The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 5, 1899, Page 1

sall —— vV OLL' IE LXXXVI-NO 97. SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1899. PRICE FIVE CENTS, TRANSVAAL SOON TO BE SCENE OF ST It Is, Reported That Boers Will Declare War at Very Short Notice. | Try to Raid Natal Before British Troops Arrive, and Kruger's| Forces Are Likely to Be Backed by Orange Free State. Special Dispatch to The Call. PEIPOIDIPOEVIPIPIPIGI B OB OIIDED D . D R ESBURG. THE E)&ODLS FRO’VX JOHANN T ON t. 5.—The Johan- i 2g rrespondent of ) : § Bonsbpolr oy Ry HANNA WILL WORK FOR DEFEAT OF M'LEAN xs the Ohio a Place / striving for peace tter is now hopeless. probably declare y-eight hours’ notice to raid Natal before 1 troops arrive. | be- Orange Free State will the Tr""svaal but that the n Natal and Cape Colony emain quiet in the outset un d by the dismissal of oiony Cabinet. Boers have the fullest nce in their magazine rifle heir skill in marksmanship. Attorney Smuts is the chiei iter of the war party. Thirty nd men in the Transvaal 0.0C0 in the Orange Free will take the field.” e National LONDON, S el o U " Z e GEN‘RAL JIMENES AT CAPE HAYTIEN S Aspirant for the San Domingo Presi- dency Is En Route to Puerto Plata. Y pt. 4—The steamer e Jimenes party yesterday, the ader expecting for San Domingo.” The was detained. ly called and an evi- g at the Colonial Office that become more acute. TORIA, Sept. 4—The reply aal Rep c at Britain r release could wire being down, it was ¢ would be no diffi- | Eir release. Jimenes 0on on the Georges companied by his | In the course of lans were and the Georges | night for Puerto i ded to rest a day on g his journey to an Domingo. - WORKINGMEN VISIT THE | GRAVE OF HENRY GEORGE YORK, Sept. 4—Hundreds of | n and others belonging to sin- or organizations in this quiet the p exodus. CAPE TOWN, Sept. ceived from Pre: situation and to arn 4.—The news re- begins to NEW appe: that the al's repl gathered to-day at { which was handed on Saturday to t B B L &; irty was accompanied B sh djplomatic agent at Pretor] members of the George Mr. Conyngham-Greene, was only Mr. Chamberlain’s proposal respe: 2 conference at Cape Town. and th another reply will be delivered to-m: row to Mr. Chamberlain’s original vro- | by, a joint inquiry into the fran- e order of the Knights | he grave. On the floral em- ten in flowers the four last | George's book, “Progress They call and call.” Tl B 'New Version of the Death of | 9 {head by the mate and knoc ian Is Looking © IS | of the capta: HENRY WAS SN DY THE WATE | | | | | | the Captain of the Ship :‘ Cyrus Wakefield. i i WASHIT 0\ THE HEAD |An Undertaker Wntes That In-| spection of the Body Upon Arrival | Here Will Show Foul Play. te of Captatn He Cyrus W ake- ng Cape Horn, suded fn mystery, ceived here Falkland reached effect that Captain s Wak: neld, while st the cabin ot s ves. ich swept the ng 1o letters | E. 7. Biges | Biggs, ‘who is | nley, it ap- et death at vho during the tain Henry on | s hammer, tted loot- Accord- at the wheel whes supposed to have been k shipping of a heavy sea w and when he cam ate threatened Pt quiet. cording to the lett to himseif the to him uniesz he the inquest appeared, le: master. be opened, remains h made, and I would be re head and s ) carpenter says his ha peared. . the ship er has disap- | | | | Lieutenant Bates, Twenty-fifth | Second Lieutenant Hurst, Thir | agrounds -he - continued, and the ' 3 « the water. . 1876. She was chartered by the - 250 miles from Nagasaki, about | 4 a. m. September 1. The trans- | food and am sending a wrecking '’ - {lost. Can you send me a trans- : iport from Manila? ALL TROOPS SAVED FROM MORGAN CITY Transport and Cargo, However, Will Probably Be a Total Loss. . The Stranded Vessel Backed From the Reef and Beached. Quartermaster Carter Reports Splendid Work Done by Officers and Crew. Special Dispnf.ch to The Call LINGTON HOTEL. WASH- + . 5 1 —The gransport C H 1 he inland sea o apan te take on oard anc INGTON, Sept. 4.—Further i3 o :A:On board the lrfir?:p)rt Morgan City, wrecked advices from Nagasaki con- . day morning. The Ohio will also bring the cargo of the cernmg the transpor{ Morgan ’ 5 p;‘.i;::);()\ Sept. 5.—According to a dispatch to the City show that while the vessel 3 3 Kobe, Tapan, the Morgan City is a total wreck. and her cargo are probably lost .Mwoooovmm«o¢¢¢¢oo¢w¢.‘.. 44444 all persons on board are safe. S - money is good here oniy: henoe‘, ; According to a statement the delay. ‘n;‘ | the appror made public at the War Depart-' ™™, . ment to-day the Morgan City GCARTIEg;tQuart:Irrga;ter.t ‘;‘:_:n;:sh! fled - from-San Francisco 0nfs, CCHErai=Ous capier MERSIER|-e 5 Buck for particulars and notified | & August 10, with 689 recruits un- gl der command of Major W. Wit- the department that the Ohio i tich, Twenty-first Infantry: First would be sent to Nagasaki. Lieutenant and Quartermaster SCHURMAN HOPES FOR AN Carter, Fourth Infantry: First EARLY END OF THE WAR MANTLA, Sept. 5, 11:35 a. m.—The transport O RARRR S TR RS ”‘i Second Lieutenant Infantry; Eighteenth Infantry: Conger, Infantrys Surgeon Swift. six pos- tal clerks and two nurses. She s was under command of Captain Doris. Quartermaster General Lud- dington told me to-day that the Government will not lose a penny in consequence of the accident to the Morgan City. Her charter pay ceased the moment she ran DEATHS AMONG THE TROOPS AT MANILA It is Government is not liable for one penny. though it will lose the food and general cargo on board the ship as the result of contact with The accident to the ship may disarrange our plans for the sail- ing of the ten regiments being or- ganized, but by the time they are ready we will have an amo*e number of vessels to transport them to Manila. The Morgan City is owned by the Ladue Company of New York. She was built in Wilmington in COMMISSION WILL MEET IN NOVEMBER NGTON, Government some months ago and has made four trips to Ma- I nila. The following dispatch re- ceived this afternoon gives some particulars of the wreck of the Morgan City: “NAGASAKI, Sept. 3.—Adju- SAYS FILIPINOS CANNOT tant General, Washington: The GOVERN THEMSELVES transport Morgan City, under the = guidance of an experienced pilot, | ™ struck the reef in the inland sea, | » eight miles from Onimichi and % port was backed off at daylight. The vessel filled rapidly and was ' beached and all saved. The offi- | | cers and crew did splendid work. || have telegraphed to Kobe for * added the Senator, “is a prac- are going to deal with this = TROOPS RETURNING ON THE TRANSPORT TARTAR crew for the vessel and food from | here. The cargo was almost all 55 gl | making a total ul 1 a; rom the Philippines. American | meve This mexhod of splitting negotiati | by the Transvaal is unfavorably coi mented upon here. the Government of the South African republic has agreed to a conference at Cape Town. definitely e Transvaal zo the cations withdraws the al, and agrees in prin-| the Transvaal's explanztion of the arrests offered by | State's Attorney. Mr. The Cape Argus officially denies that | The Cape Argus also declares that the | | ERNEST VAUGHAH DEAD. | Was Sixth Earl of Lxsbume and Dep uty Lieutenant of Cardiganshire. LONDON, 4.—Ernest He was born July 20, e was a_Deputy Lieutenant for | Cardiganshire. He was married in 188 to Evelyn. daughter of the late Edmund Probyn of Hunbley, Gloucester. michi reef. PLACE WHERE THE TRANSPORT MORGAN CITY WAS LOST. View of Slslmnnoseu Straits n lhe western entrance of the inland sea, through which the Morgan City passed shortly before meeting her fate on Onmi-