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THÏ BUGINE WEEKLY GUO D, THURSDAY MAY 8. 1989 2 Spring Humors NELSON FINDS f Northampton. Mass., April 29.—Enraged because she had broken her engagement with him and refused to renew it. Por ter Smith, of Chicago, who last year graduated from Dartmouth, today shot and fatally wounded Helen A Marden, a senior at Smith College, who died later, and then committed suicide. The girl is a daughter of Frank Marden. of Somerville. Smith had been persistently following the girl for several days, frying to force his attentions upon her. This morning, while the other girls were at chapel. Miss Marden came out of the students' building where she roomed. She had. it is under stood. stayed away from chapel for fear of Smith. She had gone but a short distance when she met him. No one else was present and it is not known whether there was any conversation or not. Suddenly other students not far distant heard shots and the girl’s scream. Turning around they saw' Smith standing beside the girl with a smoking revolver in his hand. Before these could »•each the couple Smith fired two more shots at the girl. As she sank to the ground Smith placed the weapon to his temple and shot himself dead. Two bullets entered the girl’s neck, and a third entered her head. Miss Marden died shortly before noon. WHO MURDERER WAS Chicago, April 29.—Smith was a traveling salesman for Smith & Sons, and his employers thought he was on a trip in the West, and they stated this afternoon that the fact he was in the East wras no less a surprise to them than the tragedy iself. His father was a shoe manufacturer, and an uncle is R. P. Smith, of Smith & Sons, manufacturers. Washington. April 2‘< Considera tion of the tariff bill *n resume! by the senate today After Rij t o had made an exhaustive speech tn opposition to the general protective t.i’iff policy of the republican party. Nelson of Minnesota. Gxik rhe floor to present his objections to some of the tariff schedules He manifested especial satisfaction over the dlcov- ery by himself of what he said were numerous "jokers" in the lumber schedule. While rates of duty i»n lumber were supposedly lowered, he said, they in fact, were higher even than the Dlngiey rates. Rayner frequently entered upon iratorlcal flights and concluded w : ■ h a - condemnations of the so called trusts of the country. He de clared his belief in incidental protec tion in order to maintain wages ol American workmen “I have never believed In trade between this country and other country." Mr Raynor sai l think the country < propo siti sn down almost tical unanimity. If »here Iuti?n now Ltefore i • Senate in fa- don’t believe it vor of free trade would receive a sit e vote upon our side of the chatube "They raise pric duction. they low« tract the demand I f throttle lonipetitiii in. the wealth of the draw it from the lation and where they are driven from one state they obtain their fran chises in another and then return with insolence to pursue their calling in the place from which they are ban ished." WILL PROSECUTE THE MEMBERS OF BIG SUGAR TRUST ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ New York. May 1.—Crim inal prosecutions by the fed eral government will be be gun as a result of the dis closures in a recent suit of the government against the American Sugar Refining Co. This announcement was made today by Henry Stimson, who is acting as special attorney for the government. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Chicago, April 29.—One fireman was killed, another is miss ing and eight were seriously injured by a fire which destroyed elevator B of the Illinois Central Railroad here early today. The conflagration, which caught during the height of an electrical storm, did an estimated damage of $1,000,000. The fire, swept on by a gale, spread to the company’s docks, MONTH’S WORK OF trainsheds and freight cars. It was with great difficulty that THE IRVING GRANGE the firemen prevented the destruction of the lake front yards. The fire, it is believed, was caused by lightning. (Special Correspondence.) Irving. April 30.—April has been For hours the storm, which burst over the city shortly after a busy month for the farmers, but midnight, created havoc. Frequent alarms kept the fire depart the work of the grange has kept pace ment busy, and it was in the midst of the storm that the eleva with the work in field and home. Several were initiated into the grange tor was discovered to be on fire. The sky for miles around was during the month, and several appli brilliantly illuminated, and huge burning embers were spread all cations were received. At the meeting of the grange Fri- over the city, driven by the high wind. day evening. April 2, a communlca- The elevator contained $700,000 worth of grain, including tlon from State Master Buxton was read, asking that some action be ta 350.000 bushels of wheat owned by Bartlett, Patten & Co., the ken against the proposed referendum leaders of the bull campaign. The grain was fully insured, and to hold up the appropriation for the Agricultural College at Corvallis. the railroad carries its own insurance. An elevator nearby con The Irving grange responded with a taining 484,000 bushels of wheat, also owned by Bartlett, Pat strong referendum movement. The Patrons of Husbandry ten & Company, was damaged by water, but the loss is said not throughout the state will no doubt go on record as opposed to this senseless to be serious. SNOW STORM IN have swept over Sarpy county last NEW YORK CITY, evening. No loss of life is reported. Berule is reported as damaged by New York. April 29.—After a the wind. month of extreme _____________________ cold and unseason- abie weather. New York experienced Tornado In Kansas, a snow storm this morning. In the Wichita. April 29.—A tornado city it melted as fast as it fell, but In that struck Douglas, a small town the suburbs, the ground was covered. southeast of here, caused one death last night. know and Sleet. Milwaukee. April 29.—Snow. rain, and sleet fell throughout Wisconsin Omaha. April 29.—A tornado last night. In many places three which d<d much damage to property inches of snow is reported to have and killed some livestock is said to fallen. IÖ PROSECUTE HASKELL CASE WITH VIGOR EFFECTIVE TODAY attack on the Agricultural College. Grangers throughout the country are favorable to educational institutions and do not wish to see them crip pled. For some time the Irving grange has felt the need of a new home, and hearing that the M. E. church. South, was for sale, instructed the executive committee to purchase the building for the grange, which they did. and it was announced at last Saturday's meeting that the grange would meet in its new house the next regular meeting, the second Friday evening in May. At last Saturday's meeting it was decided that the grange would have a picnic on May 22. at the picnic grounds on Mrs. Lowry’s place, one mile east of Irving. .A good time is expected, and everything will be pro vided (except blind pigs) to make it a pleasant affair. Ice cream, lemon ade. candy and peanuts, etc. There will be ‘ both ’ instrumental and vocal music, The Irving band will be there to help in the entertainment. Pro fessor Aiderman and other good speakers will be there to address the grangers. All are cordially invited. MARY DAY. Correspondent. Impure or effete nutters accumulated in the blood during the winter cause in the spring such disfiguring and painful troubles as boils, pimples, and other eruptions, also weakness, loss of appetite, that tired feeling. The best medicine to take is Hood s Sarsaparilla, which thoroughly cleanses the blood, and effects permanent cures by giving healthy functional activity to the stomach, liver, kidneys, bowels and skin. Sarsatabs »«- H««-l * A.*r»ao»ri”* .n «h<*- ’.*»*i f«rts Thsy havs . l-nti th* tarns ctiraurs proport».— sm th.» U*s»>i tom». arcurs.-* ot .-onrsni-n.-o s»-vn«iny. a«» io»s by a , tp.,ration I'ntahsg- or laaks»». 41. ot 3rtigal*». or umiuntly o< st pr nt*! C l HotUt’o . L»wsU Matt — - Mr*. I L Hl<-kf>r>l Mr«. Rl.-kf->r»l (bxMVillw. X II «•»■> " Kv.-ry oprin» 1 *»< *-*»iii|»l»lely pi*Mtratc*l. run down, fr»»m dy*t»ep«ia »<»'1 thet tinsi f»-»-l imr l'ut I hsv.» foun-l l|.»»l « Hnr-npnrdl* h.-lp* ius freni (ho tirsi '!**«. compititeli) rostorws w*s*d le-elti' »«-1 vreugtb - — ■■ DELIVER ÌW0 Grand Junction. Colo.. May 1 T* < thousand "smudge" pots, watch ed through the misty night by an army of men, women and children, have probably saved the fruit crop of Grand valley, estimated this v- <r to be worth I3.it00.u00. from destruc- tion. Outside the smudging districts th« temperature fell as low as 2 0 degrees aud orchards were badly damaged. Chica cry day the May uni of t by Jam wheat, million »red. pr ten x ( hazard«' average Chicago. May 1.—A strike of the labor unions of the Great Lakes against the Lake Carriers’ Assocla- tion, or more correcly, their formal refusal to ship on boats controlled by this association, went into effect today. It is estimated that 1.000 seamen of all classes are involved, Thousands are idle in Chicago, indictments Were Quashed. Tulsa, April 29.—Governor Has Cleveland, Buffalo and other centers, kell and six other prominent Okla About 400 boats are controlled by homans were indicted in January last the Lake Carriers’ Association. charged with conspiracy to defraud: the government in connection with Muskogee town lots. The indict JURY ACQUITS ments were quashed on April 10 by Judge Marshall. YOUNG HEIRESS Summer travelers over the Corval- ♦ Neosho, Mo., May 1.—Miss ♦ Ba & Eastern railroad, west from Al i “Johnny” Davidson, t h e ♦ bany, will this year have two trains young heiress on trial here ♦ to rhoose from. General Passenger for the murder of Roy Ras- ♦ Agent .McMurray and his assistant, mour, her sister's suitor, was ♦ John M. Scott, have Just returned !♦ acquitted this morning. ♦ from a trip over the Corvallis & ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ Eastern and have promised the ad ditional tral nas a result of their D. A. Mosby, of Diastoli, is in the •bs" ration. city for a day or so. OR. 0. E. SMITH I INTEREST IN MILL t From Saturday's Dally Guard.) Dr O»<ar Elliott Smith a prom inent citizen of Eugen« mid a prac tfeing dentist for many years, died at the General h<>«pltnl this morning after an Illness of several wi-ck®’ du dental Mill and Lumoer Company ration from stomach troubles He was Mr. Mahon is president of the Sunset S.il«m. Or . April 27 —“Whisky | operated upon s< a I'ortlund hospi Lumber Company, and finds his busi did It Whisky i_, responsible fur the tal a few days ago. tint the operutloti ness Interests to extensive to remain whole thing " seemed to do him no good and ho "his Is the only expanatlon Albi n was brought home last Monday. I in the local company. Mr Bassett returned from Portlanil this nuyrning II Smith can giv»> of his audacious! The remains will be taken to Port and reports that arrangements have al'enipt to hold up tile t'harle* H ; land on the early local train tomor been made whereby rhe Occidental Hinges jewelry store In broad day-1 row for cremation. Dr. Smith having mill will now be pushe»l to the front. light at 12:30 this afternoon Smith expressed before his death such u The Moore mill west of the city is is uowr in the city Jail, suffering tin-1 wish. The Knights Templar will take being moved into the heavy timber. told _____ agonies _______________________________ in the aBsence of stlniu-{ charge of the remain» and escort and both mills are to be humming' lants tk«ni to the metropolis. before long.—Corvallis Times. I Sm'th. who la the son of a local Dr Smith was born In Knox coun I real estate man, walked Into the Hln-t ty. Ohio, on November 13. 1846. and I ges store, which is on Commercial 1 came to Oregon In 1870. settling first I street, in the heart of the buslnet* at Marshfield, where he practiced district, shortly afternoon, when th»- dentistry for thirty yers, He cam»- died store wras in charg»» of one cl«rk, I with his family to Eugene In the fall - i Carl Neugebauer. Smith stepped up I 4 II profession to the showcase, shoved a revolver until conti>elled to give It up by sick At the home residence, nine mil«» under the nose of the frightened ness only a short time ago. lie was west of Junction City. April 29. 1909, clerk and tcld him to "shell out all a veternn of the civil war. having P. E. Peterson, - ' <55 years. 9 your money and be quick about It. served In th« 45th Ohio Volunteer« minths and 10 d Mr. Peterson No foolishness now ” He was a man of pleasant dl«|«>»l- had been sick fo* ’al weeks with The clerk lost no time in comply tion and quiet, unassuming manners, ad his last at ing with the demand. He pulled out winning many friend» through hl» pneumonia and about 6 o’clock i^uiwday morning the cash drawer and dumped the splendid personality. In hl» death Services were held at the residence contests, 337 He on the show1 a*« the city lose» » good citizen. Saturday and the remain» were in Smith then ordered the clerk to hanil leaves a sorrowing wife and threw terred in the Dane cemetery. Mr. over all the diamonds. The safe sons. Sydney, West and Thomas, all Peterson located at hi» present home was locked and the clerk explained of Whom were at hl* bedside at the in 1888, and was the most extensive that he did not know the comblna- time of hl» demise poultry raiser in this part of the tion. Neugebauer was then told to country. He was a fine old gentle get the diamonds In the window, be man and was highly esteemed by all tween 3 I<>00 and 31500 worth Ju*' LARGE PLANING MILL his friends and neighbors. He is then the proprietor, Charles H. H!»i- survived by his wife, their only ges, entered, thinking he was Just in AT COTTAGE GROVE daughter dying several years ago.— time to help the clerk close a dla-. Times. niond deal. As he swung the door. Hinges was fFrom Friday's Daily Guard.) within two feet of the robber, who At. the home of his daughter. Mrs. swung about, placing the muzzie of New Corporation Purchases a J. F. Sterner in Eugene, April 29. the gun against Hing»-*' stomarh. an«f Tract of Land—Other 1909, Robert Hamilton, aged 84 said: “You hold up your hands, too ” years. 4 months and 26 days Death With that he left the store. Notes was due to a general breakdown. Be After running through the block sides his wife, he left four children he was intercepted at the next I to mourn his demise. They are Mrs. by F. E. Taylor of Portland. 1 J. F. Sterner of Eugene. James A. H. Wilhelm, a Salem man. wl ha and David L. Hamilton of Iowa Falls. ter a struggle, Iowa, and Charles Hamilton of Dix- Ing Smith. Th» on. California. revolver, The funeral will be held Saturday loaded s one of Smith's at 10 a. m.. from the residence at pockets an empty flour 843 Pearl street to the I. O. O. F. sack. cemetery. Rev. D. H. Trimble, pas I tor of Humphrey Memorial M. SUBSCRIBE FOR THZ GUARD church, will conduct the services. TO HIS PARTNERS BOLD ATTEMPT TO ROB SALEM H. C. Mahon has sold to Dr. T. W. Bassett all his Harris and G. O. JEWELRY STORE right, title and Interest In the (Icel : : i DRY TERRITORY INCREASED IN NEW HAMPSHIRE Ths 'all's H> IS •ffset pro ota ite la ar« In Xe» or * liquor places can !»•• mala- Tll«»e 35 town» had .> (olii n of but 39.407, .» ■» « I nc st renoue The total FINE NEW HOTEL FOR ROSEBURG fx* bud- (bls •1 Mr- of Ft. trass* e new an- Eugene, has t«-r va« alloua Mr. and Mrs. LYNCHED BY MOB Fort Worth. Texas., April 30.- mob lynched three negroes early to day at .Marshall, Texas. They had killed a deputy sheriff. The negroes were Greele Mose, Pie Hill and .Matt Chase. They were charged with firing upon and killing Deputy Sheriff .Mark Huffman, wounding Constable Cargill a few days ago for raiding a crap grarne. No arrest have been made. Politicians in New' York are great ly concerned over the future of Gov ernor Hughes, whose term will ex pire December 31, 1910. Some are of the opinion that he will be a candl- date for a third term, while others Inc.ine to the belief that he would like to succeed Mr. Depew in the United States senate. Still another rumor is current to the effect that eventually President Taft is to ap point Governor Hughes an associate justice of the supreme court of the United States. live staffa. lo<«ther with M. lor and other repr«o»-utati, city and »tala went ab»»at | IJIchl's »««»«I and w«r»< greeted by th« Admiral 'I mitt« discussed with lit« Ki t plait» fur cut«rtulnm«u< tut ensuing week aud rwcel»«,| i, approval Half hour aft, partur« of th« visitor», Adii chi vi«i'«d Admiral Swinbu ..»"«»• . flagship. After Admiral IJIchl's r»»i • " '<> bl« vessel, several hundred | ■ liana* business men of the city w< I '"■»rd his vessel, to pay their r>-. a m their countrymen In th« *«»* quarter» of th« city, th« t.» 'At rising »on la everywhere in lanca »nd »»stly and elaborate pl.t bara been devised for the entert > i ut ut ltll| sailors Ja|mu>-w Ire I'I c . im <| Tokio. May I Th« »• o.l,» tion tendered the Japan squadron by the people < < has hud nn »scellent eff« newspapers are milted tn It proves that the i> Xuit rlruns ar« friendly •« 3S <13 MAHON SELLS THREE NEGROES WERE Washington April 29.— The Attor-I ■ey General today instructed the dis-j trict attorney at Tulsa, Okla., to vig-' orously prosecute the Oklahoma land fraud cases, and he Is ordered to ap-' ply to the court for a new grand Jury in conformity with Judge Mar-1 «hall s decision. San Francisco. May I For the first tltue in many years San Fran cisco la extending the h ukpltallty of her harbor to < visitlug squadron of Japan..... wa.ilili » ll.q>re««ntatlv»"• of the city, state aud nation united today In a memorable -t ••»ting to Ad mlral Ijlchi and th- officers aud men of the cruisers also and the S-<ya which arrived this tuo-ulug from San Pedro Exactly at the hour set for their arrival the two vo - ac H steamed through the Golden Gat« amt with a score of tug* anil lauaclies following In their wake, proceeded <iown ih<- bay to th« man•<> war row where the four cruiser* of A I fleet thundered a t to the visitors <’ when til« America are accustomed to versary of \dmlni '•r at Manila Bay. of the training a particularly sailors of the Admiral Ss Weeton a> < ont W. H. wilts« and wife, of Eu gene. were In the city Sunday, leav ing .Monday morning for the Clark properties nt Bohemia, where will spend several months. Earl Hill and Earl Slmeral re turned from Taconit th<- latter part of the w««k. where they had been working at painting. A strike In the painters union I h antjclpnterf this week, and th« Ixvys thought Cottage Grow w.i ju t a good in their line as Tacoma under these clrciim- stanc* *, Mr »nd .Mrs. Frank Hampton, Aus- Hampton and Ralph Dodson of I', of <»., spent Sunday with .Mr •Mrs. Gilbert H. Tyson. Frank Hampton, who had not 1..... In our city for a few years, was pleased to sc ■ th« rapid strides of progress anti development made In that time__ leader. JUDGE BEAN IS CONFIRMED BY SENATE Washington. April 28. Judge II- H. Bean, chief Ju dice of th» -U|»r< m» Munroe n Sonn, the West Eighth street furniture deniers, have |en»e<l the east room of the lower floor of Ths Turkish law provides that the oldest living son nf » snltan, whether i the new Dunn-Wilkins block Just «I»-, that snltan be the reigning one or a pred<-< eaaor. ahull be the heir apparent poolte their present store and will o** to the throne Thia provision has made Mohammed Iterhnd Effendi, the ctipy the new quarters on Jun« 1- half brother of Abdul Hstnld IL, the first In the line of succession and This Is a splendid room for sstsvh * Yuasef Izzedlne Effendi, the son of another anltan, Abdul Aziz, the second business, being 53x90 feet In <lltn«tl- in line of micc«*slon. Rechad Effendi la two years younger than Aitdul l-ord I-ovelace. n horse with a rec slons The owners of the bulldlni ord of 2:10, was bought at the big will at once erect a concrete ware Hamid, having been born at ConatanUnople on Nov. 3, 1*44. stock sale at Portland yesterday by house In the rear for the accomoda Chester Murphy for |700. tion of their new tenants. MOHAMMED RECHAD EFFENDI
