The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 27, 1904, Page 7

PLRE-BLOOD MERICANS ARE SCARCE Soon lwcolne as Rare Aboriginal Indian | Pointed Out as of Their Line! s the el the l;l‘ Last ( "\'I)X'I'IH\\ CHANGE ITH IMMIGRATION SRS Supremacy of Foreigners and Race Suicide Among the Old Families Are Alter- ing the Nation’s Character Special Dispatch to The Call CALL BUREAU, HOTEL BARTON, SWASHINGTON, Aug. 26.—There is a Wnanimous agreement among those of- ficers who have made a study of immi- gration that citizens of pure American bicod are rapidly growing scarce. Con- s ex ve immigration, the su- foreigners many lines race suicide among the are the princi- this condition in ¢ of the Bureau that direction is so t that I have often me day we would point or woman in Connec- as the last of the just as now we ed Indians out nal Amer- the dis: n families In Bosto hants and bt The manufact ts and farms are foreigners. appearance s partict in In a visit I old home there my note the influx ies are disappearing. caring for farm and the cities, £ £ oreigners in when you look I took a ride York, out of curi- for some good old e wong the thousands that thoroughfare, y-fourth d str old American Green, Smith or s s 8 ng. There was a great dar f for names.” — e———— TRADE IS IMPROVING. Labor Troubles, However, Will Have Effect on Industries. A RK, Aug. 26.—R. G. Dun & f trade to-morrow will iproved somewhat, f better prospects and ast week's variations in prod failed The industrial deterred by the la- however, and it will restore national pros- the proportion of volun- loved wage earners is e ditions, but there is Adence in the future. idered bright on the because of the high products. Foreign com- this port for the last week avorable, exports showing a as compared with the same week last year, while imports dec 'rz”d $3,267,773. Liberal purchases by prominent in- terests gave an additional strength to the hide market, but trade in foreign hides is restricted by limited receipts. Failures this week numbered 205 in the United States, against 116 last year, and in Canada 30, as compared with 33 Cantata of Queen Esther. The cantata of “Queen Esther,” un- der the auspices of the Coterie Club, was given last evening at Golden Gate Hall, 625 Sutter street, for the benefit of the Fifteenth-street African Metho- dist Church. NAWAY.—George P. ue, Alameda. and G. street, Alameda, ran down szznm street Healy umped from the to the reins until caly suffered a ure of the leg and Laroux's arm the fall. The men wers taken ceiving Hospital th 4 by Dr. Pinkham injuries ADVTRTISEMENTS Sour Stomach c 2 a0d fesliike s gaw man, Ihare boorn suficrer from dr i stomah fe iast two years. l .l 1 med!- fu'.e .:_:‘:::mdmfl but cold Bud no - ¥ eife oaly for & snort time ‘will recommend Cascarets 4~ as the only thing for indi IIIC and to keep the bowels in gwd con- T B e Sinciies. Nauch Chuzk, Pa. Best for The Bowels CANDY CATMARTIC +. Pulatable. Potent, Taste Good. Do Good, ):-ur Crcken: '—k— or Grips. be. e Soc. Neve¥ | #o.d ia bulk. Giarantoed o eure of youT Sierling Remedy Co., Chicago or N.Y. muuu.m-nllnm to de-} THE - SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 1904 ; Two Full Divisions of the l Mikado's Troops Move For- ward to the Attack and Fate of Campaign Hinges Upon the Result of Their Onslaught. (‘onunued From Pagc 1, Co]nmn 7. southeast nl Llandiansian nnd pro- ceeded to construct earthworks and en- | trenchments, | *“At 5:15 a. m.,, August 25, one of the jenemy’s batteries opened fire on the i\lllxge of Kofyntsa. A Russian bat- | tery returned the fire successfully, not- withstanding the considerable distance of the Japanese guns, and silenced the latter. Since the morning of August 25 a | force of the enemy, consisting of one brigade of infantry, with four batter- les, has marched through the Sun- dakyha Valley and repulsed two com- panies of our troops. In advancing down the valley one company of the Japanese advance guard came under the fire of our battery, apparently suf- fering heavy loss and was forced to retire. “On the morning of August 25 the[ enemy placed in position two batteries | in front of Liandiansian and bom- barded our advance position. After a brisk exchange of fire the enemy’s in- fantry appeared from Erbakhe, moving in the direction of Kamainsa. In the) artiliery duel which' ensued at this point our batteries quickly silenced the Japanese guns. “About 11-o’clock in the morning our advance post was ordered to retire on the main position, and the Japanese infant; occupied the wooded heights west of Kamainsa, near Tassintun. “Toward noon Japanese guns were observed near Erbakhe, with about a division infantry. Four batteries were seen to be concentrated between Kamainsa and Kaitasi. “About 2 o'clock in the afternoon a Japanese mounted battery, which was advancing along a ridge toward Tas- sintun, was held up by the fire of our guns and was prevented occupying the on held by another battery, which nced after suffering heavy loss. “At 3 o'clock in the afternoon large bodies of the enemy were observed constructing entrenchments on the hts south of Sanpu, and at 4 o'clock a Japanese mountain battery appeared on the heights west of Kamainsa, but was obliged to retire. At 5 o'clock a Japanese force of at least two divisions of antry was advancing against the Russian positions at Liandiansian. “Further reports of the engagement have not been received.” R AN 74 KUROKI'S PLAN OF ATTACK. Japanese Armies on Three Sides of Kuropatkin's Position. ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 26.—After four weeks’ interval the Japanese resumed their advance against General Kuropatkin's positions. The opposing armies are in contact east and south of Liaoyang and fighting has been in progress since Wednes- day. The advices at hand are too meager to enable the officials to form a correct opinion as to whether it will result in a general engagement, but the extent and character of the Japanese movement leads to that conclusion, Since the rains ceased a week ago there have been continued intimations that General Kuropatkin was about to assume the offensive, but instead of that it was the Japanese who attacked the Russian commander’s eastern and southern positions. A Japanese col- umn, 30,000 strong, was reported on Tuesday to be marching up the right bank of the Lian River, which would seem to indicate that three Japanese armies are co-operating in enveloping three sides of Liaoyang. From the meager accounts received it appears that General Kuroki selected Tantzia- pudze as the point for his attempt to drive the wedge into Kuropatkin's out- er defenses at Anping and Liandian- sian, which are situated, respectively, ten miles northwest and southwest of ' Tantziapudze, the latter being on the { Lian River, eight miles above the con- fluence of the Taitse River, whence a mountain ridge runs westward. The fact that the Japanese are pre- paring pontoons at the Taitse River was noted In these dispatches several days ago. The capture of this bridge will be the first obstacle of the Japan- ese and doubtless will entail severe fighting, in which the Japanese proba- bly count on the superiority of their mountain guns. If they be successful, the Russian position at Anping and Liandiansian will become precarious. Their operations in_Anping are sup- ported from Gutziatzy, three miles higher up the Lian River and along the Taitze River, as shown in the dis- patch reporting that the Russian front south of the Taitse River was engaged 'and that General Kuroki was simul- taneously moving on Liandiansian, along the high road, as reported from Liaoyang last night, and by the fact that another Japanese column is mov- ing on Liandiansian along the south road from Siaolindzy, ten miles north- east of Haicheng. That General Kuropatkin has fore- seen these various movements is shown by the manner in which the attack on Tanzapu was met and by the repulse of the Japanese at Siaolindzy. ¢ —— BOXES FOR ASHES OF DEAD. a have Curious Indication of Japanese Prep- aration for Great Battle. LIAOYANG, Thursday, Aug. 25.—Ac- cording to the best Information obtain- able, the Japanese are prepared for a | desperate attack on Liaoyang, in which, the Japanese say, they are con- fident of success. Siege guns have been sent from Yinkow to Tatchekiao, In- tended for use against General Kuro- | patkin’s position. ! A curibus indication at the Japanese | positiors of the methodical preparation ‘or a biz battle is the fact that 10,000 vooden boxes, in which it is intended to place the ashes of the killed, who {are to be cremated on the battlefield, | have been delivered in the neighbor- hood of Liaoyang, and that 800 Chinese | have been engaged to burn the bodies ! of those who may be killed. | 'The present disposition of the Japan- {ese forces is as follows: General | Kuroki, with 100,000 men, is between | Khoyan and Gutziatsya; General Nodzu, with 60,000 men, is on the line between Simoucheng and Khalin, and o-.-u Oku, m force - been — greatly depleted by withdrawals for Port Arthur, is at Halcheng. The weather is improving greatly and becoming favorable for aétive operations. e g SCORES GREAT BRITAIN. | Russian Newspaper Prefers the Frank Hostility of America. f ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 26.—The | Novoe Vremya presumes, now that the Viadivostok squadron is temporaliy out of commission, contraband trade will resume full swing., ‘“especially since the Smolensk—which has proved to be the Flying Dutchman to English traders on the South African route— is now definitely headed off.” Comparing the methods of the two | countries, the Novoe Vremya con- | tinues: . “We must confess we prefer the open, frank hostility with which the United States has been supplying foodstuffs and war material to Japan | to the hypocritical manner in which ;En(lnnd has been carrying on the same trade.” R o R JAPANESE LOSE CANNON. Thirty-Two Big Guns Destroyed in Battle Near Haicheng. BERLIN, Aug. 26.—Dispatches to the Lokal Anzeiger from Liaoyang in- dicate that the Japanese have not occu- | pied Anshanshan, but have advanced | barely beyond Haicheng on the south front. One correspondent, under date of August 26, says that the Japanese hold a fortified line one mile north of Haicheng, and that on August 25 thirty-two Japanese cannon were de- stroyed in a battle to the westward. R R Czar’s Gift to Father John. ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 26.—The Emperor has telegraphed his and the Empress’ thanks to the monks of the St. Seraphim Monastery in reply to their congratulations on the birth of an heir to the throne. The Emperor has also presented a magnificent dia- mond and sapphire pectoral cross to Father John of Kronstadt, upon whose advice the Emperor and Empregs can- onized St, Seraphim, Father John pre- dicting that they would be certain to have a son and heir. e Von Plehve's Slayer Sentenced. ST. PETERSBURG,,K Aug. 26.—It is reported that Samsonoff, the assassin of Von Plehve, has been sentenced to death and that the sentenge is now before the Emperor. having escaped and also that he was dead are declared to be false. L | EMPEROR WILLIAM'S GIFT Statue of Frederick the Great For- warded to Hamburg From Sculptor’s Garden. BERLIN, Aug. 28.—Professor Up- hues’ statue of Frederick the Great, to be presented to the United States by Emperor William, and which has been standing all summer in the sculptor's garden, was packed yesterday and shipped to Hamburg. It will be for- warded to America by one of the Ham- burg-American line steamers, con- signed to Embassador von Sternberg. | tion of descendants of Germans who | fought in the American war of inde- pendence would be sent by the German Goyernment to attend the presentation ceremonies in Washington October 18, | but the Foreign Office is unaware of such a plan. AN the arrangements | have been intrusted in Embassador von | as Emperor Willlam’s special sentative. —_———— LEAVE HOME IN ASHES TO VISIT WORLD'S FAIR repre- | Indiana Couple Refuse to Turn Back When Told Their Residence Is in Flames. LOGANSPORT, Ind., Aug. 25.—"“Come on, Sarah, we'll build another when we get back,” said Dr. C. A. Redmond to his wife, when informed that their home was burning. They had started to take a train for the St. Louls exposition. The children left at home played with matches and caused the blaze. that none of the children were injured, although the house and barn were burned and a horse was cremated. Dr. Redmond and Pis wife continued on their way to the fair without re- turning to view the ruins of their home, ——— Californians in New York. NEW YORK, Aug. 26.—The following Californians have registered at the hotels in New York: From San Francisco—E. Algeltinger, at the Hoffman; Mrs. A. Curtic, at the Albemarle; T. E. Ehrenberg, at the Glisey House; Miss F. Guigg, at the Bverett; Miss M. Hayden and J. Hay- den, at the Contlnental; L. B. Morton, at the Herald Squire; Mrs. W. P. Nielson and A. W. Nielsomn, at the Everett; E. A. Roure, at the Kensing- ton; J. Steinberger, at the Imperial Mrs. J. F. Swift, at the Albemarle; R. J. Wetmore, at the Criterion; Miss A. H. Wilk and Mrs. R. Wilk, at the Ken- sington; W. Morrissey, at the Park Avenue, and C. L. Vulcanovitch end wife, at the America. - From Los Angeles—D. R. Brearley and W. J. Lawless and wife, at the Murray Hill; A. M. Mixer, at the Ash- land House; Mrs. A. A. Payne, at the Murray Hill: Mrs. M. Raley, at the Ashland; Miss A. Vose, at the Ken- sington; Miss M. Davis, at the Wel- lington; A. Petsch and wife, at the Broadway Central, and Miss E. S. Stockard, at the Wellington. —_———— Gambler Uses His Revolver. SEASIDE, Or., Aug. 26. — Lawrence Sullivan of Portland, one of the best known sallor boarding-house men on the coast, was shot here this afternoon by Frank Moody, a gambler who lives in the same city. The wound is serious. A quarrel over a gambling deal caused the shooting. — | i s The reports which | have been circulated about Samsonoff | WILL SOON BE SHIPPED | It has been understood that a delega- | Sternburg, who, for the occasion, acts | They were informed | ‘Baltic. Fleet, Now on Trial Cruise, Contains Five Battleships. Vessels Probably Will Pro- ceed to a Rendezvous at Libau. Russia May Decide Not to Disarm the Diana at* Saigon. ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 26.—The Baltic fleet, which salled from Kron- stadt last night on a trial cruise, con- sisted of twenty warships. E The fleet consists of the battleships Souvaroft (flagship), pBorodino, Alex- ander III, Oslabya and Orel; the cruis- ers Dmitri Donskori,Aurora, Zemtchug, Izumrud and Almaza, and the trans- ports Okean and Kamtchatka, with a | number of torpedo boat destroyers. ‘While it is officially stated that the fleet is bound on a trial cruise, it is belleved by many that the warships i will not return to Kronstadt unless in the case of a serious breakdown, but that they will put into Libau, where they will be joined by the auxillary cruisers, colliers and torpedo boat de- stroyers built at Libau and Reval, and there await their ultimate start for the | Far East. No decision has been reached, so far as known here, by the French author- ities regarding the duration of the stay of the Russian cruiser Diana at Sai- gon, French Indo-China. It is under- | stood that her damages are not serious and if France demand her. disarma- ment she will put to sea and possibly return to European waters. | | CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 26.—The | Russian Navigation Company’s steam- ships Yenona and Meteor, laden with coal, supplies and fresh water, lra-§ versed the Bosphorus yesterday. They | are said to be on the way to join the | Baltic squadron. SHANGHAI, Aug. 26.—The work of disarming the Russian warships Askold and Grozovol will begin on Monday. The Japanese declare that there will not be a repetition here of the Rye- shitelni incident at Chefu. + PEACE SEEMS 10 BE DISTANT Committee of Aldermen Ap- | pointed by Mayor Unable to Settle Chicago Strike| |BOTH SIDES .ARE HEARD| Packers Reiterate the State-| | ment That Services of Ar-| | bitrators Are Not Needed | PESTENN CHICAGO, Aug. 26.—The conference | of the committee appointed earlier in‘ the week to attempt a settlement of the | stockyards strike with the parties to | the dispate resulted in nothing. There | is no present prospect of peace, and | the chances of an agreement between‘ | the packers and the strikers being reached appear very meager. The strike leaders appeared before the committee | this morning and stated their side of | the case. They did not suggest to the’ Aldermanic committee that it make any | | overtures to the packers, but simpl)’] gave their side of the case. Represen-| | tatlves of the packers then appeared | before the committee. After a session | that lasted three hours, Mayor Harri- | son said: . 1 “The packers have said just what ning their plants and have nothing to | arbitrate, and that there is no reason| why they should confer with the men. | We heard a review of the entire strike | trouble, and the packers say that in| every city, except Chicago and Omabha, | | the strike is over, and they assert that 75 per cent as many men as they em- ployed in Chicago before the strike are | ! now turning out 92 per cent of the nor- mal output.” Labor leaders to-night announced that in all probability the butchers’ strike would be “settled peaceably” be- fore next Wednesday. They declined to explain the cause of their belief, but | were positive in their statements that the strike would not be called off. —_——— NAMES A FULL TICKET. | { | Prohibition Party Closes Its Conven- | | tion at the Garden City. SAN JOSE, Aug. 26.—The Prohibi- | | tion State Convention to-day made the following nominations: Presidential | Electors—At large—C. T. Clark, Napa; C. J. Hall, Los Angeles; First Dis- trict—W. O. Clark, Drytown; Second District—J. G. Wright, Woodland; Third Distgict—A. H. Southwick, Oak- land; Fourth District—A. €. Bane, San Francisco; Fifth District—John | A. B. Wilson, San Francisco; Sixth! District — Joel H. Smith, Selma; Seventh District—J. E. McComas, Po- mona; Eighth District—W. T. Eddy, Templeton. Congressmen: First District—Dr. J. L. Rollins, Colfax; Second District— E. P. Lacelle, Santa Rosa; Third Dis- trict—Dr. Bates Morris, Concord; Fourth District—H. R.’ Chapin, San Francisco; Fifth District—Dr. George P. Pratt, San Jose; Sixth District— Julian® N. Hudson, Selma; Seventh | District—Colonel John Sobreski, Los ! Angeles; Eighth District—B. F. Choes, Rialto. Associate Justice—James A. Blanchard, Los Angeles. The convention closed to-night with a street meeting, which was addressed i who has just returned from Port Ar- | to secure shelter. by Rev. J. W. Webb of Fresno. e ey Ay Globe Trotters And all travelers need a good trunk or dress suit case. We can suit you in ’rloe, style and quality. Complete out- OiF Leatner Goods nm“n'“-...‘“"‘g d‘:m-..' o Yaun & Con 741 Market st JAPANESE BATTERIES SILENCED BY FIRE OF RUSSIAN GUNS IN THE FIRST STAGES OF THE GREAT CONFLICT AT LIAOYANG Tokio’s War Board Is Said to Have Given Up Hope of Taking the Port Arthur Fortresses by Storm and Decided Upon Prolonged Siege Operations. PARIS, Aug. 27.—The Tokio cor- respondent of the Matin declares that the Japanese Minister of War has con- fidentially informed his colleagues that there is no hope of taking Port Arthur by direct assault and that long opera- tions will be necessary. Therefore the Minister has ordered Field Marshal Oyama to avoid attacks entailing heavy losses. This, the correspondent i!;uys, has been cencealed from the pub- C. Raymond Recouly, correspondent of the Temps at Liaoyang, telegraphs as follows to his paper: “I was fortunate this morning to travel with an American naval at- tache (Lieutenant Newton A. McCully), thur after a sojourn there of three months. The news he gives me is en- tirely different from the pessimistic reports current lately concerning the situation at the fortress. “The American attache left the fort- ress on August 14. The Japanese were then four and a half miles from the city. The Russian positions upon a chain of rugged hills 200 meters high ‘Wwere protected by trenches, mines, net- works, barbed wire and cannon, and, according to the American officer, it | was impossible to take them by as- | sault. Japanese shells fell into the | city, but each position possessed a dug- out, in which the occupants were able | The Japanese heavy | guns ceased firing every night, teqfing) that the Russians would detect their | exact location by the flashes during | the darkness. | conflicting reports regarding fighting at fort No. 5. Two batteries in the left wing bear this number, as does also a strong fort to the left of Etashan fort. The fort near Etzshan is believed to have been the object of the fighting reported from here yesterday, for with the Japanese in possession of Etzshan it would be comparatively easy for them to capture the adjoining strong- hold. This move bringy the Japanese ad- vance guard close to the section of Port Arthur known as the new Eu- ropean settlement. Japanese here ex- plain that their army may even enter the residence and business districts of Port Arthur, but that this would not necessarily mean the fall of the Rus- | sian stronghold. The Russian defenses are arranged with the idea of resisting as long as | there is a man left, and the nature of these defenses suggests that the final stand will occur at the Tiger's Tail or Liaot! Mountain, or both. PAACESRR STOESSEL REPORTS VICTORY. Says Besiegers Are Exhausted and | Bombardment Has Ceased. ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 26.—The ‘War Office was much elated to-day at the receipt of a dispatch from Lieu- | tenant General Stoessel, dated Port Arthur, August 22, reporting that the Japanese had at last been exhausted by their attacks and that the bombard- | ment had been suspended. Full tails regarding the dispatch are de- not | SEVEN PERISH IN AN OIL FIRE Workmen Lose Lives in Con- flagration That Destroys Many Tanks Near Antwerp HIGH WIND FANS BLAZE Flames Consume 26,500,000 Gallons of Petroleum and Cause a Loss of $1,250,000 ANTWERP, Aug. 6 a. m)—All the oil tanks are now on fire. The wind is strong and the effort to subdue the flames seems to be futile. It is prob- | able that the fire will rage for several days. The fire presents a magnificent spectacle and thousands have traveled by train to see it. Three charred bodies have been recovered. Many firemen have been injured and two men are | missing. ANTWERP, Belgium, Aug. 26.—The | ofl tanks at Hoboken, three miles from here, containing about 26,500,000 gallons of petroleum, are ablaze, together with all the sheds, wagons and parapher- nalia. The fire started at the Russian company’s tanks through the ignition | of escaping gas and the flames quickly spread to the Standard Oil Company’s |tanks. A high wind fanned the fire. | Troops are assisting the filremen to | localize the conflagration. The firemen say that nothing can be done except to allow the fire to burm itself out. The estimates of the losses run into millions of franes. The Standard Oil Company’s nine tanks contained 60,000 barrels of oll They are a total loss, but were insured “There was a considerable stock of | available, but it probably is similar to | for $240,000. provisions at Port Arthur. The Rus-; sian soldiers had a fresh meat ratidn daily. The reports that Russian offi- | cers were subsisting on onions and | black bread were absurd inventions. The stores were still open and the pop- | ulation promenaded the streets. | “The regiments took turns in the ! trenches. Part of the garrison was al- | ways resting. The Russian sallors as- sisted In the defense of the fortress. They made excellent sharpshoqgters. The heat has not been unbearable. “The American attache believes that the Japanese losses have been very heavy—at least ten times those of the | Russians. I “In short, Port Arthur can hold out much longer than people believe.” Lo n e HARD TASK YET TO COME. Japanese Besiegers Must Take the Russian Forts One by One. CHEFU, Aug. 2. — A Russian who has an intimate knowledge of the Port Arthur fortifications _explains that there are three forts known as number five. This accounts for the various and o+ REFEREE SUSTAINS CHARGES AGAINST LAWYER LAMB Says Proceedings in Merger Case Savored of Fraud, Deceit and Duplicity. NEW YORK, Aug. 26.—Charges by the Bar Association against George Al- fred Lamb, who was attorney in the| Peter Power proceedings against the| Northern Pacific Railroad Company, ' were sustained to-day by George H.| Abbott, a referee, to whom the matter | | had been referred. The referee's re-l | port has been filed with the appellate | | division of the Supreme Court. Refer- | ring to the Northern Pacific stock al- | leged to have been the property of | Power, the referee said: | “The certificate was never assigned | to Peter Power, as far as anything ap- | pears on its face, nor was it ever de- | livered to him. It does not appear that any consideration for any stock of said corporation ever passed from Power to Lamb, to Weidenfeld or anybody else. The whole proceedings, to my mind, | savor of fraud, deceit and duplicity.” — e TILE-LAYERS ARE LOSERS. | Employing Builders' Lockout. ! NEW YORK, Aug. 26.—On the ground that the agreement is not a mu- | tual or reciprocal one, Supreme Court | | Justice Dickey to-day denied an appli- cation by the Mosaic and Encaustic Tile Layers for an injunction to re- strain the Building Trades Employers’ Association from “ordering, maintain- ing or continuing” a lockout in an al- leged violation of an arbitration agree- | ment entered into between the associa- | tion and representatives of the labor | unions on July 3, 1903. In his opinion Judge Dickey said the action was an entirely new one in the courts, but he came to the conclusion | that the arbitration agreement was not enforceable by the rieans sought, or by any other method, for the reason stated. “It is well settled,” said the court, “that an employer has a right to em- ploy and discharge any one he pleases, and a workman may work or refuse to work at will.” —_————————— AGED MINER IS DEAD. Discoverer of Famous Mine Dies in Comparatively Poor Circumstances DES MOINES, Aug. 26.—Robert Par- rott, discoverer of the famous Parrott mine at Butte, Mont., died here to-day in moderate circumstances at the age of 75 years. As a young man Parrott went West and while prospecting dis- covered the great copper mine which bears his name. He did not profit greatly by his discovery and his estate will not exceed $6000. He sold his mine in a few years to Marcus Daly. —_—————————— Robbers Hold Up a Nome Mine. SEATTLE, Wash,, Aug. 26.—Officers of the steamship Victoria, arriving to- day, report that robbers held up the Mattie Placer Mine at Nome, relieving the sluice boxes of about $3000 in gold dust. Joseph Schubert, engineer of the mine, was felled to the ground with a sandbag and bound and gagged. | SECOND JAPANESE- ARMY | cess of the ticket. the Chefu dispatch of yesterday, an- nouncing the repulse of the Japanese, with heavy losses, in their attacks upon | Fort No. 1 and Fort Etzshan. L s Japanese Expect Great Battle. FIELD HEADQUARTERS OF THE (un- | dated), via Fusan, Korea, Aug. 26.— | The second Japanese army is resting a | | few miles from the Russian outposts. | | A great battle in the vicinity of Liao- yang is expected daily. The Russian | position there is strongly fortified and intrenched. The Japanese army is in excellent condition, notwithstanding | the terrific work of the last three| months. S e Repairing Vladivostok Ships. VLADIVOSTOK, Aug. 26.—Repairs on the cruisers Rossia and Gromoboi are proceeding with feverish,haste and | it is believed the vessels will soon be ready to resume operations at strengthened both in defensive power | and by their experience in the recent battle with Vice Admiral Kamimura's ships. <+ PREPARING TO RECEIVE OLAIMS OF HOMESTEADERS Filing on the Devils Lake Indian Reservation Lands Will Com- mence September 6. DEVILS LAKE, Aug. 26.—Registra- tion and drawing for claims on the| Devils Lake Indian Reservation is now over and the preparations for the fil- ings, which will commence September | 6 and last until Saptember 19, are now being made. The filings will be made at the rate of fifty names a day. On September 19 the claims not filed on, should there be any, by the winners thereof, will be | counted and the reserve list of 409 names drawn upon and a sufficient number of persons will be notified of their right to file. —————— DECLINES NOMINATION. Mormon Will Not Be a Candidate for Elector in Utah. SALT LAKE, Utah, Aug. 2.—David H. Cannon, who was nominated for presidential elector by the Republican State Convention yesterday, has de- clined the nomination. It is mist might prejudice the chance of suc- The State commit- tee at once filled the vacancy by put- ting Judge James A. Miner, a Gentile, | on the ticket. Cannon is the keeper of the Mormon Temple at St. George, Utah, and is a | brother of the late George Q. Cannon, first councillor to Brigham Young. — e McVicker's Widow Passes Away. CHICAGO, Aug. 26.—Word was re- | ceived this afternoon from Pasadena, Cal., that Mrs. James H. McVicker, | wife of the famous theatrical manager, died suddenly last night in that city. | —_——— Death Calls Aged Educator. NEWPORT, R. L, Aug. 26.—Profes- | sor Charles W. Shields, one of the lead- ing teachers in the sdientific depart- | ment of Princeton University, died to- day from heart disease, aged 75 years. | —_———— SOCIALIST CONVENTIONS.—OAKLAND, Aug. 26.—The California State Convention of Socialists will be held Monday, September 5, in this city. will be held September 9, sea, | under- | | stood that he was advised to do so| they said before: that they are run- Denied Injunction Sought to Prevent | on the ground that his being a polyga- District and county mmemlon:i | One Russian oil firm lost 120,000 bar- | rels, insured for $180,000. | Although a strong gale was blowing ‘ toward the Scheldt, the quays wers not | infured. | LONDON, Aug. 26.—A dispatch to & news agency from Antwerp says that | seven workmen perished in the oil fire | at Hoboken and that only two out of | forty tanks escaped. The loss is esti- mated at $1.250,000. . |4 IS TWENTY-ONE - TEARS OF AGE Anniversary of Founding of Young Men's Institute | Is Appropriately Observed | The Alhambra Theater was crowded last night by an audiénce that assem- bled for the purpose of celebrating the twenty-first anniversary of the found- ing of the Young Men's Institute in this city, and at the same time tender- ing a reception to the officers who were elected at the recent session of the Grand Council held in Crockett. The theater was prettily decorated in pa- triotic colors, and the stage was occu- pied by Archbishop Montgomery and prominent members of the clergy, and by past and present supreme and grand office: After an orchestral prelude Past Grand President James D. Whalen briefly spoke of the purpose of the tmeeting. He then introduced Arch- bishop Montgomery, who expressed the regrets of his Grace Archbishop Rior- dan at being unable to be present. The junior prelate presented the comn- gratulations of his senior, as well as his own felicitations, on the institute's having attained its majority, and ex- pressed their hopes that it would ceén- tinue to increase and prosper. The speaker paid a tribute to the founders of the organization, and declared that, while not a strictly temperance organ~ ization, it had been and still was a po- tent factor in making men temperate in the use of liquor. He sald that the organization started with high ideals, as expressed in its motto “Pro Deao, | Pro Patria,” and that, in addition to its work of benevolence, it had lved up to its motto. He declared that he was sorry 30,000 Catholic young men in San Francisco had not yet joimed the organization. The following programme followed the Archbishop’s address: Barytone solo, from prologue of Borghese | Signor Domenico of_the Opers. Company; remarks, James Fitzgeraid. & F.; | spectaities, M. J. Hynes; F. { Kierce, supreme president; cornet nlm -.. T. Valorga; soprano solo. Mary C. Mead; mmarke, I- E. Mahan: speciaitics, Fred 3. O Conn | neil. | The affair was under the direction of | W. O. Patch, P. J. Hagan, J. W. Skink- | win, D. F. Shea, James Glacken, John | Graham, C. E. Callen, W. J. Riley, W. A. Kelly, James D. Rodney, John Be- doni, F. L. Bray, W. J. Hamilton, J. B. \G‘"lghfir, M. J. Russell lnd Charles | D. Lowe. | —_————————— All Registered Voters Are requested to call and sign petition for higher liquor license at Civic Coun- cil, 29 Columbian bullding. 915 Market street. Open from 9 a. m. to 9 p. m. un— til September 8. ! arie .In Corelli Next.. Sunday’s Call —_——— ‘Well-Known Showman Is 1L COLUMBUS, O., Aug. 26—Peter Sells, the well known showman, suffer- ed a stroke of paralysis to-day. His physicians regard his condition as erit- ical 2 A “The Palm of Beauty”