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g “A Lady of Quality.” e ! 9, % ; . e, ¥ . California—“Happy Hooligan.” RIS Shn Fumnite- f 3 Central—+Monte Cristo.” Fischer's—"I. 0. U.” €0 for thirty hours emding at =midnight, January 7: Saz Frencisco and vicinity— Grand—“The Head Waiters.” Orpheum—Vaudeville. Matines To-Day. ~—~~§ Cloudy Thursday; light north- ' The Chutes—Vaudeville. east win AD \ Tivoli Opera-House—'Ixion.” i A el el | ( Columbia—"The Girl With the District Forecaster. | ~ NG Green Eyes.” A i - e - SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1904. PRICE dAPAN 'CLOSES KOREAN RAILWAY TO CZAR'S MARINES Si Ol L; f\Olc‘d Jan. 7.---A Russian Legatnon guard of thirty has been landed at- Chemulpo, but the Japanese railway company has refused to transport the guard to Seoul. It is reported preparations have been made for the Emperor of Korea to find an- asylum at the French Legation m the event of serious trouble. It is expected that France and Germany will send marines here to guard their legatlons RUSSIA RETURNS UNSATISFACTORY REPLY TO TOKIO , | EXPLOSION e T 5 AMRCHY OF BOILERS ' o * bl REIGY WILL ON CRUISER BE CHECKED Forty-Three Men of United States Takesa a British Warship . Hand in Santo Killed. Dggllngo. : Disaster Aboard the Wal- Prevents Fighting Within Certain Areas in the laroo While in Aus- . tralian Waters. Republic. Vessel n:ua;v;\:w.: to Montague | Battle Zone Will Be Established for . ; the Convenience of Blood- i, but Naval Officia's Are o Without Fu!l Details. thirsty Revolutionists. la ol S Special Dispateh to The Cal CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STRE W., WASHINGTON, Jan. §.—-Revolu- tion-rent Santo Domfmgo is being po- liced by the United prineipal policeman is ¢ bert C. Dillingham of the United States | | steamship Detroit, now at Puerto Plata. { | The policy of ng ovder in turb- | | ulent South American states, which ! | Assistant Secretary Loomis in his no- | | table speech before the Quill Club ia | | New York indicated was imminent, has | | now been inaugurated. 1 Commander Dillingham, who has a | |'more impressive way of doing things | | than any other man in the United | |'States navy, has already instituted u { | strong policy. The vigor of the action by which hé¢, in conjunction with the | | commanding offi of his Majesty's steamship Hell sought to bring order out of insu “tionary chaos and to protect neutral interests and the lives of innocent persons Is shown in | a_dispatch from him dated “Puerto Plata, January 5,” and made public at | the Navy Department to-day. The dispatch from Commander Dil- lingham is as follows: “In this vicinity anarchy prevails, business is at a standstill. Puerto | | Plata quiet at present. Jiminez au- - = ** | thorities collecting duties and dues Jiminez at Santiago. Revolution not 'Russia’s Reply to Japan’s Note Makes‘xc::,“‘nf{"z'.:rr eerapion. oF o . s R | merce. yent to Sosua om morning o New Claims Which Tokio Govern- |y 5 seowmed o bicri Flaia to see Cherokee STREET CAR MEN ARE SHOT BY HIGHWAYMEN Motorman hilled and Conductor Fat- ally Wounded in the Suburbs of it Lake City. British Officers and Seamen Will Man the Two Argentine Cruisers Purchased ! out of port. Will coal here to-day and : by Japan. ment Cannot Accept. | SALs Samec s o Souh Bk | icez troops took place on United Fruit Company's property. Without notics ntered the » hand over Special Dlsp"“'h to The Call Special Cablegram to The Call and New. York Herald. Copyright, 1904, by the New York | poycas were looted, lives of Unfted of complying 2 S 3 i Herald Publishing - Company. 3 States citizens absolutely disregarded; fight and the LONDON, Jan. G—Ieu Brm<h officers, with 120 naval PO o women and children had to flee for here were mno and.the police | pensioners and reserves, have started* for Genoa to take the two telephone by 2 A : et Y Roehilt: ] TR et 1" the ehooting, | Argentine cruisers recently purchased 'by. Japan to Yokohama. | T ON N —Benn ioh cables to the Daily | safety; property destroyed. Have for- | 5 LON l:')O‘\,'_]an'. €y Bennett Burlelg b Daily bidden any fighting or any armed force Telegraph from Tokio as follows: of any party within certain lines neces- S 3 So% & v | sary to protect lives of United States e L These vessels, which formerly were known as the Rivadavio and | ‘Baron Komura, the Japanese Foreign Minister, called at ‘hj | citizens at Sosua. Commanding officers LS e sels, 4 g : X . . 3 s - a | in the field near Sosua have been so FUEILS MANCH the Moreno, have been” rechristened the Nisshin and the Kasaga. Russian legation to see Baror de Rosen, who is not well.. Hehad | in_the field nest Sosua nave been so OF BURNING BUILDING : ¥ : : e They were built at the Genoa shipyards, rand it was reported | Fire Drill Is Used in Salt Lake School | when they were purchased that they / were . rapidly approaching i a formal interview_ with the Russian Minister. 'I am again led to | gun and steam laumch with officer and ! 4 sl sixteen marines at Sosua to see my in- understand that the Russian reply to the last Japanese note is un- | structions were carried out until my and Children Escape in a completion | | | “satisfactory.. According to Berlin news; which has been wired |return. Am in signal communication _Minute and a Quarter. e - . ! I S nsented to an's demands as far as Korea is | Consuls here want guard. De not A Jan. 6.—It took Delay in the departure of the Russian warships lately assem- [ i i & here, Rucsia has co Jap I with this force: can control situation. A k lai Hick be Joaives think it necessary at present. Am all ute : S : : St Dast ¢ ssia ¢ makes new claims, which she desires | ready when necessary. British steamer ite and fifteen seconds | proq o+ Bizerta, Tunis, which aie destined for the Far East, is re- concerned, but Russia now makes 1 R . : Pallas here. Have joined British com- of fire had be: y ; : : | P S 3 v meeting of the Japan- i h 750 s‘rflt:nnl(‘;v;nlzrll‘r:: | ported to be due to the fact that instructions have been received heater Of rOSpchVe to negotiate in St. Petersburg. - An urgency g J mander-in note to military commander - : > e b S ot X to hold him responsible for any dis- w00l. The school, S5 3 % Kasaga and Nis- ese Cabinet has been summoned order .and telling him that we would ve, was parily de.| directing/them to watch the Japanese cruisers g d N Hostilities in the “A telegram received here states that Admiral Alexieff has | take such prompt action as we see fit o About three years ago.| shin, The Russian cruiser ‘Aurora has left Bizerta for Piraeus, elegra “ pias i re | Mmcase of disorder.” 5 At time a fire dri as been | > % . )and an at 50,000 mo: The Detroit ha een in Dominican he regular exercises. A fire| and the Dmitri Donskoi has gone to Suda Bay to await the de- Far East. no;;/ 135,000 :;'oops u?defr is go:::(n r;\om ~\cc0|?dlng o e | maters for severai weeks. Sosuar wheve ed in the basement this -3 arrive in the event of war br 1mn: - < fighting took place, is a small place e fire drill was instantly | parture of the Japanese cruisers from Genoa. The Japanese ves- v o wi A R lisers which were there |Dbuta short distance trom Puerto Plata: by sounds of music.| s will be followed through the Sitez canal, if they go that way. | The above map affords a compre-| ports from Vladivostok, the Russian crt Fowell. the United States Minister. has e F FeR . Sewe].c : % hensive idea of the troubled area in LT Tod impressed upon the rapidly changing A ’1}';}‘:‘1]2]:} “; vrr(v‘rl | The OS]yahya and other vessels of the Russian Squadron TeMAIN | e Far Fast and the relative positions have all sa].lgd' d 1o} ; governments of the republic the desire madatt e ecriton g | at Bizerta. Some of these vessels will follow the Japanese cruis- | of the strategic points held by Russia In‘a dispatch sent at a late hour last night Burleigh adds: g;:in(eh&x;gm':;u‘::&a; ;:.:;mie sue- THR e G . % = Hpz > = s . and Japan. Russia has two strong Pre Py R P - - 3 from Lo 3 s ri““?‘;{l(’;’l‘:’l":‘\:‘“zoflnlcx ers if they sail westward.” The purpose ineither case is to capture | 720,] Hases—Viadivostok, the Siberian It js the opinion hiere:thiat the pacific reports emanating rhe wHec 3 ham's instructions will be to restriet churian port, the possession of which . . ~ - H h flect £ 10 1 ling- | them if war is declared. The Japanese thus have the alternative |seaport, and Port Arthur, the Man-| Berlin and Paris are canards manufactured in Rl;]ssm expressl:y “";': effec :' l.OT:n‘nFe: l.': n;' = h . . . . 2 n 5 1 g 4 ng to certain limits. "Xtension of | of running the gauntlet of Russian ships or being bottled up in a | ghe nas never relinquished, despite the | for the purpose of casting odivm upon Japan as the party to the 2 Prima Donns Hss Canccled Engage- his policy probably will result in vari- ments in America and Will Re- pledge that she would evacuate on Oc- | dispute which is. deliberately provoking war. ous regions. being set aside in which turn o Europe. TeulrElipate: he*Clyde. di db {ober § of fast year. Late dicoatches| “A telegram received by the Jiji Shimpo from Seoul states | Tominicans will bo able s satiote tre NEW YORK, Jan. 6—Madame Nor- | Marine erigineers from the Clyde district, engaged by the |state that the Russian fieet at Viaa- - s bloodthirstiness, yet neutral interests i lias decided to forego further con-| Japanese Government<o proceed immediately to Japan, presum- | ':’0!1;3* has salled fg"' an f‘j"ktm'xnlgfl- | that Mr®Allen, the American Minister, informed the Korean Gov- | Plog innocent persons will not be ime engagements in this country this| ° p . . ifed PEATION. o RERREeDY - For ks Jured, scason and will sail for Europe on, ably for service on board transports, sailed for Japan yesterday. |where it will umite with the powerfui| ernment that troops to protect residents would come to the C“_Y- | "The : State and Navy depsctments Filday. The change in Mme. Nordica's| They embarked at. Liverpool on board “the British steamship |sauadron stationed at that point. i The Koreans officially replied that, in case of an emergency aris- | tully indorse and commend Commander pia said to be due to alleged re-| Japan’s largest squadron of warships Dillingham’s action. Through deter- threatening letters which | . Lake Erie, bound .for St.:John, N.'B., whence they will be trans- | is stationed at Sasebo, a harbor at.the | ing, they would endmvor to secure the safety of 3" forelgners. :::"fi‘:::a"fi;eumu:: ?;;x:n'-‘!;.:; - bope ""ij":"“*";l'czp'::‘; S,'i"d‘:; Another draft of:Scotch enginccrs left: Govan quietly for | portant Korean ports. “Despxte this answer three Amencan marines, with six offi- bty o ey LT m"u:::n o Nadame Nordl | Korea probably will be the, battle- i ul. . The British marines now at Chemul- | canal may be won thereby, but that it peinds M. igter in the Riviera.| Japan.a week ‘ago. The Su':nmons the‘il;iec:wed Iwas SOhufgflEnt ground at the outset of the war. A~ CCTS hal;e;rrwe:da:vmo"o“ Is willing to nnd;rt'uke the enforcement : b voy nding a v of peaceful conditions for the sake of Killed by Compressed Air. | that the men left without having provi themselves withoutfits. | Japanese flect, convoying 8000 troops,| po are ditlo NEW YORK, Jan. 6. Martin V. | . A Cabinet meeting has been called for this week, probably |2 said to be at Masampho, where the “A -Peking telegram states that the Chinese Government is | g D¢r, benefits of peace. army i8 preparing to land. At Che- For years European governments had ko ot had Sust ::'e]f,::d\ for Saturday. The summons was unexpected, Premier Balfour e thare are aport.of Seoul| deaf to the protestations of ‘the Russian -Minister,” who'is trying | Proposed that in veturn for thelr pre- o o e tgeitn | 4 other Ministers having arcapged for. a_fortights absenoe | Rameltn, g Bt dnd o Al 10 induce it to.seiea spocial commissioner to Port Arthur to ne- | Mo Suerne” e Tt St z tver, met death to-day in,the | irom London.? . these vessels, those from the American gohate there on the Manchurian® question. Moreover, China is. | the Central and South American states. g 3 1;':"‘;'1"}"3,',‘;,,;‘{,';‘,‘: ! Lord Lansdowne's reccptmn at the Foreign Office to-day was. | J&mshin, '}?‘,‘,"‘%‘“m"hedus,""l’:;‘fl:i‘d’ plmscd at -Japan s resolute attitude toward Russia and has almost | mm me ',’:{':,,pfl,"fi;,:;‘msfi':“", s T | attended by the Russian, American and - German Embassadors, lM::l':m‘}l,!l‘;";%d"gggihe::m?‘:'*gl‘b‘e 1] decided that, in the event of war, she will be neutral. Both the | an indication that the United States Well-Enown Explorer Dies. the Persian Minister and the Ttalian and Greek Charges R e ll_\fl " American and the’ Japanfie treaties with China will be ratified, e R e PR ‘.:\I oot < Ind. Jan. 6—Ser-| - q'Affaires. - After the reception'a Foreign ‘Office official said: Japan’s -..r,mpmum."’zm ,completed ‘and” exchanged in a week. This is regarded as most 4 % R > e Y s oy ::3;; - “We know less than the newspapers. Our only definite in- ?:r‘:,v:hfogl e s t‘ggbn‘e:i .:i?flfl significant.” SAN DOMINGO. Sunday. Jan. 3.— pedition, died at his home here mul s ~ = - > € th ftee fll declarati Sfisnoon. Continued on Page' 2, Columns 2 and 3. “ i e R Ry - ' -Wmhp-:.ml'-dl » Continued on Page 2, Column 1.