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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!
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CLAIM THE CZARINA
GAVE BIRTH TO GIRL
: (Journal Spedal Service.)
New York. Aug. 10. A cable
to the World from Parla says:
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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