The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 4, 1904, Page 1

| erly winds. THE WEATEER. Fcrecast made at San Pran- cisco for thicty hours ending midnight, March 4: San Francisco and vicinity— . Clcudy, unsettled weather day, with showers; brisk south- A. G. McADIE, Forecast Oficial. Fri- [ 1 | l ! | stead.” Alcazar—‘“Miss Hobbs.” California—“Sag Harbor.” Central—“A Break for Liberty.” Columbia — “The 014 Home- Chutes—Vaudeville. Pischer's— Roly-Poly.” Grand—*“Hills of Califoraia.” Orpheum—Vaudeville. Tivoli—“The Gypsy Baron.” * SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1904. ENT! PRICE FIVE RUSSIAN OUTPOSTS RETIRE BEFORE THE JAPANESE ADVANCE IN KOREA; ARMY OF BROWN MEN NOW LANDING TO LAY SIEGE TO NEWCHWANG Special Cable to The Call and New York Herald. ~Copyright, 1904, by the New York Herald Publishing Company. CHEFU, March 3.—Six Japanese cruisers, escorting ten transports, have been sighted steaming in the direction of the Gulf of Liaotung. This movement is connected with the reported intention to effect a landing north of Saddle Bay, for the capture of Newchwang. From Russian sources come reports of an engagement yesterday in the Vicinity of the Yalu River between small parties of scouts, who exchanged shots and retired. The Japanese forces have approached to within three days’ march of the Russian encampment, the latter to proceed. A big battle is expected shortly. retiring t 0 await reinforcements. Owing to the heavy weather it is difficult FAMILIES fACE FROM THE FLAME! —_— Lives Are Lost In a Furious Prairie Fire, 9 (] Oklahom ple in Flight| flagration, Men Work Desperately Saving Town of Lawion From Destructiou. [ PO L Prairie | rtions of ngs in the o deaths are | N six miles from on prairie L ed beyond daughter of near Lawton, no rain rass and as ie cus- ear, were nt gale r estimates of THOUSANDS FIGHT FIRE. swept, | and cattle. In| ar Lawton | ted above. | an moving | At 12 > of this | and moved in a | en turned their ef- s borders of mits. , carried in every | tributed along | 11 around the city | ose of checking | he fire, but was | ring the contin- brands into the In more than a| e fire ¥ flames arose from rns and outhouses, but X iZe grew men were pres- « h it v ter. As a re- | of the fight- nly $10,000. HOMELESS. to-night of how | e barren prairie night after the | 1y the thin| § as reminders of ous homes. Hundreds of | te, and are suffering | the cold and with the ex- ins occasioned by their | medicine and physi- it out from all the ns of the district to re- | March 3.—Numer- mz m from Kansa< heavy losses from fire. In almost fires were caused »ble and pasture ind came unexpect- es were beyond control | the v escapes from death are | mage, but it a, eight fires | Iy the same Around § GYPSUM CITY SAVED. It toox the most desperate efforts on the part of Gypsum City people to pre- wvent the town from burning. Men, | of gorges. | contents strewn over the country. | Ofl Company was the heaviest loser. | sons has been reported. | THE CITY ————— Ice Gorges Threaten Safety of Folk in Toledo.” | Immense Vomot Water| Completely Inundates Grand Rapids. Railroad Officials Fear That Three Im- | portant Bridges Will Be Lost in a Terrific Storm. TOLEDO, Ohio, March 3.—Toledo is | to-night bottled up between two great, ice gorges, and the city is endangered. The water in the Maumee River, in the heart of the city, seven feet above mean level to-night and is stationary. At the mouth of the river there is an ice gorge which it is believed extends | for six miles and is backed by ice three feet thick on Lake Erie. This is hold- ing the water back in the city. There is yet a greater volume of water above the city, which is being held in a series One is at Cottonwood Island | and another at Grand Rapids. The lat- | ter extended in both directions from that place as far as the eye can see. The water there is twenty-six feet above | normal and the entire town is inun- dated. The wagon bridge across the river at | Grand Rapids went out last night, and railroad officials here fear for the three railroad bridges. The citizens are greal-] ly alarmed. is FREIGHT TRAIN Vigorous Wind in the Texas | Panhandle Lifts Many Cars and Demolishes Derricks | ity DENVER, March 3.—Belated reports | of damage by wind yesterday and last night are being received from Sou(h-‘ ern Colorado and Northwestern Texas. | In the Texas Panhandle a hurricane blew freight cars off the track and damaged ranch buildings and fences. | train was brought to a standstill, being | unable to proceed against the wind. | At Weston, Colo., near Trinidad, large lumber stacks were demolished and the At Florence, Colo.,, a number of oil | derricks were prostrated. The Union | The top of one of its huge oil tanks | was blown off and sand and dirt mixed with the oil, rendering it unfit for use. The tallest stack on its new refinery and the boiler-house connected with the refinery were wrecked. Several buildings in the town of Florence were badly damaged. Telephone poles from Colorado Springs clear t6 the southern line were blown over, incapacitating the long distance service. Considerable other damage was done in other places along the eastern slope of the mountains. No loss of life or gerious injury to per- 5 + women and children fought the fire for four hours. Great damage to farm buildings, stock and grain is reported from Cul- ver, Lincoln, Colbert, Marquette, Ells- worth, Kanopolis, Graham, Ellis, Rus- sell, Lakin, Hill City, Concordia and other places. At Deerfield, seven miles from Lakin, the school children were kept in the| school building unti! after 9 o'clock at | night, until all danger had passed. At Hill City the people rushed to the Solomon River to escape the fire. No fatalities resulted. In Lincoln County the fire cut a path two miles wide and ten miles long. Sim- ilar reports are received@ from other counties Most of the fires burned out during the night. & ! PRONISEN FIGHT FOR LIBERTY AR e Los Angeles Man De- nies He Soughs Many Lives. —————— Police Learn That the Sup- posed Lunatic Priced Explosives, Detectives Tell of the Prisoner's At- tempt at Night to Reach Hunt- ington at His Hofel. Sranes Special Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, March 3.—Joseph H. Stark, who arrested yesterday afternoon for insanity and accused of was threatening to blow up the Huntington; shops.and teo kill H. E. Huntington, his son and all the employes of the com- pany with dynamite, proposes to stren- uously contest the effort to have him committed to an asylum. If he can prove the allegations he makes, and he says he can, the case will be a most sensational one. Stark has interested certain fraternal organizations in his case, secured coun- sel and says he will fight for his liberty. He charges that owing to the fact that he was injured in a street railway ac- | cident the company desires to prevent him from prosecuting a damage suit in the courts and to that end the de- | tectives of the company have had him arrested as an insane person. He does not deny that he visited certain plac { but asserts that the railway detectives GALE UPSETS plied him with liquor, aroused his anger against the company and caused him (o | Minister and his secretary early Thurs- y things which he would not have said in his sober moments. He denies that he remembers having made any threats, avers that it was never his intention to use explosives to enforce his demands upon the company and declares that his arrest is the reswt of persecution to prevent him from se- curing a just return from the company. By the authorities who have him in charge Stark is crank, with only the one dangerous hobby for the use of explosives, of which he lias made a study. Other he is considered sane and being a w read man of more than ordinary ability his presentation of his defense prom- ises to be able. That he made threats against Mr. Huntington and his son there is no rea- son to doubt. He told several attorneys | what he proposed to do, they having | A Colorado and Southern passenger | refused to institute a damage suit for him. He was closely watched by de- tectives day and night and on one oc- casion tried to reach Mr. Huntington in his hotel, but an officer frustratedl the attempt. It is also known that Stark priced explosives and for days spent many hours in the vicinity of ths | rallroad offices. KING SUFFERS FROM A COLD Slump in the London Stock Market After Rumor of the Sovereign’s Illness Special Cable to The Call and New York Herald. Copyright, 1904, by the New York Herald Publishing Company. LONDON, March 3.—King Edward is slightly indisposed. He is said to have caught cold while on a visit to Cambridge on Tuesday. It is expect- ed that his Majesty will be able to go out to-morrow. The St. James Ga- zette & authority for the statement that the King's illness is regarded as too insignificant to call for the issue of bulletins. So far as can be fore- seen his Majesty will be able to visit St. Paul’s Cathedral next Sunday, ac- cording to progrimme. The rumored illness of the King caused a slump in the stock market and consols dropped 5-16 from the highest quotation of to-day’s sessio { % considered a shrewd | fiombs Hurled at Res- idences of Japan’s Officials. e TOKIO, March 4—An intrigue on the part of the opposition against the con- clusion of the Japanese-Korean proto- col culminated in the throwing of bombs at the residences of the Foreign day morning, They escaped uninjured. SHANGHAI, March 3.—A dispatch from Chengchow. province of Kwei- chow, China, ‘announces that a rebel- lion has broken out against the Boxer indemnity tax. The sub-prefect's resi- dence was looted yeSterday. PORT SAID, Egypt, March 3.—As a result of a collision between a Russian torpedo boat agd an Egyptian revenue cutter at Dantara, in the canal, the cutter was sunk. There were no cas- ualties. The canal will be.blocked for at least twenty-four hours. LIBAU, Russia, March 3.—A careful inquiry has disproved the allegation that British agents had been purchas- ing horses here for shipment to the Japanese. The purchases made are no greater than in former years. PARIS, March 4.—The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Matin telegraphs that Vice Admiral Makaroff has ar- rived at Port Arthur. NAVAL PRIZE COURT SUSTAINS LEGALITY OF SHIP SEIZURES NAGASAKI, March 3.—The Naval Prize Court, in session at Sasebo, yes- terday upheld the legality of the cap- ture by Japanese cruisers of the mer- chant steamships Argun, Mukden, Michael and Russla and the whalers Nicilai and Alexander. Other cases are pending. An appeal was allowed to be taken within thirty days. The Argun, belonging to the Chinese Eastern Railroad Company, was cap- tured by the cruisers Sai Yen and Hel Yen in the neighborhood of Fusan, Korea, at the outbreak of the war. She was taken to Sasebo on February 10. The other prizes named reached that port at about the same time. JAPANESE TROOPS | LANDED AT SONGCHIN MARCH SOUTHWARD VLADIVOSTOK, March 3—The de- tachment of 2500 Japanese troops, with- out artillery, which arrived at Song- chin, Plaksin Bay, on the northwest coast of Korea, on February 19, landed from their steamships, escorted by three warships, at night and started on a march to Maofurchan, South Man- churia, close to the Korean border. The police have placarded the city with notices in Chinese and Russian, calling upon the Chinese to betray Jap- anese spies masqu ng in Chinese | clothing il % * — | o i JAPANESE SOLDIERS,” EN ROUTE TO THE FRONT, MARCHING THROUGH TOKIO STREETS, TO THE CHEERS OF THE PATRI- | OTIC POPULACE OF THE CAPITAL CITY. Japan Is Ready to Strike for Supremacy on-the Korean Frontier. . Special Cablegram to The Call and New York Herald. Copyright, 1904, by the New York Herald Publishing’ Company. - CHEFU, March 3.—The situation at present is briefly as follows: Although Japan lost “ta small cruiser and had the ma- chinery of a battleship and another vessel damaged, these lat- ter are now probably fully repaired. In any case, she possesses complete command at sea, and will anon, through her sea power, effectually blockade and isolate Port Arthur. In the meantime, the Japanese seem to have decided to make an advance in strength along the Peking roadway from Seoul, her forces having already advanced from the Korean capital. Having secured the Yalu River, they will threaten Kirin, cut- ting the railway and menacing Vladivostok, while another force deals with the Liaotung Peninsula. When the rigor of winter has moderated I expect an occupation of territory near Dalny. The first big land victory for Japan, which is more than likely if she keeps her troops in the rough country, where Cos- sack cavalry is of little value, will mean an authorized rising " of Chinese, who will lend a great helping hand, for their Man- churian horsemen are among the best in the world. YINKOW, March 3.—The Russians are sawing off the masts of the Sivootch, intending to use her as a floating fort. They are going to place mines at the river mouth. The Bftish and American gunboats now in Newchwang will be piloted out between the mines. The prices of all commodities at Port Arthur are now fixed by the authorities, and ‘are not high. All shops are open. The band plays on the boulevard every Sunday. The public sale of alcoholic liquid to any person has been forbidden. Any officer or civilian found intoxicated is condemned to hard labor on the fort. A Russian merchant found'selling drink lately was con- " demned to fifty lashes. The theaters and cafes are closed. meat. / A Scotchman named Gilchrest has been employed to raise the Retvizan. He is always on board, and is treated with great con- sideration. He has beey given a sumptuous cab on the side of the ship likely to be struck by the next torpedo. Russian soldiers are robbing the Chinese by wholesale along the railway, and, as a result, the Chinese are desperate. Several There is plenty of fresh Y 'Manchuria a Wilder- ness of Russian Trenches. ; A, Nl S Special Dispatch to The Call. ST. PETERSBURG, March 3.—Offl- clals at the Ministry of War announce ‘that Russia’s preparations to meet the enemy at any point in Manchuria are now in such a state of advancement that they can be completed before the Japanese can effect an invasion of any consequence. It is expected that the Japanese will attempt to force a pas- sage across the Yalu River and then advance along the Muotienling line to- ward Liaoyang. - Muotienling is con- sidered impregnable, unless the Rus- slan position is flanked by a force {landed in the region of Newchwang. To prevent a landing there Viceroy Alexieff Is exerting every precaution. In the event of Alexieff failing to prevent it, the Japanese will find the Russians in force at all points com- manding the road toward their rear and an army defending Muotienling. The Russians have converted all of Southern Manchuria into a veritable wilderness of trenches and earthworks. The Japanese movement which the Russians seem to fear—a landing in force at Newchwang or Yenkon—would | involve the sending of transports past Port Arthur and up into the Guif of Liaotung. Liaoyang is on the Port Arthur- Harbin Railroad. Muotienling is to the southeast and evidently has an army behind it,’as well as in it, to prevent & simultaneous attack, which, if sue- cessful, would seemingly open the way to complete Japanese control of the railroad. RUSSIANS FORAGE UPON INHABITANTS OF NORTHERN KOREA SEOUL, March 3.—The Russian forces at Anju are compelling the Ko- | reans to supply them with rice, fodder and fuel. The Russians are fortifying Antung heavily, with the apparent in- tention of preventing the Japanese crossing the Yalu. The commander of a British gun- boat bringing down residents of that | nationality from Songchin reports the | death of Prince Yi Chai-sun, a nephew of the former King, and a man who at various times had filled all the high posts in the kingdom. Spteifepepons Seoul Under Martial Law. TOKIO, March 3.—Genmeral Inouye. the Japanese commander at Seovl, with the consent of the Korean Government, has issued an order corresponding with a proclamation of martial law. —_— Nobleman Eqguips Fileld Hospital. VILNA, Russia, March 3.—General Count Vernentzoff-Dashoff, former Minister for Foreign Affairs, is pefe sonally equipping a fleld hospital -