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tffotyiílle City §l*r»ï& Train Wrecks Washlnfton Letter. New [York, Jan. 28.— The most PUBLISHED K VER Y TUESDAY terrible railroad wreck that has oc curred in the vicinity of New York in years took place last night on the D. F. Dean, Editor and Proprietor Central Railroad of New Jersey, at the town of Gracelaml, New Jersey. County Official Paner. The Philadelphia & Reading ex press which leff this city fifteen D evoted to th e m aterial and acciai n ouildinitnf the Coquille Valley particularly minutes later than the Jersey; Cen and o f Coca County generally . tral local, crashed into the rear of Subscription, por year, in advanoo, *1 .SO the latter whilo running at the rate of 66 miles an hour. The four rear Prof. Gautier, of Paris, thinks cars, which were crowded, were tel he has discovered that arsenic is a escoped. Tho wreck immediately necessity of life. He finds it in caught fire and was J consumed. minute quantities in all plants ned Twenty-three bodies have been re animals. covered from the ruins and 15 iden A report has been received from tified. At least 50 are seriously in the Philippines concerning the na jured, a number fatully. tives of the Islands. Tho aborigi nal race seems to be the Negrites, Tucson, Ariz., Jan. 28.—Passen. or little negroes, who average 4 ger trains Nos. 8 and 9 collided feet in height and of whom there head on when running at full speed are at present about ¡50,000. These near Valis, 17 miles east of Tuscon, little people feed on rootB and at 3 o ’clock this morning. Eleven small game, do not live in villages cars were consumed in a fow min and are very timid. utes, oil tauks spreading oil which Some time ago an Englishman flashed through the wreck like ex Engineer Bruce wrote a book entitled the “Unspoak- ploded powder. able Scot” ; now a particularly “ hot and his fireman and Engineer Wilkie Scotch” gets back at hire with i wore burned to death, and another volume on “ The Egregious English fireman seriously injured. Eight bodies have been found. man.” All that is needed to com plete the gaiety of nations is for How many more were consumed is Pat to set forth in book form his not known. opinion of the two of them— but Chicago, Jan. 28.—Three persons Rat is doing that every day in Par were killed, four seriously injured liament. and eight slightly injured in a rear American gunners have the “luck” end collision between stock trains that follows training. Corporal Re on the Chicago & Northwestern gard of the Presidio, California, railway near La Fox, 111., this morn fired a 12-incli gun at a pyramidal ing. floating target 8 feet high and 12 Tee trains came together in a feet broad at tho base, which was dense fog. The killed and injured moving at 7 miles an hour, three were for the most part stockmen in miles away. His first shot struck charge of stock on the way to Chi tho water eight yards astern of the cago and the East. target and the second shot destroyed it. Cairo, 111., Jan. 28.— On the Illi According to a voting contest nois Central Railroad near Pulaski conducted by an English papor, early today the Chicago fast train the membors of the stage who have crashed in tho rear end of St. Louis done the most for dramatic and train, No. 203. Both trains were lyric art are Bernhardt, the older late on account of the dense fog, Coquelin, Mounet Sully, Eleonora and the Chicago train was running Duse, Rejano and Adelina Patti. at tho rate of 60 miles on hour, Sir Henry Irving ends tho list. while the St. Louis train was mak This shows the absurdity of contem ing only 30 miles an hour. The porary fame. Irving is a scholar last car on the St. Louis train was and a man of high executive ability the private car of tho late Judge and deserves at least as high rank J. Fentress and family, of Chioago. Judge Fentress, who died in Chi as Coquelin or Sully. cago Monday, was tho head coun In one of the states of tho Argen sel of the Illinois Central, and the tine Republic there is a tax on body was in the car enroute to Bol single blessedness for men that be ivar, Tonu., for burial. The rear gins at the age of 20 at $5 per half of the car was demolished, and month, rises to $10 per month. A tho coffin was broken up. Tho fam widower is allowed only three yoars ily of tho Judge wero badly shaken in which to recuperate from the up. 'Throe of the trainmen were in first cOurso of curtain lectures and jured, but none of tho passengers a man must run the risk of being were hurt. accepted by threo women during ------------- * ♦ tho year to escape paying the tax. Crescent City Wrecked- After n lad has had a few years study in tho physical sciences be is prone to regard what is railed “ science" as a fixed and cortain quantitj’. If he persists in his in vestigations for a few decades he will ultimately discover that true science is constantly changing its position upon most subjects, and that his safest position is in the at titude of the scientific philosophy tbnt expects many things, ifi sur prised at n few and is open to con viction in every direction. Connecticut, or rather that por tion of it in the vicinity of Stanford, is quite slmkou over the question of cats and mice. Some ladieB of Stanford have arranged a mouse catching contest between theis kit tens, but tho Mayor o f ‘ the town, who bears tho ducnl name of Leeds, hasput his official foot down on it — the contest, not tho mico — as cruel. If Stanford di uot differ from other communities the Mayor will find he has a lbt of old cats on bis trail that will be more cruel to him than tho kitties would bo to tho mice. The steam schooner Crescent City is high on a lodge of Fish rock island, close to tho shore of Mendo cino county. Her twelvo passengers nnd tho crew were lauded on the rock, and after a night of cruel ex posure in n freezing storm, ten of the passengers nnd several members of tho crew were rescused. Of the pnsseugers only Mrs. TV. VV. F ogg and her baby arc beliovcd to havo boon left on tho island Inst night. With her aro Capt. Payne nnd some twelve or thirtcon membors of his crew. The tug lloliof, sent from San Francisco by the Examiner, and the Sea Rover, sent by Hobbs, Wall & Co., owners of tho Crescout City, wero standing off and on Inst night close to tho island, but tho gale was so high and the night so dark, that they were unable to bring off the people on the island. At 11 o’clock last uight the enst- away could be scon from the shore of the mainland, They , , were ,, gather , . ed on tho south side de of of ne rock in the shelter of tho lodge, where they had built n big the of drift wood. Beacon tiros were buauing on the beach below the town of Fish Rock. The wind was blowing from the northwest, accompanied by heavy rain squalls. This morning it is ex pected that tho work of rescue will be completed by tho ¡Examiner ex pedition and tne other life-saving agencies on tho spot. To be a member of Congress, a representative of the people is, per haps, a worthy ambition, but it is an expensive one. True, the salary is $5,000 a year, mileage to and from each session and some inci dental perquisites, but the demands made upon Congressmen are so great that twice the salary would hardly suffice to enable one to meet them and lay something by for a rainy day. A Representative whose term ex pires in March tells a tale of woo in tlii» connection that may point a moral. Five years ago this gentle man was a prosperous lawyer iu a small towr, his income netted him about $2,000 a year nnd on this he lived comfortably with his fnmily in one of the nicest houses in the place and had saved quite a tidy sum of money. As a leading attorney iu the county he naturally took quite an interest in politics and as a re ward for services to his party he was nominated and elected to Con gress. He and his wife thought their fortunes made, for with $5,000 a year they estimated they would be able to save at least $2,500 and still live in excellent style; besides there was the opportunity for him to blossom out into a position of political note if not into fame as a statesman, whilo for his wife there aroso the dream of becoming one of the queens of Washington society. There was also a young daughter to be lnunchod upon a career of social success in the capital of tho nation and tho parents had unexpressed hopes of catching a millionaire, a foreign diplomat or an army officer for a eon-in-law. Vain dreams? Not one of those things happened. When they first arrived in Washington they took apartments at a fashionable hotel, but in less than a month discovered that a Congressman’s salary would not be enough to even pay the hotel bills. They decide to take a house for the soason, and while looking for a suitable one, took up their abode iu a smaller and less pretent ious hostelry. They wisheduto entertain, they thought their dignity required a handsome residence in the fashion able quarter of the city and they had no trouble in finding a suitable house, but the rental alone was $3,000 a year. By this time they had learned that clothe?, household expenses, servants mid the like could not be paid for out of the $2,000 which would be left to them and they wisely determined to re main in their little hotel. Farewell to the social ambitions of the wife, farowoll to the hospit able inclinations of the Congress man, they must settle down to re ceive such social favors as come to Representatives by virtue of this office without hope of ever being able to return the same. This particular Representative has now served two terms, During all this time ho and his family • have lived as economically as possible in their station, and so far as saving money out of his salary he has act ually been obliged to draw upon the little fund ho had saved up in tho bank at home. Tho home peo- plo, bless them, never failed to call upon to contribute to evory charity, for was he not iu receipt of the princely salary of $5,000 to which they had elected him? And in the same way ho saw his hopes of political preferment grad ually melt into thin air. He could not get recognition from the .Speak er to deliver his thought upon any ruensuro unless lie first explained his position, and even in that case the chances were that one of the loaders of the House had alrend nu- noimccH] his intention to speak upon t)lc same subject and bis time must be limited even if he could get the floor. In the end lie drifted into the condition of the vast majority of Congressmen, mere machines to carry out tho policy of the party leaders, men with a voto but with almost no voice in national affairs. This gentleman has refused a further term and feelH a certain pity for his successor. Hermann Step;: Down and oui- Academy Notes. T uttlc T emperance house. Wrshingtou, Jan. 31.—Binger Hermann retired from his office as Coinmissiouei of the General Land Office, at the close of business to day. Assistant Commissioner Rich ards will take possession of the office Monday. Mr. Hermann’s relinquishmont was not marked by Any formality, his personal effects having been removed from the office during the last few day. Mr. Hermann simply signed the official Ooquille Oity, Oregon. mail for the last time, put on his overcoat and hat, bade adieu to the messengers and his personal clerk, und passed out of official life for First Class in every respect Courteos treatment, Trarsient the present. In discussiug his and Regular Boarding and Lodging. future movements, Mr. Hermann Preparation goes on for our en said: NO CHINESE LABOR. NO BAR IN CONNECTION. tertainment to bo given soon. This “ I may leave Washington in a will be done without loss of time, First Street— East End o f Bridge. as drills will take place outside of day or twe, and possibly nmv re main here some time. Just when I school hours. shall depart has not been determ The Sixth grade, of whom favor- ined. My Congressionsl candidacy ablo mention was made recently, I do not care to say anything about have taken some of their examina just yet. It’s been such a short tions aud have passed creditably. time since Mr. Tongue died, and I HAVE TH E VERY L A T E ST IN The Fifth grado are approaching havo been so busy preparing to tho close of their work and will soon turn over this office to Governor take examinations iu their full Richards, that I have not had time course. Most of these will pass, to consider it. I expect to go di with good grades, into tho Sixth rectly to Roseburg nnd tnke up tho grade. The Seventh and Eighth practice of law. I ’ll be in Wash I f we can uot'Buit you with what we hat u sttfCK we can make any grades are more or less rnixod, but ington frequently, as I expect to kind to your order. are doing, for tho most part, good havo a large number of cases to try work. before this office and department. Miss Lena Beloni was sick two My family will remain here until or three days last week, but will my boy is released from school early in the Summer.” be ready for work soon. Miss Price had the misfortune to T h e la t e s t in fall through the railroad trestle this week. We have not learned what damage was done to the track. Miss Price, herself, confesses of M akers having received tho worst of it. We do our NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. part to make a t M r s . G. M o o n ’ s your} a p p e a r ■\rOTIOF. IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT 1 »1 the undersigned hng this day IK, d her ance all that it final Recount ns the administratrix of the should be. You w ill find the latest in Fall and Winter Millinery a t estate of Bird Vowell. deoeased, and that WednosdRv. the 4th day o f March, 1903, Our styles are correct, and our my store. that being the third day o f the regular 1903 Maroh tern» of the Oonnty Court for fit is aB your form requires. If its a Dress Trimming and Fancy Goods in General. Stamp Coos county. Oregon, has been set by Bald money consideration, wc are able to- Court us the day for hearing objections to said final aoconnt and the settlement of please you Ourfibri.es are the latest ing done to order. said estate. and best. Little has occurred siuce our last out of the ordinary routine, "save that Miss Collier has retired to rest up a little before teachers' examina tion. She has worked hard and de serves a little rest Cleve and Joe Sumerlin wont home Friday, the latter rather expecting to remain to rebuild tho washed out fenoes. Both returned, however, and are hard at work. One thing noticeable and commendable is that most of our students are hard-working and painstaking students, We shall look for a largo share of these to re- next year. Such students are al ways welcome. LYONS’ MILLINERY Ladies, Misses & Cnildrens Hats. Lyons’ Millinery Store. M IL L IN E R Y Dated this ‘.hid day of February. 1903. MARY A. VOW ELL. Administratrix. Sanderson Building near the W harf Coos Couqty Tax Rolls for 1902. Tho County Clerk having nearly completed the copying of our tax rolls, furnishes us with these figures which will bo of interest to our tax- payors. The roll consists of two volumes, the aggregate net valuation of taxable property contained therein being $2,852,755, and up<in which amount the following taxes are charged: State and County Tax 30 mills on $2,852,754 $85,582.62 Unpaid p olls...................... ___ 880 00 Special Tax, Marshfield, city........... 4 mills on 359,780................ 1,439 12 Bandon.................................. 5 mills on 87,444................ 437 22 School District 4 ...................4 mills on 33,520................ 134 08 “ “ 8 ...................5 mills on 196,856................ 984 28 9. .8$ mills on 443,989................ 3,773 91 10.. 24,600........ . . . . 123 00 16,254........ 16.. 81 27 18.. 41,612........ ___ 208 06 2 3 .. 28,847........ . . . . 86 54 2 7 .. 19,003........ . . . . 95 02 2 8 .. 16,711........ 83 56 4 1 .. .. 10 mills on 111,529........ . .. . 1,115 29 4 3 .. 50,148 ___ . . . . 250,74 5 4 .. . . 21 mills on 108,555.. I . . . . . . 2,279 66 5 8 .. .. 11 mills on 9,044........ ___ 99 48 6 5 .. .. 10 mills on 28,058 . .. . . . . . 280 58 7 3 .. 8,730........ 69 84 Total tax to bo collected by Sheriff on tho tax roll for tho year 1902, at this date............................................... $98,004 27 Tho roll will be placed in the hands of the Sheriff for collection about the 10th inst. STEEL PENS THI SIANOMI) PENS EVERYWHERE. ESTERBR00K STEEL I Kfl C tu las Fine, Medium and I DU OlylBa prood Points. I by All Stationers. PEH CO. «6 John St., New Yorfc, $5 will liy an Organ Only $5 a. month on tin© installment plan- -- O--- $10 a Month W ill Ost You. Eiano- You can save this amount if you will and make yonr dear ODes happy. No home complete without a piano or an organ. I f you are looking for best values For Spot Cash or on Time Payments We are prepared to interest you and make the assertion thnt wo 6au do MORE for you than nny other Piano or Organ House in the country. I f you aro interested write nt once. THE BIG SIX: KIMBALL, CHICKERING, WEBER, MILTON, I/0SE.HINZE, with the giant WHITNEY is a combination o f soundness, strength, beauty and tone unequalled anywhere. Twenty.eight other makes we handle. _ We also have iu stock a fine line of Violins, Banjos, Guitars and Mandolins at prices from $5 upward. A full assortment o f strings. Steel strings 5 cents each. New music received weekly. CHAS. GRISSEN MUSIC CO. I O O F HALL M A E S H P IE L D , Thcro are cycles of thoorios for a brief season; tho old hypothesis that life originated at the North Pole and spread south over both hemispheres now has attention. This solves many difficulties of the distribution of species, nnd is in aid of the Biblical 'story of the ex pulsion from tho Garden of Eden. Panama Route Choeen.. Ice is the angel that guards the w ‘ l <‘ llim < lr< -< l H o l l a r * ■■ l l o x Garden and tho aurora borealis is Washington, Jan. 28.— The way is the value H. A. Tisdalo, Summer- bis flaming sword. It also is in line with tho fact that there are ex has been cleared for an isthminn ton, S. C , places on DeW itt’s Witch tensive deposits of coal in very high canal. Tho cnnel will bo by the Hazel Salve. He says: “ I had the piles for 20 years. I tried many Panama route. latitudes. The treaty between the United doctors and medicines, but all failed The emancipation from slavery to States and tho Republic of Colum except DeW itt’s Witch Hazel Salve. coal has begun, but it goes on with bia was signed today, and by that It cured mo.” It is a combination the slow nnd measured trade of a fact enabling powers have been con of the healing properties of Witch C oquille , O regon . great reform. Some months ago ferred on the president to proceed Hazel with antiseptics nnd emoll the Swedish government decided to to the contruction of tho canal in ients; relievos and permanently cures operate by cloctricity the 2200 miles | nccor<i,iuco with the terms of the blind, bleeding, itching and pro The steamer “ J. Warren” will of railway that it owns. The elec j Spoonor act. truding piles, sores, cuts, bruises, tricity will bo generated by wator, eczema, salt rheum aud all skin dis make rogulat trips between Gravel It is powor, which in that mountninous I j - 11 18 necessary, ne£essIUJ of course, thnt1 eases. R. S. Knowlton. i Ford nnd Myrtle Point on Wednes- | the'treaty Should bo ratified by tho country abounds, Some time ago Iday of each week, leaviug nt 8:30 a. I Senate, but in view of tho fact that Italy began to use it» wnterfnlls for ! tn. and arriving at Myrtle Point at generating olectricity, and an in I democrats and republicans aliko! 11 a. m. Leaving Myrtle Point at dustrial revolution in that country ‘ sacrificed their personal views as j 1 to tho relative morits of Panama .1 p. m. ami arriving at Gravel Ford is expected in consequence oi cheap ] power for manufacturing. Oil is i and Nicaragua, it is assumed here This sigenturo is on every box of the genuine at 3:30 p. nr. C a p t . J. M .B r i g h t , being largely used os fuel on ocean-1 I by leading Senators tonight that the remedy that cure* n eoM M> one day M a n a g e r. going craft, experiments in its sub- j ! the treaty will be ratified. stitution for coni are awake uing1 A race of midgets has l>een wide interest. These are littlo more found in Moxieo by a traveling than encroachments, however, on | showman. Some o f the grown the border of coal’s wqrld-wide [ people are only a foot and hnlf kingdom, but they serve to show { high. thnt human energy and enterprise will in time find means to einauci 1 _ _ m ~ I pate industry, at least partially, from five t 00m house a bondage to coal thnt lin* long n and two lots. boon absolute — Oregonau Inquire at this Office. L Y O N S ’ M IL L . <§ C frÆ Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets If you are thinking of build ing let us figure with you on all kinds of lumber, and mouldings. - OZEBZE. Death’s Harvest deprives you of your dear ones. Show your love for the one who is gone by providing a monument worthy the memory of that one. A large monument or n small marker, whichever you choose at his place, will show the best judg- ent of first-class designers nnd workmen. Coos County Marble and Granite Works. ft Qrifl H Mrs. C. IVLoon FRED SLAGLE, Tailor. Disappointment Never comes to the customers buying their goods at P E R R Y ’S STORE. .... isO ^ ^ O s. . ... For every dollas you tender the house you get ita equiv- lent in value. The business we do has been built on these principles, and it is on these principles we stand. _ / © © S_ Dry Goods. Groceries. Boots and Shoes. Flotirland Feed- Stock in all Departnents complete Strang’s Emporium. Glassware and Dishes, W ood and W illow - war o. Umbrellas, Leggings and hightop Loggers shoe-. Outing Flannels,Mackintoshes,Rubber goods Blankets, Ladies’ and Gents’ Underwear. Z. C. STRANG, Prop., - - - Coquille, Oregon.