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RUSSIA; Mm DEG0ARE WAR WIT TOMORROW UNLE55
THE BROWN MEN RECEDE FROfi THEIR MANCHURIA ATTITUDE
GRAND DUKE-AND DUCHESS VLADIMIR
Czar Will Retain Manchuria-Japan
Assumes
Ugly Attitude.
MANY - COMPLICATIONS
Believed That Other Powers Have
Not a Right to Interfere The .
Mikado's Minister Does
Not Worry.
ASPIRANTS FOR RUSSIA 'S 77?A
Utah State Prison Treat
ed to a More or Less
Successful Revolt.
LIFE-TIMERS ESCAPE
One , Felon Killed, Three Wounded-
One Guard Shot, and Another
Badly Beaten-Posses
In Pursuit.
(Journal Special Service.)
Berlin, Oct. 10. p. m. The Berliner
ZeIluhgthIs eVehTni""p"ufciihe 'a dis
patch from St. Petersburg which states
that Russia will declare war upon Japan
tomorrow (Sunday) unless Japan altera
her atttltude towards" Manchuria. The
Cologne Gazette has ' equally alarjnlng
dispatches from' St Petersburg;.
London, Oct. 10. According to the
Times, It would require a day's reading
to cover the far East situation in ku en
tirety. Treaties by the score between
this nstion and that all have to be taken
into consideration before war : between
Rnsslar ajit!-JsH lm T-eUTt; .
,. I On the International chessboard there
are a hundred moves to be made by vari
ous powers before the problem is solved.
That Russia means to keep Manchuria
ts certain, - That Japan Is active and
' threatens Is also true, but the little
brown me, mar be overawed by the dts
.' plsp ttf. nearly a, hunded fierce- battle
ships now. maneuvering at Port' Arthur
. and all flying the Russian flag. .
Then' comes the open-uoor treaty with
China, which, . with the czar in posses
sion of the territory, .will probably not
, be, changed.' With Japan the matter is
more.' serious for the reason that Korea,
its priceless possession. Is in danger ol
being gobbled, by the Russian bear,
8hould the .mikado lose Korea, his em-
pirrvttt be diminished In wealth and In
fluence.
. At St. Petersburg.
From 'St. Petersburg 'this morning come
' reports that in diplomatic circles an un
' easiness is felt, hut a peaceful solution Is
expected. M. Kureno, the Japanese min
ister at the Russian capital, states that
he feels no worry, as he believes that
nothing serious will result. He is quoted
as saying that he hat ever found the for
eign ministry of Russia ready to discuss
the situation' with no aggressive senti
ment. China- herself Is - helpless. She is in no
position to order Russia to evacuate. Her
treasury Is depleted, her small force of
armed men, an army with no discipline
and credit gone.
With all the cdmplldations, there seems
no solution but that Russia must figure
out the game with Japan, as it Is assert
ed hera that" no power of Europe or
America has at present a conceivable
right to Interfere.
. . . . .
WasUngton Silent.
Washington, Oct.- 10. On the Manehu
rlan question the state department would
not be quoted today. "It is too early to
discuss the matter," said a high official,
"and I know that President Roosevelt
has not Intimated to any but his cabinet
his attitude or that of this government."
(Journal Special Service.)
Salt Lake, Oct. 10. Encouraged prob
ably, by -tne-suoeess f the Folnom con
victs, certain felons In the Utah state
prison made a break for liberty last
night Just at the time they were being
locked up. Premeditated was the at
tempt and well organised were the con
victs. As a result three prisoners are
seriously wounded, one. Is"dead and two
others escaped. Guard Jacobs was badly
beaten, and Guard Wllkina was shot In
the leg. The three prisoners wounded i
are Abe Majors, Ed Mullln snd Wad-
dell. Mullln was serving a three years' J
sentence for burglary, Waddell - seven :
years for the same offense, and Majors
doing life for the murder of Captain
Brown of the Ogden police.
ThrleirTnso'scapea" aFeTHcF Ha-
worth and James Lynch, both serving
Ufa sentences for murder. They are be
lieved to be. uninjured. A posse of 50
men with bloodhounds are in pursuit of
the desperadoes, but at S o'clock this
afternoon no clue to their whereabouts
had been gained. .
The outbreak occurred about 1:30 last
night, when Guards Jacobs and Wllkina
were locking the convicts in their cells.
The two guards were overpowered and
their keys taken from them. The two
men who escaped had revolvers. After
attacking the guards tney unlocked the
cells of five other convicts, and then
rush waa made for the walls.
Wllkina, although badly wounded, was
mads to walk ahead of the desperadoes
and act 'as a shield. He wan made; to
ascend the ladder placed against the wall
first.
As the convicts began to appear on the
top of , the wall. Guard Nay lor, on the
south wall, opened fire.- At the signal
other guards ran toward the scene
Guard Driggs Intercepted Dayton and
Mullln as they were climbing down the'
outer side of the wall. He commanded
them to surrender, and then shot, killing
Dayton and wounding Mullln. The lat
ter fell over the body of Dayton as he
tumbled down tns wall.
The other five convicts succeeded In
getting beyond the confines of the prison,
but Lynch and Haworth were the only
ones who got away. The others were
wounded before they could make the
dense brush which encircles the prison
grounds.
All night long parties of manhunters
beat" through the desolate country, but
without success. The search goes on to
day, and all towns and railroad centers
have been notified of the occurrence.
ILLINOIS THREATENED
WITH A COAL STRIKE
Washington, Oct 10. The receipt of
the Information that Russia will force
Japan to- an issue is regarded here as
serious, despite the tenure of dispatches
from London this morning that a peace
ful solution will probably: result Sec
retary. Hay will make no statement, but
it Is believed that ths United States gov
' eminent Is .In receipt of Inside news on
the situation, and believes matters to be
very grave.. ......... . .
Status Quo Must S Maintained.
Port Arthur, Oct 10. -The Novy Krai
today says that the status quo fixed
upon by Russia in Manchuria must be
maintained. The , affair now interests
China snd. Russia only and is none of
the business of other powers. ' .Russia
did not evacuate on October 8, nor will
she at any other time. Manchuria la for
Russia. x
CSACXKBS OET HO BOOTT.
(Journal Special Service.)
Scotland. N. D.. Oct 10. While at
work on the courthouse safe a gang of
burglars were surprised and one was
captured. He says that three men com
prised the gang. ' ' : : ,
(Journal Special Service.)
Peoria, 111., Oct 10. This state IS
threatened with a strike In its entire
coal mining territory owing to the re
fusal'of the operators to 'grant the de
mands of the hoisting engineers. They
offered to grant a half of the 25 per
cent Increase demanded by the latter,
but the engineers refuse to accept. They
say that If operators don't recede they
will tie up every coal mine in the statd.
MISSOURI'S EXHIBIT
DESTROYED BY FIRE
Kansas City, Oct 10.- Almost the en
tire Missouri state 'fruit vexhlblt for the
St. Louis fair was destroyed by firs to
day. ' - - .
BOT GETS XiITB KEBTXVCS,
(Journal Special Service.) -Stillwater,
O. T., Oct. 10. Ivory Rog
era, the self-confessed murderer of Mary
Frokash, a 11-year-old girl near here,
has been sentenced to prison for life.
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Mountainous Seas of
Terrific Force Imperils
Government Work.
TORRENTS
The East Suffers From
most Terrific Storms
In History.
LARGE ROCK IS NEEDED
Lesson Taught By the Partial De-
struction of Old Jetty Should Be
Profited by-Story of Tilla
mook Light Wreck.
Capt. Gritzmacher Refuses
to Alter Records to
Show-Escape.
HUNT RELEASED HIM
Minority Member of the City Executive
Board Causes a Sensation By
Bringing New Charges
Against Hunt.
WILLAMETTE RSING
SX INCHES A DAY
sX.
During ths past week the Willamette
has risen at the rate of about six
Inches aday, but' at present it is about
on a standstill. . The river Is now at a
good stage for eteamboating. -
. Forecast Official Beals - reports - that
. there is no danger of a freshet or ex
tremely, high water, t Hs ssys f,bat ths
river has never been known to get out
of its banks during October, and only
, once in November, v That was November
19, 1898. when H rose to 20.2 feet above
low water mark.
. Frequently the J-wa ter - rises to that
height . during December and . January.
But In the fall of the year it very sel
dom gets much higher than It Is at
present The . winter freshets usually
follow the - first : fall of ; snow up the
valley. . When ' it - melts all the upper
tributaries become swollen bankful and
crowd th WUlametts's capacity, '
In an effort to clear-himself of the
charges prefered at the meeting of the
executive board yesterday, Chief of Po
lice Hunt this morning placed himself
on trial before the squad of policemen
on day duty. Gen. Beebe of the police
commission was also on hand to help
Chief Hunt clear his record.
Chief Hunt first referred to the charge
that., he . had released E. E. French, a
circus hand arrested August 25, for a
heinous offense. He was sentenced to
60 days in the city jail, but was sdt at
liberty after serving 10- days. . The
Journal at the time published the fact
that Chief Hunt said the man had
escaped, while Capt. Gritzmacher said
that he hadjbeen released.
The chief first asked Officer . Shane If
he had made this arrest the patrolman
replying in the affirmative.
'well, I have been accused of letting
this man go.'V said the chief before Gen.
Beee and the detail ofday officers.
Chief Hunt, blamed French's release
on Jailor Branch. Turning to Capt.
Gritzmacher, he saldr
Now, captain, will you change the
record?"
Refuses to Alter Xacord.
There was a stir of surprise when
that officer said "No." The record
showed that the man had been released
by the chiefs orders. To Capt. Grits
macher the facts warranted this nota
tion and he stood by his guns. He de
fled the chief and said he would not alter
his bookc.
Chief Hunt was wild with rage. Defied
in the presence of his men, he brusquely
ordered the captain to change the record
to show that French had escaped. But
Capt Gritzmacher stood, his ground and
said he' would not Finally, Gen. Beebe,
to avoid . a scene", stepped In and re
quested that the matter be dropped for
the present.
Then the chief took up the charge of
his having roughly treated two boys ar
rested last week for shooting pheasants.
Several officers who "were in fear of the
officer's wrath replied that their good
chief had done nothing wrong.
Chief Hunt was now pleased. Then
he turned to the captain and asked him
if he had'seen anything wrong.
"Yes, you handled those boys as you
should not hav done," replied Capt
Grltsmacher.
: ' . Saab Raises . tktiHM.
Gen. Beebe mads a speech to the men.'
St Petersburg, Oct .10. In view of the czar's continued nervous state and
the Impending troubles of Russia lh the ,. Far. East, which will not improve his
condition, the people are speculating onrwhoi-"wlH Her Nicholas successor.
Owing to the sickness of . the csar's brother. Grand Duke Michael, it is con
sidered a strong. . possibility that Grand Duke Vladimir will succeed to the
throne if the czar should die without a male heir. He is acknowledged to be
a believer in ths theory of ,eter I that Russia may rule the world.
IN JAIL 3 DAYS
UNDER
CHARGE
WXUJAlf B. SEXTET SATS XS WAS
KEPT IW COKPA1TT WITH BATS
AND BUGS AITS BEPUSES PEB
MXSSXOV TO C0M3iirHXCl.TB WITH
TBZENBS.
Arrested While at Work, His Children
Knowing JTothlng of His Whereabouts
and Lacking Fuel, Finally Accused of
' Attempted Assault on 14-Tsar-Old
X,ena Olsnsr He Says ths Charge Is
Groundless and ths Work of Enemies.
WOODEN BOAT IS
NOT FIRST CLASS
STOVE OP THE PACIFIC FIXE UJT
BEBWBZTEBS TEUS WHT POBT-
i. Aires nrsuBAxrcE bate wirt
- HOT BB -BEOUCED BT THE EX
PEOTEB 10 PEB CSHT.
Ths Fire-rtgnter Contracted for Is at
Disadvantage Compared With a Steel
Boat, As Zt Cannot for Its Own Safety
Venture Into Places Where ths Fire
proof Tsssel Would Be Entirely Se
cure from Harm.
. (Continued on Page Five.).
Thrown Into the city Jail without know
ing the charge against him, kept under
locK and key without being permitted to
send word to his friends, and passing
three days and nights in this placethls
is the charge made by William E. Seney,
house painter and paperhanger, who
was set at liberty on bail at 3 o'clock yes
terday afternoon.
He was arraigned yesterday .morning
on a charge of attempted assault on
Lena Olsner, 14 years old, waived exam
ination and was held to the grand Jury.
The police were about to send him to
the county jail in the afternoon when his
friends appeared to go his bail. Fred
Holcomb of the Frank Day company and
R. Craddock, a contractor, qualified for
1250 each, while William Hawes of the
City laundry qualified for $500. Thursday
Mr. Hawes sent word that he . would be
surety for the entire amount, but the
prisoner had hot been arraigned and the
bail was not fixed.
Seney is a widower living at 888 East
Tenth-street North. He Is 35 years old.
and has three children. A 17-year-old
daughter of a neighbor has been keep
ing house for him, and this girl's younger
sister, Lena .Olsner, Is Seney a . accuser.
He denies the charge in to.to, and toys
he believes-tne wnoie analr is a scheme
of an enemy.
"I was arrested about p. m. Tuesday
while I was at work finishing the paint
ing in a house at Eighth and Prescott
street, near Highland," said Seney, after
his release yesterday. "Detectives Ker
rlgan and Snow came rushing up all out
of breath -and told me, I was under ar
rest. I thought some one was chasing
them, from the manner in which they
rushed up to the house. I asked if it
was not a mistake. They answered 'No.'
but refused to tell ma the charge. They
simply told me to go down and see the
chief alut-U. They said hs would tell
insv."T-v"-'''"A. v "
1 '1 wanted . to take . olt ray . working
(Continued on Pag Five.)
"I do'not consider a wooden flreboat
flrst-olass," said J. C. Stone, surveyor in
charge of district D, board of fire under
writers of the Pacific, "mainly because
of the danger from the flames to which
such a craft would be subjected. A steel
vessel Is what I pronounce a first-class
boat, provided she is equipped with
standard, pumps."
Mr. Stone says he Is not recommend
ing any particular make of pump, but
names the following as among those '(rec
ognized as standard by the underwrit
ers: Blake, Drane. Knowles, Miller,
Trade, Duplex, Snow, Valley, Worthing
ton and Barr. "There are other pumps
equally good," said the surveyor.
"Of course, the Installing of a flreboat
on the river, no matter of what it Is con
structed." he said, "is bound to lower
Insurance rates along ths water front.
As I have stated before, a flrst-claaa
boat would mean a reduction of at least
10 per cent. What the reduction will be
with the installing of the wooden craft I
am unable to estimate."
Had the recommendations of Fred A;
Ballln, the architect and mechanical en
gineer employed by the city to report
on the first flreboat bids, been acted upon
favorably, a steel boat would now be-In
process or construction, instead or a
wooden craft. Of the bids submitted in
July, the lowest was from Moran .Bros,
of Seattle, who agreed to construct a
Steel-hull boat, equipped with pumps of
the firm's own selection, for $56,600. .This
bid wss $409 less than that of the Fhoe
nex Iron works of Portland, which agreed
to construct a wooden vessel for $57,000.
The reasons stated why the ' flreboat
committee returned the bids submitted
to. the .council without, recommendation
arei - - ' r'-'r v-.' : v.r:
"We were unable to accept. from the
foregoing bids any proposition by which
an all-steel twin-screw flreboat with suit?
able pumps and other equipment can be
Constructed for' price-within the limit
(Continued on Page Five.)
Thi tremendous destructive force of
the ocean waves is an all-Important
consideration in determining the kind of
rock required in Jetty construction.
The question whether the rock which
the Northwestern Construction company
proposes to furnish for the completion
of the Columbia river jetty Is suitable
for the purpose depends primarily upon
the violence of the storms which It will
be expected to withstand.
The Oregon coast is dreaded among.
mariners because of the exceptional se
verity of the storms which visit it
Many a stout ship has left her bones
upon this part of the western seaboard.
The storms which sweep up the coast
-anfr-scross th wide- expanse of th
cine strike with unchecked fury and the
tale of the havoc which they have
caused Is a long one.
Tns Jetty at thte month of ths Colum
bis river was planned therefore with
the knowledge that it must withstand
seas far more violent than are expert
enced on less exposed portions of ths
cqast The . two contracts which hsve
been let to the Northwestern Con
struction company call 'for a large pro
portion of very heavy rock snd the past
has shown that It is essential if the jet
ty Is to endure. The old Jetty has suf
fered severely and half a dozen years
ago 3.600 feet of it was swept sway.
It Is more than probable that the new
work now in progress will be seriously
damage before the coming winter is
over. '
Tremendous Pores of Seas.
The waves which strike the jetty
from the south and southwest break
with a force that would seem incredible
to anyone who has not actually wit
nessed their effects. The huge, 80-foot
piles, sunk 25 feet in the sea bottom,
clamped together with bands of iron,
supported by heavy braces and anchored
with many tons of rock are sometimes
torn from their places and tossed about
like toothpicks. The rock Itself Is some
times rolled from the Jetty and big
blocks are split as by the blows of a
mighty sledge.
The great storm of December 9. 1894,
affords striking illustration of the de
structive energy of the ocean waves and
of the manner in which they hurl about
even large masses of rock. It was in
this storm that the Tillamook light was
almost wrecked." and even the prosaic
and unimaginative reports of the light
house bureau present a graphic picture
of the havoc wrought by the seas.
Waves Boss to Kelghth of 136 Fert.
The lighthouse at Tillamook is a
square tower rising from the center of
the keeper's dwelling, and the lantern is
136 feet above mean sea level. The
foundation of the structure is 88 feet
above the sea. The official report terse
ly describes the storm as follows:
The high seas broke over the whole
station, destroying 1$ lights of glass
in the lantern snd damaging the lens
and revolving apparatus. The seas
broke In the roof of the dwelling and
flooded the entire premises. It also dis
lodged the loose fragments from the
face of the rocks and hurled them upon
the roof of the dwelling and fog signal
station, crushing it in many places."
Mr. Hegardt, the government engineer
stationed at Fort Stevens, said, in speak
ing of this storm, that one of the frag
ments of rock picked up by the sea and
flung through the roof of the keeper's
dwelling weighed 163 pounds. Theo
dore Barker, chief, clerk of the light
house inspector's office In this city, has
In his possession s piece of rock weigh
ing about 60 pounds which was thrown
into the building in the same way.
Bocks Thrown 100 Pset Into Air.
These fragments of rock were carried
by the waves to a height of over 100
feet above sea level, and as stated in
the official report, the lantern Itself, 136
feet above the sea. was almost de
stroyed by. the missiles hurled against
it It is said that so great was the
force of the waves that large pieces
were tarn from the face of the solid
CITIES ARE SUBMERGED
Philadelphia Cut Off From Civilization
-Scranton, Pa. and Patterson,
N. J. Are Great Sufferers
by the Flood.
(Journal Special Service.)
Scranton, Pa.. Oct. 10. Not , In the
remembrance of the oldest inhabitant
of the Wyoming valley has so terrific
a storm occurred ss that which is in
progress today and has been raging
since midnight yesterday. From Wilkes-'
barre, 20 miles above hers, come ths
same reports. Bo far north ss Will
lamsport it is ssld ths tempests are
raging.
This industrlsl city is flood-bound to
day. The Lackawanna river Is a1 rag
ing torrent Many of ths largest
bridges sre swept away. No streetcars
. r..nniJAJLnd.alLpfler hniisas-ar...
tinder water. Nearly all the factories
In the city are under water and shut
down. The only railway running train
is ths Delaware ft Hudson,- which hs
but ons track open and engines are
plowing through ths water with ' aa
psns submerged.
Philadelphia Out Off.
Philadelphia. Oct lO.i-The Quaker
City is cut off from the outside world
today. All trains to New York are
abandoned arid 'only one 'train west 'wss
able to leave. - In , the Maynauk mill
district all establishments sre , closed,
waters from the Schuylkill "river ha vlnr
noooed the rires. The Delaware river is
filled with debris snd houses and barn
from farming districts. c ' .
A Stricken City, r
Paterson, Oct 10. This city is still
In the throes of the flood. Water in the
Passaic is steadily rising and promise
to pass the high water mark of 1902,
when the damage was appalling. Hun
dreds of families sre driven from 'their
homes, the torrents in soma, places ris
ing above the first story. Ths mayor
has hired the Apollo hall, which- is
being used as a refuge. Many' pris
oners were taken there this morning
who had not tasted food for nearly a
day. . " . : '
AH the silk mills srs shut down and .
the Rogers Locomotive works Is also ;
flooded snd idle Nearly all railways
are tied up and the city will be without
light tonight The property loss is al
ready immense.
Great Damage in Faasalo.
Passaic. N. J.. Oct 10. The Weasel
creek . overflowed this morning and ha
washed away a long stretch of th
Erie railroad. Duttonvllle Is . sub
merged, but it is believed no lives ara
lost. The town is completely deserted.
The Passaic river continues to rise snd
damage is Increasing hourly. The city
will be In darkness tonight and official
are this afternoon holding a meeting
looking to the relief of flood sufferers.
(Continued on Page Two.)
Storm Otst at Hsw Tork.
New York. Oct. 10. The awful storm
is believed to be about over at this
hour, noon. Nearly 10H inches of rain--fall
resulted this morning breaking all
records ever known. .
I
Highest Hark Ever Bsaohed.
Paterson. Oct 10. This afternoon at
S o'clock the Passaic river reached a'
higher stage than' ever before and the
streets In ths low-lying sections, are
under two to six feet of water. Damage
to mills, factories and householders will
be enormous. One case of -drowning 1 1
so 'far reported... .
Unfortunate Browned. '
Port Jervls, N. Y Oct 10. Ths worst
flood ever know in either the Delaware
or Navesink rivers is on today. - Th
largest portions of lower Port Jervls
and auburbs are under water. Hundred
of persons were rescued with boats thia
morning. The bridge across the Dela
ware collapsed while three men were
on It Two were drowned. Railroad-,
traffic is partially suspended. Thesands
snd thousands of dollars will be th.
damage. . 1 - ;
DRANK HIGH BALLS
; ': AND WERE OUSTED
Washington, D. C., Oct. 10. -Captain
James . G. Steese, - flrstclass cadet, and
W. A. Ganoe, with a standing of 47 at
West Point have beeh sentenced to dis
missal. Both Pennsylvanlans were In
vited to dine and each drank three high
balls, a quart of champagne and a quart
of chablas. Thejr were dismissed for
taking advantage of the regulations al
lowing cadets to dine. out if at proper
invitation. . -
It is stated in the findings that the
young men were given to associate with
certain persons at Garrisons, across th
Hudson river from west rotnt. ana tns
frequently there were females in their
company- of fair repute. ' but ' who hs4
more experience with high-ball , wrest
ling than, the- embryo soldiers.
Ths two in question. It is said, went
beyond th long glass snd tackled bvr
sges that caused them to think of oht
thinga than duty. Captain Stewo b.
Ileved at one time, late In the ''evenirsT
when ha digressed, that hs was br
tender at West Point. r