The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 22, 1899, Page 3

/ THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNFESDAY, NOVEMBER 22. 1899 BOER COMMANDO CUTS THE TELEGRAPH WIRES AGUINALDO FLEES TWO MEN SWEPT T0 THEIR FURTHER NORTHWARD Shows Greater Strategy Than Pur- suing American Troops, Who Now Suffer Fearful Hardships. Fighting at Mooi River Precedes the Battle to Prevent a J uli‘ction‘of the British orces. l DEATH BY A TIDAL WAVE Wh arf at Bear Harbor, Near Covelo, Piled High With Freight, Is Completely Destroyed. . PS - e . 6 < . selal Cabl o : : /g | COVELO, Cal, Nov. 21.—A tidal wave | feet of the wharf, lumber, machinery and Special Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 1899, by | { that swept over Bear Harbor wharf to-| wharf houses, carrying everything away James Gordon Bennett. hd | day caused the death of two men and the | Fortunately all the workmen but three 3¢ | destruction of much shipping. Bear har- | fled to high ground at the wave's ap- D+ 0404040+ 040 404 040 +0 4040 404040 40404040+ 040404049 | o [bor is ‘a small shipping point on the | proach. Hardly an lnstant recnnd’ oo 3 + I coast. The names of the drowned are elapse from the time the wave struck till < MANILA, Nov. 22—12:50 p. m —Aguin- ¢ Frank Ward and Christopher Jones. An | the men and whart were engulfed and no e I 6 ! unknown man was rescued after having | visible trace was left the ¢ aldo has escaped between Generals Jdb ¢ | been in the sea twelve hours. A south-| Ward and Jones were never seen to 3 2 east gale had been blowing all night and pear in the sea. The unknown man who - Young and Wheaton. General Young is 9 ® morning, but the sea was not particularly | was rescued kept well up in the water o . PR rough and no alarm was felt for the | and was seen to head for a small reef, + pushing toward Bayambong. o d o safety of life and property around the | which he reached in safety, and was res. ° ol e+ | dock. Calvin Stewart, manager of the| cued several hours later by a boat from Q4T HO+04T+ D40 4T+ O+ 4T 4040 404D+ 0 +D40 40454 04040 +0+e .. wharf, was superintending the arrange- | shore. g ment of bark and lumber being piled at Both Ward and Jones are married men . has gaine ' various vantage points about the wharf|and have familles living Ee ¢ | for the convenience of loading on a|Pollard & Dodge of San Fra - e | steamer that was expecied to arrive. Sud- | owners of the dock. The loss inel @ | denly the afarm was sounded to clear the | yable hoisting machinery. tan ¢ whart as an immense wave was sighted, | ber and a ol S e e ¢ but it was generally thought the moun- | freight r nt to San Pran- b4 tain of water would break before reach- | cisco. The 10t be accurst ing shore. estimated to be well up . The tidal wave swept entirely over 60 | i the thousands of dollars. ADVERTISEMENTS. L e e S )¢ ; b with Sir Alfre sanction . arrested by Boers in the mountains an é to Bloemfontein It is vlnr!»r~‘ . od that M Schreiner's letter was a | g 3 pt N ¢ !lpn st a s e ess) t of Brit- 1t ¢ protest against impressmen | ¢ nOPEivuwn BrIDGE VVER 1he ORANGE RIVER. ® ! ish subjects in Cape Colony. ‘ | . This bridge is on the line of the Cape Town-Buluwayo railroad, some seventy miles below Kimberley. Here Lieu- ¢ > | nnc UR ' i ® tenant General Lord Methuen Is organizing « fl olumn, which in a few davs will make a dash for the relief of Kim- & THIS FROM PRETORIA. | ¢ berley. T column will consist of thé Grenadiers, Scots Guards, Northumberlands, orthamptons, Yorkshires and half of . s | e No: anca -ing shut up in Kimberley. v o cavalry 2Ty PRETORIA, Nov. 21, via Lourenzo Mar- g © the North Lancashires, the other halt being shut up in Kimberley. There will be neither cavalry nor artillery with the & | quez.—Monday's report from General Jou- | Grim Joke of Convict SO column. : f ! 4 | bert's headquarters, which was presented ; R k M c B i Efi ted at @it ei e et et et st et et et et st e eteieiete +iebedebedebeseiesg@ tothe Transvaal Councll of War to-day. Reavis. emarkadie Lurss being ciiec says: e AL the State Electro-Medical Institute. E Tha Return of the Great Fhysicians |¢ LONDON, Nov. 22.—Late last evening the War Office made public two dispatches from General Buller at Cape Town. first had been received from General Clery, dated Monday, No- vember 20, and announced that three privates were wounded the The | shells into the town this afternoon.” - feavy gun firing was heard In the di- rection of Estcourt on Saturday and con- rifle fire is proceeding south of A small sortie from Lady- this morning was repulsed The Transvaal heavy guns fired a number of Special Dispatch to The Call, SAN QUENTIN PRISON, Nov. 21— Frank Reavis, a prisoner who was sent to the penitentiary eight times for stealing the same mare f A L | tn n 1 a man in Calaveras previous day at Mooi River. { ONE MINOR BATTLE. ;hf’."i‘.»'r‘,;;u‘]‘.;‘,‘ relsanel quSeuen_of i : § | one at Folsom, all & light, except the and Specialists Hailed With The second was from Colonel Baden-Powell, dated at Mafe.| DURBAN, Natal, Nov. 20.—Seven hun- | last two. which were for tweive and fif- dred Boers from Weenan t teen years respectively : K | 'k /up a strong e S pe - Delight 1king, November 6, saying: “All well here,. We have had a few |position on the Highlands, thirteen miles | coryyt i Ve ana'ficey, Smounted to e T successful sorties. Our loss is two officers and seventeen men |fam eust of Mool River. Major Thorny- | e 1s"ro 50 veats of age, and when he x g croft, with a detachment of mounted in- € prison he said he ed to ap- By th2 Weak, the Sick and Afilicted of the | killed and four officers and twenty-nine men wounded. Thefantry, and the Estcourt Carbineers en- | PI¥ for admittance to the Soidiers' Home Pac fic Coast. enemy’s loss is heavy His numbers are decreasing, but his guns of gaged the Boers, killed, incl which three were ng their commandant. The | Nap: It is stated by th Mcials that a 5 few months ago F vis eived a letter ) 5 Boers withdrew, taking 200 head of cat- | from the man from whom he had stoler remain and shell us, keeping out of the range of our small guns. | te captured at Turner's farm. The*main | the mare so often. In which the sanes S S Y < Boer force south of Estcourt is reported | 3sserted that it was now safe for Reavis Have had no news from the outside since October 20.” to have retired | of old age te to leave his abode, rs as the mare had died ago. & ONDON, Nov. 22, § a. m.—The an- | rele ¢ via Belmont it is hardly | thusiasm displayed by our folks at home | Bad Acident Averted. -I T i wrote Tenvis ty = » nouncement from Durban that com- | probat military censor would | over the war and by the sympathy so| SAN RAFAEL. Nov. 2L—Philip Flaherty of her colts shuntont with t {s in- allow the publication of the information. feelingly expressed. Not the least is tne | and John Rellly found ber of trucks e d seems to confirm the be- A move In the direction of Bethulle | American generosity appreciated by che | ara i‘.;‘,ft Lt ,.':11,,? ::,f:ln:» St BARK IS WRECKED. € that a Boer e es- | would ¢ the Boers between the col- | population here. the Donahue line at the depot las ; I i tabl 1 -’~."f.u'\\'m..w G umns of Methuen and Gatacre, coming | Colonel Stowe, the American Consul, | and informed .\zxx;n:'r;‘urdr:r:::nlgllll | Italian Vessel Fabio Strikes on the ey thed from Queenstown, and the garrison at|pald a visit to the Boer prisoners :f | removed them from the rails. I | Palisades. alists of o s auwpoort Simonstown and was accorded a salute | lieved that a number of boys who were | KINGSTON, Jamaica, 21.—The 1 s b N All attempts to storm Ladysmith seem of nine guns. He has authorized the | roughly handled a few days ago for Italian bark Boigiano, tre obtained from the ac i- | to have been loned by the Boers. | American Consul in Pretoria to honor cap- | terfering with raillway employes in from Naples nsacola, ta tion of the Boer commands in Natal and | Their main force, of about 15,000 or more, | tive officers’ checks to the amount of g'-‘:;“";{l“‘;,”fr;‘!‘:;‘;;{“:}f 3;‘{:""1“’(‘;'};“:“‘,!' 4y e (‘r‘).,'nf“““" damaged b x front the condition of beleaguered garrisons |is already.marching south under General ; £1500. train, and the authorities are investigat. | struck om the Ps She < Mant] particularly, nothing has been allowed to | Joubert to search for food and with the | Great interest has been created by the | ing the affair. | now a total wreck E ————— develop for the public information. secoandary object of meeting General | news of the early arrival in Table Bay | « HARDSHIPS ENDURED T cectainif wing t0 ithis heavy | Gles of an American squadron, Including the | | work of debarkation and entraining at| The latest news of Joubert's force re- | cruiser Chicago, Admiral Schley’s flag- | E BY OUR BRAVE TROOPS Durban the preparations for the advance | ported them as ching upon the Moci | ship, the Montgomery and two other | s of the relief force are in no way as ad- | River far to the south of Estcourt. The | cruisers. The visit of the squadron to the | vanced as has been supposed. This may | road being followed is most like! Cape at this juncture cannot fail to create be due to the necessity of pushing | which leads direct from Ladys a profound impression. Arrangements provisions to the front In need- | through We o Weston, avoiding are being made to offer the American | ties before the troops are sent teourt. The aim is to isolate the Brit- ships a splendid reception. Official visits | ther hand the celerity with which | ish forces at . destroy the Mooi | will be exchanged between the A are being pushed forward from | River bridge and impede General Clery’s | Admiral Schley and Admiral Sir Robert | wn equally tends to show that all | advance. L Harris. ‘ preparations regarding forage and R e = R e < ons werd already well advanced be- GENERAL GATACRE PLUCKY WOMAN WHO ‘ troops arrived at Cape Town ot age has arrive TALKS TO THE TROOPS DEFIED THE BOERS s .ord Methuen, g ‘ pA | 3 tion of Nauwpoort is seod | CAED: TOW ov. 2—General Ga-| LONDON, Nov. 2.—The following Zis- | ) for the British. It is not Known | tacre. commander of the patch from its special correspondent is | - from what point the troops came, | ASsembling at Queenstown, Cape Colony, | published by the Daily Mait: | it is presumed they were from De | made a speech to the troops there to-| CAPE TOWN, Nov. 19.—A superb in- arriving al Lawt ol ts from the northern portion of | the premises. rov Mo m The Duke of Portland s contributed | the cology are more reassuring, but there The Boers were nonplused by tne Mdatepal beis r”r."“.\l 10,000 pounds sterling for Red Cross So- | is distinct danger of the Dutch actively | lady’s determined manner, but went out- P s ORE andtell eere | Gty weriiin Ronth Atrios sing the cause of the Boers, who | side and hoisted the Free State flag. The r lving on any f provisions. Bread The Times announces that it is author- | LOW effectually bar three lines of entry | Postmistress pulled it down and ran up | at o7 ar ANas | z0q to deny the statement recently made | Into the Free State. Most of the stu- | the Union Jack again. The Boers stuck T s - i L St R A ek DRase R L Py Thee Bt dents of the Burghersdorp Theological | up a proclamation annexing the district. ialists cure "all difficult Opss ": fim‘:;fl-;;"lm; poleon, who is a colonel in the Ru: Seminary joined them after the latter oc- | The Postmistress tore it down and put up S a 1] women, ':x(‘;l;xdu.u ckent and obakbest | arny, dealied to. Join .the.; Bosts . .and | cupled.the; town. the Governor's proclamation against trea- | - - allr middle-aged and old | V2 . asked Emperor Nicholas for permission. | Proclamations issued at Bloemfontein | son. The Boers finally retreated. i A ““Yeargood’’ overcoat is all that e EPD Saronl P Stk As a miatter of faot he never had any | Th ember 14, declare that the | The last accounts from Lady Gray state | i i i i ot e “and RACE OF WARSHIPS Such 'faes | whole of Griqualand West, except Kim- | that the herolc woman is still In posses- | 4 lected improperly back and sexual ON THE WAY TO MANILA Aar, in which event it will not be long be- of another great British victory there last | et WHERE A BIG BATTLE He said the regulars should watch elf.” eking, are annexed to thc e proclamations are signed . Wessels, President of the Volks- British column | stance of a woman’'s pluck is reported ineseylpen i Awions Joree bbb et el B Jearn from the irregulars, who were | from Lady Gray, the chief town of the on troubled waters. This ppink out' sick | Nauwpoort commands the gap n the | 2cquainted with the sofl and the habits of | native reserve near the Free State border. | ted dally—not In iso- towns without - | Kikvorshburg, the last strong fighting | the Boers. When the forward movement | When the Boers entered the town they | t in dozens of cases supplies and attendance, some of | . yion south of the Orange River, and | 1S begun, he continued, there could be no | went to the postoffice with the Intention | and chronic; lum- | them making their way back ac 4 admirably sulted to oer tactics | question of stopping it, and he asked them | of taking possession of it. They were met | st horses were dying and| - Colonel Roy Stone's dlspateh . from | to do their best, adding, “I will never ask | by the postmistress, an English woman, | Sollars IR rovan. bteat o] Tadvelth sl Aianoses ot all ireports 1 to do anything I am not willing to do | who not only declined to turn over the postoffice to them, but ordered them off sion of the postoffice. The Free Staters are gradually advanc- ing on Barkley East. prices mean lower qualities. You get full value for your money in ey and stomac raad | ——— i . A Y Sna-stomach | S WASHINGTON 21.—The ocean MAY NOW BE FOUGHT The Midland Ne says that Messrs. | RUMORS OF VICTORY | a “‘Yeargood'’ overcoat, and thhou_l and hydro race for Manila is becoming closer. S Vanderwalt an »ber, members of the | ARE NOT CONFIRMED | a risk, either—your money returned if 3 mple New Orl arrived at Aden to-da ONDON, Nov ~The eyes of strate- | Cape Assembly, h: joined the Boer ¥ 2 5 2 and complete I LONDO? y rat ¥ A 5 : testimoni principal competitor, the Brooklyn, gists are now fixed on the territory lying | forces at Colesburg. o | you want itor a year’s repairing free seciali ’"“"' yesterda between Orange River, De Aar Junction, kACREMh’S Rl e % = {i Sl in treating ruyp 8 Ooneeq Queenstown and Aliwal North. Here, it H & , Natal, Nov —Rumors o No cutting with ™ost ah is believed, will be fought the first battle | CONSUL M {«:‘_f‘lorlnus“}'ijmrfx alchlewd b)‘m(‘-eneml | 1 work or busi- | on General Buller's iine of campaign. | White on Wednesday last are stlll uncoa- | ur z R i ie® Lo S e ! POWEE‘S CURT AL D e o s ie attached to | ue 1 y a es, syphilis and patches will show that the British hay 8 them, especlally as the rumors added that | & quickly and more thc blocked the Bosr advance along this lin LONDON, Nov. Callers at the | General White has threatened to place Se e S“lts ; any other system. and 4 few days are expetted to bring | United Statés Emi ay were In- | many hundreds of prisoners in conspieu- rg K s strengthened and lost news of the start of a movement to hur! | formed l[h-.n th -‘l'r etd States is no l;m;:fir ous places .«Rh.m:.l (h;- sho‘{l:;:g of the m““ i : stored the invaders back. The Boers are in | able to forward messa send infor- | continue. Reports from the southward L ot o ey RS {n e force morth of Hopetown and Orange | mation regarding the Biritish prisoners, | say that the Boers are operating in pil- are all wool—yes, tind River, but the British force t the latter | President Kruger having refused the re- laging parties, who are looting stores, every thread of he 1 of the other . Jlace prevents further advance fn that | auest to allow Consul Macrum to trans- | stealing cattle and ransacking houses, It i ial, and ‘ s = d: catarrn, AMERICAN TROOPS Girection. The Boers are also in Coles. | it @ list of British prisoners. Though |is ‘added that one farmer became $o 1n- | the material, an 5 A or diseases, upine burk, but the British block the way | Mr. Macrum apparently still remains the | censed that he stalked a party of 160 | that is why they are going to satisfy s, heart disease: PARADE AT MALTA south of > The invaders at nvm\‘llnnllflgx-lm .]-r (;r lx.: ‘Britain he is prac- | Boers, eventually shooting elght of them. you so well. They will wear like ceases, prematurs BT et ocD Junetion | tically deprived of all powers pertaining | A Boer force occupies a position on the i wasting . . iare held in check b: | to the position. | Mooi River ten miles below the Mool most $15.00 suits. They are our stricture, piles | MALTA, vov: 2L—| givision a n. Some experts be.| It Is understood that President Kruger | River station. own make and we know their value. > h X “.)r‘:- g:.-rlu; lieve t first move will be | objected to Mr. Macrum on the ground | v _‘;;‘ | : vo g iy glanded | reoccupy Stromberg. fihatitiesUnitad Biltes: clatngilonti: COMMUNICATION INTERRUPTED The blue serge is the cloth of the v e ARg- t % ality were diced by her ev E 3 . < which has | Rort Thomas. whic P Asconilniio e st intellipenonthe ionaahip tor Grat Britan. tanvident | DURBAN, Natal, Nov. 2L—The Govern- year—quite likely because it makes . And ere S Vernd arces h s lated an - . ” x o 2% | relv o P s e treatment neral Sir Francis on the pa- | per as follows: Britlsh-General Glory. | munications to the British prisoners now-| Ment has received the following advices such a good appearance and is so ser~ e [ oanzrawna, ehe phsiaue of the | (0" %0 troops of an army corps. the | €0 through the ordinary military chan. | from Colonel Royston. commander of the viceable. Our blue serge suits are nful menstrua- nness, inflam- the back and THROWN FROM HER | Border regiment, local forces and naval | brigade has about 300 men. livery doubtful and certain]y slow. The British Government so far has taken no steps to ameliorate the present condition November 16: “All the volunteers and police are well and there are plentiful supplies for man $10. Boers—General Joubert, if he has really sy and horse. All was quiet vesterday ness of vision, | CARRIAGE AND KILLED | 1eft Laaysmith, cannot have less than | of ‘g:e.‘;’::‘:;‘:::;wfim&':l‘exm‘: it aial | (Wednesday) and the same condition o B * Pant 1 ng of the parts, e [15.000 to 1800, At Ladysmith he has | o ” U0 0 0a e 0 Get any other | 188 this morning. There has been no oys ants. and other compl “h often re: | Sad Acchlent Occurring to Mrs. M. A. | llex'x':m(’ulxi, sty Tav;’n'c':f'?r'z.fi";::f [ power to act In thelr behalf as President | FHEREF, DOmPATn et!rlllfllnng:‘d e e They are made of remnsn {ro.d el v o 3 3 : | A e Zast | v tless tre & 2 2 3 i oo e ind nervous. | Vickroy, a Prominent Woman | Flh0, " clearing the Boers out of Strom. | Kruger would doubtless treat its repre- | fitherto have been triding. tailoring department—if they were made in of Virginia. berg Junction, Burghersdorp and Aliwal sentative in the same manner that he had treated the representative of the United Communication wllh,Es(coun is inter- the usual manner from materials selected tor A . PRESCOTT, Ariz.. Nov. 21.—Mrs. M. .| North. Boer commandos amounting to . ‘¢ | rupted. the purpose the prices would be $1.00, $1.2§ TREATMENT BY MAIL—Write 1f | Vickroy of Alexandria, Va.. died at the | abount 2000 to 24¥) men are reported In this e “::?:e‘:l‘n:' }l’t:s;::mcm—md“' T3 o s and $1.50; pants are lined, strong waist ) cannot call at the office. A per- | Sisters' Hospital to-day as the result of | section. General Lord Methuen with a By Py S S GARRISON HOLDS OUT. bands, weli made, ages 3 to 14 years. al visit is always to be preferred, (an accident yesterday afternoon. She was | rorce which I probably about 14,000 strong | °¢_ ¢ e any other - for those avho are unable to call, | out driving with Judge N. L. Griffin of | power to act in behalf of Great Britaln | LONDON, Nov. doctors of the State Electro-Medi. | this place. Both occupants of the vehicle | 15 to advance from De Aar and Orange it would be possibly Portugal.” 22.—The Daily Mail pub- lishes the following dispatch from Pieter- 65¢c a pair. 3 * . sy S ciogently 1o the ground. | River bridge upon Kimberley. The Boers e e g, Treatment | hours and is in a eritical state. The de- | Kimberley garrison, about 2000 strong, has | GREAT WELCOME AWAITS | trom Ladysmith, uated November 13, says 4 D) . ¥ means of | ceased and her husband resided in Ari- | 1o be reckoned with, ) the garrison is maintaining its position, 2 - tbousands who unable to | zona in the early days. the latter ownmg | ', *% TN Tt (e Boors are also THE AMERICAN SHIPS | A Boer force is reported to the rear of . S e At | the first stamp mill in the Territaiy. | in strong position near the Modder River, S Boven, about's day/s zide from here. 718 MARKE T ST - Mrs, Vickroy was a familiar character n| It is expected that General Methuen's LONDON, Nov. 22.—This dis, -0f i Y b . il patch from ARRESTED BY THE BOERS. Out-of-town orders filled—write us for \ the national capital during the past fif- vill meet wi = STATE ELECTRO MEDICAL INSTITUTE | teen Years. having successfully put claims | Speir nqwancncet With stf opposition in | its special correspondent is published by our naw lllustrat:d catalogue No. 2. for 340,000 through the courts. The claf: were for the destruction of mining prop- erty. She came to Prescott about two weeks ago to look after mining Interests. Second floor, 737 MARKET STREET. Rooms 1, 2 and 3. Office hours—9a. m. to 8 p. m. | Some close observers are skeptical about the published plan of this advance. They point out that if it was the intention to the Daily Telegraph: CAPE TOWN, Nov. 20—t i®mpossible to exaggerate the satisfactory effact which has been produced here by the en- CAPE TOWN, Nov. 2L—Mr. Collet, the correspondent of the London Daily Mail at Stromberg, while bearing a message from Mr. Schreiner, the Cape Premier, to]