The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 18, 1899, Page 1

VOLUME Tall Q\S AELLT> TATE . ~Se o SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18 CEASELESS. BOMBARDMENT F WHITE'S STRONGHOLD (@04 0000040+900+00 0000000009090 000040 LADYSMITH SHELLED BOTH NIGHT AND DAY Boers Claim the Town Proper Has Been Abandoned. British Troops Take Shelter on the Edge of the Hill to Escape the Fire of the Cannon. OND h\ 8- spatches from Pietermaritz- enzo M ez, say that Ladysmith is bom- is hard pressed. On November ) £ g the night placed men close to the town, the nt, began an assault, but were ve de- ] every | with heavy lo The Boers hz ¢ f the bridges over the Tugela River. I d ch from Pretoria gives de- s ¢ ferred to in the dispatch from Preto- wember 13: 1 taken up a po iva s right in the midst of behind the hill. 1t 1 b; i I ay the tr the ety Hus four nd men; the ine non-commissioned the Natal Police, k, thirty-eight men. ng excellent] have am an engagement e British advanced rs of the Transvaal. with was fired on ti h. The Bnit n killed and. three woun e troons Ladysmi ish loss is od unknown. wounded. musketry firir the dir ONTON aws ie that the re for some days. tc any and LJ . « . o PoedebOLONOINILS s . officers -commissioned officers and 533 non- has on on a small hill, ced and attacked them, sending e hill for an hour, when the Transvaal the battery, send- Two burghers wer ack on Ladysmith several shells ex- t the execution done could not be seen. kander cannon on the hills surround- y on Ladysmith tumning lurid inferno of whistling, m all parts of the compass to the gs on fire were seen from Buluwan ) deserted and on the edge of the hill to escape the death-deal- also says that the prisoners at and Dublin offi- s and men; the artillery, issioned officers and men; the officers one The from Pretoria to Lady- le food, buts are short of clothes, yesterday thir- A big gun 10 retired at 3.0’clock to a kloof near The Boers had one In addition they had thirteen card should has returned take charge of the Colonel taken rt. The forces now at | parently convinced the British that the IS e L e S e s A S e e A S e ae ae il o oo o S S = TN O o e S RS S . J to LA o e e e e o B oL o S o R R S SRS SRR R IR I AR S S S This officer commands the Bri ¢ burg for the relief of Ladysmitt Broetobeiot sio o iorohededestsostdetbesoes ol Pietermartizburg are too weak to attempt t communication. Artillery and pecially are badly needed, and ily will take a e to ob- , owing to the o en- »t allowing the orses to rest after the long sea voyage From the indiscriminate distribution of the various divisions at unexpected pol it seems clear that the original plans of Gensral Buller havs been wholly shanged. ot ibe slightest word regarding the new Jlans has been allowed to escape. t has been reported that the Belmont fight arose owing to the advance of a British column to relieve Kimberley, but this see incorrect, all of the most re- le accounts representing the engage- t as growing out of a reconnoissanc uncement of the arrival of Cen- 8 means that arrangements are rward state for an advance from int, if the advance has not already fe on Friday, Novem- Last Tuesday a Boer force of 600 red Aliwal North, Cape C hotst- ed the flag of the Free State leclared the town and district to be part of th republic e activity of the Boers in 114 almost point to the fot of the f of Kimber- ley from attack from this direction or from Bloemfontein. In view of the reticence of General Bul- is almost useless to speculats re- garding the report of a movement to re- tended e, from of to ve Kimberley. It can only be | o draw the Boers, if posst The object of the occupation al North, it is unders prevent the large quantity at Herschel being forwarded nce to ave notified th looting will be allow. e repc to James- een’s Own. abitants There are ts of mysterious movements commandos along the Or- r. and important developments ed. Everything tends to show relief of Kimberlev 1 only aken by a stro lumn n 18 C 'BOLDNESS AND CORRECT STRATEGY OF THE BOERS LONDON, Nov. 17.—The serfous and un- | expected disaster to the Estcourt armored | jtrain on the eve of the forward move- ment for the relief of Ladysmith has ap- . ‘e The A R e S = S Y Prereteses 040 VIEW IN THE VICINITY OF COLENSO. lustratfon shows| the southern end of the Colenso Railroad bridge, with the town in the distance. MAJOR-GENERAL HILDYARD. R B o = S GITSTSTELOTIT & Ol D00 @ 3 5 ¢ CHIEF JOEL 10 ¢ JOIN THE BOERS; - ¢ LONDON, Nov, 17.—Ad- vices from Maseru, Basu- toland, dated Wednesday, November 8, say that Chief Joel, terrorized by false Boer assertions that the British have been beaten in every engage- ment and are being driven out of South Africa, is ° preparing to join the ¢ Boers, believing theirs the 2 - SO B0 OO S 0o 0P 0 eCeTPOI0I0 S e G O 0e winning side The Boers 2 are said to have supplied & have accompanied with specious promises. 8 & b g g ¢ g g ¢ | DD DD A0 S DETEDIDIDIN S advance will be contested step by step. o The Boers are seemingly swarming south of Colenso. While from the ht P ch er force has arrived from eise- where, and will probably turn out to aid | General Schalkburger's corps. The Boers evidently are straining every nerve and bringing up every man to re | duce Ladysmith before the British relief eir operations south- rable boldness and cor- gy. If their aim Is to tsolate Estcourt by cutting off commum- cation with the Mool River, where there |is an important railroad bridge, every- thing points to the belief that the officer commanding the relieving column will have a more difficult task than is gener- ally assumed. In front he will have a broad river to cross in the presence of the Boers, and on his right, and probably in the rear, will be hostile bodies who are Continued on Second P: D S S o o o o o S S o o SN PLEASED WITH TESTS P him with guns, which they 3| 1899, s SISTEN On THE vy Board Recommends That It Be Given a Place in the Service. Result of the Trials Conducted by | The Call and the New York Herald. EEALERS Spectal Dispateh to The Call. WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 17.—Rear Admiral R. B. Bradford, chief of the Bu-| Gbeieie i es |OIL WORKS M | Lieutenants J. B. Blish and F. K. Hil, | and their report was submitted to Rear Admiral Bradford. These are thelr con- clusions and recommendations: “It is well adapted for use in squadron signaling under conditions of rain, fog, darkness and motlon of speed. Wind, rain, fog and other conditions of weather do not affect transmission through space, but dampne: vy reduce range, rapid- ity and ¥ by impairing the Insula- tion of the aerlal wire and instruments. \ Darkness ha rolling ey roduced n It 1d we belle | the work m would be very | little n of a ship. “Whe nding at he same tim ng wires within nge receive impulses from transmitters, although unreadable, show un- mistakably that such double sending is ing place. “In every case, under a great number of varied conditions, attempted Interfer- ence : Marconl, although ese at- made prevent never ained how. nor ttempt to demonstrate It could mpts were “Between large ships (heights of masts 130 and 140 feet) and a torpedo boat (height of mast 45 feet), across open water, signals can be read up to seven miles o nthe torpedo boat and elghty-five miles on' the torpedo boat and eighty-five be interrupted altogether when tall build- | ings of iron framing intervene. | "“The raptdity is not greater than twelive words per minute for skilled operator: | The sending apparatus and wire would in- jurlously affect the compass if placed near it. The exact distance Is not known, und should be determined by experts. he system is adapted for use on all vessels of the mavy. including torpedo boats and small vessels, as patrols, scouts and dispatch boats, but it Is impracticable in a small boat. : “For_landing parties the only feasible method of use would be to erect a_pole on shore and then communicate with che ship. ““The system could be adapted to the telegraphic determination of difference of longitude In surveying. “The board respectfully recommends that the system be given & trial In the e B DEATH OF A PIONEER. Oliver B. Power Dies After a Linger- ing Illness. SUISUN, Nov. 17.—Oliver Bliss Power, | one of the pioneers who came to Califor- nia in 1849, dled at his home here to-day after a lingering liiness of several month: Deceased settled In Suisun In the early '50's and was identified with the early his- tory of Solano County. He followed jour- | palism for a number of vears, being a ublisher of the Solano Republican over | orty years ago. He served one term as County Judge of Solano County. The de- ceased had reached the advanced age of $0 years. He leaves a widow. one daugh- ter and a son, the latter E. A. Power. a student at the State University at Berke- | ley. e L SURVEYING PARTY SAFE. Mrs. Stocker Receives a Telegram | From Her Husband. LOS ANGELES, Nov. 17.—That the sur- veying party believed to have been lost in the Guif of California is safe Is indicated by this telegram, received late this after- noon by Mrs. Ada B. Stocker: “GILA BEND. Ariz., Nov. 17.—Regret false reports. All we!l." Will arrive home to-morrow. H. J. STOCKER.” Mr. Stocker was a member of the party belleved to have been lost. Nothing is known of the details, but the inference is that there was no foundation for the story that the party was carried out to THE OFFICE OF THE STANOARD OIL WORKS. ATTEMPT TO STANDAR PRICE FIVE CENTS DESTROY D OIL WORKS Oakland Agitated by Daring Plot of Dynamiters. Immense 0il Tanks Were to Have Been Blown Up,Scattering Inflammable Oil Over Thickly Settled Portion of the City. Oaklard Office San Francisco Call, | %¢ Broadway. Nov. 1. - | HE Oakland police and detective authorities are greatly puzzied + | reau of Equipment, made public to-day over what appears to have been o | the text of the conclusions and recom- a dastardly attempt last night to + | mendation of the board which witnessed blow up the Standard Ofl Com- ¢ | The Call and Herald naval trials of | pany's local plant at the northeast cor- ® | Marconi's tem of wireless telegraphy. | ner of Ninth and Cedar streets by means ¢ | The board is highly enthusiastic over|of dynamite. The successful consumma- @ | the results of the experiment and has|tion of the plot, whatever might have recommended the system be given a trial | been its underlying motive, was nipped | | in the service. The board consisted of | in the bud through the accidental disco Lieutenant Commander J. T. Newton and | ery by two smoll boys of the dynamite | B o e o S S + - - ¢ > R4 * . o : x 4 | ° | B | * { . . P sh troops now gathering at Pletermarits- . i - R e e e e S SO SR ST S A A N A WA A ARKED FOR DESTRUCTION BY OAKLAND DYNAMITERS. that was to have been used In the de- structive work. Every effort is being made to shroud the affair in deepest mystery; the strict- screcy is being observ h the police fe five suspects have n heir names are registered on book at the City P n—a book is Inaccessible to any one f Police Hodgkins, his ca A. Edward Cush{ work naps the me ynamiters was not the destruc of the big plant with its huge. ofl but robbery, burglary and safe-cracking. However, if the latter theory proves te able then it would appear that the m!d- night maruuders, who, in the late ho ups, terminating in the cold-blooded m Oak fon. It appears that yesterday afie shortly after § o'clock, two small whose names Supetintendent Cushin; the excitement of the moment, fal learn, found two sticks of dynamite con- cealed beneath a small pile of two-inch planks on an inclosed lot in t the oll plant and facing Dalton's foun- dry. The boys were playing hide and B! at the time and one them, crouc behind the lumber pile nearest C r street, discovered the sticks. Whether the boys Intuitively suspected the dan- | gerous nature of their find or regardcd it as valuable material mislald and belong- Ing to the oil works is not known. Towever, they promptly carried. the dynami around the corner to the oil compan office, where rthey apprised Superintendent Cushing of what they had found and. how and u%}eru. A hasty inspection. and the superintend- ent, realizing the character of the sticks, divined the criminal purpose with which the dangerous things had been concealed. Visions of the ruined plant. of the big cil tanks blown up. of the office safe cracked and the day’'s collections therein dep gone, Nitted through Superintendent ing’s mind, and he promptly sent word to police headquarters. Chief of Police Hodgkins early in the e\'onlng detailed Sergeant McKinley, Of- ficers Pardee and Murray and two others on the case. The officers were sent out to keep a sharp lookout in the neighbor- hood for any and all strange and sus- to Sergeant McKinley at Dalton's Foun- dry, o ite the ofl plant. on Cedar street. The district Is an extremely de- serted one at night and is poorly lighced, the oll works being scarcely 150 feet from the bay shore. All through the cold night the officers patrolled the district, eagerly watching until 3 o’clock this morning. by which time five suspects had been round- ed up and landed In the City Prison. - As | for absolute clews. it is not known wheth- er the police discovered any: but at any rate the police in their zealous vigilanc succeeded in frustrating the plot that un. questionably invoived criminal motiye. “Just what the motivé of the piotters who concealed the dynamite beneath the lumber in the uninclosed lot back of our works might have been,” said S tendent Cushing to-day, “we do not know but there was the dynamite, discovered b?* the merest chance by those two beys. If the scheme was to blow up the works, 1 cennot imagine what. impelled the pur- pose. We have had no strike or trouble of any kind among our workmen, and her.ce I am inclined to believe that the motive was to blow open our office safe and se- cure what money might be deposited there over night. “To say the least I was: perfectly as- tounded when the boys brought me -the dynamite. I instantly knew what it was and, of course, I immediately notified the police. I understand the officers lay in piclous characters and report at intervals | wait all night In the hope of capt the men who presumably would visit the vacant lot to secure the dyna- ‘mite to carry out their plot, and althou I.am Informed th 3 durin night came ¢ A to be suspecte and were arrested 8t of these weré stray laborers or t the latter some bo: perhaps seeking shelter ack of the works. I have also though t-mot at all unilkely that the scheme might have had for fts ultimate purpose he blowing up of the Dalton. Foundr; just across the trac V not use any dynamite In our and withal the affair is a gr “The dynamite was . ap manufact ured and there d where It v irs. Thous: amount t safe, if safe-cracking a ary the object, the burglars, if successful, would have secured enough. for thelr trouble. “Indeed, T do not know what to think | about it all. However, we all feel very glad that the palice, the perhaps a bit overzealous in their frus- trated .the plot; even thou tm- plicated were not ap: The dynamite is now in the poss of the police, who are using every deavor 1o ciear up the mystery the five suspects imprisoned Poli taln Wilson stated this afte most of the suspects arre last night were released during without divulging the cause that en As to Cap- on that during to- led o | their arrest. The local plant of the Company is_for the most part a brick structure. The office is located In the southwest corner and toward the rear of the works and nearest the spot where the Standard Ofl L [ ] « weERe THE mevs FOUND L R R I S o S S 2 dynamite was found tower three hugs iron tanks usu: holding f; 1 0 gallons of MRS. WHITE'S ASSAILANT RELEASED ON BAIL Guard Was Kept Around the Jail, but No Attempt at Violence Was Made. TOMALE: The excitement over the as itted on Mrs. Min- hle W @ Jason has not en- tirely subsid but the danger point is and Jason is. now in ing summary danger of ment for his deed aged populaee. nploy Zonunes ran | smuggled t from tow It is probable that the only thing that saved n's life was his age. Though large and strong, the boy is not yet 1§ years of age, the cooler-headed eiti- zens made this fact their strong point in urging the advocates of lynehing to let the law take fts urse. District Attorney Mclsaac will arrive on the noon train to-morrow, and Jason's preliminary e tion will_ take place efore Turner an hour later. A number of deputies have sworn in by Con- stablé Glover tc ent_on the occa- sion and see tha Mence is done the prisoner. The evidence ‘will undoubtedly warrant young Jason's being keld to an- swer-in the Superior Court Several persons saw - him follow Mys. | White down the . railroad track, and the torn and disarranged condition 6f her gar- ments when she reached town showed that she had been engaged In a severs | struggle. Mrs. White was unable to leave | her bed to-day as the result of nervous prostration. | DWIGHT L. MOODY | IS SERIOUSLY ILL | Evangelist Stricken by Heart Trouble While Conducting Meetings at | Kansas City. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Nov. 17.—Dwight | L Moody, the evangelist, who has been | preaching here to thousands nightly In Convention Hall, was stricken with- heart trouble to-day. His engagement here was | cut -short. - to-night and Is ' _ep route to his home at Northfield, Mass., in care of Dr. Schauffler o and this city | C. M. Vining, teller of the Union N | Bank. They are traveluig in a car provided by the committee of ch | men who brought Mr. 1y to Kansas | It is admitt tion is seriou | feeling very w d 1 - “I have had trouble with my heart for | a good many ye but 1 ‘never feit | weak, as I do T nothing alarming about my condition, I believe night the eva wl st Since last Sunday r | nas been preaching in Convention Hall, where the audiences on séveral ocea- sions have numbered fully Several times he has spoken with culty and has been compelled at times to sit up all night, as Le could not breathe while ly- ing down. To-day he was too Il to go to the hail and large audience which had gathered was turned away. Evangelist R. E. Torre of Chicago will come ‘here to fluish the series of meet- ings.