DEATH OF NOTED
Three masked men held up Marshal
Carrollson on the street, bound aud
gagged him au«l placed hint In the
hack room of the bank.
Seven
HI NS 11 ION sPRUNti BE HIKE Illi
charges of nitro-glycerine wer«' used
Il II.I .INGER COMMITTEE
to blow open the vault.
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sINDERSON DOES NOT Iti Ill/E
TH IT I E li ITT IH
THE TELEPHONE IN
TeMinaiii) states I’hat Its ltepr«'sen- lias It i>|-k«'«l III« Game t oo
lathi* Offered Money to J.
I V«T. mid I« Non
Most prominent among the lneas-
IV. Dudley
Against It
NATIONAL I ORI M s
MS MEMBER OF GRANT'S CABINET
Held Many Very Important Positions
in th«' Hiato aud in th«'
Nation
PORTLAND, April 4. George H.
Williams. Oregon's Grand Old Man,
is dead.
Apparently in splendid
health an«i active up to the moment
of his death, the news of his demise
came as a sudden shock to the people
of this city, everyone of whom was
a warm admirer of Mr. Williams and
will b«' mourners lieslde the tomb of
the man who has done so much for
the building of this great city and
State. It is believed that death was
due to heart failure.
He retired last evening apparently
in good health aud was found dead
in his bed this morning. .
Saturday, March 26. a banquet was
given in the Portland Hotel in honor
of the eighty-seventh birthday of
Mr. Williams, and 1S5 of Ore-
gon's most prominent men sat down
with him. Letters and telegrams
were received from the leading men
of the Nation, including President
Taft. Attorney General Wickersham
and Governor Benson. In the course
of his remarks that evening. Mr. Wil­
liams said:
"Ill health and inflrmities may
come, but old age will come with
good cheer to the man who can review
his past life with pride and satisfac­
tion and say to himself, ‘I have fought
a good Aght, I have Anished my
course, I have kept the faith, and
when the summons for my departure
comes I am prepared to go, not like
the quarry slave scourged to his dun­
geon, but like one 'who wraps the
drapery of his couch about him and
lies down to pleasant dreams.’ The
going out of such a life is like the
going down of the sun into mellow
haze of an autumnal evening.”
For fifty-seven years he has been
a resident of Oregon. During that
time he has been honored many
times by the people of this common­
wealth, among which was his elec­
tion to the United States Senate.
While serving as Senator he cast the
deciding vote that saved President
Johnson from impeachment. He was
a member of Grant's cabinet, having
been appointed as Attorney General,
and was seriously considered for a
place on the supreme bench.
The news of bis death came as a
great surprise to the legal fraternity
of this city, among whom he had
many friends. In speaking of Mr.
Williams. Judge H. L. Benson said:
"Geo. H. Williams has achieved
greater eminence as a lawyer and a
statesman than any other of those
lighted to honor. His career was the
whom the State of Oregon has de-
more brilliant by reason of the fact
that his private life, as well-as his
public career, was clean and immac­
ulate. His record has added luster
to the State of his adoption and his
memory will be long revered, He
was, indeed, ‘Oregon's Grand Old
Man.’ ”
twenty - one lives lost
OFF THE ENGLISH COAST
ures which Uncle Sam has taken to [
protect his National forests in the |
West from heavy loss by fire is the I'nlted PrvHH Servire.
extended use of the telephone. This ,
WASHINGTON, 1» C. April 2
handy little instrument has provtsl A sensation was sprung today during
its worth during the past year. Ac- i the hearltiK before the Congi't'saionul
cording to figures which have Just wlnlUHtee investigating the Balliti-
iH'en published by the Department
I ger-Pinchot controversy, when form-
Agriculture, the loss from fire lias ,,,. special Agent Jones testified that
been great!} retena«, attbongh the John W Dudley, former!} regiatei ot
number of conflagrations has been th«- Juneau land office, told him last
actually Iarg«*r than in thf* year pre- ‘ February that a representative of
ceding.
Collier s Weekly told hint Dudley
Through the aid of the telephone*1 that it would be worth from $5,000
assistance is brought to the spot as to $10,000 for him to come and tes-
soon as a blaze is discovered. In this tlfy before the investigating commlt
way It is possible to prevent spread tee in Washington.
of Are ami to confine it to a small
"So Dudley
that Collier
area. In one instance last year a ( Weekly offered
a hrib«' to tea-
fire-fighting force was collected in a ' tlfy here, did
asked Si'uatoi'
few hours where at least a day would Madison.
have been wasted if aid had been
"No. sir; he »al<l
sought by means of a courier.
jay him.”
The number of fires in the Na­
"We do not want any of your flue
tional forests last year was 410 larger distinctions here," snapped Senator
than in 190$, but almost SO per cent Madison.
of the fires were extinguished before
Jones replied that he did not mean
as inuch(as five acres had been dam- t(, bring the impression that C«»l)ier's
aged.
than
*
’ The
’'*•* tires covered 1 less •*
“" Weekly wanted Mr Dudley to tell
one and one-half acres to the square anything that was not th«* truth, ami
mile of National forest land, and the hence he did not wish ris remarks
damage done to the burned-over area construed that the offer was made In
averaged but $1.25 an acre.
the nature of a bribe.
According to the Government's fig­
Senator Madison demanded that
ures, during 1909 there were 313* Dudley b*‘ called to testify before the
tires in the National domain, burn­ committee.
ing over about 360,000 acres. In
!
’.90S there had been 400.000 acres 1‘OlIlE IND ETREMEN LOOK
laid waste. Last year some 170.000 -
E'OR SAN DIEGO ETRE Bl G
000 board feet of timber were con
«timed, as against 230,000 000 he
SAN DIEGO. Cal.. April 1. Police,
previous year.
firemen and citizens are searchiug for
The loss of value of timber de- ' the firebug who has fired fifteen
stroyed was less than $300,000. The buildings, including three churches,
loss the year before was about $150,- within nine months. Last night th«*
000.
home of Fred Jewell, a well known
These figures seem to indicate that banker of this city, was set on fire
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although the damage to the forests by an incendiary. Several suspects
is still very great, the tires are not have been arrested today. Chief of
so much of a scourge as formerly. Police Willson is of the opinion that
With a view to still greater increas­ the fires are the work of a fanatic
ing the fire-fighting facilities, the who wants to burn Christians. In
work of extending the protective sys­ every case the scene of the Are has
tem into all parts of the National . been the property of prominent
woodlands is being pursued this year. 1 ehurch workers.
The telephone will play an impor­
tant part in the measures that are to
G. W. Halladay is a recent arrival
be taken to reduce still further the in this city and a prospective settler
loss in the Western forests.
in the county. Mr. Salladay Is from
In some sections the forest rangers Eilenburg, Wash., and is much pleas­
are supplied with portable telephones ed in finding an old friend here in
which they carry strapped to their Archie Wishard.
backs and with which they can secure
connection at any convenient point. I
The Government owns and operates a J
number of telephone lines, and makes I
connection with lookout stations,
where watchmen with field glasses
are kept to search for signs of fire
among the trees. The instruments
aud line material for these systems
have been furnished by the Western
Electric Company, the largest manu­
facturer of telephones in tlje world.
Many of the States have jurisdic­
tion over great tracts of wooded land
and maintain fire-fighting systems of
tneir own. It is interesting to note
tnat in New York, where lookout
stations are fully equipped with tele­
phones and telescopes for detecting
and reporting fires, the loss during
1909 amounted to only $25,101 r
whereas the year before the damage
had totalled $644.000.
Forest fires are still one of the
greatest problems the Government
has to face. Since 1870 more than
2000 have lost their lives through
these conflagrations in the National
forests. Five hundred and fifty mill­
ion acres of standing timber are cen­
tered in sir Pacific and Northwestern
States—material for a glorious bon­
fire. To prevent fires seems to be
out of the question, but it is possible
to check the spread of the flames,
and in its work of the past year the
Government has given a demonstra­
tion of what up-to-date methods will
do.
United Press Service.
FALMOUTH, England. April 4.—
At least twenty-one lives were lost
in a collision off Land's End today.
The Belgian tug. John Bull, made
port this afternoon and reports that
while towing the British bark, Kate
Thomas, an unknown vessel cut the
Thomas in two. The bark sank with
all on board except the cabin boy,
who was rescued from a piece of
wreckage. The John Bull does not
A FRISKY EXJUINE
know the fate of the unknown vessel.
(Sol Simpson)
The Kate Thomas carried twenty-two
The night mare is an awful beast. |
persons.
It comes when one expects it least.
One came to me on bat-like wings,
FOL K GIRLS FATALLY HURT
and capered sundry highland flings,
IN CHICAGO LAUNDRY ETRE
and sat upon my chest, and neighed,.
in purple socks and trunks arrayed, I
United Press Service.
and eyes as pale as long bleached;
CHICAGO, Ill., April 4.—Four
sheets, and there it did a dozen feats '
girls were probably fatally hurt and
eight others seriously injured by unknown to normal man, and then it
jumping from the second story win­ piper-heidsick« d once again, stood on
dows of a steam laundry building ' its head, and chunt a chant I'd like
here today. The building was par­ to chint for you but can't. It pigeon-
tially destroyed by Are. One hun­ toed and buck and wung, and many
dred and seventy-five girls were em­ fearsome steps it brung back from !
ployed in the laundry, most of them the dances of dead days. I wtink my j
on the Bixth floor. The Are started ■ eyes In scared amaze. The night
through the explosion of a steam ' mare spun upon one ear, and yelled:
"A new one, this, my dear."
It
Pipe.
hoofed it on my dresser, it seemed
loath to let me sleep, and yet, by jing,
NEBRASKA BANK ROBBKD
its tricks were far from cute! At last
United Press Service.
I riz and whanged the brute about
LINCOLN, Neb., April 4.—The the room, and slapped its mug, and
First National Bank of Randolph, flopped it on my ragged rug. and
Neb., was dynamited today and rob­ ham-strung that biamed night mare, I
bed of 110,000 In gold and currency. I then I crawled back Into bed again?
, The surest indication of the defeat
; of Sanderson Is contained In the bilge
I number of voters who have registered
for the coming city eh'ctlon. When
th«« books were opened It was thought
that If the number reached '«00 It
would b«' unusually large. When this
was reached and It was found that It
embrae«*d all of th«> friends of th«'
city adnilnlstrathm the smile of con­
fidence was at its height. This gradu­
ally began to disappear ns the 535
mark was passed, and slowly but
surely It kept civeplng towards the
predicted <00. Today it Is a frosty
bunch that contemplates the result.
They for the flist time realise that
th«' handwriting 1s on th«* wall, anti
th«- best proof of It Iles in th«' fact
that the registration rolls contain the
name of 606 voters. That means cer­
tain defeat for the ring that has been
running th«' city government for the
past year with the sole Idea of re­
electing themselves to office again
Th«' only remaining question to b««
decided by th«' voters of th«' city Is
th«' selection of th«' men who will op­
pose Messrs. Sanderson ami Leavitt
noth are so closely Identlfled that
when one takes snuff the other must
siK'eie—only that Sand««rson has
been doing the most of the sneezing
and has not realise«! It. Few people
have realize«!, aud fewer really know.
that today and for the pa»t several
months the real mayor of the city has
not been Sanderson, but Leavitt This
will account for many of th«' Idiosyn­
crasies of the Sanderson administra­
tion as well us for many of th«- things
that have been don«' in th«- interest
of the favored few and to th«' detri­
ment of the public. Leavitt has been
the brains of th«' administration—
only be overplay««! bls hand It was
the scheme of Ix'avltt an«! his boss to
so work Sanderson and manipulate
th«> affairs of the administration that
i
when his term expired he would not
have a leg to stand on. Leavitt did
as he was told, and Sanderson was
his unwitting tool Now the shoe Is
on the other foot It was found that
In the hands of Leavitt th«' mayor
was such an easy thing that he would i
serve the purposes of the higher-ups
better than any other stool-pigeon
they could And. and It was therefore
decided to re-elect him and Leavitt.
They seemed to have forgotten that
tho people were beginning to ask,
"What has been done?” and were
getting no reply.
Th<< ridiculous position In which
they find tbomHolves Inis soured I heli
disposition to such an extent Hint
they luive already commenced to light
among themselves, and there Is go­
ing to bo another candidate brought
out to represent the disgruntled far
tlun, unless C. 8. Moor«’ conies home
and settles th«' disturbance. He Inis
put bls O. K on Leavitt's handy man
amt tho last report was to the effect
that no insubordination would be tol­
erated. That was why Willits so eni-
phatlcally declined Charlie would
not let him run against Ills choice.
In tho meantime tho voters lire
thinking, and will find the men who
will represent them In tin* adminis­
tration of tho affairs of tin* city
tho men who will beat both Samlcr-
son and Leavitt
KIMII T
O I »hull plant my Harden soon,
and wrangle with the sod, and hustle
Ilk«- a crazy loon to grow my winter'»
foil
I'll mlngl«« pumpkin see«l a ml
squash with lavish hands, and shout,
and grow a beard, an«! murniut
"gosh,” nnd let my hens »troll out
I know. I've tried it all before; I'll
let my hens run ’round, and. as they
<li«l In «lays of yore, they'll scratch
up all the ground.
My feathered
Enoch Ardens then with greedy crops
will hike to dig up nil the garden
eighteen miles along the pike. The
months that they have been confined,
and kept from virgin muck, have
soured their dispositions kind. au«l
strengthened henly pluck, anti «'very
day. »Kith vengeful air, each sharpens
up h< i*b« ak to put th«< kibosh »«ton.
for fair, upon th«* cuke and l««'««t.
Sol Simpson.
MIDI. IND ZEPHIRS
Win. Bark» has his grocery almost
completed.
W. Morgan bas moved bls fuuilly
to their horn«* one mile front town.
R. Vincent has moved Into bls n< w
house.
George Kelly will glv<- a dance on
April 2 in honor of tire cuuipletiuu oi
his new house. Supper will be served
at the Davidson hotel.
Charles Powers and son. of Merrill,
are kept busy boring wells in this
vicinity.
Stukel Brothers, of Morrill, shipped
several cars of cattle from hero th««
last of the week.
Lee & Vincent have addo«! dry
Hoods to their stock.
Farming and spring work teemt to
he tho order at present in and around
Midland.
il lUST 12,000 IS MCESSMY
Lo<«l Prill*« Nlioiild
Fumigli to Dring
liaising of the
Eew people will realise the magni
inde of the task undertal’en by souk
of the progressive cltlxens of ■ hl* <*!•'
to secure the annual State eitcarnp
moiit of tile Socialist party. Some
time ago the Hoclalists <f this ell v
conceived the Idee that It »«» within
th«« bounds of poaslblllty for them to
.«■cure this em iimpiiieiit, so they «I
cldetl to send D. E Burrell to Pori
lami to land tin« prix«« The wisdom
of th«' « hole«« I» proven by the result
attained, for Mr Burrell return« «I
with th«' much roveled viu-ampmen*.
Utt« i a struggle that demanded niu< 1«
diplomacy and hard work. Tim man
n««r In which he handled th« interest»
of this city reflect' mudi credit on
him
lie not only succeed« «I In Im
pressing on th«' minds of the Stat««
iirgaiiization ««f th«« party that th'
Klamath Fulls hu'al was wide nwak'
to the value and Importance of brim:
Ing the encampment her«', but that
li«« citizens ns » whole were broail
mlndi'd enough to »•••■ the a«lvantag<-
of bi Itiglng such an Institution to th«'
city.
The value of the en<ampimnl to
the citi from it purely business stand-
point Is «.olii' thing that the merchant «
of th«« city will have to «-«insider It
lio-alis th« i- bilnglng to the city for
two
weeks
thousan«!»
«me
to
of people. It Is to !><■ a permaner»
1«.i.t It ut Ion an«l on«««« starteli will Im .«
source of conalderable Income for th««
city. In order to nink«' It a success
It will b«' necessary for th«« local
Inalidì of I he Hodnllst parly to A-
nance the uffalr. This, of cours«-,
they are unable t«« d<> personally. and
will have to appeal to the men bants
and residents of the city for assi»'
ance
At least 13.000 will be r«
qtllrcd. and while at flrat glance this
may seem to be a considerable sunt,
th«« benefits accruing will be sufficient
to amply repay tho»«« lending aaal»'-
nnce.
This is the first time the city ba»
gone out after any Htato Institution
and It should not be aal«l that through
lack of homo pride It has been Io»'
It may he the Aral step in the dirts
flou of securing bigger things and it
In to be hoped that through the a-
alatane«« of th«« Chamber of domineer«
something may b«< d«>ne to secure this
encampment for tho city.