' fK 4 ,. r. - t - y-- y ,,, V j A -'.;'?' ;$, -? ;, v ' t ,. r. i - i f..l I li jr I I. j;. y p :I I Bid Mil ESTAfE fkANSAhlON Great Central Land company Makes Investment SIXTY TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS PAID FOR A Belt Line Railroad Buys Land in Empire Talk is Not all Wind .- FlrstClass Humora of a bin rcnl catntu dcnl in can speak from poreonal nciualnfanco. connection with tlio Groat CVntrnl It. It. Mr. J. W. Cook, proeidontof tbo Great project havo been rlfo for several dnye . Control Land Co., who is now bcro rep In Marshllold, nnd It can now bo definite- resenting Hint ourporntloti, ii n solid ly sintod that such n deal has been con- business mon, not a boomer. For n summated, number of veins a rcsMont of Los An Nearly 600 ncrva of In ml In ono body, with n good water frontngo on tbo bay bna been bought by tlio Grcut Central Lnnd Co., tlio corporntlan thtough which tbu Great Central It. It, Co, doos It I land basilica. Tho purclmro InclutloB .ono hundred ' P,ltlon uto' Uio liolo that it had got and thirty acrea lying on tbu water , ,Hto' Disposing of hia Interests tboro, front between tbo itnvo mill nnd thoho a lnc0 ""Med lu Portland, and bo Porter mill, tnklng In tbo old slaughter j ls uow horM ni lll roprotonlnttvo of liouio properly, and situated nbout n I I'wiMcnt Itosa, who In turn roprcecnta tnllu from tlio business part of Marsh- field belonging to tho Flanagan estate; n string of ix forties lying just west ofn Pestilent 01 uui una uo ol mat tills owned by 0. H, Merchant; and n branch of tbo Itallfoad CVa business five hundiodtcro tract IviVlntc lho Mur-.Ju now ,lur,nK Major KInney'a ab- - "- I chant land on the west end extending over to Pon slough, and belonging to lho Flanagan cstnto. Tho price paid for tbo Fin n Ron land la 18,000 and for tho Merchant land I2.0W. It can be stated positively that tills la not n p. pcr-dcal nor an option proposU tlon, but a bona fldo purchase, and Indi cates hnt tlicro Is something quite dlt foront from wind boh I rid this railroad proposition. Another project, which Is not a vital part of tho larger echomo, la tho Holt l.lno railroad, to start at Kmplro City and tklrt nearly tho oiitlie clrcumfcr enco of tho bay. Tho llolt Lino Co. 1 us purchased two blocks in Kmplro City, taking in tbo old ntavo mill and Cam mnn property, with tho water frontage, mid will go ahead with tho construction of n wharf there, This lino, as wo hnVu enht , ia distinct from tho turgor railroad project. If tho Inttor la carried out, tho former will undoubtedly mnterinli:oi though perhaps not In its entirety nt protont, It is undorstood that tho options secured by Mr, Gnrrlgus on laud norma tho bay hnvo not been tnkon by tbu railroad people. 'lho Mail h'ns boon chary of dovoting much epaco to thlu railroad tnlkj. It hnd nnd hna no desiro to get in nnd whoop up n paper boom) but, on tho other blind, it is glad to chroniclo ruiy Judications that tho big things in tho nlr aru likely to mutcirinlieo. Tho cxpeudituro of tho tidy cum .of (02,000 for ono tract of land is cortahily nn evidence that thoro ia eoiuo things in this buslucRa. As to who ia behind tlio proposition, it ia uscloea to inquire. That la n mnttor which, for obviouH rcu i .... . ... Bono ia Kopt irom tno puuiio Ofono thing the editor of thu. Mail ! PIECE OF LAND FRONTING THE BAY City Indications that Railroad Coos Bay one of Hie Harbors i . . . . roIoo, ho waa chairman of tlio County Board of Supervisors, and mr.du a record for energy, economy and Integrity. I.ntcr, butlncH interests In tbo Bohemia mining district called for bit proionco tIcro and bo pulled a largo mining pro- lho " IntertB that aro behind the Great Central It. K. Co. Ho has charge, sonco, ho also represents that gentlemen, giving him chargo of lho collro railroad Intcreota hero. It la difficult to write of this matter without making tho article read llko boom litorftturo, which it la not. A cold statement of tho facto in regard to this harbor tnako it plain that there la nothing unreaionablo in the Idea that ouo of tbo irrcat railroad com panies has fixed upon Coos Day na tho torminus of a trans-conlncntel railroad. Tho almplo undeniable fact ia that thie ia lho host harbor botwecriSan Francisco nnd Puget sound. Coos Day bar baa a grcutor depth of water today than that of tho Columbia rivor, andtbotweon tho bara othorwiio tlicro la no cotnpnrlton. Any ono who has ovor crossed tho Col umbia bar will rcmombor wlthtlrcad tho inlicB of broken wator through which tboy passed with ugly shoala and brenk ors on evory hand, No amount of mon ey can cvor mnko tho mouth of tho Col umbia a good entrance. On tho other hand, tho Ccoa Hay bar ia a short straight shoot. From deep water on tho outstdo to deep wntor and safety on tho Intldo a vescol pVdscs in n few minutes. Further, tho deepening of tho channel to any reqnlrod 'depth la nn easy mntter. Tho construct ion of , the north Jotty baa glvoti and maintained n depth of nbout 20 feet, Tho bidding ol tho projected south jotty would doubt less increaso this to forty feet, lho hnrbor itieldo has amplo room and good nnchorago. Tho few ehoal places townrd tho uppor bay nro Bitnply "Uiogg back," cnBily dredgod, Tho dredging requirod ench year on tho Columbia botween Portland and tho sea yould i glvo hotter water m Coos Bay for twen ty years. Thoro la no largo river empty- lne its sediment Into tho bnv. Tho dredging done by the government sovoral f Jl. ttnnA Inoklnn hofMKiiilpnnrl'k. 57J wont kliul faf n corn. btllftllOII. Eureka Harness OH' not onlr mikn ilio linmfM nna i liori link lirtlvr. but mukm lixlbcr Mn nrul i.lUliU'.rHil" ll In M.L.. ,,.M I.MM.i.fl AMj4 IA MSB. a.ii'. ........ ..-, Pllt II)Uf lilt 'I. . anion io mm twice m n l(.aa ! cnn. t It onllnarlly wouH. J rM tritfUf u nM-tu UHtJ STANDARD OIL CO. I A ..'i Give VWtM Your Horse a Chance t years ago haa been a permanent improve ment. Thin only touches the matter. Thcto fnett oro familiar to all our people; ro familiar that they form nn old alory, nutl wo do not fully roallzo tho import ance of it. Yet it ia a etory of vital sig nificance in connection with thia rail road matter. Aa tho Mail remarked tho other day, however, thceo peoplo hnvo askod bottl ing from us. They have come, here quietly nnd gono about their bucinoss without asking any bonuses or other fa vor. Theyhavo been spending somo monoy bore, which ia certainly not a dotrlment, nnd now tboy aro Inventing in a way tbnt looks llko business. , Tho Mail will endeavor to glvo reliable nowa aa fast na it ia available. A YOUNG LADY'S LIFK BAVKD At Panama, Colombia, by Chamber laln'a Colic, Cbolora and Diar rhoea Homedy Dr. Chae. II. Utter, a prominent phy tielan, of Panama, Columbia, in recent tetter states: "Last March I Lad oa a patlont a young lady elrtten ytara of ago, who had a very bad attack ol dysen tery, Everything I prescribed for her proVod ineffectual and sba was growing woreo every hour. Her parents woro suro alio would die. Sho bad be :omo so weak that she could not turn over la bed. What to do at thia 'critical momont was a study for me, but I thought of Cllambeilaln'a Colicj Cholera and Dinnhoca Itctnedy and as a last re tort prescribed it. The most wondorful rosult wss effected. Within' eight hours tho was fooling much better, insido of three days alio wns upon her feet nnd at tho end of ono week wns outlrely well." For Salo by Jno Preuss. A Hlroko of Illinium. A writer who'vcis very lntlmato with FrnnU It. Stockton nays that when tho Stockton finally lived In I)ucI;b county. l'n Frank nnd bin brother had n dog which they trained solely to hunt cats. Tbo lirotlicrrt were overhauled one day by n farmer whoso cat they wero elms Jnjj. To plncnto tho fnrmer tboy gave him n dollar for a pig. which tboy took home, lly driving away tliclr father's ! plgn nt feeding time they soon inado their own tho fattest pig In tho pen and sold him at n piollt of $7. Frank R. Stockton nlways coiiBldercd tbo deal a tribute to IiIh biiHiiiena acumen. Illft Iiiitvyur'H rccu. A London worUman. having had a J mini of money left him by lliu death of IiIh rutlier, went to ueo ins solicitor, who had tho matter hi hand for a Until ticttlcmcut . Tho bill of, costs having been pre scuted to him, tho man gin need over the llgurea and, thinking the charges wero excessively heavy, turned to hia legal ndvlscr nnd exclaimed iu ustoy- jBiimeni: i,, , , "Ma father left hlS, money to me, not to yol" rearson'B Weekly. - THE REvSlUTION M . REPUBLIC OF HAY H Mobs Threaten Foreign Consuls-Two American Gunboati on Hie Scene Wnshlngton, July 29 Tho nayy do- portmont today received the following from Commander McCrea, of tho gun boat Nashvillo nt Cape Haytlen: ("Affairanro vory disturbed nt Cape Haytlen. An .unorganized mob is 1 1 tho city, lho foreign consuls havo been threatened. I will glvo thoui protec tiob on board, nnd will prevent bombard ment without buo notice." Tho navy department lias been advis ed that the Mnchlas has arrived at Capo Haytlen. New Pacific Steamship Service. v- i- i i no nt i canon oi me speciuc iiov. to, iiw. Now "i ork, July 28.-Tho American T,,ey Inteivjewa 'HCOreH oPtlio cured and steamer Tremont, recently completed by ' led l.t 0,,t on ita raor,i,ta b PttInK ovel ' J llirco dozen cases on tiiotreaotncnt ami tho Maryland Shipbuilding Company, i watching them. .They also gofc phyolcf- ans f6r Judges. Up to August it, clghtt loltNcw York today on hor maiden deep roven por cent of the tost cases wore sea voyage, going through tho Straits of Magellan in her Journey to tbo Pacific coast. Tbo Tremont U tbo pioneer ship of tho Boston Steamship Compnny a jd is to begin n now eervlco botween San Francisco and Honolulu and tho Philip pines. Sho is a first clar.s vcseol in every respect, 510 fcot in length and with a cargo capacity of 12,&U0 tons, Canadian Pacific's Good Year; Ottawa, Ont., July 23-Figurca given out by tho Canadian Pacific today show that (ho traffic of tbo road for tho year for tho year ended Juno 30 was far in oxcoss of any previous yoar. Doth iu tho psssongor ami fricght departments tho road has dono a phenomenal hue! ncsstiThe outlook la equally encourag ing. To meet tho demands of tho groat traffic to follow tlio abundant harvest this year tho freight rolling stock is be ing increased ns rapidly as posiblo,, and by tho harvest season tho road expects to have about 30,000 cars in commission, Rcceivar for Oil Companies askedi ; Shormnn, Texns, July 23. Tho nppli oation for a receiver for tho oil compan ies which havo their lands and wolls in tho Veaeh Tonguo in tho Bonumnnt oil field was called for hearing today boforo Judgo Uryant in tho United States dis trict court. Tbo applicants aro Annie Trench mid Fredrick Tronoh of England. STilVlNC COAL IIIIHER IN SERIOUS RIOTS Defy Authorities ana Stone Houses of No n-unionists Some Shoot ing but no Fatalities Wilkeabarro, Pa., July 29 Serious riots occurred ugain this morning at LondsforJ, in tho Shcaudoah, whero tho slrikors dotted the authorities. They stoned tho houses of non-unionists. ;Many wero nrmcd,and flred many ehots , ey'NAlfli: ioiffl Vould Subslitiile Spanisli for wejicll at Annapolis More Practice Ships Waiiik '.' ru ..tg. f Washington, July 29 Tho bcjlrd of supervisors o; the Annapolis naval a'oad n ii t -' omy in tbolr report recommend the cur riculum, aabstitutlng Spanish, Tho maximum ago of admission Is set at eighteen years. The report also urgee that additional full rigged practice ships bo provided. JI.X Bright's. Disease Tho largest turn ever payed for atpro " rcrlptlon, changeu nanus at San fcran ; clrco, Aug. 30, iDOh The, transfer in volved in coin and stock (112,600.00 and was paid by a party of business men for n epocilic lor iirlgnt'a Uifeaso anu Ula betes, hitherto incnrablo diseases. Tbev commenced tbu serious invfcptl- I -.-!' I. a." -V... Tf... . .n,J i.ttltfiM ... . . MAf4n0! . Ia....m.IiIh UliiitJi nv in ',U;iu"uiiik ntuiaiiijr, T uuoro Doing only thirteen per cento; failures, tho parties wero satisfied and closed tbo transaction. The proceeding? of tho investigating comrnitteto'and the clinical reports of tbo teat cases wcr.c published and will be mailed, fee on application. 'Addess John J'. Fulton Cotdpany, 42) Montgomery St., Ear. Francisco, Cal. " y. : .1 Coos Bay WMtam Lftmof i I IIliADTJUAhTERS 4' Oft H,VGll CHOICE WINES AND PUKD BRANDIES. 4 , LEADING BRANDS OF BOTTLEOTCEf. pofniW Orders rSolicHcc?. SOLE AGENT. FOU THE CEI.E SKATED li Family orders' for Pops, pinla quarts, delivered by tho case.. nntl Robert MarsdeiVc Fast nud Cqtuniodious Steamship ALLIANCE ocoooococoocos HARDW10K, . Master . Makes regular trips bctwe.T. San Francisco and Portkind vir. Ilumbolpt nmltoj)j Day, calling at nbeve ports eacji way. XT exr t Tho ALLIANCE is a fliiJt E&f class pabseuger boat, ami liaj: nil tbo modem conveniences and is ono of tlio fastest Steamers of her class. -, x V V. VMWA y, XVt A X "A xxi? For Freight ' and Passenger f . . Rates or Sailing Dates, em" SLW" Apply to gw H. SENGSTACKEN w t Agent ' r. At v AI VRSH FIELD. 'CWoi V - Kanier Keen 4.' .$&w t' w npa vf r -w " m-j smvmmr.mf s.4"? .UHitM" 0Vt 'wwuwmiiMHItfJIt&J ': "SKISS'-