The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 4, 1904, Page 4

THE SAN FRA Liitle Brown Men Fall Be- fore Fire of Russian Artillerymen. (zar'’s Soldiers Regain Posi- tions After Fierce Fight With Mikado’s Troops. LONDON, Oct. 4—The Daily Tele- graph’s Nagasaki correspondent, ca- bling under date of September 25, says: “Terrible artillery conflicts are add- ing to the horrors of the situation at Port Arthur. On September 22 and 33 the R ans made sorties against posi- tions held by the Kanakawa Regiment, and despe fighting ensued. The Japanese force was practically annihi- | one non-commissioned offi- eleven men remaining alive out 4000 who went into the engage- nese tunnel into Port Ar- ympleted on September 24, mmediately used. The resuit s unknown it NEW CHIEF IN SIGHT. Kuropatkin May Be Relieved by Grand Duke Nicholas. PETERSBURG, Ni Oct. 3.—Em- holas returned to St. Peters- y from the south. It is re- high authority that of a commander in announced within forty- irs. While General Kuropat- 11 insist that he will be A members of the Emperor's express no doubt that Nicholas Nicholaievitch osen. al advices from the front ort that all is quiet along the whole line of opposing armies. A slight Japanese movement has d2en observe, gtiapu, about sixteen of Mukden, but there collision. The War Of- does not anticipate , a large scale in the future principal cause of alarm at the Off s occasioned by the lack definite information regarding the exact whereabouts of Field Marshal right. The Russjan scouts touch with General Kuroki's main army, which may give increasing very les sou has bee importance to the flanking west under General Oku, which hitherto has been regarded as a feint for the real turn- £ movement to strike at General Kuropatkin's line of communication from the east. It also may contain the potentialities of a big surprise. Ten days ago Kuropatkin and the War Office were convinced that the Japanese were concentrating at Slans- chan and that an immediate advance was fmminent in force. Accordingly the R ssians fell b Da Mount resistance hey suddenly ck from the passes range without of- But after several discovered that were not pressing for- 2 4 and thereupon the Russian | scouts pushed out to ascertain the | cause They netrated as far as| Sianschan and Staodyr, bringing back | the startling intelligence that not | more n a brigade of Japanese troops w there. This forthwith was followed up by an important cav- alry movement and the reoccupation of the Da range passes, but Kuroki's main body was not located. P COMMISSION ADJOURNS. Russian War Body Satisfied With Re- ports From Port Arthur. PETERSBURG, Oct. 4, 1:20 —The war commission adjourned | ight without issuing further news from the fro An Associated Press dispatch from Mukden, filed there at 10:30 o'clock to-night, states merely that all is guiet there. There is in- | ter e interest here in developments at “With the Ladies, I'm a winner all right,” sald Golden Gate. This “lady told me I was the finest coffee she had ever tasted.” J. A. Folger @ Co. | Established half a Century San Francisco ENTIRE JAPANESE | erall "| She touched a sandbar, TO0 LATE! To save a good shirt ruined by poor laundering. But save your washable garments next time by bringing or sending them here, or having us call for them. We care for clothes as we wash and iron them. Mukden, but the public and ap t- Kethe authorities also are utterly in dark as to what is transpiring. The little news received from Port Arthur comes from abroad, but that little is satisfactory, inasmuch as it records a further repulse of the Japanese at- tacks. —_—l——— GIVES PRAISE TO GOD. Stoessel Issues Defeat of Japanese. CHEFU, Oct. 3.—An officlal re- port from General BStoessel, dated September 23, reached Chefu to-day confirming a previous report of the re- pulse of the Japanese attack at Port Arthur, which began September 19 and ended September 22. .The fighting was of an extremely severe character. The Japanese having retired, Gen- Stoessel issued the following prociamation: “Glory! Thanks to God! Glory to our heroic garrison! Glory to Illman, Sychaff and Poggor- sky!-—heroes all. Thanks to our valiant volunteers, who routed the enemy from the trenches, destroying them. God has permitted us to re- pulse the enemy. Praise to God.” he volunteers referred to by Gen- eral Stoessel were made up of regulars called upon to take a high hill which had been captured by the Japanese. The high hill mentioned was a very important position to the Russians. After | The Japanese attacked repeatedly, day and night, finally occupying the posi- tion on the night of September 22, after suffering very severe losses. The attempt to retake the hill being ex- tremely hazardous, General Stoessel refused to issue the order, but called for volunteers. Everybody called upon responded, whereupon a requi- site number of men were selected, Lieutenant Poggorsky agd Captain Sychaff leading them. Soldiers and officers allke carried grenades -(explo- sive shells, weighing from two to six pounds, which are thrown by hand), and with these they attacked the Japanese temporary fortifications and drove the latter from all of their po- sitions. Several mines were exploded during the general battle, causing se- vere losses. The Russians calculate that the total Japanese losses for the four days' fighting reach 20,000 men. v N LITTERED WITH DEAD..___ Terrific Effect of Russian Machine Guns and Shells. CHEFU, Oct. 83.—Chinese who left Port Arthur October 1 and who were previously engaged in burying the Gead say the effect of ,the Russian shells and machine guns is terrific. The sicpes of a high hill were littered with mangled bodies and severed heads and limbs. In one trench the Chinese buried 400 Japanese and 200 Russians. While it is true that the regular wa- ter supply of Port’ Arthur has been stepped by the Japanese, the fortress has other supplies which can be taken { only when ‘the city falls. The garri- son of Port Arthur now has sufficient food, but the supplies of tinned meats are nearly exhausted and the troops are now slaughtering thirty donkeys daily for fresh meat, which is worth $1 20 per pound. KEggs cost 20 cents each. WORSHIP KUROPATKIN. =~ Russian General Is Idol of Men and Officers. ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 3.—Nemi- rovich Danchenko, the Russian war correspondent, was recently received by General Kuropatkin at Mukden. Hc telegraphs that the commander is looking hale and hearty and that his words breathe unruffied confidence. Kuropatkin is worshiped by the sol- diers and enfoys the unbounded con- fidence of the officers whom he cheers and invigorates by example into un- ceasing activity. To the younger offi- cers he says const’ atly: “Be patient. We are sure to win. The enemy must and shall be van- guished. Till then help one another. Be vigilant. Remember that war is the time to learn. So take your les- sops to heart.” RELIEF FOR SOLDIERS. Russian Vessel Carries 1000 Men for Garrison at Crete. CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 3.—The Russian volunteer fleet steamer Nijni Novgorod has passed the Bosphorus, homeward-bound. THe Nijni Novgorod was reported to have passed the Bosphorus on Sep- tember 26, carrying, it * was said, 1000 soldiers to relieve the Russian garrison at Crete. These soldiers, it was added, the Nijni Novgorod would convey to Port Sald, where they would await orders. PSS S Report Proves a Hoax. SHANGHAL Oct. 4.—An investiga- tion shows that there-is no Russian man of war at Gufslaff Island in Hengchau Bay or in these waters. The report that the' Russian armored cruiser Bayan had anchored off Gutz- | lafr Island is a hoax. plrovod el S0 Orel Not Damaged. ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 3.—The re- cent report that the battleship Orel was damaged turns out to be untrue. but got off under her own steam. The Admiraity says that pot even a plate was in- jured. PERABINEY | Japan’s War Footing. LONDON, Oct. 4.—Explaining the details of the new Japanese military regulations, the Times' correspondent at Tokio says it will ultimately make the total war strength of the army ex- ceed 1,000,000. o G AR No Warship at Shanghai. PARIS, Oct. 4.—The Matin's corre-) spondent at Shanghai telegraphs a de- REGIMENT AN nial of the report that a Russian war- ship has arrived there. ADVERTISEMENTS. SICK HEADACHE CARTER NIAICATED Fire of the Muscovites Mows Down Charging Fighters of Japan. Dreadful Loss of Life Fol- lows Attempts to Re- take “High Hill.” CHEFU, Oct. 3, 3:50 p. m—A pri- vate letter received to-dav, from Port Arthur, dated September 33, gives further details of the fighting from September 19 to September 22. The at- tack began with a heavy bombardment directed against nearly all the Russian outposts and many of the main forts. The shelling of the redoubts protect- | ing the water supply of Port Arthur was tremendous. Nightfall September 19 found the water works redoubts re- duced to mere heaps of debris. garrisons of the redoubts thereupon retreated safely to the main fortifica- tions under the cover of darkness. At 4 o’clock the same afternoon the | Japanese assault on “High Hill” began, | The Japanese plan of attack never varied. First a bombardment and then | an assault and, when repulsed, a bom- bardment again and then another as- sault. The desperate determination of the Japanese to capture this position amounted to fanaticism, ‘their efforts never ceasing during four days. One battalion of Japanese, having retreated into a valley, were exposed to the Rus- sian shrapnel fire and were almost an- nihilated. Eventually the Japanese succeeded in placing one field gun and two machine | guns in position behind hastily made barriers. Their tenure of the position, | owing to the flre of the inner forts, was verv insecure, and when Lieuten- | ant Poggorsky and the volunteédrs charged the tide turned agairst them. One battalion, composed of the rem- nants of two companies, was annihi- | lated in trenches which they refused to . desert. Another detachment was driven | into the Russian entanglements, where Captain Sychaff’'s force was waiting, and completed its rout. Two other at- tempts made by the Japanese to retake the positions failed. AL 8 G T R Japan to Issue Third War Loan. LONDON, Oct. 4—The Standard’ Toklo correspondent reports that at a | conference of bankers it was decided to issue immediately a third domestic war loan of $40,000,000, completing the loans for the current fiscal year. ! —_—— SEAMAN LEAVES JAPAN. American Deserts Orient Because Cen- sorship Is Too Great. Among the 150 cabin passengers of the Mongolia is Major L. L. Seaman, | formerly a surgeon in the United | States Engineers, but for the last two | years been visiting the hospitals of | Japan and making a study of the or- ganization of the medical and surgical departments of the Japanese armies in | the field. While in Japan he was giv- | en every opportunity to inspect the hospitals, where 25,000 wounded Jap- anese and Russian soldiers are being nursed back to health by the most modern methods of medical science, but he was forbidden to go to the | front, or to leave Japan for Asia. One l day he slipped away without permis- | sion and saw a little actual warfare in | Newchwang and other places where the opposing armies slaughtered each other. -Major Seaman said: In thelr naval and military, medical, sur- gical and sanitary organization, the Japanese | astonish the world. They have learned what we have not succeeded in doing—to fight an1 defeat disease, which you know kills far. more soldiers than the bullet. They edusate their doctors, not in America and Europe, but in their own=tolleges, and Japanese bacteri- \ ologists schooled in Japan have discovered the | i i germ of dysentery, diphtheria, plague aad fever. Before the war began they made | microscopical and chemical examinations of every stream and water hole in Manchuria, and no Japanese force is ever quartered whers the water did not come up to the highest standard of purity. They can give the world | pointers in many things and the world would do well to go over to Japan and learn a few things | Major Seaman made five attempts to &et into Port Arthur and after being wrecked on the coast gave it up and | came back to Japan, where the Japan- ese officials were not over much rleased because of his unceremonious going away. He is due to attend the Military and Naval Medical Conven- tion in St. Louis October 10. ® WANTS STATE FOR MORMONS President of Latter Day Saints Makes Sensational Speech During Conference PRI S e Special Dispatch to The Call. SALT LAKE, Oct. 3.—President Jo- seph F. Smith of the Mormon chureh has made an address to the Mormons of Washington County that has caused a sensation among the Gentlles of the State. The address was delfvered at the regular conference of the 8t George Stake. President Smith, An- thony H. Lund, one of his counse]ors, and Apostle Hyrum M. Smith, - dent Smith’s son, went from Salt Lake to attend the conference. In his ad- dress President Smith spoke of the op- position the Mormon church has met | with from.members of other churches. He compared Utah with Judea, where, he said, the same general conditions existed. In counseling the Mormons as to their temporal affairs, he said: “The Gentiles are coming among us to buy homes and land. We should not sell to them nor aid them, as they are the enemies of the kingdom of God. I have never sought to be a vast land owner, but I have never sold an inch of ground to an enemy of God's work.” President Smith offers an explana- tion of his statement by saying he learged many of the Mormons were moving away and he advised them to remain and “not to sell out their homes and lands to their enemies.” St. George is more than one hun- dred miles from the rafiroad and the population of the region surrounding it i1s almost entirely Mormon. It has been claimed for some time past that Mormon leaders were m: addresses | in remote portions of the State al the lines followed by President Smi in his speech at St. George. The Mor- mon question has become more acute than for years past, of the Smoot case and the fo of an anti-church party in the State. —— Pullman Company Resumes. CHICAGO, Oct. 3—The Puliman Company resumed work in its manu- facturing department to- . a small force ¢ u‘t‘fl:’t‘. ' were found some distance down the pthe rushing train, but the only injury ! ,a fluld that was given to him and to NCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 19va. BALEQUR GIVES -~ HIS POSITIO Premier Favors Conference With the Self-Governing Colonies of the Empire — NOT A PROTECTIONIST Does Not Believe He Could Remain Leader of Party If lf‘olicy Were Adopted —— EDINBURGH, Scotland, Oct. 3.—Pre- mier Balfour opened the autumn cam- paign here to-night as the guest of the Conservative Club. In replying to the toast “Our Guest,” Balfour sald that as this was his first speech of the au- tumn cam; he desired to be ex- plicit on one or two essential points. In the first place, he said, the leader of the Irish party had given wide cur- rency in America to the view that in the next Parllament the Irish members would hold the balance of power. So' far as the Unionists were concerned, no bargaining would occur. The Union- ists were not for sale. 5 Regarding the fiscal policy, Balfour said he had nothing to alter in what is known as the Sheffield policy. He sald he was no protectionist; he was one of those who thought protection was not the best policy under existing cirécumstances. It was not a policy that he recommended directly or indi- rectly, either to his colleagues or to the | country, and he did not think he could | remain the leader of his party if pro- ection were adopted. ‘Whether Mr. Chamberlain’s estimate of colonial opinion was right or wrong, Balfour entirely agreed with Chamber- lain that a point had been reached where the only way out was to have a | free conference with the self-govern- ing colonies and India. TEARS HORSE FROM SHAFTS Train Grinds Animal and Harness to Pieces, but Ve- _ hiele and Oceupants Escape —_—— SAN BERNARDINO, Oect. 3.—Am- brose Hunt and wife, one of the oldest | pioneer couples of this section, had a miraculous escape from death at a Southern Pacific * Railroad crossing near this city yesterday afternoon, the horse they were driving to a surrey being torn from the vehicle by a pass- ing train. The old couple have been living near the crossing for years and knew its danger, the view of the track being obstructed by a high bank and trees, but they thought they were, safe, when a train came rushing down the grade at great speed. The vehicle and its occupants were enevioped in a cloud of dust, Mr. and Mrs. Hunt were bewildered by the roar and the suddenness of the onslaught, and when the dust cleared away he saw that the jolt they had felt had been caused when the train yanked the horse and shafts out of the surrey, leaving the occupants siftfng dum- founded in a horseless carriage in the middle of the road. | The mangled remains of the horse | and parts of the harness and shafts 1 track, where they had been hurled by | received by either of the old couple, besides the nervous shock, was a bruised wrist by Hunt, his arm being | struck, he believes, by a projection ; from one of the cars. —————————— PAYNE MAKING GALLANT FIGHT AGAINST REAPER Family of Official Summoned to Bed- side, Death Being Expected, but Patient Suddenly Rallies. WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.—Late to- night the family of Postmaster General Payne was summoned to his bédside. The end was expected at any moment, but to the surprise of the doctors the patient rallled. At 2:35 it was an- nounced that the Postmaster General had rallied suddenly and exclaimed “Hello” to those about him. Milk then was given him to drink. Dr. Magruder asked the patient how he was feeling and he replied “First rate.” At 2:50 Dr. Magruder said that Payne's respiration was better and more regular than it has been in the past twenty-four hours and that if the improvement kept up, he probably would last through the night and that a consultation could probably be held in the morning. Drs. Grayson and Ma- gruder sald that the fluid which had been injected into Payne at midnight, when the sinking spell began, is now absorbed and that the effect is shown by the improved respiration and pulse. It was added that this is not an indi- cation of recovery, but that the patient might last until morning. This fluid is which at first he failed to respond. It was after this faflure to respond that it was announced that further admin- istration of stimulants would not avail. ———— Broken Axle Wrecks Automobile, CHICAGO, Oct. 3.—A broken axle to-day frustrated the third attempt on the part of Bert Holcomb to lower the automobile record between Chicago and New York. Thirtv-two miles out of Chicago an axle snapped in two and the vehicle was overturned. ‘The car was wrecked, but the occupants es- caped Injury. —_——————— _ Fire Destroys Russian ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 4, 6:25 a. m.—The village of Glousk, in Southern Russia, has been wiped out by fire. Five hundred families are without shelter or food, and an ap- peal has been made to St. Petersburg for immediate help. —————— To Have and to Hold. It fs just as easy to have money as to be without it, and the possession of it means independence. If you are work- ing for salary or wages and you should suddenly lose your .position, nice to be able to turn to your sav: account. If you i1, or I’:mpmc s for work it is well to have some- thing set aside. If you expect ever to amount to anything in the you must accumulate money and the onl: Wway to do that is to save. You can BERVI acioone b Sy e B n, street, 'fl.i. 31 7 T semi-ann: counts & per cent is paid, |HAY GR N EETS DELECATES WH COME T LABOR FOR PEACE Sécretary of_SElgAgrees With - Tolstoi That -Religion Is Remedy for War. BOSTON, Oct. 3.—Secretary of State John Hay, representing the United States of America, spoke the word of welcome this afternoon to the dele- gates to the International Peace Con- &ress, who have assembled ‘here for the thirteenth annual convention. The meeting was held in Tremont Temple. Edwin D. Mead, chairman of | the committee on organization of the | Peace Congress, after calling the meet- | ing to order, spoke briefly. Mayor Col- lins said that no word of his was nec- essary to welcome peace delegates .to Boston, for Boston was the home of | peace. He sald if he were to para- phrase a Bible text to suit the occa-/ sion it would be this: ‘“‘Blessed are the: peacemakers, for they shall see God; damned be the warmakers, for they shall see the devil.” Right Rev. John Percival, Bishop of | Hereford, said that the European na-| tions looked to the United States to| lead in the movement for peace; that| the presence of Secretary of State Hay In itself gave a new character to the gathering. ‘“‘Our hope for peace,” the speaker sdid, “is fixed upon the policy | of the United States In the years to come.” Mr., Lund of the Norwegian Parliament presented the greetings of | his country. Secretary Hay spoke as follows: 1 esteem it a great honor and privilege to be allowed to extend to you the welcome of the Government and the people of the United States of America on this memorable and auspiclous occasion. No time could be mors fitting for this gathering of a pariiament of peace than to-day, wher at the other end of | the world the thunder of a destructive and san- | guinary war is deafening the nations, while here we are preparing to settle the question of tranefer of power by an appeal to ! reason and orderly procedure, under the sanc- tion of a law implicitly accepted by eighty millions of people, No place could be more suitable than this high-hearted city, which has been for mearly 500 years the birthplace | and the home of every idea of progress and | enlightenment which has germinated in the Western world. To bid you welcome to the home of Vane, of Winthrop and of Adams, of Channing and Bmerson, is to give you the freedom of no mean city, to make you par- | takers of a spiritual inheritance without which, | with all our opulence, we should be poor indeed. It is true -that this great commonwealth has sought, with the sword, peace under liberty. | We confess that y wars have left their traces in the pages of its history and its literature: art has adorned the public places | of this stately town with the statues of its heroic sons. But the domipant fote of its highest culture, its most persistent spirit, has been that righteousness which exalteth a na- tion, that obedience to the inner light which leads along the paths of peace. GREATEST MEN FOR PEACE. And the policy of the nation at large, which owes so_much of its civic spirit to the found- ers of New England, has been in the main’ a policy of peace. During the hundred and twenty yearé of our independent existence we have ‘had but three wars with the outside world, though we have had a most grievous and dolorous struggle with our own people. We have had, 1 think, a greater relative im- munity from war t) any of our neighbors. All our greatest men have been earnest ad- vocates of The very men who founded our liberties with the mailed hand detested and abhorred war as the most futile and fe- roclous of human follles. Frankiin and Jeffer- | son repeatedly denounced it—the one with all the energy of his rhetoric, the other with the lambent fire of his wit. But not our philosophers alone—our fight- ing men have seen at close quarters how hideous is the face of war. Washington said, “My first wish s to see this plague to man- kind banished from the earth; and again he said, “We have experfenced enough of its | evils in this country to know that it should wantonly or unnecessarily entered There is no discordant note in the ices of our most eminent soldiers on | this subject. The most famous utterance of General Grant—the one which will linger long- est in the memories of men—was the prayer of his war-weary heart, “‘Let us have peace.”’ Sherman reached the acme of his gift of epigram when he said ‘* years in which he had directed our vast armi=: and navies. uttersd on the threshold of eter- nity the fervent and touching aspiration that “the mighty scourge of war might speedily pass away.”’ WORK OF ROOSEVELT. There has been continuity In the sentiments of our_Presidents on this subject up to this day. McKinley deplored with every pulse of his honest and kindly heart the advent of the war” which he had hoped might not come in his day, and ly hailed the earliest mo- ment for making peace; and 'sident Roose- velt has the same tireless cnergy in the work of concord that he displayed when.he sought peace und insured it on the fleld of battle. No Presidents In our history have been %0 faithful and so efficient as the last two In the cause of arbitration and of every peaceful mettiement of differences. I mention them to- gether because their work has been harmo- nious and consistent. We halled with joy the generous initiative of the Russian Emperor and sent to the conference at The Hague the best men we had in our civic and military iife, ‘When The Hague court lay apparently wrecked at the beginning of its voyage, threatened with death before it had fairly begun to live, it was the American Government, which gave it the breath of life by inviting the republic of Mexico to share our appeal to its jurisdic- tion; and the second case brought before It ‘was at the instance of Mr. Roosevelt, who de- clined In_its favor the high honor of arbitrat- ing an affair of world-wide importance. I beg you to believe it is not by way of boasting that I recall these incidents to your minds; it Js rather as a profession of faith in a cause which the present administration hae deeply at heart that I ask you to remem- ber, in the deliberations upon which you are entering, the course to which the American Government is pledged and which it has stead- ily pursued for the last seven years. It is true that In those vears we have had a hun- dred days of war—but they put an end forever to bloodshed which had lasted a generation. We landed a few platoons of marines on the isthmus last year; but that act closed with- out a shot a sanguinary succession of trivial wars. We marched a little army to Peking; but it was to save not only the beleaguered le- gations, but a great fmperiled civilization. By mingled gentleness and energy, to which most of the world beyond our borders has ™ tice, we have given to the Philippines, it not peace, at least a nearer approach to it than they have had within the memory of men. If our example is worth anything to the world, we have given it in the vital matter of disarmament. We have brought away from the Far East 55,000 soldlers whose work was done, and have sent them back to the flelds of peaceful activity. We bave reduced our army to its minimum of 60,000 men; in fact, Wwe may say we have no army, but in plaj of one a nucleus for drill and discipline, e ‘have three-fourths of one soldier for every thou- sand of the population—a proportion which it adoptéd by the other powers would at once eliminate wars and rumors of wars from the dafly thoughts of the chancerles of the world. PREVALENCE OF WAR SPIRIT. But fixed as our tradition is, clear as is our purpose in the direction of peace, no country s permanently immune to war so long as the desire and the practice of peace are not versal. If we quote Washington as cate of peace, it is but fair also to here he says: '“To be prepared g : i i ; g S5 ?55 g E EE i’» i i H ga5gl | aching heart, the the law of sin in the members to which % shall atest of the Apostles refers: ‘“Who Seliver un trom the body of this death? 1 am spesking to those who recognize the lamentable state of things and who yet do not accept it, or submit to it. and who hop: that through the shadow of this night we shall sweep into a younger day.. How is this great deliverance to be accompiished? RELIGION FURNISHES REMEDY. We have all recently read that wonderful sermon on war by Count Tolstol, in which a spirit of marvelous lucidity and fire, abso- lutely detached from .-‘Q’npmc-l or political conditions, speaks the Word as it has been given him to speak it, and as no other living man could have done. As you read, with an man you are partly respon- uman atrocities, you walt with ghall propose, fesling that & sibie “for all impatience for the remedy he and you find it is—religion. Yes, that {s the remedy. If all would do right, nobody would do wrong—nothing is plainer. It is a counsel of perectidn, satisfactory to prophets and saints, to be reached in God's good time. But | you are here to consult together to ses whether the ®eneration now aiive may not do some- thing to hasten the coming of the acceptable day, the appearance on earth of beatific vision. If we can not at once make peace and g0od will the universal rule and practice of natiors, what can we do to approximate this condition? What measures can we now take which may lead us at least a little distance toward the wished-for goal? I have not come to advise you; 1 have no such ambitious pretensions. 1 do not even aspire to take part in your deliberation. But I am authorized to assure you that the American Godvernment extends to you a cordial and sympathetic welcome, and shares to the ut- the soirit and purpose in_ which you bave met The President, so long as remains in powsr, has no thought of depart- ing from the traditions bequeathed us by the great soldiers and statesmen of our early history, which have been strictly followed during the last seven years. We wshall con- tinue to advocate and to carry into effect, as far as practicable, the principle of the arbitration of such questions as may not be settled through diplomatic negotiations. We | have already done much in this_direction we shall hope to do much more. The Presi- dent is now considering the negotiation of treaties of arbitration with such of the Eu- ropean powers as desire them, and hopes to lay them tefore the Senate next winter. And finally the President has, only a few days ago, promised, in response to the request of the' Interpariiamentary Union, to invite the rations to & second conference at The Hague to continue the beneficent work of the con- ference of 1500. As if heaven had decided to give & sign of deepest significance to the hour of your meeting, it coincides with the commitment to eternal peace of all that was mortal of our dear and honored co-lahorer in this sacred cause. George Frisbie Hoar had many titles to glory and sonor. Not the least of them was the irm and constant courage with which through all his i{llustrious life he pleaded for humanity and universal good will. STEPS TO BE UNDERTAKEN. Unhappily we cannot foresee in the imme- diate future the occasion of wars upon the earth. We ought therefore to labor con- stantly for the mitigation of the horrors of war, especially to do what We can to lessen phe ‘sufferings of those who have no part in ‘the struggle. warmly cherished wishes of the last two ad- ministrations. 1 make no apology for reading you a paragraph o the message which President Roosevelt sent to Congress last De- cember: “There seems good ground for the belief | that there has been a real th among the civilized nations of a sentiment which will permit & xradual substitution of other meth- ods than the method of war In the settiement of disputes. It ls not pretended that as yet We are near a position in which it will be possible whoily to prevent war, or that a just regard for national interest and honor will in all cuses permit of the settlement of international disputes by arbitration; but by a mixture of drudence and firmness with wis- dom we think it is pessible to do away with much of the brovocation and excuse for war, and at least in many cases to substitute some \other and more rationa! method for the set- | tlement of disputes. The Hague Court offers 50 good an examole of what can be done in the direction of such settlement that it should be encouraged in every way. ““Further st ouid be taken. In_Presi- dent McKinl annual message of Decem- ber 5 189S, he made the, following recom- mendation : ‘' ‘The experiences of the last year bring forcibly home to us a sense of the burdens and the waste of war. We desire, in common with most civilized nations, to reduce to the lowest possible point the age 'sustained in time of war by peaceabie merce. It is true we may suffer in such cases less than other communities, but all nations are damaged more or less by the state of uneasiness and apprehension into which an outbreak of ilitles throws the entire com- merclal world. It should be our object, there- fore, to minimize, so far as practicable, this ievitable loss and disturbance. This pur- pose can probably best be accomplished by an international agreement to regard all private Droperty at sea as exempt from capture or destruction by the forces of belligerent powers. The United States Government has for many years advocated this humane and, beneficent principle, and is now In a position to recom- mend it to other powers without the impu- tation of selfish motives. 1 therefore suggest for your consideration that the Bxecutive be dutkorized to correspond with the governments of the principal maritime powers with a view of incorporating into the permanent law of civilized nations the principle of the exemp- tion of all private property at.sea, not contra- band of war, from capture or destruction by belligerent powe: N AWAITING END OF STRIFE. The President urged this beneficent scheme With an earnestness which gained the willing attention of Congress, already lisposed to it in spirit, and on the 28th of April of this year he was able to approve a joint resolution of both Houses recommhending that the ‘‘Presi- dent endeavor to bring about an understapding among the principal maritime powers with a view of incorporating into the permanent law of civilized nations the principle of the ex- emption of all private propérty at sea, mot contraband of wi from capture or destruec- tion by belligerents." It has not been thought advisable by the President during the past summer to call the attention of the powers to a project which would necessarily be led by two of them, and possibly by others, with reference to its bearing upon the deplorable conflict now rag- ing in the Far East. But as we earnestly pray that the return of peace may not be ong delayed between the two nations, to both of which we are bound by so many historie ties, we may confidently look forward at no distant day to inviting the attention of the nations to this matter and we hope we may have the powerful influence of this great or- ganization In gaining their adherence. The time allotted to me is at an end. only bid you godspeed In your work. task you have set yourselves, the purpose to which you are devotedy have own the praise of earth and the blessink of heaven since the morning of time. The noblest of all beatitudes is the consecration promised th pea ers. Even If in our tine we may not win the wreath of olive; even if we may mot hear the golden clamor of the trumpets 3 celebrating the relgn of universal and en- | during peace, it is something to have desired it, to have worked for it fn the measure of our forces., And if you now reap no visible guerdon of your labors the of God that passes understanding will your all-suffi- clent reward. —_— FIGHT AT CONFERENCE. Yankee Usher Resents Snub and BOSTON, Oct. 3.—W. R. Cremer, M. P., British delegate to the Inter- national Peace Conference, nearly turned the conference into a “rough house” this afternoon. Only , local | delegates were allowed on the plaf- form, but Cremer started for there. The usher courteously stopped him and was snubbed and jostled. Then the usher turned loose and rushed the Briton toward the door. An uproar followed among the Brit- ish delegates and hot words ensued. Finally, when Cremer’s collar was ripped. his dignity shattered and he was a general wreck, officials re- stored The kee usher refused to aj gize. gr.':arwmmmm'.do- s : THe Paraiso Springs are always open. * e v a4 errible arralgnment of war, | he | be cheerfully This has been one of the most | trade and com- | | This is a very good picture of Mrs Mary Rivest, who lives at 522 Forty fourth street, Oakland. Mrs. Rivest suf fered many vears with rheumatism. F nally the left knee became _stiffe | swollen and painful. and at last the | leg became paralyzed. The home phys cian feared gangrene at the knee and ad ! vised amputation of the leg. Mrs. R vest objected to amputation and on ad vice from a friend she had her relatives take her to the Electro-Chemic Institute, 118 Grant avenue, San Francisco. The Electro-Chemic {reatment cured Mrs. Rivest quickly. here was no eutting. | There was no pain. In a short time she | threw away her crutches. Her left leg is now as good as the other and Electrc Chemistry did the work when all other treatments had failed. Should any one interested doubt the whole truth of this most wonderful cure they should go and see the happy. cured patient. She would | be only too giad to vouch for its truth. { The Electro-Chemic cures of Cancer, Tu-~ | mors, Consumption, Catarrh, Asthma, Bronchitis, Deafness, Ringing Ears, Rheumatism, Paralysis, Locomotor Ataxia, Neuralgla. Dyspepsia. Liver Trouble, Kidney and Bladder Troubles, | Piles,- Fistula, Constipation, Headache, | Dizziness, Insomnia. Epilepsy, Stricture, Prostatitis, Blood Poison, Female Irreg- ularities and Misplacements, ete., etc., | are just as wonderful as the cure of Mrs. Rivest, and upon application the testi- | monials of hundreds of cured patients | living right here in San Francisco will given. These wonderful | cures are quick, permanent and inexpen- | sive, and, no matter how many other | treatments have failed. Electro-Chemis- | try would in all probability proeve cura- { tive. The Electro-Chemic X-Ray exami- | nation is the most reliable examination that any sufferer can have. Such an ex~ amination will quickly show whether a case is curable or not, and this examina- | tion is now absolutely free to any suf- ferer applying at the Institute for it. Don't mistake the place. The success of the Electro-Chemic practice has caused other physicians to try to imitate it. The Electro-Chemic Institute occupies nearly the whole first floor of the large building. 118 Grant avenue, corner of Post street. The office hours are from 9 to 5 and 7 to 8 dally and from 10 to 1 on Sundays. Consultation. examination and advice are free to all, and patients living at a distance are furnished a home treat- ment that is most successful and are loaned, free of charge until cured, a complete Electro-Chemic apparatus. 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