The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 2, 1905, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MAR(EH 2, 1905. (4 Ui | | 7AR OF DOOM ateed Priest De- : Rivers of Blood Flow in Russia THE POPULACE — - ommunic That o (iven a Plan for a General Insurrection Being Elaborated Is* Now D CHARLES BERESFORD TO VISIT UNITED STATES British Admiral Completes Sea Service Turns Over Fleet to His Successor. IAMBERS OF COMMERCE DEMAND FISCAL REFORM Commercial Bodies Ask That 1 Imperial Conference Be Called. tem unfair nfer- s the WILHELM ENTIRE RENTS HOTEL IN SICILY s of Taorma at Taormina Are Compelled to Give Up Their Rooms. LAN, March 1.—A dispatch from | that all visitors Emperor ill_ be directly he Emperor has rented 0,000 lire ($20,000). THE VALUE OF CHAROCOAL. Few People in Preser Know How Useful It Is ng Health and Beauty. T } that char- ost efficient , but aken into a e cleans- d carries after eating getables. and im- tens the natural eath R and throat from tarrh sell charcoal in »ab, most for the mor harcoal Lozenges; th £ the finest powder: d other harmjess et form or rather in Dlepsant tasting charcwoal being mixed use of these lozenges will iproved condition better complex- end purer blood, , that no pos- their con- contrary, great in speaking of says: “I ad- ! Lozenges to all g from gas in stomach to clear the complex- breath, mouth and »ve the liver is great- i by daily use of themi; but twent e_cents a box and although ih some preparation, yet I be- re and better charcoal in oal Lozenges than in any ry charcoal tablets.” oal £t s of the ordina PUN WARNS OVANA'S SIECE CUNS POUNDING THE RUSSIAN FORTIFCATIONS Untenable the Positions Held by Kuropatkin's Army. Fast Rendering Stoppage of News From the| Front Is Regarded as a4 Bad Omen. AL e s PETERSBURG, March 2.—The a rigid censorship has set- n over events in Manchuria. no news of the results of yes- hting. Dispatches descnb»i turesque events of the night | from Dapass and the all-| combat at the rallroad bridge ross the Shakhe River have been al-| owed to come through, but nothing to | show whether General Kuropatkin is withdrawing or is determined to stand his ground. It is significant that no news has been received from the| threatened left flank, the last dis- | patches leaving the Russians clinging desperately to ® Oubenpusa _against ng forces of General Kuroki's vet- ST P ugh it is not admitted War Office, the general impre military circles is that Gene at patkin may be forced to withdraw. Not only is General Kuroki thre ning munications, but the redoubts loff and Novgorod hill 1d even themselves, k to the posi- i the Russian ceh appear to be crum ng away under the impact of the terrible shells such as leveled! the fortifications of Port Arthur and rendered the fortress untenable. No | troops will be able to retain the pot tion long if the bombardment con- tinues. | It develops that the Russians were unabie to hold permanently the south-| ern end of the raiiroad bridge across the Bhakhe River. The advance of they right wing seems for the moment to have come to a standstill. Magnificent spring weather set in to-day ispatches from General February 27 and he capture of the River dge. At-| tacks by the Japanese on Gauto Pass | were repulsed on ‘February and on Februa nce guards st The Japane caused con- of - hand ing the night February . SIEGE GUNS HAMMER PUTILOFF. SAKHETUN, Manchuria, Mar 1 The Japane 4 on two sides. Th ank continues. right fi The artillery fig long ront of about 100 Tha detachment near Kondayu has repuised the Jepanes k. The Jap- anese also have been driven In from Tunsilai Pass and from the vicinity of | Gauto. At the bridge over the Shakhe River | a turious struggle co A small wood nearby has co changed hands, but it is now definitely occupied by the Japanese. It is rumored that a division of the e on the extreme right is ing north and has reached Ka- RUSSIANS FIRING BLINDLY. GENERAL OKU’'S HEADQUAR- | TERS, Tuesday, Feb. 28.—The Japanese left wing is driving back the Russian y sts. The Japanese have occupied a line from Sh 1, two m! west of the Hun R n a north di- est j rection to Kalita, on the east bank of | the Liao River. A heavy bombardment along the entire line west of the rail- road is in progress night and day. The Russjans are firing blind with field and heavy guns. The Japanese remain in their positions and make no serious ! response to the Russian fire. Last night five companies of Russian infantry attacked Lantin, aided by a terrible artillery fire. After desperate hand-to-hand fighting, which lasted for | an hour and a half, the Russians were | repulsed, leaving ty dead. Many | trophies were taken, as well as some prisoners. The Japanese loss did not | exceed fifty. Small detachments of Ruseians also attacked at many other points, but in every case they were repulsed SLAV ATTACKS REPULSED. TOKIO, March 1—The headquarters | of the Japanese army on the Shakhe | River, telegraphing yesterday, says: | “The enemy’s batteries at Tungyou Mountain and the northern height of Tangchiatun commenced bombarding | at four o'clock to-day. We did not| reply. | )n Monday night the enemy’s field at Shupangtai and heavy guns at concentrated their fire ts in the wicinity of the e. At 1 o'clock in the morning five companies of infantry ad- vanced on either side of the railroad and surrounded our outposts. Finally part of t enemy charged into our| trenches and engaged in a fierce hand- | to-hand fight. Our posts had repulsed the enemy entirely.at 3 o'clock in the morning. The enemy left sixty dead, | some prisoners and some spoils. | “Smalil bodies of the enemy at Wan- chiayuantzu, nchiatzu and Lapatal have been repulsed.” e —— STUBBORN FIGHT AT NIGHT.' | Japanese Retake Shakhe Bridge Cap- tured by Russians, HUAN MOUNTAIN, March 1.—After | an all-night battle the Russian forces which seized the railroad bridge across the Shakhe River retired after having destroyed the Japanese fortifications at the farther end of the bridge and thrown the Japanese forces into con- sternation. The Japanese losses were heavy. The -attack on the bridge began at 8 o'clock Tuesday evening. Under cover of a heavy bombardment, Russian chasseurs dashed forward and crossed | the bridge, drove back the defenders ! ang occupied the farther end of the ! ridge, | There the chasseurs threw up hasty } intrenchments and soon drove the Jap- i anese from their defenses at the head | of the bridge. An hour later the chzls-i seurs rushed across .the bridge and| seized and fortified a thicket opposite | Lamuting, overcoming a number of | wire entanglements and blowing up the | Japanese redoubts. An artillery com- | pany kept up the bombardment and gucceeded in demolishing the Japanese séarchlights. Then 4 stubborn fight in the dark- ness began, the gloom being but slight- ly .dispelled by the pale light of the stars and the reflection. from fires kindled by the explosion of shells. The Japanese brought up their quick-fire } i nenkampff’s | fantry and artillery are patrolling all e O R PLOD THROUGH DEEP SNOW ON THEIR RETREAT Hard Night March of Rennenkampff’s Troops. —— OUBENEPUZA, Tuesday, Feb. 38— One of the coldest and most cheerless operations of the winter’s warfare in Manchuria was the thirteen-mile re- treat of the Tsinkhetchen division on the night of February 26 from Da Pass to Oubenepuza. All day General Ren- soldiers, wearied by a week of continual fighting and dis-, heartened by the abandonment of Tsinkketchen, had flung off attack after attack by overwhelming numbers of Japanese, in order to cover the with- drawal of supplies, which had been ac- cumulated in large warehouses at Solun. This village is eight miles in the rear and at the head of a horse art road, which was constructed to the base at Mukden, in order to pro- vision the advanced positions on the | left flank. It is five miles north of the | village of Oubenepuza, where the road | from Gao Pass to the eastward joins | the main Tsinkhetchen-Fuchun high- way. At 6 o'clock on the evening of Feb-/ ruary 26 the commander of the bat-| tallon on the Gao Pass road sent word | that he was unable longer to hold out ainst the Japanese advancing in that ction; but the commander of the| rision was determined to hold on un til the last wagon should have . left Solun. Word was received at 9 o’clock that the withdrawal had been safely effected, and then the dreary retreat began. | The wind was high, the snow was | 1 heavily. = Every —moment the! ing of the Gao Pass road be- e louder, and the bursting of shrap- luminated the heights to the east- | It became evident to every man | of the command plodding through the deepening snow that the danger of being cut off was imminent. Only the coolness and courage of the commander averted disaster. The retreat was so timed that the rear guard reached Oubenepuza just in 2 time. The force retreating. on the| easterly road had been driven in on| the village and the two forces, uniting, | fixed bayonets, turned about and in| the utter darkness drove the Japanese back two miles. On February 27 the Japanese res newed the attack, but the Ruesians re- pulsed repeated assaults. To-day (February 28) - there was desperate fighting, but the Russians had suc- ded in retaining possession of the village. The Japanese fought with fanatical | bravery, making several night attacks and charging under cover of darkness ces | and a fierce snow storm almost uo to | the muzzles of the Russian batteries, | which met them with canister and; grape. | ——-— guns and forced the Russians to aban- don the thicket, from which positon the Japanese proceeded to bombard the regiments holding the head of the bridge. The fight was desperate and at close quarters. The Japanese rushed up heavy columns of reinforcements and charged repeatedly across the| river, strewing the ice with the bodies| of their dead. i At dawn the Russians retired across! the river, carrying their wounded, but| leaving 100 dead. | The Russians are exultant over the; losses inflicted upon the Japanese in| this sally and are eager to renew the lays the dispatch of reinforcements. | The object of the insurrection s be- | fight. S BOMBARDMENT IS TERRIFIO. Enemy’s Big Slege Guns. MUKDEN, March 1.—For three days Putiloff and Novgorod hills have been subjected to a terrific bambard- ment with eleven-inch shells cha.rged[ h Shimose powder. From a dis-| tance the hills look like volcanoes | spouting flame and great clouds of smoke, a hail of earth and stones fall-| ing far beyond their bases. The Rus- sian siege batteries are answering energetically, but their fire is com- paratively ineffectual. All is quiet on the right flank, it be- ing reported that General Nogi Is operating against the left flank. The weather to-day was magnificent. P TUNDER MARTIAL LAW. All Poland Now in Control of the Rus- sian Military. WARSAW, March 1.—Cossacks, in- parts of the city day and night in or- der to protect the police in the dis- charge of their duty. The big indus- trial strikes are ended, with the excep- tion of two iron mills, where 3000 men are still out. The Governor General of Poland to- day proclaimed a partial state of siege of the governments of Kalisz, Lublin, Kielce ond Lomza. . As a similar con- dition prevalls in the remaining provisional governments, all Poland is now governed under a modifled form of martial law. o AU T WARSHIPS BEING BUILT. Raussian Claims There Are Shipyards at Vladivostok. MANTLA, March 1—Bloomindofr, a Russian naval reserve officer, who came here on February 27 as super- cargo on the British bleckade runner Carlisle, said to-day that great work for the Russian navy was being done at Viadivostok ‘and that -complete equipments for - three shipbuilding yards had been transported from Ger- many. Six cruisers of the first class, the officer said, were {n course of con- struction there. 5 —_— % Kuropatkin May Be Recalled. LONDON, March’ 2.—The Times’ six | | the Turkish forces had routed the reb- | mous Arab state. | | Russian Cannon Respond Feebly to the | NIEDRINGHAUS IS OUT Russian correspondent telegraphs that he hears a war council will be| held in St. Petersburg about March 5 to decide whether neral Kuropat- kin will be recalled. He adds that Grand Duke Nicholas or General i'sacks. Order SIRIKES FINAL BLOW AT TRUSTS Lower House of Kansas Legislatyre Passes the Anti-Discrimination Bill GOVERNOR WILL SIGN IT State’s List of Laws for the Control of Trade Com- binations Now Complete ol B o TOPEKA, Kans, March 1—The House to-day, 82 to 18, passed the anti- discrimination bill, aimed principally at the Standard Oil Company, and the last of the anti-trust ~measures to come up during this session. It now goes to Governor Hoch, who will sign it. This bill will reinforce the half-dozen other anti-trust measures passed by the present Legislature. The bill provides that any person or firm doing business in Kansas ‘en- gaged in the production, manufacture or distribution of any commodity in general use, that such shall discrimi- nate between different sections by sell- ing such commodity at a lower rate in one section than is charged for such commodity in another section, after equalizing the distance from the point of prgduction, manufacture or distribu- tion, 'and freight rates therefrom, shall be guilty of unfair -discrimination.” A fine of $1000 for each and every violation of the act is recommended and the charter may be revoked. The maximum freight rate law re- cently passed by the Legislature went into effect to-day. In conformance with this law the railroads operating in the oil flelds have compiled the new classification of oil rates. If the rate is made in accordance with the law, it will in some instances be reduced one- half. Attorney General Coleman filed suit to-day in the Kansas Supreme Court asking that a receiver be appointed for the Prairie Oil and Gas Company because the company had falled to comply with the laws of Kansas. The prairie concern is the Standard under another name and does business in Kansas. All the railroad companies in the State, with the exception of the Santa Fe, are made parties to the suit. In addition to these action is brought against the Transcontinental Frelght Bureau, the Western Trunk Line Com- pany and the Southwestern Traffic Company. All of these concerns are alleged to have entered into an agree- ment with the Standard Oil Company tc make rates which were discrimina- tive on oil and by-products. The petition says no report has been made to the State as to the solvency of the Standard and that no charter e has been pald the State. S —— % ARAB REVOLT IS EXTENDING Insurrection in the Yemen Provinee Puts in the Shade All Previous Outbreaks CONSTANTINOPLE, March 1. — The present insurrection in Yemen | Province, Arabia, appears to put in the shade all previous revolts. The center of the movement is at Saada, north- wi of Sanaa, and there are signs of irs extension to the province of Assrye. The insurgents have again surround- ed Sanaa, and a stubborn fight has been in progress for five days. Many of the Turkish troops refuse to resist any fur- | ther and are deserting. In the south the | towns of Aaab and Hidjeh, the latter containing 2000 troops, with four guns, ! are surrounded and are on the point of | capitulating. The alleged victory of February. 1, | when it was officlally announced that | els in Sanaa and Hoidea, Yemen | Province, and had relieved the besieged | garrison of Sanaa turns out to have | been an insurgent success. Turkey's defective transportation de- lieved to be the creation of an autono- | | =1 —_———— OF SENATORIAL FIGHT Missourian Releases His Followers and Warner Leads in the | Republican Caucus. JEFFERSON CITY, March 1.—The | Republican cauveus met to-night to | consider the Senatorial deadlock. | Fourteen ballots for a Senatorial can- | didate were taken, Thomas K. Nied- ringhaus, the former caucus nominee, having released his supporters condi- ticnally. On the final ballot ex-Con-+ gressman Willlam. Warner of Kansas City received forty votes and D. P. Dyer of St. Louis seven. No choice. The caucus will reassemble to-mor- row. —_———— A New Art Gallery. ‘We have converted our picture room into a beautiful gallery for the exhibi- tion and sale of moderate priced paint- ings, water colors, pastels, etchings and fine photographs. Inspection cordially invited. Sanborn, Vail & Co., 741 Market street, - —_— Drakomiroft, the hero of the Russian- Turkish war, are mentloned as pos- sible successors. - BOMBS LABELED “ORANGES.” Russian - Revolutionists Importing Quantities of Ammunition. ST. PETERSBURG, March 1.—Vist | quantities of hand bombs are being imported into Russia.. The discovery was accidentally made by the customs authorities -at~ Wireballen, Russian Poland, on opening.an ordinary fruit box marked ‘oranges,” which was found to contain 100 small bombs. Scores of similar boxes have -béen com- ing in for weeks and the authorities fear they are already distributed. TR T SR Jap Transport’ Wrecked. VICTORIA, B. C., March 1.—News was received by the Empress of India of the wreck of the Japanese trans- port Mushashiné inm the Miaptao group | The troops on board were saved by a warship. The vessel and cargo, in- cluding 160 horses, were lost. = roramty S D Cossacks Kill Schoolboy Rioters. BATOUM, ' Caucasja, March 1.—A number of.schoolboys participated in rioting at Kaitusais and several of them were killed .or wounded by Cos- was eventually nltoredb ADVERTISEMENTS. E s SHEE HALF OUR ILLS ARE CATARRH. S#CATARRH OF THE “Every family should know the impor- tant fact that catarrhal diseases, so com- mon in winter or spring, claim 200,000 victims in the United States each year.” --S. B. HARTMAN, M. D. STUBBORN FIRE - NOT YET 0U the North, but the Flames Have Not Been Quenched i it EUREKA; March L—Like some mon- ster. of the deep, with smoldering fire slowly eating her heart out, the steam- ship Oregon, which tock: fire off Cres- cent City on Monday, lies beached on the mud flats with smoke pouring from her ‘after skylight. ' The crew of the vessel -is still working to quench’ the flames raging in her between decks. The Oregon arrived’ off the bar at 8 o'clock = this' morning from Crescent City. - The vessel came down under her own steam. Up to dark the efforts of the officers and erew of the Oregon: to quench the flames ‘have. been unsuccessful. The | method adopted .of attempting to fll the vessel with water proved inade- quate, and thé steamship is destined to spend at least another night battling with: the fire, ~The vessel cannot be flooded. by means of her own pumps, and. men: will bere holes through the steel plates, through which hoses will be -inserted, and tugs and fire engines will- pump’{n water until the space be- tween decks, which the. vessel’'s own pumps will not reach, will be flooded. plosion of the gases accumulating in the airtight hold. The vessel lies in the soft mud and sand and damage to her hull will-be: slight if ‘any. Rear Admiral Kempff and Inspec- tors of Hulls and Boilers Guthrie and | Dolan_arrived from San Francisco on the steamship Pomona this morning and while here will make an inves- 8on: The coliler Meteor, Captain Golightly, which arrived from the north late went to the assistance of the burning steamship Oregon.’ The Meteor took the ~Oregon's passengers -to Crescent City and there transferred them to the steam schooner Del Norte, Captain Golightly says that he sight- ed the Oregon on Monday. about 2:45 p. m: She was about eight miles west southwest of St. George’s Reef. Smoke was ‘pouring from below and the vessel ‘was_flying the letter N. M. the language of flags means. fire. The Meteor hastened to the burning steamship. -Captain® Warner asked Captain Golightly to relieve him.of his passengers. Fifty passengers and the nine members ' of the Oregon's crew who marined the lifeboats in which the passengers ‘were carried, were trans- ferred to ‘the Meteor. As soon .as the boats were.clear of the Oregon; that vessel went at full speed to Crescent City, .the Meteor fellowing: - more leisurely. 5 Captain Golightly offered to stand by the Oregon, but Captain Warner did not think it necessary, as the fire seem- ed to be under control. The Oregon's passengers, says Cap- tain Golightly, were all in good spirits except: one aged lady who was very nervous. He placed his cabin at the dis of .the women and did every- thing in his power for their comfort. ° Captain Golightly pays tribute to the manger in which Captain Warner, his officers and crew, handled the fire, The L : |Steamship Oregon Beached in The . officers are fearful of an ex- | W Thro’ Service! Scemic Route! Personally Conducted! tigation into. the mishap to the Ore- | Tuesday night, was the vessel .which | mur, and . the blistering heat kept pumps working and the engines in commission. be The = Oregon’s passengers will taken to Portland by the Alliance. —_——————— DERELICT SEEN OFF MOUTH OF COLUMBIA Vessel May Be the Barkentine T. P. Emigh, Omcf’w!‘mm San Fran- ship - Pythomene, werp, reports that on . Saturday last before daylight, while off the mouth of the Columbia, she sighted a dere- lict. The @erelict appeared to be 150 feet long, and Captain Spinney states that her back was apparently broken. There were no lights or any signs of life aboard the craft. Mariners in this city are at a loss to know what the derelict can be un- less it iz the barkentine T. P. Emigh, now overdue thirty days from San Francisco to this port. Baron De Rothschild Marries. PARIS, March 1.—The marriage of Baron Edouard de Rothschild and Germaine Halphen took place at th ‘Hassett Temple here to-day. | it pulled into the Portland depot. PORTLAND, March 1.—The British | ¥ o, Sharged with an Captain Spiney, | which arrived here to-day from Ant- | IMPORTANT WITNESS REMOVED FROM TRAIN Officers Fear He Is Trying to Escape and Take Him in Charge in Portland. PORTLAND, March 1.—John M. Morgan of Fossil, Ore., was arrested on the Union Pacific train to-day as He attempt to get outside the jurisdiction of the United States Government while under sum- mons to appear as a witness before the United States District Court, Morgan is said to be an important Government witness in the case of the United States against the officers of the Butte Creek Land, Lumber and Livestock Company, an Eastern Ore- gon concern, who are under indict- ment for alleged attempts to defraud the Government of public lands. —_———— Mrs. Chadwick Paid Big Interest. CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 1.—W. V. 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