The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 14, 1904, Page 1

cisco for thirty Local THE WEATHER. Forecagt made at San Fran- midnight, March 14: San Francisco and vicinity— Cloudy Monday; probably show- ers; fresh southwest wind. G. H. WILLSON, hours ending Forecaster. Stream.” THE THEATERS. Alcazar—"“Parsifal” California — “The Central—“Shamus O'Brien.” Columbia—*“The Silver Slipper.” Chutes—Vaundeville. Pischer’s—“The Rounders.” Lyric Hall— ‘The East Coast.” Orpheum—Vaudeville. Tivoli—“The Gypsy Baron.” o i SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, MARCH 14, 1904. PRICE FIVE CENTS. JAPANESE WARSHIPS INFLICT GREAT DAMAGE UPON PORT ARTHUR AND THE RUSSIAN FLEET DURING BOMBARDMENT AND SEA BATTLE + (NFESSE KILLING OF FIVE MEX PSS Thug Under Sentence| 0f Death Boasts 0f Crimes. ——— Admits Having Taken Part| in Several Daring Train Robberies. One-of Chicage’s Convieted Car-Barn ndits Says That He Is Guilty of Many Murders larch 18.—Gustav Marx, r barn bandits now ee ¢ and ying in these I GET THE PLUM Friends Say New Yorker| Will Receive Democratic Nomination for Presidenecy IEEERTES Ak Special Dispatch t The Call reh 13.—Judge for ination the ured 1ce based upon of the Demo- in the has shown itseif almost anything, but I commit the e away."” 1 a pivotal by the ex supporters of ver Cleveland on of Bryan and Hearst alone, out and there expressed 1 great guestions his that party js regarded as strength ers him the | could be put up. | is practically | and will not | » he will not and the party is | Hearst n that W. J. | in the conven- | ervative. The convention will not firm the Louis platform, Ryan for there are enough live is- at taking up the free coin. ilver. He thinks the issue will st s with age of | trust question. 1 | | reasonable and | that the vessels almost touched and a | | desperate conflict ensued, from which the Russians retired badly disabled. stroyer Kasumi wound. be the question of tariff, including the | the first torpedo attack cn Port Arthu and in the attempt to “bottle” the hi - | | TINKOW r the rit 1 new town w an was hit five ti who retired without loss. Th e arriving he e arriving h imminent as so i ds badly damagec 1 rty persons G on as the A Special Cable to The Call and New York Herald. Copyright, 1904, by the New York Herald Pyblishing Company; % . March 12.—W hen the Japanese again bombarded Port Arthur on Thursday ] ; The forts engaged: the enciny nzan has been floated and is no ed by the niciting of ice. dmiral Togo Rescues the Crew of a Russian Torped e ¢ killed and 450 wonunded.” Russian rein- put into place and an attack is in east basin. Boat Sunk by the Fire of His Guns. TOKIO, March Official and pri- reports both indicate that Admiral 12 Togo’s fourth att Arthur, on March 10, wa effective since the first assault, a month ago. One Russian torpedo-boat destroyer was sunk and several Russian torpédo- boat destrovers w eriously dam- sinking commercial commended both t ry Japanese flotilla mines at the mouth. of engaged two Russian d flotilla w nmarnded by team ships s for his in sending aged. The fortifications and city -were | L subjected to a heavy bombardment, | p, gepot on Samshantac. This object lasting nearly four hours. The maval 15 accomplished and the buildings bombardments of the land works have generally been ineffective, yet the pe Rear s Dewa and U culiar topographical conditions of Port ""l"‘";]"f i "';" ghoad '"-l A 24 4 ity from serious | Miral Togo, the details of which be- Arthur make immunity from serious T/Uel ToKo. fhe details of which bed loss from bombardment armost impos- | ey Sitebse *ehfluninst: TAGlral sible. Admiral Togo’s torpedo flotilla | Togo’s report came last night, but it opened the action by boldly steaming was withheld until shown to the Bm- in under the batteries, and s sssful peroy Admiral permanently placing a number of mechanical mines | U bered amon, s of the em- at the mouth of the-harbor.. Following | "y 1ategt reports place the Japanese that there was a desperate bow-t0-bow |locs gt nine killed, five serfously wound. | encounter between the torpedo-boat |ed-and 'seventeen slightly wounded. destroyers, in which the Japanése ap- j‘):r 2 fleet was not damaged pear to have scored a clear victory. |in the fizhting Then followed a long-range duel be- tween the cruisers, ending in- the re- tirement of the Novik and Bayan, the | only Russians engaged. BATTLESHIPS IN ACTION. The closing action was the bombard- ment of the inner harbor by the Jap- anese battleships. The latter took a po- sition southwest of Port Arthur and used only their twelvé-inch guns. There v re twenty-four twelve-inch guns-in the squadron of six battleships and each gun red five rounds, making a total of 120 huge projectiles’ that were hurled at the city. The bombardment was de- liberate and carefully calculated. In order to aid in perfecting the firing, Admiral Togo stationed the cruisers in a position due east of the entrance to the harbor and at a right angle to the battleships. The cruisers observed the range and effect of the firing and signaled the results and sug- tions by wirelesy telegraphy. These observations and reports greatly aided | the eve gunners in their effort to make shell count. Admiral Togo was to definitely learn the results of the bombardment, but later private reports indicate that much destruction was caused in the city, where a series of fires broke out. There also was seri- ous damage to the batterles. ATTACKS SUPERIOR FORCE. Captain Shojiro Asai, ccmmanding the flotilla of torpedo boat destroyers which engaged the Russian destroyers, is the hero of the attack. He had only three destroyers, but attacked six Rus- sian destroyers, ordering his craft to close in with the enemy. He steamed in so close to the enemy’s destroyers Minamisawa of the de- received a mortal Minamisawa participated in Engineer TOGO SENDS DETAILS. Admiral Togo's report of the attack 2¢ follow tacked the enemy at Port Arthur on March 10. Our two torpedo flotillas reached the mouth of the harbor at { Port Arthur at'1 o’clock on the morning ‘nf the 10th. Finding no enemy and | waiting until dawn, one flotilla engaged | in sinking special mines in the harbor | entrance. Notwithstanding the enemy’s | fire_our flotilld succeeded in sinking the mines. The other flotilla met the en- emy’s tornedo flotilla, consisting of six | boats, in the Laqthieshan channel; | south of Port Arthur, at 4:30 p’clock. A hot engagement occurred at close i range for thirty minutes. The enemy | then took flight. . “Our fire greatly damaged the Rus- | sian ships, one of which was badly | erippled by a shot through the boilers, | and another was observed to be on fire. So close were the two flotillas to each other that our destroyers, the Asashio, {the Kasumi and the Akatsuki, nearly touched the enemy’s ships and our crews could even hear the cries of agony of the wounded men on them. We sustained some damage and loss. The Akatsuki had a steam pipe broken and four stokers were Kkilled thereby. | Our loss was seven Killed and eight wounded. Among the latter is Chief Engineer Minamisawa of the Kasumi. RUSSIAN CREW CAPTURED. “Our other flotilla while leaving the harbor entrance observed two Russian torpedo-boats coming from seaward and immediately engaged them, the hattle lasting one hour. After causing them severe damage one of them effect- ed its escape, but our destroyer, the Sasanami, captured the other boat, i which proved to be the Stereguschtchi. Notwithstanding the land batteries poiring a heavy fire on our flotilla, the captured vessel was taken in tow. Owing to the high sea the tow line soon parted and the Sasanami found it necmssary to take the crew from the “Our squadron, as prearranged, at-| the Baya of the har the a squadron. rtilla suf- E t he The nami and the tsuki had two & 3 killed and suh-Lisutenant hima of the tsuki and three sail- ors were wounded. iser squadron 8 o’cloc adyvanced a to- squadron o'clock 1o v to the abse de by one of our. cruisers entrance. (he bombardment bly effective. During our ie the enemy’s land*batteries but none of our ships suffered damage. fired, any | __““Another. cruiser squadron | Talienwan (Dainy) and bombarded: the went to enemy’s fortress on Samshantao, dam- aging the buildings thereon. “The cruisers Takasago and Chihaya reconnoitered: the west coast -of - the Arthur peninsula, but did not find the enemy. “The Russian torpedo boat destroy- | er demaged fn th® third attack on Port Arthur was found to he the Wnushiter- Inuy, which had been completely sunk, the mast only hf(ng visible above the squadron stopped firing at 2 o'clock and returned to the rendez- vous.” SCOUTING PARTIES CLASH. It is reported that a Japanese cav- alry patrol engaged a party of Russian scouts near Kasan, west of Anju, yes- terday. The Russians numbered thirty. Ccnfirmation of the report, however, is not obtainable. Marquis Ito, accompanied by a-num- erous suite, departed for Korea at noen to-day. He is golng to Kobe by special train and will proceed to Chemulpo on a special steamer, probably the Hong- kong Maru. Despite a driving storm of soft snow a large assemblage, including members of ' the Government, com- manders of the army and navy and high officials, gathered - at Shinbashi station to bid him farewell. There was an enthusiastic demonstration when the train left. Marquis Ito had an audience with the Mikado yesterday and was given a ie ter for the Emperor of Korea and final personal instructions regarding his mission. Japanese bonds have fallen in Lon- don 7 to 8 per cent below Tokio quota- tioms. The wide . variation is unac- ccunted for, but: possibly due to the difference of the holders. In London the majority of the bonds are in the|, hands timid in time of war, while in Tokio the bondholders are Japanese, who are exceedingly confident ‘as to the out- come of the war. A < OMSK, RUSSIA, BE NTRAINING | NEY TO THE FAR EASTERN WAR DISTRICT. FOR THE LONG JOUR- erving | »tect the f f | i Spec Consular Body in Chefu Teaches Re spect for China's Neutrality. Cablegram to The Call and New York Herald. +* Copyright, 1904, by the New York Hervald Publishing Company. PORT ARTHUR, March 13 thing is quiet here to-day. CHEFU, M 18.—With a view inciting the Chinese to abandon thei neutiality thes Japanese have posted the ‘streets of Chefu colored placard: ~Every- | | rob to, n showing the distraction of the Rus-i sians. At ‘a meeting of the consular| body, comp the representatives | of all the pov except the combat- ants was decided that this was un just asnd the ‘placards - were ordered torn down immediate The matter was also reported to Pe { ting the aff ing, thus put- in the hands of the Chi- r nese Government. Replying to a rumor current yester- day that Port Arthur would be evacu- ated and that even now the town was in flames a report received to-day frow official Russian sour advises that all is. well and informs all interested that | the need not be anxious, as Russia | never will evacuate or surrender Port Arthur.. It is added that the new town is' intact and that only one house has | been destroyed by shells. MANY DEAD DRIFT ASHORE. I learn.from an authoritative sourc2 that ‘the Japanese bombarded Port| Arthur on Wednesday and not on Tues- day ;at midnight. It is learned from HRussian sources that one Japanese de- stroyer was sunk by electrically dis- charged mires in the engagement on Wednesday at midnight. The Japan- ese fleet rescued the survivors. Many dead were washed sshore on the west beach at Port Arthur. The Russian wounded comprise jhree artillery offi- cers and forty-six soldiers, with four killed. In the bombardment of Port Arthur on THurs?~y the Japanese attempted to damagc the Russian fleet anchored in the west bay, but in consequence of the difficulty encountered in dropping shells over the high range of hills pro- tecting the harbor the attempt was en- tirely unsuccessful. RUMORS OF DISASTER. LONDON, March 14 — According to the St. Petersburg correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, vague rumors are cur- rent there that later telegrams de- scribe the bombardment of Port Arthur as much more serious than has been admitted officially. Special dispatches from Tokio and Yinkow also give re- ports of heavy Russian casualties at Port Arthur, amounting to forty men killed and 100 wounded, but they are so- conflieting in details that it is not wise to give much credence to them. In a dispatch from Tokio dated March, 13, a_ correspondent of the Daily Tele- graph ‘says that in the latest attack on Port Arthur two Russian torpedo- boat destroyers were sunk and great damage was done to the docks at Fort of bafikers, who are naturaily |San Nicholas, including the explosion of a powder magazine. Dalny is re- ported ta have been almost entirely destroyed. Several guns there were dismounted and the crews of four tor- pedo-hoats in the inside harbor are id to have deserted, | The Yinkow correspond Daily Mail reports that < putes occur daily between the Russian naval and military officers at Port latter reproaching the for- moetency and cowar The corréspondent des ing of the battleship s the dock at Port Arthur 1 to permit of her repair. Ge oessel (in command at Port Art been ordered to the Yalu, the respondent concludes, and he w replaced by General Smirnoff In patch from Chefu, a corresvondent ribes an inspection dated the Daily of Port made on the 11th inst. from a The new ecity seemed to be on Mail des Arthur b three columns of smoke were ending from it. The Dread Hill fort appeared to have suffer~d severe- v: the defenses were shattered and he earthworks torn up. No guns were ble. The line of forts on the Tigers Tail also appeared to have suffercd damage. At sunrise no sign of life could be seen anywhere and Port | Arthur looked like a city of death. The torpedo-boat destrovers inside did not appear to have steam up. JAPAN'S LAND MOVEMENTS. pecial dispatches from Port Arthur| say. there are rumors among the Chi- nese population that the projected Jap- anese _descent upon the Liaotung Peninsula is imminent. correspondent of the Daily *Chronicle reports that 10,000 Japanese are near- ing Newchwang. The Times publishes a dispatch from Seoul, dated March 11, in which the correspShdent confirms previous re- ports that it is the intention of Japan to wait until the ice breaks up before making large disembarkations, in order to avoid difficulties on the roads. Trans- ports are still arriving, to make good the deficiencies on the Seoul-Chenrulpo | line, which has been denuded of troops, Hut some time is likely to elapse hefore dny great achievement is attempted. A correspondent of the Times at Tokio .says the latest news received there shows that the Korean coast be- tween Gensan and Songchin is entirely free from Russian troops, 7SR Russia May Buy Big Liner. BERLIN, March 13.—The Morgen Post claims to have trustworthy infor- mation to the effect that the Russian Government is negotiating for the pur- chase of the steamship Kaiser Fried- erich III, which was built by the late Ferdinand Schichau of Elbing for the North German Lloyd line, but which cannot meet the speed requirements. The paper says the negotiations for the sale are nearly completed and that Russia intends to transform the steam- ship into an auxiliary eruiser. ‘War News Continucd on Page 2. The Tientsin | LYNCHERS ARE 70 B - PROSECUTEL ‘Warrants Are Issued for Arrest of Suspects. Coroner Mates the | Murder of Prisoner | Cummings. | Evidence at Inquest Tends to Show That Unfortunate Negro Was In- nocent of Crime Charged. Special Dispatch to The Call. MOJAVE, March 13. — A verdict by the coroner's jury holding James Cowen responsible for the alleged murder of James Cummings, the negro prisoner who was put to death by a mob; the arrest of C. O’Neil and J. Clancy this evening and the issuance of warrants for two others are the de- | velopments to-day in the Mojave lynch- ing of Friday. p | The coroner's jury examined wit- | nesses for four hours to-day. Several witnesses appeared to be very reluct- ant to testity and one, Willlam Jones, a hostler, nowledged that he had received warnings not to tell what he kne Several witnesses testified that Cowen went to his lodging-house, got a rifle and left, after making a remark about “having some fun with a nigger. The autopsy showed that the course of the bullet was downward, indicating that Cummings had been shot while in a kneeling attitude with his hands raised above his head, the assassin standing over him when he fired, The warrants issued to-night charge . :d with the general crime of felony. Cowan is in the Bakersfleld jail Albert Irwin and Fred Fry, rallroad employes, testified that a boy, appar- ently a tramp, informed them Friday ! that the Cummings, assaulted him with a pistol and committed a serious cffe The negro appeared a minute late was then putting a pistol in An officer was called, but the boy disappeared. There is not a scintilla of evidence against the negro, who denied the charge and gave a perfectly straight of himself and his the murdered anteroom whar used to | ntern n Paeific ricating srpse account The remains o ali day in the A heavy ere jail door, a r stamp of t 1 and a can of lu the side of the case agal th and expect to se - LOCKJAW 1is CURED OoF All Other Remedies York Surgeon Succeeds With Serum. YORK, March made known to-day actions. lay »pen the raring the tand oil they have a good ted lynchers iction. BY ANTI-TOXIN When Fail New Details of the w lockjaw hich erations y. and one ¥ rarely, if ate most formed that snatched grave eleven-yea old John McDonough. When virtually e e had failed, the boy's | 1ite d by the s rjection of a toxin into the br: d spinal cavity | As a result the lad who, six weeks ago | was lying at the poi_t of death, is to- | day well and hearty as ever. | Yor~~ McDonough was playing on a lot near his home when he tripped | ana fell. striking 1is right leg aga the sharp cormer ¢* a rock. Dr. Fra H. Clark decided that the boy showed symptoms of lockjaw. The lad was borne to an operating table writhing | agony. The first operation reduced the | number of spasms. The second reduced their intensity. The third relieved hina entirely, and to-day the boy playe™ with his companions. B — | REPORT OF MURDER O B. W. LABARRE CONFIRMED Board of Foreign Missions Receives Cable From Persia Announcing Clergyman's Death. | NEW YORK, " byterian Board of day receiv r Foreign Missio Airmation of | the news of the murder of the Rev. | Benjamiin W. Labarre near Kohoi, \i»rfin. He was the son of Re lenjamin Labar; lso a minister of Persia. The Labarre who was mu | dered was born in Urumia, Persia, thirty-four years ago. He 3 pointed a missionary in Jeaves a wife and two children. Mrs. Labarre is a daughter of the Rev. Dr. Scheuffier, now of Cleveland and for many years a missionary in Turkey. —_———————— Military Still Make Arrests. CRIPPLE. CREEK, Colo., March 13.— Although martial law was suspended in this district more than a month ago, the military is still exercising its powers. as is evidenced in the arrest of Peter Calderwood and his confine- ment in the bullpen. The arrest arose from an alleged violation of the law concerning the desecration of the American flag.