waasa saaws ma sbbbbbx m bbi . -warn sbi arm -"aaai ssa Bsasasi ssi bbt -wai bi ssrsm a bm bsb- bbs wsrw awssm a bbi waaai wak. bs bbi bbt bbi aw awssssai bbi bw wa a" ssa ssrwai wa wasr ar was. wa warn bbi bbi h m as a wa v wa wasr ar mm w sax saw bbi - .saw aw sat bbi sbi bw sat am aw wa a bbi aa. m -wai m b Jfouiroaf OOD EVENING.! The Circulation Of The Journal Yesterday Waa 17,1 Tonla-ht ' and . Thursday. warmer tonight; high southerly winds. VOL. III. NO. 255. PORTLAND, OREGON. WEDNESDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 28, 1904 FOURTEEN PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS. TREMENDOUS INCREASE IN OVER BEST EVER DONE RECORDS SMASHED Year of Greatest Pros perity Closing for Port . land Merchants. CHRISTMAS TRADE WAS LARGEST KNOWN HERE Reasons for Wonderful Increase in Business Just as Satisfac- tory as la the Splendid Growth in Trade. - 1 "-' ; " V Portland haa established a new rec ord for volume of retail business. It wan made during the week ending laat Saturday night. All prevtoua big rec ' ords were amaahed. Six weeks ago there waa grumbling boat the retail trade. The year n busi ness did not promise to round out to tha satisfaction of all. Today there la hard ly a dissatisfied man to be found In all Hie liat of Portlanda retallera. Tha increase over any previous year aver aged at leant to par oent. Tit enormous business of laat week haa placed tha year 1(04 to the front aa the banner year In retail trade. The hoflday revival began early In December, and there were practically two reeka of thla iMiatneaa. Laat Saturday waa the great day. It waa the top-notcher In the whfile hlatory of Portlands retail trade. There are atorea In thla city that did more buatneaa than ever before by from $500 to 11, WW on that day. One merchant's explanation of It r that the combination of Saturday and the day preceding Christina made It the greet buying day. ' When Chrlatmaa falls on Sunday there te a full Week of atrlctly holiday ehop pfng. aa the buying begins on the lion day before Christmas. Thla season the weather changed at the right time, and, the people had money a part of the 14.000,000 that haa, hem spent In Port land this vear In bulldln ODeratlons. Interesting- Phases of tan US I The Increase over the holiday business f a year ago presents some Interesting phases of the trade problem. There are many Portland merchants who study these question, and who can talk Inter estingly on them. . Here Is what some of them say: William F. Woodward secretary and treasurer of Woodard. Clarke A Co.: ' While there haa been an enormous incresse In our holiday trade this year over that of any previous year. Individ ual purchasers have not been so large aa they were a year ego. The aggregate Inoreaae of trade comes from a very large lncreeae In volume of buyers. In other words, more people are buying, but few of them are purchasing expen ' elve goods In our line. We attribute this condition to two things the ab sence of a large and flourishing sport ing, element that waa In Portland a year ago, and the fact that Installment home builders are buying only what they need, not what they want. There haa been a vast amount or home-building In this city during the last season These hnme-bulldera are .husbanding their re source, and when Christmas time cam they Bought useful and Inexpensive gifts. X OS of Gambling Melps Trad. "I am not one of those who believe that the -closing of public gambling house hurt retail store trade. We have h'td an extensive trade from the gambling fraternity. A store friends go they have been friendly to this store. Whlle'the gsmbler who a year ago came In and purchased a ftO gift for a friend, perhaps, did not come last weak, the $(0 came Just the same through perhaps a doxen channel Instead of a single ene. The dollar a dosen wage earner spent In gambling place a year ago, remained In their pocket tht year, and were (Continued on Page Three.) NOISY LUNATIC IS BEATEN TO DEATH ( Joarna I Special service.) . Napa, Cel.. Dec. St. Because he made loo much noise Joseph Louis, an inmate of the Insane asylum her, was .beaten to death on Sunday night by Attendants Bhanahan and Retxman. Ixiuls waa a Wig powerful man. some times Violent. On Christina dsy he made a good deal of not and two attendant triad to subdue htm. He restates and the two men lost their tampers They threw Loots to the floor and pinned him there, but were not content with merely overpowering him. He must be taught a lasson. So they rslned blow after blow upon th crasy man prostrate form and finished by staving In hi rib. While the man was hlpless and at their merer they beat him with a heavy sarajt on which, waa a bis bras buckle. I ' ' ' "JB1 BBS ' 9 I I ' IIbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbH BT" ' alTasaaaas BaaBV '"4bbbbI Hh MMsbbM O BBbI BBBBB7 Js"aaB mm J 'jLWmmW I I sK ljiiaK I Wt "' bb9 I I United States Senator John M. Mitchell, Who Is Testifying Before the Federal Grand Jury Today. WINDOW MONEY About Jen 'Thousand Dollars the Result of The Journal's Bar gain Day in Subscriptions This Newspaper's Mall Cir--. culation Now the Largest North of San Francisco. t In on of the large windows on the Washington atreet atdai.ttfj.the Wood ard & Clarke 'drug store there Is a sight good for the eyes a display of about 110,000, In gold, stiver, greenbacks, ohecls and money Orders, representing the result of The Journals bargain subscription day, December 24. In other word, enough subacriptlon to Portland's popular paper poured In on that date to make up a total of between 19.000 and $10,000, which send all rec ords shimmering down among the things that were. Last year, when The Journal was virtu ally an Infant, but not without a reputa tion, the same plan was tried. For one day only the subscription price of the paper waa lowered about to'per cent. The result was more than satisfactory, the receipts for that day, being $6,300. This year, with a like reduction, even that much was not expected from bargain day, because the paper's subscription list Hss grown so rapidly 'since then. The wonderful result, however, Is there In the window to be seen until 9 o'clock tonight. Bargain day was advertised by means of personal letters to 'agents and known friends of The Journal. That these ex ist In large numbers and in all quar ters of the Oregon country Is demon strated) by the postmarks on letters re ceived In return. Subscriptions cairn, from Washington. Idaho. California and there la . scarcely a postofflce In the state of Oregon not represented In the collection now on exhibition, either by money order or check. The amounts re ceived range from SO cents, from an In dividual subscriber, to $146'. from an en terprising canvasser who knew a good thing when he saw It. In the unique collection these -age checke of almost every denomination. These, with bank note and postal or ders, cover the entire floor space of the Urge window, three or four deep, while laid out upon glass shelves are piles of gold and silver. The currency amounts to about $2,700, th uotn total $3,000, The autopsy showed that all but one or two rib wer broken and great gaah mad In the abdomen by th buckle. The coroner' verdict charged the attendants with causing death. Both men have been arrested on the charge of murder Rumor have been current for some time of cruelty towards patients practiced by narss and at-" fendanta and a thorough investigation by the etate commission Is probable. Several year ago similar charge of cruelty against the superintendent and phyalclana In charge, which led tn a sweeping Investigation and created a political acandal of wide proportions snd resulted In th public trial of Dr. LaWlor and hi removal, Governor Qage took an active part In the pre reernngs. refusing to dlmia th super-IsMadanW FULL OF ON SHOW and the rest of the $10,000 Is In postal paper or" checks, with the exception of $200 In stamps. Needless to say, the ut most precaution was used in transport ing the money and the window ha been watched all day by Plnkerton detec tive. . A Boon aa the treasure was placed on exhibition a crowd surrounded the window. A good many pairs of aye literally bulged at the light and ex pressions of congratulation on th un paralleled record established by the pa per were countless. Some of the small boys of Portland haven't taken their eyes off the window except for lunch. "Gee! exclaimed a newsboy to his spee. i i less companion, "she gets the money; eh. Jimmy? Doee guys knows how t do blsnesa!" The record of bargain day. 1(04, give The Journal the largest mall subscrip tion north of Ban Francisco and will bs substsnttally Increased hy the registered mall, which la usually slow to arrive. There are several thousand names to be entered upon the subscription books, and the circulation department is swam.ped. This work cannot be com pleted within two or three dayB. which Is responsible for the delayed arrival of your paper. But The Journal haa your name and address, and will send along what you purchased just aa early a pos sible. The following appeared in the circular letter advertising bargain day and Is now printed as a message to all read er of Th Journal: "A publisher of The Journel, I de lr io thank you for the support given this newspaper. We are striving to mske The Journal a, live, honest, fair and interesting newapaSer. snd have succeeded, as proven by the strong sup port given The Journal by the people of the Oregon country. Irrespective Of party. The Journal la free to say It Is "read by the multitude.' and that It 4s the paper of the plain people. The Journal grows better as It grows older and in 1905 It Will endeavor to be the beat ever' among tn newapapi 'the Oregon country." " of LUMBER FOR PANAMA TO COME FROM SOUND (Joaraal Special Serrlee. i Washington, Dec. t. The Panama canal commission has awarded the eon tract for I.I97.00O feet of lumber to be delivered on the Isthmus to J. J. Moore ft CO. of Sen Francisco for the price of I6I.1S1.4I. The entire supply will corns from Puget sound. (Local lumber dealers had opportu nity to bid on this contracfand the fact that Puget sound dealers were success ful Is tsken to indicate that trad I brisker her. nd the local manufac turer have uch demand elewhere that they did not car to go down to the low price of Puget sound lumber.) (Joarna I Speetal Service.) Vienna, Dec. It. Premier von Koer ber. It I reported, owing to the difficul ties that surround hi -position, haa de cided to resign. PORTLAND'S BUSINESS THIS YEAR BY RETAILERS IN CITY'S HISTORY OUTBREAK OF PLAGUE Dread Disease Breaks Out Among Cossacks From Ural District. KUR0PATKIN REQUESTS MORE TROOPS RUSHED Wants Capacity of Siberian Road Increased From Twelve to Fifteen Trains a Day. (Joaraal Special Service.) St, Petersburg. Dec. 28. Dispatches from Kuropatkln state that a disease similar to bubonic plagu. thought by some to be that disease, has broken out among the Klrghls Cosaacka from the Ural district. During the past fw weeks 190 deaths have been reported from thla caue, and th disease is maklna raold headway in aplte of all ef fort to check It. Th plagu ha many of th symptoms of th Asiatic scourge and prdduces - .Iwnat h.fnra ftSMM sMhfaet ts MWBie of affliction. Heroic sanitary measures are Ming resorted to In order tn stamp out th disease, which It 1 feared will swsep through the army with terribly fatal result unless Immediately checked. The cold weather Is favorable to the suppression, for such an outbreak In the hot season would speedily be beyond control. Kuropatkln baa again requeii as many reinforcement a possible rushed to his relief. He desires that additional troops be eent him In order to make of fensive" movements possible before spring Bets fairly in. He reports that the Japanese are steadily recruiting their ranks with fresh troops, and ac tively preparing for an aggreive cam paign ss soon aa the weather moderate. Kuropatkln suggests that the capacity of the Trane-Slberlan railroad be In creaaed immediately from tl to 16 trains a day. thus permitting the speedier movements of troops and Bup plles. A part of the railway la prac tically useless for days at a time now on account of the heavy snows which block traffic, and the numerous slides that hav come with the winter. Whole regiments are engaged In clearing the tracks snd using all possible means to promote speedy service. jap cm (journal Special Serrlee.) London, Dec. . A dispatch from ti ...t,. ,eu- atatoa that two Japanese cruisers have been sighted off there. and that a tnira Japanese warauip reached Amoy this morning. The ves sels are supposed to be pan or i ngi a a.,.., ..nHv released from the block ade of Port Arthur, and are thought to be on coutlng net-vice from the fleet reported to have been eni ouin io meet the Baltic squadron. EXPECT RELIEF SOON. Fort Arthur OarrUon Hopes to Mold Out Until March. (Journal Special Service.) . t Th. rrwrt from Port Arthur that Oaneraf Btoessel was Injured by falling from his horse and tnat uen eral Kondrachanko was killed Is con firmed. General Smtlnoff la reported wounded. ti,. k.inuhin Sevastopol has been sunk In shallow water, her bow dam aged In two places and hr steering gear also damaged. The garrison Is said to ne cneeriui ana confident that relief will arrive before March 1. ' It I said the army ha suf ficient provisions to last through Febru ary and til navy shout a month's store. Only a few Junk bearing upplles have reached Port Arthur during the past month, and th prlc of food I very high. Authorities this morning published a list of 13 officer killed and 0 wounded. Th presumed casualties occurred at Port Arthur. Naval authorities also publish a list of nlpe offlcsr and 7 men killed on special duty, and It Is surmised that another cruiser haa been sunk or damaged, and that the offi cers and men lost their live In this manner. . ' (gpeelal Mspatrtl to The Journal I Colfax. Wash.. - Dec. IL The farm house of M. S. Scott and all It con tent waa burned yesterday while the family was visiting. The In la ft.OOO. with no Insurance. The cause Is un known. a at rouiou. Journal Special Service.) Washington. Dc. 17. Japan haa no. tlfled th state department that mine hav been placed a I Kelung, on the northeast coast of Formosa. Shipping lias bean notified. i SALARIES ARE RAISED City Teachers fo Have Ten Per Cent Increase After This Year. - i PROVISION MADE FOR HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING Taxpayers Decide to Erect New Structure on Lot Adjoining Hawthorne School, E. Four teenth and Washington. Portland will have a new high school. This was decided upon at the annual meeting of the taxpayers of the school district laat night. It will b con structed on the vacant lot adjoining th Hawthorne chool i Et Fourteenth and Waahlngton streets and.-irllI-eo 1100,000 or more. Fund with which to build it will b ralaed by bonding th . I tut T- I , ' I Teacher will reclve an Increase of ur,.vimutiv 10 our eent In their salaries after January 1. The funds with which to meet this increased ex ,.. -, the dletrlct will be secured ;.n additional tax levy of . mu no nnnnalflnn to the Dro- po '. v'gh school and no one raised hi voice against granting the teachers an Increase In salary Th dlculon hinged -on the location for th proposed high school building, and the amount of Increase which should be granted the teacher. Thomas HI stop of Beat Portland- wa the champion of the proposed high school. He introduced a resolution granting the llrectora power to issue bonds to build the high school on the lot sdjolning the Hawthorne Grammar school. W. B. Ayer presented the opportunity for a heated discussion when he moved to amend the resolution by striking out the location of the achooL He thought a more aultable location could be se cured. Discussion on Location. Whitney L. Boise spoke In favor of piecing the high school near the Haw thorne achool; th lot waa centrally lo cated, and aa the district already owned the ground it would be an unnecessary expense to purchase land elsewhere. Director H. Wittenberg made a plea to the fathera and mothers on behalf of the little children of the Hawthorne school, who used the lot as a play ground. "If you cannot do better," he said, '1 say sell this block and purchase land in another location, but do not place all the children from the two schools In such a small place." Dr. Josephl agreed with Mr. Witten berg regarding the space. "Why leave this question to be de cided by the dlrectorsr' he continued. Why can it not be settled intelligently at this meeting of taxpayers t The di rectors were unable to come to a decis ion on teachers' salaries, although they were considering It for months, snd placed the matter before us tonight without recommendation. Maybe they will not be able to decide upon a loca tion for the high school. " Mr. Wittenberg ttempted to apeak again, but call for the original motion nu( i.t ,.,o,. The resolution ws adopteo, v. n. Ayer having withdrawn hi amendment. J. N, Teal moved to increase n levy .. mill to provide for a 10 per cent increase In teachers salaries. Rnmnai t'onneil thought a 10 per cent increase not sufficient. He favored a 20 per rent ra Is. Favor gribstantial Increase. Mr. Teiil anoke In favor of a 10 per cent advance In aalaHea He argued that the clly e taxes veer to be Very heavy, amounting to nearly 1700.000. and that the tax levy wouia oe orr ' ii.. r.,..,...i .. .iihatuotial increase, but he was not In favor of laying down rulea for the directors. Me was oi me- opin ion that the director would use discre tion reirardma salaries snd give sn in crease to those -deserving It. He ssld that with a 10 per cent approximate in crease In salaries the grade teach- . gtmm -l,..n, Ih. aitvinfl in WRtfes Was meant, would receive what was due them. i believe the grade isacners were forced to ask for a JO per cent increase." suld Mr. leal, in orovr nun nu iwvmbi. . . ,v,.i. ..lorlai rmtauwl I do not wuuiu ri ,i - - think they asked for such a large ad- . . vance on tneir own account. i ". Increase In salaries properly divided will be sufficient. It behooves everybody to use Judgment In this matter. xne in- ...... in ih. amount of taxes dtlrlllK re- Cent years Is greater than th Increase In the assessed valuation oi prop-ny. Dan J. Malarkey favored a 50 per cent Increase He thought Mr. Connell'a proposition fo levy an additional 1 mill tax the proper thing. Fair Wage for Hdnoators. "I submit to you that the question In volved la a question of fair wag to tho who educate our children." said ha "All other question are foreign. .iConiluueu oa Pag His.). H..H Herman Wittenberg;. Who Made a Hard Fight for a New High School. WATER FOR DESERT COSTS $31,000,000 Of Projects Under Consideration Contracts for Several Have Been Let. AGGREGATES MORE THAN ONE MILLION ACRES Cost Ranges Eighteen to Thirty ' Five Dollars, Average Being About Twenty-Seven. (Washington Bursas of Th Joarna t. ) Washington. Dec. St. Great Interest l1tmnK"tn1g ma tn the operations of t he reclamation service under the national Irrigation act. which haa now been on the statute book about two and one half year,' and th forthcoming re port of the chief engineer of the er vlce Is lookgd for with th pectatlon that It will show that fair progress Is being made toward actual irrigation under government ausplcea. The report will show that between 10 and 40 large Irrigation projects have been examined. IS have been recommended for approval and contracts for construction have been either advertised or let on six projects, as follows: Advertised or te t. Truckee-Carson project In Nevada; construction commenced September, 190S. Salt river project. Artsona; construc tion commenced November. 104, Minidoka project. Idaho; construction commenced November, 1904. Hondo project. New Mexico: construc tion commenced December. 1904. North Platte and Pathfinder project, Nebraska and Wyoming, proposals ad vertised to be opened January 9, 1905. Tha preliminary work of road build ing and telephone line ha been under taken also on the Shoshone project. Wyoming. The reclamation project approved contain n total of 1.1S1.000 acre of arid lauds situated In Artaon. Cali fornia. Colorado. Idaho. Montana, Ne braska. Wyoming. Nevada, New Mexico. North Dakota. South Dakota. Oregon and Waahlngton. The total amount of money appro- Vriated for the work on these approved projecta Is fSl.S96.000. an average cost an acre of 27 2. The lowest ' coat shown Is SIS an acre and the high est tit. The Salt rtver project Jn Ariaona com prises lfo.000 acres at SS0 an acre, amounting to IS.SOO.OOO. In California the Yuma project con sists of sr.000 acres, st an average cost of SSI an acre, making a total of S2.97S.OO0. The I'ncompahgre project In Colorado contains 100.000 seres, at a cost of 48, (00.000. or an average of SS( an acre. In Idaho the Minidoka project of ,0,000 acres, calls for sn expenditure of SI. 820.000, or SS sn sere. (Continued on Page Two.) SHIPWRECKED CREW S m . PICKED (Joarsal Speelet Serrlee.) I.os Angeles. Dec. JS. -Capt. P. K. Fall of the British ship Lnadale. ISO days' from Newcsatle-on-Tyne to Port Angeles, tells s story of the rescue of S oaetawaya who had been drifting around Cape Horn for over a week. The condition of the men wss pitiful. Tha) tbln. emaciated Sailors wept for Joy when rescued and aaveral were In frensled condition for day. They had abandoned the British collier Blvlon, which burned. Late In the afternoon of October a small beat waa sighted. While ra tied to an oar waa waved frantically aa the boat drew near faint call from the starving man were Heard. Th hoat contained eight men and had been drift- last far at days. Pmvlalon wer Uott tnat en MITCHELL ON STAND Senator Questioned as to His Connection with Land Frauds. HERMANN TO FOLLOW HIM THIS AFTERNOON Federal Grand Jury Makes No Concessions to Oregon's Sen ior Representative in the U. S. Senate. Senator John H. Mitchell appeared be fore the federal grand Jury today to testify In his own behalf concerning his alleged connection with the land frauds. For two hour this morning h waa before the Jury and he wag again before them when they reconvened at -o'clock this afternoon. - Congressman Blnger Hermann waa notified that ha would be the next witness called, as soon a Senator Mitchell' testimony waa concluded. Senator Mitchell's request that he be furnished with a statement of the charges against him, of th nature of the evidence and of th name of th witnesses, waa not granted. He wg himself the first witness In relation to the transactions which are supposed to Involve him In the land frauds. No pre vIoub tsstlmony having been given ntsT to these transactions. It was. of course, impossible for the grand Jury to com ply with hla request, even had It been so disposed. The Dames of the witnesses to be called and the nature of the charge against Mltchll and Hermann are .,i n Aaaiatant A 1 1 nmey -Oen- I ,)IIV i, Ul.l, - i eral Hny. and even the grand Jury I Ignorant of them, except so iar mj ' -- Ai.nmA hv the testimony given by Senator Mitchell today. aTtrehT" Shows Ska Strain. A few mlnutea before 10 o'clock thla morning Senajtor Mitchell left, the Port land hotel and walked, unattended, to the postofflce bulldlne-. Reaching tha big. bare hallway upon the second floor hiiMinr he took his sent among the waiting throng of wttneeses who had gathered outsioe ins jrjiv.. " dosen ranchers, farmers and timber . h.n anbooenaed from cruitssra shv ,,". - . central and aouthern Oregon occupied the chaira placed in tne ioooj, an" -fered a Strang oontrt to th vener .ki. ,f Oregon's senior senator aa he took his seat among them. Senator Mitchell piainiy strain of the past few days, and the - - - of those who spoke to him were tinged with sympathy. He) soon retired to tne compar.ii" i"i oTThe United State, di.trtct attorney' office, where he waited for the from the grand Jury room. H. had noj long to wait. Mr. Heney cam out from he Juryroom nd Informed the aenator . . , roa.tv to hear him. Carrying a bundle of papers and letters. to which he eviaenny in his testimony. Senator Mitchell went before the Jury. It waa close upon the noon hour when the Jury adjourned end Senator Mitchell reappeared. I Can Say sTothlng." "I can say absolutely nothing," Mat aid In response to a queetlon concern ing the proceedings, "t am under oath not to divulge anything that took place In the Juryroom, and I have nothing; whatever to say." Th ordeal had evidently been a Wear ing one. Senator Mitchell added: "I do not wish So say anything what ever, even though you aak questions which It would be proper for me to an swer. If I say anything It Is liable to be construed Into a breach of my oath before the grand Jury and the only thing I oan do la to maintain absolute si lence." It was after the conclusion of Mitch (Continued on Page Two.) UP AT SEA strongest men when confronting The men suffered severely from th drifting about, ir they had not gon down. Captain Fall decided not to leeve until 11 hope of rescuing the Others hast passed. The Lonsdale cruised first then west snd east It wa on th ond day that they sighted another tlon of th crew In vn worse than the first These s board aad given tha The captain a gig a aaaond search when tha up and tn having