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VOLUME XCVI— NO. 94.
THE WEATE5B.
rcrec»st mad* at San Fran
cisco for thirty boors endlaff
mldclirJit. September 3:
. Saa rraaclsco and yiclalty—
Fair Friday; lisrht south west
winds la the aerninr: t^rlsk
westerly, vlsfls-ln the afternoon,
with for a. o. moadh!.
Dlertrict Forecaster.
SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, -1904.
LONDON, Sept 1.— King Edward
has approved the appointment of Earl
Grey to be -Governor General of Can
ada in succession to the Earl ot Minto.
EL\RL« GREY'S /-APPOINTMENT
IS APPROVED BY EDWARD
Protects -His: Mother From' a Beating
arid His Action Is' Praised by •
tlie Court: '¦
. YORK, Pa.. Sept.\1.—Judge.Bittin
ger to-day- imposed a fine of, one cent
upon" William Brillhart for assault and
battery^ j .' ' . '
Brillhart was charged with having
whipped., his father. He explained
that his father .was beating his mother
when -he interfered. The .Judge told
the. young man he had displayed ths
proper spirit.
"I would give him a sound thrash
ing myself." said the Judge, "if I were
thirty years, younger. You may pay a
fine of one cent* and undergo no other
BOY FINED. ONE. CENT.
J;i FOR THRASHING-FATHER
The leader. Chief Ignacio. claims
the Interior Department has re
peatedly broken faith with : his peo
ple and that none of the-.treaties made
with them are being lived up to." He
asserts that the ; Indians are, not re
ceiving enough ration allowance to
live on and the Irrigation ditches
promised have not even. been started.
The Indians predict a long and cold
winter and declare they will get
enough food if they have to fight for
it. Superintendent W. M. Peterson of
the Fort Lewis School has gone to
Xavajo to make an investigation.
DURAXGO/ Colo.. Sept. 1.— A re
port has reached here that the >Win
nemuche Ute • Indians at Navajo
threaten to revolt if not accorded bet
ter treatment by the Federal Govern
ment. ". v :
Has Repeatedly Broken Faith
With His People.
I>ndcr Claims Interior Department
UTE INDIANS AT XAVAJO
THREATEN TO" REVOLT
Yimkee Skipper. Unaware of
. Hostilities; Huns Into Dan
ger- in Port of Yokohama
Captain Rivers says It is the general
opinion in the Far East that
trouble between Japan and the United
States over the Philippines will. soon
follow naturally In case the Japanese
wh!i> the Russians.
fctea'rnsMps. The American skipper
;«iid not suspect there was any out-
V'rcak of h'cstilities between Japan and
•huKsia until a shot, from one of the
forts whistled across his bow. A Jap
'ehese dispatch boat came out and pl
lolea the clipper clear of the mines
yt nich had been, laid In the. harbor.
\ ¦ Two Russians were in the crew of
the. clipper. The doggedness of the
Japanese pilot in going into the har
bor without waiting for a dispatch
hnat afterward convinced the Amer
icans that the Japanese pilot had In
tended to sail over a mine and blow
the two Russians to kingdom come.
.'."Oapiain Rivers began at New York
the \\oy-age just ended here. He reached
Yokohama, on Februar> r 18 last, took
cfcxjifrd * Japanese pilot and went in
under. -full sail in the wake of two
-PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 1.— After
rEaving" "girdled the globe twenty times-,
fjCStpjfairt -i) v H. Rivers has reached here
fn ; )in YQkohafr.a -and Hawaii in the
Vljpper ship A. .G. Roper. He brings
:Ci;000 bags of raw eugar.
..The. Veteran" Ekipper has sailed
around. Cape. Horn fifty times. He e.x
-j"'-cts to course the- seas for many
.: fajs-to- come. -
Er«d«l DlFpatch to The Call
' The following statement -was ob
tajned from the- War Office at 10
o'clock Thursday night: ¦
"General Kuroki's armv crossed in
force to the right bank of the Taltse
River and it therefore became neces
sary for the Russians to be in a posi
tion to repel a blow in this direction/ i
"In . view of this development in the
operations General Kuropatkin decided
to abandon -his positions on the left
bank and to concentrate"' his whole
army on the other side of the river."
This position is the stronger both in
character and in site. The, great issue
will be finally decided there.
"By withdrawing to this position the
Russian army avoids the danger of be
ing divided by the river, and enjoys the
advantage of- compactness.
"General Kuropatkin's move, there
fore, is not ' to be considered as a re
treat, but rather as the carrying out of
a well-defined idea."/ ,';
- The withdrawal of the Russians to
the right' bank involved the'abandon
'ment of Liaoyang, which is situated "on
the left bank. The Japanese took ad
vantage^of this to occupy the city/ but
the sternest part of the fighting is still
before them.7 unless ,(3aneral -Kuropat
kin decides, * at* the ; last hour, to ' ajaln
ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 2, 1:26 a.
m. — The news of the .evacuation of
Liaoyang and the withdrawal of the
Russian army to the right bank of the
Taitee River reached only 'a small sec
tion of the people of St. Petersburg at
a late hour and caused Intense excite
ment .and'- disappointment.
The majority of the Inhabitants re
tired to' rest/ believing that Russian
arms had again been, successful and
that the Japanese had been re
pelled. Ugly suspicions, however, have
been rife during the day owing to the
absence of press telegrams from Liao
yang, leading to the belief .that the
communications had been cut by Gen
eral Kuroki.
Jllf m SAVE
' CLIPPER SHIP
The leaders the excursion party
did' not hesitate t to .sky ! that they
thought the ,. President , had slighted
them. The. secret service force was
doubled, about Sagamore Hill while the
negroes were here. - ,-. . * f L '• ;-
OYSTER BAY, N. Y., Sept. l.-Two
negroes -were drowned here . to-day
while on an -excursion from Brooklyn.
' This was the climaoc to many, troubles
which befell the excursionists of a col
ored business men's association of
Kings , County. ¦ They came to Oyster
Bay • 500 strong and were j indignant
when they ascertained that the Presi
dent would not give the slightest recog
nition to them. They had sent a dele
gation in advance to ask if the Presi
dent would not receive them' at Saga
more' Hill. This was. denied.-
Then the negroes asked if the Presi
dent • could i not informally call' to see
them down In the village of Oyster Bay
on their picnic grounds. The President
was too busy: '
Special Dispatch to The Call.
Papers received # to-day from Asun
cion report that ail the. public schools
s.te closed and that, owing to the
scarcity of food, the price <Jf bread and
biscuits is $1 per kilogram. •
BUENOS AYRES, Sept. 1.— The
Paraguayan revolutionists have" cap
tured Villa Cqncepcion and 400 men,
v.'ith arms and ammunition.
Tire revolutionists now refuse all the
terms offered them by the Government
and an attack on the capital is be
lieved to be imminent. Argentine has
refused to recognize the insurgents as
belligerents. '
War Bulletin.
Continued on Page" 2 f Col unm 3.
.'Guessing as to Port Arthur's ; FalL ,
; ..TQKIO. ; Sept. ;i:~P. ppulari estimates
of. the 'date, of the ifali'of jPort Arthur
incline 1 to the • last week ; in • September.'
¦¦_- The Japanese repeated the. attempt to
.throw -pontoons across^the Taitse near
Liaoyang; during the. night- of August
31 ,"t again under cover of a .bombard
ment,' and thi3 attempt was successful.
. Severe' fighting may; therefore .be^ex
pected r Immediately .'northeast of* the
city^. .,.:.. :....> Z'C L ..'... . ¦ r
'•; Kuropatkin' heard-of the passage of
the' .Taitse at'SakarikankVantun after
(S^o'clock on the evening of August 31,
and ..immediately' gave orders "for, his
men to fall, back on the outer positions.
This "move is 'explained by the desire to
collect a strong force' with, which to"re
pel a' flanking" 'movement, from the
northeast.;' .'.-, . ' ¦ > .. .-' , , \
> General Kuropatkin- was unable i to
prevent' the r passage, owing to the dis
tance- from Liaoyangv about- twenty
miles, but ; for the same reason the-Jap
anese were unable ¦ to '¦ bring-' the 'forces
which gained the 'right bank immedi
ately into action. " ; ' : ;
. 'The efforts of the Japanese to cross
the : river, on: August 30; were, not suc
cessful, ;and General . Kuroki therefore
ordered a portion of. his, army to ford
it at-Sakankankwantun. . »V . ' ¦ .,
LIAOYANG. Sept. 1.— General Ku
roki. made "his successful attempt., to
cross the Taitse River late this even
ing,- under cover of a" heavy bombard
ment of the extreme Russian left. The
Japanese, artillery, which has been fir
ing uninterruptedly for fourteen hours,
ceased at; daylight this . morning, and
then. resumed at 11 o'clock, to conceal
Kuroki's preparations for, crossing the
river. These preparations necessitated
the'establishment of a pontoon' bridge,
as the river was not fordable* lower
than Sakankankwantun. 'and ; th6 pon
toons must'have been floated -down the
stream. •' • '¦ ¦ ¦ • ¦ .• »
fall back to the northward. It is more
than, likely, however", th'^t: he. will- de
cide to flght' to a flnish. ,The : cards are
all in his favor.' it.is believed/ now that
he has the Japanese divided by the riv
er,, thus ¦.effectually i turning the tables
¥pon hi3 v f6e. .' _ ' , .
The determined^pursuit by the Jap-"
ahe'seYbfJ the Russian outDosts when
General • Kuropatkin .'gave the ) first or-'
TOIvIO. Sent. 2.; — The Japanese left
began- pressing the Russians 'toward
Tatzho nt dawn this (Friday) ihom
ing. The right ,is [engaged
in the neighborhood of . HciTlngtai.'
The Japanese casualties 'since' August
29 are ; ofnclally estimated at 10,000.
TOKIO. v Sept." 2.^-A Russian steam-'
s!:i[V engaged in clearing the channel
at Port 'Arthur struck ainlne and. was
destroyed- on. Wednesday. . .
•»• — i ¦ — — : ¦ : — — "¦ — •}•_
MIJKDKX, Wednesday, Aug. 31.—
A Japanese force of lOjOOO is reported
to -be advancing: from the northeast
uron Mukden. . .:, r ' . . .
MUKDEN, Scpt.'l; 0:27 p. m.— -The
train servlpri .between i Mukden-.- and
Llaoyang ¦ is interrupted The roads
are impassable. . . ,
. LON DON, : Sept - 2.— A special dis
patch froiii" St. Petersburg,, which is
not confirmed from, nny other source,
reports that Cencral ¦ ILinevitch from
Vladivostok •' is ; within V two ''days'
march of Mukden, . with? 30,000 Itus
sia n- troops/ _ ,\ ¦ .
LONDON, Sept. 2.— -The Daily Mail's
Kupantse correspondent says' that
25^000 Japanese ; are en route from
Dulny to HnU'heiig by railway. .'Orig
inally the} 1 were intended, to reinforce,
the besiegers, of. Tort Arthur; but
FJrlil Marshal Oyama. was satisfied
tlint tlicy M'ere not required there and
therefore sent them north.
Kuroki Throws His
Forces Across
the Taitse.
Armies' Fate Rests
on To-Day's
Combat
Nep Army Fails
to Reacli tlie
President
Capture Villa Con
ception and. Its
Garrison,
|' JAPANESE STORMING THE SHELTER TRENCHES OF GENERAL STAKELBERG'S RUSSIAN FORCE. . j
OYSTER BAY
REPELS AN
INVASION
PARAGUAY'S
REBELS ARE
ADVANCING
Kiefer— It may kill her Instantly and
she may linger for a short time — you
cannot always tell.
Schaffer— When shall I give it to her?
Kiefer— Give her a. capsule at 8
o'clock to-morrow morning. ¦. . • .
Schaffer — Then I had better go down
town early, so that I will be away.
They will call me. by telephone and I
will call you right away. Doc. so you
can be there.
Kiefer— How do you 'stand with the
Coroner, Schaffer? \
Schaffer— I do not know, but I think
I can fix that all right. You will be
the physician and you can tell him
.she died of heart trouble.
' Kiefer— Yes, I will tell him I have
been attending her for a year for
rheumatism of the heart and he will
take my word.
SCHAFFER IS ARRESTED.
These arrangements having . been
completed. Schaffer left with the cap
sules, which he supposed contained
poison. ' •
At about 8:30 o'clock this, morning
and about the time Schaffer expected
his wife to die he was arrested and
taken to the -police headquarters,
where, confronted by the detectives and
doctors, he made a partial admission as
to the correctness of their statements.
After a conference between the county
and city prosecutors Schaffer was
finally released, he having committed
no act. they said, for which punish
ment is provided by the statutes of this
State.
Schaffer is the father of four crown
children, one! married,
Kiefer— All right. Schaffer; this is my
first job and It will be the last, but* I
need the moneys- . '
Schaffer (pointing . to his mouth) —
Mum's the word. Doc- How. long will
it take to kill her? ..- ¦
The. conversation which- -.took place,
according to Detectives Neidergall and
Kincaid, was as follows: "• ¦'•."
Schaffer— Doctor,! have this capsules.
" DAYTON, Ohio, Sept. 1,— A cold
blooded death bargain In which Frank
Schaffer, a prominent and wealthy
business man, arranged through the
pretended connivance of the family
physician to kill .his -wife, developed'
through police channels today, follow
ing the arrest of the. would-be mur
derer. ¦ -
Schaffer is 54 years of age.. the presi
dent of an envelope company and for
merly owned and managed a number
of retail groceries under the name' of'
the Cincinnati Grocery Company. His
alleged desire to wed a girl in the em
ploy of the envelope company and with
whom Schaffer, it is said, was madjy
in love bred the desire to- get rttl-of
his wife. 'J ;:.-••.
According . to the story told, toy Dr.
Charles A. Kiefer, Schaffer's family
physician. Schaffer •went to the doctor
and proposed to give him the sum of
5300 if he, the doctor, would, poison -or
otherwise kill Schaffer's ' wife. Dr.
Kiefer pretended to agree to. the -bar
gain, but he said he., would not pre
scribe the poison himself but .would
arrange. with Dr. J. Q. Adarns for the
deadly drug, " \ : . ' • ';'-,-.[
in the meantime Dr;: Klefer advised
Dr. Adams and the .two agreed upon
a programme of dispensing 1 a harmless
drug to the intended victim. The police
also were advised of '.the scheme.' •
Two detectives were " secreted la an
adjoining; room on Wednesday night
when the final arrangements In the
death bargain were made Between the
doctor. and Schaffer and the harmless
tablets were given the. latter.'to admin
ister to his wife. The first of;these was
to have been given this mornjng.
MURDER IS PJjANNED. ' '
Special DlspatcS to Tha CalL
FC'RTLANP. Or... Sept. i. — A 19-'
•year-old youth giving the -nam» -of
Charles TV". Walton and San Francisco
"as- /his place 'of residence, to-night held
iip a ' street car pri " the Willamette
Heights brMSf.- Whilo trying: to escape
arffft h". shot Officer O. Kelson; Who
-was riding on the front platform <H the
¦¦'¦< af. It is believed the policeman will
:^-- : .: ¦;;"•;.. :.-;..• -y. ¦-.¦¦•¦ • : :
: The car, empty' 'Of -.passengers other
thjntbe policeman, was running to
ward : thi-s : city over the. .high bridge
when Walton swung upon- the rear
p:latt"ornV. ¦ grabbed Conductor Johnson's
r.^riey.' box and then ordered him to
"Vpfd: the front of the car. Walton
carried. a pistol, had an open knife in
h'lf- •poCk.r.t and wore a handkerchief as
a '.'mask; '¦[¦' :- •• '• .-." ' ' ¦
:. ¦ p^licejna ri ?Celson ¦ looked through the
curtain,- saw -what was happening .and
ftart<=d: ir.Fide.'.-. Motdrrhan '. Bingham
¦f^Hovied just as Nelson threw Walton
to the floor. The three- men rolled out
on the- front platform. Walton fighting:
¦yigorous'y. ..Walton tifen discharged' his
pistol- twicK both shots taking effect
in jlhe .policeman!? abdomen.. Motorman
Rih^harh ' thsn beat . Walton .with a
•rrrotor crank- iint.il he 'was unconscious.
J±_ fecjtiess', rid.e/'f .half- a mile brought
t|ie;.Gar'.ti6fa;hospIta.L -
BUigham feels certarri that Walton is
. tfr»" , r.ob'ber ¦ w-ho. recently 'held up his
car- an. Portland Heights. '. .
. .Trkltbrj, was never out of sight
•of -_th^ raf 'men,' Had the 'effrontery to
ie!l xhk notice: thatlje had boarded the
ea r /a s; a : '.passenger attd had'-been as-
: :'.. ,.' : .-¦¦ ; ¦- .
FJ-*ci«l DiEr»teb to The CtM
Doctor Secretes Detectives in an Adjoin
ing Room to Overhear the
j> Negotiations.
Frisoner Gijtco thV Nami of Charles
";W.: Walton 'and San -.Francisco
;-\ as His Place of. Residence.. . ;
Fatally Wounds Policeman
Arranges Witli P&ysician
for the Poisoning ol . '
His Spouse- . .
Ricli OWoan Makes
Cold Blooded i
Contract. ¦
Masked Youth Tries
Portland.
BARGAINS
FOR DEATH
OF WIFE
BOLD THUG
HOLDS UP
CONDUCTOR
MUKDEN, Sept. 1.— General Kuropatkin'. has abandoned .his heavily fortified position at Liaoy^ng and retired with his entire army to the north bank of the Taitse River to meet
the advance of General Kuroki, who crossed the Taitse-twenty miles to the eastward andjat once advanced to-cut the -Russian-line of communications. The fate of the Russian arrriy
hinges on the result of the battle with Kuroki's legions. Should the Russian arms triutnph, Kuroki would in .turn be placed in a critical position, as the Japanese forces are .now
divided. Communication with Kunopatkin's headquarters has been interrupted since nightfall and it is believed that Japanese scouts have succeeded in cutting the wires.
SLAVS FORCED TO ABANDON LIAOYANG
BY KUROKTS BOLD FLANK MOVEMENT
j| THE TK2ATZBS.
Alcaiar — "Hathan Halo."
h California— "Tes« of tha DTTr-
ferrules."
"Central— The Plrst Bori."
Columbia — "Candida" and "Tie
Kan of Deitlny."
riacher's — "Anheuser Push."
Grand — "Under Two Plaars."
Orpheam— VandcvlUe.
Tivoli— "The Toreador."
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