The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 4, 1899, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1899. 3 LADYSMITH IS STILL CUT OFF FROM THE WORL Communication But Britens Forces Will Boers’ LONDON, Nov. 4.—The m Luxembourg which says: “Until within a few days Dr communication with Pretoria, t channel, by means of which he has been able to inform the Transvaal of the supposed British plan to advance through the Orange Free State. With a vi ment the Boers will endeavor tc and then press on to Durban, w vent a Rritish debarkation, while the main Boer army would has- tily retrace its steps to defend t At Plymouth it is rumored be ordered to the Cape, where lected with a view of establishir Attacks Until forcements Arrive. Not Restored, Hope White’s Withstand the Rein- LT Cosorie; X8 F1TZLARENGE Woeroep 57 Standard publishes a dispatch r. Leyds has been in telegraphic hrough an indirect diplomatic ew of anticipating this move- ) capture or isolate Ladysmith here they would be able to pre- 1e line of the Orange River.” that the channel squadron will a great naval force is to be col- 1g a cordon from the mouth of T Cor- the Orange River to Delagoa supplies for the enemy and wit landing guns to assist the British forces. Communt- | tored with sent | CASUA »mbat- , as rmation , although the le, it is not regard- their utmost in tae {nvestment of | was to check or delay this move- White undertook the 3 s so consider- eral a large mea! opinion of ondent the war corresy £ the 2 na red \ought the t complete union ¢ our brings nearer the of an immense army. rmaritzburg correspondent provisioned concur in showing that forces suffered sever Mon- oun- on | at continue to arrive \ting on Farquhar's confirm its serfous na- escape General s point the Morning s such a tale of battle as g When the miss- 1 it 1s almost safe to story, because abandonment or sur- | | as if it were only the gent from the a worse dis- | . when it was seen | was imperative, two | d-to convey lines to Major retire, but the risk nd flag sig- was emy d. The dist- 8 e ground too ance. , ‘dated No- x police who ige were is prob- hat the Boers Parls and statements of Bri being that Mafe The Paris c 3 Tt supply SifheUntast ADVERTISEMENTS, L SUNN _Who has not known the woman whose position is described by that one word anny ?” There's always a laugh lurk- on her lips. Her cheeks are ever ready to dimple in smiles. Her house- hold' influence is as brightening and stimulating as the sunshine. Nothing can be crueler than to have this sunshine blotted out by disease. But this is a The young wife who ine of the home becomes Every young wife should d know tt ervation of the health. regulari ble body and mind, and cures inflamma- tion, ulceration and female weakness. It nourishes the nervous system and | gives to the body the balance and buoy- ancy of perfect health. It is a strictly temperance medicine, “] can say that your medicine cured me,” writes Mrs. Maud Pearce, of Stoutsville, Fair- field Co., Ohio. T had suffered abcat twelve years.from female weakness and I had almost given up, thinking there was no cure for me. Then I genrd about Dr. Pierce's medicine and thought I would try it, and can say that seven bottles of your ‘ Favorite Prescription’ made me I am now able to do my own housework. about _twelve bottles in all of Dr. Pierce’s Took some of the ‘Golden Medical Fasorite Prescription’ and some of | it Pellets.’ Dr. Pierce’s Pellets cure constipation, l the inference that | advance of the | ne | value of Dr. Pierce’s Favorite | Prescription in the protection and pres- | It promotes | dries the drains which enfee- | 3ay to prevent the landing of z : RH GUINING h a view also, if necessary, of AYLEO pr the Boer secret service fund has been in- creased to £10,000 monthly and that pro- Boer journalists are bribed by the whole- sale. None of the rumors are yet con- firmed and little attention is paid to them. -~ LTIES AMONG THE RANK AND FILE | LONDON, Nov. 8.—The following is a detailed revised report of the total cas- | | nalties among the rank and file at Far- | quhar's Farm: Artlllery—Four killed, twenty-nine | wounded and eighty-five missing. | Cavalry—Two killed, nine wounded, | none missing. First Kings Rifles—One killed, thirty- two wounded, twenty-one missing. Second Kings Rifles—Eight killed, twen- B B S S o o ty-nine wounded, sixteen missing. Leicestershire ~Regiment—Two killed eighteen wounded, four missing. : Dublin one killed, three | d, sixteen missing. Manchester Regiment—None killed, six | wounded, one missing. Irish Fusile Ten killed, wounded, sing unknown. shire Regiment. forty-one Thirty killed, sing. Colonial | ¥ 1 wounded, none Revised total—Fifty-seven | wounded, 473 missing, the | e killed, ast mentioned | ¢ not including the Irish Fusileers. | A significant fact indica the hasty| [ character of General White's retreat to| 3 Ladysmith is the number of men cap-| ¢ tured, apart from the members of the| Gloucestershire and Irish Fusileers taken | © prisoners. * eaibpds D JOUBERT PROTESTS [+ & AGAINST USE OF LYDDITE | @-+<—+s | be made with the view of a conclusion of spatches | an alliance between Great Britain, Ger- LONDON, | from the British camp at Ladysmith, N Tnited States. tal, add little information regarding Mo e except the estimates of the | BOMBARDMENT OF MAFEKING. which are now said to be % killed and 200 wounded, mostly victims of | LONDON, Nov. 4—A special “""'"‘1 the artill shells, which have w it y she ought | epondent of the Daily Mail at Mafeking, Soubes ot havoc that It 15 said General | under date of October 22, says: | oubert, the Boer commander in chief, | n Lt 2 has written a letter to General White, | . oo ol Cronde's bombardment —of) the British commander, protesting agatnst | MAfeking was monotonous. The Boers | fired sixty-two shells, but did no harm, | the use of lyddite. According to all ac- counts the presence at Ladysmith of the | the Whole town—even the ladles—laughing long-range naval guns and the splendiq|at the affair. He threatens to bring a shooting of the bluejackets have materi- | [Orty-pounder from Pretoria. Cronje says | ally improved the position of the British, | he 1S Sorry for the women's sake that he | ghelled the town, but it was not playing A temporary armistice was declared Mon- | day evening to allow of the col'ection of | the dead and wounded. | A dispatch from Kimberley dated Octo- | ber 29 sald all the wounded were doing well. Small bodles of Boers about 400 | strong were then frequently seen. They | apparently came from Mafeking for the | purpose either of assisting In the attack on Kimberley or to resist the advance of reinforcements. The absence of water outside the place causes the Boers to con- tinually move their camps. —_— ENGLAND CONFIDEI;IT OF UNCLE SAM’S FRIENDSHIP LONDON, Nov. 3.—The rumors of thé Continental anti-British coalition continue | to occupy the French papers. Referring | to the alleged Anglo-American under- sald to be the outcome of the American war, the Figaro says: Waushington Cabinet is convinceu that had 1t not been fo the resolute atti- | the game to send dynamite trucks among his men. Fifteen hundred of his com- mand have since departed to the south- ard. Small parties of our garrison is- sued forth nightly and harassed the out- post. I hear that the Daily Mail's corre- spondent at Lohatsl is a prisoner in the hands of the Boers.” - CAPE TOWN. Nov. 1 (delayed in trans- mission).—The Cape Times says it has reliable information that there have been no casualties among the British at Ma feking since October 13. After the heavy bombardment General Cronje asked the town to surrender. Colonel Baden-Powell was asleep when the messenger arrived, but on being awakened recelved him hos- . pitably and politely replied: “I will let you know when we haye had enough.” ENGLAND'’S UNPREPAREDNESS. BERLIN. Nov. 3.—The statement of the British Secretary of State for War, Mar- quis Lansdowne, at the cutlers’ feast fn Sheffield yesterday, that the military pre. parations in the difficulty with the Tran: tude of Great Britain the McKinley ad-|vaal could not be sept abreast of the dip ministration would have had to face a|lomatic negotlations has evoked severe E n coalition in Spain’s behalf to | comment on the part of the German press. the United States of the fruits of T glish played so well on t the present moment, if remain in a ‘position of | v 1t would not be long be- sertion will: amaze the world, and espe- clally Germany, for it implies either that are unequally balanced or that both are fleet showed its flag | inefficient. For the purpose of compari- southern coasts of [ son we need but recall Germany’s pre- imperor's nightmare | paredness in 1870 and the fact that Count used as an argument in | von Moltke on the first day of tke mobill- Te; of the German navy. | zation was found reading a novel. Lord 1 hope that the increase will | Lansdowne's statement only confirms the 00000000 QC00Q0000000000000000000 STRATEGY OF THE BOERS IS DUE TO AN AMERICAN and it w | Eng |loeccoo (<] 10 e OOOOOOOOOOOO‘OQOOOOOOOOOBOOOO m“ ASHINGTON, Nov. 3—A former American army officer may be respon- - ible for the splendld military strategy displayed by the Boers in their re- cent engagement near Ladysmith. The cable dispatches some days ago men- tioned an American by the name of Blake as leading a Boer command. T was told by an army officer to-day that this man was undoubtedly John Y. Fil- more Blake, formerly lieutenant in the Sixth United States Cavalry and a graduate of W Point. The officer with whom I talked was a classmate of Blake. He recalled that he had gone to the Transyaal several years ago, and knowing the character of the man and that he was clo v allied with the Btmrx, he expressed the opinion that his former classmate was probably a leading spirit in the recent movement which resulted so disastrously to the British troops. Speaking further, he said that it was evident the Boers were getting good military advice from Some Source, . i The impression has prevailed here among army men for that the Boers had with them a number of ex-army officers from European countries, but it was not supposed that any former American officer was engaged with them until the name of Blake was mentioned in the dispatches some days ago. Blake is a daring fellow of the cowboy type. He was ap. pointed to the Military Academy from Arkansas, and one of his classmates re- called to-day that when he first appeared at the Military Academy he af- forded a great deal of amusement to the other cadets by reason of his wild Western make-up and mannerisms. He graduated in 1876, standing high in his class and was assigned to the Sixth Cavairy, then serving in Texas. When his regiment was ordered North he found army life too tamg for his adventurous spirit, and after about elght years' service resigned afl went West. He subsequently entered into business in Detrolt, where he married. He left there four or flve years ago for the Transvaal and at last accoun‘s was making considerable money out of mining interests. some time past | suffice to bring home the national in: This as- | the army and diplomacy of Great Britain AN /R RED V£, By LEr CrIMANDER - Irv-crre = FRIT-1115 JATEST: Prrs Sir Redvers Buller, the Commander in Chief, and a Group of British Officers. B S S S B S e S o S S opinion of outside critics that the Briiish | nation is no longer an efficient tool for | politi on a vast scale. Perhaps Eng- land’s experfences in South Africa will | inct of the British the necessity for a radic reorganization of the British military tem. e AN ACT OF COURTESY. WASHINGTON, Nov. 3.—Permission has been given to agents of the British G ernment to compress in New York and Boston a Jarge shipment of Canadian hay destined for the use of the British army in South Africa. It was represented to| the Treasury Department that at present there are no suitabie presses in the Do- minion which are available, and as it is tmportant that the shipment should leave these ports not later than the I5th of the present month the Government was ap- pealed to to make the concession. This was done as an act of courtesy to -he British Government and is not regarded | as a precedent. The British agents rep- R0 € BENTINCIS A, 30&4775 .o . G R trict, has issued a proclamation establish- | to-day passed resolutions expressing its ing a naval prize court during the con- | entire sympathy for the Boers, “who are tinuance of the war. This is aimed at |struggling for independence,” expressing foreigners who might aim to land sup- | regret that the European powers had not plies for the Boers. | intervened to prevent the conflict, and | hoping that peace would be speedily se | curea. - BOERS ARE CONCENTRATED. LOURENZO MARQUES, Nov. 2 (De- layed in transmission).—Five bodies of Boers, totaling 4000 men, with field guns are concentrated at Bethelue bridge. They have collected much food. - - FRENCH SYMPATHY. e KIMBERLEY WAS SAFE. ORANGE RIVER, Cape Colony, Nov. (Delayed in transmission).—Kimberley is TO MOBILIZE MILITIA. LONDON, Nov. 3.—An army order is- PARIS, Nov. 3.—T7hé Municipal Council resented that, while the hay shipments | from Canada probably would be very large they expected to have modern com- presses ready for use within a short time | in the sections where the hay 1s raised. s | BOERS HAD PRACTICE. LONDON, Nov. 4—The Paris corre- spondent of the Daily Mail says: “I learn that the State Governments before the war placed | | Creuzot, but that not all the weapons could be delivered owing to the sudden- ness with which hostilities began. The guns the Boers are actually using ar Creusots 75-millmeter quick-firers and 155 milimeter slege and garrison guns, all mounted on light carriages and adapted 15 every possible way for use over muddy roads. tice under competent Creusot agents. If they could have had another month's | practice no European "artillerist could have withstood them.” i AUSTRALIA’S CONTINGENT. SYDNEY, N. 8. W, Nov. 3.—Tremen- dous enthusiasm was displayed to-day on | the occasion of the embarkation of the | second detachment furnished by the Col- ony of New South Wales for service in South Africa. The Premier, Mr. Lynne, has communi- cated to the other Australlan Premfiers a suggestion that the Colonles should dis- patch to South Africa another body of troops to be called the Australian contin- gent. He says that if necessary 10,000 men could be sent. Pl ol HEAVY “UNS MOUNTED. LONDON, Nov. 3.—The Daily Mail pub- lishes the following dispatch from Lady- smith, dated Wednesday morning: “Matters are quiet. The Boers are ap- parently mounting more heavy guns to the north and northeast, which are likely to give us trouble. A Boer contingent 500 strong, and clearly visible from the camp, {s streaming away to the south. The in- habitants of Ladysmith continue to leave the town. BRITISH TROOPS CONFIDENT. LADYSMITH, Nov. 1 (delayed in trans- mission).—This afternoon everything is quiet, the enemy showing no disposition to come to close quarters. The British guns occupy Strong positions around Ladysmith, and further developments are awaited with confidence, The British troops are full of fight, and the Boers will meet with a warm recep- tion if they attack the town, as the gar- rison is quite ready for them. —_— NAVAL PRIZE COURT. CAPE TOWN, Oct. 31 (Delayed in CO0C0000QO0000000ICCNONON00000000C (4] 000000000000000000000000C00000D0000 Transvaal and Free large orders with the gunmakers at Le They had two months’ firing prac- | | | | | There are three good features combined in our $10 suits and overcoats—rightness, fitness, fashion. They are right in price, fit correctly and are fashionably cut. This trio forms the source of satisfaction that the suits and overcoats give. We keep all clothes in repair free for one year. Get our samples—we give them freely to interested persons. 8. N. 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