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THIRD YEAR.
MEPFORI), OR., MONDAY, MAY 1!)0S.
URT HOLDS BARRY K. THAW TO BE M
SLAYER OF WHITE IS f
ORDERED RETURNED TO
ASYLUM FOR SAFETY m
Jerome's "Hot Air" Blamed by Prisoner Who
Objects to Returning to Matteawan Evelyn
is said to be Pleased at decision - Mother
Greatly Distressed Over Result.
NKW Yi.HiK. May iV. Harry Kcu
ital Thaw in insane and if released from
Iho asylum would he a menace to the
country. This decision was filed today
ly .fustic1 Joseph Morschausor iu the
supreme court in 1 In ha 1) cab corpus ac
tion brought in the hope of gaining the
freedom of the iiiillioimire slajcr of
Stanford White. It was all his counsel
could do to restrain him aud prevent
him from making a demonstration when
t he decision was rendered.
After nearly a month spent in the
commodious quarters of Sheriff Win
throp (.'handler, the multimillionaire and
member of the "four hundred" out of
jail here, the Pittsburgor is unable to
""reconcile himself to asylum fare. Thaw
will have at least one full week more
hern, as .Justice M'orHchauser agreed to
recommend I he prisoner to the mory
of Keeper of Mattcvvnu until his attor
neys have had time to make a motion
for a transfer to another asylum. The
justice will be out of the city this woek
Objects to Asylum.
Thaw is particularly averse to return
ing to Mattewun, because he has quar
reled with Superintendent linker, who
testified against him at the hearing
here. In describing Thaw's mental con
dition Justice Morse hauser said: "He
is suffering from some kind of insanity
with the possibility of return of vio
lent attacks similar to the former of
which I he justice believed he was suf
tVring from when he killed the New
York architect. In vit:w of this condi
tion of his mind, the safety of the pub
lic is better insured by his remaining in
custody until such a time as it becomes
reasonably ceitaiu that there is no dan
ger nf a recurrence of the attack of de
liiusion, or whatever it may be. ''
Thaw Blames Jerome,
"Hot air and spectacular work on
the part of District Attorney Jerome"
were given by Thaw today as the ox
phi mil ion of his being found insane.
After lie had recovered from a fit of
anger, Thaw received a delegation of
newspaper men and talked to them us
he smoked a big black cigar. I had
youuled on this outcome of the case,"
he said. "because of the hot air used by
Jerome. M side was put to a disiid
vantage. We bad the proof, but it was
not Very inter, st ing when compared
with the dramatic work of the prosecu
t ion.
"I don't blame the reporters. They
lire expected to write interesting stuff;
but tiny brought out several thing in
in favor that were never published.
Ir. Jaeoby s testimony in my be
half was absolutely cololusi ve, but it
was uninteresting, so little attention
was paid to it. A" to my future course,
it i" iu ll.e hands of my counsel,"
Mother and Sister Visit.
Thaw was nsked if there wn any
prospects of recon ci lint inn bet ween
him and hi 4 wife, Kvelvn N'esbit Thaw.
He evidently was displeased at the men
tion of the subject, but replied: ' ' I
don't think there is any danger of my
Wile withdrawing her divorce ran."
Mrs. William Thaw of Pittsburg came
over to Mo- prisoner, and his sister Mrs.
t 'armgie, visited him in the sheriff '
quarto today. They were greatly dis
t rep nd at the decision mid the elder
Woman s no d almost ready to collapse
with grief. Tt is said this afternoon
that th bearing to determine the place
for confining Thaw may not bo held
until a week from Saturday.
A story is going the rounds that Eve
lyn Neshit Thaw is pleased at the de
cision. The suit to annul her marriage
to Harry on the grounds that he was
insane when ho was married is still
pending.
LAKE VIEW IS AGAIN
LIGHTED BY ELECTRICITY
LAKEV1KW, May 25. This week,
for the first' time since tho middle of
Inst October, Lakcview is again being
lighted by electricity.
On the night of Octobor It, 1007,
during an electric storm, lightning
struck the wires near the electric plant
at Pine creek and set fire to the build
ing, completely destroying the plant.
Lakcview was thus placed in darkness,
with a possibility of a scarcity of coal
oil, as the merchants hud not been in
the habit of ordering coal oil for light
ing purposes to any great oxteut, and
it was at a time of the year whon the
roads wero bad and consequently hard
to get freight hero.
The business houses found it neces
sary to close nt dark in order to save
oil. This has been the condition up to
the present time, but now thut the new
plant, which has been erected on the
site of the old one, is in operation,
Lakcview again presents a metropoli
tan uppen ranee bv night us well ns bv
day.
TRAPPERS AND SEINERS
TO FIOHT GILLKETTERS
ASTORIA, Or., May 25. Gillnettcrs
of the Columbia-river salmon fisheries
have refused to acknowledge seiners
and trappers entitled to equal privileges
with themselves, or as no more destruc
tive of salmon than gillnetters, where
upon the seiners and trappers declined
to unite with the gillnetters for an on
slaught on the wheel owners. Efforts
of Astoria men to bring the warring
elements of the lower river together
for the beuefit of Astoria trade and for
'protection' of salmon have been fu
tile. As a result, the gillnetters will have
to boost their bill for abolition of
wheels nil nlone, :uid the trappers and
the seiners will stick to their erstwhile
friends, the wheelmen, above tidewater.
Numbers of them are expectd to sup
port th wheelmen's bill for restriction
nf gillnetters.
SOUTHERN OREGON PIONEER
CROSSES GREAT DIVIDE
KKHBY, Or.. May L'n. David A.
Unite k died here recently of paralysis,
at the age of 77 years. He was born
at Haggerstowu, Correll county, Ohio,
in liO, and moved to Iowa with his
parents when a boy. In March, 1
he started ncross the plains with an ox
team aud arrived in California in Sep
tember, IS."i:i. He was a prominent
miner in California untily 1H.VJ, when
he crossed into Oregon in June of that
year and fololwcd mining in the Alt -houw
and Hueker creek districts ontil
loi when he enlisted in Company F,
r'irst Oregon volunteer cavalry, and
was iu active service three years and
two months. He was honorably dis
charged in lHrt."i and returned to Joseph
ine county, where he had sinr made his
home.
800-POUND WHEEL
FALLS UPON BOY
KEXXETT, Cat., May 1". The lit
tle son of H. H. Bishop, furnace fore
man on the feed floor of the Mammoth
smelter, met with a painful accident,
lie was playing on the baseball diamond
near the smelter and between plays
mounted a big piece of discarded ma
chinery that the company has piled
near by. An Wt-pound piece of broken
fly-wheel fell over ujion him, catching
his arm and holding him. His com pan
ion extricated him.
Texas is Devastated by
Deluge-Seven Thousand
Homeless Along Trinity
River - Many Drown.
DALLAS, Tex., May !!". The most
violent storm of the year broke over
Xorth Texas last night. It was excep
tionally severe at Fort Worth and Dal
las and White Falls. Andrew Welch,
a saloonkeeper of Xorth Forth Worth,
whose place was inundated, was drown
ed in trying to escape. A bVyenr-oId
boy, who was working for Welch, was
also drowned. Five men were seen to
be swept away in the surburbs of Fort
Worth and drowned. Efforts to learu
their identity has fuiled.
The property loss at Fort Worth and
vicinity exceeds $100,000. Wade Owens
and Ernest Stnteler were drowned at
Mineral Wells. Six persons are known
to have been drowned near Wichita
Falls, and Childress, and at Denton an
unknown man lost his life in the flood.
Hailroads and crops have suffered to n
large extent.
Two thousund more persons were
driven from their homes today as the
result of the rise of the Trinity river,
making approximately 7000 that are
now practically without shelter.
Houses are being swept down ami
carried away by the raging stream, big
factories are flooded nnd bridges have
been town out. Thousands of livestock
have perished.
ENGINEERS IN FAVOR OF
DREDGING COOS BAY
WASHINGTON', May M. If is the
purpose of the army engiuers, if con
gross acts, to dredge a channel of 20
feet from tho entrance of Coos bay to
Marshflold, but there is already a
depth of 20 feet on the bar at the en
trance of the bay and the report rec
ommends that $113,000 be expended on
special dredge for the purpose of
greatly deepening the channel across
the bar.
It was incorrectly stated yesterday
that a depth ot only 20 feet was rec
ommended. The engineers do not fix
the mnximum depth which can be
Iredged across the bar, but propose
sufficient depth to permit vessels draw
ing IS feet to cross in nil kinds of
weather in entire safety.
HAWLEY INVITED TO
STUMP EASTERN STATES
WASHINGTON', May -.j. Represen
tative Sherman, chairman of the re
publican congressional campaign com
in it tee, has extended to Congressman
Hnwley an earnest invitation to conic
east i a Sept ember a ud f -1 ober a nd
anipuigti in Indiana, New Jersey und
the New Kugland slates. Mr. Sherman
said it would be necessary to make a
hard fight in those states, anil he was
very anxious that Mr. Hnwley should
take the stump there, for he was im
pressed by his recent speech in thet
house and believed he would be an
fective emupaigner.
TOWNSENO COMINO TO
PRESS LAND ORANT SUIT
WASHINGTON, May J."i. T. It.
Townsend, in charge of the Oregon k
California hind grant suit, leaves Wash
ington this week for Portland, stopping!
on the way at his home in North la
kota. I'pon arrival nt Portland he will
eonfer with Tracer C. lUvker and put
the finishing touches on the bill, and
as soon as all the details are agreed
upon, the bill will he tin in court.
The attorney genera! wishes this suit
pressed to an early hearing.
ST. LOUIS CAPITALIST
KILLED BY LIGHTNING
ST. LOtUS, May 'J.). Joseph .1. How I
nrd, president of the W. P, Howard
Commission company and prominent in j
business circles in this city, was struck ,
by lightning during a storm on the Glen f
Kcbo links yesterday afternoon und in I
tuDtly killwd. j
Scene in Jackson County Jail
5 jj
Torture of Prisonor Undor
Manager of Crater Lake Lumber
Company Decries Efforts of
Agitators Who Pay No Taxes.
Medford, Or., May 'J4.
To the Kditor:
As our company is a heavy taxpayer
und holder of lurge interests in the
county aud city of Medford, I am deep
ly interested iu t he campaign now in
progress in which prohibition is the
paramount issue. I take the liberty of
giving you what I believe to be the
opinion of a majority of Medford prop
erty owners in regard to prohibit ion.
In the first plaee, permit me to sny
I am not interested directly or indi
rectly in any saloon, brewery or distil
lery, and therefore have no direct in
terests to conserve. I bcliewj I eau
look at the proposition fairly, hom-stly
and from a standpoint of justice to all.
First, stop and consider the marvelous
growth of (his beautiful little city
and vallev. Yeslerdnv the "Medford
Morning Mail" came out with the fol
lowing item in targe headlines, rend
ing: "Big Growth iu Two Years; Medford
Increases Her Yoting List its Per Cent
iu Two Years, " It is just ten short
of doubling. Counting one registered
otcr to each fixe persons in the city, ntt
is euslomary, Medford lias a population
nf ."oU, consider this record phenome
nal and which it is very rpiest ion
able can be duplicated by any other
town in the state. Kverv progressive
citizen of Medford should feel nniisn
allv proud of this record, and should pot
his shoulder to the wheel mid see if
the mime results ctinnot be duplicated
within the next two years.
And what helps Medford cannot but
help the county ill general. Jackson
county has "one through a great, if
not the greatest panic the Pnit.d States
has ever had, and todny comes out
with fly i n! color, and with tin great
est prorcrity it has ever witnessed.
Why then bring on tin- vital question
of prohibition, which is bound localise
uneasiness and arrest our progress J
Whv not let well enough alone
It has been my observation that nine
places out of (on where prohibition has
lceii tried it has eliminated prosperity,
retarded progress ami materially in
creased taxation, with no gain in moral
to offset the loss. q
There in no one who has y renter
respect for s conscientious, honest min
ister of the gospel t hnu I , a ad t he
preaching and teaching iu most of the
churches is certainly a great aid to the
betterment of mankind. But has the
time arrived when a handful of meddle
some prtacheis who pay no taxes, and
contribute prm-lb-filly nothing to the
community, can dictate to tho tax pay
1
Sheriff Jackson '8 Rojfinio.
OREGON GIVEN
REVENUE SHIP
House Agrees to Report on Sundry
Civil Appropriation Bill Carry
ing $1 12,000,000.
'WASHINGTON', May W. Tim house
today agreed to the conference report
on the sundry civil appropriation bill,
carrying l lJ.OOO,inn. As the bill goes
to President Roosevelt for his siguu
j tare, it con tin ns an appropriation of
U"22"."0ii for tin construction of a rev
.cnue cutter for the Oregon coast, ami
the 2l.".ituiiH appropriated for a light
i lender for San I'rancisco is eliminated.
The bill sets nside $i;iMi,innt instead of
I rou.im(i for the Alaska Yukon expnsi
f-o'i. l-'or a wharf und storehouse at
Nenh Bay. Washington, I ,ihio is ap
piopi iated.
SNATCH LAND FROM GRASP
OF TIMBER MILLIONAIRE
I'OIJTI.AM), May IVi.-Tm recover
; nearly Ki.iaiii acres of the best timber
i hind in Oregon, valued tit nppro&iumte
jlv I,iiuimhiii, now iu possession of '.
C. Smith, millionaire lumberman of Mia
uea "'lis. suit was started by Pniled
States District Attorney John McCuurt
lodny, who filed bills of complaint in
a suit in euuitv. The d'-foudaii t s mimed
j are Smith, his financial agent, Preder-
ick A.' Krebs. the Meidev Brothers, who
jure alleged to havt secured dummy en
itryineii. By June ( Smith would have
i had a I isn hit e possession of this la nd,
land it could not hae been taken from
j lijiu on account of the statute of limita
' t ions.
! STOCK EXCHANGE SHOWS
j SATISFACTORY ADVANCES
NKW YORK. May :!!. Mre(llv allT
l lie initial figures, which Were we.ll
'.i ud a good fraction lower, -forks de
j eloped a strong undertone, making a
'erv satisfactory advance, (hiring the
t mid afternoon, profit taking caused a
, -light reaction.
I l liar if King and Mrs. King returned
lHt night t'toiu their honeymoon trip iu
i ' alifornia.
! 1114 cit ienn Jackson county, who ate
li ving to build np the most beautiful
la!lev in the west and whose morality
; compares cry fax oi ably with ot Itej
communities, by their mere ipse
' dixit compel people to ito ns I hey say.'
Continual idling, constant nosing
j into other people 's pr i ate affairs, agitn
tion for the purpose of depriving people
f their lilxiiv, will never build up a
town, ,
I firmly believe the best interests of
I Medford ami the whole coiiuly will be
conserved by the present lieenWi InW.
And I regaiil any attempt to swap lor j
I prohibition as being extremely danger
j ous to the material welfare of the
KIMI A It HA PK It.
IENACING MANIAC
s PRISONER DOUBLES
1 STRONG UP CAPACITY
BY WRISTS OF PLANT
Incident in Sherrit' Jack
son's Administration -
Victim's Chains Cut with
Bolt Shears from Store.
Stringing a prisoner up by his wrists
and leaving him to suffer tort ures
with his hands chained by handcuffs to
the steel bitlice work of the jail cell,
until outsiders heard his screams, forced
an entrance and cut him down with
bolt shears is one of the incidents of
Sheriff Jackson's administration of his
office.
On Match in, piii?, four prisoners
made a jailbreak ami escaped .to the
hills from the Jackson county bastile.
They wen Henry Yickers mid, Gaining,
who wen accused of st on I ng a ri (I
from T. W. I mily s shoot ing gallery
at Med ford; Sieve A m ick, held under
a statutory charge, and Otpi Mcl)nntel
charged witli stealing a coal 'from M
Ktlis at Medford.
Is Captured by Boy.
( in tiling was cap! tired short ly a ft er
gelling oul by Klmer Jlufe, a youth of
Jacksonville, who held him up willi n
i-alibef rifle nnd forced him to mar
back to jail. Ainicli and ' Mi'Batiiels
e caught at Ashland, while wa it
tug to take a train. Han v letters is
till a fugitive, having made good his
scape.
At t he I line of I he jailbreak t here
were I ive prisoners cont nied. I red
ones, accused of high grading nt the
Opp mine, was the oulv prisoner who
maiie no attempt to get awav. Me was
later acquitted. The escape was made
toiongh a deputy's having left u saw
nnd other tools, iu the com dor, where
of t he prisoners, t rented as a t rusty,
nod them atul' released his coiupau
ions.
St mug Up by Wrists.
When young llafe brought Gniiung
ck, lii-puly Sheriff Karl Jackson, a
son of Sheriff B. It. Jackson, punished
him by stringing him up by I lie wrists
in the cell. A pair of haiidenggs were
fastened upon Ginning, the chains being
put t hroiigh I he iron bit I ice work of
the cell above the prisolu i 's he;id. 'mis
Newbury advised Voutlg Jackson tint
to string up Gaining, but was ordered
oul. Young Jackson then locked the
cell door, took the jail keys and h ft
to search tor tin- other escapes,
A t ier being st rung np for probably
an hour, the cruelty of tin- punishment
began to tell upon the victim, who
y Ibd for mercy. County otlicials Cole
man. Binueit, Omni nod i 'i nuemillei
tlnn took a hand in it, and jvipu'slcd
hepuly Sheriff George l a iter to re
lease tlie fnrtim'd man. but lie could
not get into the pli inlii'l' '.S roll, iv hiclt
was locked.
A pair of bolt cut tei s was .., u red
f i Min 'I'o m K i one 's st ore. an i-nt i a nc
toned into flu jatl, and the links of
the rii.'lMi- .-nt from onf-idc the cell,
reloading t ho prisoner. Kv ei v ef tm'
W as Miad to keep t lie sto' from to
coming public, ev.-n 'llo county olti.-inU
l.eepil'g si , lice abollt It.
MORRELL. AIRSHIP INVENTOR,
SUED FOR CONTRACT VIOLATION
SV PH .l ISM I. M:.v hib-
John A. Moir.-ll. the aiiship m v enior.
la v on a bed in lt"o-e . Il ho-pif al in
lielkclcv Itslav -offering im,h l.iokeu
bones a the result of t lo cullapie ot
Ins moii-icr Oving in:icni-e Saturday,
rliaigcs against him of violating the
stock 1 1 a ti-:i.t ion dealings with the
Morrell H"!iip coinpuiiv wen- called
before Judge I,;ihIi'I'. l ..nnel lor Mor
re nk-d for a contnm
was granted.
whi.-h
MAE WOOD GETS BOND
AND 18 RELEASED FROM JAIL !
. j
NKW YOIJK. May -. Ma- Wood, ;
who is under uitc-t on a charge of pr
jury i ninecli.iti with her r nf suit
against Senator Thomas C, 'la 1 1 ,
which she claimed to be Pint! s wif
was reb'.i-e.l Iroin the Tombs today i
a bond of t" furnishi'd bv the Ann
icna Surety company.
Colonel Ray Coming to
Increase Output of Elec
tricity Generated By
the Rogue River
Colonel Prank 11. Jtay of New York
w ill arrive iu Medford Thursday to look
over his holdings in the valley aud in
particular to complete tho preliminary
arrangements which have been under
way for some time looking to the in
creasing of the plant of the Kogur River
Klectric cniii pn ay. The plans as uow
outlined will menu the doubling of the
capacity of the present plant. Opera
tions are expected to commence at once.
At a time when capital is especially
backward in seeking new ventures, Col
onel liny is not hesitating to increase
his investments here, which is a good
indication of the faith which farseeing
capitalists have in the future of Med
ford and the surrounding country. Col
onel liny was one nf the llrst to sec the
immense possibilities of (his valley and
his holdings here have always been very
large. The liny liealty company is the
largest properly owner iu Jackson county.-
- '
Br. C. b. Uny, his brother here, is as
sociated with him in many id' his enter
prises. Enlarging California Plant
Colonel Itay has recently been iu Situ
Prancisco arrnnging for an enlarging of
his electrical enterprises there.
Tint following is from the San Pran
cisco Kxnmiuer:
Colonel P. II. liny, director of ths
American Tabocea company ami chief
backer of the Great Western Power
coinpiiny, ami II. J. Wilson of the firm
of Brown & Wilson, financial agents,
ate in the city on u tour ot inspection
of the Great Western Power company,
the property and the eliiof power house
f the company, located mi the north
fork of the American river. This plant
is nearly completed and will commence
to furnish power in tho northern uirr.
f the slate in October. It cost about
; nnti.MiiM nnd is the largest power
Ionise on tin1 coast.
Colonel Uny says all the power thut
an be furnished by this plant already
lias been contracted for and announces
hat it has been dec hied that the pow
r house on the Am"ricnu rirer should
be enlniifed to such ii sire that it will
enlarged lo such a size that it will
i-apabb- of furnishing power through
out tin state, This new investment will
jsI 'J5,iliin,iiiiii and wilt be all sub
tribed by eastern capital.
Revolutionize Power Prieos,
Por dav-e Colonel Hay ami Mr. Wil
ni have been closing the great deal.
Among i tie men who were called into
he hotel was F, II. Scuewerin, vK'e-
piesinoiii ami general manager ot the
ncif ie Mail Steamship company. The
nainicrs seldom left their rooms ex
-ept for meals or to walk down to the
olliee of the reat Western Power com
pany, which are located nit t he sixth
tloor of the Ciocker building.
The deal, besides revolutionizing the
price of electric power in this city and
tu other point ju California, will be n
.timnlii-1 to ol in r eastern capitalists in
testing their wealth in this state,
Tlie la t Colonel prank Mel Jiughlin
was the original promoter of this scheme
lie full r gnize.l the I'.-iet that the
possi.;tn ies for f priitsl.ing power from
the American liver wen uneojualcd ami
ho originated t he idea, of an electric
power liou-e est n Id ished 1 here.
FUNERAL SERVICES OF
OOV. SPARKS OF NEVADA
l: KN' . Nov., May J-r.-- I n response
a call issued by Acting Governor 0.
I in k ' i son and Mayor Kermnu, all
isiuess siiHpt-nded here today on sc
ant, of the funeral of Governor John
arks. The funeral service was held
the Klks' Home. All the bells in
,ily (,,. The body was escorted
, j,(lV,.ni()r , staff ami a body of
politician. Besides the governor's
ifiicuds, ne-mbers of Hie secret orders
to which lie belonged and the state and
niliiials, imiuv marclwd, including
civic bodies, university cadets and tho
state troops.
The body will he taken to tin gov
ernor's idd home in the east for burial.