NfcW 3 CIIM U k DI7rn 3LiTliTl A K I A t '<*1**'' ’•in*-*-- and in cous--queuce the U . Popull.« party has completely appealed. ¿■Com plete Resume of the Week's Happenings. ST A l t AND GENERAL NfcWS ITEMS. L ilt*- I >iR|iiitoli*‘R B o ile d I tow n I F o r ttie r e ru m il o f th e I tils \ R e a d e r. IJtii i Inis appropriated #10.00(1 tor tli. Lewis ami Clark Exposition at f o i t Inn• I. G. - i nor t ’liuinlu'i lain has vetoed 15 » i l l s passed at the lust sessiou o f thoiKlenc« to the Lane County Leader. be chemically pure, analyzing 99 per cent pure. This analysis shows The past week in Eugene has | Cottage Grove; David Humbolt a it to be one of the best wells in the j been one long to be remembered,, kind of Mongrel-blooded fellow United States in regard to the °n account of the trial o f Elliot E. j wherein a considerable quantity of quality of the product. ° I t is under- Lyons for the killing o f Sheriff W . ; negro predominates, got three stood to be Mr Hirscbberg's in- W . Withers. No event has happen- j years for stealing a mare from the tention to plug the well just below ! e*l in Lane county that so stirred up barn of Ben Davis of Springfield, the salt How and develop a salt the whole community as that of the This ends the chapter of criminals well. The plant which be is plan- killing of Mr. Withers. The Bran- sent to the pen from Lane county ning to build to handle the output of 1 ton murder case was not a parallel, at the March term for 1903. A. N. Scroggins who left a wife the well will cost iu the neighbor­ although that was one which excit­ ed great indignation and produced in The Dalles some time ago and hood of $15,000. among the people a demand for the took up with a Mrs, W ilder and A Brief Review of the March Term of Circuit Court. County Expenses. Last week Governor McB/ide eigne. 1 the bill making gambling a felony iu the state of Washington. D I S T R I C T S . E. C O N V E N T IO N speedy condemnation and execu­ came to Springfield and posed as tion of Brantou, which was carried man and wife and subsequently Ex-Governor T. T. Geer has vis-1 Successful Session lias J u s t ltecn into effect without unnecessary de­ went to Wendling aud was arrested ited Omaha and Lincoln, Nebraska,, lay. It is beleived, that in case there and brought to Eugene last C losed a t lto s e liu rg . and is now in St Louis fur th e \ Branton had escaped conviction, by week and held on a charge of lewd purpose o f interesting the people iu R ohebvbo , March 9.— The Dig. any fault on the part of the law, he cohabitation, were found guilty and the Lew is and Clark Exposition 1 trict Christian Endeavor Con- would have met tbe punishment his the man sentenced to serve 90 days to be held in Portland iu 1905. He vention has just closed and all crime demanded, at the hands of tbe in the county jail while his para­ is conferring with state officials. mour was fined #50, interested feel that it was a decid- citizens. But although this may be said THE DIVORCE MILL. Jack O 'K eefe, of Chicago, won ed success. W ith such men as Rev. Friday the following divorce the decision over Jimmv Britt, of Clarence Eberman, of Boston, and of Blanton’ s case, the same may be San Francisco, in the sixth round P rof A Sweetser, of Eugene to de— said of Lyon s case also with many cases were disposed of. J. L. Hol- on a foul in the light-weight boxing livered such grand and soul-stirring degrees of intensity and certainty, gate vs Clara Holgate decred for addresses it could not be otherwise. There was a settled determination plaintiff, custody of the girl child match at Portland Monday night. The first session was held in the *n the niinds of tbe people, that Ly- be given Mrs. Engles as plriutiff North Dakota has made an ap­ Buptist church but it was found that ous should pay for the killing of was not situated to care for her and propriation for the Lewis and Clark that building was not large enough Sheriff Withers with his life, wheth- the mother was unfit. Fair. It was equivalent to .#10.000, to hold all who wished to attend, so j er that had to be done through the T. E. Goodman divorced from his according to a telegram received tbe last two meetings were held in | regular channels of the law, or wife; H. Mongold from his wife, recently from Special Commissioner the opera house, which was well fill­ through the jteople taking the law Carrie Thompson from her husband. into their own hands. Henry \Y . Coe. ed. R. L. Thompson, custody of child This was evinced from the day on allowed plaintiff. J. E. Clieve from We feel that the Christian Twenty-five more stamps are to which Withers was shot on the 5tb his wife, Julia. Child allowed be p at iu the Lucky Boy mine in Endeavor movement is doing noble work and that through the ‘lay of February until the 5th day plaintiff. Homer Farlow from Mat- the Blue B iver district which will advance movement on hand Oregon ° f March following, when Judge tie Farlow. This is a part only of give that mine a total of 10 stamps. Hamilton pronounced sentence of Electricity will also replace steam shall indeed be won for Christ. A j death upon Lyons, and fixed the the grist which tl^e divorce mill good aud loyal set of officers has turns out, but there are doubtless power iu the mine. been elected and we trust may have day of his execution on Friday, the more in the hopper as the crop of N o t! only all bird-lovers, but the same hearty support o f the 17th day of April. “ cruel treatment” is unfailing. So that it will be seen that just 30 practical men who have looked upon societies as heretofore given. I have already taken up too much bird lit. with observant and there­ Thanking all for the kindly ra- days elapsed from the day of the space in giving court proceediugs fore ¡appreciative eyes, will rejo ice; terest and support rendered us in | killing until tbe arrest, trial and but tbe matter being of unusual and conviction o f the guilty wretch. iu the enactment of a law by (he »*-- -- — the — past, we ------ remain, general interest, must be my apolo­ l a t « L e g i s l a t u r e for the protection i It was thought that the father gy. However, I will not close un­ Yours in Christian love. o f wibi birds. aud mother of Lyons and his wife til I say that one of the hardest Mark C. Mi nron , E x . Pres., j were implicated in the killing by legal battles that was fought at this F annie M c C o llcm , Ex, Sec., Secretary Root last week assured interferring with Withers at the terra was that wherein Frasier, real C onnie H andsakfr , E x . Trens. 8enat< ►rs Mitchell and Fulton that; j time of the attempted arrest and estate agent, was plaintiff and J. M. The district officers elected for he would act on the report of the the ensuing two years are: Miss Ora I Lyons’ wife was held by the pre- Sherwood, deft. Frasier claimed Board of Engineers on the Colum­ Reed, Eugene, president; F. E ; liminary court, in bonds of #1000 to some #350, as commission for sell­ bia River jetties in a week or ten appear at court, hut on investiga Iloseburg, vice-president. ing the Sherwood hotel property in days« and strongly intimated that ; Aliev, | Thos. Medley, Cottage Grove, secre- tion of the case, the grand jury re­ Cottage Grove. I believe the case be would approve it. ta rv; H. C. Galey, Roseburg, treas- turned “ not a true bill,” and Mrs. bad been litigated before. Hardy Lyons was discharged. Onl.v i ittle over ten years ago— ] urer. and Thompson were for Frasier aud And so Lyons now awaits bis iu November, 1892— the Populist The delegates from Cottage Grove Bilyeu, Woodcock ami Medley were party v •lied over d million votes for [ were : Thos. M. Medley, Miss Deseie doom with seeming little concern, Sherwood’s attorneys. Every inch its candidate for President, J. B. Harms, Presbyterian church; Miss emotionless, friendless, the picture of ground was disputed and the W eaver the highest vote in auy Marian White, Miss Della Durham, of dispair and dejection. The peo­ gentlemen on either side exhausteo ple will breathe a breath of relief their legal acumen ami eloquence state b. ing that o f Kansas. Colora­ Christian church. when be is taken off. do. Ida I and Nevada, and divided in behalf of their respective clients. Speaking of court proceedings I tbe elect oral vote in North Dakota Stoneberg’s barber shop was , . , I The case was submitted at the close a n d tb e j a ft e r hour9 •nd jmtegou, and sangoiuely pre­ moved into the building formerly must not neglect to speak of a b a t c h <)f t b e d --- - dicted that they would “ sweep” the occupied by tbe N ugget this week, o f c r im in a l s of lesser magnitude of - - deliberation brought in a verdict country in 1900. But the tide of and is fitted up in first class shape. who were tried aud found guilty in favor of Frasier for bis claim. prosperity began to How back over It is now one of the neatest shops iu and sentenced to serve terms in County Judge Kincaid said Sat­ prison: tbe country in 1897, and has not re- ! town. urday the expense account of tbe Burkholder got two years for county for the months of February, -stealing a horse, saddle and bridle March, April and May will be un­ last fall in Eugene; Bert Gartner, usually large on account of the an ex-pugilist, got oDe year io r an damages to roads and bridges by attempt to secure money on a forged check, on one Krenshaw the flood of January, tbe arrest and last week; Tom Burns go t two trial of Lyons and the special elec­ I years for breaking into tbe tion to fill the vacancy caused by H A V E JUST ARRIVED bunk house of the Jap«, railroad the death of Congressman Tongue, employes; William Allen get« one which will aggregate perhaps $10,- year for larceDy from a dwelling in 000. J. F. A dams . paid to the meu who effected Lyon’ “ capture. Those getting the rewards and the aiuuuts received are as follows: \V. E Pursous, $300; J. E Noland $150;~ James In the Logging Camps in the Vicinity Shaub, $15«; \V. H. Mnler, $ 10 0 ; of Cottage Grove. W. W. Buoy, $100; James Law, $100; I. H. Veatch, #75; Conductor CiTl'D ni V A VERY UNLl'CKY DAY R. E. Veatch, $25. | SERIES OF ACCIDENTS A well known mining man stated S h erm an S h o r tr id g e , Kd C. l i a r * lo n g e r and M in cP W a l­ while discussing tbe bright prospects of the Bohemia mines this week la ce th e V lc tlm a . that “ there are large areas of prom­ ising mining territory in Lane While floating pilings down the county, not yet looked over by the .Coast Fork river, on reaching a prospector, to say nothing of th e ; rapiJ about si% ,uile9 south of towu numerous claims now being develop- Sberman Shortridge met with an ed iu Bohemia and the Blue River accj j enfc Saturday that came near There is an abundance " Districts. ' i resulting fatally. He was riding on of timber and water everywhere, a floating log when on reaching the and the climate is so mild that shallow rapids, he was struck by a operations can be continued nearly piling and thrown into the turbu- through the whole year. ^ Capitalists [eld waters. At this point the river are finding this a good field for i flows over a slippery bed-rock investment, and tbe right kind of bottom and M r Shortridge was un­ men are sure of success.” able to regain his footing. W hile struggling to mount a log and F O U R W IV E S T H E L IM IT . reach the bank several large piling passed completely over him crushing A m e e r o f A fg h a n is ta n Sets Som e him down into the water against G ood E xam ples. the bed rock bottom. By a heroio L ondon , March 9.— Mail advices effort he regained the bank but was received here from Kabul say the quite seriously bruised and injured Ameer of Afghanistan has divorced internally. He was taken to his all but four of his wives. The home and under skillful medical divorced women are allowed to re­ treatment is recovering from his marry at their pleasure, and the injuries rapidly. Ameer has promised a life-long Another one of those frequently support to those who do not marry recurring accidents which have again. He has also deerfled by j happened this winter in the lumber— beat of drum, that none of his \ ;ng camps surroundining this city subjects shall hereafter have more occurred at the piling camp o f than four wives, and that all in ex-loam pbell & Alexander, on Row cess of this number must be d ivorc-1 River, about 15 miles out, on Sutur­ ed. The Ameer is also suppressing I day afternoon. Edwin C H a r- ovildoers with an iron hand. In a hiudger, one of the camp foremen, recent proclamation he ordered while at work in the woods, by that any one convicted of taunting some mischance allowed his axe to another on account of his religion glance from a tree and bury itself shall be blown from a cannon’ s for an iuck in the bone of bis leg mouth. This punishment has al- j U8t below the knee, severing the ready been inflicted. Robbers are maiu artery. He was brought to placed in cages, which are hung town and Drs Anderson and prominently in the thorougfares, a s1 Hosmer dressed the wound. Before a warning to others. Another i reaching tuwn ho had become much proclamation of the Ameer, evidently weakened through the loss of blood, aimed against those who attem pt; but is now getti j g along nicely, an-1 to corner grain, decrees that every- ¡u a few days will be about again, one possessing grain in excess of ... ... ,, , . what is absolutely necessary for the I M*“ r " 1alla('e wb,’e « " « aKed 111 support of his family for fo u r; « ork for the l ’acit.c fim ber Co, ~ months shall sell it. I f he fails to' their Coast Fork loggin g camp met do so his whole supply will be taken with an nccideut Tuesday resulting ¡in a broken right arm, between the away by force. • I wrist and elbow. He was working on a pile of logs G ood R iia iL for W a sh in g ton when he lost his footing and fell to A commendable good roads bill the grouud with the above mention­ was passed by tlie Washington leg­ ed results, Ho was brought to the islature last week. The bill makes home of his father, C H Wallace, iu many changes in the present system j this city anti Dr Anderson reduced of road-building, and is one of the the fracture aud Miner will soon bo most important measures passed ! good as new agaiu. ♦ his session. ____ Our Spring Goods All of the latest dress fabrics in all the new weaves"»* choice patterns :: Colored Wh i t e W a s h GOODS Latest Creations for 1903 Gentlemen and Ladies summer rndcrw, nr. The very latest iu men's hats. Ladies, Misses an x ealf, and mlneiV shoes : : : : : Eahin a Bristow First National BanK Building 3rt a« art art Srt Srt Srt Srt Srt Srt Srt Srt Srt Srt Srt Srt Srt Srt Srt Srt Srt 9 Are the new creations in H a t Styles a n d R O O S E V E L T T O T O U R W E S T M E L I»H U M T O B E R E M O V E D W i l l S tep at P o r t la n d , Salem , O re g o n P o s tm a s te rs Moon to lie E u g en e and R o s e b u rg . 1 A p p o in te d . JUST .. I N .. Tbe President is arranging the I Surveyor-General Meldrum will program for his Western tour. be removed as soon as bis successor He will spend a day and possibly j is appointed and confirmed. This , a night in Portland, and will stop ! will be done at tbe extra session of in Salem and possibly Roseburg, ■ the Senate now in deliberation. Albany and Eugene. | Senator Fulton was informed of In Washington he will visit C h e-; this intention with emphasis by halis, Olympia. Tacoma. Seattle, the Secretary Hitchcock recently. i Bremerton navy-yard, North Yaki- The only reason for Meldrum’g raa, Spokane and possibly Walla long respite was Senator Mitchell’s Walla. He will spend five days in inability, through illness, to recom­ Oregon and Washington. mend a successor. New postmasters will also be ap­ Details will be left to each locali­ ty to arrange, but he objects to re­ pointed for Oregon City, Eugene, ceptions, banquets and set speeches. Ashland and Roseburg. E le c te il O ffic e r». Er. NE. M ais I 8.— The North I Fnirv w Mining eomporfy held a ; meeti g in this ci v Saturday after- I noon ad elected officers as follows: Wm Fab ent; A lf Walker, 1st vice ] S. J. Drund,’ 2nd vice pres T. Harris, store r, treasurer; Wm , F a le r, general manager. , tary;A. L y o n 's R e w a r d The cent I « rew 111 CO Is the stock of these swell shapes.a n d shades :: :: §1 m. SB ip im Ip Nothing newer anywhere : You’ll lie cor­ rect in style, and economical in purse if you buy Itero : : : ; WE A R E SOLE A G E N T S F O R THE C O R D O N P a id . H A T ourt order 1 mi 8 the amounted Withers g over to tb reward of ___ I f the bill becomes a law there ! W ashington , March 9 .- P r e «id e n t will be no more working out. o f ] . , , . _ , road taxes, aud all road work to cost Uo° 8evelt ‘ odnJ nominated h ie iu excess of $150 must be done by Oregon Postmasters: Willi,*.J B contract. j Curtis, Marshfield; Marion F. Davis, Most o f the opposition to the bill ■ Union; Benjaman F. Vaughn Hep- came from the country members, 1 pner; Thos P. Randall, Oregon while the city representatives fu r-! City, and Andrew L. Sproul, nisbed its chief supporters. i Ontario. $109*1 which Laa total been ; i « Pacific Tiilsr Co’s. Slore. Lncler Odd Fellows Hall Ï