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About The Medford mail. (Medford, Or.) 1893-1909 | View Entire Issue (March 22, 1895)
IS THE THE MAIL 1,400 PAPERS. LARGEST PAPER IN SOUTHERN OREGON. VOL. VII. MEDFORD, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1895. NO. 12. HE MAIL JtML PROFESSIONAL CARDS. yf J. BENNET, , ARCHITECT AND SUPERINTENDENT. Plans, Specifications and Details. Perspec tive Drawings and Blueprints. Ventilation and Drainage a Specialty. Hamlin Block, - - Medford, Oyegon. QROWELL & PARKER, W. S. CrowelL, W. H. Parker. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. fflce in Hamlin Block. Medford, Or. J W. GEARY, M. D., PHYSICIAN AXD SURGEON, Central Point, Oregon. J. KIRCHGESSNER, i PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Medford, Oiegon. ! AM- Phinns" Block. Cor C and Seventh Sts. ! jTRANCIS FITCH, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Medford, Ore. Will practice in all courts of state or U. S J H. WHmiAN, ABSTRACTOR AND ATTORNEY AT LAW". Office in bank bnildinp. Medford. Or Have the most complete and reliable abstracts of title in Jackson county. JJAMMOND & YAWTER, Austin S. Hammond. Wm. I. Vawtcr. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Office l.O. O. P. building, Medford, Or E. B. PICKEL, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Medford, Or i fice: H ask in Block. J. B. WAIT, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office in Childers' Block. Medford, Or J?. P. GEARY, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Office Cor. C and Seventh sts., Medford, Or J)R. O. F. DEMORE3T, RESIDENT DENTIST, Makes a specialty of first -class work at reason ablr rate. Office in Opera House, Medford. Or. QDGERS & HALL, DENTISTS. Have permanently located in MetHord for the practice of dentistry. From a continued prac tice of over 14 years, we are prepared to guaran tee entire satisfaction. Give us a call. Over Slovers drug siore. I. A.. MOUNCE.... Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Choice Candies, Nuts, Fruits, Fine Cigars and Todacco. Temperance Drinks in Variety opposite PostoSice. MEDFORD, - OREGON 7 For Cino rinHv CVirkii-f I WM.aV J Cigars and Tobacco. Also News Dcpotho 3? Choice novels. KT First Door South of Bank . Joe Shone,. Manufacturer of and Dealer in Bougn ana DressEd Lumner. Sash, Doors, Moulding Brackets, Rustic and Flooring . . . Also Glass. Paints, Oils and Varnish. Custom work promptly attended to. MEDFORD, -:- OREGON. rnnrn axle rnHLcn GREASE L BEST T9 THE WOMJ. 'ln..i.l mliamrtl fri " i CHASE Vbl Him S Ms Ganfly Palace Take Up a Newspaper . . . And read all the advertisements carefully and you will find that the Canton Clipper plows lead all others. AVe sell the leaders and they never fail to give satisfaction. The "Sticky" doesn't stick to them. They go into it, turn it over and come out with a clean face. Call and see 'em. The Scale Hugs will never be heard of again if you touch them up with a Myers spray pump. We are selling them cheap. Only a few left. J. BEEK & CO., Odd Fellows Block Hedford Oregon k SELL CHOICEST: IMPORTED BY LUMSDEH&BERLDL MEDFORD. OR. HOTEL 1 Ill U aIamaI n Ml ifi. Photos, Photos . . . THE MEDFORD Are now prepared to do all work in our Hue nuATnrn a nucne with promptness and with entire satisfaction to rnU 1 UUKAFnbKO all patrons. Fin.; instruments: good pal lory: expert workmen. Call at our Studio and see samples of our work. TYLER .4 IHISE8, HKADQL'ARTEKS KoK . FISHING TACKLE In great variety j Paints, Oils and Painters' Supplies. of all kinds, and m fact a full line HARDWARE. STOVES AND TINWARE. hardware and tinware business. First-class goods and prices as low as the lowest. Miners' supplies of all kinds in stock. "The Empire Steel Ranges Every Range guaranteed to work perfectly. TINSHOP IN CONNECTIONS--- Prescriptions -:- Carefully :" Compounded. Main Street, - Medford Oregon. J. ,W. DEALER IN- - ARNESS AND gADDLERY. Order Work Given Special Attention. REPAIRING IS RIGHT IN MY LINE, Hand-made and Campbell lock stltck machine-made harness always on hand. SEVENTH STREET, -o- MEDFORD, OREGON. 3 V ! Lumsden & Berlin GROCERIES, TEAS AND COFFEES, CIGARS AND TOBACCO Al Our good? are fresh and our prices are as low as goods can be sold for cash. Goods de livered free within the city limits. flEDFORD BLOCK.... m riRiail TYLER & MISER, BRING THE BABIES to Hamlin IWock. MEDFOUD, OliEGUX. O. Plumbing Goods of All Kinds in Stock Plumbing Done on Short Notice Cartridges and Ammunition of everything carried in the THE MORTAR D$UG STO$E, (i. II. HASKIXS, Proii'r. H. ..TT...O TNI UK Or 0 Pure Dings, Patent Medicines, Books, Stationery, PAINTS OILS, Tobaccocs. CIrr, Perfumery, Toilet Articles and Everything that Is carried in a firHt class DRUG STORK Lawton, NEWS OF THE .WORLD. THE 0I8T OF THE WEEK'U HAPPEN INGS A3 TOLD BY TELEGRAPH. latoraiMBs; Unas lraa Karons, Ada, AtV.na aad Msrth ni Snntk Aamrion, Wit rarttnalar Attention to Impor tant. raToaao Hawa. Secretary Greoham is convalescent Cardinal Gibbons will go to Roma in May. Queen Victoria has arrived at Cannes, France. The remains of Victor Hugo have been placed in the Pantheon in Paris. Governor McKinlev of Ohio is in Georgia and will make ome speeches there. E. V. Debs, president of the Ameri can Railway Union, is lecturing in California. Captain L G. Shepard, chief of the revenue service of the treasury depart ment, is dead. Dr. L. Minnin of Portland is under restraint at Kansas City. It is believed he is insane. Judge P. Emery Aldrich, senior jus tice of the supreme court of Massachu setts, is dead. The Delaware legislature has balloted 75 timee for United States senator with out reaching a choice. "Every bill Governor Ilnghee of Ari zona vetoed has been passed over his head by the legislature. The supreme court of Illinois has de clared that the eight-hour law for women is unconstitutional. The Standard Oil company is work ing to consolidate all the electrical com panies in the country into a large trust. The Jenkins hotel at Maceville, W. Va., baa been burned. Forty guests had narrow escapes. Three were cremated. The New York assembly has adopted a concurrent resolution striking out the word "male" from the newly revised constitution. Priest Kanninski of the Catholic church in Omaha, where a riot recently occurred, will be protected hereafter by constables. The state council of the American Protective Association in Michigan has re-elected Charles T. Beatty state su preme president. A new gun, eight feet long, operated by electricity, has been invented at Springfield, O., capable of discharging 1,000 shots per minute. A scientific analysis of the water sup ply of San Francisco shows that it is contaminated and is impregnated with dangerous disease germ. In the amended ('ii H.inisi. in Chicago. to have certain franchises annulled, j direct charges of boodhng are made I against numerous city aldermen. : Admiral Ting, the Chinese naval com- j minder who was supposed to have com- mitted suicide alter the liaitle of Wei- i Hai-Wei. is reported to le alive. Charles A. Dana, editor of the New j Tork Sun. has been held to answer the j charge of criminal liliel preferred by Frank B. Xoyes of the Washington Star. Dr. Sarah Uackett of Chicago, speak ing of dress reform for women, indorses the short skirt. The doctor also said that men would look better in short skirts. There is a shortage of ffl,000 in the refining department of the Carson (Xev.; mint. Xo charges have yet been made. Government detectives are making an investigation. Xinetv-seven jars of sulphuric acid were broken during a gale on the deck of the French steamer Armenie. A ter rible explosion followed. Two persons wero suffocated by the fumes. Mrs. Elizaleth O'Hara, charged with the murder of a bov named John Hen derson by means of poisoned cake, was discharged by the court as there was no evidence against her. Xearly every member and employe of the Oklahoma, legislature has leen snm moned lefore the United States grand jury. 1 lie jury wm investigate cnarges of wholesale corruption. Governor Foster of Louisiana has is sued a proclamation to command eace in Xew Orleans. The trouble between white and colored laborers seems to be at an end for the present at least The Georgia Women's Press club will withdraw from membership in the gen eral federation of women's clubs be cause three clubs of negro women have been admitted in Northern cities. The ship May Flint, the larget sail ing vessel afloat, has left the shipyard at Newport News, Va. It was formerly the steamer Persian Monarch. It will load coal at Baltimore for San Fran cisco. A " villain-vanqnished-at-every turn" drama, written by Assemblyman Brnsie of Sacramento, was produced at San Francisco the other night. Governor Budd and many members of the late legislature attended. Jake Kilrain has re-entered the prize ring. At Boston the other' night h fought eight ronnds with Steve O'Dou nell, Corbett's sparring partner. Whih Kilrain is said to have had the best of it the referee decided the contest a draw. Kilrain was in poor condition, whil. O'Donnell was in fine trim. John L Bullivan was one of Kilrain's arden supporters at the ringside. CHIMES AND CASUALTIES. Tleloos Acta sf Lawbrsaksra and Loum r Tin aad Aeelduts. Spain's fastest cruiser, the Reina Re genU, is reported wrecked. Mrs. Perry Randall and daughter Mabel were killed by a train at Weeds port. N. Y. A big fire at Kansas City destroyed the buildings ooenpied by the English Supply company, Western Newspaper union and the Great Western Type foundry. Loss, 1350,000. At McGregor, Minn., two Italians quarreled with a man named Jeannette over some sawlogs. Returning the fol lowing day the Italians shot and killed Jeannette and his wife. W. L. Taber, who killed James P. Meclin in Cajon Pass, has surrendered to the San Bernardino authorities. Bloodhounds were put on his trail and he became desperate and hungry, 60 he returned and surrendered. During a slight quarrel at a ranch near Stevensville in the western part of Montana, A. B. Snelling shot and killed Charles McCullongh. Then he went to ! a neighbor's house, borrowed a Win chester and shot his own head oil Walter R. Lambert, clerk of the Oak land police court, has fled to Honolulu with a dashing Ban Francisco blonde and $16,000 belonging to the city of Oakland. He was very sporty notwith standing he came from an excellent family. J. McCormack, the San Diego real estate man charged with embezzlement, has been held for trial, bail being fixed at $730, which he was unable to furnish. McCormack was once a partuer of J. W aimer, who committed suicide the other day. Two hundred Poles, men and women, stormed a Catholic church at Chicago. Five policemen who were guarding the edifice were driven away. There has been trouble in the parish for weeks over a change of priests. Mass is now celebrated with a large detail of police on guard. Three thousand pounds of nitro-glycer-ine exploded at the Hudson Chemical works near Hudson. Mich. All the com pany's buildings were wrecked and one man was killed. A magazine near by containing 65,000 pounds of dynamite was not disturbed, but windows were shattered 10 miles distant. Bloody riots occurred on the levees at Xew Orleans. State troops were called out to protect negro screwmen from striking whites. Vessels in the harbor were unable to discharge or take on cargoes for several days. Several ne groes were killed. AH difficultv seems to have ended with the advent of the j soldiers. A new trial has been granted Erasrus ! P. .mrin;r on inf -nnation :v -n by them Wiman, the well-known Xew Yorker, ! ha dw- ivore.i tfi-it the r J-1 annually who was convicted of forgery. Wiman !v mndo-.l :nt. cavities in Uvth of Amor was found guilty by the lower court of icar.--. cumum- to the vain.? of fi-re hun drawing checks ou the firm of R. G. dr-o-.l th-.n:-and dollars. All of this Dun Jt Co. The supreme court held j tliat tlie lact iman was a partner in j ice nrra cnni;eu tue iegxi spci oi me forgery and a new trial was ordered. A special from Butte, Xeb., says: Mrs. W. T. Holton, a respectable woman residing alone on a ranch in an isolated part of Keya Paya county, was crimi nally assaulted and lynched. The crime is credited to the vigilantes of the dis trict who believed her in league with cattle rustlers. Some think the rustlers committed the crime for revenge on ac count of evidence furnished bv Mrs. Holton against them. A horrible discovery was made by a ivirtv of men huntinir in the neichlior- hooil of Ingram. Wis. The dead bodies of Eddie Duffy, John Hanson and an other man were found in an old shanty. From all appearances they had been dead a number of days. The bodies were frozen. Duff" and Hanson were formerly employed as woodsmen, bat quit work to hunt wolves, using poison to kill them. The supposition is that in preparing supper they accidentally got j the poison mixed with the food. Their j do:r was found dead in the same room. Reports of depredations by Spanish w:vrshi;s along the Cukm coast are coming in. The latest outrage is the sinking of an American schooner by the gunboat Arcedo. It is reported that the crew, numbering 16 persons, went down with the schooner. The aduiiuistration has determined to take a hand in the trial of J. Stanley Hollis, United States 'consul at Mozam bique, Africa, charged with the murder of an alleged native burglar. The gun boat Castine has been ordered to pro ceed to Mozambique. Dr. Daniel C. Porter, the celebrated New York divine, was the victim of a conspiracy that failed the other day. An attempt was made to rob the doctor of some valuable documents. Persons attempted to break into his study and force open his desk while he was deliv ering a morning sermon. Detectives ar rested the culprits. A mystery sur rounds the whole affair. P. II. Fitzgerald, an Indianapolis capitalist, has completed plans for the colonization of 14,000 ex-soldiers in Georgia, and proposes to purchase 100, 000 acres of land for the purpose. Fits- rrald has made an immense fortune as pension attorney and Is perhaps the best known man among ex-soldiers In the oonntrv. Hs tmbliihes a naner which is sent free to veterans who have secured pensions through him. SOME BIG COUNTIES. California Baa On rBlccer Thaa Four Eaatara btataa Put Togetbor. East of the Rocky mountains there are only twelve counties in the United States containing more than 3,000 square miles. Not one of these is in Xew York state, the largest county of which, St. Lawrence, covers only 2,900 ' square miles. One of the twelve is -Aroostook, the forest county of north ern Maine, between Xew Brunswick and the St. Lawrence. Another is Dade county, Fla., which includes the everglades of Florida along the At lantic coast, and has an area of 5,600 square miles and a total population of less than 900. Cherry county. Xeb., in' the extreme northeast of the state, with the Snake river dividing it in half, has an area of 5,'V3 miles. Three northern counties of Minnesota lying south 1 Manitoba and west of Lake Superior, Beltrami. Itasca and St Louis, have respectively 5,040, 5,430 and 5.SC0 square miles. The last coun ty includes the important city of Du luth, but the first has a population of only 300 and the second only of 750. The population of Duluth is 35,000. Two counties of Idaho Bingham, containing the lava fields, and Idaho, south of the Xez I'erces' reservation contain more than 10.000 square miles each. Two counties in Texas, I'ecos and EI l'aso, have more than 5,0XM square miles. Pecos, which is in the extreme west of the state, on the E;o (Grande, has 6.700. El I'aso, which ad joins it on the Eio Orande. has 9.750. One eounlr of Colorado, Arapaho, has an area of 5.7C0 square miles, but it is still more notable from the fact that it has a population of 150.000. including' the city of Denver. Routt county, in the same state, has an area of 6,0O square miles. On the Pacific slope counties. like trees and fruits, are of gigantic size. Six counties of Oregon, three counties of Washington, seven counties of Nevada and seven coun ties of California have more than 5.000 square miles- The Largest of all in the United States is the county of San Ber nardino, to the east of Los Angeles. Its area is nearly 2I.0n0 square miles, nearly half the size of Xew York state, and i.000 miles larger than Xew Jer sey. Delaware. Connecticut and Rhode Island combined. GOLD MINES IN CEMETERIES. Half a Million Id bold Barfed Annually with Americans. A Frenchman who recently made a tour of the I'nited States has been writinir sr-mc of his impnessoons in Le Temps, la one of his articles he says that what struck hi:n particularly in this country was the American habit of tiling the teeth w.th gold. He con sulted statit: vcns. he savs. and br precious metal, he says, is br.r.ed with t:iv tank.-es wnen inev die. and he fibres that at the end of throe cen turies the cemeteries of America will contain g"M to the value of thirty millinn dollars. ""I am afraid." the writer goes on to say. "that this will prove too tempting- to tae practical min i of the future American, and we shall see the day when companies will be organized to mine the" cemeteries and recover the gold secreted in the jaws of dead ancestors." The writer then goes on and figures" on the average amount of gold in the teeth of each dead person. He has evi dently been consulting th record of vital statistics, for he says that eight hundred and seventy-five thousand people died in the l mted States in This would bring the value of the gold in each dead person's teeth to an average of about sixty-Eve and three-quarter cents, and he thinks that in wcll-erowded cemeteries the mining of this gvld could be carried on profit ably, despite the small average value. A UK.vrr'l Wit- Sir James Scarlett, the great Eng- ! lish bar lawyer. when practicing at the had to examine a witness whose evidence promised to be damaging un less he could be previously confused.. The only vulnerable point of the man was said to If his srlf-eMeem. The witness, a portly, over-dressed person, went into the box and Scarlett took him in hand. "Mr. John Tompkins, I believe?"' "Yes." "You are a stock holder?" "I ham, replied Mr. Tomp kins, with a pronounced cockney ac cent. Scarlett regarded him attentive ly for a few moments, and then said, drily. "And a very large, well-dressed hum you are, sir." The shout of laughter which followed completely disconcerted Mr. Tompkins, and the lawyer's point was gained. ' About the Dollar Mark. There are several theories to ac count for the origin of our dol lar mark (?). First Some say it is a combination or monogram composed of the letters U cand S, the initials of the United States. Sec ond It may have been derived from "11. S.," the mark of the Roman monev uniL Third It is probably a combina tion of P. and S., from Pesoduro, a Spanish term signifying "hard dollar. A fourth reason assigned is that it is. a. "piece of eight," and designated by the symbol 8. ' Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder Awarded Gold MW Midwinter Flr. Saa Franc