The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 11, 1905, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 1905. OVER FROZEN GROUND GIARS SOLDIER PAINFULLY MAKE THEIR WAY TO TIE PASS WHERE THE FINAL STAND MAY BE MADE KAULBARS ROTECTS * THE REAR Continued From Page 1, Column 4. WOUNDED -~ SOLDIERS O TRAIS | Continued From Page 1. Column 6. futile all kampft’'s less than 10,000 men, the extreme left, tion, but the force is the officers know the ption of ssian troops the roads and it may take ar hours before their AR PR SRR L 2 Ex IR FAGER FOR TRIP Impatiently Awaiting News From Capital Regarding Nending Troops to Panama United States Panama f Vene- in ning overtures of aroused a keen and men at ld care visiting the tions at the y an authorities g to send most era- be sudden- re little ad- fit for the iness for opin- - Government ment in the S0 that the ieving troops 1 not be inter- it is expect- zation next in turn will ‘be chosen for ice ments available for serv- 1 uth one of the following y to be selected: Ninth New Madison Barracks, Infantry at Fort Mc- Seventh Regi- fort Meyer, Wash- Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., Eighth Cava at Fort 8ill, Ok d Fort Riley, Kans. is generally dis- edi on, a dispatch from t city last night said that the We epartment officials ould not BT atement regar g the re- that troops are going to Panama, st it was pointed out that if a dem- ration against Castro is contem- d, it is very likely that the troops ed for such an expedition wouid t from Atlantic ports in order to their movements toward the ——————— $10 FOR STRIKING HER SON'S SWEETHEART FINED Mother of Colorado Boy Resents Young Woman’s Sharing in Family Farewell. COLORADO SPRINGS, Farrell March 10. was fined $10 and morning for striking Miss nie Hill, her son’s sweetheart, »rday. Michael Farrell, the son, was starting for Mare Island navy r receive punishment for de- sert p. His mother bade v and then Miss Hill threw him a kiss and ex- “Good-by, Mikey.” s. Farrell resented the girl's act struck her on the jaw, almost ring a knockout. Trouble between other and sweethedrt several days ago caused the son to take the latter's 2rt and strike his mother. Once the fcers got him they discovered that Sam wanted him for desertion. —_————————— PRESIDENT HARPFR WILL BE TAKEN TO EUROPE Incle CHICAGO, March 10.—President Harper of the University of Chicago will, in all probability, leave this city for Italy early next week. He is now regarded by his physicians as strong enough to endure 4 long journey and it is the plan of the Harper family to Jeave with him as soon as possible. The exact destinationn of the Har- pers is unknown. Every precaution is being taken to keep the matter a secret. The treatment by X-ray, which was begun ten days ago, will be continued regularly. P MY OFFICERS rho has shown a disposition to | | Japanese did not press the Russian | rear guard and the columns reached the Hun positions practically unmolested. At dawn a cannonade was opened against several southern positions and | fighting began at several points north- | west of Mukden, of the progress of | { which little could be obtained because | | of the raging dust storm. ukden was the scene of nervous un- shops being closed, hotels and | restaurants ceasing to feed customers, | Chinese painting over their signs and business being at a standstill gt was | 8 st impossible to get anything to | At the station heavy artillery and | | wounded soldiers were being loaded on | long trains, the overtaxed railway ope- | ratives, who had been working unin- | terruptedly for ten days, dispatching as | | best they could an average of forty | | trains north daily. From March 3 to | March 5 more than 1200 cars Joaded | with artillery and supplies were dis- | patched to Tie Pass. REPORT FAVORS DOMINGO PACT Document Is Brought TUp | Before Senate Meeting in an Executive Session | N PSR N | WASHINGTON, March 10.—Senator Cullom, in the executive session of the Senate to-day, reported favorably the Santo Domingo treaty. By agreement the Senate adjourned until Monday and discussion of the treaty will be begun at that time. Senator Hale offered an amendment to the treaty providing that all proceedings under it shall cease and terminate in ten years unless the life of the treaty is extended by anoth- er convention Data compiled by Senator Morgan re- lating to the degts of Santo’ Domingo and negotiations that have been had looking to their settlement, including the thirty-first annual report of the Council of the Corporation of Foreign | Bondholders, has been printed by the Senate as a public document. The doc- ument gives a history* of the foreign debt, beginning with the year 1869 and continuing to the present time. In- corporated in the document is the full text of the protocol under which the United States undertook the settlement of the-claim of the Santo Domingo Im- provement Company and the text of the award of th rbitrators. Tne document gives the total indebt- edness of Santo Domingo in the fol- lowing condensed form: Foreign bonds (less those to be delivered to Covernment under the proto- 7; improvement company debt, general internal floating debt, 644; special Internal floating debt, the National Bank of $1,500,000 nominal at an average redemp- tion price, $215,000; International claims, $378.146; unclassified internal debt, estimated | at $1,000,000; arrears of interest under French- | | Belgian coniract, about $375,000; arrears of installment under protocol ith the United States for benefit of lmprovement company, $225,000. Total, $24,643,388 STEAMSE CASCADE THE SOUTH Salvage Claimed by the Tug Which Floated Her After Mishavp. SAN PEDRO, March 10.—The dis- | sbled steamship Cascade, which went ashore at Point Dume, was libeled here for salvage on account of the services | of the tug Collis and its crew, which | floated her. The captain will give | bonds and the Cascade will clear to- | morrow in tow of the tug Sea Rover | for San Francisco, where she will un- caergo repairs. | FOURTH MEMBER OF FAMILY | | TO BE KILLED IN A MINE| William Bawden Loses His Life in an Accident Near Grass Valley. GRASS VALLEY, March 10.—Wil- liam Bawden was instantly killed this morning in the Idaho-Maryland mine {near this city. Bawden, who was | a timberman, was caught between the { cage and timber and crushed to death. | | He was one of the best known miners | | in the district. Two brothers of Baw- | | den and one son have been killed while | mining. —_———— DINING CAR CONDUCTOR PUTS END TO HIS LIFE LOS ANGELES, March 10.—A. Fink, a dining car conductor, running be- tween San Francisco and this city, committed suicide at his room in this city to-day by shooting himself through the temple. No cause for the suicide is known. o 4l it f i B, AT 1774y, {ehiito WA y\ — Japanese Hoist Their Banners After Great Viotory. MUKDEN'S FALL IS KEENLY FELT Continued From Page 1, Column 7. olas, which were flung about the streets in newspaper extras and passed from mouth to mouth. Two thoughts formed instantly in the minds of every | one, and two words were on every lip —surrender—peace—the former dread- ed, the latter hoped for. General Kuropatkin is no maker of phrases; his words never are quoted like the famous “All is lost save hon- or,” but his laconic messages probably hide more than any other two sen- tences in the literature of war. St. | Petersburg knows nothing of the ex- tent of the disaster, not even the lines of Kuropatkin’s retreat; whether the route to Tie Pass is still open, whether he is endeavoring to cut his way through to safety or whether, as many of the pessimists belleve, he has taken to the mountains. If it is the latter he will inevitably be hemmed in and starved into surrender as Mar- shal Bazaine was at Metz. The dispatch has been studied as closely as was ever the most abstruse text of scripture over which dog- maticians have wrestled and from the words “All our armies” the optimistic draw the deduction that the bulk of the Russian forces got away clear,’ the commander-in-chief sacrificing, how- ever, the devoted rear guard, who flung themselves as prey to the Japanese wolves who were closing in on their trail, and sacrificed also, it is con- ceded on either hand, the greater part of his heavy artillery, especially the slege guns and enormous quantities of supplies and munitions. FATE OF THE ARMY. Of the present situation of the army—whether it is utterly routed or merely beaten, of the proportion of Russians left in Japanese hands, or of the prospect of the escape of the remainder—St. Petersburg at this moment knows less than the smallest hamlet in America. Since the Mukden dispatch was filed at b o'clock Friday morning no dispatch save the brief of- ficlal announcement of the retreat has come from the Russian army. General Kuropatkin's preceding dispatch giv- ing the last details as to the positions of the army having been written at 9 o'clock Thursday evening. The mem- bers of the general staff, when asked for information, said: ““We know nothing. We hope he will ring the army off safely, but we do not know how he will do it. We only know he has commenced to retreat: that is all.” Every one now {is discussing peace, which many of the stanchest advocates of the war, bureaucrats and officers. declare to be inevitable. It openly is bruited that Rojestvensky’s fleet has been recalled and is now on the way homeward. The admiralty, when asked If the report were true, said: “We don’t know. Call again to-mor- row,” and declined to comment on the significance of the cancellation of the purchase of colliers or the direction of Rojestvensky's voyage from Mada- gascar waters. It can be stated. how- | ever, that no overtures for peace yet have been made, and none are likely to be made for a few days, before the extent of the disaster has developed. Aside from peace, defeat may bring other consequences in its train. That an enormous impetus has been given to the reform movement is plain even to the most reactionary conservative; but the immediate resuit chiefly dread- ed is the effect on internal disorders. not only in the capital, but also, since St. Petersburg is not Russia. ubon the millions of peasants in the vast agri- cultural regions, among whom the spirit_of revolt now is incubating and already has hatched pillage and arson in a few districts. It is believed. how- ever, that the Government is able to nip the uprising in the bud and pre- vent radicals in the citles from bring- ing off anything more than demonstra- tions and talk of revolution, aside from the peaceful revolution which has been under way in the last six months. DEFEAT OUTS DEEPLY. Outwardly St. Petersburg takes the defeat unconcernedly. A stranger in the streets would never know that 7 i et armies defending the honor and pres- tige of Russia had just sustained a crushing reverse. There were no crowds last night, no demonstration; no change in the ordinary street life. Newsboys were hawking extras on the streets—mere dodgers with three lines of General Kuropatkin's dispatch, sur- rounded by wide margins of blank pa- per—but there was nothing to indicate that the extras were more important than those in which, for a year, Gen- eral Kuropatkin’s dispatches have been issued. The Government made no at- | tempt to palliate the shock or explain | the significance of the retreat, but sim- ply sent the dispatch, when it was is- sued by the general staff late in the evening, direct to the papers, with au- thorization to print. At the clubs and in private houses, however, the situa- tion was discussed and rediscussed, conjecture added to the fact and the invariable query was, “what further?” One circle of Liberals, on recéiving the news called for wine and solemnly pledged “New Russia.” But generally the defeat cuts deeply and is keenly felt, especlally by familles represented in the endangered army. The spirit of unpatriotic exultation will do the Lib- erals no good at this time. As the de- feat, which one Russian correspondent describes as ‘‘slaughter, not battle,” entails the sacrifice of so many thou- sands of Russian lives, the people fear to count up their losses. It is realized that in the fighting before Mukden was evacuated the death roll of the battle of Shakhe must have been far exceed- ed, and the streets of St. Petersburg. where every third woman wears crepe, will present a somber sight when the casualty lists arrive. AN NEWS IN WASHINGTON. Japanese Legation Informed of the Capture of Mukden. WASHINGTON, March 10.—The Jap- anese legation to-day recelved the fol- lowing cablegram from Tokio: “Our troops occupied Mukden at 10 a. m. Friday. Our enveloping movements since some days proved successful -and the bloodiest battle is now proceeding in various places near Mukden.” e e— MRS. ROOSEVELT HONORED BY CONGRESS OF MOTHERS Wife of the President Is Elected Honorary Vice President of Body. WASHINGTON, March 10.—The tri- ennial meeting of the National Con- gress of Mothers, which is to con- tinue with daily sessions for a week, began here to-night with a general meeting at the Metropolitan Metho- dist Episcopal Church. At a meeting of the board of man- agers of the congress to-day Mrs. Roosevelt was elected an honorary vice president. ——ee———— NEIDRINGHAUS LOSES ONE MORE SUPPORTER Missouri Legislators Still Locked in Battle Over Choice of United States Senator. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., March 10. There was an additional desertion from Neidringhaus on to-day’s ballot for Senator. The ballot resulted: Neidringhaus, 51; Cockrell, 71; Kerens, 15; McKinley, 4; Bartholdt, 5; Warner, 3; Dyer, Lyons, 1; ‘Walmsley, ee——— LIVES SEVEN YEARS AFTER HER HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY Death Calls Oldest White Woman in Maryland, Who Leaves Host of Descendants. BALTIMORE, March 10.—Mrs. Nancy Kelly, the oldest white woman in Maryland, is dead at the age of 107 years. Her oldest living son is 72 and hl!mnfitdmhtfl'll.& ‘There are msrm ildren and nineteen great- children. LONDON, March 11.—The announce- ment of the fall of Mukden was dis- counted in London by reports chroni- cling the progress of the great battle, but the actual occupation of the capital | of Manchuria by the Japanese is the | subject of comment everywhere, es- pecially in diplomatic circles. The For- eign Office declined to comment on the i event, -but there, as elsewhere, there| was intense interest in the Javanese encircling movement and its possible effect upon the future progress of the war. Few who are well informed are iinclined to the bellef that Ovama’'s | magnificent victory and successful strategy will bring peace within meas- | urable distance, the opinion being that, while the Russian fighting force is dis- abled and probably will be obliged to! retire farther than Tie Pass or even Harbin, the fighting spirit of the Rus- sian nation would be increased rather than reduced by defeat, and that only compulsion will bring the nation to its! knees. Baron Suyematsu, formerly Japa- nese Minister of the Interior, in the course of an interview, said that whe- ther the victory indicated an early termination of ‘he war was a ques- tion that Russia alone could answer. The Japanese legation has been in- undated with congratulations and everywhere the prime note was pralse of the genius of Oyama, which was conceded even by the most pro-Rus- slan observers. The Spectator, in a striking article, says: “Russia, hitherto an unknown quan- tity to all but a few diplomats, is now revealing herself to all mankind, and the revelation of a great country in its hour of agony has as much a bewilder- ;[ ing effect as a great catastrophe, all| qualities, good and bad. being exhib- ! ited under the intolerable light of her vast resources and astounding capa- city for endurance, her toiling people, the inferiority of her governing class, even the underlying ground fact of the inadequacy of her food supply, all giv- ing hints almost amounting to prophe- cles of the future career of the great Slav race.” Discussing the possibilities of peace, and Russia being cowed by the great defeat, the Spectator thinks that de- spite historic precedents, it does not follow that the Emperor will make peace. This difficulty of predicting what line Emperor Nicholas will take is admitted on all sides, but there is still in some quarters an opinion that peace will ensue. According to the DISCUSS REGULATIONS _ FOR CATTLE QU. NTINE Secretary Wilson and Dr. Salmon Confer With National §rowers’ Association at Washington. WASHINGTON, March 10.—Secre- tary Wilson of the Department of Ag- riculture and Dr. Salmon, chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry of that department, were in consultation to- day with a delegation representing the National Cattle Growers' Association | reached London. relative to the quarantine regulations of the approaching season under the law enacted at the last gession of Con- gress. The special subject of controversy is the treatment of cattle which have had opportunity for infection from mange, which has given the depart- ment much comcern. —————— LOSE THEIR CHARTER. Striking Interborough Engineers in New York Disciplined by Brothérhood. CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 10.— Grand Chief Stone of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers to-day re- voked the charter of the striking In- terborough engineers in New York. Grand Chief Warren S. Stone and Assistant Grand Chief E. W. Hurley arrived here from New York to-day and at once called a meeting of the Grand Council of the organization to consider the strike situation. At the conclusion of the meeting the follow- ing telegram was sent to W. L. Jenks at New York City: Taking effect at once, the charter of Sub- division No. 105 is recalled. You will forward charter and all beoks belonging to the Sub- to tl office by express. ke oo W. S. STONE. G. C. E. ————————— Rmmncmmxg CALLED OUT TO QU REBELLION CONSTANTINOPLE, March 10.— Altogether twenty-three battalions of Turkish reinforcements have been called out to cove with the insurrec- tion in the province of Yemen, Arabia. All Rasha Pasha, with seven battalions and a battery of artillery, has left Hodeida for Manakah. The road to Manakah s open, but fighting is an- ticipated from there on to Sanaa. el . INHABITANTS OF AFRICAN TOWN ALL ANNIHILATED MORASA, British East Africa, March 10.—It is reported that 9000 Somalis have attacked the town .of Merkel, on the Bexdir coast, and have annihilated the inhabitants’ Daily Graphic, overtures have already practically commenced, the Emperor’s readiness to negotiate having been in- timated to the French Government and | communications having passed be- tween the British and French govern- ments with a view of Great Britain opening communications with Japan. It is impossible at present to confirm or verify the statement of the Daily Graphic, which declares that the de- cision is due not only to the Gefeat of Kuropatkin, but also to the almost in- surmountable difficulties Russia met in the last attempt to negotiate a loan in Paris. There is intense anxiety here to learn the fate of Kuropatkin's forces and whether the chain Oyama has drawn around them will be strong enough to hold them. The Russian forces must be in a terrible plight, and a repetition of all the horrors of Napoleon’s retreat from Moscow Is regarded as among the possibilities. No further news of any kind has According to one re- port, Kuropatkin's last dispatch was sent from Tie Pass and stated that he will almost immediately transfer his quarters to Harbin. The Daily Telegraph’s Tokio corre- spondent asserts that the Russians are completely ignorant of the movements of the Japanese, and the appearance of the latter in the Sinmintin district was a complete surprise. Kuropatkin's disaster, the correspondent adds, was largely due to an inefficient intelll- gence department. B e PRAISES JAPANESE. German Officer Declares Capture of Mukden Phenomenal Achievement. BERLIN, March 10.—Lieutenant General Von Gayl, Couynt Waldersee's second in command in the China ex- pedition, took occasion at a meeting of the German Asiatic Soclety to-night to express boundless admiration of Japanese military genius. His remarks were called out by a paper on “The Yellow Danger,” in which the writer had pointed out Germany’s precarious situation in China If the Japanese should form a rapprochement with China and reorganize an army on Jap- anese lines. “What those people accomplished in the past few days,” sald General von Gayl, “merits the highest astonish- ment. It was absolutely a phenomenal achievement, considering the fearless, Fove Bolieve Paace Wil Follow the Victory of Oyama Over Russian Forces. | brave opponent that the.Japanese army | brought to this pass. The leadership was that of a genius, and words fail for the bravery and devotion of the troops.” Referring to fears that China will now engage Japanese military instrue- tors, General von Gayl said: “I know not where they can get better ones than among the officers who captured Mukden.” —_—— ROJESTVENSKY'S FLEET. LONDON, March 10.—The Russian naval attache here has heard nothing confirmatory of the report from Paris of the return of the squadron com- manded by Vice Admiral Rojestven- sky and discredits it. He expresses the opinion that Rojestvensky’s objec- tive is to effect a juncture with the Russian third Pacific squadron, which is too weak to cross the Indian Ocean | alone. ' A dispatch from Durban, Natal, to- day says the captain of a collier which has arrived there from Nossible Isi- and, off the coast of Madagascar, where the Russian warships arcived February 8, reports that the war ves- sels are so covered with sea weed that he does not think it possible for them to proceed. The squadron has 70,000 tons of coal ik DISASTER EXPECTED. PARIS, March 10.—The Japanese occupation of Mukden is generally considered here as definitely showing that the Japanese have won a victory and that General Kuropatkin's reverse may soon reach the magnitude of dis- aster. The French military critics say the Japanese capture of Tieta prac- tically cuts off Kuropatkin from re- treating northward. They also attach much moral importance to the capture of Mukden, the capital of Manchuria. —_— VETERAN OF THE BAR. PHILADELPHIA, March 10.—Oliver Hopkinson, head of one of the oldest and most distinguished families in Philadelphia, died to-day of pneu- monia, aged 93 years. Hopkinson was the oldest living member of the Philadelphia bar and the oldest living graduate of the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania. ADVERTISEMENTS. DEAFNESS CAN BE CURED Here is a message of joy that will bring gladness to thousands of hearts— that will give happiness to those who now suffer from that grievous afiction —Deafness. It is more than a message of hope—It is the positive statement of a definite fact. Deafness can indeed be cured, as recent medical and scientifio discoveries have proved. 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