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i Medford Mail Tribune VNITICD I'lM ASSOCIATION Fall Lowed Wire Repert. J ill'. W1CATIIICIL Fair tonlisht ' nnd Worin- The only paper In the' irarU published In a cliy the site el Medford hating; n IqabA wire. MEDFOIID, OREGON, TCESiny, -APRIL 19, 1910. No. 25. UPREME COURT RULES AGAINST CITY s TRAIN 16 DERAILED BY ROBBERS FLEE AFTERWARDS Lives of Hundreds of Passengers In Jeopardy 'When Engine, Express and Three Baggage Cars Leave TraGk Railroad Tie Was Placed AGross Tracks Near Switch - Engineer Injured. KBI) BLUFF, Cal., April 10. An attempt wjk made today to derail nnd mh train No. 30, the Oregon ex press, at Corning, near here, today. Tho lives of hnhdrcds of pnMcjigorH were placed in jeopardy when tho engine. cspri'HH and three baggage earn left tho tracks. The robber were evidently fright ened away when they aw the largo number of pnHsongcni who were un injured, but nrouted. A railroad tb had been plncod noroM the traeltH near a nwiteh. Thu train wno going at high pced when it NtruckMhn obstruction. Threw NEIL'S CREW LEAVESjOR WORK With Ten Men, Government Engineer Starts for Prospect Will Hake Camp Near Pumice Hill and Get Ready for Lotting of Contract. Engineer B. P. Hoidel nnd n crew of ten men left Tuesdiiy morning for Prottpcct, to begin work on specifi cations prolimiirery to tho letting of a contract for tho building of thnt section of (hi Crater Lake rood nenr Pumico Hill. Mr. Hoidol oxpocts to Vcstnbllsh camp just this side of Prospect and will rush tho work. A contract is then to bo lot. Three wngons londod with sup-. plieB wore taken out today, starting ai a. in. fir. iiumcj luiiunu , horseback, v "1 intond to work Sundays nnd ov ary other day," said Mr. Hcidol, "in order thnt n contract may ho lot ns soon aB possible." FAMILY FEUD LEADS TO DUNCH OF DEATHS LYONS, On., April 10, Two men aro doad, two nro thought to bo dy ing and nnothor js soriously wound ed ns tho result of a despornto battle among tho mombors of tho Collins and Lowis families. , Tho Collins and Lowitf fnmilios aro among tho oldest in this scotion of tho state They havo boon hitter enemies fdr many yonrs. Whilo A. S. Collins nnd ono of his sons woro walking along a business stroot horo laBt evening thoy woro mndo targets by mombors of tho Lowis family. Tho ColllnsoB returned tho firo. During tho fight thnt followed thoy both woro killed. Marion Lowis nnd another mombor of tho Lowis family woro woundod, porhnps fatally, nud a third recoivod n ballot in tho shoulr dor. Gloason Favors Welsh. CHICAGO, III., April 10. Jack Glonson, of tho fight promoting firm of nioknrd fc QlonBon, today enid that ho favored Jnok Johnson'n sn leotion of Jack Welsh for roforoo of tho big sorap. Glonson Bhowod plninly that ho foarod n row over tbo choosing of the reforeo, WHO hundred yards of track wore plow ed up by tho overturned engine and earn. Engineer (larduer nipl a tramp tn tho "blind" baggage were injured. Itailroad detectives have been or dered to investigate the attempted train robbery. IteportH to the division headquar ters at Sacrnmcnto were made by Conductor Nichols of tho Portland train. Train No. 10 is due in Medford nt 5:21 p. m., but owing to thin acci dent it will probably bu several hours Into. OLD REGIME'S END IN SIGHT Retirement of Aldrlch and Hale Dis quiets Regulars and Encourages Insurgents More Representative Senato in Sight, Declares Dolliver WASHINGTON, D. C, April 19. Tho iloflnlto announcement today that Halo Is to retire, following tho an nouncement yesterday that Senator Aldrlch had mndo a formal announce ment that ho would quit tho sonato, lias cnusod consldornblo comment among sonato lenders. Tho regulars today aro grontly worried over tho ltuntlon. Tho Inaurgonta, on tho oth er hand, nro moro confident today than over that tho old roglmo In the sonato is over and that tho upper house of congress 1b to becomo n moro roprosontntlva body than It has been boforo. "Thoro novor will bo another Ald rlch," declared Senator Jonathan P. Dolliver of Iowa, a rocognlzed insur gent Jondor. "Tho ond of tho old reg ime of Individual domination Is here. With tho now roglmo tho sonnto will becomo a moro roprcsontntlvo body thnn tho houso and will bo moro re sponsive to public sontlment. Tho prediction of Senator Dolliver Is bolng rppentod among tho lnsur Konla horo. Thoy prodlct that with tho organisation of tho noxt congrosa thoVAldrlch machlno will disappear. That Lodgo 1c tho man most likely to bo nnmod by tho regulars to take up tho Aldrlch loadorshtp Is conceded. With this fact In vlow, senatorial in toroBt Is contorod In tho fight bolng mado In Massachusetts against Lodgo. TRAIN NO. SIXTEEN DITCHED AT CORNING RED BLUFF, Cnl., April 10. Southorn Pncltlo pnsaongor train No, 1G which loft Oakland Inst night at 8: GO for Portland, wns dltohod at Corning, 20 miles Bouth of horo, nt 4 o'clock this morning. Engineer Onrdnor nnd nn unldon tlflod man woro hurt. Tho onglno, oxpross nnd mail cars overturnod. Tho train was traveling? slowly who Tho train wos traveling slowly whon the wrock ocourred, Tho cause of tho acoldont has not been ascertained. COKE HAD NO SPECIAL Highway Commission Given Warm Welcomo at Largely Attended Meeting of Ashland Commercial Club Plans for Road Set Forth by Members of Commission. HARMONIOUS RELATIONS OF CITIES IS URGED Fruitgrowers' Association Is Also Given, a Boost Ashland to Work Hard for the Benefit of the High way. Members of tho Medford Com mercial Club Crntcr Lako higbwny commission were given a warm wel come nt n largely nttended meeting of tho Ashlnnd Commercial club Monday evening, nnd n committee wns appointed to work with tho Medford committco in securing sub scriptions for tho proK)sctl highway. Ten thousand dollars is tho mark set by the Ashland club to raise in Ashlnnd for tho road. Tho plans of tho Medford club woro set forth by John M. Hoot, J. A. Westorluud, J. D. Heard, George L. Davis, E. B. Watonnnn nnd Geo. Putnam, mombors of tho commis sion prosont, nud questions concern ing the cntorprisa fully nnswercd. nnswored. Atililnnd Doostcrti Talk. Talks advocating tho co-operation of Ashland wcro mado by Judgo C. B. Watson, prosidont of tho club; C. II. Gilletto, P. G. MoWilliams and other prominont citizens of Ashlnnd, nud n motion thnt tho Ashland club indonro tho project and nppoint n soliciting oommittee was unanimous ly carried. A point mndo by all spoakors was tho necessity for harmonious rela tions existing botween tho two chief towns of tho vnlloy, Ashland nnd MedfoKjl, nnd how onch of thorn oc cupied n sphoro of its own, not in conflict with tho othor. In enter prises for tho futuro of tho vnlloy, tho co-oporution of nil tho towns was advocated, and tho Medford contingent protnisod to turn out nnd work ns loyally for Ashland whon onllcd upon ns thoy did for thoir own town. Good Hon ds NUccdod. A strong fonturo of tho reception wns tho good ronds movemont and tho nocossity of having n strip -of good road constructed in order to oonvinco nil by ohjoct losson of tho noed of good roads, and so soouro tho co-oporntion nnd support of nil tho pcoplo in tho vnlloy. Judgo Wntson told how ho hnd boon ono of tho first white men to visit Crater Lako; how, in 1873, ho forced his way through tho brush and over tho mountains to tho lnko, whoso oxlstonco was thon doubted by most pcoplo, nnd how for nearly 10 yoars ho had boon n Crator Lako crank. Ho had writton tho first published description of tho lako, nnd lins seldom missod spouding his vn cntion thoro in tho intorvoning yonrs. At tho conclusion of tho mooting Mr. Gillotto mndo n strong plea for tho nowly organizod fruit exchange, urging tho peoplo of Ashlnnd to in terest thomBolvos in its success by (Continued on Page 5.) ASHLAND SETS $10,000 ASHER GIFT TO ROAD 0R1TY I CASE MUST BE Supreme Court Holds That Act of 1909 Speaks Only of Duties and Judicial Labors and Not of Power and Authority Says Term Held by Cake Was Devoid of Authority. 4 I Tho course now open to tho city is to have the condem- " nation proceedings against M. F. Ilnnloy set down for trial in tho circuit court. The decision rendered by the su prerao court today nullifies all notion sinco Judge Cake heard the case. A complaint is on file, together with a de- nurrrcr of Mr. Hnnley. This " wns tho status of, tho case "" when Judgo Coke galled u "" special term of court, over- ruled Rcames' demurrer and proceeded to trial. Tho city now can go bnck nnd pro- " cccd as if no special term of court had ever been held. SALEM, Or., April 10. Judg ment of condemnation procured against tho property of M. F. Hun ley by tho city of Medford for the purpose of laying a pipeline across his farm on Littlp Butto creek, which was obtained in n special session of tho circuit court, presided over by Judgo J. S. Coke, was declared void by tho supremo court today, in an opinion written by Associate Jus tico Slator and the restraining order mndo by Judgo II. K. Unnna en joining tho city from proceeding with its pipeline is affirmed. Tho act of 1000 authorizing tho appointment of J. S. Coke in tho second district nnd conferring upon him authority to hold court in an-, other district when so directed by tho governor, was not, according to Associate Justico Slntor, sufficient, under the constitution and laws of this stato, ns Inid down by tho su premo court, to clothe him with tho judicial power necessary to call a special torm of court to hoar these special proceedings. "Tho act doos not authorizo tho govornor," says Justico Sinter, "to require him to porform somo judicial not which, provious to enactment was not within tho judicial power of any circuit judgo." Tho court holds that tho act of 1000 spoaks only of "duties aad ju dicial labors," nud not of judicial powor nud authority. Thoroforo, tho court concludes that nt tho time of tho entry of the supposed judg- (Continued on page 5.) COMMERCIAL CLUB MEETS TOMORROW Tho regular meeting of tho Commorcini club will bo held Wednosday ovoniug. Im- portant business will bo transnotod and a full attend- nnco is desirod. Among othor subjoats to bo discussed is tho distribution of pamphlets nnd tho entor- tainmont of tho Portland vis- itors noxt wook. Tonight tho Koguo Kivor Fish Protection association holds its .innnnl mooting for oleotion of offieors and tho protection of fish. 4- -f--f -t- -f -f - -f HEARD AGAIN I ROD AND LINE III ROGUE ONLY IF PLANS CARRY Rogue River Fish Protective Asso ciation Will Hold Annual Meeting Tonight and Map Out Program to Close River to Commercial Fishing From its Mouth to Headwaters. RESTOCKING OF STREAMS WILL BE CONSIDERED Fishways Over Dams Will Be Dis cussed in Order to Keep Rogue Up to Its Standard as Best Trouf Stream in the West. The Rosuo River Fish Protectlvo association will at Its annual meeting nt the Commercial club rooms at S o'clock tonight, Inaugurate tho cam paign to closo the Rogue river and Its tributaries to commercial fishing. Funds will bo raised to secure the needed signatures to an Initiative bill, which will stop all fishing except with rod and lino In tho Rogue river and Its tributaries. In tho opinion of nil who bava stundled the subject or Investigated it. such a measure Is all that will pre serve angling In the Rogue, and the tlmo has now come when tho Rogue will mean moro commercially to this stato as n tourist attraction as the finest fly fishing stream In the coun try, than it will as a salmon producer for o monopoly nt the mouth of the river and a few fishermen who make a steadily diminishing Income fur ther upstream. To Rostock Streams. Among other subjects to bo consid ered at tho meeting will bo the re stocking of the streams, the Inaugu ration of an effort to turn the hatch eries Into trout hatcheries, and the effectivo Bcreontng of irrigation ditches nnd conduits. Tho flshwaya over tho dams-will also bo coaaider ed, as It Is reported that fish are un nblo to longer pass tho Ament dam, tho floods of last winter having par tially destroyed tho structure, wash ing out tho lntako and rendering tho now flshway built by tho stato last year Inadequate and usoloss. Tho ro colver of th Goldn Drift Mining com pany has promised to repair tho dam ago, but as yot nothing has been done. In Its present condition tho dam is an obstnelo to fish and useless for tho purposes for which it was constructed. Wardens to Attend. Deputy Fish Wardon Edward Clan ton as woll aB Charles Gay and oth er locnl game wardons will bo In- at tendanco at tho mooting, end give In formation of tho conditions existing. Master Fish Wardon McAllister, who was expected to bo presont, finds it impossible to ntton, but will bo rep resented by Mr. Clanton, About the first of tho month tho mastor wardon will moot tho club and porsonally in spect tho fishways and conduits in this section. S. S. LURLINE LOSES HER RUDDER IN MID-OCEAN PAN FRANCISCO, Cnl., April 10. Tho Mntson liner Lurlino is bond ing for this port today with her stooriug gear patched with spurs nnd hawsors. Tho vossol is 35Q miles frorn. port and proceeding slowly. Tho rudder stock was brokon off complotelv, Sho carries a heavy cargo nnd 70 passengers, TEAM DASHES MRS. BYRUM TO DEATH NEAR TABLE ROCK With Infant In Arms Mrs. Byrum Leaps From Car riage end Is Hurled to Deatlw-Ghiid Escapes Companion Suffers Broken Ankle and Other Injuries-Was On Way to Medford. Mrs. W. H. Bvmm was instantly killed and Mrs. Garrison severely in jured in a runaway accident near the Table Bock schoolhouse Monday af ternoon. The two ladies had started to drive to Medford. One of the tugs broke nnd the team, a rather frac tious pair, ran away. Mrs. Byrum, who had a young child in her arms, leaped from the vehicle when she saw the team was beyond control, nnd wns thrown against the fence bordering the road with such force that she was instantly killed. The babe escaped with just, n 'few: scratches. nnviu in um mm id nui SEEKING I06A Nefaraskan Returns From Brazil and Says He Has No Intention of Seek ing Election to Senate Comments on Retirement of Aldrlch. WASHINGTON, D. C, April 10. William Jennings Bryan renched Wnshington today, having just re turned to tho United States from Brazil. "I think many will feel about it as a man onco expressed himself about tho death of a mau with whom ho radically differed," said Bryan, discussing tho retirement of Aid- rich. "Whilo we ought not to rejoico in another's denth, yet this is one of the dispensations of Providence to which one can easily reconcilo one self." Bryan declared that he had no in tention of becoming a candidate for tho senate from Nebraska. Ho said he was gratified over the insurgent victory iu the rules committeo fight. Regarding bis frco silver reference in his lotter road at tho Jefferson day banquet here, ho said that tho criticism tho reference had rocoived waB totally unwarranted. "Tho Republicans," ho said, "should not begrudge us our pleas ure in tho fnot that thoir own presi dent has been compelled to admit that tho scarcity of money mndo low prices." TRAIN ROBBERS GIVE OFFICERS THE SLIP MARTINEZ, Cal., April 19. Tho doputles under the leadership of Sher iff Vonlo and his chief deputy, John Birmingham, roturnod here today aft er a futile attempt to catch tho Good year train robbors. Tho Contra Costa officials lost the trail of two Buspocts in Redwood can yon at dusk last night and, although thty endeavored to regain tho scont nt daybreak, thoy could find no traco of the men thoy beltevo to be the ban dits. Tho supposed train robbors aro nearlng tho border of Alameda coun ty and the sheriff's office horo has communicated with tho authorities at Berkeley, Oakland and Alameda, Mrs. Garrison stayed - in the rig until it was overturned, when she was thrown out, suffering a frac tured ankle, and other minor injur ies. It wag first reported that she had been fatally injured, but she is now resting easily and will recover. I Mrs. Byrum was- a daughter of iMrs. A. B. Saltmarsh of Applegate, and her errand to this city was to meet her mother and take her to her home for a visit. When Mrs. Salt ( marsh reached Jacksonville on her way to Medford she was jnet witk the intelligence of her daughter's death. Mrs. Byrara leaves a husband aad three small children. FORTY KILLED IN HIDE Workmen on Grand Trunk Pacific Meet Death In Disaster While Constructing New Line -Eight Bodies Recovered From Debris. QUEBEC CITY, Que.. April 19. Forty men killed In tho landslide which .caught a work train on the Grand Trunk Pacific yesterday ac cording to reports which have Just reached here. Eight bodies havo been recovered, and those working in the mass of earth and boulders expect soon to unearth moro corpses. The mon killed were working on a ballast train. A mountain of naaaaad rocks swept down upon thesa aad buried them In the bottom of a creek 75 feet below a bridge over whkhjka train was running at the tlmo ot the v.llV.si CHINESE PRINCE TO STOP BUT FEW HOURS AT FRISCO SAN FRANCISCO, Cnl., April 10. The extensive preparations to wel como Princo Tai Tao of China on his arrival hore Friday wero stoppod today when it was learned that the prince will romnin in San Franoisco only n fow hours boforo proceeding eastward. Arrnngomcuts had boon mndo to recoivo him with all honors duo his rank. Troops of cayalry and la fun try stationed nt tho Presidio had been ordered to meet him nt the dook and escort him to his hotel. In tho local Chinese quarter com prehensive nrrangomonts for his wel como had been mado. SISTERS GREET EACH OTHER AFTER TWENTY-SIX YEARS Last Wednosday Mr. nnd Mrs. Jamos Allen of the garden section nbovo Phoonix, rocoived n message from Medford that thoir niece, whom thoy had not soon for 20 years, was in this city, Mr, Allon came down and took Mrs, Smith to his home, Tho noxt day Mrs. Smith's sister( Mrs. Williani Campbell, camo over from Jacksonville, nnd a happy xo nnion was hold. Mrs. Smith is en tranced with this part of the valUy.