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MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1910.
No. 50.
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ES SPRINGS NEW STUNT TO DELAY
TIL OF CITY'S CONDE
ASKS THAT SUIT
ON CONTRACT BE
TRIEDOUT FIRST
Attorneys Noff and Smith Appear
for City and Aro Arguing Matter
This Afternoon City Urges Early
Trial of Suit.
A. E. ItomnoH, nttornoy for M. F.
Ilmilcy. today sprung n new Htunt
in Ii!h efforts to delay tlio hearing
of tho milt brought against Ilunloy
liy tho city for a ght of way ncroHH
tho Ilanloy premises on Littlo Hutto
creek. Ho now demands that tlio
contrnot which Ilanloy olalniB to havo
with tho oily ho tried out before tho
condemnation proceedings aro put
under way. Tliis afternoon tho at
tornoyn in tho enso nro arguing tho
inattor hoforo Judgo CalkiiiH. Tint
city hoped to havo tho drawing of
tho jury under way today, hut havo
so far failed, owing to tho blocking
tactics of Mr. KeauiOH.
ANIENT DAM IS
TO BE REBUILT
IN NEjR FUTURE
Representative of Eastern Stock
; holders In Golden Drift Mlnlnn
Company Trying to Brinjj Con
, tcndlnn Factions Together.
That tho Anient dam will ho ro
built la a solid ami mibutuntlnl man
jior In tho near futuro Ih tho state
ment Hindu by P. Phllli). ronroHonta.
1 1 vi) of tho viiHtoru utoekholdorH of
mo uouion unit .Mining company,
"ulio spout Wednesday In Medford.
Ilu hiiu for a week tioou trying to
bring about an agrcoment hotweon
conflict Iiik Interests, and leaves with
in a day or so for Chicago. lio will
tin represented by Cloorgo Saudors,
receiver of tho company, during hla
nlmonro, and oxpects to return short
ly to coiiuludo negotlatlonu and com
Inuiico rucoiiiitructlou.
"Wo havo mado Mr, Amont a prop
osition to tako over his Intercut,"
said Mr. Phillip, "and aro prepared
to begin work within twonty-four
hours on tho dam, and bo ready to
furnish Irrigation water within GO
days, I roproHont tho people whoso
money bulll tho dams and am work
ing In harmony with tho bondhold
ers. Thoro Is Uttlo doubt but that
Home kind of a compromise will bo
speedily i cached, terminating tho
present litigation, and enabling us to
go on with tho work. An Im
mense district can bo Irrigated. Tho
dam hi la a favorablo slto, and wo
hope soon to announce tho beginning
of construction work.
"Wo plan a comont dam, and a
pormanont flshway ovor It. Tho
cost of tho structuro will approxi
mate $86,000."
ltecolvor Bandore statos that thoro
Is no danger of tho presont dam
being Injured by floor, as $0,000
worth of repair work has boon dono
in tho past fov months, enabling tho
Btructuro to successfully roalst all
floods,
HILL HERE TONIGHT
Louis W. Hill ami party
will nvrlvo in Medford tonight
by auto from Klamath Falls,
uooording to u tolegrnm ro
coivod this nftoriioon by
Judge Colvig.
,V 4-
TWO COMPANIES
HOLD 2100 STRIKERS IN CHECK
ILASO, Mo., Mny 38. Wonry
from thoir 24 hours' vigil, tho two
companioH of tho Missouri Btnto mi-
litia trying to hold in check 2100
Mtrikiuir employes of tho Atlas ,1'ort-
land Cement company miiKt ho rein- through tho lines of striken;, Ihoy
forced today or further trouble may were jeered and hooted by hundreds
result. of men, and many threats were made
Sinco their arrival yesterday ngninst them,
morning tho guardsmen havo hcon Tho commanding officers of tho
unahlo to sleep. Ono of tho com-'two companies hero Inst evening wir
paniew was fired upon by men hid-,ed to Jefferson City for moro troops,
den in a deuso patch of brush. Tho It wns oxpoeled thnt companies at
guardsmen returned the firo and 'Columbia, Trenton and Unionvillo
charged into tho brush. None of tho would ho in horo hoforo night.
METEORITE
CAUSES PANIC
AMONG CLERKS!
Stone Was - lot When It Stopped
That It Couid Not Be Handled
Falls Near Desk After Plunging
Through Building's Roof.
TOPEKA, Kan., Mny 18. A small
motcorito fell through tho roof of I
tho Shawnee building nt 10 o'clock
this morning. Tho aerial projectile,
struck within n fow feet of tho desk
of J. W. Going, mnnagcr of the
Slmwnco Firo Insuranco company.
Tho fall of the motcorito caused a
panic among the four or five clerks
in the office. Tlio tttono was so hot
that it could not he handled.
CONNECTION OF
BALLINGER WITH
Georijo W. Perkins, Hoad of Morgan
Company, Will Probably Bo Called
to Stand In Balllngcr Investigation
City Engineer Drawn in Case.
WASHINGTON, I). C, May 18.
Tho prediction that floorgo W. For
king, of tho J. P. Morgan company,
would bo called as a witnoss wns a
foaturo of tho Dallingor investiga
tion today.
Lottors marked "pdrsounl" and
"confidential" on record hoforo tho
committee show that Hallingor, soon
aft or ho became secretary of tho in
terior, was in communication with
Perkins concerning tho plans Perkins
and Reginald II. Thomson, city on-
ginoor of Souttlo, had mado for u
trip to Alaska Inst summor.
That Thomson nlso will ho cnllod
to tho Btnud is cousidorcd probable.
Tho corrospondonco which wns
brought out by Frcdoriok M. Kerby,
formor Htouogrnphor for tho interior
department, shows thnt Bnllingor
wroto a personal lottor to Thomson
Mny 0, 1000, tolling of n visit of tho
soorotnry to Porkins.
rue seller.
"I wns a guost of Perkins nt
Yonkors Inst Sunday," Pnllingor
wroto. "Porkins is tho head of tho
Morgan oompnny.
"Porkins told mo ho hnd arranged
for a spooial boat to take himsolf
and his party, including his family,
to Alaska to investigate tho feast-
(Continued on Page 8,)
MORGAN
SHOWN
IAIN S LI f
Ti
OF MILITIA
Holdiora was hurt,
Lieutenants Clemens and Robin
son, lending a platoon which hnd ar-,
rested two liquor dealers, had great
difficulty in Retting their prisoners!
HITS TGPEKA
THOUSANDS VIEW
BODY OF EDWARD
Westminster Hall Is Opened and Line
Waiting to View Body Grows to
'Immense Proportions "Roosevelt
Calls on King George.
LONDON, May IS. Westminster
Hall wns opened nt 0 o'clock this
morning io nllow tho people to view
tho body of King Envnrd, which lny
in stnto since yestordny noon. Many
thousands of porsons waited in lino
nil night to pass beside tho coffin.
At noon tho number in line had in
creased to such proportions us to
tnako any attempt useless for others
to join tho lino. It was estimated
thnt tho number in lino would oc
cupy until 10 o'clock in pnssing tho
casket. The people passed the West
minster doors at tho rate of 20,000
an hour. Tho doors closed at JO
o'clock tonight.
For tho second timo in threo dnvs
,Colonol ltooscvclt called upon King
George. Today tho former American
president wiib accompanied by Mrs.
Roosevelt, who was prcscntod to tho
now monarch for tho first timo. Tho
Ttoosovolts lator called upon King
rredonok of Denmark ut Bucking
ham pulaco.
CLUB WOMEN PUT BAD
PLAY OUT OF BUSINESS
CHICAGO, 111., May 18. Club
women of Chicago won n victory for
morality today when tho management
of tho Cort thoator was ordered by
Judge Scnulon to stop tho production
of n musical fnroo which tho women
docluro immoral. Judgo Sonnlon
mndo nn ordor dissolving m injunc
tion restraining tho polico from
closing tho doors of tho thontor.
AMERICAN GUNBOAT READY TO RUSH TO AID
OF BLUEFIELDS ANO PREVENT ITS PILLAGE
HLUHFIELDS, Nicnnigun, May
18, Throo Amoricnn gunboats aro
lying within wiroloss call of Bluo
fiolds today, waiting u inessngo that
mny como to them at any momont
to rush to tho Nicnraguan city and
prevent its pillage by tho foroos of
Prosidont Mndriz, Tho situation horo
is critipnl today. With fighting go
ing on at Rnmn, and with tho povt
bloakndod by tho Mndriz gunboat
Venus, it is boliovod thnt tho final
chnptor of tho Nionrngumi involution
LICENSE TO
SELL LIQUOR
$ UUU YbAK
Council by Vote of Four to Two Or
ders City Attorney to Prepare an
Ordinance Fixing the Annual Sa
loon License at $1000 a Year, a
Raise of $200.
Hereafter tho 6uloonraen in Mcd
ford must pay $1000 a year liquor
license instead of $800, which has
heretofore been pnid. This action
was taken by the city council Tues
day evening, when, by n vote of four
to two (ho city nttornoy wns in
structed to draw an trdinnncc filing
l tho license at $1000 a year.
The council hns been contemplat
ing raising tho licenso for some time,
owing to tho fact that tho city is
growing rapidly and that tho saloons
nro rcstriotcd.
Tho Mooro hotel licenso was re
newed last evening. There wns some
friction over it, but tho license was
granted.
ASHLAND TO VOTE
ON TROLLEY LINE
JUNEJLEVEBTH
Council Orders Election on Allen's
Application for Trolley Franchise
and an Application of Anderson
for Gas Plant Rights.
Tho city council of Ashland Tues
day evening ordered n special elec
tion on tho application of John R.
Allen for n trolley franchise in thnt
city, the election to bo hold Juno 11.
Tho council further ordered thnt tho
application of J. R. Anderson for a
gas frnnchiso bo submitted to tho
pcoplo on tho same day.
Tho council by resolution rescind
ed n recent adoption of asphalt
pavement in order thnt tho
might entertain bitulithic.
city
RABIES RAGING ON
LKWISTON, Idaho, May IS. Do
spito tho efforts of vetcriunrics
scores of rnngo enttlo nro going mad
in tho Salmon river district. It is
suspooted thnt tho rabies nro opi
domio in tho district.
A valuable span of horses was
gorod to death yostordny by n mnd
donod cow nonr Whitohird, and whon
corralled sho hnttorod hor brains out
ngainst tho stookndo rails.
will soon ho written.
Couriora who havo reached horo
from Rnmn report thnt tho loss in
tho fighting yostordny was vory
hoavy. Skirmishing is still in prog
ress. Tho Vomis has today established
n comploto blookndo of tho harbor.
Tho Venus firod sovornl shots at tho
Estrada custom houso, whioh is throo
OAHO
RANGES
miles from Bluofiolds. As yot no!llluofiolds if ho so dosiros. Tho
dnmngo is roportod from tho gun
boat's shots.
Jtosuioms oi iMueiioms nro m n
stnto of panio today. Thoy foav tho
William Lorimer of Illinois,
Accused of Buying Senatorship
LINDSEY WINS
GREAT VICTORY!
Republican Organization Is Swamped
City oVtes a Concurrance by the
People In Statements of Lindsey In
"Beast and Jungle" Articles.
DENVER. Colo., May 18. A
sweeping victory for tho "reform cle
ment" is indicated today in returns
from yesterday's municipal election.
Although tho official count has not
been coniplotcd and tho result of the
voto on municipal owuerbhio of the
water plant is in doubt, it is believed
that initiative and referendum and
recall havo been adopted, whilo the
20-yoar water franchise was defeat
ed. Tho victory is characterized on nil
sides as n voto of confidence in
Judgo Bon Lindsoy, wlioso story of
tho "Uenst and tho Junglo," nppenr
iug in nn eastern magazine, hns do
scribed wnat lie characterized ns
municipal rotteuncss in Denver.
Tho Democrats wore victorious in
tho election, todny's returns indicnto,
mid carried n majority of tho 10 nl
dormen. Tho fight hoforo tho election wns
spoatnoulnr, with Lindsoy, tho fa
mous judgo of tho Denver juvenile
court, plnyine n star part. ITo has
boea ono of tho hardest workors ior
tho reformers.
Tho Republican organization wns
swnmped. Soven citizen leaguers
nro tho only officers thoy elected.
city will ho snokod nnd pillngod by
tho Mndriz troops. Tho Amorioan
consul horo has warned Mndriz
ngninst nllowing his army to outor
Rluofiolds, but tho fact that tho
Gorman consul rocontly oallod on
Mndriz, virtually recognizing his
govorniuont, has caused tho Nioarag-
unn prosidont to tako tho stand that
ho has a right to sond mi nnny into
United Statos govornmout ouco bo
foro forbndo him to ontor tho city,
Amorioan rosidonts havo nskod for
protection,
MAY NOT PAVE
EAST MAIN NOW
Water Pipe Proposition Is Worrying
Council and City Engineer Can
not Lay Pavement Over Wooden
Main Without Drain.
The city council, tho mayor nnd
tho city engineer spent Wednesday
morning investigating tho water pipo
proposition on EnsJ Main street. Tho
question involved is whether it will
be bettor to postpone tho paving of
tho street until iron pipo could bo
laid, involving an additional 'oxpenso
of some $15,000, or by laying a tilo
benenth tho leaking wood pipe, sur
rounded by rocks, enrry tho leakage
to tho sowers at different street
crossings, thus keeping tho leakngo
from ronchinr tho surface nnd weak
ening the foundation of tho pavo-
mont after it hnd been lnid nbovo the
pipo.
Tho pcoplo of the east sido nro
extremely anxious to havo tho street
paved nnd nro willing to do almost
anything rather than wado through
tho mud ns thoy hnvo been doing.
TO AID OF HIS
RUNNING MATE
Vice-President Has Much Praise for
Taft and His Methods Take Slap
at Roosevelt, But by Inference
Only.
KALAMAZOO, Mich., May 18.
Praising tho administration of Pros
idont Tuft and dofonding tho Pnyno-
Aldrioh tariff bill, Vioo-Prosidont
Jnmos S. Shormnu today opened tho
congressional onmpnign horo. Tho
vico-prosidont roforred to Taft as n
prosidont who "doesn't try to docoivo
tho pooplo." Tho fooling against tho
tariff hill, Sherman attributed to
"falso statomonts."
By inforonoo, Sherman compared
Tftft mid Roosovolt, indicating his
boliof that tho presont prosideut is
nn improvemont ovor predecessor.
HERMAN
COMES
EARTH HITS
COMET TAIL
5 O'CLOCK
Illumination of Western Sky Is Pre
dicted, With Possible Meteoric
Display We Will Emerge (If at
All) at II o'clock Negroes Are
Praying for Respite.
Tlio pnHh nntim tlm inm.
f
et's tail at 5 o'clock tonight,
western time, and emerges at
11 p. m.
The estimated thickness of
tho tail at the point of inter
ception by tho earth is one
million miles.
Tho length of tho tail is es
timated at 20,000,000 miles.
The distance between tho
earth and the head of tho
comet is computed to bo
14,000,000 miles.
Ah illumination of tho
western sky is predicted, with
a possible meteoric display.
BERKELEY, Cal.. May 18. Hal
ley's comet will begin Its transit
across tho face of tbo sun at 7:39
tonight, Pacific Btandard time. This
is the latest and most authentic com
putation, and was mado by Professor
A. C. Lueschnor, astronomer at tho
University of California, at tho re
quest of tho Astronomical and Astro
physical Society of Wahlngton, D. C.
Because observatories located
farthest west arc nearest tho sun and
the comet at tho latest moment that
tho comet was vlsiblo In America, the
photographs and observations taken
along the Pacific Coast are regarded
by scientists as the most accurate
data for final computations ot the
comet's passage. For this reason.
Professor Lueschnor was asked to
compute tho time of tho passage of
tho comet across tho faco of tbo sua
and tho passage ot tho earth through
tho comet's tail.
Professor's Stutoment.
Professor A. E. Lueschner said to
day that the comet will bo In transit
across tho faco of the sun tonight.
Tho timo of tho ingress will bo
7:39:10 p. m. The middle of transit
will be S:0S:4S p. m., and tho time
of egress 8:37:40 p. m. Thoso fig
ures are Pacific standard timo.
Tho transit, theoretically, may be
observable from points only in tho
Pacific ocean, although it is doubt
ful If astronomers of tho Orient will
be ablo to discern tho transit. '
Tho earth will diitor tho tall of tho
comet tonight at 5 p. m. and will
(Continued on Page 8.)
WELLS FARGO IS
TURNED DOWN
CITY COUNCIL
Specifications for New Building Did
Not Conform to Building Require
ments and Council Refuses to
Grant Permit.
Tho city council Tuesday evening
refused to grant tho Wolls Fargo
Express corapauy permission to eroot
a building noar tho now Southorn
Paoifio depot, unloss now specifica
tions aro proparod and tho oxnot lo
cation of tho building bo givon.
Tho plans and specifications of
tho building wore not satisfactory,
inasmuch as thoy did not provide a
firoproof struoturo. It was a con
sensus of opinion that Wells-Fargo
could oroot a muoh better building
and that thoy should, so the permit
was doniod.
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