THE BEDFORD HAIL
Fuollsned Everv Friday Mornluij. i a
A. S. BLITON.
Vbopord,
Friday, Auoust 24, 1900.
MfK WAS BORN TO HUSTLE. ..
He U o( low days; but quite a plenty.
SUBSCRIPTION $1.50 PER WEAR
EUtml In tne Poslotnce t Medtord, Oregon
w Second Class MM! Matter.
NEWS OF THE STATE.
A flock of HO slicep sold in Beaton
Count)' a Tow days ago at $t per head.
The organ factory at Dallas, is finish
its first lot of 23 organs in Oregon
oak. " "
The total toraiirn exports of lumber
from the Pacific coast mills for the
vouth of July aggregated 19,IU4,S44
lee l.
' D. F. Strlcklio, of Gilliam County,
kas recently sold 14 head of work horses
Pendleton, and says a 1200-pound
fcorce. broke U work, will bring $100
i that market.
The state treasury is in receipt of
J)50 from the Loewenburg-Golng
Coinpmr, on account of convict labor
.jerfornv-'d in the Xorthwest foundry
Coring the month of July.
Thit Wallace fruit farm near Lincoln
will furnish about seventy-five tons of
Bartlett pears to the Salem cannery.
The treej are now being budded, and in
few years the BartletU will be super
seded by later and hardier varieties.
1 Beeeiver Booth, of the U. S. land
office at Koseburg, is authority for the
statement tnat since last December the
Jfortheru Pacific Railroad Coiupauy
hae filed forestry reserve script on over
100,000 acres in tnat district. Pretty
food lot of land that.
Hiss Jennie Smttsoo, of Eugene, has
keen given $10,000 by the Southern Pa
cific Railroad Company. MlsaSmitson
was throwu from a moving train and
kad both her legs cut off by the car
wheels. She sued the company for (19,
808, but compromise 00 $10,000.
Diphthe-ia has appeared among the
chickens belonging to A. C. Fridley, a
farmer living near Pendleton. Within
the last few days he has lost over 50
fouls from the disease. Mr. Fridley
fcas temporarily moved his family from
the vicinity for fear some of them
sight become infected.
Baker City ran an "old folks' excur
sion" to Sumpter, August 16, in which
154 participated. Among the number
was a lady over 95 years of age
"Grandma" Bliss, who beaded the list.
There were seven between 80 and 90
and 13 oetween 75 and 80. The others
were between 62 and 70.
The rat I snakes at the drug store
till crave mice as food, says the Athena
Press.: Mr. McBride says that for thir
teen mouths the two reptiles refused
obstinately all overtures made to take
aonrishciuat, but since their shiny
kins peeled off some days ago they ap
pear to have a ravenous appetite for
ice, and mice only.
The Oregon lumber exhibit at the
Paris exposition consists of 76 panels of
ative Oregon woods, all different.
The panels are 1x3 feet and the surface
Of the woods is highly polished and
take a most attractive display. The
credi t of making this display of Oregon's
forestry is due solely to the Southern
Pacific Railroad Company, who bore
the entire expense of gathering and in
stalling the exhibit.
Waiter Carter, 17 years of age, living
ear Junction City, was gored by a
tad bull Sunday. The animal had
been in a vicious mood for several days,
and yonng Carter, on entering the lot
where the bull was, took a pitchfork
with him. The brute charged and
Carter planted the fork in its nose, but
when rescued bis left leg was broken,
back and chest bruised black and blue,
nd ctaiu and Hp split open. It was a
Miraculous scape from death.
Harney County leads the state in the
amber ot coyotes captured since the
bounty scalp law went into effect. With
the number presented at the last term
oJ the county court, the total of 9419
kad been captured, demanding from
the state bounty the sum of $18,838.
The result is that after this vast num
ber has been destroyed, the prowling
animal is seldom seen in the day time,
and his voice is seldom beard at night.
Sheepmen say that with a few more
years of bounty law his race would
become practically extinct.
ProTesBOf G. A. Gregory, formerly
superintendent of the public schools of
Jackon County, Oregon, says a Port
land dispatch, has been spending the
present summer at the University of
Chicago, where he has been making a
special study of school methods. In
pursuing that course he has had oc
casion to Btudy courses of study for
graded and ungraded schools. In writ
ing of his observations he says: "I
have not yet met a state course for
rural and town graded schools that Is
a practical as the one Superintendent
Acsermnn prepared for Oregon, I find
io tie so rigid that, it follivil, w ou
b come a hindrance to progress; others
o brief or Indefinite that the avortigo
teacher.' will have difficulty in using
them. The Oregon course eeoms to bo
I'm gpUteu mean, and I expect to soo
the Oregon aohools prospor under it."
Prktohu, Thursday, 'Aug. 10. Gen
eral .Do WVt luu ttmunged to elude Gen
eral Kitchener, in spito of Mia fact that
all the Biinsli wagons' had double tenuis
of picked minimis. ; Tlio Boers evaded
the British by marching at night over
ground known to them, while their pur
sners wore obliged to march In the day
time. Lord . Kitchener, after a forced
march, has relieved Colonel Hoaro aud
the British garrison nt Elands river. 1
. A Saturday dispatch train Pretoria
ays: General IXVt appeared yesterday
at North Commando Nek, huld by Gen
eral Baden-Powell, and s uit in a flag of
truce, asking the surrender of the Brit
ish force. General Baden-Powall re
plied, asking what tcmiv Da Wit was
prepared to offer. De Wet is evidently
moving eastward. Iinl . Huberts is is.
suing now, strict mid rigorous orders,
reciuding the oik s previously issued.
A mooting of all the leading Repub
lican politicians of Iowa with tho stnta
central committee was hold at, Dcs
Moines roceutly to discuss- tho probable
choice of Governor Shaw for the va
cant position u tho United Stutes sou
ate eansed by the death of Senator
Gear. Four candidates are being con
sidered by the governor Congressman
Dolliver, M. B. Cmiimings, Congress
man Hepburn, and E. H. Couger minis
ter to China.
Kalamnsx, Mich. , is overran by crick
eta and gsasshoppers. They come in
immense droves, aud stores and houses
are compelled to close np at times. Elec
tric lights ennuot be burned, owing to
the swarms thai hover around them at
night. At one point a train could not
pass nntil the crew shoveled tho hoppers
from the track.
A pleasure yacht capsized in tho river
near Qnebeo a few days ago aud three
people were drowned.
The population of Kansas, according
to the returns of township assessors, is
1,444.708, a net gaiu iu the preceding
year of 19,589, or 1 37 percent.'
The grape crop in the State of New
York is reported to be iu good condition
and promising a large yield.
Georgia is now marketing the last of
the largest peach crop iu the history of
the state. New York, Rhode Island,
Delaware, Maryland and New Jersey
have the largest crop in the last ten
years. Ohio's farmers will double their
last year's record; Micigan also has a
large crop.
There is no truth in the minor spread
recently that there was a plot on foot to
assassinate President McKiuley.
Whitecaps took Pedro Bonuotti, a
yonng Italian woodchopper from his
home in Marin county tied him to a
tree and whipped him into insensi
bility. He had been warned to leave
the neighborhood. Bounetti's friends
have come to his assistance and there
promises to be some hot times among
the sons of Italy iu the locality.
Joseph B. Gareghty, a young clerk,
was found dead in bed at his homo in
San Francisco. The gas has been acci
dentally turned on and he was asphyxi
ated. Two-thirds of Kansas west of the
three easternmost tiers of counties is
experiencing one of the most severe
droughts in the history of the state, and
the general opinion is that the Kansas
corn crop will be the smallest in propor
tion to its requirements for feeding that
has been raised in many years.
A large paper mill is to be established
at hot Angeles. .
Some 200 members of the milita com
panies at Vancouver, B. C, refused to
turn out when called upon recently to
snpress the fishermen's strike. As pun
ishment each man was fined $25 and
compelled to inarch through the streets
la the "rogues' squad."
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TROUBLE l CHINA.
Bkkmx, August 16, A dispatch re
ceived hero from Tion-tsin, dated Au
gust 14, nuiiouiiced that the nllios cap
tured Chang Oht Wan with slight loss.
Thu,Chiiioso left 00 dead on the Hold.
Tho remainder lied, some to Tung
Dhow and some to Peking.
Wasiiinutiw, Aug. 17. Tho noting
century ot statu makes public tho fol
lowing plain telegram received this
(Friday) evening from tho United Stntos
Consul nt Ohofoo: "Ohofoo, Aug. 17,
1900 (received Aug. 17, 7:58 p. in. ;, !ih
rotary of Statu, Washington: buveu
tconth Japanese admiral reports allies
attacked Poking, oast, 13th. Obstinate
resistance. Evening, Japanese entered
capital witli other forces. Immediately
surrounded legations. Inmates safe.
Japanese lost over 100; Chinese 800.
Fowlkr."..
London, August 19, 4:30 A. M.
Rear-Admiral Bruce cables to the Ad
miralty from Ohofoo, August 19, as fol
lows: "Am informed on tho authority
ot the Japanese that street lighting still
continues in Peking, part of which is on
tiro. Yung Lit prevented tho empress
from leaving and a last stand is uow
being made iu the inner city, vcMuh is
surrounded by tho allies and bei; bom
barded," '
Washington, August 19. The navy
department has received the followiug
cablegram:
"CiiKfoo, Bureau of navigation,
Washington, Taku, August 18. Tele
graph line to Pokiug interrupted. In
formation Japanese sources empress
dowager detained by Priuco Yune in
Inner city, which is being bombarded
by allies. Chaffee reports outoring le
gation grounds on oveuiug 14. Eight
wounded during day's fighting. Other
wise all well. . Kemev."
Washinuton, Aug. 19. As a solution
of the Chiuese problem this government
will propose nu international congress
to go to Chlua, clothed with power to
adjust tho preseut difficulties and make
China a sat place for foreigners iu the
future. President McKiuley has had
this scheme nuder consideration for some
time, and the result will undoubtedly
be a commission of tho character indi
cated, to consist of one or moro repre
sentatives of each nntioit interested iu
the Chiuese muddle. The proposition
has not yet been made to tho powers,
but it will be iu a short time, as Presi
dent McKin'.ey is a firm believer in tho
wisdom ot having men on the spot to
deal with situations.
Commmnila China Arm?.
The commander In chief of the Chi
nese regular army Is General Yuan
Shlh, a great uiiindnrln aud very Influ
ential. His force, which Is known as
"the new nruiy." has beeu organised
since the war with Japan, and he real
ly deserve much credit for what be
OKNERAL TTAS BH1H
ha done. He came to the front. In
1884, when, as a civil officer connected
with the Chinese military guard In
Korea-, be drove the Japaueae out of
the Korean capital and saved the
young king's life. For this he was
made minister to Korea, a post which
be held for nine year.
SMe Di
seases
As the resnlt of an accident, Engineer
E. W. McCnrdy recently lost his life
and the big dynamo which supplies San
Diego with light was burned ont, so
the city will bo without a portion of
its electric light nntil a new; armature
can be secured from Sou Frauoisco.
Just how the accident occurred no one
knows, and probably no one will ovor
know, because McCnrdy was alone at
the time, and when ho was fonud he
was dead.
Sergeant "Buck" Taylor, 42 years
old, known as "King of the cowboys,"
a dashing cavalryman and ouu of tho
best known nf the Rongh Riders, died
at Providence hospital recently of con
sumption, tho reuutt of illness contracted
during the Cuban campaign. Taylor's
correct name is said to have been
Berry F. Tatum. He was the sou of
a former well-to-do merchant of Mont
gomery, Ala.
J. D. Bester, general snperiutendnnt
of the Chicago, Burlington and Quiuoy
railroad, was injured nt Chic go by an
explosion f escaping gas iu the com
pany s oflleo bn;iitnrr, cnuicu oy a
lighted match. Mr. Bester wag severely
burned, bnt was able to go to his homo
in a carriage, wber ; his burns on tho
hands und face wen treated.
The mill-owners and their striking
employees ut Sun Francisco aro to settle
their differences by arbitration.
Work ou the new tilo works at Trop
ico is progressing rapidly.
A franchise has beeu granted at San
Bernardino for the construction of au
eloctrio street railvay.
! When tho excretory organs fail to carry off tho waste material from the system, there is an abnor
mal accumulation ot eticte matter which poisons and clogs tlio hichmi, aim u uecomcs sour aim nuiu.
This poison is carried through the general circulation to all parts of tho body, and iimii reaching
skin surface there Is a redness and emotion, and bv certain peculiarities we recognize He.oma,
letter, Acue, ouu Kiieuiii, rsormsis, Krvsipclas and many oilier ski
the skin surface there Is a redness and
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The disease is more than skin deep; the entire clreuiailoa Is poisoned.
The many preparations of arsenic, mercury, potash, etc., not only do not cure skin diseases, but soon ruin the digestion
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PACIFIC COAST NEWS.
ITEMS OP INTEREST PICKED FROM
THE WEEK'S DISPATCHES.
Chlnsa Tr,lu( te (let a Coruar on
suila lu Sllliktijf Couiuilla HulvliU
Mnmbara of a Punilly liuilvr Ar-
ratt for Mlirtr.
After the family of Henry Bosse, a
Wealthy ruuoher living near Auburn,
had retired fire broke out in their home.
Mrs. Bosse was burned to death and
her husband was badly injured iu try
ing to save her.
An unknown atraugor roceutly em
ployed two man to do somo digging
uear Stocktou. Ho indicated tho spot
for them to work taking his bearings
from a map. After working a short
time tho men uncovered a box. It con
tained uboat t800 which the straugor
gathered up, paid the men for their
work aud departed.
Columbia, a miulng town of British
Columbia, was entirely destroyed by
fire a fow days ago.
While trying to savo somo valuable
jewelry from a burning house Mrs.
Nellie S. Armltage was overcome by
smoko and died. She was 33 year of
age.
Susanville, Lassen county, lias vntod
to incorporate as a city of tho sixth
class.
Robert B. Hall, a fngitivo from jus
tice, was arrested at Sacramonto last
week while on his way to enlist in the
army. Hull embezzled largo sums of
money from his former employees at
Omaha.
Victor D. Dubooe of San Frnuaisoo,
diod a few days ago. Deceased was
colonel of the First California regi
ment daring its stay iu tho Philippines
and it was then that ho contracted the
disease that caused his death. Dnbooe
wus one of tho supervisors of Sau Fran
cisco. The Chiuese along the San Joaquin
river are endeavoring to gut a coruor
ou the potato market. They have suc
ceeded in raising the price Urn cent a
sack and a further advance is looked for.
Whiio a threshing machine crew was
at work on the Potter ranch, uear
Sohellville, Sonoma county, the engine
exploded, nearly killing George Knox,
the owner of the outfit. Charles Potter,
owner of the ranch, was badly out by
flying fragments of the engine,
Charles N. Bowen of Santa Orna wa
arrested in San Francisco lost week
charged with swindling. - He was col
lecting subscriptions for a mythical
printers' graveyard. ' He had secured
over fKX) iu the week he worked his
game. " '
The fine new ferry-boat San Pablo of
the Santa Fe company was lanuohed at
Ban Francisco a few days ago. The
vessel is a doable-ended side-wheeler
and meascrors 220 feet in length.
Private Chester A. Boakes of the
Fourth infantry ban reacheo Alcatrai
Island from the Philippines where he is
to servo a sentenoo of 40 years' impris
onment for deserting to the enemy and
advising nther soldiers to desert.
Lonis Mosmer, for more than 40 years
a resident of Los Angeles and a largo
property-owner there, died there (a few
days ago after a long illness.- He had
been prominent in politics.
John Carroll, a violinist and music
teacher, uged about 66 years, disappeared
from his lodging-house at Saoruuiouto
lost Wednesday aud has not since been
seeu. His laudlady says that shortly
before that ho had intimated that ho
might commit suicide, but she did not
think him in earnest. It is now thought
ho may have done so.
Alexander King who shot and killed
Herbert Duveuport near Dawson a short
time ago, has been fonnd gnilty of mar
dor and is to be execntod Ootober 2.
Mrs. Rose London, a former San Fran
Cisco girl, committod snloide in Now
York a few days ago. The hoat is sup
posed to have driven hor insane.
Dauiol Sliukey, a well-known charac
ter, cominit.ed suicide at Sansallto some
days ago by taking morphine. Ho had
tried many ways of killing himself bo
fore but always failed. Ho was erratic.
Tho transport Warren sailed from
San Frauebco last week carrying the
Ninth cavalry, colored, which is bound
for Chinu.
A young namod Zimmer about 20
yoars old wus recontly found (loud in his
homo near t orniug. Suloldo was doubt
lessly the cause of his death.
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MEDFORD, OREGON.
Is there an' American dollar of the
date of 18047 If there Is, It Is worth a
fortune, for it is one of the jack o'
lantcrna of numsnialics. fn a recent
issue the American Journal of Numis
matics goes into an interesting account
of what It terms the "myth of 1804 dol
lars," and denies that auy such coin,
struck In thatycar, lain existence. Like
comets, theae ulleged coin have been
ttirnlg up In most unexpected places for ,
nearly n century. Recently coin deal
era were excited by a story from Ita
cinc. Wis,, which told how a wonion
went Into a dry goods store to buy i n
spool of thread and tendered In pay
ment n worn silver dollar, saying thnt
she did not know whether it wan (food
or not. The clerk saw the dale "1804"
on the coin, put It into his pocket, und
I threw a new sliver dollar Into the cash
drnwer. lie was offered $I,S0M for the
old coin by n denier, but refused to sell.
In this way the story got out and the
3lerk's employer put In n claim for the
1804 dollar. Iloth men hove employed
lawyers to defend their tilles, nnd now
the womnn shopper Is preparing to
bring suit for the possession of It.
For years Mr. Nexsen, nn expert of
Brooklyn, N. Y., has mnde n study of
the subject. lie lms convinced himself
and other competent Judges that no
I genuine 1804 dollar was ever coined.
I lie bus become convinced Unit the nl-
j leged dollars of that date are nltera-
j tlons of Hpniiish, Mexican, Bank of
I England flve-shllllng pieces, or some
I such fraud. It Is believed that an ex-
perlmentnl die with milled edges wns
made but not used In 1804. In 1843
' some, one, perhaps surreptitiously,
! struck a few dollars on this old, un-
' used die, and It Is these that are occa-
I slotinlly found, . .
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