PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 24, 1904.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
BIG RUSSIAN CRUISER BAYAN WITH SEVEN HUNDRED MEN IS
REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN SUNK BY A FLOATING TORPEDO
VOL. III. NO. 13.
Officials' Are Skeptical
and Await Further
... Confirmation.
LONDONMAKES INQUIRIES
Berliil Correspondent Says - Skorrl
Was Not the Vessel That -Was
lost in Port Arthur's
"' Outer? Harbor. ;
(Journal Special Berries.) ' : '
Berlin, March 14. On of ths roost
startling reports . of the entire war In
the far east was received today by the
Bchlessts.Hezeltung, a newspaper which,
as a rule, la conservative and reliable.
It la to the effect that It waa ndt the
Russian torpedo boat destroyer Skorrl
which waa blown up by a floating tor
pedo In the entrance to Port Arthur harbor-on
the evening of March 16, but
the armored cruiser Sayan Instead. -
The dispatch adds that almost the en
tire crew of the Bayan, numbering 709
men. went to the bottom In the awful
wreck.
The dispatch created a stirrers, as
' the correspondent sending It Is a man
who has on several occasions distin
guished himself "by the authentio news
' which he has gained exclusively.
in . i I i aa i -
Z.01TDOH TBXES TO COHTIKM,
Hears Bayan Beport and Doubts Relia
bility foreign Office Makes Inquiries.
'? (Journal Special Sorvlee.)
London, March : 24. Excitement was
. caused here today by a report from Ber
lin thafth Russian cruiser Bayan had
; been sunk with nearly 700 men aboard.
Both the Japanese and Russian repre-
, the disaster to Russian arms. , The Rua
elan officials say the story la not to be
. accepted, but also deny knowledge that
, the 8korrV the torpedo boat destroyer,
was sunk. , "
The Japanese officials are non-communicative,
but point to the fact that
constant recurring reports from so many
different sources of another war vessel
, of the Russian squadron' having been
sunk, would Indicate the possibility of
' the Bayan's having gone down.
' The foreign office has . addressed a
message of Inquiry to Its agents.
ckxtoo hears batajt.
Bends Out Seport that Skorrl Xa Unin
jured, bat Cruiser Was Sunk.
" ' (Journal Special Service.)
Chefoo, March 24.' It Is reported here
that it was not the Russian torpedo.
boat destroyer enorri that waa blown up,
but the protected cruiser Bayan, and
that nearly all her crew of 700 waa lost
SCUTES XV SXBEBXa,
; Amerlean Traveler Says Troops ltat
Have Suffered Intensely.
(Special Dispatch to Toe Journal)
San Franclaco, March 24. Leon
) Mooser, a young American traveler, who
is at present at Chee Foo, wrltea from
that place to his parents in this city
; as follows: -.
"I left Moscow on January 22 and the
suspicious Russians of that city took
me for a spy. I bad no difficulty, how-
k01VI 111 fllVlUg 111 lUVIIlllJ. A IVtl
for Port Arthur on the trans-Siberian
railway.; On the train with me was the
' general commanding, all -the Russian
troops In Manchuria, a colonel, an ad
v miral and many petty officers, on their
; way to Port Arthur, where trouble was
' ' expected. During the- trip oh the train
' the commanding officer was closeted
j most of the time with his officers, and
(Continued on Page Two.)
GRIM TALE
(Copyright, 1904. by W. B. Hearst.)
New, York, March 14. The first au-
' thentio information of Leon Idas Hub-
' bard, Jr., magaslne writer and assistant
' editor of Outing, who starved to death
In the interior of Labrador, was received
here today through Dillon Wallace,
Hubbard's sole whits companion, who
has reached Quebec from Cartwrlght,
Labrador. The letter Says: -
"We found our food supply was ex-
hauated early in August We suffered
terrible tortures from exposure and cold,
and the horns and skin of a caribou were
made to serve aa food at a miserable
Camp for a week. Wa made our way
with difficulty down a small stream
in a canoe until Hubbard could go no
' farther." 'vv-' "'.-..v-" ' " ,'. ; ' - ,
, The letter, after giving details, says:
"George, the native, and I desired to
leave Hubbard at, a camp and hurry
: forward for help. We had grown very
close to each other in the past summer
and during our severe hardships, and
endeavored always to lighten each oth-
' er's load, and I felt toward him like a
brother. ",,
"I tried to turn to him several times
. to say goodby, but felt each time that
I myself was breaking down, and for a
long time sat with my back to him.
Then George-said we'must. start. I
turned to say to him what I felt was
my last farewell, and- In spite of my
- efforts broke down and sobbed , like a
child. , ,
Tells of Parting.
"His entry In his diary "will tell you
'of our parting, and I duote:
14 "October 18. '.1601 Alone In camp,
. Junction of Neacaupee and soma other
stream. For two days past ws have
DELUGE CAUSES A ,
MINING CITY TO SINK
- (Journal Special Service.) - ' '
Madrid, March 24. Persistent
. rains that have been failing In a
disastrous deluge over the prov- 4
Ince of Almerla, softened the
earth to such an extent that to- -
day a considerable portion of the
city of Cuevas de Vera sank with
e email warning into the ancient e
.workings . of the lead mines, ;,
a) whose . tunnels stretched in a
labyrinth beneath the city.
'Whole rows of houses were.!
carried down Into the abyss,
many of the occupants having no
e time for flight. Thirty-two
s casualties, are reported, and the
death list may be Increased. The ,
city, with Its 25,000 Inhabitants,
has been panic stricken In the 4
fear of the catastrophe spreading
4 to greater magnitude, and many
Inhabitants are fleeing Into the '
aurroundlng hills with their
household effects. The rain con-
tlnues falling heavily.
.
CUTS OFF
ITS CRAFT
Congress Refuses Sub
sidy for the Oceanic
Steamships- .
' (Waahlnstoa Sareaa of The Journal.)
Washington, . D. C . March 24. In
considering the postofflce appropriation
In the house today, Robinson (Dem.)of
Indiana, attacked the subsidy of $45,000
recommended in the bill for the Oceania
Steamship company for transporting
the mails from San Franclaco to Ta
hiti. '
'The appropriation has heretofore
been sneaked through congress In a
cowardly manner," declared the speaker,
"and it la time that it was shown up
so that people may understand what
kind of a graft la being carried on in
thia tneaaure." ' ,J
Several Republican members ' arose,
but the speaker quieting his tone con
tinued in a' more orthodox manner,
showing why he believed the appropria
tion uncalled for. His speech waa suffi
cient to cause the motion, which he later
made, striking out the. subsidy, to be
carried. .
Committee Beports.
The house committee on merchant ma
rine authorised a favorable report on
the Frye bill, extending' the coastwise
trade laws to the Philippines, but ex
empting the lnterlsland trade of the
archipelago.
The house committee on military af
faire today authorised a favorable re
port on the resolution selecting the fol
lowing men for the board of managers
for the Rational Soldiers' home: Mar
tin MacMahon of New York, J. M. Hol
ley of Wisconsin, William Warner of
Missouri. W. R. Shatter of California,
H. E. Palmer of Nebraska and Franklin
Murphy of New Jersey. ,',
Members of congress received In their
mall today cards printed on both aides,
purporting to ahow the record of Brls
tow in the' guise of a Franklin county,
Kansas, directory.. He names himself
and four relatives on the payroll, and
aggregates a salary of the sum of $$,
700. Bristow's partner,,. Allen, who Is a
candidate for congress, has a number
of snaps. The card was circulated with
great glee.
OF DEATH
traveled down our old trail with light
packs. We left a bit of wet flour about
11 miles below here, 12 miles below that
about a pound of milk powder, four
miles below that about four pounds of
lard. We counted on all these to help
us out hvan effort to reach the head
of Grand lake, where we hoped to find a
trappers' camp. On Thursday I fasted.
Friday and Saturday was the same.
'VI aaw it waa hopeleaa for me to go
further with the boys, so we consulted
last night and decided that they should
take merely half a blanket each, cups,
etc., and go on. They will try to reaoh
the flour tomorrow. - Then Wallace will
bring a little and come back to me.
George will- go on to Grand lake, if he
can, and send or lead help to us. I want
to say right here that they are two of
the very best, bravest and grandest men
I ever knew. If I dle.lt will not be
because they did not put forth their
beat efforts. , Our past weeks have been
trying ones.- I have not written my
diary- because I am very weak. . .
::' .'pKaks Sroth of ss.:;j' ; V."
"'Yesterday at the old camp ws found
an end we had cut from a flour bag.
It had bit of flour sticking to it. Wt
boiled it with our old caribou bones and
It thickened the broth a little. We also
found a can of mustard, we had thrown
away. . I sat and held it in. my hand a
long' time, thinking how it came from
home. Then I took a bite of It, and it
waa very good. We mixed aome in ou
bone soup and It seemed to stimulate
us. We had a bit of caribou skin In
that same soup. It swelled up thick
and was very good. Last night I fell
asleep while the boys were reading to
m
:::::;i.x;'::.:;:::5.:(:qW
This picture, from a photograph recently received-here, shows the Russians building a railroad across the ice on; Lake
BaikaL "-This gap in the trans-Siberian road has given the Russian authorities much worry.
PASSES TO
Sir Edward Arnold. Author
of the Light of Asia,
Is Dead.
(Journal Special Berriee.)
London. March 24. Sir Edwin Arnold,
the well-known author and Journalist,
who . has been seriously ill for . some
days, died this morning. His demise was
not unexpected, as be has for several
days been in a critical condition. '
Sir Edwin Arnold was born at Q rave
send in 1832, and graduated with high
honors from Oxford in 1S5S. He en
tered educational work and for many
years was pne of the leading of mod
ern Instructors and teachers. He, be
came principal of the government -college
at Bombay In 1856, but a few years
later gained fame as an editorial writer
on the staff of - the Dally Telegraph,
with which he was connected up tot the
time of his illness. He was a most
versatile writer, and his books, "Light
of, Asia" 'and', "Light of the World,"
made , him famous .' In literature. , He
wrote books on .travel,: recreation and
aporta with seemingly .'equal fluency,
and waa personally an ardent sports
man. '.':'.' ,: - ,
'".' to nxmst orx.
The rjlver ateamer 'America la being
converted Int6 an olfburner.
THE LIGHT
IN LABRAD0RIAN WILDS IS TOLD
Dillon Wallace Unfortunate .Writer's Sole ; White Companion, Sends
Story of Uncomplaining Fight Against Starvation and Distress,
,-ljrhrough Which Gleam Golden Threads of Loyalty-and Love, '
me. . This morning I was very, very
sleepy. ' v. -'
"'After the boys left I found' they
had left me tea, caribou bones and an
other, end of a flour saek ..found here,
and some yeast cakes. I drank a cup
of strong tea and some bone broth. 1
ate also aome really delicloua rawhide
boiled with bones, and it made me
stronger strong enough to write this.
The boys have only tea and half a
pound of pea meal. Our parting waa
most affecting. ; I did not feel ao bad.
George said; ."Lord help ua. Hubbard!
With His help I'll save you if I can get
out". Then he cried; so did Wallace.
Wallace stooped and kissed my cheek
with his poor, sunken,, bearded lips sev
eral times. t kissed ' his. ' George did
the same, and I kissed his cheek. - Then
they went away. God" bless and help
them! . . ,
" 'My tent fa pitched in open-tent style
tn front of a rock. The rock reflects the
fire, but now it la going out because of
the rain., I shall let Jt gb and close the
tent till the rain la over, thus keeptng
out the wind and saving my wood. To
nlghf or - tomorrow afternoon, if the
"'
mhM VvJ i L
LONDON MURDERER
ESCAPES BY DEATH
'"', - "' ' - ,.'-.' r
Pursued by Officers After Supposed Discovery of
Many Crimes Cuts His Throat and Dies
: : ; in the, Street '
(Journal Special Service.)
London, March 24. All London is to
day talking and excited over what ap
pears to be the discovery of another
aeries of murders rivaling the "Jack
the Ripper" crimes. The day baa de
veloped into the finding-of two bodies,
the attempted arrest and suicide of a
suspect and officers expect to find the
bodies of several other persons who are
missing.- . '-,. ".. "
. The police at Kensllrlse, who have for
many months been-receiving reports of
Inexplicable disappearances, finally fas
tened suspicion i upon a man named
Croesman. who lodged in an obscure
boarding-house and who waa a myste
rious personage. -This morning in force
they searched the boarding-house and
discovered a trunk containing the body
of a woman and child who disappeared
two months ago. - - - ? , f
. At first the officers passed the. trunk,
but on later examination it was found
DELUGE CONTINUES ,
. i OYER CUDDLE COAST
(Apeeial Dlapatrh to The Journal.) ; ' -San
Francisco, .March 24. A deluge
of rain .fell here last. night, and, early
this morning. It came In showers be
tween which the sun shone brightly. 4 A
weather will Improve so I can build a
fire, 1 will eat the rest of my moccasins
and a pair of cowhide mittens. They
ought to help some. 1 am not suffering.
The acute pangs of hunger have given
way to. indifference., I am sleepy. I
think death from starvation is not so
bad, but let no one suppose I expect it
I am prepared, that Is all. I think the
boys will be able, with the Lord's help,
to save me.' " ; .
Wallace Continues Story.
Wallace then continues: "On the
morning of October 18. when George and
I left camp, a drizzling . cold rain was
falling. 1 This- soon changed to a steady
downpour, driving in sheets into our
faces, and progress was difficult At
dunk we made our fire, pulling together
dead branches - for that purpose. That
night in camp we, boiled a partridge I
had killed, and ate U, with the entrails,
and r drank the - broth. ' At -dusk we
reached the flour bag. It contained only
some lumps of moldy,, green stuff that
had once' been.' flour.r rt Next morning
George ate tfle greater part of this to
help him in his long journey to Grand
lake, and after that I ate what clung
that the bodies had been dismembered,
placed in the bottom and the whole cov
ered with a thick layer of cement.
iAn attempt was made to arrest Cross
man., who had been concealed in the
house. He dashed his way through tlfa
crowd, , gained the street and fled,, pur
sued by a crowd that increased to the
size of a small army.
Seeing that the offlcera weye gaining,
and escape Impossible, Crossman drew
a razor as he ran and cut his throat so
deeply aa to almost decapitate himself.
He died at the officers' feet.
. The body was carried to the morgue
and the officers returned to- the boarding
house where this afternoon they started
digging In the garden In the belief that
many other bodies will be found to have
been buried there. The motive for the
numerous .crimes Is. supposed to have
been petty robbery, as none of the vic
tims were In 'more 'than well-to-do cir
cumstances. ., , , .... , i
storm blew in from the - southeast and
brought a dtwnpour more like tropical
squalls than the usual .weatner. -n
Heavy rains fell in the valleys and
the levee at Bouldln Island in the San
Joaquin gave way, flooding the most ex
tensive 'asparagus garden -In the world.
The lose waa very heavy. ' The city of
Sacramento Is very uneasy, though the
levees are ' holding ' well thus far. ' If
broke they would cause much loss of life
and property. . , ,
to the bog, and kept a few lumps of the
stuff. We then parted.
"The snow' began falling thick and
fast - I was very weak and nearly blind
from the smoke of our campflre when I
began ray return march toward Hubbard
and1 his camp. Before noon the snow
was half way .up to my knees. Spruce
and fir tree branches were bending low
with their weight of snow. The river
was partially frozen, and the whole sur
face of the country was changed. . I
made slow progress, due to the snow and
my extreme weakness, and that night I
made a fire ' hear the place where' we
forded the. si-ver.. The- enow storm
never ceased night and day until the
evening of October 19. '
"The next -dny ' I forded the 'river,
breaking the.th.ln Ice on the edge until
I reached Ice thick enough to' bear me
and allow me to climb out trf the water
nto it Next. day I. was .stlU far from
Hubbard's camp when nlghjr came, and
the third -day I walked the greater part
of the night . The. river was now frozen.
Snow had obliterated all the. landmarks,
and after'walking up and down several
times where X thought the camp must be
COLOR LIE
1 CHURCH
Old Issue May Be Raised
In Coming Methodist
Conference. ,
; "Should .a colored brother -be ele
vated to a biahoprloT" -
Condensed In a nutshell, the race
question In this form will coma before
the regular conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church, which wlll.be held at
Los Angeles, opening its quadrennial
sessions May 4. .
Portland members of thia-denomination
will attend the conference in larga
numbers. It, Is stated that, owing to
the large vote given Bev. J. W. E.
Bowen rt Chicago four years ago, there
Is every . probability that , the . colored
clergymen attending the conference will
make renewed effort in their long
struggle . to have one of their race ad
vanced -to- the rank 'of bishop.
- In ; fact, some- delegates to the con
ference state that, owlngvto the . steady
growth jn numbers of the colored clergy
men, the vote in favor of making a col
ored brother bishop may be much larger
this year than ever.
' Several Portland clergymen of the
Methodist " Episcopal faith were Inter
viewed on this question,- and some con
sented to express themselves for pub
lication. Others talked freely - on the
subject but would not be quoted. All
(Continued, on Page. Two.)
IN HUBBARD'S DIARY
I was at length, compelled to give up the
search and headed toward Grand lake.
My Intellect was -benumbed through
weakness and I walked in halt a dream.
Sometimes I imagined -myself asleep and
dreaming, and felt that all I had done
and was enduring was Just a dream and
that I would soon awake.
Becomes mighty la Mind. -.
"My matches were , nearly gone and
wood was hard to get. .1 made but one
fire each day at night. - Then I would
Sit down in the "snow by my little blaze,
and I would hea,c a woman'e voice quite
plainly at my side, telling me to break
some boughs for1 a bed and fix myself
as comfortably as I could and lie down.
Then with an effort I would break a few
boughs and ait down, and she would say
to me sometimes, when I had not broken
enough boughs for a good bed: 'Hadn't
you better break a few more? You will
rest better.' ; ;;'-.
"One morning I tried to get some more
sticks, but fell in the snow. I could
not walk. I was overcome with a de
Sire for sleep and sat dozing by a stump,
and it would have been my last sleep.
I am confident that would have been my
last bivouac, when I heard some one
shout very near me, and almost Imme
diately four dark-faced men on snow
shoes, with : big packs on their backs,
came over the bank. ' I was too much
dazed for a moment to realise that they
were men.
"I had not seen a human being other
than Hubbard and George since July IS,
and in my wanderings had come to think
I was. the only person left in the world.
Then I remembered that George was to
try to summon Donald Blake from
TO STAY li
PORTLAND
0. R. & N. Headquarters
Will Not Go to Salt
lake City.-
MOHLER TO OMAHA
Calvin Is Coming to Replace MohTef :
io Charge; of the 0 R. & N.
Consolidation with Southern
Pacific In- Doubt
According to official Information re
celced at the headquarters of the O. B.
& N. this afternoon, the following "will
be the changes in the heads of the Har
rtman lines: -.'.
A, I. Mohler is to replace president, to
be vice-president and general manager
of the Union Pacific, with headquarters
in Omaha. He is preparing, to move at
onoe. . ,
E. E. Calvin Is general manager of the)
O.. R. & N., with headquarters in, Port
land. He will be removed to ,thls city;
from. Bait Lake. .. S.' f.-r-
W. H. Bancroft is to be vice-president
and ' general manager Of the. Oregon
Short Line, with headquarters in Bait
Lake City. '
The reported acquisition of the Ore
gon Short Line of that portion of tha
Central Pacific road between Reno and
Ogden and the section of the Union Pa
cific between Green Biver and Ogden is
denied from official sources.
The ; changes which were confirmed
will be effected at once, as soon as a
few details, can be arranged by Trans
portation Director Kruttschnltt and
Traffic Director J. C. Stubbs, who will
reach the city tonight. - ''.
. The O. R. & N. headquarters wilt be)
retained In Portland, whatever changes
may be made in the constitution of the)
several Harriman lines. This assur
ance was given representatives of the
chamber of commerce this morning who
sought from O. R. & N. officials a state
ment concerning the destiny of the head
quarters, which Salt Lake rumor said
was to be moved to the Mormon town. ;
From presumably reliable -sources the
report is confirmed thai President Mohler
of the Oregon Railway & Navigation
company la to go to Omaha to take tha
position left vacant by the resignation
of President Burt; that in Mr. Mohier's
place E. E. Calvin, general manager of
the Oregon Short Line at Salt Lake, wilt
be appointed as general manager of the
O. R, & N.. the office of president and
vice-president being left open.
Whether the Oregon, lines of - the
O. R. & N. and the Southern Pacific are
to be united under the management of
Mr. Calvin Is a moot question. Inti
mates of Mr. Calvin who nave worked
with him tn. other years, say that the
union of Oregon lines and tne removal
of the O. R. It N.- headquarters to Salt
Lake City are two things that were
spoken of by Mr. Calvin three years
ago, which he then stated were to come
In the future. - Should the Oregon lines
be united, the O. B. A N. headquarters
would probably be, taken to Utah, but
the ' assurance of th road's officials
that such a move is not contemplated is
regarded aa for the time disposing of
the Oregon consolidation, with Mr. Cal-
(Continued on Page Two.) ,
Grand lake. I knew Donald and rec
ognised Ws voice as one of them, X
spoke his name, 'Donald Blake,' and he
took my hand in his and my senses re
turned with the touch of human flesh.
In a moment they had a roaring fire
and some hot tea, and gave me a slice
of bread and butter. 1 ate it, and it
made me sick. : My rescuers were Allen
Candy, a halfbrecd Indian, and Donuld
Blake. Gilbert Blake and Puncan Mao
lane, a halfbreed Eskimo. All are trap
pers. w , ,. .. ,
Indian Catches Game. ': .
"George got through to them by catch
ing game to help him exist. ; He was
nearly drowned once by being wrecked
on a raft 1 sent Allen Gundy and Don
ald Blake right on to look for Hubbard.
They found, him in a sleeping posture,
dead, and he had evidently gone to sleep
after making the entry quoted above on
the 18th, nnd never woke up. Georxe
and I reached the' Northwest river on
November . Mr. Mackenzie, the man
ager, took me home and called his man
from the company houxe to cut my hair
and shave me. I had not had a haircut
since leaving New York, or a slmve
since ' July 15. ; He prepared a tub of
water for a warm bath, a suit of nUM
clothes and a good, soft bed, and mutiei a
fire in my room. . '
' "He rubbed my lg and put me
bed after supper. HU little hi)-ki- r
cried over our troubles, and rti'l every
thing she could for me. They lviv
been very kind to me, and I am rrmMintf
my home with them here, 0orft u t
another man's house, and is arowum tut.
It Is due to George's almost n.ij.orr. ,. ,
efforts after lenvlng ma for hi ) i,-,,, j
to Grand luke that I owe my IJ ."