The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 19, 1904, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1904 BARBAROUS FE Japanese Artiilery Op the Russian Fortifications Near Mukden. Kuropatkin’s rmy Is Reinforce and the Defenses Have Been Greatly Strengthened. 19.—1t is asserted in | a dispatch from Tokio to the Express | ese are vigorously shell- tan positions at Mukden, | to a general advance, and | ring, by a wide turning move- to cut off General Kuropatkin’s The Japanese armies, the dis- adds, are disposed in the same | that heving recovered from the effects of | the recent fighting before Liaoyang, | an early development of the situation | may be expected. A mysterious move: ment eastward is on foot on the part | of bands of Chinese suitable for mili- | tary service. All the leading young Chinese who have aided the Russians are leaving Mukden. ET. PETEREBURG, Sept. 18.—Gen- | eral Bakharoff has reported to the gen- eral staff, under date of September 17: “The Manchurian army was nowhere ! engaged on September 16 or 17. The errival of considerable reinforcements is noticeable at the advance positions along the whole of the enemy’s front, and especially near the village of Bilantupuza and east of the rallway toward the Yental mines.” It is announced from Mukden that both the Russians and Japanese gen- erals have promir-d to respect the | tombs and palace there. { ST. PETERSBRG, Sept. 19, 2 a. m.— The reports that General Kuroki # pushing on northeast of Mukden are| not borne out by official telegrams that | have been received here. According to the latest advices the Japanese forces continue to increase at Blaniupuza and | Yental. A decisive advance in the di- rection of Mukden, therefore, is not ex | pected to occur for some days. Meanwhile indications increase of the r of the Japanese meeting sistance. The Russian forces Mukden undoubtedly are very large, | ery day’s delay enables the com- T in chief to perfect his defenses. | vate telegram from Mukden re-| he arrival there of an immense | filled with convalescents return- | ng to duty. This may be regarded as| ide of a large concentration | ops at Mukden. | same correspondent describing | nes at Tie Pass notes extraor- mation there. The great con- there and the fact| that theatrical performances and open- T are of daily occurrence that the town ty th ye of visitors ate I is ex- ne immediate attack. patches from Viadivostok and make no mention of develop- ts there. The citizens of Viadi-| k scout the idea of a siege, and are returning from their country | The long-promised Japanese inst Saghalien and Viad- operations agal ivostok, which were expected to act as | diversion for General Kuroki's ad- ance, are not yet in sight. SR, EXPECTED TO RETREAT. Kuropatkin Wou. Not Risk Pitched Battle at Liaoyang. LLONDON, Sept. 19.—The Times’ cor- respondent with General Kuroki, in a dispatch dated Liaoyang, September 7, at the conclusion of a long account of the battle there, & : “General Kuroki’s flank movement | failed, owing to the tactics of General Kuropat , who trusted that half of his army would guffice to hold the Jupanese south of the Taitse River. His forces were so strongly posted and ke possessed such a secure line of re- treat, that the soundness of the course adopted must appeal to the tacticians. In any case it upset the calculations of the Japanese, who counted upon comparatively feeble resistance to their flanking movement. “There are indications to show that while the Russians contemplated a at- termined effort at check, they feared throwing down the gauntlet and fight- ing e pitched battle. They had very small reserve supplies at Liaoyang, trusting to the rallway for supplies. The proof of this is that they left practically nothing for the Japanese, who captured sufficient to supply their army for only one day. “After the Russian retirement to the east bank of the river their position presented a scene of carnage unparal- leled in BEuropean warfare. “A remarkable feature of the fight- ing on the flank was the evidence that the Japanese proved the value of thin lines as compared with heavy conti- nental formation. The Russians’ lack of dash was due to prudence against jeopardizing their retirement.” An earlier dispatch describing the paesage of the Tan er by the Jap- agese ugust 28, concludes thus: i nese, having crossed, did | not press ihe pursuit of the retreating Russians. It is impossible to refrain from remarking on the pusillanimous flight e Ruseians from the ad- vanced 1es. | heard a foreign at- tache sa made him ashamed of white men.” AR B RUSSIA NOT COMPLAINING. Dismantiing of the Cruiser Lena Con- sidered Inevitable. 8T, PETE BURG, Sept. 19.—The disarming of the Lena 2t Mare Island is accepted e as having been in- evitalle, i iderable length of time required to repair the vessel's boilers, The Russ editorialiy poinis out th the Uniied States’ declaration of neutrality expressly provides for vessels of ‘a belligerent power using American ports for need- ful repaire, but admits that Russia could scarcely expect 10 be allowed to keep = warsghip ecight months in a newiral sort without disarming. The Bourse Gazette, in this connec- tion, recalis the fact that a Russian fiset put in and was repaired at Mare Island in 1876, just before the "Purk- ish war, and adds the remark that the repairs proved costly but thorough. | Colorado Woman Who Came | soon to become a bride, Miss Charlotte -man managed to keep his face clear of Similar results, the Bourse Gazette adds, might have been expected in the case of the Lena. The question of the disposal of the Lena's crew is no nearer a solution. 50 far as the Admiralty and the For- eign Office are concerned, than it was before, both those departments being closed on Sunday. ——————— PROHIBITS THE KISSING OF SACRED PICTURES GAUDALAJARA, Mexico, Sept. 18. Governor Pedro Arguelles of the State of Tamaulipas has issued an order rohibiting the practice of kissing sacred pictures and images in the churches in that State. The order is the result of investiga- tions by the health authorities, which determined that contagious diseases were transmitted through indulgence in the practice. - +* DEATH ARRIVES BEFORE BRIDE to Los Angeles to Be Mar- ried Finds Lover a Corpse Special Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, Sept. 18.—Traveling a2lone all the way from Fort Collins, Colorado, to Los Angeles, expecting Burton, a graduate in medicine from an Eastern university, reached this city only in time to attend the funeral of her betrothed. Instead of making & bridal wreath of the ever blooming flowers of this clime she set herself to work yesterday to weave a funeral pall of smilax and roses and the shroud of flowers which she made was used to-day to cover the coffin of her be- trothed. She would permit no one to assist her and she herself placed it on the casket and then, while taking a last Jook at the face she loved, she fainted. She is now under the care of a physician. Her lover was Roy 8. Lumry, super- intendent of Hnemen of the Los An- geles Electric Company. He and Miss Burton had been schoolmates in the East and less than ten days ago he sent for her. They were to have been mairied under the trees in the yard of a home which he had prepared for his bride. She telegraphed that she had started and he went to work. That mecrning, before he had been at work an hour, he was killed by contact with a live wire, ————— WORKMAN FALLS INTO VAT OF BOILING LAMPBLACK Receives Burns That Probably Will Cause Death—Rescuers Are Badly Scalded. LOB ANGELES, Sept. 18.—William Hartman fell into a vat of boiling lampblack at the plant of the Los Angeles Gas and Electric Company yvesterday and before he was pulled out was so badly scalded that he will die. His screams of agony rang out above the noise and traffic of Aliso street and attracted the attention of many passersby, in addjtion to the workmen at the place. " Two of the latter, who ran to the unfortunate man’s rescue, also were badly burned. Hartman was employed as a brick press operator, and one of his duties was to keep the water flume to the mixing tanks clean. While a*‘>nding the flume Hartman lost his footing and fell into one of the tanks. The man's flesh was scalded frightfully before he could be extricated. In falling Hart- the fiery liguid, but he was immersed nearly up to the waist and turned partially on his back. —_——— Minstrel’'s Wife Commits Suicide. NEW YORK, Sept. 18.—Mrs. Mary T. Thatcher, 48 years old, wife of George W. Thatcher, the minstrel, committed suicide to-night in her home in One Hundred and Sixth street by inhaling ges. She was said to have suffered from a nervous trouble. Mrs. Thatcher inherited $50,000 only a few months ago from an uncle in Philadelphia. DEATH CLAIMS WM. COSTELLO William Costello, president of the well-known dry goods firm of O'Con- ens Fire Upon| WOUNDED SOLDIERS LEFT TO STARVE - IN SIGHT OF THE OPPOSING LINES d Quarter Is Neither Asked Nor Given, Red €ross and Truce Flags Are Ignored and No Attempt Is Made to Bury the Dead. CHEFU, Sept. 18.—According to Lieutenant Prince Radzivil of the Rus- sian army, who reached here last night from Port Arthur, bearing dis- patches from Lieutenant General Stoessel, the commander in chief of the forces in the Russian stronghold, to General Kuropatkin, the temper of the belligerents at Port Atruhr has reached an absolutely merciless stage. Prince Radzivil served with the Eritish in the Boer war, and he says that until he became aware of the state of affairs at Port Arthur he had no idea war could be so horrible. It was set forth in these dispatches some weeks ago that serious sus- picions were entertained by each bel- ligerent that the other was misusing the ‘Red Cross flag. These suspicions have been increased by the commis- sion of varlous acts by the soldiers of both armies, until now even flags of truce or surrender are not respected by either side.’ Prince Radzivil declares that the men of both armies are absolutely venomous in their antagonism. Lieu- tenant General Stoessel has addressed his garrison, saying that the present mood of the Japanese indicates clearly the necessity of resisting them to the last drop of Russian blood, because if the Japanese sol- diers entered the fortress, it undoubt- edly would be impossible-for their of- ficers to control them and prevent a massacre. For this reason Lieutenant General Steossel is making no objec- tion to civilians leaving Port Arthur. ‘When the 300 women who are in Port Arthur, engaged in hospital work, were advised to leave, they replied they would rather face the possibility of massacre than desert their posts. WOUNDED ARE LEFT TO PERISH. In consequence of the fact that flags of truce are ignored, numbers of Jap- anese dead, which have been lying on the slopes of the hills of the northeast defenses for weeks past, are still un- buried, and the stench in Port Arthur from decomposing bodies, when the wind is in the right direction, is al- most unendurable. The Russian sol- diers, who are in some cases posted only fifty paces from heaps of decay- ing dead, have constantly to wear over their noses handkerchiefs soaked in camphor, as otherwise they would be unable to remain at their posts. In the course of the assaults which took place in the four last days of August two companies of Japanese soldiers, according to Prince Radzivil, found themselves at the mercy of the Russians and hoisted a white flag. To this, however, the Russians paid no attention and continued to volley rap- jdly into the helpless ranks of the enemy. In the meanwhile Japanese troops in the rear of the (‘mnpanjes that had raised the white flag saw what their comrades had done and ex- pressed their disapproval of the surren- der by firing into their rear. As a;re- sult of this fire from friend and’ foe 600 men were annihilated. The dead fell among the decomposing bodies of previous assaults. For days afterward the wounded men In this area raised fluttering handker- chiefs in their hands in plea for help, but the Russians were afraid to ven- ture out to give succor. Within a week the last arm had made its last un- regarded prayer for help, and the sham- bles was a quiet but ghastly field of horror. Among the heaps of dead the Prince saw two soldiers, one a Russian and the other a Japanese, lying locked in a death embrace. The teeth of the Jap- anese were sunk in the Russian's throat, while the Russian had forced two of his fingers into the eye-sockets — of his antagonist. The Prince cited this as merely one incident denoting the ferocity of the conflict before Port Arthur. PRINCE CARRIES DISPATCHES. Prince Radzivil, another Russian ot- ficer, two civilians and one woman, the wife of a Russian staff officer, left Port Arthur on the night of Septem- ber 16 in a junk. Prince Radzivil got into Port Ar- thur a fortnight ago, * carrying dis- patches from General Ku-opatkin to Lieutenant General Stoessel. The Prince and the officer accom- panying him brought out dispatches, reports and mail matter from Port Ar- thur, weighing in all eighty pounds. They were successful in escaping the vigilance of the Japanese. “The stories in circulation concern- ing the shortage of ammunition and provisions at Port Arthur are not true,” said the Prince. “There is an abundance of ammunition for both large and small arms, and plenty of preserved food. The use of Chinese shells was merely a saving measure. “I left Lieutenant General Stoessel in the best of spirits. He is encour- aged by the heroic example set by the wounded men, of whom 5000 out of the original 8000 in the hospital have returned to the front. “There has been no fighting since September 1, with the exception of artillery and outpost exchanges. The Japanese shells, however, have done great damage to the hospital and oth- er buildings in Port Arthur, but the loss of life from these bombardments has been very slight. “Mme. Stoessel; wife of the general, is at the head of the Red Cross work in Port Arthur. She is in constant attendance at the hospitals and cares tenderly for wounded men. In addi- tion to this exhausting work she finds time to glve succor to orphans and widows and to superintend the making of bandages. The soldiers consider her their guardian angel. STOESSEL IS GARRISON’S IDOL. “The garrison is maintaining a sirong and devofed martial spirit and has great confidence in Lieutenant General Stoessel, who is cheered by the men when he rides along the lines. “The newspaper Novi Krai has been suppressed for one month for having published matter considered to be detrimental to Russian interests. “Individual acts of heroism during the fighting have been numerous and the tragic death of Lieutenant Petroft was long an absorbing topic of con- versation. Petroff became surrounded by some Japanese soldiers, who he fought successfully until his sword broke. He then used his fists upon the Japanese, but their bayonets quickly put an end to his resistance. Before his sword broke Petroff suc- ceeded in incapacitating eight of his antagonisis, but his body was covered with wounds. “One company ‘of Russian troops was occupying a perilous outpost and when it foynd its position to be un- tenable it sent the following message to Lieutenant General Stoessel: “‘We are unable to hold this posi- tion.” “ ‘But you can die,’ their command- er sald in reply, and they perished at their post. “The fact that the Japanese have upon several occasions used explosive bullets has been verified by Lieutenant General Stoessel. He gives an instance which occurred at Takushan, when two men of the Sixteenth Regimernt were killed by such bullets, their bodies being blown to pieces. “‘On September 14 the bodies of 2600 Japanese soldiers were discovered be- tween Fort No. 2 and Fort No. 3. The stench from the decomposed bodies at- tracted investigation. The Russian au- thorities admit that they are not able to explain what engagement resulted in this slaughter.” RUMORED DEATH OF NOGI Prince Radzivil gives another ver- sion, from hearsay, concerning the two companies of Janaese troops that sur- rendered. “According to this version a .Japanese battery fired on the two com- panies when the white flag was raised, whereupon the two companies turned and charged the battery. According to this same version General Nogi, who happened to be present, was killed in this charge of his own men, as were several of the Japanese gunners. Persistent Chinese rumors have been received here lately to the eflect that a successor to General Nogi has arrived at Port Dalny, but this is denied b: local Japanes: - FE e AR RUSSIANS HOLD ALL FORTS. Japanese Fail to Penetrate the Inner Line of Defenses. CHEFU, Sept. 18.—Chinese, Russians and Japanese here all agree that the Japanese vessels blockading Port Ar- thur are paying particular attention to Junks, which for months past have been trying to smuggle dispatches and supplies into the fortress, and that when caught the crews are roughly treated. The junks generally are sunk and the men on board taken into Port Dalny. By mistake the Japanese sank a junk that was carrying delicacies to General Nogl from an admirer, but a part of the cargo was recovered. Gen- eral Nogi commands the Japanese be- siegers. s Russian civilians who have reached here from Port Arthur say that canned corn beef is plentiful there and that the fresh meat subply consists of twelve horses slaughtered daily. Life in the town when no bombardment is going on proceeds much as it did in times ! of peace. Church services are held as usual in the dismantled church, and the band follows the former custom of playing in public twice a week. All of the Russians here agree that the Japanese do not occupy any fort on the inner line of defenses. The forts which were damaged have been re- paired almost during the comparative quiet of the last eighteen days. These Russians do not believe that the Japa- nese will succeed in taking the fortress. - BATTLE MAY NOW BE RAGING. Belief That Besiegers Have Begun a General Assavit. CHEFU, Sept. i8.—Leval students of the military situation at Port Arthur, basing their deductirns upon rece”t de- velopments there, are of the spinion that another grar.d asszult eit”.er is oc- | curring at the present time or is im- minent. - This opinion is Yased on the very heavy bombardmer.c of the Rus- sian stronghold that cccurred on Sep- tember 16, for suck a bombardment forms the usual prelude to an assault; on the arrival hsere of important mes- sengers from T’ort Arthur, at a time when the runningof the blockade is ex- tremely perfiods; on a recent authorita- tive statement that the Japanese siege works are completed, and on reports from Japanese sources that at Port Dalny an assault was expected to take plice in a few days. In addition to the foregoing there is the common knowledge that the Japa- ; nese believe that their continued in- activity increases the resisting power of the Russian garrison, and they de- sire to make such period of inactivity as brief as possible. GEORGIA MOB LYNCHES NEGRO FOR A SHOOTING Takes Colored Prisoner From the Sheriff and Hangs Him to a Tree. * ROYSTON, Ga., Sept. 18.-—John Ware, a negro, was lynched in Frank- lin County for having fatally shot C. Y. Daniel, a son of George Daniel of Danlelsville, to-day. Young Daniels*and the negro had some words over a trivial matter. It is said the negro, becoming greatly en- raged and swearing that no white man could “run over” him, drew a pistol and shot Daniel. The news of the shooting quickly spread and a crowd began gathering, many leaving church to join in the gearch for the negro. Ware was cap- tured early in theafternoon, and, while being hurried -to Carnesville by the Sheriff, was overtaken by the mob. He was taken from the Sheriff and hanged to a tree. e TAKES BURDEN OF CHURCH AND BURNS THE MORTGAGE PORT WASHINGTON, L. I, Sep. 18. Holding in her hand a golden candle- nor, Moffatt & Co., died at midnight at his home in this city. Mr. Costello | Stick in which burned a lighted candle, was 72 years old and had been in good | Mrs. Howard Gould to-day set fire ‘to health up to four days ago, when he | the mortgage on the First Methodist was stricken with pneumonia. Drs. | Episcopal Church in this village. The Gallwey and Dailey were called and | church was crowded to the doors with did everything possible for the aged | members of the congregation and vis- man, but were unable to save his life. ! itors. Mr. Costello was born in Réthkeale, Mrs. Gould paid off the indebtedness County Limerick, Ireland, and came ; on the church, and to commemorate her | to this country when a young man. He | generous action services have been ar- was for many years employed by the | ranged. They commenced to-day and ;Ifnllfld States Government as a civil | will last until next Sunday. engineer. and later was the New York B A— representative of O'Connor, Moffatt & Ironworker Commits Suicide. Co. On he death of Mrs. Bryan Rupert Lenthold, an ironworker, O’Connor in 1890 he was elected presi- l committed suicide last night by jump- dent of the firm and removed to this| ing off the Vallejo-street wharf, W. city. He leaves a brother, James M.!s Dillon, watchman for Crowleys Costello, three sons and a daughter. boathouse, saw two men sitting on the R s = o R edge of the wharf, drinking wine. Suddenly there was a scufile and Lent- hold released himself and jumped into the bay. Dillon tried to rescue him with a boathook, but the ‘body had Pawnbrokers and bankers in Russia are suffering from the blows adminis- tered o them by the State bank. The bank advances money on all kinds of goods at an annual interest of 41 per cent. ” ~ ENDS THE RULE OF DALAT LAMA Shorn of His: Power by an Order of the Emperor Speclal Dispatch to The Call LASSA, Friday, Sept. 16.-—The de- parture of the British expedition “has been fixed for September 23. The weather is already cold and there has been hard freezing. The men are iily supplied with winter clothing and are likely to suffer in crossing the passes on the way to Gyangtse, where there are some stores of warm clothing. By the Emperor's order the Chinese Amban has proclaimed the Tashi Lama of Shigatse Lo succeed to the spiritual authority of the Dalai Lama. The proclamation records at length the shortcomings of the:Dalai Lama, ending with his flight, and adds that he will not be permitted to intervene in any civil affairs. It is understood that if he continue contumacious this temporary disposition will be made permanent. * BERLIN, Sept. 18.—The publication of the draft of the treaty between Creat Britain and Tibet has made a startling impression here. It is rec- ogunized by the Germans that the treaty practically makes Tibet a vassal state of India. The Lokal Anzeiger says British India.is now safe both from the danger of Chinese invasion and the extension of Russian influence com- ing from the west and north. Besides, in the mirds of hundreds of millions of Buddhists, the position of England is enormously strengthened because in her hands rest the destinies of the country of the Dalai Lama. ——— - LL STREET VENTURES ENRIC °~ A .URIDERE Man Held in Insane Asylum Specu- lates in Stocks With Remark- , able Success. DANNEMORA, Sept. 18.—Alphonse J. Stephani. civilly dead, but finan- cially very much alive, was informed to-day that the appraisement of his mother’s estate means an addition to his fortune of about $100,000, making this murderer patient the possessor of at least $250,000. He is serving a life sentence for the killing of Clinton G. Reynolds, a New York attorney, in 1890, and was transferred from Sing Sing to the Dannemora Insane Asylum. Adjudged by alienists to be a para- nojac of a clearly established type, Stephani has, by shrewdness, luck and an almost uncanny intuition, made a success in Wall-street investments, building up from a comfortable | nucleus a bank account that overtops that of many manigulators. ————— COMING TO CALIFORNIA IN SEARCH OF CHILD Couple Stranded in - Florida Believe Kidnaned Daughter Will be Found in Lakeport. NEW YORK, Sept. 18.—C. E. Gard- ner, president of the Board of Trade ofl Jacksonville, Fla., and owner of a line | of steamships between Jacksonville and Tampa, went to the police station to- night to look into the case of Mr. and Mrs. William Bertram, who are on their way to Lakeport, Cal, in search of their kidnaped daughter. The cou- ple, who haven’t a cent except what (‘aptain Cotrell gave them, asserted on ’ Saturday night that they would go to ' Califcrnia if they had to walk. Cap- tain Cotrell sent them to a lodging- house on Saturday night, but neither he ror Gardner could them Jast night. Gardner said that he would pay their fare West if he could find them. ROCITY MARKS PORT ARTHUR FIGHTIN G Marquis Oyama Sends il Detailed Report of Trophies of War Taken at Liaoyang. Quantities of Artillery and Rifle Ammunition Abandoned by the Russians. TOKIO, Sept. 18.—Marquis < _ ama, commander in chief of the Japanese forces in the field, teiegraphed this morning that General Oku bad re- ported having capturec thirteen pris- oners at the battle of Liaoyang. He also gave a detailed list of the Rus- sian stores which General Okuu cap- tured, a2s follows: Thirty horses, 2238 rifles, 127 ammunition wagons, 5832 rounds artilery, 659,930 small arms cartridges, great quantities of timber, flour, rice, forage, engineering imple- ments, clothing and accoutrements. Marquis Oyama reports that the armies under Generals Kuroki and Nod- zu made no prisoners in the fighting before Liaoyang. General Kuroki cap- tured forty horses, 800 rifles, 300 rounds of artillery and 600,000 rounds of rifle ammunition, telegraph apparatus and various miscellaneous implements. General Nodzu captured 490 rifles, e STANCHFIELD 1S IN THE LEAD Has the Most Pledged Delegates in the Democrat- ic Convention in New York Bl e s SARATOGA, N. Y. Sept. though there are mary well Democrats here to-night the absence of some of the forem: who will be most influential in tion of the ticket to be nominated at ihe Democratic State Convention which will begin here at noon on Tuesday, prevents the situation taking any defi- nite form. Everybody, regardless of political af- filiation, agrees to-night that no defi- nite settlement has been reached as 10 the nomidation for Governor. It is conceded that, so far as actual pledged delegates are concerned, John B. Stanchfield of Elmira has the lead. The name of Edward M. Shepard of Brookiyn is prominently named by many of those here to-night. Assembly- man George M. Palmer of Schoharie is mentioned for Lieutenant Governor. The Tammany men name four men, 2ny one of whom would be acceptable to Tammany Hall. They are Shepard, Palmer, Judge D. Cady Herrick of Al- bany and Judge William J. Gaynor o Brooklyn. They express themselves opposed to Stanchfield and equally to Comptroller Edward 3. Grout, who is likely to be favored by Senator Mc- Carren and the Kings County orga zation and certain upstat'leuders. e 18.—Al- known t leaders, the selec- HIS TWENTY SONS WILL VOTE. North Dakotan Pledges Bunch of Bal- lots to Roosevelt. ELLENBALE, N. Dak., Sept. 18.— ‘William Mock. a well-known resident of Ellendale, denies the claim that Ab. ner H. Coville of Newmarket,/N. J., is the head.of the labgest “Roosevelt family” in the country. Coville has seventeen sons who will vote for Roosevelt, while Mock's twenty sons and three sons-in-law will vote in a body for the President, as they did in 1900 for McKinley. Mock had three other sons, who are dead. _————— WORK OF GHOULS REVEALS A CASE OF SUBSTITUTION NEW YORK, Sept. 18.—The discov- | ery of vandalism at the tombs of the Harrison family, on Cemetery Island and at Echo Bay, near New Roghelle, developed to-day a remarkable mys- tery. The ghouls who tore open the catacomb containing or supposed to contain the body of old David Harrison found not the bones of the eccentric old millionaire, but those pf a woman. So states Dr. J. H. Brennan, who ex- amined the skeleton and who shows as ocular proof portions of a skull from which long red tresses hang. One thick strand two feet long was exhibited to- night. ‘Who made the substitution is a mys- tery. Valuable jeweiry was supposed to have been buried with Harrison in 1878. —————— Gas for Beaeh Resorts. LOS ANGELES, Sept. 18.—Los An- geles will soon be supplying illuminat- ing gas for domestic use to all the con- tiguous beach resorts. -To-morrow work will beginr ¢n a pipe line to be laid be- tween this city and Long Beach, a dis- tance. of twenty-four miles, through which gas will be sent at 200 pounds pressure. The pipe will be of steel and the line completed will cost $200,000. The stockholders of the company recently authorized a bonded indebtedness of $4,000,000, and of this $3,500,000 is to be expended within the next two years in extending the mains. ———— RUMOR OF A. A, KRATZ'S SUICIDE REACHES CITY | Story That Accused Man Endea His Life in Southern California Can- not Be Verified. It was rumored in the city yesterday that A. A. Kratz had committed suicide in Southern #California. He was ac- cused ¢f aiding his brother, William M. Kratz, of embezzling $16,000 of the funds of the Kratz-Donandt Company of 508 Washington street. His case was to have been called in Judge Dunne's court to-day. His brother is already serving a term for the offense. - No 11164 rounds of artillery and 37,380 | rounds of rifle ammunition, three heli- | ographs, telephones, twois and large | quantities of foodstuffs and timber. | ~ General Oku captured dicient tim- | ber to construct railroad devots. | BAR HARBOR, Maine, Sept. 18— | The Russian embassy here has re- | ceived the following communication from the general staff at St. Peters- burg: | “The offieial report of Marshal Oyama | regarding the occupation of Liaoyang | after a severe fight not exact, as Oyama could not name any quantity | of prisoners or guns captured by his | troops, ard without this his dispatch would anpear too meager for the Jap- | anese public, which was awaiting news wf immense spoil having been captured tone for the tremendous losses sus- ined in the battle by the Japanese H ¥. The Jadanese coemmander im | chief invents the following facts: Two | old railway cars and several broken up commissary wagons are referred to by Oyama as ‘an immense supply of provisions and railway material’; sev- eral empty ammunition boxes are des- ignated as ‘a great quantity of ammu- | nition left by the Ru in the en- | trenchments and for As to the ‘dum~ | dum bullets.” they are simply our welle | known apocopated revolver bullets.” ——— o NO FRESH MEAT LEFT. | i 1 - | Port Arthur Refugees Deny That Gase i rison Has Plenty of Supplies. LONDON, Sept. The Daily Tel- egraph’s Chefu correspondent says: F'wo Germans and a Cossack. whe | have arrived here from Port Arthur, assert that General Kuropatkin toid | Lieutenant General Ste ! that he must hold out until January and they | say that the garrison has ammunition | and food for six months. 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