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VOL II.
THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1 908.
No. 300
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AT PRINCETON HOI TODAY
Only Democratic President
Since Civil War Suddenly
Succumbs.
HAD BEEN AILING
FOR LONG TIME.
News Prostrates Wife and
Comes as Shock to Entire
Country.
(By Associated Press.)
PRINCETON, N. J., June 24.
Former President Grover Cleveland
died hero today at S:40 a. m. The
passing away of Mr. Cleveland was
not immediately announced, pending
the preparation of the official state
ment by Drs. Joseph D. Bryant,
George R. Lockwood and J. M. Car
nochan, which was as follows:
"Mr. Cleveland for many years
had suffered from repeated attacks
of gastro-lntestinal troubles. He
also had long standing organic dis
ease of tho heart and kidneys. Heart
failure complicated with pulmonary
thrombosis and oedema were the
immediate causes of his death."
. Says Heat Caused It.
The oppressive heat of yesterday
had much to do with the death of
tho" former president. When asked
for further details Dr. Bryant said,
"the heart failure which caused
death was induced within twenty
four hours of the end. Death was
finally duo to the heat."
Great Shock to All.
While Mr. Cleveland had been se
riously 111 from time to time the an
nouncement of his death came like
a" thunder bolt to those who had been
watching his illness, Last night's
visit of Dr. Bryant created some
apprehension that something was se
riously wrong but the statement of
Mrs. Cleveland tbat there was no oc
casion for alarm reassured his
friend's. Mrs. Cleveland was at homo
when her husband passed away. The
children were at their Cleveland
summer home at Tamworth, N. H
In charge of Mrs. Perr'lne, Mrs. Cle
veland's mother.
Wife at Bedside.
Those at the bedside were Mrs.
Cleveland and the three physicians.
Tho former president spent a fairly
comfortable night notwithstanding
tho oppressive heat, but shortly after
eight o'clock this morning, he began
to-fail.
Tho physicians worked over the
patient who lapsed into unconscious
ness and at 8:40 o'clock he passed
away.
As soon as Mrs. Cleveland recover
ed her composure, she sent for Pro
fessor West of Princeton, who at
tended to the many details immedia
tely necessary, with the assistance of
Professor Hibbin.
Funeral On Friday.
The following bulletin was issued
to the Associated Press: "Tho fu
neral of "former-President Cleveland
will be held Friday, Juno 2Gth, at
"Westland," Mr. Cleveland's resi
dence on Bayard Lane, Princeton,
and will be strictly, private."
Tho fixing of Friday for tho fu
neral was done to make it possible
for Roosevelt to attend.
CLEVELAND'S HISTORY.
Born at Caldwell, N. J., March 18,
1837, of English-Irish parents, his
father being a Presbyterian minister.
Taught school when seventeen and
began study of law at Buffalo In
1855, doing clerical work and acting
as book-agent meanwhile to support
himself and a widowed mother.
Became assistant district attorney
in 18C3, and was elected sheriff of
Erie county in 1870.
Elected mayor of Buffalo In 1881
and covernor of New York In 1882.
Was nominated by Democrats in
Chicago in 1884 for president and
dofeated James G. Blaino, tho Repub
lican candidate. His advocacy of
lgwer tariffs resulted In his defeat
fo reelection in 1888 by Benjamin
Harrison. After a hard fight, ho
was renominated by Democrats in
1892, and was elected over Harri
son. While tho country was very
prosperous during Cleveland's first
administration, labor troubles and
other causes resulted in a panic tbat
lasted throughout his second term.
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THE PRESIDENT
Roosevelt Wires Mrs. Cleve
land His Sympathy Over
Death.
(By Associated Press.)
OYSTER BAY, June 24. Presi
dent Roosevelt will not attend the
Yale-Harvard boat races at New
London tomorrow owing to tho death
of Mr. Cleveland. Ho sent a mes
safe of condolence to Mrs. Cleve
land and expressed his intention to
attend the funeral if it takes place
on any other day than Saturday
when he has an important confer
ence.
The President addressed the fol
lowing telegram to Mrs. Cleveland:
"Your telegram shocked mo greatly.
Mrs. Roosevelt joins with me in very
deep and sincere sympathy. I have
of course abandoned my intention of
starting today for the New London
boat races, so that If the funeral is
either Thursday or Friday I can at
tend. I can also attend if it Is Sun
day, but if it is Saturday, a number
of men are coming here from various
parts of the country on a business
engagement which I cannot very well
break. Will you direct some one to
wire me when funeral is to be held
and whore? Theodore Roosevelt."
The President Issued a proclama
tion paying great tribute to the life
of Cleveland and directing in testi
mony of the respect in which his
memory is held by the government
and the people of the United Stated
that the flags of the White House
and departmental buildings be dis
played at half mast for a period of
thirty days and that suitable mili
tary and naval honors under orders
from tho Secretary of War and of
the Navy be rendered on the day of
the funeral.
SHOCK TO CORTELYOU.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, June 23. Secre
tary Cortelyou, acting as a head of
the administration, on the first news
of the death of Mr. Cleveland, re
ceived a telegram from tho Presi
dent at Oyster Bay instructing him
to promulgate an order that on all
executive departments the national
flags be hung at half mast. They
probably will thus remain for thirty
days. Mr. Cortelyou, who served as
confidential stenographer to Mr. .Cle
veland during his last term, was
greatly shocked.
Since his retirement, ho had lived at
Princeton, practicing law and acting
as a director of the Equitable Life
Assurance society of New York.
Had honor of being only Demo
cratic president since the civil war.
Mr. Cleveland was the only presi
dent married in the White House,
where, on June 2, 1886, Frances Fol
som, the daughter of his old friend
and partner at the Buffalo bar, be
nnnto his wife. Ruth, the first of
their children, was born October 3,
1891, at their home in New York
city. During Mr. Cleveland's sec
ond term as president, she was wide
ly known throughout the country as
"Baby Ruth." On January 7, 1904,
she died at Princeton of heart fail
ure, occasioned by a mild attack of
diphtheria. Esther, tho second
daughter, was born September 9,
1893, and has the distinction of hav
ing been the only child of a presi
dent born in tho White House. Ma
rlon, tho third daughter, was born
at Buzzard's Bay, tho Cleveland
summer home, July 7, 1895. Thero
was great rejoicing in tho family
when tho three girls wore followed
by a son. Ho was born at Princeton,
October 28, 1897. With the an
nouncement that a boy had como to
tho house of Cleveland tho ptudents
at Princeton dubbed him "Grovor
Cleveland, Jr.," at once. This name
stcks to him, though he was chris
tened Richard. Another boy was
born at Buzzard's Bay, July 18,
1803. Ho was named Francis Gro
ver for his mother.
Persian Uprising Results In
Small Civil War But
Shah Appears to be Master
Still.
(By Associated Press.)
TEHERAN, Persia, June 24. It
Is generally confirmed that the llrst
shot of yesterday's fight was fired
by members of the Anjumans, or
political clubs. Tho Nationals -fled
when reinforcements of troops ar
rived. The Cossacks had fifteen
killed, three officers and twenty men
wounded. Bombs were thrown.
British and Russian representatives
have requested the Shah to take Im
mediate steps to restore order.
(By Associated Press.)
LONDON, Juno 24. Private dis
GETSJEEPEP
Portland Paper Claims That
There Is 26 Feet of Water
at Low Tide.
(By Associated Press.)
PORTLAND, Ore., June 24. The
Evening Telegram says that a gov
ernment survey of the Columbia
river bar, just completed, shows a
depth of 26 feet in extreme low
water In a channel 3,000 feet wide
as against a depth of 25 feet and
300-foot channel last year. This
means an approximate depth of 34
feet at an average high tide.
GK
JULTjDUHIH
Three Torpedo Boats and Des
troyer Plan Visit to Coos
Bay.
ASTORIA, Ore.,, June 24. The
destroyer Goldsboro and tho torpedo
boat Rowan have arrived from Puget
Sound, and will leavo with the tor
pedo boats Davis and Fox now at
Portland, for Coos Bay, where they
will remain during the Fourth of
July celebration.
No advices have been received here
concerning the proposed visit of the
torpedo boats, but when the atten
tion of Secretary Walter Lyon was
called to the above dispatch, he im
mediately took steps to got in touch
with the commander of the fleet. If
the dispatch is correct, ho is in favor
of making the vessels a feature of
the Fourth of July celebration.
FOR CIVTO IMPROVEMENT.
Otto A. Wcllo of Spokane, Delivers
Address Before City Council.
Owing to an unusual press of news
matter, an eloquent and most excel
lent address by Otto A. Welle, for
merly city engineer of Spokane,
Wash., before the Marshfleld city
council, last evening, was crowded
out of Tho Times today but will ap
pear in detail tomorrow. Everyone
Interested In Marshfleld or Coos Bay
should read It.
MAY HONOR FULTON.
Wuhhlngtoit l'uper Snys Ho May Bo
Member of Taft's Cublnct.
WASHINGTON, D. C, June 24.
Tho Washington Post in speculating
on prospective cabinet changes, says:
"Senator Fulton has been a con
sistent Taft boomer, and tho secre
tary likes him. Tho Pacific Coast
will have a seat somowhero around
tho cabinet tnble, and tho chances of
Senator Fulton for appointment as
Attorney-General or Secretary of
Commerce and Labor aro as good as
those of any man who has been
1 named."
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patches say that only a small num
ber were killed in tho fighting at
Teheran yesterdny. Tho Shah Is ap
parently master of the situation at
Teheran. The attitude of the pro
vinces Is uncertain. Foreigners are
In no danger.
(By Associated Press.)
ST. PETERSBURG, June 24.
The Foreign Office has been advised
that fighting in Teheran ceased at
night fall yesterday.
(By Associated Press.)
BERLIN, June 24. Tho Tageblatt
publishes a dispatch from Teheran
that the firing of small arms and ar
tillery continues today. It is impos
sible to give the exact number of
casualties in yesterday's fighting, but
the Cossacks alone, tho dispatch
says, lost seventy killed.
HILL TRIBES
MURDER SIX
Filipino Outlaws Slay Two
Americans and Four Natives
On Island of Negros.
(By Associated Press.)
MANILA, P. I Juno 23. A tele
gram today from the Island of Ne
gros tells of the murder of H. D.
Everett, government forester, and T.
R. Wakeley, a school teacher, and
four Filipinos by the hill tribesmen.
The party has been missing six
weeks. No details are given.
FIRE LOSS IS
Three Rivers, Quebec, Swept
by Disastrous Blaze Monday
and Tuesday.
(By Associated Press.)
THREE RIVERS, Quebec, June
24. It Is estimated that tho actual
loss In Monday and Tuesday's fire
was over two million dollars. Tho
liabilities of the Insurance 'companies
Is about ?1, 066,750. The fire was
not got under control for hours, and
the ruins are still smouldering. .
IS
BETTER TODAY
Republican Vice-Presidential
Candidate Reported Consid
erably Improved.
(By Associated Press.)
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Juno 24.
Jas S. Sherman, tho Republican
vice-presidential nominee who was
taken very ill hero, was reported
resting easy at noon. "was
While hopes for his recovery were
practically abandoned early yester
day, his friends now express con
fidence that ho will recover.
Tho physicians say that an opera
tion Is now unlikely.
DROWNED NEAR ROSEBURG.
ROSEBURG, Ore., Juno 24.
While driving logs In tho North
Umpqua River, 24 miles east of hero,
Arthur Fulk, aged 27 years, was
drowned.
llertlo Minor In Today. Tho Ber
tlo Minor arrived hero today from
San Pedro and will load with lum
bor for the south. Sho was towed
up tho bay by tho Columbia.
TWO MILLIONS
II
LIKELY TO CLOSE TOMORROW
FRANCHISE IS
TABLED AGAIN
Council Unexpectedly Delays
Action on Proposition For
New Phone System.
In order to give the Pacific States
Telephone Company another oppor
tunity to promise to fix up their
Marshfleld exchange, the city coun
cil last night laid tho application of
R. T. Durett for a franchise for an
independent telephone system on tho
table again for a week. The action
came rather as a surprise as Mr.
Durett had practically permitted the
council to draft tho franchise under
which ho proposed to instal his sys
tem. Mr. Durett and his attorney,
W. U. Douglas, showed deep chagrin
at tho action taken, the vote having
followed a talk by Mr. Douglas urg
ing that the council either grant or
refuse to grant tho franchise and not
dilly-dally along in an unbusiness
Uko way. Councllmen Flanagan,
Lockhart, Nasburg and Savage voted
to lay the franchise on the table and
Nelson and SacchI against it. The
motion was made by Mr. Flanagan
and seconded by Mr. Lockhart.
Oppose Higher Rates.
The proposed franchise was dis
cussed at some length last evening,
following tho reading of tho draft
that had been prepared by City At
torney Farrin In accordance to the
agreement reached by the council
last Friday night. The only question
in particular raised was In regard to
tho table of maximum rates which
Mr. Durett submitted and which are
higher after the number of phones
hero reaches 1,000, than the existing
rates. Mr. Durett explained that
these were maximum rates and that
tho rates that would nctually bo
charged would bo considerably less
unless tho growth of Marshfleld ne
cessitated tho operation of several
thousand phones.
Mayor Straw's Investigation.
Mayor E. E. Straw read several
telegrams that ho had sent to
mayors of Oregon cities where inde
pendent systems had been installed
Inquiring about the advisability of
granting a second franchise hero.
Practically all of the responses were
to tho effect that a second system
meant much better service and was
very satisfactory. A message from
tho mayor of Hopklnsvllle, Ky.,
which has a phone system and fire
alarm system like Mr. Durett pro
posed to Install on Coos Bay, was to
the effect that it had been very satis
factory there, in fact that Hopklns
vllle considers its system ono of tho
best in tho country.
Plea For Delay.
Councilman Nasburg inquired of
Manager L. R. Robertson of the Pa
cific States Company, if his company
would agree to take Mr. Durett's
proposed franchiso and put In tint
kind of a system at once. Mr. nob
ortson said that ho could not ans7T
but that- their division superintend
ent who would bo hero next week
might bo able to give a definite an
swer as to that.
W. U. DouglaB said that ho
thought tho city council had suffi
cient experience with tho Pacific
States Company to know how much
reliance to place in their promises
and that he didn't seo how tho coun
cil expected to get Improvements by
them In view of tho message from
tho president to Mayor Straw a fow
days ago. Ho said that if tho coun
cil men wanted to compel the citi
zens of Marshflold to put up with
tho poor phono sorvlco which tho
Pacific States Company is giving for
soven years moro, tho time tho com
pany's franchiso is to run, ho be
lieved they wore making a serious
mistake.
However, tho motion to table tho
franchiso was passed.
PIANO STUDIO of Louis II. Boll,
located in First Trust and Savings
Bank building, second floor, parlors
17, 18, 19 and 20. Will teach during
the summer months,
State Rested Its Case at Noon
and Defense Opened at
12:30 O'clock.
NORTH BEND MEN
ARE WITNESSES.
Judge Hamilton Rules Out Part
of Woman's Dying
Declaration.
(Special to ine Times.)
COQUILLE, Ore., June 24. The
state rested its case in tho trial of
Holland Anderson, chnrged with tho
murder of Mrs. E. S. Gordon at
Marshfleld, at noon today, and at
12:30 o'clock the prosecution open
ed. The trial Is likely to end to
morrow. A sensation was sprung when,
after long arguments by tho attor
neys, Judge Hamilton ruled out part
of Mrs. Gordon's dying declaration
as taken by Deputy District Attorney
L. A. Llljeqvlst at Marshfleld. Judge
Hamilton admitted the part of Mrs.
Gordon's declaration In which sho
stated that she came to Marshflold
on tho day of the shooting determin
ed to take Anderson back to North
Bend with her or to kill him. Tho
part ruled out w'as Mrs. Gordon's
claim that Anderson had stolen $70
from her.
The prosecution relied greatly on
this dying declaration and Judgo
Hamilton's ruling greatly weakens
their case. The defense is elated
and claim that it is practically cer
tain that Anderson will bo acquitted
on tho grounds of self defense.
Captain and Mrs. O'Kelly, wit
nesses of the shooting, were the prin
cipal witnesses for tho prosecution.
The defense started by attacking
Mrs. Gordon's character and trying
to show that she was a darigerous
woman. Among tho witnesses who
will bo called this afternoon to provo
this are, Attorneys Guerry and Hol
lister of North Bend, Richard Coke,
L. J. Simpson, L. F. Falkonstein and
F. C. Shaw of North Bend.
FIND DROWNED MAN.
Tho body of Thompson Vapeslck,
tho Bay City man who was drowned
several days ago, was found lato to
day within fifty feet of where he
was drowned.
Harry Kronenberg Falls From
Boat to Death In Coquille
River Today.
(Special to Tho Times.)
BANDON, Ore., Juno 24. Harry
Kronenberg, tho ninetoen-year-old
son of John Kronenberg, one of tho
most prominent citizens of the Co
quille valley, was drowned this fore
noon near tho Aberdeen mill, four
miles above Bandon, Young Kron
enberg accidentally fell from tho
boat and nil efforts to rescuo him
wero futile. Tho body was recovered
later.
Mr. Krononberg, tho fathor of tho
dead boy. has been a resident ot
Coos county for years and has boon
a pronilnont factor In tho lumber
business. For years ho had charge
of tho Doo estate which owned much
property around the Parkersburg'
mill. At present, ho is heavily Inter
ested In tho lumber business In tho
Coquille vnlloy.
Tho accident has cast a gloom
over tho entire section as tho young
man was well known and very pop
ular. ItEDMISK'S BALL nt I. O. O. F.
Hall, Saturday evening, Juno 27, by
Koos Trlbo No, 33. Muslo by Cooa
Bay Orchestra.
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