The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957, April 13, 1909, EVENING EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextT tM r (&am Stones NEWS GMT IT W1IILH IT IS KHf DT nsAviKQ rum coos may timms. LOCAL AND TKLIJGKAPIUO 5STTS CONCISHLT TOLD. STIMULATE YOUIt BUSUTKSS BY GOOD SYSTEMATIC ADVEHTiS 1NG. SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS HOUSES DO SO. MEMBER OP ASSOCIATED PRESS VOL. Ill MARSHFIELD, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1909 EVENING EDITION No. 234. lag TWO FIRES THREATEN TO WIPE OUT ROSHESTER. N. 1 High Wind Fans Conflagra tions In Different Parts of the City. DAMAGE ALREADY EXCEEDS MILLION Buffalo and Syracuse Sending Aid People Crazed By Disaster. BULLETIN. (By Associated Press.) ROCHESTER, N. Y., April 13. At 3:45 p. m., It was the opinion of Fire Chief Little that the two main, fires were under control. Syracuse and Buffalo companies are expected at 4 o'clock. BULLETIN. By Associated Press.) ROCHESTER, N. Y April 13. At 3 o'clock more resi dences In the Glbhs and Still- son street and University ave nue section were on Are. About the same time, dwellings on North and Deiavan streets wore discovered on fire and the peo ple began moving out. (By Associated Prewi.) ROCHESTER, N. Y April 13. The city of Rochester appears to be at the mercy of two alarming fires which are raging simultaneously In dtffeient directions In the city. At 2 o'clock the fires were still spread ing and the loss already will amount to over one million. The Rochester militia is on duty on the streets and help has been summoned from Buffalo and Syra cuse. One girl is reported missing and another woman went violently In sane. It has been decided to dynamite some of the buildings on Stillson street to control the fire. A terrific wind Is blowlne Tho Are broke out in the Selding building, a four-story structure at the corner of Qibbs and Main streets. That building is In ruins. The flames then leaped from It to St. Peter's church In Grovo street and to a big Jevish synagogue, the Brlth Kodesh Temple. St. Peter's was saved but the temple was ruin ed. Apartment houses on Grovo street valued at $100,000 were fcwept away and then the flames at tacked a score or more residences. Fully 150 families have moved out of ,the path of the flames. Numerous houses are burning with out a single Btream of water to check the progress of the fire. About the same time a fire broke out in the First Reformed Church on Nassau street in another section of the city, about one mile re moved. Only one fire company could be spared for this flro and the church soon fell prey to the flames which spread to adjoining residences and is now sweeping that sect'on. Residents are moving out as fast as tho flames approach their homes. UNWRITTEN LAW OF CURRY. New View of Gnmo Law Enforcement In Tliat County. The Port Orford Tribune says: "According to Indications a more strenuous effort than ever before will be made In Curry this summer to enforce our obnoxious' game law to the strict letter of the law. Con ditions in this sparsely settled coun ty are different from those In any other county in the state, and all the deer law needed is enough to keep the hide hunter and city sport from their murderous raids in our mountains. The scaln bounty law will do more towards propagating NEW BUILDINGS I SUE PROJECTED Several Large Structures and Residences to Be Started Soon. The prospect for building on Coos Bay this summer and fall is grow ing considerably brighter and the volume of the operations Is likely to exceed last year's record. A num ber of large buildings were com pleted last year but tho North Bend and Marshfleld high school build ings were the principal large struc tures started during 1908, but a large number of houses and small store buildings were erected. W. S. Turpen, the architect, stat ed today that he was highly pleas ed with the prospects. He said that he had orders for plans for ten or a dozen different structuies, In cluding residences, and that many more are being talked of. Among the buildings to be start ed soon or that are proposed are the following: Oregon Coal and Navigation Com pany, large warehouse and docks on Norib Front street. Contractor Horn is to have it completed and ready for occupancy before July 1. Warehouse and store rooms to be built on the waterfront, near the junction of Front street and Cen tral avenue by the C. A. Smith Com pany for the steamer Alliance. Bunker Hill and Bay Park school district, $10,000 school house. V Eagles home on South Second street, two-store building 75x100 feet. Knights of Pjthlas home on Fourth street south of Central ave nue. Ward Blake of the C. A. Smith Lumber Company, $3,000 residence in South Marshfleld near the H. S. Tower residence. H W. Painter, bungalow In West Marshfleld. Di. E. Mingus, fine residence Jn West Marshfleld. to be started this fall. Eugene O'Connell will enlarge his summer home at Tho Maize. J. W. Bennett piano to enlarge his residence at the corner of Broadway and Market avenue Mr. Bennett also proposes to eret a bungalow on South Coos RItm near The Maize. Wm. Grimes bus bats figuring on putting up a building on his prop erty on Broadway arosa from The Times' office but Is not certain that he will build thlt enmmer. Cabinet Decides to Engage British Contractors to Do the Work. (By Associated Preea.) MADRID, April 13 Tho Cabinet has decided definitely that the Spanish fleet shall be reconstructed. The work will be entrusted to Brit ish firms. deer than all the, game wardens. Since Curry county was peopled by the whites It ha ever been the prac tice of its sturdy mountaineers to kill deer at will for family use, and the practice Is one that will bo hard, if not impossible, to stamp out. Our people will uphold to a unit the man who said that he would resign his position as deputy game warden before he would arrest his neighbors for Killing an occasional deer for tho family larder" SPAIN'S FLEET TO BE REBUILT REVOLUTION STARTED IN TURKEY Troops Mutiny and Surround Building of Parliament De manding Discharge of Three High Officials. (By AssoeItd Proaa.) CONSTANTINOPLE, April 13. Serious disturbance of a revolution ary character have broken out here, and tho situation Is grave. Muti nous troops are demonstrating against tho building of parliament. The people are In a panic and the shops are being closed all through tho country. WANT THREE DISCHARGED. Turklsli Troops Mnku Strong Dp- ninnd On 'Parliament. (By Associated Press.) FRANKFORT, April 13. A dis Full Jury For 'Frisco Graft Case But An Alternate Juror Is Ordered to Be Chosen. (By Associated Press.) SN FRANCISCO, April 13. The Jury which is to try Patrick Cal houn, president of the United Rail ways, on the charge of offering a bribe, was completed this morning. Otto H. Mackroth, a retired grocer, was sworn in -is tho twelfth jury man Tho work of getting a Jury occupied ninety-one days. Assistant Steamship Reaches Coos Bay This Morning Two Ves sels Will Sail.' The steamer M. F. Plant reached Coos Bay early this morning after a rather rough trip from San Fran cisco, owing to a stiff head-wind prevailing all the time she was out. In order to keop on the regular schedule, Capt. Burtls made haste in unloading and taking on a now cargo. He expects to sail late this afternoon for 'Frisco. The Incoming passenger list of the M. F. Plant follows: J. L. Hlte A. L. Joy, Mrs. Joy, Mrs. Alice Trego, Nels Poterson, E. F. Frick, Mrs. Frlck, Oscar 'Nichol son, J. B. Stevenson, Jaa Maxwell, Mrs. W. P. Clark, Ollro S. Butters, J. J. Block Mrs. M.O.Hawkins, Miss Maude E. Mock, Mrs. Painter. Miss Maude Painter, Mrs. Mary A. Hume, Al. Weiner, R, Sands and eighteen' steojago Among ttu'ee who sailed on the M. F. Plant lor 'Frisco aro the fol lowing: ' C. Ci Bruce1, Dr. Straw. D. O. Becker, M. Fretzel, P. A)bo, J. R. Smith, Mrs J R. Smith, Joe Malo, Mrs Malo, Sol Israel, E. Gundel flnger, A. Mafo, Mrs. Malo, Mrs, Birch, Peter John, M. ' Brennan, Mrs. Holland Cyril Holland, T. Mlnot, Pansy Adams, Frank Miller, C. Peterson J. Thompson, W. L. Howie. Alliance SiiIIh. Tho Alliance will sail lato this aft ernoon for Portland with a largo number of passengers and a big cargc of freight Among those who I will sail on her are the following: C. S. Stillmo, Fred Buhler, II. O. McDuffy, Mrs McDuffy and child, Miss McDuffy. Mr. McDuffy, Jno, Tahler, Miss Gould, J, H. Tollman, L. B. Kikes, Steve B. Kikes, J. Gen gile Gost Llmlatls, Mrs, J. A. Grady, Miss Ella Galvln, Miss F. Flske, Mrs. J. Miner, Mrs. J. Cal vin, Mrs. A. Thorne, John Galvln, John Miner J. Harris, J. A, Grady, R. F. Duke, A H Thorne, Miss Mor- rls, Mrs. Jas Harris, Miss Adams, Wm Anger Wm. Hai ley, Geo. TWELFTH JUROR FOR CALHOUN TRIAL I F. PLANT IN FROM FRISCO patch from Constantinople says "Two batalllons of troops quartered at the Ministry of War and marched at dawn, headed by their officers to the Mosque of St. Sophia, from which point they surrounded the buildings of Parliament. They de manded the dlpmlssal of tho Grand Vizier, the president of the Chamber and the Minister of War." SULTAN'S CABINET QUITS. Fonni'r Grand Vizier Restored to Power. , (By Associated Preew.) CONSTANTINOPLE, April 13. Tho Cabinet resigned and Its resig nation has been accepted. It Is re ported that Klamll Pasha, the for mer Grand Vizier, has been charged with the formation of the new ministry. District Attorney Heney Immediately made application to the court for the selection of a thirteenth juror who shall be In readiness to take the place of any of the twelve who may be disqualified by illness or some other reason. The request was earnestly opposed by the counsel of the defense who declared It might consume another week to secure tho thirteenth juror. It was agreed by tho opposition attorneys that the actual taking of testimony will prob ably be completed within three weeks. Judge Lawlor ordered one alter nate juror for the trial of Patrick Calhoun. SLOT METER COSTS LIFE Miss Madgs England of Seat tle,. Victim of Patent Device. (By Associated PrM.) SEATTLE, Wash., April 13. The quarter In the slot gas meter has claimed another victim. Miss Madge England, aged 23, was found dead this morning. An open jet and the room filled with gas told the story. CURRY COUNTY WOMAN DIES IN NORTH BEND Mrs. Leonard Cox Succumbs to Tulcrcul(his ut Mercy Hospital Body Taken Home For Interment. Mrs. Leonard Cox of Curry coun ty, died at Mercy hospital last night after a long illnes of tuberculosis. Sho was a sister of Miss Billings, a nurse at the hospital, who brought her up to the institution a few weeks ago In hopes of prolonging her life but she rapidly became worse. Mr. Cox left a few days ago for Curry county to bring their children up to North Bend but was unable to reach there with them prior to her death. The body will be taken to her old homo for burial. ;iellus, Chas Christiansen, Jos. II. Gardiner, G W Bowman, W. H. Crowoll, E. E Crowell, Geo. E. Cou ter, H. A. Shawk, Mrs. H. A. Shawk, Jim Chlorvls Steve Chlorvls, Mrs. A. S. Taylor Mary Taylor, Martin Wlckstrom, O. P. Smith, A. R. Reed, E. Ahlqulst. Tom Dalton, Joe Bart- ley, E. Boyd, J H, Somers, J. F. Clark, J. W. Burton, Miss Koontz, lc. D Ripley, J. Alberts, Geo. Craig, j Eugene Pressey, M. Gavollas, . J. j Lyons, G. Garvls, Artemy. Martz, F. JE, Thomas, Dan Murray and W. II. Kennedy. Evory berth on the Alliance was sold early this pfternoon and some who Intonded to -depart on her could not secure passage. Among tho freight, was about ten tons of butter and cheeso from tho iCoquIllo and Coos River. This was the largest shipment of dairy stuff Cor-'from here in a long time. PATTEN'S CORNER OF WREST IS SROWN ww MEETINGS TO T Speakers Secured For Marsh field, Sumner and North Bend Gatherings. A dozen or more speakers have been secured by the Marshfleld and North Bend Chambers of Commerce to address meetings in behalf of the Port of Coos Bay which will bo pass ed on at tho special election to be held next Monday. Tho meetings arranged to date are as follows: Thursday night at Sumner Capt. Harris will prerlde and I. S. Smith will probnbly bo tho principal speak er. Friday night In Marshfleld Dr. J. T. McCormac will preside. Major Mclndoe of Portland, who has charge of the fovornment work on the rivers and harbors of Washing ton and Oregon; President W, P. Evans of tho North Bend Chamber of Commerce: L J. Simpson, A. H. Derbyshire and Judge Guerry of North Bend, Francis II. Clarke, I. S. Smith and a number of other Marshfleld men will, speak.,,,,, Saturday nlpht in. North. Bend W. P. Evans president of the North Bend Chamber of Commerce will preside. Major Mclndoe will prob ably speak If he Is able to remain over L. J. Simpson and other North Bend men and a number of Marsh fleld men will speak. It is possible that other meetings may bo arranged for tho other pre cincts in tho proposed port district. An tffort will be made to have a meeting In each precinct if possible Copies of the. Port bill havo been sent to practically all the voters In tho district in order that they may familial lze themselves with Its pro visions, Tho sentiment generally appears to be greatly In favor of the prop osition and the only danger that Is anticipated Is that voters will neg lect to turn out nt the spccinl elec tion Mondny The opponents of the proposition aro pretty sure to bo sufficient interested to turn out and vote against it while the frlonda of tho measure may grow over con fident nnd neglect to vote. With any where near a full vote polled, friends of the measure claim that it will carry by a large majority. PITTSBURG IS HITJSY WIND One Killed and Many Injured As Result of Severe Gale Today. (By Associated Prw,) PITTSBURG April 13. One person Is dead and a number of otlers were lnjiired os tho result of a severe wind storm in this city and vicinity today. The loss will reach thousands of dollars. Tho -velocity was 52 miles an hour. COOS COUNTV BOUNTIES. IliK Sum ViiHX Out For Extermina tion of "Varmints." Tho Coqulllo Sentinel says: "Tho records of tho County Clerk's ofllco show disbursements to the amount of $1,045 for the porlod from Oc tober 1, 1908 to March 1, 1909 for , scalp bounties. For tho past three months the disbursements for scalp DISCUSS OR TO BE ABSOLUTE Forces the Price Up to $1.28 Per Bushel In Chicago Today. SHORTS W!LL HAVE TO SETTLE ON HIS TERMS Market Now Three Cents Higher Than He Had Hoped to Force It. (By Associated Press.) CHICAGO April 13. AVheat lor delivery In Mav, July and September established new high record marks at the opening of the Board or Trade today. May wheat, the avail able supply of which is in tho hands of one man Wm Patten, who 'also Is the owner of millions of bushels of "paper wheat" for which tho bhorts will have to settle nt his own prlcca opened nt $li27 to ?L28. The latter price Is three cents higher than the- most sanguino .prediction made two months ago by a leading bull. It Is eight cents over tho prices ho publicly declared at that tlmo would be reached. July option a mlnuto or two after tho opening, sold at $1.17 3-8; Sep tember at $1 08 3-S and $1.09 88. Wheat closed as follows: May, $1.27; July, $1 lG1; September, $1.07 5-S; December, $1.06 5-S. (By Associated Frew.) PORTLAND, April 13. Wheat was unchanged todny. BROKEI'S GO BROKE. Involuntary Petition In Bankruptcy Against Emits and StcppnnL (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, April 13. An In voluntary petition In bankruptcy was filed in the United Stat'es .Dis trict Court todny against tho broker ago Arm of Ennls and Stoppanl. members of tho Consolidated Stock Exchange and the Chicago Board xit Trado The liabilities nro alleged to bo $1,500 000 and tho assets $400,000. COOS COUNTY STOCK COMPANY IS COMING W. J Butler OrKnnben Theatrical Troupe For Klulit Wcclu Engage ment In This Territory. W. J. Butler, manager of tho Ma sonic Opera ITouso, has organized tho Coos CQiinty Stock Company "for an eight weeks engagement in TJoos county towns Tho ten members f tho company have boon playing with tho Baker Stock Company In Sort land and as the season is over there, (hey wore glad to take Mr. Butler's offer to come down here. They wanted to seo the country and uUlho came tlmo make mora than epMiaea out of the trip Mr, Butler phis lo havo them plav Bandon, Conullle and Myrtlo Point ovory week or-eo. Of course, most of tho tlmo "will ia put In at North Bondand Marshfitld. The opening onsagomont will proh- ably bo at the Marshfleld Opera House next Saturday night. bounties was $579. Tho sum paid out for tho last quarter was for the following varmlt scalps; Pauthor Z0, wild cat 123, and coyote 1. "This Is a good showing for the quarter and should bo conclusive proof to tho honorable court that tho bounty Is just nnd that tho pro cess of extermination Is KVljlK. b nt a rate that will insure ntmost that tho number of varmints will not materially increase In tho county un less tho broadcast advertizing which tho county Is to have causes an un expected immigration of tliouo var mints as well ns human Bottlars," Corn Planters at MILNEH'B. Cotton Garden HOSH at MIIA'KR'S.