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tfi'MCu iliBtorical Society PORTiiH mmtbnm piamucalcr. "K ggaa TT,.i Vol. XXXVI ROSEBURG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON THURSDAY, SEPT.. i, 1904. No. 70 CAUSE OF PANICS. ! Candidate Fairbanks Shows Effects of Democratic Power. CHANGE WITH McKIMEV Country Prospered When He Car ried Out Party Pledges. White River Ji notion, Vt., Aug. 29 Senator Charles W. Fairbanks, of India na, delivered his first formal speech of the campaign here thij afternoon. Large numbers of people from all parts of f Windsor County and from Western New Hampshire were present. The demon stration was arranged particularly as a welcome from the people of Windsor County to the Indiana Senator, w hose father was born within its limits. Sena tor Fairbanks' address was in part as follows : "The four years succeeding General Harrison's defeat will not be soon for gotten. They stand in sharp contrast with the years of Republican administra tion, both before and alter. They were four years of arrested development, of panic and distress without a parallel in American history. Field, factory and mine suffered alike. Armies of nnem-! ployed throughout the country, hope lessly seeking for an opportunity to work regardless alike of either the number of hours or the rate of wages. To manv , , , from foreign shores who have since then , ,. . sought our hospitality, and to manv of . . , ' . tlie voung men 01 our countrv. who lor -. . 1 i - 1 the first time will exercise the highe? privilege of an American freeman this may seem an overdrawn picture. There are many of our countrymen who will confirm it with testimony gathered in their own hard experience. "In 1890 the American pe -pie resolv ed to return to Republican administra tion and to Republican policies. We came into power pledged to overthrow the Democratic tariff law and to enact in lieu of it a genuine protective meas ure. In due time we put upon the stat ute books the Dingley law. Prosperity returned and spread her blessings among all people within the ample limits of the republic. "Three years ago our great and be loved leader in the contests of 1S96 and 1900 fell at his post of duty. His suc cessor has since then administered our National affairs with conspicuous abili ty. He has been an earnest student of the counti y's needs. He has been con scientious and untiring in the discharge of his great responsibilties. He has been inspired by one purpose, and that has been to do well the work committed to his bands. "Judged by any test we may supply, the administration of President Roose velt has been eminently satisfactory. The last three years have been years of exceptional prosperity. Prosperity R. W. FENN . . U. S. Depnty . . 7, - 3 Mineral Surveyor Civil Engineer & Lately with the govern- b office over Portoffice. ment geographical and p(w..mi),. adman geological survey of Bra- ROstBURO, OUSOH. ail, South America . . . Correspondence solicited BEAUTIFY YOUR HOME Nothing will add so much to the appearance and at tractiveness cf your home as a new coat of Paint, and the COST will be SMALL if you bry your Paints and Oils from ::::::::: MARSTERS' RANGES AND STOVES STEEL RANCES THE BEST ON EARTH $35.00 to $50.00 Heating; Stoves FROfl We are showing an immense line of Fur niture, Carpets and Wall Paper and can make you prices better than you can get in Portland. Call and be convinced : B W THE FURNITURE MAN ias not in-en confined to limited areas. but lias extended throughout the coiin- trv. "As in lSi2 the Democratic jiarty n,ow 1 Protettin 8 a robbery of the many to enhanco the lew, anil pledg- :es it9elf to overthrow tin- Wfiay law, through a revision ami reduction of the tariff. What will Ik- the result of such a policy T We will lad a most conchn-ive answer in four years of the last IVm ocratic ailiniuistration. Let the Ameri can people take the IVmocratic platform and the record of the last administra tion in one hand, and the Republican platform and recur. 1 of the Republican administration during the last three years in the other, and pronounce their potential judgment." Senator Fairbanks expects to return to New England after his speech at Kan sas City. September . He will partici- in the Maine campaign. He also will deliver an address at the annual dinner of the Home Market Clr.b in Boston. Fire Loss at Hood River. Hood River, Or., Aug. Ml Spontane ous combustion caused a $.10,000 tire to night at C:1S o'clock at the fruit cannery of the Pavidson Fruit Company, and spread to adjoining buildings. There was an explosion among the canned fruit, and cans sailed up into the air like so many rockets. The flames were so bright that people came into town from the surrounding country, and the tire was extinguished with difficulty. The insurance amounts to $15,000. Auto Rnns'Awa) . St Lons k n.-KM bv dust , .. . - ... . . . , from the machine of A. t . Webb, of To- , , ... . ... .. . . , . ledo, O., Barnev Oldheld lost control of , .. "., ... , ., , Ins machine at the Worlds rair auto- -, .111 mobile sjeed contest txlay and crashed through the outer fence of the course, kil ed John Scott, a watchman employed at the park, and inflicted injuries upon Nathan Montgomery, a negro, from I which he died. Oldfield was painfully i injured and his machine completely demolished. Switchmen !trikc in Sympathy OMAHA, Neb.. August 31. All the switchmen of South Omaha have vol- . . . ., .. ... unteered to strike in sympathy with the butchers. They will probably juit this evening. This ties up all the traffic of the packing houses. Bis Condition is Unchanged. Wokhiestek, Mass.. August 31. There is no apparent change in Sena tor Hoar's condition todav. Orape culture is an industry that has been given considerable attention in the vicinity of Roseburg for a good many years, and it has been demonstrated be yond question that as tine grapes can be produced here as in any place in the world, and in time the rolling hills of I Douglas eountv will be dotted with fine vinevards. 1 DRUG STORE in Large Variety $2.50 UP STRONG WRITES A LETTER Of Interest to the Oregon Timber and Lumbermen. TIMBER VERY VALUABLE Passing of Lumbering in States of the Middle West. St. Pai'L, Minn., Aug. L'5. Kditob Plain dealer Standing on the bridges that span the Mississippi at Minneapolis, Minn., one can see thousands of srw logs in that city. Minneapolis is a great lumber city, but that industry is now nearly at an end. To a man from Ore gon it is a genuine curiosity to spend a day among the booms and mills in that city. Logs that measure from five inches to nine inches in diameter fur nish the main portion of the lumber product. There are a lew logs that measure IS inches in diameter, but onlv few. The writer spent several days among the booms and did not see a log to exceed IS inches in diameter. The smaller logs looked to an Oregonian like 1'regon hop poles. The mill men admitted generally that this was a cleanup and with two or ; three exceptions the lumber interests would move either tothe West or South One mill man said his people w uld move this fall as all timber in the Nor;h was a thins of the past. In speaking of the timber interests of the Pacific coast he predicted in a few years the price of standing timber here would climb to a phenomenal value and ad vised all who could to take timber claim and hold it. He stated that with the exception of the timber of the South, which is greatly overestimated, and of Northwestern Canada, which s greater than the Pacific coast belt, that at the present rate of consumption ail this will be practically a thing of the past in another decade. In 10 years from now the man who owns a few million feet o! standing timber has a small fortune of his own. Another thing of interest in the mills ' the Ka8t is that slabe lhat wi" make anv kind of a board as big as a ,ath m tmMky workeJ ov,r. This leaves the slabs from the mills as only b ut ends, knots and shaving. Here in Oregon we throw away more lumber in our slabs than many of the Kastern trees will produce. Wkbfoot. BIG FIRE AT EUGENE Does Considerable Damage in Busi ness Section of City. Eugene, Oregon, Wednesday, Aug. 31. A few minutes before six o'clock this morning citizens wer,- startled by a long continued fire alarm for the business district, while huge clouds of dense smoke were floating skvward iu the j vicinity of the Walton block on Willa mette street. sEKiors nrniwiT ion. Through some unknown means a fin- I had started in the workshop of C. C. 1 Matlock's bicycle and hardware store, situated in the rear of hi store, and ad- ' jacent properly was menaced wiib des truction. The fire was one of the 11; -t threatening that has occurred in Eugene , for some time. KIKEVES DID GOOD WORK. The various fire companies quickly 1 responded to the alarm, but the shop was very inflammable and the fire had gained a big start The Oregon Ho-e ' Company took their position in the front of the building and hel I the fiames in ! check from that section, wh le the other companies devoted their attention to ! the flames in the rear. AN EXPLOSION. Shortly after the Oregon Hose Com : panr had placed a stream in the build ing quite an explosion occurred in the building which drove the firemen back and forced out volumes of smoke. Tle explosion was probably due to a quanti ty of gunpowder that was in the rear of the store THE DAMAGES. Mr. Matlock is the heaviest loser by the fire. The workshop and his tools are destroyed and the stock is badly damaged by wat,er and smoke. The stock of bicycles and hardware was val ued at $10,000. The losses and insurance are as fol lows : C. C Matlock, estimated loss, I6O8O1 insurance, $4100. J. J. Walton, damage to building, I $lu00, fully insured. Mrs. M. Elliott, millinery stock dam aged by water, estimated low $250, folly j insured. Mrs. H. J. Day, estimated loss $200, no insurance. Record Breaker Lumber Cargo. Flobkscb, August 30. The largest cargo of lumber ever shipped from the Siuslaw river was taken out Thursday morning by the three masted schooner C. A. Klose, bound for San Francisco. The cargo was loaded at the Siuslaw Lumber Company's mill at Acme ami consisted of over 500,000 feet. The scbo in er was towed over the bar by the tug Robarts 1 he lumber business is now quiet on the Siuslaw. All the mills are running, but with short crews. The millowners are unable to obtain men. O. W. Hurd's eteamer Roscoe arrived in the harbor from Yaqaina Wednesday and left Thursday for Astoria, where it ..ill i,.ad no with Mnnsn annniios and a crew oi China men to work in the Hurd cannery. PRESIDENT DONNELLY, LEADER OF THE BEEF STRIKE. Michsel J. Donnelly, pmiuVut , f tka Aasalgaxatasl M. t l'utt.-rs' union and hrad f the fanioua strika in tha grvat Backing housr. iiinauf tlis younger labor leaden. Oi. his ..rvind urdsr 'Jo. 000 wurkiuea utul out in I'hioafo alone, and it u now estimated that this number has increased several fold. ELECTRIC RAILWAY. Promoters Inspect the Roseburg- Coos Bay Route. HAVE PLENTY CAPITAL Marvel at the Great Resources of this Part of the State. Congressman, or Territorial I'ele- gate J. F. Wilson of Arizona, arrive. in Roseburg Tuesday evening from Coos bay. where he has been confer- ririg with prominent local capitalist and loooking over the resources of the coast country. He was accompanied by W. J Wilsey and J. M. Kddy. Ari- zona capitalists and Henry liers, who has been serving in the capacity of guide for the party. The trip over to the coast was raa-le from Kugeoe to Florence, wherV some little time was spent looking over the vast re sources of the lower Siuslaw. Colonel Wilson was interested in the Siuslaw harbor. anl wonders why congress has not done more for its improvement. He was shown statis tics on the shipping business of the harbor for the year IW. and was amazed at its extent. The people there may hereafter count upon the Colonel as a staunch friend of the harbor, and he will no doubt use his influence in congress to secure an ap propriation for the completion of the jetty at the mouth of the river to deepen the water over the bar so that the largest of the coasting vessels can enter the harbor. Colonel Wilson and party did not go over the proposed route of the electric railway from Ku- gene to rlorence, nor was the trip made for the purpose of viewing out any route. It was made simply to be come acquainted with the resources of the country and determine the amount of future business for a railroad. The party expressed themselves as being convinced that the lumber business alone would pay for the railroad in a short time, not to mention the fruit, dairy and other industries so abundant in that section, and which are bound to increase a thousand fold when a railroad is constructed. Colonel Wilson was equally as favorably impressed with that part of the coast country traversed from Florence up to Coos Bay, the Gardiner and lower Cmpqua country in particular. The Colonel had contemplated a pleasant fraternal and business visit with .-Congressman Hermann at Rose burg and was sorely disappointed to learn that Mr. Hermann had gone to Portlatirl on the very day of his ar rival here. However, a meeting of the two Congressmen has been ar ranged at Kugene Friday when they will discuss matters pertaining to the practicability of an electric railway from Roseburg to Coos Hay and the! . , , ., , ... most feasible route, Colonel pRU't,cal and feas,ble one ma? be ,nfer Wilson being president of the Will-, red f rom a statement made by Mr Wil ais Valia vicwtrir. i '..mnanv who said that he had been over was 11 1 n.iv. ? uivvbl IV v ' 'in run 1 which has secured franchises and has commenced surveys and securing rights-of-way from Portland to Salem and also between Salem and Kugene. This company has also secured fran chises in Lane county and contem plates extending their line from Roseburg to Coos Bay, the object of t.H wsni. assW - "- wiian and party to Coos Pay and Roseburg beinc to investigate the resources of the coast country and the route to be traversed by the proposed electric ' road. That their impressions of tne j country visited were most favorable I and Lhat the project is deemed a most STRIKE SPREADS. Independent Butchers are Being Forced to Close Down BY ORDER OF DONNELLY A Famine in Meat Will be Result of this Latest Move. CSKAGO, Aug. 31. In accordance with the plans adopted yesterday the strike leaders continue and extend the packing h .use strike. They real- ize that the life of the union is at stake and unless more forceful blows are struck at the packers the union ,t an The itisi ---- this morning called out the stock hand lers employed by the union stock vards and transit company to the number of " . these llare special policemen, and the remainder are employed in weighing, counting, feeding and driving cattle. It is be lieved thus walkout will seriously crip ple the ojierations of the plants. Be fore going out the stock handlers twk care of a large part of their morning's receipts. President Ionnelly aimed another blow at the packers this morning when he announced he would immedi ately call out the butchers and all workmen in the independent plants. These independent plants will be forced to close down today: Boyd ft Lunham, Roberts ft Cakes and Poors ft Company. This move will bring on a meat famine and call the attention of the public to the serious ness of the situation. The strikers hope by this means to force interven tion. As the result of I'onnelly's appeal to the switchmen, their union held a meeting this afternoon and it is ex pected that action will le taken on the proposed sympathetic strike. The switchmen are to refuse to handle cars loaded with the packers" goods. It is repotted telegram was sent to Crand Master Hawley. of the switch mens' union of North America, ask ing him to order all switchmen in the countrv- not to handle meat trains be longing to the packers. The police detail in the yards was increased to day in anticipation of trouble. Re ports from Kansas City and Omaha say the situation is not affected by the new general strike order issued by Donnelly. According to Donnelly there will be no union meat produced m this coun try when the latest order goes into , effect tonight. This order involves 1 lfi.OOO butchers and meat cutters and t.")00 of them are in Chicago. Twelve thousand pickets will patrol the stock yards district night and day from now on. the railroad through Western Oregon several times, but not until he took this trip to the coast did he real ize the vast amount of resources that lay at hand awaiting development. It is to be sincerely hoped that the company will receive the desired en- couragement and see its way clear to construct an electric road from this city to Cooa which there is little (Ioubt- woul(1 become a profitable in- veatment from ita vei7 completion an1 woulrt be the means or opening up anu nastening tne development oi a vast countrj' rich in natural 80urce8- re- FIERCE FIGHTING. Half a Million Men and Thirteen Hundred Guns Engaged. HAND TO HAND CONFLICT Forces Surge Back and Forth and Thousands are Slain. St. ralUHUIt, August 31. (leneral .i n 1 ... In ,ff reports he has captured an entin- battalion of Japanese, number ing about three thousand men. St. PfcTEKKuiKii, August 31. Lieu tenant General Sakbaroff reports yes terday's battle as foll&ws: "From five o'clock in the morning until nine o'clock in the evening the Ja(yiuee attacked our front position be fore I.iao Yaag and on the left bank of the T;iitsbo river, both their artillery ami ritle fire leing intense. The main effort was directed against oor centre position on the right flank. The numerous attacks were repulsed along the entire line and our troop' made sev eral counter attacks. Bayonet en counters ensued and some positions were taken by the Japanese, but at the 1 . 1 . 1 1 1 1 ciw vi me- ssass were uccupieu oy our j troops, uuring the artillery battle our :auerv uid some ertectuai work. At four o'clock in the afternoon the enemy was observed attempting to turn oar right flank with considerably increased forces, but severs I battalions of our re serves went forward and after a fierce engagement compelled them to retire. The b.tttle continued after darkness had set in and onlv en led at nine o'clock The spirit of the troops is excellent and received the news of the heroic behavior of the Fort Arthur garrison jovially. Our casualties to lay are considerable, and according to the number of waan ls dressed they reach about 3000. The Japanese losses must be very heavy." T"Ki , August 31. It is reported here lhat the Japanese have obtained a foot ing inid- of the outskirts of Liao Yang. Reinforcements for the Japinese forces are continually arriving. I.iao Yavo, August 31. The fighting between the Russian ami Japanese armies was reumd azain this morn ing MURDERER OAKY AN Is Being Chased Across the Coun try a la Harry Tracy. Hills-boko, Or., Aug. 31. Murderer Bert Oakman is still somewhere in ad vance of a pursuing posse of Washington County men, who are following his trail with varying hope of success in the wooded country along the Columbia, la ling northward. The fugitive is mak ing a splendid right. He is in a region bere pursuit is difficult, and where blood-hounds would be of material benefit, were his fresh tr.uk? once located. That the slayer of Frank Bennett is endeavoring to cross the Columbia and penetrate Western Washington fastness es, probably following the course of the famous outlaw, Tracv, is believed bv many. It is not thought, however, that he has yet crossed the Columbia. In vestigation has shown that the report that he was seen at lioble, Columbia County, yesterday, is an error. Armed and le: perate. an ugly resist ance that may mean death to on or more of the pursuing posse, is expected when Oakman is overtaken. Relatives of posrv members are apprehensive lest the murderer, wheu finally cornered, lie in the brush and shoot down some of lii pursuers. Killed Elk Oat of Seas, Be a, Aug. 31. State (.lame Warden Baker, of Cottage Grove, has caused a warrant to be issued for the ar rest of Louis K timet t. of Heceta. in this county, on a charge of killing elk in violation of the Oregon state game laws 11 iv warrant was issued from Judge Holden's court at Florence, and Con stable Compton, also of Florence, has gone to Heceta to serve the same. The penalty for killing elk is a fine of from 1100 to 500 or imprisonment in the country jail for not less than three months. Several of Emmett's neighbors will be called by the state as witnesses against him in this case. Cable To Alaska Joined. The I'nited States cable ship Burn side brought the northern end of the new Alaska cable into the Sound Satur day night and it was spliced to the southern eud 10 miles south of Seattle Monday afternoon, at 3:30 o'clock, with ceremonies appropriate to the occasion By the completion of this cable from Seattle to Sitka, the U. S. government now has direct telegraphic connection with its -Alaska lines. Free Trip to the Circus. The Pi.AiNUKAi.KR will give its entire force a free round trip excursion to Mingling Brothers great circus at Med ford Saturday, and will also supply each member of the forr-o with a free ticket to the big shows This brief respite from the arduous duties devolving upon the paper's mechanical force is granted and prompted in appreciation of the faithful and valued services rendered the paper and its management by each and every member of the force. The little company will leave for Medford on Friday evening's train and will return home Sunday morning, the party being couijioaed of the lollowing named young people: Misses Laura Spalding, Dollie Heftv, Delia Moore, Garnet Woodruff and Mr. T. J. Boyd. Civil War Veteran Died. The Eugene Guard says: Geo. A Mines, a veteran of the Civil War and a member of J. W. Geary Post, No. 7, G. A. R , of this city died in the Soldiers' Home at Roeebnrg August 2H, 1904, aged 60 years. The deceased was a member of Co. G, 12th Wisconsin, and was admitted to the home from Lane county on September ly, 1!J3. He leaves no known relatives. He contract ed pneumonia while on a recent visit with friends at Lorane, in this county, which hastened his death The funeral was held at 9 o'clock this morning, in terment being made in the Soldiers' Home cemetery at Roseburg. Fortune far One Crop. BranoCK, Wash., Aug. 29 Henry Vincent has sold 31,000 bushels of wheat at 79 cents and 1,500 sacks of larlev at 87'.2 cents, a total of about 24,92S. The grain was produced at the Starbuck and Frescott ranches. Vincent has the pjij q lrley crop left, which he wjjj carry over until next spring. j tarbed. That Good Roads Exhibit of Marios Caaaty. The seutHe ending the robbery last ' ; night attracted the attention of the sta tion telegraph operator and a number of County Judge J. H. Scott, president switchmen across the tracks. They of the Oregon Good Roads Association, ! rushed toward the express car, bat were received a letter yesterday from J. H. i immediately compelled to throw up Abbott, the government good roads ex- their hands by the robbers. After se pert. who stated that he would be at the curing the money the robbers marched State Fair all the week with two assist- . the express agent, operator and switch ants. He also said that he had written ; men into the express office, locked them to Hon. Binger Hermann, member of i in and disappeared. Congress from this district, asking that Marshal Maynin said today that he I gentleman to be present and to make an was positive of the identity of the rob ; address on Friday evening in the inter- bers, and was confident he would have i est of the good roads propaganda. This j them in custody by night. win no doubt prove a verv intereatina address, and the entire good roads ex- hibit promises to be one of the beet cards at the Fair. The Oregonian sai l yesterday that it would be the best. Nn. Naykrkk't Sedan. Ellessville. X. Y., Aug. 31. On the crest of hawg-jck mountain in the lit tle wood-veiled home of her friend. Dr. Densmore. Mrs. Florence Maybrick is preparing her own case in her fight for the millions she claims were unlawfully kept from her wbiie for 15 years she 'anguished in an English prison. Mrs. Maybrick has retired into the most profound seclusion, although she is not sacrificing her first opportunity for years to breathe pure mountain air. She keeps in constant communica tion with her attorneys. Harden & Yar dell of Washington and npon their ad vice she has positively declined to see anv callers. CARE. SKILL AMD FIDELITY ARE ESSENTIAL IN SUCCESSFULLY F1LUNC PRE SCRIPTIONS AND THESE ARE OUR STRONC POINTS IN THIS DEPARTMENT Of OUR BUSINESS, it ARE EVER ON THE ALERT FOR THE BEST IN MEDICINE AND YOU CAN RELY ON THE DRUCS THAT COME FROM THE DRUC STORE OF QUALITY FULLERTON & RICHARDSON NEAR DEPOT : : ROSEBURG, OREGON DOUGLAS C 0 1 NTY BANK I Chico Nursery Co. gtr j! I INCORPORATED HP I We offer one of tbe largest and Finest Stocks f ' PJL on the Pacific Coast Jk II 1 W i Kin Write Immediately for terms BHP IS, Chico California OREGON EXPRESS Held up and Robbed by Bold Band its in Wyoming. POSSE IN HOT PURSUIT. Secured 900, but OverlooKed Pack age Containing $13,000. Chevexse, Wyo., Aug. 31. Upon ar rival of the Oregon express on the Ore gon Short Line, at Kemmerer, Wyo., at 2 o'clock this morning, four men stepped out from the shadow of a building near the depot and, as soon as the door of the express car was opened by the mes senger, two of them held him op while two others stood off the station agsnt. A package containing 1900 to pay off the employes of the Kemmerer Coal Company was demanded, and was given to the robbers, who disappeared. Sheriff Jamea and Deputy Jones, of Evanston, went on a special train to tie scene of the robbery and are now in poi snit of the robbers. The robbers are believed to be employ es of the Coal Com an t who knew of the arrival of the package, as they made no farther search for other Blunder. A package containing 113.000 for the Cam- berland Coal Company was not dia- '; N" City of Eageac KrotsE, Or., Aug. 29. Suit has been brought by W. T. Campbell to enjoin the city from purchasing the lot it was proposed to buy for the Carnegie library building. The complaint states that the lot was owned by one of the Council men, who voted for the sale in violation of the provisions of the charter; also that there are no funds on hand with which to pay for the lot, and under the cliarter the city has no right to contract the proposed indebtedness. s wife Goes lasaae. j5t. Loris. August 31. As the re sult of brooding over the incarcera tion of her husband in the peniten tiary Mrs. Julius Lehmann. wife of a convicted municipal boodler. is violently insane. She will be taken to the asylum. MMM tsss Incorporated 1S01 Capital Stock $5o,ooo r. W. BKSSOH. President, a. C.MA.RSTXR3 Vim PrasMant. BOARD OF DIRECTORS F. W. BSNSON, ti. A. BOOTH J. H. BOOTH, J. T. BKIOGKS, JOS. LYONS. A. C. XARSTKBB K. It MILLER. A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS TRANSACTED