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About The Coast mail. (Marshfield, Or.) 187?-1902 | View Entire Issue (March 22, 1902)
yvvivwi 1 Mll.lltriJtfnrTTVajTl'MMI'lirB1lMJtJJIMMIUMIlillJlUJM.iJInMII i70L XXIV. MARSHFIELD, OOOS OOITWTY, OREGON, MAR. 22, 1902. GOAS'MAIL.. in cinrr-nTii iiriiritrrninin in tthiiii iiiinn iiitti hi i Im n urn in mil iiriiiBimii innnii '1-J . . """ vi'ni no iSr ,i i ;K. Cream of the Published livery Day in -,-ft' ' r -- , Wuhliigtoi,JMjjjr4.2l There ho been rpiiMdenihlo speculation today an to wimt will lio tho result of (Ion. Miles toMtltiinny given before Senate military eolllllllltCU. Tlio ItiiproMlon In growing Unit Prod .doiit KtHwi'VcIl will retire liltn under tlio xiKO limit. On iliu titlicr haml it Is con lomleil that lloonovelt cannot tako nctlnn on tinolllclul reports of MlleV.ntrlcturo, hecnuso of thu privileged clmraetiT of testimony given before- tin Sonalo com mlttco In tlio privacy of tlio executive mmlnn, and any attempt to ptinUh the olllccr for giving Ills opinion on a men urn nt the reqwHt of t!u cbtimillteo would ictirely lend to vlorot actliwi liy Congrats far tlio proteutlnn of iU wit neMM and the dofenio of ltd own an 'tlieilty. Portland, March lt)The itupnbllcui wmvtntluu for Multnomah county waa held to.lay. Tim Iiidunfndfnl elsmrnt iiMtimcd control. The tiittnl excitement attending tlio cutivoutlmiH hold In ro cent yoara win lucking, The proceed ing wore (inlet. A county ticket Ih to l nominated ami delegate chosen for tho atoto con vention. Thy latter will lie anlnnt Simon mid nppoieil to (iovernor Ocer'd rouomlnn tlnn. WAR SHIPS WATCHING COLON REVOLUTIONISTS Washington, March U-Tlio North At lantic squadron In now in Tort of Spain, Trinidad, Wo a Indies. Tho squadron will remain within reach of Colon on account of tlio revolution there. LIVES AND PROPERTY DESTROYED BY EIRE New York, March Itt-Sovorftl liven worn lost and property worth $1,000,000 win destroyed by Art) on tho Ilolioken water front thin morning. Tho tftr. llrltlsh Queen, lying at tho riioeuix dock wan humed. Rhodes Weaker Capo Town, March 111 Cecil lthode Is reported weaker this morning. CHINESE REBELS STILL SCORING SUCCESSSE Hong Kong, March 10 Tho Imperial troops luivo HiilTered two dofeuta at tho bauds of the Kwang Hi robola ami tho uprising Ih ntill spreading. Bovoral pro vinces aro Involved. BLOCKADE BROKEN ON GREAT NORTHERN LINE s 81, raul, Mar. 21 Tho throo hundred pusHOitsora who havo boon Hnow-botind on tbe Groat Northern lino in North Dakota arrlvod last night. Over forty card of boggago and about twenty mall cars cam'ia at tho sanii time Week's News. flic Daily Coast Mail. - . Washington's Boom EASTERN IMMIGRANTS BUYING WHEATLAND i. Country Ucmg lulled with t Well-to-do Class of People very Tacomn, March 111 Ktwtern Washing ton Iti experiencing tho groaleit land Ikkiiii In itH history. Tho town U full of Immlgranta locat ing laud ami npeuulatoru in wheat land art making their fortune. Tho Northern Pacific Itailroad lirw mid a lorgo amount of Inml in tho wheat belt. The new come re are a thrifty clam o people with money to Invuat in nev. home, f UNITED MINI) WORKERS HOLDING CONVENTION Pas Resolutions for Eight Hour Day, Arbitration and Unionism Spamoklx, Intl., Mar. 21 Tlio most Important feature of today's session of tUytoiiYontlon of Culled Mlno Workers of America was the adoption of fioveral resolutions. Tho flrot icsolutlon demanded an eight hour day in nil collieries in the anthracito region. Others demand recognition of tlio mine committee by the operators In tho ad justment of deputes relating to local Htrlkes; declaring ojipositlon to worklug with men not nwmborfl of tho mine workers union ; favoring arbitration of trado disputes; condemning tho system of black listing by commloca of dis trict employers. PROHIBITION CANDIDATE EXPRESSES HJS OPINION Kmtok Coast Mail: I confess to somo roluctauco In ro (mestlng tho privilege of replying to your eoveral articles rclatlvo to iirohi bltldti. As a "iirohlbltlonlst" I expect criticism, sovoro and ecarching, hIuco I Intend to glvo it to my opponents. I shall seek In ovory way to lift up the standard of clean politics and tho eafotj of tho American homo. With Honry Clay, it la my urivllogo to satisfy inysolt of what la right and Arm lyimrauolt, Duty lB;nlno reaiilts nro (lod'H, ana with thorn I havo nothiug to do, Your ''Wasto of: Knorgy" ariclowaa not criticism It waa dogmatio denunci ation. You. claim It to bo "impossible to refrain from calling UiolrjudgBaeu,t, luj g.u3tiou;' "that thow Is llttlo uso la ar guing It," "that It l not enforced nny where," "that it Ih "no solution of tho drink qiUHtloii," mid that if nil this were true It would "cut ho flguro with them' 'Dial tho man who votui that ticket "knows absolutely that ho Is throwing it away," "that ho Iciiotya to a dead moral crtulnty, etc, "that with good' gqrrni muut, clean tmlltlw.cnforcemciiloflawp, etc, (i!c "he hti.s nothing to do." ' t All of which, sir, in view of tho;lat form, mirposeri. aims and men 'of the cleanest political party In tho fi ' states, In the rericst twaddle ' If your atticlo mer.iiH anything. It inuarni that every auti Itepublicnn 'volo cast, whether of Democrat or any other party, will bo thrown away. I dj not agreo with you. It may fccui utrnngo to you, but I be lleve that the party that utands (I) for the abolition of (ho Internal llevenne ynle:ii wheroby the government dcilvca support from our greatest rlc3; (2) that domnmUi that taxation t.o removed from the uimforta and necessaries of life; (3; that equal protection hi) given both em ployer and laborer; (-1) that nil appplnt iiiouta bo based on ijur.llflcation and not iiarty eervicca; (5) that the light of suf frage shall bo denied to nono on'nccount .if race, sex or nul!oun!ly; (fl)that stands for honest mouov; (7) thntjeaya that arbitration is tho wltm and econom ical mctlKxl ol settling national nad in-or-stato disputes; (8) that tho immi gration laws should be more rlgidy en forced;) r.ud that an eduratiayal-tc.it bo applied to nil exerciring tho right of franclnac; (tO) that pledges Itself to do full and complete justice to all old sol diers, their widows and children -Is go ing to win out in tho long run. Shifted responsibility cornea homo at last, We cannot always dodge. No soul can travel far or fast enough to get away from duty. This is God's word, and sooner or later everyman must Ten der hlsMecision concerning every press ing claim, it is truo that tho man who takes his bearings by tho star of Dethlchem is of ten regarded as n fool but results provo tho wisdom of his choice. Samson choso a woman's favor and becamo n helpless prisoner in tho hands of his enemies, David choso curiiugo and was denied tho privilege of building a templo to his Qod; Julius Caesar choso preferment, and died by tho hands of his frionds; Napolean choso empire aud received his Waterloo; Webster choso popularity and went away from earth with tho con sciousness of having failed, Assuming tho rolo of prophet, I pco tho two great parties reorgdnlslng their forces, coming to tho supremo test of a puro national life, handicapped with tho habilumouta of tho liquor traffic. Thoy cast thorn off, and proclaiui that forover more this nation shall not only bo freo but clean and puro and good. That pr,ohlbltlonlsta every who,rq nrp holplng to this goal Is without question slnco they bellovo that "It Jesus Christ la God- And tho only God I swear, I wllftollow him, thro heaven and hell. Thefearth, tho eeafand tho.alr." ' ' ' C R.O.LKE. (Thojaumbors In parvuthpeea.n th .Ubjpvoato Inaorteir'ror conw4ca9gi In. nnnnrmi enmrnoiL 'jtu.iMAiL.iLs PLEADS GUILTY MIRDERED ANDMORTURED FILIPINO PRISONERS Slevndorcs had Mutinied aud Were Shot Without Form of Trial Manila, March 18. Few Incldentu slnco tliu American military operations began In Die riilllpplnes havo attracted inoro attention tlinn tho cnurt-mnrtinl trull of Major Littleton. W. T. Wollcr and Lieiiteuuut John II, A. Day of tho Marino Corps, which liegan today. The court Is compojod of army officers and onicem of the Mnrino Corps, with Colonel Jniuea Forney of the Murino Corp3 pre siding. Tho two officers aro accused of execut ing natives of tho Island of Snmar without trial. The charges siwcify that Major Waller and Lieutenant Day Killed llirco nntlve ttcvedorcs out ou Atreela of l)acy, Samar.without trial. TIiohp Htovedoros wore among the nntires who accompanied tho disastrous dxpedl tlon of Major Waller and a detachment of marines to the interior of Sumar last December. It U raid that these stevedores muti nied aud proceeded to tho foothills, whero they dug camotcs. n variety of Mutt potato, aud tliat thoy later con cealed nu.! refused to turn them over to thu Americans saying that when tho marinoR died of hunger thoy would havo a good supi'ly of arms and ammunition. Washington, I). C. March 18. Much sympathy is expressed hero for tho two marine officers who wero placed on trial at Manila today charged with executing natives of tho Island of Samar without trial. Friends of tho two officers attri bute their actions to los of mind, duo to tho privations which they suffered hi their expedition lust December. Major Waller Is known particular)' well In this vicinity, having been ap pointed to tlio Marino Corps from Vir ginia, v Ho was commissioned second lieuten ant lu 18S0. Ho was ou tho frlgato Lancaster in the Mediterranean, aud was present at tho bombardment of Alexandria. Ho was promoted to first C8KKC3BS5SrHWHBBMiBWIHBMeB Because the Prices are Right, and tho qualities the satisfactory kind, is tho reason why our new spring slock will bo worthy your ationtion Tho styles iro fresliest from tho leading makers, and tho qualities nro thoroughly depmulable. Fortunuto pur chase, tit tliu right turn m thu market makes tho values especially keen. : : : : ' : . : : I ,1 I I I The Spring Needs in all tho various lines will bo horo shortly. Outfitting any mota . ber of thoTuufily horo ia n ploasnnt und protltable muttor, fo prjoes artj along particularly easy lines, and you'ro cortain to got eatlsfnotory aud i oliable values. : : : : : ; Magnes THE LEADING OUTFITTERS AND FURNISHERS. ' nontenant In I8S5, and In 1850 becamo' cjUoIii, and was flattened nt Norfolk, Vil.r from 181)1 to 13. He way trans ferred to tho battleship Indiana when tho destruction of tho Maine In Havana' harbor indicated war with Spain, and, hnd ClinrfM of Itin pprnml linlfnrv mi iliot1' nhip. Jn November, 1800, Major Waller, who hail been promoted o that rank July 2G. WJ, was BtaticnciFnt tho Ma-' nne nrrackn nt Cavlte, whero ho remain-,-ed imtl yearly in June, 1900, when lie' railed for Taku witli a detachment oC IC3 marines, and took part in tho fight ing at Tientsin on July in, asbistliig in' capturing st fort. After leaving China' fie returned to Manila, and from thoro ' ou October 22, 11)01, Ho went to tho Is; land rTf Baiuar wlt'i ."HO marines. Sooir nftenvr.rds ho attacked a forco of In Btirgotits occnjiylug a strong position at Sojton, nnd iiftor two days daspcrato flgtlng carried tho position. Two of trnJ'Jiiarines and twenty-fix Insurgents were killed. Manila, fru. 21 -Tho trial of. Major, Waller of tho mnrino corps before a nilx- I ed court martial was resumtd today, thofc court having reversed Its recent decision . to tho effect that it had no jurisdiction. I Waller pleaded r,ulltto tho chargo of. ! ordering tho executing of eleven Fllipi- j no, aud enid his mind waa all right j when tho execution wan ordered. : Captain Duulop testitlcd that ho had ! thought that tho eleven prisoners oughC , to be shot and had eo advised Major I Waller. CHINESE REBELLION GRQWIrp, DANGEROUS; Hong Kong, Mnrcli 18 Tlio rebellion til tint frrillr Q(1.l A'niirr Tmirv tift.l VntiJ an proviucesIa assuming a Ecrloua aa-' ,pect. i Tho rcbols recently routed n largo Im ' perlnl forco .after tlglitlnjr two tlayn. A - Tho rebels nru looting towns, wtizlng,.,, govonunont suppliea and muhUTiug: " mandarins and many of tho Jiupi!rialw ... soldiers are joining them. os. 03LXJ1.0 Ceirs tht of i Tho Hind Ycj teta Ahrcn B m &M I H B 0 3 II H i I 1 ft Ji I I t I . I ft ft M. & Mat son -'., N5. s jC , cxys-e- "1 W -Vw 3,1 s (J I M V t c ft ft -ft . K. ft a it - ft j J i "t kJIWov ''awi ;!. ;y ? s-.t-' Y'1