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16,910 n "I awsEBsl Good Morning CIRCULATION OP TUB JOURNAL YESTERDAY Tha Weather: Sunday Rata; to brink southerly winds. freah VOL. I. NO. 36. PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER IS, 1904 FOUR SECTIONS 82 PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS. GEN. KUR0K1, THE FAMOUS JAPANESE COMMANDER, IS WOUNDED BY FLYING SPLINTER AND DIES OCTOBER 4 Valiant Commander While at the Front Receives a Mortal Wound Through Breast and Abdomen Report Says Was Conveyed to Liao Yang Where He Lingered in Agony for Hours Official Confirmation , Lacking. (Joarsal Special UrrUm.) St Petersburg, Nov. 12. A dispatch from Mukden today says that It la now definitely known to the soldier of the czar, that General Kurokl. the valiant Japanese commander whose operations on the Japaneae right wing have har raaased General Kuropatkln, has mat his death. According to the dispatches It oc curred on October 4. The dispatch aaya that on the-night of October t General Kurokl whs struck by a hut apltnter from a shell which tor out his breast -and the same discharge sent a frag ment of ahell through hla abdomen. He died October 4 In Llao Tans, where he was taken Immediately, after tha Injury. Hla death waa one of great agony. Much as ha was feared by tha Russian soldiers, the chief officers had a warm respect and In some cases regard for him. Kurokl was prior to the war, on friendly terms with General Kuropat kln, and waa one ot tha officers present when tha mikado of Japan decorated the Russian general with the Order of the Rising Bun. It la said that a kinsman of the mi kado, glaoaansl (literally "Little Third Prlnoe") has been appointed to succeed General Kurokl, but that the actual com mand of tha army has been Intrusted to General Nodsu, who Is now directing operations. REPORT CREDITED. London Believes That Kurokl Kls riiuU Summons. ' London, Nov. 1. The news has been received here of the death of General Kurokl by tha bursting of a shell near -where lie was standing, on October 8. Bo far there has been nothing official, but the report Is believed, although it comas from Russian sources. ' It was often said of Kurokl that In hla successes he was avenging the wrongs of Poland. He is reported to be the son of a Polish revolutionist, General Ku rowskl, by a Japanese wife. Kurowskl was hated by the Russians, and often termed by tham Proklaty Po lak" tha accursed Pole. When Poland was dismembered after .the revolution of 1M1. it ia supposed that the elder Kurowskl took up hla residence in Japan, where in the province of Satauma, 61 years ago. Kurokl was born. He soon learned the ways of a soldier and to fight for his country was tha goal of his ambition. His opportunity came in com paratively early life, when there wis' a revolution In Japan, Kurokl fought for his emperor and waa ably rewarded. Next came the eventful war with China. Kurokl'a abilities were first called upon in this contest for the work General Kuroki, Commander of the Japanese Right Win at Mukden, Killed October 4. 1904. sssW Wsaw. ot mobilising tha great army which waa to invade the densely populated land of the Chinese emperor. But when the struggle developed Kurokl'a craft and cunning were needed at the front, x Ho waa commissioned a lieutenant general, and Afterwards. led one of the divisions which took Wei Hal Wei after a desper ate defense by the Chinese. In the present war Kurokl waa one of the first generals to take the field. Ho was. placed In command of tha first army. His first achievement, which set the blood of tha world tingling, 'was the fighting and the winning of the battle of tho Talu, the effect of a long series of Russian reverses. In the fighting about Liao Tang Gen eral Kurokl waa given the Important work of the turning movement. It waa this flanking maneuver that drove Kur opatkln beaten back to Mukden, Kurokl'a course tn the preaent war has been of brilliant achievement throughout, and hla loaa will be a severe diow 10 tne Japanese cause. JAPANESE BONDS. Dollars' loose in to Bo (Special Map ten byUased Wire to The Journal) San Francisco, Nov. 12. Blxty million dollars' worth of fmperutf IllWlUr" gov eminent war IsjisSb.' tjsaiTnsT Pr cent Interest, will be floated in the open mar kets of Great Brltlan and the United States next Monday morning at 10 (.o'clock, and for the first time in the hlatory of San Francisco, through the Nevada National bank of San Francisco, recognised as one of the throe Brent financial centers of tha world, will be given an opportunity to purchase the bonds. London and New York banking houses aside from the Nevada National bank of this city, are the only great financial Institutions of two continents author ised to issue the collateral of the Jap anese government. In New Tork the bonds will be handled by Kuhn. Loeb & Co.. the National City bank and the Na tional Bank of Commerce. The bonds are designated tn English pounds sterling, and the laaue of (11,000.000 is equally apportioned between London and the United States. The loan waa promulgated by his Imperial majesty, the emperor of Japan, November 10. 1904. Although the time In which the bonds are to ran Is limited to five years, after April i, 1104, tha Japanese government reserves the right to redeem them In full In two years at par, first giving the holder six months' notice to that effect. Since the loan la made solely for the purpose of meeting the mlkado'a heavy expenses resulting from the Russlan Jananese war. the question of paying off the bonded Indebtedness depends al most entirely upon the continuance of the war. Should the gigantic struggle between the Japanese and ths Russians cease within alx montha or a year, the loan will likely be terminated accord ing to the schedule. A 100 bond, approximately i&ou, wui cost the Investor but $447.21. These terms Jpply equally In London, New Tork and San Francisco. ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE ' IS A RECORD BREAKER (Special Dl! patch by Leased Wire to The JooreSI) Schenectady. N. Y Nov. 12. The big electric locomotive built for the New Tork Central railroad by the General Electric company attained a speed of 75 miles an hour In tta official test here. The ran was made over a specially pre pared four-mile track. It ia declared that the locomotive can make to miles an hour on a longer stretclrof track Several races were held between the electric and a steam engine, and the new creation proved a marvel and more than the equal of its rival. With, a train of nine heavy Pullman cars attached the electric locomotive beat out an engine of the New Tork Central company run ning alone and picked up a speed of more than 40 miles in less than two hours with a train of 400 tons attached to it HURLED HIGH IN AIR BY RAILROAD ENGINE (aerial Dispatch to The Journal.) Spokane, Wash., Nov. 12. Joseph N. Olaen, a Swedish laborer, while crossing the High Hangman creek trestle on the Northern Pacific railroad, lust west of the olty, was struck snd Instantly killed by a freight train shortly before noon today. The man evidently did not hear the approaching train and waa caught in the middle of the trestle, which is 20 feet high at that point The engine hurled him high above the box cars and his lifeless body then fell to the ground below. A deep gash waa cut In his head and thla alone waa suffi cient to cause death. It is thought that Olsen baa n son living In thla city, though he has not yet been located. It le also stated that ha ia aurvived by a wife In the old country. He was about 67 years el age. The Big Culebra Cat In the Panama Canal. the Canal BAD ODORS FROM SEWER CONTRACT Contractor Riner Placed in an Unenviable Position by At tempted Repairs. PEOPLE DETERMINED TO GET AT BOTTOM FACTS Suspected Frauds May Cause Change of Contract for Irvington Work. Wldeapread comment is being caused in the city by the investigation of the construction of the Tanner creak sewer The original contention of the prop erty owners that the work was not done according to plans and specifications has been substantiated by llscoveriee of the peat weak, which show that there are defects In the big drain. Contractor Rlner's attempt to repair a portion of the faulty work last Thursday has added fire to the smoldering flame of In dignation among the property owners in the sewer district. They now declare they will leave no stone unturned to get at the bottom of the suspected fraud perpetrated by the contractors. If the report of the experts show that the contractors have attempted to defraud the city, the city engineer's office will be seriously involved. City Engineer Elliott and hla assistant, George Soogglns, have stated that the work on the sewer has been inspected by them and that it has been done ac cording to plana and specifications. Only a few daya ago, since tha investigation commenced. City Engineer Elliott stated that the aewer waa properly con structed. In the acceptance of the work Harry Chandler, surveyor: J. M. Caywood, In spector, and City Engineer Elliott have signed their names to a statement that the work had bean thoroughly Inspected by them and that It waa according to plana and specifications in every re spect. E. W. Rlner's statement that he has been ."lobbed" le little credited among those Interested. He states that he be lieves hla enemiee are working against him In an attempt to Injure him before the public and keep him from getting his money for the construction of the sewer. Contractors Much Concerned. Contractors are also much concerned in the outcome of the controversy. They fear' the scandal will seriously Interfere With future city Improvements. One contractor stated yesterday that it will bring all contractors doing work for the olty Into bad repute if It le found that the construction of the sewer is aa bad aa intimated. "People will be susplolous of every piece of work done, and much trouble and delay will result," said he. "Bank ere and money-lenders who frequently beck contractors on large city Jobs will (Continued on Page Two.) A BIRTHDAY MYSTERY FOR YOU TO SOLVE Here la a strange little pussle. which has the same answer, in dependent of the fact that no two people solving the pussle were born the same year and consequently use tha aame fig ures. Write down the figures of the year you were born, and from this take away four. Add your age at next birthday If It cornea before January, otherwise your age at your last birthday. Multiply tha result by 1,000 and from this! deduct f 11.421. Sub stitute for the figures corre sponding letters of the alphabet, as A for 1, Bsfor 2. etc. The re sult Is a Chinese tsble delicacy which Is used in this country for electioneering purpoaes. Strike out the first letter trans pose those that remain and form a word. ' ' ' ' "'' ' w " It Is One of the Most Important and Difficult Sections of and la Closely Guarded. awsBtewBsP- Jasf axs?BBBBBli4aaSu2ajleaBBBBBBa. ' - . ,1 ) ti - a Sea awKssKal - W'-r: ''&( ' i"' ,k ! - . xv X3 litl awll 'aaysssaau- ' ' ass I Ell 11 1JB fc.-' lt i sssssfl I TaV ' MM esjkjx H Agassi H Scene in the City of Panama, Capital ot the Republic, One of the Principal Points to Be Visited by Sec retary Taft on His Mission. v CITIZENS AND GYPSIES EIGHT Two Mountaineers Fatally Wounded and Several Others Seriously Hurt. BARRICADE PROTECTS THE HORSE TRADERS Some of Men Shot in Head and Breast and Wounds Will ' Prove Fatal. (Special Dispatch by Leased Wire to The Journal) Somerset, Ky Nov. 12. In a pitched battle between cltlsens and a band of horse trading Oypsies near Alpine, on the Cincinnati Southern railroad, in the lower end of this county, last night, news of which reached here today, two cltlsens were fatally wounded and othera seriously Injured. Several of ttw Gypsies fell victims of the skillful aim of the Kentucky mountaineers, despite the fact that they were protected by the barricade of their wagons and paraphernalia. The Injured men were ahot in the head or breast and their wounda will prove fatal. The citizens who fell in the battle were John MoKee. Anderson Freeman and D. Haines. McKee's body waa fairly peppered with lead, fired by the Oypsies from a shotgun. Freeman was ahot three times. Ths bullets that hit were fired from a .38 calibre revolver. Haines was twice hit, once by a revolver bullet and again by slugs from a shotgun. - One Gypsle. at least, Is known to have been desperately wounded, and several others were badly hurt. Owing to the fact that the Oypsies have kept pretty well within their Incloeure since' the battle It is impossible to learn the num ber and extent of their injuries. SLEEPLESS WONDER MAKES A LARGE BET (Special Dispatch by I -eased WJre to The Jesrnal) Trenton, N. J., Nov. 12. Albert Herpln of thla city, who says he has not slept a wink in M years, will undertake to prove himself the sleepless wonder and at the aame time win a bet of tio.ooo made by a Chicago specialist that he cannot keep awake tl days. .The test la to commence la this city February . next. The money has been put up by R. C. Corbln of Chicago and four pbyslclana who will "alt up" with Herpln for the purpose of making sure that he does not steal a nsjp. Herpln's wakefulness dates back 10 yeara to the time when hla wife died. Hla nervee were affected so murhv he could hot aleep and he kept awake so long that he could not get the habit of sleeping again. IS SUSPECTED OF MURDERING FAMILY Adolphus Weber, Aged Twenty Years, Creates Suspicion by Peculiar Acts. IS INDIFFERENT AND SHOWS GREAT CUNNING Mother Apparently Tried to Tele phone Just as She Was Shot to Death. (Special Dispatch by Lraaed Wire to The Journal) Auburn, Cel., Nov. 12. The town of Auburn continues In the throes of ex citement over the tragedy of Thursday night, when Julius Weber, his wife, thsir 18-year-old daughter Bertha, and their 8-year-old son Paul, were shot snd left to die In their burning home that the murderer might hide bis crime. Thus far suspicion attaches itself to Adolph Weber, the son of Julius Weber, al though the officers claim to have two other theories which they are now work ing on. At present they are searching for a motive for the awful tragedy. They aay that jealousy and revenge figure In ths case and they are working along theae lines It is admitted that the as sassin must be a man not only of brains, but of genius. In fact, the aherlff le looking for a second Durrant. (Continued on Page Two.) POPE PIUS X FAR FROM BEING OUT OF DANGER (Oopyrlrht. Hearst News Serrlce, by Leased Wire to The Journal ) Paris, Nov. 12. In spits of all official denials, tha fact still remains that Pope Pius X is far from being out of danger. Already at the time of his succession to ths chair of St. Peter, Cardinal Barto's heart troubled him considerably and bis physicians ordered htm to beware of ex citement and to keep exceedingly quiet. Since that time the life of his holiness has been nothing but a chain of excite ment and worry and thla has undermined his strength. To a man as intensely human as the present pope It would hare been Impos sible to look at the great events which have taken place since the triple crown of St. Peter waa placed on hla head, aa a cool observer. The bitter struggle between church and state in Prance, the expulsion from that country of all religious orders, first filled hie heart with grief. TAFT GOES TO PANAMA TO SECURE INFORMATION (Special Dispatch by Lease wire to The Journal.) Washington. Nov. 12. That information first hand may be acquired for future legislation Secretary of War Taft will go to the Panama canal sons Monday. Preparations for his departure are almost complete and all will be in readiness by Monday morn ing. Secretary Taft will be accom panied In hla trip to the famous territory by members of the house committee on Interstate and foreign commerce, and the entire party will be landed at Colon. Two weeks will be passed by the committee and other legisla tors in the canal gone, but the length of Secretary Taft's stay has not been definitely decided. He goes more as a personal rep resentative of President Roose velt than aa the man holding the war portfolio, and on hla report much of the future attitude of the administration toward the new republic will depend. DECLARE IT IS INSULT TO NATION Suffrage Association Objects to Clause in Oklahoma and Arizona Statehood Bill. MANY WOMEN GATHER AT THE HOTEL ASTOR Occasion le Memorial Meeting in Honor of Mrs. Elizabeth . Cady Stanton. (Special Dispatch by Leased Wire to The Journal) New York. Nov. 12. "No nation ever before visited such sn Insult on any claas of Ita cltlsens," declared Mrs. Carrie Chapman . i 'at t, president of tho International Suffrage association. She waa Speaking at a memorial meeting in honor of Mrs. Elisabeth Cady Stanton, called on the anniversary of her birth day yesterday by the Equal Suffrage League of New Tork. Her subject was the section of the Oklohoma and Ari zona statehood bill, providing aa fol lows: "That said atate shall never enact any law restricting or abridging the right of auffrage on account of race, color, or pervious condition of servi tude or on account of any conditions or qualifications, save and except on ac count of Illiteracy; provided here that any auch restrictions shall be made unl- (Conttnued on Page Three.) The continued strained relatlona with the Qulrlnal. which he had hoped to end. have caused him many a aleepleaa night. The many divorcee in Catholic royal and princely families and es pecially the divorce of Princess Alicia of Schoenburg-Waldenburg, whom he himself had married to her husband while he waa aUll a cardinal, all these things have been poison to Pope Plus. And aa the crowning of It all - cams the war between Russia and Japan, the terrible loss of life, tho heartrending reports of the Buffering of the thousands of wounded left to die alone unnoticed, their lips parched with thirst, writhing In mental agonies be cause thoy knew that they were about to die without the last rites of the church. Quietly he la said to have uses) all kls I Influence with the rulers of Europe to vr - - c HOT WORDS IN COURT Attorney Gearin Uses Them in Argument Be fore Judge George. ASKS COURT TO LIFT WORD OUT OF POOLROOM The Queer Class Gathers in Great Numbers to Hear the Lawyers in the Injunc tion Suit. "Sheriff Word's duty consists in en forcing the laws, not In Interpreting them. He has no right In the Warwick poolroom. What a court of equity has power to do In order that Mr. Nease's business may not be Irreparably dam aged la to remove thla new and strenu ous official from the establishment. And that la what we want done. We aak thla. court to reach out and take hold of thai, chap, and lift him out of there, and keep him out until the final adjudication of thla cause." Attorney John M. Geartn used thla language yesterday. In arguing ths peti tion for a mandatory injunction estop ping Mr. Word from longer holding pos session of the Warwick poolroom. "This man has broken the law conducted a poolroom, which Is the worst form of gambling known. He has defied the forces of law snd order amy-" has adopted the aame cunning "procedure distinguishing meg of his type In other states. Court decisions are to be found in abundance abowlng that pool rooms are classed aa common gaming houses. and aa auch form public nuisances. Sheriff Word did nothing but his plain duty when he dispossessed this man. The law makes It obligatory on him to . prevent violations of ths law. A pool would be running again just aa soon the aherlff relinquished possession. We ask this court to consider well what displacing him means as regards the morals of tha community." So spoke Henry McGinn, counsel for Sheriff Word. Pointing hla finger at M. O. Nease. manager of the Warwick, and raising hla voice to atrong pitch, hla face.' flushed with ths Intensity of hla emo tion. Judge Henry K McOInn appealed to the court In hla turn to refuse to in terfere aa an equity tribunal In the methods taken by the aherlff to carry out what he believes to be the pro visions of the statute. Moral Toroas Agaiawt ska S a mil sis The argument was held before Presid ing Judge George In the circuit court. It waa a momentous occasion for both ths moral forces of the city and the gambling element. The court room waa crowded, mostly with gamblers and tha hangers-on usualy found round their places when they are permitted to oper ate. Peter Grant and Harvey Dale were there, drinking in every word that waa uttered. They realised fully the Im portance of the Issue. All the salient featurse of the law relative to the con duct of pool rooms were drawn out In the argument for a mandatory Injunc tion. Should Judge George decide that an Injunction must Issue, Sheriff Word will be forced to take hie deputy out of the Warwick pool room and to cease Interfering with Its operations until some time tn Jsnusry. provided the out come of the suit brought agatnat him In the Justice court and appealed to the circuit court Is favorable to the action he has taken. If aa Injunction should Issue, the Intention of the Portland club la to open its pool room, T. R. Carson waa also there. To hint the decision of Judge George means aa much as It does to Grant and Dale. He Is the manager of the Interests held by James McDevltt In the Orpheuav Mc Devltt Is reported to have sold hla Inter (Continued on Page Two.) make them Interfere, but again and again he waa disappointed, and then came the sickness which it took all of hla physicians to conquer and the dan ger of which Is now nearly past. At 5 In the morning be Is sailed by his valet. Pitta. At he attanda mass la the oratorlum next to his bedroom snd after mass takes his first breakfast. After that he takes a walk In the garden, accompanied only by hie private secretary. Having returned from hat walk he commences attending to hie correspondence and personally r answers every letter sent to matter hew trivial ita All afternoon visitors until , supper; at 1 be Blnoe his recent anssn. a have forbidden htm ISL In audience, sad , -1 tbree days, when WgkM strong MjBjM .. .... .. , 'mMKuS akaaafaaanEasa