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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1903-04-16
PLAINTIFFS NON SUITED
End OF Suit TO Recover Money
Found in Tin Can.

The suit brought by the Danielson
boys to recover from Roberts & O'Neil,
the sum of $1,000, the alleged amount
of find of gold made by the plaintiffs
upon the farm premises of the de-
PENDANTS several years ago which came
up in circuit court at Jacksonville
was brought to sudden termination
Tuesday afternoon when the defend
ants were granted a non.suit and the
case dismissed as against them. The
evidence on behalf of the plaintiffs had
all teen submitted when the attorneys
for the defendants made the motion
for a non-suit which Judge Hanna
sustained.
The principal ground upon which
the case was non-suited was that the
plaintiffs failed to prove that the
property in question had been lost.
The evidence of the Danielson
brothers ON the witness stand was
practically identical and was to the
effect that at the time of their dis
covery of the money they were about
or 10 years of age. They had been
employed by the defendant Roberts TO
clean ont the latter's chicken house
and while they were a work the ir
shovel struck at hard sustance which
proved to be tin can. Opening the
can they found several sacks about the
size of ordinary tobacco sacks. Upon
being opened one sack was found
full of $50 gold pieces and another of
50 pieces. They reported the discovery
to the defendants and the latter imme-
diately took possession of the can and
its contents at the same time telling
the boys to go on with their work and
took the property into the house clos
ing the door after them. Afterwards
the defendant ID. Roberts called the
boys up to the fence saying to them
- You are honest boys here is nickel
apiece for you; don't say anything
about this and the Lord will bless
you. D." Some weeks after this occur
renee the boys were each given suit
of clothes and again cautioned not to
say anything about the coin. Ashland
Tidings
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1903-04-16
Population of Oregon

Z From Jan. !, 1902, to March 81, 1903,
a period Of 10 months-the population
Of Oregon has increased more than a, %
900. Unquestionably the immigra.
tion during that period has been
larger than in any Of The l5 months IN
the history Of the s.ate, and the heavy
tide is just sitting in Figures from
all sections Of the state obtained 10y
correspondence Of the Oregonian, tell
the store without exaggeration.
Oregon IN June, 1900, had a popula.
tion Of H3, 25G. Natural increase IL
about 2i por cont a year. Adding
the immigration in the 10 months
from June 1900. 70 Jaunary /, 1902,
which was probably not lees than
1900, it may BE- safely set down that
Orcgons population today exceeds
$1,000.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1903-04-16
DEMOCRATS NAME REAMES
Nominated on First Ballot at AL
bany Convention.

A. Il. Reames Of jackson county.
was nominated for congressman
on the first ballot by the democratic
convention of the first Oregon dis.
riot, Saturday morning. The other
candidates We're j. A. Jeffrey. of
Marion; W. Keiser, Of Marion, and
William Galloway of Clackamas.
Chairman Sam White opened the
convention with long speech for
harmony. OF the 10S delegates, log
were present, with but few proxies,
thus indicating the enthusiasm preva.
lent among the Democrats over the
district.
j. NJ. Wall, Of Washington, de-
manded the two-minute limit on
nomination speeches, and with this
restriction, L. NJ. Travis, of Lane,
named Reames, who was seconded
by Miller, Of Linn, and II. l.. Viii.
liams of Jackson. darcy, OF Ma.
rion, named Jeffrey, receiving no
second.
j. b. dwell, Of jackson; Oscar
Hayter, of Polk, and Il. S. Harding,
Of Yamhill, acted as tellers Only
one ballot was necessary. Reames
received G7, Jeffrey 80, Keiser . and
William Galloway vote. Neither
keiser nor Galloway had been nomi.
mated. jeffrey moved that the nomi-
nation be made unanimous.
The democrats having no congress.
sional committees, it was decided Ia
remedy this by selecting one for the
First District, TO act with State
Chairman White and State Secretary
Montague during the campaign. After
the June election this committee will
elect its own chairman. This congres.
sional committee is composed as fol.
lows:
Benton, b. Il. Irvine; Clackamas,
%. n Wait; Coos, A. ]. Sherwood
Curry G. $. Marstors; Douglas, W.
$ Hamilton; jackson, j. A. whit.
man; Josephine, w. j. Winner
klamath, Geo. II. Baldwin; Lake,
W. j. Moore; Lane, j. d. Matlock
Lincoln, J. +. Stewart; Marion, d.
Vaughn Polk. d. W. Sears; Tilla
nook G. W. Talmadgo; Washington,
John NJ. Wall; Yamhill, +. s. Hard
ing.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1903-04-16
Mr.. CORBtTT EULOGIZEO
Oresonian's Tribute to Our
States Honored Citizen.

Hon. II. W. Corbett, one of Ore.
gon's most prominent men, died sud
denly in Portland on Tuesday of last
week The following tribute Of honor
and praise appeared in the Morning
Oregonian;
g 1t was Mr.. Corbett's fortune TO
survive all of the immediate contem
poraries of his special rank and
period, and in sense to carry for
ward alone for considerable time
the era in which ne was SO conspicu-
Gus and so useful figure. Others,
who with him shared the response
bilities of our earlier life, the heat
and burden of the pioneer day, have
long since gone to their graves. The
grass is green where rest the group
of men who, in large relations digni-
fled the earlier years of our civic life /;
and when within few hours what is
mortal OF Henry W. Corbett shall be
laid with them, the Pioneer Era of
Portland will have come to its end.
Summing up, it will scarcely be
questioned that the present Judgment
is, and the future Judgment will be,
that no man among us has performed
so important part in our active
affairs as Mr.. Corbett. His earnest
ness and tenacity were proverbial
In matters of business his Judgment,
behind which lay profound insight,
was almost unerring. In public spirit
he was our foremost of men, as the
great work he has performed for Ore
gon attests. And in acts of public
benevolence and private charity, he
was foremost always, For promotion
of educational projects and support of
religious instruction and ministration
he was relied on by our people
through his whole life II. W. Cor
bett has been chief of the pillars of
our temple of growth, prosperity and
Such a life as his sets
to work forces whose effects and con-
sequences will be felt through all
time in a state like ours, whore every.
thing was new and plastic to the
touch of the strong and skillful
hand -
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1903-04-16

cred, every bone of my body was sore,
end could feel each separate rib as
my rough shirt fretted it. l was light
headed too and full Of sick fancies, 90
that one time thought the dog was
swelling to a monstrous size, and then
began to cry out that the dead mother
was tapping at the window.
If there is heaven, my sister Alice
is there. She was perfect woman,
and the great God, who made the
west wind and the brier rose, never
made any thing more worthy or more
sweet than she. On the night speak
Of she had gone down to the drinking
den where my father sat amongst his
savage mates-drunkards, gamblers,
heaters and wife-beaters, all
and had forced her way into the reek-
ing room to plead for me.
My father had cursed her. But the
landlady, odious, lewd woman though
she was. coming in, cried shame
upon the crowd of brutes and towards,
and, offering to break quart jug over
the skull Of any man who would lay
q hand on the child, had given my
sister the bread and the grapes and
sent her home.
Such was the life we lead until
was ii, when was bound or rather
sold, for gallon of beer, to chain
smith called Black Jack, us an ap-
prentice.
With the men at Telsons works one
jug of ale meant man. On the night
Of my apprenticeship, my father and
his boon companions held great
carousal, which ended as was fire.
quently the case, in quarrel and
fight.
That is another night l shall never
forget. Alice and crowded together
In the dark beside the empty crate,
and listened fearfully for the sound
Of my fathers heavy foot. We heard
the church clock strike 12, and and
2, and yet he never came, but about a
quarter to three woman opened the
door and called out:
''Is there onybody at whooam?"
Alice said eyes. -
And then the woman asked: SIS
youwre Will wakkenY" And Alice
again said "Yes.
Upon which the woman said:
Coon aht; I've soomut to tell
thee. / listened at the window,
and heard her say; "Ahm reit sorry
fur thee, but we Gonna fend sich
things Theer's been a row at tn
Black 'orso tap, an one o. tn fellies
hes stnbbed thee feyther, ann 'e's
deead "
He was dead. They brought him
home after the conquest, and he was
buried in the little smokegrimed
graveyard beside my mother. May
he rest in peace Savage as he was,
and cruelty AZ he used US, he was my
father. Pioneer
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1903-04-16
HERMANN IS NOMINATED
Choice OF Eugene Convention
After Protracted Contest.

Binger Hermann was nominated for
congressman Friday. The convention
was in session 98 hours, and was in
tumult most of that time. Early with
in the convention Hermann hovered
within six or seven votes of the 81
required to nominate. Then his
forces went to pieces in the face of
stubborn opposition. His rivals sue
ceeded to the mastery of the conven-
tion, but they could not agree upon a
candidate. For four hours each of
them refused to yield The Hermann
managers took heart again about 10
p m and reorganized their ranks as
they had been early in the conyen-
tion. Thereupon Eddy of Tillamook
declared that his delegation of five
in order to end fruitless contest,
would support Hermann. Vawter
withdrew and left his delegation to
90 whittier they desired and his peo-
pie flecked to Hermann. Catch of
Marion and Kelly Of Linn united their
forces. The union was too long put
off, however and accomplished moth
ing.
The final vote was Hermann 90 I;
Catch II, Kelly 8. The total mum.
Der Of votes cast was l76, three more
than were in the convention. but the
opponents of Hermann saw that they
could accomplish nothing by demand
ing another ballot, and on motion of
Kay Of Marion, Hermann was declared
the unanimous choice Of the conven.
tion. Speochmaking by Hermann and
his rivals showed that the outcome
Of the fghthad not left wide breaches,
and that all elements Of the party
would work for the election of the
party's nominee.
Hermann's rivals had beaten all
hope out Of his supporters. About
Z p. M, Brownoll, who had been
elected chairman Of the convention
by combined Hermann and Clackamas
votes, withdrew and went to bed,
charging the members Of his delega-
tion with treachery for failing to aid
Hermann toward the nomination
Hermann himself went to his hotel in
the belief that his game was lost.
About If O'Clock both learned that the
convention was coming back to Her.
mann, and they returned to the con
vention.
At II :25 O'Clock the last vote Of
the 2ith and final ballot was counted
and Hermann was nominated.
Joscphine's seven votes were solid
for Hermann throughout the conyen.
ton The Jackson county delegation
was faithful 20 Nawter until he with.
drew, when it joined the Hermann
iuc.uu.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1903-04-16
W. &. z. u. Column

For 90 years past the nations drink
bill has been greater than the value of
all the gold and silver it has pro-
duced. 1t has spent more in poison
than it has produced in precious
metala
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1903-04-16
Glendale City Election

Glendale had a city election on
Monday Of last week aud elected the
following ofIicers
Mayor-D. ". Fish.
Councilmen--D. n Snyder and
DR.. T. X. Bowersox.
Recorder-R. X. Montgomery IRE
elected.
Treasurer-H g. sonnemann.
Marshal-Nelson Jones.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1903-04-16

Grants Pass will have four brick.
yards in operation this season, two
new ones now in preparation by Col.
vim Bros aud Higgins & Boulware.
The yards OF B. Mensch and the Wool
folk brohters have been turning out
brick for the past 70 weeks as the
weather has permitted aud will soon
have brick ready for use.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1903-04-16
NEWS
Thomas uousr95RSisurn ;;;T#E;;
New Furniture, New Couches, New Bed Lounges,
New Carpets, New Medallion Art Squares.

Bear in mind carry the Highest Grade Ingram Carpets
made the United States We prove and
to the most critical This assertion is backed by the best
Mills in the United States
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1903-04-16
CALL AND SEE THE NEW GOODS.

New Portieres- Beautiful Goods Surprisingly low prices
New Crockery-Vtri6ed Hotel China Patent Weted edge
almost unbreakable full line just received.
New Glass ware-Heavy Fine Goods piece sets soc.
Every Lady who makes Cash purchase of 81 more
this week receives beautiful Easter Vase free These
cheap shoddy goods but actually worth from 80 soc
each and given Souvenir of your visit the pro-
gressive House Furnishing Store in Southern Oregon
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1903-04-16

Typewriter ribbons for al machines
for sale at the Courier Office.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1903-04-16

Bicycle Repairs at Cramer Bros.
The evening world., 1903-01-31
J0SHED POLICE
NOW N A CELL.
Fresh Young Man Posed as
Commissioner Greene's Sec
rotary Over Phone and Kept
the Department Busy.
THE "TIP" SYSTEM WORKED.

Here Is a practical demonstration OF
the Underground or wireless" tip
plng-or system. which has proven OF
such great benefit to the Police Depart
ment In years past. About 2 o'clock this
morning a man called up Police Head
quarters by telephone and said:
This lie Greene's secretary, Connect
me with the officer in charge
He was connected with sergt. Sullivan
and asked:
ANY communication for the Commits.
sloner?"
mo, there Is nothing"
How Is the city7 Anything going
orr
mo; everything very quiet" the Ser
We'll. the Commissioner and myself
are going down TO the Tenderloin and
a X n look around 10 see II everything
is closed. WIN cali o up in half si
h0ui.'
IN h a time there was considerable
police activity in the Tenderioin. The
sergean OH duty at the West Thlrtieth
street station buttoned, up his coat and
put his cap, on straight, expecting an
important visit. a policeman could be
seen In every block and they were walk
Ing with heads erect. chests out and
showed indications OF great alertness.
Then the supposed secretary called IN
again. as he said he would. and while
he was telling. Sergt. Sullivan tina ne
and the Commissioner were In the Ten
derlo!n and that everything was nice and
clean and that the Commissioner wished
70 compliment the men for their work,
the telephone operators were telling the
men In The information bureau at Head
quarters that the !'secretary" was talk
bred and Flfiy.nnf street and EisSth
avenue.
80 he couldn't be the Commissioners
secretary, and he was lying, That
made the police mad and they sent a
man to arrest the Joker.
He said he was Robert J. Martin. a
real estate dealer, NJ Columbus avenue
and One HundTedth street, and lived at
No, 81 West One Hundred and Third
street. He begged not to. be locked
llp. nut thore 4 no mercy for such an
alsrmist. and he was held IN a cell at
the West One Hundred and Fifty-sec-
ond street station until taken 10 the
Harlem Court to-day.
Martin attempted 20 en- yuss himself
by telling hagiftrAte Crane taat he sim
nly wanted 70 Impress his women COM
pAnions With his Importance. He was
nned a.
The evening world., 1903-01-31
NO DIVORCE FOR
HER EARLY ERROR
Justice MacLean Refuses to
Grant a Decree to Henry NJ.
Moore for a Transgression of
His Wife Before Marriage.
GUARDS HER CONSCIENCE.

1.-THE key TO a woman's con-
science should ever remain
sacred to her possession, and no
man. not even her husband, can
invoke fhe aid of the courts TO
Wrest IL from her and uncover
some error of her early life and
then base upon that moment of
human frnilty an action for di-
vorce."
Such is the substance of a f~ar-reaching
decision handed down to-day by Justice
MacLean in the Supreme Court.
II. said the Justice. a woman should
wilfully deceive her husband as to her
moral character, carrying her deceit to
the extent of Withholding from him any
knowledge OF a life that had been
stepped In sin. then the law provides
that he Is entitled to n separation. as
she has not been an hones party 70
the marriage contract. But when a wo-
man might have had one weak moment
which she fully atoned by after conduct
and repentance. that Is her inviolable Sc
cret.
In a suit for divorce brought BY
Henry NJ. Moore against his wife, Lola,
the husband charged that before their
marriage his wife had been guilty OF
error. The suit a tried before ex.
Judge Lachman. as referee, and the
young wife was made to answer ques.
lions put by her husbands awyers lay.
Ing bare a secret that cast the one
shadow on her early hfe. The referee
reported that the husband was entitled
to a divorce upo the ground of this
confession.
Justice MacLean not only rejected
the recommendation OF the referee, pu
declares in a few short sentences that
the assumption that the statute could
be construed in favor OF a husband IN
such an instance Ia not only inconsist-
emit with ethics, but with the civil law
as we'll, He says:
''Son.e space for repentance and ref.
ormation must be allowed to humanity.
Inc%ontinence before marriage is no In
itself a ground for setting aside the
marital contract. Herein. however,
after accusations as to the defendants
past life had been let In upon hearsay,
and she had testified respecting the
facts in Issue, she was suffered 10 be
c~atachised about what concerned her
w conscience, possibly the comfort OF
others. but what In no judicial Inquiry
should be made the playground Of curl.
osttv.
"It Is the duty of the courts to bs
jealous to thwart any effort of the
parties to sunder the marriage con
rae save for the reasons which th<
statute prescribes."
The evening world., 1903-01-31
9-yEAR-OLD BOY
SHOOTS UNCLE.
Poured a Load of Buckshot
Into His Relatives Breast
in a Fit Of Rage for Re-
venge.
VICTIM IS LIKELY TO DIE.

RED BANK. N. j.. Jan. S1.-Becaus.
Robert Retaway. of Red Hill. near this
place. refused to allow his nlne-year
out to play yesterday afternoon the
boy emptied a load OF buckshot int
Re,away's shoulder.
The shot was fired In a ft OF childish
rage from n donble-barrelled gun and
Re;away may die OF his wounds.
Retaway lives with his sister, Mrs
Lewis Hargett, sr.. and was left ir
charge OF the house yesterday, with
instructions not TO permit Lewis tc
leave the house.
Mrs. Hargett had been gone but
short time, when the boy Insisted upor
going outdoors to play, accompanying
his request with a demand upon hi
uncle TO open the door.
This Retaway refused to do, and placed
the key In his pocket. Young Hargett
few into n violent rage, and, running
Up stairs, go his fathers breech loading
shotgun. into which he slipped two
loaded shells.
he pointed the weapon at his uncle, and
cried:
open tnat door: II YOU DOM I'll shoot
You dead"
Retaway had no idea that the laj
woulG shoot. and began to laugh. Rails
ing The weapon. Hargett aimed the
heavy gun as stel1ily as his strength
| would permit. and pulled the trigger.
The full charge entered Reta ways left
side and penetrated his lungs: He fell
with a groan. and Hargett. throwing thu
gun on the hoor. ran from the house Il
where his mother had gone and told hei
what he had done.
A physician removed many of the shoI
from Retaway's wound. but the mar
lost so much blood while he lay waiting
for help to arrive that he is In a critica
condition.
Young Hargett does vol realize tn,
awful consequences of his act. No lega,
action Will be taken against him unless
his uncle dies.
The evening world., 1903-01-31
IS MONTHS FOR
FALSE INVOICING,
Or. Porsch Sent to Sing Sing
for Fraud in Importation of
Chemicals.

Eighteen months in Sing Sing Is tht
punishment melted out to DR.. Otto Kari
Porsch. President of the Porsch Chemi'
cal Company, OF this city. by Judge
Thomas in the Oriental Branch OF the
United States Circuit Court to-day, h
having pleaded guilty a few days age
TO an indictment charging him wifi
having defrauded the Government
through invoices In the i'm
porta;ion OF the chemicals.
Joseph e. Porsch, the son OF DR..
Porsch, who also pleaded guilty, was
permitted to 60 or a suspended sentence,
The young man turned on his heel, and
to the surprise OF those present, left
the courtroom without a single word
not even bidding his father, who vas
taken to the Ludlow Street Jail. pend
Ing his departure to Sing Sing good-by.
United States Distrlct-Attorney Bald
win informed the Court that Porsch is a
fugitive from Sprague, where he il
wanted by the authorities for fraudu-
lent practices In bankruptcy proceed
ings.
Poisch's counsel Informed Judge
Thomas that DR.. Porsch was a graduate
of a number of Europe's leading uni
versities and had been decorated by
both the Emperor of Austria and the
King o. Belgium as a reward for MS
chemical researches.
Mr.. Baldwin told Judge Thomas that
DR.. Porsch had never been decorated by
any king or emperor, neither had he
been graduated from a university oil
Europe or else where. His right name
Wa Heinrich Sovack.
The evening world., 1903-01-31
Young Cornelius, Weak from
Long Illness, Starts for South
Carolina to Complete His
Convalescence.
OCCUPY BELMONT COTTAGE.
No Member Of HE Family Calls to
Wish him Godspeed and No Sight.
seers Had Gathered to Witness
His Depar ire.

Cornelius Vanderbilt. now thoroughly
convalescent from his recent severe at
tack OF typhoid fever. left New York
this afternoon for Garnet. 8. c., where
he will rest and regain strength and
nesh among the dry. piney woods. He
was accompanied by Mrs. Vanderbilt.
DR.. Brown and q trained nurse.
Mr.. Vanderbilt is so far recovered
mat he must spend considerable OF nj,
time out OF doors. but the nReab ,s
climate OF this city will not allow NJ n.
Al Garnet, which Is In tho extreme
southern r OF South Caolina. close
10 the Savannah River and lust IA
enough from the sea to escape the damn
WINDS and fogs, Mr.. August BeImon,
mas a splendid cottage. This cottage
mas been placed at Mr.. VanderbIlt's dis
posal' and he will remain there until
ne feels strong enough to begin hi,
yachting trip to the Me~diterrapean.
Inc Vanderbilt mansion, at Thirty.
htth street and Park avenue. was I'm .
oustle or preparation all morning. Be.
tween forty and fifty trunks were taken
to the residence of r. r. Wilson, Mr.,
Nanderbilt's father-ln-law, at No. 5ll
flrth venue. The two Vanderbilt;
children. Craze and Cornelius, will re.
main with their grandparents while Mr..
and Mrs. Vanderbilt are In the South.
me s''verware and other v~aluables
were taken to Tinany's for storage.
Mr.. Vanderbilt with his wife. his doc
ttor and attendant left the house a,
l2.4W O'Clock. The young millionaire
was muffied to the eyes. He appeared
to be quite weak and leanekd heavily or
the arm of DR.. Brown. In order that
there might be on excitement the time
of Mr.. Vanderbilt's departure was KEEP,
secret and there were no sightseera to
annoy him.
The carriage containing Mr.. Wander
bilt and his party vent directly to West
Forty-second street and by ferry TO
Weehawken. There Mr.. Vanderbilt
boarded his private car. which was
run down to Jersey City and attached
e the Florida special OF the Atlantic
attended Mr.. Vanderbilt through Ills hi.
ness. went With him. TO Jersey City, but
Will not SO, South unless he is sent for.
MT; vandsrbllt has entirely recovered
fore tile departure of the train. I'm :
few months ne will be as we'll and
strong as ever. / think he Will picl;
up. rapidly in the dry climate OF Gar.
net and In less than a month he should
trip"
Mrs. Ogden Goeiet and Miss May Goe-
let also accompanied Mr.. Vanderbilt to
Jersey City. They remained in the pri-
vate car until the train was ready to
start. No member Of the Vanderbilt
family called at the house TO say good
BY TO young CorEeliu. >although there
was a steady stream o. friends to wish
him good luck and a quick recovery.