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ROSEBURG PLAINDEALER PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS BY THE PLAINDEALER PUBLISHING COMPANY FHONt MAIH 276. OFFICE COR HAIN AND OA Entered !n Ihe Peat Office at BasekSHSj; Oregon, u Second Csasi Mail Matter in 1868. W. C. CONNER, Editor SUBSCRIPTION AND ADVERTISING RATES Semi-Weekly One Year; $2.00; Semi Weekly Six Months, 00. Cash in Advance. Advertising Rates. SO cents BSC single column inch per month. Locals, I cents a line. 1905 JUNE 1905 Su. Mo. Tu. We. Th. Fr. Sa. ZZZZZAJL 4 5678JLI0 MI2 J3J4J5 J6J7 j8 J9 202I 22 23 24 25n2829l30 and quite an extensive property holder and taxpayer of this school district. The selection is indeed a most excel lent one and there is no doubt but what Mr. Harzee will be one of the three directors to be annual school meeting this city, Monday. June 19, at which time the district passes from a ! second to a first class district, which entitles it to five instead of three , directors as formerly. Now let the ! patrons of the Rosehurg schools se , lect two more good candidates to i make up the required number and the advancement and upbuilding ot our educational interests is assured. state are no more to Portland than the people of .Idaho or Washington or Mantana, except when they want things from the legislature. One Portland newspaper never copies any- t liosen at the thing from a country paper unless it to be held in be something ridiculous, that can be held up to the derision of the rest of the world, as though the people of the interior were a iot of yahoos. FATAL HOLOCAUST AT MYRTLE CREEK DIRECT PRIMARY A FAILURE THURSDAY, JUNE S, MR, COMING EVENTS. Roeebnr? and Cottage Grove day at Lewis and Clark Fair, Mondav, June 12 National Good Roads Convention, : Portland, June 21-24. At Portland, Thursday, June 15, Thirty-third annual reunion of Pioneer ' association. National America Woman Suffrage association, Portland, June 2, July o. American Medical association, Port land, July 11-14. District Fair at Roeeburg, September 12-16. NOT ACCORDING TO PROGRAM. The latest turn in the land fraud cases is the roar of Secretary Hitch cock over Judge Gilbert's namiig Judge De Haven to try the land fraud ; settled cases. It was supposed that Prose- j tied at the primary, cutor Heney had named that judge, i a boss to be downed but it seems the judiciary itself was , be routed, a consulted, and that De Haven is not i should have just what Hitchcock wanted. It is even rumored here that he is the judge who once fined Heney for con tempt of court in Idaho or some other hoe. At any rate, there is blood on the moon, and the tall tower hath been belching great blotches of red paint into the political atmos phere. Judge Gilbert is not a per- flad Mayor Williams been renonii nated for mayor of Portland in con vention his defeat would have been heralded as a "rebuke to the boss." the "overthrow of ring methods" and what not. but since he was renomina ted "by the people" under the direct primary system, what may be said of his defeat in a city with an overwhel ming republican majority. Regarding this matter the Oregonian. which by the wav was an advocate of this de lusive populistic direct primary law, after a practical demonstration of its failure to bring about the reforms claimed for it, has this to say of the new law's first test in Portland: "For a long time we had in Oregon I loud protest that some way must be i devised to break the power of poli ; tical rings, which, operating through 1 political conventions, refused to heed j the voice of the voter, put up unfit candidates, and. working through them, accomplished unworthy ends. So the political convention was abol ished, and now w-1 have the system of direct nominations. If the Republican voter in Portland had any protest to record, he should : have appeared at the primary. If 1 there were any party quarrels to be they should have been set- If there was a machine to ring to be broken, it been at the primarv. But dissatisfied politicians do not em ploy the vehicle for expression of their discontent that they them selves created. They prefer to fol low the old favorite method of wreak ing their vengeance on somebody, somehow, at the polls. This primary method will yet come President Roosevelt, through the recommendation of secretary Hitch cock has just signed a proclamation creating another extensive forest reserve in Kastern Oregon. As the matter already stood, one fifth of the lands in the state of Oregon were tied up so that they will do no good to the state nor permit of develop ment. We consider the action of the government as an outrage, and that the people of Oregon should protest energetically against it must be evident to every citizen by this time, who certainly must begin to appreci ate the danger to the state's future through the forest reserve policy of the government, but it has seemed a dithcult thing to nave them arrive at a realization of what it means to the state. Senator Fulton and Con gressman Hermann have alwavs fought the proposition in Congress and will continue to do so as long as they are permitted to represent this state at Washington. Are you getting ready for Rose- burg and Douglas countv dav at the Portland exposition June 12? The Portland Journal should not claim all the credit the Oregonian contributed largely to the Doctor's success. Honors are about even. Miss tlattie Dement Lost Her Life and Many Others Are Seriously Burned and Bruised. THE REASONS WHY You save money by purchasing your goods of us are that at OVERLAND HOTEL BUILDINGS BURNED TO THE GROUND Occupants of Second Story From Windows Loss surance $5,000-Child . Scalded. Forced to Jump $12,000, In- ist. We buy our goods for cash only. 2nd We buy goods in carload lots and therefore get them the lowest discounts. 3rd. We do our own work, thus reducing our running ex. penses to a minimun. 4th. We do not swell prices with bad accounts. 5th. The rapid progress our business is making is due to the fact that we have gained the confidence of the buying public. ONCE A PURCHASER, THEREAFTER A REGULAR CUSTOMER WE BUY, SELL AND EXCHANGE Today the people of the pleasant little city of Myrtle Creek, IS mile south of Koeelurg, are appalled and grief atrick ened as a result of the terrible holocaust which occurred at that place this started in the old building and burned through the passage way between the two into the new one. Mr. Fate states that be was awakened by the crackling of fire and upon raising np be discover- (Thursday) morning at 1:30 o'clock ed that his room and bed was all ablaze. Douglas county's exhibit at the Exposition is reported far from being creditable to the great and resource ful county which it represents. Where is our boasted enterprise? Mr. Hoch. the Chicago bigamist, announces that he will "die like a ; gentleman." If he had only lived like one he might have deferred the date of his demise for a considerable period. ' The Oregonian stated that the de feat of Williams would be a rebuke to Roosevelt and Hitchcock and their timberland frauds persecutions. That settled it. Portlanders all voted for Lane. under review. Thus far its effect sonal enemy of the Oregon men who seems to be that of a universe solvent are to be convicted if it is possible ; 0f partv ties. A half dozen candi- j Oregon's grand old man was turn for Hitchcock to bring it about. That ', dates, sav. contend for a nomination down for ma-vor of Portland, not he shuld have named a judge who is ! for office. One of them receives a on ac"1 of a waning personal pop not tedhot to convict is nothing plurality oyer the rest. Then t he ; "larky nor lack of confidence in his ahort of infamous in the eyes of those ; friends of the candidate is not enti- j ability and integrity, but simply ow who want to sweep the Oregon dele-1 tied to their support because he had inS tf a combination of unfortunate gation out of existence, says the Sa-! no majoritv of the votes. Such is circumstances for which he was not lem Journal. The statement of the i the net result, so far. of the direct ! responsible and over which he 'had Baker City Maverick who says I Hofer Drimarv. ?xt vear mav come the , no control would be guilty of contempt if ultimate result of turning the whole Judge Bellinger were alive only shows State of Oregon over to the Demo that muzzling the entire press of the ; cratic party." state m the interest of PORTLAND'S EXCLUSIVE SET. securing con victions at any price is part of the program. The Journal editor stated long ago that fee would attend the land-fraud trials in person and pub lish a truthful report of what took place there. The threat of being' fined for contempt of court will not keep him away. The Maverick writer m not know the meaning of "con- recognized by the temDt of court." as it cannot, he mm- Here is what it say mitted by any act or publication after the court has adjourned. But those reception and escort of the vice pres- kind of people imagine that they can Much dissatisfaction is arising throughout the large Roseburg Land Office District, comprising; as it does seven of the large southwestern Ore gon counties, and denunciation is heard on every hand of the seeming- The Pendleton East Oregonia n i lv unnecessarily prolonged suspension don't like the way the program was of the Roseburg I-and Office by order handled at the opening of the Iewis ; of Secretary Hitchcock, and well may and Clark fair, saying in substance j the people complain. that the rest of the state was not Portland crowd. do all things, right or wrong. The Elks Temple, which has just been completed in this city and which "In the ceremonies attending the is to be dedicated with imposing cere monies Friday evening, is the finest ident there is said to have been a no-: building of its kind and the most ticeable absence of prominent men : elaborately furnished and equipped and officials of the state outside of j lodge room, not only in Oregon, but Portland. Senator Fulton, who rode i in the great Pacific Northwest. Its in the last carriage, is said to have ! furnishings are all in antique oak; been almost the only prominent rep-1 the walls and ceilings are all hand painted and decorated, upstairs and We hear the name of Attorney Louis Barzee mentioned prominently as a candidate for election as a mem ber of the Roseburg school board to resentative from outside of Portland. represent the northern portion of the From all accounts, the state commis-' on the first floor: elegant velvet and district. When it is remembered sion has little to say in the arrange-, Brussells carpets have been placed on that Mr. Barzee has had years of prac- j ments, although the state really fi- the floors and the furniture is all of tkal experience in educational work nanced the project by giving $500,- antique oak of the latest patterns and and has long enjoyed the reputation 000 at the start. In view of this, the upholstered in russet leather. The of being one of the most successful opinion is being expressed that Gov- rooms are brilliantly lighted with as well as one of the foremost edu-! ernoi Chamberlain, as the executive beautiful clustered chandeliers and cators of Western Oregon, the wis- officer of the state, should have been j the equipment throughout is magni dom of the selection is at once ap- j shown some consideration." This i ficent. The building is a splendid ac parent. Attorney Barzee is naturally should not distress the brother from quisition to Roseburg and reflects an enthusiastic advocate of good the cow county east of the Cascades, much credit upon the ever popular, schools, he is a patron of the schools The people from the interior of the j worthy and enterprising order by which it was constructed. The Plain dealer heartily congratulates Rose- I burg lodge No. 326, B. P. 0. E. upon its grand achievement, public-spirit and success. when the two large two-story frame buildingti known as the Overland Hotel were enveloped in flames and was a tot tering wreck almost in the twinkle of an eye and before some of the sleeping oc cupants were aware of the terrible con flagration. The dames seem to have originated about the center of the ground door and bad completely gutted the lower irt of the building, halls and stairways before the occupants on the second door were aroused and so far had they advanced and with such remark able rapidity did the fire fiend envelop the upper portion of the building that many of the lodgers were only able to escape through the flames to the nearest window and leap 15 or 20 feet to the ground belw without even lecoveriug their clothing and personal effects and which resultt-d in burned hands, feet and farce, and many broken, dislocated and sprained limbs. MISS OBMKVT's HOKB1BLC DKATH. The Overland Hotel for sometime past hss been conducted bv Misses Hat tie and Anna Dement, the former occu pying a room in the eouthmest corner of the new addition. Frantic efforts were put forth to gain access to her room and rescue her, but without avail. When the flames died down her chsrred re mains were found lying on the blackened bed springs indicating that a be must have been overcome bv the firey fumes before escaping from her bed, or else fainted upon being awakened and real izing her perilous position. MANY rrTEI BCBIOCS MR. The most serious injuries received were probably those of William Man chester, an employee of the Johnson Lumber Co. He with his brother Menry were sleeping in an inside room in the old building and were awakened bv the suffocating smoke and crackle of flam L'pon opening the door tbey found the hallvtav in dames but were able to make their escape through a window in the other end of the ball, where they become separated. William fought his way through the flamna out at the back window and slid down a post. He was fearfullv burned about the head, (ace and hands and very sore from bruises His brother went down the stairs into the hall, bat was forced to return to the upper floor and succeeded in making lus escape by leaping from a window U. M. Hoffman, a representative of the Chicago Portrait Co., who was sleep ing in the new part of the building. made his escape by leaping from a win dow, but was badly burned about the bead and on the right band. K. Sllverstone, traveling represent live of Kahn Nickelaburg shoe I to use of San Francisco, was also in a room in the new building and received a bad sprain of both ankles caused by his jumping to the ground. All of tbe above mention ed injured were taken to the drag store and residence of Dr. C. K Bogue, where a temporary hospital was constructed and Dr. Bogue, assisted by Mrs. Gala gber as nurse, dressed and cared for the wounds of the injured parties and when they were visited by the f'laindealer representative ttus morning, they were all resting easy. ROSEBURG FURNITURE CO. THE NEW STORE IN THE MARSTERS BLOCK JACKSON AND CASS STREETS He jumped out of the window into the alley between the two buildings and found that the old building was all ablaxe, while tbe fir bad apparently just started in the new buUding Mr. Frank Hughes who acta aa clerk in tbe hotel and who was asleep in a room in the old building tells a very plausible story of the happenings as be saw tbem. He aaid: "At 12:15, Mis Weaver had just returned from an evening with friends and aa she was coming in I was putting out the lights. She went up stairs and I told her to get in tbe hall here she could see to find her way aa I was going to blow oat tbe ball lamp. I I blew oat tbe lamp and followed up ! stairs, retired and soon fell aaleep. I aa awakened by a scream from one of the girls and heard tbe crackling of the tire. I ran oat into tbe ball and saw that the whole building was in flames, ! and running to the girls room I gathered up bed-clothes and ma treat, threw them j out tbe window and told the girls to jump onto tbem. I then went into another room and the smoke was so dense I was compelled to jump from the indow in the ball to save myself.'' Tbe fire department of Myrtle Crek I THE F. & R. LABEL on a Medicine is A GUARANTEE OF PURITY AND HIGHEST EFFICIENCY The law of our Laboratory is Superior Quality first, and then, Skillful Compounding. Notice the prompt action of medicines from our Drug Store They are full strength. Notice our handsome, finished looking products. They are prepared properly. FULLERTON & RICHARDSON NEAR THE DEPOT ROSEBURC a ORECON Musings Now will the Oregoniau be good. The June bride crop is ready to be harvested. Norway is getting angry, and says, "It's all off with the Swede." An indulgent husband is not neces sarily one who indulges too much. "Let womeu forget their years," aays Angela Morgan. Well don't they? Dr. Lane will proceed to prescribe for Portland's many ills, with what success remains to be seen. John Hoch will be hanged June 23d. He won't have to blow in his money for fireworks on the Fourth. The Oregonian and Journal are saying all kinds of nasty things about each other all of which is true. Doctors, both Democrats haAe been elected Mayors of Oregon's two greatest cities Portland and Roseburg. A man in Tennesee waa fined 125 a few days ago for snoring in church, j Thus one by one are our sacred-rights curtailed, and the feathers plucked from tbe wings of our great bird of freedom. MISS WBAVBK A HEROINE. Miss Anna Dement and Vera Weaver were sleeping together in tbe rear por lion of the old building and when the fire was discovered, Miss Weaver ran out into the hall and tried to find a way to escape. Seeing that the entire lower floor was in dames she returned to her own room aad determined that they should make their escape through the window, but Mist Dement refused to jump out. Miss Weaver determined that her aunt should not be burned to death and realising that there was no time to spare, forced her to the window and shoved her oat Miss Weaver then lowered herself from the window and jumped. Had it not been for her presence of mind it is prob able that both would have perished the flames. ALL LOSE PERSONAL PROPERTY. The four traveling men, 8ilverstone Theo Roth, representing Allen & lewis and J. K. Leonard of the Honeyman Hardware Company, PorUand, and G M. Hoffman, all lost their clothing, watches and money ranging from $18 to sou. rrana rate, oi reraue, who was returning from Roseburg is perhaps the heaviest loser, he having lost 98, portion of which waa in gold and silver which he will probably recover, bat the larger portion being bills waa burned STORIES CONFLICTING. Everyone has a different tale to Ml concerning the fire. Some seem to thin the fire started in both buildings at the and tbe little spirit was wafted on angel wings to its heavenly home. Tbe bereaved family is almost prostrate with grief over tbe sail and untimely death of the precious little one and they have the sympathy of all in tbeir time of sore bereavement. Funeral services will be conducted at Oakland Friday. Probate Orders RANGES Claim of Mary Uilber, in tbe sum of $77.50, against estate of Julius Ambrum. deceased, allowed. Kstate of Jacob Lebnherr, deceased, declared settled. Last will and testament of James Davlin, deceased, admitted to probate. Margaret L. Davlin appointed executrix and T. R. Sheridan. B. C. Agwe and I. B. Nichols appraisers of estate of said decedent, said estate being of tbe prob able value of $20,000. Last will and testament of Wm. Pat terson, deceased, admitted to probate and Z L. Dimmick appointed execu tor thereof. T R. Sheridan G. W. Dimmick and M. Fickle, appointed appraisers of . estate said estate being of $1,000. R. A. Woodruff, admr. of estate of of said decedent, tbe probable value If in need of a Range, buy one our celebrated Toledo Rauges. We guarantee every range sold, and if it does not give entire satisfaction, it cosisyou nothing. An elegant line of Furniture, carpets and rugs in stock all the time, also Wall Paper. Window Glass. B. W.STRONG THE F ROSEBURG U R N I T U R E MAN OREGON STRANGE ADVICE! Cyras Smith' deceased, authorized to did noble work in attempting to subdue i insure property of said estate for $1500. the flames and prevent the firs from L. s. Conn appointed guardian of spreading to adjoining buildings j Sarah Coan. Their fire equipments were not ex- i acUy what ia needed at a fire the sixe of this one, but without tbe small supply of water which was ablv handled bv the re fighters. It is certain that more property would have been lost. The buildings destroyed were the property ot tbe MyrUe Creek Hotel Company of which T. R. Sheridan, F. B. Wait, W. P. Johnson and others of this city are stock holders. Mr John son informs as that the company loss is probably $12,000. partially covered by $5,000 insurance. Dr. J. W. Strange informs as that over $200 worth of his dental instru ments were in tbe burned building, and we understand were all lost. Dr. Strange was working in that city laat week and returned to Roseburg on account of sickness. He did not bring bis instruments as he expected to return and complete bia work within a few days. A. T. Thompson of this city lost a set of bar fixtures valued at S500. Thev were stored in tbe bar room of the new building. The unfortunate young lady who lost her life in the disaster was a native of Myrtle Creek where she waa born Sept 10, 1873. She waa the daughter of Geo Dement, the well-known pioneer hotel keeper of that city. Besides her father. she is survived by two sisters. Mrs Homer Oatman and Miss Anna Dement, both of Myrtle Creek. Arrangements for the funeral hare not yet been made. definately, but will probably be held at Myrtle Creek Saturday. i-rtt mlert it'.rntioa Or c. c o to hit great Jin our Almanac for many years past we ' have even unusual advice to those aHie- I ted with coughs, colds, throat or long j troubles or consumption. We have told them if they did not receive any special i benefit after the use of one 75-cent siae botUe of German Syrup, to consult their I doctor. JVr did not ask them or urge 1 them to use a large number of bottles, aa I is the case in the advertising of many other remedies. Our confidence in Ger man Syrup makes it possible for as to I give such advice. f'. . know by the ex- ' perience of over 35 years that one 75-cent I notlle of German Syrup will spccdilv re- ! lieve or cure the worst coughs. coUla. ' bronchial or lung troubles and that, ; even in rvij cases ol consumption, one wotk ref i ular size, 75c 4 I A. C. MARSTERS DRUQ CO. FRESH FAMILY GROCERIES A complete stock of all the best brands and grades of staple and fancy Groceries. New and fresh goods on which we have removed the tariff. All kinds of early vegetables and fruits kept con stantly on hand. Highest market price paid for all kinds of farm produce. KRUSE & NEWLAND UP-TO-DATE GROCERS Urge bottle of German Syrup will wonders. JNew nal boMles 15c. CONCLUSION. It was a terrible catastrophe and the second one of this nature to be vibiied upon the people of Southern Douglas county within tbe past six months, the terrible holocaust at Glendale last a in ter, in which the wife, child and nurse in the cottage home of O. P. l ane lost tbeir lives by burning being still f re-h in the minds of all oar readers. A pall of gloom naturally overshadows the lit tle city of Myrtle Creek and its inhabi tants are grief-stricken over the horri ble fate which befell Miss Dement. The Overland hotel proper was one of the old landmarks of the town and was a popular hostelry in pioneer days when the overland stage run between Rose burg and northern California point in the palmy days before the construction of the S. P. railroad. A few years ago a large two-story structure waa erected adjoining the hotel on the west and of late was fitted op and became a part of tbe hotel. Roseburg and all of Douglas county extend sympathy to the suffering vic tims of the fire and tbe relatives and friends of the young lady who loat her life in the fire. Tbe loss is a serions one to Myrtle Creek and vicinity. STAMMERING CURED Distressing Accident at Oakland. Guarantee to cure any case of stam mering or stuttering. Cures are permanent and terms reasonable. Pupils on leaving rchnol talk per fectly natural as though they had never stammered :::::: PACIFIC SCHOOL FOR STAMMERERS 150 ELEVENTH ST. PORTLAND, ORE. LACE CURTAINS LAUN DRIED A moat distressing fatal accident oc cured at Oakland Tuesday. Mr. iind Mrs. Jas. Mackay being temporarily absent from home their young daugh er waa engaged in the household work, when on emptying a boiler of boiling water into a tab placed on the floor, the little six-year-old son and brother tumbled and fall backward into tbe tub and waa fatally scalded. The poor un fortunate little fellow lingered in a heroic struggle between life and death for same time, while others claim that it twenty -four hours whan his suffering DOUGLAS COUNTY IS THE PLACE TO INVEST YOUR MONEY Deeded Land can be purchased at prices tbst will make money for you. I have land for sale, Timber and Farm land in tracts of from ItiO acres to 5000 acres at prices ranging from $3.00 to $20.00 per acre. SEE ME BEFORE BUYINC F. G. STEWART 201 JACKSON STREET. OPPOSITE HOTEL STREET, OPPOSITE McCLALLEN THE ROSEBURG STEAM LAUNDRY Is now prepared to handle all kinds of LAI' N PRY WORK and guaranwes satis faction. RAG AMD INGRAIN CARPETS MADE TO LOOK LIKE NEW I FIRM IMPLEMENTS THE CELEBRATED BAIN WACON, MILWAUKEE AND OSBURI MOWERS AND BINDERS, VICTOR RAKES, FEED CUTTERS, ROLLING DISC PLOWS AND HARROWS. HARNESS AND SADDLES A CDrniivv a w s 1 w BJ III 111 ' I BEARD & CULVER the hardware dealers J J. FALBE'S RESTAURANT ban in town and don't know where to eat, ask yew friends and they will direct you to FRENGHY'S" OPPOSITE DEPOT U. Norman & Co. Cigars, Tobacws j Confections, Fruits Bakery Goods Always Fresli SHERIDAN ST. NEAR DtPOl