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COOS BAY rUBLISHIKO CO.,
P. C, LEVAR. F. X. HOFER,
Editors and Managers.
G. W. WOODWARD, Foreman,
Issued Kvery Saturday. Terms: In Ad
vance, Si 50 a Year, Si 00 Six Months.
DAILY: By mail, for advance payment
only, 30 cents a month; 4 months fot
$1 00. When not paid in advance the
frice ia 50 cents per month, straight
isticd every moimcg except Monday
KSGLANDS SUBSIDY POLICY
The Mail ia in receipt of the proof of a
loug article from the American
Syrtfn oud Shipping, of New York, ad
vocating the adoption by the United
State, of policy of ship subsidies.
This is a part of the "campaign of
education" with which It is hoped to
convert, the American pioplo to lie
subsidy pel icy.
It is attempted to make n clinching
armament of tho fact that Great Britian
has pursued a subsidy policy for tho
last SO years, and especially that 6he
has recently granted a subsidy to the
Cunard line, involving a loan of J13.0C0.
600 and annual payment of $1,000,000
for the next 20 years.
Jna. G. Blaine is quoted to thow that
British interests in navigation "ia the
one interest which England has pro
tected steadily mid .'detera.'lnedly, re
gardless of consistency and regardlets
of expense."
But doEeu't this prove too much?
Doeen't it open out a vista that is not
at all alluring? Does tho United States
wish to enter upon a merry war with
England to seo which can pay the big
gest sobtidies to the great steamship
lines? . If England ia determined to
protect her shipping interests with.sub
eidles, regardless of expense, the adopt
ion of a like policy by this conntry would
shortly involve a struggle in which
it would simply be a question of the
longest pone.
It would be another case like that of
the navy, where the construction of
each warehip calls for tho building a
larger and bettor one by each of the
rival nations. f
Can not some better plan be envolved
for restoring the American merchant
marine?
THE PRESIDET IS RIGHT
What regret the President's judicious
friends might (eel at the impuleivcnese
of hiB letter to Governor Durbin will be
overcome as they reflect upon the gravity
of tboeaute that brings it forth. The
lynching mania is growing to proportions
that exceed all reason or patience; and,
the President truly eays, the end of an
archy is despotism.
The sources ol this popular dieretpect
for law include the defiance of statuea
which we seo In railway and truBt mag
nates, as well bb the outbreaks of the
mob. Many of thote'In the highest
clrcieB who revolt at physical violence
are themselves greviously to blame for
the examplo they havo eet in holding
tho laws, in con tempt. It iBno worse (or
a criminal ehystor to .save a miscreant's
neck by Bharp practice than lor a great
lawyer to pervert ' justice In the cage o(
an illegal tailroad merger.
Another excellent suggestion of the
President's in that of Burer and speodier
Justice. The Oregonian has dwelt eo
much on this point that it ie needless to
eay much 'more about it, Nearly all the
lynchlngB that grow out ol other crjinen
than rape, and they are lamentably on
the. Increase,' FQuld be prevented or dle
cotiraflswi by, a knowledge that the of.
Iftiider woajd be brought toleeal -puklsHV
MIL
MwM wiUkJsa WW hokxiof Uayaat tia.jothei exhibits
.M
no
yonil a doubt, ami lie circumstances arc
Mich as to Justify no prolongation o hi
nxlAtenco, tho 'pernicious .activity of
shrewd lawyers in saving iulunnnii
wretches from tho gallows mlg)il very
we) be dispensed with. It is a perver
sion of Urn law, rather than proper Uvo
of It, when precautions designed to pro
tect thu innocent from lt.jnstico ar
avow edit and hrinnlsly employ ed to
protect thu guilty ironi punlshmout.
Otegonlau.
Tho Ougontnn might havu added Hint
this disrespect and violation of law runs
through tho wholo body politic from the
lowest to the highest. This la not ox-
exclushely the fault of either the lowest
or highest, hut we aro all nt fault. The
man who really rei-pccta the law which
gets In his way, when ho is not afraid
of tho consequences ot violation, is a
rarity. A mob lynches a tlond with the
excuse that the crimo justifies the pun
ishment, a sportsman kills a deer out of
sen ton, if ho Ret a chance, because ho
wants the meat, the dairyman builds
his milk house within less than SO feet
of his cow stable, because it is handler,
and the editor rides his bicycle ou the
sidewalk when tho street la mnddy or
rough. All know that they are violat
ing the law, hut are not likely to be
punished. Tne law, as euch, is not re
spected. All this is partly the fault of the law
makers. The legislature passes any
1
number of laws evory session which the
members know will never bn enforced
City councils and town boards do tho
same.
If the whole maei of dead-letter laws
were swept from the statute books and
thoee only retained which conld and
would bo enforced it would bo much
better in eyery way, and the law might
retrieve the dignity it has lost.
A COOS COUNTY EXHIBIT
Jefferson Mjere, l'res. of the Lewis
and Clark. Centennial Exposition, ac
companied by bis wife, who is now on 1
the Bar from Portland, ie entitled to1
When n murderm' iiuilt is knownsbo-
mnch credit from Coos and Curry coun.!e,dorntIonfor tho 0thor feUowB' 8nd
ties (or tho special interest token ,n j
.. ., .. , . '
iuett uuddiicb. Jir. aiyiva kodwh umi
our corner of the state has more un
developed real wealth to the square mile
than any other part of Oregon. Ho
is offering ub an opportunity to gnt lull
value for the large appropriation which
our county will have to pay towards the
big shoa. He will meet the mem hera
at theChamber olCommcrco meeting to
night and will vieit come of the mines
creameries and other industries of im
portance, lie is especially Interested in
getting a fine exhibit of onr forestry.
The exhibit, which ho ie now arrang
ing for ia for the St. Louie fair. Mr,
Myers will make it a special point to
give this isolated portion ol Oregon
special apace in the Oregon oxbibita so
that Coos county will got Individual
credit (or any exhibit which we may
send out.
Mr. Myres ie devoting his timo, free of
charge in working up exhibito from tho
remote sections ol Oregon, whereby
thoy may bo able to exhibit anything
in the way ol products and resources at
the Oregon tit. Louis Exhibit to the boat
possible advantage. Cooa and Gurry
counties should not allow thia opportun
ity to pass wlthont taking advantage ol
it. It will undoubtedly be a great ad
vantage to both.
Tho Mail would suggest an exhibit
or the state fair and then hava tho
same exhibit taken on to St, Louis Ex
position, The exhibit could be further
perfected before sending forward
after the perishable articles were elim
inated therefrom and It conld hettaribA
inown'how laVdrably it compared wltb'
WORK TO&fcTliftP ' I -(
It'can not bo pointed nut too strongly
or too frequuutlythat'.ll Qooa Hay Is to
coma to the front as hor poattloa and
resources (It her to do.lt will bo
neccesiaty for the people hero to pall
tothtr, A good start has been miulo
in the organisation of aChamber of Com
morco which included tho whole Bay In
its tcope.
TI10 spirt; which protuptod tho laying
of that bioad foundation should bii culti
vated until it permeates tho whole
ntnioFphero. Any spirit oi petty jeal
ousy should be stamped out. It Is ab
solutely ceticulinl that people living on
this peninsula enclosed by tho bay
should take the larger vlow, if they
deiiro to sue tho development heru
which wo all hope (or.
Tho day will come whou Marrhflold
North Bend ami Empire will bo all one
town. It may bo mnch sooner than we
expect. Tho day can bo hastened or
I
retarded by tho spirit which prevails
among tho people, Tho cultivation of
jealousy and distrust between tho towns,
as they now exist, will hurt tho whole
community.
That some aro now assiduously on
gaged incilltlvatingeuch feelings, should
arou&o those capable of taking the larger
view to on effort to counteract tho in
fluence of the evil propaganda.
A closu observer remarked yesterday
that tho foot ball and bateball games had
j helped to t create bad feelings between
i Marsbfield and North Bend. This may
1
bo true, but should not bo. It ought to bo
possible for thefo games to be carried on
in a spirit of frieudly rivalry, that would
not degenerate into sectional hate. Acta
committed in tho heat and excitement
of a ball gamo, many times by salaried
players from the outeitta who havo nt
interest in either town, ought not to bo
allowed to leavo a foellng of hostility
nttor the game is over. If tho rooters
0Vfl"tep thu toundB of COarl00U8 Con
8w ntteranco to thlnga that aro not at
all nice, it is wrong of coarao, but quite
n Mural and qulto common. It Is all in
the doy'd work, and what ia the me of
taking such things, too terlouely to
heart. If wo can not havo a lew ball
games without creating enmity between
the two towns we wojld hotter throw
the balls into tho bay and turn
tho Marthfleld Recreation Groundu into
a call pasture
1 The ball gamo is only mentioned to
illustrate the point, that wo must guard
ogalnst the growth ol any feeling which
will prevent uh from all working to
gether for tho advancement of Coos Bay
aa a whole,
It ia peculiarly Incumbent upon tho
progressive spirits among ub to make
their influenco felt. Unfortunately tbu
knookcr is rampant and irropressiblo.
He has an unmeasured yvnet for mis
chief, and it ia up to the rest of ua to
I counteract hie Influence, as far as
possible.
Aa Awful UbeL,
A mayor In Norwich in tho rclgn ot
Charles L Bent o man tq prlaon for
eaylng tliat tho Prlnco of Wales wo
born without a shirt
Brom Innlde Prison WslfeL
Many a good book hafl boon written
in prison Bocrnteg, Cervantes, Bun
yon, Dofoo, Lovolace, Taaao, Bornnger,
Raleigh, Goorgo Wither and Jnmea
Montgomery all continued their liter
ary labors whllo Buffering from a cur
tailment of liberty.
Two TJxUl PhM,
In 1823 a forest fire overran more
than 1,000,000 acres In central Mulno.
About the samo timo a flro near Que
bec resulted in tho death1 bf 8,00(J'pr.
.toni.
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UPTON " "J
'MORE
HOPEFUL
Old Sport Keeps Stiff
Upper Lip
Bouquets forAmerican
People
(8pclal to the Coast Mall.)
Highlands, Aug.-2l-.Hlr Thomus Up
ton la today more hopeful than ever of
winning the cup. Uo says: "Yister -
day's conditions wero woro limn 1 over
saw on Hamlv Hook. Thu Bhamrock
had 110 show to wind, while tho Heliuuco
was lucky onough( to catch puffs Bvlug
her the lead. When ever wu did gut a
breezu wo lost no timu In getting upou
Reliance's guiu, but the luck never
lasted. Wo hopo (or a (air breeie to- i ,onor ,"ucl (,0,,l t,,ul ll " -morrow,
when wo will ehow what Sham- t"1 lW Mnor To, Jlmioii ol Olvo
rock can do. Wo want a racoon oven',v"J' John ' Z.miimrinnn ol Hprlng.
trme, aud if wu get it wo don't (ear for j aM ' t,m 0,,y ' perwm niontloued
roeulte. ilx eouuectiou with the (iiihnriiatorlnl
Sir Thomas hold up n rabbit's foot I nomination aud tho unnoiinrnmeiit laut
charm ; laughed and said. "I guess my P"'jk ''X Mr' Johnaon that ho would
luck hasn't all left yet." accept tho 'nomination II it would turn!
He continued, "Whllo tho wind muted-10 otrunglhon thu leglslutlvu situation
BhamrocR did better work than IleH-!,IB hatl n deprewmg effect on tho
anco. You may talk as you please; J imn.urnmn (on-ei.
that's my belief, I think' too, that thuj Whu,,"jr or " Mr. Johnson heads
n..HnrA one l,r.i.. .Infl fr.-m l,r hl.l- tho tickot l,0 ' Certain tO 1)0 ttlU CCIltfr
or topsails."
"My only disappointment yesterday
was for tho friends on thu Erin, which
never had such 0 flno party uboard
There were not more than a dozen JJrit
isboro but Americans from every part of
tho slates, even fur it way San Krunclsco,
lam sorry for them that wu didn't have
a real race, eorry bt-cnueo of tho kindnos
shown mo by tho American people. In
God'a world thero ian'i 11 kindlier peo
ple. Tho English inUht try to bo kind
but they don't know how to he kind like
Americans."
While Lipton waa talking, Releunce
with tails cot, swept past forn short
spin. Lipton said ''She's a beauty und
no mistake." Half an hour Inter Shum
rock went out on a similar opin,
Tho .weather bnreau pordlcta light
northerly wlnde tomorrow morning,
shifting to tho eastward and getting
stronger as tho day advaucea.
Tho bottlng odds today aro threo to
onn on Relintce. But few bete were
postod this forenoon.
JOHNSON
MONUMENT
UNVEILED
Ipeolal to the Mall
Nowton, III,, Ang. 21 In tho presence
of a number oi Prohibition loaders, from
various parts of tho country, tho Halo
Johneon monument was unveiled today
wltb intereatlug corimonioa.
Mr. Johnson was chairman of the
Prohibition atato comtnittoo and nation
al committeeman at tho time of his
murder, election day last year. Ho woe
the VIco-PreeldentiaJ candidate, on tho
Prohibition tlikst in 1800,
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OHIO
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DEMOCRATS
PREPARING
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To Open Campaign For
Mayor Johnson
Bpcalal to the MntL
Columbus, O,, Aug, 'Jl'Iho Ohio Kn
puhtlnius itto planning to open their
ranipalgn about thicu week hence. The
omul 01 1 will mark mi epoch In the hln
lory ol the Uuckero Statu, A very
distinguished lint of putty loader) will
he in uttouduueo, .niiil piupcrutlutik are
now advancing un u Intgu scale. Thu
hard work ot tho statu committoo Is now
; devoted to tho lugWativo phno of tint
'I'-eaWon, lor'thhi li whero thu chief
1 ,n""" expeonw.
Tho Democrats havn not compluted
1,1"' ' ' CauiiHilcn, It will boa
vigorous one, howovvr, uud a 111 Ui cm
niutico.1 ai soon as tho ticket la named
next week. As to thu tlukui, there hi no
und '" ' lmt De.'iiocratic statu cam
,,0,K" W"lruiaii Hick of tho Uupubll-
can state committee intimates that tho
nomination of .Mr, Johnton will cult
Uepnbllcan leaders. Tho Republican!)
havu looked with great dlnfuvor and
eomoapprehentlou upon the prumitieiicu
titkeri In politics by Cletulnud'rt mayor.
They openly say that tho thing to bu
most di-Hlrad from their viewpoint is to
elimluutu Mr. Joliusou fiom thu political
map of Ohio.
If Mr. Johnson Is named ae thu man
to head thu Democratic ticket, Gen.
Dick and Henator Hatina mhtji to hu of
tho opinion that they on deliver him a
body blow. It Is believed that if Mr.
Johnnon recolvcs tho nomination unusu
al efforts will lc mndi hy tho It publi
cans to roll up a tremendous vote It the
hope of hhiHtlng the political luturo of
tho mayor iu one ttruky.
Tho Republican leadori aro anxious
about the matter for thr reuson that
thoy havo It (loured out apparently that,
uuIubs Mr. JoluiRon 1b poreonnlly a can
didate, they will have to deal with him
in this Btoto, ovon if ho guts upon the
stump aud thu Republicans aro victori
ous.
Tho outlook for a strenuous campaign
la excel lent Just tho mime, and tho fact
thut a governor and a legislutnru which
will aelect a senator aro to bo elouted
will intotiBlfly tho internal from this
timo on.
Pveoocltjr,
They say old llodger innrricd bov
eml timca after ho vim Boventy."
"Yea. Ho hod a vtry precodoua cco
onfl cldldhood."-. lAfo.
Not GunMmtlr ConstAt-rcd.
Tiila world Is but a (tootlntr ahow,
Whcro worth arul folly Join;
Poutcrlty's tho critic, hut
It docun't'pay tho coin.
r-Woahlnsion Star.
Dcllenttolir Iui.
"Why do you mil him a phono
gruphr JBocaoao a plionogmph talka much,
'.n4,o doe a (oorCWao Tost
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DROWNED-J'
WHILE;iV
BATHING
Young Man Gamed
Out to Sea
Tragedy)Witnessed y
a Thousand . ,
poclol to Uto Ma).
NowHrt, Or,, Aug. 21 A Young man
wi drowned while surf hnthlnj at Nyo
creek heaoh this morning in plain vlow
of a thourand people.
Ho went In whore many strong uwlin
tmirn havo been carrlwl out by tho cur
rent. Iiiuplluof his best efforts ho was
iiuablo to return though hu kept afloat
fully half an hour.
A ropo was dually t within SO frot
of him but was not Ioim enough to reach
him. Though every pooslhlo effort was
madu by strung hearts and willing
hamU, nothing could bo done to invti
him and he'flually disupiared from thu
vlow of the thousand exulted watt-hora.
Ho in believed to Im William Kleoiuao
of rortUml, who arrived Saturday night
with mother, Mr. Otto Kleetann and a
sister. Tho body hos not been recovered.
CLEAN TOVN6 GROW.
t'lirirtin Condition! n Ilnr to it Ciim
tmully'n I'rimrM,
At n metfluir recently of Urn loml
Council of Womiii of New Orlcotm
lYofcnjor Dlllrtnl of tlmt city flVHwrncl
nn nildreH!! on town Improvement that
will Imi of I nt (-rv.it in oth;r communl
tie. I to mild that thern wiui no mynl
mail to Mvtirlni; n clean dty, tint wlwro
Micro wnri 11 will tlicro win a way, and
1 If tho (Nfiplt; of New Orh'nnn detonntn-
til titKin havltiK a clean rlty tiu.y could
got It.
IIo nald tho tincl'-mi cnmlttlon of a
town wni u real imr to Ibi pnign'mi;
that vlxltom coming to nn untidy town
wcrti Ixiuinl to rwx-lve nn nufiivurnulo
liiipnttttioii, which nil the hospitality
and courtcay could not entlmly tiihu.
They Judginl people hy what thiy hiiw,
niul tlwy could not Iu hlnmil for doing
no. Condition. I'rofrtwor Ulllnnl Hnld,
iiffi'ctol chnmcter, A child niUed In
slovenly Hiirrouudluiri would naturally
acquire Htovonly purmtml linblta.
In (llwiiHrtlug tho mihjeut of a clean
city I'rufnmor Ulllnnl Hnld he would
tx-gtn with tho hack yitrda. If thoy
wero clciiiH-il up, he thought, tho m-ntl-iiu-nt
would extKtid to tlio Fldwalkn
nml Htn-ota. Hu iiiiggrKtMl thut ntu-p-tnclcu
Ihi pluccil In tho ynnln for tlio
collection of tho Incvltnblo tmah nnd
Unit hou.'u.'heoperii mo to It that their
children und nen'niitH put tho tnmh In
them uud not K'ntter it In the yard.
The strips of khihh which when al
io wed to grow up to any hi'tght on the
(dgo of tho HldPWiilhH uud ittnvta di
fnco thu city would Imi cut If the gen
cnil complaint wun made ugnlnnt It.
Thero wan u law In tho Ntututo liooUrt
which compelled property ownerri to
keep tlio KrunH cut around their prem
Ihoh. TIiIh law npplled to irwnem of
vnctint lota aa well, though It dhlu't
woni to ho no underHtood.
1'rofe.sHor Dlllnrd Hiiggimted that real
dentH of u oirtnln neighborhood might
uulto to form n wrt of adjunct pollen
forco to wo thut 1olntloiiH of tho law,
lu their vicinity nt least, wero roiwrhid
to tlio proiMT iiuthorltleH.
In tlio hUHlnoHH etroota, ProfVmior"
Dlllnnl Htild, tho wornt enemy aeeined
to bo pupor. TJiIh woh a paper ago,
ho satil, and any quantity of It could
ho found about the iitrocts. Moro re
ceptacles wero needed for impeni on
tho Htroet, nud ua uoon iib pcoplo bo
gnn to renllsu) that need it would ho
supplied
IIo mild tho prosperity of n town de
pended largely upon a neat nppenr
anco, good lawa and their euforcomeut
and back of tbcuo a pronouna-d public
aentl incut.
HucUcloth uud Atthvm Bttll VrtrrutU
An Ariihinn woman lltenilly slta In
nnckcloth nnd Htruwu ashes on Imr fiend
at tlio death of a luiflband or son or tlio
npostnwy of nny nonr relatlvo, for whorl
ouo becoiucii u Chrlatiau ho la mourned
.luidcad. i ., .. ''