The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 20, 1904, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY RUSSIAN ADMIRAL ORDERED BY THE CZAR TO STEAM OUT OF PORT ARTHUR TO Must Lose Ships in Combat or De- stroy Them. ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 20.—Acute enxiety prevails regarding the situa- »n at Port Arthur on account of the ate character of the fighting re- ported as taking place, though the War Department does not seem to believe that the danger of the fall of .the fort- so imminent as is generally as- to advices received Office there is still an am- ammunition and of pro- While it is realized that probably outnumber the x or seven fold, the great h of the fortifications it is be- i will do much to make up for the parity in numbers. point there is absolute na v, that if the fort- e fleet will not fall into the 1s of thé Japanese. -On this point alty’s instructions are of the erative character. iral Prince Outkomsky has should the worst come, to death struggle, and »n here that these in- rried out, both in sp but if for any rea- a final sortie prove to be imp ble admiral is to destroy his ships and de: ple ¢ visions there the Japane Jake certain that their wreckage . be absolutely irreparable. ime Vice Admiral Ro- > squadron, including is standing off It is popu- quadron will quite true t immediate but regarding the question there is a difference of opin- the naval authorities. It is one hand that the imme- and on the other theory it ithin two months find Vice al Togo's fleet tely worse condition than if ere allowed the whole and refit the ships s of an immediate sail- » port of Vladivostok ing the squadron, into Port Arthur and they squad- quan- eet the latter's in dition without relying for r on the part or Vice RUSSIAN GUNBOAT SUNK. Vessel of the Otvajani Type Strikes a Japanese Mine. < Aug. 19.—A Ru: Otvajani type struck a mine and nk off Laoti P ntor: hern point of the Kwantung Pe- ia, on which Port Arthur is sit- at 8 o'clock on Thursday night ian gunboat ed Otvajani an armored gunboat nch gun, one 6- and ten quick firing guns. ) torpedo tubes, has a speed ots and carries a crew of R S L MUST DISARM OR FIGHT. Chipa’s Decision Is Against Russian War Craft at Shanghai. WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.—Consul seneral Goodnow has cabled the State from Shanghai that the there has reported st the claim of the Russian Con- 1 and decided that the tor- troyer now that port J or disarm by the 20th in- #tant, and that the cruiser must do likewise by the GERMANS BALK JAPAN. Prevent the Erection of a Wireless the squadron would be | the extreme | . launched In | Manchurian Chun- chuses Led by | Japanese. CHEFU, Aug. 19.—Major L. L. Sea- man, a specialist in military surgery, who has seen much of the Japanese hospitals and who has been with the Chunchuses, or Chinese bandits, near Mukden, has arrived at Chefu. He says that the Japanese are giving proot of the benefits to be derived from non- interference with wounds on the field, where they content themselves with the application of first aid bandages and antiseptics, leaving the more serious was to be done in the hospitals at home. The resuit of this praetice has been that many men suffering from bullet wounds at the front are nearly well when they reach Japan. On one,hospital ship returning to Japan from the front there were 2200 | wounded men ‘and there was not a | single death on board during the trip. Three per cent will cover all the deaths among the wounded who have been returned to Japan after having re- | ceived first-aid treatment only. | _ Russian wounded captured by the | Japanese have been treated in a simi- {lar maner and the recoveries among | these men is scarcely less in proportion | than among the Japanese. | A new complication has been dis- covered in the wounds sustained in this war, due to the extraordinary high speed of small caliber bullets, which produce aneurisms by their speed. Ma- | jor Seaman saw twenty-seven opera- | tions performed for the relief of this new condition. After having spent some time in Japan, Major Seaman, accompanied by ‘aptain Charles T. Boyd of the Tenth | United States Cavalry, was the guest of Chungtzorlin, a Chunchuse chief, | near Sinminting, where the Chun- | chuses number 10,000 men. The major declares these men to be | in the employ of the Japanese, who pay the infantry fifteen taels a month and the cavalry twenty-five taels a month. | There are many Japanese officers | among these forces, who are used to the Russians. | the visit of Major Seaman | and Captain Boyd the bandits brought in the heads of five Cossacks on pikes. The Cossacks had been part of a de- tachment of thirty-five men who were | engaged in securing 1000 head of cattle. After the bandits defeated the Russian tachment they appropriated { | cattle. The Chunchuses pride themselves on their horsemanship, and the visiting officers owe their welcome among them 1o some West Point riding tricks shown .| them by Captain Boyd. The attack of the Chunchuses on the Cossack detachment with the cattle re- |sulted in a force of 3000 C ks marching out to avenge the killing of | their comrades. Thereupon the robber | chief said his visitors had better go, as he could not undertake to protect ‘\hflm. Consequently Major Seaman | and Captain Boyd left the bandits’ | headquarters. LSRN AR DESPAIR IN ST. PETERSBURG. i3 Russian Naval Disasters - Dishearten the Admiralty. ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 19.—A feel- ing almost akin to despair reigns in the much-tried Russian admiralty. The official report of Vice Admiral Skryd- | ioff, coming on the heels of the known losses sustained by the Port Arthur squadron in its desperate sortie of Au- gust 10, not only confirming the sink- ing of the Rurik, but showing that the damages received by the Gromoboi and Rossia in the fight with Vice Admiral Kamimura’s squadron were even greater than expected, completes the crushing nature of the blow to Russia’s ill-starred naval forces in the Far East. € far as the immediate future is concerned, the admiralty does not dis- guise the fact that the Vladivostok squadron is destroyed. The only conso- lation found is in the words of praise | bestowed on the officers and men and | the unequal character of the fight, Rus- sian naval experts, by the system of coefficients, figuring that the inferior- ity of the Viadivostok squadron in armor and guns was 69 to 200. 1t confirmed that the losses of offi- cers and men on board the Rossia and | Gromoboi were 50 per cent of the for- | mer and 25 per cent of the latter, show- the | | FIGHT Thunder of Port Arthur’'s Cannon Is Heard. CHEFU, Aug. 19, 9 p. m.—Firing at Port Arthur by big guns was heard dis- tinctly here to-night. Late advices from Port Arthur say that Palungchang; although retaken by the Russians, has not been occupled by either stde. The Russian batteries have contented themselves with pre- venting the Japanese reoccupying this position, and planting guns which would command the Russian warships in the harbor. Russian naval officers believe that the Japanese battleship Mikasa was sunk in the engagement of August 10. They | declare that whiie the Japanese con- centrated their fire on the Cesarevilch the - Russians centered theirs on the Mikasa, Admiral Togo's flagship. It was the Mikasa which the Retvizan attempted to ram during the fight. The Retvizan had been receiving a gruel- ing and her captain suddenly gave an order to steer into the midst of the Japanese 1essels and head for the Mi- kasa. So fully surrounded was the Ret- vizan that at one time she was using every one cI her guns. One Japanese shot rendered her turret unworkable, but repairs were made in ten minutes. The Russian warships which return- ed to Port Arthur declare that Admiral Witheoft's last order was to return to Port Arthu previous statement from Tsingchou, al- leging that the Admiral's last order was not to return. Commercial business at Port Arthur is said to be at a complete standsuli. The people are living in bomb-proof houses. A belief on both sides or the contending forces that the other side is abusing the Red Cross has led to the feeling that that emblem is of Iit-| tle protection. The Russians claim that the Japanese use the flag to cover re- connoitering parties. Recently a Rus- sian sharpshooter noticed a Japanese officer and a party of thirteen carrying a Red Cross flag. He reported that he belleved the Japanese were shamming that they were wounded. The Russian officer in command gave shooter permission to fire on them. The sharpsheoter killed or wounded all of them. As fast as one dropped the Rel Cross flag another one picked it up. It 1s also reported that the Japanese attempt to deceive the Russians into touching off their electric ground mines by driving cattle over ness. This r has, it is said, result- ed merely in fresh supply of beef. The Russians declare that Takushan fs doing the Japanese but little good, as they are frequently driven that position by artillery fire. are unable to mount guns. Among the buildings in Port Arthur stroyed by shells are and Clarkson & They American w FIGHTING FOR THE WORLD. Sons’ Galen M. Fisher of Tokio Lectures on Japan at the ¥. M. C. A, Galen M. Fisher, a graduate of the University of California, who is in this city in the interest of the Young Men's | Christlan Association of Japan, of which he is secretary, located at Tokio, lectured last evening in the auditorium of the Young Men’'s Chris- tian Association building. His subject was “Japan and Its Men,” and he ex- pressed his belief that “Japan is fight- ing for the world—that she is battling for righteousness.” “I am proud that I represent Japan, even though unofficially,” “and I say this in the name of Him that I serve. Japan is now engaged in a conflict for righteousness and for the world and this fact historians will | acknowledge more positively when time has given events of to-day’their proper perspective, “Christianity is making rapid pro- gress in Japan. The minds of her peo- ple are open to all truths no matter whence they come. Truly, as a great writir has said, we may well class Japan to-day with the Christian na- tions. In her public affairs—in the war in which she is engaged to-day—she is dominated by Christian principles, which her enemy professes, but does not practice. I repeat that victory for This disagrees with a | the sharp- | them in the dark- | ffording the besieged a | from | said Fisher, | PACKERS DEAL A BODY BLOW Must Build Fire Escapes on Factories or Find Other Sleeping Quarters for Men STRIKERS WIN A POINT Corporation Counsel Says Employers Violate Law by Keeping Employes at Yards (o i CHICAGO, Aug. 19.—Corporation Counsel Tolman has given to Mayor { Harrison an’opinjon declaring that the i’packers at the stockyards have no i legal right to house men in their pack- | ing-houses. The opinion was given in | response to the request of the Mayor, | who was informed by the Chicago Fed- eration of Labor that the packers were boarding men contrary to law. The ovinion holds that the regula- tions calling for fire escapes and exits 1 in buildings where large numbers of people are housed have not been com- plied with, and suggests that the pack- ers be given a period of three days tc commence the alterations in their buildings or to find new quarters for the men. | The Mayor after receiving the opinion | sent it to Chief of Police. O’'Neil, with { instructions to 'see that the packers obeyed the law. B — | O'BRIEN RE-ELECTED MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FROM CORK United Irish League Will Endeavor to Secure Former Ieader’s Con- sent to Serve. CORK, Ireland, Aug. 19.—William | ber of Parllament from Cork City un- |opposed. It is unknown whether he | will accept, but the local executive of | the United Irish League will use every effort to induce O'Brien to return to | Parliament. O’Brien on November 15, 1903, re- | signed his seat in Parliament for Cork City and as a member of the govern= |ing body of the United Irish League, | owing to differences of opinion with members of the Nationalist party. S A Gfoiepolgp—S. | FARMER'S DEATH CAUSED BY BITE OF MOSQUITO | Bruised Hand Is Infected by Polson of Insect and Victim Dies De- spite Treatment. CHICAGO, Aug. 19.—August An- | derson, a farmer of Starke County, Ind., is dead in a Chicago from the bite of a mosquito. Anderson suffered a slight injury which caused an abrasion of the skin on his right nd. A mosquito bit him in the abrasion and a few days {later Anderson began to suffer in- tensely. He came to Chicago for treatment, but blood poisoning rj- sulted. | —_————— PARDO. FOR WORKHOUSE INMATE COMES TOO LATE Unfortunate Man Is Drowned While | Attempting to Escape ¥From the Institution. | ST. LOUIS, Aug. 19.—M. C. Ben- nett of Des Moines, Iowa, was drowned in the Mississippi River having leaped into the stream in an attempt to escape from the work- house. | Bennett's act was committed a few | hours before, unknown to him, he was | to have been pardoned. He claimed to | be an insurance man and is said to | be related to prominent persons in | Des Moines. e | FIRST NATIONAL IS NOT | SOLD, SAYS ITS PRESIDENT | Honolulu Financier Denies That the | Anglo-Californian Bank Has Pur- chased Hawalian Institution. HONOLULU, Aug. .19.—The Ha- walian Star says that it is reported | that the Anglo-Californian Bank of San | | Francisco is negotiating for the pur- | chase of the First National Bank of this city. President Brown of the | First National states that the bank | has not been sold. —_———— lORDERS ARE ISSUED FOR O’Brien was to-day re-elected mem- | hospital | here after | AUG T 2 1904. WESTERN WOMAN IS HONORED L L 4 - RIVERSIDE WOMAN ELECTED TO l HIGHEST OFFICE IN GIFT OF RATHBONE SISTERS. i e e e Mrs. L. A. Monroe Chosen Supreme Chief of the Rathbones. LOTTSVILLE, Aug. 19.—Mrs Lydia.l A. Monroe of Riverside, Cal, was to- day chosen supreme chief of the Rath- bone Sisters. Her competitors were Mrs. Belle Quinlan of Galesburg, Ill., the incumbent, and Mrs. Emma A.| Young of Zanesville, Ohio. i LOUISVILLE, Aug. 19.—The Su- preme Lodge, Knights of Pythias, to- | day decided by vote of 99 to 41 to| held its next biennial encampment in | New Orleans, beginning on the third | Tuesday in September, 1908. The Supreme Lodge has adopted | new uniforms and equipments for all officers of the Pythian army except general officers and officers of the gen- | eral staffs. The uniforms adopted are | practically the same as worn by the | officers of the United States army. -— DUSTIN IS ELECTED. | 1ilinois Man New Commander in Chief | of Sons of Veterans. BOSTON, Aug. 19.—At the national convention of the Sons of Veterans to- | day Willlam E. Dustin of Dwight, I, was elected commander in chief by ac- | clamatfon. The following officers also were chosen by acclamation: Senior vice | commander in chief, George S. Gervis | of San Francisco; junior vice com-| | mander in chief, M. D. Friedman of Birmingham, Ala.; quartermaster gen- | eral, Fred E. Bolton of Boston (re-| elected). | Ida E. Warren of Worcester was | | elected national president of the Daugh- | ters of Veterans to-day. e GIVEN SET OF DIAMONDS. Grand army Ladies Make Magnificent | Gift to California Woman. BOSTON, Aug. 19.—At the meeting | of the ladies of the Grand Army of | the Republic to-day Mrs. A. Mitcher | of California was presented with a set | of diamonds. Mrs. May S. Jones of | California has been appointed to the executive committee of the Woman's Relief Corps. ——— Re-elect High Chief Ranger. MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 19. — After counting ballots all night the tellers | of the Woman's Catholic Order of | Yoresters announced to-day that Mrs. | | principles of aur N0 HARMONT INWISCONSIN Governor La Follette in Opening His Campaign Scores the Rival Faction HATCHET NOT BURIED Republican Executive Claims He Was Beaten at the Primaries Through Fraud —_— Special Dispatch to The Call. MILWAUKEE, Wis., Aug. 19.—Gov- ernor La Follette opened his campaign at Eau Claire this evening. It is evi- dent from the Governor’s initial effort that there will be no peace or harmony within the Republican ranks in Wis- consin until he has succeeded in win- ning control. He says so himself. But more senational than this was the at- tack made by the Governor on his op- ponents and the corporations. La Fcl- lette declared that this was a cam- paign of principles, not of men, and that one of the principles was tue pri- mary election. “I knew in 1896 I had votes enough among the delegates elected to 1he State Convention “to nominate me,” sald he. ‘“These votes were pledged to me. [ saw them taken away from me by unlawful means, which should | have sent some men to the penitentiary. Delegates were takei to a room in a hotel and there offered money to change their votes. None of the men took the money, but they afterward came to me and told me about it. They sald that in the room In question money in large bills was stacked upon a table and held down by paper weights. “One of the bosses of that time came to me and said: ‘Now, La Follette, we've got you beat, but if you keep still and don't squeal we'll take care of you when the time comes.’ “I refused, but events took place just as he had predicted. I then de- termined to begin an investigation and direct my efforts to correct the eviis which confronted the people.” The Governor said that his investi- gations showed the close relationship of the bosses to the corporations. <2 G2 Qs MILES PRAISES PARKER. Pronounces Jurist's Acceptance Speech an Excellent One. ESOPUS, Aug. 19.—Judge Parker to-night made public a letter from Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles | congratulating him on his speech de- livered at the notification ceremonies. The letter: follows: Dear Judge—I wish to express my appre- clation of your most excellent address in ac- cepting the Democratic nomimation. It was more comorehensive, stronger and deeper and presented in clea light the most important overnment than any speech state paper produced in many years. 1 would not erase a line and cheerfully in- dorse every sentence. It will attract the at- tention of the thoughtful, patriotic citizens of our country; It will be a bow of promise and a star of hope to millions in the Orient who are now praying for liberty, and it will vi- brate down through the republics of the West- n Hemisphere, giving confidence to fifty mil- lions of reople living under democratic gov- ernments _copled after our own. Wishing you every success [ remain, very truly yours, NELSON A. MILES. PESE ey STRENGTH OF DAVIS FAILING. Democratic Nominee Is Yielding to the Ravages of Old Age. WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.—A num- ber of unprejudiced observers who were present at the notification cere- monies at White Sulphur Springs on Wednesday have returned to Washing- ton. To all of these observers physical energy of former Senator Davis appeared to be little short of wonderful, but they all bring the same report as to his mental capacity, and, while they put their observations-in the kinlest language, all are agreed that Elihu Root did well to bring the age of Davis before the country in his speech at Indianapolis. .Davis’ sen- tences were notably mixed in delivery, although in the printed manuscript they were well formed. —_———————— FAIRBANKS SOUGHT TO ENLIST. WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.—Among the papers which Senator Fairbanks | has placed in the hands of W. H. Smith of Indianapolis, who is prepar- ing a biographical sketch of the can- the | AD SUMMER CATARRH DANGEROUS Free Advice On Its Cure Don't decelv yourself abe Summer Catarrh Don't make tha mistake of thi ing it only a per sistent, annoy littie cold in head! It's the m dangerous form « Catarrh because seems the most ‘ trifiing. 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BOOTK, Chicagod St Wektera Ry, Unioh Patfe R R 617 Market St. No. | Montgomery St. SAN PRANCISCO, CAL. | | 7 e s the Japanese arms Will not only beneflt | HEPARTMENT OF CALIFORNIA | Elizabeth Rogers of Chicago had been | didates for the Republican National, CHEFU, Aug. 19.—The German au- Tsingchou have sent a hundred men to a point of that place for the f frustrating an expected at- he part of the Japanese to reless telegraph station. at DR. PIERCE S_REMEDIES. The best disinfectant of all is sunlight. It destroys its very brightness all sorts of germs and at the seme time helps the rcwth of plants and apimal life. Doubt- ess all have noticed that mould grows during the night and in dark, damp cellars. Bright sunlight quickly yS germs, morid or other organisms. That is why it is best to let the sunlight into your bouses for its purifying influence. _ At the Invalids’ Hotel ana Surgical Insti- tute, Buffalo, . Y., Dr. Pierce, chief con- sulting surgeon, started experiments, some thres years ago, with the Fimsen light in conjunction with the X-ray in the treat- ment gf diseases. He got excellent results therc/-om, and was among the first to adapt tuis : k::le cure to many atse: which it was formerly supposed must of necessit be treated by the knife. of Not only is Dr. R. V. Pierce notable for his surgical ackievements at his hospital in ‘Buffalo, but nearly a third of a centu; he discovered certain roots amd herbs 'which were nature’s remedies, and suc- ceeded in putting them up in a form that would be easily 1 ready to use, This ke called Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery. It maintains the patient’s nu- trition by enabling him to eat, retain, digest and n:’-flm n!zfigioulnf:'od_ It over- ing the dreadful havoc caused by the fire from the Japanese snips, even at a range exceeding three imiles. Pri- | vate reperts say the decks of the Ros- | sia were veritable shambles. vasd Ay RECALLS RUSSIAN FRIENDSHIP. Slav Pamphlet Is Being Circulated in the United States. INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 19.—The In- diana members of Congress have re- ceived copies of a pamphlet published in St. Petersburg, Russia, entitled “Services Rendered by Russia to the American People During the War of the Rebellion.” The pamphlet contains a recital of the attitude of Russia to- ward the Union in the Civil War as contrasted with the attitude of Great Britain. It is recalled that secessionist privatee:s armed with letters of marque issued by Jefferson Davis used English ports as a base of operations, which ruined the maritime commerce of the Northern States. ““These souvenirs,” says the pamphlet, “have not had time to fade away, but we are already subjected to the painful spectacle of what human inconsistency can do. While generous blood is flow- ing far away in the defense of Port Arthur, this same people that we re- member having loved so recently is fraternizing with the Japanese and drifting into one of those stampedes which in this age of emotionalism one is almost tempted to call ‘political mob hysteria.’ ** T SIX WARSHIPS IN HARBOR. Cruiser Pallada and Five Battleships Remain at Port Arthur. ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 19.—The Admiralty to-day received official in- formation that Vice Admiral Prince Ouktomsky’s five battleships and the protected cruiser Pallada are at Port Arthur. The telegram received here from the Russian Consul at Chefu does not mention whether the vessels are damaged. It was the protected cruiser Pallada that Admiral Togo reported having sunk in the naval battle of August 10. LR RS Losses on Kamimura's Ships. TOKIO, Aug. 19.—An official list of the casualties to Vice Admiral Kami- mura's division in the engagement in the Straits of Korea on August 14 shows that the most serious occurred on board the armored cruiser Iwate, on which vessel two officers and thir- ty-two men were wounded. l the world, generally speaking, but will | benefit Russia as much as it«will Japan | herself. It will teach the nation of the | great white Czar that the outgrowth of despotism cannot combat the out- growth of progress and enlightened civilization. “The more you know the the more you Jove them. Japanese I have found that they are capable of friendships as | loyal and true for even alien peoples as Christian hearts can cement. The cry of ‘yellow peril' is absurd. Like America, which is the policeman for the western hemisphere, Japan is the policeman of the East. She will drive back from the borders of China the hosts that are menacing the peace and advancement of the earth and then all Asia, guided by her light, will rise to the times and Christianity will spread over all the earth.” Mr. Fisher's lecture was illustrated with many striking lantern slides, which were greatly appreciated. PR KOREAN REBELS JOIN RUSSIANS, Tonghaks Are Enlisting Under the Banners of the Cossacks. Special Cable to The Call and New York Herald. Copyright, 1904, by the New York Herald Publishing Company. SEOUL, Aug. 20.—A rumor from the north reports that 600 Russian infantry- men have arrived at Hamheung, ac- companying & pack train with tents and ammunition. Supplies for a large body of troops are following them closely. Five hundred Russians to-day left Hamheung and proceeded south to Moonchun. The magistrate has ordered the population to prepare accommoda- tions and forage for them. I am informed from trustworthy scurces that the Korean rebel society of the Tonghaks has joined the Rus- sians, who are providing the Tonghaks with mounts from the large number of Siberian horses accompanying the troops. ———— NO NEW SEIZURE AT CHEFU. Merchantman Reported Captured Was Herself a Jananese Vessel. WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.—The State Department to-day received a cable- gram from Chefu, which for a time caused quite a stir. It was an official dispatch to the effect that a number of Japanese warships had entered the harbor and there seized a merchant- man which was coming in. This re- newed violation of Chinese neutrality was rega as further increasi the likelih6od that Secretary Hay’s efforts Leaves of Absence Granted to Several Officers of Artillery and Infantry. Lieutenant Edward H. de Armond, Artillery Corps, has been granted a leave of absence for one month. Lieutenant Robert E. Frith, Twen- ty-ninth Infantry, has been granted |a two months’ leave of absence, with permission to go beyond the limits of the department. Captain J. R. Lindsay, Thirteenth Infantry, has been granted a two months’ leave of absence. Lieutenant O. G. Collins, Artillery | Corps, has been granted a leave of { absence for one month. Lieutenant E. A, Sturges, Occidental Hotel, registered at army headquar- ters yesterday. —_— e The St. Louis Exposition. If you dre going to the Exposition, or anywhere else, you want a trunk or a dress suit case; no assortment so great and no prices so low for good traveling outfits as our Leather Goods De ment. Sanborn, Vail & Co., 741 Market —— L % to prevent China becoming involved in the war would come to naught. How- ever, a press dispatch from Chefu ap- parently explains the incident, the cor- respondent stating that the merchant- man reported to have been seized was herself a Japanese ship, probably act- ing as a scout boat. SIS SKIRMISHING COMMENCES. Armies of Kuropatkin and Kuroki Are in Close Touch. MUKDEN, Aug. 19.—A battle is re- ®garded as being imminent as the Jap- anese on the Russian east front are only twenty miles from Liaoyang. The advance posts are not more than four miles apart and small skirmishes are of daily occurrence. Onm the south the Japanese have retired to Haicheng. —_— e e———— Port’ Arthur’s Capture Imitated by soldiers at Camp Atascadero at- tacking entrenched position. Great scenes to- day, Sunday and Monday. $5 round trip; tickets good until Tucsday, August 23. Ask Bouthern Pacific, 613 Market street. re-elected high chief ranger over Miss Catherine Coggin of Chicago by a ma- | jority of fift —_————— BARD IS COMMENDED. San Diego Convention Declines to In- struct for the Senator. SAN DIEGO, Aug. 19.—The Repub- lican County Convention was held to- day, reMulting in the nominaticn cf F. W. Barnes and Percy A. Johnson for the Assembly and H. M. Cherry, James H. Cassidy and W. T. Wilsie for members of the Board cf Supervis- ors. The committee on resolutions re- ported a mild sort of endorsement of Bard’s work in the Sena‘a2 along with the same sort of an {ndorsement of Senator Perkins, Congressn'an Daniels and other Republican otfi:ials. This did not suit some of the friends of Bard, who Introduced a resolution which was tantamount to irstructions to the Legislative ticket. This was op- posed by the majority. not because they were opposed to Bard, but because they were opposed to any and all in- struct'ons on the ground tl.at San Di- ego is working and fighting ‘or the nomination of M. L. Ward for Con- gress and it was held that attempting to land too many candidates would be detrimental to his chance:s The con- ;exlaltlon decided to mix in no other ght. e SIBERIA’S CREW MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED Chinese Sailors Declared Laborers and Not Entitled to Be Landed or Transshipped. United States Immigrant Commis- sioner North received an application yesterday morning from the Pacific Mail Steamship Company for permis- sion to transfer a crew of 207 Chinese from the Siberia to the Manchuria. North wired the request to Washing- ton, D. C. yesterday afternoon and expects a reply this morning. North said yesterday that he did not think permission would be given and that early last December he re- ceived instructions from the depart- ment that should a Chinese crew make application for transshipment as in the case of the Korea permis- sion could not be granted lawfully. 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