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POSSESSION OF
Clilcajo-noUe River Company Plac
cd'ln Hands of Court by ' Judije
Calkins and Gcornc Sorenson of
Grants Pass Named as Receiver.
Is Second Receivership for Dam,
Other Deliiu for Gold Drift Mlnlnu
Company Promoted hy Ament.
GRANTS PASS, On-., March ft".
Tint Chlcngo-ltnguii Rixer company,
u corporation which controls the big
Golden Drift limit, Ihico miles i'nun
this city uti Rogue river, mill which
iiIhh contrnh twelve milcM of irriKMt
invr ditches in Rogue Ithcr valley,
late iHtcnlny ltcriioon wit placed
in the IiiiihIm of u iceeiver hy Juiljc
!'. M. Calkin, in chamber nt AhIi
laiiil. George HorciiNon of Grunt
I'hk was iiiiiiuhI iih receiver.
'I'lic corporation i onpitalircd it t
one million dollars, with A. .1. Willi
ernll of Chicago iim president, I'.
Phillip, banker of Chicago, trcimur
er. Tin n iveilup in the result, it in
alleged, of the I'niliire of C. M. I.oou
ii rd of the Leonard Construct ioif
company of Chicago; P. Phillips n
Chicago hunker, mid If. H. Slaughter,
of the banking limine of A. 0. Slaugh
ter mill coinpnny, Chicago, to furnish
fun. Ik under u $7."i,ll"l cunt rnct hud
with the company
Thc charge is also made that Mice
name purlieu tire withholding the
fiiinU lor the purpoNc of embarrass-
hjg tho itojji)jnj.v jii cAtuinlinu water
over llie valley no mat mini viiiiich
will he deprcwied and thee snino men
can buy at pauio priccH. It in charg
ed thai they have alteady bought
U.fiOO acre at price Ichh tlimi liuif
value.
Thin in tho M'coud rccciveihi fr
the iIiiiii, the Golden Drift Mining Co
being already in the hands of Rc
ceivcr George Siniclmx, who from the
miuorilv stockholder, organicd the
Chiengo-Koguu Hiver company to
take over the iihhcIs of tho defunct
concern. Tho now concern rehnilt a
portion of the iluin on credit
The Hidden Drilt Mining Co. wiih a
gel-rieli'ipiick concern promoted hy
the Amenta for the ostensible pur
pose of placor mining the "dry dig
gings" adjacent. Tim stockholders,
not the diggings, were mined to the
ctcnt of several hundred thousand
dollars.
AMENT
M
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'h IN SEWER KILLS
SH
GREEK
Because tho Rogue Hiver Fruit &
Produce association in washing out
spruy bunds allowed the washings
to lot carried away in the Kigh'h
Htrect Htonu Hewer, a Inrgo nuinhcr
of fish in Hear Creek have hecu kill
ed and Guino Warden McGownu hits
taken stops to check tho practice.
Tho company Iiiih been Helling spray
and afterward washing out tho bar
rels hefoio rowhipping theni from the
warehouse a block Houlh of Mam
Htrccl. Tho washings havo boon turn
ed into a depression drained hy the
Htonu Howor. Tho Hpray Iiiih a dead
ly effect on I'Mi.
COLONISTS ARRIVE
PORTLAND, Oro., March fi. Col
oulHtH forming tho vanguard of tho
HiittloiH' inovoinont wcat Iiobhii arriv
ing horo today ovor nil railroads.
From Portland tho hdmoHookoni will
Hrattor to various parts of tho l'uclMo
roiiHt In search of pormnnont homos,
Tho majority of colonlsta this your,
rallroiid officiate nay, aro looking for
Hiuall farniH,
Karly Indlcutlonu aro that tho
movuiuout will ho uiuimially heavy. I
T. I REFUSED
TO TIE HANDS
AS CANDIDATE
Colonel Roosevelt Makes Public Let
ter In Dispute Sent Mnnsey In
Which He Stated That He Was Nut
Seeking- Office
Associated Press Never Published
Contradiction of Story Kansas
for Teddy Says White.
NHW VOHK. March 5. Colonel
ItooHcvolt today made public IiIm let
ter or January Hi to I'rank A. Man
Mcy, tli puhllHlier. In thin letter.
ItooHcvctt hiiIiI ho would not lie a
candidate. hut would not tto hlx
hainM with a xtntcuiont initklni; It
difficult or ImpoHNlldc for him to
Mervo the public If the whole pcoplo
wanted him.
IIIh letter xayit In part:
"I Mhall not he a candidate and I
Hhull not mick the nomination, nor
would I nerval It ir It ciimn to mo
ih the rcHiilt of IntrlKue. Hut I will
not tie my biiinln with a Htutemcut
which would maku It difficult or lm
poMHlblo to tvrvi Hid public by nn
dertakltiK thu Krcat tank If the peo
ple an a 'whole Hcoincd definitely to
havo route, to tho conclusion that 1
had to do that tank."
Vmii Viilkenbiirn's Menial.
Ill tho Now York World today i:
A. Van VulkitiihiirK, editor of the
Philadelphia North Amorlcan, In
iiuoted an dcuylni; that ho made pub
lic tho Itooiievclt letter In which tho
AnHoclntod Prewa wiih charged with
ilullbitrtiti'ly "fnkltiK" to ufiufck tho
(X-prcKldeilt.
Van ValkenhtirK wihl tho Ahuoclat
ed I'rcHH dlNpntch of laHt Hummer do-
clnrcd that HoohdvcU was poltlvely
pIcdKdl to aupport 1'rcHldonl Taft for
a nccoiid term. On UiIk Van Valkon
tiurtr corrcHpondod with Colonel
ItooHevelt and tho denunciatory let
ter waH tho result.
"I mint roplon to Victor S. Mc
Clatchy (editor of tho Sacramento
Ueo)," mild Vnn Valkonhun; today.
"iciiteKtliiK that ho furnish ono to
l-'rank H. Noyeu (editor of tho WiihIi
ItiKton Star and jircldont of tho
AHHoclated I'rcRH), No denial of tho
fako Htory wiih ever made by the
AHHoclated Promt."
Ih ANNurcd of KniiMis
W. llourko Cochran f Now York
and William Allen Whlto of KntiKaB
conferred today with Colonol Hooko
velt. Whlto told tho formnr prosl
dent that Khiibiih wantrt him to ho
candidate. After leavhiK IIoohovoU.
Whlto Bald:
"I told tho colonel that my per
Houal observation Indicated that ho
wa already biiim of two-flttltH of tho
delegation to tho ChlcaK convention.
President Taft' uouthcrti doloj;iofl
will voto for their Jolm, not In no
cord with their IntitrurtloiiH. If they
think It Ih best for thumuclvcH they
will HWltcll.
"I told him also that many hcuii
torn wIiobo elections aro JeopardUed
by proKiesslvo nontlmont will drop
Taft. When they boo tho buzz imw
rlpplitK tho bitttona off their vesta
they will back away,"
OPEN SHOP IS
DECRIED BY LOW
WASHINGTON. 1). C, March a.
Hitter denunciation of tho "open
Hhop," which ho charactorlzod hh a
monaco to Amorlcan worklitKtnon,
wan inuilu horo today by Soth Low,
nroBldent of tho National Clvlo feder
ation, In openltiB tho annual conven
tion of Mint orKftnlzntlon.
"Tho ordinary 'open hon, " Presi
dent Low unlil, "Ib not n Hhop whoro
non-union nml union men work sldo
by uldo, hut u shop from which
unlonlBtH nro oxoluded If thoy llvo up
to union prlucIplcH,"
After pralsliiB tho work of tho
Amorlcan Federation of l.nbor and
Its leader, Samuol aontpora, Low
criticized (lompors for IiIb stand when
tho MoNiunurn brothorH wore nrreBt-
od lu "nttackliiK hh uu onomy to or-
jsanlzod labor everybody hellovluK
tho two won B"llty."
MIODirORD,
Roosevelt Puts the
MR. Ti'.uJDOU:- TtOOSF,VF:lTAT JUS DESK IN Ti JE
E
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TOKIO. March 5. Although de
nied Btrenuottsly by Chinese repre
sentatives here the minor widely cir
culated that the mind of Premier
Yuan Shi Kill of China haa given
way, the report Is porslstont.
Chinese Kanerally bollava that a
sweeping campalKn of murder and
rnplno will bo resinned throughout
China within a fow hours. Prosldunt
Yuan's hodyKiinrd Is reported dlhcon
tentod and tho entire army demoral
ized. The Manchu soldiers. It Is reported
here, plan n movement to restore the
dynasty. Twolvo hundred Jpauoo
soldiers today wore sont from Port
Arthur to Pekln to guard tho Japa
nese legation there. Tho mllrttdo of
fered to send an army corps., If neces
sary, to give full protection to Jap
anese subjects and property.
NUW YOHK. Mnrch 5.- Solden
Ilawloy, one of tho holrs of Kdwln
Hnwley, tho Into railroad magnate, Is
to marry Mrs. Mnrgnrot LePrlnco,
manicurist,
'"Stupidity coers more sins tlrin
charilj'" quoted Kd Root, the well
known raconteur, hon-inut and
man about town wncu snowu me
Ashland Tiding' great discovery, "if
this new Donnelly had been in tho
country uny lenijMi of ttmo, he'd
know Mint 1 wiolo the Mail-Tiibime,
nnd 1 don't intend to rodgu as man
aging editor in favor of uny such
kid iih Kd Andrews. If Kd wants to
learn thu gutno, let hint play devil in
tho print shop itikteud of on the
stage,
"Ashland U u holy city," continued
Mr, Root, "and bocoming more relig
ious daily. It has emulated tho ex
ample of Dubinin nnd now bonsts. n
nss that can speak, 'that suekles
fools nnd chronicle small beer.' Hut
Ashland's pet, unlike Unlnam's bur
ro, can't see, cNo it would huve seen
me, While I nm not exuctl uu iuiroI
of tho Lord, l'tu nearer to it thuu
mm
REM
REPOHTED
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ANARCHYPREVAILS
ED ROOT DISCUSSES BURROS AND LOCAL POLITICS
OKIOdOX, TUNMMV, MMICH 5, JU12.
Associated Press in
E
l.ON'PON". Mimh ."i.- lidos., a set
tlement of the difference between
the coal operator, nud their million
employe i ctfectcd within -IS hour-.,
tlioii-auck of pcr-oitN in Lomlon will
face stanatien. This wn the ad
inihMou forllicoiniiiff today from the
Home Office ami Premier Amiiu'Ii
aain today aipviilad to the iniueo
nud operatois in an effort to ecure
eouciKMoii from hoth ide-..
Prices of food aro goarins:. and al
ready many necessities are heyoud
the reach of the city's oor. The
ahiuidoiimeut of freight schedules lias
eurlailed l.otulou supply ot milk
nud u milk famine is imminent' l'Vo.-h
ineitt i scarce, and the supply of
Milt nud Miioked meat nud canned
piodri is rapidly diminihiii. The
htook of flour is dwindling, and with
the railroads unable to secure suffi
cient coal to Mock their engines, a
broad famine is certain unless condi
tion nro iminediaUly relieved.
Tho strike leaders assort Mint tho
men will not return to work miles,
their demand for n minimum wage
scaV' is (iranteil.
Kd Andrews.
"And Mint renii'ids me how much
burros huvo degenonttcd since the
lime of Dubinin. They still hnve the
sonorous voice at eneh end of "our
; little valloy, as John Olwell says,
but only two legs and short cars, 'n
tho clussto lnngunge, of Rex Lamp
man, WHY
"I'm thinking of running for of
fice" snid Mr Root, changing; the
subject- "most imv old oftico will
do. County judfjo or county olerk
i look good lo mo, hut I don't wunt to
run ngntnst Mo.o linrkduil. I do hko
his pint form--it's hot stuff. All the
trnffio will lienr is my motto, he
enuso I nood the coin,
"My (nullifications for tho judge
ship nro fine. 1 can sit on the lid nud
do nothing. 1 cuu draw my sulnry
regular, t neer built a mile of good
roud, or a modern bridge and what's
muro don't intend to, I've lived horo
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LONDON
MASSES
E S A HI T ON
R DTS THH
ATEN
the Annanias Club
OUTLOOK OFFICE- &
STATES
POT UP
LOS AXGKLKS, Cal.. March 5. -Hert
11. Franklin, confessed briber,
testified before tho county grand jury
that Indicted Clarence Darrow that
Dnrrow gnvo him a sum of monoy
with which to brlbo Juror Robert P.
Unlit and Prospectlvo Juror George
X. Lockwood, in tho McXnmnrA trial,
nccordlug to notes taken by attaches
of the district attorney's offlco which
aro today In possession of tho de
fense. The district attorney's office In ac
cord with instructions from the court
Kve those notos to the defense to
augment tho partial transcript ot tho
evidence that was taken. Tho notes
were accompanlod by tho affirming
affidavits of Assistant Attorney Ford
and Deputy Keetch.
Crack Train Wrecked.
UPPER SANDUSKY, O., Mnrch ".
Tho Pennsylvania's clghteen-hour
limited train between Chicago nnd
Xow York was wrecked tqday near
Glenvllle, O. Xo one was killed,
forty ears nnd urn honest, or nt
.loiist my bondsmen nro whnt more
is needed?
"I'm conservative, onlv chnngo my
clothes when they wear out nnd only
take a bath for, church socials. I'm
progressive too, for I have n shave
every littlo while. And I unit mnvk
time look as if I was going some
where, something doin' nil tho time,
only there ain't. This ought to get
mo the Ashland vote,
"Scott of Anlioeh is going to
finance my campaign bond me nud
my dog Schneider for n million, then
incorporate us as a national bnuk
nnd mako Vnolo Sam oomo. through
with tho lunzunm in oxohungo for tho
bonds.
"Well," concluded Mr. Root, "I lot
you know its soon ns I decide." As
ho left with Schneider the refrain
ilontod buck "You'vo got to (put
ktckiu' my dnwg nroundV'
FRANKLIN
DAM
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ARID, DEFIES
S
A. B. Rice Said to Be Livinu With
Mrs. HcPherson in Lonely Cabin
Above Derby, Keeping Stranaers at
Bay by Carefully Placed Btdlcts.
Constable Slngler With Posse Leaves
fcr Scene Rice and Mrs. McPher
son Eloped in January.
Lurid an thu yellowest of yellow
hack dime novels is the story which
lias drifted down out of the hills from
Ilerliy. nud n n result, Constable
Siiuxler and n posse are today on
their way to a lonely cabin hiph in a
canyon hack of Derby where Mrs. A.
W. Mol'herson and A. B. Kiee are
said to he livine, following their ai-
J lefjed e!oement on Jnnnnry 24. It is
reported that Rice is heavily nnned
nud Mint he hits checked several par
ties who have attempted to pass by
the cabin, by gently dropping leaden
missies from his IIO-IIO Remington
about their feet
Although it was reported n few
weeks ago that Rice and Mrs. Me
Pherson hnd been located in Massa
chusetts it is now stated that they
are living in n cabin above Derby.
They are said to have been seen to
leave together for the cabin, accom
panied by Mrs. McPherson's two
children.
Recently the constable at Derby
attempted to visit the cabin to ascer
tain the identity of its occupants but
wlten a qunrter of n mile distant a
shot rang out a bullet strikimMic
ground in front of htm. On attempt
ing to advance another bullet struck
nearer him, so he turned and left.
lie came to Medford Monday for
assistance. This morning Constable
Singler with a posse left for the scene
of the trouble, determined to solve
the mystery.
The Derby constable is positive in
his identification of Mrs. McPherson.
He describes several features which
arc declared by tho husband she leit
on Griffin creek to absolutely identi
fy her.
Mrs. Mel'herson left her home on
January 24, accompanied by her two
children, ostensibly to viit her uncle
in Ashland. Rice, who had been em
ployed by McPherson on the farm,
left the farm Monday, coniing to
Medford, nnd on Wednesday left for
Ashland on the motor. Mrs. Mc
Pherson is snid to have left Medford
n couple of hour Inter for the south,
oa No. 13.
Sunday following Mr. McPherson
went to Ashland to see his wifo and
bnbies, and there for the first time
learned that his wife hnd not bonn
to Iter relatives' in Ashland nt nil. He
then applied for n wnrrnut chnrging
ndulterv
JOHN STOTT HANGED
FOR KILLING WOMAN
IIARRISBURG, Pa., March 5.
John Stott was hanged in the jail
yard today for tho murder of Mrs.
Rlnncho Taylor, with whom he was
infatuated.
Just before ho was hanged, Stott
snid:
"Good-bye everybody. Tell mother
I'll meet her there."
Roforo Mio Inst fnrowell, Stott's
mother clung to him nud pleaded for
tho privilege to ask tho govornor for
clemency. Stott soothing her said:
"Don't do it. It would be useless 1
am prepared to go."
PRICES FAIRLY STEADY
IN STOCK MARKET
NKYV YORK, March 5. At the op
oning of tho stock market today
prices were fairly steady. Canadian
Pacific, roso 3-4 and United Stutes
Steel was up a small fraction. Read
ing nnd American Smelting made
slight declines. Tho Hill stocks rose
frnetionuily, nnd the Southern rail
road group was barely steady,
The market closed steady.
Bonds were firm.
HO
No. 297.
SUFFRAGETTES
THREATEN TD
BURN PALACE
Militant Women Attack Buckinrjliam
Palace, Home of King and Queen
Window Smasiilnn Campaign U
Renewed All Bulldlnns Guarded.
Leaders Hoplnrj for Bloodshed Will
Terrorize the Country Until They
Get Votes Riots to Continue.
LONDON', .March 5. Open threats
by militant suffragettes to burn
Buckingham palace, the home of
King George and his queen, todny
ennsed the municipal authorities to
throw n double lino of gunnk
around the structure. The situation
is extremely seriou, the )K)ice pre
dicting that the suffragettes un
doubtedly will attempt to enrry into
exeoution their threat to destroy the
roynl pnlnce.
The women renewed thoir window
smashing eumpaign early today, but
were successful in only a few enses,
ns the inerchnnts have bonrded up
all windows in thoir stores, nnd nil
the banks and public buildings are
heavily guarded. The women openly
defied the police. Attempts to dis
perse a mob of suffragettes resulted
in the women trying to drug mounted
officers from their horses. The suf
fragettes clnim to court nrrest, hop
ing in this way to Till the jails to
overflowing.
"We will be militant," the leaders
declured, "unless we gain our rights.
It our nresent methods nrc not
strong enough, we have more drastic
ones- in reserved
The suffragettes openly ndmit Mint
they nre hoping for bloodshed, nnd
say the present campaign will not
stop until such a state exists.
REIGN OF TERROR
L
SHANGHAI, Starch 5. Outrages
everywhere throughout central nnd
southern China ore reported in de
spntehes received hero todav. Ban
dits, mo.stly deserters from tho army,
are looting and murdering; women
are being violated and tho situation
in general is ontirelv beyond tho con
trol of the government.
It is roportod horo Mint Che Foo
has been looted and set on fire. Tho
wiros from Shanghai are down, and
the report cannot be verified.
Bandits nre lorrorizzing the pro
vinces of Kwnnir Tunir nnd Kwjiiil' Si
and foreign residents have token re
fuge in the Missions.
Foreign warships aro ontrollinir tho
rivers of southern China. Russian
troops left Harbin for Tien Tsin to
day from whence they will bo sont
through to Pekin. Dr. Sun Yat Sen,
former provisionul president, is ulso
enroute from Nanking to Pekin.
FOSS REMOVES
MILITIA CHIEF
LAWRENCE, Mass., March C
Striking toxtllo workors horo today
nro jubilant ovor tho ordor of Qov
ornor K. N. Foaa, rellovlug Colonol
SweeUor from command ot tho ututo
mllltla nnd placing Colonol Franklin
Joy In chargo. Tho workers opouly
assort that Colonol Sweetzor wna ro
sponslblo for tho ordor preventing
tho strikers from sending thoir chil
dren away from tho dluturbed city
and ulna for tho ullogod outrages per
potratod ngaltiBt women uiul children,
No reason was assigned for tho
transfer by Govornor Fohh oxcopt
Mint ho plans to chnngo commundora
periodically.
No dlsordor of any kind was ro
portod today.
INDKPBNUBNCB." Ore."." March C.
Four buslnosB buildings on 0
street between Main und Railroad
wore destroyed by (iro early today.
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