The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 15, 1904, Page 1

3 Forecast made at San Fram- cisco for thirty hours ending et midnight March 15, 1904t San Francisoo and vicinity— + Stream.” Alcazar—*“Parsifal.” California — “The ol i Central—“Shamus 0’Brien.” Columbia—*The Silver Slipper.” Clearing; cooler Tuesday; fresh nm‘“.—na'.'—“":::mn:unan” westerly winds. Hal'—Bax cert A. G. MCADIE, ::.Tm—v:—.a::m? District Forecaster. Tivoli—“Tte Gypsy Baron.” - - — VOLUME XCV—NO. 106. SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 1904. PRICE FIVE CENTS. RUSSIANS ADMIT SERIOUS DAMAGE TO PORT ARTHUR; STATE OF SIEGE TO BE PROCLAIMED IN CZAR'S PORT§ Special Cable to The Call and New York Herald. Copyright, 1904, by the New York Herald Publishing Company, ST. PETERSBURG, March 14.---The Diedomosti’s private dispatches state that the bombardment of Port Arthur has caused very serious damage. siege will be proclaimed in all Russian seaports. This, I understand, will be done in view of the coming large movements of ships and munitions of war and to enable the authorities \ A week from to-day a state of to get rid of a certain undesirable element of foreigners, especiaily English of the spy description. Bjornsund is being fortified and precautions are being taken at Reval to insure the security of docks from unfriendly hands. & number of submarine boats are being sent in sections to Port Arthur. 5 . + MILES MAY LEAD FOES | OF LIOUOR General Is Willing o Run for the Presidency. Places Himself in the Hands of His Prohibition Friends. — Aceeptance of an Offer to Place His Name Before the Convention. National ont wrote to at he ition n and asked if he I asure of supporting : fon. The letter y friends to say render further to e - CHAMBERLAIN'S RETURN SURPRISES ENGLISHMEN P of ¥ Departure From arliament Discuss Early pt of Former Members British Sta with an h a in onist circles, b Ch lain section of Parlia- n its triumph on ¥ predict that if the ! eated e general ele not Balfour, w t f T ion in ne They also talk r v n the com- e reimpose the shilling d Balf s for several days been ng fr a severe attack of neu- ; i PINE BOX BUSINESS IN THE HANDS OF TRUST California Company, Capitalized at | Five Millions. Absorbs Concerns of the Cc RENO, Nev., M A cer, president of Planing Mill, gave it out to-night that the Pine Box Manufacturing Agency of the Pa- Coas gone out of business been taken by the Cali- Box and Lumber Com- pany, capitalized at $5,000,000. The new combine embraces about th of the largest box factories on the coast Each factory taken in has been issued new stock in accordance with the ap- | prai of its plant. The ) ds is a member of the 18 a contributing capacity. | pelehy - ot Robbers Kill Missionary. NEW YORK, March 14.—The mur- | r of Rev. Benjamin W. Labaree in was learned to-day from | to the Presbyterian Board of lissions, was not the work of religious | The missionary and his ser- | waylaid and slain by rob- —_———— Price of Steel Goes Up. PITTSBURG, March 14—At a meeting of the steel bar pool here to- day the price of steel biilets was in- creased $1 all around. Bessemer steel bars were advanced from $26 to $27 4 ton and open hearth from $28 to $29. ———— Old Californian Dies. ORANGE, N. J., March 14.—Ben- jamin T. Martin, who from 1861 to 1867 was employed in the San Fran- cisco Mint, is dead at his home here, eged 70 years. | the R —p | " i + LANDING OF RUSSIAN MARINE ARTILLERY IN BOATS FROM WARSHIPS TO ASSIST IN THE DEFENSE OF PORT ARTHUR. +British ExpertsA Prédictiné Early Fall of Russian Stronghold. —Premature, LONDON, March far a so | is believed that it will not be necessary Arth been either evacuated or | tUre being chiefly captured by the Japanese. At the same | "y U. 1oy peen recefved hera of the time, judging from dispatches received | grer accident to a war correspondent, Mr. McKenzie, the representative of the impression that the Russians are prfi-} Daily Mail in Korea, having suffered has from all sources, there seems to be an paring for what is the inevitable out- | the breaking of both his legs by a fall come of Javan's complete control ot | from a pony. the sea. Commenting on the situation | e Rear Admiral Ingles, writing in the | B USSIANS INTEND Daily Telegraph this morning, says: | T RETIRE BEFORE It is perfectly ENEMY’S ADVANCE certain to my mind that the Javanese navy has decided that the capitulation of Port Arthur , AR has become an immediate necessity. | YINKOW, March 14.—The local Nothing will now stop Admiral Togo Russian authorities are apparently in- | unless it is an immediate negative from the Emperor himself. The capture of | at the solicitious inguiries of the com- Port Arthuris, T believe, only an affair | manders of foreign gunboats regard- ¥, and then the whole coast of | jg the projected blocking of the Liao s entirely in the hands of the| p, .. yorore the arrival of the Jap- Japanese, to do what they like with.| i Mk Visdivosiok doss Dot cotnt Darltiier. . ‘an se, which latter event is regarded Although “Details of the naval battle off Port|as a foregone conclusion. Arthur have only confirmed me in this | the blocking of the Liao and also the idea. Even now there are probably | defense of the settlement and native mines laid down across the entrance to | town are regarded as unattainable, it the harbor which will prevent the|is certain that an important disposi- Novik and the Bayan ever coming out | tjon of guns and the arrangement of a again. and as the power of the forts|gefense plan have already been made. and their supply of ammunition be-. The arrival of General Kondratoviteh comes less and less, €0 the cordon of |4 few days ago, however, arrested the | arrangements and threatened to cause | ships will be drawn tighter and tighter.” JAPAN'S OUTLOOK BRIGHT. The Daily Chronicle, commenting on statement that it is Russia’s in- tention to fall back indefinitely until she has 300,000 troops concentrated for an advanée, to say nothing of 200,000 more to watch the Chinese frontier, says: “That is all very magnificent, but how about their position when Russia’'s army has fallen back indefinitely? Then, if Port Arthur has not already given way, it must mean the surrender of that place, as well as Newchwang and Vladivostok, with or without a struggle. "It will probably involve the surrender of Mukden as well, not to speak of Harbin, But the Japanese will hardly need to follow the Rus- the abandonment of the original inten- tion. The highest Russian opinion obtain- admits the Government's intention to | fall back indefinitely until the mob- ilization of 300,000 troops for the pur- pose of assaulting and opposing the Japanese and probably 200,000 more to oppose the Chinese. The same opinion asserts that Vice is determined to weaken the enemy at any cost and make the operation of the Baltic Sea fleet in the Far East feasible, though it may be necessary to fight without the Pallada, the Ce- sarevitch and the Retvizan, which, it Ils adniitted, cannot be fully repaired sian retirement as far as that. With | within six months. On account of the those points in their hands, with Korea | uncertainty of the success of the cecupled and the command of the sea |Scheme of constructing a mud dock assured, they could calmly await de- |in which to repair the Cesarevitch and velopments.” Retvizan, naval experts allow a full TOKIO'S LARGE WAR FUND. year for the repair work. PRI & The correspondent of the Morning Post at Tokio throws a light upon Ja,,| SteAmship and Cargo Condemned. pan’s financial intentions, and says 1ty ~NAGASAKI March 14.—The East is estimated that Japan will be able | Asiatic steamship Manchuria has been to maintain a war for eighteen months | condemned by the naval prize court without borrowing abrecad. The policy |at Sasebo, including her general cargo, is to retain the gold in Japan, and it ' which is partially neutral property. the latest reports received this!to spend abroad more than an eighth | morning tell us, is the story that Port | Of the cost of the war, this expendi- | on coal, cordite and | censed and manifestly much annoyed | able at Port Arthur and Newchwang | Admiral Makaroff will fight hard. He | " (RUSER - DESTROYED Sunken War Vessel Seen Near Che- | mulpo. —_— Spectal Dispatch to The Call. SEOUL, March 12 (via Chefu, March 14).—It can now be stated positively that the Japanese lost one cruiser in he first naval engagement of the war, which occurred off the harbor of Che- mulpo. Foreign residents of Chemulpo who investigated the report that a Japanese warship, disabled and aban- doned, was stranded on the beach sev- eral miles from the harbor entrance, found that it was true. The vessel is aground in the mud flats, only her stem and funnels being above water at low tide. Apparently she was an un- armored cruiser of the second class. Some miles to the southward of this sunken warship is the hulk of a trans- port, which was driven ashore during a gale while the Japaness army was be- ing transported 1o Seoul. It is pre- sumed that the soldiers aboard the | transport succeeded in reaching shore. It was claimed in the official Russian reports of the Chemulpo engagement that the cruiser Variag, before she was bLlown up by her owa captain to pre- vent her capture by the Japanese, had succeeded in disabling one Japanese warship, which afterward sank, and it was declared that the bodies of many members of the crew had been washed ashore. Since the day of the battle re- ports have come from various sources that a sunken Japan-se cruiser had been seen near the entrance to the har- ber of Chemulpo. Conciliating the Koreans. -LONDON, March 15.—The correspon- dent of the Times at Seoul comments l on the remarkable civil influence which iJapnn has brought to bear upon Korea, without adopting an attitude of over- bearing coercion. 'The correspondent says everything is being done to con- ciliate the Koreans, but he points out that from Chemulpo to Seoul every controlling influence is Japanese— railway, police and telegraph. Makaroff_ to i Aggressive Against -Assume the Togo’s Fleet. ! LONDON, March 15.—A correspond- i ent of the Daily Mail at Ne hwang { s says that after the removal of the battleship Retvizan four Russian steamships—the Harbin, the Hailar, | the Ninguta and the Sungari—were | anchored at the mouth of the entrance sunk, leaving only a small channel available, Vice Admiral Makaroff hav- ing previously ordered the #hole fleet to remain outside with steam up, econ- omy in coal being unnecessary. This dispatch, which is prominently displayed by the Daily Mail, and which, the correspondent say Russian information,” is, if true, news is adopt the offensive and make a des- perate atterppt to bring together Rus- sia's scattered naval forces or en- deavor to inflict damage upon the Jap- anese anv. The story must, how- ever, be viewed cautiously, the only approach of confirmation from any other quarter being in a dispatch from a correspondent of the Daily Tele- graph at Yinkow, which merely says: “Vice Admiral Makaroff has issued orders to the effect that the saving of coal is unmecessary, but that the big gun ammunition in the forts must not be wasted. Evidently'this ammu- nition is running short.” The Daily Telegraph’s Tokio corres- pondent sends an unconfirmed rumor to the effect that Japanese marines have lapded and occupled Dalny. It !s a subject of unceasing remark and conjecture that nothing has been heard of the Viadivostok'squadron, and it 1s beginning to be believed that it is really inside the harbor of Vladivostok. { BADLY DAMAGED JAPANESE CRUISER TOWED TO SASEBO SRl i PORT ARTHUR, March M4.—Two | Russian passengers of , the steamship | Argun, cantured by the Japanese off | the coast of Korea on February 7 and taken to Sasebo, have returned here. The passengers say that while at Sase- bo on® February 17 on board the Tokai Maru, to which they had been tzans- ferred, they saw the Japanese cruiser Asuma being towed into that port. The Asuma was without smokestacks, masts or bridge, .and her decks had been plowed up by projectiles. The other Japanese prizes, the Mukden, Russia and Ekaterinoslav, besides the captured Russian whalers Michael, Nicolai and Alexander, were also at Sasebo when i of Port Arthur in proper position an:l: “om | of the first importance, confirming the | idea that Vice Admiral Makaroff will | the passengers left there. They say | that the wealthy Japanese are refusing | to subseribe to the war fund The ]‘prhs)t!fim of the Japanese Bank, M. La- v~|-~n'. sacrificed a gold chain and other | presents from the Mikado to contribute to the funds. nav includes three the Adsuma, the Asama and | the Suma—either one of which might | be the “Asuma’ referred to in the fore- | going aispaten. The Javanese | eruisers P [ WEIRD FUNERAL | OF THE DOWAGER QUEEN OF KOREA SEOUL, )l;ch 14,-T;1e funeral of | the Queen Dewager, who died in Jan- was placed on a catafalque at the | west gate of the city, where United States Minister Allen and other dip- [lomats gathered at 5:30 o'clock this morning. A It was a weird scene. Thousands of lantern bearers, soldiery and the pop- ulace in white dresses gathered around a bonfire until daybreak. The Em- peror, attired in straw colored robes and headdress, arrived at § o'clock and performed his devotions over the body within a canvas pavilion. The pro- cession then started for the tomb, eight miles outside the city, the bands play- ing funeral dirges. long and full of Oriental color. It was headed by native police, followed by lantern bearers and spearsmen in fan- tastic attire, carrying banners and | huge paper horses. Then came two | biers, gorgeously colored, and sur- | mounted by dragons’ heads. They were. men, there being 200 pallbearers. The court functionaries. The first bier was empty, being intended to cheat devil. covered the roofs to witness the pa- geant. After the start of the pro- | cession the Emperor received the for- eign dinlomats and the Japanese Min- ister, being the senior member, pre- sented the condolences of the corps. ek AR Shansi Riots Not Serious. | TIENTSIN, March 14.—Upon in- Quiry the riot at Shansi turns out to have been unimportant. The Govern- ment is strongly opposed to the pro- posed emigration of Chinese to the Transvaal. War News Continued on Page 3. * | uary, was held hereYo-day. The bier | The procession was a couple of miles | borne on the shoulders of a hundred | biers were surrounded by eunuchs and | the | The populace crowded the streets and | RAILROAD - MERGER IS - UNLAWEUL S Government Wins the Northern Secur- ities Suit. Court Holds Combination | Violates the Anti- | Trust Act. | Decision Meets With Approval of Five of the Supreme Justices, Four Holding Contrary Opinions. WASHINGTON, March 14.—In the Supreme Court of the United States to- day an opinion was delivered In the merger case of the Northern Securities Company vs. the United of the that the merger was illegal. The opinion of the court was handed down by Justice Harlan, and it upheld the decree of the Cireunit Court for the Distriet of Minne- sota in every particular. Feur of the Justices dissented from' the five consti- tuting the majority. The divisicn of the court was due to a difference of opinion as to the right of Federal control of State corporaticns. The majority opin- ion proceeded on the theory that Con- gress has a right under the constitu- | tion to control interstate commerce, no States in favor Government's contention whom conducted, while the minority or dissenting opinion was based on the theory that in the present case the effort is to regulate the owner- ship, not interstate traffic An effort was made by the court to prevent the knowledge of the fact that the opinion was to be rendered to-day from getting to the public, but never- theless. it was quite generally under- stood among newspaper men, attorneys and others an hour or so before the convening of court to-day that the opinion would be announced. When, therefore, the members of the court filed into the chamber they were met by an exvectant wd which filled | every seat, both inside and outside the bar. Seated among the attorneys were Attorney General Knox and etary Taft apd an unusual number of Sen- ators and members of the House. OPINION EXPECTED. There was no surprise manifested when, promptly on the assembling of court, Justi Harlan began the deliv- ery of the oninion. The fact that he had been selected for the preparation | of the document at onee led most peo- | Ple to conctude that the decision would | uphold the Sherman anti-trust law and sustain the contention of the Govern- ment. The Justice read his opinion from a printed copy, which covered thirty pages, and consumed about an | hour and a quarter In its delivery Very soon after Justice Harlan had concluded his presentation of the case it became evident that the court had divided on the questions at issue, and as other opinions were announced it developed that there not only had been a very close shave for the Government, but that one, of the members of the court who cast his vote with the ma- jority entertained opinions of his own, which fact rendered the division all the more marked and interesting. This was Justice Brewer, who, while he concur- | red in the decision, announced in an | independent opinion view that pre- vious anti-trust decisions had been more sweeping than was justified. | JUDGES DISAGREE. Four of the nine Justices dissented outright. These were Chief Justice Fuller and Justices White, Peckham | and Holmes. The opinions of Justices Harlan and White were long, while those of Justices Brewer and Holmes were comparatively brief. All told the ccurt consumed two hours and three- quarters in disposing of the case. The | fact was noted by several persons that the argument in the case was begun | December 14, just three months pre- { vicus to the decision. For so impor- | tant a case this is considered a very | brief interim between the arguments |and the decision. | The case decided to-day was brought by the United States against the Northern Securities Company, a cor- poration of New Jersey; the Great ! Northern Railroad Company, a corpor- ation of Minnesota; the Northern Pa- cific Railway Company, a corporation of Wisconsin: James J. Hill, a citizes of Minnesota, and William- P. Clough, D. Willis James, John S. Kennedy, J. Continued on Page 2, Column 8,