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THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHF1ELD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1908.
No. 46.
PROMINENT
Oil
PHYSIC!
VICTIM OF MYSTERIOUS SHOOTING
Dr. Ruslin Found Dying On
Front Porch By Wife
j Today.
WAS FIRST THOUGHT
TO BE A SUICIDE
FILL STREETS
FAMOUS TREES IN DANGER AGAIN THOUSANDS OF VETERANS MARCH
AGAIN TD FIFE ANU 111 MSB
WITH
DREDGE
Died Immediately After Declar
ing Some One Had Shot
Him.
(By Associated Press.)
OMAHA. Neb.. Sept. 2. Dr. Fred
erick T. Ruslin, one of the famous
surgeons of the west, was shot and
killed while entering his home early
today. He had remained out late for
the election returns. His wife was
awakened by a pistol shot. She rush
ed downstairs and found Ruslin sit
ting in a chair on the porch. He
snld ho said he had been shot, and
lapsed into unconsciousness, dying a
half-hour later. The bullet entered
the abdomen.
The first theory of the police ,was
that Ruslin committed sulcldo but as
no pistol was found, and from the
fact ,that a surgeon would have shot
himself in the heart or head, the
murder theory is now accepted.
There is no clew.
NOTED JAP IS DYING.
Ill nt
Mnrshnl Inouye Critically
Tokio.
By Associated Press.)
TOKIO, Sept. 2. Marshal Inouye,
one of the most influential of the
elder statesmen of Japan, is critically
ill and not expected to recover.
BRYAN IS BUSY.
Leaves St. Paul For Sioux ' City to
Spenk Tonight.
(By Associated Press.)
ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 2. W. J.
Bryan was in St. Paul a short time
today, but left at 10 o'clock for Sioux
City where ho speaks tonight.
BEAT JENKINS
IN WISCONSIN
LaFollette Follower Wins Nom
ination From Him In the
Eleyenth District.
(By Associated Press.)
MILWAUKEE, Wis., Sept. 2. One
of the greatest sensations of the pri
mary election was the defeat of con-
,., TniiTi t Jenkins in the
eleventh district, by Irvlno L. Len
root, former speaker of the State, As
sembly, and a strong LaFollette fol
lower. Senator Stephenson and Gov
ernor Davidson for reelection, car
ried the Republican primary. The
Democrats endorsed Neal Brown for
senator and John A. Aylward for governor.
Marshfield and North Bend
Citv Councils to Use Bay
Dredgings for Purpose
Walter Lyon and a committee of
business men are arranging to sell
the dredgings from the Coos Bay
harbor channel to the cities of
Marshfield and North Bend to nil low
.,-. nA tn nrnnprtv owners to
fill lowlands in order that the Income
from this, added to the $15,000 sub
scribed by citizens will be sufficient
to keep the dredge here until con
gress has time to appropriate money
to further improve the harbor. In
addition to the improvement of, the
harbor and the benefit to the cities
to have their low streets and lots
filled to grade, the keeping of the
dredge here will be a big factor in
securing the federal appropriation
for Coos Bay, it is believed.
Mr. Lyon appeared before the
Marshfield city council last evening
and requested that body to take steps
for permanently improving- tne low
streets. He said the dirt could ue od-
tained much cheaper than it prob
ably ever could again and the coun
cil by 'taking advantage of it would
provide a monument to itself by the
street Improvement made and also
by helping to retain the dredge here.
As the street improvements will pro
vide the greatest good for the greai-
a .....i.m. "RTi. T.vntl Rfllrt that it
had been decided to give the cities of
Marshfield and North Bend all of the
dredgings they desired, before selling
any to private citizens. The dredge
will be able to pump the dredgings
about 4,000 feet from the channel.
Mr. Lyon said that the cost of
operating the dredge would be more
than originally expected. It will take
fifteen tons of coal to operate U one
shift a day or twenty-seven tons of
coal to operate It two shifts a aay.
It will also take a crew of about fif
teen men to operate it.
Fill Local Streets.
After Mr. Lyon's talk, the city
council ordered City Engineer Sand
berg to prepare plans and specifica
tions for. bulkheading the following
streets with a view of having them
filled to grade by the dredge,, tne
cost of the improvement to be as
sessed to the abutting property:
Broadway from Queen to Wash
ington. Oregon from Burnett to Railroad
avenue.
California from Broadway to Rail-
rnail avenue. t '
Eddy street for entire length.
C from Fourth to Wilcox.
Fourth to Mill Slough.
'B' from Fifth to Seventh.
Other streets may also be ordered
filled If it Is thought desirable.
The North Bend officials have sig
nified their intention of having many
of the low streets there filled by the
dredge.
Forest Fire Threatens Giants
of Noted Grove Near Sonora,
Cal., But Hard Fighting
Saves Them. v;
(By Associated Press.)
SONORA. Cal.. Sept. 2. Tele
phone information from the big;
TroAB Hotel today reports that a,
forest fire broke out yesterday and
threatened the big trees grove last
night, but is believed to be under
control now. Reliable information
is that It did not get into the grbve
whore are located the mapraoth spe
cimens of the Sequoia gigantic trees.
It is reported that the "Mother oi
the Forest," a giant dead tree, was
burned but this is not confirmed, ana
is not believed. Hard fighting last
!,,, nniv snved the Big Trees
UlhUh wW -.
Hotel from destruction, Many vis
itors' are encamped in the vicinity of
the grove but no fatalities are re
ported.v. Danger Is Renewed.
As was feared, a high wind set in
late today and the fire now threatens
in nwfenn evervthlnE before it. At'
noon, the fire" was burning all along
the south side of the Big TreeB Grove
and advancing toward it under a
strong breeze. The prostrate
"Mother of the Forest" is burning
fiercely. Men are displaying great!
heroism In fighting the flames on 'ac
count of the love of the old monarchs
of the forest. Manager Whltesldes
of the hotel, Is packing the belong
ings preparatory to leaving. It is
reported that mountain lions and
deer were seen running side by side,
paying no attention to each other, in
tent, only on saving their lives
NEW FRANCHISE
ENDS. LIFE AT
BEORGET
01
SEVEN
DROWN
S. A. Kegley, Prominent Wash
ington Lodge and Church
Man, Commits Suicide.
(By Associated Press.)
TACOMA, Wash., Sept. 2. A
news special from Georgetown today
says that S. A. Kegley, a prominent
merchant, committed suicide there by
shooting. He was prominent in
lodge and church work and leaves a
widow and five, children.
AT DEER ISLE
Dozens of Crafts Search For
Bodies of Victims of Penob
scot Bay Accident.
(By Absoclated Press.)
DEER ISLE, Maine, Sept. 2.
Every craft in this vicinity today is
searching the waters of Penobscot
Bay for the bodies of the seven vic
tims of a drowning accident. Rev.
Johnston H. Hutchison of Blllerlca,
Mass., is among the drowned.
ruwn anu Muatn run
mm. mm
Meeting of Two In Toledo To
day Quite Cordial and Ap
plauded by Thousands.
(By Associated Fress.j
TOLEDO, Ohio, Sept. 2. W. H.
Taft and Senator Foraker on meeting
for the first time since the Repub
lic. rnnventlon created a hurricane
of chters here today as they shook
hands in the official reviewing stand
as the G. A. R. parade was passing.
Long after the two had taken their
seats the cheering continued. Taft
arrived from Middle Bass lake after
a somewhat rough trip over the
water. During afternoon he waB the
center of a public reception at the
lyceum theatre under the auspices
of the Lincoln Club.
Germany Comes Out For Rec
ognition of Usurping Sultan
of Morocco Causes Crisis.
(By Associated Press.)
PARIS. Sent. 2. The action of
Germany in breaking up the concert
of the powers in regard to Morocco,
in notlfvinK the signatories of the
Algeciras act that she considered the
situation demanded the immediate
recognition of Mulai Hafid, the
usurping the Sultan of Morocco, nas
fniion like a bombshell In Paris.
Feeling approaching consternation is
manifested In official circles, ine
French press Is unanimous in con
sidering Germany's action as pro
vocative and possibly productive of
an, actual crisis.
OVERDUE 6ARK
MAYBE LOST
.
HE FIRES GUN
'BRADLEY IS CHOSEN.
Mlchlfgiu Republicans Nominate nim
Over Warner for Governor.
(By Associated Press.)
DETROIT, Mich., Sept. 2. It is
nnnnortort that Dr. J. L. Bradley of
Eaton Rapid, at present state attor
ney general, defeated governor
Warner for the Republican nomina
tion for governor In the primaries.
WILL BRING DREDGE.
v HUDSPETH IS CHOSEN.
x l..taA TNinfoml MaiMCCr Of
Bryan's Campaign.
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK. Sept. 2. Robert F.
M,,rtqnnt.h. chairman of the New Jer
sey State Democratic Committee, an
nounced today that he naa ueun un
pointed and accepted the position of
vice-chairman of the National Demo
cratic Committee -and will be eastern
manager for W. J. Bryan.
JUST FOR FUN
GIVEN COMPANY
Council and Phone Men
Amended Ordinance at Pri
vate Session.
The Marshfield city council laBt
evening granted a franchise for
twenty-one years to the Coos Bay
Home Telephone Company. The vote
was unanimous as a result of MessrB.
Douglas and Durett and the city of
ficials' holding a private session in the
office of City Attorney E. L. C. Far
rin prior to the meeting and going
over the proposed franchise and
...kinn rmmornnn chances in the
document that was introduced a
week or two ago.
Under the franchise adopted last
night, the company agrees to begin
the rebuilding of the present ex
change of the Pacific Telephone and
Telegraph Company within ninety
days and to complete the work with
in elchteen months so as to give
Marshfield an up-to-date service. It
also provides for all cable distribu
tion in the down town section, the
payment of a two per cent franchise
tn tn the city after the population
of Marshfield exceeds 30,000 and the
placing of the wires In the business
section underground when the pop
ulation reaches 20,000.
ThA nnint over which there was
some opposition at the, start, .that' is
as to a provision enabling the qlty.
council to insist upon a certain kind
of service was a sort of compromise.
A provision was inserted providing
that after the expiration of five years
tim nit.v council may require the
company to put in a common battery
system or a better one.
Phones Cost More.
The new franchise contains a table
of maximum rates, the schedule be
ing about $1 per month higher than
is now being charged for telephone
onwinn hare. Messrs. Du'rett and
Douglas assured the council that the
rates would not ho raiseu unui m
service was improved. Mr. Durett
also announced that he does not pro
pose to increase the rates more than
about fifty cents per phono per
month. He claims that the present
rates are too low to permit the giv
ing of good service.
The franchise was not discussed
very much in the regular council
meeting. F. S. Dow who was present
said that he was opposed to tho
,.n,Hnfr of a new franchise that
provided for higher rates. Rev. H.
H. Brown wanted provision mauo i"
have an automatic system put In.
The company will surrender the
old franchise of the Pacific Telephone
and Telegraph Company which has
several years to run.
Remarkable Demonstrations
Marks G. A. R. Encampment
at Toledo Today.
NOTED NORTHWESTERN
MEN IN ATTENDANCE
Over 150,000 Said to Have.'
Participated In Great.
Event.
(Dy Associated Press.)
'TOLEDO, Ohio, Sept. 2. Over &s
route of two miles, campaigners un
der Grant and Sherman marched to
the roll of tho fife and drum at tho-forty-second
encampment of thet
Grand Army, today. As tho parade--passed
the reviewing stand, tho vet
erans were bombarded with flowers
by the women of Toledo. On emerg
ing from the floral shower, they werev
greeted by an immense human flagr
made up of nearly three thousands
children. The old soldiers enthu
siastically saluted the picture and2
many waved their hats.
The flag of the Department oV
Washington was carried by Josoplu
Dlckerson who after many men nau..
been shot under It at Antietam, seiz
ed and saved the flag. He was pro
moted to a captaincy on the field for
his bravery and his shoulders wore
straps sewed on by President Lin
coln. G. H. Boardman, commander of
tho department of Washington and'
I Alaska, excited the pride of being of
the head of his company. It is stat
ed that tho reunion was postponed
that he might be among the old
comrades. The streets were packed
' with humanity to such a degree that
it was almost impossible to move oiu
the sidewalks. It Is estimated that:
ihPrc nro 150.000 visitors in tho city.-
Salt Lake is most likely to ho selectcas.
for the next encampment.
HOOF
LAST EC
MITCHELL CA
OL
Down This
llnonlrwntrc to TOW it
Week.
The Portland Telegram of Monday
says: "After a quick passage the
atonor Tirpnkwater. Captain Mac-
genn, arrived from Coos Bay yester-.
. ..i 1 l.ln oVlO 'Will
day. on ner ouiwmu ni "-
tow tho new government dredge to
Coos Bay."
NEVADA DEMOCRATS NOMINATE.
Newlands Named For SeiuUor nnd
Burtlctt For Congress.
rnv Associated Freas.)
TONOPAH, Nov., Sept. 2. Fran
cis G. Newlands for senator and Geor-
irn A. Bartlett for congress were tne
nominees today of the Nevada Demo
cratic Convention.
George Leyland of 'Frisco, May
Have Gone Down On the
Auburndale.
(By Asjjociatod Press.)
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 2. The
bark Auburndale, which sailed from
Turks Island five weeks ago, is be
lieved to have gone down off Hatte
ras during a hurricane which swept
the coast last month. The belief is
otroniHif.nisr1 bv the arrival of the
schooner Republica which loft Turks
Island nineteen days later. The Au
burndale was in command of Captain
E. B. Haskell with a crew of eight.
The mate was George Leyland of San
Francisco.
KILL DIRECT PRIMARY.
Irresponsible Man Gives Lon-j
don Brokers Bad Scare and
Lands In Jail.
(By Associated Press.)
LONDON, Sept. 2. A man giving
the name of Edward Harrison ana
apparently not responsible for his ac
tions caused a commotion on Uie floor
of the Stock Exchange today by firing
three shots with a revolver. The
members rushed to tho exits and
hh1tipkh was stonned for some time.
No one was hurt. Harrison is in Jail
and will have to explain his idea of
fun to the magistrate.
., . t i.il..i,a Ominso It But
lUilllU JUI'U""" -
Adopt Locnl option.
(By Associated Press.)
BOISE, Ida., Sept. 2. After a long
debate the Republican State Conven
tion today adopted the platform in
cluding the county local option plank.
mi. .n.f nrimnrv was killed. The
1UO UIIOI.I. j.. ....,
PORTLAND JUDGE SETS ASTOB3
FINE AGAINST ESTATE OH'
T.ATE OREGON -SENATOR INT
LAND FRAUD CASE.
(By Associated Press.?
PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 2. Con
tending that tho United District At
torney was not warranted in attempt
ing to collect the ?1.000 fine against-
tho lato Senator Mitchell m connec
tion with hiB conviction in the lana.
fraud case, Justice Wolverton hanaea
down a decision today vacating the
flno Imposed in addition to tho JntL'
sentence. Mitchell died while the ap
peal was pending in the Supreme
court.
DAHLMAN IS BEATEN"-
Omaha Mayor Fulls to Get Nomina
tion In Nebraska,
(By Associated Press.)
rvnTAHA -Moh .. Soilt. 2.. Incom
nominations of stato officer will bo ,oto returns from yesterday'B prima
made this afternoon.
FLOOD LOSS HEAVY.
SPECIAL MUSICAL PROGRAM at
Smith's Cafe tomorrow evening. Fine
chicken dinner, 50 cents.
See JOnN S. HAY'S business
portunity in want column.
op
May
DiuiKicc to Cunndlan Pacific
Reach 750,000.
(By Associated Press.)
WINNIPEG, Sept. 2. The loss to
the Canadian Pacific from the wash
out east of here, will he from half
to threo quarters of a million. Five
passenger trains were wrecked but
no one was seriously injured.
FLEET NEARS HONOLULU.
Pacific Formation Is Sighted Off
Hawaii Today.
(By Associated Press.)
Tinisjm.TiTJl. Sent. 2. Tho Pacific
fleet headed by the West Virginia
and commanded by Rear Admiral
Swinburne, with seven torpedo boats
i fnw. was sighted approaching
port at 10 o'clock.
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LOCOMOTIVE BLOWS UP.
FIRE IN CLEVELAND.
-
Yards of Saginaw Bay Lumber Co.
Aro Burning.
(By Associated Press.)
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Sept. 2. Fire
broko out today in tho extensive lum
ber yards of the Saginaw Bay Lum-
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Two Injured In Accident Near Sale
Lake City.
(By Associated Press.
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gluo drawing tho west bound pas
senger train on tho Denver & RIc
Grande, blow up nt Thompson's
Springs today. Engineer Lund and'
Flroman Rodwell was badly scalded.
mt, i,niw wns blown clear of tb&
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