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,Tfie: Situation Is Grave;
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, (Journal Special Service.)
Sofia,' Sept I.- Kaetoria, where 10,-
000 are reported to have been maaaacred.
. la now burnlnc. : The report haa been
. verified to the aatlafactlon of govern
ment bfflctala.here, and lso to the con
. ajula of the varioua powers.
. Thla afternoon reporta contain a
eotnmunicatlon from M.:-Belgna, a tour
4ei who -wae-aa ey--wltneaa to th
terrible alaughter. Jle btmaelf. waa In
eonatant dancer of. being killed, but ere
dentlala from the tovrnmnt at Con
tantlnoflla saved hla life.
Jlecountlnr the awful carnak", M. Bel-fAia-aaya
that Tuesday 'night nearly
1,000 Turklsti-soldiers 'rriade a audden
onslaught . on the town and ruthlessly
pnt to death defenatsleaa .men. women
and children. "In a hundred Instances,"
continues the measage, "tortures almost
unheard of were administered. I saw
mora than 400 women and girls being
marched through the atresia to awful
' disgrace and afterwards death. . Sev
eral women were made to carry their
captora on their naked btfeka, and did so
until tbey would fall exhausted- The
details are unprintable, but I- can say
that the atrocities practiced by the
Turkish soldiers have not been exag
gerated, and in fact not half told.
"The animosity shown by the Mussel
man toward the Christian is fearful, and
no degree of cruelty seenis too great In
tbs latter's punishment when caught
unprotected.", . ,,. .,, .
mossla and Austria . .
Constantinople. Sept. 18. It is now
Certain that no longer will Bulgaria de
lay In declaring war, and, the .only thing f
that can avert It will be,, th Interven-i perish.
tion of Russia and Austria, who will
throw armies into Macedonia.
. Germany has admonished f Bulgaria
that England can gain no support from
the powers If .she attempts to aid Bui
garla. But on the -other hand. Great
Britain says that she will protect her
subjects in spite of alL America holds
the same attitude, and should Russia,
rltfc--an-rnvadlng Tirnrjr.tair tcr respect
Christians of the faith . of Rome or
Protestantism, then it is believed that
strife -will ensue that will carry war to
t he ;gate IT the. czar's palace. .
Washington. ScDt. 18. Almost as ner-
plexlng as was the situation lust sub
sequent to the blowing up of the Maine
In Havana harbor, is that, which con
fronts this government in dealing with
the Balakn embrogllo.
It is given out here that 'President
Roosevelt will protect Americans at all
hazards," end that the occupancy of the
peninsula by Russia and Austria in
their efforts to prevent war must not
in any way conflict with the rights of
America, whether they be Christians or
not. It. Is believed that careful consid
eration must be exercised in the mat
ter that International complications may
not result:
London, Sept U The correspondent
of the Times states In a dispatch from
Moffastlr that the minister of foreign
affairs , tells, that he ' knows cases of
Macedonian women starring In the for
ests, and where they have killed a child
in order to save the lives of the other
children It Is added that unless succor
is riven, all the many wanderers will
The Dredge Grant Will Not Be
Completed Until October 21st.
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'y When will the Orant b completed? That Is question which all Portland has been ask
ing. The Orant Is belny; made over at the Hare Island Navy Yard to do the dredging: at the
mouth of the Columbia. If it could jet to work at once it might render valuable service, but
If It could not be cot ready until the winter storms set In it would be of very little advantage
for this season's shipping. , Hence everybody wanted to know about 1L
The Journal therefore sent the following telegram :
JAMES C SANFORD,
Engineer In Charge Mare Island Navy Yard,
San Francisco, Calif. '
Portland, Ore., 5ept 15 When will dredge, Orant be finished and what is cause of delay ?
deneraf complaint among shippers because of lateness of work on channel.
THE JOURNAL.
Captatn.Sajj Immediately had it repeated
to him with the following result :
TO THE PORTLAND JOURNAL, ,
Portland, Oregon.
Philadelphia, Sept. 17. Replying to your telegram, Brown, Inspector, states the Orant will
probably be completed October 31. Delay caused by Eastern contractors for dredging pumps
and engines failing to complete promptly. - d
' J. C. SANFORD, Captain of Engineers.
DELAY IS
Disc
Business Men "Seek to
Know Why Work on
Jetties Is Retarded.
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Mrs. Maria L, Flanders
. Asks State Assess
ment Be Enjoined. .
REPORT LIKELY SOON
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AH the Available Kea Are Movtar the
Contests of the Wholesale Eonses to
' - aaer "Qnarters Business Along th
Water Trout of ls Crossa, Wis, Is at
a BtaadstUl Ho Z.ifs loss Tet En
tiro r olios Poroe of City Vsed.
mwi REPORTS
OF STORM DAMAGE
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Erer TUited the Old ' Atlantic
teamtr Arrtree With Tale of tae &oss
of tbs ris&intf Steamer Bsatrloa Wltb
Ker Crew of 50 Persons All Ob Board
Beliered to be Browsed.
(Journal BDeolal Service.) .
: La Croesn. Wis... Sept. 1 8.--The Ml
: sleelpnl river' is sevsri inchis above
the dancer line at noon and is still rls
ing In an hour the railway -was sub-mera-ed.
the wholesale housea on the
" river front being- Inundated,, AH avail-
ahl - men are , moving the i contents to
places of safety. Ths greater portion
Of ths city streets are flooded and 4thft
farmina country for miles around, ia
tinder - water. All communication both
north and west is cut off. ' The river
may go possibly two feet higher and
ths damage ouId be enormous. Hund
reds of families ofJ the .river district
are fleeing with what valuables they can
carry to the JiiUs. , On an advice rrom
the weather bureau the entire police
"force has been detailed to notify the
people -of the surrounding country of
the flood. There is yet io loss of life
reported. t: -j, - ,V?.
DYNAMITERS TRY TO.
WRECKS STREET CAR
PTacsd ths Deadly Stuff , Alongside ths
Trao and tight ths Pass Oar
With Pour Passengers Stops ;
I la Tims. ;
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Helena. Mentj Sept. 18. That six men
were not killed or seriously injured in
Butte' last night was .not the .fault of
the designer of a dynamite outrage. A
streetcar returning from Columbia gar
dens, containing four jpassengersi the
conductor and motofman, had Just
reached the cjty limits when the latter
saw la light on the track ahead. He
Stopped the" oar within 3ft feet of a
burning fuse, , the explosriort occttrrlnjr
Just as t'hs car came to' a halt. All the
windows. In the care wwe smashed and
ths car was filled with dust and rubbish.
No one was Injured beyond a 'severe
Shaking up. There is no clue to the
perpetrators of the outrage.
(Journal Special Service.)
Norfolk Sept. 18. Further reports of
storm damage were brought In today by
the. steamers. Captain Buasella of the
Atlantic Fishing ' Company, who was
brought In on ths 'steamer today, says
there can be no doubt of the loss of
the Ashing steamer Beatrice and her
crew of 60 are- all believed to be
drowned. . Marine men have estimated
that 125 persons were lost at sea by
Tuesday s storm, "which is unqueation
ably the worst in th a history of the
Atlantic coast.
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GEN. FRED GRANT
WANTS THE CANTEEN
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Washington, Sept. 18. The annual re
port of Gen. Fred Great of the depart
ment of Texas was made public today
at the war department. A strong: pi
Is made for the re-establishment of the
canteen. He regards the question of
the boundary line between Mexico and
the United States of the highest import
ance and says 'any day the question may
arise, . causing, great trouble., .
PREPARING TO GREET "
CARDINAL GIBBONS
(Journal "Special Service.)
Baltimore.. ,Md., Sept. 18. Cardinal
Gibbons,!, who salfag from' Havre last
week, is expected to reach home In a day
or two. ' Preparations are being' made
by the Catholic Benevolent Legion, of
which the cardinal was one of' the
founders, and by other Catholic soole
ties in Baltimore, to give his eminence
public reception upon hla arrival in
Baltimore." -' v ' '
EL PASO IS
SELECTED
Irregation Congress De
cides on the Next An
nual Meeting Place.
VERY GREAT INTEREST
Joseph Chamberlain Who Resigned Last
Night as Colonial Secretary of Great Brltlan
Subject of the Utmost Importance Is
Proved By Representative Men
Who Appear Before the
.Convention
(Journal Special Service.)
Ogden, Utah, Sept 18. Irriga
tion Congress, noon El Paso was
chosen on the first ballot as the
next meeting place of the congress.
Officers elected for the ensuing year
as follows:
Senator W. A. Clark, Montana,
president.
L. W Shuttliff, Utah, first vice
president. '
W. C. Johnson, Colorado, sec
ond vice-president.
John Hall, Texas, third vice
president. f "
H. B. Maxon, Nevada, secretary.
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Navigation Committee of the Chamber
of Commerce Holds a Secret Meet
ing and Will Make Recommenda
tions to the Main Body.
X W. BAWBOIT rotED.
Salt Lake. Sept. 18. J. W. Dawson
was killed in a collision with a street
car whlledrivlng in a buggy today.
GIVEMEOOJOOQ -
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WITHIN 10 MINUTES
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'1 geatO WMh SeptU JjU-'-Glve me
$600,000 within 10 minutes or dle, With
this statement -on his lips and with a
flourish of a Vicious-looking knife Mar
tln Erickson, a crasy man of Toledo.
Or., at H:30 this morning terrorised the
employes of the Scandinavia n-Amertcarr
tank. TMe cray soao hel4 thebank of
ficials at bay for 'several minutes until
a deputy sheriff happened Into the bank.
Tha .s officer with much !difficult oyer
poweredi the craiy man and locked him
up In the county Jail. When searched at
the Jail it was found that Erickson had
a savings bank deposit cheek for '8XS00
asd considerable' money on hla persoo.
.. (Journal Special Service.)
Ogdn, Sept. 18. The 'irrigation Con
gress convened at 9 o'clock this morn
ing, when F. P. Newell, the head of the
reclamation department of the govern
ment; Engineer Ross, the forestry ex
pert; Pincheon, the Irrigation engineer,
and El wood Mead made addresses to the
congress on the progress of work in the
and states. They outlined the Intentions
of the reclamation and forestry depart
ments and demonstrated that work In
both branches would be vigorously
prosecuted, but that extreme caution Is
necessary to Insure the success of gov
ernment projects.
Perhaps never before In the history of
Utah did such a large procession of en
thusiastlc visitors admire the scenic
beauty and Industrial triumph as that
which traversed Ogden canyon in car;
rlagea yesterday afternoon. At 1 o'clock
18 carriages, volunteered by citizens
of Ogden and by, farmers of Weber
county, left the city hall loaded with
7 SO delegates ipr a 10-mlle drive through
Ogden canyon to the dam of the Ogden
Power' Company, and the proposed site
of the new reservoir at the head of the
canyon. , The county road through
Ogden canyon Is the most perfect moun
tain road In ths West. Delegates also
Inspected the state blind wchool and
farm. The procession returned to the
city at 6 p. m. The congress. convened
for the night session at 8 o'clock. An
address was made by Hon. F. W. Taylor,
chief deputy of agriculture for the St.
flrfmls World's, Fair, on the subject of
agriculture.
George H. Maxwell spoke an hour, on
the general subject. of Irrigation In the
West. . It was the most striking address
of the congress. He -referred to the
rapldly-dlmlnlshlng public domain and
I his speech waa interspersed with deaf
ening cheers. nrst vice-president
Prince presided at the evening session.
Other speakers of the evening session
were William Smith of Ban Diego, Cal:,
on "Ideals of Irrigation," Congressman
F. ft. Brooks of CoWadoirJ"Lbcal Con
ditions and National Irrigation Uwi.
In competition for the silver cup for
fruit and hop ) exhibits, Idaho won the,.
eup for fruit and Washington for hops.
Washington hops were - the only ones
(Continued on Page Two-i .
London, Sept. 18. That a crisis Is
nearly reached in Great Britain's fiscal
policy is believed here today, when It
becomes certain that Colonial Secretary
Joseph Chamberlain has resigned from
the cabinet, followed by Q. T. Ritchie.
Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Lord
George Hamilton. Secretary of India
That other resignations will follow
Is believed certain, as there is a par-
Menlnrlv Intense fee Una- of division in
the cabinet on the question of England's
receding from the time-worn free trade
principle of government.
Early yesterday it was known that
Mr. Chamberlain contemplated action,
but not until late last night was the
communication from King Edward at
Balmoral made public, and which ac
cepted the resignations of the three
members.
Message 'from the Xing.
The message from the king was brief,
and besides stating that the resigna
tions had been accepted, his majesty
enclosed a correspondence which had
passed between Mr. Chamberlain and
Premier Balfour.
The former, under date of September
9, Includes In his lettfer of withdrawei
from the ministry, the argument that a
preferential tariff with the colonies In
volving a new duty would be very? ac
ceptable to the colonial constituents.
But he adds that as there seems to be
no immediate hope of success, he be
lieves that he can best serve the cause
he seeks to promote by assuming an
independent position, which can be se
cured only by resigning his position as
secretary.
To the letter Mr. Balfour replies, un
der date of September 16, and says that,
agreeing with Mr. Chamberlain in many
of his views on a revision of the tariff
laws, he also believes that something
should be done, and that it eventually
will be.
Very High Praise.
Continuing, Mr. Balfour says:
"Tou have done more than any man
living or dead to bring home to the cit
izens of the empire the consciousness
of Imperial obligation and interdepend
ence between the various fragments into
which the empire Is geographically di
vided. "I believe you to be right in holding
"that this Interdependence should find
expression in our commercial, as well as
our political and military, relations. I
believe with you ' that a closer fiscal
union between the mother country and
the colonies would benefit the trade of
both, and if such closer union could be
established on fitting terms advantages
to both parties would increase with
years, and as the colonies grew In
wealth and population."
George Taylor, Alfred Tucker. W. 8.
Slbson and E. T. Williams, of the navi
gation committee of the Portland cham
ber of commerce, went in a body this
morning to the office of MaJ. Langfltt,
engineer officer in charge of the govern
ment work that is being dons at the
mouth of the Columbia river. In the Im
provement of the bar conditions by Jetty
extensions. W. D. Wheelwright, fifth
member of the committee, is in Eu
rope, therefore was not present at the
meeting.
The committee conferred with MaJ.
Langfltt for the porpose of ascertaining
so far as possible the conditions affect-'
Ing the prosecution of the work on the
Jetty, and. In as far as the time per
mitted, exhausted th subject.
-One of th objects to b i attained
was to obtain information rejatlng to
the requirements or trie contract as
specified under the terms set forth In
The Journal yesterday, the quantity of
Stone that Is being delivered by the
Northwest Construction Company, the
contracting firm, and the probability as
to the time that will be needed for ths
completion of the short contract for
160.000 tons of rock now in force. Also
It was desired to learn, If possible, wh-it
would be ths situation when the longer
contract for 476,000 tons of rock, that
becomes effective on October 1, the con
tractor to be ready not later than Oc
tober 10 to begin turning over rock to
the government.
After the session with MaJ. Langfltt.
the members of the committee refused
to make any public statement of their
inquiry and Its) results until their report
had been received by the chamber of
commerce.
Want Bredgs Work Hastened.
One of the things much desired by
the committee and the chamber is the
early completion of the sea dredging at
the bar, besides the construction of the
jetty extensions. The work of remodel
ing the transport Grant into a sea
dredge has been done at the Mare Island
navy yards, San Francisco, instead of
by private contract. It was expected
that the dredge would be ready for op
eration rduch earlier than October 21,
the time set by Capt J. C. Sanford of
the engineering department, in his tele
gram to The Journal - published on the
first page today.
It Is the theory of the chamber or
commerce that the sea dredge may be
used for harbor work at times when
the storms make It Impossible for the
deep sea dredging to be done on the
bar. Much dredging wiU have to be
done in the Astoria harbor, before con
ditions will be Ideal for the rapid and
economical- handling of commerce via
the Columbia river. The situation is
pressing. Indeed, and admits of no tem
porizing without the serious Injury of
Portland, Willamette valley and Inland
Empire commercial interests.
Balfour May Beslgn.
London, Sept. 18. 5 p. m. Many
rumors are current this evening regard
ing the cabinet crisis. One is that
Premier BalfouY will be unable to find
men to All the vacancies and he will be
obliged to hand the king his own resig
nation. . ,' '.'
CASE WILL BE HURRIED
Circuit Court Expected to Give
Prompt Decision So that Appeal,
to Supreme Court Can Be "
Promptly Decided.
OSTAL INDICTMENTS
STILL BEING MADE
Suit was commenced this morning, as)
foreshadowed yesterday In The Journal,
to test the question whether a valid
levy of the taxes assessed this year
can be made under the laws now upon
the statute books. The suit Is brought
by Mrs. Maria 'L. Flanders, for herself
and for all other taxpayers of Mult
nomah county. The defendants are tha
county, the county board and the county
assessor, clerk and auditor.
Wants Assessment Unjoined. ,
The complaint sets fortn the provis
ions of the law enacted In 1903 rela
tive to thajpsessment and colleotlon of ,
taxes, anf reflltes also the provisions
of the oflffwc -under which the assess
ment of taxes of this year Is now being
made all over ths state. The complain
ant alleges that the old law censes to
be in force after January 1, 1904. and
that after that date there wilt 6a.no
provision for the levy of the 1908 taxes:
that unless enjoined the county officials
will proceed with the assessment and
levy as If tha old law were still In force,
thereby causing the taxpayers a very
large and useless expense; that the fur
ther preparation of the assessment roll
will be of no benefit to the plaintiff or
to the taxpayers of the county. For
these reasons she asks an Injunction
restraining the county officials from
proceedings further with the preparation
of the assessment roll and with the sub
sequent steps for the equalisation and .
collection of the 1903 taxes. The plain
tiff's attorneys are Williams, Wood ft '
Linthtcum.
WIU be Hurried to Highest Court.
The county will probably demur to -the
complaint and this will raise the
issue whether or not a valid levy can
be made. No time will be lost In ob
taining a decision in tne trial court and
the case will then be taken to the su
preme court. ' -
. The belief is growing among attor
neys that there is now no legsl provis-"
Ion for a levy of the taxes of 1903. and '
that the supreme .court will so decide
If the question is presented to It. As it'
is a matter which affects, the whole
state. It is expected that the supreme
court will render its decision ss early
as is consonant with a careful consid
eration of the subject, ,
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WILDER'S VETERANS
GATHER ONCE MORE
KING PETER OF SERVIA
REPORtED MURDERED
(Journal Special Service.) i Peter of Servla has been assassinated.'
Bulletin: "London. Sept. 18. A dls- No further details have been furnished.
atch from Paris which It Is claimed I but It is rumored he was killed in his
rests on good authority says: v TClng I palace this morning.
KING ALFONSO IS
WARNED OF ATTACK
r
(Journal Special Service.)
Madrid. Sept. J 8. A warning Vhlch
was sent King Alfonso of a. .probable
attack If ha . .visited Barcelona has
caused him, to abapdoothe trip.
SEBXOtTS , OHAJtOB.
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Dallas, Or., Sept. 18. A warrant was
sworn out last-evening- for the arrest
of Wr J. Hopper of Buena Vista charg
ing him with intent -tox commit assault
upon the person of Lulu Baker, aged (
years. Hopper was ' brought, before
Justice Holman this morning. Upon
arraignment he pleaded not guilty and
the trlalr haa been get for Uts this
afternoon, ; ' - ' . -.
Washington, Sept 18. It was an
nounced this morning that two persons
indicted by the federal grand Jury yes
terday were a former chief of one of
the bureaus of the postofflce department
who was already indicted on other
charges, and a prominent New Tork
politician. Three true bills were returned.
The first charges both wit.n a conspiracy
to defraud by the sale of a device in
which a politician was Interested; the
second charging the offlctali accepted the.
bribe, and the third the politician for of-
fering a bribe. The New Yorker is one
whose name was mentioned In the
recent Investigation.
BOOSXYEX.T BOAJU$ bTTLPX.
New Tork, Sept. 18. President Roose
velt arrived at 8 o'clock this morning
and Immediately boarded the steamer
Sylph, where he was met by his wife, it
Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept. 18. The
famous Wilder Brigade i celebrating tha
40th anniversary of the battle of Chick-, .
amaugua by holding a three-days' re
union on the battlefield, The- reunion""--' r
was formally opened today, tha veterans
rendezvousing st the handsome Wilder
monument on Widow Glenn's Hill. This
-afternoon the survivors assembled at
Alexander's Bridge and listened to an
Interesting historical address by General
Wilder, In which the leader reviewed -
the events leading up to , the battle and '
described the position and : the opera
tions of the brigade on the first day
of the bloody conflict. The reunion will v
continue through Sunday. 'Many veter
ans from Illinois, .Indiana and other,
states are in-attendance. "
FIREBOAT BIDS ARE . Ci
OPENED BY AUDITOR
The bids on constructing th pro
posed flreboat for this city were .ppened
by City Auditor Devlin at 8 o'clock thtsX.
afternpoa, . , :., ,t
The contest ori this second bidding '
will . undoubtedly be spirited.. Almost
every local firm submitted a tender to
construct the craft, and all the bidder
are, shading their figures to' tha lowest
possible notch. ;
The previous bids were on a steel hull.
but were unsatisfactory, and the seeond
tenders on a. wooden bvat- were called
for.
WERE MARRIED IN
SWET AUTOMOBILE
Fresno, Cal., Sept, tl Woodfcard.'
a traveling man from Los Angeles and
Mrs. A. Franklin Were married In this
city by Rev. Wallace in a touring auto
mobile while going -at - the rate of . 10
miles per hour In- the presence, of two
witnesses, , everybody entering Into the
spirit of the occasion by leaking it a
most Jolly wedding. - Ths grom
upon W, Parker Lyon who Md Ju
chased a fine mscnine and w. t,
get him tnarrinse t
preacher, Lyon proponed h -r. ;
the machine and Ilia coui,!'- I,i k
novel Idea and after the c s-r. ,
a long trip.
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