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: OF l; SUNDAYSWHO a WILU JEcHAflO r 'I! W " 4 4 jt -a t J i ITiVVO Allium ' v , ; HE Public Has Observed ' OOD EVENING. . , Th Weatheri 'Tonight nd Tuesday fair; to ast wind. ' i , - '' ' '-.i ,. 'i. H. .lii'li'i' W ""mi'' ' " " Weather So Severe That the Like Has Not Been Recorded in - History of the Districts. ' Thirty, Forty and Even Fifty Degrees Bdow ZeroHot ' Unastial; Daring - Last i Few i DaysFierce Winds Are Blowing, j .'. (Joarnal BpeeUl Settlce.) v.- V Chicago. Jan. 25. Chlcago.ll below aero; Toledo; 1 below; Bt. Paul, 33 be low; New .Richmond, 46 telow;' Omaha, 12 below, with high prevailing wlnda. Thl in the reeordi of the-)' terrible weather today that baa been causing general distres throughout the East and Middle West. Iast aiight was the coldest In the history of many sections, and ibl morning brought but little ' milder climate In only a portion of the country where Aha billiard ha been - expending Ha fury. y- y ..y , Several deaths JW been reported thua far. and the loss of cattle (i said to be ' great In Northern Illinois and Indiana. Kansas City- tut in a dreadful night, and there is n letting up today, .f The mercury dropped to only 8 , below, and a atrong;; damp' ' hWth' 'Wind made it seem ' as it the degrees pfeold were much more Intense. Detroit suffered with I below, and a heavy atorm Is. on today, which has moderated the weather some. , . . v ' i y , , " . m in" 'i wKxzujra tttjb . watt. Flood contlna to sweep, the Ohio alley. At Wheeling. W. Va., the weather moderated considerably ana mi cauiwia a rise of water. --Fully -one-third ot.th , homes of the city are inundated, and , in soma eaae - tha aeeond stories are invaded.. 'New Cumberland la tfnder II feet of water, -and Jn addition a fierce bllr.aard la Taglng., Tracks on the rail road ara covered and approach to tha ' toW Is difficult. Benwood is entirely under water and residents have returned to Martin's Ferry and other high place. ' St PauV Jan. 25. Minimum tempera ture thla morning was i degrees neiow. At Bismarck. N. D, 28. and at Superior, Wis., 38. There is great suffering among the poor of Bt Paul and Minneapolis, TWO , S sot at KnoHAJrr nuLmxarzs astd ZIOAnH ' VT TO -A-UTTLZ . WHH.S wxmnxamt bt oti OBM 0V TKX BAitEB WHO BB C0TZB KOBBT AB9 BBT0Z.TXBS. (Journtl Pporlil Serrice.) The Dalles, Or., Jan. 2S. On Satur day the general merchandise store of W. JT. Marines of Blalocka waa robbed. The robbera blew the safe open, secur ing f35 and a shotgun, and after shoot ing at Mr. Marines made their escape. The police officers of The Dalle were notified to look. out for them.- J. Q. Fitzgerald, special agent for the O. R. N. Co., arrived in The Dallea yesterday morning bringing with him a suspected boxcar robber. lie stated to Chief of Police Wood that he. thought he could locate these robbers as he had been all day Saturday in the hobo camp along the river in search of box car robbers. , Fltsgerald and Wood left yesterday for Biggs,, where the robbers were o rated . in a trackwalker's cabin. Fiti- gerald broke in the door and covered the AFERODBERS CAPTURED lf( CABIN BRYAN ISM GETS A TU RNING DOWN f (Jonrnat Special Service.) New Tork, Jan. 25. That William Jennings Bryan will not In any way con trol the Democratic convention at St. louts' is shown quite .conclusively by the' expressions of several of the big leader In Interviews s publlahed by --the Herald. Out of 101 Interview 84 persons repudiated Bryan. According to the -Herald free sliver is a dead issue and Mr. Bryan' late view are ancient in purport. : : The following are some of the expres sions of Democratic politicians; Senator Newlands, Nevada Mr. Bryan will not be our candidate and he is not going to dictate your platform. Condi tions have changed and opinion of men on great y national question have changed, therefore Mr.' Bryan' Individ ual oprnion:, will not have the aame value now. v Senator Dubois, IddhoI am oppoeedr) to Mr. Brjao attitude a eet forth In his Nebraska speech and hi published Interviews. The free silver. Issue is a thing' of the pat. . , Senator!. Morgan. Alabama I .have Ceased to conslder-what Mr. Brjan says r -in I and the city officials are doing all 1 their power to assist those in need and to provide comfortable places for them to Bleep. Jo . the mun,ic)pal .buildings, The aame conditions prevail , in Chicago, where - a ' fearful cold north - wind la blowing" and It la impossible to escape It penetrating blast. : 4 ; " vf J " I y tiooto' ftUBSiDnra. .f .v Pittsburg. Pa.. Jan. 25. This city i enjoying more dry ground today a the flood haa subsided after early .hour thla afternoon. Street are In a terrible con dition, filled with wreckage and mud. Coal 1 being distributed by city offi cials, and provision are also needed. C0LDS8T XV SXSTOBT. Milwaukee, Jan. 25. Wisconsin ex perienced the coldest weather laat night of any state in tha Union and about la herhle'tory.' ' New Richmond repprt a temperature of is degree-below aero, Hayward and Cumberland report 40 be low, Superior 35, and Unity 88 below. Oahkoah report tha coldest weather in 26-years, the thermometer 'registering 38 degree below sero. . A strong northwest wind 'is blowing and Iral'is throughout thn tr ere r oingirregu4hMy.- v- w-v: y CHIOAOO XTTTSnB. Chicago,; Jan. 25-'Th cold wave thai Is predicted for tonight will break; all record. Within the last-24 hours the thermometer reached 13 degree' beloW sero at. 5 o'clock this morning, and 25 below la expected for. tonight; Three person, were froien to death last night Jacob Britt Joseph Olnssner and Mat thew Kiperansklewe. The fierce wind add to the discomfort ; . ; At Detroit . the cold : wtather record la broken by t degree below sero this morning. George Quthwata, a laborer, was frosen to death.- men with a revolver making them prla oner ana securing tne money, ome nitroglycerin, fuse, dynamite caps and two 45-caliber Colt revolvers. Th robbers were surprised.. They gave th names of Frank Wilson and Fred Roae. A full confession was secured from one of the men this morning. They ara old hand at the business and will be taken to Arlington for a hearing tomorrow.. GERMANS MASSACRED -IN WEST AFRICA (Journal Special Service.) Berlin, , Jan. 25. Dispatches today atate that rebels in German Went Afrira north ... " in i' ' '. ' ar more aggressive near Htoffnung. OneTof us thought H should be used. Qermaa officer and seven men were killed and the blacks lost 40 killed In a fight yesterday. Five thousand nativea are now attacking the capital at Windhoek, where, 230 German, mostly civilians, have surrendered. Negroes are also massacred. Five German farmer and their families. 20 persons in all, were killed near Windhoek before the latter could reach the main body of refuge. TBXA1T7BXB GOES WBOBCK A (Journal Special Retries.) Nashua, N. II., Jan. 25. Tha Naahua Trust company closed Its door this morning and , Treasurer John Goggln was arrested charged with embenling 3100.000. The bank' last, statement ahowed Ha liabilities nearly 11,250,000. or aoe. h belong to the past. He has a perfect right to hi views, but he must not expect the Democrats who were Democrat long before he was thought of to be , influenced by hi n- aiviuuai iiuuuns, ' X X AU Wrong. , Senator Clay, Georgla-Ul da not care to go into discussion of Mr. Bryan' view on the Democratic convention. I believe, however, he is all wrong and will nave very little, if any, effect on tne convention. ' Senator Culberson.- Texas Mr. Bryan is entitled to hi oplnUfhs as to th hm policy Of the Democratic party, but there are a great many men In the party who supported him loyally who cannot ac cept hi recent utterances a practicable under existing conditions.' Senator Simmons, North ; Carolina The sentiment of the Democrat of North Carolina Is' clearly against any at tempt to revive th silver issue, because they consider it belongs to. the past. We are Interested in th issues of the pre ent. and In harmony rather than-in'fao tional division. : J 1 . 1 . w r . . . The picture on the right shows the inner harbor of Sebastopol, where a large Russian fleet Is lying at present, which 1 likely to be ent to the Far East through the Dardanelles th only outlet to the Mediterranean, the for tiflcatlon of which ar ehown in th plctur on the left. Turke,y i expected to prevent the passage of the Dardanelles by Russlon 1 warships In accordant with the treaty signed-after jthe Crimean war. ' . ' . ' lv5DKIMD!lMU"blJUO y ; A CLUB DISPUTE Parliamentary: Qub .-Breaks; UpA ; Political Scheme,'; SaysMfsl Wager-'Lack of Interest' v Says, MrsaiHoyt-Still 'Another Storyi The Parliamentary: club -disbanded -on Thursday, January -21, -after, several montha of work under the chief guid ance of Mrs. Rose Hoyt, -who- founded the club. Whatwas the cause of tha club's .cessation of activity, r. and- on whom ' rent th responslblltlyi for .the sudden termination of tha organisation' usefulness are polnts on whloh the, in dividual members differ -greatly, -. . Th Parliamentary club was formed of 15 or 20 clubwomen and waa organ-. ised last October.-. In speaking of th cause or the hud dispersion, jwrs. Wager, chairman' Of 1 th metnbershlp committee, said:-- - ' i; r Mrs. , Wagar' Statement. ' " "The club wa not being used a some In my opinion, the, club was 'organised. not for parliamentary drill, but. as a political boost The clyb .did .not .perform . any great amount ,of" parliamentary., work, and when.thore who desired. to.: use the club lor elflsh!purposes discovered that this could not be. done, .they agreed with th rest of us that the best, thing to do was to disband."' , ..: ; t "Was Mrs, Rose Hoy t, the founder of the clutvthe one. who. desired. to. use th orgnnizatlon as a political, weapon?" was asked. ' ..'. ' ' ..,.- "She wa. , I. belleya, be formed th club for. this purpose that Is, to In crease her' chance' for 'election "to "th presidency of the federation.'- So" long as this waa the chteCdesire on her part. some of us could not see the value -of the club, and it was mutually agreed to dlsbar.d, and thl wa don." ' . y.-;y--r krl'W jpui"''.'!..5:') Mr.. Hoyt laid: '-"V .-"The, Parliamentary,, club, wa ; dis banded because Interest .waned..' The club freauently ha,d only 'eight member present, Its list had dwindled from ,20 to less than 15-membera and when there I such a. lack of. interest It. 1. hard, to do good work,', even with . the lew . that SCOTT WILL HEAD THE DELEGATION (Waililntton buret of The Journal.) Washington. Jan. 25. Harvey W. Scntt of the Lewi and Clark commis sion, left here yesterday for hi home at Portland. He takes with him th asaur. anc of the Oregon 'delegation in con gress that he Is to head tha Republican delegation t larg from Oregon to the national convention at Chicago. " - sziZOTxio lumra atTwrs. '"!;' y '"(: y , . . (Journal Special Service.) , ' Indlanapall. . Jan. , 25. -The Theodora, the first suburban electric sleeping ear ever built in America;- costing 5JO.0OO. was ourned in the Indianapolis Eastern rar barns ttfdaSC' It wa to hv mads ita inltjal trip between Indianapoll and Columbua tonight, , -; , 1 ; MONDAY EVENING, RUSSIA IN t come." - I -had - many thing 'to- occupy my time and did not feel that I could devote my-trengUi to-the club 'for tne result that were being obtained, and o we'dlsband6d.-y No,' there was no po litical aid to the question at all, and member that may , hay . made . .such statement were,., let us say; mistaken." " On of the ' leading j members of the club threw further light on the case and related some of the history of th club tnai lea up to tne nnaie. . -Aothftr.' '"foj , wa pouuc," sam, she. , "roi some caus Mr. Hoyt and Mrs. Wager wer at sword point, their feeling waa bitter and Mr. Hoyt headed the majority party in the club, making It very unpleasant for, Mr. , Wager..' The final crisis cam when th name .of, a candidate for mem bership wa Introduced, this woman be ingpresented: by Mrs.' Hoyt, .who knew the name,' was, personally distasteful to Mrs'. Wager,, because of trouble she had in another club with . this candidate; Mr. Hoyt used in my opinion, bad taste irr forcing $h issue, and Mrs.Wager re sisted.' At the meeting Thursday a few; member admitted the candidate. to the club and 'then disbanded I have lnc been tol,d ,tht -those present, with the exception of. Mrs. Wager, and "perhaps one or two others, were mtmnnal frlpnria 'of Mr. Hoyt, who' held a copferenoe be fore- meeting 'and adopted' a course of action., ,1 ,know Mr;. Wager, has been almost alone in her'stand lri the club and that had she-been .mad of less stern stuff she .would have withdrawn from the contest weeks ago and I also believe that the chief reason the club waa disorgan ised waa because that was the' only way Mr. Wager could be removed; whether thl 1 - trua or- not , 1 another ' matter, but ' I speak advisedly when -1 say I hav good' reason " to believe what ' I give a my explanation of th club' death. It 1a unfortunate and la chiefly due to two determined force, ' neither of which would give 'way." ' FALLING SAWMILL ; KILLS FRANK HILL (Journal Special Servle.) o- Welser. Idaho, Jan. 26. Frank and Jasper Hill,' brothers, were owner of a sawmill at Meadows, In thla county. New reached her . last evening that while piling lumber in th 'upper part of the mill building last Friday afternoon th entire builidng collapsed, burying tne, twa rotner in ne ruin. When taken out Frank HlU was dead and Jas per seriously Injured and may die, Frank Hill was unmarried. The brother hav been ' in the mill , business for several year and are quite well known. . . - XXLLBS IV BITE X ' ' ' (Journal Special Service.) ' . Chinlt 1 Saxony, . Jan. , 25. - Two army officer . fought a duel today in which Lieutenant Scheubert: waa killed. The quarrel "waa over a woman. . ttttta JANUARY . 25. 1904. READINESS 1 .' - Vi x. DANGEROUS RIOTS IN THE Situation in Korea Very Speak of Certain War Not Many Days Distant Russia Tampers with BbiL- j (Rpeeial Dinpateli to - TB Jonrnat.) , Washington,' D. C. Jan. 25. No' fur ther demonstartlon ar reported against foreigners in Seoul today, atthough the nri of Atnerlon marine in restoring nrdnc. vi--icrdiiy has uiaJe the " native bitter. ' Foreigner ar reported to be much pleased with that prompt action in the curbing of tha riot plrtt yester day. Marine guard th American elec tric Una today. , i , The war and nary department admit th preparation for transport for th reason of t sending ' more men to the Philippines If the situation in tha far East continue o trying. Oreat care haa been taken diplomatically to asaur Russia - that th movement of United State troop ara purely of a protective measure, , a many . uncontrollable Tac tion exist in th disturbed countries near what may b th scene of war. Only about 7,600 men will be. moved from America to Manila unless unfore seen complication arise. More men will follow, but not for om tlma. soipxxms mm miox. Seoul. Jan. 26. Mor trouble I being experienced with Korean aoldtera today, who have been terrorising in aisinct about Pyajiiyang.-looting nouses ana attacking retdent. Wealthy native suffer most, and no control Is held over ven th police. Russia ha dis approved of Korea' declaration of neu trality! in event or .war. , btjssia xnrrSTjrDS. ; St's Petersburg.'. Jan. 25. While ' th nnniin government . understands ' the .itii.tlon in Korea to b disturbed and possibly threatening. It ha no Informa tion that tn nuanon iu iv nimuiu to warrant the landing of it larg Jap- nasa force there. Ruasia freely ad- mlta Japan' right, under tne, existing eircumtanc to land in Korea a rea sonable number of soldier to preserve order, but the lanamg or an army ai ROBBERS CRACK RAILROAD SAFE itatxobt at acrxTov jrxAmLT I wbxcxzd bt nxrionoM ohxt 30 tXCmmZD CASK MOISTIB ; WTWT.-rTK-.MaJB CTKABACTXM UH ' mo OLpa Bxxurs .tkim- . '(Joaraal Special Serrlee.) ' Milton, Or.,1 Jaa 25.-rThe safe In the O. R. N tatlon-- - her wa blown oper by afecrackera and robbed of $20 shortly after t o'clock this , morning. As a result of" the"explosJon the side of th tation on which the safe stood wa badly shattered.- Window were broken and the side door w blown 50 feet away from th building across the rail road track."" 'y; y, 1 Tha explosion ' wa o heavy that it jarred many houses In the vicinity and 15 or 20 men rushed to the station, but the robbera had son, leaving no clue whatever. : y ',.' .' :t. The robber gained entrance through a window. They first tried to open the cafe with .a hammer, and crowbar taken from a blacksmith, shop.. but. When that failed, dynamlt; was . used. . Sheriff Taylor, of .Pendleton, haa been notified and la now working on the ease, Two rough character were in town yes terday, but cannot be found today, and It la thought they did th work. . The railroad agent does not liv at the sta tion. . Shortly before the af ' was cracked the ch register was carried from the Boxerln aloon at Freewater, a town just across th railroad track from , th station.; taken Into, an alley and 'smashed. It contained , no. money, but a gold watch ,whicii waa In It I missing. ... J FAR EAST Gloomy and Forbodings this stage of negotiations eould not be viewed with equanimity. - , ; MIKADO WOT ASXIOUS. Toklo, Jan. 26. The mikado ta In no way 'anxious - because ef -the delay of Russia response to the latest Japan ese note, and he says Japan is hot press ing for an Immediate reply.: "Russia will be given all the time she needs," a minister 1 quoted a saying. The Rum has attacked the Novoy Vremya for what It term tha consul' stupid mistake about the destination of th American warships in tha Aslatlo situation, tha Novoy Vremya having said American' warships wer going to Yongamph'o, when actually their des tination wa Olongapho, in tha Philip pines. Th Rubs declare that a th interest of America ar - commercial, the - American government require friendly relatione with Russia. XVS8XA TAKPrXB WITH XATX. ' Yokohama (via San Francisco). Th Trans-Siberian mall route is not to be used much' It Russian officials consider it necessary to censorlse newspapers, and postcards carried by it, regardless of destination outside the Involved ter ritory, copies of Pari and ' London ones received at Kobe and here and even in China having been mutilated. Malls going the other way hav eeu seised. In many Instances. Opinion- -aajatnet - thott - interested -In trans-Siberian mails Is that the power should make a protest against tamper ing with correspondence, as the road is In contract and had promised not to allow the censorship of malls In transit. Russia . claim that the' bags of mail are sent, sealed and made up for gen eral distribution ton. receipt In ' Ger many. England and France. However, the seal -of th sack must frequently have . been ' broken, a complaints of "Blacked out copy ara numerous. BOGUS MINING MAN COMES TO GRIEF Vlncennes. Iiid., Jan. : 25. I S. Ad ams. charged with selling bogus minina stocks in Chicago, Milwaukee, 'Seattl ana 'fortiana. was arrested here this morning on a request from Chicago. where charges wer filed by the Banker association. Adams .was ' once held - In Seattle on a similar charge.. BARBERS' BOARD i IS NOT VALID . Judge . George of the - state circuit court this morning declared the barbers' law unconstitutional, and under his rul ing the barbers' hoard cannot regulate and determine the qualifications of state barbers. , , The decision wa based on the case of the state of Oregon against H, I Brtgga. The suit waa brought by the State bar bers' board against Briggs who man ages a barbers', college and has no li cense from the board. ; Judge George declared the defendant was doubtless guilty a charged, as he had evidently violated the law requiring all barber -to, be licensed, and in order to allow, th state a chance to appeal Brlgga waa found ; guilty, the" court finding that he had committed the act alleged by ; the state, but stating that th ourt would discharge the defend ant on motion, since the law violated was not a, valid one. - In rendering his decision on the va lidity of the law allowing the ' state board to determine the qualifications of all barbers in the state, Judge George said: .,....' . . 'it 'The case has . been . under advise That The Journal la tha Only Paper in Portland That Caret to Print tha News. . , PBICE FIVE CENTS. NT0 A Hundred and Twenty- five Unfortunate Mk ; ners Buried Alive GRIEF OF RELATIVES Explosion Caused an Awful Accident- It Is Believed Tbat Many Were Killed Outright and Others. ' ' Suffocate! (JsHirnal Special Serrlee.). h Pittsburg, Jan. 25. At 5:30 this morn- . Ing an explosion occurred In th shaft of the Harwick coal mine, near Che- . wick and 125 men are Imprisoned in tha mine.. The superintendent at 10 o'clock sent to ChesWlck and Springdala for physician, although none of th men up ra that hour had been rescued. ' , Several hundred men are working thl afternoon trying to make entrance to 'the mine where the entombed men are. It la believed that many hav been killed outright or suffocated. , Escape is com pletely shut off a the explosion was so great that it filled the shaft with debris At thl hour, p. m.. hundreds of wo men and children, wives, mothers, and llttl one of -th unfortunate men ara gathered -about th mouth of the haft and thetr grief is lerrjble.T ' : " ' " The min Is located a mile from Chea- wlck and wa reopened two year ago and was always gaseous, Ther ara two shaft 100 feet apart and 200 feet deep.- ;. y""j,i. ; '. :$.', .? , . .The latest report from the company' roU show between 150 and 150 men are entombed, including th fir - and pit bosse; y Three injured tipple men wera taken to th hospital at Allegheny at noon, whera on dld.:-'-y,-.;...y Soon all tha men possible were put to work and are struggling frantically to reach the entombed men. who will ba smothered unless they are speedily given fresh air; ,l , ; -i : Pending the arrival of the mine In spector further effort to enter the mina has been abandoned. ' About the mouth, of the pit the air la heavy with a deadly firedamp in auch volume a to caus tha gravest fears tor the safety of th en tombed miners. It la believed none ara alive.- ;-. - .- ' . , Attempt late thla afternoon wer di rect! to force air- through the ahafts. thub relieving it of ga and aavlng tha men if any are still alive below. Tha force of the explosion i Illustrated by tha fact tha pit nut wa blown from tha bottom of th shaft out through tha opening and 100 feet Into the air befora the debris settled back, then came a hug gust of flame, and the tipple build ing at the top of the shaft wa blown Into fragments. Th scene around tha shaft Is distressing, a nearly ail tha entombed miner hav large famiiiea. FEROCIOUS BEAST BEHEADS A CHILD Indianapolis, Jan.' 25. A large feroel-. ous dog, belonging to William Barr. en tered the family horn Saturday night carrying tha head of a 3-year-old child In his mouth, which had apparently been jerked from th child's body while th latter waa alive, It was reported to tha coroner tbia morning. He has now gona to Barr's, which Is four miles distant from. the center of thl elty. The po lice are of the opinion that. Barr la afraid to report the case because tha dog belonged to him. dZXXBAX, BKATTXB OrJTJBZI). Bakersfleld. ' Cal., Jan. 25.' (Jen.' Wil liam R. Shafter was seriously injured Saturday by being thrown to his knee by a horse he wa leading. Ha la In tha car of a physician at his ranch near here. - Injury to the bona is feared. , ment by ' the ' court for- mm tlm n4 ha been considered , with care.. My de cision wa not announced until I re ceived; th finding of th supreme court on the case of the sailor's boarding house board. The barber' law of Ore gon ia unlike that of othec states a it places In the board' power the right to determine the qualifications of all P--piicanta for barbers' license and ren der criminal the actions of those pur suing their trade without uh llcensns. This act should prescribe tha qualifi cation of barber a other act doi an-t the legislature has no power t give to any board absolute control over th qualification and required excelKn:te of barber applicants ' ) "Regulation may b mad for th protection of the public health, and hal th legislature defined the reiulwment to be expected of all licensed harhr, and given th board power, to JI-nver whether tlieee requirements wer bring, lived up to,, then th law wouM Imv been a valid one. But thw law from he ginning to erid lit no rH'pH-t defltn-a It; (Continued on Paite Ta), A.