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

The I 10 be taken fre the Library, s+, , | . . 1 + + <+ -+ + + " N - . + R e e ) B B T e e e e o S S = L o 2 i e e T S S T T I o o o 2 R R R R R SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1899. PRICE FIVE CENTS. e 0@«@4—@—0—0”*—@%0—&0—@—0—0—0@—0—0—0—%. B I s e ST AMERICANS ALL HEADQUARTERS, INGTON HOTEL. WASHING- TON, Oct. 16.—It is reported here cretly prepared to the Transvaal. the scheme is said to be a retired army officer, and back of the profect are said to be several men of military experience, mining experts and whose purpose is to form a com- pany and ultimately secure control of a portion of the gold fields of the South | African republic. The plan, so far as can be definitely ascertained, is to or- ganize a mining and colonization com- pany, with the ostensible purpose of go- B T S RY PERCHES bed THE SPEEDY COLUMBIA Actual Race of the Present Series for the America’s the Defender OQutsails the Shamrock From Start adway before she swung around to the k. The next moment the Colum- head sails were shivering and d o the same tack she went. Back old tack went the Shamrock and as fate the Columbia followed in the next ten minutes the Sham- half a dozen times, but she o more shake off the Columbia e could her shadow. Every time about the Columbia came about and finally convinced that there was to be gained by that sort of work, ‘e up jockeying and bent all her en- ergy to overcoming that big lead which the Columbla had gained. But plain sail- ing helped the Shamrock no more than did the jockeying which she had vainly at- A R R R R R g ht » se as the just ] \ting in t.e | tempted. o = the slippery | OPinion as to the merits of these two effort at | boats had been much divided by their per- Y Ha. | formances during the indecisive tests of ne | g e effort to out. | }ast week and the week before. Some were ot the opinion that the Shamrock would | show better when reaching against a brisk wind than the Herreshoff boat. Others held a differe: view, and these are now con- vinced that the Shamrock is no match for the Columbia when going against the wind. In the language of a devotes who They » thing was patent to zh he : g o e eapiain | went down to the races on board the = 0T e Shamrock 10 | Grand Duchesse, the Yankee cutter “made 5 LR a show of the Shamrock.” Thit yacht was upon her heel just one-| 4imost lost in the haze astern when the : g the line, the Co-| uxcursion fleet took up its position off the ) itely followed suit, still| pyter mark and waited the outcome of berth. Eight minutes | that beat against the wind. The question 5 rock came about 2, the | was not then which boat would round it ¢ ing the Shamrock, which | s ¢ W he board tac Her | sails had no more than given herl Continued on Second Page. HoEcEOBOBOR amrock W "= RECORD OF CUP RACES UP TO DATE. mark W ypsa The following is a record of the races for the America’s Cup, giving the dates of the contests, the contesting yachts and the had ) the quit on even or very corrected time of each of the winners: “?“ el deali : Time. etipyesint And e e her | Aug. 27, 1851, America won from Aurora in.-.......20:00 . e ¢ L Aul. 8, 1870, Magic won from Cambria in .. .. < 30:12 ) vensithesofier, bention Oct. 16, 1871, Columbia won from Livonia in 25:28 or_admiring the st ot tne e Oct. 18, 1871, Columbia won ifrom Livonia'in.......10:33 . Nor was there Oct. 19, 1871, Livonia won from Columbia in.......I5:10 T boat Oct. 21, 1871, Sappho won from Livonia in.. 30:21 1 the | Oct. 23, 1871, Sappho won from Livonia in........ .25:2! Aug. 11, 1876, Madeline won from C'ntess of Duff. Aug. 12, 1876, Madeline won from C’ntess of Duff. Nov. 9, 1881, Mischief won from Atalanta in. Nov. 10, 1881, Mischief won from Atalanta in. . Sept. 14, 1885, Puritan won from Genesta in .- Sept. 16, 1885, Puritan won from Genesta in. . Sept. 7, 1886, Mayflower won from Galatea in. . in.10:59 in.27:14 28:20 ..38:54 .16:19 1:38 1-4 o realze | f fooling it rimm.ng 1202 1 to € ~er R rasrar I3 . bl %e,)l. 11, 1886, N»Ya,\ flower won from Galatea in.......29:09 her Hug s cionny Sept. 27, 1887, Volunteer won from Thistle in........ 19:23 3-4 oint and to out-| Sept. 30, 1887, Volunteer won from Thistle in. . Oct. 7, 1893, Vigilant won from Valkyrie in... Oct. 10, 1893, Vigilant won from Valkyrie in...... Oct. 13, 1893, Vigilant won from Valkyrie in........ Sept. 7, 1895, Defender won from Valkyrie III in. 3 so thick | Oct. 16, 1899, Columbia won from Shamrock in rn the yachts. | BOBOEOMOMY .11:48 3-4 . 548 .10:35 140 . 8:49 .10:08 el et et (el et Bed fe3 Bt fet fed fel Tl ST FST TR PR , with its fog and | s the weather at ere almos. nid- but cers, . ® + @ + ¢ * ® . 2 + ¢ . ® * ® s ¢ 1 ® % ® * pS ! bt ToWw™ HALL AND PUBLIC SQUARE FIMBERLY. PovaiLASS \ae\.o FELDS HOPETOW o5 MILES. Scene of WEL- | ing to South Africa, claims and and affording them protection, to-night that plans are being se- | from the British or Boers. in Washington | to send & large private expedition | The chief promoter of | cowboys, miners and daring adve | | capitalists, | nization and mining project. W OPERATIONS OF noon, announcing that the Boer comma dos, which invaded Na neighborhood southern patrol, the dispatch says, go to the fro tler bridg shots at intervals as signals. It is believed the enemy intends shortly to try to rus the rallway &tation, with the help of ar- | ham Greene on his arrival from Pretoria, | CAPE TOWN, Oct. 16.—The Or. tillery posted on a ridge commanding the | but failed. The volunteers are 7000 strong | State troops have cut the telegr town.; and have eleven pieces of artillery. and destroyed the railros been tacking Vryburg. the Orange River stating ARE PLANNING AN EXPEDITION TO THE TRANSVAAL housand natives who were rom the Ra to drive their ng: X utions are be of Pieterm taking up some, graph wires working In the gold fields aK whether | the Boers presence of a large gat farmers at Vryburg celebrating burg and The scheme contemplates that the main body of recruits will be composed of | maal to attack the tow b the remote cont r that the enemy hardened frontiersmen, Indian fighte ers will assist them agal the B may elude the vigilance of the British at ure: The same dispatch says that the Britis th and Glencoe car not unlike the Rough Riders of the Span- | fc at Kimberley Is confident of ch from the latt ays ish war. Although they are to be|ak to hold ot fal down of Natal equipped for fighting the company ex- liet force. Thi not inte the pects to evade the neutrality laws by the | g of the Dutch s for the imperial tra: at fact that it is to be organized as a colo- Durban, as is imagined by the Boers, important large quantities of coal being already on resentatives of the company are In the | Tpe p; srrespondent at Coles- | the way there from India. Regular ship- West quietly working up the m burg has en inqu the | ments will arrive from India until the rangements are being made in matter on the | Natal mines open again. to provide a s! aga ng. He bases| The Cape Town correspondent of the is stated that the plans are so far com | on the prospect of good erops | Times says he learns on the highest au- pleted as to enable the expedition to st aft four Je: vears, which he believes thority that there is no truth in the upon comparatively short notice predispose the far! peace. Nev- | statement - being circulated—doubtless the situation in the Transvaal istrust and | with seditious motives—that the imperial reached that stage when it would | Government has decided to place small deemed wisest to have the expedition | bodies of troops in the cour embark. Martial law, he says, has been proclaimed at Mafeking, Vryburg, Taungs, Herb and Barkley West. Dispatches from Dundee say ths cording to the report of refugees the Boer Invaders of Natal are estimated at 16,- correspondent asserts ed to death with bit- called the THE INVADING BOERS what s B betrayal of Mafeking [000. All the non-combatants and women s LONDON, hc:‘.“l?z—(DTpm'flhes ::-\;wlmn::t: d a force of ;m(l rhq';]r. n have been sent from D ‘ape are very meager 3 3 dee. he news that the Boers hac include an important message from Glen- | Yolunteer artl EE el e e oL coe Camp, dated 3:35 this (Monday) afte: S ap they would risk an engagement in Vryburg, and the Merriem and Souer, ut it is-now colonial scertained that tt Neck and, after occupying Newca treasurer and comm ier of public | 4 :‘;]Tlf;n;rdr]v:‘i:r‘w rh“_n I‘_l)\(-:r» was only vanced to Pannhauser, retired on Ingag- and the Ministera are mobbad| & SR SdysnCe body of Commaudant ene yesterday evening, their transport s whenever they appear in public. Mr. \'an(r“ nr‘ tHe ;anqu «“fl\‘m ‘n‘mnv The ad- vice being reported defective. This will | Hoffmeyer, the 2 ander leader, has : 5 accompanied by some looting of stores at Newcastle and > to the co delay indefinitely the anticipated and : : hoped tor assault on the 'g British | outburst of indignation. On Sunday night | [EAEENE. g o Gl e o wrore iTied with angry cltizens, | Ihe refugees assert that Commandant position at Glencoe. s 1 Viljoen's command cont a surprising and it was feared that rioting would oc- Another dispatch reports activity on the ommando in the valnorth on the The Boers' advance | number of Hollanders, lishmen. Germans and Eng cur. This, combined with the pressure of the imperial Government, brought the | Schreiner government to a sense of its peril as well as of its duty and moved nightly to keep watch, firing | it to decide to call out the volunteers, The Ministerial party also worked its r | hardest to prevent the ovation to Conyng- of frontier. GERMAN GUNNERS AMONG THE BOERS There are rumors that the Boers have T repulsed at Mafeking and are at-| columns dawn on. the 12th through | Pothas Pass, Laings Neck and from Wak- | room, the objective point of the in- vaders being Newcastle. The Boers util- Natal invasion was made in three | at vals Point, State A di; just a ruthern b A Cape Town paper has a dispatch from that the tele- BLOEMFONTEIN. CAPITAL OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE NORVALDS POINT \RAILROAD BRIDGE. he South African » War. : -