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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 14, 1908)
r THE TIMES NEVER. STUTTERS. IT ALWAYS SAYS WHAT IT MEANS PROFITABLE INVESTMENT Advertisers get good returns from announcements plnccd In The Dally Times. (toa KEEP WELL POSTED On tiro current events of the world's progress by rending Tb . Dnily Times. mtma MEMBER OP ASSOCIATED PRESS VOL II. THE COOS BAY TIMES, TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1908. No. 16 ONE HUNDRED ,11 FIFTY DIE IN AWFUL THEATRE HRE fV""'J wffift POME STOPS 1010 10 MOT SHORT 0FF00D WALSH ROASTS GOVERNMENT UPHEAVAL OF JAP OABINE Physicians of Crazy Members of Family Not Allowed to Testify. (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, Jan. 14. Tho de fenso began tho presentation of its caso In tho trial of Thaw today. Physicians who had attended the In sane members of the defendant's family wero called upon, but Invok ing tho rule of confidential relations botweon a doctor and patient, dist rict Attorney Jeromo succeeded In blocking sonio of the Intended testi mony. One witness, a former teach er of Thaw, at Wooster University, declared that tho boy's conduct so long ago as 188C was Irrational. AMERICA IS A JAP ISSUE Political Campaign In Flowery King dom Hinges on the Emigrant Question. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 14. With a full comprehension of the fact that tho Japaneso emmigratlon question is being mado an Important issue In tho political campaign now in pro gress in Japan and a consequent de- siro to avoid in any way embarassin Bertie linpr Forty Days From San Pedro Makes Harbor With Empty Cupboard. Forty days out from San Pedro for Coos Bay with about thirty-five days' food bn board was tho experience of the three-masted schooner Bertie Mi nor which was brought to tho rail road dock to load lumber on Saturday afternoon by the tug Columbia. The boat Is In charge of Captain Dalquist, and was towed the last 28 miles to the bar by tho steam schooner Daisy Mitchell, which went out of her road to help the ship, at a profit. The Bertie Minor, which carries 350,000 feet of lumber, left San Pe dro on December 3, and with favor able gales behind her easily arrived at the mouth of Coos Bay 14 days later, December 17. The bar was too rough for her to try to enter, however, and tho ship dropped one of her smaller anchors about a mile from shore. Before tho bar began to get smooth, the sky began to look stormy and In a short while a gale began to blow from the southeast, shifting toward the southwest in the evening. The captain hnd no time to haul up anchor and he ordered the caple cut, while the ship stood out for the open sea. The gale con tinued for several days and when it finally subsided tho boat was well off the Washington coast. The sh'p beat slowly back to the bar against tho winds and early last week it was discovered that sho was running short of "grub." This mado tho Saionjl ministry and perhaps ! the captain anxious to got in, but causing their overthrow at tho . ap proaching election, the state depart ment is resolutely declining to pub lish any information respecting the progress of negotiations with Japan on that subject. I LaflwCia I i$J H 11 IU No Further Violent Scenes Because of Demand for General Suffrage. (By Associated Press.) BERLIN, Jan. 14. There wero few signs of tho violent scones of yesterday when tho demonstrations for general suffrage in Prussia re sulted in a series of encounters with the police. There was some excite ment In districts of tho city where tho working classes live but no out breaks. Demonstrations occurred in many sections of tho provinces the police being called upon to quell disturbances. SOME GOOD BUYS ESTATE IX REAL Lot 100x200 and two residences In South Marshfield closo to business part of town. A snap for $5260.00. One business lot on Broadway ?750.00. Four excellent lots in It. It. Addi tion ?2200.00. Lot 100x100 and an eight room residence In South Marshfiold $3000. P7 acre farm, 50 acres bottom land 40 acres under cultivation, small or chard, 9 room residence, mllo water front,' about 30 head of cattle go with this place, all kinds of farm ing implements, there Is a coal mine on the place. 4't miles from town. $11,000.00. STUTSMAN & CO. NOTICE All partlett owning dogs within city limits, are hereby notified that they must como forward and pay tho license within ten days from dato of this notice. Anyone not paying license after that dato will be ar rested for non payment. p Dated this 13th day .of January, 190,8. .,' . '.'J. W. CARTER, !- 1 T & .City M-rihal. r'irr .. progross was slow and on Thursday there was nothing but a little meat left in the pantry. Tho crew had been well fed, however, and for a couple of days they did not mind the short rations. Saturday morning tho captain sighted the steam schooner Daisy Mitchell bound for Astoria, and sig nalled for assistance. He was near ly thirty miles from tho bar and the schooner offered to get out of her course and tow tho ship in for the sum of $350, which was accepted as tho captain did not want to starve by remaining out any longer. The boat was brought in and the Columbia picked her up at the bar and brought her to the railroad dock where she will load lumber. It Is reported that -uno-wtier three master, the Lucy, left .San Pedro fifty days ago for the Urn pn.ua river. This boat has not yet reached the bar, and it Is expect'-d that tho recent gales blew her avay up the coast and that she Is at present working her way to port. She was equipped with food for a rouid trip, and it is not expected that sae will run short for some weeks yet The eaptaln of the Bertie Minor sighted a boat off the coast several days ago that he thought was tie missing ship, al though he Is not certain. A dispatch fron San Pedro to Port land states that nlarm Is felt at the southern port foi the sefety of the schooner Lucy, which was sighted off tho Umpqua bar , by tho schooner Caroline several ieks ago as the latter was bound foi her second trip to San Pedro. Since that time sev eral severe storms hati been felt oft tho coast and It Is possible the Lucy may have been blown several miles out to sea. Judging from .tho experiences of the Bertie Minor, which was blown many miles from off tho bar, the re ports of tho Lucy going wldo of the mark may bo correct. Sailors on the Minor do not feel alarm over tho Lucy's absence, as ships come north very light, and only have a small amount of stone ballast. As they are not yet equipped with centerboards, or keels of any size, beating against head winds Is a slow proposition. It Is reported that the Bertie Mi nor was seen off tho mouth of the harbor on December 17 and that Captain McG'eo, of tho tug Columbia, was informed of the fact that she had distress signals flying from her mast. It is claimed that he said that io thought she could take 'care of herself, and tho boat was shortly a fterVard blown to ' sea fy ttie'very .- r i - , , Gas Tank Explodes During an Amateur Performance Trans forming Theater Into a Roaring.. furnace in .Which ( ' Oil V ' ," -.,. Vl V Lives are Snuffed Out Like Candles in a Breeze. -i 1 " 5 i' STRONG MEN FIGHT WITH WEAK WOMEN FOR SAFETY In the Awful Scramble to Save Their Lives Scores are Are V Trampled Upon and Their Lives Crushed Out Many Jump From Windows to Death to Escape more Terrible end in the Flames. (By Associated Press.) BOYERTOWN, Jan. 14. p At 3.30 o'clock 165 bodies had v been removed. Tho coroner placed the number of deaths at 180. reigned. Even men lost their self control and fought with women and children to escape to the street. The mad scramble for exits was simply Jndiscribable. The weaker were brushed aside and in many instan ces trampled to death. Scores of persons on the second floor witness ing the horrible scenes on tho ground floor risked their lives jumping from windows. Several were fatally injured in this manner. Boyertown has only 2500 inhabitants and there Is scarcely a house in the little town that is not affected by last night's catastrophe. BOYERTOWN, Jan. l-J.-AVhen day light dawned the full extert of last night's flro when the Hhodo's Opera House burned was fully apparent. Tho death list is placed at 150 in jured 75. Exactly how many were kiled will never bo .mown for among the victims were & number of visitors who may have no relatives to traco their untimely fate. It is estimated that 400 were in the play house when the explosion of the gas tank occurred. The tank was be ing used in connection with pictures being shown in an amateur perform ance for the "Scottish Refornatlon" benefit of St. Johns Lutheran Sun day school. Instantly after the ex plosion occurred -someone yelled "flro" and in almost less time than Farmers National Bank, Erhans it takes to tell tho center of the. Hardware House, and three dwell- Other Buildings Burned. BOYERTOWN, Jan. 14. About 50 members of tho state constabulary have come here to maintain order. The work of recovering the bodies is unusually tedious and hazardous ow ing to tho fact that In the rush es cape to the floor gave way precipit? ating many persons Into tho base ment. The bodies of these were burled in charred timbers and tons of brick from the collapsed walls. In addition to the opera house the opera house was a blazing furnace. The rapidity with which the flames spread was caused by upsetting coal oil lamps, used for footlights, by persons on the stage in their eagerness to allay tne alarm ana quiet tho audience. Pandemonium ing3 were destroyed. Loss $75,000. Tha fire wis not brought under control until early this morning after the arrival cf assistance from Read ing and Pottstown. Physicians and nurses were also sent from other towns to care for the injured. IS SLATED FOR FINE POSITION D. A. Utter May Become Sur veyor General of Idaho Is Highly Endorsed. With good prospects of being the next surveyor general of Idaho, D. A. Utter, who has been sojourning in BIRTHDAY OF PIONEER LADY I W9v)tL.LaE9 La 9 HUB Wool Growers in Bitter Tirade Against Supervision of Pub- , lie Grazing Lands. (By Associated Press.) HELENA, Jan. 14. The first day's session of tho National Wool Growers' Association was character ized by a most bitter tirade against government regulations of tho public range by Thomas J. Walsh, of Hel ena, stockman, lawyer and late dem-1 ocratic candidate.' for congress, whoso wrath apparently knew no bonds against the action of the administra tion by putting into effect what is known as the license system of grazing on forest reserves. The attendance at the convention was very large, the greatest in fact in the history of the association. After the Invocation, formal ad dresses of welcome wero made by Governor Toole, acting Mayor Lind say, President Pickett, of the com mercial club, and responses by Frank J. Hagenbarth, of Spencer, Idaho. The usual committees wero appoint ed. In his annual address, Western Vice President Wilson, of Douglas, Wyo., congratulated the association on its prosperous past and tho bright future for industry. Tho session closed with the address of Governor Brooks, of Wyo., on "The Open Range." Architect and Builder Predicts Big Growth for Marshfield This Year. Mrs. Esther Lockhart's Eighty Third Birthday Celebrated By Close Friends. Yesterday aftornoon Mrs. Esther M. Lockhart was tho center of a crowd of old time and admiring lady Marshfield for the past six months, j friends, at the home of her daughter, will leave on tho next steamer for 'Mrs. Henry Sengstacken, the occa Portland to return to his native stato'slon being tne oiguty-ihird anniver- and find out how ho stands in this respect. He will leave on tho Alli ance next Thursday .morning for Portland and Boise, Idalio. Mr. Utter, who Is a well known mining and civil engineer, has been endorsed by the congressional dele gation of Idaho and Senator Borah and Hoyburn, at Wnjhington, for the position, which was recently made va cant by the forced resignation of Mr. Eggleston. With both tho con gressional delegation and tho senat ors for Idaho working for his selec tion for this position, It appears a foregone conclusion that he will se cure tho job. Numerous frlonds of Mr. Utter in slty of her birth. Flowers in profusion wero mainly tho offerings of her friends, but a number of more substantials, though not more appreciated, tokons of love were In evidence. Somo of these latter coming from California and elsewhero at a distance. ' A pioneer of 1853, Mrs. Lockhart has over maintained a loading plnco In tho social and Intellectual life of tho bay, and her attainments and forco of character have left their imprint upon tho generation which has been decreed to her. Graciously receiving tho homage of her younger sisters, It was not attempted to conceal tho emotions which tho spirit of their presence this city aro greatly pleased over would envoko. his prospects, and already feel llkol Those present extending congratulations to him. He 'Hirst, Smith, Is' well known here and recently or ganized a concern for the making of brick from materials found In this 3ectlon. heavy galo which sprang up, causing her "to bo nearly another month In making this Jport.' ?"'''. M' i m 1 t nif .I-.." i wero, Mcsdnmes Riggs, McFarland, Reed, Duebner, Rasmussen, Siglln, Kaufman, Wieder and Turpin. A little persistent classified ad vertising wl't And a tenanf'ready for any" property tntnis city while a kreat deal of piaeardlne and "wait ing" xDlgtiViatP P WgHr That the attention of Portland peo ple is being turned toward Coos Bay is very evident from the num ber of people from that city who are looking over the field In Coos county for investment ana a place to reside and go Into business. Arthur T. Reed, tho Portland architect and builder, who has decided to make his homo here, said yesterday that ho was continually receiving enquiries from Portland business men regard ing the prospects In various lines on the bay, and that tho coming spring would see an Immense amount of house building In Marshfield. "Great interest Is being shown in Marshfield," he said. "I have re ceived letters from various people asking my opinion of conditions here, and I toll them they cannot do bet ter than como here and locate. A well known planning mill man in Portland is figuring on establishing a planing mill In this city to make a bid for local trade. A butcher in Portland who does a largo business there has written mo rogarding the locating of a poultry and meat mark et In this city, and tho chances are that ho will establish Biich a busi ness here. "I have also recolved letters from nlno different skilled workmen in tho carpentering and housebuilding lino who aro anxious to como to Coos Bay to live. Interost in this section is certainly growing and tho people of Portland aro showing a vory active concern over tho prospects of a fu ture city on tho famous Coos Bay." Mr. Reed has recently closed his first contract In this city. This calls for tho erection of a $3,000 residence for Pat Hennessey on tho west side of Balnes street, nearly opposite the cemetery, and tho lumber Is already being placed on tho ground so that tho construction will start Immedi ately. Mr. Reed also has four or five more houses In prospect which he ex pects to build, and fio Js now figur ing on tho erection of a handsome ji.ooo resjuenco ror a jocol cltlzon, and' the' home will bo a credit to the wnoie pay, "ftf Resignation of All Members of Emperor's Official Family Averted. PREMIER ALSO RESIGNS! Emperor Refuses to Accept Resigns tlon and Patches Up Truco of. Pence With Cabinet. (By Associated Press.) TOKIO, Jan. 14. Th6 resignation of the entire cabinet was narrowly averted today when Premier Mar quis Saionjl tendered his resigna tion to tho emperor this afternoon but his majesty declined to receive it, while the alternative resignations! of the Minister of Finance and Min-I ister of Communications wero accept ed. The Minister of Justice wiUj combine the portfolio of finance and Minister ot the interior .will com-i bine that of Minister of Communica tions, thus leaving tho cabinet wlthc-l out new elements and removing thai disturbing 4 factors. Tho changes j were the outcome of a discussion oil the budget. SHORT MEETING OF COUNCIL fS HELt Nothing of Moment Occupies tli Attention of City Fathers. . A meeting of tho city council was held last night and tho evening wa devoted principally to discussion of various propositions, among thoi being the establishment of the counts ferry between this city and East! Marshfield, improvements to street and other things. Nothing of any moment was done and tho financial! report is not ready yet. The board of equalization meet ing was postponed until next Mondaj night because of the need for bo-1 curing certain figures which Were not available last night. Uullf UdJEiU; War Department. Sees No Reason foiri Withholding Contract From Them. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 14. ThoJ war department is not informed as yet of the reported withholding of a contract for construction of fortifi cations for tho alleged reason that; the Japaneso aro really tho lowest! bidders. Tho officials say they see no. reason why a lino should be drawisJ on account cf nationality of those who aro to do the work, the natures! of which cannot bo concealed. FRANCE ILL LIMIT ACTS 'Every Indication points toward a K. yv '" " r - Confines Its Activity in Morocco tcx Maintaining Order on the Frontier. (By Associated Press.) PARIS, Jan. 14. A statement published from an Inspired sourco la to tho effect that tho French govern ment has decided to confine its ac tion in Morocco to assuring tho se curity of tho Algerian frontier andS maintenance of order at tho ports Inn accordance with tho Algeclras act. great amount of construction o houses in Marshfiold during the next; few months and after tho opening; of spring," said Mr. Reed. A dist inctive feature of the ' buildings la that they are mostly of a high grade and will add much to the beauty oft the cltw as well as Its growth."