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UNITED PRESS
DISPATCHES
By far Die largest and bnt nwi report
of auy p.ipcr in Southern Oregon.
The Weather
Increased ebudinecs tonight; possb
bto "showers;' northeasterly wind.
THIRD YEAR.
MEDFORD, OR EG OX, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1903.
No. 218.
ST It WATERS .!
m
DEVELOPMENTS SUPPORT
THE THEORY OF SUICIDE
TO WIPE OUT
Huge Plot Unearthed by
Secret Service Men-Directed
From the United
States by Leaders
VAN COUVER, B. C, Dee. 1. Start-!
ling details of tho huge plot to over-
throw Jiril ish rulu in India ami place I
a Sikh as nil or of tho country, which J
a ui o. i mug " i hi omiuiiu, nut -
fallen into the hands of secret service
ofllcials working for tho British gov-1
eminent on tho Pacific coast. Tho date
of thu great uprising und tho plan of
tho campaign which was to have fol
lowed are. also known to tho authori
ties. It has long been suspected by the
Indian office in London that the scheme
to throw off tho British yoke, of which
tin1 outrages that aro daily taking place
in disturbed India aro part, was be
ing worked from America, and for the
last three months native spies under
two white officers have been quietly
ualhering information. From Oakland!
to Seattle, officers have probed every
Hindoo chide with tho startling result
that it wan found that the headquarters
of tlx? revolutionary party was located
on tho const. Directions wore sent to
tlio minor leaders in India by an appa
rently harmless code through a white
man in California to a well known na
tive firm in Calcutta.
Real Loader But a Boy.
The real loader is described as a now
Cnru Xaitak. lie is a Sikh of excep
tionally high caste, who by a special
dispensation has been allowed to leave
his native country in order to propare
himself as a ruler when the time ar
rives. He is still little, more than a
youth, yet he has taken his degreo at
Cambridge and has followed this up
with a special course at Columbia uni
versity. Mis headquarters were for a
considerable time in New York. At
the present time he in very much sought
after by eight secret service men, but
his loeatiou, which is admitted to be on
this continent, is only known to the
highest council of the revolutionists
consisting of seven high caste Sikhs.
Five of the council aro known to
the authorities, and although recently
several of them were under the British
flag in Vancouver mid vicinity, they
are alt now safely over the" border.
Story of the Plans.
They arc Derniab Singh, Backresh
Singh. Merenm Singh, lianjit Singh and
Kenab Singh. Thr- of these Sikhs
have been employed .n local mills. It
was oneo f the three who disclosed the
whole plan to a British Beeret service
officer when cornered in Vancouver and
promised his freedom as the price of
tin- betrayal of the plot. Bis story, told
in good English, was as follows:
14 Tho small outrages that are now
taking place in India are part of the
plan of campaign directed from this
side of the Atlantic. It is necessary to
have disturbances in several places in
order to scatter the British troops. The
main uprising is to take place in April
when the hot weather sets in and the
white troops are at a disadvantage.
Amritsar is to be the scene of the main
uprising. '
Tim story continued tells of the read
iness of Egypt, Bnrmnh and even Hong
kong to throw off the British yoke at
the most opportune time.
"It will be a terrible affair. con
hided the tall Sikh, "but it is inevit
able. Our people have stiff cred too
much under tho present generation of
white rulers. They do not understand,
r.s did th'1 generation before."
VANCOUVER, B. C. Dee. 1. News
has been brought here by the Canadian
Pacific railroad steamer fllenfarg of the
rescue (tf four Filipinos from death
when snrronnded hy sharks as they
clung desjierately to wreckage and of
the succoring of light keepers on the
China coast when they were on the
vergeo f starvation.
BRITISH
RULE
DRIVEN TO STEP BY
ADVERSE CRITICISM
ON PART OF PRESS
Returning Home in Police Launch From
Visit Across Bay Waa Last Seen in
Cabin of Launch No Trace of Him
Has Been Found. '
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Dec. 1.
Chief of Polico Biggy was lost from tho
police launch in the bay last night. He
was In a atato of great perturbation as
the result of newspaper attacks upon
l im and complained bitterly of being
"hounded to death by the press " short
ly before lie disappeared, according to
the statement ninth' to tiio police today
by Commissioner Ken. Biggy made n
trip across the bay to confer with Kcil
and he was tlio hut person to talk
with him about hia affairs before ho
disappeared.
D velopnumts suppoit tho theory that
Iliggy, sniurting undjr bitter criticism
.iikI facing an investigation of hia per
sonal und official conduct, ended his
own lifo by throwing himself into the
valors of the bay,
Biggy Was Criticized.
Sinco the shooting of Francis J. He
ue.y and subsequent suicide of Munis
Haas, tho would-ha assat-sin of Ueuey,
Itiggy has been tho target of criticism.
The local papers have published numer
ous stories to the effect that Biggy
would resign or he removed, and the
department was in a slate of 'unreal for
weeks, the headquarters being a hotbed
i f plots and counter plots between jeal
ous officers. The last few day J the
local papers have published stories of
a "pudgy man" who " niaHqperadod as
Chief Biggy" in the tenderloin nud en
gaged in thrilling midnight revels.
With the charges of incompetency
and increasing allegations against the
chief in the public prints, Mayor Tay
lor was led to send lo Biggy informing
him that his conduct would be made the
subject of an official investigation.
Biggy immediat'dy telephoned to
Commissioner Keil, who has been his
friend. It is thought that he did not
get much satisfaction, and decided to
visit Keil Inst night.
No Escort With Him.
Tt is pointed out that Biggy did not
take the usual escort of two patrol
men when he started on the police
launch, but said that he would go un
accompanied except by Engineer Mur
phy. When they reached Beldcre, a small
summer resort adjoining Tiburon, Keil
came down from his residence and talk
ed to the chief at the water's edge.
Murphy did not hear much of this con
versation, and Keil thiB morning do-H
eided to tell what took place. It is fair
ly well established, however, that Keil
told Biggy he could not take up his
fight before the commissioners, and
while hn was still friendly, he could not
undertake to defend him.
At .1:15 o'clock Biggy sent the fol
lowing message, which was transmitted
by telephone, to Keil:
"Somebody you know is coming
across the bay to see you."
The message was not signed. It is
said at police headquarters that this
was the message Biggy always sent to
Keil when he intended to visit Belve
dere, nnd that he never signed his name.
Former Wife's Statement.
Mrs. W. J. Biggy, divorced wife of
the lost chief of police, today gave out
a statement in which she said that
she believed her former husband's mind
had given way under tho strain of his
work. Her statement follows:
"Mr. Higgy was ton good a Catholic
, to commit suicide. He was not a drink
ing man and I don't think there is any
possibility of his having been intoxi
cated at the time. In the light of va
rious occurrences in the last month or
so, I really think that the work imposed
upon Mr. Biggy was too much for his
nervous disposition and that he has
been mentally deranged.
"I have heard that the police boat
is very rocky, and it is quito possible
that Mr. Bigpy might have been thrown
into the water by a Hidden lurching of
the boat. Murphy could not have heard
him, owing to the noise of the engine.
I think that they were very foolish to
! go out on the bay without more in the
launch. I have not seen Mr. Biggy for
. some months. ' '
The statement of Engineer Murphy
( to the commission is credited to supj-ort
the theory of suicide. He said:
Engineer's Story.
I "Chief Biggy when he came to dock,
CRUSHER IS
I 0
DELAY
No Sooner Did Weather
Clear Than Trouble Be
gan at the Quarry De
laying Paving
The rock crusher nnd the' weather
y.com to be taking turn and turn about
in a constant endeavor to delay as far
us iHiKHihlo the work of paving Sov
euth street. No uoonor did tho fair
weather come than the crusher broke
down and now that the crusher was
again started at Work on Tuesday
morning it is clouding up and is in n
fair way to rain.
The street, work will probably be
delayed again rain or shine',.' as the
crusher breaking down gave the plant
u chuiico to catch up with the crush
ing .of tho rock and the plant at thu
quarry is not capable of grinding out
rock fast enough to keep up with the
pavers.
Superintendent C'hipman stated Tues
day morning that he had reeoived no
orders to suspend work for the win
ter, as was reported in tho city, but
that he is to keep at. work as rapidly
as possible until until the street was
paved. He stated that ho did not know
what further his company could do to
hasten the work than they aro doing;
MISS HEARD ENTERTAINS
FRIENDS AT FIVE HUNDRED
Miss filadys Heard, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. 1). Heard delightfully en
tertained n few friends Monday eve
ning at her residence on South C street.
Five hundred was tho game played,
first honors being carried off by Miss
Ken fber and the prize for the- best
loser going to Mr. Martin. The house
was charmingly decorated,. a profusion
of huge California violets filling the
air with their fragrance and lending
beauty to the scene. A dainty and
elaborate luncheon was served at mid
night upon a table prettily and grace
fully adorned. Tho guests were:
Misses Kent nor, Cooke, Eifort, Messier,
Mcsdnmcs dale and Foster, Messrs. Ton
Velio, Marl in, Dudley, Snyder, Putnam
and Dr. Con row
said that he had missed .Commissioner
Keil nnd wanted to go over to Reive-'
dere at on'. He? rieemod worried and
said to nier' -
" MUt off as quickly and quietly as
yon can and don't blow the whistle
unless you have to. '
"When we reached Belvedere Com
missioner Keil. came out in a rowboat
and Biggy went ashore, where he re
mained for two hours. He told me to
be sure and wait, as he wanted to get
back to the city last night.
"When he came aboard he complain
ed of being cold. I saw him wnlking
down the deck and the last I saw of
him he was sitting in the cabin. T
did not notice, him until we ran into
the waves of a ferry boat, and T called
to look out. ! invest i gated and found
he was gone. "
Murphy then told how ho hurried
ashore nnd reported the loss of the
chief.
Other statements were made by Cnp
lain J. J. O'Moani, who testified that
he saw Biggy in his office at 4:40
o'clock yesterday and later, at 6
o'clock, at a restaurant near the ferry
building. Captain .Tames Kelly, head
of tho detective bnrcati, also saw him
at his office, but did not rwk to him.
.fames M. Wood of the St. Francis saw
him in the j vol ice umbnlajice shortly
beforn ft" o'clock. Patrolman R. Mnrtien
testified that he saw the chief at the
launch just before his trip to Belve
dere. While waiting for Engineer Mur
phy, he say. he and Biggy smoked a
c i gn r t oget h-r and the chief seem ed
cheerful.
Captain Michael J. Cnoboy of the
harbor station described the search
which he hwl made for the chief' body
ufter the drowning.
FANCHER FOUND
BUT RUNS AT
Seen in the Mountains Be
tween Talent and Ash
land This Morning-Large
.Party Endeavoring to
Run Him Down
i
Running about the woods bet gee n
Ashland and Talent In ft most pitiable
condition, weak from his long exposure
to tho wenthor and with his clothing
torn by tho undergrowth, is L. V. Fnn
cher of this city, who disappeared from
hie home in thiB city on Monday, No
vember 21, A largo party are endeav
oring to run the man down, but so far
ho has succeeded in eluding them, prov
ing boyond all doubt that ho has lost
his renson. He was seen early Tuesday
morning and sinco then a chase has
been kept up, and it is only a matter
of time before his friends, though he
dodges them as if thuy were enemies in
tent upon his life, run him to earth and
bring him back to the comforts that his
unbalanced reason" has led him to fore-ff"-
Wolters Sees Him.
,- Evor sinco it was known in which
direction the innn had gone when he
disappeared, friends havo been search
ing for him, hut tt was not until Tues
day morning that he was soon. Charles
Wolters of Talent observed him in the
foothills between that city and A bIiIti mt
near an old mine and endeavored to
reach him, but Puncher took .to his
heels and disappeared umong the
woods. Wolters then returned to Tal
ent, whero ho telephoned to this city
for assistance and returned, aided by
friends, to the senrch. Tt is almost cer
tain that Fancher will bo stopped be
fore he can get much further nway.
A hack load of local people, headed
by Frank Wilson, Immediately upon re
eoipt of the news that Fancher had been
seen, started from thin city to aid In
running down the demented man. Re
quests for aid- met with hearty re
sponse nnd many more would have gone
had there been an opportunity.
. - Mrs. Fancher Overcome.
When Wcdters telephoned to this city
he asked for Mrs. Fancher. She was
taken to the telephone office, where she
received the news that hr hushnnd had
been located. The shock was too great
for her over-burdened nerves, and she
lainted away. Hho was carried into a
renrby drug store nnd resuscitated. She
was then assisted to her home by her
friends.
' Tt is now only a matter of hours be
fore Fancher will he run down and
brought back to his home. Thero is ab
solutely no doubt but that his reason
has become -" unbalanced, though for
what renson is not apparent.
How he has succeeded in living dur
ing his long stay in the mountains is n
question, for there Is no place known
where ho has obtained food.
JAPANESE NEWSPAPERS
MAKE FUN OF KAISER
TOKIO. Dec. 1. Tho recent publish
ed interview .with the German kaiser
is the absorbing topic here. Officials
as well as the newspapers, believe that
the kaiser has been correctly quoted,
but the newspapers ridicule his state
ments.
One paper publishes a picture of the
kaiser having his tongue amputated,
and editoriolly discredits the statement
attributed to him that he and President
Roosevelt have agreed to oppose Japan
All the newspapers inspired by the
opposition insist that tho relations be
tween America and Japan, especially re
garding China and the open door, are
f reeptionnlly friendly and that harmony
is assured. They attribute the publica
tion of the kaiser interview to a do
sire to embroil America with Europe by
c rea t i nir t ra i ned rel a t i on s.
It is intimated bv official organs that
developments during the neit few days
will provP that America and Japan arc
fully agreed in regard to ( nine.
Card of Thanks.
To th ninny friends who were so
generous and kind during our late be
reavement we wish to extend onr deep
est gratitude and thank.
I, A VERNE AND MRS. COOLEY,
APPROACH
! OF AID
TO LET PEOPLE DECIDE
F
AIL THE
Famous Bear Creek Orch
ard Kept in Pink of Condition-It
Will Probably
Smash More Records
Anything, no matter whether it be
longs to tho animal, vcgotnblo or min
eral kiugdomL that for excollence in
quality surpassia all of Its kind in the
world is ever a source of iutnrest und
of a fooling of respect when one stands
in their presence. If n man bo a world
champion in athletics ho is always of
interest, if one has visited a mine
known as the greatest producer of a
certain metal, that feeling of Interest
is present, and in keeping with. this,
here in tho Rogue River valley, where
its people's heritage is sunshine, fruit
and flowers, the interest nnd respect
is alwavs present when a certain block
of Cornice pears, on tho very outskirts,
of the city, is visited for the reason
that theso trees are famed far and near
as the producers of record breaking
pears iu fact, they are world's cham
pions, nud as such stand one of the
greatest advertisements of this famous
fruit section. Headed low, stout, steady
nnd uniform, tho trees stand, as if
they realized their worth, and to ft lover
of nature, who might understand, their
'various language, they would prob
ibly tell of endeavon to surpass their
owa record of tho past.
A visit to the famous Bear Creek
orchards just south of the city, is al
ways a source of pleasure, and is always
worm wuuu, iu bomiu iiiu sun win un
pen I; to somo tho vurioty of fruit; to
some the la? of the land, with its
Irainage, but to. nuo unversed In the .
KCirnce in iiiiii. KMMrM,K 11 H"-n
an entirety everything pleases; every
thing Is of interest, and doubly so to
him who can intorpret nature nnd her
benefits, wrought for the comforts of
mankind.
The approach to the homo of the
owner Is through a half mile of or
chard, up n slight rise, ho imperceptible
as not to be realised until one arrives
r.t tho crest of tho knoll and the won
derful yiew spreads before him In all di
rectlons "-oast, west, south, north. All
about are the mountains, to which the
nature-lover will be attracted, in the
valley below can be seen other trim
orchards, nnd winding nlong the foot of
tho knoll is aeon the railroad an appeal
to those of a practical mind. About one
aro rows of wel kept trees apples and
pears, all of uniform growth and stand
ard. Bear ('reek orchard consists of 240
n nf land. Of this amount )K3
acres is planted 1"- to pears, the re
mainder to apples. At tho present time
1,1 more acres of pears are contemplat
ed. There are 20 acres of 0-year-old
New tow us, us fine trees as can be
found anywhere. There are also 10
acres of .Vyearold Kpitzenbergs, which
will prove nf great commercial value, A
.in-aere block of II year old Cornice,
d 'Anion and Itartlett years form per
haps the most regular orchard to be
fi.rmd in the valley.
A large packing house, 50x300 feet in
size, electric lighted nnd fitted with
many improvements, is found where
the work of preparing the fruit for
mnrket i done. Next to this is a hntre
implement shed, providing shelter for
ell of the appliance round on the rami
Then there are spacious barns, bnnk
honses and the like. Every need has
been provided for.
As tn the records mad a hy this or-1
chard, they an world breakers: ,
A carload of Cornice pears sold on
September W, HM7. at auction In New
York city for Ui22M gross, the high- j
est price ever received for a carload
nf fmit. Four hundred and five half-
I boxes from this enr sold for M.10 n
half box, or M.0 a full box. Th tale
CHAMP 0N0
WET OR DRY
PETITION IS BEING
CIRCULATED TO TAKE
MATTER FROM COUNCIL
1
Movement Meeting With General Fa
vor Among Business Men of City
It Would End Many Quarrel iu the
City Council.
To lot the people of Medford say
whether' the city should remain wet or
dry, nud have their decision binding
upon the city council, thus removing the
wot nud dry fight from the council by
placing tho issue squarely before the
citizens,! is the object of an initiative
potitlon calling for a prohibtion election
at tho city election iu January, thftt Is
being freely signed by btiBiuusn men ,
and will be filed within a few days.
Tho movement meets with geuoral fa
vor, as it will oud tho petty factional
fights that havo waged sinco the June
election, and onnble the selection of o
business1 administration, free from pro
hbitiou or liquor influence.
The petition was started by tho wet
forces, but is being freely signed by
all who have wearied of tho constant
agitation nnd discord which threatens
to keep the community divided, and
prevent the .unity of action desirable in
the upbuilding of ft city- As long as
I he wet and dry fight holds the hoards,
far morn, important JiusineiiH.. will, be
neglected, while valuable time is lost in
wrangles over tho liquor problem.
When asked concerning the petition,
Court Hall,, who mado the legal fight
that knocked out the county prohibi
tion election, said:
"At the suggestion of many of the
prominent business men of tho city,
tho nd he rents of a wet town have do
elded to petition for a vote on the ques
tion of wet or dry at the coming city
election.
"Although the r eent decision of the
t.upromo court put the town on a wot
basis, the supporters of a wet town
argue that n vote on tho proposition at
this time will eliminate the possibility
of antagonism in the new city adininis
tnitlnn, which Is to be elected, and with
the question finally disposed of by the
people of the city, the council will be
free to act iu harmony over tho many
civic improvements already projected."
There is a strong movement under
way to name a business man's ticket,
headed by either W. f. Vawter, 1 K.
Deuel, with the obj.'ct of straightening
out the tangled finances of the city.
The first petition to be circulated Is
I hat in favor of J. A. Perry for mayor,
whose petition is being circulated by
Kditor A. S. Bliton of the Mail. Mr.
Porry announced his enndidaey today.
He states that lie is unpledged.
was made by Rae k Hatfield.
Heven acres of Bartlett penrs on this !
orchard grossed tlilMMl per acre. The
average yield was seven boxes to the
tree, 102 boxes to the acre. One ear of
Itartletts netted f. o. b. orchard $.1.(11
a box.
The young pear orchard, consisting
of 30 aores, yielded nn average of four
boxes to the tree, which sold for
a box net, or tt0fi0.10 ppracro:
Twelve acres of Newtown Pippins
yielded nine cars of fruit, which sold
f. o. h. orchard 2.fi0 per box net. There
were ft" 40(1 boxes nnd the net yield per
aero was $1170.
There, is little need to expatiate on
the merits of the soil!
The orchard was purchased by the
Hear Creek Orchard company this sum
mer from C. H. Lowis for the sum of
lfl0,000. The otllcials of the company
are J. 1. Olwell, president; C K. Wilis
lor, secretary and manager. The stock
holders are J. D. Olwell, C, II. Whlsler.
B. F. Whisler, W. It. Clarko and A. 11.
Jfyors.
Monriger Whisler Id fortunate in deal
ing with world-record making orchards,
lie planted nnd sold the. highest-priced
agricultural land of "which any record
his been found $4000 an acre.
Thn In nil U'ltN situated at the Pali
sadea, Colorado, nnd was planted hy
Mr. Whisler to poaches.' When tin
trees were four yenrs old they were
sold for 11000 an ncra and the nearest
approach to that price was $MW0 paid
for an orchard in Washington. And
now Manager Whtslyr manages a ranch
which holds the world's record in the
tnaUer of prices paid for pears. It
may be that he will induce his trees to
surpass even their own mark. Tho fu
ture is indeed bright for the owber of
thu Bear Creek urchard. " "
QUESTION
CRISIS EVER
GROWING
NEARER
Emperor William and
Franz Josef Burned in
Effigy-German Flag Is
Trampled on by People
VIENNA, Bee. 1., (via Frontier.)
The burning of Emperor Wllliehn and
Kmporor Franr Josof In offigy, the
trampling of tho German flag under
foot and thu cheering of Austria's en
omicN wore some of today's scenes iu
many Austrian cities, whero bitter race
feeling has been developing , for some
iiuie. ,
hi many towns tho foes of tho Her
man people aro parading the at rots de
nouncing Hie" dynasty hud promising" to
join tho army of insurgents in tho event
of a civil war.
.Disorders are general throughout the
empire and tho situation Is particularly
serious at Praguo and Trieste, whero
popular feeling has reacted to such ft
pitch that rioting has been narrowly
averted.
The government is doing everything
possible to suppress the news of tho
crisis and is rigorously censoring the
dispatches which are leaving tho enuti ,
try through tho regular channels.
JAPANESE EDITOR STABBED
TN- QUARREL OVER EDITORIAL
HAN FHANCISt i ), Cal., Dec. 1.
Stiabberd, following u quarrel over inV
cialism, 'A. Otsultn, editor of tho Japa
nese Daily News, is at the Central emer
gency hospital today in n preenrious
condition, while his assailant, 1 Take
nuchi, editor of the Fresno Labor, also '
seriously gashed, is being held by the
police.
The altaek occurred at Osuka's home,
1015 La flnna street, whero Tnkonuehi
called to obtain satisfaction for tho edi
torial roast which ho had received last
week. Otnka was in bed anil Tnke
n nc hi went away only to return a short
while afterwards, demanding admit
tance. This being denied, ho broke
down the door and rushed into Otsuka's
room. Here the two men clinched, and,
in tho simple, both received dangoroim
wounds. The noise of the fight attract
ed the attention of a policemau, who
placed both combatants under arrest.
OFPIOBR SEARCHING TOR -; '
LONE ITALIAN OUTLAW
OHOVrifJ.ECal., Dec. 1. The offi
cers of Butte and Plumas counties aro
todav seeking a lone Italian, who killed
one and wounded another of his coun
trymen in a camp of laborers just be
yond the Plumas lino. The fugitive
is believed to be making' his way in
this direction and the deputies aro keep
ing a shiirp lookout for him.
The affrav vesterdav was a contin
uation of tho hi nod r vendetta which
tins already cost two lives of Italians.
Adolph Onilie, who killed two Italians
at a Western Pacific camp somo time
ago, is now under a life sentence for
his crime." The victims of yesterday a
tragedy are believed to have been wit
nesses of I hat former deed whose lives
were demanded as a forfeit for fltiilie's
friends.
COMMITTED SUICIDE BY
USINO HIS SHOESTRINGS
SPOKANE, Warh., Dee. 1. Bather
than Appear as prosecuting witness
against two negroes accused of robbing
him, Dpmiuck Knezy. a ltussian, endi.I
his life' in a jail cell hero with one ,f
his shoe' laces.. .
With onv end of the string In, a nooso
around his' neck and tho other tied to
the bunk above him, his body was found
yesterday in a posture between sitting
njid "standuig. Tho Bussinn had taken
the string, from hia high laced boots
and doubled it, thus making it strong
enongb I to hold hia weight.