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THE SAN.FRANCISCO CALL. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1901 CZAR WILL YIELD PORT ARTHUR TO PREVENT FURTHER LOSS OF LI Lena’s Captain, WHe Harbor, Declares His Ship Is Unseaworthy. n -Ordered Out of the' Admiral Goodrich Brings the Situation to Issue Speedily and Virtually Ends Controversy. . Column 7. Continued From Page 1, f her armament and put out t of the repairs needed Lena seaworthy was forth- after Admiral Goodrich had in Berlinsky to leave o'clock this morning. of Captain Berlinsky that & n al Goodrich sent an engineer to make an investigation. The engineer’s report was not given out by the ad- miral, who forwarded it to Washing- ton COLLECTORS’ POSITION. While Admiral Goodrich was acting on his own authority, the Collector of S. Stratton, proceeded in- representative of tment Commerce and Stratton made arrangements e the Lena examined by J. K. inspector of hulls and boilers, This was after a hard day’'s conferences and misgivings as irposes of the Russian com- tor Stratton’s brow was knit th closed to interviewers e was without a forenoon, for his au- ion was undefined rs before he heard He was not lack- of the international in the premises, but resent the United States 1 enforcing the law was n that perusal of Federal ould not determine. 3 t in such cases it rests President the immediate negotia- nse to a request for in- atton received a message oon from the acting Sec- erce and Labor, Law- ordering him to take ena’s case. The mat- Jepartment of Commerce of its control over and the Collector is department as well as ington. for Collector Shortly after 9 veno, the local Japa- h a demand that the e ordered to leave -four hours. The the United States expected strictly to laws against the blems ed to take any action time. ubt as to how far I have ty ector. “But I will say that s will act on its own nsist on its neutral- to the request of i. I know thoroughly ational law is about the g here. But a warship rower does not enter or the custom-house, and I doubt as to my author- r rnational law.” POWER CONFERRED. ng, section 5288 of the Re- was the only enlighten- ‘ ctor Stratton could find in rch for authority: law empower for that purpose f the land or naval forces to compel any the United States in all essary ates she ought not ed States. llector wired to Washington nt of the demand of the Jap- and in reply was direct- in the correctness of the ander’'s representations disabled boilers. tor sent for Captain A. T. commander of the Lena, Kosakevitch, the Russian form them of his instrue- the matter of arranging rence taxed his patience First the Russian digni- word that they would be e offices of the Collector of the rt at 2 o'clock. They failed to come. however, but se: word that they DR. PIERCE'S REMEDIES. Do you remember the little things that gave us so much pleasure when we were young? With what zest did we sit down to the table after our play was over and eat the sh and milk onr mother put before us. But as we get older it takes more to give ve. Mush and milk mo longer s good to us, and our digestion may be ed. The best advice we can give to som is to tone up the stomach with Golden Medical Disc: . It re's most valuable and health-giving made without the use ofalecohol. It given to the public by Dr. R. V. founder of the Invalids’ Hotel and nstitute, at Buffalo, N. 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Stratton was beginning to take on a warlike mood when, at 3:30 o'clock, Captain Berlinsky and Consul Kosa- | kevitch arrived. | BERLINSKY EXPLAINS. The Consul acted as interpreter and through him Captain Berlinsky ex- that he had come to San o to repair his boilers and en- gines, which had undergone heavy strain since he left Viadivostok five weeks ago. “I had plenty of coal aboard and am in no straits whatever except as to the boilers and engines,” asserted Captain | Berlinsky. | Stratton entered upon no cross-ex- amination. He informed his callers ! what his instructions from Washington were, and the officials very agreeably acceded to the request to co-operate in jarranging for the inspection. This closed the interview. Early yesterday morning Admiral C. , F. Goodrich, commandant of the United | States fleet in the harbor, ordered the | Paul Jones, in command of Lieutenant |G. C. Davison, to steam down | the bay and anchor close to the Lena, and to act as a sort of body- guard to the visitor. The launch of the Marblehead was also ordered to act as a patrol boat about.the Lena. This was done to keep off any suspicious characters that might want to board or approach the Russian transport. | The vigil was well kept, and every boat | approaching the Lena was challenged, so that only those who had right or business on board the Russian ship were permitted near her gangplank. Early in the morning official calls were made upon Captain Berlinsky by Captain Hunker of the New York, Commander John Hubbard of the Boston, Commander K. Niles of the Bennington, Commander F. S. Phelps Jr. of the Marblehead, and Lieutenant G. C. Davison of the Paul Jones. Later a number of Russian clvilians went alongside and were welcomed on board. A number of Japanese went out in |2 small leunch, apparently with the | purpose of boarding the stranger, but | as they gave no plausible reason for their visit they were compelled to put about and send their boat in another direction. They however contented | themselves with taking ‘numerous | snapshots from long range. | All day long all kinds of craft load- | ed with hundreds of sightseers sailed | about the foreign war ship, but kept a ‘respec(ful distance and made no at- tempt to board her. S AP | WASHINGTON GETS PROTEST. | Japanese Consul's Demand Is For- warded by Collector Stratton. WASHINGTON, Sept. 12.—The ex- pected protest by Japan against al- | lowing the Russian auxiliary cruiser | Lena, which arrived at San Francisco yesterday, to remain longer than twen- | ty-four hours, came to-day, when the | Japanese Consul in that city, through | the Collector of Customs, made formal demand that the vessel be re- quired to leave at the end of the pe- riod named. The Collector’'s telegram officially notifying the authorities of the arrival | of the Lena and of Japan’'s protest, | was addressed to the Secretary of the Treasury, who at once sent copies to Acting Secretary of State Adee and to Acting Secretary Murray of the De- | partment of Commerce and Labor, | which also has jurisdiction in the mat- ter. Collector Stratton's telegram reads as follow: Japaness Consul has made demand upon me that the Russian auxiliary cruiser Lena, arriv- ing at this port on the 1ith inst., leave within twenty-four hours. The captain reports that | he has entered for repairs of engines and | boilers, principally the latter. I am request- ing the Inspector of Hulls and Boilers to make an' examination of the vessel's machinery, with the consent of the Russian Consul and the commander of the Lena. I can find no au- thority in the law or regulations for the Col- lector assuming any authority in the prem- ises and request instructions. After a conference with the Commis- | sioner of Navigation, Acting Secretary Murray sent the following dispatch to the Collector: Your telegram addressed to the Secretary of the Treasury ooncerning the Russian steam- ship Lena received at 4:40 p. You should have addressed this department as direded in 29, Wire this department the hour circular 2 of steamer’s arrival at your port and concise resume of steamboat Inspector's feport, and, 1f repairs sre necessary, the probable time re- quired to make them. On receipt of particulars | the department will instruct you further. See circular 29, end of page 2, and all of page 3. The circular referred to was issued on February 23, 1904, immediately after .hcstilities between Japan and Russia began, and, besides containing the Pres- ident's proclamation and provisions of the statutes relating to neutrality, gave instructions to Collectors that,*should any case arise requiring official action, you will communicate the facts by tel- egram to the department.” The Collector’s telegram came after office hours and the commissioners were somewhat puzzled that there was so much delay in sending it. There was a great deal of reticence on the sub- ject on the part of the Department of Commerce and the Bureau of Naviga- tion, which preferred to wait the re- pert of the steamboat inspector before making any statement. This report, it is expected, wiil be received some time during the night, so that the Lena will have been in port over twenty-four hours before the question of her right to tie up for repairs is determined. —_————— APPEALS TO AMERICANS. Japanese Newspaper Says the Lena | Destroyed American Commerce. The presence of the Russian crulser Lena in the harbor of San Francisco has stirred the local Japanese colony to its very depths. Most of the little brown fellows think the United States fleet should blow the visitor out of the water without further parley. The editor of the Japanese-American, however, takes a more conservative stand. He is willing to leave the matter to the State Department. On the bulletin board of his paper on Geary street, opposite the News building, he presented yesterday morning the following apneal to the public: “Ambicious Czar’s piratic big cruis- er is now in the peaceful and neautral port of San Francisco, involving a greatest menace to the shins incoming from the Orient, especially to the E THE CALL'S LATEST WAR BULLETINS. with Fengwangcheng. ST. PETERSBURG, Sept, 12.—The comnission which has been consider- ing the contraband guestion has reached a decision favorable in the main to the contentions of the United States and Great Britain, LONDON, Sept. 13.—The Daily Mail's correspondent with the Japanese m Tientsin the report that General Linevitch, with 50,000 men, has Northeastern Korea and cut General Kuroki's communications P, ARIS, Sept. 12.—It is reported that after Rear Admiral Prince Ouk- deprived of his command for disobeying the order of the Czar not to return to Port Arthur after the sortie of the Russian flect, he was tricd by court-martial and sentenced to be shot, which sentence was exc- cuted, ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 12.—The Call’s correspondent learns from a Ligh source that the Baltic fleet, which sailed yesterday for Libau. is not likely to proceed beyond that point. It is said that Port Arthur’s early sur- render will obviate the necessity of sending the fleet to the Far East during the present year. ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 12.—The Birzheviya Viedmosti's correspond- ent at Tie Pass telegraphs to his paper as follows: “The Japanese, who had been accused of moving forward slowly, are now advancing very rap- idly. receiving reinforcements from Newchwang. Little avails the Russian increase of troops, for the Japanese are The initiative will remain in the hands of the Japanese and their tactics will always be repeated.” LONDON, Sept. 13.—The Morning Post says that official Russian dis- patches who comma received in London announce that Lieutenant General Zassulitch, nded the portion of the Russian rear guard south of the Hun River, has been severely wounded and captured, with 3000 out of his 5000 men. It is added by the Morning Post that Generals Zaroubaieff, Kondrat- oviteh and Bilderling have checked General Kuroki's advance. The fore« going is not confirmed from any sourec. Victorious Japanese|Looting of_Liaoyang} Praise Defeated Commander. —_— GENERAL KUROKTI'S HEAD- QUARTERS IN THE FIELD, Sept. 8. —The battle of Liaoyang was a mag- nificent victory of which the Japanese have reason to be proud, although they were unable to realize their hopes of another Sedan. The execution of a campaign by the Japanese upon such a vast scale against an army probably their su- perior in numbers and possessing more modern guns of greater caliber and range than theirs, established behind fortifications of great completeness and unprecedented extent, and directed by skillful commanders, excites the high- est admiration of the military critics. It is unquestioned that at Liaoyang General Kuropatkin expected to turn the tide of war against the Japanese. It would now appear that the fighting of the past few weeks—since the fail- ure of the Russian movement to the south—was not expected to be decisive, but was a series of preliminary opera- ions conducted for the purpose of har- assing the Japanese and gaining time for the crucial struggle. The foreign military observers with the Japanese army find convincing evi- dences that General Kuropatkin plan- ned to defeat the Japanese armies in detail and then to dispatch a powerful column to the south for the relief of Port Arthur and they are of the opin- fon that with the thirteen divisions at his command General Kuropatkin could have accomplished this had the quality of his officers and soldiers egualed that of the Japanese. Not until the night of September 3, after five days of continuous battle, did the Russians take the first steps of retreat. With an almost unfordable and wide river at his back and a strong force of Japanese opposing him in the rear and on the flank, General Kuro- patkin was able to withdraw his army without losing a single gun. One result of this battle has been to give the Japanese a much higher opin- ion of the abilities of their antagonists than the exhibitions at the Yalu River and elsewhere compelled them to enter- tain. To-day the Japanese army is self- possessed and it has indulged in no demonstrations of rejoicing. The work done by the Russians in preparing the neighborhood of Liao- yang to be a theater of battle is of in- credible magnitude. In addition to the extensive fortifications on the south side of the Taitse River there were practically three lines of defenses for the protection of the eastern approaches of the railroad, which in themselves constituted a formidable battle area. The fighting was carried right up to the railroad line, but notwithstanding the fact that the Japanese shelled the last trains which left Liaoyang on the way to Mukden, it was impossible for them to intercept any of the Russian rear guard. The area north of the river which was fought over by the contending armies presents a terrible picture of the results of the war. The fields are dug with hundreds of lines of trenches, marking the successive stages of re- treat, and crematory fires are yet burn- ing where searching parties are bring- ing in Japanese bodies. Graves of Rus- sian soldiers can be seen at every turn, some dug by comrades and others by Japanese. On one hillside is a group of two or three hundred graves marked by rough sticks. Many bodies remained undiscovered in the high grain. Flocks of crows hover about and hundreds of Chinese dogs roam the fields. e S Russlan Cavalry Active. TOKIO, Sept. 12.—Fleld Marshal Oyama reports that a large body of Russlan cavalry has appeared at Pin- taitzu, eastward of the rallroad, be- tween Yentai and Mukden. He adds that the Russians are merely keeping in touch with the Japanese, R — Y Toyo Kisen Kalisha's fleet. The Rus- sian vessel “Lena” is the very ship that has destroyed American com- merce on the Pacific Ocean once he- fore. It is a greatest interests to the Japanese here to watch what attitude all he American people is going to take towards the piratic monster ves- sel.” Shnciel Ul Takahira Not Worrying. WASHINGTON, Sept. 12.—M. Tak- ahira, the Japanese Minister, returned’| to-night from a brief visit to New York and retired as soon as he reach- ed the legation. His course here re- garding the Russian ship at San Fran- cisco will depend altogether on the State Department's action, but it can be sald that the Minister has every confidence that this Government will act promptly and in strict accordance with international law. R T Hay Declines to Comment. NEWBURY, N. H., Sept. 12.—Sec- | retary Hay received no official ad- vices concerning the Russian cruiser Lena’s presence in San Francisco har- bor and on the ground of not being conversant with the details of the matter he declined to comment on the subject. A Carload of Trunks. A carload of trunks and dress suit cases just received at a saving of 50 per cent in freight. Now is the 't‘fme to buy. Sanborn. Vail & Co.. 741 Market st, ¢ Has Few Parallels in War Annals. —_— LIAOYANG, Sept. 8, via Tientsin, Sept. 12.—The looting of Liaoyang has few parallels in the annals of warfare. Three armies on three different days; had possession of the city and engaged in acts of depredation. When the Russians entered into the occupation of Liaoyang they built a model Russian city outside the old walled Chinese city, and thousands of troops were lodged within its gates. ‘When the Japanese drove the Russians out of the Shansampo Hills the Rus- sian soldiers realized that the town must fall and forgot all discipline. They looted the town, sparing neither Chi- nese nor European shops, destroying what they could not carry away. They wantonly destroyed great quantities of foodstuffs and other goods, ripping open bales, bags and boxes with the ever ready bayonet and scattering the con- tents over the streets. Much liquor was found, and the soldiers, becoming drunk, committed further excesses. During the interim between the de- parture of the Russians and the ar- rival of the Japanese the Chinese sol- diers and police finished the \work the Russians began, pillaging the shops that were not found by the Russians. Then when the Japanese came they completed the looting. They had been fighting for five days without food ex- cept dry rice, and broke loose upon en- tering the town. The Japanese looted right and left. The shops having al- ready suffered, the Japanese turned their attention to the private houses. They wanted food principally, but over- looked nothing. This was the first time in this war that the Japanese were guilty of looting a captured city, and their officers were much disturbed by the outbreak. When order was restored the Japanese sol- diers were taken out of the walled city -and now are not allowed inside without a special pass. The Russians burned great quantities of supplles. Food in the Chinese city is very scarce. BATTLE ONE MONTH HENCE. Japan's Preparations for Attack Will Occupy Several Weeks. LIAOYANG, Sunday, September 11. The Japanese are greatly disap- pointed at the fallure of their plan to crush the Russians at Liaoyang. They are now pushing reinforcements and supplies northward in every manner possible, using boats on the Liao River and its tributaries, while all the roads leading into Liaoyang are filled with native wheelbarrows and other conveyances carrying grain and am- munition into the Chinese city, Where Field Marshal Oyama, the Japanese commander-in-chief, has established his headquarters. There is every indi- cation, therefore, that the Japanese intend to force, If possible, a decisive battle with the Russians, and it is probable that this engagement will take place some distance north of Mukden. In the past the Japanese have de- clared their belief that the Russians were using dumdum bullets, basing their contention on the vicious wounds made by the bullets when they struck and they now consider that they have proved their case by the fact that they found dumdum ammunition ‘in the fleld at Liaoyang. This evidence is not considered conclusive, however. It is now reported upon goed au- thority that in some of the assaults by the Japanese upon the Russian trenches surrounding Liaoyang on September 1 and 2 the attackers, at some places, lost in killed or wounded 90 per cent of the numbers engaged. It is believed that the Japanese forces will remain stationary at Liao- yang for one month. e SUBMARINES FOR JAPAN, Fleet of Holland Boats Being Con- structed at Fore River. BOSTON, Sept. 12.—With unceasing labor, attended by scrupulous secrecy, the Japanese Government is having rushed to completion in this country a fleet of submarine torpedo-boats, in- tended to excel any war craft of their type in the world. i Screened by two unfinished Ameri- can battleships and two steel barges of the Standard Oil Company, five ci- gar shaped steel hulls are on the stocks in the Fore River Iron Works at Quincy Point, Mass. All to-day a force of men was working with might and main on the huils. When night came another force took up the work. Thus it has been since the last week in July and thus it will be until the boats disappear from their stocks, with even greater secrecy than has attended their construction. ——— ENDURE THIRST'S TORTURE. Japanese Fight for ‘T'wenty-four Hours Without. Water, TOKIO, Sept. 12.—Details of the fighting by troops under the com- mand of General Kuroki from August 28 to September 5 were received here this morning and the stories of des- perate and continuous engagements show the fighting to have been the supreme test of ehdurance. On September 2 and 3 the Japan- anese soldiers were without anything to drink for twenty-four hours and during that time they had no food save dried rice 3 | Remnant of Russian Fleet Is Ordered to. Leave Harbor and Engage the Ships of Togo. Programme That Miscarried When Brave Withoeft Perished Will Now Be Carried Out. | | 1 i e e b i Special Cablegrain to The Call and N the New York Herald Publishing Company. ST. 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Apropos of this message, a friend of the heroic .commander of Port Ar- thur tells the following rather sensa- tional story: After deliberation of the highest au- thority of the land the decision was reached that it was useless to hold Port Arthur except for the value of the warships there. , Accordingly an imperial order was given to the Port Arthur fleet to go out to battle and Admiral Withoeft, with his dying breath, during the sea battle off Port | Arthur, ordered that on no account should the fleet return to that har- bor. This accomplished and Russian honor having been fully vindicated by its gallant defense, the garrison was to give up the fort in order to save further useless loss of life. This hu- mane intention was frustrated by Ad- miral Oukhtomsky’s deflance of in- structions when he returned with the shattered fleet to Port Arthur. Once again the fieet is to go out, im- mediately afterward the ships unfit to go to sea are to be blown up and then General Stoessel, who has been decorated with the highest order for bravery, will be instructed to surren- der the fortress. Sl SAYS RUSSIA IS BEATEN. French Writer Advises the Belliger- ents to End the War. PARIS, Sept. 13.—The Journal's Liaoyang correspondent, having rid- den to Tientsin, sends thence the fol- lowing uncensored dispatch, under date of September 12: “The first part of the campaign may be considered lost. The Russian army has retreated northward, in the direc- tion of Tie Pass, or further. The Rus- sian army's inferiority in men, guns and enthusiasm prevented Kuropat- ,kin's resisting longer at Liaoyang or woulde have obliged the Japanese to fall back. The Japanese will shortly triumphantly enter Mukden. “The Russian general staff now esti- mates the Japanese forces at from 450,000 to 500,000, “The Russian army will reconcen- trate in the north, but it needs sev- eral months in order to fill up the losses in a number of corps which must be doubled, and to replace the reservists with active troops. Above all, it is essential to restore the morale, affected by almost wunprecedented trials and difficulties. “A Russian offensive movement will be impossible for a long time. Should Russl! be determined to continue the effort it might still vanquish, but at a cost wholly disproportionate to the re- sults. As an impartial witness, I am copvinced that it would be to the best interests of the belligerents to sink national pride, and, by mutual conces- sions, end a war which otherwise will ruin both.” ———— WILD RUMORS IN RUSSIA. One Report Is That Linevitch Is to Succeed Kuropatkin. ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 13, 2 a. m. —With the lull in military operations and an. almost entire suspension of dis- patches from the front, St. Petersburg bas again fallen back upon rumors. Countless stories are afloat regarding the Russian defeat at Liaoyang, some of which are absolutely absurd. Of first importance is the revival of the rumor of Viceroy Alexleff’s resignation, based probably upon differences said to exist between him and General Ku- ropatkin and others in authority in the Far East. Of next importance is the rumor that General Kuropatkin is to be superseded, Lieutenant General Linevitch being named as the most probable successor. This is supposed to rest upon the Emperor’s displeasure with Kuropatkin's generalship at Li- aoyang and the general dissatisfaction with the course of events at the front. Many other rumors are probably the outgrowth of jealousy, bickerings and irresponsible criticism of the defeat at Liaoyang, but none is traceable to an authoritative source. Nevertheless, in a country where the will of one man is the supreme law, sudden changes of the most grave importance are always pessible, Neither Alexieff’s nor Kuro- patkin's friends, however, seem to at- tach great importance to the stories in- volving them. ey e MUKDEN FACES FAMINE. Almost Impossible to Purchase Food in the Town. MUKDEN, Sept. 12.—Last night rain fell again in torrents and to-day it is drizzling. The roads are impass- able and military movements are at a standstill. The town is so crowded that foodstuffs are almost unprocur- able. Prices have trebled and quad- rupled. The division sutlers lost all their supplies during the Russian re- treat. Civillans are besieging the rail- road station and are now retreating. It is nigh impossible to get food. " The Russians are continuing their { retirement to Tie Pass. The Japanese radvance is slow, though the military situation is not unfavorable to them. Many Russian companies now consist of only thirty men. Sl R MANY WARSHIPS DAMAGED. Cunadian Attache Reveals Losses Kept Secret by Japan. VICTORIA, B. C. Sent. 12.—Cap- tzin Ryan of the Canadian permanent ferces ‘has arrived from Japan, en rcute to his home at Ottawa, after spending some months in Tokio as the representative of the Canadian militia. He was detained in Tokio with other fcreign attaches and correspondents. Captain Ryan says the Japanese fleet has suffered severely in the en- counters with the Russian war vessels |and that all the drydocks and repair- ing harbors in Japan are full of Jap- lanese vessels in various stages of re- hieving at Yentai a victory which | ! sorrespondents. 1 | OFFICERS LEAD IN FLIGHT. Correspondent Accuses Russian Sword- Bearers of Cowardice. ’ LONDON, Sept. 13.—In a dispatch |to the Daily Telegraph the corre-| | spondent of the paper in the field with ' | General Kuroki says: “The Russians made a very poor | |stand_on the heights beyond the Tai- | 1tse River. At Anping extensive | trenches had been dug on the cliffs overlooking the river opposite and | | above the town, but the first few shells ' | from the Japanese batteries sent the ) | enemy flying. I was amazed to see of- | ficers leading the way in the headlong ' {flight across the hill and down into | Ethe valley behind. The officers were | easily distinguishable in the forefront |Of the crowd of fugitives.” i The correspondent graphically de- scribes the fighting for posession of a | Rill at Heivingtai (about fifteen miles | ortheast of Liaoyang), the key of the | Russian position and upon the seiz- | ure of which devended the success of | | General Kuroki's flank movement, and describes the terrible punishment the | Japanese sustained in capturing it. After the capture there was a uble night attack, the Japanese trymg to | capture a battery that had annoyed | {them during the day and the Russians | seeking to recapture Heiyingtal. “‘Neither desperate venture succeed- |ed. The Russians were repeatedly ! | near gaining the summit, but were | | swept away each time by Japanese ! | bayonets and ‘bullets. On the other | | side the Japanese attack on the Rus- | sian battery was defeated by electrical | | devices the Russians had arranged, giving them the exact position of the | assaulting party. The brave Japan- ese were mowed in swaths in front of | the Russian guns, one battalion being | annihilated. Visiting the hillside af- | terward, it was almost impossible to | avoid stepping into pools of blood. The | fieid was littered with broken weapons | {and the grimmest of all these were | hundreds of broken or twisted bay- onets.” TWO KINDS OF DUMDUMS. | | ‘ Japanese Find the Bullets, but No | Rifles to Match Them. ] TOKIO, Sept. 12,—An additional re- l port from the h(ulqurten of the| Japanese army, concerning dumdum | bullets, say: “Among the rifle ammunition cap- tured at Liaoyang are two kinds of dumdum bullets, which very much re- semble those made for the Russian rifle of the 1891 type. They do not, | however, fit this rifle exactly. We made a search for rifles which could | have fired these bullets, but failed to | find them. The wounds received by ! scme of our men are comparatively large and It seems likely that they were made by dumdum bullets. We have, however, been unable to ascer- tain this definitel e o DEATH ON FIELD AN HONOR. | Japanese Mother Urges Her Son to Fight to the Last. | spirit animating the Japanese -troops is ! shown by the translation of a letter written by a Spartan Japanese mother | to her son, which has reached the War Office. The letter was found on the | body of her son. It adjured him to fight nobly for the Mikado and his country and informed him that his' capture would be considered an ever- | lasting disgrace upon the family an- cestors and that if he died on the bat- | tlefield it would be an honor which his | family would celebrate for a week. ) SR A TR Czars Order Pleases Stoessel’s Men. 1 ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 12.—In publishing General Stoessel's tele- | gram replying to that of the Emper- | or, sent recently, reducing the Port| Arthur garrison’s term of mlmary’ service, the Official Messenger says | the news was received by the besieged | men with cheers and tears of grati- tude. i | | { | : i A VAT THBY HAVE. What This San Franciseo Citizen Says Only Corroborates the Story of Thonsands. The particula‘rs related by this representative citizen of San Fran-| to hundreds of | cisco are similar others in this ?ity. When there scores of people, all anxious to about the benefit received from use of *Doan’s Kidney Pills, greatest skeptic in San Francisco must be convinced. * Read the lowing: Mrs. V. Powell (V. Powell, night watchman) of 272 Harriet street says: “I know of a case of kidney are tell the the traction of a cold, where "Doan’s Kidney Pills were wused, and the treatment stopped very severe ach- ing across the small of the back. This was some months ago,”and sin¢e then there has not been any in- dication of a retwrn. 1 have seen accounts in_our newspapers in San Francisco oi others who were just as pronounced in their estimation of | Doan’s Kidney Pills as 1.” For sale by all dealers. Price soc. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y., sole agents. for the United States. Remember the nume, Doan’s, and take no substitute, ) Menlo Park, ome Bour from ’ city. Nine trains daily. l fect climate; beautiful place; comfort and quiet; excelleat fol- i complaint probably due to the con-' ton, N. Y.. on every bottle. ADVERTISEMENTS. C Colors s 3 | u and Black na" 200 POSTST. Corner Grant Ave. Pears’ soap does nothing but cleanse, it has no medical propertiés; for the color of health and health itself use Pears’. Give it time. Sold all over the world. Dr.R. L.Waish Has Moved from 847 Geary to 580 GEARY ST. Reduced Rates for Thirty Days. Painless Extraction Fillings .... Crowns .. Plate Work ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. l:‘.—Thei = For health and pleasure; cure your tism, malaria. liver, kidney, with the hot baths and wonderful stomach waters at SEIGLER SPRINGS Itmate m"» .u:‘u -:L:nu out ‘ climate 3 o the pines: redueed rates; booklets at PECK' or of H. H. MCGOWAN, ‘Seigier, Lake County. Pl ® o i sl B e B rheuma~ natural Dealers in Firearms, s, Goods of All foucpags cataiogue. OWN in SUMMER HOME of Scncma Co. MERKER Pure water, equable climate, lots selling $10 up; cottages built by Meeker, $50 up: depot: tores; restaurant; hotel; post and express: Telephone, sawmill: 900 lots sold: 300 cottages built. Sausalito ferry, N.S.R.R. M. C. MEEK. ER, Camp Meeker, Sonoma County. Per- table. Address W.J MEREDITH, Mgr., Hoitt's School. b - BOTH PLANS — AMERICAN and EURO- PEAN. Rates: A!ENCAX—“ per upward, $17 50 per week and upwacd. EURO- PEAN-—Rooms, $1 per day and upward, Loca- | tion, service, accommodations, livery and boate | ing superior to any resort on the lake. HOWELL NT., WOODWORTH'S < 2= | No fog. Purest spring water. Climate nats 4 ;:fléo‘nnd invigorator. Residence 29 years. §7 per week. Woodworth & Muller,St. Helena.Cal. i sEoRE Tomales { . Good table and | sas-lighted. Prices very reasonable. MRS, J. SHIELDS. Marshalls, Marin County. Cal. GROVE—EOSS W- ‘boarding: terms’ reasonable. Team ' n:’::‘i‘;nd‘y morning trains. Address MRS. | MATT LINDSAY, Ross Station. ME—Health, rest, comfort, O ik, egEs. Pleasure: boating. bathivg: fresh milk eggs. | fruits §7 to 310 week. { Cal. WEEKLY CALL S S 16 Pages. $1 per Year