The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 22, 1904, Page 1

—_—— TEE WEATEER. winds. . | Forecast made at San Fran- cisco for thirty bours ending midnight, July 23, 19041 Sax Prancisco and vicinity— Cloudy Priday; fresh southerly , A G. McADIE, SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, JULY 22, 1904. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VLADIVOSTOK SQUADRON IS NEARING YOKOHAMA AND THE JAPANESE SEAPORT EXPECTS AN ATTACK TOKIO, July 22,10 a. m.-—-A fisherman reports that the Vladivostok squadron was off Miyako yesterday, going in a southeasterly direction at a speed of ten knots. ron will be off Yokohama late to-day.. suspended, awaiting the location of the Russian fleet. The eastern coast of Japan ORE THEFT | S CHARGED 10 HEINE Montana Copper King Is Sued for $5M00. Alleged to Have Looted Property of the Boston Company. Plaintif Asserts That the Minnie Healy Mine Was Made Productive Through Foraging, Mont., July 21.—F. Augustus his agents are now charged taken advantage of under- ngs in the Minnie Healy the rich ore bodies in ad- es belonging to the Boston a Company. The value of und r is placed at 3,7 in the t was begun to-day by tb ton Company a; g , the Johnstown Mi e Montana Ore Pur- and E. H. ¥ n. that e complaint it is stated Piccolo and Gambetta adjacent to one another, ne compact body of mineral d the properties are worked in the earth the s unite and form one aintiff Boston and the right to of the ed, to all points he claims in the he ore bodies. hen Heinze pro- he Minnie Healy been a paying one, xtensively pros- many thou- perienced miners. ntana Company the exploita- ies the Minnie DENOUNCES EXCLUSION LAW Justice Brewer Likens It to the Anti- Witcheraft Orvsade in Massa- chusetts. July 21.—Justice Da- before the ance emphasized in this coun- liberty and ng I think people will come when ted States will barbarous laws ex- s citizens as Mas- to the hanging of the look back to cluding the Chines setts 100 c Americ he witches s the great com- site photographer of nations, with a ty to take all the races of the earth, with all the va lements of ons, and put them on the m e one picture, one race.” ————— DOG CATCHERS ARE THE CAUSE OF FATAL Hior Several Are Injured in Fight Fol- lowing an Attack on Two Poundmen. CHICAGO, y 21.—In a riot grow- ing out of an attempt to take a dog froma M I-street tenement house to-day Po an P. Lillis was fatally injursd icepick. Edwlrg Stearchy hew Werli, dof cked unconscious with stones and Wolf Kalford, David Harr's and Isaac Cohen received bul- jet wounds ifi the legs. The disturb- ance was q 1 after a detachment of fifty pelicemen had fired two vol- leys t the crowd which had gathered and were attacking the dog catchers. ————— FX-SENATOR VEST IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION Healkh Falling Rapidly and Friends Fear the End Is Near. SWEET SPRINGS, Mo., July 21.— Ex-Senator Vest is in a critical condi- tion #nd his closest friends say there but little hope for his recovery. His mind is clear, but his strength is failitg rapidly each day. His son and daughter are not here, but they have been summoned and will arrive soon. - ———— New Italian Minister to Tolkdo. CITY OF MEXICO, July 21.—Count de Vinci, the Italian Minister to Mex- m.. been appointed Minister te Mis | of Missouri Statesman l’!figm had occurred, but cut ge vein after | AS BARBAROUS | | street. | with Raynsford, | caused the aff | \ [ | MMELS VIFE'S COMPANION A8 SO Broker Rutter of New - York in Street Afiray: Dispatch to The Call. 1.—The friendly years between N Rutter, 477 Third street, Brooklyn, and that of Arthur T. Raynsford of 457 Third street, brought to an abrupt termination this g, when Rutter s his wife Bpecial NEW YORK existin of T ing for mas relations the family a broker 1i at talking with Raynsford’'s brother, Ien | Raynsford, a contractor, and proceed- ed to pummel him on the street before his wife and a crowd. Rutter, returning from his business, left a Seventh-avenue car at Seventh As he alighted he saw his wife and, becoming en- raged, walked hurriedly to a peanut vender’s wagon, from which “he ripped a piece of wood. Then, running across the street, he struck Raynsford on the head. No words passed between the three, but after four blows Rutter dropped the short piece of wood and went at Raynsford, striking him about the face and shoulders with his fists. from all accounts, was surprise, and it was some minutes before he determined what to do. Mrs. Rutter stepped back from the two men and when Raynsford noted | this he gave Rutter several severe blows on the face, sending him reeling to the pavement. The men's straw hats were knocked into the muddy gut- ter and were recovered by Mrs. Rutter, Wwho held them until the two had parted. The fight was stopped by sev- eral friends. | _ Mrs. Rutter then departed for her | home, followed shortly by Rutter, who stopped long enough to satisfy the cu- riosity of the crowd as to why the his talk policeman ap- Jealousy is believed to have suddenly short as a peared. —_———— Drouth in Arizona Is Broken. PRESCOTT, Ariz., July 21.—The pe- riod of drouth here, which had lasted since last September, was partly. broken by a storm which commenced last night, accompanied by thunder and lightning and then settling down te a gentle rain, which continued until this afternoon. Had the dry weather continued & month longer many stock- men would have lost their entire hold- were | -— 2T P LT e st e i PASSAGE OF THE YALU: JAPANESE TROOPS CROSSING THE RIVER UNDER FIRE. o ShE Armies of Kuropatkin and Kuroki Battle and LONDON, July A Russian cor- respondent of the Daily Telegraph at Mukden, under date of July 19, says: “A fierce fight has been raging dur- ing the past two,days and continues. ¥ who i 1 { | | | | [ apanese, are superior in | attacked with great daring The Russians are con- ground splendidly. panese flanking movement to is the real cause of our retire- ment. | “Heavy losses have been sustained. | The Japanese artillery has again shown its superiority.” | The scene of the fighting is not men- tloned by the correspondent. | LIAOYANG, Wednesday, July 20.— | The Russian Eastern army to-day at- tacked the Japanese on the opposite | side of the valiey of the Liao River. Lieutenant General Count Keller, after | @ hard fight, compelled the Japanese to retreat with great loss. General Herschelmann on July 19 had a successful engagement, forcing the Japanese to rapidly retreat on their main force. The Russian losses were 600 men killed or wounded. It is reported that General Kuroki is suffering from malaria and that he | follows his army in a litter. | General Oku, it is rumored. has re- | sumed his advance beyond Kaichou. The Russians are expecting a battle. LIAOYANG, Wednesday, July 20.— News was received from Tatchekiad yesterday that the Japanese ha broken through the Russian left flank, between Lieutenant General Count Keller's position and that of General Rennenkampff, and that they were marching upon Mukden. The rumors to this effect are persistent, but there is no official confirmation of them. LONDON, July 22.—According to a special dispatch from Moscow, the Russky Listok of that city confirms the report from Liaoyang that the Jap- anese have broken through the Russian left flank and are marching on Muk- den. PRI RUSSIA DOUBTS REPORT. Does Not Believe Japanese Have Turned Kuropatkin’s Flank. ST. PETERSBURG, July 21.—The most sensational bit of news from the front is the dispatch from Liaoyang, dated ,July 20, reporting a persistent rumor that the Japanese have broken through the Russian left wing, be- tween the positions of Lieutenant Gen- eral Count Keller and General Ren- nenkampff, and are marching upon Mukden. The report received from General Kuropatkin bearing the same date WAR BULLETINS LONDON, July 21.—Twenty guineas | per cent was quoted at Lloyds’ to-day | for insurance against the outbreak of |an Anglo-Russian war within three ‘\\m‘l»\. This is the rate which pre- | vailed at Lioyds’ on the Russo-Japan- | ese war three weeks prior to the out- | break of hostilities. ST. PETERSBURG, July 21.—The Emperor to-day discussed with the | Governor General of the Caucausus the situation in connection with the movements in Armenia of the Bourat | tribes. The Emperor also conferred with the Governor of Irkutsk. There appears to be a revolutionary move- LIAOYANG, Wednesday, July 20.— General Herschelmann yesterday suc- cessfully effected a reconnaissance in force in the direction of Sikeyan, dis- covering a large force of Japanese. He held his position until evening and re- tired with slight losses. LONDON, July 22.—The Standard in an editorial this morning says the admiral of the British Mediterranean squadron has received his instructions, and “if the Malacca is not voluntarily surrendered she will be intercepted be- fore she can pass the Straits of Gib- raitar.” says that thel/e has been no change of importance in the situation and a close study of the dates shows that the ru- mor probably refer§ to the Japanese advance against General Rennen- kampff on the Northern Samaitsza- Liaoyang road, when they drove the Russians back as far as Houtsiatze, twenty-six miles east of Liaoyang. A later dispatch shows that General Herschelmann commanded this de- tachment of General Rennenkampff's cavalry and that he turned and took the offensive, subsequently compelling the Japanese to retire in the direction of Sikevan. Further but incomplete details of General Keller's attack at Motien Pass on July 17 show that the fight lasted all day and was a bloody af- the Russian Loss Is Heavy. SR L fair. The 'SevA y Regiment rushed eight of the Japanese guns with the bayonet, but later was compelled to abandon them. A Russian detachment which cross- ed the Liao River at dawn on the opening of the fight discovered a Jap- anese detachment under a hill dressed in the Russian uniform and hailed the soldiers Russian as friends, but when the Russians got within range the Japanese opened fire. .- WANTS AMERICAN SUPPORT. England Would Draw United States Into Red Sea Controversy. LONDON, July 21.—Tnere is reason to believe that Great Britain is ex- changing views with other powers re- garding the operations of the volun- teer fleet steamships and the hardships thereby inflicted on neutral comimerce. The State Department in Washington particularly has kept informed of de- velopments. It is sald in a responsible quarter that the State Department is giving especial attention to the legal aspect of the question of the seizure of contraband and it is believed Secre- tary Hay may consider that the dan- ger which menaces American com- merce passing through the Red Sea is sufficlent to warrant the issue of a gen- eral declaration respecting the attitude of America, This would be‘welcomed by the Foreign Office here, which be- lieves' the principles actuating America are those it is striving to uphold. In a dispatch from Washington sev- eral days ago it was stated that the erican Government viewed with eduanimity the searching of merchant- men in the Red Sea, as the number of ships of American registry traversing that water was so small that the men- ace to this country’s merchant marine was insignificant as compared with the interest of old world powers. There- fore this Government did not intend to be drawn into any quarrel concerning the right of belligerent warships to search neutral vessels for contraband. As a matter of fact, this right is con- ceded, and the dispute between Russia and other, European vessels arises over a question in which America has no concern—the passage of the Darda- nelles by Russian volunteer steamships and their subsequent conversion into cruisers. The doubtful character of these vessels has supplied the basis for the protest sent by Great Britain to St. Petersburg. e, Steamship Pak Ling Not Seized. 'LONDON, July 21.—The officers of the China Mutual Chinese Navigation Com- GAMBLING HOUSES T0 BE CLISED Mayor of Memphis Surrenders o Special Dispatch to The Call. MEMPHIS. Tenn, July 21.—Mayor Williams to-day replied to the request of the Comm: n of Public Safety that he close gambling-houses as fol- lows: “Understanding in the above ques- tion the term ‘gambling-houses’ to mean gambling of all kinds and at all places for money and for thinss of value, I beg leave to state that. in re- sponse to what I bel mand of the public, as“at present in- dicated by press and pulpit, I will do so to the best of my ability.” For the same reason the Mayor promises to see that the saloons. are kept closed from midnight to 4 o’clock | in the morning. Four of the alleged murderers of deputies appeared for trial in the Criminal Court to-day, Harry Keene of New York, the fifth man, being {1 Wwith appendicitis. The State elected to try the indictment against George Honan and Congressman Patterson asked for a change of venue, which was | refused by Judge Moss. continuance was then made, also was denied. + — pany deny the report circulated last night that the steamship Pak Ling had been seized by a Russian volunteer fleet cruiser in the Red Sea. RS P SR FOUR JUNKS ARE SUNK. Chinese Crews Lost as Result of a Japanese Attack. NEWCHWANG, Tuesday, July 19.— Japanese warships In the gulf of Liao- tung are stopping vessels carrying con- traband of war. They sank four junks off the Chinese coast. All of the crews were lost. Other junks from Chefu for the Kwantung Peninsula with rice have been deprived of their cargoes. ol T, Viadivostok Awaits Attack. VLADIVOSTOK, July 21.—Work on the fortifications is being actively pushed and everything is in_a state of preparedness. The troops are anx- fously awaiting the appearance of the Japanese. —— War News Continued on Page 2. A motion for a which td be the de- | If this course and speed be maintained, the squad- is shrouded in fog. Shipping has been I, PRINCE WEARIES OF IS BURDEN Rockefeller Will Re- tire to a Life of Base, Resigns From Directorate of All Companies but the Standard. { Planning to Spend His Declining Years at His Magnificent Pocantico Estate, —ar Spectal Dispatch to The Call NEW YORK, July 21.—John D. Rocke- feller is now a director of only the Standard Oil Company, of which he also | is president. He has resigned from the | corporations with which he has been connected. In doing this Rockefeller has followed out a pian formed a yea; ['ago to withdraw from every other cory poration with which he has been conl | nected except the Standard Oil Com | pany and to give his tion wholly to that. Just how much his course has been suggested by fear of attacks now being made upon him and others of the Standard Oil ring by Thomas Lawson can only be conjectured, but it s cer- tain that he has now drawn in his lines | until he exercises directive powers in but one great corporation. John D. Rockefeller and William Rockefeller have both resigned from the board of the Missouri, Kansas and | Texas Rallway Company, their places having been taken by Joseph Price of | London and F. N. Finney of Milwau- kee. This was the last company with which John D. Rockefeller was con- nected, except the Standard Oil So quietly and so carefully has Rockefeller carried out hi¥ plans that no effect of any importance has fol- |lowed his Hmiting his activities to Standard Oil. He is still a large stock- holder in many large companies. Notwithstanding the fact that Rock- efeller has been quietly getting out of the directorates of all companies with | which he has been connected. stories | of his planning new and greater con- | solidations have been of daily occur- | rence. It is now known, however, that instead of plunging into new flelds of | trust a monopolistic endeavor he is 50 p. ng his business course as to | leave all work of this sort to his part- | ners in the Standard Oil Company, while planning his own career so as to | permit him to retire in a short time to the enjoyment of the magnificent baronial estate he has acquired at a cost of mor an $3,000,000 in the Pocantico H | WAR’'S COST TO JAPAN. | WASHINGTON, July 21.—According to an official financial statement just | received by the Japanese Legation, Japan's war account up to this time aggregates $360,000,000. This fact is forth in the fourth Financial and Economical Annual of | Japan, issued by the Japanese Depart- | ment of Finance. The publication, | printed in English and including a large number of colored charts. con- tains a mass of statistical informa- tion touching Japanese resources that is without parallel in corresponding | publications in this or any other Eu- | ropean country. One attractive featura is the concise and easily comprehend- ed statement of Japanese foreign debts and a ~omparative statement of taxes, indicating the financial ability of the | country to respond to the severe de- | mands of the war. One little table headed “Details of re- ceipts and expenditures in connection | with the Russian-Japanese affair.” | places the expenditures on that account | at 576.000,000 yen, a yen being estimated at about 621 cents American money. It should be stated that this total includes a reserve fund of 40,000,000 yen for emergencies. O Ay 6 NO MORE JAPANESE RISKS. SEATTLE, July 21.—Local marine insurance agents to-day received ca- ble instructions from' London to ae- cept no risks*on ships or cargoes des- tined for Japan without authority from London. This is considered a suspension of the marine insurance business to the Oriental belligerent ports. The agents say it is the direct result of the seizure of the Malacca. But one American steamship is now on the high seas from Puget Sound with a cargo for Japan. She is the Boston Steamship Company’'s vessel Shawmut, which sailed July 1§ with 15,000 tons of cargo, including 900, 000 pounds of canned beef from Chi- cago, billed to Kobe. The local agent of the company declared to-day that he did not fear the seizure of the ves- sel, as the cargo was consigned to private individuals and not to the Japanese army.