The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 17, 1899, Page 1

Call VOLUME LX TRANSVAAL’'S REPLY IN HANDS OF BRITONS So Far the Boers__H—z;g Either Outwitted or Defied What Amounted to an Ultimatum From the English Cab- ineE Bo+ 90354009000 0-6000000040+000¢0+0+04-¢ . nment, it . been s in the hands of the British Furthermore, the busy seph Cham- apidly re- mingham - Boer re- ght with tenor to scarcely Howe Ltions ve probabi and dip- 1 Natal, ity . time t the Out- and otherwise ransports are n, what they belie is an to rob them of their indepen- lomacy is not sh Cabinet will specific de- Kruger in of an As the members of the scattered throughout the it is improbable that a coun- 1 till Mo, night | ¢ \d there is e rea- t - British will exhibit no 1 forcing President ¥ - it is palpably more 1 15,000 reinforcements action than gain the jortunate Outland- have been crying -ssive action. policy must be equally >resident Kruger. It is hard- 1ble that he will await the f the Bri h reinforcements taking the initiative. If he dis such hesitation he will f at the very last .nds to back down, which has many sup- z the ultra-conse tive- ined. President ly inc Kruger's rumored refusal t franchise demands AS in England, and v has shrunk to small nal alliance between the Orange Free Tran: and § ling of those Englishmen in- clined to sympath with the Trans- vaal, though it cely believed the ge Free State will take an active more likely confining {tself to the fe art sive unrecognized assistance, as in war of 1880. he selection of General Sir George ewart White to command the troops Natal meets with universal approv- al, as a'so does the announcement that in the event of war General Sir Red- vers Buller wiil mand in South Africa. of it experience, brave: 3oth are men v and force- The departure cf the troops from T e T T e e i SR S0 formu- | The | 1g also done much to alienate | take supreme com- | n of British troops sailed from S: liers leaving the Pertland barrac -0 ton for Natal to-day h scen have not ¢ many years. sweethearts and nds crowded around the Northum berland Fusiliers, or as they are better | known, “the Fighting Fifth,"atthesta- | tions and at the docks, crying, waving { hats and handkerchiefs and cheering, mixing grief and patriotism as men and women do only when those dear to m go to war. Most of the special | officers wore civilian clothes, but as many of them were well known they | were quickly recognized and received ovations. The “Fighting Fifth” nearly all wore the Khartoum medals. h BRITISH FORCES DEPART FOR NATAL Sept. 16.—The first bat- | Northumberland Fusiliers, | LONDON, talion- of the 900 strong, and detachments of the . .rvice corps and ordnance corps, sailed on the steamer Gaul at 2 | p. m. to-day from Southampton en | to Natal, amid great enthusiasn. | men appeared to be in splendid condition and openly anxious for fight- ing. The Fusiliers went direct from | Aldershot, but many of the officers of | I ment and numbers of special | - officers started from London, ving at Waterloo station an en- thusiastic send-off from t arge | crowd present., The porters cried “All aboard for Pretoria,” which was taken | : . Up by the ‘erowd uproariously. | An Oakland special smashed gers were given a bad scare. | iral Sir George Stewart White, | % Engi- | Rrae ‘ R e o (intogth Alameda local and Engi- | Brasswell was struck with flying going to command the troops in | neer Hammond and Fireman " debris. s with his etaft on the Tantal | Brasswell of the Alameda local| . Had the engines met heads on | om Plymouth. He left don subsequently to the main body of | officers. Though General White tried to | keep private the hour of his departure oLndon, a large crowd was pres- and gave him an ovation. Edward Chichester, the of the Br ving_General ape Town to command cruiser Doris, fla Captain of Admi Chiche aid to a reporter: h. 1t is difficult to its will turn. My we hewers of wood and am to hustl the water. I Town and Delagoa B tive seat of wa n Cape | spec- , with pro- jons and equipment for the men. T, ok "k with vast pleasure at my old | American comrades, but am off to a | Qifferent scene of action. I am s 1 I cannot see the reception to Admi Dewey or join in welcoming such a typical navy man. Admiral Dewey is off to peace, while I fear I am off into the thick of war. The scenes have changed, that is all. Good-by.” | The crowd cheered lustily as the | train pulled out, and pressed around the cars in order to get a handshake with General White. — - |RHODES GIVES A LION TO TRANSVAAL DELEGATES CAPE TOWN, Sept. 16.—The Afri- kander leaders have received a tele- gram saying that the reply of the Transvaal Government to the British demands still maintains the Govern- ! ment position as to British suzerainty, offers a seven-year franch and de- clares the Transvaal's strict adherence to the terms of the 1884 convention. The delegates of the Agricultural | Union were entertained at luncheon | yesterday by Cedil Rhodes. The dele- dates from the Transvaal made speeches predicting that peace would | be” maintained. Mr. Rhodes offered them a fine lion, which, although it somewhat embarrassed them, the dele- gates accepted and took to Pretoria to-day. |COLLIER ALEXANDER | ON THE WAY TO MANILA GIBRALTAR, Sept. 16.—The TUnited States collier Alexander safled for Manila to-day. She Is taking coal to the naval| _ | on August 30. ampton yesterday, en route to Natal, d is from a photograph. S S O o o s S e e ed@ was | station there, having left Norfolk, Va., Mutiny on the Gayhead. TACOMA, Sept. 16.—The revenue cutter mont Cook_Injet, and Bering Sed. | Perry has returned to Sitka from a two | hs' cruise to Prince. Willam Sound; Kodiak, Unalaska Peninsula Her officers report tuat while the Perry was in Dutch Harbor a t geon is to be the largest and most important | | coaling station on the Pacific Coast. new Pos known a. | mutiny occurred on the whaler Gayhead | and was quelled by the cutter Grant. Dr. Ludlow s Dutch H. are unobtainable. «of the Perry, believ A office has been established there, Udaktz. g DRIVEN BACK BY THE FlRE OF FILIPINDS Charleston Fails to Dismount a Gun at Olaugapo, Subig Bay. TELLING SHOTS EROM. THE SHORE Shells Thrown With Such Accuracy as to Indicate the Natives Did Not Sight the Guns. e e Al Special Dispatch to The Call. ANILA. Sept. 16.—The cruiser Charléston at daylight Thurs- | day morning joined the patrol | ship Zafiro near Grande Isl- | and, Subig Bay, with the ob- | ject of dismounting the gun at Olau- gapo that had been used by the insur- | e e e e M—ro@ R e SRS SR S . ] gents. The Charleston stood in front of the town while the Zafiro sailed northward. At 5000 yards the Charles- ton began shelling the enemy, who re- plied at once. The first shot from th insurgents' gun burst a boat’s length ahead of the Zafiro, while the second | ricochetted between the Charleston’s | masts. The Charleston kept throwing | in eight-inch shells with great accur- | |acy and soon destroyed the earth- | works around the gun, which the cap- | | tain of the cruiser believed had been | dismounted. i Then the Charleston steamed closer | in shore and got within 3000 yards of | the earthworks. The insurgents at | once began firing again, and some of | the shells fell very close to the cruiser. Both ships then withdrew, the Zafiro | returning to Manila, while the Charles- | ton remained in Subig Bay. The Filipino fire was remarkably ac- | curate, and the gun was probably not | § handled by . native, gunners. Black | [ D R O *o- ® powder was used and six or nine inch | { Spanish shells fired. The Charleston | [ fired sixty-nine shell \. |THE TWENTY-NINTH REGIMENT COMING ATLANTA, Ga., Sept. 16.—General Royal T. Frank, commanding the Depart- ment of the Gulf, issued orders this after- noon for the Twenty-ninth Infantry; United States Volunteers, now at Fort | | McPherson, to proceed to San Francisca September 20, preparatory to embarking | for the Philippines. | | EARLY MORNING Special Train With Belvedere Visitors Runs Into the Alameda Local. | ENGINEER AND FIREMAN BADLY Another dent occurred on the lines of the | serious railroad acci- Southern Pacific Company at 1:30 o’ clock this morning. were very seriously injured. The special was made up for ate vedere celebration their returning guests of the Bei- returning to homes in East Oakland. Being a special it had the right of way, but somehow the Alameda train crew did not know this. & @GR ORCRLRGRIRNRAN O R URORORORURGO the disease. consumptive? ‘Chatauqua salute, many cases with fatal results. ary tuberculosis. well. number of consumptive visitors. Re- SMASHOP | ON AN OAKLAND PASSENGER TRAIN INJURED_ | that the. | spreading. | sult the two trains met in a switch, | ment's the engines were badly smashed, | {the engineer and fireman ot the Alameda train barely escaped with their lives and the passen- the result would have been very much more serious, as the special | ; was crowded. They met in the switch with a glancing blow. Both the injured engineer and fire- man were hurried out of sight by employes of the company, and | every effort was made to keep the result of the collision a secret. ot! te IA'S P would be SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1899—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENT VENEZUELAN REBELS WIN A BIG BATTLE Castro’s Army Defeats the Government Forces Near Tacuyo, and the Killed and Wounded Number Sixteen Hun- dred. DO with a view to its capture. ally take CITY OF CARACAS, CAPITAL OF VENEZUELA. According to The Call's Washington advices, the insurgents of Venezuela are marching toward the capital eity, So serious has the situation become that President Andrade has gone to Valencia to person- command of the Government forces. 3 % VG T il 587 s, - T S o O S O S S S S = % S o A ok A el B dn am onan 2ol !O* D e B S e e ! ] Special Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 1809, by James Gordon Bennett. XRAéAS, Venezuela, Sept. 16.—Cipriano Castro, at the head of the revolutionary army, has fought and won a bloody battle near Tacuyo. WASHINGTON, tion received at the State Department to-day from Mr. Russell, the American Charge d’Affaires at Caraca revolution in Venezuela According information, have captured Valencia and port of Puerto Cabello, and no surprise information | should be received indicating that the | country to the west of Valencia is in on of the insurgents. Russell indicated that warships The dispatch was Department, and the were desirable. ferred to the Navy Acting Secretary State Department that if it desired an- nezuelan | waters he would send instructions \ni | the gunboat Nashville, now at Gibara. | It is thought that the Detroit, which is | hourly expected at La Guayra, will be | | sufticient to look out for American in- Senor Pulido, | Charge a'Affaires of the Venezuelan le- | gation here, he told me he had rece absolutely no advices from his Govern- her ship rests. © When manifested ordered I ROPOSED QUARANTINE DISCUSSED Easterni Physicians ‘of .#he Opinien - That This Sept. if Allen notified to saw to the 16.—Informa- the depart- the Ve State Has No Right. to Exclude Con- EW YORK, Sept. 16.—The action by California looking toward the quarantining of that State against all persons suffering with consumption has been viewed with interest by physicians in this city, and the ad- sumptives. visability of adopting stringent regulations for checking the disease in New York has been discussed. Dr. George F. Shrady says: “The idea of quarantining against tuberculosis as we 8o agalnst an actively contagious disease s too absurd for serious consideration. There is no warrant for it in a scien- tific sense, nor is there reason for it from the standpoint of sound public policy. readily communicable from one person te another unless in the latter case there is.a hereditary predisposition to Suppose other States should attempt to establish similar quarantines, what would become of the He certainly has a right to live and breathe somewhere. monopoly on climate and healthful surroundings of his State when a despairing consumptive needs them for a possible restoration to health. To deny him this privilege on the score of increased safety to the people is not only cruel, but absurd.” “It was stated that 20,000 persons welcomed President McKinley at Ocean Grove recently by giving the “A very pretty exhibition, no doubt, but it will be followed In a crowd of 20,000 persons I would say there were 4000 suffering with pulmon- Tuberculosis is acquired by direct transmission of the tubercle bicilli from the I do not believe that the plan proposed in California for quarantining against all persons suffering from consumption will prove practicable.” Dr. Roger 8. Tracy of the Health Department said: prove practicable.” Dr. A. Guernsey Rankin, who has made a special study of diseases oof the lungs, said: posed quarantine in California as rather drastic. Tuberculosis is a communicable disease, but it is distinctly pre- ventable.” Dr. R. W. Steger, who is acquainted with the conditions in California, said: of other towns iIn California caught the alarm that seemed to have started in Los Angeles over the increasing I do not think that consumptives should be frevented from entering that State, but I do believe they should be isolated while they are undergoing treatment.” mmmmsimnnfisnsmmununsfi&nnmmunausfiufium said Dr. Newton to-day. Tuberculosis “I regard the pro- is not very Even a Californian hasn’t an absolute sick to the “I do not think the plan proposed in California would “I do not wonder that residents . indicates | insurgents | sea- re- is inclined to believe that the reports of the successes of the revolutionists are | manufactured. | “I cannot even tell you the cause of | the revolution,” he said to me this af- | ternoon. “I propose to cable to my Government asking that I be informed of the progress of events, but at pres- ent I am officially ignorant. President Andrade started for front, several days ago, he very prob- took with him a large force, and | I would like to know where he !during the fighting. | is lieve that the insurgents, without or- ion or equipment, could be as ful as the press dispatches in- dicate. “In the great revolution of 1892 the | insurgent forces fought for a year be- fore they captured Caracas, and when they entered the capital they had only a small force of 11,000 men. The rea- son why the Government has such a small army is because it is impossible | to handle a large corps in the moun- tains of my country. I am hopeful | that the information I shall receive | will fully describe the situation, and I am confident it will show that the Government forces have been vie- e 1| torious.” e INASHVILLE MAY ALSO GO TO VENEZUELA WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.—In an an- | swer to an inquiry from Acting Secre- | tary McAdee, the Navigation Bureau of | the Navy Department stated that the | eruiser Detroit will arrive at La Guay- ara Monday next. As some apprehen- sion exists as to the security of Ameri- can interests in Venezuela in the inter- val before the arrival of the Detroit, the State Department officials have made the settlement that, save in the Prestan revolt at Panama in 1884, there has been no instance in which Ameri- can interests have suffered directly in Central or South America through the absence of a warship. However, if the situation should continue without im- provement in Venezuela, the Navy De- partment will dispatch the Nashville, now at Gibara, to reinforce the De- troit. BOLD ROBBERY OF BANK BY SIX MEN JOLIET, Ill., Sept. 16.—Six robbers blew open the safe of the Exchange Bank at Frankfort, a small village fifty miles east of Joliet, early this morning and carried away nearly $2000 in currency. Night Watchman Knipple was blind- folded, gagged and thrown into a ditch, while one man stood guard over him. Then the bank was broken into and work began on the safe. Three ex- plosions were necessary to blow off the door. The first aroused a family living above the bank, but the terrified people were ordered not to make an outery or strike a light under penalty of death. Having secured the money the robbers departed, leaving the night watchman ‘helpless in the ditch. : @ORGRORGORIROROLIT R RO LU RO RORORORIRG | | When | complished swindler, shrewd c the | was | Baird and Gould I can hardly be- | Whence he will be taken to He has taken Valencia and Puerto Cabello and lit is believed the killed and wounded will number i600. it is re- ported that Senor Ferrer, Minister of War, has been kilied. Presi- 'dent Andrade, who left on Thursday to put himself at the head of the Government forces in Valencia, is said to be returning to Caracas. ADVICES INDICATE SPREAD OF REVOLUTION ment respecting the revolution, and he | FESCAPED PRISONER IS FINALLY RETAKEN Rev. Mr. Howard Considered by Pog- tal Authorities Cleverest Con- fidence Man in the World. WASHINGTON, Sept. 16, man and a fugitive from justice for years, Rev. Dr. G. T. Howard, was cap- tured to-day by Postoffi Inspectors at Jackson, Miss., Columbus, | O., to serve out the unexpired term of | | | | | | 1 | | his sentence in the Ohio Penitentiary. Howard .escaped from the penitentiary about two years ago, after having served three years of a nine years’ n- tence for using the United States mails for fraudulent purpo: He is a doctor of divinity and a lawyer and was the editor of two or three religious publi- cations. At his first trial witnesses were subpenaed from all parts of this country and Europe, among them being Hon. Robert T. Lincoln, inyi Great Britain, and Hon, Consul General to London. he jury disagreed and he was convicted on his second hearing. icast over this coun- ting that the re- ates in various ard, under the By sending br try circulars rep! cipients were heirs to places in Europe, How name of Ross, manager of the Bu- ropean Claim Agency, obtained re- mittances of $25 from many of his vic- tims on the pretext that he would prose- cute their claims to the estates. He operated all over the world. His scheme netted him thousands of dollars. Since his escape from the has been operating victims principally residing in Great Britain. He is regarded by the postal authorities' as one of the most danger- ous confidence men and swindlers in the country. penitentiary he in the West, his Boss i ROBBERY ON A STEAMER. TACOMA, Sept. 16.—The steamer Dirigo brought down a large number of Klondikers, who left Dawson Au- gust 28 and 31. The latest ones came up the river on the steamer Willie Ir- ving. An exciting incident occurred on the way up. There were eighty-one passengers On the steamer, and some- where between the mouth of Little Salmon River and White Horse Rapids a forty-ounce sack of gold dust was stolen from the purser’'s room. The purser claims that he went away for a moment, leaving his room door and the treasure box unopened. In the meanwhile some one got away with one of the sacks, worth §700. Several passengers had left the boat before the theft was discovered. ‘When the Irving got to White Horse the mounted police were notified and a round-up was ordered. All had to sub- mit to being searched and every man’s gold was weighed. The missing gold was not located. Some of the Ameri- can miners were indignant at the idea of having to meekly submit to being “stood up” and searched. - Mrs. John Dempsey Dead. MARYSVILLE, Sept. 16.—Mrs. John Demsey, a pioneer resident of Yuba County, died at her home near Smarts- ville last night rather unexpectedly. Be- sides her husband, who is in Nevada »n business, four sons and a daughter sur- vive her.