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'S OOD EiVENINCt t;r.v IF YdU ARE OPPOSED TO SALOON I BOXE," TELL VOIR CCUNCILRUN 4 JSO flE AYILt UNDERSTAND IT '. . "i'i $ -,y i- . i : c iv i, ' . WW WXATXXS. Tonight' and' Tuesday-,.' probably fatrf northwesterly winds. V V 'k .KVOL-nt.r NO.- 55. Q.J XS .' - PORTLAND. OREGON. : MONDAY EVENING. MfrY - 0, 1904. -PRICE; FIVE CENTS. 'mm SILENCE IS 1 . '' In St. Petersburg 4- ' ( '- That Rurik Is ' ; at Vladivostok. ALEXIEFF CHANGES BASE Goes to Harblii Sends .ICuropatklo to Mukden Russia Finds Charges "Japan Wlii" Be ;-Hied.- (Journal SpaeUI Serriea.) I. St. Petrburg. Mr . -A raport baa trained, wlda circulation hara today to 4h ffat-that-tha - Roaatan - ervlaar i Rurfk, ona of tha bait of the Vladivostok quadron, baa been deat'.oyad with an attendaht loaa of Ufa. ' , ' Whether by accident or by Japanese attack la not stated. Tha report. If ' proved true, will be another severe blow, as tha Rurik U.alLOO-ton. tlrat-olasa armored cruiser, from which much has been axpaoted. 1 , Nothlnf .official rrdin tha loss 'has .been sent out by the Information , bureau, although a bulletin was posted today announcing- that Admiral Jeaaen had been ordered to take command of tha Vladivostok fleet . . . Accompanying this bulletin cama a general order- from Alexlff announcing tha transfer his headquarters to Har bin, while General" Kuropatkln'j head quarters hare been removed - to Muk den. , , j - j i ; -- v-f , The equipment department fcas de . elded to clothe tha troops In tha far east with a yellow tinged cloth almllar to tha Khaki uniforms adopted! by ' the r tTnlted States army. Large orders for tha aloth bava been-pUcedand will be nada into uniforms end forwarded as ; rapidly as possible. As tha thermometer la the country in which the war la ba- ' ' jnf . fought, makes , an . abrupt i ehanga from-a moderately cool registration to - one- r f OJ-degreasv rabreiuielt, it 1 feared in army circles that much lneon- - vamance ' win ce experienced. oy - inc nurd,yo7nc:tb n'w d0Ul In that clique which embodies the heads of all departments actively con ducting ' the , war, the belief ; prevails that 'the--Japanese attempts on' Port ' Arthur 'will prove fruitless and Russia will hold her only real outlet to the open sea. ' v.-- ' i ' Port Arthur , has supplies enough to laat the ararrlaon now there for nearly a, year and the force is believed to be a.,ff Inland A ranal an attack that, maa- JZ?L&!yiZEI ;r; -' atont fighting; might weaken this force until' at the end of six month it would no longer, be. able to resist, but, predict that lonf before that tlme relief will liair. Kaan iA hv lanH .nH tnm JTannnaaa .TZ" "".,',- -t--v--- ana mereiiese aiaymg ei-cixpreee wee be put tm the. defensive back of the cenger O'Neill , , Valu. confronted by much e superior Mra Thomas Whiteman. who ' wit(i 0' ' . . " her husband conducts a lodging . house The report of . the committee on - the at Dunemulr, was .supposed -to know conclusion to meet the loan of $160,000,- where George Gates, the leader of the 000 was adopted today The csar ia ex- desperadoes, la. ShaJ waa Jarreated yea, " peeted - to aanction -t -r--" -;-".- terday and put" through, the aweatlbok , So far as resources are concerned the process by the district attorney this a- reports Submitted today show, that Rua- ternoon, in the hope that through -some sla has not yet begun' to be taxed to alip of the tongue. occopfpsipn of an- her full strength, although the war fund Bwer she might be compelled to tell the has already reached, enormous figurea handit'a reanr hldtmr nlace. : nrrxBCWTXD mtnszAjr bm$aqxb. atosala Had-Wanned fc SCake Ylzst Of- KSJto&ttk'. Attaoir Japan. (Jouraal Special Barrlce.) , London, May ' t.- Authoritative Inf or ' mat Ion has been given here to' the ef fect that Russia' will not press -"her charge against Japan of. an alleged : breath of international law by the first ; r i i '"'' ' (Continued on -Page Twa -. ARRAIGNS KAISJER FOR RUSSIAN SYMPATHY A. (Jourcal Special Serrtce.). - Berlin,, May- . -In the reich- ' i 4 s stag today Herr Bebel denounced ths - government for what. - he 4 s termed its repeated breaches f of e neutrality In the Russo-Japanese e war. which, he declared. Indicated Germany's desires for Russia triumph. ''.'.. "--. , Bebel cited the sale of the : Hamburg-American liners to Rua ; sla. and then caustically' crlti e claed the kaiser' a telegram to the csar, in which the former ex- 4 pressed hjs great regret over the e loss ot tha Russian warships, aay-i e . ing s'that. Russia's v losses are : ' ' .equally Germany's losaes." . e - Herr , Rebel took advantage of . his parliamentary immunity and attacked the emperor most point- edly and in a personal manner. w e r Chancellor von Buelow repudi-i 1 , ated Herr Bebel's charges, and 4 added: 'Jf , other, countries re-e t garded Germany with such envy - and hatred as Herr Bebel so' e emphaucauy asserts, i we have yery reason .to keep the great. national sword sharpened." The Chancellor defended " the ; kaiser's message of regret by ' saying , that: among civilised ml- e era the day had gone when any-e turns, iai ibjixub tu, juiiure' a. catastrophe ' could-1 be lightly passed, and that had such a blow befallen Janan he had no doubt . : ( a message of condolence would have been sent to the mikado also. - - 1 .- f - . - 11' k ' 1- -r. ,"' V-H -y "- ..'"t ; "'--S '"' - . ' -,VV .. II i' ' . T . n. rr i iirimi riimn in , , r ; II V Jf : h . - s -si . ! 1 1 ! ' .i ; ' , -. i -I .. r 4 r: .:... '. ' ' k - . . ... ,nl : . . . ' ' -1 - .' " 'I ' i 'tt.l'l. ', .. . - . " . .. .' : '.THE1 ADVANCE ' ON NIUCHWANQ. THE ' EARGE PICTURE SHOWS THE JAPANESE ENTRENCHED, THE i tm h ' ' r A 1 -T ' ' ' 'l - T Hrse . Whiteman oLDuiismmr, Arrested and Ex- amined Under Belief That The Was in Love with Ban(iifc'Gatei' "Earoves'.atonocetice (Special ,DUptrh- ' Tba JoarnaL) v . V-, . , jr a jove .uw.k waa wougnt wway naa developed In the Copley traln-Tobbery case but the supposed development , failed to bring (information leading to the .ha . a r.aiv wted for th Oregon, express holdup I ..." T- - . . - For" two weeks prior W the train rob bery, the Gatea brothers boarded at her house at Duttrmilr. x-They1 left . Imme diately after-the robbery and-have -not since toeetr seenrff Their personal telon: lnga are stlll'there'. " ' t Mrs. Whiteman, according to the rail- DESPERATE CRIMINAL SHOtESCARING tj'','!i mi'i' '.v t i f. i (Jonrnal Special Service.) '4 . . Detroit iMlch.' May Geore Bar ter, a desperate criminal, who was un dergoing treatment ' at the . emergency hospltaLCthia morning attempted to es cape by climbing, down ; the fire- escape from the third noor. . ' . .. - f v . A policeman was aummoned, but liar fta n .... vs i Ii1a .ffl1a.lt' Whtl ordered to dp so and 'the omcee fired twice. Harter feU from ' the . are- escape ladders, and .sustained- ataJ urjunea 1 The character ef bis crimes wai auoh that he evidently preferred;, death ; to-, a lopg term in pwavssvr ROOSEVELT ON mm':. COLORADO STRIKE uonraai special oerrice.i .. i pecUl Serviea ji 'M-' S'Washingtoni' Ma .President Mitch. ell of tlfe United Mineworkers had a long Conversation with' President Roose velt today regarding the atruce -situation in Colorado.'. He declined to disclose the nature of -the conference1 further .than to say that the president agreed with him that the situation had become most serious, , in fact critical. - . . . . i,)v BOB FORD'S WIDOW "KISSES THE ; COURT (Journal Special SerTlqe.) ; ; ; , . . Butte, i Mont. 5 May .-i-Because f her Imprisonment; . for -drunkenness which separated her ,v.from her pet canary," Mabel jrora,, wwow - on jboo Ford who. killed the famous outlaw, Jesse James, 'this morning in the police court tearfully begged for her liberty. The Judge said! You can go free," Mrs. Ford threw her" arms about the neck, of the honorable court and kissed htm. "i li i way secret 'service men, too an. Interest ln George Gates and was believed to have been corresponding with him. Letf ters.Mtwms'reported. Tell Into the pos session of the officers, but they refused to say .'where the' letters were 'mailed. -Whatever: faith the officers placed In he,r, now)Ietdw' of w'. petled as' the examination proceeded to- day. however, and lae this afternooa Mrs.' Whiteman was liberated . and tK. announcement, made that. she had satis-1 factorlly showed to the. officers that she IM issued for :, the arrest of her hus had no connectioa whatever with" ' the I band, on a-. charce bf aaaanlt -sjid hat ha ndl'ts, beypnd' renting them rooms r as ...o Kuuiu an wiuci ucl.. , flk.: .M.Mh.,IAn11-.' 1 .1.. vui.ui..uut ua. uo .stories. that she. knew-them aa other man ordinary, gues is . were aDsoiuieiy I Without toundatibn and denied that- she I ' . . aLt-V nao ever written to oeorge Gates. 1 The air of mystery in connection with I the case continues, but it is now be-1 lieved by the public ;tliat the. officers are "rj .T ; w.,;: " , r" , - I the. identity ,0f , the robbers.. Uftl nC ITt I 1 CT '' j lltJLIJiV 1 1 V LA1 1 Jr . . ."' ' I TDIRAI ' rilNVFNTInM lltiunii T Vil 1 1V11 ,i ,- , . . I Journi special- Sertlee.) I South' McAlester, I. T., May ' i.-A. na- tional convention - of the ' Tuskahomn T party assembled at Tuskahoma today for the purpose of nominating a candi-ldeal, date for-principal chief of the Choctaw nation.-The' convention IS one of thu moat 'important ever held by the ' Tus-1 1 would , have had him . arrested imme kahoma party, as it'wlll be a part ofldlately after he assaulted me the first the work of the convention to 'outline I time, but dreaded newspaper notoriety." a policy to fce' pursued by the "Choctaw I nation m ', making final settlement -of 1 Albert Toung, a saloonkeeper, nad aiien trlbal 'affairs, and it Willi be the last I ated his wife's affections. Van Houten convention ever held to nominate"" a I entered the former's saloon at S o'clock chief of the Choctaw nation, as theJ Choctaw tribal government will-' cease I to. exist, in 10V FACES TRIAL FOR ' MURDERING SISTER (Joornal Speetat Berrice.) RlamY Sun. Ind.. Mn l.Th. frlal f James Gillespie aa principal. Mr. and Mrs Myron Barbour and Mrs Belle Be- ward as accessories In the murder -of I Elizabeth Gillespie last December began this morning. Gillespie was arraigned Singly. ' " J I The vlntltn waa Ma twin lfr an1 1 was shot down in Ker home through a window, by" a hidden assailant as she! was nrenarins to receive ruests A shol-f run . waa 1 naed. 1ha atorv - of f amllv I dimensions caused; the grand Jury to in-1 diet Gillespie and the others.. OAK7BXU mXAXi AT 2CXO. (Special Diana tea to The Jojn-ntO.) Echo, Or.;? Mfey- 9.-The funeral. . Omar M. Campbell, who died Saturday ant.iln the busy section of tne: down morning, -was (bonducted from his Ute town district-was held. up and robbed residence : yesterday afternoon , at. S by two men last night The robbers se o'clock. under the auspices of the Wood- cured over $1,000 which they stowed in men,; the lntefment being- made in the a small satchel and made good their ea oho cemeterr. . fa pa, ii'i' a IIL11 LII L Wife of Dave G. Van Hou- ten .Charges Husband With Assault.. Fearing that David Van Houten -wttl , ' " , . T,, 7 muMlJ her. Mrs. Minnie 1 Van -Houten, his wife, appeared In the municipal court ls morning and caused a ' warrant to tery,h The ; warrant " was! placed , In : the hand, of an officer and .aoon aa the ' a.a v. Iaa..J 1,. nt V. IZZJ'LVTl . 1. r 7- w . ,77 '7 7 Z77 . 7" h,e ble . turnl"h 200 ballhe will uruuiiiir'. luuii iiih ih ii if. tvs amisa.1. iiiii. inims w ju,-ioru nran na that sum, the' case belns serious. On December 12 laat. Van Houten be ing 'Jealous " of hls wife."' shot" Albert oung;.rJara. van nouten ngurea prom- inently in the case. ', 1 .sa. week aSo laat Thuradav my hue' band came to; the oyster, parlors at-the corner of Grand avenue and Morrison street u assaulted me there,:' said Mrs. Van" Houten today. "He beat-me pretty badly, and after he left me I purchased la revolver.. I feared for .my. life. Tea terday he came to my room . In ., the Belmont, house on Euit .Morrison street and I Uiought ne was going: to attempt my life., I drew my - revolver on jhim ahd he took' it away from me. He (then, left the room, as there was a good of noise, and J presume he feared he would be arrested. But I am fearful that , he will return and take my lite. Enraged by Jealousy and believing that In the evening of last December 27 and without other warning than the words. Tou will monkey with mine," fired point blank at Toung. A Struggle ensued. In which Van Houten again shot roung. Toung died soon after, while the mur derer ran out and escaped. He was ar rested the' following morning in a barn at Montavllla by Patrolman John Price and Sergeant Hogeooom. A' Jury In the circuit court heard an Of the evidence and returned a verdict of - not guilty. . Van Houten. after, be. ,na released, mane tnreais agamst one the -witnesses who testified against him and waa arrested for threatening; to Vpon the promise of good behavior m. the future and that ne would leave tne City, Justice oi mo x-oo nmuiui Kela set nim Tree. At the time of the murder. Mrs. van Houten, 'had papers ready for filing - in the circuit court asking a divorce rrom her husband. ; They were later filed at Astoria, and .the. case . is soon to be disposed of. aUMTAiniAjrT Z8 BOBBSS. (Journal 'Special Bertie. ) ;. i"ihi,ax . Uaa a irimln'i , raataniv I 1 " " Administration of the ference of President 000,000 Transfer . . , i i (Jooraal Special service.) - - Washington, May . The administra tion of canal -affairs-and expenditures was decided upon ' this morning at a meeting which had not been -forecasted but which, resulted- in- the war. depart ment's direct, control. President Roosevelt,-, either, through a rood political tflove, or in the belief that the canal can be best managed through his plans. Is said. .to have , been the ori ginator of - all ideas in, connection with the administration, of affairs. A cnnnultatlon'waa held In the nresi- .dent's office ..in. the White House ..this - u w , .. r i v.n. Secretary of State Hay and Secretary of War' Taft. " Shortlr afterward It' was announced that a plan had been adopted which - embodies the v following main features:-..'....-. .' ' ' - The' Panama' canal -commission shan work under thet war .' department, re ceiving instructions from the president through- thatTlepartment-and reporting to the president in a like manner. -The- auditing' of ' expenditures by the canal- commission, Is to be done by the auditor, of the state -department. General' Davis Is ' to act as ' governor , BODY.'Op WENZ IS FOUND IN MOUNTAINS (Journal Spaclal .Service. ) Washington, May 9. A Richmond, Va., special says that the body of E. L. Wens, the 'young son of a Philadel phia millionaire, who so mysteriously disappeared from Big Stone gap in the month, of October, 1903, has been found. The body was not more' than a mile from the place where he was last seen alive. It was thought at the time of the disappearance that he had been . kid napped and was being held for a large ransom. Rewards aggregating - more than $50,000 have been offered for his discovery. ' Additional details of the finding of the body of young Wents were obtained today at Big Stone gap. A boy hunting cows came . upon the corpse In a com paratively open space in tha woods. A hundred' persons had gone within 20 feet of the spot In search of the body. Examination shows that three cartridges In Wents pistol are mlssink. There are several bullet holes In Wents' abdomen, BRIGADIER-GENERAL GROESBECK IS DEAD , - . (Journal Special Service.) , 4 St, Louis. Mo.. May. f. Brigadier- General Stephen W. Groesbeck. U. S. A., retired, aged 64. is dead of pneumonia. at the home of. his brother-in-law here. He .was Judge advocate stationed at San Francisco when the Spanish-American war broke out He served as Judge advocate In Cuba during that , campaign and 'later held the . same position at Governor's island, N. X. and In the Philippines. Ha entered the civil war aa a volun teer." He was, promoted to. the rank, of brigadier-general last year, and was re tired at his own request. ' . -.-a .'-. :,', SMALL PICTURE -JS A Work -Arranged at Con itH Advisers $40-. to Morgan & Cbe with power to appoint, one Judge of the courts, i Should mora be . necessary they will be appointed by tha canal, compile slon. 'v-"". .""-' ' Rufus- B. Lane of ..Massachusetts, former secretary of .the . legation at Coata Rico, has been appointed assistant secretary of the commission. v " ' The ' secretaryship will , "nOt""befined for -several, weeks " General " Obiirne, John B. Bishop, Professor -Woodward,, of Columbia, and Domlnlck Murphy are all applicants, for the. place.- f ?r .. . A. party of jBlghti will leave i?or ;the lathmua, -tomorrow, headed, by - General Dav(s 'The intention of the commission is to ask for bidsi for the ! general con struetlon, but this may not be done for a year. Secretary of the Treasury Shaw today transferred to Morgan Co. f 40,000,000L making this statement: VMorgan & Co. were .this morning Xormally .appointed the special, distributing' ' agents ' The firm's surety was : fixed at $25,000,000. As . soon as the security was approved . a warrant for 140,000,000' was delivered. The method -evolved- makes it S possible that the banks will lose in the transac tion' only $2,000,000. ' " - HOTEL AND BARMEN MEET IN ROCHESTER 'IiaC'.,- :.';;; J HI (JotuW 8peelal Serrlca.) v' Rochester,' N. Y., May 9. The Hotel and Restaurant Employes' International Alliance and Bartenders' International League of America began a joint conn vention in Ruchester today with dale gates present from many large cities-of the United States and Canada. The ses sions will continue through the week. The reports of the officers show both organizations to be In a flourishing con dition. As a result of the work of its general, organisers, 'the Hotel- Employes' alliance has passed the 80,000 mark, in its membership. The bartenders' or ganisation has also made a. gratifying increase in its membership during the last 13 months. New York state leads In the number of locals of this craft; while Illinois and Pennsylvania are very close together for second place. - KAISER DISPLEASED: GOVERNOR RESIGNS ..V.-;; (Journtl Special Serrlca. !V?v V- ; Berlin, May - 9. The Lokal . Anselget reports mat Governor-General i.ietwem has offered his . resignation as , a - result of the kaiser's displeasure over, the Ger man' Southwest! African blunders; .This Is the second resignation or, a high'- official . of the : government' as 'a. result of the kaiser's recently expreesed opinion that matters were not being con ducted in .a,. fitting manner in Germany's African possessions. . VA 1 ;.".' ' .":.ii,i...i i a. PBOMOTXB commxts U1C1DX. , -(Joorntl Spaclal 'serrlca.! Detroit May . Edward A. Gott the welt known-a attorney and ; promoter, commltteed." suicide thla morning, the act being caused by. business worry. -..v. Ten Nominees Won't Tell Voters Their! Views on Charter. TWO POSSIBLE REASONS Either They Don't Know Their Of B j Minds or They, favor .Violation.. ,. o! the People's Rights md f ; Fear to Say so. ' Ten of the candidates Tor the legts latiire on the Republican ticket far this county have thus far, for reasons hest known to themselves," declined to 'place " themselves on record as to their position touching the suggested change of the time of holding the city . elections as ; , fixed by the charter. It has been sug gested by some of them that tney nave neren-heard-the Question diaeuasea ny their nartv leaders. , Doubtless this is . true, nor will they, until it is ripe for ' adoption. It Is for this reason the pee pie generally want It settled now.' S The Gregonlan, by far the moat In fluential factor in the "organisation.' and one that has at all times to be reck oned with and deferred to. In Its lead ing editorial of April IT, said la speak. ' fag of changes In the charter: . - "We shall assume that whan tha tints comes, the reigning political forces here . will be found In opposition to ths sep arate elections. Political machines gen erally are so opposed. . and the enact ment of our present charter Is. the first time that this alleged reform has ever been able to prevail over the determined '. stand of the politicians against It" Ad again: ..;-,-" ,'.;.'- . w- '- .."Ths separate elty election Jena. llOH.r wonld wceus-at' time -shortlr ' after the opening of ' the Lewis and CTarlt fair, and it Is a serious question whether ths dlstreetios-would-wot Jus- - tify a postponement of the election until the succeeding June, when, the general election occurs, with, a continuance of the present city officials in office." f And again: "Ths Oregonlan does not believe In ignoring, or suppressing: matters Of this nature which are In everybody's mind: and it hopes to see the subject fully and freely discussed on Its merits, regardless alike of the desires of the organization' to perpetuate itseir.. and of the rosy hopes of other , ambitious ' statesmen to avail themselves of the ' coming municipal election to found a new -and t possibly - more-exclusive- - iy- - nasty.":;;..;-,rLirni-lalu ,' It is puerile to expect reasonable men to believe this editorial waa written Without any foundation other than that whkh sprung from, the imagination or the, editor Moraver it, has been .known. ... . for some time that there were those high up In the councils of the "organisation"-who-had been suggesting something of about the same sort of move. The Journal, on behalf of hundreds Of Interested- tlzena lf.an .i entirely re-. epectful manner addressed i communlca- ' ' tloS to, each candidate so as to give him an opportunity toshow where he stood ' upon such an Important question. The , great majority have,' answered. Those who have not must place their refusal on one of these grounds: -: ' , . ' . " (Continued on Page .Twa - J - HE HOLDS BROWNS GUILTY OF LARCENY i S 4. -''- - itAUt- A A-4 e Deputy District Attorney Harry :, B. Adams this , morning refused q - to draw, up a complaint sgamst , ' Peter 8ater for stealing a ball from the Portland Browns at yes- terday's game. , .-, V w.-v;,;,1.' ' 'i"If your v honor please," - said Deputy Adams, "there Is a charge of larceny of a base ball on the; -transcript against Peter Sater. e r He was arrested at' yesterday's game by Bpeciai wnicer ?. Mema-, ..worth., There is no one present to prosecute him, anyway, and moreover, I refuse to draw a com- - plaint against him.; because the q Portland Browns have been tak-. q Ing 6 0-cent pieces under false p ' pretenses ever since the season' opened, and I don't care to pros-. 4 eoute any one for trying to get ? even with; them.': ; j r ' . -There was a roar of laughter la the eourtroom. Judge Hogue " Immediately wrote "dismissed at 4 request of district attorney",' on e the transcript and . the ease e ' passed into history. , . w ' Bater was arrested by Special Officer Hemswortn. He was sit- e " ting at tha foot of the bleachers, - 4 and. a. ball front the infield came q his way. He is said by some one S who saw the incident to have . SV laid hold of the ball and to have hidden it away from the players e ) . When - the'5 large crowd present , saw that someone had stolen- a ball there was tremendous ap- plauee. When the off icer placed ; Sater under arrest . the crowd $ hissed and yelled at him. and for a Ume it was feared there would - be a demonstration of force, but - none occurred.. , . " ' ' V The name of Ben Ely appeared , against Sater's on the transcript this morning, ; but i when the municipal court negan us "". - the manager -of the Browns was not present to prosecute,