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THE TWICE-A-WEEK Roseburg, Oregon : Roseburg Plaindealer T Population. KM The County Seat ol Douglas J County. ,Ti Run MMn Home: r B. I.hiuI Olftro 4 and CI S.WUier Miireiu are localo.1 here s l J rullroa 1 division: splendid i-dai-at tonal advantages. I OaU'Waj t" lii! Coos Bay aud ('oqulllf country. The mom widely read newspaper published la Houthers Oregon aol conneqnentljr the bht adver tlaliitr medium. Large, modemly equipped Job printing department In connection. Katabliahed In law. Bubacrtption, tl per year for Heml-Weeklr Vol. XXXVII ROSEBURG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 24, IOO5. No 33 piamucalcr. Ih a 'mbbbbbv jMIbB JUDGE B1LL1NGER WILL NOT RENDER DECISION UNTIL TUESDAY Senator Mitchell's Plea of Abatement Is Being Thoroughly Sifted in Federal Courts. Heney Confident. : U II U Portland, April 23. A decision in the matter of the Senator Mitchell plea in abatement will not be rendered until Tuesday morning, Judge Bellinger having so an nounced today. Owing to the multitude of authorities he hag been (.bliged to consult, and the importance of the is sues involved, the judge has found it impossible to reach a satisfactory conclusion before the time indicated. District Attorney Heney feels the ut most confi.leiK-e that the court will hold in favor of I he Government's contention that the plea in abatement ehou d be dis united in accordance with the reasons net forth in his demurrer, and this also r its to be the general impression admitting that everything contained therein is true, he claims that they do not set up sufficient grounds for attack ing the validity of the indictments. He stated also that the question of Grand Juror Guinstin'B citizenship which he airwng the hicallegal fraternity, so that j regards as the feature of their assump tliore is scarcely any doubt that Senator ( tions was settled by the court that de Mitchell and others will have to resort ; clared him entitled to citizenship papers, to some other method of avoiding an I anJ the legality of such proceedings can eariv trial. I not 06 impaired by any such collateral Heney says the United States Supreme assault, any more than the patent to a t'art h is sustained hie principal con- tract of Government land can be set aside by some tribunal without compe tent jurisdiction. Heney is undecided as to when he will return to -'an Francisco, as he does not propose in leave here until all the pre- liminaiie- incident to the treat land fraud battle have lieen adjusted to his ti nuons since 1851, and therefore does notainticipasV any divergence from such a well-established course in the present iti-tt-.nce. 11 h il.ls further that the plea in Ttabateniewi interposed by Senator Mitchell, aiil around which all the lek s of ti e iher defendants have cen- lere 1, does no) raise any issues, and even complete satisfaction HENEY TO RETURN TO SAN FRANCISCO Portland, April 21. All of the promi nent men on the indictment roll, have appeared for arraignment. There are a few of the more unimportant defendants who have not as yet put in an appear ance, but all ot tiiem have been nottnett and will be in court on Mondav morn ing. Mr. Heney will soon leave for San Francisco and will remain there for sev eral weeks, or until near the time when Uie first case is to be set for trial. This is supposing that the decision of Judge Bellinger in regard to the Mitchell plea of abatement will be in favor of the gov ernment and against the quashing of the indictments. Should the decision ol the court be for the defendants, how ever, it would complicate matters great ly and what would come nest would be hard thing to predict. If the court were to so decide it might be necessary for the facts alleged in the pleas to be tried out before a jury and in this case even the preliminary steps in the trial could not be taken until after the jnrv has been drawn, which has not been done. It the plea in abatement is not allow ed then the defendants will be required to plead at the earliest moment and the decks will be cleared for the battle of the trials to come. The date of trial in any of the cases has not been determined upon and will not be until the time of the completion Of the new federal building is assured and it is positively known when the new court room can be occupied. When that time conies the jury panel will lie drawn and everything made ready for the com mencement of the trials. FOREST RESERVE DAM HIGHER BOUNDARY SURVEY THAN NIAGARA BROWNELL EN TERS HIS PLEA RUSSIAN FLEET SAILS NORTH FROM KAMRANK Terrible Naval Battle Daily Expected- Authorities Differ on Probable Outcome Relative Strength of Fleets. Pari April 22. The Foreign ottice has advices from the Admiral in command of the squadron iu French Cochin Chipa.. stating that vensky's Baltic Fleet sailed north from Kamranh receivei I French Rojest- Bay on Saturday. This information was received by the French with a show of greatest pleasure, as there is no fet-ling here to countenance any disregard of neutrality by France. A NEW REBEKAH LODGE AT GLEND ALE I iedfer.'. pril 21. S. C. Hartrum, j "We'll h ve one of the gre itest dams f ie-t sup ivi or. returned Wednesday I in the world when we get through, ' from a trip l xtuiinafton to the camp! said Attorney Frank Thrope, of Phoenix of uie rati. 1 1 West belli -la Portland, April State Senator tieonte C. Browaell and George Soren- sou tiled demurrers and pitas iu abate ment to the indictments charting sub ornation of perjury in odi net lion with the land frauds in the federal district court todav. vho are eurvevinir the line of the Cascade re serve. Dun is the two weeks they have l.een cut the rangers, five in number, A. S. Ireland, of Olalla; Henry Ireland, Sam Bmemmug, Silas McKee, of Med- i H, and Will Nichols, of Central Point, hue surveiel and mptked eighteen iniies of the boundary. Besides this they have cut out the brush along the line and posted notices at every place where the li e crosses a mountain trail, so i hat any one knows when he crosses ihe line of the reserve. Mr. Bartrum expresses iiim-elf as well pleased with the work done by the rangers. Mr, Baitruni informed Ihe Mail that under a late ruling of the department forest ran.'ere are bow authorize! to make ar lests without warrants for Violations of of the, rules and regulations, of the re ser e. Ibis is .an authority which should have been given the rangers be fore, as it has fn quently happenel that j reservoir will be 14,000 acres violators of the law have escaped on re count of the rangers not having the power of summary arrest. In company with Ranger Henry Ireland, Mr. Bar trom left Thursday for Klamath county, to look after some extensive sales of government timber. Ariz , to a Buffalo Express representa tive -I mean Ihe gre it Tonto dam on Salt Rivet. It will do great things for the country, with all that power and water to use. To give you an idea of the immensity of the job, think over these figures, keeping in mind that Ni agara Kails is only about IriO feet high. The height of the dam above bedrock will be MS feet, and it will be 230 feet above low water mark. "As to the thickness of the dam it will be 158 feet at the base and M eet at the top, with a 12-foot driveway along the top. Though the dam will be only 210 feet long at the base, it will be 780 feet at the top Over 7ti,000 cubic yards will have to be excavated for the foun ation. and ttiere will ne over 3UU,OUU square yards of masonry, just 150,000 barrels of cement lieiag necessary. "There are 5,756 sq uare miles in the drainage basin, while the area of the It is ex peeled the power constantly developed will be 1,11)0 horsepower with a storage of 1,000,000 adre feet of water in the full reservoir to keep it op." The dam, which will be chiefly for ir rigation and the reclamation of arid lands, is expected to cost about $3,000, 000. MARSTERS' DRUG GO. DRUGS PATENT MEDICINES PERFUMES SOAPS TOILET ARTICLES RUBBER GOODS STATIONARY SCHOOL SUPPLIES WINDOW CLASS LIME AND CEMENT ALL KINDS OF SPRAYS MUCH LAND It is believed in Paris that the prom ised naval encounter between the fleets cannot much longer be delayed. French naval experts who have followed the sit uation profess to believe that the out come will be a demolishing of the Jap anese fleet, to be followed bv the rav aging of the coast of Japan by the Rus sians. Inasmuch as the advices relative to the announced departure of the Russian fleet come from Foreign Minister Dat casse, they are believed to he worthy of credence. Strength of FlteU is turns Washington, April 22 In a compila tion of figures on coniarative strength of the Russian and Japanese fleet, made by naval authorities here, the bal ance of gun power is greatly in favor of theJa aucse. In big guns and small the Russian'are generally outnumbered. and though the Knssiai.a have the great ' er number of battleship have two or three tiroes as many ar- ' mored and protected cruisers as the Kussian fleet. Few officers of the Navy IK-partment 1 care to pred ct what the outcome of the apparently imminent Italtle will be. . lliev seem to Units mil i.ojrstvenssy : I will tight and that he is now prepared to meet Togo. The follow ing table of the her of guns in each fleet has tieen COW piled by the Navy Department: Russia Japan 12.fi-inch 3 12 inch 20 10-inch 5 s.mch ... 34 ri-inch 196 4-7-inch 94 12 oundera 230 t-pou riders 4 3I.l-pounders. . .. 24 4 112 20 134. 187 Ijist Thursday evening a new Rebek ah lodge was organ-zed at Glendale with over .'tO charter members. Mrs. Mary Smith, of (irants I'asa, the Special DbB nty President I' pointed for that pnr lose, was Ihe iustitming olficer. She was ably assistci by Mrs Cras. Clevi-n-ger of (i rants Pass, prist president of the Oregon Kebekah Assemh jr. The Degree Staff of Grants Pass was present and did the tl Kir work in a manner pleasing to the new members and creditable to themselves. This team, is under the captaincy of Mrs. Cleventrer and its work shows the result of the careful training of so competent ami loyal a member. The officers of the new lodge are as follows : Mrs Mattie Howard, N. G; Mrs. F. C. Ixald, V. C; Miss Myra Montgomery, Kec. Sec-; Mrs. J. C. Freeman, Fin. Sec ; Mrs. Lillie M. Jones, Treas; Mis'- M A ANOTHER SLAUGHTER OF SHEEP ON THE RANGE Raid Made By Masked Men in Klamath CountyThe Herder Found Bound and Gaged. Mrs. Lillian McCam, Chap. After the work was done speeches were made by several members anil at 1 a. m. good night was said and all went home pleased with the work and wishing the new lodge a pleasant and successful career. A most excellent lunch was served at midnight at the Mc 160 i iregOf restaurant. Another condition considered greatly in favor of the Japanese is the exer Klamath Kails. Or., April 23. News comes from Lorella, in the southeastern part of Klamath Countv. of another slaughter of sheep and outrage upon the herder committed by a band of masked men, supposed to be work ing in the interest of the cattle-owners. On the 13th of the month nine men, with their faces I effectually concealed by masks, rode up to the aheep camp of Klum & McKendree and covered the lone heider with ' their rifles. The man was trussed up so he could not move. Cr!t, t 'ITZ. I IT then the slaughter of K. Bowersox. L. S. N. G; Mr Chas u,c neep oegan Dewev, I. G ; Mr. J. A. Jone--, O Utritt Gets Lock. deal of excitement among eheepownera About 150 shots in all were fired, the ' wn" kve beard of it, and fear ia ex herder thinks. When he finally managed pressed that this marks the be.'inoing of to wriggle loose from his fastenings be , soother season of terror in Central Ore found over 100 animals dead on the g- Already further north a band of ground and the remainder of the band sheep was destroyed some weeks ago, scattcro.1 almost beyond recall. Most of but it was hoped that this was oniv a " I these frightened muttons will fall prev I of spite, and not part of an man- to the coyotes lfore they can be brought i ized effort to drive the aheep from the ience of the Hsrsonuel of the rafiooi ships and the service their ships have seen. At least four of the Russian bat tleships are new, and their faults have never leen found unless Rojeatvensky discove-ed them while iu the Indian Ik-can. On the other hand the Ja..an ese hae been lighting with the warship lor over a year, and have undoubtedly the Japanei seen an m wieir weak mii muu ewimi- ei mem. A naval orticer m discussing the situa tion said : "The result of the hattie d p. -ml PRESIDENT PROUD OF HIS BIG GAME back to the safeguard of a shepherd. This camp of Klum A McKendree is nearly down on the border line between Oregon and California, and in the vicin ity of fjaogell's Valley. Sheet Cams leraea. After leaving the scene of the slaugh ti-r the marauders rode to the sheep camp of Dave Elder, still further east, and destroyed everything valuable by on the ability of the has the advantage ol manned with veterans, may he all right himself, do it all alone " up gunners. Japan hiving her ships Roj estvenskv but he cannot Gienwoil Siirings. Colo . April 21. Secretary Uieb said he found the presi dent in tine fettle anil delighted at hav ing killed liis tear, tie ts proud ol a gre second shot which broke t:.e bear's .! .,,.1 mm 1 1KB -'OUT, U'I , LI , a, V VJ , I I IB KllliUK the does, n e camp has been moved to , j aqq Ikf 1TCn rgn Gregor ranch, on the west divide The (HUKC A I LK lUK 1 1 . i r. I . m rr, mill ri. n na r 1 ... ' Stone. The President will return here May 14th, remain over night, and on the following day start for Denver. ri:igr. brut Lan Last Tear. It will be remembered that last year one man, Creed Conn, was killed and m head of sheep, valued at $20,000, were shot down or scattered in the mountains beyond redemption by what appears to have been an organized band of sheepshooters The counties of Crook, Lake, Grant and Klamath were last year evidently in the hands of an organization that had planned a cam- News of the killing has caused a great paign of terror and destruction. IS TIED UP Vancouver, Wash., April 21. An or- dei has been issued by the Commissioner ot the General I-and Office which prom ises to be serious and far reaching in its effects. Holders of many acres of valuab.e lands in this county will be among the suffers, and it is said bv those in a position to kaow, that the holders of more than 100,000 acres of land in the States of Washington, Ore gon and California mav lose their posses sions. Information of the action of the Com missioner c- lines through a notice issued by the Register ami Receiver of the Vancouver Land Office to Douis Nicolai. of Portland. Nicolai is a prominent sawmill man, and, is the owner of a large tract of timber in the Vancouver district. In August, 1900, he filed with the local 1 -and Office a lieu land selec tion covering the north half of section U, township 11 north, range 5 east. This was taken in lieu of lands in the Bull Run forest reserve, which bad been surrendered, and which he had obtained by purchase from the original bolder long after the patent had been issued. In the notice of suspension issued from the Land Office, the reason given for the action is that the selection was made in lieu of school lands in the state of Oregon and that investigation is now to be made of the manner in which these lands were disposed of in the States of California and Oregon. The order is said to affect all lieu land selec tions of which the base was school lands, in which is included sections 16 and 36 of each of the townships in the Oregon districts. It is known that in the past many holders of school selec tions where the lands have been in cluded in the limits of forest reserves have taken'f d vantage of tbe opportunity to exchange them for lieu scrip and thus secure valuable timber lands in other sections. INVENTOR MARCONI AND HIS BRIDE. Goglidlmo Mare. mi, javeatSS 1 f tile nin-lrm wl-grjiriti. has made a fortunate arloetioa of a vtt. Bis bhdr. llos. liratrioe U'Hri-n. u on of the mast beautiful and accora-plUl-.td young women in England. She ia alao quite wealthv. whieh ia certainly no diaad-aMafJSa DISASTROUS FIRE COTTAGE GROVE CALIFORNIA'S PRUNE CROP IS RUINED Montreal. April L'l A disastrous tire broke out at an early hour today and re duced to ashes the convent in the little I village of St. Genieve. one nun, eight ' children and four aged women lost thuir j live. Bucket brigades were hurriedly formed by the villagers, but the fire had gained such headway that it was soon apparent that there was no chance to save the I building from destruction. G-ttage Grove. April JO -from pres ent indications it looks as though Cot tage G rove's water supply will be in- i creased. The city council has taken IN A CONVENT ap the j,iestion in m"nner 10,1 looke ne ousineee. i ue proposed improve ments will cost about $30,000. A ten inch main will lie laid and a reservoir holding l."O0.iJ gallons of water built, if a majority of citizess favor the im provements. The matter wll be sub mitted to the people for a vote. It is thought that the most of the citizens wish this improvement. AsVerhje The City. The Commercial Club is discussing i the beet methods of advertising tbe in , dustries and resources of Cottage Grove Sister Rage'.tera. in her efforts to save and the Bohemia mining district and the lives of the children in her charge. ' surrounding territory. It ia probable succumbed to the smoke and flames. that a large number i f pamphlets and The pupils who perished were in a por- cirrulaxs will be printed for distribution FILIPINO ADVANCE GUARD ARRIVES AT PORTLAND tion of the building where the tire had obtained too much headway before the alarm was given to enable those who re sponded to effect the r rescue. An tffort was made to get Point Claire by telephone so that assistance evald 1 ' had from Montreal, but for some reason no response was receive 1 from Point Claire. The fire started about midnight in the old ladies' hospital, and the smoke was so thick that the children on the floor at'e were unable to get down. The co:ivent was called Ste Anne's, nd wat- :i branch of the convent of the listers of Ste. Anne's of I.achine. The) uilding was a gray stone structure hand-1 OOM in appearance, massive in charac- 1 t r, and with the church it formed a ' . i n', r .1 feature of the pretty little village 1 at the Iwis and Clark fair. $ro Qetc Earh. The merchants of this c'ty will close their stores at 7 o'clock after May 1. This has been adopted in other towns with more or less success, and will be tried here. San Francisco, April 20. The prune crop of California u all the principal districts, will range from only one quarter to one-half of the California sea son output. Ten days ago tbe outlook was good for a record-breaking prune producing season. The trees were bear ing enorgh sma.i pruce? to ?ive b.-.:s for high hope in this dire. tou. Suddenly a great tin; .re has come. A very large percent-: ge of the prunes have fallen from the trees, after the fruit had attained about the size of peas LAST SURVIVOR OF WAS OF 1812 Utica, N. Y. April 23. Hiram Croak, of the town of Ava, the only survivor of the war of 1312, wHl celebrate his 106th birthday Wednesday next. Tbe aged veteran lives with his daughter on a farm near Ava. He enjoys splendid health for a man of such years, and bis faculties are as keen as those of persons half his age. THE MINES OF SOUTH DOUGLAS PAINTS, OIL, VARNISH Attorney C. S. Jackson, of Roseburg, baa returned from a trip to the South ern part of the county, in the interests of the mining industry, and selecting ores for the mineral exhibit at the Lew is A Clark Fair. He reports success long that lineland much activity in the mining industry, and ininxs uougias county is destined to become one of the greatest mineral producing sections on the Pacific slope. Tbe Rainbow Min ing Milling A Smelting Co, are negotiat ing a sale of their valuable property on Drew creek. The figures are not given out but reports place the consideration at $125,000. There are other rich mining properties in South Douglas. Mr. Stewart, of the now famous "Continental" mine on South Myrtle.Creek, has supplied the committee on mineral exhibits with about one ton of very rich ore. Mr. Jackson states that the prospects for a large cereal production are flatter ing, the brightest for a number of yean. Grasses and grains show a wonderful growth. While tbe fruit men report failure in the valuable Italian variety of , the prune, they say there will be an ! abundance of all other kinds of fruits. I Ripe wild strawberries are plentiful and have been in evidence in the school boy's dinner pail for some time. Two dog-eating, head-hunting Ig orrote chieftians have arrived at Portland from the Philippines. The Oregonian printed their pictures as they were seen in Portland arrayed in only their girdles and offers the apology that 'The chiefs were haying their suits pressed when they were photographed," but states in conclu sion, 'The Igorrotes wear the origi nal peek-a-boo costumes." In the present troupe of Dog Eat ers there are 53. The remainder are at Seattle, where they will remain until a concession has been arranged at the Iwia and Clark Exposition grounds. Twenty-three women are in the troupe. Old Faliao, the medi cine man of the troupe, i.- in a hospi tal at Seattle. He is very old and tired out with the sea trip. He was seasick coming over, it is supposed. Chiefs Fomeloey and Democmot were taken on the roof of the Ore gonian building to be photographed. The "big house" astonished them. They crept to the edge and looked down. "Fgh," said they- It was the big gest house they had ever been on. And then said Chief Fomeloey with a wave of his hand and a broad grin and in his native tongue: "Americans all rich; no use talkin; look at the houses." GUARDS PLOT TO KILL TBE CZAR St. Petersburg, April 23 A plot to kill the Czar, it is alleged, has beeu discovered among the troops ot the im perial guard. Many officers are said to be involved, the very men whom the imperial family depends upou for pro tection. Governor-General Trepoff's secret ageuts unearthed anrl assprt that several of the conspirators ot noble birth were in possession of large quantities ot dynamite. The discovery has unnerved the Czar at Tsarskoe-belo, who, it is reported, constantly exclaims: "Whom can I trust?" The ennsnirators bound bv oaths, remain silent vn under direrr threats, and Bruce Vastiew has been unable to force a single soldier to confess his participation in the plot. NORRIS AND HOWE'S GREATER CIRCUS Every lover of exceptionally fine i equestrianism will be glad to hear that Xorris and Rowe were successful in I inducing Miss Rose iKvkrill to return to ! this country and ride for them this sea- I son. the name ot l.x-Krill is an ancient and honorable one U the world of white tents and there is no more graceful and charming daughter of the arena than talented Rose Dockrill who ia conceded to be the cleverest equestrienne before the public today. Her companions have christened her the "Rose of the World" and Miss Dockrill is as much at home upon the naked back of a horse as other people would be upon terra-tirma. Other brilliant equestriennes with the Sorris and Rowe greater circus this year are Dolly Miller who rides as easily as a fairy tlasher through the air astride a sunbeam. Frank Miller : Geo rg Holland; Austin King; Wm. Sut ton ; Jos. Haines ; M He Julien ; and Miss Kstelle Settler form but a portion of the large corps of bareback riding contiu gent. All of these riders own their own educated stock and beautiful pure white Arabian horses they use. The Norris ami Howe greater circus is exceptionally rich in the posessionof beautiful horses this season, especially the ring, riding, racing and performing stock. Cake walking; marching; clown and hippo drone sto.k of all kinds is well repre sented. Miss Dockrill will positively appear here when the Norris and Howe greater circus exhibit at Roseburg Fri day May 5th at i and 8 p. in. 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