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About The Medford mail. (Medford, Or.) 1893-1909 | View Entire Issue (March 12, 1897)
t TI1DF0RD ME Published Everj Friday Morninf . BUTON ft BATTERSON, Publishers. MAN WAS BOflN TO HUSTLE. Ho la of low daya; but qulta a plenty. SUBSCRIPTION $l.so PER YEAR. Batared In tba Poatoflioe at Modford, Oregon aa SooondCiaaa Mail Mattor. Medford, Friday, March 13, 1897," THIS PAPER ll TtSJSVt vartlalng Agenoy, M and alorehanta Ki- ehango, baa PranolMO. California, whore ooa- traaia for adrertltlng oan ba mada lor it. Our Clubbing Lut. The Mail and Weekly S. P. Call 12 25 Examiner 2 so says thai it shall bo such a quantity of water as will flow through an orifice ohe inch square, the water to stand six inches above the orifice ; such discharge to be not loss than one and one-half oubio foet er minute, equal to twelve gallons, Inasmuch as one and ons-half cubic feet of water is but little more than 11.2 gallons the California bill is no less remarkable than that of the Indianan who .wanted to change the ratio between the diameter and ciroumference of a oirolo for con venience in mathematical calcula tions. : ... It was an American orator who Chronicle 2 Mania tk.t .. .:i Qrononlan o ool ""v "' -whiwi Cosmopolitan 2 10 famine were the great enemies of XtoS civilization. Spain is cursed with natl Enquirer, -1761 the two elements of war and famine war in her colonial possessions and famine at home. If pestilence oan be applied to the agents of mis government, then she has much that is not desirable in that way. At any rate, there is so much dis- Comes now the news that Durrant muBt hang, because his appeal is denied. This was so Budden; even murderer Durrant himself was surprised. A specul session will not be content and distress abroad in Spain called, intimates the governor. "at ln many districts tax gatherers "What security have I." he savs. a obliged to go about under the "that needed legislation would be espionage of the military, and enacted." wholesale exodus of the peasantry flAfl WnmA tmm!nnt RhviI ia i he peculations oi tne late treas- thfiir nuurtiva urer of Nebraska hare been found . to reach a half a million. This There has been under the con thing of robbing state treasuries on sideration of the Washington legis a big scale may become epidemic lture two proposed reforms the It started in South Dakota twoU'18Pen8ry bU &ncl the initiative years aeo. ana reierenaum. ttotb tailed to I pass the senate. The former may Bikgeb Herman is slated for the h- fA t h rr,i position of commission of the gen- ,- ,vn nf .,:. eral land office. Mr. Herman's long amendment, while the latter will experience in congress and his fa- k .iuJ n tu. w.i,ifi. muianiy wun legislation pretain- iw. k;ii. ti W, ing to public lands makes "the ap- hollRB hv ,M ma:nr:,:Ba nnl1 pmnraeni an especially appropri- ,ha nmn,oxinn nf tua Bon, ate one, and it is not thought that ato wft8 the sam few doubta were his administration r J be guided I ,.,;j ,u: : .!... by such influences as have evidently tu, ,.,h k.. marked that of Commissioner La- Lft.,Mof,j J n,.cii,.'i.. tentions of legislative bodies arc too The collective note of the powers deeply hidden to be foretold has been served on Turkey demand ing autonomy for Crete, and the in auguration of the reforms outlined There has been an appoint ment by the governor of. a senator to succeed Senator Mitchell in the years ago, all under the suzerainty reon of jj w. Corbetti 0f Port. ofTurkey. At any rate the Greeks land who Jfl' to ffl the .vacancy must get off the field. It IS nOtnn:i ,U- l0;.l,,f,,. In should censure the powers for inter- m foTinn In iM.Ant iUr. i: I 1 -6 i"o" wiwt eonrHuuil l adnata successor, providing, ' of that the United States will . onat liim . Tk from Moslem rule and depriving LLf r ,ua ' them of the privilege of defending after the ieejBlatuw had failed to Iwawv w MO. K)OIl Ul lC iUUUMUIB case four years ago,' and uporf; the things no warrants will be issued ruling then made several states by Secretary of State Kincaid for were unrepresented in the United any other purpose than the support States for the next tw years. But of the state militia and the state ln tne present case it is held that university. These two institutions there a8 ben no legislature and are controlled by provisions of law tbat tne ruling made then will not that does not make them entirely aPP!y and that an appointment dependent upon legislative action, made by the governor now will be Any other manner or form of ex- entirely vaiia. pease the secretary of state wtllflat fbotedly refuse to honor, either by the issue of warrants or certificates of indebedness. Portland nickel-in-the-slot ma chines are legislated out of exist ance and were relegated to the dark rooms on the night of March 4. Chinese lotteries were per mitted though acknowledged evil of Oregon's chief commercial city, and the indifference of consti tuted authorities, whf appeared to be straining at nVjrative gnats and swallowing figurative camels, was a tate of tjrjgg that rankles fiercely an tb'j breasts of those who were re Virained by the ban placed upon nick'el-iif-the-Blot devices, but a later order swept the lotteries off the field. . , . . The Torrens land bill has passed the California legislature. The Torrens system of registering titles is one that ia intended to greatly simplify the work of transferring property, and the only one of the United States to try it thus far ia Illinois, where the law was not up held by the supreme court because it conferred judicial powers upon an administrative officer. The ob jection of the Illinois court ia being gotten around by the legislature conferring special judicial powers upon the registrar of titles for the purpose of putting such a law into effect. ' : . The Inaugural Address. President McKinlev'B inaunural ad dress was devoted in part to the de clared need of currency revision and favored the appointment of a commis sion to investigate the numerous details of the work. It declared economy in the administratien of public business imperative, pointed out the need of larger revenues, said a tariff on protec tive lines was plainly demanded by the American people, advised as to the ad vantages of reciprocity and prophesied the return of prosperity, lie said" that equality oi rignts must prevail and our laws be always and everywhere re spected and obeyed ; trusts must be sup- firessed ; naturalisation and immigration aws should be further improved to the constant promotion of a safer, better and higher citizenship; civil service re form must gb on, but the change must be real and genuine, not perfunctory or prompted by a zeal in behalf of any party ; the American merchant' marine should be restored ; relations of peace and amity should be cultivated with all the nations of the world: that arbitra tion with England should not be dis carded, and that an extra session was plainly needed. The country was con gratulated upon the obliteration of sec tional lines and predjudices. AdvertUed Letter List. A mix in the California legis lature defines a "miner's inch." It Followiag la a list of letter remaining an aalled for in the Medford poatofflce on March W'97 Wilson, Mra. Emmy. A charge of one cent will be made upon de livery oi eacn oi tne aoove jeiiem. Persona calling for any of the above letters wHl please nay " Advortioed.', M. PDimiK, Postmaster. Card of Thanks. To the many friends who rondored thoir kind assistance and sympathy during the recent illnass and death of our son, Willie, arc hereby expressed our heartfelt thanks. Mn, and Mrs. I. HouskiioIvDer. He Wants to Borrow $550. I want to borrow 650 on H250O's worth of real OBtato. Will pay 20 per cent In terest if note mads payable on or be fore one year. Address or call at The If ail office, Medford, Oregon. A LITTLE OF EVERYTHING. The gold reserve now la 150 mil lions. ,;. Dobs has aucceodod in calling oil' ttio Leadvillo strike, ' Col, John llav, ' of Ohio, is Hav ard's Buooossor as auibasuhdor' to Great Britain. Mark. Ilanna wiib sworn in senator on the Oth, to succeed John Shorman, who resigned, Mrs. Honry Ward Ueooher died at Stamford, Conn,, laat, Mbnduy at tne age ot oiguty-nve years.; The Spanish cabinet has decided upon another oredit for the purpose or tatting out six- aauiuonal war ships. ' -.' . New York applicants for federal appointments are said to be as plentiful aa mosquitoes in the Jersey meadows. Samoa is in trouble again. Fight ing anions; the natives and the for eigners are powerless to flop the quarreling. The troubles on the Indian resor vation in Nebraska have opened up anew, and settlers are being sum tnarily ejected. A severe earthquake shock was felt at Niagara last baturday and alarmed the population of the cities tor miles around, - tintypes are said to bo coming into style again, while the old-lash ioned daguerreotvpe is also to have a new lease of me. Postmaster General Gary ia the first representative in the president's cabinet for over a quarter of a cen tury that has gone to Maryland ' William L. Chambers, of Ala bama, has been chosen chief justice of Samoa by the three powers who are party to the bamoan agreement, The fusion legislature, of Wash ington, passed a concurrent reaolu tion congratulating President Aic Kinley upon hie access to the presi dency. President McKinley a private detective ia said to be a remarka ble double or U rover Cleveland so far as personal appearance is con cerned. Montevideo ia in a state of seige, and national troops are being mobil ized, but Uruguayan revolutions are too common to be ot even passing interest. . . . Kentucky has began a suit to re cover penalties and franchise "tax from -the Southern Pacific, The amount of judgement asked for' is .A pure-food congress is soon, to be held in San Francisco to spread through the state the reforms urged by the San . Franoiaco pure-food movement.. ..... John Hayes Hammond has re turned to South Africa to work on some of the practical instead of the political problems now confronting the gold miners there. - - Weyler continues to declare that he hasn't resigned. The impression waa that he was not resigning any way, but waa liable to be asked to- quit moat any time. The Missouri legislature has pro vided for the erection of an $1800 monument over the graves of Dan iel Boone and wife, who were buried at Warren, tbat state.. Illinois now ranks the second state in the union in the production of iron and - steel, and Chicago is aecond only to Pittsburg aa a center for iron and steel industries. When President Cleveland's term expired he had not signed the- In dian, agricultunal and civil service appropriation bills. The general deficiency bill failed in conference. The railroads estimate that the visiting crowd at the inaugural ceremonies in Washington this year was about 175,000, a little less than half the number, there four years ago. The battle ship Oregon haa gone to the Puget sound dry docks, at Port Orohard, for repairs which aire tor the purpose of preventing the 1 rolling bo badly in heavy aeas. r Tacoma'a civil service commission is in disgrace, and on trial charged with malfeasanoe in office. Several of the witnesses examined have proved that improper ratings were made. Jesus Campeche lived at Guada lajara, Mexico, and has just died at the alleged age of 155 years. He was said to be a native of Vala dolid, Spain, and moved to Mexico 130 years ago. The most decisive battle fought in the Cuban war was that of Manzanilla, February 28th. A Spanish force of 2000 strong was defeated and 1000 slain. The Cuban loss was also quite heavy. Prsident McKinley has issued a proclamation convening a special session of congross on March 15. The weight of opinion seems to bo that tariff legislation along the lines of the McKinley bill will be passed. Senator Wolcott has returned from Europe and thinks he has done much to bring about an inter national monetary conference. He rKrts many leading Kuropuun suttosmon entirely lavorauio to It. In Uolgium nil ollloinl time is to lie done on the l-to-2 1 o'clock plan iius sysiom 01 recording iiaie was at one lima in vogue on the Union Puoilio railway systutn, but souuiud to be ton unsatUfnctory to last long. Professor Sylvanus Thompson thinks thnt he oan overcome the retardation of electric currents in mo sovorai Atlantic oauloa so that it will bo possible to send 70 or 80 words pur minute instead of 12 words per minute as now, Ohio rivers are so much swollen by floods that in some placea houses are being awept away and much damage has been done. The work of rescuing families from tho Hoods ia being carried on with boats, and toe situation is becoming more serious. Attorney Barnes, tho prosecuting attorney in the Durrant case, thinka the prisoner will hang within four months. An attempt will bo made by the defense to take tho case into the federal courts if a rohoaring ia denied, but uiion what srounds is not known. . Spokano ia aroused with a sensa tion to tho efl'eot that the new county officials are using the court house for living apartments and paying no rent. Seventeen persona are now quartered there, and Bay they have a perfect right to use tho buildlug for that purpose. Uovernor Kotrors, of Washinaton. granted 1 respite in the case of a Seattle murder for the purpose of saving expenses. The respito fixed date of execution on the' same day that two others will be executed and the saving in the matter of ex penses will be foOO. Sullivan, who is distinguished from tho other Sullivans by the use of "John L.," wants to fight the winner at the Carson encounter He is i!3, and professes great confi dence in his athletio powers, his almost constant dissipation to the A 1 . . 1 . ' coiurury notwitiiauinuiog. A Carlist uprising is threatened in Spain, and the pretender ' is as suming a patriotic attitude in view of colonial troubles , which his ad visers think will lie of advantage to the pretender when the moment arrives for brm to make another at tempt to reach the throne of Spain Senator Morrelk of Vermont, has just completed hia fifth cousocutive term in the United btates senate, and is commencing his sixth term. The only senator who baa seen the same number of years' consecuUve service was Senator Benton, of Mis souri, who was not elected for sixth term.' No bonds have yet been filed by the members of the Oregon railroad commissioner, it seems to be tne impression ' of the governor that the commission baa passed out of legal existence, and it ia also sorted that Secretary Kincaid would not recognize their bonus, should an attempt be made te hie them- The Heitfield bribery case in the Idaho legislature haa been praotic- Uy decided in the adoption of a resolution recommending that Rep resentative Jones, who aaade the affidavit that be was bribed, and Representative Perkins, whom Jones charged with having paid him $150 for his vote, be removed from the legislature. The portfolio of secretary of in terior seemed to go begging.' Col, mcuook, who waa elated for it, re fused to take anything but the at torney-generalship and Judge Mc Kenna refused also. Secretary Bliss, whose appointment is quite universally criticised, accepted only until someone else, could be found for the place. ' " Seme mean fellow writing for an other paper, says a Bakor City min ister used these words: "The hand hioh made, the ' mighty heavens made a grain of sand; which made the lofty mountains, made a drop of watery which made you, made the grass in the field; which made, me made a daisy." And here the congregation bolted. A number of Mexicans nave ex hibited considerable indignation be cause a party of Bostomana have attempted to purchase - the battle flags captured from Americana on Mexican battle fields. They have gone so far in some places aa to openly , insult Americans on tho street, and assert that they will de mand at the cannon's mouth, if necessary, the return of Texas, Cali fornia and all the other territory stolen from Mexico. The old Tombs prison at ' New York id soon to bo replaced by a larger and finer structure to accom modate the large and rapidly in creasing criminal demands of Or eat er Now York. Tho old Tombs has hold some of the most notod crimi nals of tho country, and tho nowor structure, while it will probably gain a larger pago in history in a fbwor numbor of years, will hardly surpass the old in tho history of its individual criminals. The Salvation Army is grappling with the problem of the unemployed. la Inaugurating a groat oolonlia tion scheme, and propoHoa to as Hist the Idle men of tho cities in ah tiunlng Iiouiob In the country. It will start wood yards in the cities, build saw mills In tho timber uud gtyo employment to Hhihu who will aouupton tlinlr conditions. Then they propose to husband their re. sources uud earnings in such a way as to make it possible fur them ' to exchange for a homo In a now colony that is to be founded In Call fo in la under their entire direction. Tho blossom of tho chorry tree ia 1110 national nower or Japan, Picnics 111 japan aro canon "going to sue the ilowera." In Juno, millions of the people go out to Hlng, and sport unuer tne onorry trees. The Japa nese cultivate all ovor tho country the Bskura or cherry tree, which they value only for the beauty and sweet erfume of Its Ilowera. From an entire tree one could not piok enough ripe ohorrica to make a plo, out tne blossoms are massed to gether on tho boughs like clouds. and the blooms are" often aa large aa a rose. Tho extradition papers in tbo case of Butler, the Australian mur derer, are oomplote having rncolvfld tho signature of Seoretary of Btato John Sherman. Butler is the man who advertised in AuHtralian pa pers aa a proajtoutor wanting a part ner, and when a partner was had they would (tart for the hills. Whon out of the bordora of civilization Butler would kill hia man and hUiuI his money and valuables, hiding hia victim in the prosiioot hole thov uaually dug. Twenty viotima at least are alleged to havo fallen In the path of Butler. Ex -Sou a tor Dolpb, who was suf fering from blood poisoning and which waa rapidly aproadlng to hia system, underwent a surgical opora tion at Ida homo In Portland laat Monday, A log waa amputated ln liopiis of Having hia life, which oper ation it waa held would InoruaHii IiIh ohaneoa of recovery about llftoeu lur cunt. Tuesday morning hia vendition Improved Honiewliat, hut the ond oaiuu at 10:50 Wednesday morning, Tho country editor, admits the Boston Journal, haa this advantage over a olty paper, that while hia pub lication cannot In tho nature of tho oils') see u re so wide a circulation, overy copy that is distributed haa 0 loser and more attentive reading. It stays In tho homo at least until tho weok'a iaauo dlapluuoa It, What we may call tho all arouudnoss of the oountry press ia 0110 of tho moat striking foaturoa. Tho editor kuowa hia eoiiHtitueney. Tho Intelligence fidelity and capacity of tho man who oonduot tho country press merit oordial recognition. From Cripple Creek. After thu big- llro In Cripple Cruok, 1 took a suvero uold and trim! ninny ruinodlcw without hull). th uold onlv becoming iiitiro nottl.nl. After using throo small bottles uf Cliatulxirlnln'n Cough Uotuody, both tho cough and cold left mo, aud In this high nltltuilo It taken a nirrlUirims cough remedy U do any good. O. li, llvtiiloraon, editor nally Advertiser, for ritlu or duo. II. Uaakliis, drugglat. For Sale Cheap. Ono drill mit, lfV (out long, good as n,.Uf I...- . t. . .1... 1 I can bo bought; also strong wlro enough to put In a Hull trap. I will give pur ohutter the twuelll of my experience. AddroasC. K. Knotbi, Gold Hill, Ore gon. -Watohea cleaned an J wurrantod fur on year for )1 1'rllohurd, tho Juwulur. BOYDEfi & fllCHOLSOIl.. "Huvo just received a new Btock of Vigilant Steel Ranges.... ' Universal Stoves and Ranges.... ' ' f. Direct from the oust. They are the best stovos v. V' ever brought to Medford, and it will pay you to call and see them before purchanin SEE MACKEY Vor flno Photon. His work la tho only flrat-oloita work in South ern Orogon. Prlooa rcanonablo and Batinfaotion guaranteed aa Hi1 uu1 Hit Prvsra GET 1 em Is No One So Blind... That thov cannot font tho difTcrcnoo-cven If thnv cannot goo between good clothing and Choap John CIiOTHiriG: I now havo In Btock tho flnoBt lino of fall and wintorclotlilng over shown In Modford and more oomlng;. Call and boo for : yourBoll, and got my prices. No troublo to show goods..,. 8. ROSENTHAL, Medford,' Ore. Union Stables WlLLIAnS BROS., ... PROPRIETORS No llvory stoblo In Soulhorn Orogon In prepared to turn out lint, tor rigH or teams than aro wu-and Uh tl.Ia fact that hi b m uj our stables the favorite with tho traveling nubile. iS. boarded by tho day, woek or month-at reasonable rates. .... Commercial Travelers Rigs a Specialty.:,":