The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 24, 1904, Page 1

chitio—'lu Tivoli— “When Marching Home.” eville. Columbia—+01d lm'nol'-d\ Fisch Johnny Comes — FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, F EBRUARY‘ 24, 1904. PRICE FIVE CENTS. CHINESE CRUISERS WILL ATTACK RUSSIAN GUNBOAT BOTTLED IN HARBOR OF SHANGHAI Special Cable to The Call and New York Herald. Copyright, 1904, by the New York Herald Publishing Company. N SHANGHAI, Russian Feb. 24-—Two Chinese cruisers have been ordered to Shanghai and will arrive to-day. Taotai’s demand that the Russian gunboat Mandjur leave the harber, in accordance with China’s declaration of neutrality. rarship refuse to depart, she probably will be attacked in the harbor by the Chinese vessels. outside the harbor to sink or capture the Mandjur, should the demand of China be heeded. Their missio A Japanese sq n is to enforce the Should the uadron is in waiting CHEFU, Feb. 23.—The report reached here to-night that the Japanese have destroyed several bridges and seventy miles of the roadbed of the Trdn -Si benan R’aylrmd between Harbm and Vladivostok. BARDS PLAY 'WINDSTORM 0 PREVENT | DENOLISHES | DEADLOCKS| BUILDINGS Text of SenatorsiGale of Great Fury| Note Concerning | Sweeps Washing- | Patronage, ton Coast. | s Would Give House Delega-|One Man Is Killed in His tion a Voice in Making | Home and Several Are | 1 Appointments. Injured. 3 cepis. Two San Francisco Offices | Great Anxiety Is Felt for Vessels That i Initiative Toward a Resto- May Have Been in the Path of ration of Harmony. the Cyclone. o A | Nepatch to The Call ! Special Dispatch to The Call. U, HOTEL BAKTON.| racoMA, Wash., Feb. 23.—An un-| usual storm of cyclonic fury swept over | Washington coast north of Grays Har- | | bor late yesterday afternoon. It came | | ross the Pacific Ocean from the| thwest, carrying destruction and station for an unknown distance, its sweeping path being only 6fty | | vards wide. The greatest damage, o | | { | | I || i | far as reported, was done at Quinauit Indian Agency, about fifty miles north of Grd\< Harbor. Buildings there were t and large fir trees were David Kerr was killed and and an old Indian known as | | ere fatally injured. Several uinault Indians were bruised red. David Kerr and his wife | their house when the storm The house was carried sev- | | and struck the ground with s to demolish it. 1 t Quinault early this anuvam with the body of i those injured. Their progress 1 slow, owing to the almost | te obliteration of the county by fallen trees. t stretches of timber were laid the storm. Indians declare ¢ have not known a storm Oll for at least fifty years. | L4 A n | The waves were blown high at West- | Eidiped - that | Port, Cohassett and other settlements, | t that may have been in the path of the Residents of Hoquiam say that | be almost miraculous for any raft to survive if struck with the fury | = storm. | - Gre. t anxiety is felt for any vessels | | \ Loud, but I understood, nevertheless, | that th partial recognition of a cour- | tesy posed to be due to the House embers was not satisfactory, and that | erefore, as you have indicated, there | ! has been no disposition on their part s come about that we have been go- | th a rigid application of a| le, which I think turns out | advantageous to the public | service and the party to which we have | t r to belong. TIME TO MAKE A CHANGE. “I am glad that your letter opens the way for me to say to you that, in view of the occasional instances where ifornia Senators have failed to in their recommendations, it is on a proper time to make procedure. There are two of these cases n by which an appointment is se- e been made be | cure: 1, namely: First, by a recom- not agree. mendation to the President, and next ate I learned | by confirmation of his nomination by each State | the Senate privilege of| “It is rarely that the President's 1 officers and | nomination is opposed, and it is to be S ccustomed to presumed that there will be no oppo- ¢ rule. There seems to me to sition, except for causes grounded - rule in the| upon conscientious scruples. . ators were| “But having in view that the recom- exclusively responsible for confirmation | mendation to the President is the in- of the Preside ation, but I|itial and important step, I have to i not understand, however, why the | propose that hereafter all matters wof might not, with great pro-|Federal patronage. except in the case and in copsideration of the public: of postoffice appointments not con- as well as of the welfare and | firmed by the Senate, shall be taken : of the party in control, con-|up for conmsideration by all Republi- cult with and be guided in a large|can members from California in both measure by the advice of members of | houses of Congress, at the call or sug- the delegation in the other chamber, as | gestion of a Senator, with the under- is the case with some of the State dele- | standing that a decision of the major- gations. I think T expressed myself| ————— substantially 1o this effect early in my| Continued on Page 2, Column 7, ing on v general to be di steps for t's no | R — | term to you, Mr. Needham, and Mr. *-L g KOREAN SCENE SHOWING THE MOUNTAINOUS NATURE OF THE REGION IN WHICH THE RUSSIAN AND JAPANESE LAND FORCES SOON WILL MEET IN A CONFLICT THAT MAY DECIDE THE MILITARY SU- PREMACY IN THE DISPUTED TERRITORY. i:,(.";;\‘,‘:n‘,:f;‘c:;?:tle"fs‘:“:;“;o?{fRussian Torpedo Flotilla Proves Ineffective i Resisting Fresh Attack on Port Arthur. ° —_— LONDON, Feb. 23.—Reports of a fresh attack upon Port Arthur come from various sources, but the details are meager and contradictory. The capture of several Russian torpedo- boats, the sinking of another battleship, a renewal of the bombardment of the town and the acci- dental destruction of a couple of destroyers are among the reported occurrences. patches from Chinese sources two dates are given for the battle, but there is an agreement on one point, namely, that the Russian torpedo flotilla was in action and was not well handled. Naval officers have expressed surprise that the Russian flotilla was not in better condition for fighting, as the efficiency of this arm of the Japanese service was well known. The Japan- ese are known to have twelve torpedo-boat destroyers, both Yarrow and Thorneycroft craft, near Port Arthur; and reports from China mdlcate that there has becn a combmed attack on the rem- nant of the Russian fleet at a distance of 1000 yards Military operations receive less attention in special dlspatches than the naval attacks. is not probable that the censors on either side will allow any important revelations until the first fight. The Russians, instead of retreating from the Yalu River, are reported to be entrenched in Korea. TOKIO, Feh. 23.—Official and private intimations from St. Petersburg to the effect that the Russian Government has resolved to abolish the*censorship are received here with amused incredul- ity. The statements that the Russians expect - no fight worthy ot the name before August and that they contemplate withdrawing their main army from Southern Manchuria also are ridiculed. Tt is learned from an authoritative source that the Japanese intend to push the war with all possible vigor, and that they expect the enemy to resist with similar spirit. In several dis- LABORERY DESPOILED OF SAVINGS Masked Men Rob Fif- teen Raiwoad Employes Bold Grlme at a Construction Camp on the San a Pedro Line. PEESENSIEN R One Victim Loses a Little Hoard Rep- resenting the Net Profits of Twenty Years of Toil. RIS RN Special Dispatch to The Call. NEVADA, Fe-b. E——l’l'!e&n railroad } laborers were held up and robbed at 3 o'clock this morning by two masked desperadoes, who obtained booty esti- mated at from $2500 to $3000 and es- caped. A posse headed by Sheriff John- son is in pursuit. . The victims of the holdup were sur- | prised while asleep in the boxcar in | which they live. They are employed on the construction work of the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad. They report having lost sums ranging from 15 cents to $1800. A pathetic incident of the robbery is the loss of $1800 by a Mexican laborer. He had accumulated that sum by care- ful saving during twenty years. He strapped around his waist. Down in San Diego lives the mother of this ' | workman. He saved to purchase a home for her. In addition he sent scanty remuneration every month. He from him as a reward for its recovery. | car, which stands close to the railroad | depot. The robbers commanded the | men to line up against the side of the car. Then while one of the robbers kept his revolver pointed at the labor- ever of value he had about him. Shirts were ripped open to get at the money | belts. Although the robbers were masked | the laborers were able to give an ex- | cellent description of them. Sheriff Johnson organized a posse and started struck the trail and there is strong hope that they will be captured. —————————— THIEF INVADES SELECT SCHOOL FOR YOUNG GIRLS o N | Robs the Rooms During Dinner Hour, Securing Jewels Valued at Many Thousands. NEW YORK, Feb. 23.—Jewel cases owned by daughters of some of the wealthiest families in the East have been despoiled by a clever burglar, who obtained entrance to a select school for young ladies at Pelham Manor, near this city. The robber made off with property worth more than $3000. The robbery occurred during the dinner. No one saw the interloper, who must have climbed to an upper story window. He had the house to himself and calmly went from room to room, helping himself to diamond rings, watches and chains by the dozen. ‘When the girls returned there was a mild panic and the police were hur- riedly summoned, but the'thief had .made good his escape. —_——— ‘Warde and James Entertained. SANTA ROSA, Feb. 23.—Santa Rosa Lodge, B. P. O. E., entertained Frederick Warde and Louis James this evening in a hospitable manner. The entertainment took place after the theater in the banquet room of Elks’ Hall. A number of speeches wers made, the principal ones being by Messrs. Warde and James, a welcome by Exalted -Ruler and Toastmaster Allen B. Lemmon, and short speeches by a number of prominent Santa Rosans. | carried his little hoard in a money belt | something to his mother out of his| has offered half of the amount stolen | The laborers were sound asleep this | morning when the bandits entered the | ers the other went the rounds and; forced each victim to disgorge what- in pursuit. The bandits have several | —F | hours’ start, but the pursuers have CONVENTIOY FOR CAIL IS RATIFIED Treaty Wlth Panama IS Concurred In by | Senate. ‘Fourteen Dgmocrats Vote | With the Republican | Majority. | Amendment to Compensate Colombia for Loss of Territory Is Rejected | | | | After a Short Debate. | AT | | WASHINGTON, Feb. — Th \l‘nued States Senate to ra without amendment the witn Panama for a canal across the isthmus of that name by a vote of 66 to 14. The result w; the interest in s a foregone con on, natter being onl in the division of the vote on the Democratic side, whic wn definitely until the re the Republicans being for ratification. Fourteen Democrats voted for ratifica- tion and four crats—Clark of Montar Missouri—were paired in fav treaty, and three Democrat man, McLaurin and Ma paired against Ii, so in the total vote sixteen Democrats were for the treaty and seventeen against it. The Demo- crats who were present and voted for the treaty were: Bacon, Berry, Clark | of Arkansas, Clay, Cockrell, Foster of | Louisiana, Gibson, Latimer, McCreary, | McEnery, Mallory, Simmons and Talia- was not k 1 was called, all | ferro. The only other vote wa on the amendment offered by Senator Bacon of Georgia, providing for an arrange- | ment to compensate Colombia for the |loss of the territory of Panama. This | was rejected by a vote of 24 to 49. | It was a party vote on the affirmative ;sxde and also on the negative side, | with the exception of Gibson and Me- Enery, Democrats, who voted with the Republicans. Four Democrats were absent when this vote was taken and no pairs were announced for them. | Some Republicans also were absent on | this vote. CULLOM IS COMENDED. | Senators generally commend the management of the treaty by Senator | Cullom, chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations, who has had charge of the measure during both the plain and stormy sailing. The vote was taken much earlier than was anticipated at first, when its opponents were vigorously trying to secure enough votes to prevent ratification. The debate in executive session waa generally 6n the merits of the treatv, with reference to the secret papers which were sent to the Senate by the President. Senator Morgan made a sei speech, which occupied the greater part of the time. Senator Culberson made comments on the secret correspondence and asserted that it showed that the “reasonable time™” referred to in the Spooner act was kmown to have ex pired, both for negotiation of the Hay: Herran treaty and its ratification Senator Culberson read from a letter addressed to Dr. Albert Shaw by the President, dated October 10, 1903, ir which the President said he had nc hope for any negotiations with Colom bia, and that he would be delighte¢ should a revolution occur or the isth mus. The closing day’s session on the Pan ama canal treaty opemed at 11:15 to day. Bacon of Georgia took the floor t: explain his vote on the treaty. He sai¢ there had been a serious question raisec as to whether a Senator should b | guided by the wishes of his constituent: | or by his own judgment in voting o1 | all important matters of public interest | After giving the question due delibera tion, he said, he believed a Senato should, listen to the wishes of his Stat and accordingly he would vote for th treaty. BACON OFFERS AMENDMENT. At the same time, he said, notwith Continued on Page 5, Column 1,