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JAPS DEVASTATE TOWN
Russian Writer Says Sherman Tactics
Will Not Work la Present WJr
as Armies Can Subsist Al
most Anywhere.
BEVERIDGE IS LEFT OUT
Root Will Also Deliver Keynote cl,
Campaign In Speech Before J
Republican National J
Convention.
(Journal Special SerrlFO.) -
St Petersburg, April . An official
report ha been received from General
KuroDatkln and issued by the war de
partment, which fives the details of
another cOnfllot between the Japanese
. and Russians near Wlju
Kuropatkin states that news of the
fight cams from General Kashtallnski,
who is stationed near Turenchen Island,
off Mattursa, not far from Wlju. The
Russians were the aggressors, the vol
unteers making an attack.
Kuropatkin says the Japanese had flvff
officers,- killed ' and' many soldiers
wounded.:,- Ths Russians had several
.- men wow ndeLlt nop all HMV.I irj. -
" , Reports have- been received her that
- the Japanese are waging a. cftmpaign Of
war In earnest in ,th outlying province
and have totally devastated Tongampxj,
a Russian settlement, and laid waste
the surrounding land, leaving it so bar
ren that neither friend nor foe could
subsist without carrying full lines of
auDDltes. 1
leaving It so barren (hat neither friend
nor foe could subsist without carrying
- full lines of supplies.
One writer in commenting on this In'
local newspaper says: "The Japanese
will find that the emulation of the
American,' General Sherman's march to
the sea, will In this case be of no avail,
as Russia will be found in such a state
of preparation that she will In no wis
depend on foraging to provide food for
man or beast.'
. ... A proclamation. Jbaa . been issued In
Siberia prohibiting the holding of all
public meetings, the carrying of arms,
the purchase of ammunition or taking
any action tending to raise the prices of
provisions. .This is expected to check
FAIR COMMISSION
IGNORED IN RULES
Regulations Prepared by Colonel Dosch and Pafc
Med Without Its Required Sanction Will
Be Btbtight Up at Meeting Saturday
The state commission of the Lewis
and Clark fair seriously objects to a
book entitled, ' "Official Classification
and Rules of Exhibit Department
which was published yesterday by the
corporation and which specifies sll the
exhibit groups, rules for Installation of
exhibits and regulations for exhibitors
to the minutest detail. The commis
sion says it has not been asked to pass
Judgment on this work, and that no op
portunity has been offered to advise
the corporation In the matter.
The classification was approved by
Director-General Goode . some two
weeks ago, and was prepared-by Henry
EX. Dosch, director of exhibits. It Is
MA. M.AM l.lf.lt W 1. A
the speculators who have been reaping corporation in deciding Just what the
profits, from the war excitement
SZ80U8S VATAX OAXVAXCUr.
Japan War Coon oil Meets Befor
Tfcron to Flan rntor Movements.
TOklo. April 6-A meeting of the full
war council was held before the throne
today, the Mikado acting In the capacity
of supreme head of the army and navy.
The meeting was devoted to a review of
the recent naval campaign. .
While the usual secrecy prevails it Is
believed the progress of the campaign to
this - point la . highly satisfactory., not
withstanding the failure to reduce Port
Arthur, or block the -channel leading to
its anchorage..
xtntorATXis mvuwi raooM.
Force How Expect a Japanese Attack
and Ar rally xpard.
(Journal Special SerrlcK) -TJlu
Chwang, " April 6. Kuropatkin
arrived here today and reviewed 4.000
trpops composed of horse, artillery, sev
eral field batteries, four regiments of
Siberian rifles,-. Cossacks and regular
cavalry.
General Kondratovltch, commanding
at Niu Chwang, says he is prepared for
a Japanese attack, which was expected
Tuesday, but failed' to materialise.
' . The relations between the Russian
authorities and foreign residents Is im
proving;, each side showing more
marked friendliness.
0. pxso rzsx Ans.
(Journal Special Serrlce.)
Chicago, April . The Wanie Rand
Co., ilolng business on the board for 40
-years, entered voluntary bankruptcy to
,day. Liabilities are given at $108,000;
assets. $285,000. ' i
scope of .the fair shall be and outlines
and describes the bounds of exhibits
and - rules - governing them.
The state commission as a body has
not been advised that such a work Is
contemplated; as individuals they dis
covered Monday morning'that the book
was in press, and as. Individuals they
visited Mr. Dosch and asked - him the
status of they case. The matter was
taken tip ' with Mr. Goode, and Mr.
Dosch was advised .' to continue the
publishing of the books, Mr, Goode pre'
paring to take up the question with the
state commission . at Its 'meeting next
Saturday. f "
Jefferson Myers, president Of the
state commission, said today:
I have not received a -'copy of the
official classification. I' have been told
that such a work exists, but - knew
nothing of It- until it was published.
No copy has been received. Ty officer
or members of the state commission,' to
my knowledge, 'and nothing was. known
of the step now taken until the work
was on the press. Nothing-officially. Is
known now."
What will be the action of the state
commission?" was asked.
At their meeting : Saturday I will
bring the matter to their attention and
some action will be taken."
- J'What Is the position of the commis
sion on the 'question?" was asked.
"Its position' has not been taken yet
but I presume it will abide by the laws
provided for the guidance and eontrol
of the commission." ,
The law -applying to the question of
exhibits and their regulations Is specific; j
section six of the act oreating the com
mission says:' ."That the' allotment 'Of
space, for exhibitors, classifications, and
exhibits,, plan and scope of the exposi
tion, the appointment of all Judges and
examiners, of the ' exposition, and the
awarding of premiums, if any, shall be
TURKO-BULGARIAN
WAR IS IMMIN
done snd performed by the Lewis anil
Clark Centennial and American Pacific
Exposition and Oriental fair, subject.
however, to the approval of thV commis
sion created by this act That after the
plans of said exposition shall be pre
pared by said company and approved
by said commission, the rules and regu
lations or said corporation governing
rates ror entrance and admission foes,
or otherwise affecting the rights,
privileges and Interests of the exhibitors
or of the public, shall be fixed or estab
lished by said company, subject, how
ever, to the modification or approval) of
said commission, and In case of dispute,
subject to reference for arbitration to
the governor, secretary of state and
state treasurer, whose award - on such
question made by the whole or a major
ity thereof shall be-binding and final."
According to . this section the state
commission must approve all exhibition
plaVs and regulations, or else the state
officials will act as arbitrators and their
decision will be final. The position of
the - state commission ' in former cases
where a question of authority has come
up-has -been ,to-ablde bythe law, and
according to commissioners, . this will
be their stand on the present question.
When the question was brought -up by
the corporation of the commission al-.
lowing the corporation to supervise the
construction - of state buildings . at the
fair, the commission rejected the. request
on account of the law, which . made It
obligatory that the commission actively
supervise the building, of all. structures
which were paid for with state runda.
Mr. Dosch said concerning the reguia
tlona:
"Yes, they are official and final. They
can not be changed and there is no rsa
son to suppose they will be. When
some of the commissioners came to me
I took up the matter with Mr. Goode and
he said that he would handle tne ques
tlon. I presume he will receive the com
mission's O. K. on Saturday, but that is
a, mere matter of form. This is the re.
suit of careful study and nothing can
be changed. Then, too, the commission
Is not specially fitted to make exhibit
rules or to understand what ' the fair
specially requires In this respect, a
all these matters must be determined
after long and careful study, a mere
repetition of former rules will not do
and the fair's peculiar needs must be
studied from a professional stand
point"
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LATEST FIGHT 'AT PORT1 'ARTHUR. SHOWING iTORPEDO -BOATS IN ACTION.
(DRAWN FROM A CABLED DESCRIPTION.)
A PRKO
Burton, the Disgraced
Senator Trembles When
Sentence Falls.
GREATER NEW YORK
MAY HAVE TO WALK
ENT
.. Journal Special Service.) '
.Viennat April 6. T.h Sofia corres
pondent of th. Tageblatt wires that
" v diplomatic relations between Turkey
and Bulgaria , are liable to be -broken to
day if the Turko-Bulgarlan agreement
j Is not signed. - '
. '. He adds that things are strained by
Ldlplotnatlo passages until It seems Im
possible for either side to sign without
backing down, which in the present
i : temper seems. Impossible, , ,Th paper
freely predict that war will be the put
come. - .... - ., ..
Dispatches - received" her today from
Sofia say that the Bulgarian ministry
ha announced a decision to further re
inforce the Jin sot guards on the, fron
tier, believing that a Turkish Invasion
is Imminent The guards there at this
time are not; sufficiently strong 'to" of
fer aw very effective; resistance, but
with additional men, all of whom will
b armed with the, latest modern wea"
pons, the frontier may become a san-
gulnarjr Xleld . - -
(Special Dlptch to The Journal.)''.
New "York, April 6.-After months of
secret preparation, Involving the bring
ing together of all street railway em.
ployesvln Greater New York' lntoj ope
mammoth organisation, a plan la now be
ing perfected for a big strike which. If
carried Into effect . Is destined "to tie up
not only every surface elevated line in
the borough of Brooklyn, but which may
even extend to the elevated system, m
the boroughs of Manhattan and Bronx,
r The.1 grievances of the men- are not
practically a question of wages though
this is an Important factor of the dis
content . Conductors and motormen de
clare, among, other things.': that when
ever they succeed In finishing a trip In
quick time they are: docked the. number
of minute they come In ahead of sched
ule time. The companies are preparing
to.llgbt the demands, . - ,
(Journal Special Service.)
St. tiOuis, Mo.. April 6.r-Senator Bur
ton of. Kansas was sentenced this morn
lng to serve six months in the Iron
county, Missouri, Jail, and to pay a fuu
of 82,500.
In the crowded' courtroom not
breath could be heard as Judge Adams
or tne united States district court pro
nounced this sentence on a person who
naa until a week ago enjoyed one of the
proudest and most dignified positions
in the gift of the American people.
Convicted of receiving a bribe fof
nis .innuence to protect a fraudulent
concern which the government denied
the use of the mall, ex-Senator Burton
paled.
. Today he trembled In disgrace.
Burton was berore the court in an
swer to a summons for his presence
wnen sentence would be passed.
Seated between his attorneys . he dls
played extreme nervousness,- his hands
and limbs shaking visibly.
A few minutes-after Judge " Adams
took his seat he addressed the suffering
ex-statesman, saying: "The sentence
Imposed by this court for the crime for
which. you stand convicted Is that you
be imprisoned in the Iron county. Mis
sourl, jail for the period of six months
and pay a fine of 82,600.
"The sentence I Impose --is light in
comparison to the crime you committed.
but when taken- Into consideration that
this sentence' will prevent you from
ever holding office again, I believe you
will find the penalty severe enough."
The disgraced man was practically led
from i the courtroom to the Southern
hotel, where he declined to make any
statement to the newspapers.
Previously he had refused to make a
statement to 4he court when asked If
he ' bad" anything to say.
BRUTISH
The Bulgarian Outbreak
Against Jews Worse
Than Reported.
ma
IN FLAMES
Old Landmark In New
York Goes Up In
Morning Blaze.
WIRELESS MESSAGE
FLASHES OVER PUGET
- . (Special Diapateb to Tbe,.Joarnal.)
Victoria. B- C... Artrll B. Th TTnttjui
State treaVy department Is establish
ing a wireless telegraph-station here.
Captain Tosier of the Grant la here con
ducting expexrlments. He has had lonsr
communication with Port Townaend last
night and today by the system. The
station here will be In' connection" with
Port-Townsend and part of an extended
system : ta laoema and Seattle, - ;
(Journal Special Serrlce.)
Berlin. April 8. Horrifying are the
additional private . advices . received to
day from Lompalanka, Bulgaria,-where
the anti-Semitic riots were reported to
have occurred Sunday and Monday. .
While the' Bulgarian government is
doing everything in its power to sup
press the news. It is authentically stated
that the mob resorted to the most ab
ject cruelties.
- Injuries were inflicted on helpless vic
tims resembling those suffered by Christ.
Frantic wretches gashed the aides of
the Jews and, after driving nails in their
hands and feet, Iplaoed crowns of thorns
on .their, heads.,
It is stated in a dispatch "today that
more than a score of men were treated
in this way.
Sunday evening. It is said, that many
nouses were assaulted and the men
taken Into the streets, after which the
women were - subjected to taunts and
jeers. The authorities took energetic
measures to crush the outbreak ' and
succeeded in f ullv Drotectina- the wo
men from Insult and the children from
abuse.
The reason given ror the Bulgarian
officials being so anxious In the sup
pression of the news is that should
the full story be told it will have the
effect of antagonizing international Jew
ish financiers who are handling Bul
garian loans.
(Journal Special Serrlce.) . " 7'"
Mount Vernon, N. Y., April C. Five
persons lost their lives and another was
fatally Jaunted in a fire which destroyed
Columbia- hall, a -three-story frame
building , early this morning. Three
others were seriously and perhaps fa- have
tally Injured.
PRINCESS OF BADEN
GOES TO HER REST
. , (Journal Special 8errlca.)
KarlSrhue, Baden, April 6. Princess
Sophia of Llppe, the widow of the late
Prince Gonthier' Frederick, Is dead.
The princess was born In 1834 and was
a princess of Baden. She was tor years
active In charitable work among the
great class of factory people which
makes Karlsrhue a manufacturing cen
ter, and was also a liberal patron of
the art.5
ivobs wnrs rjuxAxtBs. -
;; 'i, (Special Dispatch to Tne Journal.)
Olympla, Wash April 8. In the pri-
publfcan candidate for the gubernatorial
nomination, carried the city with a
sweep and. landed, all hut four precinct
ijj.:tti OOunti7 OUUlota, .
The dead are Nathan Frey, a shoe
dealer, and his three children, and Bessie
Deerlng, a maid. Charles Fairbanks
was fatally burned.
The fire was under great headway
when discovered and the guests in the
building were compelled to fieek escape
Dy nre ladder and ropes
Those injured became panic-stricken
and jumped from the windows as the
flames encroached upon them, although
warned by" the firemen to Wait until
ladders could be raised.
Columbia hall, which Is one of the
famous old-time buildings of the city,
was at one time the principal meeting
piace ror lodges or the various secret
societies; but of later, years has been
occupied as a lodging and apartment
nouse.
( Journal Special . Berrtee.) . v" '
Washington. April .Former Seer.
tary of War Kllhu Root has been prao
tloally determined upon for the poat of
temporary chairman, and possibly per '
manent chairman, of the Republican na -tlonal
eonventlon to be held this sum
mer. Such was practically announced '
to be the program today. It la not
urpriae to those "who have been on tha -
Inside for the last few week. . .
Secretary Taft and . ereral -othef -
prominent Republican made tha pre
dletion a few day ago that Root would '
be given either the temporary or per
manent chairmanship or the convention,
but Mr. TaXt i known to favor his being;
given th permanent and mora powerful
Mr., Root ha been in Washington, for
several day; and during, the greater .
portion of tha time ha been in confer
ence with the president It la under
stood that It la no part of the program, "
a at present announced, to make Sen
ator Beverldg or Representative Cous- ...
In either temporary or permanent
chairman a fact which will prove a
great disappointment to th senator -from
' Indiana, who haa been anxious to '
gain such prominence; '
Senator Piatt of New York had a long;
consultation with the president thlav;-
mornlng. After he emerged from th
president's room he wa met by a -"
throng, of newspaper correspondents
who had been awaiting him In the be- .
lief that an announcement of Impor
tance would be made through hlnu- - Ho--declined,
however, to glv any lengthy .
discussion of either politic or th
chairmanship, except to say that Soot
would probably be at least the tempo- -
rary chairman. A short tlma afterward
Senator Depew visited the president and
his conversation afterward waa imlla
to that of Mr. Piatt. ,
Boot WOl (Uv Zeyaot.
It 1 certain that th peett wblcK
Root will make before the convention
will be the keynote of the campaign.
and It la generally understood .that m
will ba the aubject for careful revision
by not only Roosevelt but other Re
publican wheelhorse as well.
It was said In Republican conference
at the Capitol today that there la a
movement on foot to bring about - tha
nomination' of Gen. Horace Porter, any, -
bassador to France, for th governor- -
hip of New York. The plan 1 said to
the Indorsement of President
I Roosevelt and meets with general ap- . .
PBnUSVLYAirXA BHPTTBiaCAITS.
(Journal Special Serrlce.)
Harrlsburg, Pa., April 8. The Re
publican state convention assembled in
the Grand' opera house in this city to
day and was called to order shortly be
fore noon by Senator Boies Penrose.
chairman of the state committee. The
convention will nominate a candidate
for supreme court Judge and elect dele
gates to the Chicago national conven
tion..
proval from Republican.', generally..
Both Piatt and Depew,' however, when
approached on this subject, were in
clined to pass the matter lightly, and
Depew aald that he "did not take much,
stock in the Idea that Porter wa belngr
groonSed for such a race." ' ; " " ,
GREAT MERGER IS'
AGAIN IN TROUBLE
(Journal Special Serrlce.) .
Jersey City, April 8. Counsel . repra '
sentlng tha Continental Securities com- '
pany today secured from vice-chancellor
Bergen an order requiring the Northern
Securities company to show cause why
it should not be restrained from voting r
to reduce Its stock at it annual meeting -
on April 28. .
SZMOCXATXO OAXJTS. " ' '
(Jooraal Special Bervtce.)
Milwaukee, April 8. The municipal
elections In towns throughout th state
show that tha Democrats have - mad
good gains. It 1 believed that Anal re
turn will show almost an equal brean
with, the favor on the Democ ratio aid.
UNION CARMEN; .
BAR STUDENTS
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(Special -Dispatch to Th Journal.) on th question Of ttudentg by coon t.
Run XYftnfllaRn. Anrll lrh. hMmm1 ilu ....
union has called upon the .United Street
Railroad company her to cease its em
ployment of student pending th settle
ment of all difference and tha establish
ment of a new agreement .to take the
place of. the on- that will expire May
U Th union naa demanded an answer
Tha poattlon of the men la mad elrar
In a statement mad public last nlrht
Th men claim It would be suicide f-r
them to train-men Imported s str!'c
breakers to take their place in c,,n t i
present aontroversy shouU 11 (
trouble, . -
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