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jjowtttttJII m$mm PRICE FIVE CENTS. PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 9, 1904. VOL. XLIII. XO. 13,545. TI WILL FULL lT A ussian i roops are .eavingNiii Chwang. G GUNS LOADED OK GARS I Transportation Facilities Have Been Requisitioned. HABITANTS FEAR BANDITS kvenous Horae Hang on xno uui- skirts Ready to Pillage Before the Japanese Can Succeed. 7HEFOO, May 0, noon PaiisenBcrs -llaj? here on the steamer Petrarch tin JVIa Chvrang; sny that when they It Kin Chirunjc the ItuHSlnns bad icnced to evnenate. Some frann had taken from the fort and ninny p ana air en ay Rone, xn omcr tpects, Nlu ChfTanrc tran qnlet. Phe pnrmenKers understood before tr departure that the Japanese had the railway, but they learned no Iculara. .ONDOlf, May 0. The Moraine Post xnehal correnpondent reports that liny was captured Friday, rrhlle the tlo correspondent of the Sally Tel- raph, cabllne under date of Sunday, tt )alny rrna Invented yentcrday." Dally MnlTa correspondent nt ChTranc, In a Iupatch dated May loyitt L'eMterdny most of the Russian ps retired to Tashlhiclino, and dur the nleht xnest of the suns vrere re ived from the fort and ent,to Lino ig:t where nil the Russian forces are icentratlnfr. A. conference of the 11 and military authorities vras held afternoon and It tram decided to ?pare to leave at a moment's notice." IXT CHWANQ, May 7, 9 P. M. There I.kud- Indication that tho Jtuststatis have :ldcd to evacuate Nlu Chwang. Troops ve been leaving here all day long. The ts have been dismantled and all the lllcry has been placed on board trains. tho local transportation has been imandeered by the Russian authorl- rhere Is current here a native rumor tt Japanese transports are In Foochau ly (on the west side of the Liao Tung Inlnsula and about 00 miles north of rt Arthur), but this report lacks con- latlon. rho fear Is held hero that If tho Rus- InB lcao and tho Japanese do not once take possession of Nlu Chwang brigands, who are now across the ler near Ylngkow. will pillage the Lee. The foreign residents are nre- red to resist the brigands should they le over. ?he British Consul has requested that junboat be sent to Nlu Chwang. The isslans probably will destroy the gun- lit SIvouch before loavlnff. The ves ts at Nlu Chwang. Fire at Fleeing Train. apanose troops flred on what probably the last train out of Port Arthur It passed near Port Adams.. They l?d artillery and small arms and killed wcanJeJ several Chinese. It Is reported hore that Viceroy Alexleff slightly wounded prior to his depart- from Port Arthur. He barely escaped there before the Japanese closed lines of communication. le Russian general staff has moved m Liao Yang to Mukden. Russians Ire will not talk of the situation for lir that they may Impart some lnfor- itlon. They do not consider that the TTliE TOP OF THE LIST FOR MERIT AKWOOD MALT HE CANADIAN MOST OFTEN IMITATED iOTHCHILD BROS. PACIFIC COAST AGENTS Wisdom's The ;0-BER-T!NE ORIGINAL FACE POWDER THE MEDICAL PROFESSION AND CHEMISTS OF NATIONAL REPUTATION TESTIFY TO ITS PURITY AND MERIT AS A FACE POWDER. IT IS A PURE COMPLEXION MAKER. 3 TINTS. Blumaucr-Frank Drug Co., Sole OLD KENTUCKY HOME CLUB O. P. S. WHISKEY Favorite American Whiskey BLUMAUER & HOCH, sole distributers WtcIesUs Uqotr ud Cigar Dealers, 108-110 Fsarta St forces here are sufficient to hold this sec tion of the country. It Is probable that the Russian troops will withdraw to Har bin. The Russian civilians at Nlu Chwang are leaving hurriedly and many natives are fleeing the city In the fear that they will be subjected to maltreatment at the hands of the brigands. GREAT GLOOM IN RUSSIA. Probable Movement of the Enemy a Source of Anxiety. ST. PETERSBURG. May 9, 3:30 A. M. Two official dispatches, calculated to In crease -the depression existing among all circles in Russia were given out last sight. From the point of view of the progress of the campaign, the most Important Is that regarding the capture by the Japanese without opposition of Feng "Wang Cheng, on May 6. The second gives details con cerning the killed, wounded and missing among the troops under the command of Lieutenant-General Zassalltch. as the re sult of the fighting on the Yalu, the num ber of which totals 2337 officers and men. Now that General Kurokl Is established at Feng "Wang Cheng, the Russians are puzzled as to what move he will make next. The fact that he sent two compa nies to Iallandlapu Tso, ten miles north east of Feng "Wang Cheng, might indi cate his purpose to proceed along this road to Ting Chang Glen, 90 miles north from where he would march due west to Liao Yang. This would permit an effective flanking movement, but it is not consid ered probable, the likelihood being that he will move along the road by which the Russians retreated toward Xiao Yang. Means Loss of Nlu Chwang. This Toad branches off at Chats Chang. SO miles westward of Feng "Wang Cheng, and continues almost directly west of Hal Cheng, which was captured by the Japan ese during the Chlno-Japanese "War. A march on this place would compel the evacuation of Nlu Chwang, as the force there would be In danger of destruction or of being subjected to a siege by the ar mies converging from Hal Cheng and the southern part of the Liao Tung Peninsula. There Is no confirmation up to the pres ent of the report that the Russians are preparing to evacuate Nlu Chwang, but few would be surprised If It should turn out to be correct. The effect of a march along the road to Hal Cheng would be to place absolutely in the control of the Japanese all Manchuria between the Yalu and the Liao Tung Peninsula with the ex ception of Port Arthur. The Russians admit that at this stage of the war the Japanese control the terri tory mentioned, the Russky Invalid, the army organ, making this concession. The remainder of l he press Is silent. Russians Movements Veiled. "Where General Kuropatkin's main force is now .stationed has not been an nounced, though General Zassalltch states that the cavalry ,left for Schtlndjane. Thero continues to be the greatest igno rance regarding the plans' of the Oom-mander-ln-Chlef, who is taking every pre caution to prevent Information respect ing the enemy, the censor at Llao Yang refusing to pass a single press dispatch which in any way Indicates the Russian movements. Messages from other points are strictly censored. It is -believed that General Kurokl, in stead of proceeding to Hal Cheng will move northwest along the road to Liao Yang. He will And the Russians en trenched at Tien Chori Chan Pass, west of Mao Tien Ling Pass. It is pointed out that the abandonment of Southern Manchuria will be beneficial to the Russians, as it will enable the complete concentration of the forces which have heretofore been scattered as 'a con sequence of ignorance as to what tho enemy proposed to do. Chance to Exercise Patience. Though the people are tried by the Gen eral's withdrawal, it Is recalled that Gen eral Kuropatkln counselled patience be fore he left St. Petersburg for Manchuria. No word of criticism of his conduct is heard, everyone recognizing that he knows all the conditions and Is better able to judge as to when he can safely offer bat tle to the enemy. The gruesome figures in the Russian losses on the Yalu are higher than had been reported by Major-General Kashta Unsky, who himself appears to have been wounded by a flying stone. The list en ables an exact statement of the forces under General Zassalltch, which were mado up exclusively of Eastern Siberians and included the Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, (Concluded on Page Three.) MALT WHISKEY IN BOTTLES Nerer In Bulk. Trial slxe 23 cents Medium al ....... DO cants Laxce size (1.00 Fluid Distributers. At AH Dealers DRUG ON PA New Yorker Handi capped .by Friends. CANDIDACY IS INJURED Closely Connected With Big Trusts of the Country. SILENCE BLIGHTS CHANCES Impression Is Given That the Leading Democratic Candidate for-the Presidency Is Colorless, Timid and Flabby. THE HANDICAP. SILENCE Judge Parker will not de clare his attitude on great public questions. PERRY BELMONT Multi-millionaire, In touch with the great corporations of the country. JOHN C. SHEEHAN Trust corpora tion lawyer, whose Interests center solely In a small patch of theEast. P. h. 1TCARREN Sugar trust politi cian, who has piled up an Immense fortune. ITTT--' NEW YORK, May 8. Next to persistent silence Judge Parker Is being hurt most by his friends. His refusal to come out boldly and announce his attitude on pub lic questions, standing or falling upon his utterances. Is taken by many persons to mean that he Is colorless, tlmld and flabby and that he Is trying to slip into the nomination without showing his hand. Perhaps this feature Is not so discour aging as the dead weight he Is forced to carry in the shape of his friends. Belmont. Sheehan and McCarren are proving a heavy load. N one will deny that Au gust Beimont is a good citizen and a good man to have lor a friend, but he Is not the sort o' friend for a Democratic Presidential candidate to have, at least not so openly. There Is no doubt Bel mont can enlist the support of the big corporations on behalf of Judgp Parker, but how will the trust bursters of the "West view the combination. Difficulties to Overcome. Then there is Sheehan, a trust corpora tion lawyer, who does not believe there Is any country west of New York State line, and McCarren, a sugar trust politician, who has made a fortune at It. It is con sidered remarkable that David B. Hill, the shrewd politician, does not relegate these men to the background and induce Judge Parker to open his mouth and say something. Judge Parker will have a hard time of It at best. He must overcome his own blundering platform and his entourage, state is enhanced by the fact of unholy divorce in many states. The voices of CONTENTS OFjEODATS PAPER. War In the Far Bast. Nlu Chwang is being abandoned by the Rus sian forces. Pare 1. Fall of Dalny is reported by a London news paper correspondent. Page 1. Togo bottled up Port Arthur before convoy ing Japanese army north. Page 2. Japanese have great demonstration in Toklo oer victories on land and sea. Page 3. Superiority In the war game shown by Japa nese army officers. Page 2. Foreign. British have hot skirmish with Thibetans at entrance to Karo Pass. Page 1. Peruvian Legation complains of hostile atti tude of Brarll in boundary dispute. Page 3. Political. Judge Parker's silence and plutocrat friends are against him in race for Presidency. Page 1. Northwestern Washington delegates transfer headquarters to Tacoroa. Page 4. General. Methodist ministers discourse from pulpits of leading Los Angeles churches. Page 4. Fourteen leading churches In the United States begin campaign against the divorce evil. Page 1. Body of E. L. Wentz. the young Philadelphia millionaire, found in Virginia. Page 4. Pacific Coast. San Francisco woman expires during Chris tian Science sermon on Immortality of the soul. Pace 2. S. J. Sladden, formerly of Eugene, Or., ar rested for forgers on return from Europe. Page 4. California lacrosse players plan Pacific Coast revival and tournament. Page 5. Marine. All Oriental liners are sailing with light car goes. Page 11. Norwegians buying nailing ships from Ger many, France and England. Page 11. Sports. Pacific Coast League scores: Oakland 15. Portland 2; Seattle 5-3, Tacoma 3-4; Los Angeles 2-4, San Francisco 0-L Page 5. Automobllists make their first road run into the country. Page 11. Trapshooters resolve to give up seeing ball games. Page 5. Portland and Vicinity. State Superintendent Ackerman criticises public school sstem. Page 12. New church established In Portland which declares that all others are trorks of the deUL Page 10. J. S. Lee discusses hotr to reform convicts. Page 10. Irish gic a ivarm welcome to the Boer offi cers. Page 10. m Sloping couple from Massachusetts captured in Portland; the man charged ivlth em bezzlement. Page 7. Peter Grant throws some light on Manning's objections to repeaters. Page 12." Building trades trill be free from strikes this year. .Page 1L . Christian people must be lifted against this, not only to secure civil -legislation, not only to enforce church discipline, but to correct the tendency, to control the In clination and to condemn the fact. "We are pledging for the home, for the family, for the children born and tqjae born, for the protection of society and for the preservation of the state. "We ask you to unite wiin us in earnest effort, so that more and more the manhood, the woman hood and the childhood of America may make Itself heard and felt. In the deter mined purpose to stem the currents which are sapping the foundations of all that Is best and holiest and dearest In human life." YOUNG WENTZ'S BODY FOUND. Big Reward Had Been Offered Philadelphian. for WASHINGTON, May 8. A dispatch to the Post from Richmond, Va., says: The body of E. I. "Wentz, who disappeared Oc tober 14. 1903, from Big Stone Gap, was found today near Kelly View, within a mile of, the place where he was last seen alive. The body, which was lying on tho ground In plain view, was In a state of preservation sufficient for Identification. Young "Wentz was the -son of a Phila delphia millionaire, and was In charge of his father's mines In "Wise County. Since his disappearance more than $50. 000 has been offered for any news of him. Murdered by Mexican Bandits. OAXACA, Mexico, May 8. Othon Quln jano, the paymaster of the National Rail road of Tehauntepec, was assaulted by five bandits between Palo Mares and Paso de Buques. One bullet went through his body and his head was cut almost In two with a machette. He died of his wounds. Two of his peons were wounded. The bandits got away with between J2000 and $3000. Robbers Raid Chicago Restaurant. . CHICAGO. May 8. Two well-dressed robbers raided Kinsley's restaurant in the down-town district tonight, holding up the cashier. All the day's receipts, amounting to over $1000, was secured and placed In a satchel, the men escaping before an alarm could be given. THE DAYS DEATH BOLL. Brigadier-General 8. W. Groesbeck. ST. LOUIS, May 8. Brigadier-General Stephen "W. Groesbeck, U. S. A., retired, died today of pneumonia at the home of his brother-in-law here, aged 04. "When the Spanish-American war was declared General Groesbeck was sta tioned at San Francisco as Judge Advo cate. He was ordered to Cuba and was Judge Advocate there during the Cuban campaign. Later he held the same po sition at Governor's Island, N. Y. In the Philippines he was also Judge Advocate and remained two years, return ing with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel In July, 1903. He was then stationed at Chicago as Judge Advocate of the De partment of the Lakes." Last year he was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General and, at his own request, was re tired. He entered the Chil War as a volunteer. Yucatan Invites Immigration. MBRIDIA. Yucatan, May 8. The Leg islature of this 'state has conceded to the Immigration society for a term, of five years a premium of $25 to every family that comes to tlie state for the purpose of agriculture. Bach family must consist of three members or more and must have lived in some land In the state six months before the allowance is made good. Men Still in Burning Building. SHAMOKIN, Pa., May 8. Rescuing par ties are still at work In the Locust Gap Colliery, where five men are entombed as a result of the Are In one of the slopes. The miners have been In the mine since Thursday night and all hope of finding them alive has been abandoned. The Are Is burning as fiercely as ever, making It impossible to penetrate the workings. 2EWS HEM. "PKOSPECTS ARE FOB ' UT IN THIBET British Defeat En trenched Tribesmen. CHARGED WITH BAYONETS Thibetans Attack a Weakened Garrison in the Rear. DRIVEN OFF WITH HEAVY LOSS Tremendous Difficulties Overcome by Detachment in Clearing the Way for the Advance of Col onel Younghusband. SPECIAL CABLE TO THE LONDON TIMES AND PORTLAND OREGONIAN. KARO PASS, Thibet, May G. via KaK atso. May 8. Colonel Brander, with 300 men, about two-thirds of the Gyangts garrison, reached here yesterday after a three days' forced march, and today at tacked the intrenched Thibetan position and carried it after a bayonet charge. The Thibetans had been stationed here to op pose Colonel Tounghusband's progress, and Colonel Brander had been ordered to clear the way. The Thibetans were completely routed, despite the fact that they outnumbered the British mora than three to one. Their loss was 150 killed and many wounded. The British casualties were 18, Including five killed. While the major portion of the Gyangts garrison was absent, the Thibetans at tacked tho post, but were driven back with a loss of 200 killed. They left SO wounded behind them who are now being treated In the compound adjoining the fort. The attack-was well planned and was participated in by S00 well-armed Thi betans, who had been dispatched from Dongtse for the purpose. Garrison Beats Off Enemy. The enemy had planned a midnight at tack, and it might have succeeded but for the vigilance of the guards. The gar rison, under the command of Major Mur ray, behaved with, exceeding gallantry and beat off the attack successfully, de spite the fact that the- pick of the gar rison had been detailed on the Brander expedition. v After the Thibetans had been repulsed they occupied Jong, a small fort 1900 yards away, and shortly afterward large 'reinforcements reached them. They are now carrying on an effectual bombard ment of Gyangts. It Is believed that the Thibetans are receiving secret aid from the Chinese, who are opposed to the suc cess of the British mission. "When Colonel Brander and his men reached here last night they found the Thibetans holding a wall three miles away, well flanked with field pieces and elaborated preparations made to hurl down rocks on the British as they ad vanced along tho road, which ran through A 50,000,000-BUSHEI. WHEAT CHOP Ef OKEGON', WASHINGTON" AND IDAHO." a ravine between two ranges of moun tains. The enemy made a resistance, but were cleared out in about two and one halt hours. The fighting took place in a driving hall storm, which caused much inconvenience to- the British. Taken In the Flank. The general plan of the British attack was an outflanking movement by one company of Goorkhas and a direct attack bj the column; of pioneers. Owing to the desperate resistance of the enemy it was found necessary to detach a small force of the pioneers to scale a precipice 1200 feet high. The success of this move ment enabled the British to turn, the flank of the enemy, and they were soon In full,retreat. They were pursued by a body of mounted Infantry, who hava not yet been recalled. Among the British dead Is Captain Bethune, who commanded the pioneers. Colonel Brander's column will return at once and disperse the Thibetans, who are troubling the garrison there. DEMAND T0S PBESS SEATS. St. Louis Convention People Embar rassed by the Number. WASHINGTON. May 8. Tho demand for press seats at the two National conven tions far exceeds the capacity of the space set apart for the newspapers of the country. At the Chicago Convention there will be 290 seats in the press res ervation and already there have been re ceived 1300 applications- The demand for seats at the St. Louis Convention also is far in excess of the capacity of the space reserved for the press. At the rece.nt meeting here of the sub committee having In charge the seating at Chicago, it was decided that notice should be given that applications not re ceived prior to May 20 shall be given no consideration. Applications for seats In the press reservation at the Chicago Con vention .should be sent to Charles W. Stone, Custom-House, Baltimore, and for the St. Louis Convention to Charles H. Mann, press gallery. House of Repre sentatives, Washington, D. C. The Hon. Gilbert M. Hitchcock, of Omaha, Neb., has been designated as chairman of the press committee for the St. Louis Convention. UNIVERSITY. FOB HEBEEWS. Plans to Establish Feeders in Ail Parts of the Country. NEW TORK, May 8. Plans for the establishment of a great Jewish uni versity in this country were discussed at a meeting held here tonight under the auspices of the New York branch of the Jewish Theological Seminary It Is also the purpose of those In charge of tho movement to open high schools In this city and In other cities. Convention of Jewish Order. NBW YORK, May 8. The elgnteenth annual convention of the Independent Or der of B'rith Abraham was held here to day. More than 700 delegates, represent ing 71,157 memoers, were present. Accord ing to the report of the grand secretary. Jacob Shoen, the capital of the 353 lodges established in thft United States aggre gates $330,688; r.esecxe funds, $160,325; sick benefit .funds, $9588. Over 300 members of tne order jiava been enrolled during the past year. Big Fire in Michigan Town. TJTICA, Mich., May 8. Seventeen busi ness places and ten dwellings were de stroyed by fire that wiped out half of Utlca today. William Upton, who is one of the heaviest losers, fell from the roof of a building and probably was fatally hurt. Loss, $100,000. American Counterfeiters in Yucatan. PROGRESSO, Yucatan, May 8. In a house In this city raided by the police, two Americans named Ford and Will iams, who were manufacturing counter felt money, were captured and a large quantity of counterfeiting material con fiscated. mm Willi ON DIVORCE Leading Churches Open: the Campaign. ALARM AT THE INCREASE Sanctity of Marriage to Be impressed Upon Public. LAWS TO FOLLOW EDUCATION Dr. Roberts, Secretary of the Inter Church Conference, Issues tho First Appeal to the Public, j Referrinq, to Question. , fl m t m 9 f BFPRESENTED IN CONFERENCE. V Protestant Episcopal Church In the' "UnltcdStates. Presbyterian Church in the United States of America. Methodist Episcopal Church. Methodist Episcopal Church South. Reformed Church In America. United Presbyterian Church. Evangelical Lutheran Church. The Baptist Church. The'COngregatlonal Churchea. The Universaltst Churches. ' The Unitarian Churches. The Reformed Presbyterian Church. Cumberland Presbyterian Church. The Alliance of the Reformed Church holding the Presbyterian sys tem. PHILADELPHIA. May 8. Tho Inter Church Conference on Marriage and Di vorce, a body representing officially 14 leading denominations, has Issued, through Its secretary. Rev. "William H. Roberts, D. D an appeal to the public, calling at tention to several aspects of the divorce question. The paper is the beginning of a National campaign of education on the subject, to be followed by efforts to secure the enact ment of laws in the State Legislatures, and ultimately, it Is thought, of an amend ment to the Constitution of the "United States. Already action has- been taken by tho conference looking toward the preven tion of the remarriage, by ministers of other communions, of divorcees and whom clergymen of their own faith have refused to marry. First United Move. This movement is tho first occasion of any sort upon which the representatives of the great denominations have offici ally come together. The meabers of the conference, Include many oi tho most eminent ecclesiastics and laymen in tho churches. Dr. Roberts said in part: "Before any civil legislation can be en acted which will be operative and quits apart from the accord which Te are seek ing to secure in the marriage regulations of the Christian churches must come tha leavening of the minds of men and women which shall lift them tovird a recogni tion of the noblest dignities of life. "We plead for a recognition of tho sanctity of marriage. We are facing a condition In our country today which threatens danger to the most sacred things. The very sanctify of human Ufa and of human love is assaulted and pro faned. "Manhood, womanhood and childhood, the home and the family, are involved and neither civil legislation nor ecclesiastical discipline can save them, until and unless the conscience of Christian humanity is reached. Behind the monster of polygamy, behind the spectacle of the lax dlvorca court, with Its collusions, its corruptions and its contagion, stands the said fact of -e low ideal of marriage. Holiness of Marriage. "Marriage is a holy thing. Marriage is the institution of God himself, and is sanctioned under tho solemnities of the old sanction by our blessed Lord. This is tho root of the matter. Reformation must be gin here. Children must be taught it. Young men and young women must be made to feel it. "Protected in purity, boy and girl, man and woman alike, must be trained to look with reverent eyes upon the holiness of this estate; upon Its mysteriousness as something higher and deeper and larger than can be measured or reached by tho low Ideas of convenience, of worldly ad vantage, of the gratification of passion, or by the light and easy estimate of the . consent of the passing personal fancy and the mutual recognition of the civil con tract which It InvoKes. "What words can wo find to express the abhorrence which ought to rise In righteous indignation against the present possibilities and the existing facts of tho divorce habit In America. Just now polygamous Utah looms up large and ugly In our minds. But we must look nearer home to realize the true condition of things. The proportion of divorces to marriages in 1902 In eight states reporting statistics Is as follows: Increases in Divorces. "In Maine, 1 to 6; in New Hampshire, 1 to 8; in Vermont, 1 to 10; In Massachu setts, 1 to 6; in Rhode Island. 1 to 8; in Ohio, 1 to 8.8; in Indiana, 1 to 7.6; in Mich igan 1 to 11. "In these states there ha3 been a steady and rapid Increase In the, divorces during the decade and this increase Is believed to be true of the cauntryrt'large. "The fear oflegalIzing' polygamy in ono i , (Concluded on Second Page.)