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YESTERDAY WAS
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VOL. IIL 'NO. 25.
Portland. ' Oregon; Tuesday evening, april s, t ieo4.
TRIED TO BLOW UP
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f - '-, "-."l Jl 3-7' sWS I i- imm--""- - I B
STEAMER
Infernal Machine .
River Vessel as
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Captain P. Whitcomb Attributes the Crime to
Animosity of Omese'Coob' Who' Were Re-:
y fused .Mployment on the "Albany' , ,1.
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' An attempt vu mad to Mow up the
.Valuable river Steamer Albany with high
" explosives aa he lay at her . mooring
la the river in this city last night ;
Bad judgment to selecting the fuse
r .arranged to IgnlU the heavy-charge of
giant-powder and nitroglycerin was all
that aaved the boat and. frustrated the
i V plana of the ..conspirators. ; The 'giant
powder and . nitroglycerin : were part .of
the contents of the Infernal machine a
tin box that waa to have done the work
of demolition. In addition to these ex-"-
plosive materials the can contained 100
' German -giant-powder 'capa enough ' mi-'
terlal to have blown up half the city,
' . Capt 3. P. Whltcombf of - tha Albany
' discovered the Infernal' machine at 7:10
o'clock this morning, and at once sent
: word to the police department- of - hia
find, Detectives Kerrigan - and Snow
were assigned to the case.' and are now
'working on cluea which It la hoped will
'. result In the arrest of . the dynamiters
' within tha next few hourfcyVvViVy
Aa 'the captain went aboard this
morning he saw a amall' bundle lying
about tha middle Of the guard walk on
the- aide of the boat, v Captain Wht-
comb has always prided hlmaelf on
keeping hie. vessel to ship shapes fhe
UZ- alght - of old. - dirty - bundle oa the
f . walk angered him, and be' at once
climbed down' to throw It away. , Great
' ' was his surprise when he discovered
that several , feet 'of fuaa - was f colled
about tha bundle. Grains of black pow
der-wers -scattered" about 7thi'packagr
' ' The captain made Sure that the fuse
. waa not lighted, and then he made a
- rush for a telephone. '"-
As soon aa the newa of the discovery
was received at the- police headquarters
'Detectives Kerrigan and Snow were sent
to the ' Oak-street dock, where tb Al
bany Is moored. The detectives at once
pulled the. fuse and cap out of the bun
dle, traces of the maohine nwn"
were acen. '' v. .- ' ' '"
The bundle contained enough powder
to place the vessel In the bottom of tha
river In short order. "I wouldn't have
.. had any more boat than a rabbit if that'
thing had gone off,". said Captain Whit-
. comb. -H:fy---:vt':r"r'iyv-
The captain Is of tha opinion that the
machine was placed on his boat, by dis
gruntled Chinese who are angry becauae
' "'' -W'L M.-W'
Mrs." John Flagler, Wife of the SUndard
Mater In the Church of tha Ascension,
v Was While Singing aa a Member of a
- Beautiful Voice Captivated thS HearJ
Her the Mistress of $B0.000.006
Placed i. Aboard the
She ;tay Off Oak".
to
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no Chinese laborers are-employed on the
boat.' ,The aack ln. which thai powder
was placed waa wrapped up In a Cblneae
napkin, and a clean white sock, the sort
used by nearly alj the Chinese in Port
land, was in tha package.?- dw
"I have had no-serious trouble with
the Chinese,- said Captain Whitcomb.
ttut have refused any number of them
positions on tty boat '" I ' have- noticed
that recently several Chinese came down
to the dock and would charter to them
selves in low tones.. They would , look
at the boat and then at me, all tha while
keeping up their Jabbering. -. I know
that many of them are angry 'because I
wfll ubt have bellow labor on" the rboat
Jit Is ji well-known Jact:amongrrtver
men that the Chinese, are -very aora be
cause so many of the towlng-boate carry
white nooks. .. Nearly all of tna river
steamera that -tow--loga carry women
cooks.- The ' Chinese do not like this
new order . of - thlnga at- al). and they
may . have wanted to Wow up . tha A1-'
bany for apltework" . V' '
CapUin Whlteoroh said that ha had.
not been In trouble with deckhands or
flremeri. He Is popular among the river
boatmen, ahd the officers are at a loss
to know the reason for the attempt to
blow up the : vessel. Several Chinese
may be . given, an opportunity to relate
what they .know ; regarding tha river
Itoamwr'-'1'!", 1 - zr-f--rrr-ff
. The-'ateamer 'Alba was hunt at
Portland In 1898. and for several years
was operated between -thW city -and Al
bany, carrying passengers and freight
The .venture did not 'prove a paying
proposition, and She waa finally taken
off the run. About .two yaaTSv,.ago ana
waa purchased by the western Trans
nortation . and Towinr company. ; -of
which Charles H. Leadbetter Is general
manager and-"5 one ot ' tha" prinolpal
owners. Since, then she baa been en
gaged In the - towing" bualneaa Irregu
larly. During last summer she was fre
quently chartered by excursion parties
to make trips up. and down the river -to
polnta of interest Laat fall her owner,
who also operate the paper mill at I.
Camas, Wash., used her -for carrying
paper to Portlands About a month ago
her abaft as broken, and since then aha
haa been lying at the foot of Oak street
undergoing repairs.
The vessel la of Alt groas regtatered
tons, and her r dimensions are aa roi
lowsr r Length. -180.1 feetr1 breadth, 5 M
feet and depth of hold. 4.1 feet She
carried a crew of it
OU Millionalra. .Bang tha Stahbatt :
Kewv York, on Palm Sunday. It
Church Choir that Mrs. Flaglera
ot the Multl-mUllonalra and made .
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Anti-Spmite Hob in a Bul-
Wound Htrews
-V r (Journal FpUl Berries:! '
Berlin, April The Jewish 'popula
tion of this capital la greatly excited to
day over . the , contents . of several dis
patches received br prominent Hebrews
here to the effect -that -anti-Semite
riots occurred Sunday, and yesterday at
Loempalanka. Bulgaria. s ; ' : a
It ia atated that a bloodthirety mob
stormed the ghetto, and after killing aix
and severely wounding 1 Jews It invad
ed other -parts of the city; displaying
the; dead bodies of its victims for the
purpose of inciting greater disturbance.
The rabble was succossiul as irura
averv 'nook and corner came haters of
tha Jews,, thus augmenting me numoer.
of riotera. ?
All Sunday night 4t la stated, a crowd
of mora than 100 angry men terrorised
that part of the' city inhabited by Jews,
but officials were successful in protect
ing the unfortunate people.
. The dispatches, aay that tha rioting
hmk ut afresh yesterday, when two
Jews were killed and three wounded. It
la believed that peace officers have the
outbreak quelled, and' little. If any, fur
ther disturbance will occur.. . . r
Many Hebrew- houses at Bause!
also plundered. - . The moo t, excuse is
the same old .. story that ritual murders
had been committed by tha Jewa tor the
Passover sacrifice. t
MUST HANG FOR THL
MURDER OF A GIRL
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' ' (Special tnapateb to The!, JoarnaL)' , -.
Olvmnla. - Wash.. . April . . . George
Clark must Buffer the penalty of death
for the ; murder of tlla Page, , which
crime occurred in. thin city. January 20,
HOtJ Thaaup'reme court , late yeater
day affirmed the findings . of the trial
court' which were, for; murder. Jn the
first degree. ' ' . "'. f
George Clark is a young ; man . ana
lived ' with - hla widowed mother. . ne
waa . wayward and apent much of hfa
time in company ' with, gamblers ; and
Leila Page, a young gin or xne naii
worlrt -and Clark were much together,
and tha tatter grew very Jealous, oflthe
woman: : 'He went to her room on the
night of the murder, snd while she waa
asleep struck her a fearful blow on the
head with an ax. pa men lasnea ner.
throat with a penknire. . uerore ne ie
the room he cut hia oWnHhroat with the
small - knife, but was 'unsuccessful in
meeting death. K--V:"-'-The
murdered" aoon recovered and a
long trial followed, which ' resulted in
cony Iction ot;. murderi In ; ;tha ; first f aV
gree. "'Ci v s '.y ,
WOMAN SUFFRAGE
RECEIVES A BLOW
Ky;.i(Joeraal Bpeelal Senior) ii;
T Des Moines. ' Iowa, April ".Woman
suffrage received a death blow In tha
legislature when ; It failed to gam the
eonatitutional majority of tha house thla
mondng,..;"-,'-':
Uoarnal'Epedal' 8Vrs-y-'?
Toronto, AprU S.-)perators.of tha
Great Northwestern Telegraph company
struck today, pending tne reinstatement
of five inen discharged because they are
members ot tha telegraphers;' union.
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BURNING OP ADAMS EXPRESS BUILDING IN; NEW YORK. . THIS
WAS ONE OP "THE MOST PICTURESQUE AND .EXCITING PlRES
EVER 8EEN IN, NEW TORKi-THE PICTURE,-IS FROM A PHOTO
GRAPH OF THE t FIRE - LOOKING UP BROADWAY.- AND THE SCENE
OF THE- THRILLING' RESCUE OF-' NINE MEN- WHO SLID .DOWN A
"ROPE PROM THE TOP'FLOOR OF "THE, BUILDING. --- - --
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GRAND
J URY
GAMBLERS HARD
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On May6rVP ;s ;'aiJiist Owners
of Disreputable Houses Are- Not- Returned-
Fourteen indictments I were; returned
against proprietors , ef gambling,Jhouse
by, the county grand Jury, at o'clock
this afternoon before, Jonn B,it;ieisna.
presiding - Judge ijt Jntha Uitat ' circuit
court Seven were against enmese ee-
FAIR BILL IS UP .
y TO RULES COMMITTEE
"4 ' ,
''. (Wb1ntoB Boreas f The Joninal.) ;
e Wash ington... Apsll, .--rOwing e
'.' to the discovery of tb temper of
S the house in reference to . the ;
L.ewis ana t vara pprviriiu
bill, which f yesterday, Just fell
Short 'Of securing J a' two-thirds
vote in .Its favor, congresaman ; : w
Tawney felt Justified today, in ,
making a further- move In - the a
direction Of -making It a prlvU-;,
faga4.'WlL',M:-'i.-'"-'--ti-
A resolution to this effect Was e
introduced by him and was re-.
f erred to the committee on rules.
If that committee makes a favor- e
able report on the resolution the - a)
blU may be called up at any time :.
and Its passage not only, expe-.) s
dlted,, but insured.
: , The best- opinion- Is that the e
committee will favorably report
the resolution, thus relieving the w
anxiety which haa naturally been . 4
feU with reference to tne meas e
ure.
HITS
Ubllahments. "The ' list other than Chi
nese, includes. Nate Solomon and Peter
Grant of the Portland club; Eugene and
Edward Blasler,. doing business under
the "firm , hath of Blaster Bros , August
Erickson and George -Fuller, proprietors
of .Erlckson's place; - Martin Reddy, who
conducts 'the Gem lub John Blaster,
Fred Frits. ' ahd Albert ; Shapiro, who
conducts the Mase cafe. ?
- Mayori George' H. WUlJams appeared
before, the Jury this -morning and made
an-earnest plea that the owners of prop
erty In which gambling and prostitution
are carried on be not indicted. - The ar
gument:: he ' used ' was 1 that ao long aa
plaoea of this Character are' licensed it
would be unjust to indict the property
owners. -The Jury had indictments al
ready drawn .in a number, ot -instances
and were to have had 1 more -prepared
by tho' time the -report was made : this
afternoon-' but was' lmprefcseif with
Mayor Williams' argument and failed to
return true bills. In tha cases of such
property owners.'';;.-'--' -" it
: The report comprises seven typewrit
ten pages.'-The condition of affairs at
the county poor farm and hospital' la
gone into cautiously but at length. The
recommendation Is made that on account
of the seeming Inability of the attaches
of the hospitals to get along .With J.
E.: Courtney, superintendent of the poor
farm, the hospital thereafter s be con
ducted entirely outside his Jurisdiction.
Under i this i proposed arrangement Dr.
Gearyy the county physician, and Miss
MRry Myers, the superintendent of nurs
ing, will be responsible only to the coun
ty court- i - .
.(ConUaued. jOJiSA, Jjyu?
Mammoth New Battleship
Takes the Water at
Newport News.
VISITOR MEETS DEATH
Only Accident to Mar Ceremonies
Wcw Fighter Will Be Pride, of
r r ; the : Navy Has Heavy
' . Armament. .'
; (Journal Special Servtce.) - . .
' Newport News, Vs., April 5. Fifty
thousand spectators' at 1 o'clock this
afternoon watched tha big K,000-ton
battleship Virginia . slide gracefully
down tha ways at the yards of tha New
port News Shipbuilding company.. . -
But one accident marred the ceremony.
That was the death of Charles Calhoun,
a Richmond visitor, who slipped and felt
Into-tha dry dock - and- -. waa instantly
killed.' The accident was noticed by but
few, however, in the excitement attend
ing tha launching, .--yv-V ".V'
Owing to the easy access to all rest
dents of the state honored by the navy
department when the Virginia was
named, there was the largest attendance
ever seen at a launching here. In the
forenoon there was a large parade of
state militia, sailors and' various patri
otic societies. ',- " " '-' .' ' : .
Tha ship waa christened by Mias Ma
tilda Gay Montague, daughter of Gov
ernor Montague of Virginia. Miss Mon
tague, who is only II years old, was ac
companied ' from Richmond by a large
and distinguished party, including atata
officials, tha governor's staff and nu
merous lnfluertlal business and profes
sional men. - Nearly all of tha Virginia
representatives in congress were on. hand
snd also Targe parties or omens irora
Portsmouth. Norfolk. " Petersburg onfi
other DolntM.':C:' rt: '
With the first movement of th hugo
hull Mlsa MonUgu lrok the-gaily-b.
ribboned champagne bottle, and as tha
wine flowed down toward the ' ways In
foaming rivulets, said; "I christen theo
Virginia.-, - , . -
; Crowd Zs anthnalastld.
-Pandemonium had broken loose In the
crowd below aa well as upon the christening-stand.
Greeted with a welcoming
blaat from the shrill throats of a score
or more of steam whistles, the battle
ship floated majestically out Upon the
bosom of the James, where aha 'was
brouaht to in midstream. Occupying a
place of honor upon tha bow stood W. P.
Kline, the only survivor or tne rive men
who were aboard the old Virginia (Mer-
rimac) of the Confederate navy when
launched at the Norfolk navy-yard. .
After tha launching tha , crowd dis
persed, viewing with interest the cruis
er Charleston, launched some time sgo;
the' Minnesota, Whose keel was laid two
months ago; the West Virginia, which is
(Continued on Pagey Three.)
RUSSIA MAY
UP PORT ARTHUR
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Ship Loaded with High
Destruction-Japanese Troops Arrive at the
Yalu Piver English Arouseda
(Jearaal Special Servta.) .
T.v.,,.k Anrii K A lnpal newsnaoer
aaye today that Port Arthur is 1m
periUed by the proximity of a Russian
volunteer ship . loaded with J50 torpe
does, each containing 1 40 pounds of that
terrible explosive, pyroxline. -.
'The ship is anchored behind Elec
tric hill andthe Japanese have been In
formed of the vessel's situation, and tha
officers of the Japanese vessels have
bean Instructed" to aim shells In that
direction, ,
JAJTAJTSSl SBAOX TXB TAZiV.
: .V J t ..aaaaaaaaaaaw " i. i ;--'-
urprised to Pind Few Bnsslaa oldlani
s - There,
v (Journal Special Service.) .'..'V -TnUn
inril ' B Tonflrmation Of the
report that tha Japanese have reached
the Yalu river, haa been received here.
In connection with the news -It Is given
out as ; authentic that as the Japanese
forces approached the rivee , they ax
pected to find a boat or pussian mop"
n tha vMnitv. hut were surorlsed to
observe only small outpost parties.
mnseUns at Port Arthur sisoharga ghip
' . , . -tepalrers.
Ft ? (Jottroal Special Berrlce.)
Port ; Arthur, April 5 All English
workmen who have been employed re
pairing Russian battleships here have
been discharged and expelled from the
city; . '5,. -; : ;'rf'-. .-: . ' ;- - . ' '
Tha Russian government will be asked
what tha action means. At this, time
Russian officials say they have nothing
to give out in this connection.
It Is supposed that the Russians rear
that the Knelish who favor-the Japa-
np-e may rive - Information to that
r-on-pr hl U riKiy have disastrous ef-
Dastardly Attempt of Fifty
Convicts to . Break
' From Prisons
FOILED BY AN ACCIDENT
After Battle With Guards Rlnft
leaders of Revolt Are Overcome
Would Blow Up. Missouri .
"Penitentiary.
: (Jeoroal Special tarries.) - .vv'
Jefferson City, Mo., April I. A des-
Derate attempt was made by 80 convict
of tha Missouri state penitentiary thin
morning to . blow UP that Institution,
kill all guards who might Interfere and
liberate 300 convicts. - ' Tha plot only
failed through accident and tha bravery
of the v guards who took deeperata
chances and frustrated the break. ,
At 1 o clock thla morning . Thomas)
Williams, a guartU. In' turning a eorner
of the , corridor heard . a ' command to
throw up his hands. - Williams sprang
back and waa shot at . The detonation
niiuri e. reneral alarm. Willlama fletS
down the corridor where7 ha . waa met
by aeven other guards, who. alarmed,
by the noise, had seized arms from tha
guard-room and were running toward
the cell rooms.. - '' - .'. i
Williams and "Guard Bruner led th
charge but On arrival at tha eell-roona
door were ' ordered to throw' up thelp
handa. The convict who had first halted
Wllllama Jumped back Into his cell and
from his refuge opened, flra . wit?, n
pistol, Y-r;:?:i A':-'v.x.i': is.'
.vyyy Sturdarons Oonviists... .. .t'...
Bruner ran around to tb mi'.
caplng Injury, and got tha drop on tha
murderous convict . The latter was them
disarmed and locked Into another, call.
The other convicts who, - during " thla
tims bad been raising a turmoil, were
overpofjerea-ancrTioellsaras addiUonag
guards appeared upon the scene.
A search Of the Cell In which the)
leader had been incarcerated . dloclpel
SO pounds of dynamite, a bottle of nitro
glycerine, i wo moaern revoivero. h
cigar-box filled with ' cartridges . and ts
number of skeleton , keys, which were
evidently Intended to be csed in littsira
ing other prisoners from cells. -
Tha cell from which eacapa had bao4
made had been broken by th Seoinjc-
tlon of.tha inner plate on tha lech. Thla
had been bored through and a skeleton
key fitted from the Inside whch
it tr it a nam a tns iimnnn mnm i-
MaT aaai sMVaaasrasasBaM.-. v.-J -'-r ;- ;
'-.,''' Plaanad to K1U Cnavdav
On examination of the prisoners 16 wsa
learned that the plan had been to hUQ
tha guards as rapidly 'aa they -ntaye-".
the cellroom, liberate all ' prUonero In,
the building., blow a hol through hc'
walls with dynamite and escape. This
would have been comparatively easy, Ci
(Continued on Page , Three.)
: Explosives: Tlireatens
Aslde'from this there is no new fea
ture- In condlUons at fort Arthur ex
cent that the Grand JDuko Boris hag
Joined tha field. - ' . '
;y jAAjrxgB xzxo atnuxs. 1 '
Onard of Honor March iu Bloodstained
tmif omS. '
(Jonnttl Special gerrlee.) .'' ,
--TokloV .r April 49.-WttB 'tha " greatest
anlamnltv the remains of Commander
Hlro Setakeo, tha officer who lost his
Ufa la. tha sixth bombardment or jpors
Arthur March 15, whtl heroically at
tempting to save tha Ufa of a sailor,
were .escorted through tha streets today.
Tha guard of honor consisted of marine
in bloodstained uniforms. . Tha street
war -densely. .crowded.y:y-y;.Jf!.yy;
. XOaUOBB .TABTB. SO BSATaC, - .' .;
Big Battle May . Be Belayed Owing td ;
Boot ' Condition of AttUlarTv .
S;;-y;'(Jarnal Iptdal Sarvlce.) -:""V
' Chefoev AprU 8. Steamers from Che- .
mulpo today bring word that a month,
may elapse before a serious battle will
occur between Russians and Japanese
owing to the poor condition of the.lat
ter's artUlery.:. '''V;;;- y.iy?v -f'
- It la reported that many animals hava
died and others are afflicted with ait
unknown disease which "so seriously
acta upon them that they are unable ti
eat and practically starve to dffith. '
. ' SSrXZTAST rrTfJATt ?'T,C"
- Vladrvostnk.- : '!l t. : ' '
situation hra i t . v ' ' '
of the n"ir i
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