A LITTLE OF
A postal defalcation In Cuba muy
he convincing on the point that Cuba
in fitted for self-government.
In the case of Dr. Kustln, of
Omaha, one bullet nee ma to have
aded another double life.
Of course, the Vermont election
te a atraw showing how the political
wind U blowing In that part or
Kew England, at least.
A Texas man has married a wom
an whose pie killed her first hus
tmnd. We admire courage In any
nan, but this looks like recklessness
The airship that stays up tu the
air ten minutes and then drops with
out warning Is as great a success as
the average surgical operation.
Whatever the result In November,
tooie of the candidates will always
remember the pleasure they derlvi d
fron the official notification of their
rorai nation.
At present a good many politi
cians are burying the hatchet, but
ft Is doubtful If they will submit to
being searched for razors or bowle
knives. j
It will be difficult for Minister
Wu's enemies to prove their charge
4hat he talks to much, since none of
the newspapers print his speeches
ia full.
The Colorado woman who married
the man set upon her track by her
former husband appears to have
fcer own ideas of what constitutes
unique revenge.
With some show of surprise the
Florida Times-Union announces that
""Mr. Taft has found his voice. Mr.
Sryan lucky man has never yet
mislaid his.
A New Jersey man is refusing to
Ty his bills because his wife Is out
of work. That fact, however, may
not deter him from contracting a
few more debts.
At the rate the Republican leaders
are warming up to him, Got. Hughes
vill find It neccessary to wear a
tieavy overcoat during his campaign
for a second term.
One of the new plays to be pro
duced In New York soon Is entitled
The Early Worm." Let us hope
the midlence will refrain from dy
ing "Get the hook!"
Kermlt Roosevelt with his camera
fa likely to be In less danger In the
wilds of Africa than the newspaper
photographer who tries to get a few.
snapshots of social Hons who have
.- Brouch.
Academically there may be hon
est differences of opinion about the
efficacy of the death penalty. Prac
tically good citizens would welcome
a score or more of executions of re
cent murderers.
Chicago policemen are reported to
be shooting dogs at the rate of 100
a da. The Innocent bystanders In
that town must be an agile lot If
they all escape perforation.
Fortunately, the discovery of that
college professor who claims women
aave two souls does not make It
accessary for men to furnish their
wives with adouble wardrobe.
There are many theories about
that Atlantic City Boardwalk shoot
ing, but It does not seem to have
occurred to any one In authority to
accept that of the persons most near
Jy concerned.
A number of New York girls have
formed a club and resolved never to
marry men who do not shave every
XBornlng. But that's alright. The
average man who Is In love will do
anything asked of him till a month
or two after marriage.
It Is progress toward civilization.
Indeed, In the far east when the
Dtilnl I.uina, hend of the Buddhist
faith, decides to travel in China by
rail. When ho returns to Tibet he
will probably buy an automobile,
In the near future there may be
a noticeable falling off In the output
of break fust foods. A St. Louis man
In manufacturing "noiseless whee'.s
from hickory stumps and Is trying ti
. corner the supply of raw material,
"With the latest auesthetlc," says
a Berlin correspondent, "a surgeon
will uever need to Inflict pain on n
Valient. still, It may not be pos
sible In all cases to uc an anesthetic
before rendering a bill fo rservlces.
Courts may have to decide what
Is a Caucasian. The case of Van der
)lnyden of Altoona, son of a Dutch
father and Japanese mother, born
In Japan and seeking naturalization,
presents many lntereMlng features.
The courts alone can untie tho knots.
lllsgen and Graves have been no
tified of their nominations. This
completes the ceremonials of that
nature for this campalKn. And we
may now expect lllsgen and Graves
to do some running that fl) muke
the earlier candidates In the field
alt up and take notice.
Before leaving Australia, Admiral
Sperry In a speech acknowledged
rratofully the most remarkablo wel
come ever given the American navy.
He aald It will never be forgotten.
and that It "will surely mnko for the
peace of the world." It was well
said. It ts peace, not war, the fleot
fs promoting.
Just after Emperor William feces;
nixed Hulal Hafld as the real sul
tan of Morocco, Abdul ffamld, the
sultan of record, reports aa Import
ant victory. Incidentally, between
the war of the sultalaa and that
against France, the number of goed
Moors Is Increasing rapidly.
A Traveling; Man's Kxjierleuce.
"I must tell you my experience on
an Runt bound O. It. $ N. K. K. train
from Pendleton to La Grande, Ore.,
writes Sam A. Garber, a well known
traveling man. "I was In Ike smok
lug department with some other
traveling men when one of them
went out Into the coach and came
back and said, 'There Is a woman
Hick unto death In the car. I at once
got up and went out, found her very
III with cramp colic; her hands and
arms were darwn up so you coulft
not straighten them, and with a
deathlike look on her face. Two or
three ladles were working with her
and giving her whin key. I went to
my suit case and got my bottle of
Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy (I never travel
without It), ran to the water tank,
put a double dose of the medicine In
the glass, poured some water Into It
and stirred It with a pencil; then I
had quite a time to get the ladles to
let me give It to her, but I succeeded.
I could at once see the effect and I
worked with her, rubbing her hands,
and In twenty minutes I gave her an
other dose. By this time we were
almost Into La Grande, where I was
to leave the train. I gave the bottle
to the husband to be used In case
another dose should be needed, but
by the time the train ran Into La
Grande she was alright, and I re
ceived the thanks of every passen
ger In the car." For sale by Chas.
Strang.
FALL KILLS MILLIONAIRE.
BASEL. Switzerland. Sept. 12.
Emanuel Mandel, a multi-millionaire
merchant of Chicago, died here to
day as the result of Injuries received
in a fall at the railway station.
While alighting from a train Mr.
Handel's foot slipped and he fell
heavily, his head striking the flag
stones. Bystanders rushed to his assist
ance, but found that he was uncon
scious A physician said Mr. Man-
del's leg was broken and that he
was suffering from a severe concus
sion of the brain. He was then tak
en to a hospital, where he grew sud
denly worse and died.
Mr. Mandel was accompanied by
his wife, his daughter, his son-in-law
and grandchildren. He had just
completed a tour of Switzerland and
was on the eve of departing for
Paris.
Arrangements are being made to
take the body to the United States,
and until these are completed Mrs.
Mandel and the other members of
the party will remain here.
CHICAGO, Sept. 11. Emanuel
Mandel wait first vIce-preBldent of
Mandel nroa. and one of Chicago's
moHt successful merchants.
I.AXIW IMS (YX SOX.
FKKSKO, Cal., Sept. 12. James
N. Walker, former sheriff of Fresno
county and now one of the oldest
and most respected stockmen of Ma
dera county, has learned that In put
ting officers on the trail of cattle
thieves he had caused the arrest of
his own son, James N. Walker, Jr.
The young man had not had a
good reputation, but his father has
stood loyally by him, and while
away In the mountains recently at
tending to other property left the
young man In charge of his valley
range.
When arrested he broke down In
Jail and admitted the theft and word
was Immediately sent to the old
man, who came to this city without
knowing who had been identified as
the thief.
TWKXTV CHII.IMtKX.
IMTTSHUKO, Pa., Sept. 14.
Twenty children In 26 years Is the
remarkable record of Mr. and Mrs.
Dennis Mrlntyre of McKee's Korku,
and all of them aro "singles" and
all living. Married in 1882, the ba
bies have been coming at intervals of
1" and a half months, 'ine latest
arrival was born last evening and
Is a hoy and weighs 15 pounds. In
tho family there are 12 sons and S
dnughtera.
TI TS W1KK TO TKST.
PAHIS, 8opt. 14. Frenchmen
aro nothing If not original. A gray-
bearded one recently married a girl
in her 'teens and kept wondering
whether she loved him. Would she
weep when he died or would she re
joice and marry again? He would
put her to the test, and he devised a
grewsomo stnuegem. He locked
himself up In a room and walled.
After some hours his wife, won
dering at his unaccountable disap
pearance, had the door broken open.
On the bed lay her husband, his
hands crossed, bis face white, his
body motionless, apparently dead
Now the wife would show what she
really felt. She gazed at him, came
to tho conclusion that tie really was
dead, and danced a breakdown In
the room. Up leaped the corpso and
roared:
"So that la how you would grieve
for me? Then take this," and threw
clocks and candlesticks at her. She
fled, and he continued to Tent his
disappointment by smashing all the
furniture ta the flat.
LOCAL AND
L
(From Sunday's Daily.)
K. O. Low will leave tomorrow for
a trip to Wtllett, Or.
Mrs. X. K. Woods is visiting
friends in Grants Pass.
J. W. Dresseler has returned from
a visit to Sacramento, Cal.
M. J. Lowe ia building a new bun
galow In Bungalow Addition.
The Misses fllppey left Medford
last night for a short visit in Ash
land. Martin Canon of Central Point
transacted business In Medford yes
terday. F. M. Stewart will leave tonight
for Portland, where he will remain
for several days.
J. II. Fuller of Talent was In Med
ford yesterday purchasing lumber
for his new home.
The Central Point dances proved
to be such a success that another
was given last night.
I. J. Patton arrived on the Pacific
& Kastern yesterday to attend to
business matters In the city.
Frank Tompkins and Mr. McKll-
lup of Central Point were In Med
rord yesterday attending to busi
ness. Ernest W. MrWnllv. IIia hnk
rtlnre's Pinter! anHn man tuft vail...
day for a week's vacation in Port
land. Mrs. V. T. McCray left yesterday
for Stockton and Holllster, Cal.,
where she will visit for a month with
relatives and friends.
E. N. Warner returned home from
Newport yesterday, after having en
Joyed a short vacation. His family
have not yet returned.
Mrs. Jess Morgan returned to her
home In Ashland yesterday, after
having spent a few days In that city
visiting relatives and friends.
Mr. and Mrs. N. Hansen of Salem,
Or., are here looking over the valley
and visiting with their son and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Han
sen. Mrs. W. A. Hutton arrived In
Medford last night from Sacramento,
Cal., and will visit for a few weeks
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. M.
Wilson.
Miss Linda Owens, who has spent
the summer with her parents, left
day evening to take her former
place among the school teachers of
the Eugene public school.
Isaac Woolf and F. A. Bliss start
today for a short outing up Union
creek way. They expect to live well
if they find that venison and fish
are ripe and that huckleberries will
bite well.
C. H. Pierce received word from
his son, Clarence, stating that he
would be home Monday. He left
about aix weeks ago and Is return
ing overland In a wagon from North
eastern Oregon.
Mrs. E. E. Gore left last night for
Newport, Or., where she will remain
for a week or more, the guest of
Mrs. E, N. Warner of this city, who
is enjoying a several weeks' outing
at that famous resort.
H. D. Angle Is In the city for the
purpose of attending to his timber
claim near Prospect, where he has
been spending the last couple of
months. He reports that some
campers In that neck of the woods
have been very careless about ex
tinguishing their camp fires, and a
few small forest fires have resulted
from such carelessness.
(From Tuesday's Dally.)
Oroe Corum spent Sundav In Ash
Inrd. Guy Mickey left Sunday for a
I jit i:i Portland.
Mrs. Juckson Is remodeling her
home on West Eighth street.
K. A. Junken returned yei.i-luv
from a business visit to PortK .d an 1
Oregon City.
Lottie and Clara Wiley and Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Day went to Ashland
Sunday evening.
G. A. Jackson has a fine, large ad
dition to his home in East Medford
nearly completed.
Joe Currle returned home last
night, after spending the summer In
tho Siskiyou mines.
Mrs. C. H. Pierce. Mrs. M. F. Horn.
Clarence Pierce and Bertha Pierce
visited Ashland Sunday.
Judge W. M. Finch, of Willows.
Cal., spent Saturday and Sunday
with his sister, Mrs. J. K. Darwcll.
Mrs. W, S Jones and daugh f,
Mni'de, returned yesterday from a
ihrec weeks' visit at Hot Lake, Or.
Cilef ct Police Shearer T.as In
Jackf jrvIIIu yesterday a a witness
.m a case In the Circuit octiit there.
Mr. Loveloc, from Illinois, Is In
Medford looking over the valley and
la greatly pleased with what he has
seen.
Charlie Bonssum, who went over
Into the Applegate country with the
surveyors, reports that forest fires
are doing great damage to the tim
ber along Little Applegate.
Mr. and Mas. J, E. Kpjtrl re
turned yesterday from their quite
extended trip through the Yellow
stone National park.
Miss Alice Melllsh left list' eve
nlnts for a visit In Portland Miss
Mul'lsh spent Ike summer here with
rei .iticle, Jir. Faske.
All tui .AT water consumer who
!ave oeea in arrears hve.iiuMl up
Vlie water is being turned ofl front
those w!.,i love failed to .et;l).
J. Hesse Houselman and ft'.'iiy cf
Pi rtland are In Medford, yiy'n. a
vitlt to Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hmsel
man, parents of the first nam.'.l.
Edwin Bond and family of Clere
Ir.tid. O., friends of Mr. I.orlmer, li!
arrive In Medford about the middle
of October aod will reside here per
manently. F. H. Perkin, the civil engineer
and draughtsman, has but recently
recovered from a several weeks' at
tack of malaria fever. He was able
to be at his office yesterday, the
first time for several weeks.
Morey Bond, lately from Clevel
and, O.; Frederick and C. F. Cook.
W. A, and L. H. Miller, left yesterday
morning for the Umpqua divide,
whee they will fish, hunt and huckle
berry for ten days or two weeks.
Frederick Cook has returned to
Medford af'er having rah a t mr
of inpectlon of all parts of Callf-ir-
nla. snd will locate In Med'ord. His
sr.u, C. F. Cook, Is the fruit tree
a,ent, located In the Barnnra depot
bulMing.
John Grebb, formerly of Valley
City. X. D., arrived In Medford Mou
dai' nionikij. from Chlco, Cal , where
he hits Meeu since last December. Mr.
Grebb Is acquainted with sevtrn! of
Mi"! ford s 'orth Dakota people and
will no IjiiH locate here.
Miss Minnie Hockenyos left yes
terday for Sawtell, Cal., where she
will teach In the public school of
that city. This will be her fourth
year in this school which is pretty
good evidence that the young lady's
qualifications are understood and ap
preciated. W. B. Jackson has the framework
up for a fine nine-room dwelling. It
Is situated on Seventh street, in East
Medford, will be two stories high.
with an 11-foot porch on three sides
and will cost about (2500. C. D. Ly
ons Is the architect and the construc
tion work Is In his charge.
Postmaster A. M. Woodford aiid
W. H. Barr returned Saturday from
a week's camping trip at the foot of
Mount Pitt. They report La ring
killed one deer and one beir and
caught lots of fish, besides gather
ing 15 gallons of huckleberries. The
huckleberries, however, Is all tl.ey
brought home.
Engineer Roberts, who is in the
Applegate country looking Into the
matter of the water supply of the
Sterling Mining company, lu the In
terest of the city. Is not expectetd to
return before Friday of this week.
A weir has been constructed at the
head of Applegate and accurate
measurements of the water will be
taken. Engineers Cummlngs and
Foster are with him.
For a Sprained Ankle.
A sprained ankle may be cured In
about one-third of the time usually
required, by applying Chamberlain's
Liniment freely, and giving It abso
lute rest. For sale by Chas. Strang.
Don't be afraid to give Chamber
lains Cough Remedy to your child
ren. It contains no opium or other
harmful drug. It always cures.
For sale by Chas. Strang.
KKillT-VKAIt-OI.I)
SAX JOSE, Cal., Sept. 14. Peter
flcrnal, a 12-year-old Spanish boy.
was shot and killed here late yester
day by a shotgun In the hands of his
8-year-old playmate, Freddie Sepul-
veda. Young Bernal was on his way
to make a purchase at a grocery
store for his mother. As he passed
the Sepulveda place he found Freddie
aiming his gun at a small boy and
telling him to keep out of the yard
or he would shoot him.
The boy fled In terror and Peter
received the discharge tn his place.
He was shot In the abdomen. His
father, Gabriel Bernal, heard the re
port and ran to his assistance, but
he was beyond saving. He was tak
en to his home, where he died In a
short time, after only a few minutes'
consciousness.
Young Sepulveda will be pnt In
the, bands of the probation officers.
WOMAX IS KII.I.K1.
NEW YORK, Sept. 12. Evidence
of a murder was revealed today when
the body of Mrs. Anna Moore, 22
years old, the wife of an employe of
one of the traction companies, was
found tn her apartments In East
Forty-fifth street. The woman had
been rendered unconscious by a blow
on the head, strangled with a veil
and her hands tied to her waist by
another veil. There were many
bruises on her face and body.
The body was fully dressed and
her appearance Indicated that the
woman had been dead two days.
There was a padlock on the outside
of the door leading to the apart
ment, the door was locked and the
police bad to break It open to ob
tain admission. Mrs. Mauro's bus
hand was not at home and tbe cor
oner was Informed that he had been
absent tor two days.
NEWS OF
THE STATE
The Grants Pass schools opened
Monday under the supervision of R.
R. Turner, with 24 teachers.
Thomas A. Edison, the world's
greatest Inventor, accompanied by
his wife and daughter, arrived In
The Dalles yesterday and will re
main until today noon.
The Astoria Lumber company's
sawmill was burned Sunday morn
ing. The loss was $25,000, with In
surance of about $4000. Officials
say the plant will be rebuilt.
Word has .been received at Marsh
field that Jack Angus, formerly of
that place, is missing In Alaska,
where he went some months ago. It
is feared that he met with foul play.
The Lane County Veterans' associ
ation will be held In Eugene, Sep
tember 23, 24 and 25. The veterans
will endeavor to make this the great
est meeting yet held by their associ
ation. Anna B. Caufleld, native of Illi
nois and pioneer of 1862, died Sat
urday night at Hood River, aged 58.
Her stepfather, Colonel Zeba, was
murdered by Indians on Whidby Isl
and, Puget Sound, about 1858.
William Vanderwalter, living
three miles east of Eugene, was ar
rested yesterday for wife-beating
upon complaint made by Mrs. Van
derwalter. He pleaded guilty and
was fined $50 and costs, which he
paid.
Charles nines of Forest Grove,
while making a call yesterday on a
patient in the country, left his horse
tied at the gate. Before returning
to the vehicle, a team running away
collided with his buggy and demol
ished It. It was a new rig.
Abe Gilbert, son of A. W. Gilbert.
councilman of Eugene, while repair
ing a trolley wire touched a ground
wire and the entire voltage of the
electric railway system passed
through his body. He was rendered
unconscious for 20 minutes.
The anticipated arrest of Seufert
Bros., the Columbia river cannery-
men, by Master Fish Warden McAl
lister has not materialised, owing to
the non-appearance of the fish war
den, who is probably In conference
with Governors Chamberlain and
Meado in Portland.
Hip-picking began at Forest
Grove yesterday, and It will require
about three weeks to finish. Indica
tions are that the weather will be
fine. The yield will be only about
two-thirds of a crop, but the quality
Is good. Growers are paying $1 a
hundred for picking.
Chauncey Goodnoe, who died at
his farm In the Goodnoe Hills, near
Goldendale, was one of the pioneer
settlers of the Klickitat valley. He
was born In Broome county. New
York. In 1841. He came to Califor
nia tn 1861, and settled in the Klick
itat valley In ISM.
The city council of North Bend
has adopted a new charter and has
made arrangements to submit It to a
vote of the people at a special elec
tion to be held Saturday, September
19. The principal feature provides
for an Increased indebtedness for
public improvements.
The annual convention of the M.
E. Churc South convenes this week at
Milton, Or. The sessions commence
this morning, Bishop Adklns of
Nashville, Tenn., presiding. Among
other distinguished visitors will be
Rev. Dr. Hammond ot Nashville and
Rov. Dr. Vaughn of San Francisco.
The Eugene public schools will
open Monday, September 21. City
Superintendent Guy R. Stockton has
arrived from Colorado in time to
meet with the school board. Indica
tions point to the largest attendance
In both the high school and grades
in the history of the city.
The funeral of Miss Lucy Rowan,
who died Thursday morning at the
home of her parents at Castle Rock,
took place yesterday afternoon from
the First Presbyterian church, of
which she had been a member since
early girlhood, and was largely at
tended. Her father Is aleadlng at
torney of Cowllti county.
Professor F. M. Stotler of Ham
burg, Ia., has been chosen as super
intendent of the Lebanon public
schools, succeeding Professor E. K.
Barnes, who will become head of the
Cottage Grove schools. Professor
Stotler Is a graduate of Drake Uni
versity in Iowa, and has been teach
ing at Hamburg.
S. W. Purdy, accompanied by two
other men, made a trip from Rose
burg to Bandnn by water. They
started In a canoe at Roseburg and
paddled down the Umpqua river to
Its mouth, then walked across coun
try, carrying their boat, till they
reached one ot the Inlets flowing In
to Coos Bay, and from there on the
Coqullle river to Bandon.
Correct Glasses Correctly Fitted
Notice tbe difference in the way the rays of light pass through
the OLD style lens and the new TOKIC (flans.
When looking through the TORIC lens you get the name
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, thui
giving you more fr-edom of vision without the strain upon the
Rectus muscles, which constantly occurs when weaiing the old.
Ktyle glasses.
vi if?
IS. 3
With the old-ityle before With the new TORIC lent you
the eye you see like this. get the same results at all angles
without turning your head that
you do directly through the cen.
ter of the old style.
Dr. Oolile makes a apecialt of tbe above lenses; also fits the
I-S1GHT bi-focal, ground from ONE piece of glass. Optical
Parlor in Perry's Warehouse, Seventh Street, Medford.
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Prices reasonable.
Good service to all.
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Who pay the agent, you or the other fellow? I deal direct
with the planter.
A nice Block of fruit trees and Tokay vines for fall delivery.
Tell me your tree troubles
N. S. Bennett, Medford
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