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About The Medford mail. (Medford, Or.) 1893-1909 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 31, 1897)
5 J..I HMi MhxiL If You Want to Reach I I Your the Jackson County People I i i i tlm mint uf tliuin lliu bimt ol tlieiu f 'k Inserted In a first-class newt , S J8 paper Is the most effective way J ' of reaching a given seotion ... S The Rledford MaH : s Cuso ,. Is the leading family newipa jj - per in Jackson County ... .. You've dot to Use the Paper that Reaches .. .tho mult of Ilium (ho buHl uf tli u in THq MAIL circulation 19.0 I YDL II, IEDF1RD, JAGK30I CODITT, OBEQON, FRIDAY DECEMBER 31, 1897. NO. 52. 5 Circulation 1900 ' ;. mOVEBBXONAb OABDB. PACIFIC COAST NEWS, NEWS OF THE WORLD! ' Jt M. KIC1CNE, D. D. 8. ....uii . tut if 1 tlVkytMUIill V A UtV.f!IAf,1V. Twill oiiriOloU without puln. im i.. A.lLli.M.ll.innl iilisiik. Ufltltcirtl. Uro. W. H. J0N1S8, I'llVHIUIAN AND BUKOKON. Modforil, Oruun. (VORIc'ti-OiHira HluvU. QOLVIO t ItlCAMES, VY.M.CoWlH A. K. HonuiM LAWVKIW. orih iiiiHik Jaitkwiiivlllo.OroKiin. Will urmiiloo In all I lie '''" of Hi. mlo. Careful iwuiimiI iitvcti In nil iimllorn. J A. I'ALMKR, AIIOHITrXT AND HUI'KUINTKNDK.NT Ortlco Id Adklrui-Ucuiil tlk. Mndlord, On. l'nnipwilvo ilrwlii. nn.1 "l'""';" ,.u" .'."rS' laliml ou all kliiilK ot iiuKlorii Uullilluilil. Own or', liiuiro.l oon.luiirwl uaruuiuuiit. J, 8. HOWAKD, BUIIVKVOU ANI CIVIl BNUINEBK. 0. ft. Oouuiy Mlnrral Hurv.yor (ur Ibo Stale olOronua. rlomo wldrtuu: Mndfaid, Oreifan. WM. 8. CROWELL. ATTOHNEY AT LAW. jMknoovlllo, Oregon. W. H. PARKER. ATTOKHKY At LAW. M.A InrA OM ciamim iiiiwi. AMMOND & VAWTER, ' Aunltn B. Ilaauond. Wm. L Vawler, ATTOKNMVH AT LAW iiKM-i.O.O. V.bulldlDi. Mcdfo.d.Or J.B. WAIT, PHYSICIAN AND HUHOKON, nm In chlldtr.- Block. MtJford. Ol QEARY & PICKEL, PHYSICIANS AND SUH0K0N8. om hour-10 to 12 . m. and 2 to 4 p. m, Huudajralllo I Mojford, Or ORct: lliukia Block W. I. Vawtm. Pri... II. F. AliKiN.. V-Pret J. B, EKTAHT, CMhlor. Jackson County Bank ...Capital. $50.000... MEDPORD.- - OREGON feOUD money on iipnou ""i - "?"Z. potltii nuhloot to ohcok d lrnnci iiinora . (uiklai bunlneu. Your buslncmi lollollod... Corrupondanw: Ladd ft nunh. Hlom. Anito i ('lllornlm lull. Bm rnnclKO. Ladd Tlllon, fortlud, Ootblo lUnklng Co., N. Y. Chas. Perdue . . . . Practical Gun anrl LocksmiL. Bicycles ripairod on short notice at living prices.... Shop in J. A. Whitman's warerooms.. Wilson & Hnnsaker. .. ..Ill Wo shoe horses with shoos that fit and uso nail that don't prick. Wo do plow work that la satis factory in ovory lnstanco '. Wo manufaoturo wagons and bugglos wood shop In connec tion ., Market St. Ferry, S.F., Cal. . . Klondyke Specials l'okllng Bookers (nHk for olronlnr) 10. 12 Yukon Folding Stovoa (now) tt.0O, 7.B0 Yukon Oninp Btovoa, boat. . .$8.76, f5.0 Largo Fur Stooping lilnukots,.. . . .$12,00 Evnoorntod notutooa, wnrrnntod.lo tho trade. Ounnod (rults and raouta of boat juallty. Ilonvy wearing apparel. Nimu ICaSIDlS ML GREAT BARGAINS Oil Hues, a lew of ifc Bridge-Beach Co's. 4 Rogers Bros. "1847" Silver Plated, Dinner and Dessert Knives and Forks ... " Tea, Table and Dessert Spoons ... " , " " Sugar Shells, Fruit and Butter Knives ... Aluminum and Nickel Plated Tea and Coffee Pots "Rome" Nickel Plated, and Granite Steelware Tea Kettle ... Colts, Smith it Wessons and Ivor Johnsons Revolvers. Miners' Gold Scales, Magnifying Glasses and Pccket . Compasses. A large stock of Northfiuld Razors and Pocket Cutlery. Our Elegant Silver Mounted Carvers are awaiting the arrival of Christmas to il make a grand attack SOME PEOPLE Itou'tquito understand many larmori' norvei with HARNESS, ,s FALL- Well, the soorot la omlly cuemed erery horse owner wants a fl rut-clang artlolo in barnoaa, saddlos, etc., and that is just wnat inoy una at my aioro. J. 0. TAYLOR, Medford, Onion IiiVeity Stables... . . COMPTON & TERRILL, Prop'rs . , Having lately purohased this popular stable we are now pre pared to furnish first-class rigs and safe and fast driving . horses at reasonable rates. Horses boarded .... Commercial . Travelers . Rigs .a. Specialty jniLLE mm J. C. WHIPP, Propr. '! Does General Contracting in all lines, v v.-. GRANITE AND MARBLE WORKS. . 0 r-7. r -7-r. CEMETERY WORK A SPECIALTY Jacksonville, DON'T That I have the largest and best selected a took of furniture, oarpets, wall paper and window shades to be found in South orn Oregon .... . Escape You r Attention. If you are a prospective the Digest in grade and la connootlon FRANK W. WAIT ... STONE YARD Qonoral contraotlng in all lines of stono Cemetery Work a Specialty ... All kinds of marble and granite monumonts ordered direct from the quary... , Yard on Q streot Commerlolal Hotat Dlook ,. Presorixtions Main Street; Carefully Lmrge Arrival! a4 Sweeping Reduction In Price of Oood are Our Topic this Week. Anticipating an increased demand during the next fft few weeks for certain olaanefl of goods we have bought which are mentioned below :: :; Steel Ranges and Cooking Stoves "Soperior" and "Laurel" Base Burner Heating Stoves ... jf "Yale" Air-Tieht. "Sonora" and Oil : J. on Turkey ... : how it is that I am fitting out so x new , o iwpairing promptly aone.... Oregon ... - - Oregon. LET THE FACT" purohasor you will find my goods the lowest in prloe. j Undertaking .1. A.. "WEBB work. medfordoregTon THE MORTAR DtUG STOtE, G. H. HASKINS, Prop'r. . . Ha. anvthin. in thk link op . . ..P'n Dl"Si Pntont Medlolncs, Books. BUIIoucry, PAINTS and OILS, Tobaccos., Olprurn, Pcrfiimory, Toilet Article, and KveryiniiiB; inni i. uurricii in nrai. IRS. DRUli STORH : Oompounded. SUN a a ii a it Medford Oregon. .. .. very largely in those m m Heaters ... m m BEEKi S CO. ! MEDFORD. OREGON S According to the IWorldof 297,750 workers in New York, the records show that 02,075 are out of work. Last year at this time 125,375 were idle. Chile's cabinet resigned some time ago and two attempts to form a new one have been failures, and the nation is without a cabinet William F. Wernes, president of the Guaratiteo Loan and Mortgage coin Dany of St. Louis, accused of embez zlement, has been discharged. The niitlonal legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill reported to the house curries $21,562,423, being $780, 801 less'tliau the estimates. Reports from the southern part of the state of Colorado show that the sheen men are losing a number of sheep by the rocont heavy falls of snow. W. E. Burr, Jr., ex-cashlor of the St. Louis National-bank, at St. Louis, now serving a sentence of five years for embezzlement, has been pardoned by the president Louis P. Bowen, who has been con' nectcd in various editorial capacities with Montana newspapers the past ten years, was killed at Sappington by be ing run over by a train. Notices have been posted at the cot ton mills in Suncock, N. H., by the makers of print cloths announcing reduction of wagesJor about 10 por cent January 1st The city council of Indianapolis hna passed a curfew ordinance prohibiting children under 15 years from frequent ing the streets after 9 p. m. in summer and 8 p. m. in winter. ; Trade unionists are requested by the Chicago Labor Federation o leave the National Guard at once, such .was the decision reached by the delegates at their weekly meehng. . Two little children of George Coak- ley, of.Titf City, Mo., climbed into a Diirstvto catch one of 'the pigs. They were set upon by hogs, which killed and ate both children. - The amount of business, both freight and passenger, handled by the West ern lines at. Chicago, thus far in the holiday season has been at least 60 per coat above that of last year. The Central Labor Union of Boston recently discussed and condemned the proposed reduction of wages in Fall River and other New England mill towns. The alleged, reason for such a cut-down, Southern competition, was ridiculed. In the United Slates circuit court of New York, Mary E. Reynolds, who had been for six years illegally draw inn a pension, was fined $1000, which she was unablo to pay. A similar sentence was glvon to William F. Wheeler. . - Many veterans of the war in Indian apolis are signing a petition to congress asking that every man and woman on, tho rolls be paid In the amount he would receive if he continued to draw a pension at the .'present rating for twenty yoars. '. : The number of people who have died in Cuba from January I, 1897, to Octo ber 1, 1897, reachod the appalling total of 600,000 more than one-third the population of tho Island. The M. D. Hurter company's flour ing mill at Fostoria, 0., ono of the largest winter wheat mills in tho country, was doslroycd by fire a fow davs ago. 1-obs, $L50,000. It was in sured. , : . Bryon J. Ciilboit. 7 yoars old, has boon admitted to tho bur by tho Btv promo court of Kansas, lie was duly examined aiuv found to possess a re' markable knowledge of law. He bears tho proud distinction of boing the youngest lawyer In the world, ' though he cannot practice until he is 21 years of aito. . . ... THE CREAM OF THE WEEK'S NEW8 PICKED FROM THE DI8PATCHES. UrrW to Dmmth In Prtld A Bok. hmr'B BulItOuMi ft Mortal Wound T Yoaro for Mao ilmufh tor Jail for Porjnrors. The estimated value of the Orange tounty (Csl) celery crop this year is 1126,000. Over 10,000'acres will be planted to beets the coming season by Ventura, CaL, beet-growers. A fire occurred at Randsburg, Cal., last week, destroying several buildings ind causing heavy losses. & A. Hofstra, a well-known capital ist of San Jose, Cal., died, Sunday after brief illness due to heart trouble. The San Bernardino (Cal.) supervis ors have decided to build a f.,uou wood and steel bridge across tho Santa Ana rtver. . The jury In the case of Frank D. Crandall, accused at Los Angeles of killing Jack Bowman, failed to agree. bey stood (eight .for conviction ;ana four for acquittal. Mary Castillo, a woman of the town of San Francisco, was shot at by a Japanese with whom she was living. The bullets missed her but she was so badly frightened that she died. Extensive improvements will at once made in the Pacific Coast Steam ship company's wharf at Monterey to accommodate the increased demands of produce shippers. The first carriage of the -ten-inch rifles to be mounted on the defenses San Diezo harbor reached there from Hamilton. O.. Sunday. It will bo assembled as soon as the cement in emplacement, where it will be located, becames thoroughly hardened. Postmaster MV L Schuester of To rn ales, CaL, was attacked by a highway man, robbed and left in a dying con dition. After he was picked up and regained consciousness it was discover ed that he was almost wholly paraly zed from the blow he had received. Senator J. H. Mahoney died in San Francisco last Thursday. His death was primarily due to a cancerous growth, which first affected hiB lower lip and later bis throat The deceased has been prominently identified with San Francisco politics for many years. Lowell Maxwell, who was recently convicted at Quincy, Cal., of burglary in the first degree for robbing the ex Dress office safe at thatlplace last Octo ber of $3800, disemboweled nimsen with a razor while in jail. Fear of long term in Folsom prompted the deed. He will die. Lagora Moljno, a Chilean woodchop-j per, met a norrime aeatn near xios Gatos, Cal., Christmas fright While iu toxica ted he started to carry a light ed lamp across the yard, but stumbled and fell on the lamp. The lamp ex ploded, setting fire to Molina's clothes. He was too drunk to get np or to ex tinguish the fire,' and was burned to death.' The charred bones of Conrad Din- nean, a hermit, who lived in a squalid shack, 30 miles from Goldendale, Klickitcat county, Wash., were recent ly found. ' The hermitjhad been burn ed alive in his cabin the night before, being unable to leave it owing to a severe attack of irheumatism. ' Near the body was a pile of gold.coins of the value of nearly $1000. Mrs. 8. C Long and . her . daughter Ida, are- under arrest at Riverside, Cat.," as a result of two Indictments for perjury placed againBt them by the Brand jurv. During fa coroner's in quest as to the cause oi 'ine cieatn oi Lonit'B child, the women testinea tnat. Long, killed, and at the trial of the man in he. supreme court tney re versed their testimony. . , ' , ; The warehouses and 'plant' of the Standard Oil company at San Jose, Cal.. were totally destroyed by fire, There wore eight tanks of oil, averag' ing 13,000 gallons, and explosion after explosion loiloweu - the nrst maze. Jerrv O'Brien, a fireman, was bo severely burnod by burning oil thrown over him by an explosion of a tank that he died. , The loss will reach $,i 000.: V Stenhen R. Green, postmaster - at Oregon City, Or., has been relieved of all responsibility aa postmaster by his bondsmen on the recommendation of postofflce inspectors, and his resigna tion has been telegraphed to Washing ton. Gambling is said to be at the bottom of the difficulty.. The shortage has been made good by the bondsmen, It is understood. -that tha .loss is not great . ; : U ;. . While driving cows at . his home 20 miles from Salinas, Cnl., Massina Pirz. zoni, 24-yoars-old, was killed by being thrown from tho horse be was riding. The horse slipped hndjfell breaking his nock and causing riasszoiu to break his. Secretary Long of tho navy ' dopart- mont hue finally accepted the proposi tion of the Union Iron . works Of San FranclBco to establish In the battle ship Wisconsin an electric plant for the operation of tho turrets and guns and tho hoisting of ammunition, The work will cost $11,300., Iff FEW HAPPENINGS OF THE , PAST DA Y8 FROM ALL QUARTERS. Chief.'. C.llMM IW.tr. J.d bfli Bl( Slrik. Thr..tal la' 1Imh.iv MtU Bank rall.r. la ratte tl.ll.hla. ... ., . ' " 'J The Canadian parliament has bsei tailed to meet on February 3d, . The senate has set January 17 fori consideration of the Immigration bUL. The revenue cutter OnondaoawWaS . launched recentlyat Cleveland, O. . ' Joe Hopkins, a negro, murdered Sam Eskridge and John W. Luckle, whito' farmers, of Glendora, Miss.,' in order to rob a store of a small sum of monev. j It . Is said that District Attorney Young, of New ; York, has finally de cided to allow Mrs. Nack to plead guilty to manslaughter in the first de tree. , The'TMoutgomery county . (N1. Y.) board of supervisors has demanded tho resignation of William Clark, county treasuaer, in whose accounts a short age of over $20,000 has been found. . - It is reported that the makers 6f book paper of Wisconsin, Michigan,, Indiana and Ohio have formed an as sociation to stop the cutting of price in this product and to fix a minimum. price. .! :;v i . : j ':'$;- I Fires were put under the furnaces In. r the Cohansey, Cumberland and Moor-' Jones window-glass I factories . near Brigeton, N. J., and it is expected that 20,000 persons now idle will be given employment . ? .... , ,; :.-? The state of Nebraska, by the At-, torney-General, filed a civil suit against -ex-Treasurer Hartley and his bonds men for $335,000. This is the amount which Hartley is .charged with embez-' zling from the public school fund. . , A 1700-mile canal from Montana to ( Texas is the startling proposition to bo formaliyrmade by Governor Leeds to' the coming Irrigation Congress. Tho-. governor mentions incidentally that the cost would be only $360,000,000. -( The result of the secret ballot of the. Miners' union in progress for the pasfc few day's at Ishpeming, Mich., wasv overwhelmingly against a strike.;? ;' j The soldiers' and. sailors' monument to be erected by the city of iNew York will be placed on Riverside drive, 100 feet from the tomb of General Grant ' A notice has . been placed in the) Union Pacific railroad shops at Lara mie, Wvo., stating that until further notice shopmen will work only ' four days per week, seven hours per day. . . Charles Kunzmiller- Jr.,- assistant cashier of the defunct German Nation al bank of Denver, indicted for making false reports to the controller of cur rency, has been sentenced to 1 fiv years' imprisonment i:i' er.awmsai.v The Americans Window Glass com pany, wnton controls ine..oaiput ,oi . window-plate glass oi me country, win . advance prices in proportion to the". increase in wages recently granted the ; workers...: A whipping-post bill was introduced ; in the state, senate of Virginia. ' The I measure provides '"that all - persona t convicted of petit larceny shall be pun- , ished with not less .than ten or mora- r than thirty stripes, except females and children. - - '.v j'.:; sc' ,iv.-.'i The Chestnnt-'atreet National bank, , regarded as one of .the strongest instl- tutions in Philadelphia; ' has failed.' ; The suspension carried with it the cloa- I ing of the Chestnut-street Trust and Savings Fund company. Fully $3,000,- 000 is involved in the failure. , . " Miss Leila Herbert, daughter of the- ex-Secretary of the Navy,; committed - suicide at Washmtton,, a. few 'days ago. ' Suffering from melancholia and fear that through an accident snn would be crippled for life, i the girl leaped to her death from a third-story window of her home ,on New. Hamp shire avenue. . i , Reuben Lane.' a rugged man,' walked on crutcheB from Barnsborough, Pa., to Topeka, Kaa., a distance 597, miles, to marry Mrs..; JSliza, Ann - rarxer. When he arrived she refused to have him.' ' He has employed a lawyer and will commonce aotion for;. breach of promise. , .(,v- fr; ?.- i- It is reDorted that the lawless ele ment among the Indians' has formed a conspiracy ' to ' i up ' the-.United States ceurthourse at Witcbita, Kaa., and all other United States court build ings In the Indian .Territory, , The burning of the United States court house at Ardraore the other day, with all its records,' is believed to be the first attempt to enrry ouVthe plot The cotton manufacturers of Massa ehusetts are confronted with the pros pect of a strike, as many of; the opera tives are determined to oppose a re duction of wages. A' section of tho union officials and members favor a strike of tho sevon mills on January 3d. - The mills t tliey suggest are the Union, Sagamore, Border City, Shove, Durfoe, C'hace and American Theso mills employ about 11,000. operatives. Another plan' of action proposes a strike at all of the mills March 1st Logal blanks at The Mail office. or pnmpuiot on vuo iviouayKu hoc,