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OOD 'EVENING. 'F YOU HAVE A WANT The Weather I . YOU CAN HAVE IT SUPPLIED BY - t Tonight fair; J uesuay, Increasing cloudiness; brisk winds, mostly , ADVERTISING IN THE JOURNAL easterly. 1 , WANT COLUMNS 'VOL. II. KO. 251. POBTXAND, OKEGOTC MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 28. 1903. PBICE FIVE CENTS. 1' ' 'I jCJ - . , " . ' . . I' ' ' -l D. G. Van Houteri Shoots Albert 4oung Whom : He Calls Rival; . CAUGHT IN A BAtfN Slayer Uowounded by Shot Fired After : Him-Captured. After .Atl-Nfght.l . Hunt Separated From His l : " ifc'Two Years Ago. Goaded to desperation by his domestic troubles : David O. Van Houten, well known in .Portland as a teamster," shot and fatally wounded Albert Young In the latter's saloon at the northeast corner of Twenty-third and Savier. streets at t ' o'clock last night. , The first of the two shots was, fatal. It penetrated the victim's abdomen sev- ; ering.'the mriln artery and result tng in : Young's death three hours after the as Bault ,,Tha second shot broke his, right . arm. f -'; i ; , -' -".'. '' - Following thehootlng -Van Houten made .his escape. Patrolmen searched the city all night and at 7 o'clock this morning Acting Detectives Hogeboom and Vaughn arrested him at hla barn . at Montavllla. ' Policemen ' -Price 'and Connor were also- present and the pris oner was taken to h station , without . trouble. ' - ' ' ' The body of Young was removed from Good Samaritan hospital, where he died, to the morgue, where an autopsy . will be;, held late this afternoon. Coroner Klnley will hold an inquest tomorrow morning. Separate Two Years. v There are many conflicting 'stories -la circulation today regarding the incidents ' leading up to, the shooting. Van Hou ten, his friends say. Is insane over hit separation from h,ls wife, -wWch he at tributed to Young. ' Friends of Toung, while admitting that he knew Mrs. Vau Houten,' deny that there was anything wrongi. Some of them even .assert that If Van Houten had reason for blaming anyone he. picked out the wrong man. Certain It la that family troubles led the Van Houtens to separate nearly two years ago, They were not divorced, but the wife, , It Is said, was contemplating auch a course. (Continued on Page Two.) - SHE WAS FOUND DRUNK ON STREETS s t " , v " -, 1 - V " Little 7-yal"-old Jennie Reynolds was found drunk in the street of Jersey City, N. J., last Wednesdays -She found a bot tle or whisky and "dratik It with such dlntiHtrous results' that her life has been denpalred of since the occurrence. .The police bflieva some evll-tnlnded person gave the child the fiery polBon. MBITffiii,i.iilwiiJ'J wzzrzti RATES UP "1118 General Increase in Freight Traffic to the Pacific Coast, MORE THAN 10 PER CENT 0. R. Il X, Union Pacific Southern Pacific Northern . Pacific, Great Northern and Santa Fe in the -Agreement to Raise Prices; : Freight rates on the chief commodi ties shipped from the East will be ma terially advanced January 18, the ad vance being made by a general agree ment among all transcontinental lines and , by the organization known as the Transcontinental Freight association. The new rates will affect not only the Pacific Coast but will affect it from Vancouver, B. C. to Ban - Diego, Cal. The increased racea will be - made on shipments from New York and common points, from Chicago and common points, from Omaha and Missouri river points and from the St Louis territory. In short, all shipments from the Missouri river east to the Atlantic will cost about 10 cents more for .'each 100. pounds brought to the Pacific Coast This is the most considerable general increase made in freight rates in recent years." Even freight men are surprised at the increase, and it haa been kept de cidedly quiet except among the big ship pers, who were informed late last week of the proposed change. The result will be that farm machinery, canned goods, glass and , drug supplies, along with many other staple articles, will be raised In price to absorb the loss from an in creased freight rate, and according to general opinion among Portland shippers a considerable Increased cost of livtng will be New Year's gift to. the cltisena of the western empire. The railroads assign no especial rea son fon the increase. As one freight man expressed it, "the New York fellows needed the money and thought the West had it." Rates to the East remain un changed. ' - ' The roads that will comply with the new rate agreement are the Northern Pacific, the Great Northern. Union Pa cific. Southern Pacific, O. R: & N.. and Santa . Fe. These - roads represent the Hill, Ilarriman and Rothschild interests and control the transcontinental busi ness entirely. . "' . Bom Bpeoiflo Fig-ares. Though the new rates cover the entire field and a book of many pages Is needed to show the changes, the . following list of important articles and the raiso will give a general idea of what .the coast will pay as the result of the recent gen eral agreement ' In the majority of cases the rates are for carload lots, and mixed shipments cannot be sent at even the increased rate: Agricultural imple ments, 10 cents per 100 pounds increase from all Missouri river and eastern points; Jars and glasses, old rate 85 cents, new rate $1.10; corn and peas, minimum load 30,000 pounds, old rate, 71 cents, new rate cents from New York; from Missouri river points, old rate 76 cents, new rate 85 cents; breakfast food. New York, old rate 80 cents, new rate 90 cents; from Missouri river points, old rate 78 cents, new rate . 85 cents; drugs, carload, lots, old rate 11.25, new rate $1.40; earthenware, bathtubs, etc., old rate $1.25. new rate $1.40; plate glass, old rate $1.26, new rate $1.60; building material, steel and iron structure mate rial of all sorts, old rate 75 cents, new rate 85 cents; bridge material, iron and steel structural material, ,oldf rate 76 cents, new rate 85 cents. -. , : Mora Tbaa Tea Per Cent Higher. The above list Includes much of the material shipped in quantities from the East to Portland, and an average of more than ' 10 cents a hundred Increase in freight rates will be found, the increase on glass Jar being especially heavy and will amount to thousands of dollar a month during the coming season. The rise in plate glass and building material may affect, building operations through (he entire West. END OF STRIKE IS AS REMOTE AS EVER (Journal Special Serrtoa.) Chicago, Deo. 28. Despite the team sters' offer of arbitration made on Sun day, peace In the livery drivers' strike Is as remote as ever. The liverymen say they have nothing to arbitrate. A number of hearses were sent out today without interference of the strikers. Norman Larsen, the union teamster who attempted to cut the traces of a team drawing a hearse, was fined $50 In the police court this morning. He may yet be prosecuted under . the . atata law, which makes interference, with a funeral a felony. CAN NOW TURN THE r . BLACK MEN WHITE (Journal Special Servlac.) New York. Dec 28. -A scientist of Philadelphia, a man of great reputation, whose statements have received the sup port of equally as reputable scientists of this city, declares that with the use of Crook's tube he can turn the complexion of ' the blackest man 'to -whit color. The claimant of this startling discovery is none other thaniJDt. Henry K. Pan coast of the university hospital of Philadelphia, SLAYER OF i i - ' " ' It V .I'M EMERGENCY HOSPITAL AT THE CITY JAIL Board of Health Selects an , Upstairs Room for -Use in Caring for Injured Persons and Will Fit It Up as Soon as Possible A committee from the board of health visited the city Jail today and completed arrangements for fitting up a room as an emergency hospital. The task of in stalling this latest municipal' improve ment has been delegated to City ' Phy sician Zan and Dr. Baylor, also a mem ber of the board, and they . announced that the room will be fitted up as quickly as possible. . The room - selected is on an -upper floor of the building and 'while not as large as desired. Is the best :, available under the circumstances. "As rapidly as possible a set of apparatus, a cot and a stock of medicines and bandages will be installed close at hand, where they will be ready for instant use. " AFTER MURDERER OmOIM SXAXCB OBZAT TAXIS, XOVT., AITD TRZH XZ&EsTA TO TOB XIOATSO vvoxtxtb look. nrO TOM A BET ATTX.TXHQ TXCXXT ( Journal Special Renins ' - . Helena, Mont., Dec. 28. -The .'three Canadian policemen, - one; 'each'-' from Maple Creek, Xethbrldge and 'Calgary, who were in te city in search, of young Cashel, the 'condemned murdered,. ; who escaped recently from the Calgary Jail, have departed for Helena, says a Great Falls special dispatch; They f became satisfied that Cashel had been here, but had gone, and when they left they believed they -were hot on his trail and would' soon have the condemned man again in custody. The date for the ex ecution of Cashel has passed, but that will not save him. A day or two after he escaped the order fixing the date of his execution was vacated by the court and it was ordered that he be remanded to custody, to await execution at a date hereafter to be fixed.' The police are also on the warm trail of another fugi tive named Green, who was ticket agent for the Canadian Pacific at Lethbrldge. When the company's auditor , began to check up Green's accounts' ho left the offlcehad his lunch packed" at a rest aurant and began to walk to the bound ary line. A warrant for his arrest on the , charge of embezzlement had been Issued a few 'days ago. "'Green tele graphed' that he was. "Sweet Grass, ' on United States - soil and . hoped the police would have a merry Xmaa.' They expect to - place - him under ' arrest in Butte. - '.. - . . . MlirEaUl AMM' AUtESTEB. 1 Journal .Bpecltl Berrlce.) ' :. Tellurtde, Col., Dee. 28. Col. John Williams, an oflTcer of the-. Western Federation of Miners, who has charge of the strike here, was waited upon last night by .the Civil authorities and was ordered to leave town this' morning, lie refused to do so, and will be arrested today. Former Attorney-General Kng ley, counsel . for miners, waa ' arrested this afternoon, charged with vagrancy and causing a disturbance, It is gener CANADIAN POLICE HUSBAND AND INFANT LI The Intention of the authorities Is to make use of the room for emergency cases,: where people are run down' and hurt on jthe street burned at - fires or rendered helpless by some sudden acci dent They can be immediately taken to this emergency room and treated, with out delay and afterwards can be removed to . one of the - regular . hospitals. But there is to be no more delay, in handling such cases and if the patrol wagon can not be used a private ambulance will be called into requisition, and for this serv ice the. officials have agreed to pay such expenses as are Incurred. Ever, since The. Journal first agitated the plan, . Dr. Zan' has been' one of the staunchest supporters of the emergency hospital. .. . , , ally understood that a wholesale arrest of the strikers will be begun within 24 hours. , v DRESSES IN MAN'S ATTIRE FOR YEARS V' . (Journal Special SerTiee.)", Indianapolis, Dec, 28. Tha body of g woman wbose sex was revealed after her death and who had lived. at Eckerly for a quarter of a century under the name of Ancherlee, was t buried , here today. A possible explanation for the strange .life the woman led was advanced, today by her. sons to whom she had related the story but always as if. it had occurred in the life of anqther woman, with whom she was acpualnted: When asked to Join the church choir when she first arrived in Eckerly disguised-as' a man she re fused and .told the, story of a womaii friend who had shng in theatres in Ber lin but who had retired from the stage became t her failure to carry her part satisfactorily in ;th .. Opera.' at which members of the Imperial family' were present. This woman left the stage in disgrace and no' one had ever heard from her since, the night that her voice failed at a critical point It is believed she was the slnger.i ,-'. ., .1 ' w-v KILLED FOR TALKING TO THE MAN'S WIFE 1 (Joorti! Speelal Srri4.) ' Mayking, Ky.. Dec. 28 While .erased with liquor, " William , Shepherd entered his- home this morning and without prov ocation shot and killed Riley Webb, who waa standing talking to Mrs. Shepherd. He then fired a tht which killed Mrs, Shepheard and passing through her body killed the ten-months' , old baby which she was holding in her arms. Shepherd escaped to the mountains, where he was later surrounded by a posse and after the ammunition was exhausted he was cap tured: ,It is rumored that a mob is be ing formed for tonight and that state guards have been notified to assemble in readiness to protect, the JaiL' . ' .DXXOB IP 430X01T. . (Journal BpecUt Serrice.) .'.'.. I Philadelphia, Dee. ,tS. The Z gunboat Dixie sailed today .'."for" Colon with 600 marines and six months provisions. It has fighting supplies for 1,000 men. 4 The' accompanying halftones are from late photographs of Mrs.-Mary Rodgers of Bennlng- ton. Vt, and her husband and baby. The woman was tried last week "and the day before Christmas found guilty of mur- 4 dering her husband in a most cruel manner. . - Her little child 4 she killed early last summer.' The court has now sentenced Mrs. Rodgers to be hanged and there will probably be no mercy shown in her case. . : In September of' last year Mrs. Rodgers accompanied by Leorr Perham with whom she was infatuated, went upon a private picnic party) the young husband being also in attend- 4 anc. Bv suhterfne-n' Rnrlo-era' A hands were , tied behind his back and he was chloroformed. His body was thrown into the river. Perham confessed, saying Mrs. Rodgers and himself wanted to get the insurance money on the dead man's life. 4 4 XX VERY STRONG NOTE WOTXD KATE THE VEZTEO STATE! BXEV HAHBS OXT AITD XST. TSX XOTSEB OOTVTRT TEX TO WKXT ' VAEAECA DAMAGES TOM JKO AO CEPTAJTOS 01 TEXT. . Wsihlngton Bureta of , The, Joariul, Washington, Dec 28. It waa. learned from an authoritative source today that three alternatives were presented to the United) States In the note regarding Pan ama which Reyes submitted to the state department first,.' that the status exist ing prior to -the revolution on 'the isth mus be .restored; second,. America' shall keep her hands off while Colombia tries to whip Panama Into submission; third, if the United States will accept neither of the preceding propositions, that it should pay Colombia damages for tha In- Jury inflicted through the loss of her ter ritory, the amount to be fixed through submission to The Hague. No publica tion of the text of the Reyes note Is expected until it is sent to congress with other documents bearing on the Panama case. It is a lengthy communication, based entirely upon the Colombian in terpretation of the treaty of 1848. The note carlrea the threat that failure on the part of the United States to heed Colombia's protests or accept the propo sitions submitted will result in sever ance of diplomatic and commercial rela tions Detween the two countries. NEEDS THE MONEY SO RENTS A FLAT f Journal Snlal SmwIm New York. Doc. 28. Mrs. Hetty Green, the richest woman in America, has gone building where the flats rent from $18 to mnr . . . . . .. ier rouniu. rter neignoors are clerks bookkeepers ttnA .f.Timrra nh... v. .... Green has with her the dog Dewey arid her . maid. Sometimes her daughter comes down from Bellows Falls, Vt, on a visit Mrs. ureen s nat is on the third floor :and contains four' rooms and a bath. The rent is $18 a month. Mrs. Green does not rent h flnt in name, as the door plate contains the name oi rasn, wnicn is prooaly the name of her maid. STOCK WAR BREAKS OUT IN ARIZONA (Journal Speelat Servle.) " Phoenix, Arts., Dec. 28. Two ' das tardly murders are reported from Brush -Hollow, near Glsen. in that section of Gila county known at Tonto Basin, the scene of the bloody war some years ago between the cattlemen and the sheep men. One of Iho victims is the 24-year-old son of a sheepman named Ber ry, and the other is a Mexican boy, the COLOMBIA SENDS son of a sheep-herder. The men ; were alone at the time, though a third man witnessed the murderer riding away from the place. The people are Inclined to the belief that the crime waa com mitted by some . one of the cattlemen. The cattle and 'sheep men have . been having considerable trouble lately. SPAVXSB- 1CSECKAXTS PEOTXST. rV' ' " ' (Journal Bpeelal Service.) :"- ' v Madrid.. - Dec. 28.-Mercbants ' who proV pose to exhibit at the St haul Fair are today planning an appeal to-the govern ment asking it to reconsider the action wherein it declined an appropriation for the Spanish exhibit . . - , ' ' iiERERS ARRAIGNED Notorious Chicago Carbarn Bandits Brought Into Court to Plead. MEN OF MANY CRIMES Vandines Sweetheart Hears t Pro ceedings, and Nearly Makes a . Scene with Her Grand ' Stand Plays. m (Journal Special Service.) Chicago, Dec. 28.-i-The desperate car barn bandits were arraigned this-morning. The four prisoners were" neatly dressed and well groomed but minus the air of bravado . that marked their con duct immediately after their arrest They were placed In a row before the Judge's bench. : . Vandlne and Nledemelr wore serious looks, but Marx and Roeski seemed un able to realize their awful plight Marx smiled continually, while Roeski looked bored as the Indictments were read charging Vandlne, Marx and Nledertnetr with the cold-blooded murder of John son and Stewart in the car-barn raid when the place was robbed and Roeski with the murder of Bauer Tn the famous saloon hold-up. .Marx' attorney asked for a two months' continuance on the ground that present public opinion would prevent a fair trial. He read an affidavit show ing .that his line of defense would be that Marx is. a victim of parental Influ ences, his father being a man of low, vicious and brutal instincts, who is now serving a term in Jollet penitentiary foe criminal assault upon- a 14-year-old glrL Also that, young Marx Is further irresponsible because of an injury, to hit head inflicted by his father, who struck him with a broomstick in Infancy A similar plea for a continuance and that of hereditary insanity was sot up for Vandlne. i Neldermler and Roeski asked a con tinuance for the same reasons and pre sented affidavits pleading mental irre sponsibility.. Tho .court passed their cases until tomorrow. Little sympathy la expressed for the young desperadoes, who for months have terrorized peaceiui communities. and have committed many murders of helpless victims. ; Mamie Dunne, the sweetheart of Van dine, occupied a prominent place in court but was not allowed to come anywhere near her outlaw lover, al though at one time she nearly made a scene in endeavoring , to push past a deputy. Her presence in court did not In any way help the prisoners, as her work is looked upon as of the grand stand order. , NATIONAL MEN WILL ATTEND CONVENTIONS (Washington Bureau of Tbaf Journal.) Washington, D. C Dec. 28. At a per sonal request of President Roosevelt Gifford Plnchot and F. H. Newell, of the public land commission, will attend the conventions of the -National Live Stock and National Wool Growers' associations to be held in Portland, Or.. January 11 to 16. It is the president's wish that Messrs. Pinchot and Newell obtain all information possible from discussions of forestry, irrigation and public land questions which will come before the convention and to be participated in by delegates from western states. Land Commissioner Richards, presi dent of the commission, Is unable to at tend the convention by reason of -great pressure of duties in .his department KISHINEF JEWS ARE ALREADY ATTACKED .. - (Journal Special Service.) -Klsh'lnef, Russia. Dec 28. Outbreaks against the Jews have already begun. Excited crowds gather on the street cor ners and are with difficulty kept from attacking the Semites before the ap pointed day. The prisoners recently re leased were escorted to their homes amidst great enthusiasm. The only safe ty for the Jews is in flight and thou sands are preparing to emigrate. The attacks of yesterday are said to have occurred in Isolated parts of the frontier. IMPERSONATOR WILL FIGHT EXTRADITION (Jonjrnal Special Service.) Buffalo, N. Y, Dec. 28. James Aboel, who was arrested at Niagara Falls, On tario, charged with Impersonating J. Ogden Goelet, and making love to a New York restaurant-keeper's daughter, will fight extradition. He was ar raigned this morning charged with forging a name to a letter of introduc tion. - , - ;-rV,--. ' 'V , -' , SCB TXOB BBEAXS. . . (Journal Special Service.) . Odessa, Dec. 28 The ice floe In Boreka Bay broke nway today, carrying 40 horses and 150 men who had been her ring 'fishing, out to nea, all the horses and five of th men tx.tipt drowned. The others were svcd afU-r desperate ef forts. .. L mm- ML ACT The Admiralty Office Will Throw Troops into Far -Eastern Field. WASHINGTON IS ANXIOUS' Japan ; Will Press Her; Demands vti. Russia - Regardless, Land It' Is Believed Great Britain May Second Her, - (Journal Special Service.) "' : Washington, Deo. 28. Advices from,! London and St Petersburg today Shed gloomy aspect on the Far East situation, so far as ultimate peace is concerned. It is rumored among high officials in' the various legations at - this capital that war between Japan and Russia can not be averted. It is said that Japan will not recede from her original de mands relative to Korea, and regardless of Russia's superior forces, both on sea and land, jill press those - claims through 'war-like measures. The attitude of England in the matter is one of conjecture, although it is be lieved that Great Britain will be a power behind the throne of the mikado. The following dispatch, was received, from England today: Portsmouth, Dec- 28. The admiralty today has Issued a request that all re serve men notify the office of their ad dress from which they can be sum moned Into active service by telegraph. This action is considered significant, iu view of the Far Eastern crisis. ' A spe cial courier arrived today from St. Pe tersburg with important official dis patches for the Russian ambassador. ' Another from Toronto, received today, states: - - . - . , England is going to take a band In the embrogllo In the Orient A private cable received here today from London states on -high authority that the war office has received orders to send 20,001) troops to the Far East. This great body of troops is to be put on a war footing - with the utmost dispatch. The action of the Ualted States in landing marines at Korea has created great comment AVOTKES BAJXWAY AOOZBEHT. . (Journal Special Service.) Rahway, N. J Dec 28. The fast mall on the Pennsylvania railway collided near here early this morning with the wreck of a freight train. Fireman Chevalier " of ' the mall was killed, but none others were seriously injured. 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