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About The Medford mail. (Medford, Or.) 1893-1909 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 9, 1894)
1 CLOTHED IN HIS You were looking. RIGHT MIND I Is the business man who - for a printer who buys all the latest and best denlgtid In type, borders, ornaments, etc., and nas tbe taste to use tbem in bill beads letter-head a, advertisement, circular, posters, and all kinds of mer cantile printing. ADVEETISES veil his goods.' We are told that "goods well bought are half sold." A half sold article is no good on earth to either customer or mer ohant. An advertisement in Thk Mail will Li THC MAIL has one who attends strictly supply me other nan. to thai sort o" business. TRY HIM. VOL. VI. MEDFORD, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1894. NO. 6. ill .j. t SOCIETIES OF MEDFORD. t Knights of the Maccaoees. Triumph Tent No. 14. meets in regular review oa the 2d and 4in 'i nursaayg of eacn monin jn a. v. u . v . nan at 7 :ao p. m. visiting Sir Knights cordial ly invited to attend. LuTiixR G, Porter, Commander. J. West Lawton, k. k. A. o. TJ. W. Lodge No. 9S, meets every first and third Wednesday in the month at 8 p. m. In their hall in the opera block. Visiting orotners invited to attend. N. A. Jacobs, M .W. 6eo. F. MsrrmAX, Recorder. W. R. C Chester A. Arthur Corns No. 24, meets second and fourth Tuesday's of each month at 9 o'clock p. m., at G. A. K. hall, in wa e lows ouuawg. - Mrs. W. K. Davis, Pres. Miss Ida Redden, Sec. K. of P. Talisman lodge No. 31, meets Mon day eventng at o p. m. v lsiiing oromers al ways welcome. Geo. F. Mkhhiman, O. C. J. A. McLeod, K. of K. and S. I. O. O. F Lodge No. 83. meets in I. O. O. F. hall every Saturday at at S p.m. Visiting Brothers always welcome. W. F. Shawvbb, N. Q. I. A. Mkbriman, Rec Sec. I. O. O. F. Rogue River Encampment, Ledge No. 30. meets in I. O. O. F. hall the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month at 8 p. m. T. W. Johnson, c. P. A. C. NiCHOLSOS, Serine Olive Rebekah Lodge No. 28, meets In I. O. O. F. hall first and. third Tuesdays of each month, visiting sisters invited, to attend. Mrs. Cora Lyon, N. O. Miss. Della Pickei. Rec. Sec A. P. & A. M. Meets first Friday on or be fore run moon at a p. m., in a. u. v. w.naii. E. P. Gkabt, W. M. Tf. V. Lippikcott, Rec. Sec i. A. R. Chester A. Arthur Post Ne. 47, meets in G. A. R. hall every second and fourth Tuesdays In each month at 7:JU p. m. S. H. Hour, Com. J. W. MnxEB. Adjt. L O. G T. Meets Tuesday night at 7 p. m. at A..U. u. w nail. E. A. Johnson, C, T. J. C. Elder, Rec, Sec W. C. T. TJ. Meets at Presbyterian church on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each Mrs. Rose DeGroot. Pres. Mrs. L. L. Asgle, Sec Yonng Peonle's Reading Circle Tuesday even lngat each week, under the auspices of the jpwortn league . F. A. I. TJ. L. L. Polk lodge No. 265, meets every satnraay at o p. m. J. H. Smith, Pres. CHURCHES OF MEDFORD. Christian Church S. P. Grant, pastor. Reg ular services every Lord's day at 11 a. m. Sun day school at 10 a. m. Y. P. S. C. E. meeting every Sunday evening at 6:30. Preaching tbe first and third Lord's days at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Pastor's residence, room eight second door Odd Fellows' building. Prayer meeting very Thursday evening. In the church. Methodist Episcopal Church K. S. Craven, pastor. Services every Sunday morning and evening at usual hours for ehurch services. Epworth League meets at 6 -JO p. m , Sunday. Sunday school at 10 a. m. Prayer meeting Thursday evening. Pastor's residence on C street, one block South of Mail office. Presbyterian Church Rev. A. S. Foster, pas tor. Preaching at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sun day school at It) a. m. Y. P. S. C. K, 6:15 p. m. Junior Endeavor Society at 3 p. m Sunday. Prayer meeting on Wednesday evening at 7 lock. Baptist Church T. H. Stephens, pastor. Preaching at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Prayer meeting every Wednesday even ing. Sunday school at 10 a. xn- Methodist Episcopal Church South Rev. w. J. Fenton pastor. Services every first and fourth Sundays of each month. Sunday school every Sunday at 3:0C p. m. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. Jjv KIRCHGESSXER, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Medford, Oregon. Office Residence, Corner C and Ninth Streets. JTRANCIS FITCH, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Medford, Ore. Will practice in all courts of state or TJ . S "M. I. VAWTER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, OSiee Bank Building. Medford, Or J. H. WHITMAN, ABSTRACTOR AND ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office in bank building, Medford, Or Have the most complete and reliable abstracts i title in Jackson county. "VVEBSTER & HAMMOND, Lionel R. Webster. Austin S. Hammond ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Office L, O. Q. F, building, Medford, Or E. B- PICKEL, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Medford, Or Office: Rooms 2 and 3 L O. O building. J.B. WAIT, . ', PHYSICIAN ANQ SURGEON. Office in Childers' Block, Medford, Or E. ?: GEARY, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Office Cor. C and Seventh its.. Medford, Or J)R. O. F. DEMOREST, RESIDENT DENTIST, Makes a specialty of first-class work at reason able rates. Office Jn Opera House, . Medford, Or. J)R. J..W. ODGERS, DENTIST. Has permanently located in Medford for the practice of dentistry. From a continued prac tice of over 14 years, I am prepared to guaran tee entire satisfaction. Give me a call. . Over Sloven drug store. DANIEL COFER, u . UTI OF SACRAMENTO. IIIIMII HI B. ContractinE a Specialty. Flans and Specifications Furnished 1 at reasonable rates. " I have 909 new designee of Cottage homes those wishing to bulli would do well ta ex amtn them. ' PosTorrcr. Box, 78. rLejal Blanks for sale at this office. mi Hardware: - ; Nails, Locks, Blocks, Saws, Files, Hammers, Stoves: Heaters Plain or Fancy, "Famous Bridge Beach" make. Tinware: Wash Boilers, Pails, Pans, Coffee Boilers, Miners' Supplies: Powder, Fuse, Picks, Steel Shovels, Pans. Cutlery: I. X. L. and 0. V. B. Pocket, Carving and Table Sets. Ammunition: "New Club" Shot Shells, Powder. Shot, Wads, Rifle and Pistol Cartridges. Paints: Lead, Oils, Varnishes, "Sherwin - Williams " Paints. Plows and Harrows: - Black Land, Canton Clipper, unver Chilled and steel. ALL QUESTIONS OF METAL can be readily and cheaply solved by doing business with us, BEEK, WHITESIDE & CO., Corner C and Savanth Streets, JOHN MORRIS. Owl Gas( New Owl, New GROCERIES, CROCKERY, GLASSWARE AND WOODENWARE. CHICKENS, BUTTER and EGGS - WANTED CASH or TRADE in EXCHANGE Mr Legate will lie pleased to wait MORRIS & Free Delivery. o o o o o o ooooooor Caijets, Paper, Gnrtalns & liBliiptois, .flanes, Pictures. I. A. WEBB, amiu uiiuiiniuiiuui iiiiimiiiHiiiironuiiiiiiii fllNDEBTAKING iitOTtufHiiiimiiuiin iiinmniiiHiiiMitiNititHR piiOUg, FEED AND . BALED HAY In Small or large Quantities to Suit Customers. C. T. PAYNE, Prop'r., C Street, - !Prescriptions Slain Street J. W. -DEALER IN- -ARNESS AND g ADDLEItY. Order Work Given Special Attention. REPAIRING IS RIGHT IN MY LINE. SEVENTH STREET, -o- W. L VAWTEK, Wm. SLINGER, Vice Pres. Pres. Jaekson County Sank. CAPITAL, - $50,000 Loan money on approved security, receive deoosits subject to check, and transact a general hanking 'business on the most favorable terras. i"Vour JBusipes Solicited. Correspondbnts: uiaa & uusn, baiem. AngaMorriia Bank, San Francisco. X,add &. TUtbn. Ifftrttad, GUNS GUNS -. GUNS i GUNS Medford, Oreeon. Grocery W. P-H. LEGATE. Man, New Prices. nsyonr Dollar and see fiat yon get in Mange. e Defy Competition on Prices and Goods. Yonr PATRONAGE Is SOLICITED. upon you as he did at the anvil. LEGATE, Medford, Oregon tfMSMiititiitMMtmaiitniiumiumtMHmiM mint FURNITURE I HIIIHMUMIMIUmiHHUIWUmillMMtlltM Miliar a MEDFORD." HI HIMNHIMIMINI Picture Framing a Speela.ly. jjfL. o PROVISION CTORE. Medford, Oregon. THE MORTAR D$UG STOHE, G. H. HASKINS, Prop'r. Ha. mttmin. m tm um or n Pure Diugt, Patent Medicines, Hook. Stationery, ' PAINTS no OILS, Toboccoes, Clnrx, Perfumery, Toilet Articles and Everything that Is carried In a first class DRUG STORE. Carefully - - Compounded. Medford Oregon. Lawton, MEDFORD, OREGON. J. E. ENYART, Cashier Medford, Oregon " prbw banking Co., . Y HAMILTON & PALMj the leading real estate agents of Medford, are still slicing off the Eara Cbiints in to suit their customers. A 1 bottom land for $30 per acre. Good IMPROVD FARMS for from S15 to $25pemcre. We have a fine list of farm and City Property at your own price and on your own terms. Write to us for in formation, HAMILTON & PALM. TAYLER The Fashionable Shoe Dealer and Maker Latest styles in men's shoes, ladles' button boots and OXFORD TIES. Children's near-resisting shoes, cus tom work and repniiing promptly attended to. Opposite Postofflce. MEOFOnO. - . OREGON. &1M CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS. We are prepared to give estimates on any building from a wood a head to a state capital. Alt work in our line guarraatced first cUs in every respect, tfedford,' ... Oregon. Your Best Cirl gaxed Into our window yester day tor twenty minutes. She was looking at Engagement Rings, but wouldn't hare vou know It tor the world. The rtnm are certainly lore".v. but we cannot use them alL Ve selected ours years ao. Have You. selected yours? PRITCHAflD, THE JEWELER. GEO. F. MERRIMAN, eLlCSSIlITflllB, itiiimmtmmiMttiimtttiiin itmittitiiummittn f m HORSE SHOEING AND iiiiriiiiliittiiitiiiMiiiriiiiiiiiiiittiiii(iuitt(im WflBDH-lTlflglHB. Seventh Street, Medford, Orepou. I HAVE FOUND fl (illfiSET! That Is. I hare receired prirr from t raxer & Cbambera. of Chirac hicaffo, un 2X Which will prove ef more value than the finding of several nujnrets to In tending pun-havers. Get prices from C. T. LEWIS, Mochanlral Engineer and Ma chinist. Medford, Oregon. OYSTERS, p CANDIES, NUTS OF ALL KINDS, Cioars ana - ToDaccoes AT 1 M0UXCE & SCHERMEEHORN, Medford, .... Oregon. LUMBER IN THt NOR IHVt I . Forty Million Cottages Could Be Erected with Washington's Standing Timber. Some surprising figures have just been published anent the frrcut lumber industry of the Pacific northwest. They illustrate how bountifully that expan sive rejrioa has been timbered. In Washington and Oregon there are over one thousand lumber and wood-working firms, representing a combined capital of nearly $30,000,000 and employing 25, 000 men. The value of the product is in the neighborhood of (25,000,000 yearly. Ten millions of dollars are annually brought into those two states from for eign and domestic points in exchange for lumber, lath, shingles and other wood products. In Washington the cut of lumber for 1892 showed a large do orcase over the preceding year by rea son of the fact that the building boom beginning in 1890 began to subside dur ing the latter part of 1801. The cargo trade, however, during 1803 and the coastwise movement considerably in creased, and the eastern demand for rail shipments of lumber from Wash ington increased fully 20 per cent. Ac cording to indications, inis year's record will eclipse all others of the past in the commercial progress of the Pacific northwest. The Puget Sound Lumber man estimates that the standing tim ber in the state of Washington amounts in round numbers to 413,000,000,000 feet. In order to grasp tho magnitude of these figures lot tho reader, in his mind's eye, imagine a solid train, 15,00a feet pf lumber to the car, stretching 154,000 miles, or 6ix tunes around t,bo earth, and then enough ' cars left to. make a train stretching from, Tacoma across, tie continent to the, middle of the Atlantic. Or. taking fifty cors for a tran, it would take 042..000 trains to transport the standing timber, of Wash ington, Out of the standing timber of Washington lkUQ0,00O, cottages coul'' be erected, . ' - Snawyer MacMery MID THE NEWS IN BRIEF. CONDENSED COMPILATION OF CURRENT EVENTS. Important News of All Kinds Boiled Down and Arranged for Busy People. All Superfluous Words Removed and the Essence of tho News Preserved. The Boll telephone patent has ex pired. The Colorado legislature adjourned sine die on the 8th inst. The Union Pacific has made a heavy cut in transcontinental passenger rates. Eugene, Or., is unable to fill orders for apples that have come from Butte, Mont. A strike on all the transcontinental railroads except the Southern Pacific is impending. The project to establish a naval train ing school on the Pacific coast is pro gressing favorably. Admiral Bcnhain'g prompt action in firing on the insurgents prevented a blockade of Rio harbor. Buffalo Bill is reported to be forming a Quaker community to be established on his North Platte ranch. Chairman Wilson of the ways and means committee has started on a trip to Mexico, where he will remain several weeks. Stockholders of the World's Colum bian Exposition will receive about 10 cents on a dollar in return for the in vestment. The city of Chicago invested 3,O00,OO0. Five hundred miners of Corona, Ga., who went out on strike recently, have returned to work, their difference with the company having been satisfactorily adjusted. The Kentucky legislature has passed a resolution requesting the two senators from Kentucky to rote against the con firmation of the appointment of Wheeler B. Peck ham to be justice of the supreme court. There was a Lively fight at Fort Om aha between white and Indian soldiers, and as a result half a dozen redskins are now in the hospital. Bad blood has ex isted for some time between the white and red troopers. Mrs. Hetty Green, a wealthy and ec centric woman at New York, left her boarding house in Brooklyn two days after receiving an anonymous communi cation stating that a plot had been con cocted to abduct and huld her for a ransom. The late Thomas Lynch of Chicago, a millionaire, disinherited one of his sons because the latter cnt his stepmother's hair off. Lynch's children objected to his second marriage and the son to vent his anger, destroyed his stepmother's beautiful head of hair. The young man lost 1300,000 by his act. Colonel William Henry Harrison Tay lor, for the past seventeen years state librarian of Minnesota, died at St Paul, aed 81. He was private secretary to rretadent illinm Henry Harrison and married one of the president's daughters to whom be was related as a second cousin. He served with distinction in the Ohio cavalry during the rebellion. The suit in the probate court sf,SL Paul against the Kittson estate for half of the alleged dower interest of Mrs. Crerier in $3,000,000 left by Commodore Kittson was dismissed for lark of proof. The suit was based on the claim that Mrs. Crevier was the first wife of Kitt son. The testimony of Mrs. Crevier's brother and son, of the priest who mar ried her to Crevier, and other witnesses, was 11 against the claim Mrs. Crevier's brother and son testifying that the never never claimed to have been mar ried to Kittson. Admiral Beuham, commander of the American sduadron in Brazilian waters, has shown the belligerents that Ameri can merchantmen are not to be molested. Three American vessels in Rio harbor were in danger of destruction by the in surgents' guns. ' Admiral Benhain re duested De Guns, the commander of the insurgent vessels, to put a stop to the reckless firing which endangered the American vessels. De Gama paid no attention to the request. The warships of the United States squadron were cleared for action and then the anchors were hoisted and the fleet steamed down the bay to the merchantmen. Theships were escorted to a position of safetv. The insurgents ceased firing during the maneuver. A curious case, which hns attracted much attention, wus heard by Judge Whitehouse or the supreme court at Boston. At an Odd Fellows' fair in Winthrop last March six women guessed the exact number of pieces in a patch work qnilL Mrs. Vista Pettingill, who guessed the right number first, claimed the qnilt and refused to compromise. Mrs. Pettingill, by legal process, got the quilt, but the other women dispute the validity of tho award, as the commission of the justice of the peace had expired before he issued the writ of replevin. The defense of the woman who has the quilt is that the guessing comes under the law against gambling. The contest that has arisen has caused trouble in two churches and divided the quiet vil lage of Winthrop into warring factions. The Brooklyn Public Health society has completed a joint committee repre senting also the National Constitutional Liberty league, Boston, and the New York Public Health and Constitutional Liberty league, and declared in favor of legislature requiring: 1. Physicians to write prescriptions legibly and when possible in English (and Latin if they choose). 8. That medicines when dis pensed by physicians and others con taining poisonous ingredients shall be by them legibly labeled "Caution. Take only as directed." 8. Restoring to every citizen the right to freely contract for the services of whomsoever he con siders competent to treat or heal him or his family without rendering the per son thus employed liable to prosecution, except for malpractice. Tho joint com mittee call upon all in sympathy vnth such legislation to address it at Room 18. 331 Madison avenue. New York city. For Kale Various Articles. ' I have for &nle one span of horses. twenty acres of wheat, in good growing condit on, one thousand pounds of rolled barley, fifteen hundred pounds of barley, one and one-half loads of corn fodder, three thousand pounds of corn in the ear, one set harness, one cow, one yeaning Holler and one plow Call on, or address, W. P. Dodge, Med ford, Oregon. Agent for Walter Frank Sums Valley. For a good suit of clothes cheap go. to Fetsch, t.he tailor CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. SK.VA.TK. Monday, Jan. 30. Stewart presented a resolution declar ing against the issuance of bonds by the secretary of the treasury. Teller at tacked tile president's Hawaiian policy. Tuesday, Jan. 30. After a long wrangle next Tnesday was fixed for a vote on the federal elec tions repeal bill. Final vote must be taken before adjournment on that day. The bond .question was discussed, but went over without action. Senator Sherman supported Carlisle in the issu ance of the bonds. Perkins presented a petition from California wool growers protesting against the lowering of tho duty on wooL Wednesday, Jan. 31. The entire day was consumed in dis cussing Stewart's resolution declaring that the secretary of the treasury had no authority to issue bonds. The reso lution was not acted upon. Thursday. Feb. 1. Discussion of Stewart's bond resolu tion was continued. Nothing impor tant transpired. Friday, Feb. Z. The bond issue was further discussed. Pefier said the financial affairs of the government were managed by specu lators in New York and not by "officials. Stewart's resolution was debated at length. The Wilson tariff bill was re ported from the house and referred to the finance committee. Hoar talked on the financial condition of the treasury. He opposed the bond issue, saying it is unnecessary. HOUSE. Monday, Jan. SO. The tariff debate was mnHnriA). TKa internal revenue bill was read and dis cussion of tbe income tax followed. Tnesday. Jan. 30. The income tax bill was debated. Cockran of New York made a brilliant speech against tbe bilL Bryan of Ne braska replied to Cockran. The debate, was continued at the evening session. Wednesday. Jan. 31. By a vote of 173 to 58 the internal rev enue bill was incomorat.l in tho tariff bill. The proposal to increase the tax On whiskv met with mnsidnalilii mm. sition. The increase from 90 cents to $1 a frallon was allowed tn atanrl A monn. nients to the tariff bill were discussed in the evening. Thursday, Fab. X. The debate on tho tariff Vn'Tl a closed with brilliant orations by Reed. f-peater crisp and Wilson, chairman of the wavs and means committer Th speakers were received with great en thusiasm. The galleries were crowded to overflowing. At 3 p. m. the debate closed and the tariff bill was passed. When the result was announced the Democrats went wild. Wilson waa ear. ried around tbe chamber on the shoul ders of several Democrats. Friday. Feb. a. Debate on the Hawaiian mnrrwr luwaii under special order that vnt will w j taken Monday at 4 p. m. Two speeches were msue. one try jdctreary and one by Hit (R.) of Illinois. McCreary ana lyzed the matter in the opening argu ment and arraigned Minister Stevens. In his reply Hitt vigorously attacked the president's policy. He spoke in strong terms in his denunciation of Cleveland and ex-Queen Liliuokalani. Bontelle and Catchings exchanged sar castic compliments. Blair offered an amendment to the resolution under con sideration (which condemned the action of Stevens, etc) that the recognition of the provisional government by the last and the present administration be in dorsed, and that efforts be made to bring about political union for the mutual benefit of the United States and the islands Saturday. Feb. 3. Discussion of Hawaii occupied the whole day. Another day was added to the time for closing the debate. This was done to permit discussion of Bou telle's resolution. GOVERNMENTAL GOSSIP. Appropriations for new work are not likely to be incorporated in the rivers and harbors bill. The condition of the treasury makes economy imperative. Judge Cox of the District of Colum bia supreme court refused to grant an injunction asked for by the Knights of Labor to restrain the issuance of bonds by the secretary of the treasury. Representative Hall of Missouri will introduce a bill providing that no pen sion shall lie paid to any one not a ci ri sen of the United States. He says many foreigners who participated in the late war continue to draw pensions without becoming citizens, as they should. The joint congressional committee to investigate the personnel of the navy has begun preparations for the work and the determination is expressed to make the investigation as thorough as possible, with the hope of making such recommendations as will remedy any evils which may exist. The house committee on military af fairs will report favorably the bill by General Curtis of New York which re vises the regulations for enlistments in tho general army, and is designed to Americanize the troops. Its most im portant provisions are that no man shall be enlisted in time of peace except American citizens, or those who have declared their intention to become citi zens, and that tho men must be able to speak, read and write the English lan guage. These rules are not to apply to Indians. Official reports show that over 37 per cent of our soldiers at present owe allegiance to foreign governments. The candidates for enlistment must be under 30 years of age. Under the exist ing rules enlistments are for the mini mum of five years and the length of service is restricted to 10 yean. The committee recommends that all enlist ments be for ternls of three years, and no man shall re-enlist who bos not served honestly and faithfully during the first term. An Editor's Recommendation. Mr. C. F. Davis, editor of the Bloom field, Iowa, Farmer, says: 'I can rec ommend Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to all sufferers with colds and croup. I have used it in my family for the past two yoars and have found it the best I ever used for the purposes for which it Is intended. 50 cent bottles for sale by G. H. Hitskins. Laud For Sale. The undersigned has .'or sale town lots in Ish's addition to Medford, and also farming land adjoining and near Medford, Oregon. PACITIC COAST ITEMS. K BRIEF CHRONICLE OF CURRENT NEWS CF IMPORTANCE. Chinese Ref titration at Fresno Coavlo tlon of a. School 'Teacher for Assault. A Hole In the Exclusion Law Capi talists Coming to California. The mayor of Goshen was arrested at Visaha for fast driving. Lightning rod swindlers are getting n pretty well with Oregon farmers. A reduction of wages has been made among the street car employee of Sacra mento. Representatives of colonies of Eastern settlers are prospecting about Goshen, wasn. Eight miles of the streets of National City, San Diego county, are to be planted with trees. The combined American and British sealers on this coast will hardly number a dozen this season. The survey of the route for the main one of the Union Pacific through Boise, Idaho, will shortly be made. Trouble is brewing between the tax payers and the directors of the Sunset irrigation district in Fresno county. Thompson Campbell of Butte. Mont.. has five sapphires taken from the giz zard of a turkey. The sapphires are all oi good faze. A 10 per cent, dividend has been or dered paid to the depositors of the Port land Savings bank, which suspended six months ago. At Walla Walla's hard times ball the prize winner wore a dress made of grain sacks, which the public is assured, "fitted nicely to her body." C. F. Russell, county school superin tendent, has disappeared from Albany, Or. His accounts are short. He went to Omaha and telephoned his wife to join him, but she refused. Sam Newman, a prominent merchant of Sprague, Wash., while attempting to step aboard a freight train, fell under the car and the wheels passed over his bead, instantly HlHng hirri Herman Harrison, a tailor at Seattle, last fall cabled his wife in England that he had committed suicide, in order that she would not come to f hi country. He endeavored to kill himself recently by slashing his throat. The registration of Chinese is going on in the Fresno district as rapidly as the small force of officials can do the work. About forty a day are being registered, but three times that number apply. A careful estimate made from the most reliable information obtainable, places the number of Chinese in the district at 9,000, over 4,000 of whom are in Fresno. With the present official force it will be impossible to register all within the re duired time. The jury in the case of Lather G. Brown at Santa Ana brought in a ver dich of assfcalt with a deadly weapon, with a recommendation to mercy. Brown is the principal of the school at Pasadena. Last summer while staying with his father at El Modeca, he cot into a quarrel with William Murray, a blacksmith, in the course of which he hit Murray over the head with the sharp edge of a spade. Murray's head was laid open and he was at death's door for a month. He is now recovered. State Senator J. G. Wa Ps, who repre sented Boise county in the last Idaho legislature is placed in an unenviable light by reason of some gold nuggets which he loaned to Idaho's exhibit at World's Fair. Watts was deputy com missioner - under Captain Wells. He told Wells he had some fine gold nug gets which he would loan to the exhibit, but that they were in pawn at the Capi tal State bank for (307, and that if Wells would take them out he might use tlwrp and afterward sell or return them. Af ter the fair closed the nuggets were sold, and it is now alleged that the nuggets were the property of William Hamilton, well known in Boise county, who loaned them to Watts, taking a bond for their safe return. The bondsmen are now on the warpath and sensational develop ments are expected. In the case of the Chinese woman who desired to land at Portland to join her husband, whom she had never seen. Judge Bellinger decided that the be trothal at S years of age and the mar riage six months since by sewing to gether two cards upon which the parti culars of the engagement had been written was a valid marriage according to the laws of China, and must be recog nized by the United States. The hus band, acting under legal advice, sent a certificate to her, setting forth that she was his wife. He also sent money for her journey. There was evidence to show that the facts were as claimed, and the woman was allowed to land. The court was aware of the danger of imposition in such cases, but said that the danger exists in all coses where Chinese are landed, and must continue to exist until exclusion is made abso lute. Ex-Mayor J. E. Saint and G. L. Brooks of Albuquerque, live stock agent for the Santa Fe Railroad company, have returned from Hillsboro, N. M., Whare . they accompanied D. B. Robin ton, first vice president of the company, and Robert T. Lincoln, N. K. Fair banks, Marshall Field and Norman Ream, Chicago capitalists. Mr. Robin son is on a tour of inspection of the road and invited the others to go with him to inspect the gold mines at HiUsborov They were greatly pleased with the trip and Messrs. Fairbanks and Field be come highly elated over the prospects of that camp, assuring the citizens that they would doubtless invest some capi tal in the. neighborhood. After an in spection of the mines the citizens of Hillsboro teudsred the party an infor mal reception. The Grand Army vet erans took charge of Mr. Lincoln, and he heard with much gratification remi niscences of his father and their love and respect for the martyred president. From Hillsboro Mr. Robinson and party went to FLoh&x and thence go to San Francisco. Guaranteed Cure. We authorize our advertised drug frist to sell Dr. Kino-Si New niroAvarv for consumption, coughs and colds, ujft on this condition. If you are sJfictein with a cough, cold or . any lung, throat or chast trouble, and will use this rem edy as directed, riving it a fair trial, and experience no relief, you may "re turn the battle Vnd- have your money refunded. We could not make this of fer did we not know that Dr. King's New Discovery could be relied on. It never disappoints. Trial bottles fer at G. H. Haskins drug store. Largo .. : rv. -i a, a.. eiwff JW an,".!. HW, GEORGE W. CHILDS DEAD. Bnd as? tba Oreat Editor Who Was Ba lorad by Everyone George W. Childs, after lingering near death tor several days, passed away peacefully at his home in Philadelphia. Paralysis was the cause of death. - Mr. Childs was born in Baltimore la 1829. When 14 years old he went to Philadelphia. He was alone and friend less, but he secured a position in a book store and after four years' service ha opened a small store of his own. From this he branched out into the publishing business and finally became proprietor f The Public Ledger. His great work; was contemporaneous with Lincoln, Horace Greeley and others during the war. Wealth came to him and he used it to help others. Probably no man in America has given away more both for public and private relief than Mr. Childs. His name is revered through out England and Scotland for pub lic benefactions, such as the erection of a fountain at Shakespeare's n"tne. Mr. Childs left no children, but his wife sur vives him. . RECORD OF CRIMES AND ACCIDENTS. H. M. Leonard, ex-manager of the Santa Clara bank, is in jail again. Nine new indictments for embezzlement have been returned against him by the grand jury He was out on $15,000 bail on previous indictments. A "committee "has ordered the friends and sympathizers of Chris Evans to leave the neighborhood of Tisaha. Tbe committee is unknown, but there is a reminder of the old vigilante days in the notices. A lone highwayman, whose mask was a gunnysack thrown over his head, entered H. H. Simms' gambling den at Ballard, Wash,, and before the aston ished gamblers recovered from their surprise, had disappeared with sH the 6pare change on the roulette table. Chris Evans and Morrel shot at two deputy sheriffs on the plains about 25 miles from Visalia. Thirty shots were exchanged but none of the bullets took effect. The bandits retreated to thai hills and the officers went to Reedier and telephoned to Sheriff Scott Evans and Morrel are in the vicinity of Sampson's Flat, where Evans held forth prior to his capture. The inriita make no attempt to conceal themselves. Evans has written several letters, one to Sheriff Scott. Both are armed and des perate. Evans says he will sever be captured alive. Arther H. Howland, a civil mgrmaar of Boston, who was prominent socially, disappeared some time ago and it waa thought he had been killed or had com mitted suicide. It is now learned that Howland is alive and that his disappear ance was a scheme to defraud life insur ance companies. Howland is living in New York rmdg-- an assumed riairm A father and son fought a duel at Compton, Csl. and both were killed. John B. Johnson, a rancher, and bis lft-year-old son, George, quarreled and the father shot his son in the breast with a pistol. George had shotgun in hi, bands and he fired as he fell. .The charge struck the father in the stomach, killing him instantly. Johnson wastv drunkard and frequently beat his wife and children. Victor Hamilton Echorn of the Penn sylvania Salt Works company at Phila delphia attempted to steal $15,000 of tho company's money. TTU scheme was a daring one. He advertised for two men. of nerve and engaged them to assist "" in robbing the company's messenger while the latter was carrying the money for the monthly payroll from the office) to the works. One of the men informed the police and was told to go ahead with the scheme and Echorn would be caught in the act. Tbe messenger was given a 'dummy sack and he started for the works. Echorn and bis cocfedV, erates took the sack from the messeagt? anu as tney were getting, into a wagon to escape they were arrested. Echava was an accountant in the employ of tba company. A telegram was received attheoffioB . of the Pinkerton detective agencv in x- X- V. r TT. o : . , iicw iw uuui uofc fixings, ate., con taining information that Fritz Dhiem, a -notorious diamond thief, had just baea captured in that place by Pinkerton de- .' tectives. This news was immediately sent . by the Pinkerton people to the oft. , flee of the Jewelers Protective tmion, and there was great rejoicing over it throughout Maiden lane. The Pinker- ' tons do all the work tor the Jewriars Protective association, and they have been hunting for Dhiem since Noveo- ber, 1881, when he stole fl 50,000 worth of diamonds. The robbery took place at a railroad station in JJavton, IX, where on Nov. 10, 1S91, Dhiem entered a car. of the train and stole a satchel orintan ing the gems from R. E. Eraaig, ' salesman for the Hermann Keck Main- facturing company of Cincinnati. THE MIDWINTER FAIR. Butte county carried ojf the first nriM " in the Northern California citrus fair. A movement is on foot to bold an in ternational musical congress during the fair. The beautiful statue of Queen Tjella, by Miss Harriet Hosmer, was un veiled last Saturday with appropriate ceremonies. The Woman's Congress as sociation conducted the exerciser. The daily concerts by the Iowa state band and the Midwinter Fair band at tract many visitors to the grand court. The programs include classical and pop ular mnsio, and everybody is pleased. Last Saturday night a grand elec trical illumination was the feature. Lights were placed all around the bnfluV v . ings and the effect was most beautiful. The glare dome of the Agricultural . building was a mass of iiK'andesceirk globes. Much has been aeompnsbed in tba installation of exhibits during the part week. Abe tit 80 carloads of exhibits are yet to ba unloaded and arranged in the tiaildings. These tKhibits ax mostly from C3uco i i rere delayed transit. A Suro Cure for Piles. Itching Piles are known bv moisture - like presperation, erusicg intense itch ing wnen warm, mis lorra as well as . blind, bleedine or protrudine- vield at- which aota directly on the parts effect ed, ahtorbs tumors, allays itohioe and effects penxanent euro. 50 cts. Drug srist lraL ' Circulars free. Dr. BoarWro, fhiladetphia. Pa. Sold by G, H. Haakins, druggist, Medford. Hopsackings and broadcloths, silk warp henriettas and India twills, at Angle & Plymalii'sV, . J-V