The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 1, 1904, Page 1

SREAT BATTLE AT LL WITHOUT ADVANTAGE TO EITHER SID gy s TOKIO, Sept. 1, 11 a. m.---The battle of Liaoyang is progressing w nthuut apprec ubl rc~ult - Official Japanese- dis- patches sent late yesterday say ne neither Lontestant has realized any visible result - vy ; R R B MEAT WILL BE SCARCE IN CHICAG TWO TRAINS | IN HEAD-ON | - COLLISION ASSA\ MA ROUTED BY TONMAN g AL /J Residents of Wmdy Nine- Persons Perish Intended Vietim Re- City Facing a Famm& Market Is in Sermus Con- difion as Result of Strike, Being Sold at High Figure ‘rohibitive Prices Are Ex- pected o Prevail 8zon fon people in the able diet ter city Within the serious had “become he.calling out of the ependent ser hundred €ay that of $3 per he week. this price r strength 3 m,varh\ condi rom. the n to reap «s that the week. Hd its have been v that the conditions of what now the bu, dont Donsell 1 to spread packers througi re in any way con packi house indu ed with the was Oply partially cessful to-d The fast step was calling out the men employed by the independent the stock handlers that at work for those packers m the original strike was The tota] number of men who guit work to-day in response to the ap- peals of President Donnelly was about 3000. It wae also announced by President Donpelly that he had made ments for a strike of the switchmen on the raiflroads doing business in -the stock the packers would find it impossible to n p out their products.” The switch- refused to strike. - ARE NO SAYS WILLIAM German Emperor Objects to Use of Portraits of Little Ones in Chkurch. Aug. 31.—The architect 4 the restoration of the Bavaria, selected the por- its of the seven imperial children in th year for the heads of is in the windows around chancei. The Emperor objected, Rhenish ated to-day, My children are no angels.” The Empress, however, thought the | idea charming and it was accordingly exceuted —_—————— FOREST FIRES DESTROY THREE HUNDRED HOUSES | Tierce Flames Bring Death, dvon and Sauficring w0 Hamlet in Newfoundland. ST. JOHN, N. F., Aug. 31.—Forest fires have destroyed the hamiet of Lit- tle Bay amnd 200 families are homeless. | Two men bave been drowned. The steamshin Prospero has ‘em- | barked the women and children. The men are fichting the flames in an ef- fort to prévent them covering a wider area. food, shelter and nu:-r assistance for the destitute. yards, and that in 2 short time | ant church at Spires, the cap- | which was | I sugar, he Government is providing |to the value | Wreck ’Specnal Excursmn Grashes |~ Into an Express Near Quebec Town. g Neglert of Orders by Crew the Alleged | Cause of a Frightful ] | i | \ . in Grand Trunk i Disaster, — MONTREAL, were killed and Aug. Nine persons twenty-three injured in a head-on collision on the Grand | Trunk Railway near Richmond, Que- | , to-day. The trains involved wer a special excursion from Montrea bound for Sherbrooke and passenger train No. 5. running between Island Pond, Vt., and Montreal. The collision, | it is Llaimed was due to neglect of or- | ders on the part of the train crew of | the excursion tian, waich left Rich- | mond without awaiting the arrival of the passengéer” train. Following is the | official list of the dead: J. B BLANCHETT, M. P, St. Hya- cinthe. | FRED BOWRING, South Durham. | T. H. HACKETT, Montreal. UNKNOWN MAN from Beloit. W. T. MOUNTAIN, Montreal. BOY NAMED DUBSORD, from Ath- abaska. EPHRAIM GAUDETTE, St. Theo- dor CHARLES A. SAMARD, St. Hya-; cinthe £ A. THEODORE RICHARD, Lisgar, Quebec. The excursion train, made up of ten and a baggage car, carried 1000 persons: bound for the exhi- | bition in Sherbrooke. The Island Pond train was composed of five coaches and gage car and had only a small r_of passengers. The excursion had barely cleared the Richmond \avd when, rounding a curve, it met the Island Pond train running at. high speed. The engineers reversed and, with their firemen, jumped and escaped with minor injuries Both engines were locked firmly to-| gether.. The baggage car of the excur- sion train was picked up and dropped on top of the car following it, a smoker, {and it was in these two cars that the| :rnah r number of fatalities occurred. plies to Masked Mans Flre Believes She Wounded Her Antagonist in Duel on Highway. Thugs Attempt to Carry Out: ’lhrent to Murder Family. of Man - They Had Robbed: ——— Special Dispatch to The Call. DANBURY, Conn.. Aug. 31.—In an ef- fort to carry out a threat made to mur- der Dr. Henry Hartwell of New Milford had robb-d him of $5000 in currency, a masked man wearing a false beard to-day attempted to Kkill Mrs. B. G. Spencer, Dr. Hartwell’'s daughten Mrs. Spsn(!r wasg driving alone near her father's home when the man sprang from the wayside and fired three revol- | ver shots at her. Expecting such an attack, Mrs. Spen- cer was arined and she pluckily re- turned her assailant's fire. Surprised at the action of the supposedly de- fenseless woman, the would-be mur- derer turned and dashed into the woods in full flight. Mrs. Spencer says she believes one of her bullets hit the man, avho, when he fired at her, was so close that the | flame from his revolver set her dress | ablaze. His bullets, however, wide of the mark and Mrs. Spencer was uninjured: Sheriff McMahon organized armed bands of deputies, who searched every part of the woods near the spot where the man was last seen. In addition, a bloodhound was got from this city to.the scene of the shooting and put on the trail. Every effort was made to capture the man, ers returned to their homes for the night, having found no trace of him. To-da shooting is a sequel to the recent robbery of Dr. Hartwell, two weeks ago was induced by a con- fidence man to draw $5000 from the New Millford Saving Bank with which to purchase some alleged Government | Says that the Congo Free State is con- | but at dark search- | nd his entire family unless he ceased | | his endeavors to capture the men who flew | | | who | | 1 | | | PREPARING 10 RESIST THE KAISER | ‘Belians Pear Inva- sion of African - Holdings. B CAPE TOWN, - Aug. 31,—Official in- formation from British Central Africa bonds offered for s=ale by the swindler | structing concealed forts of consider- 1nd a com nion. WOMEN BATTLE ON THE STREET st Slap, Seratch and Pull Each | Other’s Hair Until (‘rowd‘ Steps In and Stops Fight Epecial Dispatch to The Call. SAN JOSE, Aug. 31.—Believing that | Miss Maud Fitzhugh had weaned her | husband’s affections from her Mrs. Lot- | tie Livingstone attacked the former on | the street iast evening. Mrs. Living- stone, a few days ago, brought mmi against Thomas D. Livingstone for di- | vorce on the ground of cruelty. She | | asserts that he has been paying at- tention to other women. Last evening Mrs. Livingstone, with two women friends, was passing along South Sec- | ond street. When near Santa Clara | street she met Miss Maud Fitzhugh and her sister, Mre. Belle White. She stopped them and said /to Maud: “I know all about you and my husband.” Miss Fitzhugh resented the accusa- tion of trifling with Livingstone's af- fections . and a mix-up followed, in which the two women slapped, scratch- ed and pulled each other’s hair. Miss | | Fitzhugh's sister joined in_and Mrs | i Livingstone’s friends rallied to her res- cue. A crowd gathered and the com batants were separated, but not be- | fore the toilets of the participants had been disarranged. Miss Fitzhugh and her sister to-day left for their home in Portland, Ore- | gon. They are well known in this city !:md have been employed as stenogra- phers at the Chamber of Commerce. —_——— | STORM AT SEA AD] | TO VAILUE OF CARGOI | HONOLULU, Aua. 24.—The steam- | ship Alaskan, which arrived at New York last Sund with a cargo of made negrly $30,000 for the owners of her cgrgo by being delayed in a storm. rise in sugar added the cargo by $28,120. o uable shipload ever i grrange- | | It was the most gent from Haw a ] ( ¢ | lish astronomer, | servatory grounds, L/ | HARVARD GETS GIANT TELESCOPE CollegeSecure%Mam- moth English In- | strument, Speclal Dispatch to The Call. BOSTON, Aug. 31.—The Harvard Observatory is to have added to its equipment what is considered the largest effcient telescope in the world, the five-foot aperture reflecting instru- ment constructed by the famous Eng- A. Common. Preparations are now being made for packing the telescope and transferring it to Harvard. The mirfors will be cent first for the purposes of experi- menting - previous to setting up the whole instrument. The site chosen for the giant star revealer is an open space in the easterly part’ of the ob- near Bond street. It is not intended to erect a dome for it, as the great height of the telescope, { about twenty-seven feet in length, would make. such a building too ex- | pensive. The new telescone will be used main- ¥ fer photographic work. It is nearly twice as-layge as the Iick Observatory telescope, which has | an aperture of thisty-six inches. ———— Preliminary Acceptance of Ohio. WASHINGTON, Aug. 81.—An- nouncement was made at the Nawvy Deparlment to-day of the preliminary ptance by the Government of the Ba Inhlp Ohlo built by the Union lrm, Works of Ban Francisco, | the that the Belgians expect a German in- | | ot — able magnitude on the western shore of Lake Tanganyika, and that one of these - fort v h is equipped with twe! guns, is within two hours of German frontier. It is believed vasion. A number of natives who are Ger- | man subjects have heen expeiled from the Congo Free State. It is under- [ stood that negotiations regarding the | subject are mnow proceeding between Berlin and Brussels. The west shore of Lake Tanganyika belongs to the Congo Free State, the south shore to British Central Africa and the east shore to German East Af- rica. The area of the lake is esti- mated at 14,000 square miles, CRITTY CROCER FOILS. THIEVES gMakes Brave Fight Against Burglars; Who Demand Combination of Store Safe P e Special Dispatch to The Call. ANACONDA, Mont., Aug. 31.—Masked men early this morning nearly killed Charles Walker, manager of the gro- cery of James Haniilton, in an at- tempt to. make him open .the safe. Walker's condition is serlqul, but it is believed he will recover. Walker was in the act of going to his bedroom when the burglars-sprang upon him and hit him on the head. He grappled with the robbers and a des- perate fight ensued, in which Walker was beaten in a terrible manner. Bleeding and dazed Walker was un- able to open the safe, and the burglars frightened lest the sound of the scuf- fle should arouse some one fled, after rifiing the pockets of Walker of 85 cents. Four negroes suspected of the crime 'hlve been placed under arrest. —— e British Soon to Leave Lassa. SIMLA, British ' India, Aug. 31.— to present plans the British cording mission will leave Lassa on Septem- ber-18;: /¢ | | GENERAL KUROPATKIN, i ING THE MAIN ARMY AT LIAOYANG ON: THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE | THE RUSSIAN COMMANDER IN CHIEF., REVIEW- . BIRTH OF EMPEROR NICHOLAS II. Combat Now Being Waged One of] the Bloodiest in War’s Annals. | The news silence regarding the battle of Liaoyang—perhaps to be re- garded as the most sanguinary in the history of warfare—was broken by dispatches reccived yesterday saying that -fighting had been. reéumed at | ‘dawn that morning and that the firing extended aiong the entire line | some seven miles in extent. -A dispatch from Liaoyang received late in the afternoon told of repeat- i ed bayonet advances on the road directly south of Liaoyang, where the | Russians shelled the Japanese positions until 4 o’clock in the afternmoon. | when the cngagement, which was general throughout the south and south- east, narrowed to the main line. The cannonading continued until even- ing without advantage on ecither side. | The sudden termination of direct dispatches gave rise to the belief that communication had been cut -north of Liaoyanz. but it is officially i stated from St. Petersburg that this inference was incorrect. It Is posi-, tively stated in St. Petersburg that the Emperor bhad received yesterday | afterncon a dispateh from Liaoyang. A Liaoyang dispatch filed at 5:21 o'clock yesterday afternoon says | that the Japanese were getting around the Russian left flank, while a later dispatch stated that the Russians had effected an advance along the rail- way to the southward, from which direction the Russians retreated before the battle of Liaoyang was begun. ! Reports reaching St. Petershurg are to the effect that the results so far | have been faverable to the Russians. The dispatches estimate the Japanese force at about 240,000 men and | the Russians at from 170,000 to 200,000 micn, wifh from 600 to 1000 guns ‘ engaged on each side. & 2 | sian wounded is apparently small, while the Japanese losses are believed to be ! great, especially where they were re- | pulsed on the south road. Chinese graves, with trees, are being | LIAOYANG, Aug. 3L—The, second day’s battle commenced at dawn. -The Russians made repeated bayonet ad- vances on the road directly south of Liaoyang, where the Japanese ap- proached from Sanquaiship and Tao, shelling the positions in the Russian interfere with the defense. Develop- | ments are expected west and north- | lines until 4 o’clock in the afternoon. | east. I Then the engagement, which was gen- T A RS eral throughout .the south and south- FIRST DAY'S FIGHTING. i “east, narrowed to the main line. | The Japanese advance on the south- | Bloody Hand-to-Hand Encounters in | the Russian Trenches. | east was by way .of the Fengwang- chler:fn:gmély {5 ierong o6 O laoen it o oo 0l LENCEDRG AW, 31— Syic- the Japanese stubbornly attempted to| gost ;:3“‘;‘;",h:";,g‘:';':,“,;':{"u;’;? occupy a round-tovped hill, which Wasva,e and the utmost confidence pre- literally deluged by the Russian shells, | \55i5 here that the issue of the fight | making repeated attempts the entiref . 1o 5 complete vietory for Kuro day where apparently it-was impossible | p,tkin From dawn until dark yester- | for anything to live. day. the battle raged, first in the The cannonading continued from this| 7", 4 left- and then on the right of | point to the vicinity of Wangpaotal un- | ¢p. - Russian line. _The Japanes: til this evening without apparent ad- charged - gallantly and desperately in vantage to either side.”The JN":'“ an effort to break the center and then dropped shells within two or three|, tpe afternoon came a movement | niiles of the railroad station and in the against the Russian flank. This at- plain of Wenstshue Mountain, which iS| y5ey \cas delivered from the west, but the most important eminence around | Geperal Kuropatkin had evidently an- Liaoyang, but they abandoned aggres-| yiinataq just what oecurred, for he sion there on account of the resistance | not"only met and repulsed it, but act- | ually was able by superior force to they met: .’l'h:e was. cannon fire last night.| overiap and envelop the Japanese. d this is expected nightly. The casu-1 7.t night. both armies bivouacked here hflud' one Russian war| their pasitions. General Kuropatkin's forcés occupied llfl |.qu L nded t-nd also twen- ty-five inese ‘om._Chiaofan- 4 Nlh Whom Dr. W estwater, the distin- positions forming a semi-circle about Ligoyang, the fianks resting on the | AOnALYs is caring for in the| Tqjtse River, east and west of lhe' ‘ross refuge. city. ‘The battie divided itself into two pe- x&w. developments show that £ m&M for all emer- preliminary bombard- 1 riods. After a gencies W rain begah to fall at|pent of the Ruuhndmeu on the noon, gradually transforming the plain | anq center the Japafese lnrutry"fi- into & thmdl which the| vanced to, the . k, charging the carts and- walking, are to- ‘Russian center. Amm “ repeatedty night making their ‘to the hos- Ditals. Gonelering the. scale of” the day's operations thq mm.bar of Rus- mnm 2, Column 4. | Association of leveled about, Liaoyang in order not to | M i i S B il DRUGGISTS FINED FOR BOYCOTTING Punished for Violat ing Injunction of Court. CHICAGO, Aug. 31L.—Twenty-five hundred retail druggists in -the. United | States were declared guilty of con- tempt of court by Judge Dunne of the Circuit Court to-day, and the National Fetail Druggists, of are members, was fined » they $2000, whila Thomas W. Woolen, secre- tary cof the organization, Was fined $500. The cases against five wholesale druggists of Chicago, also charged with contempt, were continued until the fall | term of court, when it will be necessary | for them to take additicnal proof into | court to purge them of the contempt charges. The injunction under which the druggists’ association was fined was secured by Isaac Platt, a retail drug- gist of Chicago, in November. 1902, and restrained them from interfering In any manner with the securing of sup- | plies by Platt, who had incurred the association’s ~ displeasure, it was charged, because he would not join it. “Platt has been deprived of !ha right | in this community to sell goods,” Judge Dunne said in rendering his decisio ‘Nothing can be more clear. It is a combination that has prevented him from securing supplies, and this court | enjoined the defendants in this case from carrying out their plan to prevent Platt obtaining goods.™ Platt charges that he has been black- listed and boycctted by the association and that through its influence all the wholesale houses in.Chicago have re- fused to sell him supplies. The associ- ation made its defense upon the plea that Platt was attempting to sell the gonds at wholesale, thus culun: the | prices. VAST CROWD AW \ll'lNG BLACKFOOT, Idaho‘ Aug. 31.—In= terest in the opening of the reserva- tion lands near Pocatello on Septem- ber 6 is unabated. The crowd wait- ing at the land office is increasing upom the arrival of every train. To- day several women put in an appear- ance, but were discouraged by the size of the crowd and prospect of a long wait. They expect to return lat-, er in the week, however. Practically every walk in life is represented in the line-up. N VAINLY STRIVE STOP ¥ R ~ EL PASO, Tex., Aug. 31.—The citv of Juarez, Mexico, across the river