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HEADING TIIK COOS HAY TIMES.
Al.li Till: NEWS ALL TIIK TIME
TICHKULV TOI.il :: :: :: ::
Mi:.Miu:u or associvthd press
ffloos
m
IMitltllslml In
n- Tin Const
SILL 101 IN
CAPTURED BY
Force of Fifty Federal Troops
Is Beaten By 150 In-
surrcctos.
ONE KILLED AND TWO
WOUNDED IN ENGAGEMENT
Claim That Chihuahua Is Be
sieged and Famine
Threatens City.
(By Awoclntod Press to Coos Day
Times.)
I'l'ltlSlNC IS SPREADING.
(Ily Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, Mar.
13. Tho uprising In Mexico
lias spread to tho states of Con
hulla and Morolos. According
to a despatch received hero to
day by tho revolutionary
agents. Tho uprising In Morolos
Is of a formidablo character,
tho dispatches say.
Eli PASO, Tex., Mar. 13. News
has reached hero of n spirited enga
gement at Vanajo, 8onorn, Saturday,
between lfiO Insurgents and 50 fed
erals. Tlio insurgents captured tho
town with tho loss of cno killed and
two wounded.
The federals rallied near the town
aad aro awaiting reinforcements. It
Is said, however, tho rebels burned
tho railroad brldgo to prevent tho ar
rival of moro federal troops.
FAMINE IN MEXICO.
Starvation Follows Slouo of Clilliun
linn lly Rebels.
(Dy Associated Press to Coos Day
Tlmos.)
EL PASO, Tox., Mar. 13. Stories
of lntcnso suffering throughout
Northern Mexico continued to reach
hero today, a courier who walked
from a point north of tho city of Chi
huahun. renorted that famlno faces
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tho 25,009 habitants. Hundreds of opon from 9 o'clock In tho morning
women fearing starvation ns until 7 o'clock Saturday evening so
a result of tho siogo of that , that all who desired had ample on
city which has continued eight dnya'portunlty to voto. N. C. McLeod J.
secured tho permission of tho nuth-
orltlcs to leave and nro now ronm-
inc throiiKhout tho country with
their children. Tho Inst word from
null i sin .a ...,.
wiiiuuiiiiiiu uiiy Buvuu iniyti uku w muiiy " " """ .-o .--when
a tolegraph oporntor wlrod, "No'ngnlnst Rnab bolng expressions from
food stuffs havo reached hero in tho'peoplo who opposed tno high costs
last two weeks. Looks Uko famine of tho schools there. This Mr. Rnab
for all of us. Governor Aluimndn .8 . was not responsible for and tho
powerless. A citizens' commltteo school board did not consider It nn
haB been orcnnlzed to conflscato nil ! lssuo In tho election nlthough somo
tho fond supplies In tho stores to soo
they are properly distributed nnd by
measuring them out wo will bo nblo
to hold nut as long as tho supply
- w,., will. IIO '""ft " " BM''V 1
lasts. The Insurgonts linvo onclrcled
tho city nnd when tho federal troops
attempt to forauo twolvo miles be
yond tho city, thoy are driven bnck
by bands of guerillas. Many peoplo
are threatening to desort tho city."
GOES TO SLEEP WITH
HEAD AGAINST RAIL
VNKXOWX MAN HAS NARROW
'v-4 -i'(i,n .unriinu --i
LAR FATE TO JOHN GLENN UY
RAMI'! TIIATV. I
SAME TRAIN.
Trainmaster Abbott of tho local
railway reported that tho work train
which killed John Glenn Saturday
night nearly killed a Bccond man
near Coaledo. Mr. Abbott said that
when tho train was going out, n man
badly Intoxicated was on tho track
and tho train had to bo stopped and
the members of tho crow put him off
the right of way.
Coming back, tho trainmen noticed
Stter tho Irnln Vim nnoonil lilm thnt
the unknown individual had laid'
uu ana gono to sleep beside tno
track. His hend was In the low place
betweon two ties and within a few
inches of the rail. Ho was "dead to
the world" and undoubtedly would
1'avo boen killed because if ho had
been aroused by tho passing train
and raised his head, his cranium
"OUlQ linva honn nivtii1 nn1 YM1q1i.
ed Tho crew were unable to learn
his name,
1M7H
Mull
S0N0RA IS
THE INSURGENTS
Last Chief of the Koos Bay In
dians Succumbs to Pneu
monia. "Iiitllim Hob," tho InHt chief of
Hid Kona Day Iiullnns, died yoBtorday
at Ills home In Empire of hi grlppo
and pneumonia. Ho wnH paBt seven
ty yeara old.
For yearB "Indian Hob" or Itobort
Hums, tho jmlo faco nomo that ho
took with tho coming of tho w'hlto
man to Coos Hay, was a character
about I'm il ro and 1b said to have
been ono of tho best liked of tho
aborigines remaining hero In later
days. Ho Is said to have been very
honest and ovory ono who know him
had a good word for him.
During later years, ho fished and
did odd Jobs making a living for
himself and wlfo and son, Jim, who
Hurvlvo lilm.
SUP! A, G. 1MB
IS REELECTED
Special Election In North Bend
Saturday Goes In His
Favor.
Dy a voto of 110 to 00, tho patrons
of tho North Dond public schools at
n Bpcclnl olcctlon Saturday decided
to rotaln A. O. Rnab as bond of tho
North Dond schools. Tho polls wero
W. Grout and win uoion woro mo
Judges of tho election.
It is said that' tho voto does not
clonrly show tho feeling thoro owing
. ..... nf tlwk i.Aljta lining print
made It ono.
Tho school board, It Is oxpectod,
will abldo by tho result of tho elec
tion nnd chooso Mr. Rnnb for another
IIU1I HIH4 w.wwmw ..,..- --
torm. Tho board will probably meet
this wcok to tnko action on tho olec-
tlon of teachors for tho ensuing year.
Mr. Rnnb's mnuy friends aro high
ly gratified over tho result. The J
North Dond high school pupils nro
especially olatod as practically cvo-j
ry ono of thorn had been working for ,
his ro-clectlon. i
DROWN MAKES STATEMENT.
Ts(rlct Attorney SnyH ITo Hub Not
t.....,....r.l lllu. Vlmm.
illllll'IM.VV. ..... - -
In commenting on tlio report re
cently published hero that ho was
to rotlro from office next year and
would support L. A. LUJeqvlst of
Coos county for tho place, tho Rose
burg News says: ,
"When Interviewed by a Nowb rep
resentative rolatlvo; to tho above
Horn. District Attorney, Geo. M.
Drown said .that, as yot ho had rnado,
..nn..ni.nmint in thn offCCt tll.lt
Iiu nilliuuumi"... - ,
ho will not bo a candidate for d!s-(
. t 1 IfY
trlct attorney to succeed inmsen. n.
Is not probable thnt I will asplro to
tho ofllco of district attorney for an
other torm," said Mr. Drown, but
notwithstanding, I havo made no for- (
mal announcement to such an effect. (
Nolther havo I promised to support
any certain candidate for tho office,
believing it wise to await until such
tlmo as tho several prospective asplr-
"INDIAN BOB"
PISSES
J ants aro In tho field."
MARSHFIELD.OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH
--
SEC. DICKINSON DENIES RUMORSICOBPflRATIDN TH LI IS HELD
Head of War Department Says
Government Troops Will Not
Enter Mexico Now.
(Dy Associated Press to Coos Day
Times.)
NKW YOllK, N. Y., Mar. 13. "1
do not believe there will bo any mo-J
vopient of our troops Into Mexico."
This was the statement today of J.
.M. Dickinson, secretary of War, who
plans to Fall for Panamn tomorrow.
"There can bo no excuso for
American Intervention," continued
tho secretary, "unless tho Mexican
government proves negligent In pro
tecting tho persons and property of
foreign residents, nnd such negli
gence would havo to bo (Irmly estab
lished, In my opinion, before any
such steps could bo taken. Thcro
aro no conditions now existent to
give us such warrant.
"In order to maintain tho neutra
lity laws, It has been deemed nd-
ROOSEVELT TO
BE "GRANDPA"
Expect Stork at San Francisco
Home of Theodore
Roosevelt, Jr.
(Dy Associated Press to Coos Day
Times.)
SAN FRANCISCO, Cnl Mar. 13.
A now generation of tho Roosevelt
family Ib expected to ninko Its ad
vent In tho world shortly. It was re
ported today that tho nrrlval of tho
first child of tho "Houso of Theodore
Roosevelt, Jr.," would bo early In
April. Young Roosevelt has his homo
In San Francisco. Ills father, Col
onel Roosevelt, nnd Mm. Roosovolt
aro oxpectod to bo In the city to
colobrato tho birth of their first
grandchild.
FEAR DAM MAY
BE
Insurrectos' Threats to Blow
Up Irrigation Project
Alarms.
(fly Associated Press to Coos Dny
Times.)
MEXICALI, Mo., Mar. 13. Pos-
slblo destruction or mo irngouu
system of tho Imperial valley In Call-
DAMAGED
fornla, by two of tho robol factions Is.0""' """ " - -
alarming tho ranchers and ! resl- tho Twohey Drothers thoro and from
, I. bm ..,.-.. ...in-,. if n.Jtho ofllces of Robert E. Strahorn,
UUI11B. 1 1IU liltltUUlD VIMtu t
robels oven threaten the dnm bolng
built by tho United States govern
ment, thoy will arm themselves and
drlvo tho insurrectora out of Lower
California. Doth, Cnrdosa and "Cap
tain" Stanley, aro nrm;d with dyna-
Imlto nnd Stanley, It Is assorted has
declared himself ready to blow up
tho proporty of those who "aro op-
posed to tho movement."
NO 1JLOW IS STRUCK.
Insurgents,
However,
Are Activo
Near Arizona.
(Dy Associated Press to Coos Day
Times.)
nnimr.AS. Ariz.. Mar. 13. From.
midnight to dawn tho Mesas East and j Tho fact, that President Lovott
West of Agna Prlota voro dotted ( during his recont visit stated that
with signal fires of tho rebels but no tho California nnd Oregon, construe
attack was made,, a full inoon sorl-1 tlon of tho company waB to bo left
ously Interfering with nnv attempt to entirely in tho hands of vlce-PresI-Burpriso,'
Fears aro expressed ' that ;deqt Calvin .is accepted by eomo as In-
General Dlanco may bo feinting, In
order to cause tho withdrawal of will bo built soon, owing to wr, i.ai
Mexlcan troops from tho interior, tvln's favorable expressions toward
whore a moro serious uprising Is the project during his visit hero last
planned, to protect tho city. It Is fall.
bolleved tho rebels aro planning to, v,D,
prevent entrance Into Agu.a Prlota of , Flelschmann's comprowd 1UB1,
Ch!a,pa'a fprce of five hundred men. Fresh dally at LOOKHART-8 grocery
NEW EASTER inpdels In Ladles'
Sults at 31RS. ELKOD'S.
13, ign EVENING EDITION.
vlonble to send troops to the border
nnd on account of tho Immense
length of the frontier and the fact
that Ulo tlrando can ho crossed ut
almost any point, a Inrgcr number of
troops wero dispatched than would
othurwlso prove necessnry."
Secretary Dickinson said thcro
was a possibility that ho might poBt
pouo his trip to Panamn, but If so '.t
would bo because of complications In
settling tho pending agreements be
tween tho Pniinmn Railroad Com
pany and tho steamship lines operat
ing for tho government
Dickinson will not sail for Panama
this afternoon on the canal Inspection
trip as ho had planned to do until
unexpected complications between
tho Panama Railroad Company nnd
thu steamship lines operating for
government which necessitated his
remaining In this city over tomor
row, nt least, aro settled. Dickinson
wns emphatic In stating tho Mexican
situation Is not influencing his plans
In tho slightest degrco.
OGDEN ROTEL
IS RELD UP
Two Thugs Escape With $700
After Bold Robbery In
Heart of City.
(Dy Associated Press to Coos Day
Times.)
OQ DEN, Utah, Mar. 13. Tho
Reed hotel In tho editor of tho busi
ness district nnd half a block from
tho central pollco station was held
up and robbed by two hcnIly nrmed
masked men early this morning. Ono
of tho robbers covered tho clerk and
tlvo inon with pistols and a 'second
robber compelled tho clock to open
tho safe
About $700 was taken after which
tho robbers left
Two suspects woro arrested In u
rooming houso half a block from tho
hotol.
E
OF
Report That Southern Pacific
Is to Start Construction
Soon.
Moro railroad rumors wero
rlfo
hero today.
Tho latest wns that local parties
hm, roce,ved ft oUor from Snoknno
both of whom nro closely Identified
with tho Southern Pacific, thnt tho
Coos Day lino was to bo built this
summor and rushed to completion.
Of course, tho report is unofflcial
but novortboless wns accepted by
many as possibly correct.
C. J. MIHIs, local mnnagor of tho
'Southern Pacific Interests who has
been nt San Francisco for three or
four weeks conferring with Vice
President Calvin and other high offl-
i . .
clnls, Is expected home en tho HroaK-
" - ! 1 I
water Thursday, unin no arrives, i
is not likely that doflnlto Informa
tion concerning tho object or results
of his trip can bo obtained.
dicatlvo that the uram-uoos way uo
H
Jfor IJUICK auto sorvlco PHONE
8lf!l before 6. P. M. and CO-J at night
M
RUMORS
...i i .rii.
CONSTITUTIONAL
Steamship Sails This Morning
For San Francisco
With Many.
The Rcdomlo sailed tills morning
for San Francisco with n large list of
passengers. Sho cnrrled considerable
miscellaneous freight.
Among those stilling from hero
were tho following:
II. Law, T. Drndlcy, CI. J. Vaughn,
A. F. Estnbrook, D. R. Keller, C. G.
Dial, C. E. Whltmoro, Pctro Sosso,
J. A. Jncobson, Mrs. A. F. Kstabrook,
Miss HIckock, Mrs. F. A. North, Ollg
HnuBh, Elzcr Kohr, Paul Schrocdcr,
Hill Knnpp, It. C. WIdnod, R. F.
Hnyso, J. F. Flanagan, F. A. North,
A. M. Ross, D. A. Quick, L. Chnn
dlcr, E. Olsson, Mrs. C II. Clenvcs,
C. II. Cleaves, A. Slansyk, II. ICrauso,
Joe Agonls, Wm. Smith, A. Dukoskl,
J. Dulns and J. Davis.
IS
by
John Glenn Killed Saturday
Night Near McCormac's
Landing.
John Glenn, a logger omployed nt
Smith-Powers Camp, No. 2, was run
ovor and Instantly killed by n work
train near McCormac's landing Into
Saturday ovonlng. As nenr as could
bo ascertained from tho ovldonco In
troduced nt tho Coronor's inquest, ho
wns Intoxicated and nsleep on tho
track.
Glonn had been to town Saturday
after payday with follow omployoK
and started to walk back to camp on
the Railroad track. Two others
started with him. Thoy nro supposod
to havo been Leo Slack and Wllllo
Lloyd but they did not wnlt for him.
Glenn wns last scon allvo shortly
after C o'clock by Miss May Durrnnd
who testified that ho was badly In
toxicated and making slow progress.
Ho was counting his money when sho
passed him.
A logging train wns doing somo
switching about 7 o'clock and was
pushing somo enrs ahead of tho en
gine. Thoso cars ran ovor Glenn
nnd a brakomnn who wns on tho sec
ond car felt tho obstruction and
signalled tho englncor to stop.
Glonn was badly mangled, tho
wheels pnsslng over his chest.
Glonn was apparently about forty
yonrs old. Up bad $30.40 in his
pockets. Ho camo hero about Christ
mas, having walked from Eurokn,
whero ho was employed for a tlmo
on tho Areata whtirf, with Fred Post.
Post Identified tho body nt tho In
quest, Herbert Tompkins testified that ho
hod seen Glonn Saturday aftorhoon
and bolloved tho two men who start
ed toward camp with him woro Leo
Slock and Wlllio Lloyd.
Glenn Is supposed to hnYO rolntlves .
In MnssachusettB or at Hartford, '
Conn. I
Tho coronor's Jury consisting -f
I. Lando, Jos. Trowella, W. K. Wise
man, D. J. Rees, W. D. Curtis Jr.,
and R. M. Sartor, after hearing all ,
tho ovldenco that Coroner Golden was ;
able to secure, returned a verdict if ,
accidental death and exonerating tho .
railroad company from any blnmo.
Jl'ST RECEIVED.
Ladles Tailored Suits Spring
Styles at Mrs. Elrod'n.
Flolschniann's compressed YEAST.
Fresh dally at LOCKHART's grocery
LEAVE TODAY
ON REDONDO
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CnitMillilnlloii of Tlnii'i, CtrnM Mali m rn
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.llltrilll'l.
BY HIGH GOORT
United States Supreme Court
Hands Down Long Looked
For Decision.
JUDGES UNANIMOUS
IN THE OPINION
Two Trust Companies Are
Eliminated From Liability
For Tax
(Dy Associated Press to Coos Day
Times.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, Mar. 13.
Tho corporation tax provisions of tho
Pnyno-Aldrlch tariff bill woro sus
tained today as constitutional by tho
Supreme Court of tho United States.
Tho court waB unnnltnous. In tho
decision the law was hold not ap
plicable to the Minneapolis syndlcato,
n real cstato concern, on tho ground
that It was not "doing business
within tho mcnnlng of tho law.
Justlco Day first nnnouncod that
It wns within tho power of tho Sen
ate to Insert tho corporation tax pro
visions In tho tnrlff law which origin
ated In tho Houso, and of which tho
tax provisions nro a part. Justlco
Day said tho court held that tho tax
was nn exclso tnx on tho doing ot
business which Is exactly thq basis
on which tho government has do
fended tho lnw. Justlco .Day scorned
to hold that tho tax provisions woro
not tho nrbltrary oxurclso of a
power. This had been urgod In the
nrgument as ono of tho reasons why
tho law should bo hold unconstitu
tional. Dy this a sourco ot Incomo of ap'
proximately $25,000,000 annually,
was assured tho govornmont.
On all tho objections to tho tax
rnlsod by suits In all parts ot the
country, nono ot thorn woro found
sufflclout to nullify tho low, Tho
court did hold tax. not. applicable to
tho Real Estato Trust Company oC
Doston which Is organlzod not undor
nuy statuto but under tho common
law.
Steamship In Sunday From
Portland and Sails For
Eureka Today.
Tho Alliance arrived In early from
Portland with a largo number of
pnssongors nnd coiiBldornblo frolght.
Sho hnd ono of tho best trips down
tho coaat she haB had In weeks nnd
Is now back on her old schedulo. Sho
sailed from hero for Eurokn thla
morning.
Tho Alllnnce Is scheduled to sail
from horo Thursday nftornoon for
Pqrtland.
Among thoso going to Euroka on
hor woro I). E. Stono, Roy Englund,
Mrs. Englund, A. D. Snydor and C. S.
Mltcholl.
Thoso nrrlvlng from Portland on
tho Allinnco woro:
A. Fisher, Mra. C. E. DIUups,
Mrs. F. C. Gallup, Mrs. O. D. Day,
F. C. DIUups, R. E. Morris, J. II.
Almorant, A. Potorson, P. Wlmf,
Mra. P. Wlmf, L. Rookart, A, D. Da
ly, D. Woods, E. R. Mlllor. F. Muud,
II, R. Maurer, C. E. Swesay, I. F.
Swesay, C. Tlltram, M. Ollvelro, M".
M. Ruhl, A. W. Jones, Miss I. Rogell,
0. J. Pedorsou, W. D. Cartor, p. M.
Layton, II. It. Floming. A. M. Gray,
1, Hausor.
Roniombor a TURKISH DAT"
will help you. Phono 214-J.
Mrs. A. G. Alkon will OPEN up hor
store rit Coqulllo City with a coin
pleto lino ot Spring and Summer
miUJnory on or about March 21st.
'"""" Mw"WkrfiWfcWWWll
MANY ARRIVE
ON ALLIANCE
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