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TIIM WHATIIKK.
Tonight end Thursday
Cloudy. Tuesday high, 61;
low, '12; range, -18.
li'OUUTH. YEA II.
MELWOJtD, OltECiON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1900.
No. 236.
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LUUU niLLLU '
II FIERCE sstgj
. BATTLE I
Amoricans Establish Fiold
Hospitals and Oaro for tho
Wounded Unitod Statos
Probably Will Not lntor
foro Unless Nocessary.
(Hy Wlllliini A. Dovorall, Staff Cor
rewpondimt of tho United Pro.)
M.UKFIHI.DB, NIcnrnKiin, Uw. 22
(Ily wlrtdtms to Colon.) Tho army
under (iuimrnl Hiitrnda, tho rovolu
tlonary louder, ban won a NWoeplug
victory near ltauia, anil tho outlro
Zolaynn forcon, formerly rommnndid
by Gonornl Vampi!, had mirrmtdorod
with all It HtorcK after boing defeat
nd all along tho lino.
Tho wounded aro boing brought
horo today and aro being cared for
In tho houpltnln and boing nursed by
American nmrlncii from th0 warships
in mo unroor.
Mnuy Prisoners.
A ft
Largo numhors of prisoners nro be
ing marched Into Illuoflolds after hav
I ilk' boon disarmed.
General Katrada Is marnhallng his
forces and proparltiK (or an I mm ml I
nto advance upon Managua, whoro ho
will endeavor to ovorthrow tho now
president, Jobo Madrlz.
Thuro Is great reJolcliiB hero, bb
this city has panned through a peril-
ouh norlod. and It Ih now holloved
that n huccvWiiI termination of the
revolution l In sight.
IVnr Only Week A no.
A week ago th0 city was In fear
and trembling following tho reported
approach of Oeneral Vaiquoz with
orders from 'elaya to sack and pll
lago Wuefloldrt.
Th nowH of liMtradn's victory wbb
tho slKiial for a general campaign
of rejoicing and th0 people aro de
manding tho election of Katrnda to
tho proHldoucy, It wiih reported thnt
tho number killed and wounded In
tho fighting around Iliumi nud Ho
cero was In excess of 2G00.
Tho FimnorH and Fruitgrowers
Bank wll opon for business in tho
Syiidicuto building, corner of JMnin
and Ornpo streets tomorrow, Dooom
bor 2!lrrf.
Thin hank is tho moat olalioriitcly
and oonvenicntly furnished of tiny
hank in Houthorn Oregon, mid there
nro not many, if any, in tho (ditto that
will lead it in richness of f uvniHtiinB
nnd modorit banking fixtures.
The fixturos aru mahogany through-
out, tho imrtitloiiB being of wlmt in
Known aa "oiotoh mahogany," that ih
mahogany vonoorod ovor onk, tlio vo-
nooring boing snwod all from tho snmo
piooo of timbor nnd tho grain of tho
wood mntoliod nil toh way through.
Tho doaka and chains nro of tho
solid wood nnd tho wholo ia bouutiful-
ly nmtohod bo thnt an improssion of
solidity is givon to tho oustomor.
Btroot tho prosidont'B offioo is diroct-
ly in front. In tho right-hnnd cornor
in a dopartmont fittod up ospooiiilly
for lndy cuatoinorH, whoro thoy may
wnit thoir turn to conduct their busi
noBs with tho bank without boing
conioollod to stand about tho lobby.
Tho onshiors window ia first, of
oourso, nnd in connection tho latoat
thine in .monoy ongoB hnvo boon m-
etnllod, so that tho onshior or pay
ing tailor can oonduot busiuoss with
tho wiokot up without nny dngamo
of llght-fingorod gontry swiping nny
FOURTH
BANK
FOR
MOD
ESTRADA
WITH THE PUPAL FOLK
TAX LEVY
ATI? MILLS
BY COUNCIL
Slight Reduction Is Made
From Last Year's Tax in
Spite of Much Improve
ment and Lower Valuation.
In spit'j of tho foot that tho assess
ed valuation of tho city is lowor this
year than last tho tax levy, mndo by
tho city council nt Us Ro'saion Tuos-
dny evening is lowor thnn last yoar. .
IlnLMilrtU ti Ynt1nnnf1 villllnltmt (lin
ivniiivn iwiiiivuii i ... nit .w .w t
council had to contend with tho groat-1
est strides ovor mndo by toll city in
tho way of municipal improvomoutH.
Tho tax lovy this yonr is 17 and
l-lOlh millos which is divided n8 fol-
owb:
City purpoaoa, 4 mills; interest
fund, mills: street nnd rond, '
millcs; gonoral sewer, 2 mills;
park, Yi mill ; librnry 1-10 mill.
Tho tax for tho bouofit of tho li-
irnry wns levied ntt ho roqnoat of
tho library board, Ed Andrews ap
pearing boforo tho council in their
behnlf. '
Tho finnnco commlttoo of tho
council doclnrca that thero nocd bo no
ilooking of tho whoela of progross
noxt year though tho rnto wns kept
ns low as possible
part of tho blink's nasots,
At tho renr a spoeial vault has boon
constructed for tho accommodation
of snfoty-doposit boxos.
stockholders nud directors' moot
ing wns held Tuosdny ovoning in tho
now qunrtors to finish up unfinished
busiuoss conuootod with tho opening
of tho bank.
Tho capitalization of tho Farmors
nnd Fruitgrowors hnnk ia $.10,000
nnd tho following officors nnd diroot-
ors have boon olootod:
Prosidont, Q. L. Dnvia; vioo prosi-
on t, L. Noidormyor; onBhior, L. E.
Wnkomnn; nssistnnt onshior, L. L.
Jacobs. Dirootora: L. Noidormyor,
A. C. Randall, W. IT. Stewart, I. W. ,
Thomns, James Cnmpboll, L. E.
Wnkomnn, Q. L. Davis.
Some of tho solid mon of tho conn
ty nro nmong tho Btookholdora of tho
now hnnk, nnd tho offioora nro nil
well known In bnnking oirolos.
Tho nJoksonvillo bank will horonft-
or bo tho Jnoksonvillo offioo of tho
armors nnd Fruitgrowors.
AND HIS ENVOY TO U. S.
FIXED COMPLETE LIST FOUR CHANGES
CANDIDATES PLANNED FOR
IN HELD CHARTER
With Announcement of Lee
Jacobs That He would Run
for Treasurer, All of Old
Officials Are in Line.
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For Councllmcn.
First ward
W. W. Kifort.
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Socond wnrd
Harry Q. Wortmnn.
Third wnrd
Prank E. Srorrick.
Recorder.
Robort W. Tolfor.
Treasurer.
Loo L. Jacobs.
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At Inst a complete ticket for tho
oity election on Jnnunry 11 has hoed
nrrnnged, Loo L. Jacobs filling out.0
by announcing tnht ho will hawmo n
enndidato for trensuror to suoccod
himself.
All of tho mon nro nt present hold
ing tho officos for which thoy havo
becomo candidates nnd front indien-1
tions thoy will win out easily its tho.
administration during tho past yenr, Tho Nnsh hotel wns granted n li
hns boon sntisfnotory in ovory re- quor license
spoot. So far no candidates linvo Tho city nttomoy was instructed to
npponrcd to ongngo them in hatllo and drnw an ordinnnco regarding n'strict
prohably thoy will ho ro-oloeted by ' or regulation of saloons, especially in
overwhelming mnporitios. j rcgnrd to minors boing sorvod liquor.
Businoss mon aro of tho opinion A pint of tho Fnirmount nddition
thnt no ohnngo should bo mndo whilo in West Medford wns npprovod.
bo niuoli progross is boing mndo, nnd A plnnk walk wns ordorcd in on
chnnooa nro bright thnt Medford cnitho south sido of Wost Socond from
trnvol tmhindorcd to hor dostiny ns, Summit nvonuo to tho city limit.
far nB tho noxt yonr is concornod.
SPOKANE MAN WORKING
OLD CLAIM OF C0RTEZ
SPOKANE, Wn., Doo. 22.
"Swiftwntor Bill" flntos, mining nroa-
pootor of Sjioknno, who has found n
half dozon fortunos in tho groat
whito silent north nnd in tho Pnoifio
northwest only toloso thorn in othor
vonturos, has turned up in tho Andes
mountains in Pont, whoro ho is ox-
nminlng n plnoor mino, diaoovorod
nnd workod by Cortos nnd his mon
moro thnn 300 yonrs ngo. IBs part-
nor, P. A. Wilson, now in Snoknno,
says thnt Gntos is to havo n half in-
torost in tho proporty
OF MEDFOR
City Council Transacts Bus
iness Ordinance Passed
Raising Recorder's Salary
to $125 a Month.
Four proposed charter amendments
woro submitted to n vote of tho poo-
plo nt tho regular city election Jnn
unry 11, by tho city council Tuosdnv
mi
evening. 1 hey nro:
Ono providing n snlnn of $75 a
month for tho mayor nnd $25 n omnth
for ench councilman. Petitions woro
presented to tho council nsking for
this.
n.. ..;.i:. e -i i
sided ovor by toh mayor of tho city
or someono nppointed by him, thus
relioving tho recorder.
I Ono giving tho council power to
.seignnto by resolution tho dopositar-
5oa of cUy fouiulg( hl onlor Umt tho
city mny rccoivo n roturn in tho wnv
interest.
Ono simplifying tho mat tor of lovy-
ing nssessmonts for wntor nnd sow
or mnins in tho citj'.
An ordinnnco wns passed fixing tho
recorder's snlnry nt $123 a month
aftor January 1, 1010.
Bids woro cnlled for tho laying of
wntor mniiiR in Medford for 1010.
BOATSWAIN KILLS WIFE
WHILE MENTALLY UNBALANCED
BREMERTON, Wn., Doo. 22.
John t Sokes, n boatswain, is hold to
day in tho nnvnl prison horo follow
ing his nrrost nt Chnrlcston Inst ov
oning for killing his wifo. Tho raur
dor wns committed on tho Mnin atreot
of tho town, nftor n briof qunrrol, tho
nnturo of which has not boon lean
ed. Aftor firing n bullet from his
revolver through tho woamn'a bronst,
Stokos pioked hor up nnd onrriod hor
into n nonrby dttrg storo. IIo then
slippod nwny, but lntor wns ovortnk
on nnd turned ovor to tho nnvnl authorities.
hm ia n he u M m iM n i n k i
SlOF
State Commissioner Says It
Would Be Great Mistake
for Jackson County to Let
TJp for Single Moment the
Warfare Against Pests.
A. H. Carson, state commissioner
of tb0 state' board of horticulture,
for tho Third district, Is emphatic In
his statements that Jackson county
should not decrcaBO tho number of
fruit Inspectors, but should continue
tho warfare against fruit pests and
dlsoascs.
"I cannot hut believe," says Mr,
Carson, "that when tho county court
of Jackson county fully realizes what
tho result would bo were tho fruit
Inspectors of Jackson county discon
tinued at this tlmo would b0 to tho
fruit Industry of Jackson county,
feci sure the court would glvo creator
aid' to control tho' pear blight that
Ib sure to work destruction to tho
orchards of tho county It tho fight
is now stopped.
"It must bo remembered that Jack
son county Is tho banner apple and
pear county of the state, and at the
present thoro aro $10,000,000 of cap
ital Invested In her orchards. Tho
overag0 orchardlst Is willing' and will
clean up his orchard of Injurious dis
eases when someono with authority
goes to him, and shows him how. No
horticulturist in tho stato of Ore
gon know how to control pear blight
until Professor O'Gara, pathologist
for th department of agriculture, was
assigned to Oregon. IIo has taught
us how w0 can iSmtrol tho pear
blight. I fool suro were It not for
tho knowledge wo havo gained from
Professor O'Gara slnco ho has been
with us, nearly all tho applo and
p'oar orchards of th0 Roguo River
valley would havo been destroyod
Tho fruit Industry of Jackson county
Is now too large to bo abandoned,
and n policy of economy Is equal to
a virtual abandonment of tho or
chards unless every penr blight gorm
In th0 county Is destroyed."
LOUVRE CAFE BOUGHT
BY MILLER OF THE NASH
C. D. Miller for tho past year stow-
nrd nt tho Nnsh grill, hns purchased
tho Louvro enfo and will horeafter
conduct it ns n first-clnss rostnu-
rnnt. Uudor Mr. Miller's mnnngoment
tho Nash has mado nn onvinblo record
and ho expects to mnko tho Louvro
tch finest restaurant in southern Or
egon pud mnko up in qunlity whnt tho
plnco lacks in sizo. ITo will servo
tho choicest delicacies to bo found m
tho market nnd mnko tho Louvro
among tho most nttractivo cafes on
tho const.
SPOKANE CLAIMS YOUNGEST
SHRINER IN THE WORLD
SPOKANE. Wn., Dee. 22. El Kn-
tif Tomplo of Spoknno, A. A. O., No-
blos of tho Mj'stio Shrino, clnims tho
youngest Shrinor in tho world in J.
B. Tnlsch, mnnngor of tho mail and
romittnnco dopartmont of n locnl
bank, who was ono of a class of 14
taking from tho fourth to tho thirty
second degree of Scottish Rito Mn
sonry during tho recent convocntion.
Mr. Tnlsoh wns born in Jnnunry,
1888, nnd hns boon n rosidont of
Spoknno several yonrs, coming horo
Ifrom iho middlo wost. Following
lis initiation into tho ordor by Spo-
knrnv lodge, A. F. & A. M., immodi-
atoly nftor nttnining his mnpority, ho
proparod for tho othor dogreos. no
was given tho plnco of honor nt tho
banquet followng tho initiation of tho
olnsB, nlso heading tho Shrinors on
thoir pilgrimngo through tho oity to
n midnight thontor porformauoo.
lUULLSfOCRING!
At Christmas Time Is a
Good Thing.
But a full head during the rest of the
year it better. You can fill your head
with useful knowledge of the world'
current history by tubscriblng for this
newspaper and reading it regularly.
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Scorns "Pasadena Plan" by
Overwhelming Vote of 448
Even Railroad Precinct
Went Dry by Big Majority.
ASHLAND, Dec. 22. (Special.)
Ashland declared against saloons at
yesterday's election by tho unprece
dented majority of 40G votes, and
scorned tho compromise measure
known as tho "Pasadena plan" by
44S majority. For tho first tlmo In
tho history of tho city tho First ward,
somotlmes called tho railroad ward,
registered Its volco against license,
and gavo a majority of 91 toward
tho big anti-saloon total.
Tho voto was very light, being 79
less than last year, only 72 S of the
1030 legal voters going to tho polls.
Ono rrogrcsslvo Named.
Tho fight against mossbacklsm was
not so successful as tho campaign
against tho other harmful influenco
tho Baloon only on0 of tho threo
vacancies In tho council being filled
by a "progressive," J. C. Barnard,
who was Induced to run by foes
of tho present administration, defeat
ed Councilman Stcnnett by six votes.
C. Cunningham, an insurgent coun
cilman, was re-elected. This was
predicted In yesterday's Mail Tribune,
tho Socond ward being tho most back
ward in tho city. Tho Third ward,
which for six years past has been the
leader In nil things progressive
again "cam0 through," electing C. D.
Scholl ovor P. S. Provost and A. J.
Dlogel. '
II. E. Badgor dofoated H. F. Froh-
bach for park commissioner, Froh
bach being n "llvo ono" and thoreforo
tho target for tho tight-wads.
An analysis of tho returns Indi
cates a strong sontimont against
Mayor Snoll's administration, but
tho reasons back of It all aro not dis
creditable to tho mayor. Tho city
recorder and tho water commissioner
ar0 out of harmony with tho admin
istration and thoir influonco was felt
yosterday. Residents of tho Boule
vard nnd North Main street, fearing
thoy would bo asked to pavo thoir
troots noxt year by a progrosslvo
council, worked hard for tho "con
sorvativo" candidates. And, of
course, tho antedoluvians all over tho
city worked for tho "tellers that
would stop spndlng tho poepul's mon
ey."
nut progress Is still In tho saddle,
for tho throo hold-over vcouncllmon
aro up-to-dato, and with the addition
pf Scholl, neodod publlo Improve
ments will undoubtedly bo pushed
for another 12 months at least.
ASHLAND GIVES
SALOONS HARD
JOLTING
AodAuuINo
GLOBE
From Four Corners of the
World Come Reports of As
sassination of Officials
Two Prime Ministers Fall
Before the "Reds."
Today's news from tho
four corners of tho earth
brings word of four differ
ent assassinations. Attempts
of assassinations.
Colonel Karpoff , chief of
police at St. Petersburg, was
assassinated with a bomb
early loday.
Ti Wan Yung, premier of f
Ivorpn. fell mnrtnllv tcnnni1td
and died later when a Kor
ean student plunged a knife
into. him.
Prime Minister Biatiano of
Roumania was fihot and ser
onsly wounded by a Rouman
ian anarchist at Bucharest.
A.'M. T. Jackson, tho ad
ministrative head of the gov
ernment of Nasik, India, was
shot to death at Bombay by
a native.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 22.
Colonel Knparoff, chiof of police,
was. killed tpday by a bomb thrown
by au assassin. The assassin was
arrested. From his passport tho au
thorities believ his name is Michcal
Vosskessensky.
Tho assassination of Kaparoff tho
police believes marks tho beginning
of another terrorist reign. Thoy im
mediately took steps to learn tho
identity of Vosskessensky and his
suppposed fellow plotters.
Premier of Korea Killed.
SEOUL, Korea, Dec. 22. Yi Wan
premier of Korea, was fatally stab
bed early today by Li Tsai Ming, 21
years of ngo, n Christianized Korean,
who was a student at aa American
school for six years.
Tho assassin was immediately ar
rested. During the scnfJflo that fol
lowed, ono of tho mon who had seized
him was fatally wounded. Tho at
tack upon tho premier wns mado in
tho streot in front of tho Seoul
church.
Indian Assassins Ilusy.
BOMBAY. India. Deo. 22. Tho no-
lico nro working today or. tho theory
thnt tho assassination Inst nidtt of -
A. M. T. Jnokson, tho administrative--
head of tho city of Nasik, who was
shot to death in tho lobby of n Bomby
thentor, was tho dircot result of n
widespread plot to niurdor English.!
officials. Tho nssassin, n nativo,
boastod of his deed when nrrestod.
Jnokson wns entering tho thontor'
with two young womon when tho na
tivo approached and fired without a
word. Tho official fell, mortally
woundod, dying n fow hours lntor.
Prlmo Minister Shot.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 22.
Tho primo minister of Brntinno of
Roumania was shot and seriously
wounded today by n Roumanian an
archist, nccording to a brief dispatch
from tho American legntion at Buoh
nrost. Tho dispatch contained no do
tnils of tho affair.
MAN BLOWN T 0PIECES BY
DYNAMITE EXPLOSION
ELLENSBURG, Wn., Deo. 22,
Goorgo W. Sleet, a wealthy contract
or of Ellonsburg, is dead hero today,
hnvitig beon litornlly blown to piocos
by a dyuntmito explosion.