The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 23, 1904, Page 2

L&) SATURDAY, JULY 23, 1904. PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY APPEALS TO SECRETARY HAY FOR A DECLARATION OF RIGHTS OF NEUTRAL VESSELS BUTCHERS AESUME THE STRIKE AND RIOTINC ~ BEGINS the plants, was attacked by nearly 1000 boys and girls while she was on her She was chased for several 1d pelted with mud and stones. | eached home she fell in a | doorstep, exhausted from When heap fright and bruises. The girl was dragged into the house she on the by her father before the pursuing | crowd could reach her. Seeing that she had escaped them, they commenced to | batter the house with stones and brick A riot call was sent in and it k a wagonload of police to dlsperue e rioters. Late to-night it was learned that the obstacle which prevented a settlement of the strike at to-day’s conference was the fact that the strikers had made | new demands on the packers. Donnelly demanded that all the strikers be re- within ten days, instead of | as provided in the nt. Bt | KANSAS CITY MEN OUT. Strikers Claim They Were Being Dis- criminated Against. KANSAS CITY, Mo., July 22.—Presi- dent Donnelly’s order to the packing- employes to renew the strike came as a surprise to both the pack- ers and the men. Although practically ®ll of the several thousand men who went out originally appeared at the dif- ferent plants here ready for work, each company employed only a sufficient ber of strikers to make up a com- e force. All the plants were soon lied in all departments and ap- running in full blast. Prac- of the strike breakers were W. Armour said: I cannot understand the cause for ly's new order. I consider these men have broken faith with house all ned packers. It would be impossible packers here or anywhere in ntry to take all of the strikers once. There is not sufficient them to do. All the plants > or less disorganized, and it e some time before they will be e to operate full forces in all de- ents. One reason why all could e taken back immediately is that is not sufficient livestock on the wd gathered at the Toll box| 2 non-union plant which does rk for Swift & C and, when it be- te , was dispersed by the of the strikers assert that the packers showed deliberate dy« rimiration in re-employing those ir number who were put at work e worked at Swift’s ten years,” butcher. “To-day I was told nd another man who a day “L hired. =, it is asserted, the older "lri they would never he no case was an official of th n back e stock yards a fair proportion day’s receipts had been sold the order to strike came. Im- tely most of the buyers in both tle and hog yards quit oper- and refused to buy the stock h bids had been submitted. al of the strike caused a flurry among dealers. They had hoped 1o lower prices to the former standard but now higher prices for meat kinds will soon prevail. At LB MAYOR CLOSES SALOON! Policemen and Deputy the Sheriffs on Guard in St. Joseph. ET. JOSEPH, Mo., July 22.—The 1500 striking packing-house employes who returned to work this morning walked out again at noon. The or- der was received this morning, but business agents of the unions were re- fused admittance to th& plants by the packing-house managers. All the sa- Joons in South St. Joseph have been closed by the Mayor and large forces ®of policemen and deptuy sheriffs have been called out. Efforfs on the part of “the police to maintain the peace in South St. Joseph were only partially successful to-day, The strike sought out several non- union men, who were attacked and se- verely beaten. George Henley, a po- lice officer in citizens' clothes, was se- riously beaten e S STRIKE ORDER NOT AWAITED, ¥ort Worth Men Act Before Hearing ¥From President Donnelly. FORT WORTH, Tex., July 22.—The striking packing-house employes to-day voted nét to return to work before the message from President Donnelly or- dering a renewal of the strike had been received. Representatives of the strik- ers and packers met. It is said the packers read the agreement signed in Chicago, by which the packers were to take back men as they were needed, the non-union men employed durihg the strike to retain their positions. The strikers would not accept these terms. President Donnelly’s new strike” order was received with enthusiasm, Liner Malacca to Be Released by Russia. British Master Blamed for Her Seizure. —s ST. PETERSBURG, July 23, 2:06 a. m.—The steamship Malacca is at Suda Bay, Island of Crete, where, under thx agreement reached between Great Britain and Russia, she will be per- functorily inspected jointly by the Cofsuls of the two countries and re- leased, unless palpable contraband of war intended for the Japanese shall be | fourd, in which case the contraband only will be held. British Government stores aboard the vessel Wwill not be examined. From the first, Russian authorities were convinced that the captain of the Russian volunteer fleet steamship St. Petersburg must have had good reason for seizing the Malacca as a prize,-and his report, stating that the skipper of the Malacca declined to produce the ship’s manifest, seems to have justi- fied their confidence. There is reason to believe that had the fact been known in advance thau the Malacca’s skipper took upon him- self the responsibility of questioning the war status of the St. Petersburg and defied the Russian war flag, con- trary to international law, which evi- dently came as a complete surprise to the British Government, that nation might not have acted as it did. In spite of this development, how- ever, Russia adopted a most concil- iatory attitude. The Czar himself was desirous of avoiding the slightest pre- text for a quarrel and personally gave orders to settle the matter promptly. According to a high authority, Rus- sia hag conveyed assurances that there would be no repetitions of the Red Sea incidents. Is A LRSS R et GREAT ISSUE UNDECIDED. Status of Volunteer Fleet Steamships Yet to Be Determined. LONDON, July 23.—The morning pa- pers generally express satisfaction that the Malacca incident has been settled in accordance with the demands of Great Britain, though there is an in- clination to await the settlement of the broader question of the passage through the Dardanelles of the volunteer fleet steamshipg before believing that all danger has been averted. This feeling is heightened by Premier Balfour's an- nouncement on the adjournment of the House of Commons that he still had no official news to gommunicate, either in connection with the Malacca incident or with the volunteer fleet steamships in general, The Daily Telegraph says that its alarmist editorial of July 22 was writ- ten with “full knowledge that the Rus- sian Government would act as it has done, and the object in so writing was to point out that Malacca incident | was only a factor in-the great problem, which has not been settled.” The paper confirms the statement that the Czar was urged by the French Government to settle the case of the Malacca,.and this settlement it at- tributes to the French action, saying: “It is rumored in diplomatic circles that Gemmany wishes to co-operate with Great Britain in the settlement of the main feature of the dispute.” 1t urgently ‘points out to the Govern- ment -thet - popwdar--opinion- in Great Britain would not admit such partner. ship,.and adds an interesting detail to the heat of the controversy of the last few days by positively stating that if the Malacea had approached the Dar+ danelles “'she would- have been sum- moned to surrender by our gunboat waiting there, and if she had not com+ plied she would have been fired upon The Times draws attention to serious complications of a similar kind which are liable to-occur in the Pacific, in- stancing the Pacific Mail Steamship Company’s apprehensions on this point. The marine insurance article of the Times says that greater anxlety exist- ed in London yesterday over cargoes for the China and Japan seas than over those by way of the Red Sea, espe- cially with regard to the American steamship Shawmut. “It is most important,” the article says, “that the Americans and our- selves should strongly object to any attempt to treat provisibns destined for ordipary eivilian consumption as con- traband of war. A *— = % response to the order of President Donnelly of the Butchers' and Meat Cutters’ Union, the 4500 men em- ployed in the packing-houses here, the majority of whom had applied for work and had been assigned to their old departments, have again gone out on a strike and the packing-houses are practically tied up. SN S UNION GAINS A VICTORY. One Packing-House Firm Agrees to NEW, YORK, July 22.—H. Eichel- berger and Joseph Masterson, who are in charge of the New York branch of the Beef Cutters’ and Butchers' Union, were in conference to-day with mem- AR SOUTH ST. PAUL SITUATION. _Butchers Quit Work at Command of - Business Agent Steep, ST: PAUL, Minn., July 22.—The butchers in Swift & Co.’s plant in South St. Paul were called out again to-day. Business Agent Steep of the union said that the packers had vio- lated their agreement at the start. He said that only about 60 per cent of the strikers had been taken back and intimated that there were other un- satiefactory features. bers of the firm of Schwarzchild & Sulzberger and secured from them as- surances that from now on only union men would be employed by them. RS e A g " AWKWARD FOR THE PACKERS. Those in South: Omaha Had ~Dis- charged Their Non-Union Men. OMAHA, Nebr., July 22.—All members who had re to work in the South Omaha cking-houses, on receipt of information thaf the strike was on again, struck later. ‘Al of the non-union ‘men were paid off and had left the city M night lfid this morning, making ‘the sits an awkward one for @n_wkew State De partment Probably Will Issue Formal State- ment Defining America’s Attitude on the Question of Contraband. WASHINGTON, July 22.—The Pacific Mail Steamship Company has commu- nicated to the State Department its.ap- prehension as to the safety of some of its cargoes in ghips plying between the Pacific Coast and Chinese and Japa- nese ports on account of the selzure of the Malacca and the condemnation by a prize court of the British steamship Allanton. The company's agents ask what they may expect and for a defipi- tion of contraband of war liable to seiz- ure. No answer has as yet been' re- turned, but the whole subject is under careful consideration, and 4ts-commer- cial importance may demand the issue of a formal notice from the Govern- ment to the American marine of its rights and privileges and of the limi- tations imposed by the war upon tm&- operations. The inquiry probably was inspired by the entry of the Russian Vladivostok squadron into the Pacific and the as- sumption that the squadron, having shown ne disposition to find and attack any of the Japanese naval vessels, must be cruising after merchant ships. ‘ Much flour, pork and canned meats are now {n transit from the great West- ern mills and packing-houses to China and Japan, all going at the shippers’ risk. e R i COMMERCIAL MEN ALARMED. In Ralders’ Presence in Pacific They See Menace to Neutral Ships. Somewhere out on the broad Pacific the Vladivostok squadron sails, a men- ace to the commerce of the world, Here in San Francisco the greatest interest centers in the movements of the evasive Slav fleet. From here the trans-Pacific steamships start on their voyages to the Orient with their neutral cargoes destined to neutral ports and with their cargoes of contraband billed to the bel- ligerents. Millions of American money are invested in these ships and cargoes and it is but natural that here anxiety should be at the highest point. The corporation most interested in Admiral Bezobrazoff’s activity is the Pacific Mail Steamship Company. When its officers learned that Bezobrazoff had once more eluded Kamimura’s watchful fleet and had passed into the Pacific the Mail company, through its Wash- ington representative, applied to this Government for a ruling on two of the most ambiguous of the Czar's rules of war, upon which ruling the financial life of the steamship company might depend. As the Pacific Mail is a lsrge carrier of foodstuffs the following rule of war, contained in the proclamation of the Czar, was the one upon which the com- pany sought a ruling: “According to rule 6 the following will be regarded as contraband of war: * * * also rice. foodstuffs, etc. Neutral ships with contraband of war of any sort can, according to circum- stances, not only be seized, but also can be confiscated.” This Government, however, as not willing to lay out a plan of operations for the White Squadron based upon contingency and the Pacific Mail Steamship Company was informed that the Government would not attempt to place a construction upon the war rules of the Czar until a specific case of seizure of an American vessel made such construction necessary. Notwith- standing this fact, the Mail company will continue to ship flour and food- stuffs from this port to the Orients At the offices of the Mail company yesterday it was stated that, although its vessels were carriers of large quan- tities of flour and other foodstuffs ‘to Japanese and other Oriental ports, the same were shipped by neutral firms and consigned to neutral merchants. The company’s ships are carrying no con- signments to either of the belligerents, nor are they carrying ammunition of any kind to any one, the passenger licenses prohibiting such shipments. Consequently the officers of the com- pany feel that in event of the seizure of any of its vessels they would be able to secure its release without difficulty. 8o sure of this are they that no war insurance is carried covering the com- pany's vessels that ply between here and the Orient. ‘The steamships of the Pacific Mail Company which are or may be within the danger zone and receive the atten- tion of the cruising squadrons of the Czar are the Mongolia, which will sail from this port on July 29; the Korea, which will leave here on September 21, and the Siberia, which is due in San Francisco on August 19 from China and Japan and will sail on her return to those ports on August 30. Of the Ori- ental and Occidental line are the Doric, which will sail from San Francisco on ‘August 7, and the Gaelic, on October 1. The Coptic, now in Japanese waters, is due to arrive here on August 30. Most unfortunate of the ships now in this harbor is the America Maru, the property of the Toyo Kaisen Kai- sha Steamship Company, the head.of- fices of which are in Tokio. Not only would the cargo of this ship if she fell into the hands of‘the Russians be con- fiscated, but the ship. itself would be lost to u- owners- forever. Vessels that are convertible mto 8hips of war come under the first rule of the Sfavs as con- tmbang, and 1t is common knowledge that the America Maru was built un-| der subsidy of the Japanese Govern- ment on Tines that render her easily’ convertible into an auxiliary crulser. In fact,. her sister - ship, the Nippon Maru, is reported to have taken part in Togo’s last attack on the defenses of Port Arthur. - The America’ Maru is scheduled to sail from ‘here on August 1 w1th & Targo the Russians. doubtless would he pleased to ‘declare contraband. Up o last night fhe San’ Franelsco agent of the Toyo Kaisen isha Steamship ‘ompany had received no word to hold his vesgel here awaiting the location of Bezpbrazoff’s squadron, but. during the day those firms that had placed cargoes, on" the vesel were anxiously seeking war insurance. The St. Paul Fire and Marine Insur- ance Company was requested to fix a {rate. ‘M. C. Harrison, mapager of the insurance -company, under instruction of the home office,. fixed the rate at 10 per cent on the cargo, The insurance on the vessel was placed by the home’ office of the steamship company. The rate placed on the cargo by the 8t. Paul company seemed to stagger the consignors, and no insurance was written up to last night. However, it is believed that all who now have car- g0 on the vessel will take advantage of this rate before the ship sails if the Viadivostok . squadron is not located before that time. The war rate on neu- tral ships carrying neutral cargoes for neutral Oriental ports is placed at one- half of one per cent; the rate on neu- tral ships carrying neutral cargoes to ports of the belligerents, one per cent. Harrigon sald that so long as the owners of ships and cargoes remained in business the marine insurance com- panies would be willing to insure them against seizure. The marine insurance businéss, he pointed out, is a gamble, and the bigger the gamble the better the companies liked it, as the rates soar accordingly. The companies are | after money, he concluded, and up to date the war has been giving it to them. In addition to the vessels heretofore named there is onée steamship now near- ing the coast of Japan that would prove a rich prize to the Russians. She is the St. Hubert, carrying nitér from the port of Iquique, Chile, to Yokohama. Of her cargo the Japanese intend to make powder to hurl iron at the Slavs. It may be that Skrydloff will turn the tables. e WILL RUN THE GAUNTLET. Steamship Will Sall From Portland ‘With a Cargo of Flour. PORTLAND, Or, July 22. — With a cargo of 50,000 barrels of Oregon flour the steamship Aragonia of the Portland and Asiatic Line will attempt to run the gauntlet of Russian cruisers off the Japanese coast and land her contra- band of war at a Japanese port. This was decided upon to-day in an agree- ment between General Manager Schwerin of the Portland and Asiatic Company and the Hamburg-American Line, the owners of the vessel. The German owgers were at first very much adverse to the loading of their vessel at this port, with the prospect of seizure by the Russians before ar- riving at her Oriental destination. Captain Schuldt, master of the Ara- gonia, filed a protest at the owners’ request. Manager Schwerin came back with the statement that as the bulk of the proposed cargo for the Aragonia was flour, she would have to take the barrels or make the trip light. After some discussion the Portland and Asiatic Company agreed to file a bond indemnifying the Hamburg- American Line in the event that the steamship is captured by the Czar's war veseels lying in wait off the Jap- anese coast. The amount of the bond is unofficially given at $275,000. This was the sum demanded by the Ger- mans at the commencement of the ne- gotiations. News of the completion of negotiations in New York was wired the local offices this afternoon, The cargo of the Portland Asiatic liner will be consigned to private indi- viduals in Japan. The vessel will be ready to leave this port by July 28. S LT ST IS A SLAVE TO SYSTEM. General Rennenkampfi’s Opinion of the Japanese Soldier. LIAOYANG; July 22.—In the course of an interesting interview had with him In the hospital here, General Ren- nenkampff, who was recently wounded while reconnoitering a Japanese po- sition, coolly criticized ‘the Japanese shooting as not up to the mark and said the Japanese relied on the quantity rather than the quality of their fire. The:general declared that the Japanese were . overslow and cautious. This eriticism may be somewhat discounted, however, by the fact that General Ren- nenkampff himself is one of the boldest and most dashing commanders in the Russfan army. General Rennenkampff pays the high- est tribute to the engineering skill of the Japanese. Their fortifications, he said, are marvels of completeness and are ~well constructed, located and masked. They freely use fleld tele- phones connecting their batteries and have excellent maps, many of which have been captured, on which ranges are, marked. ““The Japanese is a cunning and dan- gerous foe,” said General Rennen- kampff, “but he is not artful. He is a slave to system, lacking the necessary dash and willingness to take chances that would make him a most formid- able foe.” e LEFT FLANK HOLDS FIRM. Russians Withstand a Powerful On- slaught by Kuroki's Men. ST. PETERSBURG, July 22.—The Official Messenger this morning printed the following special dispatch from Liaoyang, under date of July 20: “Our left flank yesterday withstood a’‘powerful onslaught of the enemy. Reinforcéments were sent out. The Caucasijan Mounted Brigade left Liao- yang this morning.” The foregoing evidently re!erl to the Japanese advance, reported from Ta- tchekiao yesterday, on the northern Saimatsza-Liaoyang road. sIf the advance on Mukden is con- tinuing, heavy fighting is imminent and a general battle may be precipitated. e ARE REGARDED AS PIRATES. Constantinople’s View of the Status of Volunteer Crulsers. CONSTANTINOPLE, July 22.—The passage of the Russian volunteer fleet steamships Smalensk and St. Peters- burg through the Dardanelles under a commercial flag and their subsequent hoisting of the naval flag is considered here to be a violation of international law, rendering the vessels liable to_be regarded as pirates. It is believed that Great Britain will avail herself of the presence of her Mediterranean fleet to emphasize her protest against the action of the volunteer fleet steamships in the Red Sea, and it is expected that she will intercept the Malacca. T TELETALE MAIL SEIZED. Prinz Heinrich Carried Letters From German Firm to Japanese. BERLIN, July 22. — The German Consul at Aden, Arabia, reporting the details of the seizure of the mails of the North German Lloyd steamship 15, by the Russian volunteer fleet ves- sel Smolensk, says that when the de- tailed mail sacks were turned over to the British steamship Persia the Rus- by the management of a German ammunition factory to a Japanese ad- dress at Nagasaki. e DIES TO SAVE ANOTHER. Russian Naval Officer Rescues Drawn- ing Man and Is Himself Lost. SEBASTOPOL, July 22.—Captain Glotoff, commander of a torpedo-boat destroyer anchored in the roadstead here, jumped overboard during a storm to-day to save a man whose boat had been swamped. Glotoff succeeded in bringing the man to the side of the destroyer and he was taken aboard, but the captain himself sank exhausted and was drowned. S R JAPANESE NEAR NEWCHWANG. NEWCHWANG, Thursday. July 21.— Much excitement has been created here by the report that the Japanese are advancing in this direction and are at Tanpingshan, which is twelve miles distant. Yesterday heavy firing was heard here for a short time, not far away. There are few Russian troops now in this place. TS R A Steamship Sambia Is Safe. HAMBURG, July 22.—The Hamburg- American Line steamship Sambia passed Perim, at the southern entrance of the Red Sea, yesterday evening, thus disproving the report of her cap- ture by a vessel of the Russian volun- teer fleet. ——— Besiegers to Be Reinforced. LIAOYANG, Thursday, July 21.—Ae- cording to private advices, the Japan- ese are embarking two divisions near Kaichou in order to reinforce their army in front of Port Arthur. AR British Cruiser En Route to Red Sea. PORT SAID, July 22—The British cruiser Venus arrived here to-day from Alexandria and entered the canal, bound for Suez. Prinz Heinrich, in the Red Sea on July | sian commander stated in a letter to | the Persia’s captain that two packages | which had been retained were directed | Slavs Are Routed by Japanese at Kiaotung. Kuroki Defeats a Large Force of -the Enemy. ——— GENERAL KUROKI'S HEAD- QUARTERS, Wednesday, July 20.— The Japanese attack upon the Russians at Kiaotung yesterday resulted in an- other Russian disaster. Kiaotung is twenty-five miles from these headquar- ters. Few details of the engagement have been received, but they indicate that the fighting was fierce. The Rus- sians had more than one divMion en- gaged and artillery was used freely. The Russians are fortifying new posi- tions before Motien Pass. More Russians were killed in the fighting of Sunday, July 17, than can be buried and the Japanese are now engaged in cremating the bodies. TOKIO, July 22.—General Kuroki, after a severe fight, occupied Kiaotung on July 19. The place had been fortified by the Russians, who defended it stoutly. In the fighting General Ku- roki's troops drove the Russians from their strongly fortified position on the Chi River, which is northwest of Mo- tien Pass and east of Anping, inflict- ing upon the enemy more serious losses than the Japanese sustained. The fight began on the 18th and ended on the 19th. The Japanese lost 424 men in killed and wounded. The Russian losses are estimated at 1000. RUSSIANS TURN SUDDENLY. General Kuroki began his advance early in the morning of the 18th. He uncovered and followed the enemy along the Chi River. The Russians seemed to be retiring to the northward, when suddenly two battalions, with eight guns, turned and attacked the Japanese vanguard vigorously. At this point the Japanese suffered before re- lief came, one company losing all its officers. At a late hour in the afternoon the Russians’ position was developed. They occupied an eminence on the banks of | the Chi. This river guarded their left flank and high precipices protected the Russians on the right. The only ap- proach to their position was through a narrow defile. The fighting continued until dark, when the Japanese forces bivouacked. The Russians made two counter at- tacks, but were repulsed in each case. The Japanese renewed the attack at midnight, posting tleir artillery in the | valley below and on the high ground to the south of the Russian position. The main Japanese body was assigned to attack the Russian center; a small detachment was sent toward the right flank and another to watch the enemy's left flank. After these positions had been taken, the fighting ceased for’ a time, but it was resumed at dawn. RETREAT BECOMES A ROUT. The Russians had thirty-two guns in action, and they vigorously shelled | the Japanese. To this fire the Japanese replied, and the bombardment lasted | four hours. During this time the Jap- anese infantry moved forward and the flankers had succeeded in scaling the heights on the Russian right by 3| o'clock in the afternoon, at which haur the main force was ordered to storm the | Russian center. The Japanese artil- lery protected this movement splendid- | 1y, but the infantry met with a severe fire and lost heavily in gaining the heights. The final successful charge was de- livered at 5:30 in the afternoon. The Japanese succeeded in partially cut- ting off the Russian retreaf, and this soon became a rout. The enemy re- tired in two directions, to the north- ward and to the eastward. The Russian forces engaged included, in addition to the artillery, seven bat- talions of infantry and a regiment of Cossacks. The enemy left 131 dead and 300 rifles on the field. Prisoners taken estimate the Russian losses at 1000. The Japanese lost one officer and fifty- four men killed and eighteen officers and 351 men wounded. On July 19 Japanese forces attacked a battalion of infantry and 1000 cavalry that occupied Chechiato, to the north- ward of Shaotientzu. After four hours of fighting the Russians retired across the Taitsu River, In this engagement the Japanese had seventen men wounded. i HAS NO NEWS OF DEFEAT. St. Petersburg War Board Doubts Re- port of Kiaotung Battle. ST. PETERSBURG, July 23, 2:06 a. m.—There is no official Russian con- firmation of General Kuroki's report that the Japanese have captured Kiao- tung. No such place as this is laid down on available Russian maps, the nearest approach to it being Kantzia- tum, which is only twelve miles from Liaoyang, on the Siamatza road. If the Japanese column which General Herschelmann was opposing on July 18 and 19 has continued to advance to this point a general engagement might New Series of the Famous In The Sunday Call, July 24th, Begins a 'MR. DOOLEY Articles by Finley Peter Dunne ,Whose pungeot humor and political satires have never failed to convulu t.bc entire country with laughter. i f""“"mfivbmo ry Suoflgy after July 23 until completed. SLAT INSTEAD OF ARRESTING Consul at Mazatlan Tele- graphs Briefly Facts Con- cerning Tragedy in Mexico MURDER COLD-BLOODED Instruction of Drunken Al- calde Results in Killing of Americans in the South EESEY S WASHINGTON, July 22.—In answer to Acting Secretary of State Loomis’ demands for full information respect- ing the killing of two Americans in Aguas Calientes, Mexico, Consul Kaiser at Mazatlan has telegraphed under last night's data as follows: “Americans telegraphed that Alcalde Torres, nephew of General Torres, while intoxicated, went on business to Way's office, who requested him to re- turn when sober. Torres left and sent his subordinate to arrest Clarence Way and Ed Lattimer, but instead of ar- resting they assassinated them. Gov- ernor promised me aid in thorough in- vestigation. Information verified by second dispatch. Investigation in prog- ress. Dispatch in transit.” Acting Secretary Loomis promptly telegraphed the Consul to dispatch a responsible person immediately to Aguas Callentes to make full inquiry and report upon the assassination. The place is remote and there is no Consul nearer than Mazatlan. * * 5 already be progressing. The general staff gives no credit to this view and is inclined to think the incident is the Russian retirement from Sikhoyan to Gontzgianzi, reported in Kuropatkin's dispatch of July 19. General Herschelmann commands the Ninth Division of the First Army Corps. The engagement of the Japanese with General Herschelmann is the first one, so far as is known, in this cam- paign in which the Japanese have con- fronted a European-trained formation of troops. e — GALLAND SERVES WRIT ON WILLIAM C. DUNCAN Strategic Deputy Reads the Papers While Holding the Door Open With His Foot. A writ of replevin was, served yes- terday ypon William C. Duncan and his wife at 1701 Page street and the household effects in the flat they were occupying were removed to the Sheriff’'s warehouse. This is in the suit of Ada Duncan against W. C. Duncan, who is her brother-in-law, for possession of the contents of the flat.. The plaintiff alleges that when her husband, B. B. Duncan, whom she is also suing for divoree, left her three months ago he gave his brother, W. C. Dunecan, a bill of & This property, which the Sheriff's office has been trying to secure for some time, was captured yesterday afternoon by Deputy Jesse Galland. Mrs. Ada Duncan filed a bond of $3000 to indemnify the Sheriff in the case of any damage done and that officer was ordered to get the furniture, even if extreme measures should be neces- sary. Awaiting hls opportuniry, Galland called Mrs. W. C. Duncan to the door. She was wary, however. and only by arousing her curiosity as to the iden- tity of the visitor did Galland prevail on her to open the door even a few inches. She instantly recognized him, but before she could close it his foot was inside and through the small opening thus secured he served the papers. He was soon in possession. There was considerable opposition to him at first, but the contents of the flat were finally removed. —————————— DOLBEER CASE DEVELOPS MORE CLAIMANTS TO ESTATE New York Lawyer Files an Appear- ance Through Local Legal Representative. An appearance was filed in the pro- bate department of the Superior Court vesterday by Henry C. Schaertzer, who says that he is attorney for the follow- ing heirs of the estate of Bertha M. Dolbeer: Mary Jones Dolbeer Bush, Maria C. Dolbeer Terhune, Myra Dal- beer Gore and Frank Kimball Dolbeer. The attorney demanded that he be not- ified of all papers filed in the case. Inquiry made at Schaertzer's office in the Crossley building developed the fact that the appearance was filed for him on telegraphic insfructions re- ceived from New York. The local of- fice knows nothing of the identity of the heirs named, but states that a let- ter from the attorney is e- ~ected in a day or two. Schaertzer’s New York ad- dress is in care of Broughton & Co., 110 Nassau street. It is said that the attorney has left the metropolis for St. Louis. i e —— ELDERLY SIMON MINICH SENDS BULLET INTO HEAD Despondent and Indisposed Old Man Sits on Porch and Deliberately Commits Suicide. Simon Minich, a Hungarian, 70 years of age, shot and killed himself on the back porch of his residence at 804 Larkin street last night at 7:30 o’clock. The shot took effect over the right ear. Minich had been despond- ent and ill for a long while. That self-destruction was premedi- tated is shown in two letters he left, one addressed to a friend named Sethy, a shoemaker, 250 O'Farrell street, in which he asks Sethy to at- tend to his funeral arrangements. The other was addressed to a Mrs. Dr. Krotz, 205 Leavenworth street, to whont deceased made a few small be- quests. Minich was at one time an upholsterer in the Palace Hotel. He was not known positively to have had any near relatives, though his friends had heard him speak of two nieces, whe are supposed to live in this citw.