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THE SAN FRANC FRIDAY, !SC' 0 CALL, JULY 1. 1902 'DESPERATE FIGHTING PRECEDES CAPTURE OF FENSHUI PASS Russian Torpedo-Boat Destroyer Runs the Blockade and Carries to Newehwang Official Dispatches From Gen- eral Stoessel, Commander at Port Arthur. ST RSEURG, June 30.—A Rus- yno ships were sunk. The Chinese say sian torpedo-boit destroyer has ar-|it was reported at Port Arthur that ived at Newchwang from Port Arthur. ’”’" large \;arshlpdwa.s sunk, . while P ree were damaged. commande: denies that any Rus- | "l Yol DTS o gectare that stan ships were ‘sm damaged fn [ the impression prevails at Port Arthur - ht off Port Arthur on June 23. | that the Japanese will succeed in their He ares that after clearing away {iand operations. The Japanese are yanese pines the whole Russ erecting a large fort, which commands arued £ the harbor, the harbor of Port Arthur, but which is » Japa »edo boats were | out of range of the Russian guns on the Golden Hill forts. cispatch received from —_— he com- | KUROPATKIN TO RETREAT. n military forces | ihat the *quadron | Russian Commander Will Withdraw I ulsing five torpedo- | His Forces to Haicheng. ains no fur | BERLIN, July 1. — The Tatchekiao ails « wention any dam- | correspondent of the Lokal Anzeiger, ‘ ships, authorities that the Admiral t was very much exagger- and {in a has dispatch dated June 30, s had an interview Kuropatkin his retreat. d is dated June 24. established at Haic 3 ISSEL. CARRIES DISPATCHES. — NEWCHWANG, The Rus- JAPAD utenant n Port Ar- is berthed Sivouch. The ant Burukoff teil that Admiral Mikado Already Has the Front in Manchuria. July 1.—On June bz sians e he Guif of Pechili Oku in From an authoritative source 24, Japanese landed an inde- ent division of 10,000 men at their on the Elliott Islands. n is to be used to either ass!sli Nozdu at Port Artbur or Gen- clearing the railway. ays he | with General Kuropatkin regarding the military sit- - & | nation and declares that the Russian T w0 - ‘gj'!?“‘g,{‘]? for| general has decided to withdraw to idencl gt M o ® | Haicheng. General Kuropatkin, ' the | LTS o S correspondent says, left the First Si-| Sl s berian Army Corps and the Thirty- to Lisutens fifth Division at Kaichou to protect | Headquartérs are already | 'S ENORMOUS ARMY. 180,000 Men at it is it is yers taken fr AS CURE FOR ALCOHOLISM Chinese at Taku in 1900. The gen eral belief here is “’4‘ sha ran ‘\d’“fldl Institution for Treatment-of Drunk- | blockade ar ards by Strange Means lished at St. Petersburg. PETERSBURG June 30. officers are on St who ed in Petersburg Bakoff, CONFLICTING STORIES TOLD. | Oof radical cures for the* the ary trans- | Watts, damaged and that | Royal Academy, Ly Dr. investigated the results and claims there have been 70 per cent system against 30 per cent in the cases of other known was crowded with| jezrned that the Japanese mow have! appearance of hav- | 180000 mgn in the field in Southern | ral engagement, her | Manchur while the entire fourth v, and it | army is vet to be landed. many | s = —- - 3 tenant Burukoff is one of | HAS FAITH IN HYPNOTISM Estab- “— The ment of alcoholism by hypnotism, | Russians ‘Jast night celebrated | h began at Moscow in 1896 and has f the L enant Burukoff. | heen tried at Ekaterinoslaff, Voronezh | music from the east of | and other places since, has been insti- | pean and ¢ € hur teh | €UF > dif result of - nava Thereday. ¥Famous Painter Is Dying. 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TRUNKS Of all kinds and the kind that no other dealer can shcw—the World Renowned INNOVATION TRUNKS For men and women. ROOS BROS. KEARNY AT POST This | R. Z.| Japanese Repeatedly Outflank the Russians and in a Final Charge Put Them to 'British Correspondent Asserts That in Battle Resulting Flight, the Defeated Force Leaving Many Dead Upon the Field and Retreating in Disorder Toward the Position Held by Kuropatkin’s Main Army. ST. PETERSBURG, June 30.—The following dispatch from General Kuro- patkin to the Emperor, dated June 29, was received to-day: “Toward 8 o’clock on the morning of June 27 our troops, having dislodged the enemy's advance guard, composed of cavalry and infantry, occupied the station of Senuchen; but at 9 o'clock it was discovered that a brigade of the enemy’s infantry was advancing in front, while other columns were turning our detachment’s left flank. The town of Senuchen, which is sur- rounded by walls, also was occupied by the Japanese. Consequently at 11 o'clock our troops slowly withdrew. As regards losses, we only know that an officer and ten men were wounded. “A reconnaissance carried out on the road from Siakhotung to Erltatan and Khanza revealed the presence of six companies of the enemy’s infantry and two squadrons of cavllry at May- aratsa, three miles southeast of Sia- khotung. In this reconnaissance Cap- tain Vasslief(, Lieutenant Makaroff | and five Cossacks were wounded. Mak- aroff succumbed. “There was some skirmishing on June 25 between the enemy and our outposts five miles west of Samiarlkau. | i COSSACKS PURSUE JAPANESE. | “At 4 o’clock on the morning of June 26 a detachment of the enemy (near- Iy an infantry brigade, with two bat- teries) occupied Santiao, firing on our outposts occupying Black Mountain. Our three companies firmly held their ! ground until reinforced. At 6 o’'clock | In the morning a battery of Cossacks and a mountain battery took up a position and opened fire on ‘the front {and flank of a Japanese battery and | dense columns of infantry, which had | abreared azainst our left. At 1 p. m. the Japanese began to retire, pressed by our troops, who had offensive, and pursued thc enemy far Santiao. soldiers killed and two officers thirty-threc men wounded. “The battle recommenced at 6 o'clock in the morning. A Cossack battery ana a mounted battery repeatedly pursued the enemy’s infantry and silenced the Japanese batteries. A section of our infantry repulsed the Japanese on our as Our losses were six and | 1 | | right. The fightMig ceased at 5 o'clock. “A section of the Eleventh Horse | Battery, which participated in the | | fighting, astonished everybody by its gallantry in pushing on so far as the Shanha? Pass and holding its own | against eight of the enemy’s gups un- til its ammunition was exhausted. “Our losses have not been ascertained definitely, but they are reported not to | exceed fifty men and twenty horses. “A battalion and a squadron of the | Japanese vanguard on June 26, operat- ing north of the Siuyen-Kaichou road occupied Chéluangtien, four 1iles northeast of Siakhouhung. o “A concentration toward evening of twenty-six Japanese battalions was ob- served near the village of Wangtsia- putse, on the Siuyen-Haichong road. BROWN MEN CAPTURE PASS. ‘From the morning of June 27 the Japanese developed a frontal attack against our troops in Ta Pass, simul- taneously turning our right with at least a division of infantry and three field batteries. THhe fight lasted until 7:30 o'clock in the evening. In view of the enemy's great strength and the turning movement, our troops retired | slowly from the pass. The enemy did not advance. Our losses are undeter- mined, but are estimated at about 200, “On June the.enemy continued to advance from Fenshui and Motien | passes, frontally and flanking. At least | eight battalions and ten guns were con- | centrated against Motien Pass. | “At 4 o'clock in the afternoon the enemy occupied Kautia Pass on the Li. ang main road. “Since June 25 the Japanese have been advancing, their right, occupying Saimatsza on the morning of June 26, three companies advancing beyond. At first they forced back the Cossacks, but subsequently the Japanese were | repulsed.” TOKIO'S ACCOUNT OF BATTLE. TOKIO, June 30.—Detailed reports of | the capture of Fenshui Pass on June show that he Russlans were driven rom an exceedingly strong position | dominating the Shimucheng road. In | this engagement the Russian losses | were again heavier than those of the Japanese. The Japanesz out-maneuv- | ered the Russians *- working around the enemy's right flank and attacking him in the rear. The Japanese advanced in three col- umns. One was assigned to deliver a frontal attack and the others to strike the enemy on the flanks. The column v'hich advanced upon the Russian right flank fought a separate action. It en- countered three battalions of infantry, six guns and two machine guns on Sunday morning. This engagement lasted until sunset Sunday. At this hour the Japanese bivouacked, and re- |newed the assault at midnight, when | they succeeded in defeating the Rus- | sians. { On Monday morning, the 2ith, the Russians were reinforced by three bat- talions and sixteen guns. They assault- ed the Japanese viciously and endeav- |ored to retake the position they had lost. They werc repulsed and the Japanese flankers worked their way to the rear of the main Russian position at Fon- shui Pass. This attack occurred at 3 o'clock in the morning. In the meantime the Japanese col- umn which had been assigned to make the frontal attack met and routed 2000 infantry and cavalry posted near Wen- chapantsu. This occurred on Sunday, the 26th. RUSSIANS LEAVE MANY DEAD. At dawn of Monday the Japanese re- newed the attack. The fighting this day was opened with artillery. The Russians poured a deadly artillery fire upon the attackers and the Japanese artillery secured a mnew -position and delivered a heavy cross fire upon the Russian lines of defense. While this was proceeding the Japanese infantry | and engineers cleared the obstructions from the Russian rear and closed in upon the enemy. The Russians broke and fled at 11:30 o'clock on Monday morning. The Japanese gained and re- tained possession of the heights. The Russians left ninety dead behind them on the heights. This number of dead does not include those found in the val- | leys. The Japanese lost 270 men kllled or wounded in the flanking and frontal | attacks. The Russian troops that defended Fenshui Pass consisted of eleven bat- talions of infantry, twelve squadrons of cavalry and three batteries of artil, lery. The enemy had spent three months in fortifying Fenshui Pass. The bar- racks and other buildings captured by the Japanese had not been destroyed, but before retreating the Russians burned their warehouses at Shantasu. The Russians retreated in disorder to- ward Shimuchong. The Japanese captured eighty-eight prisoners. JAPANESE COLUMN ADVANCING. LIAOYANG, Wednesday, June 29.— The Javanese column which forced ! the passage of Motien Pass is advanc- ing on Liaoyang by the eastern road. A Russian force commanded by Gen- eral Count Keller is holding a forti- fied position commanding the road on this side of the pass. The object of the Japanese is to cut the Russiam communications northward of Liao- yvang while General Kuropatkin is operating in the vicinity of Haicheng with practically” the whole of the Russian forces. e SR KUROPATKIN SHOWS SKILL. Holds to His Position in the Face of Overwhelming Odds. COPENHAGEN, June 30.—"Kuro- patkin is wiser than all his critics. He is conducting an arduous campaign with signal ability, and instead of losing reputation in Manchuria, he promises to emerge from the ordeal brilliantly triumphant personaly, | even though Russia should be beaten. My ovinion is based on acquaintance ! with the main factors of the case. The Czar's commander .in chief is managing a small ormy against over- whelming numbers with skill and ef- fectiveness unsurpassed, if equaled, in modern war., I remember that Ku- ropatkin said before leaving St. Pe- | tersburg: ‘Patience! Patience! Pa- tience! This declaration was made to-day by a prominent European soldier, who had been stopping at Copenhagen for a fortnight on his way home from St. Petersburg. He is familiar with the Far East from personal observation, speaks Russian fluently and is per- sona grata at the Czar’s court. “Think what Kuropatkin has done,” | he went on. “The war is almost five months old and yet the Russians, | flanked on sea, where the Japanese are supreme, and beset along a 200- ‘mile front by a vast army of almost unrivaled fighters, are still clinging to their original positions. All this time Russian, reinforcements are arriving and Kuropatkin is steadily whittling away the disheartening odds agalnst him. “Kuropatkin may still be forced !D retreat, but the fact remains that he has made splendid use of his oppor- tunities. If he is only successful in his Withdrawal after all that he has| risked he will have achieved the nec- essary crown to a masterly piece of defensive campaigning.” drgsoge WAR SPIRIT PREDOMINATES. Washington Learns That Neither Combatant Desires Mediation. i WASHINGTON, June 30.—While the | officials here are satisfied from their| private advices that the recent visit of | King Edward to his nephew, Emperor“ William, was not brought about by a purpose to initiate a movement toward | the restoration of peace between Russia | and Japan, there is no reason to believe accept the offer from a suitable medi- ator. From the highest official sources here and from the Japanese legation comes the positive statement that nothing whatever has resulted from the inter- view between King Edward and Em- peror William at Kiel that was in any way connected with the Russo-Japan- ese war. There seems to be no doubt that responsible ministers seriously warned King Edward that he must initiate any steps in that direction with his Imperial nephew. The Japanese legation, it appears made discreet inquiries as to whether or not this advice was carried out, and it was stated to-night that there was every reason to believe the war was not discussed at Kiel, except in the most informal and conversational way. g P ——— EXPLOSION AT KRONSTADT. Fire Breaks Out in the Torpedo Mechanism Shops. ST. PETERSBURG, June 30.—As a result of the receipt of news of a fire which took place at the torpedo works at Kronstadt last night, this city was to-night filled with the wildest rumors, including one to the effect that the Peterhof palace had been blown up. The damage at Kronstadt was con- fined to the torpedo mechanism shops, which were almost wholly destroyed, together with twenty whitehead tor- pedoes. Five of the torpedoes had war heads attached, and they exploded, which 2dded to the fire and excite- ment. - A considerable quantity of oil stored in the works also was burned. An alarm was given in time to prevent logs of life and more serious loss of property. The authorities do not attach much importance to the accident, and say the works will soon be able to resume full time. — . BURIAL OF MIDDLETON. Russian Soldiers Bear War Writer to His Last Resting Place. LIAOYANG, Wednesday, June 29.— The burial of Henry J. Middleton, cor- respondent of the Associated Press, took place at 7 o'clock on Monday evening, during a heavy thunderstorm. The funeral services, that of the Greek church, conducted by Father Theador, the chief of Parofsky Monastery, near Moscow, were Sisters of Charity sang the choral mass. A number of wounded in the hospital knelt and prayed. Douglass Story, a London correspondent; surgeons, several sisters and convales- borne on the .shoulders of soldiers, across the fields to a small knoll, where soldiers are buried. i g FIGHTING IN KOREA. Cossack Ralders Attack the Mixed that some very careful and discreet inquiries as to the opportuneness of | overtures at this time have emanated from Washington. It may be stated | that the result has beeg to disclose| the fact that neither of the belligerent | powers is yet in a humor to sue for peace, nor even to emtertain overtures | from any third powsr. The State Department will continue | to maintain the friendly position it has so far hgld toward both Russia and Japan, standing ready to mediate and | extend its good offices to the full when- | ever the belligerents indicate their wil- | lingness to accept them. LONDON, June 30.—The news from Washington that steps were believed | to have been taken looking to media- tion between Russia and Japan creates great surprise here. The British gov- ernment not only has taken no vart in | such measures, but apparently is igno- rant that they were in progress. Official opinion here, from Premier Balfour down, is that the time is not yet ripe for any offer of mediation; but, to quote a person in Balfour's confi- dence, “Great Britain has kept the door open for any such contingency.” It is not likely that this government would be acceptable in the role of arbitrator, but it would at the right time use all its influence to urge the belligerents to | ' i} i | were delayed by the bad roads. dispatches show that a Russian, force | reached Gensan on June 5 and erfRaged | Garrison of Gensan. ST. PETERSBURG, June 30.—Re- | ports from the Russian detachments | operating in Northern Korea have just been received. Couriers bringing them the Japanese, inflicting losses. Gensan was then held by 1200 Japanese infantry with artillery and 400 Korean. soldiers. The Korean soldiers are ill-disposed toward the Japanese. Two thousand Japanese infantry with | where | artillery are quartered at Seoul, there are many hospitals and enormous stores of provisions and munitions. sy, T Oku Buries 1854 Russian Dead. TOKIO, June 30.—A report received | from Genera! Oku says that after thc, fighting at Telissu (Vafangow) on June 15 he buried 1854 Russian dead. The trophies taken by the Japanese in this engagement included sixteen guns, | forty-six wagons and 958 rifles. UL T Correspondent Knight Not Killed. LONDON, June 30.—The Morning Post's Tokio correspondent contradicts the report that War Correspondent E. F. Knight of the Post staff was killed recently. touching and solemn. | the | cents accompanied the bier, which was | The | Russian Regiment Was LONDON, July 1.—The Sh:mghni cor- | respondent of the Daily Chronicle says | that in the engagement off Port Arthur| on June 23 the Russian baulesmpv Sevastopol was slightly damaged. The correspondent says the coal sup- ply in Port Arthur is sufficient to last eight months. The battleships Retvizan and Cesarevitch, he says, have been completely repaired and their guns, which had been placed on the forts, bave been replaced. The Japanese, the correspondent says, occupied Wolf Mountain after desper- ate fighting, in which a Russian regi- ment was almost annihilated. ~ The Tientsin correspondent of the Standard says that Chinese bandits re- cently derailed a train south of Harbin, as a result of which thirty-three per-| FAQUL REBELS | HOLD UP STAGE Shoot and Kill the Driver| and Fatally Wound 'lwol Other Men on the Coach| i i Special Dispatch to The Call. GUAYMAS, Mexico, June 30. — A| courier arriving from Potam to-day brought to the civil authorities an ac- | count of the holding up of the stage | which left Guaymas Wednesday morn- | ing for Potam and Torin. Fifteen Yaqui Indians surrounded the stage a few miles out of Torin, on the Yaqui River, Wednesday afternoon, | killed the driver and fatally wounded | his assistant and a passenger. The malil | sacks were rifled and everything of value to the Indians in the express was | carried off. The Yaquis. also robbed | the dead driver and wounded men of their valuables and, remounting their horses, rode away. | The courier stated that his story was obtained from the passenger and as- sistant driver. He was one of a party which set out from Torin when the | stage did not arrive at nightfall, be- | lieving that something was wrong. The two men who survived the attack were su seriously wounded that they could | only crawl to the roadside. The horses | had been shot down by the savages and | the single passenger was in. a dying | condition when found. | The Indians first shot the driver from | ambush and, rushing out from their cover, surrounded the stage. The two men now living escaped the fire from ambush, but were hit by flying bullets ‘V\hen the Indians charged the horses. rAtler plundering the vehicle the In- dians scattered, making it d'fcult for ‘the pursuing parties which set out | from Torin and Potam to trail them. ———————— BENICIA SOCIETY FAVORITE WEDS A SAN FRANCISCAN Miss Beatrice Winifred Robinson Be- comes the Bride of Julian Wea- ver Farnsworth. BENICIA, June 20.—At high noon to- | day Miss Beatrice Winifred Robinson, | | eldest daukhter of Mr. and Mrs. Alex- ander Robinson of Benicia, was mar- | ried to Jullan Weaver Farnsworth, son | of Mrs. E. 8. Farngworth and brother | of Mrs. Theodore Gray of San Fran- cisco. The wedding was solemnized by the Rev. Isaac Dawson in St. Paul's Epis- ! copal Church, which was beautifully | decorated by the friends of the bride. The bride is a graduate of the State University and a favorite among a large circle of friends in Benicia and in San Franciseo. A reception was held and a breakfast served to fifty friends in the Masonic Temple. Aftef a wedding jnurney Mr. and Mrs. Farnsworth will reside in San | | Francisco. | in Capture of Wolf Mountain by Japanes | Projectors Purpose Entering an Entire Almost Annihilated. * sons were killed and fifty-eight Injured. The correspondent of the Standard at Matsuyama, Japan, cabling under date of June 30, says: “To-day I visited the Russian prison- ers here. Five hundred and eight of them were admitted to the army hos- pital, practically all of whom suffered from wounds inflicted from small arms. Two hundred and nine have beef dis- charged as completely cured. At pres- ent there are twelve officers, thirty seven non-commissioned officers and 245 privates under treatment here, and all of them are likely to recover with the exception of one, who has been para lyzed. There are flve temporary h pitals here, in w h Japanese ladies, American women, missionaries and members of the Red Cross assist in the nursing.” _ URORS FIND COWAN GUILTY Mingr Who Took Part in the Mojave Lynchng Is Con- vieted of Manslanghter e sty BAKERSFIELD, June 30.—James Cowan, the Mojave miner charged with { the murder of James Cummings, the negro who was lynched at Mojave on March 19, was convicted of manslaugh- ter to-day. The jury was out nearly twenty-four hours and recommended the prisoner to the mercy of the court. One juror stood out all night for mur- der in the first degree with the death penalty. The other members of the mob who went to the jail with the intention of tarring and feathering the negro are | not likely to be prosecuted. —_———— NAYVY DEPARTMENT PAYS PURCHASE RICE OF SITE Government Takes. Possession | of Land Bought on Marin County Shore for Coaling Station. VALLEJO, June 30.—Admiral B. H. McCalla, commandant of the Mare Island navy-yard, went to San Frar cisco this afternoon and paid $80.000 to the agents for sixty acres of land located on the western shore of San Francisco Bay, about midway be- tween California City and El Campo. The Navy Department will establish a coaling station there at a cost of $100,000 thgt will accommodate 100,000 tons of coal. The site is said to be ad- mirable for the purpose propesed. A marine guard was sent this afternoon from the Mare Island navy-yard to hoist the flag over the newly acquired territory and to take pos jon in the name of the Navy Department. —————————— WATER COMPANY INCORPORATES IN MARIN NEW Into Competition With Old Corporation in Southern Part of County. SAN RAFAEL, June 30.—A certified copy of articles of incorporation of the North Coast Water Company was filed in the office of the County Clerk to- day. The capital stock is $600,000. The principal stockholders are James New- lands Jr. of Mill Valley, John C. New- lands and W. A. Magee of San Fran- cisco, Frederic E. Magee of Oakland and C. W. Brock of Berkeley. The purpose of the company is to sup- ply the inhabitants of Southern Marin County with portable water. The new company will be a formidable competi- tor of the Marin County Water Com- pany, that for years has controlled the water supply of Marin unty. e e— CHURCH MAY BORROW.—Judge granted permission to the Lutheran Paulus Congregation to mortgage its property for $1S.500 with i.which to liquidate outstanding deb ADVERTISEMENTS. Suits and Top Coats $8-5° Ready-to-Wear Garments---Just. the Thing for Your Outing on the Fourth of tan. cut right. Going to the country on the Fourth? wear an expensive suit and subject it to dust and dirt. Why not buy one of our $8.50 suits? weight and color, and are also light in price. They are the same quality of garments you see in other stores marked $12.50. 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