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CABLE SERVICE FROM PARIS, BERLIN AND LONDON WILL BE A DISTINCTIVE FEATURE OF THE SUNDAY JOURNAL G OOD EVENING. The Circulation of Tho Journal Yesterday Was The WMthMTI Tonight and Wednesday, partly cloudy and threatening; probably light frost tonight;-variable winds. TOL. III. NO. 4. PORTLAND, OBEGON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAKCII 1 5. 1 904. PBICE FIVE CENTS. S MINISTER W1TTE SAYS RUSSIA IS NOT IN FEAR OTHER NATIONS BECOMING INVOLVED IN FAR EAST T T . " r--r- W l FA10U v OF MOB AT TELLURIDE . EXILES UNION MINERS --(Journal Special Tellurlde, : CoL. March 15. After months of more or leas stormy .., scenes this city was. last night given, a further surprise in he eject- ment from the camp of entire families of union miners and. their sym- pathiiers. One hundred members of the Citizens' Alliance, which in- eludes many well-known business men, set an example in lawlessness, by" marching fully armed to the homes of; their opponents, or those whom they '.regarded with, disfavor. : ' The raid, took place shortly . after midnight and was directed prin cipally against those miners and sympathisers who were on a previous occasion ordered from the city, -Whole families were compelled to fall Into line of march and were driven to the railway station, where, they 4 were guarded by pickets until a train for deportation was jdue. f In several cases a determined resistance was made by miners or friends, who refused to surrender, or summon their families for an ex- ex odus," In two cases the resistance became so effective that pitched bat- ties followed! in which several men were severely beaten, one being rendered unconscious. The mob, toward the close f the roundup, be- came more lenient toward the families of the evicted, but warned them that they would be expected to leave the city Immediately. When the train on which the deported miners were placed arrived, at 2 o'clock this morning, the men were warned that they must not e- again return to Tellurlde under pain of Immediate death. Several of the miners who --were thus compelled to leave declared they would re- turn at a, later time and In sufficient numbers to prevent a recurrence of what they style "wholesale white-capping." It is not believed, how- ever, that serious trouble will result Republicans Renominate Cannon Socialists in South Dakota. (Journal Special Bt1c.) . Danville, III., March 16.-Republlcans jf the 18th alstrict of Illinois held their congressional convention here to day. After selecting delegates to the national convention and indorsing Roose velt for - renomlnatton the convention unanimously renominated Speaker Can non for congress. , OUTK DAKOTA SOOZAU8TS. Sioux Falls, S. D.. March 15. The So cialists are the first of the political par ties in the' field in South Dakota this year. They assembled in state conven tion here, today to nominate a full con gressional and statu ticket. The party will wage a long and aggressive cam paign with a view to making the best vember. . . . r . '" .. .. YXBBASXA DEV0CBAT8. Lincoln, Neb.. March 15. Members of the Democratic state committee and other party , leaner of Nebraska are rounding up in Lincoln in anticipation of the committee meeting to be held at the Lindell hotel tonight In response to the call of Chairman Hall. The meet ing will determine the time and place of the next state convention and also decide whether one or two conventions shall be held to select delegates to the national convention and nominate' can didates for state offices. MOBB BltBOATES TOB BOOSXYKLT Bt. Paul. Minn., March 15.-1 The most of the congressional conventions to se lect delegates to the Reupblican national convention are to bo held in Minnesota this week. At Dulnth the 8th district convention is on today snd the 6th dis trict convention is being held in Minne apolis. . An indorsement of Roosevelt for renomlnatton Is expected in each dis trict, and similar resolutions will be adopted at the state convention to be held in Minneapolis Thursday to select the four deiegates-at-large to the Chi cago convention. STEAMERS RESCUE ALL BUT ONE BOAT (Journal Special Service.) ' ' ' , Brisbane, N. Z., March 15. Steamers which were dispatched to cruise In the vicinity bf the wreck of the steamer Aramac, In search of four boats loaded with nearly 100 passengers, have re turned here bringing all but one boat It isf eared that the missing boat is lost with 20 persons . aboard. Some of the survivors suffered from exposure to such an extent that - they were removed to the' hospital on their landing here. A heavy sea has been run nlng since the time the Aramao went on the reefa. adding to the difficulty,, of rescue. The wrecked vessel la rapidly breaking up.. -' . :r. " MBTTUl TAXJt IMPBOTES. ' (Journal Kceotal Kerrlrp.) ' St. Louis. March IB. -Nettle Cravens N Fair is slightly. improved snd there are now hopes for-aer, recover. UNCLE JOE ASUSUAL Service.) v v - " TO DECIDE 200,000 Soft Coal Miners Cast Ballots in the Wage Dispute. (Journal Special Serrlca.) Indianapolis, Ind., March 15. "Whether the great strike threatened In the soft coal fields is to become a reality is be ing decided today by the referendum vote being taken by the miners' local unions throughout the states involved In the dispute. The vote of the locals will be counted Thursday at the national headquarters here, where the returns are now anxiously awaited. At the final con ference last week the operators offered the miners a five per cent reduction as a compromise and it is this proposition that is being voted on. If It is rejected a general strike will be precipitated April 1, when the present scale agree ment expires. President Mitchell, who has strongly urged the miners to accept the compro mise in order to avoid a strike that he declares would mean incalculable-loss to the unions, today declined to make any predictions as to the outcome of the voting.. - . - Bays "It's Up to Them." "I have given the men every effort I possess to avert trouble," he said, "and now it is up to the miners themselves. Naturally I hope for a peaceful solu tion." . .... Views expressed Dy the national ofll cers today .inatcate that hope exists among them that- the miners will accept the compromise. The sentiment in the east Is beiteved to be distinctly favor able, but doubt is expressed as to what action will be taken by the western miners. The miners involved number nearly 200.000 and include all those of Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, western Penn sylvania, Maryland, . Michigan, western Kentucky, central Pennsylvania and west irginia. . KXCXBEAX& MTJMAXt DEUVZBY, (Journal Apeclal BeMlca.) Washington, March 15. Representa tive nermann nasneen notified that a rural free delivery service will be es tablished on April 16 from Rickreall postofflce. cm cm ATI BAI XBTUXXXO. (Journal Special 8erTlct.) Washington, March 16. The nary de partment has been advised that the cruiser Cincinnati has returned to Chem ulpo from Chlmnampo with 2$ American refugees. . , .. ::V7 ,: MOTHER LYING ILL DOES NOT KNOW THAT HER "Little Peter VranUan, Just a baby, five years of age, crushed and mangled by a cable car, died this morning at the Oood Samaritan hospital. Car No. 10 on the Portland Heights line mangled him yesterday afternoon. ' His mother lies on a sick bed at her home, 660 Market street, and knows nothing of the sorrow that must be hers, y His father. Matt Vrahtxsn, for 20 years an employe of Stewart A Web ster,, contractors,' walks up and down the narrow confines of his home at tempting to comfort six oher children snd their mother, from whom the truth is wlthhVld. . The 6 :,10 o'clock cable car was mak ing its way toward the approach of tho Incline leading to the heights last even Declares War Will Russia Stands Unitedly Behind the Government Expects Only Fair Play; From America ' Transportation Official Denies That Any Difficulty Is Being Experienced in Transporting Troops Over Trans-Siberian Railway Says it Is y Impossible for Japanese to Even Temporarily Disable the Line Speoial Cable Dispatch to the Hearst , . . ' St Petersburg. March 15. The fa-, moua 'leader. Mr. Wltte, president of the council of the ministers' committee,; received your correspondent in audience today. "Since the beginning of the war." he said, "I have refrained from- expressing my views to interviewers. I Am willing, however, to discuss with you any subject save politics and war. "Just think," he exclaimed, "how fool ish it would be for me to express any views which at any moment might be upset by actions in the field. I will say this, however, this war will be fought out to a bitter end. All Russia unitedly stands behind the government and We are also happy In having the moral support of France, Austria and Ger many. "We are not soliciting favors from any government. We only want fair play and I have no doubt America will be first to grant-us that I .fall to see the- reason whjr any Hrther-nation should be drawn into this war. I do not look for and do not expect ' any inter national complications." B.ny Poor Transportation. - 'An important official of the transport department traveling to the front with General Kuropatkln said to your cor tespondent before his departure: T ,"W are not .experiencing any un usual difficulty irr transporting num bers of men over the trans-Siberian railroad. Reports, published in Eng land, that the road is not in good run- DENY SINKING OF FOUR RUSSIAN SHIPS (Journal BpecUl Serric.) St. Petersburg, March 15. All day there have been rumors circulated here telling of battles on the peninsula, which were late in the evening set at rest by a' telegram from the front which gives no news whatever of fighting. It is, however, denied that four steam ers were sunk at the entrance to Port Arthur harbor by the Russian admiral. A dispatch today from Viceroy Alex leff states that he has ordered the im mediate liberation of all convicts on the island of Saghalien, Just north of Yesso, and that they will be armed and en rolled as defenders of the Island. It is believed that a Japanese attack on Sag halien is imminent and Alexleff ac tion, shows that precautions of nearly a desperate nature are being taken. The convicts on the Island, however, have almost- all asserted a desire to fight for the fatherland. : RUSSIAN WARSHIPS GO TO VLADIVOSTOK (Journ.l SpecUl BcttIc.) London, March 15. Beuter's London agency has repeatedly received reports today from Tokio where rumors are current and believed reliable in source, that the Russian fleet left Port Arthur after the attack on February TO, and Is now endeavoring to reach Vladivo stok. No official announcements have been received, however, that add to the reports. , A dispatch from Nagasaki announces that the British collier Nlgtetta, laden with coal for the Japanese, is ashore at Nasebo. ; REPORTS ANOTHER NAVAL ENGAGEMENT . (Jonro.l SpecUl SorTlc.) ' Tlnkow, March 16. A foreigner from Port Arthur reports that in. a short engagement off. that place , Sunday the Russian cruiser Diana was damaged. No other details of an en gagement such as he describes , have been received. ing, when suddenly opposite the power house at Mill street, Orlpman J. Wc Llklns released the cable , and threw his whole strength into setting , the brakes. On the Instant ' there was . a scream. Dr. James O. C. Wiley, a pas senger on the car. was the first to step into the mud of the street Under the wheels of the forward truck lay little Peter Vrantsan, still alive and con scious. Dr, Wiley ascertained that the chilli Jived -around the corner at 660 Market street and, accompanied by Irv In Naiightlngton, Marquam Prince and Mrs. Louise AllohOn. carried the lfty to his father's house. ' , Mr. Vranissan1 had only, a half hour before returned ' from i work, and when the knock came to the .front door he was with his sick wife, and in his arms was Be Fought to Bitter End and That Newspapers and Printed Simultaneously Journsjl. nlng order, are maliciously untrue. It is impossible for Japanese spies to dam age the roadway to any considerable extent anywhere. The entire line is thor- i ougbdy guarded by adequate bodies of troops. There has been no hitch in op erating the line with the exception of the passage of Lake Baikal, and that will be ppeedily-overcome so soon as the lea is strong enough to bear tern--prary tracks. Troops and trains are running uninterruptedly at two-hour in tervals. At certain stations troops de tain and march along the track to the fiext station, where the next train picks them up, detraining its own troops, who march on to the next station. "In this way the roads are contin ually patroled by strong bodies of troops, while the men themselves get needed exercise and break the monotony of the Journey. This Involves slow transportation for one particular body of men, bufrremember, trains are reach ing the front regular at two-hour in tervals. Also do not forget that this system absolutely prohibits an enemj from attacking or disabling the line at Isolated places. Our tropps are well fed throughout 8torlea that many are dla abled by frost blteare ridiculous. The men are used to cold and know how to protect themselves. r "It must be remembered, too, that all or nearly all of these 'men who are now marching to the front are of a class of men 4hat know tho rigors of winter, are JAPANESE DELAY LAND OPERATIONS ' (Jonra.1 Special Bertlce.) Cheefoo, Nov. 15. It is reported that the Japanese land - forces are still in Japan, despite contrary statements. Those in Korea are merely for garrison purposes to hold the Russians in check along the Yalu. The main army Is des tined to some point along the Liao Tung gulf, but Is waiting the final disposition of the Port Arthur Russian fleet whlch is a threatening factor In transport mat ters. As Admiral Togo's second attempt to bottle up the Russians has apparently failed, a further delay to the Japanese landing, it is believed, will occur. SECURITIES WILL -AWAIT ITS COUNSEL (Journal Special Servic) New York. March 15. James J. Hill, before going into a conference today with his lawyers and the bankers in terested in the Nortriet-iTSecurities com pany, said: "The company will obey the law, no matter at what incon venience and discomfort. As I under stand the situation, the decision actsfs a finality. I don't think we shall have a rehearing. What plans we shall pur sue depends entirely upon the advice of our counsel. After the calmest of de-t liberation our line of conduct will be determined." , ' OREGON SENATORS ASKED TO HUSTLE -' The chamber of commerce to- day acted with vigor in regard to the hung-up Improvement of the lower Columbia river and the bar. and through Secretary Dan- : 4 lei Connell the following telegram ) was sent to Senators Mitchell and Fulton at the national capl- tal: . e "In view of the important ne- ) cessity of commerce In regard to the lower river and bar, the sug- 4 gestlon is made that you see that an appropriation Is provided tot In the emergency bill." IS KILLED Tits youngest child, a boy "of sevtn months. Dr. Wiley carried the Injured child Into the front room, stripped the cloth ing from the little body, ; ran then to the power-house and telephoned to- Dr. H. R. Llttlefteld and then returned and awaited the arrival of -the latter, who is the physician of tho railway com pany. - Dr. Llttlefleld sent the - infant sufferer to Oood Samaritan, hospital. Mr. ,Vranlan went with his boy, and until 2 o'clock this morning stayed at its bedside. ' V Everything was done fof the child; i. by Special Arrangement In The hardened to the vicissitudes of travel and find in these forced marches with lu termittent rides nothing which is more than temporarily fatiguing." . Bussla Is United. Everywhere in St Petersburg there seems to be a feeling of reunion. Some time ago reports were sent -out by vari ous correspondents that there was even a dangerous revolutionary feeling. To one who really understands the Russian characteristics this report, seems un true and outward indications point to the fact that it is at least largely un founded. I have been told by Russians that convicts passing to exile in Siberia still retain the same love for the fatherland that made them and their forefathers fight for years when attacked and nearly dlHtnembered "by foreign foes. Russia, left alone and unharrassed by an out ward foe, may have revolutionary par ties, but these are revolutionary for love of country only, and my.lmpres slons as gained from " observance here are tfiat when attacked by another na tion, even these revolutionary spirits bury their differences and are ready to die for the protection of the land. It is these things which make me readily concede Minister Witte's state ment as being a real summary of his belief in "united Russia," as well ' as the transportation department's belief that the men . are equal to the emer gencies as they go to the front . COSSACKS DEFEAT JAPANESE CAVALRY JLf. (Journal Special Servic..) London, . March 15. - A " dispatch through the Central Newa agency from Port Arthur reports a skirmish be tween a party of Cossacks and a de tachment of . Japanese cavalry on the Yalu river. In which the Japanese had their horses killed - and were' compelled to flee afoot A second skirmish Is reported to have taken place near Anju, Korea, In which the Japanese were repulsed. ' No losses are stated, but it is believed the con tending parties must have been small ones. Grand Duke Vladimirovltch, the csar's cousin, is expected' to arrive at Port Arthur tomorrow, and preparations for an elaborate reception are under way. REDMOND WINS A VOTE IN COMMONS (Journal Special Sn-rlce.) London. March 15. The government was defeated In the house of commons today by a vote of 141 to 130 on a mo tion by Redmond against a reduction in the -Irish educational estimates. It is claimed that it was a snap division, not taken seriously.- . When the vote was announced there was an Instant surprise, which was fol lowed by great cheering from Red-, mond's followers, who have contested any reduction in Irish appropriations foot by foot tenaciously holding on whenever there seemed the slightest chance for success. , NO TAX REBATES ' v AFTER THIS DATE This is the last day on which re bates will be allowed those paying coun ty taxes. Up to noon today the pay ments aggregated almost $1,600,000. This is about the same amount as was paid in by March 16 last year. By' 6 o'clock this afternoon it is probable that the figures .will be augmented by about $75,000, as the largest number of payments are -UBually made in the af ternoon. ' - nut with crushed right leg, arm and lacerated face and shoulder, and with Internal injuries, he died this morning.; . , , . i Mr. Vranisan said: "I returned home a short time, before the killing of my boy and learned that he had been sent for milk at the usual place around the corner. ' When they brought the child into the house they told me he had run into the street for his cap, which a com panion had playfully- thrown from his head, and that the rar had crushed him before the grlpmsn could stop It." Kdwln N. Ooenfel, .the conductor of car No. , 10, 'was on the rear platform and. did not know of the accident until he heard the screams. ; ' " lJiw1-' JLltSupetlntendent Joseph J, SlaV T"! on duty at the power JAPAN CAN READILY RAISE MANY MILLIONS ' 1 (By D. E. P. Knight, "Special Correspondent) 4 , Tokio, Marc 1l 15. Leading Japanese financiers estimate the cost of. the war at jf65, 000,000 a year; also that even now Japan is in a posl- f tlort to maintain war 'for a year and a half without Being driven to the necessity of borrowing money abroad.' . ' : v - Necessarily, the country's present financial policy is to keep all pos- slble gold within it Its bankers estimate that for months not , more than one eighth of the war's cost must be expended outside of Japan and this chiefly for coal, steel and cordite. The war loan of S 50,000,000 was subscribed five times over and 130,- 000,000 was taken, patriotically, above 95, the price of the issue. ; A 4 wealthy Japanese deliberately bid 145 'for bonds he could , have' had 4 at 95 or a little more. The emergency has developed unexpected financial resources. So it has been decided to double sugar, income and business' taxes, and to raise the tax on tobacco, sakl and other commodities so as to bring in an extra $20,000,000 yearly. ' - - - y t ; A raise In the land tax from 2 to 4 per cent will fetch $15,000,000 additional, : Postponement of railway and other . works will save $20,- 000,000 to the country. To meet the balance needed ' the government ' can draw upon Its unexpended funds in the postal service- and upon its savings In other departments which have been conducted not only economically, but profitably. - The old spirit which made the noblemen of Japan ready to sac- rifice their goods at an instant's call seems to have pervaded the entire populace. There would be an outpouring of every bit of personal prop- erty, did need demand such-sacrifice, from he humblest of laborers to the richest of the merchants. . Officials regard(the financial sinews as being almost secondary in the struggle, so confident are they of Japan's great ability to meet all de- mands that the war may bring. FAI1D ftlP 1UUIV IML IN BLAST Toy Torpedoes Dropped in Chicago Plant Cause Big Explosion. . (Journal Spwtal St1.) Chicago, March 16. Through the ac cidental dropping of a box of toy torpe does in the plant of, the Chicago Toy Novelty ' company this morning three, and probably four, lives were lost, a building was wrecked and a fire started. The explosion took place shortly after the workmen and. girls employed In the factory had assembled, and for a time created a panic in the vicinity of the works, as first rumors were to the effect that a much - greater number of Jives had been lost Foreman Gordon, who was carrying a box, is said to have slipped over some obstruction oil" the fioor, hurling the box forward, its de tonation was followed by a terrific blast as - the other explosives In tho building were set off. In the panic following, the streets were instantly filled with employes front the surrounding manufactories, the po lice, vainly struggling to restore order and rescue any who might be injured and still penned in the wrecked build ing, from which flames immediately be gan to issue. The firemen gained control of tho fire within a few minutes, and later re covered the mangled body of Gordon and the blackened corpses of two other employes. One other employe is miss ing and is believed to be in the ruined building. ; .. BCHOOxrxm Ajrrxi.0PB abbxyxs. (Journal Special 8erflp.) Port Townsend. Wash., March 15. The schooner Antelope, 68 days from San Francisco for Coqullle river, Ore gon, arrived here today in a badly bat tered condition. She ' had been given up for lost, but was caught in a storm and blown several hundred miles out of her course. ' i-- SEOtntB rOTTB JTOOBS. (Journal Special Service.)' San Francisco, March 16. Four addi tional Jurors were chosen in the Bot kin case today, making a total of nine. It Is expected that the Jury will be completed tomorrow. BABY BOY broken-fhouse, when interviewed this morning, said that car No. 10, with J. W. Llklns, was about to proceed up' the incline, but was delayed by a furniture truck, which occupied the track. Hanging to ' the tail-board of the truck were two boys, and as the wagon turned from the right of way little Peter fell into the street and directly in front of the car, ' r'. Another' story is . that the gripman was in the act of conversing with pas sengers who sat in the open seats, and failed to see the child on the track. Coroner Flnley 'has " summoned the following witnesses to testify at an in quest, Thursday. Irving Naughtlngton, Marquam Prince, Dr. Wiley, A. M. eny der and O. B. Williams, the latter two being the men on the furniture wagon mentioned. , . ' : ; ' ' BRYAN TO 1A1 .11 Will. Present Hearst to : St. Louis Democratic Convention; . - - Waihlngtoa Bureau of The JouraaL Washington,, D. C. March 15. Th newest development in the Hearst boom In Washington today is. that of an alli ance between - Hearst and Bryan, and that the latter will present Mr. Hearst's name to the St Louts convention. The active, campaign of the New York con gressman for ' the ; nomination ; Is " pro gressing and growing daily. . ; In the opinion of the best-informed politicians, in view of the strength lie has developed' within the last month anil the "aid of Mr.- Bryan.-who - while- iot uniformly popular In the south, "never theless will be a strong factor in the convention, Hearst will be in a position to give the leaders opposed to him a lot of trouble. ' , ; " Mr. Hearst, recognizing the antagonism of the Tammany organization in New York., has declared that both the nomi nation and the election of a president wlll.be determined by the western and southern states. Realising the practical impossibility of breaking through the Tammany Una in New York. Mr, Hearst is paying but little heed to that pnrt of the game, but in devoting his time and energy to outside state. ; He ha received considerable , commendation from many quarters for being a frank and avowed candidate for the nomina tion, and this is helping him somewhat NERVY HELL GATE OFFICER PROMOTED (Jonrnal Special Service. ' Washington, I). C. March "15. Tw4 Important naval bureau rharigea ' were made today consequent -upon the retire ment for age of Rear-Admiral Charle O'Neil, who has for seven years been chief of the naval bureau of ordnance. Admiral O'NeU's successor as chief of the bureau of ordnance is Rear-Admiral George A.; Converse, wno In turn is suc ceeded, as chief of the bureau of equip ment by Captain Henry NV Manney, un til now on duty at the naval war col- liege.. .--. -. - The appointment of Captain Henry N. Manney, to succeed Rear-Admiral Con verse as chief of the bureau of equip-, ment bas a particularly interesting fn ture. Among cticers here th appoint ment is credited to the president a ad miration for his courage in taking tie , battleship Massachusetts,' Of which h was in command, through . 'Hell Out about two years ago, a fest which eltel forth much' admiration at-the time, The battleship was bound for Huston, Captain Manney might have . mt tlx ' long way round, but he dclarM that it' It was war be would go through Itit Gate and saw no ren why he hmjl not go. through In time of psi-e, II. made the dangerous passage iilur-i-phantly, , rrelimt Rxvlt cnM ered tho action a uplondld imsmiilo it, younger officers. Manney has-etnee bfu styled 'the Hell Gate offlceri"