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Vol. XXXVII
ROSEBURG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1905
No. 13
REBUILD FACTORY
S. Barker Has Arranged to Put
in New Machinery and to
Begin Making Brooms.
PROVIDES NEW BUILDING
He Has Purchased Kinney Depot
BuHdiog in Which to Install
Plant Start Soon.
It will be gratifying to the citizens of
Uoseburg and Douglas county to learn
thai Mr. K. S. Barker, who recently
sustained the total loss of hi-i modernly
equipped breom factory in this city by
fire, has dedded to re-establish the Etc
tory and pu( it into operation at once
With this object in view Mr. Barker
has purchased the commodious build
ing ia the Kinney addition to Roeburc
known aa the "Kinney Headquarters .or
Depot beildiog," in which will be in
stalled a fin little broom manufactur
iag plaat , which Mr. Barker expects to
art in operation early in March. He
kaa purchased a carload of fine Oklaho
ma broom corn, which with a large cor.
argument of supplies purchased in Si
Leaia, will arrive here in a few days.
Tha local merchants of Roseburg and
oaf las coanty, as well as those of the
nearby towns in the adjoining counties
shoald reserve their ovders for brooms
for tha Roseburg broom tactory. at
least since Mr Barker offers the positive
gaarantee that his brand and various
grades of brooms will be found superior
and one grade higher in workmanship
and material than the corresponding
grade in the custom made broom, and
he farther states that he i in a position
ta eater in direct competition with the
eoaat jobbers in prices.
The iaterprise plack and perseverance '
ia overcoming dicoara:ne obstacles
manifested by M r. Barker is indeed
refreshing and his speedy rally from j
the heavy lose sustained in his re
sent disastrous fire, demonstrates
his energy and resourcefulness and just
ly entitles him to the encouragement of
every business man in Roseburg ami
IX'Hj'as eounty. His, is a worthy and
important enterprise, which will soon
aUerd employment lor a number of men
aad will be one among the few indus
trial institutions of Rosetar which
triage a revenue to this city and distri
butes it ia salaries and otherwise
through the various channels si trade.
Mr. Barker will be ready to fill orders
aad deliver his product early in March.
These who have not yet paid the
amount subscribed on the former cash
ben us to the broom factory shoold do so
at once and therby greatly assist Mr.
Barker in re-establishing his broom
factory in this city.
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MUCH TALK OF PEACE BIGAMIST HOCH IN TOILS
Strong Pressure Being Brought to He is Taken to Chicago and Is
End Struggle Between Russia
and Japan in Far East.
London, Feb. 10. The St. Peters
burg corre?jondent of the Chronicle
sends an in erview with a Russian who
is in confidence of M. Witte, pre-ident
of the Kussiau council of ministers, in
the course of which the Russian asserts
that M. Witte recently said that peace
in the Far East must be obtained at any
cost.
This Russian, according to the corres
pondent, says Russia is willing to evac
uate Manchuria and allow China to
grant Japan a 90-year lease of Man
churia and Liaotnng per insula. Russia
would retain Saghalien, Vladivostok
and the D rruri district. She would pay
no indemnitv.
Identified by Five Wives One
of Therrf Calls Him an Old Hog.
Drain Normal School.
Thought Carry Went Dry
There is said to have been an unlaw
ful leak of intoxicants at Port Orford a
few days ago, and some of the minor
boys got under the leak and got full.
Pert Orford Tribune.
Salem. Feb. 10 The house and sen
ate both voted down bills today to alol
ish the Drairi normal school, which was
considered the weakest and most vul
nerable of all the four institutions for
the trainiug of tea hers. Tne schools
are now aK assured of support, and if
the bill passes to put them under one
board of regents will become better in
stitutions than ever for the purpose in
tended. Thebil'for uniform conrse of study
and one board of nine regents, and cut
ting out of the course of study all but
professional work a recommended by
tne governor in his message, and has
the approval of the state superintendent
of schools.
vx Ceos aounty has bought a rock-
eruaber and will improve some roads.
Francis Smith lias leen appointed
postmaster at Walker, four miles north
of Cottage (Jorve on the railr'jad, vice
G. O. Walker, resumed.
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OF THE BEST QUALITIES
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Read the Plaindealer for all the News
Chicago, Feb. 9. Johan Hoch, who is
indicted for bigamy, suspected of mur
der and the man of many ailiaaes, ar
rived in Chicago tonight and for several
hours after reaching bare was interro
gated by the police with little result.
When the train bearing Hoch and Offi-
er Loftns, who haa him in custody, ar
rived.a large crowd gathered but none
of the wives were among the number.
Hoch evidently expected a number of
' of his wives to meet him at the station
and was plainly disappointed that they
did not come
"Where are those 14 wives you talk
about so much?" asked Hoch.
"I guess you were joking me about
part of this busioese ; otherwise there
could not be 14, for I never bed that
many. It seems there are a lot of worn
' en who seem to think I am the only
man in the world who could marry them
aud get awav with some of their
; money " When Hoch and Loflus
. alighted from the train a detail of six
. policemen, who were sent ta the station
i to meet them, were able to oeatrol the
: crowd only with great difScaJty.
A number of people jeered and booted
I him. The police hurned Hoch through
; the station and into a patrol wagon and
they were driven to the Bast Chicago
avenue police station. The interroga
tion of Hoch commenced a few minutes
after 7 :30 o'clock and was still in opera
tion at midnight. Hoch at the outset
' admitted that he was married to Mrs.
Marie Goerk Hoch and the marriage
was illegal. He would admit nothing
' else.
I luring the evening Ave women who
claimed to be the wives of Hoch, called
1 at the police station. Mrs. Emile Fisch
' er Hoch saw the prisoner for a minute
and saluted him with the exclamation :
"You old hog ; you got my $750 didn't
i you?'' Later five women were, one at a
! time, admitted into the office of the in
j spector and all of them identified Hoeb
' as the man whom they had married.
Mr. Ellen Hoppe was somewhat in
doubt and Inspector Shippey asked :
"Hoch, did you marry this woman?"
"No," replied Hoch, "but maybe I
will if vou don't hustle her out of here
pretty quick."
Jokes With tkc teeter
The physician who attended Mrs
Walcker Hoch, the last wife of Hoch,
identified him as the husband of Mrs
Walcker and showed him a bill for f 100
attendance on the woman.
"Oh yes," said Hoch, "I remember
something about that. Bring it aronnd
in the morning. I shall still be here,"
and he laughed heartily at the joke.
Adata IB CiiVt
The questioning concluded after mid
night and just before the close he eon
feesed he had married ten women. Hoch
admitted that he intended to commit
suicide, and the white powder in the
fountain pen taken from his room in
New York was arsenic.
Hackly Harrlea leek
Chicago, Feb. 10. Before being taken
to the criminal court this morning
Johann Hoch admitted be had three
more wives in addition to the nine he
had previously confessed to. The
names of the additional wives are at
follows: Mrs. Lena Hoch, Milwaukee
Mrs. Bartels Hoch, Cincinnati: Mrs
T. O'Connor Hoch, Milwaukee.
I " It's hII foolishness about this poison
business at Cincinnati," declared Hoch.
"Mrs. Hart els Hocb died of kidney
I trouble. Of conree the neighbors talked
! at "nit the way the funeral was conduct
'. ed. they did not have anything else to
I do."
At the inquest Undertaker Frayne
' testified he had used no arsenic in em
balming the body of Marie Wekler
Hoch. The dead woman's sister, Mrs
Emily Hocb, identified Hocb aa the
man who married them both.
Mrs. Fischer testified that her sister
complained of intermittent pains In the
abdomen, also of. having "queer feelings
in her fingers, which felt like an itch
ing, crawling sensation." An afternoon
papor prints a report that Bock has
', confessed to the police that he gave
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; senic to his wivea. The authorities
not consider the report true.
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DAS CUPID OF THE OLD EH TIME.
INDICT WILLIAMSON
Congressman From First Oregoa
District Another Victim of
Federal Grand Jury.
IN THE LAND FRAUD NET
Together With His Business Asso
ciatesCharged With Sub
ornation of Perjury.
DRAWN BY LEGISLATORS THE COST TO THE STATE
Sums That Members Have Receiv- Expenditures Made by the Legisla-
ed for Railroad Fare, Then Ride
on Passes.
ture Will Reach the Sum of Two
Millions and a Half.
PLEADS GUILTY TO PERJURY
udgc Tanner Confesses that He Committed Per
jury in His Desire to Shield His Law Part
ner, Senator John H. Mitchell.
Salem, Feb. 10 While passing out
monetary bouquets from the state treas
ury with the abandon incident to the
knowledge that the public haa grown
acemlomed to being mulcted, the mem
bers M the twenty-third legislative as
sembly have not forgotten themselves.
Kindly consideration has been shown
absentees.
The report of the committee on per
diem an-1, mileage, signed by Chairman
Sirhel. was filed in the senate this morn
ing Senator Mays waa excused on the
third day of the session and haa not
been in attendance since then, but he
figure in the report the same aa if
had been present every day.
The distribution of state funds made
to respective members of the senate in
, '.he raport, which was duly adopted, is
, aa follows :
Avery. I1S3 "V0: Booth, 1120; Bower
i man. U38 50, Brownell. $131 10; Car-
It is estimated that the price of this
legislature will foot up about $2,500,000.
It would seem that it is about time to
call a halt on this exoeesive at use. The
present legislature ia the worst for the
taxpayer in the history of the state.
There has been made no definite
statement as to the large items of the
appropriation bill, though it ia believed
that the committee has about made np
its mind as to what the amount will be.
approximated. It ia estimated that
the penitentiary will receive at leaat
$100,000 for maintenance, the asylum
$400,000 for the same purpose, and $T.-
he ! 250 for betterment. It is more than
probable that $32.5(0 will be allowed for
transportation of insane and $15,000
Portland, Feb. 12. The third mem
ber of the Oregon delegation in Con
gress was brought under the shadow
yesterday afternoon when the Federal
grand jury returned an indictment
against J. ST. Williamson, his partner in
the sheep business, Dr. VanGesner, and
Marion K. Biggs, for several years Unit
ed States Commissioner at Prioeville.
The crime alleged by the document is
subornation of perjury in having in
duced some 4o fellow-townsmen to take
claims in township 15 south, range 19
east, under the agreement that the land
should in time revert to the firm of Wil
liamson &. Gesner. In order to take
these claims, it was necessary for the
claimants to make false affidavits, which
it is alleged they did before United
States Commissioner Biggs.
It is also alleged that these claims
were taken up under contract to revert
in title to Williamson and Gesner at a
future date and the money for the filing
and other fees waa furnished the claim
ants by Dr. Gesner.
In addition to the 45 persons
Mr. and Mrs. Williamson, Dr.
two nephews of Mr. Willie maeai Com
missioner Biggs and a aarabar ef hard
er! in the employ of the firm ef Willamsa.
son 4 Gesner also filed oa claims.
Perils of the Seafarer.
Portland, Feb. 10. The big steasaahip
Nicomedia, which haa jnat arrived ia
port after a pa swags of IS days frean
Japan, reports a rough trip and the so-
perstiuons of the sailors were at
aroused.
When in in id ocean a cold wave
experienced, the thermometer MX ta M
for , degrees below aero, and thick aroaaa af
the transportation of convicts. For the
' maintenance of the reform school the
committee is said to be in favor of do
: nating $53,000 with an additional $3,500
; for new buildings, etc.
Autos Numeroue at Grants Pass,
ar-
do
Portland, Feb. 12. The fidelity of
Senator Mitchell's close friends has been
tried in many cases, but the public was
not ready to learn that a man of Judge
Tanner's prominence and standing
would commit perjury even to save his
business partner. After once swearing
to a statement calculated to clear Sena
tor Mitchell, the public expected that
Judge Tanner would maintain his posi
tion. But it Appears that the govern
ment secret service force, under Mr.
Burns, and the district attorney, wove
the web of guilt with such irresistible
strength that the business partner con
cluded it was folly to hold out longer
and jeopardise himself and his sou to
exculpate one who had voluntarily com
mitted a crime.
Ttaatr'i PV.
"If the court please, I am ready at
this time to enter a plea of guilty."
6o said Judge A. H. Tanner, yester
day afternoon when JudireC. B. Belling
er took his seat on the bench of the
United States district court.
Judge Tamer pleaded guilty to the
charge of perjury, for which the govern
ment had indicted him. He confessed
that the partnership agreement between
him and Senator Mitchell was written
in December last year to protect Sena
tor Mitchell from prosecution by the
government.
It was 2 :30 o'clock when District At
torney Heney said :
"If it please the court, Judge Tanner
is ready to plead to the indictment for
perjury."
Judge Tanner rose before the bar
where be has appeared no many times
an attorney, and Raid :
T will waive reading of the indict
ment. I wish to plead guilty, your hon
or, l do not understand mat Mr. Money
claims that I am guilty of perjury, ex
cept as to that agreement between Sen
ator Mitchell and myself."
Judge Bellinger replied to the plea
"Very well, sentence is suspended."
District Attorney Heney said that he
desired to take some testimony from
Judge Tanner at that time, and the lat
ter was asked to go on the witness stand
and be sworn, which he did.
"Have you the contract which you
presented to the grand jury'.'" asked the
district attorney.
"I have" came the reply.
"When was it made?"
"Last December," said Judge Tanner.
Oontinning, he said :
To Saw Mitchell
"The purpose was to use it in Senator
Mitchell's defence. 1 will tell you how
we came to draw it up. Senator
Mitchell and I had a contract; but of
conrse, this was not the first one. When
Senator Mitchell was out in December
dancerou He told me to change that
clanse, drawing up a new agreement '
which was identical v.ith the first one,
except for that clause. We both signe ! I
it. I told him Robertson was the only !
man on earth who knew about the!
original contract, and it would be necee- ;
tr. $206 70 :Coe. $135 0 : Coke, $193 50 j The school for the blind will probably
Coshow. $217 50 : Croisan. $120 SO: Far- j receive $15,000 for maintenance and an
rar, $110 30: Haines. $145 20 . Hobson. 1 additional $1500 for betterments.
$115 40: Hod son. $135 : Holman. '
$136 90: Howe. $150; Lav cock, $270:,
Loogharr. BtW 30; Malarkey, $135 90; j
May, $135 W); McDonald. $229 : Mil- '
lev, $13?: Nottingham, $151 SO : Pierce, :
$104 90: Rand, $242 70; Sichei. $151 30 : j
mith, $24 40; Tuttle. $219 yO : Wheal-;
don. $120 HO: Wright, $150 90. Kuyken
daalt, $221.
That Senator Sichei draws $15 90(
mow than hi fellow members from :
Unimnm.h i. .in to his having served i something awful and
on the committee which "investigate d"
the Lewis and Clark fair. This necee
Mtated two round trips.
As a matter of Let, there is not a i
member of the legislative assembly, so
sary to have him corroborate the testi- j fr as
mony we gave. Mitchell said he would
see what he could do wun nooenson.
Judge Tanner produced the original
contract which had been entered into
between him and Senator
known,
with the exception of i
Representative Smith, of Josephine, '
who does not ride on a railroad pass.
Traveling costs them nothing and the I
most of them leave the capital regularly j
Mitchell, Fridav afternoon and return Sunday j
Two more automobiles arrived here
this week, being for Dr. W. H. Flana
gan and K. C. Dixon. The machines
have not been tried yet but will be soon.
The freight on these machines from the
East to Portland or San Francisco is
then it doubles
from either of those points to this city.
T.W.Williams also has a machine or
dered, which will be here soon. There
are already three machines here, those
of J. H. Williams, B. O. McCnlloch and
Carl tientner. Observer.
ice formed near the water Una. The
spray which covered the deck breams
froxen, making walking difSaait.
A rough voyage is expected ea the re
torn trip, because tokens of Ul-laak were
sighted off the Aleutian is i anas Fawhed
upon each of the four masse waa a aaea
ster owl, which sat there a full day aad
night. When darkness rose over tha
sea, they looked down on the crew with
curious gaae, and efforts to drive then
away resulted in failure. This ia bald
by the sailors to be an omen of evil.
In the same waters on the oat ward
trip from Portland four sea eagles
refuge on the masts. The
caught one, which screamed and clawed
but it was subdued and put in a crate
on the deck. One waa shot by Oaptaia
Wagner, and fell through a ventilator.
The others were wounded and were
made prisoners. Three days later all of
them died.
Stock were left on eastern Oregon
ranges without feeding till last week.
whi. h showed that Senator Mitchell
was to receive half of all fees received by
the firm for business before the depart
ments of the government.
Harry C. Robertson, private Secretary
to Senator Mitchell, then took the stand
and testified that he drew up the origi
nal contract in 1901 . and that it con
tained the clause giving to Mitchell half
the fees taken for work before the de
partments. He also said that before
coming to Portland he was summoned
before the grand jury of the District of
Columbia, when the following conversa
tion took place :
"February 3 cf this year I was sub
poenaed before the district grand jury
at Washington, D. C. I went to Mitch
ell, after receiving the subpoena, and
told him of it and asked him what it
was about. Mitchell presumed it was
to inquire into the firm's business.
"He told me that Judge Tanner had
been before the grand jurv in Portland
and had testified that all the lees re
ceived from the departments went to
Tanner. 1 knew at the time that this
was not the agreement. He then told
me that he had a conversation with
Judge Tanner in December, and that
they had agreed that any means was
justifiable to defeat the assaults being
made upon Mitchell."
Bt still Dcalcs III Gailt.
Senator Mitchell this evening gave
out the following statement :
If judge Tanner ever received anv
money for any business he transacted for
any one in connection with land mat
ters, and placed it to my credit, or any
part of it, he did it without my knowl
edge or consent, directy or indriectly
It was our distinct understanding soou
after my election to the Senate last
time, that I was to have no interest
whatever in anv business he might do
in connection with departmental mat
ters. I have never received, with my
knowledge or consent, a single penny or
any amount whatever for any services
rendered by me or Judge Tanner, or by
the firn of Mitchell A Tanner, for aervi
ces rendered by me, Tanner or the firm
in connection with any land matters or
any business before a Government de
partment. and this 1 believe 1 can oa
ight or Monday morning. They draw
mileage just the same, however, with a
exceptions. Senator Booth is
among the honorable exceptions. He I
had the committee apportion to him his
per diem and cut out the mileage.
ran sport Coming to Portland.
Washington, Feb. 10. Senator Ful
ton was advised by Quartermaster-Lien-
era; Humphrey today that the trans- j
port Sheridan sailed from Manila Jann
ary J5 with the fourteenth infantry on
board and will come direct to Portland,
aad from there the men go to Van con-
at barracks to take station. It has not
vet been decided whether the nineteenth i
nfantry will be sent direct from Van
couver to the Philippines.
be looked over our contract, and there ' tabliah in a fair trial to the entire satis
waa one clause which he said would be faction not only of the jury but of the
Four men
Denver.
cast over 9,000 ballots in
people of Oregon and the entire country.
In talking about his partner's confes
sion, Senator alitcneii snowea no oaa
spirit, gave no evidence of ill temper or
excitement ; but when he was asked if,
in the light of this confession and corro-
Kirative testimony he would resign his
seat in the Senate, he displayed consid
erable spirit.
BesiSDl No I Woa'L"
'Judire Tanner and all the rest of
them can confess as much as they
please," he exclaimed ; "their confes
sion cannot hurt me."
"Resign! No, 1 won't resign. I have
not the slightest intention of resigning.
1 am going back to Portland before the
court meets and to face all charges. 1
don't know what Tanner's confession is,
but if he has h Id the truth it won't
do me the slightest injury. There
seems to be great interest in my future
course just now, especially with regard
to my seat in the Senate ; but I am
going to hang on. 1 am not going to re-
shin. That's what thev want me to do
but I'll fool them."
Tanner to be Pardeatd.
It is stated by Mr. Heney that Judg e
Tanner will be pardoned for his offense
by president Roosevelt, after he has
testified in the Government's behalf at
the Mitchell trial in April provided
there be a trial.
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