The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 27, 1904, Page 3

o THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1904. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO DISCUSS PROPOSED PUBLIC LIBRARY SITES TO-DAY BATTLE DAILY BEFORE PORT ARTHUR Russian Supply Bases Cut Off From the Main Force. LONDON, Mail's correspond 27.—The it at Daily Toklo cables ships pro- e roadstead ange their po- , which meant giv- benefit of dark- not known. recently po- tured behind off the Rus- from the main yers a fortress is the s ever attacked and stopol, with hills ly supporting tramways and ted by i backed rese have accom- its immediate cap- a dispatch dated Decem- messenger from Port Arthur de- anese attack on the even- g of scember 22 with a light ymn of 5000 men and many ma- guns the northern defenses. ey deshed along the railway, car- d h after trench and succeeded reaching the watercourse beneath | ayuisean Mountain, when the Rus- worked terrible execu- e bayonet fight occurred A strong Russian force ADVERTISEMENTS. ANDS GUAR ANTIED B MILK CONDENSING C° 0L oRICIRETOA S Cut the Can and compare the quality of Pet Brand Evaporated Gream y of its imitations. Note the difference. See how d ing our product is, owing fo its heavy consistence, which keeps the butter fat equal distributed, in contrast wil the cheap and thin imita- tions which allow the but- fer fat to rise and form unsightly clods. Dr. Lyon’s PERFECT Tooth Powder AN ELEGANT TOILET LUXURY L T ’ 1s requested a | |advanced eastward of Payuisean Mountain, threatening the retreat of the Japanese, who, after a desperate struggle, retired to the north, leaving several, machine guns, 300 rifles and eighty prisoners. It is estimated that | they lost 600 killed. The Japanese { halted near the cemetery, and, finding that both their flanks had carried all the works forming the outlying range (of the main forts, they intrenched ow|ukase was issued to-night. The docu- a smeall hill near Etze Mountain, un- der a severe enfilading fire which caused them heavy losses.” i Lval B RIOTERS KILL A COLONEL. ts from Port | Alti-Conscription Disorders Occur in Polish Cities. ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 26.—While the new mobilization —is.proceeding quietly in most places, disorders are reported to have occurred in Poland. by walls mask- | The most serious disturbance was at | 2 % ent of the troops from | Razon yesterday, where one colone] | 85t measure of relief which can be ac- They assert that no | was killed and a gendarme wounded. | ©0rded on the various subjects. world could have | There has also been much rioting at | Bakhout, where 6000 conscripts pil- deprecate as oversan- | laged a few houses and fruit stalls. |sembly. Neither is the Jewish religion | No one was killed. ST A e Holland May Aid Russia. | LONDON, Dec .—Japanese naval | indignation, according to/a Tokio dis- patch to the Times, is becoming | aroused by rumors that Holland is | about to place Sebang, twenty miles | north of Malacca, at the disposal of | the Russian Baltic squadron. P Japanese Force MUKDEN, Dec. 26. | who crossed the Shakhe River on Fri- | day surprised a force of the enemy, | Killing about 100 men and taking fif- | teen prisopers. The Russian losses | were trifiing. e JAIL FOR THE DRUNKARDS INSTEAD OF THE HOSPITAL New Rule to Be Put Into Effect by the Authorities in New York. NEW YORK, Deec. stead of a comfortable cot, will be the lot after January of the several thou- sand habitual or occasional drunk- ards who in the course of the year seek Bellevue Hospital for treatment and use the institution as place to sleep off their sprees. 26.—Arrest, | new scheme of decreasing the list of alcoholic patients carries with it a statement that a detail of police will be on duty day and night at the hos- pital. When a drunkard appears as a candidate for the alcoholic ward his pedigree will be examined. If found Folice Department. INVENTOR OF GOLD BRICK IS SUMMONED BY DEATH Thomas O’Brien, Notorious Confidence Operator, Dies at Penal Settle- ment at Cayenne. NEW YORK, Dec. 26.—A report has reached this city that Thomas O’Brien, leged inventor of the gold brick swindle, is dead in the French penal been serving a life sentence for the murder of his partner, “Kid” Wad- dell, in Paris in 1895. Several of O'Brien’s old friends in this city are said to have received the news direct from Cayenne. ————————— CLERK IN BROOKLYN DIES FROM NOSEBLEED Doctors Unable to Stop the Flow and the Victim Soon Succumbs. NEW YORK, Dec. 26.—Nosebleed has caused the death of Edward Mur- ray, 17 years old, a clerk, living in Brooklyn. He returned from work on Christmas eve in his usual health, but awoke in the morning with a severe dache. A few hours later blood running from his nose. Doctors called, but could not stop the flow and Murray died. e <L <) legal trial for all persons accused. in- | a handy | Preliminary announcement of the| | to be an old customer he will be ar- | rested and taken in charge by the city | the notorious confidence man and al- | settlement at Cayenne, where he had | + PARTIAL RERORMS ~ FAVORED ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. | peror Nicholas® 26.—Em- long-expected reform | ment deals, under eight heads, with | practigally all the subjects brought to | the Emperor’s attention by the memo- i rial of the congress of Zemstvo presi- | dents held here last month. While not i specifically pledging the Government to | carry out the various reforms in their | entirety, as demanded by the memorial, | the Czar promises that each shall be re- { ferred to the Council of Ministers, with | orders to report promptly on the full- One question not touched by the | ukase is that of the constitutional as- | specifically mentioned, though freedom | for all créeds or sects, whether Chris- | tian or otherwise, is among the sub- Jjects dealt with. | 'The ukase promises an equal and full enforcement of existing laws; assures the Zemstvos of the 'ruilest possible measure of self-government and the en- forcement of the laws now existing in | their behalf; promulgates a scheme of | werkingmen'’s insurance; “‘extends the | liberty of the press and promises a full The imperial decree, which is entitled | “a scheme for the improvement of the administration of the state,”” is ad- | dressed to the Senate: It first describes the reforms already undertaken in be- | half of the peasants and continues: CHANGES PROPOSED. Surveyinz the wide domain of the peopie's | uttermost needs, we regard as urgent in the interest of the legal strengthening of civic and public life: | First—The adoption of effective measures | for safesuarding the law In its full force as | the most important pillar of the throne of the | autocratic erapire, in order that its inviolate fuifillment for all alike shall be regarded as | | the first duty by all the authorities and in all es subject to us; that its non-fulfillment 1 inevitably bring with it legal responsi- bility for every arbitrary act, and that per- sons who have suffered wrong by such acts xhall be enabled to secure legal redress. Becond—That local and _municipal tions should be given as wide ® institu- ope as possi- in the adminlstration of various matters ctinz local welfare and that they should conferred upon them the necessary in- sndence, Within legal Jimitations, and that | esentatives of all sections of the popula- | nterested in_local matters should be called upon in equitable conditions to take part in those institutions with a view to the | | completest satisfaction possible of their needs, Besides the Government's and Zemstvo dis- trict institutions hitherto existing, there should be also established in connection with them public institutions for the administra- tion of local affairs in localities of smaller | extent | Third—That, in order to secure equality of persons of all classes before the law, steps should be taken to bring about the necessary unification of judicial procedure throughout the empire and to assure independence of the courts. Fourth—That for the future developfent of the measures introduced by us for the protec- | tion of workimen in factories, workshops and commercial establishments, aftention is to be given to the question of the Introduction of State fnsurance for workmen. RELIGION AND THE PRESS. Fifth—That there should be a revision of the exceptional laws decreed at the time of an unvaralleled outbreak of criminal activity on | the part of the enemies of public order and the application of which was attended with a grave extension of the discretionary power of same time steps should be taken for circum- scribing their aoplication within the narrow- est possible limits and for assuring that lim- itation 8 the rights of private persons fn. volved in that apolicat'on shall only be per. mitted in cases where the actual safety of the | State is threatened 4 Sixth—That in confirmation of my unde- viating heart’'s desire, as expressed in the im- perial manifesto of March 3, 1908, for the pro- tection by the fundamental laws of the em.- pire of tolerance in matters of faith, the laws dealine with the rights of communities ana 1 persons_belonging to heterodox and mon-Chris- tlan confessions should be submitted to re- vision, and that, independently of this, meas- ures should be taken for the removal of all limitations on the exercise of their religions Seventh—That there should be such re- vislon of existing ordinances ' limiting the rights of forelgners, and measures in certain localities_of the empire that in the future there shall remain only such of them required by the present fn of th and “P‘l:hm‘#::" I;llndl of our people. Jighth— all unnecessary restrictions should be removed from the existf press laws and that Whhflmfiu Jf-u be placed within clearly legal that the native press, in accordance with e IO E m’u—dbfllt’ of worthily m its hi , namely, to be the true reasonable strivings for Russia’s ’ Champions of 4 Rival Plans Will Be on Hand —_— The advocate of the two proposed sites for the new public library bufld- ing will be on hand to-day when the matter is again taken up by the joint utilities and finance committee of the Supervisors. The above map, which was brought to the Call office by B. J. 8. Cahill, shows the location of block 67, tHe orliginal site proposed; also the lo- cation\of block 73, which has many champions. The map is made from plans in the office of D. H. Burnham, the distinguished architect, who has been engaged to prepare a scheme for the improvement and adornment of the city. The two proposed libracy. sites together with two suggested plans for the extension of the park panhandle to Van Ness avenue and their relation to Mr. Burnham's “civic center” are shown thereon. —_——— ‘When you have an aversion to food it is an indication that you should take Lasl’s Kidney and Liver Bitters. ~* —_— e Despondent Man Takes His Life. Despondent because he could not find employment, Valentine Troche, a native of Porto Rigo, committed sui- cide last night by shooting himself. Troche procured a revolver and went to his room at 751 Vallejo street and placed it to his head and fired. Po- licemen James Connolly and Bert ‘Wren hastily arrived on the scene, but before the patrolmen could summon medical ald Troche expired. He was about 35 years old. SALVATION ARMY FEEDS MMORE THAN -BWO BHOUSAND GUESTS. At noon yesterday the doors of the 0dd Fellows’ Hall were thrown open to wailing hundreds of the poor of San Francisco by the local branch of the Sulvation Army. From all parts of the =ity came the hungry ones, but prin- cipally from the vast district that lies south of Market street. Long before the hour arrived the line of men, women and children grew so great that it required the presence of two policemen to keep them in Jine and rrevent crowding. Worn out mothers, hciding tired and pale-looking children ia arms or leading others by the hand, men in all kinds of torn and frayed ciothing, and many who were com- pelled to lean upon canes came halting and limping to the feast. And the unfortunate ones who came after 12 o'clock and had to wait tlieir turn while the.others were eating be- came mcre and more hungry as they saw the others departing with glad- dened faces and the little ones roisily leaving with pockets bulging with good thinrgs foraged from the tables. Below in the kitchens and supply rooms elaborate preparations had been made to feed the multitude. A large force of cooks and waiters, made up of Salvation Army lads and lasses, hur- I AR L S ried back and forth all morning setting ‘ables, fixing decorations and preparing the nmsses of food. One sid® of the large dining-hdall was partitioned «ff and there stood many tables laden with loaves of bread and stacks of pies. | One table was piled high with celery, while boxes of apples, oranges, raisins | and nuts were lying around in pro- fusion. In the kitchen rows of baking turkeys, rounds of beef and cooking vegetables sent up an aroma through the outside gratings that whetted (he’ appetites of the men in line outside. When the doors were opened, after what seemed an interminabdle wait, the women and children were the first ad- mitted and the first served- As the six long tables seating fifty people each were filled the noise of the hurrying waitresses and the clatter of dishes soon began. This noise was drowned by the music furnished by the army band, which added its quota to the hubbub in the hall The dinner was started with a short | prayer by Colonel French, who also | bade the guests welcome in a short speech, in which he invited them to eat all they could and take their time about it. There was smafl need of the advice. Many of the women brought bags into which they placed frgits and other eatables, while all the children left the hall with pockets bulging with apples and oranges, nuts-and raisins. From 12 o’clock noon to 4:30 the men patiently waliting in line outside were admitted to the hall in detachments of three hundred and ranged In chairs along the south side of the hall until those already seated at the tables had finished eating. At 4:30, when the last Suest had been served, the waitresses and helpers, on whom had develved the hard work, gathered at the tables and little was left when all had finished. The dining hall was decorated in greens and in the many wreaths of holly that decorated the center row of pillars was placed a picture of the late Mrs. Booth Tucker. Streamers of red, blue and yellow, the colors of the Army, were hung from the central pil- lars to the walls. The tables were cov- ered with flowers and holly, and the newspapers of the city gave rolls of clean white paper, strips of which were removed and fresh paper laid after each tableful of guests had finished. Aitogether the officers figured that over 2200 guests had been served. The officers in charge of the affaic were Colonel and Mrs. French, Brig- adier and Mrs. Wood, Major and-Mrs. Fynn. Major Fynn had active super- vision of all the preparations for the dinner, likewise the purchase and dis- tribution of supplies. Altegether the dinner was a splendid success and many poor people had cause to be thankful yesterday for the good work of the army. ADVERTISEMENTS. ! 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