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0 f e o i Historical Society PORTlANI Koecburg Vol. XXXVI ROSEBURG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON MONDAY, NOV. tx, 1904 No. 93 FRAUD TRIALS BEGIN TODAY I Witnesses by the Score ire Arriv ing in Portland to Testify FOUR CASES SET FOR A HEARING S. A. D. Pater, Horace McKinley Marie Ware, Mrs. Watson, are Defendants Portland, Nov. 21. Witnesses by the score and almost as many defend ants have arrived in Portland to ap pear in the land fraud cases the first of which is set for a hearing this afternoon in the United States Court. Only four of the famous cases have been set, and these are all that will be tried. A number of other cases could be called up, but are not con sidered strong enough for trial at the present time. The principal defendants in the first case called are Horace G. Mc Kinley, Miss Marie L. Ware, S. A. D. Puter, Mrs. Emma L. Watson, D. W. Tarpley, Frank H. Walgamot, Henry C. Barr, Maud Witt and two others. The charge in this case is conspiracy to defraud the government of ble timber lands. One of the most sensational and they are sure their clients will be cleared of the charges. The attor neys for the Government, John Hick lin Hall and W. W. Banks, are just as sure they will win. Francis Joseph Heney, prosecutor for the Govern ment, will probably arrive in Portland in a day or two to assist in the prosecution. HOMESTEADER WINS IN HIS CONTEST The cue of Hans K. Holland vs. Paul Lambert, involving title to a lfiO acre homestead east of Ashland in the Dead Indian country, was recently decided by the Roseburg land office in favor of Holland. The testimony was taken in July before E. D. Briggs. Holland had settled upon and improved a homestead on unsurveyed land and Lambert filed on the claim as a timber entry. After a consideration of the testimony the de cision was rendered in favor of Holland The homestead claims of some 20 other people of this vicinity have been con tested by a man named Veason, who according to report, is the representa tive of a Wisconsin lumber syndicate. The claims are all located in the Dead Indian country east of Ashland and the contestant sets np the claim that the lands in question are more valuable for their timber than for agricultural pur poses. The homestead claimants have made more or less valuable improve ments upon the lands and have been complying with the provisions of the homestead laws as they are interpreted. Minister Will Face His Accusers. According to a telegram received by his wife. Rev W. G. Connell, who first resigned the pastorate of the Presbyter- ' ian church at Grants Piiss and then de ! parted from the towm two weeks ago, is ! iviti , .1- tA .ao Kia i rum, Tt ! I said L..at his departure was due more to I hi ' eing crushed and heart-broken by cases ! the array of public sentiment against will probably be set for December 5, ! hi thn consciousness of wror.g wherein Horace G. McKinley, Miss j doin . U als heldk that. iut justice i? being done the minister in al- Mane Ware and S. A. D. Puter are ,owing hfa mi9lmtlm ol indiBcretioil charged with forgery of entries on ' be misinterpreted by the public as i n homesteads and the names of wit- admission of guilt. nesses. Much trouble in getting a jury is expected, and it is possible the pres-1 ent venire will not be large enough Washihgtoh, Nov 18 Francis J. from which to select 12 men qualified Henry, a Sin Francisco criminal lawyer. New Land Frauds Attorney. to sit on the cases. So much atten tion has been attracted to the al leged land frauds that it is thought there is hardly a man in Oregon who has not heard of them or expressed an opinion on the subject. Attorneys for either side have little to say about the cases. The attor neys for the defense say they are has been appointed assistant attorney general and assigned to assist in the prosecution of about twenty cases of al leged land frauds yet to be tried in Oregon. Jake Nichols a well known stockr liser of Riddle, was transacting business in Roseburg Saturday. He spent the past season over in Klamath and Lake coun ties, returning home just before the late ready and haye been for some time, election via San Francisco. R. W. FENN . . U. S. Deputy . . 7 -i p 3 liieral Surveyor Civil Engineer a Lately with the govern- V, Postoffiea. ment geographical and " " L . geologiealsurVey of Bra- ROSEBURG, OREGON, zii, 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 buy your Paints and Oils from ::::::::: MARSTERS' DRUG STORE REPUBLICAN BY 43,000 VOTES Official Convas of Oregon's Vote is Now About Completed TOTAL BALLOT 90,268 CURRTS ESTIMATED re-Cur- Portland, Nov. 20 Official turns from every county except ry show the Republican plurality in the last election to be 42,896, and the total vote in the state 90,268. This is the largest plurality the Re publican ticket ever received and the Prohibition Carried in Six Counties. Socialists Cast a Total of 7615 Votes Oregon Vote For President, I0O4. 1 i i 1 i COONTISS. 8 Z - Baker 1 .SB IS M i 14 Benton 1.107 its 1 U IS Clackamas .'.M0 W Ml 42G 77 flaUop 1,407 3S9 41 259 M tVnmbla l.l Ml 61 M 11 Cons 1,718 499 96 Ml 3 Crf-ok 7S9 .6C 18 117 7 Cutry . S43 100 6 2 2 Douu 8.418 M 95 388 88 Gilliam SV IK 28 47 4 Urn. t 1.01 817 St 123 9 Haroej 880 187 7 78 4 Jackson 1.972 798 133 807 S Josephine 804 333 45 187 ... Kiamatb 540 190 9 (7 8 Lake sr 118 9 5 H Lane 8X3 1.186 234 857 64 Lincoln 5S 178 IS 118 4 Linn 2.334 1 206 897 4W 77 alslhenr 780 278 78 78 21 Marion . 4.115 1.090 31 30.' 64 Morrow ... 875 38 79 157 7 Multnomah 13,702 i..t.4 620 1.849 78 P lk 1.372 521 120 126 27 Sber.nan 704 168 86 34 6 Tillamook ... 729 138 65 119 4 DmaliUa . 2,642 S4u 124 9JBJ 84 Union 1J73 778 112 201 88 Wallowa 714 255 St 8 Waaen ijm 536 226 834 28 Washington 2.782 4Sa 150 ISO 88 Wbec'.er 462 162 14 22 T Yamhill tfiM 647 22 214 2 T stall 80.453 17.457 8,861 7,615 78 1 Bargains For All Fancy Baskets from 5 ds to $2.90 Swell line of Combination Cases Ranging in Price from $15 to $28 Take a look at oar Buffets From $25.16 to $38.10. :: :: B. W STRONG THE FURNITURE MAN heaviest vote ever cast in a Presiden tial election in Oregon except in 1896 when the money question brought out a total vote of 95,441. That the vote of 1904 was so large is due chiefly to the prohibition issue, which threw in to the campaign a local interest that could not be aroused by discussion of National subjects. One of the noteworthy features of the returns is the evidence of the rapid growth of socialism, the vote of the Socialist party having grown from 1494 in 1900 to 5763 in 1902, and 7615 in 1904. Compared with the vote of four years ago, the returns show a Repub lican gain of 14,000 votes, and Democratic loss of 16,000. Compari sons can scarcely be made with the vote of 18, for in that year the op position to the Republican party was represented by a fusion organization in which the strength of the Demo cratic party could not be very accur ately estimated. The influence of the prohibition question in bringing out the voters in this election is shown by a compari son of votes in counties where the prohibition question was submitted witn tne vote in counties where no prohibition fight has been raised Thus, Polk county, which had no vote on prohibithon this year, fell of 110 in its total vote, while Marion, an ad joining county, in which the prohibi tion question was presented, exper ienced a gain of 180 votes in the total. Josephine county, whose voters were not asked to pass upon the mer its of the prohibition question fell off 260 in its total vote, while Jackson adjoining, made a slight gain in the number of votes cast, the prohibition issue serving to overcome the apathy which otherwise characterized the campaign. Even the warm fight un der the provisions of the local option law did not bring out enough votes to make the total vote as great as in the state election last June, when 93,906 votes were cast for Congressman and 93,608 for Supreme Judge. In 6 counties in which there was a vote on prohibition, there were cast 29,245 votes for and 42,902 against, showing a majority of 13,657 against prohibition. Prohibition carried in six counties, two in the Willamette Valley, Benton and Yamhill, one in Eastern Oregon, Gilliam and three on the coast, Tillamook, Coos and Curry. The accompanying table shows the vote in the several counties. The figures for Curry county are estimated except that the Republican plurality shown, 243, is known to be correct. THE MAN WHO 18 INVESTIGATING THE "NORTH 8EA INCI DENT." Admiral Sir Cjaliaa Bride, who is conducting at Hull tit iaTtatipiioa into Ass f, uf Ike Russian Hnltic squadron upon English trawlers, is a man of rood judgment. I..-. . .. I asanas that he is as conservative aa he is brave, and his appointment is an earnest mI r.i rbusd'l determination not to luae her head in the present trying situation. NEWS OF THE COUNTY Gleaned by an Able Corps of Special Correspondents. From the Glcndaie News. Improvement? sre in order in every part of the city. Frank Wilson it? completing aconcn-e foundation for one of the largest honses in this city. Mrs. Fred Knke arrived in tilendale Fridav evening from Roseburg, to make her home with her hnehand. Witness fees in the trial of W. EL Walson, formerly of this city, for arson, exceed 8-JUO Money well spent. Postmaster Hard has received govern ment patent for his homestead ni-jr Reuben, the process taking a year. Lumber has been drawn with which to build a home for James Filzgibbons, on Nob hill math of the I'reebrterian manse. The home being built by Mrs. Homme in the eastern portion of this city will be one of the finest in Southern Oregon when completed. James LVwey has returi ed to Glen- dale after a stav of several month in Portland. He will open a barber shop. V. u. teaman inien1s baying lots on , which he will soon erect one of the finest homes in (ilendale. Rnilding continues n this city without reference to dry or wet weather. Jesse Clements and family have moved from Roseburg to this city, where be is engaged as a contractor and builder. 1 They are a welcome addition to the live liest little citv ou the Pacific coast. J. H. Mellinger, whose back was broken by falling from a trestle forty- four feet high, at Wolf creek in Septem ber, has been taken from the Railway hospital at Portland to his home in Ash land. His condition shows little if any improvement, to the regret of all who know him. ing. He stands for education and schools for the same reason that he carried a musket through the civil war true pa- t Holism. Tha speakers were preceeded by Presi dent Dempster, who set forth the policy of the administration of the Norma! and directed the students in soma patriotic exercises selected from the daily routine of the school work. These interspersed with snch songs as America, The Star Spangled Banner, etc , raised the audi ence to an enthusiastic appreciation of all that followed. Mr. John Johnson, President of the Literary Society, pre sided, introducing the numbers and the speakers in a pleasing manner. After the speeches, the speaker of the ev.-i ing and the guests and patrons of the school were entertained by the stu dent body at the dormitory. Refresh ments wer (sarred, and many pleasing and profitable toasts were given Prof. Signs and wife will be '-At Home" to their friends after November 24th. CANYONVlLLE NOTES. NEWS FROM THE BOHEMIA MINES Twelve Tons of Bohemia Ore Shipped to the Portland Exposition is LANE COUNTY IS PREPARING EXHIBIT Is Setting an Example Which Doug las and Other Counties Should Follow Drain Normal Notes. St ho . I will close for the Thanksgiwug recess on the 23rd, re-opening the follow ing M Ol ' i Mr. Neuner, a former student visited us Friday. He will enter for a special course in Mathematics, later. Senator O. P. Coshow, of Roseburg, deliveredthe first of a series of lectures under the auspices of the Zamzamian Litery Society Friday evening. Mr. Coshow is an interesting and forceful speaker, and a large audience listened with pleasure to his discourse on "The Prime Element in True Patriotism." Rep. Bingham, of Lane county, made a few happy remarks at the close of the main speaker's address. We are glad to make the acquaintance of such men and trust we shall see more of them. Capt. Bosweil also addressed the audi ence in bis usual forceful manner. His remarks were especially apt and picas Miss Bessie Gregory left Sunday for St rvont, where she will teach a term of school. Mrs. C K. Trindall and daughter, Myrile, of Glendale, are visiting rela tives here. H.J Wilson and wife left Wednesday for a two weeks visit in the Willamette Valley. Miss Florence Dunbar has been sick with asthma the past two days. Mrs. David Albro is sick with grippe and neuralgia. Mrs. Walter C-ornutt and little daugh ter returned Tuesday from Riddle. We are sorry to say that Mrs. J. W. Swank is sick again with eczema, being confined to her bed. Gus Ball has rented the Ball (arm and will work it the ensuing year. Frank Fate, of Perdue, passed through last week, enroute home from Portland, where he served on the Federal Grand Jury. Fred and Roy Swank, who have been sick several days, are improving. Mr. McKan and family, of Drew, passed through town late Saturday even ing on their way to Myrtle Creek. Theirs was a sad mission, as they were taking the body of their daughter, aged 15 years, to Myrtle Creek for interment. She died of typhoid fever, after an ill ness of some time. Married, at the residence of the brides father, Nov. 16th. at S:30 p. m., Heary H. Benton and Emma E. Russell. Only near relatives wore present. They have the best wishes of all. Mr. and Mi Benton will reside with his parents. Amicus. Al Churchill, a well known Bohemia mining man, spent the latter part of lat week in Roseburg the guest of his sister, Mrs. Frank E. Alley. Mr. Churchill informed the Plaudealbb that this had been an unusual favorable fall for tha miners to get in their supplies and put everything in shape at the mines for the approaching winter, during which much underground work will be prosecuted He aaya the Oregon Securities drilling plant is in operation and that the big 30 stamp mill is to be pat into operation soon He also says that Frank J. Hard recently pat his new 10 stamp mill into operation in his famous Veeavious nr.ne and that a very satisfactory run has al ready been made. The Chrystal Con aolidated ; Leroy J Golden Slipper and several other properties are showing up decidedly well and Mr. Cbarchiil pre dicts that next season will witness some very lively times in this rich Lane and Douglas county Mining district, to which the branch railroad from Cottage Grove is certain to be completed next year. Mr Churchill says twelve tons of magnificent quartz specimens and ores taken from Bohemia were shipped from Cottage Grove Friday to place on exhi bition in the mining building at the tawif and Clark Exposition, and that a carlo id m ire will follow a little later Lane county, he aaya, will have a most creditable exhibit at the great 1906 fair A FVIXTXB TO DOCOLAS OOC.VTT FruxjiB. Nov 19. The committee re cently appointed by the Eugene Com mercial Club to secure an exhibit of Lane county's produces for the Lewis and Clark Exposition and which was instrumental in securing an appropria tion from the county court for that pur pose, has engaged E. M. Warren, the well knowc Coburg farmer, to gather the products together and form the ex hibit. Mr. Warren has already begun bis work, and this morning hauled a wagon load of wheat, oats, barley and grasses in the sheaf to a room on the second door of his business b ock on Willamette street, where the exhibit will be stored until time to ship it to Portland. It will be remembered that Mr. War ren has had charge of the Lane county exhibit at the state fair for the past two years, and was very successful, con sidering the means at hand. Mr. Warren is enthusiastic over bis work and wishes the farmers to help him by bringing to him the best sam plea they have of any kind of farm prod nets Guard. selves do not know from one day to the other which way the market cat is goi n to jump. INSANE MAN AT TACKS HIS MOTHER Ecoana, Or , Nov. 18. Beating his mother almost into insensibility and at tack on people during the last few years culminated yesterday in the commit ment of Athony Barr, a feeble-minded Eugene young man, to the asylum for the Insane at Salem. Burr's a.-stult on his mother yesterday was summarily ended by a man employed by the family, who struck the assailant on the head with a spade, knocking him down and inflict ing a deep wound Burr was then arrested. OAKLAND'S BIG TURKEY SHIPMENT On Saturday, E. G. Young & Co., of Oakland, shipped about 8,000 dressed turkeys to San Francisco, while Beck ley Brothers of that place shipped a corres ponding number for the Thanksgiving trade. Probably half that number have also been shipped from Roseburg. Tak ing in consideration the good price for turkeys this season, this industry alone should supply the Douglas county farm era with plenty of money for the Holidays. E. H. Pinkston has returned from Willamette valley points where he par chased 7000 head of thoroughbred Cote wold eheep for E. G. Young & Co. These sheep have been placed on the range of this popular firm near Oakland -Oakland Owl. GREENBACK AND TEXAS MINE Work is progressing on the Greenback in the 12th level, which is 1900 feet in depth. Seventy tons of ore is being dis posed of daily in the thirty stamp and the ten-stamp mills of this mine, which nets its owner. W . M. Brevoort of New York, an average of 130.00 ' monthly. A patent win soon oe applied tor, surveys to that end having been com Dieted re cently. In drifting north on the two-hundred level of the Texas mine yesterday, the miners broke into a beautiful body ol ore four feet wide, carrying good values in gold. The Texas mine is one of the Benton group. Glenda e News. HENRY MELDRUM FOUND GUILTY Givn Thirty Bays in which to He Motion for New Trial PENALTY PWWDEfr BY FEDERAL STATUTES Fading to Clear Himself He WIS Get 210 Years and Fine of 521,000 NAVAL RECRUITING PARTY IN ROSEBURG The U. S. Naval recruiting party, in charge of Lieut. J. A. Schofiekl, will be in Roseburg from November 22 to 28 with offices in the Taylor & Wilson block, rooms 3. 7 and 8. Men are taken in all branches of the service between the aoes of 17 and 35. Mechanics such ss machinists, boiler makers, firemen, electricians, bakers, carpenters etc., that are eligible are sent to Sau Francisco. with pay ranging from lie to U per month including board and clothes. It is stated that the navy is in need of 3200 men as soon as they can be s cured Ships are being put out of commission on account of shortage of men to man them. The term of enlistment is four years. The party to take charge of the Roseburg recruiting office will ar rive in Roseburg this evening from As toria. The Lieutenant will leave J. H Taylor, coxswain, in charge of the Rose burg office assisted by B. W. Cole, hos pital apprentice, and J. B. Lowe, chief gunners mate. When the party closes its work here Salem will be the next Oregon town visited. DEALERS SAY THAT TURKEYS ARE SCARCE Portland, Nov. 19 The jury took bat half an hoar in which to present a verdict, in the case of the United Stated vs Meldrom, which was "guilty as charged in the indictment" The indictment was returned by the Federal grand jury iast Spring. Thirty days were granted State Senator George Clayton BrowseO, at torney for Henry Meklrnm, who was convicted on 21 counts by the United States trial jury of being guilty of forgery of applications for surveys of Government land, in which to prepare a motion for a new trial The motion will probably be denied, and in that event the ease will be appealed to the United States Court of Appeals at San Francisco. MeJdrum will not be sentenced until after motion for new trial has been filed. The Federal statutes provide a marimnm penalty of ten years' im prisonment at hard labor or a fixe of $1000 or both for each count upon which the prisoner is convicted. It is left to the discretion of the court whether it shall be imposed. Aa a result of the verdict, if Meldrom fails to clear himself hi succeeding trial, he is liable to imprisonment for 210 years and a fine of $21,000. Mr. Mel drum is at present oat oa bonds. The arguments in the case were made this afternoon. Senator Brown ell spoke for more than aa hoar to the jury, and then United States Dis- Sykes A Carroll have moved their ! plumbing shop from the old Flook building on Main street to No. 219 Jack son street, the building formerly oc-1 mniaiH k F V Hani. rS. Sh. -! i are prepared to handle anything in the ! Attorney John Hicklin Hall took plumbing and tinning line. Phone So. i the floor and proceeded to pick the 261. 77 tf oDDoani? aivumeot to nieces. sr o o sr FULLERTON & RICHARDSON our ambition; Is to build np a large business ; OUR METHOD Is to serve you in good faith with strict integrity. . . . . . OUR HOPE Is that you will learn of our super ior Drugs and Laboratory Products and show your appreciation by pat ronizing.us. Will you do it? I ? FULLERTON & RICHARDSON NEAR THE DEPOT, R QwS?E!B3UiR 0 ORE f J erf Your Ranches and Timber JwltM lands with mp ww s ssssawsi e e e " R. R. JOHNSON, i HAVE EASTERN CUSTOMERS AND CAN SELL IN MARKS BLOCK. ROSEBURG, ORs THE RU8SO-ENOLI8H Tha fiiine on defenseless EnRllah trawlers in IMBItOOLIO. the EuirlUh channel by the Russian nation all OTer the wntlil . The picture ahowa how the Kuaaaaa one of the trow lent. Count l.iuiixUorn iiusaia s nununar Its I tie fleet baa aroused main a v.: . .. ;.. tl, of foreign affairs and Kojeutveuaky is the oominim.ler of the offending fleet A Portland paper says: If you have yonr month Axed tor a thasksgivinK turkey you had better be sure you are going to get a turkey. For turkeys are rare I Irds this year. If j or haven't ordered your turkey al ready, some of the dealers darkly prophecy, you will have to put up with roast beef or some other daily s tarn pie of the sort. The receipts of turkeys thus far sre very small, and the prices in the retail markets is from 20 to 25 cents a pound. The former price is for what the dealers expressly describe as "scrubby stock." Dealers have been entirely at sea this year in regard to prices and they them- DOUGLAS COUNTY B A N K Established H83 Incorporated 1901 Capital Stock $5 0,000 r W. BXHSOM, Vie BOARD OP DWBCTOft r. w. Bauson, a. a. booth t. a. booth. i. T.'BaUOGKS. JOS. LYONS, A. C. MaJttTXBB K. L MIIXJtK. A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS TRANSACTED