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ST. LOUIS, June 17.— The condition
of Miss 'Annie Wootdward of Santa
Barbara, Cal., who was bruised late
last night by the collision of a car
riage with a Delmar trolley car, has
greatly improved. She will, »it is ex
pected, be about again /in a few days.
Bliss Woodward Improving.
WILLOWS. June 17.— W..F. Miller,
Marsh Miller, and • Joseph Shockley,
comprising the firm of W. Frank Mil
ler & Co. of Butte City, decided to dis
solve partnership, but being unable to
arrange satisfactory terms of disso
lution, they have applied for the ap
pointment of a receiver. The firm is
the largest mercantile house irt east
ern Glenn County. ;
Partners Want to Dissolve.
Peirce is inspecting the American
consular service in the Far East.
TOKIO," June . 17.— Herbert H. D.
Peirce, Third Assistant ' Secretary of
State of the United States, and Mrs.
Peirce were received to-day - by Baron
Komura, the Japanese Foreign Minister,
and dined with the Baron to-night.
Assistant -.Secretary Peirce and Wife
, Arc"' Entertained 'at Tokio.
DINE WITH BARON KOMURA.
Rudolf Speck, secretary-treasurer of
the Brewery Drivers' Union, delegate
to the Labor Council and member
of the Stablemen's Union, was re
moved from his several positions and
expelled from the Labor Council last
night as a result of alleged misapprop
riation of the union's funds.
The striking freight handlers have
failed to reach an agreement with their
employers and the non-union men are
still at work. The police force in the
striking district has been lessened. The
strikers' headquarters are closed, but
their pickets are still making their
rounds.
r — : i
Striking Freight Handlers Still at
Oiits With Employers and Non
t Union Men Retain Jobs.
LABOR AGITATOR REMOVED
t; FROM TRUSTED POSITIONS
GOOD CROPS IN KOREA.
Many Natives Formerly Employed on
Tran.si)orts Return to Fields.
SEOUL. Korea, June 17, 4 p. m.— A
Japanese official who has completed a
tour of investigation of Northern
Korea reports that the crop prospects
are unexpectedly favorable. The na
tives heretofore employed as transport
coolies did not accompany the Japan
ese army into Manchuria, but returned
to the fields.
The prejudice against war notes is
decreasing as the importation of silver
renders it always possible to redeem
the notes at face value.
M. Haglwara. Japanese Charge d'Af
faires in the absence of Minister Ha
yashi, who has gone to Japan, has re
quested the Korean Foreign Office to
take action in the matter of circulars,
recently distributed, urging an anti-
Japanese rising.
Cannonading Heard Off the Coast.
TOKIO. June 17.— A report has been
received here from the Police Station
at Saga, near Sasebo, saying that
Rounds of cannonading have been heard
off the coast.
It is possible that a Japanese fleet
has met the Russians.
FIRE ON THE COSSACKS.
.Minister of Interior Receives Report
of Recent Riot at Warsaw.
ST. PETERSBURG, June 17.— The
Ministry of the Interior has issued the
following statement in regard to the
disturbances at Warsaw in May:
"A crowd assembled to watch a fire
May 13. The people refused to disperse
when the police ordered them to do so.
A few Cossacks were called out and
were greeted with stones and shots
from revolvers. The Cossacks replied
with a volley, killing one man and
wounding six. Twenty Cossacks and
police were injured by stones."
The California Society of the Sons
of the American Revolution com
memorated Bunker Hill anniversary
with a banquet at the Occidental
Hotel last evening. Colonel A. D. Cut
ler presided at the function, which
was largely attended. Speeches dhd
songs made up the programme of the
evening. .
Judge* Henry C. Dibble delivered the
response to the toast, "The Battle of
Bunker Hill," and was followed by
Edgar Hills Adams, who. recited
Holmes' poem, "Grandmother's Story
of the Battle." A toast to General
Warren was answered by Reginald H.
Webster and "The Three British Of
ficers" was the theme of Colonel
Charles A. Coolidge's address., The
concluding speech of the evening was
delivered by John A. Hosmer, who elo
quently eulogized General Putnam.
Sons of American' Revolution Show
Patriotism at Banquet.
HEROES ARE EULOGIZED.
SEOUL, Korea, June 17.— The Japan
ese Government, has commenced the
wrecking of the steamer Sungari, which
was destroyed at Chemulpo by the
Russians at the beginning of hostil
ities. The Mitsu Blshl Company has
secured the contract for the work and
an American named Koen is in charge
of the operations. The Sugari was gut
ted by fire and some of her lighter
works were warped by the heat, but
otherwise she did not sustain much
damage. It is hoped that she can be
raised in two months.
. It is expected, that the work of
wrecking the Russian cruiser Variag,
which has been proceeding slowly, will
be turned over to this same company.
The Variag was lost at the same time
as the Sungari. " .
Nothing but the brass work of the
gunboat Koreitz. the third vessel de
stroyed by the Russians at Chemulpo,
can be saved.
Japanese Government Hopes to Save
the .Sungari and Variag.
BEGINS WORK OF WRECKING.
NAGASAKI. June 17, 4 p. m.-Seven
ty-three survivor B from the transport
Eado arrived here to-day. They
escaped in a water boat and contrived
a sail from their clothing. They met
a British steamer off the Island of Iki
at 5 o'clock yesterday and were towed
to a point near Nagasaki. The surviv
ors say that the Sado's engines were
disabled after a fow shots had been
fired by the Russians. When the sur
vivors left the scene the Hitachi was
sU!l afloat.
Arrive at Nagasaki.
Survivors From the Transport Sado
ESCAPE IX WATER BOAT.
ST. PETERSBURG. June 17.-A dis
rstch rooeived from Vladivostok to-day
Khows that the commander there is
Kitting rid of the remaining civilian
X-npuIation. This strengthens the belief
that preparations are being made at
Vladivostok for the reception of Rear
Admiral Wittsoef's squadron when it
comes out of Port Arthur, and that
active operations against the city are
imminent. The dispatch does not men
tion the Vladivostok division. The Ad
miralty denies knowledge of the where
abouts of the Vladivostok squadron
VLADIVOSTOK, June 17.— The com
mander of the fortress. General Lav
roff, has issued an order warning all
civilians to make immediate provision
to send their families into the interior,
bo as to avoid peremptory expulsion at
a moment of sudden necessity. There
ere 3000 women and children here
Chilians to Ijeave for Interior.
Commander at Vladivostok Warns
PREPARING FOR ATTACK.
After the Chinese were ordered to
leave the Russian stronghold the Rus
sian authorities commandeered all the
provisions and cattle In town.
The refugees believe the Russians
will not be able to hold out against the
Japanese, and say that they are pre
paring to destroy Port Arthur.
Several Chinese from Dalny have also
arrived ht?re, but they are without
knowledge of the result of the reported
fighting around Port Arthur. They
say that fully one hundred and fifty
thousand Japanese, including coolie
carriers, have been landed on the Liao
tung peninsula.
CHEFU, June 17.— Two thousand
Chinese, mostly small merchants, ar
rived here to-day in junks from Port
Arthur.
Destroy Port Arthur.
Say Preparations Are Helng Made to
REFUGEES REACH CHEFU.
SANTIAGO DE CUBA. June 17. —
The recent fall of fourteen inches of
rain in five hours accompanying a
hurricane has resulted in the death of
more than 100 persops. The most se
vere loss was at the village of El
Cobre, where some sixty persons were
drowned. The river rose rapidly, de
stroying the lower part of the village.
Bodies were carried eight miles to the
bay. Thirty bodies were recovered.
Six persons were drowned at Daiquiri,
fourteen at El Caney and many in the
surrounding country. The list is still
incomplete. All the bridges at Cobre,
several at Daiquiri and four of the
Central Railroad's bridges and miles
of the track have been destroyed.
Irf the wreck of the relief train at
Moron two employes were killed.
No trains arrived fro-m Saturday to
Thursday and all the telegraph lines
and cables are interrupted. One hun
dred and fifty houses were destroyed
or damaged in Santiago and five per
sons lost their lives. In and about
Santiago the property loss is enormous
at the mines, on the railroads and in
cattle and merchandise.
The weather has been fair since
yesterday morning.
Ever since the association was
formed this one labor organization has
been Its chief stumbling block. Owing
to their strategic position the drivers
have been able 'to force "closed shop"
agreements In almost every case. They
also have secured repeated wage in
creases.
1 A principle of the association is the
"open shop." With the exception of
two or three, however, all agreements
signed in the year with the union pro
vide for the exclusive employment of
its members. J
The resolution .follows:
"Resolved. That thi3 association in
structs its members to refuse to sign
any exclusive union or 'closed shop.'
contracts with any local of the Team
sters' Union and that no contract of
any sort be signed with them which
shall extend beyond or expire after
May 1, 1905."
CHICAGO, June 17. — The Employ
ers' Association of Chicago has set
May 1, 1905, as the date for a general
contest with the Teamsters' Union. A
resolution carrying this decision, re
cently passed by the executive board,
has just been made public. The or
ganization in the meantime will pre
pare for the struggle:
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. June 17.— A
cablegram to the Indianapolis News
from Stanley Washburn, special war
correspondent of the Chicago News at
Chefu, says that Hector Fuller, staff
war correspondent of the Indianapolis
News, has been captured by four Rus
sian soldiers and taken to Port Arthur.
Fuller was blindfolded and placed in
prison.
The State Department at Washington
was notified last Wednesday that Ful
ler, who started from Chefu m an open
boat with two Chinese oarsn^en for Port
Arthur, had landed in the vicinity of
the latter city about June 12.
WASHINGTON, June 17.— The State
Department has received the following
reply from Minister Griscom at Tokio
in response to its inquiry regarding the
disappearance of Hector Fuller, the In
dianapolis war correspondent:
"Washburn of Chicago News states
that Fuller was arr«sted at Port Arthur
on the 13th inst."
Russian Soldiers Place Him in Prison
at Port Arthur.
CORRESPONDENT IN JAIL.
As these boats move along, the mo
tion of the long oars resemble the
legs of the Chinese dragon, and the
rowers rise and stand in their seats,
thus completing the resemblance to
the dragon's body. A drummer accom
panies each boat to beat time.
A peculiar preparation of hulled rice,
soaked in lye and wrapped In palm
leaves, is thrown out to the hungry
fishes, | so that they may be induced
to restrain their appetites and not feast
upon the remains' of the drowned hero.
It Is called "chung," which is a pun
on the Chinese word for faithfulness,
which is "chung" also. In all the
grocery stores in Chinatown piles of
"chung" have been exposed for sale
for a week past, and the small boy
has held a feast on his own account,
•regardless of the fishes.
Here and there may be found a few
faithful hearts who remember the
legend, and repeat as the boats rush
past:
"Wat Yuen chi nik shuie: Tuen
yeung king to. Wat Perfection haa
jumped into the water. Who arrives
first to rescue him."
Yesterday all Chinatown celebrated
the Dragon Boat festival. Feasts were
served in the public restaurants and
private homes and last night the larg
est restaurant in the quarter was the
scene of j great festivity. At the res
taurant the Chinese Military Corps was
entertained by the Sheung Mo Hok
Tong Military Association. Speeches
by Wong Kim, Dr. Gardiner. Major
Falkenberg and others were followed
by the presentation of the- Chinese
dragon flag and the Stars and Stripes
by Dr. Gardiner to the Sheung Mo
Hok Tong Military Association. . Toasts
to the Emperor Kwang-Su, President
Roosevelt, Wong Kim, the organizer;
Chan Kei, the president; and to the
cueless Chinese of San Francisco.
The holiday is one of the most noted
in the Chinese calendar. The legend
of the dragon boat runs as follows:
Many years ago Wat Yuen, a loyal
hearted noble of the Celestial kingdom,
who had served his country and sov
ereign faithfully, was forgotten when
the royal favors were dispensed. Later
when his services were recalled to the
memory of the King, he was ordered
to the palace to receive his reward.
But he had learned not to put his
trust in princes, and rather than accept
the belated kindness he threw, himself
into the river. So, full of admiration
for this unprecedented act of humility,
the anniversary of the same was set
apart as a national holiday, and the
fifth day of the fifth month is observed
by the patriotic Cllnamen throughout
the world.
In order to rescue his corpse from
the fishes, long boats are manned by
many men, and the first to arrive at
.the goal is supposed to be the fortun
ate savior.
Incomplete List Contains
Names of More Than One
Hundred Victims' of Storm
Association Orders Members
to Sign No Contracts Ex
tending Beyond May 1
PREPARING CAMPAIGN
Much of Its Significance
Lost by Being Brought to
Chinese Born in America
CUSTO3I CENTURIES OLD
Chicago Employers Give No
tice That They^Will Begin
War on Teamsters' Union
SIXTY DIE AT EL COBRE
Recent Heavy Eain in Cuba
/Inundates Villages and
Causes Heavy Loss of Life
PRESIDENT AND MOODY
TALK ABOUT CHANGES
Secretary of the Navy May Not Take
Knox's Place Until After
July.
WASHINGTON, June 17.— Secretary
Moody returned to Washington thi»
morning from Massachusetts, where he
has been for several days, and had con
ference with the President and Attor
ney General Knox, at which the retire
ment of the latter and accession of
Moody to his place was discussed.
It is stated that Knox will not be
able to vacate his office to accept the
new appointment as Senator until
about July 1, because of a number of
details which he wishes to see closed
up, so Moody will not take his place
at the head of the Department of Jus
tice until after that date.
Moody al3O discussed with the Presi
dent on the question of his successor,
but as far as can be learned there has
been no decision on this matter, and it
is still in the air.
ENGINE STRIKES WAGON.— While eroBS
!n< the Southern Pacific tracks near Fifth and
Townsend streets yesterday a wagon driven
by Remigio Mondoro was struck by a switch
engine. The wagon was smashed to apllntara,
but the driver escaped with a few brulsea.
Festival of Dragon Boat
Celebrated in 'Houses and
in All The Restaurants
FLOOD BRINGS
DEATH TO MANY
PLAN TO FIGHT
A YEAR HENCE
although it Is believed that General
Stakelberg will continue to retire to
the. northward. It is possible, how
ever, that reinforcements are being
sent to his support. This might be in
ferred from a significant message just
received from one of the* correspond
ents at Tashichia reporting an enor
mous movement of troops, including
cavalry and Infantry, along the rail
road, but the correspondent" Was not
allowed to say in -which direction the
troops were marching. It may ! be
therefore reinforcements moving to
support General Stakelberg or the
force of that commander retiring to
the northward. The message also says
that the whereabouts of Major General
Mistche».ko is not known f\nd this
latter statement may be pregnant with
significance.
ALL CHINATOWN
HOLDS FEASTS
REINFORCEMENTS CARRY DAY AT VAFANGGW.
Before the expiration of the forty
minutes agreed upon the Russians tor
pedoed the Sado from both sides.
Colonel Suchi, who was in command
of the troops on board the Hitache, and
many other men committed suicide.
Suchi was educated in France.
The majority of the men on board the
Sado were rescued; the majority on
board the Hitachi were annihilated.
The Sado was not sunk. She floated
east of Okino Island and has been
towed into port.
TOKIO. June 17.— It is impossible to
obtain accurate figures of the losses
sustained by the Japanese as a result
of the sinking of the transport Hitachi
and the shelling of the transport Sado.
A survivor has reported to Vice Ad
miral Hidematsu Teunoda, commander
in chief of the Takeshika Naval Es
tablishment, that the Hitachi was hit
sixty times by the Russian fire and
that the fired on the Russian vessels.
It is suspected that the Russians in
tended shelling the Sado. and a small
boat from this transport pulled over
to the Russian vestel for the purpose of
a parley. The Russians agreed t" give
the men on the Sado forty minutes in
which to get away from their ship, and
said ihey would take the non-combat
ants nn board their own vessels. The
survivor who gives these details de
clares that subsequently the Russians
refused to receive the non-combatants,
with the exception of an Englishman,
who was chief mate of the Sado.
Russians Prove Accuracy of Their Fire
en the Hitnchi.
STRUCK SIXTY TIMES.
It is believed that Colonel Waters,
the British military attache, was pres
ent during the battle of Vafangow.
The whole regret Is that General
Stakelberg did not draw the Japanese
farther north before allowing them to
engage him, but experts suspect that
certain conditions compelled Stakelberg
to fight at Vafangow.
General Stakelberg is praised for the
skillful handling of his men in the field.
He and his old war comrade, General
Kuropatkin, fought side by side in
Turkestan, and he Insisted on again
taking the field, although almost an In
valid.
ST. PETERSBURG. June . 17.—Mili
tary circles do not view the battle of
Vafangow as a defeat, and they con
tend that General Stakelberg, unlike
Lieutenant Zassalitch, won more than
he lost. Whether General Stakelberg's
expedition to the south had an imme
diate bearing on the situation at Port
Arthur, it is thought that his presence
has caused a diversion which will ma
terially affect the operations in the
southern part of the Liaotung Penin
sula. It is thought unlikely that th'e
Japanese had north of Kinchou such,
a large force as that which engaged
Stakelberg's division, and the num
bers seem to indicate that they drew
off some of the troops operating against
Port Arthur. It is pointed out that the
force engaged at Vafangow must re
cuperate for several days, and it is ex
pected that the fight will materially
retard the siege operations against Port
Arthur.
Claim That General Stakelberg Won
More Than He' Lost.
RUSSIANS NOT DISHEARTENED.
The young woman sank twice and
was about to go down for the third
time when Lewis hastened to the res
cue. As he reached her side he was
seized by the drowning woman and
had it not been for J. Devine, both
Miss Mahoney and Lewis would have
lost their lives. Devine succeeded in
getting the woman to shore and im
mediately summoned medical aid. Af
ter two hours the young woman was
restored to consciousness, but little
hope Is entertained for her recovery.
SONOMA. June 17.— Miss Margaret
Mahoney of San Francisco narrowly
escaped drowning this morning while
bathing in Sonoma Creek near the El
Verano Villa. Miss Mahc-ney got be
yond her depth and would have drown
ed had it not been for the heroism of
Thomas Lewis and J. Devine of Sao
Francisco.
Young Woman While Bathing Is Sink
ing Third Time When Res
cuers Appear.
SAVED FROM DROWNING
BY TWO YOUNG MEN
LIAOYAXG, June-17. — A press corre
spondent who was present at the battle,
of Vafangow describes the fighting as
follows: - i
"The stern, dogged fighting at the
battle of Vafangow was like another
Borodino. The roar of the machine
guns and the. boom. 'of the cannon still
ring in one's ears. ~
"Throughout the three days of com
bat the officers and men vied with
each other in pluck and heroism. They
have added glorious passages to Rus
sian military, history. . .
"The enemy's advance originally In
cluded the Fifth, Eighth and Eleventh
divisions, twelve squadrons of cavalry
and splendid artillery. About 200 guns
were belching a continuous stream of
shot and shell. Large reinforcements
enabled them to turn the Russian
flanks. A diversion on the right pre
cipitated the battle on the morning of
June 15.
"Major General Gerngross, who was
wounded, commanded the left flank,
and General Loutchkovsky commanded
the center. Including four battalions
concealed in a small wood, whence they
dealt death and destruction on the en
emy. The Russian right was protected
by Cossacks, dragoons and Siberian
Rifles.
THUNDER Op THE BIG GUNS.
"While th^se big guns were thunder
ing I made my way, at about 11 a. m., to
the Russian right flank and climbed a
hill, whence I could view the whole
fit-Id of battle. Behind me a battery had
taken up a position, from which it kept
up a continuous fire upon the advanc
ing ranks of the enemy. Through
glasses I could see the sandy valley of
the Tassa, with the Chinese village of
Vafan.
"The heights of Fuchu. the railway
bridge and the surrounding cops were
occupied by Japanese infantry. Then
*•'•<•(? the retreat. The Japanese shells
were falling , on the station buildings,
from which train - after tra*n ha.2
moved. v
"I descended the hill and Just suc
ceeded in jumping on the footboard
of the last car. Some of the Russian
batteries on the left flank were still
firing. ?The main force then began
slowly to retreat toward Vantslalin
(thirty miles north of Vafangow) and
about 1 in the afternoon had accom
plished its strategic mission. The bat
tle of Vafangow had deflected consid
erable Japanese forces from Port
Arthur.
WENT INTO BATTLE SINGING.
"The fighting was glorious. For
two days the Russian regiments val
orously maintained their positions and
took the offensive on the left, so press
ing the enemy there that a- couple of
Japanese batteries fell into the Cos
sacks' hands. The Russian soldiers
went into battle singing, their spirits
not affected by the fierce heat and
furious cannonading, whose, intensity
may be gauged from the influence It
had on the atmospheric conditions.
Rain drops fell like tears at the height
of the battle, although the day dawn
ed clear.
"Many Russians have fallen, but a
greater . number of Japanese were
killed. The Russian shells and bullets
mowed, tHem down like wheat. The
whole valley was bestrewn with the
corpses and the river Tafesa ran red.
But it was with Japanese" more than
with Russian blood.
"I left on the last train with Gen
eral Stakelberg. This train collided
with the one preceding it near Vant
sialin, but it was not damaged.
"When passing Kaichou we saw
three Japanese cruisers.
"The railroad north was ocupled by*
Russian troops. The Russians say
that the Japanese cannot "advance
much further north, even when they
recover from the effects of the battle
of Vafangow."
black lines of infantry, like threads,
could be seen creeping through the ver
dure. Nearer the slope of a hill was
dotted by the, gray shirts of the Rus
sian riflemen. A brownish smoke over
hung some of the batteries, and others
showed flashes of flames. The crackle
of rifle fire/was punctuated by the roar
of 'guns. Occasionally I heard the hiss
of a Japanese bullet.
"The scene was awe-inspiring. Over
the Russian. center and left flank hov
ered chocolate clouds from bursting
shrapnel. It. was evident that the tide
of battle was coming toward the Rus
sian right. I saw reserves . hurrying
forward, the Cossacks galloping, fol
lowed by. columns of infantry. Sud
denly they disappeared in an adjacent
defile. Tne valley -where the Russians
had camped . was emptied as if by
magic.
RETIRE IX GOOD ORDER.'
"Rattling volleys ' were fired behind
the screen of hills which concealed the
fighting troops from view in that direc
tion, the sound of the firing being. the
only evidence .of the deadly struggle
proceeding there. This continued for
half an hour." Suddenly a company of
Cossacks appeared on the crest of a
hill and began to descend. They were
followed by Infantry. The Japanese
gunners promptly pursued them with
shrapnel. Horses and men began fall-
Ing.
"A moment of harrowing suspense
was relieved by a shout of 'HurrahJ,'
was from a couple of thousand
Russian troops just brought up by
train. They quickly jumped from the
cars, fixed bayonets and literally ran
into the fight.
"Again the crackle of musketry un
der cov°r, during which the retiring
Russian regiments formed uo and
moved off in complete order townrd
ti.e railroad. While a long line of
commissariat wagons escorted by Cos
>neks took to the road a battery . of
horse artillery stationed near the rail
rr.ad banged away furiously as It eov-
The flames were confined by flooding
the ship with water to a single com
partment In the after part of the ship.
The steerage berths and woodwork
were eaten away, but so far as exam
ination this morning shows none of the
steel frames or plates of the vessel were
warped. The fire originated in this part
of the steerage, but investigation has
yet failed to reveal the cause.
The Ohio was built in Philadelphia In
1S73. Her gross tonnage is 3438. She
Is 343 feet long. 43 feet beam and 24.9
feet deep. For many years the Ohio
ran out of New York, and at one time
was one of the greyhounds of the At
lantic. In 1S9S the Empire Transporta
tion Company, former owners of the
ship, sent her around the Horn with
the Indiana, Conemaugh and Pennsyl
vania, and entered them In the trans
port service out of San Francisco.
In 1909 the Ohio was placed on the
Nome run and continued in that service
until this spring, when she was pur
chased by the Moran Brothers' Com
pany, who contemplated spending $100.
000 in refitting and repairing the vessel.
SEATTLE. June 17.— The damage to
the steamship Ohio, which caught fire
at Moran's shipyards shortly after mid
night, is estimated at between $20,000
and $25,000. *
TOKIO, June 17.— Details Is connec
tion with the sinking of the Japanese
tiansport Hitachi by Russian warships
are being furnished by survivors. The
Russian ships were sighted at 7 o'clock
in the morning and in response to a
signal the Hitachi was stopped, but at
10 o'clock got under way again and at
tempted to escape. The Russians fol
lowed and opened a heavy fire directed
about the water line with the evident
intention of destroying the troops on
board. The fire was terrific and In a
few minutes the decks were covered
with corpses and awash with blood.
One shell which struck the engine room
killed two hundred men. The shio be
gan to fill and sunk gradually by the
stern. At 6 o'clock in the evening she
was completely submerged. Captain
Campbell, the English master of the
transport, jumped overboard at 2
o'clock in the afternoon and Is num
bered among the missing.
The chief engineer was killed on the
bridge. The' commander of the troops
ordered the flag to be burned and
then killed himself. The second mate
committed suicide. Many of the crew
and troops escaped in the boats.
The transport Sado is badly dam
aged. She sighted the Russian ships
thirty-five miles west of Shiro Island.
Their signals to stop were unheeded,
so the Russians opened fire and signal
ed for those on board the Sado to
leave the ship. Upon that the crew
took to the boats and in this way
many escaped when the ship was
eventually fired by the enemy.
The 4 number of men on board the
two transports and the list of casual
ties are not as yet obtainable.
"The Russian artillery." the lieuten
ant says, "was splendidly served, but
was outmatched in number by the Jap
anese. One Russian battery pitted
airnin«t Japanese batteries was literally
smothered by Japanese shells.
"I saw one battery land three shells
in the midst of an ammunition train
which was galloping up to serve the
Japanese guns. Two caissons explod
ed, killing all the horses and drivers.
"The Japanese guns fired at least
1200 rounds. The Russians fired several
times on Japanese infantry in close
formation, causing tremendous havoc."
An officer of the Fourth Battery 8«ys
his battery was in a duel at two and
a half miles with a Japanese battery
and silenced it. His battery then ran
out of ammunition and the men carried
the breech mechanism of the guns with
them to the rear and brought up a
fresh supply of ammunition and' re
sumed serving the guns.
Several of the Russian dead found
in the bushes were horribly mutilated.
The foreign attaches drew up a formal
memorandum of this.
LI AO YANG, June 17.— The wounded
in the first two days' fighting at
Vafangow- are arriving. A lieutenant
of Cossacks says the American military
attaches were with his command most
of June 15 during the hottest part of
th«r fight. He commented upon their
coolness and their professional Interest
in th* operations exclusive to the idea
of personal danger. *
By Flooding the Ship With
Water Flames Were Con
lined to One Compartment
Bodies of Dead Cossacks Are
Found in Badly Mutilated
Condition.
Second Mate Also Commits
Suicide in Preference to
Being Captured.
HULK NOT BADLY HURT
Commander of the Troops
Kills Himself After Bum
ing'the Flag.
Survivors of the Fight at
Vafangow Give De
tails of Battle.
More Than $20,000 Will
Be Required to Repair the
Injury to the Big Vessel
Face the Enemy Singing, Their Spirits Not Affected
by the Fierce Heat or the Cannonading. 0
With Attschul in Washington is
S<nor Anee! Fparti. who was Hondu
rian Minister to the United States,
France, ar.f! Great Britain. He is Senor
Atts-ehui's political enemy, his personal
frirr.d. Sencr Ugarti recently sent
resident Bonilla his resignation, say
ing that he did not like some of the
men he has gathered about him. He has
not received any answer to his com
munication and is going to South
America to see what Bonilla expects tor
do. After the manner of South Amer
ican' statesmen, however, he will not
go to Honduras until he has found out
the lay of the land. He goes from here
to Guatemala and from there will
communicate with President Bonilla.
Ponor AttFchul is a member of that
X>arty in Honduras known as the Lib
era!*. He said to-day that his party
represented progress and liberty, but
that President Ponilla was too strong
for him, and won partly through force
of ?rrr.?.
WASHINGTON. June 17. — Exilc-.l
from his native country by the success
of his j.olitioal enemies ! encr Fran
cisco Attschul. former Secretary of
Commerce and Labor and Public
"Works, in Honduras. Central America,
arrived in Wafhington this morning.
He expects to remain in this country
for porre.time. meanwhile hoping that
the fortunes cf war may make it possi
ble for him to return. He says he can
never return as long as President E»o
nilla is in power.
Sl^iia" Piwiiatch to The Call
Success of His Political
Enemies Forces Seuor Att
scliiil to Leave His Home
BACKED LOSING PARTY
In Land of Freedom Former
Honduras Official Awaits
Turn of Fortune's Wheel
EXILE FINDS
SHELTER HERE
OHIO SUFFERS
GREAT DAMAGE
MIKADO'S MEN
OUTMATCH THE
RUSSIAN FOE
COSSACKS ADD GLORIOUS PASSAGES
TO THE HISTORY OF THEIR COUNTRY
MANY ESCAPE
AFTER ATTACK
ON TRANSPORTS
RUSSIAN TROOPS DISPLAY GREAT VALOR AT THE BATTLE OF VAFANGOW
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JUNE IS, 1904.
Continued From Page 1, Column 5.
LEE CHUCK WILL 8TAT. — The Chinese
Government refuses to allow Lee Chuck, the
murderer, to return to his native country. He
will be sent to a hosoltal for the Insane. *
CALIFORNIA PARLOR'S PICNIC. — Cali
fornia Drum and Bugrle Corps composed of
members of California Parlor' No. I. N. S.
O. W., will give a picnic at Sunset Park.
Santa Crux Mountains, on Sunday. July 10.
The Invitations bear the Injunction, "Bring
your sweet smiles and family lunch baskets
and have a good time with the boys of Cali
fornia Drum and Bugle Corps."
BURNELL. BOOKED FOR ROBBERY.— J.
C. Campbell, the Eddy-strset car conductor
whose car was held up. and robbed of $ie 50
by Gurf Burnell at Gough street last Tuesday
night, swore to a complaint before Police
Judge Slogan yesterday charging Burnell with
robbery. Burnell was Immediately afterward
bonked on the charge at the City Prison. The
police have tin yet been unable to find any
trace of Burnell's companion
INVOLUNTARY INSOLVENT. — Keller.
Bachman & Co.. Sachs Bros. & Co., Levl
Strauss & Co. and Payot, Upham & Co..
creditors of the Kragen-Bamberger Company
of this city, filed a petition in the United
States District Court yesterday, to have the
last named firm declared an Involuntary ' In
solvent. They declare that on May 7 thevflrni
made an assignment of all its property to C.
R. Havens lor the benefit of its creditors.
WASHINGTON. June 17. — Rear Ad
miral James N. Grear, U. S. N.> re
tired, died to-day, aged 72, years.
Death of Admiral Grcer.
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