The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 23, 1904, Page 1

Forecast made cisco for thirty Rain Wednesday; southerly winds. A G District THE WEATHER. midnight, March 3: | San Prancisco and vicinity— X4 at San Fran- hours nunl brisk ‘$o bigh MCADIE, Forecaster. | o VOLUME XCV—NO. 114. SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 1904. Lo Alcazar—+“Parsifal.” California—*Erik of Sweden.” | | i Central—“The King of Detec~ — “Harriet’s Honey- Chutes—Vandeville. | Fischer's—“The Rounders.” Grand Opera-House— Mary of PRICE FIV E CENTS. JAPAN'S FLEET SHELLS PORT ARTHUR; RUSSIAN WARSHIPS ENGAGE THE FOE ST. PETERSBURG, March 22.-=: Japanese torpedo-boc;tsa appeared off Port Arthur at midnight last night and the shore batteries and guardships shelled them for twenty minutes. The Japanese retreated, but reappeared four hours later, when they met with the same reception and retired again. and the Russian squadron sailed out from the outer roadstead to meet them. and commenced a bombardment of Port Arthur which contmued until 12:30 o’clock. At dawn a Japanese fleet in three divisions, composed of six battlesships, twelve cruisers and eight torpedo-boats, appeared The Japanese battlesships retired behind Liaotheshin Promontory DAILRAD | PLANY ARE [SCLOSED Norihern Securities Company to Be | Dissolved. ' Capital Stock to Be Re-| duced and Shares Distributed. i Eumors Csuse Stir on the Market and Dnion Pacifics Have Sensational Sale, PRSP NEW YORK, March 22.—Following a da f t in the stock ma conferences n ancial interests, rther> Securi- pubiic ter to Nor . in part s rn Securi- slely for ti f Pacific and ’ companigs . r er ased by it. apany's f North- Howe € b ings of the stock of the two railway “y s in itself constituted a re- etraint of interstate commerce, pro- h ed by the so ed Sherman act of 1 Accordingly, the railway com- panies have been bidden to permit your company to vote or collect divi- dends on the shares held by you. « \PITAL STOCK REDUCED. ¢ tors at a meet- er the ad- order | omply with the ur i that in promptly y companies now held by you. To this end the recommen have adopted reso- | wolders | First—That the capital stock of this company be reduced from 3,954,000 ehares, now outstanding, to 39,540, be- ing a reduction of 99 per cent. Second—That said 9 per cent of the present outstanding shares be for surrender and cancella- d—That against each share s company to be sur e will be delivered $3 orthern Pacific Raliw $30 17 stock of the t 2ailway Company, and pro- C ts thereof for each re of stock.’ d by the iaws of the State Jersey, under which the com- ated, a special meeting ders has been called for | at 11 o'clock a. m., at company in Hoboken. pose of this meeting the books will be closed | | 18 | 2 | G 1904 of the transfer sete of the company remain- | treasury after the foregoing | tribution is made will conmsist of k= and other property in no way Ived in the suit producing income tively valued at an amount in excess of $3 000, to which it is pro- posed e the stock of the com- plan was formally’ adopted at a meeting of the directors which be- gan in the morning and lasted until we into the afternoon. There were | present at this meeting President Hill, Geo F. Baker, William P. Clough, Edward H. Harriman, D. Willis James, Daniel 8. Lamont, John 8. Kennedy, George W. Perkins, N. Terhune and the floating supply is very small, | amounted to 1000 shares. In the bond | | aivision Oregon Short Line fours, Union Pacific convertible fours and |J. P. Morgan & Co. |for J. F | Harriman FIRE RUINS | PROPERTY OF STATE Costly Bufldmg at Ione Is Burned at nght | Damage Done at the Preston School of Industry in Amador, Inmates Are Summoned From Dormi- tories, but Efforts to Save the Structure Are Futile. IONE, March 22.—The most dis- astrous fire that ever occurred at the Preston School of Industry here de- stroyed the trades building at about 10 -night. For a time while the re making ashes of the costly it feared that every nilding on the grounds would he ruining blaze. The loss at $30,000. ted in the furnace-room ed surprisin rapid head- The youthful inmates of the buildings w hurried from rmitories and lent what assist- could to stay the progress was ere efforts were futile, however, and | rdes building was soon a heap of | There were a number of' nar- pes from injury by falling + roughout the day, when Northern arit s were booming on the curb and its affiliated stocks and the Pacifics, chiefly Union Pacific, were ad- leaps and bounds,on the the air was full of f them of an alarming B ies sh Pacific common | per cent of the outstanding issue. It was de- red in various quarters that the | Hill-Morgan party had for some reason t necessary to buy heavily in | = | ]J'el“LS in Union regated over 40 The belief in this rumor was height- ened by |h= fam that hw.)mn uhn often avy huwru of Unic n‘ all the way up. Pacific Large amounts of Southern Pacific | shares also changed hands, and sales Great Northern preferred, of which | | Burlington fours were in demand at | substantial advances. | After the close of the market a long | held at the offices of Those who at- | conference was tended included Morgan, Harriman, Hill, Lamont, Perkins, J. P. Morgan Jr.. Francis Linde Stetson of counsel Morgan & Co. and ex-Judge | Dunn of Minneapolis, Hill's personal | legal adviser. . | Messrs. Hill and Harriman left the )lnr“xn banking house arm in arm and | parently in the best of spirits. Both | lined to make any statement be- | vond saying that a perfect understand- ing had been reached all around. | At the banking house of Kuhn, Loeb | & Cp. the chief financial backers of the system of , railroads, no statement of any sort was forthcom- | ing. A report that the firm had, as tha! Harriman representatives, received a | subsfantial cash bonus for agreeing to the distribution nlan could not be veri- | fied. The street heard that Hill-Mor- gan interests would be given repre- sentation yn the Union Pacific road, in return for which Union Pacific inter- ests would be asked to take a place in the Northern Pacific directors, Sales of Union Pacific common ag- gregated over 400,000 shares at a net advance of 8% points. Southern Pa- cific was traded in to the extent of 161,000 shares, gaining net 2% points. The advance in the 1000 shares of Great Northern preferred was 7% points. On all the Pacifics in fact the market went higher with the boom in the Northern Securities stock. On .the curb Northern Securities made a net gain of 6 points on the | sales of about 23,000 shares. The alm.kI touched 99% and closed at 9" ‘ .1 -5 JAPANE A l"l(\' FORDING A STREAM DURIN: Attack Upon Russian Stronghold Be- gins at Midnight and Continues Until the Noon I-],our. ST. PETERSBURG, \Iarch 22.—The Emperor has received the following telegram from Vice- roy Alexieft : “Lieutenant General Stoessel reports that'at midnight of March 21 Japanese torpedo-boats were discovered by our searchlights. Our guardships and fort batteries opened fire upon them, the firing lasting twenty minutes. At 4 o'clock in the morning the attack was renewed. “At 6:30 o'clock in the morning four of the enemy’s ships appeared from the south, followed by the whole squadron of eleven ships and eight torpedo-boats. Our squadron left the roadstead to meet the enemy. “At g o'clock the enemy’s battleships opened fire on Liaotheshin, from which they took up a position behind the rocky eminence of Liaotheshin and bombarded Port Arthur.” BOMBARDMENT IS CONTINUED FOR MORE THAN THREE HOURS A later telegram from the Viceroy to the Emperor says: “According to a supplementary dispatch from Lieutenant General Stoessel, the enemy’s fleet consisted of six battleships and twelve cruisers. About g o’clock in the morning the fleet divided, the battleships and the torpedo-boats taking up a position between Liaotheshin and Columbinai Bay (Pigeon Bay), while the cruisers formed up in two divisions to the south and east of Port Arthur. “At 9:20 o'clock the battleship Retvizan opened fire over the crest of Liaotheshin against the enemy's hattleships, which replied by firing on the town. Meanwhile our fleet formed up in line in the otiter roadstead. : “About 1T o'clock in the morning the cannonade slackened, and the Japanese fleet, drew off to the southeast, and at 12:30 had disappeared. “During the bombardment four soldiers were killed and nine were wounded. One soldier on the shore was bruised.” VICE ADMIRAL MAKAROFF'S OFFICIAL- ACCO[’N‘T OF THE COMBAT. Another telegram from Viceroy Alexieff to the Emperor gives Vice Admiral Makaroff's report as follows: At midnight of March 21 two of the enemy’s torpedo-boats approached the outer roadstead, but were discovered by the searchlights of the batteries and fired upon by the forts and the gunboats Bobr and Otvatzuy. They were obliged to retire. “A second attack was made at 4 o'clock in the morning by three torpedo-boats, which also were repulsed. “At daybreak three detachments of the enemy’s fleet, consisting of six battleships. six armored Continued on Page 4, Columns 3, 4 and 5. reuniting, . ) THE ADVANCE THROUGH WESTERN KOREA. 'L REBELLION RADO Governor DlSD&ECIleS | Troops to Coal I Fields. || Three Hundred Militiamen| Entrain at Night for Trinidad. Formidable Forcs of Unemployed Men " Is Said to Be Armed for a Das- : perate Conflict. DENVER, March tion was issued by Governor to-night declaring the county 22 Peadody of Las Animas in a state of insurrection and | Subsequentiy an order was | rebeilion. issued for 309 troops under command of Major Zeph T. Hill to proceed to Trinidad, the county seat. The men were instructed to gather | aboard trains and their commanders given sealed orders and told to open them at midnight. the Governor says that there exists in Las Animas Cbunty a certain class of indi acting together, resisting the laws of the State and _offering violence to citizens and property. The civil authorities of the county | are cuoted as authority for the state- ment that not less than 1500 unem- ployed men are armed in apparent an- ticipation of an open conflict. Las Animas County forms the larger portion of the Southern Colorado codl fields, where the members of the United Mine Workers of America have been on strike for several months. ———————— | ANARCHISTS SEEKIN REVENGE | Belgian Criminals Place a Bomb on ‘Window Sill of Commissioner’s Residence. LIEGE, Belgium, March 22. other anarchist outrage was attempt- | ed to-day, but the infernal machine, | which was placed on the window sill of the residence of Police Commis- | sioner Binet, was discovered in time | to prevent any damage being done. | The machine was identical with the one that was exploded March 18 out- side the residence of Commissioner of Police Laurent and which the house, killing an artillery officer, ON half a dozen other persons. —— ODESSA UNIVERSITY IS SHAKEN BY BOMBS Attempt Is Made to Destroy the In- stitution and Two Students Are Suspected. KIEF, March 22.—An attempt was made last Friday to blow up the Odessa University. exploded, breaking down an inside wall and shaking the quadrangle. Nine other bombs were discovered, the fuses of which had failed to act. It is believed that an attempt was made to revenge the wholesale expul- dents have been arrested on suspicion. I L AR S POLOCARPO BONILLA MAY BE Rumor That Former President Honduras Wiill Be Shot for Conspiracy. PANAMA, March 22 carpo Bonilla of Honduras has been be shot to death. He was arrested and thrown into prison last month with several other members of the Cham ber of Deputies, it being charged that a plat against the Government of President Manuel Bonilla was being hatched among them. ————— Sultan Accepts Treaty Abrogation. MANILA, March —Major eral Wood reports from Jolo that the Suitan of Sulu has accented the abro- evidence of excitement, and evidently expected the same since hostilities be- | gan last fall. —A proclama- | In his ploclamation | iduals who are fully armed and | POLICE | —An- | wrecked | Major Papin, and seriously wounding | Two bombs were | sion and arrests of students. Two stu- | EXECUTED | | of ‘There is a ru- | mor here that former President Polo- | ! tried by court-martial and sentenced to | i Gen- gation of the Bates treaty without any‘ SOLDIER NONEY FoR - RELATI Napa Jurist Renders an Important Decision. Yountville Home Test Case | Won by Claimant in the East, | Settlement of the Controversy Likely | io Affect Inmates in Many Other Institutions. Special Dispatch to The Call. | ® NAPA, reaching March 22.—A decision of far- importance was to-day ren- dered by Judge Gesford in the case of N. W. Collins, as executor of the will | of James H. Coffey, deceased, against the Board of Directors of the Veterans' | Home of California. The suit was brought to test the ! right claimed by the board of directors to retain the pension moneys of de- | ceased members of the home. When an ex-soldier wishes to become an in- mate of the home at Yountville he | must an application in which he | agrees, if he Is receiving a pension, to | tirn in all future pension money: the treast r of the institution, which | money during his lifetime s subject t. | his control. He also agrees to conform | to all rules and regulations of the i home. sien RULE AT YOUNTVILLE. There is a rule.adopted by the board of directo: h provides that in case of the deat yensioner, any pen- sion money due and ining the hands of the treasurer shall be paid in to the deceased . minor children or dependent par and in case there are no such heirs the money shall 88 | paid into the post fu »f the home William H. Coffey had been a mem- | ber of the home for three years prior | to his death, which occurred last April | At that time he had on deposit certain pension moneys which by the ter his will were bequeathed to a n»phew in the Fast. N. W. Collins, who was named in the will as executor, im | diately demanded from the hom i moneys amounting to some hundreds of dollars. | DECISION AGAINST HOME. This demand was refused, the home | elaiming the moneys should go to the | post fund under the rule cited. The | executor resolved to test the validity of the rule, and to that end brought a suft which was heard in the Superior Court Saturday. In to-day's decision the court held the rule to be absolutely | void, it being directly in conflict with the laws governing the disposition of estates cof decedemts. In the Veterans' Home at Yountville there are 500 or 600 inmates, and over half of this number are receiving pen- sions from the United States. As this | decision affects .all these pensioners and perhaps those in like imstitutions | elsewhere, its importance can be read- | ity conceived. | —————————— | STEEL CORPORATION NAMES ITS OFFICERS | Pittsburg Trust (nmp-ny Has Been Selected to Finance the Sam | Diego Institution. SAN DIEGO, March 22.—At a meet- ing of the directors of the new $100.- 000,000 capital Pacific Steel Corpora- tion in this city this afternoon General | \ Harrison ¢ y Otis of Los Angeles was elected president and other of- ficers were chosén as follows: C. W. Ohio, chairman of A. Purman, Al French, Cleveland, the board of directors; A. “leveland. Ohio, vice president: V. ehnel, Cleveland, Ohio, secreta jeorge W. Fishburn, San Diego, gen- eral counsel; Willard Fuller, Cleve- land. - Ohio, general superintendent. The offices of general manager, audi- | tor and chief engineer will be filled | later. As one of the results of the meeting | it was announced that the Union Trust { Company of Pittsburg had been ap- pointed fiscal agent for the East of | the Pacific Steel Company. This com- pany will attend to the financing of the steel plant.