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VOL. XXXIV
MARSHFIELD.OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1911 EVENING EDITION.
A Consolidation o( Tliuof, Const Mull
mill Com liny AthrrtUor.
Mo. 39.
!i HUNDRED OIE DAILY
ROM
Death Roll From Cholera In
Manchuria Is Becoming
Appalling
TOWN NEAR HARBIN
HAS HEAVIEST LOSS
Chinese Emperor Reprimands
Manchurian Officials
For Laxity.
(lly Associated Press to Coos Dny
Times.)
ST. ri:THIl8IUKO, IlUBBln, Fob.
2S. Shnunllntzo, nbout nfty miles
from Hnrbln, la being rnvagod by
the plague. Tho deaths nro reported
to number 200 dnlly. Tho Chinese
emperor has reprimanded tho Man
churian authorities for not having
dealt moro energetically with tho sit
uation. The disease has appeared In many
places and the death roll Is nppall
Ing. AMI ACJAIXKT KKCII'KOCITV.
Senators Stono nntl Young Sncnk
Against It.
(Dy Associated Press to Coos Day
Times.)
WASH INQTON, D. C, Feb. 28.
Senator Stono spoke for moro than
two hours and n half mid ns soon ns
Stono concluded, Young of Iowa
took tho floor nnd spoko against tho
reciprocity ngreemont.
IL FIGHT
IN
City Primaries Results In Many
Rows In "Windy City"
One Dead.
(Dy Associated Press to Coos Day
Times.)
CHICAGO, III., Fob. 28. Ono
killing and several less sorlous tils
turlances marked tho municipal pri
maries today.
Arthur Qulnn, eoh of James Qulnn,
former city sealer nnd n well-known
politician, shot nnd killed Richard
Clark, a union hod-carrier, after tho
man had shot Qulnn In tho foot
In an election row.
Oregon Supreme Court Has
Not Yet Passed On Local
Litigation.
The Oregon supremo court has not
Jet handed down a decision In tho
c"e of the Bennett Trust company
aD(J the Southern Oregon company
vs. tho Port of Coos nay. AH tho
other Coos county cases argued whon
'n port 'case was last submitted
i,,e lee, decided by tho Supremo
Couft. It is expected that a decl
'l0I win be handed down In It next
Tuesday sure.
Tday, the Oregon supremo court
stained the decision of tho lower
""ft In tho case of F. S. Dow vs. tho
Courtney Mill company. This decl
81n Is a victory for Mr. Dow nnd
against tho c. A. Smith company
, , was tr-ing to establishing Us
Dw " PrIor llens t0 those ot Mr-
? 0reSn supreme court also
cou ?d Ul dec,3,on of th0 ,ower
a " In the case of Smith vs. Kin-
0
NO DECISION
II PORT CASE
PLAGUE IK ONE I
1
ENGINEER IS
LET OUT AGAIN
Council Declares Office Vacant
Filling Lowland Is
Discussed.
Tho olllco of city engineer of
J Mnrshllold Iiiih been declared vacant
' ngnln.
I The council Inst evening adopted n
, resolution to that effect nfter some
discussion of tho mutter. Mayor
Straw, who wiih In nttvndnuco at tho
, onrly part of tho meeting left before
, the question of whether Sandberg
i was still city engineer was broi'ght
up.
Councilman Albrccht first, brought
It up early in the meeting by Inquir
ing to make mire that the minutes
of tho provloun meeting showed that
Mayor Straw had dcclnred tho mo
tion not to confirm the Inst appoint
ment of Mr. Hnndbcrg had carried.
Townrds tho end of tho meeting,
Mr. Alliroplit wnnteil to know If tho
council could reconsider tho appoint
ment, saying that thcro had been
sonio question ns to whether there
I had been sufficient votes nt tho Inst
tlmo to reject Snndborg's appoint
ment. City Attorney floss said thnt
ho didn't think they could recon
sider It, having acted on tho matter
once. Then Mr. Albrecht mndo n
motion thnt Mr. Snndborg bo dis
charged. Horo Councllmnn Copplo iiBketl tho
opinion of City Attornoy doss on tho
matter hb to whether tho mayor's ap
pointment really stood. Mr. Goss
said thnt thoro was a legal question
ns to that, two provisions of tho chnr
tor conflicting. A discussion of this
followed In which Mr. Gobs said that
perhaps tho council might think that
because ho wns n friend of Mr. Snnd
borg thnt his opinion was not tho
propor one. Mr. Copplo assured him
otherwise saying that If tho council
thought that thoy would flro Mr.
Goss also.
Finally, tho question of what to do
wns nut up to Mr. Goss and ho said
(thnt tho council could ndopt n reso
' lutlon declaring tho ofllco vacant and
I thnt this would decido tho mnttor
1. . ,.. ml... t All..n.lif
uoyoilll qill'Biiuu, iiiuh .hi. ni"iti."
changed his motion to mnko It de
claro tho ofllco vncant.
Councilman Coko who was presid
ing wanted to know If an ayo and
nny vote wos desired. Councilman
Albrecht said It was.
"Hotter mnko It unnnlmous," de
clared Councllmnn Powers.
"Yes, mnko It unanimous," said
Mr. Savngo.
However, tho ayo and nny vote
wns called and all six councilman
voted to declaro tho ofllco of city en
gineer vacant,
Thon n motion ordering tho city
engineer to turn over his roups, pro
files and records and tho keys "of his
ofllco to tho city recordor wns passed.
Tho city recordor by another motion
wns Instructed that In tho future ho
should keep all maps, profiles, plans
and specifications adopted by tho
council on fllo In his ofllco.
Mr. Albrecht said that If Mr. Sand
berg wanted to suo for his February
salary, ho could nnd that ho was n
favor of fighting it In tho courts to
find out whore the city stood on such
matters. Ho said that tho city en
gineer had not dono any work during
tho month oxcept a Httlo that had
been authorized by the mayor alono
and that tho city had already paid
JGOO too much for the engineer's of
fice. Fill Lowlands.
Mayor Straw reported early In
tho meeting to tho council that ho
had conferred with Engineer Leefe
relative to filling tho city streets with
dredglngs. He said that Mr. Leefe
had Informed him that if tho city
would ascertain the amount of dirt
to be removed from the government
(Continued ob page )
NEARLY FOUR HUNDRED DR01ED
Terrific Loss of Life Reported
From Gulf of Finland As Re
sult of Hazardous Fishing.
(Uy Associated Press to Coos Day
Times.)
ST. PETEHSHl'ItU. Hussln, Feb.
2S. Arcordlng to a official report of
n fishing disaster on the Gulf of Fin
laud, of 500 persons engaged fishing
on tho Ice, Februnry 23, when It
broke away from tho shoro, only
PORTLAND LUMBER
Oregon and Washington Lum
ber Company Plant Destroy
ed and Other Institutions
Damaged.
(Dy Associated Press to Coos Bay
Times.)
PORTLAND, Ore., Fob. 28. Fnn-
ncd by n Btrong wind, n flro today
practically destroyed tho plant of
Son of Illinois' First Govemorl
and Oldest Mason In
i
Washington Dies.
(Dy Associated Press to Coos Day
Times.)
IJELLIXGHAM, Wash., Feb. 28.
Dr. Honjamln Iioud, son of tho first
governor of Illinois, n veteran of tho
civil war, and tho oldest Mnson In
Washington, died horo today, aged
84 years. Ho Is survived by n widow
and threo children, 20 grand children
and twlco that numbor of groat
grnnd-chldrcn. Ho was Mnson for
sixty yenrs.
WOLF IN
EAST INDIES
Portland Murderer Sought On
Coos Bay Twenty Years
Ago May Be Located.
Old timers, who recnil tho search
made horo for Durdetto Wolf, tho
Portland murdoror, twenty years ago,
will bo Interested In tho report that
ho Is now being sought In tho British
India. Wolf was on Coos Bay
and "Hark" Dunham mndo sovoro
ineffectual trips to got him. Con
cerning tho latest development In tho
case, a Portland paper says:
"Komombranco of asonsatlonal mur
der caso of two decades ago was re
vived when District Attornoy Cam
eron said that ho had received pri
vate Information that Durdetto Wolf,
accusod of killing Birdie Morton, a
Montavllla girl, Is living In Calcutta.
Tho statement came from a seafaring
man who arrived In Portland recent
ly, but It does not appear that ho
has direct knowledgo of tho fact. Tho
rumor, however, has served to re
vive the hunt for Wolf, which has
continued spasmodically nearly 20
years, and tho East Indian officials
will bo communicated with.
"Wolf was a youth uhout town at
tho tlmo of tho murder, and had paid
nttentlon to tho girl. He went wnlk
Ing with her ono Sunday and on tho
way home asked her to marry him.
She refused and as she walked up
the steps to the door of hor homo he
shot her and fled. Sheriff Kelly trac
ed Wolf Into tho foothills of Mount
Hood, whence ho Is believed to have
circled back and boarded a sailing
vessel of which his uncle was mate.
"Tho murderer was traced to Bra
zil, but was lost again. It Is said
that he has been a sailor ever since
his flight and hap been in this port
numerous times."
DR. BENJ. BOND
PASSES AWAY
120 subsequently got safely back
ashore.
XKW .MEXICO WINS.
Constitution of .Vow State Appioxctl
lly Committee.
(Dy Associated Press to Coon Dnj
Times.)
WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. 2S.
The constitution of the new state
of Xcyj Mexico was unanimously np-proved-by
tho House Committee on
Territories.
tho Oregon and Washington Lumber
Company in this city cntnlllng n loss
to that company of nbout $ 100,000.
PlnntH of tho .Multnomah Lumber
and llox Company, and tho Gold Me
dal Shlnglo Company were damaged
to tho amount of $2G,000 and n pri
vate residence two blocks dlstnnco
upon which embers fell wns destroy
ed. Tho causo was not nscortnlned.
Tho Insurance will protect owners for
nbout one-third tho damage.
F
GIRL'S CRIME
Poisons Mother and Nephew
. and Commits Suicide Fol-
lowing Sister's Death.
(Dy Associated Pross to Coos Day
Times.)
PHILADELPHIA, Penn., Feb. 28.
Miss Jcnnctto Lowls, aged 27, to
day murdered her motlior, Mrs. Sar
ah Lewis, nnd hor nophow, Edwnrd
H. MIdlon, aged 0, by administering
cynnldo of potassium, nnd then com
mitted sulcldo with tho snmo drug,
Miss Lowls' slstor died last night,
nnd It la hollovod tho young woman
was crazed with grief.
E
IT
IN OIL
Former Marshfield Men Re
ported to Have Made Valu
able Find.
The Coko Brothers of Honolulu,
former Marshflold boys, havo struck
It rich In oil, according to a copy
of tho Honolulu Bulletin which Dr.
Tower has received. Tho news will
bo gratifying to tholr many friends
on tho Bny. Concerning It, tho Bul
letin says:
"Tho Coko brothors of Honolulu
received a cable from Dr. P. S. Coko
of Oakland, Cal., Friday evening an
nouncing tho striking of high grav
ity oil on tholr property at a depth
of two hundred feet. They havo
thirty thousand acres of laud within
a basin surrounded on three sides by
an Immenso outcrop of rich oil sand
lifted up to an elevation of from
eight hundred feet to twenty-eight
hundred feet from which rich oil of
parafflno base exudes. It Is said that
In ono place tho outcrop shows an
exposure of sands of ns groat a thick
ness as olghteen hundred feet. Tho
basin is pronounced by tho best ex
perts to bo tho greatest oil field In
tho world.
"H. M. Coko, who was formerly
connected with tho department of
education of this torrltory and later
for a numbor of years editor of tho
Maul News. Is vice-president of tho
company and tho promoter of tho
same, He succeeded in Interesting
a number of tho wealthiest financiers
In tho torrltory In his field. Tho
cablegram will bo of great Internet
to them, and particularly gratifying
to Mr. Coko."
Have your Job printing done at
The Times office.
.MILL BURKS
DIRECT ELECTION
IS BEATEN
RALL AVENUE
Contractor Morrissey Allowed
$700 On It Council Pro
ceedings. Tho question of Bottling tho trou
ble about tho Unit avenue paving
wns brought up nt tho city council
meeting Inst evening nnd It Is likely
thnt n lnrgo portion of the block
nearest tho now schoolhouso will be
torn up nnd repaved, or rnthor tho
coating of bitumen will bo tnkcu off
nnd put on again.
Contractor Morrissey asked that
ho bo allowed $700 moro thnu had
been pnld In on the street. Coun
cilman Coko objected on tho ground
that tho work had not boon dono ac
cording to contract. Councilman
Powers said thnt ho thought thnt tho
$1,000 balnnco on tho contract duo
tlo contractors was sufficient to
force them to do tho work right.
Mr. Morrissey said that ho would
llko to scttlo tho matter nnd was
ready to do whatever tho council
wished. Ho snld he would tear up
tho old paving nnd relay It If that
would bo satisfactory although tho
work would bo moro difficult than It
was to do It In tho first plnco.
Somcono suggested that although
tho surfaco of tho paving wns not ns
thick ns It Is supposed to bo It Is
nmplo nnd whllo tho council could
not accept tho street without tho
property owners consent thnt mny ho
tho contractors could arbitrate It
with tho Bnlncs cstnto, tho principal
objectors. Mr. Morrlssoy said that
ho had not tried to do this, hnvlng
loft thnt to his pnrtnor, Mr. Whlt
moro, who wns now out of tho com
pany. Ho snld thoro was only nbout
soventy-flvo foot of tho block whoro
tho surfaco work was deficient.
Couucllmon Copplo snld that if
this was nil, It probably would bo tho
best way to repavo It.
Mr. Morrissey said that ho was
given to understand that oven It this
was dono, tho Dailies estato was go
ing to kick on something else. Ho
was told that If tho work was dono
according to specifications thnt tho
council would seo that ho got his
money.
FInnlly Councilman Powers mndo
a petition thnt Morrlssoy bo allowed
tho $700 on tho street, all voted In
favor of It excopt Councllmnn Coko
who voted no, saying tho council had
no right to pay nny more on It until
tho contract was dono according to
specifications.
Wants Moro Police.
Eugono O'Connoll asked tho coun
cil to provldo hotter pollco service.
Ho said that nt present thoro Is no
headquarters where you can tele
phono to for n policeman whon you
need him but havo to go out nnd
chnso around tho street until yon
find him. Ho said thnt ho had been
Ibothored lately by "drunks" getting
Into his building during tho night.
Ho declared that ho thought somo
of tho snloonmon wero accompany
ing tho drunks thero nfter tho sal
oons closo and leaving them In his
building.
Councilman Powers said that not
long ago, ono was beforo tho council
and asked to havo tho force cut down
Instead of increased.
Mr. O'Connoll said ho thought
thero should be another night wntch
and that It would be money well
spent.
Tho matter was referred to tho
street commltteo to report on later.
Front Street O ratio.
Eugene O'Connell presented n
potltlon from tho North Front street
property owners asking that the
grade of that thoroughfare bo chang
ed again so that It will not bo moro
than twelve Inches abovo tho present
planking.
Clnudo Nasburg said that ho
(Continued on pag 4.)
W
OF SENATORS
IN 0. S. SENATE
Needed Two-Thirds Majority
While Vote Was 54 to
33 Today.
RECESS TAKEN IN
-THE L0RIMER BATTLE
Contest Over Illinois Senator
ship Broken to Permit
Vote.
(By Associated Press to Coos Baj
Times.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, Fob. 28.
Tho Senate In accordance with n pro
vloun ngrccment Interrupted tho Lo
rlmer bnttlo with tho voto on tho
Joint resolution for tho nmendmont
for tho direct election of United Sta
tes senators.
Tho resolution which required a
two-thirds majority was lost, re
ceiving a voto of G4 to 33.
Senator Borah of Idaho, who has
been In chargo ot tho resolution for
tho election of senators by direct
voto, wns gratified ovor tho result
notwithstanding ho lacked four votes
of getting tho necessary two-thirds,
"When It Ih demonstrated that the
Senate stands within four of tho two
thirds, It Is certain the real fight Is
ovor," ho said. Bornh snld tho re
solution will bo again Introduced at
tho first meeting of congress hi tho
regular extraordinary session, uu4
urged unremittingly.
UUMXHRGE
IS LET DDT
Milwaukee Railway Retrenches
By Reducing Its Payrolls
In Middle West.
(By Associated Pross to Coos I
Times.)
CHICAGO, III., Fob. 28. Tho
retrenchment ordored by tho Chica
go, Milwaukee & St. Paul linos fol
lowing tho recent rato decision ban
resulted In tho tllschnrgo of 25 per
cent of tho forco on tho main lino en
gaged In construction, car ropalrs
and other Improvements. In St. Paul
alono it is estimated that 700 woro
takon from tho pny rolls. It Is stat
ed at tho general olllco that thero
will bo no reduction on tho Pugot
Sound extension force.
INDIAN BILL
IS SENT BACK
House Refuses to Concur to
Senate Amendment to the
Measure.
(By Associated PresB to Coos Bar
Times.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 28.
No agreomont has been reached thus
far botweon tho two Houses of Con
gross on tho Indian appropriation
bill. Tho Houso today sent tho bill
back for further conference. Tho
Houso rofuscs 10 approvo a Senate
amondiuont authorizing tho payment
claims of cortaln tradors against In
dividual Indians and an amendment
partly recognizing an nttornoy's
claim of $90,000 against tho Colvtl
le Indians.
RPItlXfi OPKXIXO OF M1LLTNKKY
Thursday, Friday and Saturday of
, this week, at 110 Front St. A Miss
IBIrdsey, an up-to-dato trlmmor from
I Portland, is with Mrs. Donaldson this.
beuHon.
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