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ADMIRAL
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HUNDRED
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SPLENDID
CEREMONY
AT WINDSOR
Bpeofal to the Mill.
London Feb. P An Inl'nr'cstlng slnlo
coreinoiilol took place todn when a
chnptor of tho Order of tho (hirtor won
hold nt Windsor by ordor of the King.
It WBfl tho first coroniony of tho kind
4fe-'l I
i '4 K t 11
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Estimated Loss by Bal-
: timore Fire
Special to (he Mall.
Rnltlmoro, 1'uK 0Wlion dnrknoss
' full, last night tlio people o( this cliy
know that tho worst vins over, Tiio
llftincd which fur Hi hours lintl nwopt re
lentlessly through tlio honrtof tlio city
had been checked by nn nrny of flro
men, from many cities, woilriug tinwoar
lodly, ItAi) finally conquered,
Of sovonty.flvo tqunros of property
which represented valuoa to tlio extent
of from 75,OCO,000 to 1134,000,000 not
cvon a closo approximation tun ho mado
of tlio lost. No gtiesj can bo mndo us ti
tho Amount of Insurance. An oxpnrt
city building innpeotor ultimate! tho
.loisof bnlhlingi, nlonn, tit f 73,000,000.
On tho other h.uid It It raid that tho In
surance citlniatoi do not place the total
Iqji at a greater figure.
To Lour llril,'
To rMlucu tlio Modi cmo immt hnvo
tho fortlttidn to give up n number of
tho plrurinnt things of life, for n time
nt liiinl, nnil iininy nf them far good
mid nil. Ono miiHt, Unit of nil, become
tin curly rUcr mid not xlcop longer thitu
krk'i'ii lioui'ii. Before Muddling the
morning toilet exiTt'Uo for twenty uiln.
iiti'M with Indian dtilm, .iliimhhclta or
uniidH. 'or btvnkfiiHt tnku no coivul,
tofTt'o nr inlllt, but ten, not tcx strong,
fruit iiinl tonnt. Sugar Ih a fat pro
ditciTi m nlrH) nru btvml mid nil furl
iiun-uu (lldliex. Not mom tbnn bnlf n
(clanx of liquid should bo token nt nny
lunil. For luncheon pnrtnko of Htcwcd
or raw fruit, a milnd tlrritHcd with vine
gnr mid oil, green vcgelublca and u
chop, For dinner the bill of faro can
comprint) iIhIi, mutton, Inmb, Iran beof,
vcKetubh'tf, especially tnmittoen and
betipn, ritnle bread mid a light dessert,
Cort'ft Co.
A honlllni; promoter nnmoj Coo
Wnu lint of a lK cocon Co,
A native naiiiwl ICoho
H.tlil, "Pay wlmt yon owe. Con,
Or itlo iiiu tlio Coo Cocoa Co."
)tr hml other tirojrold, hnil Coo.
Coke ovinn wuro otiu 1 1 no, and so
Tim two ooalracid,
Iinuctiio tho uiyl;
'Cot-Koko Coke ami Cocoa Co. I"
Mf.
Reward
jfitf
WOMEN
WHO CANNOT UR CURED.
T Tlnckcd tip by over n thud of ii century
rf retiiniknblo and tttilfoiui cured, nieconl
until nn no other Kimdy for the (IUcacn
nnd wenkticMen peculiar to women ever
outlined, tho pioprictort nnd maker of
Dr. I'lcrce'n Pnvotite Prescription now feel
fully warntutcd In ofTctlntr to pay S.coMu
hfful money of tlie United Suich for nny
cao of l.eiiconlien, 1'eiiialu Wenknenii,
ProlnpnuK, or Ualltng of Wotul), which they
cniiuot cure All they ink in a fair auil
eaoual)lc trinl of their uicatpof cure,
"l wnun Kicnt tullcrer for Ik yrnr nnd doc
tored nil Hie time with n numl'trnf pliyslclntu
Imt did not receive nny Iteucflt," when Mr.
(iearue Huuilcu, of 641 llouUd Slrcit, HnRlnnw
(Hontli), MkhlgtUi. "1 liail ulvcu utiull lioncof
ever uetthiK Utter, TIioiikIiI I would wilte to
you. Wlicii I received your letter tellliiK me
vli;it to ilo t commenced to tnke your ' favorite
I'rencrliillau ' and follow your ndvlce. I Imvc
taken ten hotllex In nil, nlro five vl.'iM of the
'I'letinnnt I'cllct. Am now rcKidnr, idler liov
liiK udimed two yearn mid milTcicil with pniu In
tae liend iiinl Iwick I wn so ncrvoim, could not
e.it or lfc. Now 1 cnu tlmuk you fur my
recovery."
Don't hesitate to wrlto to Dr. R.V. Pierce,
chief couiiultlui; phynlclnti to the Invalids1
noiei nun Miruirai inniitute, nt Jlulmlo,
N. Y If ymi want pood medical ndvlce from
n fully (ullficd phynlclnn ns to your per
r.onal good health, finch lettcrn nro nhvnya
aiiHwercd free of charge nnd confldentlnlly.
n lueiueiuc winui un omnoui nu.oiiicrH
for-womeil In the punt third of a
ccmiiry ami, being recoinmeiHled by nil
those ylio have tihcd it, Ih a (rood remedy
,tp tie to. Dr. Pletce'H l'nvorlte Trescrlp.
tlon is purely vegetable nnd does not con.
t.iln a, patllejc qf alcohol to dentroy the
blood corptiHclea nnd weaken the nyittem,
Do not permit the dealer to inritilt your
. Intclllgpnce by tniggestlng.Nomc, other cobj
pound which. In- rccpmnicmlfl iih "Jut u
good," bcuuilc lit make's it bltuuclf,
Soo&
yww
S!lfer
nloco 1805, vrlinn tho Kmporor Napoleon
Ihon on a visit to the Kullib court, wnu
admitted to momborehlp In the ordor by
tlicon VlctorU.
At today's function tho knlita As
sembled In tho throne room, nil wcnrlnK
tho fall uniform of tho order. At tho
conclusion of tho chnptor tho King nnd
Quron entertained at a stato llnnquot
In 8t (J;orgo'a Hall. Many of thoso
protpnt will romnln nt Windsor for tho
roynl wedding tomorrow of Princess
Alice of Albany nnd I'rlncu Altxander
of Tcck.
WORST
FIRE '
KNOWN
Wipes
Baltimore off
the Map
Russia aud Japan Re
call Ministers
Tho wlroi ucrpnll clear during tho
day )oatordny, but a troo fell across tho
lino somoffhoro batweou horo nnd Fair
viotr, cutting tlio lelegrnpbio deupateh
cs lor Us; night. Howovoi, tho follow
ing news wni rccelvod.
Dnlllmoro Md, was In conflagration
and thero was great danger of tho entire
city belpg wiped out unless tho wind
subsides. At 3 p, m, the business part
and factory section bad bqon wiped out
and tho loss amounted to over f200,0C0,
000, nnd thero la great d gor of tho
bdtiro city being wiped Iron tbo face of
earth, 1-iro relief was at hftnd from
Now York, Brooklyn, Philadelphia,
Washington and all other available
poluta but it wns iroposslblo to cope
with tho tcrrlo holocaust, tho prentcet
in tho history of tho UnitedStates.
Thuflro wns'cndsed by nil explosion
of gnsollnu in 0110 of tho factories.
Tlio Japnnocu nnd llueslnu govcrn
nionts have oitch recalled their mlulstcrc
and it Is now considered tlint wr.r i In
ovltnblo. Irvlnir ImproTd,
"Now tell me wlmt you enn nbout
Ichitbod Criiue," unld tho tencher nH she
took up tbo "Lege-ml or, Sleepy Hollow."
Tlio llttlo pupil described IchnbotVa
pewoiml nppenfiuico' nud concluded
with, "And he curried homo tho pnliu
thnt bclougcd to tbo pitraon,"
Tho teacher gnsped. "Wlmt nro you
tnlklng iibouU" bIio ilemmnled.
'Well, It mild bo in tho book, and I'll
And It for you," anld tho ptipll oxcltctl
ly, ntid he turned the pngea until 6bc
found ft ccrtnld pnriti;niph which she
trliiiiiplinntly pointed out, And tho
tencher reiul "It wna n nmttor of no
llttlo, vnnlty to him on'SuudnyB to
tnko his station In front of tho chut'eb
ffjillhrv with n buiitl of chosen singer,
vhoroi inhla owhilnlna' hoofU'lotoly
carried nwny lborpnlni horn tba pf
AT PORT ARTHUR
iii nun i i .mm i ma in '
Vessels Sunk on Both
y
Sides
RUSSIAN CRUISER; V, ,
. CARRIES DOWN 450EN
Japanese Capture Russian Mail Steamer
An'ci Russian Warships Catch the
Incha Maru
(8poclal to the Coast Mall.)
St Potersbnrg, Feb, 0Accordlng to
tho cfllclnl Mossrngcr the first gun has
beet) fired, and war is now an octnallty.
1
reports that Alexltffat midniithtof
brnnry 8, telegraphed tbo Czar that
. inc JnpanoLO IioIb had suddenly nt
inched tbo' Utisrinn iquadron In the
open roods at Poat Arthur , In tho clash
tho ltuselan battlo ships Rotwhun and
Tzarvltcb, nnd tho cruiser Pallnda were
d nm aged,
London, Fob. 0 Tho Jnpaneso export
liouto has juet received informntisu that
tho Russian warshlpa have captured tho
Jnpaneso steamer Inchv Marn, bound
from London to Yokohoma with inor
chncdUo.
St, Petersburg, Feb. 0-At 2:30 a dis
patch just rccolvcd by tho admiralty
from Port Arthur says that in an at
tack on thnt port, 12 Japnnoso veeeols
wtrosunk. Russian worships nro also
roporttd as sunk, seven Rueeians are
said to bo killed and many wounded.
Chlpu. Fob 0 Reports from Port
Arthur show that an attack wfla niado
on Russian, ships by tbo Japanese dash
ing un;or. tho very guns ot Port Arthur.
Iho harbor bolng too amal! to hold the
ehtlrotuesian tquidron, a portion was
obiiitcd to remain in the opon roads.
On Monday night, in tbo dnrkuesa n
torpedo dolachmont of nine Japanese
veseola got within ' lining dietnilce nud
discharged their tubes. . two Russian
How They Stacked Up Last Week
Subficiiboii to the Wkl-klt Coast MAib may bo interested in knowing bow
their favorite paper compwxa.with tho
b'iows tho iumb,er of linos oi homesbt rontter, rxolueiyo of advortlsemonts nnd
I oallngs, nppor.rlng In hut wook'a edition ot the respective" county papers. For
II fair comparison it ia nil reduced to theequlvalont oft3 )olot typo, by table
found la tbo Dojk Book of tho A,mericiwirTypa! Fouwdors Go,.
WEEKLY COA8T MAIp
Coos Bat Nkws
(JoQUii.r,B Hu'iatp . ,k,
Coquawi Bollktik
Koiu-b Bend Citizen
Mthtl Point KntiibI'jusb
Th ,Bun , ', ... I
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batllothip and ono crnhor lising dam
aged One repot t saya'tho vistela were in a
sinking condition, while anothor says
the daroago was slight. iLUi
Tho greatest confusion wan immedi
ately manifested by tho Russian fleet,
The Japaneio immediately retired amid
the fnrious broadsides of ull vessels
ablo to bring their ,'go.na to. bear. Re
ports, however, indicato thnt tho Japan
ese Bhips wero considerably duraageJ.
Pnris. Feb, 0-OOicIal dltpitches to
the Forcigu Office today say the d(.mi
goa sustainsd by tbo Rurtian battle
ships Cflzrvitch and Retvie&n wero rerl
ous, and that the cruiser Pallia wan
sunk,
Tho Roviean was built by the Cramps
at Philadelphia in 1001. tho Pallada in
Germany in 1002, nud tho Czirovitch in
Franco in 1W2.
London. Fob. 0 LatorjjriB "dispatch
es report that nil hands on "board vent
, . w " v (
down with cruiser Pallada. Eho carri
ed 4D0 men,
Cbofu, Fob 9 Tho Japanese fleot last
nlgbk engaged tho Russian Battleships
under cover of tho darkness and. began
bombarding Port Arthur. LUtlo damago
has bcon done nt this tlm?.
Lpndon. Fob.ll A dispatch from
Shanghai reports that tho Rurslnn tmtil
stenmur Mongolia which lolt Bhaug Hi
Sunday has been rnpturjd by tbo Jn)
nnesu off ShangTung.
other county papers. Tho following lablvk,
ilnos 8.pt
1859
053
1070
785
820
v
1428 lings 10 pt,. equals ..
1080. '' "
10P8 ' M ! ""' iJ
llW u " 11 0 n (
60 ." 10 u "'.H.
v
i pv
K
.675
608 H S8.'" "" 4JJL ,r
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abb mm i.& m. :. i . avrir
Special to the Mall.
"2,,.::- T.Wili-Not:be Very Far,.
Qraod itpid
Mchipsn grand lodao of tho Af.plvsi
Order of United Workmen esiBinb'ed in
btnnnUt reielon heto today. The re
port of Grand MfiBtcr Work man, F, C.
Wetmoro, is Intcrfatlni; as it t?nda to
show tho effect on the membership o!
iheordcrask rtrult of thoincr-aie " been ordered to take his crBs.'er! quad-re!eV'TliVtfaaci-eW
tbe cuiDe33 t0JiA
Increase In mombsrship dnrlu2 the JPl .boot foot hundred mllia fiom fh
)fnxr wai aomawlial rmnller thru th Philippines and tokeep his bittlesbip '
preceeding year, there .was a jfratityiifc ' g90n in 4iJPbi)iniM walen. Thii
'decreate in the nnmber of anepentfoABvD8 that the cralaerBiH f.o '.eHe- .
and withdro wall, bo that on tbe wJibla
.? i
tba membership enrollment may bo
said to be satisfactory.
MilkCo'n3ensary
v t.
(Atsorian)
Prom Sunday' Dally.
Tho Coqnille lee & Cold Storage Cini
pany has written to W. O. Hcmlow in
reply to a communication relative to tho
establishment of a mill: co'bd'ensary in
Coosconnty. TLo proposition u ode by
Mr. Hcmlow meet with marked favor
by tbo CcquUlo peoplp, who seem desir
ous that such an enterprise ai Mr.
Hemlow suggests be estaKllsbed in their
midst. That Coqulllc would te an
lde.nl plsce for a condensary isettcrted
by the statement on the part of tlio
company that from 803 to 1C00 cows
would bo available. The company al
ready have the rite, togethct r.Hb a
building thnt woold in every way be
suitablo, eo that the expense attending
the inauguration of the business would
arise only from the purcbato and instal
lation of the plant, Mr. Hemlow has
another proposition pending at Salem,
from, which be expects an early re
sponse. . A resident at Warren has also
wHtleh him for information regarding
tbe condensary busioeEB, bis Idea being
to establish such au enterprise in that
community. Mr. Hemlow is meeting
with wido recognition throughout tbe
country becauto of tho active Interest bo
takes !n alt departments of banned pro
doctsi This matter ot milk condensers ia of
Vital importance to tbe Coos county dai
ry interests, whether we have one at
Coos Bay or whether it is on tbe
Coquille. Tbe dalrymeri'ol the Coqujlle
are wide awake to their best interests
when they Invit? so important an -'industry
as a milk- condensing plant.
Cooa Bay would do well to invite those
interested in establishing condensariea
to oar favored locality, arid Marsb field
would no doubt be much benefitted by
euch a plant. i(
I.e-KK nnd Dratorr.
In the "Souvenirs do Mine. RecamierH
thero is n pleasant dcspriptlon of- n
scene which took plnco during her exile
nt Lyons in 1S1U. Almost every culti
vated or fiishtonnblo individual who
passed through thnt city wns sure to be
nttrdctcd to her liouso. xaiinn, mo
trogedinn, happened to bo giving somo
representations in tho Grand tbentor
and wus dining wltb Mmo. Rccnmior
when tbo bishop of Troycs, better
known ns tho nbbo of Boulogne, was
announced. This celebrated preacher,
tlipugh devoted to literature nnd fnmll
Jnr with tho works of the great play
wrights, bail nuvcr bccu a piny per
formed. . After dlunor Talma wna perjunded
to recite, to tho Intcnso gratlflclrtlon of
tho nbbe, pacts, frombls prlnclpn rote
In return Tnlpja beggea tuo ecciqsins
tic to i-cpcnt somo passages of bis ser
mons. .When ho hnddono so, "It is
spleidld,' luonsclgneur, ns far as tliis,"
exclaimed Tnlmu, touching tho chest of
tlio preacher, "but tbo lowor'part of
your body Is deblorablol OleArlyyoii
body is deplorablol Olwirlyyol
have
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Away- .
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Special to the Mall.
Washington, Feb. 0 Admiral Evans
commanding the Asiatic station, hail
Kong or that vIciHitjrj m- $
? "m
Draught
cJm and am plutd to iy Hut I mw
w td aaythkij for tteck that Java half at
good iMuUctlofl. I I if m Way
Hitnd it to aa owwi cf tek.
J. B. BELSMER.-St LU. H.
' Sick stock or poultry' shoald aot
cat cheap stock food anymore tha&
sick jwrsons should expect to be
cored by food. When your stoek
and poultry are sick sjiro them med
icine. Don't staff thwn with worth
kss stock foods. Unload the bowek
and ttir up the torpid liver and the
animal vrfll be cured, if itbepewei-bkto-cureit.
Black-Draught stoek
and Poultry Medicine enlcada tbe
bowels and stirs up the torpid liver.
It cures erery malady ot stock if
taken in time, secure a 96-ceat caa
of Black-Draught Stock" aad Poultry
Medicine aad ltwill parlor Itself ton
times over. Horses work better. Cows
rive more milk. HoasV&ix, Meek.
And hens lay more egffi. It solves the
problem of making as Bioes blood,
flesh, and energy- as poMiblo out ox
the smallest amount of food coa
susaed. Buy a eaa from yoar dialer. :
here;re;:THe;
watches for you.
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The works are ElginOValthani'or -Doe.
bar's, any grade or the you chrose t
right prices.
Watches and Jewelry repairing done on
short notice, and in up-to-dato Btyla,
at tho '
mn
den nnnoo jruiciiy; .;
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