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VOL. 111. NO. 67
Important Ordinances Are
' Lost and Believed
Destroyed.
RECORDS ARE DEFICIENT
Valuable Franchises, Gambling Act,
frlminal TnIm and fipnpral
SUB m SB 111 WW U WW WWW-', w H V a ,
License Laws Are Among
the . Missing. .
v. (Special Dispatch to The Journal) -s
Salem, Or March 16. A big sensa
tion waa sprung? here today when a com
mittee from the eouncll investigating
the affairs of the city government, dis
covered, the disappearance of a large
number of the city's most Important
ordinances." , " ,Y
All the ordinances so lost were en
acted "prior to 1892, when the late Ed
ward N. Edes was elected oity re
corder. Among the lost ordinances are
the gas company's franchise, the water
company franchise, the franchise for the
mill company's ditch, and that for the
Southern Pacific switch through the
city. Also ordinance 171, (gambling
act) and No. 393, criminal code, and the
general license law.
All ordinances were In former years
: recorded In an ordinance record, and the
original bills when signed by the proper
authorities were bound and tiled in the
archives. Ten years ago the city re
corder's office was moved several times.
New officers have 'since been elected
from time to time, and it Is supposed
when a lot of old documents were de
stroyed, these ordinances were burned
through an oversight, or In the belief
that, as they were recorded, they were
of no further value. The records show
that In transcribing them the laws were
only signed by the recorder, the may
or's name In no case appearing.
City Without Valid X-aw.
This leaves Salem practically -without
valid ordinances, unless certified copies
can be found, which diligent, search thus
far has failed to. produce. , - ? -
What the effect will be it is Impos
sible to say. It is evident that Salem Is
practically without valid laws to control
many of the greatest evils in .the city,
and all recent attempts at enforcements
of the ordinances may have to be aban
doned, unless further search should re
veal the' missing documents, which! now
seems unlikely. It Is known that be
fore the city offices weVe moved to .the
new city hall,: eight years ago, a large
mass of old documents was destroyed,
and many old ordinances that had ac
cumulated for SO years, are believed to
be among the papers destroyed. ;V"'-
The discovery that the ordinances
were missing caused a storm of com
ment that has been followed by many
caustic criticisms and many .arguments.
It Is feared that It means the furnishing
of a loophole through which many viola
tions booked may escape, and in any
event it will furnish a delay of proceed
ings. X
FRANCE PLACES A
BIG TORPEDO ORDER
: (Journal Special Servlc)
Vienna, March 16. It Is almost cer
tain, that France hi preparing for any
emergency that may -arise In the far
eastern situation, as shown by a large
order for Whitehead torpedoes that has
been placed with the plant at Flume.
No secret Is made fit the fact- that
150 of the submarine death messen
gers have been asked for, to be deliv
ered as soon as practicable. When it
is considered that this Is several times
the amount of torpedoes ever ordered
when on a peace footing, France's ac
tion is regarded as slgnltlcant
VXESTO'S XTEW POSTHASTES.
(Washington Bureau of The Journal.)
Washington, D. C, March 16. W. K.
Coughllne has been appointed postmas
ter at Vlento. v
FAIR APPROPRIATION
BILL ALMOST READY
(Washington Buret u of The Journal.)
Washington, D. C March 16.
The house , exposition committee
will hold a final meeting tomor
row to decide on the Lewis and
Clark exposition bill before mak
ing a report Arguments for
liberal appropriations will be
made by Representatives Wil
liamson of Oregon; Jones ' of
Washington, Mondell of Wyo
ming, . Dixon of Montana, and
French of Idaho. The hearing
was called for' today, but the ill
ness of Chairman Tawney caused
a postponement, much to the dis
- appointment of those who are
taking on motive interest in the
success of the forthcoming fair.
The feeling among- westerners
here Is unanimously that the ap
propriations will be at least sea
sonable, and some of the Mors
opttmlstla predict liberal meas
ures. . . '
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Russians
Mood Assume Air of "
Confidence.
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(Journal Special Berrlc.) " !
St. Petersburg, March 16. Tha Jour
nal today prints a comparison of the
opposition forces of Russia and Japan
in the far east, saying: "Russia- has a
superiority of land armament by 76. of
the largest cannon, i but is inferior .' in
warships, which, however, is compen
sated for by the artillery of the Rus
sian forts and the valor of the Russian
sailors. Japan finds It necessary to set
apart a number of warships as transport
escorts and to guard communications.
"There is no doubt as to the Issue
of a ' naval war being the destruction of
the Japanese fleet. It is only a question
of time until the Baltlo squadron makes
its appearance in eastern waters un
der the "most brilliant of Russian ad
mirals." The article was Apparently written- to
calm publio opinion, which for the past
few days. In the absence of war news,
has .become less optimistic. It seems
to be the policy of the war bureau and
press to do all possible to stimulate and
keep the war fervor at a white heat of
patriotism. ' '- .
' JFort " Arthur ' Quirt.
Advices from Port Arthur today an
nounce that everything is quiet. There
are no further signs of the Japanese
fleet, which seems to have gone far out
to sea. No reconnoltering brings any
trace of the" enemy, in the Immediate
vicinity.
From' Fenhuan ; Chong' coma reports
that the Russian soldiers are showing
admirable fortitude in 1 the difficult
marches across ; the f rosen - tracts pf
eastern Manchuria. ;. ' - i
Officer Zi Shot.
Alleged to have been caught with in
criminating documents on his person re
vealing him as a spy. Captain Iykev was
courtmartlaled and shot . Officially an
nounced as "excluded from service." .
WAS IS EXPElTSfVB.' r
London, March ;i6. ReUter"s .Tokjo
correspondent! wires that '-the Japanese
war expenditure till December Is esti
mated at Z68,000,uOO. , i
X OKB AW COMMITS 80ICXDB.
Berlin, March 16. Hynenslk Hong, the
first secretary of the Korean legation,
committed suicide today on account of
financial ruin as a result of the .war.'
VICTORIA'S, COUSIN '
IS NEAR, THE END
i - : . ' -
(Journal Special Serrlcc.)
London, . March . . 16. The , Duke of
Cambridge, the lata Queen Victoria's
aged cousin, was seised with a violent
hemorrhage of the stomach this morn
ing and it Is feared by the attending
physicians that the end is near. The
patient's age makes near death, almost
certain. - , , . -
1 1 " 1 " m i 1 1 " 1 "
OEBMAVS XV . WOT.
'. (Journal Special Srrrlc.) '.
Vienna, March 16. The demonstration
of the German residents of .Ling
against Kubellk continues today.1 Sev
eral were hurt. Including Baron Alchfil
burg and Baroness Peering.- The mob
stoned the Hotel Krebs and smashed
every window.
. . (Journal Special Berrtc) ,
Paris, March 16. General Jap-Pi the
senator, and hero of many wars la
dead, ; ',. - ' . ', ,-.. ; .. .
THAT THE FIR.ST ISSUE OF ,THE SUNDAY JOURNAL WILL BE A HULIMIllV
PORTLSXD, OBEGON,
THEY USE
01 Ii
Japanese Send Bullion
to San Francisco
for Coinage. .
(Journal Special Service,)
San Francisco, March 16. The United
States mint at- this place Is-making
United States money for -the Japanese
government. It is something very un
usual for a mint pf one nation to make
up the bullion of another nation Into
its own currency. The Japanese gov
ernment, however, f has no notion of
transporting this gold to Japan after It
la. coined. It does not want to handle
American currency, but it does want
the .products . necessary toa warfare
which this money .can buy. So, Instead
of ) going through the process of ex
change,, the . mikado's . official financiers
hit -upon the-plan-of sending gold bul
lion to this country to be coined into
money which will be used in. the pur
chase of food' and other supplies for
the army nd navy.
The last, two steamers from the Orient
have each brought $2,000,000 worth of
gold bullion from Japan. The gold was
assigned to one of the local banks, which
turned It over to the mint on Its arrival,
with, directions that it be converted into
gold currency. As fast as it is made Into
eagles 'and double eagles It is returned
back.--'-"-"-v-'-- f ?. ' m
v "We will finish up this ' order this
month," he said,- "and If the gold holds
out we, will -have over $50,000,600 In
currency to" show . for our two months'
work. t- Jt ils r away ahead the largest
amount of work that has ever been done
in .that short-period of time."
... if - there is no interruption in the
present running schedule- the output of
coin for this month will be $30,600,000.
The only record that : can be compared
with that. Is the one which , this mint
made three years ago. The coinage at
that'tlme'ofor a single month was
IM.000,000. - ,
; . Just to show that The Journal is "a good fellow," it will print in its first Sunday Issue
that is, next Sunday, March 20 want ads. under the following classifications free of cost
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WEDNESDAY tEVENINOr MAECIl 'l6r-1904.
SING REQUIEM IN
A RAIN OF FIRE
Bishop Moore of Cincinnati Gives Graphic De
scription of Battle of Chemulpo Praises
. Russian Bravery Scorned Surrender - - ;
(Jonrnal Special Service.)' .
Cincinnati, March . 16. Bishop M.oore,
of the Methodist church, witnessed the
naval . battle between the Russians and
Japanese at Chemulpo,- and vividly de
scribes the clash. In a letter to the Post
The bishop left Shanghai on February
6 , in. a Russian liner, whlcn anchored on
the' "morning of the 8th at Chemulpo
near the - Russian . cruisers Varlag and
Korieta. At that time not a Japanese
ship twas la sight At 4 o'clock oj. the
next': day Japanese Ships to the number
of 12 steered in to the - harbor and
anchored. Three thousand troops were
landed, after which six cruisers and tor
pedo 'boats of, the. Japanese 'squadron
withdrew' to a' distance or eight miles
and formed ,a line across the channel..' '
On February the Japanese consul
notified the Russians to, leave the har
bor at once and -the latter ships stripped
for f action.' At;- noon, they sailed . out
Shortly after the terriflo roar began.
The bishop writes: : ;' '
"Fifteen minutes, we thought, would
be sufficient to -end the unequal combat
but the earth and sea shook under , the
awful thunder of the guns.4 Thirty min
utes, 40, 60 minutes tpassed and,, unable
to break through the, line of the enemy,
and scorning to surrender, the Russians
swung round and steamed back to their
anchorage with flags flying.- " ?
"Sure of their prey, the Japanese re
sumed their- station ' In the roadstead,
blocking the only channel. The four
tunneled Varlag, evidently badly
wounded,' showed -a heavy list to port,
and the Korjets was apparently unin
jured. . . . ' ,' ., . .
"We hastened to row out In a sampan.
We saw no scars on the Korlets, though
the sailors were putting paint on her
hull as If to conceal her hurts, i asked
an officer with a bandaged head how
he fared, and he replied , that he had.
had no chance.
"The huge Varlag was evidently sink'
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Ing. She was mortally wounded amid
ships and had a huge rent in her upper
works, two of her funnels were riddled
and her bridge was a mass of twisted
Iron. A lieutenant had stood on . vat
bridge and had been torn to pieces. His
right arm was found, the hand still
holding the signal flags.
"The boats ot the other warships in
the harbor began to remove the wounded
hundreds of Whom were mora dead than
alive. - It was pathetlo to see the ten
derness and veneration with which the
men handed down tha caar's portrait.
The United States ship Vlcksburg stood
alone, but her lifeboat helped to remove
the wounded men.
:. Called Out Goodbye.
As we sailed by the Bungasl, the first
officer ' of ' the . wounded steamer sung
out 'goodbye.' He intimated ' that all
was lost, and shortly we could see men
hurrying below 1 as if to ' scuttle tha
vessel. Now men began hastening to
leave 'the Korleta. We were within two
yards of her as the last two boats put
off. ' '
"It is iO minutes to four, and we
recall the , captain's words to hasten
our rowers. There is land surmounted
by a revolving light 600 yards away.
We land upon It and climb to Its sum
mit The hands of the watch denote
four O'clock. Instantly there Is a ter
rific explosion on the stern of the Korl
ets and almost simultaneously another
one forward.
"Two malignant columns of smoke
and debris leap, writhing and twisting,
upward as though the monsters were in
mortal combat As their black bodies
pull, apart a motion In sinking, the sun
as though' tearful with films of hase,
shone through,
'And ' listen, . through the blackness
of a rain of , falling fragments, from
their ruined ship comes, stately and
(Continued on Page Two.)
, v
NEGROES"
Representative!. Spight
Creates a Sensation
in congress. '
(WaahlnKton Bureau of The Journal.)
Washington, D. C, March 16. : The
debate in the house on tlfc postoffice
appropriation bill, which was resumed
last night brought forth a sensaticnul
speech that stirred the galleries , and
Is, creating adverse comment from the
most . conservative representatives. It
wa made by . Mr. Spight '(Dem.) of
Mississippi. -
Mr. Spight, in a heated argument
touched on the negro question in the
south and advocated lynching, and even
burning at ' the stake, as punishment
for negroes who commit brutal and
hideous crimes and attacks on women.
"The negroes," he said, ''are only fit
ted to wait upon' tables, and are not fit
to dlna with white people as the north
desires. We sometimes kill niggers,
but only for hideous crimes. 1 am
against lyrfbh law under some condi
tions, but not such as these. Here the
cry of 'burn the negroes' seems Justi
fied." He closed his speech with a bril
liant burst of oratory that did much to
offset some of his views. . . , y
Attack Ooaaalo Company.
The congressional examination' into
the postoffice department estimates, will.
It Is expected, lead to a more search
ing analysis than this bill has experi
enced in many sessions.
One Item already attacked privately
is the appropriation of $45,000 as an
additional compensation to the Oceanlo
Steamship company of San Francisco
for transporting the malls, to Tahiti
Graveyards Hot rat.
Before the house committee on in
terstate commerce. Professor Burr to
day continued his statement of the Pan
ama canal, sanitation. He said where
men were careless in their habits, mor
tality was high, but he never heard that
a thousand men lost, their lives for
every mile of work this far done, nor
was there any graveyard with 8,000
graves of laborers. '
The two French companies excavated
7, 00,000 yards of soil leaving '1,000,
000,000 yards yet to be excavated.
XHSTBUCTID TOM BOOSEVEIT.
.. .. Journal Special Serrlce.)
St Paul, Minn., March 16. Most of
the Minnesota conventions to select. del
egates to the Republican natlatoal. con
vention w.ra,held today, preliminary to
the state convention, which assembles
tomorrow In Minneapolis. Resolutions
indorsing Roosevelt for renomlnatlon
were adopted by all tha conventions,.,
. ill- i.i ii.ii: . i i i l .Ml L ii i i, Lffi i)
KtrSSIAKS ABE EXFELX.XD.
(Journal Special Service,)
Berlin, March 16. Thirty Russian
students, including several women, were
today expelled for participation in a
meeting protesting against the govern
ment permitting Russian police agents
to operate, - - .-.
The Circulation of The
'Journal Yesterday Was
14,320
TRICE- FIVE -CENTS.
OIH ARE
affinrr
Simon Claims Victory at
the Primaries
Carey Too.
REPEATING IS ALLEGED
Vote Fairly Heavy Throughout ihft
City Mitchell Men Expect Heavy
Gains Late in Afternoon;
Only One Fight.
'
At 1 o'clocK senator josepn
Simon said: "I have had re
ports from avery precinct in the
city, and they are far more fav
orable than we could have ' ex
pected. I confidently expect to
win.'-- The news from the east
side is especially good, and we
shall be able to overcome any
adverse majority in tha country." .
-, Judge Carey said this after
noon that returns from precincts
were not "very reliable, but that
they Bhowed a light Democratic
and Socialistic vote. "I am not
prepared at this time to make a
definite statement, but of course
I believe the regular Republican
ticket will win.'? .
The results of the Republican pri
maries cannot be conjectured with any
degree of accuracy until the polls hava
closed, for a heavy vote is expected in
maay precincts after S o'clock In the
afternoon. It Is vtdent however, that
the independent Republicans have de
veloped unexpected strength, and at 1
o'clock Senator Simon declared that ha
"confidently expected to win." ' Judge
Carey admits that on the east side,
which has been -regarded as the strong
hold of the Mitchell faction, the Simon
vote Is much heavier than he had antic
ipated, and a number of precincts are In
doubt which he had counted upon as for
Mitchell. The , crucial , question ia
whether Simon ' can gain delegates
enough in, the city to overcome tha '
country, where most of the precincts ara
certain to send Mitchell delegates.
: rrandul.nt Toting. .
Fraudulent voting ; is being practiced;
on a very extensive scale. Gangs of re
peaters and colonised voters are being
run in at north end precincts. Nate
Solomon had voted about 60 men in the
fourth precinct before noon, and nearly
or quite all of them gave addressea
where they do not reside. -
In spite of the favorable weather tha
vote In many precincts was compara
tively light up to noon. No trouble
was reported except In one of the north
end precincts, where a fight occurred
oeiween iwo leunnera, wnun views
did not agree as to tha issue between tha
Republican factions. The ' Democratic
vote is very light and in some precincts
not a Democrat had voted up to 12
o'clock. The Simon ticket Is said to bo
receiving considerable support from tha
Democratic voters, and the Mitchell
workers on - the east , side are making;
Simon men claim that they will carry
all of Jb First ward and Mitchell men
seem willing to concede , them at least
two of the three precincts. The Second
and Third wards ara claimed for Simon.
John Drlscoll, tha Simon .nominee in
tha 12th nreelnet exnecta to win bv a
heavy majority, and bets are , offered
that he will have three-fourths of tha
votes.
The fight is fierce Jn the Fourth and
doubt . Mitchell men seem somewhat
less confident than they were yester
day, but exDect a heavy vote in their
fivnr lata In th nffernfinn
Inthe Sixth ward the morning vote
was very light Simon workers ara
keenlna- a close lookout for the voters
colonized In the 32d precinct and will
(Continued on Page Two.)
TIMBER AND STONE
ACT IS IP TO SENATE
(Journal Special Service.)
Washington, D. C. March 16.
The publ'j lands committea of
-the senate today reported . the
bill repealing tha timber and
stone act and substituting a tneaa- .
ure authorizing the secretary of
the Interior to sell, at auction,
rights to cut timber on public
lands. The bill provides against
the assignments of rights thus
sold, and. Senator Fulton will
propose an amendment to strike
out -this provision, as be con
tends that tha purchaser of nu;h
rights should not be deprived
Of thes liberty to assign ihem If
.the assignee possesses tha same
qualification as the original pur
chaser. ,
Senator , Fulton's attitude Is
said to meet with the opinion
of many of his constituents, who
have been yarioualy addressing
him on the features oi tha. pro
posed bill.
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