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Or'ien t"'o - 2ovH- r.i l.-'tii Medford Mail Tribune FOURTH YJDAB. MEDFORD. OKliUON, &J5I)NKKIMY, FEMIIMKY 2, 1910. No. 272. TAKEN EATHDEALING MINE 52 IES FROf D official; PLACE Til IE KILLED E IIULM-2TIN KAN ANTONIO, TA 1VI. a. Flfty.tuo tiM'ii vvn klllml iuiiI nix Injiiml In II lllllll) rxplohloil id Iah KxiKTiiiito, Mexico. uiitirtlliig (u ill". imtiiii'M rcii lvi il lit in IimIii)'. Tlio mlno Ih tho irH'rty of Hie Mexico Mining company, anil novrrnl fatal explosion licit iHiurritl tlierr III tho NtNt. 4- Tho llvuri of lit least 85 tui'ii wlio labored deep !u tho "" cart!, for tliolr ilnily liroml "hnvo biti'ii snuffed nut by ex- f f f plosion nnd fire within tho Inst thrco diiyH. In addition to th i' ut IciiHt 2(1 other uro missing, nnd it in regarded n almost no rt n in that they, too, wero killed. If this belief Ih well found imI, 1 1 1 minerx have gone to their doathn. Fifty-two r-hurrcd . nnd twisted bodil'S llllVl! llt'CII takon from tho wrecked tun nals of tho Colorado Fuel & Iron company's mine at Pri tlllTII. Colo. Thirty-tbrco bodies have been ruined from tho Broiler mine ut Drakesboro, Ky, Two half-miffnenti'd min ors woro nwued from the Sholl mine at South Barton villo, III., Inst evening While tho bodies uro being brought to tho wirfnee, ut these death-hole men aro searching tho long-sealed St. Paul initio nt fhorry, III., whoro mora than 200 dend f .f f are entombed. PRIMERO, Colo., Fob. 2. Lying in long rowK in lhi improvised (Continued on t.) ;AYS INSUR6ENTS Representative Norrls of Nebraska Bitter End Says "Machlno" Members Into Line by WASHINGTON, Fob. 2. Follow ing tho failure of tho president to In duco tho Insurgents to compromlao on tho house ruloH nnd tho throat by SponUor Cannon that ho would reslttn tho speakership ir he woro romoved from membership on tlio rulos com mlttoo, tho war botvroon tho Inour goiitHnnd tho nigulurH Ik btttoror than ovor today. "Wo will accept no compromise un less It mon.nR that tlio speaker 1m re moved from tho rules enmmlttoo," ilofilart'd tho Insurgents to tho prosl dont. "I will resign tho speakership It I am takon out or tho rulci? commlttoo," said. Cannon to tho president. WASHINGTON, Fob. 3. Repre sentative Norrls of Nobrnaka todny announcod that reports to tho offoct that tlio hoiiHO InsnrgontH huvo re treated from their early poaltlon aro without foundation. "Wo have not 1 - mi tnm d and wo havo not Maid down' In our ;iiFMoneo that tho ronuhlinnn nartj ivo up tho platform plodimi," iltrolnrort, Nor rls. "Wo huvo boon j-sprorontod n having been oppnued to tho pronl. dnntii pollelom and having leen Just ANOTHER IK TRY TO BLAME REDDY ASKS FOR $6000 FEE IN CASE Files His Report With Circuit Judge and Asks Only Reasonable Amount for His Services Tells of Matters Connected With the Interesting of Capital and Resale of Road. Dr. J. F. Rcddy, rccetvor of tho Medford anil Crater Lake rullronil. Iiiih filed hlH report In tho circuit court ninl iMkn compensation for bis services In tho sum of $0000. Tho roport was filed boforo Judge llanna loft tho bench, but tho mnttor wnB allowed to o ovor for tho consld orntlon of J ml go Calkins. Tho roport Ih an exhaustive one nnd fully cover till of tho matters comliiK up In con nection with tho road slnco February 2, 1007, when Dr. Heddy was ap polutod receiver. With tho filing of tho roport of Dr. Iloddy nil receiver, A. A. Davis, nil nn unpaid creditor, through his attorneys, Colvlg & Durham, filed a protest against the payment of tho foo until hucIi time ns his claim uKntnst tho defunct company Is set tled. Tho matter Is now In court, but it Is probable that it will bo set tled In tho near future. Claim Itcasounblc. Attorneys who aro familiar with tho case consider Dr. Roddy's re quest that ho bo paid $6000 Is most reasonable as ho spout two years and a half of bin undivided 4tmo In effecting a unlo of tho property and spent more than half that sum over and above $1300, which ho asks to be reimbursed. This $1900 Is court costs, stenographer hlro and nttornoy fecx, and does not Include any of the telogrnph IiIIIh, traveling expenses or expoimoH connected In tho resale of tho road, Tho court is asked by Dr. Roddy to tnko these Into considera tion as n part of tho compensation (Continued on pat t.) HAVE NOT QUIT Says Fight Will Bo Continued to tho Is Trying to Club Insurgent Blocking Legislation. brought round to his support. This Is misrepresentation, "Wo liavo always beon fitvorablo' to President Taft'n policies In, so far ns thoy follow thoso of formor Prosl dont RooBovolt's.' Norrls dorJnrod that tho "mnchlno" Is trying to club tho Insurgonts Into lino for (lannon by threatening lo block legislation. Tho Nobranknn said that If tho mnnhluo lenders want tho InsurgnntH, to nupport certain uionsiiros, thoy must bring tho hi Irs to the floor of tho house, whoro, If tho InaurgontH consider them to bo good loglslntion, thoy will support them nnd fight for thorn. Mrs. Le Doux to Prison. STOCKTON, Cnl., Feb. 2. Mrs. Emma LoDoux, who ploadod guilty to tho murder of A. N. MoVitnr and took n life sentence in Smi Quonlin Miller than attempt to fneo the or dcnl of u socond trinl, with n possi liililv of u sneond dnath Knntonnn. way luxon io prison iiiih morning A I'onumnlrd by Rherlff Sibley tind Mrs. Goorgo Slionpord, tho jail mat ron. Hie lnfl on tliA 7flf5 (rsin. "Nfrx, I l.O. ,lUHA IK't'llllVV H(J 'U IIIVI IUWV" WITH THE MUNICIPAL FOLK ASKS FRANCHISE OAS PLANT N THIS CITY Elmer C. Johnson Agrees to Expend $12,500 In One Year in City if He Is Given Franchise Probably Go to Vote of People. Elmer C. Johnson, a capitalist of Portland, through his nttornoy, W. I. Vnwtcr, asked Inst evening n fran chise for a rob plant in tho city of Medford for n period of forty years. Tho council diHcttHScd the mnttor briofly nnd then Acting Mayor W. W. Kifcrt called a committee, of tho wholo to meet nt 3 o'clock thia af ternoon to diffcusH the mnttor. It will probably ro to a vote of tho people, Mr. Johnson iiRreoiiiK to pay all election expenses. By tho terms of tho proposed franchise its rights will extend 40 yearn. The fjns to be furnished will bo for cookinjj purposes only. The city mny fix the rates, but they munt not be Ickk than .$1.50 minimum per month. After 21 years tho city may purchaso tho plant at what it in voice. If tho franchiso is granted Mr. Johnpon will expend $12,.ri00 within 12 months for material. BATTLE ROYAL 8N; HENEY VS. HERMANN On Cross-Examination Prosecutor Takes Ex-Congressman Through All of His Official Career. PORTLAND, Feb. 2. Francis J. Honey U having bis Inning today at tho Dinger Hermann trial. Begin ning slowly yesterday attornoon in tho cross-examination of Hermann, ho took tho defondant through his early career In Oregon and up to tho tlmo when ho begun his service ns com missioner of tho general land office. Then ho plunged sharply Into his sub 'Joct nnd during all of tho morning sosslon It has boon n gamo of fonco, thrust nnd parry hot ween tho govern ment prosecutor on tho ono sldo nnd tho defendant on tho other. Candor compels tho statement that at differ ent times during tho contest Honey has penetrated tho armor of defense and drawn blood. Honey has forced two important points from Hermann: ono that ho had a general knowledge of tho fact that school lands could bo, and por baps woro being used for fraudulent exchango under the llou laud act in 1901, tho other that ho had madoj temporary withdrawals of proposed roserves as Boon as tho Investigations FOR Into tho feasibility of tho reserves was J Doputy Qamo Wurdon Snndry nr 'eommoncod that it would havo sorvod vod j,oro morning from Wood as an of foctual bar against school land vjj0( imvinfr in charge Charles Kni- or oinor rrauus. ij0 nn(j Gcorgo Cartor, under ar- Thoso two points enmo Into Ho-rost for tilling door out of sonnou noys poasosalon after much parrying jn tho Evans creek sootion. Tho de hotwoon tho witness nnd tho prosocii- fonjftnt8 wjj i,0 arraigned boforo tor. Many trlpB about various do-!jU8tjC0 jforolook this afternoon. It tails of land offlco routine nnd back :g undorstood that tho neewsod will again to tho main quostlon, always skilfully wero parried by tho wltnosa The Bomestic Science Course TOMORROW' tho socond lort re In tho Homo Course on Domeotlc Science, which Is n regular w'eokly ftaturo of tho Mall Tri bune, will npponr. P..UC.0 tho ptbllcntlon of lecture 1, this otflco has beon In rocolpt of many coj.m imcatlons from tK housewives of tho valley tolling of tho pl-isiiro wUh whldf thoy treotr I Ipc tui'o 1, and urging an early puhlii ' lou of tho r innlnder of, tho course. ThlB, owing to apaco limitations, is Impossible. Hut one will upuiav ouch Thursday. Tho topio of Miss QU.fiifton'3 lfoturo, tomorrow will bo "Tho se lection of food." Au.l it, Is ranlly on Rollout a.tWe on a practical topic STREETS ; ORDERED PAVED BY CITYCOUNCIL Most Important Matter Discussed liy Council Is Pavlnrj of Streets Much Routine Business Discussed Banks and Treasurer File Bonds The most important business dis cussed at the regular session of the city council Tuesday evening was the paving of streets in tho citj'. A large number of resolutions were passed ordering in pavement and probably more will be passed later. Resolutions were passed ordering the paving of South Riverside street to Twelfth, Summit avenue, West Main to Fourth; Holly from Main to Sec ond, Riverside avenue from Main north to city limits, Laurel from Main to Eleventh, Queen Ann avenue from, Roosevelt avenue to Phipps street, Orange from Main to Tenth; Fir south from Mnin to city limits, Genesseo from East Muin to north end of street. Tenth from Onkdale to Hamilton, Sixth from Oakdalo to Southern Pacific railway, nlley be tween Sixth and Mnin from Central aveane to Riverside, Bartlelt from Sixth to Main, South Central from Eighth to city limits, North Central (Continued on pac S.) CONGRESS AFTER THAT COST TO LIVE If Senatorial Resolutions Will Make It Cheaper Then There Seems to Be Some Hope fer Relief. WASHINGTON, Feb. 2. If sena torial resolutions will bring It about, tho people of the United States will know why the cost of living has in creased, as enator lodge today pre sented tho third proposal for an In vestigation. Tho Lodge resolution was referred to the finance committee. A similar resolution, offered by enator Elklns, Is now boforo tho commlttoo on con tingent oxponscs. Tho resolution Introduced by Sen ator McCumber Is being considered by tho agricultural committee All throo resolutions ask for the sarao thing. Thoy refer to the pres ent complaint throughout tho nation because of tho cost of tho necessities of llfo, and provide for un investiga tion by congress to determine tho why and whoroforo of It. VIOLATORS OF GAME LAW ARE ARRESTED Q0Lp nLh, Fob. 2. (Special.) pioud guilty of a toohuical violation 0f l0 ftWt MANY POSTAL RECEIPTS GAIN 55 PER CENT ENTRALORE Stockmen Suffer Loss on Range Feed Is Scarce and Hard to Ob tainConditions Once Again Nor mal in Willamette Valley Tem perature at Zero Mark. PENDLETON, Or., Feb. 2. With rezo weather prevailing and the ground covered with snow, stockmen in this section nreexperlenclng heavy losses. The hay suppl yis exhausted and cattle can be purchased at $5 a bead. It Is said that they are already too weak to be driven out to where feed can be obtained Feed Is high and hard to get at any price. Today the temperature Is hovering near the zero mark.- Madras Suffer. MADRAS, Feb. 2. Tho stockmen 1n this section aro today reporting much suffering on the ranges owing to tho cold weather prevailing. Feed ia scarce, and. unless the weather changes soon tho loss will bo heavy. Willamette "Warmer. EUGENE, Or., Feb. 2. Tho ther mometer has taken Its course upward' again and the usual climatic condi tions again prevail here after sev eral days of real eastern weather. Tho recent storm caused no damage, but Interfered some with communi cation by wire. ' Klamath Cold. KLAMATH FALLS, Or., Feb. 2. This soction Is experiencing the cold est weather In some years, From tho ranges cornea word of suffering among stock. Indications today are for normal weather again. Arthur Brown returned from a business trip to Woodville Wednes day. TYPH inn SUFFERS FROM COLD BREAKS OUT Health Authorities Placard City Urging All to Boil the Water Traffic Fast Assuming Its Normal Condition Police Have the Situation Well in Hand. PARIS, Feb. 2. Several eases of typhoid fever wero reported to tho nuthoritios and nn opidemio is feared among thoso who havo used tho wa- tor from tho city's supply. This wa ter has boon polluted by tho brenkiug of mains and trunk sewors undor the streets, nnd hoalth authorities hnvo issued warnings against its consump tion. Tho department of honlth is urg ing upon tho pooplo tho nooossity of boiling tho water thoy uso for do mestic purposes. Its agents havo placarded tho city with posters ad vising this course. Physicians to day aro investigating tho striokou, nnd extrotno measures, if necossnry, will bo takon to provont a 6prend of tho disoaso. Tho Seino is falling rapidly today nnd now is practically within its own boundaries. Tho authorities have permitted tho uso of most of tl.o bridgos that woro deemed unsafe, and traffic is fast resuming its i.or inul conditions. Aside from a few uiiuor disturb micae, tho polieo had littlo difficulty tndnv in retraining the ltwls e) nieiit. The "Aimu'Jich" fouliuitetl GQNiGREAT GROWTH SHOWN OVER YEAR AGO January, 1010, Is Highest in Amount of Receipts of Any Month Previ ous In History of Postofflce Re flects Great Strides Taken in Lo cal Business Field. f Postal receipts for Jana ary, 1910, show nn increase of 55 per cent over January, 1909. January receipts aro tho largest in the history of tho local postoffico for any month in any previous year. If the growth continues, Medford's receipts for 1910 will be over $29,000. January, 1910 $2424.43 January, 1909 1504.49 Increase $ 859.94 Per cent increase, .54 plus. ri rf & : Exceeding January,. 1909, receipts of the local postofflce by nearly 55 per cent, the January, 1910, receipts are the largest ever known in any one month in the local postoffice, to taling $2424.43. The receipts in January, 1909, wero .$1504.49, the increase being $859.94. The receipts in December, 1909, were $2403.59. The great growth made by the postoffice is perhaps the best index tothe strides Medford is making in material wealth. The business field is rapidly growing. Tho comptroller of the currency has issued n call for national bank statements at tho close of business January 31, 1910. As soon ns theso are available it is expected that they will reflect in a like manner the strides taken by the local business field. N PARIS their depredations, but their disturb ances wero promptly quelled by tho officers. RESENTED ANSWERING PHONE AT NIGHT; NO JOB SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Feb. 2. Colouol J. C. Kirkpatriuk, mnnngor of tho Palnco hotel, who is ns geuial and corpulent nnd who rivals the genor ous dimensions of President Tnft, is not a park commissioner today be cause of his fniluro to nnswer a tolo phono call at 2 o'olock in the morn ing, according to his friends. When Mayor McCnrthy made hia spectacular political coup he luid tho plans for tho movement in the early morning hours. Tho mayor decided upon Kirkpntriok ns nn ideal park commissioner. Tho eolonol's tolepliono bell jingled. Tho tinklo fell ou uuhoeding ears. Agaiu tho bell pealed, Tho colonel kopt on 4i,o ring, Finally tho insistent summons a' oiiHed t'm gleei'!'ig hotol man. Re im orod u ib,o'..o and hrid a short conversation with the mayor. What tho conversation wne is not rr lotf hy lh vnlMtf, U :t i-n mVtyar:ilv lie ill'Oi lltd y !" (iStii'uHia tt4ttlvki