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Medford Mail Tribune
UNITED rilESS ASSOCIATION
Poll Leased lro Report.
THIS WICATIIICIl
Tonight and tomorrow Fair
Tho only papor In the world
published In a city tho file at
and wnnn.
Medford having a leased wire. 1
JGWTH YEAR.
MEDFORD, OR ISOON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1910.
No. 139.
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IN
Two Hundred Persons Were Injured
by Mllitln by Niuht Sticks or
Clubbed Rifles City Tested to
See How Quiet It Really Had Become.
T
ROOPS
COLUMBUS
CENSURED
COLUMBUS, 0 AUK. 30. A can-
I imty llHt or 200 ponioiiH Injured by
. iight sticks or clubbed rifles, In tlio
II JTiuiwIm of police mid mllitln nroimod
general prntt'Ht today ovor tho un
nocwiiary brutality on tho part of tho
state troopH and tho municipal forcu.
Forty porionn aro undor urront for
rioting In addition to those In tho
hoHpllnlH.
Tho disturbance Marled lam night
nftcr It had boon announced that
Battery C would bo relieved from
duty Battirday, .It Ih now thought
thnt tho aunntincouiuut wan mndo to
discover how unlet tho city really
wan.
Tho pooplo woro lod to believe that
tho battery wan breaking camp, Riot
ing began at once und noon tho po
lice woro powerless, Without warn
ing, tho gunrdNinnn appeared and
noon woro restoring rodctr by tho
promlHclunufi una of their clubbed rl
flo. ' It Ih oald tho police woro ns much
surprised an tho rlntorn when tho
Mtnto troopH hovo In sight.
KANSAS REPUBLICANS
MEET IN CONVENTION
TOPI3ICA, Knn., Auk. 30. With
tho progressives nbBolutoly In con
trol, tho republican Ntato plntfnfm
council wnH cr.llod to order at noon
today. Tho threatened breach In the
rnnkn of tho progressives ovor tho on
domemont of tho Tnft-iidmliitHtrn-tlon
linn been healed, although tho
extent of tho endorsement hnH not
been definitely determined. This
matter In oxpoctod to bring about tho
only content In tho council with tho
exception of tho mnttor of tho Initia
tive and referendum. It watt hoi lev
od that tho ndmlulHtrntlon ondorro
tnent attention will not cauno nny dla
cttHHlon on tho floor of tho convention
ItHOlf.
Governor Stubbu will bo tompornry
chairman.
TOE JIM) JEFF
ON GREAT HUNT
Greatest Oral Killing In a Coon's
Arjo Is Belno Pulled Off and It
Will Soon Bo Told With a Wealth
of Expression. .
Meno Ilnrkdull and Joff Heard nro
Bomawhoro In tho vicinity of Lake
Crook In purmtlt of big gntno, and
although no rbporta hnvo come In
from thono mighty Nlinroda, "hopo
Bprlngs otornal In tho breusta" of
their many frlomlH, who havo vls
lonu of Julpy bear ronstH and tooth
Botno vonlflon stonkH coming up, but
hoop this undor your hat.
Scrlbnor's and Kvorybody'B havo
made big uprondw on tho prowosB of
Toddy with IiIb olophant gun and
Buffalo Joiioh with his ropo, but tho
big ningazlnoa ami tho moving plc
turou, occiiHlonnlly ovorlook n bet,
othorwlso thoy would havo coverod
thin expedition fully,
Scour tip tho frying pan and tho
roaster and cut down a fow strips
of hrfcon. IOxoiibo uh whllo wo wlpo
ofci'tho wntor, hut tho biggest oral
XJHIng In a coon'a ago la bolng pullod
off, and It will ho told with a wonlth
of oxproaslon that will inako T. 11,
and Buffalo Joiioh look Itko candi
dates for tho kindergarten In a deaf
and dumb Institute.
HUNDREDS
FEAR EOR
THIS CITY
Local Offices Flooded With Tele
pams From Eastern Points Ask
Irifj If City Is In Danger of Flames
Wlcrd Accounts Published In the
Eastern Papers.
..Tho local toloKrnph off Icon liavo
been flooded for tho poHt weok with
telegrams from eaiiteru people ask
ing If Medford Is In danger from for
ont fires. Tho Hltuntlou Ih ludicrous
from n Medford Ktaudpnlut, but Ih
moflt sorlouti from the viewpoint of
tho onHtern frloudn and rolatlveH of
local people.
Wlerd reports havo boon publlBhcd
In tho cnHtoru papcrn concerning tho
local flro flltuatlou. Correspondents
In tho Inrgor conteni on tho coaHt,
who know nothing of tho situation,
have been getting much "space mon
ey" In their JottrnnlH In tho enHt. As
an example tho Cincinnati Tlmos
Star published n dispatch regarding
Medford, Haying: "This city Ih on
tlrely depopulated, tho men holng on
tho firing lino and tho women and
children being oont to places of safo
ty." TIiIh same dlapatch placoH AhIi
litntl In Washington. Smnll wondor,
then, thnt eastern people aro wiring
their frleuda hero to know If they
aro Buffering or not.
The Flro Situation.
Tho flro situation lu'uiuch Improv
ed today and within a weok It Ih
thought thnt all of tho flamos will
bo ho thoroughly under control thnt
tho flro fighters may depart.
Tho only flro giving troublo Is In
tho Dead Indian district. This flro
Htarted Monday and Ih r.ald to bo
Hpreadlng rapidly. A largo forco of
men hnH been ordered to this sec
tion. If tho flro growB bad a Inrgo
number of settlors will bo In Inn
gor of losing tholr Iioiuob.
Encournglng reportB wero receiv
ed from tho other flroH today. A
heavy fog Ih hanging ovor tho moun
taliiH nml there 13 little wind.
YOUNG GIRL
TRIES SUICIDE
Fails in Attempt and Gotham Police
Today Aro Endeavoring to Solvo
Her Identity Dressed In Finest
Material Notes Left.
NEW YORK, Aug. HO. An uni
dentified young woman, whono bear
ing denoted good breeding und re
i'ineureut nml ylioHo elotliiug wns of
tho finest inuteriul, entered u liuliou'
parlor at (lie Hotel Astor and in the
proHeiieu of a maid shot liernolf
through the bretiHt.
Tlio bullet Htriielc one of her ribs
nml witH defleeted, miKHiug tho heart.
At the Flower hospital today it was
announced that the young woman
would recover. Outside the ilooi; of
her room waited u polieemnn to ar
ront her au hooii as shu is able to
eavo tlio institution.
Threo notoH, ono nddrosHod "To
Arotlior," unotlior "To Sister," and
tho third "To llliuieho," givti slight
inkling as to tlio cause of tho girrl'n
attempt to end Iter life. The nolo to
her mother rend:
"Do not reproach yourself for
what I am about to do, You have
boon an angel to love me, and I re
gret to oAuso you this trouble. The
force of fate has proven too strong
for ino to eope with nnd. being lo
fenseless, has driven me against Die
wall and forcod'ino to this cowardly
act.
"Thou, too, I liato tho insincerity,
the HoniiduoHH and tho disillusion
nioiit of life. This is nil 1 met with
for tho past two yoarw, and now I
seek an unknown grnvo.
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IiniHjrtiiiit political conferences are the order of the day at the summer capital. Humors continue to emanate from
Kevcrly that the entire Kepubllcuu part) Is to be reorganized, with the elimination of Senator Aldrleh, Speaker Jo
seph (J. Cannon, Secretary H.illlnger and .Senator Hale from the party leadership. While no conllrmatlon of tho re
tirement f-ir Secretary Hnillngcr hns been given, It Is known that he has spent n large part of his fortune In fighting
the detractors who have worked so assiduously for his downfall and thnt he believes It necessary for him to return
ttt his private practice of law In Seattle. Senator Nelson Aldrleh reatllrms his Intention of retiring at the end of his
term, nnd now comes tho-ndinlsslon that Cannon ' not likely to think seriously f trying to hold the speakership of
the houxe of representatives. Senator Hale has Uen quoted ns saying that lie will not seek another election. All
of this talk of the reorganization Is caused by -live work of the Insurgents of the mlddl west, and it is with
the hope of bringing them back Into the fold ' niportnut ehnuges aro to be made.
PORTUGAL AND
SPAIN UNITE TO
FIGHTJATICAN
Premier Orders Investigation of Re
ligious Orders In Portugal nnd It
Is Predicted That Foreign Orders
Will Be Expelled.
MSnON, Aug. 30. Promlor Sou
sa today ordorcd a rigorous Investi
gation of rollglous orders In Portu
gal and It Is prodlctoi freely that
foreign religious ordorj will i.- ox
polled by tho government.
Tho hollof Is expressed horo thnt
Spain and Portugal havo reached a
secret understanding nnd thnt thoy
hnvo combined to break tho powor of
tho vntlcau In ho Iborlnn poninsula.
Tho business Interests of Portugal
nro particularly actlvo against tho
clericals, charging that tho rollglous
ordors virtually nro cloaks for com
morclal organizations which thoroby
obtain unfair ndvautago In trndo.
Tho king Is roportod ns bolng In
sympathy with tho action of tho pro
mlor In causing an Investigation, His
ninjosty rocontly appointed n com
mission to investigate and roport on
tho situation In Spain.
Throne in Danger.
IMUCKLONA, Aug. 30. All tho
Warring olomonts In Spanish society
aro united In tho sentlmont that King
Alfonso Is endangering lis .throno
by bolng absent at a tlnio whon Spain
Is pnsulng through ono of tho grav
ost orlscs In her history,
MonarohlstH and republicans, clor
Icals and antl-clorlcals allko, aro bo
voro, In tholr criticism and tho clod-
(Continued ou Page 8.)
JJ -'S7 ll'notivt by Amerlrun Vn Amix-Jqti.in.E3MiJUr -
PRESTON, WN. IS
FOREST FIRES
Feared Nothing Can Prevent Total
Loss of City Several Logging
Plants and a Mill Have Already
Been Burned.
SEATTI.K, Wiibh., Aug. 110. Ho
llowed forest fires in the Suoqualuiio
district have entirely surrounded tho
town of Preston nnd the authorities
deelnro tlio. firo to bo ono of the
most stubboi'n nnd dnngerou that
they have yet had to deal with, tiov-
n:i loggi.m plant, nnd a mill havo
ilior.dy been destroyed ar I today it
- loured thnt nothing in prevent
hv total destruction of the town. The
v.iikurs ot tho Washington Forost
I'lro ussoeintion report today that
tho fires nro generally under control,
tho situation near Preston being tho
only one that is causing any tmonsi-
noss.
DETECTIVES LOOKING
FOR SON OF COUNTESS
SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 30. Do
tectlvea aro today Bcourlng Sonttlo to
find some trnco of Olaf Hulstoln,
said to bo n sou of Countess Hulstoln
of Denmark. Tho missing man Is
39 years old and enmo to this country
four years ago. Until sovoral
months ngo ho lived In Seattle undor
tho assumed nnmo of Rout Suhr. His
mother Is dying In Doumark and tho
Danish government has instituted tho
sonrch for tho rovor, upon whom tho
tltltt and n very consldorablo fortune
desconda,
SURROUNDED BY
Retire This Year.
RUMOR THAT
CZAR OF RUSSIA
HAS BEEN KILLED
Believed, However, That Report Was
Circulated Simply for Its Effect
on Market Germans Deny That
Attack Was Made.
NEW YOKK, Aug. 30. An un
confirmed rumor thnt the czar of
Russia had been assassinated was
circulated about tho stock exchange
today. Tho report is not boliovcd to
be authentic.
The Russian empoor is at pres
ent in Germany and officials of the
German government deny, thnt ho hns
been attacked.
It is generally believed tho story
was circulated for its effect on tho
market.
SAYS VENUS IS
POPULATED, NOT MARS
CHICAGO, Aug. 30. Atmospheric
conditions surrounding the planet
Venus nro similar to those surround
ing tho earth, according to Professor
Duncan McMillan of tho Uuivorsity
of Chicago, who declares that if life
similar to that on earth is to bo
found nnywhoro, it is on Venus, und
not on Mars.
Profossor McMillan is sine that
intelligent beings inhabit Venus. Pro
fessor McMillan ridicules tho theory
of Profossor Sco of tho navnl obser
vatory at Maro Island, that tho plan
ets revolving about tho fixed stars
aro inhabited. Siuco there aro 100,
000,000 of thoso planots, he says, to
state that thoy nro inhabited is more
guosswork.
I. R. TAKES
SLAPATMR. HOUR FOR
HITCHCOCK HOSPITAL
Declares Against Making Virtually
Unamendable Constitutions for
New States as Favored by Hitch
cockPays Compliment to Forest
ers on Battle With Fires.
PUEBLO, Col., Aug. 30. Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt paid a flying via It
to Pueblo, laid the corner stone of
the new Y. M. C. -A. building, -went
back to his train and departed for
Osawnttomie, Kan., where ho will ar
rive at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning.
Ho was accompanied from Denver by
a committee ot Pueblo citizens who
went to Denver to meet him. Tho
train left, Denver a llttlo after 8
o'clock and arrived in Pueblo shortly
before noon. Tho train was stopped
at Mineral Place Park and the Roose
velt party descended and went to the
new building. Tho remarks of the
"contributing editor" at tho corner
stone laying were very brief. After
the ceremony, the colonel was con
ducted about tho city in an automo
bile. Roosevelt Jolted tho constitution
makers of New Mexico and Arizona,
who want "iron-bound" constitu
tions, and incidentally paid his re
spectB to Postmaster Hitchcock. Ho
declared agalntjt-'what has become
known as the Hitchcock policy of
making virtually unamendable con
stitutions. "I wish I could go to New Mexico
and Arizona," said tho colonel, "but
this is tho nearest point I -will reach
on my western trip. My friends havo
asked my advlco regarding their con
stitutions. There is only one point I
would like to advlso them on, and
that Is that they leave their consti
tutions easy of amendment so that
at any time that tho people feel that
hey need amendment it can be done.
"My plea is that tho people of now
states bo left with their hands freo
so that If they find something work
ing bndly thoy shall have tho oppor
tunity of making any necessary
changes.
"I want to call your attention to
the ndmirablo work of the forest
sorvlco In connection with the great
forest fires. Not only has tho for
estry bureau dono everything hu
manly possible, but In fighting tho
fires the men of the forest service
hnvo shown Just tho same ability, en
durance, courage and indifference to
tholr own lives as is shown by the
best firo departments of tho largo
cities. There is no body of public
sorvants ot which tho public has a
right to feol proud, than the mon of
tho forest service."
WATSON TO FILL
MULKETS PUCE
Will Act as District Attorney During
Campaign in which Mr. Mulkey Is
Opposing W. C. Hawley for Con
gressional Honors.
Judgo Watson of Ashland has been
appointed deputy district attorney
and will net In tho placo of D. P.
Mulkoy during tho campaign. Mr.
Watson Is known as an ablo lawyer
and will no doubt dlschnrgo his du
ties woll.
Mr. Mulkoy will now turn his at
trition to the campaign. Ho Is out
ngnlnst W. O. Hawley, stand-patter,
on a progressive republican plntform.
Ho leaves AVednoBday for tho north.
To sell It cheaper than any oue olso
Is Important store advlco. If you
let Uio people know about It, you'll
got thpra Uterested In your Btoro
ecoro ' them, who only "know"
$2500 IN
Committee Gets Busy and Meets
With Great Success Expect Ut
Have $10,000 -Necessary Pfotffea
Within Next Day or Two Mean
$100,000 Hospital Here.
The committee of tho Medfor
Commercial club appointed to solicit
tho 10,000 necessary to secure
1100,000 hospital in this city to ba
erected by the Sisters of Provldesoa
aro meeting with splendid success
with the work. In less than ono hosr
this morning they secured pledges oC
amounts totaling $2500.
The committee, which consists ot
Dr. E. B. Pickel, Dr. C. R. Conroj
Dr. J. P. Rcddy, Dr. E. H. Porter
and George Putnam, aro highly grat
ified by the success met with and
tho cordial reception tendered them
by business men. They pow aro turn
ing their attention to land owner
in tho vicinity.
Thoso who pledged amounts this
morning were: Dr. E. B. Pickel,
S250; Conroy & Clancy, S250; E. H
Porter, $100; Dr. E. R. Seeley, $25;
J. E. Shearer, $100; Clark E. Shb
ders, $100; F. G. Thayor, $10;
Hotel Nash Co.. $100; Medford MaB
Tribune, $100; Fred N. CuramlagH.
$100; The H. C. Kentner Co., $lt;
.Medford, Hardware Co., $100; Me-,
ford Furniture Co., $100; Model '
Clothing Co., $100; Nicholson Hard
ware Co., $100; Woods Lumber Ce.
$100; J. A. Wenterlund, $100; J. DL
Olwell. $100; T. V. Beckwith, $109;
P. L. Tou Velle, $100; C. L. Reames.
$100.
Special meeting of tho Commercial
club will be held on Wednesday eve
ning at 8 o'clock. A number of Im
portant subjects will be brought up,
Including tho Rogue River valley ex
hibits at Spokane, Chicago and oth
er apple shows. A largo attendance,
of members is desired. Fruit grow
ers will bo very welcome.
WOULDN'T STAND
FOR JE BUNK
Appleqate Wiseacre Who Is on to
Gold Brick Game Declares Bar
num's Zebras a Hoax Might Fool
Cigarette Dudes, But Not Him.
The Inte P. T. Barnum gathered
about as much distinction from his
aphorism to tho effect that the Amer
ican public liked to bo humbugged
ns ho did from tho organization ot
tho world'o greatest show. However,
tho heirs, assigns and successors la
Interest of Messrs, Barnum and Bai
ley wero unable to pass tho buck to
an, Applegate farmor who attended
t:.o circus yesterday,
Ho was standing In front of the
herd of zebras In tho big menagerie
and examining tho striped boautloa
with tho critical oyo of an oxporl
onced mulo skinner. At tho same
time working ovor a pound of Star
plug, with groat results both ae te
mastication and Irrigation.
"Thoy caln't fool your Undo HI oa
them nlr animals" ho exclaimed.
"Theso clgaretto dudes around towa
may bo taken In on 'em and tako 'em
for somo Btrango, wild animal, but
they caln't fool your Undo HI. Them's
mules, painted over. I've sklnne4
too many of 'em to bo foolod by a
llttlo paint."
If tho heirs, successors in nUereet
and assigns of tho lato P. T, meaa
anything by tho "Roqulescat In pace"
placod ovor tho BarcophagtiB tW
ought to exhuma tho body nnd put R
back Into position for tho akeptlehwt
of Applegate may woll havo caw
tho old gentleman to turn In bta
grave.