The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 16, 1904, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WED! FSDAY, MARCH 16, 1904. PORT ARTHUR FLEET DISAPPEARS AND MAY BE ON WAY TO VLA SUMMARY OF THE CALL'S SPEGIAL DISPATCHES ON THE WAR While there has been no break in the complete silence regarding the Japanese land operations, an incident has occurred w All war correspondents who were permitted to accompany the Japanese advance to Pingyang have been ordered to re- turn to Seoul. The only construction that can be put upon this unexpected action is that Japan is ready to put into operation the plans for her land campaign and is taking every precaution to prevent information concerning her mqvements reaching the enemy. ; From Tokio comes the startling announcement that the Japanese naval commanders believe that the Russian fleet has left the harbor of Port Arthur, probably Recent advices from Port Arthur have indicated that Vice Admiral Makaroff intended some sudden movement. The Russian ships, following the last battle, remained outside the harbor continuously with steam up. As the Japanese seem cognizant of the movements of the Russian fleet, it is aitogether probable that they will be able to intercept Makaroff, in which event a desperate naval battle would occur. Tt is denied from St. Petersburg that the Russian commander blocked the channel at Port Arthur after taking his ships outside; but if he intended to abandon the har- bor it is altogether probable that he would have done mmething of the kind to assist the garrison in preventing the entrance of Japanese ships. St. Petersbur, | again denounces the rumors that Port Arthur is to be evacuated. PSS St Petershurg Doubts. the Report Sent From Tokio, Does Not Believe Ma- karoff Has Left the Harbor, R PARIS, March 15.—The St. Peters- burg correspondent of the Echo de Paris says that rumors to the effect that the Vladivostok and Port Arthur squadrons have been celved with incredulity by the general staff. The correspondent believes that the rumors are probably due to Vice ! Makaroff's frequent sorties. | Admiral He says that General Zilinsky is now Viceroy Alexieff’s chief of staff and is ‘mcting under his orders in succession to Major General Pflug. “There was an error in the trans- , mission of my dispatch of March 11,” mdds the correspondent, “which at- tributed to General Kuropatkin the statement that he hoped to finish with i the Japanese before the end of July. ! What *he really said was; know whether any great action wiil } occur before July, but I hope to finish | before the end of the year and leave the field clear to the plenipotentiaries intrusted with the drawing up of the conditions of peace.’” Official denial is made of the report nted here s morning that ex- nges of views are now going on be- tween Paris, London and Washing- ton relative to offering mediation in The Foreign e of such an ex- ders that mediation » and cons practicable, as neither party | consider N NOTED RUSSIAN ARE THE GUESTS OF NEW YORK WOMAN NEW \u):‘k‘, .{I::-.h \';——".»\n Even- ing in Russia” w the title of an en- tertainment 4 to be mon- t e and including ian music and nt Russians and night at the r the auspices Entertainment promin rericans Waldor given - Astoria from Count Cassini to Mrs. The Russian En to be pres unable ur eff bring closer to- people and mine in that gether vour s the h strongest bond two n vou and your asso- rforming the highest and entrusted to a diplo- nance and cultivation between his own and suntry to which he is accredited.” 1 Lodygenski spoke on s People,” saying in the friendlin mat m the part “We fervently hope that our friends, when they learn to know us better, will that the ¥ sian people are a Christian nation. After religion racteristic feature of Rus- agree great the sian role of woman in the family, in society and in the state. “I venture to assure you that this evidence of your moral sympathy, when known in my country, will be received with deepest gratitude. It will be con- sidered as a new page in the glorious history of 130 years ¢f American-Rus- sian friendship. Begun by Washington and Catherine the Great, continued by 2l their successors, this friendship had one of its culminating points in the sixtics of the nineteenth century, when President Lincoln and Emperor Alex- ander II simultaneously hoisted the standard of liberty, abolishing slavery here and serfdom in Russia. ‘Blood is thicker than water,” and the blood of Lincoin and Alexander I has cemented 1« the traditional friendship be- tween America and Russia.” —e OLD-TIME FOES ARE ADJUSTING ALL QUARRELS —_— PARIS, March 15.—The recent visits to Paris of Paul Cambon, French Em- bassador at London, for the purpose of conferring with Foreign Minister Deicasse, have brought out that the negotiations for a settlement of the outstanding diffeggnces between Franc: and Great Britain have been resumed after having been interrupted by the Boer war. Although the officials say the reports that a treaty will be signed shortly are unwarranted, yet they indi- cate that the negotiations have made much progress lately, and it is evident that there is expectation in official quarters of their successful conclusion. It is understood that the questions in- clude those relating to Morocco, Egypt and the Newfoundland shore fisher- jes. ever GRAPE-NUTS. The Difference that. comes with proper food. Grape-Nuts Get the little book, .“The Road to Wellville,” in each pkg. united are re- | ‘I do not | | x3 Replying to an inqu are at last ready to strike a decisive blow. to attempt a.dash to Viadivostok to join the four cruisers stationed there. — = JIPAN BELIVES - MAKIROFF'S SHIS MR ON THE SE 'Russian Fleet May Be Sailing Toward Vladivostok. TOKIO, March 15.—It 1s strongly be- | | lieved here that the Russlan fleet aban- | doned Port Arthur, after the fourth | attack was made upon it by the Jap- | anese fleet, and is endeavoring to reach Viadivostok. Confirmation of this | movement is not obtainable from any | reliable source, but recent scouting in the vicinity of Port Arthur has failed | 5T. PETERSBURG HAS NO NEWS OF REGENT FIGHTING Port Gives Details of First Attack. —_— ST. PETERSBURG, March 15.—The report from Newchwang that four Rus- sian steamships had been sunk at the entrance to Port Arthur after the re- moval of the battleship Retvizan is authoritatively denied here. With the exception of the dispatch of yester- day from General Zilinsky, no official telegrams containing news of fighting ave been received in the last forty- to reveal the presence of any warships. {:,'i RS it seems logical enough that the Rus- m“[hu:{;‘:,,mi;f:“l,f'eiififii?’h;fi.‘s’;'}g | siane should attempt a dash for Viadi- | rjyeq but as these were only of strate- vostok, where it is possible to dock | gic importance their contents was not large ships, effect a junction with their | made public. A copy of the Novikrai of Port Ar- dated February 19, which has | armored cruiser squadron and secure | | a base for operations, while possessing | thur, BATSH ERPERTS G DG T THE PMESE to Be Lured Into Manchuaria. BoRr s Specfal Cable to The Call and New York Herald. Copyright, 1904, by the New York Herald Publishing Company. LONDON, March 15.—“If the views of some of Great Britain’s most emi- nent strategists obtain, Japan will com- pletely alter the ground plan of her campaign and refuse to pursue the Russians to Harbin and beyond,” said an experienced commander to-day. “The long article by the Times' mili- | tary critic in yesterday's paper,” he continued, “pointing out the vast risks the Japanese would take by advancing far inland, was inspired by British sol- diers of the highest rank. The Jap- |anese war party is eager to go the British military experts have adopted the novel plan of advising Japan on campaign methods through the medium of inspired articles in the press that Tokio will heed their warning against being led into a pursuit of the Russians into Manchuria. - directed from \Washington, China has given renewed assurance of her neutrality during the war. toward the frontier is for legitimate protection against invasion, and there is no intention in Peking of giving assistance to the Japanese. Refugees trom Port Arthur arriving at Yiikow ridicule the reports that great damage was done by Japanese shells during the recent hombardment. General Kuropatkin will reach Mukden on March 26. It is expected that Russian military operations will begin as soon as the commander-in-chief | in Manchuria. He is going to the front with his plan of campaign already mapped out. | ich indicates that the brown men g The cruiser Cincinnati has arrived at Chemulpo with American refugees from the Unsan district. They were unmolested, although numerous bodies of troops were encountered while they were traveling to the port of Chenampo. 2 It is sajd The movement of her troops arrives (NO EVACUATION OF PORT ARTHUR BY THE AUSSIANS Arthur Journal{ Warn Brown Men Not|Rumors of a Retreat Arouse Anger in Capital. ST. PETERSBURG, March 15.—From the highest quarter the press has in- fermation that there is mo foundation Russians are abandoning Port Arthur. “It is the veriest nonsense,” said an official informant. - “Nothing had oc- curred there to warrant such reports. The Japanese fleet has not been seen | for forty-eight hours. The motive of the Tokio Government in spreading this story is probably to influence pub- lic feeling in Japan, for the purpose of creating enthusiasm while a war loan | is being floated.” The newspapers here manifest the greatest indignation over the report, for the rumors from Tokio that the | athy of thought and action | he recognition of the noble | adequate land defenses. The hopeless- | ness of continuing at Port Arthur is | | manifest, while a dash for Viadivostok might succeed, contrary to the opinion previously expressed. Vice Admiral Togo is unwilling to | run the risk of dividing his battleship squadron and continues to operate the ix battleships together. If the Rus-' ians should make an attempt to reach. | Viadivostok it is believed they will try a dash through the Korean Straits | rather ‘than enter the Japan Sea through the Sugaru Straits. { BRIEF ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN FLEETS AT PORT ARTHUR | TIENTSIN, March 15.—A foreigner | just arrived from Port Arthur reports | that a short engagement took place be- | tween the Russian and Japanese fleets | on Sunday last, the protected .cruiser Diana, belonging to the former, re-| | celving some injuries. About twenty | |or thirty shells were exchanged. | The Imperial Chinese Railway Com- | pany is considering the withdrawal of | its station force and all its movable ‘property from Newchwang. | The haste of the British and Ameri- | can gunboats to leave Newchwang | while the intentions of the Japanese | are unknown, and while consular juris- {‘d(.cllon and the full treaty port rights of neutrals are unquestioned, thus pre- | maturely abandoning the protection ‘herelofore maintained, has provoked | the indignation of residents and an of- | ficial protest has been made to the | United States Government. | This was done especially in view of | | the action of the Japanese in placing ! their consulate and other property un- der British protection, their example being imitated by the Russians, who, as indicated in wprevious dispatches, transferred their extensive bank, con- | sular and civil administration proper- | ties to the French, thereby rendering | Russian, Japanese and other interests alike neutral. The protest was sent also because the withdrawing of a Brit- ish gunboat and what is understood as the American intention of with- | drawal are regarded as palpable neg- lect, inviting depredations upon British Jand American interests. The British Consul here has filed a protest with Sir Ernest Satow, the | British Minister at Peking, against the projected abandonment of the New- chwang end of the Chinese Railway by |its airectors and the management in | Great Britain. The reasons given by the Consul for his action are that the British Government ‘had previously made known its intention of protecting the road and that its abandonment at this time meant the probability of its destruction by the Russians, should they eventually be forced to retreat. Doy it RUSSIAN CRUISER : STOPPING VESSELS i IN THE RED SEA —_— PORT SAID, March 15.—The Russian armored cruiser Dmitri Donskoi is vis- ible from this port, actively patrolling in search of vessels carrying contra- band of war. She mistook the Italian armored cruiser Marco Polo for a mer- chantman and stogped her by firing a blank cartridge a her bows. On | discovering her mistake the Dmitri lboukoi signaled an apology. i The Dmitri Donskoi stopped the Norwegian steamship Standard this morning. Jt is said that the Standard was within the three-mile limit. The warship afterward signaled her to proceed. * & just reached here, definitely establishes the fact that when the first torpedo |attack was made on Port Arthur it | was entirely unexpected. The Russian 1 squadron was anchored outside in three { lines, with the battleships in the rear. [The captain of the battleship Cesare- | trace the course of the torpedo from his ship. When it exploded under the stern of the battleship, the latter heel- ed at first to starboard and then to port, at an angle of eighteen degrees. Two other torpedoes which were | 1aunched missed the Cesarevitch, one | of them striking the protected cruiser | Pallada. The Cesarevitch, in the mean- | time, was getting up steam and weigh- | ing her anchor. She finally got under way, steering with her engines, swung around for the harbor, but failed to make the entrance and ran aground. The torpedo which struck the Cesare- vitch contained 200 pounds of pyroxy- gen. The Emperor has received a long tel- egram from Vice Admiral Makaroff, in command of the Russian squadron at Port Arthur, giving details of the dam- age to the ships, as he found them on his arrival at Port Arthur, and the les- sons taught therefrom. This dispatch was the subject of earnest discussion at the Winter Palace to-day between the Emperor and the Grand Duke Alexis, the High Admiral, who took Juncheon with Nicholas. They also discussed the condition of the war- ships at Kronstadt and those building there. It is understood the Emperor will shortly make a personal inspec- tion of those ships. The Emperor has declined with thanks the offers of the German and French Red Cross Societies to supply contingents for service in the Far East. . CRUISER TAKES REFUGEES FROM UNSAN DISTRICT CHEMULPO, March 15.—The United States cruiser Cincinnati returned here to-day from Chenampho with a num- ber of American refugees from the American Company’s mines at Unsan party consists of three men and twent; women and children. All are well. They praised the kindness of the officers of the Cincinnati, who gave up their cab- ins to them. The refugees traveled from Unsan to Chenampho in carts and chairs bearing American flags, and were escorted as far as Pingyang by men Trom the mines. They were unmolested. Near Anju they met two small groups of Cossacks. During the party’s stay at Pingyang the Japanese officials requested them to wear badges bearing the American colors in order that they might be al- lowed to leave and enter the town freely. The Americans were stopped five times by Japanese soldiers, of whom they saw great numbers along the road to the coast. The Japanese treated them courteously. An American engineer returning from the mines at Unsan was arrested by Japanese north of Pingyang, on sus- picion of being a Russian spy. He was speedily released when his identity was established. —_— British Steamship Ashore. NAGASAKI, March 15.—The British steamship Nigretia, with a cargo of coal for the Japanese Government, is reported ashcre near Sasebo. ————— The Prince of Wales has a most ex- traordinary design tattooed on his arm. It takes the form of a fearful looking dragon, with open jaws brist- ling with rows of gigantic teeth, and a row of spiked horns down the middle of its back. and the missions in that vicinity. 'I‘h;'\{ whole length against the Russians and | the Boerse Gazette characterizing it as | vitch, from the bridge, could plainly | | wants not only to take Korea, reduce | Port Arthur and Vladivostok and domi- | nate the entire northeast littoral of | China, but also to drive the Muscovites out of Manchuria. “This extreme party is composed | mainly of men who in the Chino-Jap- anese war urged the Tokio authori- ties to push on'‘to PeKing and dictate térms of peace in the enemy’s tapital, as the Germans did in Paris. They forgot that Paris was the inevitable | German objective, for military as well as political reasons, whereas the Jap- | anese had no earthly military reason for going to Peking. Happily the long- er heads in Tokio prevailed in 1895. It is not too much to hope they will pre- vail in the present instance. “I believe the ablest strategists of all countries agree that if the Japan- ese respond to the Russian call to come inland they will exhaust them- selves and become an easy prey for the hosts of the Czar. They should defend Korea, hold the seacoast and wait. If Russia then chooses to fight she must herself assume the burdens and risks that distance always imposes upon mil- itary enterprises.” It is stated in Japanese circles that the Mikado's military council has given full consideration to the ideas. here ad- vanced and that its decision will de- pend upon circumstances. Should cli- matic or other difficulties retard the Japanese advance until the Russians occupy Manchuria in great force it is regarded as likely that the Japanese fleet and army will content themselves with holding Korea and blocking Rus- sia’s outlet to the sea. GRAND DUKE CYRIL TO BE FLAGSHIP'S CHIEF OFFICER MUKDEN, March 15.—The machinery for the advance of the Russian forces is working smoothly from Harbin southward. The running of passenger trains has been resumed and Russian families are proceeding on their way to Europe without confusion. Severely cold weather, accompanied by blizzards and snowstorms, has been followed by a succession of fine days. The ‘health and spirits of the troops are good. Information has been received at headquarters to the effect that the Jap- anese are strengthening their positions in Korea. General Linevitch, acting commander of the Russian forces in Manchuria, visited headquarters here on Sunday. General Zilinsky, who is to succeed General Pflug, Viceroy Alexieff's chief of staff, arrived here on March 10. Grand Duke Cyril arrived to-day on his way to Port Arthur, whither he is go- ing to act as chief officer of the squad- ron flagship. RUSSIANS CROSS BORDER TO ESCAPE SERVICE IN ARMY R S R NEW YORK, March 15.—The Ham- burg-American liner Bluecher, which arrived to-day, brought 1765 steerage passengers, the maljority of whom were refugees from Russia, who fled to avoid serving in the army. Many of them gave accounts of their escapes across the Russian frontier similar to those related by the men who came last week on the Graf Waldersee. Some of them were camped for twe weeks near the frontier, awaiting a chance to get away, one relator saying that his party, consisting of 127, waited twelve days in a thicket a short dis- tance from the line while negotiations were in progress with the citizens’ guards to let them cross the frontier, | outrageous and a malicious invention. | Attention)is directed to the order of the day by Lieutenant General Stoes- sel, commander at Port Arthur, in which he declared that the place never would be surrendered, as representing the Russian position. Relative to this point a military officer said: ‘““This mere statement carries its own ignoble retreat all along the line. If we abandon Port Arthur we leave our fleet there to be doomed. surd to discuss.” & THE DAY’S DEAD. + George D. Hall, Pioneer, Dies. Hall, for fifty-one years a resident of California and the first man to intro- duce mechanical washing in laundries on the Pacific Coast, died suddenly this morning at his home, 2246 San Jose avenue, of apoplexy. He was a native of Massachusetts, aged 68 years. Hall engaged in business near Vir- ginia City, Nev., when a very young man, moving later to California. He is survived by a wife, Louise. Mrs. Lena Crocker of this city is a sister and Henry Hall of San Francisco is a brother of the deceased. He was also a second cousin of Dr. William Clark, superintendent of the County Infirm- ary. e Ploneer Settler Dead. OAKLAND, March 15. — John Henry Watterson, one of the first set- tlers of Napa County, died last night 4 at his home, 363 Orchard street. The deceased leaves a widow and five daughters, Mrs. W. 2X. Merrill, Mrs. A. M. Hardman, Mrs. W. H. Lloyd, Mrs. W. R. Rodda and Mrs. Grace Brooks. He also leaves two brothers, G. B. and G. F. Watterson of Alameda. Mr. ‘Watterson was a cousin of Henry Watterson, editor of the Louisville \(Ky.) Courier-Journal. e S R R Balaklava Hero Passes Away. NEW LONDON, Conn.,, March 15.— William H. Miller, who claimed to be a survivor of the Light Brigade which made the famous charge of Bala- klava, in 1854, is dead at his resi- dence in Groton. He was born in Scotland in 1828. He served in the Uni- ted States navy during the Civil War. — Death Calls Arthur Greeley. ST. LOUIS, March 15. — Arthur Greeley, professor of biology at Wash- ington University, dled to-day at the Jewish Hospital, after an operation for appendicitis. His father, Rev. Mr. QGreeley, pastor of a Congregational church in Los Angeles, has been noti- fled, : g Lot AT Former Justice Dies of Fever. LA PORTE, Ind., March 15.—Jona- than W. Crumpacker, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of New Mexico during President McKinley's adminis- tration. and a cousin of Congressman Crumpacker, died to-day of typhoid fever, aged 50 years. g, + Veteran’s Son Dies. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., March 14.—Charle: Kearny, son of Major Gencial Stephes Watts Kearny, Mexican war vetcran and first Governor of New Mexico, is dead here. He was a grardson of Cen- eral Roger Clark of the Lewis and Clark expedition. Sl gt Haywards Woman Dead. HAYWARDS, = March 15 -—Mrs. George Jorgensen, uged 40 years, died to-day at her home in Haywards, leaving a husband and two small chil- dren. The husband is a weil-known hardware merchant. refutation, unless we meant to beat an | It is too ab- | ALAMEDA, March 15.—George D.| CHINA SURES THIS EOVERNAIEAT IF NEUTRLTY Has No Intention of Jaining Forces With Japan. —— WASHINGTON, March 15 — The assurance from China that the Govern- ment of that country will insist upon the observance, on the part of Chinese subjects, of the strictest neutrality to- ward both sides during the present | the formal notice of neutrality, al- ready generally proclaimed by China. It is believed here that this last as- | surance given to the United States wil! | be useful in finally allaying the appre- | hensions expressed by Russia that | China would be led by Japanese suc- | cesses into a breach of neutrality. ‘ll was said to-night that the addi- tional assurance from China was in re- sponse to an inquiry from Conger, the American Minister to Peking, who, un- | der instructions from the State Depart- | ment, asked the Chinese officials in a | general way about the significance of | the activity of the Chinese troops on | the Manchurian border. many and France have feit some un- easiness about the movements of these ill‘nups. fearing that a junetion | the Japanese forces was contemplated. This Government, however, shared in the uneasiness, and the posi- tive character of the assurances that China not only would observe, but would maintain, the strictest neutrality | Teads to the belief that the maneuvers pose of getting it into shape for put- ting down any disturbance that may arise as a result of the war. —_—_—— WHITE'S FRIENDS RALLY TO DEFENSE OF HIS NAME Well-Known Citizens Character of Raiiroad Official Is Above Reproach. The friends of K. A. White, assistant superintendent of steamers of the Southern Pacific Company, rallied to the defense of his good name in Judge Sloss’ court yesterday and that his reputation for truth, honesty and integrity was of the very best. The witnesses who testified to White's good character were Jay Deming, who .said that during the twelvd years he haéd known the railroad official he never knew him to do a wrongful act; Charles J. Wilder, assistant auditor of the Southern Pacific, who said he had known White for more than twenty years and always found him upright; Attcrney Joseph E. Haven and Her- bert Kullman, the tanner. Both Kull- man and Haven were positive that White was a good citizen, an honest man and a trustworthy onme. White is in court as defendant in a suit to recover a sum approximating $3500 brought against him by Fred A. Boehm, admrinistrator of the estate of Daniel Boehm, who had the restau- rant privilege on the river steamers. At Monday's hearing of the case a number of railroad men with whom ‘White had had trouble testified that his character was bad. State Department has received formal | war. This assurance is in addition to | | be guided Russia, Ger- | with | has not | | of her army is for the legitimate pur- | Testify That | testified | | $3000. DIVOSTOK Former Adviser of Ko- rean Emperor Arrives From Orient, flepused—fie_cause of Disappearance of Valuable Maps, il Willam 1. Sands, former adviser to the King of Korea.and whose name | was recently involved in a scandal at | the court of Seoul that resulted in his | sudden retirement from his responsible | position, was a passenger on the trans- | port Thomas, which arrived from the | Orient late Monday night. Sands was formerly secretary of the United States legation in Seoul, having | received his appointment from the late | President McKinley during the latter's | first term. In 1599 he was selected by | the Emperor of Korea as his private | adviser and retained the position until the early part of 1903, when the report | reached Washington that he had been forced to resign and was preparing to leave Korea for the United States. No cause was given for Sands’ hasty re- tirement and nothing more was heard | of the incident unmtil the outbreak of hostilities between Japan and Russia in February, when a dispatch reached here to the effect that his resignation was due to the sudden disappearance from his residence of a number of im- portant Korean maps and data regard- ing the little empire that would be very valuabie to either of the hostile forces. According to the dispatch received In Washington, Sands was entertaining a number of friends and several officers of a French cruiser at his official resi- dence when the documents disappeared. Some ugly imputations were made and were followed by Sands’ resignation. When seen at the Palace last evening, Sands declined to be interviewed re- garding his experfences in the Orient, pleading that he was preparing to keep a theater engagement. Concerning the war, however, he s by Japan foreign affairs, as agr id that Korea would in internal and d between the two governments early in February, when Javan asfumed a protectorate | over the empire. Japan guarantees | protection to Korea in the matter of her independence, her territorial integ- rity and the sovereignty of her ruler. Sands admitted that he was going to ‘Washington on a private mission, the character of whi¢h he declined to di- vulge. | NAVAL ATTACHE MeCULLY GIVEN HIS CREDENTIALS RS PR ST. PETERSBURG, March 15.—Lieu- tenant Newton A. McCully, the United States naval attache with the Russian navy. arrived here to-day. He will re- main in this city until facilities are af- | forded him to join the Russian squad- ron. The authorities have granted his | credentials, but as yet have not ar- | ranged for his transportation. Lieu- | tenant McCully probably will leave St. Petersburg early in April. | Lieutenant Commander Roy C. Smith, naval attache of the United States Em- bassies in Paris and St. Petersburg, | will return to Paris on March 1. The Emperor will receive the German | and Swedish military attaches, whe | will leave for the front on Friday, these being the first of the foreign at- taches to go. e —— Harcourt in Parliament. LONDON, March 15.—Lewis Ver- non Harcourt, eldest son of Sir Wil- liam Vernon Harcourt, has been elect- | ed unopposed to represent the Rossen- dale division of Lancashire in the House of Commons in succession to Sir Willlam Mather (Liberal), who re- tired. —_— Compromise Damage Suits. The suit of Hubert H. Bancroft and the History Company against the Cen- tral Light and Power Company for $7500 damages for injuries to the His- tory building and its contents, caused by the explosion in the basement of the building in July, 1901, have been compromised, the plaintiffs receiving The Bancroft suit, which for several days past has been on trial in Judge Hunt's court, was dismissed yes- terday and an order dismissing the History Company’'s action was flled with the County Clerk. ““ NOTHING but your Renal Compound goes squarely up against Bright's and Chronic Kidney Disease. Some make claims, but you ‘make good.' Too many testimonizls uséd in Kidney troubles are | among that class of patients that com- ! ! monly get well in due course. But | Chronic Kidney Disease did not get well : of ftself or any other way till your Re- | nal Compound came along. It is a dis- i covery ail vight. 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