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cal Society PORTi.AUD Vol. XXXVI kOSEBURG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 23, 1904. No. 41 4 Portland Journal Agency. Mrzidrick's Block, Opp. Depot iKJti and ICE CREAM PARLORS fruits, Candies, Cakes, Pies, Doughnuts and Fresh Bread Daily I. J. NORHAN & Co. Prop. FARMERS' CASH STORE, E. A.. WOOD & CO, Props DEALER IN Staple ane Fane' Groceries. Highest Price paid for county produce. Fresh bread daily Your Patronage is respectfull' solicited. Private Free Delivery to All Parts of the City HELLO 5 5 TROXEL BLOCK OPP PASSENGER DAP0T The Vote of June. JUST RECEIVED 2 CAR LOADS 2 Mitchell Farm Wagons Road Wagons Surreys, Buggies, Hacks Champion Binders, Mowers, I Reapers, Hay Rakes, Etc. We can save 3ou rnone3'on anything in the Wagon or Implement line. Give us a chance to figure with A"ou and you wou't i egret it. J. F. Barker & Co., Grocers, Phone 201 Hints to Housewives. Half the battle in good cooking is to have good FRESH GROCERIES And to get them promptly when you order them. Call up Phone No. 181 for good goods and good service. C. W. PARKS & CO. : HAYE YOU VISITED I Winslows t INew Store A Fine Lise of Watches, CIocKs, Jewelry, Silverware, etc. Prompt & Neat Repairing A LARGE LOT OF SPRAY MATERIAL At Marsters' Drug Store L A CAR LOAD OF SULPHU Of Superior Quality R T Ynur Ranches and limber w Willi mc. ... R. R. JOHNSON, I HAVE EASTERN CUSTOMERS OFFICE IN MARKS BLOCK, AND CAN SELL ROSEBURG, OR. Unquestionably President Roose velt is popular in Oregon. Unques tionably he will receive the largest majority ever thrown for a candidate in the state. But as an earnest of their support for him the people of Oregon ought to throw the largest possible majority in June for the par ty which, later in the month, will make him its formal candidate. A big majority in June will have enor mous significance. Any majority in November will suffice. Closely connected with national politics also is the election of repre sentatives in congress. Hermann and Williamson will be elected, of course; but it is important that their majori ties should go towards the highest possible high-water mark. It is the way'to assure the country of the earnestness of Oregon for the party and the cause of which President Roosevelt now is the leading repre sentative. Not for years, if ever before, have the republicans of Oregon been so generally in harmony as they are now. Factional differences have passed away," with disappearance of the causes that produced them. The one thing necessary is to get out the full vote. Remember, therefore that this is the last week of registration. Two years ago the republican vote for supreme judge was 49,876, and the plurality was 17,146. The re publican vote of the state next month should not fall below 55,000, and may much exceed that figure carrying the plurality above 20,000. The ag gregate plurality for representatives in congress should be as large. These results are legitimately to be expected, on a full registration and a full vote. Such majorities are due to the country from the people of Oregon. For Oregon has been treated with great consideration by the republican party and by President Roosevelt The opportunity of re quital will be presented in June. Let us have a full vote. Oregonian. Changes Football Rules. The national committee on intercolle giate football at its recent meeting in Philadelphia, made the following changes in the rules for next fall: Goal from field to count four points, instead of five. Six men muet be in the lino of scrim mage at all times. If wven men are in the line when the ball is snapped, the first man to receive the ball from cen ter mar run with it, providing he goes outside the second man from center that is, the tackle. Team which is losing can have choice of kick off or the wind, but cannot have both. The team which loses twenty yards by penalty is not to be given first down. It Will be to Your Interest If you contemplate visiting the St. Louis Exposition, to secure reliable in formation as to railroad service, the lowest rates and the beat routes ; also as to local conditions in St. Louis; hotels, etc. etc. If you will write the undersigned, stating what information you desire, the same will be promptly furnished. If we do not have it on hand, will secure it for yon if possible, and without any ex pense to you. Address B. II. Thumbbll, Commercial Agent, 142 Third St., Portland , Ore. " Brown's In Town." "Brown's in Town" is said to be one of the cleanest, brightest and funniest entertainments seen in a long time. The farce is of just the build and tex ture that makes multitudes of laughs and people would more readily be laughed out of their money than they would be willing to have it enticed away by a frown or given up for a too serious drama. This farcial effusion comes to the opera house Thursday, May 26. "Brown's in Town" is about a young couple bo are living in the country un der an assumed name, so the father of the young man will not hear of the match. Incidentally, every one they know, the father, the wife's suitor, a girl friend, and everybody who Bhould be at home comes around and makes things interesting. Of course it takes a deal of prevarication to straighten things out and before the audience knows it, the Euitor of the wife is pretending to be her husband and she is obliged to main tain the supposed relationship The whole thing about the play is "go " When "Brown'' gets to running nothing can stop him but "time to go home." Prices, lower floor, 50 and 75, gallery, 25 and 35. Cured His Mother of Rheumatism A WORD WITH THE VOTERS OF OREGON "My mother has been a sufferer for many years with rheumatism," saya W. H. Howard of Husband, Pa. "At times she was unable to move at all, while at all times walking was painful. I presented her with a bottb of Cham berlain's Pain Balm and after a few ap plications she dicided it was the most wonderful pain reliever she had ever tried, in fact, she is never without it and is at all times able to walk. An oc casional application of Pain Balm keeps away the pain that she was formerly troubled with." For sale by A. 0. Marsters & Co. ' Republican State Central Committee, Portland, Or., May 21. If the electors of this state will but ap preciate the importance of the first gun to be fired off this Presidential year, and will avail themselves of an opportunity to-show their appreciation of President Roosevelt and his policies, and their appreciation of the doctrine ot the Republican party of this state as enunciated in the platform adopted by the recent State Convention, they will see to it that a full vote is polled on the 6th day of next month. In that event, at least 100,000 votes will be cast, and the majority for Judge Moore, our nominee for Supreme Judge, will beat least 20 per cent thereof, and the combined majorities of onr Congressional nominees will equal 20,000. All that is necessary for the people of the First dis trict to manifest their appreciation of Hon. Binger Hermann's services in Congress is for the voters of that district to go to the polls and vote; and the same thing may be said of Hon. J. N. Williamson, our nom inee in the Second District. After the November election nobody East will enquire how Oregon went, but Republicans all over the United State, particularly in doubtful states, should an unprecedentedly large Republican majority be cast at the coming election, will emphasize the question, "Have you heard from Oregon?" Iu 18SS Mr. Hermann received a majority of 7407 the largest majority ever received up to that time, there being but one Congressman then. Let the voters of his district see to it that he carries his dis trict this time uy a larger majority than he did that memorable election. FRANK C. BAKER, Chairman. RUSSIA'S STAR RISING. St. Petersburg, May 21. Three things are of interest here tonight. The first is the report that the cruiser Bogatyr grounded off the tortuous Vladivostok entrance, where she now lies waiting for assistance. This the government officials deny, but their report is doubted by niany. The second feature of the war which brings much joy to the Russian mind is that it has been proved that by land the blockade of Port Arthur is not effective. The third is that by sea, when the time comes, the Russian fleet can come forth, join its allies from the Baltic and make short work through mere superi ority of weight of the Japanese squadrons. Port Ar thur is not bottled. The cork is out. Certain it is that the tide has turned in Russia's favor. With the reversal of the Japanese advance from Feng Huang Cheng, the gallant opening of the Port Arthur line by Stoessel, permitting a ttain to pass through to the beleaguered garrisou and the unbot tling of the Port Arthur entrance, there seems to be no doubt that Russia is nearly read' to assume the offensive. GOVERNMENT HAS NEWS. The government received news this evening which is a practical confirmation of the report that the rosd to Port Arthur is again open and that a battle had been fought. By wireless telegraphy plans were made for a train to come through. General Stoessel at the head of a detachment made a sally from the fortress and met and defeated the Japanese at ajpoint some distance from Port Arthur and nearly on a line with Port Adams. The reports received here estimate that the Ja panese lost nearly 1,000 killed and wounded. The Russian list of casualties were less than 150. The train which was loaded with supplies and am munition, made its way to the port as soon as the port was clear. The Japanese road destruction seems to have been of a poor order, as the report indicates that but little difficulty was found in making repairs. Port Can be Entered, It is reported here tonight, but without any of ficial confirmation, that a dispatch has been received through runners that the entrance to Port Arthur is now sufficiently opened to permit of the fleets operat ing whenever necessity arises. If this be true there can be no doubt that the Japanese task of stopping the fleet will prove a difficult one. All arrangements are being made for the complete outfitting of the Baltic fieet, which, when it j uus the Port Arthur fleet, will prove formidable. The Russians are now recovering their wonted confidence and believe the outcome of the war will prove most satisfactory. The czar today attended a special prayer service of thanksgiving for the recent change of fortune in the war, and seemed for the time to have abandoned his melancholy mien. He appears in better spirits than for some time past, but remains fiim in his determina tion to go to the front. Q rent Monetary Deals. Seldom have so many big financial op erations come simultaneously as have taken place within the past few days, comments the Globe Democrat. The United States has just paid out $40,000,000 on account of the Panama canal. Ruseia is floating a loan for from $150,000,000 to $'00,000,000, and some of the money is being put up by the United States. More than half of Japan's $50, 000,000 loan ban been furnished in this country, the rest of it being provided by England. New York city has just bor rowed $37,000,000 on its stock, at 3) per cent interest, the money to be used on public improvements which are design ed to make that city one of the most at tractive spots in the world. Yet these vast monetary operations have not unsettled the markets to any perceptible degree. New York's loan has all been taken in this country, though Kurope'a investors were anxious to share in the deal. A premium was obtained for the stock, which nroves that New York's credit is good, as it ought to be. Gold is going out of the country rapidly these day's on the Pan ama canal and other accounts, but no body is showing any concern about the matter The working balance of the treasury has been reduced by this $40, 000.000 disbursement, yet the cash on hand is so Urge in amount that the void due to the big outgo has not been noticed. These thing show that the United States is especially well provided with cash. A comparison letween the pre sent situation, when we are furnishing money to other nations, and the situa tion ten years ago, in Cleveland's daye, when we were borrowing in order 10 prevent the country from dropping to the silver basii, shows the contrast be tween Republican and Democratic fin anciering. This lesson will impress the American people. Democratic adver sity has been t-ucceeded bv Republican prosperity, and the world at large, as well as the American people, was quick to discern the change. These big finan cial operations of the past few days fnr- j nish in themselves a powerful argument for the retention of th Rinnlififjn nam? ! in control of the government. They will add many thosands to the vote which the Republican ticket will receive hroughout the country in November. R. W. FENN, CIVIL- ENGINEER' Lately with the g0Vdrnrnjat'Pwd geoloziealjsurveylof Brazil, U. S. Deputy Mineral Surveyor Office over Poetoffice. OSHBURG, 01300. Corresponds .click! MAKE YOUR BREAD WITH Pride of Douglas Flour. $1.16 Per Sack, For Sale By Any firecer ii Tiwi. Cheap enough for such rattling good Flour Yes and a sack of it makes three to five loaves more of bread than any other flour you can buy. Why, because it is made from the very best selected wheat. DOUGLAS COUNTY FLOUR MILLS. Roseburg Oregon. Is Your Roof SicK? r.rJU. curing roofs. Suppose you write us for particulara about ELATERATE HOOFING. It will go on over tin. cornrfated iron, shakes, ehinglea or any other roofing material It makes the best roof you ever saw. It never wears oat. THE ELATEEITE -ROOJEIIVGr CO., "Worcester Suildins. PORTT-Avp Myrtle Creek. Mrs. Brigcs came from the mill, Mon-! day, and went to Roseburg. 1 Miss Lu Hudson was at Roseburg Sat urday having dentistry done. 1 Remick Fate and wife of Days Creek I spent Sunday with relatives. Mrs. A. E. Shiria went to Kelleher! i... 1. 1 t 1 , uut k iu visit uer uusoanu. Floyd Weaver has taken Charley Holloway's position as porter at the Johnson hotel. Helen Willis was in town last week reorganising her class in music for the season. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. McLean came in Monday evening to listen to Mr. Veatch speak. Thoee who went to see the circus in Roseburg, Monday, were too numerous to mention. Marshal Knight and family and Mrs. F. A. Fisher were visitors to Roseburg Monday. Miss Edna Gabbert and Maude Willis went to Roseburg Sunday evening, re turning Tuesday. Surveyor Hamilton went to Roseburg Saturday. He was locating a few new road lines near town last week. Oscar Gustafe n and Fred Shampine left for Kelleher City Monday morning, the former will be employed as sawyer. and Fred is to run the edger in the aaw mill there. R. M. Veatch, Democrat, held a po litical meeting in Cotton's hall Monday evening and spoke to a fair sized audi ance. He confined his address princi pally to his own and Mr. Hermann's public record. Charley Richey came home Saturday and returned to Kelleher City Sunday morning. They are starting to build the lumber fin me from the mill to Yon- calls, a distance of 6 m ilea. D. C. Pitier, who works in the John son Lumber Company's planing mill, met with a slight accident Tuesday. A projecting set screw in a rapid K revolv ing shaft caught in his trousers leg and tore ttie doming ou. In the effort to keep himself from the shaft, Mr. Pitxier received a severe strain, though he was at work again Wednesday. Mail. New Arrivals Every day brings something now in Spring Good's. VIOLE the latest thing in "dress goods for suits Skirts and Waists. Also the "Cotton Crepe" we are the only ones in the city who have imported this goods direct from Japan. It comes in all colors and will sell for 20cts per yard. WOLLENBERG BROS., Phone 801. A. SALZMAN, Pratical Watcka&Ker, Jeweler, Optitiam. Watches, Clocks, Jewelry Diamonds and Silverware Watck Reaairi&g a Specialty. t F. W. BESSO.V, PraUect. A.C.MAESTEK3. VIm Fxesldeal- A special" from New York says that bright-eyed Kuki Kato, the Japanese four-months' bride of George D. Morgan, nephew of J. Pierpont "organ, stood on the thronged deck of the Hamburg American liner Deutschlaiidtodnt, alone wistful. A Japanese would have seen at a glance that the dark colors of the native costume she wore expressed a polite sorrow ou leaving America, ana the bright, cherry-red fan that she wai glad to start back to the land of the cnerry blossoms to her father, the sword maker of Kobe. None of her husband's family came to see her and her husband off. In the four months she had been a bride, beyond the affection of the hus band there had b on no kindness shown her. She had been ignored. Douglas County Bank, Bstabliabed I883. Incorporated 1901 Capital Stock, $50,000.00. BOAKD OP DIRECTORS F.W.BK5RON.R.JLBOOTU J. H. BOOTH. J.T. BRJIX1ES JOS.MOS3.A.CMAESTKKS K. L. MTt.T.KB, A general banking business transacted, and customers, given ereiy accommodation consistent with safe and conaervatiTB banking. Bank open from nine to twelve and from one to three. PtianaaaBB Sciatic Rheumatism Cured. "I havo been subject to sciatic rheu matism for years," says E. H. Waldron of Wilton Junction, Iowa. "My joints were stiff ar.d gave mo much pain and discomfor. My joii.ta would crack when I straightened up. I used Cham ber Iain's Pain Balm and have been thoroughly cured. Have not had a pain or ache from the old trouble for many rmntli. It is certainly a most wonder ful liniment." For sale by A. C. Mats era A Co. Cleans and JPolishes at One Opera ft ex Renews Original Varnish Lustre oj Furniture You will never know how good the old furniture can be made to look until you use The Sfi s rvfn - Willi a ms Furniture Polish. It cleans and polishes at the same time, bringing out the original varnish lustre of the article. No trouble to use anyone can apply it. No better poU&a made for pJaaos. Doesa't rest the strings. Try a caa. Get It from as. CHURCHILL & W00LLEY ROSEBURG. - - OREGON Mouut Neoo Dairy W. S. WRIGHT & SON, Prop solicits the patronage of the citizens of Roseburg. A specialty is made of pure milk fresh from the cows every morning and evening. Please leave orders aM.DeVaney's Restaurant or drop a postal card in t&e post-office. All orders promptly attended to. 38-im