The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 13, 1904, Page 21

2 TEE TEBATERS. Alcazay—*At the White Norse Tavern.” Matines To-Day. California — “The Old MUl Stream.” Central—“Rip Van Winkle.” s | _ Matinee To-Day. | Cclumbia—"“The Silver Slipper.” . | chnu:;-—v-u-vm Matinee To- | Pisener's — “The Rounders.” . Matinee To-Day. | Orpheum—Vaudeville. Matines | _ To-Day. , Tivoll—*“The Gypsy Baron.” FORTY-EIGHT PAGES—SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, 1904 —PAGES 21 TO 34. MAIN ARMY OF JAPANESE IN KOREA ADUANCES FROM PINGYANG TOWARD MANCHURIAN FRONTIER OMPEINY 1 [ YNCHERS BOOKS ARE | TAKE LIFE EXPERTE ~ (F NEGRO ' Mob at Mojave Kills Governor Thinks That Prisoner After Tar- ring Him. Warden's Accounts | Are Incorreci. | ' Wrath of Citizens Leads to a Tragedy in a South- ern Town. | ‘ g >3 Scandal Again Invades the Walis of San Quen- tin Prison. — — I Directors and Chief Executive Kesp| | | Mystery Surrounds the Details of the Details of Discoveries || Tragic Death of Colored Man Il Charged With Crime Secre: Special Dispat h to The Call. MOJAVE, March 12.—Last night at about 11 o’clock an unknown negro was taken from the local jail, and, after being tarred and feathered, was either shot tp death or killed by being struck on the head with a heavy piece of irom The negro was arrested yesterday afternoon for a serious crime and was confined in the Mojave jail, prepara- | | tory to being brought to Bakersfield. The facts eoncerning the crime be- came noised about the town in the course of the evening and before the officers could place the man abeard the train a determined crowd had A 2 | gathered about the jail, which is an in- o R ST S womm 2 e— = Isighificant affair. and unguarded, and within a short time the prisoner was in its hands. S LY o — -— Y S B Evidently it was the intention eof ARTILLERY SHELLING A RUSSIAN OUTPOST "BURING THE ADVANCE TOWARD THE FRONTIER OF MANCHURIA. ; | the leaders of the mob to g0 nio further i than to apply a coat of tar and feath- e F T I < T E S e R AT Feny i ¢ . ers, and to that end there had been JAPANESE AGAIN ATTEM!T TO OBStRUEF THE ENTRANCE TO PORT ARTHUR HARBOR. Rogibes. of foather pillows: -This feres ’ of punishment was meted out to the by ' o ) m—zl‘y'(:. :\h.. mnun:m\ to r»sl:ll m‘» rs-r< PARIS, March 12.- It is asserted in a Tokio dispatch that yesterday’s attack upon Fort Arthur was made to cover anothep | |forts of his captors. His resistance evidently angered some of those in the | attempt by the J::Jpanese to obstruct the entrance to the harbor by sinking merchant steamships in the channel. The watchful mob, with the result that in the midst | Admiral Makaroif st once detected the design of the Japanese and sent out a torpedo flotilla to destroy the merchantmen before | |of the scufiie the negro was either shot they could reach the harbor entrance. An engagement betwedn the Russian torpedo-boats and those accompanying the stone- | |1 ¢ head or struck with some heavy 3 instrument. laden vessels followed and the mcrchantmen were withdrawn out of range. Several shots were fired while the lynching was in progress, but it is not thought that these were Intended T the negro, but were rather the result eceks the experts la- —— e H t 1y eks thei i e Mikado's Military Men Tely. War Corvespondents That Farst eiiss s discovered that the negro was dead the [nzportart Opw/m‘zwzs W il Occur 7 oward the End of March. Ewismins e all are now awaiting the result of the Coroner’s inquest, which is now Special Cable to The Call and New York Herald. Copyright, 1904, by the New York Herald Publishing Company. being held. Coroner Mullins having ™ sy . b arrived here on information sent him - 2 - S . 3 3 at Bakersfleld, things have quieted PINGYANG (via Seoul), March 11.—Foreign newspaper correspondents have been prohibited from advancing northward . hitherto, the Japanese command- down. ers stating t} 1g important will take place before March 28 Meanwhile Pingyang is a field of military occupation. The reported exodus is somewhat ex- \17-‘::\.-“ ""“’,"‘m“"“f‘r,‘fll"htvr’:"‘: - aggerated, though larze numbers have fled to the interior, and on the main route northward 200 little villages are deserted. freight train in the last two days. He ’ Gen Kir . commanding at Pingyang, left to-day with the remainder of his troops on the advance toward the frontier. Japanese troops are occupy- A e N e y ing all of the local barracks. The flight of the villagers -makes it impossible to obtain news from Korean sources. of his antecedents. r ¥ at the CHEFU, March 12.—The Russians are constructing new forts at the land entrance to Port Arthur. Several thousand Chinese lahorers are working on hTh;* fivr'rvnsv\l ulw: ‘ur :)np n;ob on lined S s, frioee § Por rthitr o - s . ~ . ” . . . R h, the jail appears to have been known tined o ¥hese forts. A refugee from Port Arthur reports that the Retvizan, the Cesarevitch and the Paliada are under repairs in the naval drydock and the rest of the fleet to a'number of citizens, but it was is anchored west of the harbor. understood that the intent was to treat . ¥ Ne Low: T RITY S TN . . + i 554 . . the criminal te a coat of tar and feath- The Newsky Torpedo Works are working day and night putting together new torpedo-boats. No civilians are allowed in the streets after dusk and no | .5 only, ana Uhiare Wit Senebul ek lights are allowed in the houses. The prices of foodstuffs are nominal. | prise this morning when it was ascer- ST PETERSBLIRG Manh ih . it s g R e s 2 o U W : sl T 3 gt tained that death had followed the ac- ; : . PETERSBURG, fihnh 12.—It i8 said that the hdfnte she]l_s used by the Japanese and which were bought in England failed to explode. The en- Hom of the mob:. Thaatikis Nas cauted emy, during the latest attack on Port Arthur, threw 200 shells without deing much harm.« This reckless burning of powder by the Japanese causes much satis- great excitement, both in the town and ; | ti during | £ az & T e 1n 5T SRR “y 2 R . - . | ines surroundir cti i rre. former| iaction here, because this kind of tactics must seriously deplete the Japanese -arsenals... The Russian: forts did not use one-tenth part of the ammunition wasted hy | he mine: e S = S izar::}' t‘;l:(;r; ‘ the _h;.m.wse. T'he Russian gunners have explicit orders to save all the ammunition possible and fire only when they seem to have a good chance to strike home. | cials is awaited with the greatest il= ) Y resalted Some time ago a telegram from Admiral Alexieff was published, which had been suppressed, which stated that the Japanese ships suffered considerable losses during | terest: ng of Aguirre. The| the bombardment of Port Arthur. This'news is now confirmed by travelers arriving from Nagasaki and Shanghai. It is affirmed 1hat all of the Japanese drydocks | yAPAN'S SOLDIERS ed to make sam- | are occupi e Sl £ 00 e BT # i+ 2 2 JALAND ¥ ot o e e ccupied by warships under repair. LEAVE JOUL FOR etc., for gra-| 3 % DR AN B g P wong the ."rlends i ‘XT l'\)::THI{SBl‘X:l; )E.m h 12.—The | thur was officially announced here, |are aware from our occupation of Port (steamship Sydney, which sailed to-day, | and breadth of the empire of being ‘\“R l“\\ I‘ R“‘\Tlhh m’mzs l-‘fle ex- ‘fm'-)e remya says: “By all the 1_a without the details that came yester- | Arthur 'of the -invulnerability of the|bound for Shanghai, took 250 Rus-|a gashing officer, who delights in bril- | St e of the State had | of war coal is contraband. Coal seized | day, it caused great depression and |port to attack and of the small damage | sian sailors who formerly manned the | liant achievements, and his action of, SEOUL, Marc h 12.—Detachments arn where the moneys | on & British ship in the Red Sea may | provoked much criticism of the Rus- | they can cause by shelling. Their ob- | condemned nrizes of the Japanese. Thursday adds to his laurels as a bold | of Korean soldiers marching up and n Hm' prlsl)nd ;‘e:’e | <o ui d ;Or! lh‘;’r]'fqu;lr"m;n?s of “t‘: | sian naval officers. It is said that dur- | ject is believed to be not so much seri- 4 B e ST and fearless fighter, who loves to take | down the main streets in the neigh- e supplies needed in ssian fleet, while the ship may {ing the bombardment Vice Admiral |ously to attempt to reduce the port at N (FL.Y the chances of war. | e pal t all hours of of articles of house-|50d for the benefit of the Russian ex- | Makaroff was absent'and that hs was | thiy. fiuic sa. to impress’ Busdpe: #nd MAKAROFF LIKELY | borhood of the palace a urs | ‘Makaroff’s ideas run counter to those the day and evening give an air of re which later adorned the | chequer.” .+ |inspecting the damage done at Dalny | America, in order to facilitate the plac- | TO KEEP T()“() BU | generally accepted by naval experts f ihe friends of former Gov-| President Roosevel's warning to of- | several hours before by the Japanese |ing of a loan, to show the Chinese the | AT PORT ARTHUR |and strategists. One of his pet aver- parliakactivity te (Bin oity. . Bt Saw “ag | ficials that they must avoid giving of- | shells. power of the Javanese fleet and gradu- | £ p: | sions is arm The admiral is ever| Japanese soldiers remain here. All GOVERNOR YIELDS. fense to either belligents during the | PORT ARTHUR, Friday, March 11. |ally to change the passive but protest- | A outspoken in his criticism of the heavy | have gone north and the foreign lega- for Warden at the time "%, es created vivid satistaction |(From a Russian Correspondent)—I |ing attitude of the Koreans to their| ST. PETERSBURG, March 12.—Ad- | pattleship, which, he has always con- | tions continue tp be guarded by here, as being strongly favorable to i Inspected yesterday the points on |favor. » miral Makaroff's name was on every, tended, nlaced too many eggs in a sin- | marines. The American legation has > was ousted was between the cause of international peace. which the fire of the enemy was cen | lip in St. Petersburg to-day. He is the, P v iality | thirty-fiv duty in th a: )etective Thomas Gi % STN ~ % e Reports have been published with a - e t gle basket, and shows his partiality | thirty-five men on duty in the grounds 1 m;‘ f)](l - 43,‘,_"’50"“"6 ‘Pe Oak TIENTSIN, March 12.—The Japan- |tered, particularly during the last m,g ate line of most sympathetic |h€ro of the houry The detalls of Thurs-| for g fleet composed of a large num-|and others are quartered at American o ompking was the|ese fleet attacked Port Arthur on|bombardment. Some buildings Were | ogtions which have sprung up be- (38Y's fighting i Port Arthur did not' ber of swift, unarmored cruisers, armed | business houses for the sake of better majority of the board, | Wednesday at midnight and continued | slightly damaged. ! become public until this morning. when | i p e modations. Foreigners, how- ed by such men as|the bombardment almost incessantly Lying safely at anchor in the two t;‘if"hxnrlej agg J:gfl:{,;“:h;hemfi::: eager crowds. unmindful of a heavy u‘,:;:;nir:::‘:m‘;“;):i :fn‘dg,::;:?:odm?q-;‘;lel::::m feel perfectly af‘e. although ictor H. Metcalf and|until 2:30 o'clock on Thursday after- | basins were the vessels of the Russian ‘ERAS(' il ks snowfall. gathered about Viceroy | protected cruiser Novik, tq which he| there is more real business activity at Leach, Superintendent of the|noon. Some vessels bombarded from |fleet, not one of which sustained in- | "5 Alexieff's bulletins, which were posted, transferred his flag in the attempt to | Chemulpo. ancisco Mint. So much pressure | Pigeon Bay, landing many shells in |jury worth mentioning. This inappre- | ' The Korean Emperor compliments | ¢ every corner. The sorrow over the|rescue the torvedo-boat destroyer, is| The Japanese authorities treat for- was brought to bear on Pardee by the |the new town, with the result that|ciable result followed four hours of |JAPan upon the successful slege of |),q5 of the Russian torpedo-boat de-{practically without armor protcetion. | eigners very courteously and have just friends of Tompkins that he withdrew | several leading Russian residents wére | fierce cannonading, during which the | Port Arthur and commands his faith- | girover was swallowed up by the ad- | Admiral Makaroff's predilection for |&iven American Minister Allen per- with reluctance his objections to|killed. All British subjects and Amer- | enemy fired from a great distance in [ Ul subjects to give all possible assist- | yrgtion caused by the daring exploit | ewift ships has earned him the sobri- | mission to go to the front with a pas- Tompkins, and the latter succeeded |icans are said now to have fled. The |order to throw shells over the hill into | 3nCe to the Japanese army. His Ma- | ¢ the Russian naval commander in|quet of the “Cossack of the Sea.”. He sage on a transport to Chgnampho, Martin Aguirre, the disgraced co-|Russian fleet was ordered to leave Port | the town and basins. It was noticed | Jesty has sent gifts of cigarettes to the | shjer in going personally to her reseue. | ig not likely to give the enemy much . where he is expected to arrive to-day. w r of Governor Gage. «| Arthur at 5 o'clock on Friday morn- |that few of the shells exploded. The | Soldlers.” There - is a deep-seated cONViCtion | rest while any of his cruisers or tor-| War preparations continue here Major John W. Tompkins took office | ing and engage the Japanese fleet, Ad- | more the enemy bombards the more | Russians here are asking jokingly if | here that henceforth there will be a|pedo-boats remain afiat mething | methodically, while about 30.000 September 1 of last year. He was, | Makaroff favoring an aggressive pol- |we are convinced that it will be im- |the Emperor sent matches also. ' | complete change of sea tactics. Admiral | ike a night torpedo-boat attaek on me\ Koreans pursue their normal every- , prior to his appointment as Warden | icy. possible for the Japanese to take Port R e PR Mackaroft will make the fleet at Port | enemy's base behind the Elliott Islands, | day life free from excitement. The e vy > YINKOW, March 12.—When last|Arthur. Carries Russian Sailors Homeward. | Arthur an aggressive force. He enjoys| " | funeral of the late Empress Dowager Continued on Page 22, Column 1. Thursday’s bombardment of Port Ar-] It is believed here that the Japancse NAGASAKI, March 12.—The French | the reputation throughout the lennh[ Continued on Page 23, Column 5. will take place on Monday nezt ind was ngressman V an Fr