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fK POD EVENING.- , " THE GRCULATION . OF THE JOURNAL ; YESTERDAY WAS vjr r .... . Tonight and Wednesday fair; oon tnued warm; northerly wind. WOL. III. NO. 116, PORTLAND. - OREGON,' TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 19, 1904. PRICE FIVE CENTS. FIGHT THE HAVE TO FACE BRITISH I V J w J Al. -r-:LrM "'. . V I- II j II II II IV J I. II ROSEBUD LAND RUSH JS LIKE CHARGE OF ARMY ; 1 CONMzE Pi BEAR ,. "-"SBBsasSSSSSSaasSBS SSSBBSSBS eSBBSBMSBajBBsSSBBSSBBBl tMenlim i 'i i 'i r- - (Jearoal Special Service.) ''"" '.' ' ' Yankton, 8. D July II. Never la the history Of this, country &a , . rush - for land caused auch axel lament aa reigns hara today. Although yesterday re corded an. exceedingly heavy : reglstra tloiv that af .today will far exceed 'any previous day sines the booka ware " opened. '" ' ... " .. -' - -r , Beginning" at the door 'of the regis- ' tratlon office and extending a dlatanoe f aeveral block e la a Una ef landaaekera. . many of them tired and worn, and some almost at the point of exhaustion from ' the heat of the. hot July sun that beats down .. mercilessly from 1 an : unclouded ky: . r;t s , - . - The enormous crowd, apparently anx lous to secure a home on -the Dakota S rallies la being constantly augmenled y. every Incoming train..' t . , rf ' There are 4K.00O acraa to ba parceled ut. the opening scenes of which began July t. and the closing drama la to be enacted July II. The element of chance 'prevents the .allotment being a mere Iirosalo story of rush to register, fol owed by quIeCselectlon. Chamberlain, Platte, Oeddes and 'this city are points of entry Into' the new, ELLIOTT'S VIEWS ; , HOWARD I v?Kr H I I.X.U III Ml . - ' ". Ill WM 1T.".V '.' f ilW ' i 1 i rv w ; II IkW : II ill K& i I I A Vt ' if m ; A it '. l '- I I IK W , m urn : rreaident or we normern facino nauroaa. -t ' As the guest of A. D. CKar.lton, as sistant passenger agent of th Northern raclflc,' President Howard Elliott of that road drove. out to the fair grounds this afternoon together with the other offi cials who are accompanying him en his trip.. Being a director In the St Louis fair Mr. Elliott takes a great amount of Interest In the success of the 10I ex position. ,, The party spent the entire afternoon on the grounds and Mr. Elliott visited the buildings that are In course of erection- A number of felr officials were present besides many local officials of other roads. , ( '. , Tomorrow morning Mr. Elliott and party wUl take the eleotrto line for Van couver and will spend several hours In the Washington town. After visiting thft piece ' they will proceed through Washington. visiting Seattle, Taooroa. Spokane and other cities. A week .or 10 dart will be spent In Wash ington. :. .;. . i . . . x. i . t Testerday the distinguished visitors vera the guests of E. E. Calvin, vice. in Line All country. ' From Chamberlain there Is a boat on' the Missouri running south SO miles 'to '.the reservation, or a. bridge over'' the river for such of .those -who prefer to ride or driva Bonesteel, In Nebraska, is another .registration place. As to the application, any-eltlsen of the United States who is II years old or more (whether 'male' or female), heads of families under tl years of age, and every veteran' of the civil war or the war .with 'Spain, Is eligible under the homeatead actt , Theae may enter 160 acres .of land or. less, the requirements calling for five , years' resldenoa, save as to the veterans ,of wars, who may have their terms of service in the army deducted from thi period of residence. ' To' register for these lands it is neo essary for the applicant, unless he Is a veteran, to appear In person, and he must not" register more than once be tween Jufy i and July II. When he is registered the applicant wilt be given a,' paas. enabling - blm to go upon the lands and look about' that he may make his selection understanding. ' When the registrations are complete. (Continued on Page Five.) PARTY FAIR SITE ELTJOTT , V .y: ' 'V president- and general manacer of the O. R. N., on a trip on the Willamette river. AC I o'clock yesterday' afternoon the steamer Elmore left, the Ash street dock for a tour of the water front. On board were President Elliott and party and a- number of prominent cltliens of Portland. The exotirslon was taken Ju order to acquaint the offlefsjg with the harbor facilities of the city and with the water front.. - ... It wes President Elliott s first trip on the river and he was perhaps the most Interested passenger on the -boat. He asked roanyqieatlone--and Seemed but prised at the wonderful water facilities of Portland.;'- -'' .-- . The trip, was certainly one of the most enjoyable that It has aver been my plessura to take," he said. . I am not well liiJormed on the subject of rivers, but from whet I have seen and observed I should .think that tkifl city has; excel lent harbor facilities and "Wonderful chancee In a shipping way. The soenery along the river la magnificent and Is not surpassed by other places that X have seen." ... - " III WW ' BjaasMssjaMBJI ". ' ' St Paul Strikers Victor ious in a Free-For- AH Meleer- DEPOSE THEIR LEADERS Business Agent Steep. Delares Unions ; Have Lost Control of Their Men -Chicago Arbitration . :t s : at Standstill. -'i v , . . (Journal Special Service.) St Paul, Minn., July. More om inous are the conditions present In the strike today than at any other stage. President Willis and Business Agent Steel have been deposed from the man agement of the strike for ordering the abandonment of a picket barricade late Monday afternoon after aa Interview of the former with Governor. Van -Zant s The strikers appointed a committee to take charge and the committee or dered tha pickets back on duty. - The pickets this . morning resisted the police-"' who- were trying - to force men through the lines. A free for all fight followed. The police farmed Into a solid squad and : charged through the mob of strikers, but the first blows were struck by the officers, who commenced to use their clubs with telling effect The strikers responded by using tholr fists freely and with- such effect that the officers finally desisted from their efforts,- not- however, until several strike breakers were carried through the lines. . -r - . Aside from many bruised heads and a few more serious scalp wounds, no one showed serious injuries as a result of the fray. .,.,T,.W. i. ..-, ..- - Business Agent Steep, who was de posed: declares that the unions have lost control of their men and predicts more serious outbreaks,'- ..,:;: . AJaSZTaVaTkOW SZZXS SISTAaTT, Big Caioago Packers Ooastaatly Zasreass Their OperatJoaa,. (Jour Del giMrlel Berviee.1 Chicago, July 1. The torrid heat aids the police In preserving peace, at the 'Stock yards today, -although non union negroes and Italians continue, to corse into the yards hourly. The pack ers this morning Increased the number of their killing beds In operation. to butchers having arrived from the east The large firms each expect to average 1,000 cattle and J,0a hogs today.. ; The attitude of the packers has become more confident and less conciliatory.. The unions are less confident, but still pre dict victory. - . , r j ., General Manager Meeker-, of the Ar mour plants this morning said: "We are getting along - finely without the unions, and I think we have the situa tion well la hand." s. Several trains arrived at the stock' yards this morning. This morning's mall brought the packers a comrnunlca tlon from 'the Stockmen's association of Montana offering ts furnish BOS cowboy butchers, "who can take cart of them selves. The offer was declined. , The leaders in charge of the Strike met this morning at the Sherman House to prepare an uittmamm to the packers. Should this final peace move fail, -the probability is that 'the engineers,' fire men, stearafltters, coopers and painters will declare an Immediate strike. This final . statement Is being carefully nrded. V -t the conclusion of the meeting of union leaders. President Donnelly stated that they had met and exchanged Ideas as to a sympathetic strike. It Is safe to- say there will be no such strike tomorrow," continued Don- -nelly.- - "I don't' want to see It myself. What ultimate action will be taken, however, has not yet oeea decided.'.' Omaha Mechanical Craftsmen .rail to , ., - ( Quit , Work - as . gapeated. , i - . .- , Journal Special Service.) -Omaha, July 1. The strike situa tion la unchanged this morning. Await ing the result of the conference In Chi cago - today the mechanical craftsmen did not' walk out at noon as waa decided Monday. If the conference proves un satisfactory thy will quit on the call of the president. f - . . The packers have a few more men and are -doing a little more work,tody. The stock receipts were twice ss heavv ss In any7 day since the strike began. xzuijro zs xjan. St. Zrfmls Packers Despise StaWatente ' ; . Bo Small nanghterlng'. . ; . tJournal Ipeclal Service. . - St Louis. -July 1. -The sltuatloa at the stock yards, today Is practically un changed. ; The packers., aotwlthstsndlng their statements, havf not been able to siaugbtsr tne cattle now in the pens. 1 Today 10 negro . laborers . were re cruited, but were not Interfered with by Hia strikers: -i j . ..-va .-Ti- tf STBZata KAY omow. Kaasas City Strikers rareatea te Call ; Oat tas ritesaaa. , . ?".. . '.' ' (Jserasl Special Servire.) ' 1 Kansss City, July If. No trouble at tended the openlrts of the packing houses this morning. liuslness Agent Rein bardV df the PacWlng Trades Council, era advised offiblaliy today that the (Continued bn Page Three.) Miss Myers ResignsiBe cause, of Quarrel:WItt entev- MANY OTHERS HAVE QUIT No Announcement Made of the Result of the Last Inquiry Into Numerous ; ; Charges' Against the ; Chief Official There. ' As an outcome of the long-continued strife existing at the county poor farm. -Miss Mary Myers, the superintendent of nursing, resigned her position yester day and removed all her effects front the institution. Dr. Bow lea the . house physician, has - threatened to resign twice 'in the last wo weeks but has been held -atz. the county hospital through the earnest solicitation of County Judge Webster - and County Commissioners Barnes and Ughtner. Miss Myers is a sister of Jefferson Myers, president . of the Lewis and Clark fair, commission. She -has an enviable record In her : profession of nurse, and has succeeded In Introducing aeveral radical reforms at- the county hospital during ' her . Incumbency aa superintendent of nursing. Mra Lucy MOrgsn, Who is highly recommended by the city "board of charities, has been chosen her successor.. .. . Second to steslga. This makes the second resignation as the resident head of the oounty hospital sines J. K. Courtney has Deen superin tendent of the poor farm. Mies K. M. Shepherd occupied the position for more than a year but clashed with Courtney so frequently' that she refused to re main g, the institution. '- Miss - Myers was appointed " head nurse by that county court about mine months ago. She' found a It airs In a chaotic state arid immediately set about Instituting reforms, with the approval of Dr. E. P. Geary, the county physician. She clashed with Courtney, frequently sad several attaches resigned on ac count of the- trouble. , Finally Miss My ers Informed the county court that she could not succeed In her plans as long is Courtney was allowed to have charge of the hospital a , well as, the poor farm. The ' court hesitsted and Miss M yerar res brhed. ' This sot dif not leak out until a few weeks ago, when It was recounted In The Journal In connection with recent troubles at the Institution. . Courtney's Vows 'lessened. In. order to .retain Miss Myers the county court took away the entire man agament of. hospital affairs from Court ney. That the supplies needed by the hospital might be secured without mo tion, a rule was adopted that Courtney should furnish whatever should, be 'de manded on a requisition signed by Dr. deary and Mlss'Myers, who was made superintendent of nursing. - - This seemed to accentuate the bitter feeling engendered between . the em ployes of the two county Institutions rather than to decrease It thou ah It en abled Miss Myers to make a number of needed reforms In " her - department. Finally other complaints began to come in against Courtney... In the lest 'three months more than to charges of browbeating inmates of the poor, farm. Interfering with the Hospital management, ejecting sick men. using pro. fan language, la . the . presence- of women nurses and allowing favorites unwonted privileges havei keen 'lodged with the county court sgalnst tha super intendent of the poor farm. ' .. ... OraaA Jury ZnTertigates. C - The mattar wss taken up by tha last county grand Jury. Courtney appeared before that body on the last day of Its session. He ' blamed Dr. Geary. The Jury visited the poor farm and made a oursory lavestlgation. The members of the Jury yln their official report spoke In favor Lt the system of conducting the hospital and the poor farm under sep arate managements. . Shortly after the grand Jury finished its labors and was discharged by Cir cuit Judge Cleland a demand was made by- Courtney that the county court In vestigate the charges sgalnst him. So much business had accumulated, how ever,, that the court' reuld not take the matter up Immediately. In the mean time . more trouble followed. W. U. Wlllisms, a nurse, collided with Court ney and resigned. His cause waa ehatnploned - by Miss Myers,, and - so much bitterness resulted that when Williams visited the hospital he was forbidden by 'Courtney . to come on the grounda - Williams learned from the proper authority that Courtney had no right to forbid anybody going to a pub- Ire- Institution and returned to the hospital. . - . . '? . ' - v Mieaoe as xnreaasnea. , ' He waa met by Coartney and two In mates, and. It Is asserted, was threat ened with violence If he did not stay sway. - The language used waa so loud that the .women nurses tnrew . up the hospital windows and looked out to see what waa' the trouble. At that time Miss Myers came to the city and made a fresh complaint to the oounty court regarding the language, she aays Court ney used at that time. Miss Arnold, ons of the nurses, resigned her position. ' Then sn Investlgstlon was made by the county court-' The members went to the poor farm and gathered what in formation they -could. The result of thslr visit haa not been announced, but no definite actio haa yet been taken. Believing that Courtney would remain as superintendent Miss Myers packed her effects and left the hospital yes terday. . She was given a two weeks' vacstlori under pay by the court but Informed the court that she did not In tend to return. I Elksl; Mascot-at- Grand "Lodge Meeting Attacks it. Woman on Street, j BEAR IS INTOXICATED Dosed With Beer Enroute to Clncla ; nail ' Becomes Unruly -4 Grand ' ; Lodge Opens Session RV " w . ports Flattering! ' . V (Journal Special Service.) . Cincinnati. O., July . ll.T-The formal opening - of the - grand - lodge . of. Elks, which -took place today, has been pre faced by a series of entertaining svents shd but one untoward Incident, . '. An unknown -woman was attacked by a maddened bear that was In charge of the Huntington. W. Va.r contingent of Elks, on Central avenue, last night and bsfore the animal could "be recaptured it had torn the garments of the woman into ahreda, . : ; 'v . ' ' . . - "1 'Two bears came on the West Virginia Elks special and It Is said both were fed liberally with beer on the way. The crowds at tha depot and the intense heat affected the animals. The second bear broke loose and tore around among the people, but was captured before any damage was done. Yesterday was sltogether a roost pleasurable day, excursions being the predominant , feature or entertainment Last night a river excursion, in which two big steamers were used, closed with a splendid pyrotechnical display on the river shores. Tomorrow the grand parade, in which lt.000 Elks wilt- oartfeipate. The opening exercises were held today In Music ball, which was crowded with midge-bedecked Elks' and their - ladles. when Welter D. . Buekner. - D. D- the grand chaplain, arose and offered prayer. Exslted Ruler August Hermann of Cin cinnati lodge No. made the opening address of welcome. He wss followed by Mayor Julius Flelschmsrt, who wel comed the Klks to Cincinnati. Governor Myron T. Herrlck welcomed tha visitors in behalf of -the '.state of Ohio. Jo seph .T. Fanning of Indianapoliav grand exalted ruler, responded. In the course of his remsrks Mr. Fanning stated that the progress of the Elks In the lest year had never been equaled In the history of the organisa tion. Thla progreaa, he explained, had manifested itself not only numerically. but Internally,' In the development and perfection of thosw - Ideals for , which the organisation stands. ' In the west the order has been eapeclslly progres sive and energetic during the lsst II months, which energy has manifested Itself in the formation of big lodges and the erection of many handsome lodge buildings. - '.Blks Axe O rowing. ' The first business session was held this stfternoon and wss devpted to the reacting of the reports of officers and the election of officers. ; i Grand Secretary Reynolds' report showed thst ths order Is In a high state of prosperity, having a total membership of 177.1CS. In I4 lodges In good stand ing. Pennsylvania leads with the mem bership of 11.441. The financial report gives $li.71 total assets, snd f 11.(14 liabilities. In the emergency, charity fund is $1.S08. snd In the reserve fund ttO.000. After the Baltimore fire lit. 161 was donated for the relief of the suf ferers. PITCHED. BATTLE ON -'BULGARIAN FRONTIER t tJoarael Special Service.) 11 Belgrade, July II. In a pitched battle near Tlchedllova, on ths Bulgarian fron tier, between a strong force of Turks and a band of Bulgsrtaa revolutionists, ths latte wars dispersed losing IS killed and ons wounded, while the Turkish cas ualties were but tws wounded. The trowing discontent along the fron tier becomes more noticeable each day and numerous bands of revolutionists are being daily -oraanlsed. Clashes be tween the belligerents occur with alarm ing frequency and the outlook for peace, from present Indications, Is regarded as far from reassuring. .. . HILL WILL APPEAL FROM LAST DECISION ' (Journal Special S'i it. ) New'Tork, July II. The directors of the Northern Securities company at a meeting today authorised James J. Hill to proceed with the defense of the com pany In the Hariiman suit and to ap peal from, the recent order of Judge Bradford granting a preliminary Injunc tion against tha distribution of tha com- psny's sssets. . i' i 11 "sT - " ' " - xmvixm Bess o nuvmrss. ; (Special Pw patch to The Journal ) ' Taooma. July II. Peter Napoleon, a Purallun Indian, died yesterday la the hospital, as the result of Injuries by being thrown from a high' trestle yesterday while sleeping on the track of the Taooma A, Seattlel Interurban rail way. Another Indian was hurled Into the brush at ths same time, but escaped uninjured. . . . . ... " - 1 Arrival of Steamship M Under Russian C6 -ian's Attitude, Causes Comment (Jearasl Special Service.) ' f London, July . Oreat excitement was created today by' the receipt .of a dispatch from Sues . saying - that ' ths Peninsular aV Oriental steamship - Mal acca, which was seised In the Red Sea by tha Russian volunteer cruiser Peters burg last week, has arrived there flying the Russian flag, commanded by Rus sian officers snd manned by a Russian crew. The British, company's agent was refused sdmlttance aboard the veseel. " - Added to this came the disquieting In formation contained In a dispatch from Constantinople to the effect that the porte has authorised two additional Rus sian volunteer cruisers to pass through the Dardanelles. . ' .' There is a well-defined feeling In all quarters this morning that the seisure of the British snd German steamers St Sues by Russian cruisers marks the first European complication t resultant upon the Russo-Japanese wsr. -. , This feeling was mirrored on the stock exchange when selling became the order of the day. The home channel squad sons are feeing ' 'rapidly' mobilised for maneuvers ostensibly, but It Is notice FREEDOM MRS. U' ' I ; i U;'";.-;V.L' 1 - .? 11 1 , i t 1 f A A x J :." J ' ill - I 1 I ' - " '.' - y ' " v -. - :- fcVS v '.- : I ' . .. HR9. rLUKGIStll UAIDRigK, . , Who, It Is announced, will be released-from, prison day after tomorrow. (Journal Special Servles.) Indon. Jiilr II. A home office offl- clsl today states that Mrs. Msybrick 111 nrohablv be . releaeea i nursaay. which la the fifteenth anniversary of lu commencement of her trial. - Following the usual .method. It Is pre sumed that no mention will be made of her release or Plana. s It Is. customary to keep such affairs, if possible, an -official secret under the supposition that the suppression or sucn news ens Dies i I hersted criminals to renew their lives rlthout the hsndlcap t publicity. The fsct that Mrs. Msybrick was Con victed upon circumstantial evidence was responsible for the tremendous amount of sympathy that was sroused for, her sll over ths world ' snd In - America especially. The trial .of Mrs. Msybrick for the murder of her husband, Jsmes Mjiybrlck. began at Liverpool gaalies before Justice Stephen, July 1 1. IMS.': On August 1 ths Jury's verdict of guilty was rendered and death waa the sentence of the court. A few days later It was commuted to penal servitude fo.r life by the British home secretary. At the time of Msybrick's death his wife was only it yesrs old. while he wss 51. Their eight years of msrried life had been harpy and contented within a few weeks of his death. The discovery of mutual Intrigues then broke up the peace of the family. Maybrlck assaulted his wife, . blackened, her eyes snd st terapted to turn her .Into the streets. He was a chronic user of drags; many of which' contained arsenic. Hs waa laaenaii April u, ana aiea siay . In spite of ths evidence Introduced al the trial to show that there waa much arsenlo In the houae, ths autopsy on bis able tliat .they are 1 being ( brought to fighting strength. 4 .. t j .Issues aTeval Orders. .The Issuing of two naval orders by the British admiralty Is taken aa indi cating that the British foreign efflca believes that prompt action- Is necessary on the part of Oreat ' Britain for ths protection ' of her shipping; and that' Russia will be compelled to cess her actions of "taa'past fewdaysm- fering with .vessels flying ths British flag.., ..','.,'. ... Ths Mediterranean fleet now at Gib raltar has been ordered "to proceed to Alexandria, Egypt, and will. It Is under stood, be stationed near ths mouth of the Sues canal..'' '..'. . .. .Pursuant to a second order emanat ing from the admiralty office, two of ths' fastest ' armored cruisers In the nsvy have been ordered to proceed to the Red sea.' These two cruisers will' go through 'the canal and will take up their stations so ss to command the territory In - which the : British ships have been interfered with by the Rus- (Contlnued on' Page Two.) GIVEN TO MAYBRICK body 41 hours sfter his death showed but one-tenth of a grain of arsenlo In his stomach. There waa little . evtdtitce ' against her, and this purely clrcumaian tlal America became- deeply Interested. . Blalavs Maw Trim. 4. : -4. '. James O, Blaine, then secretary of stste Wl America. aommancetV his long list of attempts at her freedom by tele graphing td Robert Lincoln. American minister 'In London.' to Intercede ' with Lord Salisbury for Mrs. Msybrick's par don. The result Of this wss the churn ing of the sentence from death to life imprisonment.' ' England ' refused to psrdon Mrs.' Msybrick. 1 . The prisoner wss connected by blood with families which stood high sorlslly In -America. They began aa effort la her behrflf that has lasted ever since. The Harrison. Cleveland and MrKlnley ' administrations gavs the Writ lali gov ernment do peace on. the subject, Me Klnley accowipilehed more than sny ef ' hta predecessors Is throwing sslde ail questions of the prisoner's InSoeence snd ssklng for mercy.. This was anoiher matter. The fact thst a few years after the trial Justice Stephen lost his reason td many, te believe thst at the time of the trial he had been Inssne. He die liked Americans, and his venom was ap parent at the) trial. ... . , - pamphlet ea Sab feet. Among thoM prominent la the flshl for her liberty waa Carl Bell, a t'W Tork, lawyer, who wrote a pemrhl't ipon'the csae. Oe.lI I In mil too. Ike friend of Mrs. Ftlalne, wrote t Victoria shout the ease. Ufa 1 aire (Continued 00 l'tre lire.) ' . SV . -as- SV.-ie.J-; -ay.. I .4-. , i&-.4 . .t fcM.t