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The San Francisco call., 1904-03-19
FOREIGN RESIDENTS
IN FUSAN ARE NOT
MYSTERIOUS DANGER

WASHINGTON, March 1S.-The fol-
lowing report has been received at the
State Department from Minister Girls
com, Toxic, February 20:
I'm view of the fact that there are
some twenty American missionaries in
Fusan and that they are unable to
communicate by telegraph with Mr..
Allen in Seoul, I deemed IT advisable
to mention the matter informally to
Baron Komura- In reply to my in
quiries Baron Komura stated that am
pie measures were being taken to pro-
tect all foreigners in Fusan and the
japanese Consul had been instructed
to use every effort to this end. An
additional number of Japanese police
are being sent to Fusan to be at the
disposal of the Consul.
In view of these precautions, it
seems hardly likely that the foreign
residents ct Fusan Will be liable to
any ill-treatment other than that to
which all nOn-ccmbatants near a siege
Of war are subjected"
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-19
Arbor Day at Santa Clara.

SANTA CLARA, March 1S.-Arbor
day was celebrated here to-day by the
planting of trees along Franklin street
from the depot to Santa Clara College.
School children and students of Santa
Clara College participated. two bands
from the college supplying the music.
At Central Park four trees were plant
ed in memory of c. c. Morse, Hon. d.
w. Harrington, Rev. Joseph Caredda
and Rev. Michael Accolti. Addresses
were delivered by E. F. Jordan, Pro-
fessor L. r. Smith and Rev. John j.
Cunningham
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-19
ARMY OF MEN OUT ON
STRIKE IN NEW YORK
les Will BE Involved Unless Set
tIement Is Soon Reached.

NEW YORK, March 1S.-Twenty
thousand bricklayers and laborers and
about 2OOO ironworkers are on strike,
and unless a settlement can be reached
at a conference to be held to-day the
strike probably will spread until about
100, 900 men are involved. The employ
ers, considering it improbable that any
settlement will be reached, are prepar-
ing for the strike which they think will
follow.
Members of other unions who will
be out of work because they cannot
proceed with building without the
bricklayers are said to be indignant
that the bricklayers should tie up the
whole building industry.
Twenty-Five hundred photographers
have struck rather than be locked out.
They quit when they found that they
must sign the arbitration agreement or
be discharged.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-19
ItnLian Robbed and Beaten.

STOCKTON, March 1s.-An Italian
sheepherder whose name is Anton Gre
dencci was found this afternoon be-
side the railroad track at Peters, thir-
teen miles east of this city, in a Sc
rious condition from bruises inflicted
with a coupling pin some time last
night by a robber who relieved him of
1856. The man lay in the street all day
in an unconscious condition, passers-
by thinking he was under the influence
of liolIor
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-19
Cuban Loan Questioned.

HAVANA, March 1S.-It is said here
that Speyer & Co. of New York recent
ly interrogated the United States Gov
ernment as to whether the Cuban
loan of S35, 100000 for the payment of
the revolutionary war veterans was
satisfactory to it and in accordance
with the terms of the Platt amend
ment. The reply received, it is said,
was to the effect that Cuba was en-
tirely authorized to close the business
in accordance with the contract.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-19
plan to Fortlfy East Bank of Lilac

NEWCHWANG, March 18.-The
work of unlocking the Russian gum
boat Sivootch has begun, so as to en-
able her to enter the Lao River at the
earliest possible moment. Three small
boats from Port Arthur have been
disentrained at the railway station.
The above facts, together with the
Russian demands for a market here
for lumber and grain bags, are taken
10 indicate the proposed. execution Of
plans to fortify the east bank of the
Lao River from the railway station
to the forts and the coast line to Kin
chau.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-19
IL NOT MOVE UNTIL KUROPATKIN Is IN CHARGE
SUMMARY OF THE LATEST WAR NEWS

VyA
Ymns to miss sion
object denied u It is
The sinking OF the by Jp a dispatch from
OF
The Russia
japanese in o
Govern 1
from Por thu II damage dom
asauhn n begun
sromK Ko a t rgo il @ o Makof
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-19
RUMORS ARE NOT
CONFIRMED AT
FOREIGN OFFICE

ST. PETERSBURG, March 1S.-The
Admiralty has no confirmation of the
reported loss of the torpedo-b boat de-
stroyer Skori off Port Arthur.
No reports have been received at the
Foreign Office or elsewhere confirming
a Bourse rumor of a great Japanese
defeat, which probably grew out of thc
unconfirmed Shanghai report of the de-
feat Of 200 Japanese by a Russian force
of 300 men.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-19
Nansen's Advice Sought.

MOSCOW, March 1S.-The provincial
government of Moscow has asked DIR.
Nansen, the Norwegian explorer, for in
formation concerning the kind of pre-
serves which proved most satisfactory
during his polar expedition. Dr. Nan
sens experience will be useful in en-
abling the province to arrange for sup
plies for the Manchurian army.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-19
Coastwise Law opposed.

WASHINGTON, March 1S.-Opposi-
ton to the extension of the coastwise
laws to the Philippines WIS continued
to-day before the House Committee on
Merchant Marine and Fisheries by the
cordage interests. 1t was asserted
that should these laws be applied a
combination of ship owners could ruin
the cordage industry by making high
freight rates on Manila hemp.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-19
Fayors Jenkins Bill.

WASHINGTON, March 1S.-The
House Committee on Judiciary to-day
authorized a favorabR report on the
Jenkins bill, extending to five years
the statute of limitation in its applica-
tion to Government officers. The ex-
tended time as now to be reported will
not apply to any person who is now
exempt from prosecution by reason of
the threeyear statute. Minority views
will be filed on the bill
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-19
Says Stark Tried to End Life.

PARIS, March 1S.-The Petit Pa
risienne's st. Petersburg correspondent
sends rumor to the effect that Vice
Admiral Stark, who has been relieved
of the command of the fleet at Port
Arthur, ostensibly on account of ill-
health, has attempted suicide. There
is no confirmation of this rumor
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-19
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON
GUEST AT A RECEPTION
Negroes of District of Columbia Do
Honor to the Celebrated Colored
Lecturer.

WASHINGTON, March ia recep-
ton was given tonight to Booker T.
Washington by negroes Of the District
of Columbia. The reception was held
in the Metropolitan A. M. E. Church.
The audience contained a number of
white people, and on the platform were
seated representative white and negro
citizens of Washington.
Music was played by the Marine
Band. Bishop Arnett delivered the in
vocation. Commander Henry B. Nc
Farland delivered an address of well
come, and Representative James E.
Watson of Indiana introduced DR..
Washington, who delivered a brilliant
address. The benediction was delivered
by DR.. Edward Everett Hale.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-19
ADVERTISEMENTS
All Hun7OrS

Are impure matters which the skin,
liver, kidneys and other organs
cannot take care of without help,
there is such an accumulation Of
them.
They litter the whole system.
Pimples, bOils, eczema and other
eruptions, loss of appetite, that tired
feeling, bilious turns, fits Of indiges-
ton, dull headaches and many other
troubles are due to them.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-19
Train Kills Five Tramps.

TRINIDAD, Colo, March 1S.-Five
unknown tramps who were stealing a
ride are dead as result of freight
wreck on the Colorado Southern Rail-
road at Mayne, a small station forty
miles north of here, this evening. The
engine and five cars of the train are
piled in ditch and the bodies of the
victims are still under the wreckage.
The accident happened on small tres
tie and was caused by a broken rail.
The crew escaped.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-19
CARE OF THE WOUNDED.

The Red Cross Society is considering
a proposition to fit out an auto-train
to convey the wounded over the high
road $50 miles from Mukden, Man
churia, to Blagovetchensk, East ST.
IBERIA, on the river Amur, where they
would be placed on board barges for
conveyance to hospitals established
along that river.
An expert in the military organiza-
ton says that even presuming there
are four divisions of japanese at Ping
yang, Korea, they could not venture
to advance until reinforced by two
more divisions, which would require
another month or six weeks. The
writer contends that they could not
advance more than seven miles a day,
owing to the condition of the roads.
He compares Pingyang with Plevna,
and says the great drawback to the
town is that it is surrounded by
marshes, which win breed insects and
malaria when the warm weather comes.
The Emperor visited the new Admir-
atty dockyard to-day He was looking
pale, but was cheerful and smilingly
greeted the 1900 dock workers who
peror went on board the transport
Kamtchatka and inspected the vessels
arrangements for accommodating 1000
men. She will be ready in few
months The Emperor then boarded
the first-class cruiser Olga. The Olga s
engines are ready, but her turrets and
coming tower are not yet armored,
and her guns are not in position. His
Majesty asked a number of questions
and looked pleased at what he had
seen.
NOT SUFFERING FROM COLD.
A correspondent, on crossing Lake
Baikal, writes:
The stories of soldiers frozen to
death while crossing the lake provokes
mirth. Personally, am convinced that
the men are not suffering from cold.
Huts at intervals of a few versts pro-
vide warmth and refreshment and the
weaker men are driven across in sleighs
well wrapped in furs. Others march the
distance, forty versts (about twenty
six miles) comfortably in a day, and
are glad of the opportunity to stretch
their limbs after the railroad Journey.
The huts are provided with bells, which
are rung during snowstorms, and lam
terms hung on the telegraph poles show
the way at night, the ice railroad con-
veying the baggage cars, which are
drawn by horses.
The icebreakers are getting ready to
begin operations at the end of March .
The Ministry of Marine has directed
the institution Of prize courts at Sc
bastopool, Libau. Port Arthur and
VIadivostok.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-19
Negotiations at standstilI.

BERLIN, March 1S.-The commercial
negotiations between Russia and Ger
many are at a complete standstill, ow-
ing to Germany's refusal to discuss
the dimiMtion of agrarian duties or
to consent to an increase of the Rus
sian duties on manufactures in the
same proportion.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-19
Y. NJ. G. A. Secretary Resigns

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, March
18Th. F. Coolidge. '04, general secre-
tary of the Young Mems Christian AS
sociation at Stanford, has resigned, and
a successor will be appointed soon.
Coolidge has been actively connected
with the work of the association at
Stanford during the past four years.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-19
Arizona Mine Sold.

TUCSON, A. T.. March 1s-The
Worlds Fair mine, in the Harshaw
district of Arizona, has been sold to
Minnesota capitalists. The purchase
price was $50O,00O The mine has been
one of the best silver producers in
Southern Arizona
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-19
Ranee Cattle for St. Louis.

DENVER, March 1s.-Information
was received at the office of the St.
Louis Worlds Fair Board of Colorado
to-day that the order requiring cattle
exhibited at the st. Louis Fair to be
halter broke has been rescinded. This
will permit exhibition of range cattle.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-19
Refuses Warrant for Kiely.

ST. LOUIS, March 1S.-Assistant
Prosecuting Attorney Dalton to-day
refused to issue a warrant against
John 7. Kiely. son of the Chief of Po-
lice, charging him with murder or
manslaughter. Kiely was arrested
several days ago on charge of shoot
ing and killing City Sanitary Inspect
or Silence and released on $4,000
bonds.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-19
Much Interest in Johnson Case.

WATSONVILLE. March 1S.-The
preliminary examination of F. W. John
son, a hotel proprietor of this city, was
begun to-day on a charge Of altering
a railroad ticket with intent to de-
fraud the Southern Pacific Company.
The case is exciting considerable in
terest in consequence of the local prom
inence of the defendant.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-19
Cleveland CeIebrates Birthday.

PRINCETON, n. j., March 1s.-
Grover Cleveland to-day quietly OBJ
served his sixty-seventh birthday at
home.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-19
Retyizan,s Master Is Deaf.

MOSCOW, March 1S.-Mme. Shtchens-
novitch has been informed that her
husband, commander of the battleship
Retvizan, has become deaf as the result
of the cannonading in the repelling of
japanese assaults upon Port Arthur.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-19
Canmakers, strilze on.

CHICAGO. March 1S.-The strike
of the employees of the American Can
Company was declared off to-day
pending negotiations which probably
will lead to a settlement.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-19
HOODS SarSaPariIIa
and Pills

Remove all humors, overcome all
their effects. strengthen, tone and
invigorate the whole system.
Testimonials of remarkable cures mailed
on request. C. l. HOOD CO. Lowell. Mass.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-19

act against the wishes Of the Korean
Government, the Russians are instruct
ed not to fight them as though they
were troops of a belligerent state, but
to confine themselves to placing them
under arrest"
The Gazette expresses the hope that
the Anglo-French understanding will
result in a more friendly attitude on
the part of Great Britain toward Rus
sia.
diplomat representing a small Eu-
ropean power expresses the hope that
China viii join Japan, on the theory
that all the white powers, including
the United States, will then be COM
PEELED to form a coalition and stop the
war, which would ruin the trade of
the whole world with China. But he
fears Japan realizes the danger and
will decline Chinas aid.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-19
Missionaries Receive No instructions

ROME, March 1S.-The Osserva-
tore Romano, the Vatican organ, de-
nies the statement that the Congrega-
ton of the Propaganda has instruct
ed missionaries in Japan secretly to
help the japanese.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-19
A Guaranteed Cure for Piles.

Itching. Blind. Bleeding or Protruding Piles.
Your druggist viii refund money II Pazo
Ointment fails to cure you in to IA days. Soc
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-19

GREENBERG & GREENBERG.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-03-05
LAND BATTLES TO COME.

Can Japan cope with the Cossacks,
the best cavalry in the world? Can
Russia maintain an army and con-
tinue in operation the thin line of
communication, more than five thous-
and miles from the base of supplies
Can both countries raise the money
necessary 70 wage a long and ex-
hausting war?
Will inchoate China. with its mil
lions of -barbarouS but anti-Rus-
sian population, remain passive. with
Manchurian railway would certainly
be interrupted?
These are the questions reliable
answers to which would permit a
forecast Of the outcome Of the Rus
so-Japanese war. Japanese first ad-
vantage considered. the fact that Rus
STA has no repair facilities in Asia aDc
muct wait weeks before the Baltic
Iieet becomes factor in the situation
japanese control Of the seas seems
assured. Victories at sea are essen
tial to the Japanese that the line OF
communication between their armies
in Korea and their base of supplies in
Japan may not be cut. But these vic
tories, We're they complete and We're
the Russian navy destroyed. would
not assure Japan of success in the
war. Russia's principal strength is
upon the land, and there the test vii
come.
To none of the four queries can q
reasonably good reply be made. It is
true that japan is a wonderful nation
the England of the Orient, peoplet
with the Americans of Asia But it is
true also that the Russian bear is
rugged ana grim. The proof of the
struggle must be in the fighting
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-03-05
IT WAS \ CLEVER TRICK.

In accepting the amount rendered by
the two national banks of this city as
Year 1903. the county commissioners.
acting under the advice of the county
attorney, have evidently been hood
winked. 1t Will take Il decision of the
courts to determine whether or not
the assessment as fixed by the COM
misSioners, sitting as a beard of equal
ization, should stand. But how is that
decision to come? The banks are sat
isfied with the settlement as it stands,
and of colTse they viii not begin d
suit to have their taxes raised. Tn
less the county begins the suit it will
never be brought and the banks Will
escape With the payment of about 60
per cent of their just taxes.
1t is Il smooth little trick but the
up to the county attorney to decide
whether or not he will begin suit for
the collection of the remainder of the
taxes due.
Under Il new law passed by the last
lobby ridden legislature the banks are
given the special privilege of fixing
the taxable value Of their stock re-
gardleSS of the market value. This law
is plainly unconstitutional being class
favoritism, and if 4 test suit We're car
ried up to the supreme court the law
would be annulIed.
However, the assessment against
which the banks protested was made
under the old law, which was still in
effect ON March l, 1908. the date fixed
by the revenue law for determining
taxable valuations.
The county has splendid case and
its interests should not be allowed to
go by default The commissioners
should call upon the county attorney
to begin action at once to collect the
remainder OF the bank taxes due the
county.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-03-05
POST CHECK" MAILING SYSTEM

In the United States during the fis-
cal year fifty million money orders will
be issued oy the postoftice department.
The money order at present is the
safest form of making small remit
Jances, being at least preferable to the
use of stamps, currency or coin, though
it is said upon good authority that the
latter are employed ten times where
money orders are not employed by
apparent that some method Of remit
ting small sums should be adopted tc
meet the vcrv obvious needs of the
;em suiting the purpose of only, say,
nine per cent of them. A very evident
reason exists behind the fact that
money orders are used once. 1t is
more than nine per cent of the people
Who have small sums to send in the
mails-the red-tape process is too
cumbersome
1t is'estirated that the average sum
transmitted by money order is two dol
lars. To send a money order for two
dollars, then, consumes probably a half
hours time-in the trip to the post Of
waiting While the money orders are
filled out. signed and paid for, and re-
turned to the starting point.
TO obviate these difficulties and de-
lays, as vel! as to tighten the burden
and materially lessen the tremendous
expense which the handling, auditing
md filing of money orders entails upon
he government. the post check sys-
tenn has been devised and submitted,
60 the United States. This system
means that the sender may fill out
| post-check bill with the name of the
| payee. affiH an ordinary postage stamp
| to the bill, cancel the stamp and safely
| ntrust the bill to the prompt and
| careful hands of Uncle Sans service.
| The whole business of the sender
| would not require over sixty seconds
| time.
| The post-check plan has been en-
bodied in a bill which has received
favorable consideration by several
congressional postal committees, and
has been reintroduced in the present
system 1t provides that one-dollar,
two dollar and five dollar notes, print
| ed in future shall contain certain
blank spaces, but will pass from hand
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-03-05
WATER SYSTEMS.

J. R. Bibbins in Casters Magazine.
The problem of furnishing adequate
ire protection to business districts in
large cities is of the greatest i'm
oOrtance, from the standpoint of
finance as we'll as of public safety.
In New York, Chicago and other
American cities many office buildings
approach or exceed 800 feet in height.
which altitude imposes at the start
head of approximately $50 pounds per
square inch. in addition to that neces-
sary to overcome friction. The limit
reached in portable re-fghting APP
oaratuS, particularly in metropolitan
business districts. Some streets. laid
out many years ago, have become de-
icient in width for the accommodate
lion of normal pedestrian and vehicu-
lar traffic. With the added congestion
due to public excitement, the efficient
manipulation of the large fire engines
necessary TO cope with high altitude
becomes almost an impOssibility I'm
der such conditions, the obvious RENE
dy is an independent high-pressure
pipe system, receiving it's water sup
ply from 4 conveniently located CEN
trail pumping plant, and provided with
numerous hydrants suitable for the
direct attachment of the heaviest
nose lines without the intermediary
ire engine. With such a system in
iividual buildings equipped with stand
pipes may ne constantly connected to
the fire system and kept under pres
sure The loss of time in approaching
the fire and arranging hose and street
apparatus loay then be avoided.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-03-05

lers" to make a virtue of necessity and
pretend to acquiesce in the populal
demand.
However. the people will not be SC
easily fooled. They have not forgot
ten that in spite of the fact that the
last republican state platform pledged
the party TO the enactment of an ap-
nointive railway commission, Senator
Cornweu end Representative KEGS
voted souarely against the bill intend
ed to carry out that pledge, and the
other two republican members of the
legislature voted for the commission
bill only utter they had helped to or
ganize the house against it and after
it had been put to sleep in the lobby
ridden senate. The voters of this
county know by bitter experience just
what to expect from republican men,
bers of the legislature elected by the
Ankeny- Stevenson faction.
1t is true that even the railroads
would not object to a railway commits
sion if assured that it would be under
their control. They would gladly ac-
cept the advisory commission" con-
ditionaIly advocated by the Union with
Charley Chamberlain on the commits
sion to do the advising. They have
no objection to commission law WIFI
the teeth pulled out. The lobby knows
what a dismal failure that kind of q
commission law proved in Oregon anG
how glad The people We're to get rid OF
it to save useless expense.
Both parties in this state have de-
clared for an appOintive railway com
mission such as was advocated by
Governor Rogers prior to 1900 and by
Governor Mcbride since he became
governor, and the people will be salts
fed with nothing less. They want nc
sham commission under the control OF
the lobby. They demand the commits
sion as their right and they do not pro-
pose to take any sort Of SUBSTITUTE
from the hands of the railroads as q
favor.
Whether or not Governor Mcbride
shall have another term as governor Is
a question for the republican party to
settle. One thing is as certain as any
thing can be in politics, however. II
the republican convention shall turn
Mcbride down and nominate in his
stead either sameless tool of the
lobby. like Dec Smith, the King cOun-
tv Judas, or State Auditor Atkinson
the mandy ramby candidate who is
afraid to say that his soul is his own,
the democrats will name a Staunch
champion Of the peoples cause on d
platform declaring unequivocally for
an appointive railway commission. and
he will be elected in spite of an over
Whelmng republican majority in the
state.