The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 10, 1904, Page 2

T HE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MAY 10, 1904. UNITED STATES WARSHIPS ARE ORDERED TO CHEFU sl g Cruiser and Gun- boats Are Se- lected. sl Dispatch to The Call. GTON, May 9.—AS a pre- net rioting, which is feared Newchwang between the time of the n withdrawal and the Japanese occupation, Rear Admiral Cooper, com- ,-chief of the Asiatic squad- dered to send a cruiser to Chefu, the nearest At the Navy Department that he will carry out rs by dispatching the cruiser o Chefu, from Chemuipo, Ko- a either the gunboat Helena “or Wilmington from Wenchau. Their | s will place themselves in pution 1med th American Consul Miller and ¢ 10 protect Amerjcan inter- r SCesSary. orders were issued after a con- day Dbetween President d Secretary H t was dent that the department had some the Oriént and that it re- situation at Newchwang as in erously uncertain ay in a mud dock at N a ast winter de a Britis nboat. The two o left ver became free of ice and s ent that the Russian com- was embarrassed by their pres. . With the Russians out of N ung this obstacle to their pres- er 1 Alt h the United s s not to nd either gerents, the presence of a Newchwang is advanta- ny mportant of to-day'z evelopme d that hinese tr cupy New- chw act of war, but| t preserving order. s ay be taken by have been part ces to the State De- ' (,l'dul as a move until Russia wchwang. Pl HELP FOR KUROPATKIN. Russia is Hurrying Heavy Reinforce- | the Front. RG, May 9.—The re- for General hurried. The ilization of the Army Corps ¥ the calling out the Moscow and They will go to 1us placing another 100,000 disposal. The mobilization of along the Volga, in July or August, t month. The reserves rpe involve 20,000 men, orps i ime of peace num- and in war time 50,000 rps on a war footing in- nfantry divisions of four ach three battalions; avalry consisting of regiments of six squadrons eac! Cossack regiment, a brigade a brigade of w each an army bering rmy « vis: f of horse | nd sappers. troops the will lose six e army corps. The pre- troops from European en formed into Siberian without changing the the Emperor's forces jropean army |Committee Silent in the Czar's Capital. ST. PETERSBURG, May 10.—The War Committee adjourned at a late hour this morning, but did not make public any dispatches from the Far East. This is accepted as an indica- tion that no fresh collisions have oc- | curred. The Cossacks in touch with the Jap- anese are simply small detachments which are observing the movements of | the enemy in order to keep General Kuropatkin informed. The strict censorship prevented the St. Petersburg newspapers from re-| { ceiving dispatches to-day and the lack | of information gave rise to a fresh i erop of rumors, including one that the | armored ecruiser Rurik had been de- stroyed. The officials deny that any information of this character has been received, saying that the latest reports showed that the Rurik was undamaged and was in the harbor of Vladivostok. Count Vorontzoff Dashkoff, head of | the Russian Red Cross, authorizes an absolute denial of the report published by a news agency in the United States that an urgent telegram had been re- ceived at St. Petersburg from Mukden asking for the immediate dispatch of one hundred extra doctors and an- nouncing that an epidemic of typhoid fever, dysentery and smallpox had | broken out among the Russian troops. i g BARON TALKS OF PLANS. | Minister Hayashl Boj!eves Battle Will Occur at Liaoyang. LONDON, May 9.—Baron Hayashi, | the Japanese Minister here, looks for the next engagemeént of the war to take place at Liaoyang. He said to- day | “General Kuroki probably is on the march to that place and General Kuro- patkin should give battle there. In- | deed, from the signs of concentration, | he may assume the offensive. But for his defeat at the Yalu River this movement might be very dangerous. !Inder the existing conditions, how- | ever, General Kuroki ought to be able Jm drive back General Kuropatkin. At | Linoyang the Russians have a central | position and can strike either to the left or right, an advantage they did | not enjoy when Newchwang had to be | defended. In the event of our occupa- tion of Newchwang we shall imme- diately appoint a civil administrator, as we did at the time of the war with China and open the port to all na- tions. “Vice Admiral Togo, I think, is now likely to dock part of his fleet and give the men a rest from the ceaseless vigil they have kept up since the be- | ginning of the war. Our land advance |and part of the impending engage- | ments must largely depend upon the commissariat. This I hardly think is vet able to cope with a forward move- ment upon Mukden, Harbin or Viadi- { vostok.” 3 ATV A Embassador Cassini Il WASHINGTON, May = 9.—Count Cassini, the Russian Embassador, has | been i1l for several days, suffering from a severe attack of hay fever. The Embassador will leave Washington to- morrow or Wednesday for Atlantic City for several days’ rest. | % < 2 on this side of the Urals. The present units will be transferred bodily to Manchuria, retaining their present officers and staffs. wmruxmn. | teito, which is in front of Wiju. i black .lines three miles long from a BORAXOLOGY Tbefirststepin Bawe: Visnan sut the solution of the problem is a solution of nature is pretty much d&c—wcwanttomakcworkasasyand agreeable as possible. The easiest way to wash things is to use BORAX. It softens hard city water anddoublesttsdmnsmgpower lesl‘mmlaborywhghmdx Every '20-MULE-TEAM thing:sixmtated—cvenas mulish—kick if don't get SpomeggfisandGrocm,’/u/&and 1-1b, packages, ‘The famous “AMERICAN GIRL’ "WT-- Borax.” At stores or o o ot e BOX TOR sad e e Borax Co., New York, Chicago, San Francisco. Eyew1tness Tells of Victory at Wiju. May 1, via Seoul, May 8 (de- layed in transmission).—When the early mists drifted from the Yalu River this morning the Japanese in- fantry was disclosed lined up for bat- tle on the low, sandy island of Kin- The walls and towers of the city on the hill, rising abruptly from the south bank of the river and the nearest of the three channels, were crowded with Japanese and Korean spectators in an- ticipation of the fortheoming attack. Kinteito Island is hardly anything more than the dry bed of the river. It is a low, sandy plain, only a few feet above the level of the water and with- | out shrubbery or cover except on its southern half. The infantry lay, with stacked arms, across the island, awaiting their work. The soldiers were spread out in thin W, point on the island opposite the village of Chiuliencheng on the west to a point opposite the extremity of the Tiger's Head on the east. The divis- fon of the Imperial Guards occupied the center of the line, another division was on the west and a third on the east of the line. The Tiger's Head forms a peninsula projecting into the river almost par- allel to the south bank. The Japanese division, which executed the flanking movement from up the stream yester- day, with almost its full force pres- ent, was now on the sands north of the Tiger'’s Head. Four field batteries were behind the infantry on its ex- treme flanks, concealed in the shrub- bery. Two batteries began the action by throwing shells to the Marchurian side of the river for half an hour, while the sun was rising. They sprinkled with shells the embankments whence the Russian guns had been firing for the past week, but no response was forthcoming, and it looked as if the Russians had removed their batteries during the night. It seemed as if the enemy had withdrawn entirely, as no signs of life could be seen' on their works. JAPANESE BEGIN ADVANCE. Soon after 7 o’clock the Japanese be- gan to advance. The distance from the Korean to the Manchurian bank of the Yalu is about two miles. The Japanese troops spread out in extended forma- tion as they went forward. When they were a few hundrea yards from the hills on the Manchurian side they threw themselves prone on the ground and began volleying. In the meantime the Japanese batteries searched the hills with shrapnel. The Russians now could be seen at intervals, where the road was exposed, hurrying in small squads along the hills. These exposed stretches of the road made fine targets for the Japan- ese gunners. A fierce fire was concen- trated on one open space, half the shrapnel thrown bursting over a small area with wonderful precision. There was a perfect shower of puffs of white smoke at this place, and the observers could see the work of an occasional shell as it dug a great hole in the earth and scattered quantities of rock. Still the Russians remained silent. There was no answering fire from them until the first Japanese line was within a few hundred yards of the river bank, then sharp volleys burst almost simul- taneously from several trenches and the attacking Japanese found them- selves under a heavy and continuous fire, at easy range,.from covered posi- tions high above them. They laid be- hind the sand hillocks, replying bravely and hotly to this fire, while their own batteries pumped shells over their heads. The Japanese officers sat on their horses or walked along their lines. They were in no way sheltered or pro- tected. A few stretcher bearers coming back to the field hospital indicated that men were being wounded. The Russian smokeless powder was excellent. Its use made it impossible for the Japanese to discover the exact position of their enemy or to estimate their numbers. RUSSIANS IN RETREAT. Soon after 8 o'clock the Russian fire was largely silenced by the combined artillery and infantry attack of the Japanese, and parties of the enemy's troops could be seen hurrying upward over the mountain roads in retreat. Two regiments of Japanese troops, one directly opposite Wiju, and another near a village on the west, ran to the river, stopping to fire now and then as they progressed, and giving shrill the general staff the one {dominant idea ‘is that the de-! velopments: of the last few days make it certain the war Wi cheers as they hurried forward, which echoed clearly over the plain. Their formation was closer than that kept by British or American troops, and it looked as though their losses must be great. They waded the river, ran across the sands and climbed up the steep rocky hillside like a swarm of ants, their red and yellow cap-bands gleaming in the sun. One Japanese soldier in one of these regiments carried something white with him. This was seen and it caused a shout to go up that the Russians had surrendered. But upon reaching the top of the first Russian trench, a hundred yards up the hillside, this man shook out a Japanese flag and waved it to and fro. STRUCK BY OWN SHELLS. A storming party on the west side of tl.e advance mounted a hill command- ing the Russian retreat. Just as the men were bunched thickly on the crest of this hill two Japanese shells burst among them, They had fallen short. ‘When the smoke cleared away a dozen bodies could be seen lylng where the shells had exploded, and the remainder of the storming.party were clambering down the hill to escape this unexpected fire from their rear. The sound of the rifle firing soon passed on over the hills as the Japan- ese pursued the retreating enemy. One column of weary soldiers who had been almost two days without rest was trudging down the river toward Antung, where the Japanese gunboats were shelling the Russian works. At 9 o'clock a solitary soldier, climbing ahead of his comrades, un- furled a huge Japanese flag on the face of the topmost Russian fort, on a Advance of Enemy Alarms the Russians. ST. PETERSBURG, May 9, 3:3¢ p. m. —The swift march of events at the theater of war—the virtual abandop- ment by the Russians of all their ad- vanced positions along the Manchurian littoral—has created a deep impression among the people and a feeling of ap- prehension which the authorities con- tend is unwarranted by a calm consid- eration of the situation. While not at- tempting to minimize ‘the importance of the advantages gained by the enemy in the occupation of the Liaotung Peninsula and the advance from the Yalu River, the general staff neverthe- less declares that if it had not been for General Zassalitch’s rash stand, the retreat and concentration of .Gen- eral Kuropatkin's army upon its nor- mal line of defense would have been regarded as a ma.sterly piece of strategy. ok The equanimity of the Gove ment is shown by the free publications of all news telegrams from abroad, some :etinx of a most sensational character. be bitter and Jong. There it is safd that half a million men would have been required to hold Southern Man- churia. The real truth seems to be that General Kuropatkin has not much over 200,000 men south of Harbin, and he is determined to pursue the plan which he mapped out at first—to al- low the enemy to follow him back into the heart of Manchuria until strong enough to assume the offensive. The press s informed that while the Russian garrison * is still at New- chwang, the untenability of the po- sition is fully realized and prepara- tions for dismantling the forts and re- moving the garrison have been com- pleted. The Russian gunboat Sivouch here will be destroyed. The same thing applies to Haicheng, twenty-five miles southeast of Newchwang. The question of holding the Russian po- sition at Liaoyang depends upon cir- cumstances. The Russians hold the pass which commands the westerly ap- proaches, but it is realized that the position there will also be rendered untenable if the enmemy succeeds in bringing up a superior force along the northern road to Mukden. An ultimate retirement to Harbin might possibly incur the danger of a Chinese uprising, which Increases with the Japanese successes and must be taken into consideration. Should the news of the enemy’s victories inflame the Chinese residents in Manchuria against the Russians, the latter's withdrawal north of the zone of their hostility might become Imperative. The possibility of active .operations against Vladivostok also have to be reckoned with. The general staff inveighs against a too pessimistic view of the situation, pointing out .that ‘the Japanese must land another army before they can hope to make a strong advance move- ment, which will require time. In the meantime ‘the strength of General Kuropatkin's army and his position will' daily increase. The general staff repeats the words of the commander in chief, ‘“Patience, patience, pa- tience.” They also insist that the full extent of the Russian losses on the Yalu River has been published. “It is no guesswork of our losses,” said a member of the general staff. “Every man has been accounted for. Let the enemy publish theirs.” —————— Minister Pleske Is Dead. LONDON, May 9.—A dispatch to the Exchange Telegram Company from St. Petersburg announces the death there at 9 o'clock this morning of M. Pleske, late Minister of Finance. M. Pleske, who was born in 1852, was the son of a Russian general of Ger- man extraction. He entered the Min- istry of Finance when twenty years of age and was credited with belng a dis- ciple of M. de Witte, whom he suc- ceeded as Minister of Finance. In De- cember, last, M. Pleske became serious- Iy 11l as the result of an Injury to his spine in a carriage accident some time previously and was obliged to undergo an operation and In January of this year was said to be dying, peritonitis having set in. He was at that time relieved from his duties as Minister of Finanfe and transferred to the Coun- cil of the Empire. —_——— Soldier Drowned at Honolulu. HONOLULU, May 9.—Henry Voel- ker, a member of the Hospital Corps, who was on his way to the Philippines on the transport Thomas, was drowned while bathing in the harbor to-day. He was a native of Brooklyn, aged 18 years, —————————— CLAIMS LAWSON IS SLOW.—Henry Hau- stein, a_contractor, who fs the plaintift in & suit ~ against the Tivoll _Theater Com- pany, ‘tried some time ago before Justice of the ' Peace Lawson, applied to the Superfor Court yesterday for a writ of mandate com- pelling’ Lawson to render his decision in the :]\:'x’u He says that Lawson ls unnecessarily ———— CHILDREN ENTERTAIN.—An entertain- ment in the form of a one-act farce wad given by the children of St. John's Presbyterian Sunday-school at 2208 Central avenue last Yo Tov tha cameime. Mty wat Feihi oy on. jusic was furnished b, the Presidlo band. % - S 2 SRR WILCOX 1S HER GUARDIAN.—A. B. Wil- son was yesterday appointed guardian of the person and estate of Eva L. Plepenbers, also known as L. Geandrof, an Inmate of a savitarium at Livermore. Wilcox’s bond was d-at $5000. ————— INJURED BY PREMATURE BLAST.— Nells Anderson, a workman at Warren' Camp, near the county line, had his right foot badly crushed yesterday by the premature gxplosion of a glant powder blast It may be necessary to remove the injured o silence with which they had watched the battle and shouted “‘Banzai!” Already foot soldiers, batterles and packtrains were streaming on to the island by every road, and to-night the entire Japanese army will be in Man- churia. Official estimates of the Japanese casualties are not given out, but a cor- respondent saw 300 Japanese and seventy Russians reclining, wounded, in one field hospital. —_——— The Direct Tourist Car Line. The Union and Southern Pacific tourist cars ‘member. ridge 1000 feet above the plain. He |take you direct to Chicago or St. Louls with- marched back and forth along the |gut change. parapet waving the banner, and then, !n-xy for the first time, the Japanese. on the [ing and ia """l walls of Wiju broke They are clean, roomy and com- "‘lfi"r&mm n ehtne apht hting. u ,,..,.Ea‘: U. P. R R, Japan Asks Uncle Sam to Make Inquiry. LONDON, May 10.—The Daily Tele- | graph's Tokio correspondent telegraph: ing under date of May 9 says: “The Japanese have requested the United States Government to inquire | into the fate of forty men who were missing after the blockading of Port Arthur. It is believed that several of them were captured. | “It is reiterated that the Japanese, have occupied Dalny. “I learn from trustworthy sources ' that ‘the Russians in the battle of the Yalu lost over forty guns, enormous quantities of war material, horses, carts, ammunition and equipment.” In the absence of further stirring news from the Far East, the London newspapers are discussing the proba- ble course of events. The balance of opinion inclines to the belief that | General Kuroki will succeed in over- taking the Russians between Feng- wangcheng and Liaoyang and will compel them to fight at a disadvantage. It is argued that it will be impossi- ble for General Kuropatkin, depending upon a slender line of railway, and | with his army encumbered with bag- gage, to make his retirement speedy | enough to enable him to choose his own ground for battle. On the other: hand it is argued that, apart from Ijeutenant General Zassalich’s error in giving battle on the Yalu against the orders of General Kuropakin, the latter’s plan remains unchanged, and that, once away from the mountainous country, he will have conditions much‘ in his favor. Dispatches from Shanghai say that the Tartar genefal at Mukden has de- clined to obey Viceroy Alexieff’s order | that the Chinese evacuate Mukden. ! A ‘dispatch to a news agency from | Liaoyang, dated May 10, says: ] ‘““An accident to a train from Port Ar- | thur to Harbin occurred May 8, near Tieling. Thirty passengers were killed and fifty injured and the permanem way ‘was greatly damaged. | “It is reported that a three days’ t)- phoon greatly retarded the Japanese | landlng at Pitzewo. AROLD CLARKE i | ADV ERTISEMENTS. mafe of imported ribbon regular pr‘l“(‘e 35¢. Special HIGH omx CORSETS. Regular price $1.25. Special . Regular price $1 30. 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Spectal hardwood this week cover; Round, word salt on fromt in gilt letters; a very dainty, pretty box: regular price, 25c. Spe- clal this week.. HABRDWOOD, iniaid, a good, strong substantial salt box; sold everywhere for 20c. Special this week HUSSIA K0T HEM]Y 10 BATTLE (omlnut-(l From Page 1, Column 4. EFU, May 10.—Passengers arriv- mg m day o Newchwang say that PICTURE FRAMES OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS MADE TO ORDER. | the Russian force probably evacuated | that place during last night. Many had ‘dlready departed yesteraay and those | remaining made no secret of their in- tention té leave. There is no activity whatever at the forts where there are ENDS HIS LIFE Young ban Franciscan Com- mits Suicide With Pistol on His Return to' Paris| HAS AN ESTATE HERE! —_— | | Captain' Lyman Applies for| Position of \dmumtrator of Property of Deceased e | PARIS, May 9.—Harold T. Clarke, liv- 1 ing in New York and San Francisco, | son of the late Jeremiah Clarke of San Francisco, killed himself in a leading hotel here to-day by blowing off the top of his head with a revolver. He had been touring the continent for several months and had just arrived in Paris from Monte Carlo, where it is under- stood he lost heavily. Clarke's mother and sister, who are in this city, are unable to give the slightest clew to the | cause of his suicide. The deceased was 31 years of age. The body will be ship- | ped to the United States. Harold T. Clarke was the son of Jere- I miah Clarke, a layyer, who died in this | city about fifteen years ago. At the | time of his father's death he became‘ heir to a considerable fortune, which the latter had accumulated in real estate. | For some years he remained on the coast, but he had a fancy for travel- | ing and roamed over the northern | lands as well as the eastern section of the country. He left San Francisco | for the East about one year ago. After spending some time in Detroit he went to New York, where he devoted the winter to studying law. Recently, as a vacation, he journeyed to Paris, where | his mother was. In additibn to his| mother, he leaves two sisters, Mrs. Charles G. Lyman and Mrs. Charlotte | Wright, and one brother, Edward H. ‘ Clarke, who was much talked of a | short time ago by his marriage with | Rosalind Bower, known as the “Sweet | Ped girl.” Captain Charles G. Lyman, the un- fortunate man’s brother-in-law, when seen last night said: “Harold Clarke, though not a quiet sort of man, never | indulged in a strenuous life such as would bring him to suicide. The dis- | patches stated that he took his own | lite and I presume they are correct, although his mother did not mention that fact in the message I received | from her. The information is also | given out that he lost heavily at Mon- ‘[ te Carlo. If he did lose a few mou., sand dollars it could not affect him | much, as his property is all intact in this city and he has not once since his departure drawn on his income. The only cause for suicide I could give would be despondency.” Shortly after the news of Clarke's death was received here Captain C. G. Lyman, brother-in-law of the deceased, filed an application for the appoint- ment of special administrator of the estate. Lyman's petition recites that the application is made upon the re- quest of Charlotte Clarke, the mother of the decedent, and his only heir at law. The other heirs are Edith Lyman, wife of the petitioner, a sister; Char- lotte H. Wright, another sister, and E. K. Clarke, a brother. Clarke's estate, according to Lyman, consists of realty and personal prop- erty that ylelds an income.of about $350 | per month, ———— WAB!HNGTON.‘H(IIVKD—TH; time of the and Barrett trial on charges of - spiraey in the Postoffice was de. | still a few guns in position. Three thousand bandits are camped outside of the walls of Newchwang ready to be- | gin looting at the moment the last of | the Russian soldiers have left the city. There are many foreign camp follow- ers with the bandits, who are giving the Russians much trouble along the railway between Newchwang and Muk- {den. Last week they destroyed a cul- vert and delayed traffic for four days. | The Japanese fleet was in force off | Port Arthur at midnight Monday, but did not make any demonstration. LONDON, May 10.—The Tokio cor- respondent of the Daily Chronicle says that 15,000 Russians are retiring from Newchwang to Liaoyang. The cor- respondent says that Chinese bandits have destroyed the road to Taskichia and to Haicheng. (Taskichia is the junction for the Newchwang branch of the Port Arthur-Mukden route and Haicheng is farther north on the main line.) The Russians are making a new road. The correspondent adds that the ban- dits have attacked and cut other parts of the railroad and points out that the |capture of Dalny will enable the Jap- anese to cut off Port Arthur's electri- cal supply. ST. PETERSBURG, May 10, 3:40 a. m.—A letter written by the Asso- ciated Press correspondent at Port Arthur on the morning the Petropav- lovsk went down, which has been re- | ceived by the bureau here, says that the battleship Pobieda suffered a very slight injury by the explosion of a Japanese mine beneath her hull ————————— Californians in New York. NEW YORK, May 9.—The follow- ing Californians have arrived at the hotels: San Francisco—E. Greenway, C. P. Hall, at the Hoffman; S. Baker, at the St. Denis; F. E. Burke, at the Hotel | Navarre; H. C. Churchill, W. J. Gor- ham, at the Astor House; J. J. Grant, at the Ashland House; F. Hubbell, at the Grand Unionj, A. Kuhn and wife, at the Plaza. San Rafael—O. C. Fernbach, at the Grand Union. Los Angeles—Miss Clayton, at the Park Avenue; A. J. Reithmuller and wife, at the Albert. ——e—————— FORTY MILLIONS THE SUM. Treasury Warrant om Account of Canal Purchase Delivered. NEW YORK, May 9.—The treasury warrant for $40,000,000 on account of the Panama canal purchase was de- livered to J. P. Morgan & Co. by Sec- retary Shaw at the sub-treasury this afternon. Secretary Shaw made the following statement as to the transfer: J. P. Morgan & Co. formally appointed special and their security Tant for 40,000,000 was delivered. This was presented during the day and pald as follows: Fifteen million doliars - in - eash and sub- treasury orders aggregating $25,000.000_ will be drawn in favor of Morgan & Co. Thess are deposited by Morgan & Co. with their various banks to Morgan & Co.’s credit and will be collected through the Clearing-house to-morrow. Meantime the banks had brought to the subtreasury their respective chechs, aggregating a little over $27,000,000. The war- rant was delivered to Mr. Stesle personally. It was on a piece of white paper engraved in green ink and was made pavable to J. P. Morgan & Co., as special distributing agents. Half a score of clerks at the subtreasury were busy for some three hours counting the bonds deposited by Morgan & Co. as security for the warrant. These checks were accepted for collection and will be collected through the Clearing-house to-morrow. In this wa the banks of New York City will pay into the subtreasury $27,000,000 and will receive from Morgan & Co. on deposit $25,000,000. Both the payment to the subtreasury and the deposits will be effectsd through the Clearin- house at the same time. Tbus the banks will lose in the fransaction only $2.000,000 in cash balance; the remaining $15,000,000 is paid to Morgan & Co. directly from the treasury. In an informal statement the Secre- tary added that this method of paying for the Panama canal would have a reassuring effect upon financial con- ditions in general. There were pres- ent at the sub-treasury when the war- rant was delivered Charles Steele, George W. W. Perkins, E. T. Stotsbury and Temple Bowdoin of the firm of J. P. Morgan & Co., Assistant Treas- urer Fish, J. H. Edwards, private sec- retary to Secretary Shaw, and George F. Baker, president of the First Na- tional Bank. The securities deposited by Morgan & Co. were largely muniei- this morning were } pal bonds. e gt GIVES UP FIGHT FOR HOME.—Mrs. L. M Dalley, defendant in a suit in ejectment brought by Emma L. Merritt, as administratrix of the estate of Adolph Sutro, appeared before Judge Hebbard yesterday and withdrew her opposition to Mrs. Merritt's suit. She said she was perfectly willing that Mrs, Merritt should have possession of the old street-car on the beach that she had occupled as & —_————————— GETS WRIT FOR BALLINGER.—Attorney John J. Barrett yesterday secured a writ of habeas corpus from Judge Graham, returnabl> Friday, for the release from the County Jail of Captain C.. T. Ballinger, who I8 under ar- rest on a charge of embeszling $329 from the Californta Art Glass and Cutting Works. Ballinger is a member of the National Guard of California. DINGEE ANSWERS PAINTERS' SUIT.— William J. Dingee, the capitalist who is the defendant In a suit brought by Kerm & Eibach, painters, answered their suit yester- day by denying that they were entitled to recompense for the work of burning the paint off his residence at 1882 Washington street. 1& !l} ‘1 TRADE-MARK 1 wafl. Tower LIMA, Peru, May 9.—Three new He says the work was not properly per- ! bubonic ‘plague have been reported in formed. What Is Food? The material used in the construe- tion of our bodies. Poor material in building makes a weak structure. What you eat should be fresh, clean, pure and readily digested. What IsCleansing? * Removing that which is out of place. Cereals contain, ordinarily, disease- producing germs and their eggs; the eggs, cocoon and worms of the moth, weevils and parasites of many kinds, also dampness which results in mold and rot, so you must know that unless cereals are eaten fresh they will soon be unfit for food. This is a clean age, and if you want clean food you must eat Dr. Deane’s Sfierilig\ed Foods.