contemporary of this city, the Democratic patty in the House is committed to "reciprocity' as a step to Free-Trade. It would not be sur prising if the next Democratic nation al platform should "point with pride to the record of their Congressmen in voting for reciprocity with Cuba, and "view with dismay" the acts of the Republicans in refusing to make similar trades with everybodv else. Out of all this Cuban fight there will come a clarifying of thought in the public mind which shall more firmly establish the Republicans in their rightful position as the protectors of American industry and relegate to the Democrats their natural o'Fice as its destroyers San Francisco Chroni cle. RECTOR OF ST. LUKE'S. 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Mnr ters & Co. R. W- PENN. CIZIL- ENGINEER (L,te.y with the -rnment ,wlox United States Deputy Mineral Surveyor. Oflice over Postoffice. HOSEBURG, go to THE ROSELEAF for CIGARS, TOBACCO HMD S7vrOKERS. SUPPLIES. Jackson Street, - - Roseburg, Oregon r t n a ROSEBURG JUNK AND HIDE CO. Pays the highest Cash Price for Hides, Pelts, Furs, Wool, Tallow, Rubber, Metals and Scrap Iron of all kinds We alo sell .Second hand Furniture of all kinds at Prices to suit the Times. Corner of Oak and Rnse is v. BL.ATERIT3 ta Mineral Rubber : vou 3iav!inti:ni) nrii.m.xtj or find It iiece". arj- to REPWCE A V.'ORN-OUT It OOF" i tv tbe piue of ibis?--, un. inm. ur sad ; - o nwrlt. Gaarui!el . I; pej- to ik TJIh: ELATKlilTE ROOFIxVG CO.. '.VoroestPr BixUdins. J? O KTLAXD AT REDUCTIONS IN LADIES' JACKETS $15 00 now $1125 $10 00 " '$7 50 il4 00 10 50 7 50 5 60 412 50 " 9 40 6 00 " 4 50 11 00 " S 25 5 00 " 3 75 $4100 now $3 00 WOLLENBERG BROS., Phone 801. A. SALZMAN, Pratical WatchmaKer, Jeweler, Optician. Watches, ClocKs, Jewelry Diamonds and Silverware oococx'.d;xoococo O F. W. BENSON. A.C.MARSTEKS. tt.C. GALET. ? 0 Douglas County Bank, 0 Eatabllslied I883. O 5 o 0 o Capital Stock, $50,000.00. . . BOARD OF DIRECTOR r. W. BKNSON. R. A. BOOTH J. H. BOOTH, J. T. BRIDGES J.F. KELLY, A. C MARSTERS K. L MILLER. O Apjuural banking business transacted, andfcustomers given every $ J rconunolation consistent with s.ife and conservatiTe bankin;:. 0 Bank open from nine to twelve awl from one to three. -oogooxkx;ooxoooxxxjoxkooxxoo XMAS SUITS OVER GOATS Flowering; Stock is now in from Holland, and it is time to plant them. Write today for our new catalogue, which tells all. The same catalogue tells about our ROSES, TREES and PLANTS. PORTLAND SEED CO. rORTLAXD, OREGON'. NOTICE! Call at the office of the Roseburg Water and Light Co. and pay your water and light bills, on or before the ioth of each month and take advantage of thegdiscount. OREGON. 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