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&& Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER I lain, Ptntfoncry tempernturfl .Mill. Jill Mux. Kit Pre. .7.1. Knrty-ircoiiil Ter. Dully Hiivimtli rr. MEDFORD, OJIHQOX, MONDAY, .JANTAItY 13, 391H. NO. 25,1. IN OF L PAIR OF POSTAL ESPEE MERGER T I U DGEARCHBALD 0 M DEADLOCK QUIET ELECTION HUH AN S UNO GUILTY CALLED TO ORDER PREVENTS PEACE SEEMS PROBABLE AUH WITH UMBRELLA t: Justine of Commerce Court Impeach cit liy Senate (or Graltlnu ami Im proper Conduct Volt; Aualnsl Him Is GO to 5 In Ills Favor. WASHINGTON, .tun. III. Tim maximum penally n iilcil liy Im peachment laws won imposed iimui .liitlK Itohcit W. Aiohbnld of llt eniniueiee court lute tndny liy (he senate, follow Int; his conviction l' flvi' of tlio lliirli'cn niUdcmeiiiinrs vvilh which Id wiih clmiged. IJ i i - In cludes Ids li'iiiovul ftnin till) federal judiciary, including tliu eniuiueree I'onit, ami ilUiiimliriiMilloii from over holding a government office. WASHINGTON, Jan. lil.-Tlio er mine wiim turn finiii the shoulder of Judge Itoln'it W. Aii'liluilil of tln iHiimncri'tt court here loduy when he wns convicted hy I In- t'lillcil State uminlo of "misbehavior iimt misde meanor of officii," Tlio Jurist win. fomiil utility of fivn of tlm l.'l nrtif'i with which hi hhk churned- the lirl, Ihuil, fniiith mill thliici'iilh. Alter voting eiuitiuunulv for three llOllfM, till' M'lllltl' WCIll illtll CXCCIltlVC rhinii to ili'i'iili' whether Archlmhl mIioiiIiI Iii forever di-iiunliried from itnv olher federal office or ineiely KMiiovcil from liU prnsent otitiiui. Conviction on any one of I he l.'l nill oil's curiicd with it n penalty of o mm ill from tin limich. Tin' liiKhit voli' in favor of Arrh Imlil en inc on tirliclc tun when every senator voted for iiciiuilliil except Senator Ahurst of Aiionn. Art lilmlil I lent News While the voting wiih in progicst IiiiIk' AnhliuM mnl Mr. Archlmlil mmii sequestered in ii i-ommitfcc room, the Iioiiko sergeant nt nniiH shielding them from u ourious crowd which lllleil tlm corridors. The only break In llietr seclusion wiih when n puro uiirom)h'il with tlm result of 'licit vote. No comment wm fnilhcnming from the licensed Jmlxu us he iihiiI each Imllol. The tfctiHlnr who volcil to acquit on tlm Hit. I nillele were: lliinihnin of N'cw Hampshire, Cn I not of New .Mexico, Oliver mnl Pen rose of IVinisvlvnnhi, mnl I'nintnr of Kiiilucky. Tlm senator Milctt to convict on the first nrticle: Ashurst, lluukhcml, llnruh, llotirtic, llraudcgcc, Hi Mow, llntvvn, Hrynn, Mill Ion, I'liuiiihcilain, Clnpp, Clarke of Wjnnilng, ("Murk of Arkansas; Cianc, Cruwfnid, Culberson, Ctillom, dimming, Cut lis, Dixon, l)iiiont, rietehcr, Foster, Onlllnger, (loic, (Iroiinn, Hitchcock, Johnson, Jones, Ixcuynn, Lnfollcttc, Lippllt, Lodge, .MeCumber, McLean, .Martin, Mm line, Myers, Nelson, N'cvvlunds, (VOnriuuii, I'eikins, Owen, Perky, Pnindcxtcr, I'iMiiereiie, lleeil, Hiclmrdsou, Hoot, Sunders, Shivoly, Simmons, Smith of Ariwua, Smith of Georgia, Smith of Maryland, Sniool, Stephenson, Stone, SwmiMin, Thornton, Tillmmt, Town send, Warren, Wetmorc, Willimn", Wnrkw, I'iiro unit SulliL'tlmiil. ScnntorH Kcin, DilliiiKhnm, Till iiiiiii, Jiu'Ickoii of Maryland mid Claike of ArkmiHiiM; Ovcimmi, John htonn of Alnhmnn; IliipH, Full and Smith nf MiehlKmi were nliseul. Kciskell of Arkiinsnx mid .Iidin ntoiu) of Texas were, t'xctiM'd from voting. CO KS DRUG MARKET NH WY01IIC, Jan. 13.-Willi cop. ier hharcH weak, virtually tlio whole list Hold off (he opening' of the Htoek nmrlicl hero today. ,Aumlnnnuited dropped u point iih did Utah Copper, fitiiiiiliaii I'aeil'ii', IteadiiiK and l.e IiIkIi Valley. Shoit covering wiih In evidence nhorlly ut'ler tlm opeuin); mid the inurkel lu'ati to renpoud, thu rail road liht recuveriiiK en 1 1 rdy. (Joppur hharcH were n drat; on llm inurkel. The ntieet kept In clone, Umcli wiih WaHhliij,'loii uewH on u ehmieo that the Hiiprenm eottiL iiiIkIiI hand down Hh dccihloii in llm MIuiic.hoIii rule ciiHe, 'I'he iniirket rinsed Hteady, Iiouda woro vaxy, Lovntt Resluns From the Southern Pacific ami Krtittsclinltt From the Union Pacific New Boards of Directors Elected. N'CW YOltIC, Jim. in, Hleim for the tllimiilulliiii of (Tic inerr."r of tho IIiiIiiii Pacific a n (I the Hotithcrn l'a clflc rilllwuy coitipiMileH In coiiipllanie with u rctctii itrlnlon of tlm I'nlted HlnlcH Hiipti'iiiM rourl were taken hero lodii)', .IiiiIkc Itohcit B. I.ovctt rchlcncd im director mnl offlclnl of tint Hotithcni Pacific ciimpntiy unit Jnllim Kriillclinlll, truffle iiiaiuir.cr o tlio Houthern I'nrlflc, reolKiH'd from nil conncrllon with Mm Union IMflele. ICnitUetiiiltl wnn ctorleil chulrmnn of Ihc Koutliern I'nrlflc hoard of ill rcct(irn, mnl llonirc llunlliu?, W. I'. IIIUh, CornelliiH N. HIIkn, (). I. LelKltlnu, J. X. Karvlti. J. It. Kclhy. l II. Kclhy nud IC. V. HwntiMin wcro elocleil dlrrrtom of that company to fill vnrmielmi cnuneil hy tho rellrif mmit of Otto II. ICiihu, t'hnn. A. Ten hoily, M I. Hchlff. P, A. Vunilcrllp, I". W. Uoi'lct, I.. J. Hpeiit-c ami .Mnrvlii llitKhltl. Alcxmulcr Millar rlKM'i! nH cc rclnry of (he Houthern Pacific, and UivcH, fjchlff mnl Vmulerlli retired from tho executive rommlttco of the name corporation. Wallace. Hwannon mnl Itohert (loclet, will mircccd them. KruttHchuIlt nUo rcdlKueil il I reel or hIiIivk In Ihc Oregon Hhort I.luc and ti Ori'Kon-WaihlnKton Itnllrnnd nud Navigation compmiy. electIm PRESIDENT I0DAY WASHIN'dTON', .lun. in.nover. nor WiImiii i;etH Iuh Iiij-IiokI collegiate houow today tlm lttckior.1 of lucky, IhiitcetiN, markliiK hin career. A diplomit maiKed "elected piiidonl" wilt he the college hotiorM coufcrteii iimiu him loduy. "The electoral col lege" will do the conferring. I'lcidenlml MiH'torH will meet in every one of the forty -eight hlme cupilolM lodHy. They will cut their xoIch for iircxidenl mid icc tr dent -the nnlv perHoUM who aelual'y otc "lor" WiUou, ItnuM'vtdt mid Tuft. Today' vole Ih however, pcif one lory. The elcolnrw jegihtcr, ns they were pledged hy Novemher liekel, hy choice of tho people for the iintion'H chief mid "Mihititnto" cxeetttive WiNoti mid .Mai-nhull. The ichiiIi Iiiih hint; hcen known, hrcniiMt of the inviolalde pledge of the eleetorx to vole its they are told Today the electors prepare their "rettinm" to fonvnrd here to the piVHidcnt pro tern of the seuute. LEGISLATI PLANS FOR PRIMARY HALT I.AKi:, Jan. HI. The tenth Utah IcKlHlutiiro convened hero nt noon toihiy, Tho ropuhllcmia having an ovcrwhelnUiiK nutjorlty, are plnn iiIiir to redeeni their ciimpulcn pled(;eH, Incliullnt; tho ennctniout of a direct primary law, a iiov latntlon ineiiHtire mid the rovUlon of tho elec tion InwH. The lcKlnlnturu will ulno prohahly ratify th6 prnpoHed ameml ineiitH to tho federal cotiHtltutlon pro vldlnK for an Income, tax ami direct election of United Stales senators. Two years iu;o the legislature do feated a roBohitlon to ratify tho In come tax amendment. There are It! repiihllemiH and a democrats In the Henuto and a I repnhllcans mid 1-1 ileiuoeratH In tho huuse. ARGUMENTS MADE UPON MEDFORD RATE BILL CASE l'OHTUN'l), Ore., .Inn. 111. Arj-u-inenl in llm Medford initiative rule hill case wiih hcmi thin nl'loiiuxm In the Unlled Slnlen dlslriet court ho fine judges (dintrlut) Wolverlon mid llcau mid .Indue (lilhert of the United SIiiIch Cireuit Court of Appeuln. It U helieved tho ni'ipuneiit will eontiuue ovov tomorrow. Mnlarky Made President of Senate and McArlltur Speaker of House Constructive Lrijlslallou Proyram inril hy Governor West. MALUM, Ore., .Inn. i:i. Tlif Iwe.i-ty-Ki'Vcnlh si-Hhimi of the Oregon litv iihilure wum called lo order nt SO o'clock hy the cleikH ol the M'linte ami hotixc ntt lively. Following the piCHeutilii: of crcdi-ntinlii, the election nf hn'nl,er of the Iioiih" mid preiident of Ihc Ni'iutle wn proceed ed with. Am the orpiniznlioii't of the two Iioiihcm hud previously decided on their choice, Ihtii .1. Malnikev wum elected picxiilcni of Die hcntile and ('. N". McArthnr xpenker of Ihc Iioiinc. llnlh ure I'orlland lawvern. aftllinlcd wiih the rcpuhlicmi pai'v The two Iioih.cn urc overwhelmingly rcpuhlicmi. Cniliniilvi' N-ullntlon If htipMirled hy the IcpiMlalute, (Jovemor Weot prcdicU that this " nion will he the mot coiihtnictiv in the history of nny wotern (.talc SluliiiK that practically nil jtrafl hm hcen eliminated from the adml-sinn of the ftlnle'H uffuitx, hv the Oregon scheme, Ihc covcnior hn outlined u procrmu of hitlnlive aehieveinenU which will pul the MitnuKcmcnt of Ihc HtnteV nioiievw mid pnipertien on the ame IiiihIh iih that followed out hy large corporations thiiH doin awtiv with much of the waste which prcvuilrt in many Mute, mid which, flovernor West decline, is us much reopmisihlc us grnlt, for hish luxa tion. One of the first thiols on the pro cram will he Ihe cousideralioii of more than fifty hills passed hy the lust legislature which were vetoed hy (loveruor West, the most imsirlaut of which U n hill providiiiK I't'twii second choice vote in primary elec tions. The first xesdnn of the blnie mmi ate lasted just eihl miiiules. Sena tor M. A. Miller of l.inu couuly called the senate In order. In u short hm'ccIi he recommended that a credit nhle showiiiu ho made ut the Panama I'ncille exMisilion. Senator W. W. falkiim wiih eleeted teiiiHiniry presi dent. It look the house just ten minute lo affect temporary on;auiration pre liminary to the election of the sn'ak er. Immcdiiilclv nfler the iuvoentiou, Lutoiirette, of Multnomah, nominated 1 ltonchrake, jih lcnisirary speaker. His eleclioii wiih unanimous. MEXICAN GENERAL HANGED BY REBELS i:i PASO, Jan. 13. That General Joho do In Lni Hlnnco, conunnndlnR Mexican federal forcen, nud his niece nud his necretnry were liunRed ut the Hearst much nt llahtcora, Chlluinhun. hy order nf tho (leuernlH Hnjns and Curuveo, Ih stated In advices received hero today. Tho report states that Hlnnco nnd his secretary xvero kidnapped Friday, court-innrt Inlcd yeuterdny nnd public ly executed. After tho execution five hundred roue's fired n volley Into lllanco'H dniiKlliiR corpse, General lllanco was n former rebel who denerted to Mndoro. HOW HEARST BOUGHT STOLEN OIL WASHINGTON', Jnn. 13.- How Willimn It. Hearst is ulleged to Imvo obtained letters from tho secret files of the Standard Oil company in New York which resulted in n iolilieal Hcaudnl years ago, resulting in thu retirement lo private life of several hKh puhlin of fieiuls involved us bene ficiaries of the liberality of the trust was told on the witness stand here lodayu by Gilchrist Stewart, n negro lawyer who has been acting as mi in vestigator fr former United States Senator Joseph J. Foruker of Ohio testifying before tho Clupp somite iuvestigalinj committee. Foraker used lo he n member nf Ihe senate following Ihe publication hy Hearst of Home of tho letters in question. Slowarl repented interviews he had bud. with Wm, WiuUt'tolili u neaio Turkish Representatives Agree to Re Main Until Saturday Bulgaria Gets $28,000,000 Loan Turkish Cahlnet Plans to Reslfin. LONDON', Jan. 1JL NYsnHtiliiiim hetwreii the envoys of Turkey mid the Hnlkmi stntc.i renehed today what virtually amounts to a deadlock. Kcsclul I'nHliu, chief of the Ottoman plenipotentiaries, minoimcid that the Torliioh renresentiitives would re- iiiaiu heic until .Slilurday. At Ihe reipiest of Sir IMvvnrd Urey, llritlsh foreign seerelnry, ind It is helieved that Ihe lliilknu thdriites aNo are llkclv to remain T) liudon until then. It was scmi-offieJally lenrned lo duv thai Illilurin lots ei'.inphlcd lie j;otiiilions here for 11 loan of .L'8,. 01)0,(11)11. Alarmist; say this money is lo he used t prosecute the war upiinst Turkey, hut irtore optimistic oliscrvnrs insist that it is needed in rcciipeiiilini; from the recent hostil ities. An unverified dispiil.oli from Con stantinople snys Hint the Turkish cabinet has decided to resign. It is ii No iesirtcd lh(it (he Oltomuu min istry eonlemplac4 unlliiiK a neucrn! council, similar liLlhat of 1878, with Ihe intention or shifting to the people tho responsibility of deeiding vvliether lo continue the present war. I'temicr Daueffchfof of the Iltil--iirimi envoys, resuuiod ncpotiatious this morning, with M. Joueseu, the envoy of Itoummiia, oVer the situation which threatened last week a break between those. (vi countries, inde pendent of the Tiirko-Ikilknii di-pute. The "mnbassiidoriiil Hiiiveialions" were resumed toda'y nt the llritish forcFxn tiffiee. niotoiniilH here ex pressed Ihe hort'fAsittfft'ntroir that the KuroM-ait iwiwers would present In the Hnlkmi mid Turkish plenis lentiaries infortiiat prosi-aU which would make xis.ibe n icsumptioii of the t'onference. I HALIFAX. Jan. 13. O-viiiK to Ihe wind shifting In the north, it is fear ed today that the steamer Uranium, Itotterdaui for New York, which went on n reef near the Chehucto Hcnd-lij-ht station duriiiK thick weather, will break up. A fleet of wrecking nnd salvage vessels is standinij hy. but it Ih not e.xveeted that any at tempt will be made to pull the Uran ium off thu rocks until noon. Officials of the nlenmship com pany are nrrnuc,iuK for special trains to take the 8SU passenj;ers to New York. Captain Kustaee of Uranium re fuses to explain the cause of the mis hap, but it is believed that he miscal culated his position. UOSTON, Jan. i:i. At a republi can caucus here today CniijiresMiuiii John W. Weeks w.is named Unite.) Slates senator on tho thhty-first ballot. i messenger formerly employed in n confidential capacity in tho offices of (ho Standard Oil company. Ho testified that Winkfield told him (lint it wns n chance remark made hy Chnrles Stump, a clerk in tho Stand ard Oil office, telling how an employe had sold some financial secrets of the onrporution in whose employ he was, which led Stump nnd Winkfield to attempt the Mile of Standard Oil sec rots. Winkfield, according to Stewart, said ho and Stump "sounded out" tho New York World, hut failed to sell any loiters and that finally they met tho night editor of tlio Hearst paper. "Winkfield told mo," Stewart tes tified, "that he wns given a list of 200 men in public life whose letters to nud from tho Standard Oil com pany would he obtained," Stuwui't declared that when ho was 1 MM ON m KS B 883 ABOARD SAVED Candidates Only Ones Excited Polls Open From 9 Until 5 O'clock, Mak ing It Hard on Working Peopk Evrryone Is Confident. The busiest men in Medford today were the five run vomit y enudidntes mid friends immediately interested in the result. The candidates followed eneh other's footsteps through the business section of the city nil day mid on the eve of the final hat tie each expresses himctr as confident of the result. The poles will he own from 0 until ' o'clock, am! working peoplo ure loud in their protest as they have no time to vote. The euenils nnd lieutenants in the vurious camp-, have it all figured out, with checks opswilc the nnmes of reyistensl voter- whom ihov eon sider eerlnin. Some of the name are cheeked on four of the five lists. The votp of the women mid of the men who nre snyinj: nnihiuc is claim ed by eneh mid it is generally conced ed that the one who rounds up the largest share of this vole will be the next mayor. Promise (Jnlet Klcrlion So fur as the oidinary eiliren is concenieit there has never been so quiet mi election. No one seems to worry or eare as to the result mid if them are nny decided preferences thev are not being expressed. The socinlisth have n chance of electing the mayor and nt least one council man, many going so fur ns lo say that they will elect aldermen in both the second and third wards. The candidate who violates the corrupt practice net will not go far with it according lo assertions mndv on the streets this morning, certain eandjdnjes declaring lliat they nre ready to have wa'rmnts sworn out on (he firt violation brought to their attention. The usual amount of ru mors concerning the iniMirtatinti of voters is on hand mid en re fill cheek ing up at the tsdls will he made, rolling Places The opinion prevails that the mnn who eau tonight pick tomorrow's winner has n fortune in store for him as a soothsayer. In the meantime the candidates nre excited nud no one else realizes that mi election is m heiluled to take place tomorrow. The (.silling places ure: Fut wnnl Old .Meeker store, next to Star theatre, on Kast Main. Second ward -l'alm Huildiiig, 217 West main. Third ward City hull. BY STRIKING I. W. W. JUNCTION CITY, Ore., Jnn. 13. Forty special deputy sheriffs nre to day on guard at a construction camp on the Portland, Kugene and Kastern Railroad, near Monroe, as the result of a raid during which alleged mem bers of the I, W. W. wrecked three box earn of provision, und threw tho latter into tho river. Tho trouble is the outgrowth of a strike culled seven weeks ngo against the Portland, Kiikciio nnd Eastern railroad when the wages of the men were reduced from -.SO to $2.'25 per tiny. TRUST LETTERS in Chicago last December seeking in formation regarding Winkfield he learned that detectives and gunmen were searching for him. He testified that ho was arrested by (ho Chicago police, who forced him to enter tho office of Hearst's newspaper. "I recognized in Mr. Lawrence, Hearst's nriueipal agent in Chicago, the man who had nsked the gunmen: 'Officers, have you searched the pus oner T"' "I (old him he needn't try (o hold court in tho Hearst building, l.nw reuco replied (hut ho was supposed to get some information. Lator 1 was permitted to go." Stewart said hu had decided not In prosecute until after ho had com pleted his testimony here. Wiukfiold is ill hero and was im uhlo to appear before (hu committee today. ... Series of Bold Thefts In Southern Oregon Found to Have Been Com mitted by Man nnd Woman Who Are Caught With Plunder. Ctilof of Police Hlttnon Monday tf tcrnoori received n tnlcphono met saRe from Iloscburg that tho thclvcs who have been robbing vnrlouii not oftlceit In the Hoguo river valley for the pat fortnight, were captured there this afternoon. They provo to he a man and woman, trnvellng to gether with two children, Plunder of nil kinds wa taken uon them, as well im a complete outfit of skeleton key and rallrond wltch keys. The watchcji secured at Kogao Ktver as well as other plunder se cured In their scries of burglaries, the marked $2 bill, and the stumps and pennies stolen were found In their possession. Tiie mnn gives the name of J. Alli son, which the (Hiliee believe an nlius. He win nrre-ted nt n Inenl hotel, where he registered jestcrdnv with Ihe woman whom he claims is his vvifo mid (wo children. He claims tffat she is mi innocent party, but she is being detained pending investigation. lie made n full confession nnd will be taken to Portland to be tried for robbing the iHstofiiee. All of the jewelry nnd other loot secured was foifnd in possession of the couple, including $8..'m in nickels and pennies nnd -f-iti.fiO in Mnmps, taken from xnrious sst offices. lie denies having robbed the Kngle Point office, but admits the other thefts. Trace of the thief wns obtained by the woman's cashing $7.30 in jteunies at a (Irani Pass bank, the day be fore the Hogiie Wiver robbery, She remained- in (!rnn( 'Vahs wiih-lho ehildrt'u, while Allison went up to Ifogue Ifiver and mnile the haul. lp on the money secured, the family went to Itoscbiirg. ESCAPED CONVICT BY SAN FUANCI8CO, Jan. 13. Al though 100 heavily armed men sient all yesterday and last night hunting for Herbert ltepsold, the "perfumed burglar" who effected his escape from San Quentln Friday nlKht by stealing tho overcoat and hat belong ing to Prison Director Duffy, ho Is still at largo today. A novel feature of tho search for ltepsold was tho uso of n hydro aeroplane driven by aviator Silas Chrlstofferson which scoured tho shores of Marlon county in a hunt for the missing man. Owing to the hardships ho is be lieved to bo undergoing, It Is tho be lief of Warden Hoylo that ltepsold will bo compelled to coino out of hid ing Boon and give himself up. TO SLAY HER HUSBAND WAHPUCA, Wis,, Jan. 13. Unre pentem und rofuslng to employ coun sel Mrs. Palter, who killed her hus band with u bludgeon last Tuesday Is held In Jail today. Mrs, Palzer who was arrested Sat urday following the funeral ot her husband, confessed to tho crime, and boforo tho district attorney and three witnesses re-enacted tho tragedy. Tho killing was witnessed by Mrs. Palzur's 13 chlldron. Tho woman said alio crept up behind her husband as ho nto his supper, crushed his head with ouo blow, burned tho weapon, washed tho blood from tho floor and then bnndaged the man's wounds. llor husband's cruelty, sho declared, wns the motlvo for her action. SNOW THREE INCHES DEEP MANTLES THE NORTHWEST PORTLAND, Ore., Jnn. 13. A snow three iuches deep today man tles Portland. Thu snow full was general along tho north Pacific coast and in eastern Oregon ami Washing ton, where it will be of great benefit to winter-sown wheat. Daring Attempts Made to Holil-up Preacher and Dcpotmastcr at Phoenix Latter Fights Off High waymen and is Badly Wounded. Opposing his umbrella to revolvers and bullets of four hlghwnymen who attacked him Sunday evening on his way homo from tho depot with tho day's receipts upon htm, Station Agent Leonard of Phoenix niado a gallant and successful fight though struck over tho head repeatedly with revolvers, blinded by tho btood from his wounds, and his umbrella shot to pieces by a bullet. As the shoot ing attracted a crowd, tho bandits fled Into the brush, leaving tho agetl depot master with tho monoy still upon him. A few minutes previously, the same men held up Iter. J. K. Dalllle, on his way to church, but tho approach of citizens frightened them off, whllo tho minister was arguing with them tho absurdity of trying to rob n country parson. Throe HoIkxm Caught Early this morning, throo hoboes, two of whom answer the description ot the robbers who havo burglarized firo postofflccs In Southern Oregon during the past fortnight, wero pulled off a southbound freight by railroad detectives, and Sheriff Slnglcr with the victims of tho Phoenix hold-up. went to Ashland Monday to Identify tho men. who aro hollered to bo re sponsible for the attempted robberies there. Sheriff Slnglcr was notified ns soon as tho attempted robherlcji occurred, and left at onco for tho scene, spend ing the greater part of the night seek ing tho bandits. An Impromptu poaso was organized and' the ' region be tween Phoenix and Talent .scoured. On account of tho rain, tho sheriff's blood-hounds were not put on tho went. Slnglcr Arrests Dozen A good description of tho men was secured by tho Hev. Uatllle, as It was not qulto dark when ho was hcld-up. Two of them nnswer tho description of tho post office robbers. All wcro roughly dressed and had noles burned In their coats, which had evidently been hung up to dry before tires. Tho suspects arrested at Auhlnnd ututt had holes In their coats. Mr. Leonard has been station agent for many years nt Phoenix and Is nearly 70 years of age. Sheriff Slnglcr at Ashland Monday rounded up nil tho hoboes In tho freight yards at 2 o'clock. 12 men wcro in tho Ashland Jail hooked as suspects. WHAFSTHE MAHER ASlU'aTO', Jan. 13. Tolo graphlc report of the exact condition of Wm. Kockefellor, wanted as a wit ness beforo the house money trust Investigating committee, was received today by Chairman Pujo from Dr. Charles Richardson, tho committee's medical expert, who was sent to Miami, Flu., to examine, tho million aire oil magnate. Pujo refused to dtvulgo tho contents ot tho roport. Rockefeller's private physicians havo assorted that his llfo would bo endangered it ho wero to appear bo foro tho committee at this time. Thoy allege ho Is suffering from throat trouble- and other ailments which would bo aggravated by examination by tho probers. Dr. Richardson Is duo from Miami Wednesday, and will then give tho carumltteo n full roport ot Rockefel ler's condition. Representative Pujo stutcd thnt If tho physicians diag nosis bears out tho affidavits ot Rockefeller's physicians, tho commit tee will not Insist on tho millionaire coming to Washington. SALEM GIRL APPOINTED PAGE IN LEGISLATURE SALEM". Ore., Jnn. l.'L-Dorn Gray n Salem girl, 17 years old. lias hccii appoiuted " pages in ihc. hUIq i-en-ate. This is the iirst time in the his tory of thu Oregon legislature, or nny .other, that a girl has heeiv ap pointed iu (his. position. WII K 9 ? f