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Vol. III.
THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 1908.
No. 20.
CANADIAN FOREST FIRE
EOPLE
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BURNS
CONFLAGRATION
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OF
Several Towns Near Elko, Destroyed and Property Loss Will
Run Between $5,000,000 and $8,000,000, and
Hundreds Are Homeless.
TOWN OF FERNIE WIPED OUT WITH 102 DEATHS
Wires Are Down and Only Brief Report of Disaster Is Ob
tainable at Vancouver Fire said to have Burned Out
For Present at Least.
(By Associated Press.)
WINNIPEG, Aug, 3, Seventy blocks of smoulder
ing ashes mark the snot t(Hav where stood the well
built and thriving city of Fernie, B, C, with six thou
sand population, But fourteen residences and one
business house remain, Between seven and eight
hundred families are homeless, Twelve bodies have
been recovered but two hundred are missing, Toh:
death loss may reach 400,
(By Associated Press,)
VANCOUVER, B, C, Aug, 3 One of the worst forest
fires known in the history of the Pacific Northwest, has been
raging in southwestern British Columbia along the Canadian
Pacific Railway, The wires a -e down and only minor details
can be received here, Over 150 people are said to have been
burned to death and upwards of $8,000,000 worth of prop
erty destroyed, Several towns including Fernie, near Elko,
where the Northern Pacific's b-anch from Rexford, Mont,,
and Spokane connects with the Canadian Pacific, have been
wiped out,
According to a brief message from near there today, the
fim coomc n htuip. biimfiH itsfilf nut for the oresent at east,
I The wind which swept it for
A special Trom iNeison places me numuei ui kuuwn ucauai
125 and estimates the property loss at $5,000,000, The
exact number of fatalities may never be known, (
Supplies, food and raiment are neing rusnea xo me suiuk-
Fires near Hosmer, Michel and Cranbrook which threat
ened those towns have apparently been checked and there
is less anxiety today, ,
The latest news received at Michel places the number of
dead at Fernie at 102, with 64 others burned in logging
camps on Elk River, ,
An unofficial statement said to have come from Fernie,
daces the total list of dead in Fernie and the surrounding
camps at 173, with a property
AID SENT DISTRICT.
Dispatches received by insurance
underwriters say, Hosmer and Michel
have been burned. At the former
place the Canadian Pacific's new coal
tipple la valued at $25 0,000.
A dispatch from Winnipeg de
clares the death total will reach 400.
Vancouver wired $5,000 for relief
and a train load of supplies will go
out today. Winnipeg has dispatched
a special train with nurses, doctors,
hospital stores and provisions.
A dispatch from Winnipeg today
says, "Flames broke out again today
in Michel and Hosmer. The wind Is
rising and Michel seems doomed."
SPOKANE SENDS AID.
Business Men Rush Help
to Flro
Refugees.
(By Associated Press.)
SPOKANE, Wash., Aug. 3. Re
lief from Spokane was the first to
reach the fire refugees of Fernie.
Over 2,000 are being cared for at
Cranbrook. Another car loaded with
tents, clothing and provisions will
leave today. At a mass meeting to
day, over $1,000 was subscribed In
half an hour, and relief committees
were annotated to raise funds to
start regular shipments of food-jtp
the fire swept district,
are homeless.
Over 10 ,000
RIG STRIKE FAILURE.
Paris Workmen Refuse to
Obey
Older to Quit Work.
(By Associated Press.)
PARIS, Aug. 3. The indications
aro that the big general strike of the
puneral Federation of Labor, will
bo a failure. Many tradesmen call
ed out have absolutely refused to
join in the strike.
SKEPS
urge
BRITISH
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miles has died down,
loss of $8,000,000
Many Passengers Injured Near
Benson When Golden Gate
Limited Is Ditched.
(By Associate rress.)
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 3. The
Golden Gate Limited, west bound,
struck a broken rail near Benson, on
the Southern Pacific tracks, over
which the Rock Island trains run to
the coast from El PaBO. Four per
sons are reported to have been fo
rlously hurt. Three others wgvo
slightly Injured and many soverely
shaken up as the train was running
at a high rate of speed.
ARREST MAIL CLERIC.
E. II. Fain of Pasco, Wash., Chargca
With Looting Letters.
(By Associated Press.)
WALLA WALLA, Wash., Aug. 3.
A special to the Evening Bulletin
from Pasco says that Edward H.
Fain, a railway mall clerk, between
Dayton and Pasco, on the Northern
Pacific, is under arrest there charg
ed with robbing the mall.
The dispatch says that Fain ad
mits the crime claiming ho did It
because he wanted to pay for prop
erty purchased In Tacoma. The
amount of his peculations may
reach into hundreds of dollars, cover
ing a period of four months. Fain
was detected by the use of decoy
letters. He is married.
IAD WRECK
IN ARIZONA
UID
W. M. Davis, Former Mayor of
Albany, Pleads Guilty at
Portland and Is Sentenced
Today.
(By Associated Press.)
PORTLAND, Aug. 3. W. M. Da
vis, ex-mayor of Albany, Ore., plead
ed guilty today. Ho was under in
dictment for conspiracy in the Unit
ed States court for Oregon land
MURDER AND
Highwaymen Kill Street Car
Motorman and Rob Con
ductor At Midnight In Puget
Sound Town.
(By Associated Pres3.)
TACOMA, Wash., Aug." 3. Frank
L. Brown, aged 28, a motorman, was
shot and Instantly killed as he was
Wheat and Corn Advance
Three Cents Per Bushel In
Chicago.
(B" Associated Press.)
CHICAGO, Aug. 3. Scorching hot
weather throughout the corn belt
and the Dakotas and Minnesota,
threw the Board of Trade Into wild
excitement today, and sent the prices
of wheat and corn soaring skywards.
Wheat advanced nearly three cents
per buBhel and corn showed almost
an equally sharp bulge In price.
TO
Third and Fourth Regiments
Leave For American Lake
For Field Work.
(Bv Associated Press.)
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 3. Elsv
en hundred National Guardsmen left
yesterday for American Lake to par
ticipate in' the annual field maneu
vers. The troops consist of the Third
and Fourth regiments. During the
maneuvers the Third regiment will
be in command of Col. Chas. E. Mc
Donnell of Portland, and the Fourth
In charge of Colonel Geo. O. Yoran
of Eugene.
PIONEER SEVENTY-NINE.
Birthday of C. B. Marsters Celebrated
With Family Reunion.
C. B. Marsters, a pioneer of Coos
county, is 79 years of age' and in
honor of the event a family reunion
was hold at the old homo place on
Catching Creek, Friday. There were
present at the gathering E. S, Mars
terB and family and Mrs. L. A. Mars
ters from Roseburg; Mrs. Mabel
Pearl from Portland, Mrs. Andrew
Brunde of Cottage Grove, L. C.
Marsters' three children from Port
land, S. E. Marsters of Gold Beach,
editor of the Globe; and O. J3. Mars
ters and Leo Marsters who live on
the homo place. The only absentees
aro Mrs. Sherwood, the only daugh
ter, of Prlncevllle, and Melvln Mars
ters of Oklahoma. Myrtle Point En
terprise. Population of North America is
over 100,000,000.
GRAIN PRICES
CO
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frauds. He was fined $500. An
other indictment for perjury was dis
missed. Clark E. Loomis pleaded guilty to
an indictment charging conspiracy,
and sentence was suspended as
Loomis is to be a witness in the Her
mann case.
Many indictments brought by
Heney were dismissed. The cases
against Hermann and Williamson
will be disposed of at the conclusion
of the Hall case.
starting his car toward the city nt
12:13 o'clock last night, from the
end of 'P' street, by highway men.
Conductor C. R. Windsor was held
up by the quartette who took his
watch and fifteen dollars In cash,
whether or not the motive for killing
Brown was robbery remains for the
police and detectives to unravel. The
officers are searching for the mur
derers and highwaymen.
I. P. MEETINGS
Between 75,000 And 80,000
-Attend Conventions of Order
Which Open Today.
(By Associated Press.)
BOSTON, Mass., Aug. 3.-Twenty-flfth
Convention of the
The
Su-
preme Lodge and the Biennial En
campment of the Uniform Rank,
Knights of Pythias and the Annual
Convention of the Pythian Sisters
formally opened with an attendance
of between 75,000 and 80,000 dele
gates. Companies of the Uniform
rank were arriving until late last
night. Many companies came from
Washington, Colorado and Califor
nia. Man Who Gained Renown By
Resolution During Civil War
Succumbs At Des Moines
(By Associated Press.)
DES MOINES, Ia Aug. 3. Major
R. D. Kellog, who offered in the Iowa
legislature the famous resolution
pledging Iowa's credit and resources
in men and money to the mainten
ance of tho national honor in the
civil war, died at home here last
night.
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JOLT RACING
New York Governor Plans to
Administer Severest Blow Yet
to Race Track Gambling.
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, Aug. 3. Tho race
track interests aro about to experi
ence one of the most severe shocks
in their history if tho plans of Gov
ernor Hughes are carried out. Just
what form of action Governor
Hughes will tako is not learned, but
It was said something that will shako
Saratoga from end to end will take
place in a few days.
Better send this paper to a friend.
HOLDUP AT i
ii. kellogg
Dead in iowa
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Ed. Abernathy's Plant Burned
Presumably From Spark,
With $5,000 Loss.
(Special to The Times.)
COQUILLE, Ore., Aug. 3. The
portable sawmill owned and operated
by Ed. Abernethy, near Dora, was
destroyed by firo late Saturday, en
tailing $5,000 loss. The cause of
the fire is not known.
Whether Mr. Abernethy had any
insurance on the property has not
been ascertained. He will probably
take steps at once to replace it.
The cause of the fire is not known
but it Is believed that a spark from
an engine fell Into some dry mate
rial. It had gained considerable
headway when discovered.
Mr. Abernethy is a brother of
Mrs. Bennett Swnnton of Marshfield
and a grand son of Gov. Abernethy,
one of the first executives of Oregon.
ALLIANCE IN FROM
PORTLAND EARLY TODAY
Steamship Arrives From North With
Large Xuuibci' of Passengers and
Fair Freight Cargo.
The Alliance arrived In Coos Bay
early today from Portland after a
pleasant voyage. She had a large
passenger list and a fair freight
cargo. She will sail for Portland at
2:3(5 Tuesday afternoon.
The Allianco Incoming passenger
list was as follows:
M. T. Phelps, Mrs. L. A. Derrick,
Nellie Doyle, C. H. Banning, H.
Swarthout, Mrs. Hawn, Roy Stevens,
Ludwig Larson, Carl Larson, Hed
vig Larson, F. C. Helming, Mrs. F.
C. Helming, Miss C. Helming, D. C.
Boyd, R. Wild, Geo. Harris, J. P.
Carpenter, L. M. Noble, Mrs. Noble,
A. P. Homan, B. O. Kelly, Mrs. B.
O. Kelly, E. G. Miller, Mrs. E. G.
Miller, E. M. Miller, M. Ceo, L. Eve
rendun, Mrs. C. H. Walter, Anna An
derson, Lester Walter, E. C. Kel
Hngton, C. A. Lelghton, Jas. Dun
holm, J. W. Branding, Mrs, J. W.
Branding, Miss B. Fox, Miss M.
White Mrs. B. Mitchell, W. E. Smith,
three Sisters of Morcy, G. Brusa
flerre, Louis Brusaflerre, B. Monta
gna, J. Keller, A. Alexander, M.
Alexander, O. Stefano, R. Richard,
Gels Larsen, Madallne Larsen, Elma
Larsen, Mrs. G. Larsen, Master Lar
sen and twelve steerage.
RIG JOR FOR RANDON.
Woolen Mills Receive Order For Big
Shipments.!
Manager R. E. L. Bedllllon has se
cured orders for the Bandon Woolen
Mills amounting to almost $80,000,
one firm alone, doing business In De
troit, Michigan, sending an order for
$(T5,000 worth of finished woolen
goods. This is tho largest order In
the history of the Bandon Woolen
Mills and together with tho big or
ders already ahead, will be sufficient
to keep the mill running for some
time to come.
Mrs. A. A. Balrd has arrived- In
Bandon for a visit with her daugh
ter, Mrs. Faulds. Mrs. Balrd 1b 79
years old and traveled all alone from
River Falls, Wis. She says Bandon
is far famed, ns sho heard Us praises
all along tho way. Bandon Re
corder. ALLIANCE WILL SAIL FROM
MARSHFIELD FOR PORTLAND AT
2:. 'JO TUESDAY AFTERNOON, AUG
UST 1.
T,OUIB II. nOLL, TEACHER OF
PIANO, First Trust and Saving
Bank building.
Bo-tor send this paper to a friend.
DRAWBRDGE
DORA SAWMILL
IS DESTROYED
T
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Weil-Known Eastside Council
man and Rig Go Through
Structure Near Depot.
SWING EVIDENTLY
LEFT UNLOCKED
Sustains Compound Fracture
of Leg In Fall of About Ten
Feet.
Frank RIebe, a member of tho
firm of Pettljohn and NIcols and a
member of the Eastside council, was
seriously Injured at noon today as
a result of the drawbridge across the
railway tracks between the freight
and passenger depots being left un
locked. Riebe was driving across the
bridge with a load and as he neared
the end, the bridge tilted and ho and
the horse and wngon and load drop
ped about ten feet Into the soft mud.
Mr. Riebe was thought at first to
have been critically injured but an
examination by Dr. Horsfall showed
that ho had sustained a compound
fracture of one limb and a slight
flesh wound on tho leg. The injuries
while painful are not expected to
prove critical.
The delivery wngon was smashed
to smithereens and tho horse was so
badly Imbedded In tho soft mud that
a block and tackle had to be used
to remove him. The animal was not
Injured seriously.
Evidently Left Unlocked.
The draw Is built above the low
tracks along the Bay and this morn--Ing's
accident is believed to havo
been due to some one's carelessness.
The bridge had been swung back into
place all right but had not been
fastened. Riebe saw it was in its
usual place and did not hesitate to
drive-out on It as he had been accus
tomed to do In his frequent trips to
the freight depot. As soon as tho
load got out on the swinging end,
tho bridge swung and ho and the
load shot Into the mud below.
That Mr. Riebe was not even moro
seriously injured than he was, was
due to good luck. If he had fallen
forward a little and got under tho
horso, it would probably havo meant
Instant death.
The many friends of Mr. Riebe
while regretting the accident aro
gratified that he escaped as luckily as
he did.
WELL KNOWN
Wm. Mast Severely Injured By
Enraged Bull On Ranch Near
Dora. COQUILLE, '.re., Aug. 3. Wm.
Mast, one of he best known and!
most highly respected pionoors of the
Coqulllo valley, was seriously and!'
perhaps fatally Injured by being
gored by a bull on his ranch. The'
animal became enraged when Mr.
Mast tried to drive him and turned
on tho old gentleman and knocked'
him down, trampled and crushed'
him.
Mr. Mast's collar bono and sovoral
ribs were broken and ho was also
badly bruised. It is also feared that,
ho was injured internally.
Tho Mast ranch is between Dora
and Fnirvlow. Dr. Richmond of Co
qulllo who attended him does not be
Hovo tho Injuries will prove fatal un
less unexpected complications due to
advanced ago develop.
ALLIANCE WILL SAIL FROM"
MARSHFIELD FOR PORTLAND A'JT
2; JIO TUESDAY Al'TERXOON, AUG
UST -1. .
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