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DISPATCHES
THIRD YEAR.
MEDFORD, OR., WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, IPOS.
NO. .':
DUNN ORDERED ROAD BUILT BUT WILL NOT P
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COUNTY COMMISSIONERS REPUDIATE
I INDEBTEDNESS THAT THEY INCURRED
PETITION FOR COUNTY ROAD
LOST 1
futile Efforts Made by Residents to SeGure Highway From Eagle
f Point to Brownsboro- Road Supervisor Vestal Deprived of Mon-
ey-Cominissioner Brown Systematically Ignored for Two Years
Acting under instructions of County
'Judge (icorgo W. Dunn and the hoard
'of county commissioners. Road Super-
visor J. S. Vestal of Kagle Point did
i$241 worth of work on a new road be
tween Brownsboro nntl Ragle Point two
years ago, for which lie has never re
1 reived a cent. So that Mr. Vestal, who
is a poor man, will be protected, County
I' Commissioner George Drown has agreed
i to pay the bill out of his own pocket,
t if I he county commissioners continue
to refuse to pay thai which thoy
i agreed to pay.
I . v Moanwhilc the people of the vast
V . district from Kagle Point to Browns
I; bnro and beyond are without ft county
I' road, and seemingly cannot secure one,
t matter how many petitions they sign,
? .ir how many visits they make to Juck
iir,V pouvillo tn get something done. Pay
; juent is refused for work already done,
; iiiul petitions for a new road favorably
.v reported upon are mysteriously lost. For
yearB petitions have been piling hi, bur
no comity rond results.
Mr. Brown Ignored.
,a County Judge Dunn and County Com-
i missioner Patterson form a majority
" of the board of county commissioners
nnd always act together. Mr. Brown
has l-ceii allowed to attend the inect
! ingsbnt that is about all, as tho other
; two members of the board net as a unit
; togainst him. Consequently whatever
. Air. Brown championed or desired was
5 turned down regardless of its merits,
r Brown might just as well have been a
I ' resident of some other county, so far
t n ftnv voire in this county's affairs
t goes, during the last two years.
f Several petitions for a road in the
7 Brownsboro section have been turned
t in, but because it was in Mr. drown'
neighborhoiMl, favorable net ion failed
? to follow. A petition, which was
t. ' drawn up by A. .1. Fh.rey, postmaster
' nt Englo Point, and reported favor
!' ably upon by S. A. Carlton and Jack
I . True as viewers, has mysteriously dis
( appeared. When first presented last
f I Hummer it was laid away until the next
k term, after examination. At the next
t:' - term it was again laid away, although
t- the commissioners agreed that the road
was badly needed. In the meantime
.v came the bank holidays, during which
, , the board held no sessions, and when
6- . I tho board again met the petition could
be found nowhere,
r History of Brownsboro Road,
r t There is tin county road between
f 3 Knglo Point and Hrownsboio. Several
f: II petitions for such n road were received
1 -;i over two years ago. One was headed
j. ) by Mr. Il'owlit, another one was got-
ten up by S. It. Holmes. To this sec-
j- "J ond petition remonstrance was gotten
f. ' up through misrepresentation by FJi
T ': Dnyhnek, who represented that the
' route selected ran over sticky flat, an
L undesirable locat ion.
Harry Carlton and Frank Brown then
c secured d'2 signers to a petition for a
road between Kagle Point and Browns-
bnro, which entitnineil the names of
j many of the signers of the former rc-
,t monstrance. This was in the spring of
Iftofi, and in order that the mad work
might be done in the spring of the year
i ...... t tn idow nnd cheao-
i woe a n " ' '- i
-st to construct, the county court and
1 commissioners sanctioned th building
I of the new road and ordered Road Su
pervisor Vestal in begin construction
before the road was view.d, in take ad
vantage of the season.
Viewers Report Adversely.
In tho construction of this road.
i i ommissioner iirown m;iM .
wl. He drove his own team and never
i fh.irir.xl tlw ..otintv :i rent, and did
. t: other work at his own cxpen-e,
i After the rond had 1 n partially
? Imilt W. C. Haily nnd .lack True, as
J viewers, reported ndverselv up'n 1 1"
site selected, claiming that a better
J place nnild have been chon. lie
' cause of the viewers' n tiin, when set
? tlement was made with Vest;il, nil of
tlie time that he had exjtended on this
' road, amounting to 'JII, was ddiuti'd
from his wages, although the work had
been authorized by the enmity commis
sinners and dime under their direction,
llr. Daily, by the way, although ap
pointed a ft disinterestf d viewer, had
aigned rem.iiiatritiKe to this route, on
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MYSTERIOUSLY
original petition.
During the winter following, Commis
sioner Brown barricaded both ends of
the road, as it was over private prop
erty. However, tho people of the re
gion needed a road so badly that they
threw down the barricades nnd tho rond
was traveled all winter. Notwithstnnd
ing the action of the viewers, tho site
selected for this road is by far the
most practical, and tho best natural
location to avoid tho sticky and is to
day traveled to the exclusion of the for
mer route.
Petition Mysteriously Disappears.
Mr. Florey then drew up another pe
tition for n rond, which Messrs. Carl
ton and True reported favorably upon
the proposed location, but stated that
the cost of construction would be very
expensivo. Judge Dunn and Commis
sioner Patterson viewed tin proposed
road themselves and then the petition
was laid nwuy. This is tho petition
which has mysteriously disappeared.
Mr. Vestal is entitled to his wages
for work performed upon tho road.
County Judge Dunn admits that Mr.
Vestal did the work under the commis
sioners' individual instructions. There
is little doubt that ho can recover the
amount by suing the county court. Mr.
Vestal, howovor, is a poor man and can
not afford tho loss, heneo Commissioner
Brown has guaranteed him against loss,
and if Vestal cannot get the money
from the county court Mr. Brown will
pay it out of his own pockets.
Judge Dunn's Methods.
The whole transaction throws ni
strong sidelight on the methods pur
sued by County Judge Dunn in the con
duct of his office, showing the parsim
ony which often leads to injustice for
the sake of a false economy. Only on
a technical (piibble is payment for Ves
tal s work refused.
The worst feature of the ease is the
futility of the efforts of Kagle Point
and Brownsboro people to secure a road.
Petition after petition has piled in,
with no apparent result. When work
on a mad is begun, payment is re
fused. When a favorable report is re
ceived, it gets lost mysteriously. Mean
while nothing is done and the people
of a large district are left to flounder
over the sticky as best they may.
Brown Best Roadbuilder.
Commissioner Patterson and Judge
Dunn have systematically ignored Com
missioner Brown in the management of
county affairs for two years, although
Mi. Brown is called by good judges a
better roadbuilder than cither Patter
son or Dunn, as shown by his construc
tion of the county highway in front
of the courthouse, running north, built
:in years ago and still the best road in
the county. Mr. Brown's many friends
deeply resent the slights piled upon him
while he has been endeavoring to serve
the eountv.
TO THE VOTERS
OF JACKSON COUNTY
j M. M. Taylor has received the demo
Icratic nomination fur County Treasurer
! of Jackson county, to be voted for at
! the coming .lime election. This came
j to him wit hunt any solicitation upon
j his part.
Mr. Taylor was born in Jacksonville
I X years ago, of pioneer parents, his
i fataer. S. R. Taylor, having come to
I Jackson county 'u years ago. During
;the past JO years he has been connecte.l
J with the Well known mercantile estab
I lishmeitt of J. Xiiuau. being now a mem
1 her of tin X unan Taylor rompauv.
I If Mr. Taylor did not feel certain that
I his business experience (pialified Him
for the position of county treasurer he
would nnt be willing to a-oonne its re
. ponsibilil ies. He appreciates that the
; duties of the office require competent,
rnf fnl and nonet work and he feels
th:it he is prepared to nNUiuc them nnd
conduct th" office to the nt if art ion of
Hie public, if elected.
House Adopts Lilley Report.
WAsmXiiToX, May Ln. The house
adopted the I.illey investigating com
miltee report, and its conclusion by 11
vote of I'm to s;:; absent, 3-1.
JURY IN RUEP CASE
STILL UNABLE TO AGREE
f
SAX FRANVISCO, May 20.
Tho jury in the Abraham ttnof
graft case wns unable to agree
up to noon, when adjournment
was takeu for lunch. The jury
will come into court again nt -o'clock
this afternoon.
CRATER LAKE TIMBER
OWNERS SUED FOR
$50,000 BY WOMAN
W. B. Mersereau, Wealthy Lumberman,
Accused by Swedish Woman Says
That It Is an Attempt at Blackmail
and That Si 017 Is Falsehood.
V. B. Meserenu of Portland, owner
of a large tract of timber in the Ou
ter Lake district and a brother in-law
of the Wheelers, also large timber-owners,
has been sued for $."iO,000 damages
by ITelga Parrot, formerly an instructor
of gymnastics and calisthenics in Buf
falo, N. V.. in the United States circuit
court. She alleges that the defendant
failed to keep a promiso of marriage
and her health hns been irreparably im
paired. The plaintiff also sets forth that
.Mersereau has euiiHOd her great mental
anguish and blackened her reputation
by the circulation of false reports re
flecting on her good name. Into the
ease are dragged the unines of persons
high in the professional ami social life
of Portland and Xew York, including
Mrs. Natalie Mario Kverard, wife of
the millionaire NVw Vork brewer. The
action gives promise of becoming the
most sensational case of its kind ever
brought tn the attention of the courts
in that city.
Mr. Mersereau alleges that it is an
attempt at blackmail and says the wom
an's storv is n tissue of lies and that
he will fight the case at every step.
BIG MONEY MADE IN
CALIFORNIA COPPER MINES
KESWICK, fal., May 20 Reports
published in English financial papers
show that the profits of the Mountain
I 'upper company, owning the smelter
here and mine at Iron Mountain, were
7."l,i!7n for l!7, against .tlli.7-t"l in
P.iOfi. 70n.spl in 1905, nnd 1,00-1,4 70
in 1!0. Sales of copper in li07 were
.1-107 tons, against 28.14 tons in 1(.0.
and 4.ln tons in 1904.
All this copper came from the Iron
Mountain. It is only during the past
few months that the Hornet mine, as
well as the Iron Mountain, has become
an ore-producer.
EXPLOSION ON GASOLINE
LAUNC; SEVEN DROWNED
MEMPHIS, Tenn., May 20. An ex
plosion in the gasoline tank of a launch
while on the river near Clarendon, Ark.,
last night occurred, drowning seven per
sons. Nine others were rescued. A II
were prominent young people on a
moonlight excursion.
Engineer Goes to Dorr is.
KLAMATH FALLS, Or., May 20.
Chief Engineer II. P. Hoey of the Cali
fornia Northeastern railroad, has moved
his headquarters to Dorris, and is now
transacting all business from that point.
He will divide his time between this
place and the new terminal. His fain
tly will reside in this city during the
summer.
Eery part of the construction Work,
with the eicepiion of tho marsh work,
is moving along splendidly.
Ten Per Cent Commission for Handlers.
With onyl one or two exception, all
the Portland commission dealers have
igm d tin- agreement to charge pi per
rent fOtini4iou on coiooguincul of
eggx, butter, ponttry and dreaded meau.
The agreement will go into effect June
I. Heretofore- the Portland trade has
been working on a ."1 per cent basis,
though it is said that in everv other
cityo 11 the coast U per cent commit
-ion i charged in handling country
produce.
Failed Broker Indicted.
NEW YORK. May 2o.An indict
metit was returned against a nieinb- r of
I lie failed brokerage firm of T. A.
Mi'lntyre & l'o. by the grand jury to
lay. Which memtsr of the firm wn
not specified.
PUTT DENIES
MAE'S STORY
Senator Gives Testimony In His
Own Behalf Against Miss
Wood in Her Divorce Suit.
NEW YORK, May 20. Senator
Thomas C. Piatt went mi.tho witness
stand today to give test imony in his
own behalf iu the ' sensational suit
brought against him by Mae C. Wood,
the Omaha woman who is suing him
for divorce on the at legal ion that he
entered into a marriage contract with
her in l!".
The senator entered the courtroom,
leaning heavily on the arms of two at
tendants. I Matt test ified he was
years old. His first wife died in ItMil.
lie saiil he first met Mae Wood in 1901.
He stated that he never met her in the
Oriental hotel and never asked her at
the Oriental hotel to become his wife,
nor 1 1 id he talk to the plaintiff in No
vember, J90I , about marriage. II is
story Was a complete denial of these
statements, -
A number of letters alleged to have
been written by the senator to M iss
Wood were read, lie denied them. The
senator declared he had not maintained
any improper relations with tho plain
tili'. Senator I'latt testified that he had
paid $10,000 to his sou Frank 11. I'latt
to bring about a settlement id' the suit
brought against him by Miss Wood
through the law firm of Howe & Hum
mel. COPPER COMPANY NOW HAS
ITS SIXTH LOCOMOTIVE
KEXXETT, Cal., May 20 A new
2ti-tou engine has just been received
by the Mammoth Copper company for
use on its system iu the Old Diggings
district. It is a narrow gauge machine
and is the sixth now in use by the com
puny. The company has about '2 miles
of t rackage, not to meiil ion the five
miles of aerial tram.
The oie from the Old Diggings dis
trict is used for flux, nnd is hauled iu
the narrow -gunge cars to the main line
of the Southern Pacific and dumped
into a row of bunkers and I lien loaded
on to standard gauge cars to bo hauled
to the smeller in Keiiuelt. The Maui
moth company built a bridge across the
Sacramento between Keswick ami Cop
ley.
GIRL'S ' 'MERRY WIDOW"
ABLAZE ON HER HEAD
CORNING. X. V.. May 2o. Leaning
over to pick up a veil she had dropped.
Miss Edna Market's "Merry Widow"
hat today touched the flame of an 1111
shaded gas jet and iu an instant was all
ablaze.
It was intended to be Coming's big
gest and urns! dazzling "Merry Wid
ow" and had just reached town from
Xew York. Miss Market was getting
readv to go shopping and astound the
natives with her newest millinery ac
quisition. She was almost prepared for this ex
pedition when t he accident occurred,
and unable to iptickly'extruet the hat
pins, she ran downstairs with her head
seemingly all ablaze. Finally tearing
off the hat, she mothered the flame
with a rug. No greater piece of de
-tlritrtioti in millinery could lie imag
in' d.
Then Miss Market at down and
Wept. She didn't go shopping.
Nasli Hotel Arrivals.
W. II. Barry. D. Godell, Jr.. f ha.
K. Anherd. S. A. Heck. A. A. Rear
don. W. Jack-on. '. It. ( hamplin. G.
A. I'iel. A. Wagner, F. Woo.lard.
J. D. I'.u.-ll, G. I Meicnlf, C. Riagler.
A. T. Kerr and wile, Portland; A.
McArthor and wife. Aberdeen; O. F.
Whil.omb ami wife. Seattle; J. 11.
S(e eiiH.iii. S;tn Fraiicitcn; H. W. Aldis.
New York; II. I'.. Rowland. If. F. Hurl
bnrf, 1 hi ago; S. A. Robin. Giant
I'a-x; E. G. (Cliiirii, Yiel.a.
Rev. Mr. Itbo k. the Advent preacher,
has bought a town lot on A Htn-f-t for
church purposes from t.'nv Tnftmau.
The coni'lerat ion was t'ioO, daily it
MeComb, agents.
D. F. Jones has sold a six acre tract
11. nlh of l.-wn lor fM.Iti hi , D. Harris,
Daily 6 MeComb, agents.
T
Cause of American Dreyfus
is Pleaded in Senate-
Roosevelt Grilled for
Arbitary Actions.
WASHINGTON, May 20. Senator
Rnyner of Maryland, in the senate to
day, called up his resolution requesting
the president to appoint a court of in
quiry to investigate the charges against
Colonel William F. Stewart of the coast
artillery, now stationed at Fort Grunt,
Ariz. Ray ued said that lie took this
action because he was satisfied that
there would be no report from the com
mittee on military affairs during this
session of congress. He spoke sarcas
tically of Colonel Stewart's present po
sition and lonely surrounding and said:
' ' Tint president was delighted wit h
the situation, therefore the chairman of
the military committee ought also to be
sal isf ieil:
"If the president is satisfied, every
body ought to be satisfied. Why not I
What right has anybody to be dissatis
fied with anything that satisfies the
president. Who would be guilty of such
t reasonable nets? ''
Continuing in this sarcastic vein, he
spoke of the alleged refusal of the pres
ident to receive communications from
Colonel Stewart nnd to give him an 'op
port unity to present his side of t he
case, he said: "The president prefers
to trv tho case without any witnesses
for the defense." nnd appealed to the
senate for vote on his resolution.
LAKEVIEW RETAINS
" THE COUNTY SEAT
The fight for the removal of the
county seat iu .Lake county was
knocked into u cocked hat when the
circuit court held that persons who had
signed a petition asking that the mens
lire b submitted at the June election
could withdraw their names from the
petition. Enough signers had been se
cured to entitle the question to 11 place
on the balot. but enough were with
drawn to keep it off the ballot, and as
a result no vote will bo necessary to
keep the county seat at Lakcview. For
a lime it was feared that an injuue
lion suit would bo brought to slop the
authorities from building the courthouse
at. Lakeview, but the fact that ho
measure cuuno even be submitted to a
vote does away with the chance of n
suit, and the courthouse is now being
rushed, hi the meant ime, t he county
officials are occupying temporary quar
ters iu Oddfellows' Hall.
RAILROAD TO COMPETE
WITH WESTERN UNION
MILWAI'KEK, May 20-The Chi
cago, Milwaukee & Si. Paul mil road
ha- organized a telegraph company to
compete with the Western Pnion. The
lines will bi constructed to the I'aeific
coast immediately, according to an un
official auaotiiicemenl made tori ay.
Lines are to cover the whoe I'nited
States and rates will be cut to the low
est possible notch, according to t he
same authority. ,Xo lombinai ion will
be made and as the new corporation has
jail the financial backing it can uc it
I will be a formidable competitor to the
! other eioitpauic in the field.
J The railroad has aUo ordered the con-stria-lion
of 70 locomotives, which will
! -ost l.loo.oiMi. Eive thousand men will
be pot to work in t he local shop of
tin company.
HAWAIIAN PRINCE WILL HUNT
BEAR IN SOUTHERN OREGON
SAX FRANCISCO, May 2'. Colonel
Sam Parker, his son in law. Prince Da
j id of Hawaii and John Baker, wen
' pa i 11 g is on the Siberia, which arrived
Ivclerdav from Honolulu. The diitia
guislod visitor have come to the slateM
j for the purporw of hunting bear in
I Washington and Southern Oregon, and
i hn o bi ought n it h them enough go 11
'and ammunition to wipe out every bruin
(in both ulntet. Iii the party, attended
; t.v t wo maids, is t he lit t le prince.
Kapiolani. vears of age. She will not
paiticjpate in the benr hunt.
M'OREGOR COLLECTOR OP
CUSTOMS AT ASTORIA
WASHINGTON, May 20. The pres
ident today nominated 1 1 1 in tn F, Mc
Gregor to be collector of custom for
tho district of Oregon.
STEWAR
DEFENDED
V A
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4 KEYSTONE DEMOCRATS 4
4 TURN DOWN BRYAN 4
4 !
4 II ARRlSltFRC, May 20. The 4
4 democratic organiution of Penti- 4
4- sylvan in, headed by Nat hum I 4
4 Committeeman Uufl'ey, today de- 4
4- fen ted he Bryan faction party 4
4 in the state convention on the 4
4 question of instructing delegates 4
4 at large for Ibvan. 4
4 4
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Chester Thompson Testifies that
His Mind Has Grown Clearer
Since His Murder of Emory
TACOMA, May 211.-Judge Smll's
department of the superior court today
saw an unusual I hiug when 'hester
Thompson, the slayer of Judge Kmory,
testified to the best of his ability re
gardiug the delusions which he suffered
and the sensations he underwent when
his mi ml departed from normal. He
was led over the entire field by Attor
uey Wilt 11. Thompson. The cross ex
amiualioii failed to confuse him.
When asked if he thought he had
suffered from a brain storm the witness
smiled and replied thai (In shooting of
Judge Km 1 try was the culmination of a
long period of weakness that terminated
in tin explosion, Ho said he began to
gel better right away.
THIRTY THOUSAND IN A ,
FORTNIGHT AT GRANTS PASS
GRANTS PAS, Or.. May 20. An
other bag of gold was brought, iu Sat
unlav from Williams Creek by Harrison
Itros., t he t wo prospectors who uneov
ered a bonanza in that district recently
Trese men have cleaned up ;il),UOil in
I he past two weeks 11 ml have $7.i,fino in
sight. MohI of this is pine gold ate
is taken from shallow deposits. On one
day the two look out $71X111. Harrison
says thai himself ami brother have tak
en out from .2110 . .fluim ..very day
Mince Hie strike was made.
This discovery was made on the hill
sidt near Williams posloffice and iu n
disl rict that has been mined for t he
past (in years. Harrison tiros, are ex
pert prospectors and have been in the
Williams district only since February.
The strike has caused a eousidcrahh
insh lo Williams and many claims are
being located. A baudoued pi opert jet
are also being taken up. Miners are
now on the ground, from nit sections of
the west.
II. H. Cooper of Colorado made a
strike a few days ago and took out
1 ,i!iHi jn less than 12 hours.
It is believed that several rich nifties
will develop out of the strikes.
The II nd is the riches! made here .since
the fniiiou iSrigg discovery three years
ago.
FALLEN TIMBER BLOCKS
TRAVEL ON COUNTY ROADS
W. W. Parker of Unite Kails sec
lion spent Tuesday evening iu Me. Moid.
He says; ''The roads iu our section
never wen so bad as at present. The
arc In places imparl I do. N'oi I hcnM
of Untie limlM-i- has fallen hums.
Ihe r i and blorke.l at ilnm, '
ty Judge Dunn was uolilicl of 1
dilions April I by 1- M r. I.nl m alien
I mil has been paid lo the nol i f ea t ion
Our sehool distiicl, No. 7(1, pavs :k"
ii iM.Vmimii as'sserl Miluatioii. bit
in spite of this 110 work has 1 11 doo
for ears iu Dm district. Last y-ai
w were allowed a little bridge lepait
Vork, but thai is all the return for out
taxes.
One cannot get a wagon through in
ma ny se. t ion', and I '-a tn ing is impos-d
ble. And the county court pays no at
ml ton I ituphiitils and requests. Cut
appeals fall on deaf ears. Our oul
hope IS a rh.'lllge the coining tle.'tii.ii
and we're all for il. retja id le--, of p
it icf.
JIM HILL'S ENGINEER
IN SOUTHERN OREGON
P( tb'TLA 1 1. M.iv J. M. Ota
liain, He.-ond iee president of tho Krte
1 ail toad, iperit yesd-nlay iu Portland.
Ie.iuig lal inglit for Southern (hegoii.
While lore he Wis it! t mi f ' r II ce with
local tailioad men. His tnisxiuii in Port
land was Motio lhitig of a mystery, but
it is ini'li'M I that it Mas in the in
lerexfs of the Hill raiboad s-hni. lie
has lalvti a l.a.- of absence from the
die, supposedly because of the Har
ri ma o domination in I lie s l ein. Mr.
Graham has h en associated with I lo
Hill interests for years, having former
ly been general t 11 peri nte mb' nt of t In
Norl hem Pacific. Since then he has
served as chief engineer of t lie Haiti
more A Ohio nnd Inter went to tlin Mrie
as In ad ot the construction department.
BRA N STORM
CURED MAL
SQUADRON
AI ASTORIA
General Holiday and all
Business Suspended in
Honor of the Great At
lantic Battleships.
ASTuRiA, Or., May 2t. Today is n
holiday- iu Astoria. All lines of busi
ness are suspended and practically the
entire community and thousands of vis
itors fnon alt interior points of Ore
gon and Washington have turned out
to see I In fleet, and witness the maneu
vers off tho Columbia river.
Thousands of people took up Hie vant
age points on the beaches and tho fleet
of oceangoing steamers and tugs and
other craft, crossed over tho bar to es
cort the fleet, from Tillamook Head.
The fleet arrived off the mouth of the
river about noon, tho vessels coining in
single file, I ho Connecticut in the lead.
Later they formed in squadrons ami mi-,
dor a slow bell passed along two miles
off the shore in easy view from alt tho
vantage points.
As the flagship passed Port. Stevens
a sitlule of 17 guns was fired from the
fort, and answered by the flagship.
The fleet will remain off this port
ahuu! three hours.
Il is expected that Admiral Sperry
will have luncheon on board the Roan
oke with Mayor Wise of Astoria and
Mayor l.ano of Portland and other
prominent citizens.
NKWPOKT. Or., May 20. The battle
ship fleet passed Yaquiiiti Hay at .
o 'clock this morning, about 'JO miles
off shore. Nothing was visible but
smoke, greatly disapopinl ing the crowds
of people who came fir mi tho interior
ill Ihe prospect of seeing Ihe fleet Oil II
promise thai it Would come close in to
Ihe coast". . .
BLACK HAND LETTER
FOLLOWED BY DYNAMITE
NL'W VtiRK, May L'o.-The refusal
of Atlill logaccini, the wealthy' Italian
physician, lo comply with the demands
of the Hlack Hand criminals for money.
I'fMillcd iu the lower portion of the
toneiiii-iit house iu which he lived be
ing shai tvred with dynamite to. lay.
The lives of put tenants were endan
gered. A number of persons were in
jured, one perhaps fatally. The house
is at -''-Id Knsl L'lew'ufh street.
If you are going to Ihe lb ho Festival
in I'oitlnad .hine 1 or It, and want a
sleeper accnin mod a I ion on (he train,
leave wotd at the depot, as soon as pos
sible. 'y so doing yon will insure get,-,
ting the' l.erth.
W A NTK I - At once, five good people,
either men ,h- women, to solicit, mem
hem in Medl'ord a ltd vicinity for the
best nulcr on earth, paying per
w eeK for sickness or accident , wit h
cash division of surplus e;tdi 5 years.
V chance to make some extra money
in -pare time. Address Angus 1?. Me
Lea u. d ijt rict manager. Grants Pass,
i tr. r:
HONORABLE
STEPHEN A. LOWELL
One of the el om nt speakers of the
iioit et . will address the citizens of
.ljo-l;oti CMtiuty mi th lending political
is-ins ef the day f rotn a republican
st itidpoinl
Thursday Evening
MAY 21'
i .. hi., ill HMD li:.S"S MALI,, AN'.
i.l.K's uf'KUA llursK,
Medford Oregon
Mieryono cordiallv invited to attend.
I. a diet especially in ile.l. A musical
O
piogrtm will be rnderd by the Med
ian! baud.