The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 28, 1899, Page 1

The Call VOLUME SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1899, PRICE FIVE CENTS. TRUE STORY OF THE GRAS PAN FIGHT HAS NOT YET BEEN TOLD MYSTERIOUS STABBING OF A MARINE FIREMAN ;\ddition to! ‘the! . Terrible L.osses Inflicted on the Naval Contingent There Is a Fear That the Ninth Lancers| W ere Captured by the Boers.| | @00 0000000400t £ In W LONDON, Nov. 28.—The general movement | on Colenso is the first stage of the ad- “ Unable tO U vance for the relief of Ladysmith. The ! atest dispatches state that the advanc- ILLIAM McDONALD, a marine ~ ngineer, was fou ng force number 10,000 men. How b o monl Ry 10, UO nen reached Estcourt there is no s u na matlon 1. Only two days ago e was not tbought to ex- while Clery’s division > be scattered along the an to Estcourt, waiting 1d cavalry before concen- idently the censor has been news of the gathering and men has been press dispatches. g R while there over his hea the abdomen. for 1 4000 men, D o S B S S sed t NAVAL CONTINGENT OFF TO THE FRONT. thous 1 Monan 1 Territie" Noris an ed by Admiral Ha I R T e . . r . . . . Py . ® >i i eied GENERAL ADVANCE —— t s giving aday’s TO FIGHT UNDER ON COLENSO ORDERED rest t S THE BOER FLAG[ ESTCOURT, Nov. %5_The raiiroad | est anxiety is bridge at Frere, spanning a wide stream, i by the Boers, who are NEXT BATTLE WILL BE AT SPYTFONTEIN e passage of <. HEAVIEST LOSSES AMONG THE NAVAL CONTINGENT BU LERS REPORT ON BEACON HILL BATTLE 1 seamen, ieLeieieieieisi e i e i el eisiebeieiei e e Queen’ ed by the bri WILL ONLY CAUSE THE STRICTEST NEUTRALITY ars to he cone . The British hose addressed by i has in- nent to the governn R that in e. It will not ma erg smit to exist | affect the Governme: N any persons w United States Boer or British constitut. Britain 1 thrown of (?'» slough. this theory. wo Dutch re- to him. interests in t publics, which were confided that M lh. m * 3 |ALLEGED AGREEMENT FOR A SUSPENSION Nov. T NEW YORK -A Sun special The Osservatore Ro- a private, confidential letter from a high person in Lon \sserting that Emperor William's v Ingland ce in S, ¥ directory are inc to beli a myth, but McDonald Ins x 1~(< and that he is the man \\hu assaultad h ence of the an n given him ¥ at agreement for a tempors 4 | hostilities. The Osse # | status as the official organ of the Va & | and the prominence it gives to the letter; « | alone justify any notice being taken ot the extremely improbable story. £ Pt u : BOERS DECLARED TO BE 1 RETIRING WITH LOOT| LONDON, Nov. | has recetved the . & to do with the fluM.m;. As the Investigation into the man's came the mystery that surrounds the cut- | ting. and the. authorities admit their in- | ability to unravel it until McDonald's wounds heal sufficiently to enable him to alk and tell all of the detalls. It is evi- dem that he is concealing something, and 27.—The Colonial Office | all of the circumstances seem to point to llowing dispatch from | the conclusion that he was cut by som one whom he is not inclined to hav | the Governor of Natal, dated Pwtormar-”’hM What the motive may be ftzburg, Sunday vember 26 | desperate attempt to take the man’s life ““The Boers are retiring on Weenen. Our | is one of the things that adds much to the @ | troops are occupying a ridge three miles | mystery. 2 | northward of the Mool River. It appears| , When McDonald was found he was ? | that the Boers have found our position too | drenched. bearing out the statement that he had been thrown into the water. But | strong and are retiring toward Lady- |t was observed that he was not coversd | smith with the loot they have collected. lelh the ooze of the Channel-street | The river is in flood. Buller has arrived. IE:O';‘:“ and ll;"‘ " ;“ ktlr:jt ;"HQPNI his e | clothes was rot of the kind that abound |T‘If[raphh‘dromr:lunlhclfll w: wluh Estcourt | in the vicinity of Sixth and Berry stree | was restored early this morning. ]Y-( it was fresh mud, and the detectiv are puzzled to know where it came fro INTERVENTION NOT LIKELY. | Tt hat been definitely proven that rob- BERLIN, Nov. | bery was not the motive for the crime, for #1—The Tageblatt has | When McDonald's clothes were searched recelved a dispatch from Vienna stating that it is not belfeved in Vienna that there at the Recelving Hospital a considerable | will be any intervention in the Transvaal. FERRY OVER THE TUGELA RIVER, NEAR COLENSO. of the British ach strategic | or the relief of Ladysmith and t destruction by the Boers of the railroad and wagon-road bridges at Co- rtance and will of be guarded by the Boers. impc | amount of cash was found in his pockets. A fls(er |n-law of the wounded man re- | sides at 122 Second street. She is the) PrPeP 4 d 0t bttt 0000000000800 0300000001+8 b o> doied e el * i X b4 - R4 [ CEL LI e G eI e e i eieiei el eiebeteteieieied el ons | Willy D = SRS | statements progressed the more dense be- h: lliam McDonald Assaulted and Thrown Into the Bay. Frightful Cutting Affray in Broad Daylight That the Authorities Have Been nderstand. KAISER GOES SHOOTING. Wales and the Duke of York Accom- pany the German Ruler. SANDRINGHAM Noy R T R R e e R ] . B s . . sieieie e eieieie® e: STABBING OF THIS MAN IS ENSHROUDED l\ MYSTERY HUNTINGTON REBUKES THE CRITICS OF DEWEY Says His Own Contribution to the House Fund Had No String Attachment. NEW YORK, Nos ington, who was scribers to the D day: “I think Dewey f house those wh day itke a- kalel every day bringing conditions. Dewey at s might have been forced on account of such all who sh would have be think no one w How much bette to deed the loves, countrymen gave hi pition ‘of his great NEW YORK, Nov has accepted the ' cago on May 1 of next year having been received by t this morning your letter date tor my 1500, 1 have ¢ will be agreeable to LONDON, Nov in view of the f: Erin cannot be ment as a h to the Prince: crefon for the be sallors. The ex American ladies t that lized by the has sent €1 s to be at her dis- »f the soldiers and committee of the tal ship has re- celved an anonym: gift of £ from the United States, together with a promise | of as mueh more if it should be needed,