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fc'OROn Historical Socjot PORT.iWD Vol. XXXVI ROSEBURG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 11, 1904. No. 55 ) (mttfrotler. FATALLY SHOT BY HIS COMRADE PRIVATE VANDIVER DANGEROUSLY WOUNDED BY PRIVATE STUBS AT AMERICAN LAKE. MORE RAILROAD TALK A. B. Daly of Marshriold, Says Road Will be Built from Drain to the Coast. Division Headquarters; Cainp Murray, Wash., Jul-9. As the result of a foolish soldiers' quarrel over the spilling of some soup in the mess tent a seri ous shooting affray occurred in the camp of the Nine teenth United States Infantry, near division head quarters, late this evening. Private Tom G. Vandiver is lying iu a precarious condition in the field hospital with a bullet hole through his groin and intestines. while Private Freddie Stubbs is under guard, charged with shooting down his comrade in cold blood. From all accounts of the shooting it was not only uncalled for but of the most cowardly nature. Stubbs is said to have fired without warning, while his c rade was unarmed and had no opportunity to defend himself. FREIGHTER FALLS OVER PRECIPICE. iiUGEKE, Ur., July 9. A report from the Lucky B03' mine reached here today of an accident on the road between Blue River City and the mine yes- f T-rlotT T? nka.t T-T 1 ... twv"4.' -ivuuti t cb wai driving a team with a wagon of freight, when the horses slipped and fell over a precipice, 200 feet high, taking the wagon and driver with them. The horses caught in the brush, but Hayes went to the bottom and was so badly in jured that he may not live. PARKER AND DAVIS. NEW YORK JURIST NOMINATED AFTER ALL NIGHT'S SESSION. GOLD STANDARD DEMOCRAT AUTOMOBILE CAUSES TROUBLE. The Oregoni an of Portland prints the following interview with A. B. Daly of Marshfield, in which that gentleman undoubtedly eivea some verv interesting ana authentic information regarding the outlook for a railroad to the coast: "Our people are looking forward with a great deal of interest to the railroad survey from Drain toward San Francis co via Coos Bay on the Oreeon coast, The engineering corps consists of some -O) men who have been steadily at work for over a year. The line as surveyed starts at Dram, 162 miles south of Port land, and follows Elk creek to its con- . J-2ea fluence with the Umpo.ua near Elkton, MPASS ONED APPEAL OF RRYAN AOAINST PARlrf . ... . - a i V llliv I I II1IIL.II I It Hi Claud B. Cannon's Horse Bolted In Attempting to Jump from 'Buggy He Sustains Injured Arm. . NEW FIELD FOR PROSPECTORS. R W- FENN, CIVIL- ENGINEER Lately with tin ,Df:fnn iatMphici! tn I noolieal survey of Brazil, South America ' U. S. Deputy Mineral Surveyor Office over Postoffice. ROSEBURG, ORHGOH. Correspondence solicited NORMANS' ICE CPRAM PADI ODQ TwtV - - v IV FINE CONFECTIONERY frHENORICK'S BLOCK OPPOSITE THE S. P. RAILROAD DEPOT. Tropical Fruits Cigars, Pastries The Best Ice Cream Soda thence down the north bank of the Umpqua river for 25 miles to a point Inf low ScottBburg, on tide water. Here the line crosses the Umpqua at a point called Brandy Bar. This is an ideal lo cation for a bridge, as an island lies near the middle of the nver. which at this point is about 600 feet wide. From here the projected line follows the south oanc oi me umpaua river to about a quarter of a mile from the ocean, where the line strikes south along the foothills to a point on Coos Bay opposite North Bend. Here it is probable a draw bridge will be located. From North Bend the line follows the west Bhore of the bay passing mrougn JUarsnneld. and oar alleling the Coos Bay, Roseburg & East ern Railroad to a point on Beaver slough, thence down the north bank of the Coquille river for a distance of 10 miles, where it crosses to the south side and follow the coast. The survey is now completed as far south as Port Orford. I he indications are pretty strong that this road will be built. No ef fort has been spared to locate the line on. the best ground. In some instances the line between Umpqua and North Bend has been relocated three times The building of this line would form a valuable outlet to the Oregon and Cal ifornia coast, and provide transports Uon for immense bodies of timber and coal in Douglas, Coos and Currv coun ties. There are many billions of feet of umber in those three counties which is now unavailable for lack of transporta tion facilities, and must remain in this condition until a road is constructed. From the Oregon line south the road will traverse Del Norte and Humboldt counties, rich in redwood and spruce. where a junction could be made with the Hammond road at Eureka, now owned by the Hairiman system, which will eventnallr be extended to San Francisco. This is on the theorv that this survey is being made in behalf of the Southern Pacific. If the survey, is generally surmieed, ts being made in behalf of the Santa Fe system, a func tion could be formed at Eureka with the extension of the California & North western, now being extended from Wil lets to Eureka. Work is now being pushed on both ends of this extension simultaneously from Willels and Eure- Ka. mis gap will probably be pretty well closed thii year 'The construction of this road would prove a boon to Portland's commercial interests and do more to develop Oreeon than any other improvement that could possibly be undertaken. The isolation which now prevails in the country to be eventually opened up is well nigh com plete for several months in the vear. es pecially during the winter, when navi gauon ai some oi the smaller ports is practically suspended. The physical obstacles to be over come in the im provement of many of the coast harbors are of such a nature as to preclude any possibility of their removal, even if eov eminent aid could be enlisted, and they would never become satisfactory porta IN VAIN. VICTORY FOR CLEVELAND AND HILL FORCES. After a dramatic all night's session, the ballot was taken for the nomination of a candidate for President of the United States in the Democratic Convention at St. Louis, at 5:45 o'clock Saturday momiug, which re sulted as follows: Parker 658, Hearst 200, Cockrell 42, Olney 37, Wall 27, Gray 12, Pattisou 4, Gorraau 3, McClellan 3, Miles 0, Towue 3, Coler 1. FOR VICE PRESIDENT. St. Louis, July 10. Ex-Senator Henry G. Davis, of West Virginia, was th:s morning nnniin.itefl fnr CULT OT PGCNiLI Y ZLLOW SEA WHY PORT ARTHUR IS DIFFICULT TO ASSAULT. t Jb accompanying Uoompliiol mp well illustrate the difficult!-, which hr eoo InntM Ike Jiiiunc In tht drmonimtiuni inin.i P. IhU. n. r : t& Tietaity mxk. idtil ipoU for the mountior; cf sens to wj the thin uf tht sent. Vice-President by the Democratic National Conven tion, which adjourned sine die at 1:11. Others iu the race were ex-Senator Turner, of Washington; Congressman Williams, of Illinois, and ex-Senator Harris, of Kansas. Mr. Davis won easily on the first ballot. Ex-Senator Turner, the choice of the West, was only third in the race. The vote stood: Davis 654 Williams x65 Turner IOO Harris -3 St. Louis. July 9. Amid scenes say that I have wn nntmn tn v w 1 j vw aa unparalleled in national convention history the Democrats at 5:40 o'clock JUST RECEIVED CAR LOADS Mitchell Farm Wagons Road Wagons Surreys, Buggies, Hacks Champion Binders, Mowers, Reapers, Hay Rakes, Etc. We can save 3'ou money on anything in the Wagon or Implement line. Give us a chance to figure with you and you won't 1 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. Jo. barker, of New xork. for presi dent. Parker lacked just nine votes when the first roll call ended, but be fore the vote was announced Idaho changed six votes to Parker and Ne- "Despite the drawbacks incidental to . . , , . . , . ... thelackof adeqoate transportation fa- dm one vow ana west Vir- cilities, the Orezon coast conntry is de- Pma B3 m 13 and Washington veloping steadily. The slacking down 10, making a total of G89. Before this of the lumber trade, which is our prin- could be announced Governor Dock- cipal source of industry, is being felt to eryf of Missouri, withdrew Cockerell's some extent, as in all other lumber-pro- j j i. t n i ducing sections of the West, but thi &ni m0Ved that Park8 noml- condition is regarded as only temporary, nat5on be made unanimous. This was as the tone is already better than it has done with a yell, and a demonstra tion for the past 60 days. At North tion started. Everybody was too tired Bend the two mills of the Simpson Lum- however, to offer very much and a j i : rL , . . . . nnwl nf nffirmafcinn nnrt olovon Hinn. buu uircigu. ine local uemana lor lumber from the builders of North Bend Band spectators and a thousand dele has been very laree. and indications rates madft hasta for fch BYiha point to a continuance of this condition. n r u . , , j as many buildings are in course of con! Bryan fought to preven Paries UUUHU41HUH tiuu bu uu ib ruiueu uu uio this morning nominated Judge Alton choose between militarism and pluto- struction and projected. This new town has been a wonder. It has broken all previous records for the building of a new city on the Oregon and California coast in the same space of time. The developments are of a substantial char acler and are indicative of the latent favorite sons and the anti-Parker forces. He ureed each to try to hold his own men in line. The anti-Parker people played for . . . . . ... time all night, while at every oppor - i-m vi v I.UU lOKlUk" " O 7 ""w w wvftj "J'J' possibilities which this section of Oregon tunity they hammered at Hill and the posseea. When you come to think people back of the parker hm that Coos Bay ,s the only deep harbor of n . an . oft . M . . any consequence; between Humboldt the nomination of all the candidates Bay and the mouth of the Holnmhia river, a distance of nearly 400 miles, it except Parkei: that is, ho named becomes pretty near a locical eeauence ftanh And aai nnnn tha now nlnf fnrm to any reasonable mind that a citv of IfJrf 1.1 ... vuw uiiLUiaidUU UUILCU U UU1V il nAnBtrlarahla wmvmAtnl Xmma.a..a I J uuiwuiuai nil yJi muco I ii . , , , . mn.(iuu.m(i,.1!..a ... n inanwortny oi me peoples trust tenant r?rVi in ra1 lum Ia could be named for Dresident. He wwwy m WUI f U Ul aUVi ClttvUl I tural possibilities. The port of Coos said all the candidates except Parker oay is me oniy point rn tne enure fa- were such men. These candidates cific coast between San Diego and the British Columbia line where a Fteamer loading with the products of the coun try can secure an adequate supply of reasonably good fuel at a moderate cost, mined within a stone's throw of the docks. This is an advantage that will become more valuable as developments progress. Railroads traversing the Ore gon coast will be abl6 to receive cheap fuel, a very vital element of operating expense. North Bend has a payroll of something like $36,000 per month It is still growing and is the leading raanu- fauturing town between Eureka and Astoria. were Hearst, Gray, Olney, Cockerel!, Miles and Pattison. Then turning to the New York delegation he said: "Nebraska asks nothing. All we want is a man we can get behind and work for and trust. Eight years ago the Democratic platform placed our banner in my hands. Four years later my commission was renewed. I now return the standard and take my place in the party ranks. You may charge that my leadership was faulty, and that I failed, but I defy you to trust or false to the Democratic faith. Do not comnel Democracr to . . cracy; ao not iorce us either to ac knowledge the god of war or bow down to the god of gold. Give us a man of and for the people. Bryan's speech threw the conven tion into an uproar, but the plans of the Hill-Sheehan-Murphy combine were too well laid to be shaken. Bryan's last stand in the conven tion was made with hollow but blaz ing eyes and a voice so husky that it seemed to tear the verv flesh from his throat. Dawn shown in upon the sickly lights of the convention hall, where thousands of people, weary to the verge of collapse, sat and listened to the proud justification of the beat en leader. For fifty hours Bryan had slept less than half an hour. He had led the fight against the Parker men in the committee and on the floor. In the committee he was moro successful than on the floor. A great demon stration followed Bryan's speech, and as the roll was called the Nebraskan' left the hall on the arm of his broth er and in five minutes after his arri val at the hotel he was fast asleep. His marvelous physique had been taxed to the utmost and as he walked to the hotel, two blocks away, he leaned heavily on his brother and he fairly fell upon the bed. Bryan said to a Scripps News re porter: "As the end of the roll call approached I saw that Parker was near enough to the nomination to win on the first ballot, then I loft the hall to get a needed rest. I had not slept for fifty hours." For nearly ten long hours master ful men, leaders of the party, battled with all their strength and ingenuity that long years of experience endowed them to win the fight When Mr. and Mrs. Claud B Cannon were going to the Jake Jones place north of town in their buggy Saturday morn ing, tliey were met at the turn of the road near the old slauuhter pen bv Mr. Sutherlin in his automobile. Mr. Can nonbeckoned to Mr. Sutherlin to stop as ins horse showed signs of becominu greatly frightened at the machine, but for lack of control of the auto or other wise, the machine steadily approached, Mrs. Cannon, however succe-eding in aiignting safely from the buggy in the meantime. Claud took a side road in endeavor to control his horse, but iially bo.ted and niissini: a small bridge at that point it ran into the ditch. In attempting to jump before the buggy went into the ditch Mr. Can non was thrown into the ravine and sustained a severe injury to his left arm eeriously straining and wrenching the ligaments of the arm at and above the elbow, liillie Hurd, who accompanied air. fcutherlin, rushed to Mr. Cannon assistance while Mr. Sutherlin caught and quieted the horse. Mr. Cannon was taken into the Clovd residence near by where he soon rallied sufficiently to come to town and receive services of a physician, Dr.Twitchell promntlv dre ing uie mjureu arm, which is likely to give Mr. Cannon trouble for sometime Mr. Sutherlin greatly recretted the ac cident, saying that it was the first ex perience of the kind he had met with since purchasing his auto, he making it an effort to avoid frightening teams on the public highway or streets. Very little damage resulted to the horse or buggy. LITTLE WAIF WAXES FAT. Has a Happy Home at the Henn Hopkins Residence. Ecoene, July 9 TUe mysterious ad vent of the newborn girl baby found on the river bank Tuesday night is still the common topic of conversation in Eugene. The infant is waxintr "fat and sassv" at the home of Henry Hopkins. It i perfectly formed girl whose wakinir mo ments are undisturbed by childish ills. As a result of investigation bv th. authorities a local physician was author ized to visit a certain domicile in that neighborhood where a girl was known to be sick. His examination broucht lorth conclusive evidence of recent con finement, although the patient stoutly r it uiuumucu ner innocence, she is now very low. The neighbors are hichlv indisrnant over the heartless manner of trvinsr to dispose of the waif, and talk strongly of instituting criminal proceedings against the perpetrators of the outrace. The spot where the child lav when discov ered is by no means a bed of roses. The ground is covered with refuse such as tin cans, broken bottles and creeping vines with sharp thorns. In the midst of this array lay the nude infant ou its face, with its little nostrils filled with sand. No wonder it cried. SOME RICH GOLD DISCOVERIES MADE ON THE UPPER NORTH UMPQUA RIVER NEAR HOACLIN. W. W. McMillen, the genial postmaster at Hoag hn, was transacting business at Roseburg Friday and favored the Plaixdealer with a pleasant business call. He says some very rich quartz discoveries have been made lately on Honey creek, a small tributary of the North Umpqua, in his vicinity, some of the pros pects assaying over $200 in free gold per ton. These discoveries are found practically within the Bohemia mineral zone and will no doubt develop into valuable mining property, as the ledges are well defined and permanent. These discoveries will encourage pros pecting in that part of the county and some very rich finds may be reported before the season closes, very little prospecting having been done iu that territory up to the present time! From the fact that the famous Bohemia mines are only about twenty miles distant from this locality, as well as Steamboat creek, where some good placer pros pects have been discovered, it is not improbable that some rich mines will sooner or later be discovered in this section of Douglas county, which is easy of ac cess from Roseburg. Large game also abounds in this section of the county. BASEBALL OBITUARY. Four Qame Series A Flat P.m.,-. Resident Ball Players Wanted. and shrieked for half an hour at a Midst the boom of noisv celebration guns, the fizz and pop of firecracker and the swish of illuminating rocket, the Oregon State baseball league went up and out. The league was putting up first class ball, but somehow it has been an off seaton in the valley for the national pas ime. Some attribute the failure of the league to the four-game series which. it is claimed, no small town can stand. as the interest lags on account of a sur feit. To this condition is coupled the further fact that hicher salaries than heretofore were paid for talent. On a two-game series last vear Salem not only paid her salaries and had moneyleft but also purchased baseball grounds. The only reason that Sacramento is not in the big league is because that town could not stand the drag of four games per week. The expense of keeping a team is no more, but in a small town all the fans can not attend every game and nothing kills sport quicker than empty benches. After two experimental seasons of val ley baseball it begins to look as though patrons of baseball will not be able to launch the pastime on a permanent basis until a team of resident players is secured. By resident players wo mean baseball talent which does not depend entirely on baseball for n livelihood. Eugene Register. Patent Cable Drive Saw. The patent cable drivo saw inveuted by Geo. O. Walker, of Walker Station, is in demand. He has just put up one for Marshal Bros, at Marcola and it works to perfection. Mr. Walker has just contracted with the Frazor foundry to build 50 of the machines, which, when fitted out with gasoline engine ready to saw down the giants of the forest and cut them up into saw logs, are worth 450 each. Eugeno Register. Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets Better than a Doctor's Prescription. Mrs. J. W. Turner, of Truhart, Va., say a that Chaniborlain'i Stomach and Liver Tablets have done him more uood than anything ho could cot from the Twelve thou- (octor" If any physician in this coun- sand excited men and women cheered yJv t0 ,con,pounJ m ., . , . . that would produco such gratifying u w.ou luvoruea, unu jerreu me op- re8nitg in ca8t)a of 8t0mach troubles, posing forces. They hurrahed, yelled biliousness or constipation, his whol (Continued on second page) time would bo used in one medicine. For sale tors & Co. preparing this by A. C. Mar- CLOUDBURSTS IN EASTERN OREGON. Shaxzko, Or., July io. Reports received here today state that several terrific cloudbursts during the past three days have inundated the section traversed by the Ochoco river and tributaries. In the Crooked river valley a wave 30 feet high swept everything be fore it. Although wire communications from Prine ville and other towns toward upper Ochoco are entire ly cut off it is not believed that there is much, if any loss of life. A courier on horseback saj's the crop damage is great. The country is not thickly settled or there would undoubtedly be many lives lost. F. W. BENSON. President. A.C.JLlESnES. Vice Frexldcat- Douglas County Bank, KtbUhccl 18 83. incorporated ,001 Capital Stock, $50,000.00. BOARD OF DIRECTORS F. W. BENSON. R. A-'BOOTll J. H. BOOTH. J. T. BRIDGES JOS. HONS. A.C.SfABSTEB3 K L SOLEE. A general banking business transacted, and customers given tsrezy Accommodation consistent irith safe and conserratiTe banking. Bank opn from nine to twelve and from one to three. James Arrance Machinist Is now prepared to do all kinds of machinist work, such as turning, milling, drilling, grinding, buff ing and polishing. Saws gummed, knives ground, shears ground, clippers ground on John Van Ben schaten clipper grinder. FARMERS' CASH STORE, E. A. WOOD & CO, Props DEALERS IN Staple ane Fancy Groceries. Highest Price paid for country produce. Fresh bread daily Your Patronage is respectfully solicited. All Farts of tke City TROXEL BLOCK OPP PASSENGER DEPOT..... Private Free Delivery to HELLO 55 A. SALZMAN, Pratical Watchm&Ker, Jeweler, Optician. Watches, ClocKs, Jewelry Diamonds and Silverware Watch XepairiBg a Specialty.