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VOL. IV. NO. 52.
PORTLAND, OREGON. SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 8, 1808.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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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
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