The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 21, 1904, Page 2

o THE 'SA FRANC ISCO G4 MONDAY 31, NOVEMBER 21. 1904. Japanese Shells Explod SSATLT TP ! RESUMED BY NOGIS FORCED ON PORT A e Magazine Near Arsenal. e e— REPORTED CAPTURE OF FIFTY GUNS| Arthur Novemb. ing 1t f persons arriving to-day from Da They say thet the Japanese are so secretive that it is cult to learn the a officers detailed to < st that base do not know what . mrades at the t are doing fron 16 a farly heavy exy k eve at Dalr explosion E 1 to the ng up of land mines or a mag- azine TOKIO. Nov —Iit ie reported thal the Japanese, after successfully mining v a counterscarp on_ Sungshu at Port Arthur on Frida gram from the forces besieging Arthur, dated November 19, re- ports thet during the afternoon of that ymbardment by naval guns ne near the arsenal was ex- The dispatch concludes as fol- perations against all the forts 4 as prearranged. CHEFTU, Nov. 20.—Another attack on untain is expected to occur on ser 24, according to Chinese who sterday. ‘The Chinese fur E Novemt that reinforcements “~~ the continue to arrive. In the daye 1000 men have arrived ember 14, the Chinese say. | they saw fifty guns brought into Dain Some were broken, others were i condition I'ne Japanese said ured them. They also rs, including three of- ught in t of Dalny ex- on November general mountain be- I ief object the att more heavy guns recently arrived Russian Consul Art has re- a letter de- ¥ the Japanese of a This missile Jooks g Sausage. The Japanese into the trenches and it bursts, ff =0 foul an odor that if it is | w out of the >— discovered at Hsiamya and Hsiao- | itzu. We shelled them and they ! ficd in confusion to a neighboring vi lage. The enemy has burned Huang- lushetzu and villages to the southeast on: the right 1k of the River Hun.” The following dis: ch has been re- el d from the Manchurian army headquarters: ‘At noon on November 19 we shelled the enemy’s infantry, engaged | in intrenching of Reiuchiangtun; also a body of infantry in the rear of the village, causing them to flee in confu In other directions there | is no « . — . JAPANESE LEAVE MANY DEAD. Night Attacks Upon a Russian Posi tion End in Disaster. FYNDIATION VILLAGE, Saturday, ov, 19.—On the night of November 17 four companies of unmounted vc unteers were sent into the Japanese They reached Chanlinza, Z ing and rushed the grove with hur- rahs, but in the face of the fire from the Russian trenches they turned and i | { 4 | { positions | ! where they were met with a heavy | {rifle fire and forced to retire. At 3| lo’clock in the morning the Russians | | discovered a column of Japanese | | creeping down a hill. They attacked | 2 grove forming a part of the Russian | foremost position on the right side. | The Japanese advanced without fir- | | fled. After some time the Japanese | repeated the attack, but again were repulsed. After the second attack the Jap- | ese, breaking up into small groups | began to retire. They were followed | by a well aimed fire, which continued | until dawn. Near the trenches eighty Japanese corpses were found and further along in the valley were vis- ible Japan J bodies which it was im- ible to gather in view of the Jap- fire. Four Japanese were made prisoners and thirty rifles and a quan- tity of ammunition abandoned on the field were the taken by morning batteries the Russians. of November 18 bombarded Chan- where Japanese entrenchments diaz soldiers fai The gas observed, and at & o'clock an not fatal in its effect artillery engagement took place with the Japanese forces. The Russian DENOUN(C MEN. losses were four killed and two wounded. Judging from the number Red Cross Chief Says They Deliberates | of bodies seen and articles thrown Iy Bombard Hospital Ships. ¥ by the Japanese it is suppos2d CHEFU, Nov. 20—General Balashott, | 05, 03] 1088 to the Japanese wi the head of the Red Cross society at shamlt NS P ur, sent to the Assoclated MUST PLACE THE BLAME. the torpedo boat destroyer which arriv here from vember 16 and whick destroyed by her n this harbor, a personal letter the Japanese with a violation of civilized warfare. Ow- error, the letter of General was not delivered until to- shof( General Balashoff requests the pub- f the charges that the Jap- deliberately disregard the obli- lication anese tions. He says that they have pelled the abandoument, by the Russians, of three plainly marked hos- ps and thet the wounded wh d to be removed. says General Balashoff, »d where they did not in ) the Japanese fire against ian warships. He further says Japanese, who use balloons their fire and who drop their shells with minute accuracy into the barbor, cannot mistake the hospital #hips, and he charges that they delib- erately drive the wounded from the ships for the purpose of sinking the vessels “This occurred recently,” continues General Balashoff, “but earlier I no- liced severai instances of a _concentra- tion of fire on portious of the town de- voted almost exclusively to hospitals. Other instances of uncivilized warfare are numerous, but I have no time to write of them. 1 scarcely have time to t and sleep.” General Balashoff requests that Jetter serve as his protest against the tactics of the As an ustration of the difficulty of communicating with Port Arthur, it is leggned that oi =ix duplicate letters, v h were sent from Chefu to General Balashoff by various sources, only one reached him. —e JAPAN EXPECTS BATTLE. his Japanese. Activity Along the Shakhe Indicates Approachinz Combat. TOKIO, Nov. 20.—Increasing activ- ity along the Shakhe River seems to infticaie the imminence of another great battle. The Russian feints, evi- dently intended to draw a Japanese attack, 2re uniformly repulsed. The army headquarters yesterday received Field Marshal Ovama’s report of No- vember 18. It follows: “AL the enemy made an attack near Hsing- Inngtun. It was repulsed by us. Sipce this morning the enemy in the wicinity of Shakhe village have indi- rectly bomharded our positions with morturs and field pieces. They have effected no damage. “A body of the enemy's infantry ADVERTISEMENTS. Women AWho have the care of children, and pousehold duties, find the drain upon their vitality so great that they very often become nervous wrecks. This loss of vitality causes headache, backache, slecplessness. irritability, anxiety, etc., and frequently results in various forms of female weakness. 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The principal medification of the British text of the | cocnvention, as finally aceepted by both powers, will consist in clearly impos- ing upon the commission the task of locating the blame, irrespective of per- { sons or nationality. Both the American and the French | governments have-been informally ap- rised that they are expected to select members of the commission, and when the formal joint invitations are issued | they will be expected promptly to an- | nounce the selection. In order to ob- viate delay Emperor Francis Joseph | has been selected to name the fifth | member of the commission, in case | four should be unable to agree. An officer of the transport Kam- chatka was detached at Dakar and will proceed to Paris as a fifth Russian | witness | Much intercst is displayed here in the report that a British warship fired upon the Carron line steamship Grange off the coast of Scotiand, as showing that mistakes at sea are not confined to the Russian navy. Pwsisl WAS NOT ALONE. RASTOROPNY Three Other War Craft Dashed Out of Port Arthur. LONDON, Nov. 20.—A ’!qecill dis- patch from Shanghai says that the steamship Lienshieng from Chefu re- ports that three other Russian tor- pedo-boat destroyers left Port Arthur with the destroyer Rastoropny. The | Japanese stopped two of them and the fate of the third is unknown. S P Oku’s Army Not in Action. FIELD HEADQUARTERS OF THE |SECOND JAPANESE ARMY, Satur- day, Nov. 19.—The past few days ve been unusually quiet along the Shakhe River. The fronts of General Oku’s army and the Russians have | been firing only occasional shois. The armies have been Iying entrenched and practically in touch for more than ja month, but there have been only | eavalry and small infaniry skirmishes. | The Japanese are virtually living in the trenches and the army is standing the first cold weather very well. The winter clothing has proved excellent | for the purpose. 8 SCHBET | Grand Duke Cyril Optimistic. | | ROME, Nov. 20.—Grand Duke'’ Cyril of Russia has prrived here and will complete his convalescence in, Italy. Speaking of the situation in; the Far East, the Grand Duke pre- dicted that the tide would turn soon, Russia having almost completed her preparations to strike a decisive blow. jrlil RepeR i Warships Resume Journey. COPENHAGEN, Nov. 20.—The ves- sels of the second division of the sec- onrd Russian Pacific squadron resumed | their journey northward from Lanse-l {land this morning. 7 —_—— NO NEWS FROM STEAMER REPORTED TO HAVE SUNK Nothing Received to Confirm Story | Telling of Loss of the Kroonland. LONDON, Nov. 20—No news has been | received here regarding the news | agency report from Brussels Saturday | night that the Red Star line steamship | Kroorland had foundered in midocean. Neither the Atlantic transport line stcamship Minneapolis, which was in ccmmunication with the wireless tele- graph station at The Lizard, nor the Cunard line steamer Saxonia, which arrived at Queenstown to-day, spoke the vessel. i 'Pits and Entan-| | The RTHUR i i | | =3 MERCILESS FIRE HURLS THEM BACK P s Attack by Japan-| ese on Poutiloff Hill Is Repulsed; RUSSIANS USE THE BAYONET) glements Bar Column’s Way | | MUKDEN, Nov. 20.—The Japanese | attack on Putiloff Hill has demon- strated the efficacy of the Russians’| defensive works. Two battalions en- gaged in the attack occupied the first line of the Russian trenches, but at the | second line were caught in pits and | entanglements and exposed to a galling | fire. A Russian bayonet attack com- pleted their demoralization. | The weather continues mild, with clear | nights, which are favorable to night! attacks. i There are many rumors of Japan- ese activity on both flanks, but there | is nothing tending to show that a gen- | | eral engagement is more imminent than heretofore. ST. PETERSBURG, Nov.21,4a m— The suspense engendered by the Japan- ese attack on Putiloff Hill continues This movement has prcved unsucce: ful. It aimed merely to capture a Rus- sian position, but whether it was in- tended to mask activity at some other point along the front has not yet de- veloped Some correspondents note what they consider significant Japan- ese movements on the Russian right, and others that a Japanese column is moving fifty or sixty miles eastward; but the opinion in military circles seems to be that no great movement is likely to occur before the fate of Port Arthur is decided. At the same time it is recalled here that General Kuropatkin's great aggressive move- ment of last month was in full swing a week before the outside world real- ! ized what was occurring. D e — STORM RAGES IN THE NORTH Shipping Men Diseredit Ru- mor of Loss of Barkentine | Makaweli Off Vancouver| e —————— { TACOMA, Wash., Nov. 20.—Torrents | of rain fell here last night and to-day and a high gale prevailed but no ma-! rine disasters are reported. The wire to Tatoosh is down, a terrific storm prevailing off Cape Flattery. | Shipping men discredit the Victoria | report of the wrecking of the barken- tine Makaweli. She was loaded with coal in Tacoma, taking about 1,700 tons for Mazatlan, Mexico. The story from ' Victoria about the barkentine being| | overloaded with deck cargo of lumber and turning turtle is probably untrue.) Makaweli is well down in the water with coal and the rough dimen- | sion lumber which is being found along | the shores is certainly not from the! Makaweli. The fact that a life buoy bearing the barkentine’s name has been carried ashore is no proof that the ship has gone to the bottom. While nothing has been heard of the Makaweli since she sailed from Tacomad, October 30, it is| possible that she may have been car- | ried to the north in the high gales, but ' the finding of lumber shows that it is some other vessel than the barkentine which foundered. e MARINERS ARE NERVOUS. PORTLAND, Nov. 20.—The unusually severe storm of wind and rain which prevailed off the Oregon coast for the! past few days is subslding although there was seemingly little less force to the gale to-day than yesterday, when a maximum of eighty-eight miles an hour was reached at Astoria. So far as known there has been no disaster to shipping. Owing to a mis- calculation in the day she was due to arrive and a private message from As- toria that the Portland and San Fran- cisco steamer George W. Elder had ex- perienced a terrible trip, a report be- came widely circulated this afternoon that the steamer had put in to Astoria | in a badly crippled condition. The El-, der, however, arrived at her dock in Portland two hours ahead of time and reported no more serious mishap than the bruising of several of the passen- gers who were unable to keep their feet. Notwithstanding the safe arrival of the Elder there is considerable nervous- ness in marine circles concerning the safety of several craft about due at Astoria. Two schooners sighted Friday have not been seen since. The wires to nearly all coast points are either down or working badly and news will be meager until the wind subsides. Locally the storm has been the cause of a few minor accidents and a good deal of discomfort. Several trees have been uprooted and several houses in gourse of construction have been un- roofed, but further than this no dam- age has resulted. FRANCE TO RELAX LAWS - RELATING TO DIVORCES PARIS, Nov. 20.—The Minister of Justice has issued a circular instruct- ing the judicial authorities to Interpret in the most liberal possiblé sense the laws relating to the remarriage of re- | spondents in divorce suits, which | hitherto have always béen most rigor- | ously applied. The law forbidding the marriage of a respondent and a co-re- spondent remains in force, but the in-| structions are not to refuse permission :a.t}r event of the first husband being ! |Reach Hongkong on Wa) ENORMOLS GROWTH OF ~OUR NAVY Soon to Be Second Largest in {he World. ‘Great Britain Alone Will Surpass It in Number of Warships. gt | Fleet's Annual Cost to the Government to Exceed One Hundred Millions. —_— Soecia! Dispatch to The Call. CALL BUREAU, HOTEL BARTON, WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.—With Secre- tary Morton ing Congress to give the navy $114,530,638 for its expenses in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1905, it is apparent that a fleet costing $100,- 000,000 a year has come to stay. This vast expenditure means that the policy of naval expansion will go on until the American navy is second only to that of England in size and will re- main, as now, second to none in ship- to-ship efficiency. ‘When all the American warships now building are completed, the navy will be the third largest in the world. “ngland and France will be first and i second. Tae sentimert which causes the up- building of the navy was awakened twenty years ago, when naval expendi- tures were small. Only $14,819,976 80 was appropriated by Congress in 1883, The cost gradually increased until 1898, when, with the Spanish-American war in sight, it aggregated $33,003,234. The expenditures in 1899 jumped to $56,098 - 783 and since then, by leaps and bounds, they have increased, as ship after ship has been added to the list. The navy of January 1, 1906, upon which the brunt of service would fall in the event of war, will be: Battle- ships 12, armored cruisers 8, protected cruisers 21, torpedo boat destroyers 16, torpedo boats 35. Not all of these ships are now in commission. The most notable addi- tions will be the armored cruisers Col- orado, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and South Dakota. No armored cruis- ers have been added to the fleet since the Brooklyn and New York were put into commission more than ten years ago. COUPLE WALKS 41,000 MILES — Home to Collect Wager of $15,000 Made by Papers Special Dispatch to The Call. TACOMA, Nov. 20. ley and wife of New York and San Francisco, who arrived in Hongkong last month, claim to have walked 41,000 miles in five years. They say this was done for a wager of $15,000 subscribed by the New York Police Gazette, the Mirror of Life of New York and a paper in San Francisco, the condition being that they would | walk around the world, a distance of 41,000 miles, within five years. They started on their trip from San | Francisco in October flve years ago. While going to New York to sign the contract O’Malley fell in love with the woman who is now his wife and after a short courtship found his flancee would not permit his going without her. He laughed at her de- sire to share his long journey afoot, but she was obdurate. He eventually ccnsented, married her posthaste and they started the day after the wed- ding. | They are now en route home after | traversing every country named in the wager. Its conditions provided they should not carry any money, clothes or food except a change of clothes and one day's provisions. postcards and delivered lectures to de- | fray traveling expenses. ———— ‘EADORNMENTS HIRSU' DEMANDED BY DOWIE | Apostle Will Put the Zion City Ton- sorial Artists Out of Business. CHICAGO, Nov. 20.—The beardless face of man will be a novelty in Zion City after a while. John Alexander, in his sermon to-day, declared that he “had not much use” for one without hair on his face. Those of his follow- ers who are barbers were crestfallen in the Zion Tabernacle when they heard first the apostle thus reveal himself. “If I couldn’t raise a heavy beard I would raise what beard I could,” said the apostle. *“When I was a young man-—in fact, before I was 17 —1I had a thin but highly respectable mustache and beard. I still have a beard. It isn't always possible to re- tain all the hair you might desire”— here his hand roamed to the too of his own head. which shines resplen- dently—*“but I would advise you all to keep as much of it as you can as long as you can.” Dowie asserted that hairless chins were displeasing to God. ———————— SALOONKEEPER ROBBED ¢ AND THEN MURDERED ‘One St. Louis Man Shot Dead and Another Wounded by Two Desperadoes. ST. LOUIS, Nov. 20.—Two hats, one bearing the mark of a St. Louis and the other the name of a Chicago hat firm, with a card from the Silver Plate Bakery, Denver, on which was the name John J. Schneider in pencil, gives the cléws dropped by two men who to-day shot’ and ‘kilied Charles Mutzberg, a saloonkeeper and wound- ed Charles Salisbury after robbing them. The robbery and shooting were committed in Mutzberg's saloon by two short, roughly dressed mten. George O'Mal- | They have sold | BRIGHT ERA MAY DAWN OB RUSSIA Fearlessness of Zemstvo Representatives Brings the Muscovite Nation to the Parting of the Ways MARKS AN EPOCH IN SLAV HISTORY i 1 | Sweeping Reforms Asked For May Not Be Granted Now, but the Liberal Movement Is Given Great Impetus s ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 20.—The | Zemstvo representatives’ meeting to- | day adopted the remainder of the me- {morial to the Government, and, be- | sides, considered several supplemen- | tary articles providing for practical | co-operation of the Zemstvos in the ! Red Cross work and for extension of school facilities. The vote on the | @question of the adoption of the me- morial stood 88 to 10. The meeting ! prcbably will be continued - several days. The memorial and minutes of the meeting will be sent to Prince Sviatopolk Mirsky for transmission to} the Emperor. What the result will, be is a matter of speculation, but the men who have participated in this | meeting are in most cases influential and able in their respective provinces ,and they are resolved to press the movement everywhere with the great- est vigor. | A Zemstvo banquet will be arranged ! for December 4, the fortieth anniver- sary of the emancipation proclama- | tion issued by Alexander II, and on this occasion speeches along the line of the memorial will be made. Later | the Zemstvos, which are to meet on Deécember 14, will be urged to adopt resolutions embodying a similar pro- gramme of agitation. The Government's attitude is await- ed with breathless interest. The miere fact that a: meeting with a programme was permitted, although official aus- | pices were denied it, is unprecedented; but the vigorous character of the me- morial adopted and the resolution to | push the agitation must compel the | Government to act. A parting of the ways 13 again at hand and the au- tocracy, it would seem, must once more choose whether the people shall | be allowed a voice in the Government, {for it is inconceivable that it can al- low an aghtation for a convocative elcctive body to decide whether the | time has not come, in the language of | the memorial, “for an especially elect- | ed body to participate in leglslaflon"“i without the intention of yielding. EPOCH IN RUSSIAN HISTORY. Reactionaries, of course, are horri- fied at the mere suggestion of anything ; approaching a Parliament or a con- stitution. All their power and influ- | ence already are in the scale; but| no matter which way the balance | swings, the decision is believed to mark an epoch in Russia’s history. The actual participants in the meet- | ing here are far from hopeful, but they | sincerely believe the salvation of the | country depends on the solution they | have to offer, and have the satisfaction of knowing that, as representatives of the most authoritative provincial insti- tutions of the empire, they have for once spoken out their views and taken measures to have them spread before | the world, as well as the Government | which is addressed. For one result, it 1s sure to give a tremendous impetus to the liberal movement. With the country ‘in the throes of a great and hitherto | unsuccessful foreign war and disturbed | | conditions at home, the measure which | | is aimed to rouse united action might | | overrule other considerations. | Recently the Emperor has spoken | much of Witte’s famous memorandum, | | written just before his fall, on the ad- \ | visability of yielding the people a voice | in the Government. One thing which must commend it- gelf strongly to the Emperor is the fact | that the memorial represents the view | i of able and moderate men, who have no sympathy with revolution. They | have taken particular pains to dis-| | courage the student demonstrations | which were planned for Saturday and ! Sunday in front of the Kazan Cathe- | dral, and none occurred. | GIST OF THE SPEECHES. | | While the press is not at liberty to | | give a detailed report of the speeches, | | it is able to summarize the chief points | | of the discussion preceding the adop- | tion of the Zemstvo memorandum. i | The chief characteristic of Russia’s exist- ience i1s complete estrangement of rulers and _people, due to the lack of mutual confidence. | This condition has been intensified during re- | cent vears, and has been especially notice- able since the outbreak of the war, which dis- | " closed the true internal condition of the coun- | try. Uinder the existing condition the Govern- ment has no means of knowing the truth about | the country and what the people need, and is 80 reduced to dct upon what it thinks is best | for the people. But such action only makes matters worse and leads to blunders and con- tinued estrangement. The trouble is the peobie are excluded from any part in the Govern- ment. Instead of encouraging self-reliance, we foster tutelage by centralizing power in the hands of bureaucrats. The result of this is es. pecially noticeable in citles where the state of slege, renewed from year to year, permits Ditrary rule, suspension of law and interference with elective assemblies: yet now we ara pros ised @ great increase of the already wide & thority of provincial Governors. All this de- stroys the feeling of safety and exercises a disintegrating Influence upon all branches of national activity. Progress is impossible, so, long as bureaucracy biocks the guarantee of personal rights, thereby paralyzing the very | essence of individual Intiative. “The absence of | freedom of consclence, speech and press are prime factors in the estrangement of rulers and ecnie. S P Restrictions bear grievously upon classes as well a the masses. intensify discontent, war acts and opinions of the ruling spheres, foster- | ing irresponsibility and arbitrariness. i Bureaucracy promotes religious intolerance, | muzales the press and stifies freedom of speech in order to give a Speclous appearance of solid- {1ty to the structure of the state. The bureau- | *s efforts to Imprison the people’s minds | inevitably leads to brute force. We want a free and independent administration of justice as an essential safeguard against this con- | stant encroachment upon the life and ifberty of the individual. reform is possible without equality For this | | No_real of all idividuals before the law. T peasants must be rescued from their present ~condition of servitude and granted equal rights With other classes of the commu- nity. Peasants must be given the widest share in local government by the creation of a small Zemstvo unit and, the Zemstvo system bs thor- oughly revised so as to bring It into closer contact with the people. ——— et Leave on Mediterranean Tour. BOSTON, Nov. 20.—Among those ! who sailed to-day on the White Star liner Canopic for the Mediterranean, were the following San Francisco peo- ple: Miss Carmen Melendez, re. Thomas B. Griggs, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Wilson, E. P..Vining, Miss Ellen P. i { | i latest miracle play, ! Pancratius, a young Romgan noble. | occurs after the debate, Pancratius, in- | use of his new power to force Pancra- | the boy, Diocletian calls on-his guards | accompanied by Sebastian, visits his 1 | | | f WILL PRODCCE MIRACLE PLAY (lara College Are to Pre-| sent “The Light Eternal” el i | SUCCESS NOW, ASSURED Seats Are in Demand for Initial Performance to Be Given Thanksgiving Eve B S SANTA CLARA, Nov. A brilliant success is predicted for Santa Clara's “The Light Eter- nal.” A crowded house has been as- sured for the Thanksgiving event per- formance and a large delegation from this city will attend on Satur-| day night, November 26. ! A dress rehearsa! took place in the | college theater Thursday night, in the| | | I | | i presence of a small but critical audi-| ence. | The author is a young student of | the college, Martin V. Merle, who has | appeared in the public eye on several| occasions past, first as the stage direc- | tor of the Passion Play and later as| the author of “The Prairie Judgment” | and “The Cardinal's Prisoner.” | In brief the plot of the play is this: | cretly a Christian, wins the Emperc badge in a public speaking contest that | takes place within the crowded walls | of the Colosseum. Thus he gains the admiration of all Rome and at the same time the jealous enimity of his defeated opponent, Corvinus, son of the prefect of the city. In a quarrel between the two, which flamed with the ardor of youth, is taunted into making a passionate con- fession of his faith. From the fatal effects of his declaration he is only saved by the act of his bosom friend, Sebastian, captain of the Emperor's guards, who appoints the youth to aj high army post at Campagna. Pan-| cratius serve# in the army for four| vears with great honor, in the mean- | time living happily with his foster- parent, Dionysius. Corvinus, however, gains the prefect’s chair on the death of his father and immediately makes tius to resign. The young officer comes to Rome, and, In the presence of the prefect's| court, he is offered half the wealth of the city if he will but read aloud the edict against the Christians. An in- tensely dramatic scene follows, in which the youth, after apparently vielding, suddenly rushes to the top of the| throne, tears the edict to fragments | and thunders forth the first command- | ment, “I am the Lord, thy God. Thou| shalt not have false gods before me.” For this he is brought before the Em- | peror Diocletian, and, in the banquet| hall of the palace, where almost one hundred and fifty characters find repre- sentation, he is tried and sentenced to death. Angered at his inability to conquer to force Pancratius to his knees be- fore a statue of the god Jupiter. A struggle follows and Pancratius cries | out for heavenly aid. Instantly a| blinding flash of light smashes the| statue to bits and leaves in its place| a glittering elegtric cross. Dionysius, the prison and gives him a small phial containing the blood of his martyred father. The parting between the three is very affecting. | Corvinus visits the prison and taunts the young Christian, and a stormy scene occurs between them. The last act represents the Emperor's box in the Roman amphitheater. Many | gladiatorial contests take place and are cut short by the impatient shouts of | young ward in the mob, clamoring for the young Christian. The youth is at length led forward. His speches to the Emperor | are interrupted by the mob, which thirsts for his blood. Diocletian finally | gives the signal to admit the beasts, | and as he does so Pancratius, stretch- ing his arms in the form of a cross, cries out, “Forgive them, Father, for| they know not what they do!"” Then | the clang of falling bars is heard to-| gether with the roar of a panther and | the lights go out. | For a few minutes the confused shrieking of the multitude continues | and then there is silence. A beam of light from above discloses a mangled | body on the ground at which all are gazing steadily. Gradually the back-| ground lights up and through the trans- parent scenery the spirit of Pancratius | is seen, surrounded by ministering an gels. A male choir sings the “Gloria. The costumes for the play are ex-| ceptionally striking, as is likewise the accompanying vocal and !nstrumemxl[ music. The principal roles will be | enacted by the following students:| Gerald P. Beaumont, William Johnsor John I. Ivangovich, George Case: Fred Sigwart, William McKagney, Francis Ryan, August Aguirre, William | P. Crowley, George J. Chrystal, Lee" Murphy, J. C. Bach, Frank Heffernan, Leo Atteridge, Edward McDougall, W. T. Blow, Mathen Wilson, Robert Fitz- gerald, Joseph Colling, Mortimer Gregg and Morgan Lewis. 1 A special train will leave Third and Townsend stréets Saturday evening, November 26, at 5:30 p. m.. stopping| at all way stations, and returning im- mediately after the performance. | Reserved seats for November 26 may be procured at Sherman & Clay’s. —_——————— Taft in New Orleans. NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 20.—Secre- | tary of War Taft and his party were | to-day taken to Reserve plantation for a glimpse of the sugar industry of Loulsiana. To-night he was the guest of a dinner given by Archbishop | Chappelle. The v will leave Mon- | day on the Dolphin. in order to obtain a daylight view of the river mouth and the jetties. i WEEKLY SANTA CRUZ | EXCURSIONS | $3.00 Round Trilp, Saturday to The above low rate affords a splendid chance to visit one of California‘s greatest winter re- | sorts. Pleasure Is king at Santa Cruz, and social clubs and other- organizations will find | it an ideal place at which to spend the end | of the week. Military band concerts Satur- days and Sundays on the beach, mammoth c sino, pleasure pier, boating, fishing. surf bat ing, also hot salt water and plunge bat Beautitul drives along the beach or among ! flowers. and a delightful clima sunshiny and warm. Tickets on sale Saturda At Third and Townsend streets depot, 613 Mar- ket street and at ferry landing, foot of Ma: ket street. ADVERTISEMENTS. CASTORIA For Infants and Chiidren i Vining. The Canopic will touch at The Azores, Gibraltar and Naples. ——— e DE JANmo.thom—Cmple(e quiet RIO is restored throughous The Kind You Have Always Boughi p e P T Signature of THUGS HOLD [P ARMLESS M4 Vietim Is Unable to Obe Thei He NO MER tern Command That Elevate His Hands CY SHOWN HIM —_— Money Awarded Him Be- cause of Injury Is Taken by the Highwaymen SRS Sgectal Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK. 20.—When three highwaymen pounced upon Joseph Schmudt, at Washington and Court- landt streets, late last night, 1d eried “Hands up,” they met the surprise of their lives. Schmidt sood still like a statue and never raised a finger, much 1 arm. I can’t oblige you," remarked midt, coolly winking across the bar- rel of a revolver into the eyes of the man who held it. “What's that? You won’t oblige, hey.” shouted the footpad, in astonish- ment “That’s right,”” explained Schmidt. “I'd put up my hands in a minute if I I haven't any.” said the relieved ban- but y money,’ he put up his revolver and rred Schmidt's roll of $350 to his ket. w. good night, sonny,” whispered 1 hate to leave you, be- the only capitalist I ever Schmidt both arms in a railroad accident and settled for $1000. The rob- bers secured all that was left of this amount —— e SOLDIERS IN PANAMA RESIC FROM ARMY PANAMA Nov Friday night some sixty soldiers left the bar- 20.—On racks, but luck a strong force of police prevented a disturbance. This morning most of the members of the battalion in Panama insisted on re- gning and the Governmeni, not de- ring to compel the men to remain, | decided to pay them off. Only tweénty- five of the men have not resigned. Fifty armed policemen are keeping guard over the ammunition. 'The Government intends organizing a first- class police force ADVERTISEMENTS. 1304-Taxes- 1304 Notice is hereby on all personal pro; given that the taxes erty secured by real property and one-half of the taxes on real propergy will be due and pavable on Monday, October 10. 1904, and will be delinquent on Monday, November 28, 1904, at 6 o'clock p. m.. and unless paid prior thereto fifteen per cent will be added to the amount thereof, and that if said one-half be not pald before the last Monday in April next, at § o'clock p. m.. an additional flve per cent will be added thereto; that the remaining ome-half of the taxes on all real property will be payable on and after the first Monday in Japuary next, and will be delinquent on the last Monday in April next thereafter | at 6 o'clock p. m., and unless paid prior thereto, five per cent will be added to the amount thereof. That all taxes may be paid at the time the first installment as herein provided is due and payable. That said taxes are due and payable at the office of the Tax Collector, New City Hall. N. B.—For the convenience of taxpay- ers unable to call during the day. this office will be open continuously during the month of November from 6:30 a. m. to 9 p. m.. commencing Monday, Novem- ber 1, 1904. Taxpayers will greatly facilitate this office and themselves by bringing last year's tax bills. (Signed) EDWARD J. SMITH. Tax Collector of the City and County of San Francisco. visir DR. JORDAN'S anzar HUSEUM OF ANATOMY 1051 MADXET OT. bet. GthaTd, 6.7.0al. o5t Anatomical Masoum in the Worid. Weaknesses or any comtracied dbseass cmred by e oldast Speciaiist on the Cott. Est. 36 years. OR. JORDAN—D'SEASES OF MEN Consultation fres and Tromment percosaity’ o by Teler & Pomtios Oure in vary case undertaken. Write for Book, PEIL@SOPRY af MARRIAGE, MAILED FREZ. (A vaiuable beok for men) & CO.. 1051 Market St. Ammunition, Hunting and Sporting ods. stock. Lowest prices. Send for catalogue. SHREVE & BARBER €O, 739 Market st. and 821 Kearny st. Use Big @ for unnaturad discuarges. lnflanimations irritations or ulcerations DIRECTORY OF RESPONSIBLE HOUSES. Catalogue and Price Lists Mailed on Application. FRESH AND SALT MZATS. IS BOYES & Co. Shises Hogmim 10 LEAKY ROOPS AND SXYLIGHTS. Al kinds repaired. Globe Stewr Metal Works, 1176-1178 Mission st. Pho OILS. TING OILS: LEONARD & “LLIS, . Phone Matn 1718 LUBRICA 418 Front ., 8. F. PRINTER, 811 Sansome .. & W E. C. HUGHES.