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VOL XXVI,
CANADA
TALKING
RAILROAD
To Get Even on Alas
kan Award
apecltl to tho Mall.
New York, Dec. 1 ThrouaU promln
cnt bankers UiIb morning, financiers
whoso interest nro associated with thu
recent railway merger truntn let It Jc
como known that It Roosevelt la renom
inated tlivy wont contributo to tho cam
paign fund, unlcsij somo word looxacted
Hint ho will no slow with invottlgatinni
ol combinations ol capital." Jllir-fl this
morning declined to dlaeuna tho matter,
FIGHT
HEAD
HUNTERS
Luzon Constabulary
Victorious
AttackedWithoutWarn
ingby Galingas
Special to thp Mall. . . ....
Washington, Doc. I Tho War Do
rattmont by this morning's mull ro
colvo'l tho news ol n fight botween con
otabulnry and hoad huntore, thodallnga
trlbo, In Unovn Viscaya, in Central
Luson, on October flth, 7th ami 6th. It
was noarly as Important as Wood's bat
tlo which was promptly cabled.
Twenty-eight whlto constabularies
wpro holding n seomiugly frloiidly eon
ferencu with tho natlvos, whon the)
woro suddenly attacked and hommod in
by vaBtly suporlor forcoB. 'f hoy fought
tholr way to tho hills with pistole,
whuro they need their carbines bo e(
(actively thai though tho oacmy woro
nriped with Romliigtono, Krngo and
Mauwis, thuy wero compelled to with
ilnnr. Octobor 7lh thoro wan a runninK fi''t
ol two and a half hours with ols hun
drod Gnllngaf. 'I'ho hltor again -treated
leaving thirty Killed and wound
ed.' October 8th 'hey woro again al tacked
by a forcu ol three hundred head hunt
ers, whom they whipped off, with u lots
ol tlltio killed and aoven wounded.
' ,' V i..V-i.--
"-!ii vov irh aiirtlilneV" wlilapored
tho burglar n mmrd h Ida tuuto
i-merged from tho window.
"No; tho chap wot liven hero la a
liwyor," replied tho other lit disgust.
"That's bard luck," replied the first.
.Dld yer Iobo anythlngr
BANKERS
MAYING '
THREATS
WiilShut offGampaign
Contribution
Cpeclnl to the Mall.
Vancouver, Dec. 1 Tho Vopcouver
olty council ban aont an urgent niioocn
of 1G00 word to tho federal provincial
governments, nqlc inc tnoou governments
no thu rnnnlt of tho ncuulrftlou of land
by Anmrlcans, by tho Alaskan award,
that they olfer n cash bonus to any
comonnv mat win mum an mi Cana
dian railway Into tho Yukon, to Inter.
copt transcontinental no'", anu to in
vert tradu iroin mu uniioti mate,.
I'remlur Mcllrldo, of British Colum
bia, promltei to submit a eolumto for
conutruatiou ot this rond. Hoards, of
lrado and all nubile bodies are passim:
similar resolutions.
CAREER
TO END ON
, SCAFFOLD
...IV
t
Bpeclal to tho fAV '
Now Corn, North Carolina, Dec. 1 A
murder caso embracing many interoiting
and unusual foaturcs cornea to a. traslo
ond today with tho execution of Chris
Dlxson In tho Cruven county (all,
GotlfryWobbor, aBubatantlal farmer,
wbh aliot from ambush near hla home,
Nov. 22, 1001. Ho lived only a low hours,
and whllo dying oxproseod tho bollof
that Dlxson was'tho assBBsIn. Dixaon
waa tried and convlctod of tbo ciitno.tbo
atroneet ovidonco against him bolng
that two pagoda! a niigflzlno wcro uaod
aa eun wadding and a copy of tho Bamo
magarlno found In Dlxeon'a houeo had
thceo two pagos mleslDg.
After bolna aentenccd Dlxson brokjl
Jojl and escaped. He was rearrested
last October near Chostorflold, Bqutb
Carolina, after onjoylui: two yoara free
dom. Tho widow of tbo man ho murder
od had becomo his wife and wai living
with him,
Dixon's crime, according to tbo teat
Imonyattbo trial, was promptod by
Joalouay, Dlxson and tbo girl who after
ward marrlod Wobbor wero 'sweot
hearts boforo Webbor appeared as a tult-
or. iuo jauer ucidr n inm ui tuuiu
moans sho discarded Dixon and married
Wobbor.
Tented.
Cora-Aro you Hiiro you will bo nblo
to support me, dear?
Mcrritt-Why, yes. It's cheaper to t0
married tbun onKnBed.-KxchnuBO.
v IlnnBnrlan poasnnts liavo a ouperatl
tlon that flro kindled by lightning can
only.'bo oxtlngulabcrt by milk.
. ,,, ,
" ' Proof Poaltlvo.
"I vondor if all men aro foola!"
pnopped Mrs. Knpcclc during a Httlo
flouwetlo tlft tho otbor morning.
"No, lndood, my dear," wpllcd hot
husband. "I know a number ot mou
who nro bachelors!"
VrofoNntoiml CoiilUl-nnc.
Tho Hrokor Don't you find It onslot
to sbavo somo men than others?
Tho , Harbor Yea; don't you? Yon.
Ucra BtateBmau,
MARSHFIELD, COOS GQUNTY, OREGON Dec, 5.
-ZFT,
jyNTA
SIGNS
TREAfY
Will Be Approved By
Senate .
r f
On
its Arrival
Washington
,at
(8peplal to tho Coaat Mal.l.
ronnma, Dec. 2 Tho Junta this
morning signed tho Panama .treaty
without amendment. Thoo is great
satisfaction among tho ncoplo. Tlio
troaty will bo returned to Washington
immediately, whoro it will hrrlve Mon-
Washington, Dec. 2 Eonator Cullom,
chairman of tho Committee on Foreign
Affaire, after a long consultation with
ttoosovelt said ho bollovcd the Senate
would take up tho Panama troaty lav
mediately when received, which will be
ilonday or Tuesday, and Vatiy it vUUt
out delay.
PORTE
MUST
YIELD
Macedonian Reform
Unconditionally
(Special to the Coast Mall.,
rarls, Dec. I A dispatch received
from Constantinople says the govern
mouts ot Austria and Russia hare not
acknowledged the reply of the Porta to
tholr Joint noto concerning Macedonian
reforms, and unless the reform sohomo
Is accepted unconditionally they will
address an ultimatum to tho Sultan.
CHURCH AND CLERGY.
.
i Cv Porter Johnson, at ono tlmo a
prominent politician In Ullnola, has for
eaken politics nnd entered tho inlnlsto
In Oklahoma.
Dr. Georgo E. ETnll, pnBtor of Bush
tornplc, Ohlcago, In a recent sermon
sold,' "Bory' Christian should road tho
JJlblo.and,prny, go to church and pay,"
Holy Trinity church In Ponco is tho
oldest Protestant church building In
Porto Illco. It was erected by on En
Hah church parish twuijty-flvo yonrs
ngo.
Tho Lutheran goncrnl synod which
convened in HalUmoro recently decid
ed to rnlso a fund of $1,000,000 for ed
ucation. A committee composed ot the
ofllclnl heads of tho different Institu
tions of tho church was appointed to
lmvo,chrgo of tho work of raising tho
fund.
totuli to Clilnn,
Postago between tho United Statos
and China lu" places served by the
United States postal agency at Shang
hai Is now nt tho same rates, as domes
tic postago. Two cents will carry n
lottcr from nny part of tlio United
Stntos to' Tientsin, Foochow and. many
other 'districts in China..
STORM
SWEEPS
. ATLANTIC
Government Subma
rines in Distress
Swedish Ship .Goes
Ashore
(Special to the Coa5,t Wall.)
Norfolk, Dec. 3 A tcrr.'flc etorm is
raging off tho Atlantic coast today.
Tho government submarine torpedo
boat Moccasin is in distress thrco miles
offeboro. Th,o,ubmarlno boat Adder
is standingly, apparently under con
trol, end, the gunboat Porco 1b trying to
tow tho Mocassin in. The lifo savers at
tbo station aru waiting for tho spa to
subside, whon they will go to tborequo.
Tlio Navy Department has rushed tho
aanktou from Capo Henry tp aid the
Moccasslti and AdUeV.
Lowe:, Del., Dec.3-rThoBKodlsh ship
Dharwur is hard aground off Ocoan
City, Md. Five msmbers of tho crew
succeeded in reaching shore in a boat.
Eleven others, including a woman and
two children aro still on tho vossol,
STRIKING
MINERS'
DEMANDS
(Special to the Coast Mall.)
Trinidad, Colo. Deo. 311 is gonorally
understood that Mitchell and the mlno
loadore havp agrcod that the operators
must concede tho selection of pit boeses
and pamp phyalcians.othorwlse tho striko
will bo made general throughout Colo
rado. ST LOUIS EXPOSITION COMMITTEE
Meets at County Seat Next Week
For Consultation.
E, L. C. Farrln, Secretary ot tho St.
Louis Exposition Commlttoo returned
yesterday from MyttUe Point, whither
ho accompanied F. S, Dow. chairman ol
that organization. Ho reports meotiug
Schiller 11. tlormann nndEditorlioberts,
committeemen for that town, and find
ing them heaitlly in favor of tho move
ment nnd nnxlous to help it akng in
any way iu their power.
A meeting of tho cemmitteo has been
called at Coquille City at U a, M. next
Wednesday, when It i9 hoped that a
majority of tho committee can be proE-
eht, and plana can bo formulated with
thu approval ot tho membors (or carry,
inn on tho work and gettleg up an ox
hibit that will be a credit to tho county,
Mr. Dow went to tho lower river,
wluno ho will consult witli tho peoiwe
and help to nrroiiKO internet in thu tin -jeet,
Ho wishes to bavo tho fulle
poesiDio conBimauou umong iuo vnioit
momborehip ol thu committeo, that nil
may work together to tbo boat advan
tage In this very important Undertaking.
1.903
ON HER
HORSE
Canada 'Wants Mon
;roe Doctrine
(Special to tho Coast, Mail.)
.Ottawa, Dec, 2 At a meeting of tha
board of trade today an address waB de
livered bv Georgo Holland in which be
expressed the opinion that British North
America should have a Monroe doctrine
of Its own.
Ho cavo not'eo of a resolution to the
effect that tho acquisition by tho United
States ot tho islands of.St Pierre and
Miqucbp in tlio gulf of St Lawrence
wquld ha detrimental to tho intorsts of
Canada and wonld undoubtedly lead to
friction between Canada and tbo United
Stales.
Large Piano House Represented
MESSRS ALLEN & GILBERT KAM
AK EK CO., of Portland, formerly the WI
ley B. Allen Co, are tho largest piano deal
ers in tbo Pacific north west. Their busi
ness career covers a period of more (ban
a quarter of a century and today they
have tho largest .establishment on the
Pacific Coast, Ttiey bny for cash in
larp.o quantities andln disposing of their
goods thoy give tbo buyer the advantage
of their largo purchases and offer in
ducements which aro not obtainable
front thoso who deal iu a small way,
Tbeir business for Ccos county haa
been ptacod in tbo bands of Mr. E. M.
Fur man, an experienced piano man,
who comes well recommended and who
will become Identified with tbe Interests
of tbia County as h permanent resident.
Their lino of pianos embrace upwards of
rnoro than twenty dlferont Factories'
make, and those wanting anything in
tho music lino cannot do better than to
consult Mr. Fnrman who just recoived
u shipmont of pianos.
BORN.
TURNER.-In MarBbfleld, Or., Nov.
21, 1903, to tbe wile of W, M, Turner, a
boy,
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HBP DH
nu --cS' ill
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liEW LINES, EXTENSIVE VARITIES, CHOICE VALUES.
Magnes S Matson
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No. '4-9
EVERY- :
A
JHINC
' JUfESE
Among New Yof k Re
' publicans
(Special to the Coaat Malb).
Now York, Dec. 2 Piatt, 6dcll and
Stat6 Chairman Dann lunched together
today. Odell dictated ibe .onnounce
mont that all had arrived at a satisfac
tory conclusion and Uiora'Ia no friction
(' ' ; r
in tho Republican party In tbo stato o!
ifew York.
i
CONFEDERATE
VETERANS'
'HOME
. .
8peclal to the Man.
. .i r
Jackson. Miss,, JDcc. d. -Tbo project
for converting tho pld Jefferson Davis
homestead at Beauvoir into a home for
Indigent jvelerana which haa beea
.dream ol tne unttea JJaugiuera ot tne
Confederacy for a number of yearr,loday
, ,
became an accomplished fact, Simple
...
ceremonies marked tho formal opening
today when two score of indlgont veter
ans were admitted as inmates, andCapt.
JamesStone oiGreenylllo assumed charge
as Superintendent. Tho home Is to be
prosento J tohe state ot Mississippi. at
the session of tbo legislature next month,
and until that time tho oxponsoa.o! thp
home will bo borno by prhato contri
bution, v-
-,
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