The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 2, 1904, Page 1

TEE WEATEER. Forecast made at San Fran- cisco for thirty hours ending Cloudy, unsettled weather Wed- nesddy, with showers; fresh southerly winds. A. G. McADIE, District Forecaster. o Chutes—Vat California—*“Sag o Central—“A Break for Liberty.” Columbia “The Old Home- stead.” Pische “Roly- ’01’ B Grand—“mils of Catifornis.” evills. SA\I FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 1904, PRICE FIVE CENTS. JAPANESE ARMY BEGINS THE ADVANCE: BATTL Y BE ON AT PORT ARTHUR LLONDON, Mareh 2. ~—No conflr’matlon of the- repor’t pubhshed yesterday, that the Japanese had bombarded Port Arthur on February 29 has been received frorn any point. tically silent for the: past ernty four’ hour’s and in some quarters the silence is supposed to indicate that Japan’s great attack on Port Arthur is aetually in progress; and that, eonsequently, the use of the ‘wires has been discon- tinued. A ‘The wires from the.scene of war have been prac- The Japanese general staff has }eft for. Korea to direct: the advanee upon Manchuma which has begun CIGANTIC 11 SYNMICATE | 1S FORMED German Steelmakers Unite in Great Trust, B R Twenty - Elf:m Companies Are Consolidated - to Rule Industry, PRGN St All Forms of the Commercial Product to Be Included in the Firm's Immense Business. BE p slan. whs-tor -1l . Sm Hpox and Pne 4 " @ H 5 S ing the RUSSIan Fomes in : x Fastern blb\ ra. F p € TERMS OF CONTRACT. Special Cablegram.to 'rhr (‘all and- New Yok : the, New-York Herald . = SBURG; March ) v réceised: from. T tr he route-to-Harbin rev o condititas. Dy nunho ag e-ateng the ichiers.” Al e epidemie s raging m-rul)les ($3 The stern Sibéria: and.isispreéading ) ;. e ey mong ‘thic régimer vaccination | That 1 being -iheard of i the. atmy: i Pnet i, atid: bro h s pas not r laini 3 and al<ifhrengh. e ready. thous '€ begn T . tockhold- | rendered. - tinfit ©_for: -service - by “1("'31“’13 il - Behe Hn . Berlin {5 at bite- rise cold, 'greater COMPROMISE WITH -KRUPP. than “usual; iced | T of the. Krupp . Com: |in Fastern \mrrm dll'l demg i CWEh DeghE exces- | hlizzatds .dre frequent.” . ented” one- of the greatest aiff es ta ors of the At CVEry %1almn <n‘1dlers par- oty y i [ tially frozen. are being’ ch( be . hind, in.most cases without other |’ medical - attentjon than. that af-| ad sup forded. by the rough and servive that ‘the villagets ca ¥ be either The syndi- at once, It half-rolled ply: en-down badly, . and oftén to go-twenty .men our: heu “have covers rafiroad t | goods & of commercidl steel. There i§ eyidence that it in- tends later to broaden its scope. . All the steel manufacturéd by the estab- lishments ig to ‘be sold .through the and - all Generz! Stoessel's” ringing ap- —————— peal to the defenders.of Port As ASEASHIN ATTEMEYS | thur to die rather than currcnnlcr TO KILL A DETECTIVE “1 gives. the keynote of the situiation W lncss for the Prosecution in. Train: | i that stronghold. - As- I have recking Gonspiracy Cases Nar- Sommgesslss; s|indicated 16 you-in previous dis- COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., March 1.-—A special to the Gazette from Cripple Creek says an attempt was made shortly after midnight to assassinate D. C. Scott, private detec- tive for the Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad, who was one of the most important witnesses for the prosecution the train-wrecking | conspiracy cases now on trial in the | 1;::‘: ‘f‘:‘u:-"“ ot 7 ung for war. Thls is shown by room when a | man stepped from behind a billboard | the order -of the day issued by ;: ddm:ie.;u:’:c:!:lr’l at;;::;l thirty 'Ieel | the commandant at I‘ort Arthur. a revolver. The ball just missed the intended | V€ Tepeat, the situation is very critical, but not hopc]ess E\er} victim, and Scott immediately re- turned the fire, but apparently Im.h-ldav that passes increases the imminent: -This is made the, sub- | ject of dwcu«ron by the Blrsch~ ewya Wjedomosti, which says: “The situation at Port Arthur -y is very serious, owing to the en- out effect. The conimissariat has brok-| a-strefch without food or-drink. <. PORT ARTHUR’S PLIGHT. | | patehes, a siege of the place 18 | emy having so long been prepar- |’ (hp)fl,,ht, 1904 by Pablishing Gompany: flor;xld nlmme of he to dt g able Arthir |m~ A '\{lsflilr riews rlnp,mh »nplnm(«tmh at nople had: “under tassage of the. Blz 3 t.llv‘ 3 English g nlw 252 Ic )'kvml cons Bosphorrr g6 £ | cign.Office, however, “denies that Russia has an | The turn poli { the flcer unmedxarel\ neccssar) in |its own waters. - VA'S A(‘TIVITY 7 orre:pm)dent -at bhanghal telegraphs:that it. is reported at ientsin . that <4000 additional hinese.soldiers have been: “posted | Northern' China. and.that the hiriese (m\ cmm¢nt has recent-, [y placed:’ {arge, prders: foi -guns and ammunition. Direct telegraphic’ advu:es re-. [ ceived here from Port Arthur to- mght made:.no mention of the =nch lmem\nnf purtef_i by the London Daily. Tel- egraph to-day.. On the contrary, thesé advices sav' the: Japaneso { fleet . has- dv.sappeared from the horizon at Port Arthur.- * - - VLADIVOSTOK INTACT. PARIS, March 2.—The Matin this morning publishes a dispatch ‘from its Harbin correspondent, which says: “Privafe ]etters received from ary 23 !the day. They finally departed without firing. : 1Japanese Warshrp Viadivostok assert that on Febru- { tv-four miles nine Japanese warships | mulpo, where a large force of _Lm-- appearecl off the roadstead there|anese infantry has concentrated. and remained the greater part of HOBS]&S ARE INFERIOR. RE“‘I@T' A'\" ATTAl e | sl S . Pay a Visit to - Vladlvostok it “For pm'poses of personal de- ‘fense the mltllormes of -Port A1- thur are /suppl_‘,mg the civilians there with rifles.” : - LONDON; Maich 2. ——In a dispatch ‘from’ Shanghai a ‘corre-- $pondent of the Dally Telegraph |- repoits that the Japanese military '| bombardment of that place re.rauthorme! object to the installa: tion of wireless ielegraph appa- ratus -on ne\sspaper d1<patch- boats. "~ The correspondcnt of. the Dally Mail at Chefy,. who ‘has just ré- .| turned” there from- . Cherhulpo, cables that Japanese transports |- ‘cafrying troops continiie -to ar- rive at Chemulpp af the rate. of one a’day, while provisions are being landed near Chongju (nine- south ‘| the )apam’w lo ‘kships and cruisers has been sta : Jcrome Gulf, betweei Chebxdg of (,hc~ X red ‘that i iceable:- The Japai at Chemu{pn has been - strengt : ehed. <A ‘fleet of twelve battle- tioned - 'permanentl) int - Pririce -| Island "and’the anchorage\. Yes- :ttérday: I saw: a ¢éruiser of the N taka tvpe beached at the ent; of the: Namying Creek; she was deserted, éxcept for a- _Tapanesc guard. . The Koreans are hostile | to the Japanese and they are as- sisting’ the: Rus: 'ans in 1\0 therii Korea . NA, ASAKI J\Iarch 1:-—The hospltal shlp Kebe Maru-has‘ar- rived at Sasebo from Port Asthur. brmgmg seventy-one, wounded, six of them (engmecrs of the -Id- sixty-five: slightly wounded. The y report only fourteen of the Rus- sian -then of—\\ar t Port %rthm niow fit for. actlon ‘ JAPAN 1S READY 1 FOR THE ADVANCE - UPON MANCHURIA PARTS, March 1.—Authoritative ad- vices have Been received in Paris to the effect that the Japanese general -staff left Japan to-day. for Chemulpo, “A serious defect has been dis. | Korea: ‘This is accented as showing ‘¢losed,” the correspondent con- that all. the troops- necessary for the " forward movement have been landed +._ iRu<5|ans in the i North. in"Korea, and it is expectéd that - ‘advance ‘will .begin the ‘ast of this With: respe¢t. to the ‘Russian. force which. wifl contest the ‘way, it is said here Will be’surprise at the:stréngth 4 | the Russians. will be able to show. Thé Figare this morning published ffan interview with Premier Combes on _ | the subject. of the “reports that the -f Csbinet ‘is likely: to fall soon. The Pfemier. ridiculed the idea of any split in the present majority until the programme of _ anti-clerical legislation shall have been carried out thoroughly. Combes refused to discuss the -policy. of France beyond saying there was perfect accord between him3elf and Forejgn Minister Delcasse, who reached no apt decision without con- sulting him. ~ JIn a dispatch from Teheran; Persin a vcorrespondent of the Petit Temps transmits statistics of Pefsia’s foreign [ trade, and comments on their bearing on the’ political situation. He says that, Russia’s share- of this trade amounts to 50 per cent and Great Brit- -ain's share to 25 per cent of the whole; but "Wwhereas the former takes goods ffom Persia annually amounting to $24,600,000, as against goods supplied hy ‘her amounting to $23,000,000, Great Britain, supplying Persia with $20,400,- 000 worth of goods & year, takes from her only $3,600,000- worth. Consequently, the correspondent argues, Persia's in- terest is ohviously in favor of Russia. He adds that Persia will long remain a purely agricultural country, which -| fact practically secures the dominating influence of Russia there. RUSSIAN TORPEDO * 'BOATS TO SEARCH " FOR CONTRABAND PORT SAID, Egypt, March 1.—The five Russian torpedo-boat destroyers which arrived here to-day have already left in the directipn of Algiers. It is rumored that they intend to search for vessels bearing contraband of war=in the Mediterranean. The Russian cruiser Aurora will follow them. The Russian cruiser Aurora, die here Continued on Page 4, Column 6. -+ ed at the Craft's Failure §i to Arrive, the.| H\ORTHERV STEAMSHIP DISAPPEARS Passenger: LadenVes sel Dirigo May Be Lost. | Skagway Residents Alarm- 1 { [ | | | | { | Wooden Coaster Leaves Juneau in Per- ilous Storm ‘and” No- Tidings of Her Have Been Received. Special. Dispatéh’ to. The " Cajle sk,ATTLF Mareh LA special. dis- patch from Skdgway says: Gréat alarm- s félt Here for (he pas- serigér-lgden steamship® :Dirigo, - now - tthree days out frem Juneiu. 'The ves= !'sel left-that plave Saturday at noom in a -furious 'gale, which _ continued. for’ most of Sanday, but for nearly twenty- four:hours it has heem qutet. and-it Is admitted that if nothing were wrong the Dirigo’ should have arrived. - : The Dirigo is a wooden stéeamer, built at Hoquiam, Wash., in 1898, and owned by the Alaska . Steamship Company: of Fort - Tawnsend. - She has “been sm- ployed in the passenger traffic between Puget *Sound s and Alaska: Her . tonnage is 843 gross and 592 net. The véssel:is 163 feet long, with, 35 feet bHeam .and 13 feet 5 inches depth. Her captain is C. L. McGregor. Af the Merchants' Exchange in-this - city- it is not believed that she -could have carried a large number of passen- gers: or any considerable:cargo. at this season. 2 g SAN DOMINGO. FIGHTERS | ey SEIZE THE TUGBOAT Politicians . Have -Been Sent -Omt- of the Country and-an American Is Fmperiled. . SAN DOMINGO, Sanlrd_ay, Féb. United s. Minister Powell | been -informed that ‘the .insurzénts: af San' Pedro de Macoris have seized the wus:hna( Burro belonging to-the Clyde line of New York: and- armed “her.: \lam arrests have ‘Deen made here and several peliticians ~were' sent out of ‘the country to-day on board the steamer Julia of the Cubd line. * Edward C. Reed, United States Con- sular Agent at San Pedio dé Macoris, is said to be in danger.. Minister Pow- ell has taken steys to seeure.the pro- tection of all interests: . The situation here ‘remains unrbdnxed P LS BREAKS CAGE_~ AND KILLS A HORSE LION Animal Is Made Fierce by His Break- fast and Refuses to Be Moved. SAN JOSE, March 1. Last night a trained lion owned by Frank Hall which had been shipped to this city in a cage, the cage being in a car, at the other end of which and beyond a par- tition Was a horse, also owned by Hall, escaped from his cage and broke through the partition, killed the ani- Imal and made a breakfast upon him. Men have been endeavoring since morning to get the lion imto a cage, but have not yet succeeded, as he has been made savage by his feast and the ‘presence of se many people out- side his car. < 3 TR s 7 A Gk, Doubt About the President. - COLON; March 1. — Persons who have arrived here from Savaniila and { Cartagena, in Colombia, say there was much uncertainty in the early part of last week as to whether Joaquin Velez or General Reyes had been elect- ed President of Colombia. They de- {clare, however, that the latest dis- patches received from Bogota assert authoritatively that Joaquin Velez was elected President and Vasquez Cobo Vice President of the coumtry. —_————————— Wireless Telegraphy for Publie. PARIS, March 1.—The official jour- nal has published a decree which places the wireless telegraph system estab- lished by the Department of Marine at the service of the general publie.