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LECTURE ONE IN THE HOMF COURSE ON DOMESTIC SCIENCE APPEARS TODAY ON PAGE Medford Mail Tribune T&H WI2ATUKR.- 1'nll iHwtNftl Wirn Report Tho only paper In thn world published In tt city tho Uu of Modford ItavliiR a 'wised wire. Tonight nnd Friday Cloudy. Wodnosdny IItth 51, low 380, range '14. FOURTH YEAR. MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 19.10. No. 267. S HURL ASTER OVER EUR STORM DIS OPE GAR OF TREE! ORDERED AWAY Inspectors Condemn Ono Car of Nursery Stock ami Will Probably Order Second One Deortcd Trees Aro Affected With Crown Gall Commissioner Cnrsons Acts, Commlnnionor A. II. Cnrsonii of the stato board of horticulture on Wednesday condemned n carload of iiurHory Htock consigned to N. S. Boniiott from Silvn & liorvthuliU of Newcastle, Cul., nnd served notice on tho Southern Pacific company to remove it from thu fltnto within three days. If not removed tho stock will ho taken from tho oar and burnod. Thn tronH an; inflicted with crown pill, a cancerous growth which pre vents tho trees from properly ma turing. Todny tho county inspector arc busy with n second car, which ih consigned to C. V. Cok by tho snme nursery compnny. A number of trees havo been found in it already, but so in o arc said to bo in good con dition. Tho nurserymen slnto that thoy ordered tho cars in trood faith and that thoy aro Kind to have them in 8H)oled, an they woro imposed uKn oh much oh any ono concerned. Ah soon oh Chief Inspector J. W. Meyers began to go through the car bin suspicions wore aroused and he immediately consulted Professor I'. J. O'flara. who told him what the unit tor wan, (.'ommisMniicr Carxou whh cuMimI, who nt oneo condemuod tho car. $300,000 Threatened for a Time Destruction of Entlro Business Section of City Valiant Efforts of Flro Department Only Thing That Has Averted Worso Disaster Men Will Rebuild. RARER CITY, Or., Jan. 27. flro which for a llmo throntonoi! thu destruction of tho ontlro huslncsa dis trict of tho city broko nut horo nt midnight last night, nnd before It wan gotten under control four hours later, sovoral of tho town's most subatnii tint buildings wore in rulnu, Tho ontlro loss Ih estimated nt 1300,000, partially covered by Insurance. Tho henvlCBt losorfl aro Well nnd company, 1100,000; Dnor & Co?, 1100,000; Superior llakory, $10,000; Dr, McUnnlol, SG000; aroco Robin son Drug company, 1000. . Tho flro utartod In tho bnsomont of tho Ilnor company building and boforo discovered tho building was a ninHH of flames. Fanned by tho high wind, tho blnzo sproud rapidly to ad Joining buildings. Sovoral people Bleeping In uppor floors woro awak WONT WORK AND LAYS OUT FINE Jim Wny was nrrostad Wodnnsdnv night by Policeman Hrophy for dis ordorly conduct on tho utrootB. Wny wns arraigned boforo Jtulgj Eifort this morning and was fined 20, with tho nltoriiativo of working tho fino out by labor on tho utrootB. Tho prisonor hnd no money and wuk too strong to work on tho ntroots, o ho will "lay out" IiIb fino on a inop.u in whioh tho fluidH which woro tin primal oauso of his incarceration will bo conspicuous by thoir nbsouco In othor words, ho will subsist upon Ronr orook wator and broad straight for tho noxt fortnight. RATE Insurgents and Government Forces Enrjanc In Bloody Battle Wild Scenes Approaching Mob Violence Is Condition Dally Occurring on Streets of Capital. IILUKFIEIjDS, Nicaragua, . Jan. 27 (by wireless to Colon.) Dis patches from Rama today nay that Estrada's insurgent nnny today bo gun nuothor attack upon tho gov ernment troopB under Gonoral Vau qucz. A duHporato battle !h in prog ress, pud according to tho reports, upon itn rcHiiltH tho fate of Managua depends. Tho rcbol Kcnornl,sChamorro, pre cipitated tho engagement at dawn, Bending bis divimon ngniiiKt the left of (ho loyalist' line. Within nu hour tho fighting wan gonoral. Chamorro failed to time his at tack boforo tho arrival of tho rcin forcemontH dispatched to the aid of the government forces frm Man agua. The opposing nnnie today are about equal in size. More than 4000 men are under nniiK on each Hide. 0 Following tho defeat of tho gov ernment force in Sunday's buttlt and Monday's engagement. Vusquez fell back to a level plateau, where tho cngnircmont todny in taking place. Tho battle ground is but threo days' march from Managua. nnd should the rebels bo trtumpha.it it is believed certain that Kstritdtt will hurrv his men to tho city. (('nntlnurtl on rK I.) CITY ened bnroly In tlnio to oscnpo In their night clothing. Thousands of persons gathered to watch tho conflngrntlon, nnd tunny nnrrow weapon woro reported from falling wallH. Despite tho fnct that tho flro de partment ronpomlod promptly nt tho first alarm, tho flntnes had gal nod such hondway whon thoy nrrlvod that thoy woro practically helpless. Eight stromas of wntor woro plnyod conttn unlly on tho business structures nnd only stronuoun work on- tho pnrt of tho tlromon prevented tho flames from Jumping Across tho street to tho huslnoss blocks ou North Center street. Last night's flro wns tho most dis astrous In tho history of io city. Sovornl of tho morchants hnro ox pressed thole dotormlnntlon to roplnco thu burned buildings with costllor Btructuros. PORTLAND FANS EAGER TO SEE JIM JEFFRIES PORTLAND, Or., Jan. 27. Jim. J. Joffrios, who, whon ho retired as undefeated hoavywoight champion fivo yoara ago, was concodod by ring exports to bp tho groatost fightor tho world over producod, is sohodulod to nppoar in Portland tomorrow night with hia galaxy of athlotio Btnrs, Tho advnnco salo of Boats has boon tho groatost for nuy nthlotio ovont in tho liistory of tho city, nnd tho exposi tion rink is Hiiro to bo paokod from pit to domo whon tho big nlfulfjt farmor stops upon tho stago to go through his stuuts with Sam Dorgor. OESPE BATTLE I NOW ON BAKER TREMENDOUS LO AND PROPERTY I DISEASE ADOS Damage Already Done Will Require Two Years to Repair Police Forces to Seize Stores of Provis ions and Dole Them Out. PARIS, Jnn. 27. ThouKundfl of flood refugocs aro in actual dan go of starvation today bccniiBo of gov ornmcnt red tnpo. Hundreds half-starved victims aro fltanding in lino tonight nt public dispensaries after watting all day vainly for food Private chnriticB ore tho only hope of many of tho rofugecs. It is estimated tins evening thi tho dnmngo dono by tho floods will roach !?f00.000,000. Almost one half of the terriblo devastation is in Paris alone. The tmluce of President FallicrcK is surrounded with water. Itiillillngs Wooded. Tho pnlaeo of fino art is floode and the water in the basement of tho city hall has almost doubled in vol itme since this morning. Tho build ing in which tho chamber of deputie is located, the world-fnmous Eiffel tower and tho beautiful Troeadero Park ns islands in a murky lake. Isle do St. Louis is almost entirely submerged by tho flood. ' Ilnlle mix Vins, the largest wine warehouse in the world, is snr rounded by a swirling pool. Pitiful scones were enncted nt all the roliof stations tonight. Thou sands of huniiry Parisians are beg ging and fighting for enough food to keep body' and soul together. PARIS. Jan. 27. With tho ther- momoter below tho freezing point and the relentless Seine continuing its fonrfnl progress toward the top mark, all Paris is ashiver with cold aud grim with terror. Tho habituo freedom from enro which mndo it possible for tho peoplo to look on the rising waters as a spootaolo of outer tainment, has passed entirely nwnv, and "gnv Paris" is today tho most dosolato and grief-stricken of nil tho largo cities of tho world. Suffering Intense, i Tho suffering nmong tho poor intense Womon nnd children, driv on from thoir chonp lodgings by tho wntors nnd bitten by tho wind, seek sheltor in doorwnys and congregnto in great wailing groups nbout nil tho public buildings that remain conipnr ntivoly safo. Tho mcmbors of tho chamber of deputies, who rcmainod on duty nonrly all night, wero in session still today, using ovory means within thoir powor to alleviate tho situation. Tho soldiers, gondanucs nnd firo men, fatigued almost to tho point of fainting, worked todny with tho vigor of desperation in thoir strug glo with tho flood. Hulldlng Up Walls. Masons labored through tho night building concrete wnlls about somo of tho most throatonod structures. About tho famous Louvro n small army of mon labored unoonsingly in their efforts to savo tho gallories nnd thoir inestimable treasures of art. Milos of tho boulevards nro liko running stromas and tho wator rush ing through tho cavernous under ground work throatons hourly to un- dormino tho foundations of scores of tho most notable structures in tho ity. Wth more thnn 100,000 homoloss and thn destitution and distress in- (Continued ou paxe I.) TO TERROR IN PARIS S RE ' NEW SERIAL WILL BEGIN TOMORROW "The Guest of Qucsney'1' begins tomorrow in this pa- por. You should not fail to read it. It abounds in epigrams and phrases such as tho best au thors of past generations might havo produced. It is a story which answers tho question whether one can fall in lovo twice with tho samo person. Tnrkington has fow peers in tho description of .scenes, customs and manners! either American or European. MEDFORD NAT L CAPITAL STOCK Will Also Erect a Three-Story Brick Addition to Present Bank Build ingAnnual Report Shows Flour ishing Condition. . Tho Medford National bank at Its annual stockholders and directors' moot Inns Wednesday authorized nn increase In capital to $100,000, tho building of a three-story brick ad dition, costing $20,000, to the pres ent hank building, making tho build ing 25 foot by 140. re-elected tho li resent officers nnd declnred the usu nl dividend. Tho annual roport showed a most flourishing condition, deposits having nearly doubled during tho year, now being over half a million. Tho in crease In tho capital will bo offectod as soon as the necessary papers aro received from Washington and will make threo hanks for Medford with a capital of over $100,000, all throo having dndubled their capital within a yenr. (Continual on p .) BY STUDYING -THE ADS YOU INCREASE GREATLY YOUR CHANCES OF "LIVING HAPPILY EVER AFTER!" Presont-day conditions .of living comes pretty nearly mak ing nd-rcadtng an ad-answering IMPERATIVE. Householders find that tho ads. really holp to make tho Incomo STRETCH OVER THE NECESSITIES when it scorns Bomot lines llko too big a task. nuylng economics n llttlo horo and a llttlo thoro really grow to worth-wlillo propor tions in tho courso of a yoar; and amount to an Incroaso of Incomo. Homo-makors who aro roally oamost lmpplnoss-huntors aro coming, qulto gonornlly, to bo Intelligent readors of tho ads. BANK INCREA SS OF LIFE PORTED All of Europe Suffers at Hands of Recent Gale Believed When Def Inite News Arrives That Stories, of Death Will Shock Entire World. LONDON, Jan. 27. Two hundred vessels have been wrecked, with the probnblo loss of at least half of their crews, in tho great storms that are raging nlong the western seaboard of Europe, according to dispatches received hero today. Tho vessels, mostly fishing crat't lio scattered along tho coasts of Spain, France, Germany aud the Scandinavian pcninsulc. Even the Mediterranean has felt the force of the great atmospherical disturbances nnd wrecks nro reported from Italy and the Turkish and Grecian pen in sula. The loss of life cannot be stated at this time, but it is probable that in many instances tho entire crews of vessels were drowned, while in other cases at- least half of them perished when their vessels found ered. Great Gales Sweep Coast. Great gales havo been sweepiu the coasts for the last 48 hours. Tre mendous loss of Hfo and property on shore is reported. These reports cover a period of two days or more. as wire communication has been in terrupted by storms. Details of the general disaster aro lacking nnd it is fenred that when definite news nr- rives the stories of denth nnd de stmction will shock tho wholo world Inland Suffers. Inland Europe is suffering almost ns much ns is the sea const. Inter ior Spain is isolated, whilo the Swiss Alps have been threshed by blizzards and covered in blankets of snow, in which already twolvo Alpino tourists nro reported to havo been lost. Banks of snow havo blocked trains on tho Danish railroads in isolated soctions and reports from tho near est tolegraph stations say that the prospect of aiding the weather-be sieged passengers is slight. In many instances passengers in tho stalled trains nro without food or fuel. Although reports of n tidal wave at Venico woro fnlso, tho ancient city of tho dogs is badly damaged bv storm. Othor Italian cities, includ ing Homo nnd Nnplcs, roport oxten sivo damage. Tho waterfront streets nt Naples nro floodod and many quays wrecked. At Homo tho Tiber rivor is rising and threatens to in undnto portions of tho city. BUG-HUNTER TO CHINA FOR BUG-EATING BUG SACRAMENTO. Cal., Jan. 27. Georgo Comporo, tho groat hug cbas- or, omployed by tho horticultural de partment of California to scour for eign wilds and wastes in pursuit of pest destroyeds, will loavo next Tues day on another long Jaunt. This tlmo Comporo goos to Chi na, whoro lio will search for somo Insect that t111 show a carnivorous spirit when confronted by a nice, Juicy, moaly bug. Ho takes with. him samo badly Infected growths so that ho may conduct his experiments with thorn on tho othor sldo. Ho hopes to rjturn with tho spoils of tho chaso In July. Comporo has boon wondorfully ruccessful In his pursuit of bugs that will oat bugs and haa facod all man- nor of perils In his occupation. 200 SHIPS ARE I nop Miuv i LUUI, MHIU PERISH ASK PAVING STREETS 'Latest to Clamor for Hard-Surface Streets Are Property Owners on Jackson and South Orange Looks Like the Whole City Would Gel Into the Game. And still the clamor for hard sur face streets Is heard In the land. In addition to the long list of petitions asking for tho laying of pavement on J streets of tho city, which were recent- ly published In these columns, Jack son street and North Orange have Hoined In the game. It is now pro posed to pave Jackson street from Riverside avenue to the west city limits, which will make of this street one of the most ideal boulevards In tho city. Tho street Is a long straight one for nearly a mile, and will be a favorite with automobllists. With shade trees planted lta entlro length it' will bo Ideal for residences. North Orange asks for a hard sur face from Main south to Tnth. Sev eral other streets are considering the matter. CHILDREN TOLD NOT TO WED? COMMITS SUICIDE NEWTON. Ia., Jan. 27. Tho Jas per county coroner today received word from Monroe, a village nine miles from this city, that Vernon Darr, aged 16, and Llna Ammor, aged 14. were found sitting side by side, their nrms clasping about each oth er's lifeless bodies, In a buggy by a iENEY THROUGH Worthington Has Already Begun His Efforts to Tear Holes In Case Built Up by Prosecution Hermann to Go on Stand Soon No One Has Idea of Time to Be Used by Defense. ..ift PORTLAND, Or., Jan. 27. Pro fessor Fllbort Roth, former ohlo -f tho- forestry division of tho gou tral Innd oftlco, will clos tho caso of the government n thi H'nger Hermani trial this afternoon. Prosecutor Ho ney, It Is expocted, will concludo tho direct examination of Professor Roth during tho afternoon, and with the direct examination and tho recall of ome witnesses who have nlready been on the stand tho prosecution will come to a closo tomorrow noon. Colonol Worthington, ovon before tho closo of Honey's case, has bogun his effort to tear holes In tho net of circumstances which Honey has been weaving about the defendant during tho past two wooka of testimony. Yes- tonlay during tho cross-oxamlnatlon of M. J. McVoan, Colonol Worthlugton attemptod to remove tho forco of tho witness' direct testimony, which was in part to tho offoct that Hermann had at onco taken up the Dluo Moun tain caso and mado tho temporary withdrawals as soon as ho had ro- colvod two lottora from P. P. Mays, 'n May, 1902, urging that such ac tion bo taken by tho land oftlco. Mc Voan had testified that ho had thoso lottors from Mays boforo him whon ho wrote tho order of withdrawal. Ou cross-examination Colonol Worthlngtot. drew from tho witness that ho wroto tho ordor boforo tho Mays letters bad reached tbo land otfloo, which took away pat of tho sting lntondod by Honey to tho effect that tho Maya lottora had influenced Hermann in making tho withdrawals. This was to combat tho contention of Honoy . founded ou tho testimony .uwuuuvwu u uim uuf.UK vuu uu- THAT CASE Of SORE HEAD iSROWS W. W. Sawyer, Whose Apples Were Topped by Those from Rsgue River Valley, Follows Car r Washington in Effort to Dfscrec Car Weird Story Is Sent Out PORTLAND, Jan. 27.A dispatch to tho Oregon Journal today ffora North Yakima says: The division of pomology at Wash ington has given an opinlqn that the Rogue River Spltzenbergs which won the sweepstakes prize at the national nppl cshow at Spokano wero diseased. The opinion was secured by W. W. Sawyer, who took second, prize. Sawyer says that he noticed dark spots on the Rogue River apples and followed the car to a commission' house at Washington, D. C, where ho selected a box and took 20 apples at random, eight of which were found diseased by the department nomolo gist. Evidently Mr. Sawyer Is continu ing his policy of venting his spite on Rogue River valley, which haa been his since his apples were found Inferior to those from Rogue River. "I do not believe It," stated Pro fessor P. J. O'Gara today when shows the foregoing dispatch. "Tho apple from this orchard wero clean and I believe there Is a mtstako some where" Rogue River valley growers will have to be furnished proof positive that the apples submitted by Mr. Saw yer to the department were from thei (Continued on pace 5.) THIS AFTERNOON ferent stages of tho trial that the fact; that Hermann marked the letters Of? Mitchell to Hermann concerning the' Dluo Mountain caso "special" nioant that he had done so becauso of h(a argument 7:1th Mays and becauso he' was in tho conspiracy with Maya to push tho Blue Mountain reserve through tho land office to final crea tion. No one has much Idea how long It will roqulro to put In tho case or tho dofonso. Tho documents wbleS havo been brought into court by Herr mann and his attorneys fill a big: trunk, which Is guarded carefully by tho dotenso. It Is brought to tho- court-room ovory morning and at the closo of tho session Is locked up and' taken to a placo of snfe-kcoplng for tho night. How much of this material Is to bo used as orldenco lu tho case Is problematic. Dinger Hermann is to go on the witness stand when tho dofenso faf its inning, and it is probablo that tk will bo tho chlof point of tho d'ofonj 1 and will take up most of tho tlrq omployod In presenting tho cnuut'4 , evldonco Intended to broak up tho r.C tacks of tho prosecution. GLAVIS ORDERED TO PAY WIFE ALIMONY SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 27. By an ordor of Superior Court Judge Gilliam, Louis R. Gln,vis, former chief of tho looal fiold division of the United Statos land office, who 'is now giving evidonco in tho Ballinger- Pinehot ' mvestlcrntion nt Wnsbini". '(onj ia ordoroa to pay $50 pr moth temporary alimony