The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 2, 1904, Page 1

TEE cisco for thirty . San Prancisco Fair Priday; with fog WEATHER. Forecast made at midnight. September 2: light southwest winds in the merning; Rrisk - westerly. winds-in the afteraoon, A. G. McADIE, San Fran- hours endiag and vipinity— SLAVS FORCED TO A BY KUROKI'S BOLD =it i o <5 1904. taken froth % .""‘P‘ tral—"“The ernhp—""‘ru- of the D'UT- mfp i Columbis—“Candida” | Man of Destiny.” | Pischer's—“Anheuser Push.” ‘ Grand—“Under Two Flags.” | Orpheum—Vandeville. | Tivoli—‘“The Toreador.” A3 Pirst Borh.” 17 -— PRICE FIVE CENTS. MUKDEN, Sept. 1.—General Kuropatkin' has abandoned his heavily fortified positian advance of General Kuroki, who crassed the Taitse twenty miles to the eastward and at once advanced to cut the Russian line of communications. Should the Russian arms triumph, Kuroki would in turn be placed in a critical position, as the Japanese forces are now ded. Communication with Kukopatkin’s headquarters has been interrupted since nightfall and it is believed that Japanese scouts have succeeded in cutting the wires. res on the result of the battle with Kuroki’s legions. 0L THU HOLDS CONDUCTOR Masked Youth Tries| Fatally Wounds Policeman | While Trying to Make His Escape: F er Gives ths Name of Charles W.W and San- Francisco as His Place of Res;dence“ CLIPPER SHIP YVankee Skipper, Unaware of | H¢ v | | J to Rob Car in Portland. i San Francisco e, t hit held ar onthe Willamette While trying to escape ng on the front platform of the | policeman will engers other to- rur er the high bridge pon the réai gra Conductor Johnson's rderéd him to- car. - Walton knife in hief as N n Tooked th ugh the »ening and man threw Walton iled out Valton fighting scharged his taking effect Tomen. Motorman Walton - w 2 mile broaght cious that Walton is held up his effrontery to ad boarded the ESE SAVE ystilities; Runs Into Dan- r-in Port of Yokohama 1.—After vers has reached here | kohama and Hawail in the 1 G. ‘Roper. He brings raw s seas for rs began at New York t ended here. He reached February 18 last, took »anese pilot and went in in the wake of two he American skipper ct there was any out- es between Japan and a shot. from one of the d across his bow. A Jap- ispatch boat came out and pi- clipper clear of the mines had been laid in the harbor. Russians were in the crew of ipper. The doggedness of the pilot in going into the har- hout waiting for a dispatch ward convinced the Amer- t the Japanese pilot had fni- o sail over a mine and blow o Russians to kingdom come. n Rivers says it is the general in the Far East that ¢ between Japan and the United aft Bingham | er out of sight | wenty times, | | | | PAR ‘BEL S ARE -~ ADVANCING (Capture Villa Con- - cepcion and Its ' (arrison, | Ll L 1 BUENOS AYRES, Sept 1.—The Paraguayan revolutionists have’ cap- With arms and ammunition. The revolutionists now refuse all the | terms offered them by the Government and an attack on the capital is be- lieved to be imminent. Argentine has refused to recognize the insurgents as belligerents Papers received to-day from Asun- cion repert that all the public schools {are closed and that, owing to the | scarcity of food, the price df bread and ;l.;.cx uits is- $1 per kilogram. R S TR UTE INDIANS AT NAVAJO THREATE TO REVOLT ilurwl Villa Concepcion and 400 men, | | Leader Claims Interior Department | Has Repeatedly Broken Faith With His People. DURANGO, Colo., Sept. 1.—A re- pert has reached here that the Win- nemuche Ute Indians at Navajo tkreaten to revolt if not accorded bet- | ter treatment by the Federal Govern- | { ment. <‘ The leader, Chief Ignacio, {the Interior Department has re- | peatedly broken faith with his peo- | ple and that none of the-treaties made | with them are being lived up to. He | asserts that the Indians are not re- | ceiving enough ration allowance to |live on and the irrigation ditches | promised have not even.been started. { The Indians predict a long and cold winter and declare they will get | enough food if they have to fight for claims | it. Superintendent W. M. Peterson of | ithe Fort Lewis School has gone to Navajo to make an investigation. ——————— |EARL GREY'S APPOINTMENT IS APPROVED BY EDWARD LONDON, Sent. 1.—King Jdward over the Philippines will soon | has approved the appointment of Earl naturally in case the Japanese the Russians. Grey to be Governor General of Can- ada in succession to the Earl ot Llinto, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER ANDON LIAOYANG FLANK MOVEMENT SRS T | | g [ | | o at Liaoyang and retired with his entire army to the north bank of the Taitse River to meet The fate of the Russian army <+ | | 11 \ \ \ \ JAPANESE STORMING THE SHELTER TRENCHES OF GENERAL STAKELBERG'S RUSSIAN FORCE. | | ik 'Armies’ Fate Rests - on To-Day’s | Combat. R e e | ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 2, 1:26 a. m.—The news of the evacuation of Liaoyang and the withdrawal of the Ru | Taitee River reached only ‘a small sec- sian army to the right bank of the tion of the people of St. Petersburg at a late hour and caused intense excite- | ment ana: disappointment. | The majority of the inhabitants re- | tired to rest, believing that Russian | arms had again been.successful and | that the Japanese at pelled. Ugly suspicions, however, have ! been rife during the day owing to the absence of press telegsrams from Liao- | yang, leading to the bellef that the communieations had beea cut by Gen- eral Kuroki. S G px The following statement -was ob- | tajned from the: War Office at 10 | o’'clock Thursday night: “General Kuroki's armv crossed in force to the right bank of the Taitse River and it therefore became neces- sary for the Russians to be in a posi- tion to repel a blow in this direction. | “In view of this development in the | operations General Kuropatkin.decided | to abandon ‘his positions on the left | bank and to concentrate his whole | army on the other side of the river. | This position is the stronger both in ‘character and in site. The great issue | will be finally decided there. i “By withdrawing to this position the | Russian army avoids the danger of be- i ing divided by the river and enjoys the \advantage of compactness. “General Kuropatkin’s move, there- | fore, is not to be considered as a re- treat, but rather as the carrying out of | a well-defined idea.” The withdrawal of the Russians to the right bank involved the abandon- ment of Liaoyang, which is situated on the left bank. The Japanese took ad- vantage of this to occupy the city, but the sternest part of the fighting is still before them, unless Guneral Kuropat- kin decides, at the last hour, to again i had been re- | War Bulletin. LONDON, Sept. 2.—The Daily Mail's Kupantse correspondent ys that | 25,000 Japanese : n route from | Dalny to Haicheng iway. Orig- ey were intended to reinforce | the hesiezers of Port Arther, but | Fiela Marshal Oyama was | that they were not reguived there and therefore sent them north. | inally | | 2. LONDON, Scpt 2.—A special dis- patch from St. Petersburg, which is not confirmed from any other source, Viadivostok is within two days’ march ef Mulden, with 30,000 Rus- | sian- troops. MUKDEN, Wednesday, Aug. 31.— | A Jupancse force of 10,000 is reported {to be advamcing from the northeast uron Mukden. MUKDE) Linoyang is interrupted are impassable. The roads TOKIO, Sent. 2.—~-The Japancse left began pressing the Russians toward Tatzho at dawn this (Friday) mom- ing. The Japanese right is engaged in the neighborhood The Jananese casualties since August 29 are officially estimated at 10,000. TOKIO, Sept. 2.—A Russian steam- ship engaged in clearing the channel at Port Arthur struck a mine and was destroyed on Wednesday. + fall back to the northward. It is more than likely, however, that he will de- cide to fight to a finish. The cards are all in his favor, it is believed, now that he has the Japanese divided by the riv- er, thus effectually turning the tables wpon his foe. The determined pursuit by the Jap- anese of the Russian outposts when General Kuropatkin gave the first or- Continued on Page 2, Column 3. satisfied | | reports that Gereral Linevitch from | of Helvingtai..| Kuroki Throws His| - Forces Across . the Taitse. s, 80 P | LIAOYANG, Sept. 1.—General Ku- roki made his successful attempt . to { cross the Taitse River late this even- | | ing, under cover of a heavy bombard- | | ment of the extreme Russian left. The | | Japanese artillery, which has been fir- | ing uninterruptedly for fourteen hours, | ceased at. daylight this morning and then resumed at 11 o'clock, to conceal | | Kuroki's preparations for crossing the | iriver. These preparations necessitated | | the establishment of a ponteon bridge, as the river was not fordable lower | than Sakankankwantun, and the pon- toons must have been floated down the stream. ! | The efforts of the Japanese to cross | | the river on August 30 were not sue- | Sept. 1, 9:27 p. m.—The | cessful, and General Kuroki therefore | them down in the village of Oyster Bay train servige between Mukden and |ordered a portion of his army to ford |on their pienic grounds. The Preefldenl; | it at Sakankankwantun. | | ' General Kuropatkin was unable to| | prévent the passage, owing to the dis- | | tance from Liaoyang, about. twenty miles, but for the same reason the-Jap- | | anese were unable to’bring the forces ! | which gained the right bank immedi- | ately into action. ‘\ Kuropatkin heard of the passage of | | the Taitse at Sakankankwantun after |6 o'clock on the evening of August 31, |and immediately’ gave orders for his | men to fall back on the outer positions. | This move is explained by the desire to collect a strong force with which to re- ' pel a flanking movement from thel northeast. The Japanese repeated the attempt to throw pontoons across the Taitse near Liaoyang during the night of August .31, again under cover of a bombard- | ment, and this attempt was successful. Severe fighting may therefore be ex- pected immediately northeast of’ the city. S A Guessing as to Port Arthur’s Fall. TOKIO, Sept. 1.—Popular estimates of the date of the fall of Port Arthur incline to the last week in September. REPELS AN NVASON Nééro Army - Fails, t Reach the | Special Dispatch to The Call. OYSTER BAY, N. Y, Sept. 1.—=Two negroes drowned here to-day | while on an excursion from Brooklyn. This was the climax to many troubles which befell the excursionists of a col- ored business men's association of Kings County. They came to Oyster Bay 500 strong and were indignant when they ascertained that the Presi- dent would nét give the slightest recog- nition to them. They had sent a dele- gation in advance to ask if the Presi- dent would not receive them at Saga- more Hill. This was denied. Then the negroes asked if the Presi- | dent couldnot informally call to see| | r were was too busy. The leadérs of the excursion party did not hesitate to say that they| thought the President had slighted them. The secret service force was doubled about Sagamore Hill while (heé 3 negroes were here. ————e————— — | BOY FINED ONE CENT | FOR THRASHING: FATHER | Protects His Mother From a Beating | and His Action Is' Praised by the Court. YORK, Pa., Sept. 1.—Judge Bittin- ger to-day imposed a fine of one cent! upon' William Brillhart for assault and battery. Brillhart was charged with having | whipped his father. He explained that his father was beating his mother ! when he interfered. The Judge told the young man he had displayed the| proper spirit. “I would give him a sound thrash- ing myself,” said the Judge, “if I were thirty vears younger. You may pay 1 finie of one cent and undergo no other penalty.” | business man, arranged | in love bred | been attending her for a — b ARGAT FOR DEATH OF WIEE Rich Ohioan Makes Cold Blooded Contract. PO Arranges With Physician for the Poisoning of His Spouse. Dector Secretes Detectives in an Adjoig- ing Room to Overhear the Negotiations. e i Spectal Dispatch to The Cail DAYTON, Ohio, Sept. 1.—A cold blooded death bargain in which Frank Schaffer, and - wealthy through the pretended connivance of the family physictan to kill his wife, developed- through police channels to-day, follow- ing the arrest of the would-be mur- derer. Schaffer is 54 years of age, the presi- dent of an envelope company and for- merly owned and managed a numbet of retail groceries under the name of the Cincinnati Grocery Company. His alleged desire to wed a girl in the em- ploy of the envelope company and with whom Schaffer, it is said, was madly the desire .to. get rid.of a prominent his wife. According to the story told dby Dr. Charles A. Kiefer, Schaffer's family physician, Schaffer went to the doctor and proposed to give him the sum of $500 if he, the doctor, would poison-or otherwise kill Schaffer’s wifé. Dr. Kiefer pretended to agree to.the bar- gain, but he said he would not pre- scribe the poison himself but would arrange.with Dr. J. Q. Adams for the deadly drug. In the meantime Dr: Kiefer advised Dr. Adams and the two agreed upon a programme of dispensing a harmless drug to the intended victimm. The police also were advised of the scheme. Two detectives were sécreted in an adjoining room on Wednesday night when the final arrangements in the death bargain were made between the doctor and Schaffer and the harmiless | tablets were given the latter to admin- ister to his wife. The first of.these was to have been given this morning. 3 MURDER IS PLANNED. ‘The - conversation which - tbok place, according to Detectives Neidergall and Kincaid, was as follows: 2 Schaffer—Dactor, I have the capsules. Kiefer—All right, Schaffer; this is my first job and it will be the last, but-I need the money. Schaffer (pointing to his mouth)— Mum’s the word, Doc.. How long will it take to kill her? - Kiefer—It may kill her instantly and she may linger for a short time—yo cannot always tell. - Schaffer—When shall I give it to her? Kiefer—Give her ' a capsule at 8§ _ o’clock to-morrow morning. Schaffer—Then I had better go down town early, so that I w be away. They will call me by telephone and I will call you right away, Doec, so you can be there. - Kiefer—How do you stand with the Coroner, Schaffer? Schaffer—I do not know, but I think I can fix that all right. You will be the physician and you can tell him she died of heart trouble. Kiefer—Yes, I.will tell him I have year for | rheumatism of the heart and he will take my word. SCHAFFER IS ARRESTED. These arrangements having been completed, Schaffer left with the cap- sules, which he supposed cont#ined poison. At about 8:30 o'clock this. morming and about the time Schaffer expected his wife to die he was arrested and taken to the - police headquarters, where, confronted by the detectives and doctors, he made a partial admission as to the correctness of their statements. After a conference between the county and city prosecutors Schaffer was finally released, he having committed no act. they said, for which punish- ment is provided by the statutes of this State. Schaffer is the father of four grown children, one married.