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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (June 26, 1909)
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Eastman, "Lame Bob," the :w York stock broker who murder- i uretty Mrs. May Edith Thomp- cn-Woodill and then committed sui- lt, was burled this afternoon at Hie exnense of Talbot county. No burcb here would permit the body i be burled In its grave yard rnd i found Its last resting place on the ferm where Eastman had made his lomc during his brief stay in this iounty. Eastman was positively Identified j "Lame Bob" Eastman, by his cou- n Miss Vlnnle Bradcombe, a New fork actress, who was Eastman's life and to whom he wrote saying a loman bad killed Mrs. Woodill. p The story of the drunken row tola y Eastman in a letter to his wife as caused much speculation and ef- irts are being made to locate the lembers of a party of four or five eople who are said to have left-here b a launch the day after the sup- o?fd time of "Mrs. Woodlll's mur- er. J. W. BENNETT ON FRANCHISE W LEAVE . TO SEE FAIR Large Number Sail On Break- water Today to Take In Seattle Exposition. The Breakwater sailed late this Itternoonfwith a large number of Wagers for Portland. "The usual ager travel was augmented by f lfe number of local people leav- I take In the Seattle Fair. j Breakwater had a good cargo PsM. C. J. Millis, general er fit tha InnQl rnltntnt. nnd lv " "" '"""' """ "steamship line, who has been S after business in Portland R return on her next Thursday. pong those who sailed on the rtwater were the following: I1- Peterson, Jos. Curon, Miss E. Pi P. Benson, Mrs. Benson, B. "apbell, J. Engleman. Jos. Mau- P. DeBroy, F. DeBroy, Jr., N. "ett, I. L. Sieler. E. Ander- Is- Nemiro, B. B. Sutton, M. C. E. M. Granger, L. W. Ja- uC. H. Freeman, C. Parm, A. ". Miss Tegnell, Mrs. Mc- Frank Ellis. Genreo Oiian- ' Chanmnn. w n ninirinv. ng. Thna nnvlon 17! n To. ru, Mrs. LaChance. Mrs. J. W. tHm, s, Peterson, S. I. Towers, T"5, Mrs. J c. Young, Miss Ida 7ni J- It Smith, Miss P. Hago, 1 Hage, H. E. Jusslng, L. A. Caskin, D. Ward. Dr. Sani A. L. Smith Cl Wtinlnlnv 'H.Emery, j. n v w" t rd. E. M. Mann. W N miiw. 'M- Kirk, Miss A. MeKinley, B Tower. F. Schroder. Mrs. r MISS RadlfiV Mrs MAvora ' asa Perkins, Miss Stella Per- '" S. Perkins. J. Stroyam, J. 16U. Mrs. Matson. Win. p. Knabe, Mrs. Neff. Mrs. an- J. P. Bowen, tany hno t . ejttwpnw -i n. , . ,,. -- jcare in inn UHVU1- Ler d Improvement of Inland Bf J - s a result the empire "feain, m,Iea ot navigable I ' canala Prominent Marshfield Discusses J. M. Blake's Street Car Proposition a weak ago, the Marshfield city I council requested .1. W. Bennett to assist City Attorney Snover In in vestigating the stieetcar fianchise desired by. J. M. Blake. At the time, Mr. Bennett was unable to take the matter up but this week started to carefully examine it. Be fore he had completed his work, it became necessary for him to leave the city but yesterday before his de parture, he gave out the following open letter: June 24. 1000. To the Honorable -Mayor and Cit , Council, City of Marshfield, Coot, County, Oiegon. Dear Sirs: As an abutting prop erty owner on Front street in' this city I have been asked to sign the petition asking jour honorable body to grant to Mr. J...M. Blake, his heirs and assigns, a franchise for a street railway In accordance with your resolution of June lGth, 1900, and while I am in favor of an elec tric railway being constructed on Front street or in fact any other street, there are a few things which the council should consider, , and which at this writing, on the eve of my leaving town, I haven't the time to investigate, but it might be well for your attorney to consider the same. 1. The copy of the ordinance submitted on the lGth of June last Is defective In that It does not define what power can be used and In not providing sufficiently the prohibiting and objecting to use of steam and the use of locomotives burning coal or oil or propelled by steam. 2. The forfeiture clause does not sufficiently indicate time to be the essence of the contract so as to make this provision sufficiently strong as words can make It with the prospects that courts may en force them, which they are not in clined to do. 3. The trestle on Front street in Nasburg's and Bennetts' addition Is only twenty-four feet wide, If a sin gle track Is laid In the center of that roadway It will be almost Impossible to pass the cars with a team, but If a double track Is authorized then I would suggest that until a double track Is laid, one of the tracks be compelled to be laid on one side of the trestle, so as to leave room for the teams to pass. 4. There are a number of pro visions in this ordinance by which it would appear that the city council would have authority to make cer tain regulations and rules governing the operation of the road, but in connection with this the council 1 should take In to consideration the fact that the courts are slow to en force anything which would look at all unfair in the changing of reg ulations mentioned in the ordinance after an investment of several thou sand dollars had been made and even if it should result In litigation to bring it about, the cost would be more than the town under ordinary circumstances would bo willing to undertake. 5. The provisions which say sub stantially that freight shall not be loaded or unloaded from the cars on the street, should be coupled with a provision in case of violation, but I have not investigated the question as to whether a fine could be Impos ed for such violation or not. 6. The ordinance provides for the construction of the road to com mence within four months from the passage of the ordinance, but what shall constitute a commencement is not stated. The commencement might be the driving of a single jillo New Jersey Veteran Discovers $5,000 In Greenbacks In Old Volume Willed Him By Aunt In 1874. CALDWELL, N. J Juno 26. Steven Marsh cf Fairfield discover ed recently 'that 'he was the owner jof nearly ?f,000 In United States 'greenbacks ami "shin-plasters" of I which he had no previous knowl edge, although the money had been Mail in his possession for more than jtnirty-nve yeais. It consisted of about 7,000 bills of arlous deno minations ranging In face value from ' 1 ft nnntc in Cm Hf. lTnanl. .... -. wino lu p-v nil. UIUIOIJ 1UU11U the money between the leaves of an old family Bible, it had been plac ed there by his aunt, Miss Sarah Marsh, who died in Newark on April 12, 1S74. The money counts up $1,867.50. Mr. Marsh left Caldwell to make his future home with his son, Ste Ven Maish, Jr., on a ranch near Den ver, Colo. He discovered his wealth while packing his trunk. The limit ed space in his trunk did not permit LV i R ES W IT Western Union Succeeds In Getting One Message to Coos Bay. The Western Union wires are down again today. This isn't exactly news, because it occurs too often to bo strange to Coos Bay people, but It explains why The Times is short on Its Asso ciated Pi ess news this evening. Just what put the wires down, Manager Otto Schetter is unable to ;ay. Whether one of the atoms of the stieak of rust between here and Rosebuig merely fell out of place or vas forced out by a rain drop has not been reported. Mr. Marsh to carry all he wished. Among other things over which he was undecided was an old brass bound leather covered Bible which had been left to him by Miss Marah. Finally he opened the brass clasps with which the ancient volume was held closed. It was the s first time he had done so since the book came into his possession. Much to his astonishment he found the bllb all along between the leaves. After Miss Marsh's death her will was opened, and one clause of It read: "To my beloved, Steven Marsh, I will and bequeath my family Bible and all It contains, with the resldue""of my estate after my fu neral expenses and just and lawful debts are paid." The Bible and a few hundred dol lars were all Marsh realized at the time from his aunt's bequest. Steven Marsh served as a private in the Thirteenth New Jersey Volun teers in the civil war. He Is now about 70 years of age, and his chief support for a number of years has been a small pension from the government. TO TAKE OP L RHR TRAT RAS PURCHASED LARGE TRACT E News, news, news! It's enough to ghe a man the blues. Nobody mar ried and nobody dead; nobody broken an arm or a head; nobody come in to talk of the "crap;" no one got boozy and started a scrap; no one got run In for taking a horn; nobody burled and nobody born. Oh! for a racket, a riot, a fuss! Someone to come in and kick up a muss; some one to stir up the peace laden air; somebody's comment to give us a scare. Somebody thump ed within an inch of his life; some body run off-with another man's wife; some one to come in and pay up his dues; anything, anything, just eo it's news. YOUTHS WILL GETPARDONS Innis Rose, Jr., and Joe Wil- Hams of Myrtle Point, Seek Clemency. MYRTLE POINT, Ore., June 2G. Innis Rose, Jr., and Joe Williams, who were sent up last fall for the part they took In a sensational local assault case, are expected to bo par doned out some time this week or next. It is probable that Innis will accompany his mother to Klamath Falls for the present while Joe is ex pected to return to Myrtle Point. Fruit growers of California make plea for Increased tariff. Olive Logan, the American author, actress and lecturer, died a pauper. The mortality under chloroform averages one person In 10,000, coxrirrri STOKE. at Coos Bay CASH Considerable Discussion Over Marketing Street Improve ment Securities. A number of citizens today are discussing the advisaballty of peti tioning the city council to amend the call for the special election on August 24 when a bond Issue will be voted upon to Include a provision en abling the city to purchase special Improvement bonds with municipal funds. While Borne claim that If the gen eral bond Issue is floated, the spe cial Improvement bonds will find a ready market, many question the certainty of this. They declare that owing to the present condition of the general financial situation, short term bonds do not find a market on the outside and consequently that they will have to bo taken up by local people. While probably enough money would be put In cir culation here by the redemption of the general fund warrants to take care of all the Improvement bonds If It was re-Invested In them, there Is no certainty that the money will be Immediately Invested. The matter Is being discussed con 'derably on the streets today. All agree that It Is just as necessary if not a little more so that tho spe cial improvement bonds be taken care of as well as the outstanding general fund warrants. PROF. DILLER ON COOS BAY Prominent Member of the United States Geological Survey Here. J. S. Diller of Washington, D. C, a piominent member of the United States Geological Survey Service, and who made tho first geological survey and Investigation of the min eral resources of Coos county and Southwestern Oregon, Is here to make additional researches of this section. While Mr. Diller has not made any public announcement of the pur pose of his visit, It Is understood to bo largely for the purpose of cor recting tho old charts of the miner al deposits In this section and to make a special report on tho devel opment of these resources. Prof. Diller made tho original re port to the government of finding traces of oil In this section. Wheth er he will make any particular in vestigation of these traces now, Is not known. ISLANDJF OIL Steamer Alliance Takes Petro leum Bath On Way Up to Portland. PORTLAND, Ore., June 2G. For n distance of 15 miles the steamer Alliance, Captain Parsons, arriving from Coos Bay, ran through a sea of oil, the contents of tho cargo of Standard Oil Barge No. 91, which was wrecked near the mouth of the Columbia river several weeks ago. The liquid fuel has spread out until It extends from the latitude of Cape Mears to Tillamook, and the sheet is estimated to be fully a mile wide. Until the Alliance steamed through the sheet ihere was not a gap In It, and after she would proceed a short distance the dark oily product would again flow together nnd cover up the path. When viewed at long range the material could be easily mistaken for a sand spit out In the ocean. It was slowly drifting to the southward and remaining intact. None of it stuck to tho hull of the steamer. The captain says it can do no pos sible harm, but he intends to make a detailed report of tho matter to the hydrographlc office. A gigantic uprooted tree was also sighted by the Alliance, which Is re garded"as a menace to pavlgation. It lies In the direct path of steamers plying between tho Columbia river and Coos Bay. This obstruction was between Capos Mears and Lookout. Its exact position will be given Nau tical Expert McNulty, so that mari ners may bo advised to keep a watch- out for it. The tree was adorned with heavy branches, which extend ed far above the surface of the water, and at long range resembled wreckago from a ship. The Alliance brought a big cargo of general freight and a full list of passengers. Before leaving on the return trip she may be equipped with a new propeller. A new wheel for her, built in one solid piece, Js lying on her dock. Her present pro peller has blades which can be re moved. It is believed that the one of recent make will' prove more sat isfactory. N. Nolan, first officer, will sevei rir connection with tho Alliance tluf trip, In order to assume commai.d of the tug Wallula, a position to nnlc- he was appointed by the Port of Portland, Second Officer John son of tho Alliance, will fill tho va cancy created by Nolan's resignation. Story of Big Deal In Circula tion Here Today Can't Be Confirmed. MUCH SPECULATION AS TO PROPERTY Oregon Coal and Navigation Men Don't Believe It Those . Holdings. According a rumor In circulation here today, the Southern Pacific through a subsidiary company lips practically closed negotiations for the purchase of a large tract of land In Coos county. Possibly owing to the fnct that par ties who nrrlved this week from cii Francisco had heard of it there, one version of the report Is that tho Ore- 'gon Coal and Navigation Company's holdings Is the property In question. General Manager C. J. MUlls of the local Southern Pacific Interests, Is out of the city, F. S. Dow, agent of the steamship M. F. Plant, which Is owned nnd oporated by tho Ore gon Coal and Navigation Company, said that he had not heard the re port and that In his estimation it was not true. ' Whether there Is any foundation for the rumor, the next few days will probably determine. PLAN TO PROSECUTE EASTSIDE YOUTHS People Who Have Been Masquerad ing Under Guise of Charivari Party Facing Trouble. It Is announced that tho persons who havo been disturbing two resi dences at Eastsldo by assembling under tho pretense of being a chari vari party, and harassing the inhabi tants thereof by blacking the win dows, throwing down fences, tres passing upon and trampling upon the enclosed gardens, doing much damago, are about to bo arrested and brought before tho county Judgo for the purpose of having them sent to the reform school. Tho injured parties claim that if tho parents will not restrain their children from these unlawful acts of violence, they aro compolled to seek the protection of the law In this manner. It Is an nounced that tho district attorney has been asked to look Into the mat ter and punish the guilty parties, whose identity can bo clearly established. LONG TRIP II . COVERED WAOCN W. 0. Cook and Family of Eu gene, Enjoy Vacation In "Prairie Schooner." W. O. Cook and wife and three sons df Eugene, nrrived hero today on one of the finest outings Im .naglnable. With a comfortable covered wagon to protect them in inclement' or hot weathor, drawn by a sturdy pair of mules, a complete camping outfit with- ?uns and fishing paraphernalia, they are hTJdng an overland trip through Oregon i.o Southern California. They left Eu gene last Sunday morning and reached here today. Mr. Cook sur prised I. S. Smith by calling on him and telling of tho novel trip and asking about the principal points of interest In this section which tney should visit, Tho whole family Is as free as a bird. With no deflnlto itinerary and no schedule that they must make, they aro free to go whither whim or fancy may lead them. There aro no rush drives, merely sauntering along over the green clad hills, and through tho shaded forest road?, fishing hunting nnd enjoying llfo in a way that would make tho gypsies of yore envious. Tho Cook boys aro ten, twelve and seventeen years of ago and tho cost of keeping the larder In good con dition will be merely of powder and shot. It Is their Intention to keep pret ty close to the coast all tho way down In order that they will not on- counter the Intense heat of tho In land country. FISH DEPARTMENT. PHOTO SUPPLIES that can bo relied upon at tho WALKER STUDIO. Sanitary Market Will Add Another Fcftturn to Its HiihlneM. The Sanltarv Market has added a fish departinont whore all kinds of fresh fish, oysters in shells and rnns, clnms, crab, shrimp and k "H-fl-h will bo kept nt all times. T'ie new (U.tinrtinnnt will bo ODPni'd Hxt Tuesday morning, carpenters workmen aro now busy rnoMn necessary alterations Unt'h announcements. and tli" for M 1 h, p V t! l - i Hi i, (Continued on Pae C.)