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The Yale expositor., 1908-03-06

Frank w. and Lynn c. Lyle and Ira
b. Gates, partners in the defunct
Dowagiac bank, were adjudicated
bankrupt.
The inquest in Battle Creek over
the death of Alfred Shannon. who
was killed by Michigan United In
terurban, was suddenly halted Fri
day by an affer Of 5000 damages to
the son and daughter of the victim.
The children took the money and the
case came to a close.
At the recent session OF the legisla.
;ure law was passed requiring that
In every appeal taken a complete rec
ord OF the case shall be filed. This
bill was passed in the interests of cir.
cult court stenographers, and now the
supreme court is considering the ad.
visibility Of securing an extra room in
which to file the matter.
The Yale expositor., 1908-03-06
Seven Must Die.

Gen. Hazenkampf, chief OF the gen.
eral STAFF, overruling the plea of coun-
sci for the defense, has confirmed the
death sentence passed by court
martial on the seven Russian terror
lists, including the mysterious Italian,
Calvino, who were convicted of COM
plicity in the plot against the lives of
Grand Duke Nicholas NichoIaievitch
and NJ. Chtcheglovitoff, the minister
of Justice
A new trial for the condemned men
had been asked on the ground that
the verdict OF the military court is
invalid since the state of extraordi.
nary security ceased to exist in st.
Petersburg in January, and that the
original statute establishing various
classes of military law, promulgated
in 1881, had expired in August, 1907.
The Yale expositor., 1908-03-06
VIM Alden Opposes.

A speech in which the railroad
bond feature of the pending cur
rency bill was strongly opposed was
made Monday by Senator William
Alden Smith of Michigan. Mr. Smith
based his remarks upon an amend
ment he proposed to the bill to strike
the reference to railroad bonds from
the pending bill
The Yale expositor., 1908-03-06

Attempting suicide for the fourth
time, Asa Brantmeyer, of Battle
Creek, still lives. 1t appears that he
loved woman who did not recipro-
cate his affections and he took chloro-
form.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-07-03

City Engineer F. E. Hobsos went
down to Leland this morning to look
over some ore and mining property for
parties there.
The ]. A. Savage family leave
next week for North Bend, where
they vii spend the summer. --.
Miss Susie Barnard returned last
Friday from Arizona and Southern
California where she hao spent some
months for the recupreation of lost
health.
Mis- Chloe Mckenzie went to Cres-
cent City this morning where she VIII
spend couple of months with friends.
20 per cent discount on hammooks
& to close out stock) at Hair-Riddle's.
New stock of Savage Rifles at Hair
Riddles.
$40 Cash and one dollar per week
gets that handsome cook stove in Hair
Riddle Hdw. Co.'S. window. II you
need i stove, now's your chance to
get one easily.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-07-03
GANG OF THIEVES
ARE AT WORK HERE

That there is q gang OF amateur
thieves aud burglars at work In Grants
Pass is indicated by their operations
during the past few weeks. About
three weeks ago they entered Gillette 8
feed store on South Sixth street snd
with the aid of some explosive Bile"
the handle barr off the combination.
The explosion tipped the safe over nut
the door remained closed and the burg
lars msde their escape without further
operations, having evidently oeeu
frightened away.
One day last week some thief en-
tered the sleeping apartments at the
home Of DIR. Flanagan while the family
occupying three rooms were asleep
and sesured the doctor 8 trousers which
they quietly took back down stairs
leaving them on the floor, after nav
lug relieved the pockets of 800 In
thief also seems to have had q tast
for fruit for he went into the kitche'
where he secured dish of cherries
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-07-03
THE BRIDGE CONTRACT
STILL HANGS FIRE

A representative of the BnrTeli
Bridge and Construction Co., TO
whom was awarded the contract for
the new bridge, appeared before the
county court yesterday in all endeavor
to have matters adjusted in some way
to assure the company against inJunc-
ion proceedings in tue event they
should begin work as per contract. :
Though the court took no Official
action in the matter, il was the
consensus of opinion that the com
pany should reliuquish its contract
ana thereby allow the court TO gC
ahead ana readverti'e for bids ant
thus allow the county to make a con
tract with some company who would
do the work.
The court adjourned to mex
Thursday when it is hoped that tn
matter NAV be definitely settled s.
far as transaction with the Burrel
Bridge and Construction Co. is con
cerned.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-07-03

tary Andrews of the Commercial Club
will bring one of these Grants Pass
pamphlets to the writer. When fu-
ture installments are received citi'
zens may also get reasonable num-
Der of copies free to send to friends
abroad. and you will all be proud to
send them. It's a beauty as we'll as
an efficient booster for Grants Pass
and Josephine county.
The Grants Pass booklet was printed
by the Sunset Magazine, by direction
of.wm. McMurrsy, general passenger
agent Of the Southern Pacific road,
who seems to have been given to
exert generous hand in the develop
ment of the Rogue River Valley. 1t is
to be hoped that. the citizens of Grants
Pass will second this effort by aiding
in prudent distribution of the book
let's to friends outside the state.
Secretary Andrews received another
installment of 5000 copies yesterday
which he is busy sending out.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-07-03
FORMER GRANTS PASS
LADY INJURED In EAST
Mrs. j. d. Hayes With Ten Others
Hurt In Overtur Ming Tally
no at Newport. r. !.

kilograms in last Fridays dailies
stated that four delegates in attend
ance at the general federation of
women's clubs at Boston were dying
and ten others were badly injured as
the result of the overturning of a
tally-ho containing the IA ladies, who
we're on their way to Newport, h. l..
on a brief excursion. Among the
injured was Mrs. j. d. Hayes, the
state secretary OF the national feder-
alton who resides at 351 West Park
street, Portland. Mrs. Hayes, with her
husband will be remembered as resi-
dents of Grants Pass some 10 years
ago, when Mr.. Hayes was county
superintendent SO Of schools. She is
therefore we'll known in this city
The early dispatches stated that Mrs.
HAYES had sustained fracture Of one
of her hips in the accident, but later
sdvices say that she is resting COM
fortably at the Homeopathic hospital
at Boston. and will return home in
two weeks. She was badly shaken III
and sustained several abrasions bnt nc
fractures as first announced.
Mr.. Hayes is in the employ OF thu
Pullman Car Co. and has en- travel
ing in the south aud east in the dis
charge of his duties and it was no
known Monday whether he ha'
learned of his wife's injuries or not
The numerous friends of Mrs. Haye
in Grants Pass will be glad. to lear
that her injuries are not 80 seriousl
as first reported. One of the fou
more severely injured, died at hos
pital at Newport, Saturday.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-07-03
INSTITUTE LODGE OF
PROTECTIVE LEGION
New rrnternas Was Christened
First Oregon Last Mon
day Night.

Another fraternal insurance order
has been added to the already large
list 10 Grants Pass by the institution
OF local lodge of the National Pro-
tective Legion at woodmen Hall last
Monday night, which, In view OF Its
being the first Legion instituted in
the state, was Christened The First
Oregon. The headquarters of the in
stitution is at Waverly, New York.
District Manager A. r. Mclean or
gauized the Legion and goes from
here north and west to organize other
lodges.
The officers elected for the balance
of the present term are: Jacob Meier,
past president; Wesley Jones, presi'
dent; Gerald NJ. Caldwell, vice-presi-
dent 'E. b. Brown, secretary; Will
ard M. Cheshire, treasurer; Alice
Brown, chaplain; Stella Moore, CON
ductor; Irwin Doudy, guard; Ralph
Wilson, sentinel; Or. q. A. Camp
bell. Alice Brown, Gerard M. Cnld'
well, trustees; Ada Caldwell, mnsi'
clan.
The new Legion will meet at Wood
man Hall on Front street, the secont
and fourth Tuesday Of each mouth
The organization has attained grea'
strength in the east and gives prom
ise of equal growth in the west
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-07-03

The Elite Luandry, corner of Fifth
and l streets has been sold by Geo
S. Peil to Messrs. John Hansen and
A. M. Evensen,. All tbe old ma
chinery will be taken out and shipped
to Vancouver where Mr.. Peil expects
to start another laundry. The new
management will put in the most mod
ern laundry machinery, all of which
was ordered sometime ago and is ex-
pected any day now. On its arrival
it will be necessary to shut the plant
down two or three days for its installa-
tion. Mr.. EveDsen comes here from
Manitowoc, Wis
Fred Wilcox, returned Friday after
noon from Roseburg. where he has
been employed the past two months,
as freight clerk at the S. P. depot
at that place.
Mrs. r. B. Baber returned to her
home in this city, Friday after spend
ing three weeks with her mother at
Harrisburg, Ore, who has been very
i'll, but is now greatly improved in
health.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-07-03
The Event Amounted to
a Drunken Orgie
DRINKING WAS EXCESSIVE
Rows Sixteen Years of Age In
toxicated and Stagger About
the Streets.

The ten saloons in Grants Pass
closed Tuesday night with drunken
orgie unequalled in the history of the
city. The most grievous and lamen-
table feature of the event was the
great number of boys, as young as 16
years, who were staggering about the
streets in state of beastly intoxica-
ton from 10 O'Clock on until after
the hour of closing, uttering .oaths and
yulgarity regardless of the passing of
ladies and children, in manner be.
yond belief in a city which has here.
tofore been noted for its usual quiet,
notwithstanding its ten saloons.
By 10 O'Clock in the evening an un-
usual number of men and boys had
gathered on the street in the vicinity
Of the saloons in anticipation of the
closing Of the dram shops and it was
early apparent that there was to be
a large consumption of Intoxicating
liquors and consequent amount Of
inebriety. In fact, to use the vernacu.
lar of the street, it looke ed as if there
would soon be something doing, !"
and a number of citizens out of cur
iosity, gathered on opposite corners
to see what was going to happen.
At times the walks in places were
congested to an extent rendering them
almost impossible. Young men badly
under the influence of liquor gathered
aud in their maudlin arguments were
only prev ented from fistic encounter by
being dispersed by the police officers.
An hour later, however, the crowds
began to thin, the sidewalks to clear
and the threatening attitude subside.
But the excessive drinking and in
creasing drunkenness continued until
IL o'clock midnight-the hour of clos
ing.
1t is bot Just in this connection to
say that every saloon.in the city CLOSED
promptly at the hour of IL. Notwith'
standing this fact, many had laid IN
supply of bottled goods in advance
and after the saloons. closed a crowd OF
boys and men began parading the
streets, shrieking and singing, like
mad men, the while. At brief inter
missions the bottle was passed, WIFI
the result that until O'Clock Wednes
day morning the night was made hid
eous and the slumbers of resident
blocks away disturbed. 1t is need
less to suggest in conclusion that tn
drunkenness of so many young boys
and the night of debauchery whic
characterized the closing Of the sa
looms in Grants Pass, June Both, 19Oc
will be vividly recalled, even tw
years hence, with telling effect, an
utterly obliterate whatever possibilit
might otherwise have existed for ca
rying the town and county for saloon
1t was fearful disgrace to the city.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-07-03

The building at the corner of Sixth
and Front streets owned by August
Fetsch and heretofore occupied by
him in the operation of saloon, has
been rented by DR.. Flanagan, who
az soon as the building has been
properly remodeled, will occupy 1t
with his drug store. 1.-THE Model, "
now on g street. This corner is
generally conceded to be the best bust
ness location in Grants Pass and will
be an ideal place for drug store, and
far more favorable advertisement
for the town as the stranger gets of
the train, than a saloon.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-07-03
They Say Grants Pass
Shall Not Pave
COUNCIL MET LAST NIGHT
Action of Aldermen Lost Nigh
Purely X Result of tho juno
Election.

Scarcely, il ever has there been a
year when there was greater interest
manifested in public affairs in Grants
Pass and Josephine county than this
year. The first case in pont was the
June election when local option was
the principal, il not the only issue,
locally. This concern was in no way
deterorated in the election two days
later on the matter of issuing $50, OOt
of city improvement bonds for the
purpose of paving certain portions OF
the streets. And the election OF q
member of the school board few days
later came in for its share.
The bonds carried and the result
was felicitous news to all the peo'
pie of the city. The ordinance In con-
sonance with the bond election and
providing for this splendid improve
ment was read first and second time
and unanimously passed by the council.
A subsequent remonstrance with in
sufficient signatures proved impotent
and 1t was not until meeting Of the
city council last night that snag was
encountered when, as q result OF the
autipathy of the saloon element, the
paving ordinance was defeated.
The only pretext offered by the
four councilmen, all license men. Of
fered in Justification of a negative
vote on the pavement. was a change
of feeling on the part of the property
owners affected and the financial con
dition Of the city. This subetrfuge
however. has been accepted by th'
public as mere sophistry and mud
display of the handiwork Of the salool
element to retard the growth and pro
gress of the town simply because tn
saloons were voted out at the Jun
election.
The first plan of the saloon elemen
was to pass the ordinance because
great many of those affected by tn
paving tax were temperance people
but when the antiprohibition leader
discovered that the temperance foil
were ready and willing for the pay
ing, their tactics were changed IN
jiffy and they decided that thel
should be no such substantial Gil
Improvement as paving the ma
streets, following n suppression OF u
saloons. The result ,is that at NEE
, ing of the council last night the
: loon element of the council vot
against the pavement ordinance
I its final passage.
e There is yet ono chance for pavil
Q and that is for the members who vot
against paving to reconsider their
i ton in the matter. 1t remains to
o seen whether they will do 80
:. whether they will stand in the way
l. public improvement and larger a
e better town by standing pat.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-07-03
DRAIN NORMAL WILL
LIKELY BE DISCONTINUED
This 10 Recommendation OF State
boa rd of REGENTS to
Legislature.

County Judge Jewell returned home
Wednesday morning from Eugene,
where be went last week to attend
the regular annual meeting of the
State Board of Regents OF which he
is = member. The leading question
before the board at this time was
whether or not one or more OF the
state normal schools should be discon-
tinusd.
After some discussion the board
finally decided to Recommend to the
next session OF the legislature that
the normal at Drain be discontinued.
It looked for a time as If the Ashland
normal might go also, but wiser coun-
Gil prevailed. Judge Jewell favored
the suspension Of the school at Drain
owing to its close proximity TO Ash
land bat he WAS at once feminist
tiie discontinuance of the Ashland
Normal. After the judge had fully
explained that its suspension would
leave all the NoTmals in the north
part of the state his point was con
ceded by the other members.
The board elected Prof. A. j. Shafei
of Chehslis, Wash, president of thu
Ashland Normal aud raised the salary
to $4,000 per year which makes th'
salary of all three normals uniform
Heretofore this latter school has pai'
, but $500 per year whereas all tn
others have paid $4,000. II was de
oided that the selection Of assistan
teachers for the various normals b
left TO the executive committee of tn
( board Of regents.
The state board Of regents OF norma
schools consists of nine members, thre
3 of whom are ex officio. the governor
a secretary Of state and state superin
tendent of public instruction. Tn
other six are appointed, one each yea
. for period of six years, by the gov
ernor. The ether business taken 1
, by the board at this meeting WAS sln
ply routine.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-07-03

which he sat down in the back ward
aud deliberately ate.
Various other cases of petty thieving
and amateur attempts at burglary
have been reported and it is hoped
that within short timo the authors
may soon be detected.
The safe of the Merlin Mercantile
Co. at Merlin was also blown open last
night while Mr.. Short, Manager of the
store was in Portland. This is the
second time this safe has been cracked
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-07-03

Mrs. L. X. Cardwell aud son Of Gold
Hill are at the Palace hotel.
V. A. Peterson and family formerly
Of this city who went from here to
San Diego, have moved to Los Angeles.
The Elk saloon building on Sixth
street ron by Williams Bros. has, since
the saloon was closed Tuesday night,
been turned into a soft drink parlor.
The saloon on g street operated by
the Schallhorn's. will be replaced by
a moving picture show.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-07-03
COUNTY TREASURER
CALLS FOR WARRANTS

There are funds in the treasury to
nav all warrants registered prior TO
August 10, 1905. Interest will cease
from this date.
Dated June %, 1908.
J. T. TAYLOR,
Treasurer Of Josephine County, Ore.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-07-03
Holiday Rates.

July 8d and 4tb special holiday
Railway rates effective viii be one
and one.third fare to all points. To-
cally, limited to return up to and IN
cluding July 9th. No stop'overs
,,,vo, ., tbasa tickets. 6.26 ct
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-07-03
CARD OF THANKS.

We desire to express our thanks for
and appreciation of the sindnesses
shown by the Rebekah Lodge and
many kind friends and neighbors
during the brief illness aud after the
sudden death Of our little daughter
aud niece, Laura Belle Howell. who
died June cath.
L. b. HOWELL,
MRS. 4. s. QUIGLEY.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-07-03

NEW Top buggy, sbb (real price $500
Hair. Riddle Hdw.' Go. Fruit pick
ing ladders-just the thing You have
been wanting-at Hair Riddles.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-07-03

81. A. Rotermund and family Of
stockton, CAL, formerly residents of
Grants Pass. are camping for the sum
mer at Santa Cruz.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-31
Personal.

Former Congressman Loud died In
San Francisco. For several months
past he has been an invalid. Mr.. Loud
represented the Fifth California dis
trict in congress for twelve years.
John Shelby Barrow, assistant gen.
eral passenger agent of the Erie rail-
road. with Offices in New York, died
at his home in Newark, N. j, OF
heart failure, following Bright's dis
ease.
The resignation of John William
White, professor of Greek at Harvard
university, has been announced. He
has been professor OF Greek at Har-
ward since 1884. Prof. White wishes
10 retire from active work on account
Of age.
Mai. Orlando Jay Smith, president
and general manager of the American
Press association since 1882, lied at
his home in Dobb's Ferry, N. Y. Maj.
Smith has been i'll since September, at
which time he was operated on for
cancer OF the stomach, but through
out his illness he retained his interest
In daily events.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-31
PRISON SENTENCE
IN BOYCOTT CASE
Gompers Gets One Year, Mitch.
ell Nine Months and Nor.
risOn Six Months.
APPEAL TO A HIGHER COURT
President Roosevelt Appealed to by
Labor Unions TO Prevent lncar.
ceratiOn of Leaders.

Washington, DOC. Is. - Twelve
months in Jail for Samuel Gompers,
president, nine months for John
| Mitchell, one of the vice presidents
and six months for Frank Morrison,
! secretary, all of the American Fedora
| ton of labor, was the sentence m
posed by Justice Wright OF the su-
preme court of the District of Column
bia Yesterday for contempt of court In
| violating an order previously issued
enjoining them from placing on I'm
fair" or 1--WE don't ~patronize" list the
Buck Stove and Range company of st.
Louis, Mo.
Veteran Leader Weeps.
All three of the defendants were in
court when sentence was pronounced,
and notice of an appeal to the court OF
| appeals of the District of Columbia
at once was filed, Gompers being re-
leased on $4,000 bond, Mitchell of
$4,000 and Morrison on $4,000. In adj
! dition to the wife and daughter of
Gompers, there were present a num-
Der OF local labor leaders.
With tears coursing down his own
cheeks, President Gompers heard the
order of the court which condemned
him to prison for a year. Both Mitch
ell and Morrison seemed stunned by
the sentence. ...
Labor's Struggle for Right.
Asked If he had anything to say
| why sentence should not be %pronounC-
ed, President Gompers declared he
had not consciously violated any law.
There was much he would like to say.
he said, but he could not do it at that
time. He added, however, that this
Is a struggle of the working people of
our country and it is a struggle of the
working people for the right. 1t is a
struggle of the ages-a struggle of the
men of labor TO throw off some of the
burdens which have been heaped upon
them; to abolish some of the wrongs
and 10 secure some of the rights too
long denied"
Mitchell and Morrison confined
themselves to an Endorsement of what
Gompers had said.
President Asked to Act.
The decision of Justice Wright,
which consumed two hours and TWEEN
ty minutes in reading, was one of the
most scathing arraignments that ever
came from the bench in this city.
Whether President Roosevelt will
take any action, as he has been urg-
ed to do in kilograms received from
different labor organizations through
out the country in connection with
Judge Wright's decision. has not been
decided.
The various labor organizations In
protesting to the president against
the sentence urge him to prevent the
incarceration of the labor leaders.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-31
JANITOR THE HERO AT FIRE.
Throws Blazing Tree Through Window
and Prevents Panic in School.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Dec. q. Quick
action by a %janitor who seized a blaz-
ing Christmas tree and hurled it
through a window, prevented a disas-
trous panic among the kindergarten
pupils of the Twenty-eighth district
school.
Cotton banked around the tree, in
imitation of snow. caught fire from a
candle and the whole tree was in a
blaze in a moment. The spectators
were panic-stricken.
The prompt action of the janitor en-
abled the teachers to regain control
of their charges, while the children
in other parts of the building were
marched out under fire drill orders.
An incipient blaze at the Second
Baptist church, caused by flames ig-
nited during the rehearsal of a a
tat, did not terminate so fortunately.
Two hundred children were panic
stricken and many jumped from win
dows, sustaining severe injuries. Older
persons present were badly burned,
tearing down the flaming bunting and
checking the fire.