Oi-oRO.i Historical SocjeL 10 3 Wttkctkt Vol. XXXVI ROSEBURG, DOUGLAS COUNTY,. OREGON, MONDAY, AUG. 1, 190-1. No. 61 If w PAUL MORTON of fflf THE XEW SECRETARY OP THE NAVY. Paul Morion, -who succeeded the present attorney general, W. II. Moody, as secretary of tlie navy, is x. son of the late J. Sterling Morton, secretiry of agriculture during Presi dent Cleveland's second term. Yonn Mr. Mort.m was born in Detroit in ISo" and since JbSO lias been in the railroad buMi-&3. At tli time of his recent appointment to the Cabinet he was third vice president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa re railroad. GRIEF BROUGHT DEATH TO HER Mrs. Lucinda Bryant, Pioneer of 1852, Hangs Her self at Albany. Albany, Or , Jul' 30. Mrs. Lucinda Bryant, a well known Alban- woman and an Oregon pirneer, committed suicide at her home in East Albany earl' this morning by hanging herself. Mrs. Cyrus, her housekeeper, missed her from her room at 6:30 this morning and was unable to find her in the house. A search was instituted, and Mrs. Bryant's body was found in the barn, -where she had hanged herself. She had been dead some time. Mrs. B yant was 76 years old, Since the death of her husband, in April, 1903, her mind has gradually become more and more affected. Mr. and Mrs. Bryant were married young, and lived together over 50 years, and she missed him so much that her brooding led to partial insanity and finally suicide. Mrs. Bryant was a well known and respected woman in Linn county. She was an Oregon pioneer, having crossed the plains to this state in 1S52. R. W. FENN . . U. S. Deputy . . TITt Mineral Surveyor Civil Engineer & Lately with the govern- L Qffl Postoffice. ment geographical and geolo-ieal survey of Bra- ROSEBURG, OREGON, zil, South America ... Correspondence solicited BEAUTIFY YOUR HOME Nothing will add so much to the appearance and at tractiveness of your home as a new coat of Paint, and the COST will be SMALL if you buy your Paints and Oils from ::::::::: MARSTERS' DRUG STORE SPECIAL SALE OF LACE CURTAINS UNTIL AUG 15 we will sell all odd pairs of lace curtains in our store at cost, and w.ill give ten per ; cent reduction on all other lace curtains. : Ail Remnants of Carpets at Cost Until Aug. 15 J Get your rugs, and small rooms covered now at small expense IB. W. STRONG THE FURNITURE MAN BECOMES WIFE OF A CHINESE tetty Mount Tabor Girl Weds A Wealthy liopgrower. Emma Schrum is a white jrirl, her folk living at .Mount Tabor. In her child hood days, like most of her playmates, she laughed at the Chinese peddlers when annoyed by had boys throwing rocks after them as they passed along in the quiet and peaceful way character istic of the Chinese when in a strange land. Little then did she dream that some day she would swear lifelong al legiance to one of them, and had any one dared tell her so trouble would have followed But Cupid's darts aro some times aimed in a strange direction and with remarkable results, and after a year's courtship sweet-faced Miss Emma aged 21, has become the better half of Sing I-ope, aged Ati, and a Celestial of great wealth. The wedding, which came about in a most romantic way, was held the other day at Vancouver, Wash., and was jer- formed in true American style, a Justice of the Peace officiating. Some way or other, facts remained buried, although there was no particular reason for se crecy, for Sing is a highly respected man of his race, and the girl has many friends. After the ceremony, which was performed in the presence of an at torney and a wealthy Chinese merchant from Portland, the bridal couple cross ed the Columbia on the ferry and theti hurried on to Portland in an electric car. A few days later the happy couple took possession of the groom's SO-acro hopyard at Greshsfn, where they will be at home to their friends, and all is i said to be running along "smooth as mooth can be." The girl who flinched not at wedding outside of her own race, will have con siderable to say concerning the opera tion of one of the largest hopfield in the state, and it is due entirely to the ex istence of this yard that Miss Emma Schrum is today the wife of the wealthy Celestial. About a year ago when the lops were ready to be plucked Emma ecided upon going out into the fields to make a little pin money and also inci dentally to have a bit of recreation in the healthy hopdelds. She worked so well and industriously that Sing, the proprietor, could not help admiring the girl from Mount Tab or, and he spoke to her about hops and things until at last the two were pretty well acquainted. The hops were picked, baled and eventually disposed of at a handsome profit, bnt all the while Sing could not forget the pretty white maiden who had helped him to reap his harvest. The knowledge of having ample funds to give a woman a comfortable home ave the hopgrower courage to propose, so his friends say, and the ceremony in Vancouver shows that he knew how. even though his language is somewhat broken and his hair not parted in the middle. But, in this connection, it might be said that to one of the witnesses at the wedding Sing confided that soon his queue would be a thing of the past ; that he would adopt the customs of a white man as much as possible in order to overcome the racial contrast of the two who are now one. OPERATIONS PROGRESS AT WINCHESTER Southern Pacific Railroad Company Preparing to Build Spur Mill Machinery Arriving Dam will be Raised Big Storage Basin. THE FIRST STRAW HAT. Was Manufactured by an Uncle of Two Roseburg People. TWENTY-FIVE LIVES AT STAKE Act of Heroism In a Douglas County Mine. The staid little pioneer village of Win chester promises to be abruptly awak ened from its long Rip Van Winkle sleep at a very early date, which is evi dent from the preparations being made by the Umpqua Improvement Co., to establish a largo sawmill and wood working plant, besides many other new industries at that place, at once, where great water power facilities are found and havo been secured by this company. With D. S. West, the editor of the Flaixdkalcr enjoyed a pleasant drive tr., that place, live miles north ofKoseburg, Friday evening, where we found George A. Steel, a prominnnt member of the company, and Supt. Fred K. Gutting, who kindly pointed out the mill site and yards for the big milling enterprise, soo.i to be established, and piloted us through the great power plant of the company, which supplies Koseburg with j both light and water. Three large tur-j bine water wheels of about 250 horse power each, supply tho power for this great plant, while a 250-horsepower boiler and engine is held in reserve to meet any emergency that may arise. A large modern triple power pump forces water from the clear, cold North UmKua river five miles through a twelve inch main to a reservoir at an elevation of 300 feet near Koseburg from which the city receives its water sup ply, and in order to increase this sup ply to meet the growing demand for water, the company is preparing to in-J stall a second pump of about the same capacity of the present one, and will also install an additional dvnamo for I light and power purposes. I As soon as the new saw mill is com pleted and ready for operations one of these great turbin wheels will be usd exclusively to supply power for the mill, for which a carload of machinery has al ready been placed on the ground and upon which a force of carpenters will be gin work laying the foundation sills and putting up the heavy framework this weeK, some delay having been occa sioned by the Johnson Mill Co., at Myr tle Creek, bang unable to cut and de liver the foundation and frame material at the lime specified. This mill will have a capacity of from 00,000 to 70,000 feet of lumber per day, it being, however, the intention of the company to erect its largest mill and kiln driers at a point on the opposite side of the river about one-hi-lf mile be low the dam, where nature has provided a C0-acrc basin, which may be supplied with water and logs by a race or Hume from the dam along the foot of the hill on the north side of the river and in which thousands of feet of logs may be kept in reserve in perfect safety even during freshets, the outlet from which log-storage basin will have a 20-foot fall and thereby furnith great additional power facilities. Between this basin and the Southern Pacific railroad is an ideal mill and yards site comprising some 50 acres, on which the large mill ing plant will be established. Consid ering the fact that all of the billions of feet of timber bordering on the banks of the North Urnpqua river can find no other outlet than to this point on the S. P. railroad, the magnitude of the lum bering industry which is likely to be come established soon at Winchester, can be readily recognized, an institution or enterprise which promises to excel that of the Booth-Kelly Co., tho one great advantage this new company will have over the Booth-Kelly people being the concentration of all its manufactur ing institutions at one point, under one superintendent, whereas, the latter com pany, to utilize its timber supply have found it necessary to establish various 'milling plants at different points on I.ane county water-ways. A live-foot raise in the present dam will render this great storage basin project practical and inexpensive, as well as creatly increas ing the Company's power facilities at the same time, and this improvement will be undertaken soon. NEW RAILROAD SPUR. To accommodate this new milling company at Winchester, the Southern Pacific Co. has just completed the sur vey and set grade stakes for a spur or siding from the depot at that place to a oint above the county bridge, a dis tance of a half-mile or more, which will traverse the lumber yards of the new mill company, and work on this spur will commence soon. TOWNSITE COMPANY. The location of this big sawmill and power plant at Winchester will soon furnish employment for a large nnmber of laborers, many of whom will desire to establish homes at that place, and a thriving town will spring up. Members of the mill company, together with a few prominent citizens of Koseburg, have therefore organized the Winchester Townsite Co., with the object of platting an ideal townsite at that place, with uniform lots and commodious streets, the fite being one of the most pictur esque and commanding locations for a town to be found in the state, a beauti ful oak-clad tableland rising about fifty feet above the mill and yard site on the bank of the river, and extending back to the foothills, the soil being of a dry, sandy nature and very fertile. Owing to this ideal location many will locate and build up comfortable and modern homes at this place, the com pany having already received many in quiries regarding its town lots. That a nourishing city ill spring up within the next few years at Winchester, which will no doubt be connected with Kose burg by an electric road, is the opinion of all those who are acquainted with the conditions and well laid plans of the people belund tho big enterprises at that place. Our townsman, Fred J Blakely, has been working diligently on this treat enterprise for the past two years, the late organization of these substantial lumbering and townsite companies of which he is a prominent member, being the successful conclusion of his well laid plans, which will no dcubt develop one of the largest milling industries in the state at Winchester. It is safe to assume that few persons know who made tho first straw braid hat for men. This familiar form of summer head wear was the production of Charles Slocum, the subject of this sketch, who, in 184(5, in company with Fdward F. Brown, of Walpole, Mass , conducted an establishment for bleaching and press ing bonnets, etc-, at 256 Washington St., Boston. One day Mr. Slocum, while watching the evolution of the woman's bonnet, at a Boston millinery shop, then and there conceived the idea that straw braid could be converted in a similar manner into a hat for men. The next day he had Borne of the braid sent to his shop, and aa a result he appeared out in a straw hat, the first of its kind ever made. The following year tewed , hats were! manufactured in Walpole and two years afterwards the business was established in Foxboro, which town became the straw hat manufacturing center of the world. For many years prior to the introduc tion of the sewed braid bat men had worn manila, panama, leghorn and palm-leaf hats. Charles Slocum was born in Wrent- ham, now Norfolk, Feb. 13, 1S19. His parents were Simon Slocum and Eliza beth Herring. He married Mary M. Griswold, of Enfield, Conn., and has one son living, Edward M. Slocum, manager of the Newark, N. J., bill post ing company, lie alto has three grand children and four great-grandchildren. Mr. Slocum is an uncle of Mrs. C. I.. Hadley and Clay Slocum, of Koseburg. M. II. VICTOR HOWARD METCALF THE N'KW SECRETARY OF COMMERCE AJND LABOB. Vie-i Howard Metedf, mho tak- the piae cf George B. CorUljoo, bov kllraax of the U-piiblvean national curnitte. .u ferctarrof commerce and Labor, -wax bora is Uticrf. N. V.. in 18SJ ami wax grsHtuttd from th f al Law school in 1876. He refeored o u.kttwi, ui., litre tv became a prvminevt attorney. la 1883 be wu elected to creu (torn the Tluid California diitrici acd was rveUeted ia 1900 asd ajaia in 1902. ENGLAND PREPARING FOR TROUBLE Russian Minister Assassinated. ST. l'ETERSBCBO. JUlV S. Jl . lie Plehve, minister of the interior and one of the most prominent figures in Euro pean affairs was assassinated this morn ing by an anarchist who hur'td a bomb beneath the carriage in whk-L be was driving on an official errand. A Jen is reported to have been secretly arrested by the police for the crime. The carri age was almost entirely demolished and in the debris were foend the mangled bodies of the minister and his coach man. So great was the mutilation that to collect their bodies a cashmere net was used. The fragments were carried to the minister's residence. STEB.V, FEARLESS MAN" M. de Plehve was the czar's home secretary, ani the most powerful man in Russia behind the throne. When orer two years ago the former minister of the interior was struck down it was to M. de Plehve that the czar instantly turned. Two ministers of the interior had fallen by the hands of assassins within a year, but M. de Plehve did not hesitate to step into the murdered men's place, the most dangerous port in all Russia. lie was a stern and fearless man who never hesitated to speak what he regarded as the truth. Jap Cruisers in Pursuit of Vladivostok Squadron Armies Soon to Clash. AN INTERESTING PERSONAGE. One Widow of the Revolution Still on the Pension Rolls. A boy who was employed at one of the mines on Mt. Reuben, while in the pow der house that contained 1,250 pounds of dynamite, dropped a lighted candle into an open box of the explosive on Wednesday evening. Horrified at the probable consequences, the boy rushed out of the magazine, shouting "fire in the powder house." Engineer Fred Gaedecke ran to the scene, where he found fire burning in the sawdust packing around an open box of dynamite. He tried to put out the blaze with his bare hands but was unable to do so; then he ran to the en gine room, got a pail of water, returned to the powder magazine and subdued the flames which by that time were wrapping themselves about the dyna mite. When at the engine room he was cautioned not to go back to the powder house or he would " be blown to pieces." "If I don't go back there and put out that fire every man on this moun tain will be blown to pieces within a minute," was his reply. He went, and by that act of heroism he doubtless saved the life or averted tho maiming of every man at the mine, and tho des truction of thousands of dollars worth of property. There are good men for every emergency. Gaedecke was tried and found not wanting. Glondale News APOSTLE CREFFIELD CAPTURED. Self-Styled Joshua Dragged From Under Corvallis Residence and Taken to Jail. Probate Orders. In the matter of the estato of Magda lene Hardman, deceased, W. S. Britt, executor, authorized to pay the second bequest of decedent's will, i. e , $1000 to tho children of each of her sisters and brothers. In the estate of M. E. Dillard, deceas ed, Admr. S. L. Dillard ia directed to distribute to tho decedent's heirs, S. L. Dillard, Jennie Miller, Candace Cobb, and F. L. Dillard, the sum of $303.07, remaining in his hands as the residue of said estate. Admr. and bondsmen wore thereupon discharged. In the guardianship of Minnie Belle Weatherford, a minor, Mrs. A B. Weatherford, guardian, is authorized to sell the interest of said minor in the pro perty known as the homestead of John P. Weatherford. being tho noli f 8ec 6 tp 29 x, r 8 west, containing 150. 33 acres. In the estate of W. C. Hildebrand, deceased, the admx., .Mrs. M. E. Hilde brand, has filed her final account and date of settlement is fixed for Sept. 5, 1904, at 10 o'clock a.m. Corvallis, Or., July 29. Naked as a new-born babe and emaciated from starvation, Edmund Creffield, the former sleek and sanctimonious leader of the Holy Rollers, was hauled out from under 0. V. Hurt's house at 10 o'clock this morning by officers of the law. From all indications this has been his hiding place ever since j his disappearance some three months ago. Crefiield changed his name to "Joshua" when he founded his new religion. Securely hidden in his unsuspected retreat, he was fed at first by the in fatuated members of his flock, and from there ho gave out the messages from on high, which now accounts for many of the peculiar bareheaded and barefooted on tho streets. As his followers were in turn ar rested, and sent to the insane asylum, things began to come hard for Crof field. His food supply was cut off, and rather than come out to certain capture he lay in his cramped quarters and starved. This morning Roy Hurt, aged about 10, while playing around, crawled under tho house and found tho apostle lying there. Ho - came to town and notified his father and Chief Lano, who hastened over and verified tho boy's report. The place where tho apostle has been'hiddon is under a floor about" 18 inches from the ground in a cave 15 inches deep and G feet long. A I blanket, a pillow and about two dozen j empty fruit cans comprised his worldly possessions. Not a stich of clothing of any kind could be found, except a soiled shirt. His only remark when captured was to raise his hands to heaven and exclaim : "I am Elijah." Creffield is now in the County Jail here. The house where he was found is the same one at which household articles, musical instruments, wearing apparel and other articles of value were burned in spectacular demon stration that astonished all Christen dom several months ago. In all, half a dozen of his followers havo been sent to the asylum, and two or three to the Boys' and Girls' Home. The last to go was Mrs. Hurt, who was committed to the asylum four weeks ago. It is supposed that in her going the agency for Creffield's maintenance and food supply was largely cut off, which accounts for the apostle's starving condition. The dirt taken from tho hole was leveled off, and under it wero found, besides tho 18 fruit jars, all empty, a little sugar, a little flour, two tin cups and a knife and spoon. One of the jars showed that he stirred the fruit and flour together for his meals. At first when accosted by tho of ficers Creffield refused to como out from under the house, but at last yielded and crawled out alone. A re ward of $350 was offored for his ar rest and conviction which will no doubt be paid young Hurt. Washington, July 30. Among the pensoners of the government are many widows of soldiers who rirved in the various wars. Only one widow of the revolution now remains, however, two having died during the last year. This solitary survivor is Mrs. Esther S Damon, and she lives at Plymouth Union, t. Her maiden name was Esther Summers, and she was born in Plymouth in 1SU. When she was 21 vears old she was married to Xoah Damon, then 70 years old. who had served two years in the Massachusetts continental, and was in the battle of Lone Island. The marriage took place in 1S35, and Damon died in 1S53. Mrs. Damon, who is now 90 yeai old, may bo regarded as a very interesting jterron, inasmuch as she furnishes a con neciing link between the Avar for inde pendence and tho present day a time bre k of 125 years. Though she herself did not witness the birth of this great republic, her husband beheld that event and took part in the doiugs which led to tho formation of our government It seems wonderful to think that a man whose wife is now alivo and drawing a stipend from the treasury was old enough to bear arms wheu tho shot fired at Lexington was heard around tho woil.l. Surprise Party. A company of young peoplo very pleasantly surprised Oscar Lindsoy by calling in a body at his homo in West Kondiurg Friday evening, the surprise having been planned by his mother and sister, Mrs. Lindsoy nud Mrs. Sharp Games and social converso occupied tho evening hours which sped by all to fleetly and at a little before inulnigh excellent refreshments wero sorved Among those present were: Misses Ev Cloak, Mario and Waitio Jones, Lacy Sharp, Millie Strader, Nora and Maud Jones, Laura Spalding, Mr. and Mrs, Earnest Sharp, Messrs Arthur Strader, Walter Cloak, Kussol Harness, Bert Bryant, and Oscar Lindsoy. Tho even ing was reported as a most enjoyable one by all present. Tho oil fever in Pratnm appears to havo somo foundation. The oil indica tions aro strong. St. Petersburg, July 30. A rumor has reached here that England is preparing for war with Russia in the event that Russia insists on the right of her war ships to pass the Dardanelles. AFTER RUSSIAN SQUADRON. Tokio, July 30. Short!- after the discovery of the Vladivostok squadron off Izu this morning four Japanese warships were seen chasing the Russian cruisers to the southward. The vessels were then ahout fourteen miles distant. Three more Japanese warships are known to be but fort miles from Oshima. Tokio, JuVy 30. A dispatch later in the day states that the Vladivostok cruisers were seen east of the entrance to Tsugaru, but nothing was then seen, of the Japanese warships puisuing. Hia Chexg, July 30 The Japanese have resumed their advances. They attacked the Russian right fiank Friday under cover. The infantry pushed along the line of the railway and the advance was temporari ly checked at 11 o'clock, but was again continued af ter noon. DOUGLAS COUNTY B Al K ZitsblisheJ LSJ lacarpotxtcd 1301 Capital Stock $5o,ooo T. W. BEXSOS. A C.XASSTX2S President. Vice Proldcat. BOARD OP DIRECTORS r. W. BENSON. R. A. BOOTH J. H. BOOTH. J.T. BRIDGS, JOS.I.TOX3, A.C.XABSTXK8 K.L HELLER. A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS TRANSACTED m he ! 1111 ; Is now prepared to do all kind of machinist work, such as tnrninc, milling, drilling, grinding, buffing aad. plishiu; Saws gnmmed, knives and shears eround ; clippers ground on John Van Benschaten clipper grinder :::::: 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 tho city who have imported this goods direct from Japan. It comes in all colors and will sell for 20c ts per yard. WOLLENBERQ BROS., Phone 801. i I