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The Cairo bulletin., 1904-12-04

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Sheriff STEMS son. he said was il
direct charge Of the two or .hrsa dep.
uty sherifts there sheriff stein had
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-12-04

Tine heart 81 she Owner 81 tie little
ealaer Store b saai dean nos Yes.
ieriag afternoon in the cliy Of New
forl AM important meeting between
Jafae q Bailey ar1 tie Ringing
Bros vas held ard fhe7 de-iagd that
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The Cairo bulletin., 1904-12-04
money Quotations

By the Associated Press.
New York Dec 3.-Mouey on call
nominal. No loans Time loans, firm:
sixty. ninety days. SIX months. four
per cent Prime paper 49sst per
cent Exchange, steady: demand.
stses0. sixty days. s4S2.75g ass So
Far sis eF.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-12-04
BANK RosBgR PLEADED GUILTY
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Council Blufs. la- Dec 3.-Kari
Karrer charged with robbing the
bank Of Treynor Ia, pleaded guilty
today he forced Miss Frances
Flood assistant cashier, at the point
.of a revolver. to hand him Sl,552 of
the banks cash. An but 500 was re,
covered.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-12-04
NO ONE WOUNDED.
Reports Of Alleged Shooting piscred.
tied by Newsr sper Mer on
Tire Scene.

By the Associated Press
Duquoin. Ill, Dec. g. The staH cor
respondents of the ST. Louis papers.
after investigating The alleged boot
iEg Ia the vicinity of Letters mines
ai Zeieler declare hey have been uH
allie % find any marks Of bullets on
esther the stockade on al the pump
Aousc
Reporte sent our from surrounding
towns that miner and strikers have
bren Wounded have proved upon in.
80 LEGATION % have been unfuuudcd
Firing Been on for Weeks.
From the latest authentic reports
there are about twenty-five miners cu-
campad four miles from Zeigler. 10
the toan there are eighty miners
oightyilyc nili'iamen. forty deputy
marshals. Including both state and
federal officers However. it is star
cd by disinterpsted persons. living
uear Iegler that firing has been
hcardl nearly every night for several
weeks In the vicinity OF the stocl1ade
t'-sl t.t4iitflat-r anu AAUAtA IAI.
pump house l0ca-cd some distance
from the town
Shooting Still Strange.
Letters attorney justihcs the pres
eHce OF tae militia on the ground that
Is IS necessary for the protection of
property insists That the town has
been fired upon repeatedly. and ihai
the shooting has been doue by UeA
bcrs of The miners union. On tH
contrary the unions officials declare
sheir men have done no shooting
President Morri Of the union says,
1T is my belief thai what firms has
occurred ha- been done either AT the
IL igation of Letter and his execu.
live officers or by some Of his force
oI private guards Who have been di
charged within the PAST month
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-18
IAPAN'S NOTE TO CHINA ALARMS POWERS
Protest of the United States and Great Britain Against
Russian Regulations Pertaining to Centraband of
War May Result in Their Modification.

ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 1.-THE
United States and Great Britain have
formally raised the question Of food
stuffs as contraband Of war except
when directly proved that they are des-
tined for belligerents' armies or nayies.
While acting on parallel lines, the
United States and Great Britain are
proceeding Independently.
The American case was presented
through ambassador Mccormick and
follows the lines of the American decla-
ration at the time of the Spanish war.
1t is in the form of protest against
the confiscation of flour on board the
Arabia The general American conten-
ton regarding coal, naphtha, ETC., as
set forth in Secretary Hays note of
June 10 is also placed before the Rus
sian Government.
Great Britain followed by raising not
only the question of foodstuffs as con-
traband. but the legality of sinking
neutral ships. This communication was
presented through ambassador Har-
dinge.
The views are practically those en-
bodied in the Kings speech at the pro-
roguing of Parliament The communi-
cation takes exception to the Russian
doctrine that foodstuffs are contraband,
takes a position against the right Of
Russia to sink neutral merchantmen
and demands compensation in the case
of the Knight Commander. With re-
gard to foodstuffs consigned to an en-
emys ports the communication main
tains that proof that they are intended
for a belligerent military or naval force
is necessary in order that they be con-
sidered contraband. 1t illustrates in
this contention the case of the flour on
board the Arabia, which was consigned
to a British firm at Yokohama and
which was declared contraband by the
Vladivostok prize court. Great Britain
contends that the Russian doctrine is
equivalent to declaration that all
foodstuffs consigned to an enemy S
port are Internationally contraband.
The British note argues the question at
length against the right to sink neutral
ships, as being contrary to information
al law and usage.
The communications of both govern
ments are couched in friendly terms.
They make the position of the United
States and Great Britain quite clear
and emphatic.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 17.-The
American and British representations
relative to foodstuffs have been re-
ceived without resentment by the Rus
sian authorities and they are being
considered with the probability that
some modification will be made in the
direction of meeting the views of the
two governments.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-18
Daurhters Contest WIN.

q a contest OF the will OF Rosalia
Fischer, who died July 21, developed
IN Judge Coney's court yesterday
when the petition for its admission TO
probate was called for hearing. The
petition was filed by the executors.
Jacob and Samuel Fischer, sons Of the
deceased and principal beneficiaries
Opposition was made by their two
sisters. Mrs. Augusta Samtor and Mrs
Hannah Samter, whose attorney is
Samuel II. Samter. Mrs. Fischer in
tho viii OF September 22, 1902. left
$1,000 TO each Of her daughters and
the remainder Of her $4,000 estate
TO the sons. R. T. Brodek, one Of the
witnesses OF the viii, gave evidence
thereto, and Samuel Fischer said that
the probable value Of the estate was
$50, coo. He admitted that the mother
held Jacob FIscher's note for an
amount which he was unable to state.
Judge Coney declined to hear any ev;-
dence in opposition until the contest
arts had fled a formal contest. This
Mr. ,Samter said viii be done al once
and the sisters win charge undue in
fUeace OF the brothers and will prob
bly, contend that there was a later
Will They VIII also attempt to prove
that the present viii was prepared by
the brothers for their own benefit.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-18

pedo-boat destroyer Grozovoi at
Shanghai, especially after it was un-
derstood that Russia had already
agreed to the disarmament of these
vessels is regarded here more as a po-
litical than a military move, the pur-
pose of which is to overawe the Peking
Government and to compel il hence
forth 10 turn a deaf ear to Russia and
to recognize Japan as the dominant
power in the Far East, it being incon-
ceiVable that a Western power would
permit Japan TO carry out her threat to
engage in hostilities in the neutral wa
ters Of China.
China has applied to Russia's repre-
sentations regarding the Ryeshitelni,
but her reply is couched in general
terms, protesting friendship and the
desire to preserve the strictest neutral
ity. II expresses disapproval Of Ad-
miral Sah's inability to protect the
Ryeshitelni, and represents that he took
all the precautions possible, but could
not prevent the night attack. The re-
ply also says that one of the japanese
destroyers was overhauled as she was
leaving the harbor and that a protest
was lodged against her action, In view
OF which the Japanese captain prom
ised to return the Russian boat but
did not do so. The reply does not say
the Ryeshitelnis restitution was de-
manded
China's reply is considered unsatis-
factory by Russia, the main question
What has China done TO secure the
restoration Of the Ryeshitelni ?-remain-
ing unanswered. Russia also demanded
the punishment of Admiral Sab.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-18
Toxic Refuses to Restore the Destroyer Ryeshiten,
Seized at Chefu, and Threatens to Attack the Dis
mantled Russian WarshipS at Shanghai
Special Dispatch to The Can.

CALL BUREAU. HOTEL BARTON,
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.-Japan's de-
termination not TO return TO China the
Russian destroyer Ryeshitelni. captured
In the neutral port of Chefu. is con-
trary TO what had been hoped here.
Japsn's declaration that the Russian
"arships now being permitted TO repair
at Shanghai VIII be attacked within
that neutral harbor unless ordered out
at once is regarded as surely making
for further complications.
The United States, If asked by Japan.
would have advised the return to Chefu
OF the Ryeshitelni. The japanese Gov
eminent was considered 10 be in the
wrong in entering the neutral port
Despite this. however. II is learned at
the State Department that no action
VIII be taken by the United States Gov
ernment. IL does not feel called upon
10 pess judgment upon the three-cor-
7nered question OF q violation Of neu-
trality between Japan, Russia and Chi
ma II Is realized that there are enough
presidents on AL sides Of the case to
afford an argument for each party.
The United States hitherto has recog-
nized the right Of beligerent ships 10
seek refuge for less than twenty-four
hours IN q neutral port. or II damaged
10 remain there until repairs are COM
pleted- As late as the Spanish war the
American scouts and gunbOats made
frequent use Of neutral ports in the
West Indies. notably Danish and Brit
ish ports, 10 communicate by cable
vita the home Government and with
sections OF the American feet. yet there
was no charge that neutrality had been
violated.
The japanese are understood TO pro-
test against the making Of repairs TO
Russian ships in Chinese harbOrs, yet
IN the Spanish war the United States
ship St Paul spent nearly a week in a
French West Indian port repairing, and
no claim Of violation Of neutrality fol-
lowed
The japanese are understood to OBJ
5ect 10 being deprived of their lawful
property by the dismantlement OF Rus
sian ships in Chinese harbors. and also
.in the German harbor OF Tsingchou;
but n the Spanish war the British Gov
eminent held an American torpedo
boat. the Sonmers. in asylum through
out the war.
1t IS pointed out, however, that the
ability Of the American navy to secure
such privileges during the Spanish war
by 10 means constitutes a positive as
ser1iOn Of the right Of neutral nations
10 accord them
II is understood here that England
VIII follow the course OF the United
States in holding aloof from these ques-
tions now IN dispute
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-18
PERSONAL.

Uriah B. Curtis Of Tonopah is at the
Palace.
c. Moltzen. a rancher Of Point Reyes.
is at the Grand.
DR.. Simmons Of Sacramento is a
guest at the California
Peter Music, wine grower OF San
Joaquin County, is at the California.
DR.. T. 3. Blodgett of Fresno arrived
In this city yesterday and is stopping
at the Grand.
Mrs. Julius Kruttschnitt and her chill
dren have returned to this city and
are at the st. Francis.
F. a. I5ihn, q banker and capitalist
of Santa Cruz, was one of yesterdays s
arrivals at the Palace.
J. Crocker, one of the leading mer-
chants of San Luis Obispo. is in this
city He is staying at the California.
r. B. Burns and j. r. Andrews, San
ia F'e officials, arrived from Los An
geles last night and are at the Palace.
E. r. Cooper of Denver is among the
guests at the st. Francis. Mr.. Cooper
is a hotel man and will soon
leave for Los Angeles with a view to
securing the lease of the new Hotel
LankershiIn there.
Amadee Joullin, the California artist,
has returned from Paris. where he re-
Gently scored new triumphs. His In
dian study, "The Death Watch" was
one of the successes of the year. He is
about to begin work on two more pic
lures, another Indian study and a Cali
fornia landscape.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-18
Deadly Workmanship of
the japanese Naval
GunnerS.
Russian Ships Badly Bat
tered in the Shantung
Battle.

LONDON, Aug Especial dis
patches fro1 the seat of war. printed
in this mornings London newspapers,
contain accounts from both Russian
and Japanese officers of the naval bat
tie of August 10.
According to the story of Commander
Ogura of the Japanese battleship Mi
kasa, who arrived with the wounded at
Sasebo, as given in the Daily Mails
Kobe correspondence, the Japanese
flagship at noon, when thirty miles
from Port Arthur, signaled engage -
at which there were loud cries of Ban
zai"
I'VE got the range exactly" says
Commander Ogura, and almost all
our shells told, while those of the enc
my fell around us and shells fell thick
and fast until the sea was fairly boil
ing. Vice Admiral Togo remained on
the bridge of the Mikasa throughout
the battle"
Commander Ogura's account agrees
remarkably with the story told by an
officer of the Russian battieship Cesar
evitch, sent by the Daily Telegraph's 8
correspondent at Tsingchou, which is
TO the effect that the Mikasa opened
the fighting. but that the Russians be-
gan the second attack at o'clock.
The officer says that three 12-inch
shells struck the Cesareyitch within
fifteen minutes. doing terrible damage
and causing the vessel to tremble and
TO travel rapidly in circles for ten min
utes until temporary repairs had been
executed. The first shell killed Rear
Admiral Withoeft and several other Of
ficers; the second struck the coming
tower and killed everybody in its vi
cinity. while the third burst against
the foremast. During the night the
Japanese torpedo boats attacked the
Cesarevitch no fewer than five times.
I'VE saw the torpedoes fired" said
the officer. They passed very close
to us, but none struck us. All our
ships received serious damage and a
great fire broke out on the battleship
Peresviet. The engines and guns work
ed splendidly and there was no leak
age. The krupp nine-inch armor plate
resisted the projectiles excellently and
the Pinch shells recoiled from it. Our
sailors cheerfully faced the storm of
red-hot iron"
The correspondent says that the Ce-
sarevitch presented a CHASTITY spectacle
of wreckage, but that her guns ap-
parently suffered no damage.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-18
HOWARD CONVICTED ON
A CHARGE OF ROBBERY
58is Attorney Raises Important Points,
Which VIII Be Argued on Motion
for New Trial.

Tor New Trial.
Harry Howard was tried before a
jury IN Judge Cooks court yesterday
on charge Of robbery. The jury
was out about three minutes and re-
turned a verdict Of guilty. The case
was submitted without argument, as
HOwsrd's attorney. Hof Cook, took
the ground that the objections made by
him would invalidate the proceedings
Argument on these objections will be
made on September 2, when Howard
viii appear for sentence and a motion
for a new trial viii be made.
The principal objection is that the
deposition Of William Little, the COM
Q planning witness, taken at the prelim-
mary hearing IN Police Judge Mogan's
court. could not be read. Little has
since died and the record did not show
taat any reporter had been appointed
in.-t1e lower court TO take the testi-
Tpony. Another objection was that the
orecQrd did not show that Howard was
informed as TO his rights.
@ On the night Of December 6 Howard
entered Ldttles saloon at $50 Howard
street He had a revolver in his hand
and ordered Little and some customers
10 throw UP their hands. He took
$50 15 from Little and ran out of the
saloon. He was seen by Policemen
Q. S. Ekelly and 7. C-Murphy and they
gave chase. Howard pointed his re-
v2lver at Skelly and Skelly fired, the
bullet striking George King. a boy.
Howard then surrendered himself
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-18
SOUTHERN PACIFIC SUES
TO ENJOIN THE SCALPERS
Railroads Do Not Want Brokers to
Deal in Excursion Tickets for
Rio Conventions

The Southern Pacific Company and
It's connecting lines yesterday began
action to forestall the expected activ-
ity Of the ticket scalpers during the
two big conventions next month. An
Injunction is asked to prevent the
brokers from buying or Offering for
sale the special excursion tickets to be
sold all over the country to San Fran
cisco and Los Angeles and return for
the triennial conclave of the knights
Templar September 5 to and the
Sovereign Grand Lodge, l. o. o. F.,
September 19 to %.
The suit is directed against A. OF
finger, H. r. sDuffin, Charles ConlxIin.
T. A. Rigdon and various Doe" brok-
ers alleged to belong to the American
Ticket Brokers' Association and the
Guarantee Ticket Brokers Associa-
ton. 1t is said that by reason of the
large number of tickets to be sold and
the fact that holders will be strangers
there will be no means of detecting or
preventing the fraudulent use of the
tickets.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-18
IGNORES ENGLAND's ADVICE
GaDan Shapes Her Own Policy IN the
Ryeshitelni Affair.

ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 17.-Infor-
Eaatlon received in st. Petersburg fore
shadows that Japan will decline TO re-
store the Ryeshitelni or make any rep
aratiOn. and that on the contrary, she
VIII contend that Russia in sending the
destroyer 10 Chefu on an important
rRilitary mission herself became respon-
sible for the violation Of China's neu-
uSllity, which Japan at the opening Of
The war promised TO respect to the ex-
lent 10 which Russia did.
Nevertheless il is understood that
Great Britain. as the ally Of Japan, has
advised her 70 apologize. II is believed
dhat Japan realizes that this course
viii please the western power, but that
she VIII not follow II, because IL would
mean loss Of prestige in China. where
csncessiOn has always been translated
10 mean weakness.
The report that Japan has sent an
ultinatum 10 China. threatening to re-
peat the Ryeshitelni INCIDENT in the
case OF the cruiser Aslzold and the tor
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-18
JAPAN's UUrINIATUM TO CHINA
VIII Invade Shanghai Har5or Unless
Russians Are Forced to Leave.

1AuNSlaIlS art 10
LONDON, Aug. 17.-Japan has made
a demand on China. practically in the
nature of an ultimatum, that she i'm
mediately enforce her neutrality In the
case Of the protected cruiser Askold
and the torpedo-boat destroyer Grozo-
vol, now at Shanghai Japan pointed
out that the time limit, twenty-four
hours, permitted by international law,
had expired and that Japan, therefore,
was at liberty to take such action as
might seem TO her expedient.
Al the japanese legation here It was
expected that the Toxic Government
had no intention Of remaining quies-
cent If Russia attempted TO compel
China to give asylum to her men of
war. and authorize repairs at her ports
which would enable them to resume
belligerent operations. Should China
fan to comply Immediately with ia
pans demand the division of Japanese
warships now in the vicinity of Shang-
hal, the legation declares, will be in
structed to enter the port and capture
the Askold and Grozovoi, as was done
IN the case of the Ryeshitelni. Japan
mas made no secret Of her intention
but has not consulted the powers. be-
heving that the question is one which
concerns herself alone, as Japan is pre-
pared, the legation further asserts. to
recognize Chinese neutrality only so
long as il is respected by Russia.
With regard TO the Ryeshitelni, ia
pan, II is asserted, is determined not to
comply with the Chinese demand sub
mitted In compliance with the Russian
note, that the vessel be returned TO
Chefu. Japan insists that to all intents
and purposes Chefu has been a Russian
base during the war, Chinese junks
having been fitted out there and sent
through the japanese blockading YES
sells to Port Arthur.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-18
LINES ARE DRAWING CLOSER.
Besiegers of Port Arthur Advance
Their Fighting Front.

Their Fighting Front.
CHEFJJ, Aug. 17.-According to news
received here to-day the Japanese line
has been drawn still closer around be-
leagured Port Arthur The right wing
OF the japanese line has penetrated to
the vicinity Of Pigeon Bay, while the
center has moved forward from Pa
lingching, which is south of Shushi-
yon and two miles north of the town.
Chinese are the authority for the fore
going outline Of the new Japanese posi-
tions.
Passengers on board the steamship
Decima, which anchored off Port Ar
thur last night, witnessed a lombard
ment from Pigeon Bay. The Japanese
shells were visible during their whole
course. They circled comet-like to the
town and their explosions were marked
by great splashes of FIRE which shot uD
into the sky. The bombardment from
this and other points began at mid
night and lasted until morning. The
Russians did not reply to the Japanese
fire
Major Seaman, formerly a surgeon
in the American army, was a passenger
on the Decima. He says the spectacle
was brilliant and awe-inspiring
The Decima weighed anchor from,
Port Arthur at o'clock this morning.
At some distance out she saw five jap
anese warships guarding the harbor.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-18
Californians in Sew YORK.

NEW YORK. Aug. 1.-THE follow
ing Californians are registered in New
York:
From San Francisco. Jaynes and
wife, at the Holland; Miss Lapl, al
the Hotel Elliott; Mrs. l. S. Leads, at
the Holland; G. f. Lyon, at the Ho-
tel Imperial; r. Slate. at the Park Av-
enue Hotel; A. r. Won Comm, at the
Navarro; Z. Adams, at the West
minister; r. C. Ayres, at the Hotel Vic
toria; j. b. Gier, at the New Amster-
dam; A. r. Goram, at the Grand
Union; S. c. Greenberg and wife, at
the Wellington; r. c. Kirk. at the
Plaza Hotel, and P. J. Mayer, at the
Grand Union.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-18
RURIK's OFFICERS PERISH.
Commander of the vIadivostok Cruis

Commander of the Vladivostok Cruis-
er Is Among the Dead.
TOXIC, Aug. 1.-THE captain and all
the superior officers of the Russian
cruiser Rurik, which was sunk by Vice
Admiral Kanimura August IA. were
lost. Twenty-three Of her officers were
saved.
Six hundred and one Of the crew Of
the Rurfk have been landed at Sasebo.
One man died there and III OF the sur
vlvors are wounded, many of them
seriously and a number mortally.
A supplementary report of Admiral
Togo's casualties on August 10 in
creases the total killed and wounded
TO 225
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-18
CARGO OF FLOUR FOR JAPAN.
Steamship Aztec VIII Take the
Chances of War With Contraband.

PORTLAND. Or, Aug. 1.-THE
Portland and Asiatic Steamship Com
pany has engaged the steamship Az
tee to carry flour from this city to
Japan. General Manager Schwerin to-
day received word from San Francisco
that an arrangement to that effect had
been made. The Aztec will be here
on August 25 to begin loading. The
Aztec belongs to the Pacific Mail
company and is an iron vessel.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-18
Russians Hold Liners Mail.

NAGASAKI. Aug. 1.-THE mails
from the North German Lloyd
steamship Prinz Heinrich, which the
Russians detained July Is in the Red
Sea, have been examined here in the
presence of the British, German and
French Consuls, who found many reg
istered and other letters missing. A
strong protest is being prepared by
the Consuls
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-18
HAVE FAITH IN sToEssEL.
Russians Anticipate His Reply to De-
mand for Surrender.

Russians Anticipate His Reply to De-
mand for Surrender.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 1.-THE
announcement that the Mikado's offer
to allow non-combatants to leave
Port Arthur is coupled with the de-
mand for the surrender of the garri-
son causes a revulsion of feeling here.
The original report that non-combat-
ants would be permitted to depart be-
fore the storming operations began
was regarded as a humane and con-
siderate act.
The War Office is without official in
formation of the summons served
upon General Stoessel, but not the
slightest idea exists in military cir
cles that he will yield so long as food
and ammunition hold out without a
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-18
BLANK SHOTS AND A SHE'LL

British Vessel Brought to Stop by
a Russian Cruiser.
AJACCIO, Corsica, Aug. 1.-THE
British steamship Scotian. coal laden
from Tyne, arrived here to-day and
reported that she was stopped on
August IL by two blank shots, fol-
lowed by a sheh. from the Russian
cruiser Ural. formerly the German
steamship Kaiserin Maria Theresa.
After an examination of the Scotia's
papers she was allowed to proceed.
A Russian officer said that the Ural
was searching for more than 200
steamships carrying contraband for
trans shipment in Spanish and Ital-
ian ports.