The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 5, 1904, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MBASSADOR OF CZAR' VISI JAPANESE TRANSPORTS |BENCKENDOREE PRESENTS DISEMBARK A HUNDRED | HOUSAND MEN IN KOREA NOTE TO BRITISH MONARCH Bide. | | mmediate Advance by a Tremendous Array of Soldiery Said to Have i Been Ordered. TS EDWARD RUSSIA WILL SPEED FLEET IN THE BALTIC AND COAL SHIPS AT SEA Forty-Five Powerful Men-of-War Are- to Reinforce the Squadron in Asiatic Waters. SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 1904. Reply to a Promise of Cordial Neu- trality Given by England to the Czar. I I | R B I S - | | NEW YORK, March 4—That 'Russia In a dispatch from St. Petersburg re= STCK, M £ the numbe: ;;; women at- | | contemplates sending the Baltic fleet to| cently it was stated that eight battle- ; s ,y»:l..;r';m(pn\.‘,‘;,f ! China seas is indicated by a rush order | ghips, three protected cruisers, two Jjust filled by an American firm for ap- | paratus for coaling the warships at sea. | This is principally because the neu-| trality laws will not permit her to ob-| | tain coal, which is contraband of war, | | at various ports along the route from | the Baltic to the Far East. Russia has| been obliged to hold back the fleet of | forty-five warships until June, when it| | | is believed it will be ready to make the | ! trip without having to stop at any port | for coal, for then the Russian navy will | be better equipped than any other navy | for coaling ships at sea by means of a | ! | marine cable, in a way similar to that. installed on the United States battle-| armored cruisers, thirty torpedo-boats and two coal transports would sail for Japanese waters in June. One of the transports, the Kamschat- ka, which carries 7000 tons of coal, will be equipped with the largest of t e devices ever constructed. Her sis transport also will have similar equip- ment. These two ships will carry enough coal to supply all the vessels in the Russian fleet without having to stop at any port. The battleship Retvizan, now RESIDENTS HURRY FROM STRONGHOLD | OF THE RUSSIANS || on disappeare lying crippled at the entrance to Port Arthur harbor, was the first of the Russiam mtinue to Ie Nikolsk, Khabarovs r There are no of spring. | ship 1llinols when she was put in com- | battleships to carry and utilize a ma- = " ,‘ iscov » = ,‘ r.- s heavy d the cold is se- ‘ ; mission. 1 rine cable way. ne e ot e AN GENERAI | * AP T ‘ P forces \2 RAT ! ~ OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE | | | - WIRE OR GIFTS | AN DREW CRAVEN OF THE PACIFIC COAST 2 b 1 JAPANESE PATRION FOR THE TROOPS } PASSES AWAY Congm:l:lmn e lln:-;;d.;u a Bl i e § 3 { | K- Providing for a Public Building PROPOSRESN TO SLAY IRl e s 8 IN THE EAST at Santa Rosa 'EN OF THE ENEMY il i R B D S | WASHINGTON, March 4.—Bell to- EEN s FLN sl e g e | day introduced a bill in the House pro- e ‘-'. ”:”U‘;;\la = | Mayor Warren Olney of Oakland has | viding for an appropriation of $100,- g r s triots o batan: Bod received news of the death, in Wash- 000 for a postoffice building in the city D v 1;d~ ‘»h‘” | ington, D. C., of Professor Andrew |of Santa Rosa, provided a suitable site RO et i AN sone e P Craven, who, for some time past.’had | be provided by the city. e says warm clothing is not required. | been connected with Columbia College.) In the Indian appropriation bill h trained ex- Hevis glories most s, George lliams, Mrs. Kameda are ing be steerage They & R Japanese and Captain » United States h will sail on the ¥ Lindberg of the Captain P. J. Heg- A s army, aiso bound ' s as observers, will (OAL-LADEN SHIPS CONVEY CARGOES TO VLADIVOSTOK 4 I & evident that with coal,. pro- ted the passage of succeeded in reach- k. Their exact nknown, but it is sh, Nor- Two of ied cargoes ntly refrained from mak » preverit their es impossible that . the delivery of calculating that e useful to herself at he campaign. k squadron continues has an ample sup- e ships are in good evidently been in- Russian Government to the Viadivostok preference to risking a open sea. It is declared question of time before will receiv. the attention v, Russian Women as Nurses. PETERSBURG, March 4.—The ADVERTISEMENTS. All sorts of people use it, all sorts of stores sell the famous English complexion Established 1789. Scld all over the world. soap. Is there anything better than | trade between friends? Schilling's Best makes friends and trade. Your grocer’s; moneybagk. . Py ntraband articles number | JEWISH DOCTORS START FOR FRONT March 4.—Another detach- ish doctc left for the eiving an ovation as d out of the station. much affected by war Some of the banks have stopped discounting bills and business firms are not making new contracts, pending | developments. —_——— JOSE THEATEF MUST GIVE } the } \ | | SAN PROTECTION Authorities Allow Thirty Da Which to Provide Safety Equipments. SAN JOSE, March 4—The local the- | aters must comply with the ordinance | in regard to precautions against fire. They have been given thirty days from to-day to make the changes by the Po- | ¥s in lice and Fire Comm on, and if the | theaters do not comply with the law | they will be closed. This action is be-| urged by the Federated Trades ion with res eps be taken | of the patrons. Fire- ves be placed on the stage to watch for fire and see that the en- | trances ar exits are kept unlocked, | and the theaters must have asbestos curtains. The fire hose at the Garden | and Victory theaters was stated to be| n very bad condition by Fire Chiet | Brown. At the time of the Chicago | theater fire an investigation of the local | theaters was made and changes were | recommended, but no attention was paid 1o the request of the commission. Now | the theatrical managers are given the | choice of making the changes or clos- | ing. | ———————— SON WI HIS FIGHT AGAINST FATHER'S WILL | | James Meadows of Salinas Secures Verdict in the Superior Court of | Monterey County. SALINAS, March 4.—When James | Meadows died in the winter of 19 he by a will and codicil disinherited his son, Frank Meadows, because the son had attempted to kill his sister, | Isabelle Meadows. The entire fortune, valued at nearly $200,000, was divided | among the three sons, who were to re- | ceive one-fifth, and the daughter, who | | was to have two-fifths. A contest was | commenced by Frank Meadows, but | discontinued upon an agreement by | the family to allow him one-half of his sister’s share. The agreement was | repudiated and a new contest filed. | The case has been on trial several days |in the Superior Court before a jury and this afternoon a verdict was given to Frank Meadows. It is said that there will be no appeal, as a compro- | mise will be effected between the | parties. —_——— NEW ROAD FROM NAPA TO SAN FRANCISCO PROPOSED |Citizens Hold a Mass-Meeting and | Subscribe $16,000 as a Bonus to the Project. NAPA, March 4.—At a meeting of citizens held at the Courthouse to con- sider the building of a new railroad to San Francisco prominent citizens ex- pressed themselves in favor of raising 2 bonus of about $16,000 and a com- | mittee was appointed to solicit sub- scriptions. The people of Napa are { called on to furnish rights of way and | terminal facilities. S. G. Van Wyck of | San Francisco is president of the com- | pany proposing to build the road. | The new electric road between Napa, Vallejo and Benicia is rapidly nearing | completion. —_———— | MISSING GIRL FOU: ASLEEP AT NE!GH.BOR’S‘ Hostess of Young Woman JIs Not | Aware of Mystery Concerning Her ‘Whereabouts. | SAN JOSE, March 4.—The mysterious i disappearance of Miss Lena Feltin from | her home this morrfing, clad in her | night robe and a blanket, was cleared this evening, when she was found at the home of a nearby neighbor, where she had been asleep all day. Her hostess supposed the girl had informed | made no report —~—— CHEERED BY CROWDS | | |t The Russian LONDON, March 4. — Embassador, Count Benckendorff, who returned from St. Petersburg, to-day | visited King Edward and presented the | King with an autographic letter from the Czar. This was in answer to a let- | sent by the King, who, on hearing | that the Count intended going to St Petersburg, sent for the Embassador and autograph letter, in which King Ed- | ward, in the most friendly terms, em- | phasized Great Britain’s complete | neutrality during the war in the Far East, d said he trusted that the Czar would pay no attention to the| asked him to hand the Czar an| | press reports intimating Great Britain | was not neutral, nor to any unfriendly | comments of the English papers, which the King regretted. | The Spectator to-morrow will say, in a long article on the effect of the| Russo-Japanese war on international | relations, especially relations between Russ and Great Britain: “We do not want to appear as alarm- but we would be doing harm, and | not good, if we tried to conceal the fact | that the t situation in regard to | foreign affair ohe of considerable anxiety.” RE NTM NT IN RUSSIA. The Spectator points out how “the Russian feeling of resentment against ain is steadily rising, the being convinced that the sh have been the chief cause of their difficulties by encouraging the Japanese to go to war.” Without considering whether there is any truth in this view,” continues the Spectator, ** the important fact is that it is held by the Russian people and that public opinion is in such a state of excitement that war with Great Britain would be extremely pop- ular.” Proceeding to explain why the mili- tary power should try to escape the humiliation of a possible defeat by a small Asiatic power, the Spectator re- mar! 2 “A great European war would ob- literate all traces of the Japanese war. A popular war would cover up an un- popular one and give the Russlans an excuse to make peace or withdraw from Japan's reach and so staunch the bleeding in men and money now going on in Manchuria.” Further, according to the Spectator, military men in Russia believe the war against Great Britain would be con- ducted in company with Germany, whose colonies could be taken in the event of the British being victorious, while, as the Russian fleet has already gone, Great Britain could not inflict injury to Russia. WARNING TO THE PRESS. The Spectator proceeds to warn the press against giving Russia occasion for picking a quarrel, especially refer- ring to the “aggressively anti-Russian tone of the Times under the impres- sion of partisanship,” which it de- clares "it is difficult to condone or even understand.” Continuing, the Spectator says: “That the Times should give occa- sion to those who desixe to embroil Russia and Great Britain is rendered more remarkable by the fact that the Times has done much excellent ser- vice in pointing out the trend of Ger- man policy. It is to be feared that the harm done by the want of re- straint originally shown by the British press cannot now be undone, but at least our newspapers should realize the need of not playing into the hands of the military party in Russia or pro- viding material for those who desire to prove to France that her ally has been treated in an unfair and hostile spirit by the British people. While explosives are lying about there is al- ways need of extra care and circum- spection.” The Spectator concludes by urging DEATH BY FIRE the Government to be vigilant and have its plans prepared for all emer- gencies, says: ! RUSSIAN EMBASSADOR TO THE COURT OF ST. JAMES, WHO CON- | VEYED. A LETTER TO KING EDWARD FROM CZAR NICHOLAS, | AND NAVAL COMMANDER IN THE FAR EAST. O THE PRAIRIE Much Property Destroyed and Three Perish in Dis-| aster Near Oklahoma City s GREAT LOSS BY et Other Cities in the Western | States Report Damages by the Elements and Flames L SR OKLAHOMA CITY, O. T., March 4. Three persons perished in Wednes- day night's prairie fire and the finan- | cial loss by the fire and gale is esti- | mated at $500,000. The dead: W. H. MOYER, near Walter; over- come while fighting fire. DR. HARMON, near Lawton; burn- ed to death in his stable. UNKNOWN BOY. near Lawton, body found on prairie burned to a WIND crisp, . Hastings, Leger, Walter, Oluslee, Granite, Elk City, Cache, Temple, Snyder, Willow, Bloomington, Sayre and Mountain Park all report damage both in town and surrounding country by wind. GUTHRIE, O. T., March 4.—Spe- cials from Indian Territory tell of flerce winds and numerous fires on ‘Wednesday night. Ardmore, I.'T., re- ports property loss of $270,000 by the fire in the country near by. No loss of life is reported from Indian Ter- ritory. KANSAS CITY, March 4.—Reports of losses from the prairie fires in Kansas continue to come in, although the fires have burned themselves out. Near Holland six members of the fam-\ ily of John McClure, a farmer, were burned, none fatally. LEWISTOWN, Mont, March 4.— Somewhere between here and Lom- bard, nobody knows just where, three trains, one a freight and two mixed passenger and a freight, have been bur- ied in snowdrifts for two weeks. The two mixed trains carried about twenty passengers. The crew of the freight train managed to reach Harlow Town and “procure provisions, and it is be- lieved the snow-bound passengers on the other trains have succeeded in reaching some of the ranches, where they are being taken care of. —_——— ‘Will Study Labor Conditions. MADISON, Wis, March 4.—C. R. Van Hise, president of Wisconsin University, announced to-day that three New York men and one Chicago ““We must look the facts in the face {man had subscribed to a fund amount- and prepare to take the consequences |ing to $30,000 and had placed the bf the Japanese alliance. consequences was the activity and bit- ter hostility of Russia and the oppor- tunity afforded to the German Em- One of those | money at the disposal of Dr. Richard T. Eley, director of the school of eco- nomic and political science of Wiscon- sin University, to investigate the his- ror to knock the heads of the Euro- | tory of the labor movement and allied of advantage to his nation,” her mother of her intended visit, hence | pean powers together and get some- | societies in the United States. The G work will take about five years, WALKER CALLS COMMISSION Chairman of Canal Board Summons the -Members to Washington Immediately — WILL SOON SAIL SOUTH President Forestalls Pos- sible Contest by Specifi- cally Naming Chairman | —_— ‘WASHINGTON, March 4. — Admiral Walker, chairman of the Isthmian Canal Commission, conferred with the President to-day. At the conclusion of the conference Admiral Walker said that he had advised the commission by telegraph ta come to Washington at their earliest convenience. He said he expected the commission would sail on March 1f, however, all the members could not arrange their affairs so as to leave at that time the commission would leave a week later. It is sald that the President adopted an unusual procedure in specifically naming Admiral Walker as chairman of the commission, but there were slight signs of friction, it is said, which impelled the President to prevent any contest in the commission by naming the chairman himself. e — MINERS AND OPERATORS DISCUSSING THE SCALE Sub-Committee Presents a Reduced Schedule, Which May Be Accepted by the Owners. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., March 4.— The operators’ and miners’ sub-scale committee, shortly after convening to- day, took a recess to allow the miners’ scale committee and the officers to hold a conference. After the conference the sub-scale | committee presented what they said ‘was their ultimatum, cutting their de- mand in half and asking for a two years’ scale at “one-half of the 121 per cent advance in wages given last year.” This would make a reduction of 5 cents a ton from the present scale and a decrease in other labor of about 6 per cent. President Mitchell and F. L. Rob- bins, for the operators, said that a general joint session would be held to-morrrow to receive the scale com- mittee’'s report. If the terms offered by the operators are accepted or lit- tle changed, a scale will be signed to- morrow. ——————— Judge Bond Sells His Home. SAN JOSE, March 4—The splendid country home of Judge H. G. Bond at Santa Clara has been sold to Lyman E. Crandall of New York City. The con- sideration named is corporation stock valued at $60,000. The place comprises about sixty acres within the town lim- ——— ite — Professor Craven was the husband of Mrs. Nettie R. Craven, who, after se- curing a divorce from him, claimed to have become the contract wife of ex- Senator James G. Fair. Her suit to break Senator Fair's will was bitterly contested in the courts of this city, and the points of law involved attracted national attention. Professor Craven was a brother of Mrs. Olney and leaves one daughter, Mrs. Henry Koehler of St. Louis. He was 64 years of age at the time of his death. Professor Craven was well known in Oakland some years ago. He was connected with the School Depart- ment of this city and was at one time the head of the Tompkins and later of the Lincoln School. He was also at the head of the Alameda High School. e i J. E. WEAVER DIES SUDDENLY. James E. Weaver, a traveling ac- countant for the auditing department of the Southern Pacific Railroad, fell unconscious vesterday afternoon at the corner of Market and Second streets and died a few minutes later. The man had been suffering from tubercu- losis for some time and death was due to a hemorrhage. He was placed in a cab and taken | to a near by drug store, and from there to the Emergency Hospital. All aid was given him. but he died soon after his arrival. Weaver was well known in rallroad circles. He was formerly employed in the auditing department of the Union Pacific Railroad at Omaha, where he was born. On the advice of his phy- sicians he came west and secured em- ployment with the Southern Pacific Company. Yesterday afternoon he left the office of the company at 5 o'clock and was on his way to the ferry to go to his home in Oakland, when he dropped unconscious on the street. Weaver was a trusted and able em- ploye and highly regarded by his su- perifors. He was single, 26 years old, and leaves an aged mother at 1140 Fil- bert street, Oakland. The body was shipped to Oakland. SUEEST okt Fabrico Nigro Dead. OAKLAND, March 4.—Fabrico Nigro, who is the owner of the property upon which the Poodle Dog restaurant in San Francisco is situated, died this evening at his home in West Oakland. Nigro has been failing for some time, and a few weeks ago his wife secured guardianship over him, as he had be- come quite weak minded. Besides his wife he leaves three children. It is re- puted that his estate is worth about $400,000. S AN Noted Veteran of Civil War Is Dead. NEW YORK, March 4—Captain Ira Corey, whose company on the extreme left of the First Brigade checked the advance of General Barksdale at Get- tysburg and held the Confederate brig- ade back until Union artillery came up after an hour, is dead at his home in Morristown, N. J. R S S 0Old Alamedan Passes Away. ALAMEDA, March 4.—Information was received here to-day of the death at San Jose of J. M. Gray, who was a member of Alameda’s governing body from 1877 to 1881. Gray moved from this city twenty years ago. He suf- fered a stroke of paralysis some years ago and was an invalid when he died. ST &SRO Death of Dr. J. S. Witcher. SALT LAKE, Utah, March 4—Dr. J. 8. Witcher, son of General J. S. Witch- er, U. S. A., retired, of Oakiand, Cal, died suddenly at his home here to-day of gastric fever. Dr. Witcher was 34 years old. PERF AN Death of Sir Joseph Trutch. LONDON, March 4.—Sir Joseph Trutch, formerly ' Governor of British Columbia and at one time agent here for the Dominion of Canada, died to- day. - N — Police Believe Him Innocent. Albert Schadel, who was arrested Thursday night on suspicion of hav- ing attempted the burglary of the resi- dence of Mrs. M. Tighe at 323 Taylor street, is still in custody of the police, although tkey are inclined to believe his story that the entrance he made to the house was through a mistake. Schadel is a member of the hospital corps of the United States army and was drinking when he entered Mrs. Tighe's home. He badly frightened the woman and her 10-year-qld daughter, but did not seek to injure ~ ‘ considered by the House to-day the provision for Indian warehouses at New York, Chicago and San Francisco was allowed to remain and the appro- priations limited so that there will be no other such warehouses. Fourth-class postmasters commis- sioned—California—Chris C. Peterson, Wallace; Samuel Givens, Glenn, Glenn County; Charles A, Henry, Waukena, Tulare County. Washington—Dan Ginger, Whatcom County: Peter Fulda, Klickitat County. Ildaho—Fred F. Huffman, ance, Kootenai County. Changes in fourth-class postmasters Licking, Shockley, Sever- California — Almond, San Diego County, Evisa A. Ross, vice Lewis P. Peterson, resigned; Esparto, Yolo | County, R. E. Murphy, vice John E. Martin, resigned. Idaho — Horseshoe Bend, Boise County, L. B. Levee, vice Edwin P. Stone, resigned. Special orders by the War Depart~ ment: Private Elmer L. Parsley, Com- pany F, Nineteenth Infantry, now in the hands of the civil authorities serving a sentence of imprisonment, will be discharged without honer from the army by the commanding officer of Vancouver Barracks, Washington. —_——— MYSTERY SURROUNDS AN AGED STREET PREACHER Cannot Remember Where He Came From, but Ticket Shows He Hails From San Jose. An aged man giving the name of Henry Sprague was driven to the Cen- tral Emergency Hospital last night, where he is being held for examination by the Lunacy Commissioners to-day. Sprague cannot remember where he came from, but a railroad ticket issued in his name shows that he came from San Jose. The cab driver that left Sprague at the hospital said that he had been given instructions by a man at the depot to take Sprague to the hospital, and that the unknown man had paid for the cab hire. It later developed that Sprague was a street preacher in San Jose and had fallen down a precipice in that city. He was taken to the Receiving Hos- pital and later granted a permit to geo to the Santa Clara Hospital. Sprague from all appearances is a religious fanatic, and though he cannot remember the name of the town he has just left, he says that he is about forty miles away from home. DR. PIERCE’S REMEDIES. THE FARMER FAILS In health just as does the city-man, and heflihmnj from the same cause, and of food: It < builds up the body with sound flesh and solid muscle