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3omc of the MOST NOTED AMERICAN. WRITERS .VZilL" Contribute to THE SUNDAY JOURI!... 00D EVENING. The Circulation of Tlio Journal .Yesterday Was The Weather! Tonight, rain; Sunday, showers; high southerly winds, shifting to -westerly and diminishing Sunday. 14,300 YOL. II. NO. 310. PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 5. 1904. ECE five cents. wm ll!uiif n HMMi,w..ti..r it r tmrn DEVENINq , ... . X I jh . . ' (jWf ' ; -A AS iUJ U II 7 S J 1 11 trZjr-r 1C 1 III ll II w I I II GETTII READY FOR COMING OF THE JAPS LAST 1TCILL 01 CAUSES : III f , ; s - ' J 1 ; 1 Russian Commander at Vladivostok Orders People for Around to The News Creates. Consternation and Everybody Believes That the Mikado's Forces ; Ate - Getting Ready ' , (Journal Special Service.) St. Petersburg, March 6. The Russian commandant at Vladivos tok has Issued a proclamation warning the Inhabitants within a'17-mlle radiuw to leave -Immediately, taking their personal effects but no food stores nor cattle. ;,.'- o-.:.v;v ,' . This proclamation is regarded as evidence that the Russians expect an early attack upon Vladivostok. . . , It Is known, that a part of the Japanese fleet was dispatched In the direction. of Vladivostok and It Is reported to have been seen in that vicinity, '.but Its movements have been shrouded In secrecy. The harbor Is Ice-bound, but the Russians have -been breaking the Ice mo as to enable their Vessels to get out ' . If Port Arthur should be taken by the Japanese or abandoned by the JlUBdians, Vladivostok will be the next 'ppint of naval attack, and the action taken by the commandant is Indicative of a fear that It may be. near jtt-.handL.i,-. , JLL., ..- -j-. SAYS THE JAPANESE: - USED FALSE LIGHTS , (Jourstl fipwlal erle.) St. Petersburg.. March 6. An officer of - the Russian miBcr Pallada In de scribing the first , Japanese attack on Port Arthur, . writes a denial of the story , that tbe Russian officers were ashore, nd asserts that the Japanese used false lights. At XI o'clock that night a practice drill to repel torpedo attacks was -executed -by . the Russian fleet and at midnight four Russian tori pedo boats that had simulated the enemy headed back toward Xalny. The crews of the fleet retired. , The captain of the Pallada bad de cended from the bridge where he had jrxwi x xrrssxAV Axarr. Over 30,000 of Them Have Already Been . lent to the "front (Journal Special Berrlee.) St Petersburg, March 5. The number of Jews being sent to the front by the Russian government Is utterly dispro portionate to the proportion of Hebrews to the entire population. It is estimated that fully 12 per cent of the reinforce ments to the ranks of the army are Jews , and over 30,000 of them are now pro ceeding to the scene of operations to take part in the war against Japan. No other class in Russia has contributed I:: so largely In proportion to its num ' bers. .'V-'' .--.' : Notwithstanding these proofs of loy alty, popular hatred of the Jews continues- unabated and fears are enter-: talned' that wholesale massacres of the : , Jews will occur at the Easter holidays. 0MAX.LPOX xAonro xs kuisia. : (Jonroal Special fterTioe.) St Petersburg, March 6. 'Smallpox has become epidemic in the trans-Baikal district and is raging fiercely. Grave fears are entertained that. the scourge may spread to the Russian troops and ; hurried precautions are being taken to prevent this. . The wretched condition of the peasantry greatly hastens the spread of the disease, - AXSCTTS AT ST. ETXSBI7a. St Petersburg. March ; 5. Admiral . Marakoff arrived by the trans-Baikal route direct after a fortnight's . trip, five days longer than usual.. . IOn' TO AMEB10AV AID. St Petersburg, March 6. The Novoe Vromya asserts that American ship- "WE PRAY FOR THE DEFEAT (Saa Franclaco Burean of The Jonrnal.) San Francisco, March 6.-Tho ' 126th anniversary of the birth of Robert Em met, the great irish patriot, was cele brated last night at Native Sons' hall, under the auspices of the Knights of the Rod Branch. For the past S6 years this society has honored Emmet's mem ory Jn similar fashion, and this year the celebration was. If possible, even more enthusiastic than its predecessors. A notable feature of the occasion was the declaration of Chairman James T. Caniffe . that the sympathies of. the Knights of the Red Branch are with tho cause of Russia in the war now rag ing in the Orient Mr. Caniffe brought rUp the subject during the course of bis remarks, introductory to the evening's .celebration. Ho saldl ; ; --"The society - of . the Knights of the Red Branch is universally ranrtW "as -the - true Irish nation alist organization in this country. Tlmt Seventeen Miles Move Out for Business; . . ' been for a. last look, when ship's lights, white above red, according to the Rus sian method, were observed. The cap tain supposed they were Russian -boats returning from the drill until he noticed a different style of attack that was be ing followed. ' " The crews were then , called to quar ters; the guns were loaded with grape and lire was -opened. A terrific explo sion under-the Pallada submerged the cruiser's deck but did not stop the firing or manouverlng. Measures were -taken at once to close the breach. Soon after torpedoes were exploded under - the Retvtzan and the Ctarlvltch. This ended the attack. ownera have offered to fit out a large number of fast steamships to act aa privateers In the Russian service. . - WXZtL BVEHXW TBI ATTACK. Japanese Fleet Again "Preparing- to Bom , '.. " ..i bard Port Arthur. i (Heant Special Service.) - , . St Petersburg, March 6. There la a report here this morning that Port Ar thur is now Isolated and that the Jap anese fleet Is again close in shore and will renew the attack. The Russian ships are still in the harbor. POLAR EXPEDITION BACK AT STOCKHOLM (Journal Special fUr !.) Stockholm, March S. The Russian polar expedition which sailed In 1901 In the yacht Zarla, arrived here today. Baron Tell, the commander of the ex pedition,' was drowned with aeveral companions in November, 1902, while making a trip In a small boat from the island of Bennett to New Siberia. . . TXTSXAV WATCXXAXEB. SEAS. (Jonroal Special Service.) Boston, March 6. Edward Howard, the dean of. the American watchmakers, is dead. - BSXiQZABT TBAWBX TOUXBIBS. (Journal Speclt! Serrlce.) , .. London, March 5. The Belgian -iiteam-er Handel foundered in the chAfhnel to day. The crew were saved. - , OF JAPAN" being so,, the question will " be asked: 'With which nation do the Irish sympa thize in the war between Russia and Japan?' "I say to you. my friends, that the action taken by Russia 40 years ago, when the United States had not another friend in the' world, has not passed from our minds. .Those were dark days. In deed, and we should remember Russia's action. Russia has always shown her sympathy with the cause of oppressed Ireland., For : that reason, if for no other, i our ( sympathies should be with Russia. - .".--; .-..-- "But there Is another reason. , The Oriental power , that Is now fighting Rus sia is the ally of the Implacable foe of our race England, That is enough for vis; so, my friends, we pray , for the defeat of Japan." ' : ; Tho speaker's remark! were greeted with loud cheering by .the entire audi- em-.,. , . . : ,v j. . .-, f vmmmmmwmmm wasesisasaa The Russian cruiser Boyarln contact with a submarine mine. ", GHASTLY TRAGEDY Two Young Men of Inde pendence Torn to Pieces. , (Journal Special Service.) Independence, March 6. One of the most distressing - and horrible accident that has occurred In Polk county, caus ing the death of two young Vien,' hap pened at S o'clock this morning about one and one-half miles north of Inde pendence, where Curtis Baker was dy namiting stumps with John Burton on Mr. Burton's hop land., . Mr. Baker went down to work early this morning and Gilbert McCabe, a young boy of about 13 years of age, went, down " with him for .the purpose of visiting him and seeing him blast stump. While Mr. Burton was heating the .dynamite In a can of hot water preparatory to Wasting,,, the . dynamite, from some unknown cause; exploded and set off . the rest of , the hundred pounds of dynamite .'that' was ' near by. The boys. McCabe and Baiter, were Instantly killed. The bodlewere picked up and hurled in midair a distance of over 150 feet their limbs ware torn from their bodies, which were disemboweled,' and their, faces were mangled beyond' recog nition, having been completely black ened by- the charge of powder. A house standing at a distance of a few hundred yards is in complete .ruins, the windows demolished, the casings and wood, work wrenched loose, and the whole house practically off from Its foundation. The earth where the horror- occurred was torn up to a depth of four feet, and for a apace of 80 to 40 feet In diameter. A small pig waa feed ing a few yards distant and , waa . In stantly killed. Mr. Burton was at work only a short distance away, and It was a miracle that Mr. wood, a young man who waa In the field, was not also killed. He had "started to the spot where the boys were and was called back by Mr. Bur-; ton, who wished him to help him with some of his - work. But for .this he too would have fallen a. victim. to the ex plosion.-'---'- v.w..,.. . , ,.vk,?,. .. The coroner of Dallas was, called up. but he concluded that an official investi gation would not have to be made and tne bodies were pecked up and taken to the undertaking parlors for burial. Gilbert McCabe was a young man of about 18 years of age. His father. died here about a year ago' and his mother is living . in the east Ills father be queathed him the tile factory at this place, which Is being managed by the boy's guardian, .! nomas Pomeroy. .. Mc Cabe had, stated that he had no. work to do this morning on the farm and thought he would go out and make a visit . He got up early and left , with- his friend for the bottom, : where the accident oc curred. Mr. Baker was a young man- of about 22 years of age, and well known. here. having been In this city-for a number of years.- His death comes aa a terrible shock and- calamity to the stricken family.- , No . blame is placed for . the, acci dent It Is thought that the sudden contraction caused by the hot water in the freezing process was the cause of the explosion. ' ' ' ' ' ' k The V First-. Subscriber to THE SUNDAY JOURNAL immmmttmfnwufmfmHfMHMMfnHHHfMiHHtffHHi .,:AAjee : ; HUIIJ II l was blown up' at Port Arthur with her entire crew of 200 men by coming In (- r .- .,iy- .(..- ..." : : I lip I J ( J 4 A' r -c-K' - "4 The fltect of the . successful fire of a-modern war vessel's guns Is Illus trated by the. above photograph, taken during the war between Japan and China. It shows the Chinese battleship Chen. Tueh, which was completely riddled by the Japanese gunners. , ' 1 . 1 '. ,--'' G ERMANY'S SOLDIER (Jonrnal Special Service.) Kanorer, March 8. Count von Wal dersee is dead. . . Hanover, March . -Count von -Wal-dersee, the famous Prussian field mar shal, and the commander, of the allied forces in China in the Boxer uprising, is dying. The end Is ,, momentarily ex pected, . -' Germany has no more distinguished soldier than Count von Waldersee. He entered the Prussian army In 1850 and served In the campaigns of 1866 and 1870. During the Franco-Prussian war he was aide de camp to the king of Prussia and was present as a staff of- f FATAL FIRE IN LONG ISLAND CITY RECTORY (Journal Special SerTlce.) New Tork, March 6. Rev. Father Ernst , and two domestics, Mary and Margaret Brady, .were burned to death and Father Kearny Hennegan was in jured in a flre which destroyed St Patrick's church and the adjoining rec tory this morning at Long Island City. The flre caught in the church and -spread to the rectory. Escape was cut off by the flames. " The cause of the fire la unknown. ' ATNHE JOURNAL Is both surprised and gratified ever the, deep, and I general interest which is being manifested in its new enterprise, the printing of a 8unday newspaper which it has just announced. It hat believed that Portland waa ripe for Such a paper but it was not aware that the sentiment favoring it was so strong and abiding. All classes of people are looking forward to the day as though it marked an, epoch In our local history. . 4 " The Intense good will thus shown,' The Journal heartily appreciates, . and it will do its vary best to live up to expectations. This good will Is already manifesting Itself In the, tangible form of subscriptions to th 8unday issue wheh are coming by mail, by telephone and over the counters of th business offioe. ' ;",-;. ' ; .iv";';" - By a remarkable coincidence the very first subscription to come Into the, office for the Sunday issue was handed In by the very-first aubsoriber to the evening, edition. His name Is George M, Cockburn. He it a florist -with greenhouses at Lone. Fir. The first subscription ; to be sent in came from A. J. Brown of the Lsue-Davis company. V Since then there have been many others, but these were th first ' and therefore deserve the special, distinction herein given them. , Don't forget the date.'. It is March 20. And we violate no eon fidenpe in saying that The Sunday Journal will be strictly worth while? Wa(vieVr- i ' , i ' f i i iJ GREATEST IS AT REST fleer at the battle of Gravelotte, Beau mont Sedan, Beaune la Rolande, Lolgny, Orleans and Le Mans. At the conclu sion of the war he was made German charge d-affalres at Paris. In 1888 he was appointed chief of the Prussian staff and in 1898 he became ; Inspector general of the Third army. He is a knight of the Grand Cross of the Bath. His last conspicuous military service was ' as the commander of - the allied forces in the march to Peking. Count von Waldersee waa born in April, 1832. The Countess von Waldersee was Miss Mary Esther Lee of New York. She waa married twice, her first husband being Prince Frederick of Schleswlg Holsteln. ,.:!; GROFF GETS SAME AS CO-DEFENDANTS . (Jonrnal Special Service.) ( Wahlngton. D. C, March 5. Justice Prltchard this morning overruled the motion for a new trial in the case of Samuel Groff,. the Inventor of the pat ent letter box fastener, and sentenced him to two years in Moundsvllle, W. Va. prison and to pay a fine of $10,000, the same as the other 'co-defendants In the - postofllce conspiracy trial. Groff was subsequently- released on bonds of 120,000, pending an appeal. Coup to Discomfit Simon Faction Com pels Democrats to AdvanceDate of Caucuses to March They're Getting Scared" Says Senator Simon, "the Outlook Is Extremely Promising" Session in "Jack" Matthews Office. March IS Is the date fixed for the pri maries by County Clerk F. S. Field this morning, . - April 2 is the date recom mended by the state central- committee. The advance .of the date Is taken aa a coup on the- part of the Mitchell fac tion : of the Republican party. Mr, . Field a notice follows the . de cision .of the executive committee - of the Republican county and city central committee which met last night in the office oT .United States Marshal "Jack" Matthews, who has retired from politics, according to his own statement County Clerk Field also attended. : , : s . Democrats Change Sate. "In their efforts to defeat the Simon people, the Mitchell faction, by setting the date for the primaries aa eany as March 16, has entirely ignored the ex istence of a Democratic party in this city and county," declared John B. Ryan, secretary . of the :, Democratic county central committee.- "Now that County Clerk Field has named March 16 as the. date for the primaries, we will have-to hold them in this, city on that day aa welt The Democratic prl merles in the country precincts will be held March 15, at 2 o'clock la the after noon. 1 . . "The date originally set for the city caucuses waa the evening: of March 15. As conditions .exist, now. we have been forced to change the date to March 0, the law requiring that the list of dele gates, .be. placed in the hands or. tne county clerk not less than four days prior to the date of the plmaries. No tices have been sent out today to the precinct "committeemen that the cau cuses will be held at 8 o'clock in the evening of March , and the list of delegates will be filled not later than the evening or March 11. Alex, swetek, the chairman of the committee, is out of the city, but I have been' authorised to take tbia action by the executive committee, which will meet tonight At that time my action will be Indorsed.. "We were led to believe that the date of the primaries would b set for April 2, or in any event not .earner than March 28. The date we selected for the .caucuses, March 15, would have given us plenty of time to carry out our plans. I suppose that the same motivo which baa actuated tne setting or the date so early in relation to the Simon faction also- applies to the Democratic party. Though taken ' by surprise, we will accomplish what we set out to do. ' FOUND THEY HAD . CAUGHT A TARTAR (Jonrnal Special Sarrlee.) Cleveland, O., March 6. Three burg lars were captured last night by Mrs. Fannie Blackburn, a widow of 25 years, who is fair but muscular. She used a hickory club i on the men as they emerged from the cellar, knot-king them down one by one. Tbe burglara were so dated that they were unable to get away, and were soon made helpless by the sturdy widow's blows. The police were summoned and took th men Into custody. , jzA&ourr was ni cause. (Jonrnal Special Service.) New York, March S. Charles P. Muhlback, an ' enamel letter, manufac turer, committed suicide this morning after attempting to kill hla niece, Lena Fressnlcht who persisted In receiving the attentlona of a Suitor who was ob jectionable to Muhlback.- The woman is in a critical Condition, having re ceived two wounds. xnra edwabd bettex. - ' (Journal Special Berrlee.) London. March 6. King Edward Is better today, and ' continued Improve ment Is expected. , - LOST IN WHIRL OF PORTLAND STREETS Supposed to have more than $600 in his pockets and with no friends In this city,- a youngster of 20 named Voegel has disappeared. Voegel had been in Portland since Thursday, Upon his arrival her he la said to have depos ited bis savings of two years In a local bank, and yesterday afternoon drew out the money. No 'trace of him has since been found. - " ; - , - ' Voegel came from the Fatherland nearly two years ago, and since living in America has bfen employed as a sheep herder, near Fairview. ; ... For 18 months "VoeKel worked " near Fairview and aaved alt his earnings. He was anxious to secure an English edu cation, and bo every cent of his pay, which was-$40 a month, was saved. Having :ivt'd something over $660 the young Mlmepherdor came to Portland to attend a business colUge. Upon his ar Among the Simon Rennhllmna tfca tion of Judge Carey's committee la ao-. ceyieu aa eviaence ox weajeness ana as at virtual confession that the Mitchell forces are losing ground. There la goods reason to oeueve -taat Simon baa been making substantial gains during thai past fortnight and this has been enpecl ally noticeable on, the west side! of the. river. His adherents Insist that they, wllU carry a decided majority ..of thai west side precincts, and If they1 should do this and at the same tune carry th precincts on the east aid which they had two years ago, the vl&ory would b theirs. Two years ago Simon carried only 15 of the 26 precincts on the west aide. -,. -.- : . .. . Even so recentlv an the mMttnar f tba Republican state central committee; Judge Carey and his committee were la favor Of holding th nHnrnHu lata aa April 4nd It-waa at-their-uggea-tlon that that date waa formally recom- menaea oy me state committee. But tha views of the Mitchell leaders have evi dently undergone a change, and this is not unnaturally attributed to a fear that their success will be endangered by pro- longing the campaign. , ' T , Senator Bbnon Talks. Senator Simon was asked this mom ing what he thought of the action of tha Mitchell faction in fixing such an early date for the primaries. "It is a plain Indication that they are getting scared," he replied. "The longer the-primaries are postponed, tha weaker the Mitchell men were growing. We shall be quite ready for the pri maries on March 15. We have been pre paring for any move that they might make and we are not taken by surprise. No. our '-fight -will not be emhnrrMsprt by an ( early , primary. We have been gaining ground steadily and every day that passes means fewer (votes flor tha Mitchell faction." "Then YOU consider the mitlonlr nrnm. .slngr . ' - - - - - -"It Is .i extremely promising," replied Senator Simon with emphasis. ' The Democratic cotmtv convnnttnn will be held on April 14, - the date set for the Republican state convention. It is announced that the date for the Republican county convention and th apportionment of delegates will ba de termined tonight Notices were sent out this morning to precinct committeemen to hand in their lists to the. Republican county central committee. . ASHLAND GIRL HAS - BEEN KIDNAPED (Jonrnal Special Srrrioe.) Redding, Cal., March 6. Rose Fowler the 14-year-old adopted daughter o Price Fowler of Ashland, Or, has mya- teriouBly disappeared. , The papers re-, cording her adoption are also missing. It is believed that the girl has been kidnaped. DISASTROUS FLOODS NEAR FREMONT, NEB. H-'.'-i ) : ' V,: . , ; iy ., ' (Jonrnal SpectalfScric.) Lincoln. Neb Marches. The Platta) liver valley for 20 miles In either di rection from Fremont Is floodod. A thousand acres of farm lands are sub merged and the residents have been forced to flee. Stock losses wUl b heavy. . BUBTCO BT AW AYAXANXTJCB. ; (Jonrnal Special Benrlct.) " ' Madrid, March 6. An avalanche ot snow today buried the village of Reaa In the province of Granada. Many ofl the villagers were entombed. rival In this city he went to the T. M. C. A., where he registered, and said that ho waa a Presbyter lan. The boy was a stranger In Portland, and also a stranger to American city ways. He said that he had been recommended by -the Rev. Dr. Hill, of the First Presbyterian church, to go to tbe home of Mrs. Bennett, 3t Fourth street 1 . After eating his lunch yesterday, Voe gel started down town, saying that he was going to draw out his money from the bank in, which he, had dposltod It the da before, lie hs Imt bn h-nt from since, and It la supposed Hint iia has been foully dalt with. -The poll , state that they have hoard nothing of th boy. ',VoegfI is about 20 y-ars of t.r nif.'41iutn holghl, nl-ii)'-f bull l ; t . t rurly liir, Ills front t-..-Ui a t ., i-decayeU, Ilia cvmt'K-J.iou la teiy t . ,