The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 25, 1904, Page 1

midnight, July 25: THEE WEATEER. Forecast made at Ssn Fraz- cisco for thirty hours ending Sazn Francisco and vicinity— Fair Monday; fresh northwest Fischer's—"A Grand — “A France.” Orpheum—Var THE THEATERS. Alcazar—“Rupert of Hentzan” Califcrnia—*Just Struck Town.” Central—“The Gates of Justice.” Columbia—*Mice and Men.” Chutes—Vaundeville. Tivoli—“Robin HMood.” Lucky Stone.” Gentleman of udeyille. — SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, JULY 25, 1904. PRICE FIVE CENTS. BRITISH SHIP KNIGHT COMMANDER SUNK BY VLADIVOSTOK SQUADRON YOKOHAMA, July 25.---The Vladivostok squadron yesterday sank the British steamship Knight Commander from New Vork, off the province of Izu, after transferring the crew of the Knight Commander to the steamship Chinan, which arrived here this morning. a German vessel, believed to be the Arabia, with 3000 tons of flour, and an unknown British steamship. of prize crews. The American Trading Company is the agent here for the Knight Commander. NEWCHWANG IS LEFT IN FLAMES BY THE EVACUATING RUSSIAN GARRISON TIENTSIN, July 25—-In accordance with orders issued by General Kuropatkin, the Russians commenced to evacuate Newchwang The Russians are evidently déstroying property previous evacuation. sterday (Sunday). This morning the Russian railway station is in flames. The Japanese are within five miles of the city. The Vladivostok squadron also captured The two vessels were sent to Vladivostok in charge RISKS LIFE | 10 RESCUE | ASSENGERS Engineer of Santa Fe Plays Part of | a Hero. Py and Entire Train Is Endangered. Brave ¥an Uncouples Coaches anmd | | Amid Burning Oil Diives Engine fo an Isolated Spot, July 24— Santa Fe Rail- of overland train was at a suddenly be- ethi ing o the Shetterline, hap- eman en he sprang g slazing cab, | waded through id reach- ing the throttie ine down | the track, stopping c o he had | reached a poist where it was safe to have the fire burn itself out without surrounding property. Not did he think of himself, and leaped from the cab he was although his injuries are to cause an: YOUNGHUSBAND MEETS TIBETAN PEACE DELEGATES Head of British Expedition Announces That Only at Lassa Will He Make Any Treaty. NAGART bet, Wednesday, July 20.—The T peace delegates met the British and professed a willingness to arrange peace if the turn to Gyangtse. commission wou Colonel Youngt id replied that he ace at Lassa, but could only make 1 that he was willing to discuss terms ere. i ERR THE SUPREME COURT | United States Tribuna! Probably Will settle Questions of Authority in the Panama Canal Zone. PANAMA, July 24.—The Star and Herald in an editorial article proposes that the differences pending between the Panama Government and that of the Panama Canz! Zone be submit- ted for decision to the Supreme Court of the Unifed States. The idea is well received in all circles here. ————— Falconio Slated for Manila. ROME, July 24.—The Giornale ¢'Italia says that it is likely that Mon- signor Falconio, the apostolic dele- gate in the United States, will be trans- ferred to Manila to replace the late Monsignor Guidi. Catches Fire/| \AERONAUT FACE TO FACE WITH DEATH ESCAPES A LLLLGH CORERY - | { | 1 | i | | | | | Carried by Ba loon Against Live Wire. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, | he let go he v 1016 Broadway, July 24. Suspended by his hands from a live = carrying 3000 voits and unable to move to save his life, William v. an_ aeronaut, who was lloon ascension from Idora retained his hold for five minutes. Then, in strug- nearly gling to get a firmer grip on the thin wire, he received a shock = which l: the shelter of the trees it was struck | and instead of rising higher was car- burned the flesh on his neek and hurled | him senseless to the ground fifty feet below. Among the crowd of spectal witnessed the accident was the aero- naut's young wife. She saw her hus- band’s fall, accompanied as it was by a flash of fire. She started toward him with a shriek of horror and fell to the ground in a dead faint. While some of rs who ! the bystanders rushed to the aid of the injured man, others picked up Mrs. Corkery and carried her into the park, where friends who were with her min- istered to the fainting woman until she regained consciousness, after which she was taken to her home. That Corkery was not instantly killed when his balloon dragged him into contact with the wire, is a mira- cle, for the live wires against which he was thrown carrv the main feed cur- rents that supply Berkeley with light and power, and any one of theém has enough power to kill a half-dozen men. A NARROW ESCAPE. Corkery owes his life to the fact that the wires were heavily insulated, so that when he struck his head against one wire while holding on to another de received a shock from but a small | | his senses his hold on the wire before | the insulation 'burned away. The accident occurred at 6 o'clock | this evening and was witnessed by a | nd horrified ‘people, not one of | was able to give any aid to the | imperiled aeronaut. Several men ran | for ladders and rope ut before efther | could be procured ¢ ery had fallen. | Corkery is the regular aeronaut at park and was making the balloon | scension which closes the Sunday afternoon programme. After the bal- loon had been inflated Corkery pre- pared to ascend and gave the signal to let go. He cleared the ground safely, but as soon as the big bag rose above by the wind, which was blowing hard, ried in an almost horizontal direction toward Telegraph avenue. A moment later the parachute was swung against the electric light wires. \ DESPERATE FIGHT FOR LIFE. Corkery realized at once that uniess 1d be drawn across the wires. Reaching up with one hand he caught hold of a wire and then let go | his hold on the bar attached to the balloon. The jerk of the balloon as it | was released nearly threw him to the ground, but he held on and managed to get a hold with his cther hand. This was all that he ®ould do arfd there he | hung, facing certain death if he tried | to draw himself up, and probably fatal | injury should he let go. As the wire began to cut into his hands, however, he made a struggle to get a better hold. In doing so he struck another wire with the back of his neck. Instantly there was a flash and the aeronaut fell. When picked up he was unccnscious and it was at first thought that he was dead, but after being carried into the park he re- geined consciousness, and was taken home. After Corkery fell the wires swung together and two of them were burned apart. The ends fell to the ground and caused a Qisplay of electrical fireworks until they were repaired. Corkery resides at 807 Grove street. ‘When seen to-night the aeronaut was so unstrung that he could not give a very complete account of the accident. He said, however: “I got clear of the ground all right and then the wind struck the balloon, The next thing I knew I was in the wires. I felt that if I was dragged over the wires it would be all off with me, so I let go of the bar and caught a wire. It seemed as if I hung there for an hour and then my hands began to hurt. I tried to get a fresh grip and that was the last I knew.” % | enterprise | track will be as nearly li | five and eight horses. WILL RIVAL 0LD ROMED | (OLISEUM Manhattan Beach IS fo Have Amphi- | theater. Capitalists to Erect Greatest| Amusement Place in~ | the World. i | Work Will Commene? Soon and Plans | of Emperor Flavius' Structure | Will Be Closely Followed. | R RS TR Spectal Dispal NEW YORK, uly tan Beach, a famous bathing re-| sort on Long Island, fifteen miles from New York, is to have a coliseum equaling in magnificence the one in Rome in its palmiest days. It will be the greatest amusement resort in the | world’s history and will be built by | Austin Corbin and Western capitalists. The work will be begun at the close the present summer season. The | Manhattan Beach hotel and theater, the Paine fireworks paviiion and pos- | sibly the Oriental Hotel will disappear as completely as if a tidal wave had borne them away, and this amusement will build a magic replica of architecture at which the world will marvel. Austin Corbin, present owner of the property, and Everett R. Reynolds are behind the enterprise, and back of them are five Western capitalists, syn- dicaters willing to risk several milllons of dollars. The reproduction of the Coliseum of Rome, with circular race the one on which the chariot races were run as is possible to jeve from a study of historic records and pictures. There will be a grandstand and ground for the accommodation of 50,000 persons. A great field will be laid out for the presentation of Shakespearean plays alfresco. Zoological gardens that will rival any in the world are contem- plated. An aquarium will be construct- ed in such a way as to make it an arm of the sea, with gates so cun- ningly devised that when sharks, sword fish and serpents swim in they will not be able to swim out again. On the ocean front its pavilions, jut- ting far into the ocean, will.be the most magnificent hotel on any beach in the world. It will have marble ap- proaches and other stately features, never before attempted at a seaside resort. On the race track of the coliseum will be run chariot races of three, four, The services of the most expert drivers will be e gaged. The horses entered will Be thoroughbred and standard bred. The winners will be announced as they were in Rome and the price of ad- mission will be the same as that charged by the racing assoclations around New York . to The Cail. 24.—Manhat- KRUGER’'S ESTATE SAID TO BE VALUED AT $5.000,000 Bulk of Fortune of the Late Presi- dent of the Transvaal Will Go to Eloff Family. LONDON, July 25.—A dispatch to the Daily Mail from Geneva says it'is learned from a trustworthy source that the fortune left by the late Paul Kru- ger is about $5,000,000. It consists chief- ly of European securities. The bulk of it goes to the Eloff famil _— e DEL VAL SAID TO HAVE TENDERED RESIGNATION ROME, July 25.—The Tribuna says it is reported that Cardinal Merry del Val, the Papal Secretary of State, has tendered his resignation, owing to the hostility of certain Cardinals, who are said to accuse him of rendering im- possible an accord with France, and that the Pope has refused to accept his resignation. POPULACE OF DOOMED CITY DIEWS THE FINAL BATTLE PRECEDING SLAU RETREAT - Havoc With | Shipping. i Special Diépatch to The Call, | NEW YORK, July 2.—The Knight | Commander, sunk by the Vladivostok squadron, is, according to the Maritime Register, a British steel steamship of 2731 tons burden, commanded by Captain J. R. Durant. She sailed from New York on May 6 for Singapore. On June 23 she was at Manila and last week was reported as having arrived at Shanghal. The owner of the Knight Commander is the Knight Steamship Company (Lim- ited) of Liverpool. She was built at Newcastle by the Palmers. TOKIO, July 24, noon.—It is reported that a merchant vessel is accompany- ing the Vladivostok squadron, which was sighted this morning sixty miles off Izu. It is probable that the mer- chantman is a captive. TOKIO, July 24, 6 p. m.—The Rus- sian Vladivostok squadron has sunk | the merchantman which it captured off | the coast of Izu province to-day. The name of this ship and her nationality | are not known, and nothing has been | learned as to the fate of her crew. ‘Witnesses on shore saw the mer- chantman following the fleet. | Then they saw her fired upon, after which she disappeared. The Russian warships were last re- ported at 11 o'clock this morning to the | scuthwest of Cape Iro, Izu province, steering to the westward. Cape Iro is about sixty-five miles southwest of Yokohama and about fifty miles from the entrance to the bay upon which Yokohama and Tokio are located. ‘When the Viadivostok ships were first seen it was believed they were | going to capture the Pacific Mail steamship Korea, from San Francisco for Yokohama, with foodstuffs and ma- terial for the Japanese .Government. | i The Korea left San Francisco on July 12 and it has been feared that she! would fall in with the Viadivostok squadron. However, she was not due! off the Japanese Coast for three or four days and it is doubtful if the Russians would sink her. Her capture would be ‘more likely. She has a valuable cargo. LONDON, July 25.—One of the ves- sels sunk by the Vladivostok squadron is supposed to be the Hiogo, belonging to the Nippon line. s TOKIO, July 25, 10 a. mi—The Viadi- vostok squadron was sighted twenty miles off Katsu-ura, Ne prefecture Raiders Playing‘; {1s aboyt 100 mileg northeast of Cape * | } | | | | | | | i | ICH CHIEF OF STAFF WHO HAS REPOR’ RUSSIAN HIGH NAVAL OFFICERS WHO _ATTENDED THE WH IT WAS DECIDED TO RECALL Fighting Is Wit- nessed From Housetops. TIENTSIN, July 24—News has reached here that another battle is rag- ing outside of Newchwang. The fight- ing can be seen from the housetops. In COUNCIL THE RED SEA CRUISERS, 'TED/FOR FAR EASTERN OPERATI — — of Shimosa, at 7 o'clock this morning, steaming slowly eastward. Katsu-ura Iro, where the Vladivostok squadron was reported yesterday. The British steamship Chinan has arrived at Yokohama with the crew of the Knight Commander. The Knight | Commander’s cargo was a general one. | Her European passengers were detain- ed by the Russians and her crew of | twenty-one was transferred to the| Chinan, which also reports that the | Russians sank two Japanese schoon- | ers. L i IN AID OF WAR VICTIM: French Artists and Authors Contribute | Interesting Volume. i PARIS, July 24.—Leading artists and | authors of France have issued an ex- quisite volume, the proceeds of which | are for the benefit of the victims of the| Japanese-Russian war. Anatole France | writes a chapter on the philesophy of war. Sully Prudhomme contributes a sonnet upon the sword. The illustra- tions include a striking portrait of Verestchagin and Tolstol. thflsm;akwvm JEDDA, Arabia, July 24.—The Rus- sian volunteer fleet steamship Smol- ensk arrived here to-day, took a pilot on board and resailed Immediately. LT o \War News Continued on Page Three. the epgagement of yesterday the Rus- sian losses are reported to have been 700. The Japanese are slowly nearing Newchwang. Great excitement pre- vailed In that city during to-day's and yesterday's fights. TIENTSIN, July 24.—A report from Newchwang states that Saturday's bat- tle was at Tahsuitong, six miles distant, and that the Japanese were success- ful. Many Chinese refugees arriving at Newchwang have reported that nine Japanese gunboats from Port Arthur have arrived at Tahtingshan. PARIS, July 24.—The correspondent of the Matin at Yinkow says a violent cannonade, lasting several hours, was heard to the northward of Kaichou on July 22. The roofs of the houses in Newchwang were crowded by Eure- peans and Chinese looking on. The Russians claim to have retaken Kai- chou on July 21, and say the fight re- ported was the result of the Japanese resuming the offensive. JAPAN CAMP SURPRISED. ST. PETERSBURG. July 24.—A bad- 1y mutilated dispatch from Tatchekiao, dated July 20, which has been received here, indicates that an engagement of some importance has occurred om the seacoast road, between Kaichou and Yinkow. The dispatch states that the Russians made a night attack on a fortified Japanese camp at Sangoss, on Continued on Page 3, Column 3