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' SAY CIRCUMSTANCES ARE EXTINUATING Developments In Killing of Chas. Wilcox at Coos County Seat Yesterday. Tho BhootltiR of Chns. Wilcox nt Coqulllo yesterday by W. It. FooH la nrotmliiB inoro discussion Minn nny i..... ti.nt lidif nr..,........! Iti rinna rriinu i imi. "" "" ww county In yourH. Today It Is nearly tho solo Mioino of discussion in Co- qulllo and on Coos Hay and In many mlinr imrts of tho county. ! other pans oi u.o con uy. I Tl.o developments In tho cuso havo boon fow. Coroner WIIboh Is con- iluctliiR tho Inquest at Coqulllo and nt noon today It had not been con- eluded. Deputy Prosecuting Attor- ney Llljeqvlst Is assisting Coroner Wilson In milking tho Inquest most tlim-miL'li niul searching. I W. It. Footo Is In tho county Jail but no fonnnl charges hnvo been pre-),,, ferred ngninst 111111 pending uiu vor- diet of tho coroner's Jury. I). L. Footo of Mnrshflold and nn other son, It was Btatod today, may bo taken Into custody soon for com plicity In tho nffnlr. I). L. Footo was with his fnthor at tho time tho shoot ing occurred nnd Is Bnld to hnvo been armed with a revolver. Tho fathor used n 110-30 rlflo In slnylng Wilcox, nnd llrod three shots although tho Ilrst 0110 wbl"' "iitered nt the right slilo nnd broko Wilcox's back would have boon fatal. The shotH wero llred nt a distance of nbout thirty feet ami 110 conversation preceded them. Yesterday, popular sentiment wnH decidedly In Footo's favor In Co qulllo but today thoro scorned to bo n noticeable change. Expressions of sympathy for Footo wero numerous but were generally coupled wmi de clarations tl at something should bo dono lo prevent further luwlors ness In this county. An early trial anil disposition of tho case was also urged by many In discussing tho crime. It Is stntcd Mint Foote had appeal ed to Deputy District Attorney Lll Jeqvlst for Immediate action to pro tc'euto Wilcox mid had Intimated to Homo that unlets the law was quickly Invoked that ho would tako the mat ter Into his own hands. It Is nUo sta'ed that yesterday noon ho waited near tho 1-otel In Coqulllo whero .Iiulgo Coke usunlly takes IiIj lunch to sco him about the case. However, he mlssad .ludgo Coke nnd tho nffnlr liud so preyed on his mind that ho wont homo nnd got u gun nnd tho shooting followed. Footo's daughter Is said to bo in n dellcato condition. Rumors nbout Wilcox having previously causod troublo In tho Footo homo aro also rife. W. R. Foote served on tho Jury Mint last month convicted Frank Gnr risen of murder In tho first degreo for tho s itylng of Roy Perkins on Coos Hay a year ago last summer. Gnriirou Is now under sentenco to ho hnuged. Todny, sovoral woll-known Coos nny 111011, declined Mint thoy hnd tho 1 greatest or syiupniny mr w. 11. Footo nnd some ovon went so far iir to offor to subscrlbo money to aid In his defonso. Chas. I. Reigard, who returned from Coqulllo todny noon said Mint ninny there woro complaining of tho slowness with which M'o law was bolng on forced on lawbreakers nnd ho attributed tho demand now for any enrly trial of Footo to this feel ing. Tho announconiont of Doputy Pro Focutlng Attornoy LllJoqvlst In Tho tho cnlilnot are Imminent. Delcnsso Times tho othor day that there wero was minister of Foreign Affairs from flvo cases of alleged stntutory of-iS98 until 1005 during which pe fenscs, similar to tho 0110 Mint cnus- rlod flvo different cabinets came and ed yestorday's shooting, undor In- went. Ho probably would hnvo held vestlgatlon Is also arousing much ' tho ofllco oven longer but for tlio fact comniont. If ho should start tho that his policy, especially In regard nntl-vlco campaign that ho then bur- to Morocco wns vlowed with so much gested. It Is Hkoly Mint It will ba ! disfavor by the Gorman emperor Mint bncked by nubile sentiment to a thtf two countries nlmost came to grentor degree Minn wns over mani fested over audi a crusade hero here tofore Havo your Job printing done at Tlui Times' ofllco. HASH POISONS LAUGH NUMBER OK VETERANS (Ry Associated Press.) LEAVENWORTH, Kan., Jan. 10. Moro than 150 veterans of tho National Soldiers' Home aro seriously 111 of ptomaine poison- Ing resulting from hash served today. A number are danger- misly 111 In tho hospital. WIT DID COL. ROOSEVELT SAY? Former President Makes Talk About Candidacy Report ers Barred. ' itn.Mt'u mi.' imv.tv (Uy AHBOclntcd prc8s.) PHlLADHLPllIA, ln., .Ian. 10. An evening nowapiipor ltu W- ' "rynn ns follows: , .., hnvo ,0t ,iuc,,.(i on ,y Can- f()r tjo nroHl(loncyi , Wftllt a strong, active progros- slvo one. Of tho candidates at present In tho Held, Governor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey seems tho most progressive. I $ am not In favor of nny third party movement." ( Ahhoc,uo,i prcBS to Coos Dny Times.) NEW YORK, Jan. 10. .luat what did Theodore Roosevelt any about IiIh possible candidacy for tho presi dential nomination In his speech at the Aldlno Club last night? This Is the qucBtlou that Is voxlug ninny Now Yorkers today. Reporters wero barred nt Roosovelt's request and tho accounts of his speech given to day by those who henrd It aro wldqly at variance. Tho Ilrst man to leave tho club quoted Roosevelt ns snylng, "I am not ciindldnto for the presidency but If nominated will run." The next man declared Roosevelt snld, "I am not rnndldnte, I will not be ciindldnto. I do not want to no cnil,i,into." Another man declared tnnt nil that Colonel Roosevelt said was, "I am the most misrepresented limn In Am erlen." STUD ENTS KIOII T KlltK. iUfl SOOO OJ BBOJ,I POJUOOSBV .ll) (BOIIIIX PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 10. Fire which stiirled In tho lower floor of St. Rltn's Hall at the VIHanovn Col lego this afternoon, spread rapidly. Three hundred and. fifty students and tho priests fought tho lire. IS French Leader Reappointed Minister of Foreign Affairs In Cabinet Today. CABINET RESIGNS. (Hy Associated Piobb.) PARIS, Franco, Jan. 10. l'lio Cabinet has resigned. , (By Associated Press to Cooa Bay Times.) PARIS. Franco. Jan. 10. Then- phllo Delcnsso, until now mlnlfcter of Marine In tho French Cabinet, has accopted tho portfolio of Minister or Foreign Affairs in succession to Jus tin Dcsulvcs who resigned yesterday. It Is rumored that other changes in blows. ATTITUDE OK GERMANY. Do Not Kvpcct Hi Protest Against Delcnsse. (By Associated Press to Coos Bn Times.) BERLIN. Germany, Jnn. 10. Whllo some papers attack Dolcasso and predict troublo between Germany nnd Frnnco over tho ratification of the Moroccan agreemont. tho attitude of tho govornmont remains tho same ns sot forth In tho semi-official ar ticle Jn the Cologne Gazette In July which stated. "Wo hnvo no reasons for regret If a person with a real personality like that of M. Delcasse should become tho French minister of foreign affairs." D CSSE W A ELM EATE OF MILLIONS IS IN DOUBT New York Equitable Building Still Burning and Whether Billion and Half Dollars In Securities Can Be Saved Is Doubtful. (Dy Assoclatod PrcBS to Coob Bay Times.) NEW YOItK, Jan. 10. Hnlf n billion dollars or moro In securities and lions in tho ruins of the Eqult ablo Dulldlng aro bolng gunrded by 140 policemen and detectives. The bulk of tho Gould, Holm, Itynn nnd Belmont estates and tho vnst secu rities of tho Equltnblo Llfo Assu rance Society nro locked In the mns slvo stool vaults. Uy Associated Press to tho Cons Bay Times.) NEW YORK, Jan. 10. Fire Is still burning In tho ruins of the Kqultnblo building today and tho prospects aro that it will not bo extinguished boforo night. Until tho numerous vnults and safes which wero precipitated In to tho basement nro cold, It will bo Impossible to dotornilno tho fate of $1,500,000,000 securities contained In them. A rigid police line Is main tained on all sides of tho building. The olllclnl pollco report shows bIx deaths, two missing nnd 23 Injured ns n result of tho lire. Whnt will bo dono with tho site has not been de termined. For years it has been plnnned to erect thoreon. which Is Barricades Himself In House Kills Father, Deputy and Wounds Three. BULLETIN. (Uy Associated Press.) ROCHESTER, N. Y., Jan. 10. Lato this afternoon, TwI- man surrondored. (By Associated Press to Coos Bay Tlnicfl.j ROCHESTER, N. Y., Jan. 10. Harrlcadod In a house at Scottsvllle, twelve miles south of hero, nnd arm ed with a revolver and plenty of am munition, William Twlninn, n negro, Is holding off a posse of doputy sher iffs from Rochester who hurried thoro on Information Mint Twlninn hnd gono liisnno and boasted of kill ing hla fnthor wl oso body Is suppos ed to bo In tho house. The posso nttomptod to tnko tho negro who opened flro killing Deputy Sheriff Simon Bornilnghnm nnd wounding Deputies Abbott, Vokes nnd JenkliiB. Abbott Is Bald to bo fatally hurt. Escape of tho negro is Impossible. NntlonnI guardsmen havo gone to tho scene. At thrco o'clock nn order wns ob tained from Supremo Court Justlco Benton for n 0110 pound gun from the atnto nrmory to bo tnkon to Seotts vlllo to bombnrd tho house In which Twlninn Is barricaded. AVALANCHE1 Two Lose Lives When Mass of Snow Carries Rotary Plow Down Mountain. By Associated Press to the Coos Bay Times.) KALISPELL. Mont., Jan. 10. An nvnlancho of snow near Java, sixty miles east of here, last night carried a rotary snow plow of tho Great Nortliorn down tho mountain sldo two hundred feet. Superin tendent W. R. SmU'n and traveling engineer C. B. Allen were on tho rotary with W. F. Brullport, tho engineer, nnd Flremnn Howe. Tho train crow rescued Smith and Hovo. Allen and Brullport wero buried under a gront mnss of snow nnd de bris. Tho bodies hnvo not been re covered. Tho Great Northern is blocked by tho nvalanche and trains, aro being routed over tho Northern Pacific. NOTICK TO TIIK I'UULIO. For tho balance of tho winter, there will bo a boat at tho O'Kclly landing that can bo chartered day or night. J. A. O'KELLY, Prop. CRAZED NEGRO FIGHTSIPDSSE MO the most valuable single piece of property In Now York, n sixty-two Btory offlco building, to cost $2&,uuu, 000 which would mnko It tho tallest and nlost costly ofllce building In the world, but under tho stnto law pro hibiting Insurnnco companlos own ing or holding real estnto savo solo'.y "for their own business It mny not bo possible to go nhead with tho work. In tlio nrpRPiit condition of the rcnl I cstute market It may prove that the Interests of tho policy-holders win best bo served by soiling tho present slto and erecting another building on less expensive frontage. COLLATERAL IS BURNED. Southern Pacllle Loses List of Over 10,000 Stockholders. (By AsBoclated Press to Cooa Bay Times.) NEW YORK, Jan. 10. Hccauso fifty to seventy-live million in colla teral of Wall street loans nro locked In tho vnults, tho governing commit tee of tho Stock Exehnngo announced todny unothcr postponement of one dny In deliveries. Records of the Hnrrlnian railway lines showing the names and ad dresses of forty thousand stockhold ers aro lost. A duplicate set of names without addresses was kept by the Mercantile Trust Co. it is not known If these hnvo been de stroyed. If they are, It will bo no- mannrv In nrivcrtlgo for tllO names and addresses of tho stockholders. COLD IS FATA TO TIMBERMAN E. E. Everts Dies on Smith Riv 1 er While Companion Is Seeking Relief. RQSEBURG, Ore., Jan. 10. Ex hausted and overcomo by tho cold nfter several hours' tramp In tho wljd, snowclnd region of tho Smith river, -18 miles northeast of Gardi ner, E. E. Evorts, aged 53, n timber cruiser of Roseburg, died whllo nwalthiR tho return of his compa nion, B. O. McGeo, of Eugene, who wont to n cnbln a mllo nwny to got matches and kindling for a flro to resiiBcItnto EvortH. Death occurred on Decombor 31, whllo tho men woro cruising n sec tion of timber for Eugono owners. McGee, who 1b aged CO yours, mndo his way to tho nearest sottlomont af ter four days of great hardship and telephoned to Gnrdlnor to summon tho corouor nt RoscburR. Tho Eugono Guard says: "Evorts and McGeo woro cruising somo tim ber belonging to A. 11. Hlukson of Eugene, and the men wero In his employ. The first nows of tho death of Evorts Mr. HlnkEon had was In n brief lotter received Sunday from McGeo, who said that ho did all ho could to keep Everts allvo and going until thoy could reach a sottlomont, but nfter struggling along for days Everts flnnlly dropped and could go no further. Tho snow was two feot deop at the place whoro tho mnn died, and tho weather was cold and raw. Everts Is known In Eugono nnd Mc Geo Hvcb bore. Dr. Hollister of North Bend Re ceives Large Sum In Uncle's Will. Dr. Hollister of North Bond has Just received ndvlses from New York that ho was bequeathed 1100,000 by his undo, a wealthy Now York bank er who died last week. Tho advlso winiA In 11 hioshul'o from tho attor noy In charge of the unclo's estate and was brief. Tho lotter stated that besides tlio bequest of $ 100.000 to Dr. Holllstor, n similar amount wns left' to other heirs. Fred. Holllstor, a North Bond nttornoy, Is n brother of Dr. Hollis ter nnd whether this means that ho alfio will recolvo $10jO,000 Is uncer tain. Tho undo wns very wealthy. Ho visited tho Bay- for a short time a couple of years ago. ULKS ATTENTION! Brothers como up, nnd see the fire chief nntlored. W. C. TIPPETT. Sec. Have your calling cards printed at Tho Times' office. $100,000 TO COOS RAY MAN MORE PROMINENT MEN INVOLVED BY M'MANICAL IN DYNAMIIIS WIN DETECTIVES Companion of Alleged Robber of Bank at New Westmin ster Escapes. ' (By Associated Pres to the Cooa Ba; Times.) LOS ANGELES, Cal., Jan. 10. Detectives are hard at work trying to pick up tho trail of Mrs. Mlna Griffin, companion of Chnrlcs Denn, one of tho alleged robbers of tho Bank of Montreal of Now Westmins ter, B. C, who disappeared yestor day. Tho woman 1b said to have eluded tho vigilance or "Shadows" and departed with two girls, one nbout 17 and tho other not moro Jlinn 12, who lived with Dean and tko woman In n bungalow which tho couple rcntod upon their arrival In Los Angeles. There Ms no warrant for her arrest but detectives say It Is necestnry to find her, hb sho may lend tho searchers to tho place whoro part of tho loot was taken from the bank, not yet accounted for, Is hid den. AHE TACOMA GIRLS. Maidens With Woman Expected to Iti.fiirii Home. (By Associated Press to Cooa Bay Tircea.. SHATTLE. Wash.. Jan. 10. Tho two girls who loft Los Angeles with Mrs. Grlllln nro her daughters, aim II tn surmised thoy will attcillDt to return to their homo In Tncomn. LOGGER IS INJURED. Gcorgo Strnng had tho misfortune to got his l3g broken and wns bruis ed about tho head and shoulders at Conlogiio's camp, Wednesday, whllo assisting In moving a donkey en gine. George was up on a stump seeing that everything was all right and somehow the cnblo slipped breaking a BapliiiR which foil hitting him 011 tho head and knocking him off tho stump. Bandon Recorder. presidentI LEfiO REBELS Head of Chinese Republic Will Personally Head Assault on Manchu Capital. (By Associated Press to Coos Bay Tlmea) SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Jan. 10. Dr. Sun Ynt Sen, president of tl o now Chliieso republic, porsonnlly will lead an nrmy of 0110 hundred thotisnnd men against tho ManchiiB In Pokln. This announcement was contained In cablo dispatches to the Chlnoso Frco Piobb hero today. An nrmy nlrendy Is bolng mobilized at Nnnklng. LOCAL OVERFLOW. Is Iletter. Mrs. L. A. Stcckel of Eastsldo, who has beon very ill, Ib re ported Improving. Tho report that sho had suffored a stroke of paralysis Is orroneous. crlng It. Breaks Legs. C. A. Cordell, who resides with n Bister on Isthmus In let sustained n broken leg In tho Smltli-Powors logging camp tho day boforo yestorday. Ho Ib receiving treatment at Mercy hospital. Loses Finger. Tho six-year-old boh of Mr. nnd Mrs. Horbort Halnos of Isthmus Inlet had tho Indox flngor of his left hand amputated last night. Ills father was chopping kindling nnd tho lad grabbed for tho stick, the ax striking his finger and almost sov- Hoiiml Over. Justice C. L. Pen nock has bound over Andrew Stan buck to tho grand Jury on tho chnrge of assault nnd battery, the victim be ing Mrs. Stanbuck. Justlco Ponnock mado a trip to hor homo to tnko her ovldenco, sho bolng unablo to como to town to testify. Justice Ponnock pavs tho case was a most brutal one. Anthony Stnnbuck, a brother, and Antono Gabollsch, a cousin, furnish ed $500 bonds for Stanbuck. Confessed Assistant of the McNamaras Enlarging Scope of Confession. SUBPOENA LARGE NUMBER AT INDIANAPOLIS PROBE Outrages Against "Open Shop" Contractors In Many States Investigated. (By Associated PrcBS to Coos Bay, Times.) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Jnn., 10. Subpocnns .for scores of persons who nro believed to know about explo sions. In Now York City, In Pennsyl vania, Illinois, Iown and other states wero Issued today by tho govornmont officials conducting tho fcdornl grand Jury's Investigation of tho dynnmlto consplrncy. Muny witnesses, It la wnld, will be culled bccniiBo of tho now disclosures by Ortlo McMnnlgal, the confessed dynnmlter. McMnnlgnl hnB been oxamlnou for threo days by United States Attorney Charles W. Miller. As a former ac complice. John J. McNnmara, sccro 1 tary and treasurer of tho Intorna , Monal Association of Brldgo and Structural Iron Workers, who paid him for blowing up structures erect ed by "open shop" contractors, It la reported that McMnnlgal mentloued men who hnvo not heretofore beon named, cither nt Los Angeles or olsc where. McMnnlgnl contlnuod today to go over his confession In detail. DIG STEEL ORDERS. Unfilled Tonnage of V. S. Company Is Great. (Dy Associated Press to tho Cooa Hay, Tlmea. NEW YORK, Jan. 10. Unfilled tonnngo of the United Suites ntool for tho month ending Decombor 31, 1011. wna 5,081,701 tons compared with -1.141,055 tons for tho month end ing Novomber 30. ALLIANCE? IS Nome City Crosses In at As toria With Her Safely In Tow This Afternoon. Agent C. F. McCleorgo of tho Al llnnco received a tologram lato this afternoon stating that tho Noino City had tafoly crossed in to tho Columbia with tho Alllanco In tow nt 2 o'clock thlB nftornoon. Every body wns safe aboard tho Alllanco. This message will rellovo all anxlo ty felt concerning tl 0 Alllnnco and wi.s weicoino newH to Coos nay peo ple gonernlly. It is not expected that tho Alllauco will bo lnld up long for ropalrB. Agent McGeorgo kopt In closo touch with the Alllanco . Ho receiv ed nnd tent one hundred and sixty two messages about hor, Oporator Moo keeping tho wireless busy and giving excellent service. Nothing further has been hoard rmiramiiiL' iniv vessel sending un dis tress signals off Capo Arago tho night boforo laft. Tho steamer raicoon on route to San Francisco yostordny afternoon inn In closo to tho coast but wns iinnble to find any traco of a vessel In distress. Oporator Moo of tho United Wlreloss Station, no tified tho Falcon of tho roport and tho captain promptly rosponded to It. DENIAL IIV RUSSIA. OnicinN Disclaim Any Attempt to- Gain Control of Mongolia. By ABsoclnted Press to the C.wa Bay Times.! ST. PETERSBURG. Russia, Jan. 10. Olllclnl denial was given today by tho foreign ofllco to tho reports that tho Russian government had addrossed demands to the Chinese govornmont In regard to Mongolia or was planning the occupation ol Mongolia. THREE HARES HORN THREE COXSECrnVH DAYS , v . . !.! Tl.. A.'l I IIV ASKIICIUIt'd llfW T, CHEYENNE. Wyo., Jan 10. - Mrs. Herman Carbon of Choy- enne gnvo birth to one baby' each day for threo consecutivo.l days. T!-o third, a girl, war, norn louoy- 1110 omur i"" ; u . linvK. I -1, i IN COLUMBIA