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THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD VOL. 31 M'liK.M-:, OKKtiOX, Tl'KSIlAY KV KMMJ. liKCKMltK.lt 17, UNIT. .. '-'U-J . HENEY WILL TRY OREGON LAND FRAUD CASES IN JANUARY r. nnnA Tloe 17 rtn mnlUn "Francis J. Heney, who arrived in, Portland yesieroay, I'liutu states district court today set January 13 next for the resumption of the trials of the Oregon land fraud cases. which have been hanging fire' for; more than a year. Heney himself will conduct the government cases. Before beginning work on them, however, Heney will ! go from here to Washington, where he will visit President Roosevelt and 1 from there will go to San Francisco. I HOUSE DKC1DK8 i HOLIDAY RECKSS Washington, Dec. 16. The house' today passed a concurrent resolu tioo providing for adjournment from ' next Saturday until January 6. NEWS NOTES The principal feature of the ses sion of the United States senate yes- Yoii'll Have to Hurry!! Christmas is now Only Six Days Away The Big Sale of Overcoats for Men and Boys Continued Not always docs it happen one can buy High Class Clothing such as Hart, Scaffn:r & Marx, All jWool King and other at such a reduction in price just when it is wanted. But it can be done here no v. I Gordon & Ferguson Furs After selling Gordon & Ferguson Furs for Eight Years we can offer them to cur customers, knowing they what they are claimed to be, the BEST GOODS the money will buy. To increase interest in them we have reduced the price in every piece. The volume of nur Fur sales Monday surprised us. $1.25 Neck Piece, now...?.- - $ -95 2.00 Neck Piece, now.. --- 1.60 2.50 Neck Piece, now.. --- 2.00 4.00 Neck Piece, now - 3 00 7.00 Neck Piece, now 5.60 9.00 Neck Piece, now 7-00 ALL PRICES REDUCED 51.25 Child's Set, now 1 5 ) Child's Set, now 2.0 J Child's Set, now 4.50 Gray Collar, now Found in the Gents Gordon Hats at . Malbry Haf, water Drouf at Stetson Hats at G;nu'nc Dent Gloves at Gordon Gloves at Hansen Dress Gloves at... Meyers' Gloves Stealers, all colors Fn y V-Sharcd Necks a' Mens' Fancy Bathrobes at HAMPTON BROS. terday was a speech hy Senator Till man. The South Carolinian de nounced the president and attacked asset money and clearing house cer tificates. His Wils a resolution which he recently introduced for an Investigation of the recent opera tions of the national .treasury. The plasterers and hod-carriers of Portland have all struck rather than accept a reduction of $1 a day In wages. Work on many buildings Is tied up. The Epworth League of the Meth odist church will entertain the young people of the church and congrega tion Wednesday evening, from 8 to 10:30 o'clock, at the Woodmen's hall, corner of 8th and Lincoln streets. A royal good time In store, so be sure to come. The members of the First Chapter are requested to come at 7:30 for a short business meeting. $l.oo 1.2o 1.5o 3.oo Furnish'g Dept. 3 5o 5. co 2.5o "$1.25 and 1.75 $1.75 ard ?. O $1.25, 1.5o and 1.75 $1.25 to 5.oo 4.oo 5.oo Other Tos Pongee Shiit 52 50 Mohair Shirt S2..2.50 Fancy Suspend ers 50c to 1.50 Neckties Tccks 25c to .50 4-in-Hand25c to.50 Mufflers, 1.00 tc 2.50 dub Tics at -25 House Jackets at $4X0 to 6,00 Boys' Suits Double HUGHES BOOM IS LAUNCHED' IN NEBRASKA Lincoln. Nl , Uec. 10. Geo. K. Tobey, formerly private secretary to Senator Hurkett, today began lite organization of a Hughes club, with Hur kett as aspirant for the vire presiilency. The delegation was pructlcally pledged to Secretary Taft by the last re publican convention. but Hughes and LaFullette men will contest for delegates at the next primurles. TWO SECRETARIES ILL WITH GRIPPE Washington, D. C, Dec. 17. Sec retary Cortelyou Is confined to bed with the grippe aud will not be out for a week. Secretary Metcalf Is also detained at home with the grippe. When he returned from Norfolk yesterday be was compelled Overcoats for Men $10 Overcoats, now $ 8.00 1 5 Overcoats, now 12.00 18 Overcoats, now 14.40 25 Overcoats, now 20.00 30 Overcoats, now 24.00 Overcoats for Boys $2.50 Overcoats, now$2.00 3.50 Overcoats, now 2.80 4.50 Overcoats, now 3.60 5.00 Overcoats, now 4. CO 6.5i) Overcoats, now 5.20 Christmas Misses Evcrv Child's and Misses' long Coat reduced during this Big Sale. All makcs.all sucs,all prucs sold for less. $2,75 dark doth, mixed colors, $2.2o 3.50 eray striped coat, sale price 2.83 3.75 Diagonal cloth, velvet col.tr, -.oo 4.50 Phidsor Licks, all iz:s, s le price $3.10 4.75 Gray check, colurof ve!vrt an J braid, 33.HO 6.00 Tan or gray fU-d. ijncybuttcns.pr.ee $4.8o COATS OF DEAR CLOTH FOR LESS $3.00 white bear cloth, stccmI $2 3.50 bear cloth, during this sale. S2.SO I '. i""Tw A Suit for the Day will be most acceptable at this time of the year, ages 4 to 1 5 years Suits as low as Mixed Cheviot Suits breasted Suits Dressy Suits of Blue Serge Russian House Suits, for the small boy. Brown suits to take to h0 bed. According to late reports he was too ill to have the cabin of the Mayflower to review the fleet. NEGRO LYNCHED IN LOUISAMA Shreveport, l.a., Hoc. 17. A ne gro member of a mlnttrel troupe, named Homer Rogers, was hanked bv a mob In Morehouse parish last night and the body riddled with bul lets. Rogers is said to have resent ed a remark made by a white nun, declaring that he was a ' Yankee nigger" and did not propose to take anv impudence. This is the third lynchlug In More house parish in ten days. KAMOl'K KC1KNTIKT NKAB TO OKATH London, Dec. J 7. Lord Kelvin, the famous scientist, who is dangerously 111, Is Bluking. The Olendale State bank, at C.len- dale, Douglas county, Oregon, failed i to open Its doors for buttoess yes ' terday morning. It la said to be sol vent, but Is sborl in casb. S1-50 2-50 3.50 5.00 3.50 5.00 BEATS CREDIT RUSSIAN ADMIRAL THINKS EVANS' WORK IS NOT DIFFICULT St. Petersburg, Dee. 17. Admiral Kojesm-nsky, who commanded the, Russian fleet which sailed around Africa and Liter met defeat In the. Sea of .latian at the hands ol "the Japanese, states he considers the, voyage of American battleship to : the Pacific coast entirely practicable., either in peace or in time of war, ; According to Admiral Rojestvensky, the chief criterion of Admiral K.vans' success w ill be bis ulilllty to bring every vessel of his squadron through , on schedule time to the various mop ping places. Struggling, due to me chaulcnl defects, w ill be hard to over come. XO WORD FROM ATLANTIC KLKK.T Washington, D. C. Dec. 17 - l p ROTTEN RING CONTROLLED NAVY j YARD POLITICS I Paget Sound Nnvy .Yard, Dec. 17. A. II. Krecksen, formerly clerk i of tin- board of labor employment of : the Pugot Sound Nnvy Yard, while holdliiK Miii-h position by virion of civil service regulations, win twice - elected inuyor of llreliierton. lie In . now lu ml inn trial for ll third time on the charge of undue iiolttlcnl ac tivity. Twice he wan ordered dis charged liy the civil service coininls ; slon, anil this third trial Is u public I hem-Inn ordered liy the navy depart- tnenl with a view to his pohhIIiIo re instatement. , Tl vldence submitted tended lo show that I 'ii- civil service cimhltle ' controlled tin- navy yard politics and that Kr ksen win 111 the combine. other employes, it was charged, dared not oppose the rlus lor tiar ; of losing their positions. MAGOQN BOOMED FOR PRESIDENT Lincoln. Dec. 17. 0. O. Whedoti, law partner of (lovernor llonoiul Ma goon of Cuba, today wrote all mem bers or the republican stale central com milt isklng them to Institute n direct primary to ascertain the CJIAIII.KS ;. MACOO.V. Selcrleil as proci-ional f",v,'r""r of ('ill a (l'iriiijr llo" secfool ocetipv tioii hy L'nitc '1 Staler trobps. cle-Pe of Ih.. n-publlcnu vol. on for pr ,.der,i. WIiimIoii 1 actively in..'l inn M.ii'.ein lor pi.-.hl in. IIIIUV l (ill Hl ( Kl lS 4- I. VI 41 l. K I It A.KIt Hileni, Or., Dec 17 crrvir ( hninberlalli loday ap- pointed Karl ''. llionsuKh lo be circuit Judge lo Sliereed the lam .ludK Kraier, The new appointee Is a former denexrat hut of late )ers Iish been rcrarded as an In- dependent, all hough register- Ittg is a republican. The rommlttee on the Commercial club r-ceotl 'O for Wednesdr night lias re-elved word from President Campbell, of the fnlverslty, who i io bsve spoken at the reception, that he rsnnot be pre-ent as he will he out of the city. There will be no ;-e h-inaklng further than a few M-maiks by l'M dcnt Whltson, of the (lib, It Paine ami Manager liar-t" to 10 o'cljck this morning not a word had come to the navy depart ment from the Atlantic fleet since It left the Virginia capes yesterday. Wireless mesKtiges are known to have passed between some of the vessels and. the wireless station at Norfolk, but they were not relayed to Washington. I'KRM AXKST ltVX'KIVKU KOR .NATIONAL HANK Washington. D. ('., Dec. 17. (eorge F. Cults, national bank ex aminer of New York, has been ap pointed permanent receiver of the National Hank of Commerce of Kan sas City. Chicago Wheat, Chicago, Dec. W, The closing price. May, 10".4; July, $119 1-K. DARROW IS STILL TOO SIGK TO TRY CASE 1 Hoist. Dim. 17. Clnrenco linrrow ' wan itKitln too III lo attend the IVttt hont Mini today nud KiIkiit Wilson 'continued In chni'Ku of th detenne. Char lea Johnson, cuKcman nt the , Vindicator mlnv In IH03, told of the j explosion which killed MeConnaek und Hock. Ho corrolioratt d Or ' chard'H narrative. 111m 'croHS-exftin-Inatloii was devoted to hIiowIiik the ma it iter In which t ho wllne wan nuhpofiuu'd, the dcfciiHo hIiowIiik that he received expetiwe money from ihn I'lnkiMtoiiH at Uenver. ! Ah:ImI ant Secretary Naylor of Vlelnr. asHinfani H'cretiny of the Mine Owner a' Assorlallon, toltl of K -dm? to ilie Vindicator inlno im iio'dla'ely af!iT the ex p! on Ion and fl ml I in; tin. hodl.'H. (i Identified Mi - wire and the piece of u revolvrr fotind at thi Kciie of the explonl m, Itnd iliey were lnl ro;ncei In evt ilenci. Th" cashn: ef the ('"iihody homo i wait Introduced In evidence Juttt he foi l ci hi 1 1 ad Jom ned for the "luon recetm. It wan Idenriried hy C. T. Heach, n pluniher of lenver, who liiatiufaciured It. PROMINENT RAILROAD WAN PASSES AWAY Portland. Dee. 1 7. Colonel Wil liam CrookH, well known nx a kh Int ent to tliM Keiieral manaer of thu llarrlman lliien In the I'nclflc North weMt, dll loday In thin clly n!" n com pi lea t Ion k rowing out of a cold ci nit ringed about kIx weekn ao. Me Win 7t j ii i h old. Colonel Crook v wiih one ot the Ix'Kt known railroad lien In the I'arlfle Northwest, Me rame h're from Kt. Paul, Minn., nliout ti n y I'm ik itco to hernnie n Mlstant to the president oT the Or U i Kallniiid Ar Navluatloii Co., und wlfii that, company wan lald'ii ov.'i i by I'm Miirrlutau m h! in , he tiefunn HhhIIumI hi tilt lio- ilarrlniau .if-hlunion. ij-'ilt'ial iiiaimn'ir of ll.ii'H In Ori'Kon and DEPORT KON UNION MEN FROM BUTTE Mill i . J''. 1 7. Hit noti-uiil in teen i-mi f' 4'd lv ltd Telephone com pa ay ha ve ,l'ori (("'ported ncu ml InUhf by 'iiulm, pr' mi ma lily of union men. Two non-union men j w 1 1' f;i k n itfi'iMiH I he ill vldi; ant j iilnht and waned not to return nnd j n r noon tmuy ahoul riU'i turn look fioir inori.i non -ii nli in hta from the I It' ll hiiil'llnn him) ill I n't I'M k wt're I'-rfdlnjc th'-m toward tho Jefferxoii ffoiuty 1 i vi. Til-- i iil' f of p'lllce and ft miiill tity i- of in ii U i i r kii I f i x Llieui. .More liiiiihl' -:' fi-iii'i- l. SHOT WOMAN THEN ENDED HIS OWN LIFE Chicago, Dec. 17 M. I.. Dillon, aged 3i ypars, salesman, last night shot and probably fatally Injured Mrs. N (I. Cochran, while she was asleep and Iheu killed himself. The shooting was done In Mrs. Cochran's room. In whbh IMllon concealed him self while the woman was at the theatre. Dillon. It la said, deserted his wife and then, according to the pollcl-, Induced Mrs. Cochran lo se cure a divorce front her husband. Later the woman liecaine penltetit and refused to receive Dllloo'a attentions. CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERS MANY PUBLIC MATTERS TK.V I.KVV Kl.i:i) AT TKX MILLS Klllt XK.XT YKAIt MILK OltlU XAM'K I'ASSKI AXU OTHKU IMl'OltTAXT .MATTKltS TAKKV 11'. Tliero was aonte excitement at tho rlty council niOftliiK lust nlKbt during the dlcuHson of tbe matter of tak Iuk the flro teitm off the street sweeper and keeping It at the eoKlnt house nt nil times to be ready In case of fire. During tho discussion Charles K. Cwjner, who drives lh team, asked permission to speak, lie was granted the permission and made the stutement that the exer cise on tho sweeper was not surb as the horseso needed lo Kite them wind tor long runsswlth the engine. Ma yor Matlock at that Juncture Inter rupted him and told him, In effect, he had better keep still or he might loso his Job. It was finally decided lo keep tho team on the sweeper for the time being at least. It la understood that the arrangement Is not permanent. The question of the levy fif taxes was taken up by the roiincll first. The following statement was pre sented by the recorder: Present warrant Indebt edness JII3,S0r..5 Amount In sight to be ap plied 20.494.31 Deficit Prospective expenses- . . . H3.311.k-3 Street purposes, Police Other snlurlts Klreinell l-'lro team and Its care. Incidentals Interest on sewer 12340.00 11700.00 14,10.011 230.00 1200.00 20110.00 1231.2.1 Total t. 421. 23 This Bum. with the deficit of U, .111. 'Jit, innkcti jr. ll, 7 I J.I s U lio mined. The nnertnmeiit roll nt rep:r'ed bv th' iiHtteHHor amount to $.t,M3.4S7. It wart dcdfd nfM-r eonf"reneo that (he fullnwttut levy he nude: Klv.i mills for the Keitcral fnmH two ml I In fin mi i-iti'l mill i-tmH mi "iiti"ii two and nlx-tenthn for Hewer nttr- Poncm and foiii'-U'itt lis of a mill for llhrarv purported, making a total of to mills. The chalrinnu of the t'.'Q nnd wa ter committer reported ad .erily on the petition to raise tho nalury of Ihn flro chief from $M per year to $10 per month, nnd the report of thu committer was Adopted hy tho council with Councilman lltirbuugti dlHMeiillnfc', I'nvliiK AttwenwiiH'iil. Tho ordlnanco annvsilnK tho prop erty on ell her ulile ot Wlllaaietto In ('!IA!U.i:H KVANS IIL'CiIIKS. (iovcrnor of Now York, who j won faimi im nn itisiirniico invosti- pator nml who is looke.l upon as a priJuiitiul possibility. street for paving the sir. et was thereupon read and by the usual tne'hod was passed. This mnkes the cost of 11.86 per front foot. The assessment ordi nance for grading and grtvllng Hitnilrt. street. Cheshire street, alley between Third and Fourth street, nd nnd alley between Seventh and Klvhth street, were passed in due form. Milk Orinani-e. An ordinance regulating the soil lnu' .f tnllk and providing for a II ceuse therefor. The ordinance pro vides for II for license, and provide! for the proper kind of cattle and the Inspection of the rowa from which ' milk la received, and It doea not ap ply to a resident keeping one or two cow, for hla own use and selling milk to neighbors In the Immediate vicinity, but the rows shall he sub ject to same restrictions. The ob ject of the ordinance la to put. the milk dealers under the supervision of the city authorities as to sanitary (Continued on Page 4.) H 1 ) . I' ? y ' I i h ' ,f & : I 1 : 1
