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

Tivoli—“The 1 _ Orpheum—Vaudeville. — ‘Toreador.” SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1904. PRICE FIVE- CENTS. KUROPATKIN'S ARMY IS RETREATING TOWARD THE FRONTI ER OF SIBERIA ST. PETERSBURG, Angust 2, 4:05 a. m.—A report from an ipparently reliable source late last ixight was >t'o the effeet that General Kuropatkin’s main force had been rapidly moving north- ward for several days. ~According to this report, no troops proceeding to the front from Russia had gone past Harbin in the past tliree days.. They will be detained there and every available piece of rolling stock will be rushed +1 LURES SO§ 0 HOSPITAL BY A TRICK Ruse of Mother to Free Lad From Morphine. Feigns Tliness in Order to] Entice Him fo. a Safe Retreat, When Yeung Man Is Inside She- Re- vezls- Plot end Turns Him Over to Physicians. < to ‘The Call. F= ARDING, Aug. 1.—Hartry: it young man who_ had | was Jured-into Hospital ‘by- his obpér, in & sen- feigning Hiness. the most -gen- d ‘residernts of Cucamon- who is only 21 years ming & physical rug habit, Mrs.| send the boy to:| subsequeritiy - to the:| iy fears M Gooper-| . denly seri- | ician dirécted County. Hospital | himseif to{ in-shé won | Il:the passengérs, who | ey gazed Hpon| amped . with ¥ a one .be- but 4 short time off. n she: was met ced on & cot and | At the hospital | of the ck in -to -take bair- and estowed nked at Dr. entions he wi situation, | really the| that he | he had habit | biighted the past’ year'of-| —————— PRESIDENT . OF HAYTI | ATTACKS FOREIGNERS | Accuses Them of Trying to Overthrow | Government by Raising Ex- change Rate; . Aug. 1. to-day President ddress . which - has he foreign residents. He sé- n of " plotting . #aying they ige and Presi- Adefen himself, he would take sures. Nord made a threatening ‘what happeried to Hayt] rate of exchange is 600 —— e ARMENIANS AMBUSH THE SULTAN’S SOLDIERS per Revolutionists 9:;1'(- to. Three Vil- lages in - the Vicinity of Mush. CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug.. 1.—Of- ficial telegrams report that a band of Armenian - revolutionists ambushed a party.of soldiers near Mush. On the drrival -of reinforcements the Armen- ians fled, seting fire to three villages on their way Another d of Armenians, num- hering. sixty, attacked the, village of Mousom, in. the vilayet of Erzéroum, but was repulsed the garrison and attéempted - 10 ‘escape to the ‘Russian frontier. . This was. prevented by the frentier guards.- however, . only four of the Armeniang etting away. —_——— SECRETARY OF. AGRICULTURE ! PLEASED WITH REPORTS Ofiicial Says Indications Point To- ward a Very Satisfactory ~ Crop Year. WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.—“In my estimation we are going to have a very satisfactory crgp year,” said Secretary | of Agriculture Wilson to-day. “Corn is looking better than it has at this season for three years. Wheat com- pares well with past years—is better, in fact, than at this time last year or the year before. Reports from the cotton belt are encouraging. All hay crops ere reported good and #o are the yerge of insanity | i recently e Japanese May Crush SBURG; .Aug. If the report of Kuropatkin’ s retreat is true, it’leayes:the Ru forees in 4n éxcee serious p ofi. . If the Russian formation been broken by the cheng, the'a Kuropatkin ment they believ ciptire of Simou- 8 hér i it will oceur near. Anschantschan, way . between Haicheng and Liaoyang; in which case the, Haicheng force - will- ‘fall - back thither. ‘and . the. Sirmoucheng. force, under. Gefieral ko, .on the Mitscher northward road to Y 3 already fortified - with to- such a contingenc 1 Guld then the # for An- chan; strength of cshown by th t that it was the only position.thé Chinese succe fully- defended against the Japanes It-is possible’ that if “Simoucheng is évacuated it may be: in pursuance of the foregoing pian and it is also po ble. in. thjs. case that General Stakel- berg may get away. to the north, but in -ahy -éase his retreat ‘with Oku at his heels must-be a diificult op tion, even with the railway to help him. General Kuropatkin’s reports of yes- s only:carried the fighting up to v night,. when. the Russians had driven ‘in from the left flank of Simouchéng position. The Rus- had repelied several attacks and in which there 1s a desperate hand-to-hand fight at Kapgwa heights. Elsewhere the Rus- siapis were.reported to be holding their own. - General _Kuropatkin’s reports gave no figures of the two days' fighting. The main attack seems-to have béen made by the artillery, the favorite arm of the Japanese. il SN DRIFTS UNDER. RUSSIAN GUNS. one bayoriet 'charge, Disabled Japanese Gunboat Bravely | Rescued by Another Vessel. TOKIO,- Aug.- 1.—The following ex- citing naval incident has been report- ed by Admiral Togo. - While engaged in sSweepirg for mines near Lungwangtao, a Japanese gunboat got entangled with a mine, and. while trying to free itself the mine got fastened in the sweeping ma- chinery of the gunboat. This render- {ed the gunboat helpless, and it drifted |to Shensen Point, where it.was ex- | posed to a heavy Russian cannonade. Captain Hirose; on board another gunboat, then went to the rescue of the first vessel. He succeeded in get- ting a line to the disabled gunboat and had started to fow her away, when ne was suddenly Rttacked by a Russian torpedo-boat destroyer. After fighting which lasted one hour, Captain Hirose succeeded in extricating both gun- boats. The tain Hirose was hit twice and TSk tE, TiIYSTRATED ZArReN: 2B - 5.3. m.|three men on board of her were killed. hich is | - |. URGES CUREATION OF CABINET. Russian | ain® wourided: R : _Theé funnels of the Russian torpedd- | at destre vhich Was sunk on are visible off Sher- Hirose- and ten men were Sunday, July 24, sen” Point. 3 S — STILL SCOLDING -AMERI Russlan Newspaper Calls Attention to Ineidents of Our Wars. " | ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 1.—Dis- | cussing the case of the British steam- | ship Knight Commander, the Novoe Vremya points to the action of the , Americans in the war of 1812 in sink- | ing English ships, and also to some al- | legea history of the civil war, when, | the paper says, more than a hundred | blockade runners ‘were sunk. The | Novoe Vremya concludes: g “Before lodging the complaints our | well-wishers preparing, it would | well for t} to look up what they | did themselves.” - Most of the other papers are ab- | staining' from criminations. | . — CA.. Rus-|| .sian Force Engaged at-‘Haicheng. .- I'An artillery duel raged. all day along : ‘their positions. - {days’ fighting, General Kuroki has de- | are heavily mined. | fighting, . 8CENE. ON. NSHAN HILL, - ‘WHERE_IN. ONE CHARGE EV- ERY JAPANESE ENGAGED'WAS KIELED. 5ed e e T - War Bulletins. | HAICHENG, Aug. 1, 4:55 p. m— the 'whole front, but the Russians hold TOKIO, Aug. 2, .noon.—After two feated the Russian forces in two sepa- rate actions, fought at Yushulikzu and | the Yangse Pass. TFENTSIN, Aug. al from Port Arthur says the Japanese are five miles distant from the Russian strongholds, the approaches to which Bread .is plenti- ful in Port Arthur. LONDON, Aug. 1.—A dispatch to’a news agency from Tokio says there is reason to believe that, after two days’ the Japanese occupied Simoucheng, thus cutting off General Stakelberg from General Kuropatkin. Russian Editor Points Out the Evils { of the Present System. | ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 1.—The | suggestion of Souvorin, editor.of the | Novoe Vremya, regarding the estab- lishment of a responsible cabinet is creating much popular comment. | Great significance attaches to the free- | dom with which the newspapers are | | discussing the question. | |- Souvorin this morning returned toflf the charge, in a signed article pointing | | out the evils of the present system and | saying that the rivalry between the | | ministers is causing chaos in the pub- | lic service. | SR B GREAT BRITAIN'S PROTEST, | Objects to the Classification of Food« 2 stuffs as Contraband. LONDON, Aug. l.—Answering a question propounded to the Govern- | ment, the Under Foreign Secretary, |‘Earl Percy, said in the House of Com- | | mons to-day that Foreign Secretary | | Lansdowne had instructed Sir Charles | | Hardinge, the British Embassador at | St. Petersburg, to protest to -Russia | against the inclusion of fqodstuffs in | the list of articles declared contra- band, and, with regard to cotton, it is claimed that it should be treated as contraband only when destined for the manufacture of explosives. .02 s Tt Tolstol’s Son Goes to the Front. ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 1.—Count Tolstol’s son is leaving for the front as a volunteer in the Two Hundred vessel under the command of |and Seventeenth (Kromy) Wmlw;m fell, flooding cellars and streets of infantry. “ PARIS, Aug. 2.—The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Echo de Paris says that Vice Admiral Bezobrazoff entered Port Arthur two weeks ago on the torpedo-boat destroyer Lieutenant | Burukoff, which has since been sunk with all on board except three persoris. Admiral Bezobrazoff is noyw command- ing the Russian Pacific squadron. —_—p NEW YORK IS VISITED ' : BY AN ELECTRIC STORM Several Persons Are - Injured and Property Damaged in Various ' Parts of the City, NEW YORK, Aug. l1.—Considerable damage was done in widely separated parts of the city during an electrical storm this afternoon. Both flagstails on the postoffice building in lower New York were struck, and a man on top of | the building was badly shocked and burned about the hand. A bolt of lightning struck the Third avenue elevated structure near Fiftieth street, ran along and set fire to the sleepers, causing a beautiful pyrotech- nic display. The big flagpole on top of the Flatiron!| buflding was struck, a piece over fifteen | feet long being broken off. Fragments of the pole fell on both sides of ‘the| building to the streets belew. One splinter grazed the arm of a policeman, but no one else was hit. Several fla, poles in various parts of the city were shattered by lightning and many dwelling houses were struck. During the forty-five minutes the storm continued nearly two inches of so that traffic was seriously impeded, 1 31 says: ~—A recent arriv- |. southward, empty, for the removing of troops at Liaoyang and other points to: the northward, leaving a skeleton force to contest t. .. Enemy’s Kuroki's So — Idiers Carr Positions y DY Assault. ent of the Times with General Kuroki, in the fleld, in 4 dispatch datéd July “This a¥my began a general attack | LONDON, Aug. 2.—The correspond- |for Filler, thé spicial war corréspond- | ent of the Indianapolis News, who re- ¢ently Succeeded in gétting into- Port Arthur - And_ouf 'again, Fuller -has sailed from' Tokio for San Franeisco. The passporis were' démanded. on the he Japanese advance on vital positions. —_— s FOUR MEN R0B WORLDS FAIR TRAIN Puliman Car Passen- gers Victims of Bandits. Routed From Their Berths and Compelled to Give Up Their Coin. Two Tourists Who Move Too Slowly Are Struck on Head With 8 Hatchet, CHICAGO, Aug. 1L—Four highway- men, all heavily armed and two of them wearing masks, held up the pas- | sengers ‘on the Illinois" Central Chi- cago-St. Louis express train No. 1 known as the ‘“Diamond Speeial,” as it neared Matteson to-night.. The rob- bers secured all the money and valua- bles carried by the thirty passéngers in the two Pullman sleepers, stopped the train and escaped In the darkness. The forward sleeper was _entered first. The occupants were . aroused, and, with nothing on but their night robes, were marchéd back to the Pull- man car behind. Two of the passen- ! gers who were slow in responding to the command' of the robbers were hit on the head with a hatchet and one ‘was seriously injured. . It is impossible to-night to obtain the names of the in- furéd passengers. ‘When the passengers in the two cars had been lined ‘up in the rear | Pullman two of the robbers _staod guard, one at each end of the car, with .drawn revolvers.. The third, who is supposed to hive been the leader, or- dered the passengers, who had Deenm compelled. to bring along their cloth- ing from the first car, to throw the garments on the floor of the car. The passengers in the rear car were then | ccmmanded to return: to their berths and deposit their clothing in the sames heap. | Then the leader, with the utmost | coolriess, began to search the clothing |for valuables: ' When he ‘had finished this search he made a close examina- ! tion of the passengers for any money | at daylight to-day, which lasted until|ground that, as FuHer had been in [that they might have secreted. sunset.” The Japanese center took Toawan, capturing the enemy’s north- eastern positions. The left ‘then ad- vanced and occupled a position jeop- ardizing the Russian right. “The Japanese right carried the enemy’s position against superior num- bers. s “There was tremendous artillery firing throughout the day and the in- fantry finished with a brilliant march under the efiemy’s shrapnel. T’ believe that the Russian position will be un- tenable to-morrow.”, Other British .correspondents with General Kuroki in the field, in brief dispatches dated July 31, concur in the statement that the Japanese have car- ried certain positions, leaving ormly one defensible position betweeén them and Liaoyang. 'The Standard correspondent says: . 2 v “The attack.on the position beyond ‘Motien Pass was fully justified by its success. Every.advantage was in favor of the Russlans, whose position was strong and force superior, but they showed inferiority in tactics and. in power of resistance, While they made a vigorous stand on.our left, they were unable to resist our right.” The Morning Post's’ correspondent says: “The Russian force consisted of three divisions. Thé Japanese shelled the. de- fensive works until.6 o’clock in 'the evening. The infantry in the center then captured Tawan and the enemy’s position behind, and the other positions on the left and right were afterward carried by a brilllant assault on the strongly defended height: 5 R ) YINKOW REOPENED TO TRADE. Japan Rescinds the Order Warning Foreign Shipping to Keep Away. TOKIO, Aug. 1.—The Government to-day decided to open Yinkow to the trade of neutral ships and individuals. ee intercourse is permitted, the only restriction being the formality of for- bidding the importation of contraband of war destined for the Russians. Fol- lowing the Japanese occupation sev« eral days ago, foreign shipping was warned away and this led to a protest on the part of the foreign Consuls. R R CORRESPONDENT DEPORTED. Writer Offends Japan by Succeeding in Getting Into Port Arthur. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Aug. 1.—The Russian territory .and within the Rus- sian lines, he could not remain ‘on Jap- anese ‘soil. He was-under constant Japanese espiopage from the time he returned to Chefu from Port Arthur. pp ket ke tna é . EN ROUTE TO THE RED SEA. Russian Cruisers Don and Ural Pass the -Island of Jutland.- FREDERICKHAVEN, Island of Jutland, Aug. 1.—The Russian auxil- iary -cruisers Don and Ural and two torpedo-boats- passed here during the night. At Skaw, Cape SRagen, the northern extremity of-Jutland, the tor- pedo-boats returned and proceeded to | Odesund. The’cruisers continued their course. Their destination is.the Red Sea. 3 § - —— ey TN KOREA ON 'VERGE OF REVOLT. Japan Finds It Necéssary to Greatly Strengthen Her Garrison. PARIS, Aug. I.—Accordirig to trust- worthy advices the Japanese ‘serfously fear an uprising In Korea, where the announcement .that. Japan. intends to tivated -among Japanese colonjsts has greatly incensed the natives. The Jap- anese garrison, it -is added, was strengthened by thousands during the last few days. A : oA CRE . ‘_Steamship Arabia on Trial. . ST. PETERSBURG, ‘‘Aug. 1.—The trial of the steamship. Arabia‘ is now progressing at Viadivostok and. will have to.be completed before the ques- tion of her release can be determined upon. * : ———. N Japanese Warships at Newchwang.. NEWCHWANG, Aug. 1.—One Jap- anese battleship, one cruiser, three gunboats- and . one " ‘torpedo-boat ar- rived here to-dav. g War News Continued 6n Page 3. . ————— PAYNE DISAPPOINTS Refuses to Name a Postoffice After Governor of the Southern State. WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.—Postmas- ter General Payne said to-day that an application to give the name of Vard- aman to a postoffice in Mississippi, in honor of the Governor of that State, distribute the lands not actually cul- | MISSISSIPPI'S CHIEF | | ‘When the search had Dbeen\ com~ | pleted- all the booty was placed in a [flour sack and the three robbers joined | their companion, who. had stood guard |in the vestibule of the train.- Pulling | the bell rope, the signal to the engi- | neer to stop was given and when the | speed of the train had slackened suffi- | ciently the robbers, ‘after having lock- ed the doors of the car, - jumped off and fled in the darkness. So systematic was the work: of the robbers and with so little confusion; that the train ¢rew was-unaware of | what was going on. It was not until | the engineer, in response'to the signal, brought his train ta a stop, and, see- -ing nothing of the remainder of the crew, walked back to the rear of the "train to ascertain what was. the mat- ter, that he learned of the robbery. The robbers secured more than $1000 in money and a quantity of valuables. Most of the despoiled passengers were | en' route to the St. Louis Exposition. | ——e e EARTH OPENS AND. CAUSES MEXICANS GREAT FRIGHT Crack Extending to Base of Colima i Volcano Arouses Fear i of Natives. - CITY OF MEXICO, Aug. 1.—The in- habitants of Zapotland, State of Jalis- co, and the surrounding villages In the. vicinity of the Colima volcano, are | greatly exercised over the opening of- | the earth in almost an unbroken line | trom a point near Zapotland to the [very base of the erratic ‘fire moun- | tain.” This crack is supposed t6 have | been the result of recent.earthquakes. It is several feet wide at varjous points along its length, and that it is of con- siderable depth is proved hy the dis- appearance into it of water, which, after rushing down the mountain sides, . usually finds its way to creeks in the valley below. — b — “MARK TWAIN'S” DAUGHTER HAS A NARROW ESCAPE Her Horse Is Struck by Car and Killed and She Sustains Bro- ken Ankle. LENOX, Mass, Aug. 1.—Miss Jane Clemens, the youngest daughter of Mark Twain, with Rodman Gilder, son ! of Richard Watson Gilder, was riding | along the highway in South Lee Sat- | urday evening when a fast-running | trolley car approached. Miss Clemens’ | horse bolted and the car struck and Japanese Government, through Amer- |nad been received through the Fourth | killed it and dragged it for fifty feet. i¢an Minister Griscom, having ordered | Assistant Postmaster General, and that | Miss Clemens was thrown and her an- | the return of the passports given Hec- the application had been refused, kle was dislocated,