The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 28, 1904, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, MAY 28, 1904 DISASTER CLOUDS THE CZAR'S FESTIVAL CORONATION ANNIVERSARY 5 SADDENED Customary Services in St. Petersburg Dispensed With Because of Defeat. General Staff Admits That Port Arthur Siege Is On in Earnest. CTRSBURG, May 27.—The Japanese victory at Kin- | ed on a Russian holi- sary of the corona- | las. was circles regarding the caused the ds in were er to the . own. It hat Gen- morrow. view of the for- re of Kincho le now ice on Port to MORE TROOPS LANDING. Eighteen Thousand With at Takushan. May 27 . r r date of May 2 g he Czar as follows May her - Ja Japancse, Heavy Guns, Arrive taken up the enva 1long ng toward s is reported to be atr a skirm 20 or H ng road e posts with One g of troops and Pitzewo. ion which re- of 18,000 Taku- heavy horses. soldiers are e troops. nese troops is re- anded at several een RUSSIA BUYS A CRUISER. Azent Makes Purchase of a Warship in England. 1 T A cruiser now 2 t a private sold to a Rus: including peari Your chance to get 4 £00d, dependable knife at @ reasonable price. RAZORS as low as 51 Large variety of standard _makes and styles. Fine Cutlery high- grade makes T Williams® 10c Soap, i8¢, Razor Strops {rom Mall orders promptly filled That Man Pitts F. W. PITTS, the tationer, 1008 MARKET ET. above Powell San Fy lin, an Shaving up. rancisec Schilling’s Best, so far as it goes, means comfort and eass and economy. Monevhack: at your grocer’s. -~ little information | foreign | il detachments of | LONDON SAYS THE RUSSIANS WERE ROUTED Indications Point to a Decis- ive Victory for Japanese at Kinchou. Kuoroki’s Fifth Division Lands and Prepares to torm Port Arthur. - LONDON, May 28.—The Tokio dis- patch to the Associated Press and Japanese officlals’ accounts are the only detailed descriptions that have | yet reached London of the Japanese | vietory at Kinchou. The victory is hailed by the London press as estab- { lishing, more certainly than did the | operations on the Yalu, the superior- {1ty of the Japanese on land as well as by sea, since In the case of Kinchou, |1r not at the Yalu, the Russians had | ample time carefully to prepare their positions. It appears that the con- clusive victory was immediately fol- S | lowed up, for the Post's Tokio corre- spondent asserts that the Japanese have swept the Russians from their defenses west of Tallenwan. And if | the Telegraph’s generally well-in- formed correspondent is correct, and the Japanese are already nearing Port Arthur, the Russians must have suf- fered a complefe rout at Kinchou. S | That the Russians were not only de- feated, but routed, would also from the numerous captures Russian artillery. appear of the Jap: se Fifth division which is destined for the of Port Arthur, has already { landed on the Liaotung peninsula The" Telegraph’s correspondent at Japanese headquarters, communicating | r date of May 26, 1ys there is no change in the situation of the first army, but that there are frequent outpost encounters. he adds, “that the lull r a great bat- | aoyang.” nn.n.um correspondent, under date of May 2, \(( telegraphin leclares there are only 2000 troops at Mukden - - % | SULLY & CO. MAKE BIG DEMAND ON RECEIVER Suspended Cotton Firm Asks That 190,000 Bales Be produced at Once. NEW YORK, May —A sensation created in Cotton F to-day xchange circles ly & Co. made a demand upon | the elvers now in charge of the firm's business that they buy 190,000 bales of spot cotton for the firm's ac- count. D. J. Sully & Co. claim that | they were not notified by any of the brokers that their cotton had been sold out, and they therefore ceivers to buy in 190,000 bales of actuz [ cotton. The present stock of spot cot- h zles, but on March 18, when D. J. Sul- 3 suspended, the firm was long ,000 bales, May contracts. Claiming that they owed their Cotton Exchange creditors nothing, the re- cently filed schedules made no mention of these creditors. | —_——— | ASTRONOMER TO WORK ON A MOUNTAIN TOP | Spectra of Sun and Brightest Stars | Will Be Studied With New Instrument. 7.—Photographic re- tra of the sun CHICAGO, product and of ars is about to be under: v Professor George E. Hale he Yerkes Observa- tor on, near Pasadena, ‘1'.11. A grant of $10,000 from the Car- negle Institution a few months ago en- tions on Mount Wilson. The observa- tions are to continue one year and will be under Professor Hale's personal su- pervision. —— | VERDICT ACQUITS IN SCHAEFER MURDER CASE Indiana Court Adopts Extraordinary Precautions Against an Outbreak. REDFORD, Ind., May 27.—James Mc- Donald, charged with the sensational murder last winter of, Miss Sarah Echaefer, a Latin school teacher, was acquitted by a jury here to-day. It was decided beforehand that the courthouse bell would not be rung when the verdict was returned for fear that a mob might be formed. McDon- ald was brought into the courtroom in a4 roundabout way. | NPPROVES THE RECALL OF NISARD R I e | Continued From Page 1, |grant the Embassador leave; to re- | call him; or to suppress the embassy. | The first seemed inadequate, the third [ was excessive and so the Government | decided upon the second. | M. Nisard was instructed, if he | found the note to be authentic, or if i @n explanation regarding it should be | refused, that he was to quit Rome im- | mediately. The Embassador advised | the Foreign Minister that the secres Column 7. wanted time. Meanwhile, M. Delcasse, having obtained proof of the authen- I ticity of the note, telegraphed the Em- bassador that the Secretary of State’s attitude was equivalent to a refusal of the desired explanation and that there- fore M. Nisard must regard himself as recalled. “The Government did what the dig- nity of the case required and with the necessary promptitude,” said M. Del- casee, “and we have the right and the opinion of the whole world on our own side.” According to the Mall's correspond- | the of | when the suspended firm of D. | abled Professor Hale to build a Snow ! horizontal telescope, with which instru- | ment he expects to conduct observa- | | ton in New York does not exceed 70,000 | GHINESE DECLARE | at Kinchou. | their statements. They say food is growing scarcer at Port Arthur and there is good authority for saying the —r e JAPANESE TROOPS BATTLE AGAINST ENTRENCHED SLAVS AND WIN AFTER GREAT LOSS Continued From Page 1, Columns 4, 5 and 6. Kinchou. treme right. Wednesday morning at Hill. tered Kinchou, the Ru: ing Nanshan Hill. Hill was stubborn. the Posmon were exploded. fortitude of their men. series of rushes, them repeatedly. Finally, at 3 hill. were armed with heavy guns. sible to the investment of Port The Russians left 400 dead in t wounded number 300. they had an artillery duel with the batteries on Japanese lines with their fire, but failed to inflict much damage. DESPERATE CONFLICT BETWEEN ARMIES AT DAWN. The battle was resumed at dawn of Thursday. chou Bay, and, in co-operation with the artillery on shore, shelled the Russian positions on Nanshan A Russian gunboat in Talienwan Bay steamed close to the shore and shelled the Japanese left. From dawn the batteries on both sides hammered away at each other. ese infantry moved forward, and at twenty minutes past 5 o'clock on Thursday morning they en- ians retiring to the south. The fighting continued into Thursday night, the Japanese pressing to the south and storm- They followed the retreating Russians through the southern hills. The reports received here fail to cover the events on the Russian right. however, that the Russians have Nanshan Hill yesterday was a bloody affair. batteries, in which work they were aided by four gunboats from Kinchou Bay. silencing many of the enemy’s guns. The Russians had constructed a series of trenches around the hill on a terrace protected by wire entanglements and other such devices. but they were in vain. The deadly rifle and cannon fire of the enemy checked on account, of the difficulties of_ transportation. driven the Russians from this stronghold; it was a feat previously considered to have been impos- I fear*our losses have been heavy, but we have gained the strongest point barring our way Arthur.” TOKIO, May 28 (12 m.).—The Russians have abandoned Nantuanling and driven from Sanchilipu. retreating toward Port Arthur. he Kinchou-Nanshan fight. Nanshan Hill. abandoned these positions. Nanquanling, where it is understood a second line of defenses exist. this line of defenses unless they have been disordered by the defeat at Kinchou and Nanshan. The Russians had a series of mines planted at Tafangshen station, on the railroad, which The station was destroyed. The Japanese forceswere under fire for sixteen hours. The general staff here has received telegrams from the commanders commending the bravery and RUSSIANS FIGHT BEHIND INTRENCHMENTS ON TOKIO, May 27 (5 p. m.).—Subsequent reports received here indicate that the storming of The Japanese first centered their fire on the Russian o'clock in the afternoon, the Japanese reformed and stormed the crest of the The Russians held to their position doggedly, and it was 7 Japanese finally gained possession of the ridge. A Japanese officer of high rank made the following statement to-night: “The Japanese, in attacking Kinchou and Nanshan Hill, had to fight against great odds. The Russians were in full command of the strategical advantages afforded by nature, and these advantages were augmented by the newest inventions for defense. The Japanese had only field guns, heavy guns being unavailable Our army deserves great credit for having Three Japanese gunboats then entered Kin- The Russian resistance at Nanshan Phe Japanese made a series of assaults befcre the Russians finally yielded The Russians abandoned this hill at 3 o’clock in the afternoon, retreating toward A TERRACE. The Japanese have captured fifty cannon. On the Japanese side the killed and coast of the Liaotung Peninsula there were no defenses whatever, except the iorce posted at This gap in the defenses was a fatal defect in the Russian position, and when it was perceived the Japanese extended their right to the north and éast, enveloping Kinchou and the Russian ex- The Japanese left also was extended to Wangchiatung, on the shore of Talienwan Bay, and the center moved forward. 5:30 o'clock the Japanese attacked Kinchou, and for three hours The Russian gunners searched the At an early hour the Japan- It is probable, The Russians may rally at They succeeded in The Japanese made a o’clock in the evening before the The forts on Nanshan Hill have been FOOD 1§ SCARCE AT PORT ARTHUR Skt Contraband of War Arrives in Very Large Quantities at Newchwang. NEWCHWAD May (morning).— The Japanese estimate the strength of the Russians about Port Arthur at 20,- 000 men. The former have 50,000 men Chinese continue to escape from Port Arthur, but little reliance is placed on Japanese believe they can starve out the Russians in three months. The Russians recently purchased 1500 junks anchored here, shipping them to-day to Tungchingtsu, where they will block the river to prevent the produce of that section leaving. Fod- der is especially scarce. Much contraband of war is arriving at this port. The French steamer Bourbon landed 66,000 sacks of flour to-day. A British cruiser at Chingwantao is awaiting instructions from the Consul here, who will not make any state- ment for publication. + £ 2 PERSONAL. Dr. W. 8. Tinning of Martinez is at the Grand. ‘W. O. Veith, a raisin grower of Fres- ro, is at the Grand. J. H. Russell, a contractor of Stock- ton, is at the Grand. Captain John Cross, a railroad pro- moter of Los Angeles, is at the Palace. E. W. Hale, the well-known Sacra- mento merchant, is at the St. Francis. Dr. C. B. Hagar, a missionary of tary of the Pope was saying that he |7 Swatow, and daughter are at the Pal- ace, Charles 8. Stutt, a prominent mining man of Colorado Springs, is at the Pal- ce. e R L Californians in Washington. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 27.— The following Californians are reg- istered here: At the Villard—Edward Salz and wife; N. Abramson, N. H. Salz, William R. Morton, R. A. Wise of San Fran- cisco. At the Raleigh—Mrs. A. H. Burre, Miss Burre, Miss May Burre, C. L. Adams of San Jose, A. P. Mor- row, Rob Walsh, Mrs. John R. Taylor, Mrs. J. de Sepulveda of Los Angeles. JAPAN'S WARSHIPS PATROL THE COAST OF THE PENINSULA il o Announcement Is Made That | Bloekade Runners Assume Responsibility. SRS L CHICAGO, May 27.—A special to the News from Chefu says: Japan announces that the entire oast of the Lfaotung peninsula lying south of a line between Pitzewo on the east and Pulantien on the west is in a state of effective blockade by | the Japanese navy. Tne declaration says that the blockade will be main- tained. The blockade proclamation by Japan throws the burden of proof on vessels attempting to run the block- ade, S BT QUIET AT NEWCHWANG. No Sign of Japanese Fleet or Trans- ports Is Apparent. CHEFU, May 28, 12:30 p. m.—A fleet of steamers arrived to-day from Newchwang and reported that no signs of the Japanese fleet or trans- ports were apparent on the western coast of the Liaotung peninsula. Everything at Newchwang was re- ported quiet. Two Japanese cruisers are off Port Arthur to-day. S T FEAR OF DRIFTING MINES. Ship Captains Directed to Keep Out of Danger Zone. SHANGHAI May 27.—In view of the fact that explosive mines are drift- ing about in the waters of the Liao- tung peninsula local steamship agents have instructed the captains of their vessels not to traverse the danger zone between the Shantung promontory and the Maiotao Islands during the night. REBELS PRESS THE FEDERALS CAPE HAYTIEN, Hayti, May 27.— After being informed of the defeat of the Dominican Government 'troops yes- terday at Esperanza, the revolutionary generals, Noney Cepin and Mauricio Jiminez, left Monte Cristi, the head- quarters of the revolutionists, and marched on Dajabon with the intention of dislodging from there General Epi- VIGB ADHERAL O REPORAS 0N 1088 AT BONBARDNENT Captain of a Gunboat Is| | Killed in the Harbor of Kinchou. -— TOKIO, May 27.—The following re- port has been received from Vice Ad- | miral Togo: | “The gunboats Thukishi, Heiyen, Amagi and Chokai and the first tor- pedo-boat flotilla, under Captain Nishi- yama, reached Kinchou Bay on the | evening of Wednesday. From dawn of | Thursday these vessels co-operated with the army in bombarding Sucha- ton. The Amagi and the Chokal went in close and bombarded all day. At 11 o'clock in the morning the enemy re- treated from Suchaton, but they con- tinued to fire from a position behind Suchaton. “Our casualties were ten, including Captain Hayashi of the Chokai, who was killed.” fanio Rodriguez, the Government com- mander at that place. Later details of the fighting at Es- peranza show that all the ammunition and other supplies of the Government forces fell into the hands of the revolu- tionists. It is learned from an official source that General Guayubin has been appointed Dominican Minister of War, in succession to General Raoul Cabrera, who commanded the Government troops at Esperanza yesterday, and who died soon after the battle from a wound received during the engage- ment. General Guayubin will leave Santiago de les Caballeros shortly at the head of 300 fresh troops. —_———— Californians in New York. NEW YORK, May 27.—The following Californians have arrived at the hotels: From San Francisco—R. N. Foster, A. W. Foster Jr., at the Imperial; C. Robinson and wife, at the Continental; E. C. Ward and wife, at the St. Denis; rs. G. Whitney, at the Criterion; C. C. Coxe, at ithe Continental; "J. J. Grant, at the Ashland House; C. A. Stork, at the Grand Union; Miss A. Tomson, at the Netherland; B. A. Bar- ker, at the Hoffman; W. McCall, at the Astor House. From Los Angeles—Miss G. Pease, Miss J. F. Pease, at the St. Denis. e T SAN JOSE, May 27.—Memorial day cises were held at the State Normal school this morning by the faculty and students. A mmtc lo the "Womn of the Civil War"” '- ‘ paid by J¢ E. Richards. exer- | $44.400; KOREANS FLEE FROM ADVANCE OF GOSSACKS phesT e Six Hundred Russians With | Seven Guns Arrive at Tanchyon. People in the Kinchayon‘Dis triet Destroy the Tele- graph Line. —_— SEOUTI, May 27.—The Gensan corre- spondent of a Seoul paper wires that body of 600 Russians with seven guns, preceded by fifteen scouts, passed | Songchin and advanced to Tanchyon yesterday. It is further stated that some hundreds of Cossacks with six guns are at Kapsan. The correspondent | declares that the panic among the in-| habitants is increasing and that thl‘ country people are fleeing south and west. Koreans in the Kinchayon district, south of Songjin, have destroyed the local telegraph office and several miles of wire. They had petitioned previously that the line be removed, claiming that its presence constituted the only rea- scn for the repeated Russian expedi- tions into the district. No official ac- tion was taken, and finally the Koreans resolved to destroy the line themselves. Edwin V. Morgan, the recently ap- pointed United States Consul at Port Dalny, has arrived here. He came in by way of Fusan, traveling overland. 10 CONSIDER BUDGET T0-DAY This morning at 10:30 o'clock the | Board of Supervisors will pass to print | the budget for the fiscal year, and, ac- | cording to the flgures agreed upon, | | | | | | there will be appropriations to the amount of $7,384,836, and that will necessitate the levying of a tax of $1.2053. Every item was gone over last night at the meeting of the board and protests and requests listened to. From | the tone of the members of the board | at the conclusidbn of the meeting there | is little likelihood of any change being made in the figures presented by the Finance Committee except in the amount apportioned to the Police De- | partment and possibly the school fund. As the matter stands now, and which | the board was not able to ratify Xastw night owing to the lateness of the| hour, the amounts apportioned will be | as follows: | For the Board of Pupblic Works, $156,900; for the Street Department $180,000; repairs | to_buildihgs $72,611; cleaning and sprinkling | streets, $215.000; general office expenses, $13,- 800; clerk hire, $11,700; bureau of buiidings, $1500; cleaning and maintaining City Hall and Hall ‘of Justice, $47,105: bureau of streets, 8 miscellaneous, $18,120; maintenan $19,520; bureau of light divison’ of architects, $18,900; $64.420; Supervizor: supplies and miscellancous, $182,11 $170.475; lighting streets buildings, $320,000; Auditor’s__office, f $95.200; = Coroner’ rder's office, $46,1 ,450; Treasurer, $14,80¢ 50; District Attorney, $37,400; County ; Justices Courts and Law Li- S0: " Judges of the Superfor Court, water, bureau engineering, public $14,700 rift's office, $92,160; Police Court, Police _Departme $969,714; new | harbor station, $15,000: Health Department, | $211,900; City and County Hospital, $12 department of _electricity, §94, Fire De- partment, $85 department of election: $147,000; ' civil service, $31.700; firemen’s re- | ltef "and pension fun 000; school fund, Ibrary. 50; 'park fund, $325.° | $1.361,000; 7 500;: bond redemption and interest 6. fund, e There was a wordy war over the school fund, and when the board meets | to-day it will be renewed, for Presi- dent Roncovieri intends to stand out for the amount to which he claims the schools are entitled. The budget does not allow as much by $108,000 as he contends should be allowed. There was quite a little passage at arms between Supervisor Branden- stein and John W. Rogers, president of | the Civil Service Commission over the matter of the appropriation for that branch of the city government. Rogers stated that the commisslon was re- sponsible to the people and he certain- | after several attempts, ONITED STATES RECEIVES NEFS OF THE FICHT Minister Griscom at Tokio Sends a Cable to the State Department. Japanese Legation at Wash- ington Gains More Infor- mation of Vietory. - it WASHINGTON, May 27.—Minister Griscom cables the State Department from Toklo that the Japanese have captured Kinchou and are marching southward. The Japanese legation has received | the following details of the attack on Kinchou: “The enemy built several covered trenches around the fort and Nan Hill | and held the place stubbornly under strong defensive works. Nevertheless, the Japanes finally succeeded in taking tl'r enemy’s position by storm and in dri¥ing them toward Nankuling. This severe fight- ing continued for sixteen hours. Ad- miral Togo telegraphs that a report was sent to him by wireless telegraph from the captain commanding the de- tached squadron, consisting of four gunboats and a terpedo flotilla, to the effect that the squadron reached Kin- chou Bay, and, co-operating with the army, bombarded Nan Hill on May 26 and on witnessing our army oc- cupying the forts on the hill the squadron withdrew from the scene of action. The captain of the gunboat Chokai was killed and nine others were killed and wounded. The dam« age to the vessels was insignificant.” DROPS DEAD AT CONVENTION. First Grand Chief Engineer of Broth- erhood Expires at Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES, May 27.—Thomas S. Ingraham, first grand chief engineer ¢ the International Brotherhood of Loeo- motive Engineers, dropped dead at his desk In the convention of the brother- hood in this city at noon.to-day from apoplexy. Ingraham, who was 69 years of age, had been assistant and first grand engineer since 1873. His home is in Cleveland, Ohio, where his son now resides. He also has two married daughters living in Cincinnati. None of the members of his family were with him in Los Angeles. CLEVELAND, O., May 27.—Thomas S. Ingraham lived in this city and was widely known. He had been connected with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers for more than thirty years, previous to which he was a locomotive engineer. He is survived by a son and two daughters. A remarkable coincidence in econec- tion woth Ingraham’s death is the fact that former Grand Chief P. M. Arthur of the brotherhood died suddenly of apoplexy, while attending a meeting of the engineers at Winnipeg last year. PR AR Alaska Democrats Indorse Parker. TACOMA, Wash., May 27.—The Alaska Democratic Territorial Conven- tion, held at Skagway Wednesday, in- | dorsed Judge Parker of New York for the Presidency, although the delega- tion to St. Louis goes uninstructed be- yond a direction that its members sup- | port a conservative candidate. The delegates elected are A. P. Swineford, Ketchikan; L. L. Williams, Juneau; W. E. Crews, Juneau; John W. Troy, Skagway; George Murphy, Nome, and Frank Bach, Douglas. . = -+ ly would resent any interference with the duties of his office. Brandenstein had said that Rogers admitted there were about 400 appli- cants on the civil service list that had not been examined and Brandenstein thought that as four years had passed it was high time that something was done to rectify the conditions. 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