Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1901-06-27

The battleship Oregon, after an ah-
sence Of three years and three months,
arrived az San Francisco, ard received
a rousing welcome.
Scott Leary, tie champion amateur
swimmer Of the coast, broke worlds
record at the San Francisco Olympic
club swimming tournament by swim
ming 81 yards in the fast time of % l .
seconds.
The S.lrircrs Of EortA America con-
luded their twenty-seeond annualmcet-
ING at Kansas City. aud next year VIII
NEE az san Francisco during the first
week in Jane.
Beuedick W.zsuberger, who shot
Thomas Watson at Susanv!lc, was re-
leased ircu custody after preliminary
examination, rs Justice Masten decided
that Watson WAS the aggress0r.
Almon Wevnnuth, % pioneer coutrac'
TOR Of Liyermor-. CD, committed sui-
eide at bis residence IN that city by
shooting hms-lf in lha head with a
pistol. D.spriion by his wife and
adopted daughter Is given as the cause.
He was about 10 years OF age and q
native Of Name.
At Redland., Cal. a young pigeon in
in its flight caused two live wires to be-
come crossed, which had the effect Of
cutting of the city's water supply for
seyera. hours and mconveniencing many
ranchers who were irrgating IN the
valley. besides entai.ing a monetary loss
to the Edison Electric company. The
bird was instantly killed and half a
dozen wires We're burned out, which
cut off the current.
A sensational mining suit was filed in
the United States circuit court at Mos
cow, Ida. Il is a battle Of the giants.
On one S de are p;tted Patrick Clark,
the noted mining man Of Spokane, and
group Of associates; on the other,
Charles Sweeny. the weli-known Spo-
kane operator; f. r. Culberts1n, an
other well-known Spokane mining man,
and two biz corporations mining in
Idaho and operating financially in New
York city. Clark and his associates
charge Sweeny and Culbertson with
swindling them out of two mining
claims in the Ceur d 'Alenes, valued at
$1,000, 600.
Captain Charles T. Seymour Of the
Sitka schooner Hanna was adrift for
2l days, in which time the schooner
drifted 800 miles to the westward, and
was finally wrecked on the island Of
Kagataska, one of the Aleutian group,
where he lived for six weeks with shell
FISH as his only food. He was finally
rescued by some natives, who took him
TO Atka island, where he was cared for
by Mr.. Dirks, who has a station there,
and also by Captain Peterson of the
schooner Challenge. which belongs also
to Dirks. Captain Seymour, with his
dog, was the only one on board the
vessel.
A blaze at Point Richmond, near San
Francisco, that was visible all around
the bay, destroyed seven places Of busi.
ness and caused the death Of q child
and the serious injury of a man. The
loss, which Is between $4,000 and
$4,000, is about halt covered by insur.
ance.
a party Of miners who were chang.
ing shifts at the Baby Mckee mine.
near Sumpter, Or, found J. b. Conroy
and Herbert Thomas in state Of un.
consciousness. They died about two
hours after being taken out. 1t is sup.
posed that the men We're asphyxiated
by the foul air caused by the repeated
explosions Of powder used IN blasting.
Mayor Phelan OF san Francisco has
notified Treasurer Brooks not TO nav
any demands tor salaries of recorders
copyists who have not been certified
by the civil service commission. Pend.
ing a decision by the supreme court all
doubts should be resolved by admins.
trative officers in favor Of the civil
service provisions Of the charter.
Marvin Ford, the young man whose
losses at the race.trJck forced him 10
crime, was sentenced by Judge Lawlor.
at san Francisco, to ten years in san
Quentin. Lee Leong, Chinese mer.
chant, had been TO the Nevada bluk
and was carrying sack Of coin. AT an
opportuue moment Ford struck the Cbi.
nese over the head, and. seiziug the
coin, made of with 1t down Sacramento
street, but was ultimately captured in
restaurant
a Tacoma dispatch saws that the
Hidah Indian tribe, occupying r,sar. |
vation near hetcmkau, mas declared |
war against the whites Of that section
in consequence OF the shooting of XII
Coon Of the Hidahs by Deputy United
States Marshal Jones. Jones went On |
the reservation t1 serve a warrant
charging Coon with cutting timber on /
land outside Of the reservation. The
Indian chief met him with a gun and
told him TO stay away. Deputy Jones |
returned to ketchlkau and s-cured the /
services of Jailor Williams. Armed .
with rifles, they took up a position I
behind a ledge OF rocks. The Indian .
chief soon came along and refused ~ I
surrender, whereupon Jones and VII. |
liams opened fire, two OF the shots hit. /.
ting the chief Chief Coon fired once
aud then dropped TO the ground. He /
was soon picked mp and taken home by
Indians, who rushed out when thsy .
heard the shooting. They threaten tr
shoot all pro>pectors found IN the
woods
The strike of the Jouueymeu butch.
ers Of san Francisco was settled bya