The Oregon daily journal., January 16, 1904, Page 1, Image 1

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surest way to reach THE. PEOPLE
is through THE 'JOURNAL.' '
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PORTLAND, , OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING, s JANUAltY 16. 1904.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
UNDER THE BAMBOO TREE
CLOUD SB
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IS HOR TO FORTUNE
OF NEARLY S4,OO8,CD0
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JAPAN-RUSSIAN JAR
1ALLER Ml
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Robert F. Hall of, Portland, .Backed
by Newr York Millionaires,; Claims
Father's: Tennessee Grant.
.Parent's Lips 'Closed By Paralysis Before . He
Could Reveal WeaithFottune Discovered
by Hall's Sister Who Died Recently.' .
In addition to the estate valued at be
tween MO.000 and 50,000 left him re
- oently by his deceased sister. Miss Sara
Hall, of Walltngford, Conn., as told yes
terday In The Journal, it develops today
that Robert F. Hall of Portland is sole
heir to property estimated to ba worth
SJ.760,000. The story ot his sudden
wealth reads like a fairy tale. The for
tune constats of valuable coal lands t In
v the state of k Tennessee. ;-,o': H
, Paralysis and SUeaee, '
Charles Belden Hall,' a broker of New
Tork CltV. and father of Robert F, Hall,
died suddenly of paralysis in (hat city in
1871. He left no will, and his death
came so quickly that he was unable to
tell his children a word about the wealth
he left behind. For these reasons com
paratively little of the property of which
he died possessed was ever recovered by
the family... v - -. ,y
JTreak of fortune ..''
One afternoon before her recent death
Miss Hall lay on a couch In her home in
Walllngford. reading a copy of the New
Tork Herald. '-.. She finished reading It
"and threw the paper aside. It did not
fall flat, but stood up on edge. Noticing
the way. in which the paper had fallen,
Miss .Hall's eyes fell upon these head
lines: . , .
foal Land Awaits the C.'B. Hall
Family. Lawyer- Discovers - Titles in
"-Broker Who Formerly Resided In frhta
'-'-' City. ... v "
"C. vB. v Hall my father!? she"'ex
rlalmed. jumping to the floor and snatch
ing Up the paper. It was the Herald of
Juno 13. 1903, and tbls is what she read
below the headlines, the date In the
first instance being Inaccurate;;
' rally Identified: ' " ' " ;
"If Charles Belden Hall, a broker, last
heard from In 1874, when he had offices
, t I Williams Btreetand resided at the
Astor hnuso. or his heirs, will communi
, cats with lawyer -r, they may secure
, the title to property consisting of 10.000
acres of valuable lands In Morgah coun
ty, Tenn. - " ' '
T arching Xusty Xoeords. "r?
"While searching over some old rec
ords In Wartburg, Tenn.. recently, the
lawyer ran across an old record of a
grant Of land made to Hall In 1SS0 by
the government. The land at that date
was worth scarcely 35 cents an cre. A
; few years ago, however, it was found to
' be rich in coal, and It has sine Increased
' thousands of per cent in value. Several
coal companies have already encroached
upon It. -
"II.11 Property Secure. :
"So far the. lawyer has been unable
. to retrace the broker or his family. .
"The lawyer says the former broker's
. title to the property Is secure.
Next morning Miss Hall was la the
.lawyer's office la New Tork City. ,
She learned that the land was worth
that very day from 10) to $1S an acre,
. and without knowing that she was one
ot two only surviving heirs to IB times
. as many as 10.000 acres worth fully as
much, died bequeathing all her right
title and Interest to her only brother lu
Portland. - .".'-,. ?--.:V .Ov
'"'.Kept. Discovery" B.eeret",i-':'
. Having made the original discovery
of 10,000 acres. Miss Hall kept the secret
between herself and the lawyer. 8he
went ahead on her own responsibility,
with the lawyer, to prove title to the
property. " ! " : '
' A few weeks later Miss Hall was taken
ill and confined to her bed.' -Her indis
position was prolonged and instead of
Improving, her condition became worse.
Without even dreaming at the time that
, she would never again rise from her
. bed. Miss Hall came to the conclusion
that if the worst did como it would be
wiser to tell her brother of the. discovery
of the Tennessee property before the end
' ame. : ' :: - '
WroU os Her Deathbed.'
This she did in a long letter to htm
In -which she explained how she came
to And the property and what had since
been done to prove title- and recover it
This letter was In due time received
by Robert F. Hall in Portland. He wrote
TURKISH TROOPS IN
NEED OF BACK PAY
(Journal Special Service.)
Constantinople. Jan. 1C Thirteen
.hundred mutinous troops have been ter
rorising Beirut for several, days., They
landed -Monday from Arabia and imme
diately besieged the governor's' palace,
demanding $80,000 arrears in their pay.
The governor borrowed enough money
from the Ottoman bank to temporarily
satisfy them, but the latest reports say
they are threatening to sack the bank.
LONE ROBBER GETS ' .
GAMBLERS' BANK ROLL
(Journal Special Scrrlee.1 , ! "
Baker City, Jan. IS. The, police and
'sheriff have- not yet discovered a single
clue to the man who, single-handed, at
1 J o'clock this norninK,,hli up the
Mint aaloon. and gambling rooms and
secured 1T0.
a long letter In reply. , When his letter
reached Walllngford she was dead. '
Robert F. Hall has since been contin
uing the search and proving identifica
tion. He discovered first that in addi
tion to the 10,000 acres in Morgan, coun
ty his father had bought S2.000 acres in
Putnam county. Then came the discov
eries of the acquisition of more land in
the. three other counties , of Cumberland,
Fentress and Overton, aggregating 160,
000 acres and all coal .land. The land
Ilea about 180 miles from Knoxvllle and
Is mostly in a main body. ..... .. .
It is thought hts father may have
learned in. some manner that the acre-.
lago was coal land and bought it as a
speculation, well knowing that it would
enhtfnee greatly' In value when railroads
were ' built into Eastern Tennessee.
In speaking of the property, Mr. Hall
said today:;. i , y'
- Remembered from Boyhood.
"I remember when a boy of hearing
my father say he had bought a lot of
land in Tennessee for less than 2S,cents
an acre, and I thought at the time to
myself that it must be mighty poor
land. The land is now. worth from $19
to 125 per acre and pessibly more., I
would muc.h prefer not to speak about
the matter at all, but since you. already
know part of the facts you may as well
have them alt' I have dreamed only
dreamed of large wealth, as I sup
posed mod men have, but 1 have sot
presumed that I would ever have It.
One hundred ahd fifty thousand acre
at 25 an acre amounts to I J, 7&0.000.
Whether I will realise ; that' out of it
during my lifetime or not, - I Cannot
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, Sailroada tacreaae the Value. r i ; i
. "The land has been made valuable, by
tfte extension of spur lines into Eastern
Tennessee . by the . Q. A G railroad,
which runs from Cincinnati to New Or
leans.;: There are squatters on some of
the land today, and we have found that
certain ; coal companies, have- over
reached themselves . and got . into our
lands When asked where they got their
fuel, squatters have replied' that they
went out in the backyard and picked up
coaL . . . .. ..
"The statement fn the New Tork Her
ald article that my father lived at the
Astor House is an error. We lived At
home. My sister did not tell me' about
the discovery she made for a long time.
She said shef eared X .would get ex
cited, y
XAnds Vever Assessed. -
When I first learned of the magni
tude of the acreage ot coal land it oc
curred to me that the back taxes .might
eat up the property. I have not paid a
cent of taxes on the land, nor anybody
else that I know of. On investigatlou
it was found that the lands had never
been assessed, -as for years they, were
not accessible, and they were not placed
on the tax rolls. I presume, however,
that there will be some back taxes to
be paid.. -,'... ,., :
Millionaires Take Hold. : --s;
-"I have associated with me." said Mr.
Hall. . "in. the acquirement and develop
ment of the coal lands, several New
York millionaires. v My associates, are
In a position to handle the property to
advantage and some advancement along
this line will soon be made. Uood coal
lands will not remain long at the fig
ure of 25 per acre-with proper and
sufficient transportation facilities."
"Are there any -other heirs to the
propertyf war asked. . ,
"There were three other children be
sides myself. My sister was the last
on to die." . ; v.
: ' - Mr. Kail Favorably Known.
' Robert. F. Hall is on of the best and
most favorably known citixens of Port
land. His good fortune Urst become
known to some ot his most Intimate
friends. Mr. Hall was for a number of
years copartner in the Dayton Hard
wars company at First and iTaylor
streets, but sold out several years ago.
He has been. In business on the same
corner 38 years, and is now in business
oh the same corner as a manufacturers'
agent. He resides with his wife and
two sons on the east side.
CHILD LEFT ALONE
BURNED TO DEATH
. (Journal .Special Sertlct.) t
Tacoma. Jan.. 1$. The three-year-old
girl of George E. Sargent a draggkt,
was burned to death' yesterday. The
girl was left' aloha in a room in which
an air-tight stove waa burning with a
hot fire, while her mother stepped Into
the drugstore -down stairs to answer a
telephone call. In soma way the child's
clothes caught fire and her , agonised
shrieks brought her mother to the scene.
The mother smothered the flames with
her own. clothes, but the girl had been
burned so badly she died in an - hour
after terrible suffering. v .
OWH WAS XTT.T.tP.
V.
" (Joarmal Bpeciai Srrvire.)
Los Angeles. Jan. 1. W, K. Keynard,
a fireman, was killed and R. JC. Keller,
an engineer, was badly hurt tn the wreck
In th Santa Ft yards this morning.
The engine dashed Into a' string of run
away freight curs, ;
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If you lak-ft ms
Lak I lak-a you r , , w.
And we lak-a both th game
.; ' X lak-a say
This very day, .
I lak-a change your name.
PORTLAND
OR SEATTLE
Stockmen's Packing Plant
to Be Erected in
' Northwest. .
' Portland or Seat tie T The site of the
main packing plant of the Independent
Packing company, organised to fight the
meat trust, will either be Portland, Or.,
or Seattle, Wash.
"The matter of freight rates," said
CoL I F, Wilson, vice-president of the
company, "will figure largely In deciding
upon which of the two cities is to be se
lected. But one thing is certain, we
have our eye upon the Pacific coast and
mean to build our plant here."
The directors of the association met
this morning at the Hotel Portland and
unanimously elected B. F. Saunders -ot
Salt Lake City, Utah, president of the
concern. ... .... . - . .. .
Colonel Wilson .stated further .that
the matter of railroad rates had not yet
been fully examined, and that the final
decision would be held in abeyance. -
We will leave the work largely in
the hands of the local representatives. 7
Colon! 'Wilson, accompanied by Paul
Russeirot Paola. K., and F. W. Flat.
Jr.. of Kansas City, will depart this
evening at 11 o'clock for Seattle for the
purpose ot looking over the ground at
that place and also to see the Puget
sound. They will return home by way
of San 'Francisco. j '
The officers of the company, with the
exception of the president, were selected
at a meeting of the company held last
October. Charles F. - Martin. secretary
of the National Livestock association, is
alsoNMcretary of the Independent Pack
ing company. F. W. Flato Jr.. of Kan
sas City, is treasurer.
IS BRIGHT
CommissionerMyersGives
House Committee Some
Information. ,
- (Washington Boreas of The Journal.)
Washington, Jan. II. The house com
mittee on expositions held a session this
morning at which the statement from
State Commissioner Myers was heard
favoring the passage of the Lewis sjid
Clark bilL Statements were also made
by Representatives Hermann of Oregon.
Cushman of Washington and Mendel I
of Wyoming. At the conclusion of the
arguments questions were asked by the
committee members as to the details of
the celebration and the exposition man
agement, which were answered by Com
misioners Scott and Boise. The exposi
tion commissioners - are well satisfied
with the results and anticipate that the
house' Committee will vote unanimously
that the reposition shall be participated
in by the government. A further meet
ing of the committee will be held next
week, at which definite action .will be
taken.
METHODISTS CALLED
AWAY FROM KOREA
. (Joarnal 8neeial Serrtee.) -Jackson,
Mis.. Jan. 1. Bishop' Cal
loway of the Methodist Church South
has called upon alt Methodist mission
aries In Korea to leave immediately for
Seoul or go at once to Japan. , Bishop
Calloway ha received dtrect advices
that their lives are endangered, J
Cans I love-a you
And love-a you true '
And if you-a love-a me,
One live as two,
Two live as one, ,N
Under the Bamboo tree.
10T01A
CONFUSED
Grand rllrunk Crashes In
to Street Car-Took
Wrong Signal.
- r (Journal SpeHat Herrtre.)
- Detroit. Mich.. Jan. 1. A Grand
Trunk wrecking train crashed Into a
streetcar on Gratiot avenue that night,
completely wrecking the car and Injur
ing neary every occupant. Two .passen
gers were , fatally hurt and If others
have sertoua injuries. The accident oc
curred through a misunderstanding of
signals given the motorman by the con
ductor. The latter saw the train ap
proaching and signalled the motorman
vigorously to back up as the car was
under way in the direction of the track.
The motorman started the car forward.
Instead, and the engine hit it just for
ward of the rear trucks. The . flying
glass : cut practically every one of the
(4 people in the car, which was carried
down the track' nearly 200 feet. The
air brakes stopped the train before the
car capsized, however. Practically every
ambulance in the city was called to the
scene at once with doctors. The injur
ies were largely in the nature of broken
bones and cut a. . One Of the bad features-
of the accident was the fatal injury
of Miss Edith Gould. Eh was riding on
the car with her .fiance., Herbert Daly.
The two were taken to the hospital In
the . same' ambulance. Daly . was only
stunned, but Miss Gould's skull was
fractured". . . , V- j
r--'Vy: wo mobs raMxmw. - ''1
Chlrage. Jan. I. Another day v has
passed without adding to the five Jury
men secured to try the carbarn murder-
era
Feeling Expressed
That a Clash of Arms Has Been
Averted Peace Will Follow.
BetievedThat Russia Will Abandon Diplomatic
Sparring and Concede; All Essential Demands
" of Japan Without Further - Delay ,
(Journal Special Berries.)
St ' Petersburg, Jan. H. The press
here today states that telegrams have
been received from Port Arthur and
Vladivostok, and it is reported In the
highest official circles that "the crisis
is now past and that peace is now prac
tically assured. '
A prediction has been made by sev
eral of the . papers and statesmen that
an early agreement will be reached be
tween Japan and' Russia regarding the
adjustment of the respective spheres of
influence that are In question.
Since the Japanese minister delivered
the reply of his country, which has been
considered, the Russian foreign office
says that the. present stage of negotia
tions is an advance on the previous
stages in certain respects. The two
governments have approached an un
derstanding On some points, but not on
others. , Hopefulness, reigned today in
many quarters . where . pessimism had
hitherto prevailed.- Conservative opin
ion holds that while prospects of peace
is better than ever, the end cannot be
predicted with, certainty,, particularly In
the manner in which A, settlement, can
be effected has not been decided.
Continuing its anti-war campaign the
Russians today predict that even grant
ing that Russia is victorious, there will
be subsequent - interference on the part
of other powers and the "New edition
ot the Berlin congr.ss."
w:';ws', BTOSXA. TO BACK V9.
Berlin, Jan. 1 (.Advices today cause
the officiate to believe- that Russia will
abandon the diplomatic position r has
taken and concede all essential .points
that- Japan demands, as soon as a dig
nified form of retreat is found. .
jVOsTSOV JMTXWXBTBB XX A3DBBZOA.
' London,' Jan. 18. -The Interest of the
United States in the Eastern crisis con
tinues to be the subject of a great deal
of discussion,' and it is considered Im
possible that Russia wUl attempt to
thwart the treaty rights of the IJnlted
States. The Standard says:. ''
"AHtinuarh moat formal enaaaementa
may be violated, with impunity In deal
ing with Mancnuna s emperor, ins pres
ident of the United States cannot be
COHOX COAL FOR '
JIM HILL'S BOATS
(Joaraaf Bpeciai service. 1
Victoria, B. C, Jan. !. J. D. Farrell,
the confidential agent of J. J. Hill, is in
the city, the object of his visit being
to arrange with Dunsmulr for a supply
of anthracite coal recently struck st ths
Comox mines. He wants this for Hill's
big Paciae liners, Minnesota and Da
kota, the latter to be launched about
February 6. He wants the best coal
available, He thinks this anthracite at
Comjox means immense things for the
Pacific shipping. Preliminary negotia
tions have been entirely auccessrui, dux
the question of . quantity is not yet
solved. The price therefore Is not ca
pable of being solved, and It will be a
month or so before It Is fully ascer
tained. . '
SHOOTING ENDS
THEIR QUARREL
(Journal Special Berries.)
Baker City,, Or Jan. 16. Great ex
citement was caused in this city last
night by the shooting of J. C White, a
prominent contractor of ' this city, by
W. F. Butcher, the well known attor
ney and late a Democratic nominee for
congress In the Second district.
The shooting occurred as the result bt
a quarrel which the two men had over
a certain contract for a waterworks and
electric light plant, in which both men
were interested.
After the quarrel, it is said, that
White threatened to kill Butcher on
sight and last night was the first time
that the two men met since then. Af
ter the' shooting White was taken to a
hospital and from last advtces was rest
ing easy. Ills assailant at once gave
himself up to the Justice of the. peace,
but was released on 15.000 bail, which
was furnished by Fred Lack and John
Waterman. ; He is charged with assault
with a dangerous weapon.
- Attorney John L, Rand, an attorney
of Baker City, who Ui registered at the
Portland. ' expressed great surprise to
day while speaking of the tragedy,
i "Both White and Butcher were old
residents-of Baker City and had been
connected In a business way on numer
ous occasions. lie said: . - v .
"I rannot imagine what caused the
trouble which culminated In th tragedy
yesterday. White hnd the contract for
thw building of the electric plant l
Welser, Mann, and 1 understand thwt
Jiutdjer.wa ua jil.,btiKi .White ww
in Many Quarters
treated cavalierly. It wouIA t tod)
hazardous a game and too likely to) end
In humiliating complications."
The Dally News. In an editorial on the
same subject, .says that Russia must
Grin and bear - it."
BVSSXA MAT KX8XTATB.
London, Jan. 1. All advloes this
morning show a continued-diversity-of
opinion regarding the far Eastern, sit
uation. -.. From a Tokio report . war is
considered inevitable end peace party
losing hope. Berlin officials are opti
mistic, claiming the outlook Is better
liuliv tttnn e nnontf w.ok. - T. V 1 n f. -
flclals believe Russia will hesitate M
adopt other "than a conciliatory ton
because of Chinese neutrality. The lat4
ters declaration makes it necessary tor
Russia, In case of war, to draw all sup
plies from the home base. .
THOUGHT TO BB BAB HBWS.
, Washington, Jan. It. News of .a sarU
ous character relative to the far East
ern situation was received by the state
department this morning, but not made
public- The message was Immediately
taken to the White House. Shortly af
ter Minister Takahlra arrived, but en
information of . the secretary's - absence
declined to see Loom Is and returned to
the legation. He stated, however, that
his advlc.s made no change In the as
pect of the situation. The feeling of
officialdom la not hopefuL '
- jatab Bvrxainra ships, v
. London, Jan. 1$. A telegraphie dis
patch from Tokio says that Japan has
entered Into a contract with Armstrong
and Vlckers A Sons for the construction
of a battleship of 16,000 tons by each
firm," and contemplates the building of
a third ship. It is reported that Rus
sian whalers and transports are hover-,
Ing in Korean straits watching Japanese
naval stations at .Tsushima and Take
Sllki., , , kiiiC-;
WABSHXPS noma. -
Sues.- Jan. - It. The Japanese cruiser
Nlsshla sailed for Perim this morning.
The Russian battleship Osslyabya also
left.
DROUGHT KILLING
HUNDREDS OF CATTLE
- ----- .(Jesrsai Special Sanies.) -:
San Francisco, Jan, 1 (.Advices from
Southern California state that a serious
drouth exists in Ventura and Monterey
counties and the lower section of San
Joaquin. In San Luis Obtspo county cat
tie are dying by the hundreds. In cen
tral California and -north of San Fran
cisco the usual rains are falling and am
ple moisture is in the ground. Los An
geles also reports a long dry spell.
BLOW HAS KOSHBATZB. j
(Journal Special Service.)
Astoria, Jan. It. A severe southeast
gale was oft the mouth of the Columbia
river last night. ; No damage to shipping
or otherwise Is known as yet. This
morning the gale moderated. -. .
W. F. BUTCH KIT.
slck'for tlntf, and Miitfiu-i" -?
Weiser end pervrully j v i - t
completion of th i-'.niiiiii. i
knew' of any t-rouMw 1" I t -before
and wm artl!v "" t
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