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GOOD EVENING .... THE WEATHER. T r Partly cloudy tonight and Friday; -variable winds. ; - i . Journal Circulation' 23,13 Yesterday Was n VOL. IV. NO. , 20 PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 2, 1905 SIXTEEN PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. &!?IAV1 ' FINIANE) PROGLfflS INDEPENDENG BLUFF RAISES s self-governie: A I E: pomnd DEMAND NT I MUEDT i Finnish Government in Control of the Citizens Committee---Af fairs Are Being Conducted Peacefully. 'Inferno of .Death and Tumult Raging in Russian Gties Poles ' Hatching for Freedom : Dynamite Outrages in Many Places i ' ; ', - .. - (Journal Special Service.) " " , ' Helsingfors, .Finland, Nov., 2. Finland is today practically in dependent.. Advices all parts lot the country- stae that the - citizens committee controls the government. Affairs areT being conducted quietly and the soldiers are friendly toward the people, - in .many-cases loaning their rifles to-the-xitiz'ens'- militia-v t- No disorders are reported. Alt official, buildings are flying the ' red flag and the Finnish national ensign. The senate has adopted resolutions that' Have been forward edto:SLL Petersburg, together . with their resignations, asking for a new election, and, the choosing .. of a new set of senators. - -w ' V The strike continues and the movement for freedom is spread inir throughout the , land. Governor-General Obolensky' has in- formedtheitizensjLhathecannot quit his post as a soldier, but - pledged, himself to tender his resignation immediately. v Well attended 'meetiners'-m many parts of the country have adopted VesQiutionsdemandinghat the gendarmes be disarmed and . leave ine country wunin inrec aay- i ncrc arc jiv troops oi youcci in the streets, which are now patrolled by citizens' militia. , , RIOTS AND REVOLT .DEVASTATE POLAN D Ttuwiaawfa--Worfcmen" Pararje Warsaw Demanding freedom - and Self-Government Gendarme Sympathize- With &Vfik : rj efj ivifl'Xtteodl on Crowd. I fJoornal BmcUI Bwvtc. Warsaw, Nov. X. Utterly airtarl inf order, thousands of workmen (in parading the streets' slnclnf "God gave Poland," and carrying the Polish na- tlonal 'standard. Cossacks this after- -noon flred on therp" td killed three and wounded three. . ' , ' This afternoon Bociallata demand lra- -i mediate self-government for Poland. A company of Gendarmes, with oracers, appeared at the meeting of the Out u la railway employes and asked permission to listen to the speeches 'and .so be come acquainted with 1 the , situation. They were greeted with enthusiasm and .-given a seat. .- " ' Instead of abolishing martial law to day, the military governor posted warn ings, "-ltd result of the disturbances crowds will now be. disposed of by ,a force of arms probably entailing great slaughter. . Last night was given over to demonstrations by the peeple-whlch .lasted until duyllght and culminated In jgign with the troops resulting in many casualties. Rioting Is In progress In every seo tlon of Russian Poland and soldiers are being shot down on all sides whenever they attempt to interfere with the pub- 1 200 BOMBS THROWN ; IN NIKOLAIEFF CITY Hundreds of People Murdered and All Shops Burned After Hav- Ing Been Looted byRands. of Criminals Citizens . -"rr . ' k . Are Fleeing- (Joamil Bptalal BerrVt.1 . Nlkolaleff. Nov, t. Civil war rages -,fn--thts-city. Hundreds have been : killed and wounded in the conflict between the rioters and the troops. More than 200 bombs have been thrown and the City Is an Inferno of death and tumult. All shops have been' destroyed ' after having been looted by bands Of criminals. The respectable -people are at the mercy of the mob that has turned ' its attention to ., looting houses and shooting down the inhabitants. ... . The firing la incessant In many parts of the city and the ambulances filled with mutilated dead - and dying are constantly pausing, while the streets are filled wlUi corpses. The -police are accused of instigating the devastation. Mnhs numbering many - thbussnda. srmed with bludgeons and firearms, are " "' pillaging, robbing and murdering on every' hand. Indescribable, scenes - of 'brutality are witnessed and hundreds are fleeing from the elyr- - .... ..... ; NlkolalefT Is the chief naval station ' of Russia on the Black aea. snd is about . 100 miles east of Odessnj It is situated st the head of the estuary of the Bug. The town occupies two. flat peninsulas and Immense .unoccupied spaces sepa ' rate the houses, which are mostly one story buildings. It is one of the chief grain ports of Russia., Its educa tional institutions are more numerous snd better than almost sny other city . in . Russia. . , - . APPEALS TO PEOPLE, .u Cia Xasnee Manifesto Asking Sapper-' ' Disorders Bitead tevaUberls, ' Jnwnl Bperl.l Kmln.! . St. rclursbuig, Muv, X A manifesto lie gatherings. -All efforts on the part of the authorities to check the demon strations have been futile. In .nearly every instance to uniformed men have been forced to retreat and leave the mob in possession. . . .. ...... .-v There seems "little doubt.' that an other attempt ' ia in progress to regal the Independence "of Poland Funds have-been supplied in plenty by revolu tionary committees - abroad . and arras have been smuggled over the frontier. Regular troops are outnumbered and ace- honeycombed with revolution and are more likely to aid the people than to enforce the demands ' of tba govern ment. . : . 1 -. ; Cossacks last night charged a mob of 1 0.000 people, who had refused - to disperse, anevsenl volley aner volley Into the crowd, killing and- wounding hundreds. . Four thousand persons marched to the city prison and -demanded the release of ail political prls oners. Home too were set free, but the leaders of the Socialist movement were ami liPlir aim Hie imrti began auiasii Ing .The windows of the prison. : sacks charged the -mob and it killed - and wounded, moat of Cos- thein women and children. in Terror. ',: ;'; -' has been Issued by tha csar and posted on the streets thla afternoon, calling upon the 'people to support the govern ment, so that the new regime maybe successfully Inaugurated, "and explain ing that If they fall to do so the -responsibility will . rest . upon them and not upon the government. - Continuance of the disturbances this afternoon are reported at Odessa, Moscow-, Warsaw, Nlkolateff, - Kleff and BebaatopoL At Keff a mob attacked the Jews, -the po lice and soldiers permitting It. At Tomsk the-procurator, ordered the ar rest of the chief of police on account ?f the brutality of the Cossacks - when he latter, under' the chiefs orders, deslt severely with tha people. , The task that confronts M. Wltte seems - to hourly grow more difficult The government faces, a grave crisis, the capital alone of all the large cities remaining quiet - Gendarmes snd Cos sacks parade every block In 8t Peters burg and only the strong arm of the military prevents rioting. - -t Street fighting ts reported today be tween natlonaliata and socialists at Moscow. Many were ...killed -and wounded. Workmen carrying red flags were attacked by the nationalist organ isation wearing white badges and In the ensuing melee many casualties resulted. No newspapers were Issued today and will not be in all probability Until to morrow. Eight lending democratic par ttss met , last evening and ' formulated the minimum demands, which are, first, trt secret ballot be granted: secondly, complete -manhood eOflYage; thirdly, complete abolition of the present exist ing regime and abdication .of the caar; fourth, establishment of a republic along the .Hoolallst lines. Revotution- iCoatiaued OB Pag Two.) .5 1., - The Caatlc at RevaV r i ' Tt.f ! I . i wfwiaMS'p' . Kremlia at 1 i ' .. j a d r ; ; .t ... . .... t j STARVH16 GIRL LIVED A LOnB TliriE UPON EIGHT PEANUTS Diary of Missing Medic a, I Student and Sociologist Details Story of Suffering and PrivatforiDid Charitable Work WitK ' 'J. :., Helen Could When She Was Cold and Hungry - t : ' ' i JoanMl Special. Sernee.l ' - ! Chicago, -Nov. -2; An extract from the diary of Miss Mary L. P. Hill, a medical student ond sociologist,' who disappeared from her boardlng-houae, gives the police no clew as to her whereabouts. Cut reveals that she left St. Louis August tl and traveled four day to San Francisco, thence to Hono lulu. It recorded her poverty and her struggles to maintain her dignity under adverse circumstances. With the exception of passage re- fcrrlng fn lov. ralr. th. H.iry I. . record of privation and misery. While visiting the social settlements of New rrVT? T?f ?f f f V THE In Circulation and Advertising THE. big- advertisers-o trie country have formed an association for their" self-protection."; They , are constantly in the market to huy newspaper, space. It therefore behooves "them to know ,Uh tl.. ;.A..i..:n ...I t i. : r j .u i . avvub hiic kiiuiaiiuii situ at'work all the year. .That expert came here several weeks ago, -He examined the .books .of The " Journal 'and verified its "claims, t After' dilly-dallyrng about for a week he was permitted to- look into -''the Telegram books. What he found he would not tell,but-the information: was got. through New ... , York Just the same." It-showed that - ' i.'.r.. " .'- ' '-, '' The Journal 's Paid 'Cl'rvuiailoh Exceeded the Tele gram s by, -;. - 500 C0P1ES A DA V ; The Oregonlan Would Nor Allow the Expert to Examine Us Books '.'. Printer's Ink which is the American clearing-house for expert information on advertising sub-' -.' jects and mediums, in an article -on the newspapers of the Pacific northwest calls special attention V to this silence on the part of the Oregcmian, which has been religiously maintained : ever since The : Journal began sending in its detailed report. It remarks the coincidence which it : emphasizes by . r the case of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, which' also refrainsvfrom telling its circulation in contrast "with the Times, which has it beaten a mile. .'",;. -' ' r" .1 . '" But 'not alone in this is the-evertlng edition of The Journal growing beyond precedent, biit the' . Sunday edition ia setting a pace which is likely soon to outdistance competition. This is in a field ' which the Oregonian considered sacredly its own (and in direct competition with it. Take as an example last Sunday; and what a marvelous showing it is for a newspaper a year and m half old: . -. r ' - ; Sunday Journal LOCAL ADVERTISING.... ." .... 1,405 FOREIGN ...... . . . ; . . . . . . . . . . .V 123 V CLASSIFIED , . .... . 28 - READERS v.. ; - 24 REAL ESTATE ... ..... . . ....... 1G3 " It will be noticed that here at home among the advertisers who most thoroughly understand what is going on that The'Joumal printed over 100 more inches of local Sunday advertising than the Stmdajb Oregonian, The live -real estate men knew where to. get the best results, for 'they more liberally patronized The Journal than the Oregonian. In foreign advertising, in classified and in "readera" the Oregonian beat The Journal: .T,he Sunday edition of The' Journal was just a year old ia March and we do not believe the records will show a greater relative growth in the whole his " tory of American journalism. ' . .' . , . : CENTERS OF REVOLUTION IN 0 ( Tar '. . 'ft; :- :L:y : i J .1 AawukJ i I Si.iiS - Afjjacowv- York with Helen Gould and other prominent-charity workers, the diary re counts that Miss Hill was . too poor to have light in her room 'and frose and starved .while 11,000,000 worth of furs and .Jewels passed, her window- daily. - A loaf of bread and a can of tomatoes lasted her for days. She got a position teaching a colored school at Mobile, and when she had nothing to eat save eight peanuts, had made ' those last, a long time.''. . .T", T . , .,- In one Instance ifcltea tha fact -that the girl lived . fes ihees aays wean m (Continued on Psge Two.) f f f f f f f ft JOVRNmSGROWm BLAuuiujf vi iuc 4i iuu, lie vr suapci . RUSSIA IP- : --: "r. ' JS fe ' N r'l 1 "1 1 .. i sa.i I, ,'. A n , n.v j . . . A Corner of tha Fortreaa at RevaL VESSEL: REPORTED If! FLAMES Battleship Chicago En' Route Hire Gives Information y .Wireless r'l, "" (Biwelat DlmMi t Te oraal. h Ban. Jt'rsnnlXMy Now. LwA. pot-e-cerved here at an early hour today by wireless telegraph-from the battleship Chicago, that la en route here from the 'north, states- that-the-Chlcago-sawa- vessel In distress about .It -O'clock last night while' she was passing Point Arena. - The unknown vessel was send ing up rockets and apparently was on tire.' The Chicago is due here this evening. The communication gave no further Information as to tstiether the Chicago made any attempt to ascertain what the name of the distressed vessel was or. whether any effort was made to render"asslstance, .':..- " - There IS jnuch speculation here as to what the' name of the vessel -Is. In quiry among shipping men along ' the waterfront throws no Jignt on tne sub ject as there ire due here numerous coasting craft from the nortn and sev eral have left this port within the last few- days. - The general supposition is that the vessel is some small coasting schooner. .A sharp lookout Is being kept for the arrival of.the Chicago by shipping in terests. . .'. - , ; -- Seetura v Tour , Thousand. Sanborn.- Ind - Nov, 1. The bank la thla city ,wia nterdLth'a.-JiqminLth safe blown open and $4,000 stolen. The robbers escaped. - A V UU BU lUCf RQCI lil.CAuril Sunday Oregonian 1,203 - 213 551 ; - 30 ; , 142 Statue to Second Oregon Span ish War, Volunteers, Ordered . Two Years Ago,. Does Not ' Yet Decorate Plaza Block. ' LOCAL FIRMS WERE NOT " .GIVEN A CHANCE TO BID It TookTSree Yeara to Let the Con ' tract and Then Nothing Happened .Mr, Net of Schanen ft Nen Sara Action -of Committee "at Least - Looka Peculiar." - ' Although the people of- Oregon con tributed 115,000 five years sgp for a monument to be. erected In Portland to the boys of the Hecond Oregon regiment of Spanish war Volunteers, the only evi dences thst are offered to the public today of probability, that the shaft ever will be erected are a few parkagee of materials that lie. on the sldewslk In front of the north Plasa-block opposite the -.courthouse. -.. The committee that rmV the matter IrT pharge has been criticised most severely by the Portland firms that handle mar ble, granite and other stones used in making, monuments, for the committee did not Invito bids from local houses; but. on the pretext that. It desired to obviate delays, let the contract hastily one day two years ago to H. O. Wright, a local broker. - "-- " - - The committee which had the mono. ment project In charge consisted of H. W. 8cott president and treasurer, CV U. Qsntenbeln secretary,. Colonel James Jackson chairman --of the inoiiument sub-committee,, and General Owen Hum mers and other members. This Tear ta letting Ooatraei. . There was a lapse of three years be fore.,, the . commute awarded : the eon- tract for the work, and now4t cannot be told just when the 'monument will be unveiled.' , - 1 ' "W to net know Just -when- the monument will be erected," said Gen ral Bummers. '"for there hss been de lay In getting out the shaft in. the Ver mont" quarries, T -. . " - ' "Any one .of 'tn four Portland Arms could have carried out the contrac wltntn six months from the time It was awarded," said Mr. Schanen of Schanen A Neu, "yet we were not allowed to bid for the .work, were not even told Just when -the. contract was to be let I called repeatedly on the committee and other Portland marble-handlers did the ssme. we presumed we would at least be allowed to make an offer -'andthat the committee would ' not arbitrarily send the work sway to another city. - xoeai rcrma Kot uut to xuo. "But the committee let the work to Mr. Wright, without allowing us to bid and said that one reason was that thej wanted to avoid delaya in Ailing luw uuninici. , . . . "As to delays, five yeara have passed and yet that -contract, remains un fulnlled. ', In the light of these fscts we alalm . that . our contentions -at that time were right" Another reason, claim the Portland Arms, that was assigned by the committee- forgivlng- the" contract to MR Barre (Vermont) granite for-the 22- foot monolith. It was thought thst Oregon granite would not All the re quirements. . "In that," said Mr. Schanen, "there was nothing but absurdity. Every Portland Arm In the business handles Barre granite, several cars a year, and we or any of them could have procured It from Barre Just. as well as Mr. Wright could. ays Aotloa books reoollar. "We are not complaining because Mr. Wright got the contract, but because we did not have an opportunity to bid for the work. We claim that we are Justified in asserting that, inasmuch as the committee did not ask Portland Arms to bid, and because there is known to have been made an offer by one out- (Continued on Page Two.) CARRIES WIFE AND BABY THROUGH WINDOW WHILE FIRE RAGES Blaze Is DiSESvered Puring Night and Escape by Door Is Blocked - by Flames When A H. Randall Bears Terrified '..', " Family, to, Safety by Only Exit With their escape through a door cut off by the flumes roaring In the hall way, A. H. Randall saved the lives of his wife and baby early this morning by carrying them through a window of his residence at 41 Oxford street. Al to In A. The origin of 'the Are Is unknown. When Randall .was ' awakened by the crackling of the flames the. blase was under' good- headway and seemed to he burning the most Aercely In the region of the kitchen. Dense volumes of Smoke poured Into the bedroom, almost sufro. catlng tha occupants before a, window could be raised. Taking In the situation, Rsndnll real ised that only prompt aorfon whtild save the lives his wife snd .children. snt that resrue could be effected alone hv him. The flHmes were roaring rus'iiT about the door of the eoom. The fire Increased In tnnunltiidn anil enpr for hose -ho wore in tlnngei-' appeared l be lmpnsHltiln. . J Attorney Emmons Talks of Ar resting Everybody Who 'J. Bought Ticket in Jap.' J. . . anese Art Lottery. MANNING SAYS HE : WILL NOT PROSECUTE Emmona Is Attorney for Men Who Conducted the Little, Arrangement Whereby Investors Got Fifty Cents or Leas on the Dollar in Knick , knacks," ".- . Mr. Emmons appeared efore- Munlc . ipal Judge Cameron this morning and demanded warrants for the arrest of every person who purchased tickets in the clever lottery game thst was In troduced to Portland's .swelldom as th -"Society of Japanese Art . Admirers." Twenty-four hundred persons purchase e" tickets at tl each, and 2.40O persona . wjll accordingly be arrested if the de mand of the attorney is granted. .. The society was provoking all sort of admiration for Japsnese art in Port landchiefly mercenary admiration, however when an unappreelatlve sher iff swooped down upon the teahouse In -Twenty-fifth street, where the lottery was conducted. He a crested a number -of clerks snd sfter diligent search also Succeeded .in arresting the' two pro moters. '''".' ...... District Attorney' Manning, while be ing convinced of the "guilt"' of those 6 ha purchased UlcketaJiaa announcel that his native chivalry forbids him making war; on women, and those who paid a dollar for an oriental shoe string msy now draw a long breath,for the law wUl harm thenv not,.' i ' t --' 4 rf--- . wurti iv ithiui. -- - "Your honor." said Attorney JiistnOTis, when the ease of the five Japanese un. der arTes' were-called, f'We ,ask for ; postponement-at this time because we want oomplalnts - filed snd warrants Issued for the arrest of every person 1m plirftted in this affairJA". ,want .no favoritism shown in-this matter. Every t l man ana . woman wpft- nougni xicaec TTTrom these Japanese Is ss guilty under the law as are the persons who con- -ducted the lottery. We demand thaf$to' ". feedings begin egalgat each of t risen " -I believe there were about 1.400 persons -who purchased tickets and are therefore gqllty of playing a lottery." "Judge Cameron had Just agreed to postpone the hesrlngs until tomorrow, but when the number of .-complaints wanted was mentioned he gasped for breath. Deputy District Attorney Adams snd Deputy City Attorney Fltsgerald. stood dumfounded. "Holy smoke!" ejaculated Attorney James Gleason. "It will take a week to draw that batch of complaints. That's right." asserted Deputy Sher iffs Downey and Grussi in one breath. "And I guess that means that you will be arrested, too," added Downey. At torney Gleason looked guilty, ' antl promptly sank Into a chair. ts -0- Oallty Om Jfsoapa,.i.' - "Do I . understand-you.. to. say that -you want complaints - filed against TTIOU" Pfepsong Bud warrants issued?", asked Judge Cam eron, his features still showing as tonishment . "That's Just what wa want." said Attorney Emmons. "The people who played this lottery are as guilty as tha persons who conducted it. ' We don't want arty body shown favoritism." ' "It will take a week or more to draw up complaints and Issue warrants," said -the court. , "Because the enforcement of the law entails manual labor ontsomebody Is no reawm. why these persons, . equally , guilty with the defendants, should be allowed to go unpunished." was the law. yer's answer.. Mr. Adams thereupon stated that any person who desired could enter com plaints against as many persons as he (Continued on Page Two.) : - Randall, however, was equal to thw emergency, for.' making his way to the only window there was In tha mom. be carried them through UUlaaf.tJtJ!yL -aide the burning1 btitldias. V . . The nearest fire engTlia, wss No. t, located at Williams avenue end Ruwell street, about two and a. half mil's 1U tAtirVv An alarm was turned- In by Ritn. dall as soon as he had ssved his wife and child, and the engine made the run. with chernlcsl No. 4. In a comparatively short time. The bullillng snH contem sre a total loss, but nutlull!lie ' ssved by the firemen. The ! on the hnua lx 1 1 "l On-Ms ecteTits hm 'i h.- both smmiTits t. 1 1 ?' 1 There were tin--, last r.1hr eml twi h i In tlii morn !nr- im.tr-'.- ' firm -a!)t ! r- n M -t-lfo. ur --H -r I : ' . ': r,; If V