0 f e o i Historical Society
PORTlANI
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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
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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
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Incorporated 1901
Capital Stock
$5 0,000
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