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l''UJRD YEAR.
MKDPORD, OKEUON, SATURDAY, .JANUARY Hi, 1 !)(.
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CALIFORNIA IS WET
BY BIG MAJORITY
PROSPERITY TRAINS FROM NO REQUIEM
FOLLOWS IN SOUTH ARE EORMESAYS
EAST ORDER DELAYED DOC REDDY
Large Sales are Being
MadeQuiGkened Momen
tum Noted Along all
. Lines of Business
"The election increased Medford
property values HO .t cent In my esti
mation," .si lit 08 A. L. Slurgis, t lie local
capitalist. 1 ' As soon as I knew the
result, I raised t lin i nee that I was
unking for my properly, a ml yesterday
J sold n lot ut the advanced figure that
1 had been unable to dispone of during
several months before Now that the
future policy of the c'ty is assured and
the agitation ended, long delayed build
ing plans are being carried out and the
city will grow as never before."
"Last year 1 Hold during the entire
year eight carloads oi' Hash and doors
in Medford. There wre in addition
probably two more carloads sold by our
house in less than carload tots, making
ten carloads for the Mar. Since the
election J havh already sold five ear
loads in Medford, and expect to sell
many more during the ; cur, for the big
gest building year in Vedford's history
is in sight," states (borge PilKgihhon.
representative of W. P Fuller & Co.
"Ours is only one house," added Mr.
Fitzgihbon.
Dealers in building supplies expect to
do :i rushing business. Traveling men
are carrying away rect.rd orders and
prospects are that everv avenue of bus
iiiess will open the t hrot tie with t h'
coming of spring. Never before in the
history of the valley have the t r.-t s
been as laden with fruit buds as they
are this winter, and unhss some unsea
sonable event such as in unusual frost
occurs, the biggest fruit crop in the
valley's history will be harvested.
Talk of Changing It When
City Incorporates Old
Name Decided Upon
Judge W. M. C.ilvig i:: drawing up
articles of incorporation for the town
of Phoenix. The pdHinn to the cir
cuit court has been s.gued by nearly
00 residents and at t he March term
the application will be formally pre
sented. Phoenix used to h failed Cnsstown,
not because there ws so much gas
there, but after tin Ujskuiiily, orig
in;., settlers of the pi. ice. Lately there
has been some discusrion over chang
ing the name to Eer: or Newtown,
both names having be-n considered at
town meetings. HnW-vn, Phoenix won
the day and Phoenix the town will re
main. Since the completion of the handsome
BchoolhoiiHe, one of the finest in the
county. Phoenix has h:id a rapid growth
it might almost be a.'Nd a boom. No
place of its size ha grown faster in
Oregon and many are the real estate
transfers.
WOMAN SHOOTS LOVER
WHOM SHE BPUBNED
SEATTLE. Jan. tfi Spuming his
advances in the alienee of her husband
to defend her. Mrs. .1. It. Conklin last
night at Leavenworth shot and killed
Llovd Ve):ner. a fir man on the Croat
Northern rail wad. Weaver was a
riM.mrr in the Conklm home and while
the husband. T. R. (V.A.iti. was nt Ev
er tt. he and Mrs. Conklin were alone in
the house. Mrs. Conklin shot the man
through the head with a -revolver, and
aays she acted in self-dcfeuse.
PHOENIX WILL
RETAIN
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Central Portion of Bear
State Under Water-No
Abatement of Storm Is
as Yet In Sight
S.U'IfAMKNTO, fill.. .Inn. 111. Tins
.it y itt partially under water, as is
nearly every eity in t entral Cnliftirnia
ta the reHult of heavy rain ami melting
,nnv t liriMiglniiit thin section. Tluiu-
:nnls of dollar' clam:ie in- hi-ing ilune
tail no abatement of the floods m in
-tight yet.
llnmlreilN of bridge ami wagon roads
iiave been waHhed :iv;n" and travel is
:it a HlaaiUtill.
The eity of rort.irsvillo is a heavy
nfferer, tho city being under water
md tho people marooned. The eity of
Biggs is also under water.
Mtoeliton is ft heavy loser. The lower
.mrt of the city is flooded. Tho ware
house district will bo reached if the wil
ier raiser but a few inches inoro, in
ipite of the efforts t- remove perish
ihle good. Thousanls of dollars will
ie lost here if relief Joes not coine. All
business in the eity is suspended.
The dikes along the Sacramento river
have broken in many places and the
iiarshes are being filled with water,
riioiisands of acres are under water.
The floods in Calif, mill havo aeri
usly interfered with tin mail service
from the south and isist. .Ml of the
Irains from the south have bi i n late.
No. Ill last night did n .1 reach Medford
until ID p. 111. and No 14 .Saturday
-ning was aaniill"d mid held at lted-
liug on account nt washouts between
Helta nnd Kenuett.
Xo. 10, due here tonight, will also
be held and delnvcd by these washouts.
A sub-train mucin up Aslilnad will
leave there tonight on No. Id s time,
aching here at 5:24 p. m. for Port
land.
Willamette Rises Rapidly.
AT.1IANV, Or., Jan. 1C Tho Willam
lie river near this city has risen seven
eet in the past Iwehe hours, nnd is
now standing 1:1 fe-t above low vrater
mark.
SA1.KM, .Ian. HI.-Hie Willamette
iver lias risen over se en foot during
the past ten hours, r aching the 1J loot
stae at !i o'clock this morning.
CENTRA!. POINT REEEKAHS AND
ODDFELLOWS INSTALLATIONS
Last Saturday eveni.ig was a busy
ime will nbers of tho local Oddfel
lows and Kebekahs, when the two
lodges joined in installation ceremo
nies in their lodgeroor.i in the A. (.
(.'. W. building, says the Herald.
District Deputy Grand Master T. M.
luiies acted as innsialling officer for
the Oddfellows and Mrs. J. W. Merrill
acted in a similar capacity for the
Hebckah degree lodge. The occasion
was n public one for all niemhoin of
the lodges and th'ir families, and a
large crowd was present to witness the
work, r'ollowing are the newly installed
fficers of the subordinate lodge:
(icorue Ford. X. f!.: Krnest Hatha
way. V. 0.; ,T. K. Grieve, secretary; V.
Scott, .financial secretin) ; (!. S. Moore,
,Tea-nrer: .1. P. Hoagland. warden; 1.
K. Miller, conductor; K. I,. Knrra, It. S.
X. G.; E. E. Emerson, L. S. X. O.; Bn,
Ytx. II. V. (!.; E. E. Scott. I.. S. V.
I i . ; G. K. Wright, H. S. S.; 1'. .1 .
Ilicken. I.. S. S.; .1. F. Hay. I. (i.;
S. C. Minnirk. o. G . W. E. Alexan
der, chaplain.
Ut'fiiers nf the R-bikiih lodge arc:
Minnie Moore. X. G.; l ordie Hathaway.
V. G.; Ida Emerson, s.cretary; Bessie
Knlghaui. financial s-cretiiry; Stella
Fox, treasurer; Elizabeth Ileal, chap
lain; Lillian Wright, warden; Mne .la
cobs, conductress; II- s-ii.- Handall, I. G.;
Maud linker. O. G.; .lennie Merrill. H.
S. X. ti.; t lara I'arra. I.. S. X. G.
After the installation c.-renu.nies
were concludid the members of the sub
ordinate lodge ent.-r'l. : l.e.l the Rebek
ahs and all gue.fs at rn elegant supper
at the t'entral Point hotel, nt which
more than 1.10 plates wero laid. The
supper was one of the very finest ever
I served here ud a simii occasion.
Council Will Unite this
Afternoon in Swan Song
-No Report from Gity
Executive
Thorn will hu no death song for
Mayor Roddy.
Ifo will preside this nfternonn over a
business session of tin, city council for
l lie last time, but ho will not file an
annual report, has has been customary
heretofore, giving as his reasons that
the peoplo. know all the good things
that have beMi done nnd if thev have
orgotten the other th'tigs that are not
so good they should n ml bo dug up at
this time. In other woids, ho is with
Longfellow in saying, " Let the dead
past bury its (lend." So his annual re
port, will be left unwrilien nnd then no
future generation can dig up an auto
biography of the present city adminis
tration. There will be but little business to
come before the council this nfteniooh,
uside from the cnnvMnHiJig of the re
turns of the recent (lection. In fact,
there is not hing els" looked for, and
tho last session Khonl.l be short and
sweet.
On next. Tuesday the places of
Mayor Heddy. Councilt'ien Trowbridge,
Olwell and Ilafer will bo filled by the
newly elected offieip.ls Mayor Canon
;iud ( 'ounciltuen Denier, Kmerick and
Welsh. And then away will go the
ship of state with another hand at the
helm.
Whatever changes Mayor-elect Canon
plans in tho citv iidmiuistral ion has not
as yet been divulg 'd. However, if i
changes are to bo mede, his new ap
pointees will probably I.e. submitted to
1 he council at the meeting on Tues
day. It is probable that W. W. Kifert will
be elected president of the council in
tho place of Councilman Trowbridge,
who goes out on Tuesday.
JURORS SELECTED I'ROM
MANY COUNTY PRECINCTS
Tho following have been drawn ns
jurors for 100t from other precincts:
Flounce Rock T. !i H iginbotham,
farmer.
Foots Crook firant Mathews, farm
er; A. W. Sanders, farmer.
(old Hill Isaac Householder, miner;
W. M. Childors, farine.-; J. K. Coffee,
farmer; Johu Cook, farmer; .1. E. Dav
idson, fanner; Sam Duf field, merchant;
Klmer Hiirinhotham, farmer; .1. J.
Houek, farmer; Mar.e.n Lance, farmer.
Lake Creek II. L .L-yer, farmer; .1.
I). Culbertson. farmer; (
K. TorriH, j
fnrmer; Charles Randies, farmer.
Meadows .L IL Drake farmer; J. O.
Lvo, farmer; F. X. Musty, farmer.
Mound W. IL Xorcioss. fnrmer; IL
L. Hregorv, farmer; Charles Pruett,
farmer; Fred flitnpnon. fanner; Harvey
Richardson, farmer.
Rock Point .lames L. Smith, famer;
fl. A. DuBonhnry. farmer; tJeorge unr-
rett. farmer; IL H. Tilor, farmer; D.
K. Phipps, fnrmer.
Snm'n Valley E. O. Rissell, farmer;
S K. Adams, farmer; .lames I. Fred-
euburg, farmer; Wi'.l N. Carl, farmer;
I B. McDonald, farmer.
Sterling Ralph .lenr.ing, farmer; A.
S. Kleinhammer, fanni r.
Trail doorgo V. Weeks, farmer; .7.
S. Tucker, farmer; Fred Hturgis, f"!"
mer.
Talent R. B. Purvi, farmer; E. E.
Foss. fnrmer; .f. R. iNshinson, farmer;
Wellborn BeeMon, farmtr; George N.
Anderson, farmer; J. C ( nrnanan, iar
mer: V. P. rophy. farmer; L. A. Alt-j
bott, farmer; A. L. W imer, farmer;
Alon.o Ord, farmer; .lames L. OaTvin.
Cnion Lre Black, f irmer; . M.
Veiwible. farmer; Z. ''smrrnn. farmer;
Miles Cnntrnll, farmer Fred (Jopple,
farmer.
Watkiiis A. D. M. Kee. fnrmer; .?. .
P. Ham, fnrmer. ;
Willow Springs W. P. Counts, far-,
nor; R. F. Dean, farmer; T. C. Law,
farmer; L. A. Askew, farmer.
Wimor S. !i. Hiliis. farmer; Joshun
Ntathammcr. farmer; S H. Moore, far-
IS25,000 IN FIVE YEA
l
Same Property was Sold
Three Years Ago for
$I6.090-Consists of 155
Acres Just Outside Gity
Limits on Bear Creek
Dr. E. n. Pickoi; who recently sold
the 4H1 orchard, has purchased from
.John M. Root the Kilgore place, consist
ing of I'm acres, juttr east of Medford,
paying .ttl.OOo fur th! f.nino. The denl,
liko many others about to be made, has
been pending for houm time, awaiting
the result of Tuesday V election, and
was not closed until it' was Known that
prosperity in Medford was to continue.
Upon the laud is L' acres of four
year-old Newtown apples and five
acres of Hose pears. There are HK
acres of Bear Creek bottom land in nl- !
falfn. The tract is o'ic of the best in
tho valley. It was bonded last spring
by Mr. Root from Mr. Kilgore. Three
years ago tho laud tiolu for $H(,000, nn
increase of $20,000 since.
BE ENJOYABLE
The Program n Tuesday
Night Will Be a Great
Treat to MusIg Lovers
In the progrnm to be given Tuesday
night by Mrs. Isaacs t ud Miss itrowu
there will be found numbers, both clas
sic nml modern, whh'h will appeal to
all lovers of music. Mis. Isaacs needs
no recommendiit ion lo a Medford audi
ence, as alt who hav heard her have
been greatly impressed with her . mu-!
siciamdiip, and the snt -crity she brings
to her aid, which has been great ly
broadened and strengthened during the
past t wo years. M is- (linen llmwri,
although but IH yours old, possesses a
voice of wonderful promise, being a
dramatic contralto, ful1. of color ami '
that rare quality c-ilii d soul, which ,
finds its way to the human heart. 1 1 err
Herman Oonss, with u horn she will
continue her studies, i more than sail
'guine as to her fuiii!V career, which
he dedans will be :i Miagnif iccnl one.
His ardent wish is i r tier to enler
MLuUfiC r LHU
PAYING SUM
OF $36,000
MS
the (ield of grand opi a. Miss Itrown nlate the liquor busineM.i ho stringently
has not made any definite decision iis that no complaint regarding the exist
to tin1 line she will choose as her life ,.nr0 0f saloons can bo made, and then
work, but whether sh enters the grand will lie no ground of excuse for prohi
opera lieiii or coalmen nerseii to con-
cort work, her fniur.' is an assured
success. Following m the program: ,
Part 1.
(a) Nocturne (It fin!) Op. 117 No. 2 ;
alse (A flat) Chopin
Mrs. Ts.iacs.
(h) Aria
nscia Ch 'lo Piang.i Handel
Miss Itrown.
Nijri,t Hong. Op. K, o. 1 flenss
Papillaris 1 Allien' ( I .ntt errl les of
Lr.ve) Schult
Mrs. Isaacs,
Spring Song
. Mendelssohn '
e) To the Sunshine
Frnhliiigsuncht (She I Thine Sehuninnii
I Miss Itrown.
(a) Commonly known tin Harp Noc
turne (b) Sung in Italian f r -m Opera liinaM
f i- One of Jenny Lin- 'l best loved bal (
lads.
Part C ;
Rondo (Perpetual Moiioii) ....Weber
Mrs. I.-aiicn.
(d) Three fireen li.euiets. . D 'Har'lelot
(iypsy Love So ng ..otor inroen
MissHn.v n.
j Divertissment Oudnrd
i (inirlaudes (fiarland i (lordard
s.-jiergo, Op. lfi Mi-ndelssobn
yrs I.nrH.
; ( ,.,1:,,. (I Think of Thee) C-iih
V(
hi
Sprilig'-t aiis deic hiesel. .iietisH
Miss fUowu.
; RllJlfMI(l(i,. Hongndse No.
i r :,Rf.
Sung with gn at rucrrws by Miolrnn
Mi-lba
(e) From the opera
'The Fortune Tell
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE.
Christian S.-i nee f -vici s are held
everv Sunday morninp at tl o'clock
in the Commercial cbib room. Sub
ject of the lesson f ' 'limn for .In mi
ury 17. "Life." All are welcome. Sun
dav school nt 10 o'clock.
rCTTM A TV AC
TRAINS IN
COLLISION;
50 KILLED
Passenger Crashes Into
Freight-Hotel Turned
Into Hospital-Responsibility
Unfixed
(iLKNWOOI) SPRINGS, Col., Jan. 1(1.
It is believed that the number of
dear in the wreckage resulting from a
collision hot ween u passenger and n
freight on tho Den vet & Rio (1 ramie
railroad last night two miles from here
will reach 25 to SO. 1 hirty are sup
posed to bo buried in tho ruins. Light
een bod its havo been n covered,
Lighteeu of tho dead nnd L'O of the
injured have been brought into this
city. It is believed that eight of the
injured ones cannot survive, though lo
cal physicians are doing nil .in t heir
power tit save their li"cs. The Hotel
il uwood has been converged into a
huge hospital while a nearby express
office is serving as a morgue,
Tho responsibility of the wreck has
not as yet been fixed. It is reported
that tho freight crew disobeyed order
by leaving Dotero bef re the passenger
tin in passed. They r: n into a willing
some distance away, hir the end of Ihe
train failed to clear tie' main track, i
Not a person in ttic chair car is
1 bought to ha vn escapi d injury or j
death. I
Wreck In Illinois.
I'KORIA, III.,, Inn. MV There was a
collision between freight trains on the
Northwestern roml hi si night ten miles
west of this
j v in vhich four brake-
men were killed.
MEDFORD LIQUOR DEALERS
WILL AID ADMINISTRATION
Med fori! liquor dealers held a meet
ing I1 inlay ami agreed o co operate
with the incoming
maintaining onb
.iiiuislralion in
and abolishug
the abuses that havo arouned complaint.
Recominembit ions th:it may be made
bv Muvor Ciiuon will be lived up to ami
effort made li make Medford the model
city.
Mnvor Canon s polie , will be to reg
tntion talk ami agit.it. on. ciiiuq n
4)llir itrnuken men, tho back n i
,.VH and other canscn of complaint must
cease,
Jt has been curremly reported that
(ho sulooiimen would rii1c to raise tho
itrico of beer to 10 cents a glass, but
IM, ,.(, union has been taken ami it
n ni, thought that the price will be
rniHfu.
.
VILL SOON BEOIN VORK
ON ROAD TO BLUE LEDOE
That Robert S. Tonne, owner of the
Ullie Lede, will spei-didlv erect a sinel
1-r and begin the , in nt rod ion of n
railroad to I he min;- is the belief of
A. T. Loiidgreii. whoce faith in 1 he
Itlne L'-dL'O cooiier detrirt has bci-n
inw ,y his seven or e:ght yearn work
upon his prospects. H is spending a
few days n Medfurd. He states t)i:il
., three fnot ledge ha 4 been uiieovere.l
I(M Sugar Pine p-o-pi--t, owned by
i )i;ir,. prim and A. F. Reames, and
that ''" feet of ore ln-.s Iteen uncoen-
at the Copper Cliff, owr-ed by lr. Page.
Wi-s Oreen and Mr. M. sr. Olio r -b-velojuneiit
work is p "og-essing af other
elaims.
DANOER OF FREEZE PAST;
STOP RUNN1NO OF WATER
Water users who h:?ve been lcttinu
the waler run to prewnt pipen fn-ez
nig an- WHnod by Ihe water superin
tendent to piiiNi- it. a- danger of n
freeze is past and it is loiitraiy to city
ordinance '.. This eidtnnnce compels
the placing of stop ceeks So that the
water can be shut .tf in time of cold
naps, but to ceonomi7e, most property
owners have iiegec.d to place these
cocks, with the result that they ha e
found frozen and burst ed pipes more
expeiiiive than the cuti ff would have
been.
IS SPLENDID WOMEN DOT
PLACE TO AFTER MEN
INVEST FOR VOTES
Coil Operator Says Med
ford Is Logical Metropo
lis of Southern Oregon
Will Be Railroad Center
"Within five yours, Meilford will
have a population of L'.'i.OOO, " stated
'olonol .1. F. Mundv, who, with his
partner, P. F. Murphy, of Springfield,
III., have taken hold of the coal fields
adjacent to Medford with a view to de
veloping them. "I never saw a coun
try with so many naluial resources as
the Rogue River valby, and so many
i latent possibibl ii-s.
I "Medford is the logical metropolis
of Southern Oregon," continued Oolo
. itel Mundy. " ll is the supply point
j will ultimately bo bui't to the timber
j.'tud will lie a railroad editor also. Roads
and to the mines, and that before long,
I think. Mil her res-mrcr- would make
a city. Then there an1 immense depos
, its of tho finest fire clay in the world.
J The finest quality of pressed brick,
paving brick and tiling can be turned
out at minimum cos.-.
Materials in Abundnnco.
"All tho materials for cement exist
in abundance I imc:t(oio, shale and
quantities of fine grade.' of coal. The
coal is of the finest quality. There is
coking coal also, so essential to smelt
ing. These are but n few of the pos
sibilities ' 1 hat will be ul Hi zed in Ihe
near future.
"Wo are not prepared to make public
our 'duns regarding the development of
I I. I fields. We lope to be able to
niiMi'W. co' something oefinile upon our
ret urn from tho ens), n few weeks
hence. Our plans are htilt in the form
ative period. We ar? not Helling stock
in our concerns. Thei" are so many
veil ores "queered" by nndesired pub
licity while st ill in t i proniot ion pe
riod that we want to be certain of our
pliius before making Ihrm public."
Mundy n Liv" One.
Colonel Mundy has been lie re since
August working on the promotion of
-'Hill mines. Ho tin 1 1 m from Lincoln,
III. , and is without ourslioii the "liv
ent wire" thai ever struck Medford. No
bel I el' man to become inh rested in a
community Could lie picket) out. Both
he and his partner, Mr Murphy, who
is n practical opera'or, mining several
thoiisiiud Ions a day in the SpriugltcM
district,, irre eoiivine -d of (ho possibil
ities of this region ami have brought
in many capitalists aid coal operators
lo size up the local fi'd L They are not
i!l all discouraged ov- the fact that
the Southern Pacific experts reported
adversely upon this i-ri! field nnd point
to the fact Hint .1; .'. Hill's experts
turned down the O- iw 's Nest coal
mines and afterward Hill paid tfi.ftOO,.
ooo for them.
Messrs. Murphy. Mui'dy and others
of their parly leave Sunday evening
f,.ril.o (.nut loit esocil to return In1
IVI.riinrv. During tb.-ir absence tlo-irjing from headquarters at the Martha
interests here will be looked after by
Howard S. Dudley, the'r associate. The
three companies, Ihe C.-u.cade, the West
em and I lie Saiinvsel.;, owning the
Mn.adberit, the Herri .1 and the Med
ford eo:il prospi-i-ts. v .1 ii Ihe same di
reetorate, will be in m charge. Some
work is being don i each, but de
velopment work will not start in ear
nest until Colonel Mundy 's return.
WARSHIPS WILL RACE
ACROSS THE ATLANTIC
NEW VOltK, .Ian. It!. .lames B.
Coliliollv. I lie niiled writer of sen slor
t
ies. is authority for thf statement that
the president has given carte blanche to
It.ar Admiral Sperrv ' fleet returning
fr its world gird liny tmir. to cut
loose after leaving (libiallar and race
across the Atlantic, "-hip against ship,
and inav the best bn.-it win."
Mr. Coiuiollv. it is :.id. was invited f
bv the president 'o acconianv the j
fleet and wilt be the curst of Captain;
puller aboard the battleship Vermont.
The cooled among Admiral Sperrv 's
fiehters is to be ehi'iacteried by all!
the fire and go that is the peciilhj.rj
nn-.tltc i.f the Uonsi-('t temtierauient. I
Final onb-rs for the grooming and j
nnling of the racers will he received
at Negro bay, on
Africa.
Hit. north coast of j
RS
UNDY
Mass Meeting Tomorrow
in Chicago-Mayor of To
ledo will Speak-Long
Contest on
CHICAtiO, Jan. 1(5. Prop open your
oars and listen to' this hymn, voicing
the kit I le ery of fre'dom for the en
slaved and disfrauchiid suffragette
sisterhood, sung to th tune of "March
ing Through (ieorgi.i:
It's true that wo r women, but wo
know ll thing or two;
If it wasn't for us, candidly, pray toll
us what you d V?
Wo do the hardest 1 hing on earth
that is, wo m.-iiiage you!
And voting right is simple next to -that,
Hirst
Cliom.
Vou know you know for it certainly
is true
We're as fitted for th. ballot, sirs, as
any one of you.
So prove t hat yon are gentlemen by
giving us our dee.
Vou 'N find it the b"st thing you ever
diil, sirs.
Doesn't that convince, yen. Mr, Man,
that women have a rigl t an inaliena
ble right lo the ballot ? If it doesn't,
the suffragettes of Chicago havo many
more songs, and five of them will be
rendered at a suffrage mass meeting
to be held in Hnirlc hall tomorrow
afternoon. A prize of .'.100 is offered
for tho best song expressing (.he hopes
and the discontent el' Ihe suffrage! les,
and musical efforts lrv( been entered
in the e,ti ; I it -on b;, yong writers in
every part of the country.
Mayor Will Sponk.
Bin ml Whit lock, m.-iyer of Toledo,
and u pronounced friend of Ihe suf
frage mo vein t nl, wi'l deliver an nd-dn-H
at tomorrow's meeting, nnd there
iil b' ! ich a feast of oratory and
sio.g as ho snitrag'Hes nt America
have never heard bef'. re.
The song contest will not finally close
until I'ebruarv I , wh'-a t he following
judges will pass upon Ihe hundreds of
onirics entered ill the compel it ion :
Mrs. Clara Osboru If i d, Ihe Colum
bia school of music.
Mrs. Lillian V. Iuoc:nison, president
f the Chicago Political Kqiiality league.
S. Kiser, poet a. id humorist.
Professor W. D. M ( unlock, the Uni
ersily of Chicago.
L. H. Bishop, husband of donor of
Ihe $100 prize.
Work has begun ..i the gathering
of Chiseago names for (he monster suf
frage petition whieh is to be sent to
congress on Februnrv Siisnu B. An
thony's birthday. The petition is bo
ng compiled by Mrs. Carrie Chapman
Catt and Mrs. Florence Keliey. worn-
Washington Hotel in New York.
The names, of who-!: at bast 2,000
0(10 ari-t expected, ate to be attached
to an enormous strip of muslin and
sent to Washington on a special train.
About :;ihi.iioo name are expected
ftoiu Illinois. The petition sheets have
been prepared and are being eirculnt
d through Hi" by the women at
churches, and club me. -tings, and bv
house to house eanvnset.
WOMAN ASKS HEAVY
DAMAGES OF MERCHANT
SEATTLE, dan. It! Mrs. Minnie
Fisher. R'-d Lodge, Mont., widow,
has instituted suit f.-r ."..Ono f..r
breach of promise ag:.iust . E. Ken
yon.' a Seattle mcrchi'i.t. The plaintiff
alleges that Keiiy.ut promised to marry
her at Red Lodge :nid subsequently at
Sookane. in the presence of mutual
ri. nds. Though Mra. Fi-her deposited
as eddenee an exhibit in the shape or
a j-:'.! nl diamond engagement ring. Ken
yon nsserth that nil he allegations are
niitrue s.n e that of 'r willingness to
marry him.
. . ,
Oedfrev Tlo-tsx. father
Paul
Theiss. who died in Chicago Thursday.
was a son of a memrv oi apoieou
bodyguard nu.l m every imponani mu-
I tie from Austerlitz -.a Waterloo.