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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 19, 1907)
H"'iifiiiHiiin i uevWUXUJI UlMiMflMtftftinUD 35Sfrfftea"TfjK iartwwuww!'f"ww" l.'M' itfl XT& JL t-v) THE DAILY 000$ 1AY TtMB8, MAHSHFUL1, QggGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1907. NEW STYLES HAVILAND CHINA Just Received From France 7 By the Going & Harvey Co. And Will be Closed Out At " $ i ' . T 3 Off .( As we do not wish to carry these goods, for the present at least. We are also closing. out two styles of CROCKERY, and some rare values are to be found -in these J Lines. The Sale Commences Today and Will last all of next week. Come early before all of the best selections are sold Remember at The THE PLACE THAT SAVES YOU MONEY. snai KKGOtl NEW REGORO ,. IN BALLOONING Bit . L j. 1 . ' STANDARD WILL MAKE STRONG FIGHT Government Suit for Dissolution -Worries OH Corporation Lawyers Are Busy. BIG ELECTRICAL " STORM IN SOUTH Army Signal Corps Already Traveled 500 Miles With :;oiituching ffiMTJ 3i '. 1 ' SPEED OF, 22 MILES HOUR From Bt. Louis to WcstVfclnlife Bolloon Was Sighted? $7 Fulrmon St. Louis, Oct. 18. Swinging BthroughHthotatniosphero;atr. Apeod "roughly estimated 'tit '23-mlle8 an Tio'uV'th'd Unlte"d States signal corps balloon numbor 10, In which Aoro nauts McCoy and Chandler, of the v v signal corps ascended hero last oron ', lng, passed ovor Illinois, into Indiana last night, across Ohio today and at nightfall was ;apparontly, Wabout to ' land' la ho vicinity of. Mount, Pleas- nnt, West Virginia. When last heard from, the distance covered in a '' straight' lino .measurement was ap- '' iroxlmatoly500 miles. Tho voyage was for tho aeronautic Lahm cup. The, Iastyecord was 430 mliea, mado ''- In tho Paris' 'race of last year.1 The Lahm cup, named after him by tho ',' Aero club of America, was not of 't fared to aspiring balloonlsts until af ter his famous ride In tho balloon "United States." McCoy and Chand ' lor wore last sighted moving up tho Konawha valley and no word was received sinco 9:30 tonight. School for Colored. Arrangements havobqon made for schooling tlie Colored s children and those of mixed blood. Prof, Golden lms arranged with Mrs. Eva Pen nock of west Marshfield to takq up tho work, and she will be ready for oponlng her school spmo time ext,wpok, A room In hor homo will bo given over to tho school and, It no mord apply for admission than -did at tho public school, 'eho will not .bo ovorrmvwith pupils. Prof. Golden snld that thero had been cv4utNf oumappUcationir atxtho cpublie -schools for admission of this class of pupils. f NevrtjdTs;t ObL, lSjCounseT for,; tho Standard Oil company have pro- pared an olaborate defensoMn 'tlib suit for dissolution df ftUt T oll combine)1 ThlcHnthoy say, wjll be developed,, in ita pjfyrcty., The government's aitoc noys'havoconcluded taking th!elr tes timony. '- The Standard lawyers 'said1 today theylhavftndiBougbt to adduqe, testimony on' cross-examination of sired him as a witness bqfore ad calledph -trust which9 woUldYWge allegations ln tho favorablo cop plaint,' but had doferrodln bringing out such evidence until later whenit could bo produced continuously and Inbulk,. -No iIntlmation,,waB given, as tJ tlio mature lot theHestlmany .which counsel for the trust would bring out. A telegram was sent to Wil liam G. Rockefeller, assistant treas urer of the Standard Oil company of Tow Jorsoy, last night by counsel for Standard, that the government', de sired hi man a witness before, ad journment Is, taken next Friday for a month. Frank B. Kellogg of coun sel fpr,the government Bpent the en tire day In placing on rocord state ments submitted by special witnesses showing profits mado by the Stand ard In, different 'localities ot t"he country. Statements were produced showing that tho Standard not only secured Information concerning ship, monts In the state but in foreign countries. Three Persons Lose Lives and Much Damage iDonc by DIs- 'tifrbunce. '" " , ?L'os Angeles, Oct. 18. Scattered stormsnhat gradually became-agen-eral rain brought death and destruc tion (in various forms today in south- California. In several mountain WALL STREET IN GREAT UNCERTAINTY Trading Light and Dealers Are Cnre- ful Prices Lowered on Many ' ', Stocks. Now York. Oct. 18. Tho fall of prices in some stocks today equaled that In some of the panic periods of tho past. Tho market at times was bordering on demoralization. Con ditions at no tliuo slipped into actual panic. As the day progressed, tho weakness spread throughout tho mar ket. Tho feature was tho compara tively small trading, but a little ovor a million shares bolng dealth In, the results being .the. retirement of; some big semi-professional speculative plungers. - . m California. sections the electrical disturbance '"Ci. lif" tfjji - Jt.-ii.--.-ji was lapyaiung-, anaKUL oiuer,-,mapq terlmBCwIhd'sCBWjBpt; In aHi directions. jrwoi Indians, ijesusi auvas ana. Juan- Verrando.-were picking' pea nuts, near' Heme't, 'Riverside', county, and when dense black clouds over spread Athe ok'? .and ralnJbegan p fthegja f aUfaunktip eddar treja'j A few Becond.8 laterjt .was -ontl'limb- fromnirnhVy.' a thun der bolt, and their horrib.yl'burned corpses were found sixty feet away. rrh" LUtle-Bar valley, L,iZ. Rempn, engineer j5f the- ATrow-Head Tes ervlor and power company, was crossing' the lake to iinspoctt, tho machlnery,pwh.en hia, bpat was sud denly enveloped In darkness, with flash after flash of chain lightning encircling him. A fierce wind "gust whirled the craft about and pitched it in the air, capsizing it. Remlonf who was -a hunchback and wore a heavy metal harness to support his shoulders, sunk like lead, and his body has not been found. The large annex to tho Upland Citrus Association's packihg-houso at Uplarid, a building 200 feet long and 80 wide, not yet completed, was suddenly razed, and several men Kt work were hurt under the broken BELIEVED REUF WILL NOT TESTIFY Second, Fowl Case Up for Trial in 4 San Francisco Six Jurors .. !. , : ,-Accepted. San Francisco, Oct. 18. Tho first dayjqf'the second bribery trial- of, General Ford, chief counsel fJrJ the United Railroads, compassed the ex- ESCAPES A CONVICT RETURNS A MINISTER Man Who Fled From Indiana Prison Is Converted and Goes Back to Finish Sentence. aminlng of 16 men, six of SwH6ni ,r m. it qjia.nengijdhfefYy'n'oitibTeMn Henby'jj - '.' j i r . .f'-J ...'- examinauon xor tno prosecutions was the auestlon whfirhi.t'Hih'vonfrdmnn iVJ were willing to' vote for convic' clrcumstantla ii "bvld Ion on once '-'aloneTlpro- vJdedU satisfied him of guilt.KAs It liad.been made plain that Ruefjla tho i 7 V 'i only tnian who can transform! tho Ford case from a pure circumstantial one Into a direct case, this iaHaken Will Tulk on Railroad Question. William McDevltt, LL. M will dis cuss tho railroad question Saturday evening, October 19th, In an, open air meeting at tho Lockhart corner, Marshfield. All who are Interested in the matter of public transpprta tibn aro urged to bo present. Mr. McDevitt's previous lectures In Marshfield woro so successful that the meeting of tonight Is expected to interest a largo crowd. Tho meet ing will be open to questions and all are Invited to. present' their r?lews on th'q occasion timbers. Tho crash of the collapse BERG KEPT GAMBLING v JQINT IN THE REAR was heard for a quarter of a mile. Light rain is falling herd and nt njany other points tonight. NORTHWEST WEATHER. Western Oregon, western Washington, cloudy with pos- slbly rain. Eastern Oregon, eastern Washington, Idaho, fair. Ileney, Therefore, Dismissed Jllm as Juryman In tho Tlrey Ford Cose. 1 -.-. L I ijHk! i -JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJIK " 'IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIb f Bt llllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllB K BASEBALL SCORES. Los Angeles, Oct. 18. Los Angeles 4,"Oaklarid 9. San Francisco, Oct. 18. San Francisco 5, Portland 11. , . I San Frnncisco, Oct. 18. Assistant District Attorney Heney reopened tho examination of Harry H. Berg, a cigar dealer who was one of tho Jurors temporarily accepted to sit on the case of Tiroy L. Ford, charged with the bribery of a supervisor. Heney elicited from Berg that he back rooms of his cigar store until recently had been used ns a gambl ing plnco. Berg was dismissed. Twenty-two veniremen woro exam ined today. Eight passed the qualifi cation tests and completed the pro bationary panel. Court was ad journed until Monday. Chicago, Oct. 18. Immaculately attired as a minister pf tho gospel, a stranger entered tlje office, of, the .Indiana, .State Prison at Michigan City, Ind yesterday, .and declared that, ho was an, escaped convict and hadc coma to' serve; the rest .of his Beirtqnce.. , ,,;7" t ,, ,"''" ' T' "My na,rae is, Allen J., Lawrence, and' V escaped' from the' prison in September'luti,';' lie said. Then ho told. Wardqh Rlejl '"his stranfea stpry. IJe traced. Tiia wanddriugS in the harvest fields' nf K'nnsna nnd Nebraska, where b,e sought oniy to k00D from too close nssnclntthn with his fellowmen, lest his1 secret5 bo discovered. He described an ' acci dental visit to a revival meeting on the prairie, whore, in the nickering light of torches, pitched In front of the "prairie schooner" of a wander ing m'lssl6nary', 'hd' was converted. He, became a Methodist Evangelist, and was' 'successful in his work, ho said, but tho lashing of conscience spurred him to reveal his truo iden tity, return to the prison from which he had fled and servo his sentence through, though not guilty of tho crlmo for which 'ho was sentenced. Lawrenco was sentenced In April, 1906, from La1 Porte, Ind.. where he had been employed as a laborer. Ho was found guilty of attacking a girl. When ho escaped from prison he assumed the name of John Williams. Fulton Coming on Alliance. A teiogram was received yesterday from Senator Fulton, conveying the information that he found it impos sible to leave on tho Breakwater and his trip Is postponod a day or two on that account. Ho will leave Astoria on tho Alliance Sunday morning nnd will reach hero early Monday. Arrangements aro there-. fore held up for a day In order to make them more complete. Advertised Letters. List of unclaimed letters rem lng In tho Marshfield, Oregon office October 16, 1907. Pen calling for the same will please i advertised and pay ono cent for e advertised letter callod for: Bollon, Miss Mollie; Billings,! Maud; Campbell, A. C; Crandell, R?; Conger, Earl; Davis, H. Albe Dooney, Thos.; Eckstein; Eflciu K.; Fought, .George; Glasler, w, Glngaro, Joe; HassanMiss; Mags 'MrsXG.f Mfllor!'1 Miss MM ,' ' ''J 'w.t I I... . I ... n'J oiooro, (jus. iNoison, aiibs w NIcholls, Miss Bertha,' 2; -Vm Tom; O'Donnollj, Mrs. Fannie; Fr A'KbioV 2V Pearrotf. Mw. De iiuiur, an; uonquisi, jonn, t, " deau. John rB.': Hller. John; Hll cockf S. N.; Hornbeckj Mr.; Hi man. Albert: Jansen. John: J: b. B.. 2'; Jennings. Harold; Joto Lily; Johnson, John; Johnson, B: ert S.; Johnson, A.; Johnson, & Juvlnall. 'Shormftnr Knleb. H' Kenney, 'Mrs1. C. E.;' Kolan, Lawver, U. S;; Lewisi Jamesr W Joseph. 2: McGeum. Robt.; Mi tire, S. 'P.. r2";' Roulean, fr1 StevenBod', Donald; Swelgren, 'dl Skogen, Lrirs.: ' ISltbersteln; W Jeeso, 2; Victory-, William II.; W John: Weiss. Max: Williams, H.! Williams, Miss .Ardaj Welson, K' Birdio. W. B. CURTIS, P. New Lino of Winter Pattern Pfl Just Received. These are tho very latest fo ment and were bought at a great ij ductlon on account of the latenes! the season and will bo sold acprl ingly. Mrs. L. M. Perry, North i Five Good Lots Will Sail Monday. The Breakwater will not sail from Coos Bay until Monday and is one day later than last information sug-J gested. , Plnn. T.ftt Vncl,.Ar. '-,The Plant sailed-y9sterday aftqr-: noon for San Franqisco, shortly after one o'clock. in Sengatacken'a Addition t a bargain. Two of these lots aro corners. Slw BOxlOO. Lots lie level. Are easily cleared, and are ac cessible. Will make beautl , ful place for a residence. This is an opportunity to get a valuable piece of prop erty at a nominal price. I. S. Kaufman & Co, Opposite Chamber of Commerce