The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 21, 1899, Page 2

(& THE SAN ¥RANCISCO CALL SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1899 D i RLIAMEN IN AN UPROAR OVER WAR APPROPRIATION Irish Members Fight the Bill and Redmond Is Finally Forced fo Leave the 20.—In the Hous of the First Lord of the )vernment leader, Arthu J Ifc moved an address of thanks t jesty for the royal message call- i the militia. John Dillon, Nation- t Mayo, moved an 1r bodiment of was rejected fon regarding of Delagoa Mr. Balfour beén made Under Secre- had responded to stem, If it 1 us to sen depriving cannot be h an expe- hinery i abroad. ps now going out, M ham said it numbered 24- ( s, all trair ure men, : . 261 wag- < d 14,000 P } v to call a r er to bri T ) r full war sovernment therefore had that position, the s the Columbia d m of the with a storm of rd vans of the United ¢ of the pa- many con- the manner t clear. imtest some. rpedo flotilla are I ever have Manning.” been by ere is to Sir Thoma feat. Throughout it 1 himself as a true and so popul a move t him ng cup aded by former May r prominent men of this TECHNICAL STORY OF THE FINAL RACE OF THE BIG YACHTS NEW YORK, Oct. 20.—Out of the north- ward with a rush came a good stiff breeze this morning, clearing away what litle and fog there was between 7 and 8 ‘clock and giving the skippers and crews 5t the Columbia and the Shamrock the sonduct hould a 1 a mo best encouragement they have yet re- cefved for a race. By 9 both yachts were passing through the outer end of Gedneys Chan- x minutes later, after castin, tugboats, they were stand- on, under mainsail and jib breeze, s now from d Increasing in el and a from g off ing th weight ¥ y 10:20 the wind miles an hou sea off the it looked doubtful then chts would be able to carr: t over thelr main- much less thelr big clubsails. 1 set the course sig- nals, n after 10:30. The pre w ven at 10:45, the on rning at 10:5 and the clock. Just as the pre n the Shem forestay set. to start at tory <ignal workin, Columbia’s “A Miss (s As Good as a Mile.” If you are not entirely Ml]. yoa are . Diness does not mean death’s door. It is a sense of weariness, a * tired feeling” a life filled aith nameless pains and suffer- ing. In 90% of cases the blood is to blame. Hood"s Sarsaparilla is Natures corrective ber for disorders of the blood. Remem 2 Never Disappoints House. harent when he de- iment of three army carlier would be app clared that the embod corps for home defense and the dispatch £ two army corps to a_country where facil < of locomotion existed would be a graver a shorter and easfer task. By October 000 men would be shipped; that is, In less tha "he cost of mobilizing 47,000 men, trans- R thousand miles, equip- ping th aining them for four months § stitute of surplus sup- Mr. Wyndham said, would be patching these thirty-three bat- he ued, “‘we destroyed hree machines for training men nstructing officers in their simplcst e up the more coni- neces nd we therefore, pro- » Qovernment, irty-three battalions embody ., thirty poses to ot militia. “We would have violated a fundamental principle of our army system if we had mobilized without militia, that principle being that when all the battalions a regiment are sent abroad we must call out the afiiliated militia battalion and form battalion by welding the en under twenty left be- rovisional militia and the hind. ‘Cavalry and fleld strengthened differently. rais even cavalry regims at home to higher establish ral: described the war against to put the artillery are be made the two republic: he same position as it was before the Such steps are nec- essary unless we are content, firstly to X a nation on s ance of other powers, and sec to allow to pe the arm e contrived during last t a great sacrifice on t rt of the taxpavers, to protect he: nds, and that train forces to de- fend the empire over , and of the « Irish memt such magn because the prize great that ever tempted the cupidity of the em n, Nationalist ght that a great country ought to be imed to have to cal res S William Par vigorously denounced t of overnment and w called to order by He cont of Grea n toward th her attitude toward the Tra the former he id, es announced that Great Br ase,’ | northeast, had the Columbia close on her m. Both were lying down with rails awas! 5 amrock came about first and for the when 0 minutes fore the signal. The Colum- anding on w seconds long- port tack, came ock's weather qu approached the the weather boom was dropy : gun was fired. The £ down before the wind, ity of the committee boat 0 reached t e vic a few seconds too soom, 8o Captain Ho-| garth kept her broad off to u up the and then luffe ross the commi boat's stern ju fire, cross line at a twelv umbia several ler iarter. Ca diagonally crew were ready with t across to set the spinn 1 out at 11:02 e | the | to starboard. It w Shamrock’s ai time of the Columbia, 11:01:35. I ck, 11:00:34. Shamrock had certainly the better the start, and with s ze blo: g over her taffrail it it come to sh 1 in a before the 1\ i spirnaker he umbi boom & d so far forward that at 11 sail lifted over the head stays by the rce of the wind. For a moment it looked as If the saii would be split, but by careful handling of the guy it was brought back to its position in a few minutes. G "hose who expected to see the Colum- lelh alk“rl;g)u Tway from the Shamrock were disappointed. Five minutes passed— ten. fifteen—and there was no notice difference in the positions of the boats. The green yacht maintained her lead, her inaker remaining exactly where it w put and spiiling the wind into the stay | had' been carrie start. Captain Barr at 11:11, finding that the ® | Columbia was not overhauling the Sham- | rock to any extent, had the working top ail sef. The spinhaker continued to be her | ib topsalls, which salls | and it looked dc ble | | onds actual time, and six minutes | | have badly, flying over the head stays twice in the next twenty minutes, thereb; losing seconds of time for the vacht. course of fifteen miles to leeward was to | bring the yachts down off Asbury Park for the turn. When they passed thie Long | Branch pier at about 11;30 the Shamrock the leading by an eighth of a mil we Columbia safling directly The Columbia_took In her fore stay sail at that time, leaving only the jib as the | headsail. [ At 12:15 the Columbia, which had been | steadily gaining on the Shamrock, passed to her port, taking in the working topsail | as 'she A4ld so so as to be ready for the | windward work. Her spinnaker came in | at 12:18 and the Shamrock’s was doused | thirty seconds later. It was to be close | work at the run. Both skippers held on | their spinnakers to the last moment and there had been no chance to round either yacht's main sheet. The official time at | the cuter mark was: | Columbla, 12:19:00. Shamrock, 12:19:17. | Columbla's elapsed time from the start to this point had been 1:17:27, the Sham- rock’s 1:18;43, showing that in the fifteen- mile run before the wind Columbia had ned 1:18. The yachts were only sev- ent econds apart at the turn. This was indeed close work after a fifteen-mile spinnaker run. Leaving the mark to starboard the Co- ! lumbla luffed widely around it, while the crew hauled aft the main sheet. The Shamrock's captain was forced to make a gtill wider turn. Then, lufing up sharply, he tried to cross the Columbia's wake and apture the weather berth. Skipper Barr, | however, had a weather eye out for such an _emergen He gave the white sloop a “North River” luff, placing her well out on the Shamrock’s weather bow. It took some few minutes to get sheets trimmed and for both yachts to settle down to business on the starboard tack. Captain Hogarth gave the Shamrock a good,” hard full, hoping to outfoot the Columbia The wind was blowing at least twent five miles an hour and there was a jump |of a sea on, sufliclent to make racing | craft do some rather heavy diving, They heeled till the greater portion of their | weather bilges were exposed. |. At 12:32 the Shamrock's topsaill was | taken in. She was then throwing spray in | clouds across her deck, making, if any- | thing, ivorse weather of it than the Columbta. | Captain Hogarth sut her about at 12:40, | and one minute and thirty seconds later | the Columbia went about. This was about | twenty minutes after they had rounded i the outer mark. The Columbia was then | betweéen a ‘quarter and a half-mile to windward and the same distance ahead of | the Shamrock. Shewas Increasing her lead | every minute. Both tacked to starb at 1 Holding this tack for lwc?fi;(i one minute, they came about to port, the | Columbia having been steadil - ing the other. At 110108 she Le;%‘l;?)‘on\il to starboard for a short bout of five min- | utes. ‘The Shamrock, however, made the | short bout to port an board at 12490 3 tacked thiutue: During the next fifteen . minutes the The | | in her wake. | ain would have to arbitrate, and the Brit- ish lion went to sleep. There has been no arbitration with the Transvaal because the T al_has no neighbor like the United States.” Proceeding to discuss the vote of money for the troops, Mr. Redmond again pro- tested against the vast sums being spent in war, declaring that the money ought to be expended in aid of distressed Ireland. | At this point the chairman interposed, de- claring that Mr. Redmond’s remarks were irrelevent. Mr. Redmond persisted in his remarks, and the chairman asked him to resume his seat. This he refused to do and he was then ordered to withdraw, which order he also refused to obey. An_uproarious scene ensued, Mr. Red- mond attempting to continue and his voice being drowned by the cheers of the I members and cries of “Order! With- draw!" from the opposition benches. The chairman, at length, being able to make himself heard, asked Mr. Redmond if he declined to withdraw. The latter re- plied that he did not wish to be discourte- ¢ ought to be spent in Ire- land, adding, I will not withdraw. meré robbery or piunder.” The chairman then called the sergeant at arms to remove the offending member, and Mr. Redmond, amid a scene of confu- id he would not trouble the ser- at arms and wallked out amid t cheers and the laughter of the nembers. g t0_the at the mon Turnt be left the chamber, Mr. Redmond shout- of the blood of the over the poor :d the debate by mov- e vote for the troops 1 wish u jc ers d vour victory ansvaal farme Mr. Balfour cic ing closure, and tb ed, I was then adopted by 200 to 35. After angry passage between Sir Eilis Ashmead-Bartlett, Conservative the Ecclsali division of Shef- 1 Davitt, Natlonalist or S Mayo, at the conclusion Davitt was called upon to with 'n characterizing a Bartlott ted that of which aken on the ma stion. He | would only ask, he said, urance of the same treatment for the enemy’'s wounded as for the wounded of the Brit- ish. Mr. Balfour replied that the dictates o Irish | but he maintained his right to progest | It is | Ministerialist benches as | L R = | | | | | | | | | courage | by the cavalry, mounted in humanity and civilization would insure that. Mr. Balfour then read the follow- ing telegram from _Major Yule ed from Glencoe Camp at 7 o'clock this evening: 1 regret to report that General Symons is mortally wounded. Other casualtles | will follow. The important cess to- a s to ( eral Symon: and generalship and to the gallant exam- ple_and confidence he gave to the troops | under T command " The vote of £10.000.000 was then carried, the result being announced as 271 for and 32 agal the credit. The House then adfourned tacks and the Co- hort time. At 1:45 the a small club topsail. bened, canting a_couple of The Shamrock, having the Columbia, was head- 1e starboard tack when Hogarth at once put the and took advantage of ham- The about lant It was noticed when the Shamrock came a e port tack, at 1 that her 1 been considerably bettered partly, perhaps, by reason of her cari) ing the club topsafl making her foot faster, but chiefly because of the shift of wind, ‘'which sheé apparently got a f minutes before the Columbia. At any ate when the Columbla tacked to sta 1 met the mrock on other tack beading to the northward tful for a few moments if the American boat could cross the oth- er's bow. Captain Barr did not give Ho- garth the chance to find out, port at 2:02:30, lee 2 ng the Sham s weather quarter about a quarter » away. Both were then heading ship and the finish. nrock made a sh > about a minute. T} bia also made a short hitch of two inshore, then another hitch nutes to port, going about fimally her last tackto t % starboard at 110, the lightship, w : | iich marked the lee end of the lir with plenty of room to spare. man aboard waved his hat or he stood up close along the jpeather rall & moment after th whistle lew. The Shamrock crossed the finish ljne on the same tack, atter (Acking close Lo the boat's stern. Sir Thomas racht finished five minutes and conds after the Columbia, ted in this race, the final of . by six minutes eighteen sec- thirty- four seconds corrected time. As the yachts were belng towed In a man was sent aloft aboard the Columbia in a bo’'sun’s chair with three American vacht ensigns. One was fastened to the masthead and one to each end of the backstay spreaders. A large flag al flew from the Columbia’s topping lift, ju above the main boom. Commodore J. pont Morgan's steam vacht Corsair, flagship of the New York Yacht Club, had an American ensign at each masthead, at the end of each gaff, on the jackstaff forward and on the stern staff. For the first time in the remembrance of yachtsmen who have seen all the in- ternational corftests for the America’ cup, an Americen ensign was hoisted at each masthead of the yacht Erin, th property of the owner of the defeated gloop. The Shamrock, in tow, passed the Columbia to her mooring on her way Into Sandy Hook Bay. The ¢ lallen‘sflng yacht's crew lined up on her port slde and gave three hearty British cheers, to which the Columbla’s men, standin along their starboard rall, answered promptly and with vigor—three cheers and a tiger. The official summary was: Btart—Columbla, :01:85; Shamrock, 11:00:34. Outer mark—Columbia, 12:19:00; Bham- rock, 12:19:17. Fln_;sh——(:olumbh, 2:40:00; Shamrock, 17. Flapsed time—Columbia, 8:88:25; Sham- rock, 3:44:43 Corrected time—Columbta, 3:38:09; Sham- rock; 3:44:43. The Shamrock allowed 16.2 seconds. FIGHTING THAT PRECEDED BATTLE OF TALANA HILL LADYSMITH, Oct. 19 (delayed in trans- mission).—The carblneers and border mounted rifles, who have been in action with the enemy nearly all day, returned this evening, falling back fighiing in the face of some 2000 Boers. They were sev- eral times almost cut off, but a Maxim gun held the Boers in check. It is re- ported that sixteen Boers were Kkilled. Several times the Boers came within 400 yards range, but their shooting was bad and the Maxims rendered signal service in stopping their rushes. They have a large wagon train and artillery. ALIWAL NORTH, Cape Colony, Oct. 19 (@elayed In transmission).—The Boer force from Smithfield has moved to Beth- ulle, where 2000 Boers are now concen- trated. Their plan of campaign appears to be for the Rouxville contingent, cross- ing the Orange River first, as they fear the North bridge is mined, to eircle Allwal North and to seize the rallway. Stmultaneously the Bethulie contingent, it appears, s to cross the border, seize the railway and proceed to Albert junc- tion, there to meet the Rouxville force. If this plan succeeds the Boers expect the Dutch in Cape Colony to join them. The Rouxville force has artfllery, in- _cluding a Krupp gun. the Columbia 11 GUARDS BOTH AMERICAN AND BRITISH INTERESTS R e CONSUL C. E. MACRUM, i 404349+ 0+0+>+0+@ Charles Everson Macrum, United States | | Consul at Pretoria, who has been placed {in charge of British interests in the Trans vaal during the war, was born in Pitts- | burg, Pa., thirty-three was appointed by President Consul at Pretorfa in July, 1898. is with him in South Africa. He was president of the Phoenix Club, the lead- ing Republican organization in McKin- 's old Congressfonal district, and was et first appointed Consul to Tahitl, So- ciety Islands, but did not accept that post. L e e R L e = ] BRITSH TADOPS DRIVE THE BOERS FROM TALANA HLL Continued From First Page. vears ago. He McKinley the action, and the command then de- colved on General Yule. The enemy, as they fled, were followed intry and ar- The directfon taken was to the At the latest reports the cav- d not returned. that four and some say that flve guns were captured. The Boer artil- lery firing was weak. A lot of plugged shells were used. Although the enemy’s pi tiller; fon was car- | ried soon after 1 o'clock, a scattering fire | flank, ‘and as the Boers streamed wildly | main | it tacked | and that of the Bc | rt | seemed to be nonplu s the finish lne on this | 0f them rely for food upon what th - minutes later, fetching up. by | can obtain by looting. Their animals are 1 went on almost all the a The British losses are ve: those of the Poers are m ernoon. ¢ severe, but h heavier. The final rush was made with a tri- v phant yell and as the British troop: charged to close quarters the enemy turned and fled, leaving all thelr impedi- menta and guns behind them in their pre- cipitated flight. While this was going on one battery of artillery, the Efghteenth Hussars and the mounted infantry, with a part of the Leicester regiment, got on the enemy's down the hills, making for the road, they found their retreat had been cut off, but they rallied for a while and there w severe firing with considerable 1o: each side. any of the enemy surr :d. A rough estimate places the British loss at 250 killed or wounded, at 800, A newspaper correspondent states that through his glasses during the fighting to-day he noticed how much the Boers d by the tactics troops, espectally of the wift moving horsemen. The till as of old, a mob. They are without horses and forage, and many of the imper well drilled, mostly in & wretched condition. It is understood that before to-day’s battle several Boers had left their com- mandos and gone home to thelr farms, and many others are now likely to follow. AS REPORTED TO BRITISH WAR OFFICE LONDON, Oct. dispatch afternoon: ““This from Glencoe: We were attacked this morning at daylight by a force roughly estimated at 4000. They had placed four ‘or five guns in position on a hill 5400 yards east of our | | camp, and they fired plugged shells. Their artillery did no damage. Our infantry formed for attack and we got our guns into position. After the position of the enemy had been shelled our Infantry ad- vanced to the attack, and after a hard fight, lasting until 1:30 p. m., the almost | inaccessible position was taken, the en- emy retiring eastward. All the Boer guhs have been captured. We can see our sol- diers at the top of the hill. Our cavalry and artillery are still out. General Sy- mons is severely wounded. Our losses are heavy. They will be telegraphed as soon as possible.” ———— WILL CHANGE BOER PLAN OF CAMPAIGN LONDON, Oct. 21.—The dispatches re- D S S SN S SS His wife | | | AN EXPLOSION KILLS he War Office has | | cecetved the following offictal from Ladymmith, Sied at 890 o'clock this | L 3ased uneate to Keep fn Muteking | | on celved from South Africa leave no doubt that the Boers failed in their endeavor to execute a combined attack in Natal and that the British have achieved a brilliant victory, but at the cost of a heavy list of killed and wounded. The Boer plan, it is evident, was to hold the force at Ladysmith by demonstrations | of the Free State burghers on the western | slde, 50 as to prevent reinforcements be- | | ing sent to Glancoe. The latter place was | to be isolated by cutting the railway be- | tween it and Ladysmith. Finally a large | force was to make a converging attack on Glencoe. The first two items of the pro- gramme were successfully carried out, but the combined operation against Glen- | | coe failed, owing probabiy to the fact that the Boer military organization | rough and amateurish to bring large | forces into stmultaneous action. It is b lleved that only 4000 Boers were in the | actual actfon. “A report says that 9000 | more were advancing from Hattingspruit | and a battalion of the Leicestershire Reg- | iment was sent to hold them in check, but, | as already cabled, this force is now in re- | | treat. The inference is that only the column | from the direction of Freiheid came | | action and that the force from Ingagane | failed to arrive in time and definitely re- | tired after the position taken up by the | flanking column had been carried by the | is too British troops, Not an impossible explanation s the | ference of opinfon between the younger and the older Boers. Where the former were determined at all cost to push on and attack without delay, the older Roer. | Who wished to walt until ail the columns were ready, had fallen back to Newcastle | and left the others to fight alone. As a | Tesult of this hastiness the Boers were de- feated and lost a number of guns. It considered probable that the older Boers will in the future decide the mode of con- ducting the campaign and mutual recrim- | inations, if nothing else, will hamper and delay their future actions. It is almost impossible to overestimate the importance of this initial victory, the result of an engagement in which, In a fairly fought fleld, discipline and tactical skill have told heavily. Besldes restoring British prestige it has proved that the Boer artillery, whether directed by Ger- mans or not, Is practically valueless. —_— . | BATTLE DESCRIBED BY i | A NEWS CORRESPONDENT Oct. 20.—The Daily News hes the following dispatch from its 1 corresponde GLENCOE, Natal, Friday afternoon. The first battle has been fought, and the Boers have sustained a blow which will | glve them a serious pause in their ad- | vance southward. In the British camp night it was the general expectation that to-day would not pass without some hard fighting. The enemy had been reported advancing | in force, and this rumor had been con- firmed by a squadron of hussars which had been sent out to reconnoiter. When dawn broke this morning it was discov- ered that the Boers during the night had occupled a strong position on Dundee Hill, about three mi st and overlooking | the camp and the town. They had placed several guns in position. Almost precisely at 6 o'clock came the | dait- | | | | | boom of thelr first gun, and within & minutes they had de heav Their practice was, however, poor, their shots did no damag: In the m | time our own guns had taken up th lenge. It scon became apparent that whatever might be the issue of the fight our artillery would not be in fault. O fire was magnificent. Within fifteen min- | utes after our first shot the Boers' guns | were silenced. By this time the enemy | | could be seen swarming over the hill out- de of Dundee and making toward the | south. The Intention evidently was to turn our position. An advance was at once ordered of in- fantry and cavalry. Both moved out, and soon the battle was raging in the valley | | outside of the town. A hot rifle fire was kept up by our men, no advantage offere by 'the nature of the ground being neglected. The advancing force was ef- | fectually covered by our guns, which con- | tinued to play upon the enemy's position. | he fire of the Boers at this point | dectdedly weak. It seemed as if their i | effective artillery work might have taken | | the heart out of them. Our men continued to advance steadily | in the face of their fire, and reached the | foot of the hill in fine form. The Boers, seeing themselves worsted, fell back and retired toward the east. Our losses have | been heavy, but no details are yet pro-| curable. The flmal dash up the hill was a | brilliant affair. The Dublin Fusileers did fine work. Nothing at this time can be sald of the enemy’s losses, but they must | have been very serious. ’ ONE HUNDRFD BOERS CAPE TOWN, Oct. 2, evening.—Dis- patches dated Mafeking, Saturday night, | and carrfed by dispatch riders via Kuru- | man and Danclskuil to Hooktown, ,«-nue} that Colonel Baden Powell inflicted a tremendous blow on the Boers nino miles | north of Mafeking. | Two trucks laden with dynamite, which | account of the rieks of explosion | should the town be shelled, were sent byi Colonel Baden Powell nine miles out, in | the hope that the Boers would shell and | explo m. And so it happened. When the engine had uncoupled from the trucks | and retreated about a mile the enemy | shelled the trucks, with the result that a | terrible explosion occurred, killing, it is | estimated, 100 Boers, - | FRANCE AND RUSSIA ARE NOW INTERESTED LONDON, Oct. 20.—The absence of de- tafls regarding the British losses in the | engagement at Glencoe Camp cauees the deepest anxlety, and the War Office is agalin besleged by relatives and friends of | those making up the forces that took part in the fight. Among the callers was the Duke of Abercorn, who made anxious inquiries. It was reported that Great Britain's immense military preparations against | | commander SCENE OF THE ‘BATTLEFIELD AT TALANA HILL THE NATAL BATTLEFIELD. This map of the country about Lady- smith and Glencoe shows Talana Hill, Elands Laagte, Besters and other points of interest in the South African cam- paign. L O o R R SCa = ) two insignificant republics are viewed with conslderable curiosity in some of the European capitais, notably Paris and St. Petersburg. Notes have been exchanged on the subject, and it is even hinted in un- officlal quarters that inquiries will be ad- dressed to the British Government as to the contemplated absorption of the two | republics by the British Empire. The Pr Association to-night an- nounces with an alr of authority that the Government’s plan s to terminate the war in the speediest possible manner after the forts at Pretorfa and Johannesburg have been razed, and then to promulgate by order of the Queen in council a new constitution for a group of five federal states—Cape Colony, the Transvaal, N tal, the Orange Free State and Rhodesia— under the title of the Dominion of South Africa, the Crown to nom te a governor general and the five states having power each to elect its own lieutenant governor and to have local legislators, with a Do- mirion Parliament, to meet at Cape Town. With some modifi based upon lines similar to those of the Canadian Government. gt BRITISH TROOPS SAIL FOR SOUTH AFRICA SOUTHAMPTON, Oct. port Yorkshire car ying the first of the spec army corps for South Af- rica cast off this afternoon at 2:2), the | other transports following at regular in- tervals. The public were excluded from the docks during the em but immense throngs gathered outside, cheer- ing and singing and bidding farewell to their friends as the trains passed in. Between this and Mon, leave for South Africa. As the Yorkshire parted the public cheered vociferously and the troops responded with vigor. The in chief, General Wolseley, with his staff, was present at the embark- ation, LONDON, Oct. 20.—The British Chan- ¥ 7000 men will nel squadron has been ordered to proceed | | to Gibraltar next Thursday. MOBILIZATION OF THE ENGLISH TROOPS LONDON, Oct. 20.—The mobilization is | practically completed and it is said that more than 90 per cent of the reserves have joined the colors. This is considered emi- nently satisfactory. The speed at which the army corps has been got together has | excited the admiration of the German | headquarters staff and they have sent a | semi-official ge of congratulation | through the ish military attache in Berlin to the service. | The London press regards this as a well | deserved compliment, the papers point- | ing out that not only have the reservists | responded splendidly but the large ma- | jority of those who have reported are | medically fit for service. In several cases | the outgoing regiments contain a prepon- derance of reservists, most of them in the prime of manhood and men who have fought in Indla and in Egypt. It is the aim of the War Office to send no man to South Africa unless he has had at least a year's service. The only serfous criti- clsm apparently to be made regarding these thousands destined for the front is that the reserves are for the most part ignorant of the mechanism of the maga- | zine rifle. Efforts have been made to | overcome this and to give the men prac- tice with the Lee-Metford, but the time has been too short to do much. What ef- fect this lack of familiarity with their own weapons will have upon the accur- cy of the fire of the British can only be judged when the dead and wounded are gathered from the fields of battle. e gy Explosives Confiscated. LONDON, Oct. 20.—The Daily Telegraph publishes the following dispatch from its | correspondent at Cape Town dated | Wednesday: A large quantity of dyna- | mite dust has been seized by the customs | | | | | | | authorities on board & steamer | bound to Delagoa Bay. The ves- | sel put into Table Bay and the infor- | mation leaked out. The explosives were | intended for the Transvaal Government | and were accordingly confiscated. Foli, the Basso, Dead. LONDON, Oct. 20.—The death is an- gounced of Bignor Foli, the well-known 2850, wearer. OF MEN.” cation. 6; Sundays, 10 + DR. 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