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MARSHFILD, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1907.
No. 106;
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THURSDAY
EDITION
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W. S. CHfflLEh1
15 RESIGNED
Goes to San Francisco to Man
age His Father's Business
Interests.
A NEW SUPERINTENDENT
Mr. Thomas Russell, of Wyoming,
in Churgo oi the Beuvcr Jlill
Mine.
C. J. Mlllis, vice-president of the
local railroad, Issued the following
clrcuar on November 1:
Denver Hill Coal Company.
Marslnlold, Or., Nov. 1, 1U07. Ef
fective this date, Mr. Thomas Rus
sell Is appointed superintendent with
headquarters at Beaver Hill, Or. The
office of general manager is abol
ished. C. J. MILLS, Vice-Pros.
In connection with this announce
ment the fact of V. S. Chandler's
rosl-sua-oii having been acecpted Is
out. Mr. Chandler presented his res
ignation fcome time ago, but it was
not accepted and another statement
Uio luiui oy Mr. Cuamllcr to the
effect that he desired to leave Coos
Bay ai.U taitu the management of
his fataer's business alfalrs in San
Francisco. Accordingly, the resig
nation was accepted to take effect
on the first of November, and while
a new manager has been appointed,
Mr. Chandler has considerable busi
ness to settle before he leaves.
Mr. Chandler came to Coos Bay
ten years ago and commenced the
work of opening the Beaver Hill coal
mine. Before he had accomplished
much work In that lino tho Coos
Bay, Itoseburg & Eastern Railroad
went into the hands of a receiver,
and Mr. Chandler was made receiver
and general manager of the road,
adding considerable to his duties.
During his service the railroad was
greatly Improved, and In effect was
almost wholly rebuilt. New depots
were erected at Marshfleld and Co
qullle, the Beaver Hill mine was
put on a paying basis and bunkers
were added to tho holdings. The
Spreckles, who owned iho railroad
nnd mine, operated the Breakwater
in connection with their Coos Bay
business, and this steamer plied be
tween here and San Francisco. Last
year this property was sold outright
to the Southern Pacific Company,
which expects to operate it within a
few years in connection with the
proposed line up and down the coast
from Portland to San Francisco.
Mr. Chandler has been a valuable
citizen for Marshfeld, since he has
been one of tho progressive men of
the community, and has always been
foremost In aiding public enter
prises. He is interested in several
of the latest institutions organized
in Marshfleld, among them being,
the First National Bank, tho First
Trust and Savings Bank and the
$75,000 hotel which is to be built
immediately. As a compliment to
Mr. Chandler's progressiveness and
public spirit, tho new hotel is to bo
called The Chandler.
Mr. Chandler and family will
leave Marshfleld somewhere around
tho middle of this month, and though
they go to become residents of the
Bay City, they will spend the sum
mer months on Coos Bay, or rather
Coos River, where Mr. Chandler has
lately erected a fine summer home.
Mr. Russell, the new manager of
the coal properties, comes from tho
Wyoming coal fields, and is an ex
perienced man in tho coal line. He
Is now located at Beaver Hill, his
headquarters, and is becoming ac
quainted with the property he Is to
direct in the future.
CHAMPION STORK TOWN
GETS A POSTMASTER.
Roebllng, N. J., Nov. 6. Presi
dent Rosovelt has granted this place
a postofflce on account of the won
derful activity of the stork herea
bouts. A delegation of citizens called
at the White House and told him
that there had been births in nine
tenths of the 300 families since the
place was established as a manufac
turing center two years ago. Before
the delegation got back home Roose
velt had abolished rural free- delivery
in Roebllng by appointing A. L. Ma
Jer postmaster. Forty-two births in
the last week brings the town to the
front as the champion stork commu
nity of New Jersey.
WOMAN MAKES DEFENSE
OF COL. INGERSOLL
Sharp Debate in Purity Congress at
Battle Creek English Re
former SjKMlkfi.
Battlo Creek, Mich., Nov. 6. In
his address before the National Puri
ty Congress hero this afternoon, An
thony Comstock, of New York, re
viewed his long fight against Ylce and
particularly the mailing of indecent
and obscene books and pictures. He
told of numerous attacks on his life,
which had been made, ho said, as tho
result of his war on vice. One of
tho favorite methods of the publish
ers of indecent literature, said Mr.
Comstock, is to secure the catalogues
of membership from colleges and
schools and use them as mailing lists
for their obscene products. Mr. Corn
stock severely criticised the late Rob
ert Ingersoll for his support of the
movement to secure tho repeal by
Congress of the so-called Comstock
laws, and his criticism brought a
sharp defense of Mr. Ingersoll from
Rev. Caroline Bartlett Crane, a wide
ly known Unitarian minister of Kala
mazoo, Mich. Rev. Mrs. Crane re
fused to believe that Mr. Ingersoll's
motives could have been other than
good and impelled by some deep'con-
viction. She also objected to Mr.
i Comstock's characterization of Mr.
Ingersoll as an arch heretic
Mrs. M. Evelyn Crompton, one 'of
England's greatest reformers, spoke
In favor of unfolding physiological
j mysteries to children. Miss Zevastl
Calllsperl, of Athens, Greece, who
overcame the University of Athens'
prejudlco against a woman and se
cured the first B. A. degree given a
Greek woman, spoke on education,
urging closer communion with Nature
and more industrial education in pub
lic schools.
Rev. Joseph McCarthy, of Kala
mazoo, Mich., counselled girls to de
fend their purity even with the pistol,
if necessary, and told of tho danger
of allowing girls to travel alone.
WOULD BREAK UP
COAL COMBINE
Colorado Attorney-General Takes
Action Against Denver Re
tailers. Denver, Col., Nov. G. Suit to en
join the retail coal dealers' combina
tion from continuing its present high
scale of prices and to force its dis-j
solution was filed in the Denver
district court today by Attorney-General
W. H. Dickson. Eighty coal
companies, including the Colorado
Fuel and Iron company, one of the
largest concerns in the west, are
named as defendants in the action.
In his complaint Attorney-General
Dickson declares that the coal deal
ers have formed a combination to
control the sale of coal in the stato
and have raised the price of coal and
maintained it at a high and exor
bitant scale. It Is further alleged
that the production of coal has been
curtailed. It Is less than the actual
need of customers. The plea for an
Injunction is based upon the common
law, there being no anti-trust law in
this state.
TESTS OF NEW FUEL FOR
NAVY ARE SUCCESSFUL
Evperimcnts AVith the Briquettes of
Tar and Coal Prove Satisfactory.
Norfolk, Va., Nov. G. Announce
ment a3 to tho results of naval ex
perimentation with briquettes, a now
fuel consisting of 93 per cent of coal
with 7 per cent of water gas tar as
binder, on the torpedo-boat Blddlo a
week ago, was made today. The bri
quettes were burned In the after-furnace
of the Blddle and coal like that
made Into tho briquettes in tho for
ward, and it was found that three
tons of briquettes, produced 25 per
cent more steam than did three and
a quarter tons of poal.
Good Shows.
Tho metropolitan character of
Marshfleld is dally becoming more
marked, and the demand for evening
diversions is being supplied quite
satisfactorily. The Crystal has been
giving a particularly good programme
this week its films representing fine
scenes, one of them entitled "Tho
Pony Express," and another entitled
"The Old Sexton," are" very interest
ing. "The Pony Express" is an ex
citing story of a robbery, and "Tho
Old Sexton" Is a melodrama showing
the misplaced love of the Sexton's
daughter and its consequences. Tho
Crystal Is doing good service. There
will be a change of films tonight,
Come Out To-Night
and Vote!
Legal opinion Is to tho effect
that tho school election may be
proceeded with without any fear
of entanglement, and therefore
the voters have the opportunity
tonight to get out nnd say
whether they care to have the
city schools of Marshfleld put
on a basis that will be a credit
to the city. The propositions be-
fore the voters are two in mini-
ber, but the interest centers
chiefly in adding two years to
the present High School course.
The other proposition is to em-
power the Board of Directors to
purchase a site for an additional
OWNERSHIP OF
ROAD CHANGES
New-
Yorker Receives $1000 Tor
Aid Given NJne Years
Ago. New York, Nov. G. OnChristmas
ove, 189S, John McNulty, a man in
moderate circumstances, while re-
turning to his home, aided a beggar
who stopped him on the street and
applied for alms. The man insisted
on getting his benefactor's name and
address, saying that some day, per-
haps, he might be able to show his
appreciation.
McNulty thought no more of the
matter until last night, when, upon
returning from his work, he opened
a letter which has come for him and
found inclosed a $1000 bill and a
brief letter, which read:
"Dear Sir: Inclosed you -will find
$1000 in payment for your kindness
and your merry Christmas given to
nie nine years ago, when I was broke
and wanted a meal. I have traveled
considerably in many places since
that night, but I have always remem
bered your kindness. Take this and
use it. Believe me, yours, P. E."
McNulty has no Idea of the identi
ty of the grateful man. The letter
was mailed from the financial dis
trict of this city.
:E SETS FIRE
TO HUBBY'S HEAD
John Anderson Is Dying From Burns
He Declares AVer'e Caused ly
Wife.
Chicago, Nov. 5. John AndersQn,
dying from burns about the head,
neck and body, tonight made a state
ment to the police which charges his,clouduurst' were confirmed by Cap
wife, Matilda, with having set fire totaln Paulsen and passengers on the
his bed while he lay asleep. j steamer Curacao, which arrived here
Anderson returned homo late, ac- from Mazatlan yesterday. Sixteen
cording to his wife, after a debauch, Persons are said to have been
and without disrobing threw him-, drowned by the torrential downpour
self on the bed. The woman denies and more than 50 houses washed
knowledge, as to the manner in which away.
the man received his injuries. ThJ rain was preceded by a hurrl-
He says she poured gasoline on his caner which blew with great fury up
head and on the bed and touched a ward of 12 hours. Small craft in the
match to his head. He was not harbor were sunk and a number of
aware of her design, ho said, until larger vessels damaged,
his hair and clothing were ablaze j As the dclugo struck the town poo
Anderson was writhing on the Ple were caught up and those In tho
floor when neighbors burst Into tho,' main path of tho stream had no
house and extinguished the flames, f chance of escape. Several were car-
Mrs.' Anderson Is said to have fre
quently complained about her hus
band's intemperate habits. She is
under arrest.
EMPLOYES ADVANCE
MONEY FOR PAYROLLS
'ruined, and the inhabitants are said
Chicago, Nov. 6. Payroll worries to bo practlcally destitute. Not a
are not among tho cares today of Sngie rouc 0f any 0( the houses
Henry M. Dawson, manufacturer of whlch wero on tho hmme rcmans.
mantels. A score of his own em-;
ployes, all worklngmon, yesterday LONG TERM FOR MAN "WHO
surprised him by offering him enough ' AIDED WIFE IN SUICIDE.
currency, about $G000, to carry him j
through two paydays. If Dawson ' New York, Nov. 5. Joseph War
shall need more money before the dell, who was convicted of man
flurry In the market is ended the men slaughter in tho first degree in- aid
on tho other side of his desk will ing and abetting his wife to commit
bring more next week. Dawson made suicide, and who, when ho was ar
several deposits which would have ralgned for sentence yesterday, on
carried him through if ho had kept fessed that ho had murdered his wife,
the money in his own safe. was sentenced today to not less than
Store on Broadway.
J E. Cayou has completed plans
for a store building on South Broad
way, 25x40. Tho plans call for a
first-class building, and there will
ho an upper story of flats,
It will
be located south of the mattress fac-
tory.
school building. There is no dig-
agreement in the district regard-
ing tho immediate necessity for
both proposals passing, for the
schools as now supported arc.
behind in High School work.
Tho need for another building is
urgent and should bo voted.
The election will be held in the
4 school building, on B street,
commencing nt 7:30 o'clock in
the evening. The election is of
great importance to every fam-
ily in Marshficld, nnd no voter
should fail to como out and
make the decision for both
items decisive.
vvvon
WILL NOT ACCEPT
HEARST AS ALLY
Roosevelt Refuses to Give His
proval to (he New York
Deal.
Ap-
Washington, Nov. C. Every
at-
tempt that has been made by the
j friends of Herbert Parsons to obtain
nn indorsement of the New York
fusion ticket from President Roose-
velt has met with failure. It has'terlous disappearance has been
been known before this that Parsons
am not consult the president prior to
niakirtg the Hearst deal,
Although Parsons or his friends
may kecp on trying to obtain aid and
countenance from Roosevelt for their
f,1sion with the Hearst element, they
( wln not get elther. Hearst today is
just as much the pet abominatlon of
I Roosevelt as he was when the presi-
dent asked hlg aecretary of stato to
cxcorIate the New York editor In a
Bpeech 0f cours6( noosevelt can.
nt , f n,, ,,' Mia p,.
son-Hearst alliance publicly, but ho
has many ways of letting his views
of the matter be known. He is too
good a politician to stand for the un
speakable New York deal.
STORM DESTROYS TOWN
SIXTEEN 1TRSONS DROWNED IN
LOWER CALIFORNIA.
San Jose del Cabo Demolished
Wind and Cloudburst Whole
. -, Population Destitute.
iy
San Francisco, Nov. 5. Reports
of great damage and loss of life at
San Jose del Cabo, in Lower Califor
nia, on October 14, caused by a
ried out to sea.
Some who escaped tho flood were
killed by being crushed by flying
portions of the buildings. Two new
wireless stations were completely de
stroyed. Orange and lemon groves
in tho vicinity were completely
is years and 11 months and not more
than 19 years and 11 months.
Sehlbredo Referee in Bankruptcy.
(Special to Tho Times.)
Portland, Or., Nov. G. Judge Wol
verton today appointed O, A, Sehl
brede referee In bankruptcy for Coos
County.
LEINWEBER COMES
BACK FOR CLOTHES.
Mnu Whose Disappears Caused His
Friend Much Uneasiness Was
in Logging Camp.
About two or throe weoks ago The
Times chronicled the disappearance
of one John S. Lelnweber, who had
como over from a Coqulllo River log
ging camp with his friend, Andrew
Maghlno. The two camo hero with
the intention of taking up work of
some nature, and were about town
for several days, when Lelnweber
suddenly disappeared. Maghlne
searched a number of days for him
and finally concluded he had been
drowned or murdered. There were
no circumstances to support tho lat
ter belief, for the missing man was
without funds, and Maghlne thought
lt"was possible he had gone to work
in some mine or camp, but after a
long search gave the matter up.
Lelnweber left two suitcases at tho
Southern Pacific depot, and because
he did not call for them, tho sup
position of Euicide was credited by
many. But yesterday Lelnweber
showed up in Marshfleld and asked
for his effects at the depot and made
himself known to his friends. When
questioned regarding his disappear
ance, he said he had gone away with
out letting anybody know whither he
was bound, and had been working In
a logging camp at Templeton, in the
Ten Mile region. In explanation of
his erratic action, he said ho had no
money and did not care to borrow
from his friend Maghlno who had
offered to hold him up until he could
cet employment. And so another mys
cleared up. Lelnweber was un
conscious of the uneasiness he had
caused his friends by his action.
DOLLAR APIECE FOR
COOS BAY PEARS.
Farmers from far and near keep
alive Interest In the Chamber of
Commerce display at Marshfleld.
Scarcely a day passes without some
thing of interest being sent or
brought in. And little does tho
tanner realize, often, when sending
in an article of exhibit, how many
Easterners will look at it and how
attracted they may be In looking at
what to the Coos Bayito is an every
day sight. One of the late displays
sent In consists of three pound-pears,
each weighing a pound and a quarter.
They were brought In by Captain
Harris, and were grown by F. E.
Scofield, of Dora. A number of
Easterners viewed them yesterday
and tried to buy them out of the dis
play. One man offered tho secretary
$1 for one pear.
A sample of Italian rye grass,
grown by A. R. McDonald on Ten
Mile, has also been placed on exhibi
tion. Since August 10 tho grass has
grown to a height of two feet. A
bush of ripe red raspberries, grown
by Mrs. O. Hansen, is also to be seen
in the Chamber of Commerce win
dow. Mr. Coffelt has three hoxes of
flno apples on display.
MILLIC0MA CLUB TO
SPEND FIVE THOUSAND
The members of tho Mllllcoma
Club ,held a meeting on Tuesday ev
ening in the present club rooms for
tho purpose of arranging for tho dec
orations and tyrnisnlngs of tho now
quarters which are being prepared
in tho Lockhart building. A great
many new natnoe have been added to j
tho llBt of members since The Times
published the new list, and tho mem
bers are becoming anxious for tho
rooms to be completed and fur
nished. A committee consisting of
Dr. C. W. Tower, W. C. McFarland,
Dr. Haydon, "Will Ford and Claude
Nasburg, were appointed to have
charge of tho decorations and fur
nishings, likewise ithe arrangements,
and'wero given Instructions to have
everything of the best. Tho amount
of money placed in their hands for
this work Is $5000, and that sum
should certainly produce an excel
lent appearance on tho Interior of
tho club's headquarters.
C0QUILLE CITIZEN
DIES AT ADVANCED AGE
Coqulllo, Ore., Nov. G. John P.
Goodman, an old soldlor and pioneer
of this plnco, died last evening at his
homo In tho north end of town, ago
G9 years and some months. Ho will
bo burled this afternoon at tho Ma
sonic cometory undor tho auspices of
tho Masonic lodge of this placo.
Comrade Goodman leaves a largo clr-
clo of friends, relatives and acqualnt-
ences, who will miss him sadly.
RECEIVER FOR
PORTLAND BANK
Title Guarantee and Trust
Company Feared Cessa- ,
tion of Holidays. 4.i
STATE'S MONEY INVOLVED
Treasurer Steele Has $300,000 .on
Deposit Supposed To Bo
Secured.
Portland, Nov. G. The Title Guar
antee and Trust Company of ,this
city, went into tho hands uf a ire
celver this afternoon. Judge Wol
verton, of tho United States Circuit
Court, appointed Georgo Hill, -vice-president
of tho institution, receiver,
and fixed bonds, returnable In 'five
days, at $100,000. The receiver 'was
appointed on complaint of W. ,Coy,
who gives' his place of residence -as
Massachusetts, and claims to own
592 shares of capital stock of the
corporation. In his complaint, :Coy
estimates the liabilities oi the con
cern at $2,G40,000 and the nssets.at
$2,500,000, and states that should
tno day-to-day holidays of Governor
Chamberlain come to an end .ithe
bank would be unable to withstand
the great and sudden demand ''for
ready cash, owing to its inability to
quickly realize on Its securities. It
developed this afternoon that Stat
Treasurer Steele has on deposit in
the Title Guarantee something ttver
$300, 000 of the state's money. This
money is said to be well protected by
surety bonds.
The officials of the bank estimate
tho liabilities at $2,5GO,000, Includ
ing $610,000 due other banks, and
the assets at $3,000,000, including
$18,000 in cash, exclusive of trust
funds.
It developed tonight that the Port
land Clearing House Association vas
appealed to to como to tho succor
of the Title Guarantee, but refused
to extend aid.
QUESTION OF HOLIDAYS
T
INTERESTS THE PUBLIC
People in tho Coos Bay cities -were
teaching one another all about holi
days yesterday. Different nationali
ties were discussing their own na
tional and other holidays and the
questions which camo In to Tho
Times, asking about the subject,
would require an encyclopedia of an
swers,. One of them was -whether
tho United States had a national 'holi
day. Well, did you over? Let the
eagle scream. If ever a country had
a national holiday, that didn't hap
pen to bo a king's birthday, Uncle
Sam, U. S. A., can tell you -with 'can
non and firecracker and a spread
eagle speech on July 4th of 'every
blessed year under tho sun. Does
tho Unitd States have a national hol
iday? Well, just try to do business
on the Fourth or on Thanksgiving
day In any stato or territory or In -any
department of tho United States Gov
ernment at Washington and see,. Of
course, Tho Times declines to answer
tho qustion.
NEW MACHINE SHOP
OPENS ON QUEEN AVE.
Messrs. Ira Chapman and W. II.
Cavanaugh, two well-known Cpo3
county boys, have just opened a first
class machine shop, whero they do all
kinds of repair work and makp a
specialty of wood work, such as turn
ing porch pillars, banisters, etc.
Every piece of machinery thu3 far In
stalled Is the best that can ho made
and with all the latest improvments.
Ono of their specialties will bo tho
ropalrlng of gasolino boats, tho -ways
for which work will bo built Imnie-
dlately. Their shop was recently
built at tho foot of Queon avenuo'ln
tho rear of the rock crusher.
Electric Potato Hoist.
F. S. Dow has arranged a now
schemo of taking potatoes from the
hold of tho steamor Plant. JIo calls
tho machlno a potato hoist. Tho ar
rangement is put into tho ship nnd
the sacks of potatoes nro placed on
a moving platform and raised to the
deck. Tho machlno Is run by a small
electric dynamo, and will handle nlno
sacks in a nilnuto If tho Ion' "hnre
men can get tho tubers to tin. flat
form fast enough,