Oregon Historical Society
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Rogue River Orchards Yield $1000 an Acre Annually
edfoed Daily Tribune
"MEDFORD, ORKliOX, Til U R SD A Y, OCT( ) B ER 1 4, 1900.
FOURTH YEAR.
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No. 178.
M
DETROIT
SIXTH GAME WON
BY SCORE
or
FANS PRESENT
i . ..7f.
Tigers Still Have Even Break to Win
. the Championship and the
v Big End of the
Receipts. '
. . .. JV-
MULLIN PITCHES .GREAT
,fc GAME; WILLIS" REMOVED
- r-v. '
Klem and Evans Hand Out the De
cisionsGreat Crowd
Present.
SCORE:
; . It. .II. K.
Pittsburg 4 9 2
Detroit 5 10 I
' DETROIT, Out. 1-1. -Tito Detroit
Tigers loiliiy evened up lliu score o
.games by taking tlio sixth from Pitls
luirg by ft score of 5 to 4. Tho de
ciding gliiii will lid plnyed on the
Detroit grounds Saturday.
Ijy their victory l"dny the Tigers
won another, elmtieo to so'itre CO per
Lent of the rcceipti), pratMod they
win (he championship by Inkirtg tho
seventh nud Innt game of tho sffrie'sV
The Pittsburg lineup wan tho saifW.
with Willis pitching mid .Oibson
(Hitching. Detroit put Mnlliii in tlio
bOX with Schmidt, receiving. Other
wise" tiic lijmup wan unchanged,
i Willie was replaced in the sixth' by
fC'jtuinitz. Mullin lifter tho first in
nin, i which Pittsburg annexed
Area runs, pifclmd u imperii game. I
Tlio decisions worn handed out by
Umpires Klein null Evans.
The attendance, ovor 20,000, wns
tho largest over neon in the locnl
ground in spito of the fact thnt the
weothor wns very cold, although the
diamond wns dry
In the first hnlf of th ninth in
ning Wifson ornshod into Jones, who
hud been playing ft whirlwind first
bnso for Detroit. Jones wns tnkon
to tho clubhoiiHO seriously injured.
Tlio gnnio wns suspended for sevcrnl
minutes.
Pittsburg 'started off with throe
.runs, but wns shut out until tho ninth
when she nnnexod one nioro. Dotvoit
dmscd ono over in tho first; nn
nexod two more in tho fourth, and
...,t ; Mm fifth mid. sixth, mak
ing her ft total of fivo runs tc' Pitts
burg's four.
The snoro by innings :
Pittsburg 3 00 0 00001-4
Detroit ...100211 00 -6
TAFT ACCEPTS RESIGNATION
OF CRANE AS MINISTER
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14. In n tel.
. eiri-nm received nt the White Houso
today, President Tuft fnrmnlly- no
THOUSANDS
NTH I STIC
lOU.iyi l I PSHltillV ItlM jwiuuiii.T jVMIIIlUIUU I limim, i.n.ytwi um-
eoptml llio vofutfimtinn nf ChurlflR K.Mnir' torture engagements in Canada
I. rillie lis mimr-M'" ' ' v ".
OF 5 to 4
CHAMBERLAIN
IS UNABLE TO
' VISIT VALLEY
q.w- -
Writes That It Is Impossible for Him
to Accept the Invitation of
the Horticultural
Society.
WORK ON IRRIGATION
COMMITTEE PREVENTS
;Vill, Howtver, Be Pleased to Hear
From 'the Society at Any Time
Sciuilor George E. Chnmberlm
has written to Charles Mo.serv'e stat
ing that K is impossible for. him to
neeppt the invitation of the Rogue
HiVer Villley Horticultural society to
visit Medford and learn more of locnl
needs. Senator Chnmbcrlaiii is a
member of the senate committee oi
irrigation, which iadoing miicli work
this summer investigating different
reTliitnfltinn projects and is forced
to meet the ponniiittec in Denver on
October 31 to continue tho work
Hence it is impossible for him to
visit Medford nt this time.
Senator Chamberlain however,
writes thnt he is ever ready to take
up in Washington such matters as
nro deemed important by the society
nud will ho pleased to hear from them
nt any time'.
TARGETS BLOWN HIGH
BY SUBMARINE MINES
FORT KT 10 VENTS, Or., Oct. 14.
One perfect shot, one almost perfect
iUid one f.-iilnre were made in the
explosion of submarine mines nt the
month of the Columbia river recent
ly. One hundred 'and twenty-five
pounds of dnmpened guncotton wore
et off by nh electric onblc, operated
from Fort Stevens. The cotton wns
enclosed in n steel case 12 feet un
der the surface. The first explosion
threw the tnrgot out of the wnter, ut
terly domolisliing it nnd sending n
column of wnter 100 feet high. The
second missed the tnrgot over 50
vnrds: tho third was so close thnt
I tho, tnraet wns pnrtinlly destroyed.
(tenernl fllnus from Vancouver nar-
r-icks nnd his aides witnessed the
experiment.
BRYAN AND HIS WIFE
GO EAST VIA VICTORIA
SEATTILE, Wash.. Oco. 14. Mr.
nnd Mrs. William J. Bryan sailed for
Victoria yesterday. After a visit
there they will proceed east over the
Canadian PaoiCin. Mr. Brynn is nil
dump ink t.,.,7.
TIGERS
TO LINE HEY CALIFORNIA
UP FORLOCAL PLANNING TO
WEATHER
At Meeting Wednesday Need of Local
Weather Station Will Be
Presented to Con
gressman. " - J -CRATER
LAKE APPROPRIATION
WILL ALSO BE DISCUSSED
Fruitgrowers Getting Data Prepared
' to Present Local Needs to
Hawley.
Among other matters to be preyj
sented to Congressman Hawley at
'he meteinir of the Rogue River Hur-
ir - -
ticuit'al f'"'ity ncxt Wednesday
will ul ti,ftf ' enuring a weather bu
" a valley, a greater.
reau station for th
Crater Lake
appropriation for the
ildiuti
national park and n federal o
for Medford. 'x .
While in the cast recently, Pro
fessor P. .1. O'Oara took up the mat
ter of the wenlhcr station with au
thorities there and was greatly en
couraged by their nttitnde. His re
port to local fruitgrowers will lead
them to make a fight for one. The
remainder of tho Oregon delegation
will nlso be posted regarding (he mnt
ter. '
Tho Crater Lake appropriation for
several years has remained around
the $3000 mnrk in spite of much larg
er appropriations for other national
pni'ks. An effort will be made to get
$25,000 next year, and this also will
be presented to Mr. flawlcy.
NEGRO HAS QUEER HONOR
OF DEDICATING CHAIR
RALEIGH, K. C, Oct. 14. Wil
liam Morrison, a negro, is fo have
tho doubtful honor of dedicating
North Carolina's new electric chair
tomorrow. Morrison has been in the
penitentiary hero since July under
sentence of death. His execution wns
originally sot for Inst month, but the
governor wns forced to grant a re-
prieve on account of the failure of
the chair to arrive in time for the
function. Morrison will be the first
to be executed under the new low
which substitutes electric juice for
the rope and gallows.
WAR MADE ON RATS
IN MANITOBA GRAIN
Washington, Oct. it. Rats
which mnde their nppenrnnce in the
grain fields nnd grnnnries of the
province of Manitoba Inst spring are
proving such n menace that tho Man
itoba government is taking active
measures to rid the province of ro
dents, according to Consul General
John E. Jones of Winnipeg. A virus,
said to be fatnl to the rnts, is pro
duced by tho chopiist nt the Ameri
can college in Winnipeg. The virus
produces a fatal fever in the rnts,
much resembling typhoid.
BUREAU
EVEN
Agents of Portola Fete Buy Local
Fruit and Will Palm It Off
J N . as a California
ij Product.
AGENTS ADMIT THEY ARE
FORCED TO BUY LOCALLY
-"iv.;
California Cannot Furnish Fruit of
Similar Quality, so Must Relabel
That From Rogue River Valley.
California agents of the Portola
fete to open soon in San Francisco
have been in the valley during the
week buying choice pears, apples and
grapes for use during the fete. This
jruit is to hf shipped, repacked, re
labeled and exhibited nt" the fete as
ri California product. This piece of
(ju'jiHcitv on the part of California
le is not new, but it will serve
the nun) 3sa lJ 'oost California nt the,
expense o Z fruit grow
ers.
The agents mnde no b
ues of their
mission simp! v nckuo ledgt
-d thev
had to tap the Rogue River valley i.or
its excellent fruit. The pity is that
unsuspecting visitors will be' duped
into the bplief that the splendid fruit
is a California product, when it is
not.
California fruit is not the equal of
the Rogue River product in any re
spect, and it is for the sole purpose
of hoodwinking the world and add
ing to her laurels as a state of sun
shine, fruit nnd flowers that Cali
fornia is borrowing from Oregon.
AEROPLANE EXPERTS
CLASH IN COURT
BUFFALO, Oct. 14. Glenn H. Cur
tiss nud the Ilerring-Curtiss com
pany, manufacturers of aeroplanes at
ITammondsport. X. Y., are the defen
dants in a suit broucht hy the Wright
Brothers, nlso aeroplane makers, who
allege infringement on their patent,
The defendants have been cited to
show cause today why a prelimin
ary injunction should not be granted
restraining them from making, using
or selling the so-called Curtiss nero
plano, and particularly restraining
the defendants from conducting pub
lic exhiibtions nnd flights of such
machines. The suit is the result of
the bitter rivalry which has sprung
up between Curtiss nnd Wilbur and
Orville Wright.
KERSHAW PURCHASES
REGISTERED BILLY GOAT
- James Kersliaw, the nngorn goat
king of Jackson county, hns just re
ceived a fine nngorn billy goat from
U. S. Grant of Dnllns. The goat is
n splendid specimen, probably the
finest ever shipped into the county.
Mr. Kershaw is delighted With his
purchase.'
UP
ISSPANISB THRONE
BADLY TOTTERING
MADRID, Oct. 14 (via flood aye.) With the leading papers of
the kingdom predicting a revolution ; with King Alfonso storming nt his
cabinet for advising him to permit; tho execution of Professor Ferrer, and
with the peopie aroused to a mob frenzy, Spain today is confronted
with the most critical situation in the long history of her national trou
bles. , . :-r; ' I f
The king, horrified at the storm of protest following Ferrer's exe
cution, charges his ministers with having kept him misinformed regard
ing the sentiment throughout Europe. The cabinet' of fered to resign but
the king refused to accept.
The news of attempts of the Paris mob to attack the Spanish em-
j bassy shocked the king.
INDIAN UPRISING COMMITTEES BUSY
MANHUNT RESULT ARRANGING JINKS
Reports From Desert to Effect That Annual Meeting of Commercial Club
Piutes Are Flocking to Aid
of Billy gay.
SAN BERNARDINO. Ca!., Oct. li.
Reports from the desert today in
dicate thnt the Piutes are rising to
aid their tribesman, Billy Boy, twice
a murderer, who is being sought tv
three sheriffs with large posses'.
The Chemehuevis Indians, who are
blood enemies of the Piutes. are flee
ing for their lives toward the reser
vation from the wrathful Piutes
Rands of Piutes are moving across
the j'osert in the direction of the
strongholu f BilI' Boy, and it is
thought they wi'l endeavor to aid him
in eluding the officers'.
NEW PRESIDENT PRESIDES "
OVER DARTMOUTH COLLEGE
HANOVER. N. H., Oct. 14. Dr.
Ernest Fox Nichols was today in
augurated as the tenth president of
Dartmouth college in succession to
Dr. William Jewett Tncker. Webster
Hall was thet scene of the ceremony,
which was witnessed by one of the
most distinguished assemblages of
educators ever gathered in America.
The invocation was followed by the
induction and presentation of the
charter. Then followed the accep
tance by President Nichols, welcome
to tho Wheelock succession and re
sponse. Next in order wns the roll
call of delegates, followed by
speeches of congratulation and the
new president's inaugural address.
Conferring of honorary degrees clos
ed the exercises of the morning.
WRECK SURVIVORS ARE
ATTACKED BY BIG MOB
DETROIT. Oct. 14. The striking
seamen today are indignantly deny
ing that they were responsible for
the nttnek by strike sympathizers
on 'the 12 survivors of the steamer
George Stone, which was wrecked on
Lake Erie. Six men were drowned
in the wreck. The 12 who were res
cued had hardly set foot ashore When
they were attacked by a mob howling
"Scabs." One of the survivors wns
knocked in the water and nearly
drowned before he wns roscued a
second time.'
SCORE
to Be Held on Next
Thursday.
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The various committees appoint
"ed to arrange for the annual high
jinks of the Commercial club are
progressing with their work and tha
affair promises to be as great a suc
cess, if not greater, than the one held
last, year. .-
Several novei stunts are being art
rangea for the events of the evening.
The jink's will be held on Thursday
evening, October 21, instead of Wed
nesday evening ns first planned.
HAVE GATHERED DATA
FOR ILLINOIS ROAD
On Monday evening the Orniifi
Pass Commercial club met, and O. S.
BInnehnrd, as chairman of the rail
road committee, stated that com
plete data for the proposed railroad
to the Illinois valley had been s-ath-
ered and that it was now ready to be
printed m the form of nmsiiivhis
says the Observer. However, the
committee wns delaying the Drintins
thereof for the reason that at the
present time three separate railroad
promotion concerns were in the field
and all of them seemed to have am
ple backing to finance the project.
Much enthusiasm was aroused by the
report, and the committee was rvim
mended for its prompt action.
ALLEGED HEIR TO LARGE
ESTATE IS KIDNAPED
MUSKOGEE, Okla.. Oct. 14. Owen
Evans, 12 years old, son of wealthy
parents, has been missiner from his
home here since Saturday and his
parents and the police believe he has
been kidnaped. The boy disappeared
soon after leaving a barber shop.
Thousands of circular letters des
cribing the boy were mailed to every
police department in the country to
day. A reward is offered. Mrs.
Travis, the lad's mother, said her son
was the heir to a large estate.
Mrs. A. A. Roe of Lanel. Ind.. who
has beon visiting her brother, L. E.
Benn, loft Thursday for Pasadena.
Cel., where she wi!4 visit Mrs. D. nob-
son, j