The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 9, 1899, Page 1

Tall Iue ] This Paper to be taken from fye Librarys vy e s VOLUME LXXXVI-NO. 131, SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1899. PRICE FIVE CENTS. SHARP BATTLES WITH FILIPINO INSURGENTS, Stubborn Resistance to the Advance of General Schwan’s Column. Americans Sustain Con- siderable Losses. MANILA, Oct. 8.—Two columns of the American forces south of this city 0000000000000 OCO00C0000CO0000000000 SH CAMP AT MAFEKING AROUSED AND GUNS UNLIMBERED Boers Move (o the Border in_Large Force and Great Britain Is Rushing Preparations for the Coming Hostilities. lery. The other column, which is m fantry, left Imus to sweep directions will do much to cl south. The rebel leaders in that se 000CC000000000C0C00 WASHINGTON, Oct ments inaugurated in Luzon surgents from intrenching themsel American troops wh Ward, Acting Adjutar nouneing the mover eral, 1| Schwan w It is not Intended ven the | fons they fre 000000CO0000000020000C0000000C000000C0 O} Tttt et bt Reilly’'s wounded, roying moved to-day. One, under command of General Schwan, left Binacayan for San Nicolas. This force consists of the Thirteenth Infantry, three com- panies of the Fourteenth and two guns of Reilly’s Battery of the Fifth Artil- eratfons of the dry sea received a dispatch from General Otls d stating that the columns would operate as d scribed. There are several strong positions held and fortified by the insur- gents, and Gener him. capture them under the he country traversed and when the troops ir present station. d| WARLIKE SPIRIT ade up of a battalion of the Fourth In- apote River. This movement in two the insurgent stronghol in the fon are making strenuous efforts to 1g northward. to-night that the offensive mov e for the purpose of preventing the in- 0 as to embarrass the operations of the on begin. Colonel instructions given m their positions and destroyed the MANILA, Oct. 9, 10:25 advance upon San Fr Malabon is continuing Schwan's advance guard Rosarlo this morning, m slight resistance. m.—The co de AR dn e an g Sn P o on Fe o et B T 1 Otis board of officers, co: ener H. Ha! 1 J. A. Pope. Quartermaster . L. Haskell, Twelft tain L. I the boar OPPOSES GROWING | YORK, Oct. 8—Bolt to- out a statement th of a new smy ry, which is to be known as tt rican League by Mr rd M H. William W. Chadwi | mest H. Cr more rice and Wheeler H. water to their the forts, me: ey the st encounter | SCORES THE PRESIDENT and birmed the FOR PHILIPPINE POLICY emy commenced firing. s formed with th NEW YORK, Oct. S.—Robert Treat sweeping the | Payne Jr., Democratic candidate for Gov- s ce the marines | ernor, in an Interview sald: t 1ghly exhausted. “President McKinley has shown his th a three-pound- | hand. Neither Christianity nor morality during the ad- | nor faithful adherence to tne principles anc General S Not In per- | of our constitution, which he has taken command body ar San Nico ing three-quarters of an 1 driven off. In this gement an casualties were four men sunded. Six of the enemy were t the number of wounded !s not o bad condition of the roads made the progress of the artillery slow. VESSELS FOR THE BLOCKADE OF LUZON the oath to observe, seem to be dominant motives extending our soverelgnty over the Philippine islands. In oné part of the archipelago a treaty has been made with the Sultan of the Moros, where po- lygamy flourishes and slavery prevails, and it is agreed to protect thelr institu- tions and bar out Christian missionaries from among his Mohammedan subjects. The boyat the Latin school would call this a declaration contrary to or without re- gard to fact. The thirteenth amendment to the constitution weclares that slavery shall not exist in the United S €8 Or any place subject to thelr jurisdiction. Yet sident McKinley has raised the in star spangled banner as an emblem to the SHINGTON, Oct. S.—Under orders | g am! Ml f;‘:fl"""“"“"" tothe iaxem fssued by the Navy Department the cr er Brooklyn will sall from Hamp Roads on Tuesday for Manila via Suez | ENRICHED BY THE Canal. The Nashville will leave San Juan - ite. The New Orlans will require /s in which to make slight altera- . and she will then proceed to join Rear | Mining Men Possessed of Land Once in Dispute Offered a Vast | Admiral Watson. Reports received | from the auxiliary cruiser Badger «hnw{ Sum to Sell It. that she is in need of considerable repairs, | DENVER, Oct. 8.—A speclal to the be considered advisable to |News fyom El Paso, Tex., says: Georga officers and crew to the ed, and dispatch that Asiatic squadron. Orders raphed to the Boston Navy sedite work on the gunboat 1 she will be placed in com- hout loss of time and sent to 3ancroft, mission a the far east. The gunboat Annapolis is now at the Norfolk navy yard, and her repairs will be pushed. The protected crulser Albany will be completed by Jan- uary 1, and orders will shortly be issued for the preparation of her detail of officers and crew, and they will be sent to Eng- land to take charge of the vessel, pro- ceeding at once to Manila. The gunboat Machias has been ordered to Boston to undergo repalrs, and the Marietta may t to Manila without making the of the mouth of the Orinoco orig- inally ordered It is confidently expected that such a strict blockade of Luzon will be maintained by Rear Admiral vessels of his command have reached their destination that the Filipinos will not be able to renew their supplics of munitions of war and food. The blockade which has been instituted since the reb jon began has been moderately successful. The last mall reports from Manila a nounce the capture of three safling ves- sels varying from twenty-four to seventy- three tons register, designated as the Neustra BSenora de Remedio, Carman Venus and Campana. The selzures wera made by the Princeton off the coast of Batagas, Luzon, and the owners and offi- cers of the ships were charged with illegal practices in eflecting clearances, in fal- sifying log books and engaging in fllicit trade at island ports in possession of the insurgents. The last advices received are Watson when all the | | B. Fitzgerald of this city, a | mining man, to-day received an | an English syndicate of £150,000 for a vast |tract of land owned him and two | brothers within the present boundary lim- | its of Venezuela. They inherited the land | from their father, C. C. Fitzgerald, who | obtained it by purchese from Venezuela | seventeen years ago. The land was in the | territory afterward claimed by Great Britain, and was found to be rich in min- erals. Englishmen were operating gold and iron mines on the land when by the recent decision of the boundary commis- sion it again became Venez | and the title reverted to Fitzgerald and | his two brothers, who served in the Phil- | ippines as officers of the Thirteenth Min- nesota Infantry MANY INJURED AT A " BULLFIGHT IN FRANCE prominent offer from { Animal Leaped the Barrier and | Created a Panic Among the Spectators. PARIS, Oct. 8—The first attempt to | hold a bullfight here proved a flasco. An immense crowd gathered about the bull ‘rlng at Doull, near Enghion. The first | bull brought into_the ring was a splendid | black animal, which leaped the barrier and created a terrible panic among the spectators, injuring a dozen people, some | of them serfously. The bull then escaped into the country, | where he was pursued by matadors and picadors and was finally dispatched. One gendarme was tossed and gored. The | police stopped further proceedings and the ring was occupled by troops until the crowd dispersed. 20000000000C0OQCCQ lan territory, | While qu ers in the and Whi Ref rmed Dutch Church at the capital of the republic. R B B O e e e SR SN0y (- PRESIDENT KRUGER IN THE PULPIT AT PRETORIA. fons of state occupy th attention of Oom Paul during the week, on Sundays he preaches to his follow- This picture is reproduced from a sketch in Black | © * (-2 * O+ 0000000000009 000 400060 +060006040060+0+-0900 S 0+0-00+000 C Oct. 8—The {important; money order for three shillings for pro- not wish to interfere with the internal Africa comes | visions en route. | affairs of the Transvaal or to disturb its where twice on At Woolwich to-day it was asserted that | independence it h: pursued a policy the British camp Wwas | 9% per cent of the reserves would be fully | justifying contrary conclusions. the men stood to their|equipped within six days. In the mean- | The Free State, says Mr. Steyn, cannot arms, g were limbered and patrols | time the members of the two houses of | conceive it p ble that a difference re- were dispatched in the direction of the | Parliament are arranging to return to | garding the franchise or representation border. lities have occurred as | London, and a force of men is busily en- | can justify the extensive and ever-in- yet, but t moved practically | gaged in completing the improvements at | creasing military preparations being to the border, el t miles from Mafeking, in force estimated at least 6000, comprising five commandos. The garrisoning and fortifying of the town are practically compieted. The streets are barricaded and a perfect system of mines has been laid. Two armored trains have arrived at Mafeking, consisting of three bullet- proof cars, e first of which carries a rchlight, while the rest of the cars re loopholed. Each train is complete in itself and carries its own provisions. BEx- periments with lyddite in the mines prove | that it is an extremely powerful explo- Stephenson Smith Ba- ng the Fifth Dra- Robert command goon Guards, has issued a notice that the Boers who are massed on the Natal and Bechuanaland frontiers have orders not | he to fire until the British begin, and that the town is well prepared for eventuali- ties, but as the Boers may shell the place endeavor should be made to safe- ard the women and children. An armored train was inspected at Kim- | berly Saturday. A sign: n has been erected with a conning tower at the top 130 feet above the tracks. Communication | by telephone is had with a central office and signals are given to the troops by flag. By this meens Maneuvers were suc- | ce ully conducted Saturday. The troops number 3000, including the bleycle corps. A train was also successfully tested at | Mafeking. 1t patrolled to the north and practiced firing at targets. | A aispatch from Kimberly to the Cape | Argus says that 3000 Boers are encamped midway between Boshof and Kimberly. They are well armed and great religious fervor is shown in the camp. The Boers, | however, are chaffing under the delay. They patrol the border nightly and have been ordered not to permit a British unl- form to approach the frontier. | *°A special order gas gazetted on Satur- day announcing what British residents would be allowed to remain in the Trans- vaal and under what conditions. s ‘Whatever may be the result of Great Britain’s controversy with the | South African republic, every de- partment of the Government to-day is as busy as though actual hostilities had begun. The electric flash that announced the summoning of Parliament set every wheel of the Government machinery in motion. An hour after the gazette ap- peared executive orders were being dis- patched, from the War Office to every section of the kingdom, and the 10,000 bul- Jetins which appeared posted throughout the country to-day are said to have been jdentical with the proclamation prepared for use had the Fashoda incident re- quired such a step. At the same time Lord Salisbury and Mr. Balfour werc issuing the necessary orders for the reassembling of Parlia- ment and the admiralty was concentrating its transports, twenty-four of which are now at Liverpool alone. So complete were the preparations that 25,000 reserves | have already individually received coupon tickets, which contain instructions where each man shall report for railway trans- \portation to the place designated and a the mobilization of the army reserves and | | Westminster. 'HOSTILITIES ARE EXPECTED THIS WEEK LONDON, Oct. 9.—The Cape Town cor- | | respondent of the Daily Mail declares | | that the story of a Boer ultimatum de- | | manding the withdrawal of the Briti | troops from the frontiers has been- pre- | sented is without foundation, but he says the republics have within the past week | demanded a declaration of the British in- | tentions in threatening terms. Hostilities lin the outlying districts, the correspond- ent says, are expected this week. Mr. Hofmeyer, the Afrikander leader in ape Colony, said on Friday, according | { to a correspondent of the Daily Mall, that | but for him the Boers would have been fig g long ago. The correspondent | further says: “The financial position of | the Free State is becoming acute, and | | pension of specie payments is ex- | pected soon, The Free State’s National | bank credit in Cape Town has been stop- ped. The Orange Raad, in secret ses- | sion, passed a law empowering the Presi- dent to use the revenues of the State and to borrow money to conduct the war. | “The Cape bank refused to honor paper | | from both republics and the Transvaal | coinage has seriously depreclated, silver | not being negotiable even In the Trans- | vaal itseli. The Pretorla mint is work- ing day and night minting the gold stolen from the mail train, but Kruger gold has | been tested since the mint was opened, | and therefore the colnage practically consists of expensive tokens.” STEYN HOPES FOR A PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT BLOEMFONTEIN, O. F. 8., Oct. 8— | The correspondence between President | Steyn and Sir Alfred Milner, British High Commiissioner in South Africa and Gover- {nor of Cape Colony, has heen published. | In a communication dated September 26 President Steyn pointed out that the tone of the British dispatches was altered and that the Imperial Government had de- parted from the original basis of negotia- | tions with the Transvaal. On his advice the Transvaal had agreed to the holding |of an inquiry, and the Free State was | greatly disappointed that its efforts in | favor of a peaceful solution had mnot | availed. The Free State, Mr. Steyn said, was still prepared to tender its services to pro- | cure a solution of the difficulties on fair | ana reasonable lines. It felt hampered, | however, by want of knowledge of the | definite object and the extent of the de- sires or demands of the Imperial Govern- ment, - compliance with which the Gov- ernment considers itself entitled to insist upon, and the grounds upon which such insistence were based, and further by the fact that notwithstanding repeated assur- ances that the Imperial Government does | n:mde upon the borders not only of the Transvaal but also upon those of the Free State, and is therefore reluctantly com- pelled to conclude that they must be in- | tended to secure objects, a knowledge of | which might induce the Free State to make representations to secure their at- tainment. In conclusion President Steyn says he trusts the Imperial Government may see its way clear, pending further negotia- tions, to stop further movements for the increase of troops, and that he would be glad to be favored with the views of the Imperial Government regarding the pre- cise nature and scope of the concessions or measures which it suggests as neces- sary or sufficient to secure satisfaction and permanent solution of the existing differ- ences. On October 1 President Steyn informed Sir Alfred Milner that he deemed it ad- visable, in order to allay the intense ex- citement of the burghers arising from the continued increase and movements of troops, to summon the burghers, and he repeats his offer of aid in securing a friendly settlement. Replying on the same date, Sir Alfred Milner expresses regret at the calling out of the burghers and refers to the mobili- zatlon of the Mransvaal forces on the Natal border as indicating the intention to immediately invade the Queen's do- minion. President Steyn on the same date ex- pressed his conviction that the action of the Transvaal is only the natural result of the continued increase of the British force and the movement in the direction of the Transvaal border. Sir Alfred Mil- ner replied on October 3 that all the move- ments of the troops were necessitated by the natural alarm felt by the inhabitants of the exposed districts and declared that these movements were not comparable in magnitude with the recent massing of armed Transvaal forces on tue borders of Natal. President Steyn, replying on October 3, says he does not consider that there are even fair grounds for the movement of the British troops, and he believes the increasing military preparations retarded the efforts of himself and all those who were sincerely working to maintain peace and effect a fair settlement. He wished to place on record his earnest conviction that on those in authority who introduced the military element and who had since continued a policy of menace and inter- vention will rest the should all efforts fall to secure peace and an honorable settlement. He further says he cannot but recognize the fact that in view of the action of the British authori- ties the Transvaal Government cannot be blamed for acting as it has done, and he is the more confirmed in this view by the fact that while he is still without a reply to his communication of September 27 the reasonable requests contained therein to stay the increase and movement of troops which probably would have prevented the calling out of the burghers in the repub- lics has not only been ignored but the activity in military preparations and the Continued on Second Page. MANIFOLD US ments Marconi | pictures?” ES FOR WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY Among Other Marvelous Achieve- Announces That He Can Send Pictures by | the System “Could wireless telegraphy be applied to the sending of “Certainly. Given time sufficient for the installation of | plants, 1 would guarantee to transmit through the air a picture, perfect in outlines, of the finish between the Shamrock and B e e S SRCES SCAR SCRY S GhCan ShCos SaC SECHe SaCH SECE SaCin S-S S R in SaCEe SaUie o responsibility | EW YORK, Oct. §.—Wireless teleg- raphy is destined to play an im- portant part in every day life of Th is the co the future. | | of expert opinipn as gathered by | the Herald from many leading | electricians, including Thomas A. Edison arconi. Unable to supe by since there can be no gener wire or submarine 1 guar y for dispatches and o] nt limited to short d | telegraphy | of secre | are at pr | the wirel | which t s, and be- to transmit ; when in di; and the shore, sea, especial re tween ship the wire stem a temporary the result of storm, may be of important u substitute. Military and naval authori- tles hold that the new tem will be | important factor in future operations. directing the movements of a ttered squadron, when ordinary signaling is im- | practicable, to communicate between | forces in the field when | these are very obvious uses. | “He succeedea where I failed.” This is | the tribute paid to nor Marconi b | Thomas A. Edison. Edison was inter- viewed to-day at his home in Liewellan | wireless telegraphy. Edison said: “There is certainly a great future ahead of it. What that future may be no one can say. It would seem as if we were thought a long time ago. Marconi h: proved that the electrical waves can be | fumped around the curvature of the earth | and this has heretofore been an in ble obstac! With this there is apparently no end to the dis tances that can be overcome. So far it seems as if about 200 miles was the limit, but yet even this distance may be as nothing in the future.” “Is the system a new one, or s it only an adaptation of old principles?”’ “The idea is not new, and others have been experimenting along the line. I had patents out on this line long before we heard of Marconi. I tried the experiment at Menlo years ago and kept at it for a long time, but I could not get over the | obstacle of the curvature of the earth, and about two miles was the limit that 1 could reach. Telegraphing from mov- ing trains was in line of my invention, but T and all others ran up against ob- stacles that could not be overcome.” “What is your estimate of the practical value of the invention?" “Well, it will prove of great value in a maritime direction, but I cannot say that as at present developed it will be of | much value in land operations. The sys- | tem can be made of great practical use |in sea service by stationing vessels or tugs a certain number of miles apart, but | near enough to each other to come within | the sphere of electrical influence. In this way lines of communication could be es- lished for a thousand miles or more. Islands could be connected in this way, or perhaps groups of such islands brought ipera- | Tt 1s possible that some valuable use might be made of the system on land, and indeed some time ago in maneuvers of the tem worked well. Possibly the use of acroplane Kkites in connection with the system may be found to have a practical alue. All this is vet to be developed.” “Are you working at all on this line?” the inventor was asked. “No,” he replied. *I gave the whole thing up years ago and have dismissed it from my mind. Perhaps one of these day; I may take It up again, but that is a con- tingency too remote to speak of.” Signor Marconi said to-da; “Two years ago one of the most learned | electricians in all England said that be- | yond a distance of half a mile wireless | signals could not be exchanged. At that | time 1 had been successful at a greater | distance, but 1 was then of the opinion | that the limit would be about ten mil | Now we are operating between stations | one hundred and ten miles apart. In the | | very near future I will have ready | 1s kncwn as the deflector. what It has already | been perfected, but for personal reasons I have not yet given it to the public. By means of the deflector ships will be able news or give warnings, wireless teleg phy is likely to prove one of humanity’s | greatest boons. When ordinary tele- graphic communication has been lost as miles apart— | | Park, and he consented to talk about | approaching the limit, but, then, so it was | accomplished, into close communication with each other. | British army and fleet the wireless sys- | ~olumbia.”-—Extract from an interview with Signor Marconi. | to make their way through fog or storm to safety. “In England the I usir hav thouses are already My plan is to signaling It will then be possible to send signaling currents all in one directic f . as is now don e revolved 1ts reach ent to the and the ong a safe signals from guided s asked whether he elediagraph fn- a by the Her- eive pictures v i d, i ald to sen “Oh, some | der. | to be b fullest perfection, but even now it is capable of great practical results."” “Could wi buld guarantee ir a picture per- sh between the ation of plants, 1 to transmit through the fect in outlines of the fin Shamrock and Colum WASHINGTON, Oct stood that the cruiser tleship Te 8—It {s under- ew York and bat- sheed at | periments ha i life-sav | ntic Highlands. y been made b ut the result ha been dee tory, life stations and lighthouses will probably be equipped with the instruments. experiments to be made by the army and navy will be exhaustive. To quote officials, the yacht race reports have show | that the system is practicable for 1 operation at sea. It only re- ns to prove whether it will be sat | factory for naval and military purposes. | If a success it be adopted by the lnav>. and the army in the Philippines will be equipped with instruments. The light- ihuu::s- and life-s services would aiso | | adopt it, and merchantmen will be ad- vised to equip their ships in order that they may communicate with shore in case | of disaster. | Naval experiments will be made under the general direction of Rear Admiral | Farquhar, who will succeed Rear Admiral | Sampson in command of the North Atlan- | tic squadron. Officers now witnessing the operations of the system in_connection with the yacht races will conduct experi- Speaking of the matter to- y Admiral Bradford said: Chere is no question of its prospectve value. I am not yet prepared, however, to say how great that value will be. Offi- cers who are witnessing the present trials | have not submitted their reports. | Colonel James Allen, acting chlef signal | officer of the army, states that the two automobiles recently bought will pe used in the army experiments. Smail balloons and kites will be employed and thelr use v increase the distance over which a sage can be sent. He said: 'he value of wireless telegraphy in- | creases with distance. Thus, if a message | can be sent fifty miles and given a value, for instance, of two, its dispatch over | one hundred miles would make the sys- | tem worth four. Should the system op- erate satisfactorily over one hundred miles communication by wireless tele | raphy could be maintained between Key West and Cuba, between the lands of the Hawallan group and between some | of the islands of the Philippine archi- | pelago. The best results with the system have thus far been obtained over water. No satisfactory results have been secured | over a wooded country. Naturally we are hopeful that the experiments will show that the system can be operated on land. It will then be highly valuable in maintaining communication between | operating columns, between such columns, and their b nd between the b | and their fri In case the | proves succes instruments | necesary appliances will be sent to Ma- | nila.” | Chief Moore of the Weather Bureau is another Government official who is watch- ing the experiments with wirel raphy with much interest. Off | bureau look forward to the po: | of the invention in gathering information | regarding the weather and sending out | forecasts and storm warnings. LAMEDA, Oct. 8.—Chiet of Police Conrade shot and Killed one of three burglars that attempted to | loot A. O. Gott's jewelry store i to-uight. The fatal shooting oc- curred at the corner of Twentieth avenue | and Waller streets, at midnight. | “Officer Hadley found three burglars about 11:45 engaged in robbing the store. | One of the men fired at him, hitting him in the hand. Hadley returned the shot, and a number of officers running up, a general melee followed, in which bullets flew thick and fast. for the burglars, was discovered by them, |and fired upon, one of the shots hitting him in the neck. He pluckily returned | the fire, as it proved, witn telling effect, ikllllng one of the robbers outright, On the body of the man, who appeared to be about 24 years old, were found some trinkets and valuables. After considera- ble search another of the trio was found hiding under a bush on Clinton avenue. CHIEF OF POLICE KILLS A BURGLAR AT ALAMEDA Desperate Melee Between Officers and three Thieves—Conrade and Hadley Were Wounded—One Arrest Made. Chief of Police Conrade, lying in wait | | A complete set of burglars’ tools was | found in his possession. He%s a power- | fully built man and appears a hardened criminal. : The citizens of Alameda are rendering effective aid to the police, in the hope of finding the third man. The town is in | 8reat excitement and armed men are pa- trolling the streets. H. O. Tenney, who rooms above the jewelry store, was the first to notify the police. Explosion on a Launch. JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Oct. 8—The naphtha launch Idlewiid, belonging to Alexander Uedemann, exploded at the mouth of the St. Johns River to-night and catching fire was totally consumed. Uede- mann is supposed to have been drowned. W. White, one of the party, was badly burned about the face and head. Ed Uedemann is also burned, but not seri- ‘ously. '