The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 27, 1904, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, FERRUARY o= 27, 190s. 3 JAPANESE CLAIM SWEEPING VICTORY AT PORT ARTHUR P — Repprts Russia’s Entire Fleet Disabled. i | Tokio’s Version ofi the Attack by Togo. navy ing re- ve in everyt issued assed as an un- d not come | The bulletin was | h received | 1 sent by commander and Twenty- | ow at the | ning by must | wire- | he warships by him instead without Novik as utside the s were driv fifty minutes amaged water fort re land f from o be- line. and Two 1ced engagement the Kasagi and | thieshan Chan- torpedo-bo and teries ng one RUSSIAN FLEET DISABLED. he Gov ment the three TORIOS OFFICIAL ACCOUNT. 26.—The Jap the th re again Port Pigeon Bay -Hl\lIINPMU\I \l\l\ ADVERTISEMENTS. SHAVE \ OURSELF" oviding vou use his Razor is equal 2 Razors en a metter how stiff or - S nde finely tempered steel - s will mot pull. You you can rely on, 25e ROPE, from 25e up. ams’ Shaving Soap, 16e. Promptly Attended to. THAT MAN PITTS, F. W. PITTS, The Stationer. 1008 Market Street, above Powell. San Francisco. What two words mean most to your grocer? and what dc they mean? Schilling’s Best; and they mean a good deal of busines: without any trouble. a bulletin this | | com- | | n of the | | |'imperial | a third power such | with the present protocol shall be 2 * | l MANCHURIAN RAILROAD BRIDGE DESTROYED BY JAPANESE AND TEMPORARY STRUCTURE n)R THE PASSAGE OF RUSSIAN TROOPS. a distance. Askold an the | harbor, thus it k apparent that the blocking opera- tion had not much effect. Our squadron then fired into the harbor, and we saw flames and considerable smok We withdrew ter fifteen minutes’ shell- ng. While ur cruisers were thus en- zaged in ng we saw one of the en- emy’s torpedo-boats destroyed. Our squadron re 1 no damage. Vice Ad- miral Togo is still on the scene. TEXT OF TREATY BETWEEN MIKADO AND KOREAN RULER Feb. WASHIN( The om Jap- Toki Korea n of which Government “guarante ce ritorial the Korean empire.” eaty was signed on February 22 1 Its text follc Hayashi, the Envoy Extraord Minister Pl potentiary of ¥ and Major Gen- g the Minister of Foreign Affairs ad interim jest) agreed on these following articles Artiele I = purpose of main- | taining a per nd solid friend- hip between nd Kor establishing peace in the Far , the imperiai Government of Korea shall place full confidence in the mperial Governme of Japan and pt th > latter in regard to impre administration Article 11 perial Government Japan shall a spirit of firm friendship, insure the safe and re- pose of the imperial house of Korea Article 111 he imperial Govern- ment of Japan definitely guarantees the Wa | A1 [ no purchase of a camp site in Califor- | N0 CAMP SITE [0 BE CHOSEN Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. 26—It can be definitely stated there will be nia or any other Western State this vear. The army staff has suggested a desire that the pending bill be amend- ed so as to cut out the names of all States or more definite locations and leave the several appropriations | remain, placing the money at the d posal of the staff to purchase the site: where they deem bes The military independence and territorial integrity | of the Kor empire. Article IV—In case the welfare of the imperial house of Korea or the ter- rial integrity of Korea endan- gered by the aggression a third power or by internal disturbances, the Government of Korea shall immediate- is ly take such measures as circumstances | require, and in such cases the imperial Government of Korea shall facil imperial Japanese Government. Government of Japan may, for the attainment of the above men- tioned object, occupy when the circum- stances require it such places as may be necessary from strategic points of view. “Article 5—The governments of the two countries shall not in the future give rulli ities to promote the action of the | The | | | | | they opened fire on him, without mutual consent conclude with | an article as may be contrary to the principles of the present protocol. “Article 6—Details in connection ranged, as the circumstances may quire, between Japan and the Minister of Stats for Foreign Affairs of Korea.” — Cincinnati Goes to Chemulpo. WASHINGTON, Feb. —The cruiser Cincinnati left Shanghai for Chemulpo to-day as the relief of the Zafiro, which is on the way to Philippine waters. st e Torpedo Flotilla Leaves Port Said. PORT SAID, Feb. 26.—The United States torpedo-boat flotilla, escorted by the auxiliary cruiser Buffalo, left to- day on its way to Manila. oW 154 French Troops for Indo-China. CHERBOURG, Feb. 26.—A strong contingent of French colonial troops is being organized for service in Indo- China. | Town Marshal | | | men the representative of | | | was a robber. committee having the matter under consideration has not taken kindly to the )sition. Not wishing to fly the face of the expressed ish of the staff, nor yet willing to concede as much as they require the committee will allow the bill to die. It is understood that the staff intend- ed to purchase three sites, one of which was to be in Kentucky, another the Chickamauga Park and the third not staled. There was to be none, however, on the Pacific Coast. TRY T0 KILL =il [TAH SHERIFF Special Dispatch to The Call SALT LAKE, Ilah Feb. 26.—One man dying, one fatally wounded and two others injured is the result of a battle between bandits and an officer of the law on a passenger train on the San Pedro road to-night. The battle was the result of an attempt on the part of Sheriff Hickman to arrest two men supposed to be the perpetrators of the robbery of railroad laborers at Calientes a few nights ago. Two men acting suspiciously boarded train No. 2 at Modena, near the State line, and the Sheriff at Milford was notified. When the train arrived there at 11:50 o’clock to-night he entered the day coach where a number of Italians were. He was followed by the Town Marshal and several men acting as deputies. When the TItalians saw the Sheriff thinking he A general fusillade fol- lowed, the foreigners doing most of the shooting. The Sheriff lost a finger, the was shot through the hand and a man behind him was struck in the head and probably fatally in- jured. During the excitement the two strange seen boarding the train at Mo- dena slipped from the train and started up the track. When the shooting islnpped the Sheriff took the guns away | the city jail. from the Italians and marched them to Then he formed a posse to hunt for the escaped men. One of them was found a short distance from the depot, lying on the ground near the pumphouse, shot through the abdomen. His name is not known. He is fatally injured. The second man has not yet been captured. The shobting caused a panic among the passernjgers on the train, which was delayed at Milford more than an hour. ——— PESHAURE, British India, Feb. 26.— It is reported that the Ameer's boun- dary pillars on the Afghan-Turkestan border have been destroyed by Russian agents | | | story granite buildi ‘%?000000 FIRE VISITS | ROCHENTE ROCHESTER, N. Y., Feb. 26. — At sunset to-night ten engines were pour- ing streams of water on the ruins of | V | most of the retail drygoods quarter nH | s Rochester. Three of the five depart- ment stores in Rochester were con- sumed in a fire to-day which caused | a loss of more than $3,000,000. The Sib: ley, Lindsay & Curr Company, the| largest retail store in Rochester, w destroyed. Of the loss $735,000 repre- the remainder It is said that sents buildings, and tocks and furnishings. by the fire. The burned region lies on the north side of Main street, between St. Paul street and Clinton avenue,north running from St. Paul street almost the entire length ‘of the block. The fire started in the store of the Rochester Drygoods Company and worked west, burning only one store east of this establish- ment, that of the Walkover Shoe Com- pany, before its progress was checked in that direction. xt was the store of the Beadle-Sherburne Company, which was destroyed. Then the marble block,occupied by the Sibley, Lindsay & Curr Company, was destroyed, and fln:"l\’ the thirteen- ihg, the lower floor of which was also occupied by the Sibley, Lindsay & Curr Company and the upper part by offices, was attacked. Only the front wall of the marble building is standing to-night. The shell of the granite building is intact and the floors are in place, but the building is gutted. The Sibley, Lindsay & Curr Com- pany’s six-story wholesale building, to- gether with the stables in the rear, was destroyed, with all its valuable con- tents, this loss being placed at §1,450,- 000. . There were a livery stable and some frame dwellings on Division street, a narrow thoroughfare running in the rear of the burned stores, and these were damaged by water and falling walls. No one was injured except Assistant Chief Frank A. Jaynes, who was struck by a flying nozzle. The power on the trolley line running along Main street was cut off to avoid danger from elec- tricity and no cars have run through the block where the fire occurred. Al! other traffic has been stopped and probably will not be resumed until Monday. Following are the largest losses: Granite building, $200,000; Marble building, $75.000; Cornwell building, $60,000; Kirley building, $35,000; Sibley, Lindsay & Curr Company, $! The loss in stock was as follows: Sibley, Lindsay & Curr Company, re- tail $350,000, wholesale $1,250,000; ten- ants in Granite building, $200,000; Bead- le-Sherburne Company, ,000; Roch- ester Drygoods Company, $150,000. The smaller losses foot up $80,000. L2 RO R Fire Destroys a Custom House. NEW YORK, Feb. 26.—A private dis- patch received to-day stated that the Custom-house at Pernambuco. Brazil, had been damaged $500,000 by flre All the archives were burned. —_———— SANTA CRUZ, Feb. 26—Jjohn Martin and P. Lowe have purchased the electric light pmm in ‘Watsonvile end have comsolidsted it with the Pajaro Valley Gas Company. 300 persons were thrown out of work | | | | | i armor plate HOlSh PASSES - THE NAVY BILL WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.—The House | passed the naval appropriation bill to- day after having had it under consid- eration for a week. There was a party contest on a number of proposals dur- ing the day and especially on an effort of different minority members to secure an amendment to fix the price. of ar- mor plate at the figure bid by the Mid- | vale Steel Company. Several amend- ments were ruled out on points of o der and the Republican leaders by par- liamenlary tactics left the question of in the discretion of the Secretary of the Navy. An ineffectual attempt was made to have the eight- hour, law applied to all ship construc- tion. The contest over submarine boats was exciting and an amendment finally was adopted which leaves the question | of the type of boat open, but increases the amount of the appropriation for such boats. The minority failed to se- cure a record vote on the proposal to | recommit with instructions, the pro- posed instructions being declared out | of order. At 5 p. m. the committee rose and the bill was reported to the House. | | | i Meyer (Dem.) of Louisiana moved tof recommit to the Committee on Naval | Affairs, with instructions to report a! bill providing for a coaling station at | Olangapo, P. I, eliminating the pro- vision for two armored ecruisers; placing a limit of $398 a ton on armor plate, or, as an alternative, directing | the Secretary of the Navy to erect a Government armor-plate factory; pro- viding that all ships authorized by the bill, except the battleships, shall be constructed in Government yards; providing. that no part of the money paid for armor plate shall be paid to a concern in a trust, and limiting to eight hours a day work on all Govern- ment contracts. Foss made the point of order that new legislation was proposed by Meyer, and was sustained by the chair. Payne cut off further debate by moving to recommit the bill to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and then he and his Republican associates de- feated the motion, 138 to 99. The bill then passed without opposi- tion and the House adjourned. —_———————— WELL KNOWN AUTHOR TOURING CALIFORNIA Cyrus Townsend Brady Confident That the Japanese Will Eventu- ally Down the Russians. Cyrus Townsend Brady of New York, author and newspaper correspondent, accompanied by his wife, arrived in this city yesterday and staying at the Russ House. Mr. Brady has been traveling through the southern portion of the country inspecting the Santa Fe reading-rooms with 8. E. Busser, supe’- intendent’ of that department of the company. He regards the railroad read- ing-room as one of the great educa- ticnal movements of the age. Of the war between Japan and Rus- sia, in which he is deeply interested, Mr. Brady expresses the opinion that the Russians will not stand up against their formidable iittle opponents, who are fighting along American lines of warfare. He was a classmate at th: Annapolis Naval Academy of several of the present commanders of the Japan- ese navy and he relates many interest- ing reminiscences of their life together at that institution. He expects to re- main in California for some time. | sufficientiy JPISTOL SHOT CAUSES ALARM Considerable excitement was oc- | casioned in the vicinity of Pipe and | | Jones streets shostly after 11 o'clock | a pistol shot and the sub- | st of a suspected burglar. | affair last night by sequent a The scene of the s in the center of the fashionable boarding-house dis- trict, and it was some time before the guests of the neighboring hotels had | composed themselves to again ret While Mrs. George N. Howard was sitting in her apartments in the “The Newport,” 1018 Pine street, she was | startled by some one endeavoring to| unfasten one of the windows from the | outside. She s husband, George N. How of Shreve & Co., | from an adjoining room and, upon | raising the blinds, both were startled to see a fellow on a shed in the rear of | the house, peering into the rooms occu- | pied by Mrs. Green. Howard at once | dispatched his wife to noti Mrs. | Green and then gave the alarm. E. C. Price of the treasury depart- ment of the Southern Pacific Company who resides in thé house, got a glimpse of the fellow and fired a shot at him, but without any known damage. How- ard saw the man jump from the shed and run up the s Special Officer C. Mahnke and Pa- trolman Daley were in the vicinity and hastened to the scene. At the corner of Jones and Pine streets they met a fellow perspiring freely and out of breath. He was placed under arrest and taken back to the “Newport.” Howard, although unable to positively identify him, said that he resembled the man he had seen on the roof. When taken to the Central Station the pris- oner gave the name of Henry Noon and stated that he was a sailor on the ship Lismore, which came over from Oak- land yesterday. His only explanation of his presence in the neighborhood in question at such a late hour was that he+was merely taking a stroll. His statements were contradictory and his name was placed on the detinue book pending an inves- tigation. —_—————————— Death of Louis Elkus. Louis Elkus, a well-known citizen, passed away yesterday at his late home, 2328 Pacific avenue. Mr. Elkus was 76 years of age and a native of Germany. He leaves a wife and eight children, Albert, William H., Eugene 8., George W., Edward M., Louis A. and Charles de Y. Elkus and Mrs. S. S. Kahn. The funeral service will be held at the residence at 10 o'clock to- morrow morning and the interment will take place at Home of Peace Cemetery. a special train leaving | Third and Townsend streets at 11:40, a. m. et S. ———e, Runaway Girl Arrested. Nellie Emerson, the 17-year-old daughter of James Emerson, a ship carpenter living at 6 Fifty-ninth street, Oakland, was arrested last night by Patrolman Pearl in a lodg- ing-house at 137 O’'Farrell street and placed in charge of the matron at the City Prison. In company of Mabel Radcliffe, a young woman, Miss Emer- son ran away from her home on the 12th inst. The police were notified and last evening she was arrested. BUFFALO, Feb. Schwaytz of Baker & Schwartz, attorness, was shot and probably fatally wounded at his pri- vate office in the Marine Bank building to-day by H. A. Knowles of the dry Zoods firm of Knowles & Gardner. Kuowies then blew out his own traius. |and transports | intended | lost were not Tokio Says Japan- ese Lost No Ships. Admits Failure to Blockade the Channel. —— s ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 26.—The Russ this morning publishes the fol- lowing from Port Arthur, under date of February 25: “On the night of February 24 the Japanese attempted to blockade the exit from' Port Arthur Bay, in order to enclose our fleet concentrated with n. Under convoy of torpedo-boats the enemy adv ballast, at fu where it four speed freighters, in to the gateway, to sink the latter but the maneuver was immediately observed on the battleship Retvizar which was standing in the bay be the entrance. The Retvizan at opened fire and after it the batt on the peak and those on the promor tory took ovart. As a resuit the ships with whica it was designed to block- ade th® port were destroyed and th vessels; mission rendered unsuccessful A cording to a wholly unsupported port one Japanese torpedo-boat was sunk.” TOGO'S SHIPS NOT DAMAGED. TQKIO, Feb. 26.—Vice Admiral Togo's attempt to bottle up the Rus- | sian fleet at Port Arthur by sinking a fleet of stone-laden merchant stea ers in the mouth of the harber dently failed, though the vent caused no loss of life and the vessels of great value. Five ships were prepared by Vice Admiral Togo for the attempted blockade. Four are reported to have been sunk, but the fate of the fifth is unknown her It is presumed that it withdrew with | the other Japanese vessels. The five vessels were filled with stones, so as to make the obstruction permanent, and were manned by volunteer me chant crews. It was Impossible to se- lect naval officers and sailors on ac- count of their great rivalry to par- the daring venture. four four ba merous nied cruisers by nu of the torpedo la, the stone-laden steamships reached Port Arthur om Wednesday. While the fleet engaged the shore batteries the steamships made a dash for the mouth of the har- bor, directly under the Russian guns. ALL OF THE CREWS ESCAPE. Details of the attack have not been rm'nx\'vd here, but is hat the Russian fire sank the steamships before they reached the points plan- ned for their foundering by the J | anese. It is said that all of the ¢ | of the four vessels escaped in boats evident rews | and were picked up by Japanese tor- pedo-boat destroyers. The report that two of the torpedo-boat destroyers were sunk by the Russians is denie The naval department has receivec a brief dispatch from the command of one of the torpedo-boat destroyers, ying that no lives and no warshi were lost and that no damage was in d by the Russians. Pending the pt of the official report of Vice al Togo Navy Department to m announceme affair regarding the e five merchant prepared for sinking Jinsen Maru of 2331 tons; tsin Maru, 43 tons; the Maru, 2776 tons; the Buyo Maru, tons, and the Bushiu Maru, 1349 Each carried five men, two steerir and three firing and running the en gines. REPORT THAT JAPAN WILL CLOSE FRENCH LEGATION IN SEOUL Feb. vessels w were the Tien- Hokoku 1189 the LONDON, 26.—A which emanated from St. Peter says that the Japanese Ministe Seoul has requested the Korear ernment to hand the French Min his passports. The Start In married life is generally made on an equal footing of health in m-n and wife. But how soom, in macy cases, the wife loses the start and fades in face and fails in flesh, while her husband grows even more mgged and robust. here is one chief cause for this wifely failure and that is, the failure of the womanly health. When there is irregularity or an unhealthy drain, inflam- }n::ilon, ulceration or female welkncs. the - eral health is soon g'“m;- paired. Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription cures woman- 1y diseases. It establisies hrity‘ dnn unhe-lthy drains, heals ln mmatioh and ulceration and cures female weakness. It makes weak women strong and sick women well. " A little over a r-l;lm(eto{w’nfiw » sa izabeth J. Pisher. of Diana, (:!l ndvted me lIo use Dr. Pierce's ion and ' Golden Medical Dis- covery,” which I did. and with the most happy result. I was troubled with female weakness and bearin, ins. Had a very bad pain nearly all the time in my left side, nervousness and feadache. Was so weak I could hardly walk across my room. Could mot sit up only just a little while at a time. My husband got me some of Dr. Pierce’s medicine and I began its use. Before I had taken two bottles I Was able 1 help do Souy work. 1 used three bottles in all and it cured me. Now I do all my house- work. It is the best medicine I ever used.” The Common Sense Medical Adviser, mp‘percovmumt/re:onncnptol :{.,‘,’,‘,‘,;‘::,‘,_"""d‘:,',,_.. BV e Buffalo,