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THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1908.
No. 21.
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E. H. Harriman Gives Out In
terview at Omaha On
His Plans.
SAYS TRAFFIC IS
IMPROVING RAPIDLY
Magnate of Pacific En Route
From New York to Oregon
For Outing
(By 4 undated Press.)
OMAHA, Aug. 4. "What we
want Is cooperation and rationalism,"
said E. H. Harriman today.
"When will you begin building
operations ..west?"
"Whenever the revenuo warrants
It. We are ready and anxious to
build just as soon as returns from
out present lines warrant the build
ing of new ones. Although the reve
nue has shown an increaso In the
last two or three months, It is not to
be compared with that of two or
three years ago. Wo are doing some
building in Nebraska and Wyoming
as well as on the Pacific coast now."
"How is business in your terri
tory?" "Don't call it my territory," pee
vishly answered Mr. Harriman, "it's
all my territory, just as it's any
other man's territory. It's all In
dependent." The party was joined hero by
General Counsel Lovott of the Har
riman lines who went west with the
magnate.
E. H. HARRIMAN STARTS
FOR OREGON FOR VACATION
Ittiilmad Magnate Says Ho Will Make
Easy Trip as He Seeks Absolute
Quiet and Ease.
NEW YORK, Aug. 4. E. II. Har
riman left hero Friday to spend a
month in the woods of southern
Oregon. Ho will make the trip
across the continent slowly, inspect
ing his railroads onrouto. Mr. Har
liman said that ho is seeking ab
solute rest In his trip to the Pacific
coast and will not try to break speed
records on his trip, as ho has done
on former visits to the coast.
DIED TODAY
United States Senator From
Iowa Succumbs to Heart
Failure at Dubuque.
(By Associated Press.)
DUBUQUE, la., Aug. 4. Wm, B.
Allison, United Stales senator from
Iowa for the past thirty-six years,
nnd who had previously served eight
years in the lower house of congress
from this state, died at 1:45 this
afternoon of heart failure. Ho had
been In poor health for sometime, his
illness being due to his advanced
years. Ho was about eighty years
old.
Senator Allison was Indorsed at
the Republican primaries In June for
reelection to the United States Sen
ate from Iowa, defeating Gov. A. B.
Cummins.
Senator Allison for many years has
been looked upon as the leader of the
senate. Ho was largely Instrumental
In securing the passage of the rate
bill a few years ago, was credited
with being the father of the present
currency system and was a prominent
factor In all legislation In recent
years.
RRONSON HOWARD DEAD.
Notod Author nml Dramatist
Suc-
climbs In Now York
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, Aug. 4. Brownson
Howard, author and dramatist, died
today.
LOUIS "iiTnoriLTTEACIIER OF
PIANO, First Trust and Savl""."
Bank building.
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U. S. Land Fraud Prosecutor
and Party Have Miraculous
Escape In New York.
(By Associated Preas.)
NEW YORK, Aug. 4. United
States District Attorney Baker of
Washington, D. C, the United States
land fraud prosecutor and his bride
of two months and several friends,
had a most miraculous escape from
death today.
While their automobile was run
ning down a steep hill near Liberty,
. Y., the machine got beyond con
trol and plunged over a 300-foot
rccIr,Ico, turned three complete
"on'craaults in the air and lodged in
he bTi-jhs of a tree thirty feet from
the precipice's brink and there hung
suspended with the top downward.
All were badly bruised, but none
seriously Injured except the chauf
feur whose skull was fractured, had
one ear torn off and sustained other
Injuries.
TO ENDOW UNIVERSITY.
Knights of Colmnliin In Annual Con
vention Favor It.
(By Associated Press.)
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Aug. 4. More
than a thousand delegates and visitors
are present at the twenty-sixth an
nual convention of the Knights of
Columbus, which opened here today.
According to Edward L. Hearn, Su
preme Knight, the plan to raise
$500,000 as an endowment for the
Catholic University at Washington
will bo reported favorably.
ISSUE
President Carey of Union, Or
ders Members to Quit Work
to Fight Decrease.
(By Associated Press.)
BOSTON, Aug. 4. Papermakers
n the mills of the International
Paper Company in various places in
New England are affected by the
strike order which President Carey
of the International Brotherhood of
Papermakers, Issued on account "bf
the recent announcement of a de
crease in the wage schedule. On ac
count of some mills of the company
laving been closed several weeks,
ind others ordered closed, the force
of the strike order Is lessened.
MINERS ARE CAUGHT.
Three In Serious Condition and Two
Missing nt Muhoney City, Va.
(By Associated Press.)
MAHONEY CITY, Pa., Aug. 4.
Of the five -men imprisoned in the
Knickerbocker mine, by an explosion
of gas, three ,were rescued In a seri
ous condition. The other two have
not yet been reached and are thought
dead.
MRS. R. E. KING DEAD.
Sister of Mrs. I. D. Tettljolin Suc
cumbs to Long Illness at Salem.
Mrs. R. E. King, a sister of Mrs.
L. D. Pettijohn, died a few days ago
at Salem, Ore., where she was vis
iting friends. She spent the spring
months in Marshflold and wont to
Salem but a few weeks ago. She had
been practically an invalid for a
year or more, tuberculosis having
developed.
She Is survived by her husband an I
a daughter eighteen months oid.
The little daughter Is now at the
homo of Mr. and Mrs. Pettijohn In
Marshfleld. Mr. King has been em
ployed In Dodge's prlntery.
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FIRST DISTRICT Includes Marshfleld, Eastslde and surrounding ter
ritory: Votes.
Miss Mamie Mahoney of Marshfleld 5
W. C. Weaver, Sr 5
Miss Lillian Hall of Marshfleld 5
Miss Mary Black of Marshfleld 5
Miss Grace Kruse of Marshfleld 5
Miss Uma Marsh of Marshfleld 5
Miss Gertrude Smith of Marshfleld 5
Will Thelle of Marshfleld 5
Miss Millie Johnson of Marshfleld , 5
Jake Goldlc of Marshflold 5
Miss Maud Painter of Marshfleld 5
Miss Florence Edwards of Allegany 5
Miss Susie Elckworth of Marshfleld. .. ! . , ". . .' . '. 5
Frank Riebe of Eastside 5
Eric N. Bolt of Marshfleld 5
Miss Elsie Hall of Marshfleld 5
Marshfleld High School " 5
Doric Chapter No. 50, Order of Eastern Star of Marshfleld 5
Marshfleld Aerie No. 538, Fraternal Order of Eagles, Marshfleld.. 5
Coos Tribe No. 33, Order of Redmen, Marshfleld 5
Coos Bay Circle No. 164, Women of Wood Craft, Marshfleld 5
SECOND DISTRICT North Bendand Empire:
Votes.
North Bend High School 5
Mrs. Thomas James of North Bend 5
Miss Anne Flanagan of North Bend 5
Mrs. Hayes Temple of North Bend 5
Miss Maud Coke of North Bend 5
Miss Madge Barry of Empire City 5
Miss Lillian McCann of North Bend 5
North Bend Lodge No. 8261 Modern Woodmen of America 5
Arago Lodge No. 28 I. O. O. F 5
THIRD DISTRICT Bandon: Votes.
Mrs. Willard F. Jones of Bandon 5
Miss Mildred Morse of Bandon 5
FIFTH DISTRICT Coquille and vicinity: Votes.
Miss Ella Johnson of Coqullle 5
FOURTH DISTRICT Myrtle Po nt: Votes.
Roy Haines of Myrtle Point 5
iew York Physicians Declare
That It Is First Case Known
Of Human Being Born With
out Brain.
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, Aug. 4. That a
human being can live without a
brain was proved last night after a
baby forty hours old died. The child
was broucht to the hospital when
SEAnLE MAN WEDS LEGLESS BRIDE
John B. Bahn Insists On Wed
ding Indiana Girl Although
She Lost Limbs In Railway
Accident Carries Her In
Arms For License.
(By Associated Press.)
CHICAGO, 111., Aug. 4. A Record
Herald dispatch says a pathetic sight
was seen in the county clerk's office
at Newport, Kentucky, yesterday,
CHICAGO FIRE
LOSS $1,500,000
Burlington Railway's Docks,
Warehouse and Elevators
Destroyed By Explosion.
(By Associated Press.)
CHICAGO, Aug. 4. Fire de
stroyed the Burlington dock and
transfer warehouse at Canal and
Sixteenth streets, with one hundred
box cars. Also elevators B and F
owned by tho Burlington, and con
taining over half million bushels
grain owned by tho Armour Grain
Company. The loss Is estimated at
$1, 500,000. The fire was caused by
an explosion of a barrel of chemicals.
Have you over tried a parfalt
Flavored In the proper way
With Crescent Maplelno
It's the best you've ever seen.
Better send this paper to a friend
but seven hours old. The head was
almost flat on top and the eyes stood
out from the sockets. It was breath
ing normally and cried as an ordin
ary Infant. Unlike most Infants less
than a day old, It took nourishment
greedly. The child died while being
fed without any sign to Indicate ap
proaching death and there was no
struggle. The autopsy revealed the
fact that the child was practically
brainless. The doctors declare that
no other case of the kind Is known
to science.
when a young man carried in In his
arms a legless young woman to the
license counter and applied for a
marriage license. They gave their
names as John B. Bahn of Seattle,
and Patil Ruppell of Portland, Ind.
The woman's legs were amputated
recently as a result of a railroad acci
dent. They were engaged to wed
and the date was set. The girl of
fered to release him from his promise
but he insisted that the ceremony.be
carried out. She was a very beauti
ful girl.
POISON CITY'S
WATER SUPPLY
Attempt Made to Exterminate
Entire Population of Mexi-
cala, Mex., By Fiends.
(By Associated Press.)
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 4, Travel
ers arriving from Mexico tell of an
attempt to exterminate tho entire
population of tho town of Mexicala,
near the border, by poisoning the
water supply. Most of tho dogs In
tho town are dead, and several per
sons drinking tho water narrowly
escaped death. Tho Revolutionists
aro suspected. President Diaz has
ordered wholesale arrests.
THE FINNISH COOPERATIVE
Society havo removed their store
from tho old stand on Front street
into elegant now quarters In tho
First Trust and Savings Bank build
ing on Broadway. Call and see them
In tjielr new homo.
AIRSHIP ON
GREMFLIGHT
Count Zeuphelin Starts On
Great Tour Above Germany
With Favorable Weather.
(By Associated Press.)
OPPENHEIM, Aug. 4. Zeu-
phelln's airship, owing to a de-
feet In one of the motors landed
on the Island of Orddle in the
Rhine, near here at 6 o'clock
tonight.
(By Associated Press.)
LAKE CONSTANCE, Aug. 4.
Weather conditions were excellent to
day when at 6:30 Count Zeuphelln's
great airship emerged from the float
ing dock, at Frlederlchshafen and be
;an its long twenty-four hour jour
ney. Count Zeuphelin Is to continue
along the Rhine from there and re
turn to Metz, cross over Stuttgart and
If the weather continues favorable to
return to Frledrichshafen tomorrow
at 7 o'clock In the morning. The air
ship proceeded at about thirty miles
per hour and created tremendous In
terest and enthusiasm.
HAVE FIXE TRIP.
(Bv A53nctntpd Pi-phu
STRASBURO, Aug. 4. Tho air
ihlp nassed Strasburg at 1;14 o'clock
going at the rate of 40 miles per
hour. A card came fluttering down
and reading: "We are having v
splendid excursion and are laying our
course for Seepllng."
The airship has averaged 29 miles
per hour, including tho maneuvering.
CUM TAFT
LOOKS FINE
Virginia Lawyers Say Candi
date Is In Pink of Condition
Due to Golf, He Says.
(By Associated Press.)
HOT SPRINGS, Va., August 4.
About thirty members of the Virgi
nia Bar Association called on W. H.
Taft to exchange felicitations. Uni
versal comment was made among
the lawyers on the splendid physical
appearance of Mr. Taft who said that
he never was In better health. He
3lves golf much credit for his condi
tion.
Tho early hours, as usual, were
devoted to correspondence, afte:
which followed a four-mile trip over
the golf course.
BRYAN'S SPEECH SHORT.
Will Accept Nomination In 1,300
Words.
(By Associated Press.)
LINCOLN, Neb., August 4. Con
trary to expectations, tho speech of
acceptance by W. J. Bryan will be
short. It was stated that by actual
count it contained 1,300 words.
While the Issues of tho campaign will
not be discussed or be gone into at
great length, his views are being re
served for more elaborate treatment
In special speeches,
Tho uso of the phonograph In the
dissemination of tho speeches by
W. H. Taft as reported In dispatches
from Hot Springs, has excited tho
liveliest interest here.
Bryan today gave out a statement
saying that tho Republican papers
havo been making fun of him for
using tho phonograph, but ho pre
sumes tho criticism will cease now.
Bryan Is much pleased with the deci
sion of Secretary of State Junkln,
confirming tho fusion arrangement
between tho Democrats and tho Peo
ple's party which will havo tho ef
fect of throwing a largo number of
populist votes to tho Democrats In
Nebraska.
Only Hope Of Checking
Conflagration Is
Rainfall.
NOT A DROP MAY
FALL FOR WEEKS
Several Towns Still In Danger
But Hope Is Held For
Them.
(By Associated Press.)
SPOKANE, Wash., Aug. 4. The
great forest Are still rages unchecked
through the pine firs east of tho
Keoloni path, the charred stumps
and smoking ruins stretching for
nearly fifty miles along tho tracks
of the Canadian Pacific railway. At
some points, it is but a mile wide,
and other over ten miles. Only rain,
can put out the flames, and weeks
may pass before a drop of water falls
but the worst Is over.
A few scattered settlers live in the
woods and these have had abundant
warning and today the towns are full
of hope that the danger is passed.
Hosmer has been scorched but now
seem safe.
Crow's Nest is believed to bo In
danger.
Michel is in the greatest danger.
Even there the lire fighters have the
flames under control and unless high
winds arise, the town will be saved.
It is now hoped that tho entire
death roll may not exceed 75.
Spokano today is sending another
shipment of relief supplies to Fernle.
FIRES IN AVASHINGTOX.
Large Amount of Timber Being De
stroyed Near Hoquinin.
(Bv Associated Press.)
TACOMA, Wash., Aug 4. A New3
special from Hoqulain says the for
est fires north of there, are sweeping
through the green timber ovep a path
a mile wide, taking everything bo
fore it. East of Hoquiam and Lytles
two logging camps were destroyed,
two other logging camps will be
turned unless tho wind changes. Tho
Shaw-Nelson Company has twenty
million feet of logs in the vicinity of
the firing line.
Bandon Family's Difficulties
Will Be Threshed Out Ire
Court Soon.
(Special to Tho Times.)
COQUILLE, Ore.. Aug. 4. Mrs.
Vlnnle Valkenburg Boon of Bandon,
has Instituted suit for divorce from
Daniel Boon, who gained consider
able notoriety In Bandon about a
ye,ar ago In connection with tho flro
which destroyed their restaurant In
the Blackerby building. Mrs. Boon
alleges cruel and inhuman treatment
and desertion. Tho case will come
up for trial at the coming term of"
court.
The petition for divorce passes:
over tho numerous family jars, with
which tho entire community in Ban
don is familiar, rather lightly. Booir
was arrested shortly after the fire,,
but was ordered released by Judge
Hamilton, and tho grand jury which
Investigated tho case failed to report
any true bill. Boon then instituted
suit for heavy damages against tho
city.
Boon left about a year ago and his
present whereabouts aro unknown. -
Hospital Is Closed.
Tho Western Oregon General hos--pital
in Coqullle has been closed for
an Indefinite period. Differences be
tween tho owners, Drs. Culln an
Richmond, aro said to bo responsUMVs
for tho closing of tho Institution
which has been doing qulto a large
business.
Be.tor send this papor to a friend.
BOON'S WIFE
ASKS DIVORCE
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