Ar Independent Paper, Devoted Especially to the Interest» of Southern Oregon.
VOL
XIV
GRANT’S PASS. JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18
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HOARSENESS
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Frog in Your Throat, 10c
MINING ON GALICE
••PiVTelU What the Miner* on Thia
Creek are Doing
COUGEES
J JEN RY L. BENSON,
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G alice . Or , Nov. 9, 1897.
That Southern Oregon, particular It
attorney at law .
Josepiiiue county, is rapidly coming l<
Practice« in all Court, of th» State.
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tbe front in the rniuing line is evidence«!
Office over flint Nutional Bank,
bv tbe rapid strides made around even
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Galice. In the spring of 1896 there were
but few giants operated in this district
and al the present time there are at
A RTHUR P. HARTH,
least twelve in readiness for the
DOCTOR OF DENTAL SURGERY,
coming sta«ou.
The various quarts
PRESCRIPTION DRUQQI8T.
mines are also being developed which in
Office over First National Tank,
time, from m iicaUons, will be good pio
lì rant ’ s P aks ,
O kku <> s
ducers,
On account of the wet weather, work
yyTLLARD CRAWFORD
on the I-os l Flat mine is retarded.
it is reported that the By bee and Al
attorney - at - law .
1 ford quartz ledge will probably be sold
Practices in all Federal. State and Su
ere long
preme Courts. Notary Public.
The licit ledge, now being worked by
Grants Pass parties, shows up well, a.-
Office at residence—Third St. North.
G rant ’ s P as »,
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O regon .
does the ledge recently struck near it.
R. Pickney, the Sage oi <■ alive, has re
[INCORPORATED]
turned from Sau Francisco where hr
OFFICIAL D1RE( fUKY.
• SITED STi
went fur medical treatment.
President........... ............V
Al Cousin oi Portland. Ore., is fitting
Vt *e Previtient
up
his mine on Galice and expects to
becTetarv uf **tate ....
pipe out some nuggets this winter.
( iagc
secretary of Treasury .
Secretary of Interior . . .......C
Merrill A Axtell owr. seven placer
P» i ies
Secretary of War ........ Russell A l*ier
----MANUFACTURERS OF-----
claims on Galice creek, from the mouth
. .John D Long
Secretary oi Navy........
up, and are getting rea ly for the season’s
Secretary of Agriculture James A Wilson
work.
Fuatina«ter-<ieneral
. . .James A Garv
Those mining al a distance from Galice
Atlurney t ieneral.. . Joseph McKenna
BTATK OF OREGON
are rushing in their supplies, the snow
(Geo W McBride
storm of last week warning them that
U. 8. Senators .....
<----------- --------
w inter has come.
(Thos II Tongue
Congressmen..............
Messrs Hamilton, Friday A Engles,
}W R Ellis
. . .0 M Idletnai.
Attorney General
who own the large porphyry dike near
........ W I* lx>rd
Governor..................
Wm. Crows, are hauling ore and will
. .HE Kincaid
Secretary id state.
soon be crushing the same in their 5
. Phil Metschan
State Treasurer
stamp mill.
.......... <» M Irwin
Supt Pilli Instruction
Wil Leeds
State Printer.. .
Brown Bros., it is said, have a good
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ALSO
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l C E Wolverton
property in the Canfield placer, situated
Supreme J ndges . .. •’ R S Bean
BRIDGE WORK. BOLTS RODS IRON SHUTTERS CELLS several thousand feet above Galice creek-
< F A Me.ire
t seems strange to operatea giant at
i F A Marcum
WINDOW GUARDS. DOORS. AND
-J B Eddy
R R Coniinissioners.
that elevation.
/ il B Compson
Jesse Cofe, the rustler, now has about
Clerk oi R R Commi^ion. Lydell Baker
thirty men engaged in building a ditch,
( lei k Board School LandCom
HOdeli
etc , and will get the benefit ol the
FIK>T JI DICIAL DINTBM'T.
Westeria Division .. .Judge H K Hanna
rainy season
He has two giants and
Eastern Division
Judge W C Hale
will probablv work them uight and day
Prosecuting Abornev
J A Jeffrey
ESTIMATES FURNISHED The promoters of the Rich gulch flume
Member Boa d o Eqnalizat AC Auldon CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED.
are taking advantage ol every wpportun
V, K. L ND OFFICE R<»St HI KG.
ity to extend the same but it is doubtful
Receiver.... ...........
S Sheridan
Register....
R Al \ va’ch
whether they will reach the poiut in
JOSEPHINE COVNTY._
tended before Alexander X Bent begin
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Harmon
Joint Senator..........
piping in earnest, that gulch being their
.1 M Chiles
County Judge .
(Fred Croxton
dump.
Commissioners ... ■ ■■ (Mick George
Elwell Garr & Co. of Stratton creek,
.......... John Goodell
County Clerk
have
completed repairs un their ditch
.............. J.. G Hiatt
Sheriff . .
and are running reaervoir ht adi. lhsy
........ HL Benson
Representat ive........
................. A Bartlett
have good water privileges and dump
Treasurer ............
... J D Hayes
School Superintendent
The mine lias been recently opened up
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ALL
KINDS
OF
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.... Eclns Pollock
Assessor
an I the owners are cel tain of having a
. . B O McCullock
Surveyor. . . .
good property
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Dr.
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Meyers
Coroner
The Rocky Gulch Co’s, mine, consist
PKKCINCT OtrlCKKS.
.................. James Holman
ing of high channels, is in readiness for
......................... I.. fl Colby
the season
This mine poaaesaea excel
rv or okant ’ s pass .
Every article sold warranted as represented. Farm Produce taken lent water rights ai d‘duinp, The lower
I W Howard
end of the piuperty is being ground
Tlionia- Smith
in exchange.
Col Johnson
sluced by two men and such favorable
T B Elliott
pro?)>ects have been had as to warrant
Dave Keenan
tbe putting in of a pipe an<« giant.
C Kinney
Frank Ennis of Calistoga, Cal , for
j Harry Smith
J C E Harmon
merly owner of the Alexander Bent
Councilman
j T !’> Cornell
mines, alter enjoying the excellent fish
| i ieorge Calhoun
mg along the river for some time,depart
[pr. Win Flannegan
ed for Jacksonville. He will return
Regular meetings ol the city council of
next Isll- While fishing he kept a nun
Grant's Pass me held m the cotinei
rooms tn the cilv hall on the hr.t and
busily engaged in ?alting and smoking
third Thursday eveningsot each month.
ti?h, which speaks well for Rogue river
CIBCt lT cot kt
as lieing the anglers paradise.
on the third Monday tn April
Meet..........
Mate Senator Harmon and D. L, Green
ami the fourth Monday in September.
COUNTY cot CRT
have, at great expense, fitted up for
first
Monday
oi
Probate court nveta
working their rich deposits of gravel
January, April, .Inly and Sent4»mb«*r.
along (fuhee creek, containing 100 acres,
Countv comiiii^ioner!* court mee
I They have about Hie beet water right in
Wednesday after the meeting
me before purchasing. The SYRACUSE has
countv court
the district, a large one mile ditch con
finish or anything else—&nd is guaranteed to
veying water from the left fork of Gaiive
LODGE Di BE' T< »RA
creek which gives them an opportunity
P aran E ncampment . N o 20, L<>.
to pipe the year around.
meet? 2nd and 4th Wedi.. >.iay* ot each
The Alexander Bent mine is well
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1 equiped for the coming season,eitensive
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repairs having been made on the ditch
and flumes, and f«>r some time reservoir
heads have been run lor piping off t he top
I <i.rt of probably 100 feet banks; a •«>
large powder drills have taen put in.
Too large giants w ill tie operated day a id
night.
N” 28. mee
J. Bartley who some time ago came
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j>.ich month
2nd an 1 1 -
into possession of Centennial gulch and
P. M. VI
bar have made great improvements. He
ing <•.>■ I I
now has a coey home and a proinisii g
J. B. PkTl I- ■
PATRIOTIC IIEROI>M,
orchard besides considerable mining
CHRISTIAN DEVOTION and
property that he will work this oea-un
FINAL MARTYRDOM with pipe and giant. Mr. Bartley is an
experience*! miner having l>eeu in many
mining sections, among them Alaska
G. A Scbroter of Colorado, and E
| Htnilh of Grants Pa»s, are making a
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thorough investigation of the Hutchin'*
¡X^Ä1 w.r.oVw
In Pioneer Days
ledge, which will no doubt I m - wold 10
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Colorado parties, This ledge is termed
Richly lllu»trated with Original Driwmgs by the Bext Artutx
the "ptxir man’s mine” aw a ith but lit-
H a WTHOBM I.OIX.K N'
. I.. ,k ,. :,nol lav. print«! from larg«. clear new tyi«. on extre !xid
ran I k ; realize*I
It is
U. W Hail
Dm ■
r..und in V.-llum ( loth. Stamped in Gold, Gilt Top, lllsstrated with ■ ix tie expense much
learned that there will be a mill on the
member« made weir
w'n Full Fag« Half lone«-
Friee. »1 fiO-
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vonr anbacription
subscription to
to th.
the property within two months, if the sale
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HoW t(> |iUt tllC i»OOk I.DCiip r ,
H h > r c ., i aux and arid 75
7' lake? place tbn« month
311, G. A R <-.nta t<> the amount’ malting only
Mar ion Veat' h, late of Cottage Grove,
01 in all. and tbe book will I* given you. If
ening "Í <
are an < 11 Mitwritwr and in arreara, pay up to fiate and >2 mor« and receive Gre , has completed a large ditch from
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the right fork of Galice creek to Blanch
ards gulch, on the main creek, and will
pqw* out the tailing» of the abcjve gulch,
it having Uen a dump, of the upper
Row K Riv i C.lMI'
in*1'
Alexander Bent mine for several years
Ol th- w -
day- oi e e :
The nature of the bed rock of the high
Gio. C Al Hol >
channel caused a large los? of g id. Mr
C. I
Veatcb wi I next season ex ter. d his
LR’ATION
ditch to the river and work a series of
or
irg. Oreg'-n
beaches,
olierò, 189Î
SOUTHERN OREGON
that the m
U/ANTKD TH! STWORTHY AND A<
>■ live gentìeiueti or ladies U> travel for
$50,000 One of the
Stock,
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respom•ibie. està shed bou
k
Month ly H'» r) and expense». Posi tíos steady
U» chec k or œ
Reference. 1 Endo«« se!!-addre««ed ataiuped
d.
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Sgr White Pine Cough Balsam, 25c
COLDS
Bromo Quinine, 25c
CLZEZLZEZEILTS,
WOLFF & ZWICKER
IRON WORKS
Oregon
Portland
Hydraulic Ppie
And all kinds of Machinery for
Mining Purposes.
Cast-Iron Structure Work.
Groceries!
First-class goods kept in stock and sold at
the lowest prices, quality considered.
Staple and Fancy Groceries !
Hardware, Tinware, Tableware.
J. M. Chiles.
Scours Where
Others
Fail!
1. II. SCHMIDT, Agent.
How
Marcus Whitman
Saved Oregon
Life on'he Plainsand Mountains
Now is the time—Only $2.<H>. Order today
FIRST NATIONAL PH EBY -
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Cap.tal
Potografer
BEST
l.uw Grade Ore Propusltlons.
Siuc« n>v last eonimunicatiou giving *
brief dese-iplion of tbe Crow & Tailor
mine on Lost Flat, 1 waa hastily s .m
moned to return to tbat section of -ouu
try to make a survey of a recently locat
ed group of niiues on the old Chieftain
ledge This maiumoili mother lo*ls. like
lli« yank in ll e same neigborhood and
tunning nearly parallel with it and sep
arated from it a distance of jwrliaps
nearly two miles, is one of ths wonders
■ 4 the mining world for its great extent
and magnitude, being Hi many places
troui ons to three hundred feet in width,
end a« readily traceable through the conn-
rv north and south for many miles as
'he source ol a great river Recent care
lul tests of quarts taken from this ledge
show conclusively that there are nutner
ous pay chutes running through its en
tire length.
On tl.e summit of tbe mountain lying
bet ween Chieftain and Galice creeks at
an elevation of mor« than 1U00 feet above
them, in extending th« lines of a survey
recently, 1 ran across hundreds of tons
of gassau, or mineral outcrop ol iron and
cupper several acres in extent, scattered
promiscuously ovbr the ground, showing
lieyuno a duubt the existent e of exten
sive deposits of iron and copjier. These
oul-cioppinge, I noti.-ed in many places,
were very attractive tn their brilliant
display of colors, exhibiting all the hues
of the rainbow and claiming the atten
tion of the most careless observer. Low
grids propositions and extensive bodies
of ore have been the cry of capitalists
(or years and now 1 thins in view of the
many deposits of this character of rock
in this sa. tion of ths county, in the Ian
gitage of the sporting man, "it is about
time fur them to put up or shut up."
SIOO, Howard Sits)
The readers will be pleased to learn
that there is at least onedteaded disease
that science has been able to cure in all
i a stages and that is Catarrh. Hall's
< atarrh (Jure is the only positive cure
nuw known to the medical fraternity.
Catarrh being a coast nutional disease,
requires a constitutional treatment.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surlaees of the system, thereby
destroying the foundation of thediseas«.
and giving the patient strength by build
ing up tbe constitution and assisting
nature in doing its work. The proprie
tors have so much faith in its curative
powers, that they offer $100 for any case
that it tails to cure. Semi for list of tes
timonial«. Address,
F. .1. Cheney 4 Co., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Hall's Family l'ills are the best.
JaviiMoii County Notre.
Dr. Kremer of Grants l’aes paid Med
ford a visit recently.
Homer Barron and Miss Minnie R ubs
were married last week
Charley Chitwood was visiting in Ash*
land from Klamath county last week
Rev. Clapp of Portland has been con
ducting revival servicas in the Congre
gationalist church in Ashland
Rev. F. G. btrange,of Ashland, is now
serving the Presbyterian church al that
place bis eleventh year.
The city council of Ashland voted last
week to take up one of the |500 out
standing bonds, thus reducing the city’s
indebtedness by degrees.
F. Roper and wife have gone from
Ashland to Corona, Cal. to spend the
winter. M ins Currie Ruper will go to
-^an Francisco to take advanced music.
'The fall rains have made the ground
in good condition for the farmers to do
their plowing and sowing, and they are
all taking advantage of thu opportunity.
Be not deceived ! A Cough, dHoar?e-
ne-s or Croup are not to be trifle with
A <io?u in time of Shiloh’s Cure will t*ave
you much trouble. >"old by National
Drug Store
2
It is said that J Conner, proprietor of
lbw Gregou hotel, Aahland, will likeiv
take charge of the Willaine’te hotel al
Salem, Oregon, but he will continue hi«
management of tbe Oregon also.
Those who passed the
for certificate« in thia county last week
were Nellie Towne, My rtle Black, Anni
('lements, May Tiffany, John E Roth
.Mollie Ray, Delia Anderson, Ague*
Owen?, Louise A. Ganier, Cora E R »‘
g-*rs, ( arl Yonder Helleri and R C
Chapfiell.
The annual meeting >i tlie Ashland Li
brary Assm iation was held la«t week,
and officers elected for th« enduing year
as follows: President, Mrs E. V. < ar-
U*r ; vice president, F. <i Strange , secre
tary wad treasurer, Mrs. E. A. Stu
librarian, Mrs. J. S Herrin; a?n
librarian. Mrs. S. E. Johnson; I kj
managers. Mrs. E. V. Carter, Mrs E
Sherwin, Mrs. W. H. Mow at, Mrs
Johnson, Mr« J. N. lirrrin, Mr. F.
Strange ami Mr H. L. Whiter!
are 926 book? belonging to the libri
Dl<l You Ever
Try Eletnc Bitters as a remedy for your
troubles? If not. get a bottle now ami
get relief. Thia medicine ha? Ix-eri fouml
to lie peculiarly a lapte«! to the rehet
arid cure of all Female complaint*, ex
ertmg a wonderful direct influen«e in
giving Mtrength and tone to the organ?
if you have Jxjcs of Appetite, ( 'onstipa-
lion, Headache, Fainting Spells, or are
Nervous Sleepier«, Excitable, Melan
choly or trouble«! with dizzy spells,
Electric Bitters is the medicine you
need. Health arid s*r«-ngth are guaran
teed by it* use Fifty rents and |1.
Dr. Kremer’s drug st«jr'-
Cook likes it. Mistress
likes it. Family likes it
Schi/lings 13e'J
t ea_
ba king po1 tra<ti
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«pi- es
Yot
grocer pays yOU
I
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t like it
NO. 2
1897.
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CAPTAIN JO BAILEY
A brief account oi the killing of Cap
tain Jo Bailev, as related by an eye wit
ness, by the Pit river Indians in 1860,
may not l>e uninteresting to the readers
of the Cot Bixa
Captain Bailey was a Kentuckian? ami
was a true type of the genuine frontiers
man
He waa a man of undaunted
courage, absolutely unacquainted with
fear, ami accustomed to all the bard
whips, dangers and privations incident to
frontier life. He stood fully 0 feet 7 in
dies in bis stocking feet, with large, ex
pres.sive brown eyes, and hair and mus-
(ache as black as night, and was physi
eally the pink of perfection. He had
ht-eu a meml>er of the Legislature from
Lane county and had voted in that l>ody
for Oregon’s first two Uaited States sena
tors. Ai the breaking out of the Rogue
River Indian war in 1855 and 1859 he was
elected captain of a company of Oregon
Volunteer*. He had undying hatred for
Indians. Two of his brothers had been
mercilessly massacred by ludians, ami
Captain Bailey loined to hang some of
their scalps on hie belt, and had aworn
in hi? heart to do SO.
lie participated
in many of the engagements of the
w ar of ’55 ami '5(1, and was noted for bis
dare devil bravery. Many of his intim
ate friends warned him that the Indians
would some dav kill biiu for his reck
less courage
In the spring and summer of 1860 be
left the Willamette valley with a large
hand of cattle Injund for Northern Cali
fornia, wheie he contemplated wintering
them.
He employed 7 men to help
drive the cattle, namely, John Cornegia,
Johu Gambrell, George Sims, Thos
Redman. Wm and Geo. Bantleld and
Elija Crow.
Everything proceeded
nicely until they reached Pit river val
ley, near old Fort Crook. It happened
that in passing along a brushy canyon one
warm July dav that a few, jaded, foot-
sere cattle had, unobserved, dro| ped out
of the band. In the mean tune the bal
ance of the band were driven oa a dis
tance of three or four miles to a large,
grassy prairie, where camp was pitched.
In looking over and counting the cattle
it was ascottaiued that, five head were
Hi ssing, ami accordingly two men. Gam
brell and Cornegia, were sent back to the
brushy canyon to look up the strayed
ones
T'hey were not long in Hading
them, and proceeded a short distance
with the stock when ambushed Indians
Hied at them with hows and arrows,
Cornegia's horse was shot in the hip,
and Gambrell's bat was pierced with an
arrow
The boys put spurs t o their
horses, and ran with all posable haste
to Bailey’s camp and made known the
condition of things Bailey ordered the
men to get their arms It so happened
that all the men had yagers ami nayy
pistols. Home of the men were loth to
go back, but Bailey would not be
brooked
lie commanded them to get
reudy to tight, and the men obeyed. AU
hands returned to the place where Gam
brell and Camegia bad beeu attacked*
Approaching the place cautiously and
taking a bird’s-eye view of the surround
mgs, Bailey detailed two men to hold
the horses, while the balance would find
the whereabouts of the red skins. In un
instant the Indians cewiiuenced sending
arrows at the men, ami the flg.it was oh .
Il soon looked as if (he Indians would
be whipped for they retreated up the
point a- soon as Bailey’s men opened
tire on them. Hailey sang out “come on
boys.” and they started in pursuit. Tili«
however, wa? ouly a ruse to draw them
into ambush, for five or six hundred In
dians were secreted behind trees, logs
ami boulders. Bailey and George Sims,
familiarly known as one eyed Sims, were
75 or MO yards in advance of the balance
of the men. Sims was pierced through
the heart with an arrow and instantly
killed. Bailey took in the situation in a
instant sr.d juiap«*<I behind a large pine
tree and openvl fire on the Indians By
this time it dawned u|s>n the rest of the
men that it would not do to remain ami
fight such odds, and they took to their
heels, first calling to Bailey to come
I he Imlians set up such hideous,demoni
ac yells that it fairly terrorized the men
and almost stampeded the horses Cap
tain Bailey, finding that his men iiad
deM*rte«l film, and that he was surround
ed bv hundreds of savages, underl«x>k to
go bark to the horses. There is no
doubt, however, that he was badly shot,
for he had only retreated a few steps
when he was observed to atagg*-r ami
fall forward on his fa< e. He mad«, a des
perate attempt to rise, but w»** loo weak
from the loss of blood, but he turned
over on his bark, and the Indians, think
mg him dead, ran up to him with a view
of scalping him. as they afteiwards rela”
led. They were surprised, however,
when, as quirk as a flash, Bailey drew
bis navy pistol with two loaded chain
per«, and killed two Indians instantly
I heir admiration for his bravery preven
ted them from i srryintf out their «leeigfi«*
of scalping him. but they shot 14 arrows
into his breast and then st raigtiteried out
the dra*J body, after which they * arrmd
their own dead away for burial.
THE CHETCO FEUD
Crook did not pursue and punish the In
dians. The savages afterwards repeat
rdly said that bad all the n?en foeght
like tbe «kookurn man that the result
might have l>een different.
Thu? ended the earthly career of lha
brave, genial, whule-eouled, kind-hearted
Captain Jo Bailey. Some three years
afterwards E Bailey, brother of Capt.Jo,
repaired, with a party of men, to the
lonely spot where his baby brother was
buried to disinter the remains ami convey
(hem to the family burying ground near
Eugene The Indians, learning of E.
Bailey e intention, dug ep the remain?
of Captain Bailey, crushed the skuH,
and otherwise mutilated the bodv. Thii>
so enraged Ezekiel Bailev that, after ?e
curing the remains of his brother, he
pounced upon and shot five Indians re
gardless of sex or age. after which he
akiped the country, and was never ar
rested, though the authorities tri *d to
do eo.
A. J. B.
Al Coolidge Killed and W. W Smith
Sertoualy Wounded.
Washington Loiter
(CORRESPONDENT OF TUB CoiRlKk]
Senator Platt of Connecticut, who IS
regarded an one of the moit influential
republican members of the senate com
mittee on finance, and a man who very
seldom allowa himself to bo quoted in
die newspapers, han, in a short inter
view, given a pointer, not only to the
gen'lenten composing the self-appointed
monetary conference, but to the admin
istration. Mr Platt didn’t beat around
ilie bush at all, but stated in the fewest
possible words that, so far as practical
results are concerned, it will simply bo a
waste of time, to propose and discus« a
currency measure at the coining session
of congress, owing to th« supporters OÍ
th« administration lacking a majority in
hie senate. There was nothing new in
Senators Platt,s words, but inasmuch as
the memory of the public is proverbially
short and many persons, in and out oi
print, have been seriously discussing the
sort of financial legislation congnss 1»
likely to give us at the coming session, it
is well that thev were spoken, and will
be better if they are heeded and uo time
wasted in useless efforts to compel the
opposition Ksuale to accept financial
measures favored by the administration,
or by others
Representative Hooker of New York
says of the coming session of congress
"It ought to be short. There is nothing
to demand an extended sitting 1 think
that the Cuban and Hawaiian questions
will, in a way settle themselves, sad cer
tainly ought not to take up much time
in congiees. There will be an effort
made by extremists to change our mon
etary system, but the majority of con
gressmen are conservative, and,; unless
it is showN, beyond all question that
such is desirable, and for the good of the
whole country, our finances will be left
as they are In my opinion, it is hotter
that they should be let alone. Wears
gelling on very well, and agitation in
unnecessary and hurtful."
Commissioner of Pensions Evans, not
only fails to predict, as his predecessor?
in that office did, an early decrease in
the niimdor of pensions paid by this gov
ernment, bat calls attention to the (ail
ure of such predictions. Kt the close of
ihe fiscal year, June <30, there were976,-
011 pensioners on the rolls, a net in
crease in a year of 5,336 The annual
report of the conami«sionsr doesn’t say so.
but all tin* same, it is reasonably certain
tbulthenot increase of pensioners for
the current fiscal year will be much
larger than during the last fiscal year
owing to the change of policy in the con
duct of the pension bureau, which now
give* preference to applications for origi
nal pensions. The commissioner makes
two recommendations, which seem to I m *
in line with everyday business sense.
I irst, that a complete list of the names
ami addresses of pensioner* be published
and second, that rongrees make it ille
ga! (or the widows of veterans of the late
war who marry after thia lime to draw
p«*n 1'on». The last is intended to break
up tlie demoralizing practice, the extent
of which is extraordinary, of women
marrying the old soldiers when they are
on their death beds, solely for the p»ir-
po«e of lirawing a widow’s pension. Un
der existing laws, |r*n*ions cannot be
I denied to these women, even when they
' are known to be disreputable
Washington is likely to see much of
' the wire pulling that will be done by the
republicans who would like to succeed
Senator Gorman, as at least three of the
gentlemen spent practically all their
time at tiie national capital Those
who wouid like to be senators from Ma
rylarid are Postmaster General Garv.
Judge McComas of the tnpremecourt of
the District of Columbia, and Represent
ative Mudd. (Governor Lowndes who
is also credited with a desire I© sit in the
senate, likewise spends considerable
time in WwHhmglon being a member of
the famous Metropolitan duh. Neither
of these gentleman ba« formally an
nounced himself to lie a candidate for
the ¿senate, but they are each being
pushed for the position, by friends, end
there are oilier» wno wouhi not object to
the plum.
Tt»e treaty between the I nito.1 KI ate.
Jaiau an<i Russia, by which it is agreed
that th« killing of seals ¿in often » < in
Retiring sea and th« north Pacific ocean
shall be tem|»orarily suspended, having
All th>s hapfMirie'l in plain view of | t»een signed by the represeatative« of
Bailey 's men, but Iiiey could render no the several government*, tiw work of
assistance. They decided to repair to th* first sealing conference is closed, ami
Fort Crook ami get help from the sol this week, the second conference, be
dirra and return ami renew the fight, tween the l*nited States. Great Britain
but after diily dailying for two dayr and ( anada, will meet Interest lias
they tailed to get the desired ass.»tame I been increased in thia conference by the
However a deta« hment of soldier« aloio intimation that the ( anadian nfitciais
with I’auey’s men returned to th - batth intend to try to negotiate a treaty that
ground to bury the remain? of Bailev | will include some wort of a commercial
ami Him«. The weather Iteing intensely 1 re« ipreritv between tbs Voited Malm
and Canada.
if Piwsidant J
prominent Ohio r
ask
ington take anr at< re* in the nu
«tones appearing in print, i
the existence of serious doubt
election of Senator
legislature, they Ii
It haw alway» fieri
man they msist il
eiecfion is secure
that the officer« in
I
The barbarous warfare which has pre*
vailed at Cbetco between the clan of Ai
Coolidge on the oue side and the tribe,
of Van Pelt on the other, terminated
in the assassination of Ai Coolidge last
Ihurslav afternoon at about four o’clock
and the serious injury of W. W. Smith
Al urder moat foul has beeu committed
and the question is whether the negli
gent otbeera of Curry county,whose crim
inal indifference and neglect has led to
this .terrible liouiocide, will hunt the
murderous thugs who did the shooting
and bring them to justice
l.ast Thursday afternoon at about 4 .30
as Mr. Coolidge and hie friend Smith
were returning to Chetco in a light
spring wagon from Willis White’s ranch
they «ere bred upon by hidden ioes
a ho w ere concealed in the brush about
two miles north of Chetco. At the flrat
volley both Smith and Coolidge fell
from their seats, Coolidge dropping back
into the bed of the wagon and expired
immediately, a rifle ball having passed
through his body n.ar the heart, while
another lodged m his leg. Smith, who
was shot through the Ueshy part of the
leg, fell to the ground, but after lying
there awhile, crawled to John Cooley’s
farm house about a mile away on the
river, and told him of the crime. Cooley
inimediatsly hurried to the place «here
the shooting secured and near there
found the team stanjing in the road
and in the wagon lay the body of Ai
Coolidge.
The body of Coolidge was taken te
Chetco and an inquest held that even-
ing. The jury found a verdict in acror-
dance with the foregoing fads.
A. Coolidge, a brother oi the mur
dered man, had arrived in Checlo on the
very afternoon of the murder during the
abaence of hi* brother and was awaiting
with pleasant anticipation the coming of
hi« brother when the liody was brought
into th* «tor« and hi« horrified gaze fell
upon the pal« face and «enaele«« form of
the brother whom be loved. Hia uiani-
laaiatiomi of grief were h*artrendmg and
he ia completely prostrated over the
terrible affair.
Who killed Coolidge? Some of the
uiurderoua .gang of Van Pelt«, surely,
two of whom already have notches in
their gun« for men th«y have in coward
ice aluiu from ambush in year« gone by.
Thoma« Van Pelt the father and bead oi
the, tribe is white but he married an
ladian woman and has reared a large
family «even of whom are sous and four
daughter«. The family has always been
at war with lome one and thia is not the
Aril assassination that haa been laid to
the door of several of the «one.
Who else is responsible for the dread
ful crim«? Tiie answer is, every officer
of Curry county who failed to enforce
the law and see that the guilty member«
ol the Coolidge clan who attempted to
assassinate old man Van Pelt and seri-
ously injured E. C. Hughes a few weeks
«go, were brought to justice. Whether
ihe dead man was a party to that crime
we know not, but this is sure, he did im
port the "bad man’’ Kmitii who iiad
bullied ami provoked the Van Pelts to
violence ami wlm was su-pecied of hav
ing find a hand in the shooting, ft i«
said that upon his arrival in Chetco last
summer, Hmith declared his intention of
‘cleaning out" the town and made him
self particularly offensive to theVanl'elta,
Appeal« to the sheriff and to the justice
of the peace made by the Van Pelt« were
in vain and these hall civalized men
leeling that there was no law to protect
them Iiad no doubt undertaken to right
ibeirown wrongs by foully murdering
Coolidge, ft ia said that the elmriff of
tlmt county lieing apjiealed to for protec
tion by the Van i’elts, told them that be
would have nettling to do with it, that
they must tight It out If this 0« so he
should be removed and made to feel that
bi« presence wa« undesirable
The
hands of every officer of that county
whose duty is was to check this feud at
its inception, is stained with the blood of
Ai Coolidge and the brand of Caln i« on
their brows. Htroug worja but true,
Ai Coolidge was about 36 years of age.
lie Iiad lived in Cbetco fur six years,
having lieen the agent fur the Chetco
Harbor Land and Townsit« Co , and ran
a general merchandise busmens there,
ID waa unmarried. Ilia father Itvea al
Silverton. Ore., where be ia a partner in
the banking firm of Coulidg« A McClain«.
Keveral brothers and sisters of the mur
dered man also live ill Silverton.—Dei
Nort« Record.
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himsrlf out of sorts.
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