Yt.r ,...,- .... .." i i i GOOD EVENINq . ; y , jv :'. mviiTin. 1 ., .. ' 'Tonlirtit. clmidy and threatening m 0 ,'i, -,.f ' Paturday, f ur end warmer; ouia 1 i to west wiuuB. Japanese Lose a Torpedo :Boat Through Acci-C iii:dentdi;Ccntaptij SMALL LOSS, OF LIFE Seven Men Killed and Seven Injured- Great Siege Guns to Be Turned; Against , the .Russian Stroojbold.- . It- Iin(Joii.:Mr-ll.-i-Th.Jipi bar ' iMt a torpdo boaC the first Iou 'tt i irar-Ywr vuitalned toyrthem In- the "prMnt war and. Ilk the first' Rusalan I loaa. tht VmmI u Mnt -to tl bttt-1 tote br aocldnt, .' ' . . ' i ':-. , A.fSlapatch through tfca Renter agency from : Tokio today .reporta the detail. The Teasel loat waa- torpedo boat Na 41, which was entured yesterday In re inovlna mines which had previously been planted la-JCerr bay.: north of I ' ITallenwan. t t The torpedo boat, while working on one mine, was carried by tha wash ' aa-alnat another of the mercury type. which had not been observed, and thai destruction of the boat followed. Seven men of tha crew ware killed I and ' aefn Injured. ; Tha Injured aa Wall aa those who escaped unscathed were- lrdmedlately picked up -by boata from another torpedo boat ; .. "' K-r- TO atednoe ToUiessi ri-'f i s Adrlcee, Tecelve her today, through . Kluchwang confirm the report that that ' aB.a. m m - nalrfm spnaraf Inns ' 1 n'l . reduce th fortress at Port A'thuf by 'oarststent bombardment v; ' ' 1 . . When tha' troops landed t at ' Pttmo I -they were Immediately followed by transports carrying heavy siege gttna. ' Borne - of "these ax tha heaviest and most modern that can be. quickly trans- Mported.;''Helylng oq the concentration of troops enough to completely contrpl 'the' peninsula, -the. Japanese are now ; reported to- "plan th mounting of : the beivlesf guns over used In a siege, and of sufficient, powen to fairly ! tear th .a I J Lm h. VawImw .tone, obliterated tunnela and demol- Isbed gun. .raiAi'i ,j ; mum oaxtszo &osa. ;- kipuiM meporta' OIt e-Oa of Iss . .. . aid ttory . t Bombardiaaat. ,'i '..;.'-,l-.,Jonrsal gpeclal .lervlee.) -'ih Toklo. May It. Tha official rebort bf Admiral Kataa Indicates that th ac- cldental discharge of a nUne which hiw ; ! up - torpedo-boat ' t may hav been .' through wir work which was at that Aim being earned on from tne snore. According to his sUtement, the third fleet arrived oft Korr bay near Dalny ?' esterday. The Japanese , war vessels takushlma. Nlshtn.and Mayako made a " demonstration and bombarded th place, j Tha torpedo, fleet In tha meantime was engaged In finding and destroying mines which had been placed there at a prior Urn by the Russians and later supple mented by Japanese locations. mill iBiiii .' " f "' " - t.- An offlceraad-foae mea wers-laJidedlirtviBttheng-by-tha-as-v mA want tn th& Rucala.ni st&tion f rom ; which led -tha telegraph wires leaaing ' tofth Russian minaa. Thre of the : tnlns were 'successfully 'destroyer by iJ.h jus ;of l thesa.electrlowlresvrror pedo-boat 48 was engaged in picking up another mine for which she had beeq sweeping"., whea the explostont which -gent her -to thr bottom took place. . ? It Is -now"' believed possible that' the premature connecting of the current on the mine whioli was beneath her may fa bave paused the .loss, xv "',;'.f Ijt 5aTTOATXOlT TsntBATMraiOK v Jlyltlsa Ambassador Tears Dragoa nag ' , Xay )Tloa With Japaaese Baaaer. :."' (Jonraal Special 8ervlce.) hWH. $ Birmingham. May 13. -The Binning ham Post aaaerts that Uie foreign, office. has received a long dispatch from Brit; it s MintDter Batow at Pekln, eoncern- Slng China's gUitud lna which :,':h States that mere is open- uii;uuu expressed by the Chinese imperial au thorities "over the repeated .Japanese auecesses. Satow regards this ; as ; th 3 nnier ntnnr in u hbiiuh. k . .v? - 1 China, he Is reported to have, said, cdn only be kept neutral by, the Joint effort of th European aritbaasadors. He ' suggests that Great Britain approach v the other powers to accompiisn una fd. . . ' 3? :CA'-i KAXnm ITBOITOLT ntTBESSSB, - nn lslts of Xasrlaa Ambassadot ... Oaafe Comment. i, K j (Joarn.l Special Service.) A .( Berlin. May 13,-HSInce his return from 4 the, Mediterranean tfliy the kaiser-has ' been visited dally by the Russian am- basaador, causing ' much d' ,omment , In diplomatlo r circles, t These visit 'aus gest that ' negotiations of themost lm- Aportant character are tbelng 'exchanged ? in Berlin and St Petersburg, i The kalsef ri .trongly:impree..dlth th reaUty of.th .yellow.. pery.4,44;j..Juri;j; tAcrx xren .sAJonrxs. mi A ' S" f '- f - ..- - - i f ", One Transport Alone Carries 3,800 Jap- . & t-Qi H,: 6. ansae aMtMSk . ''J!, I fhere state that a Japanese army .of 76,j,n ooo sauea rrom utinnampo on bi trans-1 ... n.,..K i .... - j, . I , -- s Ai m v , -. ' I -. -... . ; iRUINS OF 1 . ' ' " ? WHO WAS INJURED." TOREADOR CORED ? sVfTOiDEATHiIN'RING & !' ; 1 'BMBBaansMBaaBaBw- - i, JeeraaI-Speelal 8ervke.)J; ; -.: e ' Lisbon, , May - 13. Fernando : Olivelera. the . celebrated bull- , flith ter, was gored to death, last . Thursday, whUe-giving an exni-; ibltlon. '4 His horse stumbled. v " throwing Olivelera directly - In front f the, charging bull, which, ; trampled his head, disemboweled k: e .hlm. with a wleked thrust of hlsj, mangled body - high n 'air. ' The bull, which 'was a partlc- 4 ularly savage' .animal, 'had been i e slstants previous to the" appear-, e d - anoe-iOf' the ceiebratedSj toreador, ilWhO: W 'an ldollot.th,, Spanish ; . people? OUviera entered the ring e ireeted by a, thunderous applause- r from- the- assembled multitude,-? 4 e "; and whlla" acknowledging, thlsrre. I ception. by bows tp the right and : eV left, the maddened bulL who had 1 e been' goaded to frensy by conttn- '- e e ued worry of the picadors, caught, ' eSslght' f Ihls SanUgdnlst (gnd ' e charged,' killing him Instantly. ' eJ(;A panto followed, inv the audl- e ,'ence,' women fainting and a 'gen-;, e era! rush - was made for the exit V A number, were seriously injured was finally killed Hy assistants e e and the-body of the fighter re-,. e ' moved from the arena. ; tc.e :.VaJ-4 a..-.',.' -tv-a.:.- 77-rr-A7-"j-,e e e w WHY ROSE COGHLAN ( ' I ;-:iDRpPPED DIVORCE Intml Diwlil ManW V " J A.', i l Helena, Mont, MaylJ. The mystery of . the dismissal on - plaintiffs motion of - the . divorce csutt hrourht bv Rose Coghlan, Nthe actress, , for divorce, from John T. Sullivan,- has' Just been solved. The ic tress believes that the 'Stringent code. tf.:New,bTork'-tate, which- s her home. wlll not, recognise a divorce ap plied for In Montana while she was i on a tour witk hercompahy. ';v'H-'-;? I- -ifc :? . Rose Coghlan Is best known; for ' her performances of Peg fWofflngton. and kindred partial John -T' Sulllvanlwas her leading man ia Jocelyn when he married her,' but' the touple have lived apart for some years. f tLJJ.r -I "f nlfThl. iI h. &P?-,lA ti:!. 1:,?. 1 L,l '5? 'VJournal 'SDeeW Bnl(e.i &?W Mi Corsfcana," Teat," May 13.--The 'Texas division of, the United Commercial Trav el era con vened lh annual esalon In Cor sicana today, and, the meeting will con tinue until Sunday. Several, hundred del egates and visitors are ila attendance ! from . -various parts; of the ,sute , The organliaflon In Texas Is In a flourish condition, as regards botfc i xnAmber. "'f nots of the. several officers,,! The vis- llwi 0 iq wuisy .. wj caaa j vinci muicu gw av. Ku-.i I " - 4". THE BUILDINGS DESTROYED BY FIRE LAST NIGHT. PHOTOGRAPH BY Proclamation Sighed Add- ln34I8,O0O Acresto"; (Jeoraal Speelal Bervlee.) .Washington, May .11. Disregarding th ' superstition lhvoltlng , the number II,' the president this morning signed the proclamation .which opens for set Uement the lands of the Rosebud In dtan agency In South Dakota. The lands over which Indian wars were conducted with such bitterness are to be turned ly the plowshare and a great domain is to be added to the agricultural area of the middle, west -v '. The lands are to be thrown open at I o'clock oa the morning of August t, and a rush Is expected. The proclamation covers, 411,000 acres. .v, Under the- terms of the opening,, the land sales will go by lot, this governing the . pricex also, , ApplicanU .registering their snames vwith government officials Willi bet appointed to-, conduct , the . draw lnsa.': i ' . " r -Tha Bride asked by the government Is II .an acre.-far below the value of the Land, which is very desirable. Similar lands In north western . Iowa are . now uoted at i80 an acre, and ar jEtot.com monly : offered , f or 1 sale . even , at , that price., t - ...'., ... . , .It Is expected by the land office that ter ln.thaiape.ofTsecurlng a choice bit oi larming. proper - ,-. , GAMBLING CAUSES . SINGULAR SUICIDE !- . a ' ." k.-.t (Joarsel SpeeUl Servtee.) . -Buffalo. N.' ''T., May H.Remarklng Itheater is .S" thaater is fine for: a noai-nce to a wealthy New Tork. broker. Jumped from the steamer City of Erie last night an roiite. from Cleveland.' - ! ' The --suicide said before making, the plunga that.h was financially Involved to the extent of-$16,000, due to, bis AMdinrra in cottoiw bad "gone up against ha broken my nerve." - ,vJs body was . not .. recovered. . , , j relS-O'F ':.-f:XD,'B.B, Ai' opportunity will be given Portland citlsens to protest? against 'vtb private closed saloon boxes and to protests to some purpose next Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock when the' liquor license com mittee of the . council will, meet at the j nance, introduced by Councilman H. B, rate or tno or- declded.' Much Will i depend on . the amount of public ihteresttsbown nd the-number, of citl sens present who are wllilnr to make a stand againsf the box and' tc favor the proposed erdinance. ; j . - 'i,4. w':- if . - It ' la promised that - all ? who " appear before the committee wUl vrecelve at tention and consideration, as at least three . ot the" committee have, expressed themselves as being ' opposed : to the closed saloon box,'---' - a, -.v Since revelations of u the j. saloon,, box ie? it ustv awu uiotww w iJUIM IhjIIhIJus 1 iuSHmnnMan lahil. I SCORES HUSBAND Judgeilogue Declares D.G. VanlloateiiSlioiildH Be in Prison. Tn my opinion yon should be In the penitentiary. Instead of being at large and terrorising your wife. I don't see any way whereby you should have been turned loose after murdering that man, and no Jury on earth except the one that did It would have given you freedom.' This was the startling and sensa tional statement from the lips of Munlc Ipal. Judge Hogue this morning when David O. Van HDuten, who slew Albert Young in a fit of Jealousy was arraigned before the court on a charge of assault and battery. Mrs. Minnie Van Houten was the complaining witness. It was because the husband thought her affec tlons had been alienated by Young that he fired the fatal shots at the victim. After a f trial In the circuit court- the Jury quickly acquitted" Van Houten. ' Tought.fo OaUd.., Van. Houten. capped the. climax for his deeds when' late yesterday afternoon at the. corner of. First and Clay streets he walked up to his wife and mother-in-law. Who were with little Hasei van Houten, aged" seven years, and . took the child. There .was a sensational, scene, for the mother realised, her child was, being torn from her, and called an officer . who chanced to be near. . But . Van Houten seoredflrst'--and r took Hasel.--!- He boarded, a Gresham street-car.. going toJ mo nome ot ueorge Dcmerua, wnere no already ,had little Agnes, the 6-year-old COllO. I iThis .morning In court, after, entering a, plea of sot guilty to the charge,' and after receiving Judge Hogue's- lecture,' Van -Houten said, he had : finished his plans here, now that be had secured both of the children, and that, he, was soon go ing to Montana. This ., scheme will -b nipped In the bud by, the court officers, for Detective Hawley, of the Boys'-and Girls Aid society; will be, dispatched' to Qresham and will bring, them to the re ceiving home' until this" case is settled. Monday was Set as the date for the trial of the present,. case. . . . . . . Asks Ooort for , rroteotlon, Tf your honor please, I think some' thing should be done for the protection of Mrs. .Van Houten," said Deputy City noed, nn tE Vote' THE SALOON BOX HEARD ON MONDAY Ing s citlsens and - police officers, '. publio sentiment has been aroused' on the sub ject as never before. Many well known an Influential citlsens have for the past week been working quietly but effective ly to bring the question to a 'final set tlement at once. The enemies of the sa loon box want the matter brought to a foCUS. I ' " .. .- ' . A - ; As ; the report . of the committee On the Ordinance will doubtless receive the support of the council and as the ma jority of the councilmen will support any measure determined by a commit tee of five - of its number, the meeting Monday will probably. for, the time at least, determine the fate ' Of " the - ordi nance vand Uie saloon box., , , f 'The crusada against ' saloon boxes ,is of comparatively recent origin, .but It Jhas so far " been .. preae with -vigor. Officers of the Boys' and .Girls' Aid So Clety, city detectives, patrolmen and. m - anthMrf wh-sb -ft Alinrll I 4 ,- ' 'U II M I II II II II II II I ! I IV V 7 , MAY -13, 1804, Illinois Convention Storm ' lest ;iniYiars!UricIe Joe" Is Firm (Joaroal Special Serrlee.) . . Springfield, 111., May !. The greatest fight in the history of an Illinois Re publican gubernatorial campaign began this mornlng when the second day's ses sion of the state convention opened. All ' combinations of candidates - were broken to pieces. For SO minutes no' business was transacted on account of the deafening uproar which Chairman Cannon threatened to bring to an end by adjourning the. convention. The up roar became so great that the chairman broke his gavel In an effort to attract attention. , The Credentials committee report with Yates in full control was finally adopted. "Uncle Joe" Cannon, as the permanent chairman of the convention.' received a great ovation. Senators Cullom, ' Hopkins, Bpeaxer Cannon" and Governor Tat es' were chosen as delegates at large to. the national con vention. The resolutions -committee re ported a' platform ;whlch Instructs the delegates . to vote tor Kooseveii ana recommends the name of Congressman R. R. Hitt for the vice-presidency, with out argument the report was unanimous.- ly adopted. . - .- t. The convention In order to clear its decks, resolved to hear no nominating speeches and the roll call of the districts Governor, Yates led In tha balloting. but, gradually . cut down his figures as the" voting continued. On thorourtn ballot Yatea had a lead of only 100 votes over Lowden, with Deneen 16, votes behind 'Lowden. , It was practically a deadlock. ,' . The ballots necessary for a choice. are 762.. On the sixth ballot Yates had 493 votes, Lowden 404 votes, Deneen 383 votes. MUXSTlia VSES KZVOX.TZX. ' b-7jaaraal.Spedai Serrlee.) ' V A Texarkana, Ark., May 13. During an encounter between Rev. .8. I. Hay den and Rev. .J. 8. . Cranflll, 'on a railway, train entering nils city, the latter fired two shots, at the former from a rapid fire ..revolver, -neither shot taking effect The ' trouble was caused by , a personal disagreement pointed out the evils of the private box in a manner a to brlna the Question strongly to th front At ' the secret meetings held a few weeks sgo in city churches astonishing revelations were made and business men who had. never before engaged in Investigations Intrthe moral ' conditions here were - Informed of matters that they had never dreamed of . It 'was clearly brought v out that the saloon box Is the primary Instru ment' in the ! ruin : and degradation of many girls. It was proved by men who had Investigated the' saloons In the re stricted district that " in many eases robberies' had occurred in' closed ; boxes, the victims being Ignorant men. half stuplfied with '.drink, the criminals abandoned' women of the lowest type, Councilmen, who are favorable to the ordinance say that the meeting Monday will be moat Important as the fate of the Albee bill , will largely depend on the Interest " shown by . the people of Pfirt Isnff. j -v.';',:'- HIS GAVEL : j. 7... -....., Si.'' ,. ' ,'' ' .. v RISER BROS. WATCHMAN HAINES, WHO-f WAS . . i'BADtY BURNED- ' . HORRIBLY WOUNDED CRAWLS TO CAMP . .. - (Jonrnal SpeelarScrvlee.) Eugene. Or May 13. With his' leg shattered by the " accidental.' ' discharge of a heavy-calibre re- ' volver, OrvUle .Waller, a watch-1 man at ' the Lucky , Boy mine, crawled up-a steep mountain side v for more .tluuTa' mile with the ' determination: of saving' hm. life., ,., jyalier , was ' employed ss .. ! ' watchman In the stamp mill. and. . f was Slone at the time of the So- - cldent. which was caused by, his ', stumbling and dropping hla re.-.4 . vol ver. The weapon, was dls-, i charged upon striking the ground. Waller's trip, was one of ter- t'rlbie suffering, as he had a' tor-; :-tuo route to tmveK'sIn-! i, weakened, condition he spent more - .' than five hours in making, the "trip. ..... .. .:..vv . ' 1 Although Waller was exhausted '- from loss of j blood when, he ! reached ' the camp, It " Is 'not1 thought; that ampuutlon of his leg will be necessary; v - LADY MANAGERS . INSPECT. THE FAIR i (Special. Ptepateh. to. The Jooraal,) ; World's Fair Grounds, St Louis.) Mo., May' 18.-i-Tht lady managers, govern ment commissioners, and exposition offi cials went In 'a 'body yesterday to in spect the exhibits' and palaces of the exposition' and found vast -spaces filled to overflowing With wonderful and ad mirably Installed exhibits. A great army of men employed In the work has made amasing progress In completing the instalIatlonthis week. V MRS. MARY PHELPS MONTGOMERY. ELEBRATE FIRST , JAMESTOWN LANDING (Joornal 'Special Sefvtae.) , Washington. D. ; C, ; May 13. Repre sentatives of patriotic and historical so cieties of Washington, : Richmond,, and other places' gathered today at Sewall's Point and participated In exercisea, held tn 'celebration of the. 397th 'anniversary Of the .first, landing Of : th Epgll&h at Jamestown. The observance , today was in the nature of preliminary ' to the celebration,, of ' the tercentenary of - the founding of Jamestown. - which la - to take the form of a great exposition to be held In 1907.. -..' V, . , .v . SOCX WOBXEBI WTXXt 8TRXX33. (Journnl Sim-lal Service.) Kouen, Frunce. May 13. The " dock workers have ilochlcd to strike as con- cepstons which tticy have asked have not been granted, . !.:-'A;';a ' -': TKE CIRCULATION ; OF THE JOURNAL-;; r k : iv lEStERDAYWAS: 1 m I LLS Firefe Destroys 'Three; ; targe Manufacturing ;; - Plants. MANY WORKMEN -IDLE Multqomab Trnnk and Jox factory, Lomber Co., and Powers Furniture Factory Tota'ly ( t; Destroyed. ; Smoldering ruins are all that remains on ths stte, wher Tnttian eanjr:bour thla ' morning stoodthe -plants, of . tha. Multnomah Trunk A Box company, tha Day Lumber company anB ,the Ira K. Power Manufacturing cdmpany. ' The. total loss' Is over. 1350,000. The Insur ance is less than one-third of ' this amount Three hundred . men are thrown out of employment The manufacturing , plants were .lo cated between the river bank and Moody street and Bancroft and Thomaa atreeta. When the "fir alarm was turned in- at, 11:30 o'clock last night the whole plant of the Day' Lumber company was- In flames, and before Engine No. l, wnicu - was the first of the fire department's ap paratus at the blase, could reach the " scene the mill was In ruins. - :- Although- th ,firm -worked Ilk -- Trojans for six hours, they wer oar fled on every hand by th lack of wa- ' ter. Only three streams could be turned on the biasing mills, one. of these hav, lng to be pumped for nine blocks. The fir started In the Day mill and . spread rapidly. About Jl:30 V o'clock last night. Watchman Sherman Halnrs started to feed' th furnae ef the mill with sawdust the fuel being shoveled Into the furnsce through a . narrow chute, Within a minuta an explosion occurred In th furnace, which caused . a great mass of Sparks to be scattered about the bin where the fuel. was kept. In sn Instant the whole mill Was s blase . Haines mad a heroic effort to put out the flames, but his work r was useless. Seeing that he could do nothing to ,l check the spresd of the blase, the watchman attempted to crawl out of the mllL But he ' had lingered near the burning bin too long.-lor when he at. -. tempted to escape b was strrounded by a wall or names, xmowing m nwrBov exit Haines covered his face with his hands snd Jumped. Aitnougn . ne goi out o the mill unaiaea, ne naa to w carried to his room at th Riverside hotel. , H is- badly burned about the face and left arm, whll his left hand was almost burned; to a crtsp.7- - . tack of Watx Caused Soss, . Within 13 minutes after th alarm . was turned in . lour - aoiiui buuiwiiwo, three hos companies and two . trucks were at the scene. ; Chief. Campbell at once saw tnat in nremen wwum m greatly handicapped by th lack of wa-, tr. Ther were several hydrants scat tered about-h.ard -of th . Day mill. but these Troved useless.r Several of ; the mill handa who rusnea to tne nrt soon aa the blase was discoverer. had attached a- few short -lengtns - or the company's hose to these hydrants, but the rapid spread of " the flames . : qnickly drove them away, whll the water Biuaswer-lef t-openr"'This rv duced the flow of -the two or'three hy-I d rants near the outside of the mlil yards to.almost nothing, jajtfw. - Seeing that ix quica acuan were not taken th flam" wouM tpteid 'across""'" the railroad on-Moody street and per haps wipe out a large portion of South " Portland, Chief - Campbell . ordered -an cine 3 to a hydrant eight blocks away. rom here water was pumped to' en- trine l. stationea neany i.oou xeei nirr the fire, which In turn pumped a si ream Into the bias. This tandem ; scheme was an experiment-but the local fire-, men say that "It worked as beautifully a t as could be hpped for."' A:--;.!,rAj,l; Two other streams were brought Into . play by engine 4 being stationed along , the river bank, -while engin puffed merrily away near the burning mills.' ' "If we had only had water!" said Assist ant Chief Laudenklos, "If we had only had water! Although th Day mill was a goner before the alarm was turned tn. th other plants might hav been saved If we had only bad the streams to play . on them." - . a . , ' , A : Mr. Wreaa Sorry fo SCssw i-r-t "Although the loss of our plants falls a . verv heavily on us.. I cannot heln but being more sorry for th men that are thrown .out of employment than for our own losses, said S. E, Wrenn, president of . the Multnomah Trunk A Box com- -. pany. this morning. ' "By th burning of the factories or our plant is mea ar - out of work. Of cours. we expect to rebuild as soon as possible, but it will " be som time before these men can be at work again." v;sfA;A ' Jr.;-1--'. In sneakina of his losses. Mr. wrenn said that they would easily reach $15.0,- .' 000, while the Insurance would not be over 340,000, If that muclt,The plants ; -of this company which were destroyed by, this morning fire wore-fA'-A j-t: Th sawmill, with, a capacity er so,- 000 feet of lumber per day; box factory, planing mill and veneer plant. A few weeks ag th trunk factory ; of this . company was moved to 44 Front street where wer stored nearly all the trunks recently 'manufactured. although ISO were saved from the South Portland fac tory last night these having been stored : there for shipment, the latter part of this week. - - 3Knoh Tfaumher l-osi. "In our yards," continued Mr. Wri. were piled l.SOO.OOO fft't f - tOO.OOO feet of which v .- '-..,r The average value cf t l $14 per thousand. A t season la almoit on, v i " '-t,hrlv. :;i. .V'-iVT''"-v-