The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 23, 1904, Page 2

THE . S TUESD E A.lN E’S CELEBY COMPOUND. "BABY AND | WERE SAVED BY PAINE'S CELERY COMPOUND. Story of This Burdencd Mother’'s Bravery| Throbs With Human Interest. | } So we built and moved into our own house, HELROINE OF LISBON EPIDEMIC. | unfinished as it was. I did all my housework—took care of a teething baby and lathed the whole | house myself—four thousand l.lthld—-t‘l‘i and he Mrs. Horn, as Sick-Nurse, Saved Sher- | if's Daughter and All Typhoid Patie — She Relied om i my husband's health was very bad Paine's Celery Compound. | was earning for us and buiiding the house at im» same time. . It was a mile back to my garden, but By 'v‘ rS F M HOR N | I 4id all the garden work—except dig- | 1 1 was very small, | g - vegetables | [ working hard when 1 was | carried my baby with me. It was - 1 | but, as usual, Paine's Celery I womld get all run down and would | ny support | have bad to give up completely were it | rervous from hard work and all | not for Paine’s Celery Compound. But ken down after the typhoid fever epidemic. th stan fmes 1 thought I would go insane. But Ifi’ eelogpety- id b“"..”’" p- f:{m ana | Paine’s Celery Compound save me. | . > MRS. F. M. HOF | . suin and keep me well | Lisbon, North ota, November 20 ! At . in the Lisbon typhold | p g _'Nine years ago, when a young girl, I | ge 1 was o sick- | first Paine’s Celery Compound for dys- al in this county, | pepsin. For the past five or six years 1 have | * eless have to be taken | not had the slightest signs of dyspepsia. ar any one who can do it at - - | . | “THAT GOOD AI"D | It SEVARR N (e A { WONDERFUL MEDICINE,” 3w . k form. i o s and mean- | paine's Celery Compound, Cured the | Cnronic Nervous Headaches Which I never lost a patient, and I had some Had Been the Bane of Her Life. of the worst cases in town. Our Sheriff gives me the credit of sav- ny, N. Y., Jan. 23, 1908.—‘‘Nervous ing his danghter's life after Acctor had | headaches have been the bane of my lite, I| given up hove. but I relied on Paine's | have spent hundreds of dollars trying for | B their cure, and while some medicines would | me for a time, the cure was not perma- | and in a short time 1 was as bad as t was weil 1 was aimost | evera i Paine’s p and built bottles time d ot sieep at nights for weeks at a | %0 nd was g0 thoroughly exhausted dur- e ing day that 1 could not attend to my - 4, wor take proper care of my children. I was discournged with life, wheh my asband irsieted Upon my trying Paine's Celery | und “Tranks to that good and wonderful medicine, within a short time I was on ‘ the road to recovery, and after taking a| dozen bottles I am completely cured. was | leaving planted—and we | =—MRS. F. M. HORN. WAS RUN DOWN, NERVOUS, DYSPEPTIC. “My nerves are as tranquil as any ohe's 3 es should be; I am strong and ready for work, and I have gained twenty pounds in weight. It is certainly a great remedy." MRS. W. PARR, nd St., Albany, N. Y. “IT WAS ALMOST LIKE MAGIC.” Dyspensia Was Cured So Quickly by Paine’s cfl-ry compm.lnfl. “1 was troubled with dyepepsia and stomach for seven years, and took numerous edicines which were recommended to me. Also took treatment of several doctors. Have neyer found anything that seemed to do me any real good wntil 1 took Paine's Celery Compound. “I bought_and took six bottles and my | troubles entifely disappeared. “All of my friends noticed the great, rapid improvement. “It was almost like magic. I have taken very little since, Have good appetite and | generally healthy.” MRS. NELLIE SANDERS, 701 So. 16th St., Omaha, Neb., Sept. 30, 1908. “LIFE IS NOW WORTH LIVING.” “Paine’s Celery Compound Has Cured Me of Nervous Prostration, Faintness and Sleeplessness. Dec. Newark, N 1903.— too highly recommend Paine's Celery Com- pound. 1t has cured me of nervous prostra- tion, suffered for the last three years that life is worth living.’ son, 340 John et Newark, N. J. e : “Cure the REAL CAUSE of your Sicknoss—THE NERVE Z., 26, “I cannot 1 feel now . Prof. E. F. Phelps, Dartmouth University, Fa . erer of Paine’s Celery Compound. tescssssssssessesssssssse ATTEMPT TO MAKE FOOD CONTRABAND IS CERTAIN TO RESULT lssue Will Be Raised by the United States Government Over the| IN FRICTION| First Seizure of Supplies Shipped From the Pacific Coast to Either Russia or Japan. Peb. 22 —Officials | mgive that friction may fTorts of the belligerents in traband of war a in € nj American trade. has not yet been tiations had with n the one side and | n the other, there Is h me of the Euro- e ve #dy been con- | fre hreatened restrictions iy which they are dis- American food- destined for both and it is probable be very speedily r not these sup- of war. The in recent years in- tuffs were not contra- not be seized by a bel- e shown that the | consigned to or clearly in- rent. This principle | the British Govern- | ansvaal war and | awarded considerable nerican. shippers seized by British | cat ips TREATMENT The OF REFUGEES. Department” has heard r from United States | Newchwang concern- he has had with the | ials in endeavoring to he department’s instruc- Iook after Japanese interests | te Emery Department has learned the Vice and Deputy Chefu, that the Russian has undertaken the trans- f the Japanese refugees | wchwang, or were t from interior \lan») Port Arthur and | sl Miller is thus deprived | mity to extend protection a few remaining Japan—‘ purpose of the I‘.usmar' in makinggthis move is i to be to prevent Japanese leaving with news of the condition nses he towns in military n by the Russians. It is un- that Newchwang and the line Iroad conmecting it with Harbin | on the north and Port Arthur on the | south are especial objects of solicitude, | as there are still many weak spots in ugh nsul at Governi te the scheme of defense which the Rus- sians desire to conceal | The same desire to prevent informa- tion leaking out respecting what is go- ing on in Manchuria is said to be back | of the Russian refusal to receive Edwin | Morgan a sul of the United States at Dalny. Morgan is to sail next Priday | from San Francisco for the East, and | will remain at Shanghai until it is de- termined by the course of events wheth- | er he may proceed to his post. EVANS GOES TO HONGKONG. | The battleship Kentucky, flagship nr! the American Asiatic fleet, has been | ordered to Hongkong, where she wili be docked for minor repairs. It is re- garded as probable that Admiral Evans | will have the remainder of the squad- | ADVERTISEMENTS. Pears’ nothing but cleanse, it has no medical properties, for the color of soap does health and health itself use Pears’. Give it time. 80id all over the world | double-turreted | probability | cruiser Milwaukee as soon as these ves- | pairs at the New York navy vard. ‘vnmminiuned a short time ago and is —_— . ron accompany him to Hongkong, al-| though he has not advised the depart- | ment to this effect. It is not intended at present that the battleships shall go farther north. The monitors Monadnock and Monterey, also a part of the battle- ship squadron, are at Shanghai and Canton, China, respectively. The cru r New Orleans and the mington have been recailed from Chefu lest their presence there might be re- sented by one of the belligerents, are on their way to Shanghai, and | where | | the Raleigh is awaiting the arrival of | | the remainder of the cruiser squadron. | The cruiser Cincinnati is in Philippine | waters under orders for Shanghai, and the San Francisco reported on Satur day at Bombay, India, on her way to| Chinese waters. { Rear Admiral Evans has distributed the gunboat division which is attached to the battleship squadron as follows: The Callao was last reported at Can- | | ton, the El Cano at Nankin, the Helena | in the mud dock at Newchwang, the | Vicksburg at Chemulpo, Korea, and the Villalobo at Hankow. | Of the Philippine squadron of gun-| boats, Rear Admiral Stirling command- | | ing, the Annapolis and the Frolic are at | Shanghai and the remainder are in| | Philippine waters. | Of the fleet of auxiliaries, according | to week-end reports, the collier Pom- pey is at Chemulpo and the supply ship | Zafiro is on its way to Cavite. FLEET TO BE INCREASED. Naval officers are considering earn- estly the strengthening of the Ameri- can Asiatic fleet in view of the vast interests of this country in the Philip- pines and in China and Korea and the that disturbances may ne- cessitate their protection at any time. At the same time, while the fleet is | regarded as too small, there is a de-! sire to avoid exciting the suspicions of the Old World powers, lest this Gov- | ernment may be put in the false light | of interfering in the Eastern struggle, notwithstanding our declaration of ab- golute neutrality. A high naval officer to-night said: “The need of increasing the Asiatic fleet has been long feit. It was in- tended that the new battieship: Ohio, building at the Union Iron Works in San Francisco, should be sent to the Asiatic station in the spring, and that she should be followed by the armored cruiser South Dakota and the protected sels are completed. The Ohio, how- ever, will not be ready before autumn, and we are now considering the dis- patch within the next month or two of an additional battleship. It has been suggested that the Iowa be selected for this mission, but no decision has been reached. She is now receiving rush re- “In addition the Tacoma, which was getting ready for sea, has been tenta- | tively selected to go to Asia as the re- lief of one of the vessels of the cruiser squadron, but under present circum- | stances it is probable that none of the | cruiser squadron will be brought home now, however many ships are added to it. It also has been suggested that the New York, now at Panama, be re- turned to the Asiatic station and that she make the cruise with the Tacoma. This is undecided and the uncertainty of the Panama situation, together with the fact that the New York is due for a thorough overhauling, rather mili- tates against sending that vessel to join Admiral Evans' fleet. ADMIRAL EVANS' ORDERS. “So rapidly are events in the Far East moving that it is impossible to say one day what move on the Asiatic station the next day’s developments may @eémand. It was originally sug- gested that the battleship squadron g0 up to Chefu, but tlis was not ap- proved and an order was issued for the battieships to remain in Philippine wa- ters and for the cruiser squadron to assemble at Shanghal. Repairs to the il { ficial valves of the Kentucky, the flagship of the / tic station, have necessitated the sending of that ship to Hongkong to be docked, and it is probable the othe ips of the squadron, the battle- ships Oregon and Wisconsin, will ac- company her. Meantime the cruisers will be used to keep in communication with our agents at Newchwang, Chetu, | | Chemulpo and Seoul.” Rear Admiral E s Navy Department expressing a wish | to remain in the Far East for the pres, ent, in the event that the Xentucky not to be brought home when repaired. He feels that the situation is extremely important out there and for this rea- son offers to remain, although his time f sea duty is up next month, and the on his flagship. The department has cabled him, leaving the matter entirely to his judgment, and the announce- ment was made to-night by a high of- that the department had every confidence in the wisdom of Admiral vans’' decision. It is expected that the docking of the Kentucky will show just what repairs the ship needs, and | it was said to-night th4dt she may be on her way home within two weeks. The Kentucky would come by way of Suez, making the usual stops. POSSIBLE NAVAL CHANGES. In the event that Admiral Evans | decides to return new orders will be is- sued immediately assigning him to the | presidency of the Lighthouse Board. Rear Admiral P. H. Cooper, now com- manding the cruiser squadron of the Asiatic fleet, will be named as the suc- cessor of Admiral Evans in supreme command of the station and will in turn be succeeded by Rear Admiral Yates Sterling. now commanding the | Philippine squadron, the command of that squadron being taken by Admiral William Folger. —_——— HIS LIFE BY LYING BETWEEN RAILS Rear SAVES Railroad Man Falls From a Train and Has a Narrow Escape From Death. SANTA ROSA, Feb. 22.—Dan Ply- male, superintendent of bridges and buildings of the San Francisco and Northwestern Railroad, had a narrow escape from being killed Saturday. He was engaged in directing the removal of a quantity of debris about the ap- proach to the railroad bridge across the Van Duzen, near Alton. The man was standing on the forward end of a flatcar, which was being pushed along by an engine, and when he gave a stop signal the engineer applied the airbrake so suddenly as to throw him from the car. Plymale fell ahead of the slowly approaching train, and, be- ing unable to get off the track, lay down between the rails and one car passed over him. The brakebeam of the car struck him and Plymale suf- fered fractures of the upper and lower jaws and one finger of his left hand was so shockingly torn as to necessi- tate amputation. Small hope is held out of saving the remaining fingers of the ‘hand, which were also badly crushed. The man undoubtedly saved his life by lying between the rails. The engineer did not notice the acci- dent that had happened to Plymale until several seconds had elapsed. —_——— Union Pacific Gets Award. OMAHA, Neb., Feb, 22.—The Union Pacific has been notified that it was the successful bidder for the carrying of the United States marines from St. Louis and Chicago to San Francisco. The rate made is $35 25 from Chigago and $32 50 from St. Louis. The V- ernment sends about 4000 marines across the country annually. —_———— A Guaranteed Cure for Piles, Tove gl il reting. mones if ‘B Otniment falls to cure you in 6 to 14 days, 50a* e faintness and sleeplessness, from which I | ~Miss Matilda Erick. | plan is for him to return to New York | ® | Senate it was with the reputation of a PASSING OF HANNA CASTS A GLOOM OVER THE SENATE Statesman Exercised a Power and His Fellow Members Were Shocked When He Died. Senator Was an Affable Man and Always Approachable BY S. CALL BUREAU, HOTEL BAR- TON, WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.—The shadow of the loss which the cguntry suffers in the death of Senator Hanna was cast from almost the day he so far acknowledged himself ill as to remain away from his place in the Senate. He was then said to be suf- fering only an indisposition following an attack of the grip. The mere ab- sence of . the strong figure, the knowl- edge that he was not well, the faint possibility that what was said as to the trifling nature of his sickness might not be true seemed to bear upon ' the chamber and to be felt over all Its deliberations. When he returned ‘irom Ohio some weeks ago he was | not well. - He had caught cold, he | said. He was seen in the Senate after that only a few times and for a few 'hours. When there came t6 be con- sultations of doctors and when finally it was definitely announced that the |trlfiing indisposition had developed ‘ into typhoid the great place that Mar- | cus A. Hanna held in men’s minds and | men’s affairs was made manifest. The day before his death conflicting re- ports, encouraging and discouraging, | followed one another about the eity. GRIEF AT HANNA'S DEATH. Senate and House adjourned very early, having done almost nothing and confessedly unable to do much except | to wonder and inquire what was the | latest report, and was it reliable. At | the Arlington Hotel, where the sick man lay, the order of silence had been | in force for days, and its observance | became the more notable with the gath- ering crowd. For with adjournment the lobby filled up and anxious friends overran the house. Men mdved about with slow and careful step and spoke in subdued tones and whispers. Bulle- | tins were posted at the clerk's desk, {and every man maintained hope until the late bulletins dismissed and finally | forbade it. Notwithstanding such preparation the actual announcement | of death, the realization that Marcus A. Hanna’s place in affairs was perma- nently vacant caused among these, his associates, something akin to a sensa- tion, a panic. Many of them wept. One Ior them, a Senator, gave way to unre- strained grief, to sobs and tears, finally collapsed' and had to be led away to | his home. These are the manifestations of that which is not widely known concerning Senator Hanna—the power | that he had to attract and hold men | to him with ties of friendship—affec- | tion. Before the country at large he | had but fairly emerged from the effect | of such a malignant misrepresentation as perhaps no other man had suffered. “Mr. Hanna was one of the easiest | men to approach that I knew, and to get an interview from—when he had anything to say for publication,” said a newspaper man who has looked down on the proceedings of Congress from {the press gallery for many years. “When he had nothing to say he said | that he had nothing to say, and that |meant that the interview was ter- minated. There was never any nonsense about Hanna of any kind whatever. He | was always direct and to the point. If he had anything to say he would give you the time necessary to say it, and that was .all. No newspaper man in ‘Washington but would swear by Han- na. He could be abrupt and blunt, but the impression was carried that it was because his time was valuable. I never | saw him idle a minute. 1 SENATOR A BUSY MAN. “In the Senate chamber if he wasn't listening to some other member he was busy all the time. I never yet have seen him in the attitude of twirling his thumbs. When Hanna first came to the successful business man and a great political manager. We were all inter- ested as to what figure he would cut in statecraft. Everybody knows what it has been. I saw him when he first rose to address the Senate. Oratory was an entirely unfhied field with him, and it was somewhat late to develop such an accomplishment. It was with consider- able diffidence that he made his first at- tempt, but he soon came to be recog- nized as one of the readiest debaters on the floor, quick to avail himself of every fair advantage and to minimize | the points of his adversary. But Senator Hanna was not the ab- rupt and gruff man that this single view might make him appear. He was, in fact, a joker and his house, until the ill health of his yue prevented, was noted for its hospitality and cordial entertainment. His last public appear- ance was at a session of the Gridiron | Club. The Gridiron Club is a bohemian affair, largeiy composed of newspaper DR. SHOOP’S REMEDIES. Tell M Who Needs Help Ju-m Tlllllll. e ietn o 1 ke ode mesns 1o d you can pay. o '\ll‘i' st 35 you the 13 years Mf Write now—to-day. Dr. Shoop, box 8630, Ra- cine, Wis. Mild cases, not chronic, are often cured with one or two bottles. At dr\l"lltl Dr. Sheop’s Restorative Book 1 on Dyspepsia Book 4.for Women Book 2 on the Heart Book b for Men (sealed) Donlaon the Kidneys Book 6 on Rheumatism At the Doctor’s Risk w. 23, 1904. ful Influence in"Upper House WALL. men. Its frequent dinners are notable for the riot of fun and the extraord- inary liberty taken with the names of vrominent public men that prevail there. Mr. Hanna is said to have mads ‘ his first after-dinner speech at a meet- | ing of the club and here also he was ovegtaken for a moment With stage fright, but, recovering, delivered one of the wittiest and cleverest addresses | heard there. This last session was held | at the Arlington Hotel, where Mr. | Hanna lived, and although under treat- | ment of the doctors he attended and stayed late. President Roosevelt and a long list of motables were present. - The character of the entertainment is indicated by the name of the club. AT THE GRIDIRON CLUB. The utmost liberty of speech is in-! dulged in with reference to the dis-' tinguished guests, who always prize | and accept invitations. For it is an axiom of the club that “no reporters are admitted.” It is a sort of executive session that, unlike those of the Sen- ate, remains inviolate. Nothing that is said there ever gets into print—that is, nothing material. On the occasion referred to, for instance, one member, representing a ventriloquist, introduced a string of manikins—all very much alive but répresenting the conventional thing. Each manikin was labeled with the name of some distinguished guest— Mr. Roosevelt, Mr. Gorman, Mr. For- aker and Mr. Hanna among them. The operator addressed to each of these a series of very pertinent and impertinent questions, the answers to which, given o S by the manikin in a high treble, wers | |LONDON, Feb. 23.—Telegrams from very entertaining to all present. Mr.|Vienna and Salonica published here Hanna was not called upon this Nme}thls morning give alarming but un- to make an address, not because it was ‘\ ccnfirmed details of preparations point- Emperor William Will Attempt, of Russian Empire, to Prevent the Threatened Outbreak. ‘| with an advance thcéught he could not respond but be- cause a club member preferred to speak for him. Concealed by ferns and talk- | | Daily Mail ing through a megaphone he presented | the Hanna manner and style of ad- dress with great success. That was a month ago. The funeral of a Senator is a matter of precedent. That which character- ized the first as observed by and in the | chamber must characterize all others. The ceren.ony is made impressive by simplicity—simplicity is the keynote. DISAPPOINTED CALIFORNIANS. The California delegation, and es- pecially the southern members, a very much disappointed over the fai ure of the attempt to get the neces- | sary appropriation for the Los Angeles | Federal building into the urgent defi- ciency bill. the Senate. but failed in the House in spite of the recommendation of Secretary of the Treasury. The House members of the joint committee to which the bill was finally referred ab- | solutely refused to reinsert it because there were so many other cases of the same kind that to insert one would be | brcught to bear upon Turkey to this | The amendment passed | f | advices, that the Sultan will listen to | the ! to make trouble and enemies. * These | e House members of the committee said | 5o ght service under his colors. they would not oppose a general bill covering all the cases. Such a bill will be introduced. In case of failure here | an attempt will be made to provide for it in the sundry civil bill. So there is yet a good fighting chance for the appropriation. Daniels’ bill granting to the Califor- nia Development Compen. the right to divert the water of the Colorado River for irrigation purposes is going to raise some interesting question: that | ing to a war between Turkey and Bul- garia. The Sofia correspondent of the telegraphs that the Bul- garian Government has declared a state of siege over a zone nineteen mll(’sia conference with him on the subject. | To correct the wide extending along the frontier from Kustendil to the Black Sea, with a i view of preventing the fincursions of | armed bands. Advices from Berlin to the Birming- ham Post to-day state that the Kaiser, | appreciating the extreme sarfousness of | { affairs in the Far East and recognizing | tha fact that¢ Russia will have her re- | sources taxed to the uttermost for some time to come, has assured the | Czar of his resolve to prevent by all possible means “an Balkans. ~ Every pressure will b= end. the Kaiser other man. PARIS, Feb. 22.—M. Popovitch, Servian Minister here, said to-day: “From the time of the rupture of ‘relations between Japan and Russia the sympathy of all Servians has been with the Czar, many of whom have In Servia no one intends to seek to profit by the Russian embarrassment to fo- ment a revolt in the Balkans. I be- lieve this is also the attitude of other Balkan states. Without the support more readily than to any | of Austria and Russia they would be The California Development Company | has, in fact, already diverted the water and has built séveral hundred miles of ditches, demonstrat.d growing big crops of alfalfa and things in the desert, or what was the desert. NEW IRRIGATION ISSUE. Now the question has been raised as to their right to do so, the Colorado being listed as a navigable stream. The State of California has given the its utility by | Would be gravely embarrassed. powerless to settle the situation as they wish. Should war break out in the | Balkans Russia and Austria would in- | tervene in order to prevent a change ir. the status quo. Moreover, war would be dangerous, because it would end in economic disaster and the financial and industrial situation of the principalities In any case Servia asks only to be allowed to collaborate in the work of applying the reforms in Macedonia.” e | TURKISH MINISTER company the right to the use of 10,000 | cubic feet per second, which is more water than there is in the river al‘ certain times of the year—and the com- | pany is prepared to take it, or at least, | all there is. Now, the Government has had a plan for employing the Colorado | River in the same way, large withdrawals of the desert lands from location with this in view. and has made | The | Government plan is to take the water | at a point above where the private com. pany approvriates it. be carried out—and a large sum money has already been spent on it— it would leave the private company Should the plan ' of | without water, and its work would go | for nothing. If Mr. Daniels’ bill passes it would confirm the right of the private company and the Covern- ment would have to quit, because it would have no right to deprive the company of that which the bill grants it. Government officials—those in the Geological Survey who have charge of the irrigation work—differ as to the merits of the case. Some—or, at least, one—claims precedence for the Gov ernment in the enterprise, and argues against the bill before the committee. Another and higher official is disposed to let the private enterprise spend its ' money and reap its reward, if it will, ment spend money where private in- dividuals are willing, and the same end be served. It is certain, however, that there will be opposition to the bill, but the company is preparing to make a hard fight. The question of the right to divert the water of a stream be- cause it is navigable, and because the diversion will rerder it otherwise, will not likely be forced, however, as the objection would be against the Gov- ernment as well. S ——— et PANIC ON THE PARIS BOURSE CHECKED BY DENI..LS OF RUMORS PARIS, Feb. 22.—As a result of the official denial of the alarming reports as to the attitude of prominent finan- ciers, prices on the Bourse to-day were much firmer. Frcm the opening an up- ward tendency ves apparent. Rentes were quoted at th¢ “eginning of the ses- sion at an advar e of 1 franc 45 cen- times over the ¢’ sing price of Satur- day. The firmner ' existing in these se- curities txtendeilw others, including foreign securitie, Brazilians, opened 2 francs 20 centimes, Italians 2 n‘upcl ii centimes and Ser- TO UNITED STATES SAYS WAR IS NEAR WASHINGTON, Feb. 22. — Chekib Bey, the Turkish Minister in Washing- ton, believes war in the Balkans is im- L g vians 3 francs §0 centimes. During the day strong buying developed. During the second part of the session business was inactivé and calm, but the | good tone continued to the close, inter- nationals showing a general advance of 2 to 3. Russian imperial 4's closed at 92.10. Rio Tintos gained 22 francs. Rendue, secretary general of the Chamber of Stockbrokers, said to-day that the measures determined upon by Finance Minister Bouvier and Devere- nuil, representing the Chamber of Stock- brokers, at the conference yesterday evening would, he felt confident, result in a continuance of the good tone of the market. He added that there would be no active intervention by the Gov- ernment, which will only seek to pre- vent the circulation of false reports, and on their part the brokers would urge their clients to be less excitable. Regarding the offer “of the French Red Cross Society to send relief imme- 2 ' diately to Manchuria, the Russian Em- Secing no point In having the Govern- |, .. qor here has written to the Rus- sian authorities on the subject. He says the land operations will not com- mence for some weeks, and then only should practical relief measures be taken. This statement is accepted as | an indication that the Russians wish to | complete the concentration of their troops before engaging in a decisive combat. The Japanese officials here insist that Takahashi, the vice president of the Bank of Japan at Tokio, and Baron Kaneko, who start from Tokio on Feb- ruary 24 on a mission to the United States, are not charged to enter into any negotiations with the United States Goyernment. The officials assert that they are going to America solely for the purpose of gauging American sentiment in respect to the Far Eastern war. - —len il Russian Transports Re-enter Canal. SUEZ, Feb. 22.—The Russian trans- ports Orel and Smolensk, which re- cently traversed the canal, bound for the Far East, réturned here to-day and entered the canal, on théir way t Port Said. e Hazleton's Body Is Found. PARIS, Feb. 22.—The body of Hen- outbreak in the | It is regarded as certain, say the | the | TURKEY AND BULGARIA MAKING READY FOR WAR on Behalf Special Dispatch to The Call. pending. In a conversation, the Min- ister to-day said: “Illness has prevented my transmit- ting heretofore an important communi- cation which I received from my Gov- ernmént several days ago about the re- | ported trouble in the Roumanian provinces. I hope to see the Secretary of State some time this weelg and have false impression which has gained ground in this country about the attitude of my country toward the reforms in Rou- | mania, 1 shall give you the substance lot the cablegrams from my Govern- | ment. It is to this effect: “‘The Porte most strenuously nounces as maliciously false the re- ports which have been given wide cir- | culation in certain European papers | that trouble is breaking out in Rou- mania because of the failure of the Im- perial Government to carry out t | promised reforms. The facts in the ernment already, I fear, de- case are that the Imperial G | is fulfilling, to the letter, its pledge | the reforms are being vigorously in- augurated and there is no trouble In that section, as reported Of the Balkan situation, Chekib Bey, who has had much experience in that section, said: “Although my advices are meager, the news I get indicates that the Bul- garians are assuming an attitude and pursuing a course to which it will be impossible for the Imperial Govern- ment to submit much longer with pa- tience. It is reported that they are arming the inhabitants, stirring up strife in Macedonia apd doing every- thing possible to harass the Imperial Government. I hope this i3 not true, but if the reports be true hostilities in the Balkans cannot much longer be avoided.” “Do you think it possible that Tur- key will address a note to the powers on this subject?” the Minister was asked. “I was interested,” he replled, “to see published some days ago the note of last year in which Tufkey clearly announced her posftion and called the attention of the powers to the unbear- able conduct of Bulgarfa.’ While not new, the contents of the note wers most timely and what was said then on this point can be with truth reit- erated. Let me repeat that I hope that the reports of the activity of the Bul- garians are exaggerated, but if they contain a measure of truth then the situation there is truly eritical.” _— ry Hazleton of St. Louis, a wholesale dealer in fine laces, who had been missing since December 20, 1903, was taken from the river Seine near the Neuilly bridg® by sailors. There were no marks of violence on the body. ——— Veteran Fights Last Battle. 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