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TAILY OAPIT 1L .JOUItNAL, 8ALKM. OHEOON, Kill HAY, DKCKHItKIt tt3, 1O0H.
NO. 258.
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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.
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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.
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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
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" you, Mr, Editor, I am Kratoful thnt I was thrown undor i
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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'
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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
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- 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
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