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THE EUGENE WEEKLY GUARD Vol 39 No 78 EUGENE, OREGON, THURSDAY. OCTOBER ¡8. i}o6 STANDARD ATTORNEY CENTRAL STOCK ATTACKS LEGISLATION AGAINST TRUSTS FISH FORCES Free! Free!! Beginning Tuesday, October 16th, we will cut and fit to your measure from from any Dress Goods purchased at our store at the regular price of 75c and up skirts free of charge, Workmanship guar anteed The work will be done by Mr Armstrong who is a professional skirt maker and comes to us with his three as sistants highly recommended. This is an opportunity never before given in Eugene by such high class work- men. No lady can afford to overlook it, for you may never again have such a splendid opportunity to have this work done by such men as Armstrong (Sb Armstrong The great* New York Tailors This offer is good for one week only THE NEW TRIMMINGS We can say without boasting that our trimming department is the largest and best on the coast, Portland not exempt. Appliques, draw braids, Persian bands, frilled ribbons, ruchings, rufflings, eagle and star ornaments, all laces, lace and insertion to In fact you can find match everything here that is usually kept in a first-class trimming department Chicago,Oct. 17. — E. H. Harriman ia not present and William Nelaon Crom well, his personal attorney is diiect- ing the tight against Stuyvesant Fish, who has marshalled all his forces to Findlay, O., Oct. 17.—Virgil Kline retaiu control of the Illinois Central railroad. John Jacob Astor and Cor and Attorney-General Ellis fought nelius Vauderbilt, who tight on the ihvir last forensic skirmish before the side of Fi-h, with other stiong sup jury in the Standaid Oil case today. porters arrived this morning and the Kline, for the defense, traced the oil leaders were *n conference all the industiy from its discovery to the morning. At the meeting Fish refus present time aud showed its wouder ed to vote for DeForest as successor ful growth under tbe leadership of to Director Grinnell, and in a seiisa John D. Rockefeller. He said tbe tiotial speech said be had discovered, original trust agreement was made after making half a promise to do so, when no law prohibited it, and de tha' DeForest was being forced tn, in clared ; “We are having too much meddling the effort of certain parties to gam control of the road for stock jobbing with individual rights and tbe rights of tiie private citizen under the form purposes. I of legislation. ’’ Attroney Cromwell auwsered pas eionately, accusing Fish of making MEMBER OF TRUST the charge to escape bls promise to BEFORE THE BOARD vote for De Forest. Chicago, Oct. 17.—James Psttitt, Fish was in full control, as the vote ptesideut of the Peavey Elevator Co., revealed his control of over 594,730 shares. Hie nominee, James W. Cut tin, was elected diiectot, all the other directors being re elected, making tbe rout of the Harnmau forces com plete That It Is Good Business Policy. THUGS USING PRESIDENT CONDOLES FAMILY OF MRS. DAVIS 17. — President Washington, Oct Roosevelt today «ent Mrs. Addison Hayes a message of condoleuce ou J tbe death of Mrs. Davis from himself and Mrs. Roosevelt. He also order ed a floral tribute from the White House conservatory. Mrs. Jefferson Davis died at 10:35 last night. MEXICAN REBEL LEADER IS CAUGHT Del Rio, Tex., Oct. 17.—Juan Jose Ariadeudo, leader of the Mexican revolutionists, who was captured at the tnwn of Jimnez. Mexico, has ar rived at Hpooffrd Junction, lieing brought to jail here, where othei revolutionists, caught on Texas soil, are imprisoned. LIVELY RACE FOR Easy to be well Dressed When you can get such clothes as Hart Shaffner & Marx Overcoats ready to wear and easy to pay price. there’s no excuse for All buying any other ** A z ' wool, hand tailored, per- feet style: the little label in the collar guarantees it HAMPTON c SH BROS STORE ______ Denver, Oct. 17.—John Dern, of Salt Lake, is a strong candidate for president of the mining aoi.gress. President Richards ia also making the race for re-election. A committee baa been appointed of consider a method of securing tbe creation of a department of mines by tbe government. NO CHINESEAT WORK ON ISTHMUS 71.—Chairman Chicago, Oct. Shouts is here today and said that no Chinese were at work on the ¡«th mu« aud that none would tie em- ployed and never had beeu. He said he invited bidajfor Chinese labor but they were unsatisfactory aud be would not employ them. AUSTRALIAN STATE HAS SECEDED San Francisco, Oct. 17.—The po- lice have not yet secured a clew to the persons who at 1:30 thia morni 'g dynamited the saloon of George Mi- galdo on Pacific street, ..ear Kearney. The bomb was placed under the cor ner of the building and exploded, de molishing the stairway leading to the upper floor and leaving the inmates without means of escape. The back part of the structure was also damag ed. No one was hurt. William Bowerman, a dance hall bartender, was arrested this after noon, charged with ^being the per petrator of the outrage. Bowerman’s mistress recently left him, going to work in Migaldo’s dance hall. He endeavored to persuade her to return and she refused, whereupon Bower man thieatencd to blow up MigHldo’s place and kill her WANTS PROHIBITION. Attiibuting the present reign or terror iu this city to the sale of h quor, Rev. Martin Wilson, secretary of the Episcopal convocation of this district, today filed a communication with the mayor, urging him to stop the sale of liquor until January 1. GOOD STORY BY SENATOR TOM PLATT Renator Thomas C. Platt, who now that the fall campaign has tiegun la again a figure in |w»lltlcs. celebrated b.s seventy third birthday the past rammer. He was at .Manhattan Beach, a favorite resort with him, and nine newspaper men were offering their congratulations. "Life.” »aid the senator, "la a fleet Ing thing. The longest life pusses like ■ dream. Nothing In no amazing, so be wildering. as time's swift flight.” He smiled. "Imagine.” he said, "bow Impressed with time's flight old Hen ry flkerrltt of Owe go wae. Henry ran away from bin fam fly a year after his marriage That was about 1W*'. and a few months ago. taking tip a local paper In Chicago, the deserter read In the personal column " ’If Henry Mkerrltt. who twenty three years ago deserted his poor wife and bat*, will return home said t»ai>e will f>e glad to knock the stuffing out of him.' " Perth, Australia, Oct. 17.—The as Street Commissioner Turner «nd sembly today voted, 19 to H, that the Assistant Raker were busy to. lav state of Western Australia secede keeping the mud off of the crosswalks from tbe commonwealth. nu the business streets. The mud will be «craved up and hauled away Marriage licensee were granted to aa soon as the showers abate. day to the following conplee: Ira i. Isham and Lizzie Mae King; Karl Mias Helen Chandler retaruad W. Brown and Pearl Hinton. Junction thia afternoon. a mem bei of the alleged elevator tiust, today gave the interstate com merce commission a copy of the al leged agreement for the division of business between W. N I'artlett and Bartlett, Frazier A Carrington. He said : “Tne tuie of the board of hade prohibits brokeis to buy grain at anv price unfixed Ov tbe boaid. Axes prices, restricts trade and preveuts free bidding. However, it is a good business proposition.'' Commissioner ('lark said: “Yes, if tbe burglar gets away with the goods it Is a good businsea propostilon. Thia lule injures the interest of the producer and prevents the operatiou of the law of supply and demaud. ’’ BIG SHORTAGE IN SUB-TREASURY AT ST. LOUIS CAUSES DEATH AND DAMAGE Dynamite and Gasoline Wreck Print ing Office and Hardware Store and Shatters Entire City of Two Thousand-Fire Is Raging Un checked-Four are Dead and Two Missing Fort Recovery, O., Oct 17.-The explosion of gasoline iu a printing office and dynamite in a hardware store at noon today killed Miss Cleo Wise, cashier, Harry Lammers, clerk iu tbe hardware store, and also Joseph Roesner and Charles Wagner. Two otnera are missing aud thought to be dead, The tire dsetroyed ten buildings aud is still unchecked In tbe town of two thousand not a paua of glass was left whole. ENGINE EXPLODED. El Paso, Texas, Oct. 17. — By the ex plosion of a locomotive toller on the El Paso A Southwestern Mexican near Alamogordo, N M , early thia morn ing, Engineer Fred Dobbins and Fire man T. E. Biandon were killed and Biukemau C. O. Gallagher seriously injured. BAPTISTS ELECT NEW OFFICERS At tbe Baptist state convention at Albany yesterday the following olfl eers were elected: President—Rev. W. Y. Jordan, Portland. Viee president—Rev. E. M. Bliss, Portland. Corresponding sect star,—Rev. W. St. Louis, Oct. 17. —Chief Wilkie, J 1!. Pope, McMinnville. of the government secret service Recording secretary— Rev. G. A. here, says he has nothing to do with ( Learns, Heilwood. tbe reported shortage iu tbe subtrees- 1 Treasurer—James F. Falling, Port ury, anil said he would only investi land. gate to see if the crime bad been Historical secretary—Rev. W. II. committed. D. F. Dyer, Jr., receiv- [ Latourette, McMinnvillie ing teller of the aubtreasury, says Auditor« -G. A. Lewis, J G. Ma- he has made his report concerning a lone, Portland. shortage ot 361,200, but would not Member« board of managers—Three give an opinion as to how it occur years: George T. Ellis, Athena; red. Henry F. Merrill, Albany; Rev. Gil man Parker, Montavilla: Arthur Conklin, Grants Pass. MANY EGGS OF THE ROYAL CHINOOK TAFT GETS HOME IN FIERCE STORM The state fish hatcheries have col lected many egga of Royal Cbolnook salmon anu the season has some time to run before cold weatbei puts an eu<i to operation«. Tbe report of Master Fish Warden Van Dusen, tiled last week iu the office of tbe sec re tary of state, shows the McKenzie liver hatchery las collected 5,666,000 Chinook eggs with enough salmon in sight for four or live hundred thous and more. The other hatcheries are making about as good showing, ex cepting the one at Ontario on the Snake river, where the season had not begun at the time the report was made. It ia just about time uow for the season to o|>eu there. The re- urns to the board of fish commis sioners shows there has been collect ed during tbe past mouth from viola lots of tbe tiah laws by tines aud penalties the sum of 194.91 and for licenses issued FJOflO.tiO, making the total receipts FJltM. 11, The expenses during the sama period aggregated the sum ot #7,4H*.).99. Five arrests dur ing this period for vollating of the flab law« were secured, two were f >und not guilty and the remaining three case« are pending Notfokl, Oct. 17.—The batcleabip Louisiana, Ix-aring Secretary Taft and Assistant Bacon, arrived in the roads at 10 o’clock this morning in the teeth of a fierce gale. On ac- count of the weather they went to Washington by train. WHEN ACTOR CRANE 11261162 William II. Crane. who recently open ed hi« season In New York In Alfred Rtltro's "The Price of Money,” was once asked how It was that he never attempted serious Shakespearean roles. "But 1 did once.” replied the come- dlan. "Years nia> In the west I played •Hamlet.’ " "Did you. Indeed ?' said an an<l friend, you have snccewa? Didn’t the audience call you before the curtain?” "Call me.” replied Crane. "Why. man. they dared me!” It was In Crane’s early days on the W1UJAM1 ,hllt he Wsn assigned a part that came near being too heavy for him. He was undev^ study for the leading man of tbe com and it became hl« duty at a crit Oscar Cross was arresimi in Eugene pany. ical time to lift op the fainting heroine last evening by Officers Croner and and convey her to tbe wings. Purdy on the charge of obtaining At th“ time mentioned Mr. Crane money under false pretense«. He was «light and anything but strong, so had ta en emioyed by Thompson A that the tack «««Ignvxl waa «xtmnwfy Hart, hotel keepers of Springfield. I difficult, when It la conaMerad that the and in paying him off yesterday theyi leading woman welched nearly 2m> overpaid him #3). They discovered pounds. After sundry attempts to accomplish their mistake and «wore out the war rant for tbe arrest. When the case the "bnatneas” assigned him, with little hope of Ita «ccompllshment, the strain came up for inveetiga'ion by Justice was broken by the hearty laughter of of tbe Peace Bryson this forenoon the the andlence for a «trong. shrill voice matter appeared to tie a mistake on from the gallery had «hented: both sides and up>n Cross paying "For heaven's asks. man. take what I back the FA) he was discharged from yon can and come back for the reat!” custody. PAID BACK $20 AND RELEASED FROM CUSTODY