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PORTLAND, OltEGON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 19. 1904.
TRICE FIVE CENTS.
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LAST PLEA
AMERICANS AT- SEOUL
CI FOR PROTECTION
X iS ' 'Qr f&! JsK
Minister Allen Stationed at Korean
Capital Believes that Conditions
Warrant Request for Troops
While Russia Is Believed to; Be Working, for
Ultimate Peace with Japan, Soldiers Are
Being Rushed to the Scenes.. . .
(Washington Burets of The Journal)
- Washington,.. Jan. , 19.-Tbe, state, de
rartmerit thlsafternooiLrecetved
cablegram from Minister Allen at Seoul
urging that-relnforcements.be at once
sent for" the protection of the legation
and American interests at Seoul.. There
Is now on duty around the legation at
Seoul about 150 marines, bnt owing to
the intense feeling against all foreigners
there is grave danger that an attack on
all .legations ; may be made at almost
any moment.
THE TWO VITAi QTISTXONS.
St Petersburg. Jan. 19. Following In
the present status of negotiations be
tween Russia and Jnpan; Russia recog
nixes Japan's predominance In Korea,
and Japan recognises Russia's Import am
position in Manchuria. There are two
main questions stilt at issue the Rus
sian demand for a neutral sone upon the
Korean side of the Yula river, which
Japan met with a counter proposal for
a .similar neutral strip -on the Man-
tain guarantees governing Manchuria
which Russia thus far has declined to
grant.
ho ovtwabs nan.
. London, Jan. ; 19.- A dispatch - from
Port Arthur todayVptatea that outward
evidences of hostilities are unimportant.
That "4,000 troops are scheduled to start
north tomorrow is the only warlike fea
ture - Newspaper "correspondents who
applied for passes to accompany' the
army have been informed that war is
not expected and to Issue permits would
be premature. - The Ostensible Russian
'sentiment Is for no desire to interfere
with Korea even should Japan continue
to land troops there under the pretense
that they are railway guards.
. : - ' .;-..
. rooo ron souxxxs.
'. Omaha, Jan. 18.- Three trains .nun
. bcrlng (1 can of extra beef are on their
way to the Pacific coast from the
Cudahy packing plants in Omaha, Sioux
City and Kansas City. ' Twenty-five of
these cars started this afternoon from
Omaha. 24 from Kansw City and two
from Sioux City. The meat is Intended
for the Russian- soldiers In Manchuria
and was of the "rush" order. The
meat was packed In. especially 'built
casks which arrived In South Omaha
Inst week. The work of packing the
meat was hurried, with all possible
speed. The SI cars of meat will roll
Into San Francisco on January. 27 and
will be loaded on a ship which-wi'l
-leave fo-4be-rlentrn February 2,
The meat will be taken to Port Arthur
Instead of Vladivostok, as the harbor
MAY CONSOLIDATE
ROAD- DISTRICTS
Advisability of Making One Road District of , En
tire County Taxation Between Gity and
4 'County Row Unequal
The county board has been seriously
considering the advisability of making a
single road district of the entire county,
and there Is little doubt that thia will
be done. f At present there are 14 road
districts In the county, and the plan is to
consolidate all of them in onO. The
change is made necessary by the Inequit
able apportionment of the road fund un
der the present state law. .
J That law provides that one half of the
road tax raised in any district shall be
expended within that district. The city
of Portland which pays about. 90 per
cent of the road tax of the county, has
, hitherto . constituted one road district,
and consequently about 45 per cent of
the entire tax must be spent within the
city limits. This is a manifest hardship
on the wtst of the county, for the great-,
est need of expenditures on the county
roads In outside of the city.
. The road tax of Multnomah county for
OLD LOVER MARRIES
HIS SERVANT GIRL
Y
(Jourml Bpeclal Berrlce.)
Salt Lake City, Jan. 19John Old
ham, ft Utah mining millionaire, a few
days ago married Jean O'Neill, his ser
vant, -20 years of age. Oldham is 72.
The day before he left here with Miss
O'Neill he married, and hls'Journey will
be prolonged Into a year's wedding 'tour.
011ham.-,before leaving, signed a clause
which made his wife the possessor of
at the . latter port Is now Ice-bound.
From Fort. Ajrthur -the meat, will be
transported overland to various, points
in Manchuria and Siberia. - -
. ; M'ABTHTm'S VTJEWS OH WAS.
San Francisco,' Jan, 19. Major-Gen-,
oral MacArthur spoke of the future war
before, before1 the Unitarian club last
evening. The ' request for the speech
was made in. view of impending far East
hostilities. '
He spoke In defense of war, although,
as he said, he had only suggestions to
offer rather than dogmatic and didactic
assertions. As to saying "war is hell,
General MacArthur gave it aa his opin
ion In the first instance that Sherman
never uttered it and in the second that
it was a false epigram.
"It Is the generalization reached en
tirely by tender heart and vivid imagin-
atiqn of men who, surrounded by scenes
of physical suffering recoil instinctively
from all forms of pain ana so declare
that war la a menace to-mankind. It is
an epigram calculated to becloud and
befog the public mind." k
As-to the future war. General Mao
Arthur thought this was a question of
human evolution, .dependent upon how
far the destiny of a nation had been ac
oomplihed.vclt'was also. he thought," a
question of economical equilibrium.:
i '"Complete economical unity cannot be
established until a practical economical
equilibrium .la applied to the problems of
e very-day life,", said the , speaker. 'It
is In Ignorance of the laws of economic
cal equilibrium that causes war. today.'
MINER'S OLD BOWERY
THEATRE DESTROYED
(Journal Rpeeial Service.)
New York, Jan. 19. Harry Miner's
People's theatre on the Bowery, the
famous ' old-time i place, was almost
destroyed by - a fire discovered at
o'clock this morning. The landmark
had been' used recently aa a Jewish
playhouse.
B&AXB ZS BVBXBD.
(Joorta.l Speelal Serylce.)
St. Louis. Mo., Jan. 1. The body of
James P. Blair, former general counsel
of the 8t Louis exposition, was interred
today In Bellefontalne cemetery, beside
that of his distinguished father, General
BlalFr-- Only-relatlvea-and close ftienda
were present. The services at the gravo
were brief and simple.
this year will amount to $107,180. Of
tola total about 192.000 will be paid by
the city of Portland and the rest by the
otner roaa districts, under: the state
law M6.000 would have to be expended
within the city, limits, leaving about
61.000 for the rest of the county. Such
a distribution is very unsatisfactory, for
it is the. country roada which demand
the heaviest expenditures, while compar
atively little-is needed in the cltv.
Many plans of redisricting the county
have been considered by the county
board but none seems so likely to bo sat
isfaotory aa the consolidation of all the
dlstrk'ta Into one. If this is done, the
county board will be able to spend the
road funds In any part of tho county, as
may seem advisable. Bub-dletrlcts may
be created, for convenience, but that
will be determined later.- The plan will
probably necessitate the appointment of
a road supervisor who shall have charge
of all tho roads In the county.
his entire bank account. This fact has
been confirmed, although" the exact
amount transferred la not known. It
Is said to be in . the neighborhood of
1300.0110. i
. Oldham by no means beggared him
self by this generosity, however, as he
Is possessed of mines and storks In
other enterprises whiirh bring him a
magnificent Income snrt Which are esti
mated, in value at several millions.
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(Journal Rpeel.l Benrlm.)
Helena, Jan. 19. In 'department No.
1 of the district court Mrs. Anna Flem
ing is plaintiff today In one of the most
sensational . suits ever Instituted in
Lewis and Clarke county. She told her
side of the troubles which resulted In
breaking up the Fleming family. The
suit is an action brought by Mrs. Flem-ng-gaint
her- htwiband, -eyrua- W-.
Fleming, a very prominent mining man,
for separate-maintenance, and the testi
mony in the case promises to be racy
In the extreme. This assertion is made
on the strength of . the testimony of
Mrs. Fleming and also, on the pleadings
In the case.
Mrs. Fleming alleges that her hus
band has repeatedly since their ' mar
riage, In 1900,- treated her with extreme
cruelty and baa" many times questioned
her chastity, accusing her of unwifely
conduct. She alleges that her husband
is wealthy, and she asks that the court
decree -that he pay. her. not less than
$5,000 per year, and grant "such other
relief In premises aa Is just . and
equitable.". ,,
In his answer, Fleming denies -that
he Is wealthy, lie further charges that
on repea ted occasions his wife haa
called hie mother and sister vile names.
He denies that he ever Inflicted corporal
punishment on her, but says that he
oaco threatened to. Mr. Fleming further
alleges that there exists a consDlracv
between kls wife and a man ' named
Barry to secure possession of his propr
trty, and that the suit is brought for
this purpose, .. .
MANY ESCAPE DEATH
IN APARTMENT FIRE
(Journal Special Serriee. I
Marlon, Ind., Jan. 19. Fire this morn
ing destroyed the five-story Colonial
apartment building. Two hundred people-
narrowly escaped .death, . A number
were removed by the firemen In an un
conscious condition. ! The elevator op
erator deserted his post, but the porter
operated the lift, thus buying many per
sons. . . ' . . ' ' "
TZXST VOTE IS TAKEN, i
' . (Journal SptwUI Service.) ;
Annnpolia, Jan.' 19.The first; vote for
senator taken this afternoon indicates
that Gorman's ' campaign by which he
contemplates the ejection of Bernard
Carter, will meet with strong opposition
and possible defeat. Isadore,, Raynor,
who defended Admiral Schley received
the greatest vote, but . not enough to
elect.
"PEDIGBEED CATTXB PERISH.
- (Journal Hpwtll Service.) -.
Emporia, Kan.V Jan. 19(-Elghty-two
pedigreed rattle perlxheil lit a tire in th-s
Immense barns, on tho' famous Hunny
Slope stock farm today. Tlje loss is
$20,000, .:,-; , v . .-'
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COKRKSPONDKNT8 MR. SVBBUB9
AP0LI8H
COLONY
t . . ..' ., .'. . i . . . . .
Will Purchase and Locate
on Tract of Twelve
Thousand Acres.
Believing location- -on- a- farm -and
among themselves to be their only sal
vation, IS Poles, headed by Antone Os
sowskl and Mr, Bednarek, are In Fort-
land. They are the nucleus of what may
prove one of the greatest colonies In the
-west They have 10,000 'acres of land
near this city, and have already pur
chased a BO-horse power sawmill and are
preparlngHo open a store in which the
Polish housewife may purchase anything
from a pin td a planor ""T
As, told in The Journal by Mr. Os
sowski, when, he was In Portland two
months ago, has brought his countrymen
west, and has secured the land upon
which they may reside. , Later, sometime
In March, 40 families will come to the
colony via the Union Pacific railroad, to
swell the colony. -. N
Of the party that arrived with Messrs.
Ossowskt and Bednarek several returned
home today, but each did so with the
determination of bringing his wife and
family and again coining to the coast.
j "We have at last found the place for
the colony," said tr. Ossowskt. "but 10,
000 acres is not enough for all the peov
pie we expect to come, and now we are
going to look for a 12,000 acre tract. I
do not ' desire at this time to make
known the exact location of the colony,
for I know the western land agent pret
ty well. But I will say this much. It
is not far from Portland and all of our
supplies will be purchased here, j
"When 1 made my first vlnit in Novem
ber I also visited the eastern part of
the state and went to the Spokane coun
try, but the Willamette valley appeared
good enough.. : -s
, "When the big crowd comes In March
the. Union Pacific will make a special
rate of $33.60 to the destination. . We
have gathered our settlers from all over
tho country. New York. Boston. Chicago
and In a few Instances in the west
While the colonists are not rich they all
have a little money, from $600 to as high
as $4,000 each. The average tract of
land sold . to each will be about 100
acres." ; ''-'.
Mr. Ossowskt and his partner will re
main In Portland two or three days be
fore returning east and will In the
meantime look out for ntne land. Among
those who came with the - party are:
Messrs. Novak, ? Pamsaklewics, Schults,
Gzonka, Odrowski and Schlpokat - t
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CXOVOBTOST X3XX.S SIXTY.
' . ' (Journal Fperla! Servlee.) - 1 '
Bloomfontalne. Orange River Colony,
Jan. 19. It Is announced today that HO
persons were drowned in a cloudburst
which occurred Sunday. .It destroyed
many buildings and did other area!) dam
tign. Twenty-four bodies have been re
covered. " ' !. - v... .
AND MR. CROBBIXJTS TIAVK A"SPJR-
ASIA. . - J. '
. , ; 'i ' rChiaKO Record-Herald.
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XXX TO OUT EXPENSES.
. (Journal Bpeclil Service.)
Chicago, Jan. . 19. Chief of . Police
O'Neill and Building Commissioner Wil
liams .were witnesses in the Iroquois
theatre Investigation this morning. Wil
liams was recalled at bis own request to
explain the methods of the building de
partment and told of a conference with
the mayor and heads of the departments
4n whioh-he was -instructedto eut-ex-penses
in all possible ways.
O'Neill denied all responsibility on the
part of the police department ,
LEWIS AND CLARK
(Washluctoa Bureau of Tbe Journal.) ..
Washington, Jan. ' 19. Commissioner
Harvey W. Scott and Representative
Tawney informally discussed today the
question of the control and disbursement
of funds for the Lewis and Clark ex
position. Tawney said he favored the
control of all funds by the exposition
company and would not support- a bill
that did not provide for turning such
funds over to tho exposition company
with a government disbursing, officer.
CHICAGO PASSES A
NEW THEATRE LAW
(Journal Special Service.)
Chicago, Jan. 19. The, council this
morning passed the amended theatre
building ordinance providing for greater
security to the audience in case of a nre.
At tonight's meeting of the council the
matter of when the theatres will be al
lowed to reopen will be acted upon.
m 1 '
COLDEST WEATXEB 1JTOWH. '
' ' ' (Journal Hpeelal Hervlce.)
Gloveravllle,-N. V.. Jan. 19. All pre
vious records were broken in the awful
cold wave which Is sweeping over this
section today. The thermometer regis
tered 38 degrees below here at 7 o'clock
this morning, 42 below at Mayfleld and
62 below at Broadalbin. .
KBE SESTBOTS T ACTOBT. .
(Journal Hpeulal Service.) '
Cincinnati, Jan. 19. Tho fmmense
warehouse of the Mihoiovitch distillery
was destroyed by fire this mornihg. Two
firemen were seriously injured by a fall
ing wall. , The loss is $100,000.
XETHEB&ANDS BOW . BECOOBIZsT
(Journal Bpeclal Service.) '
; Washington; P. C.'Jan. 19. Tho atato
department has been' Informed that th
Netherlands have recognised Panama as
an Independent government.
COMPANY
FAVORED
Hearing of Mabel Betchel
Murder Case Brings
, Startling Features. .
LOVER ADMITS BEATING
Expert Testimony on Blood Stains
. Used for tile First Time in His
tory of United States
Tragic Interest.
.(Journil Special Sortie.)
Allentown, Pa., Jan. 19. Two distinct
sensations marked the brief session In
the Mabel Bechtel trial today: The
first was the testimony of Alois Eckstein
who was- utterly unmoved, ,11a . pro-
tested in one breath that he had loved
Mabel Bechtel with undying ' , dcyotlon
and declared in the next instant he had
frequently beaten her. ;,' The other1 sensa
tion of the day was the positive declara
tion of the commonwealth's expert. Pro
fessor Lear of .Muhlenberg college, that
all the stains on the articles the com
monwealth had introduced as evidence
are human blood. Apart from the tragic
interest, this declaration was of much
scientific interest as. great. Importance
attaches Itself to the test that Dr.' Lear
applied to determine the character of the
stains. For the first time in America
and for-the second tlmoln the history of
the world a. newly discovered serum to
test the differentiation of blood of a,
human being from that of any other an
imal has been used In a criminal case.
; Eckstein was at one time charged
withthe'murderJ3Utlit was afterward
believed he knew jiothlng of the crime
until it was made public The day be
fore the body of Miss Bechtel was found
in the alley nr br home,-he was out
riding with Eckstein and he waa sup
posed to be the last person who saw her
alive. : The detectives on the case finally
proved that Eckstein had returned the
girl to her home safe and sound, and
that afterwards her brother and mother
had a quarrel with her. The family ob
jected strenuously to her keeping com
pany with Eckstein and this'was thought
to have been the basis of the murder by
her relatives who are now being tried
for the crime.
WILL TRY TO SETTLE
THE 'FRISCO STRIKE
(Journal Special Service.)
Cincinnati, Jan. 19. At the Boot and
Shoeworkera convention It was decided
that Vice-president Lovely should go to
San Franclcso'to straighten out the com
plications In the tanners' strike if possi
ble. Failing in this he will be obliged to
withdraw the union stamp from the San
Francisco manufacturers.
BRYAN HOLDS OUT
FOR OLD PLATFORM
Dollar Dinner at-Lincoln, Nebraska, Attended
. by Representative Followers of the
- Silver Democratic Leader
(Journal Special Service.) f v (
Lincoln, Pieb., Jan. is. mora man ivv
representative Democrats of the country
were In attendance at the Bryan dollar
dinner here. last night. The function
was In "honor of the 18 to 1 standard
man who has just returned from Europe.
It must be said, of course, that the
guests at the banquet were those ot the
party who were, and are, followers of
Bryan.
Mr. Bryan responded to the toast
"The Moral Ishuc," and his speech which
lasted more than half an hour. was. In
purport as follows: '
"Instead of talking of concessions and
compromises, It Is time for honest and
aggressive action. We are confronted
with a condition that may well alarm
the thoughtful and patriotic. We find
corruption everywhere. Voters are
bought at so much per head, representa
tives In our cits' government are profit
ing by their position, and even federal
officials aro selling their influence.
What Is tha cause? The commercial
spirit that puts a price on everything
and resolves every question Into 'will
it payr .
"This commercialism has given popu
larity, to- that theory of government
which permits the granting of pHvlleget
to a favored few, and defends the theory
by an attempt to show ,tlmt the i money
thus given directly finds its way indi
rectly back Into the pockets of the taxpayers.-
." "We see this theory In operntion on
every side. The protective tariff sched
ules Illustrate It; ' our financial system
rests upon it; the trusts hide. themselves
behind it, and imperialists are substitut
ing -this theory for the. constitution. Is
it strange that money. 'is UHed "to1 carry
elections?- Ifa, party makes certain
clasF.es rleh by law. -will It not morally
turn to thoso classes for contributions
Pleasant Armstrong Seeks
by Habeas Corpus to
: Escape Hanging.
BELLINGER WON'T ACT
Allows Attorney G. J. Bentley Until '
3 p. ra. Today to File a Second
PetitionMurderer's Exe
cution Set for Friday. ..
By- the- thinnest strand In the thread
of justice hangs Pleasant Armstrong's
last chance of escaping hanging next
Friday, '- Judge Charles B. Bellinger in
tne L nitea mates district court at noon r
today refused to act on a petition for
writ of .'habeas corpus presented today
by O. X. Bentley, the condemned man's
attorney; The petition asked until 8
o clock this afternoon to file a second
petition. . ,
Unless the facts stated at 3 o clock
this afternoon are considered of ample
weight, by : the court, the Baker 'City
murderer will be executed.
Attorney O. J. Bentley, counsel for
Armstrong, who shot and. killed his
sweetheart Miss Minnie Ensmlnger,
near Baker City, on the evening of De
cember 26, 1902, appeared before Judge
Bellinger shortly before 12 o'clock thla
morning and petitioned the court for a
writ of habeas corpus on the grounds
that the condemned man la unlnwfull y
restrained Of his liberty without due
process of law, in violation of Section 1.
14th amendment to the constitution of
the United States and that there is no
saving clause for murderers in Awaiting
trial in 'the legislative act of February
TTri90T,wlireh" pro vides that "exmrtion
of criminals shall take place In the state
penitentiary. The petition further con
tends "that the-'tpecia I session of the
state legislature, convened in December,
1903, attempted to make the act appli
cable to Armstrong, but failed.
' Armstrong was tried and convicted of
the murder of Miss Ensminger and sen
tenced, May 8, 1903, to be hanged. Pe
tition for a new heaping was denied and
the matter was appealed to the state
supreme .court which sustained the ac
tion of the lower court, and the day of
execution was set for January 22, 1904.
Then as a last chance Attorney Bentley
hurried to Portland, arriving this morn
ing with his petition to tho federal
court. -
The history of ihe Baker City tragedy
Is one of the most shocking in the crim
inal annals of the state. - Armstrong at
one time was paying attention to Miss
Minnie Ensminger, daughter of Jacob
Ensminger. Christmas night, 1902, Miss
Ensminger attended a party with an
other man. Armstrong, crazed by Jeal
ousy, lay in wait for the girl and shot
her down as Bhe entered her own yard.
He was soon arrested. So strong was
HVIIIIg U U .11.-1. .link 11". ,T C 1 1 L. I
ried to Portland and placed in the Mult
(Contlnued on Page Two.)
during the campaign? If congress votes
millions of dollars annually to tariff
barons, money magnates and monop
olies.' Is it not natural that aldermen
should traffic in the small legislation of
a city council, and If officials high and
low. use the government as If It were a
private asset, is it surprlMlng that many
Individuals, who are without official po
sition, yield to the temptntion to sell the
only political Influence they have, name
ly, the ballot?
"What is tho remedy? There Is but
one remedy nn appeut to the moral
sense of the country; an awakening of
public conscience. And how can this v
peal bo made?: Not-; by showing a
greater desire for the simiiIs of office
than for reform, but by turning a deaf
enr to the contemptible cry of 'any
thing , to win.' and by announcing an
honest and straightforward poiti'n 0
every public question. If we would ap
peal to sincere men, we mut ourselves
be sincere, and our slnc rlty ctm i
shown only by a wllllii(fni;sn t suffer d'w
feat rather than abandon the cuiine (jt
gpod government ' -v--,
"The Kansas City pfutform Is "sound lf
every plank, and the first act of the m t
convention should be to reaffirm it in Its
entirety, -and its' next act should be thtt
addition Of now plank In harmony wlih
It and covering tiiuh new mu-Nt Ions n
demand consideration. '
"Then the convention should el"! t chu
dtdntes who Iwlleve In the plutfnrm. 'fn.
didateS' whose' Democracy wilt not it" ;ui
Isaue in the campaign arid, woo fiiU Ut p
to Democratic prliw-ljiU a wtli not b
doubted, at the election. , '
"Win sucIk a cout Inxure v! tiii vl
The bent that our, party vrnt do M l" !'
serve vh-tiuy-aixl an pimhI to the t -o-srlenro
of the Aineilf-Hn T'"II'! li '
to win utljrrmtolv mi-l ift--r tii L ,t
promise ol tmmc-UUU J-,vt.-,