OrRon Historical Society
PORTLAND
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Vol. XXXVI
ROSEBURG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1904.
No. 46
f) Ininfcaler.
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Private Free Delivery to All Parts of the City
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Road Wagons
Surreys, Baggies, Hacks
Champion Binders, Mowers,
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ELECTION RETURNS FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY JUNE 6, 1904.
FOU CONQIIESS
Hermann, R
Veatcb, D
Justice Sup. Court
Moure, R
O'Day, D
Dairy and Food Com.
Bailey, R .
Douglas, D
Circuit Judok
Hamilton, D
Potter, B
Prosecuting attv
Brown, R ,
Joint Senator
Bilyeu, D
Booth, R
Joint Bur
Bridges, D
Vawtar, R
State Senator
Coahoir, D
Marsters, R
Representatives
Gray, R
Sonneinunn, R
Kramer, D
IVelU, D
Commissioner
Martin, S
Young, R
County Clerk
Agee, D
Hiiard, B
Sheriff
Bledsoe, D .
McClallen, R
County Treasurpr-
Bryan, D
Dim-nick, B
Assessor
Case beer, D
Stater, B
School Suit -
Chanty-, D
Hamlin. R
Surveyor
Roberta, B
Shook, D
Coroner
Bojrue, D
Twitebell, R
State Print Amend-
Yes
No
Local Option
Yes
No
Primary Nom. Law ,
Yes
No
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Cleans and Polishes at One Operation
Renews Original Varnish Lustre of Furniture
Yoa will never know how good the old fnmitnre can
It cleans and polishes at the same time, bringing
out the original varnish (ostre of the article.
.w w aw wijruuc can apply lu
CRIMLNAL REC0RD5 ECLIPSED.
Eleven ftcn Torn to Atoms and Nlae
Terribly Injured Infernal
Machine Used.
than a muffled roar waa heard and the
mountain trembled as if rocked by an
earthquake.
The train, which was running slow
ly, waa brought to a sudden stop by
the engineer and members of the train
crew ran hastily forward to investi
gate. They were horrified at the sight
which greeted their eyes, the spectacle
being made all the more grewsome by
from the
J. F. Barker & Co.,
Grocers, Rhone 201
Hints to Housewives.
Half tHe battle in good cooking is to have good
FRESH GROCERIES
, , j i-i 11 irunKs 01 me Doaiea
And to get them promptly when you order them. Call P Lattered all around.
rhone No. 101 lor good goods ana gooa service.
C. W. PARKS & CO.
Cripple Creek, Colo., June G. One
of the most diabolical deeds in the
black record of crime which forms
part of the mining history of this
state was committed when by means
of an infernal machine 11 men were I the sickly flittering, lights
killed outright and nine others tor-1 bintma and hnrnin. :
ribly Injured! some of them fatally, at roadera carried. It took but a few
Independence early today. All those seconds for the trainmen to appre
killed and injured were non-union ciate the terrible results of the ex
miners employed on the night shift of plosion and messengers were rushed
the Findley mine. The men had quit off for assistance.
work and were waiting for the sub- man blown seventy-five feft in
urban train on the Florence & Crip- the air describes the explosion.
pie Creek railroad to take them to Charles Rector, of the Shurtloff
their homes in Cripple Creek and Vic- mine, escaped in the explosion at In
tor. When the locmotive was within dfnfindenr.e todav bv a miracle. He
lOOfeet of the depot a charge of dyna- was chatting with several men, un-
Filteen Hundred Japanese Repulse
4000 Russians, Indicting
Heavy Loss.
. received here which indicate that the
' rumors of yesterday to the effect that
:an attack has been made on Port
Tokio, June 7. Admiral Togo re-1 Arthur were premature,
ports that as a result of their search ' The official report which leads to
therefore the Japanese have dis-jthLs belief savs that Mondav four
covered and exploded -11 mines in 'Japanese gunboats made a close
Talien an bay during the past two reoonaisance off Port Arthur for the
days. Chinese who were formerlv ' purpose of examining the entrance to
employed by the Russians as pilots ' the harltor with such certainty as to
No better polish. made for pfaaos. Docsa't rust the
strings. Try a h. Get It fro, .,
churchill; & woolley
ROSEBURG, -! - OREGON
R. W- FENN,
CIIL ENGINEER
Litdy with the i?ovjramjat:raphical and geologiealnrvoyjof BraaQ
Ijonth America.) '
U. S. Deputy Mineral Surveyor
Office over Postoffice. ROSESUjRG. OREGON. n a. .r.
conscious of danger, when the ex-
HAVE YOU VISITED
Winslows
New Store
Afm Lwe. ef
Watches, ClocKs,
Jewelry,
Silverware, etc.
Prompt & Neat Repairing
A LARGE LOT OF
SPRAY MATERIAL
At Marsters' Drug Store
1
A CAR LOAD OF
5UL PHU
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Of Superior Quality
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mite, estimated at oLKJ pounds, was
set off underneath the platform on nlnsinn (wurred. He saw a number
which the men were standing by pull- 0f men rushing toward the depot, and
ing a wire from the Delmonico mine, at this movement he waa lifted from
400 feet away. The result was terrible, his feet and was deafened by a ter-
Heads, hands, legs, arms and the rific crash. When he realized what
trunks of the bodies of the men were had occurred, he was surprised to
Blood covered gnd himself uninjured.
everything. The depot platform was h. W. Vanatta, one of the Findley
split in two and the front of the depot miners who had a remarkable escape,
waa demolished. ;n destiribincr the exDlosion. s.iid:
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The mrjued were taken to the Vic- "The earth seemed to hjave under
tor ho8pitala. and the mangled bodies the platform and depot, and the noise
of the dead, patched together aa well made was deafening. We had been
as possible, were removed to the cor- at the station about two minutes when
oners office at Victor. the explosion occurred. I was thrown
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Three hundred pounds of dynamite through the air about 75 feet .There
placed by unknown assassins at the In- were about 25 men on the platform
dependence station of the Florence & and most of them were nonunion
Cripple Creek railroad waa exploded miners who worked on the Findley
at 256 o'clock this morning while 25 The shurtloff shift had not yet reached
non-union miners employed at the I the depot, but was hurrying down the
Findley mine, located on Bull Hill, hill. Had these men reached the
were standing upon the platform, in- platform the casualty list would have
stantly killing 11 of them and fatally been doubled. There must have been
injuring 8 or 10 others. The mine 300 pounds of powder used, and it
was discharged by a man concealed must have been set off by an electric
in the shafthouse of the Delmonico spark or revolver, as the miners would
mine. have smelled the fuse if one had been
Sheriff Robertson jind a detective used."
force have found the machine which George Reraick was hurled many
set off the dynamite. It consists of feet from the platform, but escaped
a revolver and 300 feet of steel wire, -with only a few bruises, although
The revolver waa Jplaced underneath heavy timbers and rocks fell all about
the platform close to the powder. One him.
end of the wire was fastened to & I arruATioN becoming more intense,
chair leg, which was used aa a lever
from the Delmonico property.
The injured were removed as quick
ly as possibly to the Victor and Red
Cross hospitals and the mangled re-
are now engaged in this work.
rvKcra inmaxoitria.
Rome, June 7. Gen. Amagata is
preparing to take personal charge of
the Japanese forces in Manchuria
while Gen. Oku will command the
forces preparing for assault on Port
Arthur.
OFF TO THE FRONT.
Mukden, June 7. The war corres-
j pondents detained here for some time
! have been granted permission to pro
1 ceed south.
make sure
T tirrri-TTr cram
ANOTHER JAP VICTORY.
LONDON, June 6. The Daily Tele
graph's Tien Tain correspondent
wires: "Four thousand Russians be
longing to Gen. Stakelberg's brigade,
? whether thf IU$ian jUatJ
ine investigating squadron was
compelled to run in to a point where
j it was exposed to a terriffic fire from
the Russian batteries, but held on un
til reaching a place where an inspec
ts could be made. One gunboatj
on which the canonnade centered, was
hit eight times and sustained con
siderable serious damage.
One sailor was killed and two
wounded. The cannonade lasted un
til the gunboats withdrew. From the
fact that none of the vessels inside
the harbor made any show of taking
part in the affair, nor came toward
the entrance it is presumed that the
harbor is still blocked, or that the
New Arrivals
Every day brings something now in Spring Goods.
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 fromj
Japan. It comes in all colors and will sell for 20cts
per yard.
TTULLLUDLKU DKU5 TTTOITe "80T
A. SALZMAN,
Pratical WatchmaKer, Jeweler, Optician.
Watches, ClocKs, Jewelry Watch leiairiag
Diamonds and Silverware , a Snedalty.
May 31, engaged 1500 Japanese, five ; Russians will make no attempt to use
i t c xte m- rri !
miles south of Wafang Tien. The
Russians were repulsed, losing 200
killed and 400 wounded. The Japa
nese lost more than 103 killed."
HUMOR OF NAVAL RATTLE.
CiiEFOO, June 7 (3 p. m.) An im
pression prevails here that a naval
battle took place last night in the
Gulf of Pechilli. Passengers on
steamers passing the Liao Tie Shan
promotory at the time did not hear
any firing, while reports come
from Teng Chow of heavy firing being
heard there frop.' 11 o'clock last
night until 2 o'clock this morning.
Vessels from the Miao Tao Islands
confirm this report and so
their fleet except as a last extremity
It is believed here in Tokio that
the cannonading accompanying this
reconnaisance is that wnich was re
ported by the Chinese junk.
According to the statement of its
vice president and general manager,
the Council Citv and Salmon River
Railroad of the Seward Peninsula,
Alaska, is built on a grade composed
of gold nuggets, gravel and ice. The I
road is built across a tolerably level
pioce of country, a large portion of
which is swampy. The grading was
practically all done by a steam shovel,
I
F. W. BENSON.
PrMldeat,
A.C.KABSTSSS. '
Vice PrMiiUat-
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Douglas County Bank,
RtttablisHed I883.
Incorporated 1901
Capital Stock, $50,000.00.
"'V
BOARD Of DIRECTORS
F. W. BESSOS. R. A. BOOTH i. H. BOOTH. J. T. BRIDGES
JOS. LI OX3, X. C. MARSTERS K. L. MILLER.
A general banking boainesa transacted, and customers given every
accommodation consistent with aafa and conservatiTe banting.
Bank open from nine to twelve and from one to three.
tlia frri nnd flirf Vinin rr flnA Atif rf
d. y 1 UtUI'.l 11JIA UikV U-.IIII: Ik&V-uU UUk VA
resulents of hills m the vicinity of , . A . r
... -1. 1 1 l r 1 1 ena oi me iracK on wmcn me ma-
. . . . . . , . 1 chine was built. After being piled up
Hoalioa rillr fir aivi ilfirmrr r ha nurnr o i r
The fact that the Russians were 1 . ,
remained ever since. 11 win never
List
Your Ranches and Timber
Lands with me. : : :
R. R. JOHNSON,
mains of the dead, most of whom were
unrecognizable, were gathered up.
The murderers evidently did not
wish to kill or injure any of the crew
in charge of the train which the ill-
fated miners intended to take for
their homes in Victor and Cripple
Creek. When within 75 feet of the
depot at Independence the engine
whistle sounded as a signal for the
men at the depot to get ready to board
Since the occurrence at Victor
Monday, tho situation at that place !
has grown more intense. All union
men have been disarmed, and hose has
beenBtretched over town to bo used in
dispersing the crowds without the
use of fire-arms. Soldiers and
deputies have much difficulty in keep
ing the streets passable. Wholesale
arrests of union miners are to be
made as fast as they are found.
Mounted armed men have been sent
on a quick march to the extreme
northern and southern ends of the
, district to zdard all avenues of e3-
1 HAVE EASTEHN CUSTOMERS
AND CAN SELL
OFFICE IN MARKS BLOCK,
ROSEBURG, OR.
puna of union miners marked for af-
and to warn any laggers to make haste 1 - , . 1 i
11 i -ii it - aJ- ml. f '
11 mey wianeu 10 caicnme irain. j.niS .
whistle was the death signal, for no Good ..morning. .Sheriff McClalleri
sooner had the shrill blast sounded Do you feel brave?
endeavoring, June 4, to clear the
roadsteads off Port Arthur of mines
indicates an intention upon their part
to give battle outside the harbor up
on the first favorable opportunity.
A Japanese correspondent return
ing from Talienwan says there is a
persistent rumor there that tho Japa
nese battleship Yashima struck a
mine off that port recently and was
sunk. Chinese arrivals from Talien
wan are unable to confirm the story.
London, June S. The St. James
Gazetto says that a rumor which is
current on the stock exchange today
that Port Arthur had fallen cannot be
confirmed.
The Exchange Telegraph company
also reports a rumor of tho fall of
Port Arthur with a Jananoao loss of
11,000 men.
A dispatch from Rome today ' says
a Yinkow dispatch asserts that an at
tack on Port Arthur has been pro
ceeding both by land and aea smco
Saturday and the fall of the fortress
is imminent.
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Tokio, Juno 8. Reports have been
thaw out entirely, Mr. Dickinson says,
and is a firm roadbed, once con
structed. Gold nuggets were picked
out of tho dirt in great quantities.
The railroad is an infant in mileage,
being only 13 miles long at present,
but is building to Council City, 53
miles from tho starting point at Dick
son, at the mouth of Salmon River,
near Nome. It has tho distinction of
being the first standard-gauge rail
road in Alaska, and is equipped with
modern rolling stock and locomotives.
J. Warren Dickson is the vice presi
dent and general managor, and was
in Portland last week acquainting
local traffic representatives with tho
routo and its connection. Mr. Dick
son says that tho lino will ultimately
extend for a distance of 1500 miles.
tapping a rich region of the interior
with its branches and connecting
future commercial conters of tho
Northvest Territory.
Lane county elects tho entire Re
publican ticket except Sheriff Fred
Fisk, who will carry tho county by
about 700.
Mouut Nebo 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. 1 J"
Please leave orders at'M.DeVaney's Restaurant
or drop a postal card in the post-office.
All orders promptly attended to. 38-im
lames Arrance
Machinist
Is now prepared to,da all kinds of machinist work,
such as turning, milling, drillingi grinding, buffwr
iug and polishing. Saws gummed; knijves ground,-"
shears ground, clippersground on John Van fien
schaten clipper grinder.
tarn