'i- i A- - VOL. XLV. NO. 13,S2L POBTLA2JD, OREGON, M02TDAY, MARCH 27, 1905. PRICE FIVE CENTS. U M Warsaw Police Chief Badfy Wounded. HATED FOR CRUELTY Baron Von Nolken Was on Way to Station. SIX OFFICERS HURT THERE Infernal Machine Was Thrown In His Carriage, ASSASSIN KILLS HIS PURSUER . Plot of Revolutionists Makes Man Marked for Slaughter Pass Cer tain Spot When He Heard of Dynamiting of Officers. WARSAW, March 28. A bomb -was thrown Into the carriage of Baron -von Nolken, Chief of Police of Warsaw, at 8 o'clock this evening. It -was reported that the Baron "was severely wounded. CONSPIRACY WAS ELABORATE Baron Is Called by News of Explosion at Police Station. WARSAW. March 26. 11:30 P. M.) Ac cording to latest Information, the attack on Baron von Nolken was the result of an elaborate conspiracy of the revolu tions ry party. Shortly before 8 o'clock tonight an elegantly dressed man -went to the police station, at Praga, .large suburb of Warsaw, on the other side of the Vistula, and threw a bomb into .the courtyard of the station, wounding seven persons, two of them dangerously. The man started to run away but was caught by the captain of the police. He was found to be a Jow. but his identity has not yet been discovered. A telephone message was Immediately sent to Baron von Nolken at the City Hall. Informing him of the outrage. Baron von Nolken accompanied by a police of ficial, took a carriage and started imme diately for Praga, Receives the Full Charge. When passing the castle where the Governor-General resides a man standing on the pavement threw a bomb at the carriage. Baron von Nolken, who was sitting On the side nearest the assailant, received the full charge of the bomb, while his companion escaped unhurt. The coachman was thrown from the box and the carriage was demolished. Baron von Nolken was remo-ed to the City Han and doctors were summoned, who found he had received Injuries on the head, nock, arm and leg, which are be lieved to be serious. Meantime the police official accompany ing Baron von Nolken saw the bomb thrower fleeing and pursued and caught up with him, but the criminal proved the stronger and tore himself away. Another policeman fired twice after him without result. Half an hour later a man, whom the police believe to bo the bomb throw er, was found dead in Sowla street. The police think the man shot himself to es cape arrest. A girl, who was passing the spot when the bomb was thrown, was wounded by splinters, and was taken to the hospital. Plot Was Well Laid. . According to the theory of the police, the revolutionists calculated upon Baron von Nolken going toPraga on learning of the explosion of the bomb at the sta tion there, and knew he must pass the castle, that being the only road by which he could reach the only bridgo across the Vistula. The affair caused great excitement. A popular rumor says the revolutionaries adopted this course of informing the po lice that they have more bombs besides those discovered in the Powonskl ceme tery Saturday. Baron von Nolken is very unpopular. He is hated by the masses of the Polish people, who -held him responsible for the sanguinary suppression of the disturb ances here at the end of January- He has been' hero only a year, having come from St. Petersburg, where he was chief of the mounted division of the police. SIX POLICEMEN ARE WOUNDED Bomb Is Exploded at the Praga Sta tionThrower Escapes. WARSAW, March 27. (1 A. M.) According- to later information, the bomb which exploded at the Praga police station was not thrown Into the court yard, but into a room of the station, where the men assembled before going, on duty. Six policemen were wounded and all the furniture as well as one wall was destroyed. The bombthrower, in trying to es cape, met a policeman and shot twice, wounding the officer in the stomach. The prisoner himself was wounded and has been placed in the hospital. The man found dead In Sowla street proves to be a plain-olothes DolIeemjn who was seen 'pursuing' Baron von Nol- the latter turned on the policeman and shot him dead. Baron von Nolken's injuries are seri ous, but it is thought he wilirecover. ASSASSIN WAS DETERMINED. Reinlkke Lost His Arm in First At tempt at Murder. LONDON, March 27. The correspon dent at Helsingfors of the Morning- Post tells a strange story concerning Matt! Reinlkke, the youth who, a week ago, atttempted to assassinate M. Mia soredoff, the Governor of Vlborg. Some time ago ReiniKke left his native vil lage and went to Helsingfors, with the expressed determination to kill Procurator-General Solninen. He was ar rested on arriving: at the latter' house and then pretended that he had come to give warning that a peasant named Reinlkke Intended to murder Solninen. The detectives thereupon employed him to assist them In discovering the supposed assassin. In the course of their search, his real identity was betrayed by a peasant from the same village greeting him by name. He managed to escape from the detectives and reached the railway, but in jumping off as mov ing train stumbled and fell so that his arm was crushed by the wheel of the car. He was arrested, taken to the hospital- and his arm amputated. When he recovered he managed to escape' from the hospital in the confu sion caused by the failure of the elec tric lights, and was nert heard' of in the Mlasoredoff attempt. REVOLT SOUTH OF WARSAW Poles Are; Being Stirred Up by Proc lamations. WARSAW, March 26. A revolution ary movement of considerable propor tions is making itself manifest in con nection with the industrial disturb ances In the region around Sledlco, Bielsk, Vlodlslavsk, Rodin and Lukow, south and southeast of Warsaw. The country has been flooded with proclamations of foreign and local origin calling for a rising in Poland and with revolutionary songs and ad dresses, the latter demanding the use of the Polish language in all Polish schools and courts. "The population is said to be saturat ed with these tendenoies, especially those of the Uniat sect. Children are being kept out of school. Troops have been despatched to the vicinity of Kotzk, southeast of Warsaw. ' Depot of Arms and Bombs. MOSCOW, March 26. An organized depot of arms and bombs was discov ered recently on the premises of a rich merchant named Barassoff. Investiga tion disclosed a conspiracy to distrib ute arms. There have been over 800 ar Tests in connection with the affair. HEW CONSUL STRIKES A SNAG Former Wife Brings Charges Against Dr. -Frederick McMaster. WASHINGTON, March 26. On com plaint of his divorced wife, the comm,l sion of 1r." Frederick McMaster, Of' New Ibrk, recently appointed Convul to Zan zibar, has been held up by the direction of President Roosevelt, until an investiga tion has been made. The letter of Mrs. McMaster charges her former husband with desertion and nonsupport, and says that in consequence she has been obliged to earn a livelihood as a saleswoman in a New York dry goods store. The letter was addressed to the President, and asked him to compel McMaster to promise to support his for mer wife and two young daughters liv ing with her, before being permitted to depart for his post. Dr. McMaster, it is understood, has remarried. Inquiries into the complaint are being made by Assistant Secretary of State Peircc, although he stated tonight that the divorce papers apparently were all right and In proper order. No Decision Is Reached. WASHINGTON, March 26,-State De partment officials definitely announced to night that as yet no final determination had been reached regarding the proposal of the representatives of the powers -at Santo Domingo that the United States ap point one of Its citizens to act as interior commissioner for the collection of cus toms, who shall allot 45 per cent to the Dominican government and retain the bal ance in his custody pending the disposi tion of the treaty by the "United, States Senate. "Nothing is settled as yet," was the au thoritative statement of one of the ofll clala There has been a good deal of talk about it. but no decision has been reached as yet." Morton's Visit Cut Short. WASHINGTON, March 25. Secret aryoT the Navy Morton, who recently left on tha Dolphin for Porto Rlcan and Cuban ports has found It necessary to curtail his visits at the different places where stops are scheduled to be made in order that he might return to Washington In time to Join the Presidential party, which will leave here April S for Texas and Colo rado. A hurried call was made at San Juan, and even with brief stops at Gyantanamo and Havana, it is calculated that the Dol phin barely will land the Secretary In the United States in time to start with the President on his Journey. NOTED MEN FOE PALLBEARERS Arrangements for Funeral of the Late Mexican Ambassador. WASHINGTON, March 26. The hon orary pallbearers at the funeral Tuesday of the late Senor don Manuel do Asplros. Mexican Ambassador, . were announced today as follows: Secretary of the Treasury Shaw, Act ing Secretary of State Adee, Count Cas ein!. Russian Ambassador: Baron Ed mondo Mayor des Planches, Italian Am bassador; A. Grip, Minister from Sweden and Norway; Senor Calvo, Minister from Costa Rica; Chief Justice Fuller, of the United States Supreme Court; Senator Selby M. CuHom, Representative R. R. Hitt and John W. Foster. Senor Gamboa, the Charge d" Affaires, today called on Acting Secretary of State Adee and expressed the appreciation of the Mexican government for the regrets of this Government. President Diaz also personally replied to President Roose velt's message of sympathy. General Assembly Js Condemned. DENVER, March 26. The Denver Trades and labor Assembly today voted down a resolution offered setting aside April 3 as a, day on which organized la bor throughout the state should assemble sX the State Capitol and demand the resignation of Governor McDonald in fa vor of the "rightfully elected Governor. Alva Adams. A resolution in which the actios of the General Assembly was condemned In. Tinr IT GOMES BACK Frank Rogers a Ragged, Unkempt Tramp. DISAPPEARED WITH AUNT Evanston Four Years1 Mystery Partly Explained, MISS ELY IS STILL MISSING Maiden Lady of 37 Left Home With 13-Year-OId Lad, Son of Her Sis ter, for. Whom She Had a Strange Infatuation. CHICAGO, March 26. (Special.) A mystery that has puzzled the entire police force of Chicago and its suburbs, and occupied the attention of police de partments and detective agencies all over this country and portions of Europe, was partially solved today, when Frank Ely Rogers returned to Evanston, ragged and unkempt, but developed from a delicate lad with curls and lisping voice into a husky youth with deep voice and unmis takable signs of hard experiences. His aunt. Miss Florence Ely, who dis appeared the same day he did four years ago, did not return and the boy professes to have no knowledge of her whereabouts. He alleges he did not even know she was. missing until quite recently when heVead something to that effect in the papers. Travels Over Wide Territory. Concerning his own whereabouts, Rogers Is very vague. He says he went from here to New York, thence down to Baltimore, traveling along the coast through the South, around to New Or leans; from there through Texas to the western country as far as Portland, and J finally decided to come home. Frank Ely Rogers Is the son of James C Rogers, a very wealthy and prominent citizen of Evanston. Living in the Rogers home was' Florence Ely. a maiden aunt of the boy, 37 years of age, devoted to scfenttflo studies and extremely and of the boy, who, at theXime of their dia- appearance, was IS years of age. The boy and his aunt were inseparable, and their affection for each other Anally became so marked that the parents decided to send Frank to an Eastern school until he should have outgrown his infatuation. At that timo Frank was a girlish ap pearing lad in knee breeches and long curls. July 13, 1901, two days before he was to start East, the family attended a picnic The boy, pleading a headache, returned to the house, the aunt having remained at home. When the parents re turned, both were missing. Adopted Qlri's Clothing. In the subsequent search, the lad's clothing was found miles away, showing, so it was supposed, that he had discarded them for girl's dresses, the better to es cape detection. From that day to the present absolutely no reliable trace has been had of them. Thousands of dollars have been spent in the search and de tectives have been hurried to almost every city of Importance in this country and Europe to investigate possible clews. It was positively known the woman and boy departed together, for- they were ' RUSSIA'S RECORD OF ASSASSINATION AND ATTEMPTS ON LIVES OF OFFICIALS RUSSIAN RUBERS ASSASSINATED. EilPEROR IVAN VI ; ...1762 Rightful heir to throne zelxed by Catherine; murdered tn prison. EMPEROR PAUL. c 1M1 Murdered because be teas Insane and unfit to rule. EMPEROR FEDOR I ......IMS Lat ot tie race of RuriW, which had ruled Russia, for 700 years. EMPEROR PETER III 1762 First dethroned and then murdered, la order that hie -wife, Catherine, .might ascend the throae. " EMPEROR AIEXAXDER n issi Killed by explosion of & bomb in streets of- St. Petersburg: "mfn killed by- same bomb. . ' OTHER RUSSIAN ASSASSINATIONS AND ATTEMPTS. GENERAL TRBPOFF (attempt) i"ebruxrj- 5, 1S78 Shot by Vera. Zaulllch because of his repressive policy as Chief of Police. She was acquitted. GENERAL. EE MBSENTZOFF '. August 16, 1S73 Was Chief of St, Petersburg police; killed in the streets by a bomb. PRINCE KRAPOTKLE ; February 21, 1870 Was Governor of Xharkoff; tilled while returning from a ball. GENERAL. DRENTELLN (attempt) . ."......April 14, lSid Was- Chief of St. Petersburg police; shot by Alexander SolovleC. & school mas . ter, who vras hanged June 9. GENERAL. LORIS MEEIKOFF (attempt) March 4, 1SS0 Liberal leader who drew up reform plan afterwards elgned by Alexander II; shot by Hippo lite Holo&zoTr, & converted Jew who was banged 'use fol lowing day. , GENERAL STRBLNLKOFF . . .March. SO. 1SS3 Was public prosecutor at Odessa; killed by two -etudes ts; both banged four daya laer. COLONEL BUDEIKIN.. .i..v. December 2S, 1SS3 Wa chief of secret police; killed by Nlhillsta. aided br Jablonaky, whose life he had saved; hli nephew, M.Saovsky.- killed at same time. CAPTAIN SOLOTOUCHLNE - January II, 1S30 Was chief ot Moscow secret police; killed by female Klhlliit, who com mit d suicide. it. SIPIAGULNE .v. I,.. April 5, 1002 Was reactionary Minister of the Interior; killed by a Kieff student who bad been expelled from the university. , GENERAL 30BRIKOFF 1 , June 17, lOOt Was Governor-General of Finland; killed by eon of Finnlia Senator for his repressive, policy. M. VON PLEHVE -.July 2S 1004 Was reactionary Minister ot the Interior; kUIed by bomb In St.; Petersburg street while on way to ee the Czar. 2L SOIXTXEN 1 f... February 7, .1003 ' Was Procurator-General of Finland; killed by revolution tat' difgulsed as an officer. ,' j " GRAND DDKS SERGIUS ......C.-..v... "February 17. IOCS Executed by order of the "Orjranlxayoa of Combat." his sentence being pro claimed on, December 12. 1P04. GOVERNOR MIASOREDOFF. . . ..March 20. 1005 At Vlborg. shot three times and teriousix wounded by" Reinlkke, a one armed Finn, aged 15. KARON VOX NOLKEN v ...March 26, 1005 Chief of Police of Warsaw; fatally wounded by bomb. " seen together some distance from the house. The morbid love of the woman for the child had alarmed the parents, and early in the search they swore out a warrant charging her with kidnaping the boy. The City- of Evanston was upset with excitement today when the boy returned. He looked like a tramp, and a neighbor recognized him and gave him something to eat. He is strangely reticent about his travels, and there Is considerable mys tery and speculation regarding the fate of his aunt. , Shot Father With Small Revolver. It Is recalled that ten daya before the couple disappeared the boy shot his father in the forehead with & small-caliber revolver. It was given out at the time that the shooting was accidental. It was a remarkable shot, the bullet strik ing the father squarely in the forehead, between tho eyes, but fortunately caus ing only a flesh wound. Shortly after this accident It was determined to send the boy away from his aunt. Tonight, in response to- persistent in quiries regarding Miss Ely, the lad dog gedly replied that he knew nothing. Final ly he said ho had not seen or heard of her for "months." Then he broke down and wept and further Inquiries were stopped by his parents. Now that one of "the missing is ac counted for, search for Miss Ely will be redoubled. Her Infatuation for tho lad was such that she would have given her life for him, and all Chicago and Evans ton Is now wondering what has been her fate. It is believed the boy will throw some light on this point before many hours. He has been leading the life of a hobo, and has all the secretlveness of a tramp, but it is believed he will clear up the mystery. PRODUCT OF CREED. Dr. Gladden Denounces Gift Offered by Rockefeller. COLUMBUS. O., March 26. Rev. Dr. Washington Gladden, general councillor of Congregational Churches of the United States, in his sermon today discussed the gift of $100,000 made by a prominent cap italist to the American Board of Mis sions: He said: "The money proffered to our Board of Missions comes ,out of a colossal estate, whose foundations were laid in the most relentless rapacity known to modern com mercial history. The success of this busi ness from the beginning until now has been largely due to unlawful and out rageous manipulations of railway rates. "The United States Government is now engaged in a strenuous attempt to ferret out and punish this injustice. And the people of the United States have a tre mendous battle on their hands with the corporate greed which has Intrenched it self In this stronghold and has learned to use the railways for the oppression of the people. And now, on the eve of this battle, they are asked to accept a great gift of money from the man who more completely than any other represents the system they are summoned to fight. "I hope they are not mean enough to take his money ar.d then turn around and fight. Mm. I hope they are not So faithless. a their ""sSucatioj: Us to taaa his money and hu their-' .mouths or be come his apologists. We do not want this man's money. To accept it would be to merit the contempt of millions of honest men; to reject it will strengthen our characters in the affection and re spect of millions who are inclined to doubt whether the churches love God more than Mammon." y TRANSFER AT END ' OF APRIL. McCormlck Will Have a Vacation Time at Paris PARIS, March 26. Official exchanges be tween Washington and Paris have brought about an understanding whereby the transference of Ambassadors Porter and McCormlck will occur at the end o April, as originally planned. Meanwhile Ambassador McCormlck will come hero, but he will not assume official functions until the date announced. McCormlck Preparing to Leave. ST. PETERSBURG, March 27. (l: A. M.). Ambassador McCormlck is making his preparation for departure from St. Petersburg, and expects to leave for Paris on Wednesday. NO NEW SHIP! Russia May Have to Forego Scheme. TO INSURE LONG PEACE Condition That Will Probably Be Required by Japan. CURB TO PRESENT AMBITION Czar's Naval Men .Willing to Call Truce Until Powerful Fleets Could Be Prepared to Again Try Conclusions at Sea. PARIS, March O. It -was stated In dip lomatic quarters hero today that among the conditions of peace -which Japan might ask -would be that Bussia give a pledge to build no more -warships for a term of years. A diplomatic official said that such a condition -would be the most effective means of insuring Japan against Russia's carrying out her cherished project of naval rearmament for the re newal of hostilities under better condi tions than those at present existing. It is -well known that Russia contem plates a huge plan of naval rehabilitation. Admiral Doubasoff, the head of the tech nical board of the Admiralty; Captain Clado, formerdly chief tactician under "Vice-Admiral Rojestvensky, and other Russian naval authorities recently have taken the position that peace -was desir able until a nayai reconstruction could be completed. This appears to have stimu lated Japan's diplomats to consider means of avoiding a peace that would be equiva lent to no more than a truce, during -which Russia -would have time to forge an effective -weapon, and therefore the intimation Is now given that limitation of Russian naval armament may figure as a means of Insuring a prolonged peace in the Orient. Concerning the recent preliminary ap proaches toward peace, it is now accepted in the highest diplomatic quarters that these preliminary negotiations TilcL not oc xtir here, although Taris may have been the channel through which, the results were transmitted to SL Petersburg and Tokio. However, It is noticeable that there has not been the slightest reference In French newspapers to the peace move ment having taken tangible form here or elsewhere, except in continued academic discussion of the peace propaganda and a few vague St. Petersburg dispatches showing that peace is In the air. TRADE IN DANGER OF RUIN Merchant Class In Russia Are Work ing for Peace. ST. PETERSBURG, March 27.-12: A. II.) A very significant and important fea ture in connection with the political sit uation Is the fact that the disaster and ruin with which trade and industry are threatened is forcing the merchant and commercial classes of the big cities into politics. Heretofore, as a matter of bus iness, they have carefully refrained from meddling In the liberal movement, but the situation is now so serious that they feel compelled to define their attitude, and everywhere they are pronouncing in favor of the liberal demands for the cessation of the war and for a constitution. M. Morosoff, the Moscow millionaire, who is known as, "the Ruslan cotton king," realizing the power of united ac tion, has called a private meeting of lead ing men In tho industrial life of Russia to make representations to the govern ment. Considering the important part played by the bpurgeoise In revolutions In other countries, tho "intellectuals" re gard the active support of the merchant class as the greatest victory they can achieve in the struggle they are waging. The peasant movement in South and West Russia continues to spread. There has been a renewal of tho burning and destruction of property In the Chernlgoff government, the peasants attacking espe cially the" property of M. Tereschtenko, a rich sugar refiner, who has 400,000 acres planted to beets. Several landlords have been murdered. The peasants In other sections are taking armed possession of forest land, on which they had the right of cutting- wood before emancipation, and are offering resistance to the police. AT END OF ITS RESOURCES London Paper Believes Russia Is- on Verge of Bankruptcy. SPECIAL. CABLE. LONDON. March 27. The Russian gov ernment havine expressed a willingness to have the authorized correspondents of the London dallies Inspect Its gold re serve, the correspondent of the London Dally Mall cables that he has done so and that he personally counted 15,913 gold Ingots and 12, KO sacks of gold coin. This has failed to Impress the financial expert ot the London Sally Chronicle, Who, In the leading article. In the news paper this morning and under long head lines, declares that there is now abso lutely txo question but that Russia is on the verge of bankruptcy. He declares that further taxation Is Impossible and that the revenues are insufficient to pay the Interest on tho present foreign debt. This, he says, will necessitate further borrowing at exorbitant rates. Other London papers seem to agree with thecxpert of the Chronicle. M. WITTE CALLS FOR PEACE Delivers Impassioned Address Before Council of Ministers, 8 FECIAL. CABLE. , BT-. -iriiXlSKoDUxtlr, 24arcb 27. It is at tho extraordinary session ot tho Coun cil of Ministers ield late Sunday., tho question ot peace or war was again thor oughly threshed out by those present. M. "VY'Itte, who presided, made an Impas sioned address. In which. It is stated, ho declared that the Integrity of the nation must be preserved and that it anyfur ther attempts were made to compel the reserves to rally to the colors, fighting would ensue that would be likely to In volve the whole people. He declared that In his opinion the time had come when all should look at tho question of peace or war through eyes that were single to the cause ot a united Russia. The discussion is declared to have been spirited In the extreme. But at its con clusion it is understood that the council agreed .that the time was most oppor tune for Initiating steps In the direction of peace. This decision has been com municated to the Czar. KING WILL GO TO COPENHAGEN If Czarina Arrives It Will Be Con sidered a Signal of Peace. LONDON. March 25. According- to arrangements, that are still liable to revision, King Edward will leave Lon don April 6. He will Join Queen Alex andra at Cologne, and from thence their Majesties will go to Copenhagen for the celebration ot the birthday of King Christian, April S. The representative of the Associated Press at Copenhagen telegraphs tonight that so far as known King- Edward's visit has no connection with Russo Japanese peace pourparlers, hut that King- Christian strongly favors peace and should the Empress of Russia come to her father's birthday celebration it will be regarded as a signal of a peace conference at Copenhagen. It is reported that' M. D'Iskwolsky, the Russian Minister at Denmark, lef St. Petersburg: on Saturday for Copen hagen. A St. Petersburg- dispatch to the Ren ter Telegram Company states that the majority of the Council of Ministers Is agreed on the principal point of oppor tuneness of Initiating- steps in the di rection of peace; and correspondents in the principal European capitals all re port that peace is in the air. According to the Dally Telegraph's correspondent at Kobe, who reports having- interviewed the American offi cers and foreign offlcera captured at Mukden, and who iave Just arrived at TJJen, they were all surprised that no armistice or peace proposal had been made. They confirm previous state ments that nobody had the least Idea that retreat was Imminent till General Kuropatkln's order was suddenly re ceived late March 9. Moscow Papers Call for Peace. MOSCOW, March 23. With the excep tion of the Moscow Gazette, practically all the newspapers of this city are for peace, on condition that there be neither cession of territory nor payment of In demnity. At the banquet a prominent merchant declared that 'the happiest end of the war will be Immediate peace, but if the government consents to indemnity wo will throw the fomb. Enough , Russian gold- has been spent in "Manchuria Scotchman to Command Moors. TANGIER, March 26. The Sultan of Mo rocco has appointed Kald MacLean, for merly of the British army, to command the Moorish troop3 during the visit of Emperor William. CONTENTS OF TODAYS PAPER The Weather. TCsJAx's Partly cloudy, wltb showera; south west winds. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 43 deg.; minimum. 42. Bombs Thrown In Warsaw. 3aron voa Nolken. Chief of Police. Is badly wounded while in bis carriage. Page 1. Bomb exploded In police station and six of ficers are injured. Page I. Attempted assassin of Von Nolken escapes and kills a pursuer. Page X. Xboklnff Toward Peace. Russia may hava to forego naval programme as condition precedent to peace. Page 1. Merchants see ruin ahead unless war is broncht to a dose. Page 1. M. WItte makes powerful plea, for peace be fore Council of Ministers. Page 3. War In Tar East. Russian rear guard In strong position; com mander believes he can bold back the en emy. Page 3. Field Marshal Cyazna praises the courage of Russian offlcera and men. Page 3. Attempted Massacre of Jews. Odessa Jews -show fight when threatened, and massacre is declared; off. Page 3. Zionists were fully armed and organized, and slaSghter would have been appalling-. Page 3. foreign. King Edward and Queen Alexandra may meet Czarina on birthday of King Christian. Page 1. Mexico is put on sold basis by decree ot President Elaz. Page. 3. Minister McCormlck will take charge in Paris at the end of April. Page 5. Xational. Est Frederick McMaeter, of New Tork, Under Consul to Zanzibar, charged by ei-wlfe with desertion. Page 1. Secretary Morton cuts his visit to Cuba and , Porto Rico very short. Pare 1. Domestic. Prank Rogers, who eloped with, maiden aunt of 37, four years ago, returns to Evanston without her. Page 1. Sweet-faced Sophia Beck eklps from Phila delphia, with a million. Page 4. Parisian and Albono sink at wharves after collision o HaUfiv. N. S. Page 3. East SL Louts (RU elevator drops six stories and one- person is killed. Page 1. Rev. Washington Gladden protests on accept ance of Rockefeller money by American Board, of Missions. Page 1. Pacific Coast. VI co is licensed in Tacoma, and the police collect" the revenue for the city. Page 4. Abandoned schooner C A. Kloeo turns turtle on coming ashore on North Beach. Page S. Jacob Reuter was shot in his cabin door in Douglas County by an unknown assassin. Pago L. rertiaad sad Vicinity. Great enthusiasm manifested in revival meet ings. Page- 11. Woodmen ot the World Initiate 1000 candi dates and give monster parada today. Page 10. Japanese stabbed by fellow-countryman dies, and auailant faces charge of nurder. Page 5. Many mea. look with' favor, on job ot State Treasurer. Pago 12. John IV Cordray returns from Eastern trip and dlccuaees theatrical -"outlook. Page 10. EL F. Capps a hoots himself rather than die of consumption. Page 12, Fifty-seyeath anniversary of modern spirit ualism observed. Page 10. Sports. Dan J. Murphy, ccach of rowing club, ar rives In Portland. Page 4. Burns-Barry fight will be pulled otz near- Mll waukle. Page 7. Portland wins game from Stockton. Page 7. TATfflSDOO Jacob Reuter Murdered by Unknown Man. FOUR BULLETS IN HIS BODY Assassin Evidently Stood About 100 Yards Away. RAIN OBLITERATES TRACKS Brother and Father Lay; Sick in 3 Cabin in Little Canyon, Douglas County, and Word of Shoot ing Slow inGetting Out." ROSEBUF.G, Or., ilarch 28.-Special.) The latest reports from the killing of. Jacob Reuter, U miles west of Oakland, show that the tragedy occurred about 4 o'clock Thursday afternoon, instead of Friday morning. Reuter jvas at the door of his house when shot by someone 100 or 123 yards away on the hillside above. Four bullets from a 23.30 caliber rifle struck him, smokeless powder evidently being used. His father, Caspar Reuter, and brother, Peter Reuter, were in bed at the time, both being HI. The latter, upon hearing the shots, went outside and found his brother dead, but saw no one around the premises.. He went and called to hl3 neighbor, George SIcEIroy, across the river, three-quarters of a mile, but he was away from home, so no report was given out till next day, when Peter Reuter went to another neighbor's, further away on the main road. County Treasurer G. W. Dimmick and IX R. Sbambrook, who were passing, were notified, and they were the first to reach the scene of the tragedy. They concur In the report of the Coroner's jury, which was assembled on Saturday, that tha shooting could not have been done by Reuter's brother, as had been intimated aa probable. . The only weapons about the place were an old 43.60 Winchester- rifle and a; shot run. neither c. which had "bejn flrwd for a long time. Xo cartridges could, be found from which the fatal bullets were fired, and a heavy rain had obliterated tha tracks of the assassin before the offlcera arrived. Sheriff McClellan. visited the scene Sat urday, but found no clew. Residents of the vicinity were very reticent and would make no accusations. It Is said that Reuter had of late been on better ferm3 than usual with his neighbors. The 111 feeling between the Reuter brothers also seems to have been allayed, and Peter had been helping to care for their invalid father. The Coroner's jury called by Justice R L. Stephens, and accompanied by Dr. W. C. Gllmour, of Oakland, found that Ren ter was murdered by an unknown assassin. District Attorney Brown Is Investigating the matter, but the mystery is yet wholly unsolved. EEEVAT0E DROPS SIX PL00ES One Person- Is Killed, One Injured and Four 'Escape. EAST ST. IjODIS, 111., March 2S.-Ona person was killed, one seriously injured, and four escaped injury in an elevator accident in tha Ixivlngton building to night. The elevator became unmanageable while descending and, dropped from the sixth floor to the basement-. It rose again to the fifth floor and .then, plunged toward the bottom. Tho jerk broke one of the heavy counter-weights, which crashed through, the top of the car, strik ing Herman Engler and Injuring him so seriously that he died an hour later. E. F. Calbert, the janitor, who was acting- a3 the elevator conductor and who was standing beside Engler, escaped in Jury, while Jim Butler, standing on the other side of Engler, was seriously in jured. v KANSAS' FIGHT WITH TETJST Gas Company Alleges Violation of the Constitution. TOPEKA, Kan., March 26. The Kan sas Natural Gas. Company, through its attorneys, has filed in the Supreme Court an amendment to its answer to the suit brought to compel it to show cause why it is operating In Kansas. The petition asks that the suit be dis missed at the cost of the state. Tho suit was brought against the company last Fall by the Attorney General. It was alleged that the com pany had no authority to transact business-In the state. t The petition alleges that the charter board. In refusing to grant a. license to do business in the state to the com pany after it had been lawfully trans acting business here, violated the con stitution. - ALIENS BY THE THOUSAND. Immense Inrush From European Countries at Ellis Island. NEW YORK, March 26. With a total for the last week of 26.000 aliens and with the prospects of at least 23,000 moro to come in on the steamships arriving this week, it i3 probable that all Immigration, figures will be broken before, the Spring is ended. From all parts of Europe aliens are booked to arrive and the resources of the station at EI1I3 Island will be taxed to the utmost. Robert Watchorn. Commissioner of Immigration at Ellis Island, after a con ference with F. P. Sargent. Commissioner-General of Immigration, announced that at the next session of Congress Mr. Sargent will- ask for an appropriation for the establishment., on Ellis. Island ot a ,dlanlay,-of 'fhe various states' -resource.. ,2 'jr