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mi sWfWTKV MmtB WELL INFORMED MZO RLE UK Al Til 13 CXX)8 BAY TIMES THAT'S WHY TIIKT AUK WELL INFORMED. ffinna Halt a real newspaper, independent, aleut, concise new sy and fearless. all the NEWS. HE MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. Vol. W. THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1908. No. 36. SIX CHILDREN BURKED ALIVE WHILE MOTHERS ATTEND SHOW Holocaust Reported at Ranch Home Near Palouse, Wash. TWO OTHERS ARE FATALLY BURNED Attempt of Older Girls to Save Little One Nearly Fatal. (Bv Associated Press.) PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 21. A special dispatch from Colfax, Wash., to the Evening Tolegram, says that six children are dead and two others were burned so seriously that recov ery is doubtful, at the H. W. Schulti ranch, between Colfax and Palouse, as the result of a fire which destroyed the home at about 11 o'clock at night. Four of the dead children are those of the Schultz family and the other two are the children of W. W. Fox, a brother-in-law. The men were away harvesting and the mothers were attending a thea trical perfoimance at Palouse. Two of the eldest Schultz girls at tempted to rescue the children but lost the way to the door in the blinding smoke and flames and were forced to drop the babies to make their own escape. The cause of the flro Is a mystery. INDICT DIE I SPRIfflEL Military Rule Ceases In Illinois Town After Week of Rioting. (By Associated Press.) SPRINGFIELD, 111., Aug. 21. Military rule ceased in Springfield to day, the military force being reduced to one regiment, and the task of pre serving older being turned over to the civil authorities. The sheriff in creased the number of deputies and the police force was reinforced by special policemen. The grand jury continues Its inquiry. Abraham Raynor was indicted yes terday on six counts. He stands for mally accused of murder, malicloui mischief and rioting. LUMBER THIEF LEAVES SCOW, COAT AND CHEST Night Watchman Andrews of North Rend Frustrates Hold Attempt to Get Away With Material. Night Watchman Andrews of North Bend, frustrated a bold at tempt to steal a scow load of lumber from the North Bend Lumber Com pany on the water front there the other night. Mr. Andrews heaid someone loading lumber about 10 o'clock and started to investigate. As he appeared, he saw someone making a hasty flight. Investigation showed that about 100 fet of lumber had been placed on the scow. There was also an overcoat and a tool chest on the scow. The tool cheat had the name "Garrison" on it. As yet, no one has appeared to claim the scow, chest or overcoat and the company la that much ahead as a result of Mr. Andrew's watchfulness. There has been considerable petty thieving around the North Bend -waterfront of late, but this is the first time that any attempt has been made to secure any particular quan tity of stuff. A number of clues are being inves tigated, and some arrests may be made soon. PAIR CHORUS. Everybody ex pected to be present Saturday. North Bend High School at 1 p. m. Marsh field High School at 3:30 p. m. Use The Coos Day Times Want Ads iEAKWATER HERE TODAY Steamship Makes Run From Portland to Coos Bay In Twenty-Five Hours. The Breakwater readied Coos Bay from Portland at 10 o'clock last night after one of the most pleasant voyages of the season. The sea was as smooth as a mlllpond all the way down and little or no seasickness among the passengers. She had a good freight cargo and the passenger list taxed the accommodations, many being the advance guard of the del egations coming to the Southern Ore gon Fair and others to the Oregon Idaho Development Congress. En route down, a political discus sion afforded much diversion for the passengers. The controversy became so warm that a straw vote of a bunch of twenty-one in the saloon was final ly taken. The expression was on Taft and Bryan for president, and re suited in seventeen votes for the Nebraskan, three for Taft and one refusing to express a choice. The Breakwater made the run from the Poitland dock to the North Bend dock in just twenty-five hours. She will sail at S o'clock Saturday morning for Portland. Among those who came in on the Breakwater were the following: E. Averill, O. J. Webber, P. Mizner, Win. Hahn, W. Sorensen, Mrs. Soren sen, W. Betson, E. H. Gartes, H. E. Averill, George Coutts, E. Coutts, Mrs. Jones, Jno. Welsh, Mrs. Welsh, T. Owen, D. Glass, Mrs. McGrath, J. Grimes, Mrs. Grimes, L. Dlerks, Mrs. Dierks, L. Schroeder, B. Planard, J. Planard,' R. Monioe, Miss Piatt, Mrs. Street, A. G. Hoesch, Mrs. Pollard, Miss Pollard, L. E. Pollard, G. With ers, James Worst, D. Attenburg, L. Lawster, Mrs. Clayton, T. J. Lewis, L. A. Oddy, H. Evans, W. Carroll, Miss M. Reed, J. V. Reed, B. Fergu son, Mrs. O. Hodgins, O. Hodglns, Chas Burley and wife, P. E. Martin, J. Pollus, W. C. Bradley, B. Magoon, W. G. McPherson and wife, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Smith, R. E. King, W. D. Outmnn, R. O. McCall, S. McCall, O Allbright, L. Lewis, F. Reeves, J. Drlscoll, M. Cole, R. A. Hutchison, H, McKeever, Mrs. McKeever, Rev. E. Donnelly, Mrs. West, L. Clark, J. L. Clark, J. J. Crofut, Mrs. Dougart, S. Olstone, W. L. Link, J. Humphrey, M. Murray, and C. Cook. Plant Sails Today. The M. F. Plant sailed this after noon for San Francisco carrying a good cargo of freight and a large number of passengers. Among those who sailed on her were the follow ing: F. E. McCoy, Karl Kaufman, Miss Shelford, Miss Pearl Wiedman, Ar thur H. Nelson, F. A. Wickman, Mrs. Chamberlain, Mr. Chamberlain, E. Weeks, Mrs. E. Weeks, G. E. Weaver, F. C. True, M. B. True, J. D. Mereen, Miss M. Kardell, Mrs. Holllster, Mrs. Thrush, R. K. Tllton, Mr. Blair, Mrs. Blair, Frank Monka, A. Brarton and S. M. Jeardean. Pioneer Editor AVrites. Thos. B. Merry who was one of the owners and editors of the Coos Bay News prior to thirty-two yetrs ago still has a warm spot in his heart for this section and to show that ho hasn't forgotten Coos Bay has sent a copy of a valuable work on blooded horses to be given as a prize for the best Coos county colt sired by a thorough bred at the coming fair. Mr. Merry sent the work, to Secretary F. G. Ml celll and it is more than appreciated by Mr. Micelli. Mr. Merry went from here to Portland where he was con nected with the Oregonian for a num ber of years and later went to Los Angeles where he is identified with the Los Angeles Racing Association and has gained a national reputation as a writer and an authority on horses. Use The Coos Bay Times Want Ada LET US TALK IT OVER THE TIMES does not know who was responsible for the passing of the recent ordinance containing a so-called "joker" eliminating the fire limits of Marshfleld. Neither does it know if the act was one of accident or design. It does know, however, that an egregious blunder has been committed and one that should be corrected with the greatest possible precision and promptness. The Times does not believe that the mayor, or any other city official and members of the council would deliberately enter into a conspiracy to throttle the host business Interests of tho city. Whatever errors may have been committed by that body they have always been given credit for honesty of purpose and good intent. From the manner in which this affair has developed it would seem that someone knew there was a "bug Under the chip." The Times takes off it3 hat and makes its best bow to City Engineer and Building Inspector SanUberg for his refusal to grant any permits under the new ordinence until the mayor and coun cil should determine if their act was deliberate or merely carelessness or ignorance. To throw down the bars of fire limitations as this new ordinance does is an insult to the Intelligence and civic pride of the city. Such splendid progress has been made in the last two years and is now in course of achievement that to take a step rearwards at this time would be almost suicidal. The people of Marshfleld are in no mood for "joker" ordinances at the present time. They have given abundant proof that they possess the charity that suffereth long and is kind so long as they have faith in the honesty and loyalty of their public ser vants. If there is any development of intrigue or double dealing to de celve them there will be a demonstration of righteous indignation that will be surprising. It is fortunate that the tendency and possibility of "joker" ordinances developed as it has. It will place the people as well as their officials on guard and demonstrates the necessity of careful reading and under standing or all new city laws. It is now up to Mayor Straw and the council to correct the error that has been made and not deal the city the blow that such a damaging ordinance would inflict. If the Are limits ordinance requires readjust ment and realignment of the territory embraced In its scope let it be procseded with, honestly and fairly and frankly discussed. It should not be entered upon with a purpose to deceive and trick and befool the people. a In the meantime now that it has developed that there Is a "joker" in the deck it behooves us all to watch the game a little closer as it is impossible to tell in advance in just what hand it may turn up. 1 Attorney General Bonaparte and Best Talent Begin Fight to Secure Upholding of Chi cago Case. fBy Associated Press.) CHICAGO, 111., Aug. 21. The gov ernment's petition for a rehearing by the United States Court of Ap peals In the case against the Stand ard Oil Company of Indiana, filed to day represents, it is authoritatively stated, the administration's attempt to save the Elkins Act and Interstate Commerce law from becoming fu tile. T HUGHES TO RUN AGAIN Sherman, Roosevelt and Others Think Him Strongest Candidate. (By Associated Press,) NEW YORK, Aug. 21. James S. Sherman, the Republican candidate for vice-president, today, made the announcement that at yesterday's conference with President Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill, it was developed that a concensus of opinion was favor able to the nomination of Governor Hughes to succeed himself. He said he spoke for no individual. With Roosevelt, Taft, Sherman, Hitchcock and several New York members of congress and other state leaders for Hughes, it is not believed possible that the fight against the re nomination Hughes can gain any headway. In fact political leaders now are predicting that ffi other name will be presented to the con vention. ORGANIZATION OF COOS BAY HOME PHONE CO. W. U. Douglas Is Elected President Copy of Old Franchise Re ported Found. The organization of the Coos Bay Homo Telephone Company was com pleted yesterday by the election of W. U. Douglas as president, R. T. Durett as vice-president and J. W. Gardiner of North Bend as secretary. It was stated at the meeting of the stockholders that the Pacific Tele phone and Telegraph Company would be ready to transfer its Coos and Curry county lines and. exchanges to the Coos Bay Home Telephone Com pany, between August 25 and August w 1ST STANDARD OIL The filing of the petition marked the appearance of Attorney General Bonaparte in the case as well as that of Frank B. Kcllog, who is special assistant to the attorney general. The petition is also signed by Edwin W. Sims, United States district attorney at Chicago, and special assistant James H. Wilkerson, both of whom presented the government's side at the original hearing before Judge Landis administered the famous fine of $29,240,000 against the defend ants, but which was set aside by Judge Grosscup's reversal of the judgment. Court Takes Charge of Chi- cagoan's Line For Benefit of Creditors. (By Associated Press.) CHICAGO, Aug. 21. On applica tion of the First Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago as representatives of the Chicago Clearing House Asso ciation, Judge Kohlsaat has appoint ed M. J. Carpenter as receiver for the Southern Indiana Railroad Com pany, the best of what are known as the John R. Walsh railroads. Car penter was formerly president of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois railroad. It- Is generally believed that this is the final blow to the Walsh fortune which has received some severe Jolts In the last few years. John R. Walsh is now on bail under a sentence to prison for wrecking one Chicago bank pending an appeal for a rehear ing. 30, The purchase is to be con summated regardless of the action of request for a new franchise, the. the Marshfleld city council on the statement that it depended on the granting of the new franchise being erronoeus. Messrs Douglas and Durett were notified yesterday that the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company had unearthed the Marshfleld fran chise in Its archives. Tho copy of the franchise had been mislaid and was supposed to have been lost at the time of the 'Frisco fire. Tho old franchise still has nine years to run. J THE BREAKWATER sails for Portland Saturday, August 22, at 8 a. m. RECEIVER FOR WALSH ROAD DIES LAST Tl W fi. P. 0. ELI Local and Transient Members of Fraternal Order Honor Dead Brother. One of the beautiful principles of the Benevolent and Protpctlve Order of Elks was exemplified on the streets of Marshfleld this morning when more than two score members of that order paid earth's last sad trib ute to a departed brother. Geo. L. Morse, late chief engineer of the steamer Bandon, who expired sud denly in Bandon, Wednesday. The remains were brought to Marshfleld for shipment to his old home in San Francisco and largely thru the ef forts of H. W. Skinner, the resident and transient members of the B. P. O. E. were notified and although the dead man was a stranger to nearly everyone, he was accorded every pos sible honor. The funeral cortege that accompanied the lemains from Mangan's Undei taking parlors to the steamer dock was a notable and im pressive one. The tender and beau tiful significance of these men, many strangers to one another and unac quainted with the one receiving their tribute of respect, and bound only by the ties, of fraternal brotherhood was notable and impressive. A re markable fact was that there were thirty-eight different lodges repres ented by the Elks in attendance and strangely enough only a single mem ber from the Seattle lodge of which Mr. Morse was a member. This beautiful tiibute was the more re markable from the fact that there is not a local lodge of the B. P. O. E. on Coos Bay and serves to add to the broad and beautiful teachings of this order which binds men together re gardless of location. The following Is a complete roster of the Elks par ticipating in this morning's exercise. Thomas B. James of North Bend, lodge No. G74 of Pocatello, Ida.; H. W. Skinner of Marshfleld, lodge No. 3 of San Francisco; W. R. Haines of Marshfleld, lodge No. 17 of Denver, Colo.; R. T. Durrett of Marshfleld. lodge No. 941 of Bonham, Texas; A. F. Medine of Berkeley, Cal., lodge No. 3 of San Francisco; M. C. Smith of Portland, lodge No. 32 G of Rose burg, Ore.; E. D. McArthur of Marshfleld, lodge No. 23 G of Lead ville, Colo.; Geo. Goodrum of Marsh fleld, lodge No. 745 of Crowley, La.; Walter F. Rau of Portland, lodge No. 482 of Clarksburg, W. Va.; F. M. Reeves of Portland, lodge No. 40 of St. Joseph, Mo.; J. L. Gerstel of San Francisc6, lodge No. 142 of Portland; Wm. Hahn of Portland, lodge No. 142 of Portland; A. E. But tner of Portland, lodge No. 142 of Portland; F. M. Parsons of Marsh fleld, lodge No. 310 of Boise, Ida.; Chas. C. Pyle of Delaware, Ohio, lodge 7G of Delaware, Ohio; Glen L. Davis of Marshfleld, lodge No. 597 of Reno, Nevada; J. W. Hildebrand of Marshfleld, lodge 326 of Lead ville, Colo.; Albert H. Gieschen of North Bend, lodge No. 240 of Butte, Mont.; J. W. Flanagan of Marshfleld, lodge No. 326 of Roseburg, Ore.; W. H. Kennedy of Marshfleld, lodge No. 961 of Alliance, Neb.; Glenn Harper of San Francisco, lodge 430 of Fres no, Cal.; E. H. Curtis of Heppner, Ore., lodge No. 358 of Heppner, Ore.; J. E. Cooper of Albany, lodge No. 359 of Albany, Ore.; II. G, Howard of Marshfleld, lodge No. 783 of Marys ville, Cal.; H. J. McKeown of Hlb blng, Wis., lodge No. 1022 of Du luth, Minn.; Barney Cornelius of Marshfleld, lodge No. 187 of El Paso, Texas; M. C. Moloney, Marsh fleld, lodge No. 290 of Waterloo, Iowa; J. W. Lees of Marshfleld, lodge No. 240 of Butte, Mont.; L. W. Traver of Marshfleld, lodge No. 326 of Roseburg, Ore.; C. W. Albright of Vancouver, lodge No. 823 of Vancou ver, Wash.; John D. Goss of Marsh fleld, lodge No. 640 of Hodson, Wis.; Walter Lyons of Marshfleld, lodge No. 359 of Albany, Ore.; Soy mour H. Bell of Marshfleld, lodge mm br w WREAK INGE ON JEW! Revolutionists Dynamite and? Shoot Family to Death. KILLED WOUNDED AFTER M0CK;m Had Them Taken to Hospital" and Later Shot Them- There. (By Associated Press ) ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 21. The? Revolutionists at Yurievaka took: awful revenge on a Jewish familj named Edelstein. They threw two bombs through the windows and' opened fire with revolvers killing, the father, daughter, a woman guest and her child. The mother, son, two grandsons and a son-in-law were wounded. The brutes then nummoned aid, and had the wounded taken to a hos pital. After a couple of hours, the. Revolutionists marched to the hos pital, overpowered the nurses and' guards and shot the mother and son. to death. FALLS FROM TRAIN. (By Associated Press.) ST. PAUL, Minn., Aug. 21. Otto Sorenson, an express messenger of the Western Express Company, was killed yesterday by a fall from his car near Enderlin, N. D. AUTO KILLS One Dead and Several Badly Hurt In Los Angeles Accident. (By Associated Press.) LOS ANGELES, Aug. 21. Josephs? Bobbs, a chauffeur, was killed anoT1 Mrs. Francis Wilson, Mrs. Gradys Price, L. M. Ford and Charles Keene? were injured when the wheel o. the automobile in which they wererinTnEl collapsed. An explosion and nrof6U lowed tho breaking down of. the war chine. BRYAN AT DES MOINEK Democratic Candidate Will Express Tariff Views. DES MOINES, la., Aug21. W. J.', Bryan will open his campaign here tonight with a speech on the tariff which will set forth his views on that great issue and which will be an answer to his critics. Five thousand people are in town from distant points to hear him.1 No. 338 of Baker CRy, Ore.; B. G. Magoon of Portland, lodge No. 823 of Vancouver, Wash.; A. G. Holls cher of San Francisco, lodge No. 171 of Oakland, Cal.; E. L. C. Farrln of Marshfleld, lodge No. 326- of Rose burg, Ore.; P. A. Sandberg of Marsh fleld, lodge No. 403 of West Supe rior, Wis.; L. J. Simpson of North Bend, lodge No. 142 of Portland,. Ore.; Fred Holllster of North Bend lodge No. 92 of Seattle, Wash.; Ste phen Gallier of Bandon, lodge' No 326 of Roseburg, Ore.; M. JT. Mc Kenna of Bandon, lodge No. 405 of Marquette, Mich.; G, W. Bowman of Bandon, lodge No. 763 of Hanover, Pa.; F. C. Simpson of Bandon, lodge No. 646 of Santa Rosa, CaL,-. JV How ard Johnston of Bandon,. lodgo No. 171 of Oakland, Cal.; Fred VamN6r don of Bandon, lodge No. SOBJotThe Dalles, Ore.; E. M. Gallier of Ban don, lodge No. 326 of Roseburg, Ore.; J. J. O'Neil of Bandon, lodge No. 944 of Ashland, Ore, Tho pallbearers were: V. M. Par sons, W. II. Haines R. T. Durrert. Geo. Goodrum, F. M. Reeves,, M. C Smith. THE BREAKWATER sails for Portland Saturday, August 22, at 8 a. m. IS