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THE- JOURNAL4 PRIHTS ITS CIRCULATION FIGURED -r GOOD EVENING AA';''A THE WEATHER. v I ''.,-' Fair' tonight and Friday; northerly' wind. ;- .r ; ... a'-:- "VOL. V. NO;: 26, CHANCELLOR VON BULOW IS STRICKEN ti;:liBlLlilt German Imperial Chancellor Suf v fers From an Attack of Pa T """ralysis While Addressing ; .Jii ;4J the -Reic1ttatJ-rt V FALLS UNCONSCIOUS TO FLOOR AFTER SPEECH i, First Attack Provea but Forerunner 'of Another and Worte.One Em. ' .' '-yeror and Crown -Prince at Minis. ter"i Bedside Public Career of the ' . Statesman Probably Ended. ' ' - (Jouraal Special Service., Berlin, April 6. Prince von Bulow. - Y3.Ml.n- ImurUI ehancellOr. - Oresldent " nt thm nnunnll of ministers and minister -Lof state, was overcome by a fainting: S attack In the reicnetag loaay ana cr i rted unconscious to the anteroom, where ..t...-ll...-i wn.kMl An him. for OlT1 hOLir '.' liefore he via . restored to conselous- irauv if m stroke of narslvala. which occurred this afternoon. The . kaiser Amu hurriedly-summoned and the crown prince and ministers hurried to the bedside of the stricken chancellor, who thls evening la said to be processing favorably. ;. ' . . 4. -'A77, atrickea After peeok. . . Von Bulow had Just finished address ' ina the relchstua; en the Alseclras .'urreement settlnt forth. the position of ' . Oermany at the conference and the ends 5 sought and obtained, when he auddenly turned pale and feU heavily forward. A scene of confuslbn at once took place 'and the sitting was adjourned. .. Members of the relchstas; carried the prostrate form of .the .chancellor into Van ante-room, where physicians who. had ' been summoned at nce worked to re ' store Oie prince to consclousnes's. Thoy - Issued a, bulletin stating that the attack ' "was due to Influensa and. "overwork. T". TM morning s attack proved but the t,Torerunner of another and more serious 1 JTle this afternoon when .the chancellor soffered : stroke of fttralj'KIs ' The j' emperor and members of . the Imperial ? family, as well as cabinet ofllclals, has-- tened to the bedside of the prince, who t Was thought to be dying. However, he rallied from the attack and his physl- Vlans stata Is progressing as favorably i as caiv-'fte expected. The doctors state that a long rest will be necessary before the prince can again get about, and It Is probable that hie j days in public life are over. . t . - , siegraphy of rrlaee. v Count Bernhard Henry Martin Charles von Bulow was born in- Holstelrr May S, 1849.' the son of Bernhard Krnest-von ' Huldw, "the Prussian minister ef state and secretary of state In the German empire. His mother was the Princess Maria Camtoreale. He-was educated at 4 hs public- sclrbol of Frankfort and at w .in.i..iH., of t.lfnli and Berlin. In 1S70 he entered the. I'riisslan regl- i meat of Royal Huasars ana servea in hls regiment as lieutenant until 1S7J, i in 1873 ho entered the dlplomatlo serv ice at Berlin and at Rome. He was sec rotary of the embassy at Rome. St. Petersburg and Vienna and secretary of ."the "Berlin congress in JJI.. He served n minister to Bucharest from 188 to ' 13. and 'aa ambassador to Rome from J3 to 1S7. He was made minister of state and secretary of state for for- : etgn affairs In HOP. GENERAL ADNA R. CHAFFEE ' TO GOMUAND POLICE A, I-:-" - -A - Commissioner Bingham Slated to Go and Be Succeeded by Late Chief of Army. . ' " ' I jaraat Special Berf. New 1 York, April 6. It Is reported ' about the city ball that Police Comrols- sinner Theodore A. - Bingham Is slated to go and that hi successor will be - I.leutenant-Oeneral - Adna . R. Chaffee, ' retired. This hssr found partial con firmation In dispatches from the went, which stated that .Chaffee had In let ters admitted that he bad been offered a high official position In New York. , : Chaffee was offered the police com mlsstonershlp before It was tendered, to -Bingham., but was then unable to accept. A he Is now free, the 'report of laat ; night Is taken by friends to mean that ' he at last Is to take charge of Greater . New Ynrk's police force, - Uoneral- and Mrs. Chaffee are now traveling , In Mexico. ' The. general says that great -pressure ' has been brought to bear upon him re cently to accept .the police commission CTKhlp, "J A ' A '.. :''-'.' Daring Cowboys Save Vessel That Is on Fire . With Six 7 Hundred Tons of Dyna- rAAA mite in the Hold. " , AS VOLUNTEERS ENTER ' BOAT'S BLAZING HOLD ..- Heroism . of Rough . Riders of : Wild West Shoto . Touring Argentine Saves Steamer Pennsylvania From . Being Blown Up and Those on . Board -From Certain Death. ' (Jouraal Special Sarrfre.) ' San Francisco, April a. Hlx hundred tons of gunpowder and dynamite In the hold and a fierce Are raging in the en- gtne-room. This Is the altuation that confronted the officers,: men ' and pas sengers of the steamship Pennsylvania which arrived In San Francisco yester day when the vessel waa off the mouth of the Matoqulto river on the Chilean cosst a few days ago. . - . . The vessel which sailed from' Phil adelphia had storms all the way. -At Montevideo the steamer took as passen gers nine Texas cowboys who had been touring the Argentine Repuhllo In a wild west show. To these men,' reck less of life and limb, the vessel itnd crew, .owe their salvation, for without the assistance of the plainsmen. It Is declared, all aboard would have gone to horrible deatlu . When the Are broke out the hatches were open. It was a clear day and the men were walking about hatchways Smoking. Without warning -a sheet of flame burst from the funnel,' sending great pieces of burning coal and wood In the air. Men about the hatchways fled for their' lives, leaving' the hatches uncovered. Into them, fell the biasing coals and soon the wooden, flooring separating the lower and upper holds was ablase.- r- . ,. - The officer of the deck, rushing from where be stood, near the wheel, ordered the crew to flht the fire, while ha him self, aided ' by-the cowboys, attempted to fasten down the hatches and keep tlvs fiery rain from the hold with Its tons of explosives. In the engine-room the men found the fire had started In the funnel setting the woodwork ablase and driv ing the engineer to a 'place of safety! Buckets and fire hose were brought out and the battle commenced. - , Meanwhile volunteers were called for to descend Into the. hold to extinguish the blnse there. , The plainsmen 1 re sponded. Pulling the broad brimmed hats' over their eyes and tying handker chiefs, ovar their mouths, the clean limbed, hard-muscled young rough rid ers, carrying a hofe. went down. Into the smoke and darkness. : They found -the flsmes In the after hold, and after" a hard flghf extinguished the fire." HANDSOME WOMAN PUTS ; BULLET THROUGH HEAD (Journal Special Berrlee.) Chicago, April 5. A handsome and apparently cultured Woman, aged S3, registered as Mrs..Kmo Bardeloben, was found head In her room, at the Palmer house this morning. with a bullet hole In her. head and a pistol by. her .side. The sound of the ahot attracted a bell boy. A man companion in a -separate room said the womsn wss the wife of an electrical-engineer of Rhode Island, from whom she find separated, nnd that he was taking her to' California for her health.. The companion claims to be Bardeleben. He later says that the woman Is Edith Cpoper of Philadelphia, KAISER TO LAY CLAIM" JO SIAMESE SPOILS (Joarnal Special Sr !.) Beriln. Apt II t.-A weekly paper to day, published en article "After Mo rocco . Comes Slam," and gives a pro gram thought to reflect governmental eentiment for the division among Oer man Interests of the commercial spoils of -Slam. - The paper ssya that Oermany cannot agree to existing arrangement between 'England and France - In . the orient.' - : . '',. - .' . LANDSLIDE DELAYS ALL TRAINS AT.TEHACHAPI ' Uearsal Special Bertie. I . Bakersfleld. Cal- April I. The land slide at Tchaohapl tunnel waa 'cleared In a short time last nlaht, but another occurred at the same place today and matters are aow worse than before, A stesm shovel and large gangs of men are at . work and It la expected to clear the track by tomorrow. The. Santa Fe and ' Southern Pacific are transferring passengers, mslls are late and there hi no freight .traffic.,-.,; ... , 1 ; (P r "A PEOPLE PAID FOR THE GOOD THINGS IN YESTERDAY'S '4 Q J A A t L Uf 1 U J JOURNALTHE NUMBER WHO READ IT EASILY EXCEEDS" lt)V V V PORTLAND. ,OREGON. .; THURSDAY EVENING. APRIL ' 0, - T-t----, ' j Is. K I w . . I . J , ' f- v . ..' Shells THREE RESCUED IN HIBHT FIRE Two" Women and Negro' Baby Saved From Death in ' .'; " Conflagration. ': ; V, EXCITED MOTHER LEFT : INFANT LYING ON BED Detective Andy Vaughn, Hearing the Child's Cries, Hushes -Through Smoke and Saves It Lineman Cuts Wires by ClimbinglBurning Pole. Two women and a boy. who were In danger . of being burned to death, were rescued by; the. police .and firemen last night from a Are that wiped out the Hockenyos t ' Bufflngton planing '- mill and almost totally . destroyed six other structures In and adjacent to the block lying" between Tenth 'and West Park an! ; Flanders and UJlsan streets.--. The baby,, the child of a negressv was left In the house In the excitement and was found by Detective Andy Vaughn Just In time to prevent It being cremated. The two women were overcome by . ex citement and had to be carried out of burning houses. The lire occurred In the negro set tlement, and several families lost every thing they had. The total loss Is about lit. 000. Most of the property waa In sured.. The structures , burned were: Hockenyos Bufflngton's planing mill. loss, about flO.ono; residence Of Mrs. Elizabeth Hyde, 109 North Tenth street, loss about $1,600; rooming-house con ducted by C. Hoyd. 10 Ninth street,, loss about 8500; residence of 7a n Ed wards.- total lose; residence of Mrs. C N. Knapp, loss about 1500; sausage factory and meat shop of the Chicago market, partial loss; Fulton markets sausage factory, slight loss; George Craw's-transfer-stables, damaged to the extent, of about 1700; cottago of Mrs. Bertha Hansen, loss 1.100; two vacant shacks,' loss about IJ00.: . 'jamas Alkea Hero. James Aiken made himself the hero of the occasion by climbing a burning electric pole and cutting two 10,000-volt wires thiif were about to fall upon a crowd. of a thousand or more people. The fire started supposedly from a motor In the planing mill, which burned out. The flames were discovered about 10 o'clock by. a little girl living In a houee bark of the mill. Two still anS two box", alarms were Immediately turned In. The confusion ' of alarms caused the department a slight delay la reaching the scene of the conflagra tion.; When the apparatus arrived the ...(Continued on Page Five.) , .I,, . , vy , v - . .,. , : - -f ,..-,' A A? y t ... - :AX:m,AAyrAAA I; 5 ii ,:a-- , , . THE CHILDREN'S FRIEND IN THE SUNDAY. JOURNAL I ' ' . ' f 1 . - ; ' ; - - ' . ' . .Bilfyrthe thj elk in the City park, is always a friend of the children. - He hat a great story to tell hi little friends and has told it to The Sunday1' Journsl. V' lie tells of how he loses his horns each year and also discloses a great secret of the elk fatriily.. Every child will want to read of Billy and his friends in the herd. It is a story that .'will, interest; and 'Instruct them.- This will be the -first; Of- a -series of -articles by, at special writer on animals in the 'City" park," and each animal has an entertaining story to tell the children. Do not miss this one. feature in The, Sunday Journal,' for sll the children from 6 to 60 years. of age will enjoy it.v'. A--- k '--. . x; . ' -' v. The Sundsy Jonrnat will contain more features, this week than ever. ; Be sure and get. it. Order it now from your newsdealer or telephone (o the Circulation Department of The Journal, 'Main 500, and have it delivered at your door Sunday niorniiigv ' ' ' '. - , . , .v-V. -e.tT-e, 1 ... v .... 1 of' Buildings, Results of Last Night's REGISTRATION BOOKS : OPEN ONLY FOUR DAYS - Only four days remain ; In which voters may register for' ' the primaries. The registration e e ' rolls will be closed at S o'clock net Tuesday afternoon. April 10, ., and -will not -reopen until after e the primaries are over. . ' e s Every cltlsen who desires to 4 take part in the selection of his party's nominees and who has e not yet registered should do so e e at once. Tbe primaries this year e e are of far more than usual lm- - e e portance, as the voters will not ; e s only make nominations for state . e and county offices, 'but will also e express their choice for United e states senator. - e e - County Clerk Fields has pro-, e s vlded ample facilities for voters e 4 desiring to register, so that, there e) "is no delay' or loss of time".. ' t 4) e e) 4.4 EXECUTIVE BOARD APPOINTEES Mayor ' Names , Eugene ' Shelby - and David Pattullo to Suc i;:.;ceed Gearin and Blagen . .Eugene Shelby . and ' David , A.. Pat tullo were today appointed members of the city. executive board by Mayor Lane, to fill the vacancies caused by the resig nation of Senator. John M. Gearin - and St. j. Blagen.. The new. members will be present at the executive board meet ing tomorrow afternoon. ' ' The former Is local agent and as sistant superintendent of Wells, Fargo A Co. and Is a man of marked business ability. ; He la also thoroughly familiar with municipal affairs, having served one year as city councilman during ex-Mayor-' Mason's administration.- The latter of the' appointees Is also a well known business man and is connected with Balfour, Guthrie ft Co., grain and lumber exporters. ' -l .With the appointment of . Professor Wilson and Dr. Dav Raffety as mem bers of the city park board Monday and the filling of the vacancies on tire ex ecutive board today, the mayor has but two more appointments to mske to fill up all the .vacancies on- his board of commissions." ':Two new members have to be ap pointed on the city water boiwrt to fill the vacancies caused by the resignation of William M. Ladd and Oeorge . W. Baes several months or The mayor said this morning that he would make thoese appointments within a few days. eeeeeeeee k A AAAAA A A Agf-A A A A A A AA AAA AAAAA r 1908.-T-SIXTEEN PAGES. ?, .) -AA':i r . K Fire. PRISONERS' HEALS AT OLD RATE Word Draws Compensation Fixed by the County Board for L . Feeding Charges. -- EXTRA LUNCH GIVEN WITHOUT EXTRA PAY Sheriff Has Established an Innova - tion Without Getting a Penny More Than Storey or Frazier ' Received 7 for the Service. , 1 .' " iThe.rate-of compensation allowed to Sheriff, Word for feeding the county prisoners Is fixed by the county com' mlssloners and is precisely - the same that has been allowed to previous sher iffs for a doxen years or more. The rate la 17H cents a meal or SS cente a day.; At. one time the county , paid SO cents a- day, but during Premier's ; term as' sheriff the rate was IS cents and the same. rate waa continued during the administration of Storey. -.Shortly before- Word -war elected the oouhty ; board determined to take the feeding of . the prisoners out of the sheriffs hands. , This ." decision was reconsidered, however, and the board decided to allow - Word the same rate that his predecessors had received. - "The responsibility for the rate ef payment rests with the county board," remarked County Auditor Brandea tbls morning. eMembers of the board admit that this Is the case, and say that th'y had simply followed the precedent es tablished by a previous board. - It Is the intention of the county com missioners to advertise for; bids for feeding the prisoners from and after July 1. Commissioner Frank C Barnes and County Judge Webster both stated this morning that thin was the decision of the board and would be carried .lata) effect, no matter who Is sheriff. - During Word's administration the prisoners - have been better fed than ever before. The food is clean, abun dant and wholesome-. In addition to the two meals for which the count y-tpays. Sheriff Word gives a lunch of bread and coffee to all prisoners who do not go- to. the- rockplle, and on Sundays a similar lunch la served to all the In matas of the Jail. For this extra meal the sheriff receives no additional com pensation from the county. - . rr 1 f ' Seattle la Chose. . , ' . " (Joarnal Special Serrlee.) ; Washington, t. C. April S. Seattle has been chosen aa the next meeting plane foe- the -National - Association of Railway Commissioners. , weseeeeeeeeeee ees AA A A A A A A A A JA Jiki amtj OTHERS APPEAR TO- E ASHAMED OF THEIRS Yesterday Was A - ' PRICE-TWO Colonist Movement to Pacific Northwest This Season Ap , parently Largest Ever : Known. ' WESTBOUND TRAINS - LEAVE IN SECTIONS Not . Many Settlers Get So Far as Portland,' as Immigration Agents in Eastern and Southern Oregon Grab Them Going Through Early "Visitors Send Bacarfor Families. "The colonist movement now. closing la .apparently--the -largest - we- have known," said K. H. Bobbins of the Northern Pacific. "We cannot tell defi nitely, until the smoke clears away, but it looks now ae If thla were to be the banner colonist season." West bound transcontinental trains to North Paclfio destinations are run ning many hours late as a result of th heavy movement of settlers frdm the middle west. The O. R. N. train due In Portland at T:38 o'clock thla morn ing will not arrive until late thla after noon. Northern Pacific train No. S, dally westbound, la leaving St. Paul In two and three sections.- A wire from headquarters there to the office of As sistant General Passenger Agent Charl ton says the train . leaving Bt. Paul Tuesday evening went In three sections, carrying1 about 800 passengers bound to the Paelflo northwest. "Portland sees but little of the great colonist - movement," said a city pas senger agent "When the tralnloads of people reach the boundary lines of Ore gon they begin melting away Into the blue hase of the hills. - valleys and plains., They come here te find homes, and most of them are settling in vari ous parts of the state outside of Port-, land. Eastern and mTddle Oregon are getting 'a great many. If a colonist reaches the Willamette valley It Is after he ha run the gauntlet of all the Im migration agents- of Idaho and eastern 1 Oregon. If he gets as far as southern Oregon It Is a wonder, for to go there he must pass all the tempting offers of the whole Columbia, river basin via the northern lines and the Union Paclfio route, and If he la coming by the south ern route he must break through the aV tractions, of southern California. - The best way to get a bunch 'of colonists into southern Oregon Is to take them In a strong wire cage." : Seaeiag Baek for Families. Many men who came to Oregon at the beginning of the colonist movement three months ago are sending back east for their families. The local pas senger office of the Northern Pacific has during the last SO days placed about 100 tickets for the men here who are bringing - their wives and -children, or parents.'-rr The newcomers are largely worklngmen and farmers. Testerday a party of 14 mlllmen from Ashland, Wisconsin, arrived te work in an Ore gon sawmill. A large party of Polish farm era has Just left Chicago, in charge of W. pos lusany, an Oregon Pole, and will settle at some favored place between Port land nnd Ashland. Mr. 'Poslasxny has been working on the Immigration prop osition. In cooperation with the Port land Commercial club, for the last year, snd haa brought many Individual set tlers" to Investigate the state. He Is working under the auspices of a Polish fraternal order. ' The party he now. bus on the way will reach Portland about April It. - A 1 prominent railroad passenger of ficial, conservatively - estimating the numberor settlers" who' have been brought Into Oregon-during the last year, places the number of adults at 10,000. fie said: . Tea Taoasaad Adalt Settlers. "I take no stock In stories of the boom order, told to advertise any par ticular Immigration department. When it comes . to the .actual carrying of a given number of passengers In regular trains over a railroad during a certain period It Is easy to figure whether or not an estimate la reasonable. The bring ing of 10,000 grown persons Into a state by the railroads In one year, to locate permanently . and enter upon develop ment work and wealth-producing labor, la a wonderrtu tning. He said the present colonist move ment to the Peolnc coast; which termi nates April 7. haa been a success. ' The number of colonists brought Into the Pmcl.a "northwest this spring Just about equals the number rarrled aver the earns routes during the colonist period of a year ago. The railroads are satisfied with tbe business that Is being handled. Thsy have carried on immense advertis ing campaigns to Intereat the farming classes ef the middle west in the oppor tunities offered by Oregon. Washington and Idaho, and they say the work haa been profitable. , They are getting r"- t'onifnuad en !'- i- . ) IN A YEAR COLLAPSES Journal Circulation CENTS. , lSSSi rropner spouse buttering om. Nervous Prostration De ' ': to Face Enemies. POI YfiAMY r.URP PHR . . HARDNESS OF HEART Founder of Zion City Quotes Scrip . tures aa Authority for Having . Seven Wives Former Editor of "Leaves of Healing" Makes Sensa. tional Disclosures Regarding Elijah. (Joaraal Special Berries.) ' ' -Chicago. April 6-Mrs. John Alex ander Dow la, wife of the dethroned prophet, swooned this morning in the dining-room at the Shiloh house and la reported aa being seriously affected with nervous prostration. The recent atralf! that ahe has been under haa seriously undermined her health. The sensational, developments of tbe last few daya foU lowing close upon long era of eon eealed suffering and hardship have caused friends to fear that her ,ni. tion Is very serious. ' , - Dowlo leaves the City of Mexico at S o'clock tonight for Chicago. All officer of the Church of Zion held a secret con ference this morning to adopt a program- to vigorously resist efforts the his leadership aqd property. . , . . , t Ugly charges are being made against Dow la in connection with letters written by the prophet to Ruth Hofer, the Swiss heiress. It Is admitted today, that Vollva la In possession of the love let ters written by the leader to the young polygamy, -because of the "hardness , of hesrt prevalent In Zion," and says that "King David permitted the Jews to hava more than one wife on account of the) hardness of their hearts." L(JL3;l ' Sensational Charges. Sensational charges of improper eon duct, slander, embesstement, maladmin istration .and polygamous teaching form the theme of a book exposing John Alexander Dowle that Is being written by Mra. Emily Ware, a New -York: woman. Until a, year ago Mrs, Ware was assistant editor of 1-eaves of Heal ing, the official organ of Zion City. .She. declares that her revelations wUl-boih astound Hie community and wreck Its religion so that Zion City will be hor rified and -Iwleism, exterminated. In nllf.ln.tlnn ,1,1 Uh ft . she has been made the victim of out rageous attacks. In her book Mrs. Ware will quota the. biblical reference made by Dowle In advocating polygamy, the most glar ing of which Js from Isaiah 1:0: ""And seven women "shall take hold of one man In that day, saying we wilt oat our own bread and wear our own an parel; only let .ua be called, by thy name; take thou away our reproach. -Xxsonunnaioated by Sowlsw Mrs. "Ware left Dowlas church and later was excommunicated. The charges against her and her daughter Harriet, a singer In the tabernacle choir.-were sub sequently denied by Dowle's former friends. Her excommunication was based on a charge that she slandered Dowle and -maligned his doctrine. Una wss confirmed In December, 14, and shortly afterwards she returned to Nee York. ' , ... ..(:-..' v It 1 planned by Voliva and hla as sistants to arrest Dowle on his arrival In Zion upon S4 charges of obtaining money under false pretenses te be pre ferred by Investors in land and stork in Zion Clty.- -" T " ""; - " . If Dowle returns and commences legal action against the present oilU-ers of the church an application will probably be made for receivership of the) cnurvn . una ana an 01 in properie stendlng In the name of the church, anif the appointment of Vollva a receiver. The appellate court today arflrmeil the lower court's decision, set ting aside the legacy of ISS.S00 beoneathed by Frederick Mutton of New HaMl.nff The court sustained the contention of the heirs that.lt waa seen rati ander undue Influence, ". ' - . --.-,- HILL TO BUILD CANADIAN TRANSCONTINENTAL LINE' ' Winnipeg.- Man., April 8 James J, Hill has written a letter to the presl.' dent of t lie board of trad here con firming the report that he will h:' e transcontlneritar line ot-er ( aneilnn I . rltory. He haa paid tJ,000,00 t'tr mlnsls here. v env-r I zd. ' ' ' (inr, ( ..... A . r.l the r 1,1. ..-)