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Vol. XXXVII
ROSEBURG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1905
No. 19
FEAR, NOT POISON MAY
SUICIDE AT
RAILROAD MEN
ANOTHER GREAT VICTORY
HAVE CAUSED HER DEATH
COTTAGE GROVE
GO TO SIUSLAW
plamfccolcr.
Strange and Startling Theory Evolved to Account
For the Death of Mrs. Stanford No
' Poison Found in Stomach.
San Francisco, March 4. There It is suggested that the fear of poi
ia nothing new of importance in the soning killed her.
Maniord poisoning case today, liar
ry Reynolds, of the city detective
force, left for Honolulu today. All
rumors are met by prompt denials,
The police say no poison was found
in the Stanford residence. The par-' San Francisco at the time of the at
ties concerned here also deny having tempted poisoning. She said that at
any information of poison being found
m Mrs. Manford s stomach. Miss
Berner's admission that she purchased
bi-carbonate of soda here after the
first poisoning case and that it was
packed away untouched until Mrs.
Stanford arrived in Honolulu is con-
sidered fatal to her. Her many mis-'
statements look as if she was trying
to shield someone.
No Poison in Stonuch. j
Honolulu, March 4. The high
sheriff announced this afternoon that
he had just interviewed the chemists ;
who have been for two days analyzing '
the contents of Mrs. Jane Lathrop
Stanford's stomach and that thev had
1
found no trace of strychnine. The
high sheriff is beleived to be keeping
Chief of Police Spillane Informed of
the progress of the investigation,
This negative information deepens
the mystery of Mrs. Stanford's death,
CONFERENCE CUTS
APPROPRIATIONS
Waal.ii.g o i, March 3. The confer
enoeioiDuiitice on rivers and harbors
cut Fulto,.' :-.niendinent giving an in
crease ef 9154 CM for the mouth of the
Columbia rivet improvement to $100,
000 As finally settled in conference
ai ! ae the hill will stanJ if passed the
On-gon item? are:
'iillamuok hay, $10,008: Coqaille river
$45,000; Columbia at Cascade, $90,000:
Willamette above Portland, $50,000;
improvements to lower Willamette,
$100,000; ii,e mouth of the Colnmhia.
$400,000 ; Cascades, $300,000; continuing
The Dalle- and Celilo, $50,000 caeh and
fL'50,000 continuing.
OREGON SAILS SOUTH
TO SAN FRANCISCO
Eureka. March 3 The steamer Ore
con sailed for Pan Frai.ciscoat 11 o'clock
The wreck report filed by Captain War
ner of tbe Oregon and Captain Pillsbury
of the marine underwriters with the coir
lector of cnetome this morning show!
the damage to the vessel is $40,000 and
the damage to the cargo $25,000.
SPRAYS, SULPHUR,
LIME, :
BLUE VITRUL
AND
CAUSTIC SODA
OF THE BEST QUALITIES
SOLD
MARSTERS'
DRUG STORE
Surprised at Btq u est
Further questioning by Humph
rev on Wednesday caused Miss Herner
to state that the bottle had been in
the San Francisco poisoning two bot-
ties of Portland water, one of them
uncorked, stood on the wash stand in
an alcove, above which among the
bottles on the shelf was the same
bottle of bicarbonate of soda which
was found to contain strvehnine in
Honolulu. Access to the room and
to the open medicine basket was easy.
Miss Berner was informed tonight
0f the fact that the will of Mrs. Stan-
ford had been made public and that
her bequest was $15,000
"This is a surprise," she said, "but
I do not care to make any statement
I have never discussed the matter and
do not care to now."
Miss Berner is showing the effects
of the strain she is under and is very
nervous and worried. She is subjected
to constant examinations every day
by Attorney Stanley and Deputy Sher
iff Rawlins.
CONDUCTOR VEATCH
INJURED IN COLLISION
Bariovr. Ore., March 2 Three people
were hruised and others shaken in a
head-on collision at 9 o'clock this morn-
ing between the Albany local and
Bouin o-iuna treigrit standing on a
switch at the depot here. The two en
gine.-' were considerably smashed, and
, the mallear on the local was somewhatl
j damaged. The injured are, J. li. Doug
las, an employe on the Mt. Scott car-
line in Portland ; the conductor of the
' Albany lncal, and a little girl.
The collision was caused by an open
switch, which the engineer of the lici
did not see, and which cansed that
train to take the side track. A transfer
train from Portland took all the passen
gers on at 11 : 20.
Portland, March. 2 Drawn by a spe-
; eial eneme, the Albany local reached
the I'nion Depot at 1 o'clock this after
noon. Conductor eatch, one of tbe
oldest employes on tbe road, was worst
injured of all those on board. He wax
sunering trom a oroaen no. but was up
: and on dutv when the train arrived.
several ol the passengers were some-
! what shaken up, but none were so badly
injured as to require the aid of a
: stretcher in leaving the train. One of
, the mailcars of the colliding train was
; piled up on tbe disabled locomotive of
! the passenger.
AT
Eva Davenport Dies Under Peculiar
Circumstances Some Rumor
of Foul Piay.
Cottage Grove, March 3. About three
o'clock this morning I.ee Minard, who
had just arrived on the train from Eu
gene, stepped to the rear of his saloon
and heard groans. I'pon investigation
he discovered they issued from the house
occupied by Eva Davenport, a woman
of the town. Finding the door locked
he threw his weight against it and broke
the lock. The woman was lying on the
floor anil in a spasm. He asked her what
was tbe matter and she replied that she
was dying and requested him to send
her remains to Kinher, Mini)., her form
er home. Help was summoned and Dr.
Kime called, but she soon died without
further statements.
She had, in company with another in
mate of a house nearby, attended the
theater last night and seemed in unusu
ally good spirits. No one was known to
have been at the house after one o'clock
until Minard arrived.
coroner's jvry investigation.
A coroner's jury was summoned this
morning and has been investigating tl e
affair all day.
From the doctors" and other testimony
it would seem to be a case of suicide,
but some have doubts about it.
The woman was well-to-do financially,
having money in the bank and was said
to have own.nl the house in which she
lived.
The record at the Modern Pharmacy
shows that last evening at about aiht
o'clock she purchased a drachm of
strychnine for the purpose, she said, of
poisoning rats.
The jury will probably render its ver
dict some time this afternoon. There
was no money found in the house, but
it could not be learned that she had
any in her possession just prior to her
death.
There were six witnesses examined
and their testimony agreed throughout.
The woman had lived here some
years. The request that her body be
sent to her former home will likely be
complied with.
SOME OF TDK EVIDENCE SUBMITTED.
Dr. Kime was the first witness called
and testified : He was summoned by
telephone and reached the bedside of
the deceased about a quarter past three,
she was then in spasms and about twen
ty minutes past three breathed her last
breath, on examination of head found a
gash about one inch in length and Jcui
to the bone, no fracture of skull. How
the cut was made is onlv conjecture.
made through examination. Had learn
ed that she had purchased one dram of
strychnine at Modern Pharmacy the
night before. My opinion is the cause
of death aas strychnine poison. The
spasms were such as that poison would
produce.
John Witte sworn, am druggist at
Modern Pharmacy ; Miss Davenport
came in last night, wanted strychnine
to kill rats, bought rat poison about a
month ago which she said was not
strong enough, and if this did not kil
the rats nothing would ; seemed rather
wearied when she came, showed jury
the record of the sale of the poison.
Flossie Harris testified, Miss Daven
port called me about 8 o'clock last even
ing and asked me to go to the show, I
went and was with her until about 11
o'clock, she seemed happy and laughed
considerable. About three this morn
ing heard a noise, heard Minard go to
her house and break in the door. He
called me and I went over. She was ly
ing on the floor on her back and seemed
very sick. We placet! her on the bed
and the doctor came but she died soon
afterward. She only said "I am dying."
H. C. Leonard wae called and testified
the first he knew of the matter be was
sitting in house back of Cummins' place
Minard called to Flossie to come over to
the Davenport house; she asked me to
wait until she returned ; she soon called
me to come over and when I went in
Eva was Iving on tbe floor ; we placed
her on the bed and the doctor soon ar
rived. He tried to give her medicine
but she seemed unable to swallow. She
soon died. Have never heard her aav
she was afraid of anyone injuring her.
Never knew her to drink anything but
beer.
Ben Curry stated he was at the house
of Miss Davenport a little after 11 o'clock
she appeared to be all right with the ex
ception of complaining of a pain in her
chest. Once her breathing seemed to
almost stop, she talked about tbe show.
No one else was there and I left about
one o'clock.
To learn if the rumor was true that
she had drawn money from the bank
yesterday, Herbert Eakin president of
the hank was called. He testified she
had money in the bank but had drawn
none out for a month or so.
Lee Minard wasagain called and asked
if he knew if she had money in the
house. He state.) he did not know hail
been away for some days.
Miss Flossie Harris was recalled but
did not know of her having any money
in Iter possession.
OOBONER'S JURY VERDICT.
We the coroner's jury empanneled to
enquire into the death of Eva Daven
port would submit the following verdict :
we nnd from the evidence that de
ceased came to her death by staychnine
poisoning administered by her own
hands with suicidal intent.
W S Chnsman, foreman, Oliver
Veatch, J S Osmund, W Wynne, W H
Martin, II O Lincoln.
Whole and cracked corn for sale by the
Douglas County Flouring Mills. tf
President Theodore Roosevelt.
POMP AND CEREMONY
ATTEND INAUGURATION
Most Brilliant in History was Induction
into Office or' the Nation's
Youngest President.
Washington, March 4.-Theodore
Roosevelt was today transformed
from president by chance to presi
dent by choice: from president
through an assassin's bullet into presi
dent through the ballots of the peo
ple: I'nder the shadow of the gray
domed capital, gazing into the placid
marble features of dreenouh's statue
of the first president, the twenty
siith president of the Halted States
swore faithfully to execute the laws
and to preserve, protect and defend
the Constitution.
A slight rain was falling at day
break, but it cleared away and at ten
o'clock the air was clear and balmy,
with the'temperature at SO degrees.
A mighty wave of cheers swept
along the avenues as the president's
carriage came in sight. Throughout
the whole route the president, with
hat in hand, kept bowing in acknowl
edgment of the greetings, i n his
arrival at the capitol he was conduct
ed to the president's room, in the rear
of the senate chamber, where he be
gan at once the signing of belated
bills. At noon he entered the abode
of the senate to witness the installa
tion of Senator Fairbanks as vice
president. Thus ceremony concluded,
he proceeded to the stand on the east
front of the capitol to receive the
oath from Chief Justice Fuller and to
deliver his inaugural address. Imme
diately upon its conclusion the presi
TO TAP THE CASCADE
Will Extend the Railroad Line From
mia Mining District this Season.
The Oregon & Southern Railroad
company wan incorporated by Gu-
tave H. Hengen, 0. E. I'axton and
Nathan D. Simon, of Oregon. This
corporation is allied to the Oregon
Securities company, formed several
days ago in this state, and which waa
incorporated in Oregon because of
the law adopted this year enabling
foreign mining companies to organ ize
here and have a majority of their di
rectors resident elsewhere, as well aa
to hold meetings in other states.
Most of the directors of the Oregon
Securities company reside in the east.
The officers and directors of the
railway company incorporated today
will be citizens of Oregon. The new
law, Senate bill No. 244, which affects
the mining corporations, does not re
fer to other corporations, although
efforts were made to induce the legis
lature to broaden its scope and make
it applicable to all corporations.
In the articles filed today provision
is made for kthe issuance of $1,000,-
000 capital stock, and fiustave II.
Hengen is authorized to open books
for subscription of stock. One
half the stock is to be preferred
which will carry an annual dividend
of 7 per cent guaranteed, and, if the
profits from operation do not yield
dent was escorted back to the White
. House where, after lunching with the
officials of the inaugural committee,
he took his position on the stand in
front to renew the informal inaugu
ral parade.
The quadrennial national fete day
KM concluded with a general illumi
nation of the city and fireworks on
the Washington monument grounds,
followed by the great inaugural ball
in the pension building, at which
President and Mrs. Roosevelt were
the guests of honor.
The inauguration cost ab.-ut
1 K which it is believed has been ful
ly repaid in the sale of grand stand
; and ball tickets. The guaranty fund
j subscribed by Washington merchants
! and business men will thus be re
turned.
Tbt ftnie
With standards waving, guidons
whipping in the breeze and regiment-
al colors flaunting, infantry, cavalry
and artillery tramped, pranced and
; rumbled this afternoon through his
j toric Pennsylvania avenue.
F.very window on the avenue rented
j f r the day at prices ranging from
I $10 to $100 apiece.
There were 200,000 visitors in
Washington and the parade was seen
by nearly half a million people .
Fxperienced observers say that the
procession beat all its predecessors,
even that of McKinley's second in
auguration. FOREST RESERVE BELT
Cottage Grove to the Bohe
that percentage in any ye ar, the de
ficiency is to be paid the following
year before any dividend is paid on
the common stock, making the pre
ferred stock virtually a mortgage on
the property.
Cottage Grove and the Champion
quartz mill are named as the termini
of the main line, which is to be 34
miles long, IS miles of it having
been already built. The road enters
the Cascade forest reserve 26.6 miles
from Cottage Grove, and for the re
mainder of the distance runs through
it.
Mr. Hengen, who was president of
the company under its New Jersey
incorporation, and will be president
hereafter when the Oregon corpor
ation shall 'have been completed, an
nounces that construction will begin
on the extension within a few Wbaks,
and that work will be continuous
until trains are running into the
Champion basin, where the 30-stamp
mill of the Oregon Securities com
pany is located.
The lumber industry already estab
lished is extensive along the line of
our road, said Mr. Hengen, "and the
immense body of timber in that rei
gon promises the development of
large tonnage for the road's haulage."
B. Hengen, A. B. Wood and H.
C. Dicrs Left on Mysterious
Trip to Coos Bay
Kugene, March 3: G. B. Hengen,
president, and A. W. Wood, secretary of
the Oregon A .Southeastern Railway Co.,
operating the line from Cottage Grove
toward the Bohemia minee, accompa
nied hy H. C. Diers, chief engineer of
the Willamette Valley Electric Railroad
Co. left this morning for the mouth of
the Siuslaw river and from there will go
down the coast as far as Coos Bay.
The object of their trip is keot a se
cret, but those on the inside state that
it is oeeible something good may be
given out for publication in the not far
distant future.
Mr. Hengen represents large capital
intereete in New York City, and it is
possible this trip may be fn the interests
of something else.
It is stated at Cottage Goove that Mr.
Hengen is seeking the most practical
and feasible route for a rsilroad from
the coast over the Cascade mountain.
the 'election of which means the ban
ning of actual construction work at an
earlv date.
The party i expected to return from
Coos Bay hy way of the Middle Fork of
of the Ooquille railway survey to Rose
burg, which they will find, as many
others have, the shortest and most prac
tical route from Coos Bay over the Coast
range of mountains to the I'mpqua and
Willamette vallevs.
INDICTED ON CHARGE
DESTROYING RECORDS
Washington. March. 3.-Bimrer Her -
mann, Congreesn
man from the First Ore-
d former Commissioner
Lim ... ,
eon District, an
of the General I-and office, was todav in -
dieted by the Federal Grand Jury here,
on the charge of destroying public re
cords, the express accusation being that
he made way with iS letter-press copy
books, which .constituted a part of the
records of the General lj.nd Office.
The crime is alleged to have been
iair BOTH
Hermann's
committed just previous
to
retirement from office.
A number of witnesats testified in the
case before the Grand Jury, among
whom were William Burns, the Seirt
Service official whose services in Oregon I
have been most important in working
up the land-fraud cases : Elliot P.
Hough, a clerk in the General Land Of-
j fice. who was for some years private sec
1 retary to Congressman Hermann, when
the latter as Commissioner of the Gen
eral Ijnd Office: Harry S. Keger. who
has been in the office of the Commis
sioner of the General Land ( tfice some
time, and other employee of the Land
Office.
Mr. Hermann's attorney appeared in
cvurt immediately after the indictment
had been found, and on half of his
client waived the exemption due a
member of Congress, and asked that
bail be fixed. District Attorney Beach
suggested IMM, while Mr. Hermann's
counsel named 2ft0, the latter figure
being set by the court.
Mr. Hermann still maintaines that
the letter tiles he destroyed was a large !
accummulation of his own personal
correspondence which he did not care
to pre-ei ve nor leave among the iand .
nfin ri , ords.
SHOT AT A DEER
AND KILLED UNCLE
Eugene. Or., March 2. James lavage,
who lives at Summit, but who has been
stn ing with his brother on the Mo
hawk, M miles northeast of Eugene,
was accidentally shot and killed last ev
ening about dusk by his nephew. Sidney
Savage. They had been hunting and
were on their way home when a deer
jumped up near Sidney, who fired
quickly. The bullet struck the boy's
uncle in the breast. He sank to the
ground exclaiming, "Sidney, you have
killed me."
The boy ran to his home, a mile dis
tant, for help, but when the party re
turned the uncle was dead. He had
not moved from where he fell, and no
doubt expired a few minutes after he
was shot. Coroner Day was telephoned
particul ars of the shooting, hut con
cluded that an inquest was unnecessarv.
Savage was aged about 45, and single.
GOVERNMENT WILL
TEST BLACK SAND
A telegram received this morning
from Washington, D. C., announces
that Senator Fulton had procured an
amendment to the sundry civil bill ap
propriating 125,000 to be expended un
der direction ol the Geological Survey at
the Lewis and Clark Exposition for the
examination of the black sand of the
Pacific Coast to ascertain the amount of
gold and sand platinum it contains.
Tbe official of the Lewis and Clark
Exposition are much elated over the
appropriation. It will make possible
many important and valuable scientilic
experiments and demonstrations con
cerning the black sands.
Colonel David Day will conduct the
experiments liefore the convention of
mining and scientific men, which will
meet during tbe Exposition.
If you wish to have your health re
stored, see the Osteopathic physician.
FOR THE JAPANESE ARMY
Kuropatkin Seems to Have Met with Great Disas
ter and Ultimate Defeat on the Hun
River in Manchuria.
St Petersburg, March 5.
Kuropatkin reports the
have been compelled to
Jachtoolin. Six attemr.r
General I
Russians'
evacuate
to storm
! the Russian
center were reoelled
wi h great loss.
.eneral Oku has capture- nine
miles of the Russian positions on the
ngh bank of the Hun river. The
battle oday is continuing along the
wholefront-
JalTearrniUnCfiedKrt&day S?
enTr and'TefT Z
center and left are making steady
gains. The Japanese defeated the
K.tstaMinr-
W. A FRATER BEFORE
JUDGE BELLINGER
There are some sad things occuring in
life, and this from the Portland Journal
is not one of the ieast of them :
William A. Frater, the vetran oost-
master for years at Roseboxg, wae be-
fore Judge Bellinger this morning to
plead. He was indicted for embalm.
500 of public funds while holding the
lne
lomce. m:s bondsmen made no th
! amount reported short, ami it
generally understood that Frater would
I Pled guilty this morning, but when he
' faced the nrt he hlL. .! T
! faced the court he
that he wae a defaulter and began argn
ing me matter with the judge. As hia
purpose seemed in doubt, he at last
entered a plea of not guiltv and bonds
were fixed at $1000. The court permit
ted the old soldier to go on his own re-
cogmrance until the bona is given, and
I 1.
j ' ' onderstood that a
piea of eniltT
wid be entered soon.
STRUCK FINE LEDGE
IN BOHEMIA MINES
A. L. Churchill who has
some time past at work uvea
been for
bis bi
group in Bohemia, came to tbe city last
week, says the Cottage Grove Nugget.
He recently found while prospecting
about in a deep gnlch, a ledge of which
he had no previous knowledge and with
a little work learned that it was at
least twelve feet in width. An seay
from the first ore found on the onrf.
....
proved it earned nearly five dollars m
fPd. Recent work shows much better
iookin ore Owing to the altitude of
! tne mountain through which the vein
, trnds, by driving a tunnel along ita
ue a depth of at least 2000 feet can
i be gained. Mr. Churchill has returned
to rnni work on this promising find.
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INTEGRITY OF GOODS
Having attained an enviable reputation for oar products, onr en
deavor to maintain the high ttaafed of excellence and with this con
e antly ,n view the greatest precaution is observed and care taken in
the selection and dispensing of drugs and chemicals.
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Qood Perfumes
Are
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FULLERTON &
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that General Knroptkin has wired as
follows: "Two hundred and sixty
thousand Japanese have broken
through the left wing, which cuts us
off from the mom nwA J. T
anesfc m qq J
position is extremely dangerous."
It is reported that General Kurop-
atkin stated his losses were 30,000
killed and the Japanese losses are
50,000 killed.
W- today
3 CODvktion that Kin
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iCOAST RAILROAD
SURVEY PROGRESSING
! John Barker, who baa been driving a
team for the railroad earreying party
which has been making the survey for a
railroad down the coast, pa seed through
this city Tuesday on his way to Myrtle
fount where he will make a short Tint.
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Smitiinnr alnnt miu. o
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...7m Ane8arTe-T is .cnaracterixed
i th. k TH Tt , "P16""
ltt v.
eecUon- line will soon be
started can hardly be doubted. Coqnii-
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TIDE OF TRAVEL
TURNS TO OREGON
Portland. March 4 Anticipated heavy
travel consequent upon inauguration of
colonist rates is being realised by the
transcontinental railroads, and trains
will begin to arrive with more than the
usual number of cars attached. Ad
vices received todav at the office of Gen
eral Passenger Agent Craig, of the O. 8.
4 X., state that extra cars were started
out of Kansas City, Omaha and Chicago
yesterday to accomodate the un nasal
number of through passengers.
Extra equipment was attached to
trains over the Northern Pacific leaving
St. Paul yesterday forenoon and last
night, and likewise trains of the Great
V.-irtKara mA I . L
u ""u uiaut u. me pasenffer
destined for Oregon point. iTuT
pected the traffic will all be handled by
regular trains after the rush that fol
lows institution of the low
one-wav
rates is over, but the early part of the
week will bring trains loaded to the
tibnlee with settlers for Oregon.
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