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BY THE PEOPLE,
AND FOR THE PEOPLE.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRES!
VOL. II.
THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1908.
No. 276.
DYNAMITE HOUSES BELONGING RESCUE I
Three Buildings Mysteriously
Destroyed There Last
Evening.
MAY BE RESULT OF
GRAFT PROSECUTION.
Victim Is Principal Witness
for State in Cases Being
Tried.
(By Associated Press.)
OAKLAND, Cal., May 27. Au
thorities are at work diligently try
ing to discover the identity of the
person or persons who, last night
wrecked the three new houses owned
by James L. Gallagher, a former
supervisor in San Francisco and the
principal witness for the graft prose
cution. Following the partial des
truction in a similar manner of his
residence here on the evening of
April 23, he concluded his testimony
in the Rueff case then on trial in San
Francisco. Ono theory is that some
one Implicated In the exposures
of the graft is responsible, and an
other is that a personal enemy of
Gallagher may be the dynamiter.
While Rueff was not convicted on
the last trial, the Jury disagreeing,
he will shortly bo tried on a similar
Indictment and again Gallagher will
be the principal witness.
Detective William J. Burns for the
prosecution in the trolley graft cases
will work on the latest dynamite
plot. He believes that some one in
the pay of the defense committed
the outrage for the purpose of In
timidating Gallagher from further
testifying in the case.
CROWN1NSHIELD IS DEAD.
Former Admiral of tho U. S.-Nnvy
Succumbs to Shock of Operation
For Trivial Cause.
(By Associated Press.)
PHILADELPHIA, May 27. Ad
miral A. S. Crownlnshield, United
States Navy, retired, died at tho hos
pital hero today. He went to tho
hospital a month ago for an opera
tion of the nose but did not fully
recover from the shock of the opera
tion. Tho immediate bcause of death
was the hardening of the tissues of
the body.
WILL BRIQUET COAL
ON COOS BAY SOON.
W. A. Thies Called to Los Angeles
Hut Will Shortly Return to Take
Up EYperiments Here.
Mr. W. A. Thies formerly of Min
neapolis, Minn., now residing at
Marshfleld, who is a mechanical en
gineer of wide reputation, left on the
Plant for Los Angeles where he will
sojourn for about three weeks hav
ing been called into consultation
there In connection with largo irriga
tion enterprises and necessary ma
chinery. Mr. Thies has tho distinc
tion of being tho first manufacturer
of briquets from lignite coal in tho
United States, who has been success
ful in making such briquets without
n binder. On his return to Marsh
fleld he will make arrangements for
brlquetting Coos Bay coal.
Store your goods with tho Bay
Side Paint Co., North Bend.
VOTE for N. C. Medley, Repub
lican candidate for County Assessor.
ANDERSON & HALL agents for
South Marshfleld Coal. Phone 817.
VOTE FOR I. T. Weekly, Dem
ocratic nominee for county commis
sioner. He is in favor of good roads
and equal apportionment of road
funds for each and every district.
IF YOU have some good potatoei
bring them to F. S. Dow.
VOTE FOR R. E. L. Bedllllon,
Democratic candidate for representa
tive from Coos county. He stands
squarely for statement No. 1 and
pledges himself to vote for the peo
ple's choice for United States sen
ator regardless of politics or personal
preference.
10 GALLAGHER IN OAKLAND
FLEET NOW
OFF TAC01
Over 200,000 People Assem
bled to Welcome Atlantic
Battleships.
(By Associated Press.)
TACOMA, May 27. Two hundred
thousand residents and visitors wel
comed the Atlantic battleships as
they maneuvered before the city
and dropped anchor in Commence
ment Bay this morning. The day Is
a holiday by mutual consent, busi
ness being suspended almost the en
tiro day. Tho bay is thronged with
boats of all sizes and tho shores are
lined with tens of thousands of peo
ple and the high points of the city
from which a view can be obtained
are black with people. The city is
gaily decorated.
LAUNCH NEW BATTLESHIP.
Michigan, of tho Droadiinught Class,
Will .Soon lie Heady for Service.
(By Associated Press.)
CAMDEN, N. J., May 27. The
great steel hull battleship Michigan,
a sister ship of the South Carolina,
was launched here In the presence of
distinguished guests. Miss Carol
Barnes Newberry of Detroit, a daugh
ter of tho assistant secretary of the
Navy, Harry Newberry, was the spon
sor. The weather favored the event.
The Michigan conies closer to the
Dreadnaught class than any other
fighting vessel in the American navy.
TO BUILD TO PORTLAND.
Gould's Positive Announcement Re
garding AVostern Pacific.
LOS ANGELES, May 27. Edwin
Gould, pathfinder for the "ocean to
ocean railroad ambition of his
brother, George, announced that the
Gould lines will not only reach San
Francisco, but they will enter Los
Angeles and the ports of the Pacific
northwest, through Portland. Mr.
Gould arrived from Texas in his pri
vate car "Dixie."
Gould Is a director of the Western
Pacific and makes .the positive an
nouncement that the ocean to ocean
Gould line will be consummated with
the early completion of the Western
Pacific into San Francisco and that
tho lines of the Goulds will also be
extended to Portland in tho near fu
ture. '
Further Mr. GouhlNleclares that
tho Pacific coast will be the scene
of the most extensive railroad opera
tions ever known.
MORE MONEY FOR OREGON.
WASHINGTON, May 27. Senator
Fulton's amendment to the agricul
tural bill giving the counties 25 per
cent instead of 10 per cent of the
receipts from the forest reserves has
been accepted by both houses. Con
gressman Hawley induced Scott, the
chairman of tho house committee to
withdraw his objections. The house
then passed the bill and the senate
had already accepted it. This gives
several thousand dollars' additional
to many counties each year.
HOGS ROOT UP ARM.
Swine BrinR Portion of Corpse
to
Light on Giiiiicss Farm.
(By Associated Press.)
LAPORTE, May 27. Several hogs
wallowing in a pond on tho edgo of
a lot on the Gulness farm, brought
up the bono of a human arm. Tho
mud will bo searched for tho body.
A CARD.
To the Republican voters of Coos
County: I hereby announce myself
as the regular Republican nominee
for coroner of Coos County,, subject
to your approval, at the coming elec
tion, June 1, 190S.
T. J. LEWIS.
TO COOS COUNTY VOTERS.
T. J, Thrift, Democratic candidate
for assessor of Coos county, bases his
candidacy for tho office on his past
record. Equality and a fair deal for
every property owner.
Los Angeles Couples Swept iBuffal arrlved a tht piaco last
., , . , .night with E. E. Easton, a mining
uui oy quan ana are nckgu
Up by Cruiser Buffalo Far
From Shore One Lost Dur
ing Gale.
(By Associated Press.)
LOS ANGELES,
May 27. The
United Wireless Telegraph Company
has received a wireless from their
station at Avalon on Catallna Island,
reporting that tho converted cruiser
Several Known to Have Been
Killed and Many Hurt at Alva
and Ingersoll.
(By Associated Press.)
WICHITA, Kan., May 27. Peter
Rudy, his wife and two children
were killed by a tornado near Alva,
Okla., at midnight. Several were in
jured.
Three were killed and one Is miss
ing at Ingersol, Okla.
HARD AFTER
New York District Attorney
Bitterly Arraigned in Ouster
Case.
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, May 27. Tho clos
ing arguments in the charges of de
reliction of duty preferred by a com
mittee headed by William Flynn
against District Attorney Jerome
were heard today by Commissioner
Rand.
A brief submitted by Franklin
Pierce, counsel for the complainants,
declared that every thoughtful man
knows that the conditions in New
York county are a "hundred times
more dangerous to tho welfare of so
ciety than murder itself"; that a
"graver calamity could not visit the
people of New York than a continu
ance of the evil examples and dis.
graceful conduct of William Travers
Jerome In tho office of public prose
cutor of New York county." The
brief Is a document of 200 printed
pages in which the charges against
the District Attorney are reviewed.
It Is charged that Jerome is shield
ing various persons from prosecu
tion.
THANK WEALTHY .MEN.
Presbyterian General Assembly Praisu
Rockefeller and Cnmfgle.
(By Associated Press.)
KANSAS CITY, May 27. Every
phase of homo missionary work was
considered today by the General As
sembly of the Presbyterian church
of the United States of America. The
reports submitted show the progress
In the missionary efforts. The Gen
eral Assembly, through the commit
tee on colleges, expressed gratitude
to John D. Rockefeller and Andrew
Carnegie for tholr generous gifts to
Presbyterian colleges.
KEEP UP STRIKE.
Street Car Men in Cleveland So
Vote.
(By Associated Press.)
CLEVELAND, May 27. Tho street
car employes havo decided to conti
nue the strike.
THE BEST INDEX TO PROGRES
SIVE CIVILIZATION IS GOOD
ROADS AND GOOD SCHOOLS. DO
NOT FORGET TO VOTE IN FAVOR
OF THE OREGON UNIVERSITY AP
PROPRIATION BILL, MONDAY,
TRY South Marshfleld coal. Once
.tried, always used. Phone 817.
TWO CYCLONES
IN OKLAHOMA
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man of Los Angeles, his wife and two
sons, and another man whose name
Is not given. The party chartered a
launch to go to Island San Clement
and being struck by a heavy squall
was blown out to sea where they
drifted about three days. The boat
man, known as "Tony, tho Greek"
was lost during the trip. The Buf
falo picked up the launch far at sea.
Tho passengers were suffering from
want of food and was taken to Ava
lon by the cruiser.
Six Prominent Manufacturers
Arrested For Conspiracy
There.
(By Associated Press.)
BOSTON, May 27. Six leading of
ficials of as many boilermaking
plants and structural iron works
were arrested this afternoon, follow
ing tho report of the Boston Fire
Commission, which revealed an alleg
ed conspiracy between the contract
ing firms in relation to bids on com
petitive city contracts.
MAYBE ARS
Two Arrested in Chicago For
Starting Fire That Endan
gered Many Today.
(By Associated Press.)
CHICAGO, May 27. One man was
fatally injured, two seriously hurt
and many families of the neighbor
hood driven from their homes by a
flre which destroyed the plant of the
Standard Sash and Door Company to
day. Tho loss is $100,000.
Victor Altman and Joseph Brown
were arrested, being suspected of
having set the flre.
MRS. T1LVAV CHANGES MIND.
Withdraws Petition to Have Her Mar
riage Annulled.
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, May 27. Tho action
brought by Mrs. Evelyn Thaw to an
nul her marriage to Harry K. Thaw
was discontinued today at tho request
of Mrs. Thaw's counsel.
SUED FOR LARGE SUM.
Elmer Chambers, Now in Coos Coun
ty, Must Defend Suit.
Tho Roseburg Review says:
Tho Pagq Investment Co., of
Drain, lessee of tho lumber yard In
Kinney's Addition, has filed an at
tachment suit in the circuit court
liero against Elmer Chambers, for
$950. Chambers was In charge of
the lumber yard until last week,
when he left town. He is alleged to
havo collected $1,000 In tho course
of business and turned only $G0 of
that over to tho plaintiff. It is said
that Chambers has gone
to coos
county with tho intention of remain
ing about ten days and then return
ing hero".
KEEP TROOPS IN CUBA.
Oeneral Bell Decides Not to With
draw Army.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, May 27. After
several conferences with President
Roosevelt and Secretary Taft, Gen
eral Bell has decided not to withdraw
any troops from Cuba for tho present.
CO.ME to tho Coos Bay Orchestra's
ball at tho Knights of Finland Toni
ple Saturday night. Fine floor and
excellent music guaranteo a good
lime.
PHONE Anderson & Hall
jouth Marshfleld Coal, No, 817.
for
BOSTON HAS
GRAFT CASE
PLANT BURNS,
COLLISION OFF
SE
DRAWjKE
Plans Approved by Commis
sioners and are Sent to War
Department.
The Coos county commissioners
havo approved of a plan submitted
by L. J. Simpson and others for the
proposed drawbridge across South
Inlet. The plans have been sent to
the War Department to Becure a
permit for the construction of the
bridge which will probably be grant
ed soon. As soon as this Is done,
tho county commissioners will take
the matter up with a view of order
ing the work to be done.
The plans call for a bridge 1,400
feet long, including approaches. The
draw will be 105 feet long. This
will make a maximum width of forty
three feet. In addition to the draw,
there will be a span sixty feet long
and simllnr to the one on Coal Bank
Inlet to permit rafts to go through.
The bridge will be ten feet above
ordinary high water so that good
sized launches can ply under it with
out having to move the draw. Tho
roadway on the bridge will be eight
een feet wide. Concrete piers will
be used.
For Electric Line.
L. J. Simpson requested that the
bridge be built sufficiently strong to
permit tho operating of electric cars
over it as ho wishes to soon build
an electric line to his summer home
at Sunset Bay. Tho cost of the
bridge, according to present plans,
will be about $15,000, but Mr. Simp
son has promised to contribute liber
ally towards It If built according to
his wishes.
Judge Hall said that the matter of
extending the plank roadway from
Marshfleld to North Bend would be
taken up at tho July session of the
Commissioners. Seymour H. Bell who
isplannlngtobulld an electric lino on
Coos Bay has made indirect over
tures to the commissioners to secure
tho right to use the drive for his car
line. Ho has offered $1,000 towards
the cost of building the road. It is
not likely that tho commissioners
will grant him the right to use tho.
thoroughfare for such a small sum
as the cost of building a road other
than on tho trestlo would be much
greater than this amount.
-WILLBE OR!
Prosecuting Attorney Geo. M.
Brown Says Law Is Plain
On Question.
Owing to tho reports having been
placed in cli dilation that tho Marsh
fleld saloons would, under tho
amendment to the charter recently
secured, bo independent of tho coun
ty and able to keep open even If
coos county goes dry, official refuta
tion of tho claim was secured today.
Marshfleld saloons must abide by the
name law that governs every other
city in Coos county, according to Geo.
M. Brown, prosecuting attorney for
this district. Tho following tele
gram is self explanatory:
Roseburg, Or., May 20, 1908.
Dr. J. T. McCormnc,
Marshfleld, Oregon.
Local option law applies to all
parts of Coos county aliko and if
county goes dry of com so Marsh
fleld saloons will bo closed.
GEORGE M. BROWN.
CAPT. HALL of tho Umpqua coun
try, loft yesterday for his homo
after a short visit hero.
8 DAY' clock to bo given away at
the Coos Bay Cash Store Inquire
tho causo.
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NOVIA SCOTIA;
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DROUED
Steamer Boston Runs Down
and Sinks the Fame Near
Yarmouth.
OCCURRED IN FOG
AND DARKNESS.
Only Two of Fishing Schooner's
Crew Saved by the
Steamer.
(By Associated Press.)
YARMOUTH, N. S., May 27. The
steamer Boston last night ran down
and sank the fishing schooner Fame.
Seventeen of the Fame's crew were
drowned, the other two being rescu
ed. Tho collision occurred during a
heavy fog which made the darkness
more blinding, the lookout of the
Boston not seeing the schooner which
it seems was without lights until
they were on to her.
The Famo was from Boston and
the Boston was en route from Boston
to Yarmouth,
An investigation will be ordered at
once.
MYRTLE POINT POINTERS.
News of Vicinity as Told by tho En
terprlse. A tiny three-pound daughter was
born to Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Har
rington of this place on Monday, the
18th.
Grandma Ray celebrated her 80th
birthday yesterday with her childron
and grandchildren at tho home of her
son, W. Lee Ray, north of town.
Mrs. Henry White, formerly a resi
dent of Myrtle Point and woll known
In this section, recently died at her
homo in Lebanon, Linn county, from
pneumonia.
D. E. Norgross, a student of tho
divinity school at Eugene, will have
charge of the Christian church hero
as pastor during the next five
months. He preached his first ser
mon last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Lane will soon
occupy the old Graham homo on
South Fourth street as a residence,
they having recently purchased tho
property. It is at present occupied
by Elwood Carey.
Creed Rose, who has a homestead
out on Myrtle Creek, was brought to
town Inst Friday suffering from a se
rious nx cut on his loft foot. Three
toes wore nearly sovered and being a
long ways from help ho suffered a
loss of considerable blood before his
Injuries could be attended to.
Through tho efforts of G. G. Swan
tho county court has placed a boun
ty on the varmints killed in Coos
county as follows: Panthers, $10,
coyotes $10 and bob cats $3. It is
hoped that this will bo effective iu
destroying animals that kill tho VIM"'
game of tho county as woll aa proy- -ing
on tho farmer's droves, and
herds.
Mr. Ira M. Abbott, better known
to his intimate friends as "Jack," and
Alta Barklow wero quiotfy married
at tho homo of tho brldo's mother.
Mrs. Ahria Barklow, by Rev. II, C
Preston. Only a fow relatives and '
intimnto friends wero presont at th f
coreniony. Tho groom is In tho
barber business hero having chargo
of tho Hotel Guerin shop, nml tho
bride Is a native of this section.
IF YOUR doctor specifies a "Par
ticular Drug Store" it must mean
McArthur's, for thoy are very parti
cular and always havo a competent
man in chargo at McArthur's.
Tho Proscription Drug Store.
VOTERS ATTENTION.
Do you boliovo in education? B
you want n Stato Unlvorslty? If '
voto "yos" No. 314 on tho of
ballot on election day. Tho p
of this bill will increaso yo
a llttlo more than 2 cents yrfnonea
taxes on $1,000 worth cdM
All nrogresslvo cltlzou39f
port tho bill.
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