Show had no fear of being defeated san francisco july 11 dr M paris who was surgeon on the russian hospital ship orel attached to the alert under command of admiral ro jest during the naval battle of the sea of japan has arrived here on his way to france he Is a frenchman and along with many other surgeons of that nationality joined the orel at toulon as delegates from the french red cross society As an eye of the battle dr paris saw the battleship borodine borodino Bo and many others of the fleet sink he was within a mile of the borodine borodino Bo when she began to careen and fill at fihs time he says in the course of an interview her guns were firing and I 1 could see that many of the great shells she fired were going skyward or into tho sea beside her but every japanese shell it seemed went straight into the vitals of the borodine borodino Bo then came a heavy listing of the big battleship and then the tremendous plunge aa she went down by the head with hundreds of men aboard dr says that admiral rodest and his officers never seemed to fear defeat at the hands of the japanese though the ships were very foul after their long cruise in tropical waters CALHOUN SELECTED will consider vexatious question in venezuela chicago july 11 william J calhoun of chicago has been selected by president roosevelt to act as a special commissioner to visit venezuela and determine the equity of the asphalt companas comp anys claims and other vexed questions mr calhoun aside from being a lawyer of distinction is not without experience in tasks of diplomatic delicacy such as the present one must be for ha went to cuba for president mckinley on a mission of somewhat similar import before the spanish american war when the report of the appointment was brought to air calhoun he refused to discuss the matter but did not deny it 3 mr calhoun was a member ot tho interstate commerce commission from 1898 to 1900 mr calhoun Is preparing to leave for washington early next week he has just returned to chicago from oyster bay where he was in conference with president roosevelt SANTA FE IN FRISCO building large terminal freight houses san francisco july 11 it has been formally announced by local officials of the santa fe company that steps are to be taken immediately toward establishing big freight yards on the china basin property As a result of the recent visit to this city of vice president kendrick lck instructions have been issued by general manager wells to chief engineer burns to hurry completion plans for the construction of the two immense freight houses in that locality they will be the nucleus for what promises to be one ot the largest freight terminals in the west it is expected that the construction of these buildings will take about a year during which time other important improvements be under way at the basin in discussing the subject one of the officials of the road said that san francisco Is to be a great freight center Is no longer a theory but a tact competitive points along the coast will not materially interfere with this cites growth in this respect the santa fe company Is now preparing to meat this development at a present cost of NEW RUSSIAN COMMANDER london july 11 A dispatch to a news agency from st petersburg today announces that vice admiral has been appointed head of the russian admiralty in succession to admiral avellan who resigned COFFEE SALES new york auy 11 the annual statistical report of the new york coffee exchange covering the coffee bear ending june 30 according to the journal of commerce snows that the total sales during the year amounted to bags against bags during 1903 04 bags during 1902 03 bags during 1901 2 and bags in 1900 01 CAPE OCCUPIED Is the southern end of sakhalin Sak halin island tokio july 11 1 p m the navy has received the following report from admiral kataoka two crul seis and four torpedo boats left on july 10 with soldiers on board for the purpose of landing and occupying cape after some bombardment the place was the lighthouse and buildings were left un destroy ed four prisoners were taken cape notor is the most southerly point of sakhalin Sak halin island ia perouse traits directly facing cape soa on the japanese coast it commands tho straits |