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Vol. III.
THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1908.
No. 145.
ATH
IN ITALY
f 4,
vv9
QUAKE DE
MAY
REACH 150,000
QUAKE, TIDAL WAVE
AWFUL TOLL
j. , Property Loss In Sicily Will
Run Into Hundreds of
Millions.
SITUATION WORSE
THAN REPORTED
Survivors Suffer From Later
Shocks, Hunger, Cold and
Injuries.
TERRIFIC LOSS.
(By Associated Press.)
ROME, Dec. 30. From the
latest estimates today, it is fear
ed the total number of victims
in Sicily and Calabria will reach
more than one hundred thou-
sand while the damage to prop-
erty will exceed several hundred
millions.
WIPES OUT CITY.
(By Associated Press.)
CATANZARO, Calnbrin, Dec.
30. A report received here
says the town of Baggnr on the
const north of Reggio, was coin-.4
pletely wiped out. Are finishing
the work of destruction. The
report Says, "All of the inhabit-
nuts are dead." The popula-
tion was ten thousand.
'
FEAR FOR ISLANDS.
(By Associated Press.)
ROME, Dec. 30. Cable com-
munlcation with tho Aelonian
Islands, 25 miles -north of Sici
ly, is interrupted. It is feared
the islands have also been dev
astated. ARE LIKE rOMPEIL
(By Associated Press.)
CATANZARO, Dec. 30.
Such fragmentary news as has
been received from Regglo con
firms the reports that the city
Is practically obliterated. The
message from there concluded,
"Messina and Regglo look like
Pompeii."
o
OFFICIAL ESTIMATE 115,000.
(By Associated Press.)
ROME, Dec. 30. The Min
ister of Marine estimates the
victims of tho earthquake and
tidal wave in Calabria and Sici
ly at 115,000. '
(By Associated PcssJ
ROME, Dec. 30. Half the popula
tion of Calabrtyi and Eastern part of
Sicily are dead and the other half
weeping. As the great extent of the
disaster becomes apparent it seems
Impossible to exaggerate the horrors
which have followed them. The
calamity which has overwhelmed
Italy almost beyond the grasp of
imagination, not only because of the
number of dead but because of the
.innumerable wounded who are buri
ed in tho ruins, many of whom will
perish. It is Impossible to rescue
thein from the wrecks of their for
mer liomes, Tho total number of
victims Is varolusly estimated from
J50.000 to 150,000.
The king and queen arrived in
Messina today. As they made their
way' into the ruined town, tho scone
of horror was too much for tho queen
who almost swooned. Crowds of terror-stricken
people surrounded tho
royal couple throwing themselves in
the mud. screaming for aid and pity.
As far as the facts concerning
Messlua have become available, they
o-irnbornt In everv detail the worst
foara heretofore expressed and at
Regglo, the Bilence of death etlll
relgn3. Tho horrors of the situation
and FIRE
PEOPLE PRAY
Second Shock at Palermo
Throws People Into Panic
Shocks Elsewhere.
PALERMO, Dec. 30. A slight un
dulatory shock at 7:30 last evening
created a terrible panic. The pop
ulation was wrought up from the ef
fects of the recent shake and crowd
ed into the churches, carried out the
images of saints and the sacred ar
ticles and marched in procession up
the streets implorlnE for a cessation
of the earthquake scourge.
SYRACUSE IS SHAKEN.
Later Shocks Cause Consternation
There.
fBy Associated Prpss.)
SYRACUSE, Sicily, Dec. 30. VIo-
, lent earth shocks were experienced
i here at 5:30 this morning. The peo
j pie of Syracuse, terrified and fearful,
ruslied from the streets into the 'sur
. rounding open country. Two violent
J earthquake shocks were felt on the
Island of Utlca last night.
(Bv Associated Press.)
MESSINA AGAIN SHAKEN.
Terror of Survivors Augmented By
Later Shocks.
(By Associated Pross.)
CATANIA, Dec. 30. Further
shocks occurred at Messina last night
which added to the panic -among the
survivors.
AHD BE L
United States' Representative
At Messina Killed In the
Disaster There.
(By ssociated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. A dis
patch from the state department
from Consul Gale confirms tho re
port of the death of Consul Cheney
and wife at Messina. The bodies
have not been recovered.
and the completeness of the destruc
tion hourly become more apparent.
The coast, line has been greatly
altered by the earthquake. The
beautiful homes along the shore are
masses of ruins.
A national committee has been
formed to collect funds for the vic
tims. The list was opened by a con
tribution of ?400,000 from the king.
j The premier has received a tele
gram from SIgnor Feline, deputy at
Messina, summing up tho situation
as follows:
"Messina Is completely destroyed
being razed to the ground. The vic
tims may be numbered by the tens
of thousands, The conflagration,
which Is still raging, Is completing
the destruction of tho city. Firemen
and soldiers must be sent imme-
! dlately or the' disaster will exceed
the wildest Imagination. Tho vol
qano Stromboll Is active and ' tho
seas around itbe island are very agi
tated and dangorous to navigation."
i The pope has telegraphed tho arch
bishop at Palermo large sums of
money and instructed blm to proceed
to Messina Immediately to help tho
survivors.
I
FIFTY KILLED IN
Explosion In Lick . Branch
Shaft Near Ennis, W. Va.,
Imprisons I arge Number.
(By Associated Press.)
ENNIS, W. Va., Dec. 30. The fa
talities in the Lick Branch mine, as
OF SURV
Horrors of Situation In Messina
Following Disaster Cannot
Be Depicted.
(By Associated Press.)
CATANIA, Dec. 30. A Messina
refugee says, only a small proportion
of the population escaped. Thou
sands of imprisoned and pinioned
human beings, unable to extricate
themselves, were burned alive whilo
others are dying from their injuries
and many are starving. Messina's
crying need Is for doctors, nurses,
food and firemen.
The first work of rescue was per
formed by volunteers from tho ships
in the harbor and groitps of heroic
survivors who, at a great personal
risk, extracted many persons froni
precarious situations.
Not the least of the suffering was
caused by a downpour of cold rain.
RULERS DO RESCUE WORK.
Italy's King and Queen Labor Jn
Messina.
(By Associated Press.)
CATANIA, Dec. 30. King Victor
Emmanuel and Queen Helena arriv
ed In Messina today and Immediately
joined a rescue party and labored as
unremittingly as tho others. The
king personally extricated several in
jured from the ruins. The queen
levoted her attention principally to
tho little children. She rescued her
self a three-year-old boy who was
bleeding from many cuts and bruises.
An overpowering stench Is begin
ning to arise from the ruins of Mes
sina. Ten thousand soldiers will be re
quired to bury the dead there.
BISHOP MAY RE LOST.
Episcopal Divine From Louisiana
Was In Mess-inn.
(By Associated Press.)
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 30. The
Right Rev. David Sessums, protes
tant episcopal bishop of Louisiana,
Is believed to have been in' Mes3lna
at the time of the earthquake. No
thing has been heard from him.
CITY HEAP OF RUINS.
Nothing Rut Debris Remains of
Reggio.
(By Associated-Press.)
PARIS, Dec. 30. A dispatch from
Rome says a torpedo boat sent to aid
the sufferers of Reggio has returned,
reporting that nothing remains of
tho city but a heap of tangled ruins.
MORGAN'S RIG GIFT.
New York Financier Sends $10,000
to Sufferers.
(By Associated Presss.
NEW YORK, Dec. 30. J. Pler-
pont Morgan today sent $10,000 for
the relief of the earthquake sufferers.
DOG RETRIEVES POCKETROOK
WINSTED, Conn., Dec, 30. Mrs.
Henry Hutchinson, of Barton Hill,
East Hampton, lost her pocketbook
whilo driving home from the village.
She did not discover hor loss until
sho was In tho house. She started
out with a lantern and her spaniel
Trip, telling tho dog to find tho poc
ketbook. The dog found It and was
so delighted that ho ran all tho way
homo with it before he would give
it to bis mistress.
AWFUL
IVORS
VIRGINIA
I
a result of the explosion late yester
day afternoon, will probably reach
fifty. A number of bodies were taken
out today. According to a mine fore
man, thirty-eight men are still In the
mine with little chance of recovery.
The cause of tho explosion Is un
known. Well-Known Lawyer Selected
By Mayor Straw to Head
Legal Department.
J. W. Snover last evening was
appointed city attorney to succeed E.
L. C. Farrln whoso resignation be
comes effective December 31. The
appointment by Mayor Straw was
Immediately ratified by the council.
Mr. Snover was not consulted about
It but it Is believed that he will
accept.
Mr. Farrln refused to continue to
serve. He said that It was utterly
impossible for him to do so. Coun
cilman Lockhart said that while he
regretted that the city should lose
the services of Mr, Farrln, ho did
not blame the latter for resigning
as the position did not pay anywhere
near what the work was worth.
Mayor Straw said that in accepting
Mr. Farrln's resignation, he thought
It would be only fitting for the city
:ouncll to express Its appreciation of
tho valuable services ho has rendered
tho city. Ho named Councllmen
Lockhart, Savage and Sacchl and Re
corder Upton as a committee to draft
tho resolutions. Councilman Sacchl
thought that Councilman Lockhart
as a committee of one would be suf
ficient to do the work. Councilman
Lockhart wanted to know If Mr.
Sacchl didn't want to servo on the
committee because ho (Sacchl) didn't
want to Indorse Mr. Farrln's ac
tions. After more or less discus
sion, Mayor Straw said that he wlsh
jd the entire committee to serve and
the matter was dropped.
Later Councilman Lockhart moved
that a vote of thanks be tendered the
retiring councllmen, Messrs, Flana
gan and Nasburg, for their services
but Councilman Sacchl said that the
more Important business ought to bo
ansacted flrBt. The matter was then
dropped but later Mr. Lockhart re
newed the motion nnd It was car
ried. Routine Business.
The petition to havo tho Balnes
street sewer laid on one side of tho I
street and save tho stono roadway
was laid on the table.
An over-assessment for tho North
Front Btreet work was ordered can
celled. The assessments for tho construc
tion of the Graham and Washing
ton street sidewalks were ordered
collected.
Tho liens or assessments for Im
proving Sixth street beyond 'II' were
ordered cancelled, tho Improvement
having been dropped.
An investigation of alleged mis
takes by the viewers in fixing the as
sessments for tho Balnes streets sow
er was ordered.
Tho Flanagan street improvement
was accepted and Masters and Mc
Lain released from further liability.
The samo contractor's work on Cali
fornia street was ordered accepted.'
New sidowalks and street crossings
were ordered for Balnes street where
tho improvements are not already In.
A rebate of tho over assessments
on Flanagan was ordered.
Robert Marsden's request for a
permit to erect tho warohouso on
tho waterfront (the building has al
ready been orectod nnd caused much ,
friction), was roforred to tho water-1
front committoo. I
Lindebeqk and Holm were ordered
paid $2-10 on their 8 venth street and
Iroepcct avenue contracts,
J.W. SNQVER IS
Cm ATTORNEY
IS. WALTER KEAT1
m ill
IK SACRAiENTO
Destruction of Southern Pacific
Property Thought to Have
Been of Incendiary Origin
(By Associated PreSJ.)
SACRAMENTO, Cal., Dec. 30.
The Pioneer Flour mill was burned
to the ground today. It was owned
by the Southern Pacific Company.
It Is believed to have been Incendiary.
Several previous attempts to burn it
were made. The building was used
by wholesalers for storage purposes.
INDIAN AVAR OVER.
Yuquis and Mexican Government
Sign Treaty.
(By Associated Press.)
NOGALES, Dec. 30. The long
war with the Yaqul Indians in Mexi
co in which scores were killed at
different times, Including many
'Americans, has been terminated by a
treaty of peace agreed upon by tho
representatives of Yaquis and tho
government of the stato of Sonora,
Mexico.
ACCEPTS THE POSITION.
Beckinnn Winthrop First Assistant
Secietnry" of State.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. Beck
man Winthrop of Massachusetts, as
sistant secretary of tho Treasury, to
day accopted the office of first assistant-
secretary of state.
C. B. Bell Shoots C. Drury For
Stealing Wife But Cuts Out
Modern Defense.
(By Associated PreBB.)
DENVER, Dec. 30. C. Burnetto
Boll, who shot C. Dury, of Cincinnati,
to death Monday afternoon because
ho enticed his wife from him, will
permit no modern plea In his de
fense of tho killing. "Brain storms,
emotional Insanity or anything elso
like that will bo avoided and Bell
will trust his case to tho Jury on tho
facts," said his attorney today,
CHINA WANTS ITS SONS
TO RETURN TO THEIR HOME
WINNIPEG, Dec, 30. "In ten
years thero will not bo a Chinaman
left in the United States- or Canada,"
Is tho Btatomont of Lau Kiv, imperial
Investigator, appointed by tho Chl
neso government to inquire into min
ing, agriculture and commercial mat
ters on this continent, with a vlow to
tho organization of an ora of devel
opment in China.
With him are Law a Yah, Yip Yon
and Oa Wan Yow, representing a
5,000,000 Chinese syndicate.
Thoy are Booking in the United
States and Canada Chlnamon well
verged In various linos of trade and
commorco and will offer on behalf '
of tho syndicate and the government
such Inducements for Chlnamon to
roturn to China and work for the
dovolopmont of the country that
every ono who Is approached on the
subject is expected to respond to the
call.
DENVER MAN
' SLAYS RIVAL
NG BURNED
I T m
Well-Known Coos Bay Woman
Meets Tragic Fate In
Marshfield This Morning.
NO ONE WITNESSED
AWFUL ACCIDENT
Thought to Have Resulted
From Filling Ignited Kero-
sene Lamp.
Mrs. Walter Keating, aged sixty
flvo and a resident of Coos Bay for
more than thirty years, wa& burned
to death In her homo across tho
street from the Marshfield hospital
about 8:30 o'clock this morning.
Sho was alone In her homo at tho
time and tho details of tho accident
will never ho known. So far as can
bo ascertained, her clothing caught
fire while she was pouring oil into
a kerosene lamp. She was uncons
cious when found nnd died a moment
later without uttering a word.
The tragedy this morning marks
the third of a series of tragic deaths
In the family, tho husband and fath
er, Walter Keatlng,v having been
drowned when tho tug Fearless was.
lost off tho Umpqua bar about twenty-one
years ago, and the oldest son,
Jesse Keating, having been accident
ally killed In an accident In tho old
Dean mill a year ago laBt April.
No Witnesses of Tragedy;
There were no witnesses to this
'morning's tragedy. Louis Keating,
a son, who resided with his mother
arose about C:30 o'clock, got hla
breakfast and went to tho Alllnnco
ofilco to begin his work. About 8:3ft
I o'clock, Mrs. T. Lawhorn who lives"
I next door, saw a woman with clothes
Inflame, dash past tho window into a
woodshed and outhouso In tho rear"
of tho Keating homo. Sho started
out and fainted. Her little daughter
ran over to Archie Kruso who lives
in tho second house south of tlin!
(Keating homo and across tho street
, to A. J. Savago's home and called
for help.
j When Miss Nettle Savage and Ar
jchlo Kruso reached tho scone,
IMrs. Lawhorn was Just recovering.
I Dashing to tho outbuilding, thoy
found Mrs. Keating lying uncon
scious and her clothes still burning.
A bucket of, water extinguished tho
flames, nearly all of the c'othos hav
ing beon burned from her body A
physician was hurriedly called but
before ho reached tho homo, Mrs.
Keating expired,
I Heard of Cries.
Only a few feet separate tho Keat
ing and Lawhorn homes and tho
strango part of tho tragedy Is that
no ono heard any outcry, Evidently
Mrs. Keating was so overcome by
fright that sho could mako no out
cry. According to the statement of
Louis Keating to Coroner Lewis, Mrs.
Keating was In tho hnblt of filling
the kerosono lamps which aro used
In tho homo without extinguishing
tho lamp, Sho would either uncrow
tho burner nnd turn It to ono sldo
or leave the burner on and pour tho
oil through tho aperture left for fill
ing. Lamp Placed Back,
Tho small shed at tho rear of tho
kitchen Indicated that Mrs, Keating
hod beon filling tho lamp. A lamp
that had boon empty, according to
Louis Kentlug'a monirry, was back
on the sholf hnlf fllloil. Whether
sho hod boon fllUni; It and caused
hor clothe to pae fire nr-rt extfn
euluhed tlip '"") mid u'aoed It hack
on tho b" ' f i exfM-iihlnu tho
fi.. in vpr clothing oanuot bo de
termined pnr r,t y, T ahlrts that bad burned
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