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ExmtB TALK ABOUT TALKING. KEEP UP TO DATE BY READING THE COOS HAY TIMES. THE DAY'S NEWS TOLD ACCURATELY! AND CONCISELY. I'OU CAN TALK TO THOU SANDS OK PEOPLE EVERY DAY HY PUTTING YOUR "WANT ADS' IN THE TIMES. MEMBER OP ASSOCIATED PRESS. Vol. III. THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1908. SIX PAGES. No. 125. wfflft RO POLICE 1 POISON Unable to Find Definite Clue to Mysterious Death There Yesterday. NO MOTIVE FOR MURDER FOUND Suicide Theory Evolved After Tracing Dead Man's Ante cedents. (By Associated Press.) SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 4. Fall ing to discover a motive for the mur der of Henry J. Boas, the young electrician who died yesterday from the effects of poison believed to be strychnine, the police of San Fran cisco and San Jose, after a thorough investigation of the dead man's ante cedents are Inclined to believe that he mailed the poison to himself, and that he wrote tho letter accompany ing the poison and exhibited both the letter and the powders to at least two witnesses. The motive for suicide Is as strongly lacking as is a motive for his murder. OPEN COQUILLE MILL. Plant Will Resume Operations With in A Few Days. The Coquille Mill Company Is pre paring to start their local mill upon the return of J. E. Paulson from a trip to Portland. Some logs are al ready on hand, but the company has established a camp on the North Fork about a mile up from its mouth where a crew of men are at work getting out logs to supply tho mill. The whistle of the local Institution will bo' welcome music once more. Coquille Herald. OIL CASES Prosecuting Attorney At Find lav Suddenly Ceases Prosecution. (By Associated Presa.) FINDLAY, Ohio, Dec. 4. The Standard Oil Company's prosecu tions in this county came to a sudden termination today at the request of Attorney David that all Indictments be null prossed. David's action re sulted from the fact that the alleg d practices ho sought to control have, it is declared, been eliminated and further that the suits against Standard Oil are now being prosecut ed by tho attorney general of the United States and the attorney gen eral of Ohio and In the federal courts of Missouri. IDAHO STATE SCHOOL B Forty Children Escape From Institution For Deaf, Dumb and Blind, at Boise Today (By .Associated Press.) BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 4. The Cen tral School building 'which was tem porarily occupied by tho Idaho State School for the deaf, dumb and blind, was partially destroyed by flre early this morning. Forty children In mates were being marched to break fast when tho alarm was given and they were taken from tho building In perfect order. The loss is $10, 000. u u believed that a defective flue caused the flro, ED THINK BOAS TO TO GELEBflATE Citizens' League Will Hold Jol lificationSix Or Eight Mills Tax Levy. The Citizens' League at last even ing's meeting decided to arrange a big smoker and banquet for the members to be held at the Finnish Hall, Thursday night, December 17, as a celebration of tho league's vic tory in tho municipal election. It was first proposed to have the mem bers and their wives or sweethearts participate in the Jollification, but as there are over 400 members en rolled, it was decided that such a largo number could not be properly accommodated. T. A. Howard, Je3se Luse, Thomas Coke, Carl Albrecht and J. W. Butler were appointed as a committee to arrange for the ban quet. Most of last evening's session was devoted to a discussion of the tax levy for the coming year. It was brought up by the reported threat of Mayor Straw and others to Impose a two per cent tax levy to pay off the warrant indebtedness. It was declared that the council would not stand for any such levy and If they did, the league, It was declared, would resort to the referendum. However, It was the general feeling that a liberal levy should be impos ed for next year In order to reduce the outstanding Indebtedness and make provision for the development of the city. S. B. Cathcart and F. M. Frledberg thought that six mills would probably be enough. Henry Sengstacken said that. five or six mills would be ample. Eugene O'Connell said that he would be in favor of a liberal levy, six or eight mills. He said that the league members should not make a mls'ake by trying to retrench so much as to I Impede the progress of the city. He , urged that the street improvements and municipal Improvements be con tinued as fast as possible. This deplaratlon was warmly applauded. Nels Uasmussen declared that lie be lieved as Mr. O'Connell does. I. S. Smith, C. H. Marsh and others made talks along similar lines. However, it was decided that befo're tho lea gue should go on record that it should have the figures, now being compiled In tho city recorder's of fice, of tho cost of running tho vari ous, departments the past year. Someone stated that the present council would not fix any levy, tlnu cutting off the city's Income and em barrassing the candidates which the league has elected for the ensuing year. This was declared to be without foundation. It was decided to make tho Citi zens' League a permanent organiza tion to hold meetings at least once a month to discuss municipal affairs. To do this, S. B. Cathcart, R. A. Copple and V. M. Frledberg were appointed a committee on by-laws. C. A. Johnson 'will continue as chairman and F. W. Reeder as sec retary, F. W. Reeder reported that Col. Wm. Grimes had asked him to have the league contribute to the fund to send representatives to Washington and Salem to secure appropriations for tho development of Coos Bay and make other arrangements. He said that he had invited Mr. Grimes to be present and state the matter before the league but as Mr. Grimes failed to respond, the matter was not taken up. SULTAN COMES TO TIME. New Ruler of Morocco Concedes ( All Points. (By Associated Press.) PARIS, Dec. 4. It was announced today that Mulal Haffld, the new Sul tan of Morocco, has'definltely ac cepted the Algeciras act and the at tendant conditions laid down by the powers for the recognltlpn pf his sultanate. H WITH SPREAD MOVING PICTURE Sixty-Five Families Homeless at Centralia, Pa., as Result of Conflagration Starting In Theatre. ( By Associated Press.) CENTRALIA, Pa., Dec. 4. Slxty- E Coos Bay Home Telephone Leases Quarters In First Trust and Savings Building The Coos Bay Home Telephone Company has leased eight rooms on the second floor of the First Trust and Savings Bank building for a period of ten years as quarters for the exchange and ofilces of the com pany. The company expects to oc cupy the now quarters on or before January 1. The lease covers eight rooms in the northwest corner of tho second floor of the building. As the struc ture Is of fireproof construction and la the center of the business district, It will lie decidedly advantageous to the company. The reconstruction of the telephone exchange necessitated by the Installation of the common battery system will enable them to change over to the new quarters without much difficulty. The new quarters are much more commodious than the ones now oc cupied by the company on Front street and President Douglas and Manager Durrett are lilghly pleased over securing them. Life Insurance Presidents Hold Memorial Session For Former Executive. fBv Associated Press.) NEW YORK, Dec. 4. Notable ex ercises In memory of the late Grover Cleveland, ex-President of the United States, constituted the open ing session of the Association of Life Insurance Presidents of which he was chairman during the year and a half of the time of it? organization up to his death. Tho program con sisted of nddresses by President Paul Morton of the Equitable Life Assurance Society and Dr. John R. Flnley president of the College of tho City of New York, the reading of let ters from former vice-president Adlai E. Stevenson, Governor Hoke Smith and Hilary A. Herbert, members of Cleveland's cabinet. MONKEYS, SQUIRRELS DENTISTS IN AFRICA Fill Each Other's Teeth With a Blue Clny Containing Creosote ami Often Kill Nerves. '" CHICAGO, Dec. 4. Monkeys and the large gray squirrels that overrun tho jungles of Africa aro their own dentists. They fill each other's teeth with consummate skill and often kill an aching nerve. At least this is what Dr. L. Frank Derby Pierce, of West Roxbury, Mass,, says, and he is going to lecture before Chi cago dentists on the subject. Dr. Pierce, who spent several years In the jungles of Africa, says that monkeys and squirrels have dis covered a blue clay, much the samo In color as that which covers tho diamond fields, and In this clay is a large percentage of creosote. When the animals have the toothache they plaster this clay into tho cavity as a remedy. Tho creosote often kills'the offend ing nerve. AVANTED Some one to win $10 In cash, by making a score of 250 out pf a possible 300 at the Amerl cao Bo BallPariprs. NEW 1 PHONE COMPANY PAT TRIBUTE TO CLEVELAND SHOW FIRE BAD fivo families are homeless as a re sult of a fire which last night wiped out three squares in the heart of the town. The blaze started In a moving-picture show. Tho loss is $100,000. That no lives were lost is considered miraculous. BOKSJCCUSED Otto Epps and Hardman Youth From Bandon Wanted At Roseburg. ROSERURG, Ore., Dec. 4. Frank Laird, who claims to bo 18 years of age, but who looks younger, was ar rested by Sheriff Fenton, near Res ton, 20 miles west of here, and brought to Roseburg and locked up In the county jail to await a hear ing before Judge Wonocott, in the Juevnllo Court. Young Laird is accused of entering a school house at Reston last Sunday and committ ing an unprintable act, besides shoot ing holes through the stove pipe with a revolver. Two other boys, Otto Epps, aged 15, and another named Hardman, aged about 20, are alleged to have participated In the affair, and may be arrested also, this depending on the statement that Laird will make. Laird and Epps ran away from their home in Bandon, Coos county, about six weeks ago, going to Brewster Valley and camping near Bert Campbell's place. They manag ed to eke out an existence by hunt ing and trapping. HaTdman lives near Reston with his parents. SH! OFF VENEZUELA Holland Sends Vessels to Make President Castro Come to Time. (By Associated Press. ) WILLEMSTAD, Dec. 4. Three Dutch warships, the battleship Jacob Van Hoemskerk and the cruisers Frlesland and Gelderland have made a demonstration against Venezuela. Together they steamed yesterday along tho coast from Puerto Cabello to La Guira at a distance of 3,000 7ards from the shore. The battle Yhlp Jacob Van Heemskerk returned hero this morning. Tho cruisers are going to Maracalbo to make similar demonstrations. BANKER IS CONVICTED. J. II. Parker of Raker City, Held For Perjury. PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 4. J. II. Parker, former vice-president of tho First National Bank of Baker City, was found guilty by a jury of perjury In connection with his filing on a tipiber claim. No further action was taken in tho case. The prosecution contended that Parker violated tho law In Bwearlng to a non-mlncral af fidavit. Tho trial of the Baker City bank er grew out of a filing on a timber claim in Baker county by Parker on Which tho Buffalo Gulch mines were being operated by Fred Wunder. Wunder complained to tho govern ment and tho matter was laid bo fore tho federal grand Jury and an Indictment resulted. It Is alleged by the government that Parker knew of the Wunder mining operations when ho mado oath that the land was more valuable for its timber than for its minerals. It was brought out during tho testimony that tho most money taken out of tho placor mines In ono year was $000, whllo tho avorago yield of gold oach year was a good deal loss than that amount, Steamer DREAKAVATER sails from Coos Bay for Portland SAT URDAY, DECEJU1ER 5, at 8 A. M. UN DUTCH STEAMER S00 CITY REPORTED LOST ON ATLANTIC COAST NEW CAPTAIN FORjLLIANCE Edward D. Parsons, Weil Known Mariner, to Succeed B. W. Olson December 11. Captain Edward D. Parsons, for years connected with the Pacific Coast Steamship Company, has been selected to succeed Captain B. W. Olson as master of the steamnhlp Alliance on the Portland-Coos Bay run. Captain Parsons will join the Alliance at Portland and come to Coos Bay on her tomorrow and will relievo Captain Olson about Decem ber 11, when Captain Olson will suc ceed Captain Nelson on the Nann Smith. The selection of Captain Parsons to succeed Captain Olson camo as a great surprise to local people. Tho Intelligence was conveyed In a tele gram received by Agent H. W. Skin ner this afternoon. Captain Parfons has been Iden tified with shipping on the Pacific coast for many years and Is con sidered ono of the ablest mariners on tho northwest coast. For three years, he was master of the Pomona on the San Francisco-Eureka run, for four years on the State of Cali fornia plying between San Francis co and the Columbia river and was master of tho George W. Elder when It was plying between San Fran cisco and the Philippines as a gov ernment transport. Recently Captain Parsons has been port captain and representative of the Alaska Canners- Association Nome, Alaska. at "HOME SWEET HOME" REUNITES TWO BROTHERS Novel Story of Long Separated Rela tives HeiiiK Hi-oiiuht Together By Melody. CHICAGO, Dec. 4. The strains of "Home, Sweet Home" from a wheezy saloon piano caused tho reuniting of two brothers who had not seen each other for twenty-six years. Joseph Johnson, a wealthy cattle raiser of Nome, Kan., was passing by a saloon when he heard someone pounding out the famous old tune. Home to Johnson had meant almost any part of tho world until a few years ago when ho settled down In Kansas. He wont Inside tho saloon and looked into tho eyes of tho bartend er who was also gazing fixedly at him. A few seconds of this gazo and with ono accord their hands clasped. "Jack!" "Joe!" And as tho tones of "Home, Sweet Home," continued tho two men told' each other of their adventures, Jack, tho bartender and a soldier in tho Spanish-American war, a sailor and rt dozen other things, and Joe, tho other, In almost as many fields of en deavor until ho finally went to Kan sas. ED. AASEN HURT. Well-Known CoqiilIIu Logger (alim Injury. COQUILLE, Ore,, Dec. 4.- SlIH- Ed. Aasen, foroman of tho Aason Bros.' logging camp on Rtnck creek, met with an accident which might have cost him a log. As it was ho hnd ono of his lower limbs badly Jam med from tho knee down and a blood vessel was ruptured. Ho was caught between two logs whllo attempting to move ono of them with a beckott, and has since been confined to his bed. PRICE OF LOGS GOES UP ABERDEEN, Wnsh., Doc. 4. -Logs advanced $1 por thousand, and lum bor will go up accordingly, It Ik claimed thero is not mpra, than, 4, 000,000 feet of logs on Grays Harbor. Wreckage and Belongings of Craft Sighted Near North Sydney, N. B. MEMBERS OF CREW UNACCOUNTED FOR Twenty-Eight May Be Lost No Passengers On Vessel From Great Lakes. (By Associated Press.) NORTH SYDNEY, N. B.f Dec A. It Is reported that a largo amount of wreckage and furniture, including a steamer's cabin and sixty life-pro-servers bearing tho name "Soo Cits.' were found near Cape Race. ROUND TO NEW YORK; Steamer Soo Clly Left Michigan City November 13. (Bv Associated Press.) NEW YORK, Dec. 4. Tho "Soo City" was bound from ports on tho great lakes to New York and was last reported November 11 at Og densburg. She usually carried a crew of twenty-eight men. She was consigned to T. H. Franklin of this city at whose ofllco it was stated that no passengers were on board. Tho "Soo City" left Michigan City, Mich., for tho Atlantic ocean No- vember 13. WAS RECENTLY SOLD. Soo City Carried Fourteen When Sho Left Chicago. (By Associated Press.) CHICAGO, Dec. 4. Tho Soo City' carried a crew of fourteen men when she left Chicago. She was commanded by Captnln J. G. Dillon. Sho -was valued at $35,000 and had recently changed ownership. Conference of Powers Is Being Held In London Today. (By Associated Press.) LONDON, Dec. 4. A conferenco of the powers called by Great Britain, for tho purpose of framing a codo of laws for naval warfaro and for tho formation of an international ' prize court as recommended by tho Hague congress, opened at tho For eign Ofllco today. Tho governments participating have prepared a list of subjects to be considered and discussed. Tho United States, France, Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary, Rnzsia,. Spain, Holland, and Japan will be . represented. TO CHADWICK Gov. Meade of Washington, Would Appoint Colfax Man Supreme Judge. (By Associated Press.) COLFAX, Wash., Dec. 4. Judgn Stophen J. Chadwlck declines to state whether or not ho will accept tho appointment of supreme judgo offered him by Governor Mflnde to fill tho vacancy caused by tho resig nation of Judne Milo A. Root owing to tho complications which might re sult from his .acceptance. Ho Is go ing to 01ynpla to arrange somo plan of action. ,- WILL DISCUSS ML WARFARE DO m