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VOL. II.
THE COOS BAY TIMES, THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1903.
No. 150
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Times Correspondent Wriies
Interestingly and Hopefully
of the Chances for an Ap
propriation for the Improve
ment of Coos Bay, by the
Present Congress.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 31,
1907. It may be Interesting to read
ers of Tho Coos Day Times to learn
that there Is considerable grounds
for our belief that there will be a
river and harbor bill passed at this
spsslon. Speaker Cannon, Mr. Bur
ton, chairman of the Itiver and Har
bor committee, and several others
Who have practically the matter in
charge, delivered eloquent and force
ful 'addresses at the National Con-
gress, organized for the purpose of trip to this port as she will be over
advosating larger appropriations for hauled and In fine shape within a
such impoyements; and as they pro- few days. The Delhi will leave here
Hosed fifty million a year to bo set for San Francisco Friday morning at
aside to improve the water ways of 9 o'clock. The following is the pas
our nation, the friends of such en- B.nger HSt of arrivals:
terprlse are very hopeful that such a Eric Anderson, C. C. Nordenhaus
resolution will pass; and during the Qn G c, Bickford and wife, W.
hpliday season representatives and Doyiei a. F. Cubbs and wife, J. H.
senators have been discussing tho Snyder, Mrs. Caprlcello, It. Green, J.
matter, but so far there has not ap- L smith, J. C. Green, Miss Merriman,
peared any opposition. In caso the Mr3. W- L Latrd, jilss M. C. Wilcox,
bill passes, tho question then will z E sheever, C. E. Martin, G. Bar
arise as to how much of that great stronl j. Smith, W. J. Smith, B. F.
sum will be allotted to Coos County, Cooiey, Ar. H. McKay, J. Rogers, A.
and your correspondent feels much H E(jdy j. n. Kronenburg, A. Daw
solicitude in tho matter and he Is son v swayue, Mrs. D. E. Meeker
anxiously watching the final outcome. and ten steerage passengers.
Tho Coos County delegate to the TUo Delhl wln taUo about 17,000
National River and Harbor Congress feut of lumber from the C. A. Smith
was fortunate In being placed upon jnjj ml ner next trjj,
the nominating committee, and after
a hard pull he succeeded In retaining TELEGRAPH "WIRES DOWN.
J. W. Dennett, of your city, as vice-1 yesterday.g storm put the Western
president for Oregon. There was n . UnUm wlVf.d out o commission and
disposition to give it to Portland, ' ThQ T,me3 ls compelled to go to press
Seattle or San Francisco. There t()day wlthout its customary Assocl
were were about fifteen hundred del- ated PreE3 rep0rt.
egates to the congress. The spacious '
and elegant auditorium in that mag-1 nEPinpDATQ M I
nincent structure, the New Willard, ULIV.UUrfA WILL
was well filled. The space assigned! IVILfcl IN orUtxftHIC
to each state was designated by a '
banner with the name of tho com-1
monwealth in gold letters on a blue
background, but Oregon had two
chairs occupied, Joseph Teal, of Port-
land, and tho writer. However, Con
gressman Hawley kept us company a
portion of the time. The addresses
were eloquent and strong, even Mr.
Hill, the railroad magnate talked
over an hour advocating the necessity
of more improvements In our water
ways. His address was practical and
strong. When the congress called at
the White House the President de
livered an address which showed that
lie was in hearty accord with tho
proposition. Therefore Coos County
1ms grounds to believe that good for
tune ls in store for her harbors. Mr.
Hawley, our new representative from
the first district, has got well into the
harness and has already left a good
Impression with his co-workers, and
we predict for him a brilliant
career at tho capital. In fact our
state has a splendid delegation to
look after his interests and wo be
lieve they will work for every section
no matter how remote It may be.
ORVIL DODGE.
ASKS S50.000 FOR WIFE'S LOVE.
Says J. 0. Donnelly Has Alienated
Her Affections.
TACOMA, Jan. G.--J. C. Donnelly,
tho former proprietor of tho Donnel
ly hotel and prominent business and
club' man of Tacoma, has been made
defendant in a sensational $50,000
suit for alienation of affections by
J. A. Gass, a well known traveling
man of Seattle. Serving of tho sum
mons was made on Mr. Donnelly by a
deputy sheriff. Gass alleges that
Connelly won the love of Mrs. Gass
b,y folding before her the lure of
wealth and a butterfly life. The par
ents of Mrs. Gass are a'P charged
wj'th assisting In the alienation of
their daughter's affections. Mrs,
Gass Is now.rjlalntltt in. a dlvqrce suit
in the King county courts and Gass
claims Bhe ls to marry Donnelly If.
the decree 1b secured!
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JtflldQ, Is, .TififfPV.
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Arrives in Charge of Captain
Zeh, Who Is in Place of
Captain Cousins.
The steamer Delhi arived In the
narbor yesterday afternoon and tied
up at her Marshfleld dock about dusk
in charge of Captain Zeh, who re
placed Captain Cousins on tho trip
The latter is reported to have become
sick on the way down last trip. The
Plant Is expected to mako the next
'" wnsnington i-nitmm wm now
State Convention Next
June.
(By Associated Press)
TACOMA, Jan. 9. At a meeting
of Democrats Invited to consult with
the state committee, Spokano was
selected as the place of the conven-
tlon to elect delegates to the National
Convention. The date was not
named, but will probably be the mid
dle of June. A motion to endorse
Bryan provoked a protest and Inas
much as the meeting was not called
for such businpss the motion was
withdrawn.
NEWSPAPER MAN FINED.
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(By Associated Press.)
DENVER, Jan. 9. Fred G. Bon
flls, one of the proprietors of the
Post was found guilty In justice court
of assault and battery on Ex-Senator
Patterson an'd lined ?B0 and costs.
BANDON'S BIG
BUSINESS
Busy City By the Sea Makes Splendid
Showing in December
Shipments.
(Special to Times.)
BANDON, Ore., Jan. 9. Tho ship
ments from this port for the month
ending Dec. 31, 1907, including
S.SGS.OOO feet of lumber, 812,000 1
shingles, 400 tons broomhandles and
131 tons miscellaneous merchandise;
473 tons of general merchandise were
brought In from outside norts, most
ly from San Francisco. Tho carry
ing was done by a total- of 11 de
partures and 7 arrivals of 2 steam
ers, 2 gasoline steamers and four
three-masters. A total of 30 million
feet of lumber is the record for tho
year 1907, shipped from Bandon, he
sides sjiipgles, broomhandles, poles
and piling.
The steamer Elizabeth left for San
Francisco Thursday morning with
400,000 feet of lumber and sixty pas
sengers, The, Bandon, lejt, yesterday
with part of a cargo, for Coos Bay,
wjjere Phe will complete her load for.
Frisco, -rjhjj.tltfgcjjmaftter O. T. Hill,
arrive in. y.eafrdfly; and, i&unlondjng,
Dr. Steele, of Bandon, Passes
Away After Lingering
Illness.
(Special to Times.)
BANDON, Jan. 9. Dr. Steele, pio
neer dentist of Coos County, passed
away at his home here last night af
ter a lingering illness of Brlght's
disease. He leaves a wife to sur
vive him, his three children having
preceded him to that "bourne from
whence no traveler returns." The
doctor was about sixty years old,
thirty of which were spent In Coos
county. During that time he formed
a large circle of friends, all, of whom
esteem and respect him as a man of
sterling and lovable qualities and
will greatly regret to learn of his
death.
The funeral will take place to
morrow, the body being laid to. rest
in the Coqullle cemetery.
He was a member of the Masonic
and Odd Fellows orders.
SCHOOL WILL RENDER AN
INTERESTING PROGRAM.
First Contest of the Inter-High School
Debating League Tomorrow
Night
The Inter-high school league de
bate between the, Marshfleld and
North Bend High Schoqls tomorrow
will be held 1 n the Opera
House. An admission fee of 25c will
be charged. The program will cqm
mence at 8 o'clock sharp, and will be
completed by 10 o'clock.
Program.
PIANO DUET, "Country
Dance, "
and Ger-
Misses Helen Bradley
trudo Mandego.
Announcement.
QUARTETTE Misses Susie Elck
worth, Evelyn Anderson, Millie
Johnson, Mrs. Chas. Stauff.
DEBATE, Resolved: "That Further
Immigration from Oriental Coun
tries should be prohibited by the
United States."
AFFIRMATIVE North Bend High
School Marlon Reynolds, Edna
Alger, Earnest Vigars.
NEGATIVE Marshfleld Hitrh School
Ruth Smith, Eric Bolt, Marjory
Cowan.
REBUTTAL, Affirmative Marlon
Reynolds.
REBUTTAL, Negative Ruth Smith
MANDOLIN SELECTIONS Masters
Leslie and Chester Isaacson.
Decision of Judges.
QUARTETTE Miss Eickworth,
Miss Anderson, Mrs. Stauff, Miss
Millie Johnson.
The debaters of both schools have
worked earnestly and have tried to
improve the prestige of their re
spective schools. They are certainly
deserving of encouragement, and it
is earnestly to be hoped that our citi
zens will show their high school
spirit by turning out In large num
bers. Give the high school the en
couragement they deserve.
v Will Bring a Colony. Secretary
Lyon of the chamber of commerce
received a letter from General Pas
senger Agent McMurray of the South
ern Pacific enclosing an enquiry for
special rates from H. C. Tobeck, of
Spokane, who wants to bring a col
ony of from eight to ten families to
Cops Bay
Mr. Tobeck states that ho
has been seeking a country and clim
ate where everything grows, and ho
tells Mr. McMurray that ho believes
Coos Bay is tho place. Tho pros
pective settlers are from Minnesota
and tho Dakotas, all of them said to
bo thrifty and Industrious farmers,
who dqsire dairy land especially. The
local chamber has received two or
three requests for Information by
men representing colonies, most of
them thrifty German families, who
d,eslre to come to Coos Bay. Mr.
ijiyon ls shipping many pamphlets to
the enquirers, giving the facts in re
gard to this section.
ATTENTION' ItEIMEN.
Big ppjv wow tonight. ,,,
Conn .and xqnjB.oniajf,Redraens! hallj
All Redmen are urged to be presj
ent. Don't fall tonight.' '"' .
Found Drowned in Four Feet
of Water Under Railway
Trestle.
Details of the accidental death of
John Dolan yesterday afternoon In
dicate that he came to his death
from drowning, as the result of a fall
or fainting spell while working on
a box car back of the railroad dock
yesterday at noon. The .deceased
had been engaged In packing the
axle box of the car and his tools
lay In order as though he had pre
pared to go to lunch.
The body was found below the
trestle work of U10 tracks, which
were level with the water at high
tide and four feet from the ground.
In order to reach the water he had
to go through tho space between the
ties, which was about a foot and a
half, and it ls thought that he could
have saved himself from falling
through unless he was stunned, or
had been attacked with vertigo.
The deceased was not seen by
any other employes of the railroad
from 11 o'clock until the remains
were pulled out of the wator, which
was about 3 o'clock. When he did
not return home to his midday meal
efforts were made to locate him
somewhere around the dock. The
position of his tools, close to the
water, gave ri3e to the suspicions
that he had fallen In the wator.
Clyde Cardell and a party of em
ployes at the docks engaged In the
search and after a short while the
former located tho body of the un
fortunate man lying beneath the
tracks In about four feet of water,
at a point where two box cars were
fastened together. It was at this
point tho deceased would have com
menced to climb to the dock had he
been on his way home, and it Is
thought that he slipped and stunned
himself and fell Into the water.
The remains were laid out and
Coroner Mlngus was called. He sum
moned a jury which commenced to
act last evening and resumed Its work
today.
Father Donnelly, of whose church
the deceased was a member, was no
tified, of the sad fatality, with a re
quest that he would notify Mrs. Dol
an of the accident.
The deceased had been employed
as car Inspector and repairer for the
local railroad company for about two
years. He was originally from Ota
wa, Canada, and came to Oregon and
resided on the Umpqua river nearly
twenty years ago. He was engaged
In ranching and various occupations
previous to coming to the city, where
he was well known and had many
warm friends. Ho was especially
noted for his clean honesty In all
business transactions and his word
was his bond.
The deceased was a momber of the
Woodmen of the World In which ho
was prominent and this organization
will probably take a leading part In
the funeral ceremonies. He leaves a
wife and three children, two sons
nearly grown and a daughter. He
also has two brothers, Peter and
Michael, who live at Gardiner and
who were notified of tho fatality yes
terday afternoon.
The comfortable homo of Mrs. Dol
an Is located opposite the Odd Felr
lows' cemetery andi numerous friends
and neighbors of the family are
sympathizing greatly with tho latter
In their grief over tho loss they sus
tained yesterday. Tho deceased is
said to have amassed qulto a fortune
In tho past few years and leaves his
family well provided for.
Mrs. W. Blanchfield, of this city,
Is a sister of the drowned man.
The verdict of the coroner's Jury
which finished its consideration of
tho case this morning at 10 o'clock,
was that the deceased came to his
death from accidental drowning,
caused by his falllpg, ipto the, wa.ter
from a blow In the side received from
an unknown source, tho supposition
"being, that, liq sllnped and struck,
hjmself. The corqner's, Jury was
composed of Ivy Condron, Al, Hall,
"tym. Ngbjq, E. L, IJlBr!ef(Jjia. Cowan.
F P. Norton. . .
, "Bhe. only mark on tho, body, ofy the
" n Nihil is
Manager of Smith Lumber
Company Optimistic Over
Prospects for Future.
"The lumber marlcet ls beginning u" OVBU,u6' ""- ""'-" ""
to show a much firmer tone during between two logs by Mr. Sailing, who
the past few days than it has for picked it up and seeing It was sealed
some time past," said Manager Oren, flnd contalne(i a paner be broke It anil,
of the C A Smith Lumber Company, q ft Qf w paper gnJW
when asked his opinion on the sub- ,
ject this afternoon. "Tho retail lnS yellow with ago on which the fol
yards throughout the country held lowing message was written:
back from purchasing during the re-1
cent monetary trouble, and as tho
country generally ls very prosperous
they have sold out their stock. The
result ls that the retail yards are be
ginning to purchase lumber again for
the consumer, and In my opinion, this
ls. one reason for the firmness shown
In the market."
Mr. Oren stated that lumbering
conditions on Coos Bay were more ac
tive than In most parts of the coast,
but that he was of the opinion that
activity would soon be prevalent In CTO " "a """"' """ "
the logging districts of the Pacific. nnd you found It.
He said that Mr. C. A. Smith would , Addres3 (Allegany, Oregon.)
leave Minneapolis about the middle In accordance with the requpsl ho
of this month and would arrive here delivered the paper to George Gould
between the twentieth and twenty- Just six years ago there was a.
fifth of January. He expected that merry crowd of young people gather
Mr. Smith would spend several weeks ed at tne Elkhorn ranch on tho Cooa
In this section looking after his in- river Whero some one with the.
I lorests nnd vIsltlnS various parts ot
Coos Bay during his stay,
NIGHT FOR LADIES
AT MILLIC0MA CLUB
Mothers, Wives, Sisters nnd Sweet
hearts to bo Eutcrtnincd
Wednesday Evening.
The first formal function at the triples that distance. But In all tho
Mllllcoma club's new quarters will six years it traveled directly only 2C
take place next Wednesday evening, or 30 miles from Its starting point,
when the spacious and beautiful altho' It may -have covered thousands
rooms will be opened to the ladies, in its restless rollings to and fro oa
On this occasion tho members will. the troubled tides,
act as hosts to their mothers, wives, j Not much of a story or news, yam
sisters and sweethearts. A musical think id' such an Incident. Casting:
program is being arranged and, will a bottle containing a pnper with a.
be one of the great features of what few- names upon it into tho river
promises to be the social event of tho an(j finding It six years later a few-
season.
An elaborate musical program Is
being prepared and some of the best
local talent in the city will bo heard.
Members and their lady friends of
the North Bend club will also be In- j gjx si10rt years and a few shorL
vlted to tho function, where light mliea out now crowded with all ot
refreshments will be served after the ( nf0-s eventful story from tho cradle
program. The latter will bo com-to tue cofflu those years have beem.
posed of mandolin solos, duets, Swed- for tne ugnt hearted happy group.
Ish songs, flute solos, piano and vocal tnat set tncjr seais jn careless fash
solos, aud a lady quartette will sing. t Ion on tnat imper SX years ago.
Next Wednesday will be the third j Tne soul o( Leonard Gould has.
Wednesday of the month, and the returneti to Its maker. Llko a mes
first and' third Wednesdays will be
devoted to the ladles by the club.
drowned man was a bruise on tho
the right side near tho lower ribs,
and tho autopsy showed his right
lung Injured and also his liver, and
if is ttyought that the violence of the
bow when he slipped and fell was
enough to ha.vo stunned him, caus-
lnc him to fall between tho trestles
Into the water. Tho general opinion ;
Is that he slipped while stepping on
tho ties, his side coming in contact
with tho rail. Enquiry revealed the
fact that no cars had been moved
which could havo caused tho acci
dent. Tho fuperal will take place from
thp Cathollq church in Marshfleld at
2 q'clock tqmorrow afternoon. "
WOODMEN OF THE WORLD.
All Woodmen of the World are
requested to meet at tho lodge room,
at, 1 ojclpck tomorrow afternoon, the
lQtlj day of January, 1908, for the
purpose of attending dpceaisod neigh-
bor John M. Dolan's, funeral. ' '
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By. ordqr qf Councl4Cnrnander,
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Wf P. MURPHY. I
Flask Cast in Coos River at
Elkhorn Ranch in January
1902 Is Found at Allegany
Saturday January 4, 1908.
Romantic Incident of a
Little Party.
There was a tinge of tragedy and
romance, too, In tho finding of a bot
tle In a log flume at Allegany Satur-
l.i.- .tAlnn rni, ttnffln itrnc nnMiff9
"Elkhorn ranchi
Coos River, Oreg.
Jan. 10, 100'Jt.
Nellie Rooko.
Lucie Gould.
Millie Gould,
Edith Rooke.
Frances Gould.
Leonard Gould.
George Gould.
Mrs. G. A. Gould.
Anyone who discovers this bottle-
nlnnnn 1rt- .. 1rlrtf o T A ftll 1IQ TIll Hl
youtuful i0Ve of romance and niys-
'tery suggested that they write their-
names on a paper, place It in a bottlo
and cast it on the tides of tho Coos
to see where wind and wave might
carry lt Th0 suSSestion was aetedV,
upon anu iuuk ago uiu iwiubui i
forgotten by all who participated In.
it, until recalled by finding It Satur
day evening. Elkhorn ranch Is onljr
ten or twelvo miles above Allegany
but the river winding doubles andl
miles away. Not much in that.
Mendicant In Imagination, youl
Why all of life's story, golden,
and glorious, or tearful, tragic andi
forbidding Is told therein.
sage from tho tomb ls that name.
wrltton six years ago. Tho hand that,
hold tho pencil that carelessly trace!
tho symbols that formed his nauier
has pushed aside the veil that
screens the mystery of the age3 front
the wisest men. His eyes havo peered
boyond and solved life's one un
solvablo problem, the mystery of a
futuro life.
Frances Gould, then a girl, Is now
Mrs. Geo. Terry, of Coqullle, and the
mother of two children of hor own.
who havo since been Interested ir
bottles but not empty ones with only
scraps of paper iu them.
Miss Edith Rooko has become
Mrs. Potor Braer, of Marshfleld.
Tho others are at homo on Elk
horn ranch, but how fraught wltlv
things ot good and ill thoso fleeting;
years havo been.
Thero ls a subject lor a sermon..
material' lor an essay in mo uaumr
of that bottle at Allegany, but the
Times leaves that for other pens. It'tr
mission ls to toll tho incidents of the
day and the finding of- that bottla
ia't Allegany with its human docu-
mnf la "nnf thn, Innof IntcnuHnn- nM
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