$500 ForfeitThe Tribune Guarantees Twice the Paid Circulation in City or Country of the Morning Mail UNITED PRESS DISPATCHES By far the UrgOBt and b, st news report of any paper In Southern Oregoa CBiBsiflinie. The Weather Fair weutber in promised for tonight uud Suturdny; southerly winds. THIRD YEAR. MEDFORD, OREO OX, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1908. No. 198. TROWBRIDGE SWITCHES SUPERS TO OFFICIAL WE WANT A HAMILTON ANSWER ALL CRITICISMS But Will Only Do So From Floor ol Labor Convent Ion in DenverDefends His Course WASHINGTON", Nov. fi Before he left hero today to nttend the annual convention of the American Federation of Labor at Denver, Samuel K, (Jom pers," president of tho organization, gave ah interview in which lu declared that ho is not il candidate for re-election to tho presidency of tho federa tion. 4,I am not a eandidtilo for re-election ns thn president of tin; American Fed eration of Labor in the senso that 1 Hook office, but when I am not active us president, I shall take my position in the, rauk and file of labor." Gompcrs defended his course- in sup porting Bryan and declared that would answer his critics from tho floor of the convention. lie would explain his attitude fully then, ho declared. John V. Hayes, grand master work mnn of the Knights of Labor, u body not affiliated with tho American Fed oration of Labor, today declared that Oompers and his associates exceeded their authority in taking the federation iuto politics. It is probable that there will be a warm discission when tho federation meets at Denver. MASHER CAUGHT BY FHELAN AND CAPT. DUKE SAN PRANt'ISCO. Cnl., Nov. 0. Mareolle Husen n Hvin bntelicr is out of jail on bail today following liralsii- lions brought aiiiiiit him of annoying tho women guests of the Fairmont hotel vostordav. His cnpr.ork wero Police Captain Duko and former Mayor James D. l'helnn, who caught the alleged masher after a dizzy men in automo biles down the piwinitous slope of Nob Hill. Police hendqnnrters were noti fied Into in tho afternoon that a burly man was accosting women at the hotel entrance. Captain Duke jumped in the police auiomoliile and headed swiftly for tho Fairmont. Ho tackled Husen who is twice his size nnd after u strug gle Husen broke away nnd ran down the hill. He was followed by Duko in thn machine and by former Mayor The Inn who saw the la :t of the fight as he emerged from the hotel, l'helnn sprang into his machine nnd the race was on. Several blocks down the hill. Husen fell and Duke and Pholnn were on him in an instant. Tho man was handcuffed and taken to the city prison. OLD SOLDIERS DRINK TOO MUCH JAMACIA GINGER LOS ANGELES, Oil., Nov. B. The officials of Sawtello where the soldier's home is situated are endeavoring to day to discover means whereby the sale nf .Tnmacin ginger to tho old soldiers may be stopped. The complaint, of the officials of the home is that the soldiers purchase enough .lnmacin ginger for 20 cents to set, them on a .lamncin ginger inif for 0 days. "It not only intoxicates hut it crazes the men." said a prominent official in discussing the matter. "It. is killing off the veterans by the score. Why we have some men here who can drink n bottle of it in a few swallows. T cant stand more than a drop or two oa my tn,,o it is ton strong. Some time the mixture contains lis high as IT. pe' cent alcohol although the usual quantity is 35 per cent. The district attorney is making an in ...n,.tlnn but enn not see his way clear to profJcute the sellers as it sold ns medicine. STATE REFUSES OFFER OF NEW WAGON ROAD SAX FRANCISCO, Cal.. Nov. 6. .lohn Hennessey who made a fortune in mininir todnv has a wagon road n. his hands because of the refusal nf . ?. a rift a .ii.0lll frnm thn Hennessey ranch in Trinitv' coiintv to the Humboldt state rood. The privnte roadway is iincom for three miles and Hennessey I,-. ff,.red the stnte n bonus of .'nnn for ttw eonmletion. The state has declined all offers lie cause of the expense required in main tnining tho thoroughfare. iiennesi has hecome financially embarrass' nnd cannot complete the. road nnd pay for its maintenance. There is no terri tory of importance to be developed by the road and the state cannot see in way clear to accept the offer. II IS COMPLETE Taft Gets 501 Plurality In County-High Elector lor Hisgen Got 10 Votes Count Finished Thursday The official count of tho vote in Jackson county for presidential elec tors was completed Thursday afternoon by County Clerk Coleman, und shows a plurality of 501 for Taft, when tho re publican elector getting tho highoBt voto is compared with the highest dem ocratic elector. The totals wore ns fol lows: Tor Taft. It. II. Butler 3036 .1. P. Lee 20H2 A. C. Marstors J02 1 Frank J. Miller 201fi Tor Bryan. O. P. Ooshow .' 1T.22 August Huekenstein . IWT K. S. .1. McAllister Samuel White For Chafin. V. P. Elmore Hiram Gould A. J. llunsaker . k ir.:w l.-21 . . s . flo .. 1)5 f. MrKmrrlier !4 For Debs. Pt'tor S. Hock 37(1 W. T. finder 3S0 Jinni-a K. Qniek 3S0 l' Varnor 37S For Hisgen. .lolm W. Bennett 10 William li. Luke .... Michael ,T. Malley . . Thomas A. Sweeney CARUSO SAYS HE IS NOT MARRIED NEW YORK, Nov. " I am not arried. It is all false. It is a dam nable lie to blacken my reputation. It must be stopped.'' Enrico Caruso, the famous tenor, walked up and down his room in his hotel today and waved his arms as he denounced in the nbovo Ian, gunge the story that he had married rich American girl, Lillian O. Her- hours. The story wns printed in an Italian newspaper, "1 Teatri. According to the paper, Caruso has not been separat ed from his former wife more than a tew weeks when ho received a letter from Miss llerbours stating that, she ml much money. The paper says a eeting followed the missive nnd a mar riage followed the meeting. The storv originated in South America among some of my enemies," shouted Cnruso to a newspaper man to- "From there it was sent to (ier- mnnv to turn mv friends against me. mm fiermanv it went to Italy and from there to Palis, and now i' has come here. It must be stopped." MARRIED IB-YEAR-OLD GIRL; IS BIGAMIST CHICO, Cal., Nov. 0. Robert Mitch II, a chair mender, is being brought ere todav from Red Bluff charged with bigamy as the result of his marriage to the lo-year-old daughter of fleorge Burch. Mitchell left here with the girl sev oral weeks ago and was compelled to marry her in (iridley to escape prosecu tion. Subsequently, it is declared, a worn an, said to he .litclieu s rirst. wne. irned of the marriage and is said to be determined to prosecute her alleged husband. LANG OF LONDON CHOSEN FOB BISHOP OF MONTREAL MONTREAL. Oil".. Nov. (1. After taking several more ballots for a suc cessor to the late Bishop ( armichacl the Anglican Synod of Montreal diocese went into committee of the whole to hr,.,L the deadlock between Dean Evans, of Montreal, the favorite candi date of the clergy, and Dean Farthing. of Kingston. (Int.. tV.e favored candi dal" nf the lav delegates. When the synod reassembled a ballot was taken, resulting in the practically unanimous choice of the Right Rev. Cosmos Oor don Lang, at present Bishop of Step ney, one of the suffragan Bishops of the diocese of London, England. Bi?!iop Lang is one nf the most bril liant of the vniiugi-r churchmen of fireat Britian and stands in the direct I ine of nreferment to the highest honors So it is doubtful if he will accept. Mdfrd Trtboat, 50e per moaU. ON THE LIQUOR vote for debs FALLS SHORT Not Over Half Million in in Entire Country Instead 01 Million Expected CIIK'ACIO, Nov. 0. The socialist vote In Tuesday's election showed ' a great falling off from the record in lltO-1 in tho three principnl cities of tho country in w1iich sosialirnt is strong est. Chicago soeinlisls who polled 45,- 000 votes in 1!HI4, were given less than 1-1,0110 votes ill tin- returns, and the more sanguine do not expect that tho totals will exceed 20,000 votes for Mr. Delis. Cincinnati and Cleveland, also listed as strong socialist centers, ac cording to the leaders of the party, poll il a grenliy decreased vote. While admitting the adverse figures tnibiv, A. M. Simons, member of the na tioiinl coininiltee of the socialist party asserted that an increase was shown in the vote this vcar in tin' smnll towns. Mr. Simons said: "Mr. CompiTs influenced the labor vote on which the socialist party do ponds to a great extent. His words mused iiiiiny thousands of semi-socialists of radical views to vote for Mr. Bryan and nlso frightened many conser vative labor men into voting for Mr. Taft. Wo arn particularly pleased with results on the Pacific coast, whore au increased vote was shown in ninny towns. We hnve received word of gains ill Texas towns, in Missouri nnd a few towns in New York." , The total voto for Mr. Debs, it is es. timated, will not exceed .'00.000, ill place of the 1,0011,0110 which was pre dicted bv enthusiastic socialists. He received -10:1,(100 in 1004. JACKSON RIED IS HELD BY THE JURY PORTLAND, Or., Nor. 0. Jackson Heid, the 12 vcar old bov accused of killing (ieorge Denial's on the exposi tion giiunds last summer has been held by the jury that weighed the evidence i.u the case to be a delinquent child nnd will be sent to the stnte reformatory until the tho decision is reversed by the supreme court. The verdict was reached inside of one hour venterdav afternoon. Tnntiniony was adduced tending to show that De murs wns in a raging pnssioa when ho rushed towards the boy with an up lifted hand. One witness declared that ho ran after the boy and not tho bitters' dog. as claimed by the defense. Thn canine wns the root of the trouble that led to .lie fatal shooting. MANY APPLES ARE REACHING NEW YORK A New York eonimoreinl bulletin nf I letober II savs: Apples have arrived quite freely, but hnve met. n good demand and market has gradually improved on the better vurieties, though to couunand full out side quotations, quality must be strictly choice; poor fruit moves slowly at irreg ular pries. Ear westera box apples ill moderate supply nnd selling rather slowlv, gi'lierallv front tfl.i.i down. Pears Keifer in liberal supply and showing wide range in quality and val ue; a few fancy command $2.25 to $2.50 per barrel or more, but bulk of tho re ceipts lack quality, often being too ripe or cloudy nnd for such stock low figures hnvo to be accepted, in some cases down to $1 to $l.f0 per -barrel; baskets soiling niaialy from HOc to 7oc, though strictly fancy renlize $1 or more. Other varieties of pears in night supply and selling promptly when showing desira ble quality. TAFT TO EAT TURKEY WITH MELVILLE INOALLS CINCIVV AITl. O.. Nov. 0 Presi but lf t "Taft will leave here at tt o'clock this evening for Hot Springs, Va.. where he will remain three weeks, retting fr.-m the effects of his stren timis campaign. On Thanksgiving day Judge Taft and Mrs. Taft will be the guests of Mel vilte K. Inall. chairman of the bnaM of direct'ir of the "Big Four" rnil fiid. y"d"H Tribune. 50e per meatk. CHANGE DUE TO THE DECISION OF SUPREME COURT Contract Ordored With I. L. Hamilton Moyer Warns Council to Leave the Soof of City Kail Alone Reports Re ceived and Bills Ordered Paid. There U ft now lineup in tho city council on tho liquor qoHtiou. Council man Trowbridge has changed his viewn, owing to the decision of the supreme ourt in tho Med ford liquor cane, and at the regular meeting of the city conn- il Thursday night he cast hit voto to grant to Murphy & Dowuing a lice line to sell liquor for a poriod of six mouth a. I Ah there was only present at the meet ing a uaro quorum, tho result was a tie, Merrick and Wortman voting no, Trowbridge and Kifert voting yes. To Change Regulations. There was introduced at tho mooting an ordinance amending tho present or- hnance regulating tho sale of liquor, which provided for a license of $800 a year instead of $100, and the removal of all screens nit Sundays ho that police officers could at all times secure a view of tho interior of tho saloons from the outside, in order to Btop nny sale or liquor on .Sunday. Who is behind the movement is not known, but the matter was laid on the tablo for the time being. Mr. Moyer warns Council. A. S. Mover, contractor, who built the city hall, warned the council nut to touch the roof of the city hall, as had charge of it for three years, lie also threatened to sue for payment if balanco on his contract was not forthcoming. His move grew out of aa order by the council to have the room on the city hall repaired. K hi ni & Morgan made tho city a prop osition to number the houses of the city and place signs on the streets. The mat ter was referred to the street commit tee for investigation. The Police- Department f'hief of Police Shearer reported 33 arrests during the month of October. Fines to the number of 20 wore dis posed, which netted the city $1(17, two of the fines being suspended. Six cases were dismissed. The chief asked for more wood for tne prison woodpile, and again called attention to the many hoboes passing through, giving the officers considerable trouble. Oity Engineer's Report. City Mngineer Osgood reported tlmt during the month of October 10.H45 square feet, of cement sidewalk nnd 18.14 lineal feet of plank walk had been constructed. The work on the outfall sewer under the .lacolisen-Ttade contract eommenc nl October 2H and to date 1S00 feet of 1 ((inch pipe have beon laid. Options for right of way and the septic tank dto Have been secured. Minor Business. The city engineer was instructed 1o include the additional street work on Seventh and Central avenue in tho con tract with the Warren Const met but companv. liills for October were passed an. I warrants ordered drawn. A communication from A. K. Heamea was read in which he nuked a retaini r nf $100 to act for the city in connection with the bond issue tnken by John Nu veen & Co. The recorder was ordered to d ra w a w a r ra n t nnd re t n i n Mr It earn es. The Condor Water & Power company askpd to substitute a new bond for their old one. Referred to city attor ney. The voles of the water election were canvassed and the city altorney was in strticted a draw a contract with T. 1 Hamilton. WOMAN SHOT IN HOTEL IN CHIOAOO IDENTIFIED CHICAOO. Nov. (. Divorce pro ccedings after twenty two years of wed ded life will be Instituted by the wife of R. A. King, of Lanesvitle, TIL, and one of the wealthiest business men of Central Illinois, as the result of the shooting nffair at the Imperial Hotel The mvsterv surrounding the shoot ing of the woman was cleared up yes terdav. Kintf. who left the hotel im mediately after the affair, turned up arone. He idcitdfnie eta etao etaeta alone. He identified the woman as Mrs. Oletta Waldridge. twenty five years old. of SprinKfield, III. He said the woman had gone to Cleveland. O., to visit friends. King asserts the shooting was acci- j dental. He carried the woinnn out of the hotel aud sent her to a hospital in a cnb. Kino not arriniin mi in iii iiriu iiy the police. QUESTION! PERSONEL OF Those Who Will Be Picked By Taft In March-Loeb to be Honored CINCINNATI, O., Nov. Tt is a good guess that, with tho possible ex ception of Oscar S. Straus, for scro tary of commerce nnd labor, President Taft will ami ounce tho following cab inet March 4: Secretary of state Klihu Hoot, Now York. Secretary of the treasury George Von li. Meyer, Massachusetts. Secretary of war Ijuko K. Wright, rcnuesBeo. Postmaster-general Frank U. Hitch ock, Massachusetts. Secretary of tho navy William L. Loob, Jr. Attorney-general Frank H. Kellogg, Minnesota. Secretary of tho interior .lames II. (fnrflcld, Ohio. Secretary of agriculture .Tames Wil son, Jowa. Secretary of commerce and labor Oscar S. Straus, New York. Congressman Hepburn of Iowa may succeed Seprotary Straus as head of the commerce and labor department. The secretary to the president will be Fred V. ( 'arpenler of Minnesota and I 'alifornia. LATE LOCAL NEWS. The opera house will bo completed by the middle of next week, as far as the carpouter work is concerned. Con tractor Oeorge liOotnis, has a force of some ten or twelve men at work aud is pushing tho work. h. W.peuco of Trail was a Medford visitor Thursday. Mrs. Italph Woodford is visiting in Sams Valley for a few days. Miss Cora Penuett has left for a visit with friends in Douglas county. h'ditur Pattison of the Central Point Herald was a Medford visitor recently. He says that. Centra! Point is advanc ing more rapidly of lain than for a number of mouths past. New sidewalks are the order of tho day. V. M. Paxter, who owna mining property on Indian creek in tho Siski yons, has returned from a visit to his mines. N. S. ftennett has purchased the resi lence property of O, K. Allen on North Central avenue, paying $1100. York & ). handled tho deal. O. H. Stephenson has returned from a visit with friends in Indiana, Mrs. Harry Webb and Mrs. J. A WhitcHidcs of San Francisco are visit ing with their mother, Mrs. Kastern of Jacksonville. . W, Davis of San Francisco is reg istered at tho Nash. J. II. Forrest of New York is a recent Medford arrival. Ho is looking over irthn valley, .1. II. Sherry of fcugene is in Medford on business. J. W. Whitney, the genial Kerning ton typewriter man, is in Medford on bin regular business trip. He will devote a few weeks to angling on the Hogue by way of diversion. Jack is a siren nous fisherman. Frank Bybee was in Medford on busi aess Fridav. Ed Hantey was doing business with Medford merchants Friday and inci- dentally discussing tho water question. II. H. Lorimernnd family have moved . from the Porter addition on the East ! Side to the Dnan place on tho West: Side recently purchased by Mr. Pond. Mr. Lorimer's father-in-law. ' The work of paving is progrewsing , rapidly on West Seventh street. II. A. Hubletl of Frankfort, Ky., is i looking over the valloy with a view of locating. T. II. Donahue and It. M. McDou gall of Morenci, Ariz., are reghlored at tho Nash. I). B. HuhhcII has returned from a short visit to (Jranls Pass on bunioess. D. K. Whiting will spend Sunday in (Irants Pass, installing a new linotype for the Courier Publishing company. M. D. Sute and wife of Iowa are looking over lh valley. They will probably remain in the Rogue River valley. H. L. Young, the highly respected linotype operator, will have a large acreagn of his homestead near Browns boro planted to fruit next week. Mr. Youuk will try an experiment, by put of' Fnulish ting out ft small acreage . . .1 i - ---- thrive in that part of the valley. NEW CABINET CHANGE SAY GERMANS Demand Complete Reor ganization of the Foreign 01fi.ee--Kaiser Charact ized as Impetuous BKRUN, Germany, Nov. Cler- mauH are today demanding the com plete reorganization of the fureigu of fices. The press is insistent that the affairs of tho foreign office bo left to a minister who will havo complete charge of foreign affairs without in terference from the kaiser, who in char acterized as impetuous Beginning with a loss of prestigo to tiermuuy through tiro failure ol! the (ierman foreign of I'ico to foresee the success of t he Young Turks move ment and culminating ia tho Casa Blau- ca fiasco and tin1 London express m cidenl, (iermaiiy bus had the worst of every international eoinol.mlioti. The so-called triple alliance among Kngla ud, r ra uce aud It uhsiu is con denined by the Hermann as a foolish blunder on the pnrt of the (iermau diplomats because (iermany was out of (he international out on to. left Ijecngui.ing the impotuotisity of the emperor, there is greater need of diplo macy in t lie foreigu office than in any .other of the chancellories, say the ( iermaiiB. The Uerniaii people love pcaco nnd argue that, it is better to clean house now than to let blundering continue to a point where (lerdiunuy will bo either unpolled to t ight or wit hdraw from a new entanglement, with other nations. I'ho German foreign office is criticized because of its failure, to agree' with i ranee on the Casa Blanca affair.. BABES GET LAND AS SOON AS THEY SEE DAY KLAMATH FALLS. Or., Nov. II. F. White, the special alloting ngeut, of the Klamath Indian reservation, re ports progress very slow on account of the many complications in connection with the settlement of the tribal rights of many of the claimnnts. Tho allot ment roll as not yet closed, und the births among tho Indians are now ac curately recorded and every nrrival 's the owner 'of 1(10 acres of land ns soon as its eyes are opened upou the light of the world. It has not been finally de termined when thn allotment roll will be closed, but it will bo some time in the latter part of HHiit. Thero yet re mains sufficient .work adjusting claims aud establishing the relationships of the allotecs to keep Mr. White and his as sistants busy several months. Owing to the fact that, marriage wns more a matter of convenience than a legal or iiacred a f f'aii it has taken months to segregate the various families, a thing that was necessary to determine the heirs of an allotee in case of his death. Most of I hose enljdt d to lands have mode their scoctions, but it is taking considerable time to ertnblish the lines so that the claims of the allntees will not conflict. CHEWED HIS TONGUE AND KILLED HIMSELF VANCOI'VKK, B. C, Nov. (I. One of the strangest cases of suicide ever printed has just le't-n found through t he dent h of A rthur Ne wma n in t he British Columbia penitentiary, who act ually . killed himself by chewing Ins tongue. After ho was found in the cell bleed ing at the mouth, a hurried examination disclosed Die novel means he took of ending his life. He was rushed to a hospital, but soon died from heart, fail ure and loss of blood. He was serving !ho lust ye;ir of a five ynr term f'r burglary. 1 If. C. Brand. Mi, e. -com pa nied by his wife :nid son. nf priker City i looking over the valley with a view of locat , ing. T. K. Pottcng'T Is spending a few drtvs in Medford, thn ranch in thn A i iileirate ennutrv being rather lonesome for Kddio. I Misn Leda Wilson will return to San I'ranctsro Saturday after spending some Manager Sampson ,t . ti f the (Irantn Pass Canning company a in business. Medford on Rankin Kustis of Nebraska has pnr based property in tho Ross addition. J. Ofenbaeher of Aoolegnte wns In 1 Medford on business Friday. i ii ft r f T am In j , .-. ford Thursday on businuas. PLANNING TO WORK Carries Election 525 to 35- Will Connect Pipe With DitGh at Bradshaw Drop Until Line is Completed As soon ns the contract is draws, and tho survey made, I. L. Hamilton proposes to get to work on the con struction of the pipeline to Little Butte creek, no as to get water into Medford at the earliest possible moment. A targe force of men will be put ou tho job and will bo kept there until tho line is completed. Citizens of Medford on Thursday by a voto of olid to Ho or by a plurality of oOO decided iu favor of water from Little Butlc, according to tho proposi tion submitted by 1. L. Hamilton. The vote was upon the three propositions, ouo by I. L. Hamilton, water from Fish laku; onu by C. It. Ray for tho Con- dor Water & Power company, and one by 1-Mgur S. Hnfcr, although the lat ter was withdrawn some days ago. The vote by ward a was: . ; Hamilton. Ray. Hafer. First ward . . Second ward Third ward . 158 108 Total 535 .Mr. Hamilton Friduy morning ex pressed himself as very much gratified over the outcome. He stated that he would now get to work and do every thing in his power to get water into Medford at the earliest possible date. The first work to be undertaken will be the survey to Little Butte. The en gineer will stnrt on this immediately, Mr. Hamilton states that as soon as Uio pipeline is laid from titer eservolr to the Prudshaw drop that he wilt lay a temporary line at that point to the ditch of the Fish lake company and sup ply the city from that point until the system is completed, cutting out Bear reek as early as pjssiblo. The city council dircctod the oity at torney Thursday evening to prepare at once the contract with Mr, Hamiltoa aud the necessary ordinance. WRESTLING MATCH IS CREATING MUCH INTEREST The wrestling match between Jack Welch and W. II. West of this city Is creating much intorest aud a large crowd should be on hand at the Angle opera house Monday night to witness the good. The Journal of November 5 says: Medford has a wrestler in tho per so a ol W. H. West, who is anxious t" meet the winner of the O 'Ooniiell-Stranglcr Smith match in t'orflaad November If he can find it possible, West intends to be ou hand at tho ringside to chal lenge the winner of tho Portland bout. West has already written a challenge to Portland to meet tho winner of the match. Ho will wrestlo catch as-catch-can or any otlo-r stylo the Portland wrestlers want to name. Ho wants ts wrestle for gate money or purso and is willing to mako a suitable side bet. Middleweight or cat. -h weights suit him perfectly. FORMER PRESIDENT PALMA GIVEN ELABORATE FUNERAL HAVANA. Cuba, N'ov. ft. The funer al of Tnuiaso Kstadit Palma, formerly president, of the Republic of Cuba, was held here al I o'clock this evening. The body wns given elaborate military and state honors and the cortege was followed bv a throng of sorrowing peo pie. The failure of the newspaper organ of Joseph Miguel (fOtuoK and Dr. Al fredo Zayas, candidates respectively for president aud vice-president of the re orgnntzat ion republic, on the liberal picket, to join in the common expres sion of sorrow aud tribute to the dead ' piiinoi nas a rouse t in people ana bit 1 1 ' nave a damaging effect on the liber- als chances. LIBRARY BOARD MEETING. I , , . I Tho library board will meet thia eve- I ning at King's book store, 7:3d n'fluclc. MRS. H. t STODDARD, Librarian.