The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 30, 1904, Page 1

THEE WEATEEE. Forecast made at San Fran- cisco for 30 hours ending mid- night, March 30, 1904: San Francisco and vieinity— Clearing slowly Wednesday; fresh westerly winds. A. G. MoAIDIE, District Porecaster. | - + Fischer's— Kismet.” Grand—“Hedda Gabler.” . | Orpheum—Vaudeville. Matines to-day. | Tivoli—“Mr. Pickwick.” NO. 12L SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1904. PRICE FIVE CENT RUSSIAN AND JAPANESE GAVALRY AND INFANTRY FIGHT A BATTLE IN KOAE CZAR'S SOLDIERS RETIRE, LEAVING BROWN MEN IN PO3SE3SION OF THt FIELD ST. PETERSBURG, March 29.--The Emperor has received a dispatch from General Kuropatkin, giving a lengthy report from General Mischtchenko, dated at 10 p. m., March 28, which says that an important engagement took place at the town of Chongju, the Russians retiring in perfect order after a combat lasting an hcur and a half. The Japanese suffered heavily. The Russian loss was three officers wounded and three men killed and twelve wounded. Cavalry and infantry on both sides were engaged. The Russians occupied a commanding position on a hill, the Japanese being in the town. The Japanese fought gallantly, but owing to their heavy losses were unable to occupy the position abandoned by the Russians. Cossack Mack Upon Chongjy s Replsed, Muscovie Force Relreating When Remforcements fo lhe Enemy AreSighted ST. PETERSBURG, March 29. — General Kuropatkin’s Chongiu is as follows I have the honor to respectfully Mischtchenko, dated March 28 10 p. communicate to m., ch says: your wt renort after the engagement at Majesty the report of General ““For three successive days our small outposts attempted to draw the Japanese cavalry into action, but their patrols, after contact was established, retired beyond Chongju (about fifty miles northwest of ‘ ‘Having larch 27 As <or squadrons promptly ed { that four squadrons of the enemy were posted five versts beyond Chongju es marched toward Kasan, and on March 28 reached Chongju at 10:30 approached the town the enemy operied fire from behind the wall. dismounted and occupied the heights, 600 yards djstant. An engagement Japanese Gallantly Hold Their Ground. In the town a company of infantry and a squadron of cavalry were lying in ambush. Our were reinfc fight of a half-hour’s duration that the Japanese ceased fir panese hoisted the Red Cross flag at two points. 1der repeated volleys from our troops. A nu 1 leaving th Russians Retire With Deliberation. ‘An hour and a half after the beginning of the engagemen st to attack. I gave the order to mount, and t perfect order and formed in line behind the rement w: 14 - hastening he re s e Japanese s¢ as thrown into disorder, their infantry arrived t attention to our wounded. Japanese had heavy losses in men and e severe inded. e Cossacks were killed and twelve wounded, including five seriously.” | | ‘General Mischtchenko bears witness to the excellent conduct and gallantry of the officers and ks, and especially praises the Third Company of the Argunsk Regiment.” Japanese Say Russians Abandoned TOKIO back, abandening their position. and one sergeant kil 1 three.dead ed and two officers and ten privates wounded behind, but to have succeeded in carrying 'off the town, cheering for the Emperor. anese forge enteged n any maps that are available. rced by three companies and attacked the Japanese with a cross fire. s and our commanding position. the Japafese'gallantly held their ground, and. it was-only after” Notwithstand- ing and sought refuge in the fterward three squadrons of the enemy were seen advancing along the Kasan road i the town, which two of the squadrons succeeded in entering, while the third mber of men and horses were seen ur afterward our companies continued to fire on the Japanese in the town, pre- | | t four companies were seen on the he entire force, with a covering hill. The wounded were placed rried out with the deliberation of a parade. was evidently unable to occupy oo late. r rear arrived quietly at Kasan, where we halted for two At 4 p. m. our force reached Noosan. horses. On our side three officers Dead. . h 29.—A mixed force of Japanese cavalry and infantry attacked and dispersed Tyonjyn, near Pingyang, last Sunday morning. fortress, which was defended by a force of Cossack cavalry, estimated in number The Russians had erected ese attacked in considerable force. The Russians offered a strong resistance at The Japanese sustained a loss of one officer . The Russians are reported to a number of wounded. The Jap- ring some in detail, it is possible that the foregoing is another version of the en- h has already been reported from Russian sources. The name of the RUSSIAN COMMANDER PAYS TRIBUTE TQ BRAVERY OF CHONGJU 'S DEFENDERS Japanese Hold Their Position for Thirty Minutes in the -Eace of a Murderous Cross Fire. REBURG, March 29.—Gen- | ye a tribute to the tenacity and is first report to | bravery of the Japanese, who ceased the scene of war, fire only after a combat which lasted for a half hour. Before the Russians could follow up their advantage three Japanese squadrons galloped toward sive land opera- tions had taker € against the Jap- g b AL o sy 4 h anniversary of the | the town, which two of them succeeded ups ¢ hur by the Rus- | in entering. while the third was driven sians. These ope the form | back in disorder, men and horses fall- f a cavalry att companies of Cossacks Mischtchenko erday by six | ing. , led possibly by The fire maintained upon the General against four | anese were unable to make effective squadrons Japanese cavalry which | return. the @ believed 1o be beyond| Further Japanese reinforcements ar- Chongju, but which he found to be in| rived an hour later and, in view of the occupatio! of that town. Despite a|superiority of the enemy, General cross fire which General MischtchenkolMis(‘htchenko determined to retire, cleverly directed against the enemy, be ' doing so without ‘embarrassment, al- town was so destructive that the Jap- | though he carried with him three killed | and fifteen wounded. | General Mischtchenko's Cossacks | have been endeavoring for some days to come into contact with the Japanese | patrols, but the latter refused to com- bat. The skirmish of to-day will have | the effect of encouraging the Russians | to retard as much as possible the ad- | vance of the Japanese army. General Kuropatkin's dispatch re- | porting General Mischtchenko’s opera- tions, as published, does not give the place of its origin, but it is presumed that the commander in chief is either at Liaoyang or en route to Newchwang. RS IgN ‘War News Continued on Page 4, b - 'l 11 | i | | | | | 4 Il { i | | | | | ] | ALBANY, March 20.—The indorse- ment of Judge Parker as New York's candidate for the Democratic Presiden- tial nomination is assured by the pri- maries held in the most important counties of the State to-day. There will be an overwhelming majority in the sent Judge Parker's name and to use every effort to place him at the head of the national ticket. All the expectations of Judge Par- ker’s friends have been more than real- ized. David B. Hill, surrounded by the Democratic leaders from various parts of the State, remained in his office until after midnight, receiving reports of the results of the primaries and county conventions. There was rejoicing over the news of the complete defeat of the anti-Parker faction in Buffalo. The Parker men swept Erie County, carrying all three Senatorial districts. This will make John W; Fisher the Democratic leader in Erie; in place of Mr. Conners, who sided with Charles Murphy, leader of Tammany. The conventions held in Madison and Chenange counties and two districts of Oswego to-day added twelve more dele- sates to the Parker column, giving him a total of ninety instructed delegates out of 450 in the State convention. The Democratic State Convention to pre- [ 1 COSSACK PATROL TAKING TO HARBIN CHINESE CAPTURED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DESTROY'A BRIDGE OVER THE PUNGARIL PARKER THE DICTOR IN NEW YORK STATE Jurist Is Overwhelmingly Selected for|Representatives of Sharon Estate Resolve the Presidential Race. Special Dispatch to The Call. primaries to-day insured the election of Parker delegates as follows: Albany 12, Rensselaer 9, Kings 57, Onohdaga 12, Monroe 12, Erie 24, Niag- ara 6, Cayuga 6. This will add 138 del- egates to those already chosen, giving him 228, which is more than a majority af the convention. In addition, primaries or conventions are yet to be held in counties where the Parker men are confident of gaining seventy-two more delegates, which will give him a total of at least 300 of 450 delegates in the convention. This cal- culation leaves the opposition with only ' 140 and odd delegates at most. As the unit rule will be applied to the national convention, the minority will have no voice at St. Louis. T KAISER'S HEALTH AGAIN REPORTED TO BE FAILING Alarming Rumors Are to Effect That Cancer Malady is Re- turning. : PARIS, March 29.—According to the London correspondent of the Matin, a | dispatch was received from Berlin dur- | ing the night coming from a high quar- ter, which says that alarming news has been received concerning the health of Emperor William, owing to a recru- descence of the threatened trouble for which (ht\Emperor was operated on last year. N |a period of twenty years. -+ PALACE HOTEL WINS THE FAIRMONT LEASE to Hold Supremacy. Negotiations between Mrs. Oelrichs and representatives of the Sharon es- tate have reached a point that war- rants the announcement that the Pal- ace Hotel management has secured the new Fairmont Hotel on the crest of Nob Hill. It is calculated that the Fairmont will be ready for the recep- tlon of guests in June, 1905. The manager of the Palace, Colonel J. C. Kirkpatrick, is fully determined to hold the prestige in the hotel field of the Pacific Coast which was gained twenty-five years ago and has ever since been maintained by the Palace. It is understood that the lease agreed upon by Mrs. Oeirichs and the repre- sentatives of the Sharon estate covers initial overtures for the Fairmont were made in behalf of the Oelrichs’ representative named a fig- ure so high that Colonel Kirkpatrick |could not recommend its acceptance. Subsequent events have made it clear that the hotel business in San Fran- cisco, which has been reasonably profitable in the past, will be im- mensely impértant and remunerative in the future. The immediate success of the St. Francis is accepted as one object lesson. The story is current that Manager Pollok and his asso- ciates had sorze notion of reaching out for centrol of the Fairmont. The high ‘When the | Palace Mrs. | figure named by Mrs. Oelrichs caused a suspension of negotiations, howe | ever. At the time Mrs. Oeirichs placed the mortgage with the Hibernia Bank on real estate in this city to raise $450,000, the amount required for the comple- tion of the hotel enterprise, she had entered into a provisional contract or arrangément with Baumgarten of New York for the furnishing of the hotel. A few days ago Baumgarten re- ceived advices from New York that the pjans made with him for the equip- ment of the house had been canceled, | and that the decorations and furniture | would be supplied by the Palace Ho- tel management. | —_——— | SEEKING INFORMATIO ) ABOUT SULLY'S ASSETS i | Receivers Order an Examination of Two Alleged Partners of Cotton | Plunger. e | NEW YORK, March 29.—David H. | Miller, one of the two receivers for | the suspended cotton firm of Daniel | J. Sully & Co., said to-day that the receivers had applied to the United | States courts for an order for the ex- amination of Edwin Hawley and Frank Ray, the alleged partners of | Sully in the big cotton deal, which re- sulted in the suspension of the firm. The object of this examination will be to find out more about Sully's assets,