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PACIFIC COAST ITEMS.
NEWS NUGGETS PICKED UP WEST
OF THE SIERRAS.
Arrest of Chinese Certificate Formers.
Several City Offices Abolished at Lo
Angeles Alaskan Mining Operations.
The Valley Kailroad.
Rain is badly needed in Southern Ari
zona. The ranges are dry and btock "La
suffering.
Walter Hook, a prominent physician
of Walnut Creek, Cal., died suddenly a
few days ago.
Three members of the Stevens family
at Sutter City, Cal., f it 1 within a week
from the grip.
The suit of Blanton Duncan against
the Los Angeles Times for $25,000 for
libel was concluded recently. Judge
York instructed the jury to fiad in favor
of the defendant.
An immense derrick, the parts of
which fill 10 cars, is being shipped to
Tacoma for transshipment to the Mare
Island navy yard. The derrick is to be
used in hoisting heavy ordnance.
The San Francisco Examiner has
-started a popular subscription for the
San Joaquin Valley railroad. To every
100 shares subscribed for by the people
through the paper. The Examiner will
subscribe for 10 shares in addition.
A dispatch from Jackson states that
the plaintitfs in the Amador Gold Mine
Limited vs. the Amador Gold Mine were
given possession of the Amador gold j
mine by virtue of a writ of possession
issued by Sheriff Gregory. j
General Manager Wade of the South- j
era California railway estimates that !
the recent two-davs' rainfall will be !
worth a million dollars to Southern
California. The grain was just in the
condition to receive its best impetus
from the additional rain, and the yield
will be doubled in some sections.
The following resolution has been !
adopted by the state board of examiners j
of California: Resolved, that from and ;
lifter April 1 no claim will be allowed
by the board for telephones in any state j
office or state institution, or from any j
board or commission in this state, nor j
shall the contingent fund of any insti-j
tntion in the state be used for any such i
purpose. !
There was a wail of consternation in ;
the city hall at Los Angeles when the j
tidines was received that the irovernor
had signed the bill abolishing the office and now the owners have brought suit church and all indoor meetings,
of city treasurer, city assessor and city ; asrainst members .f the crew to recover The Williams Palace Sleeping Car
tax collector on the passage of an ordi- ; JioO which the sailors received from tho rompany has been organized at Kansas
nance by the city council transferring gale of the propeller. The men say the fity with a capital stock of f.i.0n0,(Wrt.
the duties of these officials to the county ; wreck was abandoned and was fired to to manufacture a now cr, the inven
ofS'ers. The city attorney is not yet ; cover up evidence that she was a smug-, tion of a Kansas Oty railroad man.
paired to say whether the new act gler. j The Omaha Commercial club has filed
j3 -conflict with the provisions of the , Another railroad project is mooted at formal charge against the railroad lines
ciiy charter and is now giving the mat- g.m Francisco. It is to luiild aline in the state with the interstate corn
ier his thoughtful consideration, i aion!r the ocean shore from San Fran- nu rce commission, alleging that the city
The dairy bureau of California re
cently appointed by Governor Budd
met at San Francisco a few days ago
and organized. Circulars are lieing sent
out to newspapers announcing that the
provisions of the new dairy law will bo
enforced, commencing May 1. The
board consists of L. Tomasini of San
Francisco, manager of the Dairymen's
L'nion: G. W. Burbank of Marin connty
and Thomas Flint, Sr., of San Benito
connty. All are practical dairymen as
required by law.
A. Hayward an.l R. D. Glen of Cali
fornia are promoting a great mining de
velopment in Silver Bow basin, Alaska,
near Juneau. They will ship from Ta
coma next week on the ship Al-Ki 300,
000 feet of lumber, to be used in a big
enterprise to be inaugurated the com
ing summer. They have purchased a
group of rich quartz mines, the ore be
ing of higher grade than the Treadwell
mine, and propose to work on even a
more. extensive scale than the Treadwell
company, which owns what is known
as the biggest gold mine in the world.
Chief Engineer Storey and the direc
tors of the San Joaqnin Valley railroad
visited Stockton last week to investigate
terminal facilities and other features.
The route of the new line will extend
from Stockton to Bakersfield. Work of
construction will be commenced within
60 days. This was definitely settled
when after a meeting of the directors of
the new road they snbmitted a state
ment to the citizens of Stockton setting
forth the monetary and terminal condi
tions that the citizens would be ex
pected to meet, and which were imme
diately accepted by the latter. Stockton
will subscribe for $130,000 in stock and
give the right of way and land for ter
minal facilities.
A gigantic scheme to issue forged cer
tificates of residence to Chinese h;is
been frustrated at San Francisco by the
arrest of the five principals. The band
had already established agencies at Van
couver, Boise City, Helena, Lincoln,
Denver, Chicago, Philadelphia, Xew
Y'crk and Victoria, and had laid plans
to uo business not only witli Chinese
they intended to import bnt with as
many as possible of the 80,000 unregis
tered Chinese supposed to be in the
United States. Estimating that they
helieved that their fabulous profits
would soon be enough to enable them
to bribe officials, buy juries, influence
politics and otherwise escape the penal
ties of their crimes. Seven Chinese firms
at San Francisco were in partnership
with the forgers and they had agreed to
take 15,000 of the certificates without
much delay. The band is supposed to
have begun its operations in Philadel
phia, where there is a large paper fac
tory and printing office, the proprietors
of which are believed to have under
taken the contract of making the paper.
The signatures of Collector Wellburn
and Deputy Cusick were cleverly forged
and would readily pass for genuine, and
the paper nsed was almost exactly tho
same as that used by the government.
The men arrested are H. L. Foss, F. D.
Ciprics, D. J.. Sullivan, Max Katzauer
and Moses Greenwald. Leon Devereaux,
a sailor, was the forger.
could have reache-l per cent of the ing to this collection will be recognized i wro js :v spark in some of them, in
unregistered residents, or 10,000, they : forining an important item in his lit' el 'w ...ii ,! ,11
beheld the prohts of their enterprise work. it is much desired that Ameri- i . ' . V f. ; .' - form of C.o.lli- M 3
tw.t. 1 . ... ... . I lev nave leit is a 101111 u viuun- , Wifw b
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
THE GIST OF THE WEEK'U HAPPEN
INGS AS TOLD BY 1 ELEGRAPH.
Interesting Items From Knrope, Asia,
Africa and North ami South America,
With rartienlnr Attention to Impor
tant Home New.
Carl Browne w:is rotten-egged hy tlio i
citizens of Massilon, O.
Wikoff. Minn., w:us almost completely
wiped out by tire recently.
There will be a great Christian En
deavor convention in Boston from July
10 to 15.
The Petaluma city trustees have pur
chased an electric fire-alarm system for
1,750.
J. S. Leeds, for three years manager
of the California Traffic association, ha
resigned and returned to his Eastern
home.
The California Sunday School associa
tion will hold its annual meeting in San
Jose, commencing April 16.
Premier Turner of British Columbia
has left Vancouver for England to float
the new provincial loan of $2,000,000.
Reports from Santa Clara state that
the stock of dried fruit is about cleaned
out aud good prices have been received.
Four men assaulted a tamale peddler j
on Fourth street. Sacramento. Their
victim. Baston Torres, died from his in
juries. Jeff Gibson, who lives in the Eden
valley, near Ukiah. killed an enormous
panther recently. The beast measured
9 feet G inches from tip to tip.
Henry Gore, a horse trainer of Chieo,
has adopted a novel method of finding
his strayed wife and child. He has
charged Mrs. Gore with grand larceny
and will look for her in San Francisco.
The kinetophone has been decided
upon by Thomas A. Edison as the name
for his latest contrivance. It is a com-!
bination of the well-known kinetoscope 1
and phonograph, and it gives sound as 1
well as action. I
J. L. Hayue, editor of the Portland'
organ of the A. P. A., who was recent ly
elected clerk of the school board ot that
dity, has resigned, having Iwn unable
to furnish the bond of ? 130.000 required,
The clerk is custodian of a large amount
of school money and on this account is
required to furnish a heavy bond,
A year ago the steamer Xewbnrn was
wrecked on the rocks off Point Vincent.
cisco to Santa Cruz and thence to Tu
lare. Eastern capitalists are interested
in the scheme. The company was or
ganized a year ago and surveys were
made, bnt hard times put a stop to ope
rations. The line is to be called the
We?t Shore and Valley railroad.
Dr. William Hotchkiss. who died at
St. Louis recently, is snpjx.sed to luive
1 reached the extreme ae of 14' years.
and Dr. A. J. Buck of that city, who
i was one of his warmest friends, says his
( Masonic record has been traced back
100 years, showing conclusively he was
at least 121 years old. as he could not
have become a Mason under age. Dr.
Hotchkiss possessed many striking peon-1
liarities, among them being an aversion
to water. j
A petition has been filed in Santa
Clara county asking that the contract j
marriage between Samuel A. IJeggs of ,
Los Gates and Lthel M. Knowlton of I
San Francisco be set aside. The couple
were married by contract on July 6.
1S94. The contract is unique, as the
parties agree to oley, cherish and love
one another, yet they were never to as
sume any martial rights, duties or obli
gations and shonld never live together
as man and wife. Ethel M. Knowlton
is about 2"2 years old and is a daughter
of Professor Knowlton of San Francisco.
A Tacoma dispatch says: George
Leschi, a cousin of Jim Bouchett. the
Xisqually Indian medicine man whe
was murdered three weeks ago. has been
haranguing the Nisqually trile. and
says that 40 of them will march to the
Mnckle-Shoot reservation, and demand
a big indemnity of the relatives and
tribesmen of Jerry Dominic, whokillled
Bouchett because he failed to cure
Dominic's children. If the indemnity
is not paid Dominic and his relatives
will lie liable, according to Indian cus
tom, to be killed at any time.
The New York Times correspondent
cables from London: Sidney Colvin is
hard at work on an authorized edition
of Robert Louis Stevenson's letters. I
have never known of a writer who nut h
j more generous measure of his best into
his friendly correspondence than Steven
son, particularly in latter years, when
the post was his only bond with civiliza
tion, and the lettei which IleBley, Bar-
rie and numerous others are contribut-
possessing leuers irom atevenson s
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vin at the British museum.
At
Vnnconver. B. C.. .Tnti,- nmi. -
gave a decision iu the case of the attor
ney general of Canada vs. Ewen and
Munn. The action was to restrain the
defendants from polluting the waters of
Fraser river with debris from the can
neries.
The judge gave judgment for
the plaintiff and granted an injunction
restraining the defendants from pollut
ing the water. This decision is of great
importance to salmon canners in that
province, as the disposal of salmon offal
has been a vexed question for many
years. The case will be appealed, but
unless the decision is reversed it will
necessitate the erection of costly works
for the destruction of salmon offal, aud
this the canners claim they can not well
afford, owing to the depressed condi
tion of the salmon market.
WASHINGTON NOTES.
Interesting ltoms l'lckeil Out from the
llally IXspatches.
Governor McKinley enllod on Presi
dent Cleveland the other dav at the
V Into House.
rivMdrnt, Cleveland has rtceived an !
invitation from (he business men of'
Chicago to visit that city. j
It is reported that Colonel W. P. i
I ruigluil will succeed (ieneral Casey :
duel ot engineers, who retired Anril I
If. is reported that at recent cabinet '
meeting it was decided to send a survey- :
ing party at once to make a survey of
tho Niearnguacanal route.
Preparations are leing made in Wash- I
ington for throwing opn to settlement ,
the lfiS.OOO acres of land or the Yankton 1
Sioux reservation in South Dakota. j
A report is current in Jacksonville,
Flu., that an army of 15,000 filibusters
for service with the Cuban insurgents
is soon to embark from that port. !
Secretary Herbert gave a luncheon to !
President Cleveland aud his cabinet in
honor of Postmaster General Bissell,
who retired from the cabinet Monday.
Forty-three candidates for admission j
to the United States military academy ;
have passed examinations. Among the
number are Irving L. Hunt, Point !
Arena, Cal.; Herl-ert L. Wiguiore, Los
Angeles; Koliert II. Peck, Saa Diego.
The argument in the appeal of E. V.
Delis and other convicted members of
the A. R. U. was made before the
United States supreme court the other
day. Lyman Trumbull was leading
counsel for Dels.
The question as to the length a news
paper may go in the use of objectionable
language aud still iiud access to the
mails is to le tested by the United States
supreme court. A Kansas editor was
convicted of improper use of the mails
and he appealed.
The monthly statement of the recHpts
allu expenditures 01 tne treasury during
the month of March show receipts from
all sources amounting to $33,470, 56."$ and
expenditures amounting to $23,71(5,975,
leaving a deficit for the month of f'-Mfl,-376,
and for the nine months of the first
fiscal year of $.'it, 540, 133. During March
the receipts from customs amounted to
$14.009.7S9, and from internal revenue
$!),S5s.977. The expenditures on account
of pensions amounted to $U,G17,5."t5.
The non-partisan Woman's Christian
Temperance I'nion of Kansas City has
declared against woman's headgear in
:s discriminated against bv the bridgt
tolls.
tiehold. the Bridegroom Cometh!'
IV.MKhe.l ! !!.,;:.--
Yes, ".lestls is coming :
His I'liiuing is the ho
soon :
tc of
and
His
e.'iue. calico out trolu
ano! creels ani standing
in oriiers
alone for
.lesiis. without any baud or straps
to bind theiii down. And "Klossed
arc t!:osc that lve His apju'iiring."
"and that d- His coinuiandtncnts."
i:ev. '.:7-,J : 11-v. 1 ':!-17; Acts
lr'.'-l'J: Hcl.. .:JS-. Titus 'J:1'J-VI:
I. Cor. 7:;
.John 1 I::: 1-JS; Acts
jri;57-t'-l.
The disciples asked the Saviour
two question.. Tho first was what
woulll b(, the sign of the destruction
of .,t.ru?:ll,Mn. ;li!l the second tho
. 1 ti
signs 01 ins socuihi coining, .o in
o
answered the last question by say-'
ing that the sun should le dark
ened, which was done in 17S0; tho
stars should fall from heaven, :
which came to pass in 1S.':; and ;
the last sign would le His coining. '
He said: ''This generation shall not
pass until all he fulfilled." Prof. :
C A. (1. Totten tolls us that wo are
'iving in tho last seven years of tho
i christian ago, and if so, tho Son ot
itiod will como during that time..
1 The generation referred to is tho
! one that we are living in when those
j signs coine to puss. "As it was in
I tho days of, Noah, so shall it ho in
I the coming of tho Son of Man.''
i Wo have reason to believe tho
'time is near at hand, from the con
iditions of things that surround us
j a lack of faith in (iod,a lack ot
j faith in each other, and a desire to ;
! get pleasure any place other than
! placing their whole and uncondi
tional trust in .Jesus Christ and
j him alone and as proof of this
iread: II. Thoss." 2:l-i:: II. Tim. ,
! 1 :!-(, 1."., and I:--1 ; I. Tim. -1:1----
This falling away has gone on
until tho churches have lost their
nower almost altogether: vet while
i ness
denying the
power therool, and lrom suc.li l.oit
I . 'II t . L ... 1...
! says "1 urn away, mat, e no n.i
partakers of their evils nor receive,
of their plagues." Iicv. IS :-l ; Jore- -miah
51 :C, l". And in Ezekiol I t
vou see tho prophecy against false;
1 L'lumlinri Ij uI.ct him that, thinkoth
.... ' , '", . ,, , iKt f:1n .
"I would that thou wort cold or
hot, so then because thou art luke
warm and neither cold nor hot, I
will spew thee out of my mouth."
I t is a sad thing to be "blind lead
ers of the blind." "And if the
blind lead the blind both shall fall
into the ditch."
May the Lord help us all to get
our eyes open to the signs of the
times. T. J. Ukckett.
tip v:&r
A Sovereign Remedy TcrCpuShs
Colds.LaGrippe and ill Affections
of IhcThroat. Chest and Lungs.
50cts?l2
ABIETINE'lED..0CVille.CaI.
i lton & pou,
''' Will sell tracts of land, in from
;' one to three acre chunks, on the
I ij installment plan $1.25 per week
I :' or $5.00 per month. We will
also sell
TOWN LOTSv
From $-S0 to $100 per lot and upon
sunie terms as uImivo. We have
! . one choice
Five Acre Tacts,
Of land, inside the city limits,
and sot out to fruit which we will
sell tor jvViii. This is a splendid
bargain. We also have a number I
of choice farms for sale.
Hamilton & Palm.
1
MKDFOKD.
OKEGOX
FLOUR OP FEED STORE.
At Tho oM Marul on Seventh Sln t-t.
FLOTJR WHEAT, o
OATS AND BARLEY,
Whole or chopiM. IVrn. Point' ami Heans,
ALSO BALED HAY FCK SALE.
Cash pant lor KfcVv or taken in rxchane.
J. R. ERFORJJ, Proprietor.
Medford, Orvgon.
mi v : ; 01... J
1 no uirii'iv iMorei
Is the j'lace to get
Furniture, Stove., turn. ;
tilassware and Crocker-v. :
South of t lie Clarendon.
M I'D l' IM
KK(;tN
qiiii-ilr. Over 2,iX' priVHte cnito -r.v-nt.
rreuiBtnn-im r.n hiir i'.uie'-!i' y iu fit
stpe. It is n i-ynij;o-ii nf S' V.iiiinl v.r.a-vs
fttnl bArronnrst. "it can bo s;oj pcl iu 'JOilie s
by the use of Uuiiyiui.
Thui.' vr ilK-every vnr. rcin'i'1 ly theSvi.il
istoft;ic ol.l fi!imis Hudson Meclcal lns(itut.
It (s tho slmmvit vltnllrer nuM'.c. ll is wry
jKiwoil'ill, hut ImiliiU-s-'. Sold ter SI.OO :v polc
Ptroorti 1'ncl.nires f-tr S5.0e(lnlnscAhHl !hixi).
Written khjuhiUoo clvvnlera cm. Ifyoubtiy
six lnxes iiml are rot entirely cur-d.six more
H ill iK-sotu to yti free of 11 It charts.
Semi f ir elreular r.tid trsUriniU'ils Ail tivR!
-!UH)SN RIKDICAI. INSTITt'TK;
Junelluu Siwhtun, .TBrkeC & I.lll.Sts.
S.iu FranelKro, 1.
Douglas
SHO&Lrrr for akInc.
5. CORDOVAN,
FRENCH A ENAMELLED CALF.
Wk " : . s4.3.sp pine CalFSiKangaroix
1 3.9 POLICE, 3 soles.
' :emk I'4' -EXTRA FINE-
&T1 -LADIES-
SEND FOR CATALOGUE
W-1--D our. La3
Over One Million Peoplo wear tho
W. L. Douglas $3 & $4 Shoes
AH our shoes are equally satisfactory
They k'vo the best vnluo for the money.
They equal custom shoes In style and fit.
Their wearing qualities are unsurpassed.
The prices are uniform. stamped on sole.
From $ to $3 saved over other makes.
II your dealer ci"not snnoly you we can. Sold by
A. C. TAYLER. Medford, Oregon.
ecoi
Hal
Ms
K2fis.js Mm C'h"
IraillnsK-ien- a?irt-'.'lvi Stroigthors.
tirto men of Q?y?i$. Invlcomm
Kumpo end iVtJAcr''- and iu:in ihc
Amxrlc. -k?i'Sl i-ntirTL'Ci.
Hatpm is ModT.ii c: ,
r.wy Tcp. FWW 1.! 'Miitj.
ublo. SilLvl N'rvo;isno--.
Mudrt stops &-." Yl'Sf. Kraiisioas.
PremaUrcness En,Jte
kMi Hra
W. I. VAWTER,
I'rcB.
Wm. SLINQKR
Vice lr;s.
Jackson County Bank.
CAPITAL, - $50,000
Loan money 011 approved security, receive dcDO.sits subject to check,
and transact a general banking business on ths most favorable terms.
BjrVour Business Solicited.
Correspondents:
Ladcl & Bush, Salem. Anglo-California Bank, San Francisco.
Ladd & Tilton, Portland. Corbin Banking Co., N. Y
. .
Camels, Paper, Guriains.
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JJOTEL MEDFORD,
HAMILTON & LEGATE, Proprietors.
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NEW MANAGEflENT,
STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS,
FREE SAnPLE ROOMS
"The Medford has been thoroughly renovated. Accomodations
the very lx-st'. If you
RATES FROn $1.00 TO $2.00 PER
The Gem Saloon,
In connection. Tho
c i ga rs cou r teous t rea t
MITCHELL, LEWIS &
-I'KAI-KKS
MACHINERY AND VEHICLES.
i
We Carry the Celebrated
Mitchell Liilier anH Spring Wagons,
Corvallis Top and Own IUiggies, lim kloards. Carts, and in fact a full
line of vehicles of all descriptions. Case and Canton black,
land plows, both single and gang. liissil and Gale
- stubble plows. Case stool frame lover harrows.
JT"Call and see us before purchasing. Catalogue sent on application.
Mitchell. Lewis & Staver Company
D. T- LAAVTOX Manager, Medford Branrh.
JflCKSDMVi LLE (IIPBLE WORKS.
eT. C. AVIIIl3!3. l?ropr.
Does General Contracting in all Lines of -
GRANITE AND MARBLE WORK.
T iickssonvillo.
J. R. WILSON,
GENERAL
BLACKSMITH
AViiLjons and llvur.tnos IMade to Order.
All Work Warranted First Class. Cor. C and Eight streets
Medford, Oregon.
QQNTR ACTOR and jgUILDER.
All work guaranteed tirst-olass. Tlans and estimates furnished lot
all kind of work either briek or wooil.
Mills ut 1.1'MHKi; of all kirnl tllli'il on short notice Sash. Poors and Mill work of al
' niiul: ;uiv thins ' O"-' shai'o of wooil work can li- had on short uotuv.'
SIecllbr(l,
Job Printing Neatly and Promptly
Executed at Living Prices.
flu Kiaas of Legal Bianns ai mis Office.
J. E. ENY
Medford, Oregon
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best and purest of wines, liquors and
me ut.
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