The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 13, 1899, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13. 1899, : 3 0GOGOOO‘AOVO027000000000000000000000000000000000000000000009000—000OOOOOOOOOOO0OOGOOOOO00OO00000000000600000000000000000000000000 to-day it is evident | place the situation is so serious that all o will be in full | non-combatants have been notified that | g from present ap- they will be taken away at the expense he Boers are preparing 1 at five sepa- | Department up to the close of office hours | partment inquiring as to-day, nor had the department been in- | pursued in the m formed that war had actually been de- | American citizen clared. Tt Is understood that Consul Ma- | tnat this fnquiry was prompied Lo o crum, stationed at Pretoria, is Well| gire to furnish the Boer Government with equipped with instructions relative to the | g list of Americans 15 the Tean course he shall pursue, both in the mat- - z ter providing protection for Americans | Acting Secretary Adee in repl and in looking after British interests, and | him that Americans should be regis| that he will take action immediately upon | I the consulate, and the fact of su recelpt of a direction to make proper rep- | IStration ought to prevent their ge resentation to the Kruger government |involved in any trouble, provided, of relative to the assumption by this Govern- | course, that, following the exampl ment of the protection of British inter- | thelr Government, they remained ests. Mr. Macrum cabled the State De- | Deutral. E : O Ty Y€ ! ARMORED TRAIN s NS /0 L G\ T REPORTED DESTROYED = Wik EL/ B S 4l Big Loss of Life Will' Result, and the News Is Unofficially Con- firmed. to the method to be tter of certificatlon of and 1t of the imperial Governme d housed Cape Town. A railroad t carrying 0 women and children was escorted by a detachment of Colonel Bad force as far south as Vrybu becomes responsible for the o ) o ° ) 2 o [ © o 5 ) o o ) 5 ° o L ) o ) 20000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000.0000000C000000000000000000000000000000C0000000000000000000000000 59-0-00-0-0-0-0-9-6-0.0.9.6-¢- ¢ 0604 ® 300000600 —-—0-0—-5— + JOHANNESBURG, Oct. 12.—War was declared ,4@-04&—&®+0&Q PN b0 ee0-00 -0 0’¢¢¢+¢¢+¢¢¢¢¢+¢+¢4¢¢4¢¢¢»¢¢»¢¢¢v¢¢: yesterdoy. The fOY‘fl)Gl dechrution occurred at| e : umll;llg?;r‘\lgx. Oct. 12.—Following is the text of the British reply to the Boer L i0 o’clock this n)orning. . .; o b‘-m;x:)mlieérglg.in to Milner, High Commissioner, sent 10:45 p. m., + ctober 3 b VRYBURG, Cape Colony, Oct. 12.—A body of|+ 34 “Her Majesty’s Government has received with great regret the + Boers have cut the border fence, advanced tof} peremptory demands of the South African republic, conveyed in + ey d cut the tel h 5 T ps your telegram of October 9. You will inform the Government of the + the railway an elegrapn wires. lwoj? : South African republic in reply that the conditions demanded by the + - Boers are now occu ing the railroad! « Government of the South African republic are such as her Maj D ]LbOUSGDd py g * + Government deems it impossible to discuss.” sitealail : ine. & + . B R R R R e ik 2b T R SRS SR SR U 4 @ . L 4 4 ® * -Powell's | al tch from Durban, g at $ o'clock, an- Albertina er General General Str r George Ste Hunter a e e e e o e o CE = . vices from | n has been | the streets | vices the Boers before deltvering man nd the | o that CARE, TONWNN @ct. 113 A dispatch from Vryburg says an armored train has been de— stroyed: It is feared that mueh loss of life will result. The news has been unofficially confirmed. r Field Cornet Bringing in a Commando. The first shot of war, it isnow BADEN-POWELL'S FORCE ' Griom x Hteion Mas ton vt sun oy sladmitted, has been fired. Before T D NS R o e e e s s Slap s s I i e e ahun |y der conation wion the Frestens| 10 c@MeE from a Boer patrol, who R SRS SRR SECED SROR S S S S g sreb e b e . > t's Instructions. The order to the re- Department to ey LONDON, Oct taining coffee and sugar. The tele- | serves was ti cut at Maribogo, | g0 to the C be afeking. | dred reserve: L ks o ?y::l‘h);]isfty':\!ll::flf}(:':‘x:dfl fr)r“:ardedcm ‘\\' % . . BIG ADVANCE IN |WOMEN AND CHILDREN |mmimest Xt i fired on the mail train from Na- ATLANTIC FREIGHT RATES SENT FROM MAFEKING e mriiomae mesnes s e e | t21. - The seizure of a mail train im to te er the ediation of the L = & Staes 1o wertie e aitncatties ek | 111 the Free State at Harrismith jovernment of Great Britain and svaal. He has received other same subject, some of them ls al common cause with YORK, Oct. to| CAPE TOWN, Oct. 12.—At 6;10 Wednes- - 3 rriages containing d but not a single | ve shillings a | white n except sick ministers. were e is due to the fact that from Mafeking. The prepara- >vernment has chartered rse of Mafeking are ex- x: d by at Mafe- of money by the wrongs alleged to e been suffered my the Outlanders, and ¥ by American citizens in the Trans- others wishing him to ass eged aggression. It ident does not think 1 tion In any of these direc- g sides with either party to ot to be thought of. As to v that the; ve been ti imatum crea ready to le: g .- MAKES COMMON CAUSE WITH THE TRANSVAAL | > | across th s ar o ] the President has received no inti- | mation from either of the countries that the STRICT NEUTRALIT [ mediation o the U-ited States would be ae. cepted, and in the absence of such intimation OF THE UNITED STATES | from both parties there is nothing in the rules roational usage to justit~ an offer of stances. It is Oct. ~ 12.—AIthough | ynown that the President sincerely hapes and on of the| gesires that ilities may be avolded, but if, . s id Great Britain in her | unfortuna hey ..ould come to pass, the view of the Government will be directed—as si on. ymour has ist President Kruger's forces in op- | they mre at present—to seeing that neither our 1 order for all the reserve men | posing the British, President McKinley 1 interests nor those ff our citizens bout Halifax to be prepared to | has decided to m ict neutrality | affer unnecessary injury shoulder guns and go to the Cape if neces- | fn the South African war. The official| Formal application that the United jay the whole reserve force of this as the attitude of | States protect British interests in the nd it Is expected | here was notified of the War Depart- ' ates was made by the State | Transvaal had not been made to the State 23 STV NON-COMBATANTS | MUST LEAVE MAFEKING fons against the Boers, and again | effort of thi the Free St commandeer: mport more goods, te traders have been jas6rncnescecaca0000EceUOONCEEE0PO0RC0e0E TRI0 D ¢ Overcoat weather. aooEsmcoODesDOATec Now is time to stop thinking about get- ting your fall overcoat and buy one. We meet you with a fine line of coverts, kerseys, cheviots, oxfords, meltons and vicunas from $12 5o to $25. We have made every one of the over- coats ourselves and fully guarantee them— they are “Yeargood” overcoats. That means that they are kept in repair free for one year. But we always return a man’s money on a “Yeargood” overcoat if he wants it. If you are interested in Prince Alberts, we wish you would see our line of imported vicunas, all silk-lined and sewed—they will meet your fancy. Boys’ Middy Suits, 1 In blue and mixtures, some with large sailor collars, others with the short collars and silk-faced lapels; ages 3 to 10 years; an excellent value for S2.75 a suit. S.N.WOOD & CO (5" 718 MARRKET ST sy, Out-of-town orders filled—write us. Colonel Baden-Powell’s Movement From Mafeking. View of Mafeking and the country east to the Transvaal border, some nine or ten miles distant, across which, near Ottoshoop and Roaeigrond, Boers to the number of 3500 are sald to be in “laager” prepar- £ = ing for a raid. The troops in the foreground are Colonel Baden-Powell's forces, which left Mafeking yesterday for a more favorable position nearer the frontier. The road they are on is the same by which = the Jameson raiders left Mafeking for Johannisburg in 8%, The border line runs to the southeast, between the last two hills shown on the right, ‘ - A -