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" "ft T?' ' "J '""PI Sl'SP "I JJtTv r, l 1 jT 4 a I , THE MEDJFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OYilWON, SlTmY, FKBRUAWY 111, 1!)10. w w . ;-v.. i 1 7 i B6i to) B"1 'v. ' fc5f .J HYDE MAY FACE COM CHARGE Strychnfno Found In Connccttlon With Miss Swopc, One of the Heirs of the Dead Millionaire. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb. 12. That strychniuo was found the ejecta c.Mw'led from the stomueh of .Miss Inrimrct Swopo, one of the heirs of the Into Colonel Thomas H. Swopc, was revealed today in a deposition uiven by John G. I'nxton in the of fice of Attorney Frank It. Walsh; The subject of the annlvU was ejected by Miss Swope immediately after she had taken medicine Riven her by Dr. B. C. Hyde, according to the allegation. The analysis was made by Doctor l!tii"?t! Doctor Pape. (.hicapo tox-icoloci-tf. It was stated that the ejectn was pre" fed by a nurse who was at tending Miss Swope. Mi's Marpnret Swopc is a sister of the late Chrisman Swope and a nice of the late Colonel Swope. The death of Chrisman Swope is being made the subject of an investigation similar to that which resulted in a ehanre of murder being made against Dr. Hyde in connection with the death' f Colonel Swope. Pn-ton is the attorney for the SwoM estate and Walsh is one of the attorneys employed by Dr. nyde. WATCH OF MURDERED GIRL IS IDENTIFIED EUREKA, Cal.. Feb. 12. Frank Wanskv today identified the watch found on the girl victim of the Mount Tnmnlpais murder as one his father repaired in 1S02. He was positive of his identification and declared there was no possibility of a mis take. Wanefcy is a jeweler. He has beet in business here for many years. His father, previous to his death two years aco, was the senior member of their firm, and Wnnksy declared that the mark on the case-of the watch found on the mountain side was the private mark his father had ' placed there and he would take oath! to :tts genuineness. ' He nid the watch was left at the shop o be repaired by a man named MeK-iv. Inquiry here failed to find nny ne who remembered the man, liSw"r. The watch arrived here todnv It will be returned to the San Fra""-eo authorities. HHINc-cf run npFH ARP GIVEN LARGE PRESENTS! S'V FRANCISCO. Feb. 12. The ch;V-!i of the Chinese quarter tp dav are happy possessors of nickels and Kncs given them by parents and friew' who this New Year have dis tributed tri!)"'"'' more than $75,000 among the little ones. In some cases quarters and half dollars were wrapped in red paper and were placed in the hands of all yout'il visitors and the youngsters are having the greatest New YearV celebration ever experienced Jn their younsr lives. The ncttion of the Chinese in difr tribtit'fg so munificiently was caused bv th-, rumors that Tone wars prao tien'iv had killed business in China " The merchants and trades men lift npon a plan of money gjfts 1o dVprove the rumor. Difl'NPORT'S BLOODED 'tyfi ST0CK SHIPPED WTST M'DDLETOWN, N. M Feb. 12. Tb ''ne Arabian horsea, cattle and other livestock owned by Homer Dav enport, the ramous cartoonist, which bavj been on exhibition at Benator JlIcardBon'e barn near Goshen, aro en route for California, hating been Bhluned yesterday. i Tavenport's leaso on tho farm has nearly expired and It Is said that ho -will not renew, as he Intends to make his homo In California. This deter mination on tho part of Davenport Ih 6ald to have been brought about by the action of divorce Instituted by Mrs, Davenport and tho condition of his health, the cartoonist being ill tn San Diego, Cal. j- i NEW PAPER ISSUED AT DUNSMUIR, CAL. The first issue of tho Dunsmuir Dispatch wns printed February 4. The new candidate for public favor' jr issued by C, E, Carter, well known in Medford, and Fred Erke. Oil v Attorney Porter J. Noff is nt the Conway & Clancy hospital j undergoing treatment. Ho is im proving and will soon he ngaiu at tending to his official dnties. FRENCHMEN WORKING HARD IN FLOOD RELIEF: WOMAN BO YC OTTER AND SENATORIAL ASPIRANTS. 30 tJJff ISSUE FORJRRIGATION Such a Course Will Do Recommend ed to Senate for Adoption on Noxt Monday. WASHINGTON, D. C, Fob. 12. An issue of thirty million didliUc' worth of government certificates to complete irrigation projects ponding will bo recommended for adoption by Iho senate next Monday. This ? in accord with the decision of tho senate irrigation commit too today. Tho projects Hint are to be financed soon are only lhoio which have Invn fcpprovod by the secretary of thu in terior. Tho bill which provides for tho isuiuioo of tho certificates amended by tho committee in sccral instances. A section wns added by Senator Carter of Montana, provid ing that hereafter no irrigation pro ject shall bo begun unless it he at the direction oT the president. Another amendment makes it clear that tho certificates aie to be froo from local, state mid national taxa tion. Another provides that the cer ELKS TO GIVE BIG Splendid Production Is Promlscil Slars Like Durness and An drews In Cast. mil (ii:ouii: Wilson. Producer of Klhn PcerlcBS Mln- Htrs, who made nrrangcuioutB with Medford lodw, No. IH5S. II. P. O. lificales are to draw 11 per cent per K!h" lnsi evening to annum inlcrcM. It is also provided "" im- thai a portion of the moncv can be ,ll,rw" w,'- hnnw ,nlol,t or n,,out to ..otcct water rights claimed '''K IVbrimry Sfi and 30. by the .I'liitcd Sta(c NEGRO SOLDIER BRUTTALLY ASSAULTS A WOMAN JPRESfDENT FALLIE2ZES PREMIEf? BRJAtD The .burden of relieving the distress caused by the great floods In Paris and the French provinces tins fallen heavily upon President Fallleres and Premier Uriand. both of whom were reported to be working to tho point of breakdown. Not aloue has the capital of France been overwhelmed, but the city has been cnlled upon to care for thousands of refugees driven from their homes In other cities and towns. M. liriand succeeded .M. Clcmenccau as prime minister of the republic last July. M. Fallieres has been president since 100C. Among the leaders In the widespread meat Iwycott Is Mrs. John B. Ueiulernon of WnshliiKton, wife of a for mer senator from Missouri, who has won fame heretofore as a prohibitionist aud vegetnrlan. She Is the president of the new Woman's Ami, Food Trust league. Frank B. Kellogg, the federal ROTcrnment's bent known "trust buster." Is credited with an ambition to enter the United States senate. The senator whose seat Mr. Kellogg wants Is Moses K. Clapp of Mlnnexota. Mr Ke. Jogg's borne la In St. Paul. The term of Senator O'app will expire in March. 1011. SKATTI.i:, Wash., Feb. 1A Two I officers from the local police force ihnve gone to Fori Lnwtou to trv to identify Hie negro siddier belonging to the "J.'th iiifautrv who last night severely injured Mr.. V. K. Aurgala of 11 1 Klliott avenue in an attempt ed criminal assault. The woman was walking along Queen Anne avenue about 10 o'clock when a negro, wear ing tho uniform of a regular soldier came up behind her and throwing his capo over her head, bore her to the ground. Mrs. Aurgala fought do, perntcly with her assailant who bru tally beat her with his fists. Sho finally succeeded in breaking away from his grasp and ran screaming to the homo of William Cochran on Queen' Anne avenue. Cochran hur ried to tho scene of the struggle jiHt in time to see the negro who hud been joined by another soldier, board humor .tul wit, intersitoi wod About 00 of Med ford's initio singers br.vo been :. sited to pnrtlolpato and t' o first rehearsal will be held at Kilts' Indue room this ufternoou at 2 o'clock. Mr. WIUo. rarnwi with him whore- with to liniidmimoly sluge and con tinue the production, and It Ih wife to Vny I Nat tho Kilts' reputation for doing tlilnK iih they Mum Id be done HI bo :npl exemplified Jn thorn two nights of mirth and music. The following ccmmllteoH wore appoint ed to handle tho undertal:lnc: Cast lliirgesM, Andrew, Colvlg. Finance Wilkhuon, Klfort, Ha- it I Tlckot Huu'.ell, Daniels, Itcevcs. Advertising Iteanies, Neddy Thlor off. The I.ewloton, Idaho, Morning Tri bune has the following to say: A capacity bouse greeted tho Elks' 1'lnntrols Inut ulKht nt the Temple t' eater In one of the best homo tal ent productions over rendonil In the city Willi a urogram teemlnc with with minstrel cast provhlod a mint onjny ablo ovenlng and tho recopllon ac ronlod Is untrloly mifflclent to repay tho iiieuibols for tho nrdiioui train lug necessary In mipply hist ulght'a Hplendld eiitei'lalnmoiit, There was nothing Inching In Iho pieimrnlloiiH to make the opening performance the deohled huccomm It proved to bo. Tho opening Hlngo sot ting had been eitpoclally prepared for Iho occasion and from the lopniuHt poult of a iiitiiiutiiliioii'i srenlo back drop, one of tho most perfect sporl nioiiH of ollt, with wide spreading ant lers, viewed the happy mcoiio extend ing pant tho performers (o the tear of the big auditorium. At anotho polut on the curtain was tho emblem atic rlock-fnco with Iho hands point ing to tho mystic hour of It, so dear to all Klkdoin, The Iioiino proKrnmn In two colors with attractive cover design contained tho emblem of tho order. "J.oVh Itniituro." by Director (I. T Wilson, In a bountiful and clear I Igh tenor, bold the bl'i mdli'iiro us In a spell until the lust tone had died away It wns a thunder of np- plaiiso that brought Mr, Wilson iwpiln before the foot HjthtM, nnd In tho rendition of "Annie Laurie," ho carried his audience throughout Iho song. In olio were n collection of inln strol gouiit that itrovlded unstinted mirth for all. The opening number, a monologue entitled "Hhultospenro In a Deestrlck Hkule," by Mr. Wil son, h1 the pace that was maintain ed by (ho Kilts' quartet, cnmpOHod of Messrs. Wheat, Stacy, Thatcher nnd Wilson, nnd tho sextette rnmpoNod Mif .Messrs, Cherrler, .lames Wilson, Alex Kasberg, as ladles, and C. II. lthodes, Mark Donaldson aud N. P. Richardson as gentlemen, In tli ren dition of "Toll Us, Pretty Indies." Tin1 nflurplern iulttlid 'Tho i-nt Kidnapping and llreach of Promise Case," wns all that had been prom ised for It and furnished the final climax for one of the most ouJovhIiIo entertainments over presented to n I.owlston audience. COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT WORKING ON PAPEtiS u ear for Fort I.awton. most delightful classic sweetie ns, tho County School Superintendent .1. Percy Wells is about iih busy as a man gels to bo nowadays cheeking up the results of (he examination of applicants for teachers' certificates. To go over Iho papors of l.'i appli cants retiuires lots of tune and more patience hut Mr. Wells expects to ho in n position to nuoiitiuce (he rcMilt bv Tuesdny next at the latest Success Unparalelled In the history of Southern Oregon attended the first day of the stupendous Bankrupt Auction Sale of the high-grade stock of ELWOOD & BURNETT AND J. M. ELLER. long before the doors opened at .10:30 a. ' in. the crowds swayed and surged in their impatience to avail themselves of the matchless bargains inside. The entire $10,000 stock, consist of Diamonds, Cut Glass, Gold, Silver and Storling Novelties, Flatware, Hollow ware, Solid Silver and Pearl inlaid handled Umbrellas, Field and Marine Glasses, Mantel Clocks, Gold and Silver Watches, Chains, Bracelets, Brooches, Charms, plain Set Rings in many and varied designs, as well as many arti cles indispensable to well regulated households. WILL BE SOLD ABSOLUTELY WITHOUT RESERVE TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER. If you were not there yesterday, come Monday and secure your coupons. Valuable presents will be given away daily in addition to coupons, which will be valuable, as ON THE LAST DAY A BEAUTIFUL PAIR OF DIA MOND EARRINGS WILL BE GIVEN AWAY to some fortunate person, so come every day and get your coupon. Don't miss this opportunity to secure some of the things you have been longing for, especially when you can get it at your own price. THE STOCK IS GOING FAST. YOUR TIME IS SHORT, so come every day and bring your friends. Everything absolutely as guaranteed or money refunded. M. M. Lichtenstein Auctioneer LOOK FOR THE RED FLAG ' . 11 . , . . : . sssH BsB ssH 115 EAST MAIN ST. I I mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm -ft. r