The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 3, 1904, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TONDAY. OCTOBER 3, 1904 THE BLUE LAWS Children of Lexington Go Without Milk as Result of Sunday egulations SUITS. WILL RESULT i B2 S Presence of Police Keeps Business Houses Closed. Thirty Arrests Are Made Oct. 2.—Lexing- nced the first Sunday blue law regime. Only a gons attempted to run rivers were arrested. Most drank coffee without whose sick children milk, complained bit- ed suits for damages. ton under few the Tce not attempt to run. 1. city solicitor de right to drivers were released. thirty people were ar- violating the Sunday law. had announced their i ay of continuing busi- but t decided, when they rted to open and saw the police, to Tos Drug stores were per- sell medicine on prescription his did not pay to keep ad 2ll drug stores cloked. The ces pen were hotels, livery and newspaper offices, the lat- classes having secured injunc- Ex-Alderman C. B. Lowry to-night his intention of filing a 000 damage suit against those re- for stopping milk wagons. has two sick children who sub- a on milk and his wagon rrive. At the milk depot also ble to purchase milk. L — MONUMENT TO CLARK UNVEILED IN ST. LOWTY LoUI1s ¥Five Geperations of the Famous Ex- plorer's Family Present at Ceremony. ST. LOUIS, Oct. 2.—A monument s unveiled to-day in Belefontaine tery to the memory of General am Clark, who was one of the »als in the Lewis and Clark ex- into the Northwest Territory The monument was erected cording to the provisions in the | of Jefferson Kearny Clark, young- of the explorer. Addresses de so1 tes, U. A.; David R. Fran- eral Pleasant Porter, the chief ek Indians, and Mayor Rolla s of St. Louis. tiveg of five generations family were present. A my officers and distin- ests from all over the United States and abroad were also dance, among them the Mar- number Bruce of England. SERVICES IN WASHINGTON FOR LATE SENATOR HOAR to the Departed Statesman Church to Which He Belonged. WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.—Memorial services for the late Senator George F. Hoar Tribute at deceased statesman had been a con-| spicuous member since his advent in public lice in Washington. Much feel- ing was nifested by Rev. Ulysses C. B. Pierce, who read the closing para- >h of Bryant's poem on the| “Funeral of an Old Man.” Dr. Pierce spoke of the deceased Senator’s valu- able public services and his loyalty to party and to friends. da with an Iimmense e — K IN NORTH DAKOTA BLOTS OUT THREE LIVES WRE Disaster to Stock Train Also Results | Injuries To Several People. BISMARCK, N. D, Oct. 2.—Three were killed and a number in- jured in the wreck of a stock train near here to-day. The dead: Smythe Dorson of Dickinson, George Davis of Saginaw, Mich., Fred Volpert of Mon- tana. Among the injured were G. R. Wan- nemacher of Dickinson and L. A. Wat- kins of Dickinson. ¥Expect Large Attendance at Fair. ST. LOUIS, Oct. 2.—During the 134 days that the World's Fair has been open, up to the closing of the gates jast might, 12,515,511 admissions have been recorded. The fair officials anticipate that the attendance during the two final months will be unpre- cedentedly large. The record for the week was 722,565. men by Major General Joseph | sbury and Lady Marjorie | was held here to-day in All | Souls’ Unitarian Church, where the| pew of Senator Hoar | 'PASSENGERS PITCHED ' 4 il'cminu(’d From Page 1, Column 3. T n them. The injured French Hospital L elsewh them Morton pr. ¥ ived, to rel 1t many pa se i v not serious did not seek medical attention at the hospital and continued | on their journey homeward. MANY ARE INJURED. Albert Mueller, a cloak dealer resi ing at 1426 visadero street, was thrown to the pavement and suffers severely from internal injuries. His little son, Lester, was struck back of the neck and painfully hurt. Fred Rolander, a soldier connected with the Twenty-seventh Post Artil- lery, sustained a fracture of the skull and his condition is considered ser ous. Arthur E. Maunder of 1233 Lom- bard street did not recover conscious- ness for three hours after he had been taken tb the hospital, suffering from done concussion of the brain, extensive scalp ! wounds and a fracture of the bones in | the right hand. L. E. Stage of 608 Seventh street is internally injured, but the physicians have not been able to determine to what extent yet. Isaac Stamper and wife of 1202 Buchanan street were both painfully injured, Stamper having a broken collar bone and his wife a broken arm. J. Comber, 16 years of age and re- siding at 1330% Lombard street, was cut about the head and M. S. Sprague o 123 California street was treated for slight internal injuries. Arthur Wiilis of 751 Sutter street was cut about the face. Mrs. Willis, who was thrown to the ground with him, sustained a se- vere scalp wound. George Jacobs, 16 years of age and living at 14 Allen street, and George Stevens, 15 years of age and living at 2 Hall court, were cut about the head and body, and were re- moved to the Southern Pacific Hdspi- tal. Motorman Reed was taken into cus- tody on instructions | from Captain Gleason and taken to the Hall of Jus- tice, where he was charged with man- slaughter. Reed says his car was not going along Eighth avenue at any more than an ordinary rate of speed and when it approached Clement street he | says he applied the brakes, but for some reason they refused to work and before he could do anything the car had reached the curve and swung around it at an extraordinary rate of speed. SOLDIER TELLS HIS STORY. Charles Stutz, a private in Company Coast Artillery, stationed at the Presidio, was a passenger on the ill fated car and had a good view of the accident from where he was standing on the outside of the vehicle. Stutz declares that the car on which he was | riding collided with the side of the ap- proaching vehicle at the curve where the accident occurred. Stutz said : “I was returning from the ball grounds in the park in company with Rollander and Sergeant Curren. The car was loaded with people and it was with difficuity that we managed to cling on. As it neared the corner of Clement street, the motorman put on his breaks, but failed to check the speed. It was going at a fearful rate, abount forty-five miles an hour, I should Judge. “The passengers did not seem to real- ize their danger, and all of a sudden the car gave‘a lunge as it neared the | corner and swung to one side. Another | car was coming slowly around the curve in the opposite direction and our { car bumped into its side. People were hurled in every direction; but, strange to say, I was not thrown from my po- sition. “There were cries of pain and agony from the wounded as they lay on the street. All the passengers on the car seemed panic stricken and a wild rush was made to get off as quickly as pos- sible. I did the best I could to aid the injured and then ran to the telephone to ring up the Emergency Hospital. TELEPHONE SERVICE SLOW. “I could not get the line for several minutes. The girl demanded a nickel, which I did not have, my money being in my coat, which I left with one of the passengers. I vainly pleaded with the woman to give me the line, telling | her that it was a case of life and death, but she turned a deaf ear to my plead- |ings and I°could not get the line till a man came to my rescue with a nickel. “The passengers were given no warn- ing before the accident happemed. It came very suddenly and no one knew what had occurred till it was all over. | A number of our baseball team tried | to catch this car, but it was so crowded | that they could not board it and there- | fore I think many lives were saved, as all these men would have had to cling on to the platforms and some of them would surely have been killed or in- jured.” John Clark, 502 Stockton street, was also riding on the platform of the car at the time of the accident. He says the car was going at a high rate of speed and that the motorman was un- able to bring it to a standstill. Clark is not sure about the collision, but thinks there was none. Clark said: “I was riding on the outer right- hand platform and thereby escaped in- jury. All the passengers who were hurt happened to be on the other side. The car was going at a tremendous o> © B e }!nt all the world wonders for you. Inquire for it. THE WILEY but its sweet, smooth yet powerful some entrancing dream. This won- derful tone joins with the human voice in almost liquid harmony. It comes under the sway of the per- former with such close sympathy ] that stands always at the top, bay. 2 MASON class “piano ways at the top, buy a HAMLIN. We have a special plan which will make it easy 931-933 Market Street, San Francisco Oakland, San Jose, Sacramento, Eureka and Sa High-Class *Y ART Tts tone is not only captivating adences hold spellbound the enses and thrill the nerves like 1f you desire a high- & B. ALLEN CO. n Diego. jart, with a staff of sug | in the | -3 rate of speed and looking forward I {saw the motorman making frantic ef- forts to stop it, all in vain. DOUBT ABOUT COLLISION. e side and I saw attered in all di- another car ap- pros the obposite direction, but as far as I know no collision oc- curred. I would not swear to this, but I did not see or hear the two vehi- cles collide. “The passengers made a rush to get off when the crash came, and it is miraculous that more of them were not killed. There must have been more { than one hundred persons on our car at the time. It looked to me as if the brakes of the car were defective, for the motorman saw the danger when he was a half a block away from the curve and kept pulling and tugging at the brakes in a frantic effort to bring the car to a standstill, but instead of stopping, it gained speed at every revolution of the wheels.” Frank Kenny, a lad residing at 2717 Pine street, was another eye-witness of the tragedy. Kenny was standing at the southwest corner of Clement street and Eighth avenue and had a clear view of the accident. According to his story, the ill-fated car was approach- ing at a high rate of speed and col- lided with the car coming in the oppo- site direction at the curve. Kenny was in a good position to view the accident and is positive in his statements. | { . Other eye-witnesses are divided as to | the collision. Some are certain that | the two cars collided, while others say there was mo collision. All, however, agree shat the car wa= going at a tre- mendous speed and that the motorman | could not bring it to a standstill. | SAVES LIFE OF CHILD. Albert Mueller, a cloak manufacturer on Mission street, lies in a precarious condition at the German Hospital. Muelier might have escaped injury but | for his heroic effort to save the life of his five-year-old son Lester. Mueller and the child were seated on the outside of the .car and when the crash came the father immediately turned his thoughts to his son. He caught the youngster and tried to jump from the car when it was still going. He was hemmed in by the erowd, how- ever, and could not get out. Mueller still held on to his frightened son and | bot® were hurled to the pavement. | Father and son were picked up in an unconscious condition and taken to a nearby store. The child recovered consciousness first and when the father regained his senses the ambulance ar- rived from the Park Emergency Hos- pital. Mueller insisted on being taken to his home, but finally agreed to go to the German hospital. The child was badly shaken up and suffered a slight concussion of the brain. Some of his relatives arrived soon after the accident and removed the little one to his home, 1424 Devis- | adero street, where he is being treated by a doctor. Mueller is in a serious condition. He is suffering from a number of bruises about the head and body and internal injuries that are likely to be serious. His wife is prostrated by the sudden shock. The doctors at the hospital say | Mueller will recover, but his injuries will not be cured soon. L ANSWERS QUERT WITH BULLETS Sacramentan Stops at House ! to Ask Way to Town and Is' hot by UnknownOccupant el i SACRAMENTO, Oct. 2.—As Samuel Thompson, a well-known man of Sac- ramento, was returning from a fishing trip on the Yolo County side of the| Sacramento River to-night, he was shot | in the face by a man who used a| shotgun. Thompson was accompanied | by Frank Pioletti, an.ther well-known | citizen. They say that returning they lost| their way and, approaching a house ! near the river, they called and asked | to be directed to the proper road. The man at the house ordered them to move on. Again they asked for direc-| tion to the road and the only reply they | received was the discharge of a shot- gun and Thompson fell to the ground. Several shots entered his face and he bled profusely. He was helped by Pio- letti to get away from the vicinity of the house, as they feared another at- tack. They will to-morrow go to Yolo Countyiand swear to a warrant for the arrest of the shooter. They do not know his name, but say that they can locate the house. R — “I HAVE LOST AN OLD AND VALUED FRIEND” So Says King Edward in Message of Condolence to Widow of Harcourt. LONDON, Oct. 2.—The remains of the late Sir Willlam Vernon Hareourt will be buried at Nunehan on Thurs- day. King Edward has telegraphed as follows from Balmoral te the widow of the dead statesman: “Allow me to express my deep sym- pathy in the sad loss you have sus- tained. I have lost an old and valued friend in your dead husband.” Melville E. Fuller, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, sent the following from Washington: ‘“Deep sorrow and deep sympathy.” The family is so overwhelmed with letters and telegrams of condolence that the members request through the press the indulgence of their friends, adding that it will be impossible to separately acknowledge each massage. ————————— HOLDUP MAN ARRESTED ON A SACRAMENTO STREET SACRAMENTO, Oct. 2—Samuel Goldstein and wife were held up at the corner of Third and K streets at 7:80 . o'clock this evening by Walter Jackson, a stranger, who demanded their money. = Goldstein refused to grant his demand and was struck twice by the footpad. Mrs. Goldstein attempted to help her husband and received a heavy blow. At this mo- ment three policemen appeared and seeing the assault, started for Jack- + ! | son, who fled. He drew a knife, but was caught and landed in jail. He is East. The street was crowded at the time. Jackson attempted to frighiten them not to make an outery, fiue they refused to obey. o WALMER CASTLE, Kent, Oct. 2.«— Lady Curzon of Kedléston is making It is announced that even in Great Britain bulletins regar o Lady supposed to be a desperado from the Mr. and Mrs. Goldstein by R Lady Curzon Getting Better. good progress toward recovery, ding the condition of been discontinued. thing 1 knew the car sort | TELLS OF WORK IN EVERY DIRECTION, - 1N LAND CASES Secretary Hitcheock Denies That Interior Department Has Been at All Lenient PROSECUTION VIGOROUS -&_*— Statement Is Issued Showing How Conspirators Were Punished by Authorities et WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.—Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock to-night gave out the following statement in regard to certain charges in connection with the conduct of the investigation into the land frauds on the Pacific Coast and regarding the steps taken by him to bring the guilty parties to justice. Charges afe being made and freely circu- lated by the opponents of the administration to the effect that the Investigation of the land frauds by the Interior Department is not being seriously and dillgently conducted; that criminal prosécutions connected with the in- vestization are not being pressed with such vigor as to manifest a determination to bring the gullty parties to speedy justice; and that an air of secrecy pervades the department, making it difficult to obtain information as to the progress and present status of the work. - “These charges are utterly without foundation in fact. The investigation has been in the hands of competent otficers of the Government from the beginning and has been conducted, under the direction of the Secretary of the In- terior, with the utmost possible speed consist- ent with thoroughness; the prosecutions, where | indictments have been found, have been and | are being vigorously pressed, and at no time has thers been any attempt to deprive the public of the fullest information as to the Pprogress or status of such prosecutions, or as to_any matter in connection therewith. The leading spirits in the fraudulent trans- actions brought to light are mostly men who bave occupied positions of influence and high standing, both socially and politically, and many of them are men of large wealth. They have thrown many obstacles in the way, which have required time, petience, constant effort, determination and courage on 'the part of thase ying charge of the investigation to over- come. They have diligently sought, in season and out of season, to thwart the purpose of the Investigation and to control its result ta- forable to themselves. These difficulties have been successfully met and overcome and the tactics resorted to by the parties criminally involved and by their | friends have at all points. retary of the Interior has been from the be- ginning that the investigation should be thor- ough and complete, and nothing has been left undone to accomplish such result. The fraud- ulent operations have been carried on chiefly in the States of California and Oregon, but have not been confined to those States.: In many instances the conspirators have reached out into other States. Their schemes were broadly and deeply laid and the task of un- ecarthing them has been one of great diffi- cuity. While only about eighteen months have elapsed since the investigation was commenced, been circumvented and defeated The determination of the Sec- the practical results thus far attained are both | gratifying and encouraging. They may be summed up as follows: CONSPIRACY IS CHARGED. 1. The indictment, in February, 1908, in the District of Columbia of Frederick A. Hyde, John A. Benson and Henry P. Dimond of San Franclsco and Joose H. Schneider of Tucson, Ariz., under section 5440 of the Revised Stat: tues,” for conspiracy to defraud the United States of large quantities of its public lands, and the indictment in December, 1902, in the District of Columbia, of John A. Benson for bribery of public officials in connection with such conspiracy. The leading spirits in this conspiracy are Hyde and Benson and their echeme to defraud the Government was of gi- gantic proportions. It involved an attempt to secure titles to hundreds of thousands of acres of the public lands of the United States in the various public lands States and the Terri- tories of Arizona and New Mexico under the provision of the act of Congress approved June 4, 1897, in exchange for State school lands Iying within the limits of United States forest reserves established in' the States of California and Oregon. The titles to these school lands were ac- quired by and on behalf of Hyde and Benson, in violation of the laws of said States relating to the disposal of school lands and in & grossly illegal and fraudulent manner, by means of false and forged applications, affidavits and other documents required by the laws of those States to be executed and filed in comnection with the purchase of school lands, thereby rendering such titles false, fraudulent and worthless and by making and securing to be made false forced relinquishments to the United States of such said false, fraudulent and worth- less titles, and by selecting other lands be- longing to the United States outside of forest regerves in exchange for the titles thus frau- dulently obtained and relinquished to the Unfted States. The act referred to provides, among other things, that the owner of the lands within a forest reserve may relinquish the same to the United States and select other lands in lieu thereof outside of forest reserves. Briefly stated, the object of the consipracy was to obtain good titles from the United States for its public lands outside of forest reserves, in exchange for false, fraudulent and worthless titles to school lands secured by the conspirators from said States within forest reserves. While hundreds of thousands of public lands were involved in the scheme, only a small fon thereof—less than 40,000 acres—had n patented at the time of the discovery of the fraud by the Secretary of the Interior. By the Secretary’s direction the further issuing of patents upon the selections and entries in- volved was immediately stopped and all such selections and entries were suspended, which suspension still remains in force. The Tn.- ment 1is, therefore, in no danger of further loss of its public lands through the said scheme. The fraudulent business of the conspirators has been completely broken up, and their ne- farious practices are now at an end, DEFENDANTS ARRESTED. The defendants in thesd Indictments wers immediately arrested, one, John A. Benson, in the State of New York; two, Frederick A, Hyde and Henry P. Dimond, in the State of Cali- fornia, and the fourth, Joost H. Schneider, in the District of Columbla. The last n is now held under heavy bail for his appearance for trial. eedings under section 1014 of the revised statutes were at once instituted in the States of California and New York to secure the removal of the defendants arrested in those States to the District of Columbia for trial. These proceedings have been diligently prosecuted. and in California have resulted in decisions by both the United States District and Circuit Courts for the Northern District of California sustaining the conspiracy indictment and ordering the defendants, Hyde and Dimond, removed to the District of Columbia for trial. They have appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States, and it is the purpose of the Government to secure in that ocourt an vancement of the case on the docket and a hearing of the appeals at the earliest possible date, defendants are under heavy bail to answer the decision of the Supreme Court ered. Upon the indictment when finally % for bribery, John A. Benson has also been held for removal to the District of Columbla for trial and has appealed to the Supreme Court. Upon the conspiracy indictment, removal pro- ceedings are still pending against said Benson in New York, with the expectation that they will be concluded at an early date with like favorable result. The action of the Secretary of the Interior in suspending the selections and entries of the public lands involved in the iracy, and in refusing to ASsue further patents upon such selections and entries, is fully sustained by the decisions of the District _and Circuit courts of the United States for the Northern District of California, above referred to, As an immediate and very important result of the investigation this gigantic combination and conspiracy has been broken up and its power for evil-doing in the future utterly de- stroyed. As furtber and ultimate results, the fraudulent selections will al cancelled and the lands covered thereby restored to the pub- lic domain, and 1t is the confident belief of the Secretary of the Interior and of the offi- cials havlnf charge of the p: on growing out of the Investigation that the guilty parties will be convicted and such punishment meted out to them as will not only be commensurate with the tude of their crimes, but will serve as a warning to evil-doers in the ture, GUILT IS ADMITTED. The statement then refers to indict- ments found in the State of Oregon against Horace G. McKinley, Stephen A. D. Puter, Marie L. Ware, Emma L. Watson, Guy Huff, Maude Witt, H. ‘Walgambot, Harry C. Barr, s Charles Cunningham, Asa Rayburn, Dallas O'Hara, Glen H. Sal- ing, Shelly Jones, Mark Shackleford, Kate James and Henrf)Meldrum. Con- tinuing, the statemen® says: In these prosecutions Charles Cuni bumn, Dallas O'Hara, Glen m & el 3 5 g i g o t o H TROOPS OF THE CZAR BECOME ACCRESSIVE —_— Continued From Page 1, Column 7. the programme outlined above. Ac- cording to this informatien the Baltic fleet will be started for the Far East, but the continuation of the voyage to its destination will depend primarily upon how the ships themselves stand the test of actual sailing, and, secondly, upon developments in the Far East. Should all go well with the squadron on the voyage and Rear Admiral Wiren be able to strike a telling blow at Ad- miral Togo, even if half his ships go tc the bottom; the Baltic squadron will be hurried on with all speed possible. If defects develop in the vessels or if ‘Wiren fails utterly, the squadron can at the worst return and await the com- pletion of other ships' now building. Nothing, it is argued, will be lost and much may be gained by the mere de-! | parture of the squadron; and the fact | that it may have to be reckoned with later may make Admiral Togo wary | about risking his ships when the time | comes for Rear Admiral Wiren's sortie, and thus give the latter a better op- portunity to escape. | No official dispatches from the front { were published on Sunday. The mili- tary situation, so far as the public is concerned, remains unchanged. Num- | berless ‘stories are afloat regarding im- | portant commands with the new army { and the disposition of various promi- | nent officers, whose names have been mentioned in connection therewith; but nothing conclusive has yet been given out. It is merely evident that prepar- ation for the dispatch of fresh troops is being pushed as rapidly as possible. It is understood that the second divi- sion of the guards regiments is al- ready under orders to go to the front. B i e s RUSSIANS AGGRESSIVE. Make Attempt to Capture Heavy Guns at Pigeon Bay. CHEFU, Oct. 2.—Severe fighting, the ,Russlnn! being the aggressors, occurred ; September 28 and 29 on the west shore | of Liaoti Promontory, near Pigeon Bay, | according to a report brought by Chi- | nese who left Port Arthur Septémber 130. The Russians were apparently at- tempting to capture the heavy guns | which the Japanese have mounted in | that vicinity. The Russians were in considerable force and they made sev- | eral sorties, dragging field artillery with | them. They were unsuccessful, how- | ever. | Three junks with 160 coolles arrived | here to-day. They left Port Arthur be- | cause they were forced to carry the | wounded and bury the dead. They were | also afraid that eventually they would have no food, although rice is plentiful now according to their story. They fur- | ther say that the Russians lost heavily | during the attacks of September 19 and 23, but the Japanese loss was much heavier. One of the coolies, who had been a water carrier, showed a wound- ed hand that he received September 22. He and four companiops went to a well in the center of the town. A shell burst and killed three of his companions and wounded the fourth one. The Russian ships were silent during the battle, and the hitherto unused merchant ships were ag a result of the fight turned into hospitals. Several of the Chinese who were em- ployed in carrying the dead say that the dead were so numerous that they were unable to form anything like an estimate of the number who fell in at- tacking and defending the supplement- ary forts near Itzshaf. Since the bat- tle both sides continue to shell at in- tervals daily. The Russians make many small sorties against the Japanese trenches. Small positions frequently change hands. The Chinese say they were compelled to bury the dead by stealth at night, for the reason that the Japanese would fire on them. e DAILY SKIRMISHES OCCUR. | Russians Make Pesperate Efforts to Regain Old Positions. TOKIO, Oct. 2.—The Russians are reported to be desperately endeavor- ing to retake their lost positions, in- cluding Fort Kuropatkin, in the hope of restoring the water supply of Port Arthur. They are said to have re- peatedly assaulted the Japanese after shelling from neighboring forts and batteries. The Japanese continue to hold the positions. Both sides are said to have suffered severely. The newly mounted heavy Japanese guns are said to command the entire harbor. The position of the remnant of the Russian Port Arthur fleet is said to be precarious and it is believed that the vessels must soon emerge or be destroyed. Advices from Manchuria are to the effect that the Japanese and Russian outposts and scouts continue in close contact south, southeast and east of Mukden. Skirmishes are occurring daily and an aggressive general action is expected soon. It is believed that the general en- gagement will take place near, Tie Fass and that General Kuropatkin is holding Mukden and positions along the Hun River merely to temporarily check the Japanese advance. Snow has fallen in the mountains east of Mukden and there has been frost in the valleys.' it A N FLEET DOES NOT MOVE. el Occupants of Port Arthur Depend Upon Vessels for Water. LONDON, Oct. 2. — According to a Japanese correspondent in the Morning Post, & rumored pro- Jected sortie of the Port Arthur squadron would only be a last extrem- ity and one to be made when the sur- render of the garrison could no longer be postponed. Because the water works are in the hands of the beseigers and the short water condensing ap- paratus has been ruined by the Jap- anese shell fire, the correspondent adds, APPSR SR M SRS L to the fact that one of the principal witnesses for ‘the Government had absconded, the cases had to be continued and are now set for trial been_appointed by the United States Attorney in these cases and convictions In all confidently expected. PREPARING OTHER OASES. The in proper pre- far as in- . sentation dictments have not been found, it should be ap- secrecy must be varent to piiah penetictal reoults wobld he utie. “Torss ne woul 3 ie not now and never has ~ o g sme or or | to keep from the public the results of ! Investigation except in so far as absolutely necessary to prevent a failure in the endeavor %o accomplish the desired results, to-wit: conyietion and_ punishment H f 2 g !§EE 5552 ! i it g g i the garrison is dependent now upon the condensers of the fleet for fresh water. Shanghai dispatches to the Standard and the Daily Telegraph are to the ef- fect that a naval battle has been fought off Port Arthur. Neither of these re- ports have been confirmed, the cor- respondent says, and they probably are only surmises. ‘The Chronicle’s Liaotung correspond- ent says there was a truce Saturday at Port Arthur to bury the dead. Russian and Japanese officers, he says, ex- changed greetings, after which the bombardment was recommenced with its old vigor. There is Mttle thange in the relative positions of the opposing forces. The Standard’s correspondent with the Japanese army says that progress is making with the field rallway from Antung, which will eventually join with the line at Liaoyang. Its com- pletion, he says, will double the Jap- anese lines of communication. The Daily Telegraph’s Sinmintin correspond- ent, telegraphing October 2, comments on the indecision displayed in the Jap- anese plans. He gays their scheme around Mukden has been abandoned | and that they are awaiting reinforce- ments from the fall of Port Arthur. There are signs of weakness. The Jap- enese, the correspondent adds, are pressing for the expulsion of all Brit- ish and other correspondents from kaow if they should visit that vicin- . | ——— CANNOT GET PLATES. Russian Contract Invalidated By Ac- tion of Inventor of Protector. | ROME, Oct. 2.—Some time ago the Russian Government ordered 100,000 bullet-proof breast plates of the type invented by Signor Benedetti. The latter recently started for St. Peters- | burg to supervise the manufacture of the breast plates, but was stopped at Munich by the Italian firm to whic! he had sold the rights to manufactir and which objected to Signor Bene- dettl’s intervention in the matter, and he returned to Italy. The firm had also undertaken to supply the Japanese Government with 200,000 breast plates. Now that the Russian contract has been broken it seems that Japan wishes to back out of its engagement, proposing to pay the losses sustained by the firm through the abrogation of the cen- tract. . KAMIMURA WATCHFUL. Keeps Eye on Vladivostok Squadron ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 2.—Ad- miral Kamimura is watching Vladi- vostok with a view of preventing the fleet there from making fresh rallying expeditions. General Kuropatkin has drafted all the new reinforcements to the front, thus letting those who have stood the brunt of the fight up to the present ltilme take a rest and refight at Tie- ng. According to the Russ the fleet of Admiral Rojestvensky will not go through the Suez Canal. The draught of the ships is too great and there are certain political moves to be con- sidered. RS SS WARSHIPS FOR RUSSIA. Cruisers and Torpedo Boats Being Constructed in France. TOULON, . France, Oct. 2.—The man- agers of the Societe des Forges et Chan- tiers’ were interview to-day concern- ing the report that they are to build a number of cruisers and torpedo-boat destroyers for the new Russian navy. They stated that the negotiations on the subject had made considerable pro- gress, but that it was desirable to with- hold the particulars in order to avoid pessible international entanglements. It was admitted that work on the de- stroyers actually began September 29, and it was added that the question of the right of neutrals to build war- ships for a belligerent could not arise as the ships would not be completed and armed within two years, when it is expected the war will be over. |and was taken to the Cen PLUCKY TOUTH RESISTS THIGS Wth an Iron Bar Vincent May Fights for His Coin FRIENDS ARE THIEVES P s Men With Whom He Formed a Chance Acquaintance Try to Murderr and Rob Him In a small room at 1228 Market street Vincent May, age 21, fought desper- ately yesterday with two young thugs. One of his assailants felled May to the floor with an iron bar and then struck him several times on the head. The other robber meanwhile endeavored to reach the victim’'s pocket, but May put up, such a plucky fight that his assail- ants finally fled, leaving him lying stunned on the floor of the room. The men who assaulted May are chance companions whom he met a few days ago on his arrival in this city. One gave the name of Pearl Jande the, other was simply “Mr. Young. Here is May's story of the affair: Young and Janders came to my room &t about noon by appointment. We were to £0 to the Chutes together. Whem my back wks turned 1 was struck a stunning blow over the head. While I was trying to regain my feet I was struck again several times. Somebody said, “Give me your monmey or we will kill you.” 1 put up the best fight T could, shouting for help &il the time, and finally got hold of the iron bar. Then the fellows ran away. The one who said his name was Janders was very short and wore a black suit and blue shirt Young was a little taller. He wore light col- ored clothing and a black slouch hat. May was found by Policeman Me- Lane shortly after the thugs had fled, al Emer- gency Hospital, where efght ugly wounds in his scalp were dressed by Dr. Herzog. The surgeon said it was a miracle that May’s skull was not frac- tured. The police are looking for the assailants. e — FORTIFYING TIE PASS. Portion of Russian Army Engaged in Strengthening Post. LONDON, Oct. 3.—The correspond- ent of the Times who has just returned from the front, telegraphing from To- kio, says the Russians have two di- visions on the Hun River, four divis- idns at Mukden and that the remain- der of the army is concentrated at Tie Pass, which they are fortifying. The three Japanese armies, the cor- respondent adds, occupy a front ex- tending for twenty miles north of Liaoyang In their original arder. —_— Second Manchurian Army. ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 2.—The sec- ond Manchurian army will be composed of one corps from European Russia, eight corps of the Siberian army and several divisions of Siberian sharp- shooters. The object is to place 500,000 men in the fleld, divided into three armies. 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