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VOL II.
MEDFORD, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY NOVEMBER 12, 1897.
NO. 45.
S Circulation 1900
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j W. J0NK8,
I'MVHKIIAN AND HUIIUKON.
Modford, Oregon.
gVOMcs-Opora lllook.
C0I.V10 tfe REAM KB,
W. M.l'nlvlK A, K. Itoauios
LAWVKKB.
Orlh monk. Jacksonville, Oregon.
Will uriiullcm In all the oourla or lUo alato.
Careful vuuiimiI glrcu In all mellora.
J, A. PALMER,
AUOIIITKOT ANIJ BM'KIIINTHNUKNT
Omuo lu Ailklna-Deuel blk. Modlord, Or.
ParaimHlt-e dr.wlog. and aptwlflosllons (urn
lahwl in nil klnda of niodorn uulldlnga. Own-
er's luwroal considered paramount.
J, 8. HOWARD,
HUUVKVOU AND CIVIL KNUINKKIt.
U. . Deputy Mineral Hurvejur for tbo Hlato
of Oregon. I'oalotllc. eddreaa:
Madford, Oregon.
)VM, 8. CROWKLL,
. ATTOUNKV AT t.AW.
Jaokaonvlllo. Orogou.
V, II. PARKER,
ATTOUNKV AT LAW,
Hamlin lllook. Hcdlord. Ore.
AMMOND & VAWTKR,
Austin H. Hammond, "Win. I, Vawtor.
ATTOHNKYM AT LAW
Office 1.0. 0. P. building, Molfoid, Oi
J. B. WAIT,
1-IIYltlCIAN AND HUKUKON,
Oraar III Chillier' lllock, Mtdford, Ol
(jEARY A PICKEL,
I'ltYHICIANH AND SUllOKOXH,
omoe hour-IOto 12 a. m. and SUM p.m.
MuniL.va 1'iUi 1. '
t Modford, Or
O)mcot lUukln Block.
Chas. Perdue . . .
I
Practical Gi and
Bioycloa ripaired on short
notice at living prices. ...
Shop in J. A. Whitman's
warorooms....
LIME! ...
i No. 1 quality o( llmo from tlio
. well known Kanoaorook quarry
CHEAP FOR CA8H
a 1 ! , Wo aro now roadv to supply
. Modford and nil towns on tho
railroad. Wrllo for torms to
Carpenter & Allison,
GOLD HILL, ORB.
G.F.
PRACTICAL
BLACKSMITH
AND HORSE SHOER
Tricoa roasonablo and
eatiflfaction guaranteed
. Special attention given
j to plow work .....
There Isn't
a Branch ...
i - Of Blaoksmithing that I
al do not fully understand.
ha ftud my prioes will not
cnppio your purse, nor will
tho shoes setoripplo your
horses. , I do all kinds of
.Wagon and carriage work
J. R, WILSON ...
"16 to 1" Earner
All work strlotly first-olnss.
and my prloos are the lowy-,
est In the oity.,., i ; ' -y ,
V Shop on Sevonth street, op
posite Union Livery Stables
Sip
Satisfaction
!0 ill
yy
rnhoro is always muoh satisfaction in knowing
1 that you have the best article of the kind
that can be bad. Some people have an idea
that more is asked for Bridge-Beaoh stoves and
rangou than for others, but, although thuy possess
advantages not to be found in others, no more is
asked for them than for other firBt-class goods of
their kind... ......
We carry a complete line of Bridge-Beach
cook and heating stoves, as well as hardware and
sporting goods
J. BEEK & GO...
RATES FROI...
tl to $J PliK UAV
. mmmmmmmm
- - -. " s
Medford, Oregon
Tlio Naah la one of tlio moat popular hotola In Southern
Urc'uon, und no pulna are apnrud for tliu comfort and
oovommodatlon of fuou, KvcrytlilnK about the houaa
Free Sample Rooms
THE HOTEL BAR la
ucti nraima oi wines,
Onion Liivery Stables...
TERRILL & COMPTON, Prop'rs
Having lately purohaRod this popular stable we are now pre
pared to furnish first-clsss rigs and safo and faBt driving
horsos at reasonable rates. Horses boarded ....
Commercial . Travelers . Rigs .a. Specialty
THE
Palaee Confectionefy
PARKER & HICCINS, PrOD'18
Wk.kula
DaaUra la
Confectionery, Cigars Tobacco
fropr-s of MEDFORD 80DA WORKS
We Carry None But Flrst-Clua Ooods
trvnvnrtn OREGON
DON'T
That I have the largest and beat selected stock of furniture,
carpots, wall papor and window shades to be found in South
ern Oregon .... : .'
Escape Your Attention..:!
If you are a prospective
iuo uigost in graao ana
In connection
FRANK: W. WAIT
... STONE YARD
Gonoral contracting In all Unas of stono
Cemetery Work "
a Specialty ...
Alljdnds 'of marble and granite monumonts
ordored direct from the quary... ,
Vard on G stroot- , ; t
Oominorlolnl Hotel Dlook
TresqriTjtions Oarefullv " ! Oompotinded.
"T ''J Mala StrMt MtcVort Oragoa.
' " v r i- i i i ' - .'" f. '' ' 1
L. HAfllLTON
...PHOFRICTOH ...
STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS ...
SUlknLz
always supplied with tho very
J
liquors una ulnars ....
ti4 RaUII
...
LET THE FACT"
purchaser you
Ill Dnd tnv (roods
in
o lowost la price, a Undertaking
X-'A. WEBB
work.
MEDFORDj OREGON
THE MORTAR
DtUa STOtJE,
0. H.HASKISS, Prop'r.
HA. ANVTHINQ IN THK LINK OP '
Pur Diugs, Pntont Medlolnes, Books.
Btntlouery,
PAINTS and OILS,
Tobaccoes, Olrara, PerAimory, Toilet Articles and
uveryiiunK nn I. ourriea in nr
HUM BKUU HTUKK
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
MXTCIN LIVM LOST BY A
ON LAKE ERIE.
DISASTER
Atteaspt Bara it. Aacaaslae DaaJljr
Pif-M ia Kealanhy Orar the IlMilta
' A Bf g r.ore If la Tare. Brat-era
mi ai.iaa.
Ssafarlag man ar. g.lag to p.titioa
(OBfraag to modify navigatloa laws. '
Hi a flnt of tha taa-lneh guns for the
fbrttSeaU.ug at Ban Diag., CaL, hat
arrived there.
J. . Cad, who ak.t and klllad Wal
ter Kuaaall in Chioo, Cal., wag aaateno
d to prlaoa for lua.
The Paraaerg' AlMaaaa warahauaa at
Oeaeaiet, Idau. was bara.d with it
tontaata of 100, OM baahala of grain.
During a riolaat gala en Lake Erie
Ik. staaaa.r Idaho was wr.ekad, and
16 of her .raw of 19 war dr.waad.
Thomas Naltr baa aoalaaaad that ha
murdar.d his Ihra. siatara and a kr.th-
ar, near Kawaon, Uu.imc, auring a
uarr4.
Callforaia grapes ar. gaining such
favor la tfi. New York marke as to
be a d.trim.nt to ah. sal. of imported
tocka.
Spanish aathoritise are tiakng meas
ures to pnt a atop to tke wuoieaaie
Importing of fli.armg into Bpalu by the
fc'arlisUi.
Miaa Krancis E Willard was ra-elect-
ad preaidont of th. Women's Christian
Temporanca Union at the Buffalo
Mas ion.
Captain Lov.riag, who caused
soldier to b. shamefully abused at
Fort Hharidan, ia lo be oourt-martialed
for doing so.
Von Uamraon, ana of th. players of
the Univoraity of Gaorgla football
team, dl.d from th. injuries h. receir
ad in a recent gam. at Atlanta.
Tho formation of a stravbeard trust,
ooniroling every plant in th. country,
has been effected at Anderson, Ind.,
and will begin operations at once.
Uenoral liiomaa L. Ullaginan, ex-
United States aenator from North Car
olina, died in aa inaane asylum at
Raleigh, last weak.
Kx-Turklah Consul Joseph A. Iasigi
waa found guHty at Beaton of ambe ail
ing from Freneh aatatea auma to the
amount of 1140,000.
Qeaeral Uitea has reoommeaded that
a company of light artillery be placed
on guard at aeh of th. United States
mints and sah-tiwararUa.
A dispatch from Argentine says that
the prospects for the wheat crop are
splendid and there is every indication
that lha yield of wheat will be very
large.
Election day at Frankfort, Ky., was
ushered In by a bloody encounter on
tli.str..ss between lepnblieans and
Democrats reeulttng in th. shooting to
death of three tnea and th. wounding
of two or more.
Kite desperadoes confined in jail at
Daadwood, 8. D., ov.rpowered th.
latter, outraged hia wife and eseaped.
Four of the saan were lobbers and tha
other a murderer. - ' '.'
General Weyler, late captain-general
of Cuba, will be placed under arrest aa
soon as he reaches Spain and tried by
court-martial for making a .farewell
speech at Havana that waa aot to the
beat interests of th. Madrid authorities.
A disturbance waa raise on election
day in Ufa Crooked creek precinct
Castl.rock county, Ky., and whan the
sheriff tried to restore order a general
shooting affair 1 took ' place. ' Henry
Landford, John Lawrence and Charles
Payne, the df star ban, were' killed by
deputy sheriffs' doriBg th. fight
Tha aew oongreeeloaal library, which
has been In course of construction for
th. past six year at Washington, was
thrown open to th. public a few days
ago. There were no ceremonies of
any kind. ' About 350,000 volumes are
now on the shelves of the library.
A convention botween the United
States, Russia and Japan looking for
the joint protection of the seals has
been signou at the stat. department,
Washington. It will require the ratin
cation of tha senate to bscome effect
Uy..
Tho annual report of Governor Mcr
Cord of Arisona has been made public.
The population or th. territory is esti
mated at 87,500 an increase over, last
vear of several thousand. " The nunv
ber of Indians in Arltona is 'estimated
at 37,728."" " " ' '
An attempt was made to burn the
city of St . Augustine, ' Fie.,' Sunday.
The incondiaries had tampered with
fire apparatus so as to render it almost
useless. They then started fires in
different parts of tho oity, all of which
were extinguished except one. ' This
fire was iu' the beautiful San Marco
hotel, which oost $250,000,, and tho
building was burned to the ground.
An attempt ; was made Friday to
issnsslnat. the provident of Braail, Dr.
Prud.nte Jos. d. Moraes, by a soldier.
The president's brother, an army offi
cer, waa probably t mortally r wounded
by, the would-be ssButn, while at
tempting Jo shield tha chief eseeutlve.
General Machado Betliancourt,' min
ister of war, who was one of th. presi
dent's party, was shot and killed by
unknown parsons daring the excite
ment'' '
John Watka, a Creak Indian, who
killed a f.llow iribeeman. waa execut
ed at Chelsea, L T. Watka waa sen
tenced to death soma months ago, but
allowed hia II be Ky, promising to pre
sent himasif for execution at a stated
time. During th. summer h. went to
Kansas city with a baseball team aad
had ample opportunity to escape had
he deelree to da so. He prevented him
self promptly on time for hia execu
tion. '
Th. extensive Meablishment of Hay
wood Br.thera, manufacturers of rat
tan furniture, at Boston, waa damaged
to the extent ef 990,000 by fire.
Nathan gUrk, a 'prominent farmer,
waa held ua an the highway at Mercer.
Mo., by Ira Sexton, a neighbor, who
attempted to red Mm." Stark resisted,
aad Sexton ahet aad killed him.
J. Andaraoa, eeok, and five seaman
f th. schooner Olive Pecker, arrived
on a steamer at Newport N.wa, Va.,
as prisoners from Bahia, Brisll. While
on th. high seaa Anderson murdered
the captain aad mate, and at the point
ef a gun compelled the crew to fire the
schooner. The sailor, took to the
small beata and drifted about until
picked up by a vetaeU ...
British ship-builders have refused to
sign contract, to construct cruisers for
Spain fearing they wili not be paid for
the work.
Edward Hamilton employed at the
Worcester National bank, at Worcest
er, Mass., killed bis wile and daughter
and then shot himself.
The sale of the Kansas Pacific branch
ef the Union Pacific road, under the
government foreclosure, ia postponed
until Thursday, December loth.
James Moore, Mike Welch and an
unknown Sootehanan, were killed by
the prematura explosion of black pon
der on th. eletric railway road at Vic
tor, Col.
Benton D. Hatcher, former cashier
of the Northweatern National bank of
Great Falls, . Moat, pleaded guilty to
charges of misappropriating funds of
the bank and was sentenced to five
years' imprisonment
James Bos well, living at Mrs. Emma
Smith's boarding house in East Dallas,
Tex., became jealous of the attention
James Barton, another boarder, was
paying to Mrs. Smith and he killed
Burton and Mrs. Smith, and then blew
out his own brains.
A message from Hermosillo, Mexico,
says that Captain George Parker and a
sailor named Johnson of the junk
World of San Diego were killed about
Octoker 27th by the Seri Indiana on
the Tiburon island.
Eight whaling vessels are reported to
be caught in the ice floes in the Arctic
eceau and the outlook for the safety of
their erews is most discouraging. Ihe
ships had only a month's supply of
provisions and no aid oan reach them
until next June. The men may cross
the ice pack and reach land but could
not secure provisions.
Thia year's grape crop is one of the
largest ever produced in Sonoma coun
ty, Cal. High prices have been secured
ana the vinejardieU are happy.
The Sparta stage was held up by two
masked men about three mile, from
Baker city, r Or. The highwaymen
frightened the horses, causing them to
run away and upset the coach. .The
driver grabbed the mail sack and ran
to Baker city.
A fire occurred in a row of tenement
houses in San Francisco and destroyed
over $25,000 worth of property, and
also made homeless a score of poor
families. The sufferers were all labor
ing people and, having lost all they
possessed, were left destitute and suff
ering. , ',..,;.. j
Under Sheriff J. H. Mansfield, who
was in the fight with and wounded
Murderer Fiannelly at Redwood city,
Cal., two weeks ago, has been appoint
ed sheriff of Sen Mateo county, to
succeed Sheriff McEvoy, who died from
wounds received during the shooting
with Fiannelly.
While at work on some excavations
at Scarborough head, at th. mouth of
the Columbia river, Or., R. Lucas was
buried beneath a pile of concrete, by
the bursting of a wall. , , He was dug
out, to all appearances dead, and
taken to the morgue at Astoria. The
body wan placed on a' diaeacting tabl.
and physicians prepared to hold a post
mortem ' examination, -when' -suddenly
the1 body ' commenced .' to more and
preaently Lucas Sat up. ; i:v!
': ; ''-"'The Vnlon Paaiae Sold. !" '
The Union 'Paciflb railroad proper,
including the' buildings and all. that
goes to operate the system,-was sold at
Omaha to the Reorganisation' com
mittee for the sum of $53,S28,6S2 76,
This amount does not include the sink
ing fuud In the hands of the govern
ment, aad takiue this to be (4,036,40.
the amount stated in' the government
decree eovermg the eMe of the road
the total paid for the (property Is 157,
564.031 7C - There - were, no obter hid-
d.rs, and tke read weat.t. the reorgan
isation committee withe t any . Jppogl-
tlon. .sue t!0 oinos yiuid hvn
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CURRANT MU8T HAND.
the Valteel sHatee aapreafe Ceart Will
Lei tha Law Tea. Its Caa-as. ;'
Monday the United States supreme'
court, at Washington, D. C, aaVtaed
tha decision ef the dreail eemft el ;
California rotating a writ of habeas;
sorpus to WHWam Henry Thaedere i
lrerfaat, under sea tone of deatfl for
the murder of Miss Blanche Lament in
Sao -Franeieeo, In April, 1885. 1 The ,
' THEODORE DtJRRANT. '
decision permits the law to take Its
course with the condemned man.
Chief Justice Fuller aanounced the !
court decision, but made no remarks j
save to cite a few authorities on Which . ,
the court based its decision. ' .:
The last hope of Dun-ant to obtain "
relief in the courts ia now gone. ' Her
will be immediately taken to San Iran-
ciaeo from the San Quentin prtaea, aad i
the superior court will fix a day for his
execution.
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D. Casaaa. 'a prominent wine-maker '
of Santa Boaa, CaL, was arrested on an I,
indictment charging him with perjury.
Two bodies of members of the crew -
of the steamer Jaaper, wrecked oft. ,
Point Arena some weeks age, were
picked up in the ocean a few days ago.
Sierra railroad trains are now run
ning regularly into Jamestown, CaL,
its terminus. A big celebration was :
held there in honor of the completion '
of the road.
Tvia Innlai will hold a BDeoial alec-.
tion December 11th on the question of ,
refunding th. present outstanding '
1680,000 indebtedness at a leas rate
than 4 per cent '
Redondo (Cat.) Is to have a salt man-
nfacturing plant By a strange coinci- -.
dence the town water auppi v is obtained
right bv the briny lake from which the
salt will be manufactured.
Senator Mclnnis of British Columbia
has been appointed lietitenant-gover- " -'.
nor of that province, and William lent- ,
pleton, proprietor of the Victoria i
Times, has been called lo take Mr.
Mclnnes' seat in the senate.
A. G. LaV of Glenwood, Santa Crux
county, Cel., has started for Australia,
where he will obtain possession of gaouu ;
in cash and $35,000 worth of landed -property
left him by his brother. : . :,
The 'San Francisco County Miners
association propose to hold a big sale- y
bration in San Francisco on the 24th of v
January, to celebrate the 50th anniver- .
sary of the discovery of gold In Sali
fornia. ;'..:;, :1.':- f ' ."'.!.'...".?,..
The Oxfords, proprietors of the Chleo ; .
(Cal.) sugar factory, have selected
Hueneme, Ventura county, as the V
locality for another sugar factory. Tho .
new factory will have a daily capacity
of 1000 tons. , . , ' '
The 'Sacramento Ilea trie. Gas anal V
Railway company has mortgaged their
franchise, plant, etc., for t-,500,000.
Ellen Lee per, 18 years of ago, cam-,
mitted suicide at Grant'a paas, Or., by
hanging herself In her father'a kitchen. -No
motive is known. !';. , , i : ,
Within an hour's time four fires ware
started Si Fresno, Cal., on a recent -night
three of which are believed te
hare been incendiary.
mures
" Cures talk "In favor gB
ol Hood's Sana partus, 41 Wf
aa for no other medl-
olne.) IU great cores recorded in truthful,,
convincing; language ol grate! nl man and
women, conatltute its most effective ad
vertising.' Many ot these cores are mar-,
veiona. , i They have won the confidence ol
th. people; have given Hood'a Baraapa
rllla tha largest sales In the worm; and
have mad. aeosnary for. Ha tnanu etuej
thegreateat laboratory on earth.- Hood'a
BarasparUlaia known by the cures It has
made cures ol aero tula, salt rheum and
ecxems, cures ol rheumatism, neuralgia
and weak nerves, euros ol dyspepsia, liver
troubles, catarrh cores which prove
!)0ar8apariila
Is the istMn fast the One Tree-wed Pttruter.
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