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THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1908.
No. 74.
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AGIST
Wm. L. Byng of Grays Harbor,
Wash., Makes Charges
Against Representative.
SUBMITS MATTER
TO STATE ATTORNEY
Curry County Politician Enters
Denial of Wrong Doing
In Case.
Wm. L. Byng, recently of Grays
Harbor, Wash., arrived in Marshfield
today from Curry county to lay serl
ous charges against Col. J. N. Muncy,
joint representative-elect from Coos
and Curry counties, before L. A.
Llljeqvlst, deputy prosecuting attor
ney. Mr. Byng charges Col. Muncy
with fraud In a land locating deal
and wants to recover $125 which he
(Byng) paid Muncy for locating him
on a Curry county homestead.
Col. Muncy Is, according to ad
vices from Curry county, understood
to enter a complete denial to Byng's
charges.
Mr. Llljeqvlst after hearing Mr.
Byng's charges today informed him
that he would refer the matter to
Geo. Brown of Roseburg, prosecuting
attorney for this district. Curry
county Is outside of Mr. Llljeqvist's
jurisdiction.
Mr. Byng brought his wife and
five children, the oldest of which is
but nine years old, here with him,
and says that he will remain until ho
gets justice. He says ho Is a poor
man and that this was the reason
Lo sought to secure a homestead
cheaply in the solitudes of Curry
county in hopes of being able to
provide for his family.
Gold Reach Story.
The details of the matter as print
ed in the Gold Beach Globe, are as
follows:
"Wm. L. Byng, who recently ar
rived from Grays Harbor to make
proof on a timber claim, evidently
was buncoed by I. N. Muncy who lo
cated him on mineral land adjoining
the McKinley group of copper claims
about six miles east of this place.
Mr. Byng arrived with his family
about three weeks ago with Inten
tion of filing on a homestead adjoin
ing the timber claim.
"Muncy with his mules moved
Byng and family to the McKinley
cabin and a day was set when he
would show Mr. Byng a nice spot to
build on the homestead. Directing Mr.
Byng and family to a nice place to
build, and on a pretext that he was
going around another way, Muncy
caught his mules, divided what ra
tions and tobacco there was In the
cab'ln with Mr. Byng, devoured a
kettle of soup that they had left for
the children to lunch on and depart
ed for Colliers' creek, says Byng.
"At any rate Byng's suspicions
became aroused at Mr. Muncy's
strange actions, came to town and
related his pitiful story to different
ones who advised him to employ
ex-Surveyor Cunnlff to survey out his
claims, which advise he acted upon.
Mr. Cunnlff surveyed out his claims
and found on his timber claim a lit
tle strip of scrubby timber along
one edge of three forties ranging
from three to five chains wide and
gives as his opinion that there isn't
any merchantable timber on the
claim at all.
"Mr Byng has since moved his
family to town and will endeavor to
recover from Mr. Muncy the location
fees. Had there been four or five
million feet on the claim, It is very
doubtful if proof could bo made upon
it as It is known to be underlaid with
mineral. To make it doubly worso
for Muncy, ho has owned a part of
the McKinley group for the past
twelve years and has been known to
ask very unreasonable prices for tho
mine so great was the mineral there;
then to turn around and locate a
part of the same ground as timber
land and take money for it from a
poor man with a largo family, we
think it is time tho courts should
redress such wrongs and free board
MAKE
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ACCUSATIONS
COL. 1. N. CY
TO
MEET OCT. 14
Annual Convention of Second
District to Be Held In
Marshfield.
The annual convention of the Re
bakahs of the Second District of
Oregon, will be held In Marshlleld,
October 14, and will be largely at
tended by representatives of lodges
In this section. Mrs. Mary Smith
of Grants Pass, president of the Ore
gon Rebekah Assembly, Is expected
to be present.
The arrangements for tho conven
tion have not been completed yet.
Mrs. W. J. Butler, secretary of West
ern Star Lodge of Marshfield, which
will entertain the visitors, Is expect
ing to hear from the surrounding
lodges today or tomorrow as to the
number of delegates they will send
and the part they are willing to take
in the program.
It Is proposed to give a banquet
for the visitors at noon of October
14. Then at 2:30, the convention
will convene in the I. O. O. F. Hall.
Part of the afternoon, possibly, and
all of the evening session will be
given over to lodge and degree
work, various teams exemplifying
the work.
Marshfield Lodge Proposes to
Erect Building at Fourth
and 'D' Streets.
At a meeting of Myrtle Lodge No.
3, Knights of Pythias, last evening,
preliminary steps were taken looking
towards the immediate erection of a
home on the lots which tlje lodge re
cently purchased at tho southwest
corner of Fourth and 'D' streets. It
is proposed to expend about $8,000
Jn the Improvement.
Last night, tho officers of the lodge
were Instructed to secure estimates,
plans and specifications for the pro
posed building and report back to
a future meeting at an early date.
According to preliminary plans, It Is
proposed to erect a two-story frame
building with ground dimensions of
50x100 feet.
The first story of tho proposed
building Is to be used for store
rooms and tho upper story to be fit
ted into a lodge hall and home.
The site is just across Mills
Slough, south of tho Masonic Opera
House.
This will make that locality a
lodge center, the Woodmen having
purchased the corner just across
from the Masonic Opera House and
hall with a view of building there at
an early date.
bo furnished the wrong doers until
thoroughly penitent,"
Muncy Enters Denial.
The Port Orford Tribune prints tho
following:
"Wo are in receipt of a letter from
Hon. I. N. Muncy emphatically de
nying tho accusations made against
him 'in tho last week's Globe for lo
cating a Mr. Byng upon a timber
claim that, Is alleged, contains no
timber but has been known for some
time to have mining improvements.
Mr. Muncy says that tho mine and
timber location are in different town
ships, and that his part in tho tran
saction has been on tho square and
above board."
FINEST ASSORTMENT of
LADIES' Fall and Winter SHOES
just received. Merchant & Kam-
merer.
A
If. OF P. LODGE
THREE III ARE BURIED ALIVE
Cave-In Imprisons Workmen
In Portland Sewage System
Trench One Badly Injured
Removed Alive.
'By Associated Press.)
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. G. J. Jar
tincn and Robert Kayhao, Russian
Finns, and Frank Matsen, all mem
bers of a crew digging a sewer in the
Brooklyn district, were buried alive
early today by the caving In of the
tunnel.
Matsen's head remained unburied
DOLLAR REFUSED
William Taylor, San Francisco
Tailor, Ends Long Carousal
With Attempted Murder and
Suicide Today.
(By Associated Press.)
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 6. Will
iam Peters, a tailor, shot his wife
four times, inflicting flesh wounds
and turned the pistol on himself and
One of the Owners of the Al
liance to Spend Week On
Coos Bay.
Prentiss Gray, secretary treasurer
of the California and Oregon Coast
Steamship Company, owners of the
steamship Alliance, and wife, will
come up on the M. F. Plant this
week to spend a week or so on Coos
Bay. Mr. Gray Is making a general
tour of the agencies of the company
and having heard, doubtless through
Agent Harry Skinner, of the wonders
of Coos Bay, decided to make his
trip here sort of a vacation and have
Mrs. Gray enjoy it with him. Mr.
Skinner has just received a letter an
nouncing his coming visit. Mr. Gray
was recently taken Into the firm of
which his father has been tho head
for years.
Tho Alliance sailed for Portland
this morning with a good cargo of
freight and a fair sized passenger
list. Among those who left here on
her were the following:
Mrs. A. M. Rozell, Miss May
Rozell, H. L. Buck and wife, Miss
Ida Coolidge, A. C. Van Walters,
Frank Davis, Mrs. F. W. Todd, W.
L. Goodell, J. Goodell, W. P. Hulett,
C. W. Bradway, C. O. Metcalf, F. W.
Weldon, A. Adolphson, Otto New
man, Paul Mcintosh and wife, D A.
Allison, C. A. Brayton, C. D. Bocker,
Miss Kittle Wells, F. M. Isllnger and
wife, Louise Isllnger, J. L. Jennings,
M. C. Meade, A. A. Dean, O. Sumner.
F
GET CONTRACT
Build Two Large Lighters
For Western Pacific Railroad
Company of 'Frisco.
The Western Pacific Railway
Company of San Francisco, has
awarded a contract for the construc
tion of two new car floats to Kruse
& Banks of North Bend, the craft to
bo used In handling its freight on
San Francisco bay. The first one is
to bo completed within six months
and tho second within nine months.
Tho floats aro to bo 272 feet over
all in length, 30 feet wide by 12
feet and C Inches deep. On tho for
ward end will bo an overhanging
deck, mado to flt tho ferry slips,
above which will bo tho bridge and
pilot-house. Tho floats will have a
carrying capacity of sixteen freight
qars on three tracks. When in ser
vice theso floats will bo towed by a
PRENTISS DRAY
TO VISIT HERE
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and ho was conscious for a while.
A large crew went to work to effect
ttie rescue.
The Finns were about three hun
dred feet in the tunnel and eighty
feet underground. It is not believed
possible that they are alive. The
accident was due to' the collapse of
timbers under the great pressure
from above.
Matsen was dug out late this af
ternoon. His leg broken and badly
bruised. The body of another man
Is expected to be recovered this
afternoon.
; TWO ARE SOOT
blew out his brains. The tragedy
'was at the corner of Eddy and
Webster streets, and was witnessed
by a number of persons. Four
months ago, Peters sold his tailor
business, intending to buy a home
ibut took to.drlnk and spent his money.
His wife left him and secured employ
ment. He waylaid her this morning
as she was going to work nnd asked
her for a dollar. Upon refusal, ho
shot her.
MEET TO AID
Nineteenth Trans-Mississippi
Congress Opens In San
Francisco Today.
(By Associated Press.)
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. G. The
Nineteenth Trans-MissIsslppl Con
gress, with a thousand or more dele
gates from the western half of the
United States attending, began its
five days deliberation hero today.
Temporary Chairman J. B. Caso of
Abilene, Kan., called the delegates to
order and dwelt at length on the past
work there has been done In the
west for the conservation of the na
tural resources, and the extension of
tho present Industries. The opening
session was purely one of organiza
tion and after the appointment of the
requisite committees, the congress
adjourned that the delegates and
friends might participate In an excur
sion to San Francisco harbor.
After the invocation of Rabbi
Nleto, Thomas F. Walsh, chairman of
the executive committee, made a few
remarks on tho objects and scope
of the congress. Tho nddresses of
welcome were delivered by Governor
Glllet, Mayor Taylor, Senator Per
kins, Congressman Kahn and C. G.
Moore, president of the San Fran
cisco committee. Responses were
made Informally by delegates from
the various states.
700-horse power tug, now building
at the Craig Shipbuilding Company,
at Long Beach, Cal.
The contract for tho lighters was
made by Robert Banks, representing
Kruse & Banks. Mr. Banks has
just returned from San Francisco
and is elated over securing the con
tracts. He was in competition with
some of tho best-known shipbuild
ers on the coast. About a million
and a half feet of lumber will bo
required for the now craft, work on
whloh will begin at once.
"Business is picking up consider
ably," said Mr. Banks today. "A
month ago, when I was in San Fran
cisco to submit our bid on tho
lighters, there were about twenty
large vessels tied up becauso there
wasn't any business for them, This
time, all of these wero busy, tho only
vessels tied up for lack of business
being a few sailing vessels. There
was a better feeling among ship
owners nnd business men generally
who think tho revival of trado is
permanent."
Tho Falrhavon which was built by
Kruso & Banks several months ago
Is in Coos Bay for tho first time
since hor initial doparturo from lioro.
She camo up to Porter to load with
lumbor for San Pedro.
Steamer URCAICAVATER sails
from Coos Bay for Portland SAT
URDAY, OCTOBER 10, at 10 A. M.
W
EUROPEAN POWERS LIKELY
DETROIT GETS
THEJEHNANT
VICTORY OVER CHICAGO TODAY
GIVES MICHIGAN CITY CLUB
HONORS IN AMERICAN LEAGUE
(By Associated Press.
CHICAGO, 111., Oct. G. Detroit In
winning today's game from Chicago
gets tho American Leaguo pennant
for this year.
NEW YORK WINS.
Defeats Boston by Score of Four to
One In National League.
(By Associated Pres3.)
NEW YORK, Oct. G. Tho New
York National League team today de
feated Boston by a. score of four to
one.
CALL GAME A TIE,
National League Directors Uphold
President's Piilliuiu's Decision.
(By Associated Press.)
CINCINNATI, Ohio, Oct. G. The
directors of tho National Baseball
League today decided the protested
New York-Chicago game of Septem
ber 23, was a tie, upholding the deci
sion of President Pulllam from which
the New York club appealed.
The disputed game will be played
off on a date to bo agreed upon by
the two clubs.
31 "BODIES
Dissecting Rooms of Minnesota
University at Minneapolis
Destroyed By Fire.
(By Associated Press.)
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Oct. G.
Thirty human bodies aro believed to
have been burned last night In a fire
that destroyed tho -Anatomy Hall of
Minnesota State University. Tho
building was used by tho medical
classes for dissecting purposes. Tho
fire loss Is $1G,000.
NO ACTION ANNOUNCED.
Much Interest In Oulconio of Conilron
Case.
Mayor E. E. Straw has not yet
mado any announcement of n final
outcome In tho case of Nlghtwatch
man Condron. Mr. Condron has dis
carded his uniform and friends an
nounce that he has decided to resign
and resume his former employment
ns a foreman of a street grading
force.
Neither Mayor Straw or Mr. Con
dron could bo reached this afternoon.
It Is barely possible tho matter may
bo brought up nt tho meeting of tho
city council tonight although Mayor
Straw has entire charge of tho police
force
There was talk among Mr. Con
dron's friends of circulating a peti
tion that he bo retained on the police
forco. When this was started, others
talked of circulating a counter peti
tion. REELECT OLD MEN.
Northern Pnciflc Railway Holds An
nual Meeting.
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, Oct. G. Tho annual
meeting of the Northern Pacific Rail
road was held today. All of tho re
tiring directors wero reelected.
F I N E S T ASSORTMENT of
LADIES' Fall and Winter SIIOICS
jUBt received. Merchant & Kata
merer. Ladles SKIRTS and WAISTS Just
received at Ladles' Emporium.
GO
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Porte Says It Is Up to Them tr
Uphold Berlin Treaty In
Bulgarian Affair.
FRANCE AND ENGLAND
STAND TOGETHER
Russia and Italy and Probablyr
Germany to Join In Inter
national Conference.
By Associated Press.
VIENNA, Oct. G. The re-
ports that Austria-Hungary is
mobilizing troops, today is ofll- -
daily declared to be without
foundation.
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(By Associated Press.)
CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. G. Tho
council of ministers held a long ses
sion this morning to consider tho
action of Bulgaria In declaring her in
dependence of Turkey. It was decid
ed impossible to nccept any proceed
ings that violated existing treaties,,
and that Turkey should address as.
circular note to tho powers pointing;
out the necessity of taking measures,
to enforce respect for tho treaty oC
Berlin. As Turkey's rights aro guar
anteed by the powers. She will look:
to them for their defense.
RUSSIA IS SILENT.
Czar AVou't Commit Himself On llul
Kiiiiiiu, Affair.
(Bv Associated Prcs.)
ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. G. No
statement of tho attitude of tho Rus
sian government on the Bulgarian!
affair Is obtainable today. Tho di
plomats aro unwilling to commit
themselves regarding tho possibility
of a Turko-Bulgarian war, but the
gonoral Impression Is that Turkey
will not regard Bulgaria's action
which was taken In tho faco of em
phatic Russian protests as a cause
for war.
TO CALL CONFERENCE.
EiU'opcun Poers to Pass On Bul
garian Affair.
(By Associated Press. J
PARIS Oct. G. It is announced
this afternoon that France and Great
Britain are In complete accord oa
tho principle of an Immediate Inter
national conference to consider tho
Bulgarian situation. Russia and!
Italy also favor such a conference?
and oven Germnny s oxpected to ad
hero to tho proposal, Tho latest ad
vices from Constantinople Indicate
tho Porto will accept tho advlco of
Franco and Great Britain, and tho
result of this conference.
SECURES
LARGE TRACT
Gardiner Man Purchases 600
Acres On Umpqua From
John Slimmin.
San Diego (Cal.) Sun says: "Ovei
G00 acres of harbor lands on tho
Umpqua Rivor, southern Oregon,,
comprising tho townslto of Provi
donco, has beon sold by John sum
mon to Capt, Warron P. Reed, or
Gardiner, Oro., tho new owner of
Reedsport, which adjoins the present
purchase. Tho Spreckols railroad.
which has been acquired by the
Southern Pacific running fiom Myr
tlo Point to Coos Bay, Ore , Is to b -extended
through tho tract to Drain
A largo lunibeilnt' plant will bt
built as soon as tha railway Is Ire
oporatlou. The former owner has
rgcontly coma to San DIogo to mako
his homo, and tho sale was mado In
tho olllce of tha Park-Grablo Company,"
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