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ROGUE RIVER COURIER GRANTS PASS. OREGON, AUGUST 17, 1906. THIS IS THE WATCH That you send away for and pay $11.75 cash. We are closing them out at 50 We have watches from $1.00 up. -AT .Paddock's. Bicycle Den East of Depot. GRANTS PASS WALL PAPER and PAINT SHOP W.P.Sharman and E.F.LeMieux SOUTH SIXTH STREET, NEAR J Full stock of Wall Paper all designs quality and prices. Paints, Varnishes, Oils, Brushes rVi ""d rtif-tji niri'e. Mall orders promptly filled. Palace Barber Shop BATES & WILLIAMS, Proprs. Shaving, Hair Cutting Baths, Etc. 1 Everything neat and clean and a work First-Class. E. A. WADE Dry Goods, Underwear, Notions, Etc. Front Street west Palacel hotel GRANTS PASS, OREGON, RANKING BY" MAIL We pay 4 on lime deposits, current rates on savings accounts, receive deposits subject to check, and do a general bank ing business.. You can have the advantages of a strong bank at yout very door by using the mails. Send us your deposits. Acknowledg ment will be tent you by return mail. Savings accounts received from one dollar up. ... Open an account with us and note how rapidly it will grow. J, FRANK WATSON. R L DURHAM. Va Pi V. H STAR. & C CATCHING! ri s nr j ft ' Crust (fcratpang ft 247WA1.ST. PoRTLANDOot. fl ricflftTi a.hoQccV. WAR OVER DOIUTJETARES. Brooklyn Trolley Managers Scheme to Collect Double Fares. New York, Aug. 16. A unique plan to meet the claims which have arissn over the refusal of many pas-' sengers on the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company's line to pay a double, fare to Coney Island, will be put in practice by the company to day. It is on the' elevated thains that the new plans will be inaugurated. These trains will be in two sections. Passengers who express a willingness to pay the double fare will be placed In the forward cars while those who protest against the second payment will be placed In cars at the rear. It ts the plan of the company to make a canvass of the train immediately after leaving the single fare limit line and when this Is completed to cut off and side track the cars con taining those who refuse to make a second payment. An official of the company said that about thirty per cent of the pas sengers over the line declined to pay the second fare. General Manager John B. Alder wood of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit said today that the company Is pre paring to test Judge Gaynor's deci sion that only one tare shall be ex acted from passengers to Coney Island. CANNOT USE RED GROSS THE SIGN OF THE RED CROSS AS A TRADE-MARK MIST ' ' BE DISCONTINUED. Washington, Aug. 16. Antiseptic barber shops, pharmacies and patent medicine manufacturers In the Unit ed States will be compelled to cease using the Red Cross as a trade-mark if the convention agreed upon at the recent international Red Cross con ference in Geneva is lived up to in every detail by the United States This convention provides that each signatory country shall do all in its power to bring about legislation preventing the use of the Red Cross insignia for any sort of commercial purpose. It was suggested at the convention that such laws be put into effect within five years. Nearly all other countries have safeguarded the Insignia of the Red Cross very care fully except the United States. PRAISKS ALLIANCE Secretary Root Talks of Good Feel- lug of North ami South America. -Buenos Ayres, Aug. 16. At the official banquet given at the Gov ernment House last evening by Presi dent Alcorta, In honor of Secretary Root, to which the diplomatic officers and officers of state only were invit ed, the Secretary made what Is con sidered the most Important speech he has delivered while on h.s tour. The scene was most brilliant. Rising to tender the Secretary an official wel come, and proposing the hea..n of Mr. Root, the President traced the similarity in the constitutions, pro gress and success in overcoming ob stacles of North and South America, and dwelt especially on the mutual advantage of closer friendship be tween the races. ...r. Hoot made repiy in well chos en and appropriate language and was Interrupted several times in hit talk by the applause of those present King und Emperor Kiss Kncli Oilier. Cronberg, Hesse-Nassau, Aug. 16. King Edward arrived here today on a special train from Frankfort at 8:46 a. m. Emperor William and Prince and Princess Frederick Charles of Hesse-Nassau met btm at the railroad station. The Emperor received the King In alighting and then they kissed each other on both cheeks. The meeting was very cor dial. The King wore a black Prince Albert coat and a silk hat. The Emperor had on the uniform of a Posen Jaeder regiment, with a steel helmet. Will Try and Break Auto Record. New York, Aug. 16. A reception was tendered at the Hotel Belmont last night to Richard E. Little and Christian D. Haggerty, who are go ing to race from New York to San Francisco in an automobile In an en deavor to break the record. Ellen Terry's Son Married. Berlin, Aug. 16. Isadora Duncan who caused a furore in Europe and America with her startling dances. Ii the bride of Ellen Terry's son, I yeung Englishman named Craig. Tht ouple are Bpendlng their honeymooi in Holland. Woman Throws Herself Over Bluff. Victoria, B. C. Ang.16. Mrs. J. Oooksley, threwherself to death over the 200-foot bluff at Preipset Mat, Stanley Park, yesterday. GIRLS BEATEN -BY SOLDIERS CULTURED YOUNG WOMEX OF RUSSIA CRUELLY n EATEN BY SOLDIERS. Receive Twenty-Seven Lashes in the Presence of Officers, Until the Flesh Hangs in Shreds. St. Petersburg, Aug. 16. Intense popular Indignation has been created here by the brutal treatment of Mile. Smirnoff, a refined young wom an, at the hands of the crack Cheva lier Guards. While a squadron of these guardsmen was passing along the Nevsay Prospect yesterday, Mile. Smirnoff, who was accompanied by another young woman, remarked; "They are as gay as if they bad captured Port Arthur." Pedestrians hearing the remara repeated it, and quite a crowd col lected and joined in the jeering. The commander of the cavalrymen sud denly wheeled his squadron and gave the command to charge with drawn whips. The troopers then charged the crowd, laying about them right and left. Mile. Smirnoff and her companion, who In the meantime had passed down a Bide street, were pursued. They tried to escape into a doorway, but were caught. Under the direction of an officer, they were forced to enter a cab and were driven to the guards' barracks, where they were taken before Colonel Stenbeck er. The latter was disposed to turn Mile. SmlrnofT over to tne police, but other officers Interfered and the girl finally was taken to the courtyard, where troopers, In the presence of two officers, administered to her twenty-seven lashes with their whips.' The girl's clothing was. cut as if by knives by the wire thongs of the whips, and her flesh is terribly lacer ated. The papers are demanding that both the officers and men who took part In the affair be punished. No action by the military authori ties has yet been announced. The Twentieth Century, which printed an other story of the case today, has been confiscated. Warsaw, Aug. 16. Attempts were made today in various streets to murder police officers. It Is re ported that twenty murders have been reported to the authorities. At Wloclawek Chief of Police Nlrnowlci and Provincial Captain Hietrow have been murdered.' "JACK-THE-HUGGEIt" CAPTURED Son of Retired Minister Admits Hold ing Up Girls on Bridge. Santa Rosa, Aug. 16. For some time there have been complaints of a youth who holds up young girls near the E street bridge in the sub urbs of this city, and nearly fright ening them to deatn, has let them go and runs off to hiding. Last night Policeman Llndley received word that another girl had been held up by the hugger und nad managed to elude his clutches. She ran home and told her parents and a message was at once sent to the police station. Llndley responded. He found E. F. Fayson, son of a retired minister, and a member of a respectable family living near this city, whom he placed under arrest, he answering the de scription given by the girls. At first Fayson denied the accusation. Later he pleaded guilty and will come up for trial before Justice sitcnlson to morrow. Today the officers secured other evidence and say that Fayson Is undoubtedly the man about whom there have been several complaints. PHYSICIAN SHOOTS SALOOXMAN. Doctor Fatally Wounds Man Who Re sents Ireeiilation of Bill. Colusa, Cal., Aug. 16. Dr. L. H. Francis shot and fatally wounded S. P. Morton, a saloonkeeper at Prince ton yesterday. The trouble started when Francis presented a bill for professional services to Morton, which act was resented and resulted In Francis being slapped three times. Morton armed himself and went tc Francis' office. Francis ordered him to keep outside, bu' Morton con tinued to advance with a revolver In his hand. As he stepped Inside the door Francis fired his own revolver, the bullet striking Morton In the cen ter of the neck. Has Stood the Test 25 Years. The old. original GROVES Taste leas Chill Tonlo. Too know what yon are taking. It is iron and qninine in a taste lets form.. No core, No pay. ROBBED WHILE SIGIUaEEINO. Los Angeles Contractor Loses Hi Roll of Bills In Detroit. Detrlot, Mich.. Aug. 16 Elhanan Lank, a prominent contractor of Los Angeles, was robbed of nearly S 1,M0 tome time Tuesday, morning. He charges William Considlne, brother tt George Considlne, the well known Mew York sporting man, and James Duggan, a Detroit saloonkeeper, with Healing the money from him. Lank :ame to Detroit Monday with a large roll of bills in his possession and started out to see the sights While In Duggan's saloon he met two women and they went to a local park, where they proceeded to drink everything in sight. About 11 o'clock the women and Lank attempt ed to unfasten an air ship. Intending toi take a trip to the clouds, but a patrolman arrested the three. They were released Tuesday morning and Lank had $1,459 left. He went from the Police Court with Duggan to Considine's saloon, where Lank, Dug gan and Considlne begaa opening champalgne with a recklessness that would put Walter Scott to shame. Lank was the first one under the table, and when he woke up he had but $300 left. He reported his loss to the police and Considlne and Dug gan were arrested. Wednesday Lank swore out a warrant charging Consi dlne with stealing the money. Con sidlne denies the charge, but the po lice say they have a good case on him. Lank Is considerably worried over the loss of his money as he expected to purchase a house and lot in Pon tine, .Mich., where one of his Bona lives. Now he has but little left if the large roll that he had when he landed la Detroit. BMIBTHEFTSOLVD 7()i::;man finds bag contain. I.'.G JEWELS VALUED at C."O,j(!0 IN ST. LOKS. tt. Louis, Mo., Aug. 1G. Actlrg under Instructions cabled from tit. , Vj.uA, John P. O'Brlt-n, a laborer ei.i ployed in t'.ie wrecking of tha World's Fuir buildings, has unearthad an al ligator bat; cuutulnlng jewels, valu ;d at $5'J,0JU, which wrro siulen frt ji Mr. erd Mrs. P. Henry Clayton t Devonshire, England, during a vl .t to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition two yeurs ago. The jewels were stolen from a trunk and they were not mlssdd until the Claytons i"." returned to England utter a tour around the world. 'They thn ha:l no means of knowing where the Jewels hud been stolen. About a mumh a,;o a Hin doo servant, who hud oeen in their employ during their trip was fatally Injured by an elephant in India and on his death bed confessed that he stole the jewels while In St. Louis. He said that he became alarmed and fearing detection had dropped them into a hole in the wall of the Manufacturers' Building. Later he again wished to secure the geiua, bat on returning to the place he had secreted them, could not reach the bottom of the spece between the plas ter and the side of the building. Fearing to make any Inquiries or ask assistance, the Hindoo departed irota St. Louis with the Claytons, leavlnf the jewels In the hiding place. O'Brien was generouslv rewarded, by Mr. Clayton for returning th lokt property. Salvation Army News. We agaiu welcome In Grauts Pass Ensign A. P. Storey, the youDg peo ples secretary of the North Paciflo Province. If you want to hear a good singer don't miss hearing the Ensign. He will oondnct three meetings in the old Hnb Clothing store. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, August 20, 21, 22. Ice cream and cake m ill be served Monday night. Captain - McDonald and Lieut. Lemond have itiet arrived from Aberdeen, Wash., to take charge of the local Salvation Army work, j Jt has stood the test 25 years. . Average Annual Sales bottles. l)oes this record of merit appeal to you? snciotea wnn every J Hat's T We have so much work moving we can't get timo to write ads. T Our values are the same and you will receive the same prompt attention as hereto fore at SMYTHE'S TEA & 420 Front Street CLEM ENS S ELL S BOOKS and DRiUGS. GRANTS PASS ORE. Mln Hair-Riddlo THE FASHIION LIVERY and SALE STABLES OILMOEE & BOBXN, Proprietors. II Street between Fifth and Sixth I'hokh 881 Grants Pass, Oregon Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic potac ts i en cent, package of crovri the Use COFFEE MARKET Phone 431 r Miss China Lee You soon will see Is just as neat as she can be. The reason why You soon will spy: CHI-NAMEL is her old standby. CHI-NAMr.L is a liquid finish for floors, interior woodwork and furniture thnt is far superior ti any other made. It is used by the Chinese to give tbet fine brilliant finish to their bamboo and other wares, which withstand bending and hanging, without cracking or mar ring the brilliant and glossy finish. It comet in all the hardwood finishes, such as Oak, Walnut, Cherry, Mahogany, Rosewood, Satiuwood, etc., and will withstand hot and cold water and soap. We will boil It iu water for you or pound it with a hammer, and will guarantee that what we sell you will stand the same test. FOR SALE ONLY BY Hardware Co. . . . FEED over One and a Half MUHon No Cure, No Pay. 50c Black Koot Uver ruis,
