"Apple and Pear Orchards In The Rogue River Valley Pay $1,000 Per Acre Annually
Qtltedford Mly Oflntne.
MEDFORD'S BAPIP GBOWTH
Year End in Petoffice Bank Popu-
January, Receipt. Depuniut. lt'n.
14 5.244.11) asi.soo &iix
1145 S.5U!.Si 477.000
1906 6.407.13 6OS.0U0 3.1W
1)7 8.250.UI 955.000 4.200
law it im e& i T'l) noo r,.:tno
THE WEATHER.
Showers tonight ami Wednes
da v.
Associated Press Dispatches,
VOL. II.
MED FORD, OR., TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 15)08.
NO. 300
MNITf
F
SAYS HENEY
ProseGutor Denies Having
Made Promises to Chief
Grafter in the Sixty-Five
Thousand Word Affidavit
BATH FOR RUE
SAN FRANCISCO, March 10. A
voluminous affidavit, comprising 05,000
words, was filed in the superior court
this morning by F. J. Heney. TbiB Is
an answer to affidavits previously pre
mm ted by attorneys for the defense in
the effort to have Abe Ruef's indict
ment annulled on the ground that Ruef
was promised immunity by the prose
cution. Heney denies that Ruef was
ever promised immunity but was given
to understand that he must aceept sen
tence for extortion and that no request
for leniency would be granted in the
extortion eases unless Ruef furnished
corroborative evidence; that Rabbi Nie
to declared that he believed that Ruef
should receive some punishment and
that Heney refused absolutely to con
sider the draft of an immunity con
tract drawn by Ruef.
Henry Ach states Heney freely ad
mitte that Ruef had no chanco to es
cape conviction in the Home Telephone
' bribery charges, and he urged his
client to accept the best terms he could
yet from the prosecution; that Ach de
clared to Heney that Ruef would impli
cae some big people, specifically men
tioning Calhoun, Ford and Herrin, that
midnight meeting with Judges Lawler
( and Dunne was suggested by Rabbi
Nieto, and that no promise of immu
nity was secured from either judge;
that habeas corpus proceedings to de
termine the legality of the elisorship
were dismissed because of Ruef's fear
that, he would be killed at the in
stance of the "higher ups," if placed
in the sheriff's custody, QdJ that Ruef
informed newspaper men the day that
be contested that he expected to serve
a term in prison, and that Heney re
fused to have further to do with Ruef
when convinced that the latter was
lying.
District Attorney Langdon also filed
an affidavit admitting writing an agree
ment, but asserts that Ruef broke the
contract.
Owing to the absence of Judge Dunne
nothing was accomplished iu securing
the liberty of former Mayor Scbmitz.
It is expected to secure the consent of
the judge to allow the filing of a re
mitt it 11 re from the supreme court.
Sehiuitz's counsel mate that if Dunne
is not present tomorrow, they will go
before the supreme court to ask a writ
compelling the immidute release of
Kchmit..
'She is n musician of first rank." "
"She i an artist of high rank." "
house. "She will have a full lo'iuc
plays old melodies in inch n way as
en. " "The audience were uncmisin
Sutton played.' O
MRS. WAYMERE GETS
FOUR MONTHS IN JAIL
FOR BLACKMAIL PLOT
Woman Recently Convicted of Trying
to Blacken Mayor Lane's Reputation
Is Sentenced with Radding to Multno
mah County Bastile.
rfil?TT.AVn Mr.rch 10. Mm Tlell
Waymire was sentenced to four months
and E. E. Radding to bix months' im
prisonment in the county jail today.
The couple were recently convicted of
conspiring to ruin the character of
Mayor Lane by having him discovered
in a compromising position witn tne
woman.
DUNBAR KEPT ALL FEES
PAID INTO HIS OFFICE
8ALEM, March 10. The past week
has been occupied with the suit of the
state against F. I. Dunbar, secretary of
state for eight years, brought by Dis
trict Attorney John H. McNary and L.
H. MacMahon to recover about $100,000
of fees collected during his term of of
fice. It is charged by his counsel, Clyde
Fulton of Astoria, that tho suit is of a
political nature, and he has treated it
us a persecution until he has arouse the
ire of Judge Galloway to that extent
that very sensntional developments are
awaited. A warrant has been issued
that will bring Dunbar into court with
his private records, or what remains of
them, for the defense has alleged iu an
nflldavit that the records were destroy
ed. The political feature grows out of
the fact that in IW2 when Dunbar ac
cepted a renomination tho platform of
his party pledged him to aceept a flat
salary and turn ul) his fees and perquis
ites received under some thirty odd sec
tions of the statutes into the state
treasury. He was able to prevent the
legislaturo from enacting the flat sal
ary law in the session of 1903, and
again in 1905, when he secured an
amendment to the flat salary law pre
venting it going into operation until
after his term expired in li00.
The disclosures of the first week,
which were ail secured against violent
protests on the part of Fulton, that the
trial was a farce and a fraud, which
Dunbar treuted a a joke und sought in
every way to dismiss and limit the in
vestigation, were a surprise to the de
fense, and the case is todny attracting
more attention than uny matter of liti
gation that has come up in the hisory of
tho state.
Tho evidence shows that during the
two terms of defendant he received and
retained more than $!tG,000, no part of
which was ever accounted for.
OREAT BRITAIN ADVISES
JAPAN TO ARBITRATE
TOKIO, March 10. According to a
well authenticated report, when the
British government was informed of
Japan's announcement to take 14 inde
pendent action," to British foreign of
fice asked fount Koinura, Japanese am
bassador, what would be the post ion of
Japan and (ireat Drilain, covering the
(question of war between Japan and
any other nation. Koimira was unable
j to give any information and asked the
j foreign office here for information. The
attitude of Great Britain is an unex-
' peeled phase to the question. It is un
derstood Creat Britain is advising arbi
tration. iMrs.H.T.Sutton
I I. Mir l'rini'ip.'il K. hriol nf Mu-I'otni-r
TniviTHity, Bwli
:iny. I.inrolu, .'flnik:i.)
Will Entertain with her Piano
:it tin-
Christian Church
Wed., March II
at 8 p. m.
Tickets at the Doom. Ad
missionChildren 2.rjc, Adults
3rc.
Mr. Sutton :ilw:iys Mflf-i-ts
JlifCCS. "
What They Say:
"Mrs. Sutton is capable of
taking her place among the
best musicians."
Her tniisic.'ile wns a rare treat."
The wild fury f the storm filled the
the next tune she ajtjM-ars." "She
to bring tears to the eves of listeri
iii't raised out of their seats as Mrs.
ANARCHIST
ES
Half Famished Man
Holds
Up Omaha Banker With
Vial of Supposed Nitro
Glycerine for $6,000.
OMAHA, March 10. At 10 o'clock
this morning an unknown uuarchist en
terod the Merchants National buuk in
this city, and demanded a lurge sum of
money, at tho sanie time displaying a
bottle believed to contain nitro glycer
ino, and threatened to blow up the
bank if his request wus not complied
with.
The man tulked in a rambling man
ner, about having hud $5000 in the Na
tional Bunk of Commerce in Kansas
City when it fiuled. 14 And since you
fellows are all in together, ou had just
better hand me over my money, or 1 'II
blow you and this bank und all of us
to hell," suddenly said the fellow pro
ducing the three ounce bottle contain
ing a thick yellow liquid.
Vice 'resident Drake Raid he would
go and get the money but the fellow
commanded him not to make a move or
he would drop the bottle. Drake sat
down again, and told the stranger that
he would talk it over with him. The
man agreed, all the time keeping the
bottle in his hand. The fellow said he
hud been 4S hours without food, so
Drake suggested that they go ami get
something to eat. The man mtid, "All
right, but don't try any monkey busi
ness, or you're a dead man."
President Hamilton of the bank over
heard enough of the conversation to
enable him to grasp the situation and
he telephoned the police and with two
plain cloths men followed Drake and
the anarchist to u nearby restaurant.
Detectives slipped up behind the
man us he sat there, und pinioned his
arms relieving him of the bottle before
be knew what was up. The bottle wtw
sent to a chemist for examination.
PROBING BRIBERY BY
HOLLAND BOAT CO.
WASHINGTON, March 10. Hpeciul
house committee appoitnod by Speaker
Cannon at request of Representative
Lilley to "Investigate the conduct of
Electric Boat company of New Jersey
by said companies connection with the
past or proposed legislation bfore con
gress," began investigation today, Lil
ley was the first witness in order to
place his facts before the committee.
Chairman Boutell asked Lilley if he
were ready to go ahead with his facts,
but latter was not prepared to proceed
as he had not secured an attorney. He
however submitted a tinnier of docu
ments to t he committee tllilf he had
been shadowed by detectives and that
in order to have shadowing stopjied lie
would ash to have summoned three
t operatives connected with the local do
jtoetive agency. He stated that he did
not wish to be firt witness and asked
I tn be allowed to nume the manner in
which witnesses should be culled. Hon
telle stated that Lilley must first tell
what he knows and in order to permit
him to procure an attorney the commit
tee adjourned until Thursday morning.
PORTLAND ATHLETE WINS
RECORD AT GEORGETOWN
WASHINGTON. Match I'riuen
'ton university won the trophy dip with
; :i total of I" points at the tenth annual
( Georgetown indoor games Saturday.
I The feat nre was the breaking of the
, indoor record in the ."o vard hurdles, by
1 Korrest Smith-on of the New York Ath
I letir club. Me ran the distance in 0 1 ."
j seconds.
I Smith-on i- a Portland bey. a inein
j her of the Multnomah elnb. ho m-H
j his career while a -Indent at tfce Oregon
Agricultural college m Co?vUit.
Ttzm-JO ALUS HOUftfl
DETOYD f tLAftt
HAN CHAM IS O. March Jo One
of the buildings at the city and county
alms house was burned this ftrrning.
AM of t he L'OO irersoti Here removed
without loss of life, though five are re
ported injured.
OUTRAGES
KENTUCKY BY
Tobacco
Stock Burned,
Negroes Shot and Warn
ed to Leave, Planter's
Son Found Murdered,
BROOKSV1LLE, Ky,, Mnrch 30.
Fifty night riders last night burned IB,
000 pouuds of tobacco belonging to
Hobert S ten ton, one of the wealthiest
planters of this section. The men wore
heavily armed and placed a guurd over
the telephone exchange so no request
should be sent to men ut other points.
They did not burn the warehouse in
which the tobacco was stored.
PADIU'AH, Ky.t March 10. A hun
dred masked night riders went to Bir
mingham, Marpel county, last night
and shot six negroes, one fatally. They
whipped five others and took possession
of the town and shot into negro cab
ins, warning 25 negroes to leave town.
Tho raid followed warnings two weeks
ago to nil negroes to leave Birming
ham. CLARKKVILLE, Tenn., March 10.
Near Woodford, 15 miles from here.
Brown Bennett, on of an association
tobacco raiser, was found dead early
this morning with a bullet hole iu his
head. Near Bennett were two dead
horses and three empty shot guns. It
is believed tluit Bennett was attacked
by night riders.
HENDERSON, Ky., March 10. Wil
liam Bradshaw, n farmer living ut the
edge of this city, this morning found
u note warning him against, employing
negroes. It was signed, "The Thirty
Five," The note wa-s accompanied by
u bundle of switches, a mutch and some
cartridges.
BRYAN AND JOHNSON
FIGHT FOR MINNESOTA
WASHINGTON', March 10. None of
the Democratic senators regard the ac
tion of the Minnesota Democratic com
mittee in indorsing Governor Johnson as
a serious blow to the prospects of Wil
liam J. Bryan 's nomination for the pres
idency in Denver next July. While the
leaders will not discuss the ipiestion for
publication, speaking privately they say
that thet Bryan men in Minnesota made
a serious mistake in opposing the in
dorseiiieuf of Johnson. They believe it
would have been more gnu-ions on Mr.
Bryan's part to allow the Minnesota del
egation to be instructed for Johnson as
a favorite son.
NEBRASKA STATE PEN
HUGE OPIUM DEN
LIVOIA. March Ht. The Nebraska
penitentiary is not a reformatory but a
huge opium den. according to It. K.
(irit'l'en. prison iugeon in a lepor!
which he has just made to Governor
Sheldon. Of the C!l prisoners confined
between I'lO ;hmI I'm are additccd to the
morphine habit. According to Dr.
(irilt'cii the prisoners are regularly sup
plied with t lie morphine, by mils id '
persons wli.iie identity is unknown.
BELGIAN TO OPPOSE
CONCESSIONS TO LEOPOLD
lilM'SSKI.S. Match l"t. Mini-ler of
State Heel-heart lias decided to oppose
the treatv :tnn'ing th' ''ongo iinlr-pcn
but xi.-iicu to Belgium nti account of
elanse- grunting recognition to private
I'onccskioiis ;i lift providing ' grant of
fen million dollar to King Leopold.
The perfection Bei-rln-art may mean the
defeat of tin treaty.
HAKRT ORCHARD PLEADS
GUILTY OF MURDER
rALDWT.LL. Idaho. March in. -liar
rv Orchard, this morning, before Judge
Wood, withdrew his former plea of not
'.niiltv entered by order of court, when
lie stood mute at the first Arraignment,
and entered pba of guilty to murder
of former Coventor Sfeuneiiberg. Judge
I Wood wiffWntenep him on MnreCHI.
NIGHT RAIDERS
HOPKINS ELECTED
FIRST MAYOR OF
CENTRAL POINT
Owner of Snowy Butte Orchard Chief
Executive of Neighboring City
Hatfield, Jacobs, Moore, . Kyle and
Pattison Councilman.
At the city election held at Central
Point ycBterday Fred 1L Hopkins, own
er of tho Snowy Hut to orchard, was
elected mayor by a four to one vote
over Wnyman Warner. The total vote
numbered 110, of which Mr. Hopkins
received 91 and Mr. Wurner 23.
The couucilmen elected nre: L.
Hatfield, J. W. Jacobs, G. 8. Moore,
Robert Kyle and 8. A. Pattison, T. M.
Witten was eletced treasurer and T. M.
Jones and Fred Parker tied on the of
fice of recorder. .
The result is looked upon as a victory
for the progresivo element of the
town aud means a good water system
and other municipal improvements dur
ing the present year.
PLAGUE RATS FOUND
IN SAN FRANCISCO
SA X FT? A XCTSt'O, Mnrch 10.
Plague ruts it was renorted today have
beeu found in various parts of Hun
Francisco at Golden Gate avenue near
Franklin street, North Beuch iu the
Mission, western addition, and in the
burned district. Bacteriologists say
there has been a very large increase in
the number of fleas since last week.
Word lius been received from E. H.
Hurriman of the Southern Pacific rail
road, directing the officials of that
company to cooperate with tho citizens'
health committee.
ASHLAND A FRIEND OF
UNIVERSITY OF OREOON
The Ashland Commercial club has
passed a resolution indorsing the Uni
versity of Oregon appropriation bill and
pledging support, to the measure at the
polls on June 1. The university Iiiin
many friends in this part of Southern
Oregon and there will be little or no
opposition to the bill in this section.
Ashland has always been represented by
a large number of students at Kugene,
and the feeling here is very favorable
to the imiversitv.
ALFONSO BOUND TO VISIT
DEN OF MALCONTENTS
BAHCKLONA, March 10. General
(.inures, Captain General of Catalona,
expresses confidence that the visit of
Alfonso to Barcelona will puss off safe
ly. His majesty is expected tomorrow.
Novert heless, the authorities are spar
ing no precautions to safeguard his maj
esty. The danger, if any, comes from
anarchist wing of Curlistn, not from re
publicans.
MA I If 1 1). March 10. It developed
here today that the section of the Span
ish ministry bitterly opposed Alfonso's
going to Barcelona, describing ns a
' ' wasps ' nest, ' ' but t he king, with a
display of old Bourbon courage, lias re
fused to be dissuaded.
BAIJCKLONA, March 10. King Al
phoii.so arrived today. No disturbance
of any kind marke his in-rival. He
was given a warm r plion. The king
will hold a reeept ion a I 4 o 'clock to
lay at the home of General Linn lies,
at which the otlict rs of A nst ra1i will
be present. The town is decorated 111
h tionov. Tire p.,1 h id dieiilte
keeping the king from being showered
with flowers by young Spanish women.
HUSBAND'S SUICIDE
CAUSES WIFE'8 DEATH
S. X FI!A N't 'lSt O, March K-TI.e
shock of her husband com mit t i tig ni
cide yesterday caused the death of Mrs.
Charles . licilnnll nt 1 1n I ent i al Kao-r
Kcii.-y h"ot:i1 today. She had b-en
-dek with ery-Hpela". Her hn-band
thought lie ImJ cunt i inter) iea-e and
Uilied liilllct'.
RAILROAD TRAFFIC
SHOWS BIG INCREASE
XKW V'oliK. March !'. Knilmnd
rn
f t ic liroiighout tin- count ry is in
rising. Twenlv thousand more cars
i-e in er iee during rVhrtuirv than
January, tl gh the number of idle
concerns the railroad malingers, as
re is a surplus of .!;(,
Raymond Hithcoclc on Trial.
NKW VOKK. March 10. The trial of
liavniotid Hiteheock, the atcor, began
this morning, lie is being tried on an
mdietiiient growing out of chnrges pre
ferred by a 1" year old girl.
GATHERING
OF
Tom Richardson to Speak
at Development League
Tohight The "Drifters"
Also Here.
Tonight at tho Commercial club
rooms, Torn Richardson, chief booster
of the Portland Commercial club, and
head of the Oregon Development league,
will meet the business men and boosters
of Medford. He will tell of the work
being done to advertise Oregon east
and advise with the local club regard
ing plans for promoting publicity for
the Bogue Kivor valley.
Mr. Richardson arrived this uonu
from Ashland and will leave tomorrow
for other points. Every one interested
in Medford und its. future is requetsed
to be ou hand tonight.
This afternoon n special cur, contain
ing "the Drifters," an organization of
good fellows from Portland, Spokane
and Seattle, arrived to see Medford and
iiispetc this part of the world, with
John C. Lewis us a guide.
Those in the Drifters' party nre:
II. C. Bowers, manager of the Hotel
Portland, Portland; r S. Morris, capi
talist, Portland; Win. Stickney, mining
and realty broker, Port hind; Dr. Wil
cox; W. II. Ilurlbert, manager of the
Oregon Water Power Co.; J. C. Lewis
und Wm. Norman, proprietor of the Ho
tel Spokane, Spokane, Wnsh.
INSANE SWEDE TRIES
TO KILL KING HAAKON
CHIilSTlANIA, March in. A Swede
apparently insane, fusil hided Royal
Ca-stle here with a rifle at noon today.
He fired, altogether, several shots which
crashed through the windows ami em
bedded themselves iu the hitrinr walls
of th easlle. The man wus promptly
seized by the police and disarmed. At
the police station he deidared t hut it
was his intention to kill King Hnnknn,
Ho had still 40 or 50 cartridges in his
pocket. The king und Gjuccn Maud
are absent from the castle.
TWENTY-ONE FUNERALS
OF CHILDREN ARE HELD
CLEVELAND. March lu. -Twenty-one
little caskets were placed beneath
the ground in th Collinwood cemetery
today. Of these 17 contained bodies of
unidentified children who lost their lives
in the burning of the Lakoview school
last Wednesday. Funeral services were
held ut 10 o 'clock today in eight
churches iu memory of the missing ones.
Following this a public meuiorial serv
ice was held ut the temporary morgue,
when the L'l caskets lav in a row.
CURRY COUNTY MAY VOTE
ON LOCAL OPTION AGAIN
A petition is being circulated through
out Curry county calling for an election
to vol e ago i li on the I hp tor cpiesl ion.
The county has been dry and the thirsty
ones are seeking mi easier way of ob
tiiiliilig tle-ir Ijipio)- (loin the present
one. bv -In-' or scl r.
HARRY ORCHARD'S TRIAL
TO COMMENCE TUESDAY
BolSE, March In. Harry On-hard,
cliaigtil with the murder of ex Gov
ernor Frank Mennenberg. u j . tnkeu
from tin- stale p nih ntnm to t'uhlwcll
tomorrow :ui.) the cue called tor trial.
C'loues School for Children.
VelK i It-. Ohio. Match The
large public school at Kmpirc is cloxed
until I lie board of e.lu- at ieii makes tie'
all eral ions neces-arv for 1 he safety of
the children by order of the mayor.
Three Firemen Injured,
i IIH Aim, March 1". - . -cote of
firemen were injured, three perhaps fa
lallv, in a fire here early t"dav which
destroyed Apollo hall. a t hrce story
Ht met lire at 1 "J Island n en ue. The
cause ih unknown. The damage is esti
mated at s:.,oti(l.
Milwaukee School Vacated.
MII.WAI KEK. Moich 10.-The
third tloor of the 10 Milwaukee public,
schools have been ordered ncnted be
cause of the absence of fire escapes.
This action is by order of the mayor.
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