The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 28, 1904, Page 21

— ‘bervilles.” o Alcazar—'‘The Pride of Jennico.” California—“Tess of the D'Ur- Central—“A Spy at Port Ar- -day. o?h-um—'audmun. Matines 0-day. Tivoll—“The Toreador.” FORTY-EIGHT PAGES—SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, AUGUST 28, 1904—PAGES ‘21 TO 34. PRICE FIVE CENTS. BALLOONS START 0N LONG RACE! —e Leave St. Louis for Flight to Wash- ington. . Two Aer(fil.ts_competing for World’s Exposition Prize. Contrary Winds Oarry the Air Craft Westward When the Ascent | Is Made. | ST. LOUIS, Aug. 27.—With hardly a cioud in the sky, George Tomlinson of Syracuse, N. Y. and Professor Carl| Meyers of Frankfort, N. Y., the con-| testants for the $5000 pr offered by the Louisiana Purchase Exposition to | seronaut who comes the nearer to | reaching the Washington Monument at | W made successful the Plaza New toward at consider- | cheered when ed the chee; t the balloons | tly the opposite | e for thirty B a4 from s s Both were i flicient for st carried with s to- stants of s carrier g ret e loft from | e aeronaut n had SONS OF ERIN Will Keep Watch on Funds Received From Green Isle is at- form Asso- the move- | It and | rnment raven landlords | nd confer- ze a body y among | ess reforms in- reaction: the association | r in the House | ns, its views may be useful | sh party through its represen- n in the House of Lords, consist- | ing of about a score of peers | Captain Shaw-Taylor, one of lhe‘ rinent organizers of the movement, es no secret of the fact that he eny of his colleagues aim event- at home rule, aithough they are ng for the present from any | such declaration, lest -their possible | supporters should be frightened uh‘.i However, the first step in the direction | of home e is evident in the asso- | ciation’s attitude in favor of treating | Ireland as a separate financial entity. Ins the 1 pend upon ad of the irish money going mm} iperial exchequer, making its ex- | iture for Irish purposes dependent | English treasury officials and being represented as a kind of | h generosity, the new idea is to | arks on the Irish funds, note | how much Ireland pays in, assign a chare for imperial purposes and use 1he remainder for Irish purposes in ac- the Irish opinions. —e————— DESPERATE ROBBER TRIES TO SHOOT HIS CAPTORS | Opens Fire on Oflicers With a Revol- | ver Taken by Him From Pocket of a Deputy. ANGELES, Aug. 27.—Jacob} end Silas Casteel, who were arrested | et Banning yesterday for holding up a peddler and robbing him of $80 on the Whittier road August 21, arrived here to-day in charge of five deputies. The men resisted arredt and when ught and handcuffed after a three =" chase, one of them succeeded in slipping a revolver from the pocket of e deputy and opened fire on the of- ficers. The prisoners were clubbed on the heads with rifies and finally sub- fued. None of the officers was in- lured. LOS | ot ENJOYS HIS VOYAGE TO OUR SHORES * IATE r;!‘ ALL PAYING A L3 — -+ Archbishop of Canter- bury Arrives on the Celtic. Lo NEW YORK, Au 27.—The Right Honorable and Most Venerable Thomas | in David D. D. Lord Archbishop of | Cant and Primate of all England, arrived Celtic, panied the vicar of Windsor. said he ha and was in to-day by his wife and the nt health. op will go rrow bec and to- hundredth annive 1% the one ry party he Toronto. Dr. Da dson is to recelve an honorary degree fron versity He will then visit hile there. After this he| s respects to President 1 make fous visits. The Archt p was met at the pier| by Bishop tter; Rev. Morgan Dix, rector of Trinity parish, and J. P. Mo gan. As soon as the Archbishop's bag- gage was passed by the toms offi- p the entire party left for the Grand Central station, where a special train was in waiting to take them to Quebec. This is the first time that an Arch- f the Church of giand has ountry DEMONSTRATION AT NDS PICARD'S D French Gove ment’s Delegate to Fair Given Ovaiion as Ile Leaves Native Land. Aug 7 M legate of the Gove to the St. Louis tion, on the Savoie to-day from Havre brought out a notable demonstration. A number of leading officials were at the quay and the band of the Garde 2epublic, which sailed on the same vessel, pl the “Marseillaise” amid great enthusiasm. The ¥French Government attaches unusual importance to M. Picard's mission, as he is one of the foremost | figures of F' e. He declined to ac- cept the position of Commissioner General, and therefore it was decided to confer on him the title of delegate the French = Government. This makes M. Pi sentative of President Loubet and the Government, giving him a rank similar to that of an Embassador. He will visit Oyster Bay and St. Louis and then make a tour of points between Buffalo, Boston and New York. As a member of Council of State, M. Plcard practically controls the rail- ways and traffic svstems of France. —————————— REDUCTION IN POSTAGE UNFAVORABLY ‘REGARDED Ministry of Posts Does Not. Belleve Payne's Two-Cent Rate JIs Feasible. BERLIN Aug. 27.—Postmaster General P 1e's suggestion that the time is at hand for a 2-cent postage between the United States, and Great Britain, although the sub- ject of favorable comment ‘in press, is not regarded at the Ministry of Posts as feasible. Such a proposal in the International Postal Congress would bring out an instructive inter- change of views, but the German pos- tal delegates would be against its adoption. Were Germany to reach a 2-cent sgreeement with the United States it would be expected glso by her neigh- bors, Switzerland, Belgium, France and Holland. - Consequently the ques- tion must be considered by Germany as a proposal for a one unit postage with all countries. This would reduce the revenues by many million marks, a reduction in income to which the Finance Ministry is notlikely to con- sent. Russian Warships Moving. NYBORG, Aug. 27.—A Russian cruiser and two torpedo-boats passed here this morning, going northward, RELATIVE SISPECTS FOUL, PLAY Orders Inquiry Into Death of Mrs. McVicker. Stepson Discredits State- ment of Specialist Who Treated Her. Surgeons Hold Autopsy and Decide That Her Demise Was Due to Natural Causes. 1 Special Dispatch to The Call. on the steamship The Archbishop an voyage | path direct to Que- | will preach in the athedral in that city, the occasion be- of the dedication of the church. With his| his r will also go to Montreal and | caus of Maine, hoping for a much IPARTURE | rd the personal repre- | Germany | the CHICAGO, Aug. —Searching in- quiry will be made to ascertain the exact cause of the death of Mrs. James | H. McVicker, widow of the well- | known theatrical manager and former owner and manager of. McVicker's | Theater. Relatives and friends sus- [ pect foul play, owing to. the inex- | plicable conditions surrounding Mrs. | McVicker at the time of her sudden i death When last seen by her stepson, Hor- lace McVicker, less than a month ago, McVicke was in Pa adena, Cal., e full vigor of health strength. Her death occurred on | Thursday night, under circumstances | that de tion. The only go have simple Zeigler, an osteo- formerly of Chicago, ith was sudden, and, washouts on the rail- Dr | who sa that owing t | read, it would be impossible to send the body home until September 1. He e McVicker does not believe her's death was due to netural s and he has instituted a rigid in- vestigation Mrs. McVicl to go to Cal ker left Chicago in May rnia and was accom- H. E. Zeigler, who in the McVicker }!‘lnim! by Dr. L. C, s had office | | - building, adjoining the private of Mrs. McVicker. Prior to her dey e from Chicago Mrs. McVicker | | and | | W | | J RUSSIANS RETAKE POSITIONS CAPTURED BY KUROKI'S MEN -—— ) - BEARS RALD. THE TENTS [ 501d all her real estate holdings and se- { | curities in the hape of stocks and | bonds. At the time of her death she is | | 1 | known to have had $350,000 in cash on | deposit in various banks. SNAKES mAteH [N HIS POCKET z ot ill!innh Farmer Carries| Home a Reptile’s Nest and Starts a Small Panie | SR Speclal Dispatch to The Call. ALTO PASS, I, Aug. he found nest of snake eggs in a fieid on his farm, Ed Foler lives at Cache Bottoms, near this place, | ought it would be an excellent joke take to the eggs home and surprise his family. He surprised then and, incidentally, scared the women members into sev- | eral different stages of hysterics. For Folens let his after dinner pipe lull him into forgetfulness of the eggs and he retired for the night, leaving the snakes to hatch out in his pocket. They hatched out perfectly and when Folens put his hand into his pocket at the breakfast table next morning, instead of his tobacco he drew out a handful of young snakes. There was a panic in the Folens household until the last of the snakes was killed. Folens has been made to swear upon his oath that the next time he finds a nest of snake eggs he will let it rest. ———————— { CRIMSON ESCHSCHOLTZIA THE LATEST IN FLOWERS Under the Magic Touch of Luther Burbank the Golderr Poppy Changes Its Color. SANTA ROSA, Aug. 27.—The latest evolution in the floral kingdom due to the genius of Luther Burbank is Been produced from the golden poppy, the State flower of California and the pride of the Native Sons and Daugh- ters of the Golden West. Under the { magic touch of this eminent scientist the poppy has been caused to turn its golden petals first a few shades paler, then to take on a pink tint and later the blood color of crimson. The Bur- bank touch was necessary to accom- plish this wonder in the flower and without him it would never have been accomplished. The thought of the eschscholtzia being anything but golden in color has never been con- ceived and only a few of Burbank's favored friends were aware of the fact that he was evolving the crimson color in the State flower until he made the anouncement of the fact that it bad been accomplished. the crimson eschscholtzia, which has) OF CANPERS Animals Annoy Yel- lowsione Park Visitars. g el cla h to The Call VIRGINIA CITY, Mont., Aug. 27.— Camping parties just returned from the Yellowstone National Park report bears to be more numerous in the reserve than at any previous time. During a three weeks' tour the Pur- Foreman Geyser party reports 1aving seen fifty of tne animals. The bears bhave become so plentiful as to almost interfere with the pleas- ure of camping parties. No provisions are safe from the ravages of the ani- mals, which visit camps at night, ransacking everything in reach. The creatures are protected by the Government and have lost all fear of man and emerge from the forests like droves of pigs. A tourist named James Reynolds en- deavored to drive one of the bears away with a club. Ho was cuffed by the animal and severely injured. A new geyser has broken through the formation in the Upper Geyser basin. A column of scalding water is spouting a distance of fifty feet into the air every forty minutes. —_——————— BIRTH OF THE CZAREVITCH OPENS FATHER'S PURSE Emperor Issues Decree Establishing Scholarships for Children of Soldiers and Sailors. ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 27.—An imperial decree has been published di- recting that in commemoration of the Czarevitch’s birth a sum of money shall be assigned from the imperial privy purse sufficient to found one hundred scholarships. These are to be divided equally between naval and mil- itary educational establishments. The scholarships are to be named after the Emperor and Empress and awarded to children of deserving soldiers and sailors killed or wounded in the war. The decree also directs that the ad- ministration of the imperial estates shall devote the annual interest accru- ing from the sum of $1,000,000 for the support, in the name of the whole im- perial family, of families of soldiers and sailors—the money to be used pre- ferably for the education of their chil- dren. - — r———————— President Receives Visitors. OYSTER BAY, L. L, Aug. 27.— Among the callers on President Roosevelt to-day were Joseph Winter, general secretary; Charles E. Haulselt, treasurer, and Charles Hauser, a di- rector of the German Roosevelt League Guards. The league is said to number more than 6000 Germans in New York and about twice as many more in other parts of the United + | | I N BATTERY DUR! TWEEN ON ERS G THE BE! I SCENE IN BELEAGUERED PORT ARTHUR. NE | OF THE AND THE DE — A BRISK MOMENT IN A RUS- | FREQUENT ARTILLERY DUELS | NDERS OF THE CITY. -+ ‘Rumor of the Fall of Port Arthur. LONDON, Aug. 29.—A Central News dispatch! from Rome says that it is stated on good authority | that Port Arthur has fallen. There is no official con- | | firmation. LIAOYANG, Aug. .—The action of August 26 at Tunsinpu, four miles southwest of Liandiansian, continued | a half day with varying succe The Japanese occupied the Russian posi- tion, but were subsequently forced to retire. The Japanese batteries opened the fight at dawn with a furious fire of shells, which destroyed Tunsinpu, be- lieving mistakenly that the village concealed a large force of Russian re- serves. The Japanese column as- vanced under a severe bombardment, but was checked by the Buriat Cos- sacks, who were concealed in the fields of Chinese corn. The Burlats behaved splendidly, standing off the Japanese attack for three hours, but then were forced to retire in the face of strong Japanese reinforcements and the big shells thrown by the latter’s howitzers. The Russian batteries then opened a fire for the first time and the Russian infantry, supporting the Cossacks, swept forward and reoccupied the position, silencing the Japanese guns. The Russian losses were only two officers and eighty men wounded. General Kuroki joined forces with General Oku in the attempt to cut the line between Anshanshan and Lian- diansian. The battle of August 25 raged along the eastern front. A strong Japa- nese force attacked the Russians at Miao Pass, eleven miles east of An- shanshan, and at Sandiati and Tsegow, twelve miles northeast of Liandiansian. Nine batteries of six guns each bom- barded the Russian outposts. At these points the combat repeatedly developed into hand-to-hand fighting. The Rus- sians stubbornly held the outposts the whole day, falling back on their main position at night. The chief artillery engagement was in front of Liandiansian, the Japanese concentrating the fire of ten batteries and simultaneously advancing on Tun- sinpu. The Japanese resumed the bombard- ment early on August 26, devoting ‘most of their attention to Liandiansian. The Russian field guns were very ef- fective. They dismantled thirty-two Japanese guns, mostly mountain pieces. A correspondent made the rounds of the Russian positions in front of Liao- yang just before the Japanese began their advance. The Russians, the cor- respondent says, have a semi-circle of splendid positions from Ansh: to Mukden. Fresh troops and guns are arriving continually, and the Russian force is stronger than it has been at (tlons at Shanghal are peculiar be- any previous time since the commence- ment of the war. The roads along the | railway between Liaoyang and Mukden | are crowded with sorts. transports of all| etk Ul GIVES WARNING. JAPAN WASHINGTON, Aug.” 27.—Japan | has addressed a note to the powers, informing them that unless Russia forthwith rms her warships in | Shanghai n will be forced to take whatever steps she deems necessary to protect her interests. Takahira, | the Japanese Minister, called at the State Department to-day and left with Adee, the acting Secretary of State, | the communication of the Tokio Gov- ernment. Takahira said to-night: ““While Japan sincerely hopes that the reported intention of Russia to Qisarm the Askold and Grozovol at Shanghal will promptly be executed, my Government has felt that it wa advisable to inform the powers what must necessarily be its attitude in the event that the disarmament of the Russian ships is delayed. The condi- cause of - the international interests there and my Government is desirous of giving these interests every consid- eration.” “Will it be necessary to send a Jap- anese squadron into Shanghai to take away the Russian ships, as was done with the Ryeshitelni at Chefu?” the Minister was asked. “My Government has not indicated in its note to the powers,” the Minis- ter replied, “just what steps will be necessary if the Russian ships are not immediately disarmed. But it should be remembered that the Ryshitelni was not completely disarmed when seized by the Japanese and under the circumstances her presence was cer- ‘tainly disadvaatageous to Japan for a military reason.” Rl BALTIOC SQUADRON'S MAKE-UP. ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 27.—The officlal list of the Russian warships which sailed from Kronstadt on Au- gust 25 is as follows: Battleships — The Souvaroff, Ad- miral Rojestvencky’s flagship; the Navarin, the Sissol Veliky, the Boro- dino, the Alexander III and the Osla- bya, Admiral Voelkersam’s flagship. Cruisers—The Admiral Nakhimoft, the Dmitri Donskoi, the Aurora and the Almasz, Admiral Enquist's flag- ship. < Torpedo-boat destroyers—The Bulny, the Bystry, the Boedovy, the Besu- NGLESEYS WARDROBE ICTIONED Fancy Prices Paid for Gay Wearing Ag@r_el. Special The Call and New York Herald. 1904, by the New Yori Heraid Company. LONDON, Aug. —It took three days to sell the Marquis of Anglesley's | wardrobe. Country gentlemen and men about town, richly dresséd women, dealers in second hand clothing and theatrical costumers elbowed each | other in the effort to secure some of the marvels of the collection. Waistcoats were found too loud, some of them being covered with span- gles with contrasts of colors that w blinding. One of blue peacock, with iridescent feathers, brought $65, but the remaining, 240 in all, realized ouly $875. The hit of the le, perhaps, was a lounge suit of ermine, which at ¢ 2 attracted the bids of the ladies. This was followed by a suit of brown cloth, covered with great squares of biue, red and green. Another costume that stub- ned the bidders was the Marquis’ whita suede evening dress suit, which he wore in public with a black silk shirt and a black collar. A new smoking jacket of luscious Persian lamb was also cov- eted by many. The highest amount paid for any sin- gle article was $1500 for the Marquis® famous overcoat of brown sable. It was ornamented with twenty talls and ten sable heads, and it is said to have cost more than $5000. In the overcoat collec- tion there were specimens for every happening in life and every possible weather and temperature. A suit greatly admired by the women was a smoking suit of silver gray silk with trousers of robins’ egg blue. On the white silk facing were embroidered sprays of forget-me-nots and wood violets. —_— BATTLESHIP LOUISIANA GLIDES DOWN THE WAYS NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Aug. 27.— The battleship Louisiana, sister ship to the Connecticut, being bullt at ths Brooklyn Navy Yard, was successfully Jaunched at the Newport News Ship- building Company’s yards to-day. Miss Juniata La Lande of New Or- leans was the sponsor and broke a bottle of wine across the prow of the new fighter. — protshny, the Bodry and the Bles- tiashly. An imperial order just issued en- rolled in the navy for transport ser- vice four merchantmen now at Vladi- vostok under the names of the Ous- souri, the Sangari, the Selonga and the Mongougay. Some of them were pur- chased and some were confiscated by the prize court. et v!mxmoo-n—-a Page 22.