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The San Francisco call., 1904-04-17
JAPANESE RENEW ATTACK.
Russian Forts Reply and Damage Two
Cruisers.


PORT ARTHUR, Friday. April Is
delayed in transmission).- S
o'clock this morning a small Japan
ese squadron appeared on the horizon
and soon drew off, but at about 10
O'Clock a hostile fleet numbering twen-
ty-three vessels was again sighted.
They formed in two divisions, one TAX
ing up a position behind Cape Lao
shan and shelling the shore and the
Tiger Peninsula. while the other bonn
barded the Golden Hill and other bat
teries from a point opposite the road
stead. The fire was continued inter-
mittently until o'clock in the after
noon. The Russian ships replied with
an indirect fire and made good prac-
tice. one shot damaging a Japanese
cruiser. According to some reports
two japanese ships were injured.
There was no damage done to the forts
or the town. Some Chinese were kill
ed and few Chinese and Russians
were wounded.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-17
DIR. sHooP's REMEDIES.
DON'T RISK A PENNY.
GET WELL FIRST.
-...-r,.. -. /. .hx.iei,n,

FOR 10 yezrs. I've been physician!
have treated nearly two million cases:
taught me some oertsinties :,
4Pd.n h., know @ e Ss. dsssse .ld condemned
INTO my six books for the Sick
They tell Of my great discova, that practically all
diseases can be permanently cured through the Smpa-
Not the nerves We feel with. see with, hear with,
j, IS sSs.s thsi sns0n,sioS.y Gssr;a.s the vital
When tie inside nerves get down, that Organ
which Is weakest in the body loses its act pro-
II then throws It's work upon the other Organs
Thest Organs in turn, become affected through
work and 50, scarcely any case isfound ~tnout
proved IL useless. to doctor the individual Or
Ezns themselves while the NerSepOwer to iuliy opef
Sedstivss temporarily dsadened the pain. but in
Tonics revived the dropping powers. .only 10 insure
relapse so soon as the stimulus was withdrawn
Of what use 70 hourly move al ahead the ssnos oil
There Is but one sensible thing to DO, vr,-scnen
That IS What my. now famous. prescrpuon-Dr
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So sure am Of this Restorative that authorize
certain Druggists everywhere to supply il on month S
tral to practically all who write me for that privilege
10 supply il at my expense il fails TO beneft-as
your expense II Il cures.
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professional help during treatment
Could anything better prove my faith in this sys-
TEN. than this voluntary test
Could anyone furnish you better grounds for conf
dence.
diseases permanently. .
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soon.
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But all druggists do not supply II on a month
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-17
BATTLE REPORT CONFIRMED
Correspondent Describes Fight In
Which MakarofT Was Killed.

LONDON, April IA dispatch
from Port Arthur dated yesterday
gives the following account of the
midweek fighting:
Late Tuesday night eight torpedo
boats put to sea to scout At about
$3.50 the next morning, when the flo
tilla was returning. two boats, the Bes-
trachni and the Smyeii, were over
hauled by the ships of the enemy.
which had been cruising in the neigh
borhood, but out of range of the guns
of the forts. The Bestrachni and the
Smyeli were attacked by six Japanese
torpedo-boats. which were covered by
four cruisers and two battleships Dur
ing the firing Japanese shell struck
the torpedo room of the Bestrachni.
There was a severe explosion and the
boat was completely wrecked. The
other torpedo-boats turned back to aid
the Bestrachni and the armored
cruiser Bayan also came to help the
Russian torpedo boats. The Japanese
fire was concentrated on the Bayan.
which picked up five of the Bestrach-
mis- crew and then covered the with
drawal of the rest of the fotiila, which
reached the harbor safely.
On the arrival of the f1otilla Vice Ad-
miral Makaroff left the harbor with
the battleships Petropavlovsk, Poftava
and Pobieda and the protected cruis-
ers Askold. Diana and Novik and at
tackled the Japanese fleet. The lat
ter began to retire, whereupon the
Russian battleships returned toward
the harbor- On their way back the
explosion occurred on board the Petro
pavlovsk, which sank in two minutes.
Seventy-five members of her crew were
picked up. but the rest. about 525 men,
perished. Vereshchagin. the painter,
who was on board the Petropavlovsk,
perished. This afternoon the bodies
recovered after the explosion were in
tered
MOSCOW, April 16.-Madame ve-
reshchagin had no information to sup
port her belief that her husband is at
the Russian headquarters. at Lao
yang. Her friends do not doubt the
accuracy of the official reports that
| the painter was on board the Petro-
pavlovsk when she sank.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-17
SOCIETY FAvORITE
TO WED A NEW YORKER
Miss Alice Rutherford Soon TO Be the
Bride of John Erving of
Gnfhana

Gotham.
NEW YORK, April 16.-Formal an
nouncement has just been made of
the engagement of Miss Alice H.
Rutherford. daughter OF Mrs. George
Crocker. to John Langdon Erving of
this city. Miss Rutherford is the
daughter of Mrs. Crocker by her first
marriage, her father having been the
late a. H. Rutherford of San Fran
cisco. Her sister, Miss Emma Ruther-
ford, married in January last Philip
Kearny. son OF General j. Watts
Kearny.
Mr.. Erving is the son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. John ErvinE Of this city and is
related through his mother TO the Van
Rensselaer, family of New York He
is a member Of various clubs and is
well known in society. Mrs. Crocker
Is now in Europe. having been at
Cannes for some weeks. No date has
been set for the marriage.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-17
soUADRONs IN ACTION.

Again after preparation at 4 p. m.
April IA we went toward Port Ar
thur with the second. fourth and fifth
destroyer fOtilla. The ninth torpedo
notina reached the mouth OF the har-
Dor at o'clock ia the morning April
is and succeeded in effecting its mis-
sion. At a. m. the third squadron
appeared before the harbor. but was
not observed by the enemy. The
squadron found the inner harbor
quiet. The first squadron reached
Port Arthur at . O'Clock the same
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-17
STEAMER INLAND FLYER
STRIKES BEANS POINT
Passengers Are Taken on, but Later
the Vessel Is Floated-Little

SEATTLE, April 16.-The Laconner
Trading and Transportation Company's S
steamer Inland Flyer ran on Beans
Point reef Friday morning at on
her first voyage from Seattle to Brem-
erton. Her passengers were conveyed
in lifeboats to the shore, a few yards
distant, and were later picked up by
other vessels of the line. The Flyer
hung up until o'clock, when she was
fioated off at high tide, proceeding un-
der her own steam to the West Seattle
shipyard for repairs. She is not Sc
riously damaged.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-17
CORRESPONDENTS PROTEST.
State Department Is Asked to Con
slider AIexieff's Order.

WASHINGTON, April 16.-One Of the
principal wireless telegraph companies
has filed at the State Department an
energetic protest against the decree of
Admiral Alexieff that newspaper cor
respondents using wireless telegraphy
in the Far East during the war shall be
treated as spies. The State Department
has taken the protest. under considera-
ton. but following the almost unbroken
practice it probably viii decline to take
any action on a hypothetical case. If
an American citizen is arrested by the
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-17
JAPANESE OFFICERS ARRESTED
Prisoners Dressed as Tibetans Planned
to Wreck Railroad.

HARDIN, Manchuria, April 16.-
Two Japanese officers of the general
staff have arrived here under strict
escort. having been arrested by the
railroad guard eighteen miles from
this place. They were dressed as Tib-
etan lamas.
sock their tents, in which were found
sixty pounds of high explosives, fuse,
string of keys to unscrew railroad
nuts, etc.
They evidently intended to blow up
the bridge over the Nonni River, near
Fullardi. The prisoners displayed
great GOODNESS, confessing that it was
their intention to destroy the railroad.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-17
New Athletic Club Is opened.

BUFFALO. April 16.-The Interna-
tional Athletic Club at Fort Erie will
open its doors next week with a series
of amateur bouts. 1t is the idea of
the promoters to follow these exhibi-
tons with professional fights. There
is talk of a large purse to be offered
for fight between Young Corbett and
Jimmy Britt on July e.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-17
Animals Coming to St. Louis.

NEW YORK, April IA collec-
ton of 500 animals. the largest ever
brought to this country in a single
ship, was on board the Hamburg
American steamship Bethania, which
arrived Friday from Hamburg. Nearly
all the animals are for exhibition at
the ST. Louis Exposition.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-17

mander of the japanese forces here, has
established a censorate at his head
quarters at Seoul, and will also prob
ably establish a similar bureau at Che
mulpo, Korea, which is more conve-
nient than Nagasaki. Japan. where dis
patches have up to the present been
censored
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-17
Paws Penalty on the Gallows.

CHICAGO, April 16.-Louis Peasant
was hanged here Friday for the muir
der of Mrs. Mary Spilka during a rob-
berry. He entered the woman's home
while she was alone and struck her on
the head with club. Then he carried
her into the garret, where he kicked
her to death.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-17
TRAIN is DERAILED
ON GREAT NORTHERN
Cloudburst Is Cause of Wreck, but
No One Is Seriously
Hurt

SPOKANE, Wash, April 16.-Pas-
senger train No. westbound on the
Great Northern was wrecked Friday
night by washout near Laclede. Ida
no. believed to have been caused by
a cloudburst. The engine was ditch
ed and several cars derailed. Engin-
eer Neal Munson was slightly injured.
Railway officials report no one else
hurt. Traffic was blocked for several
hours.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-17
TELLS Of DESPERATE SEA BATTLE
Continued From Page Fl, Column :.

Ually went into the harbor and by
noon none OF the nnenEs ships were
seen outside the harbor.
There were no casualties in the
third squadron. The enemy's loss
likely WAS slight. Our first squadron
had not reached the gun range at L
O'Clock in the afternoon OF the same
day and our squadron left the mouth
OF the harbor Tor our temporary rem
devious.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-17
ALExIEFF IN COMMAND.
Viceroy Raises His Flag on the Bat
tIeship SeyastopoI.

tlccfoy hdiscS hiS IidS oii VIZ D"e-
tIeship Sevastopol.
ST. PETERSBURG, April 16.-Vice-
roy Alexieff took command of the
Russian fleet at Port Arthur this after
noon and raised his flag on board the
battleship Sevastopol.
A number of foreign ambassadors.
acting under instructions, have ex-
tended to Russia the condolences of
their Government on the Petropav-
lovsk disaster
ambassador Mccormick did not re-
ceive any instructions, but he took oc-
casion to express to Foreign Minister
L, -.lsdorff his personal sympathy with
the bereavement of the families of
those lost on the ship.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-17
EIBE'T Ea0w I HAD giDgiYTR 3u.LE

had tried 50 many remedies without their
having beneatod me that ! was about dis
oouraEed. but in a few GAYS after taking your
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The San Francisco call., 1904-04-17

The archiyist of Montecassino has
just discovered in that famous abbey
a parchment containing historical mat
ter of Importance hitherto unknown
and bearing upon the period of the
struggle between Gregory VII and
Henry w.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-17
FLEET WILL NOT MOVE.
Port Arthur Ships Must Await Ar
rival of Skrydloff.

PARIS. April 17.-The Eclaire's st.
Petersburg correspondent says he is
informed that formal order has been
forwarded to Viceroy Alexieff not to
permit the Russian fleet to leave Port
Arthur before the arrival there of
Vice Admiral Skrydloff. 1t is the opin-
ion in high naval circles that it will
not be necessary to dispatch the Baltic
squadron to the Far East, as the
army, it is believed, will be able to
cope with the Japanese forces.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-17
Hoods
S Sarsaparilla

Makes you feel better, look bet
ter, eat and sleep better. Get only
Hoods,
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-17
CENSORSHIP in KOREA.

Japanese VIII Establish Bureaus at
Seoul and Chemulpo.
SEOUL. Korea, April 15 (Friday, $3.50
p. m.).-General Haraguchi. the COM
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-17

A recent dispatch from .Liaoyang said
the Russian intrenchments on the Yalu
had been completed. The center Of the
line of fortified positions is at Antung;
the right flank rests on Tatungkao,
about twenty-five miles southwest of
Antung. and the left at Chintiencheng.
1t has been reported that there are
20, 900 Russians, composed of infantry,
cavalry and artillery. at Antung ready
to oppose the Japanese If they attempt
to cross the river, and q recent dis
patch from Toxic said it was known
there that the Russians were in force
on the Manchurian side of the Yalu.
The main force of the first japanese
army to land in Korea is near Wiju,
according to dispatches from Korea.
and the Japanese are said to be land
ing at Chulsan,f near the mouth of the
Yalu. There have been, frequent skir-
mishes between Russian and Japanese
troops in the vicinity of Wiju during
the last week
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-17
BOTH SIDES WAITING.

Russian aud Japanese Armies on Yalu
Ready for Battle.
SEOUL, Korea, April 16 10 p. m.-No
battle has yet been fought at Wiju.
The Russians occupy strongly fortified
positions at Chintiencheng, on the
Manchurian side of the river about ten
miles north of Antung, and on Tiger
HILL a rocky promontory jutting out
into the Yalu. The Japanese forces and
batteries are screened behind the hills
between the river and Wiju.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-17

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The San Francisco call., 1904-04-17
Thousands Of Women Have Kidney
Trouble and Never Suspect 1t

WOMEN suffer untold misery be
cause the nature OF their disease IS
not always correctly understood; IN
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female weakness of some sort is re-
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The San Francisco call., 1904-04-17
Why Swanp-Root Gives Strength

Not only does Swamp Root bring
new life and activity to the kidneys.
the cause of the trotble. but by
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The mild and extraordinary effect
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The San Francisco call., 1904-04-17
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The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-07-02
AN INCIDENT OF THE CIVIL WAR.

After the battle of Murfreesboro
in the Civil War, I was stationed
in the hospital. For two nights l
had been unable to get any rest,
and being really worn out, on the
third night I had lain down to get
sleep. About midnight I was call
ed to see a wounded soldier who
was very low. At first l tried to
put the messenger off, but he told
me that if I waited it might be too
late in the morning. / went to the
ward where I had been directed and
found the man who had sent for
me. shall never forget his face
as I saw it that night in the dim,
uncertain candle-light / asked the
man what I could do for him, and
he said that he wanted me to help
him to die" told him / would bear
him in my arms into the Kingdom OF
God if could, but | couldn't, and
then I tried to preach the Gospel.
He only shook his head and said:
"He can't save me; l have sinned
all my life"
Ny thoughts went back to his lov-
cd ones in the North, as I thought
that even then his mother might be
praying for her boy. | repeated
promise after promise, and prayed
with the dying man, but nothing I
said semed to help him. Then said
that | wanted to read him an account
of an interview which Christ had
one night while here on earth with
a man who was anxious about his
eternal welfare, and | read the third
chapter of John, how Nicodemus
come to the Master. AS | read on
his eyes became riveted on me, and
he sened to drink in every syllable.
When | came to the words: AS
Moses lifted up the serpent in the
wilderness, even so must the Son
of Man belifted up; that whosoever
believeth in Him should not perish,
but have eternal life," he stopped
me and asked:
"Is that there?"
eyes," I said
"Well," he said, Il never knew
that was in the Bible. Read it
again"
Leaning his elbows on the side of
the cot he brought his hands to-
gether in a firm grasp, and when I
had finished he exclaimed:
That's good. Won't you read it
again?"
Slowly | repeated the passage the
third time When / had finished
saw that his eyes were closed, and
the troubled expression on his face
had given way to peaceful smile.
His lips moved, and / bent over him
to catch what he was saying, and
heard in faint whisper: GAS Moses
lifted UP the serpent in the wilder
ness, even SO must the Son of Man
be lifted up; that whosoever beliey-
nave. ereffiaf ME.
He opened his eyes and said:
That's enough; don't read any
more"
Early the next morning I went
again to his cot, but it was empty.
The attendant in charge told me the
young man had died peacefully and
said that after my visit he had rested
quietly, repeating to himself now
and then, that glorious proclamation
"Whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have eternal
fed, L. M00dy.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-07-02
TowsoN, MD. SATURDAY. JULY p

ers you would never attempt to try
and turn your romance into reality?"
asked Anne.
II have enough romance to last
me for lifetime.
"But suppose the girl was really
very nice girl and a very pretty
girl?"
Makes no difference"
did you know that / lived in the
apartment house back of the hospital
at which you were a patient?" :"
mo, didn't. Then you might
know the woman with the contralto
voice?"
"Yes, knew her. In fact, I have
the slipper and bunch of lilies of the
valleyI"
"How did you get them?''
Anne's expression was tnischiev-
Gus now. She seemed to have great
difficulty in keeping from laughing,
as she said:
"The woman you heard singing
was our negro cook whom we
brought up from the South with us.
/ had to take the flowers and slipper
off her hands to pacify her. She
was going over to the hospital and
raise a row on the presumption that
the negro janitor had tried to flirt
with her. I put them out of her way
and she forgot them, and so did I.
When I read your book it started me
to thinking, and when I met you l
determined to find out if it was
really you who threw the flowers.
So you need not worry about my
jealousy"
"I think" said Tom, slowly, 'that
the joke is on me-"
Undoubtedly" said Anne. "But
if you had not thrown the flowers,
you wouldn't have written the book.
And if you had not written the book
] would not have gone out of my
way to meet you. so, all's well that
ends we'll
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-07-02
MARRYING ON $50 A MONTH.

A certain writer declares, "It is
better to have loved and lost than to
have married on $50 month" Fif-
ty dollars a month-six hundred
dollars a year, is quite enough for
most young couples who are contem-
plating marriage, to start upon. 1t
is more than their parents be-
gan with, and twice the income of
their grandparents. 1t is wealth
beyond the dreams of avarice" colll-
pared with the amount of money on
which millions of little families get
along in peace and contentment.
1t is true that great many young
men, and not a few young women,
spend several times fifty dollars
every week. There are young men
in receipt of $Ioo and even $500 a
month who are sure they cannot af-
ford to marry. And perhaps they do
well to remain single. If their
standard of living is clear up to their
income, and they are too selfish
or too gluttonous to reduce it, they
may as well go solitary and alone"
to the end of life's journey.
But the young man who is fit for
husband or father should be willing
to begin married life before he at
tains such financial standing as is
the hoped for result of life's work.
And the young woman who is fit for
wife and mother should not expect
to escape contact with the burdens
incident to housekeeping on limited
means. The actual necessities of life
are few and simple. The fancied
necessities are many and costly.
The idea that wealth and happi-
ness are synonymous or that small
income means misery, is a delusion.
There are families with millions at
their disposal who have neither ca
pacity nor inclination for ways that
lead to enjoyment. There are other
families who, with incomes of but a
hundred year, have a household of
gladness. Probobly the best lives
are lived-the most useful and con-
tented-by families of moderate
means. "Give me neither poverty
nor riches" is, with one exception
the best prayer contained in the
Book of books.
The native stock in this country
is in a fair way to die out. Inn
migrants and their descendants seem
destined to replace the English ele-
ment. The reason for the existence
Of this unpleasant fact is that the
natives are less and less inclined to
marry, and more disinclined if mar
ried, to raise families. Our adopted
citizens don't wait for big incomes
or mature age before they make a
home. With them the wife is real
partner, not a purely ornamental
possession. And they do not con-
slider it disgraceful to have children.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-07-02
Contingent Account.

Appropriation $4,000.
Amount to Almshouse account......... 1880
COroners and post mOrtems 122.O0
Election and registration. 1,6l5.00
Fire Department. 3.538.00
Law Department.. 2,631.00
lighting R..................... 90l.OO
Police Department.. 44300
Publishing and printing!. 800
Repairs and improvements
&c.,. l,loU.UU
Special Road and Bridge ac-
COUNT. 5,l05.UU
Sanitary expenses. .......... 24O.OO
Total. $751; ,OOO.0O