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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-03-09
ASKS FOR TROOPS.
Trouble Brewing Out in State Of
Ohio.

Springfield. Ohio March S.-Threats
throughout the day and tonight to burn
the levee, the negro district of the
city. has confirmed Mayor J. Bowlus
in his belief that more trouble is brew
ing. tonight, and he has asked Gov.
derrick for troops. Two companies
have been promised to reinforce the
two local companies.
Many of the negroes are surly and
moody tonight. and it is realized that
only Il spark is needed to set off the
magazine of Il race war. Crowds of
whites are gathering in the vicinity nr
the levee and all the day police have
been ordered to report for duty for the
night.
At go O'Clock the crowd in the levee
district had increased to 1900 and one
or two revolver shots have been fired
at random. The excitement is grow
inS and might easily pass beyond the
control of the local police. AS yet the
two local companies have not been Or
dered out. and they will not be if out
side troops arrive in time. In contrast
with last night. not Il negro is to be
seen in the downtown districts, al
though hundreds of them are thought
to be heavily armed and waiting an
attack. All the saloons throughout
the city have been closed.
Into 1oniaht r. .owd of arout 9ooo
mon had assembled long tho RAILROAD
tracks Two hundred negroes were
c,u.toroa ,,ra,har -, ~ 1o,.oa AZ.
tricts near Pony tank. The negroes
were Gulet While the other crowd was
boisterous. Later it was announced by
n -, A., -, I'M.
Mayor BOWiuS tndt the mllltla were
coming rs ol1ickIv as the cars could
80,
oiIIis 'liein
During the afternoon threats were
heard that the leVce would be burned
and M II n o.c,ock tho tbro,te wera q
,,..,,.. :"
naily made good. a volume of flame
shot m from the roar of = nIaco occ,-
,,iad ~, or ~, ,rla,,,,,- i,a.,e 49,.
biS" ~ iioiil's' '' 9'iooi heeP
en- trececdliiS tne nrllS OF the pulid-
ing, the MOB, at Il distance of Il hum
cred feet shot at the front of the build
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-17
France to Send
Troops to the
Far East.
Russia Awaiting
Excuse tOPaSS
DaPdal0llNS.
Special Dispatch to The CaH.

LONDON. Feb. 17.-France, says
the Paris correspondent Of the Times
has decided 10 charter the steamship
Cbolon 10 transport 10 the Far East
goo men. with officers, OF the Forty-
sixth Colonial Regiment
The Government asked the Com
uaenfe Rationale the exact number OF
vessels that could be placed at us dls-
o0sal for the conveyance, IN case OF
urgency, Of new troops 10 the Asiauc
colonies.
The Brussels correspondent Of the
Times says the Dutch Government mas
disuaUched three cruisers 10 guard the
port OF Subang. Sumatra, Whlch lies
on the direct route for the Far East
Although international law admlts
the theory that Warships may OBTAIN
sufficient coal from a neutral port 10
reach the nearest home port Holland
evidently IS resolved 10 avoid comph-
cations bv a literal enforcement Of her
declaration OF neutrality
BERLIN, Feb l6--Although II IS
denied I'm COnstantinople that Russia
has asked for permission 10 pass her
ships through the Dardanelles, II IS
known here that, as soon as England
takes any steps TO change the present
position in Egypt and the Mediterran-
can Sea in violation Of the Berlin con-
gress. Russia viii pass her vessels
through the Dardanelles.
The newspapers Of the world are ac-
tive I'm discussing Germany's policy in
the present struggle. without hitting
The truth. Chancellor Won Bulow IS
following the lesson learned by his
master. Bismarck
The late ChancellOr's idea is made
clear by a timely article just published
by DR. Chrvsander, formerly physician
10 the Chancellor. To him Bismarck
once said:
The greatest foolishness Of my dip
lOmaric life was the Berlin congress
] should have allowed Russia and
England 70 eat themselves UP like two
lions in forest. Then we would now
have more influence than the rest and
less danger. I made politics that time
like q city Alderman"
I learn the unpublished fact that
Bismarck also declared he regretted
that al the Berlin congress he had
not allowed Russia TO go 10 CONSTANT
nOple.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-17
Russian Passports

A journalist, Prince Metcherskv
sent by the Car to investigate certain
agrarian troubles. has demonstrated
the absurdity of the passport regula-
tions of Russia.
Prince Metchersky crossed to Rom
mania and purpOsely obtained one of
the permits of the sort required for
taking livestock over the border. He
then went to a Russian frontier post
and presented the document to the
official in charge as his warrant to
pass. Like many others in similar
positions, the man could read no Rou-
manian and little Russian, but he was
duly impressed by the big, official
looking paper with its coat of arms
and SEAL and he readily stuck the
Russian wise on it.
At the end of his investigations
Prince Metchersky returned to Mos
COW. When the opportunity came he
presented the document to the Gov
ernor. My passport" said he. II
entered Russia and travelled there five
months on the authority of the doc
ument. which describes me for pur-
poses of identification in terms which
1 think you will admit are neither
flattering nor true"
The Governor took the document
and saw to his amazement that Prince
Metchersky figured there as BLACK
SOW. full grown. with one ear partly
torn away. New York Commercial
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-17
ID. j. MILLETT CAUGHT
AFTER LONG SEARCH
Man Who Robbed Telephone Com
pany in Columbus, Ohio, in 1902,
Confesses Guilt.

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 16.-Since Au-
gust, 1902, al the request of the police
department of Columbus, Ohio, peace
officers all over the country have been
looking for d. J. Millett and Katie
Alexander, both of whom are wanted
on felony charges of embezzlement.
Millett was captured in cheap
lodging-house on East Fifth street to-
night by Sheriff White and admitted
that he was the man wanted and stated
that the woman, whose downfall he had
caused and who fled from Columbus
with him was in San Francisco. Later
a telegram was received here by the
Sheriff stating that Katie Alexander
had been arrested there.
For more than eighteen months this
couple had been wandering from city
to city subsisting upon what they had
stolen. Both were employed in Column
bus by the Citizens Telephone Com
pany, Millett as assistant cashier and
the Alexander woman as an operator
in the cashiers office.
In August, 1902, they suddenly disap-
peared and the information of the Of
ncers here is that he stole $4,000, while
the woman took $1,000 of the cash be-
longing to the company. All efforts on
the part of the Ohio officers to find
them failed, and the American Bonding
and Trust Company Of Baltimore Of
fered reward of $500 for the capture
of the man.
1t was through the efforts of the
Chief of Police at San Jose that the
captures were made. That official
learned that the couple had been in
that city and that they had separated
there, the man coming south and the
Alexander woman going to San Fran
cisco. Some message passed between
them which was intercepted and
which gave the officers a clew as to
their whereabouts.
Millett arrived here two days ago and
has been spending most of his time in
his room. He confessed his guilt to-
night when arrested, and expressed the
hope that the woman would also be ar
rested and gave the officers her San
Francisco address. Later the news of
her arrest was received here. Millett is
willing to return to Ohio without a
requisition.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-17
RUSSIAN SOLDIERS
THREATEN UNITED
STATES GUNBOAT

YINGKOW, Feb. 5.-Threatening
demonstrations have been made against
the British gunboat Espiegle and the
United States gunboat Helena by Rus
sian soldiers, whose assaults upon and
depredations against other foreigners
continue. The civil administrator is
making every effort to arrest the Of
tenders, and has assured Captains Bar
ton and Sawyer and Consul Miller that
full reparation will be made.
The Eleventh Siberian Regiment pa
raded at Newchwang to-day in full
strength.
The Russian authorities deny the re-
port of the loss of Russian vessels near
Weihaiwei.
1t is said here that Japan will wait
indefinitely to land troops in Manchu-
ria, as she considers that the control
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-17
CHINESE COMMANDER
WILL DEFEND BORDER
AGAINST INVADERS

TIENTSIN, Feb. 16.-Yuan Shih Kai,
commander in chief of the Chinese i'm
perial army and navy, has officially in
formed the French general. who is dean
of the European commandants, that he
purposes moving on February IS the
imperial troops now at Paotingfu to
Kinchou, near the head of the Liaotung
Gulf, to guard the frontier. Fighting,
Yuon Shih Kai added. would not be al
lowed in China proper, and defeated
belligerents crossing the frontier would
be disarmed.
1t is believed that the Peking troops
also are moving overland toward the
border.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-17
ADVERTISEMENTS.
OPERATIONS \ FAD.
Public Gradually Awakens TO the Fac

Public Gradually Awakens to the Fact
The latest fad in operations has been
the appendicitis fad; before that the
fad for rectal operations (piles, etc)
held swav. Hundreds of patients were
frigbtened and hurried into hospitals,
onerated upon and robbed Of their last
dollar when the trouble was a simple
Csc of hemOrrhOids or piles only, easily
cured at home with a simple remedy
costing but so cents a box.
I procured one 5O-cent box Of Pyra-
mid Pile Cure of my druggist. with the
intention Of buying a larger box later
that / was cured, and still have six
sDvramids left out of the first and only
box. have not had the least sign OF
piles since 1 used this one box, which
has been about two months; previous
TO using Pyramid Pile Cure / had the
worst kind Of bleeding and prOtruding
piles for over thirty-One years, and no
one knows, except those who have had
the piles, the pain and misery 1 suf-
fered-
L am a poor man. but have often said
I would give a fortune, if I had it. to-
be cured Of the piles. and now 1 have
been cured for so cents. / should be
very ungrateful if / did not thank You
and give you every privilege to use nv
name and this letter, when j know
there are so many who suffer as I did
j. A. Weismiller, HOO Bladensburg
road, Washington. ID. c."
The Pyramid Drug Co., Marshau
Mich, publish a little book on the
causes and cure of piles, which tbev
will be glad to mail free to anv An.
plicant, and we advise all sufferers
from this painful disease to write tn
them for IL.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-17

The local officials of the Postal Tel
egraph- Gable Company are advised
that the cable between Hongkong and
Foochow has been repaired. restoring
normal communication between Hong
kong, Shanghai and Japan. The Jap
anese Government advises that all tel
egrams to and from Nagasaki or in
transit through Nagasaki are subject
to military censorship since the 10th
inst
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-17
Charges Snow With Conversion.

In an answer and cross complaint
filed yesterday by the Realty Invest
ment Company to the suit brought
against it by II. W. Snow for money
for services alleged by Snow to have
been rendered the concern by him. a
general denial of Shows charges is
made. In the cross complaint Snow is
charged with converting to his own use
SLAP advanced him by the company.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-17
Meets Stranger and Is Robbed.

Pete Dupont, a recent arrival in
town, met a stranger in the street last
night and together they sought the
flowing bowl early and often. Shortly
after midnight they went to the Park
clearinghouse. GA Kearny street. and
in the hallway the stranger hit Du-
pont on the jaw. knocked him down.
robbed him of $27O and fled. Dupont
can give no description of the robber.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-17
RuSSia'S Port Arthur
Fleet Sails To
ward Korea.
Continued From Page 1. Column I.

with difficulty by United States Consul
Miller, together with three women
refugees, whom the civil administrator
had assured Miller would be protected.
POWERS MAY HAVE TO ACT.
The administration admits the grav-
ity of the situation, but declares that
Viceroy Alexieff alone can remedy it..
1t is believed here, however that the
maintenance of order at this treaty
port and the prevention of these vio-
lations of international rights can be
insured only by an instant international
plan, supported by an armed force.
Mines have been constructed and pre-
parations made for depositing them at
the mouth of the river here, where the
forts have been occupied by field
battery of artillery and guns from the
Russian gunboat Sivotch.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-17
Errors Cause Cases Dismissal.

RIVERSIDE, Feb. 16.-The case Of
the People against Kimbell, the Su-
pervisor of this county, who was
charged by the Grand Jury with mis-
conduct in Office and recommended
for dismissal. was thrown out %
court this morning by Judge BledsOe,
who sustained the demurrer of ths
defense to insufficiency of the indict-
ment. This is the fourth of the Riv-
erside alleged Doodle cases TO be
brought into court and dismissed on
account of errors in the prosecution.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-17
Russians Lose Cargo of Wagons.

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Feb. 16.-
The Stoughton Wagon Company,
which recently shipped 500 army
wagons in several lots to Russian ports
on the Pacific, has been notified from
st. Petersburg that the last shipment
fell into the hands of Japanese. The
dispatch does not state the size of the
shipment
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-17
Russian Consulate Burned.

SHANGHAI, Feb. 16.-The Russian
Consulate here was destroyed by fire
on Sunday night The cause has not
yet been ascertained. The Russian
gunboat Manjur, which was trapped
by the Japanese warships at the
mouth of the Yangtse River, is now
being dismantled.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-17

The transport Buford, which has
been in San Francisco harbor for the
past year or more, was recently COM
pletely overhauled and put into sea-
going condition. She is now ready to
go to Portland to load lumber and
may sail for that port at any moment.
Major Devol says that the lumber is
intended for Manila, but whether the
marines would board the transport at
Portland or the Buford would come
back to San Francisco to receive them
he was unable to say. The Buford' s
capacity will be taxed to the utmost,
both in the cabins and the hold.
The transport Dix, which is loading
$500 tons of oats at Portland. prob
ably will be back here before long, as
she is to be fitted up to receive 230
mules, which have already been pur-
chased and will be received here ready
for shipment on Saturday.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-17

CALL BUREAU, HOTEL BARTON,
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.-The War
Department has instructed Major De-
vol, Quartermaster of the transport
service at San Francisco, to arrange
to receive on board the transport Bu-
ford 600 marines, with accompanying
officers, twenty-five in number. For
what objective point they are intended
has not been given out here. At any
rate they will be landed at San Fran
cisco by the time the Buford is ready
to sail, which will before the end of
the month. Authorities here positive
ly decline to state whether the marines
are intended for the Orient, the
Philippines, or Panama. The orders
are imperative, however, and the Bu-
ford is to sail as soon as the marines
can be put aboard.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-17
Explosion in a Battery.

TIENTSIN. Feb. 16.-It is reported
here that a big explosion has occurred
in the Golden Hill battery at Port Ar
thur. No details are given. All of
the forts there use black powder.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-17
InsoIrent Saloon Man.

James K. P. Lewis. a saloon keeper
at Sawyer's Bar, Siskiyou County
filed a petition in insolvency yester-
day in the United States District
Court He owes $1340 and has 1858
assets.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-17
UNITED STATES MARINES
TO SAIL ON THE BUFORD
War Department Orders Transport in San Francisco
Harbor to Be Prepared for Immediate Service.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

of the seas obtained bt Japan nullifies
to great extent Russian interests in
the East.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-17
ANIERICANs HOLD ALOOF.

The Americans present refrained
from attending the naval conference
or Dartaking in the demonstration, al
though some of the Russian wounded
were received on board the United
States gunbOat Vicksburg
While the Variag was being sunk
her captain. fearing the Japanese
would reach the vessel before she set
tied down, requested the captain of
the Talbot to fire at her waterline.
This request also was refused.
1t is said Great Britain is about to
appoint COnsuls at Mukden and An
tung.
In dispatch, dated Port Arthur.
February 13. correspondent Of the
Times gives a description of seven
Russian warshiDs, which, he says, are
living disabled there. They include
the battleshiDs SevastODOl and PetrO-
pOlavsk. which have not been named
in previous reports of the action. The
correspOndent says that altogether
eleven Russian ships were put out OF
action at Port Arthur Continuing, he
declares that the japanese were
driven from the neighbOrhOOd OF
KinchOw, near Newchwang, after
skirmish, in which $50 Japanese were
taken prisoners and 10 Russians killed.
In an editorial article the Times re-
marks that, as this correspondent
does not mention the injuries sustain
ed by the battleships, and as the Kin
chow story has not been reported from
any other source. il would be we'll TO
accept his report with some reserve.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-17

gram reiterates the statement that
three Japanese torpedo boats have been
sunk in a night attack on Port Arthur.
BORRISOF, Russia, Feb. 16.-The de-
parture of General Rennekampff for
the front to-day was the occasion of
a great demonstration of patriotism.
He was carried to the railroad station
on the shoulders of his fellow members
of the Officers Club.
WILL CARE FOR THE WOUNDED.
KIEFF, Russia. Feb. 16.-Five sur
geons and fifty female and thirty male
nurses here have volunteered for ser
vice in the Far East.
PARIS, Feb. 16.-A dispatch to the
Figaro from st. Petersburg to-day
says:
1T has been decided to hold the Rus
sian squadron from the Mediterranean,
now in the Red Sea and bound for the
Far East. at Jibutil, French Somali-
land, until further orders. Admiral
Rojdostwenski, chief of the marine
staff, is going to assume the naval
command at Port Arthur. The stop
ping of the Russian squadron at Jibutil
may lead to international complica-
tions, Jibutil being a neutral French
port. 1t is understood that France is
not likely to ask the squadron to leave" q"
ATTACK ON GERMAN SHIP.
PORT ARTHUR, Monday, Feb. 15.-
The firing on the German cruiser Han
sa by Japanese warships occurred
while she was proceeding to Port Ar
thur to take away the German resi-
dents and not when the latter were
on board of her. The Hansa was not
damaged. On her arrival at Port Ar
thur she took on board a number of
wives of Russian sailors and left the
port without, further incident.
The work of repairing the damaged
Russian battleships is progressing rap
idly. The Chinese wOrkmen were
panic-stricken by the bombardment,
but they are now working well, regard
less Of the approach of the Chinese
New Year.
Investigation shows that the city and
fortress were not damaged in the
slightest blythe japanese attack. The
people naturally are anxious and busi-
ness is at a complete standstill, but
the utmost tranquility prevails.
After the religious services on Sun
day there was a military review before
the Viceroy, Admiral AleXieff who de-
nounced the action of the Japanese in
attacking before declaring war as bar
barous, and expressed confidence that
the Russian soldiers would fully avenge
themselves.
Reports from the interior indicate
that the Cossacks are mobilizing with
great enthusiasm. In the Amur dis
trict they are riding in squads from
village to village. waving Russian flags
and demanding an early chance to meet
the enemy.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-17

The ''housesmiths" are those iron
workers who put together the steel
skeleton frames which are used in the
construction of all large buildings.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-17
Thousand
Japanese on
Frontier.
Bar Russian Ad-
vance Into
Korea.

LONDON. Feb. 17.-AccOrding to spe-
ciaI dispatches published here this
morning from Toxic. the Russian
squadron has returned to VladivOstOk.
The Toxic correspondent Of the Daily
Mail says in dispatch that two Rus
sian warships appeared on Okt Island,
in the Southern part of the Japan Sea.
on Sunday.
The correspondent at ChemUlpO OF
the Daily Express makes the astOnish-
ing statement that Japan has already
landed 10000 troops in Korea, $4,000 OK
which are extended along the fighting
front south of the Yalu River
The London press attaches the great
est significance to the departure ot
Viceroy Alexieff from Port Arthur, and
comments upon the sudden throwing OF
Russian troops into New WchWang as IN
dicating Russian apprehensiOns that
Port Arthur is in danger and that the
Japanese attack may not. after all, De
made where il is expected, on the y alu-
All reports tend to confirm the impress
sion that Russia has little or nothing TO
expect from sea operations.
SUPPLY OF TORPEDOES LOST.
According to a dispatch to the Paris
edition of the New York Herald, 900
torpedOes, being twO-thirds of Russia s
entire available supply of these arti-
cles, were destroyed on board the Rus
sian cruiser Variag.
The Toxic correspondent OF the Daily
Chronicle cables that it is said officially
that several thousand Russian troops
have reached Antung and that it is ru-
mOred that 20. 900 Russians have arrived
at Pingyang, on the TatOng River, IN
| Central Korea. The Chronicle, how
ever, regards this rumOr as imprOb-
/ able. unless the invasion Of Korea pre-
I ceded the outbreak Of hOstilities.
The Seoul correspondent of the
| Daily Mail. in the course of a descrip-
/ tive narrative of the ChemulpO battle,
/ says that before the fight the captain
of the Russian cruiser Variag had
| conference with the British, French
and Italian captains aboard the Brit
/ ish cruiser Talbot. in which he asked
/ for the protection of a foreign war
/ ship on leaving the harbOr- The re-
/ quest was refused. The British launch
delivered n protest to the japanese
admiral Immediately before the ac-
tiOn.