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The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-03-10
Fruit Farm for Sale.
Buff Leghorn Eggs.
Wanted.

Thoroughbred Buff Leghorn eggs; 70 cent
per setting. m3l e. A, FRANZ
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-07
CARRIES FOOD
TO STOESSEL
Former Californian Making
a Fortune by Running the
Blockade at Port Arthur
ELUDES THE JAPANESE
Daring Fellow Is Success
fully Landing COntraband
in BeSieged Russian Port
ELUDES THE JAPANESE

Louis Spitzel, formerly OF this city,
where he is well known. is piling up q
fortune in the Orient by running con-
raband articles Of war into the be-
sleged' Port Arthur. SpitzeIs opera
tiCns. which the Japanese have been
trying to stop for number of months.
are said TO have materially assisted the
gallant General StoesseI IN his heroic
stand before the gritty little japanese.
Ihe information concerning Spitzels
DARING adventures was brought here
yesterday by H. Frankel, who arrived
from the Orient and is staying at the
Palace Hotel. Frankel has also been
successfully engaged in the smuggling
OF goods into Port Arthur and has
made comfortable fortune, which he
has brought with him toi the United
States to enjoy.
Frankel was one of the first to at
tempt to run the blockade at Port
Arthur before the Japanese took New
chwang. His vessel was the Victoria.
ali old craft brought from Australia
1t was condemned at Shanghai and sold
to Chinese for $4,000. The first trip was
made with a cargo of petroleum and
came near ending in a disaster. The
vessel was in such bad condition that
she frequently broke down and Ii took
her full eight days TO cover the dis
tance from Shanghai 10 the entrance
Of Port Arthur. In discussing Spitzel
last evening Frankel said
That fellow Is one Of the most daring en-
gagged IN the running OF the Port Arthur block
ade and 10 this fact Is probably due his
success He began business in a small way
and hna lly secured the steamship Shishan,
with which he earned from the Russian Gov
ernmert last October $3.50. coo for carrying
geo Geo rifles and $50 head Of cattle safely to
the penned uD soldiers in Port Arthur. His
vessel IS Tiavigated by Captain Harry Strude,
who is also we'll known in san Francisco. Re
turning from Port Arthur the vessel was over
hauled and taken into custody by the japanese
warshlp Sasabo and her commander for
mally charged with carrying eontraband goods.
Sufficient evidence TO sustain the charges was
rot forthcoming at the hearing OF the case
before a court and the vessel released.
Spitzel had the nerve TO Immediately demand
damages from the japanese Government. When
We left the Orient. Spitzel was preparing for
another trip to Port Arthur, which 1 am sat
isfed he reached in safety.
Frankel said that so urgent is the
Iced of fOOdstuffs and ammunition in
Pert Arthur that smuggling has been
made an exceedingly profitable bust
ness and has been the only thing that
has saved Shanghai from a COLLAPSE of
its commercial affairs.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-07
Immense piano-Selline Record at pommer-
EIlerS' Without Parallel in the
History OF the Trade.
THREE DELIVERY WAGONS AND AN AUTOMOBILE KEPT
BUSY BY THE P0MMER-EnERS REMOVAL SALE
Store Open Day and Evening Till Sale Immense Savings
in Prices and Easiest OF Easy Payments Investigate This
Before 1t Is Too Lote-Next Monday Ends Il

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The San Francisco call., 1904-12-07
Port Arthur War
ships Expected
to. Dash Out.
Harbor Entrance Is
Being Cleared
of Mines.

ST. PETERSBURG, Dec 7.-2:35 a
m.-Although the War Office and the
Admiralty are stin without direct news
from Port Arthur, confidence in the
ability of the fortress to hold out con-
tinues to be expressed. The reports
from Toxic Of the shelling of the bat
tleships and Of heavy losses by the
Russians in an ineffective attempt to
recapture 2O9- Meter Hill are considered
misleading. According to a high Off
Ger of the general staff, the warships
would be able to seek shelter from the
fire from 2O3-Meter Hill by anchoring
behind Tigers Tail peninsula. Reports
that the Russians are clearing the mine
fields outside the harbor are regarded
as the best indication that the squad
ron is preparing to move out TO this
anchorage, where it will be secure un-
DER the protection Of the shore bat
teries.
An artillery officer who knows Port
Arthur thoroughly expresses the belief
that the Japanese will be unable to
hold the summit of 203-M Meter Hill, on
account of the fire of the ANTI and Etz
forts, which are less than two miles
distant. This officer declares that it
will be impossible for the Japanese to
mount guns at the top Of 203- Meter Hill
until the ammunition of the ANTI and
Etz forts is exhausted.
The Toxic estimate that the Russians
lost 5000 in the attempt to recapture
20S- Meter Hill is declared to be absurd,
and it is pointed out that such a loss
would imply the virtual Gripping of the
resistance, yet the reports from Toxic
admit that General StoesSel continues
to make counter attacks.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-07
BRITAIN LOSES PRESTIGE.
Dogger Bank Affairs Effect Through
out the Balkans.

LONDON. Dec. ALFRED Stead. who
has just returned from an extended
tour of the Near East. where he came
into close touch with those directly
concerned with the future policies of
the Balkan states. said to-day
British prestige has received severe blow
IN the Balkans. consequent upon what is there
supposed to be diplomatic victory for Russia
In the Dogger bank affair. This feeling has
been created largely by colored dispatches rep
resenting that there British backdown
The direct result has been largely 10 restore
waning confidence in Russia
Stead says he found Roumanians re-
1oieing over Russias defeats in the
Far East and Bulgarians and Servians
beginning to believe it was time to
| look for another protector. He says the
Turks We're delighted, and even show
ing an attitude of defiance toward Rus
lsia He continues:
A month ago Great Britain could have die
tated the policies of the Near East states,
but to-day a strong reaction has set in
notwithstanding repeated official de-
nials, Stead says he firmly believes that
Russia has the Porte's consent to take
he Btack Sea fleet through the Dsr-
canclles.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-07
BLACK SEA REMAINS CLOSED.
Russia VIII Not Send Fleet Through
the Dardaneiles.

the Dardaneiles.
ST PETERSBURG, Dec. 1.-THE agi-
tation raised in the newspapers on the
question of sending the Black Sea fleet
through the Dardanelles to join Ad-
miral Rojestvensky's squadron has
been inspired by a faction Of the Ad-
miralty which is anxious to see the
second Pacific squadron REINFORCED to
point which will insure victory; but
there is not yet the slightest evidence
that Russia is seriously considering
such a step. The subject is a popular
one in Russia, where there has always
existed much irritation against the
manper in which the Black Sea fleet is
bottled up, but Russian diplomats rec
ogniZe the difficulties surrounding the
veXed question of the Dardanelles and
the press is assured that the present
discussion is without significance.
The present treaties covering the
Dardanelles, it is pointed out do not
provide for their denunciation. The
only regular way TO obtain their modif1-
cation or abrogation would be by a
congress Of the powers signatory to the
treaties, similar to that of London in
1871, which legalized the maintenance
by Russia of a fleet in the Black Sea.
simply announce her refusal to be any
longer bound by the treaties, in which
event the powers would be compelled
to adopt the measures which might
seem proper. Although egress from the
Black Sea might prejudice the position
Of the Mediterranean powers, it is not
believed that any of them, except
Great Britain, would act with the view
to continuing what Russia has always
pnnfandad n ha N
Great Britain, however. would probably
base her action upon the theory that
the Japanese alliance compelled her to
prevent the abrogation of treaties
which inure to the advantage of her
ally's enemy.
In this connection a dispatch to the
NOvoe Vremya from London revives
the story Of the existence Of secret
clauses in the Japanese British alli-
ance, one of which, the correspondent
claims, binds Great Britain to keep the
Black Sea fieef locked up, in return for
which Japan agrees not to send Japa-
nese ships to European waters.
The NoVoe Vremya's argument that
it is only necessary for Russia to ar
range with Turkey in order to Iiberate
the Black Sea- fleet is pronounced by
the Foreign Office TO be absurd. it be-
ing pointed out that, if true, Great
Britain or any other power could ne
-gotiate with Turkey for the ingress of
fleets without the consent of the other
signatOrieS
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-07
GREAT BATTLE UNLIKELY.
Belief at Mubden That General En-
gagement VIII Not Occur.

MUKDEN, Dec. 6.-Everything now
indicates that the prospect of an i'm
mediate encounter on a large scale has
passed
During the fight below Tsinkhetchen
the Russian loss was twenty-five killed
and 123 wounded, including two officers.
Seventeen japanese prisoners were
taken. one of whom committed suicide.
The report that General Rennen-
kampff has administered heavy de-
feat 10 the Japanese continues to cir
cuIate among the Russian troops, but
has not yet been officially confirmed.
TO the earlier rumor there is added the
report that the Russians have sue
ceeded in carrying off twenty-four
guns which they captured in the rout
Of the Japanese but were at first un-
able to remove owing to a crossfire
from the Japanese force.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-07
ORDERED AWAY
FROM JAPAN

Marcel de Smet Laberghe, war cor
respondent for lie Matin of Paris. who
ran the blockade into Port Arthur. was
a passenger on the liner Siberia from
Nagasaki 10 Shanghai. He told the
officers Of the Siberia that he had been
we'll treated by the Russians and was
allowed the freedom of the fortress.
He said the Russians had plenty of
food and ammunition, but were poorly
provided with water. He said the Jap
anese shells had destroyed all but one
Of the flour mills in Port Arthur. La
berghe left on September 90 in an open
boat. He was picked up by a Japanese
terpedo-bOat and taken to -SasebO. a
prisoner.
He refused to tell the Japanese of
conditions in Port Arthur He was
given his liberty, but was kept under
strict surveillance. Typhoid fever then
bowled him over. When cOnvalescent
he was taken to Nagasaki, where he
was ordered to take the first steamer
for Shanghai.
He was escorted aboard the Siberia
by Japanese police. one of whom ac-
companied him. shadowing his every
movement and lending an attentive ear
whenever the Frenchman engaged in
conversation.
Sydney Smith of the London Mail al
so Travelled on the Siberia from Yoko-
hama to Hongkong-
Another passenger in Asiatic waters
was Captain Cartilage, whose ship, the
III Shan, was seized by the japanese.
The owners of the vessel, through the
British Consul, are making a stiff fight
to secure the vessels release.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-07
RIDICULE "YELLow PERIL"
German Socialists Scoff at Warning
Uttered in Reichstag.

BERLIN, Dec. 6.-In the Reichstag
to-day Herr Liebermann Won SOnnen-
berg, Conservative, expressed regret at
the enthusiasm of the Germans for
Japan. He said race consciousness
should be awakened
We are white. They are yellow" Z"
the speaker added, 'All the European
peoples must stand together against
the yellow peril
The Socialists. and Radicals laughed
at this remark.
THE Russians" continued Won Son
nenberg. ARE defending against Japan
the most sacred possessions of Europe.
They are fighting common yellow
enemy" rE
This statement caused renewed
laughter and some Socialists shouted:
They don't fire on defenseless fisher
men,"
Herr Won Sonnenberg said:
IF the Japanese conquer their next
object will be Kiaochau (the German
pert in China). as drunken Japanese
officers have already admitted"
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-07

credible disadvantages and has accomplished
seeming imDOssibiities His officers were
worse than useless. and after the early ham
merings administered by the japanese hs
forces were as badly disorganized as the
widest imagination can picture. Alone and
IN the face OF reVerses that would have driven
o. Japarese general 10 hara-kiri Kuropatkin
reoreanized his army. He still lacks the ma
teflai for making aggressive campaign but
IN every encounter. his men put mp q stronger
resistance The Japaaese army was at its
best at the beginning % the war The Rus
sian army could not have been worse Hard
campaigning is telling on the Japs. and when
! lett the front the Russian strength was
slowly but surely increasing.
The s.. Petersburg authorities were deceived
as to the numerical strength of Kuropatkins S
army ~ the result of one Of the many ferns
o. grant by which the Russian officers keen
themselves in funds. Each captain acts as
paymaster for his own company his receipt
being the only Acknowledgement asked Taking
aos antsge OF this nearly every captain had
or the roll Of mis- company at least twenty
five more names than there were soldiers.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-07

He drew pay for all names, putting in his own
pocket the amount allotted to the imaginary
soldiers When kuropatkin in his reconstruc-
tion of his forces put this matter of payment
on a business basis the officers covered their
duplcity by including the dummy names in
their lists % killed.
Bass speaks with admiration of the
Japanese artillery forces With guns
of 1000 feet less range than those of
the Russians, the little brown men,
under cover of darkness, planted their
batteries near enough to overcome the
handicap and then made it so hot for
the Cars men that in most artillery
duels the Japanese got the decision
and not a few Russian guns
japanese. losses since the beginning
Of the war have been much greater,
says Bass. than stated in the official
reports from Toxic. He saws that
beri-beri has been almost as fatal as
Russian bullets. He does not think
there will be much winter fighting in
Manchuria.
Speaking of Port Arthur, Bass. saws
that ex-Senator Washburn's son, who
is acting as correspondent with the
Russians for the Chicago Daily News
syndicate. left Port Arthur about six
weeks ago. Washburn told him that
the Japanese had not taken one of the
seventeen permanent forts, and that
the people in the fortress are conf
dent of being able to hold out until
the arrival of the Baltic fleet
Reginald Glossop, who represents a
Yorkshire (EngiandD newspaper. and
who was with the Japanese forces be-
fore Port Arthur. also was a passen-
ger on the Siberia. Glossop saws he
is familiar with conditions in Port
Arthur and that the place can be held
for months against any force the jap
anese can bring against ii.
Captain ]. F. Morrison of the Twen-
tieth United States Infantry. one of
the American military attaches with
the Japanese army, returned on the
Siberia. AS matter of honor Cap
tain Morrison could not discuss the
Japanese or their work and what
ever lessons the little brown
men may have taught him will first
be impaired to the War Department
in the captains official report. He
did say, however, that he considered
Kuropatkin a great general and ex-
pressed admiration for what he had
been able to accomplish.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-07

John F. Bass, who has been follow
ing the fortunes Of the japanese i'm
perial guards in the Far East, re-
turned yesterday on the liner Siberia
and brings home with him a very
wholesome respect for General Ku-
ropatkin, the commander Of the
Cars forces in Manchuria. Bass is
war correspondent of experience
and high reputation. He has fol-
lowed the game of war in many lands.
In the Russo-JaDanese war he repre-
scented the Chicago Daily News syndi-
cate and accomplished more than
most OF the correspondents in the
field.
said Bass yesterday:
kurops tkin Is a great general He viii
60 down In history one of the greatest the
world has known He has worked under in
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-07
TO BE TRIED FOR AIDING RUSSIA
British Government to Prosecute
Roche and Sinnett.

= LONDON, Dec. 6.-Summonses
have been issued at Bow-street Po-
lice Court against Burke Roche and
Mr.. Sinnett in connection with the de-
livery OF the turbine yacht Caroline TO
the Russians at Libau, early in Oc-
tober last. The action was taken at
the instance of the Public Prosecutor.
The summonses will not be heard be-
fore December 10. at the earliest.
1t is understood that the sum-
monses issued at Bow Street charge
Roche and Sinnett with having un-
lawfully caused the Caroline to be dis
patched from the port of London for
the use of the naval service of a for
eign state (Russia). then at war with
another foreign state. Charles Rus
sell will defend Rache and Sinnett.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-07
KURoPATKIN IN PERIL.
Vague Dispatch Hints at Recent At
tenpts Upon His Life.

ST. PETERSBURG Dec. "a very
curious dispatch has been received
from a correspondent at General
Kuropatkin's headquarters about the
arrest of Chinese, who was found
in Dossession of 500 feet of fuse used
in decorating high explosives. The
telegram speaks of the necessity for
providing a larger bodyguard for
General KuroDatkin. The wording of
the dispatch generally leads to the
inference that an attempt made upon
the commander-in-chi life has
been foiled No confirmation of the
report is obtainable here.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-07
Rich Miner Dies of Appendicitis.

DENVER, Dec. 6.-Colonel w. P.
Harlow, q wealthy New York man.
died at st. Luke's Hospital here to-
night of appendicitis at the age of
AZ years. Colonel Harlow was inter-
ested with w. c. Greene in extensive
mining and other projects In Mexico
and Arizona.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-07
GERMANY SENDS MORE TROOPS.
Strength of Garrison at Her Chinese
Port VIII Be Doubled.

BERLIN, Dec. 6.-A dispatch to
the Tageblatt from Kiel says the Ad-
miralty have determined to double the
strength of the detachment of marine
artillery stationed at Kiaochau. the
German port on the Sbantung PENN
sula and to add four companies,
numbering 700 men. to the garrison,
also sending out an experienced Of
ficer of the general admiralty staff:
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-07
Sinking of
Japanese Ship
by a Mine.
Cruiser Adzunna Is
Said to Have
Gone Down.

TOXIC, Dec. Z, IL a. MAS result
Of the continuous bombardment by the
Japanese of Port Arthur the besiegers,
by using 2O3-M Meter Hill as an observa-
ton point, have discovered that one OF
the Russian battleships in the harbor
has a heavy list. Owing to the fog the
vessel is not clearly discernible, but
fl could be seen that the damaged war
ship was a battleship.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-07

Never Judge a merchants cash re.
ceiptss by the number Of lady shop.
pers in his store.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-07
SHELLS SINK A RUSSIAN WARSFIIP

ool officially announced that the Russian
the the
and that the batesFp Retizn has been seriously damaged
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-07

If all dreams came true the courts
would be overcrowded with divorce
cases.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-07
ADvERrIsEa1rNrs.
STATEMENT
-OF THE
CONDITION AND AFFAIRS
Or THE
RHINE & MOSEILE FIRE
INSURANCE COMPANY


INSURANCE COMPANY
or sTRAsBURG. GERMANY ON rHu
- 5lst day Of December A ID. 1908 aud Tor
the year ending on that day . made 10 tho
insurance Commissioner OF the state OF Cali
IOrnia pursuant to the provisias OF sections
90 and 611 Of the Political Gle condensed
as per blank furnished by the tornrissioner-
Amount Of Capital stock. PAID U,
IN lash -...----..-.- $500 J. $500 900 90
ASSETS
Real Estate owned BY Company. 100000 90
Loans Bonds and MORTGAGES '232 500 no
Cash Market Value OF all stock
and Bonds owned by Company IA 600 Is
Cash IN company's Office ....... 4T45 AZ
Sasn - @m IN IA Banks .,.-..-..-..-..-.. 160.504 39
Stocks and Loans - $1,000 -
Interest due and accrued on Bond
. and Mortgages - Z 1885 So
,,.t tio1 -. ...........r 1882 -
insurance on Losses already pan. s9s4s 10
Due from other Debtors .......4 1892 81
Total Assets ................,s .,s1.59s. .s7I 20
LIABILITIES
Losses adjusted and unpaid . s2i ESQ %
,o.... :. IN ,s.;:!5 s;.ss9ss 800; q 9sS q
Gross premiums Fire Risks run
ming one year or less. s423.
412 26 reinsurance 30 per cent. 2i1. .I38 I9
Gross premiums on Fire Risks run Z
ming more than one year $50
iS6 IA: reinsurance pro rata. .... II so. asa 10
ing unpaid ....-..' .....---.. = 1.75s 81
All "ca other demands against tie ''' .
company --..--.----- ..--s---f IASzz ld
Total Liabilities ............, sa77.54s "a
INCOME.
premiums ...+........ ......s s444.T2s 10
Mortsases .....,... .......I =. s.4O1 50
on Bonds. Stocks. Loans md
from all other sources ......4.. 92.20s II
Received FOR Rents .-..-....-@.. 14.56l 10
Recsived from all other sources. 2.T91 -
Total IncOm. .............--, ssoa. .ssa o.
EXPENDITURE.
Net amount paid for Fire Loses
previous years. ........-..... $50 :. s1s7. SIS II
Dividends to Stockholders -....I so 600 20
Paid or allowed FOR Commission or
Brokerage ......... ...--....I.. 90. Iq3 %
charges for officers. clerks. st,. as DTS %
Paid for State. National and Lotal
tuFes ............ ...........T. 27.S74 "a
Total Expenditures ......... s437. s2s %
Losses incurred during the year. .s1e7. .49a 81
Risks and Premiums. Fire Risks. Premiums
Net amount OF Risks
written during the
year ..........-..l $3.50 369 40 s60e. 500 a.
Net amount OF Risks.
expired during the.
year ..-.......... ASS $50 o25 SIS. ss4 30
Net amount In forceI
December 81 1908. 447 356 S4s 4S3 65s 40
j. sCHALLER. President
A. POIZAT, Secretary.
subscribed and sworn 70 before me. this
2d day Of April 1904
JOSEPH / BRITAIN. U. g. Consul.
SYz & CO., General Agents,
3O8 California Street,
San Francisco, Cal.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-07

or STRASBURG, GERMANY ON rau
- - Slst day Of December, A d, 1908. snd for
me me year ending on that day. . made 10 tho
Insurance commissioner OF the state OF Call
IOrnla, pursuant to the provisiae 81 sections
olV and oil Of the Political Ckis. condensed
as per blank furnished bv the e,unrnissfansr-
CAPITAL
Amount OF Capital stock pasd Il.
IN Cash .eeoo oo0 "a
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-07


Net amount of Risks
written during the
year =. .;;.; 81 a27 90 s241s5 10
expired during the
year .-..,...-..-,. 5as2. sos 90 s2.4s4 20
Net amount N force
December 81. 1908 2.252. SOS 90 344s7 7s
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-11-29
ATTACKED WITH FIREARMS
Young Men of Mollohon Mill Fired
Upon by Two Drunken
Negroes.

Because Of some words over the
prospective sale Of rabbit. two
drunken negro men. Arthur Wiggins
and Pope Reeder, opened fire on
Thursday afternoon upon six young
men OF the Mollohon mill. who were
returning from hunt. with the re-
suit that a sort of battle occurred be-
tween the young men and the ne
groeS, both parties shooting time
after time. Wiggins was struck full
in the face with one charge OF shot,
the young men we're struck with a
few spent charges from the shotgun
in the hands Of one Of the men. but
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-11-29
NOTICE OF ELECTION.

Notice is hereby given that an cleo
ton will be held on Tuesday, the 18th
day OF December. 1904. in Council
Chamber. in the Town Of Newberry,
S. G.. for Mayor and Aldermen of
the said Town to serve for one year.
Polls will be opened at 8 o'clock a.
n1.. and will close at 6 p. m. The fol-
owing named persons will serve as
managers of election: Z. P. Brad
ley, W. NJ. Shackleford, and w. r
Jones.
By order of the Town Council.
Van Smith,
Acting Mayor.
T. O. Stewart,
6. & T. 7. c. N.