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jortcri oOT ftViTCfl Medford Mail Tribune TIIIC WKATIIKIt. UN1T?I PRKftH ASSOCIATION Full Leased Wlro Ileort. Tonight mid tomorrow Fair it tul worm Tho only paper In tho world published In a city the sice of Medford having u loasad wtr. 1OTTH YEAR. MEDFORD, (MIMON, MONDAY, JULY 25, 1910. No. 108. V IS UP BY City Executive of Rldjicway Vlrulnln Is Assassinated While Slccplnu In Garden In Hammock Swlnnlnrj Be tween Trees Country Is Scoured Dy Posse. HIDOKWXV, Vn.. July 25. May or A. II. IloiiHumau wau killed today hy tho explosion of a dynamlto bomb whlrh wau hurled at lilm by nn un idontiriod poreon, HoiiHumnn waH lying In bin ham mode In front of his homo when tho bomb was thrown. Tho explosion mutllr.toil tho mayor's body terribly and tho features wore almoHl unrccog nlrnblo, Mombcru of tho family and frlendH of tho mayor nro at a loan to account for tho assassination. Mayor IloiiHomnti wan literally torn to pieces, though ho did not dlo for novum! ho lira r.ftor tho oxploHlon. Ills arniH and Iorh woro torn from tho body and tho torso and face woro horribly mangled. Houseman retired to tho garden nurrouudlng l.ln suburban homo shortly after midnight to ueek relief Jroin tho oppresslvo heat. Ho wno In tho hammock, HiiRpended bctweon two t recti near a clump of biiHhoH. Ho had not been out of the house 15 minutes when tho family wero nwnk tmod by a terrific report that aroused tho entire neighborhood. Soon after tho body had boon re moved to the hotiHO scores of nolgh bo rn flocked to tho Houseman resl denco and Inquired tho cause- of tho disturbance. Fearing that rlntH mlKht occur, tho family announced that n giant firecracker had oxplodod. At daylight the shorlff was noti fied of tho assassination. Ho called together hovuniI of the town's load ing citizens and a posse of 500 men was quickly .ircoslzcil. With tho aid of bloodhounds tho surrounding coun try Ih boln; scoured. Tho pollco In nearby cities hnvo been notified and nro on tho outlook for tho aRsaaeln. It Is belloved that tho bomb was thrown by a una who had hidden himself In the hushes near tho ham mock. PEAR PACKING SCHOOL OPENS Over 40 Students Appear at the Openlnrj of the School Teaching Only Those Who Intend to Work This Season. With over 40 students, tho pear packing school under tho nusplcos of tho Roguo Hlvor Fruit & Produco as sociation oponod Mouday morning, and puckers nro being drilled on a propor handling of fruit. Tho asso ciation has sont out u request for jiourH for uso In tho school. A competent corps of teachers, comprised of tho moat export puck era In tho valley, Is in charge, Bach pupil will bo given two days' instruction In tho art of packing pours which Is expected to put tho tyros In shape to make n good pack. No ono will bo taught who doos not Intend to follow tho business of puck Ing through tho season, as there aro so many willing applicants that tho time of tho liiHtructorn will bo en tirely taken up. Tho association would bo glnd to teach nil, but nro compelled to confine their efforts to thoco who oxpect to work. Sortors and plckors will bo noodod by tho association as soon as tho season commences, and porsnns wish ing this class of employment should roglster at tho association building bo that thoy can bo glvon work ns fast uu It dovolops. MAY OWN I HUNDRED DEAR IN ITALIAN HURRYCANE MILAN, July 2G. Ono hun dred (loud and inoro tlinn G00 I n J ii roil Ih todny'H outt urn tp of tho dnmngo caused Ly n groat hurrlcnno Unit ccwopt not thorn Italy Batur dny. Many towiiH and villages wiiro wiped out by tho gale. f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f UHH H Five Perish at Philadelphia and 12 j in New York Scores of Prostra tlons Reported Hottest Weather HOT WAVE IMLLu WIANT Of Season AlontJ Atlantic Coast ' Ih In a crltlc-.l condition today. Ono . ' report that Lo was dead gained cir culation a m one tho strikers and their sympathizers and a ronownl of PHILADELPHIA, I'a July 26. tho troublo wju threatened this morn Pollco and hospital rocords todny at-! Ing. Afterwards It was found that ,-ih,,... fiv .innth. m vn.torJnv'n In J " r'"- wns unfounded. Tho mon, teiiBO heat. Scores woro prostrated. Tho weather continued hot today, wltl. tho humidity unusually high. Hundreds of persons slept on roofs and In tho Btrcots Inst nluht. NBW YOItK. July 25. Now York Is sweltorlng under nnothor 24 hours of terrific hen!. Twelve ilcnil ami 100 proHlrntlonv Is tho record of tho pres ent hot spell, which began yestorday. Tho mercury touched 93 dogrocB In tho shade at 4 o'clock yesterday aft ernoon. Tho weather bureau offers no hopo of coolor woathor. PORTLAND MAN SHOT M STREET Footpads Beat and Rob R. H. Irwin In Front of His Residence Had Few Dollars Identltl of Assailant Unknown. PORTLAND, Or., July 25. R. H. Irwin, secretary of tho Inland Irri gation company, was Bhot early to day in front of his homo, GIG North rup street, by two strangers. Whllo his injuries nro serious, it Ib bolioved Irwin will rocovor. Nclgobors declare that Irwin wns engaged In a rough and tumblo scuf flo with two mon just n fow moments before tho shot wns fired. Irwin doclnres that ho has no idea of thu Identity of his nssnllants, who es caped, FIFTEEN INQUIRES IN TROLLY CAR ACCIDENT l'OHTLANl), Ore., July 2S. An invesliirntion to bo held of n col lision between nn eleetrio work car nml 11 Ciuiulero intorurlnui wlneli crashed together nonr Horing, just outside tho city limits, Saturday nii'lii. iMinfiiiL' tho iniiirv nf 18 nor-i'0 "1 . .1... ...n ... -'-, ,r - - - i. SOUR. NATION WIDE BOYCOTT AGAINST KING ALFONSO NOBODY BUT NOBILITY SPEAK TO MONARCH PAItIS, July 2G.Tho donth ot 178 poraoiiB In tho Ilnrcoloim riots a year ago will bo commomorntod tomorrow by rovolutlonlsts throughout Spain. Hvory offort has boon mado by tho Spanish authorities to provont n colo brntlon ot tho bloody rioting, but tho republicans confidently assorted that tho colobrntloiiH will tnlto plnco and that If tho troops Intorforo tho Dnrce lonn rlotH will bo BiirpnsEod. Ono of tho features of tho now turn of nffalrH in Spain Ib tho national boycott OKnlust KlnR Alfonso. Whor ovor tho klnc nppoars in publlo fow pcoplo buvo tho nobility turn out to Kreot him, Tho throngs that for merly marked tho monarch's public j RIOTING BY !j STRIKERS AT ! QflllTU fifdin i ii ii 1 1 ii iii iiii j JJJ I 11 UL.I1U I Louis Frccl, Grand Trunk Car Rc- 1 palrer is Shot and Fellow Employ J cs Stone Pinkertons Troops May i Be Ordered Out to Restore Or derLine May lie Blocked. SOUTH BEND, Ind., July 25. Itlotlng has broken out hero as a result of tho shooting of Fred Frcol J In tho Grand Trunk strike, and troops may bo sont horo. Frcol, a car re . pnlrcr, was shot lato yesterday and howovor, nro in an ugly mood and tho situation Is causing nnxioty. President Hays. It Is said, will ask federal protection if tho rioting be comes serious. Ho has determined, officials of the road 1'oro say, to seek federal assistance if mall trains are blocked by tho strikers. Governor Mnsshnll hns seat Adju tant Genornl McKee to South IJond to keep In cloiio touch with tho situ ation, and It t' oro Ib any indication that tho local nut' orltlcs cannot copo wit), tho situation, state troops will bo ordorcd out. Free! was Bhot by Plnkorton strike breakers and tho clash can sod tho flare-up of tho strlkors. Dox cars In tho yards woro sot on flro and n number of enrs woro destroyed In splto of tho efforts of tho guards to provent disorder. Clashes botweon tho Plnkerton guards and tho strik ers nml tho sympathizers woro fre quent and shotc woro flrod by both sides. Tho Pinkertons wero stoned, but no ono was sovoroly Injured In tho rioting. Tho strikers, it is said, havo threat ened to block tho Grand Trunk horo and tho officlnlu fear that tho shoot ing of Frcel may result In sorloua dlsordors. Thoy nro guarding tho tracks today. It Is feared that an effort may bo mado to block tho yards and tlo up trnffic. INVESTIGATE DEATH OF CHINESE GAMBLERS SAN FRANCISCO, July 2.1. -Tho Chinese Six Companies, representing the loutlintr merchants of Chiimtlown todny petitioned Council General Li Yunjr Yew to request Chinese minis ter Clmui Yn Tonic to ask tho state department to investigate tho death n f Wong Dick, an aged Chinaumu, shot in thu police in do on n gambling houso hero. The Chiuuese allege (lie sliootiuir of Wong Diek was not in self" lo fonse, ns wns claimed by policeman MoKiieliorn, who fired the fatal shot. Tho Siberian club, whoro Wong l" w,,s k"lc"- , wn raided last WB0 "" ,,, i,, were compelled HKlit lor iiiuir loves, alter enter ing the rooms ot the club. appearances nro Inciting now and it Is said that tho Blight wolghs hoavlly upon tho young king. In sovornl cltlos Alfonso hns mot dostllo demonstrations nnd ovory whoro ho la Burrouiulod by a heavy guard of plckod troops. Tho Spanish censorship lu becoming moro strict ovory day nnd tho nlort noss of tho censors loada to tho bo llef In Franco that sorlous outbreaks already havo occurrod. It la known that nil tho principal cltlos nro strong ly garrisoned and thnt tho Spanish officials nro standing on tho odgo ot a suppressed but turbulent political volcano, W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr., Deserts the Automobile For a I ''LjwBliHlBSHViUHhiuy irTb'BIHfiBBHHRHKrsM''il'V'L tf Jfr. . LIftjiSjPSSBwlBBJBWMBih flBk 'TfrMPIBlHBflkB rBBBHBBBBBBBBBBBBBBHlB VBBBBJ 5 &hbi r.4f !"1 TrF3iTf J It M fl BpnSBBBn VBBBli' t"w ft3 wBBHBBBT BBBBBBBBBBBJBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBJLl, BBBBBS ." l Ktmmmlmm m m UbhBHbV IIIjVB VCBlBBBBflHi ti'&'f'i' M? yiKBBURMMMBilEBSljHPflk IT MHHHbHBbbhi& "BIHHHHblSj V. K. Vanderbilt, Jr., has gone to work. After a long siege of yachtlDg and antoaoblle racing young Vanderbilt has decided that be will go to work as assistant to President Drown of tho New York Central lines. Mr. Vanderbilt has worked before, but never long and bard. He has been president of the electric street car lines owned by the Central, but that position did not keep him busy. For the past two years the young manbe Is but thirty-two years of age has been In training for his new position, according to the railroad report. In "Wall street the report la taken a mwinlnicat the Vanderbilt familr ts asatn comlnc into control of the system. GARFIELD MAY BY NOMINEE Former Secretary of Interior Will Probably Head Republican Force Rcflulars Anxious to Secure En tlorsement for Taft. COLUMBUS.. O., July 25. Poli ticians today declare tho choice for tho republican nomination for gov ernor tomorrow when tho stnto con vention meets will Ho botweon former Secretary of tho Interior James R. Garfield and former Lieutenant Gov ernor Wnrron Harding. Tho Cox-Burton-Dick combination of tho republican regulars nro plan ning to offer a compromlso to tho Garfield adherents. It Is said todny, giving them tho nomination If thoy will ngreo to endorso tho Tnft ad ministration. Garfield, It is said, will agree to nothing furthor than tho endorsement of "Tnft's Intontlons." Tho result la likely to bo on of tho biggest fights ,tho republicans of Ohlb havo ovor faced, and ho Taft administration Is likely to go without tho repub lican "O. K." of tho president's homo stnto. Tho convention Is controlled by un lnstructed delogates, according to n poll conducted by Ohio uowspnpers. Tho regulars fear that Garfield may bo ablo to control theso dologntes, and It Is for this reason, It is boliov ed horo, that overtures havo boon mado to Garfield in tho ai.turo ot a compromlso. Tho regulars nro oxtromoly anx ious to glV'i tho Taft administration tho approval of tho Ohio republicans. Noxt to thnt thoy aro anxious to keop tho mnttor from being fought out on tho floor of tho convention, furnish ing n rich bit of campaign material for tho democrats who could point to tho fact that tho president's own stnto Is divided ugnlnst him. With this situation dovolopod, tho Gnrflold platform has proved nn of fectlvo political club, which Is bolng usod by tho progressives ngnlnst tho regulars. It Is gonorally bolioved horo that tho Gnrflold faction will bo ablo to swing tho convention to tholr platform, and to provent this tho reg ulars nro willing to sacrifice tho gub ernatorial nomination. HEAT MUSE OF TWO FIRES High Temperature Causes Dust Dust to Explode Causing Blaze Which destroys $2,000,000 Worth Property 50 Families Homeless. CHICAGO, July 2.I. The lint wave which has been mnkiuir th tempera ture forrid in tho middle west is held responsible for big fires which has swept over the north-west art of the city yesterday which caused a loss of $2,000,00 nnd made ")0 families home less. The North-western Malt and Grain company's plnnt, said to bo the larg est limiting plant in the yorld, wns damaged to the extent of $1,300,000 and the brewery of Charles Ogren and company, wns vertually destroy ed, with a loss of $300,000. It is asserted that the fire wns caused from nn explosion of grain dust in the plant and that the high temperature wns responsible for the explosion. Nnno hns been known to have been killed but sovornl persons have not been nceouni"d for. Whilo theso fires woro in progress a largo bakery caught fire, from one of ies ovens, nnd tho big building and four residences burned. NORTON SUPPLANTS HITCHCOCK AS DISPENSER OF PLUMS FOR THE TAFT ADMINISTRATION WASHINGTON, D. C, July 25. A story thnt Postmaster General Hitchcock hns been supplanted as tho president's chief advisor by Charles D. Norton, Tnft's now secretary, and will leavo tho cabinet, is causing a sllr in administration circles today. ""Hitchcock, It Is said, In tho earllor days of tho Taft regime, wns permit ted to direct tho distribution of much of tho pntronago and many persons on political missions woro roferred to him. Ho wns a frequent visitor at tho Whlto Houso and usunlly re mained after cnblnot meetings to dis cuss mnttors with tho presidont. Since Norton hns boon secretary Racing Real Railroad Job. ( NEW AUTOMOBILE BADLY WRECKED Car Standing on Streets After Dark Without Lights is Not Seen and New Car Striking it, is Hurled Into Telephone Pole. What came nenr being a fatal ac cident occurred Sunday evening on West Mnin street, when a car driv en by Clay Colo plunged into a tele phono pole, cut It off and struck a second pole. Ray Hodson was with him la tho car which had no lights. The accident wns not duo to any carelessness on tho part of Mr. Cole. He was driving along tho street when a second car approached from the rear. In front of Bert Anderson's residence. Mr. Andorson's car was standing without lights. Whon Mr. Colo started to turn out for tho ap proaching car his wheels struck An derson's car, which ho had not seen. This threw tho car from tho road Into tho tolesraph polo. Tho car, which was a now No. 19 Bulck, was wrecked. Tho young men had 'taken It from tho garago on a demonstration trip when tho accident occurred. It was ownod by Colonel P. L. Tou Velle. ho Is said to havo been glvon first plnco In the confidence of Taft. It Is pointed out that tho now private sec retary Is always nt tho right hand of tho president. Whon Colonel Rooso velt called at Bevorly, Norton romaln ed nt tho president's side throughout tho interviow. When Souator Crane was summonod to discuss tho polit ical situation throughout tho country, Norton participated In tho conforonco. Reports credit Hitchcock with tho Intention of romovliig to Arlzonn, where ho has business Interests and where ho may become a candidate for United States Bonator. BEAR RAID CUTS PRICES OE STOCKS Market Completely Demoralized hy Onslaughts of Financiers Wh Beat Down Prices Unmercifully Slumps Reach Lowest Level of the Year. NBW YORK, July 25. The stock market was complotoly demoralized today as a result of bear raids by the big financiers, who beat down price unmercifully. On liquidation, many of the lead ing stocks slumped, reaching tho low est levels of tho year In soveral in stances. Brokers representing the Rockefeller Interests sold United States Steel r.nd Reading. At tho opening of the market Rock Island nnd Consolidated Gas lost 1 1-4; Erie second preferred 1 1-2, and Atchhon 1 point, St. Paul, C. & O., Reading and United States Steel large fractions. After a recovory. Increased selling orders again forced the market to yield. American Loco motive and Westlnghouse Electric Io3t 2 1-4, Illinois Central and Wa bash 1 3-4, Rock Island preferred and Chicago Great Westorn 1 1-2, United States Steel preferred and Pennsylvania 1 3-8, and Union Pa cific and Southern Pacific 1 1-4. Other stocks dropped a point or more. Before the end ot the hour thore was another slight recovery. The rally, however, wa3 short-lived. Later U-iited States Rubber lost 2 1-4, AIIlo Chalmers preferred 2, Atchison 1 5-8. nnd Loulsvlllo and Nashville and Noriolk & Western 1 1-2. Tho coppero showed resist ance to tho general slump. Bonds wero easy. The market closed weak. T OF WAY USE ON TRIAL Condemnation Suit Brought by Pa cific & Eastern Against J. J Phipps and Others Heard Today at Jacksonville Selecting a Jury. Tho condemnr.tlon proceedings brought by tho Pacific & Eastern against I. J. Phipps and others for a rlcht of way Into Medford was call ed at 1 o'clock this afternoon In the circuit court by Judge Calkins and tho selection ot a jury commenced. A largo number of witnesses have been subponacd and It is probable that the case will occupy several days. Tho suit was Instituted by tho rail road company upon Mr. Phipps' re fusal to sell a right of way for what tho company officials deomed a rea onablo amount. Tho road Is attempt ing to build Into Medford. At the h nn thnt tho road bogan negotiating for a right ot way Mr. Phipps enter ed into an .-.groomont with O. D. Woolvorton to soil him tho land. It Is claimed that this transaction Is a fictitious ono, mado In order to place an oxcesslvo valuation on tho land. This tho railroad company will on donvor to prove. When It wns found that a right of way could not bo purchased at a roasonnblo amount, condemnation proceedings woro Instituted. In an swer to tho complaint, Mr. Phipps nskod $8000 for 1.75 acres of land nnd S30.700 damages, making a to tal of $38,700. Vlco-Prosldent Gorlg will probably bo tho first wltnoss called. At tho cnnvonlng of court at 1 o'clock an ngroomont of couusol for both sides tho court ordored that a soon as tho jury was drawn they should bo taken out to view tho prem ises, boforo any oponlng statements had boon mado, RfiH