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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY AUGUST 25, 1899. -1 GREAT BRITAIN HURRYING | TROOPS TO SOUTH AFRICA Two Transports Sail From England With Soldiers, Ordered to the Front. Germans in Johannesburg Offer to Serve in the Boers in the Event That the Present Trouble to a Declaration of War. LR e O e R N T B I e S e S S ] 10 BLOCKATE ILL PRTS PHLIPIAE 'Plan Likely to Be Adopted | by Secretary Root the ing Autumn. Ranks of the! Coming Autumn, e DEEMED A NECESSITY | Would Prevent the Landing of Ex- peditions With Supplies for the Insurgents. e to The Call. V, Aug. 24. kade of tk pine Islands, of Luzon, is a bject which is recei ing attention at War Department, | although Root says he has as yet n nt information to warrant e action in the matter. e ; says that he believes ‘The estab- ing adva SAN DOMINGO CITIES " TAKEN BY THE REBELS Meet the Adherents of Jiminez e Near Cotui. Special Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. by James Gordon Bennett. Copyright, 1899, is PORTO PLATA, Aug. 24.—The Jiminez revolution growi though the outbreak in Monte Christi was suppressed. The « San Francisco de Macoris, Lavega and Moca have been taken by the revolutionist chiefs, Ramon Caseres, Horacio Vasquez and Jose Brache, those who are alleged to have been i rumental in the killing of P dent Heureaux. Their war cry is “Vive Jiminez! Down with Paper Currency!” A body of revolutionists five miles out of cept Governor Pedro Pepin as he is returning from Monte Chr strong Government column from Cotui is advancing on the ins The acting President has telegraphed: ninez has been arrested by Americans in Havana.’ Caceres, Vasquez and Brache, at the head of 500 revolutionists, peared before Macori. They left the great body of their tr ° i [ > o antiago will try to inter- A | | | entrance to the city and with twenty men advanced to the house, demanding surrender. Governor Castiilo, thoroughly cowed, re- i paired to the plaza without making any resistance, and the delivery of 1 the park, fort, arsenal and Government buildings was then The revolutionists then formally occupied the surrounding meeting with no oppo CAPE HAYTIE Aug. 24.—Eleven trunks, sup] been transferred from the George Croise, a steamer of Cuba, engaged on the Cuban coast and in foreign trade, w ‘Strong Government Column Advancing to, David Barnetf, Aged Sevenmty- | | | | | 1‘ | | { | | M NASAL CATARRH CURED AFTER FORTY VEARS. Eight Years, Is Cured of Catarrh, Which He Says Has Troubied Him for Forty Years. To the Pub For the be state tarrh of 1 5 th sht years of BARNETT. r St. DAVID 554 Sutte te B R DEZVOUS ON THE TRANSVAAL BORDER. of the Mafeking Mounted Rifles, from which a part of the Jameson raiders started in 0 40406006066 +06565630600Deeb D000 S e REN s eieie TON, Aug. 24.—The British steamer Arundel Castle sailed from this i s and 770 men of various regiments, bound for Cape Town. wumbering 1000 men, has sailed —The Ma Ciad reserve 1eir regiments. a committee was ap- llingness of the Germans to volunteer for they be enrolled in a separate corps on account of the Magato ca i y. 2 1g. 2 4.—At a meetir . coupled Brit with the recent transit of a sh offici he to the immense ac- . nsvaal. cd ) returns for three years, i among g arms, the supply of weapons, as shown in atly in excess of the burghers’ re- | British community in South from gre; g e e lasting peace unless it includes a provi- re is a growing feelir <isting crisis will Cape Town correspondent of the Daily Mail says: Despite the roa Bay, the Cape Government is sending large consign- loemfontein. During the present month over 2,000,000 cartridges spatched last night from Port Elizabeth to Bloemfontein. ‘hile absolutely declining to arm the volunteers of burghers, just granting the use of the colonial railways for the distribution of car(rivi-gei arsena the 1e people is becoming exhausted, and unless the imperial Government acts he gravest damage may ensue to British prestige. 1e Cape Mi border towns ers and the fund. a system of for shipment up the rafiroad on the first word of Lawton's advance. Lawton nght himself able to take Tarlac from rear, and asked to be allowed to_do it with the men and rations he had. But orders came to withdraw his troops from San Isidro and return to Malolos, leaving small garrisons at some of the towns_he had captured. His retirement the Fili- rinos construed into a retreat and from that day the sinking hopes of the insur- rection seemed to rise. Luna and Mas- cardo, who had retreated northward from s of pr v : w MONTHS (F WAR WITH N0 excepting Agu erally acquitted of enr present war: but w becomes empty who are exploiting Aguinaldc see a possibility of success . if they o : < San Fernando toward Tarlac. brough war a good private investm their armies back and proceeded t ‘é%nf . Reports brought through the struct a horseshoe line of intrenchments Speniards and Filipince in_this c around San Fernando, where, a that the spirits of the insurrection to reports, they lead their follow: improving: S Ambcicana, like the believe they have MacArthur besieged. RS fards, must defer to nature and of the time The assassination of Luna was expected while to bring the whole Filipino organization their arms most : : Syt country is a mud wallow toppiing down in civil war, but while the Campaign in the Philippines | are teiiing their toriowers that Ar - of dissension are heard, ‘Its I action st mon i o far as outward appear- 1o discouragement and demoralization. | ances o was to leave Agulnaido the un- to Date Has Been Ineffective. The Filipino soldiers, accor informants, are tolerably though the paymaster they are living as comfo have been accustomed to and receiving rations, ‘whic can or European army could disputed leadership. The Filipinos are encouraged by the handicap the rains im- pose upon the Americans and the depart- ure of the volunteers. They read the American newspapers and think the home sentiment against the war is growing. Their policy after the rains will be as it ST T ~ T T | Shets & vith o oecasi ; \ \ biefly n;:;(w.m nly ogcastonally b atle | was before, a campaign for gaining time z % pvell housed, | and wearing out their opponents. ~They 1 o IS i m Al ;gn profess h)l!m;\glne that Congress will de- o0 Ihe | clare against annexation. If Congress r[zrb‘l and | roiis them they will try to prolong the struggle until into the Presidentlal cam- paign, with the expectation that one of he political parties will declare against tmperialism and the hope that such a par- ty may win. To whip them while they are pursuing such tactics an army will be | needed that can move rapidly and strike day after day, following up a defeat with- out having to wait for rations and thus giving the enemy time to reorganize. To Through the Ame: cret service come different storie the Fiilpino army is.becoming decimated by daily de- sertions to the unmber of twenty or thir- ty and is fast losing heart and on the verge of dlsruption. Past experfence h the secret service justifies a n that many of its employes, om are natives or Spaniards, are deep- Now Apparent That the Tagals May Hold Out Indefinitely Against Present Tactios. BT jdents, there is but one opinion. There was a time when Aguinaldo's | biggest army hung in the balance, when its destruction appeared inevitable. That | was when MacArthur had captured San | Fernando and Lawton was marching upon San Isidro with the Filipinos scat- tering before him. Lawton had made himself a terror to the insurrectionists, because no obstacles stopped him. If the country was roadless his men cut roads, | and the general and his staff took off soid in San F s ————— Died From Her Injuries. MERCED, Aug. 24.—Pretty Lizzie Wil- | Mams, the unfcrtunate 16-vear-old who tried to end her Iife several days ago with a pistol, died at her home in this city to-day. The cause of the act wash;xxl[;- placed confidence in her lover. —_—— Epecial Correspondence of the Associated Press erentay 1t holdine ETiek piemiz L0 e — ety D holding thelr places b | Capture them, most of the generals here D R R R o 2 e hrough the lines hav 1k cavalry will be necessary. Time af- + + | bfen disposed to give reports which they | ter time the Amerlcans have carefully - NILA, Jul 2, 1899 4 think will please the autho oS, planned movements which seemed sure to X of ending the war 4 | Almost since the b % of the war | Tesult In the rounding up of two or three ¥ onger with weeks but. 4 | heyhave ired the Fillpino army as thousand rebels In a trap, but every time + SBlirca i N tor its Jast legs. and its collapse but & ques. | the difficulties of the country. the slow: hs and even years. hether 4 '4ion of d Two months ago Genera] Dess of wagon trains, and the superiof + end comes after a few months 4 Otis caused the country to be placarded | 8&llity of the light-moving natives, have 4 or after two or three years depends 4 | with an offer of $30 for each ipsurgent conspired against them, and when the 4+ upon whether the same ort of tac- 4 |rifie voluntarily surrendered, though for several divisions of fli" army came to- 4 tics whi dragged through five 4 |Some reason the newspaper correspond- x—!lwrrllhe.‘ _have four};1 a handful of obse- + movths and resulted in the con- 4 |&nts wers forbidden o telegraph to the '4“1’”;‘5.““""?“““.‘?“- who announced them- | v square | 3 | United States this fact, which was known | S¢Ives ‘amigos. | + quest @ Juar to every one in the island. If the Fillpino | + foot map of Lu + r deserting by compani The Original Little Beneficencia Publica + methods of stri 4 | tired of the war and converted to . Co- of San Francisco. Drawing | + emy fast and repeatedly and hbo.-l- 3 | can rule ma ¢ them might be expect- August 24, 1899. . the country gained be substi- 4 | ed to bring their guns Into the American | a 3 e o e mass of people 4 |lines and receive the reward. The entire N e an tan Sranclacoy 3 Lere, military men and foreign res- 4 | harvest from mmh .,;rer however, has | yz:éxnw_c:h;-% < :.;u;;:g«xs No. | b4 3 | been less than a hundred gu o, 5 e ey s. - + !and Alton to Ka | eific to_Ogden and_the Southern Paci PO g 2 b b 2 b o b o The whole effort of the insurgents for hree months was to hold off the Ameri- ns 1 their ally, the rains, arrived. d s they have been as successful as they could have hoped. Unless affairs take some unforeseen turn the Filipinos war this fall with fresh | 1 resume ti L | e their coats and helped. When rations - { spirit and a replenished stock of arms| g .. ;o forthcoming they break!a.sred‘ HOME AGAIN.—Get the Wasp's souvenir | 2nd ammunition. One shipload of arms, | " " rother inch of their belts and | of the volunteers’ return. Thirty-two | {t is learned on good authority, has |y ched ahead, and they always man- | pages of war pictures. For sale at all | | newsdealers, 25 cents. 2 aged to attack from an unexpected quar- ter, knowing what road or which side ot | e, S SO i | a fown had been intrenched and pounc- | Ex-Tudge Passes Away. reached them within the past week. Of | money the Ieaders of the Insurrection kave no lack. They control the resources o y y, in from another direction ! . E ! f a large and exceedingly nchhcm_mne,d_ | ing In'from another ditection. " | SARATOGA, N. Y., Aug. y‘_Exflmdge} and even though no crops were harvested { o o3 p Fright swoop around upon Tar- e T ik Moot Jhoas | this afternoon. for several years they could stlll obtain | o) “ghere enough cash and supplies by impressing | madic capital, and catch them between heir use the treasures of the church, | two armies. All the archives, seals, glit the storenouses of farmers and manufac- | triangles and treasure boxes were packed they had installed their no- | .- 1 Dr. T. E. Shumate has returned from | E |THE WIRELESS TELEGRAPH. Demo | bee 1. urope and moved his office to 79 Sutter.® L Keith's Opening, September 1 and 2. 04040404 0404040404040 4040404 to make a ¢ aboard the French bark Runimede, Captain Port, on Tuesda n ot oo mad) They contained ammunition and Jiminez's correspondence. Jir thinkas an absolute blockade may d structs Aybar, Dominican, now in Santiago de Cuba, to proceed to Cien- more injury j now than good. He | ¥ and charter a small steamer for an expedition. Aybar replies considers th would be a serio O that no steamer is available. Jiminez instructs him to ch r a small hardship I ul community | # schooner and proceed to Cape Haytien and Fort Liberte, where the au- ot sringis rom means of sub- | $ iy rities are friendly. Jiminez complains of scarcity of funds ihat Sl Thirteen men, supposed to be Dominfcans, being without passports, B e ndered | § were refused a landing by the authorities, but landed secretly at night hants and busi- | 4 from the same steamer. would be seriously might cause a great isfaction should a rigid 4 at the present OVATION IS GIVEN | es are, however, ampaign ADMIRAL DEWEY | “0 | Citizens as Well as the Officials of Nice Courteously Receive the Famous American. 24 — Admiral | at | American the control of the pped. Meanwhile ution will be taken to inition from be- | urgents. France, Aug. ompanied by Flag Lieute S ing supplied to t here, t edmont. Brumi and the Vice MILES” WARM WORDS e i T | FOR SECRETARY. ROOT | et e ot i vrofectiee: the Says He Is a Man of Business and Conditions Are Already g military got thanked for Improving. ived to land and dril YORK | he during the remainder 's stay at that place. 4 also called on ¢aval Ccmmander Duval, whom Admiral 1 ed for the port facilities which en ganted to his el. The country have de- ution-of the war v will have it hange of com d of ad- Admiral asked M. Duval to transmit his nks to the Maritime Prefect at Tou- ng cruisers to salute the| er arrival ants of Nice gave Admiral y an ovation as he passed through the streets. He returned to Villefranche r_the heaith and at noon | Both are in ex-| Admiral Dewey gard to the incor “General Otis is a fine officer. That has | his reception at Trieste. He says it was been demonstrated by the splendid morale ¢ courteous and hearty. The Minister of the army, its health and its efficiency | of Marine coming especially from Vienna in the fleld In the Philippines. 0 greet him “The inadequate force to meet the re. “Not only myself,” added the American quirements has been the cause of some admiral,” but every one on board the what abating the results which have been | Olympia recelved every possible atten- anded a vige rot presses regret in re- t reports concerning achieved. Our arm ithstanding the | tion. : superiority of the my in numbers, has Admiral Dewey created a marked im- t vic! y engagement. The ! prt n here, all those who saw him bein d valiant enough to | struck with his extreme amiability ans ple its size, but it modes onal force hold the towns NEW YORK, Aug. 24—Acting Mavor country and to cover lines | Guggenhimer- to-day received the follow- i | ing cablegram from Admiral Dew ¢ under | “VILLEFRANCHE. Aug. 2—Ran- ve ow-| dolph Guggenheimer, Acting Mayor. Will | mp and | arrive Thursday 23, as requeste: k‘nas, a.'rd “DEWEY."” War| his will enable the reception committee | to hold the naval parade on Friday and the land parade on Saturday and obviate | the necessity of having a day intervene between the two parade: ke TICKET NOMINATED. Having Completei Their Work Miss- issippi Democrats Adjourn. JACKSON, Miss., Aug. 24—The State cratic Convention adjourned at noon A great ged in various duties embarrassment has been i by the supplying of the enemy d munitions of war by their | fanila and Hongkong, not to nt from thelr friends difficult to discrimin- country between non- the enemy’ ate | combatants and foes. -—— | e to-day, after having completed the ticket, Will Be Used in the Philippines to | which in full is as follows: 3 3 3¢ —A. . Vash 't Maintain Communication. | Cgum‘;f_"'" A. H. Longino of Washington | WASHINGTON, Aug. 24.—Modern in-| Lleudhanant Governor—J. T. Harrison of | centions will be brought into play to in-|Lowndes. O et fete t tha Aaric | Secretary of State—. L Power of Hinds . & F .| (renominated). | can troops operating In Luzon and to pre-| "Attorney General—Monroe McClure of | vent night attacks on American intrench- | Leflore. | ‘Auditor—W. O, Cole of Water Valley. me Brigadier General Greely, chief signal Treasuerer—Robert Stours of Lafayette. officer, sent Captain Grant Squires of the | Superintendent of Public Education—B. signal corps to ila for the purpose | L. Whitfield. | of making experiments with wireless tel-| Tand Commissioner—E. H. Nall of 1. With wireless telegraphic in- Holmes (renominated). | siruments accompanyi a column pur-| Revenue Agent—W. C. Adams of Hinds | n enem communication could be ained with the base providing the ce be not too great. o Captain Squires recenily devoted espe- | non. | clal attention to this matter in Burope,| Clerk of Supreme Court—E. W. Brown and has made a report to General Greely of Copiah (renominated). | which that officer will consider upon his | ———— i return_to Washington. | DISASTROUS FAILURE. The War Department has"rlnnvartod for | I OW 1 i e sed T ht, vhi 3. ;. 3n‘r‘vn‘dfl.rltl'x‘§;nmo\ahl wfl:;."‘“‘(lfi ’ép ‘rmmr‘t_’; | Millionaire in St. Petersburg Sus- s The searchlight pends and May Ruin Many. LONDON, Aug. 24.—The Leader to-day publishes a dispatch from its St. Peters on_the intregchments and used at night to light the surround- | | burg correspondent saying that the su | pension of M. Vonderweiss, a millionaire (renominated). Railroad Commissioners—A. C. Mays, J. Mcinnis (renominated), Clay Kincan- | next | moun | | adandrs LIST OF DROWNED. Names of Men Who Lost Their Lives in the San Mateo. WASHINGTON, Aug. 24—General Otis | to-day cabled the War Department the names of the men who were drowned ing coun he use of the light will, =% army officers say, prevent any surprise. of that city, has produced a depressing | effect on the Bourse and in financial cir- cles, His capital was estimated at be- | tween fifty and sixty million rubles, but| after his debts are paid he will scarcely | have six million rubles left. His fortune | largely sunk in a group of undertal gs each one supporting the other. He while crossing the San Mateo River on | the They were: Sergeant Thomas | Privates lliam Carter, Dean, J. E. Johnson, Edward Jones, | Thomas 11, Emmet Mc) Hampton Kendail and George Moo of Company G, Twenty-fourth Infantry. | The following were drowned In attempt-| e others: 21st. Countee, o Brivate J. E, Poole, Company H, Twen- ty-fourth, and one private of Fourth | Cavalry whose name has not yet been learned. 1 General Otis says the men jumped from the boat {n a panic. 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