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VOL. II.
xMEDFORD, OR.. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1907.
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ROOSEVELT S
ULTIMATUM
TO GOLDFIELD
Governor Must Call
Special Session Within
Five Days or Troops
Will be Recalled.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2S. President
Roosevelt today telegraphed Governor
Sparks of Nevada that if he, within
five days, will issue a call for a special
session of the legislature, he will con
tinue the troops at Goldfield during
a period of three weeks. If within
five days the call is not issued, the
troops will be withdrawn.
Murderer Shoots Officer and Himself.
NEW YORK, Dec. 28. While Police
Lieutenant Cuvani and two New York
detectives were attempting to arrest
Nieolo lionnuno, the alleged murderer,
at Kingston, N. J. Bannoun idiot Cavnni
and then himself. Cuvani will probably
live, but Houuuno is believed to be fa
tally injured.
ELY IS OLDEST OF
ALUMNI OF YALE
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Dec. 28. Rev.
Anson Phelps Stokes, secretary of the
Yale corporation, has named William
Davis Ely, a retired lawyer living in
Providence, as the oldest living Yale
graduate, thus settling a controversy
of long standing. Ely wn born in j
1815 and was a member of the class of
1S30. Two alumni are older than, Ely.
They are George Spencer of the class !
of '37 of Corning N. Y., and Chester
Batton of the class of '39 of Con- j
cordia, Kan. Both were born in 1814.
READING DEPOSITIONS
OF BRADLEY EXPLOSION
BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 28. The reading
of the depositions in the Bradley explo
sion case at San Francisco occupied thai
entire forenoon session of the Ppttibone
trial today. ' ' ' ' '
LITTLE TOTS BURNED
IN CHILDREN'S HOME
SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. 28. Fire at
the Washington children's home early
this morning resulted in the death of
two children. The little victims of the
flames, two of the smallest in the in
stitution, were Hazel Lee, 3 years old,
and Iris Crab tree, aged 4 years. Mrs.
Minnie Myers, the matron, was severe
ly burned and injured in an heroic at
tempt to rescue them. Miss A. L.
Hill, the day nurse, was slightly burned
and was bruised by jumping from the
second story window. Twenty-eight
children escaped in their night clothes,
several barely escaping death.
At Christian Church.
Sunday, December 29, 10:00 a. m.,'
Sunday school. Reciew lesson. C. H. j
Pierce, superintendent. Motto for
school, "Every member of the church
in the Bible school and as many more."
11:00 a. m. Sermon, "What Chris
tianity Represents."
6:3p. m. Young people's meeting.
A splendid meeting. A splendid sub
ject for the meeting.
No preaching in the evening. The
congregation will join in the union tem
perance service at the Baptist church.
PRESIDENT AND ADMIRAL
QUARREL OVER NAVY
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2S. The con
troversy between President Roosevelt
and Admiral Brownson, which has at-
sides in the matter, assumed a. new an
gle today, when Brownson wns ordered
detached from the joint board of the
army and navy.
Friends of the admiral declare that?
this latest action of the president
against Brownson is simply another evi
dence of Roosevelt's animosity toward
him. Bro',a"n'B duties as a member
of the j" dA, bnrd were entirely dis
tinct from .nose he performed as burtut
chief. When Rcur Admiral Brownson
handed iit his resignation a few days,
ago it was simply as head of tfce bu- j
reau of navigation. Hi rotrovnl from
the joint board wn premptory on the '
Opart of the president, it b"ini: under
stood that the. officer id not ijitend to
sever his connection with the board at
this time.
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OF DISEASE
Thousands
Prostrated
By Pneumonia, Typhoid
and Grippe-Many Car
men are Laid-up.
PITTSBURG, Dec. 28. What is said
to be the worst epidemic of sickness
since 1889 is being experienced in Pitts
burg. Physicians report that thousands
are prostrated by pneumonia, typhoid
and the grip. The scarcity of employes
in the largo office buildings is seriously
fell and the car company has difficulty
in operating cars, so many motormen
and conductors are laid up with grip.
ROBBED COMPANION AND
PLANNED ELOPEMENT
Ed Wetzel and Irwin Medley were
ni rested at Grants Pass Christ nuts day
for robbing Steve Beers in the Lay ton
hotel. They had their preliminary ex
amination in the county court and were
bound over to the circuit court in the
sum of $500. It was shown at the
trial that the two men accompanied
lieers to his room, and when the latter
had fallen asleep took from his person
$ 1 lil.
After the robbery Wetzel went to
the home of his fiancee and laid be
fore her a plan to elope and be mar
ried, and this no doubt would have
been accomplished had not several liv
erymen refined a rig. His share of the
money was tied up in a handkerchief
and cached in n box of rubbish in a
vacant lot.
The girl's mother related that Wetzel
called at the residence about 3 o'clock
in the morning. She suggested that
he go away and not bother her daugh
ter any longer.
Both men deny that robbery was the
motive, but allege that the money was
taken in good faith to' keep until Beers
started home. - -
TELLING REMINISCENCES
OF A SERIOUS AFFAIR
Fred E. LeComte, manager nnd one
of the proprietors of this talented theat
rical aggregation, and husband of Lu
elln Morey, the leading lady of "The
Holy City" company, which played
here quite recently, was a member of
the fetuttz Stock company which played
this circuit over 20 years ago, and which
was particularly popular with the local
theatergoing public at that time.
Mr. LeComte recalled a disastrous
accident which the company met with
on the Siskiyous on that trip. It was
in lSKtt when Ashland was the railroad
terminus from the north, and stages
crossed the Siskiyous from there and
connected with the southern terminus at
Sisson. The Stuttz company left one
night after completing an engagement
at Ashland and Jacksonville, the old
livery firm of Thompson & Stephenson
taking them out in two rigs, dust over
the summit of the Siskiyous the brake
of the head rig, a heavy thoroughbrnee,
gave way and the four horses ran down
the mountain, throwing the occupants
out and badly injuring a number of the
members of the company, who were laid
up for several weeks here nnd at Yreka.
Mrs. Stuttz, who was a sister of Mr.
LeOointe, was burned to death t"ti years
ago by an explosion of red fire in a
theater in Salt Lake City. Mr. KtutU,
who was also injured in the explosion,
is still following the theatrical profes
sion through the Kansas and Ifcikotns
circuits, says the Tidings.
CEAXE rOR TEDDY BXAEB
RAPIDLY DYING OUT
NEW YORK, Dec. 23. The "Ted-;
dv Bear" craze is dying out. according,
to the toy deab-JH iii New York. When;
the stores closed Christmas night most !
of the toy part meats were pretty ,
well cleared out,, except for Teddy ,
b'-nrn. j
During the holiday rush jnt over,
thousand 'of dogs, elephnnts. monkeys
and rabbits made of furry cloth and '
stuffed ns re the TMd bears, were
-mid, but very tew of the great num
ber of bear- that wei; into t lie tov ,
shops early in th" season have b-fr th -
lieie. La-t season dealers e-mld not j
gi t enough of then; this year they '-
it ilr'ii; on th" market. '
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IYIKIEY
CAPTURED IN
MANCHURIA
Land Grafter Caught in
Harbin Recently Es
caped From Prison in
Mukden.
PEK1N, Dee. 2S. Horace Greeley
MeKinley, wanted in Oregon in connec
tion with land frauds, who escaped No
vember 11 last from the authorities at
Mukden, where he was incarcerated
pending the arrival of an officer from
America, hns been recaptured at Har
bin. HORSEMEN AND HORSES
WELL KNOWN IN MEDFORD
S. U. Mitchell, formerly of Grants
Pass, is working four fast horses at
Sacramento, Cal., including a 4 year
old stallion by Zombro (2:11) out of
Sxduey mare. This fellow has been a
mile in 2:iS, and a quarter in 31 sec
onds. Slow work is being given at Mnrys
ville, Oil., to Medford C, a bay geld
ing by Tybalt, owned by William Clark.
This fellow fa douhle-guited, but paces
when he is stepped up and acts like a
good race horse.
Baron Brotto, who enme from Marys-
ville, Cal., had a successful season in
this section during 19n" and will be
permanently located here. This is good
news to Jackson county horsemen, jus
he is fashionably bred and a fust trot
ter besides. William Clark has become
interested in him with William Leech.
Both are successful horsemen.
PLANNING TO PLANT
FOUR THOUSAND ACRES
L. E. Hoover, agent for the Settle
mier Bros.' nursery, has up to the pres
ent time shipped into Medford for dis
tribution in closo proximity to Medford
enough fruit treeB to set out more than
4000 acres of new orchard, and this is
not the end. Mr. Hoover has other
large shipments that are due to arrive
in a few days, and this does not include
next spring's delivery. There are other
fruit tree agencies that arc doing equal
ly as large a business.
S. T. Howard Passes Away.
S. T. Howard, who recently came to
Medford from Texas, died at his home
in South Medford Friday evening. Mr.
Howard has been in feeble health for
several months. He was bom in Ten
nessee August 25, 1840. He leaves a
widow and several children. The fun
eral will take place at 2:30 p. m. Sun
day. Interment in Medford cemetery.
MUSICIANS HAVE VOICES
CANNED FOR FUTURE
PARIS, Dec. 28. There was a unique
ceremony yesterday in the suhterrnnenn
passages of the opera house. It con
sisted of depositing in a specially pre
pared vault a talking machine and a
number of discB bearing records of the
voices of the greatest singers of the
20th century. Tamango, Caruso, Scotti,
Plancon, Patti, Melba, Calve and others
are represented in the selection.
The dises are in double boxes, each
separate from the other. Neither light
nor nir can penetrate their coverings
and it is believed they can be thus pre
served for a century.
At the end of 1(H) years they will be
opened and the people of that, age will
have the opportunity of hearing voices
of this era ns well ns seeing the talk
ing machine as manufactured todav.
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South Bound Number 13
an Hour Later and 16
Thirty Minutes Later
Other Changes Slight.
Beginning Sunday, December 29,
there is another chauge in the time
service of Southern Pacific trains. Un
der the new schedule the northbound
Portland express No. 14 arrives nt 9:49
a. in. and northbound Oregon express
No. 10 at 5:39 p. in. The southbound
California express No. 15 arrives at
10:35 a. m. and the southbound San
Francisco exprtss Nt). 13 at 1:50 p. m
making No. 14 ten minutes later than at
present, No. 10 30 minutes Inter than
present, No. 15 seven minutes later than
at present, No. 13 one hour and five
minutes later than at present.
No. 13 now will stop at all the larger
points from Roseburg to Ashland, and
will stop at the smaller point a on a flag.
This train being an hour later here,'.
making alt stops, .will be a great con
veiiienee to southern Oregon.
The local accommodation train No,
225 from Grants Pass at 7:30 p. in
with a passenger conch, has been mak
ing good time and 1ms for the greater
portion of three weeks arrived here
from an hour t' two hours ahead of No.
1 1 's eld time.
No. 15 will now leave Portland at
7:15 p. m., No. 13 will now leave Port
land at midnight, No. 10 will arrive
at Portland 7:55 a. m. and No. 14 will
arrive at Portland 11:15 p. m.
RUGBY FOOTBALL TEAM
TOURING NORTHWEST
The Rugby football team has left
Palo Alto for Vancouver, B. C, for a
series of four football games in the
north. It will be accompanied by the
combined piusical clubs of the univer
sity, numbering 35 members, which
takes the longest tour ever mado by
a Stanford musical organization,
The members of the glee nnd mando
lin clubs will journey ns far north as
Victoria, nnd during their trip they
have 17 scheduled concerts, beginning
in Alameda Friday night nnd ending on
January 4 nt Vancouver, B. C. When
the rlubs return they will give throe
eoneertR one at the St. Franc. fa ho
tel in San Francisco on January 17, one
in San Jose and one on the enmpus.
An attractive program has been ar
ranged, including 15 numbers, ranging
from classical selections to college
songs and popular melodies.
CIVIC FEDERATION FOR
KLAMATH ORGANIZED
The Civic Federation of Klamath
Falls, with a membership of 91, nnd
with the purpose in view of correcting
moral evils and insisting upon enforce
ment of laws by officers nnd to set a
standard that will make this in every
way a most desirable residence comma
nity, lias been organized. No radical
reforms are intended beyond tho fact
I hat games that have been permitted
to operate shall cease, and the situation
be that of a closed town in fact, as it
has been in name. The club will devote
its energies to all kinds of civic im
provements anil betterments. The per
manent officers are: fi. W. White, pros
ident; W. T. Shire, vice president ; Har
ry Caden, secretary; Alex Martin, Jr.,
treasurer.
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TOMORROW
MESSAGES
BY PIGEONS
ACROSS LAND
New Years Greetings
From Mayor of Min
neapolis to Mayor of
Boston.
M 1 N N EAPOLIS, Dec. 2S. New
Year 's greeting from Mayor liny ties
will be sent to the mayor of Boston
by carrier pigeons. It is thought the
birds can complete the long journey of
1200 miles in about 4(1 hours. The en
tire trip, however, will not be made by
the same pigeons. Two birds will fly
to their home town of Aurora, III,, and
another bird carry the message to Phil
a ielphia. where another bird will start
for Boston.
PIONEER RAILROAD MAN
HAS GONE TO OTHER SCENES
K.P. Rogers, who died at Portland
lately, was a highly respected old gen
tleman, who had much to do with the
railroad history of Oregon. He was
born in Vermont in IS30 and came to
Portland 30 years ago from Burlington,
la., where he was general freight and
passenger agi nt of the Burlington, Ce
dar Rapids & Northern, He assumed
n similar position here, guiding the
progress of the bid Oregon Jt Califor
nia line, but 2S miles of track being
under construction when he took charge,
the traffic being handled principally
by stage. He held this position until
June, 1SS3, when he became general
freight and passenger agent of the Ore
gon Transcontinental, which represent
ed a merger of the O. It. & N., the Ore
gon & California and the Northern Pa
cific. In January, 1NS5, this merger was
placed in the hands of R. Koehler ns
receiver, and when three years after
the receivership was discharge, Mr. Rog
ers too charge as general freight and
passenger agent for the Southern Pa
cific, which had taken over the merged
lines. Mr. Rogers retained charge for
the Southern Pacific, until July 1, 1S97,
when C. II. Mark ham was appointed
general freight and passenger agent, re
taining his predecessor as his assistant.
Mr. Rogers retired December I, 1903,
being pensioned for his long and faith
ful services.
The departed railroader fa survived
by a daughter, Mrs. C. M. Hyskell, of
thin city, and two sons, Walter and
Phillip.
MOST PROSPEROUS YEAR
FOR UNION PACIFIC
The report of the Union Pacific Rail
road company made public today shows
the condition of that road to be as pros
perous as during any recent year. The
company's circular shows that for the
year ending Juno 30 the surplus in
creased $2,(100,000 after 17 Vi pr cent
had been earned on the common stock.
I n fi n nc in ci rcles I he report is con
sidered wonderful, in spite of the fact
that a good showing was expected. The
big earnings report, coming an it does
at this time, is expected to have some
effect on stock market transactions.
According to Union Pacific officials,
the past year has been one of the best
since the road was constructed. While
to some extent future earnings may be
curtailed somewhat by the money situ
ation ami the shutting down of some in
dust rial plants, the fuel that the ter
ritory through which the road passes is
showing wonderful strides in population
caused heavy buying in the stock mar
ket today and the closing was at a
sharp advance over the price of yes
terdav.
The Wilichesler "Red W" squad of
world's champion allots, some of whom
have shot in .Medford, who have been
shooting a ton run merits t lie sout h
and who have been break ing old aad
making new world 's records with an
abandon that has astonished the shoot
ing fraternity, recently tacked up an
other world 's record for squad shoot
ing, breaking -I9! out of 5t)ij in an open
tournament, shotting of Leggett traps
at Leesburg, Fla., November 21. The
score of the individual members were
as follows: W. It. Cronby and J, li. Tav
lor, both M0 straight; Fred (iilhert.
9t.oo; J. H. Hawkins, OOloOj L. R.
Markley. Itp inn. This same un hoi
at another 5'") targets mid scored s,
making the total neon- of !hl I')'(i), The
whole performance is remarkable, ;mi!
shows what, expert shots t he member"
of this Kfjiiad
JOURNALIST
IN LliyiELIGHT
ONCE IRE
Editor
of Tribune As
saulted by F. Osen
brugge Because of Story
of Candidacy.
G. Putnam, editor of The Tribune, is
leading a strenuous life these days. Ho
criticises the grand jury for failing to
return an indictment against a man
that he himself saw make a murderous
assault upon the mayor of the city with
an ax, is instead hi it we If indicted for
libel and railroaded into jail in a dis
tant city overnight. He publishes cur
rent gossip concerning the alleged can
didacy of the president of the city coun
cil for the mayoralty and is promptly
assaulted by t hat amiable gentleman,
who professes himself mortally insulted.
About, noon Saturday, l Osenbrnggti
called Putnam out of the II olid Nash
ami protested loudly and vociferously
against the publication of an article
containing mention of his alleged can
didacy in Friday s issue of The Tri
bune, rutnam told the source of his
information, and offered to publish any
correction Mr. Osenbrugge might mako.
A few minutes later Mr. Oseubrugge
again called Putnam out, and this time
wits much angrier than he fon. Put
nam again assured him that, if he had
been wronged, it was not intentional
ami that a correction would be mado.
It wns a case of much ado about noth
ing, ho nid.
A third time rutnam wuh called from
tho hotel by Mr. Oseubrugge, who had
worked himself into a fury. Council
man Barkdul) was catted to verify tho
story of OHetihrugge's candidacy, and
the latter stated that he had heard that
Oseubrugge wuh a candidate, but had
not been asked to sign his petition.
Oseubrugge lost all control of him
self ami struck Putnam a blow in tho
faco. Chief of Police Turpin arrested
him for assault and battery. He was
released on his own recognizance pend
ing the return of Recorder Collins from
Jacksonville,
Tho article in question, which so of
fended Mr. Oseubrugge, published hmt
night, is as follows:
"In the city campaign, in addition
to tho socialist ticket, F. Osen brugge,
president of the city council, -is circulat
ing a petition for nomination as mayor,
II ib candidacy will force a settlement
of the question of whether the present
mayor's term expires in January or
whether he holds over for year. The
city recorder will probably he maudam
used, which will bring the question to
an issue. If Mr. Osenbrugge is sue
cessful, other candidates will also got
into tho campaign,"
SALMON EGGS SHIPPED
TO HUME'S HATCHERY
One million, eight hundred thousand
rhinook Salmon eggs have been shipped
to It. I). Hume, the Rogue River sal
mon king, by Fish Culturist II. Leigh
ton of the Tinted Kin to fisheries bureau
and sent to Rogue river on the steamer
Breakwater, via Coos Bay. The eggs
ar eyed, and are about 40 days old,
and will hatch out in about 25 days.
There are 19 cases in the shipment and
the fish will be kept nnd cared for by
Hume until they grow to f ingerlings,
from three to five inches in length.
NOTICE
Is hereby given that the undersigned
will apply to the city council of Med
ford, Or., at its next meet ing to be
h Id January 7, 19N, for a license to
sell malt, vinous and spirit ous InpiorH
in less quantities than a gallon, for a
period of six months, at my place of
hu-sincsH at lot 11, block 20, Medford,
Or. (. M. (ill'Sd.V.
Dated December 2S, 1007. i! MI
CITY TRKASI RER'S NOTICE.
Office of City Treasurer. Medford.
Oregon, December 21th, 11Mi7.
Notice is herebv ui veil t hat I horn
are funds in the city treasury for the
redemption of nil light and water fund
warrants protested prior to Anpust 7th,
1907.
Interest, will cease on the w.uui" after
lie above dale,
L. L. JAroHst,
2:t7 City Treasurer.