The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 22, 1899, Page 1

VOLUME LXXXVI-NO. 144, SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1899—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENT BRITISH TROOPS NOW GAIN A SECOND VICTORY OVER THE BOERS. Elands Laagie DNear Ladysmith, Captured by the Forces TUnder Generals VAllaite 2l Freneia, EPE TOWN, Oct. 2I, midpight—Generals and French have carried the Boer posi- tions at Elands Laagte. A ay S [ toward Elands Laagte 4 by road and L ened to Dragoo: two fleld bat- he Manchester regi- Horse and two squads of 1 { Gloucester Regiment, h to Dundee a s g we had carrfed the en- and wagons. The cav- ~d the plac r h troops being s T 2T nyway, before Buller's corps takes | t ’ 1d with re- iy desperate at- to weaken it based upon the be 2 eral Joube s break up or ¢ his arrival campaign is to have four £ itself and T g strength 1 g will exceed as feasible. ds to invade ¥ points, pos- endous p g Although few are t s mitted ywledge of Buller which he has basec £58 > Boers' s th 2 g that the war will ev s If into a guerrilla ; references are ma ection to the state of the Ameri- | s can forces in the Philippines. Se glishmen who s s f Boer! but are n I assert that the Boers w never 1 to their artillery, there is a d in feeling among those who know y a1 and its inhabitants that tillery will cut only a small s er the first month. The explana- fold. In the first place, - Boers are unaccustomed to rding to the methods re- ion with heavy artillery , most of them are arme: - only. Comparatively few revolvers or swords, and y imposs| v @+ . © * . 'S ¢ : : . L e > ¢ . . > Y : : . i RS ¢ b o . ! i > b . ? P © ’ t * @ * ps . . GENERAL SIR WILLIAM PENN SYMONS. E o aaring British officer, who 1s second In command In Natal, was nded during the storming of Dundee Hill on Friday. For his * eld he has been promoted to be major general supernum- ® o the British army establishment. i ¢ ~ Pre ot td 000000000+ ¢0 400200 +0000009+9 % 14 L e e R SOm 2 L3 * + = ! Signal Officer and Machine Gun Belonging Y The Dublin Fuslleers was one of the regiments engaged in the storming ans - 3 red most severely from the deadly fire of the Boers. Th! 3 and thirty wounded. | Thursday. A sm proached Kimberl 11 body of ey Boers ap- on Wednes nd ed that the Boers w suffer so much by the loss of artillery as | Falor Chamier made a : might t be thought. Unencumbered|poarq an armored train. After a few by mobility Which, | shots had been exchanged the burghe d such a thorn | fled precipitately. There were no casual- 1 organized | ties on the British side. The police garrisons of fourteen streams and towns h; arrived at Kimberle Everything tends to confirm the statemer that Colonel Baden-Powell temporarily worsted the Boers at Mafeking, and it ap- pears true that upward of 300 wounded Boers have arrived at Johannesburg. A splendid instance of the spontaneous my and the navy is on of Captain Lambton, first-class pro- | while on the way tion of the comm ted c r Pow o St R OEIRDERS e BECAME A ROUT barked the whole regiment on | he Powerful and landed them at| making extra quick | ons he e e LONDON, Oct. 21.—The early dis- patches regarding yesterday’s battle near Dundee conveyed the impression that the whole affair was over in a couple of hours, the British artillery silencing the PATHETIC SCENES S s tho OUTSIDE WAR OFFICE | cheramg righs over the Ml ascomiry | to the later advices, however, the battle lasted eight hours, and nearly .seven hours elapsed before the last Boer gun was put out of action. The Irish Fusi- liers and King’'s Rifles meanwhile had advanced to the assault and were shoot- ing thelr way up the hill, driving the Boers back from shelter to shelter until the final rush of the British carried them to the summit. A curious fact was that several times a lull occurred in the firing on both sides, the British infantry ap- parently taking a breathing space in the stiff climb, and the Boers also holding back their fire. The magnificent practice of the British guns was an immense help, and the suc- cess of the assault was greatly due thereto. Once the British bayone showed on the top of the Kopje the Boers retreated, and when on reaching the other side they found a British battery and cavalry outflanking them the re- treat became a rout. The British guns followed, and, unlimbering from time to time, threw shells into the flying foe. A an age LONDON, Oct. 2L—Outside the War Office the scenes were pathetic enough vesterday, when the news of the battle | of Glencoe—it is officially called the bat- | tle of Du —got circulated, but to-day | they were in more so. Anxiety nd feverish ement were plainly de- cted on the f of the créwd. All day from an early hour in the morning, ongs eagerly waited. When bit bit the list was posted on the green . how eagerly the names were When perhaps the list of casu- complete, mingled and sobs of grief of stricken mothers and young girls was lightsome laughter of others whose were not among the slain or wound- It was a heart-wringing scene. ncements were made of the among the gallant King's iffered so terribly in their | up Dundee Hill, the inten- | displayed was pathetic. |y, 'y rain began falling during the after- e rich and poor, the proud | noOTY 0 1 R 08 mpedea artillery stocra London’s humblest eiti- | pnerations. It was a coincidence that zens, there are many broken hearts to- | vesterday was the anniversary of a sim- night. And this is only the beginning. |jlar feat of British arms in India, when | e the Gordon Highlanders stormed the ANXIETY FOR THE heights. LT s PRy EIGHTEENTH HUSSARS | DEPARTING TROOPS LONTION, {0ct. 2Eihs Tar D s GIVEN A BIG SEND OFF still besieged tc-night by anxious in- SV quiries, but the officials have no further| LONDON, Oct. 2L.—Laondon gave the :ncoe. Some anxiety is be- i felt for the Eighteenth Hussars, whose return from their pursuit Boers has not yet been officially guards a grand farewell to-day on their departure for Southampton, where they embarked for the Cape. Three battalions of the First Scots and Second Coldstreams and Third Grenadiers left. Along the whole route from the barracks to the railway station the troops received an ovation. Before many yards were cov- ered wives and sweethearts of soldiers broke into the ranks, linking their arms with the troopers who were carried along in the surging, singing crowd to the sta- notifled to the War Office, Lady ymons has heard that her hus- : ghtly better. able news from South Africa is . the wires being overloaded with patches. - latest advices from Cape Town show that all was well at Kimberley on A TYPHOON'S WAKE Disquieting News of an Ocean Dis- aster in the Course Taken by the Transport Senator. MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 21.—The transport Senator, having on board the Fifty-first Iowa Volunteers and other soldiers to the number of 170, should reach San Fran- cisco within two or three days unless it suffered serious accident in the typhoon which struck it soon after it left Yoko- on October 6. s of a disquieting sort is brought by Colonel Charles Denby and Professor | Dean Worcester, the remaining members of the Philippine commission, who are re- turning post haste to Washington. These men saw wreckage in the swell of the typhoon that crossed the track of the Senator. They saw the glowering storm and were caught in the edge of it. Tbeir own boat, the Empress of Japan, a chip accounted far stancher than the Senator, suffered damage from the half-spent force of its gale. The sailors said they believed the Senator was in the midst of the ty- phoon. ‘ The next day a lifeboat and a spar were seen floating on the frothy sea over which the typhoon had swept. “I should certainly not wish to cause needless alarm,” sald Colonel Denby, 1 !cause for some apprehension as to the | fate of the Senator. It would not be well to say at this time that the transport is lost, for that would perhaps cause need- less anguish to the friends and relatives of those aboard it; but it is well the meager truth we know should be made publie.” The date of sailing from Yokohama was set for October 6, but in the meantime word was received from the Manila Ob- servatory that a typhoon was moving northward and would pass near the Japa- nese coaust. Many ot the American colony urged the captain not to sail the Senator out of port that date, but he told them to put away their fears and he slipped his moorings and set out for home. The fol- lowing day the Empress of Japan sailed out of Yokohama for Vancouver with Colonel Denby and Professor Worcester aboard. They left the Japanese port at sunrise, and before sundown they were bel; tossed by the rim of the typhoon. ’l‘h:‘Empresl of Japan shifted its course | and ran from the typhoon. | | noted Irish regiment had fourteen of its members e T i o e e o e o S S IR TSR SO SR SO SNCUDNED DU NP DU PSS P - Major Chamier made a sortie with a re- | “but I am forced to admit that there is 0404040 +o e e @ OO O O a2 T R CRRGRCRE to Dublin Fusileers. d capture of Dundee Hill on Friday, |tion. At the depot cheer after cheer | shook the building as the trains steamed out. | There was a pleasing incident to-day as the American steamer St. Louis passed the British transport Gasgon, about to ail with the Coldstream Guards for South Africa. sengers of the The pas stily, waving and with three cheers for the Amerl- their hats William Waldorf Astor has donated Red Cross fund for n war. ENGLISH VERSION OF FIRST DUNDEE BATTLE +04 B e S the soldiers re- | @4040404 0404040404 0404040404040404040404040404040+0 PARIS, Oct. 2l.—According to its Berlin correspondent, says the Courier du Soir, the great powers have agreed to intervene be- fore the presept war assumes terrible pro- portions and insist upon the enforcement of the provisions as to arbitration in the con- vention signed at The Hague. (o} 2 04040 @+040404040404040404 . @404040404040404040404040404040404040404040404040+ “GREED AND HUNGER FOR LAND AND GOLD” Unpleasant Comment of the Germans on the War Waged by England in South Africa. by Copyrighted, 18! the Assoclated Press BERLIN, Oct. 21.—The German press is just as unanimously anti-British in the Transvaal war as it was anti-American in the war between the United States and | Spain. Even the liberal papers, aithough | | politically and commereially they have all along sought and found an ideal in land, now strongly disapprove of land’s procedure in varied but never com- plimentary utterance. The speakers in the British Parliament are characterized as “hypocritical,” and the British people seem to have taken pattern doughty American, General Otis, in ing out buli 1s off e whole sugh he d is characterized The Governme to preserve its n than Russian.” ver, is determined atrality. Dr. Leyds, the > . representative of the Transvaal in Eu- | and Government are described as e o Har | voured by land hunger,” and “for greed RO At for Transvaal gold.” The Kreuz Zeitung says: ue accomplished at | ence Germany He notified Cour von Bulow, the German Minister of For- “The peace conference at The E s, who, after conferring with least something; for, still more than the e e verdict given by that international tri- | 1he THOPeror of HCecay, LLETADTED 10 which is due to mammon worship alone, | DIS purpo: e Everywhere the verdict is taat ‘greed and | thered by it. | another question, however, whether | this attitude o y v hunger for land and gold do not yet confer A member of the the right to go to s | The Frankfurter itung says: “The | Russian LONDON, Oct. 2L—A correspondent in Gle camp the following dis- patch under date of October 20, morning: disclosed the Dutch all around Dundee. As soon as they were in position on the hill behind Vetersmith" house, where they po: a cannon, rifle fire began generally and to wake up they put several shots and shells slap into the e send tents and forming up of all the raanks outside the camp. Our guns were soon in action and replied with telling effecs The whizzing of the shots as they pa: over our heads had music in i yond a natural dodging of hea effect was not disastrous “So effective in ten minutes the gun all silenced. I could see how telling it was. of the coolly as if the whole thing was a sham battle. As soon as the Boer fire slack- ened our artillery, which had been beauti- fully d, trotted into town and posted They soon compelled the ene- , but yet they appeared like S0 many bees in groups at every vantage which skirted the town, whi others were driven toward the coal fields “‘Our guns continued to play on Smiths Hill, where beautiful practice was made. As th hells burst the Dutchmen could be seen scampering for cover. While our guns were so engaged the Hussars de- ployed on the left flank. Soon the can- nonading ceased, and after five minutes’ sharp work all was over. This may be put down as the first battle of Dundee. of the Boers were I could see members marching on us with the intention of at- tacking our rear. A heavy mist which caps the surrounding hill obscures their approach and they may be upon us any hour. The only casualties known on our side are the wounding of a trumpeter and a drummer in the Sixty-ninth Battery.” e ey RHODES REFUSES TO LEAVE KIMBERLEY LONDON, Oct. 21.—A special dispatch from Cape Town states that a message has been received there from Kimberley stating that Cecil Rhodes has been urged to leave the town, but refuses to do it, being determined to see the thing through. VIENNA, Oct. 21.—The victory of the British at Glencoe came as a vast sur- prise to numerous critics of the British army. The importance of the victory is fully recognized as exercising a decisive influence on the whole campaign. PARIS, Oct. 21.—The news from Glen- coe caused a great impression, though the papers attempt to minimize its im- portance. —_——— PROMOTION OF SYMONS. LONDON, Oct. 21.—The War Office an- promotion of Symons to be major general supernumerary to the establishment for distinguished service in the field. et Loty Story of Privateering. LONDON, Cct. 2l.—According to the Outlook it is reported that Kruger has is- sued letters of marque to French priva- teers to prey upon British transports on the way to the Cape. Although France is officially friendly there is no guaranty that cupidity will not fempt private own- ers to fit out ships. This is said to ex- plain the dispatch of the British first class protected cruisers Diadem and Niobe, very fast vessels, to Las Palmas, which is an admirable place of observa- tion. NEW ZEALAND'S CONTINGENT. ‘WELLINGTON, Oct. 21.—The New Zea- land contingent, numbering 218 men, with 228 horses, sailed for South Africa to-day amid scenes of unbounded enthusiasm. An enormous crowd said good-by to the troops, including members of the Legisla- tive Council and House of Representa- tives. Mayors and Judges, the Governor of New Zealand, the Premier and other prominent persons addressed the troops on the wharf. g SPECIAL SERVICE SQUADRON. LONDON, Oct. 21.—Orders have been is- camp, causing a speedy evacuation of the | our artillery fire that | from my position | ff going about their dutles as | place of | The battle was soon renewed with | great vigor. At 7:3) a message arrived telling the camp that 9000 Boers are nounces that the Queen approves of the | Asued to the Devonport Navy Yard to[ specious phrase, ‘England is compelled to begin war because the Boers will no grant the same rights to the Outlanders as to the burghers,’ is repeated over and | over again. 1t has been used by the En- glish poet laureate, by Ministers in Parlia- ment and by the press, but that does not make the phrase true. v t To the complaint of the English press i tion of the Transv that the entire press of Germany sides | of earning substan with the Boers, the Deutsche Tage Zei- | land, and not o tung replies: “'Quite so. We all wish and | gaths will not cou hope that England may meet with de-|she will sustaln elsewhere feat; and this quite aside from our sym- |aid to England. pathies with the Boers. The whole o ngland Germany thinks as we The Lokal Anzeiger sa. now adheres many’s at- responsible for the on becomes all-powerful will be the first to “The English J fee | *- AIRSHIP TO BE TRIED Inventor Will Attempt Its Initial Flight Over the Lake of Constance. Loyal to the Queen. LONDON, Oct. 21 —The paramount chief of the Basutos, according to a di | patch from Cape Town, has asked per- | mission to assemble the other Basuto S :: e u\l—;(;;z: | chiefs with a view of inviting them to| Bennett | pledge loyalty to the Que This is as-| pREGE S an e | sumed to be a forerunner of a Busuto Sl | movement, and Orange Free State burgh- s ers near the Basuto border are said to | b sl be in a state of consternation. s S yor LR, A dispatch from Cape Town announces | The bl e e e s oy vi £ nd h. TE e | hanging over the lake. » train for the north. he exact destin; AT anEdnents st S B Th has not been revealed. Lake Constance | have boats in r assistance of the s Symons’ Dcath Reported. LONDON, Oct. 21.—A late edition of the | Pall Mall Gazette announces the death of | General Symons, but this report has not been confirmed. Sanches Sentenced. SACRAMENTO, Oct. 21.—Jose Sanches, who pleaded guilty to a charge of petty | larceny for the theft of & revolver from Dr. D. F. Fox, and who had a prior con- viction of burglary hanging over him, to come to rship in case an ac dent should occur. Count von Zeppelin in addition, has chartered a sp steamer to foliow the flight of the ship over the lake. e D. S. Loomis Dead. BAKERSFIELD, Oct. 21.—D. S. Loomlis, known and wealthy sheep owner county, died y at Tehach- api, where he had been staying some time for his health. He had resided in the val- | was to-day sentenced by Judge Hart to |ley for over thirty years. He was 64 two vears' imprisonment in the San | years of age and dled a bachelor. He Quentin penitentiary. will be buried here to-morrow. e —_—— i Was Disagreeably Surprised. Collapse of a Hospital. | OMAHA, Nebr., Oct. 2..—A dispatch | HAVANA, Oct. 2l.—General Fitzhugh | from Marysville, Mo., says that Calvin | Lee and G. Rathbone, directors of Cox, a farmer well on in vears, sent a | POSts, and Mrs. Ludlow sailed for New York to-day on the The hospital at lapsed to-day, hav | floods from the rec: two inmates four w ! seven injured. steamer Havana. Sagua La Grande col- 1g been undermined by nt rains. Of the forty ere killed and twenty | note to the daughter of George Andrews, | a wealthy farmer, asking that she meet him in the garden. Andrews met Cox. They fought desperately and Cox was beaten nearly to death. BRITISH COST OF THE CAPTURE OF DUNDEE HILL LONDON, Oct. 21.—The War Office announces that in the fighting yester- day between Glencoe and Dundee, in Natal, thirty-one non-commissioned officers and men were killed and 151 wounded. The following is a list of the casualties received from Sir George Stewart White, dated Ladysmith, October 21, 4:20 a. m. Divisional staff—General Symons, mortally wounded; Colonel C. F. Beck- ett, assistant adjutant general, severely wounded; Major Frank Hammers- ley, Gepartment of assistant adjutant general, seriously wounded. Brigade staff—Colonel John Scherston, department officer and brigade ma- Jor, killed; Captain F. L. Adam, aid-de-camp, seriously wounded. Leicestershire Begiment—Lieutenant D. W. Weldon, wounded slightly. First Battalion Royal Dublin Fusileers—Lieutenant M. B. Barber and Second Lieutenant A. H. M. Hill, killed: Major W. P. Davidson, wounded: Captain F. H. B. Connor, wounded, since dead; Captan J. W. Pike, wounded: Lieutenant C. C. Southey, wounded; Lieutenant H. C. W. Wortham, wounded. Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusileers—Captain G. A. Welson, killed; Captain M. Lowndas, wounded; Captain A. Dibley, wounded; Lieutenant C. N. Perring, wounded; Lieutenant C. G. J. Genge, wounded, since dead. King's Royal Rifles—Lieutenant Colonel R. H. Guning, killed; Captain H. K. Pechell, killed; Lieutenant J. Taylor, kille Lieutenant R. C. Barnett, killed; Lieutenant N. J. Hambro, Rilled: Major C. A. T. Doultbee, wounded: Captain O. S. W. Nugent, wounded; Captain A. R. M. Stuart Wortley, wounded; Lieutenant F. M. Crum, wounded; Lieutenant R. Johnstone, wounded; Lieutenant G. H. Martin, wounded. Eighteenth Hussars—Second Lieutenant H. A. Cape, wounded; Second Lieutenant A. C. McLachlen, wounded; Second Lieutenant E. H. Bayford, wounded. The list of officers killed and wounded shows that while the British victory was complete it was bought at a heavy price. This heavy loss among the officers was due to their valiant conduct in sticking to the traditions of the British army and refusing to use the cover of which the men availed them- selves during the storming of the Boer position. In the rank and file the Hussars had seven wounded, the artillery one killed and three wounded, the Leicestershire Regiment one wounded, the King’s Rifles eleven killed and sixty-eight wounded, the Irish Fusileers fourteen killed and thirty wounded. —§-8-8-2-0-E5EEEEEEEE —E-u- | | | | | i t | { | by [ ~ ] . = ] = 1 . - = o L , :