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JOURNAL CIRCULATION JXSTEllDAr wia 30,275 VOL. IV. NO. 52. PORTLAND, OREGON. SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 8, 1808. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ' f . . .... i j .1 , . , . , I . , I , , , , JAPAN-CHINA DIFFICULT! BECOMES MORE SERIOUS in i sens TROUBLE Declares Mikado's Action Is Drastic, but Hints That the Chinese Will Not Back ' Down Roosevelt Hay Act as Mediator. CHINA STANDS PAT. Pekin, March 7. Although Japan ha demanded a reply by tomorrow to the ultimatum on the TaUu Mara-affair presented to Baron Hayashl, tha Japanese mlnlatr. thcra la no aim of weakening on tha part of tha Chlnta government Th gov rnmnt atlll taka tha poaltlon that th cargo of th Tatau wit Intended for tha revolutionists and that this contraband trad haa bean foaterd by th Japa nese since th end of the war with Russia. Tha only apparent baals for a compromise at pres ent la that Japan shall guaran tee to put a atop to the contra band trade provided that China restore the Tatau and Indem nify the shippers. The steamer Is atlll under guard at Wham poa. It was hinted today that China expects some of the Euro pean powera to Intervene In her behalf In the event that Japan ahould make any hostile morea. No confirmation of thla could be obtained. CHINESE MERCHANT MURDERED TOTTERING TO A FALL Lee Hoy Shot Down in Door way of His Residence by Highbinders Chinaman Had Been Marked for Slaughter. ,, (tiiu penal jutireq in uuji anH) Washington. March 7. Tht the relations between Japan and China have been strained to such a degree that further stralnlnf might easily precipitate war between these two was shown this evening by the man ner In which Wu Ting Fang, the Chinese minister to the United States who arrived in Washington this afternoon after an absence of five years, received the news of the action of the mikado In sending his demands to the Chinese government "This news Is a great surprise to me." he said. "It seems almost in- mm turns IDRIlf: 3 DIE i Engineer Crushed and Two Men Drowned in Monon gahela River. (United Preae Leaaed Wire.) Bessemer. Pa., March 7. Engineer credible that the Japanese govern- Cook was crushed to death and Firemen ment should have taken such a step Henry Locke and James Lawrence wer at this time. This is a serious mat- ", JW,,BU "erB .-4 i it f"J" uoren lurnea turn in mo rapia- ter, a very serious matter and if it , r,slng Mont)ng)Ia r",T,r ,nd fop la true matters have changed Tery pled over the dam of look No. . , . T . . nrriMal Captain Ollmore remained at th much Bince I last received ornciai untll the toppled over, when news from my government. n maae a nying leap tnrougn tne pilot - i It-I- I """"" iiiiu inn iiiii, oucil no war is a icrriuio luiuk, ju hitt id an mi riond inn .i.a know, and I hope it can be. avoided, up by a yawL A boat carried a crew -i I. mrAYl l" roBcu. vno or mo dec we cenaiDJT wiau iu utwiu ii. -"- hands hurled a rone. In the da.rk.nasa vet the reported action of the Jap- the rope wnt wild and caught in the ' . . current. The boat turned on Its side aneBO goTcruincui. dcoui iiuuv "i- and with a crasb plunged over the dam. M Twlve members of the crew lumped UI couruo, i blu uui iu a boat waa a total loss to go into this matter at any great length. I have received no confirm atlon of unwelcome news and so must be Quite careful about it. Deferring to the willingness of tne United States to proffer its of fices to pf event a clash, he said: "There is your president again. He is a great man and if anyone in . u . imiiH ii,n n In aiirh an affair he could. I am sure the Chin- r OrreSl omimSOn lyapiUreS "! lTrm.Sr; Championship in 50-Yard Ki V t v - v - - - PORTLAND BOY BREAKS RECORD Crime Planned by Jue Mee, Sent Here From Frisco to Execute Crime Mee Es capes Police Arrest As sociates. Lee Dal Hoy. member of the 4 firm of Hang Wa A Co., S10 First street, waa ahot and killed by hlghblndera In Chinatown last night In an attack upon him planned and carried Into execu tion by Ju Mee, a Ban Fran cisco Chinaman sent here by his organisation. Hoy had been marked for extermination. Sev eral other prominent Chinamen of Portland are also under the shadow of the highbinders' so ciety and the vlglltfnca of the police department will be called into play thla week to prevent a general outbreak and further murders among the warring factions. Indoor Hurdles. (Hearst JJwi by Lonceat Leaaed Wlr.) Washington, March 7. Princeton uni versity wen the trophy cup with a total of 2( polnta at the tenth annual George town Indoor games here tonight. The feature was the breaking of the Indoor record In the 60-yard hurdles, by Forrest Smlthson of the New York Athletic '.'lub. He ran the distance In 6 1-5 seconds. Smlthson Is a Portland boy. a mem ber of th Multnomah club, who opened ins career wnile a student at the Ore gon Agricultural college at Corvallls. As a result of a Tong war that broke out in tha Chinese quarter last evening, Lee Dal Hoy, a wealthy merchant, was ahot and fatally wounded by three men of his own race. Hoy died at the uooa Samar itan 'hospital at 11:30 o'clock. The shooting occurred at 7:80 o'clock In the hallway leading to the residence apartments of Hoy in the building at 270 Pine street. Be tween eight and 12 Bhots were fired, seven of them taking effect in Hoy's body. As soon as the wounded man fell his assailants ran out of the build ing by the back stairway, one of them throwing away his empty gun j at the foot of the steps. They were seen and recognized by other Chin ese and within half an hour two of the murderers were behind the bars of the city prison. The third man is still at large. 1 SAW ARE FROZEN OFF ALASKA fccnooner Jonn F. MUler-ls? Off Unimak Island in tho Aleutian Archipelago la," January Last. Sudden Storm Turns Me Into Cakes of IceCapW tain Comuelled to rhtnd Mate Loose With Ax De J A 1 1 Ct A VIA 'rlXsv mwa ' ' Poor Balance for a. Legislative Candidate MR MORSE good will which has everywhere been expressed. Th acute stage In the negotlatlona between China and Japan, where war now looms as an ominous possibility, haa caused diplomatic officials here to dlacusa today the pertinent question whether It Is likely an European na- rfon may auggest the United States as mediator. The general impression ap pears to be that a query may be con veyed within a day or so by some conti nental power to Toklo and l'eKin asK 4,,-r if tlm lTnlted States would be ac rentable as a mediator. Inasmuch as the Japanese government has stated that its honor Is concerned, there Is little chance of having the cause of tha miarrel referred to Tho Hague, un less Japan should agree to waive the folnt of national nonor issue uy he hauling down of the Japanese flag when the Tatsu Maru waa seized by '''rho arrival in Washington of WU Tina- Fang, the returning minister, this vniair is reararded as very opportune. M will occuDy the center of tne Inter national stage for some weeks, and will lose no time In presenting his cre dentials. Fresldent May Aot. Wu comes at a moment when there Is serious danger of armed con flict between his country and Japan. The fact that the relations between the United States ana japan are somewnai strained would not prevent the president from acting as mediator if the question should be put up to him hy a nation friendly to China. The suggestion of mediation could not he regarded as an offense by Japan. That country could follow the precedent set by Great Bri tain, however, when the United States verv cautiously made It known In Lon don lust before tho Boer wap that It would Kladly use its good offices if . agreeable to Great Britain. Great Bri tain refused abselutely. The United States took similar ground when all the ambassadors In Washington called on President McKinley and endeavored to stave off tne war between Spain and the United States. There Is no doubt that China has the good will of the United States at this time, regardless of the merits of the Tatsu Maru case. J The United States and Great Britain are opposed to a war between Japan and China at this time because there is now In progress a readjustment of the commerce in Manchuria, which Is con trolled by Japan, and a war between Japan and China would close for a long time most of the treaty ports of China. Opposed to War. Russia. Germany and the United States are Intensely opposed to a war. They see- that the victor would demand auch territorial indemnity as would overshadoV the spheres of Influence now held by those countries In China. The stale department Is being ad vised from time to time of the negotia tions now being concluded between the Chinese and the Japanese foreign of fice. The president would hardly offer 1 incerstd over some trivial thins thisJ hi' services as mediator in view of tho 1 afternoon. Mrs. Charles Barbour shotl relations between the United States : and kllkd her 17-year-old adonted tuaugtuer. Hose. Urn. Barbour 'was ar-lp: re a tod, Insane from grief, tl IS SELLING CLOTHES Wife of Ice King Helps Spouse by Disposing of $15,000 Sable Fur Cape. (United Press Leased Wire.) New York, March 7. It became known today that Mrs. diaries M. Morse, wife of the Indicted "Ice king,' Is willing to make any sacrifice to aid her husband In his financial difficulties It Is said she sold a beautiful J15.000 Russian Eflble fur carie for 17.000. the proceeds of which. It Is said, will (to to aia tier luishand in his emergency. AUTHORESS ELOPES WITH MARRIED MAN (Hfarat News by Longeat Leaaed Wire.) Lexington. Ky.. March 7. A sensa tion was caused today at Corinth, Grant county, when it became known that Miss Nannie Holmes Taylor, a well known magazine writer and a teacher In the Corinth high school, had eloped with Allle Martin, a wealthy young merchant who has a wife and several children. The couple, it Is believed, have gone to California, whence Miss Taylor came to Kentucky. WOMAN SHOOTS HER ADOPTED DAUGHTER Rapid City. arch 7. While Search Xlghhindars' Booms. Soon after the shooting tils police were Informed that two of the men who had engaged in the shooting had sought sanctuary in the highbinder headquar ters on the third floor of the building on the southwesV corner of Second and Oak streets, Juat across the atreet from the police headquarter Detectives Jones and Tlchenor were' sent to the place and found the door leading from the outer hall to thfr rooms locked and barred. As no response was made to repeated demands to open the door It was finally beaten down and the officers entered with drawn revolvers. In a small lav atory off the kitchen the officers found two men. one was armed with a huge 46 calibre Colts revolver that bore evi dence of having been recently fired. This man, Yee Geung, was later Iden tified by Hoy as one of the men who were associated in the shouting. In an other room was found Llm Won, later identified aa one of the men who en gaged in the actual shooting. Eight other hlguuinders were found In the place. rind Star of Strearma. The detectives, assisted by Patrolman Golta, Instituted a thorough search of the premises and unearuied enough deadly weapons to fill a large apple box. 1'hey consisted of new hatchets, knives and dirks of all descriptions, revolvers of the latest make and of large calibre, GOMPERS SOUNDS WARNING, "UNIONS ARE IN JEOPARDY" (Continued on Page Five.) ASKS TO REDUCE WAGES Head of Boston and Maine Railroad Wants Employes to Vote on Question. (Continued on Page Two.) (United Press Leaaed Wire.) Boston, March 7 In the most re markable document ever promulgated oy me neaa or a great railroad system, Lucius Tuttle, president of the Boston & Maine railroad, haa asked the con ductors, trainmen and firemen of th Boston & Maine to voluntarily accent a temporary 6 per cent reduction In wages. Mr. Tuttle suarcresteii the, r,i,,,i promising It would be restored July l' when the schedules are to back into effect. Tuttle made his nurt, a committee representing the organized uirumsj ui uuimuciurs, nremen and others. pppusea iu me reaucuon or wages of he men. thousands of whom a r mam marking ballots sent them. The ballot says: VAre you willing to assist thla com pany in the present emergency along .he llns suggested? Writ yea or no." (Catted Prtaa Leased Wig ) Washington, March 7. Ominous rumblings In the ranks of oigaiilzed labor, as the result of recent adverse laws and decisions of the supreme court of the United States, especially the one in which the boycott was held to be In violation of the anti-trust law, culmi nated today In the call for a conference of labor leaders here on March 18. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, has Issued a call Inviting the executive officers of the International trades unions of America to meet at the executive council of the American Federation of Iabor for the purpose of taking such action as the situa tion demands, conveying kImo an Intima tion of possible revolt. In referring to the boycott decision Gompers explains In the call that the decision Is binding upon all "until changed or modified by committees of relief." Gompers says he cannot discuss the fosslbIe results of the conference, but le points out the attitude of the Ameri can Federation or Labor toward the boycott decision, as expressed In his recent editorial of denunciation in th Federatlonist, when among other things no said: Court Doesn't Bealise. '"We can hardly believe that the su preme court Itself realizes the evil con sequences which may follow the decis ion under Us construction of the Sher man antt-trust law a construction never Intended by the American congress. It may be like the falling pebble, which dislodges the avalunche, bringing ruin and destruction for all in Its path. Should this bo the result. It will follow from the nature and operations of the decision Itself, not because of the pro tect of those affected.'' It was In this same castigatlon of the supreme court that President Gom pers held that the boycott decision ex ceeded In scope and Importance the "Dred Scott decision," for that only de creed th;it any runaway slave could be captured and returned to his owner, while the boycott decision In the hat ters' case Involved every worker and every 'sympathiser of labor. He declared that In view" of the supreme, oourt. tho rights of the hat manufacturers seemed to lp ni eater than the rights of man. President Gompers' call Is as follow: Iiear sir and brother You are be yond doubt fully apprised of the far reaching character of the recent decis ions of the supreme court of th United States, and particularly the one rendered In the hatters' case. It is published In full In the March issue of the American Federatlonist. "In that name Issue, 'I" Sfideavored editorially to make plain what the de cision really means, as well as asserting labor's natural rights. "However, the decision la binding upon all until changed or modified by comprehensive relief. Unsettled Is XUd. 'The supreme court's decision Itself, the consequences, the assertion of la bor's rights, and the means to Becure thorn, should have the consideration of the executive council of the Federation of Labor, who realize the purport of the existing situation and the unsettled state of mind among the rank and file of the working people of our country In regard thereto. "I have therefore called a formal and special meeting of the executive council of the American Federation of Labor to be held In Washington City In the early part of the week beginning March 18. "The executive council haa asked me to, and I do hereby respectfully notify and invite th Jixecnti vo offlc.nrj of the International Trades Unions of Amer ica to meet with the executive council at 10 o'clock sharp Wednesday morn ing, March 18, at Washington City, there and then to consult and take such action as the Independence and merits herein dealt with mav be considered and determined, as setting forth the posi tion and demands or moor. "It would be mos& advantageous if two or three of the executive officers of each International union were In at tendance at this conference, and under any circumstances that the workers shall be represented by at least one ex ecutlve officer for each union, and an other whom thev shall select. "We shall meet to protect our rlchta. aa well as to maintain and perpetuate trade unity and the labor movement of our country thnt has done so much for the Improvement of the condition of all "I appeal In the name of organized laDor that all be represented at the co ferenoe on March IS." (Hearst News by Lor feat Leased Wire.) San Francisco, March 7. la lonely grave on th bleak shor of Elkatau! peninsula. Island of Unimak. la th' Aleutian archipelago. He the bodlea of 10 men from th acboonar Jpha T. Miller, while out on th war-awpt reef that rlma th roadstead 11' the 1 hulk of the schooner, broken in half. and mute evidence of th tragedy: that was enacted on the morning; of Jaa uary 8 on the desolate coaat whan,; land and sea were In th grasp lit Icy death. . News of this traieav cam down Czarina, first to come out of th froua' norm wun me atory. - ' captain Koehler and his crew of 1ha Czarina heard the tale from men who fought their way over the mountain tor , band Point from a landing where they, , put In with a dory for helo for tha' survivors. Captain Milton Kelton and' JO men, suffering from the effects of . the exposure that took off their com- panlons, are huddled in th m that ' fishermen occupy on Unimak Island But they are ln no immediate danger, , from either hunger or cold, so th account says. De-er from the hi 11a ar plentiful and the natlvea and th fish ermen in the huta have laid in pro visions sufficient to last until warm " weather cornea and ships loom on. th , hnrlxnn tn th UiiilhwaNl Thirty-one Jden Aboard. The John F. Miller left her on No- ' vember 23 last with a total of 31 men rt rtiia rcl and s f (alt' k a fisheries, iter prime object, however, was to take aboard the carco of cod fish that was carried by the schooner Glen when that vessel was wrecked on the rocks of Bear Harbor, Unlmakr Island, on September 30 last, and t leave about 26 of her men at th cod- fishing stations. The passag Hp th roast was made ln good time, and th Miner waa at anchor a lew nunarea ards off shore, at what is known lear harbor, when an Icy gal from the northwest swooped down upon, her. It is not known how1 many men wer aboard th John F. Miller at this time. It is only known that Captain Kelton and every man on her deck was struck down by the blast. Unabl t man th schooner, which waa fairly swamped, before the anchor could be weighed, th skipper ana nis crew were r rosea iaxi in their rrauas, move only T l.M ftlll II K. III. . A 1 1 V T . I W U . U . W when the schooner, turn- TWO LITTLE GIRLS. TWO SMALL BOYS. A REVOLVER AND. WOW! Something new ln the holdup line was reported to the Juvenile court yesterday from Lents. Two ljoys with masks over their faces Intercepted two little girls, 6 and 8 years of age, and commanded them to throw up their hands. The little girls ran away terrified, and as they fled on of the young' miscreants fired a revolver, the bullet striking near their feet. A second shot whizzed past their ears as thev ran. A peculiar feature of the affair Is that the masked boys are said to have demanded two cents. This has given rise to a theory that the boys were en gaged in a bit of mischievous sport, and ' that they were only playing highway men. Hut the firing of tho revolver made It dangerous sport. If It was so In tended, and one of the little girls has been 111 from fright ever since last Tuesday night, when the affair took place. The girls are sisters, daughters of Mrs. Lewis, who lives about one mile from Lents. Tho attempted holdup took place at Gr iy's crossing. In the town of Lents. Mrs. Lewis reported the matter to the luvenlle court yesterday, and the officers are investigating, In the hope that the boys may be apprehended and brourht to answer before Judge Gan tenbeln. The boys are thought to be from 13 to 16 years of age. NEW PRESIDENT FOR MORGAN'S RAILROADS (Cnlted Proaa Uasea Wlra.) Hartford. Conn.. March 7. Rumor Is current tonight that the president of the New Turk, New Haven & Hartford railroad- will shortly retire to become executive heed of one of the J. Plerpont Morgan great Pacific systems. It Is also said that in the event of the re tirement. . the road, will actively begin Its expected absorption of the New Ha ven rood. MERLIN'S BAR TABOO. SAYS HONEST JOHN THE OIL MAGNATE (Hearst News by Longeat Leaaed Wire.) New York. March 7. John D. Rocke feller haa In an Indirect way, prenilned the residents of Pocantico Hills, Tarry town, a more or less modest sensation. The oil king has issued instructions that the men employed on his big estate shall refrain from patronizing the inn kept by a man named Merlin. The lat ter has recently added to his Inn a pa vilion which contains a dance hall. Fes tive music and the light pattering of feet h8. been heard therein and Mr. Rockefeller la laid to aavaobjected to th selling of liquor and tha nocturnal daiiclnf ln such close proximity to bis estate, .:.. Mr. Rockefeller several times endeavor-id to purchase th property and grounds owned by Mr. Merlin. Hs has sent his agent to the Inn keeper with overtures, but th prlc offered by th oil king has been regarded by Merlin as too low. The dance hall and liquor emporium, therefore, will continue to do business f,1 Lh? ,?Id probably . until Mr. Rockefeller accedes to the demands of Merlin ag - to prjc. . : v, . -. bllng Into a hollow upon the jagged rf and stunned by a hissing wave that cast new Ice on everything it touched, fell ; with great shock and was cleft in twain. But even before this crisis was seen ap proaching the mat cried out. He wan , the last to give up tne attempt to get the schooner under way when th first ' hoarse whisper of the gal was heard .. and he remained standing forwacd . against th windlass. The high seas hurtled over the vessel, quickly coating the deck and shrrfuds with Ice and preventing the men from changing their posi lions. The wave . fairly submerged tne mate and ever , while he stood bound him as with atout ropes to the iron windlass. When he became aware of his predicament he cried out to Captain Kelton. , Onoppsd Mat Tree. Th skipper, realizing the schooner ' must soon go to pieces upon the reef . or be swept farther landward on th ' rocka, with almost superhuman efforts made his way to the windlass and with, an axe that he had clung to from th first Indication of impending shipwreck, literally chopped the mate from hla ' manacles of Ice. . 1 1 Then cuma the crash and the be numbed and helpless mariners were cast " Into the surzo and thrown violently about, none of them able to battle egalnst the cold nor swim in such s t maelstrom. As the Miller was Quickly severed and hurled up on the shallow reef, - so the men were swept shore " ward unconscious and dylnir. Those of the Miller's crew who had remained e&horo reached for tho ice-encased bod ies ui uieir siiii'iiiaies auu nurnea w!trv them to the nearby huts, where th . rude methods employed by the sympa-' ' thising fishermen resuscitated the un fortunate men. ,.,1,,' But it was -only -a temnerarv rllA that was extended to 10 of the suffer ers, one after the other these 10 sue-1 cum Lied to the effects of the nnnmr, ' One after the other they were wrapped! iu iiieii wiuuiii nuclei utiu in tne cof fins that were formed by the seamen they were laid to reit on iht hr,; hillside that overlookes the rock-tlppei peninsula Eitakan. Their names ar still ln the north , It Is, only known ' that ore of these-10 waa the cook of th John f. Miller, the other being fisher men or members of the schooner's crew. KMpt Betalln. . ' . When Fred Anderson and Qua Ertck aon, who had been fishermen. on the Miller, struck out In a dory to go to Band Point, seventy jmlles' away" t tell the news to Andrew Orosvold. mer chant and agent or codflshers. In the hope of obtaining- aid for the maroon. . survivors of the Schooner, they dli not know that at; Pirate dove, seven! miles over the mountain from Oros vold a store, the sohooner Csarina wae ' details of the terrible tragedy might have been; eent to the outside werld. But their graphic story was taken ovi; the . mountain l by- Tom Fox and re. pe,ed ,5:i,,a', KohIer and his men, fo told Captain Koehler that Groe- i rold bad dispatched a small schooner to Northwest harbor, some mil away, to solicit aid from Frank Martin, m, was known to be able to furnUn ap plies, and even a number of ni, I these should be necessary to atfiri comfort to Captain ii..lton and hi ir. ,iCntJne a rut JlrmJ 7 .J, r3