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iV I t h M ii i i t t V : ROAR TALKS : "r-.. TRUST ifOO? Haven't Done Much nh " Harm as Yet But Possibilities Are Great U ,v1 "Vnihlngton, Jin. G Tho Senate to day listened to a masterly discussion on t t tho truat problem by Hoar, tho vener able locator from 2daff5.-ichutoUr. Ho opened by Eaying that hcr.cknonl 1 oJficd hi) bill to bo imperfect and tenta tively experimental in character. Ho . - contended that, with tbo exception of .. the coal strike, tho country had not suf fered from lbs trust evil in any way yet w to affect tbo general prosperity. Tho condition of workmen was better than in aiy othor period of American his tory, but trust legicfation abould bo en acted with a view to tho- future rather than tho present. r Such terrible money powers as wore concentrated, in eome cases, wore greater thau tbo power of many ctntes, greater than the powor of any other natron except ours, could mako or pre vent wars, threaten tbo community with a coal oi wheat famine, and execute the threat. Senator Procter gave notice that be wculd move tomorrow to take up the bill for the organizaton of the militia, When tho Housa mot, Hull succeeded in griniog immediate consideration for the general stall bill. After a general debato the bill passed the House by a a vote of 153 to 52. , Not Such flard Sledding . -. J. D. Laird, tho mail contractor tells ' tho Hail tbat who ever said sledding " " 'was a failure on the Coob Bay wagon , Ir i. ljfl wn! mistaken. On the contrary it is proving a success, and 3Ir. Laird" is ? much pleased with the reeult of his ex- r periment. ilo is now using eleds regu- ; . larly on the J2 miles of road between ' f Coos City and Falrview, and tbey.ro not only easier on the borees than pack ing the mail but the effect on the road is --- better. r . As an instance. Mr. Laird says that one Jot of mail, which it required 5 horses to bripg to Falrview, hauled from there to Coos City on a sled by one pair of horses with eao, It is also proving to be much eaejer on the borsee to haul tho mall than to pack it, and more sleds . will be UBed on the road as soon as tsey can bo rlggtd up. DIED MAKTENSKN-At his home in South Multifield, Or,, Jan. U, 1003. N. U, 31urtien, ayed 00 yearf. The deeea.ed was a native of Sweden. Ho chiiiu to Coos Bay about 1SG1, and worked at hOrth Bond, in the mill and ontheiuK. In J670 ho made a trip back to bin nntiyo land Bnd was mar ried there, brlnsing bis brido out with him. ' Two years later ho boucbt a place on Cooh river, where the couple resided ,' until About two yoara ago, when tbo innvu no jouicu i owier parties ard ' th'eyiiiOved to town and have occupied n cottago in South Morshfleld. Mr. p,,Mart&pen'd health had been gradually faiiinvl'jrfcevcral years, Somo compli cation of llro heart at last Carried him off after about a week's illness. The (loccased was a man very highly;respected by ll who knew bin, a man Si ha tnta cmpufooB honejty, rtcacabio ami amia ble, latlnrdrioui and tnagal, Ho had c cumtnulated eoBtlilerablepr&fcrly. ? children were born te him aid bilge)! wlk, who miyIvm, An adopted toa h bow away from the W.vr. Mr. Mar teneeti. wai a member gfho Swcdith Lutheran church, nml tlio funeral will lako placo from that church at 2 p.m. to day, Itor, 11. F. Bongtaoh olllclat'.ng. WITNESS DIDN'T KNOW Philadelphia. Jan fl-Tho Anthracite Commission met tcday. Counsel for tho non-union minors 1 rgan catling witnesses. The first witness admitted could not say whether men had been fissRultcd by union men or not. Professional Cards. R. p. Walter, D. D. S. DE.tTAl.SUROKON AND MBOIIAN ICAL DKNTIST. OJEca Ifasburv Uldg. A. St., Phone, ffl MARSHF1KLD. : : OREGON. E. E. Straw, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SUKOKON. (Mcial attention to diseases of the Kyo Bar. Nose uid Throat. Glasses fitted. Office in Sengstacken & Smith lidildidg. A. G. Groas, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office, Nanburg Building. Phono -123 MAR9HFIEL. : : OUEGOM W. U. Douglas, A'iTOUNKY AT LAW AND U. S. . COMMI8SIONF.lt. Front lUret. Carthfietd, Orrgon. S.A. D. Eaton, ' -LAWYER Vill practice In nil courts. EMPIRE CITV OREGON J. W. Bennoit, ATTORNKY ANl COUNSK.LOR AT - LAW. MARSHFIELD ORB Jonn F. Hall, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office In Eldorndo block. Front itrett .Mtnhfletd. Oregon. U. St., MARSHI?IELD, ORB C. F. McKnight. ATTORNEY AT LAW OSce in the Beuuc fie Wftlter Building. MARHUFIKLD, OREGON Wold & Daniels ENGINEERS' and SURVEYORS Map work a specialty. Phone. 476" Marebfltld, Orogon FAMOUS PRISON SHIP. Facts Aboqt the Jersey Found at New York Nslyy Yard. AFLOATIHQ H0BB0B-0F THE PAB7 Patrtoti XmyyUoBed on the tlrltiab Vesael Left Itccorda of Tortures Titer Had to Endart She II ax Lonir Been Valnlr SooRtit For Timber In Good Condition. It ban been left (or tbo spllo driving laborers at tbo New York navy yard to dlbcovcr tlio hull of the old Hritlflh prlhon ship Jersey, of Revolutionary In fumy, for which learned government authorities and prlvatd associations have scurched In vain for half a ccntu rj'i w'J'B tho Now York Herald. Rftlow blxtecn to twenty feet of filled In koII the old hull, In which at ono timo fifteen hundred American patrlotu uf fered tortures, haH been located In the building bite of the-uew 10,000 ton bat tleship Connecticut. Solid fitlll nro the moro mnftslvc oak and teak tlmberti of the old jiiisou craft, but It Is not likely tbat tula re markable relic of tho light for Amerl cut) independence can be paved. It la so, firmly Imbedded In tho earth and covers bo comparatively largo an urea ihut Its removal would greatly hamper tho work on the Connecticut. Besides, It 1b believed that part of tho bull has been umasbed by tho spile driving en gines and that because of tbo progreua made in tho foundations for tho Con necticut It would bo hardly possible to get the skeleton of tbo Jcrsoy out of the earth In anything llko an Intact condition. Civil Engineer Bellinger, who has choree pf tbo foundation-wrvA n w w SAWYER'S KXCELSIOftMMNO mnd SHckmrn Wkrtt WattrarMC X J to llthl li&rtl vnk nt ItxuiliviMtlrrr. ttt irk. It lour Wli illr. tattler iru. It jour Wler dcwtm'i lw llwtn,Mthl lorcauuornt. .T B.nin rt.iiCfc. 'M..HUR0,IUtM., li., mi rnitnw. It.l lkMtU, HIM. couuecucur, Rata tho ottter night that for Botue tlmo tho spile drivers had ex perienced considerable dllllculty In driving tbo httgo spiles lu different parts of the building site, but, while It was known that tho obstacle coiiBlstcd of timbers, nobody then rcnllted that these belonged to the hull of the old I-, moii ninp di'ruv.r. imieiHi, ttie lltt in dlcntlou Mr. Heltlngrr had that con siderable timber existed deep In the soil near to the water front was when ho attempted to lay new water mains. As all of the excavated part of the yard was "mndo ground" there was not mucli surprise at tho discovery of the Umbers. Rut when tho spile driving engines began a strip of the building site about 230 feet In length was found to bo almost solid timber. Mcautiino a very old resident of UrooUlyu had visited the yard, and when bo saw the laborers worklug on tbo slto of tbo Connecticut he said that he remembered seeing sixty years ago the old hull of the prison ship Jersey lying right wheru tho men were work, lug. At that time, ho satd, tho tldo flowed over tbat part of tbo yard and tho ship lay half submerged. Her masts were still lu placo, but sho was utterly uti6enworthy and hid becu abandoned, and when the work of fill ing In with made ground tho part of the yard where she lay hqyd been com pleted the old ship bad sunk lower Into the swamp and quicksand and hud been covered from sight. The aped mnn pointed out the exact place where he bad hist seen the Jer sey, nnd n careful Investigation re cently completed by ttic workmen re Ycalcd that tho two hundred and fifty odd feet of timber lu the earth nt which the spile driving engines were pounding was lu reality n ship's hull. 'This hull I have no doubt." said Mr. Uclliugcr, "Is that of tho old pris on ship Jersey, for which patriotic so cieties have searched so long. I be lieve, too, that there Is more than oue historic hull embedded near by In tlio earth. The hull, whldh I believe Is that of tho historic Jersey, Is nlwut the size of the naval tug Nina tbat Is, about UoO feet lu length." Durlug tho Revolutionary war tho Jersey lay off the WalJaboiit basin and , was used ns a prison by the Itrltlsh for American prisoners. The tortures these unfortunates suffered were bar barous In tho extreme. The diary left by otic of the prisoners states that the congestion In the ship was nbouilnable and the. food rancid and decayed. So full. It Is recorded, were thu bread ra tions with mapgots that the prisoners used to butt the bread against the ship's sides to dislodge the vermin. The only means of release from this floating horror was for a prisoner to be exchanged or to enlist In the Itrltlsh ' army or die. Hundreds of patriots died like rats In holes. In 187'J the bones pf 300 of them were found mold-. crlng In the yard near vhero now"! stands the commandant's office. j Some Ttoynl VUltn. It Is understood that a visit to Ht.'g bnd will be puld by the erupcror nr.d empress of Rustln next year. Kaiser Wllbclm will start oi n Journey to England to pay a birthday visit to Kliiil Edward at Saudrlbgliam not later tbaD Not. 7. Hoir to Keep Veltct I'rcitti nr.il Clcrsu. Keep your velvets thoroughly clean and free from dust, lining for this pur poso n soft brush, then s(":im them by holding them over a hot flatlioii. This, will remove creases. If you coer the velvet with n damp ectli and preus lightly with an Iron, you will have n velvet resembling paimo In effect. IIimv to IllMliiffPt !ilul:rooi:i(i. The following Is a refreshing disin fectant for n hlckroom or nuy ivmu that has an tmpleabaiit aroma pervudfiig It:,, Put soiie fresh ground coffee lu u sail; ccr, and In tho center pliu;o a small, piece of gum camphor, which light with a match. Ah tho gum burns allow sufil-.-clent coffco to consume with It. Tho perfume Is very pleatant and health ful, being far superior to pntulllea and very much cheaper. IIoiv to Clean I)fcaii(fr. Decanters or dulled ghts'C hottlci may bo mado literally as bright an new by cleansing with raw potatoea und water. Scrape tho ruw potatOv'H Intp tho bottles, fill with cold water and ill low this cleansing solution to remain' In them for seVeral days. Ilovr to Stain I'loom, When ta'mlng a floor, don't forget to apply, tho stain with the grain of tho wood, never across It. A good oak stain la mado by putting two ounces of Amer ican potaaji, flnd-j)carlaoh In a niun-r nemo and miliig'lt with water. In as In tako euro that tho -mixture doe not touch the skin, for tt will net nan bit ter. Use un old brttsh, for It will spoil ft good one. Keep tho bettlo well corked. Haw to Mnka ainrMrsnl Itareblt, Put In u frying pau ono tablespoon rsl of butter. Wheult U hut, add ono cupful of cold bollcd'lKuuluy cut very fiuu; then add, ono cupful of grated checso and two well beaten I'KtfH. Sprinkle with pepper nnd cook uuill thick. Hnvr to MwUo l'liieniiple Jnm, Peel tho pineapple and cut Into tiny dice. Weigh nnd allow to every pound of fruit throe-quartern of a pound of sugar. Put the fruit lu tho kettle at the side of the range and brlug slowly to the boll. Stir often nnd nt tho end of three-quarters of an hour ndd tlu sugar. Roll for fifteen inluutea, skim ming often. Cook for n mlinito moro nnd turn Into glasses. How to Ho-oinmrt Ilnthtntii. To ro-euamel a bathtub you need bath enamel. Siuulpaper tho bathtub beforo applying tuid slightly beat tho enamel. Heating make.i tt a llttla thinner, and It Is easier to apply It evenly. It will ucod two couts or, !i very bad, three. , , - The tanners llvkig near Trenton, N. J., hnvo adopted a plan for iimklug and keeping tho county roads j;cod vUik'li- ts worthy of Imitation. They mut re cently and agreed tlti.t each man should rare for the road lu front of his farm. Tho result has been somo r-jtnarkablo InUiroVenieuta. TVetubliiB t!m nalijr. A wlso nurse weighs tho bait)' under her chargo ninny tlmea tltirlug the first month of Its life. Any doctor will glvo her the norma! rate of Increase, and by this Hho must be guided largely. A child mny bo tho Joy of Ida moth er's heart because of his chubby faco and legs, utid yet to wiser eyes' he may suggest the fact that ho In ovrfat through somo lack In his d.rt. i'hu scale and the table of weights .will set tlo that iiticntlon. Tho stomach of u child la io exceed lngly small that tt la highly Important that Its food hhould contain nil tho ele ments of nutrition In proper proportion. , and a child who npputrs well may abow by the Males that he Is tinder weight uud In need of moro cnrbol.y. I drate. A little cream, real cream, und murar In his morning porridge or his fruit pudding regularly nnd systematic ally supplied may In a few weeki. con vert him Into a plump nnd happy youngster. JEWELRY JOTTINGS. t I Tho moonstone is quite In tbo as cendant again and figures In buttons uud sleeve llnkii among other things. The revival of tho, cameo has brought to life cameo portraiture, which affords pleasure to those ,who delight lu tho uuliiue und rare. Drawstring chain bags, Jargu or small, introduced tentatively hist sea son, have much Increased their vogue. They are very handsome and uro fre quently further enriched with fringe of gold balls or pearls. Quito novel Li tho manner In which large twirls and diamonds of equal idzo aro mounted together lu fine rings for Instance, u two stono ring, it dia mond nnd a pearl, atid n three Htuue ring, diamond, pearl nud dlamoiid or pearl, diamond nnd pearl. Jewulora' Circular-Weekly. RAILWAY TIE8. On tho London and Northwestern railway tbcro aro 17,000 signals lighted everj night. On tho railroads In Cnuada It Is nec essary to keep over WM) snow plows lu operation every winter. Over 'JO.500,000 passengers paid tuti, 3S5 In fares during the last six monthn un the Manchester corporation tram way system. An liientlon which all .railroad trav elers will iniiireclatc Is to be tested on the new trains of tho Hcrlln-Zosseii ux- ffia lil lZ::,Z ii.. .. t,.. ...Hir mifiiif tiui (ruin ttn-fiiii'M IIIU I' ' ... ". --. ..,-. ,a dosed conduit ruuning ni&ng tne top of tlio carnages. ; UiirirnrHTTBirinri.Tirnriin W'H-WWHWK'Hl'IWMH-lWfrlWfl'H'Wt DEFENSE AGAINST COLDS If von let a r.olil enL hold of von. dlecornfoit it may mean peril. '' .Mont any cod can now be stopped if troafod In timo, Tho romody la S. liarifilDiBiuid it renders colds harmless, ( It (euros you womjorlux wheru thu cold line eono, and fioling bottor 2 t,han hftforu it bneun, ntiiibtaeKbii's liuxattvu uoid TUDiots is tne rompdy, ivoop tn tho homo for u&u as aoon as tlio symptoms of a cold appear, Cost nothing if it over fails. TIUOB 25 CENTS, t ENGSTACKENSWlABAlACYf eMW-w W-WL-V W-H-t l NOTES OF NOTABLES. King Christian btw ranttw Ante ileencr, tho American cellist, knight f the Dtuwborg order. , , (, Do Wet linn been presented with an Irish blackthorn shlllalnh which bo ad mired In tho hands of an Irish banker In Loudon. Francis T. Whlto, tho Now York mil llonulre, has matin an additional Kft of r-'S.OOO. to1 tho Karllmni collego of Itlch niond, 1 ml. Signer Ottolcughl, Italian mlnlnter of war, has practically put n atop to duel ing by Imprisoning thono participants who escape death. George Oebhnrdt of Chicago has been Appointed tbo uuw head of thu mechan ical engineering department of the Ar mour Institute of Technology, Policeman Thomas Markwood of Washington ban been placed on thu re tired list after forty yciirs of duty. Ho served lu that city during tho civil war. Ilttrton Smith of Portland, Mo., hat the only entire collection of autograph letters written by every governor of Mitluo rjmeo tho state was incorpo rated. J. C. Pelton, nged Novetity-slx, tlio first public school teacher In California, Is n grent-grnndsott of Joel Pulton who fired thu first Bitot nt Hunker Hill and wait killed by the first Urltlsh cannon shot. '" Hooves 13. Selmes, late law clerk In the nuance department, Now York, held that position so long that ho was a walking encyclopedia of municipal law mid could nt n moment's notice recall decisions of tho court of appeals cov ering a period of fifty years or moro. Gcorgo P. Sherman, otio of tho old cut citizens of Milwaukee, was an eye wltuess of tho triumphal pageant In New York nt tho time of Ijifnyette's hut visit to this country. Ho Is also one of thu few men now living that heard tho famous Wchster-IInyuo de bate In 1830 at Washington. Colonel W. I- Swltzler of Columbia lu called the greatest scrnpltook mnn In Missouri. During each presidential campaign from IS 1 1 to 11)00 hu mado an exhaustive political scrnpbook and Indexed It. Thu books embrace tho platforms nnd current llternturo crT fifteen national campnlgus, covering a period of sixty ycais. In Good Trnlnlnir. 1 "Charllo Tackle la n wonderful dodg er, Isn't Ifo'" "Yctij you w all bin neighbors run automobile!!." New York Tlimu. Tho Old Reliable Firm, E.B.Dean&Co. C. II. MERCHANT l2gZZE5 Is constantly adding to its stocK of Gnncral Mordmn JIko, already tlio largest in Marshficld. When you buy nt tho Mill Sloro you know the goods nro first class and the price is all right. Ml kinds of lumber and ninlriiTifr Tnn.tnrinl. ,w - -... j H. taj leOCl an CI SUP- -r,Hcj at wholesale and retail. It menim ten dnvs or tv. o wei lis nt !' Marslifield, Oregon t g I II i H 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 lt 1 1 1 1 lil'ftj Drying prepAratlona ilnply dv2 op dry catarrh j thy dry Hf tht atr sUea.1 which adhar ta the mbra aad dseom pof,eHln(iafaiMMtlOMtroull(Uia', ilia etdiasry form of catarrh. Avoldalldry lug, Inhalants, fumes, amekaa aud suuua auJ MS that wkleh oIoihmw, aoothos and, heal, TAfa Craam Halm H buoh n roiimdy aad will euro eatnrrh or cold In tho bond easily and jiltasantly. A trial alro will ba mailed for 10 centu, All drnrmUt sell tha COo, slzo. Kly llro thorn, fiO Warrott St., N.V Tlio llnhn ouros without pain, docs not Irrltnto or cntuo aueor-hig. It sprondu Ilel ovof' an Irtltntml andtuigry surfaoo, rollnr, lug iminedlnUly thnpalnfid liiflninuiallon. With lUy't Urenm llnhn you nro nruiod nyivlnit Nainl Catarrh Mid liny Fovcr. fiEMTRAL HOTEL t'onicr of Front nud A Klrctls, MAUHIIFIK1.D, OltKOON, 0NI1 iiMYDUIt, t ! i i Jl'roprlotof mills WIU.I..KNOWN ANOl'AVOItriK J. ItOTI'.MuMluit hctn rntlirly rrflll-i! .tt 1 ii'ltitnltlicd thiouidioiu ami linj;itlnopcii to tf.o public for nrtttonuEc. fVcw bcd and spring matlrrMn hnvn limn plncrd In' nlmosi every ilcrpllig room of Dili luitiMi nnd nriihrr itouliln nor n()in lit: lcu lircd to put everything In tlru-u.ut onlcr, iKKm. ItoAttUnd ilijlnu, ptr wrcb,,,,..,,. jj.to llonltl.in .vcck 4,00 S.pglaMe1' ., . 35 m MWQMdrfflwcawraBiBiiiairaii GEE FEljJ. v m m DKAI.KU IN VnimCKKIKH J nti:sn ruuiTH.VKdK ta '' 1ILKH 1' HO VISIONS, VI.OUIl FKKI), KTO O; J TUB IIKST (i U.AI.1TY. 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