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About Weekly coast mail. (Marshfield, Coos County, Or.) 1902-1906 | View Entire Issue (April 25, 1903)
'W '-- VMaMwTuuXJIH saw v. r f i ' i-.- -Hr . ,i v , 4Jr- H -- 'i,, tl- -tf.""'? 4 f . I Ki - - - s:.j344Wt?4 ir. mwrui4t i ' f 7iV-fcJ7;,vi, v '? OUTLAW McKINNEY nv Run to Earth at Last and Killed Kltlls DEPUTY SHERIFF ' ! AND ANOTHER MAN -.m In Addition to a Long List of Pre vious Murders Commit cd by lllm -y, A Bnkorsflcld, Cal,, dispatch gives title account of Ahe killing of Job. Mc McKlnnoy, tho outlaw; Tito longjuid oxcRIng pursuit of Jns. McKlaneyy tlio oullnw,(jrom Kingman, AH., taded Jnn.bnUlvlyrltlL.tho officers ohhelftw within ka frf'bloekn of tbo business canter ol tlio town today, tno men bo I tig klllcn and ono fatally wound cd. Tho killed :- Jnutefl .McKlnnoy, outlaw, William J. Tlbbottf, Deputy Bliorlff. Fatally wounded: Tlioi. J. Packard, City Manual. Tlio bftttlo look placo In a largo tno ntory brick building on tlio outskirts of Chinatown, used by tlio Chinoso mom bora of tlio Kul One Tong an n lodging house, opium den and josoliotno. Hero .McKlnney had bfcn secreted for tno or tltrCO daya. Ho had as a companion Al Hulio, an cx-convlct, who being n mombtirof tlio Chinese sterol eocloty was enabled to onllit tlio aid and tlio sympathy of tlio Orientals In harboring tho outlaw. Shortly boforo U o'clock thli morn ing, Sheriffs Kolly of Kerns, Collins of Tularn and I.ovltt of Arizona, with ofll cors Will and Hurt Tlbbotta, Gas Tower and City Marnhal rackard, aurrounded tho house In which McKlnney was known to be hiding. Will Tlbbelts and Packard approachoJ and ordered tho outlaw to aurrendur. McKlnney nn wcred by shooting.- Will Tlbbotta wai hot through tho stomach and died shortly after; Packard waa dangorously wounded. Hurt Tlbbotti, n brother of tho dead Deputy Bhorlff, ahot McKln ney through tho mouth nnd neck, kill ins him. Tho liouco was n regular fort. In tho place with McKlnnoy was Al Huleo. adeaporadu. McKlnnoy had n r..wcd-off ihotKtin In lit a hand, whilo JIuUo used a platol. Huleo would not obey tho ordor to como out of tho barricaded houao and tho tiro depart ment waa ordered to tho acono. Huleo then currondorod. Ho waa taken to tho Couuty Jail, Another accomplico of McKlnnoy wna In tho houao whrro the battle took ploeo, but ho would not aurronder. Tho building waa eet on Lflro, and in 10 minutes the man waa amokod out and takou to Jail. Tho fooling runs'vory high against Hulse.tha ovldenco tonlngk to show that he la tho man whoso bullet killed Deputj Sheriff Tlbbotta, Tho mur dered ofllcor wftB n popular man, and thoro la, considerable talk of lynching, difiucn ok dufLAw McKlnnoy waa Accused of haying committed scvoral murdera. Ho was n natjvo of California, and was first ecnt to tho ponitontlitry from Tularo County lor asault to murder, and nftor hta ro Ioobo wont to RatidBbnrg.whorohofigur ed in eoaio shooting trouble Ho oscap cd trial, coming to JJnkereflold Boon afterwards, whore In tho latter part of iOOO lie Bitot and killed Tom Bears, n gamblor, tho result of a dlsputo ovor a gamo of cards. No ono saw tho fight nnd McKlnnoy was acquitted on trial, Last July, in Portorvillo, ho killed Billy Lynn and wouudod Coustablo John '.Willis and andthor man in n drunken row, llo mada a sensational cecapo f'om capturo aud for aovoral inontliB j waudorcd prnctlcnlly unmolested through thojiountry, A' few vveoks ago Sheriff Colliui located tbo outlaw at Hormoslllo, Mcx., and an appllcatlou for his extradition wan mado, but the Mexican authorities released him helore the Arrival of tho papers, and ho dlssappoarml for parts un known, Nothing more was hoard from him until April 6, whon news como from Kingman, Arlr,, that McKlnnoy had murdered Charles lllnkely, known ha tho "Cowboy Pianist" and Hoy Wlncheslor, n young minor on tho trail. Nothing definite ia known of tho cause of tho murder but It is thought that McKlnnoy took the men for oflkors aud laid in wait for them on tho trail. Aftor tho shooting tho murderer wont to a ranch and compelled tho rancher to shoo two horses for him nnd ho rodo away. Posies started in pursuit of Mc Klnnoy, but he eluded them and sue cecded in roachlnz Bokorsflold, whore two brothers llvo. Experience Meeting The Ladles' Aid Socio. of tho Metho dist Church held an Hxperlonee Moot lug yostorday nftornoon, to ralio lands for tho church. Koch lady was sup posed to bring adollar, and to relate her "oxperlonco" in gotting It, and somo of tho talos related aro said to have been highly entertaining. Rofrcsbraants woro also served. The program of tho ontortalnmont included alnging by Mrr. Tower and Mrs, Dungan, And tho wholo affair waa ary enjoyable, The sum of (22,76 was realized. Tlie Richest People Tho total wealth of tho world is es timated at 1400,000,000,000, of which the Unltod States ia credited with J9 1,300, 000.000. or nearly one-fourth. Groat llritlan is tho richest nation of Kuropo, fC'J.OOO.OOO.OOO, and Franco is rated ' ntxt, wJtlt f IB.UW.WU.WU. ucrmany i and Uueala follow, with (10,000,000,000 and (32.000,000.000 respectively. Wealth por capita is figured (by Eugene Par eons in Gunton'a Magazino) aa follows: OnlUd btatei, (1235; Great Brltlan, (HI2; France $1207 (not Including 4V 000,000,000 loaned abroad); Gormany, (700 (with $8,000,000,000 of foreign in voitmonts bealM); Australia. (1220; Denmark, JllOjH HolIond(S78j Canada, (1K)5. But tho debtaof thoao countries havo to bo considered lu this connection. Our National dobt is now 1(015,370,000; that of Groat Brltlan, $3,GSS,D28 362; of Franco, (5,718.370,103; of Germany, (3 003,038,400. The dobt per capita is (30 in Great llritlan, (118 in France, (55 in Germany, $32 in Jlueeia, and (50 In Canada, while it is only (12 In' the United States, Thus tho United States has not only tho greatest amount of noalthol any nation, but has tho email eit of any considerable power. Spilled Out (Gardiner Gazette) Tho Umpqua Lifo Saving crow mot with a Juicy littlo accldont in tho flurf of the bar here last Tuesday. Tho echoon or Loulso had run aground on tho north spit and tho gallant Burfmcn in their lifo boat had been out investigating hor condition. They bad found hor crow to be in no immediate dangor and wero re turning to tho station, when on crossing tho bar about a half milo from tho grounded telioonor, a heavy sea upBot tholr boat, and some of thorn woro spill od in tho soothing brino. Tho lifo boat is so constructed na to right and ball horeolf within a few seconds nftor bo Ing turned over in tho wntor, nnd eo thoso who worothrowncomplotoly from hor, woro coon bolug hauled In by thoso who had hung on aud mado tho revolu tion with hor, and nothing eorloua re suited. Hut tho laugh ia ou tho boya and somo of our Ben-faring mon who hnvo not boon ovorboard for tomo timo are quite llkoly to havo eomo insido in formation that they nro dry about tho uoxt timo thoy meet thoso knlghte of tho Btorin tossed wnvo, in tho iromedinto vicinity of an-iDBtitutlon tbnt diBponBoa liquid refreshment. A MILLION DOLLAH TIMBEIJ DEAL W, H, Strobrldgo Purchased 42,- 000 Acres on Rogue River One of the blggonttimbor deals trans acted in Southern Orogon, for eomo timo was tbo recent trAnafer at Oranta Tabs of somo 42,000 acres of timber land on tho Upper Itogue to W. H. Strobrldgo. Mr. Blrobrldgd is an oxtenslyo lum bor operator and has chargo of tho taw mills near Glondale, Ho has taken tho tract on tho Uppor Ttoguo tinder bond, tho prlco named being f 25 an aero for 24,000 Acres of tho tract and $20 per aero for tho remainder. Tho tool prico is (000,000. ThI a bolt of Umber' is ono of the finest In tho aouthorn part of the etato. Con eorvativoly estlnfated it will easily cut 1,200,000,000 f cot hoard measure. It Is composed largely of fir, though thero is ali6 rriUch sugar and yellow pine in tho tract. Tho treeee aro all largo . and sound. Just how tho timber will be taken out by tho recent purchaser of tho' tract is not known. Howovor, Mr.' Strobrldgo intimates that ho will build a railroad 25 miles in length and glvo direct connection botweon tho tim ber and tho main lino of thb Southern l'ncific.s. Tho holt is in easy roach of tho Itoguo and as h matter of fact Rogue "Rivor has long tlnco been proven to bo" a poor logging stream. Asldo from this fact, also tho right to use tho rlvor for logging Purposes ia In the hands of another cenpany. At all ovents, tho big timber trtict will bo worked out, and operations ihat direction will begin .this Sum- r-cr Queer Things, Them Lights Nineteen pooplo from tho aunnj fields of ArkansaB arrived at ono of tho Roecburtr, hotols this weok and angagod two rooms. In a short timo 009 of tho party appeared to tho clerk with tho Btatement: "You'ns has forgot to put lamps In our rooms." Tho cterk tried to iz)lo!n about tho oleclrio light,'' bnt teeing from tho bewildered look that ho was not understood accompanied tho man up staira and turned on the light They proparcd to retire' and then could not put .tho light out eo ono of tho occupants of ono room pulled but n bureau drawer and put tho lljhl in it, shutting it in. while I a tho other room tho light was snugly stowed away In ono of tho raon's pants pocket nnd tho panta hung on tho bed poat. "Necessity is tho motbor of invention. STATE AND GENERAL NEWSiJ) Shaniko and rrlnovlllo aro awoptby tho smallpox. Tho Boer war coBt England 800,000,- 000. Portland hna a Chlnceo foot-pad who holds upIChinamon Eugono ia flsurlug on a celebration on tho 4th of July. Frank E. Vaughn Ib tho now Register nt tho land ofllco at Vancouvor. - , , Tho Board of Trade at Newb'crg hail omlorsed tho lOOS fair. Hood River expects to Bhip'125 cara of strawberrioa thla year. Roeoburg ia to havo a alroot carnival begln'nlug Juno 22. Grants Tabb claims tbo ohatuplbn quoit pltchor in tlio world. Grants Tnss oouncllmQn are reBignlttg, Ono baa rcelgnod aud 4 mora are about to. Col DraUo has resigned 'aa' dispenser of Information for tho Oregon Informn tion Bureau. Tho Anuunl ro-nnlon of tho Linn County Plonooia tnkeB plnco at Browns villoon Juno 10, II, and 12th. Btngor Ilormann.ahot tho first gun of tho Cougreeslonnl Campaign iu Salem by .an address to tho Salem Republi can Olub, , , C Paddy Lynch has been convicted 0' ah anghallng nt Astoria. One White was convicted rocontly In Portland ol tho same offence, 1 The barbers of tho Dalles have agreed to dote tholr shops every evening at 7 o'clock, excopt Saturday evenings, when thoy will close at 10 P. M. In ordor to provide fnnds for a library .for thn pnbllo schools of Baker City, the childron of the primary grade gaye an entertainment Friday and Saturday ovcnlngfl to crowded houses each timo, Captain Hobson is lecturing in Oreg on. It seems tho ladles aro not so anx ious to Sftes him as they onco were. It is tho tame old story. The freshness is cone, Tlio university at Eugene has Just been mado the recipient of a very valuable and important gift. Mr. Thomas Bow ell, of Oregon City, the veteren collector, baa donated bis entire herbarium, con slating of over 10,000 species. Miss Calllo Uensen, of La Grande who drank carbolic acid last week, succumbed to tbe effects of her Injuries Satardry. There was gradual weaken ing of tbo heart, bnt she remained conscious until tho last, when sho turned to hor father, said "Good-byf papa." and lapsed into unconeciouineiB. Sho didn't give any explanation of why she took the acid, nor esemed to realize the circumstances, and repoatedlyL ask ed why eho was tick and why her throat was tore The Grantr Pam saloons have drilled A''t' V....L. Ufn thnir n)A anri nrrnatnmM I habit of keoping open bouse on Sunday. in spile of Mayor Bashor'e statement that ho would close tbera. No one teems to desire the responsibility or wants to osaumo tho blame for allowing tho old order of things to return. One or two of tho 12 saloons with which Grants Pats is favored persisted In allowing heir back doors to remain ajar on Bon lay, and tho rest naturally soon follow ed suit and began admitting tho thirsty. There la a lively contest on before tbe city council at Baker City over. the granting a franchise for 0 railroad to the Seven Devils, from Baker -City. One Corporation, the Oregon-IdAho Central Railroad Company, has filed an applica tion for a franchise granting tho right of way along certain streets. Another com pany, represented by citizonB, who say they aro backed by Now York cap italists, havocked for a franchise also. The council will only grant one franchise for a railroad to the 8even Dovile. and now tho question is which crowd shall have tho favor. The council was on tho Oregon & Idaho Central franchise when tho counter proposition came up. By a voto of 135 to 82 tho taxpayers of tbo city, Pendleton School District TuQadoy defeated tho proposition for .Issuing $25,C00 bonds to erect a new eight-room tchool houte. The question at isatio was not no much the money, but tho location of tho new building which tho School Board had selected. This location did not suit tbe taxpayers, a,nd tho School Board would not agree to tho acceptable one, eo tho londiteao was defoatod. The Balem committee to receije President Rootevelt is sparing no rains to mnlie it, a memorable occasion. It is exnected that raoro people will congre gtitVat Salem that day than at any one timo before, lion, t, f. Ataumou,, ff vt 4 1 . hho Kolo survivor of the Ct men who in 3f43 decided that Oregon abould bo American territory, haa beon invited '.to be a (.ucst of the reception committee on tho1 occasion of the President's visit, According to a dispatch from Salt Lnko City Rockefeller and Gould will build a railroad from that city to Cooa Bay. If this should occur thero might bo a, city 011' Cooa that would surprise the uatlves. Albauy Democrat. Yea, brother Nv.tting, there is already the foundation for a city and n bigger pay roll than Albany can boast of now, aud tho town is yot not nine mouths old. Ita nnmo la North Bond and L. J. SlmpBori is the futlior thereof. Tho now town has olectrlo light ana water wili.bohnd&B toon as pipos" can bo laid. AH of (he union employes In the 1. ucr luiira nnu ,vi)s oti,. w. .--- . City have struck for an increase In i wages of 16 per cent in the mills and tbe loggers ask for equal pay with loggers in other parts of tbe country, Henry Shorb, of Forest Grove while at workTuesday, at tho Albert & Schnei der's haycompressing plant got his right hand caught in the hay baler; The fore finger and middle finger were so severely hurt that it was necessary to amputate them. Medford ia Infested by band of house-breakers and nearly every night some residenee is broken Into. Marion and Clatsop counties have both invested in heavy steam road rol lers and will now make some good crushed rock road. Salsra, Albany, Engene and Rossburg are bow Members of tbe league. Each clab will play 80 games, beglning May itb. The league Is amalene, no pay be ing allowed any of tho players.) The old old story Mr. W. H. Hacker ofColsaibki County Oregon, blew out the gas Ib a Portland Hotel and was found nearly asphyxiated next morn ing. With the announcement that tbo Oro gon & Pacific Railroad Is to- be bull from Grants Pass to Orescent City, Cal. comes also tbe newa that the copper mines of tho WaidolSmolting k MIneing Campany are to bo started up again at an early date. These mines are practi cally owned by tbe people who aro be hind tlrtj new railroad project. At Grants Pats tbe new round house of the Southern Pacific is about com-) plated. Northern Pacific officials announco tho purchate of 1000 new freight cars. Tho steam chest of tho Salom LIgnt, Power & Traction Campsny'B big new engine exploded Tuesday and rendered that valuable piece of machinery help lees for the time being. This engine was perfectly sew and only Installed last Summer. Chris Bensen. murderer of Jailer Marreli, received sentence of 20 years In tbe pen and a fine of (2,000. Horbet Mnndell, tho young boy of Alba, Oregon, who robbod a post effice at that point to obtain money with 'which to buy Christmas presents for his brothers and sisters was sentenced to a term of 3 yeara at tho Boy'a and Girla aid society, at hard labor. Ten gamblers in Roseburg aro under arrest and have given bonds to appear before Judge Hamilton at tbo next term of court. Soveral of th'o men have oprn ed their games since. Officers are de termined to close all gamea. The dedication of a new (3,000 school houte took ylace at Glendalo Tuesday. George Neleon, a brother of tbe lato city audltcr of Aatoria,who was a defaul ter during hla term of office to tbe amount.of about (10,000, has offered to settle all that J Is covered by bonds for (3600, which, togother with the mon ey already paid by him on this amount, will leave the city out about (700. Opposition is met with in Grants Pats over tho acceptance of a Carnegie Libra ry. Considerable scab is reported .' among sheep in Morrow county. William T. Lord, foraer Govornor of Orecon. and Uaited States Minister to Argerfino, has Just arrived at Balti more from that country. His return was made necessory by a severe illness. He will proceed to Oregon at once. Frank Cognloul. 0 years old, ate some decayeu nen ue touuu uear tho Clopeck Fish Company's plant, at Seattle. He died two hours after ward in gieat agony: County Judge W. A. Booth, of Crook County, TueBdaytcpdered his resigna tion to Governor Chnmbarlaiu, to take' effect May 1. W. H. Hogan, Who died recently in Lane Couuty, aged 84 years, leaves a widow aged 78, to whom be was married in 1841 eixty-two yeara ogo. Tho regular examination of eighth grado pupils of Linn County has been completed', and County School Superln 9: jtendeat Joeks ialsWd the ww - - . m .,---.- t- ' j more tq 160 applicants lor diplomas from the eighth grade of tbe pablln schools, and the" rtoelltB were sat!sfaV-s tory, as the test is regarded as a nay etc one. TRACTION BILL MAKES i ' TROUBLE it-', jf Deadlock in House i Btodle Charges to- 6- trf Jt h au rK? m Investigated "' Springfield, April 24 Absolute .quiet reigns ia tho-House lQdayf(,Tlyj insur gents held the Jouraalof yesterday open, and will refuse to let it bo approved un til tbo organization and tpeaker have fulfilled every promise made last night, that tbo traction question shall have full and free discussion. No actios has been taken thus Jfar to- day on Speaker (Miller'a charges that he was approached in .I19 intemU of the Mueller bill. V ' All business in the House is suspend ed, pending the investigation of th9 charges made that money ia being used to pass the Mueller bill. ., Editor Uinman of the Intor-Ocegn has been cited to appoar before the House and if be refuses he may bo pros ecuted. CetaDtnr Torrela. Did you ever ace the convenient combing' towels neat -women fasten about their shoulders -when Uicy dress their hair? They aro not,sibw?but Hie are getting very popular. Oao largo towel la used and ouc-thlrd of its length Ib cut off. The wo-thlrda piceo Ib hollowed out at tbe jieck and sloped a bit on tho shoulders, nnd tlio short piece is shaped in tbe same way to fit the neck and shoulders, but is divided, faced and provided with buttons, nnd holes to fasten In front The shoulder scams aro lapped for strength nnd neatness and the neck Is finished with a tape or a pretty bit of embroidery, it one is fastidious about appearances. toton Traveler. Titled Car Drl-rerr.. Among tbe 5,000 car drivers, motor men and conductors in Vienna thero aru stated to be 400 knights, 60 barons and 4 counts besides other noblemen. Fits Baby Had Two to Six Every Day. Curvature of Spine Straightened By 1 Dri MiU' Nervine, Which Cured Him. "When my little boy was iSrmonths old he wu taka with crtmps iajilt) feet and band.. They would draw, ourol-ahatc &nd remain so (or two, or three day. At, lint, liniment which f. rubbed en seemed to lurjj, but in about two weeks nothing did ny good that the doctor gave him. We culled another doctor but his medicine did no cojd to we , changed to another who called it spinal disease; By this time the child's body was drawn out of shape: hU backbone wo curved to one side, and hi hands and feet out of shape. His suSeriujs v.ere,.terrU!c, and he was having from two to sis lit. a day. I was taklnf Dr. Tillies' Keitorativc Nervine for nervous trouble and saw it was recom mended for fits, so I thought I would s4 if it would help him. This was afur.all three doctors had niveu him up. OnehalJ battle stopped the fits nnd his limbs s;rui!tt ene,d,and another bottle cured him. he is ew a stronc, healthy boy going to tchoul. T tL.n.1.1 1 ..t.lt .l, M...I .... It ). .1.1 r, aVVV mNWt ikhmk tllt !- ine ecoush, aa I know it saved ray boy; life." Mrs. Vriah Kelson, Laasiny, lovr. wr u... .......j..-.i .1. .... M..!f..iHH re suits in .prescribing Dr. Miles' AuiM'fciu ills iri my practice. They ore ccnably a. ery meritorious article .cd I ant tuckh 1 very pleased with them."r-D.-. F. J. Spauldinj-, vuoany, inu. All drucglsts sell and gtsrantse rst bot tie Dr. Miles' Remedies. Send for free wool; pu Nervous and Heart D!euse Accrc.J Dr. MlWsMtdictl Co-i lki:i int.,.. J - f'i trouble returned, before writln? you. bet I. u.r h I p.nnnr nra' rip M11P.K1 Tw vi . t i - ft titn'bii"ta?: r -r