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1UFUI YEAR.
ASHLAND TURNS DOWN TROLLEY LINE
REFUSES TO
Application of John R. Allen for Trol
ley Lino Franchise Is Defeated by
28 Votes Voto Was Unlit, There
Being 428 Cast Gas Franchise Is
Given to J. R. Anderson.
ASHLAND, Juno 11. By n voto of
128 to 200 Ashland today turned
down tho application of John It. AN
luii for n trolloy lino franohiHo with
in the nlty. Tho voto wiih light, about
one-half of tho voting strength of
tho citv being reprohoutd. At tho
tiaio u franchise for a giiH plant wan
granted to J. It. Anderson hy a voto
of :nr to 101.
Tho voto by wards was iih follews:
Trolley Line.
Voh.
First ward 87
Second ward 07
Third ward -1(1
No.
77
Total J00
Gas Franchise.
Ych.
First ward 131
Second ward 10.r
Third ward 70
1128
No.
30
:n
37
Total 31fi 101
Tho elation wiih h hotly contented
one, every moBHhnok in town being
in ovidonco. It wiih evident hooh
after tho polls opened that oven Home
of thoHo who had signed the Coin-
mureial olub'w recommendation for
franehiho were working secretly
against it.
Tho voto ngaitiHt the franchise wn
haviest in the business iltHtriutH. A
majority of the inoreliantH openly
fought it. MohI of tho older nisi
dentii oppoHed it. Tho supporters
woro uioHtly young men and tho new
er comers among tho IniHincHH men.
A Initio labor voto wiih polled for the
franchise, and dcHpito tho opposition
of tho .Southern Pacific, the First, or
tho railroad ward, was tho only ono
carried for tho franchise.
An interesting feature wiih red pla
cards signed by two physicians,
"When Yqit Voto
"Iiomomhor Jacksonville,
which read:
"Tho ltailroad Passed It Hy."
Whethor Mr. Allen will abandon
the enterprise or build, leaving Ash
land out, Iiiih fiol yet boeu iiiado
public
PARTY PLUNGE OFF
IE TO DEATI!
1'OltTLANI), Juno 11.- Two worn,
en, both inmates of Essie Wutkin .s
notorious Vauuoiivei' resort, and
three men, ono of them a .Mahout
named Day, in a Stevens Duryea au
tomobile, plunged off the Oregon
slough bridge 700 feet this sido of
tho Vancouver furry landing tliiH
morning. The maohiuo tore through
the heavy guard rail at the approach
to tho bridge, It wan hurrying to
wards tho Owl ferry to embark tho
party.
The parly was Into and tho spoodjd
machine did not notice (ho ourvo.
Tho machine dropped forty feet and
all were drowned. Grappling for the
bodies continued tonight. Tho party
had boon alt ho Quelle rostnimiul
until .11 o'olook yesterday owning,
and loft to inako the last Vancouver
boat. ,
Cltistora of lights along tho curbs
would prow a thousand fold mora
nttractlva than tho prosont ovorhond
llghtH, Why not ohango tho systom,
nt loast on Main otroot?
GIVE ALLEN
FRANCHISE
BRIDG
Medford
FAKE INJURY
QUEEN, KNOWN
HERETO JAIL
Mrs. Maud Johnson Sentenced to One
to Five Years In Penitentiary Will
Bo Taken to Walla Walla Next
Week to Benin Serving Sentence.
VANCOUVER, Wimh., Juno 11.
Mnt. Maud JolmHon, Hontoncnd to one
to flvo years It tho penitentiary for
defrauding tho Northern Pacific rall-
ronil hy feigning Injury In April, 1909,
will ho taken to Walla Walla to ho
Kin her term In tho ponltontinry some
tliuo next wcok.
Tho woman linn walvod hor prlvl
loco of appeal to tho nupromo rourt
Mrs. Johnson hns boon conflnod in nt n conBldornhlo dlBtanco from tho
tho county Jail bIiico hor conviction hoimo In which ho lived. It wnB ly
ahout flvo wookH, hut this tlmo will K ,y t10 hI!o of tho creok and on
not ho deducted from hor Hontcnco. on ,do of tho head was n deep brulno
iim h1k had Maid hIio would appeal.
During tho threo yearn of her ra-
rer when ho Ih alleged to hnvo folgn-
od Injuries !;j no !cs '"tan 15 ruses
th claim r-eitP for the rntnpnnlor
Mint rinld th irono'- ny that Mrn
n 'ohiiKon netted about IfiOOO hy her
HoiiperntloiiR.
Mth, Johnson was known In tlilr
J city, having clioaon Medford as n
flcono for hor operation!. Sho war.
for Bomo tlmo nt tho Hotel Nash and ,
wiih treated thoro for nn Imnglnnrv
lllnoBn nH a result of trawling on the !
Southern Pacific, endeavoring In thlf j
way to secure damages. '
HIS SECRETARY
Winston Churchill Is Given Stinging
Rebuke Because He Toltl Kino. He
Did Not Agree With Him Jn His
Plans.
LONDON', Juno 11. Home Secre
tary WliiBton Churchill Is Bald today
to ho much worried because of a
Btliiglug rohuko ndmlnlntorod hy
King George. During his majesty's
reception to tho cabinet monihors nt
Marlborough houso early tills wook
ho dtBciiRKod tho political flltuntlon
with Churchill.
, Aftor tho king had expressed IiIb
vIowb on n eortaln mnttor, Churchill
Ih reported to haw said: "1 do not
agroo with your majesty thoro." Tho
king wnH at first puzzlod hy tho In
terruption, which was unprecedented,
then ho grow unmistakably angry.
"Loavo my prosonco immediately."
Tho unfortuiiato secretary quickly
loft tho royal prosonco. Ho has bcon
Been llttlo In public places slnro the
occurrence
TO USE OIL ON
NORTH BANK ROAD
PORTLAND, Or, Juno 11. Tho
Spokane, Portland nnd Seattle rail
road has closod a threo-year contract
with the Associated Oil company of
California mid will use fuel oil in all
of Its locomotives, Tho burnorn nro
now holng converted. Tho entire
North llankuystom will ho using oil
fuel hy .September 1,
This Ih tho biggest oil contract
placed In tho northwest In rocent
years and will call for sovoral mil
lions of bunds. To hnndlo this quan
tity will roqulro sovornl largo tank
utonmors, tho first of those, tho J.
A. Chtuislor, dollvorod hor first car
go at tho ABsoclntod tunics at Ltnnton
Inst night. Tho Ohnnslor has Just
como out from tho Newport Nows port
nuil Is said to ho tho finest oll-tankor
on tho Pacific coast.
KNG
REBUKE
MEDFORD,
AGED MAN FOUND
ON TRAIL CREEK
J. H. Hart, Well Known In County,
Is Found Lylnn by Water's Edge
Coroner Summoned to Investi
gate Death.
J. II. Hart, who ia woll known
throughout Jnckson county, was
found dead at hlw homo on Trail creek
20 iiiIIoh nhovo Englo Point Friday
afternoon. Owing to certain clrctim
Btnnco.M surrounding tho location of
tho hody when found, tho coroner was
nummoncd and wont up Saturday to
conduct an Inquest.
Tho hody was found hy nolghbors
wfc!ch may have heon the cause of
death. However, tho theory advanc-
,., ttnB that tho aged man had died
Hiuldonly of henrt failure,
, Mr. Hart Ib tho fnthor-ln-lnw of Dee
iirmlMhnw and 1h ono nf tho old time
re 'dents of Jackson county.
LAWLER MUST
EXPLAIN ACTIONS
Assistant Attorney General Oscar
Lawlcr Will Be Summoned Before
Concessional Committee in Near
Future.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Juno 11.
Assistant Attou.ey General Oscar
Lawlcr will bo summoned hoforo tho
houso rules ccnimlttco soon to tell
why ho lmpr's.nod Mexican rofugocs
vlon ho was United States district
attorney at Los Augolcs, Cal.
John Kenneth Turner, magnzlno
writer, declared tho Diaz agents woro
artlvo In making arrests in bouthorn
Callfnrnlo. Ohamp Clark, a mom-
ber of tho commttteo, dolarcd nn
Investigation ought to bo s r.rtod.
"T'icso eb?.rges ought to bo inves
tigated," snld Clark. "Tho corrt rec
ords of Arlzou and California should
bo produced so that they could bo
gono into tnoroughiy. Lawlor Is
hero and can bo called."
Protests Diaz.
Congressman Fassott objeetod to
allowing Diaz to ho called n murdoror
by tlioso who pronontod tho charges.
Tumor charged that fodornl socrot
service oponUlves, Unltod States mar
shals, army officers and Toxao rang
ers had conspired with Moxlenn
agents to suppress tho Moxlcan lib
eral moveniont fostered In tho Unltod
States. Ho called tho commlttco's
attention to tho fact that VUlaroal,
Magon and Hlvora, Moxlcan liberal
leadors, nro now Imprlsonod In tho
Unltod States. Lawlor, ho said, con
ducted tho casos against thorn.
8000 MEN AT WORK
ON CANAL MAY STRIKE
COLON, Juno 11. El.jht thousand
union mon working on tho Panama
canal may strike If their doinnnds for
Incroasos of 20 por cont pay aro not
granted by tho gowrnmont. Tho
unionists nro paid by tho hour, while
tho other employes nro paid rogular
salaries and aro nllnwod a month's
vacation on pay. Tho unionists do-
niand an Incronco of tho hourly scalo.
If, howovor, a vacation on pay Is
grantod tho union mon, It Is oxpoct
ed, that tho domnnds will bo withdrawn,
DEAD NEAR CABIN
Mail Tribune
ORECION, SUNDAY, JUNE
Senate Adopts Chamberlain's Amend
ment Providing $15,000 for Sur
veying Roads Throughout Crater
Lake National Park Heidel Makes
Good Progress.
WASHINGTON, Juno. 10.
"" Geomo Putnam. Medford. ""
WASIIINGTON, Juno. 10.
George Putnam, Medford,
Ore.: Tho senate today
adopted Chamberlain's amend
ment to tho sundry civil ap
propriation bill appropriat
ing 15000 for th purpose of
surveying roads in the Crnto
Lake National park.
(Signed)
JONATHAN BOUKNE, JR.
G. E. CHAMBERLAIN.
'" Ore.: Tho senate today
J i flnittital il triililflltl't nnintwl- t"
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Tho above telegram was received
in Medford lato Friday evening and
shows that tho Oregon senators have
bn making good oiftliir promises to
got nn appropriation from tho fod
ornl government to build roads
throughout the national park, making
it more nccofoiblo. Thoro is at pres
ent $5,O0Q available for building a
road in tho Crater national forest so
that an expeuditur of $20,000 above
Prospect i assured this year.
Engineer lleidel is making rapid
progress with the survey of the pro
posed Crater Lake highway from
Trail to the national park. Ho hn.
already located his road around
Piimio hill ond on to Prospect, nnd
is now working up Hogtio river just
abovo Trail. Within a fow weeks ho
will havo tho lino from Trail u0 lo
cated. Ho has also done consider
able work in tho national forest. The
lino located is a spludid one and ho
has succeeded in finding n grndo of
loss than 4 por cent.
IS
Malady Pronounced Incurablo
Court Physicians Issuo Official
Denials But It Is Known That King
Is Suffering Greatly.
MADRID, Juno 11. In spite of of
ficial denials of reports that King
Alfonso is suffering sorious illness,
it beeauio known today that the Span
ish monarch has tuberculosis of the
throat. The diseaso is pronounced
incurable. .
PINCHOT IS STILL SILENT
ST. PAUL, Minn., Juno 11. Formor
Chlof Foroator Plnchot and formor
Secrotary of tho Intorlor Jnmos R.
Garflold arrived horo today to nttoad
tho banquot of tho national conser
vation congress horo, Plnchot said
that ho did not know what tho plans
of Colonel Ror.aovolt, who has con-
sontod to attond tho conservation con
vention, aro.
Evory day la this city a fow moro
peoplo Join tho llsta of thoso who buy
advortlsod things who patronlzo ad
vortlsod storosl
$1 5,0001
ROAD SURVEY
NEARCRAIER
KNG
ALFONSO
RM
TUBERCULOSIS
12, 19i0.
SEATTLE FIRE
CAUSES L
OF 31 ,000,000
No One Was Killed But Many Are
Homeless Conflagration Worst in
History of Puget Sound Metropolis
Gale Drops Checking Flames.
SEATTLE, Wash., Juno 11. No
one was killed in the firo thr.t swept
over the north end of tho business
district last night. Only two men
were injured seriously. Both aro fire
men. J. L. Eager ran a uail In his
foot and was taken to tho city hos
pital. George Bent was overcome by
gas and aleo was sent to tho city hos
pital. An inspection of tho ruins thin
morning shows that tho loss will total
between $800, C00 and $1,000,000.
The three firemen who ,it was be
lieved, had been crushed by falling
walls, escaped.
Many of thoso who were missing
wore accounted for today at tho
homes of friends.
Fully 300 persons are homeless.
Clouds of smoke nro still rolling
out of tho ruins today and few of tho
firemen left the scene until long aft
or daylight.
The conflagration was tho worst in
the history of Seattle, with tho single
exception of tho great firo of 1889.
Ashes of burning shingles and sparks
were carried for blocks.
Blocks away pcoplo hauled their
household goods into tho street on
tho advice of tho police. Furniture
vans, hacks, taxlcabs and wagons hur
ried to and from fleeing people and
their effects.
Only the startling drop In tho galo
that had been lushing tho 60und pre
vented their fears from being realized
GRAIN CROP INLAND
EMPIRE IS DAMAGED
SPOKANE. Juno 11. Experts re
port tho wheat and oat crops
throughout tho country tributary to
Spokauo in nn alarming condition
becauso of a long dry spell without
rain and much warm weather. Tho
crop expectations of six weeks ago
will bo cut in half. Only n smnll por
tion of oats in Pnlouso remains, nnd
it is declared that it is already too
Into to sav tho crop about Quinoy
and Wilson Creek from serious dnm
agc. Much damngo has been dono
today, especially in tho Big Bend
country, bv tho hnrd dry wind that
has been bweoping tho country nt a
rate of 23 miles an hour.
ATTACKS PROPOSED
BOARD ON TARIFF
WASHINGTON, 1). C, Juno 11
Senator Clay of Georgia today at
tacked the proposed tariff board .n
the senate, charging that tho present
administration doc not intend to re
vise tho tariff.
In tho course of a reply to Clay,
Senator Aldrich said that he did not
believe that the people were turning
against protection.
NEW YORK. June 11. Tho United
Statos circuit court this afternoon
unanimously denied the injunction
sought by tho Pullman company, ask
ing that the inter-stato commerce
commission bo restrained from order
ing a reduction in tho prico of upper
berths in sleeping ears.
Tho court hold that tho company
is cngngod in inter-stato commerce
and thoroforo updor tho jurisdiction
of tho commission. Tho court rojoot-
ed tho company's plea that it oporatod
"hotels on whcols," and also said that
tho tostimpny showed that upper
berths nro less desirablo than lower
berths.
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FIRST SPIKES IN
NEW RAILROAD
BE DRIVEN SOON
Mrs. B. H. Harris Will Give First
Spike in Kanes Creek Railroad
Tap Tomorrow Elaborate Prep
arations Made for Event.
Tho ceremony of tho driving of the
first spike on the new lino of railway
which tho Gold Hill Railroad and
Lumber company is building up Kanes
creek will take placo Monday, in ac
cordanco with a decision reached late
Friday by company officials, says
the News.
Mrs. B. H. Harris, wife of the vice
president of the company, will give
tho sciko tho first tap that will, start
it into tho tie. Eveo'thing is in read
iness to proceed with the work as
SQpji as the spike is driven. Three
cars of steel were switched out on the
spur from the junction yesterday.
The grade has been completed and
ties laid for threo miles.
A program of speeches is being ar
ranged, and tho people of Southern
Oregon are invited to bo present.
The millsite, located in n handsome
oak grove, will be thrown open as a
picnic ground, and nil who choose
may bring lunches and spend the day
beneath the grateful shade of some
of tho handsomest trees in Southern
Oregon. Tho mill structure, in which
tho machinery is now installed, will
bo nn object of interest, ns will nlso
the nrtificial lake, from which the
logs will be drawn up into tho mill.
It is tho intention of tho company to
have tho line completed as far ns tho
newly-discovered eaves by the Fourth
of July, and work will bo pushed to
the utmost to this end. so that a big
jireo excursion to the eaves can be
I announced to be run on the day we
eeleoraie.
OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN
BARRED FROM RUSSIA
PARIS, June 11. Declaring that
ho had applied to tho sfc.to depart
ment to attempt to force his way
Into Russia, Oscar Hammerstoln ad
mitted today that ho had bee- barred
from that country becauso ho Is a
Jow.
Tho rofusi.l of tho Russian authori
ties to allow him to go to St. Potors
burg Is a hard blow, ho declared, bo
causo ho has Imporatlvo business en
gagements with artists whom ho hop
ed to bring to Amorlca.
"It Is truo," ho said today, talk
ing to nevspnper mon nt tho Grand
hotel," that I havo boon rofused ad
mittance to Russia. It Is a hard
blow, I havo Imperative engage
ments with artists nt St. Petersburg.
If It will. plac:tto Russia any, I will
agree to join tho Episcopalian or tho
Baptist church, or even apply for
membership In tho Greek elm. eh and
thor. knock the "otoln" of my nntno.
"I havo Instructed my Now York
lnwyor to apply to tho state depart
ment to seo If I can foico my way
lu, but I am not vory hopoful of suc
cess. It's an outrago and Amorlca
should not tolon.to It."
POCKET IS F
LEADVILLE. Col., Juno 11. Min
ors nro working today in a drift on
tho GOO-foot lovol of n mine nonr
horo, whoro threo mon in flvo min
uses yestorday took out $12,000 In
oro. An nttempt Is bolng mndo to
follow tho win In which tho nuggets
woro found.
Revolt Suppressed,
WASHINGTON, D. C, Juno 11. -Tho
Mexican foroign minister today
received a communication from tho
governor of Yucatan that the Maya
Indian rovolt had boeu suppressed,
UNITED PKTCS8 ASSOCIATION
Pull Leaacd Wlro Report.
Tho only paper In the world
published in a city the ilin of
Mod ford bavins n loaned wlrt.
No. 71.
Mil
Judge Webster and Maurice Eldrldue
Address Interested Audience at
Savoy Theater Methods of Build
ing Roads Are Discussed, Also
Steps to Provide Necessary Bonds.
The man who was In any way In
terested In tho construction of good
roads missed it by not attending tho
meeting at tho Savoy theater Satur
day afternoon, when 5or over two
hours Judge L. R. Webster, tho most
enthusiastic good roads aivocato la
the state, and M. O. Eldrldge, who
has no superior In the art of road
building, entertained an appreciative
audience, which had assembled to
hear them.
Mr. Eldrldge opened tho meeting,
but tho lights wont out and Judge
Webster took up tho themo of the
meeting, whllo tho Rogue River Elec
tric company was fixing up tho diffi
culty. Judge Webster paid tribute to his
old homo nnd stateu"l!ir.t' this was
tho only county In tho state outsldo of
ono capable of building the proper
kind of roads, but that, while the
county board was doing tho best It
could with tho knowledgo availablo.
that it was Impossible to build roada
unless you know how. The state o
Oregon has tho best and cheapest ma
terial for good roads In tho United
States and it is simply a matter of
using the materials to the best ad
vantage.
Mr. Eldrldge showed a number of
views of different classes of road
building and indicated tho best meth
ods for road construction in south
ern Oregon. Whilo tho macadam
road was recommended for ordinary
roads, the number of automobiles In,
Jackson county requirod moro dura
ble surfneo than tho macadamized
road affords. Tho oiled surfaco ma
cadam In Mr. Eldridgo'B opinion,
makes a moro durable surfneo and at
the same tlmo Is practically dustlcss.
Should tho good roads association'
deslro tho prosonco of n govornmont
oxpert In order to instruct tho road
builders of tho county, Lis sorvlces
could bo secured by application to tho
department.
Commissioners Patterson and'
Owens woro lntore3tod and appre
ciative auditors, and propounded'
some portlnont quorles, as tho lec
ture proceeded.
WOLGAST DISABLED
IN SMALL B0LI1
MILWAUKEE. Wis., Juno ll.-y
The disabling of Ad Woolgast, chum?'
piou lightweight, in his bout wifh
Jack Redmond last night, is believed;
hero today to havo resulted from lack
of training by Woolgast. Tho Wild
oat had only threo days of training'
for the bout, ami whoa Redmond hit'
him on tho loft arm a "inusolo bruiso'
developed that mado the champion''
arm useless for tho romaiuder of the
milling.
At first it was reported that Ad's
arm was broken. Tito arm today,
whilo soro and stiff, is much bottoV
and probably will bo all right again
within u wook.
CHICAGO, Juno 11. Tho Com
mercial National bank and tho Con
tinental National hank consolidated
today with a capital of $30,000,000,
surplus $12,000,000 and deposits to
the amount of $180,000,000.
The morgor gives Chicago a bank
ing Institution socond only to the N
Hon City bank of Now York,
GOOD ROADS
AT MEETING
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