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About Medford daily tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1906-1909 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 3, 1908)
The Tribune's Illustrated Horticultural Number Will Be Ready this Week Only Five Cents Per Copy Associated Press Dispatches THE WEATHBB. Rut a tonight and Tuesday. Warmer tonight; southerly winds. VOL. II. MEDFORD, OR., MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1908. NO. 26!) VETERAN OF STAGE REPLIES TO PREACHER Ed. Andrews Answers the Rev. R e u t e r Talks of Foot Lights and Religion. Sev. W. C. Reuter: 3o Dear ttir and Friend I have read your article im Sat urday's Tribnue in which you ask ine tt answer your urguiueuta. 1 feel that yaa have done this better than I could da it myself, uud to attempt to add to what you have said would be "gilding rofiued gold aiid adding a hue unto the rainbow. ' Tou make a charge uguiust the uiurul ity of the stage and its followers and then bring forth these same actor as witnesses to prove your case ufter you liuve already impeached their charac ters. But granting that these actors whom you cite are worthy of belief, it is after ail only the opinion of the few against the many. Suppose I were to take the evidence of clergymen who have forsaken their profession (and tbey are many) as proof positive against the entire christian fabric f As to my slip up in history, regarding the burning of witches, I humbly apologize to the first American congress. It w&a the orthodox churches of that time that1 clung with tenacity to the old superati-j lions; but come, let us "leave this' keen encounter of our wits and fall mto a somewhat slower method." Let us view this subject in a broader light Where is the difference between your views and mine! To answer this let lis go back to the inception of the be lief that the christian world now holds, r Goes Back to Abraham. The pxKhor of the spirit or invisible God idea was Abraham. Dim history tnfcbi us that his father was a maker of idols , and the young Abraham worked with his father at bis trade. W can new easily understand how he reasoned upon the subject as he worked at carv ing wood or atone images. "What power has this wooden idol that I have wrought T In what way can it benefit met From whence came I and whither an T to gof" . These thoughts daily perplexed the brain of the youth until out of the dark ness of idolatry came the concept of the spirit Ood, the germ principle of relig ion, the love of man for his fellow-man. ht he was at onco confronted by ma terialism, laughed at by those who be lieved in senseless forms. He left the eotntry of hiB nativity and gathered about him followers whom be impressed with hiB belief, bu tsoon they drifted beJc to the material - and on down through his descendants, the war be tween Jehovah and Ball went on. fuses led th echildren of Israel oot f Egypt and through his long, weary march through the wildorness, was up hald and guided by Jehovah, his Ideal, his spirit God; but he, too, was beset by the materialism of his people, and a bis return from the mountain where he "had talked with God," he found fake Israelites worshipping the golden caff; and so on down to the christian at the advent of Christ we find Wi most- advanced people of the times aleavoring to please rind with eaeri fiiea and the burning of animals. Growth of Religion. Christ pave aeain to the world the spirit religion and emphasized fon the golden precepts, "Love thy eighbor as thyself." "To unto others as ye would that thev should dn unto '.a," "Suffer the little children to cme umt me. f.ir of such is the king dam of heaven," and so on; and the dis'-ipltH and th enrly believers in t htH 1 trath, worshipped in a simple, priinj tivi form. Tli'Tr were no creeds; even he form of bapt ie:n that Christ favored is in doubt. Instead of lofty church's, (lie early christians of Homo worshiped in the sand pits outside the ivty. lighted by torches. Their religion was "the fath erhood of God and the brotherhood of man." j But again we see the chrit world drift iiit; awnv frrn this r-liglmi of ' simplicity, waging wirs in defetue of j P'ftty differences. 1 quisitien. of tle r-c ' and nil the torfuri name of him who su '.. rortd o" th- ill , tile tl'UITlh HcreW inflicted in the I ' ' T.o e j.oir on fies. TrS cf Tr"h 'rvives. But down tlif.'iiirh all the centuries error and misdeeds ran the thread C. H. PIERCE This is C. II. Pierce & Son, reliable real estate denlers of Med ford. They are doing an extensivo business, based on "square dealing." Tou ua n depend on them to give you reliable information ou investments in Med ford and The Rogue River Valley. Located upstairs in the Miles building. ANTI-TRUST E FederalSupremeCourt Holds that Unions Can be Held for Dam ages Under Clause. WASHINGTON, Feb. 3. That a ace tion of the. anti-trust law awarding complainants three times the amount of damage sustained by a combination in restraint of the interstate trade, can be invoked to prevent a boycott by or ganized labor, wus held today in a de cision by the supreme court of the Unit ed States in the case of Lowe and com pany, hat manufacturers of Danbury, Conn, vs. Martin Lawler and 200 other members of the United Hatters of Union City. The decision revised the holding of the United States eircuit court of ap peals. HEAVY SHIPMENTS CAUSE BIG SLUMP IN WHEAT CHICAGO, Feb. 3. Exceedingly heavy shipments from Argentina caused a slump in wheat today to the amount of over 9,000,000 bushels. The market opened with a flood of selling orders, which continued throughout the day. At itmcs the market was almost demoral ized. Prices steadied somewhot just before the close. of truth, the spirit Ood idea that rest ed upon no form, no creed nor ritual, and the clergy hare clung with tenac ity to the old superstitions and have been the last to give ground. Tbey were sincere and zealous, but the re sults of their mistakes were none the less terrible. They are the dark pages in history. Now, Brother Renter, we are here liv ing in the 20th century, and in spite of evil prophesv the world is growing better. We are building asylums for ( 1 ht- poor and unfortunate; we are more humane to those nlin have broken the law; we are viewing Ut datid Christian ity in a broader and more comprehen sive light. Does it not hark back toward the middle ages to nay that the er at or of the universe tie' od who shap d the myriad worlds and holds the waters in the hollow of his hands is it not belittling thi d'-itv to snv that He would bo offended nt a few young people in Med ford moving in the circling waltz to three fourths timet Ymi would not condemn marching at 12 time. Why should this difference '! teMl'.o offend th" IfM of tj uni verse! And. to reproduce upon the stage some act that has transpired in life this, too, is an offonsof Golden Rule Still Lives. , My brother, things are cnanging , at Jnif religion, but the material LAW OUR FOR STRIKES & SON REAL ESTATE DEALERS COMMERCIAL CLUB j ELECTION TONIGHT! The anjuul election of officers of the Al I'd ford Commercial club will be held tonight. The meeting was adjourned last October to the tlrst .Monday iu February. So far as kuowu, there is no slate in the field, and no one is run ning for office. President Perry is not a candidate for re-electiou, and Profes sor Nnrregau refuses a second term, as secretary. Many new members are ex pc-cted to eotno iu. EXCURSION TO CALIFORNIA ARRANGED FOR FIFTEENTH Owing to the necessity of giving the stnto ruilroad commission ten days' no tice of the reduced rate, the excursion will leave Mud ford Sunday February 16, at 10:35 a. m., instead of February 11, as planned. Enough have signified their intention of going to in mi re the excursion. Names should be left at the depot. . The low rate of (31.35 a round trip, with stopovers as you please within the limit of the ticket, which will be 30, da vs. has been arranged for. Evervone ' desiring to go should advise the local agent, so that sleeping space may be pro vided for all. See San Francisco rising from the ruins, likewise San Jose; visit Del Monte and Pacific Orove, Santa Br bara, Lob Angeles, Pasadena, Riverside, Rcdlands, Catalina islands; see the old j wells, the ocean the flying fibb ridt in the glus sbottom boats: see the bot- torn of the ocean, the stock farms nround Bakersfleld, the great raisin belt ing of the Butte Creek company, a gov at Fresno, the irrigated San Joaquin eminent exhibit, wns not the one re- valley, all for u ver ylow rate of fare, , I Raisuli Promises to Free Caid McLean. J LONDON, Feb. 3. A government to-: know nothing of the Tillamook enso un egTnm from the British charge d'uf- til 'WHI, when he received instructions faires at ftTngior is to the effect thut from Hull and special agent Oroen in Raisuli. the bandit chief, has promised I regard to it. He did not remember a to bring in Caid Sir Hurry McLean to day, exactly seven months from the ti up he was taken prisoner by Raisuli. trnppinga. A few years ago our prede cessor! believed in a devil with a tail, but time has worn it off and the ology baa now given us a very respectable-looking devil (barring a little de fect in the feet). As to my five essentials, on which you seem to havo rested your case, does not instruction include religious us well ng secular knowledge! In the cemetery of the past lie buried the nivriad gods that ruled through the long enturies of night. In the forest's shade is heard no more t he Dryad s solemn chant. The stream sripple down their ouiet wooily way to the sea, but no Naiads bathe. Thor and din no longer rule the realms of the north. The, gods have gone from high Olvmpin. and , Venus, whose heart beat with love f, ? a thousand years, now sleeps in dull, j coll marble. Along the baftWs of the; Nib. Ills nn lri;."T wind -ring, weeps j for the dead Osiris. Th- throne of I Monition is deerted: hushed are tin! thunders of Sinai. The nivth ;ind sn prstit ions that chin; to sweet rili.; ion rind made it a rhuo.odv of wrd are a No of the past; but truth jfill live and from the din and tumult of th past wo still hear a gentle voico A ing: " Inasmuch as ve hav ilme it nnto one of the least of these mv brethren, ye have done it nnto me. " KD A NDKE'.V?. TILLAMOOK LAND FRAUDS RESURRECTED Heney Introduces Evidence to Prove that Hall Favored Wealthy Defendants PORTLAND, Feb. a. Tbe Tillamook luud grabbing case wus resurrected by the prosecution in the John. 11. Iloll caie for the purpose, Francis J, Heney explains, of showing that Hall us Unit ed States district attorney, tried to pro tect tbe influential defendants, us he i alleged to have in the case of the Butte Crook Lood, Livestock k Lum ber company, for which he is now on trial, charged with conspiracy. Kdwtn Mays, who was co-defendant with Hall, but who wus discharged for lnck of evidence against him, testified today to a map showing the illegal fenc- ceived by Hall, who was his former chief, iluys testified favorably to Hall in other ways today, and said that be U-onversntion with Chnrles K. Hays. Heney introduced Charles K. Hnyn, Kdwurd X. Dcudy and S. C. Spencer. Hays testified that he wns introduced to Mays and Spencer in 1901, and pre sented data nnd nsked that information be file dngainst the men concerned in the alleged Tillamook conspiracy and that after a conference with Hays, be wns referred to Hall, Heney announced during the recess that In would have the indictment pend ing against Hays dismissed. Heady also testified to facts which tend to show that Mays and Hall had been advised of conditions in Tillamook. Loft Bride in Six Days. K tSKMUHd. Or.. Teh. X Lulu and Walter Smith lived together just six days tifter tlnr ninrnag-- in Josephine county. July 'SA, lit'"!, according to the ci'inplaint of the former, who has been t.'rant'il a divorce in the Circuit court here. Mr. Sintih alleged that her hus band de-e rted loT Jlllv 'MK lt'H. at Wend) i eg. I-.mic county. Firt- Pnow in Portland. POWTLAND. P b. X Th" first real -now of the winter is falling here to day Mrnv Tnlurcd in Collision. PITTSftriMI. Peli. 3.- Many wnr in juri'd, s'-veral erioufly, when two street cars collide! on the Hinithfield bridge, A score iiuirM merlicnl attention. A J. fectite braTia wf tbe eaoa. KING CARLOS OF PORTUGAL ASSASSINATED Premier Franco Re signs and Man u el Becomes King Crown Prince Killed. LISBON, Fib. :t. King Carlos uud tho crown prince were unsaasiiiated Sat urday. Three of the regicides who par ticipated iu the deed were themselves instantly killed by the soldiers guard ing the royal carriage, while one who was placed under arrest committed sui cide in prison. The king's second son, mauuel, became king. It is charged that, one of the inur dirers was a Spnninrd named Cordo va. The names uf the others are un known. The royal family were return ing from Villa Vicosa, where they hud been sojourning. The carriage had ar rived at the I'oruer of the Brndo d Commereio and Kuado nrseiuil, when the assassination took place. The ns- sessiiis suddenly sprang toward the car riage ami, leveling carbines, which they had concealed upon them, fired, mor tally wounding the king and crown prince ami slightly wounding the. king's second sou, Prince Manuel. The king and crown prince, upon whom the attack wns directed, were each shot three times and they lived only lung enough to be curried to the mariue arsenal near by, where they ex pired. Almost at the first shot the king fell back ou the ciiHhious, uud at tint same mo incut the crown prince wns seen to half rise and then sing back on the seat, (ueen Amelia attempted to shield tier sou, out. railed, and had a narrow escape. Premier Franco has relinquished pow er, and u new cabinet litis b i formed with Admirul IVrriera Do Amaril as president in place of the late dictator Franco. He has agreed to a step calcu lated to pacify hostile public opinion at the time when only a spark is nced- d to inflame the whole country and hurl it headlong to revolution. Nev ertheless, it in" believed that Frnrico will still be the'"inau of jmwer" but bis official prerogatives, ut least, are shorn of real authority. At the opening sension of the new council held today King Kmantiel II appeared before the ministers and In a voice vibrant with emotion said: "1 nine yet without experience, either in science or in politics. I place myself entirely iu your hands, needing and believing in your patriotism and wis-, dom." Arrests are being made by the whole sale of nil suspicious persons under po- - f 2 W . t .) V,-:t GLORIA DABB, PUBLICITY IS CURE FOR TRUST ILLS Commissioner Smith Says Public Opinion Corrects Corporate Abuses at Once. WASHINGTON, Keb. 3. Public at tention has been prompt and efficient iu the correction of commercial evils, when those evils are stated spescifically This is one conclusion readied by Her bert. Knox Smith, commissioner of cor porations, us expressed in his annual report of the operations of tho bureau of corporations made public today. "Thus," says Commissioner Smith, "tlie experience of tho bureau seems to point logically to the need fur exten sion of siihc results by the creation of i a general administrative system of su j pervision of interstate corporations,, iwhich shall give in substant iallv the same fore as is furnished now fur a f in corporations the essential facts relating to all great interstate corporations." The repor.t says that the time ts ripe for such a system for corporate combin ation, as tin economic necessity, and that it is not the existence of industrial power, but its misuse that is the veal problem. TWO KILLED, MANY HUET IN WRECK IN MICHIGAN DKTItOlT, l-'eb. X A Wabash pasMen-ger-eiistbound and a Consolidated Chi cago & Ht. Louis were wrecked near Britton, a station 47 miles from here,. Inst night, probably by a broken raiL Two women passengers were killed and :t4 persons injured, including a number of theatrical people. The injured were brought to hospitals hero by a relief train. KirNBUItV, Pa., Keb. 3. Heveu were killed and a hul fa do.en injured by the explosion of a boiler in the rolling; mill of-Van Allen & Co. at North I'm berland, nunr here. POUT LAND, I'Vb. 3. Fire this morn inn In the hiiihliiiu' nt 01 mA U'A Prmit street damaged Pease lee Brothers print ing plant, P. Xirnmermun, wholesale liounrs. nnd id (mm. anil tmunrfil nl hi.i- smuller establishments, and the building, $30,000. Tho building was owned by ft. H. Huston. lice surveillance. Up to 4:30 o'clock this afternoon there was no recurrencn of disorders in Lisbon. The Portuguese frfontier is being closely guarded to prevont tho escape of suspects. There is a strict eonsorsbip upon all outgoing telegraph messages. - :r - vyi II ! J, OPERA IIOUBB TONIOIIT.
