r VOL. II. NO. 209.
PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY EVENING; 'FEBRUARY 22, 1904.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
TWAT
1 lri 1
TURNS -ROCKEFELLER
DOWN IN
Contending Parties Say
for University Was
and Selfish
(Special Plpa ten to The Journal.)
Lincoln. Neb., Feb. ,21. John D.
Rockefeller threatens to become trie
political Issue in , Nebraska. .The whole
BtatBT-niviaett'ovgr ttie-accptancpqr
his gift of t6.667 to the University of
Nebraska. He offered ' it on condition
that 138,833 would be raised by the
mate, and all but 18,000 has been eub
ncribed. Meantime, Intense feeling has
developed for and against the acceptance
of.- Rockefeller's money. Clubs, socie
ties, churches and political parties have
FATAL FIRE IN A
. CHICAGO THEATRE
(Journal Mpecjal Sei-rice.)
Chicago, Feb. 22. At a fire this morn
ing at the Alhnmbra hotel, theatre and
business block at Nineteenth and State
streets, the Inmates fled In night guru.
While the weather -wa, at sero. Twenty
women and children were rescued at
upper windows.- , Some alight Injuries
were received from, (tying glass. The
theatre toad Just been refitted to com
ply with the new Are ordinance at a. cost
of 190.000.
Three bodies were removed from the
ruins at .9:30 o'clock this morning.
Firemen believe another corpse Is In
ths debris. Among those reported mlsst
lng are Charles Barrett night clerk;
Samuel Crull and Alfred Swansen.
Ths dead have been Identified as Fred
-Beckman of Cincinnati, William Fisher,
a former resident of Cincinnati; Annts
Smith of Chicago. The Mate started In
the basement of the Alhambra restau
rant. iii wat projxct.
Journal Special BerTtce.) ,
Weiser, Ida Feb. 22. A rumor -is cur
rent that work on the extension of the
Pacific A Idaho Northern railway from
Council will be begun so pdon as the
.weather will permit. It is stated that
the road will be extended to the Mead
ows, a distance of 82. miles, and pos
sibly farther. A prominent railroad
contractor of this city Is perfecting ar
rangements to begin construction work
at an early day. About 16 miles of the
distance from Council to Meadows is
graded. :. . . . . . ,
ARMED CRANK 4AT
THE WHITE HOUSE
. -(Journal Special Borrlre.) .'"
- YVnshlna-tnn. Feb. , 22 An armtut
" rrank attempted to enter the WhlteN
House this mornings by the executive
mansion entrance. He was promptly
arrested and gave his name as Edward
Relgar of Chicago. He had a revolver
s and n, knife and told' the s police he
i wanted to enlist the president's aid to
secure some patents in his possesion.
He was examined and committed to St.
Elisabeth's hospital for the Insane.
The appearance - of Relgajr had been
BMTLES M
NEBRASKA
That 'Money. Offered
Gained in Sordid
Manner
taken up the subject anb those who are
against the acceptance of the gift have
adopted a' stand that has attracted the
attention .of educators all over the
country: They- declare tht"the-ea8n
Rockefeller, Is giving, was accumulated
by what they describe as a sordid and
selfish, manner, and should be spurned
as It would be a tantamount expression
ef the approval of monopolistic meth
ods if It were accepted. Op this ground
many people, among them two congress
men, have refused to contribute.
A LAND SWINDLER
LANDS IN PRISON
(Special IHapatrh to The Journal.)
Los Angeles, .Feb. 22. The culmina
tion of detective work which has been
In progress since last September and
which has been participated jn by offi
cers In half a dozen cities throughout
the country, was the arrest of Carl An
derson,' alias D. S. Spring, alias J. H.
Johnson, alias half a dozen other names,
one of : the' most, extensive swindlers
who has . ever operated on the coast.
He was arrested shortly before midnight
and made a confession of his guilt. The
arrest is considered one of the most Im
portant that has beet) effected here In
years. It Is not a local case, as the
man has been operating in many cities
and , Ule magnitude of his operations
have been aivch that lie has been dealing
In property worth hundreds of thousands
of dollars and has victimised many.
NEW POSTAL BILL
GIVES MORE MONEY
(Journal Special Scrrtre.) ,
Washington, Feb. 22. -The postofflce
and poet road appropriation bill has been
completed by the house committee and
Is 189,987,88. It is an Increase over
last year. For rural .free delivery serv
ice $21,000,000 has been allowed. Sal
ary of rural carriers has been In
creased from SC00 to 8720 a year. 'Rail
road mall allowance 'Is 846,000,000.
watched for, as be hod recently ad
dressed some letters to Roosevelt. The
particular tnanla for which he wanted
patent was that all men should bca
names according to their ; occupation-vail
carpenters o be named Carpenter, all
tailors, Taylor, etc. , He" accompanied
the secret servk-e men to police head
quarter under the impression that he
was - going to. a branch : of the : White
House, - The revolver ,in his side coat
pocket wss fully loaded sn4 he also had
(0 cartridges 'in his pockets.
FOR MORE THAN A WEEK IS ADMITTED
Report Comes From St Petersburg That 2,500 Russians
Have Lost Their Lives in Outpost Fighting Both
ers Rushing Troops to .the Field of Future Conflicts.
Japanese ' Say Jhat They Have Control of the Port Arthur Situation
Where Affairs Are Mysteriously Quiet Secretary Hay Addresses
1 Second Note to the; Governments on China Neutrality.
(Hearst Special Service) ) , ,
New York, Feb. 22. The Herald publishes here this morning the statement that despite denials, out
pos fighting has been taking place on the Yalu river right along. This confirms the special, cable aervlce
accounts to outaide newspapers and shows that the Associated Press has overlooked this important informa
tion. '
Mora than week ago speoial dispatches to ths Hearst : newspapers and printed simultaneously in Ths
Journal, announced that serious conflicts were in progress on the Yalu river. Ths new was also published of
a third attack on Port Arthur. ' '
Following the publication of thssimporiant matters a locsLtrust paperthat has no other service than a
belated one furnished by ths Aisooiated Press, saw fit to deny both stories and ory "fake."
.A day after ths denial ths Associated Press got possession of ths facts concerning ths Port Arthur en-
gagemsnt'and a glowing account of .the third victory of the Japanese at Port Arthur was published.
Eight Russian warship's were reported disabled in the last engagement.
Now cornea the confirmation of the conflicts on ths Yalu which MUST bs printed by the looal trust
papers.
' (Hearst ftpeelal Service.) ' .
8t. Petersburg, Feb. 22. The present
moment is an extremely, serious one,
taken' with regara toMhe prospect of in
ternational TwrBpHcatlonir
The Porte has lent av. willing car t
diplomatic suggestions of Russia that
the Black sea' fleet should one day be
found unexpectedly 1ft the Mediterran
ean; Turkey being, -assured that when
this is once -an accomplished fact, not
one of Tthe powers would have a word
to say In objection, and if they didrRus
sla alone would be answerable.
The only difficulty, however, which
lies in the way is an arrangement 'by
which on a given night the Dardanelles
should, with true . Oriental carelessness,
be left unguarded, the usual surveil
lance neglected, the splendid mine sys
tem existing so that any . foreign1 ship
passing can be blown into the .air, and
the- night guards- behind . overwhelming
batteries gone- into official somnolence.
The scheme can be consummated, how
ever., and, AbduLHamld,. seeing Jhe , big
service in this way to be rendered, will
exact. in return terms which, as much
as Russia would like to get her splen
did Black sea squadron out, are almost
more than this country can digest. These
terms are that Turkey be given a free
haid in settling the Balkan difficulties
In the war which the coming months are
deemed sure to bring.
Such Russian egress from (he BlacK
sea would release the big armored ships
Kniaspotemkin and Travrlceskt. 12.500
tons each: the Ekaentrla and the Clsma,
11.000 tons each; the SInope, 10.000 tons;
the Trisvlatltelia, 13,818 tons; the
Qeorgl Pobllednosea, 12,000 tons; the
Dvlenadzat. Apostolov and the Rostllav,
about 8,000 tons each; their flotilla of
torpedo catchers . and about 26 torpedo
boats, a -force ' which would -turn -the
vital question of command of the sea
In the far east in favor of Russia.
This is the secret on which Admiral
Skrydloff. the bulldog of .the Russian
navy, was lately sent for to come to St.
Petersburg, the first Intention being to
appoint him to command . in the far
east, but 'the lust disaster at Port Ar
thur rendered his going ' there useless,
and at the same time emphasised the es
sential necessity of getting the valuable
Black sea squadron released. Hence,
Admiral Skrydloff hurried back to Rus
sia. This may also explain the reports
of the feverish haste with which the
British fleet", including reserves, is being
mobilised, and it also supposedly ex
plains the recent quite unexpected note
of Turkey to the powers concerning Bul
garia, which- looks like a preliminary
declaration of war against that country.
Trans-Caucasian troops are being mob
ilised and ordered.' to occupy the fron
tier ofTurkeetsnnand Persia, this being
a strong reminder to England that Rus
sia Is -ready for war over these two
frontiers. , In ? a.' protracted ' council . of
war here the possibilities of interna
tional complications were very freely
'discussed, with-the result that It was
decided if not inevitable they are ao
probable that Russia must be prepared
to meet them., ;'
CKCTA'S HJOTHAUTT TBMPOBABT.
ICJalstsr as Berlin Bays Impossible to
Fronds Anything. ' .
(Bearst Special Berrlea.) '
. Berlin,- Feb. ' 22. An; Interview .at
tributed . to ,the , Chinese minister-, here
quotes that 1 diplomat as having pro
claimed that China's neutrality is only
temporary; that no one, even the most
astu te diplomat, - .can tell-what- chnn ge
a. day will' bring forth in China's atti
tude. The minister is quoted a having said:
Vit should never be forgotten that the
war will be fought out ir Manchuria, on
Chinese territory, and that the excite
ment of the Chinese people will increase
as th9 war progresses. Naturally, there
fore, the Chinese government ' may be
expected onrany one cay to decide Its
continued neutrality neither possible nor
desirable. Thirty thousand well-drilled
Chinese troops are already stationed in
the province of Pe -Chill, ready at a
Soment's notice from Pekln to enter
anchurla. Our nation admires the
Japanese, and sympathizes decldely with
them." ' ., .
JMXSSIAJT COTOT XX FKAYXX.
Week of Tasting Being O he erred by ths
Osar Sever Observance.
(Journal Special 8rlct.)
St. Petersburg, Feb. 22. This' Is a
week of fasting for . the court, after
which the cxar. will go to Tsarsloe-Selo..
The observance will be unusually severe
and continuous prayers for the victory
of, Russia are being offered.
St. Petersburg, Feb. ?2. General KuW
opatkln and staff are expected to start
for the east Thursday,
Chefoo, Feb. 22. The German steamer
(Continued on Page Two.)
.... , . , . -yzi.immmm.
, . VhE.YALU RiyEK, WHERE THE FIRiT
(Journal Special Borrloa.)
London, Feb. 22. A. dispatch received
from St. Petersburg last night and an
other today state that the Jtussian
foreign" offic Is In receipt of accurate
Information that fierce conflicts hav
been intermittently In progress on the
Yalu river ror more than a week between
large forces of Russian and Japanese
troops.
The special correspondent at Bt.
Petersburg says that the Russian au
thorities have been In possession of
this Important news for eight days and
never officially denied the . statement
sent out from Tien Tsln by special cor
respondents to outside papers of a bat
tle near Wlju many days ago.:
. The foreign office here la now In pos
session of information that the Russian
advano guard Is being driven back.' with
great loss. It In claimed that about ,
000 Russian soldiers have been killed In
outpost fighting. -
- ZA.T SOON TAXB P02MP ABTHtJaV
Japanese Declare That "Russians Cannot
Hold the Place.
(Journal Special Serrlre.)
London. Feb. 22. The correspondent
of the Post in Chefoo says that, some
divisions of the Russian army are pro
ceeding by forced marches from various
points in Korea towards the Yslu.
Troops are being hurried into Port Ar
thur from Lla Chang, and the Japanese
declare today that they will take Port
Arthur with their fleet soon.
Auxxxoaji- xoirsm xa dajtoeb.
Blot at Praam Xsnlts Seriously and
i If eajrly Patally,
(Hearst Special Serrlrt.)
Vienna, Feb. 22. The pollc with dif
ficulty today prevented an attack on the
United States consulate at Prague by
a mob of several thousand Ciechs, who
were loudly cheering for Russia and the
cxar. The affair was the result of great
demonstrations In Prague when the
Cxech mayor and city councilors at
tended services in the Russian church
to - Invoke God's blessing . on Russian
arms.., Czechs gathered near the church.
Some disorder were . caused by loud ex
pressions of dissent and the police were
obliged to make a number of arrests.
After service the German Students' club
was attacked, the police maintaining or
der with difficulty and making more ar
rests. Then th mob surrounded the
LAND BATTLES A BEING
MITCHELL SAYS HE
AAII I WOT I IF nnAM
VI I La 1mm : I
Place on lnter:0ceanic
toIHini Uf ' Senator
Does Not
(Waahlngtoa Bareas of Tbe Journal.)
Washington, D. C, Feb. 22. Will Sen-
atoi Mitchell succeed Hanna aa Chair
man of the interoceanic canals commit
tee? is the question that is agitating the
senate.. Senators Mitchell and. Fulton
say that he will If , Piatt of New York,
who ranks above Mitchell, does not want
the place. ' The efforts being made to
give the place to Spooner and ,; have
Mitchell take the chairmanship of the
rules committee, are not finding favor
with th Oregon. senators, .whowMl, in-
'"! " ' I ! IL ' "
United Ststes consulate, but the rioters
were finally driven away by the police.
The, bitter feeling Is the result of the
rprtrts of America's sympathy for
Japan. ....
According to the Polltlsohe corre
spondent, the sultan disapproves of any
form of pleasure manifested at Constan
tinople in regard to Japanese success.
Orders have been given at the palace
that the press shall maintain an impar
tial reserve. The Servian press and
public applaud the intention of Prince
Arsen Karageorgevitch, brother of the
king, to take part in the war as a Rus
sian officer.
TBX KAJTOSXTBIAH OAMPAIO. :
Japanese Minister at Xiondon Xeviews
Situation Prom XAtest Advices.
(Journal Hneclal Service.)
London, Feb. 22.-i-Mlnister Hayashl's
latest advices lead him to believe that
the Japanese troops may wait two or
three months before undertaking an
aggressive campaign in - Manchuria.
Japanese feel that Russia cannot be
ready even by that time and say all
advices show she Is less prepared than
was China in 1995. One rea&pn for
Japanese delay Is that the 'mnller
Inlets are frozen over, making embarka
tion of troops difficult. Thl3 is especi
ally true at Port . Arthur, where near
landing is now Impossible owing to Ice.
Hayashl has received the report that
FOUUMT.
I I I 1 IbbS VM I
Canal Committee Belongs
Piatt of New York .
Want. It .
list on Mitchell's right to the place b
lng - recognized. Personally. Senator
m. j . i A . i . l . , i. i
nan -uwi noi wani - ihq. cnairmansnip,
being better suited with the commute
on Drintlnr. but rather than see a west'
era senator get the place, eastern sen
uia,y insist m r-iaii.. laaing li.v
Senator Mitchell said today: "I would!
like to see Senator Piatt take th
chairmanship, for it belongs to him, but
if he does not want It all talk of an
outsider getting It is foolish. I am la
line after Piatt ahd undoubtedly will get
It If he declines It."
2.600 Russians were killed in -a battle)
on the Yalu 10 days ago. He expects
no immediate naval engagements and
says all advices Indicate that less thaw
100,000 Russians are in Manchuria, '.
(
XVSSZZrO TO TK YAXiTJ.
Port Arthnr Mysteriously Quiet Japava
nes la ControL J
(Journal Special Sentca.) " 1 1
Chefoo, Feb. 22 All Is mysteriously
quiet at Port Arthur, and troops are be
ing conveyed Into It from Llao Tan,
and some Russian divisions are pro
ceeding to the Yalu river, where ther
ar reported Japanese victories. . . 4
Tens of thousands of Japanese troops)
are advancing by forced marches from
various points In Korea on the Yalu side
and a great engagement is expected to
take Dlace in Northern Kniva hnrtl
i ne Japanese declare they will tak,
wiiiini a unurt tune Willi
their fleet and army. Port Arthur Is re
garucu as a secona Mets. v ,
nuBBim m power on me sea is practio
ally destroyed and when the attack Is
made on the Port Arthur squadron and
when the Japanese torpedo boats make
their final advance into the inner har
bor all Russian warships will be at their
mercy.
An excellent authority says that Port
Arthur Is provisioned for 1 months
and not merely for eight as was re
ported. It Is expected that fighting in northern!
Korea will be very severe In character. .
BULGARIA IN FEAR !
OF GREATER POWERS
(Journal Special Sernlet.)
Sofia. Feb. 22. Princ Ferdinand la
enforcing the most prudent attitude fop
Bulgaria and is determined that if hos
tilities with Turkey occur the latter
must be the oggresBor. Bulgaria is
prepared to fight, but fears either Rus-
sia or Austria will take, the spoils in
case she is victorious. ?
. . . OSBMAHT WIXX. ACT. , ., . V I
(Journal Hpeclal Kerrti.v.) '
London, Feb. 22. Advice from Her
lla today state that the kaiser has as
sured the caar of his. resolve to pre
vent by all possible means any outbreak
on the part of the Balkans and will
bring pressure to bear on Turkey.
" SV0W8XJ9B WBTOXS TBACK.
. (.Tmirna! SiwWul Sori-li-.)
Salt Lake, Feb. I'i. The worst snow
slide In th history of the Hi (ir -in !
Western railway occurred tdy n tn
Heber City branch.. --.The-track f'it-
feet was carried wy rl Imiie i h
neath l0 feet of snow, ilmripr Hnd tnt K1.
Piw trains-or lahoif-tt l,n, Li'i t
cut to the scent. ' ' i