The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 9, 1904, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY. APRIL WCLO-FREN(HE RUSSIAN WARSHIPS HASTEN TO BATTLE ET NEAR PORT ARTHUR TREATY SIG Agreement Relative to Mo- Eovpt and New- Is Concluded - — DIPLOMATIC TRIUMPH rocco. foundiand Provisions of the Instrument Apply to Siam, Madagascar and the New Hebrides LONDON £ T h « dlonial t gn Offiec h have in the first i Mo- , and the Hebrides pres- and € feefiom of it is agreed justment 1 the river giving France ough a fertile country. In f Siam the two countries jeclarat f 1896, deter- ing with regard m fleren New Hebrides the are 1 which Great Britain made against agascar the pr raws ¥ 1 economic regime there. LONDON, April .—The Government has long been stranger to such a oroval and con- d early this newspapers happy conclusion of the h negotiations for a colo- This al is none the S5 W e b se it is recog- obtained sub- ions while surrendering King Edward is 1 diplomat- greater portion of the 1 his Majesty for hav- rapprochement and bet for having re- n a correspond- Lord Lansdowne, the Brit- ish Fo cretary 1 M. Delcasse, the French Foreign Minister, are equal- ing spirit Iy compli »r their notable ser- vices to t f peace between the ot elegraph says most satisfactory to welcome lomatic incident which will be or centuries. It is no ex- aggerat n to assert t ¥ barrier in the way of lasting peace and amity between France and Great Britain has been removed, and if either party had made infinitely greater sacrifices & GRE GREENBERG & GREENBERG NEW SPRING AND SUMMER SHIRT WAISTS SHIRT WAIST SUITS INDIA SILK WAISTS OUTING SKIRTS New India Silk Waists At 52.50, $3.00, $4.35, $4.80, $5.00, $5.65 up to $8.00. Kew Lawn Waists At 652, $1.00, $1.50, $1.75, §2.00, $2.25 up to $5.00. New Shrt Waist Cuits At $2.75, $3.00, $3.50, $3.95, $4.00, $4.50 up to $12.00. up to $5.00. Our prices are always the lowest and our dise decidedly above the average. GREENBERG & GREENBERG 31, 33, 35 and 37 GRANT AVE., Cor. Geary Street. New Duck Skirts At 85¢, $1.00, $1.35, $1.75, $2.25, $2.75 KUROKTS ARMY AT THE YALU _— - Japanese Forces Evidently Making Vigorous Efforts to Penetrate Manchuria. Kuropatkin’s Plans Con- sidered to Consist Chiefly of Desire for Time.' SRR to The Call Herald's fol- —The publi PARIS European e £ shes the low n its military expert » is more and more confi tion of the t that the Russian abandoning opposition to the march of Japanese toward the mouth of the \lu, have evacuated the lower part of the 1 bank of the river without giving 1 and have only left in touch on the right flank of General oki some strong parties of Cos- Thus becomes plain the plan of | General Kuropatkin, which consists in time and drawing toward him, ds itself to this maneuver, the 'my which is now deployed 1gyang to Anju and bevond. announced that the Russ ied in force Fengwang- wving only left some detach- | guards, from Antung to Kai- It lieut above this point. ap- pears the that the defense which is be prepared there will not be very ious, but it is certain that General Kuroki is endeavoring to cross the Yalue with his army to penetrate nto Manchuria by the Peking road. We may be permitted to doubt whether they have well counted the difficulties of all kinds which are al- ready offered in Korea to the advance The kinds of s the er-soaked road w in instant. These guns, drawn by six horses of no great size or bulk, only advance with despairing slow- | ness. Now as Korea hardly produces enou e to fe its inhabitants, it is ne y that the armies which are operati g there that is necessary for tence of the men and animals. ““There is also another cons of a nature to make General Kuroki hesitate about taking the offensive by entering directly the region where are gathered almost all the Russian forces. This is that such an attack in front would only have a chance of | success by being prepared through previous or simultaneous movements executed on the enemy’s position.” - RUMORS OF A BATTLE. Fighting at the Yalu and a Russian Reverse Reported. LONDON, April 9.—There are reports of fighting at the Yalu River and a Russian reverse, but there is no offi- cial confirmation of them. The Tokio correspendent of the Chronicle trans- mits a rumor that a battle has occur- red at Kiuliencheng (opposite Wiju, on some maps Jeulanchen). No details are given. Several correspondents at Tokio and Seoul concur in saying that there has been no engagement. The Russians have withdrawn across the Tumen River as well as across the Yalu. not opposing the Japanese ad- vance. According to the St. Peters- burg correspondent of the Standard such a move would coincide with Gen- eral Kuropatkin's known plans and it seems to be taken for granted in the Russian capital that Korea has been deliberately evacuated as part of the | commander in chief’s strategy. | ks - 4 . e | would have been cheap indeed in view of the incaiculable value of the accord obtained.” The foregoing quotation fairly rep- resents the general spirit of the edi- torial comment. An exception, how- ever, is found in the Morning Post, which expresses’ amazement at the | moderation of the "British Government | and deplores the lack of diplomatic skill which Premier Balfour and Lord Lansdowne have displayed, adding: “Never in our recollection has Great Britain given away so much for noth- ing.” —_———— Finish Fight in New York. NEW YORK, April 8.—Joe Cripps, middie-weight champion of Australia, and Williams-of Rhode Island to-night fought a finish contest. Before the end of the fourth round Williams was knocked out. It was a professional affair from start to finish. The sec- onds were well-knowh fighters and the referee was a pugilist of world-wide reputation. ————— Bell to Exhibit Airship. WASHINGTON, April 8—Professor Alexander Graham Bell has decided to give a public exhibition of his tetra- hedron kite, or flying machine, con- structed under his direction in Cape Breton Island more than a year ago. The exhibition is to take place before the National Geographical Society at an open air meeting and exhibition to be held on April 30. —_———— New Discovery About Thorium. NEW YORK, Avpril 8—Dr. Charles Baskerville, professor of chemistry and director of the laboratory in the Uni- versity of North Carolina, announced tc-night before the Chemists’ Club in' this city his discovery that thorium, hitherto known as one of the seventy primary elements, is complex in its nezture. e —————— AMIENE, France, April 8.—Although the day passed quietly ‘the strikers again created disturbances to-mght. uent charges by the troops resulted in injuries to several strik- ers, but they were not of a serious ter. Order was finally restored. { PARIS, April 9.—The St. Petersburg | correspondent of the icho de Paris says Admiral Makaroff went out from Port Arthur this morning, a Japanese The same correspondent of the Echo de Paris says that a French agent is, negotiating for the sale of "Argentine warships to Russia, which is deter- | mined to have a superiority over the Japanese fleet by the end of July. | ST. PETERSBURG, April 8.—A des- | patch from Port Arthur announces that a Japanese fleet has been seen bovering about the horizon and that, |In view of the moonless nights, a new | attack is anticipated. | There persistent rumors current | that the Japanese are preparing an at- | tack for to-morrow, hoping to find the >d in their Easter de- | Russians engros () WITH JAPAN FLE Admiral Makaroff Reported to Have Engaged the Enemy’s Vessels Outside the Harbor of the - Muscovite Stronghold. squadron having been sghted in the ofing. It is rumored that a sea fight |, twok place, try seeks to maintain in the war be- tween Japan and Russia."” i chl S WRITERS CANNOT LAND. Correspondents on Board Vessel at Chemulpo Have More Trouble. SEOUL, Korea, April 8, 3:40 p. m. The steamer Suminoye Maru called in at Chemulpo to-day to take on board 300 men belonging to the First Divi- sion. The newspaper correspondents on board the Suminoye Maru were not permitted to land and a corre- | spondent who was here waiting to go forward with the Japanese troops was refused permission to embark on the steamer. ~ A dispatch from Tokio, dated April 1, said the first party of correspond- ents, consisting of sixteen men, most- Iy British and Americans, had left Tokio that day for the front and that | they would sail from Moji, Japan, on April 6 for an unknown destination. While the departure of these news- n vo: sen has been received paper men from Moji has not been re- { by the Emperor and appointed master ported, probably because of the Jap- | ot (hcv court | anese censorship, it is possible that the { LOND( April 9.—A cx\l’respflndf'nl correspondents referred to in the |of the mes at Weihaiwel, cabling|ahove dispatch are those who were to under yesterday's date, says have left Moji last Wednesday. “The result of a week’s cruise leads | Chemulpo is about two daye® run from {me to believe that the Japanese fleet | npoj; is engaged in covering arrangements; 1t has heen-said also that éorre- |for a new landing of the troops re- wagons which are bringing up all | plies become mired every | be followed by every- | the sub- | | deration | the west or southwest of | cently mobolized. A close blockade of Port Arthur is not maintained, pre~ | sumably because of information. re- garding the state of the channel. Cer- | tainly up to the present no Japanese transports have entered the Gulf of Pechili.” | TOKIO, April 8.—Official returns of Japanes sualties in various engage- ments at Port Arthur since February |8 show 114 killed and wounded. Four- }l(!’n of this number were killed out- | right; five died before reaching hospi- | tal, four died in hospital; forty recov- | ered and fifty-one are still in hospital. | The publication of this list has given | | great satisfaction here, as it shows the | | untrustworthiness of the reports pub- | | lished in St. Petersburg of large Jap- | anese losses. . MOR FEARS OF MASSACRES. | Plan, It Is Said, Is on Foot to Repeat | Kishinev Outrages. | NEW YORK, April 8.—Oscar Straus, former United States Minister to Turkey, speaking of the cabied re- | ports to the fear of s, | | Semitic | massacres in Odessa and Kieff, said to- as day that he had accurate knowledge | | that pamphlets and circulars were re- | cently distributed in Odessa for the | purpose of arousing the lower element | to repeat in that city during the com- ing Kaster the massacres which took place a year ago in Kishinev. | “The matter,” said Mr. Straus, “has| been taken up by the British Govern-! ment, Lord Rothschild having brought | it to the attention of Lord Lansdowne. | In this country President Roosevelt | promptly caused Secretary Hay to| bring it to the attention of Embassa- ! dor Cassini at Washington with the re- quest to place the matter before his| Government at once at St. Petersburg | and convey the President’s hopes that | St. Petersburg will take all possible precautions to prevent a recurrence of | the terrible outrages of a year ago. | “Aside from the humanitarian con-! sideration that has actuated the Presi- | dent and Secretary Hay in calling | Embassador Cassini’s attention to the | alarm that is felt in this country, our | Government in the interest of friendly relations desires to prevent any occa- | sion for such manifestation of public opinion as would put a strain upon the strictly neutral attitude this coun- | +- spondents who attempted to go for- ward contrary to the wishes of the Japanese authorities would not be af- forded the facilities given to the writers who waited until the authori- ties were ready to have them move. — CONSULS ARE TRANSFERRED. United States Finds Temporary Em- ployment for Officials in Manchuria. WASHINGTON, April 8.—The State Department has decided to find tem- porary employment for the persons recently appointed to consular offices in Manchuria and will make no ef- fort_to place them at their designated posts pending the issue of the war be- tween Russia and Japan. Mr. Chesh- ire, who is nominally United States | Consul at Mukden, will be attached to the United States legation at Peking. Mr. Davidson, who was named as Con- sul at Antung, on the Yalu River, will | be sent instead to Newchwang to serve as assistant to Mr. Miller, the Consul it that point. Edwin Morgan, who was to have been Consul at Dalny, will be sent to Shanghai as Assistant Con- sul. N DECORATIONS FOR CONSULS. Czar Wil Highly Honor Russian Official in New York. ST. PETERSBURG, April 8. — Among the Easter honors conferred by the Emperor which will be announced to-morrow are forty decorations of persons in the diplomatic service, three of which go to America. Nicho- las Lodygensky, Russian Consul Gen- | eral at New York, is made a com- mander of the Order of St. Viadimir. Albert Schluppenbach, Consul at Chi- cago, is made a conductor of the Or- der of St. Anne and Consul Struwe at Mont of St. Stanislaus. The order conferred upon Consul General Lodygensky is a very high one, given only for distinguished ser- vices and carrying with it hereditary nobility. . o S PR RESERVES FOR VACANCIES. Mobilization at the Black Sea Stations Is Made Necessary. ST. PETERSBURG, April 8.—The mobilization of the Black Sea re- serves is necessitated to fill vacancies I a commander of the Order | caused by drafting to the Far East. It is expected that a similar mobiliza- tion will come into effect in the Baltic provinces within a month. An authoritative denial is given of the rumor of a Russian reserve on the Yalu which was circulated in Paris to- day. No official telegrams were re- ceived from the front to-day. General Kuropatkin has returned to Liaoyang. sl S RUSSIANS NEARLY READY. German Correspondent Says Slavs Soon Will Take the Offensive. BERLIN, April 8.—The Tageblatt's war correspondent, Major Gaedeke, Wwriting on a train while nearing Har- bin on March 19, says: Only six trains daily pass east on the railroad to Manchuria and only four thence to Harbin, but these con- sist of as many as thirty-eight cars. The railroad apparently is unable to meet the military demands.” The correspondent adds that the Russians will be ready to take the of- fensive by the middle of this month. ¢ ST VS RUSSIANS ARM CONVICTS. Serious Disturbance Said to Have Oc- curred at Penal Settlement. NAGASAKI, April 8.—Mr. Denbigh, a naturalized Russian, proprietor of a fishing monopoly on the coast of Sag- halien Island, received news to-day of a serious disturbance among the con- viets in that Russian penal settlement. Denbigh, when he came south some months ago, left his property in Sag- halien in charge of 200 Japanese. The buildings and plant are worth $50,000. He fears his Japanese servants have been murdered, because the Russians since the outhreak of the war have armed the convicts. FEETHILLOET JAPAN LOOKS FOR VETERANS. Men Who Fought in South Africa ‘Wanted by the Mikado. VANCOUVER, B. C. April 8.— Japan is seeking Canadian South African veterans for service in the war with Russia. Secret service agencies are approaching men in various towns, claiming authority from the Japanese Government to offer positions to Cana- dians in a Japanese corps,. Those who have served in South Africa are pre- ferred, but any stalwart Canadian, it is said, will be accepted. B ol DIFFICULTIES WITH WOUNDED. Stretchers and Modern Devices of Lit- tle Use at Chemulpo. SEBASTOPOL, April 8.—A surgeon of the Variag in an interview says the experience in handling the wounded at Chemulpo upset many theories. It was found that complicated devices and stretchers were impracticable. Eighty of the wounded were carried down in the arms of their comrades. G TS Chinese Scarce at Vladivostok. VLADIVOSTOK, April 8.—The ab- sence of the usual influx of Chinese la- borers is severely felt. Generally thousands come here in the spring by steamer from Chefu and Nagasaki and Vladivostok is dependent on their arrival in March and April for manual labor. e Moscow to Have Its Tea. MOSCOW, April 8.—The fears of a tea famine have been greatly relieved. The merchants have been informed that the railroad is now able to trans- port 500,000 pounds of tea, which has been lying at Port Dalny since the outbreak of the war. STUDENTS DEBATE UPON A MOMENTOUS QUESTION Argue as to Whether Annexation of Foreign Lands Is Beneficial to United States. | The members of the Wilmerding Debating d the Oakland Evening Debating Society engaged in argument at the Wilmerding School last evening as to whether or not the annexation of foreign lands is bene- ficial to the United States. The Oakland debaters, who the affirmative side of the question, | were awarded the decision, they hav- {ing made the best argument. Theo- dore P. Wittschen of the same team was pronounced the best individual talker, The large schoolroom was crowded with friends of the debaters and each speaker was enthusiastically applaud- ed as he took the stand. ‘ — At the conclusion of the debate a dance was enjoyed in the dance hail, Class during which refreshments were served. The debaters were: Affirmative, Oakland—Arthur R. ‘Waters, Fred W. Wanser and Theo- dore P. Wittschen. Negative, Wil- merding — Abe Appleton, William Heidenreich and Fred J. Berg. Alfred Roncovieri, Percy V. Long and George S. Evans were the judges. iR O ey Dies From Strychnine Poisoning. An unknown man, poorly clad, was found unconscious in a lot on Bryant street yesterday and taken to the Cen- tral Emergency Hospital, where he died on the operating table. Death was caused by strychiine, probably self-administered. The body was re- moved to the Morgue. —_—— Construction Car Runs Away. A construction car on the ocean beach electric line ran away at Twen- ty-second avenue yesterday morning and was upturned at the Forty-ninth ‘avenue curve. All the workmen es- caped uninjured. PRESEESEFCICTIRE Y Modoc’s Mask Ball. Modoc Tribe of the Improved Order of Red Men will have a mask ball in Native Sons’ Hall to-night. It is ex- pected that not less than 2000 will attend. . took | | DEATH CALLS WELL KNOWN BUSINESS MAN A SR Abraham Green, who died in Los Angeles on Wednesday, was well known in this city, where he has made his home offt and on for the past twenty-five years. For many years he was a dealer in diamonds, but retired frcm active business about ten vears ago and since then spent his time in traveling. Two weeks ago to-day Mr. Green was taken ill, caused by a clot of blood forming on the brain, which was the cause of his death. His son Walter, who was returning from Europe, hast- ened to his bedside and was with his father at the time of his death. Deceased was a member of the Work- men, Red Men and B'nai-B'rith socie- ties. His wife “died ten years ago. Besides his son Walter, he Jeaves three daughters, Mabel, Mrs. M. Van Vliet and Mrs. Charles Isaac. The funeral will take place Sunday, at 10:15 a. m., from his late residence, 1521 Sutter street. - ——— 1S KILLED BY ALAMEDA TRAIN HORSEMAN Robert Higgins of Vallejo Is Struck by Speeding Local and Hurled to His Death. OAKLAND, April 8.—Robert Hig- gins, 28 years of age, a Vallejo horse- man, was killed by the Alameda local train at First and Jefferson streets to- night at 9:45 o’clock. Higgins, with E. B. Branstretter, was walking on the track to avoid a freight train on an opposite track. Before he had time to jump the ap- proaching eastbound local struck him. Branstretter was unhurt. The men had been to Irvington with horses and were about to jump aboard the freight train when the accident occurred. Branstretter was detained at the county jail that his testimony might be had at the Coroner’s inquest. ————— ¢ Coungl 15'62:'“%& 1y _-5«"%1“ vl e T B g 4zg the glorification of anarchist crimes pun- ~ % STRIKE OF RIVET HEATERS SATISFACTORILY SETTLED Steam Schooners Are Still Tied Up Owing to the Difficulty With Cooks and Firemen. 4= The strike of the boy rivet heaters employed at the Union Iron Works was satisfactorily settled yesterday when a committee representing the union conferred with the managers. The lat- ter agreed to pay the boys 25 cents a day extra. All the strikers then re- turned to work. Charles A. Nelson of the Carpenters’ and Joiners’ Union has been selected as a delegate to represent the union at the international convention -at St Louis next month. The difficulty existing between the owners of the steam schooners and the cooks and firemen is still unsettled, and the vessels are still tied up. The Photographers’ Union has issued a statement to the effect that the working day for all members will here- after be eight hours, with a salary limit of $3 a day. One aprentice will be allowed to every four jcurneymen in each office. The stablemen have not as yet tried to enforce their demand for higher wages. It is said that they are acting under instructions from the Labor Couneil. —_—— Old Citizen Dies. James Cusick, who died yesterday, was well known in this city, having resided here for many years. He was one of the proprietors of the Monarch stables, 332 Bush street. He leaves a wife and one son, Thomas P. Cusick. —_——— BATTEATE 1S SENTENCED.—Joseph Bat- teate, a youth who was convicted in Judge Elaey, wa senighced, Jesterdayho werra. buu: , was seni y e four years in Nnmwmltenthry on each 3 Filbert street. There s also & charge ttempted burglary pends against him in :&n '8 eo::;yt. ‘ih: CORPORATION WGULD REOPEN The Nile Bofler A Portnuua Fegeniiy. perared gt dar for personal es + MIKADO'S ~ OFFICIALS N CHINA Japanese in Disguise Make Their Way to General Ma’s Headquarters. (zar Declines Village Contri- butions Because of Nation's Finaneial Strength. g AAi e Tk Special Dispatch to The Call. PEKING, April 8$.—Since March 15, at least nine Japanese officials, dressed as Chinese, with a full staff of Chinese servants, have passed north through Kupeinko, Jehoe and Ping Tsuan to- ward Chao Yang, General Ma's head- quarters, There are about 25,000 for- CHINESE HOPE FOR NEW TREATY Exelusion Question TUnder Discussion at- Meeting of the Cabinet in Washington DOUBT SITUATION IN Geary Law Must Operate in the Event of the Fail- ure of New Negotiations e WASHINGTON, April 8—Practically | the entire time oceupied by the Cabi- | net meeting to-day was consumed in |a thorough discussion of the Chinese | exclusion question. China has de- ! nounced the existing treaty, which will | expire by limitation next December. It | has been the hope, if not, indeed, the expectation of Ching, to negotiate a more favorable treaty than that which | is now in force, but an intimation has | been conveyed to the Chinese Govern- { ment that it is improbable that a treaty of a character more favorable to the, Chinese than the existing one | could be ratified by Congress. The discussion to-day developed the fact that the whole situation is cloud- ed in doubt. It is possible that Chi- | na’s denunciation of the treaty may be | withdrawn, but no official intimation of Foreign Affairs of the Chinese GOV-| o¢ such action has been received by ernment against engaging additional | tpis Government. The suggestion is Japanese military instructors for troops | made that another treaty may be ne- in_North China. | gotiated, but the terms of it are mot ST. PETERSBURG, April 9. — Re-|jnqicated beyond the fact that its ba- garding the Emperor's declination to s wi)] be the existing treaty. accept the village contributions to- | ¥, conelusion was reached at cign drilled troops at Chda Yang. Russia has protested to the Ministry to= ‘federacy as a casus belli, and for that ward the war, the Novosti says that authorized confirmation is thus given to the fact that Russia has sufficient financial strength to carry on the ex- pensive war, which threatens to last for a long time. | The Vostony Vestiks Harbin corre- | spondent says everything shows that on account of the unpreparedness it had been decided to operate on the de- | fensive. It is believed that the Jspnn-’ ese will never pass Mukden. The correspondent says families south of Mukden have been ordered | north. He adds that the regular rail- road guard has been supplemented by volunteers armed by the Government | and drilled by - instructors. Troops travel forty-five versts an hour going | to Liaoyang, according to the corre-| spondent. It is officially announced that in con- | sequence of the departure of the Rus- | sian representatives from Korea the, protection of Russian interests in that country has been temporarily intrusted to the French diplomatic and consular representatives. A dispatch describing the burial of Russian seamen slain in the naval bat- | tle at Chemulpo says that a detach- ment of sailors from the United States gunboat Vicksburg, as well as those day’s meeting. Secretary = Cortelyou, who has had the subjeet under con- | sideration, was not present, having gone to Philadelphia to attend a meet- | ing of the American Academy of Po- litical and Social Science. Serious consideration will be given | to the subject during the next few months. In the event of a failure to | negotiate another treaty, the Geary exclusion law will be enforced against Chinese immigration. This is far more | drastic than the treaty. PO PRSI S5 5 DIEGO SPORTSMEN PURCHASE YACHT DETROIT N Will Use Her as a Defender for the Cup Offered by Sir Themas Lipton. SAN DIEGO, April 7.—A syndicate of San Diego sportsmen has purchased the yacht Detroit of Detroit, Mich., as a defender for the challenge cup of- fered by Sir Thomas Lipton for com- petition among small yachts of the Pa- cific Coast. The name of the boat will be changed to San Diego and she will be brought here by rail in time to com- pete in the races in July or August. She is 46 feet over all, foot on the {load waterline and 11:6 foot beam. from other foreign warships, followed She has a doubie skin, cypress outside the bodies to the grave. { o e WSy ALL RUSSIA MOURNS. Emperor’s Subjects Bow as Tugrd!% of Golgotha Is Re-enacted. i ST. PETERSBURG, April 8 — A/ hundred millions of the Emperor’s sub- jects to-day revived the tragedy of | Golgotha. | The Russian capital seemed plunged | in grief. The busy hum of the metropo- lis'was gone. The streets were deserted. | All night and morning the church bells | tolled mournfully, reminding the faith-, ful of the betrayal at Gethsemane, Peter's denial, the trial before Pilate, | the burden of the cross and finally the crucifixion. The scourging and mock- | ing of the Savior were impressively ! re-enacted at the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Antonius, the Metropolitan of St. Petersburg, officiating. hs This afternoon at St. Isaac’s Cathe- dral was held the solemn ceremony of commemorating the three hours’ agony, | accompanied by a beautiful service of | song. The interior of the great cathe- dral presented a wonderful scene when | at last a silver cross, on which was painted a picture of Christ crucified, was borne out through the inner gold- en gates on the.shoulders of the black- garbedaclergy to a magnificent sarco- phagus erected in the center of the church. The vast congregation, con- sisting of over ten thousand persons, was on its knees, each holding a light- | ed candle. Thrice the officiating priests | and bishops circled the bier and then| all the lights were extinguished and for hours throngs ef people passed be- fore the catafalque, most of them sob- bing and weeping. . The Novoe Vremya to-day prints prominently an article from an Amer- ican newspaper describing an interview | between Emperor Alexander II and | Wharton Barker (the Philadelphia financier, formerly financial agent of | the Russian Government in the United | States) on the occasion of the review of the Russian fleet at Cronstadt, in 1879, during which the Emperor told Barker of his determination to consider Great Britain’s recognition of the Con- reason sent the Russian fleets to New Yerk and San Francisco. The Novoe Vremya remarks: » “Russia has not forgotten to honor the flag raised in 1863 by Russian squadrons at New York and San Fran- cisco. The Americans who were at Cronstadt that day knew how to ap- preciate Russia’s friendship for Amer- ica during the Civil War.” The Novosti approves of the Govern- ment’s policy of retrenchment in or- der not to inflict additignal burdens on the people, but fore: that more important measures are necessary to provide for the war expenditure.’ PRSI R WAR STIMULATES TRADE. Trouble in Orient Increases Business A in the Pacific Northwest. SEATTLE, Wash., April 8.—That the | FREAK COLT and cedar inside. Her total sail area of about 1600 square feet is made up of a mainsail, three jibs, a spinnaker and two balloon jibs: the last three sails being of union silk. The San Diegans were after the yacht Cadillac, but some one was ahead of them in the purchase. Pres dent Homer H. Peters of the Cham- ber of Commerce, who is in the East. heard the Detroit was for sale and went to Detroit to examine her. She is the only yacht on the lakes that has ever beaten the Cadillac. Mr. Peters offered to head a syndicate to purchase the yacht and in half an hour others were found and Mr. Peters wag told by wire to close the deal at once. —_—————— AMAZES VETERINARY [} SAN J Animal Curiously Mixed in Its Fea- tures Lives Only Short Time After Birth. SAN JOSE, April 8.—A freak colt, with abnormal head, hog's nose and camel's feet, was born yesterdgy at the barn of Veterinary Forest on Vine street. The head was a foot in diam- eter and perfectly round, but contained no brains, being filled with a blood- colored fluid. The ears were located at the back of the head, almost on the neck, which was that of a camel. From a round face with eyes like a human being a hog’s nose protruded. The less and feet were those of a camel. Dr. Forest has taken the head to a tax- idermist and will have the curiosity preserved. It was alive when born, but lived only a short time. The moti er of the freak had been in quarters where a circus wintered. —_——— Organize to Build New Railroad. KINGMAN, Ariz., April 8.—A cor- poration has been organized to build a railroad from Peach Springs, on the Santa Fe Pacific Railroad. to Diamond Canyon, a distance of twenty miles. The‘road will traverse one of the most rugged and picturesque canyon coun- tries, being the gate of Ladore and Black Canyon. It will run to the wa- ter's edge and will afford tourists a view of the deepest part of the Grand Canyon from the bottom. the price of barley from $19 50 to $23 50 a ton. Big shipments of flour are go- ing to Japan on every ship that leaves port. Canned salmon has advanced from 50 to 75 cents a dozen. " Get, the Spring Habit. Thousands have got this habit, and the benefits they receive every spring, provided they use the correct medi- cine, follow them through the heat war in the Orient has had a stimulat- ing effect on various kinds of trade in the Pacific Northwest becomes appar- ent as statistics of Japanese purchases here come to light. It was learned to- day that ome local firm has had a credit of $250,000 placed with it by rep- resentatives of the Japanese Govern- and debility of summer weather.: Of all the medicines used in the Spring, Hood's Sarsaparilla is by far the best. ’ It exceeds all others in general use, as it does in general excellence and medicinal merit. B 1f it happens that you have not yet ment to be used in the purchase of supplies. Largely through this firm 700 tons of barley have been sent to Kobe already from this State and Portland, and orders for more are placed. This movement has jumped got the Spring Medicine Habit, get it at once and make it a “fixed habit,” and make Hood's Sarsaparilla’ the only medicine you take. Get Hoods to-dav, -t ey ¥