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THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1908;
No. 57.
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IN A ROW GOV. HUGHES IS RENOMINATED
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Many Tons of Explosive Tears
Indiana Depot to
Pieces.
EIGHTEEN ARE .
SERIOUSLY HURT
Jar or Spark Caused Disaster
As Passenger Was Com
ing In.
(By Associated Press.)
WINDSOR, Mo., Sept. 15. A car
of dynamite standing on the track
in front of the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas Railroad depot, exploded this
morning. The car and depot were
demolished and eighteen persons
standing near by were more or less
seriously hurt. Fred Yake, agent of
the Missouri Pacific Railroad at this
place, was killed.
The crowd was waiting the ap
proach of an incoming passenger.
Whether the explosion was due to
a Jar or a spark or.from other causes
cannot bo ascertained.
D. E. Hall, a drayman, and an un
known tramp have died from their
Injuries.
On unknown laborer was killed.
This makes four known dead.
Syndicate Which Purchased F.
B. Waite's 4,000 Acres to
Hasten Development.
. Concerning the sale of the Walte
ranch In Douglas county, which was
noted in The Times last Wednesday,
the Portland Telegram Saturday
printed the following:
"What is considered the biggest
deal in farming lands ever made in
Oregon was consumated In this city
in the transfer of 4000 acres of Dou
glas county soil for $200,000. The
seller is Frank Walte of Roseburg,
and the buyers A. H. Perkins of
Medford, and J. M. Johnson, an In
diana capitalist. The tracts involv
ed are the 2800-acre farm of Mr.
Walte and the "Currey Place," of
1200 acres near by. Both tracts are
situated in the Umpqua Valley, and
Ho contiguous to the Southern Paci
fic Railroad. The land has been In
cultivation for years and is now con
sidered In a high state of producti
veness. "The buyers intend subdividing
the farms into 10 and 20-acre tracts
and setting out fruit trees for which
the soil Is considered admirably
adapted. The improved acres will
then be sold to farmers from the
East and elsewhere, who will apply
intensive methods to farming and
fruit-growing. There will thus be
200 farms of" 20 acres each, or 400
of 10 acres in area to plat and set
out in trees and berry vines.
"Mr. Walte, who was in Portland
yesterday, with the buyers, looks for
a boom in Douglas county fruit
lands, such as now prevails In the
Hood River country. Farmers of the
Umpqua Valley have been doing well
in raising and exporting apples and
pears, as well as cherries since spray
ing and Improved methods have been
introduced, and they are all out of
debt and have goodly bank accounts.
"Mr. Perkins recently sold a large
fruit farm in the Rogue River val
ley, near Medford, for something
over $100,000, and has lost no time
In investing again in Oregon fruit
lands. He declares there is as much
to be made in dealing in the fertile
lands of Southern Oregon as there
is in Portland real estate, and ho
looks for a dense fruitgrowing pop
ulation in Douglas county as soon
as tho.truo value of the soil and the
pleasant climate have become better
known In tho east."
PLAN TO BOOM
TIJIO OCPT'OI!
OF DYNAMITE EXPLODING
tVWftA
I. J. BRYAN IS
IN NEWJERSEY
Democratic Candidate For
President Delivers Address In
Philadelphia Scoring Bosses.
(By Associated Press.)
PHILADELPHIA, Sept., 15. W.
J. Bryan arrived today from Balti
more and was given an enthusiastic;
reception. He addressed the public
from a platform in front of the Phi
ladelphia Record ofllce. He arraign
ed the election methods in Philadel
phia and said the Democratic plat
form Is offensive to bosses and very
offensive to the bosses of Philadel
phia. Results In Maine.
I iteierring 10 uie resuus in luuiue,
Bryan said "Maine has returned the
lowest Republican majority In twen
ty-seven years, and, to be conserva
tive, I have to concede on this show
ing a few states to the Republicans."
He said that Taft . had promised
prosperity and Roosevelt had en
dorsed the idea, but he asked how
is Taft going to give prosperity when
his Godfather Roosevelt, already has
a panic on his hands.
At luncheon, he was the guest of
the New Jersey committee which is
in charge of his visit' to that state
this afternoon and evening.
EAGLES BEGIN POSTER
WAR ON ELK'S TEAM
Marshflsld stores this morning
were flooded with posters issued by
the Eagles telling what they would
do to the Elks baseball team in Sun
day's game. The posters were dis
tributed after midnight and Manager
Jack Flanagan suspects Jake Goldie
or Charlie Howard of trying to hold
up his colts to ridicule. Jack didn't
say anything but his look indicated
that he would have a come-back all
right.
There was a squabble today over
Jake Goldiels attempt to put in Gow
Why as "pig tail" for the Eagles.
Jack Flanagan insisted that Gow
Why wasn't an Eagle and should not
be allowed to play.
Howard and Goldie had the Eagles
out yesterday and today practising
up and their coaching was so severe
that the team may have to bo re
cruited from the Coqu'lle valley.
Baxter of Coquille, has promised to
do some scouting in that section and
to play himself if necessary.
Jack Flanagan says that L. J.
Simpson has been practising for sev
eral weeks at Sunset Bay and will
be able to defeat the Eagles alone.
Dr. E. E. Straw has agreed to act
as one of the umpires. John D.
Goss has been appointed by Jack
Flanagan as leader of the Elk's
rooting contingent.
BREAKS HIS NECK.
ROSEBURG, Ore., Sept. 15.
Death ended a three days' spree for
Thomas J. Briscoe, an old soldier,
in this city. After reaching his
boarding-house Briscoe fell off a
porch 15 feet high, breaking his
neck, and dying instantly. He leaves
relatives in Iowa.
The financial report of the Oregon
Socialists Committee shows during
August, including tho $35.80 carried
forward from July, tho committee
received $131.11 and tho, expendi
tures for tho month were $81.44.
FALL MILLINERY OPENING
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY,
SEPTEMBER 10 AND 17. Choice
styles in Fall Millinery. ESPECIAL
LY BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS to
gether with all the attractive novel
ties of the season.
As this is my first season on Coos
Bay, I shall take extra effort to have
something attractive and pleasins
for all my customers,
t Hats remodelled and retrlramed.
TEA SERVED AFTERNOONS OF
OPENING DAYS.
MRS. JOHN II. SOMERS.
McCarren and Murphy May
Renew Old Conflict In State
Convention at Rochester
This Afternoon.
(By Associated Press.)
ROCHESTER, N. Y Sept. 15.
Tho Democratic state convention con
vened at noon today without a pre
convention settlement on the nomina
tion for governor, though It had nar
rowed down to a choice of one of
three or four. The prospects are for
a lively session Involving the merits
of the fight between Charles F. Mur
phy, leaddr of Tammany Hall, and
Senator Patrick McCarren. The lat
ter has made an official announce
ment that he will bolt the convention
MAINE CIT ES
FIRE SWEPT
Large Amount of Property In
Biddeford and Saco
Destroyed.
(By Associated Press.)
BIDDEFORD, Maine, Sept. 15'.
Fire today destroyed more than fif
teen acres of lumber yards, a score
of tenement buildings, several factories-and
some railroad property on
both sides of the Saco river in the
cities of Saco and Biddeford. Forty
families are homeless. The loss will
exceed $300,000.
Local Merchants Win Over
Claim For Salvage In Noted
Controversy.
Judge Hamilton in a ruling 'in the
circuit court sustained the decision
of Justice C. A. Pennock of Marsh
field In the noted M. F. Plant salvage-towage
case which caused such
a furore in Coos Bay business cir
cles. The action was by the Petty
john and Nicols Company vs. T. S.
Dow, agent of tho Oregon Coal and
Navigation Company, owners of tho
M. F. Plant. Only a minimum sum
was Involved In the one case but
much Interest was centered In It on
account of the point at issue.
The action was the outgrowth of
t$e accident to the M. F. Plant last
spring when she lost her rudder and
drifted about for several days. Fi
nally tho Johan Paulson picked her
up and brought her into Coos Bay.
When the local merchants came for
their shipments of goods that were
on the vessel, Agent F. S. Dow in
sisted that they put up ten per cent
of the value of the goods and a bond
to cover any additional expense. This
requirement was based on tho "gen
eral average" and on the claim that
it was a salvage case. However, the
Johan Paulson did not make a sal
vage claim but merely put in a claim
for towage.
Pettyjohn and Nicols resisted the
"general average" claim of F. S. Dow
and replevined their goods. Their
attorney, Judge Watkins, insisted
that it was not a salvage case at all
and that the owners of tho vessel
and not the shippers having gpods
on her must defray tho expense. He
maintained that the Johan Paulson
was tho only one that could make
a salvage claim and that they had
forfeited this right by releasing the
Plant and putting in a claim for tow
ago instead. Justice Pennock up
held Judge Watkins' contention and
now Judge Hamilton affirms it in tho
circuit court. Tho company has
given notice of appeal to tho Su
preme Court,
Modern STORE FRONTS installed
by City Front Planing Mill Company.
See us for estimates.
PLANT DAMAGE ANTI-DUBDIS
CASE DECIDED IlflCTORS
if any one of his delegates is un
seated. Lieutenant Governor Chanler re
mained this morning to all outward
appearances the leading candidate
for the nomination to head the Dem
ocratic state ticket. ,
The first session lasted less than an
hour and was devoted exclusively to the
opening address of ex-Judge Morgan
J. O'Brien, and to routine business
and resolutions. The convention
then adjourned until tomorrow when
the reports of the committees on re
solutions and the contested seats will
bo received. After adjournment, it
was predicted that a satisfactory
agreement on the McCarren-Murphy
controversy would be reached, and
Chairman Connors of the state com
mittee, is said to have stated all
of McCarreri's delegates will be
seated.
BLOWN FIFTY
FEET IN AIR
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PUGET SOUND BOAT, HAVE NAR
ROW ESCAPE WHILE LOADING
GASOLINE ON HALIBUT
SCHOONER.
(By Associated Press.)
SEATTLE, Wash., Sept. 15.
While loading three thousand gal
lons of gasoline on the halibut fi'jher
Norman in the Sound today, an ex
plosion occurred which blew two
men fifty feet into the air and burn
ed another seriously. Tho damage
to the boat is $G00.
Idaho Supreme Court Judges
Rule Against Senator
Today.
(By Associated Press.)
BOISE, Idaho, Sept. 15. In an
unanimous decision today, the Idaho
Supreme Court overruled the demur
rer of former Senator Dubois' attor
ney in the contest pending before the
supreme court to determine which of
the two tickets nominated at the
Wallace convention is entitled to the
Democratic name. As a result f
this ruling, tho court will go Into the
merits of tho case. The ruling is re
garded as a distinct victory for the
anti-Dubois faction, tho ticket of
which is headed by Moses Alexander
for governor and Judge C. O. Stock
slager for United States senator. In
making the ruling, the court held tno
state primary law to be mandatory.
MANY TO PAY
Assessment to Defray Cost of
Fresh Water Harbor at
Seattle Is Made.
(By Associated Press.)
SEATTLE, Wash., Sept. 15.
Sixty thousand notices of assessment
for building tho Lako Washington
canal have beon mailed. In theso no
tices are 225,000 descriptions of
property, almost all there is in King
county. Tho canal extends three
miles from' Puget Sound through
Salmon Bay and Lako Union to Lako
Washington and will cost $3,500,000
of which tho government pays $2,
500,000 to provide a fresh water har
bor for ocean shipping.
Steamer BREAKWATER sails for
Portland, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER
10, at 10 a. ra.
Read and use The Ccor 'Jay Timer
FOR G CANAL
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ENGINEER ILL
STEAMSHIP HAS TO PUT BACK
INTO COOS BAY WITH W. J.
SLATTERY.
Wm. J. Slattery, chief engineer of
the steamship Eureka, was taken
suddenly 111 of appendicitis yester
day and this morning underwent an
operation at Mercy hospital In North
Bend. While the case is an aggra
vated one, it is believed that Mr.
Slattery's fine physical condition will
enable him to withstand the strain.
Mr. Slattery was ailing when tho
Eureka arrived in from Portland,
and physicians told him what the
trouble was. They advised him to
undergo an operation at once but he
was desirous of postponing the
operation until ho reached his home
In Eureka. He boarded the Eureka
and they started out but the rolling
of the ship aggravated tho attack
and his condition becamo such that
the vessel .had to put back into the
Bay.
1 The Eureka will sail this after
noon about 2 o'clock, a special per
mit being secured.
Among those who will go from
Coos Bay on the Eureka to Eureka
are: Mrs. J. W. Lonevo, Chas.
Fensler and wife, J. E. Dodge, Erik
Ahlskog, Mr. Ehman, Mrs. B. L.
Brown and baby, and E. J. Dobbyns.
Steamship Alliance Sails This
Afternoon For Columbia
River Port.
The Alliance crossed out at 3
o'clock this afternoon for Portland
with a large number of passengers
from Coos Bay. She also had a fair
cargo of freight, Including tho merry-go-round
which has recently been
operating hero and in tho Coquille
valley, and considerable dressed
lumber.
Among those who went out on tho
Alliance were tho following:
J. E. Lyons, Peter Dolan and wife,
Mrs. Milo W. Smith and baby, Milo
W. Smith, B. Dovers, W. N. Ekblad,
C. E. Frum, H. Wells, II. Black, F.
II. Clark, W. A. Thles, W. C. Ellin,
A. W. Long, C. P. Wilson, W. T.
Adams, M. E. Grousbeck and wife,
V. Grousbeck, H. Averlll, Mrs. Rog
ers and child, Miss Rogers, Miss B.
Machado, Miss G. Machado, J. B.
Swank, A. A. Levy, C. Clair, Wm.
Kasnor, L. Mauzoy and wife, Miss
Hall, Miss Grace Wells, Z. M. Boyer,
Wm. Deans, A. Pershbaker, J. W.
Clinton, Mrs. A. Fay, Mable Potter,
J. W. Barnes, W. II. Holman, W. A.
Selburn, J. Crawford, Mrs, A. W.
Sharp, A. W. McCulloch, Frank Mc
Culloch, Robt. Logan, Mrs. Norval,
Miss Norval, Ernest Plep, Mrs. A. W.
Sharp, Glenn Routt, W. II. Anderson,
R. D. Holman, Charles Thorn and
wife, L. A. Murray and wife, Mrs. T.
B. James and daughter, Mrs. S.
McGregor, R. F. McGregor, P. Man
ders, Miss .Westerllnd, G. F. Ander
son, Georgo Whlto anjj wifo, Mrs.
Lelter and J. Crawford.
ARKANSAS IS DEMOCRATIC.
"Wets" and "Dry.s" Breaking About
Even.
(By Associated Press.)
LITTLE ROCK, Sopt. 15.
Georgo W. Donaghoy, tho Demo
cratic nominee govornor, was elect
ed by moro than 0,500 majority. Tho
returns Indicate an apparently oven
break botweon tho prohibitionists
and llconso advocates.
Stoamor BREAKWATER sail.B for
Portland, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER
10, at 10 a, m.
MANY LEAVE
FOR PORTLAND
N W I
Machine Opposition to Execu
tive Overwhelmed In
State Convention.
HAD PICKED MR.
HILL TO BEAT HIPB
American Ambassador to Ger
many Was Dragged In By;
Antis.
(By Associated Press.)
SARATOGA, N. Y Sept. 16.
Governor Hughes was renominated!
for governor by the Republican state
convention here today on tho first
ballot which was then made unani
mous. The vote on tho first ballot
was:
Hughes 827.
Wadsworth 151.
Stewart 31.
As the hour for balloting nearedV
the opposition to Hughes went com
pletely to pieces and the name or
Ambassador Hill whom they hadT
centered on to defeat Hughes was not
even presented to bo voted upon.
DECIDE ON HILL.
Opposition to Hughes Select Their-
Candidate.
(By Associated Press.)
SARATOGA, N. Y., Sept. 15. Dn.
David Jayno Hill of Rochester, tho
ambassador from tho United States
to Germany, is tho man whom tho
anti-Hughes leaders selected as their
candidate for governor to defeat tho?
renomlnatlon of Governor Hughes
by the convention.
SURPRISE TO HILL.
Ambassador Didn't Know of New
York Plan.
(Bv Associated Press.)
BERLIN, Sept. 15. Ambassador
Hill was surprised by tho informa
tion of tho possibility of his nomina
tion for govornor of New York by
tho Republican state legislature. Ha-
has not been communicated with orc
the subject.
SINGER SCORES
ANOTHER SUCCESS
Mile. Westerllnd Delights Audience
nt Masonic Opera House Wltli.
Her Singing.
Mile. Slgiid Westerllnd, the SwedT-Ish-FInnish
soprano, repeated her
grand concert at the Masonic Opera
House last evening to a good sized
audience, but one that was not as
largo as tho merits of the entertain
ment deserved. What tho audiono
lacked In numbers It moro than mades
up in appreciation and enthusiasm.
Nearly every number on the excellent
program wns encored and in some?
Instances the singer was recalled:
threo and four times. Mrs. Win.
Horsfall shared in tho honors of tho
evening by her superb execution at
tho piano as accompanist. Botlu
singer and player wero remcmberecE
by thoughtful and appreciativa
friends and tho floral offerings wore;
generous and beautiful.
Mile. Westerllnd departed on tho
Alllanco today for Astoria and Port
land where sho will appears in con
certs. During her brief stay on Coos
Bay, sho made many friends, and,
music lovors will long remember the--exquisite
pleasure she afforded thentj
by her singing and tho wish that
sho may return is sincoro and uni
versal.
LOCAL MEN NAMED.
Gov. Chamberlain Appoints Coos
County CHIens.
Gov. Geo. 13. Chamberlain has;
named about a scoro of Oregon mens
as delegates to tho Tnins-MlsslssippE
Congress in San Francisco, October
C to 10, and among them are the
following from Coos county:
A. J. Sherwood of Coquillo, J. HI,
Flanagan of Marshileld, Peter LoggtaJ
and L. J. Simpson of North Bonds,
and J. W. Bennott of Marshileld.
Barley and shorts $1,113 at Haines.
Road the Times' Want Ada.
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