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THE TWICE-A-WEEK Roseburg, Oregon Poialatifn, 3S00. The Oonnty 8et ol Douglas County, onion MMsil Home; 0. 8. Land I'ftlce and V. 8. W. ather Burean are located here S. P railroad division: splendid educational advantages: Gateway to lue Ooos Bay and Coquille eo'inlry. Kosebarg Plaindealer 7 he rnont wM :ly read u. t; aper pabllahed In Southern (Oregon and conaequently the aairradver tUlnc medium. Large, modernly equipped Job printing department In connection. Eatabliahed In 1888. Bubacrf ptioa, U per year lor Semi-Weekly. Vol. XXXVII ROSEBURG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 9) 1905 No. 30 GREAT VICTORY FOR RASH ACT OF STANFORD CASE STILL UNSOLVED THE JAPANESE ARMY. ALBERT G. WILLIS f) lamucnlcr. The Russians Have Evacuated the Whole Line of Trenches on Shakhe River and are in Full Retreat, Japs in Pursuit Tokio. March 8. A dispatch from General Kuroki states that the Rus sians under cover of darkness last night evacuated their whole line along the Shakhe river and are now in full retreat to the northward with the Japanese infantry pressing them closely. The Cwmh have burned all supplies and the fall of Mukden is appar ent. The Japanese this morning captured Mat-hum Tan pass, giving them control of the head of the valley to Fu Shan. The Japanese enveloping movement has been successful along the entire he and the only question remaining is whether the Russian army will be ii apletely annihilated or wla thir the lemnar.t. after a panicky flight, will be al i i to escape northward. St. Petersburg. March S, The dispatch of the Associated Press from its correspondent with the army of General Kuroki. announcing the withdrawal of the Russians from their positions on the Snakha river and that the Rus sians were in full retreat, was the first definite news received here to the ef fect that the battle was ended and that General Kuropatkin was making the be-it of his way northward. It isaa n t c ime unexpectedly. The defeat of General Kuropatkin has been expected since Field Marshal Oyama made his brilliant stroke against the Russian right. THE PILKINGTONS JUMPED THEIR BAIL The Eugene Guard of. Monday said : John rilkiui'ton, charged with robbery i-rnm the ix reon of Sherman Hickeon, at Springfield, several weeks ago, and I red Pilkington, charged with gambling at Cottag Grove, both of whom were bound ovitr to appear for trial at thie term of ctjprt in the eum of f500 and f300 respectively, failed to appear this morning when their cases were called, and their Itonds were declared forfeited. Both men live at Roseburg, and it is said are well connected. A term in the penitentiary stared John Pilkington in the face, bin it would have been cheaper for Fred to appear and pay his fine, as t'p. perh. ps would not have been fined mire than 1100, people in Rnseburg v. re tbeir bondsmen. PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS Washington, March 7 The president tuday nominated all' the present mem ber of th- cabinet to succeed themselves except Wynne, who is to be succeeded by Cortehoa as postmaster general. Wynne is named consul-general at Lon don. The President nominated the fol 1 wior ambassadors: Whitelaw Reid, New York, to Great Britian : Robert S. McCormick, Illinois, France; George V. L. Meyer, Massachusetts, Russia ; Ed win H. Conger, Iowa, Mexico ; Henry White, Rhode Island, Italy ; Henry Lawson. Washington, minister to Bel gium ; Thomas Sammons, Washington, consul to Niachang. SPRAYS, SULPHUR, LIME, BLUE VITRUL ANU CAUSTIC SUDA OF THE BEST QUALITIES SOLD MARSTERS' DRUG STORE JOSEPHINE PATIENT SUICIDES AT ASYLUM Salem, Or., March 7. A few hours after she wrote a letter to her husband ; at Selma, Josephine county, telling him how much letter she was, and how she expected to be able to return home in a ! few days, Mrs. J. W. Hartman, a pa ' tient at the asylum for insane, lm I pro Led a rope out of bed sheets, tied I one end to the window guard of her j room, fastened the other around her neck and slowly strangled to death, j No inquest was held, and the remains ; were sen' to Selma for interment. Mrs. Hartman's deranged condition I was due to a stroke of lightning, from which she received a rhock while in del ' icate condition. Her hallucination con sisted in tielieving her husband insane, and elie Irooded so much over her trou bles that she attempted suicide on a previous occasion by taking strychnine. Mrs Hart man was 37 years old. So quietly did she plan her self-destruction that it is supposed she did not even awaken her roommate when she stepped off the head of the bed to die by hang ing. SUPERVISOR SUES FOR POLL TAX Salem. March 8 The suit of Matthew Dorman vs Crawford Moore for $3 poll tax, claimed to be due for 1904, was de cided by Justice Turner in favor of the supervisor. With the costs the verdict will be quite a eum to pay, and this is the second case that I 'or man has won Deputy Attorney McNary appeared for the county. AT Suicided in Roseburg Monday Eve ning by Shooting Himself With Revolver. Albert G. Willis, a well known young man of Roseburg, a son of Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Willis, of Diliard, committed sui cide by shooting himself through the head last Monday night. The bullet fired from a 3.-calibre Smith A Wesson revolver, entered the head just above the right temple and lodged just above the right eye. which canted almost in stant death. The unfortunate tragedy occurred in the doorway of the resi deuce of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Freeman at corner of Pine and Sprint streets and was witnessed by Mr. I reeman. Albert or "Jump" as he was familiar ly known, had been of late in the habit of visiting his wife, Mrs Sallie Willis, from whom he had been for some time separated and who is ret-i ling with her aunt and uncle. Mrs. and Mr. Freeman These visits had not always been of a pleasant nature, so it is stated, frequent quarrels having ensued between the two on the.' occasions, and that Willis had at different times threatened the lives of both Mrs. Willis and himself and had, on one occasion, exhibited the revolver with which he took his own life and which he alwavs carried on his person. Willis, on the night of his death, vis ited the Freeman home and ringing the door bell asked Mr. Freeman, who an swered the bell, "is Sallie at home.'" In answer Mr. F'reeman stated that she was, but believed she did not care to see him. He asked Mr. Freeman to find out positively whether sh would or would not see him and when he was in formed that she did not care to see him Willis answered "all right," and im mediately placing the pistol to his head fired the fatal shot. Willis fell forward upon his face and with two or three barely audible moans, expired. Mr. Freeman immediately telephoned to Sheriff McClallen who summoned Justice Long to act in the place of Coro ner Twitchell, who is absent in the east. The remains were removed to the un dertaking parlors of W. R. Hammitte to be prepared for burial. A coroner's jury was convened Tuesday afternoon in the office of Justice J.T.Long and re turned the following verdict : The Vcrikt We, the Coroner's jury, empaneled to investigate the cause of the death of Albert G. Willis, find that the deceased was years of age, and that the cause of his death was from a pistol shot wound indicted by the said Albert G. Willis on the night of March 6th, 1905, and the same was inflicted with suicidal intent. S. J. Jones, E. H. Smith, Smith Bailey, J. M. Thonpsok, W. J. Lanree, R. W. M ARSTERS , Foreman. For the past light years Mi. Willis has been suffering from rheumatism which bad affected his spine, unfitting him for manual labor. At times during his residence here he has been employed as bartender for C. L. Reed. He was coasidered by Mr. Reed as a trusty and competent employee and although suf fering severe afflictions ha was at most times jovial and good natnred. When last seen by bis friends late Monday evening he seemed in the best of spirits. Albert G. Willis was the son of Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Willis, highly respected residents of Diliard, and would have been 33 years of age on the 19th of this month. Besides his wife, he is sur vived by a six-year old daughter, Ruth, who resides with her grandmother, Mrs J.C. McCulloch, at North Bend, Coos county. He also leaves the following brothers and sisters : Dale Willis, an 8. P. engineer ; Glenn Willis and Mrs. H. L. Froggatt, of Portland ; Misses Effie and Helen Willis and Clive Willis, who reside at the family home at Diliard. Mr. and Mrs. Willis and Dale were here Tnesday to attend the inquest. The remains were taken to Diliard on Wednesday morning's overland where they were interred today in the family burying ground on Willis creek. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. C. H. Lake of the Episcopalian church of Roseburg. LANE COUNTY POTATO DIGGING Eugene, March 7. Not a few people who grow potatoes on bottom land fail to realize the fact that the ground is the best bin for holding the spuds when sale is not desired at ripening time. Ed. Howe has just finished digging and de livering the potatoes from bis acre tract across the river below the butte, and they came out of the ground sound and origin. Besides getting a bigger price (75 cents a bushel) than obtained last fall, he has had no loss from rot, shrink age in weight or expense in sorting and handling in the bin during the winter season, rioousuo not rot potatoes in bottom soil but they do not dig so clean as when not covered by water. This is the third year Mr. Howe has dug and marketed his potatoes in the spring. The automobile craze is getting Eu gene business men by the ears now adays so to speak, and the "cronk" "crank," of the malodorous vehicle re sounds in the land. On this account the casual pedestrain is turning his attention seriously to aerial gymastics. piu jisut dodging. Attorney H. W. Thompson, H. L. T raver and C. C. Mat. look haveeach purchased an Oldsmobile. . It aArgf 4t '''4 ' i Mar ji aaaalHaM QUEEN AMELIE The oonaort of King Curios betntlful (jueen In Europe. She President Loubet of France while The queen's sisters telegraphed her tu Paris rebuking her for accepting the hospitality of the chief of a state that banished her fiither. the Count of Pari-'. and ber brother. THE INAUGURAL ADDRESSES President Roosevelt and Vice President Fairbanks Delivered Brief But Pointed Speeches. The president spoke as follows: My Fellow Citizens : So people on earth have more cause to be thankful than ours, and this is said reverently, in no spirit of boastful ness in our strength, but with gratitude to the Giver of the Good who has bless ed us with the condition.' which have enabled us to achieve so large a measure of wellbeini! and of happiness. To us as a people it has levn granted to lay the foundation of our national life in a new continent. We are heirs of the ages, and yet we have had to pay few of the penalties, which in old countries are exacted by the dead hand of bygone civilization. We have not been obliged to fight for our existence against any alien race; and yet our line has called for vigor and effort without which the manlier and hardier virtues wither away. I'nder such conditions it would be our own fault if we failed ; and suc cess which we have confidently believed the future will bring, should cause in us no feeling for vain glory, rather a deep and abiding realization of all which life has offered us ; a full acknowlegement of the re-;., nihility which is ours; and a fixed determination to show that un der a free government a mighty people can strive best alike as regards the things of the body and the things of the soul. Much has been given to as, and much will rightfully be expected from us. We have dnties to others and duties to our selves ; and we can shirk neither. We have become a great nation, forced by the facts of its greatness into re alions with other nations, large ant! small, our attitude must be one of cordial and sin cere friendship. We must bIiow not on ly in our words bat in our deeds that we are earnestly di sirous of securing their good will by acting toward them in a spirit of just and generous recogni tion of all their rights. But justice and generosity in a nation, as in an individ ual, count most when shown not bv the weak, but by the strong. While ever careful to refrain from wronging others, we must be no less insistent that we are not wronged ourselves. We wish peace ; but we wish the peace of justice, the peace of righteousness. We wish it be - cause it is right and not tiecause we are afraid. No weak nation that acts man fully and justly should ever have cause to fear us, and no strong power should ever be able to single us out as a subject for insolent aggression. Oar relation with other powers of the world are important ; bat still more im portant are our relations among our selves. Such growth in wealth, in pop ulation, and in power as this nation has seen during the century and a quarter of its national life is inevitably accom panied by a like growth in the problems which are ever before every nation that rises to greatness. Power invariably means !oth responsibility and danger. Our forefathers faced certain perils the very existence of which it was impossi ble that they should forsee. Modern life'is both complex and intense, and the tremendous changes wrought by the extraordinary industrial development of the last half century are felt in every fiber of our social and political being. Never before have men tried so vast and HER DYING REQUEST Cottage Grove, Ore., March 7. The funeral of the late Eva Davenport who died here from strychnine poison , administered by herself, took place here, al though she wished her body sent to her people, who live near Grand Forks, Mich. After the body was embalmed, her father telegraphed the authorities to bury her here. As the cut in her head gave evidence of foul play, an inquest was held with the result that it was found she had taken strychnine, and that the cut was probably received in a fall. County Judge Chrisman yesterday Cottage Grove, administrator of the estaie of Mrs. Lena Becker, alias Eva Daven port, the fallen women who committed has 1534.40 cash in the bank here, her she owned real estate valued at 35U. OF PORTUGAL. ft 1'ortugttl bus often heeu i-alled the most and the kin were recently entertained by they were on the w:iv home from Euirland formidable an experiment as that of ad ministering the affairs of a tontinent under the forms of a democratic repub lic. The conditions w hich have told for our marvelous material well-being which have developed to a very high degree our eneigy, self-reliance, and individual initiative, have also brought the rare and nnxiety inseparable from the ac cumulation of great wealth in industrial centers. I'pon the suc-ees of our exper iment much depends ; not only as re gards our own welfare, but as regards the welfare of mankind, if we fail, the cause of free self-government through out th- t -rld will rock to its founda tions: ' t1 erefore our responsibility is heavy, to ourselves, to the genera tions yet nnlorn. There is no good rea son why we should fear the future, but there is every reason why we should face it seriously, neither biding from 1 ourselves the gravity of the problems before u nor fearing to approach these pr-'b ems with the unbending, unflinch ing purpose to solve them aright. Yet, after all, though the problems are new . though the tasks set bdfm us differ from the tasks set before our fath ers who founded and preserved this re public, the spirit in which these tasks must be undertaken and these problems faced, if our dutv is to be well done, re mains essentially unchanged. We know : that self-government is difficult. We know that no people needs sm h high traits of character as that peoph- which seeks to govern its affairs aright through the freely expressed will of the freemei who compose. But we have faith tha we shall not prove false to the memo ries of the men of the mighty poat. They did their work, tht-y left ua the splendsd heritage we now enjoy. We in our turn have assured confidence that we shall be able , to leave this heritage un wasted and enlarged to our children and our children's children. To do so we must show, not merely in great cris es, but in every-day affairs of life, the qualities of practical intelligence of courage, of hardihood and endurance, and above all the power of devotion to a lofty ideal, which made great the men who founded this republic in the days , of Washington, which made great the men who pre-erved this republic in the days of Abraham Lincoln. Vice President Fairbanks Said "I enter upon discharge of the duties of the position to which I have been called by my countrymen, with greatful appreciation of the high honor and a deep sense of its responsibility. I have enjoyed the privilege of serving with yon here for eight years and during that period we have been engaged in the consideration of many domestic ques tions of vaKt importance and with for eign problems of unusually far reaching significance, we submit what we have done to the impartial judgment of his tory. We today witness the majestic spectacle of the peaceful, orderly begin ning of an administration of national affairs, under the laws of a self governed people. We pray that divine favor may attend and peace, progress, justice and honor may abide with our country and with our countrymen." WAS NOT RESPECTED. appointed Lee Minard, a saloon keeper at suicide at the Grove on March 3d. She household goods are valued at 1100, and Police Admit No Arrests Will Be Made and Think the Case Will Remain a Mystery. San Francisco, March 8. The finding of the chemists in tne Stanford case has weakened the theory of murder, and it is evident the cat w ill be droDited as mm n mm Bin r ir.rii ii.ii can no iiitiimi ii ii i o, grace.uuy. i ne presence 01 sirycn- nine in the bi-carbonate of soda and the first phoning in this city is unexplained j and the police admit no atresia will ever be made. The police officials con-1 eluded this morning that a mistake was made in the transmission of the cable gram from the Honolulu sheriff with reference to the finding of strychnine in the bi-oarbonate of soda. They think the cablegram should have read MS hundredths grains instead of MS grains SOUTHERN OREGON APPLE GROWING The On-gon Yellow Xewtowu Pippin is considered the "king I the Engli-h markets, wl berg rules in'X. w York. Both varieties orinc r;i0mr nri. .. i nn th nt other parts of the world in these mar- ksts. The reason is not far to seek, The two varieties reach perfection no- where as they do in Oregon In flavor, sire, coloring and shape they are un- rivaled by any apple in the known world. The Newtown is probably the better, grows more perfectly than the Spitz, and as a consequence shows up perhaps a little N-tter in the foreign markets : bnt they can't beat the Spitz enberg of Oregon anywhere. A letter received by Hon. J. D. 01 well coacerning a car of Sewtowns shipped by him to Ixindon by Goble A Day, of New York, fruit exporters, relates the prices realized in substance as follows : "We have just received a cable from Iyindon reporting the sale of your car of extra fancy Yellow Newtown Pippms at nil average r'l M BllliiingS per OX, WtllCIi means ti.riO per box net, f. o. b. cars at Medford. These apples were of extra quality and the price was a very fancy oce." Manager Perry, of the Rogue River Valley Fruit Growers' Union, has re ceived reports of sales of apples of the same variety in London, consigned bv M. L. Pellett, which net 2 SO per box f. o. b. Medford, and other reports of sales , r.. buu equally good results. I heee app.es were not put up as fancv. They were fonr and four and a half tier apples and not particularly selected ; bat they were good just the same or they wouldn't have brought the price. It might be well for the benefit of our eastern readers to explain of what a box of apples consists. It takes in the neighborhood of three of them to fill an eastern barrel. There are about forty six pounds of apples in a box. The gross weight is fifty-two pounds. Now at the price realized for the fancv New town? above mentioned, the apples net ted here nearly eight cents per pound. That there is money to be made in raising apples good apples that is there is no doubt and there is ample proof of thi assertion to be found any where in the Rogue river valley. The past m son was not a good one, so far as ' he size f the fruit was concerned, yet the K .c River Valley Fruit Growers' Cnion shipped ttJMS boxes of fruits of 11 kinds and realized $21,440.96 net for iU members. It must be remembered lli.it in this connection that all kinds of iruils were included in this aggregate: apples, pears, apricots, peaches, every thing. The amount covers all classes of fruits shipped, of all. grades. The Un ion has done an excellent business this year, considering the circumstances, and its members are generally well sat isfied. Daring the past year between 2500 and 3000 acres of new orchards have been set out. This estimate is a con servative one and the actual figures will be closer to the larger number than to the smaller. One local nurseryman has sold 100,000 trees this year, and other local and outside nurseries have done well. Tidings. CUTS OFF LIEU LAND SWINDLE Washington, March 7. Two and one half million acres of timber land will be saved to the Government by the opera tion of a short act to which President Roosevelt affixed his signature during the last moments of the 58th C)ngress. The act prohibits the selection of tim ber lands in exchange for lands which have been included within forest re serves. It was in 1897 that the "lieu law" was enacted. It had no restrictions simply entitling persons holdir.g lands in lorest reserves to make selections elsewhere in exchange for their forest reserve lands, in 19UU their lieu selec tions were limited to surveyed lands. Since th passage of these acts, nearly 2,000,000 acres of forest reserve lands have been exchanged for other lauds, and almost universally has the exchange leen made for timbered lands outside of forest reserves. Nearly half of this land so exchanged is owned by the land grant railroads. A report to Congress from the Com missioner of the General Land Office places the amount of lands still held by these roads in forest reserves at 2,500,- 000 acres, and the provision in the act in nucstion, that hereafter lieu selections must be made from nntimbered lands, is calculated to save just that much tim bend land which is outside of forest reserves. DOUGLAS COUNTY EXHIBIT AT THE GREAT EXPOSITION The County Commercial Organizations are Re quested to Co-operate in Preparing a Creditable County Exhibit I . n inrrtjTin'r rrw..tini-. r.r i , w.,6 ut mc ifunmnun oomuierciai yiuo was new m r-ecretarv Mice 1 .s Office Tuesday e.ninr In rol,fi. , n I-, ,.YKihit ),, T --j ! i r "JE , Pmted on condition that a like C0U1ty, Hon. D. S. K. Buick submitted adopted: To the Roseburg Commercial Club: r ma . '.lnti.emen: i he matter of an exhibit from Douglas county fat the Iewis and Clark Exposition ! is very important and unless it i3 taken up ; shortly it will be a failure. Therefore, I suggest the following plan for your i consideration. Whereas, the County Court has appropriated the sum of $500 toward ; defraying the expenses of an exhibit of Douglas county products and mater ial resources at the Lewis and Clark Fair, during the summer; and whereas, said sum is totally inadequate for such purpose; therefore be it Resolved, that the secretary of ; of all apples " in structed to invite each town council, or commercial body therein to co-oper-rhile the spitzen- j ate with this club and the county court and elect one person from each town or commercial body therein, to u,caw dna DHie 10 constitute and maintain at said Fair the best possible display f all the material resources of Douglas county, for the purpose of encouraging more peopleto seek homes within our borders and help develop our manv dormant resources. That said nor wrfc. if kii . ' , ... ' v" 'tuwi, meet -l tue iiuo rooms, organize oy electing a president, secretary and treasurer, and at once adopt necessary steps to collect the needed contributions from all patriotic persons, and material of every de scription essential to a successful exhibit; to keep an accurate account of all receipts and disbursements in connection with said commiaeioa and file a detailed statement thereof at the close of each month with the county clerk of Douglas county. D. S. K. Bmct After a general discussion of this matter and the proposed exhibit, and way? and means for procuring same, the Gub adjourned, subject to call of the president. Wednesday morning President Sheridan announced the ap pointment of Hon. D. S. K- Buick as the representative of the Rceinrr Commercial Club to act as a member Very prompt steps must now be taken toward the securing and placing of this exhibit, as the Fair will open in less than 90 day3 from this date. MONEY FOR ROAD IMPROVEMENTS aletn, Ur . March 7. The secretarv of ftate yesterday afternoon announced j the dis tribution of the United States 5 ; r.r centum land sales fond. This fnnd is 5 per cent of the money received by the government for the sale of all pub lic lands in Oregon daring the year of 1904. It mast be used in the building and improvement of public roads, and is divided among the counties in pro portion to their acreage. The distribution is as follows : Total number of acres of land in state of Oregon Total amount to be ap portioned Douglas county's portion of fund 0,957,760 4,562.24 $3,456.35 THE DRUG STORE OF QUALITY FL LLERTON & RICHARDSON REGISTERED DRtftlSTS NEAR IEFIT TOSEBIRG. 0RE6O We have implicit faith in the power of Good Drugs to heal the sick. We believe that nature's laws are such that if properly applied they will do as nature intended they should. Our laboratory is equipped to properly prepare what nature has provided according to the most modern methods. WE GUARANTEE PUKITY AND ACCURACY FULLERTON NEAI DEPOT DOUCLAS COUNTY B 111 I. i i . - , " """ " sum is raised by the citizens of the the following, which was, on motion, the Roseburg Commercial Gub be in- constitute a commission to collect r ? .77 of the commissi. on as above mentioned. BOYS GO SWIM MING IN MARCH Eugene. March T. During the weather of last week qaite a number of the boys of Eagene went in swimming in the Willamette river and in tha ! lrtn-'h R.b- nl X. - They say that the water was pretty chil ly when they first went in, bat they got used to it and enjoyed it hugely. March 2nd was the first date on which they went in, so far as reported. How is that for an advertisement for Oregon's mild winter and spring? Laying ties and rails on the Arlington and Condon railway is croereeBi at ; the rate of a mile a day, reports the j Condon Weekly Times. RICHARDSON ROSEBlRli. OIEWN bUbiUhrjd istt iMasponted 1901 Capital Stock $5o,ooo F. W. BENSON, PrMtdant, A ,C.U liSTKIiH Vice t'rtal-enl. BOARD Of DtRBCTOftS V. W. BKNMON, K. A. BOOTH J. H. BOOTH, J. T BR1 IXIKS, JOB. LYONS, A. 0. MAB3TKBS K. L MILLER. A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS TRANSACTED