The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 14, 1904, Page 21

FORTY-EIGHT PAGES—SAN FR:\NCISCO. SUNDAY, AUGUST 14, 1904—PAGES 21 TO 34. PRICE FIVE CENTS. JAPANESE SINK THE VLADIVOSTOK CRUISER RURIK AND BADLY DAMAGE TWO OTHERS IN NAVAL BATTLE TCKIO, August 14.-—-The Russian armored cruiser Rurik was sunk in the engagement in the Strait of Korea. The armored cruisers Rossiay and Gromboli escaped to the northward heavily damaged. TOKIO, Aug. 14.-—The protected cruiser Akashi reports by wireless telegraph to the Admiralty that the Japanese squadron was engaging the Vladivostok fleet off Tsu Islands, in the Strait of Korea, at 5 o’clock this (Funday) morning. BRDSLE | \ Warship Makes a Seizure in the ijes. Cruiser Tribune Lands Men and Guns to Fire a Royal Salute, | { 4 Afterward Proceeds to Venezmela to Protect British Interests at Caracas. , Istand of St. Vincent, —The British cruiser e on August 11 landed a party, meand of Lieutenant Threl- trd Island, 127 miles nd of the island exed 1t as a Brit- | on. | were hauled through the mrf[ ed, the British flag was a royal salute was fired. | ine then proceeded direct | ving there yester-| eft to-day, belng| to protect Brit- RUSSIANS GIVE | THINKS T0 €D Praise Services in Honor| of Future Ruler Are Held Throughout Czar’s Realm | New York e New York been issued in| of an heir to official Grand the Emperor, | Czarovitch, | which now | born Grand | devolves upon Duke--Alexis. A gran of preparation as a tha 4he Emperor. Impe ency will Iiberate half of the p all Rus- | ela. | A brilliant erray of officers and diplo- | mats assembled in the magnificent Ka- ‘ zan Cathedral this mo; g to attend | 1e Te Deum in honor of the birth of the h, apparent, Alexis. The stately edi-| fice, edorned with military and naval trophies, colors, eagles and keys of| captured fortresses, was filled with| Embassadors, generals, admirals and court and Government functionaries. The Grand Duke Alexis, wearing the | resplendent uniform of a high admiral, occupled the chief place as the god father selected by the Emperor for his son, s a special compliment to the much tried navy. The metropolitan read to the congregation the manifesto | announcing the birth, and then the whole assemblage bended knee as the| prelate invoked God's blessing on the| fature Emperor. Veteran warriors were | ‘ghaken with emotion and many per-| sons wept and prayed, “May the Al-| mighty send him many hours of hap-| piness.” The congregation dispersed amid the sound of bells ringing from all churches. Similar services were held | throughout the empire, the priest in| each case reading out the manifesto an- -nouncing the birth of the heir-appar- ent, Before he was twenty-four hours old the heir-apparent received his first mill. tary honor, being made honorary colonel of the Finland Guards. The colonel of the regiment later went to “the Alexandra villa to salute his baby chief. The heir-apparent is described as a strong, healthy baby. The Empress and the baby at last reports were in the best of condition. The heir to the throne at his birth weighed 10 7-10 1 is in course | c offering to | 1 l 3 | - ELLS TALE FFABILOLS GOLD ) San DiEgan Talks of Wonderful Find in Mexico. ———— Special Dispatch to The Call SAN DIEGO, Aug. 13.—With a story of fabulous wealth “richer than any Klondike,” as he puts it, W. H. Killeby, who left here a few months ago to hunt up an ancient channel which he be- lieves to run the entire length of the continent from Alaska to Lower Cali- fornia, has returned from the lower coast. He brings with him a number of little bottles of heavy, coarse, grav- elly gold as a sample of what his force of forty-one Yaqui Indians have been taking out with dry washers. Killeby has located what he believes to be the ancient channel, and accord- ing to his story the dry earth carries | big values of just such gold as he dis- plays. eastern side of the San Pedro Martin | range of mountains, four miles from the Gulf of Mexico and about two miles below the line. Nogales named Romeris, who secured the mining concession from the Mexi- can Government. space of thirty by ninety miles. Killeby is now on his way to Nogales to tell of his find and plan for further| development work. He has sunk one shaft, he says, to a depth of fifly feet, and no bedrock has been struck, which carries out his idea of the old river| He declares his bellef lha!i channel. there is actually more gold in sight than 1000 men can work in forty years. ———— LIGHTHOUSE BOARD WILL REWARD HEROIC WOMAN Widow Who Kept Beacon Burning Despite Harrowing Conditions Is to Receive Appointment. 3 WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.—As a re- ward for her heroism in turning by hand for two nights the light at Lonely Lighthouse, on Cat Island, on the Mjs- sissippl coast, after her husband had been stricken dead with heart disease, Mrs. Daniel McCall will be appointed to the $600 position of lighthouse keeper at that point. The matter is now before | the lighthouse board of the Department Although | of Commerce and Labor. there are few, If any, instances where women have been appointed to such positions, Mrs. McCall will get the —_——— DROWNS IN SWIMMING POOL AT GUERNEVILLE GUERNEVILLE, Aug. 13.—Miss Edith Hanks of San Francisco was drowned in a swimming pool at Danlels, three was a daughter of Henry Hanks, a pounds, English | well known resident of San Francisco, weight. He has dark hair, like that | and who was formerly State Mineralo- of his paternal grandmother, The property is located on the | / He is Interested | in the deal with a wealthy resident of | The grant covers a | | | | i ‘1 — DAM. VITCH, ON THE DE!A OPPORTUNITY TO ESCAPE TH OF REAR ADMIRAL WITHOEFT. GED IN THE SHANTUNG BATTLE AND TO EQ\';ETXQ_-HCH THE PORT ARTHUR FLEET FROM TOGO'S WARSHIPS, OFFICER WHO SUCCEEDED TO Loyalty to Flag- ship Cause of Disaster. | ST. PETEF | roy Alex RG, Aug. 13—V a dispatch to the Em- | peror, gives the following report from Captain Matousevitch, the late Rear ! Admiral Withoeft's chief of staff, under dat August 12: | August 10 our Port juadron began to make for the ind emerged from the port at The squadron consisted of six , the ¢ Askold, Diana, Pallada and Novik and eight torpedo- boats. The Japanese opposed us with the following force: | “A first detachment, consisting of the battleships Asahl, Mikasa, Fuji, Ya- shimi-and Shikishima and the cruisers shin and Kasaga; a second detach- ment, consisting of the cruisers Ya- kumo, Kasagi, Chitose and Takasago, and a third detachment, consisting of the cruisers Akitsushima, Idzumi, Mat- sushima, Itsukushima znd Hashidate and the battleship Chinyen, with about | thirty torpedo-boats. | “Our squadron maneuvered to gain a | passage through the line of the enemy's ships. Meantime the Japanese tor- | pedo-boats were laying floating mines {in the way of our squadron, thus ren- dering evelutions very difficult. “At 1 p. m. our squadron, after forty minutes’ tighting, succeeded in effect- ing a passage and shaped its course toward Shantung. :he enemy, follow- ing at full speed, caught up with us slowly, and at § o'clock fighting again began and continued for some hours without either side obtainihg any ad- vantage. “In the battle the commander of our squadron was killed and the captain of | the battleship Cesarevitch was wound- ed and lost consciousness. Almost at ! the same time the engines and steer- | ing gear of the Cesarevitch were dam- aged and she was obliged to stop forty minutes. This forced the other ships to maneuver around her. The com- mand of the squadron devolved upon Rear Admiral Prince Ouktomsky and the command of the Cesarevitch on the second in command. “After nightfall the Cesarevitch, be- ing unable to follow the squadron and losing sight of it, took a southerly di- rection in order to attempt to reach Vladivostok under her own steam. She was attacked by torpedo-boats during the nlght, and at dawn was in the vi- | WHERE VESSELS OF PORT ARTHUR FLEET ARE NOW The present location of the vessels of the Russian Port Arthur fleet is as follows: BATTLESHIPS. Cesarevitch—at Tsingchou. Retvizan—At Port Arthur. Pobieda—At Port Arthur. Oslabya—At Port Arthur. ! Poltava—At Port Arthur. Peresviet—At Port Arthur. CRUISERS. Askold—At Wusung. Novik—At sea. Pallada—At Tsingchou. Diana—At Port Arthur., Of the fleet which made the dash from Port Arthur three battleships have not been ac- counted for. Various reports place them back at Port Arthur, off the Korean coast and off the Chinese coast. There is a strong probability, however, that the ‘warships have returned to Port Arthur. — e cinity of the Shantung. The officer cgmmanding the squadron, having ex- amined and determined the extent of the damage to the ship, concluded that she could not make Vladivostok and allowed her captain to proceed to Kiao- chou for repalrs. “Those killed included Rear Admiral Withoeft, Navigating Flag Lieutenant Azarieff and Navigating lileutenant Draguishevitch. The slightly wounded included myself and eight others. A number. of sallors were killed or wounded, but just how many has not yet been ascertained. “I arrived at Kiaochou at § o'clock in the evening and found there the cruiser Novik and the torpedo-boat Bezshumi. “I am happy to bear witness to your Majesty to the unexampled bravery of the officers and men during the desper- ate encounter.” SEEEETALL A ONLY THE NOVIK ESCAPES. ~ — Other Damaged Russian Vessels Re- main in Tsingchou Harbor. BERLIN, Aug. .13.—The Russian protected cruiser Novik left Tsing- chou, at the entrance of Kiaochou Bay, the German' concession on.the i Naval Encounter in the Strait of Korea. CHEFU, Aug. 14, noon.—A Japanese squadron sighted the Viadivostok squadron in the Strait of Korea at 5:10 | o'clock thig (Sunday) morning. Fight- ing began fifty minutes later. destroyers, apparently Japanese, en- tered this harbor at 8 o’clock last night. A cruiser remained outside the harbor. One of the torpedo-boats exchanged | signals with the Chinese flagship. A press correspondent at once visited the Chinese flagship, where he was coolly told by Admiral Sah that no Jap- anese or Russian vessels had been seen during the night. TOKIO, Aug. 13.—It is believed here that the Russians will not be able to repalr the five battleships reported by Admiral Togo to have been damaged in the recent sea fighting at Port Arthur. The Japanese land batteries now command the entrance to the har- bor and could render this work impos- sible. Before the Russian fleet emerged from Port Arthur, on August 10, the| Japanese batteries could reach the warships there with shells and the docks were exposed to a fire, the se-| verity of which was increasing con- stantly. It is doubted if the ships will be able to go to sea again without first undergoing repairs, and it is expected that the Russians themselves wiil de- stroy them before Port Arthur falls. e A T e SIGHTS A RUSSIAN DESTROYER. Japanese Merchant Steamship Not Molested by the War Craft. TOKIO, Aug. 13.—The merchant steamship Genkal sighted a Russian torpedo-boat destroyer near Jigwel Island, off the eastern coast of Korea, on the afternoon of August 11. The Russian was steaming to the west- ward. The captain of the Genkai pre- pared to beach his ship, but the Rus- sian did not molest her. The Russian torpedo-boat destroyer evidently had parted from the fleet during the bat- tle of August 10 and was trying to re- turn to Port Arthur. | { story Four torpedo-boats or torpedo-boal’ | ! THREE-TIME - SPOUNE HER HERO.STILL Mrs. Layman May Apain Wed F. Special Dispatch to The Call CHICAGO, Aug. 13—Another chap- ter must be added shertly to the serial of matrimonial adventure of which Mrs. Grace Snell-Coffin-McCrea- Coffin-Green-Walker - Coffin - Layman has been the versatile heroine. As announced in The Call, she has brought a suit for divorce against Per- kins Layman, a former clerk in the Ho- tel Van Nuys, at Los Angeles, who packed his trunk and disappeared on an castbound “flyer” shortly after his marriage. Rumor says she is contem- plating a fourth alliance with Frank Nixon Codfin. It is known that he fol- ldwed her to California more than a year ago. At the time of Coffin’s departure from Chicago his son, Stanley Coffin, was left to his own resources here and found the battle for existence a hard probiem. Fresh from Harvard College, where the Snell millions had made every luxury possible, the idea of la- boring for the mere necessities of life had never been impressed upon him. —_———— VICIOUSLY THROWN ROCK JUST MISSES - VANDERBILTS Millionaire and His Wife Targets of Miscreants While Out Riding in Automobile. NEWPORT, R. 1, Aug. 13.—An at- tack with a rock was made upon Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Vanderbilt as they were coming from Sandy Point to New- port in their automobile last evening. Fortunately the missile did. not hit either of them, or it would have in- flicted severe injury. Vanderbilt’s first impulse was to seek his assailant, but Mrs. Vanderbilt per- suaded her husband from such a course and they proceeded to Newport. When Vanderbilt reached Newport he was de- termined to apprehend his secret foe, if possible, and, leaving Mrs. Vander- bilt, he and the Chief of Police went over the road in the hope that the as- sailant would again throw a stone and that he could be taken into custody, but the assault was not repeated. NS, TEV NAY MARRY L NOBLENAY Gossip Is Busy With Name of Noted Beauty. ‘Earl of R—os‘sl_yn—’s Atten- tions to Fair Californian Excite Comment. | Passengers on Atlantic Limer Cedric Convinced Engagement Soon Will Be Announced. atch to The Call. | Special D NEW YORK, Aug. 13.—Passengers of | the White Star Line steamship Cedric, | which arrived here to-day from Liver- | pool, told all their friends, as soon as they landed, of an engaging rumor that Mrs. Hugh Tevis of California and the Earl of Rosslyn were to be married. Mrs. Tevis was on board the Cedrie and as she walked on the promenade deck or sat in her steamer chair during the week of the voyage the rumor was discussed in its various lights. It was based on the fact that the Earl Rosslyn had accompanied her on the train from London to Liverpool and one of the fair passengers is authority for the statement that the nobleman seemed to be unusually attentive to the young American widow. One who had observed them say fare- well said that she was quite sure the Earl and Mrs. Tevis were engaged to be married and she told other of the women passengers her surmise. The result was that the Cedric's saloon had begun to accept the st of the en- gagement the first day though it had been officially announced. It was impossible to-day to see M Tevis upon the arrival of the of t as ship and no trace of could be tained at the hotels re she | customed to stop when in this city, nor | at the homes of friends whom she vis- | its in New York. Both England and this cou of the Earl of Rosslyn, who attracted attention as a writer, a newspap | respondent and an actor. He appeare here two seasons ago under the direc- | tion of Charles Frohman. T Earl | married a member of a well known | Scottish family, but his domestic life | was not happy and the divorce court | intervened. He has two childrem. —_———————— VAST FORESTS OF RUBBER TREES SAID TO EXIST ry know American Consul in Brazil Reports Important Discovery to the State Department. WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.—Vast for- ests of Manicoba rubber trees, which may in time affect the rubber market, | are reported to have been discovered in { Brazil. H. W. Furniss, United States | Consul at Bahia, Brazil, tells of the finding in a report to the State Depart- | ment, received to-day. | Furniss says that during the last few | months the discovery was made that there are in the interior of this State vast forests of trees from which can be | produced a high _ grade of rubber, | known to the trade as “Manicoba.” The area appears to be very large, but cannot be defined as the region has not been fully explored. The attention called to the first discovery has led to further exploration, with the result that from time to time comes a notice of other sections where similar trees grow in profusion. —————————— AMERICAN MAN-OF-WAR SENT TO HAYTIAN WATERS Minister Reports Disturbances at Gonaives and Jeremie and Ves- sel Is Ordered There. WASHINGTON, Aug. 13—The Navy Department has directed Admiral Sigs- bee, commanding the Caribbean squad- ron, to send a warship to Gonaives and Jeremie, Hayt!, Minister Powell having reported disturbances at those points. The Denver, now at Porto Rico, has been ordered on the mission. ———————————— New Mail Service for Carmel. WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.—The spe- cial mail service at Carmel, Monterey County, will be discontinued on August 31 and a star service with box delivery and collection will be estab- | lishea, with Walter Hanson as cavrier,