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Join the Fish Protective Association and Preserve Fishing in Rogue" River and Tributaries UNITED PRESS DISPATCHES ' By far the largest and bi'St news report of any paper In Southern Oregon. The Weather Fnlr weather is promised for tonight easterly kinds. THIED YEAR. MEDFORD, OREGON", MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1908. YOUNG GIRL KIDNAPPED; KEPT TWO DAY laity HAS NO RECOLLECTION OF WHERE SHE WAS TAKEN BY ABDUCTORS STOLEN LAST FRIDAY NIGHT; BROUGHT HOME THIS MORNING AND LEFT ON HER DOORSTEP Parents Searched in Vain for Her Only to BeAwik ened as She Was Thrown on PorGh-PoliGe at Loss for a Clue Was Either Drugged or Hypnotized In Precarious Condition as Result of Ordeal Cleo IIurnt, n H-yeur-old girl, who rcniilos with her grandmother on North K street, was kill mtppt'il on hist Friday evening and returned to her home about 3 o'clock Monday morning. Tlu girl re mM i hern not hint; after :i heavy blan ket hiul been thrown over her head uu til sho,..cnine ti her -senses after being placed in bed at homo. At the present time sho is in a moat precarious condition,-, her nerves being frayed by what she lias passed through. Whether her lapse of memory is due to drugs or to n hypnotic spell has not. as yet been dptermined, but the physicians attend ing her arc inclined to believe it to he drugs, the only tiling not lending; aid lo this supposition being the fact thai sin is not sick ut her stomach. The girl is covered with bruises, as if someone had beaten her, and her face is blackened, due," it is thought, to casting her on the steps of her home Monday morning with some violence. The police are working on the case, but have ns yet no clue. Stolen on Friday. On Friday evening the girl, who was visiting with friends, left about !' o'clock to go home. She had not pro ceeded far when two men approached her and threw a heavy blanket over her head and at the same time gagged her with a handkerchief. Thin handkerchief evidently was saturated with chloroform ns she immediately Inst consciousness Where she wns taken the girl cannot toll, for she remembers nothing until she regained consciousness in her home. As soon as the girl was missed by her grandmother n, frantic search was started. Neighbors lent Iheir ail und the police were notified, but all to no avail. The girl's mother and father. Mr. and Mrs. Will .lacksoii, were sum moned from the quarry of the Oregon Granite company above, Jacksonville, nnd their arrival in Medford was the Highal for resuming the search with greater determination. All effort? came to naught, however, not the slightest trace being found of the girl, although the neghbiring towns were searched and every effort made to locate her. Returned to Home. About ft o'clock Monday iimming Mrs. Jackson wan awakened by something striking the steps of the grandmother's home with a thud severe enough . to shake the entire building. Making a search, the mother found her daughter lying on the steps, still uneonsious. She was assisted into the house and medical assistance summoned. After considerable work the girl was relumed to cnpHcions ness. The girl is unable to give other than an incoherent story of her experience She says she but remembers being ap proached by the two men and having n blanket thrown over her head. The next thing she knew she was at home. Rubber-Tired Carriage. The tracks in front of the residence show that the girl was brought back in a robber-tired carriage, employed probably to make the approach to the house as quietly as possible. Other than the fact that two men had the girl, nothing can be learned. The girl's face is bruised, a- is also her arm, but this might have been done when she was thrown on the steps with such force ns to shake the Ionise, lb r recovery will be speedy, fr.r she wu not injured to any gnat extent other than the damage done to In r tier, ex bv passing thorugh the ordeal. The point that is puzzling the police is a nn.tive for stealing the girl. She was not mistreated, although "he may have been taken for that purp.r, In i captors repenting later. The girl hns always stayed at home during the . : nings and attended school in this city regularly, standing well among hrr ac quaintance. Hypnotism or Drugs? Tlu; second question that is baffling is whether the girl was hypnotized or drugged. Last week she attended the performances in a local theater where a hypnotist was giving exhibitions mid wns several times placed under his pow er. 1 1 is reported t hat ot her parties here in town slated that they could place her under u spell also, and it may have, been that she was taken by these parlies for experimental purposes. The hypnotist al I tie local I heater proved that lie had no connection with I he affair. FORAKER WILL NOT ' MIX IN SCRAMBLE CINCINNATI, (., Nov. 111. The fi nal "statement of Senator .1. It. Ko ra ker preliminary to his fight for the senatorial position will be forwarded to the members of the legislature. Foraker specifies, however, that the statement is not intended to convey the impres sion 1 hat he will devote no moro of his attention to the campain, but that he does not intend to engage in an un seen scramble. The statement consists of a letter from Virgil ('line from Cleveland pur porting to show the exact nature of l-'oraker's employment by the Standard Oil company. Fornker declared that ilie statement shoud "satisfy any fair minded man." In closing, Fornker said: "Whatever may be the result, I shall always be porf nudly grateful for the many distinguished honors I have on joyed at the hands of the people of Ohio and-shall always have the satis faction of-" knowing, whether anybody else does or not, that 1 have under all circumstances striven to serve my state and my country faithfully and effi ciently and whether right or wrong never more, so than in regard to those questions in connection with which I have been criticized." COURT FAILED TO APPROVE COBS' BOND Owing to the fact that the bond of fered the circuit court on Saturday did not bind t wo of the suret ies, Judge Manna failed to approve it ami II. M. Coss remains in the county jail pending the issuance of a new bond. --It is prob able that the bond will be rewritten soon and accepted by I he court. 4- FLASHES FROM THE WIRES. Los Angeles, Cal., Nov. 16. After be ing driven to sen four times nnd losing al its bnllat except 1wo sacks of sand, the balloon American, first to start in liek Ferris' trai;:4i-outi rental race, land ed one mile east of Ilermosn bench at ':'AH o'llo.'k this morning, having been in the air exactly 12 hours. San Francisco, Cal., Nov, 16. The Asiatic KxcIuion league is preparing to distribute pMi.OOfl petitions to congress eiiiling for the strict enforcement of the i hin so exclusion laws and the enact ment of further legislation designated to prevent Asiatic immigration. Washington, Nov. 16. Although Pres ident ko..veett and Secretary of State ili. ot deny that then is any friction between th" Foiled Ft a tea and Japan regarding the op-n door in China, nnd it is said that no request or demand inis In en made upon Japan, it is under stood that the diplomatic exchange of views have taken place in the last few da vs. RUEF TRIAL IS RESUMED; ASK THE HOI, HOI FOR REHEARING Attorneys Allege Ruel's. Liieis Not bale in bair Francisco-CIosely Guard-; ing Against Attempt SAN FRANCISCO, Oil,, Nov. Ifi. Al leging the life of Abraham Kuef is not safe in San Francisco and that a" fierce and burning prejudice and bias exists (hut injH.es it impossible to secure a fair liinl in litis city," attornoya for the iudb-ltid ex. boss moved for a change of venue when the trial which was inter rupt d Friday afternoon by the attempt on I he life of Francis J. Heney, was re sumed this morning in Carpenter's hall under a heavy guard of scores of mount ed policemen, phi in do! Ihn men and detectives. The affidavits ask to set aside the proceddings of I lie presenl trial; that the jury, which it required four mouths to procure, be discharged and the pro ceedings be begun anew in another court It is alleged that the jury is fully cog nizant of the attempt on t ho life of l-'raucis J. Hcucy and that Kuef has something to do with it. Ruef to Court Kuef was brought, to the court in a patrol under the guard of nine detect ives. When the patrol wagon arrived at the court room, the police lined up and made a passage way on either Hide to prevent a possible attempt on Kuof 's life. He stepped out of the wagon with a firm step but his face was worn with sleeplessness and he seemed to have aged since the seusntional events of the past few days. Iluef was taken quickly into the court room and his attorneys drovo up to the building in an auto mobile in which sat three detectives detailed lo protect their lives. Burns to Investigate. SAX FRANCISCO, Cal., Nov. 10. Special Agent William Hums today stated that he would ask the police commission to investigate the suicide of Morris Haas, the would-be assassin of Heney, at the county jail Saturday, lie is anxious to learn whence came an alleged order that he was not to be be permitted to see the prisoner nnd wants to know how Haas could secure a gun under I he very eyes of three policemen det ailed at watch him to prevent-that very thing. The investiga tions carried on by lturns have estab lished one thing to his satisfaction. He savs the gun was not carried into the jail by Hans. Someone gave it to him after he was confined in tlio cell, he says. Hums thinks this was his wife, notwithstanding the fact that Mrs. Haas denies that she carried the pis tol to her husband. Chief of Police Ib'ggy, on the other hand, says that Haas carried the pistol to the cell and that the prisoner was not searched carefully. Captain Duke takes issue with Chief liiggy and says that a careful search of the prisoner was made before he was put in jail. Charges Against Chief. The outcome of the dispute will be charges against Chief of Police Diggy himself, in to bo called on the carpet and is to be asked to testify why he had given out statements declaring that t he shooting of Heney was not the result of conspiracy ami why he gave the order that Hums was not to see the prisoner. ' ' From what I have learned, I am satisfied that Mrs.. Haas, either wit tingly or unwittingly, passed the der ringer to her husband," said Bums to day. "In view of this fnet nnd the fact that he killed himself while under guard of men detailed to watch hi in every moment, nnd after I had been de nied admittance by these same men, nnd had later secured evidence from a confession directly contradictory to their reports, the case assumes a bad phase which demands n thorough in vestigation. I will prefer formal charge against Kelly and A tt ridge, Haas, guards. nd in this way we will find out who wan responsible for the OH! LISTEN TO OF THE GEESE Local Sportsmen Back From a Paradise Where the Ducks and Geese ; Walk to Slaughter . Jeff Heard, Ed Hkewis and George flilsinger have returned from Willows, Cal., a sportsmen's paradise, whero the iiir is simply black with water fowl I where myriads of duck, brant ami geese darken tho sky am) land, where every , passing cloud turns out upon its swift approach to bo merely a million birds, i whero tho honk, honk, honk of the wild goose, the look, look, look of the ; brnut,, ortho quack, quack, quack of ! the duck Sounds from long beforo dawn jtill laate at night.' This is the way they describe il, anyway, and they brought 1.") goose and brant back as proof of ! their assertions, i Mecca for Water Fowl. I The Sacramento valley laud about ! Willows has been selected as winter i headquarters by the water fowl, and , they are there by the million. They are so thick in the fields that farmers have to hire men to ride about nnd ! shoot them to keep anything growing, and all a hunter has to do is to have a wagon load of ammunition to keep pop ping nway from morn till night. Frank Hurgi nvcted as guide to the Medford sportsmen. He is an experi enced market hunter, and in one season killed, nlone nnd with one gun, 1H,000 birdsO. He' has a trained flork of four geese and brant of various varieties, which he talks to anil which, upon in structions from him, begin squalling whenever a flock hovos in sight. With a syp glass, Hurgi makes out the ape 'cies of a passing flock, and whether i they are Canadian geese, or gray geese, or honkers, or some other kind of geese, or some kind of brant, begins to talk to his decoys of the sumo breed, and 1 tho cackling begins. Talks to tho Birds. At the same time, Hurgi begins to ;eall to the passing flock and the effect : is wonderful. Immediately the birds 'wheel today the decoys and when about to alight, Hurgi passes the word to the hunters concealed in pits, nnd the slaughter begins. To hear Hurgi talk to the decoys and , wild geese is described as being an attraction equal to the shooting. The . decoy birds of the same species call differently, those back of the pits talk ing like Hurgi, while those in front make a different din. All are so trained that upon woid from Hurgi they begin their clatter und the result is magical. Beside the live decoys, about 7 It dead birds arc used. BROOKLYN CONTRACTS FOR 16 MILES OF MAINS PITTSIlFIit:, Pa.; Nov. 10. The T. A. (Jillcspie company of this city was today awarded a contract for tho deliv ery, laying and completion within a year of sixteen mil en of water mains in the Itorough of Brooklyn. It will n mount to 1!,0WI,000. The steel" for the pipe, it is understood, will be supplied by the National Tube company, a sub sidiary of the steel trust. The contract for this work was held up some years ago by n court decision that it was illegal. Today the fliltos pie company received word from New York that the Appellate division of the State Supreme court had reversed the decision, and affirmid the right of the city to proceed with the work. The pipe will be six feet in diameter, and hundreds of trains will be rcq'uircd to transport it. Wallace Woods is budding a real deuce nnd barn uton his fnrm west of Medford. order that I should not sec the prison er, why it was anticipated that I might visit him and why, if it was anticipat ed, the district attorney 's office was not notified that such an order had ben given." AnAnnnnnnn rnnnnrnn nr nnimmnu nr m II WW II K. I WW I I II- III! 17 ft- V llk l Iimill I llll I lib tM? DUKNINb UNA IS HtNtl Id i SAND DEAD BETTER Ashland Treated Visiting Shriners in Royal Style- Many Present From all Sections Returning Mystic. Shriners from Ash land report a most enjoyable tlmo in Mint city Saturday, when the ceremon ies attendant upon the installation of Hillah Temple, were observed. Ash laud royally received visitor from all sections of the state und the occasion will long be remembered, Ashland was granted u dispensation for an organization of the Mystic Shriners at the meeting of the Imperial council held early in the year at St. Paul, and is tho smallest city in the world to hnve such un organization. Portland Shriners attended the cere monies in force, coming down in a spec ial train. Illustrious Potentate J. (1. Mack had charge t,f the institution. The officers of the new temple are:' Kngene A. Sherwiu, illustrious poten- tate; Kmest V. Carter, illustrious chief rabbau; Dillon It. flrunt, Illustrious ns sistant rabbau; Kdward T. ltriggs, il lustrious high priest nnd prophet; (loo. W. Dunn, illustrious Oriental guide: Charles Henry Vuupel, illustrious treas urer; Kdward T, Staples, illustrious re corder; Alex. IJvingslou, illusl rious ceremonial master; Kdwin B. Shaw, il lust rious Heeond ceremonial master; (leorge S. Calhoun, illustrious director; .lames A, Both welt, illustrious marshal) Paul W. Paulson, illust rious captain of the guard; Heaton Fox, illustrious outer guard; William A. Pearson, chief electrician; Joseph Hammersley, cap tain Arab patrol, Benton Powers, chief tri alchemist ; Hue L. Bardie assistant alchemist; F.van A. Kennies, inquisitor; Francis 0. Swedenberg, medical direct or; Charles F. Shepherd, musical direct or; Fred D. Wagaer, official historian. Over f if t v candidates wero led over the burning snafis in the evening being: r. K. Bolton, W. C. Leevor, T. C. Itobnett, C. U Kennies, Tt. 1. Neoill, C. W. Nims, J. E. Young, (leorgo F. Wil J son, J. K. Wick, II. C. Spnrr, t. J. Walton, Frank M. Ashburn, II. C. Kin ney, John ButterworUi, William 13. Frn- ser, Charles W. Root, A. ('. Hough, John It. Casey, W. C, Sanderson, L. B, Bug- land, Walter Kverton, J. Svd MeNnir, F. It. Carter, T. If. Simpson, 0. h. Hat field, John R Ribsby, Alex. McLeod, W.-F. Loom is, M. F. Oillespy, James T. Tones, Tt. T. Burnett, J. 8. Wynnt, W. M. Holmes, P. T. Lnwtou, W. F. Shields, A. K. Kinney, A. Tt. Homer. If. L. Coo, J. V. Miller, J. Nelson, A. H. Kosenbaum. PREACHER AOED 70 SUED FOR BREACH OF PROMISE WAT BR LOO, Tnd , Nov. HI. Suit for breach of promise and $.V00 dama ges lias been filed by Miss Kiln Fisher against the Rev. Samuel P. Klotz. Miss Fisher is the daughter of Mrs. Solomon Fisher. She is forty years of age and the Rev. Mr. Klotz is nearly seventy. Me married Mrs. B. W. Klotz who for sixteen years was a widow of his youngest brother. The wedding took place in Bowling flreen, O., Aug. 17. The couple commenced housekeeping in Waterloo. The Rev. Mr. Klotz has no regular charge, but is well known In the IT, B. conferences nnd is wealthy. He has been a large contributor to the Oberlin University at Oberlin, Ohio. BOY OBEYED ORDERS AND DID NOT DISTURB FATHER VrCTOItlA. B. C, Nov. HI. Uncon icinns f the fact that his father was 1 end in an adjoining room , Willie Haines, fl years old, romped about his home for four days nnd did not know until today, when his mother returned from a visit, thata he had been in the presence of death. Shortly after Mrs. Haines left her home in the northern jnrt of this prov- nce to visit her nnd her, her husband swam to the middle of a cold stream to recover a rowboat. Upon returning home he went immediately to bed, in structing his son not to disturb him. The obedient boy ate the food prepared bv his father nnd dtad not know that his pnrent had died until bis body was found by Mti. Hainei. ma ma m-M mm m. m. . -vv I m I . , - L. Awakening ol Chi lina Now Expected-American Fleet to Proted AYneri can Interests TOKIO, Nov. 111. It was learned to day from a high official source at Pc khi that the dowager empress of Ohina died suddenly last Saturday morning at 2:;m o'clock, and the death of the emperor occurred after the death of tho empress. The announcement was made by an official of tho imperial government, who stated that the dowa ger empress, T.e llHitin, had died sud denly Saturday morning, and tho em peror died Saturday evening at (1 o'clock It is stated it is strongly suspected here that both the Chinese rulers were murdered oil her directly or hy slow poi t'ii. It is known that the emperor and the dowager empress had not been friendly for years because of the pro gressive, tendencies of tho emperor. Jt is thought here that both rulers died as the result of nn elaborate web-of intrigue that has been woven with Chinese patience in I ho colcHlinl court for ninny years. An imperial edict issued today pro claimed Prince Chiiii, the brother of the dead emperor, regent of China and Pu Vi, his son, the emperor. Princo Sidotracked. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Nov. HI. Prince. Tsai L-'u, nephew of the Into em peror, Kwaug Su, next In seniority for elevation lo the imperial throne, lost his opportunity to rule the Chinese na tion by accepting the post, of envoy to America, to thank the United Slates for the Boxer indemnity. Whether tho princo M a victim of ircumstances, or whether, his visit to America was the plan of high officials who, anticipating tlu; emperor's death, arranged the visit to milt tlieiilHOlvea, The calculations were overthrown by tho death of the dowager. Pu Vi, in the absence of Prince Tsai, ascended the throne by the strong hand of his fath er, Princo Ch'un ns regent, took con trol of national affairs nnd the awak ning of China Is predicted. Knvoy Prince Tsui, who with Ambas sador Tang Shao Vi, will soon arrive here on the Pacific Mail steamship Mon golia, ami will await advices here in Sa n Frn nc isco before proceed i ng to ashnigton. Fleet to China. IAV!LA Nov 1C It. is generally believed lere C'-it n the event of a revolution in China as the result of the leal lis of the dowager empress und the emperor of China, the American fleet I be ortbi ( d to China to protect A mortem, tii-nf-ts and, if needs be, to asHst the ai.: 'Wlies of the Chinese eiim re in rol'" ;!. order. There is intense interest among the officers of the fleet, ami the officer believe that t hey will not leave the Kiricntal waters until things have kuieted down. The officers believe that Japan is responsible for the unsettled conditions in China nnd that the American fleet will hit called upon in tho international difficulties that will surely follow. Trouble is feared, and the ships are being held in readiness to leave for china at a moment's notice. The bat tloship nre in perfect condition, and wild the cruisers of the far eastern (uadnui as auxiliaries, could dominate the situation in China. GOT BUSY WITH A WHEEL CRASH! HOUSE DEMOLISHED SI'OKANB, Wii., Nov. HI. The home W. Hall in Pullman, today appears as though a cvdone had struck it as the result of a peculiar accident that urred yesterday when small boys got busy with a large wagon wheel on the top of n steep hill just above the house. The youngsters released it and n few : moments Inter it crashed through fences; bounded through t he end of the Hall home into the dining room, upset the tho table that had been set for dinner and was stopped by the kitchen stove which was partially wrecked. The mis chicviouH)boyn nre being sought nnd the slightly damaged wheel is awaiting the owner. - I & V; ri m mwmmw-w m m n Bullet is Removed by Suc cessful Operation Sym pathy From all Sides lor Prosecutor's Wife SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.,Nov. 10. The bullet fired by the would-be asBUBsin, Morns Haas was removed from the nocli of 1 rancis J. Heney, specinl graft proa-v center, at Lane hospital today and at It o'clock the physicians stated that ho was practically out of danger. The operation was performed by Dr. Wallace I. Terry,' chief of tho emer gence service of tho city, assisted by Dr. Herbert C. Moffitt, Dr. Kdwiu Bun uelt ami Dr. Thomas W. Huntington. The bullet which had boon located by the X-rny was not far from tho surface and the operation was com pa rati vol ly simple. While the patient has a littlo fever, the surgeons say that all r Indi cations aro favorable and thoy do not expect any complications. Mrs. Houoy at Bedside Mm. Heney who It is not left4 her husband's bedside silica lu arrived ut the hospital Friday cvfi.iug, remained iiilside the operating recti with Rn lotph Spreckles. Wlem Her.ey wns re turned to his bed, his wito again to-jk up her watch nnd the , ntnt appoarel l-o be clear hi mind nnd rait of pain. District Attorney LaaHdon called upj'i Heney early this 'nonina and talked with him about Bans. 1Io grasped my hand," said Langdon'iiud his grin was strong and firm as eor, I tulk?d with him on several matters of imp) 't , ance. He is fine co'id't;on and In jt most ngreeable humor.' There is a general fte'.ing of roliof about the hospital sin: j tlu bullet hv been rem t. cd as there was great four that it would cause blond poisoning. Pardoo Donounces Grafters A LAMBDA, Oil., Nov. 10. Congress man Jos. R. Kuowland, ex-governor (leorge C. Pardee, Judge Bverott J. Brown and Chester H. Howell wero tho principal speakers at a mass meeting hero yesterday afternoon at which the attempted killing of Francis J. Honey was condemned in unmeasured terms and resolutions expressing sympathy with Mrs. Ileuey and pledging support to the graft prosecution wero adopted. Preach on Crime SAN FRANCISCO, Cab, Nov. 10. Nearly every church in San Francisco was given over yesterday to tho de nouncement of the attempt to kill Fran- is J. Honey. Bvcry minister in tho it v preached on tho subject of munici pal uprightness und denounced tho men supposed to be responsible for tho at tempt on Ileuey s life. A monster meeting wnB held in the First" Presbyterian church, whero John W, Sweeney, ono of the labor d leaders of the city, flayed the " higher-ups" in an address. He declared that the ta li cted men hired Thomas B. Rosecar as associate counsel for Ruef for tho xpress purpose of nagging at Heney until he would sav something that would lend someone to think himself justified in killing the pnrscutor. Sweeney declared that Police Com-' missiouer Keil was the man who gave the order that Hums should not ho al lowed to see Haaa in jaoil nnd denounc- 1 Keil as a "grafter." i t SAN RAF A BL, Cal., Nov. 10. All the churched in Marion county were given over to a discussion of tho at tempted assassination of Francis J. Ho ney in San Francisco. Feeling ran high ind rcsolutionst of sympathy with He ney and condemnation of those who opposed the graft prosecution were adopted. SHEEPMEN QUARREL; ONE SHOT AND KILLED KLAMATH FALLS, Or., Nov. W. Robert McCulley shot nnd killed Con Finucnno 20 miles from Lakoview, Wed nerdav. Both were sheepmen. They pinrrolcd and tho shooting followed. There were several witnesses, McCullev is held for murder. Lake county is much stirred by tho killing. Fihueane is lender of ono Irish crowd, nnd MuCullny is leader of an other. The trouble started over ran go matters, friends of both taking aides. Prominent counsel in being engaged. 1 ,.sr;-