The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 5, 1905, Page 5

* steamship Nigretia has been con- THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, .JANUARY 5, 1905. NOGI DO Food and Medicines for Port Arthur Sufferers. AP HEADQUARTERS OF THIRD JAP- E ARMY, AT PORT ARTHUR, | The formal entry of the Jap- | into Port Arthur on January 8 will be an imposing spectacle. The | Japanese officers will be given a ban- | quet in the city on January 10. The reason for the surrender of the | fortress is evident from a visit to| Wantai Hill. The entire strength of the position lay in the main line of the outer defenses. The possession of Wan- tal gave the besiegers the key to the forts east of the city. The hills in the | rear were not fortified and afforded a | full cover for the assaulting forces. | TOKIO, Jan. 4—The following report | wag received from General Nogl at 3| o'clock this afternoon. | “Order is maintained at Port Arthur by the officers. The people are quiet. ‘Our minute investigation was not fin- | ished until Tuesday night. The total number of inhabitants is about 35000, of whom 25,000 are soldiers or sailors. The total number of sick or wounded is 20,000, Common provisions and bread are plentiful, but there s a C scarcity of meat and vegetables. There | -, are no medical supplies at Port Arthur. | The Japanese are strenuously succor- ing the people. The capitulation com- mittees are pushing their respective works."”" The Jiji, in discussing the capture of | Port Arthur, reviews the price paid in | lives, and says “We ought to keep Port Arthur in| our hands so long as our empire ex- ists. Port Arthur is the key to peace in the Far East and it is our duty to keep the key in our hands.” The Emperor of Russia has cabled to General Stoessel, saying that the giv- ing of their parole or the alternative of imprisonment is optional with the| Street sales of the Russ have been | suspended by official order owing to | the tode of Its editorial articles since | the fall of Port Arthur. The Narsh- | | 1o their respective tents before the first docu- | telephone informed the investing troos radny has received “first warning.” i OYAMA RENEWS ACTIVITY. Fierce Night Attack Upon Kuropat- | kin's Right Flank. MUKDEN, Jan. 4#—On Monday and vesterday a general attack was ex- | pected. On Saturday the Japanese | showed indications of beginning seri- ous operations. During the previous ht they located a battery on the khe River bridge, from which they enfiladed the Rugsian trenches, being | supported by a hfavy cannoade along | the whole center. The Japanese used khimose shells. At midnight on Saturday, cover of impenetrable darkness, panese attacked the right Russian | flank energetically, directing eir | movement principally against a strong redoubt, but they were repulsed. | imultaneously an attack was launched ainst the Russian trenches farther east, but before daylight it was aban- doned. under the | e British Steamship Condemned. NAGASAKI, Jan. 5.—The British demned as a prize. g Japanese Party Annihilated. "AYASTON, Manchuria, Sunday, Jan. 1—Last night \Russian volun- teers, under command of Lieutenant Georgivisky, destroyed a large native house overlooking both the Russian and the Japanese lines, from which the Japanese signaled to the advanced posts. It was a quiet plece of work The party surrounded the house with. out firing a shot. A hand to hand fight with the Japanese ensued and all | of the Japanese were killed within three minutes. The Japanese trenches opened on the volunteers, but they re- tired safely. [ S— WILL PRESERVE NEUTRALITY. Dutch Naval Militla May Safeguard Eastern Islands. THE HAGUE, Jan. 4.—Premier Kuyper has abandoned his projected | stay in the south of France for the; benefit of his health, as he considers the question of maintenance of strict Dutch neutrality in the East Indies demands his personal attention. In| the event of it becoming necessary the Marine Ministry is prepared to call out the naval militia for the purpose of safeguarding the neutrality of the Dutch Eastern islands. Tt Is understood that the Japanese cruisers reported in those seas are of small fighting value and that they were merely sent to watch possible mevements of the Russian second Pa- cific squadron there, - VICTORS QUICK TO AID THE VANQUISHED. NOBLE WORK ING Brown Prisoners in| Port Arthur Are Released. LONDON, Jan. 5—The Daily Mat's| correspondent with General Nogi's | army before Port Arthur, in a dispatch published this morning, says that the! Russian torpedo-boat destroyers were purposely permitted to escape from | Port Arthur, under the eyes of the Japanese fleet, as a tribute to the brav- ery of the Russian garrison. The correspondent adds that 200 Jap- anese prisoners were discovered at Port Arthur, many of them having partici- pated in the desperate efforts to block the channel and who hitherto were sup- { posed to be dead. The Daily Telegraph’s Port Arthur correspondent telegraphs a picturesque account of the scene at the time of the negotiations for the capitulation of Port | Arthur. He says: 1t was a magnificently sunny day, with & wonderful stillness relgning over the’ belliger- ent_lines. strange coricourse was gathered in the vicinity of the cottage where two white flags showcd that the parlementaires were de- liberating and comprised wondering Chinese | pedsants, chilirsn and smiling Japanese ‘“Tom- % d around nine dismounted ho carried:on a gesticulatory ‘cor with the Japanese escort Thrice the parlementaires separated and went ment was completed and, at 4 o'clock, dis- patched to General Stoessel at Port Arthur. An hour later the second document was com- pleted and handed to another Cossack, who, Accompunied by Japanese cavalrymen, dashed toward Port A:thi Later, when dusk set in, eral Stoessel signed the documents and the of the were flashed hen all “banzal: shouted and Bengal lights and flas from ridge to ridge until midnight, agaln became strangely quiet. Fotins STOESSEL'S PATHETIC PLEA. Asks the Czar to Be Merciful to His Heroic Garrison. ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 4—General Stoessel’s last dispatch, dated January 1, prior to the surrender of Port Ar- thur, details the Japanese attack of De- cember 31 and concludes as follows: ehall be obliged to cavitulate, thing is In the hands of God. We ed tearful losse but have We on us!_We have done & humaniy possible. Judge us, but be Nearly eleven months of uninter- ruggle have exhausted us. Only one of the garrison is alive, and of this c the majority are & and, being obliged to act on the defensive without even short intervals of repcss, are worn to shadows. Reports from Chefu state that Gen- eral Stoessel is broken-hearted and be- lieves himself disgraced in the eyes of the world. Civilians who have arrived at Chefu from Port Arthur say the old warrior has not the slightest concep- tion of the real view of his stubborn defense held throughout Christendom. He realizes simply that he was com- pelled to capitulate and that the de- fense of Port Arthur was a fallure. Were it not for his wound, which kept him confined to his bed, it is probable the general would have sought death on the firing line to be spared the re- sponsibility for giving the order of capitulation. A further batch of dispatches from General Stoessel, given out to-day, do not add much to what is already known. He reports the killing of Gen- eral Kondratenko and eight other offi- cers and the wounding of seven officers on December 15 by an 1i-inch shell, which exploded in the casemate of fort No. 3. He says he lost 200 men on De- cember 12 and December 19. A dispatch of December 11 from Gen- eral Stoessel settles the question as to who sank the Russian warships, saying that all those in the inner harbor were sunk by 11-inch Japanese shells, with the exception of the Sevastopol, which was towed to the outer harbor and for four nights repulsed Japanese torpedo- boats. Stoessel says: To-day six to ten battalions of reinforce- ments reached the Japanese. All the Intrench- ments in front of the fortress are firmly held, in expectation of an attack. The Japanese are bombarding the hoepitals with 1i-inch shells. Hospital No. 6 has been demolished and hos- pltals Nos. 9 and 10'are damaged. Two sur- geons and a Sister of Mercy have been wound- d, while several of our wounded men were again hit. Dr. Baiascheff 1s working untiringly, but ft 1s_ditAcult to attend 10,000 wounded, especi- ally in face of frequent bombardments and the frost. We have very few officers; 200 fell in October and November. 1 am replacing them with non-commiesioned officers, who are dotng herofo service. I could not get on without them, gt KUROPATKIN’S . TROUBLES. Ruflroad Inadequate to Supply the Commander’s Needs. ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 4.—From reliable information it appears that the military situation below Mukden is by no meays as satisfactory as re- ported. Thefumber of troops at Gen. | eral Kuropatkin's disposal is about 225,000 and the transportation over the Siberian Railroad is proving inade- quate. SEVENTEEN FOR ; TO-DAY AND T0-MORROW PRICE NO SPECIAL OBJECT NOW-THESE PIANOS’ MUST BE SOLD. Three Fine Kimballs, Two Elegant Deckers, Knabe, Two Steinways, Two Pease and Several Others for Sale on your Own Terms. Work of Tearing Down Building Has Commenced, and We Must Sell Forty-eight Hours. ~ Every one of the remaining choice new planos, also several used ones, can be had here now at the greatest sacrifice in price ever offered by any responsible irm. And you can take virtually your own time paying for an instrument. See the choicé new highest grade cabi- net grand upright piano in our large east show window for $285. Such a one can- not be obtained elsewhere for less than double the price we are now a $25 down and $8 a month secures it. Alongside of it stands a beautiful ma- hogany cased standard grade upright| marked $167. buys It. $17 down and 36 a month king for | MOrRIng and we are anxious to Where can you secure a dupli- |' * cate of this for less than $3257 > One Mahogany These Pianos Within the Next and even $250—goes now for — down and $5 a month. Miv A superb Knabe upright, the $550 Rind, | for $348; a small-sized but excellent slightly used Steinway for $300, and still | &nother Steinway upright for $190—S$8 a month buys any one of these. { 4 oodward & Brown square piano in rgno;;(‘!mon;;x:i for t‘li“_o’rln ‘terms 3: $3 a ;. another SG%h!flme vy choice square for e carpenters will commence dis- mantling this store of ours t n:orro: 't eve: hing out of the way before that time. | You will therefore have to act quickly if you want one of these remaining in- struments; come in this afternoon or this evening. A number of used parlor and chapel organs at your own price. Make us an Another wonderfvl bargain i a choice | offer on these organs—Mason & Hamill highest grade piano is tig elegant littie | Estey. Kimball and Pacifio Queen thay baby finekt “we have Srer Mb tad pelo 3495, Payments ‘of $35 down and 315 a An excellent new Marshall & Compan: upright, such as are usually sold hrp:‘zz{ grand. mahogany case, one of the ! are good as new and we'll refuse no half- w‘nfi' flfl:el;l’le oflJr for them. emember the place. MMER-EIL- E'RS‘N*!)EtSIC C(g“;:] . BSII(EMEKI;'. street. between the Examiner building, e NN e ! ders shall be tried by court-martial, the ! squadron off the coast of Madagascar | Rojestvensky would be compelled to re- - : miles from Redding. Baltic Fleet Not to Proceed to the Far East. Bl ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 5 (5:30 a. m.)—The scenes at the Admiralty and War Office yesterday were a repe- tition of those of Tuesday, crowds of weeping women and children vainly asking for lists of the survivors of the Port Arthur garrison, which could not be given. ‘While the Russian military law is im- perative in the requirement that the commander of a fortress who surren- Emperor undoubtedly will order that this formality be dispensed with in the | case of General Stoessel. | It seems now to be definitely under- stood that Vice-Admiral Rojestvensky’s squadron will not attempt at present to reach Vladivostok. The decision has been reached that he will await the third Pacific squadron, on which work is proceeding night and day and several ships of which are expected to be ready for service by the end of January. It is by no means certain that Rojestven- sky will return with his ships to Euro- pean waters. He may await the third and seize and make his base one of the uninhabited coral islands of Polynesia. In view of the report that the Japan- ese intend to invest Vladivostok, Gen- eral Batiavoff, who has been inter- viewed, has expressed the opinion that if Vladiovostok should be blockaded turn. Many Interesting incidents in connec- tion with Port Arthur, hitherto care- fully concealed, are now commented upon. When the protected cruiser Boyarin was lost by going on the rocks her captain, Sarytchoff, was subjected | to considerable criticism. He appealed personally to Emperor Nicholas for| mercy, saying that if forgiven he would offer his life for his country. Thereafter Captain Sarytchoff volun- | teered on every occasion for dangerous duty. He commanded the gunboat | Gileak at Kinchow, and later a shore | battery at Tiger's Tall, Afterward the captain engaged in several sorties, but seemed to bear a charmed life and re- ceived not so much as a scratch. Emperor Nicholas is expected to re- turn to-morrow to St. Petersburg, when a council of war will be held. e e MENACE KAMCHATKA. PIRATES Americans in League With Japanese Seal Poachers. KABARAVSK, Russia, Jan. 4— itzky, the Russian official who or- ganized the defense of Kamchatka, and owing to an inexplicable blunder was arrested by order of the late Min- ister of the Interior von Plehwe, has just arrived here after a' six months’ PRAGERS (Fourth Floor) be given careful attention. fits the hand; Snider’s 37 hats.. . Oyster Cocktail Sauc hie, conssE Lowney’s; 1-lb. tins... Sugar Peas—Sifted; 3 tins... 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They will =\ o 3 BACON - Best Eastérn Sugar-cured, /Jl"ltc Lennox Soap—Proctor & Gamble's; just Kona Coffee—Pragers Reliable Brand Ground "Chocolate — Ghirardelli’'s or hand-made Old Kentucky Club—Good straight whiskev;co Brand; 4 pints 25¢; pints I PRAGERS 1 PRAGERS The Block Light Bright as the Noonday Sun (Third Floor) The brightest, the simplest and the most easily managed light manufactured. It burns eight parts of air to one of gas: reduces your gas bill one-half casaees 50 e—Bot....zocq and gives ovér four times the light that you can get from yard 1 any other burner. It produces Foea v Ron a light equal to 300 candle- power. 5 25 A whole section of our third 30¢] goo:k {evoted exclusively . to il T fish; 7 Our Postoffice | Qur Pure Food Show (Mezzanine Floor.) ? i et 239 Xow open for your con- | Will Open Feb- : 75¢] “Letters registered | ruary 1st. value ; money orders and stamps Macaroni - The greatest of fts|: kind,_ ever held. old. - . (We connect with all | inches outgoing ragers ALWAYS 'RBLIABLB MARKET = JONES SIS “fui) pecial. ... 70¢| ularly soc ican Gen- || A/ the Shopping Inducements that have made | pqgcio, $1.0 AR MAKE REQUEST FOR A HEARING Election Commissioners Ask Mayor to Press Charges Hanging Over Their Heads The members of the Board of Elec- tion Commissioners have become tired of the position in which they have been placed and insist on either being cleared or convicted of charges that are now pending against them. Accordingly yesterday they made a demand on Mayor Schmitz for a public trial. His Honor took prompt action and last night sent Policeman Peter Fanning to the Jhome of each member of the board with a citation for them to appear before him at the City Hall on Saturday, January 14, for trial. The citation was accompanied with a copy of the charges against the Commissioners, which are as follows: journey through Yakutsk. He says Japanese and American pirates laid | covetous eves on Kamchatka at the very beginning of the war, but that the | population, though a mere handfull, beat off all attacks, burned many Jap- | anese schooners, annihilated a landing | party and captured the Mikado's emis- | sary. A Russian named Baron Bruggers, who is a director of the sealing indus- try, arrived at Kamchatka aboard an| American steamship and spread pessi- | mistic tales of Russian reverses. The | inhabitants, greatly incensed, refused ! to believe his reports and resolved to| defend their territory if hostile war- | ships appeared and if it became neces- sary emulate Duokhivsky's example and burn the city of Petropaviovsk, | retire to an island and wage a guerilla warfare, GrebnitzKy, the official in charge of | the Commander Islands, arrived about | that time and insisted that the volun- teer companies be disbanded, and ow- ing to an explicable blunder Silnitzky and his assistants were compelled to hand over the management of Kam- chatka to Grebnitzky. Silnitzky says the work of the Amer- ican steamship Mineola was extremely suspicious. He hints that light is be- ginning to be thrown upon a .con- spiracy against Russian sealing inter- ests in Kamchatka. it i RUSSIA MAKES PROTEST. Denounces the Shelling of Port Arthur’s Hospitals. PARIS, Jan. 4.—The Russian Em- bassy has transmitted to Foreign Min- ister Delcasse a protest against Japan's alleged violation of The Hague stipu- lations relative to the immunity of hcspitals from attack. The protest is based upon, General Stoessel’s report that the hospitals at Port Arthur were struck during the Japanese bombard- ment, wounding some of the inmates. Delcasse will forward the protest to Japan. Ele oo gaia LITTLE BOOTY FOR VICTORS. Coal and Rice Are All That Remain in Port Arthur. CHEFU, Jan. 4—It is said that the booty which fell into the hands of the Japanese at Port Arthur amounted only to 80,000 tons of coal and two months’ rations of rice. f 270 officers of the Russian navy at Port Arthur at the beginning of the war 180 have been killed or wounded, many of them while doing duty in the forts. e S Japanese Cruisers Off Sumatra. BATAVIA, Island of Java, Jan. 4.— A Dutch vessel which arrived here to- day reports that she met four Japan- ese warships off the east coast of Su- matra on January 8. g Prisoners Confess Identity. TOKIO, Jan. 4—Commander Pelem and a lieutenant of the Russian tor- pedo-boat destroyer Rastoronpy, who were captured on board the British ship Nigretia and taken to Sasebo, Eave confessed their identity before the naval court there. ———— Mountain Lion Chases a Miner, REDDING, Jan. 4.—A cougar or mountain lion is frightening residents in the vicinity of Four-Mile House on the Redding-Weaverville road, eleven The animal has followed a man on harseback and has a miner to his cabin. People in that vicinity are now afraid to leave their homes without taking a rifle along with them. It is believed that the-lion has been forced down from the mountains by the snow. e SAN JOSE, Jan. 4.—J. J. Smith, who was recently Indicted on charges of libel and of aining money by fals . was | He finds there’s many e Samiited to bell P T g . s & slip when he i en Watson, R. §. Os- Alameda That at all times herein mentioned the sald Robert W. Roberts, James A. Devoto, BE. C. Letfingwell, Thomas Maguire and A. W. Voor- sanger were, and each of them was, a duly | appointed, qualified and acting Election Com- | misstoner of said City nd’ County of San Francisco, State of California, and together as such Commissioners composed the Board of Election Commissioners of said City and | County provided for under and by virtue of the charter of said city and county aforesald. That prior to the 9th day of August, 1904, certain political organizations defined By law and existing as such political organizations in said city and county and in said State, duly eomplied with the provisions of the Political Code of said State and became entitled to participate and have a place upon an official ballot at & primary election to be held in said city and county on the 9:h day of August, | 1904, ana 21l the requirements of law having been duly previously complied with, requiring aid Board of Election Commissioners to hold such primary election, there was held in sald y and county on the 9th day of “August, v { 1904, a primary election pursuant to law, ;and in the proceedings of sald Board of Election .Commissioners, and the performance of the official duties of sald Election Commissioners, as members of and composing sald board in the management and conduct of said election, the defendants as such Commissioners and each of them was guilty of willful and corrupt mis- conduct in their said office as such Election Commissioners. . NOT QUALIFIED TO ACT. That on or about the 28th day of June, 1904, at the eaid City and State of California, sald p: did wilitully, knowingly, appoint_one Joseph Rebstock, Fre E. E_Whitney, J. W, Freeman, and W. H. Abraham as primary precinct elec- tion officers for the Eightieth primary election precinct of said City and County of San Fran- cisco, and belng then and there in the Thirty- ninth Assembly District of the State of Cail- Rebstock as inspector, 3 udges, W, . H. Abraham as clerks and John Spargo as bailot clerk, to serve thereafter as such officers at the said primary elcbtion to be held on the 9th day of August 1904, In sald City and County of San Fran cisco, when, at the time 14 appointment, the _sald Joseph_Rebstock, Fred Hancock, E. B, Whitney, J. W. Freeman, John Spargo’ and W. H. Abraham, as the eald members of the said Board of Election Commissioners then and new. were not then and there on essmient Toll of the zaid City and San Francisco, and, When, as the said Board of ‘Blection Commissjoners then and_there well knew, the sald Joseph Rebstock, Fred Hancock, B. E. Whi ’J. 'W. Freéman John Spargo and W. H, Abraham were ail members of the saine political party, and. when, as the said members of the said Board of Blection Com- ‘miesioners tHen and there well knew, the said Joseph Rebstock_Fred Hancock, E.'E. Whit- ney, J. W. Freeman and John Spargo were not’ thén and there registered electors of the primary election precinct for which they were ointed primary precinct election officers, as aforesald, and had not been such registered electors 0f such primary election precinct for thirty Gays prior to thelr sald appointment, and when, as said members of said Board of Flection Commissioners then and there well knew, eald Joseph Rebstock, Fred Hancock and said John Spargo were then and there, to Wit, at the time of their sald appointment as primary precinct election officers, as aforesaid, holding_salaried positions under the govern ment of said City and County ef San cisco, to wit: sald Joseph Rebstock as fo man of the Cleaning and Sprinkiing Depart ment under the Doard of Public Works of said city and county. sald Hancock as teamster fn the Depertment of Electricity under the Board of Public Works of sald city and county and said John Spargo as a stone- cutter_under the Board of Public Works of fald City and County of San Francisco, which Said election precinct officers duly qualified and acted as such precinct officers in said pre- Cinct at said election on August 9, 1904, OFFICERS ARE APPOINTED. That on or about the 28th day of June, 1904, at said city and county of San Francisco, State of California, the said Robert W. James A. Devoto, E. C. Leffingweil, Thomas Maguire and A. W. Voorsanger did ‘wilifully, unlawfully, knowingly and corrup Board o . Foster, C. M. Silverstein, G. E. Merrill, W. Podd, A. R. Goetsen and L. §. Garson as pri mary precinct election officers for the Seventy- R. W. Primary Precinct in the city and third Election county of San Francisco, being. Thirty-ninth Assembly District of the California, to wit: sald ‘W. J. Foster fa C. M. Siiverstein of August. I i and San Francisco, when, at the time of said ap- —-— & Johnny Smart, Who Does Stunts, takes a dip. In Next Sunday’s Call— | {¢ the | tly as such ‘Election Commissioners of said city and county of San Francisco, appoint one W. 0 White Sale Specials. Torchon Laces—r1 to 5 i worth 8c and 10c a yard; special at....5¢c Point de Paris and Double Thread Val- enciennes Laces—Worth 10c and 1274 aryard s specialgb.is i o0 oo Swiss Appliques and Trimming Galoons —TFor wrappers and 10c a yard—White Sale Special..... 2Y5¢ | Edgings—From 2 { worth 8 to 10c a yard; special, per ‘Women'’s Skirts—Made o with cambric flounce; a $1.25 valye; e R L K R Women'’s Skirts—Made of Castile Soap—Italian long bars; regularly 25¢c a bar; mecinll at Bath Soong Mediterranean; reg- Envelopes — A pack- , special es—Large 25c; special for_to- QAY oo erooss R0 Writing Tablet (Main Floor) inches wide; gowns; worth to 4 inches wide; 75¢ fine cambric with a 20-inch flounce; worth $2.00; special at .......... SRR R ..$r14 Black Panne Cloth—48 inches wide; all wool and fast blac special at... Black Sicilian and Brilliant Taffeta—44 wide; ghts; regular 98c value; special at..75¢ Toilet Articles and Stationery. regular $1.25 heavy and medium (Main Floor) Box Paper—Contain- ing 24 sheets and 24 envelopes that is 2¢ sold regularly at special. . 25¢ Good paper, not: and letter size; ioe- 3¢ cial at HOLDS OFFICIAL [PLAN TO FIGHT - P T0 RIDICULE| TOBACCO TRUST —_———— Bill for the Suppresgion of Governor Pennypacker to| and Dealers Organize to Go Before Legislature| Wage the Trade Campaign _ Epecial Dispatch to The Call. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 4—Owners of the Philadelphia North American, | which so incensed Governor Penny- nacker with its lampoons and cartoons that he advocated the suppression of | keepers are preparing to resist to the | the paper in his message to the Legis- ;?‘rg\"la!“g"ml;fiu-mlhey b the cam- lature, have prepared a bill holding the | o we o Governor up to ridicule and paraphras. |, S1eY Met last night, about 230 in ing all expressions used in the measure | They he suggested. The title apd first section of the bill, which will be presented at this ses- sion of the Legislature, are as follows: An act relating to the conduct of public of- ficlals and defining when such public offictals shall be decreed to be a public nuisance and providing for the abatement and suppression thereof, and for the protection of the common- weaith'from degradation, ridicule and contempt —_— The tobacco trust ‘finds guns of war leveled at it in San Francisco. There is no capitulation to it in its move to trade in tobacco. The indepenpdent manufacturers, wholesalers and store- revived the Cigar and Tobacco Merchants’ Association, effected a new organization and made plans to fight the trust. J. S. Parry announced that he had taken st'Ds to deal the “vulture” a smashing blow. He will have a bill in- troduced in the Legislature prohibiting the glving away of coupons or certifis cates with tobaccos, cigars and cigar- ettes. The independents are to retard the sale of the American Tobacco Com- pany’s goods by appeal to thefr cus- tomers. The millions of the trust are a drop in the bucket, say the independ- ents, if the independents will now stand together. The following were the officers elect- ed to lead In the great war of smoke: President, J. S. Parry; first vice president, E. W. Brigge; second vice president, Willlam Harrison; third vice president, M. Coblen secretary, Leon S. i treasurer, Sig. Ca hen: directors (retallers)—Henry Harris, F ‘Wolf, Dan P, Carter, Ben Adler, Max Cahen; cigar manufacturers—D. Frenckel and 8. Hoffman; tobacco manufacturers—J. R. and i Blanchard and T. J. Linehan; leaf tobacco fictal nuisance. dealer, Albert Kohlberg; cigarette manufac- turer, H. Bohls; city salesmen—Ed Allenberg g————————————————— |and K. Baille; wholesalers—Miiton . Esberg . and H. Bier. pointments, the sald W. J. Foster. C. M. sl- | In his speech accepting the presi- E‘"mn‘ t;, ‘1-‘: ‘é:;‘.;‘"'. A,mR. Goc‘l;en, ;‘u;\ dency Parry de;]nred that he would arson an Podd, as the members of the | serve only on the assurance that he Board of FElection Commissione ", thero well knew, were mot on the last sssess. | Dad the unswerving support of “the cigar dealers who own their own stores ment roil of said city and county of San Francisco, and were all then and there mem- | and their own souls.” He said: We are going to have a long, hard and seri- bers of the same political party, as the said members of the said Board of Election Com- |ous fight and must have determined support. With tha. strong backing of our assoclation, I missioners then and there well knew, which gaid election precinct officers duly qualified | am willing to take off my coat, g0 to the bat and give the best that's In me for the fight. and acted as said precinct officers in said pre- cinet at said election on August 9, 1904. Never mind about a speech from me—it is action that we want. All of s:.lhd?cs 'r’du f.nEld is contrary to the duties of oard of Election Commissioners Remarks were made by sev: 5 State o ornia. 3 And you and each of you, the sald defend. | the American. Tobacco Company, and ants’ and. Eieotion b(,\ltnmi‘lumn [storesatt, | a desire to co-operate with the San called upon hereby to answer sald charges isco organization in h 2 were hopeful that the trust could be successfully combated. other misconduct or misdemeanor in your said Donations from leading independent caused by public actions, utterances and rec- | emmendations of public officiale. One section provides: That whenever any publio officer shall by habitual exhibition of unusual, ud letters or speeches, of ir- crous, grotesque, absurd, anti- nd imbecile thoughts, ‘or shall by the advocacy in public documents of quated habitual bloody, brutal and savage forms of punishment, bring this commonwealth, or any county or city thereof, into public scandal, contempt, ridi- cule, scorn and laughter, thereby degrading and demeaning sald commonwealth, county or city ‘n the estimation of sane, rational, law- abiding and God-fearing citizens of neighbor- ing ¢ , counties and cities, he shall be, ereby declared to be, & public and of- Independent Manufact»urers‘ take the city for wholesale and retali number, all enthusiastic for the fray. | LOOKS FORWARD 10 A BIG YEAR Banker Hutton of New York Is Firm in Belief That 1905 Will Be Prosperous « No one takes a more hopeful view of the commercial conditions of this coun- try for the coming year than Edward F. Hutton, a well-known New York banker, who is among the lafest ar- rivals at the St. Francis. Banker Hut- ton Is making a short visit to San Francisco on private business. In dis- cussing the commercial affairs of-the country last evening he said: During the last thirty days activity on the New, York Stock Exchange has been pro- nounted and the transactions have been the nce the bull market of 1901. It natural result, after a continued advance in the price of securities for months with very few reactions, and those small moment, that a time would arrive when adverse news would bring aboyt a materfal re- action. In fact, speculation had begun to as- sume such proportions at the opening of De- cember that many of the leading finaneial in- stitutions in New York were hoisting danger signals. Banks were scrutinizing collateral more carefully and there was a general feel- ing that a reaction must come before the first of the new year. It came, however, most un- expectedly, ‘as Is usually the case, shortly after the issuance of the President’s message. and on Wednesday and Thursday, December 6 . liquidation was severe and at times The same large interests that bout the reaction appeared as buyers of stocks on Thursday, and they have been ac- cumulating them on ail weak days since then. The technical position of the market is now » strong one and I look for a resumption of the uoward trend of securities without any great reaction for some time. It has been frequently observed that goes iron and steel, 80 goes the country.” The production and ‘consurfiption of pig fron fs rapidly in- creasing. The lurge steel companles are re- fusing orders for delivery beyond June next and prices are being raised on all finished products. It is the general opinion that the exports of merchandise from the United States for 1904 will exceed $500,000,000, which breaks the high record of 1901 over $60,000,000. . In considering railroad earnings it is well to keep in mind that during the last six months the railroad companies of this country have expended hundreds of millions of dollars for betterments. The effect of these expenditures will ultimately become apparent in the reduced operating expenses, and it is also reasonable tg expect that before long these extraordinary ex- penditures will cease. Then the true earning power cf the big rafiroads will be shown and result in the payments of dividends where none are now being paid and increased divi- dends on many roads now on the market list. With enormous corn and cotton crops and high prices for wheat, an increased production of gold and enlarged exports of our manufac- tured zoods I look forward o the year 1905 with a strong belief in an improvement in all lines of business, and, as a natural result, a general advance’ im prices of securities ana better conditions for the people in-all ses- tions of the country. | e T e ey e S trust and the independent dealers. Let us not be frightened like sheep, but let us give battle and this wolf of a trust will turn out to be an ass in wolf’s skin.” Other speakers were Herman Gud- stadt, M..Cerf, Charles Mattheas and Fresident Parry. office_as said Election Commissioners or ae sald board relating to the conduct or manage- ment ofl‘ll.‘(d pr!‘lmm election, all of which ncmint and g ey caor ink % M2 | firms to the cause were reported to the the Mayor of =ald city and county upcn a day | amount of $550. and hour fixed in the citation imued herein | E. W. Briggs urged the independent hodud 2 b B BBt e e B Te- | dealers to stand together. He had ot the sald city and county. _miselon- | words of condemnatfon for those who Dated Franclsc, the 4th day of January, | had “‘sold out to the trust.” He spoke E. E. SCHMITZ, in praise of M. A. Gunst & Co. and of Mayor of Sald City and County. |G, V. Poar for “standing between the ROBERTS IS ANXIOUS. Robert W. Roberts, president of the Board of Election Commissioners, in an interview last night stated: The time has come when either the inne- cence or guilt of the Election Commissioners must be definitely settled. We have been as- salled by & designing press that has stopped at mothing to heap discredit upon the efforts of the commission to give the community a pure ballot and ciean administration of its election affalrs. A and partisan Grand Jury has eprostituted its power to inaugurate @ legal proceeding that has failed and no stone has been left unturned to {njure the present city administration by besmirching the Elec- |* tion Commissioners and piling charges up_against them. We have walted patiently and in vain for some sort of a public trial that would settle the matter of ther. This has been denied Grand Jury would not hear owr side of the story and the press is_devoted to but one phase of the situ- ation. We have, therefore, demanded a public investigation and are prepared to stand by the results. We have nothing to conceal or to be ashamed of. i Following is a copy of the request for trial as made by the members of the commission: To the Honorable Eugene E. Schmits, Mayor of the City and County of San Francisco—We, the undereigned, members of the Board of Election Commissioners of the City and County of Ban Francisco, hereby represent to your Honor tha cha; against us and each wiliful and corrupt mis office, as sald Election Commissioners, and we and each of us hereby represent that you, as sald Mayor of the city and county, by Virtue of the powers imposed upon you by the charter of sald ‘city and county fo investigate the condust of all officials of said city and county, do fully investigate any and all charges of will- ful and corrupt misconduct against ‘mem- bers of sald Board of Election Commissioners. price. merit commands it. . ROBERTS, A W. VOORSANGER. L EFFINGWELL, " BE. C. N THOMAS MCGUIRE. Statue Is Not Damaged. The statue on the dome of the City Hall was not damaged by the recent earthquakes. Yesterday John J. 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