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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (June 14, 1913)
tmmf a rnss&k m fyi wHHfl"W THE COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD. OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 1913 EVENING EDITION. r 11 i I '6 1 L , YSTERY OF HALF CENTURY CLEARED 1). W. SMAI.l., A WKM-KXOWX COOS HAY MAX tin: fati: ok a imxativi:. I.KAHXS nlii inviu IP lr- -5s nUtOlnn lO I 0ver a Million and a Half ai i nurn Run I Gallons of m "" flLLUHLU unu I w E9M1NF i tandard Oil for Motor Cars M crc used last year in lubricating ' jClw I otor cars and motor boats. sjSy$$&& EROLENE 1ms won this popu- gJh rity on its m c r i t a perfect ftSfw ' ' xMRfliW ibrication. -'(Na "HiUW- I3ttipi if TtijMtiii 'Jji JIM SAN FRANCISCO A mvsterv of fifty-three years dur. ntlon was cleared this week when D W. Sninll accidentally noticed nn article In the National Tribune re garding John Hrown's raid at Har per's Ferrv. In the article, the fate of a young man named Cook who alli ed In It. Just prior to the Civil War. Wallace Cook, a cousin of Mr. Small, left his home In New York. Nothing direct was ever heard from him al though It had been Indirectly re ported that ho had Joined John llrown's band. Mr. Small and his relatives tried for years to ilml out what became of young Cook who was a favorite with them, having spent much time with Mr. Small's family at Holton, Me. He was about the same age as D. W. Small, Hero Is the article which gnipuiciy !!.. ll. tntn nt tllo VnlltlL' 1111111 ! i Editor National Tribune: There jed the top of Maryland HeigH were two articles published In The he lost his hold on wmetlilii nod Nntlonal Tribune within the year fell back about 30 fee;. IJvcr.xbo.lv and the railroad agent wore Killed before the attack on the engine house began. A young man named Luke Qulnii. a member of the Ma rine Corps, lost his life In the me lee. After It was all over I stood there almost paralyzed and had to be calhtd slinrplv to my duties. 1 don't think It wns fear, because there was nothing to cause fear. II must have been a feeling of horror at beholding tne nwful spectacle. It made such an Impression on my youthful mini nt tlr.- tlru Hin; I have never forgotten the smallest detail of that nwful tragedy. One of Hrown's mer (Cook), es caped to the Marvland sld of I he river and cllmbeJ lie almost prr pondlculnr cliff opposite Jlurpet's Kerry. When he had nearly rendi- onc by a resident of Ilagerstown. who saw nun tnoug rt mo wt-s ooom Mtl ami the other by n resident of ed and would be dnsV.l ti pieces CI rlestown. W. Vn.-descr'bl.ig tlieUr the foot of the r Iff. bur he suc Joln Ilrown raid. I enjoyed reading reeded In grnsnlng branches, wnl.h hose articles very much, but at best, endied him and he rw-inisl I. ...-.. ....!, ulilnl l'ltlfl nil t in H.'Oill illlllll in oiiivi.i wui" mi. miiv U,, .u ..., - n-- b . au it iii'miieiieil . I wns present at He was evidently pretty well shak- .u .- i-i - . - , . ...I... .. ft ll.. Harper's Kerry at tho time that John en up. ror us prigro.'s was rr I rovn was captured. 1 was a boy at lnw. especla ly consll..-ing he In-thelmc-10 years of age-and wns ducements offered from the Vlrdi.ln empoved as a tow-boy on the canal-, side of the river to a.-elen-o h s boat NVIIIInm T. 1 lamllton. plying be-, lced. They were inicliu p...Hliot tween Wllllamsport, Md.. andllcorge- nt him nlmost ns fast as Miey could HlilU I1I1U IIIU. town. I). C. i On tho evening of Oct. 17, 1 S0. , lliiuger Captnreil One. there was a cordon of Virginia Stnte ijP KOt (,, tho top of the Uln-"1 troops thrown around Harper s l-erry mdge. however, and took his weary to prevent Hrown and his men i'rom Wny with nn Injured leg towaids getting away. Our boat was hold up iviinsylvnnln. After several dav during the night Inside that line, and jm,j dnpsed he thought surely he wns not allowed to proceed until next must be In Poniipylvanla. He wns morning nt 0 o'clock. nenriy famished for food and drlit. The inoinlng of Oct. IS wns one o saw a little village down on of those beautiful, crisp, bright the western side of t li- monnl.iln mornings peculiar to that beautiful nud took the risk of going ijnwii country, and we drifted along lain- there. The to.wn was the IMtle urely down toward Harper's Kei'ry, town of Smlthburg. In WisMnglon not knowing what to expect. As we County, Maryland, about two and approached the Harper's Kerry lock p lmlf miles south of Mason mid I noticed considerable commotion Plxon's line. Peoplu weie nn lla over In the town. i loukont for lilm. nnd, of course, lie Viewed Krimi the Cuiiiil. I was arrested and turned jvr to Our boat was known as a night- the Virginia authorities. Uo was nnd-day boat; that Is, wo hnd two o.cuteil with the rest nt Charles- teams, one aboard and me other town. on the towpath. The teams were on the evening of the 17th. when changed every six hours at 1 o'clock Wo wore hnlted above Harper'n and 7 o'clock. It was now 7 o'clock Kerry, the nlr was full of the a. m. and my team was put on wildest rumors ns to who or what bonrd. After lying tho'tenm up tie force was that was causing the I rnn out and got behind a little trouble at Harper's Kerry. On brick house which stood iietweeit story was to the effect thai n Uus tho lock and tho river and which nlnn inaii-of-war had landed some wns occupied by the lock-keeper, troops below Alexandria, innrched I peeped u round the corner nnd across the cauntry nnd captured the witnessed tho whole show. Any arsenal. The next morning we ono aciiualuted with the situation learned thnt It was old Mill Smith knows thnt It was like looking down and his gang, otherwise John Ilrown on the stage of n thentor. and his men. I saw the marluett under com- Ilrown (or Smith, ns he wns mnnd of Col. lOhprt R. I.eo form known throughout the neighbor for the attack on tho engine hous", hood), leaned a poor foothill farm whoro Ilrown and his men had ta- a few miles up tho rond toward ken rofuge. They secured a long Sliarpshurg. known ns the Kennedy ladder, perhaps L'o feet or more In farm. Thoy lot It bo known In the length, and a file of men on each neighborhood that they wore going side took hold of tho rounds of tho, to mine for copper In the Mine ladder and then made a rush fir Hldge. There wns an old school the door of the eugluo house. The house on the place, nnd this they door gnvo wny nt the llrst Impact, j used ns a storehouse for mining nnd there was pretty lively alion'- tools, or, In other words, tho crude lug afterwards for about three to. weapons with which they fntendod live minutes. I to arm the slaves. Nearly all of lliown's men rnn. I The pooplo around Ihoro looked or nt least tried to run, for tho j upon the whole outfit with a dogree Maryland shore. Ilrown himself of suspicion, because there were made no attempt to get away, but never nnv women seen about tho stood and fouvht until he fell, bad- place. Tho events of tho morning ly wounded In the head. Tlnr of October IS proved tha John were several men killed. Tii.vo , Ilrown, of Ossawatomle. ban nn con wero threo men killed in the Polo- fldence In tho ability of a woman mac III ver. One of thorn had reach- to keep a secret. ed dry land when he fell; another) The above Is a statement of facts went down In deep water not lar nnd Incidents which caino under from the Virginia shore, and the my own observation. Of course I olher fell among tho rocks mmo do, not undertake to 'iloserlbn how dlstnuce from the Maryland shore. Two Killed In llii lllver. I heard ar the time tha' there eacn inuiviiiiini or I'rown s men met bis fnto, but every one of thcui iohi pis ure. eiiner in ine river in were two men killed In the Shea- the engine house and Its vlclnltv, nndoiih Klver. trying to ew:ip ivr or on the SPiiffold. All told there lulo I.iMKtdiiii County, There was were i of them -17 whlts and also one man killed on the nill'-'ind live negroes. M. Donnelly. Ser pint form. The Miiir ' the i.iwn kciiih. 1st Md. f'nv.. Cbarhtie. N C. Till 1'OIMI.AU XK.WS K.I.IM'IIOXK..1 New extensions nnd Improvi nients U'ASTKD TI.Mi:. Imvo lately been made In Hiulapest. ! , 'o brier this little mortal Hpan Hiinuary. In the "news l-lephono" 1,,"'"Kh which were dally hhlftlng: .yieiu. whhli has already been In r"w """"'t .v work nnd plan, openillon for several years and which ''"' "'her scenes are shifting. A is a tremendously popular al'ialr. It '"? ,,m" ,0 'i'n and do. u Utile woiiik that in iliat dty by the pay ment or in as n yearly rnu- a cnuon is entitled In reiclve nil tho news of ili.. .i... i... ,..l..l...i.. ml... ............ ... .1117 .IIV . l"..-,.,..l... ,,. ..,.,,..,- - -" - ... "" " iiorii iik anil lasts until," "'."". """ ",111' ""' aim men blnrtu In I ti in evening, In the course of which tlmo you are made Hcnualnted with all the latest happenings of both local nnd foiolgn Interest. At '. in the morning the dally serv while to (wilder, then coined the run hi mo aim you to pitch our leiils up yonder: a little Joy. a Utile imiii. a lew origin empty milililos, Wealthy Aliiskim In Whose Case D. Ii, Hood Is Witness (.'ranted Hall. ... ii i, i. ..in The roiiowiiig .iiuieuii iimimii H "'"i he of Interest here as D. L. Hood of I Marshfleld, Is to be a witness In tlie. noted murder case, ne huwhk 1,1" i located In Alaska when It occurred- "Joseph MacDonnKl. a weamiy milling operator of (lUanajuato, Mex ico, who was arrested last December and brought to Juneau to stand trial on n charge of murder In the first de gree, for having killed N. C. Jones, n mission worker, when MarDonnld was superintendent of the Treadwell mine. In IHO'2. wns admitted to $00, 000 bnll by United States District Judge Peter D. Overfleld today Judge Thomas U. Kyon denied Mae Donald ball six weeks ngo but Mae Donald's attorneys renewed their ap plication and asked that another Judge hear the motion. Judge Over field arrived from Valdez last night for this purpose and fixed bnll nt $r.0,000, after an all-day hearing. The trial was set for July S. "MacDouald Is alleged to have murdered Jones because the mission ary Insisted that MncDonnld should close the mine on Sunday, if he wished to avoid Hie wrath or (5od A coroner's Jury exonerated MncDon nld. who soon left Alaska, going to (iiianajuato. where he became gener al manager of the Consolidated Min ing and Milling company, lie Is well known In Idaho, where In formerly operated a mine. Tin: OLD TI.MIIS. (Hy llerton Hra'ey.i I guess l'ln'old-fogglsli- that's how I feel. IVut I don't seem to long for an auto-' mobile. I know It's convenient and bandy and fast And relegates drlvlng-nags back to the past, Hut still I would rather I'm free to declare , He snug In a buggy behind a bay in a io. When 1 was a youngster nnd drove J with my dad, A chubby bay mare was the steed that wo had. She was slow as a snail, but remarka bly kind, j And she'd jog pretty well when I sat ; up behind; ' And the kids In the village would see me and stare i As I drove by In state with that chub by bay in n re. And then catiio the courting days - ah. they were sweet When someone I loved used to share in the scat, And I told tin old story that's alwnys the snuie, And deep In her oye wns nn answer ing flame. And a kiss sealed the compact wo made then and there, And tho sound of It startled the gen tle bay mare. Still, still, that same sweetheart goes riding with me Ilehlnd a bay maru that Is plump ns en n bo. And I he union may come and tho an tes may go, Hut we'll stick to our equipage an cient nud slow, And when to the churchyard our bod ies you bear Let the steed for the task he a chub by lmv miiro! New STVIiK.S In PHOTOS nt OTATKIOIASS ST I ' D I O. 1! I I K ro n t . A Worker Appreciates This. Win. Norrls, a resident of Flor ence. Orej.on, says: "Kor tho last ) t vears my kidneys and hladdor Incnpncituted me for all work. About eight months ago I began using Foley Kidney Pills, and they have done what other medicines failed to do, anil now I am feeling flue. I recommend Koley Kidney Pills." Owl Prescription Phnrmacy. Frank t D. Cohan. Opposlto Chnndler Hotol. Phono 7. good bye to troubles. So brief this life in which we dwell, the days so swift and fleeting: It's almost i lino to Mly furewil uefore were luroiign with greeting. And V.ll mil il'ui' a. ...... ........I ue unguis, a inizer announces -no", " " mo iieujiut mi, u coiTHct time so loud that you can hear, ""' " nil endeavor, you'd think It In the next room. One hour and ; ,.l,,,y U!Ul tl:olr WJ" packed to a lmlf Inter the pro-nun of all the I"1!1"', forever; they idle half day's events is given. You are not ,,,,,r tIim '' he other half likely to miss an.Mhliiu BMltliiB that "'. W'uinlilp, becauso tne world Is bo lug on because you haun't ' wo" t llt them piny, and Jars them heard about It or because ou have w,'h ."? rumble. So iiincii to do. lurgotten It for the time being. .o inier the time, .vou'd think that AI imm, ...... ...... I........ 1 ..r ..II IDlUS WOlllll IlllhCd tn llll llw.l.. th' psiiiameiilnry news and au thing in iiiiu.itH-ici! km in or loreigu mi portame. Au hour later quotation me given from different exchanges, foreign us well n loinl. Two o'clock brings more topics of geueial interest. . Three o'clock you reieUe tho weather forecast and all personal Items of so-! hil Interest. Agalii at I you aro given the (ouit news, and then from 4:30 to ii you (an llhiiii to music in the dlffereiu auiiiseuieut gardens, WKST MAItSIII'IIIliD S.VAP SOUTH MAUSllFIUliD SNAP Several low hind lots close In, West Marshfleld. Good Prospective Huslness Proporty, oach $S00.00 Two lots eluarod and foncod, l-liio vlow; Iovl; oast irom; eacn . , For Quick Sale only I. S. K.U'FMAX CO. cl oen work sublime with heart and mind and muscle. Our days go gliding by so nut wo scaice huve time to taste them; thoy'ro drifting out Into the past yet how wo lose and waste them." A Mi:. DISPOSITION. "Allow me to congratulate you." "What for?" "Oh. for Jtut anything -the sun shine, the blue skies, the fact thnt von are up and about. Isn't that some thing." "No:" "Then congratulate me for not having a disposition like yours." ..yXLW' TliokliuTYOU have A1AVAYS I'SIM). Plinnn 1 K Tl-l.." ..$200.00 Livery and Transfer Company. Try The Times' Want Ads. n.l,'A.V CIIIMXKYS NOW. It lx roinili'iiil lie iirilliiniw.il nf Hie i City of Marshfleld that chimneys be cleaned and kept In repairs to avoid the danger and damage of fire loss. In keeping with this ordinance, the people are requested at this tlmo to have chimneys cleanod and repaired. Hy order of J. W. CAUTHH. Marshal. AXXOl'XCF.MKXT. 1 am prepared to cloan and re pair chimneys on short notice. Phono ! 2oS. A.'H. SAIUiKNT. l.eavo orders nt Hhuico Cigar Store. Phono 7S. Fiee Homes S on Sth Sibo And wo aro offering four lots thero on n cornor, at $900 each. This Is decidedly cheaper tlum anything elso In tho neighborhood. Anybody 11 r ltiiid milt tnll .. i t. I .. u i ivf uuwuB iii iui vuu WHS 1 1. S. KAUFMAN & CO. City Auto Service flood Cars, Careful Drlrers and reasonablo chnrgos. our motto' "Will go anywhoro at nay time." Stands Blanco Hotel and Blanco Cigar Store. Day Phones 78 and it Night Phone 46. BARKKIt & QOODALE. proprietor &&& BSSp: PMi:f s'.i.Hl 'V'lV.n, '. mA Wc Bake Wedding Cakes, professional ow t -- iViJyvyiiWiiimil, iV'Trvr mid oriiiimeut them to order. If you have some old family recipe. u can mix tho enko joursiif and wt 1 1 do the baking. Wo make birthday cakes too. We even pu i ho proper number of cnudles on. If yon say so. Order one for the nt xt celebration nt your house Itest assured It will not have a chniico to get stale. Coos Bay Bakery Tho place for godd goodies. MarKet Ave Phono 1 1 1-1 Pi:.V.I..MI.V OSTM.Mi, -' L'miMilllnj KniKtf UI AnhllKl. Plume lOil-Ii MmUkHl i?r ,, I? s ' ' ' Proper Kitchen Plumbing conduces to good cooking, good health and good temper. A white enamelled sink, sanitary tub, au adequate hot water boiler, are all distinct aids toward the light way or living, tico us about making your kitchen as It should be. We aro not expensive plitmbeis. Willey & Schrocder :i:i North Front Street. IMIONK 77-.I T M. WHICIIT, ) lUNTItACrOR IXJ lll'II.I)IJt Eatlmntcs furnlibti ta : Plans nnd tnecldcitlou to If desired. An hontit ct r-l teed. I'lione !!. TO HI j OSTMXll, 1 J Piano Tuntr md I 4 b S. sxtn birett. wojii l.eavo orders at V.R.Hi!wl Co. nlvllli Hiua ii.iuj.wiui r ruin ui if-Si IlenlJenco-StuJIo, ill So. lr. Phone li-L. FIRST NATIONAL BANK Of COOS BAY SMALL ACCOUNTS ENCOURAGED One need not have a largo account In this bank lit order to enjoy tho pri vilege It conreiH. Hollovlug that tn couragoinent toiulH to develop tho re sources of tho small depositor, It Is tho policy of this bank to glvo appre ciative attention to all who bring their business horo, regardless of tho size of their transactions, Your ac count Is Invited, nil. W. Jioitium. nrlllL ..... -..!... iinidnr. cm ThPHtrr. OIBfeltMt! ,vrM. h. TUhTKM. W AltCHITECT MarshfleldOrejci. FLANAGAN & BENNETT BANK OIiDICST HAXK IX COOS COUNTY. . F.ttnhlMictl 1KHI). Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits $110,000 Interest liald on Tlmo Deposits. Officers; .T. AV. lleiinett, President. I. II. Flanagan, Vice-President. H. V, AVIIllains, Cashier, tleo. V, Wlnclicstec, Assistant Ciuhler. W 0. CHAXULEII, Hooiim 301 and 302, Cote I Marshfleld. Orteca. i t iiK.vmus v..i.... . . i-' .Mixicru "- v, . I....I in co t-i' u are ei"'." it ii lowest pricw. -:tiB Lady attendant, fth W ChandlmhMt QinaprSpwineMad '... . ... .i.. fnr rent crl W """..'"m-m KenW. I SupulIosandKee"" V. H al mK iVioneii- New and Second Nf 'X . . .!,. ia5uii" 60,u w" n.E H H.IlItlXGTO., .mi Uroat ! .. i Pliono 310-L iTS-TV sudW no not BO ,. j U Mrs. Ham firailaaie''-v ". mlPS wv ...... M...eadMi- l;'M0;-TreaimfDt.ttI YOU Muwj, "" 'r.0,1 , SsTor S5i . . ll.lrfrt " - t uru""v . nid Water. . fl0oll w MCU v - I JW 'tr