The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 3, 1899, Page 1

VOLUME LXX VI—=NO: 156, SAN FRANCISCO, ¥RIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1899. PRICE FIVE CENTS. BOERS REMOUNT BIG GUNS AND RESUME THE BOMBARDMENT OF LADYSMITH. : [ e R e T e D D = SEOSY SRS -} Britons Wondering if General: W hite Can Hold Out for Ten Days or Two W eeks Until Aild Arrives. - Deadly Work of the Boers’ Bul- lets Among the British Troops Before Carleton’s Column ‘W as Compelled to Surrender. . ¢ | | | | ONDON, Nov. 2.—General Sir George Btewart White has cabled the War Office that In the engagement on Farquhar's farm, near Ladysmith, Octo- ber 30, when Licutenant Colonel Carleton’s cdlumn was compelled to sur- render, six officers were killed and nine wounded. Among the non-commissioned officers and men the casualtles were 54 killed and 231 wounded. General White promises a list of the missing later. At 12:40 a. m. the War Office issued the text of the dispatch, which is dated at Ladysmith, November 2, 10 a. m., giving the list of casualties among the officers, which is as follows: % ROYAL ARTILLERY. Killed—Lieutenant J. T. McDougal. Wounded—Major John Dawkins, slightly; Lieutenant Harold Flet- cher, severely. B B S e a a SECSR SR = ONDON, Nov. 3.—Special dispatches from Ladysmith, ! dated November 2, give further details regarding the | bombardment. The Boers, having reoccupied their old positions, remounted big guns. Their firing was accurate, | but almost harmless. Some of the troops were slightly injured by splinters. The real question now for the British public is, can General White hold out another ten days or two weeks | until the army corps arrives? Less anxiety would be | felt on this account were it not every day seems to bring | fresh lists of casualties, proving that much has been concealed as to the real state of affairs, At the best the| coming week must prove a critical and anxious time. nen | firmed, it is claimed that they may be | 1| expected momentarily, and the reported dy shelling of I mith, it is added, KINGS ROYAL RIFLE CORPS. Killed—Major W. T. Meyers, Lieutenant H. S. Marsden and Lieu- tenant T. L. Foster. | Wounded—Major Henry E. Buchanan-Riddell and Lieutenant H. C. Johnson, both severely. ROYAL IRISH FUSILEEKLS. Wounded—Captain J. B. H. Rice, Captain W. B. Silver, both se- verely. R S B R o R R R oY THE COLENSO RAILROAD BRIDGE. This structure, which carries the railroad over the Tugela River,{s seventeen miles below Ladysmith and 178 from | GLOUCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT. : s to the Intention of the Boer com Durban. Its safeguarding is of vital importance to the maintenance of General Sir George White's communications with J | Wounded—Captain S. Willicock, Captain B. 0. Fyffe and Captain ack s to keep General White occupied the coast. X 5 F. S. Stayner, all severely. s ile thelr strategy is carried out. - NATIONAL MOUNTED BATTERY. The of information received this | @940+ 4-0+0+0 ¢+ 0 +I+0+0 eI+ 0404000+ ® —+-o-+--+9@ | morning from the seat of war in addition Killed—Lieutenant William Chapman. to the brief a mimmi e RILPORTED CAPTURE OF woE saying he was well and holding his posi- | Killed—Major Edward Gray. was the lists of casualties. ) "official telegram reporting the con-| The list of the names of the non-commissioned officers and men, killed and tion of «the injured at Kimberley adds \ SO B S{ wounded, is promised to-morrow. that Colonel Kekwith, the British com- ( : I = 5 r f Mor ' mander there, has learned from various | R T T v is ob. | Sources there that the Boer losses on the ——— | ropean complications the rock will be the | order to keep abreast, the army navy b E: et asion of the late sortie of the British | pivot around which the British fleet will | would have had to commit most provo- h ojzsll baci they ps from Kimberiey’ were very heavy p RIS, Nov. 3.—The Liberte says Boers in strong force under General Lucas Meyer are occupying | make .the most important "llm‘omf“m& r?m‘n and threaten cts. The Boer ¥ as not | ot ot &t Dundés ihe 3 shE g ¢ . § < | The presence of the channel squadron | ultimatum followed British mobilization ac ety the War Ofiss 1o Sives the town of Colenso, twenty miles south of Ladysmith, thus completely investing the latter place. | (hero at the present moment will be taken | and if Great Britain had mobilized earl two non-commissioned officers and General Meyer, according to the correspondent, now holds the railway from Ladysmith to Picter- | as an earnest of our intention to be ready | the ultimatum would have been earlier says » of the Dublin Fusileers as missing, | mapitzburg and Durban. The correspondent adds that General Meyer took part in Monday’s battle, | [0 @1l eventualities”) pr'r“;‘,:'r‘tm ; ”};"-'l‘;]‘"-' explained the ha e Boers captured s + . : : B | tness o e zation whic s ‘h,.’_f. e but continucd his flanking movement until he reached Colenso. The result was renewed fighting south | LORD LANSDOWNE had enabled five cav e | of Ladysmith, in which the British lost another 1000 in killed, wounded ani prisoners. TALKS OF THE WAR | Patteries and thirty battalions to get far BRUSSELS, Nov. 3.—It is reported here that General Lucas Meyer has defeated General White away on the sea. During the earlier ope- rations the enemy, he said ad great su- choice of peri south of Ladysm th and captured Colenso. The British commander was wounded. A force of Orange ity of numbers anc : i LONDON, Nov. 2—The Marquis of | = H t Free State Boers has occupied Colesburg, on the Midland Railway, eleven and a half miles south of the | Lansdowne, Secretary ot State for War, | E!{',O;::Ilf ‘.Th’s phase of the situation, he Free State border. i | was the chief speaker at the Cutlers' | rorl m.k)\.\sl‘:‘[r;pl::m‘;)‘l‘(’fig”lr,~rr‘flnrl sion, 7 T 3 | feast in Shefield this evening, the func-| pic,q o¢5, Tam & Week fhe first install- . ! | sing attended by the usual distin- SIS S s force d ar is strikingly il anxions watchfulness on our part. The | British navy borne such an »gormom re- | they can, if need be, strike swiftly and ;‘\‘I’I:hfjil";';mfr‘nf_;‘;;;p_ N enying toa tonst, | &ITive at Cape Town, to be followed at a steady rate by the remainder. “I do not think,” continued the Secre- tary of State for War, “that there need be any anxiety for the result. There has been nothf story s wi preparations were not abreast of the ne- | (yo Dotln& In history to compare with D n e patriotism of our colonies, who will e diplomatic messages went by wire, | t2ke no denial. Thelr attitudes will im- the channel squadron at Gibraltar. | war in South Africa has not only tem- ar- | porarily curtailed the military resources of the empire to a large extent, but h‘ acts convey little to the | has also placed us in a position of mind of 4 r, it is neverthe- | greater disadvantage than any we have | that rivals in Europe are watching for the | “Ry sending the channel squadron to less an event of very considerable stra- | occupled since the Crimea. It can be as- | earliest opportunity to take advantage of | Gibraltar, Sir Harry Rawson's fleet is 1 political importance. The present | serted without any fear of exaggeration | the position, renders it necess iry that |placed in the best possible position. I British fleats shonld be so sivy :rad that sponsibility, though, we may.add, never | surely at any power that presumes to aim 1 in a finer condiflon of pre- | a blow at our interests in any part of the . The fact that a complete army | world while our hands are busy else- corps will be afloat in a few days, and | where. “Hher Majesty's Ministers,” he went over the usual ground in explaining the cause | of the war and defended the Government | against the charge that the milita The Globe, referring to the squadro ; o fon undoubtedly calls for the most | that at no period in our history hab the Whenaver this country is involved in Eu- | the reinforcements by Ahip. Moreover, in | PTesS on the civilized world two great " | o i i gt ot | G bertod I oue i 194 L Wh = truths—first, that Great Britain is not an : v !rb : i lfimpl)' phrase, and second, that such a : ‘ S » arge measure of voluntary support would : ’ not have been accorded unless we were ¥ fighting In a just cause.” : In conclusion, Lord Lansdowne ox- : : . s 3 | !’:I’PSSPd, on behalf of the Government, i ; it or | | “profound admiration for the herolsm of : : st our troops, who have rehabilitated the : : K : reputation of the British soldier in South : e EW YORK, Nov. 2—With his skin | Il be made from in opin- ot in- | w right Roberts of Canda forces in Ireland, while roops at Kilkenny, : e the fact that we a very serious war, a war ources and courage ar, heavily browned, his face looking a trifle drawn, his eyes clear anc bright, James J. Jeffries to-night nimbly stepped off the train at the friends the broad-shouldered C: rnjan walked briskly toward the ferryboat and came over to this city. On his arrival at | the Twenty-third street ferry he and his trainer jumped into a cab and were driven to the Vanderbilt Hotel, where he will | remain until 10 o’clock to-morrow morn- ing, when he will leave for Coney Island. As Jeffries walked Into the hotel the mment on his appearance was favor- | c able Hls shoulders appeared to be broader than ever, but his limbs appeared rather small. After entering the hotel Jeffries partook of a hearty supper and sald that he felt in excellent spirits. Call correspondent asked him if his s not a trifle drawn. He admitted ““The fact is,”” said the cham- hough T look thinner than when Fitzsimmons, I am more solid, as it may seem, weigh four re than I did when I fought the hman. [ now weigh 212 pounds. s and body are considerably thin- | ey were six months ago, but | filled out about the chest and | ders. All the extra weight I have ained has centered in those parts, and as a fighter I know that is the proper | to have extra weight. The best | that I am right is that I feel so | Both Sharkey and Jeffries Are in Prime Con- porm e (ltion and Experts Say the Fight Will Be the Best Ever Witnessed. Isn't that right, turning to the welter-welght Fitzsimmons can hit a much harder blow | me. than Sharkey. and know what T am talking about. blows are concerned, In fact, he declares that his general heath was never better, and if he is defeated he will have no excuse to the same thing, you know,” an- swered Ryan. said that his arm and which had annoyed him itzsimmons hit me on the body pretty | were now In their normal condition. hard, but he did not succeed in hurting | says he has no physical ills of any de- The champion’s last day at his train- | ing quarters was marked by rather mild He skipped the rope a hundred times and punched the bag for about half an hour in the morning. After dinner he CORBETT WILL SEND BULLETINS OF THE BIG FIGHT TO THE CALL standing the remarks of many to the con- considerably, The Call has made an exclusive arrangement with James J. Corbett to describe for bulletin display the Jeffries-Sharkey championship battle as the fight progresses. These bulletins wiil be transmitted from the ringside over a direct wire ] took a leisurely stroll from Allenhurst to Long Branch, along the ocean front, and return. He then loafed around for a while, joking with his trainers, and at half-past 4 o'clock bade good-by to his acquaintances and boarded the train, leaving at that hour for New York. Although Sharkey had planned to come to the city to-night, he changed his mind at the last moment and decided to remain at his training quarters at Newdorp untfl to-morrow morning, when he will leave for the battleground. Sharkey said that he did not think Jef- | | ries could take a good hard punch suc- | cessfully. He said that in the only really | difficult fight the Californian has had— | that with Fitzsimmons—he received only a few hard blows, owing to Fitzsimmons’ wild delivery. Somebody called Sharkey’s attention to the fact that Jeffries had an extremely long reach and asked if Fitz- | | simmons’ failed to get inside the big | Californian’s guard, how could he (Shar- key), 2 smaller man, hope for better re- sults. Sharkey pointed out that he had | never yet failed to get inside the guard of | any man he had ever fought. He sald that he had successfully got past the| guards of such clever fighters as McCoy, Corbett and Fitzsimmons, and not only | sueceeded in hitting them, but landed with | | sufficient force to score a knockdown in | each instance. | Sharkey not only believes that he is a | much stronger man than Jeffries, but that he can deliver a blow with much greater force than the champion. A comparison of the style of fighting of | the two men is interesting. Jeffries, who | | were only two reall | the world—the British and the Americans Africa—a great gain, which to my mind outweighs the heavy losses we have sus. tained, and outweighs even the sad dis- aster which was due to an accidental cause.” Rear Admiral Lord Charles Beresford, replylng to the toast, “The Imperial Forces,” praised the transport arrange- ments. Referring to the surrender of the Irish Fusileers and the Gloucestershire Regiment after their ammunition was ex- pended, he said it was an honorable sur- render. He expressed the opinion that the Government was not sending men enough to South Africa, in view of the probability | that the Cape Dutch would join the Boers. Discussing the general question of mili- tary arrangements, he observed that there patriotic nations in —because they alone had volunteer armies. THAT MULE STAMPEDE. LONDON, Nov. 3.—A dispatch to tha Daily Telegraph from Ladysmith, filed Monday night, giving a description of the battle says: “A similar mule stampede occurred to Lieutenant Colonel Grimwood's column on the Buluwan side. The ammunition was lost, but our infantry quite held their own. It was a serious misfortune that the Powerful's blu kets were not sum- moned sgomer, as the result of the en- gagement would have been different.” The Daily News has a dispatch this morning from Ladysmith, dated Tuesday at 10:30 a. m., which gives the first inde- pendent account of the cutting off of [to Call’s business oftice . states that a dlspatch [ D9 you think your battle with Sharkey | ing _operator will transfer the will be a long or short one?” was asked. | on Market street. The receiv- | s acknowledzed to be the more sclentific | Ticutenant Colonel Carleton’s column In N fighter of the palr, assumes a_ low, the engagement at Farquhar's Farm. descrxptxon direct from the Wire | crouching position when in action. He al-| myo orrespondent says: 3 ways keeps his left on guard, ready to| e ¥ b »d from the Governor of i L7 | . . . . + The column was sent out Sunday x Sir nets Hely-Hutchin-| “That is a hard question to answer. |to specially prepared films ready for display by the aid of a pow- | Trntnt e o et comicor % | night, made a wide detour and reached & r that communication with | 88i¢ Jeflries, thoughtfully e length | . 4 . . . | 5 s 1 the spurs of the Drakensburg before Ladysmith has been Interrupted since halt | of the battle will hesld-'l;rminmll\'uryierful stereopticon. Mr, Corbett will be stationed immediately easy for him to move his head out of the | dawn. Colonel Carleton _stormed the t9 ¢ . "his is not regard- | largely by the tactics Sharkey employs.” | 7 +5 i i g T y s g s ) i 5 . . Sk owever. s 1 any | 1t was suggested to the champion that | behind the transmitting’ operator at the ringsid:, and will dictate 2= SOl s e R T T e wise cor rumor of a complete | the sailor would likely pursue his usual ALE D 5 8 3 UL WEIBDL | munition was exhausted and surrender nvestment of Ladysmith, or of the cap- | rushing tactics. to the latter a description of every movement of the herculean box- nimble on his pedal extremitics as ISt | had become Inevitable. Nearly 20 had ture ole . S stra 8 “Well, if he does,” exclatmed the cham- . e plon, the fight will b over inside of five | erS. L he old-fashioned method, BOLD STRATEGY OF THE | rounds. Fitzsimmons used rushing tactic |fices, of first writing cut the when | met him, and everybody knows BOEHS_,ET LADYSMITH ‘ how hard he tried to knock me out, but | must thus give way to a more which still obtains in some of-|der. and when he lands squarely generally | the? been killed and wounded.” o staggers or sends his opponent to the A ? bulletins at both ends of the wire, | boards. Jeftries” ability in this direction GEEMAN CORPS’ APPEAL. 5 % 2 ? | was clearly demonstrated in his fight with | BERLIN, Nov. 2—The Vossische Zeit- progressive and txme-savmg Sys- l"llzslrmmnlsv from Mmmhhe ;]vnn hlls pres- | ung publishes an appeal signed ‘by the ve han Bharkey vi ! : v ent title of heavy-weight champion pu-| committee of the German corps in the o o e inC T itemt WUndensithis \the sspectators it it L i igmeentt o0 on Market street will be enabled | giiist of the worla. Transvaal calling upon Germans to con- Sharkey’s style of fighting is very unlike | tribute to the support of the f: Hes afled to accomplish his object, so what | 3 ISHNEL i E flor i FRvRER TR familien gd e e o o noteithe brogress ol the ican! BUSHNELL PHOTO. test almost as readily as those at | tnat of defrries-. The sailor is by no means | “ilvese G Horngers familles of fatled. Now Fitzsimmons 1s a much | brevity of the ice Tuesday anxlety pre »f the Brit- Office Bul- | South lense, 25 th rof G Al White's | force, is believed to be well defended by a composite naval and e it is understood that 7E pounders mounted ne the Tugela, one of points along the of tact, 1 don't care how Sharkey fghts. | the ringside. Blow for blow, together with their effect on the contestants, will be describzd, He can fight any old way he wants to. ages of the battle.” I've bet $500 to $300 that you'll beat him, Jeff. “How about your ability to take pun. ishment?’ was asked. ‘‘Men who are backing Sharkey belleve that you cannot take hard thumping.” [ will be prepared for him at any and all | 35 will also the scenes attendant upon the meeting of the men both before and after the : Watch The Call’s bulletins, dictated by James J. Corbett, for the best and most accurate information regarding the meeting to-night of Jeffries and Sharkey. “That's right,” sald Tommy Ryan; “and | battle, NEW YORK, Nov. as finished a boxer as the Californian. He | is, however, fairly clever, but in the heat | and excitement of battle usually forgets his knowledge of the finer noints of box- ing. He is an aggressive, rough and ready, “get there” sort of fighter. He keeps af- | ter his man while swinging his right and | left, and is not discouraged if he receives a hard blow or fails to land. He will take two or three blows in order to land one. In point of physical perfection, no two better pusilists ever fought for the heavy- taken up arms in a just cause.” The Hamburgische Correspondenz, in the course of a semi-official article which cautions “those who desire to embroil Germany in a conflict with Great Brit- ain,” says: ““Germany is not going to pluck chest- nuts for other people out of Great Brit- ain’s fire. Such a policy would drive Ger- many so closely into the arms of Russia that she would hardly be able to breathe.” letermaritzburg it to be abl | "I don’t know how they form that opin- 5 s weight champfonship. In former contests Skl ‘.n.e,l,,,f 11".3‘;:1 7,.‘:L s mqr.;‘-nf,‘“‘n ‘1? fon,” said the big Californian; “I've been Editor The Call: the question of dissipation and youth | SECOND ARMY CORPS. the Boers succeeded in destroying this | hit very hard In all my battles, and vet With the greatest pleasure I will dictate fight to Frisco peo- |asainstase has fgured conspicuously, but | ould mean the interruption of | I've never been knockec = PR 3 s i in to-morrow night's battle honors are| LONDON, Nov. 2.—Again it is asserted prife ft wOMO risan the tnteruntion or | some pretty hard blows, ple just as I see it. Remember me kindly to everybody in Frisco. at Aldershot that the mobilization of a for an indefinite period. While the Boer | and he didn’t succeed in doing very much second army corps will begin November attempts in this direction are not con | damage to me. And let me tell you that JAS. J. CORBETT. Continued on Second Page. 10 AHl Vit the ol Tbtoh S tis 1 o e To-Night TO-NIGHT To-Night TO-NIGHT ° | , [ \\}Vatch The Call’s Dome SEE THE CALL’S BULLETIN BOARDS TO-NIGHT Watch The Call’s Dome Wad Loght | FOR THE BEST REPORTS OF THE G B JEFFRIES WINS : Jeffries-Sharkey Championship Fight. SHARKEY WINS W