The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 21, 1904, Page 25

FIRST LAND FIGHT OF WAR OCCURS ON SOIL OF KOREA Cossack Pickets Japanese on Frontier and Take Prisoners Bearing Maps and Papers. SBURG, Feb. 20.—A dis-| D from Port A says | ik first land encounter occurred ye erday. A picket of Cossacks at-| 1l detachment of Japan-| : Korean territory. The | Cossacks captured some Japanes on whon found maps and papers. The collision was presumably be- reconnoitering parties. A gen- eral engagement is not expected to oc- eur immediately A special Port Arthur dispatch says the Japanese fleet w observed oh February 18 crui: Reports from ing off that port. Northern Korea say the Koreans are showing a decidedly friendly attitude toward {he Russians. The Manchurian Railroad is convey- ing troops without difficulty to the various points of concentration. Native reports say that the Chinese pirates since the outbreak of hostili- ties have beer g such activity in East a s as almost to paralyze the coasting trade 1 Major Ge Pflug, the chief of | Alexieff, telegraphed to-day as follows: at Port thur is un- of C march- apanese eral staff of Viceroy A e enemy are gene: It Yuan f of t iet in Manchuria BAIKAL DISASTER SLIGHT. With reference to the stories of a | disaster to the R twoops at Lake kal (one 1 were rt sayipg that three ed while e-covered i that the trans- cked at the Baik ight of February of snow, which at- g mountain. A 1 board dashed | e on, the locomotive vas the succeeding five e soldier was Kkille five | 3 severe njured 4 fourteen raffi 1 to expecte ollow ices fr Arthur and e male civil- ce and that rison remains. swe: wild tribe; d Fin forgetting their ming forward to vol- to the common of votion among the is afforded by Jewish #octors in ctice to go to the ing they attended | synagogue here. made a fervent ad- ongregation, which Ginzberg and other He said: passing through d B notables fatherland a diffic epoch. The moment has come wh you, my brothers, must show the whole world that you are not | unworthy sons of your country and | a ough g apart before altar of religion, you are united 1 other citizens before the altar of are ready with all the s faithful lieges to sacrifice your- | selves for the fatherland. Remember that Ru is strong, not only in arms, but in God's blessing.” After the service the congregation sang tWe national hymn ACTIVITY OF THE CZARINA. The Czarina, who continues to take great personal interest In the work of providing for the sick and wounded of the war, presided to-day at a special meeting of the Ladies’ Patriotic Soci- ety, which was attended by several grand duchesses and others of the highest ladies in the land. She also | presided at a service held at the Win- ter Palace at which the giris of the | e — Backed up by over a third of a century | of remarkable and uniform cures, a record such as mo other remedy for the diseases and weakpesses peculiar to women ever attained, the proprietors of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription mow feel fully warranted in offering to pay [ o in legal money of the United | States, for any case of Leucorrhea, Fe- | snale Weakness, Prolapsus, or Fallis of Womb which they cannot cure. Al they ask is a fair and reasonable trial of their means of cure. 3 The Vice-President Independent Order of Good Templars. 5 which many women have was o Siss Agoce Stebbings, of 231 East stréet. Xew Vork City, as follows: = o ealth r_un S Bark ond dreary to me. . Had head- cches, backache, slso pain. my sieep was Lroken and fitful. 1 longed for health. Tried several medicines but nope were of any last- ing bemefit until I took Doctor Pierce's Fa- ; 1 realized that T igestive organs. and broy; health back to my cheeks. take-. occasionally keeps the system in condition. helping i{t 1o throw oq“.l:e und comseguences of re to o piomed s gt 1 ey endorsement | the &i =, I the Czarina proposed temporarily to suspend the studies in the girls’ | schools in order that the girls might be able to devote the school hours to Isewing. The suggestion was ap- plauded, but no definite action was taken. Her Majesty, who is an ex- newspapers are discussing the best type of vessel, opinion veering from submarine boats to torpedo boat de- | build, adding that it prefers powerful | examine on January 25 Kurino, the Japanese Minister, was informed, in reply to his | inquiry, that the Czar had intrusted | the proposals to a special conference, the me of which would meet on | Janua and that his Majesty's de- | cision prob and opening theregister extracted from | men lined against the wall. | hurriedly, the crooks being in a hurry | with lead if they attempted to make an looked by the holdup men Twelve dollars was taken clothes were relieved of all he had, $6. lucre.” the robbers were about the age of 18. They "did not see the man on the side- Attack a Small imperial ted as choristers. During n in regard to utilizing the services unsparingly of- fered the girlhood and womanhood for the relief of the wounded pert neédlewoman, has done much to encourage sewing among Russian so- ciety men. : Now that the Government has offi- cially recognized the public subscrip- tion to provide war vessels to replace those destroved by the enemy the stroye A service organ poings otit that cruisers would take too long to | torpedo boats and suggests that they be built where the Japanese got theirs. Financial circles aporove the action of the Imperial Bank in selling Lon- don, Paris and Berlin bills cheaper than before the war, believing this measure will thwart the speculators in those centers, where they are trying to force down the price of the ruble. The munici of Khabarovsk, East Siberia, has drawn up a scale of prices for foodstuffs to prevent specu- lation during the war. HOW THE WAR STARTED. A Ru of the events immediately preceding the rupture with Japan was published in the Offi- ial Messenger to-day with “the object account an of rectifying certain statements from Japanese sources.” In this account it is stated that upon receipt of the late Japanese proposals, on January 16, the Government immediately proceeded to the Japanese demands, and bly would not be given be- VASKED MEN RAID SALOONS Bold Hold-Up Men Operate Suc-| cessfully in the Western Addition and the Mission| e TAKE CASH AND JEWELRY BT S Louis Koenig of 1601 Turk| Street and Dominick Moran, | 1526 Howard Street, Victims | | —— Three men robbed six others in the | bar of the grocery store of Louis Koe- nig, at the corner of Pierce and Turk | streets, at 11:20 o'clock last night and | secured about $30 in cash, a gold | watch and two revolvers. The robbers | were in the saloon but five minutes | and did not get all of the money car- riefl by the frequenters of the place, be- ing frightened away by a passing car before they had completed their search. Five men, Conrad Richter, a jeweler | of 13 Willow avenue; Ameil Shammel, Paul Biel, W. E. Stroepzel and a man known as Sam, with the proprietor, Louis Koenig, were sitting in the bar room, when the robbers entered. One of the crooks came in by the Pierce- | street side door and another by the Turk-street front entrance, while the third stood guard on the sidewalk, just outside of the place. The robbers wore white handker- chiefs over their faces and went about the work of securing the valuables of | the inmates of the barroom in an ama- teurish fashion. Each of them leveling | a huge® revolver at the heads of the crowd commanded them to throw up their hands and face the wall. While one went through the pockets of the victims the other passed behind the bar it about $5 in coin, a gold watch and chain valued at $75 belonging to, the proprietor and two loaded revolvers. The robbers got little coin from the The search they made of the pockets was done and apparently nervous through fear of detection. A passing car clanged its bell and the man on guard on the side- walk called to his companions to make their exit. Backing hurriedly out of the saloon, the thieves commanded the crowd to keep silence, threatening to come back and riddle the whole bunch | outery. | Several hundred dollars was over- in their haste. They neglected to go through the vest pockets of the victims, where most of them carried their money. from the trousers of Koenig, Richter yielded up $4 50, Shammel contributed $7, Biel's Sam's potkets were turned inside out, but failed to produce any of the “fiithy The men who were held up say that walk, but describe the two that did the job as being the proverbial tall and short ones. Koenig claims that the rob- bers acted very nervous and constantly listened for signs of any one approach- ing. The police were notified and arrived on the scene about two hours after the deed was committed. The robbers ran down Turk street and were lost in the darkness before any of the unfortunate contributors to the crooks’ relief fund cotild give the alarm. Shortly after 10 o’clock last evening a. man wearing a black mask entered the | the Native §ons of the Golden West | | Faure, financial secretary; Charles H. | A. Devine, Peter G. Du Py and. E. E. | Detachment of fore ‘February 2. On the last named date Emperor Nicholas ordered the | preparation of a draft of definitive in- structions to Baron de Rosen, the Rus- | sian Minister to Japan, based upon the deliberations of this conference. On February 3 identical telegrams were | sent to Viceroy Alexieff and Baron de Rosen containing the text of the draft of a proposed Russo-Japanese agree- ment, with a full statement of the rea- sons which prompted Russia to mod- | ify the Japanese proposals, and general instructions to Baron de Rosen con- cerning the presentation of the reply | to the Japanese Government. Forty- eight hours before the receipt of the news of the rupture Fogeign Minister | Lamsdorf notified Kurino of the dis- patch of the Russian reply. On Feb-| ruary 5 Viceroy Alexieff notified the; Foreign Otfice of Baron de Rosen’'s re- ceipt of the reply. On February 6 at 4 p. m. Kurino | quite unexpectedly handed to Count Lamsdorff two notes, notifying him of | the rupture of the negotiations of dip- | lomatic relations and adding that he (Kurino)'and his staff would leave St. | Petersburg on February 20. These notes were accompanied by a public letter from Kurino to Count Lams-J dorff, expressing the hope that the rupture of relations would be con- fined to the shortest possible time. On | the same day Viceroy Alexieff, Baron de Rosen and all the Russian repre- | sentatives in Peking, Tokio and the | capitals of the great powers were in- | formed by urgent telegrams of (he! rupture of relations and of the issue of | an imperial order withdrawing the Russian legation from Tokio and lay- ! ing upon Japan the responsibility for | all consequences ensuing. The com- ' munication \concludes: “Although the breaking off of dip- lomatic relations by no means implied! the opening of hostilities, the Japanese i Government, as early as the night of February 8 and during February 9 and 10, committed a whole series of re- | volting attacks on Russian warships and merchantmen, attended by viola- | tions of ‘international law. The de- | cree of the Emperor of Japan declar- ing war was not issued until Feb- ruary 11.” PAST CHIEES HOLD SESSION Former Presidents of the Native Son Parlors Celebrate In-| stallation of New Officers i i 4 SOCIETY IS PROSPEROUS i Some Old Timers Tell of‘w the Order and Its Progress| Since the Previous Gutheringi - f Association of! The Past Presidents’ held a meeting last night, and after the | initiation of six eligibles to membershlp“ adjourned to a fashionable restaurant, | where about seventy members partook | of the annual banquet in celebration of | the installation of the officers for the | present term, who are: Charles T. Rose, | chaplain;" D. Q. Troy, governor; John F. Linehan, J. F. Hanson and J. F.| Stanley, vice governors;- Willlam J. | Donlon, recording secretary; Henry E. | Turner, treasurer; Frank McAlIisLer,: sergeant-at-arms; Joseph Rose, inside | officer; Henry Joost, outside officer; M. ! Fisher, directors. The tables were magnificently deco- rated and a first-class menu was served, and after the black coffee had been served there was drunk the health of the following named, who came from San Jose to attend the meeting and following good time: F. Doer, A. B. Barker, E. Younger, J. Belloli, J. Desimone, T. Belloli, T. Schumacher, | T. Monahan, C. O'Connell and George M. Kelly. There were present many of those who were presidents of parlors in this city twenty or more years ago. D. Q. Troy, the Governor, was toast- master and he called upon the follow- ing named to respond to toasts: Dr. Charles W. Decker, who told of how it felt to be marshal of a parlor in or- | der to reach the station of president; Joseph R. Knowland, who spoke of the prosperity of the assoclation; Judge Murasky, who made a eulogistic speech on the Native Sons as an order; Past Grand President L. F. Byington, who told of the delights of having been president of a parlor and a member of the celebrating assoclation; Second Grand Vice President J. L. Gallagher, who told of the order in general; Third Grand Vice President Waller D. Wag- ner, A. D. Barker and E. C. Stock. The association, during the last year, was successful and added a good num- ber of “have Beens” to thé ranks. =4 - grocery store at 1526 Howard street, owned by Dominick Moran, and cover- ing the clerk, A. M. Johnson, and three men with whom the employe was con- versing. ordered them to throw up their hands. The fellow then ordered Johnson and his friends into a corner of the barroom, where he kept them under cover of his weapon while he went behind the counter and took from the cash register between $40 and $50. He then retreated from “the store and disappeared down ' Howard street. Johnson immediately gave the alarm, but by the time the police arrived the robber had evidently placed consider- able distance between himself and the gcene of his bold act. ——————— St. Paul ships more mushrooms than any other city, the supply coming largely from abandoned beer vaults, Overcoat Sale Style--Warmth--Economy--all for OU have no doubt felt the necessity of a good warm overcoat this winter. Why not get that overcoat eff your mind and on your back ? We could say considerable about these overcoats which we are selling at $8.65. They have so many good features. A great deal can be done through ink and paper. Seeing is convincirg. on your eyesight you ought to be. are But seeing the goods settles the argument at once. If we are satisfied to let results rest . Your seeing wili confirm our saying. These overcoats good in material, style and workmanship—they are economical in price. Our reason for this reduction is to keep us busy in February, which ordinarily is a dull month. The overcoats have been reduced from $12.50 to $8.65. Some are blue and black cheviots, 45 inches long; some are rough mixed cheviots, 50 inches iong, with belts in bac others are tan coverts and mixed cheviots. $8.65. Several suits have also been reduced from $12.50 to They are single and double breasted garments in blue serges, black and fancy mixed €heviots. €. SRETCAED” FROT LIFE- Store closes to-morrow--Washington’s birthday. Mai! orders filled— address Departmt,;nt L SNW00D 5 (T 740 Market Street WILL, FIRNISH WATER SUPPLY Magnificent, System of Stor- age Resepvoirs Is to Be Completed in the Southland L0 i |WORK IS TO BE RUSHED sy iafecs Managing Director Company Is Preparing Report on the Part Remaining to Be Built Sut s SN Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN DIEGO, Feb. 20.—John D. Spreckels has decided to push to com- pletion the magnificent system of stor- age reservoirs and water distribution known as the Southern California Mountain Water Company, of which he is the president and principal own- er. This conclusion was reached while he was here on a visit this week, and he has directed Managing Director Clayton to prepare for him a complete | and detailed report upon the system, not only as to the portions already completed, but also on that which has not yet been touched. Clayton will also make suggestions as to the methods of completion and as to the time for com- mencing the work. He has already commenced the work before him and expects to have it completed within sixty or ninety days, when the entire plan and re- ports will be submitted to Mr. Spreck- els for his decision, which will possi- bly be followed by an announcement as to the policy of the company upon the method of completing the work. This country has been visited dur- ing the past several years by exceed- ingly dry winters. It is believed, how- ever, that the turning point has been reached and that a period of more generous annual rainfall will come. —_————————— ALAMEDA HIGH SCHOOL IS DEFEATED IN DEBATE Judges Award the Stinford Cup to Representatives of the Commercial Evening of San Francisco. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Feb. 20. The fourth annual debate of the Academic Debating League of Califor- nia held here to-night resulted in a victory for the Commercial Evening School of San Francisco, the debaters of that school winming the Stanford cup from the Alamed# High School. The question discussed was, “Resolved, | That a democratic form of government is not best adapted to the French peo- ple.” Alameda was represented on the affirmative by Ralph Marx, Stephen Otig and Frank O'Brien. The negative was upheld for the Commercial Even- [ing School by Louis Diebels, A. Becker and W. E. Trefts. —_————————— Claims He Was Robbed. J. J. Lyness, living at 520 Twentieth street, was picked up on Jessie street last night suffering from several lacer- ations of the scalp. At the Emer- gency Hospital he claimed that he had been assaulted and robbed of $200. was under the influence of liquor and the police placed little credence in his story. ® s To-Morrow, Washington’s Birthday, Closed. The Pattosien Company will be closed to-morrow. The store will be open again on Tuesday for the usual rush, at corner Sixteenth and Mission streets, a- WARRANTS OUT - FOR OFFICIALS Chief of Police of a City { Is Accused of Participa- tion in a Poolroom Riot BB L PROMINENT MEN INVOLVED R IT Ll S a Number of Warrants, and Effort Is Made for Secrecy s+ ST. LOUIS. Feb. 20.—Warrants were issued by State’s Attorney Brown for the arrest of Patrick McCam- bridge, Chief of Police of Madison; Policeman William Street and John Leeham and twelve other men, charg- ing participation in the riot at the Madison poolroom yesterday. Aside from the names of Wil Coyne, a son of Mayor Coyne of Mad- ison, and John Paul, State's Attorney Brown’s father-in-law, the names of those for whom the warrants were issued-were carefully concealed. Each warrant carries six charges. Assault, carrying concealed wea- pons, assault with intent to kill and maim, assault with a deadly weapon, flourishing a deadly weapon and riot- ing were -the charges named in the warrants. —e————— BANK SAYS ADAMS’ CHECKS ARE WORTHLESS Arrest of Son of Wealthy Oakland Man Sought by Grocer Hollensteiner. An application was made by Ernest Hollensteiner, grocer, Geary street, at the Bond and Warrant Clerk’s office yesterday for a warrant for the arrest of Fred S. Adams. Hollensteiner said that Adams had cashed a check with him for $100 on the Donohoe - Kelly Banking Company. The check was signed by Adams, but when he sent it to the bank it was marked ‘“no. ac- count.” He had called at the bank and had-been told that several other checks signed by Adams had been presented for payment, and he was led to under- stand that Adams’ family had taken up the checks. At Hollensteiner's suggestion Bond and Warrant Clerk Fitzpatrick sent a letter to Adams’ people in Oakland in- forming them that a warrant had been applied for and asking for an explana- tion by Tuesday, otherwise it would be issued. Adams’ father was at one time Sheriff of Alameda County, and it i said that the family is wealthy. —_————— BRITISH COLUMBIANS TO BUILD NEW RAILWAY Application Ts Made to Parliament for a Charter for the Crawford Bay and St. Marg Company. VANCOUVER, B. C., Feb. 20.— rious Charges Are Filed in | FIND BODIES IN WRECKAGE Remains of Four More Victims INDICTVENT AFTER TRAGEDY 3. . ol Iy “Thi ! Special Grand Jury in Chicago 1 ] | | | ‘ | Reports on the Responsi-| of the Dynamite Explosion bility' for the Theater Fire| at Jackson Are Recovered FIVE MEN ON THE LIST|TWENTY - EIGHT PERISH | RIS Formal Statement About the| Railroad Track Is Blown Up Iroquois Horror Is Deferred,| for Several - Hundred Feet but Names Are _\[entionwl] and Many Cars Are Shattered ey | -— CHICAGO, Feb. 20.—The spe(‘ia]l OGDEN, Utah, Feb. 20.—A specicl train bearing the Coroner and under- takers left early this morning for Jack- son. the sceng of yesterday's explosion. The train, with the dead, numbering Grand Jury summoned to investigate | the Iroquois Theater fire completed its | labors to-night by voting indictments against five men and no bills against | four others. The formal report of the | tvwenty-eight, will arrive this evening. jury will not be made public until next| An inquest will be held at Jackson and sty . | the affair will be investigated to ascer- 2 i et e | tain where the blame lies. Those who were indicted are Will J.| ~ ygvices to-day state that the explo- Davis, part owner of the Iroquois The- | sion of dynamite tore up the track for ater; Thomas Noonan, business man- | several hundred feet, shattered several ager of the theater, and James E. Cum- | freight cars and blew a hole in the mings, stage carpenter, all of whom | 8round about fifty feet deep. During are charged with'manslaughter; George | the day hundreds of Greeks hung about | the depot and morgues awaiting the Williams, city Building Commissioner, | o ica) of the bodies. The total num- and Edward Laughlin, city Buildifig In- | per of dead now is twenty-eight—eight spector, charged with culpable omis- | Americans and twenty Greeks. George sion of official duty in office. Kachianis, one of the injured, died at “No bills” were voted against Mayor | the hospital this afternoon. Four bodies Harrison, Fire Marshal Mushman, Fire- | were found to-day several hundred feet man Willilam H. Sellers and William | from the railroad tracks where the ex- McMullen, operator of the floodlight | plosion occurred:. which set fire to the asbestos curtain. —_— . T e 0 B Y If Rothschild really wants the Are- WASHINGTON. Feb. 20The Senate to-d% | tic flea he should send a vellow dog e e O e, Gl Crse Brown 10| after it.—Portland” Oregonian. DVERTISEMENTS. A MILLION AMERICAN BOUNOING BABIES are kgpt crowing with the de- light of living because their mamas have learned to use CASCARETS Candy Ca- thartic. Neighborly neighbors tell each other of CASCARETS and the kind words said have created a sale of over A MILLION BOXES A MONTH. It is easy to protect infants against children’s complaints, because all these perils have their beginning in stomach and bowels, and we have in CASCARETS a perfect medicine that will always keep the delicate machinery in a child’'s body clean, regular and in working order. Chil- dren like the little candy tablet and STERLING REMEDY CO, Chicago or New York He | ford Bay and St. Mary Railroad Com- British Columbia is to have another up-country railway. Application is being made to Parliament for a charter for the Craw- pany, with power to construct and CANDY CATHARTIC maintain a railway for the carrying of freight and passengers from a point near Crawford Bay, in the district of ‘West Kootenai Lake, by and through the valley of Crawford Creek and the .valley of the St. Mary’'s River, to a point near Fort Steele, in the district lof East Kootenai ANNUAL SALE—TEN MILLION BOX @reatest in the World -