The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 9, 1898, Page 8

BURIED BY A MIGHTY VALANCHE Lives of Scores of Gold Seekers Lost in the Dyea Canyon. d Wall of Snow Crashes Down Trail Upon a by Men the Klondike. 00000000 CO00000000 PARTIAL LIST OF THE DEAD. WILLIAM WARNER, San Francisco. THOMAS COLLINS, Portland, Or. E. D. ATWOOD, New York. C. BECK, Sanford, Fla. W. L. RILEY, Seattle. C. P. HARRISON, Seattle. GUS ZOBARTH, ttle. STEPHEN STEVENSON, Se- attle. FRANK SPRAGUE, Seattle. — DUNBAR, Seattle. F. M. GRIMES, Sacramento. — RITCHIE, ttle. Seattle. i MF son County, Pa. R. HEPGARD, Baker City, Or. ATKINS, Idaho. THOMAS GEFFERT, Seattle. F. MILLER, Vancouver, W h. T. LAMER, known — DERBER, W. E. D. 'W. residence un- n Francisco. New York. SERIOUSLY INJURED. WALTER CHAPPEY, New York. JOHN C. MURPHY, Dixon, N. D. F. B. HOLBROOKE, Portland, Or. DAHLSTROM, residence unknown. 0000000000000 O000000DYCDULDULUULDVULLYYRDDO0O0C00000C00000 00000000 000000000 JUNEAU, Alaska, April 4 (by steam- ship Al-Ki, Seattle, April 8).—A horrible catastrophe, surpassing in the number of fatalities the flooding of the canyon last fall by the mountain lak has occuri in T between Sheep Camp and th. . An ava- lanche of snow and ice yesterday after- noon swooped down the mountain, purying alive and crushing between forty and fifty men, and injuring nearly s many more. There great excite- ment as and Dyea, and many will leave here for the scene of the dis- ister on the amship Australia, which sails late to-night for aguay. The Srst news of the calamity reached here at 5 k this afternoon on the steamship Discovery and the AIl-Ki came in at about 8 o'clock to-night and sonfirmed the report. The Al-Ki ieft Skaguay at 9:30 this morning. As the fatal snow slide oc- curred at about 4 o'clock yesterday (Sunday) afternoon only meager details were obtainable here to-night. The representative of The Cali whom I left In charge at Skaguay and Dyea during my absence chartered a tug at Skag- uay last evening to take him around the point to Dyea and from there he will go by horse to the place of death. I will reach the scene to-morrow after- noon. A telephone message was received at Skaguay' from Dyea late last night, stating that twenty-seven bodies had been dug out of the snow. A large force of volunteers is at work with pick and shovel throwing aside the snow in the hope that it may be in time to rescue some of the buried men alive. The res- cuers worked all night. About 8 o'clock this morning another message came by telephone from Dyea stating that eighteen more bodies had been excavated. If these figures are accurate they will make a total of forty-three dead. The slide occurred in about the same place where the lake of water broke loose last fall. It was near Stone House and over on the other side of the canyon. John Pellett of Seattle, a pas- senger on the Discovery, left Sheep Camp yesterday morning, a few hours before the snow slide. He sald: “The first we heard of the accident was last evening at Skaguay. The re- port came over from Dyea by tele- phone. I left Sheep Camp early yes- terday morning to catch the first boat south. It had been snowing steadily for two days up the canyon. It was a heavy, wet snow. Great quantities of it accumulated on the mountain sides, and I expected some of it to fall down. There was so much snow that I did not gee how it could cling to the sides of the canyon. Great fields and mountains of it were piled upon the top of the can- yon on both sides. There are tents and camps all along the canyon. The men | go up loaded early in the morning and | come back to their camp or cache at | Sheep Camp at 11 or 12 o'clock. In the afternoon they make another trip to the summit or the Scales, and along . about 4 o'clock and on to 5 o'clock there 3= = regular procession of men coming via S o'clos MRS. RYAN, Baltimore. | JOHN MORGAN, Emporia, | Xan. | GUS SEABOULD, residence | unknow L. WEIDELEIN, Kansas City, Mo. 0000000000OO00000000000000OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOQOGOODO0009 Thronged Bound for back on the trail. That explains to me | why so many were caught and buried. “The walls of the canyon opposite | Stone House are almost perpendicular. A man would have only one chance in| | a hundred of getting out of the way | of an avalanche there, even if he| looked up and saw it coming. It would | | be a straight fall Instead of a slide. I| | heard that thirty-one dead men were | taken out last night.” A little more light is thrown on the disaster by the situation of the trails | at Stone House. The horse trall runs | to the right of the canyon, going up and over close to Stone House. Foot and handsled trail is over on th-~ op-| posite side and follows the course of the river, which is considerably lower | than the hérse trail, and all day long | there are twenty men on the hand- | sled trail to one on the horse trail. I| have seen 100 men on this trail within | a distance of fifty yards, going and coming. Nearly opposite Stone House, on the brow of the canyon, is a glacier. Its walls of ice, beautiful as emerald and sapphire in’ the sunshine, an im- aginary cathedral of the skies, stand exposed in June as well as in January. | It does not melt away the year round. | Mountains of snow crown this glacier during the winter. This is the point from which the avalanche came. A small snow slide which occurred shortly before the big avalanche buried | two or three men who were encamped | along the trail. While those on the trail were hard at work endeavoring to ex- tricate the unfortunates the monster avalanche swept down the mountain side, crushing the tents pitched along the trail and enveloping scores of men, the majority of whom were endeavoring | to assist those who had met with mis- fortune in the previous smaller slide. The injured gold-seekers who have | been rescued are terribly lacerated, and | it is feared that a number of them will | die. As soon as the news of the calam- | ity was made known-along the tmil" men hurried to the scene from Dyea | and other points, and with shovels, picks and even pans and pails toiled to extricate the unfortunates. Sheep Camp was soon left without an inhabi- tant, as every one from there to the scales was soon on the scene. The sight was an awful one, for there in a state of terrible excitement, which increased as the bodies were uncovered, were brothers, fathers, sons and friends | anxiously digging, trembling lest the next body they uncovered should .be that of a loved one. As in the rush to the gold fields, but few men, even | though traveling together, went to the | trouble of inquiring as to the names of their companions, the greater num- ber of the dead have not been identi- fled, and those who have been taken | out alive are so benumbed and dazed that they can hardly tell who had been in company with them. The roar of the avalanche could be | distinetly heard at Sheep Camp and as far as Canyon City, situated about six miles south of the fatal spot. Seventeen men, all members of the Chilkoot Transportation Company, started over the trail on Sunday morn- ing and had about time to reach the Scales when the terrible slide occurred. None of them have since been seen, and none of their bodies have been re- covered. It is feared the entire party was caught in the slide and killed. There were a good many tents covered up beyond the reach of rescuers and numbers of bodies will' never be re- covered until the spring sun thaws away their snow graves. At the Stone House four big slides occurred. One hundred men, who were descending by the ald of a life line 200 yards long, were caught. Of these only three are known to have been saved. At the Scales, where the third slide took place, at least 100 tons of outfits were covered up. S. A. Townsend of Fort Worth, Texas, talking of the cal- amity, says: “From personal knowledge and in- quiry it is my judgment that at least 150 people were killed by the slides. When I left Sheep Camp at 10:30 a. m. | on Monday morning thirty-one dead bodies had been recovered, and the number of injured that hed been res- cued was reported at twenty-five.” The dead are being laid out in a tent used as & bunkhouse. Nobody is per- mitted to touch the remains. Many physicians have gone to the scene from Dyea, and there are about a half dozen doctors at Sheep Camp also; so there is no lack of medical attendance for the injured. There is a well conducted tent hospital at Dyea. The law au- thorizes the United States Commission- er at Dyea to act as Governor. A report that the bodies had been robbed lacks confirmation. The United States troops at Dyea would probably interfere to prevent any desecration of that kind. The report that forty-three men had been killed was corroborated by Purser Bush of the Al-Ki. One of the men who brought down the first news of the avalanche on the steamship Discovery | was George Bach, who came from | Seward City in Februarv. with the first information of the loss of the Clara Ne- vada, and who is the only person who saw her burn.- The work of recovering the dead from the snow continues. HAL HOFFMAN. No one will use a fountain pen after trvine a “Koh-I-Noor” copying pevail. * THE - SAN FRANCISCO -CALL, SATURDAY, APRIL 9 ADVANCE (F RUSSIA IN THE ORIENT Proposed Extension of Her Steamship Service. Will Revolutionize Com- munications in the Far East. Eight New Lines Soon to Be Put On by ‘the Czar’s Government. MARINE TRAFFIC GROWS. Rallroad Between Vladivostok and Habarofka Has Already Been Completed. Specfal Dispatch to The Call. TACOMA, April 8.—Japanese papers announce on authority of a correspond- ent at Vladivostok that Russia is about to inaugurate an extension of Russian steamship services in the Orient that will strongly tend to revo- lutionize existing communications in the far East. Their Viadivostok corre- spondent writes that the railroad be- tween Vladivostok and Habarofka has already been completed, and the time and distance between Vladivostok and Central Siberia has been considerably shortened. Meanwhile Russian marine traffic in the Orient has increased and the Russian Government is now con- sulting with Scherveloff & Co. upon the question of instituting eight new steamship services in the Orient as fol- lows: 1. Weekly service of steamers be- tween Vladivostok, Hongkong and Shanghai, steamers to call at Nagasaki and Canton. 2. Service of steamdrs running be- tween Vladivostok and Korean ports, Newchwang, Tientsin, Chefoo and Shanghai. The line will run in connec- tion with the Russo-Chinese Railway, and regular boats on Sungari River. 3. Line between Shanghai and Han- kow. This line is to connect with steamers of Russia’s volunteer fleet running from the Baltic Sea to Vladi- vostok. 4. Line between Vladivostok, Shi- monoski, Kobe and Yokohama. 6. Line between Vladivostok, Hako- date and Yokohama. By this route connection will be formed with Ameri- | can steamers to San Francisco and the | Siberian Railway. It is reported that Mr. Scherveloff early recognized the advantage of this line and consulted | with Americans as to the connection. 6. Line between Nicolaivsk and Hako- date. Nicolaivsk is situated at the mouth of Amor River and is the com- mercial center in the north, especially for fish. The number of fishermen pro- ceeding thither from Hakodate is in- creasing yearly. About ten steamers of 400 to 500 tons burden are sent there from Hakodate every year to carry fish in addition to some hundreds of sailing vessels and junks. The place is very prosperous in summer. The Russlan steamers on this line are inteded to call at the ports on both sides of Tartary Straits and at Otaru, Hokkaido. 7. Line from Vladivostok to Nico- laivsk, via Saghalien and Tartary Straits. 8. Line from Vladivostok to Petro- paulovski, via Saghalien. The last named two are already opened by the volunteer fleet of steam- ers, and the proposal Is made to in- crease the number of voyages and to put more suitable vessels on this route. OFFICERS OF THE ALBATROSS GO EAST. Captain Moser and Lieutenant Gar- rett Will Be Assigned to Active Service. Captain Jeff. F. Moser and Lieuten- ant Le Roy Mason Garrett of the Unit- ed States navy were guests of Henry F. Fortmann at the San Francisco Club last hight. The naval officers were accompanied. also by Hon. Arthur Drysdale, M. P. and Queen’s counsel, Canada. Captain Moser and Lieutenant Gar- rett will hasten to Norfolk Navy Yard this morning, whither they hdve been ordered forthwith. The captain will take charge of the Mayflower and Lieutenant Garrett will have tem- porary charge of the receiving ship at the Norfolk Navy Yard. They have been in charge of the Albatross for two vears, which is the vessel detailed to aid TUnited States Fish Commis- sioner Brice in making a thorough sur- vey of the fishing grounds of the Alas- kan Northwest. This great and useful work is interrupted by the probability of war, however, and it is difficult to estimate the setback this will give the fishing industry. These naval gentle- men were with th: San Francisco when she was put in commission and at the time the Itata was turned over to the San Francisco in the Chilean troubles. ““All officers have been detached from the Albatross,” said Captain Moser yesterday, “‘and the vessel is laid up for repairs.” There is no doubt in the minds of the naval officers that there will be war.” ENLARGING THE® REGULAR SERVICE. NEW YORK, April 8 —A Washing- ton special to the Herald says: Secre- tary Long has determined to ask Con- gress to grant him authority to enroll the naval militia and merchant marine into the regular service. His request will be made personally to-morrow to the House Naval Committee, before which he will appear in company with Assistant Secretary Roosevelt, who has been diligently laboring to-day per- fecting details of the department’s plans. If Congress acts as desired by the department the navy will be increased immediately after its passage by nearly more or less well trained officers and men belonging to the militia and by further addition of a large number of capable officers and men who form a portion of the merchant marine. It is pranosed to give offinara who mav bha 1898. taken into service acting commissions, wfich shall expire at the close of the ‘war. Normally, naval militla organizations Will be used for coast defense purposes, but it Is intended by the department that they shall be available in case of emergency for service on any part of the coast in any vessels the Secretary may deem it necessary to assign them. STOPPED THE TRAIN FOR GAME. Minnesota Conductor Pulled the Cord and the Crew Went Hunting. Every man you see in Minnesota in game season carries a gun or keeps one handy. The Minnesota man who tells this story says he heard that country preach- €rs go prepared. “When game does flash up on you in Minnesota,” he sald, “it is worth shooting at. No matter where a man may be in that State, or what he may be doing, he will be excused if he is seen to pick up a gun and make a break. The natives un- derstand it. “Thelast timeI was out there I was sit- ting in the baggage car of a train talking to the conductor, whom I knew very well. He asked me when I went in where my un was, and 1 had to apologize for not aving it. I forgot the custom. Then I asked him if there was any apprehension about train robbers, Just then he jumped from a trunk, grabbed the bell cord until I thought he must have jerked the loce- motive from the track. The train came to a stand as quickly as was possible, and the conductor, seizing a shotgun from a rack, jumped from the door of the car and told me to follow. As I did so I saw several brakemen, the baggageman and the engineer on the ground. Every one of them had a shotgun. The conductor was in the lead. Suddenly there was a ncise. A flock of prairie chickens—there must have been a hundred—rose in the air. At the same instant the air was blue with smoke and scented with powder. Eighty dead prairie chickens were found, but the conductor assured me that the whole flock had been killed, and that some had pl:obu.bl drugped in the brush. “The hunt from the time the bell cord was pulled for the stop until the train was again under headway lasted less than forty minutes. I noticeq that the train dispatcher got his share of the chickens. Of course this was a mixed train, but the conductor told ‘me that it would have made no difference if it had been the lim- ited. He allowed no game to get out of his reach.”—New York Sun. —_—— HE WANTED HIS SHARE. An Incident of Decatur’s Capture of the Frigate Macedonian. This is the story of a voung sailor who lived two generations before young Dan Wallingford, who gave his complete for- tune of 48 cents to build a new battleship to replace the Maine. His first name was BIll and his last name is withheld. The Incident occurred in the eventful year of 1812, on board our frigate United States, when, under Captain Decatur's skillful command, she captured, after “long shot” action, the British frigate Macedonian, bringing her a prize to New York. Deca- tur got a gold medal from Congress in recognition of the capture, and this is | what a Vermont newspaper, printed In the year of Waterloo, tells of iBIl's part in this sea fight: “On board Decatur's ship was a little boy about 9 years old. He was not con- gldered one of the regular crew, but he shared the mess of a generous sailor who had two years before taken him from his widowed mother. The spirit of his father. who had also been a seaman, had long sifce gone aloft and left his widow and little ones on the shoals of poverty. When the Macedonian hove in sight and all hands were clearing ship for action, the little fellow stepped up to Commodore Decatur. “ ‘And it please you, Captain,’ he sald, ‘I wish my name might be put down on the roll.” “‘And what for, my lad? inquired the commander. ‘‘‘So that I can draw a share of the prize money, sir,’ answered he. ‘“‘Pleased with the spirit and confldent courage of the little hero, his name was ordered on the list; but the moment was t00 important y more. After the prize was taken Decatur thought of the little sailor boy and called him up. ‘* ‘Well, Bill," sald he, ‘we have taken her, and your share of the prize, if we get her safe in, will be about $200, What will you do with it?" “‘I'll send one-half of it to my mother, sir, and the other half shall send me to school.” *“ ‘That’s noble,’ cried the commodore. “Delighted with the spirit of the lad, he took him under his immediate protection, and obtained for him the berth of a mid- shipman. Every attention is given to his education, and he gives great promise of making an accomplished officer.”—New York Sun. —_———— TRACING A LOST STUD. Some odd stories of the recovery of lost diamonds are told by an old Union-square jeweler. One of them is his own experi- ence. “‘One day last June,” he says, “I hap- pened to recollect that I was going to a reception. Before leaving the store 1 wrapped my two-carat diamond stud in a plece of tissue paper and shpped it into my vest pocket. After dinner, while dressing in my room, I went to my pocket to get the stud. If, was not there. I put my hand in my fob pocket, thinking it was surely there; then in the other vest pocket; then in the inside pocket and then in my four trousers pockets; but it was in none of them. ‘I left that on my desk,” I thought; ‘I will find it there in the morning. I will put on a plain gold stud to-night.” “The next morning the stud was not to be found in the store. I thought of every step I had taken on the way home, and then called our porter, ‘‘ George,’ sald I, ‘just before I went home last night I slipped a diamond stud wrapped in tissue paper into my pocket, and, starting out of the store, went across Broadway, through Union' square at Fifteenth street, going to the left of fountain, and then up the center path to Seventeenth street and Fourth avenue. I went down the right-hand side of Seventeenth street to Second avenue and then home. On my walk home I have a w.stinct recollection of putting my hand into my pocket for my penknife or some- thing else. 1 must have pulled out the stud and dropped .t. Now, I want you to follow that path and follow_ carefully every step of the way, and I don't want you to come back until you have found the stud.’ He started out, and in less than half an hour returned with the stud. He had found it, still wrapped in the paper, in the gutter, a few steps this side of Second avenue, and he went home happy that night with a_$20 gold piece in his pocket.”—New York Sun. ————— UNCLE SAM IN WAR. Speaking of war prompts the reflection that Uncle Sam has been uniformly suc- cessful every time he has appealed to the sword. s In the 123 years of his existence he has waged flve wars, ghe war of the revolu- tion, the war of 1812, the war with the Barbary States, the Mexican war and the war for the Union. The varlous brushes he has had with the indians were mere incidents. In every one of these wars the Stars and Stripes 'have been triumphant. In the war with the Barbary States Uncle Sam was a long way from his base of supplies, and the Barbary States were backed with the moral support of Great Britain, and yet Uncle Sam cleaned up those pirates so thoroughly that the Mediterranean Sea became as free from their attacks as is one of the American inland seas. The war of the revolution and the war of 1812 were fought against tremendous odds, and yet the nited States won. In the same period, or since the beginning of United States independ- ence, England has carried on six wars, two ‘of which, that of the colonies and the war of 1812, were lost by her. France lost two wars in the same period, the war with the allied powers and the Franco- Prussian war. ssla out of five wars in that period lost two, Austria lost three, Russia two and Spain’ every war she un- dertook except in the ten years' ®ar in Cuba, which she never admitted was any- thing more than insurrection, and which she quelled only by false promises. Uncle Sam is not likely to break his record of success In the impending brush }{ the brush comes.—Mexico Two Repub- cs. —_—— FOR A TIME AT LEAST. The Spanish statesman who thinks the Southern States would co-operate with Spain in case of war will do well to keep out ‘?t the Southern States.—Washington ———— In engineering enterprises one man is killed for about every £50,000 spent an the work. VICTORY FOR BRITISH ARMS Most Brilliant Battle Ever Fought in the Soudan. Mahmoud Pasha’s Army Prac- tically Wiped Out of Existence. The Leader Himself Captured With Four Thousand of His ‘Warriors. Speclal Dispatch to The Call. CAIRO, April 8—The Anglo-Egyp- tian forces, under the Sirdar, General | Sir Herbert Kitchener, attacked the | Dervishes’ position at 7:35 this morning and rushed Mahmoud’s Zariba, the cen- ter of his fortifications, without check. The attack was entirely successful, and the Dervishes lost very heavily. The Anglo-Egyptian force, after a night march, arrived at dawn before the enemy’s camp. When the trenches of the Dervishes had been bombarded, the whole Anglo-Egyptian force made a brilliant rush for the Zariba and the trenches. The Dervishes stood their ground bravely and reserved their fire until the attacking force was quite close to them. Mahmoud, the Dervish general, was among the prisoners cap- tured. As this dispatch was sent the Anglo- Egyptian cavalry with Maxim guns and batteries were pursuing the fugitives. The loss of the Anglo-Egyptain forces includes Captain Urquhart of the Cam- | eron Highlanders and Lieutenant Gore | of the Seaforth Highlanders, killed, and | ten officers of the British Brigade and | four British officers in the Egyptain service, wounded. ATBARA CAMP, Nubla, April 8—! The Sirdars’ force numbered 12,000 men, with twenty-four guns, under Colonel | Long, and twelve Maxims. The enemy | left Shandy with 19,000 men, but they | have suffered a bit from desertions since. The enemy was at first pmcncally\ concealed underground in a strong zar- iba, running around the whole position. ‘We reached Mahmouds position at 6 | was RAYMOND DIES BY THE NOOSE First of the Baden Mur- derers Executed at Folsom. Killing of Charles Andrews Is Avenged in Part by the Law. The Condemned Man Meets His Fate Bravely and Makes No Fare- well Speech. Special Dispatch to The Call. SACRAMENTO, April 8—W. H. Ray- mond was hanged at Folsom Prison this morning at 10 o’clock. The execution was unaccompanied by startling incident. Raymond had nothing to say upon the gallows, was cool and collected and died bravely. Before the execution Raymond recefved spiritual consolation from Rev. Father Hunt of Sacramento. Among those who witnessed the execution was Sheriff Mansfield of San Mateo County. The crime for which Raymond paid ‘the penalty was the murder of Charles A. Andrews in the Grand Hotel in Baden in November last. Raymond and George ‘Willitts went to the hotel for the pur- pose of robbery, and in the scuffle which ensued Willitts fatally shot Andrews and wounded a man named Connolly. Wil- litts escaped, but was captured recent and now awalts the death sentence at San Quentin. Harry Winters was to have been ex- ecuted to-day with Raymond, but through the confession of Raymond, made to Warden Aull in February last, in which Raymond tried to exonerate Winters, an appeal to the Supreme Court granted. Raymond and Willitts had been out of Folsom Prison but a few weeks prior to the perpetration of the crime. GILROY, April 8.—Professor D. F. Fowler of the State University and Pro- fessor F. J. Vidletti, organizers of farmers' Institutes, addressed a large audience of farmers and citizens at Odd Fellows’ Hall this afternoon and even- ing on the subjects “Pruning and Graft- ing of Vines,” “Some Problems of Irriga- tion,” “Theory and Practice on the Farm” and “The Sugar Beet.” LEE HAS THE MISSING LINK Will Present Proof of the Blowing Up of the Maine. The Consul-General the Wit- ness as to the Extinguishing } of the Electric Lights. Connection of the Spanish Govern= ment With the Foul Plot Said to Be Clearly Established. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. = ' Call Office, Riggs Hous*, ‘Washington, April SA_ Representative Lorimer of Illinois is authority for the statement that G_e_n- eral Lee will make some startling dis- closures before the Senate Cnmmi}zee on Foreign Relations when he arrives here regarding the conspiracy to blow up the Maine. It was announced yes- terday that General Lee would bs called before the committee, but the nature of the testimony expected from him was not disclosed. “I understand that General Lee is t@ supply the missing link in the testie mony,” said Lorimer. “My informae tion is that Captain Sigsbee is in pose session of the facts, but does not feel at liberty to give them until the persom who gave them to him releases him from the secrecy imposed. That per- son, I understand, is General Lee.” It is said that the information Gene< ral Lee is expected to testify to relates to the extinguishment of the electrio lights in Havana at the instant of tha blowing up of the Maine. Electrical experts have said that if the lights went out in Havana at the time of the explosion it would be conclusive evi- dence that the mine under the Maine must have been fired from a shore elece trical connection. Captain Sigsbee be- fore the Foreign Relations Committes said he had information that the lights had gone out, but did not think it ad- visable to give the name of his inform- ant while he wa< in Cuba. His inform- | | ant is said to be General Lee. a. m. to-day. The enemy was evidently aware of our approach. After an hour | of heavy bombardment the brigades tion at the point of the bayonet, under a tremendous fire from the enemy. The zariba was torn away, but the enemy obstinately clung to the trenches and ‘were bayoneted in them. During the whole admirable bombardment by Colonel Long, not a single dervish was visible. Mahmoud was captured by the Tenth Soudanese battalion. He was under- ground the whole time his men were fighting. Osman Digna fled as usual. The prisoners say that Mahmoud's forces were deserting in large numbers before the battle. The enemy’s guns, baggage, animals and standards were captured. ier if the enemy had not fired high. The Dervish fire was very heavy and the British loss was mostly before reaching the zariba. Colonel Murray wounded in the arm. The enemy cer- bombardment before the advance. Some of the enemy tried to break were driven back by the Dervishes’ horsemen. The rockets under Captain Beatty set the enemy’s camp afire in many places. Bashardi Redi fell at the head of his men. The authorities call to-day’s battle the most brilliant ever fought in the Soudan, everything having been car- ried straight through without a hitch or a check. Inside the zariba there was an astonishing labyrinth of earth- works. I have been all over the Dervish po- sition and estimate their dead at more than 2000. The night march was as weird as that of Tel-el-Kebir. Egyp- tians, Soudanese and British strove to be first in the race and to be first in the attack. As usual several brigades claim the honor. The enemy opened with such a ter- rific fire that our men were dropping on all sides. It was as venomous a fusillade as troops were ever called upon to face. Mahmoud’'s army is practically wiped out. Four thousand of his followers have been taken prisoners and he him- self has been caught hiding in a hole under a bed. He is a tall, dignified, sensuous looking, black baggara, about 35 years of age, with a shaved head. When taken he was dressed in a richly embroidered robe Gilroy’s New High School. GILROY, April 8—Bids for the con- struction of the new Gilroy High School building were opened to-day and con- tracts awarded. Work will be com- menced on the excavating and founda- tion immediately. 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