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THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1908.
No. 36.
SIX CHILDREN BURKED ALIVE
WHILE MOTHERS ATTEND SHOW
Holocaust Reported at Ranch
Home Near Palouse,
Wash.
TWO OTHERS ARE
FATALLY BURNED
Attempt of Older Girls to Save
Little One Nearly
Fatal.
(Bv Associated Press.)
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 21. A
special dispatch from Colfax, Wash.,
to the Evening Tolegram, says that
six children are dead and two others
were burned so seriously that recov
ery is doubtful, at the H. W. Schulti
ranch, between Colfax and Palouse,
as the result of a fire which destroyed
the home at about 11 o'clock at
night. Four of the dead children
are those of the Schultz family and
the other two are the children of
W. W. Fox, a brother-in-law.
The men were away harvesting and
the mothers were attending a thea
trical perfoimance at Palouse.
Two of the eldest Schultz girls at
tempted to rescue the children but
lost the way to the door in the
blinding smoke and flames and were
forced to drop the babies to make
their own escape. The cause of the
flro Is a mystery.
INDICT DIE I
SPRIfflEL
Military Rule Ceases In Illinois
Town After Week of
Rioting.
(By Associated Press.)
SPRINGFIELD, 111., Aug. 21.
Military rule ceased in Springfield to
day, the military force being reduced
to one regiment, and the task of pre
serving older being turned over to
the civil authorities. The sheriff in
creased the number of deputies and
the police force was reinforced by
special policemen. The grand jury
continues Its inquiry.
Abraham Raynor was indicted yes
terday on six counts. He stands for
mally accused of murder, malicloui
mischief and rioting.
LUMBER THIEF LEAVES
SCOW, COAT AND CHEST
Night Watchman Andrews of North
Rend Frustrates Hold Attempt to
Get Away With Material.
Night Watchman Andrews of
North Bend, frustrated a bold at
tempt to steal a scow load of lumber
from the North Bend Lumber Com
pany on the water front there the
other night. Mr. Andrews heaid
someone loading lumber about 10
o'clock and started to investigate.
As he appeared, he saw someone
making a hasty flight. Investigation
showed that about 100 fet of lumber
had been placed on the scow. There
was also an overcoat and a tool
chest on the scow. The tool cheat
had the name "Garrison" on it. As
yet, no one has appeared to claim
the scow, chest or overcoat and the
company la that much ahead as a
result of Mr. Andrew's watchfulness.
There has been considerable petty
thieving around the North Bend
-waterfront of late, but this is the
first time that any attempt has been
made to secure any particular quan
tity of stuff.
A number of clues are being inves
tigated, and some arrests may be
made soon.
PAIR CHORUS. Everybody ex
pected to be present Saturday. North
Bend High School at 1 p. m. Marsh
field High School at 3:30 p. m.
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iEAKWATER
HERE TODAY
Steamship Makes Run From
Portland to Coos Bay In
Twenty-Five Hours.
The Breakwater readied Coos Bay
from Portland at 10 o'clock last
night after one of the most pleasant
voyages of the season. The sea was
as smooth as a mlllpond all the way
down and little or no seasickness
among the passengers. She had a
good freight cargo and the passenger
list taxed the accommodations, many
being the advance guard of the del
egations coming to the Southern Ore
gon Fair and others to the Oregon
Idaho Development Congress.
En route down, a political discus
sion afforded much diversion for the
passengers. The controversy became
so warm that a straw vote of a bunch
of twenty-one in the saloon was final
ly taken. The expression was on
Taft and Bryan for president, and re
suited in seventeen votes for the
Nebraskan, three for Taft and one
refusing to express a choice.
The Breakwater made the run
from the Poitland dock to the North
Bend dock in just twenty-five hours.
She will sail at S o'clock Saturday
morning for Portland.
Among those who came in on the
Breakwater were the following: E.
Averill, O. J. Webber, P. Mizner,
Win. Hahn, W. Sorensen, Mrs. Soren
sen, W. Betson, E. H. Gartes, H.
E. Averill, George Coutts, E. Coutts,
Mrs. Jones, Jno. Welsh, Mrs. Welsh,
T. Owen, D. Glass, Mrs. McGrath, J.
Grimes, Mrs. Grimes, L. Dlerks, Mrs.
Dierks, L. Schroeder, B. Planard, J.
Planard,' R. Monioe, Miss Piatt, Mrs.
Street, A. G. Hoesch, Mrs. Pollard,
Miss Pollard, L. E. Pollard, G. With
ers, James Worst, D. Attenburg, L.
Lawster, Mrs. Clayton, T. J. Lewis,
L. A. Oddy, H. Evans, W. Carroll,
Miss M. Reed, J. V. Reed, B. Fergu
son, Mrs. O. Hodgins, O. Hodglns,
Chas Burley and wife, P. E. Martin,
J. Pollus, W. C. Bradley, B. Magoon,
W. G. McPherson and wife, Mr. and
Mrs. W. C. Smith, R. E. King, W. D.
Outmnn, R. O. McCall, S. McCall, O
Allbright, L. Lewis, F. Reeves, J.
Drlscoll, M. Cole, R. A. Hutchison,
H, McKeever, Mrs. McKeever, Rev.
E. Donnelly, Mrs. West, L. Clark, J.
L. Clark, J. J. Crofut, Mrs. Dougart,
S. Olstone, W. L. Link, J. Humphrey,
M. Murray, and C. Cook.
Plant Sails Today.
The M. F. Plant sailed this after
noon for San Francisco carrying a
good cargo of freight and a large
number of passengers. Among those
who sailed on her were the follow
ing: F. E. McCoy, Karl Kaufman, Miss
Shelford, Miss Pearl Wiedman, Ar
thur H. Nelson, F. A. Wickman, Mrs.
Chamberlain, Mr. Chamberlain, E.
Weeks, Mrs. E. Weeks, G. E. Weaver,
F. C. True, M. B. True, J. D. Mereen,
Miss M. Kardell, Mrs. Holllster, Mrs.
Thrush, R. K. Tllton, Mr. Blair, Mrs.
Blair, Frank Monka, A. Brarton and
S. M. Jeardean.
Pioneer Editor AVrites. Thos. B.
Merry who was one of the owners
and editors of the Coos Bay News
prior to thirty-two yetrs ago still
has a warm spot in his heart for this
section and to show that ho hasn't
forgotten Coos Bay has sent a copy
of a valuable work on blooded horses
to be given as a prize for the best
Coos county colt sired by a thorough
bred at the coming fair. Mr. Merry
sent the work, to Secretary F. G. Ml
celll and it is more than appreciated
by Mr. Micelli. Mr. Merry went from
here to Portland where he was con
nected with the Oregonian for a num
ber of years and later went to Los
Angeles where he is identified with
the Los Angeles Racing Association
and has gained a national reputation
as a writer and an authority on
horses.
Use The Coos Bay Times Want Ada
LET US TALK IT OVER
THE TIMES does not know who was responsible for the passing of
the recent ordinance containing a so-called "joker" eliminating the
fire limits of Marshfleld. Neither does it know if the act was one of
accident or design. It does know, however, that an egregious blunder has
been committed and one that should be corrected with the greatest possible
precision and promptness. The Times does not believe that the mayor,
or any other city official and members of the council would deliberately
enter into a conspiracy to throttle the host business Interests of tho
city. Whatever errors may have been committed by that body they
have always been given credit for honesty of purpose and good intent.
From the manner in which this affair has developed
it would seem that someone knew there was a "bug
Under the chip." The Times takes off it3 hat and makes its best bow
to City Engineer and Building Inspector SanUberg for his refusal to
grant any permits under the new ordinence until the mayor and coun
cil should determine if their act was deliberate or merely carelessness
or ignorance. To throw down the bars of fire limitations as this new
ordinance does is an insult to the Intelligence and civic pride of the
city. Such splendid progress has been made in the last two years and is
now in course of achievement that to take a step rearwards at this time
would be almost suicidal. The people of Marshfleld are in no mood
for "joker" ordinances at the present time. They have given abundant
proof that they possess the charity that suffereth long and is kind so
long as they have faith in the honesty and loyalty of their public ser
vants. If there is any development of intrigue or double dealing to de
celve them there will be a demonstration of righteous indignation that
will be surprising.
It is fortunate that the tendency and possibility of "joker" ordinances
developed as it has. It will place the people as well as their officials on
guard and demonstrates the necessity of careful reading and under
standing or all new city laws.
It is now up to Mayor Straw and the council to correct the error that
has been made and not deal the city the blow that such a damaging
ordinance would inflict. If the Are limits ordinance requires readjust
ment and realignment of the territory embraced In its scope let it be
procseded with, honestly and fairly and frankly discussed. It should
not be entered upon with a purpose to deceive and trick and befool
the people. a
In the meantime now that it has developed that there Is a "joker" in
the deck it behooves us all to watch the game a little closer as it is
impossible to tell in advance in just what hand it may turn up.
1
Attorney General Bonaparte
and Best Talent Begin Fight
to Secure Upholding of Chi
cago Case.
fBy Associated Press.)
CHICAGO, 111., Aug. 21. The gov
ernment's petition for a rehearing
by the United States Court of Ap
peals In the case against the Stand
ard Oil Company of Indiana, filed to
day represents, it is authoritatively
stated, the administration's attempt
to save the Elkins Act and Interstate
Commerce law from becoming fu
tile. T HUGHES
TO RUN AGAIN
Sherman, Roosevelt and
Others Think Him Strongest
Candidate.
(By Associated Press,)
NEW YORK, Aug. 21. James S.
Sherman, the Republican candidate
for vice-president, today, made the
announcement that at yesterday's
conference with President Roosevelt
at Sagamore Hill, it was developed
that a concensus of opinion was favor
able to the nomination of Governor
Hughes to succeed himself. He said
he spoke for no individual.
With Roosevelt, Taft, Sherman,
Hitchcock and several New York
members of congress and other state
leaders for Hughes, it is not believed
possible that the fight against the re
nomination Hughes can gain any
headway. In fact political leaders
now are predicting that ffi other
name will be presented to the con
vention. ORGANIZATION OF
COOS BAY HOME PHONE CO.
W. U. Douglas Is Elected President
Copy of Old Franchise Re
ported Found.
The organization of the Coos Bay
Homo Telephone Company was com
pleted yesterday by the election of
W. U. Douglas as president, R. T.
Durett as vice-president and J. W.
Gardiner of North Bend as secretary.
It was stated at the meeting of the
stockholders that the Pacific Tele
phone and Telegraph Company would
be ready to transfer its Coos and
Curry county lines and. exchanges to
the Coos Bay Home Telephone Com
pany, between August 25 and August
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1ST STANDARD OIL
The filing of the petition marked
the appearance of Attorney General
Bonaparte in the case as well as that
of Frank B. Kcllog, who is special
assistant to the attorney general. The
petition is also signed by Edwin W.
Sims, United States district attorney
at Chicago, and special assistant
James H. Wilkerson, both of whom
presented the government's side at
the original hearing before Judge
Landis administered the famous fine
of $29,240,000 against the defend
ants, but which was set aside by
Judge Grosscup's reversal of the
judgment.
Court Takes Charge of Chi-
cagoan's Line For Benefit
of Creditors.
(By Associated Press.)
CHICAGO, Aug. 21. On applica
tion of the First Trust and Savings
Bank of Chicago as representatives
of the Chicago Clearing House Asso
ciation, Judge Kohlsaat has appoint
ed M. J. Carpenter as receiver for
the Southern Indiana Railroad Com
pany, the best of what are known as
the John R. Walsh railroads. Car
penter was formerly president of the
Chicago and Eastern Illinois railroad.
It- Is generally believed that this is
the final blow to the Walsh fortune
which has received some severe Jolts
In the last few years. John R. Walsh
is now on bail under a sentence to
prison for wrecking one Chicago
bank pending an appeal for a rehear
ing. 30, The purchase is to be con
summated regardless of the action of
request for a new franchise, the.
the Marshfleld city council on the
statement that it depended on the
granting of the new franchise being
erronoeus.
Messrs Douglas and Durett were
notified yesterday that the Pacific
Telephone and Telegraph Company
had unearthed the Marshfleld fran
chise in Its archives. Tho copy of
the franchise had been mislaid and
was supposed to have been lost at
the time of the 'Frisco fire. Tho
old franchise still has nine years to
run.
J THE BREAKWATER sails for
Portland Saturday, August 22, at 8
a. m.
RECEIVER FOR
WALSH ROAD
DIES
LAST Tl
W fi. P. 0. ELI
Local and Transient Members
of Fraternal Order Honor
Dead Brother.
One of the beautiful principles of
the Benevolent and Protpctlve Order
of Elks was exemplified on the streets
of Marshfleld this morning when
more than two score members of
that order paid earth's last sad trib
ute to a departed brother. Geo. L.
Morse, late chief engineer of the
steamer Bandon, who expired sud
denly in Bandon, Wednesday. The
remains were brought to Marshfleld
for shipment to his old home in San
Francisco and largely thru the ef
forts of H. W. Skinner, the resident
and transient members of the B. P.
O. E. were notified and although the
dead man was a stranger to nearly
everyone, he was accorded every pos
sible honor. The funeral cortege
that accompanied the lemains from
Mangan's Undei taking parlors to the
steamer dock was a notable and im
pressive one. The tender and beau
tiful significance of these men, many
strangers to one another and unac
quainted with the one receiving their
tribute of respect, and bound only
by the ties, of fraternal brotherhood
was notable and impressive. A re
markable fact was that there were
thirty-eight different lodges repres
ented by the Elks in attendance and
strangely enough only a single mem
ber from the Seattle lodge of which
Mr. Morse was a member. This
beautiful tiibute was the more re
markable from the fact that there
is not a local lodge of the B. P. O. E.
on Coos Bay and serves to add to the
broad and beautiful teachings of this
order which binds men together re
gardless of location. The following
Is a complete roster of the Elks par
ticipating in this morning's exercise.
Thomas B. James of North Bend,
lodge No. G74 of Pocatello, Ida.; H.
W. Skinner of Marshfleld, lodge No.
3 of San Francisco; W. R. Haines of
Marshfleld, lodge No. 17 of Denver,
Colo.; R. T. Durrett of Marshfleld.
lodge No. 941 of Bonham, Texas;
A. F. Medine of Berkeley, Cal., lodge
No. 3 of San Francisco; M. C. Smith
of Portland, lodge No. 32 G of Rose
burg, Ore.; E. D. McArthur of
Marshfleld, lodge No. 23 G of Lead
ville, Colo.; Geo. Goodrum of Marsh
fleld, lodge No. 745 of Crowley, La.;
Walter F. Rau of Portland, lodge No.
482 of Clarksburg, W. Va.; F. M.
Reeves of Portland, lodge No. 40 of
St. Joseph, Mo.; J. L. Gerstel of
San Francisc6, lodge No. 142 of
Portland; Wm. Hahn of Portland,
lodge No. 142 of Portland; A. E. But
tner of Portland, lodge No. 142 of
Portland; F. M. Parsons of Marsh
fleld, lodge No. 310 of Boise, Ida.;
Chas. C. Pyle of Delaware, Ohio,
lodge 7G of Delaware, Ohio; Glen L.
Davis of Marshfleld, lodge No. 597
of Reno, Nevada; J. W. Hildebrand
of Marshfleld, lodge 326 of Lead
ville, Colo.; Albert H. Gieschen of
North Bend, lodge No. 240 of Butte,
Mont.; J. W. Flanagan of Marshfleld,
lodge No. 326 of Roseburg, Ore.; W.
H. Kennedy of Marshfleld, lodge No.
961 of Alliance, Neb.; Glenn Harper
of San Francisco, lodge 430 of Fres
no, Cal.; E. H. Curtis of Heppner,
Ore., lodge No. 358 of Heppner, Ore.;
J. E. Cooper of Albany, lodge No. 359
of Albany, Ore.; II. G, Howard of
Marshfleld, lodge No. 783 of Marys
ville, Cal.; H. J. McKeown of Hlb
blng, Wis., lodge No. 1022 of Du
luth, Minn.; Barney Cornelius of
Marshfleld, lodge No. 187 of El
Paso, Texas; M. C. Moloney, Marsh
fleld, lodge No. 290 of Waterloo,
Iowa; J. W. Lees of Marshfleld,
lodge No. 240 of Butte, Mont.; L. W.
Traver of Marshfleld, lodge No. 326
of Roseburg, Ore.; C. W. Albright of
Vancouver, lodge No. 823 of Vancou
ver, Wash.; John D. Goss of Marsh
fleld, lodge No. 640 of Hodson,
Wis.; Walter Lyons of Marshfleld,
lodge No. 359 of Albany, Ore.; Soy
mour H. Bell of Marshfleld, lodge
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WREAK
INGE ON JEW!
Revolutionists Dynamite and?
Shoot Family to
Death.
KILLED WOUNDED
AFTER M0CK;m
Had Them Taken to Hospital"
and Later Shot Them-
There.
(By Associated Press )
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 21. The?
Revolutionists at Yurievaka took:
awful revenge on a Jewish familj
named Edelstein. They threw two
bombs through the windows and'
opened fire with revolvers killing,
the father, daughter, a woman guest
and her child. The mother, son, two
grandsons and a son-in-law were
wounded.
The brutes then nummoned aid,
and had the wounded taken to a hos
pital. After a couple of hours, the.
Revolutionists marched to the hos
pital, overpowered the nurses and'
guards and shot the mother and son.
to death.
FALLS FROM TRAIN.
(By Associated Press.)
ST. PAUL, Minn., Aug. 21. Otto
Sorenson, an express messenger of
the Western Express Company, was
killed yesterday by a fall from his
car near Enderlin, N. D.
AUTO KILLS
One Dead and Several Badly
Hurt In Los Angeles
Accident.
(By Associated Press.)
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 21. Josephs?
Bobbs, a chauffeur, was killed anoT1
Mrs. Francis Wilson, Mrs. Gradys
Price, L. M. Ford and Charles Keene?
were injured when the wheel o. the
automobile in which they wererinTnEl
collapsed. An explosion and nrof6U
lowed tho breaking down of. the war
chine. BRYAN AT DES MOINEK
Democratic Candidate Will Express
Tariff Views.
DES MOINES, la., Aug21. W. J.',
Bryan will open his campaign here
tonight with a speech on the tariff
which will set forth his views on that
great issue and which will be an
answer to his critics. Five thousand
people are in town from distant
points to hear him.1
No. 338 of Baker CRy, Ore.; B. G.
Magoon of Portland, lodge No. 823
of Vancouver, Wash.; A. G. Holls
cher of San Francisco, lodge No. 171
of Oakland, Cal.; E. L. C. Farrln of
Marshfleld, lodge No. 326- of Rose
burg, Ore.; P. A. Sandberg of Marsh
fleld, lodge No. 403 of West Supe
rior, Wis.; L. J. Simpson of North
Bend, lodge No. 142 of Portland,.
Ore.; Fred Holllster of North Bend
lodge No. 92 of Seattle, Wash.; Ste
phen Gallier of Bandon, lodge' No
326 of Roseburg, Ore.; M. JT. Mc
Kenna of Bandon, lodge No. 405 of
Marquette, Mich.; G, W. Bowman of
Bandon, lodge No. 763 of Hanover,
Pa.; F. C. Simpson of Bandon, lodge
No. 646 of Santa Rosa, CaL,-. JV How
ard Johnston of Bandon,. lodgo No.
171 of Oakland, Cal.; Fred VamN6r
don of Bandon, lodge No. SOBJotThe
Dalles, Ore.; E. M. Gallier of Ban
don, lodge No. 326 of Roseburg, Ore.;
J. J. O'Neil of Bandon, lodge No. 944
of Ashland, Ore,
Tho pallbearers were: V. M. Par
sons, W. II. Haines R. T. Durrert.
Geo. Goodrum, F. M. Reeves,, M. C
Smith.
THE BREAKWATER sails for
Portland Saturday, August 22, at 8
a. m.
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