The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 7, 1904, Page 1

o > o - THE WEATHEER. THE TEEATERS. \ Alcazar—“At the White Norse | Forecast made at San Pran- Tavern.” | | cisco for 30 hours ending mid- California—*The Chief J oo l night, March 7. 1904: Central—“Rip Van Winkle.” | San Francisco and vicinity— Columbis—“The Silver Slipper.” } Cloudy Monday, probably show- Chutes—Vaudeville. ers; light southerly wind. ‘ | rmu'-—‘;r:; Rounders.” G. E. WILLSON, | Orpheum—Vaudeville. Local Forecaster. l Tivoli—"“The Gypsy Baron.” + = - + z v * VOLUME XCV—NO. 8. SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, MARCH 7, 1904. PRICE FIVE CENTS. JAPANESE SQUADRON BOMBARDS ULADIDOSTOK AND CUTS OFF THE RETREAT OF RUSSIAN CRUISERS UDLADIDOSTOK, March 6.-::4 [leet of five Japanese battleships and two cruisers appeared off this place at I:25 .o’clock this afternoon and bombarded the town and shore batteries for fifty-five minutes. The fleet approached from the direction of Askold Island, at the east entrance to Ussuri Bay, and about thirty-two miles southeast of Dladivostok. Enters= ing Ussuri Bay the enemy formed a line of battle, but did not approach to a closer range than a mile and one-third. They directed their fire against the shore batteries and the town, but no damage resulted, as most of their 200 lyddite shells failed to burst. The Russian batteries, commanded by Generals Deronetz and Artamanoff, did not reply, awaiting a closer approach of the enemy. The Japanese fire ceased at 2:20 p. m. and the enemy retired in the direction of Askold Island. Simultane- ously two torpedo-boat destroyers appeared near Askold Island and two mare near Cape Maidel. MURY LEN THAN | HER LIFE i ki V-.f’_s?man Dies Whose Hushand Fell at Waterloo. Pt LOSEN HIS . Sensational Robbery of a Former Leg- islator. —_— 111 years ¢ She Was Epecial Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, March 6.—Willlam Robinson. a wealthy cattleman, former 3 | member of the Wyoming Legislature and one of the most widely known men of that State, staked his wits and in- y against the deftness of a pro- hal pickpocket and lost. The ex- perience cost him just $820, and &0 chagrined was he that any person could be able to rob him without his knowledge that he has refrained from reporting the matter to the police, de- claring that he would rather have lost ten times that amount than to have sustained such a blow to his personal pride. Robinson is a bachelor, 70 years old, an old plainsman, well versed in the ways of the world. He came here with his sister and her husband and the party went to a band concert in West Lake Park. Robinson took $800 in cur- | rency with him, which he placed in the leg of his sock. In his hip pocket he placed $20 “just for pickpocket bait,” f Waterion, her United y after the rty of emigrants and. married a man named the army ho enlisted st American so ns, August 1 on the City o t to California seekers, in 1850, id and ), married Oscar Wakeley, | - | Wakeleys re- Johnstown, | | he said. California P PR R e L 4 He had stated that he would ar where forty-three mem. | WFing& the neck of any pickpocket who bers of e family, all of them | tried to rob him. In the crowd at the park he missed the $20 and told his companions that he had been “touched.” Then he looked for his other money and found it intact, but in doing so disclosed its this place. Six years later they rented | :‘ed’::spl:(::d|:;nx;“:mc‘::wl;": w::;: the farm and moved to Galveston, Tex, | ynief cut a siit in his trouser leg, ab- where the son lost his life in the storm | geracted the $800 and got away before and tidal wave that overwhelmed that | ne was discovered. The loss was dis. city. Mre. Wakeley escaped and came | covered in a few minutes, bt Robin- back to the farm here, where she re- | gon could not charge anybody with sided untl] her death, dying intestale. | having committed the theft, because In default of all heirs at law, her prop- | he did not know when he was robbed. erty, which amounts to about $10,000, | A friend reported the matter to the de- will escheat to the State. tectives except Mrs. Wakeley and one son, died v being drowned in the flood of May, | With this son, Mrs. Wakeley /) © Minnesota and here she bought rge farm in Sharon township, near CTTLENAN i | o, | | | VIEW OF VLADIVOSTOK FROM THE LAND SIDE OF THE TOWN, SHOWING TRANCE TO WHICH THE JAPANESE SQUADRON TOOK UP ITS POSITION WHILE BOMBARDING THE RUSSIAN FORTIFICATIONS WHICH PROTECT THE STRONGHOLD. THE HARBOR, AT THE EN- o Fo:.;r Russian “Cruis‘ersfi, C:utAO;ff From Their Home Port, May Be Intercepted and Destroyed by Mikado’s Warships. VLADIVOSTOK, March 6.— | 6.—A communication from Vice- There is great anxiety here over the fate of the Russian squadron ot four cruisers, which left Vladi- vostok several days ago to cruise for prizes in Japanese waters. Its retreat to this port is cut off by the Japanese ships, which to-day bombarded the town, and the sit- uation is serious. It is feared that the squadron will be over- whelmed and destroyea by the superior force which Japan has sent to intercept it. The Japanese ships which to- day bombarded Vladivostok were covered with ice! The attack re- sulted in no loss to the Russians, but cost the enemy 200,000 ru- bles ($100,000) in ammunition. Most of the projectiles were 6 and 12 inch shells. The population of Vladivostok was warned this morning of the presence on the horizon of a hos- tile fleet and the prospect of at- tack during the day, but it re- mained Pranquil. REPORT OF ALEXIEFF. ST. PETERSBURG, March roy Alexieff to the Czar from Mukden, bearing to-day’s date, says: “I most humbly inform your Majesgy that the commandant at the fortress at Vladivostok reports that at 8:50 o'clock this morning | seven vessels were sighted south of Askold Island. At 9:45 o’clock they were seen to be warships making for Askold Island. At about noon the enemy’s squadron was midway between the coast and., Askold Tsland, making for Ussuri Bay. They were out of reach of the shore batteries. At 1:30 o'clock the enemy opened fire. Two vessels in the squadron were probably the first-class cruisers Idzumo and Yakumo, but the names of the other vessels are un- known."” The official dispatches received here concerning the bombardment do not mention any Russian losses, but private advices say that five persons were killed—four sailors and the wife of an en- | & | i J-. anese were afraid to risk exposing their ships to the plunging fire of the land batteries and it is con- sidered probable here that the at- tack was really for the purpose of | drawing the fire of the Russian| forts, compelling the Russians to | disclose the position and caliber of their guns and for the purpose of ascertaining whether the Rus- sian squadron is in port. BATTERIES ARE SILENT. If this was the object of the Japanese, it is believed to have failed signally, as the batteries did not fire a shot and if the squadron were in port it could not be seen from the Japanese position in the bay of Ussuri on account of the high land which rises from the coast on that side, obstructing the view of the harbor. . Cossack scouts report that the Japanese columns from Plaksin Bay, on arriving in the snow blockaded defile of the mountains separating Korea from Man- ‘churia, was forced to ha!t, owing gineer. It is apparent the Jap-| Continued on Page 2, Column 3. /) | THEATERS ARE LOST IN ELAMES ——— Conflagration Makes Ashes of Elmira Playhouses. Pl g ELMIRA, N. Y., March 7.— Fire broke out in a cigar factory under the Lyceum Theater at 11:15 o’clock last night and soon the entire block was a mass of flames. The Lyceum Theater. one of the Reis circuit of houses and owned by D. C. Robinson, was destroyed. The rest of the block was gutted. $120,000. At ‘1 o'clock this (Monday) morning a burning rag found on the Auditorium stage. This theater is in the Realty building, next to the Lyceum. It is thought from this that both theaters were set on fire. ELMIRA, N. Y., March 7.— The Auditorium Theater is now burning. It looks as if the Realty office building might be des- troyed. was The loss is| ICE GORGE - YAY RUIN THE (1Y :Toledo fi Endangered . and Guards Watch the River. FIEREE | TOLEDO. Ohio, March 6.—Thfh ity inent r to-night. There ring the entire day rges up the river have 1ally moving down toward 4 the ice had formed a m : ze five miles above the city At the bridge of the do Rail- way and Terminal Company, a mile ! below the gorge, the water is nineteen ’looz above the normal stage The | gorges took out three plers of the Ur- ban and Interurban Railway Com- pany’s bridge across the river at Mau- mee City and also did much damage |to the wagom road bridge across the | river at that peint | In the city the water was about seven feet above the normal stage and was rising at the rate of about six inches an hour. Guards are stationed at | points along the river and are keeping | the officials in this city informed as to the situation. | | BRITISH COLONIAL |‘ SECRETARY WANTS PEACE WITH FRANCE PARIS, March 6.—The correspondent | in London of the Echo de Paris quotes | Colonial Secretary Lyttelton, whom he | saw at the Colonial Office, as follows: | “Great Britain desires to remain on | good terms with France in spite of the circumstances which seem opposed to such relations. Great Britain is allied | with Japan and France with Russia. Notwithstanding the efforts of inter- | ested persons to embroil Great Britain, not only with France, but with Russia, |and in spite of attempts made in cer- | tain quarters tojgweste the impression | that the attitude of Great Britain at the beginning of the war was not cor- | rect, the Franco-British rapprochement | and the evolution of reciprocal senti- ments between the two countries is one of the most remarkable events of re- cent years."™ | The Colonial Secretary closed the in- | terview by expressing the hope that a | satistactory adjustment of all colonial questions between Great Britain and | France would be reached. et Queen of Greece Aids Russians. PARIS, March 6.—A dispatch from Athens published in the Echo de Paris this morning says that the Queen of Greece, with the assistance of a num- ber of ladies, is preparing clothing, ete., for the Russian wounded. vy Protests to the Vatican. PARIS, March 6.—In a dispatch from Rome a correspendent of the Figaro says it is reported that the Russian Minister to the Vatican has protested against the hostile tone of the Catholic press toward Russia.