The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 16, 1899, Page 1

The Tall VOLUME LXXXVI-NO. 138, SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1899. PRICE FIVE CENTS. SIEGE. OF BEiiviE Rl =y TETE - BOFFS GG+ T+ +00 $ ! : % + i + + 5 1 L4 * ® 2 ? * 2 * * 1 ¢ 5 <€ * ® £ ¥ - : * $ Capture of lieved to Be the Main Object of the Invading Army From the Transvaal. Shots Are Exchanged Between Pa- trols and Burghers Near T.ady- smith, but an Attack on the Town Has Not Been Attempted. Special Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Oopyrighted, 1899, by James Gordon Bennett. ONDON, L Oct. es the following | | | | | quiet along the on the our lines, but | near the passes, Boers are ot g thot thin the Natal border. ( eather and moonlight ights a forward | ent on part, or at | ¢, some thus far of an interchange “The only shooting Is on River. that a number are with the the south ate Bo on of Bothnas Pass. situation. It is a nd our men and re thoroughly fit. B seen occasion were twelve miles 's Cape Town aphing Sun- besieged and the No e obtainable. cut the rail- ed the “Kimberley Boers are mas n force. details, howev g [.!M' I:Hr’['\' I at Belmont, have s e R - 15.—The | constructed fortified earthworks. ly Telegraph this morn- | There | capture of Cecil Rhodes. | berley is now isolated, both rail- | | L : g “he | day says: |can only be conjectured. —““; “A force under Commandant Viljoen occupation of Newcastle by the | from Spitzkap occupled Newcastle Satur- | - J | day afternoon and, it is reported, planted | Boers was prepared for and ex-| their fag over the town hall. It is ru- iz b | mored that the Boers have captured a po- | pected, the place having "ee“i ice patrol of six men at De Jagers Drift, {5 2 B on the Buffalo River.” abandoned by the British. | Lord Salisbury has issued a summons T S ;s | for a Cabinet meeting to-morrow. The Very heavy ra.ms and snows Government has secured the steamer are reported, which hamper the | Arawa, which was to have sailed from 5 | Avenmouth to-morrow for Montreal with Boer movements, and they are |10 passenge The Australian Govern- ment has secured the White Star line Camp is in a splen- | Boer | naissance seems sufficient to ‘ z e % been cut at Belmont. deter them for the present. A atch filed at Dundee, N: 28 = | tal, Sunday afternoon, reports that Com- The peaks of the Drakensberg | mandant Viljoen’s force had left New- > castle for Dannhauser, where the Trans- I\")*”.‘\YC are CO\-CI.Cd ;”Ul tht‘ flag has been hoisted over the lUV\'lX‘r | storms which have occurred |hall L yyfontein Railway station and |had been BEGUN Cecil Rhodes Be- net. These rumors, however, are without foundation. Sir Alfred Milner has wired to Mr. Chamberlain the text of an inflammatory circular, which Field Cornet Viljoen circulated in Johannesburg some weeks ago with a view of incensing the Afri- kanders on both sides of the Orange River against England. LONDON, Oect. 16.—The Dally Mail's Glencoe correspondent under date of Sun- are strong defending forces at Modder River and the | Orange River. “The object of these energetic operations is believed to be the Kim- way and telegraphic communica- tion being cut.” The state of affairs at Mafeking finding that they began too late | to easily obtain the initial suc- cesses courntéd tpon.” They evi-| dently find the advance upon La- | dysmith difficult, either from the | north or west, as General Si George Stewart White’s recon- | steamer Medic, vey the Aust: Africn: » The Prince and Princess of Wales have each subscribed £200 to the Mansion House fund for the relief of South African refugees. The Cape Town corre: rning Leader tel, now at Melbourne, to con- ralian contingent to South ndent of the aphing Sunday reported that fighting began at | must have caused the Boers great which probably ex-| | | INVESTMENT OF LADYSMITH NOT YET ATTEMPTED , Oct. 717-:1‘m» following offi- ent has been published: eneral officer commanding at discomfort, heir failure to attack Gen- Masterly inactivity the operations of plains t eral W characterizes both sides. hite. 5 5 . . Ladysmith issued forth on Friday morn- Persistent rumors are in Circu- | ing with a strong fiying column and oc- : Ly s :o |cupied a position covering Ladysmith. lation that the Schreiner Minis-| F2'0 2 P08 o™ 1 e “enemy, . who showed no disposition to advance. They | are reported to be inside the Berg at the foot of Tintwa Pass in fo; with a sec- ond command at Olivers * Hoek. The troops have returned to quarte it is reported from Glencoe that a large mmando, believed to be Free State ers, under Commandant Viljoen, 15 at try to Cape Colony has been dismissed and that Rose ]m“‘“i asked to form a Cabi-| D R R e ) - the foot of Bothas Pass, one and one- @ | half miles on the Natal side of the bor- 4 | der. The Transvaal flag_has been hoisted at Charlestown and Commandant Viljoen has sent a message to Newcastle saying the Boers would hoist the Transvaal flag there on Saturday, but that the people need not be afraid, as everything the take will be paid for. They want r the cattle. Many people are weastle, including women and children. A train of wagons, flve or six miles In length, was seen descending Molls Neck toward Doornkorp, north of Woolsdrift, OTTOSHOOP BOERS CAPTURE NEWCASTLE AND KAFFIRS JOIN THEM NEW YORK, Oct. 15—A Journal cable from Dundee, Natal, says: I came here from Newcastle on Friday night, leaving that town, from which most of the inhub- ftants had already fled. Early in the morning two Kaffir scouts came in and reported seeing a large body of Boers at Spiskop making into Natal. Later it was ascertained that the enemy was only a strong reconnoitering party. But the In- formation caused much anxiety among the inhabitants remaining, and Inspector Pelley and Railway Superintendent Little- john telegraphed to headquarters. They recetved orders to evacuate. The post- office and rallway station were closed quickly, while the inhabitants assembled and boarded trains. Crowds of natives begged to be taken along. Many were accommodated. Just as the train was about to leave the Kaffir scouts reported the Boers behind Signal Hill, four miles away. Three white men and their families decided to remain in Newcastle. These were Magistrate Jackson, Police Superintendent McDonald and Station Master Sims, all of whom are on_friendly terms with the Dutch. Sims telegraphed me after the train left that the Boers, numbering 300, had en- tered the town and Informed the pecpie that all would be well treated and that there was nothing to fear. While this force was occupying New- castle a line of wagons several miles long = was observed to the eastward, passi; along the Transvaal side of Buffals River. It camped last night at a farm near Buffalo oridge, fifteen miles . f; Newecastle. s _ Poeoedebeieds wvater supply at Roolgrond. B SCEY SO 04@-0-0—04—0—0—0—0—0-0—0—0—0—0-0—0-0-0-0-@0—'. MAP OF THE VICINITY OF MAFEKING. This shows how Colonel Baden-Powell's forces have been cut off by the Boers, who have seized the rallroad both north and south of them, as well as the Newcastle to-day, Five thousand Kaffirs in charge of two Europeans, marching from Johannesburg. arrived at' Newcastle yesterday morning and stopped outside the town. The Boers and inhabitants sent them food and sup- plies, and after a short rest the huge procession resumed its march, passing outside the town, 5 The main body of Boers, 15,000 men, left o o o SOSE SeCR SCE S St o SRR SRCER S ST NN DN S W ¥ marching south alon, inten gb Pproceed ti‘: the raillway line, ding P D R S S S D S S S D S S S U R By o e o o o o o T o o o e YIEW OF L ae o o o NEWCASTLE, UPPER N * B oot e ATAL. e e o o e o e This place has been occupied by the Boers. To the north of the town is Signal Hill, which was useu as a heliograph station during the war of 1830-81 and to which the news of the Cefeat of the British at Majuba Hill was flashed from Prospect Hill; near the scene. G+O40404 040404 0404040404040 +OHPH OO T O HOH O O+ V4O POPOPHOIOPOHO$O4 O+ 040440440 b + ¢ NO BRIZISH KILIL.ED W HEN THE $ © + P + ARMORED TRAIN WAS WRECKED ¢ > 3 + + Special Cable to The Call and New York Herald. Copyrighted, 1899, by James Gordon Bennett. @ & + + ONDON, Oct. 15.—The Daily News correspondent at Cape Town has interviewed Flowerday, driver of the armored ® train which was wrecked by the Boers at Krapan. The Boers opened fire from a sluit (ravine) close by th~ rail- 4 + road. The party on board the train, numbering fifteen men, took shelter in the armored carriage. A heavy rifle @ @ fire was kept up all night. = ‘When morning broke the Boers brought up artillery. The defenders hung out flags of truce. These were disre- @ garded by the enemy, who continued firing for a quarter of an hour. Then, however, they ceased and galloped up on : horseback. - 4 Several of the little British party were wounded. Flowerday believes that none were killed. 'z The Boers afterward directed an artllley fire on the engine, firing seven shells. 4 “When the pilot engine was derailed,” sald Flowerday, “we spent a half hour trying to get it back on the track. ¥ Then the Boers commenced firing ana todsirorosod 3 B4040404040 4 O 4404040404, Dannhauser, which is only ten miles north of Glencoe and fifteen miles from Dundee. Other commands ving down both sides of the threaten- ing to Inclose Dundee dysmith. Apparently the Boer for ing in three columns. Viljoen commands the center and has the artillery. Colonel Schie him. and hold T South African republic is_ over the Newcastle town hail. An att Dundee on Monday or Tuesday is expected. The Boers will have no difficulty in capturing it, and we will retreat to Ladysmith, where the British will make thel and. S p. m.—Three men, who rode all night from Ingogo, have just arrived. They say that 16,000 Boers, with twelve guns, ar- rived Ingogo, north of Newcastle, on “riday noon, looted the stores and passed outhward. This force evidently is the same that occupied Newcastle. A Kaffir scout reports that the Boer army has reached Ingagane, less than ten miles south of Newcastle and about twenty-five miles north of Dundee. The advancing column probably has reached Dannhauser, fifteen miles north of Dun- dee, to-night. The Boers are compelling Rand refugees to help haul their cannon. — BOERS MAY NOT HAVE TRIED TO TAKE MAFEKING CAPE TOWN, Oct. 14 (delayed in trans- mission).—Five hundred Boer troops oc- cupy Border Siding, northward of Four- teen Streams, with cannon, where they are, waiting to destroy the iine or attack Fourteen Streams. The railway telegraph officlals have abandoned Maribogo. The nearest Brit- ish point of communication, therefore, to Mafeking, Is understood to be at Setlago- 11, sixty miles away. {While it is the general belief that the Boers are attacking Mafeking, there is still no confirmation of the reports. If the Boers had met with any success it would surely have been announced, as the only telegraphic communication is in the hanas of the burghers. The absence of news, therefore, is regarded as a good sign. CENSORED NEWS TELLS OF RETREAT OF THE BOERS DURBAN, Oct. 15.—Owing to the rigor- ous censorship maintained news from the front is greatly delayed, and reaches here in disjointed dispatches. It 1s learned from an authentic source that a large number of troops, including cavalry, artillery and infantry, left Lady- smith early on Friday morning with wag- ons, going In the direction of Acton Homes, where the Boers are reported to ncamped. D Fustleers arrived from Glen- coe by train at 11 o'clock. and proceeded in the same direction. There has been no engagement, the Boers retreating. The Priieh troops remain at a point ten miles from Ladysmith, with the exception of the Dublin Fusileers, who returned to Glencoe, General Sir Willlam Symons ‘'wired_that an attack was ex- pected there Saturday morning. The Boers possess Brakwal station, twenty-five miles west of Ladysmith, and detachments have also been seen by car- bineers at Besters, two stations nearer. The carbineers retired, and the Boers re- treated in the direction of Brakwal. AMERICA’S ACT DEPLORED. NEW YORK, Oct. 15—A Sun cable from London says: A dispatch to the A _strong force was left to occupy Newcastle, and the flag of the havin, are march- | formerly of the German army and | with a German contingent, accompanies | is now floating | several men were wounded. The firing was képt up all night, but without effect. The Boers were careful to concentrate their fire upon the engine so as to save the armored carriage and ammunition -(: trucks. At dawn they commenced to bombard the cars. I escaped by crawling a mile and a half on my belly in the 4 sand. When both engines were destroyed Captain Nesbitt exhibited flags of truce, but the Boers continued their firing : for another quarter of an hour. > “There is no doubt that all the others on the train are prisoners and that the carriage and ammunition intact < fell into the hands of the Boers.” & . + B e R S R TP TS T S 4 Times from Odessa says that official cir- cles throughout South Russian view with great disappointment and regret the ac- ceptance by the United States of the care of British Interests in the South African Republic. It is held that the action of the United States indicates moral sup- port of Great Britain. Kruger’s bodyguard accompanied Mr. Greene to the border of the Free State, and he received the same treatment from the Free State. The news of fighting at Modder River is not confirmed. The station master at Modder River telegraphs that Boers from the north and south have taken Canger- shat, which they are fortifying. MULES FOR SOUTH AFRICA. BONHAM, Tex., Oct. 15.—Ed Stager of this city, an extensive dealer in mules and horses, has just filled a contract with the . GERMAN NEUTRALITY. | CAPE TOWN, Oct. 14 (delayed in trans- mission). — The German Consul-General has issued a proclamation of neutrality, commanding all Germans to hold aloof ; British Government for 1500 mules for from hostilities. service in South Africa. NO BATTLE FOUGHT. NATAL SUBJECTS JOIN BOERS. CAPE TOWN, Oct. 15.—The rumor that |a heavy engagement had occurred at Spytsfontein is without foundation. The ailway officials have received a dis- atch announcing that the railway line | was torn up for two miles beyond the Modder River, but no mention was made of fighting having occurred. MARCHAND WOULD FIGHT. PARIS, Oct. 15.—Major Marchand, who commanded the French expedition into the Soudan, it is stated, wished to go and fight for the Boers as revenge for being obliged to withdraw from Fashoda, but the Government refused him permission to join the Boer forces. - DURBAN 'wo extraordinary gazettes have been issued. The first pro- claims martial law in Newecastle, Dundee, Klip River Unsiga and Upper Tugila di- visions. Natal subjects have joined the invading Boers and assisted the enemy. The other gazette reminds British subjects of their obligations to the Queen and warns them to abstain from intercourse and trade with the Transvaal and Orange Free State. e JOUBERT AT LAINGS NECK. DURBAN, Oct. 15 (evening).—The Boers who have occupied Newcastle con- sist of Transvaalers, Free Staters and 400 Hollanders. General Joubert is believed to be at Laings Neck, which he is fortifying. - + BOERS MARCHING SOUTH. GLENCOE CAMP, Oct. 15 (night).— Boer commands have passed Ingagane, marching south. . WELL TREATED BY BOERS. CAPE TOWN, Oct. 15.—Conyngham Greene, British agent at Pretoria, re- cefved every civility on his journey from the Transvaal capital. Six of President The reason given is a belief that | BOERS FAIL 10 ANBSH L TRAIN {Derail the Locomotive, but | It Is Righted and Gets Away. Special Dispatch to The Call. VRYBURG, Cape Colony, Oct. 15.—A hospital train that started for Maribogo | has just returned after an adventurous | journey. It had reached a curve on a cul- vert 700 yards south of Maribogo and had st sla ned speed when it was ob- served that the rails ahead had been up- turned. The brakes were applied but the engine passed onto one rail partly raised and was derailed. The occupants imme- ghted the engine. At the same observed that a party of | Boers we: lloping into _line east of the railway, vell on the Cape Colony side of the 1 Some of the persons on the train_d > that they saw a cannon pointed at the train. The intention of the Boers v The_train s apparently hosti T back to V i engine flying a w at_full speed, the ag with a red cross. | Picks and shovels were seen lying about, | and the Boers had apparently been dis- turbed while removing the rails. It is learned that previous to the start- ing of the train Maribogo telenhoned Vry- burg asking that a train be sent up, as all was quite safe. The operator at Vryburg recognized the voice as that of a Euro- pean store clerk. In view of the subse- | quent report that the Boers were remov- ing the ra it is beli d the Boers com- pelled the clerk to speak through the tel- ephone, | The nearest Boer command to Vryburg |is” laagered north of Schweizerrenek, | twenty miles distant and two miles in- side the Transvaal. The command sent | ge to the Vryburg railway station the delivery of three wagonloads agonloads of sugar, re- refused, ' the | Boers would send 600 men to take them. | This morning all the goods at the station were made up in two special trucks. | of mes Lieutenant Mason Dead. WASHINGTON, Oct. 15.—Word has been received here of the death at Sugurties | Depot. N. Y., of Lieutenant Commander | T. M. B. Mason, U, S. N., retired. Com- mander Mason was ‘a native of New York and wa of age. He was instru- mental in developing the office of naval intelligence, which proved of great value to the Government during the Spanish- | American war. AN UPRIDING from reliabie sources that an outbreak to close at 8:30 P. M., were shut at sunset. uncasiness was apparent. commanding the native quarters. loyal. VIGOROUS MEASURES PREVENT IN MANILA ANILA, Oct. 15.—The authoritics were informed yesterday in the poorer districts of Manila had been carcfully planned for daylight on Sunday. It failed to occur, probably on account of the vigorous measures enforced. Many natives of the Tonds district left, taking their valuables. All the smalier shops, which the guards usually force A general fecling of The guards of the city were doubled and a strong force sta- tioned at the slaughter-house, the center of the unruly section. Two guns of the Sixth Artillery were stationed near by at a point The commanders of the rescrve troops were ordered to be prepared for a call at daylight. Three native policemen have been arrested on a charge of plotting an uprising. The fact that their comrades informed the authoritics of their treachery indicates that the police force is