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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
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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-
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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
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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-
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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?
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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.
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' (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 . ,