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' & ,, imt.:i & (My Hall "" u Medford Mail Tribune M SECOND EDITION WEATHER Itntn tonight. .Mat., HI; Mlii., :tl.5; I'rcclp., .02 V I -.; Jr a Dnlly HUtb Ymr. rorly-KliMl Ymr IN POSSESSION OF Clilcajo-noUe River Company Plac cd'ln Hands of Court by ' Judije Calkins and Gcornc Sorenson of Grants Pass Named as Receiver. Is Second Receivership for Dam, Other Deliiu for Gold Drift Mlnlnu Company Promoted hy Ament. GRANTS PASS, On-., March ft". Tint Chlcngo-ltnguii Rixer company, u corporation which controls the big Golden Drift limit, Ihico miles i'nun this city uti Rogue river, mill which iiIhh contrnh twelve milcM of irriKMt invr ditches in Rogue Ithcr valley, late iHtcnlny ltcriioon wit placed in the IiiiihIm of u iceeiver hy Juiljc !'. M. Calkin, in chamber nt AhIi laiiil. George HorciiNon of Grunt I'hk was iiiiiiuhI iih receiver. 'I'lic corporation i onpitalircd it t one million dollars, with A. .1. Willi ernll of Chicago iim president, I'. Phillip, banker of Chicago, trcimur er. Tin n iveilup in the result, it in alleged, of the I'niliire of C. M. I.oou ii rd of the Leonard Construct ioif company of Chicago; P. Phillips n Chicago hunker, mid If. H. Slaughter, of the banking limine of A. 0. Slaugh ter mill coinpnny, Chicago, to furnish fun. Ik under u $7."i,ll"l cunt rnct hud with the company Thc charge is also made that Mice name purlieu tire withholding the fiiinU lor the purpoNc of embarrass- hjg tho itojji)jnj.v jii cAtuinlinu water over llie valley no mat mini viiiiich will he deprcwied and thee snino men can buy at pauio priccH. It in charg ed thai they have alteady bought U.fiOO acre at price Ichh tlimi liuif value. Thin in tho M'coud rccciveihi fr the iIiiiii, the Golden Drift Mining Co being already in the hands of Rc ceivcr George Siniclmx, who from the miuorilv stockholder, organicd the Chiengo-Koguu Hiver company to take over the iihhcIs of tho defunct concern. Tho now concern rehnilt a portion of the iluin on credit The Hidden Drilt Mining Co. wiih a gel-rieli'ipiick concern promoted hy the Amenta for the ostensible pur pose of placor mining the "dry dig gings" adjacent. Tim stockholders, not the diggings, were mined to the ctcnt of several hundred thousand dollars. AMENT M RY wwmw 'h IN SEWER KILLS SH GREEK Because tho Rogue Hiver Fruit & Produce association in washing out spruy bunds allowed the washings to lot carried away in the Kigh'h Htrect Htonu Hewer, a Inrgo nuinhcr of fish in Hear Creek have hecu kill ed and Guino Warden McGownu hits taken stops to check tho practice. Tho company Iiiih been Helling spray and afterward washing out tho bar rels hefoio rowhipping theni from the warehouse a block Houlh of Mam Htrccl. Tho washings havo boon turn ed into a depression drained hy the Htonu Howor. Tho Hpray Iiiih a dead ly effect on I'Mi. COLONISTS ARRIVE PORTLAND, Oro., March fi. Col oulHtH forming tho vanguard of tho HiittloiH' inovoinont wcat Iiobhii arriv ing horo today ovor nil railroads. From Portland tho hdmoHookoni will Hrattor to various parts of tho l'uclMo roiiHt In search of pormnnont homos, Tho majority of colonlsta this your, rallroiid officiate nay, aro looking for Hiuall farniH, Karly Indlcutlonu aro that tho movuiuout will ho uiuimially heavy. I T. I REFUSED TO TIE HANDS AS CANDIDATE Colonel Roosevelt Makes Public Let ter In Dispute Sent Mnnsey In Which He Stated That He Was Nut Seeking- Office Associated Press Never Published Contradiction of Story Kansas for Teddy Says White. NHW VOHK. March 5. Colonel ItooHcvolt today made public IiIm let ter or January Hi to I'rank A. Man Mcy, tli puhllHlier. In thin letter. ItooHcvctt hiiIiI ho would not lie a candidate. hut would not tto hlx hainM with a xtntcuiont initklni; It difficult or ImpoHNlldc for him to Mervo the public If the whole pcoplo wanted him. IIIh letter xayit In part: "I Mhall not he a candidate and I Hhull not mick the nomination, nor would I nerval It ir It ciimn to mo ih the rcHiilt of IntrlKue. Hut I will not tie my biiinln with a Htutemcut which would maku It difficult or lm poMHlblo to tvrvi Hid public by nn dertakltiK thu Krcat tank If the peo ple an a 'whole Hcoincd definitely to havo route, to tho conclusion that 1 had to do that tank." Vmii Viilkenbiirn's Menial. Ill tho Now York World today i: A. Van VulkitiihiirK, editor of the Philadelphia North Amorlcan, In iiuoted an dcuylni; that ho made pub lic tho Itooiievclt letter In which tho AnHoclntod Prewa wiih charged with ilullbitrtiti'ly "fnkltiK" to ufiufck tho (X-prcKldeilt. Van ValkenhtirK wihl tho Ahuoclat ed I'rcHH dlNpntch of laHt Hummer do- clnrcd that HoohdvcU was poltlvely pIcdKdl to aupport 1'rcHldonl Taft for a nccoiid term. On UiIk Van Valkon tiurtr corrcHpondod with Colonel ItooHevelt and tho denunciatory let ter waH tho result. "I mint roplon to Victor S. Mc Clatchy (editor of tho Sacramento Ueo)," mild Vnn Valkonhun; today. "iciiteKtliiK that ho furnish ono to l-'rank H. Noyeu (editor of tho WiihIi ItiKton Star and jircldont of tho AHHoclated I'rcRH), No denial of tho fako Htory wiih ever made by the AHHoclated Promt." Ih ANNurcd of KniiMis W. llourko Cochran f Now York and William Allen Whlto of KntiKaB conferred today with Colonol Hooko velt. Whlto told tho formnr prosl dent that Khiibiih wantrt him to ho candidate. After leavhiK IIoohovoU. Whlto Bald: "I told tho colonel that my per Houal observation Indicated that ho wa already biiim of two-flttltH of tho delegation to tho ChlcaK convention. President Taft' uouthcrti doloj;iofl will voto for their Jolm, not In no cord with their IntitrurtloiiH. If they think It Ih best for thumuclvcH they will HWltcll. "I told him also that many hcuii torn wIiobo elections aro JeopardUed by proKiesslvo nontlmont will drop Taft. When they boo tho buzz imw rlpplitK tho bitttona off their vesta they will back away," OPEN SHOP IS DECRIED BY LOW WASHINGTON. 1). C, March a. Hitter denunciation of tho "open Hhop," which ho charactorlzod hh a monaco to Amorlcan worklitKtnon, wan inuilu horo today by Soth Low, nroBldent of tho National Clvlo feder ation, In openltiB tho annual conven tion of Mint orKftnlzntlon. "Tho ordinary 'open hon, " Presi dent Low unlil, "Ib not n Hhop whoro non-union nml union men work sldo by uldo, hut u shop from which unlonlBtH nro oxoluded If thoy llvo up to union prlucIplcH," After pralsliiB tho work of tho Amorlcan Federation of l.nbor and Its leader, Samuol aontpora, Low criticized (lompors for IiIb stand when tho MoNiunurn brothorH wore nrreBt- od lu "nttackliiK hh uu onomy to or- jsanlzod labor everybody hellovluK tho two won B"llty." MIODirORD, Roosevelt Puts the MR. Ti'.uJDOU:- TtOOSF,VF:lTAT JUS DESK IN Ti JE E E TOKIO. March 5. Although de nied Btrenuottsly by Chinese repre sentatives here the minor widely cir culated that the mind of Premier Yuan Shi Kill of China haa given way, the report Is porslstont. Chinese Kanerally bollava that a sweeping campalKn of murder and rnplno will bo resinned throughout China within a fow hours. Prosldunt Yuan's hodyKiinrd Is reported dlhcon tentod and tho entire army demoral ized. The Manchu soldiers. It Is reported here, plan n movement to restore the dynasty. Twolvo hundred Jpauoo soldiers today wore sont from Port Arthur to Pekln to guard tho Japa nese legation there. Tho mllrttdo of fered to send an army corps., If neces sary, to give full protection to Jap anese subjects and property. NUW YOHK. Mnrch 5.- Solden Ilawloy, one of tho holrs of Kdwln Hnwley, tho Into railroad magnate, Is to marry Mrs. Mnrgnrot LePrlnco, manicurist, '"Stupidity coers more sins tlrin charilj'" quoted Kd Root, the well known raconteur, hon-inut and man about town wncu snowu me Ashland Tiding' great discovery, "if this new Donnelly had been in tho country uny lenijMi of ttmo, he'd know Mint 1 wiolo the Mail-Tiibime, nnd 1 don't intend to rodgu as man aging editor in favor of uny such kid iih Kd Andrews. If Kd wants to learn thu gutno, let hint play devil in tho print shop itikteud of on the stage, "Ashland U u holy city," continued Mr, Root, "and bocoming more relig ious daily. It has emulated tho ex ample of Dubinin nnd now bonsts. n nss that can speak, 'that suekles fools nnd chronicle small beer.' Hut Ashland's pet, unlike Unlnam's bur ro, can't see, cNo it would huve seen me, While I nm not exuctl uu iuiroI of tho Lord, l'tu nearer to it thuu mm REM REPOHTED S ANARCHYPREVAILS ED ROOT DISCUSSES BURROS AND LOCAL POLITICS OKIOdOX, TUNMMV, MMICH 5, JU12. Associated Press in E l.ON'PON". Mimh ."i.- lidos., a set tlement of the difference between the coal operator, nud their million employe i ctfectcd within -IS hour-., tlioii-auck of pcr-oitN in Lomlon will face stanatien. This wn the ad inihMou forllicoiniiiff today from the Home Office ami Premier Amiiu'Ii aain today aipviilad to the iniueo nud operatois in an effort to ecure eouciKMoii from hoth ide-.. Prices of food aro goarins:. and al ready many necessities are heyoud the reach of the city's oor. The ahiuidoiimeut of freight schedules lias eurlailed l.otulou supply ot milk nud u milk famine is imminent' l'Vo.-h ineitt i scarce, and the supply of Milt nud Miioked meat nud canned piodri is rapidly diminihiii. The htook of flour is dwindling, and with the railroads unable to secure suffi cient coal to Mock their engines, a broad famine is certain unless condi tion nro iminediaUly relieved. Tho strike leaders assort Mint tho men will not return to work miles, their demand for n minimum wage scaV' is (iranteil. Kd Andrews. "And Mint renii'ids me how much burros huvo degenonttcd since the lime of Dubinin. They still hnve the sonorous voice at eneh end of "our ; little valloy, as John Olwell says, but only two legs and short cars, 'n tho clussto lnngunge, of Rex Lamp man, WHY "I'm thinking of running for of fice" snid Mr Root, changing; the subject- "most imv old oftico will do. County judfjo or county olerk i look good lo mo, hut I don't wunt to run ngntnst Mo.o linrkduil. I do hko his pint form--it's hot stuff. All the trnffio will lienr is my motto, he enuso I nood the coin, "My (nullifications for tho judge ship nro fine. 1 can sit on the lid nud do nothing. 1 cuu draw my sulnry regular, t neer built a mile of good roud, or a modern bridge and what's muro don't intend to, I've lived horo i . . i. i. - LONDON MASSES E S A HI T ON R DTS THH ATEN the Annanias Club OUTLOOK OFFICE- & STATES POT UP LOS AXGKLKS, Cal.. March 5. -Hert 11. Franklin, confessed briber, testified before tho county grand jury that Indicted Clarence Darrow that Dnrrow gnvo him a sum of monoy with which to brlbo Juror Robert P. Unlit and Prospectlvo Juror George X. Lockwood, in tho McXnmnrA trial, nccordlug to notes taken by attaches of the district attorney's offlco which aro today In possession of tho de fense. The district attorney's office In ac cord with instructions from the court Kve those notos to the defense to augment tho partial transcript ot tho evidence that was taken. Tho notes were accompanlod by tho affirming affidavits of Assistant Attorney Ford and Deputy Keetch. Crack Train Wrecked. UPPER SANDUSKY, O., Mnrch ". Tho Pennsylvania's clghteen-hour limited train between Chicago nnd Xow York was wrecked tqday near Glenvllle, O. Xo one was killed, forty ears nnd urn honest, or nt .loiist my bondsmen nro whnt more is needed? "I'm conservative, onlv chnngo my clothes when they wear out nnd only take a bath for, church socials. I'm progressive too, for I have n shave every littlo while. And I unit mnvk time look as if I was going some where, something doin' nil tho time, only there ain't. This ought to get mo the Ashland vote, "Scott of Anlioeh is going to finance my campaign bond me nud my dog Schneider for n million, then incorporate us as a national bnuk nnd mako Vnolo Sam oomo. through with tho lunzunm in oxohungo for tho bonds. "Well," concluded Mr. Root, "I lot you know its soon ns I decide." As ho left with Schneider the refrain ilontod buck "You'vo got to (put ktckiu' my dnwg nroundV' FRANKLIN DAM 1 v AVY ARID, DEFIES S A. B. Rice Said to Be Livinu With Mrs. HcPherson in Lonely Cabin Above Derby, Keeping Stranaers at Bay by Carefully Placed Btdlcts. Constable Slngler With Posse Leaves fcr Scene Rice and Mrs. McPher son Eloped in January. Lurid an thu yellowest of yellow hack dime novels is the story which lias drifted down out of the hills from Ilerliy. nud n n result, Constable Siiuxler and n posse are today on their way to a lonely cabin hiph in a canyon hack of Derby where Mrs. A. W. Mol'herson and A. B. Kiee are said to he livine, following their ai- J lefjed e!oement on Jnnnnry 24. It is reported that Rice is heavily nnned nud Mint he hits checked several par ties who have attempted to pass by the cabin, by gently dropping leaden missies from his IIO-IIO Remington about their feet Although it was reported n few weeks ago that Rice and Mrs. Me Pherson hnd been located in Massa chusetts it is now stated that they are living in n cabin above Derby. They are said to have been seen to leave together for the cabin, accom panied by Mrs. McPherson's two children. Recently the constable at Derby attempted to visit the cabin to ascer tain the identity of its occupants but wlten a qunrter of n mile distant a shot rang out a bullet strikimMic ground in front of htm. On attempt ing to advance another bullet struck nearer him, so he turned and left. lie came to Medford Monday for assistance. This morning Constable Singler with a posse left for the scene of the trouble, determined to solve the mystery. The Derby constable is positive in his identification of Mrs. McPherson. He describes several features which arc declared by tho husband she leit on Griffin creek to absolutely identi fy her. Mrs. Mel'herson left her home on January 24, accompanied by her two children, ostensibly to viit her uncle in Ashland. Rice, who had been em ployed by McPherson on the farm, left the farm Monday, coniing to Medford, nnd on Wednesday left for Ashland on the motor. Mrs. Mc Pherson is snid to have left Medford n couple of hour Inter for the south, oa No. 13. Sunday following Mr. McPherson went to Ashland to see his wifo and bnbies, and there for the first time learned that his wife hnd not bonn to Iter relatives' in Ashland nt nil. He then applied for n wnrrnut chnrging ndulterv JOHN STOTT HANGED FOR KILLING WOMAN IIARRISBURG, Pa., March 5. John Stott was hanged in the jail yard today for tho murder of Mrs. Rlnncho Taylor, with whom he was infatuated. Just before ho was hanged, Stott snid: "Good-bye everybody. Tell mother I'll meet her there." Roforo Mio Inst fnrowell, Stott's mother clung to him nud pleaded for tho privilege to ask tho govornor for clemency. Stott soothing her said: "Don't do it. It would be useless 1 am prepared to go." PRICES FAIRLY STEADY IN STOCK MARKET NKYV YORK, March 5. At the op oning of tho stock market today prices were fairly steady. Canadian Pacific, roso 3-4 and United Stutes Steel was up a small fraction. Read ing nnd American Smelting made slight declines. Tho Hill stocks rose frnetionuily, nnd the Southern rail road group was barely steady, The market closed steady. Bonds were firm. HO No. 297. SUFFRAGETTES THREATEN TD BURN PALACE Militant Women Attack Buckinrjliam Palace, Home of King and Queen Window Smasiilnn Campaign U Renewed All Bulldlnns Guarded. Leaders Hoplnrj for Bloodshed Will Terrorize the Country Until They Get Votes Riots to Continue. LONDON', .March 5. Open threats by militant suffragettes to burn Buckingham palace, the home of King George and his queen, todny ennsed the municipal authorities to throw n double lino of gunnk around the structure. The situation is extremely seriou, the )K)ice pre dicting that the suffragettes un doubtedly will attempt to enrry into exeoution their threat to destroy the roynl pnlnce. The women renewed thoir window smashing eumpaign early today, but were successful in only a few enses, ns the inerchnnts have bonrded up all windows in thoir stores, nnd nil the banks and public buildings are heavily guarded. The women openly defied the police. Attempts to dis perse a mob of suffragettes resulted in the women trying to drug mounted officers from their horses. The suf fragettes clnim to court nrrest, hop ing in this way to Till the jails to overflowing. "We will be militant," the leaders declured, "unless we gain our rights. It our nresent methods nrc not strong enough, we have more drastic ones- in reserved The suffragettes openly ndmit Mint they nre hoping for bloodshed, nnd say the present campaign will not stop until such a state exists. REIGN OF TERROR L SHANGHAI, Starch 5. Outrages everywhere throughout central nnd southern China ore reported in de spntehes received hero todav. Ban dits, mo.stly deserters from tho army, are looting and murdering; women are being violated and tho situation in general is ontirelv beyond tho con trol of the government. It is roportod horo Mint Che Foo has been looted and set on fire. Tho wiros from Shanghai are down, and the report cannot be verified. Bandits nre lorrorizzing the pro vinces of Kwnnir Tunir nnd Kwjiiil' Si and foreign residents have token re fuge in the Missions. Foreign warships aro ontrollinir tho rivers of southern China. Russian troops left Harbin for Tien Tsin to day from whence they will bo sont through to Pekin. Dr. Sun Yat Sen, former provisionul president, is ulso enroute from Nanking to Pekin. FOSS REMOVES MILITIA CHIEF LAWRENCE, Mass., March C Striking toxtllo workors horo today nro jubilant ovor tho ordor of Qov ornor K. N. Foaa, rellovlug Colonol SweeUor from command ot tho ututo mllltla nnd placing Colonol Franklin Joy In chargo. Tho workers opouly assort that Colonol Sweetzor wna ro sponslblo for tho ordor preventing tho strikers from sending thoir chil dren away from tho dluturbed city and ulna for tho ullogod outrages per potratod ngaltiBt women uiul children, No reason was assigned for tho transfer by Govornor Fohh oxcopt Mint ho plans to chnngo commundora periodically. No dlsordor of any kind was ro portod today. INDKPBNUBNCB." Ore."." March C. Four buslnosB buildings on 0 street between Main und Railroad wore destroyed by (iro early today. M NT