The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 24, 1904, Page 2

THE SAN .FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MARCi—I 24, 1904. SEAMAN DESCRIBES INITIAL ATTACK UPON PORT ARTHU Opening Combat of the War as Seen From the Deck of a Mer- chant Vessel. - e Japan- | ship and the small cruiser Novik. The at Port | former, abreast of us, distant about 300 | vards, was throwing beds and bedding | and lumber of all sorts through her| amidship gun ports as she got her headway on, Wwhile we raced close in shore away to the westward. At first this battleship also hauled to the west- ward abreast of us, but about a mile} farther out, with the Novik a little ahead of her, while the forts were over our head. Thus, being directly in the line of fire, the shells fell thick in the nf of t fleet lowing accoy pened the ¥ , by an eye-witn hant ship lying Port ur at the outer the time, is China Daily. 1t Shanghai. It is ntial to 2 de- any account by | r wet published and for | s here given in full: at 11:30 p. m., we | water around us, on the beach, the v tine outside of the | hillside and over the forts. € ussian fleet was lying | “Looking back the fleet were ., and on the bunched together and fairly helpless, ance there were | as unt!] then, with the exception of our gunbo: training | three-funneled friend, only the cruisers yoats cruising in the {had got properly under way, though selves, making althey were all firing their heavy guns we felt a heavy |as they were able. A Russian volun- with two more in | teer ship, armed as a cruiser, got under The Russian fleet ' way as soon as any of them, and pass- from the outer line|ing out through the battleships and eir drums beating to | half a mile heyond, found things so hot searchlights of | that she turned and passed back in- Steam | side them again, though how shees- ped, while broadside on, is a marvel f the jenly on. ats began 1 ng- about, in a few minutes| “Just then I saw a shell burst right the firix »«d down and we thought it | a¢t the stern of a battleship, when they was v s night maneuver. We | ywere still washing the anchor and some were zbout to turn in again when the | twenty men = were trying to drag a sh | heavy fish-hook forward to the anchor. OF PORT 'RUSSIA NO LONGER FEARFUL OF THE FALL SUMMARY OF THE DAY'S any cuarter. from a British correspondent. Sanghange. obtaining sufficient food supplies. the w zone is awaited with anxiety. From Japanese sources comes a report that in a recent battle at Port Arthur, which is described as having been furious, the Russians lost a battleship. No confirmation of the rumor was received from Kuropatkin, the Russian generalissimo, has passed Lake Baikal on his way to the front and will soon arrive at Mukden, where he will begin the active direction of Russia’s land operations. It is assert- ed in St. Petersburg that the frequent bombardments of Port Arthur have demonstrated that that strong- | hold has nothing to fear from a sea attack, the Japanese shells doing comparatively trivial damage. St. | Petersburg reporis that Captain Ritzensteln’s squadron is still in the harbor at Viadivostok. Interesting details of the Japanese advance toward the Yalu are contained in a series of dispatches He says the Japanese hold two very strong positions—at Pingyang and Elaborate preparations had been made for the advance, but difficulty is being experienced in The Japanese troops are suffering from dysentery and pneumonia and many of their cavalry horses have died, but the spirit of the men is not says the Japanese sailors admit that Port Arthur is impregnable on the sea side. China’s mystifying position continues to disturb and alarm Russia, and France as well, and the Ce- lestial answer to Russia’s threatening note of inquiry and protest in regard to the presence of troops in Koren, acting upon Japan’s suggestion, has declared Yongampho open to the world's trade. advices state that a brush has occurred between outposts north of Anju, one Japanese being killed. WAR NEWS broken. This correspondent Seoul e i Czar Not Fearful China Is Eager to of Dissensions Take Part in at Home. the War. Special Cable to The Call and New York Her- ald. _Copyright, 1904, by the New York Her- ald Publishing Company. BERLIN, March 23. — The semi- official Post to-night published a com- munication from a well-known diplo- mat in Paris, who says that in the French capital a very pessimistic view is taken of the tension which undoubt- edly has set in between Russia and China, and adds that all fears regard- ing the attitude of China toward the war seem to be approaching realiza- ST. PETERSBURG, March 23.—The reports printed in Burope and the United States to the effect that a state of siege has been proclaimed in Siberia | and in Saratoff province, Southeastern Russia (through which the Siberian Railroad runs) and will be extended to the whole of European Russia is officially declared to be absolutely false. No such measure has even been contemplated, it being considered quite unnecessary. 12 and 1 o'clock s ships passed in ’k up a position yight across the v entrance, while one of the s took up a p | under the lighthouse to us a strange maneuver past an batt tion close | It blotted out everything in dense, black smoke, and before the smoke cleared away she was shut in by the next in line advancing, so we couid not see the damage done. Then ai- other battleship was struck broadside, abreast of her forward funnel, and then The authorities express the greatest; satisfaction with the internal situation | of the empire. manifested in all pants of Russia has profoundly impressed the authorities. All of the reports received by the Min- istry of the Interior indicate that the The hearty patriotism | tion. Dispatches have béen received at Quai d'Orsai from Peking stating that the Chinese Government still de- nies that it has any intention of aban- doning its attitude of neutrality, but everything goes to show that it s really only waiting for a favorable such rge ships at night time, so we stayed on deck to watch further de- v | another on her port quarter, and the | cruiser Askold had her after funnei As it was cold, however, | gnd main topmast carried away. These became a trifle slow, We |\ere all heavy shells bursting on the ut 2 a. m. At 2:3 a. M. |outside and were plainly noticeable again as two Very | from the volumes of black smoke which 1. i out officers boarded us and | they sent up. Of course we could not f French and English | e those which penetrated and burst critics of the Government, instead of ! opportunity to take part in the hos- profiting by the war, have been almost | tjlities. The Russian Government has completely disarmed. Two attempts at | received similar reports from its Min- anti-Government ~ demonstrations in | ister in Peking and is taking measures Kieff and Odessa, according to these | in consequence. reports, found the temper of the peopie | In the last day or two an exchange violently opposed to them. Within the | of views of an exhaustive character past fortnight only a single incid2nt| has taken place between the French s, etc. We got no ne\\s} they left in about a min- | 30 a. m. another naval officer us and we learned that the | red that no ship was enter the harbor until fur- After that I remained on me passenger, and at duy»} de out that one of the bat- | Il down by the head and | 1, while the big | y list to port, all of | having, learned later, been | doed and now lying aground. | WARSHIPS AT SEA. | we rning round and looking sea- ward we saw outside the fleet a ring | of torpedo-boats and farther out we saw some of the Russian cruisers that | westward, while, sev- | eral masts showed on the horizon be- i th These we judged to be ng for what.had, dis- the night ‘before... Be- nd 7.o'clock the inner cruis- | ck and took up their old | vith the fi and those hull tween 6 ers came wly into sight (they led cruisers) and stern on, about six or seven T. Then we noticed numbers of men on the forts overhead, looking | out-to sea, while the decks of the| cruiser were crowded with looking in the same direction. About 7:45 m. the three cruisers turned and slowly steamed across the t of the Ru 1 fleet, to the east- ard, and probably about six miles fron w At w distinctly with the that the Rising Sun of Japan was flying from their mastheads | and gaffs. It was like an electric | shock to us ~and we understood at once the meaning of the night ma- nevvers, though we had been looking on for nearly two hours, thinking that, as the Chinese on board said, there had been 3 bad collision among the fleet the night before. The whole Rus- sian fleet was now weighing slowly and clumsily and by 8:20 were under way and aming after the Japanese cruisers, but farther inshore, toward Dalny In a few minutes the*Jap- anese were out of sight to the south- eastward and at $:15 a. m. the Rus- sian fieet returned to anchor, actually dropping the same great mooring anchors, although it had taken them #0 long to get them up before. They were perfectly certain, and said so openly, that the Japs would never dare to attack Port Arthur. After- ward they sent a couple of cruisers out scouting in the direction in which the enemy’'s cruisers had disappeared. “At 10:50 a. m. we were cleared from quarantine, and at the same time one of the cruisers returned at great speed, firing heavily astern, the others having returned previously. We were then or- dered to shift our berth for the training =hip, but were not assigned to any spe- cial position. We started to weigh an- chor and moved to the westward, close to the steamer Ningoota, which had only just got in, having slipped in close in shore round the promontory from the westward. At 10:55, or just as we took up our berth, we saw the Japanese fleet, sixteen ships in number, coming up full speed from the eastward. The battleships were leading, then came the armored cruisers, with the remaining cruisers in the rear, all in single file. The Russian fleet was weighing anchor slowly, washing their chains and try- ing to get their great wooden-stocked | outside the battleships and on the wing, mooring anchors fished, instead of slip- ping them and getting their ships un- der command. It was greatly amazing, the Japanese fieet being almost on top of them. BOMBARDMENT BEGINS. “About 11:15 the first Japanese shell— a twelve-inch one—dropped among the Russian battleshivs right off the en- trance and close to where the seven- teen torpedo-boats were lying together, about one-third of a mile away from us. The torpedo-boats, the training ship and a small gun-vessel wheeled and went into the harbor, while those on the big ships continued washing their chains and trying to get their an- chors secured, the shower of shell in the meantime beginning to thicken. We started to weigh, having for pleasant companions a three-funneled battle- inside, though doubtless many that struck the water alongside must have hit the vessels as well. The cruisers, strange to say, fought most of the time but retired on them toward the end of the action. NOVIK DOES GOOD WORK. “All this time we were racing along the beach to the westward, while the shells were falling thickly around us, but fortunately bursting in the water. One heavy shell that burst after cover- ed our stern with smoke and spray, so that looking from forward I thought our stern was blown away. A second later one burst under our bows and sent a shower up forward, and so things went on, the concussion taking away our breath and shaking the ship like a leaf. Looking ahead and astern, vou could see the shells plainly going for the forts.- One large shell that passed close over us must have been nearly spent, as it zig-zagged from side to side, changing its course as it went; but when it struck the base of the hill and exploded it shifted a pile of sand and stones. 1t was principally owing to the cruiser Novik that we came in for such a hot time, as the battleship returned to the rest of the fleet shortly after the fight began, and they never went out any distance, but floundered about, it seemed very much in each other’'s way, under the guns of their heavy forts. The commander of the Novik, on the contrary, handled his ship very pluckily, having advanced far outside the others to the westward along our line of retreat. He kept dodging at great’ speed backward and forward, while his guns were served well and quickly. I am afraid, however, they were too light to have much effect on the battleships they were opposed to, and at that end of the line, toward the finish, he drew such a concentrated fire from the heavy ships that he had to retire amid a regular storm of shell, one of which burst right at the stern, but without apparently hitting the Novik directly. “It was lucky for us that the range was long and the lighter guns little used, or we could never have gone through it. At 11:43 we cleared the fire zone and by 11:46 the action had practically ceased, as the Japanese fleet had turned shortly before, every ship in her own place, and steamed across the Russian front, the cruisers then leading, with the armored cruisers next and the battleships bringing up the rear. “It was impessible to see what \lam- age the Japanese suffered. '+ should, of course, have been much heavier thin that of the Russians, seeing that they were under the fire of so many heavy forts, as well as of the Russian fleet. Yet we saw nothing to lead us to sup- pose that they were badly damaged, and they left in the same perfect order as they came. Nor was any ship of the Russian fleet sunk during the time that we were present, though several sustained considerable damage. For the Japanese had failed to draw them from under the guns of the. forts and the assistance that the stranded ships were able to give with their heavy occurred which could be construed as|and Russian Governments as to China's an evidence of dissatisfaction. This was the throwing of a bomb at a chapel in Vilna, the capital of the Lithuanian Government in Western Russia, a few days ago. Up to date the author and the purpose of the outrage have not been discovered. According to private advices from Vladivostok the Russian squadron is still there. Private telegrams received at the Admiralty here say that immediately | following the Port Arthur bombard- ment yesterday the spread reports among the Chinese that the Russians had abandoned the town. The statement that Captain Irkorff of the Manchurian commissariat ser- vice was recenkly summarily court- martialed and shot as a spy is incor- rect. The War Office discovered that he had sold information in connection with the quaratermaster’s department to Lieutenant Colonel Akashi, military attache of the Japanese legation here, and he was dismissed from the army. He has now been arrested and is await. ing trial by court-martial. The infor- mation sold by Irkorff is officially pro- nounced unimportant. The dispatch of troops to the Far East is proceeding with increased vigor. A rifle battalion left St. Peters- burg to-day and three others will foi- low this week, the largest draft going from the Moscow district. The Em- peror has decided not to go to Moscow. He will remain at the Winter Palace until the end of April and will go to Tsarkoye-Selo, where he may stop all summer. b VAL FOEIGNERS FEAR REIGN OF TERROR IN NEWCHWANG NEWCHWANG, March 23.—An in- formal meeting of the foreign Consuls stationed here has been'calied for the purpose of discussing means for insur- ing the protection of the property of neutrals, in view of the fact that New- chwang is now surrounded by large Russian forces, having breastworks and batteries established at the rail- way station on the east side of the river Liao and aleo at the fort on the west side. This situation exposes the treaty port to the danger of cannon fire, should the Japanese come up the river. On account of the fear that the United States gunboat Helena will be withdrawn, the American residents here have telegraphed to United States Minister Conger at Peking requesting the presence of an American man-of- war in constant communication during the continuance of the war, for the purpose of especially protecting prop- erty during the disorder that will at- tend the interregnum between the Russian and Japanese occupations, the latter being an event that apparently is expected. KOREA’S EMPEROR OPENS YONGAMPHO TO WORLD’S TRADE guns. < “The Russians had engaged: Fi battleships, five cruisers and one vol- unteer cruiser, and they also had the two battleships and one large cruiser aground. The Japanese fleet consisted of sixteen ships, rating unknown, but I think there were four battleships, three armored cruisers and nine cruisers.” JAPANESE TURN BACK AMERICAN MINERS AT ANJU WASHINGTON, March 23. — The State Department to-day received the following from Minister Allen at Seoul: . “Japanese forces have stopped a spe- cie caravan en route to the mines on this side of Anju. Miners on this side are not allowed to proceed to the mines. Newspaper correspondents have been sent back to Seoul from the north. The censorship is very strict. Japanese forces are arriving at Ping- yang after a fortnight of marching.” SEOUL, March 23.—An imperial edict has been issued opening Yongampho to foreign trade. The Tonghaks are giving trouble in the northeastern part of Korea, and are making overtures to the Russians. A detachment of Japanese from Gen- san engaged a body of Tonghaks near Samung, twenty-four of the Tong- hakse being killed or wounded and thirty-five captured. United States Minister Allen to-day gave a luncheon to Marquis Ito, which was attended by several foreign diplo- mats. A brush between the opposing forces has occurred at the outposts north of Anju, one Japanese being killed. ——————————— Died From Natural Causes. RIVERSIDE, March 23.—A Cor- oner’s jury, called to inquire into the death of Dr. J. Stanley Dolan, late assistant superintendent of the South- ern California Hospital for the Insane 4t Highlands, who died suddenly yes- terday, returned a verdict of ‘“death from natural causes,” : Japanese again | intervention in the war, .but no deci- sion has yet been reached as to the lines of action to be adopted by France in this eventuality. The answer of the Chinese Government to the threaten- ing dispatches sent in by Russia is | awalted with anxiety. In view of the relations which the Post maintains with the Foreign Office here a statement of this kind in its columns is important. A special dispatch from Yokohama repeats the report sent from Tokio that the Japanese made an attack on Port Arthur on March 18 and sank a Russian battleship. WOMEN ARE AIDING IN VLADIVOSTOK’S WAR PREPARATIONS VLADIVOSTOK, March 23.—While the situation here remains quiet, it is not expected that Vladivostok will 4sentinue to be much longer free from the vigorous operations of the Japan- ese. In anticipation of the appearance of the enemy and of a possible siege, a ladles’ circle has been formed, which sits six hours daily at the Ministry of Marine preparing bandages of linen for sick soldiers and sailors. Most of the women in Vladivostok belong to the circle, including the representatives of the aristocracy, who have determined to share the discomforts of the opera- tions with their husbands. In Likolsk, forty miles north of Vlad- ivostok, on the railroad, a committee has been formed under the auspices of the Vice Governor to collect donations toward the increase of the fleet. SEATTLE, March 23.—Vladivostok is all but depopulated in consequence of the war, the bulk of its population having taken flight, fearing a bom- bardment of the city by the Japanese naval forces. W. J. Lippy, a well- known fur trader, has arrived direct from Vladivostok, which port he left on February 20. On a single vessel, a collier, 3500 Japanese left Vladivostok | the day prior to the first attack on Port | Arthur. The Chinese residents, num- | bering about 15,000, sought to leave and had chartered vessels, but the military forces would not allow them to depart. Just before Lippy left the Imperial Bank of Vladivostok moved its treasure and all the banking equipment to a lit- tle town 600 miles in the interior on the line of the Trans-Siberian Railroad. PROBABLE ERROR N DATE OF TOKIO REPORT OF BATTLE TOKIO, March 23.—A special dis- patch from Moji says that the Japan- ese fleet made a fifth attack upon Port Arthur on the 1Sth inst. and bombard- ed the city's defenses. It subsequently fought a furious engagement with the Russian fleet outside the harbor, de- stroying one Russian battle-ship. Seven Japanese casualties were reported. There is no information given regard- ing the condition of the Japanese fleet. The Navy Department here has not yet been advised of the action. This is the first announcement of an engagement off Port Arthur on March 18. Special dispatches received in Lon- don to-day contain the same details of the engagement, but give the date as March 22, which probably is correct. Bl gogad & Chilean Warships Sold. SANTIAGO DE CHILE, March 23. A representative of Charles Flint of New York says the Chilean warships Capitan Prat and Chacabuco have been bought ad referendum, but an understanding has been given that they shall not be sold to any belliger- ent power. The sale will be ratified when approved by Congress, e re— - Pioneer Type Founder Dies. CINCINNATI, March 23.—Robert Allison, aged 74, president of the Board of Public Service, dropped dead here to-day. Heart failure caused his death. He was one of the pioneer type founders of the country. % Japanese Editor Is Accused of Treachery. TOKIO, March 23.—The House of Representatives to-day appointed a committee of eighteen members to in- vestigate the charge that Teisuke Aki- yama, a member of Parliament, is in the employ of the Russian Government. Akiyama is the publisher of the Niro- kushitbun, a Tokio paper which has been Dbitterly assailing the Gov- ernment, particularly upon its financial policy. It has charged the Government with having forced capitalists to sub- scribe to the war bonds recently issued, and has predicted that a second loan will prove a failure. A local prosecu- tion which was Instituted resulted in a decision yesterday ordering the perma- nent suppression of the publication and the imprisonment of the editor for four months. The case was subsequently appealed, and both Akiyama and his friends vigorously deny thq,iharge that he is a spy. The hearing pefore the committee and the later discussion of the question in the House promise to be exceedingly bitter. The special session of the Diet to-day entered upon the business for which it was called.. President Katsura and Minister of Foreign Affairs Komura addressed the House. The Premier said that the Diet had been summoned at an unparalleled moment in the annals of the country. He counted it a great honor to share with the members the duty of upholding the noble policy of the Emperor. The maintenance of the permanent peace of the Orient by re- specting the legitimate rights of the powers, he sald, was the established national policy of Japan. Continuing, he said: “Russia not only failed to meet the Japanese proposals, but defiantly re- sorted to action calculated to injure the national rights of Japan. Japan' was compelled, in self-defense, to terminate negotiations and to take independent action.” He was confident the world would recognize the justice and patience uni- formly exercised by Japan in carrying forward the negotiations. He was anx- iously desirous of peace, mindful of the woeful consequences which war brought to mankind. Minister of Foreign Affairs Komura placed before the House the full text of the diplomatic correspondence with Russia, commencing with the opening of negotfations last July and ending with instructions to Minister Kurino to withdraw from St. Petersburg. The substance of the correspondence has al- ready been made publie. No mention was made in the House of the threatened tobacco bribery scan- dal, and possibly no mention will be made, as all parties have resolved to support a three-year compensation plan, thus defeating any project to have the amount of compensation to be paid to manufacturers calculated on a four- year basis. ————— PEDAGOGUE ATTACKS TEACHING OF PATRIOTISM ‘Washington Man Says Military Idea Pervades System, and Classes Washington a Crank. SEATTLE, March 23.—A decided sensation has been created here by the utterances of J. A. Kingsbury, principal of the Georgetown, Wash. public schools, at the County Teach: ers’ Institute yesterday. He attacked the methods of teaching patriotism in the public schools, saying: “You notice that throughout these teachings runs the military idea, and when a war is on, even though it be an inhuman war of conquest, or a war to quell a rebellion of some cranks such as_ Patrick Henry, Samuel Adams, ‘Washington, Jefferson or Aguinaldo, who have the effrontery to flout a principle in the face of a divine de- cree, or a packed Legislature, then the watchword of patriotism is: ‘My country, my country; right or wrong!’ —that flabby plea that the patriot in time of war must postpone virtue and if evil be officially decreed follow the multitude to do it.” o ———————— General Thomas A. Morris Dead. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., March 24.— General Thomas Armstrong Morris, aged 91 years, of this city is dead at the home of his daughter, Mrs. E. M. Chambers, at San Diego, Cal., where he was staying for the benefit of his health. He was the oldest living graduate of West Point, having re- ceived his diploma in 1834. He was a famous engineer and railroad builder and was a distinguished commander in the Civil War. Victim of Shotzun Accident. LOS ANGELES, larch 23. Charles Brandt, a ¥°I§fll farmer living near Redondo, is dead at the Deacon- ess’ Hospital, this city, as the result of an accidental shootihg. While on a hunting trip, Brandt's shotgun was accidentally discharged, the whole joad of No. 5 shot entering his abdo- men, It was several hours before medical aid could be summoned and he died on the operating table. Brandr, was unmarried and only recently came to California. His parents re- side at Stover, Mo. 5 e —— . A Guaranteed Cure for Piles. tching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles. Ointment fails to cura vou in 6 to 14 dava 50e* PSR LIAOTUNG STRONGHOLD NOW REGARDED Togo’s eral Kuropatkin has passed Lake Bai- kal, on his way to the front. Assurances are given that Port Arthur has nothing to fear from a bombardment. This prevents further anxiety over the enemy’s efforts, which in a way are welcomed, as uselessly ex- hausting Japanese resources. As no further dispatches, official or other- wise, have arrived here from Port Arthur the officials have come to the conclusion that the bombardment by Special Cablegram to The Call and N ST. PETERSBURG, March 23.—Gen- ARTHUR AS IMPREGNABLE Only Slight Damage Done by the Guns of Vice Admiral Fleet. New York Herald. Copyright, 1904, by the New York Herald Fublishing Company. the Japanese fleet on the night of March 21 and the morning of March 22 falled to cause any damage consi worthy of being reported to the | peror. | The Emperor to-day received the rector of the university and three stu- dents representing the students’ cor- poration, who presented to him a loya! address. The Emperor expressed his sincere thanks. This is the first time students have been granted an audi- ence by Emperor Nicholas. HARLAN MAKES BURTON OFFER Witness Says the Senator Agreed to Become General Counsel of Rialto Company WOULD DEFEND DENNIS Kastor Claims Solon Wanted His Salary of $2500 Paid in Installments of $500 —_—— ST. LOUIS, March 23.—The identifi- cation of letters of complaint against the Rialto Grain and Securities Com- pany received by the Postoffice Depart- ment by witnesses employed in the de- partment opened to-day’'s proceedings in ‘the trial of United States Senator J. R. Burton of Kansas in the District Court. Chief Postoffice Inspector W. E. Cochran of Washington on the stand explained the procedure of handling complaints made to the department and the issuance of fraud orders. The most important witness of the forenoon session was Ernest W. Kas- tor, a member of a St. Louis adver- tising firm. He testified that he had introduced Senator Burton to Presi- dent H. C. Dennis of the Rialto com- pany and to Judge Thomas B. Har- lan, attorney for the company, one day in November, 1902. The witness stated that Judge Harlan asked Senator Bur- ton to become general counsel for the Rialto company. Witness stated that it was specified that Burton should re- ceive $2500 for his services. Burton, the witness stated, said his name cliould appear on the company's litera- ture only as ‘“general counsel,” and that he could not act in any capacity before the Postoffice Department for the company. Burton suggested that the $2500 be paid to him in monthly in- stallments of $500. Burton agréed in case he accepted the offer as general counsel to undertake the defemse of President Dennis of the Rialto com- pany, which hasd absorbed the Brooks Brokerage Company, in case Dennis should be indicted for the transactions of the latter company. e Railroad Man Passes Away. PENDLETON, Or., March 23.—C. A. Cameron, for twenty years superin- tendent of bridges amnd buildings for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad in Towa and for the past ten years with the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company in the same ca- pacity, died suddenly this afternoon on his way from a hospital in Port- land, where he had been under treat- ment for heart trouble. — e C. C. Herbert Is Arrested. OAKLAND, March 23.—C. C. Her- bert, proprietor of A Mon Chateau, was arrested to-day on complaint of W. Kritz, who charges Herbert with hav- ing obtained $40 under false pretenses. Herbert says the money was paid as a deposit to bind the purchase of a half interest in the chateau and that Kritz failed to live up to his bargain. B —— Joseph Jefferson's son, William, once had a period of being something of a spendthrift. On the occasion of a trip abroad his funds, which were supposed to be ample, had a habit of giving out with mysterious frequency, when it would become necessary to call upon his father for a renewed supply. These pitiful appeals for aid were endured patiently and responded to most promptly for a time, but at last parent- al a- . hority began to exhibit itself and, instead of a remittance, came a ‘“cable” which read: “What for?” The reply was swiftly cabled across the water: “For Willie."—New York Commercial. —_————————— Soider Webs in Music Halls, A French savant points out that spi- |ders‘ webs improve the acoustic prop- erties of a room. He says he knew in England a hall that was ideal for the conveyance of sound. In an evil mo« ment it was decided to clean the cejl- ings, and all the spiders were dislodged. The hall was ruined as a place for speaking. The savant suggests that cotton strings might be hung loosely across ceilings to improve the sound- carrying properties of the room.—Ex- change. —_——— Novel Suggestion for Recruiting. Among the many novel suggestio made for the revival of recruiting for the British army is one that the soldier stay in barracks only a part of the year—say, two months—and the rest of the time he reside where he might e, “going to his work"” every day, like any ordinary mechanic or laborer; also that when he had done his work for the day he be allowed to wear civilian clothes, just as police do.—Ex- change. CETS DAMAGES FROV CONPANY | Mrs. Clark Yerrick Is Paid $10,000 as Compensation for Death of Her Hushand {DEMISE PECULIAR ONE ’Liw Electric Wire Costs | Him His Life While He | Was Walking to His Home Oakland Office San Francisco Can, 1118 Broadway, March 23. As compensation for the death of her | husband, who was killed by dteppin | on a live electric wire, the widow of | Clark Yerrick, former assistant super- intendent of the Key Route system, has been paid $10,000 by the Oakland Gas, Light and Heat Company. Nego- tlations have been under consideration for some time which have just been completed and any suit there may kave been In contemplation has been averted. Yerrick and a young man named Frank Howland were crossing Thirty-sixth street, near Market, in a storm early in the winter and both stepped on a broken wire lying ac ross the sidewalk. Yerrick was instantly killed, while Howland, after two days, recovered consciousness and finally ap- parently recovered from his experience. He settled his claim with the company some time ago for $500. —_— Second Suit for Divorce. OAKLAND, March 23.—Trouble has again broken out between George Ips- witch, proprietor of the Washington Hotel at Livermore, and his wife, Agnes, and a second suit for divorce was begun by her to-day, she alleging cruelty. She began a suit on February 20, which was dismissed a week later, a reconciliation having been effected. —_—— Musician Hurt in Runaway. OAKLAND, March 23.—Robert C. Rose, a musician of this city, was seri- ously injured in a runaway accident this afternoon near the corner of Twenty-sixth and Valdez streets. He was thrown from the buggy, sustain- ing a broken leg and other injuries, el . Alameda Teacher Dies. ALAMEDA, March 23.—Miss Eliza- beth Rosseter, formerly a teacher in the local School Department, died this morning at the home of her mother, 900 Grand street. She was the daugh- ter of Mrs. M. E. Rosseter and sister of John H., Adrian and Alice Rosseter. —_—— Two Boys Disappear. HAYWARDS, March 23.—Frank Gonzales and Joseph Nunes, whose parents reside in Haywards, have been missing since last Friday., when they were seen going toward the bay. It is feared that the boys may have gone out in a boat and been drowned. DR. SHOOP’S REMEDIES. Will You Help A Sick Friend? ] found invarably that where there wasa weakness, inside nerves were weak. W there was a lack itality that the vital nerves Tacked power Where al found weak nerves hought of, But the vital or- invisible nerves. a restorative Lt is known the . Shoop's Restorative. After cure one ase i each hundred o e Tt el medici id that 1 ¢ 4u"-'-'.'¢::'|:; for gurgery, not medicine B 10 get his prescription o sick ones_ every my thought | must announce it blic. 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