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VOL. Ill NO. 7. PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 18, 1804. PRICE FIVE CENTS, 4 v 1 tSi i r L v 1 V Manchurian Cutthroats Attack Czar's Soldiers and Compel. Latter to Retreat-Enmity Shown by Chinese. , The Flag of France Floats Over iu Chwang in Place of the Russian:--Latfer H Accused .; of Breaking the Neutrality Laws Special Correspondence to the Hearst Papers and Painted Simultaneously in Ths Journal by Special Arrangement. .; ;v ' (By Edwin H. dough.) i Niu Chwang, March IS. A band ' of ; mounted Manchurian brigands swooped down upon Russian outposts near Pa La Caan, a town between Port Arthur and this place, ' yesterday, - taking the csar", troops entirely by surprise. A brief but desperate battle followed. The brigands fought with the fierceness' of fanatics,; There was no limit to their recklessness. : They, apparently had not :t the slightest regard for consequence. Their only aim appeared1-to be to cut the Russians to pieces. ' . - Manchurian -brigands are the terror of the thinly - populated ', districts throughout the theatre' of war." Since the opening of hostilities they have been harassing Russians to such an ex tent jtnatithey ar; regarded, asa scourge. It was these brigands, it la row claimed, who blew up the bridges on the railway near Nlu Chwang imme diately after the torpedoing ot the Rus sian fleet at Port Arthur. .:,.;.?. . ' For a time the Russians yesterday withstood the attack of the brigands, but they were finally forced to retreat, lMvtnc twn Maxim oruna on the field. It appears the Russians mistook ' the brigands for Japanese and naturally figured that the attacking force was backed up, possibly, by unlimited num-. ; bers. W Vv'iilT.V" ' .' iT TORPEDO-BOATS A TERROR TO RUSSIA " (Baa Francisco Burets of The Journal.) San Francisco, March 18. Alfred Barkan, the well-known writer on af fairs in the far east, has this to say of the attack made by the Japanese torpedo-boats at Port Arthur: ' The personnel of the Russian navy is necessarily not maritime nor individ ually experienced In ordinary contlngen oies of warfare. But the men may prob ably be depended upon to follow thelf officers' lead in all routine movements. But these midnight dashes by an invis ible foe must be fearful nightmares to the officers themselves and absolute terror to tneir men. ,xvo nour or m at or night is" safe. These low-lying scourges suddenly appear on any quar ter, discharge a bomb that disables the largest and most costly armed monster, and as mysteriously disappear. The dis integrating effect of such tactics on the Russian morale cannot easily be overes timated. ...-.. DXS HOT rZSS OH XEBCXAHTKSV. Bnssian Admiral Keturns From Scene of War and Reports. , ' . ' (Journal Special Service.) . . St. Petersburg. March 18. Admiral Stackelberg, formerly, commanding, the Vladivostok squadron. In an -interview today stated that the. cruise of his ships from February to 15 in Japanese w ters was made by order of Admiral Stark for effect upon the population of north ern Japan. He denies he fired upon Japanese merchantmen ; in he Sangari straits. The ships were captured, he states, and while being Jtaken to port a terrific bllssard arose. The crews and passengers of the merchantmen were taken off, and one loaded with rice, which Is contraband, was sunk. The other was released to carry to the Jap anese the story of the presence of war ships. He says there was no bombard ment of Hakodate, which is heavily fort ified. The admiral tlVinks th wur wilt , be long. '. ' ' ' - i '" '' ' From Lake Baikal comes the reportj that soldiers are crossing in. great num bers on the Ice-In a comfortable man ner, marching a distance of 26 miles in one day. They are glad to get out of ' the trains and walk. . In two weeks ice breakers will probably be at work forc ing a channel. - ' kits si as r&xza cottkts. St Petersburg, March 18 An official decree was today issued sanctioning the establishment of prlra courts at Sebas topol, Vladivostok and Fprt Arthur.,. , n , I, ' j Sfc teaaggXC59SSSSJBBVBKC9SjBBnESQKS53PKSBJ9B3S5SD fob? ,rr ' ' )i&Jr . ' . --vs. - i ; ' i I 1 ' I f . , ' ' " L : r " Vi':-' i t , . I.. - -. i : 1 ' j-pujrAir riarjcj orTjprjyr way 7"arrAJr77r:? , - ' The Russian flag no longer floats over Nlu Chwang: From poles above public buildings in the town the flag of France flies today.' The csar's banners were hauled down this morning. The streets are full of rumors, hinged upon the coming of Japanese. One is to the effect that three Japanese gunboats and two big cruisers have been sighted from Sable Point on the Chinese coast, opposite Ylng Kow. Another story Is to the effect that 5,000 more Japanese have landed at Ta Ku Shan, a seaport on the Korean bay, . between Dalny and Wiju. This force is said to be proceed ing toward Nlu Chwang, and the- inhab itants of the town are . terror-stricken. This move of the Japanese will enable them to attack Nlu Chwang simultan eously from land andjfrom seay . The Russian forces of Mukden have issued Imperative orders that 'none but Russian military and naval officers and their men shall be permitted to travel over the Chinese eastern railway. This railroad runs from Port Arthur through Mukden to Harbin, where It connects with the trans-Siberian road. This tak ing of the rdad' for military purposes shows that the. Russians feel their des perate position. As much' of the road lies in Chinese territory; the order of Russian commanders may be . taken by some powers as a 'breach of neutrality. "At thOsame time, from another point of vletf the facta of these Port Arthur dashes -by the torpedo flotilla are bring ing a new phase Into modern warfare. If these little destroyers can be so ef fective in good hands, the value of big armorclads la proportionately dimin ished. It may become necessary to re construct naval conclusions of the past and give a better place to these smaller waspish means of attack. But' It will be observed that the destroyer is pe culiarly suited to be used to Its best effect by the Japanese. Thep. are natu rally' fighters sffcretlve,"Tego)uteaHd self-reliant In action. Thy have taken to' destroyers, have thoroughly mastered their possibilities, and are said to keen ly enjoy their manipulation. - In such hands the value of destroyers is Infi nitely increased, and may be depended on to make itself still further felt In the present contest" JAPAzr srrrrsHS SETrEi.T. Report From Shanghai Shows Serious Conditions of War. , . (Journal Special Service.) London, March 18. Central News ad vices from Port Arthur state that from prtvate hews received from Shanghai- it appears ,that the Japs suffered exten sively i In their operations about Port Arthur. The battleship Mlkaska .was struck by: 10 projectiles In the bom bardment on the J 0th, and was serious ly damaged. All the docks of Japan are occupied by warships for repairs. Two thousand Japs wounded In land and sea engagements are being treated in - the hospitals. CHRISTIANS TO ASS RUSSIA. Italian Youths Desire to Form Volnn- ':Av; ' . teer BodyY 1 ..;, . ' (Jourdal 8pedal BerTtca.) " , Rome, March, 18. Several associa tions, especially ' those of . Catholic youths, have appealed to GeneraTs Garl-. baldf and Ricciotti for permission to form a body of volunteers to help Rus sia against Japan for a triumph of Christianity over Buddhism. RUSSIA ITS WITHDRAW., Berlin,' March 18. The Lokal An selger correspondent at Seoul confirms the reports that the Russian horse ar tillery has withdrawn to the north bank of the Yalu. leaving only the weak post at Changsong, near Wiju. : 2i BBBBSSBBlftBli TRAITOR TO HIS COUNTRY AND CRIMINAL MUST DIE Terrible Confession of One of the Murderers Who Last Fall Escaped From the Folsom Prison and Has Been Found Guilty of Murder in First Degree Leader t)f Gang (Special Dispatch to The JoaraaL) Reno, Nev., March 18. When X "W. Wood, one of the most desperate leaders of the Folsom convict outbreak last fall, was caught here and held In Jail, - he made a confession to a Journal corre spondent The latter was bound to keep the . confession ; secret unless ; Wood should be convicted of murder inHhe first degree." As Wood was convicted at Placerville, the embargo placed upon the confession has been removed. , ." In talking of his experience at Fol som, Wood says in his confession: ; "I landed there convicted of highway robbery and with a life sentence hang ing over me. I began immediately, to plan an, escape, and , was continually figuring on bow t was going to get out Finally 1 formulated the scheme that ended in the successful break. The only thing I amvaorry for is that I had to take some poor devils iiv with me and they will have to suffer for my crime. I was. in control of the. party, from the time they left the prison, and at no time WISH Unless Legislature For bids Fair Will Be Open, Says Meyers. 'The law provides that the Lewis and Clark fair shall open May 1 ' and close November 1, and I am in favor of keep ing to the letter of the law," said Jef ferson Myers this morning when asked the state commission's stand on the Sun day closing question. "I have' not read the statement of Mr. Gamble and, am not informed what influence he may ex ert" continued Mr.- Myers, "but the com mission will be in favor of keeping the fair open seven days in the week. Should the legislature provide against opening on Sundays we would observe the law. When the provision concerning Sunday closing was killed in' congress It was shown that the bedy believed this mat ter should be settled by the state, and I noticed that letters from Portland min isters to representatives were not all for, Sunday closing, nor were these ex pressions as strong during1 the last days of the Washington debate as they were earlier when Oregon sentiment had not been as plainly shown." ' - Secretary Reed saidi " r "The corporation made known its po sition last January when' the executive committee voted for an open fair, and later, on March 11, when the board of di rectors approved this action. This po sition has hot been changed." t , . . ; ' Machinery WUl Hot Bon. ' , Fair officials say that the government exhibits, the midway, and the machin ery will "neither be operated nor viewed on Sunday. The chief exhibitors alsoH (Continued on Page Three.) SUNDAYS RUSSIAN PEOPLE SAY THE LOST TEN TRIBES. OF ISRAEL ARE JAPANESE ;. - ,. '.' ;..: : , , ', . -r . . ., ..'...."':..'...-.. . St Petersburg:, March 18. Excitement has been caused here by the . fanciful theory started Ka the effect that the Japanese are thVlost 10 tribes of Israel. While the idea is considered ludicrous by the think- Ingr class of people, It has been seized upon by the anti-Pemetic press and leaders ' as a means of stirring op", another anti-Jewish outbreak. 'The ject as circulars are being sent leading to the belief that Russia large sums of money bs a fund to aid their brethren; the Japanese. In view of the near approach of Easter the Jewish peopla are fearful massacres. ..':. . . .'.''...'.... v. ',....,-. r . . .V., In the face of all this tirade the Jews are subscribing liberally to openly patriotic. y ' ' ' -, . i ... 1 did they work except under raf direc tions, ify authority was questioned when the first separation took place. 1 It was I who killed the two men at Man sanitd hill.. Had they acted like sane men, nothing would have happened; but they came right on us, and when , they i saw me , they said, - "There ' they are!' They were about eight feet from me. I fired two shots and saw them both fall, and for that reason I think-1 got them ' both.M'! .'" - --v" - j Wood ' claims to have served in ' the army at Manila and to have deserted. His confession on ; this subject is as follows: ; . "I. was in the Philippine war as a pri vate in the United States army; the company or regiment it is not necessary to state. My first trouble was that I killed a' Filipino and took his horse. This I gave to a lieutenant in another company-at the request of the captain of my company. , - . - ;.. "I gave the horse under protest but my captain promised to return it so I let it go. The lieutenant had not rid den the horse a mile when, owing to the WOOD CONFIRMED A MAJOR GENERAL J , . . : , , " ." ' (Washington Bnreaa of Hie Journal.) . i ; Washington. March 18. The senate this afternoon confirmed ' Leonard 8. .Wood to be major-; general 1 in the -; United - States army. . ' The confirmation vote was '45 ' to 16, Scott of West Virginia and Kltteridge of South Dakota being the only Republicans voting nay. The Democrats " who voted ' for ' - Woods r Dubois, Cockrell, Pet- tus and Patterson. The vote was . : advanced . from Tuesday next to today on account of the desire of : Mrs. Wood to sail to the Phlltp- . pines tomorrow, if the vote was ' favorable. ' , ', ; . The senate' also passed a bill ap- proprlating $12,000 for a fog sig nal station in San Francisco bay. LEWIS AND CLARK BILL FOR MONDAY ' (Waablngtoa Bureaa of Th JoaraaL) Washington, March 18. The exposi tion committee did not meet today. Its members leave today for : Jamestown, Va,. to visit the site of the proposed ex position at that place. The Lewis and Clark bill comes up Monday. ' SULTAN OF TURKEY HAS MORE TROUBLE -s , , (Journal Special BerTlee.) : Belgrade, March 18. It Is reported here that an Albanian insurrection is in progress 'and that -v the revolutionists are well supplied with arms. The Al banians threaten to precipitate a gen eral uprising and declare, the independ ence of their country unless the Sultan accedes to' their demands, which are the dismissal : of all the Christian officers and employes at t'skub, the relief from payment of all tixea. no Turkish gar risons and amnesty for imprisoned Al banians. " 1 ' ' ' . people in the provinces are becoming broadcast throughout ' the country seriously discussing ' the matter . and is fighting the Jews . abroad while the badly stove-up condition of the animal, it fell in .a pile of rocks and nearly killed the lieutenant Shortly after this I killed a Filipino officer and got a fine 'pony. , "In August lOOOjjjttk captain was killed, and as he-was the only friend I had there, I knew things would go hard with me. About this time certain ad vances were made to me from the Fili pino side to become a deserter, and I was given a captain's commission and (2,600 American money, ' I organized and led a Filipino party and was more than suc cessful. I married a Filipino woman, and was finally raised to the rank of major in the Filipino army. , "I was drunk with success and at tempted to capturex a party of Ameri cans with only eight men under me. AM eight were killed and I was made pris oner. By an , Irregular mixed court which had. no power in the matter,' ! was sentenced, to be taken to the United States and there to be shot. I was brought to Alcatras Island and was re leased by President McKlnley in Au gust 1B01." A A: sine Choir Boys in a New York Church in Bitter Strife" Oyer Poor Pay. " (Journal Special Berrlea.) New York, Varch 18. Two (boy so pranos of the Church of Heavenly Rest may have trouble if they attend choir practice tomorrow. The choir boys arer one a strike, and these two refused last Sunday 1 to stand with the majority. Pickets will, guard the church next Suu day, according to- one of the boys, who said that a meeting would be held ' to night to prevent other lads from tak ing positions at reduced union rates. At the meeting a business agent will be elected and an ultimatum conveyed by him to the Rev. D. Morgan concerning the pay. Part of this will be a demand for supper money . should a IS - cent rate be insisted upon. Of the boys that took the reduced price, one Is perfectly safe from the wrath of the discontented. This lad Is not a singer and only sat with the , other 4 boys to fill out their number and to make up the procession. While he opened his mouth as though really singing, he did nothing. "We have no ill feeling against the dummy,"- said ffne of : the strikers to day. "His Job is not worth more than 15 cents anyhow," - , M. XTTEIVO BAILS. . (joom,! Special Barrlee.) Genoa. March IS.' M. Kurlno, former ly minister to Japan at St Petersburg, sailed from denoa for New Tork today on the North German ' Lloyd steamer Prtnzessln Irene. 'He is en route to Japan. 1 .. 1 ,' greatly aroused over-the sub- Jews in Russia are subscribing V of a renewal, of the, Klahlneff t ; the Russian war fund, and are ' .' . . . . v mm "Cotton King" Dethroned by the Wall Street Bears. DROP OF 25 POINTS Manipulator Who Forced Cotton Up to IS Cents a Pound Beaten in a . Furious Fight in the Cotton Exchange: (Journal' Special Service.) New York, March 18. The firm of D. J. Sully & Co. was suspended from the, New York and New Orleans cotton exchanges today. Sully is the famous bull operator who recently ran the price of cotton to almost unheard of figures. Following the suspension of Sully & Co. from the New York cotton exchange the flrn announced its failure in the New York stock exchange and the New York coffee exchange.! Sully was a member of all three of these, exchanges. - Tbs cotton market broke abruptly 28 points this morning, May option selling to 114.35 and July at 814.60. - The an nouncement of the failure of the cotton king created tremendous excitement as the market had no intimation that Bully was m any trouble at all. , t Under the manipulation of Sully the price or . cotton reacnea ' is cents ' a pound recently the highest point since the eventful days of the civil war. Sully was credited with winning mil Hons of dollars and it Ig now presumed that this entire amount is all gone in his efforts to keep the price from going down until he had successfully unloaded. At the office of.D. J. Sully, & Co. no statement was made regarding the fail ure. At t p. m. cotton had slumped to 1.JIP,;,.,:.',.U SENATOR MITCHELL'S DAUGHTER BURIED (Washington Bnreaa of The Journal.) Washington, March 18. Funeral serv ices were held at St. Paul's Episcopal church in this city at 10 o'clock this morning over the remains of Mrs. Mag gie Mltchell-Grlffln, daughter of Senator Mitchell. Many Oregon and Washing ton friends of the family attended. The pallbearers were Senator Fulton, Repre sentative Hermann, Harvey , N. . Scott Milton Boise, Oskar Huber and Harry Robinson. Interment was In Rock Creek cemetery, Georgetown. ARMIES QF-DEVILS FIGHTING IN AFRICA ' (Journal Special Serrlee. ' Berlin, March 18. - The Voerwaerts states today that southwest African cruelties have not been confined to the Uerreres, but that German troops are co-operating with armed colonists in re taliating, i Letters from Germans give the details of the barbarous, treatment meted out to blacks In revenge, and that the Germans and Herreros resemble two armies of devils, with bedlam let loose throughout the colony. . AN ATTEMPT TO BURN A THEATRE (Journal Special Service.) Wallace, Ida., March 18. Incendiaries made an unsuccessful attempt at an early hour this morning to destroy the Coliseum. theatre. The Are was started In a small structure adjoining the thea tre, but had made little headway wnen discovered by the police. The building and contents were thoroughly saturated with coal oil. . The Coliseum is the larg est variety theatre in the Coeur d'Alenes. There is no clue to the. incendiaries. SHIP W. H. MASON IS. REPORTED HELPLESS (Journal Special Servlea.) San Francisco Cal., March 18. The revenue cutter Daniel Manning left port -this morning to look for the American ship, W.'H. Mason, reported vtt Coos Cay in a helpless condition. The Mason is 18 days out front Lady smith, B. C, for San Francisco. . 1 - Senator Smoot Will Make Desperate Attempt to Retain His Seat . ANTI - MORMONS ANGRY Opposers of the Faith State They Will Settle for All Time the Plural Marriage Question-Poll-. ticians Are Worried (Waahlnctoa Bnreaa of The JoarnaL) r Washington, D. C, March 18. Senator Smoot has practically determined to take a desperate risk in his effort to retain his seat in the senate. In re sponse to urgent advice from his Re- ' pUblican . associates he will make a speech in open session in defense of his position. - , .. - . Republican leaders have assured him that this Is the only means by which he can hope to win his fight They have pointed out to-bffif that a tremendous and widespread - opposition has been awakened by the investigation of his case, which can never be overcame by evidence presented by witnesses In his beh alf be fore, the, committee So far as the country is concerned, they say, the Verdict in his case has al ready been-rendered. This Is: Mormon hierarchy, of which Smoot is a member, has been adjudged a foe, of political and social order. . ' . ; . A friend of his warned him that he must be prepared to convince the sena tors that criminal and moral offense committed by Mormns in Utah, and especially by his brother, apostles, have been done not only Without his consent, but even without his knowledge, . ' Smoot will take the bull by the horns. He will meet his opponents face to face. He will come, out in the open add defend himself, in the eyeshot and earshot of the public From his place In tho senats he will attempt to explain away ' the grave charges that have been mada against, his character as a man and citizen j . -'"- - ;' - The Aati-Mormon Sentiment. The states of the union afe aflame with anti-Mormon sentiment ' Repre sentatives of hierarchy have taken to the "underground." Apostles and eld ers who- are wanted as witnesses have "gone Into hiding." Subpoenas have been issued for 33 important witnesses. Some are in Utah, some in Idaho and Wyoming, one is in Kngland. one Is In Alaska and others in distant parts of the south. - Protestants believe they have the Po lygamlsts everywhere on the run. They are scouring the west for witnesses. They have plenty, of money to carry on the Ight and they - are determined flninh the work they are 'u- " Reports from western states are alarming the Republicans. ; Public sentiment there is so strong against polygamlsts that Republicans fear to continue their alli ance with the Mormon hierarchy. They hesitate, however, to break away. " They " are watching intently the trend affairs are taking in Utah, Wyoming, Nevada, Idaho and Washington. Anti-Mormon parties are forming in all these states. Former party align ments . are disappearing. The issua everywhere is polygamy. The presiden tial electoral votes of six states are at stake. Twelve seats in the United States senate are in the balance. To oppose polygamlsts is to Invite the hos tility of the Mormon church. To placate- the Mormons is" to enlist tha united opposition of Gentiles Republi cans as well as Democrats. REVENGED HIMSELF FOR ALLEGED WRONGS i - (Journal Special Kervlre.) Vienna, March 18. From Arad, Hun gary, a report states that. a miner named Klimplait, suspecting his wife with un due familiarity , with a lodger named Kohout exploded a stick of dynamite under the' dinner table today, blowing himself, wife, lodger and four children to atoms. , . GERMANY MAY HAVE - A NEW NAVAL BILL (Jotrnol Social Service.) Berlin, March 18. The kaiser sent to the Reichstag today another sketch giv ing diagrams of all British Warships built since 1890. The act is believed to be the forerunner of a new government navy bill. . .