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to speak at Farmers Institutes in San
ia Barbara, Santa Paula and Ventura.
HARBoR COMMISSION REPORT.
Shows Unprecedented Increase in
Tonnage and Foreign Shipping.

SACRAMENTO, Dec. 31.-The bien-
NAL report of the State Harbor Com
mission for the two fiscal years end
ing June 80, 1904, was submitted to the
Governor to-day. The report shows an
unprecedented increase in the tonnage
of foreign shipping. The commerce of
foreign ports with the port of San
Francisco has increased from an aver
age of 100 to 750 tons per diem in the
past Wo years.
The Increase in rental derived from
the State property along the water
front has been $4,000 over that OF last
year. The total increase in revenue
over that of two years ago Is $62,019.
The various items for which the 81
100000 that the present Legislature is
expected to appropriate for the seawall
is set forth in the report. These are:
For the seawall alone, $4,000; for paw
ing East street the entire length of the
proposed seawall. $125,000; for building
eleven modern cylindrical piers, $500
feet in total length, s1,105,000.
The Commission makes two COM
plaints:
First-That the docking privileges are
continually abused by shippers who by
using the docks for warehouse pur-
poses encroach on the freight handling
facilities.
Sixth-street main pollutes the water
and increases the expense of dredging
The board recommends that the sew
er main in question be removed to
Second street and that the sewage be
carried to deep water. The Commits
sioners make the recommendation that
they be given entire control of the wa
ter front, for the reason that all vessels
are accommodated and that they are
not dependent upon the consent Of in
dividuals or corporations for that ac-
commodation. 1t is also recommended
that the State condemn seventy feet
more in addition to the 200 feet width
which the board now controls along the
water front. The increase in shipping
interests demands this measure.
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Roosevelt to-day directed the removal
from office of John H. Hall, United
States District Attorney for Oregon.
Hall has been prosecuting officer of the
Government in the land fraud cases,
and the removal is made in conenction
with them.
The announcement of District Attor-
ney Halls removal was made by At
torney General Moody as he left the
White House after conference with
the President He declined to say what
charges, IL any, had been made against
Hall, but added that for the good OF the
service it was believed best to dispense
with him, particularly in connection
with the land fraud cases in oregon,
the prosecution of which had been con-
Quoted by Hall.
Earlier in the day Senator Fulton of
Oregon had a talk with the President
concerning the land fraud cases.
Hall was indorsed for reappointment
by Senator Mitchell and Representa-
tive Hermann of Oregon, both OF
whom were to-day indicted in connec-
ton with land frauds. The conduct of
the District Attorneys office at Port
land has been inquired into by the Gov
ernment representatives and reports of
the facts adduced have been transmit
ted here. The reports allege that there
has been obstruction of justice; that
certain prominent men have been
shielded, and that attempts have been
made to prevent certain parties giving
evidence in the land fraud cases.
Oliver E. Pagin of Chicago, special
assistant attorney of the Department
of Justice, has been sent to Oregon to
assist in the prosecution of the land
fraud cases.
PORTLAND, Or. Dec. 31.-When
John M. Hall, United States District
Attorney for the District of Oregon,
was shown the dispatch from WASH
inatcn announcing the determination
of the President TO relieve him from
office he was thunderstruck. He had
had no previous warning from wash
ington that the blow would fall and
could not at first realize the import or
the matter. AS the extent of the an
nouncement dawned upon him he be-
came violently angry, condemning
several Of the officers of the Govern
ment in strong terms and denouncing
his removal as the act of personal
enemies. Later Hall became calm and
discussed the situation coolly. He
made the following statement:
sIf it is true that the President has
removed me have no knowledge of
what prompted him to take this ac-
ton. have not been advised by any
person of the nature of any charges
against me. But intend to go to the
bottom of this affair and have no fear
but that can convince any fair man
that have never been guilty Of any
act while in Office that would even re-
fleet any discredit upon me.
IT do not even know who has pre-
ferred the charges against me-
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TOXIC, Jan. 1, a. m.-Sungshu
Mountain (Canonia Hfll) was stormed
and captured yesterday Saturday by
the Japanese forces besieging Port
Arthur.
TOXIC, Jan 4, II a. m.-The Jap
ancse have exploded and captured a
portion OF the wall near Panlung
Mountain. Sungshu Mountain, cap>
turcd yesterday, Is one OF the inner
defenses of Port Arthur.
TOXIC, Jan 1, 1880 a. m.-The War
Department confirms the report Of the
assault upon, and capture of Sungshu
Mountain yesterday by the forces be-
sieging Port Arthur. The attack be-
| gan after the capture of Rihlung
Mountain. At first 1t failed on ac-
count of the protection which the Rus
slams enjoyed and the desperate chars
acter of their defense. Yesterday at
10 o'clock in the morning the Jap
! anese exploded a series of mines and
| Immediately assaulted the works.
which they entirely occupied by IL
o'clock. The Russians exploded a
series of mines as they retired. A por>
| ton of the garrison retreated south
ward. Another portion held the gorge,
where they were buried by the debisr
| thrown up by the explosion Of theif
own mines.
CHEFU, Dec. 81. - Heavy fighting
| has been going on for some time at
the positions stretching between
Pigeon Bay and the new city of Port
Arthur. witnesses say that at one
| of these positions the Russians lost
one-half of detachment of 500 men.
| One of these observers asserts that
| the Japanese in one of their attacks
ran into a terrific hail of shells from
quick-firers and lost 1000 killed and
wounded. He was employed by the
! Japanese to assist in removing the
dead and wounded and picked UP the
| body of a Russian major general,
whose rank he recognized by his uni-
form and insignia.
Chinese who arrived here tonight
from Dalny report that the Japanese
made night attack on December 20
to the northeast Of Port Arthur. The
| Russians SORTED, and, after three
hours brisk fighting, the japanese re-
| treated.
The refugees invariably state that
| the Japanese greatly fear that the
Russians have mined the whole of the
city.
BERLIN. Dec. 31.-In consequence
of the capture of Rihlung fort, Gers
many's most conservative military OBJ
servers-men like General Meckel--
feel justified in forecasting the fall of
Port Arthur not later than February
1. They regard the taking of Rihluns
as by far General Nogi's most import
, ant achievement. They assert that If
the Japanese can hold that position
the real beginning of the end" is
finally at hand.
1t is pointed out that General Nogi
is able. for the first time. to attack
the main defenses of the fortress
through an enfilading fire on three
! Sides AS soon as he succeeds in plant
ing heavy artillery on Rihlung tho
Russians will be unable to withstand
long Japanese fianking attacks.
German critics declare that no army
in the <world could have done better
at Port Arthur than the Japanese and
that if they had captured the fortress
any sooner than they are likely to do
it would have been military miracle.
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CRIMINAL
PROSECUTION
OF PACKERS
Warrants Issued for
Agents Of the
Beef Trust.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

HELENA, Mont, Dec. 31.-Still per-
sisting in his efforts against alleged
trusts Attorney General James Dono-
van to-day in the last hours of his
term of office began suits against the
alleged Beef Trust under the criminal
code. This is the first time in the his
tory Of the United States where actions
were brought against an alleged trust
under this code.
The suits are brought against Ar
mour & Company, Swift & Company,
Cudahy & Company, the Hammond
Packing Company of Chicago and the
Hammond Packing Company of Pueb-
10, to prevent them doing business in
Montana. The defendants are charged
with conspiracy in unlawfully combin-
ing to fix the price of certain articles
of commerce for consumption by the
people of Montana, and that in pur-
suance of this conspiracy did actually
carry out a restriction of trade in the
sale of meat and meat products in this
State by creating "a monopoly in the
sale of such articles. Upon the filing
of the complaints warrants were issued
for the arrest of the following repre-
sentatives of the packing companies.
having headquarters in Butte:
The Hammond Packing Company of
Chicago and Pueblo, w. H. Meloy; Ar
mour & Company, j. Elliott: Swift &
Company, III. CT. Cuneo: Cudahv &
Company, Patrick Walsh. All were
released on $50 bonds, the agents being
required to appear in the District Court
here January 8.
Albert Galen, Attorney General-elect,
who on Monday will succeed Donovan,
said tonight that he had not had time
to formulate a policy in the cases in
stituted to-day by the ATTORNEY Gen.
eral. he having supposed when the Su-
preme Court last week dismissed the
original suits filed under the organic
law that the matter was ended for all
time. 1t is believed, however, that he
will conduct the suits along the lines
mapped out by his predecessor.
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FUNDS FOR UNIVERSITY.
List of Appropriations Required Is
Presented to the Governor.

SACRAMENTO, Dec. 31.--A list of
the appropriations that the University
of California expects TO receive from
the present session of the Legislature
was presented to Governor Pardee to-
day by a committee from the Board of
Regents, consisting of President Ben
jamin Ide Wheeler and Regents John
A. Britton, r. j. Taussig, Judge Charles
w. Slack and Attorney Charles Shook.
In addition to the general sum for
maintenance as fixed by law, appro-
priations for an agricultural building
and university farm were pointed out
as of being of prime Importance. Pres
ident Wheeler stated that while plans
had been prepared for a 100000 build
ing, the university would be content
with half that amount for the erection
of portion of the structure. 1T was
stated that a good farm could be pur-
chased for 100000.
At the suggestion of the members of
the pedagogical department of the uni
versity bill appropriating $4,000 for
a teachers training school, to be con-
Quoted in conjunction with the univer-
sity, will be presented
That a special study of the diseases
of graDevines may be made under the
auspices of the university, an appro-
priation of $4,000 year will be urged,
instead OF SloVU, granted Two years d6o.
The system of farmers institutes has
grown to such an extent that $4,000 will
be needed by the university agricultur-
lists during the next two years to prop
erly carry out their work.
One of the most important appropria-
tion bills that vii, be presented on be-
half of the university will be an electric
power plant for the Lick Observatory.
Governor Pardee was told that If the
university were granted $4,000 plant
worth al least a third more than that
amount could be installed, as Director
w. w. Campbell had been promised
necessary machinery either as a gift or
at cost. The committee pointed out
the fact that at the present time the
observatory is lighted with kerosene
lamps that greatly endanger the place
and that the telescope mechanism has
to be moved by hand.
Governor Pardee was noncommittal
as to the assistance he would be able
to give to the proposed bills, nor would
he promise to sign any Of them, de-
claring that the financial demands on
the State are SO heavy that he would
have to reserve his decision In the mat
ter until q later date.
President Wheeler departed tonight
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SACRAMENTO, Dec. 31.-The gath
ering legislators are content to sit to-
night. and watch the good people of
this city let bedlam loose in frenzied
welcome to the New Year. A quiet
discussion on topics political is i'm
possible and many a fight is as yet
undeveloped, as no man of all the law
makers cares to express his views
through a megaphone-the only prac-
tical way to wedge an opinion through
the hurricane of noise.
However, by what seems to be gen.
eral consent, some things are prac-
tically admitted. None of those here
question the fact that Frank C. Pres
colt is backed by the organization for
Speaker of the House and probably
will get the Office. Lou Martin is also
conceded victory in his ambition to
serve as sergeant at arms of the Sem
ate and J. L. Stafford as sergeant at
arms of the Assembly.
For President pro TEN. of the SEN
ate there is contest between Edward
/. Wolfe of San Francisco and Frank
w. Leavitt of Oakland, with the ma
jcrity holding the view that Wolfe is
All Tic lCtQ Will CNCiy PlOSpStL OF
carrying the victory. Jacob Step
bacher and Clio Lloyd are candidates
for chief clerk of the Assembly, each
with firm friends behind him, and the
outcome of this friendly race is in
doubt.
L. A. HiIborn practically has been
conceded the secretaryship of the Sem
ate. Candidates for the lesser offices
are numerous, but they are awaiting
the arrival of greater force of iegis-
lators before giving public announce
nent TO their ambitions.
Senators John n. Anderson, John B.
Irish, Samuel II. Rambo, Charles M.
Shortridge and f. f. woodward and
Assemblymen Paul Arnerich, F. W..
Barnes, r. II. e. Espey, Miguel Estu-
.dillo, r. III. Jury, S. HI. Olmsted and
Ernest Weyand arrived here early this
afternoon, but their presence did not
stir things much. There was little
buttonholing INDUCED in by them and
1t was plain that each was awaiting
the arrival of greater numbers before
starting in the work of heating up the
caldron of political strife.
There was smell of paint and new
ly piled soap in the Capitol building
to-day. Columbus and Isabella were
scrubbed as never before and no CRIME
now disfigures their Carara figures.
Paint was daubed wherever Times ac-
ton had told and when the Senate and
Assembly go into session Monday
morning to effect organization 1t will
bs in chambers as fresh and bright as
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RUSSIAN FINANCES.
Car Has ssaO, 600, 600 in Gold Stored
Away.

PARIS, Dec. 31.-In connection with
the approaching Russian war loans in
Paris the following interesting state
ment Of the Russian war finances was
furnished to the Associated Press to-
day from the highest source:
THE expense of the war up to Mo-
yember 80 amounted to $23S. .000. 900, Of
which $161 900, 900 was for the army,
s41 100000 for the navy and $500. 900
for various military requirements,
making about $22,500, 900 month.
"The outstanding credits up to the
game time were $126, ,000, 900. of which
$e3, 1000, 900 was for the army, $31. .000. 900
for the navy and $12.000,000 for miscel-
laneous purposes. That makes the
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Guards for Election Books.

DENVER, Dec. 81. = The Supreme
Court to-day appointed two watchers
on behalf of the Republican party to
guard the registration books of the
city and county Of Denver until after
the investigation to be made under
the courts order. 1t is alleged by the
Republicans that the books contain
thousands of fictitious names that
were voted at the election on Novem-
ber 8.
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CLAIMS TO HAVE FOUND
CURE FOR SEASICKNESS
Retired French Naval Officer Says
Abdominal Band Will Prevent
Nal de Mer.

Special Cable to The Call and New York
Herald. Copyright. 1905, by the New York
Herald Publishing Company.
PARIS, Dec. 31.-Dr. M. A.. LeGrand,
one Of the most eminent surgeons in
the French navy, now retired, believes
he has discovered the only sure pre-
ventive of seasickness. This is nothing
more or less than plant band that
will sufficiently compress the abdomin-
al wall to prevent the displacement of
the viscera. Researches conducted by
DIR. LeGrand show that this method
has been successful in 81 per cent of
cases. The strong point in favor of
the system is that the patient need not
modify his usual diet.
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GRAND JURY IND|CTS
MITCHELL AND HERMANN.

Mitchell Bg Hermann
John M Hail.
Roosevelt
atonad in
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oxNARD is CONFIDENT.
Says He Is in the Senatorial Fight tc
Remain Until the Finish.

Personal activity on the part OF
leading candidates for United States
Senator was noted yesterday by the
statesmen that assemble at the palm
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the skill of the artisan could max
them.
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rzD rzznArnRA

AL,CAZAR-"Old Heidelberg" Mati-
nee to-day.
CALIFORNIA-"Yon Yonson."
COLUMBIA-''Sultan Of Sulu-"
cENTRAL-"The Heart Of Chicago"
Matinee to-day.
CHUTES-vaudevi1le
FISCHER 'S-vaudeville
GRAND-"The Darling Of the Gods. :"
MAJESTIC-"A Contented woman
ORPHEUM-vaudev Matinee to-
day.
TIvOLI-"King Dodo."
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STOESSEL
LOSES FORT
ON SUNGSHU'
Japanese Take the
Mountain by
Storm.
Celebrate the Close Of the
Old Year With a
Victory.
Besiegers Are Said to Have Lost -Four
Thousand Men in a Recent
BeSiegers Are Said to Have Lost Four
Thousand Men in q Recent
Assault.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

TOXIC, Jan. 1, a. m.-Sungshu
Mountain (Canonia Hfll) was stormed
and captured yesterday Saturday by
the Japanese forces besieging Port
Arthur.
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THE WEATHER

San Francisco and vicinity-Fair.
cooler Sunday; light frost in morning;
light north wind.
Amador ledger., 1905-12-01
WiW Wed for Love Only.

Princess Victoria of England, the
only unmarried daughter of King Ed
ward, declares that if she marries at
all it will be for love. She is thirty
seven years old, and for twenty years
has refused to consider every marriage
proposal suggested by her father, the
King.
eff I marry, it will be to the man of
my choice" she is reported to have
said. Father, mother, and govern
ment shall not choose for me. will
love the man marry. if 1 ever marry"
This bold declaration by the daughter
Of king has shocked royal and aristo-
cratic circles all over Europe, but ii
has been read with delight by the
English people, and it appeals equally
to Americans.
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prosperous homes for themselves and
families, and raise an annual product
of a couple or three million dollars.
In the canyon proper the great
forces of nature have wrought won
derfully. Enormous granite boulders
have detached themselves from the
mountains and rolled down thousands
of feet, crashing their hundreds and
thousands of tons into the rocky
gorge. Here the river continually
plays upon them, searching out the
seams and splitting them up, and
wearing them away and polishing
them smooth.
The Rock Pile of the World.
In the canyons middle, below the
dam site, the jungle of rocks in the
narrow river bed appears as though a
thousand blasts of giant powder had
rent the mountain sides and tumbled
every rugged projection into the
depths below. There is no dirt or
sand in this river bed; everything is
rock. The imperishable granite, gray,
pink, and vari-colored, Oldest of the
geological formations, made by the
welding of various substances when
the globe was molten mass; the
later HmestoneS and black volcanic
rocks, conglomerateS also melted by
great heat, the hard red sandstone and
its white and brown contemporaries,
formed from the grindings of other
rocks subjected to enormous pressure,
and lastly the geyserites and sulphur
rocks, soft and honeycombed, the re-
suit of ceaseless spoutings of steam
and hot water from the earth's bowels
sion.
Below the canyon where the river
runs more peacefully, all these forma-
tions are represented in the huge beds
OF cobble stones and smaller boulders
over which the water plays. The cob
Dlestones were themselves once Jagged
rocks, detached by wind, water, frost
and sun from their mountain bases.
and rolled and ground by river force
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Of his men to run up the flag" The
Stars and Stripes were hoisted and
big Alec" as he is known, yelled out,
Now fire and be id to you." The
revenue cutter dipped its flag thrice
and turned away. Several times this
bold navigator has had set-tos with gov
ernment authorities. but short time
ago the Carmeneita made raid on the
copper islands and had brush with
the revenue patrol, one of the crew be-
ing wounded and sent to Seattle, Wash,
for treatment.
The attention of Mexico having been
called to the illegal acts of the Car
mencita's crew. that government on
November 1, 1904, cancelled the Mex
ican registry. With this taken away
from him. MacLean had the name of
the schooner changed to the Acapulco.
1t is understood that when he dropped
into Drake Bay for supplies he had
only 100 skins on board taken from
the sealing preserves of the Arctic so
that government officials have suspect
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FREEDOM FOR RUSSIA.
UNDER CZAR'S RECENT MANI
FESTO, LAST ABSOLUTEM NOM
ARCHY DISAPPEARS.
The New Empire Promises to Be a
Regime of Constitutional Liberty
and Representation-Vi of the
People Widely Celebrated.

As an outcome of the tremendous
agitation which has been shaking Rus
sia to the very core, the Gar has sur
rendered and has granted rights
which if consummated, will result il.
civil liberty.
1t seemed for time as though the
history OF the French revolution would
be repeated; that the aristocracy and
the bureaucracy driving ahead in
their arrogance and self esteem, would
fail to recognize the overwhelming
force of the volcano of public senti-
ment surrounding them, and by their
refusal to recognize conditions, plunge
the whole empire into civil war and
anarchy. But the handwriting on the
wall was recognized and the Gar
compelled to practically capitulate his
imperial throne. True, promises are
thus, far more in evidence than fulfill
ment, but Count Witte has apparently
been made the real Russian leader anu
much is hoped and expected in the
way of a peaceful reform.
In old Russia, the Russia of last
century, of last year, of last week, the
Gar was all powerful. Russia was
the last remaining absolute monarchy.
The policies of the government were
created and enforced by the Gar and
his Grand Dukes.
Popular representation was fragile
promise. Free speech was under the
ban; freedom of the press was un-
known. Even all private mail was
subject to censorship. The prisons
were filled with political offenders.
Imagine casting a man into a United
States prison because his political acts
were not relished by the government,
A system of public espionage fol-
lowed every mans move.
Old Russia was divided into two
classes, the nobility and practical
slaves.
Education of the masses was worse
than a farce.
What is promised for Russia?
The abolition of the rule of the Ro-
manoff House.
Freedom of speech guaranteed and
freedom of person inviolable.
A limited monarchy similar to that
of England with a guarantee of popu-
lar government. with cabinet respOn-
Sible to the people, and with suffrage
made almost universal. and With provi-
sion for representative parliament
and for general educational system.
The right of habeas corpus recog-
nized and the freedom of the press
assured.
Following the Cars imperial mani
festo outlining the proposed regime of
liberty, all Russia celebrated. In st.
Petersburg and Moscow the day was
one such as the Russians never before
had seen. The Slavic people. who dur
ing the long war just closed and the
anxious period preceding the an
nouncement of the new era of consti-
tutionalism, seemed self restrained.
gloomy and apathetic, gave themselves
fully to the exuberance of the mo-
ment and spent the entire day in pa
rades and assemblies which for the
first time in the history OF Russia were
freely permitted.
1t was stated as a significant omen
that after fortnight of gloomy and
depressing weather, symbolic of the
days of the great strike. the sun shone
out brightly on the date of the Cars
manifesto, a bright and radiant In
dian-summer day.