The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 25, 1904, Page 4

Alexieff Warns Chinese to| Keep Peace or Be | Exterminated. YINKOW, Feb. 24—Viceroy Alexieff has caused a proclamation to be issued ghout Manchuria notifying the that Russia is at war with an aceount of Japan’s treacher- | n the Russian fleet T'his proclamation is under six head- gs. The warns the inhabitants at they must prevent the encroach- se on Russian territory. | inter- attack first ssian and Chines red to be identical; but la! « wishes to maintain neu- | fore all officials in Man- | ad of hindering, must as- rmy 1ssian and shall treat the Rus-| with confidence. firoad telegraphs , who are ra » the prot v be held responsible in case they are injured | The fifth heading warns the people | not 1o obey the threats of the chunchus | (bandits), who are the curse of Man- | churia, but to assist the troops to ex- | rminate them; if they do not lsnill] n this they also will be treated as rub—‘ xth, if the people antagonize the‘ vem hatred they will | sted without mercy. The | is taking steps in any| ect its interests. | n makes an earnest | 'mpathy of the people | when, it says, | back to the| ent nited States Consul at ngly active in| t Japanese refu- ther demands for e whereabouts of | s made strong rep- | ntati in the matter of the right rch and inspection. reorganization of the viceregal | on is mow going forward | is ‘expected to take one month. le there are considerable com- | and uncertainty in all inter- stic quarters. wh plications PELLETAN REPORTS UPON CONDITION OF THE FRENCH NA\;Y! In consequence of t reports as to the present Blate f the French navy the Parliamentary Committee on Naval Affairs requested Minister of Marine Pelletan ith information n conference took place Bourbon. The stat ents there made by Pelletan S great satisfaction and the com- mittee has embodied them in a pub- lished report ng that he did not con- but that F 2 red for such a contin 1 said the French fleet nt condition. The navy osal five armored cruisers | was in the negative, on the ground that | ntinue their |a cable is a commercial | strong anti-American feeling existing. dern type and five more | N-BUILT WARGHIP RETVIZAN DOES A . the island of Guam an ocean cable connecting with Japan. THe request is based on apprehension that the exist- ing Japanese cables, both of which run | to Shanghai, crossing the mouth of the Yellow Sea, may, from their exposed positions, be cut by the Russians and Japan left completely isolated. At Guam the projected cable, of course, would be connected with the existing American cable east and west. Careful examination has been made into the question as to whether or not | assent on the part of the United States to this request would involve a breach The decision reached disaster. | of meutrality. like a mail ship. instrument, | involved in a war with two nations. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1904. : Japan's treaty with: Korea is a surprise to diplomats. 3t is considéred possible that it might make effective France’s agreement to come to Russia’s aid if the latter gower beccmies R BELIEF IN RUSSIA THAT ALL EUROPE WILL | SOON BE AT \\’ARE Russia Speclal Cable to The Call and New York Herald. Copyright, 1904, by the New York Herald Publishing Company. ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 24.—There is a growing belief In official circles LIANT SERVIGE FOR SUMMARY OF THE DAY’'S WAR NEWS \ DMIRAL TOGO has evidently tried, as Rear Admiral Sampson did at Santiago, to bottle up the opposing fleet in a narrow-necked harbor. While reports are conflicting, it is clear that an attempt was made to send in steamers (old transports, probably) and sink them in the channel at Port Arthur, which, in some places, is not more than 100 yards wide. The attempt ended in disaster. It may be assunied that the Russians had destroyers and cruisers well out from the entrance, and that an inner line of torpedo-boats and launch pickets was maintained. With these to give the alarn, the chances were strong that the Japanese ships were sunk by th= fire of the forts and crwsers long before reaching the narrow channel and at a point where there is plenty of room for ships to pass. The earlier reports that Japan lost four battleships or cruisers are explained by later news. “Fire ships™ are ot used in modern naval warfare. London was depressed and Paris elated by earlier dispatches announcing the Japanese g n Cruisers Engage the Japanese Fleet Off Port Arthur Harbor. Continued ¥From Page, 1, Columns 3, 4 and 5 that the outlook tends more than ever | toward internatignal complications. In spite of the formal declarations of neu- trality by the powers, headed by the | Americans and the English, they all| are gradually massing forces in the Far | East. The Buzheviya Viedmosti says: ‘The first news of fighting at Port Arthur has raised a terrible whirlwind | in the West and has everywhere gi\‘oni rise to the conviction that a period of | ¥ war is before Europe.” | chase the beef. There is a report here to-day that Rear Admiral Evans has 2000 marines | ready to dispatch at a moment’s no- | tice. This once again stimulates the | An evening paper publishes a report that 50,000 Chinese soldiers have gone | over to the Japanese army. It is also said that the Japanese are landing at Talienwan and other places. i e JAPANESE OF ALL CLASSES CONTRIBUTE TO THE WAR LOAN/ boats. where to repair. TOKIO, Feb. 24.—According to the re- | ports of local banks the national loan of 100,000,000 yen ($49,800,000) has been | covered nearly four times. The intense | patriotism of all classes is evinced by | the fact that even servants and labor- | ers are contributing from their savings. According- to the Seoul correspondent |of the Nichi Nichi, pro-Russian in- trigues are being_carried on there un- der the active leadership of Y1 Yon Gik, | former Minister of War. The corre-| spondent avers that the intriguers meet, at night at the French legation. Their | object is, he says, to get the Emperor to remove with his court to Chiy Yun Chien, fifty miles to the eastward of Seoul. allowance. cruiser Talbot at Chemulpo. 22 Rk R ENORMOUS PRICES Russians. It It SHANGHAI, Feb. 24.— It is reported that the Chinese Foreign Office has agreed to allow the Russian gunboat Mandjur to remain at Shanghai on the condition that she dismantle her rud- der and draw her fires. The Japanese cruiser Akitsushima (which arrived at Woosung, near here, on February 19 to wait for the Mandjur) proceeded northward to-day. NAGASAKI, Feb. 24.—The Japanese Government has seized 670 tons of mess beef which was shipped from San Francisco on the steamship Korea on February 2 and which was consigned to the Russian Government at Vladivostok. is believed that the Government will pur- LONDON, Feb. 25.—Viceroy Alexieff’s dispatch to the Czar of Russia clearing up the doubts caused by the sensational versions 0f the last Port Arthur affair was received in London too late to be published in the early editions of the morning papers, but it confirms the opinion, founded | upon earlier rumors, that Admiral Togo made a daring attempt to bottle up the Russian fleet at Port Arthur, and although Viceroy AleXieff asserts that the entrance to the harbor of Porf Arthur is still free, the fact that Admiral Togo's fleet, minu® the vessels injured in the couragepus exploit, was seen steaming at full speed in a southeasterly direction from Welhaiwei, is interpreted as an inaication of the Japanese admiral's satis- faction with the accomplishment of his design. s It is pointed out that it would be difficiit for the Russians, in the darkness of night, to ascertain just what had occurred to the Japanese vessels, O to distinguish between the hulks it was the intention to sink and torpedo- A& two damaged vessels wer¢ observed steaming slowly away from Port Arthur and as the Japanese fleet was going at full speed off Weihaiwei, it is m‘esumgd that the two damaged vessels might have gone else- Another explanation of the incompleteness of Admiral Togo's squadron, as seen off Weihaiwel, is that he possibly left some vessels to watch off Port Arthur. 3 Further details of this engagement from independent sources are awaited with the greatest interest, but it is believed that the reports that Japanese battleships or transports were sunk should be taken with a degree of A dispatch received here from Tokio this morning explains the recent suspension of Japanese naval opera- tions to have been chiefly due to bad weather prevailing in the gulf of Pechili, where there have been winds, snowstorms and fogs. The‘general opirion in London is that Admiral Togo, possibly after returning to Japan to ef- fect repairs, will next devote his attention to the Russian Vladivostok squadron. It is officially announced from St. Petersburg that the Russian Government thanks to Great Britain for the help given the crews of the cruiser Variag and the gunboat Koreitz by the British has expressed its warmest In a dispatch from Chefu a correspondent of the Daily Mail says that 5000 Russian troops have moved from Mukden to Hsinminting and that skirmishes are reported between Chinese regulars and Russians near Shanhaikwan. 1t i announced from Peking, this correspondent continues, that Paul Lessar, the Russian Minister to China, has offered written assurance that the Russian gunboat Mandjur shall not leave Shanghai until the conclusion of hostilities, but Japan insisted that the vessel be disabled. Cabling from Tokio a correspondent of the Times says the Russian movements on the Yalu are not considered serious in Japan, where the town of Pingyang, Korea, is considered safe. of Chinese coolies from Manchuria, the Times correspondent goes on to say, is is reported that the constant exodus causing great Inconvenience to the Th Russia’s ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 24.—The Russian Government believes a deep impression has been made upon inter- | national sympathies by the note on the subject of Japan's alleged violation of { the law of nations, sent to the Russian 1' Embassadors on Monday. The Govern- | ment lays especial stress upon the Jap- | anese action at Chemulpo, where, it is :polmed out, the Japanese seized and | cut the communications in order to | prevent Pavioff, the Russian Minister, jand the Russian warships Variag and Koreltz receiving news of the rupture jof diplomatic relations and then | pounced upon the ships with a greatly | superior force. Russia contends that this places Japan outside the pale of civil- izéd nations and that It smacks so much of barbarism that it must offend the chivalric sense of civilized fair play. In dipiomatic circies the presentation of Russia’s case is considered strong, the opinion being, even in unfriendly action | committed a blunder by thus striking a blow without warning, for which the | destruction of two ships will not com- | pensate. { It is further pointed out that Japan had allowed Pavloff to return to a Russian port on board a Russian been universally applauded. BUYING HORSES FOR JAPAN. Prince Lojanoff, the Governor of the ing to the peasants of that province against selling horses to dealers, who are trying to buy 2000 horses, ostensibly | for the British army, but reaily for the | Japanese. Baron Budburg is starting for the Far East to organize a flotilla of ten hospital barges on the Amur River. | Kokovizhoff, on assuming the direc- tion of the Finance Ministry, paid a glowing tribute to Witte, the former Minister of Finance, but said he would not venture at this crisis to formulate | @ programme, reserving that task until the return of the blessing of peace. The Novosti, reviewing the resources of the treasury, figures that the total amount at the disposal of the Govern- | ment for the conduct of the war is $320,000,000, which it considers to be | that a far more expensive campaign, the Turkish war, waged on foreign ter- | ritory, cost only $500,000,000; but if this | is not - sufficient, the paper contends, Russia easily’ can obtain a loan at home or abroad, se lTong ‘as her mone- | tary system remains sound. The No- vosti adds: “There is no fear of the dépreciation of the ruble, and if Russia outlives the war without the ruble falling it will be her greatest victory.” DISEASE MENACES ARMY. The army journal raises a warning, Protest Japan’s Course Finds Supporters. quarters, that Japan in her haste to | cripple the Russian fleet at the outset, | if| warship her magnanimity would have province of Tambov, has issued a warn- | | quite sufficient, in view of the fact'|the W . USSIANS Against | new grouping of the powers, whereby, | according to the Novee Vremya, the | destinies of Egypt! South Africa and | Afghanistan may be affected. | The railway between Samara | Zlatoust, in European Russia, and th 1 a | Siberian lines, with all the territory appropriated by the Government for the purpose of these railways, have | been placed under martial law in or- | der to insure the regular running of | military trains. Viceroy Alexieff, with a complete staff, now has his headquarters on a. special train, which at present is about | four miles from Mukden, fu juipped and ready to move from place to place as the necessities of the situation re- quire. . —— CASSINI DELIVERS RUSSIA'S PROTEST TO STATE DEPARTMENT } WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—Count Cas- sini, the Russian Embassador, to-day | handed to Secretary Hay Russia’s com- | munfeation to the powers protesting against Japan's alieged violation of in- ternational law. The conference be- | tween the Seeretary and Embassador lasted an hour. The full text of the note is coming by mall, the substance of it being com- municated by the Embassador on the | basis of cabled advices. This Govern- ment has not yet intimated what reply it will make to Russia on the subject ‘| beyond a formal acknowledgment. Sec- retary Hay will bring the matter to the attention of the President. 7 | King Christian Gives to Russia. COPENHAGEN, Feb. 24.—The Dan- | ish Government to-day announced its acceptance of Secretary Hay's proposal in regard to the neutrality of China. King Christian has sent %00 to the Russian aid committee here, and the Premier, Professor Reuntzer, has con- tributed $50 to the same cau 1 — e SAID TO BE OUS INDIVIDUAL | Man Arrested at White House Has Record of Crime Now Against Him. CHICAGO, Feb. 24—The Tribune Edward Relgar, whose 7 sistent efforts to see President Roose velt yesterday resulted in his arrest s known in Chicag Florence aver and his notion that names should be changed to profession. Whit the mameé h says: rite House, S. Whiting of the man is his nephew is based on Relgar's P. lief people’s |tndicate their trade o ! ing said that Relgar nephew, F k Coe, frequently a sumed under the delusion that he was another individual. Whiting says his nephew Kkilled his wife and attempted to kill himself a | few years ago. According to Whiting, Coe or Relgar has been suffering from mental trouble. the result of a fall sustained fourte would be ready to be com-| PAID FOR SUPPLIES - d within a few weeks. Before ! ,} = . ,\, o | p—_— — — | saying that the Japanese will not be | years ago when on his way from Pu the end of this year the cruiser Dupetit IN SIBERIAN CITIES| so dangerous as the diseases that will | man, where he worked in the car Phousars and the battleship Gambetta L | battle scenes, representing the Japan- Japan, next montll?; later, possibly at|the Russian gunboat Manjur from | decimate the army in the field, recall- | shops, to his home at Lima, Ohlo, Coe would be ready for serwice IRKUTSK, Siberia, Feb. 24.—Great|ese in rout, are being printed by en- T'L‘.’;h'm,"(fsmf:!' AR R Shanghai, as reported in some Euro- |ing the fact that Russia lost twice as |had fallen asleep in the smoker, and The Minister of Marine sald ke | getivity prevails here in connection | terprising lithographers for' distribu-| ‘;‘f b:"“ "1 “( fletge“cnm o | pean newspapers. many men by disease during the Turk- | being a somnambulist walked out of would have liked to have more small | o S t £t The 1 Al i PESh BEeSEE Pany | Reuter's Telegram Company has | ish war as by the bullets of the enemy, ! the car and was found unconscious by oo B e i tais by | ThA tegueperiaiii oL Egme: Sl o] o dp dle neighboring villages. the Japanese army in the fleld during | given out an explanation of how the |and urging the organization of hy- | a switchman. In his fall he struck his aft, but he was f-‘f’_"’: Aep ool | cassnluanson Lake Baikal is expected | BRESLAU, Silesia, Feb. 24.—The lo- | the war, left Washington to-day for | apolition of the censorship in Russia | glenic and disinfectant corps within | head against a switch, fracturing. his B s “on 1 Wheets | TR AN TRNR working until the ead of | .41 newspaper says that Russia, in con- | San Francisco, whence he will sail | yag prought about, as follows: and in the rear of the army skull 4 i 3 w - S cbuiphliin i | T STUV AR T ice breaker will re- | oquence of the necessities arising from | March § for Yokohama. “The abolition of censorship of news| The family of a Hebrew surgeon of | Mr. Whiting said: it e S ordered i Now SUA 5 Sumn ENEPE e the war with Japan, has dectded to ad-| Some confusion exists as to the name | tejegrams sent abroad from Russia is | Kieff, who volunteered for service at| “Three years after that Coe was sent B to be five or six times iarger | The Drices of provisions are rising|mit German'pig Iron free of Guty. of one of the United States' army offi- | ypderstood to have been the direct out- | the front, is attracting much attention | to the detention hospital in Toledo, A local paper de- ———— cers who is going to Japan to accom- leome of an interview which Melville | in Russian official circles. Under the | but he was soon discharged and went the present type tion has been given to the sub- coaling stations, he continued appropriations for the stations ta, Corsica and Algeria have nereased. Regarding the Far East, the Min- ster said it was impossible to weaken France's fleets in Europe, but that four torpedo-boat destroyers were being sent there. Measures taken be- fore the outbreak of the war for the China would make any ng there practically Atter ject of and th B defense of Indo attempted mpossible. The lan general condition of France's ps and stores left nothing to be desired, he said, and her stocks of coal considerably exceeded the regula- tion requirements. SRR MAY EXTEND CABLE FROM ISLAND OF GUA TO JAPANESE COAST WASHINGTON, Feb. 24—Inquiries hate been addressed to, the' Govern- ment by representatives of the Com- | mercial Cable Company as to whether permission could be secured to land on ON. B p o Grippe is surely coming. Don’t wait for it. If you are run down and thin and take cold easily, try SCOTT’S EMULSION It will strengthen and fortify your system and keep you well. | by leaps and bounds. mands the adoption of ‘measures against speculation in foodstuffs. A fortune of $100,000 was made in a few days by a man who bought up all the | available felt used for lining. After he had secured all the supplies a telegram was received by the Government offi- cials instructing them to line the in- side of railroad cars with felt and con- sequently the authorities were forced to buy all the speculator’s stock at more than double the price he had paid for it. | MOSCOW, Feb. 24.—The Zomtastov | (district assembly) has voted $150,000 | for war purposes and the corporation | has voted $125,000 toward the expense | of replacing the Variag. In anticipa- tion of Russian victories highly celored | EVANS TO RELINQUISH COMMAND OF FLEET ON ASTATIC STATION WASHINGTON, Feb. 24—Admiral Evans has cabled the Navy Depart- ment that he will sail for home adout March 26 on the battleship Kentucky. The Navy Department has received the following cablegram from Comman- der Marshall, the naval attache at To- kio: “The foreign naval attaches will not be permitted to accompany the Jap- anese fleet. Will be provided for at imperial headquarters, probably Kioto, — Conflicting Stories of the Combat. Continued From Page 1, Columns 1-and 2. repeatedly. victory. had gathered in the streets in spite of the severe cold to discusy the news were greatly excited. One newspaper printed an extra selating the victory, based on meager telegrams from London. The news of the victory was accompanied by two stories — one that after the first decisive Russian victory the Emperot would offer peace, and the other that Japan had deposed the Em- peror of Korea ard formally annexed that country.. Both these reports are without confirmation, and they are given simply as examples of the stories which floated about in the excited crowds. The excitement attained the fever point when.it was known defi- nitely that the Emperor had received a telegram giving details and showing the Russian victory was even greater than at first reported. Newspaper messengers waited at the Admiralty with fast horses ready to carry away the news which it was known was being prepared. the sheets were finally distributed at 2:30 o’clock this forning a rush was made for the exits and the assembled officers cheered wildly and The crowd showed no inclination to disperse, hoping that fur- ther news would be received, showing the exact extent of the Russian ‘When It must be observed that in his dispatch Viceroy Alexieff does not men- tion the number of steamers which the Japanese tried to.sink or drive upon the Russian ships, and it is not yet known whether the four ves- sels the captain of the Retvizan observed going down, in addition to the two destroyed; were also laden with ini mables, or were warships. The greatest praise is given to the mmander of the Retvizan and the splendid work of this American-built vessel places her name fore- most on the roll of the Russian navy. Viceroy Alexieff’'s dispatch was an amplification of a briefer tele-- gram received by the Emperor, but which was not given out. Later it was said that Russia sustained no losses in the engagement. It is evident that Vice Admiral Stark no longer commands the Rus- sian Port Arthur naval forces, Viceroy Alexieff mentioning a temporary commander of the fleet, without giving any names. Stories to the effect that the Japanese an attempt at land- designed ing in Pigeon Bay at the same time that jthe engagement occurred are not mentioned in the dispatches, and it is assumed these are without foundation. 2 pany the Japanese army. Captain Pey- ton C. Marsh and not Captain Fred- erick is the officer who has been as- signed. Lieutenant Granville R. Fontesque, Fourth Cavalry, one of the President’s military aids, at his own request has been granted leave of absence and will 80 to the Far East as a personal ob- server of hostilities from the Japanese side. Saiafe B0 RUSSIA’S LAND FORCES MAY RETIRE FAR INTO MANCHURIAN PROVINCE PARIS, Feb. 24—The Temps this| afternoon publishes a dispatch from St. Petersburg which says General Koru- patkin, who has been relieved from the Ministry of War and has been appoint- ed commander in chief of the Russian army in the Far East, will leave for the Far East on March 7, and that he is expected to arrive at the theater of war before any important battle occurs. The Temps’ dispatch, after confirming the announcement that the Japanese troops have reached Northern Korea, adds: “It is expected that Russia will not oppose fihe passage of the Yalu River, but will withdraw her land defense further north in Manchuria, believing that such action will be disadvantage- ous to the enemy, because of the dis- tance from his base and the inefli- ciency of his cavalry.” Bk sl e BRITISH SUBJECTS ORDERED TO LEAVE PORT OF VLADIVOSTOK LONDON, Feb. 24.—About 25,000 tons of British coal are now being loaded on Jupanese steamships for Japan. The Bingo Maru is loading 6000 tons and the Bado Maru 5000 tons at Cardiff, while the Barrow, the Kawachi Maru and another vessel are taking on board the remainder. A special dispatch from Kobe, Japan, says the British commercial agent at Vladivostok has arrived at Nagasaki and reported that the commander of the Russian garrison at Vladivostok had ordered all British subjects to leave that port. The Under Foreign Secfetary, Earl Percy, replying to a question in the House of Commons to-day, said the British Consul General at Shanghai had taken no part whatever in the demand made for the withdrawal of - E. Stone, general manager of the Asso- ciated Press, had with the Czar in St. Petersburg. Mr. Stone urged upon his Majesty the wisdom of abolishing the censorship, and as a result of the man- ner in which the matter was repre- sented to him the Czar called upon M. von Plehwe, Minister of the Interior, for a report on the subject. The report having been made, the Czar gave an order that the censorship should cease.” T Japan Seeks Loan in England. VICTORIA, B. C., Feb. 24—Baron Suyamatsu of the Japanese diplomatic corps, charged with a special mission regarding the floating of a war loan in London, arrived here to-day from Tokio on the steamship Iyo Maru. The Baron declined to speak of his mission. He is hastening to London as quickly as pos- sible. AELT R e Balkans War May Be Averted. LONDON, Feb. 25.—"It is almost certain,” cables the Constantinople correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, “that Turkey and Bulgaria are on the point of reaching a pacific under- standing regarding Macedonia.” law his family was forbidden to reside at Kieff after the surgeon’s departure and the pclice ordered the members of the family to withdraw inside the Jewish pale. The papers argue that the service of his country should not be punished, and the authorities prob- ably will rescind their action. There is an incessant influx of sub- scriptions of money and contributions of jewelry and other articles toward the fund being raised to strengthen the navy and aid the families of the vie- tims of the war, People of all relig- ions—Jews, Catholics, Lutherans and Mohammedans—are vying with one an- other and the members of the Ortho- dox church in the dispiay of patriot- ism, while the peasants and workmen are contributing as freely In propor- tion to their means as the nobles and officials. NEW GROUPING OF POWERS. Several hundred Turcomans have ap- plied to the Governor General of Turkestan to be sent to the fighting line. The reports of Russophile démonstra- occurrences are regarded by the Rus- sian press as symptoms of an eventual 'l'—'—*——\—-p Fleet Retires From Port Arthur Continued From Page 1, Columus 6 and 7. PR PE 2SN PARIS, Feb. 25.—In a dispatch from Harbin the correspondent of the Matin says the Japanese, in an altempt to repeat at Port Arthur the ox- periment made by the Americans at Santiago, ships to be sunk in the entrance to the harbor. sent in three merchant The Russian battleship Retvizan, although still stranded, perceived them and sank them before this design could be carried out. Viceroy Alexieff has postponed his arrival here, adds the correspondent,and horses are being sent to Mukden for his use. LONDON, Feb. 24—A dispatch to Reuter's Telegram Company from St. Petersburg, sent at 11 o’clock to-night. says that the Japanese attempt- ed to send. four steamships filled with explosives among the Russian fleet in Port Arthur. These fireships did no damage and were themselves de- stroyed, two being sunk and two going ashore. Two Japanese boats es- corting the fireships were destroyed by Russian guus. SHANGHALT, Feb. 24.—The Japanese army corps landed at Che: Korea, totaling about 30,000 men, has already been deployed betweenm;el::i and Pingyang. The advance guards are even northward of the latter place. Owing to the partial thaw the roads are bad and the transportation of provisions and war munitions is most difficult. SEOUL, Feb. 24—The Russians are keeping communication between Wiju and Anju, Korea, open. Otherwise no advance to the southward has yet been made. Russian of Pingyang. . COLOMBO, Ceylon, Feb. 24.—The Russian volunteer ‘me‘, however, are reported to be in the vicinity fleet steamship Voronej, from Port Arthur, via Singapore, arrived here to-day without hav- ing been molested, She passed the Japanese ruisers Nissin and Kasuga the family of a man who has gone into | tions in France, Italy and the Slav countries are eagerly welcomed and the | to Springfield, Ohio. He worked there | until four years ago, when he rose one morning and shot his wife and himseif. His wife died, but he recovered and was sent to the penmitentiary for one year, after which he was sent to the insane asylum at Toledo again. He es- caped and went to New York, coming to Chicago over a year ago.” —_——— Catches Burglar in His Room. I E. P. Woods of 716% Folsom street | discovered a burglar ransacking his room last night when he went home. He grappled with the thug and held him until assistance came. Officers | Ruggies and Krueger responded to his | ealls for help and arrested the burglar. | He was taken to the Southern station and booked fcr burgla He gave the | name of Hugh M —_———————— WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—Cameron Forbes, recently comfirmed as a Philivpise Commis bas not accepted the post, notwith- Tatt's urging. but with- NATURAL LAXATIVE MY NAME 1S NOT HUNYADI ONLY, HUNYADI JANOS, THE ORIGINAL, ONLY GEN NE AND RELIABLE HUNGARIAN NATURAL LAXATIVE GONSTIPATION Weak Men and Women HOULD U: AMIANA BITTERS, TH 80"'! "l‘l::ig;‘lnbl::: - -:m ant ‘Depot, 335 Mack: