VOL. Ill NO. 7.
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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-.
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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.,.
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' 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. :
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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
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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 ' ' ' -, .
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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
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(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."
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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
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"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
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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. .
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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. . .