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MEDFORD, JACKSON COUNTY OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1898.
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NO. 16.
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JflCKSOIIVILLE
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J. O. WHIPP, Propr.
Does General Contracting in all Lines. - v--v
GRANITE AND MARBLE WORKS.
Jacksonville,
PROFESSIONAL CA11DB.
KIRCIIOICSHNICIl,
PHYHICIAN AND NUIIUKON,
Mmlford, Orenou
ORloo-I.ludloy HulliliiiK, Hovonlh Mlro.t. Kan
doooo On Couuty road.
J, M. KKISNE, I). 1). 8.
OHKUATIVK DKNTlHTitY A Bl'KCIAl.TY.
Tooth uilrtotoil wliUoul pain,
ymco.ln AdklnitDiiiiol block, McilforJ, Ore.
W. 8. JONKS,
l'UYHIUIAN AND BU ltd HON.
Modford. orcKon.
UTOflluo-Opora Block.
COLVIG A REAME8, "
W.M. ColvlK A. K. l!oiuc
LAWVRIIB.
Orth lllook, JaokaonYlllo.OwKon.
Will praolloe In all Ibo court of luo auto.
Careful oauniDl given In nil mallcrn.
J; 8. HOWARD,
SUrlVKYOU AND CIVIL ENOINEKR.
U. 8. n.putjr Mineral Bunreror for tho Bute
of Oregon. IWoBlcc addr.au:
Mod'ord, Oicxon,
W. PARKER.
ATTORN KY AT LAW,
llamllo Illook. Mcdtord, On.
J JAMMOND A VAWTER,
Audln 8. Hammond. Wm. I. Vawtor.
ATTOHNKYH AT LAW
OBco-I.O.O. H. building, MoUoid.Ol
J. B. WAIT,
PIIYHICIAN AND HUKOKON,
OBce In ChllJcn' Block, Medfortt, Oi
K, b. ricKia,
PIIYHICIAN AND rHIHOlMJ.-l,
urnrc hour 10 to 13 ni. uuj a 10 1 p. in.
Buuday.-Mlo 1.
Medlbrd, Or
Offico: lloakln Block.
Chas. Perdue . . .
Bicycles ri pal red on short
notice at living priccB....
Shop in J. A. Whitman's
wurorooniB....
Wilson & HupKei
Blacksmiths
Aro to bo found at tho fJHck SIlOp
Shooing horeoa, plain or fimoy.
Wo will mimulBcturo wngoiiB or
buggios to order.
Oil and boo our new oiirt whools
already tlrod. Wo guarantee
" our work. 1 . '
Wood : Shop ; in : Connection.
To Cora Constipation For.v.r.
Tako Ctuaarota Candy Gathartlo. lOo or Bio,
II 0. 0. 0. (ell to cure, druggists rotund money.
FRANK W. WAIT IgS '
... STONE YARD
Gonornl contracting In all linos of.etono
Cemeterv Work .
All kinds ol marblo nnd granlto monomonts
ordered dlroot from the quary.,,
Yard on 0 strsot
Oommerlolat llotol Dlook
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WORKS
CJCMKTERY WORK A BNtOIALTY
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NKWSOi 1 1110 WORLD.
HAPPENING K THE PA8T FEW
DAY3 FROM ALL QUARTERS.
A Portion of Mm HIiKikroot ILaxrvatlan
Op.n to Mai Hern 'A Prl.on.r Commit.
Hul.'ld. In Courtroom Trainman
Klll.d 111 ffnrk,
Mr i. O'Kiir Wild, wifn of the Kn
(IIhIi novell-l, (lied nt Rlvlurn, .Krnnco,
liul wock.
KurKi'bn Major. Ilonry MeUldorry,
United KtHlvD army, dlad rocontly at
Hot Hiirlngn, Ark,, of Urllil's dlnoase.
Tint employes of tlio Amoricau Wire
Works ; conipnny nT Clevelund, 0.,
Iiavo boon notified of n roduotlon of 8)
pur cent In wuros. Thoy 'will accept
the ailuatioii. .
' The linnifiino plant of tho ronniyl
vnnla I'late 'liana company at Irwin,
I'n., was entirely destroyed by Ore on
a recent night. The losa will reach
$700,000, with inauranco at (400,000. ;
. The Anaconda company's coal wash
eta at Felt, 80 nilles south of Butte,
burned. Tin loss Is estimated at $260,
000, The causa of the Ore is not yet
known. There was no in.urance.
A duel was fought at Mineral city,
K., between Jxuk Murphy, a farmer,
and an unknown man. Both wars
killed, each receiving four shots in th
body. The cause of tho tragedy la nol
known. ,
A. n. Reynolds shot hiinelf through
the head In the supreme court room at
Jackson, Tenn., Just nfter Judge Mo
Alllater had n Dinned tho sentence ol
tho lowor court, n'.x, years for umber
alement. HoynoUls left a letter lav
ing he was innocent and that tbo rail
road had killed him.
An. Qxtr.a freight, train nnd a local
freight train on tho Itock Inland rnad
had a hend-end eollUlon near I.lborty
vllle, la. Knglneer Dibble,' I'lreman
Albert lllonser and Ilrnkumnn William
Waltura were instantly killed. The
local train had orders to moot the
extra at Liberty villo. The orders wore
forgotten.. . , . ,
A portion of tho 111 nek foot reserva
tion, Mont., was thrown open to set
tlement hint week, and 1000 people oi
more, mostly prospectors, riiBliod in to
locale in I n i iu claims. A troop of cav
alry was prcent nnd knpt nil ereoiif
off until the noun hour. Tho reserva
tion lI rich in mineral, especially in
copper.
ICuglitnil hits positively refused to
tako part in n propound demonstration
against Hie United Ktnlcn by Rcvoral ol
tho Knropenn powprs. Tho demon
stration wl.l not bo niailo. : '
Consul-Cieiiprnl Ixo will bo given the
command nf I lie Virginia voliinlcarr
in tlio event I hut hoxtililioa liruuk out
botweon this conn It y mid Spain. This
ducision was reiielied by tho presldunl
after a eouferoncfl wllh Serrotary Ali
ger nnil a number of military umn.'.
Jly the iiclion hf rreslduut MoKln
ley l'ridiiy, on recommendation of the
navy dopnrlmnnr, tho rnpidly growing
navy of (ho United Stntes will in In
croased by 1(1 iiiixilinry vpnuoIh. Four
of those are I lie uraek Ainerienii liners
81. l'mil, St. 1 .on in, New York nnd
I'nriu. Two olbei'H uru tliu McaniHhip.
Yiiniuri and Yurklown of llio Old Do
minion lino. Tlio rest are liglil
drauglit tugs and ynelilH.
Oovornor Wolcott of MnaHiiehuHults,
sent a messngo to tho legislnturc
recommending an ciuorgoncy appropri
ation of $.100,000, to Increase tho ef
ficiency of tho otato militia. A bill
was framed promptly embodying the
recommendation of tho governor, was
referred to the proper committees and
reported back, and, undor suspension
of ' tho r rulon, was passed by both
branches. ' Twonty-llvo minutes from
the tlmo tho message, had beon ro
celvod the bill was signod by tho gov
ernor and had become n law. .. ,
: Orders wore rocoived at Mare island
last woek from tho Hoerotary of the
navy directing tlio monitor Monadock
to proceed to Tort Angeles, Wash,,
for which point alio Bailed Saturday, j
worlc .
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MEDFORD, OREQON
THE 8HIP8 ALL RIGHT.
Thtt Klylng Hqunilron I. ut Tliroufli
Buec.rul Mttii.uv.ri.
Tho flying sqiiadrou put to sea last
Wednesday fur a practice drill, and
Friday returned to anchorage at Fori
Monroe, after having completed two
days and two nights of urdumiH labor,
to tho satisfaction of it coi'inuiiiding
ofllcor. Commodore Hchlrr wauled
OOMMODORS aCOLBT.
the captains of the fleet to know each
other In the movement of their vessels
and to be able to answer quickly all
aignala for movement liable to be
made in an engagement. Running
down to Cape Henry on Wedneiday
afternoon, the squadron waa taken IS
mllos out to sea, at the same time ma
neuvering In rosponse to the signals
of tho flng shin.
All of the big vessels responded
quickly, the heavy battlo-ihlps Massa
chusetts and Texas being especially
quick. -. Lino of battle was formed,
with tho Brooklyn on the right, the
Maasnchusotta to the loft of tho Brook
lyn, tho Minneapolis to the left of tbo
Massachusetts, tho Columbia next and
the Texan on tho extreme left
The signal to anchor in line wat
obeyed so well that an almost perfect
alignment was ohta'nod. Anchorage
was mado on Wednesday night, 15
miles -cast of Cape Charlos light, neat
tho southern drill grounds.
At liino n'clork, when most of the
oflleuin and men hud preparod to re
tire, the call to quarters and battlo
calls waro sounded. On the Brooklyn
so quickly was tho work done that
overy divieon ofllcor had reported
"ready" In four minutos and the ship
was ready for battle, with water-tight
compartments closed, ammunition
bolstod to guns, turrets swinging, bat
tle hatches dawn and the crews at the
guns ready to shoot. Tho other ships
roported almost as quickly.
Friday morning was givon up to
practico at tho Runs, all tho ships put
ting out targoU at 800 yards. The
gunners on the Brooklyn cut tho ting
from tbo top of tlioir target within 20
minutos, romarkable work wbon it is
considered that tho targot was but 18
Inches square and tho flagstaff but
two Inchos wide.
Commodore Schley expressed him
solf ns very much ploasod with the
work of tho captains of tho vessols
undor his charge. Ho called particu
lar nttontlon to tlio targot practice ol
tho rapid-tiro guns, saying: "I don't
think any torpodo boat will bvo undor
that lire."
It is confidently oxpectcd by tho
prosklont and secretary of war that
boforo tho ondof tho present woek tho
Kovornmont will hnvo tho material
promise of land forces aggregating nt
least 100,000 men for tho occupation of
Cuba and tho dofonso of tho eastern
and southern seaboard. Within a short
tlino thcronftor an army of that sizo
will actually bo in the Hold.
RATES FROn...
91 to 3 PER DAY
Med ford Oregon
Tho Nash Is ono of tho most popular hotels In Southorn
Oregon, and no pains aro spared for tho comfort and
accommodation of'guosts, Everything about tho house
Free Sample Rooms
' THE HOTEL, BAR Is
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Repairing promptly done .
THE CUBAN MATTER.
THE 8ENATE PASSES RESOLUTIONS
VITH A LARGE MAJORITY.
Pro. past for a Deadlock In th. Houu.
H.eond Htag. for the lud.p.nd.aee ol
Cuba 1'ua.i In lb. H.nat. War Pre
paration. Mora Artlva.
Saturday ninht the second stage in
the legislative fight for tho freedom ol
Cuba was ended, when by a vote of 67
to 21, tho senate passed the resolution
reported by the committee of foreign
relations, with the Turpie amendment
made, giving full recognization to the
present insurgent government as the
republic of Cuba.
Tho action of the senate leaves the
Cuban resolution in the following
status: The house heading, numbei
and enaoting clause, the senate pre
amble, resolution, the Turpie amend
ment and a fourth paragraph proposed
by Teller. In full as follows:
Joint resolution for the independence
of the people and the republic of Cuba,
demanding the government of 8pain
to relinquish Its authority andjgovem
ment In the Island of Cuba, and to
withdraw its land and naval forces
from Cuba and Cuban waters, and
directing the president of the United
States to use the land and naval
forces of the United States to carry
these resolutions into enect
' Whereas, The abhorrent condition!
which have existed for more than
three years In the Island of Cuba, so
near our own', borders, have been a
disgrace to Christian civilization, cul
minating as they have In the destruc
tion of a United State battle-ship,
with 286 of Its oflleerind crew while
on a friendly visit in the harbor ol
Havana, and cannot longer be endured,
as was aet forth by the president ol
the United States in his message to
congressof April II, 189$, upon which
the action of congress was invited;
theroforo
Resolved bv tho senate and
bouse of.reprcseutativos of the United
States of America, in congress assem
bled: First That the people of the Island
of Cuba are and of right ought to be
free and independent, and that the
government of(the United States here
by recognizes tlio republic of Cuba as
the true and lawful government ol
that island.
Second That It is the "duty of the
United States to doinand, and the
govornmont of tho United States does
heroby demand, that the government
of Spain at'onco relinquish its author
ity and 'government in the island ol
Cuba, and withdraw its land and naval
forces from Cuba and Cuban waters.-
Third That the prcsidont of the
United States bo and hereby is direct
ed and einpowored to use the entire
land naval forces oftho United States
and to call into tho actual service ol
tho United States tho militia of the
overal states to such oxtont as may be
necessary to carry these resolutions
into effect.
Fourth That the Unitod Statos
hereby disclaims any disposition or
intontlon to oxeroi.i! sovereignty, jur
isdiction or control over said island,
excopt for tlio paciluaiioii thoreof, and
assorts its determination, if that Is ac
complished, to leave ( lie government
and Control of (lie island to Its people.
Tho action of the senate on tlie
Cuban qnoKtitm will undoubtedly be
tho cause of a legislative deadlock, (ha
duration of which cannot now be for
eeen. ...i ;
1. L. HAMILTON
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dealers in Hardware, Iron and Steel,
Stoves. Tinouatfe, ,
Guns, Ammunition. .'
Paints. Oils
MOBILIZING; THE ARMY.
Twenty Th.on.and B.gilar. Balna: Unsh
od to the South.
I Decidedly the most J warlike stop
taken by the department In preparing
for tho possibility 61 an encounter with
Spain was inaugurated Friday when
orders wcro issued for the concentra
tion at four points injthe south of six
regiments of cavalry, 22 regiment- of
infantry and the light batteries of five
regiments of artillery. ' At Chlcka
nauga there will be six regiments) of
cavalry and the light batteries of five
regiments of artillery; at New Orleans
olght regiments of Infantry; at Tampa
seven regiments 'of infantry, and at
Mobile seven regimonta of infantry. ;
The mobilized troops will be com
manded at New Orleans by Brlg.-Gen.
W. K. Sbafter; at Chlckamauga by
Gen. John R. Brooke; at Mobile by
Brig.-Gen. J. J. Coppinger, ' and at
Tampa by Brig.-Gen. James F. Wade.
The troops at the Presidio, San
Francisco, responded promptly to the
orders to prepare to move and in re
markable short time everything wai
In readiness for the journey. 6unday
companies B and II, First infantry.
GENERAL SHAFTEB.
left Benica and joined the regiment at
can Francisco. Some little delay in
starting was caused in making arrange
ments with transportation companies.
The First infantry regiment has been
stationed at pointa in California for
some years, and its members are well-
known to Californians.
It will take four and a half or five
days for the run to New Orleans. Ou
such trips It is customary to stop for an
hour or two hours a day along the
route so that the men may got out and
take sufficient exercise to keep them
in good physical trim.
Twenty-two tourist cars would be
necessary for the accommodation ol
the troops- As there is a scarcity ol
tourist cars at present it will be neces
sary to use day coaches, of which
about 30 will be required.
Tho new department created tem
porarily at Now Orleans will bo called
tho department of Louisiana, with
General Shatter in command. General
Sbafter loft Sau Francisco a day ahead
of tho troops.
The coast defense vessel Monterey
is held in readiness at San Francisco
expecting to bo ordered- to sail for
Fugot Bouna at any time.
A snecial fast train of 15 cars loaded
with ovor 300.000 pounds of recently
made government powder left the
Santa Cruz powdor works for the
Brooklyn navy yard a lew days ago.
O. O. Winkert of Kern county, Cal.
the western representatives of New
York capitalists who have large ranch
es in Nevada, Arizona, Montana and
Texas, In a recent interview said:
"The Unitod Statos government has
secured options on enough cattle in the
tho west to sustain an army of 100,000.
men for 12 months. No contraota have
been made, but prices have been fixed
and in the event of war with Spain the
government will be amply supplied
with beef lor its troops at a moueraie
cost."
Presorittions " Carefully " 5 ! Compounded.
MalnStroot, ' Medford Orftfon.
and Glass.
MEDFORD, OREQON.
PACIFIC COAST NEWS.
THE CREAM OF THE WEEK'3 NEWS
PICKED FROM THE DISPATCHES.
ImproT.menta For the Saeraaioat. eadl
Baeram.ato Blv.n A Jostle, of th.
P.ae. Arru Vacant Laads la
MoaUr.7 Vanaty, .
San Francisco U endeavoring to'se
ture the Democratic etata convention.
J. O. Lawlor, was convicted at Mar
tinez, Cal., of having burned the barn
of H. T. Penniman last Febroiry.
Ex-Judge A. P.. Overton, one of tho
best-known citizen of Sonoma county, '
iled at Duncan Spring! a few. days ago.'.
The anti-saloon league of Eureka Is
making itself heard in an' attempt to
reform the saloon-keepers of that
town.--'' ' ' i...;-.-'t'i
Tom Sharkey and- Jim Jefferles, the
undefeated r heavy-weight pugilists,
bave been matched to fight in 8aa
Francisco on May 9.
The scarcity of grain and tbo Ugh
price nt which it Is held has eamp.ll.cl
the mills at Stockton, Cal.r to-ssok'
gralo Isawhete. A deal for 5000 tons'
of Oregon train was closed last wsekw
Several severe earthquake shocks
were felt in Mendocino oeunty. Cat.,
Friday. Chimneys were knocked
down ana considerable damage dona'
to buildings, bat no one was hurt.
-Jamas D. Page, an ex-district attor
ney of San Francisco, has ben sen
tenced to eight years In the penitenti
ary for embezzling several thousand
dollars from an insane ward, ,
The election held .in Stockton Tand
Fair Oaks and North school districts
on the question of annexation of the
two outside district- to the oitvresialt-r ,
ed in a decisivo majority against an
nexation. ' '
" The San Joaquin county grand Jury
has indicted Jack Breea for arson.
Breen is charged with having set firs
to the warehouse of the Farmers'.
Union at Stockton and caused a loss ol
$225,000. ,
The experimental agricultural sta
tion of the University of California al
Paso Robles will be closed for the pres
ent in accordance with the policy ot
economy which the regents of the
university have adopted. -5
Fire broke out in tlio warehouse ol
F. W. Baker's. baidwiire store at Ven
tura, Cal., and spread to the adjoining
stororoom of Comic;' t: Blnckstock's
grocery.'entiroly detr-y!r.ir both build-'
ings and their contents, causing a loss '
of $10,000. ' , '
The John Kelso company of San
Francisco must answor to the United
States supremo court for its alleged
violation of the eight-hour law by
making Its employes work ten hours a
day on he new post office site at San
Francisco. : , . . , ,
Justice of tho Peace C. H. Arnold
of Paso Robles, Cal., has been arrest
ed, charged with collecting more fees
than allowed by law in the action oi
Andrew Nelson against J. B. Fry.
Judge T. B. Brower held the defend
ant in $1000 bail. ;
Joseph Brondell and Charles Oessol
of San Luis Obispo, Cel., who were
Indicted for'moonshiniug by the Fed
eral grand jury and gave bail to appear
in the circuit court, failed to appear
for trial, and forfeited their bail. It is
thought they have Iert the country.
Negotiations are now well under
way at Portland for the transfer of tho
Immense warehouse and elevator sys
tem of the Pacific Coast Elevator com
pany to a Portland firm, consisting ol
Theodore B. Wilcox, and William M
and Charles E. Ladd, who aro also the
owners of tho Portland Flouring Mills'
company's system of mills nnd ware-
bouses in Oregon and Washington.
This Is one of the largest transactions
over handled in the Pacifio Northwest.'
The amount ..Involved is about $3,500,
000.
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