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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..
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