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VOL. VI.
MEDFORD, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1894.
NO.
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SOCIETIES OF MEDFOBD.
Knights of the Maccaoees. Triumph Tent
Jo. 14, meets In regular review on the 2d and
th Thursdays ot each month in A. O. U. W.
Call at 7 :30 p. m. Visiting Sir Knights cordial
ly invited to attend.
L.UTUEH a. Poster, Commander.
J. West Law-ton, R. K.
A. O. XT. W. Loejte t(o. 9S, meets every first
and third Wednesday In the month at 8 p. m.
Jn their hall in the opera block. Visiting
brothers invited to attend.
N. A. JACOBS, M .W.
.Geo. F. Mkbbixan, Beoorder.
W. K. C Chester A. Arthur Corps No. 24,
meets second and foarth Friday of each
jr.onth at S o'clock p. m., at G. A. it. hall, in
Odd Fe lows building.
Mrs. Mart E. Datts, Pres.
MisS Ida Redden. Sec.
K. of P. Talisman lodge No. SI, meets Mon
day evening at 8 p. m. Visiting brothers al
ways welcome. Geo. F. Mekkimak, C. C.
J. A. McLeod, K.1K, and S.
L O. O. F. Lodge No. 83, meets in I. O. O. F.
hall every Saturday at at 8 p. m. Visiting
brothers always welcome.
J. R. VU-SON, N. G.Q
Z. Maxt. Rec. Sec.
I. O. O. F. Rogue Eixer Encampment, Ledge
JTo. 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- NiCHOtSOS. Scribe.
Olive Rebekah Lodge No. SS, meets In X O.
O. F. hall first and third Tuesdays of each
month. Visiting sisters invited to attend.
Mrs. Josie Simmons, N. G.
Miss Myrtle Woodford, Rec. Sec.
A. F. & A. M. Meets first Friday on or be
fore full moon at 8 p. m in A. O. U. W. hall.
E. P. Geary, W. M.
W. V. Lippincott, Sec. Sec
G. A. R. Chester A. Arthur' Post No. 47,
meets in G. A. S. hall every second and fourth
Fridays in each month at 7 :30 p. m.
S. H. HOLT, Com.
J. W. MnxsB, Adjt.
LO.8 T. Meets Tuesday night at 7 p. m.
art A. O. U. W hall.
E. A. JousfiOS, C, T.
JohN SchotTj Rec, Sec
W. C. T. U- Meets every Wednesday otter
noon in the Hftiley Black.
Mrs. Addis VasAstwfp, Pres.
Mrs. Rose DkGkoot, Sec
Young People's Readies Circle Tuesday even
ingot each week, .under the auspices of the
Ep worth League
F. A. I. U. L. L. Polk lodge No. 85, meets
every Saturday at 8 p. m.
J. H. Smith. Pres.
CHURCHES OF MEDFORD.
Saint Marks Episcopal Sunday School meets
at Episcopal Church every Sunday afternoon at
,8 o'clock. T. N. Wilson. Rector; S. S. Pentz,
Superintendent.
Methodist Episcopal Church K. S. Craven,
pastor. Services eyery Sunday morning and
evening at usual hours for church services.
Epworth League meets at 6:30 p. m , Sunday.
Sunday school at 10 a. m. Prayer meeting
Thursday eveninsr. 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 U) a. m. Y. P. S. C. E., 6: 13 p. m.
Junior Endeavor Society at 3 p. m Sunday.
Prayer meeting on Wednesday evening at
'clock
Baptist Church Rev. J.Merley will preach on
.first and third Sunday and Rev. E. Kuss on
'second and fourth Sundays of each month.
.Preaching at 11 a. m. and S p. m.
Prayer meeting every Wednesday even
ing. Sunday school at 10 a. m. Junler Bond
at 3 p.m.
MethodisI Episcopal Church South Rev. w.
J. Fenton pastor. Services every first and
- ourlh Sundays of each month. Sunday
chool every Sunday at 3:00 p. m.
PROFESSIONAL CABDS.
KIRCIIGESSNER,
PHYSICIAN AJD SUEGEON,
Medford, O:egon.
jOffice Residence, Comer C and Ninth Streets.
jRAtfCIS FITCH,
.f TTORNEY AT LAW,
Medford, Ore.
Will practice in all courts of state or U. S
M. I. VAWTEE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office Bant Building. liedfotd. Or
J. H. HITMAN,
ABSTRACTOR A2TD ATTORNS?
AT LAV.
Office in bank budding-, Medford, Or
Have the most complete and reliable abstracts
yf title inJacksoa county. '
EBSTER & HAMMOND,
Lionel B. Webster. Austin S. Hammond
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Office 1. 0. O. F. building:, Medford, Or
E. B. PICKEL,
PHYSICIAX AND SURGEON,
Medford, ;Or
Office: Room 5; Opera Block.
J. B. WAIT,
PHYSICIAN AKl? Sl'RGEQN.
JOffice in Childers' Block,
Medford, Or
J. P. GEARY,
PHYSICIAS AND SURGEON,
jQEce Cor. C and Seventh sts.. Medford, Or
)R. O. F. DEMOREST, ,
B.E8IDEST DENTIST,
Makes a specialty of first -class work a reason
able rates.
Office in Opera House,
Medford, Or.
)DGERS & HALL,
DENTISTS.
Hare permanently located in Medford for the
practice of dentistry. From a continued prac
tice or over 14 years, we are prepared to guaran
tee entire sawsiaetion.
Give us acalL Over Slavers drug store.
corrected Eirear wedkesdat.
. Wheat, No. 1, per bushel, 50 ets
Oats, ' 38
Barley ' " " " 40
Corn, ' ' 60
Potatoes, new, . 45
Mill Ftfd, Bran ani Shorts, per too, $15.00
nay, baled, JS.O0; loose, 7.00
MEDFORD
MARKETS
Wr.rvi ak. pereord, 3.10
Wood ( Fir, " " 3.00
Flour, vfaolesois, per barrel, 8X0
j Flour, retail, per sack, 80 cts
Butter, per roll (two poandh) 50 "
Eggs, . per dozen, 10 "
Onions, per pound, V2 "
Apples, per box, (one bushel) KH "
.Bacon and Sam pec lb. 10 "
Sboulder per lb, 09
.Beans - . . " 03 "
Lard " " 10 "
Ber " "t!4
Hot Weather
A Large Shipment of loaded shells for
shot guns. - Quails are getting ripe
. and we have just the loads to shoot
them with. If you want to load your
own shells we can furnish you black
or Nitro powder, chilled or soft shot.
If you are going to keep the Lawn
and Garden looking well during the
dry weather you must irrigate. We
can furnish you with all grades of
Garden Hose and Fittings. U is a
good time to buy right now.
GUNS.
AMMUNITION
J. BEEK & SON, MEDFORD, ORE.
JUST OPEflEDlH-
A Fine Line of Staple and Fanny
GROCERIES,
FREE DELIVERY.
In the McAndrews Building on Seventh street. Our stock of Cigars and
Tobacco is complete. Give us a call. SIGN OF THE BIG-I""1
S. O. WILSON", Medford, Oregon.
J. W. Lawton,
o DEALER IX o
H
ARNESS AND
Order Work Given
REPAIRING IS RIGHT IN MY LINE.
SEVENTH STREET, -o- MEDFORD, OREGON.
A. FETSCHV
CQefehant Tailor,
Domestic All foal Sis fin
Inpteil All fool Suits &01
I buy mv goods from Chicago and
mers the benefit of Eastern prices.
JACKSONVILLE
X C. WHIPB Iropr.
Does General Contracting in all
GRANITE AND MARBLE WORK.
CEMETERY WORK A SPECIALTY.
Jacksonville, - Oregon.
.000000,0000000:
Carpsls, Paper, Curtains.
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jljNDERTAKING
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2?re$ ciptions
Main Street
Caefa llv
W. I. VAWTER,
' Pres.
Wm. SLING ER.
;vice Pres.
Jackson County Bank.
CAPITAL, - $50,000
Loan money on approved security,
and transact a general banking business on the most favorable terms,
J6TYour Business Solicited.
Correspondents:
Ladd & Bush, Salem. Anglo-California Ban, San Francisco.
Ladd & Tilton, Portland.
Suggestions I
HARDWARE,
it
When you take a day off and go
fishing we want you to call and seo
what we can do for you in the way
of Fishing Tackle. We have a com
plete stock of the very best of all
goods in this line. . .
CADDLERY.
Special Attention.
New York and can give my custo
My motto is
STOVES
$201 up.
$261 1.
.QUICK ALES AND SMALL PROFITS.
ITlflRBLE WORKS,
Lines of - -
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FURNITURE!
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MEDFORD.
MllltlllMtltltlllMIMqf
Picture Framing a Specialty.
THE MORTAR
DRUG STORE,
G. H. HASKINS, Prop'r.
Ha ANTTMINa IN TMC LINC OF p
Pure U.ugs, Patent Medicines, Books,
Stationery,
FAINTS nd OILS,
Tobaccoea, Clffars. perfumery, Toilet Articles anil
Kverythfnit that Is curried In a first
class DRUG STORE.
-; - Compounded.
Medford Oregon.
E. ENYART,
Cashier
Medford. Oregon
receive deoosits subject to check,
Corbin Banking Co., N. Y
HAMILTON & PALM,
the lending real estate
agents of Medford, are still
slicing off tho
Ciis
in
to suit their customers. A 1
bottom land for $30 per
acre. Good
IMPROVED FARMS
for from $15 to $25 per acre. 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.
FLOUR SUD FEED STORE.
At tbo old stand on Seventh Street.
FLOUR WHEAT, o
OATS AND BARLEY,
Whole or chopped. Corn. Potatoes and Beans,
ALSO BALED HAT FCR SALE.
Cash paid for Egg, or taken in exchange.
J. R ERFORD, Proprietor.
Medford, Oregon.
Your Best Cirl
prized Into our -window
day far twenly
wiut looking ul
minutes. She
Engagement Rings,
but wouldn't have you know it
for the world. The riot; are
certainly iovclv. but we cannot
use them all. Ve selected ours
years ago.
Have You.
- selected yours?
PRITCHARO, THE JEWELER.
GEO. F. MERRIMAX,
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waGOH-piHsme.
Seventh Street, Medlord, Orejron
I HAVE FOUND
11 NUGGET!
That I. I rcvrivtM jrirr from
Kraxer it CUamocrs, of Chtcag, oik
fix
Which will prove of more raluc than
the flmiinc of w-rera.1 nuprcu !o tn-tctidttigpaiirha-'icrs.
Ovl ricc from
F. LEWIS, Mvchanlcnl Enjlucr and Ma
cbinisr. Medford, Oregon.
In Connection with the:
.Hotel Medford,
W. L. TOWNSEMD, Propr.
OYSTERS, s
CANDIES,
NUTS OF ALL KINDS,
rs anil Ti
-AT-
M0UXCE
& SCHERMERH0RN,
Oregon.
Medford,
Flour anrj FeerlStore
C Streot. Opposite Racket Store,
Medford, - Oregon.
FLOUR, WHEAT,;
BARLEY, WHOLE
OR ROLLED OATS,
BEANS, CORN AND
Baled Hay. Vegetables of kinds.
A. M. Woodford,
m
MacMfiry
no i ,
;-T--r-T-T -r- T -:
I! MAN i
Has ever been known to have the Cholera who
had his shuvlng unu hnir cutting dont) ul
THE PALACE.
CLEANLINESS
I S A COMPANION
TO CODLINCSSI
utir Dams ure two mm eucn.
Seventh street. Medford. Oregon.
THE PALACE
F. W. Waschau,
The German Watchmaker,
FRONT STREET, MEDFORD, ORE.
Sells tho best Roods in thn jewelry
line anu ior ressouttuie prices. .
If you need repairing dono on
your watches, clocks or Jewelry
SCOME AND SEE ME.
Watch cleaning, 7R cents; tnntn springs. M cents;
wutch glasses, 1U to 15 cents each.
ALL - WORK WARRANTED.
PACIFIC COAST ITEMS.
NEWS NUGGETS PICKED UP WEST
OF THE SIERRAS.
Forest Flrri In Washington Suit for
Personal Damages Agitln.t Cnllfomla
Burned to Death Whilo Cooking A
6acramonto Girl with Nerve.
Two carloads of rmilea hare been
shipped from Fresno to Hawaii.
The Home Savings bank at Phccmix,
A. T., has suspended.
Secretary Douirhty of the Sacramonto
Railwny Union, arrested on a chargo of
embezzlement sworn to by triiinwrecer
Worden, was mschnrged from cuwtody
at Wotidland the other day on motion
of the district attorney.
Ah Tie, a Chinese cook at the Bates
academy at San Rafael, shot David
Cameron, a pardener at the same insti
tution, recently. In a dispute Cameron
struck the Chinaman and the latter
used his pistol.
A sale of 30 carloads of wine has been
made to a firm in Germany by Dohl
meuke & Co., the Alexander valley tSo-
noma county) winemakers.
Mrs. A. P. Henderson's clothes cr.nlit
fire while she was cooking at her home
at East Highlands, Los Angeles, and
she was burned to death-
Three men have died in Fresno during
the past week because of drinking cold
water when they were overheated.
Cliarlos Mooney. aged 107 years, died
at Oregon City, Or., the other day of
old age.
Jack Forbes, a young Englishman,
has been arrested at Tacomu for smug
gling opinm. His parents are wealthy,
but he preferred the life of a smuggler
to living at home.
Mrs. Annie E. Rasmns, a well-known
ocanuinavian woman, committed sui
cide at Fresno. Her bus baud was niis
iug and she could get uo trace of hiia,
John B. Garibaldi has been appointed
postmaster at Merced. Cal. The follow
ing presidential nominees who failed of
confirmation have been reappointed
postmasters: George Hislaub at Ogdt'D
and John Tyrrell at Pomeroy, Wash.
The summits of Stampede mountains
and other foothills of the tVoades
along the Northern Pacific are ablate.
The railroad company has had inou tt
work with two mountain cngir.es and
hose to protect snowheds and other
property besides the Stampede tcnueL
The sealing schooner Wanderer. Cap
tain Paxton. has arrived at Victoria
from Unalacka under seizure of the
United States revenue cutter Concord.
She had been seized some time ago on
the grounds of having a secreted gun in
her possession after those in her sealing
apparatus tad been oEoially sealed.
Tbouuts Mace has began suit i: the
superior court at Sacramento aaitist
the state of California to recover $3.tXK)
damr.gcs alleged to have been sustained
by the collapse of the grand stand at the
fair grounds ia thut cily on Sept. 12.
151. Mace alleges that the fall broke
four t-f his ribs, destroyed the siuht of
his left eye and made him a cripple.
W. n. Atkinson, president of the
Bank of Ashland, Or., and one of the
most prominent citizens poiiticaiiv and
financially of Southern Oregon, died at I
his home iu Ashland recently, aged 30
years.
Daniel Crites. a wetHUy farmer liv
ing near San Jose, has been arrested on
a charge of shooting at J. W. Gnrrra.
who was putting ont poisoned wheat
for squirrel in the field adjoining
Crites' ranch.
A shocking suicide occurred nt San
Bnmo, near San Francisco. As the mni!
train approached the dpot a m.vi threw
himself in front of the engine and the
entire train passed over him. He was
crashed and mangled leyond hnm.nn
semblance. Ia the pocktts of the de
ceased were two letters, one addressed
to Tobias Zittle. bearing the imprint of
the El Cat melo hotel, and attot her ad
dressed to Karl Katz. Stevenson strtn't.
San Francitco. The letters were writ
tea in German and gave no clew to the
cause of his suicide.
Three men attempted to rob tUs safe
in the St. James hotel at San Jose, but
were prevented from doing so by the
porter and the night clerk. The would
be burglars escaped.
Pedro Alvarez, a butcher of Tia Juana.
on the Mexican side, has been arrested
and brought to San Diego on a charge
of cattle stealing. He is notorious as
one of the most daring of the gaug of
cattle and horse thieves and smugglers
along the border. He made a desperate
fight before being captured.
Edtiardo Crosthwaite, a picturesque
daredevil of the border, in compauy
with Charles Ray and William Dockery,
the other night made a raid on the store
of William Funk at Nestor, near the
Mexican line, loading a wagon, stolen
from another place, with goods. The
horse had been stolen elsowhere. Loaded
down with plunder they started south
ward in the night, but chanced to meet
Fred Wadhara, a deputy collector of
customs at Tia Jnana, who was on his
way on horseback from a trip after
smugglers. Wadham gave chase to the
thieves and they abandoned their booty
and escaped across the border.
Miss May Quinn, the 19-year-old
daughter of D. H. Quinn of Sacramento,
had an exciting encounter with a bur
glar. The family lives in tho rear of
Quinn's hat store on tho corner of
Fourth and J streets. About 10 o'clock
in the evening Miss Quinn went through
the store to see if the front door was
locked. As she took hold of the latch
to shake it she noticed a mmi crouched
in a corner within three feet of her. In
stead -of screaming she placed her back
to the door and demanded to know what
he was doing. The burglar was taken
by surprise, but after a moment's hesi
tation said that he had been locked in.
As he said this he arose and ' sprang
upon Miss Quinn. The girl seized and
held him for several seconds before he
succeeded in breaking loose and escap
ing through the front door. Entrance
had been effected, through the trimsom.
Well Known in Texas.
Mr. J. C. Bos well, one of tho bot
known and most respected citizens of
Bro'vnwood, Toxas, -suffered with diar
rhoea for a lonjr time and tried many
different remedies without benefit, un
til Chttmberlain's Colic, Cholera and
diarrhoea Remedy was used; that re
lieved him at once. For sale by G. H.
Hasklns, druggist.
Two bits for a shirt is pretty cheap,
but so long ns it is a good article
worth twice that fi-jure you of course
will want 0110, ut Muller's couor
eery.
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NEWS OF THE WORLD.
THE GIST OF THE WEEK'S HAPPEN
INGS A3 TOLD BY TELEGRAPH.
Intfrttstln;? Items 1'r.iin Kurnpe, Asia.
A&rlira anil North nnil South Anioririt,
With Particular Atteutlou to Impor
tant Horn. wr.
The Peoria (HI.) Distilling comiiany
will test tho increase in the tax on
epirits in bond, on the ground that when
the spirits were put in bond at 510 cents
per gallon there was an implied contract
that the tax would uot Le increased
while 111 lxjud.
Jackson and Corbett express them
selves as willing to fight at. the Sioux
City club. The club has put up two
certified checks of 2,500 each for train
ing expenses of the two fighters.
Macot, Flying Jib and Nancy Hanks
have been dethroned and Robert J.
stands to-day king of harness hors'.-s.
The great son of Hartford, driven by
Ed Geers at F ort Wayne, Iud., tlte ot her
dHy, made the fastest taiie ever paced
ia harness, lowering the world's record
of 2:04 to 2:081.
Fifteen policemen connected with the
Englewood force at Chicago had a nar
row escape from suffocation by illumi
nating gas on a recent night. They were
asleep on the second floor of the station
when the chandelier became detached
from the supply pipe. Officer Barber
entered the room and called for assist
ance. All the officers were revived.
A dispatch from Rome says that Moa
signor SatoIH will return to that city at
the end of the year. The Vatican will
publish the result of his mission, which
will show, as already stated, that the
pope is entirely satisfied with the work
of Monsignor SatolM. and that his holi
ness considers the church questions in
the United States almost settled.
The warships of Great Britain and
Germany have at last taken action
against tho rebels in Samoa. The rebels
were notified Uiat unless they evacuated
their camp it woald be shelled. On
Aug. 10 the guns of the warships opened
fire and destroyed the forts which had
been deserted. The government forces
later took possession of the ground. A
land battle fallowed between loyJ and
dis'.oycl natives and six of the govern
meat forces were killed. On Aug. 13
the rebel position was agnin hol!ed. and
it is said that a large number of men
were killed. The rebels later sued for
peace.
The world's record for a flying mile,
paced, held by Tyler, was given a close
call by J. P. Biiss at Kauipdca Bicycle
park at Springfield, Mass., the othr
day. It was a hard dav to trr for
records. Rain threatened at every mo
ment and the air was very heavy. Biiss
made his first attempt at :Op. M. He
made the distance in 1:53 4-5, which ex
actly equals the record made by Tyler
at Waltham on Aug. 4. At 3 o'clock he
tried again, finishing in the same time.
Considering the weather. Bliss' per
forutauce was a most remarkable one.
For the first time in its history the
Vanderbilt family of New York is af
flicted with a scaudaL William K. Yau
derbill's wife is about to bring suit for
divorce. She charges her husband with
being unfaithful to his marriage vows,
naming a notorious woman who is now
in Paris as corespondent. Yar.derbilt
offered his wife $10,000,000 to keep the
matter oat of the courts. Mrs. W. K.
Yanderbilt is decidedly unpopular and
gossip has been free with reg;xrd to her
doiags. Sympathy ia New York seems
to be with the husband.
The supreme lodge of Knights of
Pythias has e!?cted officers to serve
until the next biennial conclave. They
are: Supreme chancellor, Walter B.
Ritchie. Ohio; supreme vice chancellor,
Philip T. Colgrove. Michigan: supreme
prelate. Allert Stetnhart, Greenville.
Ala.: master exchequer, Thomas G.
Sample, Alleghany. Pa.; supreme keeper
of the record and seals, R. L. C. White.
Nashville. Tenn.; supreme master-at-arms.
A. B. Gardiner. New York; su
preme inner gunrd, Jamee Monltoa,
New Brunswick: supreme outer guard,
John W. Thompson, president of the
board of control. J. A. Hinzey. Chicago.
Some of the visiting Knights of Pythias
brass bands found themselves victims
of the sumo law that Coxey violated.
Nothing like a parade is allowed to en
ter the Capitol grounds except on inaug
uration day, or by special permission,
and bands which have gaily approached
with drums beating and wind instru
ments blowing have been turned back.
Commander Ballington Booth at a
largely attuuded meeting in Association
hall nt Brooklyn, the other day, said:
" Twenty -eight years ago the Salvation
Army consisted of two persons my
father and mother who had for a bar
racks a dilapidated saloon in the east
end of London. It now has 1 1 .200 com
manding officers. 63.000 local officers and
over 1,000.000 aien and women ure will
ing to wear its uniform and be misrepre
sented and reviled. When you cousider
tho Salvation Army and its results yon
will not allow yourself to be prejudiced
against it. The members may wear an
odd-looking uniform and they may not
talk grammatically, bnt let me tcU you
they are earnest in the work of saving
souls. I thank God that there have been
sent into 37 countries people who take
the gospel with them" and convey the
water of life to famishing and thirsty
men. I was a small boy tugging at my
mother's skirts when mv parents began
to preach ia London, and I remember
how men and women elbowed their way
through the streets to hear them. I did
not then dream that SO years later tho
Salvation Army would be one of the
greatest powers in the world. We have
in Brooklyn met greater opposition than
iu any other city in America. My wife
has been stoned iu Brooklyn streets and
I have even been struck with missiles.
Many cold shoulders have been turned
toward us, but there has been a great
change, and now, thunk God, the people
of Brooklyn recognize that the faalya'
tion Army deserves the support and
sympathy of nil men. "
Bucklen's Arnica Salve.
Tho host salve iu tho world for cuts
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains,
corns, and nil skin eruptions, and posi
tively cures piles, or no pay required.
It is guaranteed to give perfect satis
f Action or money refunded. Price 2oc
per box. For sale by G. H. Haskins.
For sale by G. H. Haskins, Medford.
Hotel for sale Tho owner of ono
half interest in Hotel Medford is de
Mvous of disposingr of this property.
i You can learn particulars by enquiring
' . 'T-. . w . ,. .. n t
UL xiic .tlAluuiuut:.
HUNDREDS ARE DEAD.
SIX
MINNESOTA TOWNS WIPED OUT
BY FIERCE FOREST FIRES.
Residents of the Doomed Villages Flee
to the Forest and Swamps Pursued hy
Ijritth Many Drt Ailed Two Hundred
I.lres Saved hy the llerlim cf Kngl
neer Root The l)eni Were Hurled in
Tronciie The Living Are Destitute.
Six town3 wiped out and more than
500 dead is the record made by th-s for
est fires in Minnesota within 24 hoars.
Ia Hinckley, Sandstone, Pokegama,
Sandstone Junction. Sknnk Lake and
Mission Creek there are 355 known dead.
Iu addition several hundred are missing,
while from 150 to 2') are scattered on
farms throughout the district burned
over.
The destruction v.ts complete in most
of the towns named, but some of the
forest land escaped. The loss, however,
will be in the millions, and the loss of
life will not 1 definitely known fur sev
eral days, if ever. The relief trains
brought snppli -e sent out from St. I'aul,
Jlinneapolis, Dulnih and other towr-S.
and the. sufferers are being cared for -at
Piue City and other points.
Hinckley Wiped Ont.
The walls cf the sch'ol Louse, the iron
fence alxmt the town hall property, the
bank vault and one absolutely uniujared
outhouse is all that is left to mark the
site of Hinckley where stood a score of
buildings and a dozen times as many
dwelling h' escs.
The story of the catastrophe is a short
one. The town was built of wood. The
school house, erected last year at a col
of $ 10,000. and half of the Eastern Min
nesota railwny ror.nd house were the
only brick structures ia the town. By
one of thoe peculiar frtaks for which
there is no accounting, the round house
and water tank, on the southwestern
edge of the town, almost in the woods,
escaped the flames, a circumstance the
more remarkable from the fact that it
stood direct iy in the path of the flames,
which seems to have jumped it as clean
ly as if playing leapfrog.
A Timely Train.
The fire first struck Hinckley on the
east side of the Duluth track, and the
brave fire fighters for the first time gave
np the unequal battle, and already too
late, in manv instances, turned their at
tention to their personal safety. The
Eastern Minnesota train from the south
had just corce in. and the panic-stricken
residents looked to it for safety. A cum
ber of box cars were couplel on and
filled and covered with men. women and
children. Some were bareheaded and
some were coatless. Some clntche.1 a
buudie of the more precious of their
portable possessions: fcuuilies were sep
arated, and in all there was a motl-y
crowd of about 4-"V) or more j-op"e. The
train pulled out just ahead of the fire
and succeeded in ultimately reaching
Duluth.
Tracks and Trestles RnreM.
About the same hour the accommoda
tion train on the Hinckley and St. LTxtd
branch left for the latter place with
about S3 passengers. Its path lay di
rectly across the path of the fire, aci
their situation speedily became desjer
ate. The ties were burning, the rails
were warpirg and the trestles were sag
ging under the trr.ia. The smoke had
increased so that the engineer was help
less. He could cot sv the train behind
him. Burning trees lay across, the track
and were being tossed aside by the eu
gine. Suddenly the track gave way and
the train toppled ol to oae side. No on
one was injured and thy pressed oa "...
Pokegama station, a few iis alien 1.
But n few feet in front of the engine
was discovered a srorge 60 feet wide and
n i
40 feet deep where the trestle had been
burned awsy. They succeeded in reach- j
ing the clearing about the station and
escaped with a few burns and bruises.
There wer burned along the track,
however, four or five people.
Fleeing from the Fiery Demon.
The people who were left ia the city
were in what seemed to bo an almost
helpless condition. Egress by the only
means of transportation that could hope
to distance the swiftly advancing flames
was out of the question. The men had
been fighting the fire for hoars and the
women and children were in a panic
stricken condition. Horses were har
nessed to buggies and wagons. Women
and children were hurriedly loaded.
Probably 200 of them left town on foot
or in vehicles, plunging into the woods
across the Grindstone river which skirts
the town on the north. They were liter
ally fleeing before the pnrsning demon.
Over the hill that rises beyond the
Grindstone river is a swamp, and to this
most of the people with teams headed,
but it proved no protection. Some aban
doned their teams and ran into the lower
portions of the swamp, bat the fire
sought them out. Not one was left to
tell the tale, and ia a space of a little
more than five acres were counted over
130 corpses. There were many families
of five, six and seven, and there they
lay, the men generally a little ia ad
vance, the mothers surrounded by their
little ones, cut off by the mst horrible
of deaths.
Nearly all the bodies were nude, the
fire having burned every vestige of their
clothing ai?d blackened and charred
many of the corpses, rendering many of
theiu unrecognizable. Those who tied
to the north on foot followed the Duluth
track, and so rapid was the progress of
the flumes that many of them were
actually burned as they fled, falling on
the right-of-way for a distance of three
miles or more. About 30 bodies were
recovered in that vicinity.
Engineer Root Saves Many X.1tts.
Some of the foremost of the escaping
citizens met the Duluth train coming iu
from the north. It was due at Hinck
ley at 4 K?3 o'clock. Engineer Jim Root
was at the throttle. He stopped the
train and took on board about 125 of the
refugees. By this time the woods were
burning on each side of the track, and
as Root reversed his engine and started
back tho cars scorched and crackled in
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t!) beat. Root ran the train back abort
three miles, to Skunk Lake, and the
people escaped from the burr'ai j ors t ?
the water and no lives wereiort. - Engi
neer Root was terribly Ttriiisl and lacy
die, but he stuck to his jjost and sav&J.'
the train from destruction -
Standing in VTateY Fonr Flonrs.
The people who remained in Hinckley
fared the best of ali The Extern Min
nesota tracks mark the eastern edge of
the city proper. Just beyond the edge
was a tract of land prcbuHy embracii;
at least 10 acres. The wLcle area ha l
been excavated to a depth cf S3 or 4 J
feet, and in its cemV-r wa3 2 stagnant
poo! of rain water three feet deep. To it
fled a hundred ci! izens who veve will
ing to trust to its friendly depths. They
remained four hours while the smot
and flames rolled ovsr their heada. The7
dashed water ever each other ni cov
tred their heads with wet clothe3 to pre
vent suffocation, and all were saved.
Others of the citizens sougit refuge ia
the Grindstone river nnder ths ahct
laents of the two railway bridges and at,
the footbridge. The exact numter can
not be known, but many escaped and
some were drownc-d. 3lrs. Martin ZSat
tinson and her fonr little bubes were
taken drowned from the water.. Ia -h V
meantime Hinckley was burning wit a
the utmost rapidity, and in a few hours
nothing was left but reins. The toU.1
loss to the city will exceed 1,090,000,
with a comparative light insurance.
Hinckley was a post village cf Pins
county, on the line of the Lake SoperL-r
and Mississippi railroad. It wes a lau
ber center, had a number cf m2is, throe
churches, a bank, an academy and c-
newspaper, the Pinewood Diirt. The pop
ulation, according to the censes of lSCi j,
was 613.
The whole country around Kmcl."Uy
is on fire and the fullest ertex of ib.3
disaster cannot be learned for sca.3
days. It is feared several other tcwi
have suffered a like fate. Miliica has
called for help and the relief train fcc"i
St. Cloud was enable to get beyond
Bridgeman.
The losses in the neighborhood of St.
Cloud, which is on the western edge cf
the fires, are estimated at 200.000, and
from that point east and mri'a nearly
everything is burning. The fires ara
raging in Becker and Aitken counties,
where many farm houses and much
grain has been lost as well as timber.
Pokegama Lake, six miles west of
Hinckley, on the St. Cloud brsnch. w:.i
wiped as clean as the other towns. It is
said about 20 lives were lest at ti ;
point.
The nine of Engineer Jim Root, toe
hero of the Dniuth Limited, is blesd
on all sides, and Einckley people fst
that he shall wear diamonds as long as
they live.
Following is an estimate of the deaiu
Hinckley, 200: Sandstone. 45: tvuiCsioi
Junction. 5; Pohegama, 25: Sfcr.ck
Lake, 2t: miscellaneous. 30: total, oil.
President Cleveland is once more wi:i
his family and has settled down fur 1
short vacation at Cray Gables.
The war department his granted a
discharge to Gnover Flint, a private ia
Troop A of the UuiteJ States cavalry
stationed at Fort Meyer, to allow r:h:
to become possessor of a f -rtnne thai is
estimated at hiiif a million dollars. The
young man, whoe baptismal name wai
Flint Grover, is a son cf The famoas
Major General Grover cf Miine wL
served with distinction darir g tte 1 it
war. His mother was a daughter of I'uj
kite Austin Flint of New York. In ins
babyhood the boy"s mother di-i and his
grandmother adopted him wiih the nt
cerstaading that Le should become a
joist heir with his nacle. Dr. ALj
Flint. Jr.. cf New York.
! Washtrton srvx-Ial kstv rfc7
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Cleveland snid lately that he would ter
minate the reciprociry treaty wiih Ha
waii. Kis object is to make sittrnr fro; 1
Hawaii dutiable. The nw tcnlf Li.l
exprvssly continues the iL-.waium treaty
which, it is asserted, gives the snur
trust a grer.t advantage. Vndr iis
terms the treaty may be ccuclaied after
a 12 months" notice.
The ccttcn mills at Estter, N. H . sra
to start up on the KVu of September.
The big ship canal from Liverpool to
Manchester, it is said, is nor p-ying ex
penses. The PopIifts and Kepntuicsns cf
North Carolina have joined forces ir
the coming campaign.
The round trip from Iadhuiapolis to
Chicago costs but 1, owing to a rati
war.
The French press of 'Mor.creal wsiA
the French flag placed over the pro
vincial exhibit nt Quebec.
The mine owners in th? Masiik-.a
mining district in Ohio propels to c.pe.t
their miuss with non-union men and it
necessary they will import labor.
It is reported that wealthy Chir-
representatives held a meetinc ar Oc
for the purpose of formir.g a revoin
tionary party to attempt the overthrow
of the present Chinese dynasty.-
An English syndicate, represented by
Frank Bntterworth of Chicago has prac
tically closed a deal for the purchase of
all paper aud.pu'.p mills in Wisconsin.
The mills in the desl number S4 and the
price agreed upon is $14,000,600.
Governor Waite of Colorado fcns been
acquitted of the charge of withholding
a letter from ex-Matron Likens of the
state prison. Mrs. Likens accused the
governor of conspiracy ia removing her.
Fourteen Japanese ships with 5.000
troops aboard attacked Port Arthur the
other day.
A terrible catastrophe- befell Uv.-.h!?,
Tex., the other day, and there is mourn
ing iu many households. The treacher
ous Leona river, swollen to s rr.girg
torrent by recent rains, rushed without
a moment's warning down upon ih.9
town, submerging and wrecking many
houses and drowning a number of peo
ple. In that section such destruction by
tho elements has never before beeu
chronicled. In the excitement cf tho
day it is not definitely known how many
have been drowned.
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