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A Consolidation of Times. Const Mni)
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and Coos Uny Advertiser.
na Tho Const Mall
No. 138
TWENTY REPORTED KILLED IN
BATTLE IN OLD 110
Large Number Are Slain In
Engagement Between Ru-
ralcs and Rebels.
MAY BE FIRST CLASH
IN NEWJEVOLUTION
Long Expected Revolution In
Southern Republic About to
Materialize.
tVa 8000 01 BBOJJ pOUOOSflV U)
'eoaitx
tM. i.sn. To... Doc. 25 Twcntv
oro reported to havo killed In n fight
between tho Iturnlcs and tho rcbola
according to ndvlccs from Colonla
Dtililnn.
ny Bomo, tins cinsn is ueiinevcu to
v.. imnn (tin flrnt (if Mm nmv rev-
I oluton wheh litis boon throntcfiliiB
In Mexico lor mo iobi iow iuuuuih.
The now rovolutlon Is nlleged to liavo
been Inspired by formor Vlco-pros-ident
Itoyes who wbb arrested In Snn
Antonio for violating tho noutrnllty
lftWB.
.A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU-
Chamber of Commerce Takes
Matter Up With Engineers
and Congressmen.
Tho Mnrshllold Chamber of Com
merce Is leaving no stono unturned
to sectiro enrly action by tho govern
ment to secure tho reconstruction of
the North Jetty. It has tho matter
up with tho congressmen and engin
eers nnd Prcsldont McCormnc Is still
hopeful of securing something lit tho
present session of congress.
8o far ns Dr. McCormnc wns per
sonally nblo to nscortaln from Major
Mnrrmv. tlm Portland onKllieors' of-
flco at this tlmo did not doslro to ro
commend nnythlng furthor tlinn n
tiAiv oiii-v.iv nf t lut lmr to nscertnln
just whnt will bo neeoasnry to soouro
tho desired depth of water on It.
Jlajor Morrow Intimated that If tho
Ilnnnln nf Hnna llnv WOtlld KlinrMlteO
fifty per cent, or oven twonty-Ilvo per
cent of tho cost of reconstructing tho
Jetty, It would probably greatly faci
litate tho reconstruction 01 mo jui-
Tho ldon of Cooa Hny having to
bear part of tho oxpenso of tho Jetty
work besides aiding In tho Improve
ment of tho Inner harbor Is not ac
ceptable to some It Is pointed out
(hut ti.n rrtttniiiniit la flnlnir nil tho
! bar and Jetty work on tho Columbia
river without nny aid irom mo im
plo thoro nnd up to n fow yean ago
whan .o unr nf Pnrtinm! was form
ed did tho Inner harbor work with-,
out asalatnnco front tho local poopiu.
Dr. McCormao laid tho wnoio moi
ter boforo tho Oregon dolegatlon In
Cnnirrnn nnmrrnasmall HaWloy'B
responso wob tho most definite of any
ami Imllnninil n Rtrnntror dcalro to do
something. Ho wired ns follows:
"Havo made inquiry in person hi.
offlco of chief of engineers rolntlvo to
tho proposed bridging of Coos Bay
and was informed that no permit to
build such bridge had ueon grwuuu
nnrl tl,n i,nrni.i. nnv nrHnn is taken.
full hearing will bo given, that nil
interested may bo heara. wnuii
went over tho bnr during my visit. I
lin.lnrulnn.1 tl.n n til nil nnd KtatOIIlOIK
. -..v. aivuu limb ! " .
i were to bo propared and sont mo roi-
atlvo to tho rebuilding 01 uio w"
Jetty nnd tho movement of tho cur-
tAttta T nntA tnnm VfifV mUCll. I
have" taken tho matter up with tho
engineers hero and if tho engineer
Of thn Ttnrtlnn.l nOlpn will rPCOninielld
repair and reconstruction of tho
North Jetty as necessary wo may bo
.able to secure an appropriation for
this purposo upon a favorable ro
commondntlon of tho chief of on-
etnfcnt.0 lint nnilnn TTIllKt lift TirOmPt.
Can you take this matter up with
Major Morrow or Major Mclndoo? No
report from tho Portland office on
the repairs or reconstruction of tho
Jetty appears to bo on file hero, at
least no recent report. Wlro mo im
mediately my oxpenso."
Senator Bourne's Letter.
Senator Chamberlain In acknowl
edging tho letter promises to do ovo
mhlng ho possibly can. Sonator
Bourno in his lettor says:
"I am In receipt of your letter 01
December 12th Informing me of your
conversation with Major Morrow re
garding additional appropriations for
Coos Bay, particularly for the prs
rvatIon of tho north Jetty nnd for
JETTY Will IS
BEING UDGED
(Continued on page 2.)
.-A MERRY CIIHISTMAH TO YOU-
DROPS THREE KTOHIEH;
CALLS "TAKE A DltlNK"
(Hy Associated Press.)
SAN FItANCISCO, Cal., Dec.
25 After falling from tho $
mini story window last night,
Edward Futroll. who ntvlns
himself tho light-weight chain-
v j)ioii Hnwnllnn, arose and In-
vlted tho witnesses to his fall
to Join him In n drink.
TO
Special Election to Be Held
There In February to Decide
Question.
GARDINER. Oro., Dec. 2C.
Plans for holding n special election
hero In February to arrange for In
corporating tho town nro being mndc
by J. E. Schilling, W. F. Jowett nnd
other prominent residents of Gnrdi
nor. It Is understood that thoy hnvo
tho necessary petitions drafted they
will probably bo nctcd on by The
Douglas county commissioners nt
their meeting in llosobtirg enrly In
Jtinunry.
Tho question of Incorporating was
submitted n year or so ago' but was
dofentcd then owing, It was unders
tood, to tho prohibition question en
tering Into It.
With tho likelihood of grent rail
road activities hero noxt spring and
tho necessity of tho many ndynntngos
accruing to nn Incorporated town,
most of the lending cltlzons horo are
now understood to favor incorporat
ing ns soon as possible
A MKItllY CHRISTMAS TO YOl-
MURRAY IS BAD
Man Shot by Goldie Bestscott
Has Not Recovered Suffi
cient For Operation.
Tlmrn In lit tin or no tiorceiltlblo
chungo 111 tho condition of Chns. Mur
ray, tho bartondor who was shot on
North Front street a fow dnys ago
by CJoldlo Bostscott. Ho Is resting
fu rlv ensv at Mercy Hospital out
shows no Improvomont.
Whethor ho will linprovo suniciont
ly to permit nn oporatlon which af
fords tlio only ennnco oi his escap
ing iinrnlvclo If IiIh Ufa should bo
spared, Is very doubtful. Tho chnn-
ces nro ngnlnst ins recovory.
C. F. McKnlght, who Is to defend
tho Destscott woman, has been nd
vlsnil (tint Dnnutv Prosnciltlnt! Attor-
noy LUJoqvist will bo horo from Co
qulllo Wednesday to look Into tho
case. Whether sho will havo her
preliminary hearing Wednesday pro
bably dopends on tho dovqlopments
in Murray's condition.
It Is not lIKeiy that anoinor ortori
win tin nmdn to havo Murray make nn
nnte-mortom stntomont of the shoot
ing. Friday, ho would )iot glvo
Coroner Wilson nny statoment rela
tive to tho shooting or mo causes
that lead up to it although willingly
iravo all other Information desired
about himself. A peculiar senso of
loyalty to tho woman probably caus
i him tn nnnl his Una so far as any
accusation against her. Tho absence
of such a statement, in caso oi .hur
ray's death, would havo a tendency
to weaken tho prosecution of tho wo
man for tho crlmo.
GIVEN LIHEHTY.
Owing to tho delay in filing char-
mu .ntrtilnnf Dnldlo Destscott. wllO
has been glvon partial liberty. Sho
Is no longer confined In tho city Jail
but Is now occupying a room at tbo
Coos hotel. No special omcor is
guarding her but close watch Is
kept over her. She has glvon her
promise not to mane an uuun m
get away.
C. F. McKnlght and Deputy Prose
cuting Attornoy Llljeqvlst had quite
a tilt over the long distance phone
over her detontlon Saturday night.
Murray had a had any at tno nos
nltnl vesterday.
-A MEKKY CHIUSTMAS TO YOl'-
Servh-es Saturday Tho funeral CI
Mrs. Myrtlo Johnson Saturday aft
ernoon from tho Wilson Chapel wai
largoly attended. Rev. H. I. Kqt
ledgo officiated. Tho pall bearers
...o woainv smith. Alva Doll. Rob
ert Lang. Alfred Matson, Will Lynch
and Herman Smlthgall.
.A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO Y01'4
4 ui'iiiiv rilltlfiT.MAS TO Y0U4-
GARDNER
INCORPORATE
GOND 0 OF
A BIERRY OHIUST3LS TO YOL-
A Christmas
Jln.in
cal witlr-v
:nicrry JinglcfP5
church bells sctp
jthc ah atinglc7whiic) f
' L,withr"ythcsc thcCdoor?
'
bclls--J mingle
r- - - nnf
.score. "r rhercs
orttrrt ao
Wl WWUlif UJ
f fare meeting i
Aol Christmas fleeting as the clocks P
strike o'er and ocrj
shriekinprshrillv.
'life's noti stifii he makes altemFfswto drovii
J? but illy SXsounds of guns
dZ t There's the squeak of
squawK dl JJollics polJy,
vlaughtc.rjc;ljy Irom thisJjappy Wzf
l--madcbyrdittlc girls and boys tsone thaiN
s rpcttcg Jnan all toys isi morcT" good ,
cheer
Hit'.
r.'M
1
(of mothc r
about out
as she calls
, we're itchin'l "Come to
I i
dinner 1" through thedoor.'
MERRY CHRISTMAS ON GODS 'BAY
Business Practically Suspend
ed Here For Christmas Holi
day Today Many Celebra
tions. Seldom if over has Micro been n
nioro marked colobratlon of Christ
mna on Coos Iluv thnn this
year. Uosldesho special services sn
tho churches, special Christmas oxor-
clses wore hold by many other organ
izations and family gatherings
brought morrlness unboumlod to all.
Tho speclnl sorvlces In tho chur-
dies this morning woro largely at
tended as woro tho services yostorday
which savored of tho great anniver
sary of Christendom.
The High Mass at midnight nt the
Marshflold Catholic church last ovo
ulng brought forth nn attendant
that crowded oven standing room
in tho church. Tho edlflco was hand
somely and npproprlatoly decorated
for tho service Besides this, tno
special musical program attracted
many non-Catholics.
Early Morning Service.
Christmas Day was celebrated in
tho old, accustomed way In tho
Swedish Lutheran church this morn
ing nt an early sorvlco known ns
"Jul otnn". Rev. Dongtson conduct
ed the sorvlco, which was qulto woll
nttended. Sm-dlsli-EJniilsh Colobratlon.
Practically tho wholo Swedlsh-Flun
nonulntlon of Marshfleld assembled
In tho Finnish hall on Central avenuo
last evening for n genoral Christmas
celebration In true old country style.
Tho celebration, which has becomo an
annual institution all Its own, was
held by genoral consent, In the oro
nnmtion of which everybody ontorod
with vim nna aiacruy. aim wiwun
GETS BBIOE AS
"Champion Bronco Buster"
Manz Married Massachusetts-Girl
Sunday.
By Associated Press to tha Coos Bay
Times.)
BOSTON, Mass., Dec. 25. Burt
R. Manz of Walla Walla, Wash.,
claiming to bo tho "champion bronco
buster of tho northwest," was mar
ried hero yesterday to Miss Ida Stone,
daughter of Mrs. Fannie Walker cr
Brighton. Manz won the title of
"Champion Bronco Buster" at Pen
dleton last year,
. lipiiiiv rtuniSTMAS Tfl YOU-
UA MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU-
-A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOr-
A -MERRY CHRISTMAS TO VOUf-
MS
PRESENT
Tree Talk.
bcll8?B
in afsyncopatcd-
tnc sound 7 --ol haoDV
a ' -
nriiii'infniAA
UWUUU11JIU11L1.3
there's the knclP f
Johnnies trumpets'
Philio'sS. drum and
that outsiceT" roe
Mollic's dolly, and -thc r
and the scrcamscr "of n
it holds
in
storci
Tis
the
sound
pitchin' things I
tn the kitchen'
(she knows
ovorybody thoreforo could unreser
vedly enjoy. Mr. Alex Johnson
nctvd as mnstor of ceromoulos. A
varied program of singing, music,
recitation nnd speech-making occu
pied uho hotter part of tho bvoulug.
When, finally Interest contored
n round tho huge Christmas treo. Pre
sents woro now distributed to all.
Tho aiuusemout, tho spirit of Joy an J
foatlvonoss boenmo altogether gen
eral niiu ii. u uvuuuig was u iuumi
pleasant ono throughout.
Just as tho presents woro being
distributed right and left, word was
passed around at shortly boforo 1
o'clock In tho morning, Mint tho wife
of tho Janitor of tho Hull, Mr. Ed
ward Johnson, had given birth to a
girl baby. So unturally, Mr. John-
sou considered that ho received tho
best present of all.
Socialists' Xmiis Tree.
Tho Finnish Socialist Society of
Marshflold eelobrated Xmas ovo
with a festival nnd Christmas treo
nt tho Socialist Hall on Front street
Mast evening. A lengthy and var'nd
program of music, singing nnd reel-
tntlon was rendered, all in tho Fin
nish language, except somo romarkB
towards tho end of tho program by
somo English speaking socialist mem
bers who arrived lato. Tho fcaturo
of tho ovenlng was tho distribution of
presents to tho numerous children
and nearly all tho adults present.
The most enjoyed number of tho pro
gram was probably tho reading of n
comlo animal papor, written for ho
occasion. Tho address of tho cvo
nlng was mado by Chas. Hoffron. It
was a thoroughly enjoyed colobratlon
ond ns nearly lko ono In tho old
country ns circumstances would per
mit, and lasting from eight till aftor
twolvo o'clock.
-A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOt'-
PROVES FATAL
Henry Milne, Bartender, Suc
cumbs to Bullet Wounds by
Another Bartender.
(By Associated Press to Coos Bay
Times.)
WASCO, Ore,, Deo. 25. Henry
Mllnn. n bartender, died today as u
result of injuries received last Sat
urday night in a quarrel witn uui.
Stevens, also a bartender, In which
Stevens shot Milne. Thore woro r.o
witnesses. Stevens claims self-defense,
.A MKItllY CHRISTMAS TO YOI'-
Ua MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU-
.A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOUf-
Lii f PlllfV rrilllKTMAH TO YOIT.
.A MERRYCHRISTMAS TO YOV-
I i
WASCO QUARREL
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TO
-A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOl-
HONOR AUTHOR OF
GREAT X.MAS l'OEM
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK. Dec. 25. Upon
tho grnvo of Clement C. Moore,
who wroto " 'TwnB Tho Night
Boforo Christmas," n holly
wreath, was placed today by
hundreds from the Sunday
School of tho Church of tho
Intercession. A brief prayer
and tho singing of a Christmas
carol and hymn nt tho gravo
completed tho ceremony.
-A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU4-
California Woman Willing to
Pay What Marshfield Gets
Free.
HORN.
JOHNSON To Mr. nnd Mrs. John
Edward Johuson nt their homo in
West Mnrflhllold, Monday, Decem
ber 25, n daughter. Mother nnd
child nro getting nlong nicely, and
both parents aro enjoyed over tho
gift of all gifts to mako their
Christmas n most merry ono.
-A .MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU-
WILDON To Mr. nnd Mrs. R. II.
Wlldou nt tho homo of Mr. and
Mrs. I). B. Hampton In West
Marshflold, Sunday ovenlng, Do
combor 24,' uu olovon nnd ono
half pound son, Chostor Rhodes
Wlldon, "It'B tho finest gift Mint
Santa Claus had In his pack," do
dared tho proud fathor today.
-A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOl'O-
SAN FRANCISCO, Doc. 2 1 If tho
quest In San Francisco of Mrs. II.
A. James, wlfo of n wealthy business
mnu In Mondoclno county, Is success
ful, her husbund will find n flno
bouncing bnby boy, obta'nod by adop
tion or purchase, in his stocking; or,
to bo cxtict, In n wicker basket trim
med In baby bluo, when ho nwnkes
ChrlEtmas morning.
Proparod, as sho said, to buy or
adopt n baby boy with bluo oyoH and
fair hair, Mrs. James arrived horo
,ono mo(rnlng last w)k. 'At tho
Ferry building bIio sought Informn
t'on nt thn pollco bureau as to whoro
sho might negotlato for tho bnby.
"I want to buy, borrow or adopt n
baby," sho bogan. "Porhaps you
can toll me how I might go about It."
Although tho sorgeant In chargo
of tho Ferry station Is a man who
has had wldo oxnerlenco in pollco
matters nnd has met various persons
from various points of tho world -nt
tho city's portnls, ho admitted frank
ly Mint tho question hnd him stump
ed. Ho npponled to his brothor of
ficers to holp him out of his dllom
na, and thoy In turn referred to tho
pages of tho tolephono directory.
After n consultation tho sorgeant
directed her to tho San Francisco
Nursery for Homoloss chlldron,
whither sho wont, prepared to nego
tlato for tho baby, Mrs. James said
that sho had often talked tho mat
tor of tho adoption of a baby with hor
husband and that sho -wns acting with
his full consont, although ho did not
know that hor visit to Snn Fran
cisco would tako tho form of this
unlquo Christmas shopping.
.A .MERRY CHRISTMAS TO lOU.
OLDEST T
ARE 93 TODAY
Four Generations Will Help
Aged Brothers Celebrate Un
usual Event In Louisiana
(By Associated Press to tbo Coos Bay
Times.)
NEW YORK, Dec. 25. Today is
tho nlnoty-thlrd birthday of tho old
est twins In tho United 8tafes, Sam
uel and William Muncy of Ration,
L. I., four generations will holp them
colobrato tholr Natal day and Christ
mas. A .MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOL-
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.
For tho balance of tho winter,
there will bo a boat nt tho O'Kclly
landing that can be chartered day
or night.
J. A. O'KELLY, Prop.
M
M
a
BUY BABY AS
IAS PRESENT!
W
S
Take Prisoner From Jail and
Execute Him Without Offi
cers' Knowledge.,
NO CLUE LEFT BY
PERPETRATORS OF DEED
Trivial Quarrel Over Pool Game
Leads to Shooting and
Lynching.
(By Associated Pross to Coos Ra
Times.)
BALTIMORE, Doc. 21) King Dav
Is, tho negro, who Saturday night
shot nnd killed Frederick A. Schwab
nt Fnlrllold, was taken from tho
Brooklyn, Mil., Jail onrly today by a
mob and wns choppod to death wjth a
hatchet.
Tho lynching wns conducted with!
secrecy, tho town authorities having
no inkling or It until Chief of Pollco
Irwin was notified by a nowspapor
carrier who found tho body as ho de
livered his papers. No guard waa
kept at tho jail at night nnd thoro la
no cluo to tho perpetrators of tho
deed. Tho front door of tho Jail wa
ofund to hnvo been burst opun and
tho lock had been cut off tho door of.
the cell In which Dnv's wns confined.
The trouble which caused tho
shooting starting In n saloon In Fair
field over n gnmo of pool botweon
Frank Schwab, a brothor jof tha dead
mnn, nnd Davis. Schwab claimed
tho negro called him vllo names. Af
tor thq party loft tho saloon, Freder
ick Schwab took up tho brothor'a
qunrrol with Davis who drew n pistol
and Bont n bullet through Schwab's
henrt. Davis fired Two bullets nt.
Frank Schwnb but mlssedi 'Tho no
gro wns nrrcsted nnd claimed self
dofeiiBo.
.A MKRRY CHRISTMAS TO YOl'-,
ON COOS BAY
Special Programs and Gather
ings Mark Yuletidc Many
Attend Services.
The Christmas holiday is bolng
generally obsorvod in Mnrshllold to
day, Somo of the biiBlnoss hoiucs
woro open this morning to onablo
tho lato Christmas shoppers to get
thulr presents nnd provldo for tho
dny. This nfternoon, prnctlcally
every Btorn will bo closod.
Tho stores genorally roport tho
largest Christmas business In their
history. Tho shopping was distribut
ed over a longer period of tlmo this
year Minn usual. Thursday was n
big day, Friday not qulto so good .mil
Saturday tho bannor day of all. Ono
retail storo in Marshflold did orer
$1,500 business Saturday nlono, tho
largest business In Its history,
Asldo from tho Christmas tioe.i
nnd Christinas exercises tn tho chur
ches and elsowhoro, tho Christmas
crowds aro finding plonty of diver
sion. With shows at tho Masonla
Opora Hoiiko and tho moving pic
turo houses nnd tho Coos Bny Con
cort band's danre nt tho Eagles' hull
tonight nil aro finding plonty of di
version. Many Strangers Hero.
Tho largest number of strangora
Is congregated in Marshflold to
spend Christmas that has ovor gath
ered horo. Tho majority of thorn
aro employes of tho various logging
camps throughout tho county.
Saturday night and Inst night,
many had difficulty In obtaining
sleeping quarters. In fact, Saturday
night somo did not securo rooms buc
tn their Christinas exuberance it
mattered llttlo to thorn whoro thoy,
slont. Tho hotols, rooming and lod-
glng houses woro full both nights.
Despite the unusual amount of
colobratlng, tho crowds genorally;
woro orderly. A numbor of arrests
woro mndo for Intoxication but no
porloua quarrels markod tho oventu.
-A MKRRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU4
CHKISTMAB PLUM PUDDING
CORVALLIS, Ore., Dec. 21. How
to mako a ChrlBtmns plum pudding ia
told by Miss Keren DavlB of Port
land, a sonlor mombor of tho Domes
tie sclonro department nt tho Orogon
Agricultural College, In an artlclo on
"Christmas Cookies and Plum Pud
dings" In tho December Orogon Coun
tryman. Tho Ingredients, wliicli aro
to bo combined in the order glvon
nnd steamed for four hours, aro aa
follows: 3 eggs, 3 cups of flour, 1
cup chopped suet, Vt cup candled
lemon, 1 cup each of molasses unci
sweet milk, 1 teaspoon each of soda
and Bult, 1 cup of citron, one-third
teaspoon spices, 1 cup raising, 2 tea
spoons cream tartar, 1 cup currans,
l cup orown sugar.
A .MERRY CHRISTMAS T0 YOUf
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