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About The Medford mail. (Medford, Or.) 1893-1909 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 9, 1896)
i THE 1EDF0RD lAtt Published Every Friday Morning. BLITON & BATTERSON. Publishers SUBSCRIPTION $1.50 PER YEAR MAN WAS 30SN TO HUSTLE. Ho is of few days; but quite a plenty. Eiiiered in. the Postoflice at Medtord, Oregon as Second-Class Mail Matter. THIS PAP ER e. vertising Afrency. 61 and . Mercnani.s c change. San Francisco. California, where con tracts tor advertising can be made for it. Medford. Friday, Oct. 9, 1896. Our Clubbing List. The Mail and Weekly S. F. Call $2 23 " Examiner 2 S3 " Chronicle 2 35 " " Oregonian 2 00 " Cosmopolitan 2 65 " " Popular Science. . 2 00 " Weekly Cincin nati Knourier. - - 1 60 Town el-ctions in Connecticut pointed in the direction of a heavy reDublican Diuralitv there next - 1 - month. Much has been said about Tom Watson withdrawing from the vice presidental race, but Watson de clares he hadn't thought of it him self. So there. v And Dave Hill must come down off the fence. His friends and enemies are convinced that the straddle act is debilitating to the anatomical structure . The anti-tobacco society, of Xew Jersey, have gotten a rather noted recruit a woman who is now 107 years of age. She professes hav ing become convinced that tobacco may shorten her life, and has thrown away the pipe which had been her solace for more than seventy -five years. ' . Mark Haxxa is quoted as saying that he i3 no longer confident of re publican success. Hanna denies it, and if he hadn't the shallow aess of the thing is apparent. No general would be foolish enough to admit his defeat in the face of an inevitable conflict even to his most intimate friends. Four ounces of gold from six of silver is what Prjf. Emmons, one of the most skilled metallurgists in the country, claims as the result of an experiment wherein silver was successfully changed into gold. His gold stands the government test of pure gold, and, though the process is now a crude and expen sive one, he expects to materially simplify and cheapen it. This is but the first step in the realization of the dream of the alchemist. The free silver question has nothing to do with it. X church bazar down in San Francisco will have a Bryan free silver booth and a McKinley gold bdOta 113 attractions, so that the deyottes f either faith may enthuse for the poJtocal creed of their choice and indulgd neir f! in any thing from a canning11 speech to a presidential button. Surrounded by auch influences as the" church af fords, there ought to be nothing be yond the limits of friendly rivalry betwesa the two campaign head quarters, butno immediate refor mation in the methods of political bossism need be counted ont Florida and Georgia elections, held this week, will supply the last definite "straw" for fixing up elec tion bets. A democratic plurality in either state is not seriously ques tioned, the biggness orsmallness of it will cut a slight figure with those who wager money on results in the national contest. There is no use finding fault, though if one were in clined to pessimism he might sug gest that the early state elections ' sustain about the same relation to the general election that the first heats of a well-jockeyed horse race bear to the final one. A dissolute young New Yorker, who for five years has abstained from liquor, in accordance with the provisions of a will, is now coming into possession of half a million. Besides getting a fortune by prac ticing what at first may have seemed self-denial, he has demonstrated that liquor v?as not necessary to his existence. Other young men ad dicted to the liquor habit may not have a fortune awaiting them for the successful termination of the habit, but that should be no reason for their failure to firmly resolve, and no reason why a good resolution, once made, should be broken. Absolution from the slavery of drink would of itself be a priceless fortune to thousands of young men who are gravitating down the path of moral decadence. A. Russian electrician has come over to London with a theory which he thinks will enable him to place Europe and America in conversa tional distance to render the slight est whisper in London perfectlj' au dible in New York. The problem of trans-Atlantic telephoning has for years been in process of solution by Edison and a number of others who have occupied places in the van guard ot electrical progress and American electricians have led the world in most all prominent electrical discoveries but it rather out-Herods Herod for a native of the non-progressive land of the Czars a country that is popularly looked upon as possessing but few of the privileges of civilization, and not entittle"d to them to come to the surface with the sanguinary declaration that he has won. The gold democrats seem deter mined to deliver a knock-out blow at silver fusion in Oregon. Thev have protested against placing the four fusion electors on the official ballot as democratic electors on the grounds that tha democratic' elec toral ticket oiigiaallv nominated was never filed, except as to Oglesby who afterwards withdrew, and that there can be no substitutions until nominations and acceptances were first filed; that until th nominees of the convention have been regu larly filed there can be no official nomination, hence no legal vacancy can, occur to be nued nv an ap pointment by the committee deriv ing such powers from the conven tion. If the protest is - made to stick, there will be no fusion electors though without entering into the merits or demerits of the conten tion, it savors of the strange methods to which politicians. will willingly resort to gain vantage ground. A disgruntled contemporary is sorely distressed because The Mail has not taken from its columns the several words that were employed in conveying to the reader the in formation that all notices published herein and emanating from a county official were so made upon the au thority of and by . the direction of the law. The contract of The Mail to do the offiicial printing for the county expired the 15th of Septem ber, or rather .was superseded by a new contract effective from that date, but all legal notices placed for publication prior to that date were placed with The Mail. The several incomplete publications were not disturbed by the new con tract, but remained with this paper for completion on the basis, of the former contract. For the purposes the completion of said notices, The Mail remained, constructively if not actually, an official paper of Jackson county. The last of the work was finished October 2d but what's the use? The rantings of our critic are hardly worth the space they take and his "tempest in - a tea-pot" style of warfare is hardly worth creditable notice. One of the most gorgeous frauds of the times is doing the gullible of San Francisco to both the satisfac tion of himself and the large ma- jonty ofth08e wno are taicen in. He is none other than Schrader, who calls himself the divine healer and succeeds in making thousands of people believe it, though why he himself thinks so, or finds anyone frivolous enough to fall at his feet, has been explained on no other theory than that he got tired of tramping and conceived the idea of the willingness of the people to be humbugged on these lines. He sprung into notoriety down in Texas claiming to be none other than the Denver man who was introducing the divine healing system there several months ago, but when pressed on the matter of identity ad mitted that he was not the same but had taken up his work. The Texas papers further exposed his methods by showing that while he was doing business without money and with out price, his services were remun erated by street car companies, who cheerfully put up a percentage of the profits realized on the vast crowds who flocked to see him. One paper, that is inclined to doubt, laconically suggests that a cake of soap and a pail of Boft water would add im mensely to his divinity. A Charge Denied. On September 4th The Mail pub lished substantially the reply of Mr. Tongue to the charges made by Mr. Yanderburg in his election contest cae, together with charges of irregu larities made by Tongue, which al leged irregularities were favorable to Vanderbursr. Among other charges appeared the following: In Jackson county It Is charged that W. O. Mlssnerand K. H. Mlssner both voted at Kock Point and H. J. Mlssner voted at Gold Hill; that each voted for Vanderburg and that neither of them were legal voters of the stale or citizens of the United States, nor have they declared their intentions to become such. . The initials were evidently wrong, and the persons meant were W. Q. Messner and R. A. Messnor, of Rock Point precinct, aud A. J. Messnor, of Gold Hill precinct. These gentleman firmly protest against any assertion that they are not citizens of the United Stales, and state that they are citizens of the United Stales and on the day of election were duly qualiScd electors. Death of A Medford Pioneer. In the death of 3. S. Penwell, whi?h occurred at his residence in this city Monday evening of this week, Medford loses cno of its very earliest citizens. Mr. Penwell was born in Indiana and I from there moved to Kansas, thence to Portland, Oregon, where ho resided eight years. From Portland he came to Medford where he has resided twelve years. He was sixty-seven years of age and leaves to mourn his death a wife and several children and grandchildren. He was an honest, upright and respected citizen and his demise will be mourned by his many friends. ! He hod been ill for some time with cancer of the stomach and for five months post be hod been confined to his bed. Funeral services were held at the family residence on Wednesday of thU week, and were conducted by the G. A. R. post of this city, of which the de ceased was an honored member. The funeral sermon was preached bv Dr. T. X. Berlin, and interment was' made in the Odd Fellows" cemetery. City Council Proceedings. Tuesday evening of this week the city council met in regular session. Full board present. Ordinance committee reported un favorable upon matter pertaining to the extension of the fire limits to in clude two blocks west of S. P. depot. Reasons given were that petitioners were not a majority of all the property owners in the two blocks. F. W. Wait's contract to put in stone street crossings on Seventh street was annulled, work not having been completed, or even commenced, by October 1st, the day set for it to be completed. The recorder was instructed to ad vertise, by posting notices, for new bids for this work. Bids to be in bv 12 o'clock, noon, of Friday, October 16tb. . Moved, seconed and motion carried that water be shut off in all cases where water rents are not paid in full by October 15. The following bills were allowed: I R Wilnon. blackonlthtnc .4 10 U S.O. P. P. Co, wood, bill for MS 85 re duced to 6 95 J A Worey, labor on ditch 3 00 K W Carder, eturtoeer'a salary SO 00 F Am.no. atret commissioner 9 00 O H Haaklns, recorder's book and hall rent 94 00 W T York, recorder's fees lo 80 D I'ofer. niffhlwatch and fees 98 96 A C Nicholson, doctor bill, accident al Are 4 00 Total SB 65 Tarried at Yreka. The Yreka Journal reports the mar riage of Harry G. Matties, of Phoenix, to Miss Kate Cooley, of .that city, which occurred Sunday, September 27th, in the following manner: "On last Sunday morning, Harry G. Mathes, of Phoenix. Or., and Miss Kate Cooley, the well-known and esti mable daughter of the pioneer resi dents of Willow Creek, Mr. and Mrs. John Cooley, were united in holy bonds of matrimony, by the Rev. A. George, rector of St. Mark's church, at the residence of the bride's parents. Mr. Mathes is a well and favorably known gentleman of Phoenix, while Miss Cooley has been for a number of years past one of our most successful school teachers in this eounty. The young people have the best wishes of the Journal, in connection with those of numerous other friends, for a long life of matrimonial happiness. Those pres ent at the wedding were Mr. and Mrs. John E. Cooley and family, Mr. and Mrs. Mathes and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. VanDyke, of Phoenix, Or., Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Cryderman, of Ash land, Or., Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Dock- ery, of Pokegama, Miss Minnie Hoarn, of Yreka, and Mr. Fred Weeks, of Med ford, Or. Mr. and Mrs. Mathes will reside in Jackson county, Oregon, where Mr. Mathes owns a profitable farm, The many friends of Mrs Mathes wish her success and joy In her new home. The educational depart ment of this county will lose one of its most active and intelligent workers. Darlington, Wis., Journal savs edi torially of a popular patent medicine "We have known from experience that Chamberlain's colic, cholera and diarrhcra rcmortv is nil thnt, claimed for it, as on two ooeusions it. stopped excruciating pains and possibly saved us from an untimely grave. We would not rest easy over night without it in the' house." This remedy undoubtedly saves more pain and suffering than any other medicine in tho world. Ever family should keep it in the house for it is sure to be needed sooner or later. For sale by George H. Haskins. A LITTLE OF EVERYTHING The Labrador fishing season just closed has proven a failure. Thos. B. Reid is coming to the Pacific coast to campaign for Mc Kinley. mi t-. . - mo isryan democrats ot iNew lork will protest in the courts against the right of the gold stand ard democrats to use the fitle "the national democratic party." The ashington Post publishes this as Li Hung Chang's manuel of etiauetie: "How old nrf vnn? What is your income? Are you married? If so, why were you never divorced? A big fish story comes down from Alapka, and it has the floor at pres ent. I', happened at Karlub dur ing the summer, when four hun area ana twelve ton oi tisn were caught with one haul of the net. On September 22d Queen Vic toria's reign became the longest in i . n a rngnsn nistory. ine event was observed by the press in produc tions of long patriotic editorials and the publication of poems incident to the occasion. A Little Rock report savs the democrats and populists of Ar kansas will not fuse in this cam paign. The democrats ofi'er the populist four presidential electors, but the populist want m addition two of the six congressmen to be eieciea. l ms the democrats will not give and so the populists sav they will not fuse. Notes issued bv the Bank of Eng land are cancelled as soon as thev return to the bank. Their average length of life is but a few days, al though Kome stay out for a long time. A note for $125 was out for 125 years, at the end of which time it was presented and paid. Had the owner been able to demand compound interest he would have received about $30,000. Outside of Jackson, Van Buren, the elder Harrison, Pierce, Lincoln (his second term) and Grant, there has been no president since the time of Monroe witti an absolute popular majority over all candidates and Hayes and the second Harrison were actually second in the returns of the popular vote. Garfield only barely escaped the same anomaly of our electoral system. The flying machine of Civil En gineer Otto Lilienthal, who met his death while experimenting with his machine, has been taken to pieces by order of his family, in order to prevent others from suffering a similar fate. The several parts of the machine will remain for the present at the shops of the late in ventor, but nothing will be done toward completing or improving it. The Baldwin theatre folks at San Francisco are continuing their warfare on the high hat nuisance by tendering the offender an en graved card on a silver salver the card reading " as follows: "The management sincerely regrets any personal annoyance this may cause you, but must respectfully request that you remove your hat, as com plaints have been lodged that it in terferes with the comfort and en joyment to which they are entitled." Half of three hundred girl em ployes in the Gould match works, at Passaic, N. J struck last week because of an order requesting them to have their teeth examined and repaired. The reason of the order was the phosphorus, which is need in making matches, if allowed to act on decayed teeth will eventually ! subject them to disease and leave them crippled for -life, and damage suits may result; the employee were ordered to submit to an examina tion and return with a certificate. Another point has been revealed by a decision of the supreme court of the District of Columbia, where in "women's rights'' are greater than those of men. It is while our naturalization laws do not permit male aliens to become citizens of the United States until 21 years of age, no such restrictions exist in the case of female aliens. This decision enabled an Irish girl, who had passed our civil service exam ination, to secure an appointment which had been previously refused her because she was only 19 yoars of age. The "mint officials" of the Ma layan peninsula claim the distinc tion of "coining" the most unique piece of money now in use in the world . This curious coin is simply a thin disk or wafer of hardened vegetable gum, the original source of supply being the bola tree and a bluff of emory sand. Dozens of trusty officials are constantly em ployed in collecting bola gum and sifting and pounding the sand which is to be used as "alloy." Tho coins so struck are not only unique and curious on account of the material used in their composi tion but because they have the least change of value of any medium, unless we except the shell money of the west coast of Africa. The elasticity of their currency is unquestioned. lot Fire, But Uater ! We place on sale this week 10,000 yards of Canton Flannel; in grey colors, for underwear, worth 10c per yard. Have been soaked with water and re-dried. 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