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The San Francisco call., 1904-03-10
CONFESSES CRIME TO
ESCAPE CRITICISM
John Mccarthy Would Rather Be
Jailed Than to Have 1t Said He
Turned Traitor.

SEATTLE, March 9.-To clear him
self in the minds of people of his own
class of the charge that he had once
turned States evidence against his
pals, John Mccarthy to-day admitted
that he was one of the men who blew
open the safe of the Standard Oil
Company in this city in 1891, which
resulted in the sending of Deafy Con-
nelly and Shorty Adams to the peni-
tentiary. Mccarthy also admitted
having served a term in San Quentin
after being caught while tunneling
under street of Los Angeles in an
attempt to reach bank vault.
Mccarthy was arrested here by the
police last Sunday because he hap
pened to have in his possession a tool
designed to wrench the bar handles
from safes. He is suffering from a
recently received bullet wound and
the authorities expect to hear that he
is wanted in some other city.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-10
Prize Steamship Released.

NAGASAKI. March 9.-The Norwe-
gian steamship Hermes has been re-
leased by the SasebO Naval Court and
ordered to proceed to this port to await
orders regarding the disposal Of her
coal cargo. The hospital steamship
Kasai Maru has arrived here, bringing
twenty-five wounded Russian sailors
belonging 70 the gunbOat KOreitz.
which was destroyed by the japanese
fleet at ChemulpO. They will be re-
moved for the time being to Matsu-
yama Hospital, on the Inland Sea
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-10
FRANCE PLACING
COAST DEFENSES
IN READINESS

PARIS, March 9.-In pursuance of
orders issued by Minister of War
Andre, active work has been begun
with the view of placing the coast de-
fenses in a state of readiness. A hun
dred Goa IT artiHerymeI have arrived
at Marseilles and are occupied in per-
fecting the harbor batteries, a fo-ce
of naval mechanics is working on the
island approaches and the trials of
various kinds of heavy ordnance are
progressing actively at Marseilles and
elsewhere.
These measures are not considered
significant. except as an indication of
the determination of the officials to
have the coast defense in a state of
preparedness.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-10
RUSSIANS SAY VLADN0S0K AND PORT ARTHUR HAVE AMPLE SUPP
DAYS DEVELOPMENT IN THE WAR
FOR SUPREMACY IN THE FAR EAST

then attacked Port Arthur
~ from Washington
these fo
pedw while Japanese toopw o Peninsula
Russian Vadosok squadron has been
believed
in the Sea O
Nancua the Ya
nerwhere etheyh
almost No
to oaah
broker backbone of in
RaIroad
the Antmg this ndcat
o. N1anchuran
earof the Russian
aof the warps in ooes
dispatch direct from
high official Petersburg
of of State
would enigeets
drawn diplomacy
the o
States
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in if
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which the
w abandon
London OF the japanese
their ability defeat the Russians says Japan placing for be d
Arthur and VadNotok although
heavily fortified Srongho IN the Far East
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-10
BalIot Bon Is Robbed Of contents.

DENVER, March 9.-The ballot box
used in Precinct of the Second Ward
at the recent election in this city has
been found to have been broken open
and robbed of it's contents. 1t was
in custody of City and County Clerk
Julius Michele, who had been ordered
to produce it in court Friday next at
the hearing on the charges of ballot
BOX stuffing filed against the election
officers of this precinct.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-10
Favors Treaty With Abysinnia,

WASHINGTON, March 9.-During
the executive session of the Senate to-
day Senator Cullom made a favorable
report from the Committee on Foreign
Relations on the treaty with King Men
elk. 1t is a commercial agreement
regulating the exchange of business be-
tween the United States and Abyssinia
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-10
swimming Records Are Broken.

BROOKLINE, Mass, March 9.-Three
swimming records were broken to-
night: Fifty yards-By Harry Le-
moyne. Time, q 1-5 seconds: four
fifths of a second below former record.
440 yards-By c. NJ. Daniels. Time sos; !;
former record 6:10, held by Brewer Of
California Plunge for distance-By h.
NJ. Mccormick. distance So feet inches.
Former record So feet
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-10
Turkish Prisons to Be Inspected.

CONSTANTINOPLE. March 9.-Dr
Thorn, a member of the American mis-
sion at Marsdon turkey in Asia), has
been appointed by the Porte to inspect
the prisons at Diarbekir (Asiatic Tur-
key and arrange for the medical treat
ment of the prisoners, in consequence
of the complaints of Sir Nicholas
O'Connor, the British ambassador here,
regarding the condition of the Bull
garians who are confined at Diarbekir.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-10
Big Guarantee Deposit.

OTTAWA, Ont, March 9.-The Do
ninion Government was notified to-day
that the Grand Trunk Railroad had de-
posted $5,OOO,0OO in the Bank of Mon
treal to the credit of the Finance Min
lister as a guarantee for the construc-
tion of the Grand Trunk Pacific road
The deposit is in cash.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-10
Colonel Grigsby Is Given a Hearing,

WASHINGTON. March 9.-President
Roosevelt to-day gave hearing at the
White House to Colonel Melvin Grigs-
by, United States District Attorney for
the Second District of Alaska at Nome,
on charges of malfeasance in Office
The charges have been Investigated by
the Department of Justice and the At
torney General has recommended to the
President the removal of Colonel
Grigsby.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-10
Fire Claims Two Victims.

TULARE, March 9.-Mrs. NJ. p. Bra
zill. wife of a prominent farmer near
Tulare. died this morning as the result
of frightful burns received several days
ago while trying to rescue her sister,
Miss Hoskins, who was burned to
death. The fire was caused by Miss
Hoskins dropping lamp. from which
the oil scattered on the clothing of both
women.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-10
Russia VIII Not Exbib;t

ST. PETERSBURG, March 9-Fin-
ance Minister Kokovzoff announced to-
day that the response to his efforts to
get intending exhibitors to reconsider
their decision not to participate in the
st. Louis Exposition had been insuffi-
cient to warrant the Government to re-
consider its determination, and that
consequently Russia would not partici-
pate in the exposition.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-10
JAPANESE CLAIMS
OF LOSS INFLICTED
UPON THE ENEMY

TOXIC March 9.-It is reliably as
serted that when tho Japanese at
tempted to block Port Arthur on Feb
ruary "a a Russian torpedo-boat de-
stroyer. while trying to enter the har-
bors struck mine and sank. OF the
thirteen Russian warships inside the
harbor of Port Arthur, it is added, all
are disabled except five. Finally, it
is asserted that Whoangkishan Fort,
at Port Arthur. was half destroyed
by the Japanese shells and that only
three batteries are available here
About 500 Chinese and Russian work.
men have been rushing the repairs
on the .warships.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-10
TURKISH CRUISER
is NOT HELD FOR
FINAL PAYMENT

NEW YORK, March 9.-Reports from
Newport News, Va. that the Turkish
cruiser Medjidia is being held up there
by the builders because of doubt re-
garding the final payment by the Sui
tan's Government upon the cruiser are
denied in a dispatch from Philadelphia,
quoting Edwin s. Cramp as saying:
"The last payment is now on deposit
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-10
FAULTY VOTING MACHINE
CAUSES ANNOYANCE
Washington, New Jersey, Must Have
New Election Because of Mis-
takes i'm Record

New ELECTION Because OF Mis-
takes in Record.
NEW YORK, March "a voting
machine used in the municipal cleo
tions at Washington, n. j.. has gone
wrong and another election will be
necessary.
When the Election Board opened
the machine they found amazing re-
suits from the days balloting. A
candidate for Councilman on the in
dependent ticket registered $40 votes,
his associate registered 349, while
their opponents. Gulick and Croft. tall
lied $40 and 500, respectively. Mem
bers of the independent party are
jubilant for the reason that one of
their opponents caused the mix in at
tempting, when the polls opened. to
shift the tickets and put the regular
one at the top, thus getting the
mechanism out of order.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-10
Kings Adviser Is Convicted.

BELGRADE, Servia, March 9.-Dr.
Petronijevics. who was head of the
Cabinet of the late King Alexander,
was to-day convicted of the embezzle-
ment of s11,600 from the estate of son
of Prince Michael and sentenced to two
years imprisonment
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-10
Russians Seize Yungwon.

SEOUL, March "a party of nine
Russians seized the Korean telegraph
station at YungwOn to-day. 1t is re-
ported that a fight has occurred be-
tween Koreans and Russians on the
Korean side of the Tumen River.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-10
Far Eastern StronghoIdS Are Not in Danger
of Famine or Shortage
of Fuel.
Gar Asks MusCovite Editors to Print
Nothing but the Truth Con-
corning the War.
Copyright 1904 by
the New YorkH Publishing Company

would call after the operation involv-
ing an attack upon the Russian
squadron had been concluded.
The Japanese are quite confident of
the ability of their squadron to sig
nally defeat the Russian snips and
laughingly say that the big Russian
cruisers, which stand unusually high
out Of the water, make excellent tar
gets.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-10

in a bank. subject to our orders as
soon as we present the papers showing
that the cruiser has been turned over
TO the Turkish Government. This cere-
mony Will probably occur on Thurs
day."
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-10
Death of Well known Actor.

SARANAC LAKE, N. Y, March g.
Robert Taber. the actor and divorced
husband of Julia Marlowe, died here
last night.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-10
Russia to Take Over Merchantmen.

SEBASTOPOL, March 9.-The Rus
sian Steam Navigation Company is
said to have received Government in
structions which compel it to curtail
ordinary operations, particularly out
side the Black Sea- 1t is understood
the instructions provide for contin-
gency call upon their tonnage by the
Government. The company's conven-
tion with the Government provides for
the Governments acquisition of the
whole fleet for troops and other mill
tary work. within the Black Sea only.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-17
RIOT At PENSACOLA.
Police and Sailors Fight-AH
ArtiIIeryman Killed.

Pensacola, Fla. April 16.-In riot here to-
night between police and bluejackets from the
warships and a few artillery men from Fort
Barancas. Private Banks. Of the Tth Company
Of artillery. instantly killed and four blue
jackets from the Iowa and Alabama
wounded. though not seriously.
The riot started over the arrest of blue
jacket. Three policemen were at the patrol call
box when petty officer from one of the ships
blew whistle signal used on the ships for the
men to assemble. Fully three hundred gathered
and rushed the policemen. Two of the police
backed away from the crowd. firing as fast as
possible at the advancing bluejackets. who were
hurting stones. bottles and other missiles at
them 1t in this shooting that the artillery
man was killed
Reinforcements from the police station ar
rived at this juncture and partly disbanded the
bluejackets. Later, owing to many threats Of
the men from warships to kill the policemen
Admiral Barker ordered marine guards from
two of the ships ashore and they quelled the
riot and prevented further trouble.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-17
PROD SCHOOL BUILDERS.
Board of Education Permitted in
One Case to Reject LOzCest Bid.

The Department of Education is about to
begin a systematic fight to bring delinquent
school contractors to time and to hasten the
erection OF school buildings" said an associate
city superintendent yesterday. In my six or
seven years in this department 1 have never
known of more than or two schools that
have been built within contract time"
This proposed action on the part of the Board
of Education. which has been urged by The
Tribune. has met encouragement from the
Board of Estimate and ApportiOnment. Two
weeks ago the Buildings Department applied for
permission to let the contract for the new ad-
dition to Public school No. S. Richmond to a
bidder not the lowest. The reasons were not
understood. and permission was withheld A
few days ago Chairman Adams. Of the COM
mittee on buildings of the Board OF Education.
wrote each member of the Board of Estimate
and Apportionment personal letter. explaining
the situation. Yesterday notice that the desired
permission had been granted reached the Build
ings Department.
Mr.. Adams's letter explains typical case OF
the annoyances that the Buildings Department Is
forced to contend with in the building OF
schools. He said;
Great difficulty has been experienced in the past
IN having the contracts given to the William
Horne Company (the lowest bidder in the case OF
the additionl completed within the contract time
or even within reasonable allowance Of extra
time II is OF Jne utmost Importance IIdt THIS
work should be finished time. because. in the
case Of non-completiOn. the children now in the
school could not receive tuition at all. they
could not be transferred TO other school on aC-
count OF the great distance and certainly not those
children who have been clamOring for admission for
the last six months
The William Horne Company's bid was
S1O249 and that Of William L. Vaughn. who
will now receive the contract S1O.443- c. b j..
Snyder. Superintendent of School Buildings. has
always maintained that the chief cause Of the
difficulties met in Fastening the erection Of
school buildings grows out of the necessity that
his department is under 20 let all contracts to
the lowest rather than TO the best contractors.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-17
TUG SAVES YACHT P4RTT.
The Chaos Goes ashore on Saybrook
Bredk5Cater iE Gale.
LEY TELEGRAPH TO THE rR1BUNE.l J

Hartford, Conn, April 1G-J. A. Sutter, his
son, J. A Suffer- jr., and five friends this after
noon We're rescued from shipwreck by the tug
Sachem. OF the Hartford and New-York Trans
pOrtation Company's Sound feet. after going
ashore on the S2ybrock breakwater, In the yacht
Chaos in gale. The party set sail from Es-
sex, q river port. Friday afternoon, and was
rowed into Sound waters. The head wind and
tide carried them down the Sound, and il was
nearly midnight when they got under the lee OF
Horizons Point, and held on till daybreak, when
q new start taken.
The morning and early afternoon were spent
in going six miles. With night approaching the
party attempted to make Saybrook Harbor.
gale came up. and when opposite the mouth of
the Connecticut River the food current carried
the yacht onto the stone breakwater. The bow
spirit snapped of short and water covered the
boat. The crew OF the tug Sachem sighted the
wreck and hurried to its assistance. The yacht
crew was taken off in small boats, and attempts
are being made tonight to save the yacht
Though the storm has gone down il is feared
that she will pound herself 10 pieces
The Chaos ,ording to "ManninEs Nacht Heg1s-
ter is a catter of l0.a gross tonnage, 42e feet
long She was designed 10y Leonard H Philips
and built by W. B. Smith OF South Boston Her
is X. L. Maerckloin. She halls from Hart
ford Conn.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-17
FORTTFIES WHITING ROOM
Woman, 4UegeG ShOpifter, Pur-
sued and Caught at Il" Station.

Mrs J. Charles Moore. a wealthy widow. who
lives in the Hargrave apartment house. at No.
1O4 West Seventy -fourth-st., while sitting in a
Sixth-ave. department store yesterday laid her
handbag and purse. containing several dollars
and a check for 500 on the counter before her.
She saw a woman who later said she was Mrs.
Mary Russell, Of Buffalo. pick it up and carry
il off. She was too surprised for a second to do
anything Then she followed Mrs. Russell, and.
laying her hand on her arm. said:
L beg your pardon, but you have my purse"
"Oh, no. said the other. according to Mrs
Moore. but II that your purse which was
lying over there on the counter just now. the
woman in front of me wearing the long cloak
has it."
Mrs. Moore called clerk who summoned the
store detective. Dittman. Mrs. Russell had gone
into Broadway. Dittman followed, and the
woman turning west in Thirty-fourth-s
started TO run The detective Joined by Police
man Miller. Of the West Thirtieth-st. station,
ran too Mrs Russell, picking up her skirts,
kept ahead Of them TO Seventh-ave. There she
turned south and, at ThIrty-third-st.. east
again, with her pursuers gaining and her way
impeded by a crowd Of shoppers, VITO Joined in
the chase.
Painting and dishevelIed. the woman reached
the steps on the downtown side Of the Thirty
third-st. elevated station. darted up the plat
form. and. rushing by the astonished gateman.
went into the woman's waiting rcom. DittInan
says tllat as she reached the platform she thress
away a handbag, which he recovered. and which
identified as Mrs. Noore's.
Mrs Russell barricaded herself In the waiting
room Dittman and Miller at last forced open
the outer door. whereupon Mrs. Russell fed into
an inner closet and fortified herself there. She
finally drawn, screaming and hysterical
from this last refuge and taken 10 the station
She denied knowing anything about Mrs.
Moores purse.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-17
JAPANESE SUBMARINES.
None Built, but I'1co To Be Ready
to Meet Baltic Fleet.

London. April 16--while It Is authoritativsIy
stated that the Japanese have submarins
navy at the present time. and that therefors Il
is impossible that the Russian battleship
PetropavlOvsk could have been sunk by boat
Of this class II is understood that the Japanese
arsenals and navy yards are working overtime
on two or more submarine boats. which viii be
ready before the Russian Baltic squadron
reaches the Far East.
1t is known that the Japanese government ap-
preached firm of submarine boat builders
about the time the first of these vessels was
adopted by the United States but no purchases
made then. as the japanese preferred To
watch the developments of this kind OF war
ship. Subsequently the Japanese governments
secured all necessary details for the construo-
tion Of submarines at their Yards. but the
later stages Of the Russian negotiations moved
too fast to allow the completion of the boats In
time for active service around Port Arthur
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-17
VIEWS IN Russia VARY.
TogO,s Statement Denied and Con-
frmed-Stedmers Bought.

St. Petersburg. April 1s-The statement Of
Vice-Admiral Togo that he sank mines of Port
Arthur at midnight Tuesday has sffc-
tied an authoritative statement that not
a single Japanese torpedo boat approached
the entrance TO Port Arthur at that time.
The informant OF The Associated Press
is I'm a position TO have access to all Of
fetal reports. but he admits he cannot explain
the Petropavlovsk explosion
An admiral has given version OF the affair
confirming that Of vice-Admiral Togo. He says
that Japanese torpedo boats came up the pre-
vious evening and laid mines along the shore
south of the entrance TO the harbOr. He adds
that the torpedo boats were seen TO make OF
IN a different direction from that in which they
came. The flagship. he says. drew out from the
line as the squadron re-entered the harbor thus
getting among the japanese mines.
The theory that the disaster TO the Petropav-
lovsk caused by submarine boat which
has been secuted by the Admiralty is revived
by statement published IN the "Novikraf' on
March "A. that sentries' cutter stationed IN
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-17
HEAD NURSE PREVENTS PANIC.
Blaze in Home for Incurables Conquered by
Bucket Brigade.

There a Slight fire in the Home for Incurables,
Third-ave and and-eighty-frst to one
hundred-and-eighty-f fourth St. last night. Mrs.
Elliott the supervising Of the women's wards.
discovered the blaze in a closet where the clothing
OF the patients is kept After informing DR. Israel
c. Jones. the experimenting physician Of her dis
covery. she and the other helped the in
valids into rolling chairs and wheeled them the
northern end OF the building that they might be
proportions
Dr Jones called the other physicians Drs J. ".
Smith. William Brooks and Johnson. and they.
with the men nurses and orderlies. poured buckets
OF water into the closet. An alarm OF fire was
in but by the time the engines responded the
fire far under control that il not neces-
sary 20 bring hose into the building. Ms. FL
liott's face and hands were singed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-17
T0G0'S SKILFUL ATTACK.
Russians Lured Ont of HarbOr-Use
of Wireless System.

Washington, April 16-The japanese legation
tonight received the following dispatch dated
Toxic. April IS:
Admiral Togo reports that the combined fleet
as previously planned. began on April IL the
eighth attack on Port Arthur. The fourth and
fifth destroyer fOtillas the fourteenth torpedo
1otiIla and the KeryO reached the mouth OF
Port Arthur at midnight Of April Il and ef-
fected the laying Of mines at several points
outside Of the port, defytng the enemy's search
lights.
The second destroyer fotiIIa discovered at
dawn Of April Is one Russian destroyer trying
to enter the harbOr. and after ten minutes at
tack sunk her. Another Russian destroyer was
discovered coming from the direction of Lao
Teai-Shan. and attacked. but she managed
TO flee into the harbOr- On our side there were
casualties except two seamen the
to rescue the enemy's crews, who were drowned
as the Bayan approached
The third fleet reached outside of Port Ar
thur at 8 a m. when the Bayan came out and
opened fire. Immediately afterward the NOvik.
the AskOd. the Diana the PetTOpavlOvsk. the
PODteda and the POltava came out and made
attack
our third fleet hardly answered and. gradual
ly retiring. entiCed the enemy fifteen miles
southeast of the port. wnen our first fleet in
formed through wireless telegraphy from the
third feet. suddenly appeared before the enemy
While the enemy was trying to regain the
port a battleship Of the PetrOpavlOvsk type
struck mines laid BY US the previous evening.
Although another ship was observed to have
lost freedom Of movement. the confusion Of the
enemy's ships prevented US from Identifying her.
They finally managed TO regain the port
Our third fleet suffered no damage. and the
enemy's damage. besides that above men Toned,
was probably slight also Our first feet did not
reach firing distance. Our fleets retired ar
D. M prepared for another attack.
They again sailed on April IL toward Port
Arthur. The second, the fourth and the hftl
destroyer fotillas and the nirth-tl s1s50 hotil a
also joined the feet at 3 a. m and at a m.
No euemy's ship found outside the port.
"A a. m.
discovered three mines laid by the enemy. and
destroyed ALL
The kasuga and the Nisshin were dispatched 20
the west Of LaO-Teai-Shan. and made fndi-
rect bOmbardment for two hours. il being their
first action. The new forts on LaO-Teaf-Shau
were finally silenced- Our forces retired at 1850
u.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-17
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
SUNK By JAPANESE NINE.
LOSS OF PETROPAVLOVSK.
admiral Togo's Report of Actions
of Combined Fleet.

Admiral Togo reported that the Petro-
Pavlovsk was sunk by a mine laid by Jap
anese vessels before the Russian warships
steamed out of Port Arthur Harbor on
Wednesday.
A rumOr in St. Petersburg that the Sevasto-
pol had been sunk was officially denied. Vice
roy Alexief hoisted his flag ON this battleship
in taking command of the feet yesterday
afternoon
Two japanese warshpS were damaged, sc-
Cording to Russian reports, by the fire of the
forts and warships in reply to Fridays
bombardment