The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 28, 1904, Page 23

THE ADVERTISEMENTS. ¥ % Annual Clearance Sale The necessity for space for spring styles now arriving requires the disposal of much of our present stock. During the next three weeks, commencing Monday, February 29th, we shall make a reduction of from 20% to 50% on Furniture Upholstery Goods Lace Curtains Oriental and Domestic Rugs Such a variety of styles and prices is seldom offered. Our window display reveals the remark- able values which make these reductions con- spicuous. Goods bought at special sale may be left here to suit customers’ convenience, but cannot be exchanged nor returned. SLOANLE'S POSTnear KEARNY | paper men went to the official residence of Baron Komura, the Foreign Min- | where he read to them the state- that was immediately cabled out same statement had al-| given to the diplomatic here of other govern- y them sent to their re-| apitals. Copies in English | to the foreign correspond- | he very significant remark | graph authorities had been | facilitate in every way | to|m This is a better country tc|: sc Schilling’s Best \ PATR TS B JAPARESE, . | i o e s | e it E made explanation of her cause. In every free capital in the world the statement is no doubt printed at length | to show what it is or whence it came. The papers refer guardedly to the rup- ture of diplomatic relations, but still here is no word of actual war in them, no sign that troops or ships are mo ing. Surely if ill waters run dee the plummet that sounds these will need a long line e Gunboats Sail for Guantanamo. COLON, Feb, 27.—The United States gunboats Nashville and Bancroft and the cruiser Atlanta have left for Guan- tanamo, Cuba. The cruiser Olympia is now the only American warship at Co- e Continued from Page 22, Column 7. jay afternoon notice was this morning, if in fact it had not been | r re. Here in Tokio it is , but without a word of In the newspaper that is| to the Governme leads th Deputies to-d. newspapers and to Vote Confidence in Premier Maura. MADRID, Feb. 27.—The Chamber of | yepassed a vote of confi- denge in Premier Maura by 139 to 114. | editorial page, and there | The vote came in connection with the t a word anywhere in the paper ! adoption of the naval credits. ADVERTISEMENTS. FRANCISCO CALL, | SUNDAY, (reat Brtam Wil Fight for Hold Upon Tibet —— . Continued From Page 21, Column 6. by international agitation or external complications. An official said to-day that the new Korean-Japanese treaty had been the occasion for putting out a number of reports calculated to foment discord between France and Korea and perhaps force the hand of France in relation to other powers, particularly Russia. The authorities had taken note that the reports emanated from high Jap- anese sources. But, the official de- clared, French policy was definitely fixed to maintain neutrality and re- frain from the slightest active particis pation in the war, and this would not be changed by the Korean-Japanese treaty or other events, so far as pos- sibly can be foreseen at present. It is the understanding in govern- ment circles that Japan will not ask the powers to give formal recognition of the Korean-Japanese treaty, partic- ularly its indirect establishment of a protectorate. Korea's position is lik- ened to that of Roumania after tak- ing. advantage of the Turkish war to declare its independence, but before the Berlin Congress had sanctioned its becoming a kingdom. There is no truth in the report, pub- lished in-London, and which origi- nated In the Novoe Krai of Port.Ar- thur, that the Japanese Minister at Seoul, Korea, has requested the Korean Government to hand the French Min- ister his passports. The Foreign Office received a dispatch to-day from the French representative at Seoul, who does not allude to any such incident. BERLIN, Feb. 27.—The silence of the German press toward the war projects itself upon the attention of any one searching the newspapers here for an opinion about it. The news agency dispatches from abroad are printed with occasional explanations of their meaning to military and naval stu- dents, but that is all. The usually opinionated editor has nothing to say on the Japanese-Korean treaty con- cerning Russia's protest against this alleged infringement of Korea’'s neu- trality, whether the Kiel Canal may be used by belligerents, or on Foreign Secretary von Richthofen's statement to the budget commission respecting the continued occupation of CHhili province by the troops of the powers. The German newspapers on all sub- sidiary questions growing out of the war are as mute a: they are on the | larger rights or wrongs of the com- batants. This silence places in high relief the relation of the press to the Govern- ment—a relation quite different from that of the newspapers in any other| country on subjects of foreign policy. The Government has given the press to understand that neutrality in utterance and reserve asg complete as the Gov-| ernment’s own are a patriotic duty at| this time. The Foreign Office has the conviction that the German press has large powers for doing mischief in sup- plying material for illnatured foreign commentators, and the Government de- sires to be perfectly free to act, should action be desirable at a later period in the developments of events, without foreign feeling or that of either of the belligerents having been against Germany by injudicious com- ment. The editors are not restless, \VE’VE brought these little now in ROOS BROS. KEARNY AT POST men out this morning to show you our new ETON SUITS The latest fancy in togs for the youngsters . (. They come in Sailors---also in Russian Blouses . .. €. In solid color Wool Fabrics —-in New Homespuns--—-in Wash Fabrics Q. Bright and new and clever’ as they can be . . .« . - . . . . . @ Let’s tog your boy up right. | Hat News @ Our Straws and Wash Fabrics in Children’s Headwear are FEBRUARY 28, 1904. ADVERTISEMENTS. WOMEN IN SOCIETY yerrrs or perum | | | | | i | restful indeed years.” Pe-ru-na Fortifies the System Agalnst Catching Cola. | | | | | | | :t 'I | | le eeeescecoos Pe-ru-na Makes Clean, Healthy Mu- | cous Membranes—Catarrhal Dis- | eases Disappear Permanently. HE mucous membrane is to the in-| side of the body what the skin is to| | the outside of the body. It lines| | every organ, duct and cavity. Catarrhal’ | Inflammation attacking one part is liable to spread to other parts. A neglected | cold or slight catarrh is often the cause | of lingering and dangerous catarrh. | Women are naturally more susceptible | | to inclemencies of the weather tiffin men. ! 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Last fall | caught a severe cold which de- ¢ veloped into @ most unpleasant catarrh of the respiratory organs and for over two weeks | could neither enjoy my food nor enjoy sleep. | became nervous and irritable and nothing laoked just rmght to me. A good neighbor advised me to try Peruna and | im- mediately sent for a bottle. I am very glad that | did. | began to feel relief in a week and soon felt better than | had in two *—Margret Hueston, 1127 Linden st., D R e At thz Height of the Soclal Season Fe-ru-na is a Blessing to Women. Edith M. Barnes, 607 Second st., N. B, Washington, D. C.. writes: “I am pleased | to state that Peruna did me more good | than a vacation. | “Too many parties, theaters and late suppers had so undermined my health that the doctor advised a complete | change and a rest for a year, but I did not find this at all necessary after using | Peruna for flve weeks. It acted like | magic, increased my appetite, aided my | digestion and induced restful sleep. all | that I neded to restore me to perfect health. “I think it a most excellent remedy ne tonic for all worn-out women.” M. Barnes. which she can rely to keep her system | Peruna and in a | fortified against the severe and trying | short time was §i | winter weather. If Peruna is taken at | greatly relieved. ! the first symptom of a cold it will cure it | [ continued its | before it develops into some annoying | use and am now catarrhal derangement. entirely well. T Even after ecatarrh has been acquired | consider Peruna Peruna cures it permanently and| one of the great- | promptly. est discoveries of the ag cause they believe that they are acting manufacture of the guns be proceeded ) \ patriotically. IO ‘VA S GUNS with, which was done. Nevertheless, | i (o ioan HaRE it is pointed out :s remarkable that HALES BELIEVES POORLY \]ADE these guns should be the only ones of 4 If you do not derive prompt and sat- | isfactory results from the use of Peruna, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a fuli stztement of your case and he will be pleased to give you his valuable ad- viee gratis. | Address Dr. Hartman, President-of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio. seemingly, in accepting this role, be- Orc....nce to defeat the order that the They did not explode at the same time. With one round one of the guns had its excited | LAST TWO YEARS “Speaking deliberately and gravely,” | said A. J. Hales, the famous London ! war correspondent, as he made his way | on board the China yesterday, bound for the seat of war in the Orient, “I} consider that it will be at least two! years before we see the end of the| Russo-Japanese struggle. I want to| say right now that my sympathy is| fully with the Japanese and that I am | ! entirely antagonistic to the earth-hun- | ger of Russia, but I am quite conscious of the enormous Muscovite power. I i'never thought the Russian fleet would { 8o out, but that it would merely hang around Port Arthur. “I expect the Japanese, who in dash and method are very like the French, | to make a brilliant stand, but the heavy, cold Russian is the more canny of the two. The present procedure of Russia is the same as she has always followed, even in the time of the great| war god Napoleon, whose army she| toyed with and wrecked. Then again in the Crimea at first it was thought that Turkey would easily blot Russia off the map, and the sequel for this easily nursed optimism was a bitter lesson for Turkey, France and England. “I believe that Russia is now playing the same game with Japan. Presently her forces will be cancentrated, she will fall back as far as she dare, draw Ja- pan Into extended marches and leave the Mikado’s men with the grown bur- den of guarding a greatly increased line of communication. Certainly Russia is | not showing her fuil hand at present. She is dogged in purpose, great at the finish of a fight and has never been lacking in fine generals. It should be remembered, too, that Japan as a com- mercial nation suffers’something extra in every moment of the war, while with Russia, who lives within herself | and has hardly any commerce, the case lis quite different. Whether the vim and spirit of the Japanese can cope with the steady policy and endurance of the Russians is a question yet to be an- swered. “Speaking for my own particular country, Australia, she cannot very well do with Russian territory getting closer to her shores. And that reminds me of the Boer struggle, in which my compatriots got their first real knowl- edge of war. Well, the Australian of- ficer—and I mean New Zealand too— may not be very dressy or effect-pro- ducing in peace, but in time of war as a fighting animal he has no superfor on earth. When the Russo-Japanese cam- paign is over I hope to sail from San Francisco for New Zealand, from where some years ago on the Alameda I made the jolliest and most comfortable s¢a trip of my life. No, I am not a stranger to California; indeed, the scene of my last story, “Angel Jim,” is laid in Los Angeles. Like San Francisco? Why, sure. Its good fellowship is great. Alli are kindly received, then treated on‘ their merits, and if they have not got any—well, then they had better pass on to less discerning centers.” —_———— War News Coutinued on Page 24. GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, Feb. 27.— The Chilean Minister, Semor Zanartu, left to-day lhr home on leave of absence. OBIENT “.;&R ‘V,ILL their caliber to display any weakness, Board Investigating Acei- dent on Battleship Finds They Were Once Rejected ———— WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.+In its in- vestigation of the accident in which | the muzzles of the two 8-inch guns of the battleship Iowa were recently blown off the naval board, of which Captain J. H. Dayton is the head, has | made some startling discoveries. It found that the forgings from which | these two ill fated guns were built were once rejected as defective by Chief of Ordnance Captain W. T. Sampson (afterward made admiral.) The forgings were made either at Midvale, Pa., or at the Bethlehem Steel Works. They were sent to Washing- ton Navy Yard. Captain Jewell was then the superintendent of the naval gun factory. The forgings had a some- what unusual appearance. The metal was marked by sand specks. In accordance with the policy of the gun factory then, since and now in force, Captain Jewell declined to pro- ceed with their manufacture, and a board was ordered to inspect the forg- ings. This was done, and a member of the board now investigating the Iowa accident is authority for the statement that this board decided that sand specs were not indicative of or due to weak- ness in forgings. The question then became of how much sand specs should be permitted in forgings. Captain Sampson, it is stated, exercised his disc--tion as chief of the Bureau of muzzle blown off. The captain of the Iowa then directed that all the other 8-inch guns on the ship be fired with an equal charge of powder. This was done, and then or- | ders were given to fire the companion | to the already bursted gun. This round resulted in a similar demolition of muz- | zles. | The investigating board consists, be- sides Captain Dayton, of Commander | F. F. Fletcher and Lieutenant A. C. | Dreffenbach. Rear Admiral Charles O'Neal, chief of the Bureau of Ordnance, to-day took exception to the statement that Ameri- | can naval ordnance had less velocity than that of the English, German and French navies, and that a reduction of velocity which he has ordered as a temporary precaution before sending a report of the investigating board would materially impair the efficiency of the fleet. Admiral O'Neal said the muzzle velocities of guns on American war- | ships compare most favorably with those on other warships. —_—————— Heavy Earthquakes in Ecuador. GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, Feb. 27.— Advices from Quito say two heavy earthquake shocks were felt there yes- terday. The Colombian gunboat Bo- | gota, which arrived in these waters for some unexplained purpose Febru- ary 20, remains at anchor off Punta Island, in the Gulf of Guayaquil. —_————————— BERLIN, Feb_ 27.—The authorities have de- cided that a criminal prosecution of Frits Meyer, the banker, who disappeared February 23 leaving labilitles amounting to $500,000. With assets of $25,000, and who was arrested Yesterday on the outskirts of Beriin, is lkely to fail and consequently he will be released from custody. ADVERTISEMENTS. | THE REQUISITE AT SMART FUNCTIONS All Records Broken DISTINCTLY HIGH QUALITY —or— MOET @ CHANDON u‘”hite seal" Champagne than d, Never Varies WHY ??? Messrs. & Chandon gy e the leading Champagne have over 11 miles of cellars, the most ex- tensive in the Thew sales dunng the Year 1903 were 4.013:684 Bottles. a figure never before reached by any Champagne house This Great House offers s choncest product m “WHITE SEAL" THE CHAMPAGNE OF THE DAY William Wolff & Co. 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