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)ITION 3 P. M. SECOND EDITION 4 P. M. M " WW y f auntal TAILY OAPIT 1L .JOUItNAL, 8ALKM. OHEOON, Kill HAY, DKCKHItKIt tt3, 1O0H. NO. 258. m IES TO MURDER FRANCE'S PRESIDENT USANDS OF ACRES IN OREGON WILL CHANGE HANDS MANAGEMENT FOR BULLET GRAZING HEAD PANAMA CANAL ZONEi PASSES THROUGH EAR Press Leased Wire.) Dee 2G That the- I of tho vlatt of tho houao 'commorco commission to a canal zono during tho os Is to get data for Hip of a govornmont for too statement of ono of tuo it olllclals noro touuy. u that tho zone, which is of Dtitchy, undor Prosl- Bvolt, will bo glvon a gov- tts own. tho present systom, which i- un undor tho spooucr not, ivarloMB appropriation hills pa-sjed, former Senator Is rcniiy govornor oi me by reason of his uobic- that Borvlco, while ho Is a tho canal commission. ambers of tho houso corn 111 mnko an especial study miowhnt complicated prob- rohitlons existing botwoon srlcan ndmlnlstratlon of I !. -,i....l.ll f l)n in. nuu uiu iv)piii. ....... , ,,,,.,. tnr, ...Ml,,. 1 la I ii lilt I mi iiiv iimviiHiii ' i n hr.no, have been proposed ' operations, not only In ease of do- ... . . . rniinn n n I n W llit'illlUA flllTUIIlll ! T vcriunont of tho zone. One -- :""- T "".., 7"'", .,, . ! I HICK, Dili 1IIDU IU IIIUII minimi - . iiiuuin, Tho houso committee recommend that Its work Is ontlroly without precedent, nnd tho subject will call forth considerable dubato, after t'to eommlttoo mnkes a report. o r mental plan that will finally bo adopt cd therefore, will bo n potrlarchlAl ono, to bo administered by authori ties appointed by tho President, but under tho Urlct supervision of con gress. Thcro will bo a compromise botwoon tho two pluno suggested. Thoro Is 'considerable opposition to nny plan that will mako It neces sary to legislate for nny more fedor al dUrlctii. Tho District of Colum bia Is rogarded as occupying more of tho ttlmo of the national lawmnkor than a city of 350,000 Inhabitants Justifies, and It l desired that Pana ma, with Its complicity of Jurisdiction j and responsibilities, shall not become another bunion upon congress. One thing Is cortnlu. Tho govern ment will be primarily ono that can ho Instantly adapted to military con dition!), and will be approximately military In chnrnctor, becnuso of thi necessity for tho United States to Ik In a position to defond tho rannl at a minute's not'ee, If tho occnslo should arise. It Is recommondod that tho govornmont must have at Its (United Press Lcasod Wire) Paris, Dec. 2G. President Kalliers escaped death today at tho hands of a boy as-siBsIn today by a hair's breadth. The lad fired at tho proJldeut and tho bullet passed through ho presi dent's ear, Inflicting n painful but not serious wound. The young would-be assassin gavo tho nnmo of MnppU Tho pollco say that he admitted thrt ho wae actuat ed by political spite, and wanted to kill the president. Pulllers showed groat presence of mind, and botrnyed no oxcKcmont. Ho said the Injury was hardly worthy of mention. Knitters Immediately loft the ros tnurant. Humors that tho president had boon omasalnntcd or seriously wound- Mi sprond swiftly (throughout Pn-K lornl district plan, like that Jin tho District of Columbia, town codo of laws, nnd go- itlrely by a commission ap- by congress, and with no and no leglslntlvo body oi other ii slmllnr to that In tho Philippines, which in with ho pro3ldnt. They oxplnln that ho u.iffero from nouto nouraslh onla, and ansort thnt ho was In tho mhlst of nn attack whon ho aasnultod tho president. Mnppls Is nn Insignificant politi cian, nnd in aaid to hnvo mndo a complete confession to tho pollco, ns soon ns ho arrived nt tho chambers of tho profect. Tho pcsldent wnH dining with n small Christmas party In n restau rant In tho Palace D'Etollo, whon Mnppls suddenly approached and be fore anyone could Interfere, seized KnllloroH by his flowing hoard. Tho restaurant was crowded with the holiday crowd and tho greatest excitement prevailed. Women screamod nnd fainted. Faltleres and his assullunt grap pled and foil to tho floor togothor, locked in an embrace The crlim of wiiinnti nHriictnil ttin Premier Clomencenu conllrmiHl the uemtnrmca who rnslioil Into Mm ninro story of the attack upon tho presl- and seized Mnppls dent Mappls' friends admit that he! Moth the piesldent nnd tho prlson- waB tho aggrcosor In the struggle I or were lintlsod In tho sculllo. Rfeiii.nn-i...4ial1tl. A Christmas Letter To The Journal. VAST PROPERTIES OF MILLER AND LUX SOLD (Unltod Press Loaned Wire. San Francisco, Dee. 2G. Negotia tions nro under way today for the snlo of tho vast holdifigs of tho fa mous firm of Miller & Lux, tho Cali fornia, Novadn, Orogon and Idaho. It In rumored that a deal of (the magnitude of $20,000,000 will ho mndo botwoon Henry Mlllor nnd tho heirs of tho lato Charles V. Lux, whoreby tho firm of Llgglt & Myora, a firm of St, Louis capltnlluUi, will tnko over 30,000 ncres of oll-boarlng lands, nndt housnnds of ncroo of ag ricultural land In tho Ban Jttoaqulti valley, togothor with valuablo water and power rights, nil to bo dovclojwd for collnlzatlon purposes, and tho Cudnhys, nt Omahn, nnd flvo weal thy aornmn-Atnorlcanfl, of BL Louis, and othor 10utern cities, will take tho 180,000 head of cattlo, together with tho slaughtering, cold otorage and othor plants, and tho grazing lands In Orogon, Novnda nnd Idaho, Mlllor & Uix will retain conaldvr nblo proporty in this state, although tho bulk of tho firm's Immomto hold ings will bo disposed of In tula gigantic deal. It lo said thnt negotia tions will bo brought to a termina tion In January In tho meanwhile tho wholo ostato Is tied up In ho courUi through liti gation, In which Is Involved tho claim of Josso Sheldon Lux Potior, tho principal beneficiary undor tho Lux t runt. ! V Hy nil means, mnko one of tho,x !m certain thnt tho govern- criminally In-niie nHirfiiai8ifiBiai8iitigi5 WISHING EVERYONE Merry Christmas jj AND Marslmlltown, Iowa, Doc, 20, 1908. $ Editor Capital Journal, "Salem, Oregon, Dear Sir: Chistmas greeting! I am stopping now at in oxccutlvo comiiilH'on, and! Orogonlnn's olllce spenkor. .!. n..n..l.li 1M(v HmjI ' "II " ri 1111 ii i iM '. iiidL . . : i r h(w t..rw....lr ..-. . , . . ii.. ...iii. ...nils & .. .. ma Lis regarded ns more favor-! . ' "or h wtu.,r -,.. Mars 18 0WI1. There S a th nil Of two I wish In snv in i cniro moBtof t ho iihiibltnnUi ,uu " """ ?"w -... j - jup are either citizens of th-) '" IW" -m..i. nt Piinninn . nr nltin rltlzflnj B a.....1, 1. VBV., ....-..-. " you, Mr, Editor, I am Kratoful thnt I was thrown undor i ..(- - r- x nit d Strtco. retaining their . A Portland paper ; I. ,a ring : h c er . , f, r nAu.cn9nnr , .,.,, nlert 4rt nntnnl, I Idcnc- nt homo. It Is re- Ml hoiitiuv topic n iimum " "- ym - w, jwm, vmkwii , uin uiu iu uvi- m ment you on the fairness of your editorials .always J j! ready to build up the good and destroy" the evil, always ready to ppen up for progression and just as ready to f j; tear up those who digress, I can truly say the five years ; ; I spent in Oregon have been tho happiest of the 77 years J !! of my life, Yours foi Tiuth and Prosperity, ;; SAMUEL JAY, Happy New Year i m--t-4fff rif i ii f tannic iy TRAIN JUMPS TRACK, .. CHRISTMAS IN JAIL INJURING SIXTEEN' IMIo.1,,1.. Mini, Mi. I. Mf. A ! llllBlinir, .'"mi , ....... -- .-i , n... .1. ...- J( r.L.I.I i .i.i. i i.. ,,.. uiw.w. D,.,i vii.tii. inioiuu. a--n., hup. ;. V.1I1MI- WOULD TAKE CARE OF DEPENDANT CHILDREN (United Pross Leased Wlro.) Washington, Dec. an. President Iloosevelt today Issued an Invitation for u national conference In this city on January ar, to discuss the problem of curing for dependent, children, of which it Is estimated, thoro are over 1 CO, 000 In the United States. Tho suggestion for this con ference, which has been heartily up proved by the President, came to him from Secretary Homer Folks, of tho New York Htnto Charities Aid ns soclatlou. Superintendent II. A. Mart and Director John M. (Iloiin of tho ItiiKsel Sage Foundation and other men prominent In reltf work. The President s Invitation for the conferences has boon addressed to about Ml) prominent men who will he asked to take stops toward tho establishment of n burton to gather Information on tho subject of child plHclng. In the lettur, whlah ho has written, Hoosovult states Ills boiler that tho best way to euro for de pendent children Is In tip) family homo. "In Massachusetts," he sayH, "many orphans asylums have boon discontinued, and thousands of the children who formorly have gone to orphan asylums are now kept In private homes, either on board with payment from public or private treasuries or In adopted homes pro vided by the goneroHlty of foster parents. "Midiy religious hodhw have 'villi In the past ten years organized ef fective flhlld-plualiiK agencies." IS PART OF HONEYMOON ' gOUWIOOUIIU I.UKU oiiuiu nun .un in- i -"' . ,, ,. . , . i, llgsn Southern passenger train, laden I " J ; Ihfoad "i sK)t ling I f .with ChrlstniHH homwwoke. Jumped j hiuilly w-lth hl bride. I tho and the tracks near Pleesent Uke, Ind.. prospect that faewl J. A. (Irlfllth thlu last night and 10 peop" were in- hmuhhir wum ,., h, w-.. Jure,!, five sorloiiBly. In the smash-! I Iht couaty Jail, where he up which follow!. Vb yeelorday a few hour, aft.-r A broken Hang Is supd to i he Itod mnrrkwl Irebe Drenwin. Id have caused the engine to -lwr the.la accused of emboaxllRK 0 from rails The whole train, consisting of i his ewp'oyer, te proprUlor of a cl- lx coache was earnel on me gar wore. All Christmas .Goods Will Be Sold On Saturday at HALF PRICE :::::: r-r-r7T7MVr J, S Ii X,v"Jr 1 1 mif-fi n TT A!. i tracka: the smoker waa overturned " ' and the coach directly behind It waa I completely telescoped. It wau in , thu car where the greatest unmbar was Injured. The engine, after dashing off the eiuuaRkment, was burled in sand. The engineer and fireman Jumped and escaped with only slight bruises The work of rescue com- ' meaeed as soon us the uninjured I survivors could eolluot their wits. I Pitiful scenes wore enacted in the work of saving tho people In the 1 shatered coaohes. i The most pathetic cake was that of Mr. and Mrs. Summerlot. of An- ! g'jla. Ind., who happened to be on their honeymoon Journey, and who .sustained sueh sertoM Injuries that i hey are Hot expeotwl Ui live i!ch malted for the other's welfare as oon as they came to their senses. and both demanded to be kept seer together throughout their hours of suffering. . . Wlin ;ke other fourti rle Ih- X Ju red they were taken to farm bo usee near by. Mere. as ii fi'l' aid euaW utni.uiMl th- suf f Biers wen- trtMted The couple wont to 4 lie altar WI nusday, and all the plana for a Jo ous Christmas ha been made, but this drufim wm shnUered when he was arro ted oh the following morn Ing. Griffith and Mise Druunon were principals In a mock nodding n year ago aboard a stunner. Almost Im mediately after Griffith wont to Port land to s'-ek employment, and the, "bride" wont to work as a nurso In a Seattle hospital Recently Griffith BML'Kosted to Ml s Dronnon thnt a I mmmwBmWli&. mmmmrJml IBaV "i ajaHK7vv2u Kevn-tury of Htatt Id'Onon. y real corommy be porformed. and l"0LD MISSION BELL marrlagi followed 0 mr szrp7:fjj'sfii The b'tie!np Mm iu. IjH- Vt-nesufla, aad It la a fl cej iaimj hi- will not be blown up ili th sinking funl rn' i job in the c y roumti KID GETS A MILLION IN CHRISTMAS STOCKING Colorado Spring . Dec 26. Just a bagatolle of $1,000,010, that's the Christina iree dropped today In the locking or the ono-monUi-old son of lipoid Myers, of lxtndon, by the bby'a rf ndfsther, Geaeral W J. Palwor. tbe Colorado railroad builder. Th Infru' jiillll 'ii!r was born In U.m'on - hilo his grandfather was i ". - nulling li'itue aftr h K'h - ii i i -i Jneil waa thr n. n . ' , iiied to ble ; iif ,,,., ht. ..r,,,,,.,. satl d a utlllioa on hr rlit tbe undentandlng lelu b lironw on 'if xirt wmll iih RINGS AGAIN TODAY Oakland, t'al . Dec. 25 The pool ing f an old mlcdon bell. wboe tongue Iihj been silent for 50 ywt: wr the iiiilquu eeremimy which opeued Ch-tstitiao mors at St. John' CatboUo MImOoii In Baa Leandro tv .lay The bell wax hung lat woea and dmlkutetl on Sunday by ItbiWoo Da Stive, a relMlve of tbe late Klog f I'ortugi I It was over 100 years ago win-1 be b II u brought to thU rouMt.., 'rum r 'it ! Don I'raa4-I c D Val ine p'"I i-r. etl to Don I Mi Per alu. ii' t the old HHUlah families wbt ' owned neary all of Ala- ojctki count. U wm hung In l.wilo-'- chir-h. and tolled for ih rvlrt of the mheilon fathers TURNED ON THE GAS AND FAMILY IS DEAD Chlcngo, Dee. 2C -Whllo filling the stockings which his daughters hud hung on a gun Jot In their homo lute last night Morla Liiheman or his wlfo nccldentnlly turned on tho gas and when Christmas dawned nil four members of tho fnmlly woro dead. Lukuimin, who wns n wenlthy gro cer, had planned an olabortto cele bration for his family. Ills wlfo had ordered and superintended tho nr raiigomonts for a rich ChrlstniiiH din ner. The two llttlu girls, Anno, 1(1 years old, nnd Lillian, lfi, had pur chased presents fo rthelr parents. The trngedy was discovered early this morning by Isadoro Hansen, u miiidiiiin. Whon ho entered tho hall way of the home, ho detected tho odor of gas. Hastily Investigating, he enleri'd u room filled with gas and snv, the forms of tho two girls III bed v. Hh the overloaded Blockings hanging above thorn In tho uoxt room was found the father nnd mother, dead lu their beds. WAS DEAD ON THE FLOOR WHEN PRESENTS CAME Colfax, Wash, Dee 26.- Death ovor Aook James 11. Klucnld, 82 ycara old, before Christmas proaonU eent by his daughter. Mrs. Mary Hirst, whose homo la said to bo nt Alameda, Cnl., reached him In possession of Mr. Mains, a neighbor. with hor arms laden with the gifts. Mrs. Hiilus willed yesterday nt tho homo where Klnould had boon living nlono, nnd found thy aged muii lying dead on tho floor. It Is suppowid that ho wna stricken wltn heart trouhlo, us ho wns nbout lo start a flru In u stove. CHRISTMAS-TREE CAUSED HER DEATH Huiulum. Warn . Dec. 26.Laurw Lyons, a years old. and the duughter of wealthy parents of this city, lies dead lu the morgue today as the re sult of burns received while admiring n Christina tree, and grief Instead of Christina cheor rolgns toduy lu the Lyons household. Mrs. Lyoni. the mother, waa trimming a Christ mas tree mat night, with laura stand lug at hor side. While she was ub wHt from the room lo get moro oi iiamenta a epnrk from a lieulln stovo Igultoil the girl's dress. Ijiuni littered n piercing soreum, whlcn brought her brother, Howard, and iiinthur Into the room. Tho girl was wrapped lu llniuoe In u moinont. How nrd extliiKilihel the flames with water, but too lato to savo hi uls ter's life Khe died within a short time. DIAMOND RING CAME H0VIE CHRISTMAS Uilgeiie. Or.. Dee. 88 -W. B. Doddy. a local merchant who lfcat a valuable diamond ring a few dus ago and was unable to llnd It through advertising, had It uoint beck to blm today on the solo of u logger's boot When Dodd) dropped h'M ring. Itani Johnaon. the logger iu Hueeltoii. luaat hive luadverteiib i, ppMl oh It. and th diamond be .a ww firmly embedded In the mud b-lWHea tbe sp'kes on the sole. Johneou never noticed the costly ; If. ought u new pair yesterday, ho left ""I .. ii .1 .... . .,,,. I ,.i.l uiltli Ml ft HI' UIBIHW'HI niHWIim . . .v .. i... u u inm .m iiiu uniiit nr - H for fh- t." unfli be lxcjme' ot.tor Hair a ntnry -Wf rni?ii -t- tl wlw th- bo into Hie furnuco vin h shnlt rtcitve the pMn-! r the civil Wai i.v anoher modem wnon ll0 otjceti tho Hash or tho pal J' " ' .nvi jtwel VL W uiiiiiiihw
