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About Weekly coast mail. (Marshfield, Coos County, Or.) 1902-1906 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 19, 1903)
'" JL". ', jM ;& tfbi, 1 '. - i m. . & I .J A t.-ii n 7! rao :w: - r ' v J5?safc TO'a MAIL "TTr 3! i VOL XXVI, MARSHFIELD, COOS COUNTY OREGON, Dec. 19. 1903 No. 16 1 I.1..'. 'if iWDp roa rjtt ft fiS( M Jk 1WfeL KM '' Km S Jmmm 9k D t WW ffip HANDSOME CHRISTMAS - PRESENT Standard Oil Slock Dividend $44,000,000. Fop 12 Months Special to the Mnll. - - Now York, Dro. 15 Tlionu porsona fortunatu enough to onn Standard Oil alock ri'ci'ivuil n hnndiomo Christmas prcitont lod.y in (liu ahapo ol checka (or tliulr ahnroof tlo fl'J.OOO.OOO,; r.iprcsont InK tho fomth nnd lael miartctly divi dend ol thu rear, The dividend dlebura ml today nmo'.iuta to fill a aharn, v.liicli it on increase ol 'i over tliu dividend declared ut thin time last yenr, 'Ihle bring tliu total illmleadii fot thu year to 4 1 percent., or I4J.OW.000 In divi dend (or tliu (nil year. Tlioro in no regular rnto of dividnnd paid on Stnudnrd Oil stock. Tlio tliu trlhtttlon is made out of tho earning of the quarter, When tho director moot slips of paper nrc prcicntod rIiow ink' the profits up to date for tho quartor nnd tho directions thoroupon decide what nrnnuut bh:lt bn distributed In dividends to tho stockholders. In tho Fall and Winter niontha. whun tho ueo of oil nnd kindred products is lamer, tho rflvidunJa declared nro proportion atuly larger. John I). llocki-follor is crodllod with owning :U por cunt of tho otock of tlu Standard Oil ornpnny, und bin receipta from tho earnings of tho corporation during tho curront year nppoar to ho approximately f 15,000,000. The four quartet ly dividends of tho corporation this year nro no follows: .March, 20 pnr cont, ; June, 7 por cunt.; (September, 6 per cent,; INovomber, 12 por cent. In tho first quarter, of 1U02, 20 por cont nut duclnrod; eecond qunr tor JO per cenl.t third tquarto- 5 per cent. ; nnd Innt quarter 10 por cont. Tho Increauo In tho dividend (juring tho cur rent quarter Ih duo to JUrgor unrniiiga, loaulllug from n thorp advnnco la the price of oil, According lo tho ofliclnl of tho Standard oil, tho corporation car ries no attrphiH giving thu benefit of u earnings to tho elockltodera. Tho Standard Oil company la now dlaburulng moro mouoy to' tho ttock holdurathnn nny olhor coaporatlon in world. Tho United BtntM Bteol Corpora tion hold llrst plnuo no n diriduud payor provioua to tho reduction in tho com mon dividend nnd tho conversion of proforrcd ctock into bonds. It now rankt) aocond to tho Standard Oil com pany, Blnco Jauunry 1, 1807, tho Stand ard Oil company baa paid to stockholder! moro than 27&,O00,00O la dividend!, ot that amount John D, Roakefollor has mcolvod moro j.hni fOO.OOO.OOO. Bind. 18U1 tho disbursements of tho corpora lion run ciojq to f 375,0W,00o or miJrly four times r'otitir than tho , 100,000KJO capital Block. A fair Idea of tho magnltuda of tho Htandord Oil company can ho obtained from tho fret Ilia, Pennsylvania Kail road company, within tho lust 37 yenro Iiiih paid eomcthiiiK lika (210,000,000 less than thontockholdora, or $00,000,000 Icib than thontockholJcra, of tho Itocko fellor corporation Imvo received In six yaar. In view of tho fact that oil has boon advancing oa thu strength of reports that production is falling off vory rapid ly, tho pruiunt incrennvddividond of tlio .Standard Oil company Ims caused con- tldornblnlntorottln tlio flnnnclRl clrrlec, IVonlu In cloiu touch with tho rltu'-tlon ny thnt Is vury unlikely thnt Jtocku d'llur littnriulA would nutcu to nn li. crtinsu in diaburatnunta to ntockholdom If thoy bolloved that an oil fauino vtt thre'itoniid, HOUSE NEARLY EMPTY hi Members Gone Home For Christmas Wnsh'nKtcn, Dec. 15 Only two score iticinbera nero present uhon tho Homo mot nt ooon today, oning to czcuso of Western members for tho holiday. Tho Houto resumed consideration of tho pension Appropriation bill. Bunator Hopburn prcsontod n Joint resolution providing that tho Prcsldont acquiro by annexation of othorwiso. tho island of ,Snn Domingo and depend unciea. It was reforrrd to tho commit tee on Foreign Relatione. SIGNED TREATY ARRIVES (Special to tho Coast Mall.) , Washington, Dec, 15 Tho Panama Hallway Company's steamer Washing ton arrived this morning bringing tho olgned canal treaty. A government ofllcor rccolvod it at tho dock. NOTICE v Proposal for Superintending and Managing the County Poor Farm, and Infirmary Boalod propotnla will bo rccolvod at tho ofllco of tho Comity Clerk of Coos County, Orojjon, up to It! o'clock noon Friday, Jnnuary 8,1904, for tho fcuporin tundlnc, mausKlng and porforniinn tho labor nocotmry in tho inanouomuut of the County Poor Farm nnd Intlrmnry for tho year commencing March 1 1904, and ending February 28, 1805, Tho County Cotlrt.rtisoryoa the right to rc loot any and nil blu. Dated tbii 0th day of Decsmbor, 1003. I, lURIrtQ.gKLK, County JuJje. ATTEMPTS ANOTHER'' MURDER On His Way lo Pen itentiary Attacks Guard With 4 J Sledge Cpcclal to tho Mat' Haker City, Dec. 15 Ejbdff, tbe con domnrd murdorer of Attorney Saxtqn, pujed throjgli this city last nlcht on hii way to Balcm in chars a of tho rhort iff of liarnoy county. Kbcrt was rnntenced at Darns Irrt week, and will be executed int Salem Jaunury 10th, lho officers wero aware of tho dospor nlo character of tho prlaouor, yot bo came w)tlIn nn ace of nddin? onothor murder to thoio already accrodltod to him, Yctorday morning at Austen station on thu routu from tiurai to Whitney, while at brenkfast tho slinckoli woro re moved from his hands so that bo could eat. A heavy eledgo hammer was lying on tho floor of tho room, which Egbert aiczed nnd turned upon tho deputy sheriff. Sheriff Allen sprang forward and aiezed the aledgo from behind Jost hb Egbert was bringing it down upon tho deputy. A dcaporato etrugglo ensued for pos session of tho eledgo, Egbort was eoon ovcrpoworcd nnd his hand; wore again shackled. Tho man hoa remained heavily ironed alnco this last nttompt at murder and will remain in that con dition until he arrives ut tho penltonti- nry. Ju ust boforn leaving Hums. Egbert tried to knock his brains out against tho side of hie cull. STEAMER . WRECK FOUND Seattle. Do. Id A dispatch from Juneau stales that tho wrock of the aleamor ditcovery has been found by Indians noar Croaa landing. Tbo U, ?. chip Rush baa gono to tb bcodo The Daily Newspaper and the Family Thojvnstlmnjorlty ofpaporsjaro conduct ed witii a full Bonce of responsibility nnd with Just rospoct for the rights of all. It is Important to remomborwhat la really privato nnd 'what is not. In our politi cal nnd Bodlal organism wo aro not Koblnaon Crusons, Wo do not llvo on an Island by onrselvos whoro wo are monnrch of all vro survey. Wo glvo up a bnrt of our Individual freedom for tho sako of, tho advantages of community We har'o to aurrondor aomethlnof our own independence and nutomony in ion ftldtratlou of tho general good. What would bo privnto if wo stood nlono may not (jo prlvoie as pirts of a public organ! ration, Whether wo vote ono or dozen tlraas, whether wodefy tho rocongnUod codo of public morollty, whether no "promote" oar own interaf by mis leading our ftki.ds all this co,ncorna our neigliborr; aa well as ourrolyoi, There It too much reason to fear that lhi moreorccof authority, In -tho elato and iu churcb, is decarlng. Crafty ' de vice ovatTcs lho law. Eucy going virtue silences tho creed. ttut the ole'ctric light of publicity which penctrat6a tho dark corners and reveals rivcry wrinkle ft a great security, Abneed It may bo and intruslvo sometimes without war rant, but Its protctlou far outweighs u'b oviiB. uuarios liroory amltli In Good Housekeeping. CUBAW RECIP ROCITY Bill Passes Senate by Good Majority Cpeclal to the Mall. Washington, Dec. ltl Tho Eaaato this morning voted on tho Cub ail recip rocity bill, nnd it passed by & vote of 67 fo 18, vhich enmo nfler Benatore Hoar and Bailey bad followed Spoocer inaipceuh. h'ine Democrats votod in favor of tho bill. Committee on Foreign Kelttiona to day reported favorably without amend ment the Chinese commercial treaty. STRIKE TROUBLE BREWING Injunction to Protect Non-Union Miners Bpsclit to the Matt. Ilodson, Ca1 Dec 10 An injunction wilj.be served on 150 miners at 5 o'clock this gvcniug restraining them from in terfdroing with tbo non-union minora. The, strikers nro now oncampod about tbo mlno nnd bayo plckots entirely around tho proporty. Watchmen with Wincbestora , are guarding the pampa, which aroatill running. Troubles wilt atrt tomorrow, for aa Boon as tbo injunction ia served the mino will be opened with a non-union crew. i Tho operators claim that in IE hours thoy will eecure all tho mon thoy need, if proUctod. National Vlavror. ' Tlio flower budges of nations nro m follows: Athens, 'violet; Cnnnitu, BUgar wuplo; Egynt, lotus; England, . roso; riwce, UowcMlo-luco O1')! Florence, glgllo Oily); 'Germauy, cornflowor; Ire land, Bbumrock: leaf; l Italy, Illy; tfrua Wa. linden; Saxony, imlgnonotto; Scot laud,, thistle;-) fSpalot pomearanaUj LOUISIANA PURCHASE CENTENNIAL Celebrated at New Orleans Spectacular Program' Three pays (Special to tho Coatf-Mall.) New Orleans, La Dec. 17: Tbo prctrr ce of tbo warships of three nation J and tbo attendanco of scores of promlna ent vlsitorn from various parts of the country gives promieo that the celebra tion of tho JTouieana Purchase Centen nial which begins tomorrow and con tinues throe dnyB, will surpass in ecopo end brillianco tbo most eangaino ox- Relations of its promotera. ,. Visitors are already arriving in large numbers and tbo crowdeJ streets and publi places resemble tbo Mardi Gras throngs r New Orleans ia particularly pleased over the Bpanish man-of-war Rio dela Plata, which la tbo fiiot bpnnlab war veniol to villi tho country elnce the 'Mil Spanish American war. Tho new French man-of-war Graviero is also hero, while tho Usilod Etntos Navy Is ropresolitod by the cruiser Minneapolis and eevoral cmaller vessel;. Daring the three days of the celebra tion tbe-o will bo civic, military and religious ceremonies, a colonla.1 ball, r colonial exhibit and Naval Though there will be ceveral parades and other spectacular features tbo pro-1 NEW LINES, EXTENSIVE VABITIES, CHQIGt VALUES. i Magnes gramme iu its entirety lino bcon. ro or. ranged as to nppi.il moro to tho student of history than to the o dinar nlghj- scer. Conditions cro favorablo to this arrangoment, na 'all tho old luildinjfs connected with the trnntfer are still standing In very much thn samu .condl tion as thoy noro a xentory ago. Thus the main "cromontoa will take place in tlie Cablldo, tho Gorefnment house under tho Spanish and French rctnes. now tho Supremo Court build ing. It has been furniahol exactly as it, waa on tbo day of tho trnsfor. Tie cxercises'wiil include the reading of tb'e orglnal trantfur and Louef at. Claiborne, r Wilkinson and othor commltiioncra will be represented by prominent citizen a ic " tbo timee. ? - Tho roligioua ceremony in tbo Bt Louie Cathedral will bo identicaly that of n hundred yecrs ego, and the ealute will bo flred from Jackion Square formerly the Place d'Armea from a can- non a century old, , AMERICANS . SEND X-MAS CHEER ."wAdr Cpcclal 'to .the Malt. Uiricago! ill.!- Dccmbarr?.0ST" Chicago caco'a Christmas cift to Europe this roar in money alono amoanta rto about $1,500,000; Great Brittain, par tieuljirjy Ireland, gets more of this than nny other countiy, Germany comes nox, on'the lists in tbo money order division .of tho Chicago Post Office', then Swfden and Italy. 2 4- The contribution ia eatlm'aie' to bo nnrndo ' "" 'P'eeei o recent years. i.niHi8 pj-r-pnrauo. lIenUrly enrprising, na tharsTf overy -paradea reaaqn for Iwllovint; that tho etrihi'j und thoJi'nh prxea of commu'ltteH woutd compel economy. & Maisonl?. . rf j ' USl 'I kt i ,