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FOURTH YEAR.
MEDifORD, OUKUON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 190U
No. 131.
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FALSE IMPRISONMENT IS
BASIS
ST NEIL
PIIPP8
BROUGHT
SNYDER
j As Aftermath of Now Famous Sny-
der-Harrlngton Case, Harrington
Brings Suit for Damages for
Being Imprisoned.
John Harrington hob filed suit in
the circuit court nguinst J. R- Noil,
county judgo; Mm. Victor Snyder
imd Attornny W. E. Phipps for $20,
000. Falun imprisonment in tho bnsis
of his action.
The filing o fthis Hiiit comes as an
iifUinimth to tho famous Snydur
H&rriugtou controversy which huH
lioen prominent in Jucksou. county
during tho past two yearn. During
the- vnrioitH proceedings Harrington
wii8 cited for contempt of court,
placed in the county jnil and kept
there for u period of 27 days. It is
for nllogod damages by thin impris
onment, which ho asserts was without
warrant of Inw, thnt he brings suit.
The complnint filed by Mr. Ilur
ringtou sets forth the damages
wrought to his chnructor and land
ing by his imprisonment, and states
that he'Huffcred greatly from lien and
ngffcnitivc odors during bis incar
ceration. Robert O. Smith and Her
bert K. Iltinna arc his attorneys.
The coko hns been one of the most
hittorlv fought legal contests in the
ounty, and has boon m tho supreme
urt several times. Mrs. Snyder is
widow of a former partner of
Harrington and brought suit for
ossession and an accounting, claim
ing a half intoroHt in tho business,
Mr. Harrington claimed that Sny
der hud only owned a half interest
in the profits and losses.
Mrs. Snvdur got un order from the
county court to take possession. Har
rington brought suit m the circuit
court to restrain her from interfer
ing. Judge Hniina decidod in favor
of Mrs. Snvdor aim granted nn in
junction against. Harrington taking
possession. Tho county court com
mitted Harrington to juil for con
tempt until such time us ho would
turn over the property and ho re
mained in jail n month, until the
supremo court granted a writ of ha
beas corpus.
OCTOGENARIAN. 85,
KEEN FISHERMAN
SALEM, Or., Aug. 20. Eighty
five yoara is tho record ago in Marion
coiuily at which nnyono has taken
out n fishhig license, at loast for this
year and that was Issued by County
Clerk Allon today to Q. L. Vinton
of Oorvais. Mr. Vinton, tho aged
disciplo of Isoak. Walton, 1b an old
sailor and sponds his doolining years
inytfishing and hunting.
TON
OF HIS COMPLAINT
DR. S CHARITY
REWARDED BY .
DAMAGE SUIT
Dr. Swedenburg of Ashland Is Made
Defendant in Damage Suit for
$17,000 by Man He
Befriended.
LAC KOF FUNDS DID NOT
BAR MAN FROM TREATMENT
Alleges Malpractice on Part of Phy
sician and Ascks Court to
Award Him $17,000.
F. D. Mooru hns brought a dam
age unit against Dr. F. Q. Sweden
burg of Ashland for $17,000, alleg
ing malpractice. The mnntwus treat
ed fur' an injury to the sciutic norvc
and claims thut in consequence of
malpractice on tho part of Dr. Swc-
acnourg uiai ne lias beou made a
cripple for life.
Moore was treated by Dr. Sweden
burg after he ha dbcen unsuccess
fully operated upon iu Los Angeles
and Portland. His case was a so
vere ono and the man was suffering
intensely when Dr. Swedenburg un
dertook the case. Tho man was with
out funds, but ho was treated just
the same. Other doctors wens called
into consultation and paid by Dr.
Swedenburg, who also settled tho
hospital fees. And now Moore bus
rotuliatod by suing the doctor for
damages.
Other physicians have been con
sulted regarding tho enso and they
state that the man hns no chaiice to
obtain damages, us tho operation per
Conned by Dr. Swedenburg was done
in a workmanlike manner. Colvig &
Kennies oro attorneys' for Dr. Swe
denburg.
EQUIPMENT COMES FOR
DOUBLE-TRACKING N.
P.
OHEILILIS, Wash., Aug. 20. A
train of eight cars of horses and
sovoral cars of equipment belonging
to Winstont Bros. & McDougell, havo
r.rrivod iu Chehalis from Missoula,
Mont. Tho horses wcro unloaded and
taken to tho Anderson placo, a short
distance north of this city, where the
company wijj establish r -nip pre-
pip-utory to widening the Northern
Pacific grade for tho double track.
for which those people Iwivs the con
tract. Tho horses nro in fine condi
lion. As this point is near the heavy
work incidental to getting b ween
Chohnlis unod Knlama on the lhhl
kind of grades, tho comivny will
uiako Chohnlis its head runrlors for
tlio work. Othor equipment is o;i tho
way, and is oxpoctod to arrive in Cho
halis any timo soon.
MUCH ACTIVITY
IS MANIFEST
NEARBY MINES
J. W. Wimer. Who Operated the Deep
. Gravel Mine Near Waldo, Says
Much Is Doing in His
Neighborhood.
COPPER PROSPECTORS
THICK ON THE ILLINOIS
Says Prospects Are Brighter Than
Ever for Extensive Development
in Next Few Years.
J. W. Wimer, who operates the fa
mous Deep gravel mine on the head
of the Illinois river, near Waldo, is
most enthusiastic over .'the., outlook
for the coming year in his neighbor
hood. He reports great activity in
mining circles and says prospects are
briught for the erection of new smel
ters at several copper mines soon. The
woods, he says, are full of prospec
tors looking for copper and a number
of good localities have recently been
made.
"Mining in southern Oregon is yet
in its infancy," suid Mr. Wimeh, "and
the next few years will sec great
strides made' toward tho development
of local mines.. We have tho stuff
and it only needs capital to prove of
groat value."
CRIPPLED BRAKIE SUES
0 R- & N. FOR $35,000
PENDLETON. Or., Aug. 20. -
Through an action filed in the "cir
cuit court this morning, 3 sopii Bow
lin, n brukeman on the O. R, & N.,
asks $35,000 damages for injuries.
Bennett & Sinnott and B. Daniels
aro attorneys for the plu'u.tiff. The
specific chargo is that while a freight
triu non which , Bowlm worked was
near Bingham Springs ' station, the
rear car came uncoupled and tho rest
of tho train pulled away. Tho loose
cur was running down grade when
the train stopped suddenly and it
.jammed into the cars ahead, throwing
tho plaintiff between tho cars, crush
ing his right leg mid, ho claims, mak
ing him a cripple for life.
SMALL BOY IS CHARGED
WITH HERCULEAN JOB
ATLANTA, On.. Aug. 20. A di
minutive prisoner tood in tho prison
ers' dock yesterday afternoon in tho
criminal court charged with tho lnr
cony of a whole barrel of whisky.
Jimmy Harris, aged 13, and very
small for his age, was charged with
tlio luironloan tusk of bodijy enrrying
off tho barrel. When tho prosecuting
' attorney caught, a glimpse ot! the
, physique of tho hoy, ho lost no timo
' in asking that tho chargo bo dismiss
l .i ii;a ,ci ..,u ,.nt.
od by the court.
FOR
ON POINTS
OF ORDER
Acting Mayor Presides at Council
Meeting and Thwarts All At- '
tempts to Tangle Him on
Parliamentary Law.
MANY HEW WALKS
ARE ORDERED PUT IN
Much Routine Busiess Disposed of at
Regular Meeting of the
City Council.
In spite of the efforts made by
members of the city council to en
tangle Actiig Mayor W. W. "Eifcrt
by asking for rulings on intricate bits
of parliamentary law, the acting may
or came through with flying colors
at Thursday night's session of the
council acd proved to be somewhat of
a parliamentarian himself. Members
rose to points of ordor, amendments
to amendments to resolutions were
offered time and again, but through,
out Acting Mayor Eifert held his own
and won his point in every instance.
Once it looked as if a ruling would
be appealed from, but no motion was
offered.
' Much routine business was dis
posed of by -tho council. A 'great
stride was made . in municipal im
provement when the following walks
were ordered:
On west side of Fir street, from
Sixth to Eighth streets. This to be
ten-foot cement walk, except in front
of residence of J. E. Enynrt, the walk
is to ho but five feet.
On west side of Gencssoc street.
five-foot plank walk from city limits
north to Washington street.
On north side of Jackson street.
between Riverside avenue and Ver
mont street, five-foot four-inch plank
walk. ' .
On east sido of Qrape street, be
tween Sixth and Seventh streets, five
foot cement walk.
On west sido Grape street, between
Sixth and First streets, five-foot
cement walk.
On Sixth street, both sides, from
Oakdaio to Riverside avenues, five
foot cement walk.
On south , sido East Main street,
from east lino of Riverside avenue
230 feet east, 11-foot cement walk.
On both sides Newtown street, from
West Eleventh street south to city
limits, five-foot cement walk.
On ens sido of Holly street, be
tween Fifth and Seventh streets, fivo
foot cement walk.
C. E. Woolvertou was awarded a
contract to lay a sewer in Ross eourt.
The bond of the Warren Construc
tion company for the pnving of West
Main street was approved, and other
minor business transacted.
Flovil Edgington, agent for the
Oregon Info Insurance company, was
iu Jacksonville from Ashland Thursday.
$.20,000
WISElWIZARD MUST QUIT
WORLDORBUSINESS
Vienna Specialist Says
Will Suffer Complete Coliapseif he Does
Not Withdraw From Business Field.
(By Herbert A. White, staff cor
respondent. Copyrighted, 1909, by
United Press Association.)
VIENNA, Aug. 20. Edward H.
Harriman, master mind of the rail
way world, must either cease in his
participation in business affairs or
suffer a complete physical collapse.
This is the opinion of Professor
Streumpel, the- Vienna specialist who
has diagnosed Harriman's ailments
and for whose advice Harriman trav
eled to Vienna. Streumpel has spent
many hours with Harriman and giv-
OSAKA HAS A
HEW HORROR
Powder Magazine Explodes, Badly
Frightening Refugees From Re
cent Great Fire
OSAKA, Japan, Aug. 20. This city
was shaken by a tremendous explo
sion one mile away in a powder mng-
nziane nt 2 o'clock this morning. Fonr
soldiers were killed and a score in
jured. Thousands of refugees from the
recent fire which devastated this city,
thinking the explosion was an earth
quake, fled in a panic
TAFT HAS TO
ALTER TROUSERS
Succeeds in Reducing Waist Measure
Seven Inches Only Weight
310 Pounds.
BEVERLY, Mass., Aug. 20. It
was leamed today that Masseur
Charles Barker has succeeded in re
ducing President Tuft's waist line
seven incrheS since his course of
massage began. Tho exact number
of pounds that Taft has lost is not
known, but he does not weigh morei
than 310 now. When he arrived he
weighed 326.
GRANTS PASS LUMBER
HAULER FINDS RICHES
GRANTS PASS, Or., Aug. 20.
George MoCallister, a lumber hnulor,
1 :..:.. r .:.,!,;, ., 1.,
Ho and his associates have located , He has interested some local capital
about a milo of lodge matter that. in it. and if they can find a market
proves on assay to be manganese. ! for the oro, they will commence hnul
Tho vein is about 100 feet wide and j ing it in immediately, aso thore is no
is within ten miles of Grants Pass, expensive work to do to mine it.
Edward H. Harriman
en much attention to his case. Ha is
the physician to the royal family,
j . In the first place, he says, Harri
man is suffering from a systematic
lack of proper nourishment, which
has caused a general weakness. In
the second place he is suffering from
nervous debility to which exhaustion
from overwork is added. However,
Harriman is not suffering from any
specific organic trouble. He predicted
that if the wizard would refrain from
all mental work he would enjoy fair
health.
600 SPANIARDS
SLAIN Hi BATTLE
Spanish Troops Continue to Receive
Reverses-Battalions Mutiny '
' and Join Moors.
LISBON, Aug. 26". Six hundred
Spanish have been killed in the cam
paign started by . General Marina
against the Riff tribesmen, according
to dispatches received today. The
messages also state that several
Spanish battalions mutinied either
cither joining the Moors or fleeiner
! towards the French possessions. Ma
nna is awaiting reinforcements.-
CLEAN UP RESULT
OF SUTTON CASE
Commandant of Marine Barracks Re-
moved From Duty General
Cleanup in Sight.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. It was
annuounced today that Charles A.
Doyen, commandant of the marine
barracks at Annapolis at the time of
the death of Lieutenant Sutton, will
bo relieved from duty nt that post.
It is reported thnt this is the first
step for a general cleanup, as the
direct result of the Sutton inquiry.
There was no objection to Sutton ex
cept thnt he was commandant at tho
time of tho tragedy.
Frank C. Riser has gone to Kose
burg on a business trip.
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