The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 3, 1904, Page 1

£, THE WEATEER. = Forecast made st San Fran- cisco for thirty hours ending midnight, May 3: San Prancisco and vicinity— Fair Tuesday; warmer; north wind, changing to fresh west. ALEX. G. McADIE, District Forecaster. light I 3 SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, MAY 3, 1904. y — e — “Tom's Wedding - Jekyll ana Mr. Chutes—Vaudeville. PRICE FIVE CENTS. JAPANESE DIVIGION RURRYING. O GUT OFF ESCAPE OF FLEEING MUSCOVITES TOKIO, May 3.—General Kuroki’s army is now in control of the entire Manchurian side of the Yalu, and a division that has been thrown across some distance to the north of the scene of Sunday's fighting is now pushing forward in an attempt to cut off the retreating Russians before they can reach the main position at Fengwangcheng. Should the Russians be intercepted they would be in danger of annihilation. of entrenchments, the fighting in some instances being hand-to-hand. Some of the captured Russian guns were taken in a bayonet charge. In Sunday’s fighting the Japanese forces carried seven successive lines SETTLERS WILL RUS OR HOMES' PRSI Four 0 Be Opened This Year. Rich Land Awaits the Lucky Homesteaders Who Reach It First. v but 2 Nominal Sum for Vir- gin Soil of the West. 3 calt HOTEL BARTON, ay 2.—Four of the ries that the American stern States. nducted Unfted -8 n the west. 77 Thes teries 1 be memorable pse the great lot- urred in Oklahoma when 13,000 quarter- nd were dangled as prizes ,000 anxious appli- on of Congress which ast week, providing for the opening to t four Indian reser- these reservations is na. One million ten thousand h land within its boundaries upen to public set- winners must pa: ment $1 an ac the homesteader acres. The opening st. to be jon i outh Da- reservation in Red Lake res- These are at- attention at this 104,416 acres of land in the reservation in North Da- be opened to settle rich and 5 cants must pay the Government per acre for the land if they set- rvat 640 reserv d the sota alar ke to very n the than 416,000 acres of Rosebud reservation will likewise be t the same time. great rush when the ing the reservatior tants will be ask- ernment to pay $3 per each quarter-section taken up. the public a ——————— THAT ¥FIVE MEN PERISHED IN A STORM FEAR Terminal Island Boat Builder and His Companions Disappear During trous Gale. 2.—Joseph Fel- LOS ANGELF the Term are believed to ottom in the terrific t has swept the southern coast. eft Catalina Island on the Sunday f the main- night at 11 o'clock launches m cruises of search as far port and extending over Isiand reported nothing ¢ boat or its crew. With Pe were Ed Ross, Dave Barry, ramer, George Graham and The craft was one ws had buflt as a cruiser. in his employ, and he be trip as a pleasure cruise r them. The boat was scantily pro- visioned. Buffeted by the gale, she her chors in the bay at and th 1 for her pu storm « was at first Redondo wa will rva or ing to sea. d greater damage lieved. Wharf No. attered so that re- thousands of dollars. schooner Gardiner City of San isco is nearly a total Jose. —t—eeee Convicts in Oregon Mutiny: SALEM. Ore., May 2—Alleging poor food was being served, forty-five convicte at the penitentiary threw down their tools last Friday. They were giv- en two minutes by Warden Curtis to return to their tasks. A guard armed with a rifie backed up the alternative given by the warCen, who said they could stay in line in the chapel indefin- itely if they refused. News of the re- volt was made known this morning. oo The Fran is supposed to be the | that | Reservations!' Will Reguire Them to Pay | icipated in will | Relj | | bills were pre- | opened are | e reservation in Minne- | conference little | all eyes are secretly turned on the can- res of fertile land. | didates al Island boat builder, | NO TABLE METHODISTS ASSEMBLE IN LOS ANGELES TO TAKE PART — gious Topics of .~ Dhome ' to be for ers of Discussed. Epecial Dispatc to The Call. LOS ANGELES, May 2.—The hand- clasps of old friends, e heartfelt greetings of brethren in the same faith, intermingled with a general schoolboy spirit of expectant pleasure, characterized the little bunches of human Methodism gathered here, there | and everywhere to-day in Lds Angeles. Two special trains from the East over the Southern Pacific brought 400 dele- gates to-day and other hundreds ar- rived on the regular trains. To- morrow fourteen special trains are dué on both railroads and on these 3000 delegates and others to attend the great world conference are expected. Headquarters at the Westminster Hotel, the new Chamber of Commerce and Hazard's Pavilion were filled with a continuous stream of new arrivals. All depots for north, east and south bound trains were practically taken over by Methodists, members of the local éntertainment committee. Flowers, fruits and boundless sunshine were heaped upon the incomers, who were conveyed directly from the sta- tions to their respective hotels. Fraternal delegates who will arrive to-morrow include the Rev. William Dobson of the Canadian Methodist church, pastor Windsor, Scotia, and the John C. Kelso of the = Methodist Spiscopal Church Sout INT! T IN CANDIDATES. As the time diminishes before the opening session of the 1904 quadrennial its importance grows and Re to the episcopacy. The first big debate on this, the biggest question before the conference, will probably re- late to the number of new bishops to be elected. The present episcopacy, it is rumored, has taken the most con- servative stand it could and will recom- mend the election of but three bishops. The laity and many prominent divines epresenting varied interests of the hurch, both home and foreign, are said to be coming to the conference with a fixed determination to set forth the necessity for and then demand the election of at least eight bishops. While the episcopacy has not a vote it is an- derstood it will exert all its power to counteract this laity movement. The Methodist Conference excursion- ists had twenty-four hours longer at the Grand Canyon of the Colorado than scheduled owing to a wreck of the reg- ular canyon train that blocked the line in front of the excursionists. The | wreck occurred at Valla, Ariz., thirty miles west of Williams. WRECK CAUSES DELAY. All of the hundreds of Methodists who had spent Sunday in the canyon, intending to leave Sunday evening, | were detained until near noon to-day, I when the wreck was cleared away and trains began to move. There never had been so large a crowd in the can- yon. The Santa Fe Railroad buiit a mile of extra sidetracks to accommo- date the many trains. To-day lots were drawn for seats for the different delegations and final ar- rangements made for the accommoda- tion of the visitors in the pavilion. Two entire floors, including assembly rooms, offices, general departments and exhi- bition space in the old Chamber of Commerce building, within a stone’s throw of the conference headquarters, have been reserved for a world-wide missionary exhibit, the biggest show of the kind ever undertaken by any church and the first to be held in this | country. Nova ! IN GREAT CHURCH CONFERENCE | = % |1 coN |1 | & HURLS HER BABE FRON FAST TRAD — Insane Mother Tries to Murder an Infant. —_— Special Dispatch to The Call. SPOKANE, Wash., Mdy 2—As the west bound train neared Columbia Falls, Montana, this morning, Mrs. Mary Figleski, a Polish woman, be- came violently insane. Before any one could intervene she thrust her hand through the glass window and threw her baby qut. She was in the act of jumping through the window when she was caught by the passengers. The train was running at full speed and it was some distance before it was brought to a standstil. When the train backed up every one expected to find the lifeless remains of the child, but when it was picked up it was found to be full of Jife and commenced to yell lustily. The cHild was prac- tically uninjured, with the sxception of a few slight scratches. It s supposed that when it fell it struck in a-lot of shrubbery and rolled into the small mud hole where it was found. The actions of the mother were caus- ed by the fact that she had been with- out food for several days. She was brought to a Spokane hospital. —_——— ROLLS WHEELBARROW TO PACIFIC TO PAY A BET Loser Chose Mayor Johnson to Win in Ohio and Now He Must Walk to San Franciseo. CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 2.—D. P. Evans of Bowling Green, Ohio, started | from the City Hall here to-day for San Francisco, pushing a wheelbarrow, to pay an election bet. Evans wagered that Mayor Johnson would be elected Governor of Ohio last fall, the loser to push a wheelbarrow across the con- tinent from Cleveland to San Fran- cisco and return, and also to make the journey without money. Evans ex- pects to earn enough to pay his ex- penses en route. / | | EXDS TER LIFE WITH LATDANDY Miss Edith Suther- land Takes Dose of Poison. —_— Lies Dying While Unsus- pecting Mother Reads to Her Aloud. Upfortunm Young Woman Daughter of Late Surgeon General of the Regular Army. Epecial Dispatch to The Call. CALL BUREAU, HOTEL BARTON, WASHINGTON, May 2.—Miss Edith Sutherland, eldest daughter of the fate Surgeon General Charles Sutherland of the United Stales army died here last ight at her nome from the-effects of laudanum poisoning. She took the dose secretly and passed away quietly while she lay on a couch and was be- ing read to by her aged mother. The latter, not noticing that her daughter had fallen asleep, continued to read from 3 o’clock in the afternoon until about 6 o'clock in the evening, when she spoke and received no reply. Going te the couch Mrs. Sutherland shook her daughter, and, receiving no reply, felt her pulse, which was scarcely per- ceptible. Mrs. Sutherland became alarmed and succeeded in partly arousing Miss Edith. “Wake up, Edith,” called Mrs. Sutherland, who surmised that the girl had taken laudanum, as she had done on previous occasions. “You know how bad you will feel to-morrow from this.” The dying girl half opened her eyes and murmured: “There will be no to-morrow this time, mother.” Then she closed her eyes again. Dr. Sutherland, the dead girl's father, some years ago was stationed at the Presidio in San Francisco and, on assuming charge of the medical department of the Pacific division of the army, was in affluent circum- stances. While stationed there the general became acquainted with some of the numerous mining schemers who swarmed in the Golden Gate city, with the result that he lost nearly all of his money. Through the influence of friends and after her father's death Miss Sutherland obtained a clerkship in the pension office, where she applied herself to her duties so assiduously to obtain a promotion and so be better enabled to give her young sisters and brothers an education that her health failed and she became for a long time a nervous wreck. She was finally obliged to resign her position and make a prolonged stay in a sanitarium near Baltimore. — aes L GIVES HALF MILLION TO EDUCATE INDIANS “Mother Drexel” Makes Handsome Donation to Found Technical School in Nebraska. ’ SIOUX CITY, Iowa, May 2.—Miss Katharine Drexel, now “Mother Drexel,” head of the Order of the Blessed Sacrament, a Catholic order for women, of< which she was the founder, is reported to have an- nounced a gift of $500,000 to found a technical school among the Indians of Nebraska, the Winnebago tribe. Mother rexel, of the famous Philadelphia family, has given two or three million doHars for work among Indians, in which her order is spe- cially devoted. Bishop Garrigan of the Sioux City diocese confirms the stories that he has received formal notification of the gift, but is not yet able to give details of the donor's plan. —_————— DARING ROBBERS LOOT RAILWAY CARS AT RENO Two Thousand Dollars’ Worth of Mer- chandise Stolen at Depot at Night. RENO, May 2.—One of the most daring robberies committed in Reno took place last night, when six mer- chandise cars of a train standing in front of the passenger depot in this city were plundered, property to the value of about $2000 being stolen. The theft was not discovered until the train was about t> pull out. this time the Chief of Police was in- formed that members of the band im- plicated were endeavoring to sell a portion of the stolen property. Since that time the officers and railroad men have been working on the case, but thus far have only su led in making one arrest. 3 - At i | g R AT A VLA M S D Seven Russian Forts Are Stormed and Captured. Special Cable to The Call and New York Herald. Copyright, 1904, by the New York Herald Publishing Company. TOKIO, May 2.—Further reports re- ceived here from Kuliencheng state that the bombardment began at dawn yesterday and that the ‘Japanese ar- tillery had silenced the strong Russian forts by 7 o'clock. Then the infantry occupied the ele- vated land around Kosan. The Japan- ese line was extended for four miles and by twenty minutes to 9 o'clock they had destroyed seven forts and seized eight guns, despite the Russians’ stubborn resistance. As socn as Kullencheng was entered the Japanese, who were pursuing the enemy, charged their artillery and cap- tured twenty guns. A large number of Russians, including ten officers, were taken prisoners. The Russian casualties are described as enormous. Their commander in chief and other generals are reported to have been wounded. The Japanese casualties were about 700 killed and ‘wounded. Although* careful not to overrate the importance of the successful operations on the Yalu, the Japanese regard with satisfaction their main aspects and re- sult. They believe General Kuroki out- maneuvered the Russians and that the behavior of the rank and file of his army left nothing to be desired. They acknowledge that the Russians fought well, but assert that they failed to make good the Russian pretension that the Muscovite soldier Is superior to the Japanese. It is estimated that the tactica! value of Kuroki's success is considerable and its moral value is very great. The fact that the large Russian army is retreat- ing before the Japanese cannot fail to depress the Russians and correspond- ingly elate the Japanese. The Tokio Government has been aware all along that even the best friends of the isl- anders feared they would be eaten up by the Muscovites on land. It ventures to believe that the crossing of the Y. and the storming of Kuropatkin’s ad- vanced position will cause the world to revise its estimate of the military ca- pacity of the Japanese. Heavy fighting and serious losses are expected to mark the campaign from this point; nevertheless the Tokio Gov- | ernment ‘is increasingly confident that General Kurokl and the generals com- manding the second and third Japanese armies will be able before winter to drive General Kuropatkin's army out of all positions in Southern Manchuria. O e FIGHT HEAVY ODDS. Slavs Greatly .Ommb-ea by J: ST. PETERSBURG, May ' 3.—The! enabl — RUSSIAN GUARD POSTED AT A | FARMHOUSE ON THE MAN- CHURIAN FRONTIER. ks press has obtained from the general ! staff an outline of the operations on the Yalu River during the past week. The Russian force, including the re- serves, was composed of General Kash- tilinsky’s rifle division, General Mist- ¢henko's Cossack outposts and a bri- gade of artillery, the whole under Gen- eral Sassulitch. Knowledge of geogra- | phy is essential to a clear understand- ing. The Russian lines were at Kulien- chenf, opposite Wiju, and at Antuns, both on the Fengwangcheng road. A mile north of Kuliencheng lies the vil- lage of Potitinsky, near a tributary of | the Litzavena, five miles up which is Chingow. On the opposite side of Poti- tinsky stands Kosan, which is a dom- inating height. Still higher on the right | of the Yalu is the village fo Ambikhe, at the confluence of the Alipike. The whole course of the Yalu between Am- bikhe and Antung is divided by isl- ands, the largest, Somalinda, facing Kuliencheng. Another lies between Ko- san and Sindiagow. The Japanese force, the staff believes, approximates 100,000 men, of which four divisions, thirteen battalions and fifty- six guns were in action. The Japanese prepared for crossing the river by post- ing all of their available guns, of which the Russlans say the Japanese had five times more than ‘they, along the line facing Kuliencheng and Antung, and also landed from their warships forty- seven guns. This array of artillery eventually made Kuliencheng unten- able. Under cover of powerful batteries porth of Sindiagow the Japanese crossed to Kosan, occupying the height. | Ae the latter position would have en- abled them to direct a raking fire against the Russians at Kuliencheng, General Sassulitch ordered it to be re- taken on Friday. This was done, but on Saturday the Japanese, under cover of a battery, reoccupied it, the defend- ers falling back across the Litzanvena and continuing the fight with the Japa- nese who were attempting to flank them from Chingow. The Russian forces at Antung and Kuliencheng, had meanwhile retrented‘ to their second line, a few miles west- ward, The whole Russian foree en- gaged yesterday formed a semicirele, the horns of which were being gradu- ally drawn in preparatory to retiring to a position farther west. This was the situation when the last Russian of- ficlal reports were sent. A member of the staff said that the issue ultimately turned, probably, upon whether the order to withdraw was given at the proper time. A slight de- lay at a critical moment might have ed -the enemy’s vastly superior Slav Force Is Crippled by the Loss of Many Guns. by artillery to concentrate on the Russian guns, killing horses and gunners and lmmpemng the abandonment of the guns. But if so the Russian plans will not be changed by accidental losses. | General Sassulitch would continue his retreat, contesting stubbornly a possi- | ble Japanese advance along the Feng- | wangcheng road, which runs through & [ hilly country, crowded with heights | and exactly suited to Russian tactics. | oo s ! THEATER OF THE FIGHTING. | Location of Various Points Mentioned | in the War Dispatches. | WASHINGTON, May 2.—The exact | extent and location of the movements | along the Lower Yalu River are some- what obscured by the confusion of | geographic names. Kauliencheng, which was the main objective of the | Japanese attack, the speiling of which {is given in the Russian dispatches as | Turenchen and in the Toklo reports as Chiutiencheng, is west of the bank of the Yalu, a few miles north of Antung. The preliminary opera- tions which resulted in the Japanese occupation of Kosan, or Khussan, also | took place on the west bank of the Yalu, thus enabling this force to move {down from the north in conjunction | with the main Japanese Ahttack de- | livered on Sunday morning against Kuliencheng. The fall' of this } strategically fmportant place made the | holding of Antung, nearly opposite Wiju, across the Yalu, impossible and | caused the Russians to burn and aban- don the town. | It Is evident that the fighting has | been confined to the Yalu estuary, which is now in the hands of the Jap- anese. Fengwangcheng, to which the Rus- | slans have fallen back, is sorge thirty {or forty miles northwest of 'Antung, inside or west of the famous Willow Palisade, which was once the boun- dary of Manchuria. This point also controls the famous Peking road. the great caravan and trade route sunning via Liaoyang, Fengwangcheng and Antung and connecting the Chinese capital with Korea. — e ! MINIMIZES THE VICTORY. BERLIN, May 2.—The evening newspapers minimiz& the importance | of the Japanese victory, which they | aver is what German military men ex- | pected all along. The National Zei- tung thinks the engagement proves that previous estimates of the Rus- sian gtrength on the Yalu were greatly rated. The loss of their artil- lery, the Tageliche Rundeschau says, throws an unfavorable light on the character of the Russian retreat. | War News Continued on Page &