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t. '73 PtfCE of THE DAILY JOURNAL IS WOi CENTS M!GpB ON THE STREETS and A T THE OFFICE Thoiisandsf-Bailnis 'ko0rtfMd by Portland chants In tho .Sunday Jour '. ;' Tomorrow;' Road 7 htm. .The WeatnerShowers tonit,ht or. ! Sunday southeasterly .winds. .' ; V0I I I I r:-- r -'--v, .a, - J . ......... ... . . ..... . " .. .-.... R 1 " II - , .. ... .. - - " ' ' "W Illllll II ! I I"" 1 1 ...... W. m --7- piiiipldiicijwTiofj f '. irESTEKDAr v WAS V,' 'f J in SBII' 450 '.' PORTLAND; OREGON. V SATURD AY ' EVENINO,! -MARCH ' 88, ; 10O8.--'TWp i SECTIONS TWENTY J PAGES. . PRICE TWO CENTS. i ow nun itro mrtrt - tTAasa. mi. ouixi r3 SIB ii Bl v.. J '.' ' former mMMRmEmoFmoops t 4. 4 1 m V 1 . ' mmWRlDEiBMEM ESCAPES MEETING STEUNEWEReS FATE LATTER-DRY LIMERICKS Side of Bcsidence Blown Out and General Thrown Violently Into Street - Assassination Attempted in Guarded District. (I'otttd Prm Lead Wir.) WnTer, CoJ., March 28.; An at tampt waa made early today by un known persona tonamlte the resi dence of General Bulkier Wells, gen eral manager of the Smuggjer-Unlon mines at TpUur(lde. General 'Wells was regarded by the Western -Fed; eratlon of Miners aa one. of their bit terest enemies in the troubles of a few yean ago. At that time be was In vcommaftd of -the state ; troops called oat to suppress the mine tron bles. weiis was one or tne men whom Harry Orchard confessed to hating tried to kill. General Wells' escape from instant death was little short of miraculous. He waa sleeping on An outer porch, as has ben his custom. It is sup posed that the woutd-be ' assassin knew this as the bomb was placed almost directly beneath his bed. The explosion hurled the general high in the air and he struck, stunned but not Injured, several feet away from the house. The side of the building was torn completely away an. portions of the bed on which Wells was sleeping -wera picked np 600 feet from the bouse. The outrage waa perpetrated shortly before daylight, and as the home Is in a residence section that is thor oughly policed and as the , portico stands in the full glare of an' elec tric light, there is much: speculation s to how the plotters were enabiea pull off their, workr Undetected. T... thla'iftrrnnnn lb. Kin Admitted .'that-wMie aemfal wsiis u not dan- Edwards i Speaks'One Minute, ver, much mar painful and Mrloiin ' that the flra report Indicated. Wella waa rendered unconaoioua. When he came to hla senate,. It was found he had neen renaerea. aeai .aa pun. There was a game-legged politician, Whom the plain people viewed. with suspicion. The wild, vicious kick That he lunged at the brick, Put, his bumb limb clear out of commission. . K m i mm p m pw ir o) . i; j ri J L L L DA iA. . i . ... , . . n : : : ' r ' ' . 1 . In a II nnn i r nnnnA i m . iiiit w. v.'v ' sA.t lJm '"i vvi HARIiAfl : f Jm hTrhh nniniRi! Parade of Unemployed Ends With Wild Scenes Wo men Trampled by Rush ing: Crowds Patrol Re serves Called. Leaders Arrested and Riot Results Permit for Bern onstration Had Been Re fused by Authorities Men Charge Crowd. Captain Muller of German Ship Nereus Determined to Break Grip of Sailor Boarding House Im ports Crew From Victoria. it la believed, however. this trouble la only temporary. His fade and head were badly lacerated and he suffered painful brwlaea about theTbody. but ao far aa can now be told he waa not In ternally Injured and no bonea were broken. . .. ' Lata thia afternoon the police ar- reated one suspect, but they decline-to stat whether .the man fa a miner, or to (five put any Information aa to his d General Wella has been one bf the foremost men or the state In trappreaa In the violence on the partof the "Inner circle" of the Western Federa tion of MInera. He la hated by the men who were deported .during-, the . time ,of the Cripple Creek troublee and , ?he blowing up of the Independence depot Wells' life has been threatened many times and of late-detectives- have been following- cluea leading; to the develop. ment.of a -new gang of dynamiters who are aald to be, ln-ihe atate bent upon -engeance for the alleged wrong the Federation men suffered "when Wells dealt ywlth the situation ;wlth an :. Iron hand.V - -r . y, ,-i SILENT SPEECH: MUCH.flPPLAUSE Record Accords Him Ovation. (United Press Leases Wire.) .Washington, March J. Who put 42 "applauses" in the Congressional Rec ord's report of his speech la a question being1 asked today by Representative Edwards 'Of Georgia. " Edwards spoke for lust one minute in the house the other day on the bill to restoro to the coins of the United States ths motto . "In Gad Wo Trust" and then he got permission "to extend hla re marks". In the record. When the sev eral thousand words whioh he turned In to the public printer appeared In print, he was astonished to learn, that 42 times his in uttered - eloquence had oreugut tortn "applause. A reading of his speech In the Rec- their hand to express their approbation ord gives the Idea-that, ao greatly were his. hearers moved,, they fairly brulaed and made the welkin rlnar with loud huzzas. Who put those 42 "applauses" in tne necorar uawaraa. or . course, doesn't know, and . the public . printer won teti. . . . .. CONGRESSMAN SAYS IN ef.u.j' nu- f.Ma tVlMl ' rr - Washington, March- 2l.Congressman , Thomas J. Helflir pf Alabama Appeared ' at the district attorneys ;of flee aocora. panted by RepresentatJva Ckytonrand - ' several! congreesional friends to answer , . to the' chars of haying 'shot with' in - : tent to kill Thomas Lumby, a drunken ' negro; and accidental! shooting Thomas McCreary, a New York horseman, , dux 's In s row on a streetcar last ght. " Helfin' rW n' P1 iould be self 7 defense but obtained a contln nance l ' the preliminary hearing till -next .Mon- - dav. The congressman is outon $5,000 " bail,' furnished by George. Driver, i , loonkeeper. obtained after 5 considerable trouble, owing to ths qualifications nec- ''"Ths entlrs affair "is disgusting. said Congressman Helftn today, "but of course no gentleman could sea a whole cat fulV. or white women Insulted by a drunken negro. I tried to remonstrate With th fellow anlAtlv ant had no ln tentioa of .hitting -him until iie Inao- ienuy srabDed me by the lapels of the coat. .Then I. kicked him off the car. TROOPS ARRIVE AT TREADWELL Strikers Are Peacefully In clined and ,Ko Trouble Is. Expected.; 1 ? Juneau, Alaska, ' March i IS. Shortly before noon today one company of troooa arrived, rrom Fort William h Seward and went into camp at Tread- ...11 m . , , a, . . . wen. riciicii wero mrown out ana maniax taw practically declared. Perfect order is betna- maintained bv the strikers. There hSs been no drink ing or oarouaing. The union men have committees lookinr after the conduct of the strikers.- According to .advices received here exaggerated reports are being circulated In the states regarding the trouble. . These are believed to be circulated in oraer to create a felin sgninsi to. man wira nnvo "waiKea Out, This morning Superintendent McKen sle announortd .that he- would not recog-' niae ui. uniun uur na ucmanaa. . COUNT TOLSTOI M EH TAL WRECK Aged Pain-Racked Body Has Broken Down and. Taken. AutWs Mind With It. of oourse. .. I stood his abuse and curses, because I did not desire to maks any more- of a, -Scene, but -when- -he reaohed for his hip pocket, I drew, my gun. and shot hint-In self-defense.". .'-' Today tm surgeons say the bullet hit me , mica portion or tne negro s skuu afid that he Is not. dangerously hurt. Thomas, McCreary, ; the - New York horseman,! announced today he would bring , ault against ..Congressman Helf in for personal damages. , He was shot in the leg but the injury la only a- alight flrsh wound. . t, ,' i (Onlted Pism Leased Wire.) -; . .St Petersburg, March 8. Count Toll Sto) ta . both; a mental .'and., physical wreck,- according' to private dispatches received ..hero. The .aged, pain-racked body- has broken down,; and with It is saia to nave collapsed ths giant mmd of Russia's greatest writer. . -Jleal facts in. regard to the venerable man's condition are being suppressed. It Is' said, by his son, who is-constantly at the old man's side, and who hopes for a return of . at , least soma part of the wonderful vigor which has made Count Tolstoi a powerful factor in Russian af fairs at an age when most men are In their dotage. ....v:,-..v.,v; s Influena and an-old Internal trouble, augmented by. senility are responsible for ths count's breakdown. -. v .- New York, -March; 28. Two po liceman and one citisen were killed and scores of , police and cltisens wotrftdd' irreWtoti 6n&iiS which terminated tn attempt this afternoon of unemployed laboring men to- parade in defiance of police order. The clash came at Union Square) In Seventeenth street, be tween Broadway and Fourth avenue. The bomb waa hurled into the street and exploded directly in front of an advancing platoon of police. The police were being roughly handled when a squad of mounted .police, mem' oers or tne trarno squad, arrived on the seen and swinging their riot clubs the heads of ths rioters charged Into he mob with their horses at full speed. In a moment Union Square, in the heart of the shopping and office build ing district, was a acene of the wildest confusion. Women caught In ths rush for safety and frightened by ths fight ing and the terrlflo explosion fainted and a number are said to have been trampled upon. Men fought- to get out of the orowd, or to get at the police, according to how their sympathies ran. Ambulances Arrive, Patrols and ambulances, with clanging bells, dashed up and in a twinkling a full-fledged riot, with all its attendant disorder was In progress. Several' days ago the agitators applied for permission to parade and hold a demonstration to show . ths people of New Tork the' great number of men un employed. The police, believing ths demonstration was to be more Socialistic than labor, suspicious of the request to parade In Fifth avenue, the center of New Tork'a wealth and fashion, and fearful of the Influence of the radicals on so great a number of discontented nien, refused the permit. In the face of this refusal, ths agita tors announced that the parade would be held, and denounced the police as worse than - Russian Cossacks, and branded Commissioner Bingham a "second Gen eral Trepof f." It was announced that ths parade would start despite the police. ' - " JTo Permit Qraated. -' Several platoons of police were-- on hand,' with crders to permit nod emon stratloh of any ktnd. 'if-- Vor some moments ths bluecoats con trolled the situation. Then some of the mora daring spirits fell Into line andJ boldly ' calling to all laboring men to follow them started to march north. The police charged and attempted te place the ringleaders under arrest. The riot followed. ' , Fire Men Come From Brit ish Columbia New- Sail ors Will Be Protected Be fore Ship Sails by Govern ment Officers. Determined to break the grip of the sailor boarding houses of this port and to learn to what extent ships anchoring hers are at the meroy of men who hire out sailors, Captain Muller of ths Ger man, ship Nereus will leave Portland with sailors shipped Independent of the sallo .boarding house - masters even If the matter brings about international complications. The Nereus Is at anchor In the stream ready to leave for Europe with a full cargo of wheat as soon as hsr crew Is completed. She . brought a full crew from Valparaiso bu( some deserted, and five men are needed to fill the comple ment. Unable to aecure them here Without interference. Captain Muller baa decided to Import the men. Thla afternoon the reuulred five men will arrive here from Victoria, British Columbia, accompanied by I A. Ber nays, superintendent of the Seamen's Institute at that place, and formerly a member of the Royal British navy. Mr. Bernays la a son of Rev. A. E. Bernays. chaplain of the Seamen's Institute -of this city, wno has also interested him. self in the Nereus case Chaplain Bernays says Captain Muller ipiy wants tne privilege or attenatm to his own business without interfer ence from outsiders, licensed or other wise, and he thinks he is entitled to the support of the Institute, wnlch was es tablished for the benefit of those fol lowing the sea for a living. "Captain Muller has had no troubls at all finding men willing to sign on his Kev. Bernays this morninr. "but It appears that outside influence is being brought to bear to causa these men as. well as the captain as-much trouble as ? nosslble. t Yesterday after noon several loungers hung around the German consulate while Captain Muller was there, and a constable had to be en gaged to preserve the peace. One of the loungers threatened violence. . secretary tui cremer. who rDr- sents Consul Lohan durlnr the latter's absence in Tacoma,- says - he will bring tns maiteroeiore - ma authorities in Washington, and written complaint will also be made to the state sailor board ing house commission' In this port. I have personally, appealed to ths com mission, but to make the matter more explicit tns complaint wiu.be mads in wrii i , , v ' ''' V '' 's"A E. II. Harriman, who tenderrd his resignation aa president of the O. R. ft N. 06. last October. SHAM BATTLE: REALJULLEIS Several Soldiers Wounded in Practice Skirmish at Vancouver, B. C. fUalted Frees Leased Wire.) Vancouver, B. C, March 28. A sham battle yesterday afternoon glvra by military men of Vancouver was not all sham. That no one -was killed is a source of wonderment, for by mistake cartridges containing brass wadding and others loaded with soft bullet for target practice were fired at close range. Frank Bennett waa wounded by a shot In the groin and William Dixon was Injured by a shot which brought the blood from his neck and nearly cut through' his Jugular vein. Others. were hurt, but not so severely; four of the men injured had to be attended by a surgeon. Much Speculation as to Rea-u son for Change in Road's- Presidency Thought the, . Move Is Best for the Cor- poration. - '."'"'.' (Spcctil 'Rlspttea. te Tee Joarail.) .- Chicago, March 28. -Chicago. Evening Post tobight in financial; article predicts llarriman'a suceessory M follows: . i- Xr --il "A further development expected is; ; that Morgan will. have larger part la" -, financing the Union Pacific and as a ; consequeiice C. S. Mellen of the New ' York, New Haven & Hartford will succeed E. H. Harriman as president of the road, while the latter will bo ' head of the executive committee.' Such, plan now lacks confirmation,' , but it does not seem unreasonable and would strengthen the position ' : ' of the Union Pacific. v ; ; Itlng. Banors Trader ; Ooard. k Georgia Republicans Divided. (United Press .Lsaied Wlre.: $ ry Walter H. Johnson called together, the members of the Republican- stats cen tral committee of Georgia today to fix the time and place and make other ar ransements for holding the' state con vention to. name .delegates 1 to Chicago. It Is taken for granted that-ths commit tee will rive its Indorsement to Roose velt and Taft, a the friends of the ad ministration are, in entire control of the committee. , The organisation known as 1 the , Republican Stats league," however. is aareaoy preparing to flgnt any in dorsement of Taft In the state convea tlon and rival ' delegations to the . na tional .convention . probably will - result. 1 " ' t - '! ; ", '.',r-M 'i v ' Ranch Sale in UmatiU: . -' ' Pendleton; Or.. March .--For $18,000 a ranch of ,1,190 acres at Juniper has been sold by Fred A. Gordon t H. L Frailer of Milton. - Ths deed has .been filed, hers for record. This Is a fine piece of wheat ' land. Mc, Frasler has sold his ranch near Milton -- , - - I ' , "Ths sailors being brought hers today from Victoria will be taken on board under guard of United States marshals, in order to prevent Interference. L my sslf." am actinr entirely for th wnnA of the port and without any remunera tion whatsoever, contrary to reports that might havs been sat' afloat. Th expense of bringing ths men here from British Columbia will, of course, be borne by the -ship." ' - - There has been comparatively little troubls of this nature In ' the nort aa a result Of ships Slrnlnr erawa without Invoking, ths aid, of ths boarding-house maaicr-B, om n is saia mat notwnn- DEWEY WILL NOT CUE TO COAST (Continued on Page Two.) LOW RATES TO : COAST CITIES (Cnited Frees U4 Wire.) Washington. March t. Admiral George Dewey will probably not partici pate In the San Francisco fleet celebrv tlon. The hero of Manila Bay has prac tically derided not to go to ths coast on account of the long trip. To intimate friends he has declared that unless -he changes his present In tentions he will not review the fleet at San Francisco bay. New York, March 8. Repost that Harriman sent in his resignation as president of the (Tnion Paclflo .railroad, last October has created much specu-. lation here. The "fact that something had happened In the affairs of the Union.' Paclflo of much Import haa been com-. mon knowledge hers for several weeks.; The Harriman people are keeping close. - ly to themselves and ate endeavoring to avoid saying anything on ths subject,.' That Harriman sent in hla resignation is known, but Just what ' disposition waa made of it, is speculation, v. - Railroad men say that they feel cer-; tain that Harriman has left ths Union Parlfln and that extensive Diana tor re1 organising ars being made, but that ths'r company s oniciais nave guarded stneip' secrets carefully, as their v plana havs not fully matured. ; ' , - It Is generally conceded:' that a step- such aa has been reported' will havs to be taken to safeguard ths Interests of the corporation. . . : ,. t :. mm ma-B TO HIS CLERKS - a . - j"- (United Press Leased Wlre.l '' New Tork, " March 28. By terma of ths will of James I Coutant. a-drug-' gist of New Rochelle,' Just mads pub lic today, it was found that the greater part of his estate, amounttnr to, about 1300,000, la left to his two clerks, Fran cis C Bono and William- R. Carter, 'In ' recognition of their faithful and con- scientious service." - Bono hal been with' Mr.- Coutant for- II years t and Carter for 12 years. ,' - 'Ike Sunday Journal Off Interstate Commerce Com fj mission Will Allowis- f itors to Save Money. -7 S 5 t? (tralted Press ; leased - Wire.) - -x '' Los Angeles,, March 91. Ths order of ths Interstate commerce commission pro hibltlng transcontinental railroads from putting Into effsbt special rates to the Pacific 'coSst-during the visit of Rear Admiral Evans' fleet, haa been revoked owing to the energetic work of Senator Flint, whO' explained the situation to the members of ths commission.- Notice Of this, decision was received by Secre tary Wlggln of the local chamber of commerce today In a telegram, which Stated that low excursion rates will be In effect, from as far east aa Chicago On April 4 and S. ' i, '- , ; .- , .. Favorable action taksn by ths commis sion is ex Dec ted to-result in thousands of persons vlsltlnr ths different oorta at 'which ths fleet will make stops, ; 4 :ers: : THE BEST COMICS Some new ones this week. Happy and his eom r panions leave the Island for Val, the Giddy Goblins .and the whole T merry, crew. i . , T TWO LEASED "WIRES All the news of the world will be found in the X great Sunday Journal.. .Don't miss It. -t , A LIVE TILL: YOU WANT TO DIBS Natural, death should not corns until a mail ibsoucb me iou-year msra, proiessor.. says.. , . - FINEST FICTION Best authora write choice stories: for this paper. . .'.They, are worth reading. r - T ENGLAND'S "MARK HANN A" Millionaire baronet occupies similar no. Z aitlon to tliat of late political boss in America. X T pRtJTT r "PHYtiLIS-PARB rhotegraphte-records-tnade br Enirtlsh stare Oite actress appears in 240 different poses on picture post- favorites. cards. PHARAOH. t IS MT HAT OH STRAIGHT THow the 5 ancient Egyptian women discounted all our modern styles. - m :HOW QUEEN KEEPS BEAUTT Has - the "vounarest grandmothst in a. Europe" discovered secret of perpetual vouthf . -, . ,IEND IN 1WED Not -merely 'copybook pleasantry. Read of real Instance -when "Mr millions are. at vonr ..rvir. f ; SlAN OF PRdGRESS-ivld Improvement has been fundamental idea , In many citlea. and should be encouraged In Portland ,u" f i81-!010,? JNltUSSIARevoltlngpraeclcen and degrading doctrines of iV Johannites who work on ignorance and suDeratltion. " ' msjeety of J.P. esprs.s.4 THERE ;ARE: MANY MORE IN THE SUNDAY JOURNAL MAGAZINE t
