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J K ... ... . . -T" , i . ri an c 1. OF m jciri t rfr ton t eM WMaiHTj pre 'r 01 r V' ossoai uju Mttu, JO StmlhSI. PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 25 1904. FOURTEEN PAGES. " PRICE FIVE CE: vol nx. no. too. CZAR PERSONALLY1 WIRES KING ED WOT READY m IS DRY VOTE OF HIS y " ' . . i . . i. ' COHSS CRANE'S SINKING OPENED British Officials in London Meet JRus : sian Ambassador in Lansdowne's i; r : c I Home to Avoid Mob. ; England's Note Not delivered Until Today v Answer Will Not Be Given Until Admiral ? :M Rojestvensky Reports His Side of Case (tand Special I-rrtee.) Petersburg. Oct. lfc-(BWin.l It Is emdaily ImimI at the anarlae b mi thla afternoon that Admiral von Voelksrskam was to command of tha second section ot- th Baltlo fl which flrd upon tfa Britiah trawler and sank tba Craaa. Admiral RojMtvnak7 waa In omntand of tha taadln aquadroo. Tha oaar thla aftarnooa paraqnaUr tola graphed Klna- Edward xprMlns hla deep nret for tha ooeurrnoa and ax tondUtv hla annpathr to tba fajnUlaa of Uwaa mm who ware killed and wounded. '- """" 'Jaaraal IpMlel fcrvtoe.) Haw Tork. O9U !. Bullatln.) A. paelal to tha Preaa from Waahlngtoa. aaya; threat Britain' forelcn offloo haa eomiBunlcated with tha elate de partment Inqutrtne; If the United fttatee would Join other powera. to-bavins tha RuMlas Baltla fleet Interoepted oa Ita way ta the far eaat until Buaala haa made ample reparation for the nawar nuited attack om the nahloc neat. It la understood that Secretary Hey! reply, which It la believed moat Euro pean nation will oonour In wll be fa vorable to tha British raqueat. It ap pears to be the view of tha administra tion officials that tha Baltlo fleet, ta Ita present tamper, la a traveling menace, which It ta tha duty-of neutral nations to mteraept aatu proper guarantees for tha protection of the rlghta of aeutraU are given by tha esar'e swverameiK. (Joorsal eeUI awrtea.) 'Laadon. Oct. 1. at waa eta ted thai - -moraine that tha situation arewln out of tha North tea lacldeat had already - bean adjusted in principle, and that Rus- la haa asreed to make every amend wlthla reason. ' r She daalrea, however, to have a fall , report of tha taoldaat belore takln ' flnal actios. It la understood that svcland'a note - to Russia oonUtaed three demands, be big flrst, aa apology by tha Russian government, second, adeauata oompenaa tlon for damages Inflicted, and third. Immediate Inquiry by the Bt Petersburg authorities to ascertain who the guilty ofnoera are and Impose punishment oa 'them. Premier Balfour arrived ta London ' early this morning and hurried to hla ' offloo, where ha answered tba telegram" which collected. He then conferred : with Forelga Secretary lAnedewna, and . a little later drove to Buckingham pel -ace, where ha had aa audienoe with King sMward. . ' ' . After thla vielt tha kins; -left for Newmarket. The latter fact la taken .to Indicate that tha ortau haa passed , tba acute ataga, aa otherwise the king , would have remained la Loudon.. An Immense crowd gathered at tha . Liverpool station to bid hla majesty farewell. They cheered wildly and shouted "Good old Teddy" aa tba train pulled out. Tha king repeatedly doffed ale hat in acknowledgement. ' aTmglama Aamak Ban Head in IT. Without doubt the tension on tha part of the people haa la a large measure abated except la that hoodlum element which last night made a most aafortu- - nate demonstration against Count Benckendorft the Russian embeesedor. A crowd mat Benckendorft at the Vic toria atatloa hare, and although nothing of a serious nature occurred, tha am bassador narrowly escaped asaault. Be finally evaded tha crowd and drove at full speed to the embassy. A cordon or police waa detailed and guarded tba Rus- - 1 elan embassy throughout the night Count Benckendorft bad Juet returned from 8 Hants, where ha had been oelebrat- Itur hla silver wedding at tha, home at hla wlfe'e relative It la raid that ha feel deeply hart at tha demonstration. Ha la regarded aa a man of peace, and hla feellnga agalnat a Rueso-Japaneee war ware as strong as those of Count LamadorfX . Unquestionably tha press haa had -much to do with tha lessening of popu Isr Indignation, taking aa a whole the apparently reasonable view that tba fir ing an tha unoffendlng'flBhermeii wae tha result of a epeefee of panic-like lunacy on tha part of tha Russian com manders. ' . Notwithstanding- this turn or feeling sa shown by the popular approval given tha king and tha lessening of Jingo talk. It ta Ignlfloant that no chances of an other demonstration against tha Rus sian am be sea dor are being taken. . Benokendorff had a long conference With Lanedowne at tha home of the lat ter thla morning. Ha appeared servous and worried when going for hla visit . In a closed omrrtaga from which ha in a Ciusnu Durwia wuw wiuvh watched with apprehansloa tha gather-1 itim at A row da. Almost at tha moment of Benclten , dorfTa arrival, Balfour appeared la a carriage and followed the Russian am bassador into the he U way of the for eign secrtarya home. Tha meeting waa arranged for mat night and was held to Lanadowne'a home rather than In the foreign office, because there was gome fear that another hostile outburst would be made against Ruesla'a repre - tentative. Whatever tha remit of the oonfareww "tt haa not la any wise been made pubUa and neither "Balfour at Lanedowne will tha hut knows iouraal- though some of tha best known Journal lata in indoat have beesr worktnn over- tlma to gat atatemeata for pubUa use. . Klas; sneaaa Baepla. . ' Tha gulek reoognltloa of the incident given by Klna; Bid ward, la "ending s message of sympathy through the mayar of Hull to the sufferers from the Rus sian bombardment, wbioh he followed with bia personal check for JIM to be given tba bereaved families, baa greatly added to the popularity of the moat dem ocratic king Bngland has, ever known. Hla departure thla adorning ta the good humored shouts of Good Old Teddy" bad with it a alngulnr cvldenoe also of the rewpeet the British people give Qoeea Alexandra. Intersperses: with the more boisterous' ceils or. ap proval tor the king were constant calls of aod Moss -the queen." These remarks of approbaUoa. uttered la more dignified way, were caused by her majesty having followed nearly tha same eouraa adopted by tha kmg toward Uto widows and children of the fisher men who loot their Uvea, flhe aent them, through tha mayor of Hull, flo refer ring to tha Incident as "tha recent dis aster and asking ater tha condition of the as wounded. VtM of -rha affair la satent that tha aatiearvatlva men ef the nation are Inclined to decry Jtngolam and are .. , f , -r-ri-sj statement and comment to keep the tem per of tha people from eouiimon. in lino with thla policy, Bart Onslow, presi dent of (he board of agriculture, la a pech delivered la dUrllngshlre last night, besought hla hearers to took at the affair with oalm Judicial minds until ante aMnnlata information la at hand and an explanation had been given by the R see lan naval omoers. "It la easy to feel resentment at what la plainly either a gigantic blunder or deliberate lack Of caution," no eaio. -vac ! na tint follow the seeming Una of conduct which markedthta deplorable affair and allow ourselves to be awept from our sober senses. Lt aa reenem- that the caar of Russia, woo la hnnn MimurhMit the world ror BIS feelings of humanity, cannot fail to be greatly depressed by auon aa aociasni.- The earnest appear to rensvm now ever, provoked no applause or outer mark of approval from bia aodleaoa. . 'Jesrsal gsectel ervtoal v Cherbourg, Oct 16. The Russian warships tn tha oAng here were given sasled Orders before their departure, with instructions that they were not to be opened until three mUes at aea. It la not at all probable that these or ders had any bearing whatever oa the Baltlo 'Incident, other than a demand that at hla neat "topping place Ad miral Jtojeetvenakr should report the particulars of the affair. Orders were given, however. It Is anr mleed, for instructing tha fleet as to Ita course oa the way to the far east. It la not at all Improbable that more definite Instructions wiU be given the fleet when it pasasa Vigo, Spain, where It Is under stood Its aaat communloatloa will be given. ,. .. V ; , at Ttya ua- rjoaeaal Beaeiat servlee. L''"'- Vuro, flpaln. Oct. lfc pain haa been la a measure gUrred by tha aewa of the alnklng of the trawler crane m tne North aea and to taking atspa to protect her neutrality. Five Russian vessels have arrived here and four outers have reached Arose. AU are awaiting we ar rival of tha full Baltla fleet . The Spanish government ordered two nnhlm ta nrooaed from FerreU to Ba- tapa and Arose to protect and preserve .T BJMBTTB n BsTB - OMBBB. ' '. B,isalan rtoet Xsa true aid sa ta Osarss . avwAiT baxwo run tape am avreaa, w yivwvf j,.- . 1 A (JOie, a rea earans auaiei, waa i neutrallty regulations, aa aoon aa the luny injured and his death la expected news of tha arrival of tha Russian vea- any moment ...... eels waa wired Madrid. NO trouble Ja expected. ' ' (Jearssl 'tpeeUI gtrvW. r BtTBaXa, TAJPflfl OOWtMAMOM. asBaveg Ad-alral Baa Bama a Wetoki - Awatto Baaieaetlea. t. retersDurg, uci, nriiien km- 1 ThevOtner passengers sscapeo wiio era baasador Hardin ae haa conferred with I bruUee, slight brulssa or cuts frma Sy thc foreign minister, haa discussed la tng glass. tha ease and has read with Intereet the . ovmnmiH uu umv nnt w Him abroad, but la taking; slow and ounmvnua uwi nv uvoiv w nim imn unMi sue m ansj a mow ana x- oeedlnsly deliberate method of official procedure In eo far ea hla part of the affair la concerned. Not until thte afternoon waa he re oelved by Foreign N in later Lamedorff to present la flue ceremonial way .tha Instructions from hla government It Is certain that no reply whatever will be made until a formal report haa been received from Admiral Rojestven sky. Thla will probably be before the dy haa paaeed, as It 4- 11.., OA J mm paaawu, aa it a ai:imi inni such report will be forwarded when tha (Coauaaed oa Page Twr. IT ' . Il-a-a-fa-waff. . ' . ( - : ' ' ' '" , '"'-. . "; .'' . t- V; '-' .'" v.' rf-f- rr-; ;i- a ; " A 'i ' X 't s, I aan 1 mi 11 1 '.'W--,' I I, he MtM KINO' HOWARD OF BNOLAND, WHOM DEPARTURE TOR NaTWHARKBTT TOjjAT WAfl MAOB THB OCCAB . XOW OF A TREMBNDOUfl POPULAR DBHONSTRATION BEINO TAKEN . Ad -A fllQNAL-THAT ACUTB BTTAOlfl OF THB DIFFKUUTI TWENTY COLLISION NEARrS EATTLE " (Jesrsal IpeeUl lervtoe.) aatM wash.. Ont. tC-TwentV aer- sons wsra Injured, one fatally and nine seriously ta a Beao-oa corns 10a wmon this morning occurred oa a ' sharp curve, surrounded by dense woods, be- n two oars oc ins awatue-Honion electric line. A. Cole, a reai'catato dealer, waa ra- Tom Berg, motormah. John, Peraypyia, roadmaatar of ow Una. . , .... . ; David milttvan, v ,. , F. D. CVaverv Joha Colells. y . W. F. Boyd. ' Twa Wunr slaters. Theother pasaengere aacaped with bad The eolllaloa Occurred at o'oloeb (tend at the time of tha shock both ears. WINDS IP SPREE BY : 1 TAKING MORPHINE (tsselel Mssetea at The Joarnt Helena. lfonU Oct K. A raaoa hand named Oltoa, who had "beea drinking tuan n Hla. naet ejw'atva. StOUltd iim r- -- Bla sprse at Wlndom by taking I doaa ac pjorpblaa, Ita Was aout M WUM U- aw doh rmwau.. ARE INJURED IN A which are ef ths large heavy type, were running at a apeed of 4 miles aa hour. The care ware to have met at a switch halt a mile from tne point oc eouision. The morning was damp and the sun ob scured by a heavy fog Which rendered peed making difficult. Finding hlmesu ie minoies oenine me schedule time the motormaa ef tha out an tvumd mt triad to make no time and had turned his lever forward to the. ao-mtle notch, tn an endeavor to pica ap hla switch without farther delaying; the Incoming oar. - The motormaa on the rneomtng ear, after waiting 10 minutes, decided that some accident must have happened the car he was to meet or that It had waited at the farther switch, so started out from hla stopping place and ran at a se-mlte clip to make what ha euppoeed would be hla meeting point. The speed at whir they war going; the dense woods which border the lake at that point and ths heavy fog com years of age, and had no retatlvee go far as known. tr . ' Aw mart vtmm aTronRsTaiY. . (gpeelsl Dtaastefe si t!k Jnarsal ' f la Grande, Or,. Oct. II. F. H Jack son, advaaoa agent for a elroua, which la playing la La Grande this week, died suddenly at 4 o'clock this morning. He waa taken alck at 9 o'clock last night. His -death waa caused hy gal stones. He waa unmarried and hla home waa in lUtooto. Mia body auvy be chipped there. t. bined to render tba sound of approach inaudible to either and not antll ths two oars loomed up through the an 1st di rectly In front of eacn otner ware tne motormca aware of ths danger. The MAtAi-man an ana BMP had his SldC-daOT opened and sprang out la time to save himself, but Berg was enuc 1a ana coum not escape. Cole la reported to have beea standing In tba front compartment of the oar with Berg, smoking, when the oars struck. These two wera so be dry crushed by the telescoped ears that some tuna waa necessary to extri cate them frenv the ftebrls. . A train which waa following narrowly mhwed piling ap oa the wreck, but was utilised to take the tojured to this city where they were at once aanreyed to hospitals. Traffic on the line, which ana of the most Important of the suburban roads running from this city la delayed, ail passengera having to transfer around the wreckage. BANK MESSENGERS v ROBBED OF $3,000 " 4Joarasl Cpeftol grevlev.) ' .. Winnipeg, Oct. If. Highwaymen to day held up-the manager and clerks of the Hamilton branch bank near Plum Coulee, south of here, who were con veying $t,eca to another branch bank, and took the money. Tba. robbers as eased to North Uekotot ..v Tom Richardson ' Calls the Trans-Mississippi , Gathering to Order. .1 - ANNUAL SESSION OPENS " 1 '" J"V,-: t Many Pronlocot Hei Present U KeB- rcsent States and Territories ' . ; if West at the FIfteeolfc ', ,v ; v Yearly ConventloB. i , .- ....... v-f '.v .;. Uearard perlal asrvlea TLoula. Mo- Oct, li. Two thOU- emlneat rapreaentativea of tha Drosreeslve spirit of tha great west filled Fesuval ball this morning at tba opening of the fifteenth annual session of the Trana-Hlaslaslppl Commercial aofliraa Arsons- those present - were leading mine earners, luntbenaea. sarrtculturlstst railroad nates and other representatives of the great Industries of tha region beyond the Mississippi. " There were alee In at tendance front Washington alty a bum her of renresentattveo of theforestry. commerce and labor and other depert- manta et the aatMnal aovernment. Thomas Richardson of Portland. Ore gon, chairman of the executive commit tee, called the meetlna to order. Ad dresses of welooms wore made by Gov ern or Dockerv. Mayor Walla and presi dent Francis, and responded to by vice presidents of the congress, representing the different states ana territories. President R. C. Kerns of Congress. llvered an address. This afternoon tha nrtnelnal Sneakers Will bo James R. Car field ef Ohio. Alexander R. RaveU of Chicago and Cofu Fred W. Fleming of Kansas city, who wiK apeaK on "woa arai pruAacooa. Agajast r looos. - Tbs opening proceed Ins today weren largely of a formal nature, ins vis itors were formally welcomed by Presi dent Francis and by the chiefs of the agricultural, fores try and ether depart ments of the world's fair. There were greetings aleo oa behalf of the state of Missouri and-the city of It Louis. The usual responses and appointment of committees took tip the remainder of the initial session. At the subsequent sessions af the ecngrass, which are to continue nntfl tha end of the week, there will be papers and discussions dealing with Irrigation, rivers, waterways and harbors. Isthmian canal, merchant ma rine, trade with tha Orient, consular service, trade with Meal 00, preset a- tlon of forests, exports and imports through gulf and Pacific porta, encour agement af home manufactures, depart ment of mines and mining, trade with Canada -and Alaska, good roads and drainage, sugar Industry, eta. Tha con gress will be addressed by a number 0 persons of wide public prominence. A preliminary meeting of the execu tive committee waa held yesterday. Thomas Richardson, of Portland, Or., presided. This meeting bad tha largest representation - of any sines the organi sation. It states and territories and Alaska being represented. Among the business transacted waa tha decision to make all world's fair commissioners from tba western atgteg delegetae-at' larga. . . $84,000,000 FROM ONE MINE IN FIVE YEARS ... . 1 . - . (Joaraal fseetal ssrvtee.)' ' Denver. CoL, Oct. . Samuel New house, formerly a Colorado and now a Utah mine operator, has been enriched beyond tha dreams of hla boyhood days, by the discovery ef great bodies ef gold ore In the Cactus mine la southeastern Utah, five miles from Frisco. Ore valued at 9I4.00.M la ready and broken for the smelter. The smelter trust has signed contracts for tha treatment of 40.ooO,06t worth of are from the mine. Newhouse plana to coaatruot a model town at the mine, and regarding tha ore. aid; have owned the Cactus mine for five years, have blocked out ejuan titles of ore, handling which haa cost ma aa average minimum ef lit a ton. Back of this Is a mile and a half af the same quality of ore. lt haa been one of my dreams In eaea I aver made a great strike to build a model mining town for my employes, so that my mine should be one at which tha workmen were contented. I shall now carry out that Idea and will so ar range that It will not be a mare mining camp, but a little community of homes model homea" NEPHEW OF r (Jeeratl Ipanal Snvke.) Has Francisco, " Ont. 14 A aarttng that ha la Lieutenant Oranvllle Fbrteacua, of tha Tenth United States cavalry, and nephew of President Rooea velt, was arrested In the tenderlotn last night tor dtstarblng the peace. Ha had been ataklag tha rounds of the tonder htln rests ursnts and drinking ffwv After leaving the Poodle Dog rte. he became notsy, and h trading a crowd of persona, a pollcer' quiet at go to Twenty One Counties to Determine Question of Prohibition. CHANCES BY PRECINCTS ' V . " 1 '" !'- -i Fourteei Coaatles Will ; Decide la Separate Fredocts or Groups of Predicts h the liquor ' r, Proposttioi. V Twenty -one eountiee af Oregon win vote November ft upon the auesUoa cc county prohibition. Bvery oounty east ing a majority vote ta favor of prohibi tion will thereafter be a "dry county. In 14 counties tha voters la single pre- clncta or a roups of precincts will vote upon prohibition for their partloular"aub- dlvlplon. In tfolk county a petition waa pre pared, calling for tba submission of tba prohibition question to tba voters, but U ares filed too lata and therefore be oame lnooerstlvs. In Morrow county a similar petition was prepared, but owing to Irregularities the oounty clerk waa enjoined from placing the question upon the ballot. In Baker ana Joeepnine counties the ad voce tea ef prohibition failed to secure the requisite number of sl natures to their petitions so that tha neoDlc of those counties will not von upon prohibition at this election. It to difficult to forecast tne results of the election, for many of those who voted In June for the local option law will probably be unwilling to vote for prohibition, .when It Involves an entire county. Tha vote for local option last. June is therefore not a good gukle la eetlmatlng tba result of the coming election. No other figures era obtain able, hdwever, and the following list of .which v wtit irate- next steam upon the question of county prohibition elves their vote for and against the local, optioa law. Where Teas WIS Be Takaa. '.' .. i-k , -i LrfMal ftntlaa Vote For. net. 75 Benton . . .........J....1.05S Clackamas l.H MS 142 U 251 1,21 J Columbia ,.,.... 6 Cooa . . i.Ht Curry m Grant ................. 173 Gilliam . 4 ."..r, , 4C Jackson . . -..1,641 Klamath (petition defeo- 451 t.CM.1 1.7'iS j as Oil 1.70s .3 4111 1.609 1.8RC 1.36S Lane.. .l.$7 Linn i ...M8 Lincoln 438 Malheur . - Sol Marlon t-3 Multnomah . . ...1,005 Sherman . 450 Union . . .1,741 Umatilla . 1,6 Wasco . . MBS Washington I.HT Yamhill 1,714 1.5TI LSI Where FiaatoMa Are AfTeoCed. 1 ta a aumber of counties tha people will vote both upon nrehlbltloa for the whole county and prohibit Ion for cer tain precincts. The counties where tha questloa Is to be submitted to precinct vote la aa followe: Clatsop county- Precinct No. V As torla. ' Lane county Florence, Mapieton, Glentana, Walton. Lane, lake Creek, Herman. Five Rivers cad Meoeta pre cinct. - - . . f Wasco county West Hood River, Fast Hood River, Baldwin and V lan to precincts. - Jackson oounty IQast Ashland and Barron precincts; also Bast, West and South Ashland and Barron precincts. Columbia county Rainier precinct. Iouglas county Kellogg, Klktoak oottsburg and Gardner. Wheeler county FoaslL sThoofly, Wta- leck. Spray, Mitchell. Washington oounty Berth Forest Orove and Dairy precincts. Marion county Stay too and Sublimity precincts. - . Malheur eoanty Two Bwbdtvufone. Umatilla oounty Pilot Rock, Vincent, Willow Springs, Hogue, Alba, Uktah and GtllUand, Umatilla. Bcho. Prospect, Hold- man, Juniper, Vansycle, Helix, Valley. Cottonwood. North Milton. Sooth Milton. Weston, Bast Weston. North Athena, South Athena, Adams Mountain, Rod dock, Bncampment. Bingham Springe. Union county La Grande precinct. No. S. Wallowa oounty amterprlss prsctnot. Multnomah county AU that portion of the county lying aaat of tba lty of Portland. , , . v , FTNsna4Jesjtoto Are Siasifc The local optioa law received a heavy vote hi Juno and the November election will show how far the advocates ef that (Continued ca Faga Two.) TEDDY - DISTURBS PEACE "Tahje ma to Jatl If ya want to. I am not doing anything wrong." he a1, and then told the policeman that velt waa hla unci. Conti. boisterous conduct ths fin ally ceiled the patrol teaen to the static on i ball, f d a ft! wt a 7. J..