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Overdue Steamer Crosses Col
umbia Bar Monday
p Afternoon.
TOWED BY TUG TATOOSH
Anxiety Gives Way to Rejoicing
When Report Is Re
ceived. Suspense Caused by Number of Local
People on Hoard List of Pns-
MMigcrs of Delayed Vessel.
ALLIANCE PASSENGERS.
M. L. ASIIER
A. II. MYERS, WIFE AND
BOY
SIRS. A. MOSES
11. P. PYOTT AND WIFE
HERBERT PYOTT
10. LEWIS
CHARLES REDNALL
FRANK LAYTON, of Flelsh-
ncr, Meyer, Dry Goods Co.,
Portland.
LIZZIE RUSEY
GEO. JACKSON
J. G. STEPHENS AND WIFE
W. 11. RICHARDSON, Pies-
cott, Arizona.
4 J. II. CALLAHAN, Prescott,
Arizona.
PRANK DAVIS
CHAS. WEISS
II. KRUEGER
JOHN WITT
The anxiety on Coos Bay over the
poslblo loss of the Allianco Was dis
sipated yesterday afternoon shortly
before four o'clock, by receipt of a
telegram by L. W. Shaw, local agent,
to the effect that the steamer had
arrived safely at Astoria. A little
later an Associated Press Bulletin to
The Times stated' that the vessel was
towed across the bar by the tug
Tatoosh, which left Astoria early yes
terday morning to search for the
overdue steamer and eventually dis
covered her drifting and working
northward with the current.
Th0 Allianco passed out of Coos
Bay Thursday afternoon and since
then the only word from her was
that published In Sunday's Times to
the effect that she had been spoken
to by the Beverlc at' Cape Gregory
on Friday. Capo Gregory, according
to Mr. Shaw, Is the old term for Cape
Arago, the headland at the entrance
of Coos Bay. Varied reports have
been circulated about the bay re
garding the Alliance and her trouble
when she crossed the bar, but none
of them could be substantiated. The
telegram from San Francisco stated
that she had lost three blades from
her propeller and asked for a tow
to the Columbia river. Nothing of
certainty could be learned and for
that reason the interest has been
quite tense. When word came by
the Associated Press that a passenger
bad been washed overboard, the anx
iety increased, for there were a num
ber of local people aboard.
The published list of passengers
Indicates the personal cause for anx
iety by Coos Bay friends. In the list
are the names of Mr. Frank Davis,
general manager of the Davls
Schultz Co., wholesale grocers of
North Bend; A. H. Myers, late pro
prietor of the Nutwood saloon,
Marshfleld, who accompanied by his
Wife and boy were on the way to
Seattle from which point they will
travel east; E. Lewis, Charles Red
nail, and Frank Layton, all well
known traveling men.
There were many Idle rumors
afloat tending to increase the anxiety
of local people.
The California Coast Steamship
company, owners of the Alliance, had
three tugs out searching for the
overdue ship yesterday, the Colum
bia having left Coos Bay shortly
after noon, and the Hunter, from
the Umpqua, being employed in the
samo capacity, and the Tatoosh which
loft. Astoria yesterday morning and
later found her and towed her .to
port.
Statement Proves Prophecy.
' The following statement given
early in the afternoon to a Times
reporter by Agent L. W. Shaw
proved almost a prophecy as later
developments verified his faith in
the safety of the vessel.
"I am expecting to hear frem the
'Alliance any moment and that she
has entered the Columbia. The cur
rents along the coast are setting
north at this season of the year
owing to the prevalence of the south
erly winds. As it was reportod she
IE
REACHES
had one blade of her propeller when
spoken to by the Steamer Beverlc
she should bo able to make her way
with sails and steam even though it
should be slowly.
"Tho largo bar tug Tatoosh loft
Astoria for the south yesterday morn
ing to search for and assist tho
Allianco and tho tug Columbia has
started from North Bond for the
north.
"There Is absolutely nothing to
tho many rumors afloat as to wreck-
ago from the Allianco being picked
up on tho beach ns I am In touch
constantly with all points of infor
mation and would first learn if these
reports were true.
"As tho Alliance is directly in tho
path of north and south bound boats
I do not anticipate serious results as
I said before I expect to hear any
moment that she has safely entered
the Columbia."
The Alliance Crew.
Tho Alliance carries a crew of
about twenty-seven members, in
cluding tho ofllcers and from that
down to tho pantryman. Captain
B. W. Olson, came to the employ of
tho California Coast Steamship com
pany six years ago, and started in
as third mate on the Alliance. He
was promoted from tlmo to time,
and was finally assigned command of
the Dispatch, ono of the company's
boats, a steam schooner. Some
thing over a year ago, he was trans
ferred to command of the Alliance,
which duty he has since fulfilled.
The captain is considered by marine
people one of tho most careful and
successful skippers of tho Pacific
coast.
The ofllcers are made up of the
following: 1st Mate, McNicholls;
2nd Mate, Dexter; Joe Mann, chief
engineer. Besides these there are
eight seamen, two assistant engine
ers, three firemen, two oilers, six
cooks and pantrymen.
Hary Skinner, who has been with
the company off and on for the past
three years as purser, took tho posi
tion tho last time about three months
ago. He has an assistant, A. A.
Courtenay Jr., a young man well
known on Coos Bay, and a son of
A. A. Courtenay, secretary of the
Pacific Coast Box company.
PORTLAND, Dec. 3. Tho Alli
ance arrived in Astoria in tow of the
tug Tatoosh at 9.50 this morning.
D. F. Pyott of Coos Bay is the name
of the passenger drowned while tho
vessel was crossing the bar. Pyott
attempted to enter his stateroom and
swept overboard. His wife who was
standing in tho stateroom was
knocked back and badly hurt. Tho
Alliance lost its rudder, rudder post
and three blades of tho propeller
crossing the Coos Bay bar.
Cause of Delay.
The following special telegram to
the Times was delayed and did not
reach Marshfleld until today. It ex
plains the occasion of the delay in
arrival in Astoria.
ASTORIA. Dec. 2. Tho steamer
Alliance, with rudder and part of her
post gone, and under a Jury steering
gear, Is off tho Columbia bar tonight,
Captain Olson having declined tow
and assistance offered him repeatedly
today, by Capt. Bailey, of the bar
tug Tatoosh.
Capt. Bailey offered to take off his
nassengers. but this was also de
clined. The Tatoosh having stood by
till sun down and then returned to
port. The weather is rainy and
threatening outside and the bar is
rough. If the weather holds, tho
Aliance is expected in the morning,
but anxiety is felt as to her chance of
crossing the bar successfully with a
Jury rudder.
Capt. Olson, wanted a fixed price
for the service tendered by Capt.
Bailey, but tho latter protested that
he had no authority to quote terms
and proposed to leave it to tho re
spective owners of tho ships.
PROSPERITY IN PORTLAND
Despite tho Panic All Records Are
Broken in November Shipments.
PORTLAND, Dec. 3. For the first
time in tho history of tho port the
value of the exports for a Bingle
month has exceeded $2,000,000, no
previous 30 days having approached
anywhere near those figures. In
other words November, 1907, has
broken tho record of 'shipping from
the Willamette river, setting a new
high-water mark which makes tho
showing of its predecessors look
small in comparison. It attests more
clearly than anything else could pos
sibly do tho growing importance of
Portland in the eyes of tho commerc
ial wor'd.
In November, 190C, tho value of
all exports from Portland was $888,
186, which means that tho commerce
from tho Willamette river has al
most trebled In the past 12 months.
At all events the deep water traffic
for the corresponding period last
year was only about a third of the
proportions attained In the past 30
days.
S
MAR S HFI EL!D
Fifteen Thousand Real Estate
Sale Is Made Mon
day. INVESTOR FROM ILLINOIS
Faith in Coos Bay Continues in
the Face of Financial
Flurries.
Price Indicates a Substantial Ad
Advance In Price of Business
Property and Marks Con
tinuation of City's
Progress.
A sale of Front street property was
closed Monday by W. J. Rust which
shows that Illinois people think well
of Coos Bay. The Adams property,
consisting of fifty feet, between A
and B streets, extending back to the
low water line of the bay and with
two story buildings, sold for $15,
000, where, a year ago, it was pur
chased by Mr. A. A. Adams, of Los
Angeles, for $13,000. The buildings
are occupied on the first floors by
the Pacific' States Telephone and
Telegraph offices and S. Lando, as a
general dry goods store. Mr. Robert
J. Montgomery, of Decatur, 111, is the
purchaser. Mr. Montgomery was
here last summer and spent about
three weeks on Coos Bay and the
neighboring country. Ho has other
valuable interests near Marshfleld,
which came to him before tho pres
ent increase in prices occurred. This
is tho largest sale made since tho.
Seaman property changed hands last
spring, going to the First Trust and
Savings Bank, which company is
eracting a fine building on it.
EUREKA'S MAYOR GETS
THREATS OF DEATH
Anonymous Letter AVrltcrs Breathe
of Vengeance If the Lid Is Put On.
EUREKA, Cal., Dec. 2. Mayor H.
L. Ricks has received two anony
mous letters threatening his life if
he does not withdraw the ordinance
which he has prepared to present to
tho council making all games of
chance or playing for money illegal.
One of the letters abuses him for
having prohibited gambling during
his administration and wound up
with the threat: "If you stop the
playing of draw poker, beware!
Your days are numbered. Wo will
get you yet."
The other letter was typewritten
and occupied a full sheet of letter
paper, and was evidently written
by an educated person. It also con
tained a threat relative to gambling.
It accused the mayor of being a re
ligious crank and" of trying to make
a closed town here, and warned him
that ho would not succeed. The note
closed: "We are determined that it
shall not bo a closed town and the
council Is with us in this, so beware!
Wo will take means to defeat your
purpose."
LEAVES POR HONOLULU
Mr. Wiley Tlndlolph Will Mnko Pleas-
nnt Winter Tour.
Mr. Wiley Tlndolph, the Minne
apolis capitalist, who has spent sev
eral months on Coos Bay, will de
part on the Plant for San Francisco,
where ho will join a party of tour
Minneapolis friends and In com
pany with them will make a winter
trip to Honolulu and Japan.
Mr. Tlndolph has been a good
friend of the Coos Bay country since
ho has been hero and will return In
.Time to look after business affairs.
He speaks highly of the courtesies
ho has been shown while in Marsn
field and Intends to spend most of
his time on Coos Bay when ho re
turns. Ho has recently received
word that his son, Dr. L. W. Tln
dolph, had successfully passed the
Indiana state medical board s ex
amination, and was to take up spec
ial work In tho Bellevuo hospital,
New York City.
MILLMEN HEAR GOOD NEWS
Five Thousand Employes Return to
Work and More Will Follow.
YOUNGTOWN, Ohio, Dec. 2.
More than 5000 millmen havo been
restored to their Jobs at tho plant of
the Republic iron & aieui iuwii
and several departments of tho
nrown-Bonnell steel plant wm re
sume operations. They have been
idle for two weeks, as several of tho
big steel and Iron mills in mis city.
It was announced that within ten
days or two weeks the big plant of
tho Youngstown Sheet & Tube com-
lany would uo in acuve uiierut.uu
with at least 2,000 men restored to
employment.
PERITY IN
LOOKS BRIGHT
FOR BUSINESS
Banks Ready to Resume Cash
Payments and Restore
Normal Conditions.
GOOD TIMES ARE COMING
Prominent Tacoma Banker
Predicts That Present Con
ditions Will Not Last.
Cheerful News Prom Various Points
Indicate a Normal Currency
Situation Will Soon Prevail
Industritso Reopening.
BELLINGHAM, DEC. 2. R. L.
McCormick, head of tho Pacific Na
tional bank in Tatoma, and general
Western Manager for tho Weyer
haeuser Timber Co., Is in this city
as the guest of Judge John A. Kollog
and his mother, to whom ho is re
lated. Mr. McCormick has been in
tho hospital at Rochester, Minn., for
several weeks, and was not able to
go Sunday with the committee of
which he is a member to present tho
case of the lumbermen before the In
terstate commerce commission at
Washington, D. C. He Is of tho opin
ion that tho lumbermen will win
their fight, for tho lumber industry in
the Northwest is in a demoralized
condition, and this is due largely to
the action of the railroads, he be
lleves.
"There Is absolutely no sense In
It," said Mr. McCormick, in referenco
to the recent financial flurry. "There
was no occasion for any disturbance
west of New York and all that has
happened is due simply to a lack of
confidence. Tho Wall Street inter
ests doubtless planned a depression
of the money market, but tho thing
got beyond their control and they
have suffered along with the rest of
the country.
The present condition cannot pre
vail long. I am satisfied that the
banks of the West are in a position
to resume cash payments and that
they would do so if they were as
sured that there would bo co-opera'
tlon in all financial circles and that
the people would not draw their
money out and hoard it. Money Is
now flowing westward very freely, es
pecially from Chicago, and there is
no doubt that there will be enough
to meet all needs in a very short
time.
"Tacoma has weathered the storm
as well, I believe, as any other city
on tho coast, for the reason that tho
business interests and the people
havo been loyal in tho town. There
(has been no disposition to embarrass
I the banks, and they are now in good
condition."
CHICAGO, Dec. 3. FrankA. Van
derllp, vice-president of tho National
City Bank, New York, who is visit
ing his mother here, predicted that
the currency situation will get back
to normal as soon as the December
payrolls are met.
Speaking of the financial situa
tion, ho said:
"Interior banks are undoubtedly
hoarding money that is, they are
running their reserves up to an ab
normal point. There is an entire
adequate supply of currency at the
present time. All that is needed to
unlock the currency situation Is more
confidence and thero Is evidence of
a returning of that confidence. Some
currency is being shipped to New
York from Interior points. In my
opinion, a few days more will end
tho premium on currency.
ARCHBISHOP RECOVERING
Marshfleld friends of Archbishop
Christie, of tho Catholic diocese, of
Oregon, are In receipt of tho pleas
ing news that he will soon bo able
to return from Chicago and resume
his honored ecclesiastical place in
Portland, If ho makes tho rapid re
covery that is expected. Tho crisis
has been safely passed by him after
an operation for removal of gall
stones. Tho operation was made by
Dr. John B. Murphy at Mercy hos
pital. Only the most favorablo con
ditions have attended the caso and
It Is expected that the eminent
churchman will soon be completely
recovered.
Tho archbishop has been ailing
for a year past. Tho illness was not
of a chronic nature, and had no con
nection with tho serious attack suf
fered by him three years ago. With
his recovery from the present
troublo it is said he will enjoy ro
bust health. Ho Is 04 years old, and
a man of powerful mentality, who
is much loved by the people of Port
Is much loved by the people of Oregon.
tlon lies In the direction of the cent
ral bank that will havo the power to
Issue and take on tho fiscal duties
of the treasury department. Tho
effectiveness of co-operation through
the clearing houses during tho pres
ent crisis has emphasized the im
portant part clearing houses may bo
made to play in our financial system.
It is possible tho legislation now will
give enlarged powers to tho treasury
to be used In conjunction with the
clearing houses."
THE CRISIS IB OVER
Eastern Ranks Arc Beginning To
Send Gold West.
PORTLAND, Dec. 2. In banking
circles tho opinion is expressed that
the financial condition continues to
Improve, and that confidence is
gradually being restored. Tho best
proof of tho returning faith of the
people Is tho announcement of Sec
retary Cortelyou that ho will issuo
but $35,000,000 of certificates, and
that these will bo redeemed In tho
spring.
Bankers oxplaln that tho secrotary
has discovered that there Is not tho
need of tho big issue of certificates
as at first supposed, as conditions
havo changed and tho crisis has
passed. This means, of course, tho
oast, and when tho east becomes safe
and sane financially the west Is pro
pared to do business. But for tho
dispatches from Wall street when
tho trouble started, tho west would
not have suffered from panic, for, so
far as the west is concerned, it is
prosperous.
Another shipment of gold arrived
and Is being delivered to the Bank of
California. There is scarcely a day
that ono or more of the banks does
not receive currency from tho east.
This is a promising feature, indicat
ing that money is becoming more
free. A few weeks ago it was im
possible to secure any coin from tho
east.
DON'T KNOW ABOUT PANIC
Bank Conditions Arc Reported Good
at Brownsville.
BROWNSVILLE, Or.,Dec. 2.
Were It not for tho newspaper this
community would hardly know that
the country was passing through an
unusual financial flurry. No clear
ing house certificates circulate here,
and the banks and all lines of busi
ness continue as before the present
financial difficulties began. Browns
ville has been highly prosperous this
year with a bright outlook for tho
year 1908.
TIMES ARE GOOD AT COLTON
Financial Flurry Has Not Been No
ticed There.
COLTON, Wash., Dec. 2. Gold
coin Is still tho standard of valuo
at Colton. Business has not suffered
In the southern part of Whitman
county generally, and everything Is
still going along as usual.
"We are still doing buslnes in the
good old way," says R. A. Langley,
cashier of the Colton Stato bank
We have not paid out any clearing
house certificates, although wo have
accepted them at all times, as they
are perfectly good and really as good
as Uncle Sam's kind. Our deposits
beforo the disturbance were about
$C2,500, and thoy are now $74,900
Our loans were principally to farm
ers, and theso were nearly all paid
during October, and our loans on
grain wo considered better than tho
money Itself. Now that tho grain
is moving cash balances aro Increas
ing rapidly. Tho money situation
worked no hardships In our commun
ity, practically all tho business being
conducted along commercial lines,
with tho use of checks and drafts,
When money Is wanted wo havo al
ways beon nblp to supply all reason
able requirements."
TO PAY SHOVELERS $3 A DAY
Rossland Mine Owners Agree to
Huiso Wages.
ROSSLAND,,B. C, Dec. 2. It was
today learned that In tho agreement
reached between the mine managers
and union men tho wages of shovel-
ers wero fixed at $3 a day instead
of $2.75, as stated in recent dis
patches. For a short period prior
to July 1 wages for shovelers wero
$3 a day. This rato will remain in
offect.
DID YOU EVER HEAR
THE LIKE OF THIS?
BELLINGHAM, WASH., DEC. 2.
But for tho Interference of tho po
lice last night a man named Mc-
Cauley would havo lost his ears as
the result of losing at a poker game.
Ho ran out of cash and offered to
play for his ears. The policeman
stopped bis opponent in the act of
making a cut with his knife.
CLAIMS OREGON
CHAMPIONSHIP
Morris Abraham Bags Fifty
Ducks, With Fifty Shells
Without a Miss.
ESTABLISHES NEW RECORD
Took All Birds As They Canio and
Shooting Alternately a 28 and t
SO-Guago Gun.
PORTLAND, Dec. 2. Portland
can boast of many good duck Blund
ers, but it remained for Alorrls Abra
ham to establish u record that has
probably never been equalled in this
or any other country whero ducka
fly. Every sportsman in tho North
west knows "Mooch" Abraham, us
ho is known among trap shooters ini
duck hunters. By all hi Is consid
ered one of tho best duck shota la
this neck of tho woods and also bet
ter than tho average traps, but thf
record that he establlshad last Sun
day of killing 50 ducks with 50 sheila
will undoubtedly stand vb a roc rd
for all time.
Tho klllng of 50 ducis may not
be considered a very great feat u
marksmanship where the ducks aro
plentiful and tho man behind the gun
picks and chooses his birds. But
when this almost marvelous record la
made taking nil birds as they como
over, the shooting alternately a 25
and a 20-guage gun, it simply stands
out alone.
Abniham, together with W. F.
LIpman, Dr. K. A. J. Mackenzie,
Frank Thorn, C. F. Adams, A. L.
Mills, George Lelthoff, Jack Culli
son and several others shoot at
Deer Island. Mr. Abraham has mori.
guns in his rack than any other
sportsman in tho city, and among
his recent purchases made tho 28 and
20-guage double barrel shotguns.
Sunday ho took the two small boro
guns to the blind and without any In
tention of establishing a world's
record he began to shoot. W. F.
LIpman was with him and when ho
bogau knocking bird after bird down,
not waiting for them to decoy close
in, but taking them all alike, Mr.
LIpman began keeping tally. Tho
string ran Into tho twenties, then
into tho thirties and forties, until
finally the lawful limit had been
reached when Abraham quietly laid
aside his guns.
Only those who haye shot ducks
along tho Columbia river, or In tho
Northwest where limit bags of 50
lucks are nothing unusual, can ap
preciate this feat. It Is nothing to
kill 50 birds, but when tho trick is
done with two small boro guns and
without missing a single duck, thero
is something to talk about. Abraham
shot a charge that was about tho
limit for tho guage guns ho used.
His shells were loaded with two and
one-half drams of powdor and three
fourths of an ounce of No. 6 shot.
Considering tho light load and tho
fact that most of the birds are mal
lards, only adds more glory to tho
feat.
ANOTHER RESIDENT FOR
COOS BAY COUNTRY
Commercial Traveler Finds Charms
of Coos Irresistible nnd Will Lo
cato In Tills Section.
Mr. L. C. Collins, who has beon
tho representative of Tillmann-Bond-el,
wholesale grocers, of San Fran
cisco, for a number of years has re
signed his position and will locate on
Coos Bay or in tho Coquillo valley.
He will leave in company with Mrs.
Collins who lias boon with him this
trip and close up his affairs in San
Francisco, returning to Coos Bay
soon after tho holidays. Mr. Thomas
Cartor takes his place, and has been
shown the country and Introduced to
tho Coos county tradesmen.
EAST MARSHFIELD
GROWING RAPIDLY
School Census Shows That It la
Growing Llko a Green Bay Trco
And Rabies arc Numerous,
East Marshfleld comes to tho front
with tho figures that it is no laggard
in tho prosperity and progress raco
now on at Coos Bay. Tho following
statistic of tho school census confirm
its right to bo considered as progres
sive as any section of Coos Bay:
November School Census.... 88 (
February School Census.... C 2
Total increase 26
In addition to this an enthusiastic
resident sayB that tho arrival of new
babies may bo classified as too num
erous to mention. It is evident that
East Marshfleld will mako all tho
others look to tholr laurels.
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