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vol. iix"no. ziC, :' ; PORTLAND. OREGON, v FRIDAY EVENING." MARCH 3. 1905. -FOURTEEN PAGES.; PRICE FIVE CENTS. I :U 'r, .sVv mm HE VIST Gannon EVER USED THE FIELD Japanese KNOCK AT THE GATES RE. .1 a 1 a: ill Nos Port Arthur Vete rans in Second Battle fSofithelHun.!; -CZAR IN MANIFESTO ; , : . UPHOLDS AUTOCRACY "' " ' -' - .'It Is the Only Form of Govern Iment Fit for Russia, He De- i - "' - Clares Iji Statement to"T the People. . .IJwml Special Service.) ; a .. ' Sak-he-tun. Manchuria, March S. Th .- Japanese today made two ftubborn at tacks on PuUloff, or Loir Treo hill, but - wer6repuiMd.T8lubborn fighting bars ' been In progress all day, -Th bombard ment of Putlloff btU ha been reaumed. Tba Japanese attacked Jwo point "on ' v the extreme left wine of the. Russian , this- morning. '- -,..... The Hueaian re-took" the fortlflea ,'tiona at, Ouato paaa, previously aban- doned. - '.- - -The Japanese attempt to advance on - - . the left bank, of the Hun river la meet Ins; with stubborn resistance.-- - i. Pour Japanese divisions today reached J Saw ..Jtlne. -11 mile wet-- . Mukden, :..bc'theie advance waa checked by Bw v alan reinforcement. ,..,,.-,-., Oeneral Nogl' Port Arthur veteian are participating In today' .fighting. . Los on both aldee are heavy and the "' result a tM Indecisive. , The report that JDana calvary have appeared at Bin '-j41av-9Hir"tBconfirmed. " - ; .: ' ram nut tn Tnlrlo a. resort under yesterday's date that - the Jap anas hav opened a terrlflo bombard- 'k ment on the . entire line -, with : the heaviest suns ever . used , In the Yield v and did great damage to th Russian -r:. defenses. A hundred gumr of all alaes J were employed. The Russian guna were ,' silent, evidently-unable to reply; : The Japanese left haa completely blocked the Russian attempt to effect a turning movement. j-. ; - - ; BEGS FOR PEACEAT HOME. t.'-T.-, 4 .' ' Owr.Oall. on WaU Slsposed to Bally " vi-;::. ' .eurtwiwr.;;.t -J;', ' '(oarnal laccUl Serrlee!) ' ' ; : St. PHerabufg. March I. An lm- perlal manifesto ' was published In the , . Of flclal Messenger-today.. It reads: "The nation should adopt an attitude -, of ealmnes and tranquility, especially -on account of the enormou struggle with Japan.'. People should give their whole heart and support to the present regime, for autocracy la the 'only form of government poealbl In Russia. "Blinded by pride, evil-minded Iad er of tho revolutionary movement are " making Insolent attacks on the holy orthodox church and lawfully estab lished pillars of the Russian state, - thinking to destroy the existing order, to set - up a new administration not The assassination of Berglus l, re- ' ferred to as having aeepiy inoraw int . national f . ling., The ' manlfeato oon elude with an appeal to "right-minded V people- of all claaaea" lo rally, around ' the throne or the preservation of the ealstlng oruer."- f : A yuksse waa. lasued by the senate " today announcing . that the committee of mlnlatera na'been directed to con alder the report of schemes submitted ; for the amelioration of the people. -. ; The Ultimatum presented by the work--liiin lo. the government demanding lm v' mediate reform ha been rejected. A a ' general: strike now seem Inevitable; The workmen refused to choose repre ' v sentatlves to the Joint reconciliation ;" committee" tinles free speech - was i granted and workmen now Jailed re leased." ,J ' !""' '' r' ' The atrlke af Mosoow haa been 1 re 'y . aumed on a Isrger scale, anarchy reigns In the CaUcau and at 8t Petersburg unrest - and dlcontnt ' All the air. ! . Throughout the empire workmen ; are , clamoring for liberty. ' . ' Blxty thousand men-are out In 8t , Petersburg. The employes lm the : 8t. : ; Petersburg shops f the Warsaw rail- rrod are among the latest to go out.- " '! ; The city of Warsaw la In a ferment. Disturbance are heurly reported and 1 -. a bomb' waa yesterday thrown at the V nolle station. The-; placing of Poland r. under martial Ui had the effect of " Increasing the fury of the populace. , ' Th government" wholeaale concea- !Ialon to the, railway, strikers have con .; trlbuted largely, to the revlval of the labor movement 1fi St. Peteraburg. - . ;obaji man b&scbitt. , . -I - (Joaraal 8pHal aofTlfe.) -'!'. ,A 8t Petersburg, March . Tha ckar - 1 asg th people vote In lpglslatloit ' , BXOTora zm wamsAw. , . ' . '(Jwnl BtwOf Srr1ee.l ' - - Berlin. March I. A dispatch from - i, Warsaw states that the Imperial mani festo issued loaay. provoaeq a revoiu 11 ; Kept Under Police Surveillance. 4- RUMORED CHINESE COOK ; . IS ACCUSED. OF CRIME Contents of Will Prove That Only Possible . Motive ; Wat Re. venge Mist Bemer May i ff i Help Solve Mystery. U I i Honolulu, March i (Bulletla) The Inquest to determine the cause of Mr, Jane Stanford' a death ha been post poned. The analysis of th contents of Mr. Stanford' stomach Is Incomplete, Miss Berner and May Hunt, Mr. B tan ford's maid, are being rigidly examined by the polloe, who are taking a ateno grapblo report of their statementa, . (Joaraal BaedU errlce.) ' u San Francisco, March . With th Inquest over th remain of Mr. Stan ford only a few hours away, th polio hf v drawn a net around every person In.thiajclty connected wHh the Stan ford case. Employes In the. Stanford mansion are practically prisoner. De tective -are constantly on th watoh and no movement C the servants " es cape them. . - j Jt as-authorltatlvely suled.thls after noon that Captain, of Detective Burnett naa in nis possession. Information that he believe wUl lead to a solution of the mystery, and. that the motive for the murder wa the Immediate aoqulre ment of a legacy, and that th finger of suspicion points to one In a high position, and that arrest .will follow a soon a th Information la thoroughly Inquired Into, and that ther im no dan ger' of the uppected : person "getting away, ' ' :4 - . .- The captain Of detective Ha received a mass of Information In th last few day in regard to the case, . but all 1 of llttl value with th exception ef the atory. on which these statements , are baaed. Tha revelation are said to be so astounding" thaj,-th captain la ualng th utmost precaution. - The informant waamly Induced to talk after tremen. dous pressure had been brought to bear. "j ne-noma of-Albert Beverly, the for mer butler, with, whose family Elisabeth Richmond, - Mrs. Stanford' - former maid, la- stopping, is also under close unrelllanc. . - . - . , . At Palo Alto, where Mr. Berner; mother of Mr. Stanford' private sec retary resides, detectives are onv guard to prevent Mr a. Berner from telling what ah, know until the proper time arrlvea. Meanwhile the detective who worked on the first poisoning case are working diligently with the city police, and before th day la over th develop ment promised tonight may material-, lie. Theaa developments, when they ' com may or may not come In th form of . arrests, , but are expected to shed much Jight on the great mystery. . ''i :, j..; ' Awaitlma; atopay. '' y' -.Upon th autopsy and Inquest, how ever, rest . ther greatest importance and word from Honolulu 1 awaited with In terne interest. - Ther can be no doubt that the coroner' Jury will And Mrs. Stanford came to her death from strychnin poisoning, ' but " what addi tional finding tending to show respon sibility, If any, will be found is th point of paramount consequence, """" ' . While the- police here claim to have no Information of th evidence gathered bythdHoHOlura-poHcef ther l an.Jm presslon that Mia Berner ha told something, or ' will tell, something at th inqueat that will serve to clear up, In a measure, th mystery. A- report was circulated last night that Mis Berner' had directly accused Ah Wing, 'a Chinese cook fn th Stan ford mansion, of having plaoed strych nin n tb bottle of bicarbonate of oda and that upon this Information he waa arrested. The police deny that Ah Wing Is under arrest any more than any other member, of the Stanford household and ay they have no official advice to th effect of Mis Berner' s accusation.- , - '. .i, .Soagat ttryahata..'; ,;', '. "Vigorous search I being prosecuted todsy in Palo Alto for further clew that might lead to the former employ of the Stanford mansion upon whom suspicion ha been cast.- This tnan i said to have purchased there,1 through another man. quantities of strychnin at various times, but thla 1 not yet veri fied. ' '. - - Police and private detective say they have every line well In hand and that If murder waa done, th murderer can not escape, The theory advanced last bight followed an erroneous report of th finding Of another bottle of strych nine In Mrs. Stanford's trunk, that airs. Stanford had been taking th poison a madlclne and had accidentally swallowed an overdose. 1 scouted by the polln and other directly Interested in the jcaae. : ' Xmow OoaBta ef Wta. ' it ha . been learned that Mr.- Stan ford' attorney ha eeretly. (innmunl. cated th content of Mr. -Stanford' . "(Continued on Pag -Eight.) ' ; f K I , : - 1 K" . (Waslilacten Bores ef The JaraV,-'J -Waahlngton, XTrC-T March - Th special- federal grand Jury today- re turned - an indictment against Repre sentative Blnger Hermann - of - Oregon, charging, him ' with ' unlawfully and fraudulently destroying IJ letter pre copy books with their entir content. - This npecif ici charge against the ex land commissioner, for which' an in dictment was today found against him. la alleged to hav been committed on January SO, -1904, while- he waa com missioner of the , United . State land office, and.'just previoua to hi retire ment from, that position. . - , -One of the witnesses before th-grand Jury -in th ease Jut .concluded. against Hermann was secretary or tn interior HltcbcoclC-; -" ' " ' 4 - "Another wltnesa against Hermann waa his former secretary, George R. Ogden, who produced the shorthand book con taining the original notes taken for the CITY T O O City Engineer Wanaer, hi a communi cation fto th , xecutiv board .today, state that the city . ha paid th. Port land General Electrto 1 L4ght company H.710 mora than called for in th con tract during, 1904 and January of preaent year,. - - ? i -'' : Hi report accompanies hi refusal to approve the -monthly.' bill -' of $."6.0 presented, by the company. Instead he presents a counter claim, against th company of $45 for light which have been reported out. . ', " According to the original agreement th alectiio company waa to forfeit th sum of CO cent for every light reported out.' Instead he say th -deduction has been nvade-at-the - rate of 1 cent 'an hour, - th regular charge mad to th city for the light: :: i.HI communication wa read at, the meeting or th executive board thla .af ternoon. It follows: ' i---,. , "I "enclose herewith without my ap proval the bill of the General Klectrlc Ught company for tha. month of Feb ruary, 106. amounting to th sum of M.76M1 and at .th aunt time a counter claim for Hunts reported out by th po lice department.' which according to my Interpretation -of the existing contract between the. electric company and the Ity of Portland, amounta to the sum of l((t. leaving a balance due th electric CONFERENCE CUTS' : OREGON APPROPRIATIONS -u - -I,., -, ;' .-.. Whln(toa Bsreakv t Toe' JaaraaL) '," Washington, March ' I Th confer ence committee on river and harbor cut Fulton'a amendment giving an In crease of $10,000 for the . mouth of the Columbia river Improvement to $100,000. . Aa finally settled In confer ence and aa the bill will etand If passed the Oregon Item re 1 - Tillamook bay. $10,000; Cnqullle river, 115,000; Columbia at Caacada, $10,000; it, tjrw . k i nf 1 1 - V. 1 7 r& W.M I - - - . HERMANN FOR LIGHT THAT SPECTRE AGAIN I":,:. - (Oepyrialit, WOO.' by W. C HearstV-;-rv: V ... :. ;. ,. , . ,r . . . ,-.. - 1 li S - mm A 'y9 1 IWZ ND CTED BURN NG . """"" y .. .. . . j"-TT!" - i letter. destroyed, thu disproving Her maan'a claim that th book contained onh''ptvate correspondences - . .4 The-Tooord wef-etrKrd.-.Jii-. fore Hermann left the general land of fice. "With the copy book were alaq Important exidenc and data mad a part 'Of the special report of Colonel Green, which report brought about Her mann'a dismissal. ' - . .. . - Hermann testlHed that he had a per. feet right to destroy th book, as they were hi personal' property, containing only private' letters.?-. They .were,- howA ever, known -to contain many letter addressed to ' persons ln Oregon, . wlto were Implicated In the land frauds, and would bav. been valuable aaststanoe to th government not only ln prosecuting th-land fraud Investigation.-but also in Implicating - Hermann and Senator Mitchell.-In th- conspiracy. , Th orig inal notes read from shorthand today completed the chain of evidence against BILL $6,000 H I G H , S A YS , W A N Z E R eompany for - the-' month of February, .105, amounting o $5,04.4f. - "In this connection I' wish to state that th contract with th electrto com pany extend over a period -of five year beginning ' January V 1904, and termi nating December 11.-108, and further that during the entire year of 104 and the month of January. 194S, the deduc tion from th varioua bill for light reported out have not been mad In ac cordance with either th spirit or letter Of. th contract, but have been made on a basis of deducting th time each light waa reported out . and computing the deduction at rat per hour which th city- agree- to pay for each light while burning, to-wlt about 1 eenta an hour, while the contract, -an extract of which Iherew1th attached, specifically demand a penalty of SO cent for every light reported out -.i - - "If my understanding la correct, the electric company , haa heen over-paid on thla contract up tJ "February I, th sum of $5,710.24. follows:- Deductions . charged - January, -1(04, 2.10; should be IMS. - - r r . Deduction charged - February. -104, $7.; should be &tl.(0. ----- - Deductions charged March, ' 104, 1110.20; should be $1,000. Deductiona charged April, - 14. $.; should be 14(7. Deductions charged May, 104, $3.1J; should b 2i. Willamette above Portland. $S0, 000: Im provement to lower Willamette, $100,. 000; th mouth of the Columbia, $40O, 000; Cascades, $300,000; continuing The Dalles and CHI16.- $50,000 1 cash and $250,000 continuing. '? - . norm SAiroa fob his 'Jaerail Special Srrvtee.) Washington, Ta., March f. Crying and beating hi head against th' wslla of his cell,.Adolph J. Bloc.h, formerly of Philadelphia, jiow tn the county Jail, haa confessed to having rommlttaed a murder for which hi brother waa hanged at Allentqwo two day fro. ...... SI f VkV FILES the -congressman and resulted In Indictment.- ' . .. hi : Testimony to th amefrect waa riven beore the grand Jury In Portland. but Inasmuch a the often wa com mitted in Washington, Heney thought It advisable . to have- th- - Indictment re turned .where the crime wa committed. Commissioner . Ricbarda also, wa a witness - against ; Mr. Hermann and ex. plained oondltlona a he found them on aucceeding Hermann., and how the busi ness of the department wa affected by the destruction of the records. . Much of th correspondence destroyed related to tb crestlon of forest reserve In Oregon and threw- light 1 upon " the working of th conspirator. Ther I a rumor that th Investiga tions being, made -by th grand Jury will also cover the Mitchell and Wil liamson eases, and It 1 poealbl that indictments will be" returned alao against them. -v ' t " 5' i :-.-vt ', - ;. -j, . : :. ' Deduction charged June,' 104, ttl.TS; hould b 1J2. . ' ' Deduction charged July, 104. $J.0; hould' b SI14.S0. - Deduction '.-charged'': August.. .104, $2.7i ahould be $311.M. ' ' ' Deduction charged . September, 104 $41.83; should be $7JS 80. .Deduction charged , October,' il04, 143.40; should be $41. ' , Deduction charged November, 104, tU.S0: ahould'b t410.60.4 Deduotlons charged December, 104, $112.0; should be fl,01.E0. Deduction charged . January, JAOS, $47.70; ahould be f 20. :' "Th difference between th deduc tion mad and the correct deductiona, amounting to the aura of $6,710.20, repre sent th- amount which th city ha overpaid th electric company. during th 13 months elapsing alnee th beginning of the- contract to February . 1 of th current year. , , ! ' ' ; "These amounta are subject to correc tion, of m I r.or-errors and proofs on the part of the electric company of th act of God causing th destruction of the lights, and ae complied from report of the poftce1 and engineer depart ments, duplicate copies of which re port I understand are dally furnished the electric "company" Very - respect-' fully. ' "CHAS. WANZER." FUNSTON -TRANSFERRED TO PACIFIC DIVISION (Joaraal Rperial Berrlc.)- ' ''WahJngton, -March Tho.war de partment by direction of the president haa leaued-an order transferring Gen eral Funston from th department of th lake to. th department of Call fornia. to take effect March It, and tb th temporary command of thf Pacific division from April I. to succeed Gen eral Moor, who retire ... 1 -. ,",' : ... W- !.'-' -f ' . ; .-' '' PROFITS Or Garfield Sends in Report on Packers' Combine to Congress; FORTY-FIVE PER CENT OF - TRADE HELD BY BIG SIX Packing Houses : Found Not Overcapitalised The Big Money Is Being Made - Private Car Lines." - (Joaraal Special Service.) Washington, - -March .. President Roosevelt sent.lo conrreaa today the report on th alleged beef truat," pre pared by Commissioner Of Corporationa Garfield, according to a reaolutlon of th house o March of lat year. Th report covers the prlc of cattl and dressed beef, th margin between such price and the organisation. - con duct and profits of th oorporatlona en gaged in tha beef Induatry., Summarised the report say: i -. Six;., packing companle. " Armour. a ,. - Unwlfl V - MaHnnal Pa-klnff company, 8ohwarchUd a ad Sulxberger and Cudahy ar. designated a the "big .t. ' in the hi los they slauchtered ii twrmtef the twelve and a half million of head of cattl , sUughtered In th t'nlted State. Th net average profit of Armour. Swift and Bchwara child and Bulaberger Innhat year-was 9 cent per bead, not. Including the- In cidental profit. - , " . " : Th year 101 was lea profitable tnan usual, during om of tb month th leading -packer actually losing money on every head alaugbtered. - In 101 th prlc! cattl fell sharp ly, chiefly because of th Urg Increase i i Tk .1 iMilln. nacklna 1 in .ui"li- - - I companiea apparently r not .over oapi- tausea, tor tn ptrvnm y u the gross volume of business to com paratively small. : Swift's profit during th lt thr year waa only S per cent on th total sales. Cudahy' profit last year were 1.1 per cent of th total ealee.. Th report ayr tht th profit of the private ear line In th packing In dustry 00 mileage ar very liberal, be ing from 14 to 17 per cent - v While th-"blg..alx-ooirol th trad In larg-eenterr-1n mall cltte and town It I much le Important . Th fact that they handl only 41 per cent of th bulnea of th country indlcatea the exiatenc of actlv competition. Tna'bUraau place th average coat of a refrigerator car at $1,000. the average aarly col or mainienaao. . profit from mileage alone 14 to IT per ont Cudahy mad 22 per cent In 12 on It care. With th xception of tb National Packing company, which la a Joint atock ffalr. th oommlaatoner found no general Inlerownerhlp among th lx principal companle. . ROBS THE "PUBLIC. ; Brag Trast Skewa to B rar-machiag aadVay Froawmtod. (Joaraal Special gV. -t ' . March X Documentary an1 oral evidence tht the drug truat. which doe a business or $ioo.o,ow per year, rob th American public of $40,000,000 ...n. hmueht out at th heartnx before Special commissioner Sampscil of the federal government Th evidence wa turned over xo iroraj-uini i-.bi.. n the nrosecution of the trust, under ; th Sherman antl-truet law.- Secretory Wooten of th National Re ..i n..i.ii' uanclatlon la tha man from whom th damaging evidence waa obtained. It waa learned that local re tali , druggists' aasoclationa establish i-.-- n.in en DroDrletary medi cines and other drugs. Tb retail drug- glata are watched by secret agenia 01 inc trust. If they violate tb prlc of the schedule, they cannot buy gooda of any wholesale. If-tha wholesaler geta oft the reservation, retailer ar notified o reruae 10 our ....... , , 1 . A.nn.t.iarv flrme are aulltv of an Infraction of th Iron-clad rule, they, too, ar penalised. In very case th offender muat pay th forfeit, before 're lnatated. ' Thus 1 formed a perfect chain of offense and defense, making it possible for the trust to eaUblleharbl- . -4 m An tnMUnlflffai- and SA.V VtlA halt, or shall not enter a drug busi ness. " - -;, '..',-" gnaifii. ' attxb Tmusm ' ' (Jesraal SreHal Service.) , Uncoln. Neb... March I. Th anti trust blH-ls being eonaldered In the sen ate today, having paaaed th house ye tenia bv a vote of 73 to 10. The bill exempt domealia corporation and I aimed at the beer truat and standard Oil company. It forbid rebating. - BAB TtT8T rBOK 8TATB. .. (Jo. mat Special Servica.) "' Topeka, Kan., March $. Th senate (Continued on Pag Two.) AT Grounds Practically De serted, Over 500 Hen Laying DnTIsg "5W FIGHT IS NOW ON FOR ' INCREASE IN WAGES Carpenters, Plasterers and Tin jiers Leave Their Jobs on : rthe Exhibition" Buildingf - ; . :and Inside Inn. z 4 Oovernment building 400 4 4 Inside Inn... .r:100 ' Uberal- ArU... ............ $0 California i ; .' . 1 " O? 4 Th . discharge of men on th ground. non-union 4 Taw- payment of union wage ' , by all contractor.- ; r 4 One and on nan nour pay 4 ment'. for one hour of overtime - work ' Practically every workman at th fair grounds laid down hi tools at 10 10 o'clock (hla morning and a general strik - waa on. . ,. .. .... t--".,;, . - .; '. Between 600 and f 00 men are affected. -Th number Include carpenters, plaster, era, tinner, and all workmen on th government, th liberal art, the In-side-Jnn and the California buildings. . ' The. strike Is largely sympathetic Employes . on"th government building; had no cause for complaint, except that non-uhIonThirwr employedtoa "car- tain contracta They struck In order to unionise the whole number of-WBfloye and . to proteat againat th employ ment of. non-union labor on the ground. . Th actual grievance arose over wag contention. ' Th union acal in Port land provide $3.(0 for carpenters for aa eight-hour day. - It la claimed that certain contractors ar paying a low a, $1.8 for a nine-hour day. . -- Th general strike which became ef.. f active thla morning - resulted from th ' atrlke of the plledrlver In the employ of Contractor Jaeobaon Wednesday. H ' employed non-union men to succeed th strikers. Th pUediivers. the real bona of contention, were working thla morn- ing. Practically all other labor haa beea auspended on tb xrounda. . SarifrIpafta at toaada. ' - - Sheriff Word ha posted a dosen dep. utlea on th ground to prevent th out break of hostilities between union and ' non-union men-arly this morning he, waa requested to go to th ground to' preserve, order, and waa there for aev-. oral hours, mingling 'with the crowd of workmen a they emerged from the main entrance, urging that they resort to no violence and refrain from drink ing. Th sheriff departed after assur ing himself that ther would no dls- . order. e - ' " .'.- ' j I- - Ther -ii no disturbance. Th men left the ground ikimedlately en laying down their tool and gathered in littl -group about th main entrance. - After "brief conversatlona they dls. " persed, largo numbers of workmen go- ' ing to th assembly hall of the carpen- 7 ters' union. (S North Sixth street. ' It was ahortly after t o'clock thla, morning that th first detachment of strikers laid down their tools. One ' hundred men employed on the Inside Inn " quit simultaneously and lct th buUd- ' ing practically .deaerted. . 'They were quickly followed by the U ".' or more workmen employed on tha Lib- : era! Art' building. . A few remained on " the building temporarily. " '" Tho $0 men on tha California building alao remained at work, temporarily, . - Struck oa the Island. , .. Effort of those advocating the atrik to reach th island where there were 40 men at .work on th 'Government building, were thwarted by guards who wer stationed on th bridge. It la said by the striker that spies who attend.! th . meeting last night learned their plana and Informed the guards.. - An emissary from th union bearing credential and also general Instruc tlons for the. men to lay down their tool waa halted on the bVidge. He wa refused permission to emus and wa forced to return. However, the order reached th foremen en th Government building through another channel. " At 10:80 o'clock the order to atrlke wa given. In all Instance -th order wer lasued by the various foremen. All oyer th giant structure men begsit to lay wown thslr tool and throw aside their working clothe. k Carpenter wt th hammers wherever they happen! to be atatloned: - plaeterera leftlljJr trowels 'Snd tinner their fire. A th first detarnment fmm the, ' land emerged from the gate at the entrance tho waiting In groups' a Id set up a roaring drmonirn (. (Continued on Pag Kin.) .. - ... v. , . . - .1. , j .p . "V- t . ; '