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7 ,'."'j-.v-' : ". :'; V G OOD EVENING. ; , . TXB WSATXXa. Tonight, showers; Saturday, fair: warmer during- the afternoon i wast to northwest winds. .. ' ' : .1 n M TEE CIRCULATION OP THE JOURNAL YESTERDAY WAS lira. VOL. III. NO. 113. , PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 15, 1904. PRICE FIVE CENTS. UlILIKq IM LINE W All III dAHLl lb tlAluIllilAII Rapid River Current Eatmg Its ' Irresistibly Into the Bank of Sand WHich Has Impeded Navigation Government Is Pressing the Work of ; Construc tion With Unprecedented Speed and 1 7,000 Feet of Trestle Will Soon Be Completed ; - ; One mora year of prbrk.upoiif the'Jetty . at tha mouth of the Columbia will prac tically solve tha great problem of an . open rlvar from Portland to tha sea. ' Before tba eloae of l0 the bar which -now Impede the passage of dep sea vessels should no longer block the en- trance of Oregon'! great waterway. teadlly and Irresistibly, as the advano , Ing Jetty moves seaward, the channel to - "The north of It outs Into the bar. eating Its wsy to the deep water beyond. . 1 . - 80 rapidly is the work of extending . the Jetty progressing that by the end of : next season It Is expected to reach a to tal length of six and three fourths miles v from shore, or two miles and a half be yond the point It had reached at the end ef last year. Careful soundings taken , (or a series of years demonstrate that with each extension of the , Jetty the , deep water of the channel . has also . moved westward, extending always ' ; from one to two miles further out than the longitude of the Jetty's-outer ex tremUy. When, the Jetty reaches It In ' tended length of six and three fourths Miles the swift current or the channel will havs siloed off the crest of tha bar ' and swept It Into the create depths of i ,the open sea. Xn water where the ' soundings show a depth of from 7! Jo 1E0 feet, all-danger oflhe formation of another bar will be at an end. . , . ' How the Bar Is Tormad. T The bar la the. creation of the ocean currents which sweep up and down the coast, carrying Jn suspension vast quan tities of sand. This sand Is first gath ered, up by v the storm waves and then carried along by the littoral currents until precipitated either by such an ob struction as j. Jetty or a Jutting head land, or - by soma counter current. When' the original Columbia river Jetty was completed In 1895, it gave a chan nel tl feet in depth, unhindered by any obstruction at tha river s mouth. But the removal of 'the bar did not prove permanent.. True, the channel had been extended further toward the open sea. but the unceasing action of the littoral currents gradually piled up the Sand south of the Jetty until a new shore line had been created. In effept the Jetty had caused the shore line south -of the river's mouth to move seaward until It was even with Cape Disappointment, on the north ' bank of - the river. - unaer these conditions the Jetty no longer pre vented the deposit of- saqd upon the bar. Commencing near the outer term inus of the original Jetty, the bar-curves THE OFFER to Compromise-SL Paul Riotous. ' (JouraargpeeUr gerrle. - ' .Chicago, July 18. Prospects for an Immediate and' peaceful settlement of the packers' strike was' given 'a set back at noon' today when . President Donnelly of the butchers' union re jected the propositions submitted yby the packers at a meeting last night. The packers' offer was as follows: "In reply to your note ana explana tion of what you are willing to arbi trate, we cannot acquiesce In the same. We are willing to arbitrate ehe whole matter covering wages snd working conditions of all employes out on strike. you having the privilege of bringing be fore the arbitrators for decision any question of wage' or conditions or any (Continued on Page Two.) Railway Merger Are Settled. Tlndtherlnonth wttt witness the formal consummation of the. merger of Port land's street railway sy items. 'with the ownership and management In a single corporation. The controlling interests In both the City Suburban and the Portland railway have already agreed upon all the details of the proposed con solidation, nnd only the formality of a ratification by meetings of the stock holders of the two companies remains. These meetings will be held on or-about August 15. , While the officers of tha two railways naturally decline to speak for publica tion In advance of the stockholders' meetlnrs. the accuracy of tha newa pub lished yesterday in The Journal Is un- FOR WORD Butchers'. Union Refuses Air Details of the Street Prosecution of Gamblers St Petersburg Hears That HilPIsEnioiried From ' Distributing Securl- . ties Stock. ; ; Delayed by Sher iffs Absence. (Continued on Page Three.) Owing to the abseneroT sheriff TPord from the city, no move" wiU be made in prosecuting the proprietors Of Portland gambling houses today, ' the - wish of District Attornejr Manning being that Mr. Word- serve. Uxe warrants and make the arrests. The positions assumed yesterday' by District Attorney Manning and Dan R. Murphy, attorney for the proprietors ef the Orpheum gambling establishment' were not changed, Mr. Murphy ays he will continue to swear to complaints sgalnst those who persist 'In gambling and ths district attorney declaree be will vigorously prosecute the cases. The result will be, it is asserted, a (Continued on Page Two.) (Continued on Page Six.) 1 WATCH FOR THE SUNDAY JOURNAL 2 ; T T COVERS THE NEWS'OF.THE WORLD in a comprehensive manner, made possible by T A its Special Leased Wire Service. Local items are covered: in its usual complete style. i twt . t r m 1 ... .Lin 1 i nr. . : j r..n -1 .inert are uic punny pictures in colors to piease uic cniiurcn, anu uic magazine is iuu ui uucr estinc. instructive and amusin? articles. . ' : AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA'AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaAAAJiAeieiASaajSlSie' 4 44. A A ' ' ' ' ' ' ' i'; Struggle Is On at Ta Tche Kiao; ! r (Jonraat Bpaelal BViiiIh.)-- SL Petersburg, July 15. It is re ported that a battle is now being fought at Ta Tche Klao and that great bodies of men on each side are pitted against each other. TJiere lst. no official con firmation of ths report and there la nothing in the situation to indicate Ite improbability, and it therefore receives some credence here amonai the well In- It was expected at staff headquarter that a battle would be rought at this point "yesterday but the Japanese made a feint, then rapidly marched across tba Russian front and took positions on bills overlooking the Russian encampment. From three sides the Japaneae are marohlngand Kuropatkin'e forces are thus compelled to attack the Japaneae who have tha advantage of .position' In tba bills, or await tha time until the Japanese are able to bring a much more powerf uJ-eree esatnet him. , . Kuropatklri, 'owing - to -the character of hie troops, - Is undoubtedly anxious that the great battle which la either be ing fought a this time, or at least seems certain to occur within a few days, should take place on the open plain. - in the latter line of battle he would be able - (Continued on. Page Twe.)-; JovrDat" Special Serriee.) Trenton. July 18. United Btats Judge Bradford came here- today from Wilmington and filed his opinion in the -famous Becuritiee ease. The result of ' the opinion is that the preliminary in junction, la granted enjoining the carry ing out of the proposed plan to dis tribute the stock of the Northern Paclflo and Great Northern. The Judge says that the litigation is not ripe for final", hearing and that the provisional In junction la granted In order to protect the rights of the complainants, 'because should the final decision result In favor of the complainants there would be no assets, left for distribution without a preliminary injunction. The merits of the main question were not raised and are not passed upon. The decision created a sensation throughout the country and la said to be .agalnat ail -yrevtoue-rullngs of-the--United Btatea -supreme court- and the other cirouit courts. There . wss a flurry on the stock exchanges In aU the cities of the country snd on the New York exchange there was wild excite ment. ; It la generally considered a great vlo- (Contlnued on Page Three.) TT GOVERNMENT-JETTTAT .... .. .,f.. .. . .. , ,. ... v-.-., .i ; tt."i t'ic? I'-'i; "it - ' i Vi '' f . ; '" v. ':,..? . '.--.'' -.. - 1 ; . ' l.v- " v . t V'lAVV'f-'' :- t S-' f '-"i 'V; :r' 'flrr-"- , '''' ,--''f " , r:-m'Atsio &H' fr: ' -, --. y ...... : .. r 't t : ., ,. , 4 ns. i9f yj. . .;j'- V.r,.;'-, ,".v:v.t.,.i. ' . .''-"-V V ' 5&X ; ! .;.,,.,' .-.',.. ... - iV, VMs, : . ' .' " ' ' ' :' '' " ' ' ' ' i .'-v.vfc' ---!...'. -.' i , 'i .CC,-L - . ' NsiVA:. 1 r ' '" It v . ; , , r ' ..... 9 . v - : 8 - as- . . 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