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
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SH
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STORE
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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
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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