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VOL. II.
MEDFOIM), OR.. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1!)0S.
NO. 251
CQUNCILMEN
CHOZEN FOR
NEW til
Eifert, Merrick and
VVortmen Victorious
"Socialists Vote To
tals Fifty in City
Four hundred and ninety nine votes
were polled in yesterday 8 election,
probably half of the vote it is possible
to get out. There was but little ex
citement or interest in the outcome.
Collins and Jacobs were re-elected re
corder nnd treasurer, respectively, by
large majorities, and Eifert, Wort man
and Merrick were elected councilmen.
The returns by wards are us follows:
First ward For recorder: B. M. Col
lins, 150; Perry Sewart, 17. For treas
urer: L. L. Jaeobs, 154; John A. Smith,
19. For councilman: J. H. Fitzgerald,
39; F. E. Merrick, 114; J. M. Simmons,
11.
Second ward For recorder: Collins,
154; Stewart, 23; Jacobs, 150; Smith.
12. For councilman: L. Bundy, 69; H.
G. Wortman, 00; J. W. Wilson, 11.
Third ward For recorder Collins,
130; Stewart, 30; Jacobs, 142; Smith,
10. For councilman : F. A. Bliss, 52;
W. W. Eifert, S7; E. Walters, 10.
The new council will consist of Hafcr,
" V'b Trowbridge, Eifert, Wortman
and Merrick, and will be in every way
representative, one from which much
is Imped in the way of civic better
ment. CHRISTIANITY AS CURE
FOR TOO MUCH BOOZE
CITTCAfiO, Jan. 15. A sanitarium
for the treatment of "drunks" and
"dope fiends" will be established by
Bishop Fallows of the Reformed Episco
pal. church, who two weeks ago launched
out as a mental healer of diseases in
this city. In the new sanitarium
"Christian psychology" is to take the
place of the "gold cure" and other
specifics for the cure of alcoholism.
"There is no doubt that drunkenness
r.nd various forms of drug habits can be
cured by christian psychology, " says
Bishop Fallows. " Drunkenness is a
disease just the same as tuberculosis,
pneumonia or other dangerous ail
ments. "
EXPERT WILL ATTEND
STATE DAIRY MEETING
Ed II. Webster, chief of the dairy
division of the bureau of animal in
dustry, United States department of ag
riculture, lias notified W. L. Crissey,
secretary of the Oregon State Dairy as
sociation, that he will arrange to have
one or more government representatives
in attendance upon the state dairy
meetings of both Oregon nnd Washing
ton during the present year. Decem
ber 10 and 11 have already been chosen
as the date of the Oregon meeting.
Cuts Throat and Stabs Himself.
ROSKBUItG, Or., Jan. 15. Adam
Weaver attempted suicide at Canyon
ville last week by slashing his throat
and stabbing himself in the abdomen
with n poekotknife. He was 80 years
old nnd has lived at Canyonville 30
years. Ill health and financial troubles
were the cnuse. His recovery is doubt
ful. He has n wife nnd three children.
Wise Talks By The
Toggery's Office Boy
The other day a fellow came rushing
into the store and wanted to buv a
suit of our swell underwear. He was
in an awful fix. He paid he had bought
n combination union suit early in the
winter and was having trouble galore.
The boss says: 1 ' What 's the matter;
doesn't the suit seem to suit?" Tho
man said: "Yes. the -uit suits all right
nil'l Hie pen in eei-m ;m nym. .ni'i iu-
wool just tickles me to death. But.
yon nee, it is one of the combination
.suits, and I have lost the combination
and can't get it off."
When am vmi cominu in f
WIT, UK.
.t tin- To::. ry. Medford.
CORTELYOU'S
RESIGNATION
IS RUMORED
Secretary Denies
Stories of Quarrel
with Administration
Says Reports Faked.
WASHINGTON, Jan. IS. Secretary
G. H. Cortelyou was at his desk to
day. At the White House it was said
positively that nothing whatever was
known as to the secretary 's reported
proposed resignation.
Cortelyou said that the report was
without foundation. He had had no
serious difficulties with the president,
he declared, or with any member of the
cabinet, and he expected to continue to
serve as secretary of the treasury. He
pronounced the story that he had been
offered the presidency of the Knick
erbocker Trust company of New York
as absolutely without foundation and
said that the report that he had con
ferred with J. P. Morgan during his re
cent visit to New York was a "fake"
in every particular. He had not seen
Morgan or any one" else in his interest.
EVERYBODY INVITED TO
COMMERCIAL CLUB SMOKER
There will be a smoker tonight at the
rooms of the Commercial club, to which
every man in Med ford is invited. There
will be apples and cigars and story
telling. The social is planned to help
bring about an era of harmony among
all factions in Med ford, so that they
can work together for a greater Med
ford. It is especially desired that new
arrivals in the city be present to become
acquainted with the city's leading citi
zens. An invitation is extended to
everyone.
SIGHT OF FOUR ACES
KILLS POKER PLAYER
CLEVELAND, O., Jan. lo. Sight of
four aces, dealt to him in a poker
game, killed Thomas Sachs at midnight.
He toppel off his chair as his thumb
and forefinger raised the fourth nee,
his heart, action stopped, and he died in
the nmbnalnee en route to a hospital.
There was not such a big "pot" on
the table, either. It was a quarter
limit, and the "pot" had something
like $.'l.7o in it, Sachs' companions say,
when tho dealer passed him four aces,
one nfter the other, on the fourth round
to six players. As the fourth came up
Sachs slid off his chair and half an
hour later he passed out. His physician
had warned Sachs, who was o.l yenrs
old, about his weak heart, cautioning
him against undue excitement.
EDGAR HAFER BETTER;
TO RETURN THURSDAY
Kdgar Hnfer, manager of the Jown
Lumber & Iiox factory, who hns been
at the Good Samaritan hospital in Port
land several weeks, suffering with ty
phoid fever, is so much improved that
he has been moved to the Hotel Port
land. Mr. Hafer's father nnd mother
of Des Moines are here. Thursday Mr.
Hnfer and his wife return to their
home at Medford.
OFFICERS RE-ELECTED BY
MEDFORD NATIONAL BANK
Stockholders of the Medford National
bank held their annual meet ing last
year and elected officers for the com
ing year. The same board of directors
was again chosen. The annual report
shows that the bang passed through the
panic without damage and is in better
shape today than ever in its history.
Letters nnd press clippings were rend
showing that this bank made one of the
best showitiL'1 of any bank in the conn
try when bank statements were last
called for. The officers reelected are:
J. E. Envnrt, president: J. A. Perry,
vice-president ; John S. Orth. cashier;
Y. H. Jackson, assistant cashier.
XKW YORK, Jan. I.",. Frank Ximno,
a wealthy young banker, was found
stabbed to death beside hi wagon.
There were appearance of a fierce
struggle. H' had a lanr'- sum of money
and n watch upn.. him when he I. ft
Ardlev. It is bidievfd he w:i waylaid
.n tho road by the same ung that
killed a v.iiniir insurance atrrnt near
Klmafitrd twu week nil", and which
robbed se ml potof fie- S in Vestehe.
T.-r c:uitv.
Great Prosperity Edition
The Tribune's Horticultural Number, containing
all essential facts and figures of the Hone Uiver Val
ley, and its varied interests, replete with illustrations,
printed on book paper, will be issued soon.
It is necessary, on account of limited mechanical
facilities, to know in advance the exact number of copies
wanted. No large orders received a fter January 120.
Don't delay. Send in your orders now. Jt is the
best advertisement ever issued of this section. The
Commercial Club pamphlet is exhausted. There will
not be another edition this year. The Tribune will be
the only literature available to send prospective emi
grants. PRICE, 5 CENTS TER COPY
Medford Daily Tribune
Medford, Oregon.
IMi'Rsp reserve copies of the Tribune Horticultural Edition
for which I nyree to pay 5 cents per copy.
XAME
ADDRESS
CITY
STATE
PEARS WIN
FIRST PRIZE
Winter Nell is From
Hopkins' Rogue Riv
er Orchard Capture
Honors at Meeting.
At the state horticultural meeting nt
Portland, Winter Nellis pears from the
F. H. Hopkins orchard nt Central Point
captured first prize, Tho information
was. conveyed in n telegram from Su
perintendent Parker, who is attending
the meeting.
Tho display of applet made by the
Medford Commercial club is reported
to bo a good one, but not as fine as
might have been niado if growers had
taken care to save their choicest fruit.
This carelessness of the growers lists
frequently deprived the Rogue River
valley of awards at apple fairs, when
local products in eastern markets wore
sweeping all before thorn.
A letter received from .7. K. Watt
states that the ( 'ommereial club's "dis
plpay of apples is elegant ami it looks
like a 'stand-off between Koguo river
and Hood river."
Last year but five boxes of South
ern Oregon apples wore shown at the
state meeting. This year the display
is more creditable.
PENSION FOR VETERANS
OF MODOC INDIAN WAR
A provision for pensioning survivors
of tho Modoc war in Oregon and Cali
fornia during 1S73 and 1M74 wns of
fered recently by Representative Haw
ley in n bill to amend tho net, grant
ing pensions to Indian war veterans
of the period froinm 1V12 to lHt.'l.
JACKSONVILLE ITEMS.
Dr. R. T. Burnett and wife spent
Sunday with friends living in Ash
land. J. W. Fitzgerald and L. W. Fanher.
two Mdfnrd citizens, spent n few
hours nt the county seat Monday.
Mrs. C. W. Conklin of Mod ford is
spending this week with friends living
hero.
Monday night, Ruth. Robeknh Lodge
So. 4, installed its officers for the on-
suing six months. Mrs. Martha Xorrts
was initiated into the lodge that night
and a supper was served in the banquet
hall at the eloe of the evening. Fol
lowing is the list "f the newly installed
officer-: Nellie If offer, rtoblo grand;
Krnrria Ihinford. vire grand: T-oona Ul
rich, r cord in? "ec rotary; Kf fie Prim,
financial secretary; Amelia Flrm r, con
duet res; Flora Thompson, warden;
Fannie Wilson, chaplain; Charbw Dun
ford. .Tr.. inside guardian; Roy Ulrieh.
o-itside guardian.
AT PORTLAND
IIWNTY
BATH V
DEFENDANTS
Heney Anounces That
Only Hall and Mays
are to be Prosecuted
Others Aid State.
PORTLAND, Jan. 1.1. Francis J.
Honey created soniwidiat of a sensation
Hunt's courtroom that of the five per
sons indict i'il in connection with the
Hutto Creek alleged land-fraud cases,
only two, ex-United Statts Attorney
John II. Hall and I'M win Mays, will be
tried at this time. This is taken to
indicate that there exists an understand
ing between Money and tho other three
defendants, ex-State Senator W. W.
Stoiwor, M. M. Hendricks and Charles
M. Xachary, and that they will testify
against 1 1 all and Mays when called
upon. I
It has been rumored for several days;
that an immunity bath was ready for!
certain of the defendants, and Honey's!
announcement is believed to eon firm ;
the rumors, I
The selection of jurors went on this
morning, five being accepted before the I
noon recess. Those accepted were: A1-!
f red Freer!; sen, Li tin county; William j
I'mpia, Clackamas county; Charles J.
Sunderland, Multnomah county; R. W.
Pry, Linn County, and Samuel W. Miles, j
Lane countv.
MORE OREGONIANS WANTED
IN EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Juno ! to July ."( the National IMu
catioTial association will hold its an
nua! convention at, Cleveland, O. At
present there are only six active mem
bers of tho national association in the
state, and an effort is being made by
State School Superintendent Ackcrinnii
to enlist many more upon the active roll
before the convention. Letters have
been sent to all the hailing dii'ators by
Mr. Aekcrmnn, eaMir:,; attention to the
advantages of active membership over
.iKsficia" niember'liip. the latter giv
ing merely the right to attend and sit
t hroiighout one con vent ion. The lltus
convention promises to lie one of the
most important over held in the history
of the association, and Superintendent
Aekcrmnn is anxious to secure as large
an attendance from Oregon as possible.
I'.. H. Harris is down from Suite
Falls and r. port that I u-iiio-s is i""d
it the Fall-. There ere vwrnl dwell-
ing Icies ii nd i r emi-i rn-t ion at the
pf sent firm . Mr. llarr-M is busily en
gag.-d with lumber at tho mill Hint he
recently purchased from the trustee of
tlteSityar Pine l.urnb' r Cr,,. whh h went
into ha n!: nt.icv.
BY PORTLAND
PRESS CLUB
Jackson County Cir
cuit Court, District
Attorney and Grand
Jury Grilled.
PORTLAND, Or., Jan. 15. The Port
land Proas club last night adopted stir
ring resolutions condemning the action
of Judge llanna and District Attorney
Reames and the grand jury for their
shameful manner in handing the har
poon to Kditor Putnam of tho Medford
Tribune. Tho resolutions intimate that
if these tactics arc generally adopted
throughout the state every newspaper
man in Oregon would be thrown into
jail hourly.
There was much indignation among
tho assembled journalists and speeches
were made declaring the midnight nr
rtwt and consequent unfair trial a re
vival of the gag law and n disgrace to
Oregon.
NEW PUBLICATIONS OF
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
The United States geological survey
announces new publications ns follows.
Bulletins
liHi. Contributions to economic geol
ogy, HMMl, Part II, lignite and peat,
by Marium R. Campbell, geologist in
charge, and others. 53- pp., 2'A pis.
TJU. O oology and oil resources of tho
Santa Maria oil district, Santa ltarbnra
county, California, by Ralph Arnold
and Robert Anderson. 1(11 pps., pis.
1(23 Fxporimental work conducted in
the chemical laboratory of the United
States fuel-testing plant, Ht, Louis, Jan
uary 1, 11105, to July 31. limit, by N. W.
Lord. 4! pp.
;t'JI. Tho San Francisco earthipiake
and fire of April IS, l!MKl, and their
effects on structures and structural ma
terials, by (i. K. Gilbert, It. L. Hum
phrey, J. S. Sewell and Frank Soule. 17(1
pp., "i" pis. (Reprint.)
;t2o. A study of four hundred steam
ing tests made at the find-testing plant,
St. Louis, Mo., I!H4, li'u.'i and I WW, by
v. P. Preekcnridge. 1!i(l pp.
;!;!.'!. Coal-mine accidents: their causes
and prevent ion, by Clarence Hall and
Walter O. Snelling. 21 pp.
Water-Supply Papers
L"!!, Surface water supply of lower
v. estern M tHsissippi river drainage,
1'Mili. 7i pp., 2 pis.
2 lit. Surface water supply of West
ern (iulf of Mexico and Rio f! ramie
drainages, l!Kni. 114 pp., ps
L'bl. Surface water supply of South
orn California, IH'Ifi, with a section on
ground water level in Southern Cali
fornia. lit pp., t pis.
2 1-1. Surf n ce water supply of Norl h
Pacific coast drainage, ISCKI. 'J')M pp.,
:i pis.
UN!, Ocologv and water resources of
the Republican River valley and adja
cent areas, Nebraska, bv 0. F. Cnridra.
71 pp.. l:t pis.
(ieologic Folio
Ouray 'Colorado) folio, by Whitman
Cross, Kmest Howe and J. D. Irving.
folio pages of text, 1 page illustra
tions and .'I maps. Price n." cents.
Twenty eight h A initial Report of the
Director of the United States Ideologi
cal Survey, (ieorge Otis Smt ih, direc
tor. i pp., I pi.
The geological survey has a limited
number of copies of those publications
for free distribution (except those
whose price is stated), and some have
b ' n delivered to members nf congress
f tr distribution. The survey cannot give
more than one copy to any person, and
g nora 1 requests for all the pajHTS can
not be complied with unless a salist'ac
tory reason why every one- is desired
is given. Payment for sale publica
tions hsoiild bo made by postal or ex
press money order, payable to tho di
rector, United States geological survey,
or in cash the exact amount. Checks,
drafts and postage stamps cannot be
aeeepteil. Applications sent to the geo
logical mrvy rdrauhl bo addressed to
the Dir-cfor.
Lndies Guild to Moot.
The lidi-s " fiuild of St. Mark 's Fpis
cop.t! church joeet- at the residence of
Mrs. C. L. S.'lo rrnerhorn at SiAth ami
f; utt.eN, on Tlnii sdsi v, January l'i, at
J P. M.
1
IMPROVISED
Sorrow's Hand Touch3
es Every Family
Forty Unclaimed
Teams in Stables.
HOYKRTOWN, Jan. 15. With tho
opening of four improvised morgues to
day, itt which lay the victims of Mon
day night's theater horror, the inhabi
tants of this borough began to realizo
the nwful extent of the tragedy. Tho
hand of sorrow has touched nearly
every family in town, niniid many neigh
boring villages. Four buildings used
as morgues contain I til! bodies. Most
of the bodies are in such condition that
few of them can be recognized by tho
features aloue. Fully 'lit teams are un
claimed in stabler, showing that n, largo
number drove in from surrounding
towns to witness the production of tho
' Scottish Reformation. ' One of tho
injured died today. Tho coroner an
nounces that he will sift all the circum
stances surrounding the holocaust to tho
bottom.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
RE-ELECTS ITS OFFICERS
The annual elect io nut the First Na
tional bank yesterday resulted in tho
reelo-'tieti of all the old board of di
rectors and officers.
A semi-annual dividend of 4 per cent
was declared, which indicates that tho
prosperity of the hank was not affected
by the recent panic.
The sumo officers and directors nro
now in office that were first selected
when the bank was organized, nnd tho
continued growth and prosperity of tho
institution speaks volumes for tho man
agement. The officers chosen nre: Wil
liam S. Crowell, president; F. K. Oouel,
vice-president; (leorgo W. Dunn, second
vice president ; M. h. A I ford, cashier;
Oris Crawford, assistant cashier.
Is Robbed by Actors.
KOSKHURti, Or., Jan. lo. f II.
Shipman. a mining man from (ilcndnlc,
was hold up hero recently nnd robbed
of $li)0 in money ami a gold watch. He,
claims two stranded vaudeville net ore
hit hint on the head and cut a pocket
out of his trousers. The officers have
a good clew to the whereabouts of tho
alleged robbers.
NEGRO IS ARRESTED
ACCUSED OF MURDER
KANSAS CITY, Jan. Io. Claude
llrooks, a negro, arrested at Carrolllon,
Mo., charged with the murder of Sidney
llemdon, who was found dead in his
a pa it men ts in this city. It rooks was
formerly in the employ of llemdon and
a member of a wealthy family in Texas.
1 1 was k a own t lint, lie It opt a largo
sum of money on hand. Brooks wan
seen in the build ing before nnd after
the murder.
Itroolcs later confessed that ho mur
dered llerndon and robbed the body of
-t I ."it. II attacked llerndon from be
hind, crushing his -skull with a hammer.
PROBATE.
F.st ate of C. C. Chappcll Order made
modifying order of sale of real prop
erty. Cnardian of l.vdia Jane Parker et
al.-- Order made to show cause for sain
of real estate.
(iiiardian of Mabel Irene 1 1 earn et
al. nb-r made appointing Andrew
lieiiiu guardian.
I-Male of M ichaol (ianoy Order
made appoin'ine: ' h;( r Jh uNiiaii, John
F, .Milb r and f l.tis Kinney appraisers;
administrator's bund filed.
F.slate of Liiciuda f laniard -Order
made determining inheritance tax.
(.uaidiau of Maiy K. I'eninger et
al. Report of guiidiaa filed.
F.st a to of William W. Krb Ord'T
niiido ai'p'diitiiig Lunra A. Krb admin
i.tratiix. and llcorfo V. Owen, James
(J. Walker and William Littiken ap
praisers. l-Miile of Mary A. V g- -Order
, made appointing F. M. a!l, ins ex.cii
I tor.
Jap Minister IloiJgm.
T' K IO, Jan. I." - Nal;asho.ji, vice-mini-tor
of com m on i rat ions, resign d
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