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1 i ' : THE WEATHSJC GOOD CVGIIIIIG , i , Showers and cooler; Wednesday 7 showers; southerly inds. VOL. IV.- NO. 163. ' ' Pit SI1M)RED IIGSTSUT lows, and Nearly Alt on Board Fire ; Originating From . IJrcaks Uut at IilidnighU Assistance Comes ' ( - ;; (Journal : Special Service.) dz?r:'-; .V' ?. Tokio, Sept. 12.The Japanese battleship Mikaa, Admiral . Togo's flagshjp, caught firei blew up and sank with all onboard early yesterday morning. Six hundred men and officers lost their lives, Admiral Togo is said no.tto have been aboard at the time, . . .. . The fire originated from a mysterious source shortly after mid- ' night. The alarm was sounded and the entire crew worked to ex- 'itinguish theflames-nhoTrtuccessrTAssistaiice ; was-xalled t for ' t from the other shtps of the squadron and officers-and men quickly responded. Before the flames, could be checked ;they reached the after magazine which exploded blowing an immense hole in the port side of the vessel below the waterline. - The ship sank immediately. - Nearly everv man on-board. includiricr the "detachments from other f ;, sips who went to the rescue of ; Lifeboats and launches from the other battleships hastened to the scene endeavoring to rescue survivors, but few were picked up, ' the majority being confined in the ship caught like .rats in a trap or ' sucked beneath the wgves by the sinking ship. - A few were picked , up clinging to wreckage, but the darkness prevented all these from ' being rescued and dawn saw scorei of bodies floating on the wreck age in the sea,--'.;-.:. -XS r':'' - ' TV;- -Survivors state that bout midnight Sunday- night, flameswcre : aiscovcrca in me noiu on ine uori had made considerable headway when discovered. The entire crew ; was aroused and everv effort made to keeD the flames from reaching nhe maganne, Regardless of the Vficersnii men tattled heroically tress brought help trom otner snips ana soon ouu men were uoing their utmost to save the ship. ' The small space in which the men v had to work; the cramped quarters, the fierceness of, the flames,, all rendered it almost impossible to do effective work..,.1;t..v. . .1; ; 1. The. Mikasa was the, finest battleship of the Japanese navy as - well as the largest. - She was built a,short time before the war as the flagship of the Japanese squadron. Her displacement was 15,443 tons. Her speed was 19 knots. . Her armament consisted of 14 6-inch on 19.nniinilri ind 1? ranirl-fir trims. 5h had hn rnn. - stantlv in service throughout the 1- utw Vrr A rtttir atirl in where she materially assisted in . . . m ' squadron, one carnea a crew oi JAPAU SUSTAINS WORST DISASTER OF W AFTER PEACE IS DECLARED Flames Creep Through Hold of - ' - Entire FortTdTXut Be Vessel Sinks s. ' ' UootmI tptelal Sarrtca.) . - Toklo. Beot. U. In th detruction or " th battlwhlp MlkmM. flathjp of To , mo'b qua(lron.'nd pride of the nation, " Japan haa austalned her worat naval ' dlaaater. The warahlp fought all . throuah the war with brilliancy and . ....... tUm MlMiittlit. A HnML. . . venaky'a . aejuartron - her heroes r fouRht hravel and tho vcaael auatalned but ( few Injurlea or loaaee. J- ':t . J Nearly every man aboard the doomed vessel. Including the detachment .from ' other ships who went" to help fight the fUmee. waa loat. The exact number of K;- those loat la not known, but it la stated that the number, will exceed eo. The .'.crew of the vessel numbered nearly thla 'many, and while a portion were ashore on leave, those from other rkliKpa loat NEW ROAD WILL SAYS PRESIDENT FLANDERS P. First Official Utterance Regarding the Construction of the . Bank Line Confirms All The Journal Has Said of i r , h ; .the Crat Railway Undertaking. : ' T:. " -:.'V:.-; . - -.v :y . "The Portland Seattle Railroad company la not doing any talking It la letting lis actions apeak for It. I raa aay thla much, howevex.'Unat construc tion, work Is actually under way. and aeveral campaara lit (he field, on a line of railroad to be built Immediately from Vancouver along the north bank of the Columbia river." aaid the preeldent, J. Couch' Flanders, today. Thla la the first official statement that . ha been mad by any person qualified 10 apeak concerning the great railroad movement thet haa been entered upon between Portland and Wallula. ' . There la no longer the eltshtest room for doubt that the rr t r "-- V rr , i ; ; lip Perish; a rfIysterious Source the Ahkasa when the fire was dis- siuc ui uic nutc wiiuiiv. iuct danger they ran, toran hour ot to subdue the fire. ; Signals of 4-i Russo - Japanese war and did good tVi Kattlo ftf t ViA'i lananfc straits J the, destruction of Kojestvensky s et I - CC ) - . ojj men nu uiuvcis. v - Doomed Battleship, Blowing Her loWTthenVater'ttnV and . ; Almost Instantly. win bring the number up to thla mark. iThe origin of the Are remains a mys tery that will probably never be aolved, since nearly kn -of those concerned. are lost. There la but little to burn on a modern battleship, and the fire must have originated In cloae proximity to the magaslne. Survlvora atate that be fore the flames eould be checked, al though, heroic efforts were made to extinguish-them, the ..after jnagaslne'. ex ploded, blowing the entire port aide of the vessel out below the water line. It la reported that Admiral Togo waa not aboard at the time. Thla has not been officially confirmed, -but la gen erally accepted aa fact. There la a feel ing of thankfulness throughout the em pire 'over his reported eacape, as his losa would be regarded aa one of the great- ( Continued jn Page Two.) BE BUILT AT OIICE, North la the history of the states of Washing ton and Oregon la begun. It' Is jatlll deft led that the Portland at Seattle la an auxiliary of the Northern Pacific, but thla denial la taken for what la worth a statement required by the ex igenclea of the. situation, .The 'gist of the matter la aald to be that the Port land Seattle. Incorporated by, thd Northern Pacific Railroad company! to bTHld"V line from Portland to.Wallula and complete a direct line for', the Northern Pacific from Portland to Spo kane, has actually begun construction work on thl llae, and the Waliula Pa- .(Continued on Pag Six.) 'PORTLAND, f OREGON, TUESDAY . EVENING, . SEPTEMBER -..r . From Pbotog; tograph (of .Togo's ... .,;..,,., ,.i I ( . t ' ' - -- - ; t . , " ' . -tz , . . : -Vcr : I 'J-eaaBaaBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBTsaTsaTs I f 1 '" ' ' Si l ' "'' K ' 7 ' ' " 'iU -e 1 . 1 . I '-v i , ' ; ." .V . : - ' . : i -:. ; ), - ' . j - ' l" ; i . ? . tlGHTIJIflGSHOCKSfilEflOIIT OWERAIJD RENDERS THEn HELPLESS ; i - ' A. Duchamp and Oscar Wallace Have Thrilling Experience ; i . on the Observatory. - FIERCE STORM SWEEPS , THE Wl LLAM ETTE-VALUEY io Damage Was Done and the Rain- fall .Will Be ot.Yery .Great Benefit to the Country, Says District Fore Caater' Beals. ; ; ' . . " ,'' V Shocked by a. bolt of lightning' and powerless- to move for. a - few. seconda, A. Duchamp," manager of the Lewis .and Clark observatory, on Portland Helghta, and Oacar Wallace, the elevator .'con ductor at the same place, had. an ex citing experience laat .evening at about T o'clock. Lightning dared all around them and the men aay they never. saw such, an electric display. ' . When the storm broke they were the sole .occupanta . of the - tower. ' After fully recovering from .the shock, Mr. Duchamp cutnft the electrlo connec tlona, fearing th tower would barn. ' The flair pole waa struck, and th bolt shot-down one of th wire stays and tore out a hole aeveral feet deep at the foot of the tower. - It. waa then that the men were atunned. - t . .-. When we had recovered, aafd Mr. Duchamp. f lr appeared all around tie. To aay that we wee frightened would be putting It mildly. . The air waa charged with electricity. Realising that quick action waa necesaary. i cut orr the electric-wires with which the tower li equipped, and that la all that saved aa. ; Lightning played all about us." ' '';"- fierce Storm e SUver. . I" ' On th way from Astoria laat night Captain Larkina of the ateamer Lurllne aaya that one of the nerceat storms he ever witnessed raged-for hour. Vivid flashes of lightning . were fallowed by peals of thunder every few seconds. Some of the pasengera became badly frightened and a number of women al- moet went Into hysterics. ' , , "The storm raged without " intermis sion from Brookfleld to Oak - point." said the skipper thla morning. I waa In the pilot-house the greater part of the time and the. thunder Bounded like heavy artillery going off over my head. The lightning was' thar' old eastern. forked sort which is seldom seen on the Pacific coast It made the river almost light aa day. " I never aay anything be fore in the west to equal It." For an hour or so Inst evening Port land enjoyed a remarkable electrlo dis play, accompanied by loud clap ' of thunder, and rain fell In torrents. Dis trict Forecaster Reala eaya that at 10:14 o'clock .Ot of an Inch of rain fell hi fire minutes. One peculiarity about the atorm Is that It was confined to th ., ConUnued on. Page Two.). ..., ... .. ..... .:...-, ..''; . IHert WHch Dertroyed the j Russian- ., . . - ri JESSE JAMES IS ROBBED OF ; $3Q0lBY .A CUSTOMER, Son 5 of j Famous Bandit- Loses ttZ Contents of His Cash Till n! y. In His Pawn Shop, Serrke.V Karjsaa City, Sept, 12. While seek ing a loan on ft suitcase In the pawnshop of Jesse James, aon of the famous ban djti a man toek advantagetof the clerk's momeniary absence 'and robbed , the caan drawer- of tie. 'The thief baa not yet been found by th. police. James aaya he, know the thief, but refuses to aay more concerning his identity than 'that he' la a' bartender out of work.'-...' '. The robbery -waa committed when r.o other customers were in the shop. The man with the suitcase asked to borrow $1. Th clerk stepped behind the par tition' to writ tBe ticket. TWhll his back was turned th customer reached across the counter and' softly opened th money drawer beneath, and took out a roll of bill. .The drawer waa clos.fl and the money concealed when th clerk returned.- . , . "!..7'- ... " Jamea haa been running.. a pawnshop sine shortly after ha acquittal for participation- In the. ,. Leeds train rob bery six years ago.: ', .' "r PRESIDENT BUYS CHAIRS j KOMURA AND WITTE USED x '.'-.. i f i -;r ; -. k - - Uoeraal Special Srvlee.V ' " Portsmouth; N. 11.. -Sept. 11 Presi dent Roosevelt has aecured two of the most important aouvenlra of the Ports mouth peao traty. It U announced her that 'h purchased, for $40 each, th chairs used by Witt and Komura during the period of th ne got Jet Ion a , Thee ha been much speculation aa to what would become of th office fur niture adorning Peace hall during the time . af th peace conference. . It had been ahipped from Washington for us bore, and was the general type of fur niture, used by the departments, with no especial value or beauty. Th desks, tablea and chairs, as well' aa the pena and ink stands used, have been the ob ject of many Interested inqulriea, and the. general . impresMon i prevailed that they would all be returned to Washing ton and preserved Jn some of the. de partmental offices.. i . .. , Deadlock Contisue. V . -, ,7 (Joersal Special Ssrle. ""..' Vienna, Hept.t 11 Emperor Frana Jtosef has abandoned hla universal auf rage acheme In Hungary., thua ending all poestble hope of peace between the diet and the crown. Thp deadlock con. tlnuea. ; , ,;; , , . . ; . , ' 12. 1905. SIXTEEN PAGES. . "T - ' ....'.,: -.... Armada,. Showing' n-tW "Foreground rthAimrri i.- i .; -. . , ;.--- ; '.;.i I .-.' v,.. - i-... , t FALSE WIFE, FALSE 'M Denver Society- Shaken by Dis i'j coveryhT5renryTal ''v. 1'vton Is a Bigamist. - ;'.! FIRST- WIFE. UNMASKS V ' HIM. AFTER FOUR YEARS . . v . Already Wedded He ; Eloped With '.the Wife of Another in Paris De- ceived Husband killed Hirnaeli -.Learning Wife's Perfidy." " ' . . ' (Joenwl Special Serrte.) : ' Denver, . Sept. 12. When . Mra. Hen ry Dalton of Cambridge, Massachusetts,' arrived In Denver yesterday to visit her husband. Dr. . Henry Dalton, who haa been here for four years because of ill health, ahe discovered. tiWt he had mar ried another woman.', BhockAd -almost beyond belief, she denounced the couple when she entered the office of her hus band anannotinced, and found them to gether.. Dr. Dalton haa dissppeared and the police are searching for him.. . Hla first wife .vows - to prosecute hlra 'for bigamy. A ..' . . '; Dr. Dalton la member of the Den ver club, s noted 'surgeon and writer, a graduate of i Harvard and Heidelberg untvtraltlea. and the scion, of a rich" and cultured family. . H contributed notable articles to the London Lancet, and other medical publication. The : romance f his marriage to his wife here is-known. The existence of another wife waa un suspected. - ':-' "J - -J- ' . .' - Th woman for - whom " Dr.- Dalton risked, everything was Mrs. Bruce Mc- Clellan, wife of Jamea Bruce McClelland who committed auiclde at hla home, 144 Boulevard du Mont fernasse, Paris, when ' she . eloped with . Dal(on ' seven years ago.. Dalton waa then, a student at Heidelberg university. . . .. Mrs. Dalton, second, is the daughter of a' Persian etfip. a resident of Te heran. Her father, who waa In.1 a thorlty over six province ofPersIa, waa Implicated in . the revolution and ban ished for 10 years, ' He took hla family to London: 'There hla daughter.. Vashtl. was educated. - The . weddlnk to McClei lan followed; She traveled In' Europe, rind went-to Pari, where her ability aa a singer and dancet ana her beauty captivated th Parisians. . Vhll living ther she eloped with Dalton, The Cambridge wife .he married be fore he - went -to Rurope trr study.1 - She la wealthy and th : aaother of, three children;' ' '.. ,;, , --! -;- Korderer Xxeeatea. T - tJosessI Ssets Seree.) . , Auburn. . N. Y- Sept. 1 1. Henry W. Manser, aged year a a farmhand, w a electrocuted this morning for the- r I der of Cora Sweet, aged 1 jreara, 1 May l HUSBAND ..: PRICE TWO '..-. -.-;' r'-'..;- .l!. int.... .'1m.: .i. v : HARVEY SCOTT'S iDllMLfEiplS WliinSON'S HEAD B IB SIZED 111 HOB! 13 CiUBH . Gives to Priest While in Confes sional Two Thousand Dollars 'Worth of Gems." Chicago,' Sept' 1J Remorse sleied a fy'p Roman - Catholic church; and . told : the Rev. Father Maltan that he desired to restore 11,000 .worth of diamond rings that he had. stolen. ; He dlsplayad, the gems and gave all detarta of th rotibery. He. had stolen them from a lady in a candy 'store when ahe removed them to waah her hands. , ...., The police are bow 'searching for jho owner,' whom tbey believe la one of the rich women refugeea. from New. Or leana who fled . north to escape the yellow fever. bringing their valuable Jewelry.' The priest refuses to give a clue that will, lead to th capture of the thief. " ; ' . ;' j.."."" -!....-.''" . , ' A aearch .of thr police recdrds falls to disclose (any complaint . fitting the de scription of the Jewelry returned. ' This strengthens '. the belief that: .they were stolen, front a woman who 1 a stranger Id the city.-. ..'.... -i- .!XU ..'.4 ..; HELD AS MURDERERS ' 'AFTER THREE YEARS --tSeeelst Dtpatea,L-to The lonraaLr Z "V"! Baker City, Or., Sept.'. . 1.'. Rem Whitehead and Peter. Green, accused of the murder of Sheriff Bullard and Dep uty Cogbura in Rogera.- Mills county. Oklahoma,: Hi June,- lWVven Captured In Baker City laat night. f . ; , . FIREBUG - DESTROYS " - V COLLEGE BUILDING ' , (lonaal I petfM' SsreWk :.. f - Salt; Lake, 8ept IS The mechanical arts building of tie agricultural college at" Logan,- Ctah. era tHy destroyed K tfle Hi si mrten naw , k t. . a av a 000. I Us believed that th fir waa In. j ... eso's ii-iiaa. - , nag ivnSJ IB lJU.e cenaiary. ; i. . . .. . . j ;'- ' , Traac Xbaors, Chaffee. - . .', - oanrSpe1al Berrlte.) ' v Paris,' Sept. 12 -Preshlent Loubet waa given a ' notable welcome by the troops and aanemhied; generals at the field ' tt rmtoeuvera ' yesterday. ". which concluded . with- -a- hrilUant hunquet. Lieutenatit-Ueuaral Chaffe eat at th f-v left hand and on behalf of t thankei rraw 1 i the'-Aracr' CENTS. IhVJt? ri r clalZ ur.. nui. .J l .. r.-f-.: - DUDGEON OVEC .1 ''Vote for Scott for Senator ct , the ; Oregonian ; Will .Dig y ': i Your Grave." 1 ; " -f - : THREAT SAID TO HAVE '.' BEEN , FROM THE TOWER- ..! i . :,y . ... , f -, -j . Surtling Testirnony ' Given In". th Land Fraud Trial aa to the Ed itor'a. GumhoeJpaignorSene ator Two Years Ago.: V 'v' -"'r.i . --- .. .-. 5 "Borne on from - th Oregonian '' threatened WIUTtfmaon that'if he would , hot vote for Scott lor senator, the Ore-', gonlan would dig. hla grave.". ! Such .was the sensational . testimony -given yesterday afternoon . In the trial , of Williamson, Gesnen and Blgga In -th. : federal court, and It - haa cast a ' new light on Harvey ."WV- Scott'a , 'amos gumshoe .campaign . for th . United State senatorsbtp in 10I. and on th extraordinary hoatiltty which hla paper has displayed no Williamson aver sine -he waa first placed ontrlat- ; i Williamson . wsa - a member of th state legislature' two' yeara . ago "but steadfaatly refused to vote for Harvey Scott- According to. th story tol4 by one of the witnease for the government In the pending prosecution.' aa emissary of Sou' a "somebody that waa - Inter ested In the Oregonian" -went to Wil liamson and Bought to coerce him Into casting his vote. for the'editdr. . Becaus he would9 not da o he was told that th Oregonian would work hla political ruin. . v - Suaoaa Sxplalaa. '.; - Campbell A Duncan. Crook county ranchman, was the witness from who llpa the .revelation cam. ' Iri answer to the questions of Judge Benaett-he told of a conversation which he had with -Vr. Gesner, after th first trial. In th course of which -th latter gave htm the facta "- . '--;- - "He said Scott I think the editor ot the paper had threatened : Wllllamerm that'if h;dtd- not vot for Scott foe senator he would snow him under trr dig "but4 grave." teetlfled Duncan. "It waa not Hoott ; that. saM It,- but eorr fallow, that waa Interested in th Or j gonian some. way, or other.": ".Home one that was Interested In t" Oregn4nn -had ' said that they wo dig Williamson' grave Or . snow 1 under!" qerld Jirda-e-Bennett. ''Wg bh polltioHl grave nr under or something l"-e l didn't vote f"T .it ! r Iteruied fHinren. Av,-,--t e gen ; . 'j : , :-, iV v. . ; P . ,--; -.1.. .jL :
