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About Lane County leader. (Cottage Grove, Lane County, Or.) 1903-1905 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1904)
w ants W hltclaw n o i s i . a n d s Held as states . Makes Notable Speech TRAIN WRECKED on fcxpansloa at Banquet. P R O F H 8 8 IO N A L C A R D S . QUICK TO CJET TO WORK. Both Houses Transact Business Dispatch. With K J. E. II06MER ¡D New York, Pec." to*— The knhttal Sixty-Three De*d and . Thirty U f - S*U-m. T ,«v- 22 .— llptflbstuii-i o f the ’ H V S U .I v*i * s l k o e o . v . .. „ ■ 1 inner of the New England > sysii’ ly of f i V R W usaw t Kxf «lid t in a art 8pac jured in Pennsyfraatì.«- V ei^tinj 1*1 tlea - -* the city of New Y oik held tonight in all the officers who served at the regu Office In the Alllaoa A Madsen Building. the Waldorf-Astoria was a more notable lar session of 1903. This organization VICTIMS ARE ROASTED TO DEATH affair than any -held during tlie tW year« ... nlt-aimmi cmnjuiu tee clerks, anu unless the session should since the incorporation of the society. Timbers Which Had Fallen o a Tracks be prolonged nijq-e than Jhree days no K. B. K. JOB There were 654 diners. . e jf 1 h From’ Freight Train the' ¿feusc—MaaV ' V>lfVks'otft^r'fHan 4 few stenographers After a toast had been drunk to the PHYSICIAN A SURGEON - > r W l U and tlortlble Scene* FolloSr. “ President of the United States,’ * th ere was pearlv a full attendance A ll rails promptly «H ead'd. — n't i> *'i*m i eA4h bhfileh o f the legislature. In Whitelaw Reid spoke on “ Forefathers’ Office, Mein 81. next door to Leader office. Con n ellsville, Pa., Dec. 28.— W ith a the house Representative Davey, of Day.” Passing to a consideration of . US. COTTAGE OKOVE, OK. t^rr iblircrash the Dnqueene ^Intuited, Marion-,■ is the 0 htT’ 'a'hscnt 7 le. Th' the national Mcpansion, he sa'u|: "S h all we find that safe coilVsi Ify" the fastest through passenger train ^ i a t e , D aljr.v< m u tfou . J J k i -M l U ad ila J Multnomah, are absent and excused. roaming the oceans to drag in semi- from Pittsburg to New York, on the tropical and revolutionary communi Baltimore.& Ohio, plowed into a pile of No one was elected to fill the vacancy caused by the election of Senator W ilt £ T. ANDEUSON, M. D ties, to be made states In the American lumber at Laurel Hun, two miles west liamson to congress and that seat is va union, equal from the start to our Physician and Surgeon selves, with sometimes, perhaps, a bal of Ihiwson, at 7:45 o’clock tonight, and cant., Though the session yesterday Surgery and Female diseases A Specialty. All was short the legislature accomplished it is estimated that 63 lives were lost, calls promptly attended to. ance of power that may enable them to more than was expected. It had Deen onice lu Sherwood block: Night calls at govern us and the land of our fathers? and 30 persons were injured. New Era Drug Store. Piume lóti Main. Tiie train left Pittsburg this evening, anticipated that the two houses would ¿ “ Such questions have burst upon us organize and then as a token of respect too suddenly out of our recent expan running a few minutes late, in charge sion to justify at the outset harsh criti of Engineer W illiam Thornley, of Con- to the late Representative Murphy ad journ until today, when the governor’s cisms of any rash or ill-considered pro nellsville. When approaching'' Laufel message would be received. posals that may’ rise to the surface in Hun, which is a ,>articularly good piece Both houses were called to order QENTIST the first froth of public discussion. of road, the train was running at a high promptly, rushed the organisation pro iate of speed. Suddenly the passengers Rut I venture to predict that the time DR. H. M. P E T R IS w ill come within the lives of many who were thrown from their seats by the ceedings, and at 11 o’clock met in joint convention to hear the message. This lightninglike application of the brakes, now hear me when the man who shall All Work W arrancad. propose the incorporation as a state in and a moment later there was a terrific communication was short and was read by the governor in 15 minutes. The crash. • to this government of the United states Offlc* First Door West oí Sherwood House. The train was made up of two bag senate took the lead in the transaction of America of any island of the sea, the of ¿justness by adopting a joint mem- Philippines, the Sandwich Islands, or gage cars, two day coaches, one sleeper, Porto Rico, or Cuba, will be hunted and one dining car, and at the time was orialintroduced by President Brownell from political life as a political enemy, carrying at the lowest estimate 150 pas urging the claim of Oregon upon the R E. C. MACY whether he be animated merely by sengers. The train plowed along for a federal government for aid to the Lewis I) and Clark fair and asking congress to lingering reminiscences of the filib u s considerable distance, and the cars were DENTIST ters and the slavery propaganda, or torn to pieces, passengers jumping, enact the appropriation b ill for that whether he represent a sugar trust in screaming and falling from the wreck purpose. Tiie memorial was passed without a dissenting vote. W all street or a sage brush state in the as it tore along. Suddenly the engine The chief event of interest on the Dr, Knapp’s Building. swerved to the left and the coaches United States senate.” plunged down over the embankment to opening day of the legislature was the introduction of two resolutions by the edge of the Youghiougheny river. COLOMBIAN TKOOPS SIGHTED. The moment the cars stopped rolling Democratic members of the house, the purpose of which was to precipitate the C J o h n soif Cruiser Mayflower Returns From a there was a wild scene. Many persons short session issue. Billyeu, of Linn, were pinioned beneath the wreckage, Cruise to Gulf of Darien. presented a resolution declaring that BBT £ and the screams and cries that rent the Colon, Dec. 26.— Everything is quiet air were beyond description. Many legislation at the special session should ATTORNEYS AT l a w along the Atlantic coast. The cruiser were injured in their mad excitement be confined to tax legislation. Bur Cottage Grove, Oregon. leigh, of Union and Wallowa, presented Others, Mayflower came in today from the gulf and plunged into the river. a resolution declaring for adjornment of Darien, to which place she went af pinioned beneath the heavy timbers, on Wednesday evening. After a sharp pleaded in agonized tones for release. ter stopping at the Isle of Pines. The So terrific was the force of the wreck debate both resolutions were referred J H. KINO At Mayflower was sent out hurriedly on that nearly every passenger suffered a to the committee on resolutions. receipt of the news brought by a native moment’s unconsciouness, and many of 11:30 both houses adjourned oat of re At to rney- at -La w spect to the late Representatvie Mur coasting schooner that Colombian the able-bodied men were unable to as phy, formal resolutions on the death of Special attention given to Collections. sist in helping the injured from the troops had been landed on the island. liis colleague being offered in the house COTTAGE OKOVE, OREGON. wreck on account of having fainted. Arriving at the island, which is inhab The wreck was caused by the break by Representative Burleigh and adopted ited by San Bias indians, the May ing of castings on a carload of bridge by that body. Ex-Congressman M. A. Moody, of flower made a thorough examination timbers on a west bound freight train and found tlie report to be untrue. which had passed Laurel Run not more The Dalles, is here conferring with E. YOUNG The Mayflower then continued to cruise than 15 minutes before the ill-fated members from his section of the state regarding legislation on the portage along the coast toward the gulf of Dar passenger train. The wreck occurred on iT T O IH M T -L II ien examining the coast, and in the af a curve, and it was impossible for railway and government canal. ternoon reached Titumati, where the Engineer Thornley to see far enough FAILS TO FLAG TRAIN. •fflee en Main Street, West 814% «m is e r Atlanta saw the Colombian ahead to detect the obstruction on the troops a week ago. O sttsfs Qrovs. Or. tracks. Brakeman Is Responsible for a Bad Wreck The Mayflower ran in close to the on Kansas Road. Titumati shore and clearly saw a num LEGISLATURE ADJOURNS. Kansas City, Dec. 24.— In a wreck ber of Colombian soldiers on the beach. M IS C U L L A N B O U S today at Godfrey, Kan., of the “ Mete No landing was made by the May Three Days* Session Sufficient to Effect or,” the St. Louis & San Francisco rail flower, which did not attempt to com Needed Legislation. municate with the Colombians, and way fast train from the south, nine shortly afterward departed. Salem, Dec. 24.— The special session persons were killed and 32 others in W hile steaming out of the gulf, the of the Oregon legislature ended last jured. Of the injured, five probably JlOBT. G R IF F IN . Mayflower sighted and soon passed close night at 11:15 o’clock. In a three day w ill die and ^4 seriously hurt,.. • H iiZ H C O N - m T t K e m - to the' Colombian cruiser General t*i- sessiun the legislature accomplished all "flie responsibility for the wreck is zon, which was steaming at the fate of that had been desired, an achievement laid at the door of a brakeman of the Repairing and Refilling Is Our Trade. All work warranted. six knots toward Titumati. It was made possible by perfect harmony freight crew, who failed to flag the train. seen that the General Pizon had about among the members. He lias disappeared. The engine on ‘150 Colombian soldiers aboard. Yesterday both houses passed the hill the freight had become dead, and tiie appropriating $ 100,000 for securing a crew was ordered to remain on the main right of way lo r the Celilo canal, and track and turn the switch for the pas SMALLPOX EPIDEMIC IN UTAH. C. MADSEN, ?]so a number of bills of minor import- senger, then about due, the brakeman being ordered to flag the “ Meteor.” Qreat Number of Person* W ere Exposed ànce. K illing of Chinese pheasantsa has This he neglected to do. at a Public Ball. been prohibited until 1906. In the crash the baggage car tele Salt Ijike, Dec. 26.— An epidemic of Ten per cent has been fixed as the scoped the engine landed in a corn Watchei Clocks and Jewelry smallpox is ragnig in Cache and Box maximum rate of interest to be charged field, while the smoker and the two A t Low est P rices........ chair cars were piled in a mass on top Elder counties in the northern portion upon property sold for taxes. Most of the injured No person, except the person paying of the engine. o f this state and the medical authorities the same, w ill be permitted to maintain were in tiie chair cars, which took fire in the affected districts have appealed a suit to recover fees paid to county re soon after the wreck occurred. 0 H. WILLARD to the state hoard of health to establish corders under the invalid fee law. a quarantine. The rapid spread of the Nsvy W ill Control Matters. CONTRACTOR & BUILDER A law has been passed permitting disease is said to 1 « the result of num owners of water rights to condemn and Washington, Dec. 24.— Under the Estimates made and all kinds of carpenter work executed and satisfaction guaranteed erous dances held recently, which were appropriate the property and water impression that war is surely to occur Contract work a specialty. attended by persons suffering from the rights of other*for a public use. lietween the United States and Colom COTTAGE GROVE, OREGON. contagion. . . , The total cost of the session has been bia, the quartdrmaster-gqneral of the In Box Elder consity 7? rases have about ,Ho 0 , fof the'payment'of which «m y -h a s been besieged b y'jail road and already been reported, the little town an appropriation was made. shipping men desirous of transporting F R A N K E. A L L E Y of Mantau alone having 49 cases within It was pointed out today that The new barracksi a^ the soldier?’ troops. its'borders.-. -» ’. , .... . . . . home at Rrwtmrg-wilt’ b r furnished*Ht whHethe landing orf marlHis on foreign soil oeea l a n d bat little comment sad Architect and Abstractor In Cache county the scourge, while a cost of $2,500. w idespread, has not as yet assumed The legislature memorai ized congress is only an evidence of a disturbed con- Abstract of title to deeded land. Pa- sueli a -•ymUi asjsict.as adpsjfis in f f u w r - « * ' -Jim 'embwHttoev'fttifAe'v fifS’-ffTine bn pn.iVrfriVKTit Birtrflhur ing fonnjy. The disease is of a com which, if passed, will bring an appro troops puts a different aspect on the land. Line prints of township maps paratively mild form, and po dentils b a t i o n o b (42YUf04>0 te , < >reg»u, /and Situation... For tins jeasom the navy qj^pr^ng a ll/vacan} Jai^s ¿¿r>r H each. fr<mi it have y it been reported. • i V ili tje j^cAiitted tújfcontiyl affaiVs in Pla'ps and catim âto Tor fall kiilil« ol aifjo in fat<>rV<>ftii£r<‘g*iqg Salaries buildings. dvsldhs for oftics nifal mali *tarri$f* ffoiû, $8)0 t6 $sutj : 1 . r \ fix ftir,-,. NoJj,r )*|iyblyft o tH jeg M ilita ry Tcila^M flterg to W g fk o?Q 4L i . s I*»# year. \ j L Seven Qreat Boilers Explode. Douglas County Bank Bldg. Victory Colo., Dec. 26.— Major II. A. T Nqylor, in command of the district dur- Nairl 6 r. th For St. Louis, Dec. 24.— A battery of D A o p n iim i For Ratifying Ratifying Treaty. Treaty. ingAh e-w bssw v ef w i P» iiii « w w ffvfft» m r iw ft iwr n flw n « p f e i f e e F T B i f f w ' ln#g. made the statement today that at the state department that the period 8 Ht. I amis transit transit company, comuanv. at at Jefferson Jefferson ---------------------------------- t. Louis owing to the large number of idle men * - A * -* - . throughout the district, an order would a a t i e a t ! ! * * r * ~ * , * * * * * - ....... he’ made early next week that all those change of ratifications may take place killing three employee, injuring els EAST A N D SOUTH haying no employment or visible mentis between the United States and China and wrecking the building. Without —W A — of support tv. nlfi be given tIre alterna o fth e commercial treaty recently rati premonition the boilers exploded, the T h e S ha9ta R o ute tive of one of three’ tfifugs— eftFi»»r i f f go fied by tiie senate. The rati finitions brp’S ifnlta fell outward and the heavy to work, leave the district or go to the must take place in Washington, 'Chert; ,truss roof propped; cn^rhig Ihe d&Jirie — OK TIIE — bullpen for an indefinite term. Tiie has been some intimation that they ifi which’almost 20 employes were im Instantly all the electric disbursement of 120,000 to the soldiers never w ill take place, because secret prisoned. lights went out and the darkness pfc- iiegau today. opposition of foreign powers may cause Train» leave C ot T aob G r o v b for Portland and wayntations at 2:14 a m 12:M pm the Chinese government to withhold its vdhte# prompt work ia res uing. !J5w5 Darwin Bristow, Pres. Cottage Grove T ra n s fe r Co. -■ ■ Herbert Eaktn, Cash. First National BANK si. V . DURHAM, Prop. Praying and all kinds of hauling. Furniture and ’ Piauo movihg a specialty :: :: C A P I T A L - $25,000 Phone - - 116 A general banking bus!::?»» transacted. Cottage Grove. Oregon. ORGANIZED 19 0 0 Speaking * Furniture • W e have it—have Just received an immense stock. Call and b* con- voiced that there in no better place from which to select :: :: :: : W e make a specialty o f Carpets, Mattings, Springs and Mattresses, also carry a complete line of Undertaking goods. Call and get prices :: Cochran ® Lauder m » 1 «* untwin* Oregon Nursery Co. SALEM . O REG O N. LARGEST NURSERY ON THE PACIFIC COAST Frui and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Vine«, Etc. Maynard Plum—Apple Tilton Apricot— Frost-Resisting WHITE FOR CIRCULARS— SALESMEN WANTED. Cash advanced for expenses—Catalogue and price list free upon application at our Store. A ll kinds o f Country Produce Bought and Sold S P E C IA L J. BAR G AINS are being offered in many departments o f our merchandise stock and it will pay you to give us a call t : : F cr your General Merchandise call ou the old reliable firm of ___ L E W I S & VEATCH Groceries, Dry Goods, Clothing, Boots and Shoes ffh - — Ifa m ily G r o c e rie s FR E S H AND PU RE. A full lino of Staple and Fancy Groceries at Lowest prices. Highest cash and trade prices paid for country produce : : : : : Watchmaker TV IT ETC A L F 0 1 0 ar s e H E L L O M A I N 6 5 TT . « • i • Rheumatism, Scliitlca, Lumbago, Neuralgia and Gout. I Caucs You can remove the cause by wearing one o f our Uric Acid 11 Rex Re: Rheumatic Rings Till Blood A postal will bring a booklet telling ail about it. Address H . V . >1A 1 )S K N , A g e n t , P o t t a g e G r o v e ,O r . Manufactured by Rex Rheumatic Co., Harlford, Conn. W . # , C h r ls m a n d l B an g« - C H R IS H M A N & B A N G S SOUTHERI PACIFIC COMPANY. Sounds Berlin Bankers. Berlin, Dec. 26.— The Tagcblatt’ s St. Petersburg <orrespondent says it is said in financial circles that the Russian government is sounding Berlin hank ers regarding the firrating of a loan amounting to $125,000,000. The Rus sian government, the correspondent says, thinks it can use the negotiations for a commercial treaty between Russia and Germany as a club to compel the German government to permit the loan. Bid on Irrigation Protect. Washington, Dec. 26.— Bids were o|iened at the interior department today for constructing the 500 feet of tunnel preliminary to the work of building the Salt River irrigation project in Arizona. About $10,000 is involved in this part of the project, and W ilton A Ross, of Riverside, Cal., who W I I $ J $8 lineal foot, were the lowest of the four bidder*. ratification of the treaty. Assistant to Cortelyou. W ashigntoi, Dec. 28.— Lawrence O. Murray, of Chicago, has been chosen assistant secretary of commerce anil tabor. The selection was announced today by the president, Who stated that the office had been tendered to and ac cepted by Mr. Murray, and that the nomination would be sent to the senate after the holiday recess. The appoint ment is made on the recommendation of Secretary Cortelyon, who has known Mr. Murray for a number of years. Authorized to Sign Treaty W ith Csbs. . Rome, Dec. 28.— Signor Savina, the Italian minister to Cuba, has been authorised to sign a treaty of commerce and navigation between Italy and Cuba similar to that of 1890 between Italy and Mexico and including provisions for arbitration in the case of disputes. Colombians Invade Land. Colon, Dec. 24.— Information has* been received here that about 100 Co lombian troops have landed at the Is land of Pines, northwest of Cepe Tibur ón, which is situated at the western en trance of the Gulf of Darien. The Island of Pines is in the Panama terri tory and is the only island along that coast which is wooded, peaked with mountains and also well watered, thus offering every facility for camping and being used as a base of observation. Cattle Allowed on Reserves. Washington, Dec. 24.— Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock today author ized the grazing of 97,000 shqpp and 4,250 cattle and horses on the northern division of the Cascade forest reserve from June 10 to October next; also 20,000 sheep in the eastern division of the Washington forest reserve. T.v" Portland ,T *30 a m Lv Cottage Grove 2:57 p m Ar Ashland 12:55 a m Ar Sacraniento ß :00 p m Ar San Francisco 7:55 p m sTatTp m 2.0« p m 12;.15 p m 4:35 a m 8:55am Fashion Stables SOTRrA?EoG,,5vS Pullman »nil Tourist Cars on both trains. I h a i r C ars , Sacra mento to Ogden and and E l Paso aDd | T o u rist to Chicago, St Louis, and Washington. C a rs N ew Orleans Connecting at Han Franelaee, with •«▼•ral | steamship lines for Honolulu, Japan, Chin Philippine*. Central and South America. 57 Ry train*. with C Independence Passenger daily, «xeeptSunday. a . . . . . 1 Tilo a. M. I Lv ...... Portland.... „..Ar I fcd# P. ¿ It: A. M. I Ar McMinnville.... Lv i t ot r . m . II: M. I Ar. Independendence.Lv I 2:06 r. M U:46 a . m . I A r....... Corval Is.. L v 1 1.20 p. M» See Agent Mr D T Awbrey at Cottage Q rtvt station or sddrots W E COMAN, O F !F a t a , kgl POET LAND, - OEEOOll. B osw ell S p rin g s Located on Southern Poelflc Railroad In l>«mgla* County, Ore. T h e w aters w ill cure 90 p er cent o f cases o f C onstipation, R heum atism , Catarrh, S tom - ach. K id n e y . L iv e r trou b les. fin » lì ni Inn nf T h oco une uannn ni m ese W alers C «a ia ia . C a p t. B en 1 Postofllre. Express and publie Telephone on premises. Freni ♦10 per week up. Including Imths Trains stop in front o f hotel lota»»lum Chloride 546.00 gr r a tw ii« - - ; T* r m s ........... - - » w gr Sodium Chloride - - - - 211.00 D. B o s w e ll, Magnesium < hlnrlde < Calcium Carbonat«*» .ftg r It gr P ro p rie to r