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About The Coast mail. (Marshfield, Or.) 187?-1902 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 20, 1902)
i 4r wnftr' '' A v . , ., . , , , r ' " Cre&m(ofttie Week's M$s. Published Every Day In !!ic, Daily Coast Mail. Portland, flopt. 13 Tho Arcs on tlio lower Columbia Imvo extended go Hint for mnny mllco tho river in practically nbliuo on totli aldeo. Tho rtnoko ia eo JcriMo that tho rlvor nloarnora ere guided by compass only. Moat ot tlio losing camps nro wiped out, Including Beneou'a and Oak Point, whoro liutitlrcde of men woro employed. Tlio homes o( mnny eoltlora lmvo boon burned and poealbln their livestock Tho Uptur Columbia from Uascado LockntoIJrldal Veil falls Is aAatne. All trains nro running vrltli tho greatest dif ficulty and conaldorablo danger. Lata rcportn from tho towns of Lcntz, Harmony nnd Gnuhatn, ehow hard Aro lighting nnd tho pcoplo struggling deft poratcly to cavo tbotr belonging?, Many who are not burned out havo tholr effpetfj loaded upon nagona nnd nro ready to (loo at nny moment. Astoria, Bop. 13Tho stcamtr Col umbia loft Iioro Friday moruInK for Portland but owing to tho donso amoko on tho lower rlvor soon lost hor bear ings. At last accounto sho was fast In iho mud eomo dlslanco nlovo her etnrt ing point. Iho fires nil over tho itnto an spread ing with a probability that many llvos will bo lost. Tho situation In tho Gresham nnd Troutdalo district ia dcaporato aa ii also .hocaio at Oregon City. Most of tho logging camns on tho loner Columbia rlvor nto burned out. Tho whole country Is n eon of llamea and farmers aro spending elceplees nights Haulms Area. Bmokoli dunao bora and arhes ntc falling. Tbodarkuca in tlio city neces sitates Hghta. , Corvnllls, Sept. 10 A nldo oxpanso of timber on tho south ettlo of Mary 'a peak and Grafs mountain in thu onmo vicin ity la burning, eomo of which ia reported to bo tracts recently tukou by timbor L'lnlmattto. In another section 10 miles south of Corvallle also tho flro la report cd nn spreading, Tho Urea Hint thrcatoucd Summit Ntntion on tho Corvnllls and Eastern It. It. hnto boon driven back by tho cffortH of tho inhabitants and tho situations ia butloi. It Is not bolievod that nny ranohcra havo suffered eorloutfly. Tho loss la con flned to timbor oiily. V Tacomn, Bcptl 13 Fires contlnuo throughout eaatorn Washington with nopcuslblllty of nbatomout until tho rninacoroo. Bix livoo nro reported lout. All tho Koithcrn Paclflo brldgca and trestles near Eltna have boon burned, Tho lorcsta In Cowlitz and Clark countloa along tho Columbia aro ablasso. Tho towna of Rayvlllo nnd London, In Ghohalia county, nro dostroyod and thir ty tquaro miloe ol juheou couniy ia amaee. It U impossible to get detail! from Gray Harbor. Portland. Bopt. 13 Major Klnnoy. chief onglncerof tho Great Central, re-. turnod laat night front a trip to Coos Hay. Ho had spent two weoka on tho Bay and in Itoseburg and announced that he had settled the route of the railroad from Gooalkty to the Southern Pacfflo and It would practically bo the route of the Cooa Day Itoieburg and Kaatern It. It., forming a Junction with tho B. P. at Hoaoburgf Tho planja to build to the present lln p! the Coos Day, Iloeeburg and Eastern at both onda and buy the Spreckela road It It can be had on rcaeonable terms, If not to parallal the road. Thladoea away with all possibility that tho road will got out by way of Drain or Eugene. It la definitely set tled that It will go to Itoaeburg. Another important announcement is that Nelson Bonnett, the well known contractor who built covural hun dred mlloa of tho Northorn Pacific, wil undertake tho contract for tho railroad to connect that, part bettfeou Empire City and Itoreburg Tho contract will bo formally awarded at tho flfot meeting of tho board of di rectors, which will be In a day or two. That part of the road will bo In opera tion within 16 months from tho dato ot tho contract. The work will be dona through the initrumcntality of tho Em plro Conalructlon Company. Trenton, Spot. 13Tho American Mo lawoa Company with capital of three million secured a charter her: today. It ia looked on aa a now truat. Thousands 'o dhYa'eter jfs not known", acres are burned overland hundreds of people are homeless and utterly dealt tute. The 1sf, of dead will reach fifty. Jteporta from different parts of the state are to the f Jfo'ct that the forest Area are abating and in many places are entirely under control. Wherever possible Are fighting has been going on day and night. In many cases the men were obliged to return to their homes worn out and exhausted from the heat nnd smoke. From Bridal Veil it Is reported that two unknown men were burned to death. Tacoma, Bopt. IB An immense Aro la raging on the Cowesaan river, in Cow lltz county. There the Are ia sweeping everything before It. Settlers are escaping and taking rcfugo in tho waters of the Coweman. Losses are estimated at $300,000 in Clark county, $100,000 in Chehalis coun ty. Cowlitz, Lewis, Pacific and Thurs ton counties have Buffered equal devastation. Belief committees are busily working to aid the homeleai. Lvnn. Maa Sent. 15 Chief Justice Horace Gray of tho United SUtca Su preme Court died today from paralysis. Astoria, Sept. 15 A slight fall of rain this morning extinguished moat of the Area in this vicinity. At Oak Point and Skamokawn on the north aide of tho Col umbia tho Ares are ettll burning but are not eo extensive as on Saturday. Eugene, Sept. 15 The Booth-Kelly Company have the fire on the Mohawk controlled. The damages are nominal. Tho two Area on the McfCenzle river aro not eo bad. Wilkeabarre, Sept. 16 Conylngam colliery without warning opened this morning. Mobs of strikers gathered but no demonstration or effort was mado to prevent the non-union men from go ing to work. L U M d tn "i .a $ 41 ft! JC iinniimiiiiiii That is -what we have to sell, and we can fill all orders for any and all kinds. THE QUALITY is guaranteed andtne price is right. OUR STOCK INCLUDES anything required in Fir Spruce, Red and White Cedar. SIMPSON LUMBER CO. ii Phone Main 151, N0fth Betid, Orejj Z 8HMttlt8M8MHHWMIIIItlMII(lllWHHmm Colobo, Coylon, Bopt. 15 Tho British atcamor Klthsdalo foundnrod near tho island of Carfar today, Tho captain nnd thirteen of tho crow aro bolloved to bo drowned. Bcranton, Sopt. 15 Threo Italian la. borora going to work on a eowor this nornlUK woro mistaken for non union miners and woro attacked by strikers. i Ono man is roportol dead nnd twoner lying in n critical condition In tho Lacks- waunn hospital, Tnmaqua Sept 15 Although tho oper ators b,avo mado no decisive galuB toward pence, this morning throo washorlca ol tho Beading campnny woro opened with non unionist men, Fifty extra doputlos woro on tho ground. Wllkosbarro, Sept 15 A mob of strik ers uttnekod two non union minora re turning from work thla morning uonr PlttBtono. Ono was fatally lujured, Tho oilier escaped. Now York, Sopt, lflTho Kron Prlnz Wilhclm broke tho we&tcrn transatlantic record, arriving this morning after n voyngo from Cherbourg, Frauco, 3017 mllc8, In 6 days, 11 hours and 67 min utes. Lowering tho record, provlonsly held by tho Deutchland, 20 minutes. Portland, Sept. 16 Twenty.throo peo ple nro dead from Area in Clark oounty, Washington. Many dietrieta are still out of reach, and the exact extent of the Glasgow, Sept. 16 It ia authoratlvoly announced today that Sir Thomas Lip ton will lefiua a challengo for tbo Ameri ca cup by tho end of this week. Dennys Bros, wilt be the builders of the new yacht. Five doaigna have been submit ted and Anal dotaila will bo eottlcd to night. o Washington, 8ept, 10. Thirty-three palutera omployod on the White House struck today. Thoy nre members of the Brotherhood of Palntors and object to the prosenco of throe members of tho Amalgamated Palntere, Now York inde pendent organization. Tho strikora nro affiliated wlthf the American F4detatlon, and appealed to President Gonipen for an order for a sympathy strike. 0' F. 8, Dow starts today on a trip to Gold Beach in the interest ot the flrniB he represents, the Standard Oil Co, and 9fttf Flow Co, S &, R&st and Comfort. Th9o substantial mattreeaw are sleep 1 Iters They are comfortable and.wiU retain their 'ppriagl nesa"for yeara. Jlado in two pieces or all In ono piece. Theso husk matreesee, .with J cotton fnco nro'equal to nil-hair and cost a grea deal 1cm money. 1, QllRlSTENSEN HMIURIMIIIIXMEIMUKSfflGIMrHlHl I i H 1 1 1 i hi.., i, ,i 9 JK1 "JtLuJtyMi & JwfflSON I i 00 YOU KNOT Louchincry and Me UUN' 1' WEAK OU t 1 lib Hniliiimi!iiiiii;iin4 iiiiiiiiiiimiuiiiiiti THAT we ute no ibjwrh ehwukaw awIT oniyiuvy uesioi soap nna we giMmno. iiw nur uork. 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