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The San Francisco call., 1904-03-08
Viceroy AIexieff Reports the Return Of the Jap
anese Squadron to Siberian PORT but Does
Not Mention Renewal of Firing.

ing the guns of the batteries and to
ascertain whether the Russian squad
ron was in port, some shrewd observers
believe it indicates a move by land
and sea against the city. The Ncvoe
Fremya advances the theory that the
bombardment was ordered for political
effect on the japanese Diet
1t is considered here especially un-
fortunate that the Japanese did not
go close enough to Vladivostok to es-
tablish the identity of their ships, leav-
ing the question whether they were a
division of the Port Arthur fleet in
doubt 1t is not believed, however, the
Japanese would dare to divide the lat
ter, which would involve the risk of
a sortie by the Russians and their play
ing havoc with the Japanese transport
fleet fiotilla. The Japanese fleet has
not been sighted from Port Arthur for
more than week and possibly is try
ing to lure the Russians outside.
DAMAGE DONE BY SHELLS.
VLADIVOSTOK, March Z. = Last
night passed quietly. The inhabitants
and troops are in unusually high
spirits. A strict search is being made
throughout the town for Japanese. The
police have posted placards on the
walls, offering a reward for informa-
tion as to the whereabouts of Japanese
and threatening trial by courtmartial
of any person found guilty, of conceal
ing them.
Except for the killing of a woman
and the wounding of a few men, yes
terday's bombardment of Vladivostok
by the japanese fleet did no material
damage. The wooden cottage 'of an
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-08
NEW ADvERr1sEMENrs.
QUEEN v1croz1A's HAIR.
It's Great Profusion was Always a Cause
Of Wonder

Even at the age of so years Queen Vic
toria's hair was a marvel of luxuriance.
The court physician, following Prof.
Unna's discovery, undoubtedly, treated
her Majesty's scalp with germ destroy
ing preparation that was not made pub
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The San Francisco call., 1904-03-08
SALE OF NORTHERN
PACIFIC STEAMSHIPS
TO RUSSIAN AGENTS

ST. PAUL, Mimi, March loving
10 the great increase of the Oriental
trade the Northern Pacific Steamship
Company, an auxiliary of the Northern
Pacific Railway, has disposed of its
steamships, they being found too
small The Northern Pacific's business
is to be transferred TO the Boston
Steamship Company and the Boston
Towboat Company, which operate
large vessels.
The Oriental liners disposed of-the
Olympia, Tacoma and Victoria-were
sold for 100000 to the Northern Siberia
Company and the Northwestern Com
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-08

ST. PETERSBURG, March Vice
roy Alexieff has telegraphed to the
car from Mukden. under to-day
date. as follows:
"Supplementing my telegram OF
March 6, most humbly report that at
l:25- %. m. five out of seven of the en-
emy's ships opened fire on Forts Suv-
arof and Linevitch. on the town. on
the roadstead and along the valley
river.
The firing lasted until 2:15 p. M, at
which hour the japanese squadron be-
gan to steam to the southwark, disap-
pearing out of sight at $50 p. N. There
were no losses on the batteries or the
Notifications In the town one seaman
was wounded and one woman was
killed. According TO information just
received. the enemy's squadron again
appeared in sight of the fortress at
o'clock this morning"
4 later message from the Viceroy
saws: The commandant at Vladivos-
tok reports that yesterdays lombard
ment resulted in no serious damage TO
the port The fortress did not return
the enemy's fire.
To-day at midday the enemy again
entered the bay and approached the
point from which they bombarded the
harbor on March 6. They left again,
making for the open sea"
LAND AND SEA ATTACK.
Although the prevailing opinion in
military circles continues to be that
the bombardment of Vladivostok on
Sunday was for the purpose of locat-
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-08
SIGNIFICANT ORDER
TO BRITISH SHIPS
ON PACIFIC COAST

VICTORIA, B. c., March 7.-Cipher
dispatches received by the naval au-
thorities at Esquimalt to-day from the
British Admiralty order the cruisers
Grafton (hagship) and Bonaventure,
now in Central or South American
waters, to go to Esquimalt with all
speed. The Bonaventure is coming out
from England to succeed the Grafton
as flagship on this station. The order
is regarded as ominously significant.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-08
Judges Opinion on courts-MartiaI.

ST. LOUIS, March 7.-An opinion
was handed down to-day in the Unit
ed States Court of Appeals to the eff
feet that soldiers under court-martial
sentence must serve their time and
that either an army court-martial or
the reviewing Judge of that court
may name the prison or military post
at which a soldier convicted by a
court-martia1 must serve his sentence.
The decision was handed down by
Judge Van de Vanter of st. Paul in
the case of four soldiers sent to the
prison at Fort Leavenworth from the
Philippines.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-08

continued from rage L. Column D.
to prey on Japanese commence, but
they met with no encouragement
In just what form these offers came
or on whose behalf they were made
cannot be ascertained, as the Govern
ment would not even consider them.
The press is able to announce officially
that Russia will not issue letters of
marque.
At a general meeting of the Red
Cross Society held to-day it was re-
ported that 10000 beds, 100000 worth
of bread and $4,000 worth Of meat had
been prepared for shipment. The
funds available for Red Cross work
amounted to $3,0O0,000.
CHUNCHUS WE'LL ARMED.
TIENTSIN, March THE report
that Russia has occupied the Sinmin-
tun Railroad and taken possession Of
the telegraph lines is incorrect.
A resident of Tientsin has had an
interview with Chang. chief of the
bandits called "Chunchus." Accord
ing to this man, Chang commands
1000 men, who are well drilled and
splendidly mounted and armed with
Mauser rifles and magazine pistols.
His principles are decidedly anti-Rus-
sian.,
TOXIC, March Notwithstanding
the fact that'it is understood here that
Russia is pressing China to make the
territory west of the Lao River neu-
trail, Japan remains apparently calm.
because she has made the reservation
that should Russia be allowed to OBJ
tain this advantage Japan will use any
portion of Chinese territory which is
strategically necessary for her opera
tions.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-08
RUSSIA HAS SECRET
SUPPLY OF COAL ON
ISLAND OF RED SEA

ADEN. March Tt is learned from
an unimpeachable source that the
Russians have a secret coal supply at
the island of Jebel Seukur and that
the Russian warships which have been
patrolling the Red Sea have there
obtained their very necessary fuel.
At least one large collier and probably
several others are concealed in one of
the inlets behind the island.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-08
London Board of Trade Returns.

LONDON, March THE Board of
Trade returns for the month of Feb
ruary show that imports increased
s17,749,5O0 and the exports increased
$5,597.0O0.
The increase in imports includes
foodstuffs to the value of $S,343,1S0
and cotton to the amount of sS,429.
4s5.
Among the exports the only not
able increase was cotton fabrics,
$4,251,5S5.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-08
Red Cross Congress Postponed.

WASHINGTON, March Be
cause of the present war between
Russia and Japan the gathering of the
congress of the Geneva Red Cross at
Berne, which was to have taken
place next May, has been indefinitely
postponed.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-08
Chicaeo Broker Very IIl.

LOS ANGELES, March 7.-Charles
Counselman, one of the best known
brokers on the Chicago Board OF
Trade, lies critically i'll at the Ray
mond Hotel in Pasadena. In spite of
the efforts of physician, wife and rel
atives the patient does not improve
and it has been decided to send him to
Hot Springs. Va.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-08

artisan was the only building wholly
destroyed. 1t was pierced by a shell
from twelve-inch gun, which, after
traversing the roof and wall fell into
the yard, killing the woman previously
referred to.
In the quarter of the city called the
dirty corner a shell fell upon the
house of Colonel Shukoff, without ex-
ploding. 1t traversed a bedroom, de-
stroyed stove and penetrated wall.
1t finally burst near the regimental
safe, which was standing in the court
yard. A sentry guarding the safe was
covered with mud, but was not in
jured Evidently fearing an outbreak,
the sentry shouted: Help save the
regimental colors,'' which were in the
house. These ultimately were brought
out by the colonels wife and the sol
diers.
FIVE SAILORS WOUNDED.
Five sailoSs were slightly wounded
by the explosion of a shell in the
courtyard of the Siberian naval bar
racks.
Outside of these casualties no one
was killed or injured and there was
no outbreak of fire anywhere in the
city.
The fact that the Russian batteries
did not reply to the japanese bonn
bardment was due partially to the
slight chance of hitting the enemy
warships at such a long range and
partially to a desire not to betray the
position of the batteries. It is now
believed that the attacking squadron
consisted of battleship, four armored
cruisers and two unprotected cruisers
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-08
VIII Block Rirer Channel.

YINKOW March THE Russo
Chinese Bank sent its books to Pc
king to-day. The purchase by the
Russians of ten lighters is supposed
TO be for the purpose of blocking the
channel Of the Lao River when the
ice goes out and after the foreign
cunbOats have left.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-08
BODY OF UNKNOWN MAN
FLOATS PAST CASTELLA
Places Along Sacramento River Are
Notified. but Remains Are Not
Recovered.

REDDING, March THE South
ern Pacific agent at Castella tele-
graphed to the stations on the river
below there this morning that the
body of a man well dressed in black
clothes had just floated past Castella
in the Sacramento River The rain is
still falling here. There has been
only one clear day since February 8.
The precipitation for the season is
4275 inches.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-08
Campaign i'm Santa Clara.

SAN JOSE. March THE Repub-
lican County Committee has issued a
call for a meeting in this city Thurs
day afternoon, which will announce
the opening of the national campaign
in this county.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-08
Gold sewcd in Her slirt.

ELKO, New, March 7.-On remov-
ing the clothing to-day from the body
of Mrs. A. e. Woods, who fell from a
train west of Elko Friday night, some
loose gold was found in a stocking
This led to a further investigation and
1921 81 was found sewed up in the
skirt
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-08
New York Death Record Broken

NEW YORK, March 7.-All pneu-
monia and general death records for
decade are shown to be broken by
the Health Department report for the
week just past, which recorded 1900
deaths, 460 of which were attributed
to pneumonia.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-08
Wbeat Exports to Continue.

PARIS, March Russian Embas-
sador Nelidoff, following the an
nouncement to the same effect from
st. Petersburg about a week ago. to-
day issued a formal denial of the re-
port that Russia had any intention OF
stopping the expectation of wheat
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-08
Peace Pledge of Macedonians.

PARIS, March 7.-Official advices
received here say that the Macedon-
ian committee has given assurances
to the representatives of the powers
that it will not foment an insurrec-
ton in the spring.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-08
Japanese Recrl,iting Finns.

DULUTH. Minn., March THE
News-Tribune will say tomorrow:
Secret agents of the Japanese Govern
ment have been securing recruits for
their army among the large colony of
Firms and anti-Russian sympathizers
living on the Mesaba and Vermillion
ranges
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-08
vLADIv0STOK SQUADRON MUST
RUN GAUNTLET OF ENEMYS SHIPS

The men were shot by Russian soldiers
as they were trying to pass from Rus
sia into Austria.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-08
Ornhans to Aid War Fund.

MOSCOW, March S.-The orphans
in the asylum here have asked to be
allowed to eat black bread instead or
white, 80 as to send the amount saved
to the Red Cross Society.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-08
killing of Jewish Deserters.

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, March T.
A letter giving a description of the
shooting of six Jews who were trying
to escape Russian military service has
been received by M. S. Winthrop. a
prominent Jewish resident of this city.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-08
charges Against California Packers

WASHINGTON. March Com
plants that a number of shipments of
California fruit have been found dis
honestly packed have been called to
the attention of the State Department
by the Consul General of this country
at Berlin.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-08
Amoy-shanghai Cable Repaired.

The Postal Telegraph Cable Com
pany is advised from Hongkong that
the Amoy-Shanghai cable has. been
repaired. This restores normal COM
munication with Japan and Chinese
points north of Hongkong.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-08
Hungarian Horses for Japan.

VIENNA, March -Four hundred
horses were bought for Japan to-day
in the market at Sopron. Hungary.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-08
Big Gift to War Fund.

KHARKOFF, Russia, March T.
The local Zemstvo has voted $780,
600 for the war, $3.50, 900 for the Red
Cross Society and placed $500, 900 at
the disposal of the Czar for military
purposes.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-08

INDIANAPOLIS. March THE United
Mine Workers In national convention to-day
voted to refer the final decision as to accept
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-08
A Guaranteed Cure for Piles.

Itching, Blind. Bleeding or Protruding Piles
] Your druggist will refund money II Pazc
Ointment falls to cure you In to IA days. Soc
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-08

Additional War News on Page 3.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-08

Continued From Page 1. Column 5
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-08
Sounding the Powers
to Obtain Their
Sanction.
Picking Finds Ways to
Hamper Russian
Operations.

Special Gable 10 The Call and New York
Herald. Copyright 1903 by the New YORK
Herald Publishing Company
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-12-20
Household Suggestions.

Dear Aunt Jennie:-I have proved
to be a very negligent members of our
corner, but must plead for ~leniency,
as [ have been so very busy all sum-
again and I am kept equally busy
"making and mending" garments for
the little ones, preparing their
lunches, etc., but we must lay aside
our work sometimes for a little rec
reation if it be only to write a let
ter.
/ do not agree with the sister in
soaking the sausage meat, for if the
butchering is done as it should be,
there will be neither dirt nor blood
in it to "soak" out. Besides, there
is more danger of the sausage sour
ing after being wet. I kept sausage
this year till June by frying as if
preparing for the table and pouring
hot lard over the top of sausage af-
ter being packed in the jar. But I
read in a paper, not long since, that
cooking was unnecessary, think [
will try that way this winter.
I tried the recipe given by one of
our members for blueing, and it was
a complete failure, either because
I put the ingredients together or
didn't know how to use it. The re-
cipe was oxalic acid and prussian
blue. Will the sister write again
and tell us just how she prepared the
articles for use?
Wishing all the members of our
Circle and Aunt Jennie a merry
Christmas and a happy new year, I
will close. RUBY.
Mecklenburg Co., N. @.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-12-20
Recipes for Making Sausage, Souse and
Liver Pudding.

Dear Aunt Jennie:-It is such an
easy matter to neglect writing when
we have so many things to do, and
the days so short, and at night the
children are gathered around us and
by the time they are sleepy and off to
bed we do not feel like writing. But
it does seem like we might take
enough time to write a page or two
every two or three months.
AS [ have no special subject to
write on, | will tell you all how l
make sausage.
The first thing in making nice
sausage is to have nice casing. The
way I do this is to clean them as we
do for cooking. Then have a nice
smooth board to lay them on; take
one at a time and with a table knife
scrape them clean, leaving nothing
but a thin case. Keep them in cold
water until ready to stuff. When the
meat is ready to grind, pour boiling
water over it to make it grind easy;
and always have fat meat enough in
them to keep them from getting hard
when dry. We always take a thick
slice from the jaws to put in. Salt,
sage and pepper is sufficient season.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-12-20
"~Happiness" Returns.

Dear Aunt Jennie:-"Time and
tide wait for no man." is a rue say
ing. Here it is nearly Christmas,
and [ am due you a letter. Of what
shall / write that it may be an inter-
esting one to you and Social Chat?
[ do wish | had a mind similar to
Bill ArP's or some of the excellent
writer's to our Social Chat; then I
would not hesitate so long.
I certainly appreciate The Pro-
gressive Farmer as by it's full and in
teresting pages [ can keep in touch
with the outer world. And especial
ly do [ read and study the excellent
editorials: they are so condensed,
bright and full of plain truth. I
think our Social Chat improves won
derfully, and I think more of our
farmers wives and daughters should
let us hear from their neighborhoods.
[ enjoy all the letters so much, both
from the young and old.
I was out in the woods yesterday
getting some ferns for my vases and
[ came across a small blue flower
growing in the branch, or rather the
side of the branch. neal a spring. 1t
looked rather lonely, but I didn't take
it, and I thought perhaps [ might
pass by that way again and it would
be there to gladden. my eyes. [ think
the ferns and red berries are just
the thing to brighten our indoor life;
one gets so tired of the regular rou-
tine of household duties in the dull
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-12-20

winter days-I do. Often hen I go
out into the woods to see what the
birds are doing. Yesterday I saw two
red-birds: they we're beauties; not
long after I saw them, and, as [ was
going in near a branch to get some
green and red leaves, a whirr near
me made me jump, and a large covey
of quail rose and flew to the shelter
ing pines.
The sportsman is in his glory now.
Every day I can hear his guns re-
port and the dogs as they chase the
rabbit over the hills; also at night
[ can hear the opossum hunters with
their horn and hounds. I had to
cook a 'possum the other day; it was
so fat that it was not good meat to
me. I am glad [ do not have to cook
many.
What are you going to do Christ
mas? I have been housekeeping
thirty-two years and have never spent
a Christmas from home. [ think it
is best to be at home on Christmas.
We always have a jolly good time;
have a Christmas tree and a good
dinner. But since our children, most
of them, are grown and away from
home, we do not have Christmas trees
as we did when they we're small. How
glad [ would be if all the writer's Of
Social Chat would send me their
photos for a Christmas present!
Then [ could look on their faces; I
have imagined in mind how each
looks; / know they are all cookbook
ing.
I hope those who have been absent
so long will do as [ have done-pluck
up courage and write ever if it is but
a short letter.
Merry Christmas to all.
HAPPINESS.
Burke Co., n. G.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-12-20

ing. After stuffed, dip the ends in
boiling water instead of tying. Then
put them in a tub and pour hot wa
ter over them and hang up. The hot
bath makes them dry quick and the
flies are not so apt to bother them.
For making liver pudding, never
put cracklings in to grease them, as
I have often seen done. Take the
skins from the trimmings or the meat
for lard and cook with the livers Ct
mean livers and lights all), and cook
all until it comes to pieces. Have
only water enough in the pot to use
all. In making, add corn meal enough
to prevent hardening. Season with
salt, pepper and thyme. Liver pud-
ding made this way is much better
than the old way of using only the
liver; and boiling enough to cook the
meal done after stuffed, we can keep
them as long as we wish. Never fill
Gu0 CdSluS COO G1SuG vi IL Will UulSG
in boiling. When they are old and
dry, put them in a ran and pour
boiling water over them. Set in the
stove to cook. Then steam softens
them, and when the water cooks out,
let them brown and they are almost
as good as when fresh.
Use but very little meat, if any,
except the feet for making good
souse, and cook to pieces SO it a be
mashed with the hands. Have no
more water in the pot than is used
TO make it a stiff batter with the
vinegar. / like black pepper best for
souse.
Perhaps some of you have ways of
doing this work that are better than
mine; if so, [ should like to hear
of them. Exchanging recipes may
help us all.
Wishing you all a merry Christ
mas, NELLIE.
Duplin Co., N. @.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-12-20

small guest to take homeopathy or
comical presents--but all ostentation
should be avoided in this and every
other Christmas entertainment, for
we must remember hat we are cele-
brating the birthday of our best
Friend.
The Christmas dinner is an elabo-
rate affair in most homes, but it is
becoming rather dreary, for one
Christmas dinner is so like every
other preceding one that unless there
are n or two new faces to brighten
the occasion we feel the monotony of
it. Let us look around and see if we
can't invite some one to participate
with us. Relative. former friends
or associates whose fortunes are
somewhat meager, but whose hearts
have been unspoiled bv the buffetings
of the world, would be happy if you
thought to invite them. We are told
by Charles Lamb how the "Poor Re-
lation" brings the most happy soul
into the company. He blesses with
his presence; how he laughs at his
hosts stories; how he appreciates the
buildings of his hostess and makes
a holiday in houses which would be
stiff and formal without him. Then
there can often be found a bachelor,
a widower. a stray cousin or an old
maid drifting on life's sea whose
presence at the Christmas feast will
bless it in memory of the Master
who had not where to lay His head.
Christmas. of all days, should be OBJ
served with simplicity and good
cheer, unselfsh charity and unosten-
tatious generosity.
I regret very much that by an over
sight of the printers last week the
signature to the letter. GA Welcome
Representative of the Palmetto
State" was omitted. All those who
read my letter. however, probably
understood that it was from "Jeanie
Deans"
Again wishing you a Merry Christ
mas" and a "Happy New Year" I
am, as. ever,
AUNT JENNIE.