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About Weekly coast mail. (Marshfield, Coos County, Or.) 1902-1906 | View Entire Issue (April 18, 1903)
lPHHHiLIIHss!HHVJIBMHMRaavVMsVVIB WMgiMpiipMMifaij i--MBATW JJr - 4 4 i ' 1 WFF GOA '' J, T t MB MM flHHB ttM .1 t w i VOL XXVI. MASTS CARRY AWAY Shamrock III Injured In Squall Means a Postponement of Race Indon, April 17 Wlillo on a trial fpln title morning tlio cup challenger Bltatnronli (II had everything carrfod away by llio wind, Tlio challenger was left a mero hulk, Tlio aocldont took placo Immediately nllor alio tot (ill on tlio port tack, tihe had Inft thn harbor, and was proceeding slowly when a itiddun tqnall ttruck her, aud carried away everything above board, Tlio yncht was completely dli. masted. Tho bis main taait (ell evtf the ildo into tho water and carried with it tho I m men so loplmmpar, halyardi rlgglnc;,-and clouda of canvai. Tho accident recalli the fact tkat Shamrock II waa similarly wreaked in a trial spin two years ago with King Ed ward nnd Sir Thomas Llpton aboard. Forlunatoly no ono waa hurt. Ofllcial information taya U,o Sham rock HI liyi uo duplicate spars, Ditas ter accordingly means that Lip ton will apply to iiaro tho dato for tho tup race eot back until n now spar can bo obtain ed from America, probably of Sham rock II. Tbo yacht's designer, Watson, when iutorviowod today roiorved hli opinion ia Igjljo cause of the accident. Th6 hull it shown by Investigation to hare es caped injury. Llpton narrowly escaped tho fats of his steward, who was ttruck by aaolhor Hallor and knocked down the hatchway with sufficient foico !o break tho wood on tonk covor on the cabin floor. Ilia hand was badly lacerated and ahouldor bruised. Three of tho crew wore injur ed, ono sustaining n covoro scalntwound. I.lplou is much grieved ovor tho acci dent. ' ltcil Jacket' Memory Itcd .luukot, tho Indian chief, had moro cniiildonco in bin own memory Until In hookH mid pnpors of whlto men. There waa n council tit ono tlmo be foiti TouipUliiH, tin onrly governor of: Now York, In record to nn nnclont treaty. Tho agent ic.ld ono thing, but Itcd Juclcut corrected him. "You hnvo forKoltoti," Haiti tho Amorlcan agent. 'Wo huvo It written down on papor." Tlio pnpor then tolls n Ho," was tho confident mmwor. "I hnvo It wrltto.ii .herb," continued tho chief, placing Ida hand with dignity upon' his brow. "You Yiinlccpti tiro born with a foath 'or botwoun your (lnt'orH, but your pn per doeu not upeak tho truth. Tho In (linn keeps IUh lcuowlcdKO hqro. This Is tho book tho Groat Spirit gavuhlm. It does not llo." A rorerenco was nrndo to tho treaty In question, whon to. tho ns; ipnlshmon of iill-overy vord tlmt Rod 3'ackot had Bald .was confirmed od ill tlocimieut. ...ui-. -.Ill - - -T PAID HIS DEBT Murderer Elliott Lyons Hanged Execution Goes Very Smooth ly Kugeno, April 17 KJwaril Elliott Lyons, slsyor of Sheriff Withou, thlotlboroiir, the llae?a military organ, to- morning at 0:31 droppol to death ...... through the scaffold floor in the 'jail yarJ at Eugene, in cxpli.tlon of hie crlmo, . Tho hanging went off without tho alUhttit accident. Lyons' neck as broken by too fall and but for luvoltin tare convulsions as the body twang to and fro, there was uot a sign of life after ho reached tho cod of the rope. Di. l'alne and Day pronounced the marrdead after ho had hunt; 1 1 minutes. TESTED THE SCAFFOLD FOR LYONS' HANGING Which Jakes Place Today Last Legal Execution Outside the Penitentiary (Eujjone Guard) Tho ccaffoldlnK with which tho law will snutf out thollfo of Edward Elliott Lyons, covicted of tho murder of Sheriff tViihors on theOih of Koburary of this year, was tested this afternoon,. The trap provod to bo in working order and built with omplo strength to do tho work for which it was orccUd. Thenooio was placod about, a heavy walgjit and dropped tho same as Lyons will ho droppoJ next Friday morning at 10 o'clock, ohorlff Frod Fish has seen to the detalli of tho execution nnd thore promises no aecidont In tho execution. Khotiff Flak tent out a tintubtr of in vitations on Saturday and the remain der today, about 100 in all. They Hero sont to tho following!. Tho ahorlffa of the state; tho last grand Jury; tho grand Jury which convicted Lyons; tho ncmbars of the i osio which captured him; tho physleUns of-tho oojnty; and tho newspopor men. v Tho invitation received at tho G.iord office roads as follows: "Roportor Eugene Guard: This per mit will cntltlo you to witness tho exo cutlon ot F.lllott E. Lyons on Friday, the 17th day ol April, 1003, 0:80 a. m' within tho onulosure of the Jail yard .of tho Lauo county Jail. I'rosont this card, "Fnitn Fisk, "Sheriff of Lano County, Oregon. 'Not transferable. "Elliott E. Lyons shot nnd fatally wouudod W. W, Withors, Bhorlff,- on Feb, 5, 1003: was arrested Feb, 0. 1003; convicted March 4. 1003; sentenced March (1, 1003," This will bo the last oxocutlon in tho statooutsldo of tho peuitentiary, tho law onnctud at tho last Session of -the hiKhrfature providing for nil hangings in tho state to tnko place at .the. ttato pri son In Baleu, , r MARSHFIELD, COOS COUNTY. OREGON April MAY MAK& Seizure of Constanti nople V Easily Within Russia's Power Moscow, April 15 The bewsftpsr ) day urges tboseiiurij of Cor eticUlBOple i V r by tho Black Sea fleet In combination with 200,000 men. The coup could be o fleeted the papor says, as no power, woujd tfaro try to dliloJge ifnesia. Sach a bold niovo may solve the Ba'kan . . troable. 4 Constantinople, April 0 The secret auenla of tho government state that an uprialnc is, planned IB aiACCdOnUMOr I Monday f V next. The Porte has decided to concontrnto 10 battalions there. Tbo CzarUovltch anticipates serious troublo in Albania. A dispatch from Slartetch says tho Turkish troops recently had an engagc ciont with Bulgarianr, who woro assist cd by tho villagers of Bulm vlllago. The Bulgarians ond their friend? estapedi Two Turks .were killed. Ileporta show great activity in the Russian dock yards on tho black sea. Intertribal lights have broken outsat Bagdad. All ayallablo mjlltary forces havo been sont to suppress tho out break. CONTRACT . FOR GRADING Grants Pass-Crescent City Road ,T. "" "ir.. (S. F, Examinor April) Tho first contract for the grading of the new railroad that is to connoct Grant! fes and Eureka, in Humboldt county, was let at the- Crocker Building in this city on Wednesday, and is (or the strip of road from Grant's Pass to Crescent City, Tkia la the road in which Senator Fenrose, J. O. Gann, T. if, Tuttlo and others aro interested. Tbero will be anothor contract lot In near future for the' portion of tho road from Orescent Oity to Eureka,, and a third 'for the line from Eureka up tho coast to Coon Bay. .-- urtra 'vt"orc. '' "v-,,!T"-'r 'I onpposo you hnvo hoard about young Chumloy?. no is vory seriously ill ns n result of overwork." "You dou't say sol What has ho boon dolnjr.to.brlnttlt.rtbhut?" . . "Trriba td collect hB bnuaiiti.'i COUP AGAIN ' VERY WROTH i GermahyThinksSrjeis Affronted By Our Friendly Act to France "Wellington, April 17 Tho American squadron in European waters Jboe been ordered to Marseilles to partlcipato in I the'reception ol Loubot, April 30th. tho Berlin News says tho sending ol tho tquadron to Mnriollloj has aroused a storm of indignation on accouut ol the , rofusal to participate in tbo German re ception at Keil. Tho refusal ie now re tarded as direct affront to Germauy. Taagblott declares tho fact ought to bo n salutary Ioison to Germauy not t0 Irncklo la Anwrlm. nrwl ravh that t,,. i --. 1 j- - jnnneni jrienusntp tjotween Amoma and Germany Is impossible. Tacliechcrundcsbau characterizes it M a slap in tho fflco and an insult tht Germans won't forget. . . Duottchcs Zoitung welcomes (ho inci dent because it clears tho air and shows Germany how tho Americans really re gard thorn. Navy department ofllciale allege that tho ucfavorablo criticism today ot tin German press over tho action of tho de partment in ordering tho European squadron to Marseilles, is basod on misapprehension of tho situation. Tho Kaiser invited not tho European, but tho North Atlantic iquadron to par ticipate at Keil, Tho invitation was ei tended at tho timo when it was con t cm plated that the North Atlantic squad ron would visit European waters, Lt tor, it was decided not to Bond theequad ron to Europe for tho Summer, so the KaUor'a invitation was declined. Tuo MiikoIIIcs trip now will not ii -terfere with tho European tquadron'e regular itinerary. .. t FATAL LIVE WIRE Rosollurg, April 17 Earl Flotcher, n , .to 16 year old and apprentice line man, vfta electrocuted at 3 o'clock this after noon at tho poner house here, His f hand camo In contact with a trana'orm- er wlro while ho was leaning back in a chair, reading,, lie rccolved Votls,, . i 10.0C3 18. 1903. UNION DEMANDS DENjED Strike SituationTense at Portland . Portland, April 10 Tbo Builders Attociation has itsucd a manifesto, ad justed to tho Builders Trades Council ind others, declaring that' they will not recognize tho union and will not grant .he demand for 17.50 per day. A lumber of non union carpenters and winters were put to work on buildings this morning. The stiuation fa tense. THE SPRING CROP . OF SEA SERPENTS A Victoria, B. C, dispatch brings tho 1rst Spring sea serpent etory as follows: "Officers of tho cable station at ilatn field Creek arn sponsors for a etory 'hot a tea serpent from 40 to CO feet loog and with a hoad like a horse, has Ucen r-cen of! tho atotlon. .Tho .cablo operators say in loiters tn tho local lewfpapcrs that IiidJftns.bad-bc-ptaJ:-,; Injrot tne cxtstonco of n ica tcrnont mt tho etorie3 wero not credited. David Osborno, ono of tho officials, says that i wrek aco tho animal wae seen from nblo Btition to raise a bis horfc-like head and uwim oat from tho mouth of Uamiloi'd creek into Barley Sound. Mr. Gordon, of tho cablo tuff, savs hnt when ho first caw tlio animal "it looked liko rt mnpsive roa weed, bat presently ho raw thn head elevated, nnd tho big 8erpont moved off toward thn ea Mr. Godfon soys it mcved off with iho speed of a torpedo boat. Ou April 10 an Indian eaw the thing and was so frightened that ho ran his canoe into tho breakers, left it and fled along tho beach to tliu cablo Btntlon. Thn Indian aid thb thing had a head shaped like a horso nnd its body, ten feet of which was lifted, was tho eizo of a harrol. Tho Indiana in tiio neighborhood are ierri fled. I ' SHOE N buying shoeB DON'T gtt plucked. If you buy a f 3 50 n ft 00 shoe.ut a Btoro whero $U to S shoes aro sold you cq get plucked, nearly oven'tluio; - ' : " Batlsfoctory ahoos for Winter shoos that please tho people shoes in which tho shape, will hold won't "quash" out, or sag in tho shank, or cot shabhrlookius 3Kl fi -rtfliSr Y?5ssbJ In a Utile whl.'o. ::::::: : Bhoea that hold out because they're rightly ouilt not a ikimp any where, insldo or out Til A l"8 tho Walk-Over Shoa . : ; WALK OVER SHOE Must bo riRht or couldn't everlastingly woar or a new pair. , Why pay f 5 and $0 Tom, Dick and Horry long suffering public with scarcely u nor in shape for tho last ton years. 1 iHAGNES & OUTFITTERS& J. ."S 'f NO.1.-! 7- NEW WAR ' ; VESSEL t ;v LAUNCHEQ Witnessed byManyDis-, 'tjnguished Feple . New London, April 10 The Minne sota waa laancbed Bcetsfally at 2:90 this afternoon. Nothing marred the event. The governor, a uaaiber of state eonat'ors, a number ,of eaayors, Lewis Nixon ol New YdrV and (boa sands ol others witness it. Tho New London board of trade And a thousand gnesta were on excursion steamers, and tbo harbor was filled with crafts of all descriptions, Hill's yacht) Wacout, being among them. PLAYS AND PLAYERS. Edward Namack is the advance rep resentative of William n. Crano IrT "David Hanim." Miue. Modjeska la nppenrinf in ro lnnd tu Shnkcspoare and alao in plays' by Polish authors. Ethel Knight Malllson. formerly lead I IirtTTTOmnn wtth'RIclwrd Maujdetd, is 10 appear in vauneviuo. , Charley K. (Parson) Dav(ea, famou ih tho sporting world. vll probably go on, tho ntngo In vaudeyLo. Henrietta Crosmnn, . (a snld. is writ lug n volumo of htfr ru)lnr3ccsc?s as d little nrmy girl tu jp frontier. It Is claimed for Lolo Fuller that sb hns played, loupo) euefigements In Vftls than any qhpr American actreas . llow llvluff. It Is understood that Mrs. Patrick Campbell wl play a series of Shako spcaro and Sqrdou dramoa on her tou. next season. According to recent reports received! from Pilrfa, ,M. Ilostund'a dally receipt! from "Cyrano de Bergerac" stHj amount 9 1,017 francs or $20. TALK wrong no middle ground-or wo preach Mono7Back Shoos ;r,ood : : : ; fpr let-well-enough-alono ol,va makos that havo beon .folstrrJ on a chango in quality $j 30 ud $4.00 never lei MATsON FUENISHEES -. u - 11 1 : I'l I' ! ! " 1 i ii 41 m HMIIMssIjsbWMWU Mli