The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 2, 1904, Page 1

! day; m WEATHER. ! ronun made at San Pran- 4 Gistp for thffty hours onding at | Sddnight, Jane 2, 39G4: . |. s-.‘; Francisco and vicinity— | Cloudy, unssttled weather Thurs- possibly Ugr: " fresh -moutherly: winds. "- A. G. McADIE, | District Forecaster. | stowers; | f Pischer s—“u’ To-Day. “Gismonda.” Orpheum—Vaudeville. Tivoll—"“The Toy Malker.” s Matines SAN FRANCISCO, " THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1904. PRICE FIVE SKIRMISHING BEGINS AT GATES OF PORT ARTHUR 'AND JAPANESE PREPARE FOR THE FINAL ASSAULT CHEFU, June 2—Fighting has commenced almost within rifleshot of Port Arthur. ments for-the final assault. Six lines of intrenchments must be carried successively. by the besiegers. CITY STREET IS THE PRIZE | IN LAWSUIT) —_— | Five Hundred Chi- cagoans Are the | Plaintiffs, =~ | Otject to Comneil’s Action | in Surrendering Avenue to a Railroad. i ——— Presidert Roosevelf’s Family -Repre- | sened Among Those- Who Lay Claim to the Thoroughtfare. o “The ( | 1L—Five hundred Beirs of nal owners. of land Pennsylvania ght of way in ght su to-day in- reuit. Court, claim { the land. The suit is | es $3,500, An in- r to.prevent the rom operating | t dvenue and re- g its tracks. The dent Roosevelt is ntiffs, and Mrs." Sanger, Pullman. prominent -ago also are parties to T h - the . case is v t the ners of the land D ibdivisions - copcerned Geeded it to as a high- > city “had heirs APACHES RETURN TO TRIBE RESERVATION Starving Redmen are Taken Away From Chihuahua, Mexico,. and Given New Hoinpes. ALVESTON, Tex., June 1.—A| of 1000 Apaches, former mem- arrived over y en route | of their. tribe in 1ere they wi]l become 3 of the U nited States Gov- | s belonged to a band of | ped fo Mexico in r chief was captured, resided near Chthua- who labored among d States Government | to rescue them. They were arving . condition, the skin be- unken.over their bones in num- instances, ‘'and many of the #quUaws were too weak to even carry their . papooses. ———— BECOM CON RTS TO THE ROMAN CHURCH Nearly Half of rl'mul(-'Pnpulmlon in Texas Town Change Falth at Campmiecting. erous MANY GALVESTON, Tex, LAk the result of an extraor. suc- cessful and enthusiastic ca erw.hz held at San Angelo nearly half the female adult population of that town ha en converted to the Roman Catholic religion. and the converts were to-day. confirmed by Bishop J %. Forrest of San Antonio The confirmation service began at 9 o'clock and lasted till a this e hour afternoon. Special trains were from several points to witness the unusual spectacle of.- such a large number being adm and (hp services were most imp SAYS SULTAN 1S PLA A \\"()l.LS!l E NG MASSACRE .Yune 1.—Ali Nouri Pasha, the Turkish reformer, contributes an article o the Volks Zeitung, in which he states that the Sultan of Turkey, is planning a great and il massacre of Armenians, the resplt .of which “will be the total annihilation of the Armeplans in the Ottoman empire, | This. /s ‘Ali Nouri, has been 4he Suitan’s lifelong ambition, and he be- | lleves a suitable time for the per- | formance of the deed hl.! arrived. ted to the church |, Thus far it has been confined to continued skirmishing, the. Japanese .dwaiting reinforce- The Russians have mounted on shore the heavy guns from their wnrship i ik 3 RUSSIAN PIETY UPON THE BATTLEFIELD: THE PRAYER FOR SUCCESS BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF THE COMBAT. et | HANIA IN 10 STEAL San Diego Youth Ex- pelled From a University. —_— Special Dispatch to The Call. June 1.—Herbert A. Ros- encranz, a sophomore, has becn ad- judged a kleptomanigc by the officlals of the University of Chicago and has been quietly-“let out” of college. The university authorities believe Rosen- cranz is the person who has for the last two years worried residents of Hitcheock Hall with all kinds of thiey- ery. Ever since fashionable Hitchcock Hall was opened students who there have been pestered by thievery and although detectives were employe to catch the thief he had never been apprehended. Rosencranz had lived in the hall for two years and it is now believed that many of the robberies might be traced to him. He was caught stealing books by a fellow member of the hall. He entered the room of this member, -tak- inz $14 worth of books. of the theft Rosencranz at first denied it, but later he fessed Ris guilt. 3 An examination Into Rosencranz’'s was inade by the university and revealed that he has stolen constantly just-for the love of stealing. € never unn»mpted to sel anything that he stole so far as is koown. Rosencranz rec ohed plenty of ey from his - San Diego, and had no necessity for stealing He is the only son of a wid- CHICAGO, Ca for gain. owed mother, who $s'in véry poor health, and these re s are assigned ken by univer- authoritiec. o ———— Life Insurance Increascs, NEW YORK, June 1.—Statistics com- piled by an insurance joufnal here show that the American people are taking out life policles at the rate of $8.000,000 a day. for the lenient action ta sity ‘When accused | broke down and con- | | { [ | live | MARRIAGE POSTPONED bY A JAG Bride-to-Be Spurns Her Intoxicated Fiance. —_— - Special Dispatch to The Call. OTTUMWA, Iowa, Juneé 1.—Stricken by remorse and threatening to end his life, Albert Greenwood of Palestine, Texas, Assistant Attorney General of that State, is being guarded In a hotel in -this city by a brother and friends of the girl who yesterday afternoon re- fused to marry him. Last evening at 8 o'clock Greenwood was to have married Miss Maude Utecht, a most estimable and popular young woman of this city. He imbibed teo freely, however, and fell down two flights of stairs at the Wapéllo County Courthouse, where he went to get the marriage license. When' Miss Utecht heard.of the es- capade she flatly refused to marry him. i Ak BELIEVES EUROPEAN - NATIONS WILL COMBINE French Writer Says Means Must Be “ound to Resis sfon and CHICAGO, majority of the nations of Europe into a great federation has been predicted by Matole Leroy-Beaulieu; the French economist and sociologist, in a lecture on “The United States of Europe,” given under the auspices of the Allf- ! ance Francaise. In this union, which Professor Beau- leu' thought was sure to come about, though possibly not in the twentieth century, three nations, he said, would not be included: Erigland, because it would combine instead with the United States; ‘Russia, because it would form a great independent nation by itself, and Turkey, because it would be ab- sorbed by the coalition and lose its identity. The uniof would be a neces- sity, the speaker said, to resist Ame; can aggression and the “Yellow Peril June 1.—A union of the- | to any man who will \DVERTISES FOR BABY NOW SOkRY Wealthy Hawaiian Besieged With Offers. e Speclal Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, June 1.—Unhappy is Daniel Bidwell of Hilo, Hawali, a man of education and refinement. He in- serted an advertisement in a local pa» per a8 follows: “One hundred dollars will be paid tell me where there is a healthy and attractive girl two or three years old that I can adopt. This child must have refined features, with no indication of foreign parentage. Address Mr. Bidwell, room 58, Cosmo- politan Hotel, or call any morning be- tween 7 and 9 o’clock.” Bidwell sald to-night that he regret- ted the adventure. He admitted he wented a girl baby; so did his wife. Since the publication of the advertise- ment there has been an extra clerk at the hotel to assort the mail. Men with furtive eyes have wandered about the corridor before approaching the clerks with a whisper. Bidwell has taken his mail quietly to his room. Still he can- not escape the persons who call with a view to telling him where he can get an infant such as he desires. “I did see a baby girl this afternoon | that I liked very much, and I am going to see her again to-morrow. She meets the requirements as far as I can tell,” said Bidwell. Bidwell fears the newspaper reports of his advertisement.-will reach his friends in Hawaii. - Reinforcements for Kurokl. CHEFU, June 2.—Chinese arriving | from Takushan say that a Japanese force estimated at from €000 to 10,000, which landed at Takushan last month, has proceeded to Fengwangcheng. Re- inforcements, ‘it is reported, have been sent from other points. 1 | Ll SEEK STEANSH CONEMAUGH War Vessel 0 Aid in a Search at Sea. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, June 1.—To help clear the myste,n of a long-missing ship, the ald of the Navy Department has been invoked by the New York Maritime Exchange, which has sent an appeal to the Secretary of the Navy asking that gome vessel from the South Atlantic fleet be detailed to search for the Con- emaugh. The latter vessel sailed from Coronel, Chile, for this port on Febru- ary 28 and has not béen heard from since. It Is probable that a warship will be detailed. The Conemaugh is a vessel belonging to the International Mercantile Marine. With a crew of forty all told, mostly Americans, she started on her long journey from Honolulu for Philadel- phia on January 26. -She stopped at Coronel, Chile, for coal, leaving that port on February 28. Her master was directed to round Cape Horn rather than proceed through the straits of Ma- | gellan, and to call at St. Lucia, West Indles, for coal if necessary. Nothing has been heard of the Conemdugh since she sailed from Coronel. WANTS MONEY TO SOOTHE HER BROKEN HEART Pennsylvania Girl Sucs San Diegoan for $10,000 for Breach of Promise. ' LEBANON, Pa., June 1.—Ten thou- sand dollars damages dre asked- by Miss Mary J. Seltzer of this city in a suit for breach of promise of mar- riage against Charles S. Mark of San Diego, California. Miss Seltzer alleges that although engaged to marry her, Mark wedded another. She to-day se- cured an attachment against a $4000 legacy coming to him from the estate of his mother, who died here recently. la gray mustache, an elderly appear- | SWIFT PENALTY GIVE) KINGSLEY MAY BE 1Y SALT LAKE] Stranger Believed to. Be Missing New - Yorker. : | - —— SALT LAKE, June 1.—A man be- lieved to be Henry Baxter Kingsley. the wealthy New Yorker, who is' miss- | ing and for whom a reward of $10,000 has been offered by relatives, appeared‘ this evening in Salt Lake. He c&lled‘ at -the - home of Charles A. Walker, | general agemt of the Chicago and | Northwestern Rallroad. He informed Mrs. Walker that his name was W. G. Wallace, that he came frém New York and was well acquainted with the New York officials of the Northwestern, of whom he spoke familiarly. He further said that he was a holder of the road’s| honds, but declared he was accident- ally out of funds and asked for the loan of a dollar. 3 Mrs. Walker gave him the morey. Her husband, who came home just as the man was leaving the house, thought she had been bilked and forced the re- turn of the money. The man made no objection, assenting politely. After he had- gone Walker thought the stranger might be the demented Kingsley, who is supposed to be wanfl dering somewhere in Colorado or Utah. | The police were notified. The man is described as small, Wllh, ance and polished manners. He wore a} good suit of gray clothing, a-soft hat‘ vellow glofes and tan shoes. e NEGRO | TO A MURDEROUS ARLINGTON, Ga., June 1.—Arthur Thompson, a negro, shot and killed M. L. Dudley, a voung white man, last night. A crowd of men gaptured the negro, lvnched him and riddled the body with bullets before midnight. Dudley was manager of the city electric lighting plant and Thonipson was a fireman at the same plant. J | ‘\ i I | spondent “says | Japanese /REPORTS COSSAGK VICTORY Sakharofi Tells ol Vagenfuehu Combat. One Squadron of tlle' Foe's Cavalry An- - mmlated Anotner Force Sem to ‘Its Assistance -Suifers Heavy Losses. - —_— Special Disp: e Call. ST. PETERSBURG,.- June 1.—-The | first official report of the sngagement | at Vagenfuchu, befween Cossacks and | a column of cavalry and infantry from | General Kuroki's army, s received rat -the Jap- to-night. . It indicates anese rout was complete. General Sakharoff’ telegraphe@ ‘as follows, under to-day’s- date, to the general “staff: “According to reports the Japanese commander in-the action of May 30 near Vagenfuchu had three battalions of infantry in reserve. Our loss: were seventeen men killed and twentj three men wounded, and - Lieutenant Meyer and another officer, whose name has .not . been ‘ascertained, wounded. 3 ¢ “The Japanese losses were very con- siderable. One squadron-of the Thir- teenth Japanese Cavalry was an- - | nihilated in a hand-to-hand encountér, and anather squadron, which came to | its assistance, suffered "great. lods of life from the 'fire of - our frontiep | guards and riflemen.. Wé captured nineteen horses. ‘News of the Vagenfuchu victory was - received here with-rejoicing. It has been the contention of military experts -that Japanese cavalry could ret with- stand a charge by Cosssck riders, sad ‘the press accounts:of the combat are regarded as bearing out this theory. For thé first time: since tha war ‘began, Japanese snlc’aerc have turned | in flight. An Associated Préss corre- that -the infantrymen | threw away their shoés to -facilitate their escape . el RE‘I‘REATS AND ADV-\VC!ZS. )hvemem.s Ofll’y Feints to Screen Port Arthur Operations. ST. PETERSBURG, June 1:~The | War Office has received reports show- ing that the'Japansse are falling back , ° from Siuyen; southeast ef Fengwang- cheng, and M the meanwhus advanc- ing on Saimatzsa, almost dué north of Fengwangcheng. Both movements are taker to Indicate the continued de- sire of the Japnnese to screea the dp- erations before Port Arthur. As regards the operations north of Fengwangcheng the Cossacks have re- tired from S'\xma!m with the addi- | tional loss of ‘two officers and- sevan men wounded. Saimatzsa is now be- ing held by a -trong Japanm garri- _son. S s GLOOM IN NEWCHWANG. Russians Discouraged by the News of Kinchou Defeat. TIENTSIN, June 1—A courier who has arrived hers from Newchwang says: .“While |t is known 1hat the Rus- sians received reports from Mukden last night givihg the losses sigtained by them dur h!x: the fighting 4t Kin- chou gpd’ Nans! han Hill and the condi- ‘tions prevailing. they_ will not talk on the subject. The officers are desger- ately gloomy. Six hundred junk loads of supplies,’ ly heans and grain, purchased at Newchwang, were ship- ped to Liaoyang yesterday.” Rumors of Chinese Outbreak. * HARBIN, Manchuria, June There Are persisterrt rumors of a ri ing in Mongolia. J\pnnese spies and emissariés are busy in:the Russian rem— : mos Lo Sty Wu‘m(:ounudmh...