THE Roseburn Piaindealer the Pabllibed Monday ana Thursdays. -BV-- PLAINDEALER PUBLISHINQ CO. E-itered at the Post OtGce in Rosehuru, Oie , as second class mail matter Subscription f 2.00 per Year. Advertising Kates on Application. The Editor ol the Plaikdilkb has tin Inter tlon ot nmilns a false nUWmeni reflectln upon the life or character nf aiiy pe ron. offirially otherwise aud any sutmeui published in the col ajnni will be eheerlully corrected t f errc ncou - and brought to our attention by the agnrlevt" partr or parties. Our Intention 1 thHteverj article published oi a personal or i.iitic! omcial natare snail oe news maiwr ui sen Interest and for the welfare of the State at large. JUNE 16, 1904. A JUNE PICTURE. There's a cloudless sky and a stretch of meadow, Stippled with clover and daisy blooms, A farmhouse old in the orchard shadow, A hum of bees in the lilac plumes There's a cheery call . from the hazy marshes, - A tinkle of cow bells faint and low, The wandering brook in the sunshine 7 nasnes, ;JLsong of June in its rippling flow. There are Blender tassels of alder swinging, In perfect time to the perfumed breeze, And nesting birds in the woodland flinging, Their joyous carols from building trees. There's a lake's blue calm in the dis tance lying, Where a clirrs' gray turrets re flected deep; And firreenfringed shores where the trees are trying, To "guard for a season the lillies' sleep. And over all rests a golden splendor, - That hints of glories we can not Tnat tnnlls tne Heart with a promise tender, Of coming gladness in days to be. STAND BY THE PARTY. At the recent election in Douglas county tne vote cast snowed con clusively that the people cast their ballot more as a matter of sentiment than for party. While we believe that voters should stand by their honest convictions, yet the strength of our party should be the paramount issue. The republican party, ; policies, its legislation and its admin istration of the laws made by its chosen legislators, has from the be ginning never faltered, never thought of retreat and has never left a work tQl it was finished properly. The contention of a few who were at times numbered among the leaders of the party, that its work was done at different periods, has been so thoroughly disproved that the ques tion hardly admits of debate. There has been no time when disbandonment would not have been cowardice and a shirking of duty. Not only that, but it can well be added that the work of the Republican party is only well be gun. We are now a nation of over 80, 000,000 people and vast territory, and with duties involving strong foreign as well as domestic policies. Many lines of duty are already marked out for us, many others will appear as we go from decade to decade and from generation to generation. One of the first if not the most important duty of the Republican party of to day, and the Republican voters of to day, is to see to it that power is not again intrusted to the hands of Demo cratic parry, a party of repudiation of obligations, a party who would re- dace the wages of earning classes and the Amerian standard of living to a level with the pauper labor of continental Europe. That should be quite enough to send every Republi can to the polls at every election for the purpose of insuring the success of the Republican party and its chosen officers. While an election was taking place in the little village of Bryantsyille, Indiana, Tuesday a horrible duel was fought between the Rout and Tow families. The fight was the culmina tion of a fend of long standing be tween the families and, on this par ticular occasion as the members of the two families were in the villiage and drinking heavily the fight ensued upon their meeting in front of the polls. It is in doubt who first fired a shot. Each of the five men jdrew a revolver and each side advanced, all firing. The men were not 15 feet apart when the firing ceased, and on the ground lay three dead, one dying with a bullet through his neck, and one still stood with a bullet wound in bis arm and one in his side.. None of tfae bystanders was struck, although .oyer 25 shots were fired. Mark Twain writes to the St. Louis Exposition management that he is willing to exhibit himself. The pub lic has been paying to see Mark for years and he is still a good drawing card,' Independently of the large reward offered by the state, and others, for murderers of J. C. Conn, at Silver Lake, Lake county has offered a re ward of $lD50 for the apprehension of those who killed 2300 head of sheep that led to Mr. Conn's murder if he was murdered, llns is a move in the rijrnt direction. Anv man who could lower himself so fai oelow the brute level as to deliberate ly murder a band of sheep becausi they were found on a range when thev had been driven, should be him self forced from the country whicL his presence disgraces. Too coward ly to take vengeance upon tne man who forced the sheep on the range, these murderers of innocent animals themselves should be made to feel the severest penalty of the law, and spe cial laws should be enacted to meei the particularly cowardly outrage.- they have committed. Either depor tation or hanging. Statesman And now beeretarv Hitchcock is- about the busiest man in Washingtoi exDlainmir how it happened. He say.- the reason why Orejion carried b such a large republican majority i because he (Hitchcock) used such dili gence in investigating the land fraud? with which the state was honey- combed. This is probably the rea- son that Hon. limner Hermann was endorsed by such an overwhelming majority. The fact is that the peu- pie of Oregon know Hon. Bingei Hermann to be alright, while they be- Heve Secretary Hitchcock to be fraud; and, from the fact that witl all Hitchcock's pretense there has not been a single conviction it begins ti look as though Mr. Hitchcock's self- praise were most unworthily bestowed It will doubtless startle our read ers to learn that during the month.- of October, November and Decembei more people were killed bv railroads in this countn than during the first tnree montns oi tne nusso-japanes- . ,1 i1 T" T war. Yet according to the railroad.-: report to the Interstate Coinroerc Commission this is true. A law of Congress makes these reports obligi- tory and are doubtless correct. Dur ing the period given above there were 1.166 people killed and 13.319 in lurea or a total or j.-,do. inest- . t r i i in- mi facts are indeed startlins, but an given by the Scientific American, an absolutely reliable publication. Here- should a fire rage through this sec after the saving that "war is hell," tion the loss w-ml-i run up into the should be railroads. amended to include the Eric Soderbeck, a Finnish inventor of Seattle, has been working for years on a machine that he savs wili srive Dernetual motion. A few day. ago he heard that some one bad stolen into his workshop and got an idea of his machine. Angered at this, and fearing that his secret might be( stolen, Soderback smashed his model, i He says he will buiki another one, but that he will have it guarded day and night. Soderback says that hi machine will not only generate its own power, but it will earn- a heavy load. William Shackleford, employed in H. A. Renninger s logging camp on the Mohawk, was accidentally killed yesterday morning at 7:30 o'clock. The logging crew had just started the day's work. The unfortunate man ?n nm ir.ir rrnt. mnrht. 5n t.hf trip line, which extends from the Hnnl-Pr PnmnP tn tfcP W Th hi rope broke at that time, struck the man and hurled him with great force against a log, his head being crushed I almost to a pulp. Death was instan taneous. Habitual drunkards after convic tion in Montreal, Quebec are now given the option of paying a fine, un dergomg imprisonment or taken a certain cure. At present there are twenty-two under treatment, ten at their homes and twelve at a jail. Each patient is expected to take six teen doses of the prescribed medicine each day and is warned not to drink any intoxicating liquors during the time of trial. Lawyer Ross, of Vancouver, B. C. was drowned Sunday night by falling off a boom of logs when the tide was low. He struck his head in falling which rendered him unconscious. His body slipped under one of the logs which, when the tide fell, pinned him down and the rising tide drown him.T His father had just left him a legacy of S10.000. Wire rope has been considered a modern invention, but recent exca vation at Pompeii has unearthed a piece of wire rope an inch in diame ter and about fifteen feet long. The rope is made of strands, each' con taining fifteen wires twisted together, and the strands are twisted upon one another exactly as in modern cord age, says Youth's Companion. There is talk of removing the Ore gon City, land office to Portland. As the land office in Oregon City is in rented quarters, and as the govern mant has elegant quarters in the metropolis, only twelve miles distant, it is proposed to make the change. Theodore Roosevelt is to be nomi nated as President of the United States at Chicago next week. Forest Fire paging. FgiiiisT Onovi:, Or., June 11. Word was received here this morn ing which if borne out as facts are learned, indicate the possibility of one of the most disastrous forest fires tlmt Jias swel,fc over this portion if the state in many years. The re- port received here was to the effect that the Nehalem forests are ablaze at the outskirts in the neighborhood i (jienwoou, wiiere tne lire starteu ill 1.1 ll i . 1 tna mat names were raging to tne southeast over one of the richest umuer sections in mo suite oi ure- 1 i "it 11 s ;on. The fire started yesterday evening at Glenwood. The actual cause was the ignition of a huge pile of dry sawdust outside the shingle mills of J..M, Hamblin & Son, presumably trom a living spaiK tnrown out oi a n i . smokestack. Although every available means .vas used to stop the fire, the force of uen was insufficient and lire fighting ipparatus too small to stop the out- ourst. Ihe shingle mill, a considera ble stock of shingles, the residence of the owners and adjoining shanties were wiped out within a very short iine. In trying to check the advance of the flames toward the forest, the nouses were abandoned and not an trticie oi tne nousenoid eiiects was saved. No insurance was carried on ither the mill or other property. i'he only property saved consisted of i i d team oi norses irom a nearov oarn. The flames are today running along the east fork of (.ales creek and do .ng immense damage. The fire can m seen for miles and this point is enveloped in a dense cloud of smoke. The heat forbids those fighting the flames from getting in its path. Thou sands of acres of valuable timber is in danger and all hope of saving the Sine school house at Glenwood has oeen given up besides several houses in the valley. Glenwood is located only a short iistance from the great timber for ests bordering on the Nehalem river in Columbia county, and is near some f the most heavily timbered portions f Clatsop anl Tdlaamk counties there are thousands of acres of the rinest yellow fir, ceder and spruce on the coast at the headwaters of the Nehalem river and its tributaries, and millions of dollars. These virgin forests exist, except where a few homesteaders have located, as they were when the countn was first set tled. The land was long ago entered under the provisions of the timber act. While syndicates have secured control of a portion of the lands. many tracts are still owned by indi-! ridual l.Mjators. Daring the last few 1 t years a number of eastern .firms have jaade purchases on account of the superior quality of the timber. Port land people also are more or less in terested in holdings in this section. This entire countn- is covered with a growth of green timber, except a part of the country- bordering on Kock creek, a tributary of the Upper Nehalem. Further back in Tillamook and Clatsop counties are other burned-olF sections, and were in that jondition when the country was set tled by the white people. At this season of the year it is generally believed that green forests iire 100 flamP 10 DUrn' However, it possible that nothing would check a hot forest fire except scarcity of fuel, a rocky wall or a barren place. Remedy Tne Law. One of the first duties of the next Legislature should be to amraend the Australian ballot law so that candi dates for office may all be grouped under the head for which they stand politically instead of mixing them up in crazy-quilt style so that half the voters can hardly tell whether they are voting for republicans, socialists, democrats or prohibitionists. Alpha betical arrangement of candidates on the ticket without regard to party is a piece of rank nonsense. Let the republicans all be grouped under the head of republican ticket democrats under democratic ticket and so on, each ticket thus segregated being placed side by side witS its competive ticket on the ballot. By this process the voter would have the same opportunity to "scratch" that he has und ;r the present system, but it would also make it more convenient for him to vote' the straight ticket by putting one cross in the circle at the head of his ticket instead of search ing over a blanket sheet to find all of his party candidates to put a cross in front of each. We call attention of the newly elected Lane delegation to this phase of the law, and hope that legislators in other parts of the state will be quick to see the importance of such a change and "that the state press will also interest itself in the matter. Eugene Register. This is identically the same bill that Senator Marsters championed iinu secured the passace of at the ist session of the Legislature, and which was vetoed by Gov. Chamber- lin after the close of the session. The bill is a good one and the people should see that it is again taken up and passed over the Governor's head. FIVE HUNDR ON AN EXCURSION FROM NEW YORK FIRE BROKE OUT IN THE ING A STAMPEDE THE CAPTAIN HAS BEEN ARRESTED. NEW York, June 15. Five hundred lives were lost today by the burning of the steamer Gencal Slo cum, which was bourd out of New York with an ex cursion given by St Mark's German Lutheran Church of this city. Most of the dead were eh ldren Over 2000 pet sous were aboard the vtssei when it left Us wharf at 9 o'clock. When near Hell Gate a fire broke out in the lunch counter, in the forward part of the vessel. The flames spread with the rapidity of an ex plosion. There was a stampede, and women and children were forced over the sides of the boat liki a waterfall. Scores were suck d down by the wlnrlpo Is of Hell Gate. The captain, William Van Schaack, who is one t the oldest excursion-boat caj taius in New York, was unable to b- ach fie vessel on the rocky bluffs, and heided for North Brothers island. Before the isla id was reached the blazing upper deck collapsed, burying and burning hundreds who were crowded below. The vessel struck with a crash, and many moie jumped overboard, only to drown, the water was beyond their depth. By this time i.ozens of small boats had come the assistance ot Hie vessel, ing were taken off saft-ly. . i 1 water s eclve. ma- 3- uuuies nave oeen u ...;. ictl. nearly all of them or women Van Schaack has been arrested. 36 Deponed 10 New Mexico. VlCTOK, Colo-, June 14. Thirty six men were deported this afternoon bv the militia. The men were resi dents of different sections of the dis- trict, but mainly lived in Lnppie . "reek and Victor. There was a large crowd at the Florence and Cripple Creek depot when the men were loaded on the train, but little excite ment or demonstration of any kind were made. The destination of the exiles was given out officially as New Mexico. A strong guard of militia will accomnanv the men until they! ! are finally released. The men sent ! out today are nearly all union men or 1 union sympathizers. Quite a number 1 of them are married. Food was taken on the train for the prisoners. The deportation order, which was made public tonight, plainly reads that the deported men are to be taken to the southern boundary of Colorado on the Denver & Rio Grande Kailrond, and "deposited upon ter ritory within the State of Colorado." MARTIAL LAW TO END S00X. Preparations are under way here looking to the eventual abrogation of martial law, which it is expected will occur in one week. A large number of deputy sheriffs will be commission- ed to take charge of the district un- der Sheriff Bell's direction when mar- tial law is called off. Other deportations will be made, but just when the next trainload of men will be sent out is not stated at military headquarters. It is very quiet here, but soldiers and deputies i-ontinue to natrol the streets of Cripple Creek and Victor. Colonel Verdeckberg, in command looking Heppner and the valley be of the military during the absence of low there are two hundred graves of General Bell, who left for Denver to- the men, women and children who day, gave to the Associated Press an official letter which reads: "No organization will be allowed, while this country is under military propriate memorial sen-ice in remern control, to furnish aid in any form to brance of their wives, husbands, chil the members of any organization or their families in this countn', unless the same is done through military channels. Major McClallen is Pro- vost-Marshal of this military district, and he stands ready to receive from any person or organization any money or other supplies which are for dis - tribution to any person rendered needv bv reason of the military occu - pation of this country for the sup - pression cf insurrection, and all money and other supplies so furnished will be applied to the persons referred to.' Fully 300 Dead. St. Petersburg, June 15. Gener al Stackelberg, through the army headquarters at Harbin, reports a number of desperate skirmishes with the Japanese, in which both sides lost heavily and in one of which the Rus- sianlienerai uernross was severely j wounded. At midday yesterday an ent re d vision of Japanese made a desperate attack on tho left flank of the Russian position at Vafangow. They attacked in three columns, and after shelling the Russian with heavy 1 ED PERISH STEAMER OUT LUNCH COUNTER CAUS as to anu most ot those in The vessel b irned to th? i 1 , bodies have been aud children. Captain artillery made a furiou.? bayonet charge in the face of a heavy charge from rapid-fire guns and musketry. The desperation of the Japanese charge is shown by the fact that some j 0f them succeeded in gettin; within a few yards of the Russian trenches before they were shot down. They "! in' . :mii. l ; .-,ir e, leav ing fully 300 dead behind. The First Siberian Rules bore the brunt of the attack, and their losses were very heavy. Their commander. Col. Kavastounoff, fell almost in the first fire, with a bullet throueh his brain. Adiutant Snh.T.;ntnnt v.. dochinskywas killed almst at the same time. Two Majors and a num ber of officers of lesser rank were picked off by the Japanese sharp shooters, whose fire was unusually deadly and accurate. General Gernross was shot just as the Japanese attacking column broke and fled. A shrapnel bullet shattered one side of his jaw, but he refused to retire. Po t Arthur Entrance Cleared. Tokio, June 15. The entrance to the harbor at Port Arthur having ; been cleared of obstructions, is now 1 open for the passage of ships in and out. Yesterday the Russian protect ed cruiser Xovik steamed out to sea and engaged with vessels of the Jap anese blockading fleet. . Just a year ago Sunday, June 14th, occurred the Heppner flood. There has never been a similar disaster in the United States that was attended by so great a percentage of loss . of life. In the little cemetery over- thus met death without warning, Sunday the sorrowing survivors of Heppner held a sad and fittingly ap- 1 dren, parents, brothers, sisters and sweethearts whose last farewells were never spoken A serious question with our gov ernment seems to be the question of the employment of fifty thousand la ; borers for ten yeara in digging the ' Panama Canal. It was first thought , that Jamaica negroes might be used. , but their work is found unsatisfac . tory and the Jamaica government se- riously objects to their employment, Chinese, it is said, will not do at all The only recourse seems to 00 our own negroes or the natives of Porto Rico, either of whom will be immune from the natural disease of the coun try. How About Your Summer Vtcntlor? Newport on tho Ynquina Bay ia U'e jdf,tl bCrtfiile resort of iliu North Pncifi Const. Koiinu trip tickets at ureatly re (,um, rn.ua oll sae ,roiI1 n fs0iuhren PuCift: points in Oregon, mi und after Juno 1st. ak ahh ior mm er nuor- Mixtion ntitl a lmulsomo y illustrated Bouvenir booklet, or wri'e to Edwin Cinn.i t,iiui,.cr (! .t P. It.' It... AlbanV ore., or W. E. Cotmm, (J P. A, s. P. Co., Portland. -10 tf Oregon Building at the Fair Over four thousand visitors have signed the register in the Oregon hiilding at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, and as many more have passed through without registering. The log cabin is cool on the hottest days, and represents a a very inviting appearance to tired sight-seers. Directly across the graveled road from the Oregon Building is the House of Hoo Hoo, the lumbermen's club. which is similiar in many respects to the webfoot house. The lumbermen have spared no expense in making their home attractive, and have in stalled a very excellent restaurant in their club for light meals. Visitors are at once attracted by the two unique buildings, and never fail to take them both in. All dav long they crowd the verandas of the Hoo Hoo house and the Oretron Huilding just for the sake of seeing something original and different from anything else on the grounds. A large bearskin adurns one of the walls in Superintendent Wehrung's it? l il;. i , oince, anu tnis never iaiis to secure rapt attention of every small that en ters the building, not to say that of the grown ups also. "My, ain't it great" said a little urchin the. other day, as he walked up to it-and ran hb hands through the hair. "And do they have them in Oregon?" On being assured that there were really bears in Oregon, the young man became very much interested, jnd if it had not been for his mother, he would have been in the Oregon building yet. Photographs of Oregon views. Pendleton Indian robes, and a variety of Oregon things attract great at tention from Eastern visitors. To some who have traveled over the coast states, the photographs present familiar views, ami they are always gone over with renewed interest. Thi I.iill.jing itself, which is iu-j tr.Uc4 ta Le a facsimile of Lowk 'c Clark's historic fort on Clatsop Plain, is about 100 feet long across the front, with a square yard adj ir. ng on the back. Immediately on enter ing, the visitor finds himself in a k-e hallway, with an immense fireplace a one side. A door at the back ar ns out into the enclosed yard, whilt -.t either end wings project. At one ea '. is a reception room, in addition tt .in omce ior uoi. nenry uoscn oi i .e Lewis &. Clark Fair Company, nr' the other wing is occupied by the fice of General Superintendent Wrh- rung. The roof is covered with reguL-ir old-fashioned shapes, split from rod cedar and brought all the way f : Oregon, pl.itform On the top there is ah used for dedication pjr- poses. A little grove of trees adds attr x tiveness to the location and ni".vr fails to elicit favorable comment fr no the crowd of exposition visitors. The cabin is so different from other 1 buildings that it always pleass -le who have grown tired of set-Ir,: plain simple mansion ine state grange ot iiarvkina is the first of the state granges to fol low the National grange in demand ing that the government aid in ira proving the highways. At a fullv at tended meeting in Baltimore recently a strong resolution on this subject was adopted, and Master J. B. Ager in his annual address said: "There seems to be great interest at this time all over the state in regard to good roads. It is said that the gov ernment has expended $500,000,000 in improving the rivers and harbors and proposes to spend $200,000,- 000 in building the isthmian canal. Therefore we believe something should be appropriated to assist the farmers in building permanent highways. The historic Liberty Bell arrived in 5st. Louis, ednesdav in response to the petition of 90,000 public-school children of that city, and will remain in the Pennsylvania building until the close of the World's Fair. Accom panied by a squad of mounted police and a long line ot military organiza tions, the famous old bell was taken to the Exposition, where formal ex ercises were carried out. The gates had been thrown open to the school children of the city and the d iy had been proclaimed as a holiday by May or Wells. It is estimated that over 50,000 school children formed a por tion of the throngs that greeted the bell when it entered the grounds. The bell was taken to tho Pennsyl vania building where it was installed. , The San Francisco Star announces tho collapse of tho Hearst boom. Delegates from this Stato will not be provided with a special train, the contract for 150 rooms at the Plant ers' Hotel in St. Louis has been can cled and everything indicates a with drawal of Willie's sack. He has evi dently arrived at the conclusion that the Presidency is not for sale. Ex. The St. Louia man com hai resolwd to ko p holy the S bbatii dav during tin-expo-ition A distitunilici toread or lias been importrd from Spain Bnd an illustrated pic wlor has bei'ii hired in Mexico ami half n dnzin lleire bulla luivo been foun.l, but no b ill tl.l ta will bo permitted. AT DEWEY'S THE SHAMROCK UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT All me 1 first class 25 cents, Board Ly the week, $3.75. W, E. DEWhY. Prop. Don't Forget that ruse & Cav n fuj jne cf STAPLE & FANCY Q i WvwiiA Market Price Paid in A McNarnee'sGrocer y HAVE YOU VISITED 1 WHlSiO ;new Store . ws ATTENTION Lumber Mat At a Sacrifice LUMBER IS CHEAP Read Our Cash Prices Rough Lumber $S.oo Sized Luuider $S 00 1 x 12 oiuuioii s 2 s . . ..$3 60 Shiplap Sio.co I x 6 Flooriug $10.00 And all other LUMBER, iu proportion. Lumber Yards near Depot GIVE US A CALL LE0N4 MH LS LUMBER COMPANY By J.J. KINNEY, Pres. Mr. S. H. Brown, one of Elkton's most subtaniial farmer?, t iu Koseburg on Imi-int-s iertaiiini; to the settlement f hia father's otate. R. V. MnrMer., Ir I.. Jremnpjr ami .V N. Orcutt, hII oi K.iebur. p.xeti "iircw'til xumiiiatioiis for nlnm-ion o the l)T t Salem lat week. Fourteen o'her applicant also sumsfully pas.-ed Mr. Marster's card appears in todays issue of thi paper. He will soon open ait office in Marster's building. Capt. F. B. Hamlin has jnst received ?otne of the supplies for his Company t u--e during tho cominc encampment Anion)! thetn i an up-to date iron nrtnv r net' as used by the U. troops. The articles tilted now are shovels, axe. camp ("tools, writing tables, otlieers cut-, mrns bed ticks, lanterns, range etc Here to fore tln-Fo article? have been is uel afi r the troops reached cum p. Mohair Wanted. It will pay you to see us before yon Kriijii & Newlatid. ell your mohair. all AT Cafe RESTAURAflT hhort orders quicKiy serv Newiand ocenes -n A fine Use of Watches, CIccKs, Jewelry, Silverware, etc Prompt & Neat Repairinf . enais The death of the Uorrhestr, vaM Spy. one of th- otdest new-pape'rs in the country, :s something which will be o nm..ely resetted. It was established m 1,0 by a pttririttr colonist who was .Iriven out ..t B.ton by the English be. eue of his tearless advneacv of the e-v.veaixl interests of the American col ni s; and durin the 1S4 ye.ra of its ext-tce it never mise I an issne until Tuesday niaht, when the foreclosure of a comparatively small mortage caused us su-pen-ion. Popular sentiment might to have done something to save a journal with such a record" as the Spy. Sued by His Doctor. "A doctor herv has sued me for $12.50 whi. h 1 clmmed wns. excessive for a J f cholera morbus. 'or a case Cwchella, Cal. "At thetril h ;Li j. medical skill and me Heine. I ,fcej him if it was not Chamberlain's Colic Clwfora and Diarrnora Remedy he ued as I had good reason to believe it wa8 and he wenkl n. t say under oath that it nnt." S.Mi.Mir c.uM use a better remedy f-.r cholera morbus It never fils. $old by A. a Marsler & Co & Building