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been fought off Portv Arthur. But the first reports minimized the disaster. , , f T
i.The official death list of those who were lost In the sinking of the Petropavlovsk shows
that 41 officers and 751 men were sacrificed.
' Nor is this all of the day's calamities.. , . . . -
It is. officially admitted today that the Russian, battleship 'Pobedia, one of the prides of
his imperial majesty's navy, was struck by a Japanese shot and sustained great damage, an
. almost fatal hole being torn
rashni
: crew were saved, u The usual
at the time of the disaster,
dispatch carriei the additional inlormatioii mat tne Kxissun torpeao dobc vw.
wu lurrounaca ana aunjc dt jiduich war vcsacia iuiu mat uui m w u '
- Anxiety is marked at the war bureau today, which leads to the surmise that even this
tremendous casualty list and blow to Russian arms may not yet be fully given out It is
unquestionably, true that the bureau yesterday gave out its information in piecemeal, hoping
thus to temper the public to the shock.
, There is a .report current here today, which in the minds of the people lends dignity to
'death! It ia to the effect that the Petropavlovsk :went to the bottom not through contact
with a floating Russian mine,
-, ; "1lef heard that the war department is concealing this news with the hope of minimizing the
Japanese skill In naval warfare, .y ' :? ' i'"'' ' if''.'J"-:'l
v nn vrrv hanA ' "TTavb w tien told Trained news-.
r: paper men here believe the details are being withheld and tnat tne possiouiues are mac m a-
i - dltion to the losses stated it will sooner or later be known that the entering wedge, has been
driven nresarinff the. downfall
The atealthv. adroit and
out doubt riven wav to one
boxer who has measured his antagonist's defense, Japan is now planning to strike blow after
blow with lightning-like rapidity, hoping tooverwhelmingly crush opposition and score a
knockout V UJ .. 1 f -.r'-i .r
Today Russia shares this apprehension and with trembling tensity awaits a further on-
slaught It may become the desperate defiance of despair.
(Journal BmcUI Sarrlea.)
St Petersburg-, AprU 14. Thla city,
th ciDltaL not onlr In power but In
pomp, of tha great Ruaalan empire, to
day present cut a aesoiaia appearance
A driving atQrm prevails and burls-Us
chips of. ice and sleety sno Into tha
pallid faces of a people whose bearing
depicts sadness. . a
In marked oontreat with yesterday,
" there Is no retinue of seekers after news
following an officer whose . Sphinx-like
-lips refuse to Impart Information. Tha
--worst la known.- t It spell defeat
While yesterday those who have
friends, relatives and loved ones in tne
i-far- aeteriiavy-traggle4 -before the
nrlm barred doors of the war omne seek
ing news which would tell them that
' for the present their own had hot been
hurled to death in the pltlleaa maw of
war. today there is but a little cluster
of anxious ones waiting In apathetlo sil
ence for further details.
" "" " Officials Am TmjrlaldUur.
Not mora stern ana unyielding are
those sentinels who, fur-muffled and
heavily booted, pace steadily backward
' and forward in front of the Imperial
r palace ' gates, than the grim officials
who answer Inquiries at the offices of
the ministry. ' The ominous . silence of
the north, which seema bore and bred
Into i these children of the 'I4ttle
Father, broods over all, declining com
fort to the stricken. Information to the
anxious and hope for the terrorised.
. Courageous as these people , be, the
shock of yesterday's reverses seems for
the time to have whipped frtcn them the
fighting spirit which Impelled their fierce
forefathers to struggle on When con
quered ftTW Tnslrmed.
The sense of desolation oomes not
from streets deserted, but from the very
air, which seems poignant with ;the
' moanlngs of unrest Not from deserted
streets, because even the terrors of the
v storm have not driven and debarred the
v people from seeking further news.
, The early, morning newspapers
hmurht details of the catastrophe. The
1 enlightened hastened to buy them, while
PEOPLE FEARA
CARMEN'S STRIKE
(Special Dispatch to The Jottraal.) "
San. ( Francisco,, -April 1-t-W. Ei
Mahon, president of the Amalgamated
Association of Street Railroad Employes,
' arrived in this City late last night on the
overduo overland train and was met
-upon arrival by President Cornelius and
two member of the executive beard of
Kjthe carmen'- union.. .wr ry
The local union leader . then spent
- several hours going oven the situation
with Mr. Mahon, Whose visit 1 expected
to have 'a very Important bearing on the
action of the local union.
- According to the laws of the national
: association, a ' strike ' cannot be called
until the local union secures the consent
9t the parent organisation. :, -.
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Tourhal Soecial Service.)
14 - Tha news todav brines official confirmation of the rumors i
: -.rUmm nr.tt.lif '. Viia rlttf . laf mvnro
in her side.
reticence is maintained renrdlng
but it is Dresumable that the loss
but pierced by a Japanese torpedo.
of, the Port Arthur stronghold.
aooarentlv inactive nolicv on the
of immense belligerency. It is
the Ignorant parted with their pennies
and besought passersby to read them
aloud to . them. Unlike tha American
newspapers, which In times Ilka these
would publish lists of dead and wounded,
the Russian press today carrlea no In
formation on these points that are so
vital to the many.
Tha papers unanimously deplore the
disaster and try to excuse Makaroff and
the other officers by recalling tne coi
llalon between the English battleships
Victoria and Camperdown during man
euvera In the Mediterranean a few years
ago, In which nearly tha entire crew of
the viotoria was lost
Strange asrlt- marsen1.th -press,
without exception, takes no heed of the
unofficial report and private dispatches
to tha effect that the petropavlovsk was
sunk, not by a Russian mine, but by a
Japanese torpedo. : It may be that the
officials tactfully decline this news, be
lleving that . such information might
strike terror of the Japanese prowess
Into the hearts of those who yet may
be but "food for cannon." - This, too,
notwithstanding tha fact that from al
most around the world oomes the report
of a Japanese admiral to the effect that
death waa dealt in batUe by a torpedo,
not a mine. ? ' ; ( v , '' :iy
In .official circles tha - hope is ex
pressed that the catastrophe will react
to the benefit of the Russian fighters,
adding rags to courage, i '
mnsslaa Officers Take Oath.
It' Is cited that Russian officers have
taken a solemn ..oath, in case the for
tunes of war favor their side and en
able them to capture Admiral Urlu, they
will bang him. - This is the revengeful
spirit that bears in mind the sinking of
the Variag off Chemulpo, which the Rus
sians persist In declaring an unwarrant
ed and cowardly act .
A solemn requiem mass was said to
day noon for Vice-Admiral Makaroff and
tha members of his crew at the celebrat
ed Admiralty chapel. Almost before it
had commenced, the official report of the
loaa of lire in the sinking of the tor
pedo-boat Vestrashnl , added to the scop
Mr. Mahon nfuei to discuss the local
situation, until he (s thoroughly familiar
with It, but those who are posted state
that there is scarcely any doubt but
that a strike wlU M called within . a
short time. This statement is borne out
by every action of. the employes, who
appear to b trying to gain time.,;
As matters stand.; the railroad com
pany official ar continually introduc
ing green band, who ar instructed by
company bosses, for the purpose of being
ready for the strike that they believe
will com not later than May '
It Is said on" every hand her that
should the strike be ordered it ia sure
to spread to many other vocation and
trades. 'j.'rV;.- ? (
Mine-Torpedo
flitter End.
to Trembling Fear . of
, Pott " Arthur's ; f
that nnrtentioui battle had .
will exceed 50 lives.
Murmurs are De ginning to
part of the Japanese has with
therefore predicted that, like a
of the requiem and mad the oocaslon
even more sorrowful.
The csar arrived early and waa fol
lowed br almost all the government of
flclals and army and navy officers In
the city. His majesty looked pale and
wan and plainly showed the effects of
sleepless nights and worried cays. Me
sat with bowed head during the service
and seemed in constant prayer. Bis de
meanor was that of a man pitifully
stricken to the heart
Xfoke Cytfl on Jeave.
The Grand Duke Boris has been or
dered to bring hi brother, the Grand
Duke Cyril, home, as soon as the lat
ler'a wounds will permit his making the
long and tiresome railway journey.
A telegram was received from Cyril
this morning stating that he Is suffer
ing from severe burns on the face and
neck and contusions of the knees. He
added In the message that but two min
utes elapsed between the explosion and
the sinking of the ship. This Is one
point wMch had not been covered in any
of the previous dispatches.
CyrlL as On of the few survivor of
the wreck, promise to be lionised when
he returns to the capital, as, unuxe
many other members of the nobility, he
enjoys a certain amount of popularity!
among the common people, and is de
scribed as a "good fellow."
Fort Arthur Depressed.
Private dispatches received here from
Port Arthur show a remarkable loss of
heart among the defending . forces of
the city. Russian superstition has taken
the series of events as a direct algn that
Ood Is against them, and refuse to take
heart from the courageous bearing of
their superior officers.
They will probably continue to ngnt
lth the dogged resistance which . la
characteristic of the race, but It will no
longer be with that spirit which has
been the glory of Russian arms for many
centuries and has maae tne nerce aaen
of the Cossack famous since the days
of-Napoleon. j-
One dispatch in pessimistic vein ex-
r
(Continued on Page Eight)
Who Is the
tha number of men aboard
Where will he com from, that mysterlou man with The Journal' 60 who on Saturday evening peiween
th hour of S and 7 o'clock will be found on Washington street between Third and Sixth?., ..r-
N6body iS6wi--6rveir TneTrornaX H may come out of Olds, Wortman . King, he may com out
of Llpman & Wolfe's or Feldenhelmer' or any other lace sbetween the point named. All that Ii known is
that he surely will come out; that he will. walk tip or down tha street;; that h will. tay within the y
boundaries named; that he will have- the money on b's person and that bo will-give it to the individual who
asks him the question and makes thf reply he seeks. '.';,. m ""
Indeed for the real pleasure of th thing this is all that It I necessary - for . anybody to know. , This . 4, ,
everybody now know; it l all that anybody knows, for everybody will have precisely the same 'ehanc to 41
.win th money.; " ' . -' ; ' l'X;.,. ... "'7 T J'if?3i ii" iM &it
I I Th whole thing is intended for the benefit of the whole public, with favorltlsm' to no one and an equal 4. .
chance for everybody,
Therefore, be 'on hand Saturday
may be tb lucky person to capture
Dread f AX U iMS
I- A TICKET
On Which Occurrad Taatardar Mia Moat
MIDSHIPMAN W. E. T. NEWMAN.
Hotel Nord, St. Peters
burg, Destroyed Cas
ualties Concealed.
(Journal Bped.l Service.)
St Petersburg, April 14. The people
of this capital from peasant to peer were
thrown Into a high state of excitement
by the dynamite outrage which occurred
In the palatial Hotel Nord thla morning.
Bo carefully have the details or tne ar
fair been kent secret by the police that
It cannot be ascertained how many lives
were lost nor the real cause of the ter
rific ; explosion which practically de
stroyed the hotel bulldinar.
It la known, however, that in one Of
the rooms, of the building the son of
Generol Kaxerkoff was sleep, at the
time of the outrage, and that part of
his body were afterward found In the
debris of the wrecked house.
So urgent are the authorities In en
deavoring to keep the traglo matter
quiet that every newspaper In the city
was forbidden mentioning the matter.
The edict came'too late, as several pa
pers had already Issued their papers in
the street The proprietors were com
pelled to call back every number that
could be found.
Three dispatches had also been sent
abroad in Europe giving only a brief ac
count of the disaster. These were later
denied by government officials, but the
fact remains that the building was
blown up by dynamite this morning and
that several If not two-score of lives
were lost.
(Continued on Page Eight)
Man .With the Money?
' ' '.
.evening' and look for 'the man, for it
th $50.
BATTLESHIP MISSOURI.
Shoklnr Cataatropha to tha U. S. Nary
An Appalling Catastrophe
Aboard U.. S. Battle-;
CM ship Missouri. 1
Jlamat gneeial gMtlM.)
Pensacola, Fla April 14. Deep sor
row is felt in every nearx ana every
home in this quiet city by the sea.
Outln the sunut bay are anchored
tha warshlos Texas, Brooklyn and Mia
sour!. Flax are at half-mast and about
the decks of the vessels men on duty
walk with bowed heads.
The Missouri, aboard which lie In
cold death t officer and men of the
American navy, rests In the berth far-
therest from shore.
She Is the cynosure for all eyes and
the objective point of every discussion.
Now and then can be seen a aispaicn
boat piloted from the ship's white sides
to either the Texas or the Brooklyn.
At noon today a launch shot out from
the port side of the Missouri, and came
sneedllv to shore. . ADoara were near
Admiral Baker of the squadron, and
Caotain William 8. - Cowles, who com
manded the Missouri yesterday when the
terrible accident ocourred which brought
such appalling death.
Admiral Barker Talks.
"I have ordered a board of Survey to
Investigate, to the minutest detail, the
cause of the disaster an4 the facts lead
ing up to.it" said the admiral In an
swer to a request" ror a statement.
"Until the Inquiry la finished." con
tlnued Admiral Barker, "I am not lb
erty to- discuss the sad affair.
With this, the two officers walked
slowly up the pier and Into the city,
where cipher telegrams were sent to
the naval department at. Washington.
At S o'clock this afternoon Lieutenant
Hammer, the ordnance officer of th
Mlsourt, came ashore and when inter
viewed, said that In advance of an bi
fida! report of an Investigating board
he could only give to. the public such
details as appeared on the surface im
mediately after the accident and from
superficial Inquiry today. -
' Lieutenant Hammer seemed overcome
with emotion and , said that he did not
believe that any fault could be attached
to any officer on duty at the time of the
accident
Story of Death. ,
Continuing, he said: "Target prac
tice had been in progress nearly an hour
yesterday .afternoon.-' In Xaoc but three
shells bad been fired and a fourth was
in progress of being loaded.
At tnat time mere were nve omeer
lnthe turret and IB enlisted men. Nine
men were employed in the handling
room beneath the turret
"In loading, it Is necessary to place
the charges in the gun In three sections.
It being a 12-inch gun that was being
(Continued on Page Eight)
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Sine tha Daatructlon af - tha Jlalna. ,
MIDSHIPMAN" THOMAS" vARD7 3&
COMING UP
One Dock Is
and Rivers Are
Rising.
Water began creeping over the
street dock this morning, and by night
it la expected that the lower floor will
be completely, covered. - All the freight
has been removed, and no damaa-e will
result At the foot of Washington street
the gauge shows the rise is 14.S -feet
above -the low water mark, and at the
rate the river Is rising It-is believed
that several of -the lower floors of the
docks will be flooded by tomorrow after
noon. At least the occupants are pro
viding for such: an emergency, and are
lOBinaj no time, in removing an perisna-
ble goods. .-' " ;.V.
Harbormaster Ben Bigrlln 1 keeping
In close touch with the situation, and is
urging that every precautuVa be taken to
guard against any damage being done
by the flood. He was at all the docks
this morning, but says that the prompt
measures which are being taken to get
the freight to places of safety will prob
ably, mean that no great losses will be
experienced.. He .report that some of
the wood yards and other business firms
are Inclined to disregard the city ordi
nance providing that no rubbish of de
bris is to be thrown Into the river. He
cautioned them against the practice, re-
(Contlnued on" Pag Eight)
ROG K EiE IliERllS
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Special DUpateh t The Joerttal) i
San Francisco, April 14. At tbreauest
of B. If. Harnman. H. E. Huntington
has consented to serve a a director of
tne eouinern racino itauroaa company
and was so elected at the meeting of the
company ..'stockholder - yesterday at
Beeohmont1! Kentucky. . ,
The others directors chosen . were
George" Jay , 3ould, W. D. Cornish, E. H.
Harrlman. A.- K. Vandeventer. Maxwali
kvart. Charlea . Tweed, Edwin Haw
ley, James H. Hyde, Otto IL. Kahn. D.
a Mllla Winslow 8. Pierce, James Still
man, James fipeyer and Jacob H. Schlff,
'rnia aireciorate snows ' tnat John IX
Rockefeller. Kuhn, Loeb it Co. and the
Bpeyera hold a predominant Influence In
the financial management of the South
em Pacific. . - ',.'- 'y 7 " , V
Th mention of John D. Rockefeller's
MIGHM
Republicans Are Selecting
Their, Standard
- Bearers.
HANY-DISTRICT, FIGHTS
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Interest Chiefly Centered la
Caucuses Over Legislative and
''judicial Places-Will finish ;
e ; JhelrWork Tonight
-i;-':.ir
& . - 2T? rT;;'';'--
For the purpose f nominating four
presidential electors, on judge of the
uprem court. ia-dalry and food, com
missioner and selecting four delegate
to th narloaal ceaventlosw th Repub
lican state convention I in session in
this city at the Empire theatre, ; . -'
It. wa. practically agreed last-night
that Judge Moore should be renominated
without opposition- Harvey Beott and "
w. b. Ayer were agreed on for dele .
igajM to th national convention-1 " i
1hI Eddy was, according to th pro
jVwjwfsiaee--chairman f ; thrronven "
(ion. Aside from th contest Over the
tat dairy and food commissioner, in
terest has centered largely In th noml- .
nation of member f th legislature, t
clroultv Judges and , district 'attorney
mad, in the district conventions at th -noon
hour and after the adjournment In
th afternoon. .Many of these contest
were hotly waged...''-- -.v-.-v
A bitter fight has developed over th '
nomination of district attorney in this
county.' Sanderson Reed ha the sup-
port of the machine and. th ha
aroused tha -resentment of th other can-
dldate , who . declare . that If Reed la ,
nominated they will smash the slate.
.Thi mean that an active effort will
be made to defeat C W. Hod son for
Jqint senator and the feud will be car- ,
rled. into, the .campaign. ; 5 Reed. op-
ponent say that if he I nominated, '
John Manning will receive enough Re
publican votes to elect ' him - and that , '
Stott the Republican nomine for her- '
Iff, will also be knifed and that either
Storey or the Democratic nomine for -sheriff
will be elected. .
Reed's nomination will also probably
hav an effect on th Judicial nomlna- t
- The Btoming Session. .
Like a "well-oiled-machine, this Re
publican state .convention, half an hour
after it was called to order at, IS o'clock
thlamornlng,in - the -Empire theatre, " -had
named Its chairman and secretary
and committees, and had adjourned to
meet again at 1;S0 o'dook this -afternoon,
at which time ' the 'Committee
mad their report. It is the Intention .
of the convention tq finish all busines
by evening."' j..iX-.i-:-C:4-J-;U -
Pursuant 'to an -agreement nached
last? night the convention was called
to order' by Harrison Allan of Astoria,
secretary of the state central commit- .
tea x Chairman Frank C , Baker was to'
hav called th convention tb order, but .
was absent because of rUuesr " t
e The first order of . business-was th
Selection of a chairman,4 and also ' in
pursuance of an agreement reached last
nlgbt B. L. Eddy of Tillamook county '
was placed 1 in nomination - by R. A.
Booth, candidate for th nomination of
Joint senator from 1 Lane, Douglas and -Josephine
countiea No other nam was
presented, and Mr. Eddy wa declared
the unanimous choice of the convention.
Mr. JSddy delivered a short speech of
thank for the honor conferred and said
the next ; matter In the order of busi
ness was the selection of a secretary.'
Harrison Allen of Astoria, also in pur
suance f to previous . arrangementa was
nominated for the honor by . W. i JU
Boise of Multnomah; nd no nam waa
placed" inoppoaiUon.ii.::s:,'fvjV':;::i
(Continued on Fag Six.)
nam in connectlon'wlthAh Southern
Paclflo r company -calla from prominent
financiers the expression that the truth,
wa told in last Saturday' dispatches
When It was stated that Rockefeller had
his eye on the Northern Paciflai com.
pany line.H.t- a -,;
A prominent railroad official who 1
fn this city today, having traveled In
his private car from New York City, sM4
when interviewed at the Palace hotel:
f I cannot allow my name to be u l
In this Important discussion, but I 1
lleve vlth many others that J"hi I,
Rockefeller Intends to control a 1;; M
Ing an individual terminus- on the i'n. t
coast ; The strife on now b"iw?i
Harrlman t al and the i:::i-: r; , i t
tlon I believe will result 1 I ''
Jumping Into the f ane nt t t
Harrlman and gttiiig t 1
POWER