BAKER CITY'SIFIRE HYSTERY HAS
EE!) SOLVED DY BO
FMes a Confession That
He Set the Fires
if j.
HE BURNED SCHOOLS
Teacher Reprimanded Kim for
Insolence and He Retaliated
zb With Fire '
EXCITEMENT ALMOST ALLAYED
During the Reign of Terror Six In
eandiary Fire Occurred Including
Three School Houses, one Reel'
dtnee and Standard Oil Tanks.
BAKER City, Or., Nov. 27.
Through the confession ot 16-year-old
boy named Gulden Ormond, the
identity of the incendiary who bee
caused almost a state of terror in Ba
Iter City for the pant five month ha
been solved. I he incendiary was
none other than Golden Ormond
himself, according to the confetsion
be U alleged to have made . to., the
fiukerton detectivei working on the
oe. During the period named aix
incendiary fires have occurred, three
echool building, one residence, and
the Standard Oil tank in the city
burned, and one laundry badly dam
aged but not destroyed. Losses will
aggregate $100,000. The people of
the city became ao wrought over the
frequency of the fires that Mayor
Johnioa iaaued an order to citizem
to ahoot any one suspected of iticen
diarUm. An innocent cause of young
Ormond'a , depravity It a achool
teacher who reprimanded the youth
for iniolence and for putting pint on
her chair. The boy iwore to get
oven and the school waa burned.
Later the other building were tet
on fire, because the boy enjoyed the
excitement attendant upon the fire.
The detective employed by the May
or learned of young Ormond'a troa
We with the teacher and a compari
son of the date of the fires with the
tiny of his absence from the school
furnished what proved a clue that
Jed to the lad'a arrest.
. "FULTON AT HOT SPRINGS.
HOT SPRINGS, Nov. 27, Sena
tor Fulton of Oregon had an oppor
tunity today to discuss Oregon af
fairs with Taft. Taft wa the guest
of honor tonight at a dinner given
by Senator Bourne of Oregon who
entertained besides Taft, a number
of newspaper representatives and
personal friends.
THE DOWIE ESTATE.
CHICAGO, Nov. , 27.-Overcer
William Glenn .Voliva of Zion iCty
will submit a proportion to Receiver
Thomas and the United States Cir
cuit court to purchase the entire es
tate of John Alexander Dowie, so
that he and his followers may con
tinue in unlispntcd possession of the
municipality,. It is hoped by Voliva
that $1,3000.000 can be collected
among the f.Jlowers of the faithful
with which to make the purchase an 1
effort to this end are now being
made.
OEO STATES SHOULD
Oil ITS COLLIERS
FOREIGN COMPLICATIONS OR
COMBINATIONS WOULD
MAKE FLEET HELPLESS
STEPS SHOULD EE TAKEN
Rear-Admiral Cowlea Chief-of Equip
ment Bureau Makes an interesting
Statement in the Navy Annual Re-
port-Foreign Vessels Carry Coal
IN COUNCIL ZONE.
Considering A Code Of Laws
The Panama District.
For
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.-Rcar
Admiral AVilliam S. Cowles, chief of
the equipment bureau in the navy an
nual report says that if foreign com
plications had arisen or a combina
tion been affected between the ship
ownera the Atlantic fleet might have
had to remain lying helpless In some
foreign port because the United
States had not an adequate number
of colliers to supply coal to the war
ships. Foreign vessels had to, be
chartered to carry coal to the ueet
Cowles recommends that steps be
taken immediately to supply an ade
quate "number of colliers for the
aavy. , , - ;
LAMPHERE IN PENITENTIARY
LA' FORTE, Nov. 27,-Ray Lam-
phere, who was convicted of setting
re to the home of Mrs. Belle Gun
ncss, went to prison today. He was
subjected to the usual treatment ac
corded convicts and was given No.
4140.
MURDER AND SUICIDE.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 27.-
Crazed with jealousy over the alleg
ed attentions paid to his wife George
Lavin, a salesman, living at ' 2410
Mission street shot and fatally
wounded J. F. Wilbur Sarman, ' a
roomer In his house this afternoon
nd committed suicide by cuttinn
is throat with a razor.
A COMPARISON OF
7 N AVAL STRENGTH
london Publication Argues Against Including
United States in Two Power Naval Standard
, LONDON, Nov. 27,-The Nation
publishes today a strongly wordcl
argument against ' including the
United States in the two power nav
al standard for Great Britain; in oth
er words that the British fleet should
exceed in strength , any other two
powers by 10 per cent. The paper
says that American: and Germany are
the next two strongest ,naval powers
after Great Britain. America, It ex
plains, is practically to build two na-
the Pacific.
"A people' of 40,000," the Nation
continues, "Is, called upon to provide
a force stronger than that levied
upon 140,000,000 o people, On this
proposition we have two remarks to
make! "The first Is that the people
of Great Britain cannot do it and
second that tho liberal party will not
try to do it. They never will consent
to build against America; it is hate
ful to the liberals even to think of
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27. At the
first meeting of the house committer
on Intervale and foreign commerce,
the iKKetin will be made that th
vviMiiiiucc yiu me isthmian cana
u.ngrrs At the next session and as
tone th winter, Several matter o
importance affecting the govi-rnmtnt
of the zone probably will tome before
Congress at the next session and at
the intestate and foreign commerce
coniynitee has full Jurisdiction ovc
next legilation for that territory, i
is thought wise that the entire mem
bersltip acquaint itself with recent
development there. It ha been fiv
year tince the committee visited the
zone. When Congress adjournd at
me close ol last session it was the
intention for both the approbation
committee aud the Interstate Com
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iii-rcc commission to visit (lie zone
this fall, but the election interfered
witti tin arrangement and none of
the members of the former commtte
will go to the isthmus this winter.
By arranuing for a government ves
sci to call tor the members of the
Interstate Commerce Commission at
soino southern port, prbably Miami,
Ma. and to return them there it is
believed that the trip could be ac
complished before New Year's
rt.... -- -. . .
vis me nu important heai..iu
scheduled for this eommitte before
the holidays as is the case with the
approbation committee and it will be
urged that the olivines of the scs
sion woum not be returned by the
trip.
While it is said by members aire
dy in the city that a code of laws for
the one probably will not be autho
rized by Congress until the comnle
tion of the canal at least, it is armietl
that a study of the development of
Wis country will assist materially in
framing a code.
STEINHEIL GOOD WOMAN.
PARIS, - Nov. 27.-Count Garlon,
whose "name was mentioned in con
nection with Mme. Steinhcil and at
whose house in Paris Mme. Steinheil
stayed for weeks after the murder
of her husband, declared today she
was an honorable woman, The count
said, however, that he was convinced
that she no longer possessed her
mental faculties. He characterized
the story she presented of the death
of Felix Faure a base calumnv. On
the contrary he declared, there is
ample evidence to prove that she at
that timewas ill in her own home.
HITCHCOCK fPOIITED
POSTDASTERGEmi
RECEIVES HIS REWARD FROM
THE NEWLY ELECTED
PRESIDENT.
AND ACCEPTS THE POSITION
With Hia Knowledge of the Per
sonnel of the Party he Will be a
Great Aid to Taft Has Had Much
Experienced in That Line.
ILflliO L III)
II ME
People Will Judge Any
Tariff Dill Made
COr.lfJiTTEE KNOWNS IT
Payne Answers Letter From Van
Cleave of Which He Makes
That Statement
BATTLE IN MID AIR.
Desperate Fighting Between
glars And Detectives.
Bur-
10 ADVANCE JUDGMENT
Will be Studied in the Light of What
May be Learned From the Bill
Itself Not Like the Wise Pro
phets, . '
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.-"We
are fully aware that any bill reported
from the committee will be judged
by the people, not in the light or
view of those wise prohpets or critics
who are judging it in advance, but in
the light of what will be learned
from the bill itself, and from an ex
amination before the convention."'
In these words Sereno E. Payne,
hairman of the house on ways and
means committee, replied today to ;
letter from J. W. Van Cleave, presi
cnt of the National Association of
Manufacturers, criticizing ' the meth
ods pursued in revising the tariff.
CHICAGO, Nov. 27.-A desper
ate battle between burglars and de
tectives on a fire escape one hun
dred feet from the ground yesterday,
thrilled hundreds of spectators who
surrounded the plant of the Western
Metil Manufacturing Company. The
detectives were held at bay by the
thieves they had trapped.
. Stanley Cioslinsky, aged 19 years,
and Stanley Ciereh, aged 20 years,
both of whom have been been in the
hands of the police before, were the
men arrested. Cioslinsky was re
leased from the Bridewell only Tues
day after serving time for burglary.
The burglars fled across a roof,
tfown a fire escape and into a second
story window, where they again held
the pursuing officcers at bay until a
company of firemen - arrived, when
they were captured. '
fME OF 1 SUE
III AGITATES PI
if
UIIUL
NATIONAL FORESTS,
HOT SPRINGS, Nov. 27.-Frank
II. Hitchcock has accepted the ap
pointment as postmaster-general in
Taft's cabinet. As chairman of the
Republican National )' Committee
Hitchcock , became more familiar
than any other person with the po
litical phase of questions likely to
arise at the beginning of the Taft
administration and . the, knowledge
gained regarding the personnel of
the party will be of great service to
Taft. Besides these reasons, Hitch
cock possesses comprehensive as
well as technical knowledge of pos
tal affairs gained by a protracted ex
perience as hrst assistant and as
postmaster-general. '
Subscribe to the Mornlner Astorinn.
vies, one: for the Atlntic;and one for building against the United States." j 60c per manth by mail or carrier.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.-Fresi-
dentRoosevelt has signed proclama
tions creating the Ocala national for
est in Marion county, Florida, and the
Dakota national forest ( in Billings
county, North Dakota. These twj
states have thus been added to nine
teen other states and the territory of
Alaska, wherein land is under scien
tific forest administration. The Flor
in forest, the first to be be set aside
by the government east of the Mis
sissippi river, has an area of 201,480
acres, one-fourth of which has been
taken up under various land laws an 1
well adapted to the production of
forest growth.
The Dakota forest consists bf 14,
080 acres and its creation is impor
tant as it opens an experimental op
portunity in a state having only one
percent tree growth.
MYSTERIOUS MURDERS.
auKiiiuv, tai., wov. . A mys
tery surrounding the shooting and
killing of Bert Porter on a lake near
Trinidad yesterday was intensified
and complicated today by the mys
terious killing of Joseph Viera who
was shot down near Glendalc. .Bul
lets of the same type killed both men.
It is believed both murders were the
work of the same individual. A posse
is searching for a mysterious man
seen near Trinidad yesterday and
near Glendale today. ,
RABBIT RIDES IN AUTO.
To Escape Pursuing Hound It Jumps
. Into Passing Car.
' CALDWELL, N. J., Nov.' 27.-A
rabbit lode in an automobile and a
dog pursuing it dropped dead. These
strange incidents sound like a tale
f'om Num-hausen, but they actually
occurred near here yesterday.
Chased by a yelping hoand, the
rabbit jumped (u a stone wall tnd
(ot f wbllf ts? parallel 'ib the a
if m--Vile'. t.n by Chas. Cramj-cy.
u New York Tvsiness tm-
Suddenly Yt h.it aui".l ted
from tho wall m-l landed 'plump In th
tctincau f the car. The hound, not
to be thus outwitted continued to
pursue the automobile until it drop
ped dead, either from exhaust! i i
ht -im .i cap ,' and taken
me L 's: '" ey.
PIANIST DEAD.
Miss Rosalie Magnus sen Lancaster
Passes Away la Chicago.
CHICAGO, Nov. 27.-Mrs. Rosalie
Magnussen Lancaster is dead at her
home in this city. Thirty years ago,
Mrs. Lancaster, then Miss Rosalie
Magnussen, was considered America'
greatest pianist. She was the pupil
and the favorite of Rubenstein in
Vienna and during her concert car
eer in the United States attained high:
rank among the musicians.
The death of her son, Dr. Howard
N. Lancaster, in Chicago May 24th,
preyed upon hermind and broke her
health.
Mrs, Lancaster was born in Stock
holm, Sweden, Feb. 24, 1848, and
came to Chicago when a girl with
ner parents. As a young girl she
was known as the most beautiful in
the city. She marired A. N. Lancas
ter and moved to California. After
the death of her husband in Califor
nia she returned to concert work
and teaching and won a wide repu
tation. She returned to Chicago four
teen years ago.
LABORERS DROWNED,
MANILA, Nov. 27,-The coasting
steamer Ponting, carrying a large
number of laborers from Narvacan
to the rice fields in Pangasinan prov
ince, struck a reef and sank last
night during a storm off San Fer
nando in the Union province. It is
estimated that 100 passengers and
crew were drowned. The steamer
Vigcays rescued 55. Many bodies
are coming ashore. It is not known
whether any Americans or F.uro
pcans were aboard wrecked steamer.
Various flew Theories for
Crime Ere Advanced
HAYTI'S BLOCKADE.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.-Hay-ti's
"Paper" blockade of the ports of
Aquin and Jeremie, which the gov
ernment admits its ability to make
effective by force of arms will not
be recognized by the state depart
ment. This is in accordance with the
traditional policy of the - American
government Notice to this effect
was sent to American minister Fur-
ncss at Port Au Prince.
fio public discussiq:
By NAVAL OFFICERS
PRESIDENT THROUGH MET
CALF ISSUES ORDER TO
THAT EFFECT
fRf4!SSIQN MAY BE GRANTED
The President Has Concluded That
Public Discussion of Alleged De
fects of Battleships do Not Serve
Any Good Purpose.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27. That
there shall be no further public dis
cussion by naval officers concerning
the Newport conference without per
mission of the President was the pur
port of an order issued today by
Secretary Metcalf at the direction of
Roosevelt. On October 30 the de
partment issued a permit to officers
to discuss the work of this confer
ence except so far as applied to
changes made on ships to be author
ized in the future. The President
has concluded the public discussion
of the alleged defects of the battle
shipe do not serve any good pur
pose.
NO ttORE
innr
Magistrate Has Eegan f.'ew and
luiitspsndent Investigation
cf Case
A POLITICAL
SIDE
AFFAP
George and Denya Cochin, Conserva
tive Members of the Chamber of
Deputies, Announce Their Inten
tion of Interpolating Government,
PARIS, Nov. 27. George and
Dcnys Cochin, conservative members
of the chamber of deputies, announc
ed their intention , of interpellating
the government on the attitude of
the magistracy in the Steinheil case.
This action is desired to raise a po
pitical side affair, wth which the
newspapers are becoming more and
more occupied. Various new theo
ries for crime have been advanced,
since the arrest of Mme. Steinheil
and tonight there are many reports
of impending important arrests. Up
to midnight, however, nobody taken
into custody. Magistrate Andre has
begun a new and independent inves
tigation of the whole case, starting
with the lengthy examination of
Remey Couillaud arrested last Satur
day, charged with the murders and
subsequently released, and alt the
events connected with the discovery
of the crime, the particular position
the body of Mme. Jopey when it was
found, and the manner in which it
was bound to the bed.
mm resii;i-
EQUITABLE
CANNOT SUE THE HYDES FOR
RECOVERY OF MONEY TO
THE AMOUNT OF $2,000,000 .
KUST AWAIT DETERMINATION
James Hazen Hyde and His Mother,
Anna G. Hyde, Trustees of Hyde
Will Secure Injunction Small
Contracts Are Recommended. '
NEW YORK, Nov. 27.-A halt in
the prosecution of the $2,000,000 suit
against the late Henry B. Hyde, foun
der of the Equitable Life Assltrance
Society, was brought about today by
the action of Justice Bishoff , in the
supreme court. On the application of
James Hazen Hyde and mother,
Annie G. Hyde, trustees under the
will of Henry B. Hyde, Justice Bis
choff granted an injunction restrain
ing the Equitable Society, its subsi
diary concerns, the Mercantile Trust
Company and George Turner from,
proceeding with suits against the
Hydes for the recovery of $2,000,000,
which it was alleged they had used
improperly in the purchase of re
habilitation of the Western National
Bank of this city. The injunction re
strains the prosecution of these suits
until it is determined whether thev
Jor the Equitable are responsible.
TROOPS WITHDRAWN.
HOPKINSVILLE, Ken., Nov. 27.
Over the protests of a large num
ber of citizens who fear resumption of
night rider attacks the withdrawal of
troops in the night rider district of
Western Kentucky began today.
Guards will be retained at Murray
and Eddyville where conditions are
still regarded critical
WANT TARIFF REVISION.
NEW YORK, Nov, 27, - Resolu
tions asking the creation of a per
manent national . tariff commission
were , passed today by vthe board of
directors of the Merchants', Associa
tion of this city, 'The association
asks for an early comprehensive and
thorough revision of the tariff. I
DRIVEN OUT BY FIRE.
CHICAGO, Nov. 27.-Thirty fam
ilies were driven panic stricken jnto
the streets last night by a fire which
threatened part of the business sec
tion of South Chicago. Women and
children were carried by firemen and
pojlicemen to the streets. ,
. The blaze started in the basement
of the threestory brick building oc
cupied by the ommercial National
Bank and Ingraham Banks "and
Companfy. The interior of the build
ing was destroyed.
Two hundred members of the
Teamsters' Union were gathered ia
a hall on the second floor and they
were stampeded by the dense smoke.
The loss is $40,000. The fire is sup
posed to have been started by incen
diaries. : !
VERY IMPORTANT
ARGREEMENT MADE
United States and Japan Form an Agreement cf
Far Reaching Importance to All the Nations
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.-De-
spite official reticence information
from reliable sources has been ob
tained of an agreement of far reach
ing Importance between the United
States and Japan covering the pol
icies of the two countries in the Pa
cific, The agreement is based on the
idea of encouraging and defending
the free and peaceful commercial
development of that ocean. It con
tains not only a mutual guarantee to
respect one another's territorial pos-
tude of the two countries toward
China, binding each to defend by ev
ery peaceful means China's independ
ency, and intergrity and give equal
commercial opportunity in the
Chinese empire to all the nations.
More important still is the agree
ment in complications threatening
status quo, binds the United States
and Japan to consult one another
with a view to acting together, This
agreement has been drawn up in the
form of a declaration and consists
of five articles embodying the let-
sessions there, but defines the atti- tures enumerated above