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MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS.
VOL II.
MARSHFIELD, OREGON, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1907.
No. 80.
UNDAY
EDITIOM
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S. HE'S
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Mrs. Waymire Gives Her Ac
count of "Tragedy" in
Mayor's Office.
CALLED HER "MY CHILD"
Mayor Lnnc Gavo Woman Fatherly
Advice Advised Her Not to
Dwm Loud.
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FAINTS AFTER SPEECH.
Memphis, Oct. 5. John I.
Vance, president of the Ohio
River Improvement Association
collapsed as a result of an at-
tack of vertigo, shortly after
finishing a speech before the
Waterways Convention here to-
day. He later Tevlved com-
pletely. Governors Broward, of
Florida, Plndall. of Arkansas.
Burke, tjf North Dakota and
Chamberlain, of Oregon, were
speakers today. It was decided
to hold the next convention in
Chicago In 1898.
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11 BRANCH
TO EfERUSHED
Five Thousand Men Will Push
Construction of Line
Next Spring.
Portland, Oro., Oct. 5. Perfectly
self-possessed and speaking In even
tones, Mrs. Rose Waymire took tho
stand inthe municipal court at 2
o'clock and gave her version of tho
affair in Mayor Lane's office a jveek
ago tonight. She "took the stand,
and Judge Cameron inquired of her
attorneys whether they waived the
to usual instructions. Attorney Fouts
replied, "Yes" and then changed
E his mind and declared that they
waived nothing.
The woman said her name was
Mrs. Rose Waymire and that she wasask-Sd me lf x heard from home
20 years old. In reply to questions
from Fouts she said she weighed
136 pounds and had never taken any
athletic exercise.
"I first met Mayor Lane in his
private office at the city hall about
two months ago," she said, "when I
was In trouble and went to him to
see whether I could recover my
baby, which I had given my husband
when I separated from him. Tho
mayor called me 'my child,' and
asked what he could do for me, and
I explained the circumstances. He
gave me a lot of good advice and
said he would investigate my case,
telling me ho would speak to Mrs.
Trumbull and would inquire con
cerning me at the Hazelwood, where
I was then working.
"While I was In his office another
woman entered tho reception room,
and tho mayor said he would see mo
some other time, as he wanted to
have a long talk with me. Then he
changed his mind, and had me step
into another room while ho talked
to the strange woman. When he re
turned he said the other woman was
a bad character, and that she wanted
to open a house and wanted him to
Eire her. protection."
This statement brought objections
from tho prosecution, but the court
ruled that tho woman might as well
tell her story in her own way, and
Mrs. Waymire continued.
"Mayor Lane gave me some good
advice. Ho told me not to dress
loud. He said 'Girl, dress plain, for
some women dress loud and attract
attention. It is better to dress plain,
and do so tho next time you call.'
I was wearing rather conspicuous
clothes that day, and I agreed to act
on his suggestion the next time I
called.
"I stayed about 10 minutes, and
the mayor asked me how I was feel
ing, and If I made up my mind to get
my baby to come back and see him
again, but in the Hamilton building,
where he had a private office, krfpt
by him as a doctor.
"At my next visit to him I called
at the Hamilton building. Ho re
ceived me and locked the door. He
asked me If I were still working and
if I still longed to get my baby. He
said ho was glad to see me and bade
me come any time.
"In my fourth visit to him he In
creased his friendliness toward me
and called me 'girlie and 'my child.'
He showed greater sympathy for me
and told me to be sure to come back.
"My next visit was three or four
days later, and he gave me tho same
advlco about the baby.
"Ho still postponed the writing of
the lettei he promised to give me. In
the visit I told him my mother in
tented to come west. He then be
gan to tell mo of his own life, and
his childhood history, showing me a
picture of himself as a boy. He
asked me if I did not think he was
pretty well built for a man 20 years
old.
"Then He told me how good I was
and that I deserved kind treatment.
"Monday, ten days before the af
fair In his office, I met him In tho
ball as he "was about. to- talcs tho
elevator. Ho said: 'Hello, girlie,
Don't be in a hurry, honey; come
back and sit down.' Then ho asked
mo to come the next day.
"I came Tuesday and when 1 was
ready to go ho told me not to be in
a hurry and insisted upon me sitting
down on tho couch. That day he
put his hand on my shoulder and
tried to kiss me. I pulled away and
ho caught my skirts. I told him ho
had always given me good advlco and
that I should be hit in the head with
a brick for bothering him."
Mrs. Waymire then corroborated
the testimony of the mayor regard
ing the letter of recommendation.
"When I went to the mayor's of
fice, in tho city hall, Thursday, he
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FORTY MILES ARE CLEARED
Dozen Steel Bridges to Be Construct
ed Between Drain and Elk-ton.
told him I had not, and asked him
for tho letter he had promised to
give me. He replied that It would
bo ready for mo Saturday and asked
mo to call at his office for it at that
time.
"When I suggested that probably
he would not be In his office at that
time he said: 'I wil'l this time.'
"When I was in his office Thurs
day afternoon a strange woman
called on the mayor, and he asked
mo to retire to his private room for
a few minutes. When she left, he
told me that the visitor was a bad
woman and that she had come to
him to solicit protection.
"When I started to go he said:
'Don't hurry, honey,' and talked
very affectionately. As I neared the
door of the office he pulled mo back
and sat mo down on the couch. I
started to pcream and he laid his
hand on my mouth, saying that If I
made an outcry It would rouse all
the occupants in tho building. But
I 'managed to get free from him and
screamed. This was followed by the
breaking In of the glass door and
the entrance of tho men outside."
Mrs. Waymire testified that she is
to bo married to Bell, tho Jeweler,
Just as soon as sho able to secure a
divorce from her present husband.
6. .-6oYlyJarepuKsso"anH'o-yir rf
HAD SOCIAL TIME
AT MRS. WHEELER'S
B. r. P. U. Meet in West Marshfleld
And Spend a Very Pleasant
Evening.
Regular business meeting of the
B. Y. P. U. was held Friday even
ing at the residence or Mrs. Fannie
Wheeler, in West Marshfleld. There
were about fifty young people pres
ent, and the meeting was interesting
from tho very beginning. Follow
ing the regular routine of business
was the election of officers for the
ensuing year. They were Claude
Stutsman, President; Charles Reh-
feld, vice-president; Miss Clara Reh
feld, secretary; Miss Mamie Gulov
son, corresponding secretary, and
F. M. Stewart, treasurer. Several
new members were taken in and the
final act of business, showing pro
gressiveness of tho Union, was the
decision to purchase an organ for
their exclusive use. The remainder
of the evening was spent In playing
games which had been especially
prepared by Mrs. Wheeler and her
niece, Miss Franz.
There were several guessing con
tests, all of which were very enter
taining and enjoyed by all. At the
close of the contests the winners
were announced and the prizes
properly and rightfully awarded(?)
At a late hour refreshments were
served, after which the crowd dis
persed, unanimous in tho opinion
that Mrs. Wheeler and Miss Franz
are royal entertainers. .
(Oregon Journal.)
A party of 10 teamsters shipped
yesterday by the Hansen Employ
ment agency completed an allotment
of 100 men sent from Portland dur
ing September for work on the Ore
gon "Western railway, known aa the
Drain-Coos Bay extension of tho
Southern Pacific. Tunnel work and
considerable haullns of materials
and equipment to storage stations
will be continued until spring, when
the Southern Pacific will, it Is said,
put on forces numbering 4,000 or
5,000 men and push construction of
the line through to the coast.
The route to be taken by the road
after it leaves the Umpqua river for
the south is not yet definitely known.
Engineers are at work locating new
lines, and the right of way men fol
low them up and purchase ground
as fast as permanent locations aro
adopted.
Bridge Proposition Abandoned.
A continuous rlgnt of way from
Drain to Reedsport has been pur
chased, also large- fetation grounds
at five-mile intervals, for local ter
minal facilities. At these po!nt3
buildings have been moved off and
the ground is being placed In readi
ness for sidetracks. No right of
way from Umpqua southward has
been acquired.
It is alleged that an attack madej
by Coos Bay interests upon the pro
position to bridge Coos Bay and put
the line straight through North Bend
and Marshfleld, has oeen accepted by
the railroad people as an unfriendly
challenge, and engineers have boon
recalled. What will eventually be
done with regard to tho Coos Bay
route is not evident to anyone, out
side of the railroad councils.
The Coos Bay people aro disposed
to protect their harbor from any
possibility of being bottled up, and
it is said they will make a strong
effort to preserve the water front
along the bay from uelng monopol
ized by one railroad.
About 10,000 tons of steel rails
and track fixtures have been deliv
ered at Drain and South Drain,
where yards have been constructed
and storage facilities provided.
Every week the company is adding
to these supplies, and there is every
indication that .elaborate prepara
tion? are to bo made during the win
ter season for building the lino
through to the coast next year.
Grading work has been done at
dlffsrent points for about 12 miles,
and a bridge built across Elk creek.
Steel bridges for the first 20 mlle3
of the road are arriving at Drain
and being Btored until such time as
tracklaying provides means of trans
porting them to their locations.
WILL HELP UNFORTUNATE
New York, Out. B. A fund
of several thousand dollars has
been raised for Bertha Claiche,
' who is serving a two years
term in the Bradford reforma-
tory for killing Erall Gorgon,
her former sweetheart, who she
declared had enslaved her in
this city. The money will be used
in fixing up a little dressmak-
ing establishment for tho young
woman. She will be free in
a few weeks.
IOFFICERS II
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Beyond the first 20-mllo section
tho needed equipment and supplies
are Doing brought from the mouth
of the Umpqua. Tho railroad com
pany has constructed a wharf at
Gardiner for the landing of con
struction material. A force of men
under the direction of Engineer
.Christy, with headquarters at Gardi-
rner, is towing supplies up the Ump
qua river to Scottsburg, where stor
age warehouse and yard facilities
ave been provided.
Have Evidence Which Implies
That Brown's Assassins
Are in Baker City.
ONE DRESSED A9 A WOMAN
Bought Kltnonn at Local Store-
Was Seen Evoing of
Tragedy.
ENGINEER A GRAFTER.
Topeka, Oct. 5. Tho city to-
day brought suit against James
A. McCabe, former city ongl-
neer, for $15,851, charging him
with grafting In connection
with sewer construction work.
Shortly after McCabo's last ap-
polntment as engineor, ho was
accused of crooked work, sus-
pended and finally dismissed.
ST. PAUL MAN GIVES
VIEWS OF COOS BAY
J "I have been looking over Oregon,"
paid W. S. Mills, of St. Paul, Minne
sota, at the Chamber of Commerce
yesterday. "What I came down to
Coos Bay for was to see whether I
Baker City. Or.. Oct. 5. The au
thorities seem narrowing down on
various clues m me Brown murder
case and believe that three men ar
ranged tho plot which resulted in
the death of Harvey K. Brown. They
have discovered that three men
visited a store tho day before tho
murder and purchased a kimona, and
it is learned from a reliablo source
that a person wearing Buch a gar
ment was seen near Brown's house
shortly before tho bomb was ex
ploded. The "woman" and tho two
men who accompanied "her" at
tracted tho attention ot several peo
ple who aro coming forward with
statements of the circumstance. The
authorities seem to have good rea-
had a right to believe that you
would be tho second city in Oregon son to bellevo that arrestB aro to be
In population and wealth," Some- made shortly, though owing to the
body suggested that Coos Bay would various circumstances and necessity
be the first city not the second.
"That may be so," continued Mr.
Mills. "But you must wait till tho
Drain road conies in or until you
&k up jour harbor a little more.
Really, I think you may hope to bo
ons of the great cities of tho Pacific
for keeping their information secret,
little can bo learned as to whom
they suspect. Rumors regarding
Brown's operations as a detective
and his connection wlWi tho Adams
trial at Wallace, Idaho, give rise to
the opinion that someone more or
coist, but you must put personal ef-jless remotely connected with that
fort behind your hone. Your asseUslca30 have held a grudge against
the liurbor. You mum work on your
harbor, talk up your wonderful tlro-f
ber and coal resources, and go; n
little more diligent in your dal"i3S
and fruit farms.
"I have been astonished at your
harbor. I had no. idea it was so good.
?.Iany people outsldo who haven't
been here think it is a thin sheet of
water spread over a mud flat, but
your harbor is ab good a harbor,
already, as that of many large east
ern cities. What I can't understand
is why you don't consolidate your
cities and raise some money to
dredge tho channel. I read an edi
torial in the Times the other day
about the way to do it. It looked
like common sense. If you didn't
have the bay here, you wouldn't have
any city. You ought to think day
and night how to make the harbor
good. It's all right to ask Congress
to help you and Congress will when
you do what you can yourselves.
You ought to block out a district
containing fifty square miles with
the bay in the center and make one
city of it. Most large cities and
many small ones, have fifty square
miles of territory. Seattle, Tacoma,
Portland, and all tho largo cities of
the eoact have that. When you
think how much you have to do and
what you will gain by It, your bay
cities should start right in and con
solidate so as to get a port. Issue
bonds and fix up pour channel. Pay
the interest on the bonds and pay tho
principal in twenty years. The city
will become a great ono by using its
credit and doing business on a broad
basis. No city ever existed which
There are about 12 bridges to be coul(1 improve Itself on a cash basis.
Buy Mill Outfit.
Sudden & Christianson of Prosper,
havo given an order to A. B. Daly
for a full outfit of mill machinery
of tho most .modern and up-to-date
pattern.
built between Drain and Elkton.
Work on the three tunnels, begun
under the Loss company's contract,
will bo completed by the railroad
company if contracts are not re-let.
Power plants are being installed at
these tunnels, and when boring is
resumed, It will bo carried on by the
most modern and rapid methods.
There are four tunnels, ranging from
800 to 3,500 feet in length. The en
tire line from Drain to the coast will
It is said, bo one of the most expen
sive railroad construction Jobs un
dertaken in Oregon, and will when
completed be a great scenic line.
Right of Way Cleared.
The company has cleared and
grubbed its right of way from Drain
to tunnel No. 3, a distance of nearly
18 miles, and for 22 miles beyond
that point the right of way is cleared
of buildings and other obstructions
in the way of construction of tho
road. Whenever existing c,ounty.
roads conflict with the right of. way,
lands have been purchased and ar
rangements made for changes in the
county roads in advance of railroad
building. ,
Get out of the village stage. Get in
to the city degree. Coos Bay is not
the place for a village. I can tell
you I am satisfied that you will bo
Oregon's second city Just as soon as
you let the world know you as one
city and as Coos Bay, and when you
measure up to the demands of your
great harbor. I won't bo surprised
If you become her first city but that's
sometime yet."
May Bo Man Wanted.
Bellingham, Oct. 5. A man giv
ing tho name 'of Theodoro Larson
surrendered himself to the police to
day confessing ho murdered his wife
in Seattle August 13, boxed up the
corpse and left it at 572 Dock street.
The man appears perfectly sano and
was placed in a cell. His story has
been reported to tho Seattlo police
for investigation.
Met with Mrs. Flanagan.
The A. N. W. Club met with Mrs.
Jack Flanagan on Thursday. Re
freshments were served and the af
ternoon was enjoyed by the ladies of
tho club.
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Brown.
Statement of Harvey K. Brown at
St. Elizabeths hospital In Bnker City,
Baker county, Oregon, mado Octo
ber 1, 1907, at the hour of 11 o'clock
a. m. of said day. Examination con
ducted by Leroy L&max, district
attorney of the Judicial district of
tho county ot Bakor in tho state of
Oregon.
Q. Did you see anybody that you
think might have dono this?
A. There wns a fellow hero that
appeared to bo following mo.
Q. How long has he been hero?
A. I havo seen nim for tlrts last
few days. I passed him once and
spoko and he passed on and did not
speak, and I met him in front of
Romigs there and I spoke to him
and ho never answered at all, but
went right on.
Q. When was It that you Baw
him, was that yesterday or when?
A. That was last night about
7:80. I went up ncross there to
McCulloch's office to talk to Mac for
a while.
Q. Ho was going down toward
your house then?
A. Going that way.
Q. You met him going up town?
A. I met him as I was going up
town and then I met him again up
town. He is a man that I would
know lf I saw him, but that la all.
Q. What connection has this
with tho Orchard business?
A. I think that is what it is. I
picked up Orchard and thoso peoplo
aro feeling angry about it Tho
central peoplo aro commencing to
find it out.
Q. Did you ever get any threat
ening letters from anyone?
A. Yes, but that was in connec
tion with that gambling business.
Q. Never got any letters about
tho Orchard business?
A. I never got many threatening
letters, only about three and a couplo
on a horsestealing case. I never got
any out of the other, but I have
heard them all talk.
Q. How about that Idaho timber
business up there, was thoro any
thing of that kind or havo you had
anonymous letters from thero?
Q. Whereabouts?
A. Tho Senator Borah matter.
A. Nothing; I was not connected
with that In any way. Of course
they havo been feeling radical, theso
Orchard peoplo. I can reallzo that
this 1b nothing but tho Orchard
busincBS, because I havo had follows
say right out that I did wrong in
having arrested him, and now it is
worse alnco they navo arrested
Borah and brought Stounenberg'B
name In.
Q. You know Orchard? '
A. Yes, Blr.
Q. How long havo you,,boon, ac
quainted with him?
A. Five or six ycar3.
Q. You didn't &eo anyone at tho
time this bomb wont off?
A. Not a soul.
Q. Nor hear anyone?
A. No, sir.
Q. As you went home, did you go
along the street by Romlg's placo
when you came home last night?
A. I came up a littlo different
than I usually do. I came up by,
"Wisdom's drug store and then on
down to Third and then on down
by Castle'B and over across In front
of Romig's house, and then on homo
different than I ordinarily go. I
usually go down Fourth street. At
tho tlmo I didn't think about this
fellow 'when I was going home. I
Just happened to go that way. Of
course I have heard somd things
lately in regard to this. It has been
reported, as you know well. I havo
had a chance to close the gambling
up here. I mean tho state Is inter
ested. You know it is In tho rest of
tho state Many talked to me about
this thing, but I don't think thoro
was anybody connected with it
(proobabiy the gamblers) who
would do anything. Still, there aro
Individuals that aro pretty radical
and cranky.
Q. That one porson, that you
saw down there Is the only ono that
you havo any suspicions of?
A. Yes.
WILL OPEN ORIGINAL
PLACE IN MARSHFIELD
Marshfleld Is to have an entirely
original business establishment, so
far.as this country is concerned. It
will bo unllko anything over opened
In this city or in Oregon, for that
matter. Mr. A. C. Richards, who
lately arrived on tho bay from Ecua
dor, where ho had spent six years,
has rented tho rooms In tho second
story of tho Marsdon block, former
ly occupied by Major Kinney's real
estate offices. Ho will havo a largo
reading room, billiard and pool
room, thrco bed rooms, a cafe, and
card room. Everything will bo
furnished In tho latest and most
modern manner, as Mr. Richards has
ordered furniture from tho new fac
tory at North Bend nnd has given
word to havo It of the very best
make. Besides this, ho has pur
chased a quantity of tho flno furni
ture which mado the La Bon Vivant
restaurant such an attractive placo.
Mr. Richards will havo hl3 establish
mont in order to open within two or
three weeks, nnd it will bo a novelty
to Oregonians.
Tho proprietor has traveled exten
sively and mostly in tho republics to
the southward. He has spent a great
part ot his llfo in Mexico, Panama,
Guatemala, and In theso trnvcls has
absorbed many of tho customs of
tho polite races which peoplo tho
countries of Central and South
America. With theso customs in
mind, the Mecca, which will bo the
official name of Mr. Richards' Bo
hemian resort, will bo a moderation
of tho various customs and usages
found in tho Latin republics. Mr.
Richards speaks tho Spanish lun
guago fluently, slnco his long ac
quaintance with tho descendant races
has thrown him in associations which
required an understanding of tho
language.
During his South American stay,
ho was engaged with tho Guyaqirll &
Quito railway as passenger and
freight agent, but tlio llfo palled on
him and ho camo north for a chango
at tho solicitation of his friend, Mr.
L. M. Supleo of this city.
Postponement.
Owing to mlsconnection nnd
not obtaining tho films the Crystal
Theatre will not opon until Monday,
Oct. jf, at 7:30 p. m., when the man
agement will see that tho very beat
that can bo obtained in this line will
bo given to the peoplo of Uarshflold
at the popular prce,of 0 ivgntR to all,
L.aajes- coats at rrenuss & cofl,
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