VOL. XLV. 2x0. 13,833.
PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 10, 1905.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
SURE FETOR
Russian Fleet Boasts of
What It Will Do.
WILL DEMOLISH TOGO
Confident of Turning the Tide
Against Japan.
TALL TALK OF NAVAL OFFICERS
Vladivostok Squadron May Be Or
dered Out to Put Togo Between
Two Fires Biggest Ships
Are Not Seen.
SPECIAL CABLE.
SINGAPORE, April 10. Sunday -was
a iday of worry here, the chief ques
tion at Issue being whether or not
the naval battle between the Russian
and Japanese fleets had taken place,
and what had been the outcome. Up to
an early hour Monday morning: no re
ports of an engagement had been re
ceived and the general belief was that
Togo Is not yet ready to strike and( in
tends to wait until the Russian fleet Is
well off the land before giving battle.
It Is a certain fact that the Rus
sian admiral is anxious to fight. The
Russian Consul bore, who interviewed
Admiral Rojesvensky before the fleet
passed this port, said the correspond
ent of the Publishers Press Sunday
night that there was a strong feeling
among the officers of the Russian fleet
that they were destined to uphold the
glory of the Russian flag and that they
were all confident "that they would not
only demolish the fleet of Togo, but
that they would be able to save Vladi
vostock and incidentally retake Port'
Arthur. .
lie declared that the Russian fleet
was strong enough In metal to over
whelm Togo's and Kamlmura's divi
sions., and that so soon as they have
secured a decisive vJcttfry they w411 sail
for he Japanese coast and change the
fcalance of power in favor of the Rus
sian arms. He predicts a speedy end
of the war so soon as the Japanese
fleet is 'demolished.
The Russian, fleet took the route
south of Sumatra and can be depended
upon to pick up the colliers placed In
the China "sea before the Japanese can
strike.
The French steamer Admiral Niel
picked up a naked Russian sailor
named "Warkoff, who fell from the
cruiser Admiral Nakhlmoff late on Fri
day night and who had swam for some
12 hours, looking in vain for help. He
declared that the Russian fleet has
spent considerable time in target prac
tice and that the various vessels will
give a good account of themselves so
soon as the fighting shall begin.
JAPANESE EQUALLY CONFIDENT
Believe Russian Fleet Has Secret
Base in Pacific Ocean.
TOKIO, April 10. Vice-Admiral Rojest
vensky's second Pacific squadron has not
been reported here since it passed Singa
pore. Its whereabouts and the plans of
Rojestvensky are subjects of the keenest
general speculation. '
It is quite generally assumed that Ro
jestvensky does not deslre'an immediate
battle and that helll attempt to reach
"Vladivostok, where there are docks and
shops, or seize a base. The latter course
Is deemed unsatisfactory, on account of
poor facilities and the danger of political
complications.
Many believe that the Russian naval
commander has a second rendezvous In
the Pacific Ocean and that he will speed
ily quit the China Sea and go eastward
of the Philippines. If Vladivostok Is his
objective, the Pacific is considered to be
more favorable for the accomplishment
of his purpose, although It largely de
pends on Rojestvensky himself.
The Japanese newspapers and public
express relief and pleasure over the ap
proach of the Russian squadron, as well
as confidence In the ability of Admiral
Togo's fleet -to vanquish it.
BIGGEST SHIPS ARE MISSING
Fleet Which Passed' Singapore Did
Not Include Great Fighters.
SINGAPORE, April 9. Fifty-one ships
of Vice-Admiral Rojestvensky's second
Pacific squadron .passed here yesterday.
The most important fighting vessels of
tho squadron, including the battleships
Kniaz Souvarofl". Alexander II, Borodino
and Orel, with their complement of cruis
ers, torpedo-boat destroyers, etc., did not
arrive, and their whereabouts is totally
.unknown.
Tho vessels which passed Singapore
wore the following:
Battleships Sissol Veliky and Oleg.
Cruisers Admiral Nakhimoff, Dmitri
Donskoi. Aurora. Izumrud, Jcmtchug,
Almaz, Russ, Anadyr, ' Fuerst Bismarck!
Kaiserln Maria Theresa, Kaiserln Augus
ta Victoria, Kaiser Frledrich. Rion and
seven torpedo-boat destroyers, all sailing
under the naval flag.
Under the commercial flag, were: The
volunteer steamers Voronez, Xleff. Yaro
slav, Tamboff. Vladimir and Orel, the
Russian Navigation Company's steamers
Meteor, Jupiter and Mercury, the East
Asiatic Company's steamers Korea and
Kaital, the North Baltic Company's
steamer Kniaz Gortchakoff, one salvage
ship and 16 colliers.
A French steamer arrived here today
with a sailor belonging to the Admiral
Nakhimoft", who fell overboard and was
picked up in the Straits of Malacca, after
having been 12 hours in the water.
NEW ARGUMENT FOR PEACE
Russia's Strategic Advantage Affords
Opportunity for Negotiation.
ST. PETERSBURG, April 9. The peace
influences in tho government urge that
this favorable strategic position presents
the psychological moment for offering of
ficially the olive branch to Japan, reason
ing that, no matter how confident the
Japanese government may be of Togo's
victory, it cannot overlook the possibility
of defeat nor fail to appreciate the com
plete disaster which would follow the
transfer of the mastery of tho soa to
Russia.
With so much depending upon the Issue,
they argue, both countries have mutual
interests In avoiding an actual test, and
it is not impossible, therefore, that a new
move In the direction of peace may coma
Just as the world expects to hear the call
to quarters for the greatest naval battle
of modern times.
Certainly the spirits of the war party
havo been greatly raised by Rojestvens
ky's success In penetrating to the China
Sea, and tho prospect of a naval battle,
even with the odds against a Russian
victory, which would .change the entire
complexion of the situation, has aroused
something like a flash of enthusiasm in
many Russian breasts.
Some naval officers express the opinion
that Rojestvensky, having now safely
navigated the straits, instead of sailing
north to meet the Japanese, can afford to
calmly await Vlce-Admlral Nebogatoff
with his division of the squadron, who
could arrive there in about three weeks.
The Russian Admiralty on Sunday re
ceived a long dispatch from Singapore, but
no Intimation as to its contents has been
given the newspapers. The papers Sun
day morning printed Singapore dispatches
without comment, the Sviet being the
only exception. This paper views the
news of Rojestvensky as an auspicious
prelude to a decisive battle "which may
show that over Rojestvensky 'still shines
tho happy star which helped him, when
a lieutenant, to save the fragile Vesta in
an unequal conflict with a Turkish bat
tleship." The Sviet expresses the hope
that Rojestvensky is destined to turn the
tables and that, even in case of defeat,
some of his vessels will be able to break
through and reach the Japanose Sea.
PUT TOGO BETWEEN TWO FIRES
Vladivostok Squadron May Be Or
dered to Put to Sea.
ST. PETERSBURG, April 10. (12:40 A.
M.) There is reason to believe that Vice
Admiral Rojestvensky's entrance into the
China Sea has been followed by orders
for the cruisers Gromoboi, Rossia and
Bogatyr, which have been ready for some
time at Vladivostok, to. put to sea.
Whether It is th.e intention to send them
south immediately o'r to hold them In the
vicinity of Vladivostok Is not known.
Their appearance outside the roadsted
of Vladivostok will constitute a poten
tial threat against Admiral Togo's rear
which will compel the retention in or dis
patch of a riumber of fighting ships to
Japanese waters. Thus Admiral Togo
seems to be actually placed between two
fires.
TWO ATTACKS BEATEN BACK
Japanese Twice Successfully. Defend
Tsulushurdm Enemy.
TOKIO, April 9. (5 P. M.)-The follow
ing report has been received from the
Manchurian array headquarters:
"April 5, at 2 o'clock In the afternoon,
one battalion of the enemy's infantry and
six companies of cavalry came and at
tacked Tsulushu, 20 miles north of Chang
tuo. -hey were repulsed. On the follow
ing day 24 companies of the enemy's cav
alry, with several guns, renewed tho at
tack. They were again repulsed. The
main force of the assailants retreated to
ward Pamlencheng. A portion stopped
near Choroyo, three miles north of Tsul
ushu. "Our casualties were ten. No officers
were Included. The enemy's loss, judg
ing from the corpses left behind and from
the number of carts carrying wounded
and killed, was over 60."
CLADO ADMITS HE WAS WRONG
Apologizes for Attack on Zilotti and
Avoids Duel.
ST. PETERSBURG, 'April 10. (12:40
A. M.) The proposed duel between Cap
tain Ciado, formerly Rojestvensky's
chief tactician, and Captain Zilotti, aide
to Admiral Avellan, head of the Russian
Admiralty Department, has failed to
take place". Captain Ciado, having been
satisfied by investigation that ho had
wrongly accused Captain Zilotti of re
sponsibility for tho publication of a let
ter from Vlce-Admlral Rojestvensky se
verely reflecting upon him, has offered
the amplest apology, completing the re
traction by publishing his letter of apol
ogy in all the papers printing the first
strictures.
JAPAN WILL ASK HALF-BILLION
Russia Learns of Indemnity as Con
dition of Peace.
ST. PETERSBURG. April 10, (12:40
A. M.) Baron Suyematsu's article in the
London Outlook of Saturday regarding
indemnity coincides with Russia's infor
mation, the amount demanded being JS00,
000,000. Russian Army Burns for Revenge.
ST. PETERSBURG, April 9. Generals
Llnievltch and Kuropatkln, under date of
April 7, telegraphed Emperor Nicholas
recording the events of the anniversary
fete of the Immaculate Conception in
Manchuria and the reviews of the troops
there, who, the Generals represent, are
burning with the desire to maintain the
supremacy of Russian arms. Tho dis
patches also conveyed a further message
of devotion and loyalty to the throne.
Emperor Nicholas has telegraphed suit
able replies.
Under date of April S General Llnie
vitch reports no change in tho situation.
Probable Successor of Aspiroz.
' MEXICO CITY, April 9. No decision
has yet been arrived at in the question
of a successor to Ambassador Aspiroz
at Washington. Don Jose Algara, of the
Department of General Relations and
now at Port -Subhaizy, is mentioned.
Senor Algara is a member of an old
family in this city.
HT Of HYDE
it Has Fallen-on All Life
Insurance.
v
PEOPLE ARE- 3CAR&D
Equitable Row Has Effect on
Other Companies.
HE WILL BE SHORN OF POWER
Storm Raised by Follies of the Equit
able's Young Vice President
Brings the Business to a
Standstill.
NEW YORK. April 9. (Special.) "In
March of last year I wrote policies aggre
gating 400,000. Since the first of March
this year I have not written one cent of
life insurance."
This statement was made the other
day by one of the city solicitors of the
Equitable Company. It is a serious
situation for him, as he Is paid entirely
by commissions', but it also shows that
the warring interests in the great Insti
tution have had more problems to solve
than that of control.
Since the troubles of the Equitable be
came generally known, life insuranco
business has practically come to a stand
still here. A life Insurance company
must be like Caesar's wife, "above re
proach," and the' merest whisper 4s
enough to drive business away. That the
present condition of affairs is more than
a whisper no one will deny, and it is ad
mitted to have had the worst kind of
effect upon the business. Practically no
new policies have been written,,; and In
addition people who have . been patron
izing, the company have been "lapaTng"
In large numbers, simply because ?f their
fear that a bad state of affairs existed.
Appeal to Policy-Holders.
So potent has this become that a spe
cial circular has been prepared to dls
tribute among policy-holders. Here-is a
copy of it, and' an agent of the company
admitted that thousands-like It ajrebe-.x
lng sent out in New York alone;
It may bo that the failure to mt this pre
mium haa been due to Inadvertence. If so, we
should be clad to hoar from you, as there are
but few policies which cannot be revived, sub
ject to reasonable conditions. If. on the other
hand, your action has been taken deliberately,
we shall highly appreciate it If you can spare
the time to state to us the grounds upon which
you have come to this decision, for it some,
times happens that such action Is due to mis.
apprehension.
A policy, once Issued, Increases In value as
It grows older, and although agents sometimes
In the heat of competition advlM the holders
of policies issued by solvent companies to drop
them and take new assurance elsewhere, such,
changes usually result In loss. Hence, if you
are willing to take the time to write a line
to ms, we shall take pleasure in giving you
sufficient Information to enable you to judge
whether you have acted with a full knowledge
of all the facts or not.
Hyde's Follies Caused Storm.
State Superintendent of Insurance
Hendricks is now making an exhaustive
investigation of the affairs of the Equita
ble, and will not complete it in less
than, several weeks. The" tide against
"Vice-President Hyde seems to be rising
dally, and the -general opinion Ls that In
tho end he will be stripped of all control
over the business his father established.
Hyde ls. a peculiar figure and the
storm center of all the trouble. He at
tains bis 30th birthday this month, and
has heretofore been regarded as simply
an ordinary, useless man about town,
living upon the money left him by his
father. True, he was vice-president" of
the Equitable, but a vice-president ls
ordinarily not much of a person, and no
objection was made to his honorary dis
tinction because his father had founded
the company and he owned the majority
of the stock.
Things that have come to light since
the investigation began havo aroused the
company's 600,000 policy-holders and at
their demand a change is to be made.
For one thing, Mr. Hyde's purely orna
mental duties arc rewarded by a salary of
$100,000 a year. True, this is only twice
what the President of the United States
receives, but It Is regarded as more than
Mr. Hyde desorves. Mr. Hyde has figured
extensively in tho public eye because of
his famous dinner to Jules Cambon, the
French Ambassador; his public coach with
Alfred G. Vanderbllt as the half propri
etor, and the great Hyde ball which gave
the yellow journalists opportunity to use
adjectives profusely in describing It.
It Is' safe to say that the majority of
these exploits did not endear Mr. Hyde
to them, but the fairmlnded believe that
a rich young man had a right to be ex
travagant with his own if he wanted to.
But great has been their indignation since
they have learned that all these private
pleasures of Mr. Hyde were paid for out
of the funds of the society. "They were
good advertisements for the Equitable,"
explained Mr. Hyde's apologists.
Hyde's Control Will End.
Mr. Hyde's efforts to make a life insur
ance society pay for his own private
pleasures have aroused more indignation
than anything else he is accused of hav
ing done or having failed to do. But It is
practically determined that the company
shall be mutualized, the directors having
decided on an amendment of its charter
for that purpose.
Other Companies Suffer.
Incidentally, it might be mentioned that
the row in the "Equitable has had a bad
effect on business m the other big com
panies. No open charges have been made
against them, but would-be policy-holders
have an idea that, if there is something
wrong with the Equitable, thore must be
something wrong In every life insuranco
institution, and in consequence It has been
a very sad Spring for the agents. Policy
holders who have only been In a year or
so are dropping out. Those whose policies
have matured demand the cash surrender
value instead of leaving It. as insurance.
In fact, tlie main reliance of the com
panies at present Ls on the men who havo
been In so long that they do not like to
lose the money invested, but yet have not
been in long enough to realize on their
Investment.
"It will all blow over." declared an of
ficial in the New York Life yesterday,
''and within 12 months people will have
forgotten that there ever was any trou
ble In the insuranco world. But 1905 will
go down to hletory as one of the leanest
years in the history of our business. Peo
ple who have policies are scared, and
those outside are- happy because they are
not Insured. The people outside won't
come inside, and those inside want to get
outside. "Wo will have to do our hardest
work to retain our old patrons and re
assuro them, and it is impossible to get
any new business.
"Tho advent of Hyde has been a disas
trous thing for the insurance companies."
WOMEN IN NATIONAL COUNCIL
Good Work of Colored Women for
Good Citizenship.
WASHINGTON, April 9. Many wom
en Internationally prominent in the
movement for the betterment of wo
manhood and childhood assembled in
tne First Congregational Church this
afternoon, when the fifth triennial
meeting of the National Council of
"Women of the United States was called
to order by the presfdent, Mrs. Mary
"Wood Swift. Miss Susan B. Anthony
received a cordial greeting. Addresses
outlining the purposes of the council
were made by Mrs. Ellen Foster, Mrs.
Mary Churcn Terrell, Mrs. Kate Wal
ter Barnttt, Mrs. Hannah Salomon and
May Wright Sewall.
Mrs. Foster said the legend of the
council was "Lead, Kindly Light." This,
she said, meant not a standing still,
but a moving forward. Evey creed,
she said, was represented in the Coun
cil and every woman might stand for
her own. In no non-Christian country
could such an organization have been
born nor in any country except a re
public. Mrs. Terrell spoke of citizenship from
a woman's point of view and in this
she touched on the problems confront
ing tho colored women. "The colored
women of the country," she said, "are
doing as much to promote good citi
zenship as their more fortunate sisters
in white. This is Interpreted by them
to mean an intelligent regard and ten
der enre of their children and a con
scientious and careful consideration of
every question which concerns the wel
fare of the race.
"Colored women." she concluded, "be
lieve that good citizenship means the
protection of the womanhood of the
race, insisting that the men who trans
gress the moral laws shall be ban
ished from good society as inevitably
as the women they destroy."
Mjs., Sajqmon brought the greetings
oftf tho National Jewish Council of
AVoinen. "The religion which I repre
sent," she said, "has something of har
mony of all religions, for Judea gave
the world its civilized religion. No na
tion which loses its religion can sur
vive. Here in the Council all creeds
can get along together by doing Justice
to all."
THE DAY'S DEATH ROLL. .
Chief Justice of Wyoming.
CHEYENNE. Wyo., April 9. Jesso
Knight, Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court of Wyoming, died at his home here
at nooa today. He had been on the Dis
trict and Supreme bench a numblr of
years and was prominent in secret or
ders. He was a 33d degree Mason and
one of the founders of the Wyoming con
sistory. Artemus Pitcairn, Glass Man.
PITTSBURG. April 9. Artemus Pit
cairn, vice-president and controller of
the Pitsburg Plate Glass Company and
one of the best-known glass manufactur
ers in the country, died at his home to
night of pneumonia, aged BS years.
Battleship Ohio at Honolulu.
WASHINGTON, April 9. The Navy De
partment Is advised of the arrival of the
battleship Ohio. Captain Leavitt C. Lo
gan commanding, at Honolulu yesterday.
The Ohio left San Francisco April 1, and
Is on her way to the China station.
CONTENTS OF TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
TOD AT S Partly cloudy: northwesterly wind..
XESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 50
deg.; minimum, 2. Precipitation, trace.
The War In the Far TmU
Rojestvensky's officers boast thoy will crush
Togo. Page 1.
Japanese eager for naval battle. Page 1.
Vladivostok, squadron may tm ordered out to
attack Togo's rear. Page 1.
Foreign.
Wholesale execution of Socialists at Warsaw.
Page 1.
Great ovation to Korsakoff, professor who was:
removed at St. Petersburg. Page J.
Railroad strike In the Caucasus. Page 1.
Cause and extent of Madrid disaster. Page 3.
i National.
President Roosevelt In camp in Oklahoma.
Page 2.
Protectorate over Santo Domingo Inevitable.
Page 2.
Domestic
Serious effect of Equitable dispute on life-insurance
business. Page 1.
Gates wheat corner on verge of collapse.
Page 1.
Proof that Standard OH controls Harrlman
roads Page 1. .
Mormon leaders denounce critics of church.
Page S.
Mayor of Minnesota town murdered by mob.
Page .
Sports.
Pacific Coast League games: San Francisco
10-2. Portland 3-0; Taeoma 8. Iak Angeles 5;
Oakland 2-5. Seattle 9-1. Page 5.
Pacific Coast.
Employe of state Institutions may resign be
cause oC discount on salaries. Page 4.
New Congregational church at Salem dedicated.
Page 4. 4
Portland and Vicinity. .
Prosecution and defense prepare for the land
fraud trials. Page "10.
New Mayor of St. Johns takes his seat tonight.
Page 12.
Beet trust Invades terHVry of Northwestern
packers. Page 12. "
District Attorney Heney declares land-fraud
Indictments cannot be quashed, as grand
Jurors were qualified. Page 10.
Row over pool game leads to serious shooting
'affray, rage 12. .
Evangelists have busy Sunday. - Page 11.
Dr. Smalt commends Chapman revivals, but
regrets doctrine of eternal ounlsbment ls
preached. 'Page 11.
FACTS COME BUT
Standard Oil Men Con
trol Railroads,
BUT NOT THE SANTA FE
Union and Southern Pacific
Under Their Thumb,
KENNA TELLS SOME SECRETS
They Own Minority of Santa Fe
Stock and Sought Place Among
the Directors, but it Was
Refused Them.
TOPEKA, Kan.. April 9. (Special.) El
D. Kenna, first vice-president of the Atch
ison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway, said
today tho Santa Fe probably has 25,000
stockholders. Said he:
"There are some big holders, of course,
but thoy are not many. In this class are
John D. Rockefeller and his assistants,
who own about 250,000 shares of common
stock, or about 11 per cent of the author
ized capital."
Speaking: of the holdings of these men
and their relation to the directory of the
company, Mr. Kenna said:
"Neither the Union Pacific Railroad
Company nor tho Southern Pacific Com
pany owns a share of Atchison stock.
Some of the very rich men who control
the Union Pacific Railroad Company,
namely "William Rockefeller, H. H. Rog
ers, B. H. Harrlman, James Stillman and
a few others, during the financial depres
sion about a year ago bought large
amounts of the stock of several of the
principal railway companies In the United
States, including the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe Railway Company. They thus
became the holders in the aggregate of
about 250.000 shares of common stock of
the Atchison company.
"Not long before the last annual meet
ing they expressed a desire to haye some
representation upon the board of directors
on account of their large holdings of
stock. The subject was considered by the
Atchison management, and It was decided
that no representation could nor would be
voluntarily given to these gentlemen if
they were acting- in the Union Pacific or
Southern Pacific interests, and that no
officer of the Union Pacific or Southern
Pacific Company would be acceptable as
a member of tho Atchison board of di
rectors. "These gentlemen stated- that their in
terests In Atchison were substantially as
large as their interests In Union Pacific,
and that they did not ask for representa
tion as representing Union Pacific Inter
ests or Southern. Pacific interests, but
merely on account of their own large In
vestments in the Atchison company."
MANY DIE THAT ONE MAY LIVE
Parable of Trust Magnate- Denounced
From Pulpif.
NEW YORK, April 9. In the course of
his sermon in Plymouth. Church, Brook
lyn, today, the Rev. Dr. Newell Dwight
HIUIs referred to the gift of 5100.000 made
by John D. Rockefeller to the American
Board of Foreign Missions, and of Mr.
Rockefeller's son. He said, in part:
"The saddest words that have been
written In this generation were spoken
'before Brown University by a young
man who Is to inherit one of the great
est fortunes in this country. They were
spoken in defense of the trusts. Listen
to them: 'The American beauty rose can
be produced in all Its splendor only by
sacrificing the early buds that grow up
around it. The rose has 1000 buds, and
In order to produce the American beauty
thegardener goes around It with a knife
and snips 909, in order that ail the
strength and beauty may be forced into
one bloom.
"In this economic argument this young
man brutally tells the working classes
that 999 small business men must be
snuffed out of existence In order that his
American beauty, the trust, may be pro
duced. Listen to Christ: 'Let the strong
bear the burdens of the weak, and again,
'Give, and It shall be given unto.' These
words in defense of the trusts are the
most heartbreaking things in literature
to those who know what Is going to come
In the future. Can you wonder that af
ter that, when an American gives gifts,
we have no gratitude to return?"
GARFIELD ARRIVES IN KANSAS
With Three Assistants He Will In
vestigate Standard Oil.
TOPEKA. Kan., April 9. James Ru
dolph Garfield, Commissioner of Corpora
tions, arrived here tonight to begin his
investigation of the Standard Oil methods
in Kansas. He is accompanied by L. P.
Caswell, Charles Earl and Luther Co
nant, Jr., three .employes of his- bureau.
They will assist him In making the inves
tigation. "I have no news . to give out tonight
about the proposed Investigation' said
Mr. Garfield. "I have Just reached the
scene and must first get ray bearings. I
want to learn something of the situation
in Kansas before I complete my plans. I
will have a conference with Governor
Hoch tomorrow oh the matter. There Is
no telling how long it will take. I have
three men from my bureau with me and
we will all get busy at once and stay
that way until the case is cleared up."
Murderer's Struggle for Liberty.
PATERSON. N. J., April 9. Artnur
Lastcr, who is under sentence to be
hanged on Friday next, made a des
perate attempt to escape from jallhere
today. He shot the two deputy sher
iffs on the death watch, but failed to
get away and finally was clubbed into
unconsciousness by policemen, whom
the deputy sheriffs called to their aid.
Neither of the injured deputies will
die.
SLAUGHTERING: THE REBELS
Wholesale Execution in Warsaw-j-Prisoners
Die of lll-Treatment.
SPECIAL CABT.E.
VIENNA, ADril 10. It Is reported here
that among the 96 Socialists executed at
the citadel in Warsaw. Thursday, 38 were
Jews. The report says that the execu
tioners blackened the faces of the Jews
before execution, so as to give them the
appearance of being unrecognizable and
of having been taken for workingraen.
The report has caused wild excitement
among the Socialists and working classes,
as has the report that prisoners In
Pawick prison are being tortured by their
keepers In the most cruel manner.
The Socialist Gutzmnn, who shot a
captain and three policemen who were
seizing a printing press, is reported to
have died at the prison from ill treat
ment. KORSAKOFF GIVEN AN OVATION
St. Petersburg Audience Shows Sym
pathy With Liberal Professor.
ST. PETERSBURG, April 9. A per
formance of Korsakoff's opera "Kaschez"
was given by Conservatory students at
tho Komissaycvski Theater this after
noon before a crowded audience, which
called the composer before the curtain
and greeted him with a wild ovation.
Flowers fell In showers from all parts
of" the house, and many wreaths were
presented to the composer.
Speeches were delivered expressing sym
pathy with M. Korsakoff, who was re
moved from his professorship In the Con
servatory because of bis attitude toward
the .striking students. The police tried
to stop the demonstration by lowering
the fireproof curtain and then cleared
the building.
There was another great workmen's
demonstration today at the Smolensk
Cemetery, where revolutionary pamphlets
were distributed broadcast. Cossacks
dispersed, tho crowd.
Serious disturbances by students are
reported, from Tamboof.
RAILROAD STRIKE IN CAUCASUS
Officials Fear to Run Trains, and
Strikers Steal Them.
ST. PETERSBURG, April 10. (12:40 A.
M.) Dispatches from the Caucasus . paint
the railway situation there in alarming
colors. The authorities, it is represented,
are afraid to run. trains at night lest
they be wrecked.
The striking section hands seize trains
and travel up and down the line, forcing
other employes to cease work.
WARSAW HAS A QUIET SUNDAY
Police Guard City and Soldiers Guard
Police From Jews.
WARSAW, April 9. (9 P. M.) The
Jewish quarter of this city was guarded
by a strong1 military force throughout
the day. Every policeman on duty at Iso
lated, or doubtful points was guarded by
two soldiers. The result of this was the
first quiet Sunday here since the Janu
ary disturbances.
FIRE STARTS THEATER PANIC
Ample Fire-Escapes and Exits Make
Number Injured Small.
KOKOMO, Ind.. April 9. George Arm
strong. 17 years old, was fatally injured
and a score of persons severely burned
tonight during a fire in the Sipe Theater,
caused by a roll of celluloid films used
in operating a moving picture machine
Jiaving ignited. . In the panic that fol
lowed, Armstrong jumped through a
window In the third floor.
A moving picture show was in progress.
During the intermission a bag of cellu
loid films, suspended over the balcony
railing, was ignited by an electric light.
The machine operator brought the audi
ence Into a panic by. crying:
"Look out, everybody; the theater Is on
fire."
In an instant 600 people became a crush
ing, rushing mass of humanity. That
more were not hurt is due largely to the
excellent system of lire escapes and ex
its in the theater and the deportment of
the house employes.
Armstrong ocupied a seat in the gal
lery, and at the warninjr cry broke ' a
plate-glass window and jumped to the
sidewalk, a distance of 40 feet. Both his
legs were broken and he was internally
Injured. Mrs. Bert Jacobs was so affect
ed by the shock as to require the at
tention of a physician. Her condition is
serious. Vance Hunt was badly burned
by the flaming films. Several others were
severely burned.
The theater was damaged by smoke
only.
WIFE BETRAYS MURDERER.
Confesses Torturiti and Vilardo Quar
reled Black Hand Marked Victim.
SAN FRANCISCO. April 10I The wife
of Piotro Torturiti has confessed to the
poltce that her husband killed Biaggio Vi
lardo at 73 A. Green street.
She says that on the night of the mur
der she was in aki adjoining room when
tho two men began "quarreling over some
matter of which she is ignorant. She
says that she then went out and is un
aware of what happened thereafter, al
though circumstances lead her to believe
that her husband killed Vilardo.
The police "have also learned definitely
today that Vilardo was marked for butch
ery by the "Black Hand." This they
learned from Peplto Benedltti. a cousin of
the murdered man, who says he was
warned to that effect.
Mrs. Torturiti has been arrested as an
accomplice In the murder.
STEAMER ATJRELIA TAKES FERE
Astoria Vessel Badly Damaged at
Wharf in San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 9. The steam- i
er Aurella. which arrived from Astoria !
this morning, while lying at the Lom- i
bard-street wharf, took fire. She had a !
cargo of lumber and grain in her hold,
and before the fire was extinguished was
considerably damaged about the engine
room. The loss will amount to $15,000.
The fire was caused by the blowing out
of an oil valve.
Dr. Hollander at San Jjjan.
SAN JUAN. P. R.. April 9.-Dr. J. H.
Hollander, who has been selected by
President Roosevelt to Investigate, the
fiscal condition of the Republic of Santo
Domingo, will sail shortly for Santo Do
mingo on board the cruiser Chattanooga.
LL QUIT LOSER
Gates1 Wheat Corner on
Verge of Collapse.
IS BEATEN BY ARMOUR
High Price Causes New Wheat
to Flood Market.
LAWSUITS WILL BE SEQUEL
Manipulators Made Blunder in Cat
culations on Amount of Contract
Wheat and Stayed In
Too Long.
CHICAGO. April S.-lSpaefcO.) The
great May wheat corner k? en the vers
of collapse and its manipulators, if thev
romain in until tho close, stand to kwe
not only the millions they have already
"scalped" In the fluctuations, but ad
ditional millions just to show their
"nerve."
Final deliverey day is still distant
seven weeks. If the deal is put taiough
it means endless litigation over contra t
wheat and other points. If the shorn
are squeezed too hard, they will appeal
to the courts and It may require atrons
arguments to convince the courts that
May wheat Is worth 51.50 on May 31. and
only worth 51.22, or less the day follow
ing. Narrowed down to a plain statement
it is seen that Armour's lieutenants hae
been quite too shewd for the Gaf3
crowd.
All along in the May deal. Armour has
been quietly skimming the cream off the
Gates corner. Lately he has taken the
aggressive. For two weeks the manipu
lators have been forced to pay extia
commissions and put up large bonuses
on trades made by their own brokers to
keep up a semblance of life and activity
In the deal. The only new business has
been jjedging sales against purchase of
actual wheat pouring Into the market.
Leiter Deal Repeated.
. The history of the Leiter deal is being
repeated, almost to the letter. Prices
have been so high that every pound of
"contract" in the country has been
started for Chicago. All the wheat grown
this year good enough to grade "con
tract" 58 pounds Is still In existence.
Millers have been grinding low-grade
wheat and picking out all the heavy
kernels to sell to the Chicago speculator.
Last year's crop was 552,000,000 bushel.
May what closed Saturday, 51.15V
This 13 2S?ac higher than July and 2i
cents higher than September delivery.
At one time during the week May pre
miums over July was nearly 30 cent.
This Insures a handsome profit for work
ing out every grain of heavy wheat n
sight and forces a heavy penalty on the
owner who carries over any wheat or
flour to the next crop.
Prospect of Big Crop.
It Is expected that the Government re
port, due this afternoon, will show a
wheat prospect of 4SO.00O.0OO bushels, or
115.000,000 more than was grown last
year. If this prospect Is realized, wheat
prices must go to an export basis. Ma1
prices are now dangerously near the im
port basis, despite the duty of 25 cents a
bushel.
The costly mistake of the manipulators
of the corner seems to have been a mis
calculation of the amount of contract
wheat in the country. It Is now break
ing the back of the May corner. The
manipulators also made the grievous
error of remaining in too long. They hae
had handsome scalping profits for two
months and could have retired any time
up to a fortnight ago with millions to
the good. Now it will cost them heavily
to get our.
NEW MEXICAN STEAMER LINES
One Will Run to Canada, Another to
Houston, Texas.
MEXICO CITY. April 9. Considerable
progress has been made toward the in
auguration of a steamship line between
Mexican gulf ports and Canada and it
Is probable that steamers of the new line
will begin their trips next month. The
question has arisen as to whether steam
ers shall call at Cuban ports, as first
intended and afterward changed. The
government objects to making stops at
Cuban ports, but it is hoped to secure its
consent to this.
The regular service of the Mexico
Texas Steamship line will be opened May
1. Five boats then will be put in com
mission. The line connects with the
Gould railway system at Houston. Tex.,
and It Is expected that one steamer will
ply between the Texas city and Coatzac
alcos. which is the gulf terminus of the
Tehuantepec Railway.
SICK WOMAN' SHOOTS HERSELF
Daughter of Bank President Ends
Struggle With Dyspepsia.
NEW YORK. April 9. Miss Mary Cal
laway, daughter of Robert M. Gallaway.
president of the Merchants National
Bank and a director in many rallway
companies, killed herself In her room at
the Hotel Sevlllle here today.
Miss Gallaway. who had suffered from
dyspepsia for several years, was attended
by two trained nurses. One of these was
hanging some clothes In a wardrobe when
she heard the sound of a shot, and. turn
ing to the bed, saw Miss Gallaway. who
had been sitting propped up with pillows,
fall over. She had shot herself through
the mouth, death being Instantaneous.
Miss Gallaway was 31 years oW. De
spondency, due to long-continued illness
Is believed" to have been the cause of the
suicide'.'