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SH (tos Daily Edition USE TIMES WANT ADS Member of Associated Press. 3E VOL. I MARSHFIELD, OREGON, TUESDAV, JUNK 23, 1000. Xo. SOU smcrEarmn ASK I .:l hi OF UNCLE SI WEIGHTED mmvB IIMIIMMMIUMIMIMIHIIJami1MM , IIHM.l- II ...II Ill II .I.I.I. .III... I l.lll.lll FllKil DEATH WINS , i! ra BIT 01 Mi LONG RACE W ($0ty DOWN 5-1 I Vice President Writes Letter Expres ing Desire To Spend Few Days Here ACTION IS TAKEN L. J. Simpson I Ins Been Telegraphed to Personally Etciul Invitation to Distinguished Man. It seems reasonably assured that Coos Bay will enjoy tho honor of entertaining Vico-Presldent Fair banks. Jiidgo Sehlbrcde, ot iuuio.. flold, who is a personal friend of the Vice-President, extended the latter a letter of invitation to Coos Day on hearing that he was booked to visit Portland. Tho letter printed below was received in answer. L. J Simpson, of North 13end, is, however, In Portland at the present time, and the Coos Day Chamber of Commerce wired him la3t night to meet Mr. Fairbanks and seek to pro vail upon him to extend his coast visit to Coos Bay. The following let ter from the Vice-President is printed through the courtesy of Judge Sehl brcde: The Vice-President's Chamber, Washington. Indianapolis, Juno 18, 1907. My Dear Mr. Sehlbrede: Vour very kind note of the 7th is received. I thank you for your invi tation to make you a visit. I cer tainly would be most happy to do so if it were reasonably possible. I can not tell just exactly what disposition I shall bo able to maice of my time, but if I find I can visit Coos Day, of which I have heard so much, I will be very gla'd to do so, and will so advise you at the earliest opportunity. I am not at all optimistic as to my ability to make the visit. I only in dulge the hope that I can. Mrs. Fairbanks' health, I am sorry to say, Is not such that she can make the trip to the coast with me. Sho joins m0 in sending very kindest regards to Mrs. Sehlbrede and your self. Very sincerely yours, CHARLES W. FAIItDANKS. Mr. C. A. Sehlbrede, Marshfield, Oregon. ' -1 IJAYWOOIVS COUNSEL OUTLINES PLEA AND DEFENSE. rt ry rx 3 Will EndenvoK lo ShowVimt Orchard ' Murdered Steunenberg For Spite. Boise, June 24. In an address that occupied two sessions of tho , court today, ClaVenceDarroWj oCh cagoi -outlined to thc JuVyadetalled plea and defense of Haywood to the .charge that , he murdered st?,uXen; berg. In a tfrdad' description it? U Id be a denial of every material count In t,ho testimony of prflhrd,, with; f showing tlidt'Orohard1 killed Stepnenl berg because of a private grudge bom of tbo.loss of a rich share ii thpgret HercuIea'Ard'ine 'and explanations" ofJ the independent qlrcumstances that tend to connect the three co-defendants with Orchard's life and opera tions. The defense will call tho first witness tomorrow morning and prom ises unless tnecross-exa'minalioniis exceptionally long to make all its proof in seven 'or eht cou.rt. days. , j y COOS RIVER NEWS Mrs. E. S. Bessey of South Coos River, who has been suffering from an attack of sciatic rheumatism Is improving, and it is hoped sho will be woll again soon. Mr. Norris V. Morgan, a son of W. H. Morgan, of Daniel's Creek, ar rived homo a fow days ago from Philomat's College, where he i3 n student. Ho will spend tho summer vacation on tho Bay. Dorothy and Theodore, the two small children of EU,T. Coffolt, are quite Blck with whooping cough. Miss Luella Hodaon has been visit ing for the past week on South Coos River at the homes' of her uncles, W, F. and K. R. Hodson. s- After Four Thousand Mile Journey J jgjsg w&. AgainstTime Children Will s 'tJfe. Find Father Corpse ( VgX A r TWO OTHER DEATHS IfW CIce Jennings Buried Sunday James Fielder's Funeral To-Dayi After a four thousand-mile life and death race across the American con tinent, the slaughter and son-in-law of the late Thomas Besanti will, on reaching Coos Day by stage today, learn that grim Death is tho victor. Thomas Besanti was taken to the Mercy Hospital some tim8 ago and last week his condltjon became so serious tl.at the two children were telegraphc-1 for. They left for Coos Day Juno 15 expecting to see their father before he passd away. Ho died last Saturday and tho bodyjs being hold at the Lewis Undertaking Parlors until the arrival of the trav elers. At 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon the body of the late Cleve Jennings, who was shot aboard the steamer Alliance at Astoria about ten days ago, was burled from the Lewis Undertaking Parlors, Rev. D. W. Thurstoiv offi ciating. A great many friends of tho deceased were present at the burial which was held in the Marshfield cemetery. Coroner Dr. E. Mingus held an inquest yesterday afternoon at the Lewis Undertaking Parlors over the body of tho late James Fielder, who came to his death Saturday afternoon by accidentally falling in front of a moving train on the Coos Bay-Rose-burg and Eastern Railway and Navi gation Company tracks near tho Deavor Hill coal mine. About ten witnesses of the accident were ex amined. Tho funeral will be held from tho chapel this afternoon at 2 o'clock, W. R. F. Drowno officiating at the chapel while the Redmen will have charge at tho cemetery, the Eagles also being in attendance in a body. It is requested that the members of both lodges bo present. ' ,k 'WILL .RESIGN Oregon's Star Publicity Agent To Embark -In Private Business i A . vtoibJE."! A .roruanu, June z. rno most startling announcement made'at the a)s3lon'r bt "life .QfggoTTjqqpjeiif' ieaguo oy xom menarason, secretary and treasurer pf the league, and pub-' l(city maagenjif JtlTe Porlan(jJ gm- mercial Club, that it is his intention to retire from public exploitation work on tho first of tho year and de vote the rest of his timo to private business p.ursults. This announce ment came fop a surprise,, fqrjbijtyej'y fow of Mr. Richardson's close per sonal, friend,: were awnrpjot hjs. In tention to' roslgn'hls position in the publlqity, propaganda of Oregon. Tho .third annual.convonlon 6i'he Oregon Development League opened this morning, with a good represen tative attendance of enthusiastic boosters from all parts of tho state Tho opening session was marked with tho earnestness of tho'sovho elo? quently urged efforts looking to tho building of a great nnd grander "state in population, wealth and com merce. TUG ROBARTS DUE. Tho tug Robarts Is duo at this port to receive a cargo of general mer chandise. SCHOONER RU11V ARRIVES. The schooner Ruby arrived rt the Prosper Mill, Coqnllle river, Satur day, where shi is loading lumber for shipment south. LET CONTRACTS FOR GIANT SHIPS "Dreadnoughts" of U. S. Wavy to be Constructed at Cost $10,- 000,000 Each. Washington, D. C. Tho Nowport News Shipbuilding Company, with one bid at $3,987,000, and the Four River Shipbuilding Company of Quln cy, Masa, with a bid of $4,377,000, were the successful bidders today for building the big 20,000-ton battle ships. The bidding brought together the largest company of shipbuilders and others interested in naval construc tion that had been seen In the Navy Department for many months. The bidding was necesarlly complex, the builders availing themselves of the departments permissioriUo submit all sorts of combinations and alterna tive plans. These included straight bids upon the standard type with re ciprocating engines, original build ers' designs and combinations of the department's hull plans with turbine engine, some with and some without separate cruising turbines. The Newport News Company alone submitted no less than seven plans, and they were generally the lowest at all points and with all combina tions. Dlds wore also open for supplying the armor needed for tho two J)Ig battleships. For tho armor, which 13 divided Into four, classes, upon the basis, of tho difficulty of the shapes required, the Midvale Steel Company appeared to be the" lowest 1)ldder for the largest class, namely f$5 fconjs of class A, at $410 per ton. 'Fofl&f tons of armor in class D, th0 Carne gie and Betlileham companies ecU bid bid .fiitfp -pertoh; jwh'Uc the Midvalfe' vthuWioit .the lWlKoLJ 'waVMltf: FbWoVtonsofVlass' I Voltiargfvecffecl C, theL Carnegiej and Bethloham com D armdr, Bethloham bid S400. Mid- faJPjPf arjij jpdrnogio submluetPbj "Dreadnoughts,'' or whaharo daily knbttrt 'asVattl&minsTNbs. offi V2 and 20, are each to bo of approxi mately 20,000 .tons displacement: HW" mo&W $o,uuu,uuu, exclusive of armor and armamentt The total cost of each 0HPieSajj3stt5ba) tO ?1U,UUU,UUU. Responsive to tho actions of the Navy Department and in accordance with tho instructions to the Naval Board on Construction. thArn wore submitted., f tvrlouBjn deligns-v and sketches for tho proposed vessels frpmhjpbulhjors and -.naval, con structors. These were' In turn sub mitted to fy Naval Gommittco onDe felgii,, tho hea'd Tof twhlchi!was Asslit-J ant Secretary Newberrv. which board reppred, tbathe, DQ-foJtdos)fenfph the Bureau of' Construction (with officers' quarters forward) was tho most suitable. This -board cave, an oninlon that a i t . ' - - - , - - , vessel constructed on this , design would carry ao heavy armor and as powerful armament a3 any known vessel of this class; would havq a speed believed to bo tho highest prac ticable for a vessel of this typo and class and have tho highest practicable readiness of action, with a total coal bunker capacity of about 2300 tons, a speed on trial of 21 knots, a length on the load water ilne of about CIO feet and an extreme breadth of about S5 feet 2 Inches. Tho armament la to be composed as follows: Main battery, ten 12 lnch rifles; second battery, fourteen Now Orleans Times-Democrat. I n f a n it" rrk ca ra a r Him to im SIUSLAW Cottage Grove People Would Have Connection With Pacific Ocean. The Cottage Grove Western, Oregon In a four-column article In its last Issue urges upon the people of Lane county the Importance of uniting for construction of a railroad to Sluslaw harbor, and among other things says: "Tho crying neod of the fair state of Oregon at this time Is that of ad ditional transportation facilities. It would be hard to find a man in the State, oven among railroad men, who would not acquiesce in this state ment. "The route to tho Sluslaw out of Cottage Grove is a most logical one. It would be with little difficulty that west of this city and into tho Sluslaw country. From that point it would bo a down grade proposition. "It has been conservatively esti mated by engineers of repute that the cost of construction on this route will bo no greater than that of other roads in Oregon and not so great as many. A more fertile country can not be found. A greater future pro ducer of manufacturing "products cannot be" found in tho West. " 5-inch rapid fire guns, four 3-nound saluting guns four l-pounder semi automatic guns, two, 3-inch field pieces, two machine guns,' cllber '30; twp submerged torpedo tubes. The hulls-of the vcsscis 'are to-be ,pprtectea-by t aA wAtdr-lIriqbltf , armoreight fcetr Yrf width, whoi so maximum thickness is eleven inches, and whose cross-section Is. uniform . r.k . r. ... .t no. tin 1. ivepdf tection to the boilers, machinery jind rma izjnefspaces,5andj niotit impbrlj-. of-all1 for-yessbTs ofMhiS 'tyu.Q, whose centers of gravity jiro necessar OK; Vfy -WshaffOTdB ifahcpnnectH iWiheicrfsenVae;airmoVVfcxt6nll1 nectlon ivb- tin conditions. The sfde abavo tho melf.horrejerl $$ifr& ; Inches wide and of a maximum thick- Sess of ten inches. tTho armor -J throughout, and In length Is onl; slightly less than that of the main water-line bell armor. Above tho main casemate armor, amidships, tho side is covered by nrmor five inches Jntfilckb-ichradqnrjotetipp to tho smoke pipes, the majpr portion otho secondary battery of) flve-lnch guns'nnd -the hull structure.' ' - -Tho arrangement of the main bat tm BUnffJlsJVj.bojsu'chjntt to'poVjnlt'n? broadside firo of 25 per cent greater thanjthat o;(tb? broadside tf any known oattloshlp built. Tho aver age elevation of tho axis of thc30 suns Is expected to be greater than thatXofr any battleship built, thun af fording a distinct ailvantago .ln)7long weather. Tho nrangomont of tho Interior will bo such as to glvo the maximum ilegrco of protectlo'n to all 'vital por tions of tho ship by means' of un usually cffcctlvo compartmcntal sub divisions. Tho actual total weight of hull and armor In tho proposed designs for the ships is approximately 3000 tons greater than the largest battle ship so far built. Tho design con templates an arrangement for tho Installation of reciprocating or tur- blno machinery. 1 r.nmnnTTTnnntni Riihriivifltnn. n rnnsnn- M5l9SECTftftfi President of Telegraphers' Union Will Appeal on Grounds That National Business Suffers MACKAY TELEGRAPHS Condemns Action of Emplojc Says Company Will Stand Out Re gardless of Cost. Oakland, Cal., Juno 24. President Small, of the Telegraphers Union, an nounced this afternoon that ho would ask aid of tho United States Govern ment for a settlement of the strike. He said he would appeal to President Roosevelt and members of the Cabi net to Intercede on account of the transaction of buslnss of national Im portance being Interfered with bo cause of tho strike. President Small asserts when the intervention is made by the President and Cabinet offi cials it will b0 learned that tho strik ing telegraphers are in no wise to blame for the strike. A telegram received from Clarence H. Mackay, president of the Postal Telegraph Company by General Sup erintendent Storrer in San Francisco reads: "While deeply regretting the situation, I feel that our men in aban doning their positions wero unmind ful and heedless of their duty to the public and the company nnd are guilty of unwaranted action. We shall take a Arm stand in dealing with tho situation, and wo are deter minedw to win regardless of tho cost. With this in view I hereby approve and confirm tho Instructions given you by the general manager, in addi tion thereto you aro authorized to say to your loyal men who stand by us in our difficulty: "All operators will be paid their regular srlary as bonus and their services will bo com puted as extra on tho basis of seven hours per day or night." "Should you deem it wiso to do so you may also furnish free meals and lodging until wo return to our normal condition." It is almost a duplicate of what tho Western Union has of fered and been rejected. Small said todo.y Jie wanted his men to bo pre pared for a three weeks' strike if necessary, although there Is strong fooling that thot strike will not last over a week, as operators are so scarqq. ,. . . ,H t"Thp tfmeOfc'now come when ac tion should be taken by tho people of Cottago Grovo and Lane county to the endUb'nt ther natural waterways may' f ho fop&JeH o l'iTicdijRcnljmcc of interior Oregon's manufactured productg. .)2yery lndlyldiial clqlmiug LaXo county ias homo snouldi ue,como Interested in this vital matter. We may allf pf legislation asa saf. guavd against discriminatory trans-, portatlon methods from now until the oat or less.'oxlent, tho greatest humbler of railroad arro gance apdithijfta conefyive. trans portation line, of such J magnitude thnt nacli ono find Itself in a position to asktfor busjnessavox ite respectf, Ivo lino ihste'adiof-"Avavng Mt asidof when business comes a-begging, with tho hand accustomed to the looting of the shipper's pocket. "There arc other routes to tho SIu- slaws For instance, tho rautg from Jun'c'tibn ' Olty,'' rand' Ylk'ewlsb, 'tile direct routo out from Eugqne. In thp' matter, p.fr tho Junction JJHyjrouto no one will deny its importance to La,ip ,county , This ( routjq" , extends west'of Junction City, touching the Long Tom country, then lto tho Lako ,t .. .-..! '."iii'j .r 'iAiif.ri.- jori-un uuuiry,'uiuii uuwii mm cicuiw a trbltitnry to tho Sluslaw, striking tho Sluslaw river at a point some twenty miles above tidewater. Should a "ipad go qiit of Junction City, it would traverse a picturesque and for tllo part of Lano county, but so far as tho routo Is concerned it would not bo as practical as tho ono of which mention has been made above, neither would it tap a moro product ive country, while tho survpy would probably bo considerably lengthened Tho route directly out of Eugene Is not a practical routo, and should a starting point bo made of Eugene, In all probability tho survey would ab sorb olthor tbo Junction City route of the direct route from Cottage Grove. Eighty Indictments Loaded On the Shoulders of Former Boss of San Francisco MORE BRIBE CHARGES Oftlcials Now Under Ran of Law Seek to Have Indictment Set Aside. San Francisco, June 24. Six of tho corporation and city officials aro under indlcement for bribery. Presi dent Calhoun, General Manager Mul lally, Chief Counsel Tlrey L. Ford, Assistant Counsel Abbott, of United Railroads; Vice-President Glass, of Pacific States TcIephon0 & Telegraph Company, and Mayor Schmltz, through their attorneys, made deter mined efforts today to have Superior Judge Lawlor set aside the Indicct ments against them on the grounds of technical errors. After two sessions of the court had been consumed in a presentation of evidence in support of their conten tions the hearing adjourned until to morrow aftcrnoor. Abraham Ruef, late in tho afternoon was called to answer to twenty-eight of tho eighty odd Indictments charging him with tho bribery of municipal officials; fourteen are In connection with tho gas rate deal and fourteen are In connection with tho issuance of tho trolley franchise to the United Rail roads. Ruef, through his attorney, moved to set aside tho indictments oi grounds similar to those urged by th V other defendants. Tho motion was set for a hearing Thursday. UNION PAOTC TO BURN WEEDS How to rid its right of way of weeds so tall, rank and troublesome as to lintorfero with operation of trains, has been solved on tho Union Pacific railroad by tho invention of a machino that does tho work of 300 men a day. The now gasoline weed burnor turned out by the Omaha shops of tho Harrlman road covers twenty-flvo miles in 12 hours, whllo heretofore it lias required a ganjj of 10 men, working a full day, to cut tho weeds from a single mile of track. Tho weed burner Is built cntjrojy of steel, with regulation trucks. At pnJiid jig')1 gasoline onglno, Used for propelling ho car and pumping tho air which forces gasoline to, the bjurjiprs 3Jroau"V(s JoJit , near I tho ground. When at work tho Weed Jiurnor. Tuns three or four miles an i6i?Tuut,jban iipftuo a speed of from 12 to 1C miles, and is handled p th0 road" under regular train or4ers. rteroMu TJr? AT SMITH MILL Gives 'Establishment Effective tFire v Protection--Holds.7,000,000 t &-' Gallons 'of-Water A Mereen, general superintendent of (ned. Ai'SmllniMIIl, states that the largo reservoir for furnishing fresh water for thp,' boilers and flro fighting pumps at tho mill will bo fin'sjlod;, about July 15. Thjs reser voir 'will hold ,000,000 gallona ot water and tho purap3 connected with ft' for 'fire 'fighting-'pucposca! rtru pacTi capable of throwing 1,000 gallons per mlnuto. In addition, there are two pumps for foedlng tho bollrj, pach hnvlng a capacity of 900 gallons per mlnuto. Tho latter are larir than any purap3 ever used on C003 Bay. Ono ot tho two largo scow3 which havo been under course of construc tion at tho C. A. Smith Mill for tho past month was launched yeiterday. Tho scow measures 30 by 80 foot, and will carry 150,000 feet of lumber. It will bo used principally In carry ing lumber from the mill to the local retail yards. A twin scow will be completed In a short time. C. A. Smith will probably nrrlvo on next trip following the present ona of the steamer M. F, Plant. ft i; M M! M V PtHKnnilrMB'J4rM"!'Cfl 11 1 wwnt tx?mmmm