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Full Ia;iuic1 Wlru Report.
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Tho only paper In tho world
published In a city tho alio of
Medford having a loaned wire.
MliDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1910.
No. 45.
WpTII Y IS A It.
EAST TO
OREGON LINE
PLAN
. t,t-t Roc'
WEST
S
HILL PR0IVI1SES TO BUILD ;
DlllDflin APDflQQ nDPCHM
HiiiLlvUHU nimuuu uiiluuii
P.M. CERTAIN Wm HOBO
TO BE PART OF IS VIEWED BY
GREAT SYSTEM! LOCAL PEOPLE
Will Give Medford Direct Lino East
Is Lonlcal Route for East and
West Road and It Is Only Lonlcal
That Burllnuton Is Extended.
IIUHNS, Or., May 12. Louis W.
Hill, henri of lint (J rent Northern
rnilroml, made 'tliu positive statement
today that the proposed cust to west
railway across tho state of Oregon
would In built. Hu intimated that
tln main construction work would
lie started boon.
The Hill party started for the "I"'
ranch, miles south of linns, this
foreitooti in automobiles.
PACIFIC & EASTERN IS
LOGICAL WESTERN END
OF EAST AND WEST LINE
If the Hill line is extended ucross
Oregon from eust to wont, the route
to bo followed will be from Ontario
down the Malheur canyon, where tho
right of way Iiiih been secured, west
to a eonni'otion with tin- Oregon
Trunk and Pacific A: KnMorn. The
Jturlinutoii liiih a line projected
through Idaho to Ontario, and the
completion of thee link will make
Medford a Hurliiigton tormiunl. iv
inu' it a direct line cant.
Of course, this is mere eonjeoture,
Hill himself recently slitting that the
time was not ripe for minoiiueoinoiits
concerning the east and wet rotiie.
Yet it i the logical route for an east
nml went iin.il. mid it i only logical
that the Kurlington he extended we-1.
BLUE LEDGE ROAD NOT
YET SETTLED UPON SAYS
THE P. & E. PRESIDENT
.lohii K. Allen. president of the Pa
cific - Eastern, returned from a
Iiimiichn trip to I'orllaud Thuri-diy
and stntos that tho announcement
that thu Blue Lodge railroad had
been determined upon was news to
him. He admitted seeing John 1
Slovens, but stated that it was in
connection with the proposed Rogue
Kivcr Inlerurban electric line.
The Hint) Lodge line ih still in (lie
promotion singe, according to Mr.
.Mica, mid until rights of wu hat
been secured the project will not 10
i shape to intercut cnpilnl
137 MB
ARE
WHITEHAVEN, England, May 12.
All hope of rer-euing tho 337 min
ers caught in Wellington coal mine
has been ubandoiied. Firo which fol
lowed thu explosion is raging in tho
depths of tho mine and rescuers, af
ter ninny efforts to enter tho mine,
were forced to iibuudou the attempt.
It is bulioved Hint every imiii in the
mine Iiiih perished, It will probably
bo Homo dayH before tho firo can be
extinguished and the work of recov
ering tho bodies begun.
Scores of miners were imprisoned
n ml probably many killed today fol
lowing a terrific explosion in tho
Wellington coal mine.
Fire started after tho explosion
mid it was estimated that 137 min
ers were caught alive in the burning
pita.
TERRIFIC
Many Report Scelii(j Comet, Which
Was of Unusual Brilliance This
Mornlnn Will Be Great Sight for
Next Few Days.
la nwer to your quory,
l.et me murmur to you dearie,
Ere you HprliiK It, as I've murinured
To a Imnilred folk or more;
"No, I haven't seen the eomot
With my naked eye, far from It,
And I haven't rlnen early
JiiHt to Mean the iiky lino o'er."
l.et me shout It, for I iiier.ii It.
No. my friend, I haven't seen Tl!
l.et me yell It from the housctopF,
l.et me make one final call,
l.et me silence now the query,
Kor of It I've crown weary,
"I've not seen the lilnmed old comet,"
That should serve for one and all.
Hut many people In Medford have
reported vluwlng the celestial hobo
and thin morning It wnn of fat greater
brilliance than at any time hereto
fore. Thi' gyrations, rotations, revolu
tions and other astronomic acrobatics
of I (alloy's comet from now until It
reaches perihelion on May IS nre
causing a vast amount of mental dis
turbance In the universities of the
world, ns well as among .Medfordltes.
So cheer np!
The recent feat of the astro-logl-clans
Is the announcement of
a time table with which the veriest
tyro may he able to fin the comet.
The ccmet Is strictly an "overland
llmltei'" and no "stop-overa" are al
lowed. Those ileslrliiK to not n
lilrd's-eye view of the visitor must
itt up early or stay up late, some
clesr calm night.
In northern California. It shows
at :,'!) a. in. and peeks over the
rlm In Washington and Oregon at
2:110 a. m. Tho comet Is of the pro
gressive Insurgent type and never
iIoim the snme thing twice. On the
following day, May II, patterning
after tho unwritten law of tho rail
roads, It' chrnt.e Its time-table.
Washington and Oregon enrly hlrds
gel u peek at the sky hobo at 2:3-1
a. m.. northern California at 2:40
a. in.; centrnl California nt 2:41 a.
in., southern California at 2:00 a. in.
(Continued on I'nge fO
TRAPPED BY
E
Owing to tlie presence of explosive
gases mid great heat from the fire,
resouors were unable to reach the en
tombed men for several hours after
tho explosion.
Mine officials admitted that the
death list probably would be heavy.
Added to tho horror of firo is the
possibility that some of the miners
liave been drowned like rats in the
farther reaches of the works, which
extend for four miles under tho bed
of the Irish sea.
In the excitement which tollowed
the explosion all kinds of rumors
were current. One wiib Ihut some
other minets who were entombed
were drowned when an explosion per
mitted the waters to enter the mine.
The coal pit are the properly of
the Hurl of Lonsdale.
I
Ml
EXPLOS ON
TUFT 10 All
INSURGENT!
, Latest Situation In Connrcss Devel
ops Sensations New Lineup Came
When Sundry Civil Appropriation
Bill Was Brought Up for Debate in
I Congress,
REGULARS TURN ON THE
CLAUSE BACKED BY TAFT
Payno Believes Plan Is Nothing Less
Than Beveridrjc's Old Tariff Com
mission Idea, Which Regulars Have
Fought for Some Time.
WAfilMNOTON. D. C. May 12.
Tuft and the Insurgents will fight
the Republican regulars. Thnt Is
the latest situation In n congress that
haH developed some other sensations.
The new line-up camo todny when tho
sundry civil appropriation bill wbb
bronchi up for debate In tho houso
and the fight will bo over iho clause
providing for an appropriation of
$250,000 to enable the now tariff
board to ascot tain the difference In
the cost of production at homo, and
abroad.
KcKUlars like Payne, Dalzell and
Fordney, who hnvo stood with tho
"organisation" through everything
are now ngalnct the clause thnt has
the backing of the president nnd tho
Insurgents. It Is expected tl.nt n
spectacular clash will follow.
I'ayne Is Against.
Payne nn ! the other regulars who
foui'l't hnrriost for the tariff bill aro
against the appropriation for tho
tariff board believing thet It will ro
sult In a revision of the tariff with
in two yoan. Further, th"y bcllovo
the plan Is nothing less than Sonator
Devorldgo'a old tariff eomt iIbfIoii
Idea which ihe regulars In tbe sen
ate !ave fought porslatenMy.
Part of the regulars In the house,
headed by Tawney, aro mpportlng tho
flmi'c and will fight with tho insur
gents for thu appropriations. The
Democrats, It Is expected will Join
Payne, Uilzell and hlo followers In
the fight against the tariff board as
a distinctly protective Idea.
('milled to Tafi.
The Irion of providing an appropria
tion for the tariff board U credited to
the president. It was hollovud by
the ndinlulstntlon that the measure
would servo to unite tho party and
that It would prove for good "cnin
palgn material" In tho com! con
gressional elections.
CATOTflD
MHIOlim
MLTDO
VVLL
KOIJK. Japan, May 12.- A great
typhoon swept tho waters or the In
lunf! Sea and the entlro Kobe district
today. Official reports horo Indicate
that a heavy loss of life has been
sustained.
One steamer carrying fifty passon
gero and a large crew foundered In
tlio storm and all wero loat, accord
ing to unconfirmed roportB. Tho
vessel was bound from Osaka to Na
goy; .
Tho reports say that shipping suf
fered heavily.
Oulnn to Hanfl.
WAU.A WAI.I A, Wash., May 12.
Hlchurd Qul.iii, who shot his wlfo
to death nt Kvorett, will bo hanged
horo next Friday, Mayl.1. Ho will
bo tho thlrteontluvlctlm of tho prison
gallows,
(iovamor liny has refused to lntor
(oro vlth tho carrylna v't of tho
death sentence.
Startling Revela
tions Made By
Greater Medford
Club! Daily Life
in Medford Laid
Bare! Thrilling
Accounts of All
BRUTAL MURDERS!
Taking Place on Saturday Will Be
Described in Detail by Fair Re
portersLadies Will Edit One Day
Tho business nnd editorial staff ol
tho woman's edition of the Medford
Mail Tribune, which is to be issued
on next Sunday by the Ladies of the
Greater Medford club, held n very
interesting session Inst evening from
which "mere man" was practicnlly
eliminated, nnd from all reports they
hnvo outlined u campaign for news
which will fairly wnke tho old town
up.
Thoy hnvo work enough for 30 re
porters, hut they have ."0 who are
anxious for assignments. And if nny
clews get uwuy from them they will
indeed be elusive. Already it is re
ported thnt they have several start
ling announcements ready for Sun
day. The business staff is meeting with
great success in soliciting business.
Twenty-four pages will be issued and
an edition of fiOOO will be run off.
Hotter place your ordor.
I'OltTliANI), Ore., May 111. W.
Cooper Morris was found guilty of
eiiilie..leiuent late tills afternoon.
HERE SEEN KELLY
SINGS SHERIFF
Ilus anybody here seen Kelly
William Kelly, aged about 35, 5 feot
.10 inches in height, weight about
'210. Sheriff Jones wants to see him.
Yestorduy afternoon Kelly, who
was held lo appear before the grand
jury for larceny, was taken out by
John Puggim to carry wood from the
county woodshed into tho jail. I he
woodshed is some distance from tho
jail yard nnd Unggan allowed his
charge to go into the shed nlone, lor
gctting apparently that there were
two windows opening upon an alloy
in the rear.
After a few minutes had elapsed
ho missed his charge, and ho has
been inihsing ever sihoo. Kelly had
crawled out through no of the rear
windows of the woodshed and had
hit the high places for tho tall tim
ber. The sheriff oilers a reward of
$50. So if anybody scus Kelly mid
can get him, there aro fifty round
simoleons to be gathorod in.
G U LT Y
A
ANYBODY
CIRCUS MAKES
WORK FOR CITY
Councilmen Consider Matters in Con-
ncction With Advent of First Cir
cus of Year License Fixed for
Automobiles Doing Livery" Busi
ness and Charges Are Fixed.
LICENSE FOR PARADE
IN CITY FIXED AT $75
I Ptrmic nrnimrJc Mntii Dnfrtn fliilcIHo
wniuo ui uuiiuj nun wwiiiy wuiaiuu
of Limits, City Dads Take Steps
to Retain Customary Revenue to
Medford.
The approach of the Sells-Floto
aggregation of wonders was the
cause of much business in city cir
cles Wednesdnj evening, when the
city council met in special session to
consider protests against paving. A
license fee for a circus parade in the
city was fixed at $75, and an au
tomobile license ordinance was pass
ed fixing the charges for carrying
passengers to any point within 500
feet outside of the city limits and
fixing a yearly license at $25 for
each machine engaging in a livery
business.
The circus this year was forced
to seek show grounds within tho lim
its of the city, nil available sites in
side of the limits heretofore used
being built up. Tho coming attrac
tion will show on the grounds of the
Pacific & Eastern, near the junc
tion. Owing to this fact no license
could be chnrged a circus for show
ing to Medford' people, so tho city
dads placed n license of $75 upon
circus parades.
In reply to a request of the auto
mobile men in the city, the council
fixed n license fee of $25 a year on
machine doing a livery business.,
and provided that the drivers should
not charge more than 50 cents a pas
senger to nny point in the city or i
distance of 500 feet beyond.
raving Protests,
The council meeting was held to
hear protests against paving certain
of tho street of the city. K. K. Deuel
nnd W. S. Clay protested against
paving Uartlett street from Main
south to Eighth streot, but tho pro
tests were tabled mid the paving or
dered. Tho streets ordorod improved by
tho council Inst ovoning were: Bart
lett from East .Main to Sixth; bridge
to Ashland avenue; Tenth street,
Onkdnlo to Hamilton, and Genessee
from Main to north end.
!r
IH l.l'TH, Minn., May 12. All
small settlements on tho shoro of
Lake Superior in tho vicinity of
(Irand Mantis aro burning today or
wore destroyed by flames during tho
night.
Forest fires In tho northeastern
portion of Minnesota have ronowed
their fierceness and Grand Mnrals
is reported to bo in dausr of an
nihilation. Tho villages of Tofto, I.utzon and
Hosebury hnvo boon wiped out.
Chlppown Is half destroyed. Tho
Silver Creek saw mills woro burned
to tho ground todny. Standing and
cut tlmbor to tho value of Eovoral
millions of dollars have been con
sumed. If "tho moving, sonson" loaves you
without a tenant, n little 'want ad
vertising will prevent tho lapso from
becoming serious.
i mn
OUT TOWNS
CITY Hjj
i
STEAMER SINKS MANDATE OE
IN MISSISSIPPI .SUPREME COURT
13 ARE DROWNED IS RECEIVED
Passengers Stampede When Steamer, Reames Objects to Reopening of
Strikes Rock in Mississippi 24 Case Once Gone to Judgment En
Miles Below St. Louis Many tire Matter Taken Under Advise-
Jump Overboard and Are Lost.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., May 12. Thir
teen persons were drowned when the
river packet City of Saltlllo sank In
twenty feet of water off Glei Rock,
24 miles south of here in the Mississ
ippi River. The accident occurred
late last night. The number of dead
was learned this moraine when the
survivors of the accident were count
ed.. Only one body, that of Mrs.
Isaac Reah. wife of the prestdent
of the Tennessee River packet, com
pany, owners ow the vessel, has been
recovered.
The City of Saltlllo left St. Louis
nt 7 o'clock last night bound for
river ports on the Tennessee shore
of the Mississippi. She carried twenty-seven
passengers and a crew of
iweaiy-inreo persons. i
The packet was commanded by
Captain Perry Crate.
The river is very high, and great
quantities of driftwood swept down
stream by the swift current mado the
trip a dangerous one.
Every precaution was taken, It Is
declared, to avoid danger, but In tho
darkness shortly before 10 o'clock
last night the steamer struck a rock
off the shorj near Glen Rock.
Realized Danger.
When the packet struck the rock,
the crew, realizing that the steamer
was In groat danger, attempted to run
out the gnng plank. They bolloved
It would be possible to roach shoro
or at least get the passengers Into
shallow water out of tho current
whoro they could wade to land. Panic
stricken p.wengcrs niched on tho
gang plank bofore It could bo swung
Its full length and many of thoso who
went down woro In this number.
Some of the passengers were sleep
ing when the accident occurred and
It Is believed they died In their state
rooms. Others jumped overboard and most
of thoso wero rescued.
In the darkness the accident cre
ated a panic and tho officers nnd
crew of tho packet were unablo to
control tho oassengers. Efforts to
lower boats to save thoso struggling
PAYING rBIG PRICES
EROM WHICH
LONDON, May 12. Hoviowing
stands are being erectod today be
tween Westminster Hall and Pad
dington station, marking the routo
to be traversed by tho funeral cor
tego of fho late King Edward, which
will pass through London's streets
on Friday, May 20.
Tho cheapest seats in tho stuuds
aro being sold for $5. Othur seats
aro selling for $50, and it is bolioved
thnt the prieo of choice seats will
jump to $75.
Householders along the lino of
march nro renting windows conveni
ent for holding eight persons for
$500. One balcony brought $000.
Tho high prices voult in tho fact
that tho funeral pageant will ho the
grentest array of royalty over seen.
The authorities are taking precau
ment by Judge Calkins.
Thl3 morning tho mandato of tho
supreme court In the suit of Hanley
vs. the City of Medford was received
by the clerk of tho circuit court. Tho
mandato or decree of tho supreme
court nffalrms the decree of Judge
Hanna, and tho findings of fact as
to holding term by Judge Soke.
The decree of tho supreme court Bays
explicitly that the finding of Jurge
Hanna that fraud was not used In
procuring the governor to send Judge
Coke the finding the city had pur
chased a right of. way and water right
for $25,000 for the reason that the
same were not necessary to tho de
termination of tlfe s'ulf and woro im
material. This leaves the condem
nation suit for trial hero though
It had never been tried. This morn
ing the city nttorney went before
Judge Calkins and moved the court
to set aside the Judgment given the
city and called up the domurrer to
the complaint Interposed by Hanley
and stating tho city's condition asked
for a ruling as early as possible.
Judge Calkins announced ho would
tako tho matter under advisement
until next Monday.
Mr. Reames objected strongly to
tho granting of this motion, con
tending that a case having onco gone
to Judgment could not bo re-oponed
on the original pleadings, although
he had contended In his brief to the
supremo court that the Coke Judg
ment was no Judgment, not having
been rondered by a competent tribu
nal. Xow he contends that tho Judg
ment ho declared no Judgment and
which was reversed by Judge Wnrenn,
whose decision wns upheld by tho
Biipromo court is a bar to the ro-open-Ing
of tho casp.
In tho wntor proved futile.
Tho stoamor filled rapidly and the
roecuors had not time to save the
pnssongers. The current was swift and those
who could not swim and who cast
thomselvos Into tho water woro car
ried down stream.
Daring uttompts nt rescue woro at
tempted by members of tho crew and
somo of the passengers.
FOR SEATS
TO M EUNERAL
tious against n possible attack on
noted poisons who will bo in lino.
Tho roynl police changed tho in
tended routo last Tuesday from
Buckingham pnlaco to Westminster
so ns to avoid congestion of crowds
at Trafnlgar square.
Thirty thousand picked troops will
lino tho courso of tho funernl col
umn. Tho newspapors of tho capital fa
vorably montion tho nppointmont of
Theodoro Roosovolt ns spocial com
missioner from tho Unitod States.
His place in tho procession has not
been designated. Probably ho will
follow the royal mourners with em
issaries of othor nntiono, not royally
represented, such as Franco.
King Edward's body todny was
placed in its coffin and taken to tjio
t1, .ic i in at Windsor.