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About The Medford mail. (Medford, Or.) 1893-1909 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1897)
"i 3 ". i M ill A rieanLooking... 14 LETTER HEAD a You want to increase C your Receipts .... T . Advertise you business in the columns of Has lost many a dollar for business men. If a man is judged by the coat he wears, he is also judged by the letter head he uses. An artistic and business-like letter head has frequently been a basis of credit. It muv be looked on as a good investment. Let THE MAIL office lit your business with a new coat H THE MAIL... We will write your ads. for you and display them belter thun any other paper in Jack f5J son county .... 1f VOL. VIII. MEDFORD, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 1. 1897. NO. 52. if n t f PROFESSIONAL CARDS. J. A. PALMER, ARCHITECT AND SUPERINTENDENT Office in Adkins-Deuel bit. Mediord, Ore. Perspective drawings and specifications furn ished on all kinds of modern buildings. Own er's interest considered paramount. "W C. JENKINS," ATTORNEY AT LAW Medford, Oregon X"Office with V. H. Parker. J", S. HOWARD, SURVEYOR AND CIVIL ENGINEER. XT. S. Deputy Mineral Surveyor for the State of Oregon. Postoftice address: r Medford, Oregon. "WM. S. CROWELL, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Jacksonville. Oregon. "W. -H. PARKER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Hamlin Block. . Mediord, Ore. J H. WHITMAN, - ABSTRACTOR AND ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office in bank building. Medford. Or Have the most complete and reliable abstracts of title in Jackson county. JJAMMOND & VAWTER, Austin S. Hammond. W'm. I. Vawter. '. ... ATTORNEYS AT LAW Office 1. O. O. F. building, Medford, Or .Q. B, COLE, , PHYSICJAN AND SURGEON Chronic diseases, and diseases peculiar to women a specially. OSSce Opera Block. Medford. Oregon. W B. OFFICER, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Eagle Point, Oregon. Office InVow residence. J.B. WAIT, PHYSICIAN AND SCRGEOS. -Office in Childers- Block. Medford, Or .Q-EARY : fc PICKEL, f?'--,HYSICL3 AND SURGEONS, gtSr honrs-M to 12 a. m. and 2 to 4 p. in. Medford, Or Office; Haskin Block. J W. ODGERS, ; DENTIST. . Has permanently located in Medford for the practice of dentistry. From a continued prac tice of ever 14 years, I am prepared to guaran tee eatire satisfaction. ttnencacall. Over The Palace. . Ohas. Perdue . . . MMM aid "Bicycles ripaired on short notice at living prices.... Shop in J. A. Whitman's warerooms.... CituDrau anit Transfer Co. WELLS & SHEARER, Propr's spaiarcr trucks fok moving ....HOUSEHOLD GOODS.... Baggage Transferred yood Delivered.... Hard and Soft Wood for Sale ....Honest Charges Try us once and t t t t t t t t t t will CO! Exceled None. We 'eiTfc'WfSaTanteo lat 0Ur Phnpniv . 5T .:n i.. S mai)V . win i iw brick or stono, ol. cover many lath as any liie on thelPacific coast. J : : We have lime at bcjth our kilns at Phoenix and on Kanes creek.. Superior job printing My L office. you Cam Mison's "1 I A I Pocket Cutlery and Razors We have just received a fresh supply of he Northfield cutlery and razors direct from the factory. These goods surpass all others in the market for beauty of finish and quality of material. Every knife and razor guaranteed to give satisfaction, and our prices are as low as you will be asked elsewhere for goods inferior to them. We invite you to give us an earl- call,. and we are sure that when you examine our stock you will not fail to find something to suit you J. BEEK & 00. In the Sugar Pine Forests .... att1lllltltlllMIIIMIItllf1ttlIUllf MltltllimillUHll'fttltltlltttl M Milt it ill Mitt limit. -JllllllltMllllllUtlllUliUllltllUlttUltllllUmilllllllllllllltllii MllllllltlllllllllUttllllltk- UP AT PROSPECT. Is where R. W. Gray's saw mill is located, and it is by 5 no means the g "MILL OF SILENCE," .... : Of which so much has been written, but is ons of much noise, as it turns out piles of flooring1, ceiling, rustic, sash, i doors, mould lug's, stairs, newels, balusters, coder posts, pr shingles, pickets and fruit boxes. They also do all kinds z lathe and band-saw work Mills five miles below Prospect. Office and yard oixto &t., Sledtord ' -TttlHlMM ltltttmiMMIIMimiHMtlItmiIMMtlirf M oi iiiuViuniiiinuk t oil tiiiiiiiiiiHitiiiiiiii i titiiiHt tiii uiiiii (itiaiiimitiiiiiititiitr . Having Had Forty Years Experience ... IN THE Furniture ana Unfleitati Business it is with pleasure ing- the people of Jackson . . . 1 1 . i i uy supply an articles neeaea in too iwo noovc mentioned lines. We manufacturer superior work in store, hotel and office fixtures. WEEKS BROS. To Mate Your Horse Talt ..... M A Would be an impossibility, but consult me about a new set of t T v" harness and you can make your horse laugh . The season of f the year is at hand when you should be thinking ... About New Harness As that old set you are using Is liable to give out any time Call and see my stock of harness and saddiery all lines com plete, and prices at the bottom notch .... J. W. LAWTON, Aikig9 - FRANK W. WAIT ' ' nfornfe annSnne Wmis Monument, Coping and MEDFORD LIVERY STABLES CHILDERS BROS, Propr's Our stables are stocked with good, gentle horses and first class, new rigs, and we are in every way pre pared to meet the demands of the traveling public. Horses boarded by the day, onaoie rates. Datistaction guaranteed.... Prescriptions Carefully ":" Compounded. Main Street; Medford Oregon. R. W. GRAY y That we occupy this space In Inform county that we are now fully equipped I , i . t . i . Salesrooms at Medford, Oregon Factory at Phoenix, Oregon DeuLBlock' Madford. 0rgfon ' Rustic Work .... I have work in nearly every cemetery in the county. Special attention given to building trimmings for 1 specimens see Lindley building. Estimates furnished J on all work In my line. Yard on G street, Medford. "I ' B9 BO week or month at reas-. THE MORTAR DHUG STOHE, (1. H. IIASKINS, Prop'r. Ha. kntthinq in thi linc or 1'ure Diugs, l'litcut Medicines, Books, Statlouery, PAINTS no OILS, Tobaccocs,Clfrar, Perfumery, Toilet Articles and Everything that Is curried iu a first Class DRJUU STORE j NEWS OF THE WORLD. Firo is raging in the Spring Hill coal mines near Halifax, N. 8., and great damage is threatened. Jhn Hurth ' a wealthy Montana miner on a trip around the worid, was robbed of a large sum of monay, deeds, etc., by negro women at New Orleans. The police succeeded in capturing the thieves and recovered the treasure. The united confederate veterans haye Jertnken to rawe money to construct a memorial building in which to pre serve the relies and archives of the con federacy. The Atlas bank of Chit-ago is going into voluntary liquidation. A passenger train was wrecked near Birmingham, Ala., Sunday, killing 21 people and injuring as many more. The traiu fell through a trestle into the Ca huha river. A wrecking train which went to the scene was run into by a construction train and another man was killed. Charles W. Hoffman, librarian of the United States supreme court sinro 1S73, died at Frederick, lnd., of pneumonia. A company of tiifteen Texas sharp shooters, who went to Cuba to assist the insurgents, were killed to a man in a battle, after killing double their own nuiuler. iThe crew of the Three Friends, a fili bustering vessel, are accused of piracy. Thomas J. O'Mally, a Chicago Alder man, has been indicted for murder, al leged to have been committed two years aijo. New York politicians are petitioning Major MiKinley to appoint Colonel Fred Ura nt Secretary of War In recog nition of his services iu the i. te cam paign. B. 1. Jones, ex-paying teller of the defunct Chicago bank, has leen sent to jail, accused of emlwzzling the funds of the bank. A sensation was caused in the York ville Police Court in New York by a prisoner at the bar trying to shoot the prosecuting witness, a woman who ac cused Samuel Preyfus ol assaulting her with intent to commit m:r.ler. The street railroad managers at Bos ton are discharging all the leaders in the recent strike. The contract has been let to tunnel the Cascade Mountains for the tireat Northern Railway. . John Meredith Read, a noted Auterr ! ran diplomatist, died at Chicago on Sunday. Otto Masmansdorff, a well-known banker of Chicago, whose bank failed a week ago, shot himself dead on account of despoudency over his failure. F, H. Graham, a wealthy farmer near Atchinson, Kas., shot and killed one of his hired men, presumably because the latter was shortly to marry a daughter of the former against bis wishes. An explosion in a crowded market in Cleveland created a panic, and hun dreds of people were injured and lost all their purchases, as well aa loose change which moat women shoppers carry in their hands. The Columbia theatre at Anderson, lnd., was burned ou the morning of the 24th. Boston street car men went on a strike the day. before Christmas but weakened and retained to work in one day. The Carnegie steel nrxapaay of Pitts burg, Pa., baa notiled employe that the present scale of wage woold be continued for the coming year. At Franklin, Pa., children acciden tally set flre to their hooee while play ing with matches and three were burned to death. The Stockholm nnireraity has jest receired a bequest of $10,000 by the will of Alfred Nobel a Swedish engi neer. Mlaa Annie Held, a French actress, sang on the streets of Pittsburg, Pa., the day before Christmas, the proceeds to be devoted to the poor of that city. Over $800 was thrown into her carriage by the street audiences. One hundred convicts in the Ken tucky penitentiary petitioned the Gov ernor for pardon on the condition that they go to Cuba to fight with the insur gents. The Governor was not recruit ing troops for Cuoa. A motorman, whose car killed a 7-year-old boy in Chicago on Christmas day, was narrowly rescued from a mob of Poles who wanted to lynch him. John Adams and Charles Simpson met at a dance at New Madrid, Mo., a few days ago and settled an old grudge. Two funerals followed in duo timo. Policeman Lewis Kinsman, of Cincin nati, O., caught a runaway horse and saved the life of Mr. llozior who was in tho buggy, and lost his own life under tho foot of the frightened animal. J The ex-queen of Hawaii arrived in Boston on Friday. Tho fourth lynching took place in Kentucky witl'in a few days, the latest job occurring at Qtieenslxro. Alfred Holt, a negro, v. as in jail accused of killing fa policeman. The mob hung him to a tree. . On November 1st eight school boys wejre bitten bv a dog sugnosedLto ha,y.e rabies, at BaftimoreT Tlley were sent to the Pasteur institute for treatment, but two have died of hydrophobia, and at least one more is expected to fall a victim, while the other five seem out of danger. A n explosion of fire damp in a coal mine near Princeton, lnd., and sixteen men are entombed in the mine. Six of the men were taken out dead and eight were almost lifeless when recovered. Dr. Maximo Zertucha, the staff phy uicitui with Maceo when the general was killed, has sent a letter to the Am erican press explaining that Maceo fell in battle., Vincent Sutton, late postmaster at Oretown, Or., was recently indicted for embezzlement of government funds. He walked forty miles and crossed rag ing streams at flood tide to give himself into custody. He was imprisoned for six months and fined the amount of his embezzlement. - Secretary of State Brown of Califor nia has arrived at the conclusion that the soldiers' home at Yountville is pri vate property and the appropriation of state funds for improvements is unlaw ful. Robert Copeland, an engineer in a Eureka, Cal., sawmill, was caught on the shafting and whirled around twice, when his clothing tore off and he fell relatively uninjured. The escape was verv remarkable. A loxing match was held Saturday night at a Slavonian Club in Oakland, Cal., during which the rc-feree was as saulted and had a wrist broken and was otherwise used up. The Northern Pacific contracted for 170,000 ties recently. They are of fir, a portion being hewn. An order for S00 000 ties for a Chinese railroad is re ported having been placed. If this is correct IIO.OOO.OOO feet of rough timber can be marketed in the two orders. A careful and conservatime estimate shows not less than 100,000,000 feet of fir now afloat in Puget Sound. The Port Blakeley mill company has nearly one-quarter of the whole amount, the Puget mill company about one-fifth and the Tacoina mrfl company nearly one sixth. W. W. Everett, Clerk of Police Court Xo. 2 at Los Angeles, is said to be a de faulter in a large amount. Bondsmen expect to have to meet the city's loss. A large fruit packing-house at Wat sonville, Cal., was destroyed by fire a few days ago. Two thousand bpxes of apples, a lot of hay and other property was burned. Tramps are supposed to have caused the fije. The Ogden Gas company has entered Chicago in competition with the gas trust of that cit3". The supreme court at Salem, Or., has granted a new trial to W. V- Ells worth, who was convicted of poisoning his wife. The decision is based on errors in the rulings of the trial judge. Adolph Staacke, residing in Peer canyon, San Luis Obispo county, was killed by falling from his-wagon, strik ing on hi head. He was a native of Prussia, 57 years old and leaves a widow and two sons. Guy Stowoll of Santa Maria was drowned in an artificial lake one day last week. Three boy companions rocked the boat to scare Stowell and the craft was overturned. The jokers escaped by swimming ashore. Six tons of turkeys have been ship ped by express from Oroville, Cal., during tke present month. Farmers from Stoneman river, Rio Seco and other district on the west siee of the river are bringing their turkeys there for shipment. ; : The seventy-seven carloads of or anges shipped Kat last year from Fresno county were the product of about 140 acres in partial bearing, whereas 4o0 acres have seen planted up to dater four-fifths in oranges and the remainder in lemons. John R. Fox uttered the sentence, " Here's to a misspent life," ia a Colu sa, Cal., saloon one day recently, poured a half-ounce of laudanum down his throat and all efforts to save his life failed. He belonged to a highly re spected Missouri family. The Northern Pacific railway com pany made a sale last month of $100 000 worth of timber lauds in Mason county, Wash., to the Simpson and the Masou county logging firms. The stumpage value of the lands is held by the company at So cents a thousand. Bonnin Pasha, the chief of the sul tan's private police, is a plump, thick set Frenchman. Iu 1SS4 he went to Constantinople as a detective with the Freuch embassador. Abdul Hamid took a fancy to him and desired him to or ganize a detective force for sci vice about tho palace. ( A corps of bludgeon men was the result, and their tactics much surprised tho Parisian agent, Sondais, n few yeurs ago, when he invited his colleague's help in arresting a uotorious swindler. Tapping at tho malefactor's door, tho Turkish official felled to earth tho servant who opened it, and the par ty proceeded through tho house, knot-king insensible everybody they met. Soudais was busily engaged in succoring the wounded, while Boniiin collared the real criminal. Bouniu has a comforta ble house iu Pera, and his wife, as court dressmaker, baa considerably in creased his savings. ENGLAND'S BEST SC0U1V The American Who Killed the Great Matabele Doctor. Ha I a Fighter from Texaa Engaged la South Africa A Long- Ride on Hos tile Soil The Shooting of M'llmo. I Wherever you go you find the Ameri can, and he is never in the rear ranks. The best scout in the Matabele war '-i an American, Burnbain, a Texan, who wears e. Texan sombrero and rkles a Texas saddle. lie fig-hts for the pleas ure of fighting'. "His education and his natural powers of inductive reasoning, says an English newspaper correspond ent, "raise him at once to a high rank among: the scouts of this or any other countrty." BurnJmm'seyea are the won der of all beholders. They ore small, roving, blue eyes. Women fall in love with them. Cecil Rhodes says thef oin see right throug-h a mountain when . Matabele is on the other side of it. An other correspondent declares the sin ewy little man he is only five feet four in height to be a veritable pocket edition of Hercules. Then he adtk;, most impressively: "And withal he is modest and truthful," which is some thing wonderful and unaccountable in South Africa. Burnham's greatest feat was tho shooting of M'limo under circumstances that- would have done credit to Davy Crockett. M'limo was the great witoh. doctor of the Matabele. Be started the rebellion, saying that he could 'turn away the bullets from Uncle Hiram Maxim's patent music box"into water if his fellow countrtymen would only bring him presents ic return for the favor. Bis throne was in a cave which was the center of pilgrimages for the natives far and near. Burcham deter mined to kill him. The British cScers laughed at his attempt as a ""fool's errand." But he enlisted the assistance of a sturdy young Englishman named Armstrong-, and they started for M'limo's rave. The h:!!s were fairly swarming with natives, and Bumham and Armstrong traveled by nig"ht and slept by day. They led their horses, so as to make as little noise as possible, and also to keep them fresh, as they knew after M'limo had been killed it w ould depend upon their horses wheth er they would be able to return to the laager or not. When they arrived in sight of the cave they found hundreds of natives . about, but were disgnsted to find that M'limo himself was not there, being two or three miles away. They sent the negro servant whom they had brought with them to tell the witch doctor that some natives were waiting for him with great quantities of presents. Then, like the good scouts they were, they moved on some distance from the place where they told the servant they would wait for him, so as to be on guard in case he played them false. But. in doing so they ran plump into a body of Kaffirs. Had the Kaffirs been Matabele the two scouts would have been killed then and there. Bumham pretended they were in great fear of M'limo and wanted to make him presents. The Kaffirs persuaded the Matabele to leave the scouts alone until M'limo came, and decided what should lie done with them. So they started down the rood from the cave to meet M'limo. When they met him Bumham saw that if he shot M'limo the wholf crowd of natives would be on them in a minute. . After going through a long orgy, M'limo invited them into a care alone and told.tbe natives to clear out. No sooner were they in the cave than Burnhnm sent & bullet through M'limo's skull. "We didn't wait to lay the body out," says Burnhnm, "but we ran for our horses with all our might. Theniff gers followed and shot, at us repeated ly, but their aim was bad. We put our horses to it for all they were wxrth. It seemed to me that our horses jumped over some rocks as high as their heads, and it is a wonder to me that they didn't break their necks end ours into the bar gain." Thotigh the killing of Mlimi did not have the effect that was ex pected, this detracts none from Bum ham's daredevil cleverness. X. Y. Press. -A Clincher." "Of course I don't know much about polities," she said, thoughtfully, "but 1 should think, John, that you'd some times g-et caught in spite of all your wisdom." "In one way I do." he replied, "but a man who haa been talking politics as long as I have knows how to win a vic tory even after he6 been tripped up." "But if you find that you're getting the worst of the argument I don't "Oh, I just run in something about the immutable laws of supply and de mand," he interrupted, in his superior way. "and it will prove a clincher for any kind of argument in regard to either the tariff or finance." Chicago Post. Tmuderliis: BlR Sleeves. If your laundress does not iron the sleeves of your shirt waist to suit you, suggest that she can. improve them byplacing the iron on the inside, and ironing them altogether in that way. You will be surprised at the difference in appearance of two sleeves ironed one from the inside and the other from tho outside. N. Y. Journal. ... V