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1AI!A CAPITAL JOl'KNAL, MALUM, OUKGON, Tl'lSDAY, LY 26 1000.
no. ier:
sr?cr
NEW CLASSIFICATION
OF COAL BEARING LANDS
FIVE LITTLE GIRLS
BURNED TO DEATH ON
OPERA HOUSE STAGE
GAUZY CLOTHING OF ONE CAUGHT FIRE,
AND RUSHING AMONG OTHERS ALL
WERE ABLAZE-WILD PANIC
FOLLOWED
Central City. Ky., M 25. Nolllo
Geary, ngod eight years, died early
today and four othor children will
not survivo their Injuries sustained
In n (Ire and panic at tho Gosh opera j
hoiiHO last night during commence
ment exorcises of Mrs. Boyd's class
of girls.
Little tots dressed In gauzo and
tlnsol, carrying lighted wands, wero
executing a pretty fairy drill when
tho sparkler carried by Dorothy Clay
Ignited her gown. Tho flimsy ma
terial of tho gown caught firo and
tho child becumo a httmnn ball of
firo. Panlc-strlckon, she ilnBhcd into
the midst of her companions and In
nn Instant half a dozen little drosses
wero blazing.
Screaming with pain and terror the
burning children Jumped over tho
footlights into tho auditorium and
BABY BURGLARS DO
STUNT IN PORTLAND
This morning's Oregonlon says:
Forcing their ontrnncc into tho
grocory storo of J. C. Hickman, nt
CO Mllwnmklo street, by breaking tho
window with n rock, two youthful
burglars, rotor Hotthlor, aged 7
yonrs,, and Jnko rtonnor, aged C
years, sons of Henry Rotthlor, of 007
Ellsworth street, nnd Lnwronco
Itonnor. of COO Ellsworth street,
robbed tho till of $3 in cash nnd took
sovornl other artlclo3 from tho storo.
After finishing tho Job in tho gro
cery storo. thoy broko Into tho meat
nfnrket adjoining nnd rifled tho cash
roglstcr of Its contets, amounting to
n small sum. Thoy then nttompted
to break Into a rosldonco at C70 Gid
eon street, but wore fr'ghtonod away
This attempt falling, thev proceeded
to tho reildonco of Samuol L. Parker,
at B7G East Sixteenth street, whllo
tho family was nttoudlng church,
forced opon a window, ontered, nnd
ransacked overy rom In tho hnuso,
tnklug nrtlclos that mostly apponlcd
to thorn. Tho houso wns found in n
topsy-turvy condition by tho Parker
family, and Hip matter wns roportd
to tho doI'co-, who wero notified to
look out for tho burglnrs. From tho
description of tho articles taken from
this place, the deduction was mado
that boys had mado tho thefts, and
n soarch was mado which rosultod
In tho Identity and enpturo of tho two
young thieves, whllo thoy wero at
tempting to dlsporo of somo of tho
stolon articles.
When thoy wore nrrested by Offlcer
Abbott, who located them, tho young
sters confos'cd In a frightened man
ner to all tho burglarlos, and took
tho offlror nround to the dlfforont
placos thoy had looted, tolling him
how tho robebrlos had been effected.
Although they admitted their guilt,
no nmnunt of persuasion nor threats
could Induce them to reveal tho hid
ing place of the loot. Their case
will come up In Juvenllo court.
o
JUMPED TAFT FOR
PICKING FLOWERS
Washington. May 25. Caught
raldlntr flower beds on tho capltol
grounds PiesldfUt Taft narrowly
e-enned arrest Saturday night, ac
cording to n story which he told on
himself today.
The Pres'dent, accompanied by
Archbald Butt and another man,
whoso name has not been mado pub
lic, wns driving through tho ground
in an automobile Saturday evening,
when ho wai suddenly impressed
with the boaut of tho flowers.
''Lot us get out and pick a few of
those flower . Uutt," suggested the
President, and In a moment tho three
tnen wen ns busy as small boys rob
bing f'owe- beds. Butt, true to his
namo, as caught by a watchman,
who nut recognizing him, threatened
him with arret. Taft heard the dis
cussion, and, joining the pair, added
his censure to that of the watchman,
at the same time carefully conceal
ing a largo bunch of flowers behind
his broad back. Tho capta'n was as
tounded for a moment at his chief's
action, but quickly saw the Joke, and
playod the part of a real culprit.
The sport went on for several
minutes before the watchman got a
ood look at tho President's face,
recognizing htm, and began to apolo
gize. The President cut off the
man's apology, commended the man
'or his vigilance, and re-ctered his
su'omoblle
fushed , to tholr parents. Scenery
caught firo and tho nudionco was
thrown into wildest confusion. Tho
house was crowded to its utmost ca
paclty and tho stampedo which fol
lowed was tcrrlblo. Women and chll
dren wero trampled under foot, fires
started In n dozon places and but for
tho adequnto provision of flre-escnpos
and exits the death list would prob
ably havo been ouormouB.
Examination of tho injuries bus
taincd by tho children in tho drill
revealed tho fact thnt at least fivo
of thorn hnd little chance for recov
ery. Llttlo Nolllo Geary in ml on hard
fight for lifo throughout' tho night
but succumbed shortly after dnwn
this morning. Four of hor compan
ions havo been glvon up by tho phy
sicians nnd It Is feared that others
mny not bo saved.
LANGFORD WINS FIGHT
IN THE FOURTH ROUND
United Press Leased Wire.
London, May 25. Sam Langford,
tho colored heavyweight, of Boston,
knocked out Inn Hague tho heavy
weight champion of England In tho
fourth round nt tho National Sporting
Club hero Inst night. Tho fight wns
for n purso of $9000 and tho chnm
plonehip, and was scheduled to go
20 rounds.
Tho ring gonornlshlp ho had picked
up In many battles enabled Langford
to sooro a comparatively easy victory
ovor Haguo, and tho fourth round
had been barely commonccd when tho
burly Yorkshire man was floorod by
a well-directed blow, and counted out
Langford wns at a disadvantage as
to weight, holght and reach; but his
superior Knowledge of ring tactics,
and his quickness overcamo this, and
what was oxpocted to bo a long con
tost proved vory brief.
In tho first round Hnguo was slow
to start. Langford had a shndo tho
bettor of it until tho ond of tho
round, whon Haguo reached him with
a hook to tho Jaw. This seemed to
oncourngo tho Britisher, and, al
though no dnmago was dono In tho
socond round, ho showed moro clev
erness than tho colored man.
Langford oponed tho third round
with n hard left to tho fnco, and he
usod this blow offoctlvely sovornl
times beforo tho gong sounded.
Haguo, however, partly closod tho
American's oyo with n hard right
swing.
The mon enmo togothcr In a fast
mix nt tho opening of tho fourth, and
Langford put a terrlfflo right op ,tho
Yorkshlro man's chin, which -endod
tho contest
A record crowd saw tho fighting,
and tho American was a warm fa
vorlto, considerable money bolng bet
at 2 to 1 nnd 5 to 2 on him. Thero
was somo dlsnuto over tho bandages
on Hague' liana's, but Longford's
objections wero speedily overcome
Hotter Tluin Johnson,
Loudon, Mny 25. Fight fans horo
declared today that Sam Langford,
who knocked out Ian Haguo In tho
fourth round of their scheduled 20
round heavyweight go yesterday, Is
a better man than Jnck Johnson, pre
tender for tho championship.
Langford showed but few marks of
tho battle today, when he gathered
In the $9000, and prepared to start
for Paris. Ho will open negotiations
In the French capital wfth Sam Mc
Vey, Jim Barry. Bandy Ferguson and
Joe Jeanetto.
"It was about the easiest thing I
ever picked up." was Langford's
only comment on yestorday's light.
SAYS ALDRICH BILL
RAISES THE TARIFF
.Washlngto. May 25. Lauding
President Taft as tho broadest and
most conservative exponent of the
republican party. Senator Beveridge,
In tho senate today advocated revi
sion of the tariff downward along
protectivo lines. He quoted from
speeches delivered In the last cam
paign in eupport of his argument.
Bovorldge declared that Taft or'
Klnnted the eentimenl in favor of
revision two or three years ago.
Declaring that the Aldrich bill
would mak. the general tariff of the
United States higher in every sche
dule tffan It Is at present. Senator
Schlvely of Indiana attacked the
measure His strongest argument
(By Samuel M. Evans, Member of
United Press Staff at Washington.)
Washington, Mny 25. Details of
a revised plan for tho classification
of nbout 90,000,000 acres of avallablo
coal lands on the public domain of
tho United Stntes which havo been
put In offoct by Socrotnry of tho In
terior Bullinger, with a view to so
curing for tho government the most
return from tho snlo of tho lauds, and
at the samo ttmo looking toward tho
best development of tho West, woro
nnnnounccd today by. tho geological
Burvoy.
Secretary Bnlllngor has extended
oven further than did Socrotnry Gar
field in tho classification of coal lands.
Undor tho rovlscd ruling of tho In
terior department, It Is said, tho gov
ernment will Bccuro from tho salo of
lands moro than twlco what it would
havo received under tho Garfield plan
of. classification, nnd moro than ton
times whnt It would havo received un
der tho old 8Chemo, whoro no classi
fication wns attempted, nnd tho land
wns sold for tho minimum prico pro
vided by law.
Tho law, except as regards Alaska,
provides for n minimum prico at
which coal lands may bo sold by tho
government, this docs not provldo n
maximum price. Tho maximum price
undor tho now ruling Is t obo do
poudont upon both tho tonnngo nnd
diameter of coal deposits.
Thcso conditions nro being ascer
tained by tho geological Burvoy
through a series of field investiga
tions nnd tho land put upon tho mnr-
kot as fast ns its character can ho de
termined with any rcnsonnblo degree
of accuracy.
Tho present ruling, It Is thought
hero, will end tho dlsputo thnt was
started by tho withdrawal, undor
Iloosovolt, of 08,000,000 ncres of coal
lands in tho Northwest, nnd tho sub
sequent fight In tho public lands com
mittees of both houses of congress
Inst session becnuso of thcso with
drawals, and becnuso of tho efforts of
somo of tho onthuslastii for tho con
servation theory to hnvo tho govern
ment conserve thcso lands nnd allow
thorn to bo mined undor n system of
paying royalties to the government
without tho tltlo of tho lands over
passing out oi tho government's pos
session. Secretary Balllngor is decidedly not
In favor of any plan of conservation
thnt Includos tho Indoflnlto postpone
ment of tho dovolopmont of the West
by tho rcsorvlng of lands. Ho bo
Moves thnt the oxccutlvo does not
hnvo tho U'gal power to withhold
those lands from settlomont. nnd thnt
reservations can bo mado only for
such n p 'Hod of tlmo ns will permit
congro- lonni action.
Acting on tills theory, 8erotnry
Dulllngor nnd tho lnnds withdrawn
under Gnrfleld classified by tho geo
logical survey ns rapidly ns engineers
could .1.0 reports nnd draftsmen could
EGGS AS WEAPONS IN
SILVERTON SCHOOL WAR
(United Press I.eiied Wire
Sllvorton, Or., Mny 25. With tho
cltizons of this city divided Into two
factions, with two effigies hanging at
tho intersection ot tho two principal
streets and last night's demonstration
ending after two of tho school direc
ors' -homes had boon bombarded with
oggs, tho forcos engaged In tho school
war In progress horo aro toduy man
euvering for a frosh start.
Trouble has been browing ovor
slnco nlno pupils were recently sus
pended from tho high school, becauso
of a row. The citizens Immediately
took sides in the controversy that
followed, so that at present any kind
was that President Taft had boon
given n task Impossible of duty Im
posed upon him by the maximum and
minimum provisions of the bill.
Tho sonato finance committee an
no tin cod today that It. had post
poned further consideration of the
lumber chedule until after tho su
gar rates wero settled. Tho com
cltteo will recommend a rato of
$1.G0 por thousand feet on sawed
lumber.
llll f HMMMI4III t tm f
i Inquire
A first-class, standard make automobile for
sale at a big discount, Its wheels have never
been turned on the road, This is a snap. En
quire into it at once,
i Address "M
if
wttiigiiimtfittitiiitmit iiiS
propnro maps. A great proportion
of this classification hnd already been
mndo undor Socrotnry Gnrflold, nnd
some of tho land had been disposed!
of under his syBtom of valuation, J
which wns the first ovor undertaken
by n secretary of tho Interior Binco tho
government bognn to give nwny Its
vast domain of nuturnl wealth yenrs
ago.
But Secretary Balllngor hnB devel
oped tho Gnrflold policy oven furth
er. Ho has tightened up tho prices
for coal lands nnothor notch. Ho
wns govorncd by tho consideration of
tho stimulation of tho coal supply of
tho country, which rendors tho min
ing of thinner nnd deeper beds of
conl moro profitable than formerly,
and by the conl royalties collected by
tho states nnd by prlvnto land own
ers.
Tho prico of coat lands containing
tho lowest grndo bituminous coals or
lignite, Is fixed nt tho minimum pro
vided by law, tho Intention of tho
socrotnry bolng to oncourngo tho Im
mod Into utlllatlon of thcso low grado
fuels.
Tho maximum prico for coal lands
tins been raised from $100 to $300
por aero, nnd It is provided thnt tho
maximum docs not hold In "districts
which contain Inrgo coal mines whero
tho character nnd extent of tho conl
doposlts nro woll known to tho pur
chaser."
Anthraclto and coking bituminous
conl nro valued at 2 to 3 conts n ton.
Hlgh.grndo sub-bltumlnous conls nro
valued at V4 to 1 cont a ton. Llgnlto
conls nro vnluod nt tho lowost prico
fixed by law, $10 to $20 an ncro, de
pending on tho dlstnnco of tho fields
from nn existing railroad. Tho ton
nngo In all cases is conservatively cstl
mated nnd nctttal rocovory should ex
ceed tho tonnngo upon which tho now
valuations nro bnsod.
Tho largo ncroago withdrawn un
der President Iloosovolt will not nil
bo sold for conl lnnds. Undor tho old
Inw, the land could not bo used for
nny othor purposo if It contained
any conl whntuvor, Tho Inst congress
changed this by providing thnt tho
land shall bo used for tho purposo for
which it Is chiefly valunblo, and that
sottlora can tako surfaco rights, nnd
tho government uhnll retain tltlo to
tho conl bonenth tho surface. In
Colorndo 90 por cent of tho home
steaders aro acquiring only tho Biir
faco rights to tho land.
The conservation peoplo will mnko
another nttompt to hnvo a leasing
plan adopted at tho next session of
congress ns a government policy. Thoy
say thnt tho recont case of tho Utah
Fuol Company proves tho wisdom of
tholr plan. If n compnny Is willing to
pay royalties aggregating $1320 nn
ncro for coal tnoy usk why should
tio government bo compollod to sell
land for n small figure, lose control
nn dtltle of It, or elso let It lie un
touched. of a demonstration might bo expect
ed. W. Bqwsor and O. A. Bock, two
school directors, decldod tho fight
was too warm for thorn, and thoy
roslgnod. Tho next show ot strength
Is expected Juno 4, whon a special
election will bo hold to oloct tholr
successors. In the moantlmo, order
Is proserved In the high school, as
tho students roallzo that Principal
Hay was In no way responsible for
tho suspension of tho nlno students.
It (s said that Directors Bowsor
and Beck ordered their dismissal,
but this action wflj not upheld by
County Superintendent Smith, who
ordered tho students to return to
BCllOOl.
Got Quick Action
Shorlff Mtnto recolvcd a phono
call from Sheriff John Grant ot Polk
county this morning' asking him to
arrest nndhold Theo Mulkey on a
warrant held' by Grant for Jumping
a board bill. FlfteOn minutes after
Sheriff Minto received tlio message
he had Mulkey confined in tho coun
ty Jail. Sheriff Grant said Mulkey
left a board bill in Dallas, and he
will bo returned thero today.
l4l! f I4f tmHHM
Into This;!
Care Journal
TUALATIN FARMER
TELLS STRANGE STORY
DRUGGED AND RODBED
TAKES DRINK OF WINE PORTLAND AND
IS FOUND BOUND AND GAGGED
IN FREIGHT CAR AT
SACRAMENTO
- United Vrtm Lessed Wlre.J
Portland, Or., May 25. Dnuggod
in Portland In tho mlddlo of Janu
ary, recovering his oonses In a Sac
ramento- hospital two and a halt
months lator, whoro ho was told ho
had boon found badly cut up and
beaten In a box-car, tlod hand and
toot nnd robbed ot $250, Is tho
strango story surrounding tho dls
appoaranco of F. D. Odorbort, a
Tunllatln farmor who has just re
turned from Sacramonto to his fam
ily, and whoso dlsappoaranco horo
last January was ono of tho mys
teries which his family and tho po
lice had lott unsoivoa.
Mr. Odorbort tolls of a romarkablo
chain of circumstances which pre
vented him from communicating
with his family until now. It was In
tho mlddio ot January thnt tho Tua
latin man como to Portland to soil
a tlno toam of work horses, and
whon ho loft ho told his wife ho
would return tho following ovou-
Ing at tho latost, whothor ho' sold
his toam or not. That was tho last
GOVERNOR JOHNSON
NOT TO VISIT SALEM
Tho following lettor has been ro
celvod by Oovernor Donsou, In reply
to his invitation to Govornor John
son to visit Salem:
Stnto of Minnesota, Hxecmivo De
partment. St. Paul, May IS, 1901).
Hon. F. W. Benson, Governor of
Oregon. Snlem. Or.
My Donr Governor Your kind fa
vor of tho 10th of Mny renchod my
office during an nbsonco In tho south.
Upon my return today I hasten to
uckuowlodgo tho samo, but I tear that
It will bo Impracticable for mo to
extend .tho Journey to Seattle In Au
gust. I expect to bo accompanied by
my stuff In visiting the Sonttlo ex
position nnd will naturally want lo
return with tliom.
I trust I um uot unuppreclatlvo of
your kindness In saying thnt your
peoplo nro interested in mo, anu i
destru to oxpross tho hope thnt nt
somo futuro tlmo I may moot you to
thank you personally for your ex
pressions of good will.
With bost wishes, I am,
Vory truly yours,
(Slgnod) JOHN A. JOHNSON.
Governor.
THINK JOHNSoFli
AFRAID OF LANGFORD
(United l'rm I.eieil Wlro.l
Now York, Muy 20 Is Jnok
Johnson ufrald to meet Sum Lang
ford ! This question was tho sub
ject for much dismission when it bo
camo known that tho black uhum
plon did not sail for Engluud on tho
North Oermnn Lloyd liner Kaiser
Wllnol inDor Grosso whon she cloarod
today.
Though Jonnson's passage had
been booked for many days, ho de
cided at tho last moment to cuucol
It. Tho steamship company's official
dony that prcssuro was brought to
bear by other pussongors, and ex
plained thnt nrrangomonta had been
mado to provldo spuclul tubles for
the negro and his party.
it Is well known that If Johnson
apponred In London, light followers
Immediately would demand u meet
ing botwoen him and tho man who so
easily disposed of Ian Hague last
night. Aud for many moons it has
been Intlinuted thut Johnson hud no
Htomuch for such n clash.
Johnson declared today that his
reason for abandoning tho trip lay In
tho fact thnt u six-round bout with
Jim Corbett is bolng urrungod by
Philadelphia promoters, and that ho
has othor tempting matches In sight
Ho also stated thut ho would try to
postpone tho Ketchel match, sot
for Octobor 1. in ardor to glvo him
moro tlmo to got into proper form.
JAP SUGAR TRUST
COMES TO GRIEF
Toklo. May 25. Former Vice
President PnlrbutiKB ot tho United
States, was ono of the hundreds of
Interested spectators who packed tho
court room hero today at tho open
ing of tho sonsatlonal' bribery cases,
which Involve 20 members of tho
10"80 and tnrce on ot J"-
even heard ot him until Just be
foro his roturn.
"I sold my toam all right and re
ceived $260 for it," said Mr. Oder-
bort. "Thon I wont Into a rstaa
rant and ordered a meal. Two mon
canto In and Bat at my tablo and we
bogan talking. Ono ot tho men or
dorcd a bottlo ot nine and I toek
ono drink. Just thon I folt dliiy,
not bad, but Just a trltlo oppressed
bo I wont to tho door tor a broatb
of air. That Is tho last I romombor.
"Whon I nwoko I found mynolf la
a strango bod In a hospital.. Whon
thoy would talk to mo tho nurso told
mo I was in Sacramonto, Cat. She
told mo I hnd boon found bound and
gngged In a box-car, badly out up and
bcaton. This wus In January. She
told mo that I rcgaluod conscious
ness appnrontly a tow days lator,
but was soon takon with typhoid
fovor and that for wooks I hung on
tho vorgo ot doath nnd did uot again
rccovor consciousness until tho first
of April. I do not romombor bolng
conscious tho first time. In fact,
ovorythlng Is an uttor blank until I
nwoko In tho hospital tho socond
time.'
pan Sugar Company. Fifty Japanese
attorneys appeared to. tako part lu
tho proceedings. All 23 dofondnuts
hnvo confessed, but tremendous ef
forts will be mndo to show extenuat
ing clrcuiustnuces, nnd to build up
such u dofonso us may bo possible.
Tho scandal baa nrouscd gront in
terest among tho people, who flockod
to tho trial today. Tho enso Is tho
outgrowth ot trouble on tho sugar
plantations. Tho guvurumunt wns
nbout to Institute an Investigation
thnt might havo resulted disastrously
to tiiui class known lu America ns
"hlgnor ups." Tho agents of tho big
sugar company becumo uotlvo and
tho inntter was dropped. For n tlmo
It seemed thnt It would bo forgot
ten. Thou, under heavy prcssuro. Yo
kol. n former Christian clergyman
and educator, broko down nnd con
fessed, ills statement lud to the ex
posure of tho entire plot ,nud tho
dlBcovory of corruption lu tho houso,
The greatest sympathy Is folt by
tho public for Ynkol, ou account of
his good record In tho past. He
.comes of nn illustrious lino, being
tho son ot the Into Shonnn, the col
ebrnted pnrtrlot mid reformer. It
Is ioilule that this fooling nil tlUlQ
tragic nn I u ro of tho confession, com
blnoil with his heart-breaking sorrow
at his dlsgruco, mny lend the court
to doal lightly with him.
WHEAT MADE RECORD
BUT CLOSED LOWER
Chicago, Muy 2G. Whoat market
mado a now high rocoid for tho May
option today by cllmblug to $1.35
a btuhol as compared with yostor
day's high at $1.34 and closing at
$1.34 or a fraction udor tho provlous
day.
News from tho growing Hussion
prop was tho factor that brought
about tho sharp reaction In tho wheat
pi horo and at European coaUra.
Liverpool markots opening was of
a vory bullish character with an ad-vnnco-of
M to d, but lator lu tho
day all of this gain waB lost nud tho
market closod it to under yes
tordny. Hussluu uows wa rospon
slblo for most of tho reaction.
PRINCE RUPERT LOTS
BRING GOOD PRICES
Vancouver, B. O., Muy 25. Noar
ly l.0 anxious real estato doulers
from nil ovor tho United States and
Canada wero present whon tho salo
of lots at l'rlnco Kuport. the now
Paclflo terminal o. tho Grund Trunk
racitio began today.
Tho bidding wuu spirited and tho
prizes realized woro romarkablo.
whon It Is considered thnt tho slto
Is at presont practically nothing but
a great waste of stumps nnd rocks
Ovor a quurtor of a million dolluru
worth ot lots wero sold today, mos
of thoin being closo in. Corners
brought $10.fi00 each.
Special oars woro run to Impulal
Hluk. and tho 200U who wore pres
ont wero over-changing, a man got
ting hold of tho lot he desirod, thon
giving way to another anxious buy
er. At their valuation from presont
prices tho total sales will roallzo
ubout $3,000,000.