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VOL. XXXIV
MARSHFIELD.OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1911 EVENING EDITION.
A CoiiMilMnllnn of Tlinoi, Omul Mnll
mill Coos liny AiIvprllHT.
No. 44,
HIIWWWH
FOUR HURT IK LQGGI
WRECK AT
One Greek Section Hand Prob
ably Fatally Injured In
Disaster.
BOILER EXPLODES
AFTER DERAILMENT
Engineer Don McKay Slightly
Injured Geo. Snyder
Escapes.
Four men were Injured, ono per
haps fntnlly, In n dlsnstrouB wreck
on the McDonald logging rond on
Daniels Creole thlfl forenoon. Tho
logging trnln was dltclicd nt tho foot
of tlie lilll nnd following tho dornll
mont, the locomotive holler exploded.
The threo most porlously hurt nro
three- Grcok section linndB.
Don McKay, tho engineer, oscnpod
by Jumping but wna pretty bndly
bruised nnd shaken up.
(Jeo. Snyder of Mnrshflold wnB fire
man on tho trnln but ho escaped by
Jumping nnd has only a fow minor
bruises to show for It.
McKay nnd tho threo Greek section
hands nro at Mercy hospital In North
Bend.
While going down tho hill nbout
10 o'clock this morning with n train
of logs, tho trnln got out of Engin
eer McKay's control. Tho brakes
would not respond but ho stuck to
the post hoping ugnlnst hope that ho
would still bo nblo to regain control
of tho runaway train". Just as tho
englno left the trnck, ho Jumped and
to tills ho undoubtedly owpb his life.
Threo fireek section men wero
working on ropnlrs noar tho foot of
tho hill whon tho wreck occurred.
They heard tho train coming nnd
stepped off to ono sldo, thinking they
would bo clear of It. Howovor. It
Jumped tho track nenr thorn and thoy
wero caught In tho wreckage
Ono known as John Allen was so
cIobo that whon tho bollor exploded
ho was bndly scalded.
Tho wreck occurred at tho samo
place whoro tho other bnd wreck on
tho road occurred.
Expect That About $3,000,000
Be Added to Coos
Valuation.
T. J. Thrift, county assessor, Is
here from Coqulllo todny on business
connected with tho 1911 nBscssmont.
He has about completed plans for tho
work by organizing his forco.
Mr. Thrift oxpocts thoro will bo a
considerable advance In vnluatlonB In
tho new asbessmont, tho Oregon stnto
hoard of equalization Insisting on It.
The present total assessed valuation
of tho county Is nbout $10,000,000
and It Is likely that about $3,000,000
M be added to this amount this
year.
Tho county court hns ordered
"bout $10,000 expended In gottlng
the timber land of tho county cruised
this year nnd It Is oxpected thnt tho
cruising will result In n considerable
lncreaso In tho nssessmont on this.
Mr. Thrift will assess Coqulllo and
Bandon property personally. A. B.
Collier and J. S. Lyons will assist him
m tho lower valley whllo W. B. Guo
rln will assess Myrtle Point nnd vlcl-1
nlt'. W. J. Rust will nssess Marsh
field property, C. J. Van Zllo North1
Bend property and Chas. Jackson will ,
- v-uus iwver ana tno nujoining
Inlets.
MILLIXERY OPEXIXG.
Mrs. a. G. Aiken will open her
complete line of spring and summer
millinery March 9, at her new store
tho Coos building.
TO INCREASE
ASKFSSIMT
NG TRAIN
NIELS CREEK
DA
IN MARSHFIELD
Richard Handle of Ten
Stricken at Home Hos
pital Here.
Ulchnrd Hnndlc, nn nged resident
of tho Ten Mllo country, died yester
day nt tho Homo hospital In Mnrsh
lleld where ho had been for several
days. Paralysis and hommorhngo of
tho brain wero tho causes of death.
About ten days ago, Mr. Handlo
wns stricken while nn his Mont and
was brought to Mnrshflold. Ho was
nbout soventy-nino yonrs old. Ho
has conducted n gcucrnl storo near
tho mouth of North Lake.
Mr. Handle wns n nntlvo of Scot
land nnd hnd lived In Oregon about
ten years. Ho woa twlco married.
Two sons survlvo but their where
abouts nro not known.
Mr. Hnndlo wns opposed to minis
ters nnd made n special request that
no clorgymau pnrtlclpnto In his fu
neral services. This wish will bo
carried out and tho final words said
by somo layman.
Tom Hnll of, Mnrshflold was ap
pointed executor of his will. Ho
leaves an cstato of between $3,000
nnd $1,000.
Tho funornl services will bo held
tomorrow at 10 o'clock with Intor
niont In tho Odd Follows comotory.
YouxitJ max" dies.
Youth Ki'om Kansas Succumbs at
Hume Hospital.
Yosterdny, a young mnn namod
Morris died nt tho Homo hospital
hero of a complication of diseases.
Ho had been In this section only
nbout threo weeks, coming lioro from
Kansas with a brothor. Ho wns only
nbout twenty years old. His family
was old tlmo frlonds of M. B. Whlt
moro. No nrrnngomonts havo boon
nindo concerning tho funeral.
VICTOR LACKSTHOM I)KAI.
Former Coos liny Man Succumbs In
Tevnx.
Victor Lnckstrom, former proml
nont enrnentor nnd contractor on
1 Coos nay, dldd at Fort Worth, Toxas,
last Saturday. Ho loft Coos Day
about 20 yoars ago for Alaska. Ho
leaves a family thoro, also a brothor,
Win, Lnckstrom of Mnrshflold.
OP OIS JOB
District Attorney Will Retire
Next Year L. A. Liljeq-
vist a Candidate.
L. A. LHJeqvIst of Coqulllo, deputy
prosecuting attorney for Coos coun
ty, hns announced to friends that ho
...111 l.a n xnmllrlntn fnr district nttor-
"'" "" " " I
ney In Coos, Curry nnd Douglas l
counties to succeed Geo. M. Drown
of Rosoburg. Mr. Drown, who has
served eighteen or twenty years, haB
announced that ho will not bo a
candidate for reelection.
It Is understood hero that Mr.
Brown will glvo his support to Mr.
LUJeqvIst.
It Is expected that W. W. Cnrdwell
and a couple moro Rosoburg attor
neys nro aspirants for tho place and
It Is likely that Coos county will havo
other candidates.
Tho vetoing of tho bill providing
for a prosecuting attorney for each
county by Gov. West complicates tho
situation In this district.
v TiTTTrnr nuti corvlcn PHONE
31-J before 6, P. M. and CO-J at night
BROWN TO GIVE
GODUILLE IN
C. M. Skeels, Prominent Busi
ness Man, Found Dead In
Bed There This Morning.
(Special to Tho Times.)
COQUILLE, Ore., Mar. G.C. M.
Skeels, one of tho best known busi
ness men In Coqulllc, wns found dead
In bed nt Ills homo this morning. He
hnd passed away during tho night
from what is believed to havo been
nn attack of heart failure.
Last evening, ho nttendod church
services nnd appeared to bo In ex
cellent health and spirits. Ho linfl
been woll. Ho was qulto advanced
In yenrs and Is survived by a wlfo
and grown family.
Ho had planned to leave this week
Revolution Breaks Out In Camp
of Mexican Revolutionists
at Mcxicali.
(Dy Associated Press to Coos Day
Times.)
MEXICALI, Mox., Mar. G. A
mutiny has broken out In tho rnnks
of tho Mexican rebels holding Mexi
can as a result of tho Inactivity of
tho leaders who aro remaining quiet
ly In town nwnltlng tho expected ad
vnnco of fcdornl troops from Enso
nnda. J "Capt." Stanley, nn American
who nttomptcd to oust Qcncrnl Loy
vn, from tho supremo commnnd of
tho Insurrecto forces, wns arrested
and Is In Irons.
NINETY DIE IN
E
Forty Others Injured In Rus
sian Moving Picture
House Sunday.'
(Dy Associated Pross to Coos Day
Times.)
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, Mar. 4
Njnoty persons wero burned to
doath and forty Injured In a flro thnt
destroyed a moving picture theatre
at Dolgole, Sunday.
TO
Claim That Beaverton Man
Who Was Found Burned
Had $10,000 In Cabin.
(Dy Associated Press to Coos Day
Times.)
BEAVERTON, Ore, Mar. C Sus
picion Is entertained hero that Fred
Mnger, whoso charred remains wero
found in the burned ruins of his cab
in nenr hero Friday night, was mur
dered and that robbery was the mo
tive It Is reported that Mager had ovor
$10,000 in his possession.
WIRES WERE DOWN.
Tho Western Union's wire be-
tweon Coos Day and Rosoburg
went down Sunday evening
about 7 o'clock and service wns
not restored until about 3
o'clock this afternoon. Tho
cause of tho break Is not known
nbout 3 o'clock this nftornoon,
Tho cause of tho break is not
f
known.
INSURREGTOS
FACE MUTINY
C
SI
IBDEB
HIE
Q
uu
for his old home In Ohio to lslt his
mother whom he hnd not seen In
years and who has been qulto Blck.
Mr. Skeels conducted tho grocery
nnd general merchandise storo on
Front street near tho depot.
Trouble Over License.
Tho Coqulllo city council will have
a warm session this evening, It Is ex
pected. E. A. Docket, ono of tho sa
loon proprietors here, Is nsklng to
havo his HconBO renewed nnd City
Attorney LUJcqvlst holds thnt this
cannot be dono by the council ns an
ordlnnncc prohibits granting n liquor
license to any one who hns been con
victed of a crime nnd holds thnt Mr.
Docket's conviction several months
ngo bnrs him. What tho outcome of
It will be Is linrd to guess.
TRY TO GET
F
Another Application For Re
hearing of San Francisco
Grafter's Case.
(Dy Associated Press to Coos Day
Times.)
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Mar. C
Attorneys for Abraham Ruof, tho
former political boss who Is sentenc
ed to fourteen yenrs Imprisonment
for bribery, gnvo notlco to District
Attorney FIckort nt cloven o'clock to
dny that at four o'clock this after
noon they would apply to tho stnto
Supromo Court for n rehearing of tho
ense. This Is In compllnnco of tho
order of Judgo Lnwlor that Ruof
should glvo Ave hours notlco of any
nttempt to prevent tho execution of
his sentence
THIRTY HURT
IN BAD FIBE
Three of Victims of Cleveland
Disaster May Die From
Injuries.
(Dy Associated Press to Coos Day
Times.)
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Mar. C.
Thirty persons wero Injured In nn
early morning flro that consumed n
threo-story apartment. Threo may
die
IS
Returns of Chicago Primary
to Be Checked On Order
of Court. '
(Dy Associated Press to Coos Day
Times.)
CHICAGO, 111., Mar. C County
Judgo Owens today ordered a recount
of tho ballots cast In tho primary
last Tuesday. Tho order was Issued
at tho Instance of E. F. Dunno who
on tho roturnB was defeated by Car
ter H. Harrison.
FOREST RESERVE FUNDS.
SALEM, Ore, Mnr. C. Tho sec
retary of Btato has completed tho ap
portionment among tho counties of
tho Btato of tho 25 per cent forest
reserve receipts. The Btato has a to
tal forest area of 10,331, 892 acres,
and the total amount apportioned Is
$39,035.87, making an apportion
ment per acre of $0,024,269. Coos
county has 170,720 acres In the for
est reserve and receives $424,03
tfrom tho fund. Curry county has
555,997 acres In the reserve and re-
celves $1,349.35.
DIES
DDEHLYA
GIVEN DONNE STORM HERE
GEO NEW YORK BROKER IS
ROBBED OF $110 PACKAGE
PLANS OF BAR
DREDGE OONE
Major Morrow Returns From
Washington Can Be Made
Suction Dredge.
PORTLAND, Ore, .Mnr. C Plane
for tho new steel hull son going suc
tion dredga with self containing hon-
jpers for Coos Day, havo been accept
ed by tho chief or engineers nt Wash
ington, nccordlng to Mnjor Jay J.
Morrow, who has Just returned from
tho capital. It Is expected that tho
dredgo will bo on Coos Day and
ready for operation In about IS
monthu. ' '
It will bo of tho lntest and most
approved typo several modifications
having been mndc in tho plans which
wero forwarded by tho chief of en
gineers and returned by Major Mor
row. It was principally In connection
with this work thnt Major Morrow
was called cast.
Work Is going forward on tho ro-
vlsod plnns nnd It Is expected thnt
bids will bo called for on tho new
dredgo In less than two months.
Whllo It Is poBslblo thnt tho dredgo
mny bo built on this const and ship
builders horo will bo Invited to plnco
tondors It Is thought thnt tho work
will bo dono on tho enst coast ub It
Is figured that It can ho dono thoro
at a great deal lower cost than horo
becnuso of tho expense of gottlng ma
terials ovor tho continent. If, how
ovor. tho highest bid hero should bo
ns low ns tho onstorn bldB. Including
tho cost of towngo around, which le
estimated at about $20,000, tho con
tract will probably como to tho Paci
fic const.
Rovlslon mndo In tho plans Includo
tho drag nnd tho lndder carrying tho
drag, tho Buctlon plpo between tho
lnddor and tho pump nnd In provid
ing an arrangomont whoroby Instcnd
of dredging through tho control woll,
a Bldo suction llko thoso In uso on
tho dredgo ClntBon can bo provided
at any tlmo. It Is tho first of tho
central woll typo to bo built nnd If It
does not work satisfactorily It can bo
changed to tho sldo suction.
Is Bettor. Dr. Win. Horsfall Is In
recolpt of a lottor from 1Ib father,
Archdeacon Horsfnll of Dandon, In
which tho latter stntes that ho Is
rapidly recovering from his Illness.
This will bo gratifying nows to hla
many friends on tho Dny.
Coos Bay Has One of Its Rare
Experiences With Lightn
ing and Thunder.
Saturday night, Coos Day experi
enced ono of the raro electrical
storms known horo. For a llttlo
while, tho peals of thunder nnd sharp
flashes of lightning reminded recent
nrrlvals from tho cast of tho old
fashioned storms thoro.
No danuigo was done Sovoral
times during the storm, tho electric
lights wont off for an lnstnnt adding
to tho fright that somo of tho moro
timid ones experienced.
Tho storm was brief nnd tho rnln
fall wns not ns hoavy ns usually ac
companies a thunderstorm.
AID FOR CHINESE.
(By
Associated Press to Coos Bay
Times.)
PORTLAND, Ore, Mar. C. Tho
first day.s collection of funds for tho
Chinese famine sufferers netted $5,
000 which was cabled to Hongkong.
'
nui ocvene
V
Clever Ruse Resorted to In Se
curing Valuable Secu
rities. '
SUBSTITUTE PACKAGE
HIDS THEFT FOR DAYS
George Bancroft Knocked Over
In Collision and Wealth.
Taken.
i
(Dy Associated Press to Coos- Bay
t Times.)
I NEW YORK, Mar. C Securities
with a mnrket vnluo of ovor $T00,
000 wero stolen from tho pocket oC
George Dnucroft, n broker, Thunsdiry.
Tho pickpocket substituted nn onvo
lopo for the ono taken nnd owing to
. this Dnucroft did not discover tho
theft until todny.
Bnncroft Is 80 yenrs of ngo.
It wns his custom ovory Thursday
for 25 yenrs to deposit socurltlon In
n vault. Ho was on his way to K
depository last Thursday whon
man ran Into him nnd Bancroft fell
to tho pavement. Ho carrlod an on
velopo with tho securities In his hand
nnd In tho shock of tho collision this
fell to tho pnvemont.
A young mnn standing nearby as
sisted Dnucroft to his fcot nnd ap
parently was caroful to hand tho old
mnn tho envelope. It was ono of
Bancroft's own envelopes tied lit a
......tin. mn. ti .t .1 tin nn.Hl.il I, , n . 1. .&
i milium hiij tiuii uu vii, i iuu lb bu 11117
bank nnd deposited It.
Todny, when ho wont to chock up
tho securities ho discovered that the
young mnn who hnd so kindly assist
ed him to his feet after tho collision
with tho stranger had got away with
tho securities.
Kinney Hearing. Tho examina
tion of Mnjor Kinney In tho Coos Bay
Transit Bankruptcy enso continued
todny with Major Klnnoy as n wit
ness. It Is stated that Major Ktn-noy
claims that tho Hill Interests are ne
gotiating for tho purchaso or his
Plat B proporty for $1,000,000' and
thnt tho donl Is to bo decided' AprH
25.
ALLIANCE IN
EARLY TDDAY
Steamship Arrives From Eure
ka and Sails For Portland
This Afternoon.
Tho stonmor Alllanco arrived lis
this morning from Eurokn after a
good trip up tho const. She had a
largo numbor of through pnssongors
from Eureka for Portland and
brought sovornl for Coos Bay,
Among thoso arriving horo on her
woro O. R. Annstond, W. W. Stcckcl,
Mrs. W. W. Steckel, Col. A. Pnpo, M.
Brown nnd J. Jnnsen.
Postoffice Clerk Discharged
For Manipulating Them
For His Own Benefit.
(By Assoclatod Pross to Coos Bay
Tlmos.l
WASHINGTON, D. C, Mar G
Arthur Trnvors, chlof clork to td
third-assistant postmaster goneial
was dismissed from tho service toda
by Postmastor Gonoral Httchock, who
In a statemont declared Trnvera was
guilty of manipulating postngo
stamps for his own financial boneflt.
USED STAMPS
FOR HIMSELF