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G OOD EVENING. . . . THE CIRCULATION OF THE JOURNAL YESTERDAY WAS 13.(20 WW Tonight and' Sunday, fair; warmer Sunday; northwest winds. VOL. III. NO. 144. PORTLAND. OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING. AUGUST 20. 1904. PRICE FIVE CENTS. JAPANESE UNITE IN SUPREME EFFORT TO REDUCE PORT ARTHUR-BOMBARD FORTRESS FROM ENTIRE FRONTAGE STRONGHOLD'S CAPTURE IS BELIEVED IMMINENT Consul Says All Other Battles Have Been But Skirmishes. CANNONADE IS TERRIFIC Russian Guns Reply With Dogged Steadiness and Great Regularity News of Missing Cruis ers Is Received. (Journal Special Ber-dee.) Chefoo, Aug. 20. It Is believed, and that bellof founded on reports from many sources, that the supreme effort of the Japanese to reduce Port Arthur Is taking: place today. The heaviest fir ing heard since the opening of opera tions was distinct and pronounced here last night and all fishermen and neutral ship arriving her today bear out the story that bombardment. In which every possible gun Is brought to bear, Is pro ceeding unremittingly. At daybreak this morning the batter ies on Zlt heights opened and this, ac cording to all advices, continued all along the 11ns until the cannonade be came terrific. The Russians, at last accounts, were answering with dogged steadiness and clock-like regularity, their answer being timed perfectly and great damage being dona the more venturesome attacks of the Japaneae. At noon the Japanese consul from Tlan Tsln arrived here and says that today's assault agalnat the fortress Is being directed along the entire front of the fort. "It la," he said, "Japan's supreme ef fort, compared to which all reoent bat tles were but preliminary skirmishes. I firmly believe that Port Arthur will soon be In our possession, and would not be surprised to hear at any moment that this has been accomplished ." Among other reports received this morning was one from the captajn of a small coasting steamer, who says that laat Bight the bombardment of the fort was kept up by different batteries, evi dently with, the Intention of harassing the Russian garrison In preparation for today's great attack. For the past two days, according to these reports, the Japaneae have been making all preparations for a general advance, and there has been a steady encroachment on the Russian lines, troops blvouaclng close to central points In expectation of a general forward From thla It la believed that tha plan embodies a terrific and perhaps conJ tlnued bombardment from the latest po sitions taken and then at the laat an overwhelming rush from all possible points. Those who are familiar with, the situation and have been watching the courae of events, doubt that the fortress will fall In one great battle, but are Inclined to think that even though the outlying forts and perhaps portions of the town Itself may be gained, the Russians will be able to fight and hold a central ground for many day. JAM. Telia Soldiers That Fable Is Reversed, and Kaoe Is to the Swift. (Journal Special Berries.) Cassel. Prussia. Aug. 20. After a review of tha troops by the kaiser to day His Majesty aummoned the aenlor officers at the garrison and delivered! (Continued on Page Two.) CLAIM THE CZARINA GAVE BIRTH TO GIRL : (Journal Spedal Service.) New York. Aug. 10. A cable to the World from Parla says: d The Russian revolutionists hero d d declare positively that the Emp- ress of Russia really gave birth w to a female child for whom a male child waa substituted. The d substitute is a peasant woman's baby. d Revolutionists vouch for the truth of the statement, and as- 4 tonlshlng M It la, they Insist 4 that It comes from a reliable d source and will be -verified later. The Nihilists say that the Internal condition In Russia w 4 Is such that had the people been disappointed again In the hope d :of tha birth of a csarowltch, a revolt waa Imminent. d This danger, magnified by tha probability of the early fall of 4 Port Arthur, caused the caara .. advisers to take the remarkable 4 4 precaution of a substitute. i I bbbbBbbs aw aal ' I 1 MSiflfl ' faBBjrBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBsaBBam aHhafiff BBBWmfl 9Lm BBBkV ' ' L ! I HmHS BBP BrraPjSBaBBBBMVanBI ".iISbEBB BBBBlHllaB 6 Wlaaf HHH HBIbbB bbxV BEBBhI LkSbW BBBBBBLm aRtBBBBH. MBBBpMBk ( bbWbmbbmBbBMbtbPbBBBHP , CARROLL BRYCE. THE SIX FOOT CLUBMAN AND A. H. PRICK, THE FIVE FOOT JANITOR WHO TERRORIZES HIM. MIDGET JANITOR BLUFFS A GIANT (Journal Special flervtee.) New York. Aug. 20. Carroll Bryce, the six-foot clubman and athlete, has set New York to laughing again by his latest move In his tilt with A. H. Price, the five-foot Janitor of the flat building In which he lives. Mr. Bryce purposes to buy the building and discharge the Janitor, whom he fears. He has made an offer of 1600,000 for the house, and It la not Improbable that tha owner will cloae the deal. WHEAT PAST $1.16 IN CHICAGO PIT (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) Chicago, Aug. 20. Today's prices on wheat are the. hlgheat yet reached aince 1898. The market in detail show: High. Close. Rise. New. Sept $1.11 11.10 .01 Old. Sept 1.12 .01 December .... 1.1S 1.12 .014 May 1.1 1.15 .01 Prices In the wheat pit today re ceived a material advance and touched the hlgheat point reached since 1898. The advance of yesterday, which was the most sensational of the seaaon, waa still quite fresh in the minds of the pit crowd this morning when tha mar ket opened. Today's market and subsequent ad vance waa very sensational Inasmuch aa it waa unexpected. Since the market has made some very wonderful rises of late and the crop damage reports are not of such exten sive character everybody waa expect ing a lower opening and a reaction In prices all down the Hat during the ses sion Instead of an opening at lower prices the advancea In the varloua optlona waa even more pronounced than yesterday. Tha high figures ruling In the north west marketa were a big boom to the "bull" feeling here. In Minneapolis September option had a very strong closing at $1.19, while in Duluth the aame option waa $1.1$ bid, although Minneapolis Is doing the most buying. The cloalng in New York on Septem ber waa but $1.15 bid. but the tone there was somewhat mixed. In Kansas City September wheat closed at $1.00, but In St. Louis the market held strong with the closing figure at $1.11. FUNSTOIS MAY RETAIN COLUMBIAN COMMAND 1 (Journal Special ten lee.) Washington. Aug. 2$. There la some question aa to whether General Funaton will take command of the department of the lake. The military authorities will permit him to express a preference and he may elect to remain at Vancouver barracks. He Is now on duty In Alaska By many offlcera the western situa tion la regarded aa being highly de alrabls, offsetting the command of the great lakes department by Ita superior climatic advantages. Oenersi Funston having passed so many years of his life faBwangl aa': Bryce's trouble .fame Into public no tice when he applied to the police for protection against tha doughty little Janitor. He explained that he and the custodian of the flat had become In volved In a dispute, In which the Janitor had uaed words which Mr. Bryce con strued to constitute a threat against his life. The police looked at Mr. Bryce then at the little Janitor, and laughed. So did the public when It heard about the difficulty. The following dispatch, from Min neapolis, had a tendency to help the "bulls": "There Is no use telling you any more about crop damage; you don't believe it; but.lt la a fact they are Juat aa bad aa ever." Of the varloua options today, Decem ber showed one of the greatest ad vancea. The market opened at $1.12, a rise of 1 cents from tha $ cents advanced cloae of yesterday. December hit the high point at $1.11 and the low mark at $1.10. At the low fig ure there was but a half moment's hesitation when the price began to as cend rapidly until the high mark was reached. From then to the closing bell there waa a ateady reaction of about 1 cent, the last figure being $1.12, a rise since yesterday of 1 cents. The greatest rise today was made by May option. The market showed 1 a 1 to 2 -cent advance with the opening at $1. 1591.1$. May reached the hlgheat point of the year today at $1.1$ and closed at 1 cents rise above the 4 cents rise of yesterday. New September showed a rise alnce yesterday of .1 cent with the opening at $1.10. The high point waa reached toward the middle of tha session at $1.11, but tha cloalng was only cent above the opening. The market waa not quite ao firm at the cloae. Trading In old September wheat la nominal, but nevertheless tile market during the day ahowed a gain of 1 cents' over the close of yeaterday. The present prlcea 'on wheat are con sidered very high and there la much "bearlah" talk. The- crop damage re ports telling of large shortages con tinue to come, and, of course, offset all the efforts of tha oppressors of the market. In tha far wait and northwest may therefore prefer to keep the command he has been filling. Not until hta return from Alaska la It expected that the exact changes will be known. HOAR'S CONDITION REMAINS UNCHANGED (Journal Special Service.) Worcester, Mass., Aug. 20. Senator Hoar la atlll alive early today and rested comfortably during tha entire nght. Hla family Is constantly near him and there la no marked change In bla condition. DESPERATE BATTLE WITH FOREST FIRES Flames at Boring Endanger Mills, Wind May. Fan Them to Life Again and Devastate the Region r . - - - Portland Has Fire Fight of Its Own and Sub urban Church and Dwellings Are Saved After a Hard Struggle. One hundred men made a desperate fight laat night In the timber four miles east of Boring station to save L Oer llnger's saw mill from destruction by fire. The houses and goods of all the employes were also In danger, and the men fought for their own property aa well aa for that' of the company. At one time the fire waa within 200 feet of the mill and the homea of the men, and they removed all their house hold goods and loaded them on a flat car tbat had bean left for that purpose by the tulnmen of the Oregon Water Power & Railway company. The loco motive pulled all other cars of the com pany down to Boring and then remained within calling distance ao that the en gin, could run In and gat the flat car and household goods should the men be unable to check the fire. Late laat night the fire-fighters got the fire under control, and today the mill "property Is regarded aa safe unleaa a strong wind springs up from the east. In which event It Is thought that sav ing the property will be an impossi bility. The mill has a capacity of 40,000 feet dally. Half a mile from It is the Llnderman mill, of about the same else. The fire' la now raging between the Oerllnger mill and tha Llnderman mill, and It Is reported at Barton, tw miles distant, that the Llnderman mill la burning. Wind May Start rirea. Brown as Hicks, wood dealera, have 1,700 corda o wood half a mile from the Oerllnger mill, and Mr. Brown was on the acene all laat night, organising men to drive the fir away from this wood. It la reported today that the wood la aafa for the present, but an unfavorable wind la feared. A farmer named Judd had Just har vested hla grain and stacked it in the field. The entire crop, two stacks of wheat and a stack of oats, waa de stroyed by yesterday'a fir. The timber in this vicinity Is a mix ture of green fir and dead timber and slashings. The origin of the fire Is not known. Myer A Finn, who are logging around Boring, have been fighting fire in varloua place for a week past. Only slight losses are reported, their men having succeeded In checking the flame In every Instance. A' big fir broke out in the timber between Anderson and Boring last night. The dlatrict has been burnt over before and lies along the O. W. P. rail way. A small force of men eueceeded In placing the fire under control before much damage was done. Porest Fire to Portland. Portland had a foreat flr of It own laat night and for a time the Patton M. B. church and the aeveral dwellings on Michigan avenue wefe seriously threatened by the flames. A resident near Michigan avenue and Humboldt atreet aet fire to two acres of dry weeds to clear the land for ploughing, and the flames soon spread to the adjoining patches ot brush and second growth tim ber. The dwellers In that district had experienced forest fires In 1902, when sidewalks and fences were burned, and the flVe department waa promptly called. The Sunday Journal Is the newspaper yo(u want to read if you want to keep abreast of the times. It is always up-to-date, filled with the latest ews, handsomely illustrafed and well printed. By special leased wire and cable connections The Jour nal is able to give a telegraph news service more complete than that of any other newspaper in Oregon; Its lines of 'information stretch out all over Oregon, all over the United States and Canada, all over the world. A full account of everything worth mention of the city's happenings may always be found in The Sunday Journal well written, carefully edited and , fresh. The magazine with its color section for the children, its fashion page for the women and its interesting and instruct i ive features throughout furnishes plenty of reading matter for an afternoon at home. , You need only to buy a copy to be convinced that there is no other newspaper within reach on Sunday in Portland that equals The Sunday Journal When Engine No. 8 and Chemical No. f arrived the Are had apread to the nuny- eroua email groves of flr and the entire district waa threatened. To add to the danger, a brlak wind blew aparka for blocks, but householders perched on the roofs promptly extinguished incipient biases. The (Ire companies worked for more than three hours before the brush fires were extinguished, and on account of the absence of water hydrants tha chemical tanka and Babcock extinguish er war their only weapon. A gener ous use of the ax aided In confining the fire to the area covered by the flames when the firemen arrived. Fire Wear Clark's. W. H. Clark reports that there la a large lire in tha timber in the vicinity of Clark s that is doing mucn oamage He came to town to file valuable papers that might be burned ahould the fire be come unmanageable. The fire la con sumlng the property of the Weyerhauser Lumber company, and the Cummlng sawmill la reported to be on fire. rata bobtk or (JbuntsxA, Property oh Two aaohea Completely Destroyed. (Special Dispatch te The Journal 1 Hood River, Or., Aug. 18. Amoa l'n derwood reported today that forest Area yesterday morning wiped out all the property on the ranches or waitners-ana Seely. four miles down the river on the Waahlngton side. Seeley Is said to have escaped with nothing but the clothe on his back, losing his house, his barn and all hi farming Imple ments. Walthera saved his house, but was the heavier loser. The Are burned his barns and all his supply of winter hay. One of hla horses met death In the flames. Walthera' ranch la located jiear the alte of the old Bothwlck mill, His losa la estimated at $2,000. Underwood reports that 'the flr Is moving eastward. A large number of settlers have ranches but a few miles from the Are. They sre working night and day to check the spread of the flames. OT Winds Pan Flames In Mo an tain a About Albaay. (Special Dla patch to The Journal.) Albany, dr.. Aug. 20. The forest Ares In the mountains of thla county threat' ened to become dangerous yeaterday and many men went out to help fight the Aamea. In the deadening at Cedar bottom, 14 miles eaat of Lebanon, the wind fanned the Ares until they spread rapidly and last night the line- of Are was fully 12 miles long but the Asmis are still in the old timber and little green wood haa been burned. If the winds do not rise the Are win 6 controlled without difficulty. At Waterloo yesterday a Are In the woods for a time threatened the town with destruction. The. Inhabitants were able (Continued on Page Two.) MS -' I mm Jfrtf rBBV'BagBagBaBgl m $&2$jmm I. gala HMfl mVJmm mm. ' '' mm W fflrjpk JbI BBBjfclW'BBB'l ' ' Bill 1 1 mmw& CMP SENATOR DUBOIS, WHO IS MAKING A CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE MOR MON INFLUENCE IN IDAHO POL ITICS. . PORTAGE ROAD IS AGAIN DELAYED Change Id Surveys for Canal Will In volve Litigation with 0. R. I N. The State Must Wait. . Unexpected obstacles are delaying the acquisition of the right of way for the Celllo canal, with the Inevitable conse quence that the plans fpr the portage road are also held In suspense. Before formal negotiations can oe undertaken With tha government ror permission to construct the road over the land which la to be given by the atate for the canal. It la first necessary to aecure tbat land and deed It to the government. Ever alnoe the special session of the legislature the state board of canal com missioners ha been engaged'ln securing tha land required for the canal, and Ita labors were supposed to be practically completed with the conclusion of the condemnation suit agalnat I. H. Taffe. for terms had been substantially agreed upon with all the other owners. The prices to be paid by the state for the several parcels of land had been fixed and apparently nothing remained but to execute the deeds and pay over the money. Change of Plans. But a resurvey of the route of the canal by the government engineers has resulted In some slight changes In the original plans, and this has Involved a renewal of the negotiations with the ownera of some ot the land. Questions have also arisen aa to the precis terms of the conveyances to the state, and some of th grantors now Insist upon reservations and restrictions which were not oontemplated by the state board. . In the case of the O. R A N, the com pany., is willing to convey all that the state could obtain by a condemnation suit, and In order to determine exactly what the state's rights are it Is pro posed to brtng such a suit. It is un derstood that the railroad will make no contest In the trial court, and will not appeal, ao that the proceedings will be disposed of as Boon aa court convenes at The Dalles. Even a short delay at thla time, however, la extremely .unwelcome.. The O. R A N. baa been regarded aa' decidedly hostile to the construction of tha portage road, and the fear will, of course, be aroused that In compelling the state to brtng suit for the canal right of way, the company la seeking to Inter pose obstacles In the way of the portage road. Qovernor's Position. Governor Chamberlain Is not inclined aa yet to regard the atltude of the O. R. A N. aa necessarily Indicative f an Intention to block th plana for th port age road, but he declare that If the company doe ahow such a disposition he will be In favor or very aggressive action. "Up to the present time. ' said the governor In discussing the situation, "the O. R. at N. has not seemed inclined to put any obstacles In the way of th (Continued on rag Two.). ALGOA WILL LOAD HERE Asiatic Company Charters Big Freighter For Orient Trade. CARRIED RECORD LOAD Vessel Tbat Will Be Sent to Take Sur plus Cargo Once Took From This Port Largest Flour Cargo Ever Shipped. Yielding to the demand of th export era who have persistently Insisted upon being provided with adequate transpor tation facilities, R P. Schwerln. general manager of the Harrlman water lines, has decided to send the steamship Algoa to Portland to load flour and other freight for Japan and China. Word to this effect was received in the city thla morning by local officials of the Port land at Asiatic company. The ship la now lying at the Bay City and It Is tha Intention to have her here by the middle of next month. The Algoa haa the distinction of hav ing loaded on of the largest flour cargoea at Portland that waa ever carried from any port In the world. Laat November ah took 86,000 barrels of flour to the orient, which la about 20, 000 barrels in excess of any other cargo exclusively of flour ever taken from any other port. Weighted down with thla mammoth burden the steamer drew only 21 H feet of water and reached the sea without a mishap. But it Is not thought probable that she will go out with such a record breaking cargo on this rip. In addition to the Algoa the Axtec. another Pacific Mall liner, will load here during Septem ber and It Is now believed that the Algoa will be obliged to go out rather light. Tne Axtec will arrive August 26 and.' it la the Intention to have her ready to aall early In the following month. A week or ao later the Algoa will reach port, but unleaa there ahould be aa unusual demand from the orient those who are familiar with tha situation are of th opinion that the heaviest of th freight offerings wUl be cleaned up by that time It la stated that It would not have been necessary to aend the Algoa her at tills time had it not been for th fact that the Arabia la temporarily out of commission. The company Is desiroua of establishing a schedule once more. The seising of the Arabia by th Vladivostok fleet wsa the means of temporarily demoralising th service, but It la aald that matters will shortly be straightened out In a satisfactory manner. About three months ago the Algoa waa I badly dam gad In the harbor at San Francisco. She waa returning from th orient with a full cargo of general mer chandise. Juat before reaching port aha ran onto an unchartered rock. Several large holes were torn In her bow. It waa necessary to place her on the dry dock and her repairs had Juat been com pleted before her laat trip. Tha Algoa Is a comparatively new steamer. She was launched at Sunderland In lift, and has seen aervlee aa a government trans port. The vessel Is 466 feet long, t feet across the beam and 11.4 feet deep. She la of 4,897 net registered ton and 7.676 groea. Her dead weight carrying capacity la In the neighborhood of 1, 0QJ) tons. TH he Nlcomedla Is exoected to arrive from the orient next Tuesday. She la bringing a full cargo of general freight, but the officials of the company say that they will have her ready to sail on tha outward trip by the lsst of the month. Her entire -shipment will go to Hong kong. A cable message announcing the aafa arrival of the Aragonla at Yokohama has been received, end "it Is now gen erally believed that all dange: to com merce In oriental waters I past BORROWS $5, BUYS PISTOL, ENDS LIFE (Spedal Pipatca in Tae jum Tacoma, Wash., Aug. 10 Frederick William Round, a railroad fireman, 11 years of age. borrowed 16 from hla mother yesterday, bought a re volver and waa found In bag thla moralng by his mother with a bullet through hla brain. Imaginary troubles and brood ing over a lor affair are glvan as she cause. He was a brother of Fred A. Round, a wealthy contractor, now near Vancouver, Wash., lm.klng after mining lotersata, and had a younger brother, Harold, a clerk In tha Van couver poatofflce. and a sister, Mr. K- A. Pender, a resident ef Vaocouvar. . . . . .