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i - " V On COD EVEIIINO. .. . . 'r.vi'iKsrori Q 'clouov with occasional rein; cooler tonight; southwest win da. CCVEKO fstii v ..- - I VOL. III.: NO. 211. PORTLAND, OHSGON. MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 7, 1804. SIXTEEN PAGE3. PRICE FIVE CZIJT2. U II II I II I I " I I II II - : - , J - 1 ' MS GRAND JURORS INTO SESSION; THEIRlAlTENTION : .A':: IC(?T WITH kJLdl Willi I iTHili mm tcoscvelt i Odds Length tned In New Jorkg .f: r Republican Victory Con- (cded-Inllulthonialil , ; 'I;;Coiiirt':;..;:-::; .; . -f tJesrssl SpectU Berries.) - f ' Apathy seams' destined lo b th dis- Washlngton, Nor. T. BuBun.) languishing festur of tomorrow's elec tion In Oregon.- From ail parts of th stst com reports that th voters ars Indifferent . and that ths rots --will b allowing la to special bulletin, regard tomorrow weather probabilities aa auad bths waathsr bursaa today: "Fair weathar and saasonabla tempsra ira Is indicated for all parts of ths oltadStatas tomorrow, axcaptor f l-w4 4i-lay lass than In J wuuiiivs ana inamn or vuvw I a, part of New York, northaaatam tnnaylvanla and Naw Bna-land, and rttn th axtrema north Paolflo ooaaJL': (Joaraal BpaeUI SarTtes.1 New York. Not. T. -The bet tint odds I Roosevelt' elaetlon -i .lensthened Ifhtly this momlnc on the euro, early fers being to taa wiu Herrick "remains. the favorite la the ibernatorlal raea at 11.000 to 1600. The national eommltteemea and others ncerned in th direction of th nal campalrn . closed. 4halr . desks At sir respective headquarters today and parted for their homes, leavlna . Ba nd a polttioai atmaapbere filled with 4 eat claims. . "' " Urey Woodson, seereiary of the Derao itlo national. coAmlttea.. was the only visible at the Democratic head artera today. Woodson satd: ' "It's 1 oxer; w are- soVn . to win, so dig out ur born and Join in th procession t rrow nlshC. " ' " " -"v " Chairman CoAelyov ' wa not at th publican headquarters until lat this ternoon. ( He had nothing to add to his itement made Saturday, when be timed all doubtful state nd possibly iryland and Nevada. -Co rtel yon will r tomorrow, at Homestead, 1 L.iand 11 receive tn returns atme neaa artera tomorrow night ' ; . loyernor Odell left for Newburgh at an to reoelv the returns at his horn, e governor said! t 'We will carry th state by a good ijorfty. Th national ticket will run sad of th Stat ticket 10.000 to 40,. . Murphy will hav to carry New rk City by more than 140,000 to beat r ticket" ... -. , - ,; . rhe usual Storlea of -colonisation and Hot bos frauds ar in circulation, but ?r is nothing to show that there is Continued on Pag Two.) - disappointingly light It is th general belief that the totsl vot of the sUt Th heavy normal - Republican,- ma jority dlacouragea th Democi-tlo vot ers, and it is feared that a large pro portion ' of Ithem . will pot4 go to th polls. . . Th proportion " f, Republican stay-at-homes 'will probably be nearly or OiUlt as large, for the "confidence f victory has begotten Indifference. There ar no state sr opunty dfflcera to b elected tomorrow and ajrid f romr the presidential lasue th only Influence, that will servs to bring , the voters to the polls la th fight over prohibition. .. 11 llt ratyyrdictLii Opinions "Vary widely as, to th sis Of th plurality by whk.h Roosevelt will carry this state, , Frank ' Baker, chair man of th Republican atate central commit tea. adherea to hie prediction that th plurality will-reach. 10,000, provided a full vot la cast, and he estimates that even with a -light vet Roosevelt will carry .th stale by. at least to per cent of the total vote oast,- Most of the Re nublioan leaders are Inclined to be less anguln and they consider Baker's-figure too high. , , , i Alex Swek. chairman or th dwio- cratle etata eentral oommltte. estimates tha Reoubllcan plurality at less than !.- 000, cutting Baker a prediction In half. I .espect.a light vot,- saw unair- man 8wek this morning. ' "Our com mittee has don all that it could to get out th ,vot and haa been n oorres pondeno with th preclnot- comrattt aara all over the state, urging them to get th J5mocrats to th polls tomor row. But a a th state Is eonceded to th Republican's, It la hard to get Demo crats to vot." . -y- . Daaaoererle Fredletiom. y svoaa' Information-derived, from th county committeemen alt over the sttte. Chairman Sweek has compiled a detailed ! MMMMMMMMMMMM(nMMMlllM t ELECTION RETURNS Everybody win be iAterested in - the 'election returns, "'While they'may be perfectiy cerX tain about how Oregon will eo no one can be certain how New York. Indiana and the other X doubtful states, which will decide the result, will eo. While the contest here has been, devoid of excitement, it has been lively enough in some other states. On the result in the concededly doubtful sUtes hinzes the election. 1 . : ' " : - '1 The journal will receive a great bulletin service tomorrow night and display the returns I on a large canvas opposite the Fifth street front, of its building. The service will be the 1 vsjr wow ijuivassi auu muii nvuiare uioi uu ever unn 1VCI1 IU WCIlCin ncwsNiKi ; In Frohi 4"-2Xe Journal OflScc Tomorrow. Niglit MM M 4w (Contlnued on Pag Two.) ' r - D I II " . ''- C ' . i , . ' " : ..f . V:' I if - -'mm, t , ; r.f"- T 7 ? n g i - i ' : t ' - -5 I . " ssaawi I - weeiaw BawMSiBawBwasBaBBwaBaaBBBl 3 I- :Vt . JAPANESE ADVANCE. ON THE YENTAI HILLS. FROM A PHOTOGRAPH. JOHN BULL Russian Officer From the : Baltic Fieet Cot Even ; ; in the Navy. ; ; (Joaraal Bpedel Service.) London, Nov: 7. Bui let In.) It Isre- ported her that Togo's fleet has suo ceeded in breaching th Golden Hill for. tlflcatlona. Jf true, th surrender of Port Arthur must occur, within a few hours. ; . . 1 ': ..' ' . - St Petersburg, Nov. 7, M. Clsdo, one of the four officers landed from- the Baltic fleet at Vigo, and who proceeded to Bt. Petersburg, is net naval officer, but' a. major in tha army. "H was sim ply. Admiral Rojestven sky's guest and intended to land at Vigo; The fact that he was left behind responsible officer who gave the details of the Doggarbank a fTal r. la nothing' less than a mockery to England.' The esar, a is learned, has loaded M. CI ado with honors. Russian society la hilarious over th fare in sending him to ths capltafas at representative of the fleet. ' . . --:,-', : . , When tatirogatdargardlng th truth of these aaaertlona,Twhlch became pub- lio in tha last Ji hours., th. official de clined to make any statement whatever and. merely replied that-Major , Caldo would be one of th witnesses at the inquiry in . case It became necessary to Introduce) witness in .person. . . -It ta not even apparent that any at tempt haa been -made to suppress th fact that Instead of being on of th commanding, oraerev--.o. rieei.-p .w ot tn otnsr arm or in service, Aside from this feature the Dogger- bank , incident has dropped Into second place br and attention .la again con centrated on operatlona at Mukden and Port Artifttr. --- - - ' The following .report waa received from General Sakhacoff this morning Our sharpshooters en Friday, under LJeuUnant Voorotnlkoff. -penetrated aa far aa th- Japan entrenchments t treat of Hbsuthal heights, where they remalaad all day exchanging A fuallad with th Japanese. ' "The coacentrataa . Russian nre has destroyed th village o Vdewlata and Japanese attempt to damage th RJ slan masked guns hav been, unsuccess ful. , . ' . : (Continued on Pag Two.) : Its Seven i!er.bers Are Opposed to Viohtiaa cf Gambling taws. " ! Even the District Attorney Exclsisl Trorojhe FirstHeetIo of Rew - Called Body , Which Will TUT;' T T ' Reconvene Wednesday. V ' " . The county grand jury, called todayt Is composed of: ' mi. jonnson' loreman; , lnsurano ' agent; opposed to gambling. ' O. H. Thomas, insurance agent; -mam 1 ber Municipal Reform, association. A. C Falrchlld, preacher; Methodist denomination. ' ohn M, A. Tamo, druggists prominent churchman. - :. Lewis Vsn Vleet, capitalist; opposed' to gambling. ' - J. B. Quay, farmer; opposed to gam bling V , . lArkln , Russell, farmer; opposed to gambling. Acting under fti instruction of Pre siding Judge George, '- Deputy Circuit ' Clerks Henry Bush and Marlon R. John c son proceeded this morning in open court to draw seven name from th Novenv ber panel to fill a grand Jury. Whll It has been commonly reported that a grand-Jury would b called for- the- No-" vember aesslon of court, th action of . Judge George came as a surprise to many who war inclined to be skeptical of th truth of th rumor.,..rl- . - Jndg Xns tract Thsan. -. - The calling of the Jury took plao la department No. 1 at th conclusion of th ex-part business; After th first even names had been drawn from th ' box, tn aoeordance with statutory pro visions. Judge George aaked fhe mem bers to take their- place ta th Jury box In his court roomwhlle h MT them instruction. ' ' Assembled In department tfo. 4 th court aaked the Jurymen If any of them knew, of any. reason why be should not . srv.' Non being forthcoming he pro- . ceeded. -aa required by the codes, to read them certain section; relative to crim inal libel, arlae fighting and the set- ting of timber Sree. ' - ' it will be yonr duty," said th court, "to look Into th conditions of the pris on, or th county ana omer puotio Inetltation. Tou may investigate all ' nubllo offloe and records must b pre-. sented at all reasonable time upon your demand. Aa regards bringing tn Indict ments 'It -make no difference whether or not per son hav beea aeoueed of -such crime and not bound over, you - (Continued on Pag Twt.)-- Wt) CAPTIVES (SpeeUI Dtapateh to Tee Joaraal.) laletn. Or, Nov. 7. Two men were en 6ft th brakbam of a train last hi by th local polio. . Tb captured n giv th names of Ancel Crlslsr and i Hill, whoa dress and appearance lused suspicion. Th officers havs tht in th capture they hav, takan I Monmouth bank robbers..' Both men a haggard appearance and" h m 'out In the brush snd rata aome ia They were well dressed, wear- I overalls on th outald and showed toaur. i l " ;' "he coat worn by Crlaler wag - this rnlng Identified ss the one stolen m W. B. ' Mayer, an employ of ongs restaurint, whll ' eating din i ther yesterday. He also carried a MOUTH ILLS HER COACHMAN '. FORTUNE OF $150,000 L.: Joarul SpectaL Servle.) ndlanapolls, Xnd., Nov. 1. Th body M. Elnora Chambers, a daughter Genl Thomas Morris or this city. died recently In California, will !v hsr today, most of her property lg In this city. Her fortune of I1I0. was bequeathed to Harry Graves, coachman. . Graves cam to th i of Mrs. Chambers In rag. He I a tramp but his mariner waa so n and frank that ah was attracted Nlro. and offered him employment, e became her coachman. .When hsr Ith failed, she, went to California he went with her. Thomas and tol Morris, brother - and natural of Mrs. Chambers, will contest th on th ground that Grave xr d undu lnQuanos over their ltr. - gold watch and chain, rasor, knlf and I60.SO. . Baas HID carried a Colt's an. tomatle revolver, It-oallbr. six rasors and a hol4er,- shears, snip eomb, cuff buttons and Crlaler la .charged with larceny from a building, and Hill Is held as aa aocompllc.V They will be given a hearing this afternoon. ' Ths two men - have, been living In th Polk eounty woods, opposit Salsm, before and since th Monmouth bank robbery, and on account of tholr strange appearance and action and th fact that they carried so much money, mostly In gold and bills, th officers suspect them of, being Implicated In that burg- lary. ' v ' " r""" "-"t -" Although a clo watch has been-kept for ' any suspicious) characters, that ROBBERY might hav been the perpetrator of tb robbery at Monmouth, thle I th first arrest so far mads la which ths prison- ars are suspected of complicity In tn blowing up of th bank af at that place. Th dlstano is so Short from this city to Monmouth that It is thought th robbers, if they am in thla direc tion, would hav reached here before daylight on the morning of th burg lary. Kery train ha been closely watched and not until Crlsler snd -Hill msd their ineffectual attempt to lsav th city last night has. there been any on seen' to lsav th city who could b In any way suspected.' Monmouth bank officials will b com munlcated with and an effort made to identify th money found In possession of th prisoners. .- -' . , INSANE MAN CAUSES -r - VISITORS ; TO FLEE 1 .... ,.. (Joaraal gpeeUl Service. V- -i New Tork. Nov. T-Vlslters fled In ter ror from th elephant house of th menag erie at Central park yesterday afternoon. whea a man named Ely,, believed to be Insane, battled with six policemen and keepers, who overpowered him after he had made, an attempt to burl a Uttl girl under th feet . of one of the ele phants. He attracted attention early In the afternoon when he visited the ele phant houa and stood In front . of th tails, talking oa loud tones., .j His remarks were apparently addressed to the snlmala and he continued to talk Incoherently when a email group gathered about him. ' Turning, his attention from th animals to th visitors. Ely. fright ened a little girl by trying to burl hef under the feet of one of th lphants. WILL TRY TO RAISE . BATTLESHIP MAINE ...U .... - -. J 7 : '" '" "'"' , . .,;-'. -j ' tJeeraal "pelil i ilee.) Washington, Nov. T. For SS.000 th United Bute Battleship - Main Hal ves company of this city has bought from "th Cuban government th wreck of th battleship Maine. In Havana bar. bor. A coffer dam will be built around th wreck and th hulk will be raised. Such of ths 74 bodies of the .Amertcsa sailors - not recovered ' will be removed snd . buried with due honor In th United States, If th navy department desire to- tak charge of them,, or In Havana If th Washington, government make no-provision. - Th salvsge company will maka ar rangemsnta for th sal of th machin ery ' of th famous battleship. - It Is planned to tow tha ship to Coney island to be put on exhibition ther. , -, HARRT K. THAW. UARRY TflAWWORTH TO WIFE $250,CC3 ... ' (Joaraal SpeeUI Serrice.) ' ' ' Pittsburg. 4 Nov. T.-For 2SO,0OV th arlstooratio Thaw family of Pittsburg san hav Harry back. This Is th pric fixed by Evelyn Nesblt, acoordlng to , word which cams direct t tb Thaw circle from New Tork. Additional evidence thai Evelyn and Harry war married la Paris has been received within the past thro or four days. ' On of th bast detectives In America was on his way to Europe before young Thaw and th Nesblt air! reached New York. He hae reported. Now comes word from Nsw Tork by a personal messenger that Evelyn will con sent to get out of th family for th sum of I2M.000. She will go to Europe and Thaw, at the end of a certain time, will sue lor divoro on th ground' of deser tion. - - . '' ;- : O HIO M 1 11 L. 10 NAIRE'STSON ASPHYXIATED WHILE DRUNK ; ! -.v. j':-;- Clair 8. SraJnard. son of Samuel R. Bralnard. , a millionaire ' contractor of Cleveland, CX.. was asphyxiated by gas In his room In th Buckley house. First and Madison streets, some time during Satur day alght and hi lifeless body was dis covered stretched on the floor at o'clock yesterday morning by Police man Pric and tb proprietor of th hotel. - Coroner J. P. Flnley was summoned and took charge of the body. Investiga tion satisfied th official that death waa aooldantal, or due to drunkenness on th part of tb young man, and no Inqueat will b held. , .Telegraphic Instructions from th father at Cleveland were to ship the remains ther for burial, and this will be don-today. : - - r T f "Investigation shows that young Braln ard probably returned to his room lar Saturday night; that h was Intoxicated, or at least had Imbibed too much liquor; that h turned on th gas and then laid Sown orfHh floor la a drunksn stupor," said Coroner Flnley. "Frank ' Monnln, his room-mat, was with him until about o'clock. They attended a performance at th Star theatre, after which they re turned to th room. At that time, Mon nln states, they had drunk but three glasses of boar, and except for a bad eoid. Bralnard was well. Monnln went out. leaving Bralnard ta th room. -When found by Policeman Price and Proprietor Buckley, the young man waa dead, his body being stretched full length upon th floor. . He bad.no money, al though Monnln says he bad about tl when b left him at the room. This leads me to ballev he went out after Monnln left and spent his money, probably for liquor, at least a portion of It. He was sick. aa was shown plainly when w found him. I think It Is clearly a cas of accidental death, so will hold no in qutst.7 - . - '".-:. Bralnard and Monnln worked together In a wire factory at Third and Flanders streets, and had beea roommates for four ysars. It was four years ago that Bralnard came west. . . "I left Bralnard at o'clock Saturday night and he waa all right, with th ex ception of a bard cold," said Monnln. . W drunk three glasses of beer prior to that I went away and did not return to the room until notified early yesterdar morning that Bralnard had been found dead. . He was a fine fellow. X had never known him to drink to exreas snd he was popular among his friends. ' He bad be come widely known In the four years h . lived here. He was J years old. His), father Is one of the best known and most' wealthy residents of Cleveland. . H I said why he cam to Portland." . - "SOAPY" SMITH'S PAL RELEASED AT TACOMA 3 (Special Dispatch to Tb Joe mm!.) ' Tacoma. Nov. T. Georg WUder, on of th participants In th duel to the death between i Frank H. Reld and "Soapy Smith' gang at Skagway, in ISM. ha been released after a rough ex perience tn Tacoma. Wilder 'and a man named Jackson. stIU In McNeil Island prison, -were Indicted la Alaska, after th killing of Reld and "Soapy". 8m 1th. on a charge of assault- with intent to kill. . Thsy were convicted snd sent to McNeil Island. Jackson fighting the esse, but finally landing ther later than did WUder. " , . When WUdefs tlm expired Saturday, Warden EL C Miller came to Tacoma with WUder, bringing -. another Indict ment against th man for th murder of Raid. Wilder was placed In custody, proclaiming that th Indictment had been changed tojassaulf upon which hs wss Convicted. The polio communi cated at once with Juneau, found that WUder was 'correct and there was no longer a charge against him, so h wss given his liberty. H left at one for Denver, Col. - ! .,.. ' .- , CXJTCXJrsTATX WOMB TO ,TOT - ' (Joaraal Special Service.) ' Cincinnati,' sNov. T. Tb Indications ar that many Cincinnati women will avail themaelves of their right to vote for Candida tea for th board of educa tion at tomorrow's election. It 1 be lieved by competent critics that not less than 1,000 women will cast ballots. Th schools hav been much dlacussed re cently. It being charged that th local schools ar Inferior to thos of otbsr out, . ; . ' ': .' ....... ROOSEVELT SENDS GIFT TO NEGRO POET ; (Journal Special Servfe,. Dayton. Ohio. Nov. 1. Paul Lawrenr Dunbar, th negro post, who haa been Ul for some time at his horns, has received from. Roosevelt two volume of hi ad-" dresses, with his autograph accompan ied by a letter. - - .. The gift la Ja . appreciation of a cam paign poem which Dunbar recently wrot and forwarded to. th president . ; ooTuaowooB is ivuid. ; (Joursal Special errir. ) . ' Sydney. TJ. ., Nov. t. Ths tows f Colllngwoad. N. was practically ob literated by fir, today. - Only three house remain. ' , . rr 1 POPULAR AND ELECTORAL VOTE IN 1892 1896. AND 900 1892. Popular. Elaetoral Vot. " vot. Rep. Benj. Harrison, Whitelaw Retd.. ........ .5,178,108 Dem, Grovr CleVelandTA. E. StcvensOTrri77r;,558,918 People Worries B. Weaver, James Q. Field..... 1,041,028 Pfo. Johrf Bidwell, James B. Cranfiejld. , 279.J91 Soc-Lab.Simon Wing-, Charles H. ihitchett. . . . 21,191 145 . - .. . v ' i v.: ; " 'V . 1898. ; '.'...-' Rep. William McKinley, Garret C. Hobart..... 7404,779 -Dem W. I Bryan, Arthur H. Sewall ) " People WW. J. Bryan, Thomas E. Watson. 7 6,502,925 r-Silver W7T. Brvan. Arthur II. Sewall...;. J ; "C . v Nat-Dem. John M. Palmer, S. B. Buckner. . . 133,148 .. Pro. Joshua P. Lveringr, Hall Johnson ..... . .r 132,007 Sil.-Pro Charles I. Bentley, J.IL' Southgate. . . 13,969 ; Soc.-Lab-C H. Matchett, Matthew Maguire. . . . 36,274 ....'271 JV LI ... . j $ . - - - '-.- i ' Rep. William McKlnley, Theodore Roosevelt. ..7Jtl7,810 Dem. W. J. Bryan, A. E. Stevenson.,......;, ,8,337,t-3 Pro-Joha G. Woolley, H. B. Metcalf Soc.-Dem.-E. V Debs, Job Harrimanv'. . Soc-Lab. Fr. Malloncy, Valentine Remmel. M;R Pop. Wharton Barker, Ignatius Don Un. Kef. beth L.llis. b. 1. Nicholson Un. Chr. J. F. R. Lr rd, D. II. Uf'i.t. livi 1Z3 t7,: i