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jff TUESDAY EDITION iiwwwiiiiiiwii ill mi wi MEMRUR OP ASSOCIATED PRESS. VOL II. MARSHFIELD, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2D, 1907. Mo. 98. merxjxtifmific HAMEERLAIM DECLARE, SERIES OF HOLIDAYS IS PREGIPIC ,pr nppqq Um 0 ffiO IN TAKEN FOR BOBBER? SrrisiS jUlh SI Myrtle Point-Roseburg Stage Falls 35 Feet With Passen gers and Horses, T. M. M00REH0USE KILLED Trnu'Iing M'" From Chicago Died Ik-fore lie Could He K- traded. As the result cf an accident to the. stage running between Koscbtirg and Myrtle Toint, Saturday night, T. M. Moorehouso, a trave-Tiig man repre senting a Chicago nof)H9 Is dead, Mr. J. F. Quirk, another traveling man from San Francisco, had throe ribs Lioken, and Messrs. Puge and Bald win, two men from hJ east, were somewhat bruised. The stage which met with the un fortunate oiieumstancc was the in bound "from Itosoburg It had pro ceeded to a point two it 11G3 this sido r.f the old o.n mill and seven miles this way irom the fcheep tamp. There were iur horsei driven by a new drw , iuv. Guerny. At no top 01 a leav grade, the team u-camo un - manageable, and staitou nown me Mil on a run. The road was -narrow, and on tae sido wa3 a precipitous gor'e. Tho outfit gathered mi-mont-um a3 it proceeded and ilnallj, the whole went over tho bank, with the exception of the driver. There was r.o chance to jump, as the night was dark and no one knew what the sur roundings were. Tho horses, stage, passengers and baggage fell over a precipice thirty-five feet high and landed among the logs and slones. Mr Quirk, who gave the news to the Times reporter, tells of the sub- tenucnt proceedings as follows: "We were a jumbled lot, and for a time, I did not know where I was, but when I came to myself, 1 was lying across a log, and my feelings told me I had been injured. The stage was standing on end with the polo up right In the air and one horse en tangled in the harness, and partially hanging. Messrs. Pago nnu uaiuwin were not harmed to any extent and were able to lend assistance to those who were. We called to Mr. Moore house, not being able to llnd him or see him in the dark. He called to us. that he was under a horse, and we groped around tofind him. In the n eantime, the stage took fire from a lantern we were carrying, and was blazing pretty freely before we pulled the horse from Mooreliouse. The horse was sitting on him, and when we loosened the animal from the mix up, Moorehouso was dead. I believe his neck was broken, and one leg was fractured. We soon 'put out tho flames, and the driver reached us as soon as ho could find a convenient place to descend. With the cripples and the uninjured, wo managed to extricate things, but all was left where we fell. Two horses were I tiled in the fall, while another was injured so that he soon died. Tho other one was injured so badly It was necessary to kill him, and thl3 was done, "The driver and myself went to the sawmill for aid, and from there tele phoned the news to Mr. Fenton at Roseburg. Ho immediately obtained a physician and came to the scene, and he and the doctor did all in their power to relieve the situation and make things as pleasant as possible for the passengers. Three of my ribs were broken, and these the physician cot in place and adjusted, which re leaved me to a great extent. "It was a very unfortunate affair, but one of those calamities which no man can foresee or prevent. When we commonced to bowl down the grade. I had more thoughts than would fill on encyclopedia and harried my brain to know just what to do. I, of course did not know whether wo would weather the wild ride, but expected we would, as such Incidents are com mon. When wo went over, I landed at tho bottom of the gorge ahead of the stage and horses, and the outfit went over me. In that way, I escap ed tho death which poor Moorehouso met. "You might say, Mr. Reporter, that Mr. Fonton should not bo too severely criticised in this matter, for he has more troubles than the people who live in the cities and towns know. It is a hard matter to get competent drivers, and the man who was driv ing, had only been on tho .route a short (imo, not more than a few days, He did all that he could to save tho situation, but with tho brake which was supposed to be of the best, ho could not hold the runaway. I should Bay the distance trayersed before the fall was somewhere around a quarter cf a mllo, and you can Imagine how many things one would find flitting through his mind in such a distance, with four horses tearing down a steep hill, and in the darkness being un able to see where we were going and rot knowing where we should bring up. It was a ride I never want to take again, and such an experience 1b enough to dissuade a man from traveling by stage." The body was taken to Roseburg where It was turned over to the coro- Better Tone in New York and No Further Failure in Banks. WEST ADOPTS SAFEGUARD San I Inn One Failure In Han- has Cily. Now York, Oct. 28. Tho princi pal events in tho financial district to day indicated that the worst of the cribis was over and that conditions were settling down to normal. There were uo further bank suspensions and reports were favorable for re sumption of most cf the banks which closed temporally last .week. En gagements for nearly $19,000,000 in gold for importation to Now York wan Icj lowed by the sensational an nouncement of sales of American cop per abroad which will iurther in crease the tide of foreign money to this country to aggregate over $25.- 000,000. This, with the rapid rise at good securities on the stock exchange , and the policy of trust companies not , to pay out currency for hoarding pur poses, all contributed to strength in banking c'irclcs and among the pub lic at large. Huns upon banks cease partly because of the recognition mat tney are unnecessary, and par ticularly of the policy adopted to pay large checks only in certified checks in depositor 'banks. This sys tem of payment worked no appar ent hardship and was the cause of. very little protest. Small --checks were paid promptly In currency and even larger amounts where it was demonstrated the currency would not be used for hoarding. Easy at Tonopali. Tonopah, Oct. 28. There was no excitement In Tonopah today. The Wingfleld and Nixon Bank had de posits exceeding four times the with drawals up to 11 a. in. The Nevada First National Bank had $20,000 de posits in excess of withdrawals. Frank Golden, head of the Nye and Ornibby Bank, is expected here to night when the matter of resumption oi that institution will be taken up. Cashier Cushman, of the State Bank and Trust company, said advices from headquarters at Carson City are that the bank will resume in a short time. West Taking Precautions. San Francisco, Cal., Oct. 2S. At a mpeting of tho San Francisco clearing house association tonight, it was de cided to issue clearing house cer tificates, following the methods adopted in many eastern,- business centers. Local banking conditions were reported sound and satlsfas tory. The clearing house certificate plan, it was declared, was adopted mainly to prevent hoarding and to piotect the credit structures of the west on account of the demands growing out of eastern conditions. One Fails in Kansas City. Kansas City, Oct. 2S,. Outside of the failuure of the Bankers' Trust Company, with deposits of $800,000, there was no real trouble here today. This bank was considered th0 weak est institution of its kind here and its failure neither caused much sur prise or had any apparent effect on the general situation. Cliicago Holds'Stendy. Chicago, Oct. 28. Very little trouble was caused here today by the nctlon of the clearinghouse associa tion-ill limiting amounts of money to be paid out by tho banks. The busi ness was almost entirely on checking basis and was apparently normal In nil directions, the banks adopting tho rule of not paying out currency in amounts oi more than $100, unless funds were required for payrolls. In all the saving banks, the rule re quiring legal nptlce was enforced if depositors wished to draw more than $100. The only semblance of a run today was on the Hibernian Savings Bank, where many depositors gave notice during tho day of their inten tion to withdraw. ARGUMENTS HEARD IN NEW YORK ON FAILURE New York, Oct. 28. Argu ments wero heard In the federal circuit court on the appointment of creditors for receiver of Otto Helnze and company who re- cently suspended on the stock exchange as the outcome of a decline In United Copper. Judge Holt reserved his decision. Counsel for Helnze declared his client perfectly solvent. ner. Dr. Mlngus was advised of tho happening, but it was found the spot where the accident happened was In Douglas county and so the Inquest was hold at Roseburg. No word has been received of the coroner's pro ceedings. Oregon Governor Fears Result of Easterners' Manipulation of Money Market. Poi-Hund, Ore., Oct. 28. Governor of dollars to eastern banks. Portland George E. Chamberlain tonight de clared the next live days in this state legal holidays in order to prevent a money famine in this state. The banks of this city are absolutely sol ont and there has been no run on any of them, nor has' one been threat ened. Portland banks not only have .standing accounts in the east and in S?iui Francisco, but they have during (he last few months loaned millions KKtxsixvrcutisziTMHa'e aws Doings as Recorded by Times Regular Correspondent John Provorse from Seattle has located here. Ho will open up a paint shop in the near future. Lillian Hall of JJIarshfleld visited with Mr. and Mrs. Will Simpson Sunday. A little boy ha3 come to live Vlth Mr. and Mrs. George Sanford. Miss Bessie and Madge Hope of North Inlet were North Bend visitors Saturday. jrKvxvtuifKarBsiKrLxzTTsxJLfwixii,iVii iiimigrretaar.fcM--y .auje;gT.j PARTY WERE STRANDED AT CHARLESTON BAY Marslifield Hunters Find Launch High nnd Dry When Ready .to Return Home. There was a humiliated and dis gusted party of hunters arriving in Marshfleld Monday morning about three o'clock, and any' patriotism they may have had for ridding the bay of "shags" was very much de- pressed. Frank Smith, of the Coos .hheraTtaTpofit that can K River hatchery, had figured out togued with more exponents of the the crpwd lust how many fish are hitter theory. destroyed during tho course of the i Forest C. Smlthson, who is as well year by one shag, nnd the party ) known in Oregon athletics as Dan thought it a mean shame that they Kelly, i the latest westerner to win were allowed to live. The killing of one shag meant the saving of any where between two and three thous- nnd fish per 'year, and the hunters , won honors in five events against had it planned that their day's work, 200 athletes who have been training would preserve somewhere in the aH fall. These games were for men neighborhood of 5,000,000 fish. Mr. j who had not won their "Y" and and Mrs. Henry Wells, Mr. and Mrs. Smlthson was easily tho best of the Tom Harvey, Mrs.Pearl Smith and bunch. The coaches predict a bright Mr. Frank Smith boarded the launch ' future for the Oregon lad, who at Elk early Sunday morning, and went tended Notre Dame university last to Charleston bay, They pulled the i J'tai and who carried off the world's launch up on tho beach and tho men championship intho short hurdles at went after tho shags as if they were slaughtering mosquitoes. After they had killed all the fisheaters between Charleston bay and the lighthouse, they commenced to think of return' ing home, since there were no more shags to conquer. When they rived at the launch they found it about a quarter of a mile inland, the tide having receded, and it would have taken a tug boat to have floated it. All 'the other boats had returned nnd the party was marooned, four or live miles from Empire, the nearest shelter. Mr. Wells and Mr. Smith J started out on foot for the old county seat and reached there shortly before eleven o'clock, footsore, tired and hungry. But they found a boat and provisioned it, and returned for the castaways. They had no further trouble and reached home in due time. What It cost them for their return trip is a profound secret, but it may leak out. "Dad" Smith Dead at Empire. "Dad" Smith, city marshal of Em pire, and an old resident of that city, died at his home on Sunday. I Mr. Smith came to Empire about fourteen years ago, and for a time worked at odd jobs for the inhabit: ants of the vicinity. Later on he was appointed to the position ho held at the time of his death, and ho served the city well. He had a neat little home in the south part of town, and took prldo in keeping the sur roundings clean and attractive, He was a sort of village character, and was of advanced age. Lyric Slock Company Coming. Manager Butler, of the Masonic opera house has word that the Lyric Stock Company will be hero for tho week commencing December lGth. This company is held to be one of tho most excellent companies on tho coast and no doubt Its advent will bo welcomed by those who care for theatricals. KIMb Ducks Willi Frying Pay. Common hunters must take a back senr lor .vr, aargont, tno ciam mer chHiit: Mr. Sargent and a friend were out hunting all day Sunday and had not killed a bird. They went Into camp a disgusted pair, but when the Urn was well started a flock of ducks enme frying along almost skim ming the g-ound and flew right over tho firo. Mr Sargent grabbed a fry lag pan and swiped two ducks from the flock, -and the atmosphere changed from gloom to hilarity, as the ducks were served shortly afterwards. t b.inks have now been informed by their, correspondents and others In debted to them in other parts of the country that they must not attempt to draw on outsiders for money what soever. The feeling among local bankers tonight is Hint the Now York banks have saved the day for theiu-M-hos by corralling all the available money in the country. iHgmflfcMl.juflaiTiiaTwymYa ElCft I INEOllIi -Oils uu t LaA Miss Pearl Riggs of Marslifield spent Sunday with her brother Mr. E( E. Riggs. Mis3 Clara Myren and her sister Rose were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. William Simpson over Sunday. The steamer Alliance sailed into the bay at 10:30 and landed here with a full passenger list and several tons of freight. Anyone' having any news will kindly call up 1231. SMITHS0N WINS HfiMfiRQ AT YAI P r.wirm, !in,r(rrX7"o.. i i- Oicgon Hoy Td es .Several Events at I. all Games in New Haven. t That Oregon boys are prominent contenders in athletic games y-'her-ever they might compete has been proven time and again during the past five years, and they stand high on the list of winners. Whether it J3 in Oregon air and Oregon water or , recognition. Last Saturday in the Yale university fall track games he was the bright particular star and Jamestown while running under the colors of that institution last spring. Takes Fiw Places. Smlthson took the 100 yard dash in 10 2-5 seconds, the 120 yard hur- Idles in 10 seconds and the broad ar-ljump with 20 feet and -7 .inches. In I addition he ran a dead heat in the '200 yard hurdles with' F. J. Jones, a junior, In 2C 2-5 seconds, and tied for second place in the high jump, which was won at 5 feet and 7vin- ches. Smlthson was a prominent mem-. her off the Portland Y. Mr O, -A. and the Multnomah club while he lived In Portland and for several years was a student at Oregon. Agricultural college. He has always been a factor in Oregon athletics. CORVALLIS EXPECTS ELECTRIC BRANCH Line Would Join Main Road, Albany to Eugene, Near Albany. Corvallis, Oct. 28. Surveyors who are running tho lino for the electric road from Albany to Eugene are orlft; for the statement that when ""' ."" ''lu l" Burv7 lt ugeno, tthve'r r.ders arte, to,be811n at a Plnt Lw m,lles so"th of Albany on the main line and run a survey straight to Cdrvallis for a branch line. This news appears authentic, as the man who is authority for the statement Is well informed as to the plans of the comriany. He said the line to Corvallis was intended to bo com pleted by the time tho main lino- reaches Eugene, or In about 18 months. The surveyors are now passing Oakvllle, In Linn county, only a few miles south of this city. Tho men are rushing tho work and will soon have the route mapped out through Peoria, Harrlsburg and Junction City. Oust Astoria Police Sergeant. Astoria, Ore., Oct. 28. A special meeting of the Astoria Board of Po- 'lice Commissioners was held this afternoon for the purpose of con slderJng the testimony submitted at a previous meeting relative to charg es that had been mado against certain police officers. The board decided to request the resignations of Desk Sergeant Roy Two'mbly and Patrol-1 - man John Stark, to take effect on No-' Newspaper Alau (Stricken, vember 1, Patrolman Thomas Lin- San Francisco, Oct. 28. John Bar vllle was reprimanded for using of- rett. news editor of tho Examiner, fensivo language In tho presence of riled this afternoon. He was walking other officers. on Van Ness avenue when stricken. Russian Girl Spirited Away In London to Cellar Wher.e She , Is Held. SEND NOTE TO FRIENDS Police Do Not Understand How She Was Kidnapped on Cron ded Street. London, Oct. 28. Barabra Lapot kin, daughter of Alexander Lapotkin, ex-governor of Reval and whose mother is a Rnssian princess, has mysterlpuely disappeared in London and all resources of tho Russian em bassy and Scotland Yard are being employed to trace her. Miss Barbara, vho is IS years old, was visiting London with her younger sister, in charge of an English governess, Miss Russell. The trio went to the Aldwich theater October 24, and on coming out, Barabra became separated In the crowd from her companions and has rot since been seen, although the case was immediately reported to the police and the foreign office acting lit the urgent request of tne Russian government orde'red that no effort be spared in search of the missing girl, in search of the missing girl. Since Miss Lapotkin's disappear ance Miss Russell has received a note In hand writing which sho romn- ! nized as Barabara's. savinc sho hnd beGn kidnapped outside tho theatre and ls now a 1'rlsoner in tho cellar of J a house In the northwest part of Lon- -don, the address of which she is una- bin tn nnrtnin ti, .rt-i ,i.i.i ., was wounded and suffering severely and intendod to poison herself. M. Lapotkin, director of tho police de partment in Russia, and Miss Russell, suggested that revolutionists 'had planned the kidnapping with the ob ject of bring her father within their reaph. He is now on his way to .v...... ,. b,W 0" London. Russian officials here are inclined to beliovo the rrlrl wns our - ried off for the purpose of blackmail. The police are nonplussed. They say they are unable to Imagine how a woman of IS years .could be carried off against her will In. the crowded precincts of a theatre. O WEATIint FOR TODAY. . . Western Oregon, Western Washington, rain. Eastern Washington, Idaho, cloudy with O occasional rain. - J-0 CHAMBER'S GOOD WORK To tho Times: Your readers of tho Times would be surprised at the number of letters received at tho Chamber of Commerce dally. It cer tainly should give satisfaction to all to know what results the advertise ments through tho chamber have orought about. Not only the working class of peo ple have been interested, but the mon of wealth and men looking up locations for( new industries. Tho writer of this article, who has been acting secretrj" of tho Chamber of commerce for ttyejiast two weqks, has heard several 'newcomers mak ing remarks-that this is the liveliest Chamber of Commerco they have had the 'pleaseure of attending In their travels looking up locations. Tho people in tho country have done much to give tho chamber of com merce a good exhibit as well as havo tho ladjes of Marshfleld In furnishing flowers for tho exhibit in windows, also the ladles of North Bend havo brought flowers from there for exhibit. Mr. Lyon will be at his desk today or tomorrow nnd he has done much to put this chamber of commerce, that is known by all that calls of be ing one of tho best, and every one or tno citizens In Marshfleld as well as In tho country should give him all the aid possible in keeping It up to the standard where It now 1b, and all will no doubt recelvo benefits In general results. G. W. Carleton, Acting Sec'y. Make a Speech. A special student body meeting was held at the high school this after noon to elect managers for track', baseball and football teams. The fol lowing wero elected: Track, Hal Bean; baseball, Dan Mitchell; foot ball, Ben Chandler. "E's" wero presented to Hnl Bean and Robert Kuykendall for points made In track athletics last year. Previous to the student body meet ing an enthusiastic rally was held for the big gamo tomorrow. Speeches wero made by Raymond Salisbury, Ben Chandler, football manager; Professor Alderman, Dan Mitchell, captain of tho team; Wendell Bar bour, yell leader, and Professor Geo. Hug, Eugeno Guard, Officers at Spokane Capture Great Northern Holdups; Recover $14,395. HAUSER PAROLED CONVICT Had Hecn Serving Fourteen Years Term for Hurglary in Mon tana. Spokane, Oct. 28. Charles Mc Donald and Ed. Smith, arrested for the Great Northern holdup at Rondo, Montana, w"re taken . to Montana last night .secretely, in irons. The $1 1,305 recovered nlso was sent to Montana. The men will bo tried at Kalispell. Smith has been positively identified as George F. Hauser, sen tenced to 14 years in Montana pen itentiary for burglary and released on parole last January. Tho letters "P.. M." tattooed on McDonald's arm aro bolleved to be his true initials. Both men decline to discuss tne holdup. )'t0$4'fr0'0'fc WOMAN KILLS RUSSIAN GENERAL AT RECEPTION St. Petersburg, Oct, 2S. A youug woman who has not been identified, presented herself at the weekly reception of General o Maximoffsky and romained quietly in tho crowded ante- room until it wns her turn to enter the general's private of- flee. When in his presence, the - woman drew a revolver and V fired seven shots noint blank In- A to the general's body. $ FOR CONSOLIDATION OF BAY INTERESTS' ', . . ,,""t """""teo From XorHi Rend and Marslifield Will Meet Tonight. The consolidation committee of the North Bend and Marslifield chambers of commoice will meet to night at the Marshfleld chamber of commerce rooms to consider nlana for the consolidation of tho citif3 on Coos Bay. Tho Marslifield committee ls composed of Messrs. Clarke, Sehl brede, Snover, Oren and Lilljeqvist. The North Bend committee is com posed of Messrs. Raab, Gale, Gardi ner, Myers and Wlshnant. Tim ninrw to consolidate on the borough sys- iuih win ue carenniy investigated and it, is, probable that it will be favorably reported. It Is not un derstood that tho borough plan ls in tended to merge tho cities Into one except so far ,as their interests are Identical and it is expected that the Individuality of the several cities will bo preserved. But the mombers of the committee are of the opinion that tho condition and needs of the hnrbor of Coos Bay require the consolidation for harbor purposes first and that the power of tho city government cf the greater city should be at present con fined to the improvement and polic ing of the harbor and to such inter borough matters ns the separate cities cannot control. STEAMER ALLIANCE HAS PLEASANT TRIP The Alliance arrived in yestoriay T1 atne'st q'clock and stopped at North Bond for unloading, com ing up to Marshfleld shortly after noon. She brought about 300 tons of freight. Captain Olson said to a limes reporter who saw him that tho trip was enjoyable In more ways than one. The ocean was comparatively calm, and the social hall on tho ship was given over to entertainments of various sorts There were a number of people on board who could enter tain and they wero not the kind who. hang back to be urirnii. Tim imnf will leave Marshfleld today at ono o'clock. Following Is the list of passengors: C. H. Wadmen, Geo. E. DIx, C. T. McClary, C. E. Weyman, A. Burman, C. D. Lemollyr, r . Jd,. ', Chas4 1' "" '"" . Mr-y, O. J. Jensen. Mrs I. Lough, Mrs. A. C. Going, Mrs Nannls, O. A. KJelland, Tom Olson Marsh, Mrs. Nlcols, C. V. Holbdook, R. D. Smith, 11. D. King, A. K. Stont), M. Dennott, E. O. Baked, II. E. Porsley, J. W. Noble, Ed. John son and wife, H. Larson, T. M. Con wlck nnd wifo, Mrs. W. L Bachto, Dorothy Bachtel, J. W. Douglas, F, Bontln, Jr., D. L. Dobbins, Mrs. L, E. Dobbins, I. Haywood, Win. Woze. C. Sshotans, II. Barthemew, J. Noff, J. N. Soneraoro, W. Hughes, E. R, Anderson, H. Pygall and wife, Dan Reld, Mrs. W. Varney, Allan Varnoy, Ransoll Varnoy, Mrs. Jns, Bennett, Frank Howard, Henrlo Baggirstaff, Chas. Sanborn, John Butzvach, Roy Farley, W. A. JJattoms. A. B. Daley. C. Pashan, CBMroti, J. Varhmann, Geo. VarhmSh, E. Ming, I. Stens land, and 11 second class. Stoves and ranges for coal or wood. See Ekblad & Son, Hardware,