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The Journal's GAIN in Advertising' in February Over February, 1903, Was 290 PER CENT .... , : . , - .:. - ... . i G OOD EVENING The Circulation of The Journal tYesterday Waa 14,057 Th Wtithiri . " Tonight and Wednesday, z light rsln or snowr westerly wind,"" VOL. II. NO." 306. PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING, 3IABCII 1. 1904. PRICE FIVE CENTS. I ft SJBRPrWSJsjsr WPWWPWflf hmmot Anwiuin I 11 I II 11 ' II . II II 11 I! II II. A BATTLE TOM Persistent Warfare May Lead to Russia's Defeat - 1 at Port Arthur. MOST TRAGIC DETAILS Conflict of Monday Displayed Con certed Naval Understanding of the Masters Who Stood Off at Sea. Hearit Special Service.) Chefoo. March 1. As exclusively an nounced yesterday by the Hearst corre spondent quartered at Port Arthur an attack on the Russian fleet in the har- hor at that Htrnmrhohl ventprriav morn ing by the Japanese resulted In another disaster to the forces of the caar. Today more details of the encounter are given and while It is known that from dunk Sunday until the mist raised from the inner harbor Monday. morjiUifi, the Japanese admiral had every vessel of his fleet In action, he only waited for the opportuue moment to strike. Today from the same source ot rciu able news comes the report that a final and desperate attack is In progress, but the details ara lacking and the result may not be known until a day has passed.-' " .- -r - The engagement yesterday, which was terrllle, la recounted in detail as fol lows: It was shortly after 10 o'clock when the Russian fleet appeared at the har- i . - i . 1 .11 ( ..1. maneuvers of Admiral Togo. The Rus sians were expecting a concerted Japa nese attack and were v prepared to re ceive It. " ' ' The morning was raw and cold and a fierce gale blew over land and sea. There waa no delay by the Japanese in opening a terrific fire and the Rus sians returned It, but it was plain to see that the csar's tiny fleet waa not able to withstand the fire of so formidable an enemy. The Russians tried to make use of their torpedo boats but the odds were against them and during the maneuvers and shortly after the opening of the en gagement, one of the csar'a torpedo boats was struck by a shell and quickly went to the bottom. Seeing that it was useless to continue the engagement un aided, the three Russian cruisers, with their three remaining torpedo boats, moved Inward toward the land batteries. For an hour and a half the firing was terrific. The air was filled with shells and the rythmlo booming of great guns. . Many shells from the Japanese ships fell close to the land batteries but so far as can be learned, no very serious dam age was done the fortifications or the great guns of Tort Arthur. The battleship Retvlsan, which laid clone, hrlncd cover the retreat of the Mayan, Askold and Novlk. She was struck by several shells but lust how ef fective no one outside Russian naval officials know. The Novlk Is a small protected crui ser. She -waa built in 1900. She car ries six four-inch guns, and has tor pedo tubes. The Askold Is one of the finest of the rear's protected cruisers. She was also built in 1800. She carries 12 six-Inch rapid fire guns and 11 three-Inch guns and is equipped with four torpedo tubes, two of which are submerged and two above water. The Bayan is an armored cruiser of 7.500 tons displacement 8he carries two eliht-lnch guns, one in the bow and one astern; eight six-inch guns. 20 three inch guns and seven three pounders. She has five torpedo tubes, two sub merged and three above water. Her sea speed is SI knots. - The battleship Retvlsan Is one of America's star contributions to the csar's navy. She was built by the Cramps In 1900 and has a displacement of 13,700 tons. She is armed with four lS-tnch guns, IS six-inch guns, 20 three Inch guns. 26 small rapid fire guns and six torpedo tubes, two above water and four submerged. Her speed when in first-class, trim Is 18 knots, but since the opening of the naval engagement In the war the Retvlsan has been 'seriously crippled as a result of a contact with a torpedo. ' Naval experts adhere to the theory that this latest Japanese exploit Is sim ply a repetition of the tactics adopted by the Japanese during their sea fights since the unlooked-for torpedoing of the Russian fleet in the harbor of Port Ar thur before the war was actually de clared. As usual, the Japanese selected stormy weather for their operations. Their ships kept moving all the while In and out in a manner so bewildering to the land batteries that the gunners at the forts were unable to get their range. ' KASXi conxm svzcxss. . . (Journal Special Service.) Knoxvllle, Tenn., March 1. Charles Kahl, a member of the staff of the gov ernor of Indiana, and consul to Aus tralia under resilient Harrison, and a (at'taln in the federal army, committed suicide hero this morning.. Yimaw, MarcK 1. Terrific. bombardment of Port Arthur by the Japanese has continued all day. It is believed the Japanese will capture Port Arthur before midnight. The reply of the Russian guns is not vigorous or nearly so heavy as during yesterday's bombardment. "" .""r'"-'v,,v,"' 1 . . if 1 1 twmMmwm ' ' 1 1 C.TVr . s iff IWYV I THE ABOVE PICTURE SHOWS COSSACKS CAPTURING" A "JAPANESE ; SPY. RUSSIAN DISPATCHES i I , " T" " SAY SEVERAL JAPANESE SPIES DISGUISED AS COOLIE WORKMEN '.HAVE BEEN TAKEN ALONG THE MANCHURIAN RAILROAD AND HANGED. y- ' (Oopyrlghted,, 1804. by W. R. H.irt.j " r . . . THE "HOLY ROLLERS" OFFEND HUMANITY From Helena Comes the Report That Montana , Is Afflicted with Sect Idolatrous as Ignorant Seers of Thibet (ftpecli! Dispatch to The Journal.) Helena, Mont., March 1. A special from Dillon says: This city has been simply agog with excitement over the "tar and feather" party given to C W. Bridewell, evangelist of the "Holiness People," Sunday night by a mob of sev eral hundred angry men. No other hap pening in recent years has caused as much talk, and . public sentiment is 'al most unanimous in upholding the work of the "tar party." Many rumors have been circulated, one to the effect that if the "Holy Roll ers' aresubject to more attacks, they will retaliate and burn every saloon in the city. A wealthy woman of this city, who has always been a prominent member of the Holy people, and who is a relative of the gospel exhorter, swore out warrants today for six well known young men of the city, charging WAR VETERANS CLAIMS ARE DENIED (Special DUp.trh to The Jonraal.) Salem, Or., March U The supreme court this afternoon decided the case of J. R. Boyd, respondent, vs. F. X. Dun bar, -secretary of state, appellant, from Multnomah county. Sears judge; case re versed. Opinion by Justice Bean. This .was a suit to compel the secre tary of state to draw a warrant for $129.(0 for services as an Indian war soldier. The court recites the facts of the appropriation made for the payment of the veterans' claims and holds that when the appropriation was exhausted th secretary had no au thority to audit and pay claims of vet erans no matter how meritorious they were. The court says that where an ap FEBRUARY'S February is th dullest month of an the year for advertising in Portland. It therefore fur nishes the severest test upon the newspap ersa test which The Journal has met with flying colors. The Journal Beat The malicious mischief. She Is quoted as saying that she will spend $10,000, if necessary, In prosecuting members of the mob, and confidentially hopes to fill the state prison with residents of bad Dillon. . The mob's victim when seen this morning showed no 111 effects of his trying experience, and he stated that he had reconsidered his promise given to the mob-that he would leave town, as that promise was given under compul sion, and that many of the best people of Dillon promised him protection, and therefore he would not leave until an other evangelist arrived to take up hla work. Nevertheless he was seen leav ing thexclty in a closed carriage this afternoon. His return will probably mean a repetition of Sunday night's affair and will probably' be accompanied by violence or even bloodshed. propriation Is mad for a specific pur pose and 'there Is nO other warrant of law to pay the claims, no. warrant cam be Issued after the appropriation Is ex hausted. The decision of the lower court is reversed. STEW DEHTAXi AJrPOZHTBSS. (8peclal Dlapatrb to The Joornal.) Salem. Or., March 1. Governor Cham berlain today appointed Drs. R. L. Lin coln of La Grande, and George Larkln of Newberg members of the board of dental examiners, succeeding W. A. Wise of Portland, and J. I Reeves of La Orande. Dr. Lincoln's .appointment was not recommended by the board. JTZW TOBZ BBOW 6 TO KM. (Journal Special Service.) New Tork, March 1. The severest snow storm of the season stalled, all trains at Utica N. Y., where the fall was from three to five feet deep. The Journal printed . . 1,099 The Telegram printed . 945 GAMBLERS Woman Who Says Hus band Lost Money Creates Scene. Determined upon recovering from the P6rUand club, $200 which she alleges her husband lost there. Mrs. Ouber, a Polish Jewess from Seattle, last night attempted to force her "way past the doorkeeper of the-.famous Fifth street establishment, and before she was ejected wielded an umbrella freely over th head of Peter Grant, proprietor of the house.. Grant and the doorkeeper finally succeeded In forcing the woman down the Alder street entrance to the Portland club and then telephoned to the police. To Police Captain Moore, before whom sh was taken by Patrolman Endlcott, Mrs. Guber told the following story: She and her husband had been con ducting a second-hand store at ISO Washington street, Seattle. Last week Guber came to Portland and sold a bill of goods to a south end second-hand dealer. The proceeds of this sale $200 he told his wife, when he returned to Seattle, he had lost In the Portland club gambling establishment. The wife, accompanied by her 6-year-old daughter, boarded the train and came to Portland, bent on recovering the money. She ar rived in this city at o'clock last night and went Immediately to the Portland club, which she found by Inquiring along th street. "A man refused to let me in." said Mrs. Guber, "and while I was arguing with him another man came out and the two of them put me out." "The woman was hysterical," said Captain Moore, "and I advised her to wait until morning and come to the ADVERTISING R Telegram's Record by 154 FEARFUL PRESENT STRIFE Russians Practically Harbor Are Constantly Being Attacked by the Fleet of (Jonraal Special Service.) London,. March 1. p. m. A dispatch received at the foreign office an hour ago from Port Arthur via Tien Tsin gives briefly the details of the stren uous situation at that stronghold as follows: An uncovered gloomy sky has marked the weather since last Friday. The im pared Russian fleet lies close in the harbor menaced as never before by its Oriental enemy. Saturday witnessed a Japanese attack, which resulted disastrously to the Rus sians. The Retslvan, Askold and Novak were disabled after their feeble attempt chief of police with her grievances. I told her she could not expect to gain anything by going to the gambling house in the manner she did. She promised to come to the station this morning at 9 o'clock. Grant told me he was ready to make any satisfactory adjustment of the matter, but that he desired to first Investigate." The woman is described as good look ing and well dressed. She is about SO years of age. Chief of Police Hunt and Police Cap tain Grltzmacher in charge said today that Mrs. Guber had not returned to the police station up to 2:30 p. m. today. Peter Grant said today: "I stand ready at any time to return money lost in my house by the husband of the woman who attacked me, if I can be satisfied that1) he really lost it. I am not hard-hearted but I don't think that I ought to have to hand out $200 without knowing whether the claim is falr.v. "A woman, whose nam I do not know, cam to me last night and demanded 1200. She said her husband had lost It at the Portland club. I asked who her husband was. She said he waa a tall, slim fellow. TVell, bring your hus band around,' said I, 'and let him talk to me. Then we can fix this thing up properly.. If you are- entitled to the money you shall have it.' That wouldn't do her apparently. - She wanted to get Into my office. "Then I suggested that she report the matter to th chief of police or the district attorney and let him make an Investigation. She followed me In whea I entered th house and tried , to get to my office. I took her by the shoul ders and drew her away. I did not use any violence, but simply pushed her along. She mauled me over the head with an umbrella and attacked my doorkeeper, when he took her In charge. My doorkeeper understood her to men tion another gambling house while she was talking to him. This affair puts me in a very em barrassing position. I am ready to pay back what her husband lost if I can get any evidence that he lost it, but I can't let everybody, who-pleases come around and take my money away from me," Columns Columns IS THE Bottled in Port "Arthur the Japanese to offset the advance of the fleet from the outer sea. ' , . Consternation seized the leaders of the land force and it was then that General Stoessel laid to the soldiers In the fortresses and to the people in th city, "fight to the death." Tonight, Monday, the Japanese are in control of the marine situation and it Is believed that the brown men will soon have the town. Booming of guns sounds through the darkness and a battle is probably In progress.' Searchlights from far out to sea tell of activity. Guns of the forts sound now and then, but the missiles only go lntot the night. MILLIONAIRES MEET DEATH IN AUTO RACE (Jonraal Special Service.) Havana, March 1. James L. Breese, a. millionaire artlst-automoblllst from New York, was seriously Injured, and Honor Lain, who was at on time threatened with death for making public certain letters from General Weyler, saying the , latter had prepared the Havana harbor for the battleship Maine, were fatally injured today in an excit ing ' automobile race between several millionaire American and Cuban con testants, Including William K. Vander bllt nd members of W, -Seward Webb's family. Lain and two companions, . who are clubmen of Havana, Honors Arlosa an carr lea burn, in a powerrul Daimler ma chine, racing at 60 miles , an ,hqur. ran down and killed a. Cuban mounted, po liceman -and his home. 'The - Breese party, including WllliamK. Vanderbllt and two other men. -In a" Mercedes ma chine, was Immediately behind, the Lain motor when a terrific crash occurred. Four machines were rounding a sharp bend in the road when three mounted policemen were seen riding In the oppo site direction. Lain, Who was acting as chaftVur, shouted a warning, a di;t his companions, but It came too lata for all the policemen to get out of the road. one. of them, being struck and hurled 30 yards through the air. UOH CAUSES PAJnO At SAX JOBTL (Joornal Special Service.) San Jose. Cal., March 1. Th big lion known as Hannibal got loose in his car this morning and killed a horse, devour lng the tatter's liver end heart. THe lion is now free in his car at the depot and has the railroad men terrorised. The car is a frail cattle car and should the beast try he could break the door and escape. The Journal's gain in advertising in Febru sry, 1904, over February 1903, was TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY PER , CENT. Forty-three local merchants patronised The Journal to the exclusion of The Telegrsm and Oregonutn. - -.'', ' - ;' . Columns ISuE The Russian Land Forces I Suff erf or Food in Man churian Campaign. THE OUTPOST FIGHTING! Opinion Is That Japanese Hold Key! to Situation in Northern Korea and May Probably Win Finally on- Land; (Journal Special Service.) London, March 1. Advice received her this afternoon state that th Jap-, anese are. practically in control of north em Korea and that the mikado' forces TaUi river and even on th southern boundary of Manchuria.' A special .dispatch to the Dally Newn contains the Information that Russian troops-are sadly handicapped by lack of rations and are suffering from sever exposure. . In the Interim of war the Russian government seems to be fighting for ttme. and knowlnr thin the Jannnrmt are persistent In forcing the Issue. Outpost fighting is an hourly occur rtrace and th slowness of the Russia nn in retreating and also advancing gives the agire Japanese the advantage whea all- things are' equal. . . JSWXSK OWSLATJOHT rEAJtZB. Susslaa Press . Bald to B Stirring vp Hatred Against Them. (Journal Special Service.) ' Berlin, March 1. Russian dispatches today state that the Russian - press Is stimulating antt-Semltlan sentiment among the people, accusing th Jews of purchasing horses for Japan. There Is widespread feeling against th Jews and an onslaught Is expected.' , not nvsTjx.inc swxvas. Unci Sam's Qorramnt jfot Bo Bltt Toward Jtossla. (WaahlnstoB Bureie of The Jinm.it.) Washington, March 1The Russian embassy in Washington denies that th original report charging that Commander Marshall of the American cruiser Vlcks burg had refused to rescue Russian sailors at Chemulpo cam from Rus sia. He says that the report came from English sources, and it is asserted that Russia will Investigate as to the origin of th report, believing it mat part of a plan to draw the United States into the troubles of the far east. Th Russian embassy does not dcry that its government protested against the reported Inhumanity of Commander Marshall, but this was on the assump tion that the report was truer"Nelth r is it denied that this report created great hostility toward the United Stat in Russia, but this is Said to have been just what the English opponents 'to Russia desired when they circulated It. The- statement that Commander Mar shall had refused to aid drowning Rus sian sailors when their ships were sunk after an unequal contest in a neu tral harbor is a fallacy. The Russian ambassador has no criticism to make against Commander Marshall since his explanation was given this government. The news that Count Lamsdorff, th Russian minister of foreign affairs, had asked Ambassador McCormick to con vey to Commander Marshall th hlgl appreciation of the Russian govern ment forhls humane conduct "toward Russian seamen when the Varlag was abandoned, created a better feeling here. A good deal of gossip was put into cir culation in the diplomatic corps that Secretary Hay is especially bUter to ward Russia. This is stimulated ; by diplomats whose countries are 6ppoael to Russia. . Secretary Hay's colleagues unit In declaring that there Is no rea son by which th United States can be ,.... 1 .1 ......I l... .1 1 J . . . a - J"".' v. v . .... w . ' ' Ot vvj n a, m i ,t side or the other. There in n us of denying that at one time there was more sympathy for Japan than Russia, but th pendulum is. now swinging" the other way. and many officials are taking th view that this government has 1 f expect if Japan win than if Kussli should. . JAJPAjrXSB OCCUTT A CZTT. Reported They Are Tortlfylnf Walls OS Zohlcyaag, ia Korea. (Journal Special Svrrkw.) . St. Petersburg, March 1. Woid was received hfre today that the ,Jrani"i occupied th Korean town ot 1 !,! yarig. North Ping Yung, and urn r.M- fylug the town walls. A KnxKiim i .. tachment 'was reporH-1 hi tim wim.. hood yesterday ari l It ei t- i would occupy tliti . 'CEI'WESB TEOOt'S i : - T' ' i imI hi-1' ' ! f.'ll I I'. Ur