The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 23, 1904, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO WEDNESDAY, M ARCI-' TOGOS SHELLS CAUSE LOSS OF LIFE AND GREAT DAMAGE MOVEMENTS OF JAPAN'S BIG ARMY Advance Has Reached a Point North of Pingyang. Intrenchments Thrown Up on Chengeheng River's Bank. ARSHE AT, ST. PETERSEBURG, March 22.—Vice Admiral Togo's activity at Port Arthur is being emulated by the commander of the Japanese forces in Korea. The rg- port of Mistchenkow shows | that the Japanese have taken the pre- | t earthworks near Anju, re being held by a Japanese di- vision itil the remainder of the First | Army Corps comes up from Pingyang, about forty miles away. The advance | of the Japanese shows that they are losing no time and that they are more rapid than the Russians expected. Nev- | the of Anju| Japanese operations are ac- General ertheless fortifications show the wpanied by all proper military pre- ns. So far as the Russians are rned they have no intention of king Anju, but the province of the 6000 cavalrymen under General | nkow will be to harass and re- | the Japanese in every way possi- | authorities here believe that it | a matter of a short time | land operations begin, Iy but at first these will take the form of skirmishes, as the main Russian force remains occupa n of strategic points e Yalu r. | T x dispatch has from oroy Alexieff, March tchenkow reports outs appr on the left ng River, opposite hments made by the enemy had not fifteen Auju, Up ap- | miles s supposed that division at mainder of the at Pingyang. of the e enemy fifteen m of our « Anju First report that had ar- north- valry purpose of prevent- enemy fr sing the Pak- | Ou avalry found three | squadrons on the left bank river, but they withdrew toward the arrival of our detachment ng. The Japanese squad- about 190 men each. of March 19 two dis- encountered a Japanese n Kasan, about fifty miles | t of Pingyang. and Chen- ve miles north of Kazan. ened fire, but our dispatch r the om the night riders pa orth chu, about tw The patrol by we riders escaped unhurt. rding to a alry report 3000 of the ! occupied Yongpyong | 1 material for pontoon in readiness FEW SUBJECTS REMAIN IN BLEAK SIBERIA | OF MIKADO'S | SRR l | | ST. PETERSBURG, March 22.—United States Embassador McCormick has not | been instructed by the State Depart- ment at the request of Takahira, the Japanese Minister at Washington, to ask the Russian Government what fa- eflities will be afforded to the 40,000 Japanese in Siberia to return<o Japan. According to information received here comparatively few Japanese are now in Siberia. Most of them left there just prior to or after the breaking out of | the war. The United States embassy, which is charged with safoguardmgj Japanese interests, has thus far only | responded to the appeals of a score of Japanese coming from Siberia through European Russia. The last party of |\l‘:l\» from, Irkutsk, was sent to Be: lin"on Saturday. Not one of them has been molested, but it ¥s considered | safer that the Japanese be placed be- yond the region of possible danger. '\u_ appeals have been received from the few Japanese residing in St. Peters- | burg and other cities of European Rus- sia WASHINGTON, March 22.—1t is said at the State Department that instruc- tions were sent on Saturday to Embas- sador McCormick at St. Petersburg to call the attention of the Russian Gov- ernment to the condition of Japanese in Siberia in the hope that the Govern- ment will do all in its power to enable them to return to Japan. Minister Takahira, at whose request the instruc- tions were sent, informed the State De- partment that there were between forty and fifty Japanese in Siberia, not 40,000, as stated. KUROPATKIN SAYS ORIENT WAR WILL LAST TWO YEARS el Fpccial Cable to The Cull and New York | eraid. Copyright. Herald Publisbing Company, ¢ N York BERLIN, March 22.—According to a dispatch received here from Copen- hagen. a2 Norwegian military attache with the Russian army writes that in conversation with General Kuropatkin the commander in chief declared that the war would last two vears. The Russian Government is about to build two large torpedo boats in this country. The Germania yard at Kiel, the Schichau yard at Elving and the Bultan yard at Statting have sent in estimates. The boats will cost about | compelled | thority of the E 12,000,000 marks and are to be com- pleted in a year. Russia now has eighteen sea-going and thirteen smaller torpedo boats and nine under construction. FAST WORK ON KOREAN RAILROAD Tokio’s Engineers Are Hurrying Line’s Construction. ——— Will Facilitate Move- ment of Troops Dur- ing War. Bl LONDON, March 23.—The Seoul cor- respondent of the Times says that. while deprecating precipitancy in administrative reconstruction, Japan recommends that Korea shall gradually eliminate foreign advisers of the Gov- ernment and appoint no more for the present. Many of the foreigners, who are mostly French, occupy advisory posts. . The Japanese are displaying great vigor in the construction of a light railway to Pingyang and other strategic projects, according to the correspondent. Should she fail to expel Russia from Chinese territory and be to defend the. Korean frontier, the existence of a railway in the rear, running to a port within fer- | rying distance of Japan, will be of in- estimable value to Japan. Japan has 2000 engineers working en the railway, and 100 miles of material | obtained from disused lines in various parts of Japan are now awaiting shipment to Pingyang. This scheme is designed to be completed by Sep- tember next. The work will afterward be made permanent and extended to Wiju. [MILLION-DOLLAR AMMUNITION CARGO SEIZED BY JAPAN COPENHAG ast Asiatic Company it ay that the capture of company's steamship Manchuria deprived Russia of 7000 tons of ammu- was learned to- the nition intended for the range guns in Port ArtMur. It is said that if the Manchuria had reached Port Arthur safely the whole situation would have been changed. It is known that the Russian Government regard- ed the Manchuria's cargo as of the highest importance. While at Suez in October of last vear the Manchuria was partly burned. It was repaired at this port on rush orders from St. Petersburg for the spe- cial purpose of conveying ammunition to the Far East. The cargo was valued at nearly a million dellars. Its cap- ture is said to account for the ina- bility of the Russians to make effect- ive use of their long-range guns. The Manchuria was only two da: sail from Port Arthur when she was seized. large long- | She was navizated by a Danish naval officer on formal leave of absence. JAPAN TO OPEN YONGAMPHO TO WORLD'S TRADE TOKIO, March 22.—Japan decided vesterday to open Yongampho to for- | eign trade. After consulting together and with the Government, both political parties agreed to support the Government pro- sramme of war taxes, but to lower slightly the proposed ratk of land tax and reject the taxes on salt and silk stuffs, thereby reducing the projected revepue about $5,000,000. The political parties further display a disposition .o | limit the period for the levying of in- creased taxes to ome year conclusion of the war. This implies a radical change, inasmuch as the in- creased revenue thereby ceasés to be available for reducing the new debt. SBERE RR KOREANS ACCUSED OF PLOTTING ARE PUT TO DEATH N i SEOUL, March 22.—Of thirteen Ko- reans, formerly military students in Ja- pap, who were accused of conspiring against the life of the Emperor and the Crown’ Prince for the purpose of en- throning Prince Bui Wha, who is now studying in America, three have been executed and the remainder summoned to appear before a special tribunal. The Japanese bank Daiichi Ginko, in response to the Korean demand,.now issues 10, 20 and 50 sen notes. RUMOR OF AMEER OF AFGHANISTAN'S DEATH BY POISON ST. PETERSBURG, March 22.—A dispatch received from Ashkaad (the capital of the Russian Trans-Caspian Terrftory) savs a rumor is current there that the Ameer of Afghanistan has been poisoned. - STEAMER QUEEN CITY 1S REPORTED sAm Indians Find )lone Wreckage of the Lamorna on Vancouver Island Shore. VICTORIA, B. C., March 22,— The steamship Queen City has been report- ed safe in Quatsino sound. SEATTLE, Wash., March 22.—Prj- vate telegrams received from Viec- toria say the Indians arriving from Banfield Creek. on the west coast of Vancouver Island, report that the arms of a ship’s figurehead have come ashore at Sechar: and also another bundle of letters addressed to the ief officer of tiie Lamorna. after the 4 The Russian official organ in St Petersburg has a fine name for the wsboys. It is the Pflulull(vinl k. 3 ! i ] | Russian cruiser Aurora and three tor- was hit and compelled to retire. enormous. At last there has come some news mln' Iland operations in Northwestern Korea. In an of- ficial report Viceroy Alexieff states that one Japanese division is stationed at Anju and the rest of the First Intrenchments have been thrown up by the brown men on the west bank of the Chengcheng River, opposite Anju. Japanese cavalry has occupied Yongpyong. fifteen miles northeast of Anju, with material for pontoon bridges to be used in crossing the river. operating in Northwestern Korea to harass the Japanese advance, but apparently it is the intention of the Army Corps is at Pingyang. Russians to gradually fall back that point. hostilities. to the Yalu. A rising of Korcans against Japanese soldiers at Samung, north of Gensan, was uulckly suppressed, five Korcans being killed and twenty wounded. The lce is breaking up at Newchwang, thus removing one obstacle to the Japanese operations against An attempt to capture Newchwang probably will be made without much delay. sians are preparing to make desperate resistance, as the fall of Newchwang would mean a break in the line of communications from Port Arthur to the north. In a note to the powers profesting against Japanese procedure Russia claimed that her Minister in Seoul was notified to leave by Japan's representative while Korea was yet neutral territory. Japan, re- plying to this charge, denied it in toto, declaring that the Russian Minister left Seoul Call's special correspondent in Seoul confirms the Russian statement and his interesting account of the en- forced departure of the Rusian legation staff is published with this morning's war news. /Russia suffered a heavy loss in the capture of the steamship Manchuria soon after the outbreak of The vessel carried 7000 tons of ammunition intended for the defense of Port Arthur, the car- g0 being valued at nearly a million dollars. It has been stated in Tokio advices that this ammunition is reaching its original destination with the assistance of the gunners of Admiral Togo’s fleet. l A force of Russian cavalry is The Rus- voluntarily. The Attack Upon Port Arthur Begins at thd- - night and Continues Until Noon. Continued From Page 1, Columns 3, 4 and 5. o el cruisers, six second and third class cruisers and eight torpedo-hoats, approached from all sides. 4 At 7 oclock our squadron commenced to leave the inner harbor, the cruisers leading, with the Askold, flying my flag, ahead and the battleships following. “The enemy’s battleships approached Liaotheshin and fired one hundred shells from their twelve-inch guns at Port Arthur and 108 shells at the environmeits of the town. “Our shells, fired at a range of eighty cables, were well placed. battleship was struck by a shell and retireg. “We Jost one man during the bombardment, which ceased after 11 o'clock, when the enemy’s ships reassembled, and, after passing along the outer roadstead, drew off without attackmgourfieet. TREMENDOUS DAMAGE IS DONE BY THE JAPANESE GUNS. MUKDEN, March 22.—The train north this afternoon from Dalny brought five wounded for- eigners, who tell more of the lengthy bombardment, beginning at o o'clock this morning and end- ing shortly after 11 o'clock. They say that great holes were torn in the forts, batteries were dis- mounted, houses destroyed and the Government buldings completely wrecked. killed and ten wounded by one shell on Silver Hill. At about 10 «)'clnck a Japanese Five soldiers were An entire family was destroyed by a- shell, which went clear throtgh two houses before it exploded in their main room. Several houses were on fire at one time. One hundred shells fell in the old city, one-third of them exploding, between o and 10:30 o’clock. Women and children ran from the town early in the morning, in a blinding storm of rain, ia out of reach of the enemy’s fire. One-third of the soldiers in the Golden Hill fort were wounded during the morning assault and the list of dead numbered seventecn. The cruisers Askold and Bayan were hit by six-inch shells. The wounded who have come here were They were injured by falling walls.” a shell. n the ground floor of They say -that more a house completely wrecked by than forty dead were carried out of the forts before 10 o'clock, and that two shells fell on the battleship Pobieda, exploding on her deck in the inner harbor. While the Japanese battleships were firmg from behind the promontory at 9 o'clock the heavy cruisers went on the west side into Pigeon Bay and fired six-inch shells into the Russian forts in the rear for an hour and a half. It 1s not known what damage these accomplished. ST. PETERSBURG, March 22. — The Emperor received the first message re- garding the attack upon Port Arthur late this afternoon, but nothing was allowed to reach the public until .10 o'clock to-night. The dispatches to the Emperor stated that the Russians sustained no great losses, having only five soldiers killed and ten wounded. Vice Admiral Makaroff reports that one of) the Japanese vessels was struck by a shell. Al information which has reached St. Petersburg shows that the defend- ers of Port Arthur have taken serious- 1y to heart the coup of the Japanese Yorpedo-boats at the beginning of the war, and are now maintaining a sharp lookout. The Japanese torpedo-hoats were twice discovered sneaking toward the harbor entrance under cover of dark- ness, but both times they were de- tected far out at sea and were driven off by the hot fire opened on them. The breaking of day necessarily pre- vented further torpedo-boat operations, but Admiral Togo brought his battle- ships and cruisers up. The division of his fleet was for the purpose of mak- ing a cross fire upon the harbor, in the hope of destroying the town and of damaging the Russian ships lying in the basin. The bombardment of March 9 showed to the Russians the advantage to the enemy of the position off Liaotheshin which Vice Admiral Togo’s ships took up this morning, and Vice Admiral Makaroff sought to minimize this ad- vantage by so stationing the battleship Retvizan that her shells could reach the Japanese battleships. The fact that the Retvizan was used for this purpose proves the falsity of the report that her great guns had been removed and in- stalled as a battery at Pigeon Bay, and it has given rise to the impression that there is an inadequacy of great guns at Port Arthur, as otherwise a battery wopld have been erected to protect the town at the only point which Vice Ad- miral Togo seems to regard as vulner- able from the sea. ‘When the official dispatches were re- ceived the bellef gained ground that Vice Admiral Makaroff had put to sea and that a naval fight had taken place. Later advices established the fact that the admiral had simply gone with the undamaged portion of his fleet to the outer roadstead, where he could more effectively support the batteries and at e same time take advantage of any weakness which might develop in the enemy’s attack. X The Russians are continuing prepa- rations for a prospective siege of Port ‘Arthur, rushing large fjuantities of sup- plies to that point. More than forty cars loaded with barley, chickens and other foods arrive there daily. B . e o Russian Cruiser at Bizerta. BIZERTA, Tunis, March 22.—The —_— pedo-boat here, PRACTICE FIRING BY FORTS STARTS RUMOR OF BATTLE NEWCHWANG, March 22.—The firing heard yesterday morning has been offi- cially explained as having been prac- tice shooting by the forts. The Rus- eians notifled the Chinese late yester- day evening that the practice firing would occur, but not in time for the in- } formation to become generally known, and consequently there was consider- able alarm. Two junks, the first arrivals of the scason, were unloading at the railway station to-day. The ice in the river is rapidly breaking. A south wind is ex- pected, and should it come the river will be open in a few days. The British residents have sent a pe- tition to Sir Ernest Satow, British Minister at Peking, asking that a war- ship be allowed to remain at New- chyang. United States Consul Miller proposes the organization of all foreigners at Newchwang, to insure their obtaining intelligence regarding war movements in this vicinity and alsb for their mu- tual protection. Two Japanese merchants named Kautiaimi and Makaya and five women refugees, who had been imprisoned from February 7 to March 20 at-Port Arthur, left to-day en route to Tientsin, thus satisfying the American official inquiry and negotiations covering sev- eral weeks. The merchants, who were arrested . on account of possessing charts of the coast of Dalny, report that they were treated. kindly, espe- cially at the military prison under Golden Hill, where they were In cus- tody for twenty-one days. Later they. were confined in the police station. The civil administration of Newchwang took unusual care in accomplishing the release of the prisoners and refu- gees, and upon their arrival here they were promptly turned over to United States Consul Henry B. Miller. CHINA IS SENDING MORE_TROOPS TO FRONTIER POSTS destroyers have arrived ! Special to The Call and New York H.uld. ‘T)"‘h" 1904, by the New York Herald Publishing Company. PEKING, March 22. — The report cabled to you that Russia was con- templating taking joint action with China for the suppression of brigand- age Manchuria was unfounded. Russia does not wish China to mass troops within the war area, which in- cludes all Manchuria. China now has 20,000 troops, European-drilled, with modern arms, on the western frontier of Manchuria and is sending more. will send a military expert to inspect the Chinese forces in Manchuria and Eastern Mongolia. China has not answered. { RUSSTAN PRES BUSY ARRAIGNING JAPAN'S METHODS ST. PETERSBURG, March 22.—The Russ in an editorial to-day on Russia’s new protest against the violation of The Hague convention in bombarding the quarantine hospitals on the San- ) shantao Islands (opposite Port Dalny) | declares Japan cannot mieet the charge by pleading ignorance of the character of the buildings on the islands, as the bombardment of unfortified towns and buildings is forbidden by the same con- vention, and adds that Japan's act was a flouting of all the powers signatory to the convention. “Who knows,” continues the Russ, “what excesses Japan may go to in violation of international law? The ob- ligations assumed by her, the feeling of solidarity among the nations and the defense of the fundamental prineiples of humanity, must conipel the world, if not to-day, then to-morrow, to say | to Japan: ‘Thus far and no farther.’” " The editorial concludes with express- ing the hope that Russia’s protest will make an impression upon the other powers. TOKIO, March 22.—The Japanese Government denies the report from Paris that France, acting on behalf of Russia, has protested to the Japanese Government on account of the bom- bardment of theSanshantao quarantine station on the 10th inst. No protest of the kind has so far reached the Imper- ial Government at Tokio. The Paris dispatch in question stated that France would protest on behalf of Russia. The protest had not yet been made. SCANDAL BREWING IN THE PARLIAMENT OF MIKADO'S REALM TOKIO, March 22.—A legislative scandal is threatened in connection with the proposal of the Government to ereate a tobacco monopoly. It is alleged that _certain members of the Diet agreed to support a movement to increase the compensation to be paid to the manufacturers for a share of the increase secured. It was originally proposed to pay the manufacturers a sum equal to three years’ income from their business. It is said that the illicit project was to secure the equivalent of four years' income. The police are investigating and possibly the scandal may be ventilated on the floor of the House. The incident is likely to have the effect of leaving the three years’ provision unchanged B e} THE CALL'.S, WAR NEWS SUMMARY. The Japanese fleet renewed the attack upon Pon Arthur at mldnlght on Monday, the fighting con- tinuing until past 11 o'clock yesterday forenoon. Vice Admiral Makaroff’s squadron left the harbor to assist the forts in repelling the enemy’s ships. Official reports to the Czar do not detail the damage done to the town or the fortifications, but state that only five soldiers were killed, while one Japanese battleship A press account asserts that the loss of life was heavy and the damage SWEDEN'S AID SOUGHT BY MIKADO Win King Oscar’s Support. Finland’s Acquisition the Lure Held Out to Stockholm. —p— Special Cable to The Call and New YorX Herald. Copyright, 1904, by the New York Herald Publishing Company. ST. PETERSBURG, March 22.—It ap- | pears that the Japanese, who appar- ently left no stone unturned to obtain support prior to the war, went so far as to send a special agent te Sweden in order to see whether he could pre- vail upon the Swedes, counting upom the well known sympathies existing with them. to fall upen Finland and acquire that country while Russia's hands were tied. The Swedish Gov- ernment, however, was not taken In by any such exceedingly naive political propesal, the acceptgnce of which would have heen fatal to Sweden, and the Japanese mission failed. However, Minister Kurino's late visit to Stockholm, which excited curiosity, may perhaps be in a measure explained by the foregoing. The French officers General Sylvestre, Major Cheminon and Captain Buisset are here before going to the front. The first is specially attached to General | Kuropatkin's staff. A telegram from Viceroy Alexieff, dated Port Arthur, repeats that neither attaches nor correspondents are wanted at the scene of war until about April 15. | { } |+ — ——- — ARE WEDDED FAR FROM | THEIR SOUTHERN HOME ' Pretty Belle of Alabama Becomes | Bride of City Attorney of Bir- mingham at Palace. | ! The persistent wooing of an ardent lover found its reward at the Pll.vu-l Hotel yesterday evening when Miss | Florida W. Graves, a pretty belle of Birmingham, Alabama, gave her heart | and hand in marriage to Edward D. | Smith, a resident of her native city. The happy voung bride is the daugh- ter of Captain W. H. Graves, a promi- nent lawyer of Alabama. With ber father and sister, Miss Virginia Graves, she arrived from the Southeast several days ago on a pleas- ure tour and coincident with the ar- rival of the Graves was the coming of | E. D. Smith, City Attorney of Bir- mingham, ostensibly in search of rest and recreation in California. Those that are acquainted with Mr. Smith are inclined, however, to strongly sus- pect that Miss Graves' westward jour- ney had something to do with her lover's coming. At any rate, the voung couple met here and- Mr. Smith's proposition that their wedding be celebrated during their sojourn in California met with the approval of the young woman and her father and arrangements for the marriage cere- mony were immediately made. Last evening Rev. Dr. Hemphill officiated at the simple service. In explaining his marriage 3000/ miles away from home the happy groom said that Miss Graves and he had been engaged for some time and were to have been married later in Florida, but arriving here they de- | eided to hasten the affair and lost no time in having the marital knot tied. —————————— LADIES OF PRESBYTERIAL SOCIETY HOLD SESSION Officers for Ensuing Year Are Elected and Are Installed by Mrs. ) Herriott. The annual meeting of the Home Presbyterial Society of San Francisco was held yesterday morning and after- noon at Trinity Church on Capp street. The morning session was opened by the president, Mrs. H. T. Ames, who delivered the devotional exercises. The | officers’ reports were next read, after | which John Taylor sang a solo. Officers of the society were chosen for the ensuing year. They are: Mrs. Ames, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Roberts, Mrs. Britton, Mrs. Dedrow, Mrs. Pedlar, Mrs. Quimby, Miss Meeker and Miss Morton. Luncheon was served at the close of the election and in the afternoon the ladies were again called to order to be entertained by Mrs. Hume, who delivered an interesting address on “Mormonism.” The church quartet sang several se- lections, after which the president and members were given the following question to solve: “How may the work of the Presbyterian church be made more efficient?” ‘When the question had been solved by those preserit the meeting was ad- | journed. ——————n. Saved From the Potters’ Field. Charles A. Murdoch, printer and former Civil Service Commissioner, in- formed the Coroner yesterday that he would take charge of the remains of Edwin Ruthven Campbell and give them a decent burial. Mr. Campbell was a journalist of some note in the early history of California. He was found dead in his bed in the ten-cent lodging-house at 641 Washington J APANESE FIGHT MOB IN KOREA Failure of Attempt to|Soldiers Kill Flve Na- tives and Wound Twenty. Capture of Newchwang Is Soon to Be At- tempted. LONDON. Mareh 23. — The Dally Telegraph's Seoul correspondent, cabling under date of March 22, reports the rising of a mob of Koreans against Japanese soldiers, at Samung, north of Gensan. The Japanese dispersed the mob, killing five men and wounding twenty. The Daily Chronicle publishes un- confirmed rumors from Chefu and Newchwang of bombardments of Port Arthur on March 13 and 15, five Buro- peans and many Chinese being killed in the former and two guns being dis- mantled and fifty soldiers killed in the latter attack. The Standard’s Shanghai correspond- ent says that a recent arrival from Port Arthur declares the Russians re- | covered fifteen Japanese torpedoes from the harbor, unexploded, because in their excitement the Japanese for- got to withdraw the safety pegs. A correspondent of the Times at Tokio, under yesterday’s date, cables that it is rumored that the Japanese have succeeded in blockading the en- trance to Port Arthur. News is received from Newchwang that a_south wind is dispersing the ice, which means the beginning of active operations that at last will re- veal the carefully concealed Japanese pilan of campaign. Aecording to the Petersburg correspondent, the Russian Government has privately informed the Senators that since the outbreak of the war exactly 100,000 troops have been forwarded to the Far East by the Siberian Railway In last night Standard's St. Gazette the Board of Trade, in publishing a list of the arti- cles declared to be contraband, warns the masters of British ships that they must not resist being stopped or searched by warships of either of the belligerents for contraband - ONAL. PERSC Dr. B. Williams of Fresno is at the Lick. Dr. C. U. the Palace. B. Cussick, a capitalist of Chico, at the Grand. Dr. and Mrs. Wyntoop of New York are at the Palace. O. McHenry, banker of Modesto, is at the Occidental. Stephens of Boston is at in C. A. Canfield, an oil man of Los Angeles, is at the Palace. R. H. Smith, an oil man of Coalinga, is registered at the Grand. Dr. Sanford Whiting and wife of Portland are at the Occidental. Colonel E. A. Forbes, a well-known attorney of Marysville, is at the Pal- ace. T. J. Field, a banker of Monterey, and wife arrived at the Palace yester- day. R. Robinson. proprietor of the Gil- roy Hot Springs, is staying at the Grand. F. A. Keith, a capitalist of Salt Lake, is among the latest arrivals at the St. Francis. i wd Grove L. Johnson, the well known attorney of Sacramento, is at the St Francis. W. L. Cole, superintendent of the Mountain Copper Company of Kes- wick, and wife are at the Grand. Fisher Dilke and Reginald Dunning of London, who are en route to the Orient, arrived at the St. Francis yes- terday. Patrick Lannon, a capitalist and former proprietor of the Salt Lake Tribune, arrived from Southern Cali~ fornia yesterday and is registered at the Palace. J. E. Stubbs of the Nevada State University is down from Reno and staying at the Palace. He is here to | meet his brother, Traffic Director J. C. Stubbs of the Harriman lines, who is due here to-morrow. General John C. Underwood of Ken- tucky, an officer of the Chevaliers of the Patriarchs Militant, I. 0. O. F., and his wife and daughter arrived from the East yeSterday and are stay- ing at the Palace. General Under- wood is here to arrange for accommo- dations for his organization during the annual meeting of the Sovereign Grand Lodge in this city in September next. G e Californians in New York. NEW YORK. March 22.—The fol- lowing Californians have arrived: From San Francisco—A. B. Corbett, at the Bartholdi: W, Meyer and wife, at the Rosmore; Miss L. Meyer, at the Rowland; Miss Och, at the Welling~ ton; Mrs. Zobel, at the Holland; J. M. Gonzales, at the Victoria; H. C. Sim, at the Hoffman. —_——— PAPYRUS CLUB TO HEAR INTERESTING PROGRAMME Song-Cycle by Roma Will Be a Dis- street. He was 85 vears of age and in his declining days, too sick to earn his living, he was obliged to rely upon the good offices of his old time friends. —_—— Burglars Enter a Grocery. Burglars entered the grocery store; occupied by E. A. Meyer at 201 Polk | street early Tuesday morning through a window on the Grove-street side of the establishment and secured $5 out of the register, $7 in nickels from a tin behind the counter and $20 that was concealed in a rice chest. The police are working on the case, but have no clew to the guilty parties. The place was entered last January and $16 taken by the thieves at that time. tingunishing Featare of the Entertainment. The Papyrus Club will enjoy a par- ticularly interesting programme at Utopia Hall, 223 Sutter street, to-mor- row. The oceasion will be distin- guished by a song-cycle, words and music by Roma. Following will be the programme: Wit and humor, club members: soprano solos, @) “l'nrbidnkn." (b) “‘Separation” (words and mt Roma), Mme, R @ “The Prayer’” (@) “The Letter, Return,” Mrs. iriggs; sopra: AN Wity e uu:m) M RS obligal A. Regensburger, Mme. arranged