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THE TWICE-A-WEEK Roseburg, Oregon Popular on. 3S0O. Tr-c County v-at of Donvlsv County. r. roii Mottsps Houir; 1. K. l.itml OHi c and U. 9. w xtbiT Buremi aS locateS here 8 f ratlroa 1 ihrMaa : splendid ciuoaiimml advantages. Gateway la Ike "oos Bay and Coquille eacatty. P Imirtcatet:. Roseburg' PlaindetUer The mni widely read newrpapar published in Hon the rn Oregon and conacrjucnUy the bt adver tising medium. Large, moderoly equipped Job printing department in connection. Established in IMS. Bnbacriptlon, t2 per year lor Hemi-Weekly. Vol. XXXVII ROSEBURG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1905 No. 16 Uoscbmg STANDARD OIL TRUST TO BE INVESTIGATED SOLD BOMB THAT BLEW UP MAINE Federal Grand Jury Impaneled at Topeka Will Begin Inquiry Within the Next Two Weeks. Kansas City. March 29. -The Jour nal today says: The Standard Oil Company is to undergo a grand jury investigation by the Federal Govern ment, the same as the beef trust is now burdened with in Chicago. The oil trust investigation is to take place in Topeka, according to a government official here, and is to begin in a couple of weeks. Incidentally, the railroads are to be dragged in. A grand jury was drawn at Topeka a few days ago, ostensibly to look after the regular criminal business of the Kansas Federal Court. It will attend to lhat business, but its really big task is to investigate Standard Oil methods. Great secrecy is main- tained in regard to the matter. The names of the federal grand jurors ; will not be given out. It has been the custom in the past to publish the list of grand jurors along with the , petty jurors. But a new rule has been bid down not to divulge the names of members of the jury. Fram the same source it is learned that Commissioner Garfield will aid in the grand jury investigation in Kan- I sas. ARE MAKING IT HOT FOR THE BEEF TRUST Chicago, March 2j?. Assistant Attorney-General Pagen announced to day that the government had decided to place John E. Shields, an Armour employe, of Brocklyn, under heavy bund to appear as a witness at any of the trials growing out of the grand jury investigation of the beef trust. Shields furnished a bond of $10.XM to appear at the July trials. Thomas J. Conners. general superintendent of Armour's, was arrested yesterday, charge! with making overtures to Shields, who was brought here by the government as a witness. The newspaper men were today warned away from the vicinity of the grand jury nder penalty of arrest. FIRELESS, SMOKELESS. 'CONTENTS OF AN WATERLESS ENGINE f OLD INDIAN GRAVE The Southern Pacific has bad deliv ers! to it tin- much-talked of locomotive that is txi-et-ted to revolutionize the iransporti'tion syeUm of the country. It is a power-house on wheels, but is tireless, smokeless and waterless. It needs no coal, drops no ashes and throws no ?; :irks or cinders. Its build ers say, provided a clear track could be obtained, it could haul a 2,000-ton train from New York to San Francisco with out a single stop. There would I? no !-i"ps for fuel or water, lor ii carrit-3 fuel en ugh for a 3.000-mile run and needs no water for steam. The locomo.ive uses com press iair power, fuel oil pow er and eler trie power. It is an applica tion of the Dissel type of engine to locomotive. BOOTH-KELLY Mr. W. A. Carter, the Gold Hill nieri'h:p.-. has purchased an interesting collection of Indian relics from J. H. King of Sa'dine creek. Mr. Ring, while prospecting last week near his ranch, opened an Indian grave ami leside the skeleton, found a grav blanket, a 17. S. ;armv coal with brass buttons, seventeen i half dollar piece-of dates 1S37 to 1S47. j Three Mexican dollars of date 1S40, all looking fresh and new on one side but discolored on the other, a great mantity of beads v.iriegated in color and of all sizes, an old fashioned scalping knife 1 and lar:e : e.uer trap with a long chain wrapped around it. The coat and blanket i preserva;i.ju. Mr. King , engaged irf- hunting for more Indian 'graves and accompanying relics. Mr. j Carter intends to se:;d the collection to the Lewis and Clark Fair for exhibition. New York, March 28. Gessler Kos seau, the dynamiter awaiting sentence in the tombs for sending a box of dyna mite to the Cunard liner I'mbria two years ago, today confessed that he sold infernal machines to the Cuban filibus ters, one of which was used to destroy the battleship Maine in Havana harbor. In the fall of 1817 he couitucted ma chines at Jacksonville for thej use of filibusters against the Spanish. The next spring the Maine was destroyed, and he was informed by one of the men to whom the machines were sold that he destroyed the Maine by mistake, thinking her a Spanish vessel, and when he discovered his mistake the Cuban killed himself. Kosseau says that he is not an anar chist nor a nihilist. He attempted to destroy the statue of Frederick the Great because he did not waut the statue of a king in this country. (ieseler Kosseau is also known as Ges ner Kussel He was convicted yesterday before Recorder Gof! of having with malicous intent sent an infernal machine to the Cunard steamer Umbria. on March !, 1903. The maximum penalty for the offense is five years imprison ment. i.osseau's defense was that the bomb plac ed on the steamer was harmless. He admitted that the mechanism was perfect and that the box contained 100 pounds of dynamite, bat that the ex plosive power of the dynamite had been removed and that the mechanism had not been put iu operation. He stated that the machine was placed on the steamer in an effort to demonstrate that it would le an easy effort to destroy an ocean liner. Kosseau stated that he had followed the making of bombs for a namber of ears, and that he bad always made enough money to go oo with his experi ments and work He said that he had offered to supply the Boers with infer nal machines during their war with Kngland, but that they had refused the offer, stating that they did not car to fight that way. He etates that he had found a ready market for his machines among the Russian nihilists, and had succeeded in shipping in a roundabout way a large luanity of bombs for smuggling into Russia across the Polish border. He claims to be the most expert bombmaker in the wort 1. and to know more about the subject than any one else, having devoted a large portion of his life to the study of explosives. RUSSIA BY IS STAGGERED JAPAN'S DEMANDS SCHOOL LAND RING WILL BE SMASHED War Indemnity of $800,000,000 to Asked-Amount a Bar to Peace Negotiations. Be Roosevelt Acted First By Learning Japanese Terms and Sending Them to France Russia Ready to Negotiate. Paris, March 29.- Although official j London, March 28. A telegram information is lacking, it is asserted from a Northern European capital, is well-informed quarters, that Japan received in Ixmdon this afternoon has permitted Russia to learn that says: the peace conditions will be severely i "I have just learned on reliable au rigoroufl, and will not be responsive ; thority that Russia has asked Del to the receit sentimental plea to Ja- J casse to act as intermediary and open pan's magnanimity. In particular, it j peace negotiations with Japan, is said, that Japan's indemnity figure "Ielcasse has signified his willing is $S0O,Oi H),0 and that this stu- ness, but considers that LaBBoVwoe'fl ket wre in fairly good state of erva;i.u. Mr. Ring is i.ow busilv MILLS RESUME BroEBE, March 28 The arrival of a large supply of logs consequent upon the rise of the river, has started the big mills of the Booth-Kelly comp'.ny to humming again. The big mill at Spring field resumed operations yesterday and both the Coburg and the Saginaw plants have been running in full blast. The Coburg mill started up the mid dle of las: week. At least 350 men are employed in and about these big plants. SIMON WILL DEFEND BINGER HERMANN Portland. March 27. Hon. Joseph Si mon will appear for Congressman Her mann in the land fraud cases. Mr. Si mon is verv confident that there is no case whatever against lis client. Fi- mon is not retained in anv of tbe other cases. SPRAYS, SULPHUR, LIME, BLUE VITROL AND CAUSTIC SODA OF THE BEST QUALITIES SOLD AT MARSTERS' DRUG STORE co-operation is essential to success." Roojor It Tata First Steps . Washington, March 28 The action of the Government, which is credited as being the initial step toward an arrangement for peace, was taken by- President Roosevelt about February lo. Minister Takahira, the Japanese representative here, visited the White House and outlined to the President what would constitute a basis for peace negotiations. The President to the prosecution of the war is being subsequently repeated these sugges carefnllv considered from every view- tions to M. Jusserand. the French point bv a commission sitting under Ambassador, and he cabled them to the presidency of Grand Imke Nicho-; hL government at Paris, whence they las Nicholaievitch. Inspeetor-C.eneral j were transmitted to St. Petersburg, of the Army, and consisting of Minis- j The basis on which Minister Taka- peadous sura has proved so stagger ing to Russian diplomacy that it is the chief cause why the peace pre- minaries do not advance to a decis ive stage. tanU for Peace. St Petersburg, March 29 - Russia's attits.de was described today by a prominent diplomat as follows: The goTernment is now for peace. but continues to prepare for war. The whole situation with reference FILIPINOS SET SAIL FOR PORTLAND FAIR Port lan 1, March 29 Two hundred Igorottes, Moros, Negritoes and Viaay- ans will leave the Philippine islands this week, arriving in Portland th lat ter part of April, where they will pro ceed immediately to the grounds of the Lewis and Clark Exposition. These na lives will populate the'Philippine village on the Government peninsula at the Ex position. I'pon their arrival, the construction of the Philippine village will be started at once. A feature of this will be a city of houses bailt on poles over the surface of Guild's Lake. This is characteristic of tbe expedient resorted to by the na lives to avoid reptiles and foes of simi lar kind. The city of pole-houses will be occupied by the Moros, who with the Igorottes stand lowest in the scale of civilization. Boiled dog will represent the princi pal sustenance of the Igorottes, who are concealed to be epicureans regarding this delicacy. The general supposition is that a hearty meal of boiled, triad or roasted canine adds fervor to the fight ing prowess of Igorotte warriors. Ac cordingly, the dogflesh is served only to the males, tbe fairer sex being denied the rare treat Visitors to the Centennial, however, need have no fear of witnessing a blood curdling combat, unless tbe Portland police shonld become obstreperous in the presence of the Igorottes, which wonld naturally result in a lively eeance. BEGIN CONSTRUCTING RAILROAD TO CRATER of Medford, Or., March 27. At a meet ing of directors and officers of the Med ford 3t Crater Lake Railroad company the committee on subscriptions of stock reported that $25,000 in stock bad been subscribed, which was the amonnt stock subscription asked by the com pany of the city and in the vicinity Medford. Immediately upon the report of the committee, the contract for grading as far :tri Kntrln Point was lt onH sinwt .. b- Utiaries bWIOf receiving tne contract The grading will begin at once. The contract was then let to Mr Hooks for piling across Bear creek All construction work will be crowded by the company in order to get as much of the road completed as possible before the winter season sets in. The new railroad will run from Med ford to Crater lake when completed. It taps a very rich virgin tract of timber and opens for settlement a large tract of I country. ALBANY WOOLEN MILLS BURNED WEDNESDAY MORNING Salem, March 28. The state school land frauds will be probed to the bot tom. This is the present intention of District Attorney John McNary and he is backed up by Governor Chamberlain, State l.aii'1 Agent West and Circuit Judge Burnett. The investigation will be thorough and not a stone will be left unturned to bring all guilty parti-- to justice. For several years there have been .u...u.c u. hhk i'- Albany. Or Uarr-k Xi Tl, A i petrated in the state land department, ! l . ..... involving many men well known in the! , J v umea at O state. Tales concerning the operations joclock this morning, and only the ol the school land ring have been at i brick shell and boiler room are now various times whispered and told, and ; standing. The machinery is ruined occasionally nave iouni ineir way into the columns of the press, bnt they have Only Brick Shell and Boiler Room Standing Loss About $40,000 With Only $20,000 Insurance Great Loss to Albany. PRINCB LOUIS OF BATTENBEKG, WHO WILL VISIT AMELICA. It ku be4i definitely dci4d that a sqaadroti of fast cruisers under coruiu.in! l4 Prine Louis Alexander of llattennerg viU visit the Cnited Stairs. It ia rsible that ilie Prtnoe of Waiea will accompany the fleet. Prince l.oiti4 ttmrtied rranddaagliier f Qaeen Victoria, wn uiurslixad in Knglind and eutered the British datj. lie M 51 Tears o . Ieen winked at until the present in vestigation was set on foot by the of ficers mentioned. Only a short time ago it came to ii.-ht how S. A. I), Puter had hired several residents of this city to file on school laud, paying them a null sum for their service, the claimants turning the land certificates over to Puter before complet. ing their filings. riiis action of Puter aroused the state land department acd the officers of the aw and they determined to fully in vestigate the entire school land scan- dalhich has been the subject of more or leee comment for a number of vears The Marion county grand jury that eits April 3 will conduct the investiga tion and according to the statements made by parties on the inside, that body will find little troble in returning a number of indictments against Puter and several others who assi-te 1 him in securing the land. Whi-n the enormity of the offense is realixed, involving land worth hundreds of thousands of dollars aud costing the common school funds of the state large sums in both principal and interest, the punishment lhat will be meted out to them will be swift and heavy. When circuit court meets next mon'h the jury will take cl arge of the ctae under the directions of District Attorney McNary and another prominent attorney ot this city, who is well versed in the trans actions of the gang of operators. The prosecution is determined that each and every offender will be brought to jus-tic- and the developments will more than likelv be of the most sensational nature. but the stock aud finished product in an adjoining warehouse were not reached by the fire. The flames started in the drying room and were carried by the main drive belt through the mill in a few seconds, spreading so rapidly that the operatives barely escaped with their lives. The loss is about $40,000, with in surance of about $20,000. The mill was owned by the Bannockbum Wool en Mill Co., of Portland. JAPS SORTING RUSSIAN STORES MRS. CHADWICK GETS TEN YEARS ter of War Sakharoff, Vice-Admiral , hira discussed peace with President A vellan. head of the Russian Admir- Roosevelt was the acknowledgement alty Department; Minister of Finance by Russia of Japanese interests in Kokovsoff; Minister of Railroads Hi koff; Foreign Minister Lamsdorff, Generals Grodekoff and Kamaroff. and several others. Every phase of the situation, military, naval, fi nancial, transportation, Siberian and diplomatic, is being covered. The commission a report, which is expect ed to be completed in 10 days, will be prepared by Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaievitch and Generals Grode koff and Kamaroff for snbmission to the Emperor. Jaaaa is Caitloacd. Washington, March 29. It is stated here that Japan has received an urgent warning from a neutral power to beware of all offers of med itation from any government, and to insist upon direct negotiations with St. Petersburg. THE PORTLAND EXPOSITION NEWS Manchuria, the joint international management of railroad lines in Man churia and the transfer of Port Ar thur to Japan. It is not known here what sugges tions are advanced by Russia as pre liminary to beginning peace negotia tions. Japs Cat off Russians London, March 21.The Times St. Peters correspondent telegraphs as follows: The entire absence of press and private telegrams from the front, to gether with a laconic message from Gen. Linievitch tonight datea at Har bin and saying: "No reports from the armies," evolves fears that com munications have been cut and the Japanese have turned the Russians flank. Hit the Trail" at the Lewi and Clark Fx posit ion, opening in Portland, June 1. Captive balloons, airships and an aerodrome will prove very interesting features of the Iwis and Clark Exposi tion A number of flying contests are being arranged. Hon. Carlos Cofligny, secretary of state of Cuba and a number of his dis tinguished countrymen have announced their intention of visiting the Lewis and Clark Exposition. Two hundred Igorottes, Moros. Negri toes and Visayans will sail from the Philippine islands this week for Port land, where they are to participate in the Lewis and Clark fair. A feature of the Government Fisher ! exhibit at the Lewis and Clar!; Fx poaitiaa will be a miniature reprodnc t ion of the Columbia river, illustrating th vari- us methods of catching and "lawning salmon. Mrs. Flira Warrea, the oldest living white child who was with the famous M irons Whitman expedition and a sur vivor of the Whitman massacre, will vieit the Fair. Ventura county, Cal., famous for its marvelous production of beets, bean? and Cnited States senatorial aspirants, will make a thorough and distinctive exhibit in the California building at the I.e is and Clark Exposition. Designs for the new passes, stockhold er's tickets and commutation tickets' for the Lewis and Clark Exposition have been received by the Director of Admis sions. The drawings are elaborate and depict scenes closely associated with the historv of the great Northwest. Miss Evelyn K. Clark, granddaughter of former Governor William Clark ot Missouri and a lineal descendant of George Kogers Clark ana .ieriwetner Lewis, will be a visitor at the Lewis ami Clark Exposition. Miss Clark is prom inent in New York society circles. Gunshu Pass, Manchuria, March 28. j The Japanese are again moving for ward and the Russian guard has fallen hack from its position, about 13 miles north of Sipinghai '74 miles north of Tie Pass), to Chaomiaodzi, which is sit- MUd 40 miles below Gunshu Pass. Practically complete reports show that the Russian army sacrificed gener al commissariat stores to the amonnt of 1,250,000 and stores for an army corps amounting to 1500,000 held at Mukden, moet of it being set on fire. The boots and uniforms among the stores, ol which the whole army was in need, arrived from Europe four days before the Rus sian retirement from Mukden. General Kuropatkin ordered the removal of the ftores, but his order was not executed. An investigation will be made to estab lish the responsibility. Crowdi task to latest London, March 28 When the pros pectus of the Japanese war loan of $150, 000,000 was issued today the neighbor hood of the issuing banks resembled the scenes witnessed ou first nights at popu lar theaters. Long lines of people were struggling for admission, and special forces of police controlled the streams of eager investors. The interiors of the binks were filled with shouting crowds struggling to snatch prospectuses. Ckariig tW brrkfeM In the Field. March 2S, 11 A. M. Via U-'asan The Japanese army near Muk den is clearing the battletteld, sorting the enormous quantities of stores and and materials captured and attending to the prisoners. Engineers are rapidly repairing the railroad bridge across the 9un river, which was badly damaged by the Rus sians. Trains are now running to tbe Hun River. They will reach Mukden in a few davs. The weather is verv Clkvilako, March 18. Judge Robert wr ..Taylor in the United States district court yesterday sentenced Mrs. Came L. Cbadwick to 10 years imprisonment in the Ohio state penitentiary for con spiracy to wreck a national bank. Mrs. Chad wick waa convicted an seven counts and sentenced upon six. , Two of these counts received a sentence of one year each and four of them two year? each. "The motion of Mrs. Chad wick's attor neys for a new trial was denied. The defendant will not, however, go to prison as she will appeal to tbe federal court of appeals pending which a stay of sen tence will be asked for. There are still six other indictments against Mrs. Chad- wick bat the cases will probably be dropped if the present trial and sentence are sustained by the coon. Mrs. Chad wick took her sentence coolly and seemed resigned to any action that might be taken. The sentence was passed after long arguments had been made for a new tri&i on technical grounds. Tbe appli cation was denied. Mrs. Chad wick was convicted under the indictment of which she was charged with conspiracy with President Beck with and Cashier Speer to certify her checks when she had no money in the Citixens' National bank of Oberlin. Ohio. By good behavior she can reduce her time of imprisonment to eight years and four months. When seen after sentence had been pronounced. Mrs. Chad wick replied to a question: "What more can the world want to know about me now?" VERDICT IN THE REUTER MURDER. warm and the ground is thawing rapid ly, making the movement of guns and transport wagons difficult. All curable diseases respond more readily to Ostiopathic treatment than by any other known method. I One of the new observation cars soon to be put in use oo the Southern Pacific arrived as far as Glendale last week on a tour of inspection. The News says that as these observation cars are 16 feet longer than the Pullman cars it was thought advisable to see how one of these cars would pass through the tun nels, some of which have corves. Every thing worked according to previous cal culations , and no doubt these new will be well patron tied. BIG QUARTZ MILL HAS STARTED UP BUY YOUR MEDICINES FROM THE DRUC STORE OF QUALITY NEAR THE DEPOT Sykes & (Jarroll have moved their plumbing shop from the old Flook building on Main street to No. 219 Jack son street, the building formerly oc- cupied by F. E. Hands Cigar Store, and are prepared to handle anything in the plumbing and tinning line. Phone No 261. tl Following is a copy of the report of the coroner's jnry on the death of Jacob Renter. The jury was called by Justice R. L. Stephens, of Oakland, acting as ceroner : tbs vaamcr We, the jnry empanneled to inquira into the death of Jacob Renter, find from the evidence that the deceased came to his death by gunshot wounds inflicted on March 23, 1905, by person or persons unknown to this jnry. Geo W. Stbi'henb, Foreman. A. A. Smith, T.J. HsNKA, A. B. Smith, N. P. Whbat, John Kraft, Dated March 26, 1905. shook attkmitboto poison mill I Regarding the shooting of Cooper and Howse by Hermann ShooSc near Flkton last week, it was found that Shook bad a bottle of strychnine in his grip which leads to the belief that he administered the poison to Cooper with the intent of getting rid of him the week previous to the shooting, by placing it in Cooper's medicine. No statement has yet been received from Mrs. Cooper,the only wit ness left to toll the tale of the double murder and suicide. Whether or not Mrs. Cooper was an accomplice of Shook in tbe attempted posioning of her husband has not been ascertained and mav never be. Cottage Grove, March 28. Reports (mm Bohemia are to the effect that the Oregon Securities company has the mill in commission again, and is doing steady work. The entire number of stamps will not be dropping for some time, as it is the policy of the manage ment to start 10. and add batteries of five as everything gets smooth and ore deliveries increase. Ore is had in both the east and west drifts of the Cham pion vein, and the reserve available hare increases rapidly with each foot of work away from the crosscut. FULLERTON & RICHARDSON PROPRIETORS ROSEBURG, - - ORECON Special sales by Stearns A Cheuowith Oakland and Yoncalla, White and other newini? machines tl5.00 and up; water pipe ; wire, plain aud barbed ; cut and wire nails ; tbe only guaranteed black smith coal ; two carloads Page woven wire fence, the only tempered wire fence for sale. n3 ti IDOUCLAS C 0 U NTY BANK KsiablUhe l.siu laoorpcralad 1901 Capital Stock $5o,ooo r . BKS30S. A C. MAB8TBBS rrsaldent. Vies President. 1. USSR BOOTH, Oaahtar. BOARD OF W BKMSOK, K. A. BOOTH J. H BOOTH, P K.KU.Y, JOS. LTOM8, A. C. KAMSTBMS . MILLS. A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS ' TRANSACTED 3