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Committee ( at Berlin Kn ows
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the Story of MassaGre
Is! Not Exaggerated: ;
Czar Much Shocked at the
Reports- Feels. That His
Life May Be Imperiled.
IZBUV. May 19 Inaiftatlon ayaiaat th Bniilaa aoTrsmnt for allow
laf tho ontrarta at llohtaoff dooa not abata. bnt rathor frowi la ontipokaa
' spraailona.. THata atama to bo a foollnr tbat. tba Knaaiaa Ctoranunoat will
r--i?- '0W4o. .a.y4w vr5ttaS, 3v?rtblft.rMaVf9iii'ri i7aasiAsa
'- tfr bf a maotlvr of tho woaltbjr Jtwa of orlla waa bold laat alffht, i
which a largo aootat fond waa raiaod fo tho roliof of tbo auffovora la tho
proviso whin tbo atrocltiaa oooarrod. Xt la also roportod that largo
amount- haro baa rolTd from, town thronvbont tbo omplr, which will
bo aad to tolloro tho nafortuaato poopl. (
"Kill all. Jew."
HELEN KELLER TALKS
TO THE SIGHTLESS
Though Blind. Herself She Seems to Feel the True
'. Touch of Nature and to Be Able to Speak
, V,.. ; :: as Orie Endowed '.With, Sight, r
PAY FOR '
PETITION
A cotnipunlQatlon from Klshlncff 1
In tho hand of a Jewish committee
in thl city, which makes it positive
that the details of the masaacro were
not exaggerated. One paragraph In the
'letter state that fully one. hundred
women and young girls were kept for
nearly a week, the prey to all manner
qf Indignities, after their fathers and
brothers had been either , killed or se
verely Injured.
Oaar la Guarded.
The Hearst News' Service.
ST. PETKKSBURa. May 1C Since
the awful diacloarues of Ktahlneff mas
sacre the Cur hu been more closely
guarded by the police and tho Russian,
offlolals than at any1 time since ha as
cended tho throne. '
Tho , authoiltes are fearful for the
ruler's safety. He Is practically In
Jldlng,,V--.. .-.. . 4 . -.v.
He , Is said tot; bo greatly ehocke l by
th awful hewa. AJ) tho reports of the
tnaSRacre have been sent to hlm aiid he
know the full horror of the atrooUy. j
So far aa can be learned no prptest
has yet been made by any government
against the unspeakable outraacs' per
petrated upon the hcjplesa womu-and
children. J
It may be aald positively that the
killing knd pillaging waa done under
cover of the troops und by order'of the
police. The orders of the Russian sol
diers and police were: J
The police pointed out to tho mob
tho Jews' houses and stood by while
women were slaughtered and young
girls inhumanly outraged. .
Horrible lax th Sxtreiae.
The survivors are still sorrowfully
exploring the wreck of their, homea
and property for th bodies of lost rel
atives. Feet are found in the midst
of piles of feathers. The hospital mor
tuary presents an awful spectacle. The
bodlea of tho victims had been mutil
ated with indescribable barbarity.
Tho Vledomostl reoorts:
Vhr the. bom be were thickest Were
men and women of Russian society
persons, in gloves and rlaan linen and
with intelligent countenaocea,,,Th riots
were no- suruaHM.out were well organ
laed. - . '. .
The Korostit a non-Jewish paper,
' While the plundering ofi-large ware
houses was lit progress, women belong.
ing.to'the "better' class appropriated
the content Which they made up Into
parcels. " The. suffering Is ' unparalleled
Not one single Jewish shop or dwell
Inr esoaned. ' .-
Tho shops are still closed, the Jews
having now but one occupation hos
pital and cemetery. In the buildings
where' bread . is being distributed are
hundreds of Jews destitute, without
shelter and almost naked.
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HANDSOME
HEIRESS
IDS
PLUNGER
Miss ! Mabel Hopkins Is
Now Mrs. C. J. Quinn.
Society' Is Surprised Although - the
.. Bridegroom Comes of Fine.
Kentucky Family. s .
'ijournal SDoelal . Service.) ' . ;
' BAN FRANCISCO. May 19. The mar
riage of huntlsomo Mis Mabel Hopkins,
niece of tho late railway niasnato, Mark
Hopkins, and heiress to dii immense for
tune, to' Charles J. Quluu, "one" of the
moswldely known race trcl foljov
4fs "and daring jiluugers in the. country,
has created no end of comment through
out the world of society.- Miss Hopkins
Is one of the most charming membors of
the smart set of thla city and haj many
attentions paid her. Sho. lit, a njeca ;of
Timothy Hojikinn, who was an adopted
on of Murk Hopkins. ? ' ?
Charles Quihn belongs to an escnllent
family In Louiavfllc. Ky. Hia family
for years waa engaged in raising blood
ed horses, and today" Quinn' horse, ar
running On tlio most important tracks
in the country. Charlea. yumn and hh
two brothers wppnt every winter in Cal
ifnla. prineipHlIy in San Franrtlaco, re-
ing at the 1'alaco Hotel Charles is
oout Zl years old, toll and handsome.
manner ho is courteous, and atluble,
and was always cxtremeiypopular with
the ladles. It was at the -Paltice .that
Mr. Quinn (trot-mat' Miss Hnplclivs, and a
warm friendship sprang up between the
young couple. On account of Quinn's
vocation there was considerable oppo
sition to 'him from tho family of the
brlde, but love and-determination had
'their way. and the happy nuptials were
oJotnnisad. .-; r'.;
Mrs, Quinn" l WiRhtly' above tno "
dlum height of worn en.' with a sweet
faVe and a klrjdiyaispQsitlon. TShe. is
well educated and, t a Clevec performer
on the piano. The friends of tho newly
married "couple showered them with
congratulations upon hearing the news
of their marriage. '
EUGENE, May 19.There is
a broad smile on the faces of
the' Democratic leaders today.
Republican voters are not pleased
with Hermann and his record
and the' usual majority in the
First District is beginning to
give promise of a slump. The
district has always been Repub
lican, but as the worklngmen and '
farmers cannot stomach the
truat record and timber-land
deals of the man who aspires to
represent them in . Congress,
party politics are being set aside
and now the issue is merely one
, of "May the best man' win," and
that man is Reamer.
' The same spirit that actuated
- the plain people to vote for
honest Oeorge Chamberlain for
Oovernpf ;Will guide them when
they go to the polls to choose a
f Representative., " .',
' Hermann's ' campalgneers in
desperation have sent- for more
speakers and have appealedMUo ,
federal office-holders. :
i " The "log-grabbers" ; and the
'"twelve ?by twelves" are' getting
'" very busy. It la a campaign of
timber grab against honest set
tler and , the straightforward,
conservative farming intarests.
A. II
- nowxia commits euicroB.
PENDLETON. ; pre.. May 1 9. E.
Swanger,. a- pioneer of - Kamela,. Union
County, committed suicide . last - night
by taking carbolic acid at his home.
Mr. Swanger was Si years of.age and
had lived in ! Umatilla jCounty for -20.
years. ' No cause is known for his sul:
cide. r He lived-for a while In Kamela,
Just on.the.llne of Umatilla and Union
Counties, . where ho practically owned
the town. ' Kamela la a wood camp, on
th ' mountain division .of ' the O. ' R. &
N. and Is, the highest point in the Blue
Mountains. The plac is $9 miles -from
Fendleton. .. ,, .-, -.
BRIBERY CONVICTIONS REVERSED.
1 (Journal SDPCtal Serviced '
" ST. ;I.6l'IS, May 19. Tho State Su
preme'' Court today reversed the re
niandpd , cases of ex-Delegates Faulkner
and Nehmann, who appealed from the
decision 1 of : the Circuit , Court,, which
sentenced them two years each for per
jury. They were convicted in connec
tion with the municipal bribery lnves
tlgation. ' .,: .
'GRAND JURY WILL REPORT.
'(Journal Special Service.)
ST. LOUIS, May 19. The local grand
Jury today,.- will make a . partial report
against some Of the state boodlers and
continue its i investigation of, the Jocal
boodjing cases. v Prosecuting Attorney
Folic expects to go right on with the
casesi even "giving up the Idea of tak
ing any 'vacation. ; 1 ;
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Cowgill Has . Agents
Work ; in This
City Now. .
at
LOVE FOR
IRE
BOY
R.
C. Wright' Handles
Money Against the
' Portage.
Agents working in the Interests of VV.
C. Cowgill and directed by Rohert C.
Wright, are Invading every nook and
corner of the City of Portland and
-LfPUrl.'I'VR. rlfSniOures. t9.U&tt.: pcUHins
invomng tno rererendum on the Port
age Rnliro.-ul appropriation bill, the cor
poration tux bill and tho tax exemption
bill, pa.srd ut the last session of the
Oregon Legislature.
For tho name of every individual
who slgiiH all three of these petitions
the Follcltlng agent receive tho sum of
6 cents. This money Is paid by Attor
ney Robert C. Wright nt his offices In
the Falling Uulldlng. Into Mr. Wright's
hands the money comes from W. r.
Results in Arrest of Cora
liixson and Edward
Wilson.
Though Married Eloper
Declares She Never
Was Wedded.
HE LOVED
ANOTHER
TOO ILL
A 19-yenr-old youth caused the sep
aration of Mrs. Oeorge Hlxson, of Rose
burg, and her husband. Not even the
plendlngs of her little ones could move
the woman's heart . and today she suf
fers the consequenw t ber"etHpadea
In a cell of the city prison. Edward
Wilson, the yoiipg man mentioned, in
also under arreif'.
Mrs. Hixson was a Miss Cora Thomp
son, a comely woman and one who did
not appear to be easily misled. Yet her
Infatuation for n mere boy brought her
Into trouble a uil made misery for herself
nnd family.
For Kdwsrd Wilson the once happy
wife and mother fled from her home.
Cowgill. who In supposed to obtain it husband and three small children; for
j-.awara wuson sne cast ner marriage
certificate Into the fire that it mlghy be
consumed and remove that proof of her
relation with her husband: for Edward
Wilson she took flight from Portland
last fall, remaining away three months.
and for Edward Wilson she declare she
will stand between him and his enemies
with a revolver, if necesoary, to pro
tect him.
Wilson Cet Wife.
"We were happy until Wilson m
my wife." nald Mr. Hlxson.. "That waa
little more than one year ago. whJle
we were living at Oregon City. ant-I
was doing work along the waterfront.
How they met. and how he persuaded
her to elope with him. are things I have
Eminent Pastor Leaves
Wife' and Church '
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ana menas.
Found in New Zealand and
Tells Queer Story
of His Life. -
Copyright, 190IJ, by W. It. Heamt'.
(The Herst News Service.)
NEW YORK. May 1-9. "Those who
come here tremble lest they should be
come blind or deaf and be unfitted for
life's duties. My own , difficulties are
vastly Increased because I cannot see
or hear. - How, they must be redoubled
when one has seen and heard-for many
years and has been engaged In pursuits
that required all the faculties and then
suffers this unutterable loe.i!" From
the address Of Helen Keller.
Helen Keller, blind- mute, but re
flecting in her f jce tfre marvelous in
telligence to wliU-h she'1' lias attained
despite thc'e obstacles, delivered one
of the principal nddressesat the dedi
cation of ihe Wlllium-'Cy Schermerhorn
addition to tht New York Eye and Ear
.Infirmary Saturday afternoon.
A dtstingulsltrd audience witnessed
tho iirst appearance of - tho glfed
wtnan on n nubile platform Iflth is
city. - Miss KclU r first' delfvTtftfTslow
ly and laboriously her address, her
(Continued on Page Two.)
from the same source lie litis other
sums expended in his efforts to defeat
the Portage measure nnd In the in
terest of the big railroad corporation
operating in the Ktnte of Oregon and
In the Pacific Northwest.
It was today announced that more
than C.0O0 signatures to the referon-
i dam petition had already been obtained
onougb to idaure its being referred to
the people to bo voted upon at tho gen-
"f eral election to be held June . 1904.
Those interested in petition circulation
and signature declared they already
had nil the names necessary and said
they were now only vorktug to obtal
a substantial. majority. There is a sub
plclon. however, that the frantic effort
beinK put forth Is a last resort to bring
victory from defeat, which is staring
the petition circulators In the face, as
tomorrow is the Inst day' upon which it
will be possible to obtain signers who
will count In the effort to obtain th
referendum.
Toward Petitions Tomorrow.
. Mr. WriRht will tomorrow forward all
petitions to W. C. Cowgill. who ha
already taken up bis headquarters a
Salem, and the lutter will present them
to the proper authorities.
Meanwhile the work of soliciting
iiumea goes inerruy lorwnrc? in i'eeri
land, sub-contractors undertaking the
work, at the rate of 1 cent per name,
while middle-men who do the real work
of employing, take a -"rake down" of 2
cents per three names as their, prlvute
portion. There are a large nurtiber of
solicitors' at work, being handled from
several different agencies
To a reporter for The Journal this
morning, Attorney Wright denied that
he was receiving any fee or other re
numeration for his work against the
Portage appropriation bill or other
measure. IIS was doing it, he said
purely because he believed the matters
which it was desired to refer to the
people should not carry.
When asked from what source he ob
tained the money which h paid those
who went out and personally presented
he petition, Mr. Wright said it came
to him from W. C. Cowgill.
"Mr. Cowgill tells me," he said, "that
the money for this work has been sub
scribed through the efforts of the Ref
erendum League, an Eastern Oregon or
ganization of which he Is the agent.'
"Do you personally know that the
money comes, Xrom such source and not
(Continued on Second Page.)
WANT CHAPELLE APPOINTED.
. i. , (Journal Special Service.) '
ROME. May 19. The Vatican has
been Informed by the . representative
American. clergy that the American
Catholics at large -would be gratified if
Archbishop. Chapelle.. Papal delegate to
Cuba; should Wappolnted Cardinal and
contend that fils Philippine service en
title him to that rewai'd. T'
' isxDSKXpiujr sxiowirsa."
ANNAPOLIS. ' May '19. Midshipman
Arthur Barber, from Ohio, was seised
with cramp this morning while bath
ing fend waa drowned.. A number of his
classmates witnessed the struggles of
the rlnklng man. but could do nothing to
ave him. The body waa recovered, r "
nf?&? Wise th) U H
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never learneu, but before I knew of h's
Inlfuence upon her, she packed her be
longings one day. and informed me that
she was going to leave me. 1 could not
believe bar words. For almost 12 years
we had lived together, no serious trouble
ever having arisen. I begged of her to
reconsider her rash decision, but it waa
all in vain, and she left me upon a bed
of sickness. She fled with Wilson, and
for three months I never saw her.
"I was unable to work." contlned thf
heart-broken husband, "und was com
pejled to Bend little Elsie and Kddle, my
younger children, to the Boys' and
Girls' Aid Society,. It waa enough to
drive one insane. My daughter. Rosa,
aged 12 years, I could not part with. She
had been sickly from birth, and seven
tinges she had been operated upon. To
have her away from mn would have
been more than I could bear, and I man
aged to keep her.
"W hen I recovered, my wife had dis
appeared and I had to send Rosa to a
private boarding house, us I had to go
(Journal Special Service.)
. NEW YORK. May 1$. Henry Austin
Adams, once a popular and prominent
pastor of the Protestant - Episcopal
Church, who became converted to th
Roman Catholic faith end : who disap
peared mysteriously last " AtifttsC- has r
been found. He Is In AUcklandNiiW
Zealand, masquerading under the.'fiame
of Wilfred West. To jme of his fot
mer friends, among the Catholic clergy,"
he has sent appeals for mor.i-tury, aV
sMam-e. Adams write that he Is' dye
ing, but that statement is not born
out by information obtainel frj:ti t,th-
ers. ..." '.v
Relatives and frienJn have' not ben
able to learn the whereabout of a 19
year-old girl who disappeared from her
home about the. time Adas-s If ft .1) "re."
Adams has written- thnt lie-knov.-s ncth--log
of the young woman," whom lio de
scribes as a "Oermau mtile!n. a myrtle
soul and a Catholic saint." Ho exnrrsse ,
the opinion that hc has beeu driven to
destruction by "crufl sl-indert which
iifivc been heaped upon b T. construing
lier most holy emotions- Into sl:is of a .
most vk-ioua nature." ' . . ' , V .
Mrs.'Adams; rni-goJ. a.'( lier. desertion,
by her husband and indignant' at the in-'
suits which she believe Jiavo le.i put
upon her. has employed cUt-ct:v?s nnd
much will depend Upon the report 'mode
by them to her. - r ' ;'
Wlfa" Otihsrt riferinatk ' :. '
Already inform jticn f, a t-trnn,re!a- .
ture has been gathert-u .-uid Mr.. .V'ua,
who is liylnc n" ir, Cb :;p'im:i. Xc?Xr
Chester County, is not In u orgiviHg
mood. ... "CT2.
One of the ir.-t remarkible. exhl!)its
which has been )ilicd Iv. the hinds 6f
Mrs. Adams is n l.ovcletto wrltt"rt by
Adams a short time before his dljpp nr
anccj This Is frankly and by some be
lieved to be almost brutally auM'ilo
graphical In its nature.'
There had been accumulated in a New
York bank to the credit of Adam', I5.
ooo. After his scqnalntance -wltli.., the
"girl of the myattc soul" the barilr;Be
count began to dwindle..: It is paid there
was only -about 94,000 to his-eredir in
August a year ago. .-.-. . .-
Two stories ore told of what occurred
at that time. One Is lhu,t Adams' took
passage as a steerage psMsenger- on the
Augusta Victoria, which saiW., .from .
New York on August J4. When the
ship was ottsld Kandy Hook. Adnnia
was sturlled and diaruied to find that
the "girl with thetmystlc soul" also bad
not tn wnrb ,m,i ho i.i, I token steeriire nuswage on the same ship.
ltecosiiising mo mistake iney nuu mtuum
they' transferred from th steerage'
the first cabin. That is the etojy -told
by those who investigated the diuap
pea ranee of Adams. Ills own story-1
different. , V
How Adam Explain It.
"My mind was a blanic for many day
bcfoiv I left New Y'ork," write Ad.ims
to a friend here. ""I knew ndthing ,of
what I was doing and I flr:$ came to my
self on board a steamship, where I was
working a a common yeuinan. i t contln
ed tn,? voyage", doing niy duties n best
I eWIl1, anil though I often thought that
I would die. Cod's grace, saved me.
Ne mention, was nuide at that timsi of
"the girt with th- mystle nttl.' Of bar .:
not much Is . known. That h disap
peard from bi-r home about the middle
of August of l:tst year is admitted. Shj
has been heard from, on one .or two oc
casions since then, but her present
whereabouts Is unknown..; w?fpt It be ,
to her relatives, who refuse ia discus
It. , Mrs. Admw-foys:-'- - '
"I will not speo; tlie Jirfme of tlieun
fortunate girl who hypnotized my bu-'
band. He first met her at a summer
school near Baltimore and from tho first
he seemed to be enthralled by' her, W hen
shercame to New York a year ago last
winter I heard so much about the time
spent with he' by my husband that I
felt called upon to speak "to htm about
it. Ho believed I .was Jealous and to ..
prove to him that I was not I invited
the young woman into my own home and
abandonment by my husband wa tho
result of my trust in, him," - t
whom she could stay.
Deolar.s Kever Man-led.
"After ell these happy years of our
married life, my wife now declares that
we never were wed. She has burned our
roarrlage certificate, changed the dates
of our .children's births, and has done
all she can to make-Jt appear we were
never married. . -
"When I attempt to reason with her.
she will not lisieh to me, she is so in
fatuated with Wilson. She seems to
have lost all her former love for mvsnlf
and her ehlldrei, and knows nothing
but her mad. mistaken love for a'boy."
Hlxson states that In causing the ar
rest of Ills wife and Wilson, lie nct$H
upon the request of Mrs. Ella' Hughes,
hia mother-in-law. in bringing the pair
to Justice. Mrs. Hughes resides on
Washington street, between I'nion and
Grand avenues. East Side. The mother
is almost crazed with grief over the
actions of her daughter, and is ill from
the nervous strain.
The cose was called In the Municipal
Court this morning, and both defendants
entered pleas of not guilty. They will
have a hearing next Tuesday. Edward
Wilson is a comparative stranger in
Portland. .He is a railroad man.
Wilson and Mrs. Hlxson were arrested
last night at the corner of Fourth and
Stark streets by Captain of Detectives
Simmons. They had checked their bag
gage to Seattle, and it Is supposed they
were on their way to the Northern Pa
cific train when they were Captured.
..WKW. IWS! -TO TT WW AT. UTWT . TO .':.:. : '
': $cene la front of Th Journal offls when, the first issue of th nw paper wa turned oaf Saturday.. Over 17,000
eopie of ti paper were ran off th pr.is ta spite of th fact that v.rythinj wa nrw and did not work M perfectly as
ivwm wnea ta macainery 1 wu aajoauo. ' ' s v . - A ,
HE STORY OF THE HIXSON'S TROUBLE
ukkuun city. May 19. Cora A.
i nomas ana neorge Hixson were mar
led in Roseburg on the second dav
of August. 1899. For a time all was
smooth sailing, and the two behaved aa
a moaei marriea couple should. . in the
course of time a child was born. . A
few years passed and then trouble com
menced. It grew more strong until
he two separated about two year aa-o.
By that time three children had been
born. The wifelalml that the hus
band was .cruel and abusive. For
some reason known only to the mother
he children were -turned over- to a
childrens' home.he seemlnelv rtvlnv
Itnem up with hardly a regret, although
! one wa a poor little cripple. Then
a few months ago , Charles ... I Wilson,
an. Inexperienced youth, . met the wo
man, learned her story, concluded. that
she was a much abused -person, ' and
' that his chance to aid at least one of
-the long suffering humanity had -ar
rived.. He- ven wen t so far ' a ' to
offer to pay the expenses of a divorce.
An attorney wa consulted, papers were,
drawn up. but.- never filed, because th
necessary caslf.waa not at hand,
MAETHA. C. POETEB DEAD. t
(Journal Special Service.) -SALEM,
May 19. Mrs. Martha C.
Porter, a pioneer of 1818, died at Atms-
vine, 12 milea from Saiam. on Sunday, ,
aged 89 years and 10 months. .tSho
leaves one son. It C, Porter, and on
daughter. Mrs. Mary J. Von Bhran,.
both residents Of Marion County.' Mm .
Porter was. a native of Cumberland
County. Ky.. and , crossed ; the plain
from" Missouri to Oregon in 194. 'J'h
funeral will bo -held -at AunViHe thl
afternoon. - , -
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. , BA LEM, ! ' Jia y ;v 19. OoVi tkiorg E. r
ChturiWrrlain Isf In. receipt of . an Hnvit
tloa to attend the' laying of th corner
stne of the new (State -.Hons, at Jack
oi MifiSlssiPIl.;Sr Wednesday. funa 3U
1903. The Invitation eome from the
Mississippi : Stato Houao Commission,
consisting, of Governor A. W. lxitniiv
chairman; AttorneyOene ml Wm, VH ,
llama, R. It. ThomvtHon. W. (!. Prof .11,.
R. A. t)ai and I ft Fltshugh, it
retary. . , 4i j '.-,'