Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1901-11-28

clause In the Ontario liquor license act,
which provides that If any member of
any municipal council is convicted Of
having committed an offense under the
act he shall forfeit and vacato his seat
aud shall be disqualified for two years
thereafter. Political enmity is said to
be responsible for the downfall of
Morris.
At the national convention Of the
knights of Labor at Indianapolis, Gen.
eral Master Workman Simon Burns at
tackled the American Federation of
Labor, and said that the steel companies
In the recent strike were victorious be-
cause of treachery and the failure Of
organized labor to do its duty. The
Amalgamated association expected at
least the friendship Of the American
Federation OF Labor, said Mr.. Burns.
but they received nothing but deception
and opposition.
In test at Sandy Hook. the ordinary
army l2-inoh rifle, with an armor-pierc-
ing she'll filed with q small charge Of
high explosive, drove hole 10 inches in
diameter through hardened steel plate
llh inches thick. and Immediately
thereafter, before the shell had emerged
from tho steel cofferdam behind tho
plate, 1t exploded. making hole In
the interior steel construction through
which man could run an automobile.
In tho opinion of the officers present.
no battleship can stand against even
one i2.inch gun equipped with the new
projectile, which Is the invention Of o
United States army officer.
"Princo Ranji OF Baluchistan." the
mysterious potentate from India who
aroused the curiosity OF London by his
Ia wish luxury and naughty reserve, and
who was an object Of great interest in
Montreal, turns out upon his arrival In
New York to DO only cook. the curry
cook In Sherry's famous restaurant.
His name is Joe Ranji Smile, whom
hundreds Of New Yorlsers know we'll.
Tho newspapers, he said, wero tho
cause OF all the talk as to his being tho
head of some principality somewhere.
Justice o'Gorman, in tho supreme
court at New York, OF his own motion
set aside verdict for $500 in favor Of
julius Wilson, who sued the Metropo-
Titan Street Railway company for
$4,000 for the death Of his 5-year-old
son Lawrence on the ground that such
verdict was utterly inadequate. The
Justices action is said to be without pre-
cedent in the New York courts. "The
verdict" said Justice O'Gorman, 'is
peryerse, and the damages arbitrarily
and capriciously fixed at such low
figure as to shock the moral sense"
The Christmas number Of The Delin-
Gator is about the first Of the special
Christmas issues. 1t is beauty. The
cover is most artistic production, show.
ing beautifully gowned woman stand
ing gracefully IN brilliantly lighted
salon. Two charming love stories, one
by Cyrus Townsend Brady, plenty Of
advice regarding Christmas Gifts, timely
pointers on Cookery, winter-time care OF
Plants, all the fashions OF the day in
terpreted into simple language, can be
found in the Christmas number OF The
Delineator. II is splendid magazine,
satisfactory inside and out. There is no
magazine for women at present pub
lished that is more practical in all its
pages. As Xmas gift itself, it bears
its own recommendations.
j. b. Labor, representative Of the San
francisco Bulletin, has been spending
the past week in Grants Pass in the in
terest Of that journal.