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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-04-01
MANCHURIA ABLE
TO FEED ENTIRE
RUSSIAN ARMY

ST. PETERSBURG, March, S1.-The
Chief of the Commissariat, Rostkovsky,
says that not a pound of meat or bread
is being sent to Manchuria, as the cat
tie and grain available there are more
than sufficient for the demand.
Enormous herds and stores of -four
are being concentrated at Hardin
About 100000 boxes of timed meats
will be kept at Irkutsk for the out
going troops and railroad men. All
the timed meats are being put up in
st. Petersburg and Riga according to
a German process, by which the con-
tents can be served hot without the
use of fire, the tin being placed in
another filled with hot water and hav-
ing a false bottom containing a car
bide mixture. which is forced into the
water when it is desired to do so and
brings the contents of the inner can to
a boiling point.
For sinking Japanese merchantmen
in Sungari Straits at the opening of the
war $4,000 has been distributed in prize
money to the crews of the four cruisers
of the Vladivostok squadron.
The Invalid Russ, the army organ,
concludes from General Mishtchenko' S
reports that the Japanese are contin-
uing their concentration and gradually
advancing on their way to Wiju, their
advance guard being at Kahsan and
their outposts ten miles farther north.
The paper declines to predict the fu-
ture phases of the japanese advance
upon the Yalu.
oonno0tiOr tho activity of
the Chinese along. the Shanhaikwan
Railroad, the Bourse Gazette warns
the powers of the unreliability of Chi
nese neutrality, and says it believes
they are making a serious mistake, de-
claring that the Celestials are going to
astonish the world when the world least
expects it.
The Gazette further declares it to
be the duty of the powers to take col
lective action to strengthen the
pressure at Picking in order TO compel
the non participation of China in the
war, and concludes:
Russia cannot forever play the soil
tary watchdog of civilization in the
Far East"
The Novoe Vremya advises the Gov
eminent to protest against the viola
ton of the Geneva convention in the
hosting of Red Cross flags to protect
the Japanese troops in the fight at
Chongju.
The Russ thinks Marine Minister
Yamamoto's speech on Tuesday last
before the Japanese Parliament about
the difficulties encountered at Port Ar
thur was designed to throw the Rus
slams off their guard. and believes the
Japanese will do everything in their
power to take Port Arthur, because. If
they fail, the Japanese will be reduced
solely to land campaign in Korea.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-04-01
TROOPS POUR
INTO. RUSSIAN
WAR CAMPS
Four Thousand Men Are Ar
irving Daily at the Town
of Hardin.
Proceed at Once to the Men,
aced Stations On the
Frontier.
Car Has Not Yet Ceased
Sending Reinforcements
to Manchuria.

PARIS, April 1.-The Mathis CORE
irving continuously, each day seeing
1000 descend toward + arbin and farther
south in Manchuria by road and rail.
; The correspondent says that more
sotnias of Cossacks are expected.
The Journal this morning prints an
interview which it's correspondent in
st. Petersburg has had with Secretary
Gu of the Chinese legation there, who
is in daily communication with Picking.
The secretary said that China was de-
termined to remain neutral so long as
the Chinese frontiers were respected.
Considerable excitement, the secretary
said, had been caused by Chinese who
were creating disturbances within the
area of military operations. All was
quiet in Southern China, where the re-
lations between the Chinese and the
European residents continued to be
good. The secretary added that the re-
ports to the effect that the Japanese
were enlisting Chinese were untrue.
The st. Petersburg correspondent of
the Echo de Paris says that the wife of
one of General Kuropatkin's orderly
officers has received telegram from
her husband saying that the general
staff does not believe that there will be
any great battle before September.
The Russian troops in Manchuria, in
GLIDING Port Arthur and Vladivostok,
now number 5000, and the total may
be 300, 900 by the end Of April and 100000
by September. when, if the japanese
have not crossed the Yalu, General
Kuropatkin will advance and drive
them out of Korea.
The only fear in high quarters, ac-
cording TO the writer, is the inability
of China to restrain the mass Of her
troops or to prevent troops landing in
a Chinese port in the event of japanese
successes.
General Kuropatkin has telegraphed
General Mishtchenko to avoid any en-
ga zenents in which the security of the
Russian side would be uncertain.
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CASSINI NOTIFIES
WASHINGTON OF
MAKAROFFVS ORDER

WASHINGTON, March 31.-Rus-
sian ambassador Cassini to-day ad-
dressed the following communication
to Secretary Hay:
"Bv order of my Government
have to inform your excehency that
the following announcement has just
been made by the commander IN chief
of the Russian fleet in the Paclnc
Ocean:
Amy public or private vessel navi-
eating waters in which military
operations are carried on and detected
at night without stopping, and which,
after warning by the firing of gum
will not show its colors, will be con-
sidered as an enemy and sunk.
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REVIEWS ALLEGATION
THAT AID WAS DENIED
DROWNING SEAMEN

ODESSA March 31.-The Russian
steamer Malaga has been quarantined
at Constantinople. Consequently the
survivors of the variag and Koreitz,
who are on board that vessel, will not
arrive here until tomorrow.
A letter from Chemulpo is printed
here to-day describing the fight. 1t
contains the following regarding the
rescue of the crews of the Variag and
Koreitz
Before destroying their ships the
Russians signaled to the foreign war
ships to take the crews and wounded
on board, which they readily agreed to.
All of the ships sent boats to the Va
RAG and Koreitz to transport the
crews excepting the American cruiser
Vicksburg. Although she did send a
surgeon to dress the wounds, she did
not take one member of the crews
on board, explaining that no permits
sion to do so had been received from
the American Government"
ST. PETERSBURG, March 31.-A
correspondent of the Russ, who has Just
returned from Korea, writes that he
knows from official sources that the
commander of the Vicksburg did not
join in the protest of the other COM
manders against the Japanese entering
the port to engage the Variag and Ko-
reitz, and later, after the fight, when
the Vicksburg sent a surgeon, his SER
vices were refused. The tone of the
correspondent is very bitter. He adds
that he saw the American denials of
the incident when he arrived at Port
Said, but that they are not convincing.
He continues:
II saw the report of one Of the cap
tains to his government, In which the
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ST. PETERSBURG, March 31.-The
prompt departure of General Kuropat-
kin for Liaoyang is interpreted here
as confirming the opinion of those who
believed that. instead of waiting for
the japanese to advance, as popularity
believed, he viii at once proceed to
attack the enemy in Korea.
To-day St. Petersburg is full of re-
ports. One is that the Mikado is go
ing to Seoul to head mis- staff
Another tells of the discovery of a
plot to overthrow the Korean dynasty.
while a third reports the arrival OF
10000 japanese at Inkan. Finally
comes the most unnecessary assertion
that Sweden has no aggressive inten-
ton, her modest warlike demonstra-
tons being merely what she deems
necessary for the preservation of her
rights of neutrality and not in any
way meant as pin pricks for Russia.
CHEFU, March 81 (from Chemulpo,
March 2S).-The Iull in operations OF
the japanese land forces, which, except
for slight skirmishes in the vicinity or
the Yalu River. have not yet come into
touch with the enemy, is due to two
causes. First, the weather. which by
the breaking up of the ice and the melt
ing SHOWS has caused state of affairs
" hich is seriously hampering the Japa-
nese movements. Naturally this cOndi-
ton was foreseen by the Japanese; new
ertheless it is much worse than was an
ticipated The landing of troops has
been a tedious and dangerous proceed
ing. which has not progressed with the
dispatch expected. Secondly, the Mi
kados forces are advancing in most
circumspect and methOdical fashion
Each step is carefully taken They
leave behind them bases of stores, pro-
visions and ammunition, While at the
same time ingratiating themselves as
far as possible with the natives and
overcoming opposition Wherever 1t IS
manifested.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-04-01
MAKAROFF GIVES
KRINIZKI CREDIT
FOR THE VICTORY

SEBASTOPOL March 31.-Respond-
ing to a dispatch from the commander
of the Black Sea fleet congratulating
him on the repulse of the last attempt
of the Japanese TO blockade Port
Arthur, Vice Admiral Makaroff has tel
egraphed that the chief credit for the
achievement is due to Lieutenant
Krinizki, who commanded the torpedo
beat destroyer SLIM.
"A man who knows his business"
telegraphs Makaroff, in mention of
Krinizki Through his skill in dis
charging the torpedo the missile struck
the PROV of the first ship, DETECTING the
vessel from its course, and the other
japanese steamers followed in its
wake"
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PORT ARTHUR, March 31.-The
proclamation of Lieutenant General
Stoessel, commanding here, declaring
all the territory lying between and in
cluded in Port Arthur and Tsichou in
a state Of siege, forbids all unauthor-
lied persons to approach the fortifica-
tions and batteries and announces that
the sentries have been ordered to shoot
any one who fails to obey the order.
The police measures adopted at Port
Arthur are excellent and perfect order
is maintained.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-04-01
JAPAN PROTESTS
AGAINST SINKING
OF HANYEI MARU

TOXIC, March 31-The action OF
Russian warships in sinking the Japa-
nese coasting steamship Hanyei Maru
last Saturday is deeply resented by the
japanese. In official circles lhe attack
upon and the sinking of this vessel near
Taichin Island are pronounced to have
been clear violation of the neutrality
of China, besides being an act of wan
tonness against a defenseIess craft. The
sinking of the japanese steamship
Nakamura Maru by the Russian Vladi-
vostok squadron near the Tsugaro
Straits is recalled.
The Hs1yei Maru was an old steam
ship of sixty-four tons, and had been
chartered by some correspondents of a
japanese newspaper. After transferring
ten Japanese and seven Chinese from
the Hanyei Maru the fire of two vessels
was directed upon the steamship, and
one Of the Russian torpedo-boat de-
stroyers sent several shells through her
hull. When she appeared to be sinking
the Russian ships started at full speed
in the direction of Port Arthur
Three of the crew of the Hanyei Maru
concealed themselves on board when
and later escaped in a junk from the
sinking vessel
The japanese generally pronounce
this affair to be a barbarous breach of
the laws of nations and of humanity.
The account received from Chefu yes
terday of the sinking of the Hanyei
Maru says she fell in with some Rus
sian warshiDs on the morning of SUM-
day. March q, off the Miaotao Islands.
between Port Arthur and Chefu, and
was sunk by them after almost all her
passengers had been removed. One pas
senger, however, and the captain and
an oiler of the Hanyei Maru remained
on board. These three men are reported
to have chung to floating wreckage I'M
til they were rescued by some Chinese
fishermen. They eventually reached
Tengchow.
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HERD OF REINDEER
is WITHIN RANGE
OF JAPAN'S GUNS

VLADIvOSTOK, March 31.-Concern
is felt here lest the herd of 5000 rein
deer, the last specimens of that animal
now on Askold Island, which is within
range of the Japanese guns, shall be
destroyed. The herd is valued at half
a million dollars. The horns of the ami
mails are very valuable. They are used
by the Chinese as medicine.
The members of the graduating class
Of the Oriental Institute have volun-
teered to act as interpreters in Jap
anese, Korean and Chinese for the
army and navy service.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-04-01
Contribute Thousands for
Relief of Families of Jap
anese Soldiers.
Committees to Be Appointed
in Cities Throughout
United States.
Movement Begins at a Perry
Memorial Meeting in
City of Toxic.

TOTO, March sL-At meeting OF
Amer FANS and japanese held in this
city to-day in colnmemoration of the
hftieth anniversary of the signing OF
the Perry treaty between Japan and
the United States. an American wal
charity. called the Perry Memorial Re-
lief Fund. was organized with much
enthusiasm The sum of 1880 was
subscribed at once, and it was decided
to organize committees in all of the
larger cities of the United States.
The fund viii be turned over to a
Minister of the Imperial household
and il VIII be disbursed under the oil
rection Of the Emperor of Japan, par
ticularly for the purpose of aiding the
destitute families of soldiers and sail
OBS.
Count Okupa. at one time japanese
Premier. made the principal address
at the commemoration exercises. He
said that as the japanese became more
familiar with the people Of the United
States they could not but admire them
for their love of justice and humanity,
which were such prominent national
traits
Bishop McKim, of the American Epis-
copal mission. suggested the organiza-
ton Of the charity. He said the men,
orial to Perry would be craven not on
a pillar of stone, but on the hearts of
two great peoples. Charity was be-
yond the pale of politics, the speaker
continued, and this movement had no
significance except as an appeal TO
those broad humanitarian sympathies
which make a universal brotherhood
over all the earth.
Bishop McKim's proposal was at once
approved and acted upon. The Amer
lean Asiatic Society headed the sub
seription list with $4,000 Baron Twa-
sah and Baron Mitsui also gave $4,000
each. Prince Shimazu, head of the
Satsuma clan, and Prince Mort, head
of the Choshu clan, subscribed $500
each. ]. W. Copmann and d. o. Blake
gave $1,000 each and Count Inouye,
Count Matsugata. Count Okuma and
United States Minister Griscom sub
scribed $500 each.
n. F. Smith, president of the Ameri-
can Asiatic Society; J. W. Copmann.
the representative in Toxic of the
Standard Oil Company; B. c. Howard,
Of the Pacific Mail Steamship Com
pany; d. o. Blake, of the American
Trading Company; Professor J. O..
Swift and Count Kabayama, president
of the Soyeda Industrial Bank, were
appointed a committee to take charge
Of the fund
Count Matsugata proposed cheers for
the President of the United States and
Minister Griscom replied by calling for
cheers for the Emperor of Japan. There
were demonstrations Of. satisfaction
when the total of the subscriptions was
announced and the meeting was
brought to a close with the singing of
the national anthems of the United
States and Japan.
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Is Continuous in the Korean
BetWeen Pingydng and LUVu.


on tina
military
provide
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MAIN EVENTS OF WAR DURING MARCH


otnl reply. Little wa done n
7-Adm lombard
one Russian in
off the
the fotsan M
Admiral lombard
from II of Koreans
narG ensn e ding twenty
a
MARCH block a
chant
Japanese
rtred
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SHANGHAI, March 31.-The Japan
csc cruiser Akitsushima left here to-
day. the dismantlement of the Russian
gunboat Mandjur, which was in Chi
nese waters when the war broke out
and which remained here, having been
completed in accordance with the
agreement arrived at on the subject
with the local authorities.
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Caring for Non-Combatants.

WASHINGTON, March 31.-Japanese
Minister Takahira was among the dip
Iomats who called at the State Depart
ment to-day He and Secretary Hay
spent some time in conference upon
the Far Eastern war. The Minister
was anxious to know whether the Jap
anese non combatants in Siberia had
been started on their way to Berlin
American ambassador Mccormick at
st. Petersburg has been instructed to
bring the matter to the attention of
the Russian Government, and Secre-
tary Hay and Takahira are now hope
full that the Japanese will soon be safe
in the hands Of the Japanese Ministry
at Berlin.
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VIII Give warship to Gar.

KIEFF, Russia, March 31.-A society
has been formed here for the purpose
of collecting money for the construc-
ton of a torpedo cruiser. to be named
the Kieff, which will be presented to the
Government.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-04-01
Japan May Buy More warships.

BERLIN, March 31.-That Japan
already is planning for rapid re-
neval of her fleet as soon as the con-
Aict with Russia is ended is inferred
from tourney made by the Japanese
,,a,-a1 attache. Count Takikawa, and a
,,,nober of higher Japanese officers to
the Stettin shipyards to-day. They
made a careful inspection of the
yards. noting their capacity for the
building of various craft, particularly
torpedo-boats-
REIGRADE. Servfa, March 8.-A royal
decree issued to-day retires twelve OF the high
Amy officers
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action of the Americans was set forth
clearly and categorically in its true
COLOR
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-04-01

NEWARK. n. j.. March 3l.-The Broad
street store of the George Company was burned
tonight. Loss 100000.
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been promoted for sinking the Tokohu
Maru farther up the entrance of Port
Arthur in February and of whom, he
says, the japanese are justly proud.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-04-01
Russian Commander Is EY-
pected to Attack Below
the Yalu.
Will Not Wait for the Japa-
nese to Advance to the
River.
st. Petersburg Hears of Plot
to Overthrow the KO-
rean Dynasty.

Special Cable to The Call and New York
Herald. Copyright. 1904. By the New York
Herald Publishing Company.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-04-01

Ice Breaker at Kronstadt.
KRONSTADT, March 31.-The ice
breaker Ermak has arrived here.
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Rosebud Aftermath,

When the officers Of the Chamber
ain land Office closed their work at
Bonesteel two weeks ago tomorrow,
|1176 filings had been made out of 27OO
numbers called. Out of the first 24OO
numbers called, the number of claims
available on the Rosebud. there were
ll6S filings taken-l232 persons who
drew numbers emitting them to file
on claims refused or neglected to put
in appearance.
1t will thus be seen that more than
half Of those who drew number in
side 2400 refused to file, the very best
Iof evidence that it was lottery
game pure and simple and not a stam-
pede on those honestly desiring u
home OF the less than 1900 who filed
probably less than one-fourth have
any idea of making u permanent resi-
dence. Register Brockway is quoted
as saying that there would probably
be many ACCOMPLISHMENTS sold during
the fall as that was the only way u
man could obtain any money for his
claim. The others, he thought would
stick it out the necessary five or seven
years. 1t is probable, nevertheless,
that a good many who have taken
claims can find it conYenient to go
through the motions of complying
with the law for fourteen months and
then make final proof.
On October Sand after all claims
not filed on are open to all having a
homestead right and it is claimed
that there are u good many desirable
Eclaims not taken, especially small
tracts OF 40, so and l2O acres scattered
around. The price Of the land will
remain ut 81 an acre up to November
Is, after which time all remaining
tracts can be entered at So an acre.
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Just About Potatoes

The farm editor OF the GRAPHIC has
had good field of potatoes every year
and experimental quite little with
different kinds Of seed. 1t is Il qucs-
tion in his mind If an early potato is
just the thing, Notwithstanding the
fact that most OF our rains fall in Nav
June and July. That is to say, if one
can get the right kind of a late pota-
to. ~ number Of years ago John
Wilkes brought to the Office a heaping
half bushel of what he called "NIlllion
Dollar" potatoes. The seed came
from Colorado, and as the story goes Il
certain grower of them in that state
madea million dollars raising them.
This particular half bushcl he gave us
had Just 40 potatoes. AS you may inn
agine they were whoppers. We sayed
them all and planted them next year
and luckily for Mr.. Willles--as he
lost all Of his by an early frost and we
let him have two bushels to plant the
following year. Now we are wonder
ing if he has any. If so, we want
some of the seed-if we plant another
patch next year. Being too busy with
business affairs and raising Il large
family Of children, we have allowed
the Colorado potatoes to disappear,
while the eyer popular Early Ohio
have taken their places.
The Colorado potato seems to ripen
tit for the table as early ;,s the Ohio
and fully equals any of them in size,
while II left in the ground it keeps
right on growing and by September
averages twice the size of an Ohio.
Or to put it in another way, it is
either an early or late potato-just as
you please. 1t seems to stand dry
weather remarkably we'll. The potato
is flat in form, with a smooth skin,
free from specks and easier prepared
for the pot than any we know Of. 1t
also takes longer to boil or bake it.
In digging in the paLcE a few even
ings since we ran onto two or three
hills Of the Colorado potatoes from
some scattered seed, and the differ
ence between the size and yield COM
pared with the Ohio prompted this
item,
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This Man Knows

The great mail order house of Sears
Roebuck & Co., Chicago, is the pro
duct Of ten short years OF business
and in that time it has grown to Il
gross annual business of more than
S25. 100000. Think of it. In an in-
terview few days ago, the founder
of the house, Mr.. Sears, said:
cit is hard to persuade people
that there is no secret about this
business, yet there is nothing
whatever mySteriousabouta a mail
order house. We give people what
they want at the lowest market
price and LET THEM KNOW II.
That's all there is to it. Our
present annual expenditure for
advertising is about 81, 100000 To
regard advertising as something
apart from the business would be
to put it on wholly wrong basis
and dangerous.
In other words, it is essentially
part Of the business, as much SO as
the matter Of rent, and salaries of
employees, insurance and other fixed
charges. And this firm spends four
per cent Of its gross business in adyer.
tisicg. This would mean an expend
itnre Of $1,000 for a country depart;
ment store doing business of S25, ,O0(
year, and many Of them exceed that
volum OF business. But many sucf
regard an expenditure Of S100 as a do
nation to a local newspaper instead q
good business Investment. Il
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Democratic judicial Convention

~ Democratic delegate convention
is hereby called to meet in Mitchell,S.
ID. on Wednesday the 2Sth day of Sep
tember, 1904, for the purpose of plac-
ing in nomination Il candidate for tire
position of Circuit Judge of the
Fourth Judicial Circuit.
The representation by counties will
be one delegate for every 50 votes or
fraction thereof cast for John w
Martin at the last general election
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