The Medford mail., September 18, 1908, Image 2

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ROCHESTER, N. V., Sept. 15.
Governor, Hughes was renominated
today by the Republican state con
vention by an overwhelming major
ity on the first ballot. He received
t!7 out of a possible 1009, as against
151 for James W. Wadawortn, Jr.,
of Livingstone county, the speaker
of the state assembly, and 81 for
former Congressman Stewart of
Montgomery. The nomination was
made unanimous on a motion of
State Committeeman Barnes, who
has perhaps been the bitterest and
most outspoken opponent of the governor.
The governor's renomlnatlon fol-
lowed the utter failure of a desperate
atruggle on the part of a number of
the county leaders who tor four days
have spared no effort to discover the
candidate upon whom they could
unite to defeat him. The remainder
f the ticket was made up in a good
old-fashioned way. The organiza
tion of the slate announced an hour
or more before the session of the
convention began by Chairman
Woodruff of the state committee.
after a conference of the local lead
era.
It was 183 votes, of all but one
district in New York county, that
carried the governor's total beyond
605, a majority of the convention
When nine votes from Nassau
brought the total up to 39. a hush
In which was concentrated all the In
tensity of bitterness and suspense.
the secretary of the convention called
'New York." President Parsons
of the New York county committee
responded:
"Four for Wadswortb, balance of
county, 183 for Hughes."
Thousands of pencils footed
Hughes' total to 578. In as many
heartbeats every person in the great
hall knew the battle was over and
the hall Instantly became a bedlam
of cheering. When the secretary
announced the result there was an
other pandemonium, which lasted
fully a minute before anything
could be said or done. Then Gov
ernor Hughes' nomination was made
unanimous. The other nominations
were quickly made and the conven
tion adjourned at 5:30 p. m.
gon champions. This carriage was
drawn by some 100 boys, members of
the Junior class of the Multnomah
Athletic club.
The procession proceeded to the
grounds of the club, and as It en
tered the great ampltbeater, which
waa lined on all sides with a great
mass of people, there went up one
great cheer, one on another.
In the middle of the grounds two
huge bonfires burned, and surround
ing the enclosure myriads of Chinese
lanterns and electric lights. The car
riage containing the victors was
drawn up in front of the speakers'
AN ACTOR
S BIGAMIST
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.. Sept. 15.
Robert W. Griffin, writer, vaude
ville actor and soldier, the son of a
well-to-do and prominent family in
the East was returned to Oakland
yesterday by Detective James Flynn
from Napa, where he waa arrested
ROCHESTER, N. Y., Sept. 15.
"I am deeply sensible of the honor
conferred upon me. I wish to ex
press my appreciation for the con
fidence reposed in me by the Re
publican party." Thus did Governor
Hughes make the first public state
ment after his nomination for gov
ernor of New York this evening. Be
yond that, the governor would say
nothing either as to his running
mates or his policies should be be
elected.
15.
8ARATOCA, N. Y., Sept.
The Republican state ticket:
Governor Cbarles E. Hughes (re
nominated). Lleutenan t- governor Horace
White, Onondaga.
Secretary of state Samuel S.
Koenig, New York.
Attorney-general Edward R.
O'Malley, Erie.
Comptroller Charles H. Gaus,
Albany.
State treasurer Thomas B, Dunn,
Monroe.
Nomination of hughes.
CHICAGO, 111., 8ept. 16. The
Kopubllran leaders from 14 states
who were assembled here today ex
pressed gratification at the renom
lnatlon of Hughes for governor of
New York. Without exception the
leaders declared the action of the
Now York convention will aid Re
publicans In their campaigns In all
dobalnlile slates of the West. The
requests that Governor Hughes be
sent Into the western slates were re
ceived In great numbers. It Is said
he may be scheduled to speak In
Kansas, Nebraska and other western
states where his popularity Is strong.
Chairman Hitchcock and Senator
Dlion, the director of the speakers'
bureau, left tonight for Cincinnati,
where they will confer with Secre
tary Taft concerning Taft's itinerary
for his western trip.
Representative Doutelle of Illinois,
who has Just returned from cam
paigning In Maine, says the small Re
publican majority with which Maine
was carried by the Republicans has
no particular bearing on tho nation
al election. Ho thought the return
of the entire congressional delega
tion to congress meets with the ap
proval of the entire state. He pre
dicted a normal Republican majority
In the November election.
8. A., retired, gave a welcome home
to the victors In behalf of Governor
Chamberlain, who was unavoidably
absent. Mayor Harry Lane of Port
land then addressed the athletes and
told tbem bow great was their
achievement and how proud the city
is of them. Loving-cups were pre
sented each of the athletes on behalf
of the Multnomah club, and in addi
tion a cup was presented to Gilbert
by the cltisens of Salem, bis native
city.
Rev. Dr. Morrison, rector of Trin
ity Episcopal church and director In
the club, made the presentation
speech, in the course of which he
announced that the men had been
made life members of the club. To
morrow night Smltbson, Gilbert and
Kelly will be the guests of honor at
a banquet at the club.
stand and Colonel James Jackson, U. ! nD011 he complaint of Miss Martha
Htrauo, a pretty gin now living in
the Lansdale apartment-house, Eddy
and Larkln streets, San Francisco,
accusing Griffin of bigamy. The
girl says she will rigorously prose
cute Griffin, who is also known as
Robert Waltham.
Griffin confessed In the Oakland
city prison. He admitted marrying
Miss Stranb In Oakland last June
when his wife was living in Los
Angeles. He talked free, declaring
he bad committed the crime through
Ignorance. He said:
"It Is true that I married Miss
Straub last June. It Is also true
that I was married before. I mar
ried Miss Goldie May McCarron in
Toledo, O.. July 2. 1896. I left her
almost immediately after our mar
riage and did not see her again until
about a year ago. We were not-con
genial and 1 felt that It was better
for us to live apart.
"Last January when I returned
from a theatrical tour I was In
formed that my wife bad obtained
an Interlocutory decree of divorce.
Not knowing the laws of this state, I
thought that I could legally marry
again."
The capture of Griffin was effect
ed through a decoy letter sent out
by Captain Peterson. He was ar
rested Friday night. Miss Straub,
who is a linguist and has served as
a governess In the homes of m num
ber of prominent San Francisco fam
ilies, says she was married to Grif
fin In Oakland on June 16. She met
him In San Francisco, where he was
running a 10-cent vaudeville house.
Griffin made a strong impression on
her and after a week the marriage
ceremony was performed.
A week after the marriage she
learned from his parents that Griffin
had a wife In Los Angeles. When
she upbraided him for this he fled
and she learned nothing of his
whereabouts until a few days ago.
Griffin is 31 years old. During
the late war he served In the Phil
ippines and owing to an njury to
his eye was placed on the pension
list. He has written vaudeville skits
and has done turns on the stage. Ac
cording to Petersen, Griffin told him
some time ago that he had been mar
ried before. He said his wife was
in Los Angeles and that he had sep
arated from her.
was happy In his marriage and had
no trouble whatever, so far as la
known, and the physicians say that
his suicide work bad become an ob
seession and bad fascinated him un
til he succumbed to the mental suggestion.
ARRIVAL OF ATHLETES.
PORTLAND, Or., Sept. 14. A. C.
Gilbert, Forrest C. Smlthson and D.
J. Kelly, representatives of Oregon
In the Olympic games at London,
wore tonight accorded a reception In
honor of their homecoming, the like
of which was never witnessed In this
city. Early In the evening the pro
cosslon formed at the Commercial
club, headed by the Third regiment,
Oregon National Guard, which acted
as escort.
Following these there fell In line
great number of automobiles and
civic organisations, led by the car
flag In which were the three Ore-
KI'CHAItlKT CONGRESS
LONDON, Sept. 14. A great pro
cession of great Catholic clergy,
which brought the Eucharist con
gress to an end, was held Sunday
afternoon and scenes such as the
English churchmen who planned It
never saw.
Cardinal Vannutelll, the pope'a le
gate, walked at the bead of the pro
cession, wearing bis scarlet robes
and hat, but not carrying the host
He was accompanied by a bodyguard
of English peers, of whom the Duke
of Norfolk was the most prominent,
and a concourse of cardinals, arch
bishops and bishops, wbo also were
attired in unceremonial robes in
stead of vestments which originally
It had been purposed they should
wear.
No such throngs of people have
been seen In London since Queen
Victoria's funeral. If even then.
The route of the procession was
laid through the quiet streets adja
cent to the cathedral, and but for
the unexpected partlsal strife which
a discussion of this ceremony
brought on, It probably would have
been solemnized quietly and In s
reverent atmosphere. 1 ne great ma
jority o fthose who attempted to wit
ness the spectacle, however, appar
ently were attracted by curiosity and
a small part were openly and demon
stratively hostile. The Catholic ele
ment cheered heartily while the pro
cession passed by and through the
route, but there was heard also, con
slderable "hooing" such as the Eng
lish people use In theaters to express
displeasure at any of the plays.
The people began flocking toward
the cathedral hours before the pro
cession started.
Long before the hour set for the
ceremony It was Impossible to get
near the line ef march. All the
streets leading In that direction were
packed and the windows overlook
ing the procession, which were rent
ed at high prices, were filled. A
number of persons fainted In the
crush and were carried off by the
ambulances.
After the procession had re-enter
ed the cathedral, Cardinal Vannu
telll appeared on the high balcony in
gorgeous robes and elevated the
host, while thousands of Catholics
outside the building reverently knelt.
J ne last any or the congress
opened with pontifical mass In the
cathedral, which was celebrated by
the papal legate and at which all the
cardinals, archbishops and bishops
and many others of the clergy as
sisted. The great edifice was crowd
ed, the audience following with rapt
attention, the sermon of Cardinal
Gibbons, who preached eloquently.
HKAO OF THE UNIVERSITY.
BALTIMORE, Md Sept. 14.
Through a private source It was
learned here today that Dr. William
Osier, formerly of Johns Hopkins
university and hospital, now reghis
professor of medicine at Oxford uni
versity, England, will be chosen lord
rector of the University of Edln
burg. This honor Is said to be com
ing to Dr. Osier on account of the
remarkable work he has done at Ox
ford, and Is only given to men who
have especially distinguished them
selves In the United Kingdom for
conspicuous service In the world of
learning, politics or philanthropy.
The position as tho head of the
University of Edlnburg will not en
tall his leaving Oxford, but It will
place him at the head of university
men in England, Scotland and Ire
land. The principal opponents of
Dr. Osier for the place are Winston
Churchill and Robert Wyndham.
former chief secretary for Ireland.
The prevailing opinion among Eng
lishmen of letters, however. Is that
neither or the two will have a show
against Dr. Osier.
The lord rector Is elected by the
students for three years. If Dr. Os
ier Is elected he will fill the position
which, In times past, was occupied
by Gladstone, Carlyle, Lord Rose
berry, Lord Goschen and Lord Bea-
consfield.
Dr. Osier Is now leading the fight
against tuberculosis In England, and
has accomplished wonder.
Good for Biliousness.
'I took two of Chamberlain's
Stomach and Liver Tablets last
night, and I feel fifty per cent bet
ter than I have for weeks, says J. J.
Firestone of Allegan, Mich. "They
are certainly a fine article for bili
ous ness." For sale by Chas. Strang,
A PAYING INVESTMENT.
Mr. John White, of 38 Highland
Ave., Houlton, Maine, says: "Have
been troubled with a cough every
winter and spring. Last winter
tried many advertised remedies, but
the cough continued until I bought
a 60c bottle of Dr. King's New Dis
covery; before that was half gone,
the cough was gone. This winter
the same happy result has followed
a few doses once more banished the
annual cough. I am now convinced
that Dr. King's New Discovery is the
best of all cough and lung reme
dies." Sold tinder guarantee at
Chas. Strang's drug store. 50c and
$1.00. Trail bottle free.
YIELDED TO SUGGESTION.
DBS MOINES. Ia., Sept. 14. As
result of mental suggestion, the
physicians say. Brigadier Scott 01
rard, head of the State Anti-Suicide
bureau of the Volunteers of Amer
ica, tried to kill himself here by
swallowlng 50 strychnine pellets,
which had been taken from a man
dissuaded from suicide during the
day, and turning on the gas after
closing all openings.
While a letter to his wife In Chi
cago lay sealed before him, he be
gan to write of his feelings as death
crept over him, and continued the
morbid study in death until he be
came unconscious. He was rescued
only when a wedding party of friends
came for him two hours afterward
and was taken to a hospital. The
doctors have little hope of his recovery.
Brigadier Glrard was found In his
chnlr, fully dressed, evidently pre
pared to go with the wedding party
that found him, when the Insane sug
gestion of killing himself as the hun
dreds he has convinced of the folly
of such a thing have told him they
thought of doing. About him were
tho poisons, knives, revolvers and
suicide clippings thnt form the "vic
tory cabinet," as Glrard had labeled
his case of death Instruments taken
from other would-be suicides.
Glrard Is 25 years old. He came
here t oestaliltsh his antl-sulrlde ho
tel, which has been remarkably suc
cessful. Dr. Morris, the city assist
ant assigned to the suicide bureau
for emergency calls, who had helped
restore hundreds of would-be sui
cides, was the doctor called to work
on the man he had so often seen
fighting death tor others. Glrard
NORTH DAKOTA PEOPLE MEET.
Without any blare of trumpets or
noise of any kind about 26 citizens
of Medford wbo came here from
North Dakota left the city this morn
ing with their families and went to
Central Point. There they were
Joined by many others from the
same atate, and all proceeded io
have a good time. And they had :t
too. The following comprised ine
party:
F. E. Merrick, Grand Harbor; D.
McKillop, Lillian A. McKlllop. Fran
Tompkins, Niagara; Mrs. F. E. Mer
rick, Miss Stella M. Merrick, Ruth M.
Merrick, Grand Harbor; Mrs. W. N
Campbell, W. N. Campbell, Charles
Campbell, Mrs. S. A. Nye and baby,
Stephen O. Nye. Rutb T. Nye, Valley
City: Mrs. F. Newman and children,
F. J. Newman, Miss Minnie Lund
gren, Mrs. H. C. Cook, Carrlngton:
J. E. Watt, Devil's Lake; Harry H.
Tuttle and wife, J. D. Buchanan.
Grand Forks; H. S. Hull. Niagara;
F. H. Cook, Grand Harbor; H. Jap
ling, Inkater; J. S. Ferguson, wife
and baby, Battlneau; Wells Louns
herry, Bismarck; Mrs. J. F. Morri
son, Westhope; Mrs. J. E. Watt, Dev
il's Lake: Mrs. M. J. Alsdorf, Ink
ster: Helen Watt. Devil's Lake: Nel
lie F. McNeill, Grand Forks; O. B.
Nash and wife, Perth; Mrs. F. H.
Cook, Grand Harbor; Mrs. W. W.
Glasgow, Niagara; W. H. Watt, Bath
gate: Miss L. Hatfield, Niagara: Mrs.
M. W. Tuttle. Grand Forks; Mrs. H.
Jopllng. Marguerite J. Jopling, Ink
ster; Donald O. Nash, Perth; L. Hat
field, Niagara: Clifford O. Hatfield,
Elizabeth Tompkins, Niagara; M. W.
Tuttle, Medford, N. D.; John H. Cas
kln, Grand Forks; Mrs. W. Louns-berry.
One of the features was a splen
did dinner which was prepared by
the ladles of the party in the true
North Dakota style, and all partook
of It and enjoyed It In the same
spirit.
The business part of the affair con
sisted of the formation of a society
to be known as tne North Dakota
Society of the Rogue River Valley,
and the following were the officers
elected for the ensuing year: H. T.
Hull, president, and Harry Tuttle.
secretary and treasurer. It was de
cided to have two meetings each
year, one to be held In Medford dur
ing the full moon in February and
the other In the country during the
watermelon season.
The program consisted of speeches
by Wells Lounsberry. the oldest
North Dakota man in the valley; H.
T. Hull, J. E. Watt, F. E. Merrick
and Harry Tuttle. Mr. Merrick made
a hit by singing "Little Old Sod
Shanty on the Claim."
The old soldiers have invited the
North Dakota people to meet with
'hem next summer, wherever their
meeting will be, and it Is likely that
they will do so.
A BAND OF
ROBBERS
A Sure Enough Knocker.
J. C. Goodwin, of Reidsvllle, N.
C, says: "Bucklen's Arnica Salve
Is a sure-enough knocker for ulcers.
A bad one came on my leg last rum
mer, but that wonderful salve knock
ed it out In a few rounds. Not even
.-. scar remained." Guaranteed for
piles, sores, burns, etc. 25c at Chas.
Strang's drug store.
HONEYMOON ENDS IN TRAGEDY.
SEATTLE, Wash., Sept. 12. Mrs.
John Davis, wife of one of the lead
ing real estate dealers of this city,
committed suicide last night by tak
ing carbolic acid. She was 23 years
old; Mr. Davis is 48, and they had
been married only since March 15
last. They returned from their wed
ding tour in Europe two weeks ago,
and were staying at one of the lead
ing hotels.
The couple hsd some trouble last
Sunday, so guests at the hotel say,
and it culminated In another quarrel
last night, when Mrs. Davis sent the
bellboy with a written order to the
druggist In the hotel building for
carbolic acid. The order was dated
Sunday, Indicating that she had In
tended committing suicide then, but
faltered until after the second quarrel.
COINS ARE DEFECTIVE.
SAX FRANCISCO, Sept. 12. Ac
tivity at the San Francisco mint In
the coining of the St. Gauden's gold
pieces has been suspended. The
first few days' output amounted to
J430.000, but the double eagles, it
has been discovered, will not "stack"
with the old coins of the same de
nomination. In a stack of $400 the
new coins are halt the thickness of
a piece short. While the double
eagles again bear the legend "In
God We Trust," It has been learned
that the trust Is not of $10 dimen
sions. Superintendent Sweeney re
ceived a telegram from Washington
saying, "Coin eagles with 'In God
We Trust." " In due time a letter
was received by him from Washong
ton authorities which read, "We
wired you as follows: 'Coin no ea
gles with "In God We Trust." This
we beg leave to confirm."
The coinage of the eagles stopped
and the money presses are idle,
awaiting Instructions.
RICHMOND. Va., Sept. 12. Mr.
H. F. Lindsay, the' dashing widow,
who after her arrest here yesterday
confessed she ha ween the financial
support of a band of confidence men,
baggage robbers and Jewel thieves,
of which Horace R. Courtland was
the head, made another astounding
confession here today.
She admitted she Is none other
than the widow of Theodore Haga
man, the New York stockbroker and
millionaire, who died mysteriously
about six years ago at the Waldorf
Astoria, and whose death and the
subsequent contest over his will be
tween his brother and his widow
furnished one of the greatest sensa
tions of the day.
Through her confession the police
learned that Courtland, tor whom a
reward of $5000 Is offered, Is the
notorious Dr. R. C. Flower, ex-clergyman,
healer and mining promoter,
who Is wanted in almost all the big
cities of tbe United States for ob
taining millions of dollars by fake
financial schemes.
From the possessor of a fortune
of a million dollars, Mrs. Hagaman
says she has been reduced to the
condition of a papuer through the
deceit and trickery of Courtland or
Flower, who she adds has obtained
personally more than half a million
in cash alone from her.
Intensifying tbe Interest in this
remarkable case, which bids fair to !
develop Into one of the most amaz
ing stories that has ever been re
corded In the annals of crime In the
world, are the appearance In It of
two other mysterious characters, a
Mrs. Courtland, who says she is the
wife of Horace Courtland, and Chas.
Edward Courtland, who claims to be
brother of Horace.
As told in the police court, the col
lapse of the latest gigantic swind
ling scheme with which Dr. Flower
was connected and which brought
him again Into the clutches of the
police, fro mwhlch he has so often
escaped, was caused by a foolish mis
take of one of his associates In neg
lecting to pay a board bill.
Mrs. Pearl McKenzle, a boarding
house keeper, caused the arrest of
the woman called Mrs. Courtland.
Immediately the railroad detectives
who had been trailing stolen bag
gage to this city and whose suspic
ions of Mrs. Courtland had been ar
oused, swooped down on her.
But for their efforts she would
have escaped, for as soon as the
case was called It was learned that
Mrs. McKenzle's bill had been paid
In full. The magistrate was about
to dismiss the woman when the
railroad detectives and the local po
lice, with whom they had been work
ing, made a protest that almost took
the breath away from all who heard
It.
"This woman has In her posses
sion Jewelry valued at thousands of
dollars," shouted Chief of Police
Werner. "If she goes free all Is
lost. The jewelry belongs to a Mrs.
Lindsay and this woman has so
right to It"
In astonishment the magistrate
asked:
"Who Is Mrs. Lindsay?"
The chief explained she was a
woman living in the Colonial boarding-house
in this city, who had ad
mitted she had been the financial
support of a band of thieves, of
which Mrs. Courtland and Horace R.
Courtland were the leaders.
They Take the Kinks Out.
"I have used Dr. King's New Life
Pills for many years, with Increasing
satisfaction. They take the kinks
out of stomach, liver and bowels,
without fuss or friction," says N. H.
Brown, of Ptttsfield, Vt. Guaran
teed satisfactory at Chas. Strang's
drug store. 25c.
INSANE OVER PEACH CROP.
THE HAIL FOR NEWS
OREGON CITY, Or., Sept. 12.
Going mad In a frenzy over a banner
crop of peaches Is the fate of Fred
C. Brelthanpt, son of H. Breithanpt,
a well-known Damascus farmer. The
boy Is about 19 years of age and
has been taken to the state insane
asylum. On the Brelthanpt place
five acres were set out in peach
trees, and this year they bore so
plentifully that a $2500 crop was
taken off the small tract. Brelt
hanpt and his sons worked early and
late to pick the fruit and ship It to
market, in order to supply the de
mand. The boy thought, talked
and dreamed of peaches until his
enthusiasm unbalanced his mind,
but It Is expected that treatment In
the state hospital will bring about
a return of his reason.
Best Treatment for a ftnrn.
If for no other reason. Chamber
lain's Salve should be kept In every
household on account of Its great
value In the treatment of burns. It
allays the pain almost Instantly, and
unless the Injury Is a severe one.
heals the parts without leaving a
scar. This salve Is also unequaled
for chapped hands, sore nipple and
d I leases of the skin. Price, 25 cents.
For sale by Chas. Strang.
Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Djnbery of
Valley City, N. D., are In Medford
visiting W. X. Campbell and family.
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We have completed an up-to-date
factory for the manu
facture of
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MEDFORD
OREGON
Cut Flowers 5-
We are now better prepared than ever to furnish cut flow
ers of all kinds in season. At present we have some fine Comet
Asters, Carnations, Marguerites; also some fine Golden Oate and
Kalserene Roses in bud. Remember that we will carry a full line
of bulbs this Fall which will save you the trouble of sending away.
Floral remembrances.
Medford Greenhouses, Phone 606
FARM ERS
We can supply you with choice Seed
Wheat Blue Stem and Club. Also
Seed Barley, at prices that are right.
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