1908 HORTICULTURAL EDITION OF THE TRIBUNE--10,000 COPIES-READY IN JANUARY 8 THE WEATHEE. Cloudy; probably ruin tonight ami Vi-diu-ndav. Associated Press Dispatches VOL. II. MEDFOKD, OR., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1!)07. No. 2:59 OH HOT WO UMIV U ' f" PETTlBOriE ' IM ENDS SUDDENLY Attorneys For Defense Submit Case Without Evidence or Argument; Await Instructions. BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 31. George A. Pettibone in court today showed plain ly the effects of his illness. Judge Hilton, for the defense, announced that he had gone over all the testimony, aud as the state had failed to connect the defendant with the crime charged in the indictment, it had been decided to offer no further testimony and to sub mit the case to the jury without argu ment. Senator Borah asked a recess in or der that the proposition of the defense might be considered. Judge Wood granted the request. After a brief con ference State's Attorney Borah stated that the question of disensing with j arguments could not be settled until the instructions of the court had been examined. Judge Wood then announced that he will have his instructions ready by Friday morning, and an adjournment was taken until that time. The case now hinges entirely on the nature of the instructions of the court. If the court instructs that proof of j the conspiracy in itself is sufficient, i providing that the state has presented a satisfactory proof that the defendant was a member of the conspiracy and that the killing of Steuuenberg was an incident to it, the case will be argued. 'THE TOYMAKER" TONIGHT AT THE MEDFOED THEATER Arthnr Cunningham, the sturdy bari tone of the San Francisco Opera com pany, as Brother Mathew in "The Toy maker, " the comic opera feast, that has been prepared for the patrons of the Med ford Opera House tonight, wns in the original New York production of the piece. Cunningham's singing of "Hail to the Pealing Angehis" and "A Contented Mind ' ' is nlnno worth the price of admission. Aida Hemini, th- beautiful and accomplished prima donna soprano; Mamie Beatty, the statuesque contralto; Eugene lener, j the handsome young tenor; Frank Ber-1 trnnd and William Harris, with George Kunkel, wbo portrays the title rule, and Daphne Pollard, who plays the doll, ; completes the cast of principals. Al Wilder, who staged "The Earl and the; Girl" for the Shubert Brothers, and' "Lady Teazle " with Lillian Russe, for the same firm, has given "The Toy maker" a beautiful production. Ed- ouard von Bnechner. whom theatt poors will pleasantly remember as the conductor of the Tivoli Opera -House, prior to the earthquake, wields the ba ton for the San Francisco Opera rum pa ny in "The Tovmaker." The company will leave tonight on a special train for Chiro. EXAMINE COAL MINES FOR EASTERN INVESTORS J. W. Wakefield, from Mnnknto. Minn., is here looking uver with J. C Brown the rnnl tiropeet in the inter ests of the Bret ton Realtv corporation of New Yurk i'itv, ,-in investment com pany of which Mr. Wakefiild's hr-ther is president. He will be here fur sev eral days and is visiting the Medford coal mine and other co:il properties in the lin-rim Rjvcr valiev. If his report is favorable. lnrjo in-ve(tTnenti- will probably follow, mid coal mining receive the impetus which the character and size nf the deposit war rant. JACKSONVILLE ITEM. Mis Ella C.nnynn was in town Mon day taking testimony at the coroner 's : flr heM over the htmv of Jamej 'T!ki. Mrs. T. H. Mib came over from Mod ford Monday in the intoreq of th JacksDi County Ahstret company. Afrs. Emma Parker, daughter of Jl-v. and Mr. Robert Ennis. is making her oM home a visit after an absence of a number of years. i A. R. Kelloeg of Oold TT ill is in town on business connected with his office as coroner. q County court will 1i in einn next WM'k and will dispose of fil) The bui--nes ' th:r' has accumulated during the YKTlfl OF NUIDEt WA5 CROSIJS GI8L Sin VM ItatifiM by Af EMr Wh First Name Anor WmaM to Cffnx SAM'S SwbiW XOsmg NEW YOKK, Dec. 31. Mrs. Alice Young, the supposed victim of the mur der at Harrison, N. J., ib alive and em ployed in a real estute office in this city. In an interview she is quoted as saying that she knows Mrs. Hull, who identified the murdered woman as Mrs. Voung, but is unable to understand why Mrs. Hull should tell such a Btory as she did to the police. Mrs. Hull had told the police that she parted from Mrs. Young on Christ ians day, and that Mrs. Young was about to start for Harrison in company with Charles Myers. Mrs. Young de clared today that while she knew Mrs. Hull, she had not seen her for two veara. NEWARK, Dec. 31. When Mrs. Hull was told that Mrs. Young wns alive she declared that the murdered woman was her own half-sister, Minnie Jeanette Gaston, daughter of K. B. Gaston of Servilla, Tenn., and formerly a mem ber of the chorus of "The Texas Steer" company. She had been living lately in New York. Mrs. Hull declared that Charles Meyers brought her sister to i New York and that she accompanied t,K. )j(tt(ir to a me(.tjll; w-jth Meyers on Christinas day, when Miss Gaston was to go to Harrison with Meyers. She said she identified the body as that of Mrs. Young in order to avoid involving Miss Gaston's name in the scandal. The magistrate lectured Mrs. Hull and or dered a detective to escort her out of the state. Authorities have sent out an alarm for the apprehension of Charles Mey ers. He is said to have been a piano tuner. BURNS ARE CURED BY BAKING THE PATIENT NEW YORK, Dec. 31. Physicians at Roosevelt hospital are encouraged over a new method which is being tried there for the treatment of severe burns. The treatment consists of baking the patient. A large wire torm is placed on the bed over the patient and the bed clothes placed on tup of that. Be side the bed is placed an ordinary small gas stove, provided with a spe cial air chamber, f rom which a tube runs under t he bed clot lies. Through this tube a constant current of hot air is furred into the oven-like covering of the bed. It is stated at the hospital that sev ,.ni imticntH have been cured and the mrnH covered more than half of the surface of the bud v. MUST REGISTER ANEW TO VOTE IN PRIMARIES Everv voter who expect to partici- ' pate in the primary elections to lie held April 17 must register anew, beginning , January 6. The registration books will lie open from January fi to April i. when they will close for ten days before the pri manes. They will be kept open until May !.", when they will be closed fin ally fur the general election. To lie held in June, Before the presidential elec tion in the fall the registration loks will again be opened from September lM to October LABOR COMMISSIONER INVESTIGATES FACTORIES' O. I Huff, sta of Ur-'i:.'H, sn-nt labor cnmnii-sifine couple of davs ii Med ford recently interviewing la tun employers and luuk ing at'f'T the en forcemcnt of the labor lav. One . the acts of tin' l:it Oreg-ni h-gMat un regulates and limits the hours for Mi eMiplovnient of women in ne-elianim and mercantile establishment, hotels restaurants, etc., to not. more than Ut of the tweutv-fuur hours of th" day, tip preceding being exi Christinas retail t ores ,.t,-.i 'in tn hours' work BATCH Or MAIL LOOTED IN TEXAS, WACO, T.-x.. l.- 111. An,tli.r larL" tmtch nf in n i 1 Wn f.mnil iv."t nf li'.'ro. wh.-r.', it wiik lt-ft by j.oih-Ii ln..t,-r on rhritmn i:tit. It in .-"liiiKit-! that eliTk. money nril'T iSnl ilnifi" lyitif thorp tho punch's w.-ro oj. nm;r-Bat "n.nnn. l.ft i-iifi ttf Army at M:i-. 'VASIIINHTO.V. Dor. SI. T!i- n:ir il-;inrtinont hnn .loriilo.l In r.-i.-iin Hk pro.out f.ir.e nf tronj.q in f;..!'lfi. with tho fxrf'tUn nf sxifio offi.'.TJ. wtm will iliiono.l with v tho ....n nill'lnti'.n of tho nino oonijnnio. (nto twn. , ' I E Roman Mart is Shattered by Dynamite Sixteen Are Known to Be In jured. ROME, Dec. 31. A dynamite bomb was exploded in the stock exchange of this city today. Sixteen are known to have been injured. Some of the in jured were buried under portions of the building which collapsed. Firemen, po lice and troops are on the cene con ducting the work of rescue. It is sup posed that the bomb was thrown with the intention of preventing the custom ary end-of the-month liquidation. The explosion occurred shortly be fore 4 o'clock. The exchange is in the center of the city. Thousands who had gathered around the spot were sud denly seized with the fear of further outrages and made a rush to quit the spot, greatly endangering life and limb. Suspicion that the explosion was in tended to prevent liquidation increases. The plan was to destroy millions in se curities, but the explosion occurred too late. The liquidation was over, and nearly all the securities had been re moved. CAN JUMP CLAIMS OF DELINQUENT MINERS The Bart left mining assessment bill has not passed the United States Sen ate. The Teller bill, which is similar, passed the Senate before the holidays, but will not pass the house. Failure to pass such legislation means that all mining claims upon which the required amount of assesment work was not done during the calendar year 1H07 can be legally jumped after January 1. PRESS ASSOCIATION MEETS IN JANUARY Scores of enthusiastic letters have been received by the executive commit tee of the Oregon Press association in response to a call fur a special meeting of that nssociaf ion, to be held in Port land, January 17. limS. The interest that is being takes goes to show that this will be a great mooting and that something will be doing for the benefit of the general press of the state. NEW APPLICATION FOR HOMESTEAD ENTRIES A circular from the general land of fices announces to all concerned that new forms of applieations for home stead entry, soldiers' additional home stead entry, desert land entry and for timber and stone .sworn statements, tim ber or stone final proofs, and yearly proof in desert land cases, have bf-n adopted, and on and after March !. li'i'S nu entries will be alluwed in the foregoing class of cases except upon t he ii'-w forms. MURDERED WOMAN'S BODY IS IDENTIFIED NKW.M.'K'. N. J., Ier. a 's bo.lv found in If a it 1 Wo 11 -t lest j s,l,.. . who ! . Sh- 1 j 'Minis ta of Mrs. was identified today Agio - -r Alie. with Mrs. UrooUwi, King HEAVY EARTHQUAKE RECORDED EY NEEDLE WASHINGTON, .:ir!MNrilif h.v- h.. 'll't rrrtiriit nf tic -ir; -v iilisiTvnlur In,-. :;o..-. li.-avy It recorded bv t lie eo-,st and Lo.;(,eth at lieltenliam. o hours. The b.ej, M I., Ill lasted tw of tin distort nee is unknown. MARRIAGE LICENSES. St-ivr! I'l-t'TH.'ii Hi'liry iiti'l .!.i.-iliine I'. l'-rsiin. r.iv.-rt Hull. in Williimi O. ami Kiln Hiill-.li. Sum V:tn Hvko, tho n o nor. .'ic :ini",iL' Sntiir.lliy nii'ti n of f ir-. in in.-ii 1 1 v i fill fur H i" in ronni lion, i i, at ion i Norfli'Tt, i in titi linn with -Ii.- If. . nl. I f'.r -.li'-riff. o Mr. H',il;oj v.l , !i- II. o HUR AT BROKERS IN EX HANG o. O o THIEVS IN AUTO LOOT STREET CAR Two Men Steal Chest Containing Nearly Three Thousand Dollars and Make Good Their Escape from Rochester In a Motor Car. ROCHESTER, N. Y., Doc. 31. Two men stole a chest containing $2859 from a streetcar standing in front of the car barns at 6:45 o'clock this morning and got safely away with it in an auto mobile. The stolen money represented a portion of yesterday's earnings of the Rochester Railway Company. The robbers were tracked out of tho city, but their trail was lost. Surrounding towns have been notified. BEAR CREEK EATING OUT ITS EAST BANE High water in Bear creek has cut away the natural bank of the creek on the west side. The wing that was put diagonally across the creek by tho city council last fall with the intention of saving the east bank from being cut away and thereby flooding a portion of the east side and diverting the chan nel of the creek, seems by the recent flood to have been placed too near the west side, for the channl is now cut ting into the west bank. Another such flood as that of last week will take out two large trees that have stood on the west bang undisturbed for the past half century, and a large block of ground that is underlaid with gravel. The pres ent wing confines the water into a space of about 50 feet, whereas for merly it covered over 100 feet. PURCHASE LOGS OP BUTTE CREEK COMPANY W. T. Coulder and others have pur chased the logs of tho Sugar Pine Lum ber company, which inst itutiou went into bankruptcy. In all there are about 1551) loge. The purchasers have leasid the sawmill and are now at work making lumber which they will put upon the market. The purchase was made from J. A. Perry, who is trustee of the bankrupt lumber company. The amount in running feet of logs is LUMBER COMPANY RESUMES OPERATIONS The luwa Lumber & Box company have started up work again after sev tral weeks of suspension on account of bad weather. They are working a full force of men. A banner year in build ing is bi'ked forward to by the com pany. ALL ATLANTA SALOONS CLOSE DOORS TONIGHT ATLANTA. ia., Dec. 31. At I" o'clock tonight every saloon in the city will cloye its dours permanent ly, or until tho pruhibitiun act is repealed, un less the injunction proceedings now be ing considered in t he 1'nitod States court restrain enforcement of the tttnle LUMBER PRICES CUT IN MISSISSIPPI STATES M I N N K. l' prices are down. 1 .-- Lumber cry thing in X -ail Mie nor: lu r.i .;no list Mull flOIII Amii r:Mige from .i :; a is cut. Keduc i list of prices th inland, and a flilMie i'utnn . nf m ir-ilict.-d for the near Bisliop Andrews Doad. vultK. h. .-. :u. iii-imp . v,..,-.,,. r n. M,.h...liv :.! .-hi..-. Ii ;ii In i Iuhiii. ii t!,i. m..r..l.n:. '2. ;i:v pi i r.:-t Ciu:i C'Mi. Mr.t. 11.11 v .1:. 'op!i Stover Dnnd. , v. if.- nf ,I..hi.,Ii SIihit, iiniiv Urn.- ;il ((.,1,1 Hill, :i Inyrintr illn.-HH. !'.u ',.r n lui,;; t ifitf. I I' ll. I'. M.-Willini of .i:iii'l v.iih hero .:mt w.-ok. Ho hiiH ..ii" l:iy 1 1 r i ii lT " ! n -.ill r:i! I I.. Mr. !:or I Iv. f or rintniii!.' or. l:ilo of Hn 'J". fnol tnnnol .,n !. 'I. .1.1 fi w mill s v' l;ir. in in.., loi'iitoil n .I;i.'k.on ill-. Him ml Ini-iiii' ith, wlo- w.-i et,ioi(ro(l in I for.! for ...mo t iino, ntol r.i,i..o. t,, Awhliui.l. ...i i f.-r I loiiol:, i i-ounly no.io" in liiinl.orinir. , I, . Ii;m I n vihitino M. hi. Wifo ll.l Th. ir mil v.i thi t. 111. I with Ii oil 'Ii. ii Kif. , i'iir.1,1. f..r tho w.ok I. ft lo.rtl.l. oitol tr.-iiii f..r hi- home 'rt. Or., whor- li will Ink) ri . O o,,..t i - fir, man. I:.- hi ROOSEVELT TO PARDON S.A1PUTER Heneyand Baker Recom mend Action to Attor ney General-Use Testi mony in Hermann Trial WASHINGTON, Dec. 31. In accord ance with the strong recommendation mnile to Francis J, Heney and United States Attorney linker of tho District of Columbia, Attorney-Genornl Bona parte today recommended to tho presi dent the pardon of Stephen A. D, Pu ter, in order that the hitter's testimony can be utilized in connection with the prosecution of the Oregon land fraud! cases. POIiTEANP, Dec. 31. S. A. D. Pa ter iH confined in the Multnomah coun ty jail nerving a two years' sentence for conspiracy to defraud the United States out of its public lands, lie was convicted in December, l!t(4, but was allowed liberty until he attempted to ocape a year and a half later, when he was recaptured. He was the central figure in the land-fraud conspiracy, and after conviction turned state's evidence, aiding the stale in the trials of the late Senator Mitchell, V. I Mays, Dinger Hermann and others. ALLEGED LIEEL DROVE PRINCE FROM ARMY HKIiLlX, Dec. 31. In the hearing of the Harden Von Moltke libel suit to day, Count Kunu Von Moltke stated that he had resigned from the army as the ivnuU of articles published by Har den. The state's attorney in opening the pleqdiiigd demanded the imposition of a sentence of four months' impris oument against Harden. He declared that Harden had attacked Von Moltke and Prince Zn Kulcnhiirg and his mother, both of whom he had declared were u at rust wort hy and povnrssed of abnormal tendencies. The prosecutor declared that Von Moltke had been completely cleared, as had Zn Eub-n-burg. The state's attorney said that he had received a letter threatening him with death if a verdict unfavor able (4i Harden was returned. BOMB SHATTERS FISH STORE IN NEW YORK NEW VoliK, Dec. 31. A bomb thrown against the front of a ttvo Mury frame building on East One Hun dred ami Eorty nint h street before day light endangered the lives of eight who were asleep herein. The fish store of Joseph Kne was demolished and his daughter injured. liae asked the pu lice to standi for his son in law, who he said had threatened to blow up t lie store beeause his wife had left him and taken refuge with her father. NmTH'K. I'arti.s uwning lots in Mutte Tall towusito should make iiavriients to .1 A. Terry, tni-l.e in baiil rupt.y. at hi; office. HI! j NEW YORK NEWSPAPER ' PRINTS PRESCRIPTION A u-llkii'iuii authority mi IMieuina t is'ii u.' i- l Ii i i.bn nf a laie ,Ww : Vo-k : rt i I .a-r the follow ing vain able, vi i iiioY and ha i in less, pi'- Mi Li -IliUiio ivll In. nil- iim-I Ii iii. ii I in,. I II I'lo i- Iti II. mil. - that th ., I. tain. -.I fn.M am ,l,arma.'V at .mull' voootnl.lo ovtm.ti.. i no ,', '1 i ii t I,.. l"-"-'i'''"" o-t, and, being of , 'i re hit rmless to : till:... TImh .!i ana at mixtiiro, if taken rey nlarl.v f..r a Cow ,la.n, in nai.l to over e.iin.. aim. .Ft any eano of Hheiimat iwin. Tho pain an.) MWellino, if any, tlimin ivhr h with each iloae, nnlil pi rniiiiionl renllH are ol,taino., niol without in jnriiii; the ),..niii.'li. While there an Inaiiv so call, .1 IMi.-tllliat im r. In. ..lie.. patent nn .li.-iiii ., eti-., m.tne of whi. h ,lo K'v1 relii-f, f.-w r.nlly yi'.e p.rma nent reiult.. an, I the lit, ore will, no ilonl.t, l "teatly a.pr,.-iatel l.y many Miffereri lo r" a llii-i time. Iii'jnirv at the ilrno stores nf this neii:hl.orh I elicits the i ii f orill.'lt i on that III,"..' .hue., nr.- haiinl.ss ami can lie l,oll.'!lt s. parately, or the lr,looi-.fs lore will tniv the prescription for our r-'ii-iors if nOc-'l to. NEW THEATRE FOR MEDFORD PROMISED Capitalist Hero to Figure on Erecting Handsome New Opera-Houso Which Will Be the Finest In Southern Ore gon if Deal Is Made,. William H. Hamilton, J'urmerly of Crescent t'ity, Cal., hut now of Santa Barbara, Cal,, iH here to figure upon the building of u new opera house in Med ford, designed to be the finest in Southern Oregon, and suitable for a city of many times Med ford's present size. Mr. Hamilton is one of the originul owners of the Blue Eedge initio and re cently returned from a trip to Scotland. He owns several pieces of property in Medford and has great faith in the city's future. Among other properties he is interested in is the present opera house and the corner lot adjoining, which he owns jointly with Dr. J. F. Reddy. A proposition has been submitted to him by the present lessees, Messrs. Wil liams and IHuclrigg, for the erection of a aew theater on the corner nd join ing the old. The plan involves tho co operation of theatergoers hy an ad vance subscription guaranteeing a cer tain amount for the opening perform ance. NOTICE. The regular meeting of the Medford Commercial club will be held Thurs day, January 2. AH members are urg ently requested to be present. X. U. XAKIfKtlAN, Secretary. Ronl Estato Trnnsforfl. U. 8 .to Isiliic T. (Illllimir, 1110 ni-res in si'i-tiiin -O, T. M'J, 1 K.l'jitent State nf Orojrnii to Hurry l. An jilo, :lLM) nt-roH in Ki'i-tinll Ilti, T. .'II, l. o K 400 lli'HHio lfiuulull til Htmio L, Allen, 1 m-re in ttpetinn fi, T. Ill), If. I K 10 ('. ('. Wait i-t nl. tn KuthnriiH! K. U'nil, Int. 7. Muck 2, Nickell Adilitioil, Meill'nril 1 fl. (.'. CinnioH tn Klitherino li. Wait, lot 7, Mock 2, Nicki-ll Ad dition, Medford MO Kiitlti'i'inn 1'. Wait tn IViinklin 1-3. Marl In, lot 7, Mnck L!, Nickell Adilitinn, Mndfnrd MO ICnphrmiii A licit to Ralph M. Al len, prnpei-ty In ('nttiiKe Ailili ti Medford : 1 II. A. FrclonliiirK to N. fl. Hinilh, assignment nf liond for dreil. ... 1 Simie H. Keiirn to Stophon A. Nye, lots 1 nml 2, block fi7, Medford lean .1. F. I'rutt to Andrew 11. Fisher, properly in I'hoonix 500 A. (iii-nirer to Mrs. Minnie K. Foyo, 2'y m-res in Hoi-lion !l, T. :iil,I(. 1 K 10 ii. T. llnrnelt to L. A. Neil, properly in I'riicht'H Addition, Ashland M500 A. ('. (iienyer to M. ,T. flnoilhenrt, lots 24. 25 mid 2H, I, lock i Ii. H. Addition, Ashland 10 Antoinette He l'ealt to Fslher C. Silsl.y, propi-rty in Ashhtmt.... 10 William Kosh In I). II. Moliss, lot II. I. lock .", If oh,' addition lo Medford $ 200 li.i-a (iol.lsl.v to S. K. I'offm.in, 'L. interest ill I.V,.W acres in section 2:1, lowio-hip ratine :i w r,oo Marv II. Vint, ij to Henry I!. Kn dors, land in 1) I, I' 42, town ship :i!i, rane I K 2x00 Sheriff ,1a, nt. to Kra Dniihip, lot :l, I. lock II, Till- 11I (10 -Ii, rii'l' .In. 1,-on coiintv to A. I,. Wimer, lot I, Mock oil. Jack "onvillo 2 A 11 11.1 W. Il.i-e.a to Fr I-:. 1 laiel in lou io lop :, i.iiil- I V.' 10 vSII'tl"! I-'"-' to I is I'i.r- ! 1- 1 1 an I In. hi.., I, I;,,,,' a. I. In 1011 I , ' ! If. ,i. i 1 10 .IlillieS Helms In . lirV II.I.OS, s.ol ID-D s in 1 1 1 . 1 ' 'III, town shin "-. la, ioe I W 21100 Kine-t I,, rain, .r to Ii! x Kyle, km. I in mt, ion tou nship ::r, ran",. :i V 2.-n Stale of Hreooii to I). M. Hurt, si) acres in section II',, town ship .'IH, r.-ini;.. 4 W 200 Sheriff . lacks. hi county to (leo. II. I'ease, H 'j of M U. of section (I, township ;M, rnn:;o I W 21 'liarles If. Chapman to .lames Hr.i.leii, land in section 12, township .'17, rant,." .1 W KISKH .M.'T I'.M.KiA lis . .,.iK at 111 per rent, discoittil. Lewis' W.fHI Side ronf.ctioiiery. L'l.l ll:T A Ho of fancy cnn.lv at Lewis' for that ew Year's ipft. price, cut almost in half. "13 i ( nO C ) o .0 o o b o 0 O o O uQ o c o 0 o 0 O o o, O O o o O o o o o 0 0 r-Po