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The San Francisco call., 1904-06-18
MIKADO'S MEN
OUTMATCH THE
RUSSIAN FOE
Survivors of the Fight at
Vafangow Give De-
tails Of Battle.
Bodies of Dead COssackS Are
Found in Badly Mutilated
Condition.

LIAOYANG, June 1.-THE wounded
in the first two days fighting at
Vafangow are arriving A lieutenant
OF Cossacks says the American military
attaches were with his command most
OF June Is during the hottest part Of
the fight. He commented upon their
coolness and their professional interest
in the operations exclusive to the idea
Of personal danger.
The Russian artillery" the lieuten-
ant says, was splendidly served but
was outmatched in number by the Jap
anese. One Russian battery pitted
against japanese batteries was literally
smothered by Japanese shells.
l saw one battery land three shells
in the midst of an ammunition train
which vas gailoping up to serve the
japanese guns. Two caissons explod-
ed. killing all the horses and drivers.
The japanese guns fired at least
1900 rounds. The Russians fired several
times on Japanese infantry in close
formation. causing tremendous havoc"
An officer Of the Fourth Battery says
his battery was in a duel at two and
a half miles with a Japanese battery
and silenced il. His battery then ran
out Of ammunition and the men carried
the breech mechanism of the guns with
them TO the rear and brought UP a
fresh supply of ammunition and re-
'sumed serving the guns
Several Of the Russian dead found
in the bushes were horribly mutilated
The foreign attaches drew up a formal
memorandum of this.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-18
BEGINS WORK OF wRECKING.
japanese Government Hopes to Save
the Sungari and Variag.

SEOUL, Korea, June 17.-The Japan
ese Government has commenced the
wrecking of the steamer Sungari, which
was destroyed at Chemulpo by the
Russians at the beginning of hostil-
tiles. The Mitsu Bishi Company has
secured the contract for the work and
an American named Koen is in charge
of the operations. The Sugar. was gut
ted by fire and some of her lighter
works were warped by the heat. but
otherwise she did not sustain much
damage. 1t is hoped that she can be
raised in two months.
1t is expected that the work Of
wrecking the Russian cruiser Variag,
which has been proceeding slowly. will
be turned over to this same company
The Variag was lost at the same time
as the Sungari
Nothing but the brass work of the
gunboat Koreitz. the third vessel de-
stroyed by the Russians at ChemuIpo,
can be saved.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-18
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1uently; II became sore and lame, and headache
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The San Francisco call., 1904-06-18
MANY ESCAPE
AFTER ATTACK
ON TRANSPORTS
Commander of the Troops
Kills Himself After Burn
ing'the Flag.
Second Mate Also Commits
Suicide in Preference to
Being Captured.

TOXIC, June 17.-Details is connec-
tfon with the sinking Of the japanese
transport Hitachi by Russian warships
are being furnished by survivors. The
Russian ships were sighted at Z o'clock
in the morning and in response to q
signal the Hitachi was stopped, but at
10 o'clock got under way again and at
tempted to escape. The Russians fol-
lowed and opened a heavy fire directed
about the water line with the evident
intention of destroying the troops on
board The fire was terrific and in a
few minutes the decks were covered
with corpses and awash with blood
One shell which struck the engine room
killed two hundred men. The shio be-
gan to fill and sunk gradually by the
stern. At o'clock in the evening she
was completely submerged. Captain
Campbell the English master of the
transport, jumped overheard at 2
o'clock in the afternoon and is num-
bered among the missing
The chief engineer was killed on the
bridge. The commander of the troops
ordered the flag to be burned and
then killed himself. The second mate
committed suicide. Many of the crew
and troops escaped in the boats.
The transport Sado is badly dam
aged. She sighted the Russian ships
thirty-five miles west of Shiro Island.
Their signals to stop were unheeded,
so the Russians opened fire and signal
ed for those on board the Sado to
leave the ship. Upon that the crew
took to the boats and in this way
many escaped when the ship was
eventually fired by the enemy.
The number of men on board the
two transports and the list of casual
ties are not as yet obtainable.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-18
STRUCK SIXTY TIMES.
Russians Prove Accuracy of Their Fire
On the Hitachi.

Russians Prove Accuracy of Their Fire
On the Hitachi.
TOXIC. June lit is impossible to
obtain accurate figures Of the losses
sustained by the japanese as a result
Of the sinking Of the transport Hitachi
and the shelling Of the transport Sado.
A survivor has reported TO Vice Ad-
miral Hidematsu Tsunoda, commander
in chief Of the Takeshika Naval Es-
tablishment. that the Hitachi was hit
sixty times by the Russian fire and
that she fired on the Russian vessels.
It is suspected that the Russians in
tended shellng the Sado, and a small
boat from this transport pulled over
10 the Russian vessel for the purpose Of
parley. The Russians agreed Il give
the men on the Sado forty minutes in
which 10 get away from their ship. and
said they would take the non-combat-
ants on board their own vessels. The
survivor who gives these details de-
clares that subsequently the Russians
refused 10 receive the -combatants.
with the exception of an Englishman
who was chief mate Of the Sado.
Before the expiration of the forty
minutes agreed upon the Russians tor
pedoed the SadO from both sides.
Colonel Suchi, who was in command
Of the troops on board the Hitache. and
many other men committed suicide.
Such was educated in France.
The majority Of the men on board the
Sado were rescued; the majority on
board the Hitachi were annihilated.
The Sado was not sunk. She hoated
east Of OkinO Island and has been
tOwed into port.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-18

Continued From Page 1, Column ;


although it is believed that General
Stakelberg will continue to retire to
the northward. 1t is possible, how
ever, that reinforcements are being
sent to his support. This might be in
ferred from a significant message just
received from one of the correspond
ents at Tashichia reporting an enor-
nous movement of troops, including
cavalry and infantry. along the rail-
road, but the correspondent was not
allowed to say in which direction the
troops were marching. II may be
therefore reinforcements moving TO
support General Stakelberg or the
force of that commander retiring to
the northward. The message also says
that the whereabouts of Major General
MistcheHko is not known and this
latter statement may be pregnant with
significance.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-18
FROM DROWNING
BY TWO YOUNG MEN
Young Woman While Bathing Is Sink
ing Third Time When Res
cuers Appear.

SONOMA, June 17-AfIss Margaret
Mahoney of San Francisco narrowly
ped drowning this morning while
bathing in SOnOma Creek near the FL
Verano Villa. Miss MahCney got be-
yond her depth and would have drown
ed had it not been for the herOism OF
Thomas Lewis and ]. Devine of San
Francisco.
The young woman sank twice and
was about to 60 down for the third
time when Lewis hastened to the res
cue AS he reached her side he was
seized by the drowning woman and
had it not been for ]. Devine, both
Miss Mahoney and Lewis would have
lost their lives. Devine succeeded in
getting the woman to shore and i'm
mediateIy summoned medical aid. At
ter two hours the young woman was
restored to consciousness, but little
hope is entertained for her recovery.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-18
HEROES ARE EULOGIzED.
Sons of American Revolution Show
Patriotism at Banquet.

The California Society of the Sons
of the American Revolution com
memorated Bunker Hill anniversary
with a banquet at the Occidental
Hotel last evening. Colonel A. D. Cut
Ter presided at the function, which
was largely attended. Speeches and
songs made up the programme of the
evening.
Judge Henry c. Dibble delivered the
response to the toast, The Battle of
Bunker HILL" and was followed by
Edgar Hills Adams, who recited
Holmes poem, "Grandmother's Story
of the Battle" A toast to General
Warren was answered by Reginald H
Webster and THE Three British Of
ficers" was the theme Of Colonel
Charles A. Coolidge's address. The
concluding speech of the evening was
delivered by John A. Hosmer, who elo-
quently eulogized General Putnam.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-18
CORRESPONDENT IN JAIL.
Russian Soldiers Place Him in Prison
at Port Arthur.


INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, June ia
cablegram to the Indianapolis News
from Stanley Washburn, special war
correspondent of the Chicago News at
Chefu, says that Hector Fuller, staff
war correspondent of the Indianapolis
News, has been captured by four Rus
sian soldiers and taken to Port Arthur.
Fuller was blindfolded and placed i'll
prison.
The State Department at Washington
was notified last Wednesday that Full
Ter, who started from Chefu in an open
boat with two Chinese oarsmen for Port
Arthur, had landed in the vicinity of
the latter city about June II.
WASHINGTON, June 1.-THE State
Department has received the following
reply from Minister Griscom at Toxic
in response to its inquiry regarding the
disappearance of Hector Fuller, the In
dianapolis war correspondent:
''Washburn of Chicago News states
that Fuller was arrested at Port Arthur
on the 18th inst"
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-18
LABOR AGITATOR REMOVED
FROM TRUSTED POSITIONS
Striking Freight Handlers Still at
Outs With Employers and Nom
Union Men Retain Jobs.
H1Ill.sU%
A[f1aI-aILae

Rudolf Speck, secretary treasurer of
the Brewery Drivers Union, delegate
to the Labor Council and member
of the Stablemen's Union. was re-
moved from his several positions and
expelled from the Labor Council last
night as a result of alleged misapprop-
ration of the unions funds.
The striking freight handlers have
failed to reach an agreement with their
employers and the non-union men are
still at work. The police force in the
striking district has been lessened. The
strikers headquarters are closed, but
their pickets are still making their
rounds
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-18
RUSSIANS NOT DIsHEARTENED
Claim That General Stalelberg Won
More Than He Lost

Claim That General StaIxelberg Won
More Than He Lost.
ST. PETERSBURG, June 17.-Mil1-
tary circles do not view the battle of
Nafangow as a defeat, and they con-
tend that General Stakelberg. unlike
Lieutenant Zassalitch. won more than
he lost. Whether General Stakelberg's
expedition to the south had an imme-
date bearing on the situation at Port
Arthur, ii is thought that his presence
has caused a diversion which will ma
terially affect the operations in the
southern part Of the Liaotung PENN
sula. It is thought unlikely that the
japanese had north Of Kinchou such
large force as that which engaged
Stakelbergs division, and the num-
bers seem to indicate that they drew
of some Of the troops operating against
Port Arthur 1t is pointed out that the
force engaged at Vafangow must re-
cuperate for several days, and it is ex-
pected that the fight will materially
retard the siege operations against Port
Arthur.
The whole regret is that General
Stakelberg did not draw the japanese
farther north before allowing them to
engage him, but experts suspect that
certain conditions compelled Stakelberg
TO fight at Vafangow.
General Stakelberg is praised for the
shllful handling Of his men in the field.
He and his old war comrade, General
Kuropatkin, fought side by side in
Turkestan, and he insisted on again
taking the field, although almost an in
valid.
1t is believed that Colonel Waters,
the British military attache, was pres
ent during the battle of Vafangow.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-18
FIRE ON THE CossAcKs.
Minister of Interior Receives Report
of Recent Riot at Warsaw.

ST. PETERSBURG, June 1.-THE
Ministry of the Interior has issued the
following statement in regard to the
disturbances at Warsaw in May:
"A crowd assembled to watch a fire
May 10. The people refused to disperse
when the police ordered them to do so.
few Cossacks were called out and
were greeted with stones and shots
from revolvers. The Cossacks replied
with q voliey, killing one man and
wounding six. Twenty Cossacks and
police were injured by stones.''
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-18
OOPS DISPLAY GREAT VALOR AT THE BATTLE OF VAFANGOW
ICOSSACKS ADD GLORIOUS PASSAGES
TO THE HISTORY OF THEIR COUNTRY
Face the Enemy Singing Their Spirits Not Affected
by the Fierce Heat or the Cannonading.

black lines of infantry, like threads,
could be seen creeping through the YER
dure. Nearer the slope of hill was
dotted by the gray shirts of the Rus
sian rif1emen. A brownish smoke over
hung some of the batteries, and others
showed flashes of flames. The crackle
of rife firejwas punctuated by the roar
of guns. Occasionally l heard the hiss
of a japanese bullet.
THE scene was awe-inspiring. Over
the Russian center and left flank how
cred chocolate clouds from bursting
shrapnel. 1t was evident that the tide
of battle was coming toward the Rus
sian right. l saw reserves hurryinS
forward, the Cossacks galloping, fol-
lowed by columns of infantry. Sud
denly they disappeared in an adjacent
defile. The valley where the Russians
had camped was emptied as If by
magic.
RETIRE IN GOOD ORDER.
''Rattling volleys were fired behind
the screen of hills which concealed the
fighting troops from view in that direc-
ton, the sound of the firing being the
only evidence of the deadly struggle
proceeding there This continued for
half an hour. Suddenly company Of
Cossacks appeared on the crest Of a
hill and began to descend. They were
followed by infantry. The Japanese
gunners promptly pursued them with
shrapnel Horses and men began fall
ing.
"A moment of narrowing suspense
was relieved by a shout of 'Hurrahb
1T was from a couple of thousand
Russian troops just brought up by
train. They quickly jumped from the
cars, fixed bayonets and literally run
into the fight.
Again the crackle of musketry un-
der cover, during which the retiring
Russian regiments formed up and
moved off in complete order toward
tie railroad. While a long line of
commissariat wagons escorted by Cos
sacks took to the road a battery Of
horse artillery stationed near the rail-
read banged away furiously as i COW
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-18
Partners Want to Dissolve.

WILLOWS, June Nv. f. Miller,
Marsh Miller and Joseph Shockley.
comprising the firm of w. Frank Mil
Ter & Co of Butte City, decided to dis
solve partnership, but being unable to
arrange satisfactory terms of disso-
luton, they have applied for the ap-
pointment of a receiver. The firm is
the largest mercantile house in east
ern Glenn County.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-18
Miss Woodward Improving.

ST. LOUIS, June 17.-The condition
of Miss Annie Woodward of Santa
Barbara, Cal, who was bruised late
last night by the collision of a car
riage with a Delmar trolley car, has
greatly improved. She will, 1T is ex-
pected, be about again in few days.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-18
REFUGEES REACH CHEFU.
Say Preparations Are Being Made to
Destroy Port Arthur.

Destroy Port Arthur
CHEFU, June 1.-TWO thousand
Chinese. mostly small merchants, ar
rived here to-day in junks from Port
Arthur
After the Chinese were ordered to
leave the Russian stronghold the Rus
sian authorities commandeered all the
provisions and cattle in town.
The refugees believe the Russians
will not be able to hold out against the
japanese, and say that they are pre-
pairing to destroy Port Arthur.
Several Chinese from Dalny have also
arrived here, but they are without
knowledge of the result of the reported
fighting around Port Arthur. They
say that fully one hundred and fifty
thousand Japanese, including coolie
carriers, have been landed on the Lao
tung peninsula.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-18
GOOD CROPS IN KOREA.
Many Natives Formerly Employed on
Transports Return to Fields.

Transports Return to Fields.
SEOUL. Korea, June II, p. ma
japanese official who has completed a
tour of investigation of Northern
Korea reports that the crop prospects
are unexpectedly favorable. The ma
tives heretofore employed as transport
coolies did not accompany the Japan
csc army into Manchuria, but returned
TO the fields.
The prejudice against war notes is
decreasing as the importation of silver
renders it always possible to redeem
the notes at face value.
NJ. Hagiwara. japanese Charge DAT
faires in the absence of Minister Ha-
yashi, who has gone to Japan, has re-
quested the Korean Foreign Office to
take action in the matter of circulars,
recently distributed, urging an anti
Japanese rising.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-18

LIAOYANG, June IA press corre-
spondent who was present at the battle
of Vafangow describes the fighting as
follows:
The stern. dogged fighting at the
battle of Vafangow was like another
Borodino. The roar of the machine
guns and the boom of the cannon still
ring in ones ears.
Throughout the three days of COM
bat the officers and men We'd with
each other in pluck and heroism. They
have added glorious passages to Rus
sian military history.
The enemy's advance originally in
cluded the Fifth, Eighth and Eleventh
divisions, twelve sduadrons of cavalry
and splendid artillery. About 200 guns
were belching a continuous stream Of
shot and shell. Large reinforcements
enabled them to turn the Russian
flanks. A diversion on the right pre-
cipitated the battle on the morning of
June Is.
Major General Gerngross, who was
WOulluCus COlIlnldHQSQ the l6lL llduh,
and General Loutchkovsky commanded
the center, including four battalions
concealed in a small wood, whence they
dealt death and destruction on the en-
emy. The Russian right was protected
by Cossacks, dragons and Siberian
Rifles.
THUNDER OF THE BIG GUNS.
While these big guns were thunder
ing made my way, at about IL a. m, to
the Russian right flank and climbed
hill, whence L could view the whole
field of battle. Behind me battery had
taken up a position, from which it kept
UP a continuous fire upon the advanc-
ing ranks of the enemy. Through
glasses 1 could see the sandy valley Of
the Tassa, with the Chinese village of
Nafan.
The heights of Fuchu. the railway
bridge and the surrounding cops were
occupied by japanese infantry. Then
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-18

INVOLUNTARY INSOLvENT. - Keller
Bachman q Co. Sachs Bros. & Co., Levi
Strauss Co. and Payot, Upham & Co..
creditors of the Kragen- -Bamberger Conpa ny
OF this city. fled a petition in the United
States District Court yesterday to have the
last named firm declared an involuntary in
solvent. They declare that on May I the firm
made an assignment of all its property to c.
r. Havens for the benefit of its creditors.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-18

eyed the retreat. The Japanese shells
were falling on the station buildings,
from which train after tram ha5
moved.
Il descended the hill and just sue
ceeded in jumping on the footboard
of the last car. Some of the Russian
batteries on the left flank were still
firing. The main force then began
slowly to retreat toward Vantsialin
(thirty miles north of Vafangow) and
about 1 in the afternoon had accom-
plished its strategic mission. The bat
tie of Vafangow had detected consid-
erable japanese forces from Port
Arthur.
WENT INTO BATTLE SINGING.
"The fighting was glorious. For
two days the Russian regiments val
orousIy maintained their positions and
took the offensive on the left, so press
ing the enemy there that a couple of
japanese batteries fell into the Cos
sacks hands. The Russian soldiers
went into battle singing, their spirits
not affected by the fierce heat and
furious cannonading, whose intensity
may be gauged from the influence it
ndQ on the atmospheric COnuIllOIlS.
Rain drops fell like tears at the height
of the battle, although the day dawn
ed clear.
Many Russians have fallen, but
greater number of Japanese were
killed. The Russian shells and bullets
moved them down like wheat. The
whole valley was bestrewn with the
corpses and the river Tassa ran red.
But it was with Japanese more than
with Russian blood.
Il left on the last train with Gen
eral Stakelberg. This train collideG
with the one preceding it near Want
sialin, but it was not damaged.
When passing Kaichou we saw
three Japanese cruisers.
The railroad north was coupled by
Russian troops. The Russians say
that the Japanese cannot advance
much further north, even when they
recover from the effects of the battle
of Vafangow."
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-18

ENGINE STRIKES WAGON.-While cross
ing the Southern Pacific tracks near Fifth and
Townsend streets yesterday a wagon driven
bv Remigio Mondoro was struck by swirch
engine The wagon was smashed to spltntera.
but the driver escaped with a few bruises.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-18

BURNELL BOOKED FOR ROBBERY j.
c. Campbell. the Eddy-strset car conductor
whose car was held up and robbed OF Si6 so
by Curt Burnen at Cough street last Tuesday
night swore to a complaint before Police
Judge Mogan yesterday charging Burnell with
robbery. Burnell was Immediately afterward
booked on the charge at the City Prison The
police have yet been unable to find any
trace OF Burnell's companion
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-18

CALIFORNIA PARLORs PICNIc-CaIi-
fornia Drum and Bugle Corps composed of
members of California Parlor No. 1. n. S
G.. W, will give a picnic at Sunset Park
Santa Cruz Mountains. on Sunday. July 10
The invitations bear the injunction. Bring
your sweet smiles and family lunch baskets
and have good time with the boys OF Cali
fornia Drum and Bugle Corps
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-18
CannOnading Heard on the Con-,

TOXIC, June IA report has been
received here from the Police Staten
al Saga. near Sasebo, saying that
sounds Of cannonading have been heard
of the coast.
It is possible that a japanese feet
has met the Russians
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-18
ESCAPE IN WATER BOAT.
Sur'i'ors Prom the Transport Sado
Arrive at NaeasaId

Arrive at NagasaId.
NAGASAkL June Il, 4 p. m.-Seven-
ty-three survivors from the transnor+
Saoo arrived here to-day. They
escaped in water boat and contriveCi
san from their clothing. They met
British steamer Off the Island Of Xxi
al O'Clock yesterday and were towed
10 a point near Nagasaki. The surviv-
ors say that the Sado's engines were
disabled after a few shots had bean
fired by the Russians. When the s,r-
vivors left the scene the Hitacbi was
stll afiOat
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-18
Death OF Admiral Greer.

WASHINGTON, June 17.-Rear Ad-
miral James N. Grear, u. S. NJ. re-
tired, died to-day, aged ~ years