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Crftune.
Fair tonight ami Sunday; probably
THIRD YEAR.
MEDFORl). OR., SATURDAY, MAY 2a, UHW.
NO. :!
HIP BURSTS DASHING 16 PEOPLE TO EARTH
PSBflV
300 FEET
IMP FOR
BALLOON
Scores of Women Faint
When Huge Bag Col-
. lapses-Several May
Die-All Are Injured
OAKLAND, Cal., May i3. The Mor
rell airship, tlic largest ever construct
ed, collapsed on its trial trip when
about "ton feet above the ground and
dashed tin' Ml occupants to earth. None
voro killed outright, but all wore so i
riously injured and arc suffering from
broken limbs nml other injuries. It
is believed that several will die.
Thousands of people gathered to wit
ness the trial of tin giant ship, 4""
feet long mid "til feet in diameter, a
combination of aeroplane and dirigible
nir craft, driven by six gasoline en
gines, generating iNMl-horse power. The
airship rose successfully . from the
ground with lb' men interested iu the
invention, who had agreed to take the j
trial trip before buying stock in Ike!
machine. All were residents of Oak
land nntl Herkelov.
Suddenly the big gas b:ikf containing
fiOOjlOO cubic feet of illuminating gas,
burst, and began to sett In slowly. As
the gas escaped it appeared that the
airship would innle an easy descent.
When 7 a feet from the ground it sud
denly shot downwards with terrific
force. ' Tho occupants were caught un
der the wreckage.
Among tho thousands of spectators;
scores of men and women fainted. I
When the great gas bak burst there I
was a panic of the great crowd watch-I
ing I he ascension, ami w hen the. big j
i-raft which altogether weighed five;
tons, ho! tied to the ground hundreds of
men rushed forward with knives aud
ripped the silk which held the little
gas that remained so that tho fumes
Woudl not asphyxiate the injured. The
heavy engines are responsible for in
jury to most of the occupants.
The injured were immediately placed
iu automobiles and express wagons and
Were taken to I lie Ko.wevolt hospital.
The Mo'rrell airship, which was built
at a cost of .;Mt,Mim mid designed pri
marily to enter the contest with various
aerial craft. Tin- cause of the collapse
nf the big gas bag has not I n ascer
tained, but it was probably a weak spot
Which gave way under the tremendous
pressure.
FAT PEOPLE CAN NOW BE
REDUCED TO NORMAL WEIGHT
NKW YdltK. May I'll. After years
of careful and ocnseionttniis testing on
thousands of cases, one of tho leading
specialists of New York Juts perfected
a harmless and rational method of re
ducing fal people to normal weight ami
nt Hie unnie time- strengthen tho entire
system.
He proposes to provo this fact by
sending free of charge a trial treat
ment of this neve method to anyone who
is too fat. All pie who ate annoyed
with over futile- nre ndi-ed G inline
diatelv address Mr. J. S. Si.ilb tig.-r. Vo.
A. West "J-'th ttrcH. New York city,
and thev c-iti rest assured that they
will recei
a trial treatment bv p
turn '
mail absolutely frei
FRANK MUNSEY STARTS
PHILADELPHIA PAPER
PIIILADKI.PHIA. May IX Frank
A. Mnnsev today announced t hat he
has leased the building in Chestnut
street near Sixth so Lotg occupied by
the Kvening It'dletin. which has u-oved
to new quarter-", and that within a few
weeks he will establish a new evening
newspaper.
Mr. Mtiim-y said the new paper m
be independent in politics, in keeping . from Hornbrook. and is being pi; I.
with tho p-dicv of the other Munsey;Tlio rest of the machinery will be
iwwsp-fl.ers the lio-t.m Journal, the brought in aipidly. Mr. Callahan says
Baltimore New and th- Washington he has piety of good quart, in sight
Times. j rl-v "iiperiiitftitlchl
Mo said further lie will continue hi j for the Champion (iroitp Mining coin-
indicv of i.uivhnsiuir and .Muhli-hmg
dnily paters to be o rat'd Uiel
common management.
Methodist Episcopal Church, B Street.
"The Demand of the Age"' will b-
the Hobje.t at II a. in. At " p. ni.
the annual memorial service in h-i,or
of our departi d here
chnri'h
will be tast-inMv d rated for this
wrvie. In it w of the union temper
ance me ting at uioht. th'-re viill be rm
Qening service. Sabbath hd nl 7'1
a. n. Epworth liagn 7 p. ni. All ire
lnTlted.
SQUADRON
W SAIL
10 SEAM
First Divison Goes to
Port Townsend to Meet
Other Ships and Pro
ceed Down Sound.
BFLLINGHAM, Hay 23. The first
division of tho fleet sailed today for
i he rendezvous of the, fleet at Port
Townsend, whence the reunited fleet
will sail for Seattle. Tho hospital ship
relief did not proceed up the sound,
but is remaioning here to take in the
bodies of two seamen of the New Jer
sey J. Stuuh and F. Luliuski, who were
killed last evening in a car accident.
IMMENSE GOLD DREDGING
PROJECTS IN CALIFORNIA
Referring to tin- large areas of dredg
ing ground recently taken up in Siski
you, Trinity and Shasta counties, the
Iteddiug Courier-Tree Press says:
There has been much speculation in
mining circles as to the principals in
c.ortuiu largo dredging projects that
have been reported iu the daiiy press,
as about In be launched in northern
California, including tho Klamath river
section, but the impressions no far dis
closed anv in error as to the ownership
of certain grounds that have been pur
chased outright or laken up and others
bonded an the case demanded.
It has developed that W. 1. Kgilhort
id' Wedding is the pcrsouul representa
tive for tho Anglo-American Gold Dredg
ing company, composed of foreign and
eastern capitalists in the matter of se
curing some thousands of acres and
several miles id' rivers mid si reams in
the sections named. To avail himself -of
thesu opportunities he relinquished
his control in the dredging proposition
romoiod by him last year and 1 he
people connected therewith have no in
terest whatever in the mjgol iat ious that
for some months have been carried on
lv the l.'edding dredge man and his
agents.
KgilbcW controls more gold bearing
grave! grounds today than any one per
-ou i; California, and it is reported
that already two machines are ordered
for Siskiyou and Shasta county lands,
ami there promises to be a large amount
of capital invested in this region in the
next few veurs.
MINING NOTES.
1 S i s It ivou News.)
Klinor Callahan has begun the work
of moving it ten stamp quart a mill from
Quartz valley to llornbrook.
U. A. Murray and associates have a
crew of men at work on their copper
group below the forks of Salmon. The
scurf ace showing is good.
Thomas Keathing is back to Callahan
from the Coffee creek country in Trin
ity county and reports the trails open
from Trinity Center to his place on
llanUeruhlde creek.
The Cold Nugget Mining company at
Snwver I tar, under the management of
li. A. Murray, will open up the mine at
the lower end of the property and en
UllL'e t.lo'H' ditches. I he compaiiv will
spend several I honsaud do
la rs in en
larged pip-', giants ami other improve
meats. This season's run has been
g I.
Newt (Joidoii and his men are hard
at work sinking the shaft on his mine
at l!akiiisille. A depth of ;Vl feet
has been reached on the smaller ledge,
while tu ii tie Iwork is continued on tie'
main ledge, t he aloes of which con
I inne as aliown by previous a nays.
The ore is being prepared for shipment
!o the smelter at Kenuett.
At the Callahan mines. Quartz valley,
t hree loads of machinorv has arrived
, puny, lias accept cl l ne su (eri u i eioieucy
,.f a b.g gold prep.
Hn.ii at Gold Hill.
On-goti Gold Hill
npoed of Portland
' ( r.. owned by t he
MiltiiiL' foinpanv, c
v$ .
t..ti.
The
has n b-dge ten feet
that ;is.;ty fioiti t' to t) jn-r
;hi1 will reijuiro Im.iIi stamp mill
.'.ani'b' flaut. as the ore i rich
n ith sulphur it-1
The property prom
be l.'llge
id enduring.
NEW CASES,
li, A I' If iilr. -ad company vs. Patrick
h. ip g:ifi. el al. Col ig, Kenton a lid I.ei
ter. att.rn. s f.-r plaintiff.
Another
f
Another Disaster on the Narrow
Rocky Road to Jacktown
Grcive and Family ViGtims.
A not her disaster is ruported on Dunn's
elevated. This time tho victims were
W. T. (irievo, republican candidate for
county assessor, wife aud babe, whose
rig t nrned (ml le wit h tho occupants
on the narrow rocky road to .facktown.
Mr. (Irieve and family were en route
to Itueli to at loud t he county office
holders ' aud seekers rally. Just be
yond the Allen place, an auto was met,
headed toward Medford. The elevated
here is very narrow. Both the auto
and the baggy turned out for each oth
er. Tin1 ntito slid along, narrowly miss
ing an upsetting. Mr. (irieve's rig did
upset, spilling all in out.
Though serious results might have en
sued, I he only damage except to the
buggy was the bruising and scratching
iip""if Mr. (irieve. who was brought to
Medford for tta'tP-nt tu ie auto,
OKLAHOMA BANK LAW
WORKS LIKE A CHARM
M'TIIIMi:. Okla., My Within
mo' hour of the time II. II. Smock, Ok
lahomn banking rotntnissioner, had tak
en charge of the International Hank of
Colgate he had authority to rv the de
positors iu full, though the bank's rash
and available funds in other banks fell
p2,Wm1 nhort nf the total nmoimt of
deposit R. The rommissionpr was ena
bled to do this under the operation nf
the now banking law, and this is the
first time it has ben called into use.
RUEF JURY DI8CHAROEO
FOR INABILITY TO AOREE
WAV KKA NclMf o, May L'.'t. I'nable
to agreo. after being out almost 4 A
I hours, the jury in the raw of Abraham
! Itiu f. charged with offering a brSe to
former HuM-r isor Jenningn .1. Phillip.
I was discharged by Judge Maurice T.
! I looting. Thirteen ballots werf taken
; ami the jury toM d to I from the otil
. wt. At no stag waft there a chance
(tr an agreement, tho credibility of
; the witnesses tiring the mnin point npoti
rhich the jurnri divided.
I TURTLE
UPON t
Disaster on the Elevated
THE PATIENT TAXPAYER REBELS
llnituh liiili'r Punn Ami . just In lliin li, I put Unit Imiit llirm nivHi'lf.
tHOtOOi40000OOOt4l4 000t
TRAIN FROM PORTLAND
HELD UP BY TRESTLE
Train No. 1.1 from Portland
was held ti)i six hours Saturday
night by the collapse of a tres
tle uea r Cot I age ( i rove. A s a
consequence it was It o'clock in
the afternoon when the train
reached Purl laud.
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MRS. POTTER PALMER
TO ENTERTAIN ROYALTY
LONDON, May L:i. Mrs. poller Pal
mer is actively preparing for her first
season here as a hostess for King Mil
ward a tier having won a preliminary
social triumph at Biarritz this spring
while, the king was there. During the
week just closed she has been collecting
art t reasures for decorating If auipden
Mouse, t he st ntely residence she has
taken, because it is adapted to such
grand entertainments as she plans to
give.
She bought some fine bronze groups
at 1 hrist ie 'n al very r.-asoiiable fig
are. One, for which sin1 paid 70o. is
said to be worth itlino,
Dealers have learned to be ciniim
spect in tli'-ir busiuens transactions with
her. Sin never buys without acquaint
ing herself with the average value of
t he nrticle ami she refuse to pay
"Morgan prices." Whciicer she is told
that Mr. J. Piei pout Morgan is nib
bling at any object shown to her she
drops it instantly.
This shrewdness perhaps has stood in
her way heretofore as a hostess, for it
may have prevented her attracting by
such lavish outlays mh are now deemed
necessary.
HAYWOOD DECLINED TO
RUN FOR PRESIDENT
NKW VolfK. May '':s. In etplana
lion of the nomination of Deb- for
president by the socialists instead of
V. D. Haywood, who was acquitted ot
the murder of el -tiot criior Steunellhelg
aud whose nomination was exjweted, the
friends of Haywood made public h letter
in which Haywood at the last moment
declined to be a .:andidate and said:
"For what my comrades have done
for me in the past I am grateful. Their
loyal fellowship has greatly uidrd me
when I needed ind. I am satisfied that
I can do more got) if not a candidate.
I desire nolhing belter than tu det-ote
overv effort to ail vocal ing otir prin
cipbs and our candidate!, and be able
to do no without iu miv way considering
the Mrsona) equation."
f !( is said by others that Haywood was
not nominated beaum on his tour of
the i utn utter his trial hi: fnibd to
arouse t he ell I huiuin that nus
peted.
t
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Government is Feeding 50.000
Negroes in Usoqua, Province of
Crops Are a Failure.
MOMHASA, llritish Kast Africa. May
Over lo.iiii deaths from the severe
famine now prevailing at I'soga, u prov
inee of rgaiula, a ru reporter!. Tho gov
ernment is feeding .", IMIII unlives. The
crops have been li complete failure this
vea r,
JACKSONVILLE ITEMS. .
M rs. Itoberl t 'ameroti of I'nion was
in tow n l-'i id ay afternoon.
Mr. ami Mis. Dana Cage of Kansas,
who are isiting relative living hen',
spent 'iniursday iu Med ford, ( the guests
of Charles Davis and family.
Miss Josephine t lit h has returned
from Oakland. Ciil.. after mi absence
of several weeks.
Mrs. .1. Duffer, Mrs. Alice l lri.h,
l.arkin Iteynolds and Lewis I'lrich. who
wete sent as delegates to the I. it. ( .
K. and (Jebekah grand lodge it I Sulem,
retruned Friday morning nd report
a fine lime,
A good many people from Jackson
ville attended t he candidates ' hall at
Ifmh Friday night.
I A. P. Armstrong, professor of tho
il'oitland business college, arrived from
I Sun Francisco Thursday evening and
twill spend a few days with his mother
I before rt turning north.
A. Kromling of tho Willamette val
.ey is in town shaking hands with old
f ricuds.
Mrs. Will Dana of liraiits Pass is
visiting nt the home of T. J. Kenney.
Among those who went over from here
Thursday evening to attend the Hwas
tika dance were Misses Leila and Her
tha I'riui, Lconii I'lrich, Josephine Don
egan, Meryn Keiiuey and Charles Nu
nan, Itav Hex I on and Frank Tracey,
GERMAN EDITOR OIVEN
NEW TRIAL FOR LIBEL
"i.l'l I'slVr May !:.i.--!'hc supreme court
set aside the veidiet of tho lower court
in the Max Millieti Harden c:ii' of the
Merlin editor found guilty of libeling
j Count Moleke and ordered the ease re
'turned tu the lower court.
401 DEAD
FROM M
1 CLASH IN BONAPARTE
I CONGRESS NOT TO QUIT
I OVER BILL ROOSEVELT
t
Measure For Enlarged
Homesteads Provokes
Bjtter Words Between
Representatives
WASHINGTON, May 'J:i. A finder
of excitement was created in the house
during tho consideration of the confer
once report on t he bill providing for
enlarge homesteads, Messrs. Moudcll
of Wyoming ami II ay en id' Teiiuesse
wen; the ones who .signed tho report,
urging Die adoption. Mr. 1 of Kan
sas bitterly opposed their course iu the
remarks following:
"Tho people of the west seldom send
men here who don't vote for what they
want, and I presume men who ad vo
cute t his bill have hundreds of t hou
sands of acres of western land, and
they luive the American disposition to
wards everything that, adjoins them."
Monde! objected to the remarks as a
refleet ion upon himself, and 'ainion
held that t lit words spoke for I hem
solves, and that I hey did not const it ulc
any reflect ion upon anv member. The
incident at first had an ugly aspect .
but was thereupon closed,
Moudc.ll made an lit tempt to send
the bill back to Hie conference, but til
effort was futile, the report being de
rented, 10 In l.'IN.
TOLEDO MAN MAY BE
BRYAN'S RUNNING MATE
TOLMDo, May L'.'t. ' ' I was talking
with Mr. Hryan yesterday and he canie
out flatly and said he considered Mavor
Whillock of Toledo as the most likely
running mate he could find. Mayor
Tom Johnson of 1 Ie eland has all he
can do just at t his t ime in his own
bailiwick, ami (Jovemor Johnson of Mia
liesota is entirely out of tile question be
cause he is located loo far iu tho west.
Whit look is now a national figure ni:d
his record would make hiui a strong
man on the ticket."
Clarence Dailow of Chicago, whit Is
here on a lecturing trip, made the fore
going statement today. He has been a
friend of W. J. Hryan for years. News
paper readers will recall him as coun
sel for .Mover, Haywood and Peft ihoiie,
of tin' Western Federation of Miners,
who were tried for tin assassination of
ox-Governor Steuneiiberg of Idaho. Home
years before Mr. Da now had repirsrut
ed the 1'uited Mine WoiKers of America
in t he arbil nil nut of the ant hracite
strike before Judge George Gray.
M r. Da r row is confident t hat M r.
hryan will be nominated for president.
He bases his belief on information
picked up flu ring several weeks of
tra vol.
JOHN SHARP WILLIAMS AS
CHAUTAUQUA SPEAKER
The tdtfi annual session of the South
ni iegoii c fttiulnuquu will be oMd
al Ashland July s IT.
John Sharp Williams, the democrat ic
tender of the I'liiled States looiie of
represent it t i es, will lect ure,
Dr. Ifoberl M Infirc of l.os Angeles.
A in erica j fni emost dest-ri pf i ve oral or.
will give one - possibly two - lertiires.
Dr. ha l.nndrith of nshilh-, Tenn.
known fioiu Maim- to California as a
great teetuler, will deliver I Wit b'etlires.
Alfred Montgomery, the fanner who
paints and the painter who farms, will
bring .ftin.itoii worth of paintings.
Mrs. I.eiiMra M. Lake of St. I.oojs.
a lady widely and favorahlv known in
the east and middle west, as a great
temperance rind reform worker, said
to belong to Miss Willard Mrs. Liver
more class, two lectures.
Oelieral Secretary II. W, Stone of the
Portland V. M. C. A, will speak on
' ' Hoyology. ' '
President W. J. Kerr, tho dtst in
guished head of the Oregon college, an
educator of high repute, will speak once.
Mrs. I, ou i ne I., Mclnliie, of Mi line
a polls, probably t lie best known woui
lit) in the I'uited States, lectures on
health culture.
Dr. K. L. House of Portland, old lime
faxorile, speaks ou one or more occa
sioiis upiie timely topics.
lie. John Lew las, missionary re
eeiitlv leturiied from Malaysia, and
well k now u and i lit crest ing lecturer
and explorer, wi speak once during the
session.
Other speakers to be announced.
White House Makes Of
ficial Denial of Stories of
Serious Difficulties Over
Suing Railroads.
WASHINGTON, May l!.V-The White
House today made tin official denial of
the seories of serious difficulties be
tween President Uoosevelt and Aator
ney General Itouaparte ou the question
of bringing suit against tho New York,
New Haven & Hartford railroad. The
story going so far as to say that Hona
parto has tnrentened to resign. . The
Waite House statement, which goes into
detail, is cororborated by personal state
ments of the cabinet, officers.
ODD FELLOWS SELECT
ALBANY FOR NEXT MEET
SALKM. Or.. Muy 2:t. Select ion of
Albany as the place for tho next meet
ing, installation of officers nml 11 street
parade in which nearly .".mi Odd Fol
lows and Ifcbeknhs participated, were
the closing incidents of thu last day of
the session of tho Odd Fellows grand
lodge,
Tho list of uew grand lodge officers
follows:
J rand master, Kd 1 1 ostct ler, The
Dalles; deputy grand master, H. K.
Ciiolidge, La Grande; grand warden, T.
I' Ifymi, Oregon City; grand secretary,
K. K, Sharon, Portland; grand treasurer,
O. D. Donne, The Dalles; grand mar
shal, K. D. Gardiner, linker City; grand
conductor, Amos V'nss, Salem; grand
guardian, C, It. Diuwiildie, PrinevtUe;
grand herald, J. L. Reynolds, Jackson
ville; grand chaplain, Thomas ,1, LI
kins, Portland.
The new grand officers of tho Re
beknh nsseniblv ure as follows:
President, Mis. Mary L. Smith,
rants Pass; vice president. Mrs. Car
rie Hubbard, Independence; secretary.
Mrs. ( n a Cosj.er, Dallas; warden, Mrs.
Addie Grout, La Grande; treasurer, Mrs.
I'Mua Jacobs. Conallis; marshal, Mrs.
I telle Itehheis, I ,a layette; conduct ress.
Mrs. May Greer. Hillsboro; chaplain,
M is. Jacob Wi Hough byy, Kiigono; in
side guardian, Kaunie lleckman. Port
land ; outside guard. Net lb' Harnett,
Marshleld.
Ifotel ttasl)
X3aM VH'fote ""JfMttrur
Sunday "TEverUtm. fttuf 2'Uh
Hois d 'oeuvre a la Patty
Oakra Soup
lloiled Halibut. Aurore Sauce
Timbabs of l!gi;s a la Provencrtle
Oy.ster a la I'ob'tte en Clsse
t hicken, wil li Dressing
Dundee Marmadale
Peas a la Kruncuise
Salad a la Nash
Strawberries a In Melba
Gouruiaudises
Cafe Noir
Ti'fazdrigij Orcljcitra
March "Tho Merry Widow"
Tone Poem ., .."Apple Hlossoms'1
-Walt. ..."Dieains of Childhood"
-Andante ngels Herenad.'
Selection ......" Woodland ' '
Uag. "If the Man in the Moon
Were a Coon"
:i .es ' Pritirn of PiNen "
Patrol "Turkish"
Select ion ." Krininie ' '
-March "College Life"
CHICAGO, May W. Peter I'. Dal
lev, one of the best known comedians
iu the country, died today tit the Audi
torium hotel. He had been tick only a
weak.