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(Dimes H ONIA' A SOUND proposition, a AS "THE BEST pilots arc asboro," so the people who can tell you all about the dangers of "wasting money In advertising" arc those who havo never advoitlst-d at all or else adver tised without any system and In a haphazard way. Nowspaper adver tising properly done is never wasted. n? ! meritorious article or a deserving venture will bo benefitted by adver tising and these will always be "made," promoted and established by publicity. A thing that does not "need" publicity, or that would not thrive under It, Is open to suspicion. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. ir: ' THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1908. No. 21. few.- ,."" ff LIST OF NOMINATIONS I STILL SWEEPS LARGE DISTRICT Names of Contestants Entered by Friends In Times Popular Voting Contest, WW1 Vol. II!. iPOILQlilYS AS SOON AS BUSINESS WARRANTS A fc A k Jw E. H. Harriman Gives Out In terview at Omaha On His Plans. SAYS TRAFFIC IS IMPROVING RAPIDLY Magnate of Pacific En Route From New York to Oregon For Outing (By 4 undated Press.) OMAHA, Aug. 4. "What we want Is cooperation and rationalism," said E. H. Harriman today. "When will you begin building operations ..west?" "Whenever the revenuo warrants It. We are ready and anxious to build just as soon as returns from out present lines warrant the build ing of new ones. Although the reve nue has shown an increaso In the last two or three months, It is not to be compared with that of two or three years ago. Wo are doing some building in Nebraska and Wyoming as well as on the Pacific coast now." "How is business in your terri tory?" "Don't call it my territory," pee vishly answered Mr. Harriman, "it's all my territory, just as it's any other man's territory. It's all In dependent." The party was joined hero by General Counsel Lovott of the Har riman lines who went west with the magnate. E. H. HARRIMAN STARTS FOR OREGON FOR VACATION Ittiilmad Magnate Says Ho Will Make Easy Trip as He Seeks Absolute Quiet and Ease. NEW YORK, Aug. 4. E. II. Har riman left hero Friday to spend a month in the woods of southern Oregon. Ho will make the trip across the continent slowly, inspect ing his railroads onrouto. Mr. Har liman said that ho is seeking ab solute rest In his trip to the Pacific coast and will not try to break speed records on his trip, as ho has done on former visits to the coast. DIED TODAY United States Senator From Iowa Succumbs to Heart Failure at Dubuque. (By Associated Press.) DUBUQUE, la., Aug. 4. Wm, B. Allison, United Stales senator from Iowa for the past thirty-six years, nnd who had previously served eight years in the lower house of congress from this state, died at 1:45 this afternoon of heart failure. Ho had been In poor health for sometime, his illness being due to his advanced years. Ho was about eighty years old. Senator Allison was Indorsed at the Republican primaries In June for reelection to the United States Sen ate from Iowa, defeating Gov. A. B. Cummins. Senator Allison for many years has been looked upon as the leader of the senate. Ho was largely Instrumental In securing the passage of the rate bill a few years ago, was credited with being the father of the present currency system and was a prominent factor In all legislation In recent years. RRONSON HOWARD DEAD. Notod Author nml Dramatist Suc- climbs In Now York (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, Aug. 4. Brownson Howard, author and dramatist, died today. LOUIS "iiTnoriLTTEACIIER OF PIANO, First Trust and Savl""." Bank building. W. . L S JUMPS 1 U. S. Land Fraud Prosecutor and Party Have Miraculous Escape In New York. (By Associated Preas.) NEW YORK, Aug. 4. United States District Attorney Baker of Washington, D. C, the United States land fraud prosecutor and his bride of two months and several friends, had a most miraculous escape from death today. While their automobile was run ning down a steep hill near Liberty, . Y., the machine got beyond con trol and plunged over a 300-foot rccIr,Ico, turned three complete "on'craaults in the air and lodged in he bTi-jhs of a tree thirty feet from the precipice's brink and there hung suspended with the top downward. All were badly bruised, but none seriously Injured except the chauf feur whose skull was fractured, had one ear torn off and sustained other Injuries. TO ENDOW UNIVERSITY. Knights of Colmnliin In Annual Con vention Favor It. (By Associated Press.) ST. LOUIS, Mo., Aug. 4. More than a thousand delegates and visitors are present at the twenty-sixth an nual convention of the Knights of Columbus, which opened here today. According to Edward L. Hearn, Su preme Knight, the plan to raise $500,000 as an endowment for the Catholic University at Washington will bo reported favorably. ISSUE President Carey of Union, Or ders Members to Quit Work to Fight Decrease. (By Associated Press.) BOSTON, Aug. 4. Papermakers n the mills of the International Paper Company in various places in New England are affected by the strike order which President Carey of the International Brotherhood of Papermakers, Issued on account "bf the recent announcement of a de crease in the wage schedule. On ac count of some mills of the company laving been closed several weeks, ind others ordered closed, the force of the strike order Is lessened. MINERS ARE CAUGHT. Three In Serious Condition and Two Missing nt Muhoney City, Va. (By Associated Press.) MAHONEY CITY, Pa., Aug. 4. Of the five -men imprisoned in the Knickerbocker mine, by an explosion of gas, three ,were rescued In a seri ous condition. The other two have not yet been reached and are thought dead. MRS. R. E. KING DEAD. Sister of Mrs. I. D. Tettljolin Suc cumbs to Long Illness at Salem. Mrs. R. E. King, a sister of Mrs. L. D. Pettijohn, died a few days ago at Salem, Ore., where she was vis iting friends. She spent the spring months in Marshflold and wont to Salem but a few weeks ago. She had been practically an invalid for a year or more, tuberculosis having developed. She Is survived by her husband an I a daughter eighteen months oid. The little daughter Is now at the homo of Mr. and Mrs. Pettijohn In Marshfleld. Mr. King has been em ployed In Dodge's prlntery. P IU1 FIRST DISTRICT Includes Marshfleld, Eastslde and surrounding ter ritory: Votes. Miss Mamie Mahoney of Marshfleld 5 W. C. Weaver, Sr 5 Miss Lillian Hall of Marshfleld 5 Miss Mary Black of Marshfleld 5 Miss Grace Kruse of Marshfleld 5 Miss Uma Marsh of Marshfleld 5 Miss Gertrude Smith of Marshfleld 5 Will Thelle of Marshfleld 5 Miss Millie Johnson of Marshfleld , 5 Jake Goldlc of Marshflold 5 Miss Maud Painter of Marshfleld 5 Miss Florence Edwards of Allegany 5 Miss Susie Elckworth of Marshfleld. .. ! . , ". . .' . '. 5 Frank Riebe of Eastside 5 Eric N. Bolt of Marshfleld 5 Miss Elsie Hall of Marshfleld 5 Marshfleld High School " 5 Doric Chapter No. 50, Order of Eastern Star of Marshfleld 5 Marshfleld Aerie No. 538, Fraternal Order of Eagles, Marshfleld.. 5 Coos Tribe No. 33, Order of Redmen, Marshfleld 5 Coos Bay Circle No. 164, Women of Wood Craft, Marshfleld 5 SECOND DISTRICT North Bendand Empire: Votes. North Bend High School 5 Mrs. Thomas James of North Bend 5 Miss Anne Flanagan of North Bend 5 Mrs. Hayes Temple of North Bend 5 Miss Maud Coke of North Bend 5 Miss Madge Barry of Empire City 5 Miss Lillian McCann of North Bend 5 North Bend Lodge No. 8261 Modern Woodmen of America 5 Arago Lodge No. 28 I. O. O. F 5 THIRD DISTRICT Bandon: Votes. Mrs. Willard F. Jones of Bandon 5 Miss Mildred Morse of Bandon 5 FIFTH DISTRICT Coquille and vicinity: Votes. Miss Ella Johnson of Coqullle 5 FOURTH DISTRICT Myrtle Po nt: Votes. Roy Haines of Myrtle Point 5 iew York Physicians Declare That It Is First Case Known Of Human Being Born With out Brain. (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, Aug. 4. That a human being can live without a brain was proved last night after a baby forty hours old died. The child was broucht to the hospital when SEAnLE MAN WEDS LEGLESS BRIDE John B. Bahn Insists On Wed ding Indiana Girl Although She Lost Limbs In Railway Accident Carries Her In Arms For License. (By Associated Press.) CHICAGO, 111., Aug. 4. A Record Herald dispatch says a pathetic sight was seen in the county clerk's office at Newport, Kentucky, yesterday, CHICAGO FIRE LOSS $1,500,000 Burlington Railway's Docks, Warehouse and Elevators Destroyed By Explosion. (By Associated Press.) CHICAGO, Aug. 4. Fire de stroyed the Burlington dock and transfer warehouse at Canal and Sixteenth streets, with one hundred box cars. Also elevators B and F owned by tho Burlington, and con taining over half million bushels grain owned by tho Armour Grain Company. The loss Is estimated at $1, 500,000. The fire was caused by an explosion of a barrel of chemicals. Have you over tried a parfalt Flavored In the proper way With Crescent Maplelno It's the best you've ever seen. Better send this paper to a friend but seven hours old. The head was almost flat on top and the eyes stood out from the sockets. It was breath ing normally and cried as an ordin ary Infant. Unlike most Infants less than a day old, It took nourishment greedly. The child died while being fed without any sign to Indicate ap proaching death and there was no struggle. The autopsy revealed the fact that the child was practically brainless. The doctors declare that no other case of the kind Is known to science. when a young man carried in In his arms a legless young woman to the license counter and applied for a marriage license. They gave their names as John B. Bahn of Seattle, and Patil Ruppell of Portland, Ind. The woman's legs were amputated recently as a result of a railroad acci dent. They were engaged to wed and the date was set. The girl of fered to release him from his promise but he insisted that the ceremony.be carried out. She was a very beauti ful girl. POISON CITY'S WATER SUPPLY Attempt Made to Exterminate Entire Population of Mexi- cala, Mex., By Fiends. (By Associated Press.) LOS ANGELES, Aug. 4, Travel ers arriving from Mexico tell of an attempt to exterminate tho entire population of tho town of Mexicala, near the border, by poisoning the water supply. Most of tho dogs In tho town are dead, and several per sons drinking tho water narrowly escaped death. Tho Revolutionists aro suspected. President Diaz has ordered wholesale arrests. THE FINNISH COOPERATIVE Society havo removed their store from tho old stand on Front street into elegant now quarters In tho First Trust and Savings Bank build ing on Broadway. Call and see them In tjielr new homo. AIRSHIP ON GREMFLIGHT Count Zeuphelin Starts On Great Tour Above Germany With Favorable Weather. (By Associated Press.) OPPENHEIM, Aug. 4. Zeu- phelln's airship, owing to a de- feet In one of the motors landed on the Island of Orddle in the Rhine, near here at 6 o'clock tonight. (By Associated Press.) LAKE CONSTANCE, Aug. 4. Weather conditions were excellent to day when at 6:30 Count Zeuphelln's great airship emerged from the float ing dock, at Frlederlchshafen and be ;an its long twenty-four hour jour ney. Count Zeuphelin Is to continue along the Rhine from there and re turn to Metz, cross over Stuttgart and If the weather continues favorable to return to Frledrichshafen tomorrow at 7 o'clock In the morning. The air ship proceeded at about thirty miles per hour and created tremendous In terest and enthusiasm. HAVE FIXE TRIP. (Bv A53nctntpd Pi-phu STRASBURO, Aug. 4. Tho air ihlp nassed Strasburg at 1;14 o'clock going at the rate of 40 miles per hour. A card came fluttering down and reading: "We are having v splendid excursion and are laying our course for Seepllng." The airship has averaged 29 miles per hour, including tho maneuvering. CUM TAFT LOOKS FINE Virginia Lawyers Say Candi date Is In Pink of Condition Due to Golf, He Says. (By Associated Press.) HOT SPRINGS, Va., August 4. About thirty members of the Virgi nia Bar Association called on W. H. Taft to exchange felicitations. Uni versal comment was made among the lawyers on the splendid physical appearance of Mr. Taft who said that he never was In better health. He 3lves golf much credit for his condi tion. Tho early hours, as usual, were devoted to correspondence, afte: which followed a four-mile trip over the golf course. BRYAN'S SPEECH SHORT. Will Accept Nomination In 1,300 Words. (By Associated Press.) LINCOLN, Neb., August 4. Con trary to expectations, tho speech of acceptance by W. J. Bryan will be short. It was stated that by actual count it contained 1,300 words. While the Issues of tho campaign will not be discussed or be gone into at great length, his views are being re served for more elaborate treatment In special speeches, Tho uso of the phonograph In the dissemination of tho speeches by W. H. Taft as reported In dispatches from Hot Springs, has excited tho liveliest interest here. Bryan today gave out a statement saying that tho Republican papers havo been making fun of him for using tho phonograph, but ho pre sumes tho criticism will cease now. Bryan Is much pleased with the deci sion of Secretary of State Junkln, confirming tho fusion arrangement between tho Democrats and tho Peo ple's party which will havo tho ef fect of throwing a largo number of populist votes to tho Democrats In Nebraska. Only Hope Of Checking Conflagration Is Rainfall. NOT A DROP MAY FALL FOR WEEKS Several Towns Still In Danger But Hope Is Held For Them. (By Associated Press.) SPOKANE, Wash., Aug. 4. The great forest Are still rages unchecked through the pine firs east of tho Keoloni path, the charred stumps and smoking ruins stretching for nearly fifty miles along tho tracks of the Canadian Pacific railway. At some points, it is but a mile wide, and other over ten miles. Only rain, can put out the flames, and weeks may pass before a drop of water falls but the worst Is over. A few scattered settlers live in the woods and these have had abundant warning and today the towns are full of hope that the danger is passed. Hosmer has been scorched but now seem safe. Crow's Nest is believed to bo In danger. Michel is in the greatest danger. Even there the lire fighters have the flames under control and unless high winds arise, the town will be saved. It is now hoped that tho entire death roll may not exceed 75. Spokano today is sending another shipment of relief supplies to Fernle. FIRES IN AVASHINGTOX. Large Amount of Timber Being De stroyed Near Hoquinin. (Bv Associated Press.) TACOMA, Wash., Aug 4. A New3 special from Hoqulain says the for est fires north of there, are sweeping through the green timber ovep a path a mile wide, taking everything bo fore it. East of Hoquiam and Lytles two logging camps were destroyed, two other logging camps will be turned unless tho wind changes. Tho Shaw-Nelson Company has twenty million feet of logs in the vicinity of the firing line. Bandon Family's Difficulties Will Be Threshed Out Ire Court Soon. (Special to Tho Times.) COQUILLE, Ore.. Aug. 4. Mrs. Vlnnle Valkenburg Boon of Bandon, has Instituted suit for divorce from Daniel Boon, who gained consider able notoriety In Bandon about a ye,ar ago In connection with tho flro which destroyed their restaurant In the Blackerby building. Mrs. Boon alleges cruel and inhuman treatment and desertion. Tho case will come up for trial at the coming term of" court. The petition for divorce passes: over tho numerous family jars, with which tho entire community in Ban don is familiar, rather lightly. Booir was arrested shortly after the fire,, but was ordered released by Judge Hamilton, and tho grand jury which Investigated tho case failed to report any true bill. Boon then instituted suit for heavy damages against tho city. Boon left about a year ago and his present whereabouts aro unknown. - Hospital Is Closed. Tho Western Oregon General hos--pital in Coqullle has been closed for an Indefinite period. Differences be tween tho owners, Drs. Culln an Richmond, aro said to bo responsUMVs for tho closing of tho Institution which has been doing qulto a large business. Be.tor send this papor to a friend. BOON'S WIFE ASKS DIVORCE S o