The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 8, 1904, Page 1

night; THE WBATEER. Forecadt made at San Fran- cisco for %hirty hours ending midnight, January 8: San Francisco and wvicianity— Fair Priday, becoming clondy at light northeast winds, changing to southeast. A. G. McADIE, District Forecaster. Grand—*“The Head Waiters.” Orpheum—Vand. Matimee To-Day. : The Chutes—Vaudeville. Tivoll Opera-House—Ixion.” Columbia—*“The Girl With the Green Eyes.” SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, JANUARY 8.. 1904. PRICE FIVE CENTS. [0 INTERGEPT A JAPANESE oQUADRON OFF KOREA PORT ARTHUR, Jan. 8 (via Chefu).---Several warships left at midnight to reinforce cruisers sent out for the purpose of interceptin_g a Japanese squadron of four ironclads, which, it is said, is now approaching Korea to stop six Japanese coal-laden ships from Japan, destined for Port Arthur, a nd to cancel th eir charter to a Russian firm. @acfiic Lmer Held for TheCall's War Cor- respondem. S Oscar K. Davis De- paris for Scene of HosLilit{es. ( King Davis, d mole last - te. Mr. Davis ransferred to the Pa- nes put on c Pacific \Mail | ich was being | ndent Davis nghamton, N. s last Saturday v he should have in plenty of time ture of the| epeated brealdowns | n ea snowstorms in the| e back t\\'d\'ej ) time was ring Chicago. night, at Carlin, lled out of) A | the tramn was | ‘Newspaper Says the Mr. Davis| po rance tl sail from its corre- the mean I Harriman of the tr. patchers e route taken by the m'cr-; ve her a clear track over It was just 8:3: huge locomotive draw- | t drew up at the Oak- anting, seemingly from haustion, from its rapid | m Sacramento. Spe- nts of the Southern Pa-| 3 Pacific Mail compame:‘ t Mr. Davis at Port Costa and 1 to get his baggage off in nd convey it to the wait- TRANSFERRED TO THE TUG. | Scarcely five minutes had| elapsed when the Millen Griffith was plowing her way to where the Siberia was lying in the Continued on Page 2, Column 6. i 1 of steam and headed | t the ':)I“fi"!‘l’? of the| | & N PN U \ AN ‘ { —_— ——— — — - ANNOUNCEN CANDIDACY A [ Senator Will Try for Nomination. Special Dispatch to The Call. KANSAS CITY, Mo, Jan. 7.—The Star s: “A story that on next Tues- ¥ ator Hanna will announce that » is a candldate for President and on the day following R. C. Kerens ~ill issue a prepared interview declar- ing for Hanna produced a seasation in Republican circles here to-day. There are so many facts that support the story that it is readily believed by both elements in the Republican party. “The telling of the story is attributed to E. L. Morse of Excelsior Springs, ho is a strong Kerens man. But back of it is the fact that Kerens has for weeks been laying the foundation for a fight against Roosevelt and has talked to many of his friends about it. It was told in St. Louis three days ago | that on January 12 Hanna would say finally whether he would bela candi- date for President. That he and Ker- ens had a long talk over the long-dis- tance telephone from 8t. Louis yester- dey is. another corroborative story brought from St. Louis by -another friend of Kerens, who was asked by the National Committeeman to hold him- self in readiness to make a fight for Hanna. “Whether Hanna is really a candi- date and will make the announcement according to the scheduled outline may be doubted. Direct information from Hanna himself is wanting, but there is not any doubt about the position Kerens is taking or that Morse is sin- cere in giving it.out that Hanna is a candlidate. “What makes the story that Hanna is really a candidate easy for anti- Kerens Republicans to believe is . the fact that they are already. complain- ing because Hanna has not .issued the formal call for the National convention. | (L0 \ RADO'S [T 70 EFY COURT WillIgnore Injunction on Behalf of s CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo., Jan. 7.— Judge Seeds of the District Court of Teller County, on the application of the attorneys for the Western Federa- tion of Miners, to-night issued a tem- porary injunction against the State militia, the Mine Owners’ Association and the Citizens’ Alliance, enjoining them from driving any union miners from the district. The hearing on the writ is set for Japuary 11. DENVER, Jan. 7.—Adjutant General Sherman M. Bell said to-night that he had given instructions to Colonel Ver- deckberg, commanding the troops in the Cripple Creek district, to permit no service upon himself or other offi- cers bf the guard in the injunction suit of the Western. Federation ‘of Miners. He declared that no attention’ would be paid to the writ. Speaking of thé vagranyey order is- sued at Cripple Creek by Colonel Ver- deckberg, commanding the State troops in the district, Governor Peabody said to-day: o “The order simply applies’ to agita- tors and disturbers. No one will be forced to_work if he does not care to, | and men can remain in the district as long as they behave themselyes. They must not interfere with others who want to work.” 4 & Up to a late hour to-night Governor Peabody was not at his home, and- it was impossible to ‘learn -what action he will take regarding the writ of in- junction issued by Judge Seeds of Tel- ier County. # » 5 e s — The committee met nearly ‘a month ago and fixed the time and place for the National convention.. The chairman is to issue the call ‘and many friends of the President think he has been unduly slow in issuing it.” i 2, e * — VIEW OF KOREAN CAPITAL AND PORTRAIT OF ‘A ‘FA- MOUS DIPLOMAT.. STREETCAR | LINE SURD BY MACK Special - Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, ' Jan. 7.—Justice Bar- rett and a jury began to-day the hear- e First Ba.me May ch \cur Within Twen- . ty-Four Hodrs. | Washington Officials Expect News of | o Ot to The Call. Special || CALL BUREAU, 1406. G | |STREET, N. W., WASHING- | |TON, Jan. 7.—A prominent ; | | | { Disps official of the War Department, who refused to permit the use oi his name, declared this afternoon that war between Russia and | | Japan was almost certain. He add- ed that news of the beginning of hostilities might be received in Washington within the mext twenty-four hours, although he did not look for a rupture of Rus- so-Japanese relations for a week or ten days. “The situation is such,” said | [the War Department official, | “that the clash between the forces of Russia and Japan may occur at any moment, and in any event cannot much longer be averted.” READY TO INVADE KOREA. Information came to the State ing of a suit brought by Clarence H. Mackay, the millionaire clubman and turfman, to recover $5000 damages from the Metropolitan Street Rallway Com- pany for the loss of a horse and cab, which were struck by one of the de- fendant's crosstown cars on February 27 last. 3 It was brought out in the testimony that Mrs. Mackay was in the cab when it was wrecked. Mackay -testified that he paid $1900 for the horse and valued it at $3000. &t was so badly hurt that it had to be killed. The cab cost §1050. " - Ex-Justice Cohen appeared for Mackay and ex-Justice Daly for the defendant. "The_case will go on to- Morrow. COLONBI Mok HER ARVY Continues to Concen- trate Troops at Cataget. ~<.COLON, ‘ Jan. 7.—The Royal Mail steamship Atrato, day from Savanilla and Cartagena, re- ports that.there is great military ac- tivity in both of those towns and that large numbers of troops are concen- trating in Cartagena. Many of these troops arrived from the interior dur- ing the’ last fortnight. It is learned that the Colombian troops at Carta- gena now number at least 2000. The . Colombian cruiser General Pinzon and the steam tug Nellie con- tinue to convey troops to Titumati as they come in from the interior. The last detachment, which consisted of 300 men from the Department of Antioquia, were brought to Cartagena by train from Calamar. Most of these are volunteers without uniforms. The cruiser Cartagena is now laid up at Cartagena, undergoing repairs, her boilers being defective, It is re- ported that she will soon be ready to resume the transportation of troops. -~ The war talk is unabated in Carta- | gena, and, in certain quarters, discon- tent is openly expressed with the aiplomatic policy of General Reyes. Major Coles’ division of 300 marines from the ‘United States cruiser Dixie disembarked 'this morning and went by train to Empire Station, on the Panama railroad. The auxiliary cruiser Prairie and the cruiser Olympia re- ‘turned to Colon to-day. Admiral Coughlan transferred his flag to the | Olympia. —_———— Missionary Is Accidentally Drownea. ANTWERP, Jan. 7.—The steam- boat Lapsley, owned by the American Presbyterian Mission, while on the way from Upper Congo to Leopolds- ville, turned turtle- opposite Kwa- mouth. = A “missionary, ‘name known, and twenty-three natives were drowned. which arrived to-| not | Department this evening from one of its diplomatic agents in Europe that 35,000 Japanese troops are ready to be landed in Korean ter- ritory. On account of this and other advices the administration practically abandoned its hopeful view. The statement concerning the 35,000 Japanese troops was sent as a “report,” but the high standing and reliability of the sender give it the greatest conse- quence in the minds of the au- thorities. It conforms to advices cabled to the State Department within the past twenty-four hours by the American diplomatic estab- lishments in Tokio and the capi- tals of FEurope, indicating that the Russian response to the last Japanese proposals was unsatis- factory to Japan and showing that the situation was very grave in- deed. REJECTS RUSSIA'S PROPOSAL Japan's attitude was outlined in dispatches received to-day by the department from Minister Gris- com in Tokio and some of the American Embassadors in Eu- rope. These advices agree that Japan will positively refuse to ac- cept the Russian proposal that a neutral zone embracing nearly IN MACEDON[A one-third of_ Kprea be established, and would insist upon *he main- | =y g ™| tenance of the territorial integrity | Massacre = of Christians May | of China and Korea, while willing Occur and Turkey May Call |to recognize Russia's special in- Out the Third Army Corps |terests in Manchuria in return for e recognition by Russia of Japan's SALONICA, Jan. T.—An order has|special interests in Korea. The D T i Ay Coras taoble to | tone of the department’s advices is ness. There is great military activity | not hopeful and sensational news In Seres. prrooPs are leaving Monastir | o) not surprise the officials here Rumors in Japan that the DOMINICAY PORT WILL - BE SHELLED Puerto Plata to Be Attacked by Land and Sea. CAPE HAYTIEN, Jan. 7.—Follow- the news that a Dominican cruiser | had arrived at Puerto Plata, after | having embarked troops and muni- | tions of . war at Sosua, Minister | Gufrere has ordered the place to sur- render. He has granted twenty-four | hours, after which he will make an | attack by land and sea. | The American and British war ves- | sels will oppose the bombardment of | the city, and the Dominican command- | ant has protested against it. | General Deschamps has sent troops to intercept the troops of the govern- “ ment. General Caceres, the vice presi- | dent of the proyisional government, is | of the opinion that General Jiminez, the leader, of the revolutionists, is short of money and munitions of war. CRISIS NEARING A massacre of Christians at Mona- stir is expected in the event of the de- -parture of Hilmi Pasha, the inspector of the Sultan’s reform movement. Continued on Page 2, Column 3