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About The Medford mail. (Medford, Or.) 1893-1909 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 28, 1908)
11 LITTLE DF E The Anderson(Cia Mall prints lynching news on the portlnrc aw. It appcan there Ja nome tentl aatu In favor of the tin can for tin nldier. It Is dented that the prevs agent of Mr. Chafln pulled off the Spring ftetd riot. Anyhow, Tou Watson's boom is JJrlglble, and he knows where he U colug to land. It appears to have been a case of the white as well as tno Mack hand in Springfield. Virginia claims vattt development of its peanht industry, but no de--crease In the crop of politicians. Secretaries Writ; lit nnd Loeb can liardly be blamed if they think that thvy too have been hazed lately. And now the commercial travel ers are trying to put salt on the pin feathers of the bird of prosperity. Hobson has an ally In Count Oku saa, but he can't predict war with Japan half as loud as Hobson. Ir Wiley may not Interefere with the canned cniupalKn speeches, if they result In the full dinner pall. At their recent meeting Emperor 'William kissed King Edward. There are no germs of war In a kingly kiss. The Kentucky night riders are not particular about campaign planks, a they generally burn up all the .planks In sight. Still, a baldheaded man Is credit ed with more sense than the one who combs his locks down over his -eyes. Mrs. Longworth's way of settling M strike will never appeal to any of the railway companies or coal mine -operators. When the government tells the (people of this country to eat more weals each day, It doesn't tell us where to get them. LI Sum Ling, editor of the Chin ese mail, wants a Chinese-American alliance. Respectfully referred to XI Hu Root. One thing that the Republican party does not care to postpone until after the election Is the rentorfttion of good times. I jet Turkey take care of her own roubles. We have enough to do to manage things In this country In a national campaign year. The explorers who came to grief In the Arctic regions chose the wrong season of the thermometer to enlist national sympathy. 'The Halls of the Ancients has "been sold and will be turned Into a "theater for presenting comic ope in. i Don't change the name! ' When you read of an editor wil ling to bet a million on the result of the national election, you wonder -what trust he belongs to. Sarah Bernhardt Is talking of making another farewell tour in America. That's pretty good evi dence that she fared well on the last one. Cip Castro knows how to squelch domestic disorder and Abdul Ham id is a master In standing off foreign creditors. Why don't they swap places? The Oil City Ullzzard declares that the voice of the cricket Is one thing In which there seems to be no change. The average pocket book Is another. Admiral Cervera has been "pray ing for Taft," but the latter Isn't folding his hands and waiting for the admiral's prayers to be ans- wered. A Burlington man stabbed his mite because she wore a Merry Wi dow hat. As a result, the law may Hive him a chance to wear the black cap. "Ftngy Connors thinks New York will this year go Democratic fcy 75.000. He really ought to take aomethlng to keep down his enthu siasm a bit. The New York Press thinks At torney Bonaparte has sleeping sick ness; but he hasn't. He is merely thinking hard on the question, "'What is whisky?" The editor of the northern maga zine who says he received 4000 poems In one year still lives be cause he could afford to hire people to read them. The navy departments of the va rious nations manifest keen Inter est In the feats of the aeroplane, but keep on ordering hattlcnhtps of the Dreadnought type. A Philadelphia nmn hnd his hair pulled the other day and wan glad of It. The party who had his fingers In the hair saved him from drown ing In the Delawnre river. The frieuda of Wall street say that the lion Is ready to "Ho down with the lamb.' But won't the lamb pretty well fleeced If there be .anything left of It at all? Judge Pierce, of Muncle, Ind., -says: "The sheath gown la modest compared with some of the sights we aee on a windy dny." From which we Infer that the judge dots not stay In the house on windy days. The Houston Post Is hereby not! (led that the controversy as to the location of hell is postponed until after the first frost. A Washington man was sent to jail for fighting bis mother-In law A lunatic asylum would have boeu tht pic'ipr place for him. It is reported that corner lots In Brownsville have appreciated 100 per cent since the "shooting up1 brought the town Into three years of the national limelight. Although some time has elapsed since Dick Croker declared that King Edward Is the most popular man In the world, no one has heard of the king ordering a hat of larger size. Seventeen cases of phonograph re cords loaded with Chinese music have been received In New York city The Society for the Suppression of Useless .Nolttes has no picnic ahead of It. The trusts are busily engaged In trying to figure out what they won't Have from the announced determina tion of both parties not to accept oc topus campaign contributions. Ex change. A Pike county. Mo., man report that he has several times dreamed that Bryan has landed In the White House. Perhaps Mr. Bryan would be glad to know what he indulges in before retiring. 'The best way to stop auto fatal ities," says the Pittsburg Sun, "Is to stop making them run so fast.' This plan would probably be indorsed by the victims It they could come back long enough to vote. No wonder England Is In a ypasm of fear over German intent Ions. Chancellor Von Buelow has called In the "ink coolies" of the press to tell him how to handle OermanyV foreign policy. Uncle Sara knows how to play both ends against the middle. The fleet Is ready for war and , lMrk Bartholdt has gone to the inter parliamentary congress to arrange for peace. ure scrapping over the location of Frederick and Westminister, Md., the Lincoln memorial road to Get tysburg, which will not be built. Meunwhlle, Hagerstown beats them to by rooting for an airship aUitioo. Exchange. Excellent Health Advice. Mrs. M. M. Davison, of No. 379 Clif ford ave., San Jose, Cal., says: "The worth of Electric Bitters as a general family remedy for headache, bilious ness and torpor of the liver and bowels is so pronounced that I am piompter to say a word in Its favor, ti r the benefit of those seeking re II"? from such afflictions Theio Is mere health for the digestive organs in a bottle of Electric Bitters thun In any other remedy I know of. Sold u. der a guarantee it ("hat. S rong'g drug store; 60 cents. (HOI'S DAMAGED. THE DAIXES, Or., August 24. Because of the electrical storm which accompanied by a strong wind swept over the southern and southwestern portions of Wasco county and other eastern Oregon sections yesterday and telephone connections with points to the east, south and west have been so badly disabled that messages could not be transmitted to these points. The only long distance line undisturbed was that north to Ooldendale. Crops and other property accord ing to meager reports received here are damaged, though In many places harvesting has been completed. The most heavily stricken districts In this county were the Antelope and Shan- iko sections. Will lut Stop to Insults to King. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., August 24 The United States district attorney is today preparing to take action against the proprietors of tne Jap anese tea garden In Golden Gate park for desecrating the American flag by distributing handkerchiefs representing the Stars and Stripes with tho word "Japanese Tea" print ed across the face. KII.I.KI) IIY JOV. XKW YORK, August 24. Special dlxpatchcs from Worcester, Mass., say: General Nelson A. Miles and bis brother Daniel of Westminster, went to Leominster to call on their sister, Mrs. Mary E. Mcrrlam, who bad not seen the general for several years. The woman was overjoyed at the re union, and not being In a strong con dition physically, exerted herself too much. After the departure of Gen eral Miles and his brother she col lapsed and died within an hour. Phy sicians who were called on the case say that the visit of her brother was the cause of aer death. Mrs. Merriam was 77 years old and had lived In Leominster since 1S6, the time of her marriage. CUT OK STVI.K. NEW YORK, Aug. 20. Miss Isa bella Holland and Miss Mary S. Moore, milliners of llnaton, were re turning passengers on the Kaiser Wllhelm. Both passenger declared that the large-brimmed hat had dli appeared In Paris, and next season the popular hat would be exceeding ly small. Mrs. Moore said the new hat was to the Merrv WMaw (m la plnhead to an umbrella. NEWS OF THE STATE W. W. Finch had nls right hand cut off by a gasoline wood saw at Forest Grove. Miss Hattie Wise, daughter of Mayor Wise of Astoria, was elected qneen of the 14th annual regatta last evening by a vote of 80, 20"i. Portland will bo well represented at the sessions of the Amerlcau I'rr association at Hen lie from Tuesday t i f'rlday. T'llrty local practitioner are planning to attend Mrs. Lena Lage. aged 06 years, and one of Hood River's oldest pio neers, died Monday at the residence of her husband, Hans lage, after an Illness that had confined her to bed for a year. The bite of a rat upon the fln::er came alarmingly near costin? Frank W. Durbin, Jr., the 11-year-old ron of Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. IJutbiu. of Salem, his life from the effects of blood-poisoning. ... J. Fenny, a molder, is lying un conscious and in a dungerous condi tion at Tillamook as the result of be ing struck by John Day of that place. Day Is in Jail awaiting the outcome of Fenny's Injuries. The present season has not been profitable for Pendleton fans, as an accounting of the baseball team which has Just been made shows that the local managers are $600 "In the hole" on the season. Revival meetings oi the Moody and Sankr type are being planned by the First Baptist church at Oregon City to commence the first week in October. These revivals will prob ably continne about four weeks. Frank Boulter, the Southern Pa cific fireman who was killed Sunday night In the wreck of the Cottage Grove local near Eugene, was born and bred on a farm near tialem. He had been railroading seven years and was married five years ago. . The Eugene members of the Mys tic Shrine are making elaborate preparations to entertain the officers nnd members of Al Kader Temple of the Mystic Shrine of Portland, when tliey make the pilgrimage to Eu gene, Suturday, September 5. R. II. Vunk, a veteran of the civil war, and resident of Albany for many years, died yesterday at his home east of Albany. He was a native of New York, 63 years old. At the age of 18 he enlisted In the ITnlon army and served throughout the war. ... II. A. Williams has sold the Esta- cada News to a corporation com posed of local business men. Tho News was started In November, 1904, and has had a very prosper ous career under Mr. Williams. The new proprietors take possession to day. Howard M. Brownell, deputy pros ecuting attorney, has served written notices on every saloonkeeper in Clatsop county that the Sunday clos ing law must be observed and that it will be the policy of his office to see that the Sunday law Is rigidly enforced. At a meeting of the city council of Ashland an ordinance was passed providing for the construction and installation of an electric light and power plant to be owned and operal ed by the city. The issuance of 150. 000 worth of 4V4 per cent light bonds was ordered for this purpose. ... Seriously Injured by a terrible fall of three stories yesterday afternoon W. C. Knighton, one of the best known of the younger architects of the city, lies at the Portland sanl tarlum. His Injuries, according to the statement of his physician, are not fatal, however. . After a most Interesting career In which he haa made and lost several fortunes, Lon Bartlett, a pioneer of Milton, waa committed to the coun ty poor farm, penniless and serious ly 111. Bartlett built the first hotel In Milton and Freewater. He went to California and spent his last for tune, returning here broke. The Wenaha Water Jb Power com pany has filed on 10,000 Inches of water at three sites on Umatilla river, between Bingham Springs sta tlon, on the O. R. N. and the head of the river. These three filings, with one previous by Salinas of Wes ton, monopolize the entire water and power resources of the Umatilla river. Thieves last night entered the home of Hon. H. B. Thlelsen at Sa lem by prying off a basement win- dow and got away with $200 worth of silverware. The police believe It was the work of professionals, as on' ly the most valuable waro waa tak en. The family sleeps upstairs and heard no sound. There Is no clew to the thieves. Fire-fighters returning from the Paulina mountains, 50 miles south of Prlnevllle, tell of a hunter being lost tor SS hours In the timber. Joe Kelly of Lakevlew started out hunt. Ing early Tuesday morning and was seen no more until Wednesday eve ning, when the searching party ran across him, his mind almost blank from suffering and hla clothing In shreds. While Deputy Sheriff T. J. Steph ens of Pacific county, Washington, was chasing his bat, which bad blown from his head when he start ed to catch the train here Thursday night, bis prisoner, Martin Cole, made bis escape. A saloon without chairs, tables or seats of any kind and with but one entrance and no alcoves, screens, partitions or curtains and no frosted windows or anything to obstruct a view of the entire room, Is what Councilman Wills wants to see In Portland. A spark from the tnresbing ma chine engine belonging to L. C. Scott of Cottage Grove Ignited a straw stack on the farm of Felii Currln yesterday afternoon, and in the excitement of fighting the fire the crew forgot to move the separa tor out of danger. It caught fire and waa burned with several hun dred bushels of wheat. Why James Lee oGt Well. Everybody In Zanesvllle, O., knows Mrs. Mary Lee, of rural route 8. 8he writes: "My husband, James Lee, firmly believes he owes his life to the use of Dr. King's New Discovery. His lugns were so se verely affected that consumption seemed Inevitable, when a f rlen 1 rec ommended New Discovery. We tried It, and its use has restored aim to perfect health." Pr. King's Ne Dis covery la the King of 'Croat ai.l lung remedies. For ought and eoUs it has nc equal. The first dose gives relief. Try It! Sold under guarantee at Chaa. Strong's drug store; 50c and $1.00. Trial bottle free. HISHOPS FIGHT DIVOIU'K. NEW YORK, August 24. Bishop Sylvester D. Tuttle of St. Louis, pre siding bishop of the Episcopal church In America, with Bishop Frederick D. Johnson, of South Dakota, have teturncO f.om London. Both clergy men attended the conference of bish ops le'd M-cently at Lambeth place. I.tuifi'jii In discussing the divorce 1uc4tior. llltbop Tuttle said: i do iiot believe that divorce in the United States is growing at a greater pace than the population, but there Is altogether too great laxity shown In this great social question, and measures should be taken to curb the evil." Bishop Johnson said: "There has been altogether too much of the divorce advertising for South Dakota. We are tired of being made the refuse box, as It were, for every man or woman with a grudge against his or her mate, to come here and air dirty linen. Mind you, we don't blame these that come and acquire citizenship so much as we blame ourselves for the laxity of our divorce laws. But there must be a stop put to It, and I believe the pro posed change In the term one must live In South Dakota before acquiring citizenship will In a large measure settle the problem and check the evil." RIGHT KILLED OlTRtGHT. CHELSEA, Mass., Aug. 25. A 45-foot high brick wall in Chelsea square collapsed today, burying be neath it about 30 workmen. Eight were killed outright or died as a re ssult of their Injuries. About 20 others were Injured, some of them seriously. A number of others es caped with minor injuries. M. Gordon and 51. Seegal, the con tractors, who had the work In hand, were arrested on warrants charging them with manslaughter. Five min utes before the collapse occurred It is said the commissioner of build ings, Frank Weymouth, ordered the foreman of the gang to stop work. as he saw the wall crumbling. Chronic Diarrhoea Relieved. Mr. Edward E. Henry, with the United States Express Co., Chicago, writes: "Our general superintendent, Mr. Quick, handed me a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Dlarrnoea Remedy some time ago to check an attack of the old chronic diarrhoea. I have used It since that time and cured many on our trains who have been sick, t am an old soldier who served with Rutherford B. Hayes and William McKlmey four years In the 23rd Ohio regiment, and have no aliment except chronic diar rhoea, which this remedy stops at once." For sale by Charles Strom, GONE, NKVKU TO RETURN. The remains of Frank I. Nelke, the man who committed suicide In the Hotel Moore a few days ago, were yesterday shipped to Chicago, where they will be placed In the family vault. S. Meyer, an nncle of the deceased arrived In Med ford Sunday, and In company with Mr. Schwab, a broth er-in-law, of Provo, Utah, who bas been here for several days, settled all the unfinished business of the de feased here and In company with Mrs. Nelke and daughter, left last night for Chicago. These people desire ns to extend to the good people who have been so helpful and kind to them In their re- rent sad affliction, their heartfelt thanks and appreciation. LOCAL AND L (From Sunday's Dally.) Merchant J. C. Smith will spend today with his family at Sterling. Ex-Sheriff Joe Rader waa a visitor in Medford Saturday. C. S. Conrad la at Colestln for a few days' recreation. Work is progressing nicely on W. M. Smith s new dwelling. R. O. Duncan bas commenced ex cavating for his new livery stable. Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Price of Tolo were In the city yesterday trading. Loren Damon and family returned yesterday from Dead Indian Spring?. L. L. Love, a thrifty farmer from Central Point, was In the city yes terday. Jess Adams, a welt-known citizen of Talent, was In the city yesterday on business. Mr. and Mrs. Nick Klmes left last night for a several weeks' visit to frieuds in Indiana. Wallace Woods, who has been at Dead Indian Springs for the past two weeks, haa returned. Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Warner and children leave Monday evening for a month's outing at Newport. Ashael Hubbard and family re turned Friday from their two weeks' outing at Dead Indian 8prlnga. Elmer Henselman of Portland is in Medford on a visit to his parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. II. Henselman. L. E. Hoover reports that he has sold to Klser Bros, the necessary trees for planting 150 acres of or chard. Mr. and Mrs. Barney O'Nell and Lee Roberts and family returned yesterday from an outing at Dead Indian Springs. G. R. Llndley, cashier In the Jackson County bank, returned yes terday from a week's business visit to Klamath Falls. O. W. Fry, one of The Morning Mall's friends from Little Butte creek, was doing business with our merchants Saturday. T. J. Parton and family arrived from Texas a few daya ago and are now on his splendid ranch which he purchased last spring. G. A. Morse has carpenters at work building an addition to his res idence and is also making some changes In his packing house. .Miss Thora Smith left Friday eve ning for Portland, where she will Join Miss Delia Plckel, and In a few days they will deport for Alaska. Harry Flndley, Mr. Randal, Edgar Hater and H. Wlthlngton comprise a jovlnl party which went to Shasta Springs Suturday for a few days' stay. Mrs. H. E. Ankeny came In from Klamath county a few days ago yes terday. She and her daughter. Miss Gladlus, left for their home at Eu gene. Miss Nellie Reames left yesterday for Berkeley, Cal. She waa accom panied as far as Colestln by her brother. Attorney C. L. Reames, and wife. M. J. Love, a resident of Crescent City, Cal., who has been In the city a few days, went out yesterday to Evans creek section to look at a timber tract. ; 51. H. Aldenhagen of Pocatello, Idaho, who has been visiting friends here for a short time, returned home yesterday. He will visit several Cal ifornia cities en route. A new barber shop, "The Cot tage," has been opened by T. A. Howell In the cottage north of the Medford National bank, formerly occupied by James Fay. Pear picking will begin In earn est Monday. Several cars have al ready been shipped from this sec tion, but some of the growers think the fruit too green to pick. Robert Miller and family, who live near Ashland, passed through the city Saturday on- their return home from Crescent City, where they have been having a fine time for the past three weeks. David Keith of Salt Lake City ar rived in Medford yesterday and will visit a few days with hla son-in-law. A. C. Allen, and family, out at their Hollywood orchards, west of Med ford. Harry Mattlson, a linotype ma chine operator in Portland, Is In the city with a view of locating some farm property. He Is a friend of Harry Young, the operator at The Morning Mall office. Peter Denhoff, who has the con tract for putting In the cement side walk on the north side of the park, has nearly half of the walk in. The bid he made on thla work was 17 Vi cents per square foot. Sam Swennlng, a government for est ranger, who has been quite 111 at bis home In this city, has so far recovered as to be on the streets. Yesterday was the first time for four weeks he has been out Mr. and Mrs, Fort Hubbard and Mrs. C. A. Hubbard left last night for the east. They will visit at Des Moines, la., Chicago, St. Louis, Rock Island and several other cttles, and will be absent about a month. Correct Glasses Correctly Fitted Notice the difference in the way the ray of light pass through the OLD style leoa and the new TOItIC glass. When looking through the TOIilC leoa you get the same vision clear out to the edge of the glass, in all directions, that you do ONLY through the center of the old-style of lense, thus giving you more freedom of vision without the strain upon the liectua muscles, which const tly occurs when wealing the old. style glumes. With the old-style before the eye you see like this. you do directly through the can. er of the old style. Dr. Oolile makes a specialtyof the above lenses; also fits the I-SIGHT bi.focal, ground fro ONE piece of glass. Optical Parlor in Perry's Warehouse, Seventh Street, Medford. 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