The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 9, 1896, Page 1

VOLUME LXXIX.—NO. 40. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ENGLAND'S REPLY T0 THE KAISER Determined to Maintain Suzerainty Over the Transvaal. GERMANY IS NOTIFIED. Salisbury Answers the Challenge Thrown Down by Emperor William. CONGREGATING A SQUADRON. Admiral Rawson Hurrying to Delagoa Bay on the Flagship St. George. e Central ment that 1 » German Govern tain her couvent under the President At the ation us by Sir Her- nor of Cape Col- ) inion is that expel the leading whose participa- st the Trans- ssesses proof, and nent will punish is also believed ca Company vy indemnity ative rights in =0 cul ut the Govern- Lord Salisbury at Hatfield House, 1 rdshire. abo a country t in Hertfo! AT T WAR OR A BACKDOWN. Emperor William Must Abandon His Pur- pose or Draw His Sword Against Great Britain. N W YORK n Jan. 8.—A Sun Emperor Wil- known his decis- ) It must now at he has notified the Brit- nt of his intention to recog- independence of the Transvaal NEW le f Lond vet the fate ssumed tF pon 1 Ge ep We do not know what Great Britain’s reply gh diplomatic channels has know that she is preparing for 1 es and energy at nmand. s perfectly clear. If Germany troops at Delagoa Bay, or sends a nister resident to Pretoria, England e war against her. be no doubt upon that point. peror IT must abandon his b sword. We shall very is to be. The gra reased - of the situation is greatly the fact which yesterday light, that the Emperor’s inten- h proteciorate over tedates Dr. Jameson's vasion served to post- se the execution of - changes the whele as- It suggests that the nay be a deliberate some quarters 3 alone in seeking the of Great Britai The idea b popu- s counting upon This impression is belief is not shared by men valuable. The more is that Russia is Ger- nd that the Czar’s ng been preparing, by France, to secure the lat- in a struggle berween her whose opinion ble letter to m the Czar, dis- ssenger on iast Sun- > have an important ding the issue of peace or war. South Africa, the latest dis- is in a condition of the st tement and apprehension. word has been received regarding Not a Mr. Rhodes and his plans. The release of Dr. Jameson by the Boers not be regarded as an act of ¢. His execution would not only \dence, but would have cansed an on of the republic from all sides. Sir Hercules Robinson, who is an unu- sually able man, has displayed great skill in dealing with President Krueger. There is no doubt that negotiations are progress- ing having, of course, the object on Eng- land’s side of securing from the Boers a acknowledzment of the British aty and a 1efusal toaccepta Ger- ister. ficult to believe that such conces- 1l be granied by the Boers after events of the past week, but there is ubt that the price offered by Great in will be an enormous one. ved in naval circles that the ron is going to Delagzoa Bay, sh ships from nearer sta- dy been ordered. Itiscer- tain, a naval authority says, that it is the purpose of the Government, in case a pos- sible enemy sends ships to any spot where there are British interests, to quickly dis- patch a much Jarger fleet to the same place. man m 1t is dif two Bri tions have a whe — - — RUSSIA SHGWS HER HAND. Emperor William Assured of the Co-opera- tion of the Czar in Checking England. NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 9.—A special cable dispatch to the Herald from Berlin | | will main- Janu says: The Emperor yesterday summoned to Potsdam the Chancellor,Admiral Knorr, | commander-in-crief of the navy, and Ad- | miral von Hollmann, chief of the Ad- miralty, to concert military measures to be taken in the event of England landing troops to occupy the Transvaal. The Emperor and the Czar of Russia yesterday exchanged dispatches regarding the Kaiser’s telegram to President Krueger | and the resulting conflict with England, and Russia’s co-operation with Germany is already assured. France will regulate Ler policy by that of Russia. The Transvaal representatives here Jare attempting to obtain French suppert. Count von Hatzfeldt has eived in- structions to intimate to Lord Salisbury that Germany will not permit the slightest lesion of the interests of persons of Ger- man na The Du Coburg-Gotha deplores Dr. James crime, and the Gothaer Zeitung warn ugpports the idea of im- perial intervention by Germany. i A PEACE IN THE TRANSVAAL. Secretary Chamberlain Believes the Crisis in the Boer Republic Has Been Passed. LONDON, ExgG., Jan. 8.—Notwithstand- ing the report that orders were issued to | vrepare a flying squadron of six ves be 1n readiness for “navigating dut els to s’ on ry 14 has been found to be true, and that Admiral Harry Rawson, commanding the Cape and West African squadron. has been ordered to proceed with his Hagship, the St. George, to Delagoa Bay, and 1s al- ready en route from Cape Town to that place, Mr. Chamberlain, the Colonial Sec- | retary, is said to consider the Transvaal crisis past. In political circles, However, the formation of the fying squadron isre- | garded as an indicatia that the situation is graver than it has hitherto been thought, | and all of the afternoon papers approve of the preparations for war. S of them urge the revocation of the British South Africa Company’s charter, after which England would be able to fight Germany, on account of the latter’s interference, with clean hands. According to a dispatch from Cape | Town, dated January 4. the high court of the T that Dr. Jameson be shot, but President Krueger refused to sign thedenth warrant. This report is not confirmed. Another dispatch asserts that if Dr. Jameson is reported that would become so greatly aroused the British Government forces would not be able to prevent a race war in South Africa. Official advices from Pretoria say that | Dr. Jameson will be released and banded over. to Sir Hercules Robinson, Governor of Cape Colony, on the frontier of the Transvaal, and it is also stated that Sir | Hercules, after consulting with the heads of the Transvaal Government, informed the people in the Rand that they would be allowed twenty-four hours from noon of January 6 to lay down their arms un- conditionally. Another Pretoria dispatch, dated Jan- uary 6. says the prisoners of Jameson's following are loud in their praise of the | treatment they received at the hands of the Boers, while the burghers deeply re- | sent the action of Dr. Jameson. They are intensely angry at the necessity of leaving their farms, and demand a speedy | and final settlement of all the questions at issue and full and free possession of the Transvaal country, under the disputed | rule of the Boers. Of the prisoners, the men were confined in the racecourse inclosure at Pretoria and the officers in the town jail. Dr. Jameson, Sir John Willoughby and the 1svaal ordered | 1 B¢ I i o L = e should be executed the hostile feeling | that | telegraphed to Mr. Chamberlain from Pre- toria on January 7: | Icommunicated to Mr. F. K. Newton, Secre- tary of the colony of British Buchuanaland, vour telegram of the 5th and received & reply |from him that he had been absent from Buchuanaland for nearly a fortnight prior to the raid into the Transvaal. He arrived at Mafeking on December 29 and heard then, after the telegraph had been closed, that Jame- | son’s force was leaving. That night the wires werecut and the first message that got through | on December 30 was yours, directing me to send Dr. Jameson an order to return. About one-fifth of Jameson’s forces started | from Mafeking and the rest from Pictsani, the | British South African new territory. Jameson | Jeft only ten policemen in the whole of the Buchuanaland protectorate and of them four were doing customs duty. The whole country | was unpoliced. There was no representative of the British South Africa Company in Mafeking, and no magistrate in the company’s territory. There was only one representative of the company in the lower protectorate and he had joined Jameson’s forces. Governor Robinson adds: ewton will ome to Pretoria at my invitation to con- er with me in regard to reducing the pro- | tectorate.” | Governor Robinson telegraphed Mr. | Chamberlain on January 7: “Johanne: | burg surrendered unconditionally this ings during the last week, and since Mon- day have met twice daily, but have made | no statement to the p It is under- | stood that Mr, Chamberlain has ordered the directors to obtain from Cecii Rhodes | a detailed statement of his knowledge of Dr. Jameson’s movements prior to the latter’s raid into the Transvaal, otherwise the charter of the British South Africa Company would be revoked. The anxiety of the direntdrs increases as the days go by | without bringing any statement from Rhodes, whose only reference to Jameson was made in a dispatch received here on | January 1, in which he said that Jame- son had actea withont authority. o £ Sanive TAUNTING THE GERMANS. The London Press Ascribes Their Silence to Fear of Great Britain's | Power. | LONDON, Exc., Jan. 8.—The editorials of the leading papers to-morrow will be | unanimous in lauding the generosity of President Krueger and assuring him that | everything is appreciated at its full | value. All of the papers will praise | Colonial Secretary Chamberlain for his 2s! Messrs. White were deeply dejected at the | afternoon and gave up arms. President | course throughout the difficulty. result of their movement, Jameson refus- i Krueger has intimated his intention to | The Daily Chronicle will cougratulate ing to take food for some time after his | hand over Jameson and the other prison- | him upon baving secured peace with imprisonment. | ersupon the frontier of Natal. You may | honor. Sir Hercules Robinson will re- The following statement has been issued | be satisfied that the crisis is over and all | ceive his share of praise. by the Colonial Off danger of further hostilities ended.” The Daily News and Daily Chronicle | Africa Company have held repeated meet- | ough sifting of the British South Africa Company’s liability for the trouble, and admonish the Government not to shirk its obligations to the Transvaal and to Eng- land to convict the real authors of the ap- parent gross conspiracy against the South African republic. The lectures to Emperor William are generally repeated. The marked cessation of hostilities of the press of Germany toward Ergland is ascribed to the British Government’s preparations for war, which are highly commended on all sides. — HEADING FOR DELAGOA BAY. Admiral Rawson and the Flagship St. George Already on the Way. LONDON, ExG., Jan. 8.—1It is stated this afternoon that Admiral Rawson, com- manding the British Cape and West Africa squadron, who was orderad to to Delagoa Bay, is already on his way to that place, where several warships will assémblie. The Admiralty this afternoon issued the names of the new commanders of the ves- sels composing the flying squadron and | the men who are detailed for service on | those ships. ! —— INTERVIEWED SALISBURY. | German and Portuguese Representatives Closeted With the Premier. LONDON, Exg., Jan. 8.—Lord Salisburv | and Count von Hatzfeldt, the German Embassador, had a short interview at the { proceed with his flagship, the St. George, | ward the Portuguese Charge d’Affaires saw Lord Salisbury in reference to the sending of British warships to Delagoa Bay. e COVENTRY STILL LIVES. Report of the Captain’s Death Found to Have Been Erroneous. LONDON, Exc., Jan. 8.—It is stated this evening that Hon. Charles Coventry, a captain in the Buchanaland police and son of the Earl of Coventry, whose death was recently announced to have occurred from the effects of wounds received in the battle between the Boers and Jameson’s troops |in the Transvaal, is alive. The dispatch conveying the information also says that although he was wounded, Mr. Coventry’s condition is not serious. MRS. BENEDICT DIVORCED. | Granted a Decree Upon the Grounds of Crueity and Desertion. OMAHA, NEpr., Jan. 8.—Mrs. Jeanette Halford Benedict, daughter of Major H ford, U.S. A., and President Harrison’s | private secretary, has received a divorce from her husband, formerly of Boston. They weze married three vears ago in Eng- land during the Bering Sea arbitration. The grounds were cruelty and desertion. Benedict lost his fortune soon after the marriage and is now in South Africa. He made no defense. She regains her maiden name and has gone to Denver, where her father is now stationed. - HARRISON'S WEDDING. | The General Going to New York to Marry Mrs. Dimmick. NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 9.—A Sun special from Indianapolis, Ind., says: Ex- | Yresident Harrison is going to New York | within ten days and will marry Mrs. | Dimmick before his return. It is barely possible, however, that the ceremony may be deferred until after Lent. QUNBREL AT A HANGING | War of Words Between a Con- demned Murderer and a Spectator. Ritter Accusations Made and An- swered Before the Noose Is Adjusted. HATTIESBURG, Miss,, Jan, 8.—F. D. Hathorn (white) ana Thompson Wade (colored) were hanged at Augusta, twenty miles inland, at 12:04 to-day, both men dropping simultaneously from the same sciffold. The execution was witnessed by | at least 3000 people, many of whom walked | for twenty miles and a few as far as thirty- five miles. T was the first legal execu- | tion in this county for nearly twenty years. Tne men were hanged for the murder of | Mrs. Hathorn on the evening of October 7, | the negro shooting the woman at the in- | stigation and compulsion of the husband. | Hathorn had become infatuated with a | young woman—Josephine Marriatt—with Whom he was intimate for several months, | and from the gallows to-day he declared that she suggested to him the killing of | his wife. | The father of the young woman was among the crowd to-day, and when Hat- | horn stated that he (Marriatt) krew of his | relations with the daughter he interrupted the statement with the demand for proof. Hathorn merely replied that actions had led him to so believe. The two men in- | dulged in a row that caused much excite- | ment. Hathorn endeavored to prolong his harangue 1ndefinitely, claiming that the woman should be hanged with him, | but Sheriff McCullom called time, adjusted | the noose and black cap and dropped the wretches. Both necks were broken, the white sub- | ject dying in five minutes and the black in | Governor Robinson of Cape Comnyx The directors of the British South |lead in an emphatic demand for a thor- [ Foreign Office this afternoon, and after- ' eight. THE KING OF ALL THE CARNIVAL SPORTS AT TRUCKEE, CALIFORNIA — SKATING ON THE ICE BY MOONLIGHT. W MY N » [Sketched on the spot by a Call”’ staff art \ (T i Wil i\ [ RUMORED AOUT OF THE CUBANS, Spaniards and Insurgents Fight a Decisive Battle. THE RESULT IN DOUBT. Islanders Surrounded at Artemus by a Large Force of Regulars. GENERAL NUNEZ HAS FALLEN, Patriots Beaten at Guanajay in an Engagement Lasting Three Hours. HAVANA, Cusa, Jan. 8.—It is reported here this evening thata great battle has been fought near Artemus, 2 town near Guanajay, the base of operations of the rebels. The report has it that the insurgents were surrounded by nish troops under Generals Suarez, Valdez, Madan and Navarro, and it is believed they roet with a complete defeat. No details of the fight can be obtained. It is said that the rebel leader Nunez was killed in yesterday’s battle with Gen- eral Navarro’s forces, and that the rebels |lost 200 men. The engagement lasted three hours, the Spanish troops under Generals Garcia and Navarro tispersing the rebels at Guanajay, forty-five miles from Havana, which place was chosen by } the insurgents as the center of operations. Another battle took piace late in the evening at Ceiba del Agua between the rebel bands under the command of the leaders Gomez, Maceo and Saracas and | Navarro's forces. The insurgents wers | again defeated and dispersed, but the di- rection in which they fled is known. Their loss was 232 killed and one taken prisoner. The Spanish forces captured seventeen Remington rifles and a number of machetes, besides a number of the rebel horses. Their loss was four officers and one soldier wounded -~ BATTLE OF SODINEZ. Desperate Siruggle Between Gomes and the Navarro Battalion. HAVANA, Cusa, Dec. 30 (via Tampa, Fla., Jan. 8).—The following official ace count of the battle of Sodinez was sent to the island press last evening: A column from the battalion of Navarro, under command of Lieutenant Perera to- day (the 29th), had an engagement with the enemy near Colimete. It resultcd in a serious action with the forces under Maximo Gomez, who greatly outnumbered | our force. The column drew back and captured the positions held by them on | the Sodinez estate, and the enemy was | | forced to scatter. “The column, which was composed of 850 men, had an officer and four men killed and twenty officers and sixty men wounded, all of whom were taken to Colie mete. An hourafter the engagement can- non shots were heard in the direction of the Maria estate. It is believed that the same body of rebels had an engagement with the forces under Colonel Molina.” — TOLD BY THE SPANISH. Madrid and Havana Reports of Victos ries ver the Cubans. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 8.—The fol lowing cablegram from General Martinez was received at the Spanish legation late ‘lh afternoon: ““The column oi General Navarro yester- day had an engagement lasting three hours with the main bands of Maceo and Gomez in Ceiba del Agua, dispersing them. Twenty dead have been found and buried by our soldiers. The Spanish loss was slight—four officers wounded and twenty casualties among the men, either killed or badly wounded. “The troops captured numbers of horses, arms and ammunition. The column is reconnoitering the scene and many col- umns are following the insurgents. The army is in hizh spirits and Havana is completely quiet.” Minister Dupuy de Lome also received a long cablegram from the Government at Madrid to-ay, giving a summary of the latest official reports received there from the commander-in-chief in Cuba. These reports show that it is.exceedingly difli- cult to get a fight with the bands of ma- randers which are continuaily galloping about, burning and pillaging the defen less plantations and small villages. Gen- eral Echagua, who is in the rear of the in- surgents, has twice succeeded in overtaking a few of the bands and capturing some prisoners. General Campos says the rebels never stop long enough to be overtaken in any considerable numbers. In the invasion of Pinar del Rio, by the insurgents, small bands of bandits pre- cede the main forces of the insurgents, and cause more damage than Maceo and Gomez. Yesterday 1000 men were sent by sea to Colonia, the port ot Pinar del Rio, to re- enforce the troops there. In the rest of the entire island of Cnba rothing of a revolutionary character is occurring. Minister Dupuy de Lome expresses his full confidence that these dispaiches give an exactly truthful statement of affairs, and he courts the comparison of these dis- patches with news from other sources which secure publicity from day to day in several newspapers which bave been proven so unreliable recently. S QRGN SIEGE GUNS LANDED. Four Heavy War Engines for the De< fense of Havana. HAVANA, Cusa, Dec. 31 (via Tampa, Fla., Jan. 8).—Four heavy siege guns have just been disembarked at La Machina in this harbor. They will complete the sey- eral forts and sea batteries of this city, They are the heaviest and most destruce tiye guns in the West Indies. A temy