The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 24, 1904, Page 3

THE S FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1904. — —_— ) = 2 . ] - 3 ’ 1 | Japanese ~ Troops| | SUMMARY OF THE CALL'S WAR NEWS. ||Germany Regards Land at Many P War in Balkans Pomts. A Russia has sent a forn:.al protest to the powers against what she rcg::xrds as ]aPan"s as Certaln. | violation of the neutrality of Korea. She alleges that the attack on the Russian warships in - i [ | Chemulpo harbor before the formal declaration of war was'in disregard of all treaties and obli- f mngvang Will B€| | gations and in violation of the fundamental rules of international law. Japan now having as- Large Order for 4 } = | sumed the administration of Korea, Russia will ignore all actions of the Korean Government. 3 the Scene Of | The Russian commander of the gunboat Mandjur persists in refusing to leave Shanghai R]fles Placed by C ba to fall into the hands of the Japanese, though under the law of neutrality China has ordered B ] . _ombat. 355 D o et o ulgaria. him to do so. China has now ordered two cruisers to that port to eject the Russian. Japan threatened to take decisive steps if China did not. The United States squadron is assem- \ bl at Shanghai. LS e A e : : PRt ove war be- Japan placef no crc_(lcnce 1}1_t11e St. Petersburg a’({vxc‘esy to thg ?(fect thz_\t Russia will be M et ey Mt within in no hurry to strike the first decisive blow on land. Tokio’s tacticians believe that these | |measureable possibilities increases. The statements are given out to “deceive the enemy,” while Russian forces are pushing into Korea war in the Far East, it is asserted, has and strengthening their positions in Southern Manchuria. Whether Russia wills it or not, ac- changed the temper of the Turks from . 2 % . . - A R acquiescence in the reform plans of the cording to Japanese advices, there.\nll be land fighting very soon. Ry powers in Macedonia *to positive In- The Vladivostok squadron is reported to have returned to that port, whence it will tractability. The Bulgarian Govern- not venture again until there is an improvement in weather conditions, the four cruisers hav- ment four days after the outbreak of . ‘_ iak i leat's the war placed an order with Loewe & Jug EREOIIIES e gfoal e < 3 | Co., the Mauser rifie and cartridge Chefu advices report that trains carrying troops are arriving at Port Arthur. every. ten Rbiis of it wilih' citer: wae minutes, and that reinforcements are being hurried forward to the Yalu River daily. doubled Friday last. Loewe & Co., as It develops that the three Japanese hanged by Russians in Manchuria for attempting usual with the German arms makers, ¥ e ! i f f th ¥ 1 . disiand Chinese coolies notified the German Government. to blow up a railroad bridge were officers o the general sta 1sguised as S. Theimbpartiony. fo Brigkios Wil Reports of further fighting at Port Arthur have been received in London and Berlin. liam’s Mediterranean trip continue, and % it was said to-day that the Empress : PORT A RTHUR TORPEDO FLOTILLA POORLY HANDLED BY ITS CREWS Continned From Page 1, Columns 3, 4 and 5. was so much improved in health that | she probably would go with him. But even now the threatening Balkan situ- ation may require the sovereign’s pres- ence in Berlin. PARIS, Feb. 23.—As a result of rep- resentations made to the Porte during the past few days, it is asserted that Turkey. as well as the Balkan States, t Wel- e me- tion. g at Port Arthur every ten mi a rived i a severe search on her arrival. ST. PETERSBURG, report that the fortress town is ian element is leavi and the civil ence in a snowstorm and gale. permanently improved. ation due to the stimulus of th Decisive engagements are expected in North Korea within a few days, although deep snow has made progress much slower than was at first expected. ire indulging in lugubrious manifestos and otherwise feigning monetary helplessness, instead of put- he Japanese off their guard and leading them into rash experiments, is moving them to added CHEFU, Feb. 23.—Trains of twelve cars, each with eighty soldiers aboard, are now arriv- Reinforcements are being hurried forward to the Yalu from nutes. e station at Laicheng. The railway administration has stationed two rs, at Dalny, to remove to the north the hospitals, officials and wurkmen should the Japanese bom- Mines have been laid at Dalny seventeen miles from the shore. fter hostilities began experie;med great difficulty in clearing from that port. Their captains were not allowed to have charge of the vessels until they had entirely passed the mines, naval offi- | cers doing the piloting. A Chinese steamship which cleared last night from Dalny was subjected to “eb. 23.—Non-combatants who are reaching Harbin from Vladivostok Food is scarce and high; business is suspended, Everybody fears a sudden attack by Japanese. Fugitives say that the Vladivostok cruiser squadron returned to port after a terrible experi- It is doubtful if it will venture to sea again until the weather has under martial law. ng the city. Further evidence is at hand that the Chinese National, or Pan-Mongolian, party [ ing a formidable campaign against the Russians, dependent mainly on the expectéd defegt of the . e = o PR 2 G : that the Sofia Government intended to | Muscovites in thg coming 1_mhtax) st‘rug,,lc. ll_le chumhus,.the d-armg orggmzed robber Bands from AEHHHI xn A baoiniers Sorcact SBT LTS | Mongolia, are daily harassing and often attacking and beating Cossack railway guards. The ma- |with regard to Macedonian affairs. | rauders are equipped with arms, which prove their indebtedness to the Japanese. The Russian au- horities are in fear of and are preparing to cope with a possible rising of the Manchurian popu- e chunchus. recognizes the Austro-Russian reforms as being in force, and will aid in their execution. It is added tha: Turkey and the Balkan States expressed their appreciation of the fact that the Far Eastern war did not modify the Bal- kan situation with regard to the con- cert of Europe. No friction <xists, all the powers being impressed with the importance of acting together in order to prevent war. The Temps this afternoon publishes a special dispatch from Belgrade, which declares that the Albanian re- volt has not been exaggerated and by no means is suppressed. According to a review of the situa- tion made for the Temps by a corre- spondent at Sofia, Bulgaria desires peace, but is prepared for war, tha country having been turned into an | armed camp and warlike proclamations having been issued to the army. | ROME, Feb. 23.—The situation in the Balkans is considered here to have im- proved to-day from the fact, among other things, that Turkey has ordered seven torpedo-boat destroyers from Italian shipbuilders. It is believed she | would not do this if she thought se- | rious trouble in the Balkans to be im- minent. CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 2&—31.“ Natchivech, the Bulgarian agent here, | who has returned to his post, brought | back the formal assurance to the Porte the The fact that the Russians trains, each of eighteen Neutral vessels which ar- organiz- There is now a more conciliatory ten- | dency in the Turkish official world to- | ward the Bulgarian demands, and this | creates the hope that the relations be- tween the two countries will be im- | proved. -+ HARBIN NEWSPAPER CHRONICLES EVENTS umber of PARIS, Feb. 24. n 1 this s s from Harbin, Manchuria, a corr s pondent of the Matin says am- s done, ng ich expense bulances are being sent in there from ts of Russia and that the Bal ad has supplied a sanitary train 200 wounded. The Novikrai occasional continues to appear Port Arthur, but only or remains in town. The t week contained an order General Stroezsl reprimanding unkenness and luxury among the soldie 1d ordering the band to play e a week; telerams from Viceroy Alexieff to the commanders, sending detachments of troops to Manchuri; a telegram from Cossacks of the Amur {to the Czar affirming their devotion; details of the loss of the Russian tor- I nsport Yenisei; a declaration of thanks to the Czarina for her initia- ti 1 sending clothing to the soldiers; le on the Japanese in Korea, account of their plans to con- nding operations with Sasebo e; an acount of the handing the Yinkow forts to the extracts from the Japanese 1 for the of h; v, which 1= sold by an?F the ¢ Chronicle to the effect that it r sts ow e fty ee s 35 ikl ey | would be easy to' drive the Russians and per- | 0ut of the country once the railroad painlessly, | Was destroyed, and an offer made by Mich, | Madame Outsoff to succor the wound- ess a book | €d of the Russian cruiser Pallada, as well as the widows and orphans of | the men killed. A dispatch from Port Arthur, pub- shed in Paris this morning, categori- s the reports of a new at- Japanese torpedo-boats and vs they have been repulsed with loss v time they appeared in the road- hemorrhoids, offered that if the or knows any one | sent for, as it will ity A number of volunteers are coming “inlo Port Arthur. ———— Shipping Men Declare Peace. | LOS ANGELES, Feb. 23.—Peace has | been declared between the Pacific Coast | Company and the lumber schooner owners, and the big Seattle corpora- tion, which owns the Pacific Coast | Steamship Company, will not enter the tlumber business in Southern Califor- | nia. One cargo is on the way from Pu- get Sound to San Pedro, but by the terms of an agreement reached to-day | between Manager Pearce of the Pa- ) cific Coast Company and some of the { independent owners, that cargo of | lumber will be sold entire upon its ar- | rival. «KATONAH” N CLUETT BRAND QUARTER SIZES, 26 CENTS EACH CLUETT, PEABODY & CO., RS OF CLUETT AND MONARGH EMIRTS —_———— Wrecked Schooner Is Breaking Up. ASTORIA, Or.. Feb. 23.—The Govern- ment observer at North Head reports | to-night that the ill-fated Iumber schooner Frank W. Howe, which went ashore Monday morning, broke in twain during the day and is going to pieces fast. The rescued crew are be- ing cared for on the beach and do not.| appear to have suffered much from | their exposure. Good tea, good coffee, best baking-powder, best flavoring extracts, best spices, pure soda et fair prices and moneyback Schilling’s Best, at you grocer’s. “ IN WAR J)l.\”l‘l(l(,‘Tl In a dispatch | | OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST | e | Postal Changes Are Made and War Department Issues Many Orders, for Western Division. WASHINGT( Feb. 23.—Postmas- ters commissioned, Presidential: Cali- fornia—Martin C. Beens, Fort Jones; James E. Olmstead, Petaluma. Wash- | ington—William M. Clemenson, Clarks- | ton; Oscar C. Truax, Tekoa. Fourth- class postoffices: Idaho—Ezekeal Lee, Iona. Oregon—Herbert Rose, Denio. | Washington—Thomas M. Askren, Car- | | bonado. | Postmasters | | | ] | changed: California— | Craftonville, San Bernardino Counly, | Nathan A. Johnson, vice Ernest | Morse, resigned. Oregon—Leona, Doug- {las County, J. J. Kenny, vice Thomas E. Bledsoe, resigned. Washington— ‘Waterloo, Stevens County, Herbert E. Thew, vice Effie E. French, resigned. The Postmaster General has appoint- ed as carriers, to commence service on March 1, on which date free delivery | service will be inaugurated at Palo | | Alto, Cal.: Guy Miller and George Wil- liams, carriers; Lewis C. Martin, sub- stitute. G. W. White of Los Angeles and | Louis Semple of Napa have been ap- | pointed railway mail clerks. | Special orders of the War Department | | —The following changes in stations and duties of officers of the medical | department are ordered: Colonel Alfred C. Girard, assistant surgeon general, having reported his arrival at San Francisco in compliance with orders heretofore issued, will report to the commanding general of the Department | of California for duty as chief surgeon of that department, to relieve Lieuten- ant Colonel George H. Torney, deputy | surgeon general. Colonel Torney upon | being thus relieved will report to the| commanding general of the Department | of California ¢ for assignment to the command of the United States army general hospital at the Presidio, to re- | lieve Major Willlam P. Kendall, sur- geon. Major Kendall, upon being thus re- lieved, will proceed to Ord Barracks, California, and‘report to the command- ing officer. at that post for duty and by letter to the commanding general of the Department of California. Major William E. Birkheimer, gen- eral staff, is relieved from duty in this city, and will proceed to San Fran- cisco and report to the commanding gencral, Pacific Division, for duty as assistant chief of staff in that division. First Lieutenant Samuel M. Water- house, assistant surgeon, is relieved from duty on the transport Logan and from further duty in the Phlippines division, and will proceed from San Francisco to Fort Worden, Washing- ton, and report to the commanding of- ficer for duty and by letter to the com- manding general, Department of the Celumbia. First-class Private Robert J. Me- Mahan, Hospital Corps, Fort Wayne, Mich., will be sent without deiay to Fort McDowell, California, and will report, upon arrival, to commanding | | officer Hospital Corps, who will send) GENOA, Feb. 23.—The United States | cruiser Brooklyn, with Rear Admiral Cotton on board, left here to-day, going in an easterly direction. She leaves un- | der sealed orders, which are to be <3 copened only when she is at sea. YINKOW, Feb. 23.—The Consuls have | X NG AR X BENSON'S LAWYERS SCORE decided on concerted action looking to v b : the neutralization of Newchwang. They SOME STRONG EOINZS | will, however, endeavor to secure an | megtimony of Clerk Harlan Is Decid- expression of Russian official opinion P e S e before acting further. : o] Defenda | An authoritative Japanese report says | that 100 Japanese refugees sent to Port| NEW YORK, Feb. 23.—At to-day's Arthur had not been accounted for up | hearing of the charge against Benson, Harlan, a clerk in the land division of | to February 19. Persistent refusal of official information complicates United | the Interior Department, under sharp | States Consul Miller’s difficulties. cross-examination by Attorney J. C. An officer of the Russian intelligence | Campbell, confessed that he had been department is leaving for Peking and | instructed by Secretary of the Interior the interior of China for the purpose | Hitchcock, acting in conjunction with of reporting on the atttitude of the Chi- | Secret Service Agent Burns, to send nese. 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