The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 9, 1904, Page 1

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X Torecast made cisco r thivty¥ t,"May 9: San Fraxcisco Fair Monday; midn: o \ THZ WEATKER. i | y afternoon; fresh west wind. G. H. WILLSON, Lccoal Forecaster. E LR s 8 e at San Pran- hours ending and vicinity— ; coler Monday | | | NO. 161. RUSSIANS ABANDON THEIR SUPPLIES AT FENGWANGCHENG D WILL EVACUATE NEWCH SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, MAY 9,- 1904. e PRICELESS — 4 mp of Anclent' i Consul General Says Metal r Melting Is Relic of Forty Centuries. - al went ng Com- s he sawwethe n inscriptions was one an s © He said the great ringa Mountains f the G Desert d from the than 4000 e a solid mass, more mod- < Yy caused a eveloped. Then 1 to the nearest ral was not t might. His Saturday a message and! the office imme- | s all the secretary| RECY PREVAILS. ? the Selby Smelting t a brick had been | e seal and its| “It has| ion now,” he | u to Presi-| nformation.” | ston was found | he said: | you describe was of- | ’ by a man whose w forget He was not a na- d not connected with the warship Liguria. His son-in- | ene McCarthy. He | ered had | to the | of it e had | to our | e gold sez out of ou eral has guar- nt of $10,000 for it, intrinsic wvalue if AT UNIVERSITY | Mav 8—Plans for the t Jewish uni- were discussed e to-night under he New York branch | logical Seminary. It' yose of those in charge t 1o open high schools | o other c 4 i | CHINESE ARE RESTLESS. Continued Japanese Success Excites/ the Ycilow Populace. | Cable e Call and New York Her- | 904, by the New York | ng Company, y 8.—Advices from the report that the natives anesc success. , Looted in Pe- | Unknown Man Tries o Dispose of Chi- | nese Insignia. — Dyr DETECTIVE TERRUPTS - ER VISIT - | o RUSSIAN OFFICERS ON GOLDEN HILL, PORT ARTHUR, SIGHTING MOACHISG JAPANESE FLEET. _;_P;_hi EY — Female Crank Tries Cavaly Skirmishes Precede Kuroki’s Oc- f0 See President’s Wite. Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, May 8.—Mrs. Amelia F. M. Billingsley, an attractively at- tired and evidently well woman, who said she lived at 515 Wal- nut street, Toledo, Ohlo, was arrested bere this morning. It is suspécted that she is of unsound mental condition and that her intention was to cause trouble at the White House. Mrs. Billingsiey said that she came here to inform Mrs. Roosevelt that the nation s in great peril. She is the fourteenth White House crank who has appeared since Mr. Roosevelt has been in office, but is the first one whose ef- forts were directed toward the wife of the President. The woman arrived here this morn- ing and arouséd suspicion. before the train reached/the city by causing dis- | turbance in the car in which she was | riding. The conductor 'watched her, but in the confusion she disappeared. She was arrested when she came back to see about her baggage. She viclently resisted arrest and it was necessary to thrust her into'a carriage by main force.” She was con- veyed to’'a police station, where she told her wild story. ‘The woman de- clared that she had. ledge of a most astounding condition of political intrigue directed against the Govern- ment, which she wished to tell Mrs. Roosevelt so that she could save the nation. Among other things, she said she knew that Spanish-American war would be brought about by Arch- bishop Ireland, who induced Mr. McKinley to go into the war and promised him the support of the Irish pepulation. She that Mr. McKinley, Mr. Hanna and other prom- inent men were her personal. friends. | The room which Mrs. Billingsley had engaged at a local hotel was searched, idable nature was found. .She sald she this afternocon. ——————— DAILY ATTENDANCE AT educated | Port Arthur, cheng. date of May 7: “The, Japanese advanced ST. PETERSBURG, May 9, 9:30 a. m.—Two official dispatches, calcu- lated to ‘increase the depression exist- ing among all circles in Russla, were given out last night. From the point of view of the progress of the cam- paign the most important is that re- | garding the capture by the Japanese | but no weapon or anything of a hm-"witho"t opposition of Fengwangcheng on May 6. | intended to call at the White House | concerning the killed, wounded and The second gives details missing among the troops under the command of Lieutenant General Zas- sulitch, as the result of the fighting on EXPOSITION IS GOOD |the Yalu, the number of which totals Average for the First Week Greatly Exceeds That at Chicago Fair, ST. LOUIS, May 8-—The statement | issued on the number of daily admis- | 2397 officers and men. General Kuropatkin forwarded a essage from Lieutenant General mand of the column retiring from Fengwangcheng, which described the the enemy in connec- m: 'n-uuu:n, who had been left in com- movements of sions at the World's Fair during the | tion with the occupation of the town. first week, just ended, as | with the attendance at the Columbian |to the officials, Expesition for the same period, shows; l)-lllyl nar‘eusc :t‘st. Louls (six days), not including opening day, 22,952 total for six days, 187,708, Daily average at Chicago (six days), for six days, 120479, The information caused no surprise who had already been advised of the decision that no at- tempt would be made to hold Feng- - , the superiority of the Japanese in all fighting arms insur- disaster ~ similar to that of 4, owing to continued Jap- i not inculding opening day, 20,097; total ‘i'glu;ehm. Therefore General Zas- was given strict orders that cupation of Base Surrendered : by Kuropatkin. TOKIO, April 8, 9 p. m.—A detachment of the Japanese -operating -on the-Liaotung Pen- insula dispersed small bands of Russian troops on Friday and captured Pulantien, a railroad station. The Japanese destroyed the railway and telegraph, thus severing the Russian communications with After several sharp cavalry skirmishes on Friday, May 6, at Erhtaitsu, Santaitsu and two or three other places, a detachment of Japanese infantry from General Kuroki’s army took Fengwang- The enemy, before retiring, exploded their magazine, but they left large quantities of hos- pital stores behind them, which are now being used by the Japaneses Refugees from the woods and small villages in the vicinity 4 The Russians buried many dead before leaving Fengwangcheng:’{iqd natives say that on Monday last they carried about 800 wounded through the town. s : It is believed that the Russian casualties on the Yalu will probably exceed 3000. ST. PETERSBURG, May 8.—General Kuropatkin has sent the following telegram under spital corps. _constantly surrendering. “Lieutenant General Zassulitch to-day reports that the enemy’s cavalry and units of their ad- vance guard occupied Fengwangcheng to-day. “Two companies and two squadrons of their forces proceeded toward Daliandiaputso. Our cavalry and units withdrew toward Tchlindjano. “Scouts from Fengwangcheng report that two Japanese divisions advanced on May 6 toward Fengwangcheng by the main road from Pianmin. A third division advancing by the valley of the Aho River occupied a position near Daliandiaputso and posted batteries to fire upon Fengwang- cheng, counting upon finding our troops there. slowly and very cautiously upon Fengwangcheng.” there should be no fight of the rear by the Japanese during the Chino- PRICE FIVE CENTS. WANG WITHOUT A VEN A BODY RS <t A8 Philadelphia Million- aire Vietim-of Murderers. il Special Dispatch to The Call. BRISTOL, Tenn., May 8.—Rellable information from Wise County, Vir- ginia, to-night tells of the finding of the body of Edward Leisenring Wentz, the young Philadelphia millionaire, who disappeared on Oectober 14 last. After several months' search in which the number of searchers was never less than one hundred and sometimes more than one thousand, and after many thousands of dollags had been expended it has all resulted in the discovery that instead of being held for ransom the young man was killed soon after he was captured by unknown men near Stony Gap, Tenn. That the searchers were nearing the end of their work was generally be- leved last Friday, when, in examining the cabin of two outlaws under arrest on a charge of robbery, the Sheriff's deputies came upon a pair of riding breeches, finely made and of fashion- able cut. As no one but Wentz had ever been known to wear such things in the mountains of the three States, it was at once inferred that the end of the Wentz mystery was in sight and the search was redoubled. In the mountains of Virginia, Tennes- see and Kentucky, the land of the Hat- fleld-McCoy feud, of moonshiners and primitive civilization, Representative Edward Leisenring of Pennsylvania; a millionaire coal miner, bought about a dozen years ago 150,000 acres of land. This land had never been sold before COMBAT DECLINES THE GOLD OF HEARST Indianmmocrat Tells of Gener- ous Offer. BT H - TS His Services Valued at Halt Million Dollars by As- piring Editor. { |Daniel W. Sims Refuses to Sell His Influence for Coin and State’s Governorship. —— Spectal INDIANAPOLIS, of Indiana to- made by Daniel W that he received t mous sum from t y 8.—The talk t charge ement ana and £ he would 2id not name t 1ount, but to I 250,000. If {he. carried. the Hearst he | was to receive I nation for Governor on Democratic ticket a - 250,000 to campaign. | | ion. rst’s Indiana n, manager, said to-night If such a thig was done it was be- fore I becs connected with the bureau her n National Commit- Democratic first came to Hearst headquar- f the first men k him up into a room in the Claypool Hotel and un- folded to him how he might be the Democratic nominee for Governor of Indiana and have all the money he wanted to make his campaign if he would lend. his name and brains to their cause. Sims told the story in confidence to a few of his friends and yesterday he gave it to the publi —_————————— MEXICAN TRAIN DROPS THROUGH BURNED BRIDGE Engineer and Fireman Are Seriously Injured and Passengers Have a Narrow Escape. TUCSON, Ariz, May 8.—At Huae- huca siding early this morning the in- ternational express on the Nogales branch of the Southern Pacific dropped through a burned bridge fifteen feet high. The engine and coaches, with the exgeption of the Pullman, left the track. Two of the coaches were tele- scoped. William Armstrong, the engineer, and J. M. Meeker, the fireman, were seriously and perhaps fatally injured. E. A. Chalfant, express messenger, and C. A. Hartman, a passenger, received serjous injuries, while many of the pas- sengers were slightly hurt. A relief train was sent out from Ben- son and a wreck train followed from Tucson. —_———— RUSSIA DECIDES TO SEND AN EXHIBIT Announcement From St. Petersburg That Nation Will Have Elaborate Display at St. Louis. ST. LOUIS, May 8.—A cablegram was received from St. Petersburg to-day by Director of Exhibits Skiff of the World’s Fair stating that Russia will make an elaborate exhibit. Rusia be- fore the war with Japan had planned to be represented at the fair, but after- ward decided to abandon its pmm exhibit. The cablegram caused sui guard. The Russians left while General Kuroki was making his dispositions for a big battle. The Japanese approached from two directions along the main road and up the valley, placing batteries so as to command the town. This procédure on the part of General Kuroki shows that the entire Japnanes plan of operations had been thoughtfully pre- pared and . that every division com- mander knows exactly what he should do. Now that General Kuroki is estab- lished at Fengwangcheng the Rus- sians are puzzled as to what move he will make next. The fact that he sent two companies to Daliandiaputso, ten miles northeast of Fengwangcheng, might indicate his purpose to proceed along this road to Tingchangien, ninety miles north from where he would march due west to Liaoyang. This would permit an effective flank- ing movement, but it is not considered probable, the likelihood being that he | will move aléng the road by which the Russians retreated toward Liaoyang. ‘This road branches off at Chatschang, twenty miles westward of Fengwang- Japanese war. A march on this place ‘would compel the evacuation of New- chwang, as the force there would be in danger of destruction or of being! subjected to a si by the armies converging from icheng and the uo;:thern part of the Liaotung Penin- sula. There is no confirmation to the &rmnt»umc of the report t the ussians are preparing to evacute Newchwang, but few would be sur- prised if it should turn out to be cor- rect, The effect of a march along the road to Haicheng would be to place absolutély in the control of the Jap- anese all Manchuria between the Yalu and the Liaotung Peninsula, with th exception of Port Arthur.. The Rus- |, iide along Roaring Creek. He started slans admit that at this stage of the war the Japanese control the territory mentioned, the Russky Invalid, army organ, making this concession. The remainder of the. press is silent. Only one aftarnoon paper referred to the abandonment of Fengwang- cheng. Tucked away in a corner of that paper was a small item saying that -the post and telexrylh offices at ch d_ continues almost directl ':“.‘fglibhnl. ‘which was m‘::cux Continued on Page 3, Column 6. the | to the exposition officials. The Russians will take 20,000 square feet in the Varied Industries building. and also will be represented in the Iiberal and fine arts. The State Department at Washington and the foreign representatives of the exposition had made efforts to bring about representation by Russia. —————————— WOMAN RECEIVES LIFE SENTENCE FOR MURDER Mrs. Mary Powell of Delaware Must Pay Penalty for Killing a Rival. DOVER, Del., May $.—Mrs. Mary A. Powell was last night convicted of the murder of Estella Albin, the jury fix- ing the punishment at life imprison- ment. Estella Albin lived with Mr. and Mrs. Powell at Bowers Beach, near here. On February 'S she was found murdered. Mirs. Powell was arrested and con- fessed, but declared the act was com- mitted in self-defense. The evidence showed that undue friendship existed between Powell and Miss Albin, and the prosecution endeavored to prove that Mrs. Powell killed the girl in & Jealous frenzy. and the titles were still in doubt. The residents were determined squatters, resisting all attempts at eviction. Leisenring died and his sister's sona, D. B. and Edward Wentz, went there to mu‘ngge the property interests. Busi- ness development meant a disruption of the squatter farms and out of that grew an enmity which as - always feared by the brothers and their head men. Edward L. Wentz, althcugh he kept extensive kenne and stable of | horses, seldom rode out without taking precautions beforehand and was care- ful never fo put himself in range of a buliet by night. But on October 14 he culd not ist the temptation to take out alone and was never seen alive by | his friends afterward. Late that night his horse was found cropping grass along the creek, but there was net a #1gn of the young man. Dr. and Mrs. Wentz arrived from Philadelphia on a special train a day later and the search was begun. Starting with $10,- 000, the rewards were gradually in- | creased to $55,000 and even $100,000 was | offered, but of no avail. No details have yet been. received of the finding of the body.

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