BOLD ATTEMPT MADE
TOBURNADWEUJNG
Firebug Starts Three Fires In
Residence of C. E. Hiatt on
South Geary Street.
FLAMES EXTINGUISHED IN
TIMETOAVOID DESTRUCTION
Fiend Had Used Kerosene and
Kindling In Dastardly Work
In East Albany.
A bold atunipt was made by a fire
fiend al 7 o'clock Tuesday evening to
bum the 5-rooin residence owned by
C F 1 1 iatt at 42D Geary street in the
Astern section of this city and that
Ihc house is not a mass of smoldering
ruins today is due t.i the fact that the
flames were discovered m time to
nrevent a disastrous fire. ,
Mrs W. I). Skeene, ;r daughter of
V II. Hiatt. and her sister. Mrs
1 1 at.Kf"rd, who reside with Mr. and
Mrs W II. Iliatl in the house next
door, were in the kitchen 1-rcpanng
meal Tuesday evening shortly be
fore 7 o'clock, when Ihey happened
o glance out of the window and dis
covered that flames were leaping
,iKh inside the windmill tower in
the yard next door.
Mrs. Skeene called her father, W.
II Hiatt, who was reading in the
front room and he rushed over to the
windmill tower and ipienched the fire
which was rapidly gaining headway,
lie had barely completed the work of
extinguishing the blaze in the wind
mill tower when fires were discovered
in the woodshed at the back of the
house and in the bedroom m the rear
p;irt of the resilience. .
Ilolh of these fires were making
rood headway ami required several
minutes hard work on the part of
Mr. I Halt and the neighbors to put
them mil. , , ,
After all the fires had been extin
guished. Mr. I Malt and several of Ins
neighbors made a thorough inspec-
c .1 in 1 n tl-OUt
IIOU Ol Hie I'ln'";1 .
mdionm discovered a pile of kindling
which hail been carefully ai Tanned and
ready to loiien a mau n id u.
kindling "'.is thoroughly soaked m
coal-oil. The firebug hail evidently
i 1..- 1 I, ...- linu'liine- a
match to the wood ami fled, leaving
I he material just as lie had arranged
Coal oil had also been freely used
in sinning the fires in the rear bed
room, the woodshed, anil in the wind
mill lower and.lhe fiend, whoever he
was, had evidently laid his plans well
and intended to burn the entire prop
erlv. , ,. .
Had I lie fires not been discovered
when they were il is probable thai the
house would have been entirely de
stroyed as well as oilier residences in
the 'immediate vicinity, all of which
are located in a mimic section of I lit.
cilv, where fire-fighting is nexl lo im
possible owing lo the lack of water
and the long distance from the quar
ters of the lire department.
The residence upon which the at
tempt al arson was made is located
on (iearv street ami has been unoc
cupied for some time, a card ill the
window announcing that il is for sale.
The residence is owned by C. I''.. Hi
att who resides near Denver streel
suspicious characters hail been
seen
Hu
il in that vicinitv on Titesilav ami
ii:..... i .f ...a.. ..I.. ...I,,.
would allenipl such a daring deed as
ll!
IC one pel pen aicil luesu.iy evening.
OLD GENTLEMAN MARVELS
AT NEW DRINKING FOUNTAIN
Sanitary Thirst Quencher at the
Union Depot Revelation to
Aged Man.
An aued man at the I'nou depot
after looking about several minutes in
seaieh ol a place to net a drink, in
quiied ot a by-under where he could
iiueueh his thiit.
1 le was slimvn the new auit.iry
drinking fountain recently installed in
the waiting room by the Southern
Pacific company. The fountain was
an innovation to him and evidently
the tiit one the old gentleman had
e er seen.
After making a thorough iuvestii;a
tiou of the fountain he said, "Where'?,
the water?"
A man Mandinn nearby olunteered
to i-liow him how to work the syphon
and MepphiK up to the fountain he
preyed down on the nni; attached to
the lop and Ihe water came bubbling
tip much lo the astonishment ot the
old man who shook hU head and
muttered "Now don't that beat all.
that's the first one of them things I
ever eed."
He was so tickled over the fountain
that before his train arrived he made
several trips to the 'o:im-." ami eu
jo ed himself for several minutes,
working the syphon jut to sec the
water bubble up.
K en when the train arrived ami
passrnj-ers were (locking through the
waiting room, he was reluctant about
leaving the fountain but finally did
so. remarking to an employee at the
depot "Some fountain. Don't look
much like the 'old oaken bucket' of
my day."
Wliam PREPARES FOB
POTATO FJIi NEXT WEEK
King Murphy Will Reign Oct. 23,
24 and 25 Thursday Will Be j
Oregon Electric Day. i
ilarri-.burg, Oct. 18. Ilarri-iburg i
preparing fur its annual holiday, the
Potato Carnival, which means to this
city what the Cherry Fair, Strawberry
Festival and similar celebrations mean
lo other eilics of the state. The date
set for this year's carnival is October
23 to 25.
j'rospects arc bright for a mo.-.t str
essful celebration. -Much larger space
for exhibits has been obtained, new
features added and larger premiums
offered than formerly. Although first
honors will be given to King .Mur
phy," yet other products of the gra
dcij, field and orchard will come in
tor a share ol the prie-wmiung. in
fact the carnival is growing to the
proportions of a small county fair and
this year will include an exhibit of
fine poultry and an exhibit of school
and industrial work.
An interesting program of for each
of the three days is being arranged.
Thursday probably will be the "big
day," as it is to be Oregon Klectrie
day and there will be a meeting of
those intereste din the project of deep
ening the Willamette to permit navi
gation up to Kiigenc and Albany.
Coorvallis and F-ugenc will be well
represented in the discussions held.
Reduced raites have been made by
tlic railroads and word comes from
surrounding towns that large num
bers will be pcrsent.
RESIDENT OF HARRISBURG
VISITS HERE THIS MORNING
H. M. Roberts Says Spud Rais
ers Are Coming Strong to the
Albany Apple Fair.
II. M. Roberts, a prosperous resi
dent of llarrisburg, stopped off in
Albany this morning while enroiitc
to Woodburn, (or a short visit with
Judge Swan of this city. In speaking
of Ihe 1'otato Show at that city next
week Mr. Koberts said:
"We are going to have a nice little
fair Ibis year and we hope to see a
delegation of Albany people in at
tendance. The Hub City sent a fine
crowd lo the fair last year and we
hope to see another such crowd this
year.
"I'.very man, woman and child in
llarrisburg who can possibly do so
is coming to Albany next month to
attend your apple show, and we hope
lo bring a large delegation from our
town.
WAXTKD An apprentice at
Democrat office. Hoy must be
over fifteen years of age and
willing to Icat n. .
FOSTER SAWMILL MAN IS
ARRESTED BY GAME WARDEN
Charged with Throwing Saw
dust Where It May Pollute
Waters of Santiam River.
John i'aiutrr, a sawmill owner of
l-'osU'i', who was arrested a few days
agi. Ity 1'. L. Perkins, a drputy game
watilrii. charged with throwing; saw
dust win-iv tlic hih water will carry
it into i he South Santiam river, was
ai rallied in Judi;e Swan's court this
morning where he plead not guilty to
the charge. Judge Swan set the case
1 1 r hea i inn on Wednesday, October
-M. at 9 a. in.
I'ainter was arrested yesterday and
brought to this city by Constable
1 1 dm I'atlin who served the papers.
OAKVILLE
Some of our people went lo Kngenc
on the excursion train the 15th.
1. H. Jayne and family were viit
iiii; friends in this county last week.
Mr. Jayne is now located in Hen ton
county.
Our prohibition league gave a
free entertainment last Friday even
ing, a large audience being, present.
Kev. W. IV Ktmore was the principal
I pi,ker. He was well prepared tor
I the occasion and gave an eloquent ail
The prohibition iiucrtette was
: encored and did some good singing.
' Mr. Ira liilh-tle sang a duct which
was well received. Alter the adress
the ladies o( the league served a free
lunch consisting ot cake and choco
late. These ladies will be the coming
voters. Next! 1
Some of the Oakville voters are
not registered yet and there will he
some lli.it will have to hunt up six
men on election dav.
I lTTLK ROSK WW
Newi Beginning With This Head Is
Kiom Daily Issue of
- KK1UAY. OCTOBER 18.
GOVERNOR WOODROW WILSON.
Demociallc Nominee For President o th; United States.
''VY --e f
ITALIAN THREATENS TO
SHOOT WQODROW WILSON
Was Heard to Exclaim That He
Would GiveWilson Same Dose
That Roosevelt Received.
Wilmington, Del., Oct. 18. A large
number of policemen were distributed
among the crowd at the opera house
last night when Governor Wilson
spoke. This was the result of a threat
made by an Italian to "shoot him the
same as Roosevelt was shot."
The governor knew nothing of the
affair neither did any member of his
immediate party.
This morning Chief of Police Black
was notified by Mrs. Sarah Hudson of
Wilmington, that while her sister,
Mrs. Hattie Whitson, was leaving her
place of employment yesterday she
heard an Italian workman exclaim:
"Wilson will be here tomorrow and
he will get a bullet through him the
same as Roosevelt did. I will put
one in him. I will shoot him myself."
The police know the name of the
Italian, but have not located him.
Mrs. Sam Dolan and daughter of
Corvallis arrived in Albany this noon
for a short visit at the home of Mr.
and .Mrs. S. S. Train. Mr. Dolan
will go to I'ortland tomorrow where
his huskies will clash on the gridiron
with Multnomah Club.
FIRST TRAIN FROM EUSENE
CARRIES 40 PASSENGERS
Regular Service Began Yester
day Morning Freight Trains
Will Start November 1.
At 7:0 o'clock this morning the
first train left Kugeue on the Oregon
Klectrie sarrying AO passengers bound
for all points bet ween I'.ugeiij and
Spokane. A n umber of commercial
traveling men left on this train. Un
der the present arrangement the front
car is divided, one-halt being used for
baggage and the other as a smoker.
This will continue to be the plan fol
lowed with most of the trains, but
there will be a heavy baggage cat
put on one of them as soon as it can
he ascertained which train is mo-t
popular, so that the public can be bet
accommodated.
The Oregon Klectrie line runs
through some of the tinet natural
ceuery in the world. It may be not
ed that the windows in Allen H. Kea
(ou's .--tore which won a pri.-.e at the
Oregon Klectrie day parade were dec
orated with pictures of -scenes of beau
ty along this route. Though arrang
ed with the good tate always display
ed by Mr. Katon. the pictures them
selves are worthy of the highest praise
:iMd true rcpre-c-H? of the beinty
FATHER OF TWO CHILDREN
ATTENDS THE UNIVERSITY
Wears Green "Freshie" Cap
and Practices Regularly with
Football Squad.
University of Oregon, Eugene, Oct.
17. Xo student of the University of
Oregon has more "pep" than has J. A.
Loundagin, 35 years old and the fath
er of two children, who wears a green
freshman cap not much larger than a
postage stamp and turns out for foot
ball practice with the 'varsity squad.
With Loundagin's rather belated
entrance into college is connected a
story of unusual ambition and perse
verence. A dozen years ago he was a
student in Pearson Academy, the
preparatory school to Whitman Col
lege, lie discontinued his education,
however, before he had received a
high school diploma. Since that time
he has been engaged with his broth
er in farming their 100l-acre ranch in
Whitma'n county, Washington, and as
a result is now in comfortable circum
stances. Loundagin has always cherished an
ambition to become a physician, and
last summer, being then able to sup
port himself ami his Jamily during .he
five years' course necessary to the at
tainment of a doctor's degree, he
made up sufficient work in the Uni
versity of Oregon summer school ;o
entitle him to college enntrance.
HARRISBURG YOUNG PEOPLE
MARRIED HERE YESTERDAY
Rev. D. H. Leech Performs
Pretty Wedding at 4 O'clock at
the Methodist Parsonage.
A ' pretty wedding was solemnized
in this city yesterday afternoon at 4
o'clock when' Miss Kva Xixou was
united in marriage to Mr. Louis
Thompson at the Methodist parson
age, the Rev. D. II. Leech officiating.
The ceremony was private and was
witnessed by a few of the immediate
relatives.
The groom is a prosperous and
well known farmer residing near llar
risburg and the bride is one of Har
risburg's most popular young ladies.
They have the best wishes of their
manv friends.
spots along the Oregon Kelctric.
Freight service will not be inau
gurated till about the first of Novem
ber, according to Agent Knight., of
the Kugene station. General Freight
and Passenger Agent Coman told him
while here Tuesday that he wanted
the track in a little belter shape and
by tlie date mentioned most of the
construction trains will be out of the
way Krgc.if (iunrd
WATCH THIS SPACE
Special Sales of Lumber for Cash
For the Month of October Only
$12.50 1 x 8 Dry Shiplap - - $12.50
8.00 2x 4 No. 2 Commercial sized 8.00
10.00 1 x 4 No 1 Commercial rough 10.00
AT THE SAWMILL
ALBANY LUMBER COMPANY
CHAIRMAN L M. CURL DIS
CUSSES POLITICAL SITUATION
Prominent Republican Says
Roosevelt Is Loosing Ground.
Lane Should Carry Linn.
That Roosevelt will be a poor third
in Linn county and that Lane ought
to carry this particular section of the
state was the claim made this morning-
by L. M. Curl, chairman of the
republican county central committee.
When asked for an interview on
the local political situation Mr. Curl
spoke as follows:
"The fight in Linn county and Ore
gon is undoubtedly between Taft
and Wilson with Roosevelt a poor
third. Taft will either be first or sec
ond man in the race. From all re
ports which wc have received, Roose
velt is steadily losing ground.
"I think that Ben Selling will carry
the normal republican strength, but
with three republican candidates in
the field, Lane ought to carry Linn
county. In my judgment, the repub
lican county candidates will be elect
ed and Congressman Hawley will
carry Linn county."
BURKHART PARK SCHOOL IS
NEARING COMPLETION NOW
Handsome Structure in East
Albany Has Been Painted a
Beautiful Cream.
The carpenters are making excel
lent progress on the new school house
in Burkhart's Park and the structure
will be ready for occupancy within
the next two or three weeks. The
building is of a very attractive type
of architecture and has been painted
a bcautmu cream with green roof.
The exterior work is practically
completed and the work of plastering
is now under way on the rooms inside
the building. It is a handsome struc
ture and adds greatly to the appear
ance of the extreme eastern section
of the city. The big increase in the
enrollment of the Alhanv srlinnU
made the erection of the building
necessary.
WM SURRENDERS FINE
POSITION FOR CONVENT
Harrison, N. J., Oct. 17. In the big
local offices of the General Electric
company here Miss Mary Stevens,
Micceshiui nusiiiess woman, treiiuent
ly characterized as the "brainiest" wn
man in New Jersey, explained why
she is giving up t elibiirirest salarv
paid a woman worker in the state to
devote the remainder of her life to
church work and chantv.
Miss Stevens is supervisor of the
General Electric Company and tlic
"right hand man" of the general man
ager. But she will give all this up to
enter the convent of the Sisters of
Charity at Madison, where she can
toil for the benefit of the poor and
afflicted.
Miss Stevens explained that she had
always had an ambition to become a
nun, and that in her charitable work
recently she has been touched with
the terrible suffering among the poor,
which, she says, is constantly on the
increase. For years she has devoted
her surplus earnings to aiding the
poor and distressed, and the call for
her entire efforts finally became ir
resistible. Fisher, Braden& Co.
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
AND UNDERTAKERS
Undertaking1 Parlors, ?rd and
Hroadatbin
LADY ATTENDANT
Roth Phones
All Kinds of Seeds
for Fall Planting
at Murphy's Seed Store
225 West Second Street
STRANGER FYSTER
S
Arrived In Central Addition
Wednesday and Has not Been
Seen Since by Neighbors.
TURNED HIS HORSE
LOOSE AND LEFT BUGGY
Shoes Found
in Conveyance
Have Mark of a Eugene Store.
Officers Working on Case.
Mystery surrounds the disappear
ance of an old man who unhitched
his horse near the Ruiter place in
Central Addition early Wednesday
morning and who has not been seen
since that date. '
It seems that the old man drove a
sorrel horse and carried a small
camping outfit in his buggy. When
he arrived in Central addition he un
hitched his horse and turned him
loose. Where he went after this is
not know as none of the neighbors
have seen him since. An inspection
of the buggy was made on the day the
old man arrived' and at that time a
gun was left in the conveyance but
has since disappeared.
Sheriff Smith was notified of the
matter this morning and in company
with his deputy made an investigation
but was unable to ascertain the
whereabouts of the missing man. A
new pair of shoes which were found
in the buggy had the mark of a Eu
gene store but there was nothing else
among the man's effects to disclose
his identity. He is described by the
neighbors as being of less than me
dium height. He had a mustache and
wore a derby hat.
Sheriff Smith brought the buggy
and effects to Albany and will hold
them until their are claimed by the
rightful owner.
RECEIVED SAYS C. H. STEWART
Advertising Recently Placed in
the Eastern Newspapers ,
Brings Results.
Manager C. H. Stewart reports that
letters inquiring about Albany and
Linn county are flowing into the
Commercial Club thick and fast now,
a result of the recent advertising plac
ed in Eastern newspapers.
Miss lieulah II ink ley, the efficient
stenographer at the Commercial Club,
was busy today mailing out premium
lists to various parts of the county
for the coming apple fair.
At the regular meeting of the club
next M on Jay evening an effort will
be made to secure a large delegation
to go to 1 larrisburg during the po
tato fair next week. Albany people
should patronize the Harrisburg lair
and show them we are interested in
their section of the country by send
ing a delegation of at least 100 people
to that city next weel.
Make preparations now to attend
the "spud show" and notify the Com
mercial Club immediately so that a
special rate may be secured over the
railroads.
Have you seen the beau
tiful Porcelain Enameled
Charter Oak Steel Range
on display in our window
We arc going to give this
Range away AHSOI.UTE
LV I'REf!
i'nil particulars will be giv
en at the store.
JUST ARRIVED
We have just received 75
ot the tamous ALLWIN go
carts, and for a short time
we will give a discount of 25
per cent on any cart in the
store.
R. Rogoway & Son