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The San Francisco call., 1905-01-07
Port Arthur S Fall
Due to Lack of
Ammunition.

LONDON, Jan. According to the
Daily Mails correspondent at Chefu.
Baron Kleist, Russian naval officer,
says lack of ammunition was the main
factor in determining the surrender OF
Port Arthur and that since September,
when the first general order was issued
announcing a scarcity, the greatest
economy was exercised.
Baron Kleist says the japanese fire
on the forts was so accurate that the
men regarded an order to serve in a
fort as a sentence to death. Many died
without visible wounds, from the mere
violence of the concussion of huge Jap
anese shells, which made blood burst
from the eyes, mouth and nostrils OF
those standing near. Early in the
siege the ranks of the Russian artil-
lery were so depleted that infantrymen
had to be employed to serve the guns.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-07
SLAYER OF OLD
NAN IS HANGED
Henry Milton Suffers Death
ON Gallows at San Quentin
for Killing James Gilleece
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SAN RAFAEL, Jan. 6.-Larry O'Neil
alias George Lupton, alias Henry Mil
ton, who murdered James Gilleece, ar
aged saloon-keeper. in San Francisco
in 1903, was executed at 10:30 o'clock
this morning at San Quentin Prison.
Milton was remarkably cool as he
mounted the scaffold. He calmly
smoked a cigarette. Just before the
'bfack~cap- yrhrown over his head
Warden Tompkins took the cigarette
from between his teeth and threw 1t
upon the floor. A moment later the
trap was sprung. Eleven minutes later
DR.. Casey, the resident physician, pro-
nounced Milton dead.
Father Walsh of San Rafael attend
ed the condemned man in his last
hours.
Milton was Sc years of age. A few
days ago Milton made q confession in
which he claimed that Mike" and
Docia Nolan had no connection with
the robbery of Mrs. Mathewsr
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-07
NEW YEAR CLASH.
In Midst of Festivities Japanese En-
gage the Russians.

In Midst of Festivities Japanese En-
gage the Russians.
MUKDEN, Jan. 6.-Tne Japanese
tried to combine business with pleas
ure, and while their new year festivi-
ties were in progress on January 2
made an attack upon the village of
Vito, in front of one of their positions.
The Russians replied with artillery on
the right and the center and prevented
the Japanese from occupying the viii
lage.
The same night a party of Siberian
volunteers surrounded the village of
Sinlountcwn, which the Japanese had
been using as a signal station. While
one column made an attack on the left
front, three others, in command of
Captain Toviansky, rushed the rear of
the village without firing and caught
the japanese Unexpectedly, driving them
out. Subsequently the Japanese opened
heavy fire from the neighboring hills,
which compelled the Russians to- retire
from the village. They carried off
twelve prisoners, seven of whom were
wounded. The Russian loss was nine
killed. 1t is not known to what extent
the Japanese suffered, but judging by
: the number of rifles abandoned ther
must have been many killed or
wounded
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-07
PREACHER BELL
MAKES THREATS
Says He Will Sue Three Di-
vines Who Have Referred
to Him as a BigamlSt
ONE LIVES IN OAKLAND
Former San Francisco Minis
ter Ayers He Was Cleared
of Charge in Santa Cruz
ONE LIVES IN OAKLAND
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SPOKANE, Jan. 6.-Rev. Frederick
Bell, formerly of San Francisco and
now pastor, of Humanity's Church, de-
clares he will bring suits against three
preachers who he says have been de-
flaming his character in asserting that
he was convicted of bigamy and is now
living unlawfully with his wife. He
says:
while in Santa Cruz was arrested
for bigamy, tried and found guilty. but
the court set aside the verdict, believ-
ing that there was no intent to violate
the law" DR.. Bell says he fully be-
lieved his former wife was dead when
he married his present wife. After
learning that his first wife was alive
he secured divorce and remarked his
present helpmate.
The preachers accused of defaming
Bell are Rev. e. c. Downey and Rev.
j. A. Crusan of Spokane and Rev. Mr..
Stone of Oakland, Cal. Rev. Mr.. CRU
san says:
.'All I know Of DR.. Bell Is what
have read in Santa Cruz and San Fran
cisco papers regarding his trial on the
charge of bigarny and what was told
me by the Rev. Mr. Stone, who was
a resident of Santa Cruz at the time.
If the telling of facts which have al
ready been made public property
through the columns Of the press In
criminal libel, then am guilty"
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-07
.RTSSIA SENDS REINF0RCEMENTS
TO SLAY ARMY IN MANCHURIA
TROOPS PASS THROUGH IRkUTSK
Both Nations Ready
to Continue the
Game of War.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 6.-Japan has
made no overtures for peace to Russia,
directly or indirectly, through the
United States or any other power and
contemplates no such action, and now
that Port Arthur has fallen, purposes
to press the war in the north all the
! more vigorously by reinforcing the
Japanese armies at Liaoyang with the
greater part Of the troops which have
been besieging Port Arthur.
This, in brief, represents the views
of Mr.. Takahira, the japanese Min
lister.
THE fall of Port Arthur, said the
Minister, lis but a step in the war
| which Japan is waging for principle.
Certainly it is an important step, but
nothing could be further from the
truth than the assumption that be-
cause Japan has captured stronghold,
the fall of which has long been expect
ed, the Japanese Government Will now
make overtures for peace. Japan is too
busy fighting. We are as much IN
! earnest to-day as we were at the out
set of the war. We have made no over
lures for peace, either directly or indl-
rectly, nor have the powers approached
us with any idea of intervention"
At the Russian Embassy it was re-
! iterated that Russia would fight all the
harder in view of the temporary loss OF
Port Arthur.
Europe, it is learned, is firmly OF the
conviction that however dark the out
look for peace at this moment, when
| the prospect brightens it is to Presi-
dent Roosevelt that the neutrals as
we'll as the belligerents will look as the
| intermediary through whom peace ne
| gotiations will be initiated. AS Euro
| pean ambassador said to-day, the
American Government is practically
| the only Government to which both
belligerents will be willing TO look for
assistance in reaching a settlement
when the time comes, and aside from
this fact the high personal regard in
, which the President is held, both at
st. Petersburg and at Toxic, makes it
all the more probable that through
him, when Russia and Japan have
fought their fight, the powers must
hope for peace.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-07
MAY FLOAT SHIPS.
No Official Inspection Yet Made at
Port Arthur, However.

TOXIC, Jan 6.-The Navy Department
announces that the Japanese naval
force at Port Arthur has sunk the fol-
lowing Russian war vessels in that har-
Dor: Torpedo-boats, the Gaidamak and
Fusatonik; torpedo-boat destroyers, the
Jetirny, Sisik and Boevoi
The armored cruiser Bayan is lying
on the south coast of the harbor Sc
verely damaged and the gunboat Bobr
Is entirely burned as the result of the
Japanese shelling.
The Russian battleships sunk at Port
Arthur have not as yet been officially
inspected. In those destroyed by the
Russians at the last moment there are
no signs of interior explosions. 1t is
hoped that the damage done to them
will be repairable. The docks are par
TALLY destroyed and filled in, the gates
also being damaged. The great crane
is intact and serviceable.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-07
SAYS CANCER is NOT
A CONTAGIOUS DISEASE

BOSTON, Jan. 6.-The Advertiser to-
morrow will say that the Harvard
medical commission, which for the past
two years has been making study OF
cancer, will, in its report to be made
in few days, declare the malady to be
non-contagious.
The commission will find: First,
cancer is not Infectious; second, IT Is a
hereditary aff1iction; third, it's cause is
as mysterious as that Of human life;
fourth, the remedies are either a knife
or serum.
DR.. e. H. Nichols Is at the head of
the commission. which was made pos
sible by .bequest from Mrs. Caroline
B. Crofts. who gave the Harvard medi-
cal school 100000, the interest of which
is to be spent on. original medical re-
search. -
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-07
PROMINENT JUDGE DIES.
John j. Glenn of the Circuit Court |
Illinois Passes Away.

MONMOUTH, ILL.,, Jan. 6.-John j.
Glenn, Circuit Court Judge of the
Tenth Illinois District from 1877 to
1903. died to-day. He was "A years
of age.
Judge Glenn was active in the legal
and political affairs of Illinois for al
most half at century and had an en-
viable record on the bench, few of his
decisions having been reversed by the
Supreme Court. He was close per-
sonal friend and classmate of White
law Reid. editor of :. the New York
Tribune. His grandfather served as a
member of the company that acted as
General Washington's guard in yir-
ginia, Maryland and the Southern
States during the revolution.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-07
CHRISTMAS IN RUSSIA.
Jollity Not Affected by Fall of Port
Arthur.

ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 6.-This is
the Russian Christmas eve. The streets
have been filled all day with crowds of
shoppers and the markets, overfiowing
their customary bounds, filled adjoining
streets with booths and stalls, where
every variety of Christmas trees were
piled high. Apparently the fall of Port
Arthur had little effect on the jollity
of the Christmas crowds. Promptly at
midnight everything closed up and the
city became instantly dark and the
streets were deserted. but really for
renewal of the holiday festivities to-
morrow.
A great service in honor of the dead
of Port Arthur will be held in the
Kazan Cathedral on Sunday.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-07
ANCESTRY OF sToEssEL.
Family Originally German, but Forced
From the Country.

OMAHA, Jan. 6.-J. S. Weidemeyer,
foreman of the Union Pacific shops
here, sets at rest a dispute which has
been going the rounds of the European
papers with respect to the ancestry or
General Anatole NJ. Stoessel, the Rus
sian commander at Port Arthur. Fore
man Weidemeyer studied mechanics in
Switzerland with two brothers of .Stoes-
sci. He said to-day that the claims OF
both Germans and Swedes that the
hero of Port Arthur is or their nation
ality are in a sense right.
The Stoessels, he declares, were on
the losing side in the thirty years war
and General Stoessel's ancestor was
forced to flee from Germany. He set
tied in Sweden, but his son went to
Russia and entered the army. For
many years in both Germany and Rus
sia many members of the family have
been military men.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-07
SQUADRON NOT TO GO FAR.
Indications of Change of Plans for
Baltic Fleet.

LONDON, Jan. THE Times learns
that there is no evidence that supplies
have been arranged for the Russian
second Pacific squadron beyond Diego
Suarez Bay and that charters for coal
and provisions for points beyond have
been Cancelled.
1t is still more significant, the
Times says, that the Russian Gov
ernment has Cancelled contracts for
two shiploads of arms and ammunition
from Libau to the East Indian archi-
pelago and Saigon. The only infer
ence, the Times concludes, is that the
squadron will not go beyond Diego
Suarez Bay.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-07
MISSOURI LEGISLATURE.
Famous ssAlum BiIl'' Is First Measure
Introduced in the House.
SENATORS LEAVE HOUSE.

lutIOluCCel thAC
JEFFERSON CITY, NO. Jan. e.
When the Legislature convened to-day
the first bill introduced in the House
was the famous 'alurn bill" This bill
is to repeal the law prohibiting the
use of alum in the manufacture of
baking powder. The statute was en-
acted during the 1899 session of the
Legislature. In 1901 and again in 1908
efforts were made to repeal it, but ac-
ton was blocked each time. An inves-
tigation by Attorney General Crow re-
suited in the indictment of several
Senator'S on the charge of having ac-
cepted bribes to prevent the repeal OF
the statute. During the investigation
Lieutenant Governor John A. Lee re-
signed from Office.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-07
JAPANESE USE sEARCHLIGHTs.
Employ Them for Purpose of Making
Night Attack.

MUKDEN, Jan. 6.-The night OF
January the Japanese turned search
lights on the Russian position at the
village of Ingoy and tried to drive out
the troops from the advanced posi-
tions, but were received with a hot
rife fire and driven back.
The same day there was collision
or a Russian foraging party with Jap
anese scouts near the Hun River. The
foragers left their carts, drove back
the japanese, took four prisoners and
secured the body of a dead Japanese
officer.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-07
Gar Is Determined
to Retake Lost
= Garrison.

'IRKUTSK, Jan. 6.-Many troop
rains are passing through Irkutsk on
he way to reinforce the Russian army
IN Manchuria. The news of the fall
Il Port Arthur is received by the SOL
..iers with sadness, but they express
IN undiminished determination to re-
AXE it. The chief regret expressed by
soldiers and officers is that they did
not arrive IN time to relieve the heroic
garrison.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-07
PRISONERS TRANSFERRED.
Nogi Reports to Toxic on Progress OF
the Work.

TOXIC, Jan. 7 g a. m.)-General
Nogi reports that prisoners had been
transferred up to noon on Friday as
follows: The Twenty fifth Rifle Regi-
ment, AZ officers and 1882 men; Twenty
sixth Rifle Regiment, 40 officers and
1920 men; Twenty-seventh Rifle Regi-
ment, 58 officers and 1178 men; Fifth
Rifle Regiment Sc officers and 1547
men; Thirteenth Rifle Regiment, 3S Of
ficers and 665 men: Fourteenth Rifle
Regiment, 80 officers and SS2 men; Fiji
teenth Rifle Regiment, so officers and
1853 men: Sixteenth Rifle Regiment, 30
officers and 1904 men; total number
transferred, 206 officers and 5451 men.
The report says that only Sc officers
have given their parole.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-07
Arbitration Treaties Are signed

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.-Arbitra-
tion treaties between the United
States and seven foreign governments
were made public to-day by order of
the Senate in executive session. The
countries making the conventions are
Great Britain, Portugal, France,
Switzerland, Germany. Italy and
Spain. All of the treaties are drawn
in similar form.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-07
SANTA CLARA VALLEY
FRUIT MEN ORGANIZE
Form Association to Find Market for
Dried Products of the
Golden State.

SAN JOSE, Jan. 6.-The Dried
Fruit Promotion Association. which
will endeavor to find a market for the
dried fruits of this valley, this after
noon effected a permanent organiza-
ton. Joseph d. Radford was elected
president, Colonel Philo Hersey vice
president, and F. H. Babb secretary
treasurer. The president was en-
powered to appoint an executive COM
mittee of fifteen.
A general discussion of the condi-
tions Of markets and plans for selling
the fruit in the East enlivened the
meeting. Paul Shoup, agent Of the
Southern Pacific. stated that his road
had abandoned the idea of increasing
the rate on dried fruit East to pro-
vide an advertising fund because of
opposition. The association is formed
Of thirty-fve members from the lead
ing commercial and fruit organiza-
tons Of the county.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-07
WARNS GREAT BRITAIN.
Tolstoi's Son Points Out Danger oil
Antagonizing Russia.

ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 6.-Count
Tolstois son, Leo. in an article upon
Great Britain's constant desire to en-
barrass Russia, declares Great Britain
Is preparing her own grave and has
tening her. own end If she wants war
with Russia, ''as France, Germany and
Italy are bound to realize that their in
terests lie with Russia's. .
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-07
RUSSIAN GUNS BOOM.
Turned on the Foe Lying Intrenched
Near Mul1den.

Near Mukden.
GENERAL OKU'S HEADQUAR-
TIERS, jan g. via Fusans-During the
last three days the Russian lombard
ment has been heavier than at any
time during the past six weeks. For two
days following the receipt of the news of
General Stoessel's letter to General
Nogi offering to surrender Port Arthur
hardly a, shot was fired, but since then
many heavy guns have been brought
into use and there is almost constant
firing.
There is no indication of the meaning
of this activity on the part of the Rus
slams. Apart from this conditions at
the front remain unchanged. The Japa-
nese are using searchlights.
There is great rejoicing among the
Japanese troops over the fall of Port
Arthur, and celebrations take place
every night.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-07
BISHOP SPALDING SUFFERS
SEVERE PARALYTIC STROKE
Distinguished Catholic Prelate Is Sud.
denly Stricken and Friends Deem
His Condition Serious.


PEORIA, ILL.,, Jan. 6.-Bishop John
L. Spalding of the Roman Catholic
church to-day suffered severe para
lytic stroke. His brother, DR.. Leonard
H. Spalding, is by his side continually.
The Bishop is 65 years of age, and
while he has been in fair health all
his life, his age tends to add to the
fear of his friends for another and more
serious attack. He complained this
morning that he was suffering with a
slight attack of neuralgia, but nothing
more was thought about it. About 4
o'clock his housekeeper was startled by
the sound of a fall in the Bishops
room. She ran hastily to the place and
found him lying on the floor, partially
unconscious and unable to rise.
At late hour he is resting COM
fortably.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-07
KURoPATKIN INFORMED.
Oyana Lets Him Know of Fall of
Port Arthur.

Port Arthur.
BERLIN, Jan. 6.-The Lokal An
zeiger's Mukden correspondent in dis
patch dated January 6 says: Field
Marshal Oyama has sent letter to
General Kuropatkin communicating the
news of the capitulation of Port Ar
thur and praising the bravery Of it's de-
tenders.
The effect of the news was especially
confounding, last reports indicating a
strong resistance. 1t is believed 1t will
Immediately affect the situation on the
Shakhe. Continued intense cannonad-
ing has been heard since dawn neal
Sinchinpu and Shakhe. A resumption
of the cannonading tomorrow is ex-
pected.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-07
jams Stir Up Mongolians.

ST. PETERSBURG. Jan. 6.-Mail
advices from Urga, North Mongolia,
describe systematic campaign of Jap
anese officers and emissaries to stir up
Mongolia with the view to raiding and
destroying the Baikal and Siberian
roads. There is danger of an attack on
the railroad when the winter ends.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-07
HANGED AT FOLSOM.

Sing Vow Executed for Murder Done
In 1902.
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 6.-sing Vow. a
Chinese, was hanged at the Folsom
State Prison at 10 o'clock for the muir
der of Jeong Sing, a countryman, at
Walnut Grove, in October, 1902. The
murderer declared on the scaffold that
he was innocent of the. crime Of which
he had been convicted He was pro-
nounced dead seven minutes after the
trap fell. go
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-07
Completes Sale of shipbuilding Plants.

Completes Sale of Shipbuilding Plants.
S TRENTON, N. J., Jan. 6.-Judge
Lanning in the United States Circuit
Court to-day filed an order completing
the sale of the properties of the United
States Shipbuilding Company and the
Bethlehem Steel Company, and direct
ing conveyances to be made to the pur-
chasers, who are George r. Sheldon in
the case of the shipbuildipg company
and William C. Lane in the case of
the Bethlehem Steel Company.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-07
OFFERS NoGI HIS CHARGER.
StoessePs Horse Not Taken as Per
sonal Gift, However.


LONDON, Jan. IA special dis
patch from Toxic says that at the con-
clusion of the interview between Gen.
erals Nogi and Stoessel the latter
begged to be allowed to present to
General Nogi his favorite Arabian
charger. General Nogi courteously
declined personal acceptance, pointing
out that it came under the category
of war material to be surrendered, but
he consented to accept the animal In
the name of the Japanese army.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-07
Aged Editor Dead.

NEW YORK. Jan. 6.-John F.
Coyle, one of the owners and editors
of the National .Intelligencer and
Farmer, died to-day, aged "a years.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-07

NEW LUMBER coMPANY.-Articles of in
corporation of the Bayside Lumber Company
stated to be So oo0. 600. of which 5000 each
has been subscribed by the following directors |:
w. w Watson, F. NJ. whitworth Robert B.
GAYLORD, Charles A. Shurtleff and L. B. Will
liams.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-07

Hill. who was charged with grand larceny and
pleaded guilty to petty larceny. SEN
tenced by Judge Cock yesterday to serve four
months in the County Jail She stole dia-
mond ring valued at $50 from Romie P. Hale
on November 10.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-07

SALINAS Jan. &C. c. Copeland and will
liam Bryant pleaded guilty to charge OF
burglary to-day and were sentenced by Su-
perior Judge Sargent to fye years each II
States prison. -
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-07
Postoffice Discontinued.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.-The post
office at Gorba. Orange County, has
been discontinued, the mail going to
Olive.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-07
Celebrates the Fan of Port Arthur.

celebrates the Fan OF Port Arthur.
PARIS, Jan. 6.-Japanese Minister
Motono presided at a banquet tonight
of the Japanese colony in celebration
of the fall of Port Arthur. Several
patriotic speeches were made.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-07

The Swiss military authorities are
about to adopt khaki for soldiers uni
forms.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-07
FORTIFYING ISLAND.
Japanese Send Ship With Men and
Supplies to QueIpart.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6-Ministel
Allen has informed the State Depart
ment that he has been advised by the
Korean Government that Japanese
vessel has landed a large number OF
men and supplies on the island OF
Quelpart and that fortifcations are be-
ing built there. Quelpart is near the
track of vessels plying between Shang-
hal and Japan.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-07

China has National Biography, de-
voted entirely to women. It contains
more than $4,000 names.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-07
Hoods JdrSdpdriUd

1t purihes and enriches the blood,
cures pimples, eczema and all
eruptions, tired, languid feelings,
loss of appetite and general de-
bility.
Hoods sarsaparilla promises TO cure
and keeps the promise.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-07
ADVERTISEMENTS.
100 Doses
For One Dollar

Economy in medicine must be
measured by two things-cost
and effect. 1t cannot be meas
ured by either alone. 1t is great
est in that medicine that does the
most for the money-that radi-
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The San Francisco call., 1905-01-07
A Guaranteed cure Tor Piles.

Itching, Blind. Bleeding or Protruding Piles.
Your druggist win refund money II PAzo ONT.
MENT fails to cure you In Q to II days. Soc.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-07

To Cure Cold IN One Day
Take laxative Bromo ouinine Tablets. An
druggists refund the money II It fails 70 cure
e. W. Groves signature ID On eadh box ESQ.,
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-07

"The session will not adjourn and
members will keep their seats" called
the Speaker.
The evening world., 1905-11-09
BY BULCER.

II Is reported on reliable authority
that Dany Hoffman. the fhst out
fielder OF the philadelphia Athletics,
has been traded to the NeW York
Americans for Pat Dougherty.
While Grifith is not In town to YER
ify the report It Is understood that
he arranged the deal with Connie
MMaok Just before he started for his
ranch in Montana. Behind this deal ~
a long story which convinces men on
the inside OF the baseball situation that
Il was the proper move % make
II IA well known that Hoffman pas
been at outs with Mack for some ume'
ana the III feeling was intensified by
the refusal OF the Philadelphia nan
ager to let Hoffman take part In the
worlds championship games. LORD was
substituted for Hoffman. and the only
time Danny got a whack at the ball
was when he went In to bat for Lord
with tho score standing . to 0 in favor
Of New York.
On the other hand, Griffith has been
far from satisfied with Dougherty, In
flcf, Griflth told the writer at one
time last season that Dougherty was. a
thorn In his side which kept him wake
AT nights. One day Dougherty would
make a sensational play and the next
day he would miss easy files that lost
No one believes that Doughcrty dld
not do his best. PAT always Kept In