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GUTHRIE, O. T., Sept 17. Pleasant
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ernors of the Five Civilized Tribes to be
held at South McAlester, J. T.. on Sep
tember 26. for the purpose of formulating
a general plan for bringing the Indian
Territory into statehood at the expira
tion of tribal government In 1905. Gover
nor Porter says the Indians are opposed
to statehood with Oklahoma. The other
Governors are Mosely, of the Chlckasaws;
Green McCurtaln. of the Choctaws; Buf
flngton. of the Cherokees, and Johnston
of the Semlnoles. The meeting will be
the most Important held on Indian Soil,
as the five Governors will form plans to
dissolve their Governments to adopt that
of the white man.
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and pleaded not guilty to each of the six
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in connection with the Masonic Temple
tax fraud. The case will be put on trial
next Friday.
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Wisconsin Methodists Declare for a
Court of Appeals.
MILWAUKEE, Sept. 17. The council of
the Milwaukee diocese of the Methodist
Episcopal church, now holding its annual
meeting here, unanimously adonted reso
lutions calling for a court of appeals to
De elected, at tne regular yearly council
meetings of the dioceses of the country.
The power that has been vested hereto
fore in the bishop will be given to the
court, xne resolutions also call for the
doing away of the National convention
of the church, held every three years,
saying they are too cumbersome and do
no good.
It is proposed to have the country di
vided into provinces, and have each prov
ince hold an annual convention. Copies
of the resolutions will be sent to every
diocese in this country.
To Extend Texas Railway.
GUTHRIE, O. T., Sept 17. The pro
posed corporation for the purpose of ex
tending the Kock Island system from
Asher. O. T.. to Dallas. Tex., was formed
here today under the name of the Choc
taw & Chickasaw Railroad Company,
with a capital of $1,000,000. The number
of miles to be built is 200.
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f n r i ii .
GREAT GOAL FIND
In the Blue Mountains,
Near Heppner.
NINE CONTINUOUS VEINS
the Field Is About Twelve
Miles Square.
COAL IS OF VERY HIGH QUALITY
It Is Distant About SOO Miles From
Portland and Is in a Situation
Where It May Be Easily Mined
and Reached by Railroad.
(By. a Stan! Writer.)
HEPPNER, Or., Sept 17. What appears
to be a great find of coal has been made
In the Western Spurbf the Blue Mountains,
aDout a. miles southeast of this city. The
discovery Is not new, strictly speaking.
for the work of exploration and Investi
gation has been going on in a quiet way
for several months; but it Is Just now
announced, and this week, for the first
time, specimens of the coal have Taeen
given out and visitors Invited to inspect
the ledges. Very naturally the find Is the
subject of Intense interest here and else
where, for until now the lack of coal has
been the conspicuous and as many have
been fond of asserting, the fatal commer
cial deficiency of the Columbia River
.ttasin; and it has long been held that no
other possible development could be so
Important in Its relations to the welfare
and growth of the country as the discovery
of coal. In a quiet but persistent way
private and commercial capital at Portland
has long been on the lookout for coal;
while the railroad companies, notably the
O. R. & N. Co., have for the past 10 years
kept searchers constantly In the" field. As
usual In such matters, accident appears
to have accomplished what design backed
by capital has failed to do, for the discov
ery in Morrow County was made not by
scientific search, but through the oper
ation of deepening a spring used for the
SUDDlv of a Hheenhpii1fr?n
Sitaatloa-aadTExtejit of Coal Field.
The precise situation of the new coal
field and Its commercial relationships ap
pear Very clearly by a little studv of the
accompanying map. The Blue Mountains',
it will be seen, as they spread out over
Northeastern Oregon, bear in their gen
et i lunu eume resemoiance to a starnsh.
Which radiates prongs or ray3 in every
direction from a common center. The
westernmost prong of this mountain group,
very appropriately called the Western Spur,
begins in Union County and reaches west
ward clean across Umatilla, Southern Mor
row, Wheeler and Into Crook County. Its
general altitude Is approximately 5000
feet with passes at several places by
which it may be crossed at a height not
much In excess of 4000 feet The middle
part of the Spur In Its eastern nd western
course lies In Morrow County, and It is
In this middle section on ltB northern
slope and near the head of the famous
Willow Creek that the discoveries have
been made. The veins, so far as they
have been developed, He within a few
hundred feet of the summit of the Spur,
and it is believed from general Indications
that they extend clean through the range
to the southern slope. The map Is marked
with a cross (X) showing the location of
the field In which development work has
already been done.
Up to this time the region from the sum
mit line on the north to a point about
three' miles to the south and about four
miles east and west, has been ranged over
closely, with the result that nine dlsUnct
and continuous ledges have been uncov
ered. A much wider field has been looked
over In a general way by experts.whose
general opinion is that the ledges extend
over a region about 12 miles square.
The Work of Exploration and De
velopment. The work of exploration and develop
ment has been in progress actively for
nearly a year and has been done with
surprising thoroughness. As usual In
such matters, when they are In the hands
of men without special experience, and
when secrecy is desired, there was some
waste of time and money at the start
Any effort was made to find the ledges
by superficial search and while this meth
od found many prospects. It developed
nothing definitely. Then an effort was
made to bore directly down into the
mountain from a point not far from
the summit with an old-style hydraulic
drill and this failed Just as It began to
develop hopeful signs. It was not until
the projectors .took expert counsel and
bought a diamond drill that they were
able to do anything like thorough work.
The method has been to drill from the
surface directly into the mountain to a
depth of approximately 700 feet The
result more than confirmed the hopes
upon the Nbasis of which this work was
undertaken.- The first vein of coal was
struck as Jt' was"",expected to be a few
feet from ..the. surface and as the bore
deepened eight other veins were found
at intervals, thenf&ntermedlate layers of
rock being of sandstone, slate and shale
such as are found everywhere in asso
ciation with coal. . In thickness, the veins
vary from afew inches to many feet
With the record of the drill as a basis
the work of locating the ' ledges super
ficially was comparatively easy. The
mountain side Is, broken sharply by ra
vines to a. depth far below the lowest
point penetrated by the drill, so there
was nothing to ko'btit to find with the aid
of! the aneroid the. precise surface level of
any particular vein, as Indicated by the
borlhgand to dljj in for It 'In every
case the result confirmed the drill rec
ord; and today there stands for inspec-;
tlon nine openings on nine different levels,
each showing a fine vein of! coal vary
ing in width from a few inches to eight
feet Further up the mountain side,
above the levels reached by the drill,
and at several points below the level of
Its operation, surface indications- have'
been discovered leading to the belief that
still other veins exist, but as yet these
Indications have not been followed up.
Nor have any of the veins been opened
up to any considerable depth; though In.
everjy instance the exposition as to
"width and character is plain. The
deepest entrance from the surface, made
at what Is called "Tunnel No. 3,"
extends approximately 50 feet Into the !
hillside, and follows the vein which Is
seven feet thick for 25 feet It presents !
a clean, black surface, to the unsclen- i
tific observer precisely like the better
class coal of 'commerce. '
As to Quality.
In appearance the coal from all these
ledges Is the same black, shiny and
easily fractured. To The Oregonlan j
writer, who holds no claim to expert
knowledge, it looks like well, like coal.
Two experts have been brought Into the
district, and have examined it thor
oughly, and samplesVrf the product have
been sent out for analysis, with results of
the most hopeful kind. Mr. Wells, expert,
for the O. R. & N. Co., who spent several
weeks In the district at different times,
and has actively assisted In the work oi
exploration, declares without reserve that
the field is a great one, equal In extent
and far better in quality than either the
Rock Springs district in Wyoming, or the
coal fields of Puget Sound. Mr. Thomas
L. Brophy, of Spokane, was recently em
ployed by the projectors to examine the
mine critically, and his report slightly
curtailed, is as follows:
"Physical features Your property is sit
uated about 20 miles southeast of the
town of Heppner. It occurs upon the
slope of a strong and permanent moun
tain (known as the Blue Mountains), com
mencing at the head of Willow Creek,
and extending several miles to and along
Ditch Creek.
"Geological features The country rock
formation where your coal occurs is a
cretacf-ous candstone, ln'tersealed with in
trusive dikes of bituminous and cretace
ous shale. These cretaceous sandstones
occur in regular bedded planes of fold
ing, being free from distortion or twist
ing, and are beautifully laminated,
and are pitching, to the southwest upon
pn angle of about 20 degrees, until they
are lost In a lovely valley. Ditch Creek
being the stream coursing through the
center of same, and shedding its waters
Into the Jolin Day River, while Willow
Creek sheds Its waters Into the Colum
bia. This valley Is underlayed with the
finest quality of fire clay, such as is usu
ally associated with first-class coal fields.
The streams and brooks coursing through
this valley afford a splendid opportunity
for the prool of this assertion, as the clay
can be found in horizontal lay, within IS
Inches or two feet beneath the service.
"Development The development work
prosecuted upon this field consists of two
tunnels that have been made In two dis
tinct coal measures, for the purpose of
opening the same. A drill bore has been
Eut down on the field, and was rewarded
y penetrating five' measures of coaL Two
measures have also been uncovered above
-ihJbor. shqjrhtg, inll.-VQsjCar. ven
mensures Qf coar of the following thick
ness: Four feet B lnphes, ? feet 13
inches, 6 feet 15 inches, .and 5 feet The
larger veinB have been uncovered In 12
different pluces. These measures can be
opened from the surface on the north side
of the mountain for a distance of about
three miles The two tunnels show the
measures to be' six feet and VA feet In
thickness, respectlvel The company has
12 men employed at present in tunneling
and opening up the several veins of coal.
"Quality of coal The coal is of a su
perior quality of bituminous coal, and is
better as a fuel coal than any that Is now
being burnt upon locomotives plylrfg the
various railways of the Northwest. I here
with submit analysis of two veins that
Have been uncovered, and both of which
you might still call surface coal:
Montana Metallurgical Works, Portland, Or.,
July 21. 1002. C. E. Rodntld Dear Sir: The
samples of coal marked , submitted to us
for examination, contain as follows:
Per cent moisture, Z00: volatile combustible
matter, 10.00: nxed carbon, 71.41; ash and Its
color, 0.50: sulphur, 1.00.
Respectfully, J. T. GOVE, Manager.
(Seal.)
Montana Metallurgical Works, Portland, Or.,
July 28. 1002. C. E. Redfleld Dear Sir: The
samples of coal marked , submitted to us
for examination, contain as follows:
Per cent moisture, 2.50; volatile combustible
matter. 44.00; fixed carbon, 47.65;' ash and Its
color, 5.00; sulphur, .S5.
Respectfully, J. T. GOVE. Manager.
(Seal.)
"General remarks It has been generally
supposed by many people that the forma
tion of Eastern Oregon Is unfavorable to
the formation of coal, in consequence of
the lava spew that caps over jthe country
in Umatilla County, where many valua
able measures of coal have become ex
tinct from this cause, but I repeat right
here, without fear of contradiction, that
If any gentleman of knowledge in this di
rection pertaining to coal and its forma
(Concluded on Page 12.)
MAP OF NORTH EASTERN
The -location' of the coal field is 21 miles southeast of Heppner, and Is marked on the-map with a cross. The dotted line
from Heppner to Sumpter indicates the course, possible to be taken by a line of road which would , tcp'the coal field and cut oft
nearly 100 miles cf the distance between Portland add Huntington.
A BIG FIGHT Oil
Railroads Divided
Two Camps.
WAR TO THE KNIFE
Gould and Harriman -Versus
Mqrgan Crowd. ,
NEW TRUST WILL ORGANIZE
Heavy Financial Houses of New
York Take Sides ia the Great Bat
tle That Is AboHt to Open
Wall Street Anxious.
NEW YORK, Sept 17. (Special.) Tne
return of George Gould from the West
tonight portends, according to Wall
street great events In the railroad world.
The first work Gould will undertake will
be the rehabilitation t of the securities of
all his railroads prior to the formation
of his great transcontinental line. He
will submit a proposal to exchange 5
per cent bonds for all outstanding pre
ferred stock of the St Louis & South
western Railroad. This will probably
come In the shape of an offer from the
Missouri Pacific System to take over the
stock for bonds. He will then form a
new holding company to take over the
securities of all his lines.
This company is to be known as the
Trans-Continental Securities Company,
and will be formed along the lines of
the Northern Securities Company. The
plan is to Issue bonds and stocks of the
new company In exchange for securities
of the subsidiary llnea. These lines are
the Missouri Pacific, the Wabash, the
Western Maryland, the Wheeling & Lake
Erie, the St Louis Southwestern, Inter
national & Great Northern, Texas Sc. Pa
cific, Rio Grande Western, and Denver &
Rio Grande.
It Is eaid-that the Missouri Pacific Sys
tem wllf receive all of the preferred
stock: 'of 5yth,fc-' newcompanyTlwse Haes
represent an enormous capital investment
and over SO.OOO miles .of road.
After this company.- shall -have been
.formed the battle of millions will begin.
For allies Gould will have the Rocke
fellers, E. H. Hafrlman, Senator Clark,
Western Union, Henry C Frlck, Moore
Brothers, Jacob Schiff, and William
Henry Smith (who, with- John D. Rocke
feller, holds the largest share of St
Paul, stock), Russell Sage, Kuhn, Loeb
& Co., the Mercantile Trust Company,
the Equitable Life and the National City
Bank are also behind Gould. The Trans
continental Securities Company will thus
bring Into Its fold the roads of the Gould
allies and all the railroads of America
will be divided Into two camps. It will
be Gould vs. Morgan.
Behind Morgan are the Vanderbllts and
the New York Central; Caasatt and the
Pennsylvania: Grlscom. the coming presi
dent of the shipping trust; Manrln Hew
itt the Cramps Shipbuilding Company,
the Postal Telegraph & Cable Company,
the First National Bank and National
Bank of Commerce.
The rumor that the Pennsylvania and
the New York Central had made peace
with Gould through Western Maryland
Is absolutely denied. All negotiations
have been broken off. It wlU' be war to
the knife. Wall street expects the bat
tle of millions to begin soon as the North
ern Securities case shall have been set
tled. The anti-Morgan roads In the light
will show more territory served and more
mileage covered and more millions than
OREGON, SHOWING LOCATION
iv (JMK
their opponents. Gould's plana have
taken yeara to frame. Now they are on
the eve of consummation.
ENGLAND IS FRIGHTENED.
Shipping; Combination Will Have Its
Owh Way Says Beresf ord.
NEW YORK. Sept 17. Admiral Lord
Charles Bcresford, of the English Navy,
has arrived here for a stay of three weeks.
"I have followed the American naval
and Army maneuvers with much Interest,"
Mid he. "I do riot consider that Amer
ica has wasted any money In the powder
that was burned In the sham war game.
We are beginning to do that, too, now.
and I think ft is .one of thi bet things
i for the Interests of the army and navy to
cee just wncre tne weak points In a coun
try's war force lies."
About the shipping combination Lord
Beresf ord said:
"I must confess that we are a little
frightened not at the probabllles, but at
the possibilities. It is ridiculous to talk of
England forming a rival combination.
We cannot compete with your railways
and the through rate which pays."
State Will Xot Slake Sheldon's Flht.
TOPEKA. Kan., Sept 17. Attorney-General
Goddard Informed the temperance
committee, composed of Rev. Charles M.
Sheldon, Edward Wilder and others, this
afternoon that he was unable after a care
ful consideration of the law to see a suc
cessful outcome to a suit against Mayor
Parker for violation of his official duties,
and therefore he refusea to start Impeach
ment proceedings ,
San. Francisco May Get Fight.
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept 17. (Special.)
Tha Corbett-McGovern fight is likely to
be transferred to San Francisco, in view
of the trouble In finding a place In the
East where the mill may be pulled off.
CONTENTS OF TODAY'S PAPER.
Politics.
Republican leaders decide on 1S03 plank as the
tariff policy of the party. Page 1.
Hendfrson Is firm in his decision not to be a
candidate for Congress. Page 2.
Representative, Llttlcflcld announces himself as
a candidate for Speaker of the House.
Pago 5.
George Fred Williams Is hissed by Massachu
setts Democrats and repudiated as leader.
Pago 3.
Connecticut, New Hampshire and Alabama In
dorse Roosevelt for re-election. Page 3.
Revolutions In the Tropics.
American marines are landed at Isthmus of
Panama. Page 3.
Guards will be placed on all trains today to
preserve transit. Page 3.
Venezuela Is in a very critical condition, on
account of reverse of Castro's troops. Page 3.
Forela-n.
Russia warns American sealers to quit Siberian
coast or suffer punishment. Page 2.
Craft of American treaty covering payment of
Chinese indemnity Is submitted. Page 2.
London Graphic scores California for its method
of dealing out Justice. Page 2.
General.
Gould, and Harriman combine to fight J. P.
Morgan In the railroad world. Jase
""" roYlnsT Page 2.
Secretary Hay appeals to European powers to
protect Roumanian Jews. Page 2.
Pacific Coast.
Enormous coal deposits being developed in Blue
Mountains. Page 1.
Mob of Morshfleld miners pursuing a negro as
saulter. Page 4.
Salom day at State Fair draws largest crowd in
history of association. Page 4.
Man wrecks Skagway bank with bomb because
he Is refused $20,000. Page 4.
Sam Bowers, pacer, captures Greater Salem
stake of $2000. Page 7.
Helen Norte lowers 2-year-old Pacific Coast
trotting record to 2:26U at Salem.
Sport.
Seattle defeats Butte. 4-0. Page 3.
Helena defeats Spokane, 5-4. Page 5.
National and American League scores and av
erages. Page 5. ,
Commercial and Marine.
Heavy trade in past week In Portland market
. Page 13.
Rains help wheat prices In Chicago market.
Pare 13.
NewYork money market relieved by engage
ments of gold -for Import. Page 13.
Great Interest in contemplated withdrawal of
O. R & X. steamers. Page 11.
Portland and VlcInltyJ
Over $4000 in lire relief fund; churches are
active; many benefits to be given. Page 14.
Twenty-third street will be paved with vitrified
brick. Page 11.
Senator Quarles of Wisconsin, discusses tariff
revision. Pago 10.
Portland Railway Company will extend Its line
out Height's road. Pago 11.
Board of Trade decides to Invite G. A. R. en
campment to Portland In 1003. Page 8.
Murderer Beldlng fights for new trial. Page 10.
OF THE COAL DISCOVERIES
STAND ON TIFF
Republican Policy Is
Agreed Upon.
1896 PLANK IS FAVORED
Oyster Bay Conference Maps
Out Plan! of Action.
REVISION U CERTAIN CASE?
Where Protection Is No Longer ?Cec
essnry on Account of a Decrease
in Cost of Production a Change
ln Rates Will Be Advocnted.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Sept. 17.1-A New York correspond
ent, after interviewing the Senators who
participated In the conference at Oyster
Bay yesterday, makes the following state
ment as to the tariff conclusions reached:
In regard to the tariff, the President and
campaign speakors generally will plant them
selves firmly upon the paragraph in the Repub
lican National platform of 1800, which declares
Btrongly for the principle of protection to
American workmen, but which, at the same
time, declares that the Republican party is not
committed to any schedule, and that the Ques
tion of rates is a detail to be settled from time
to time by Congress.
On this basis, the President and campaign
speakers will declare In favor of a revision ot
the tariff only In cases where the cost of pro
duction has been lowered by changed condi
tions, so that protection is no longer necessary.
It was agreed that there will be no adherence
1800 TARIFF PLANK.
We renew and emphasize our allegi
ance to the policy qf protection as the
bulwark of Amerlcun Industrial Inde
pendence and the foundation of Ameri
can development, and prosperity. Arhis
true American policy taxes foreign prod
ucts and encourages home industry; It
puts the burden of revenue on foreign
goods; it secures the American market
for the American producer; It upholds
the American. standard of wages for the
, ArosrlpaisNrorkingman: Jt puts, the fc
'fflrjrby" thjpside of the farm and makes
the Amerlcan' farmer less dependent on
foreign demand and price; it diffuses
general thrift and founds the
strength of all on the strength
of each. In its reasonable application
it Is just, fair and impartial, equally
opposed to foreign control and domestic
monopoly, to sectional discrimination
and Individual favoritism. We de
nounce the Democratic tariff as section
al, injurious to the public credit and
destructive to business enterprise. We
demand such an equitable tariff on for
eign imports which come Into competi
tion with American products as will not
. only furnish adequate revenue for the
'necessary expenses of the Government,
but will protect American labor from
degradation to the wage level of other
lands. Wo are not pledged to any par
ticular schedules. The question of rates
is a practical question, to be governed
by the conditions of the time and of
production; the ruling and uncompro
mising principle Is the protection and
development of'American labor and in
dustry. The country demands a right
settlement and then it wants rest.
to the theory that the tariff can be, or shciuld
be, reduced merely because certain articles were
produced by the trusts or any monopoly. An
effort will be made at all times to keep the
tariff and the trusts separate questions, to be
dealt with on their merit3. The plea will be
made aVid insisted upon that any revision or
readjustment of the tariff should be made by
the friends of protection, and not by free
traders, and the country will be appealed to
not to Jeopardize existing prosperity by turning
the tariff over to its enemies.
Very little Information, however, aslda
from that which the Republican leaders
want published has leaked out from the
conference, and these facts were carried
In the press dispatches. One report, how
ever, stated that there was a heated dis
cussion at times, and that the President
and Senator Hanna held very different
opinions on some of the topics. It was
not to be expected that the President
would receive advice from those who met
with him yesterday to advocate tariff re
vision In his speeches. All, it la under
stood, Indorsed the plan which the Presi
dent proposed as being the best method to
curb the large corporations. It was gen
erally assented that the President could
not alter his position as to trusts on hla
Western tour, as It would at once be pro
claimed that he had been Influenced by
this Senatorial conference, and these Sen
ators had no desire to have any such im
pretMion created. It Is not expected that
Senator Hanna or Senator Aldrich are as
pronounced In their opposition to trusts
as the "President, but, as sagacious politi
cians, they know what the President has
already done is approved by the people,
and that it will be well for him to point
out that his Administration has taken the
Initiative and will continue to enforce the
law In every case found applicable.
Jt was to be expected that all of these
leaders, having supported the President In
his efforts to secure Cuban reciprocity,
would advise him to discuss that question
In his speeches on his Western tour, and
it Is known that the support of the Sen
ators was very gratifying to the Presi
dent. Iloer Generals May Not Cross Water
LONDON, Sept, 17. In view of the pos
sibility of anti-English demonstrations,
says the Brussels correspondent of the
Standard, it is not improbable that the
proposed American and European tours ot
the Boer 3enerals, Botha, Dewet. De
larey, will not occur. In that case the
Generals would Immediately return to
Sotith Africa after paying another visit
to Mr. Chamberlain, the Colonial Secre
tary.