The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 7, 1899, Page 1

ob“" VRN STaTE ¥ A} ()LI‘.\i E ].X\\\'II—\:O. SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7 1899, BOERS CONTINUE TO BOMBARD LADYSMITH, DEFEAT ADVANCE OF RELIEF FORCES. day, Dec. 2 rdment of ADYSMITH, Sa I —The ¥ : Thurs- ig gun rdment, tive shooting commu Dordrecht It n severed L R S t too conver- may be war L R G G e 2 o o SR S SN SRS S U DA * © * * ‘ 4 + bl + : ¢ & PS ¢ < . | “ | - - ¢ @ * - e &/ £ + : 3 ) é ¢ ‘ * ¢ ’ * & ¢ b ¢ . * “ . L3 . <l ¢ * . 5§ g - B fi’ | . . | o o . EY | . ol : ¢ - . - ! : 3 ¢ . ,s : hd - : bl . P& | b4 GENERAL SCHALKBERGER, ol - | * Who Takes Chief Command of the Boer Forces in ¢! : General Joubert’'s Absence. : | | | | | ana Ladysmith b | off from Joubert's corrmand to Drakens- | Modder River. The fact.that the Boers G A }:".{\. *“ CHARGE O+t e80 0000906065+ +00806-00000se e ] & some important message to the | s from headquarters » rumors there is just enough | them to cause a b are much worried by ations for an advance. | neral Joubert being suc- The report of G ceeded by Fosghre s taris S more vigorot palgn ¢ part of{ the Boers, who have blamed Joubert his caution. It lends that 1 m dysmith taken for gr: g the Frer campaign ent it is tolerably certain that Le dysmith is not in very great straits. While there is communication between Frere | searchlights and run- ners, any advance for the rellef of the latter place would mean very hard fight- ing, as it is known that the Boers have | strongly fortified the hills between Lady- | smith and Colenso Most contradictory reports are in cireu- lation as to the movements of the Boers around Ladysmth. Dispatches so late as Monday report large numbers of them to be retiring. It is sald a column four miles long has been seen departing. Another for | m age on the same date places Boers in great strength along the line of the Tu- gela. Any withdrawal from Ladysmith would have two effects. It would weaken the confidence of the Boers and enable the PEritish armies In Natal to unite in one tmposing whole. If one strong force of Boers is moving berg passes into the Free State, General Methuen will have to face eastward and meet it. He has about 9500 men with him and another 10,000 en his line of communi- cations, but this latter force is very weak In cavalry and artfilery and is spread | out along the rallway from De Aar to are not weakening in front of Kimberley is very important as showing their strength, Definite news of General Methuen's ad- vance has arrived. The Boers have been located by the Lancers six miles to the north in strong position. It is feared that Methuen will once more have to deliver a frontal attack. There are indications that the Boers In that quarter have been . efforts are being made to reduce eking. An additional force with heavy guns has started to co-operate in the slege. There is little hope of relief going to Colonel Baden-Powell from the south, which just now looks impracticable. There is a report of four armored trains running down from Buluwayo. eneral Buller's report regarding Boer losses is very interesting. He takes three instances to prove that the enemy do not admit one-tenth of the losses they have incurred. SR LONDON, Deo, 6—~The first batch of OF THE INCIDENTS OF 1HE BATTLE OF ELANDS LAAGTE. (In the London Daily Graphic, from | and not the original “Long Tom." . >0 0B 0-B-0bt® FIFTH LANCERS."” * - * ® . » * * * @ . o . ® . L 4 3 4 . + * o . L 4 . P . L 4 b4 sketches by special artists.) wounded s=oldlers, numbering 133 men, ar- rived in the Thames to-day on the Brit- Ish transport Sumatra, which left Table Bay about November 15. BOMBARDMENT OF LADYSMITH KEPT UP Special Cable to the York Herald. Copy- . 1599, ' ordon Hennett. Re- Cation »atch is prohibited Britain.] LONDON.,: Dec. 7.—The Daily Mail pub- lishes the following advices from its cor- respondent. G. W. Stevens, who is with Sir George White's forces: LADYSMITH. Dec.‘1 (via Frere Camp, Monday, Dee. 4.--An inspection of shells fired from the Boers' big gins on Lom- bard’s Kop shows that this is a new gun 1in the United States and | confirms the story told to-day by two de- serters that a shell from our 47 naval gun wrecked the “Long Tom" on Pep- worth’s farm. An exploded charge blew out the breech block and killed five men. The deserters also state that a field gun was destroyed by the sallors’ fire and that many of the Boers had been killed and wounded lately. It Is partly confirmed by the growing shyness of the enemy. One of our battery commanders, wishing to empty und clean his guns, fired on a group of Boers the round of an automatie The shell fell 150 yards short, but lzhcs‘el:; emy scuttled, deserting their guns, Yesterday a fifty-second shell landed near the hospital, whose walls, windows and roof now hang in rags. A shrapnel shell plerced the roof and flung its bul- lets among the 11l and wounded orderlies, 1t killed one and wounded seven others, SATURDAY. Dec. 2—Clear, good bom- barding weather. The Boers are taking advantage of this and are especlally peppering the Gordons and Manchesters and dropping a few shells In the town. Though every street is now pitted with holes, 1t is astonishing the escapes that are daily reported. A soldier escaped un- kurt although a shell passed 80 near him that its blast tore his shirt to ribbons. bt HEAVY BRITISH LOSS @i ieieie | follow BEAEan as o e o o o o e e e S Y Waiting for Sixty-Four Names to Caucus Agreement, - * ® * * . @ . . . . ¢ . . “ . ol . . - . L4 ‘he last defender. When the ¢ Gordons and the Imperial Light & Horse finally reached the Boer bat- ¢ tery they found only one wounded & gunner waiting to recefve them.” 3 Seo00-00-00-20 While leading the final Scott-Turner was killed attack Colonel Our total loss was heavy, twenty-two being killed and about twenty-eight wounded. is felt here The B« tween anxtety y of Kimberley. ers are occupying Kkopjes be- here and Kimberley. They have reinforcements from the cast. It orted that these men have come from Natal. Kimberley is all right. W e communicating with the town t rchlight every night There are Boer about the camp. Some of them came ambulance wagon with cofins yes- The spies were arrested engineers are building a new tem- bridge over the river, other having been destroved. Some naval guns with lyddite shells are expected here presently. Lieutenant Crispin of the Northumberland Fusileers and man have been wounded on pat MAJOR SCOTT-TURNER IS AMONG THE KILLED LONDON, Dec. received the list of casualt sortfe from Kimberl, for the safe the one duty. s during the November 25, as Kilad—Majior Scott-Turner of the Black Waten, Lieutenant . W. 'yright of the v Light Horse, and twenty non- joned officers and men. nded—Captain = Waldeck, Lieuten- ants Clifford and Watson and twenty- eight non-commissioned officers and men. SCHALKBERGER NOW IN COMMAND OF THE BOERS PRETORIA, Saturday, Dec. 2 (via Lourenzo Marquez, Monday, Dec. 4).— General Joubert is indisposed and has ar- rived at Volsrust, the Transvaal border, for medical treatment. A dispatch from the head laager, where General Schalkberger is in supreme command during the absence of Gene Joubert, announ that a council of ar as he December 2 with reference to assaulting Ladysmith. The state attorney has ar- rived at the camp to advise the Boers across @ei et et eiotoetsteg vy ppe—————a e . i 3 ™ TR, e ‘e > v e R e e e *veve ey o MAJOR SCOTT-TURNER + Of the Black Watch. Killed > in a Sortie From Kimber- . ley November 28 L e e e et e ] VeI ePePed e commanders. Everything is quiet at Ladysmith. Dispatches from the west report that there was heavy artillery fire during the afternoon of December 2. All 1s quiet at- Kimberley. Comfortable houses have been erectd at Waterfall, a few miles from Pretoria, for the rank and file of the British prison- ers. Count Deville le Blos, a colonel in the French army, has joined the Trans- vaal forces as an authorized military at- tache. B BULLER SAYS BOER IN SORTIE AT KIMBERLEY [Special Cable to the New York Herald. right, 159, by James Gordon -‘.':i'mc"fi.. publication of this dispatch is prohibited.’ All rights reserved in the United States and Great Britatn.] LONDON, Dec. 7.—The special corre- spondent of the Daily Telegraph sends this dispatch: . MODDER RIVER, Saturday, Dec. 2.— Colonel Scott-Turner made a sortie from Ximberley on Tuesday, November 25, in the direction of Carter's farm. He beat the Boers back and rushed their laager. LOSSES WERE HEAVY | LONDON, Dec. 6.—The War Office has received the following from General Bul- ler: - “PIETERMARITZBURG, Tuesday, Dec. 5.—It is very difficult to make any statement in regard to the enemy’'s loss. For instance, at Belmont eighty-one of their dead were accounted for. [he enemy gave fifteen as the number of killed. There is every reason to believe that the enemy's loss in the fight at Ladysmith, November 9, was over 5§ killed and wounded. Zormation from a | 6.—The War Office has | g A S e PRICE FIVE CENTS | THE BRITISH AT KIMBERLEY AND PREVENT THE}GOVERNOR GAGE WILL - CALL AN EXTRA SESSION i Burns Touts in the F ield With Their Old- ; Time Boasts and Claims for the the decision of said caucus. Governor may designate. | When sixty-four signatures are append- | el to oing agreement Governor | Gage will » the proclamation calling an extra session of the Legislature. As- semblyman H. W. Miller of San Francisco | 1 handiing the paper. aking to a fel- low-member whose signature he sought, Miller said: “1 speak by authority when I say an extra session will be called. Ot have said something of this kind, but I come from the Governor direct and I know that sixty-one names had been signed up to last Saturday night, T Governor wants sixty-four signatures.” Assemblyman Miller further s the session would be called to legislate on hirbor improvements and street assess- ments. The Governor is quoted by Miller as saying: “I will not take snap judgmeng on any of the candidates for United States Senator, but In the call for the extra ses- sion wiil give all the candidates plenty of | time to organize their forces.” Intense but subdued excitement prevails among extra-session adherents. The be- | lief that the matter is settled so, far as th calling of the extra session is concerned Is so gene ly entertained that | have slready been taken by interested partles to en accommodations at Sacramento. D. M. Burns extra sessfon friends re steps an active advocate of the an. He told several of his | that he did not care to | be appointed United States Senator. He | knows that the Legislature which con- venes in regular s wili be called upon to elect a | an extra session be not « Sendtor elected prior to t 1t under the mos s cannot give title to the office for 'r time than one year. Again Burns 18 fully apprised of the fact that he could not secure a dozen supporters in sion In January, 1901, didats for United States Senator before the people of Caiifornia. Reasons why | the colonel is not seeking appointment are | obvious to the dullest minded politician. His only hope of securing Senatorial hon. for a term of five years re: in an ex- sesslon of the existing Legislature. The touts who are now boasting fin | whispers that the Colonel will win out expect that success will be gained by wholesale bribery, corruption and reckless | | promises of patronage. They suspect that | the people—the great moral forces of the | | State—will be caught off their guard. but | will find before the extra session fs | a day old that the purposs of the honest | people of this State to shield the common- wealth from disgrace has grown stronger | | every hour sin journed |~ The statements freely circulated that|of M. H. de Burns has secured that | ed that | the Legislature if he were an avowed can- | the last session ad-| continue his suppo Mexican's Chances. wE. the undersigned, an extra session of the Legislature, agree to go into a caucus of not less than sixty-one and to abide by in case the Governor calls ‘We further agree to adjourn at such a time as the Burns or any other unworthy eandidate, provided an extra sessi Men who have canva fully insist that than he was journed. Sev ld-time suppe ers have grown and indiffere did not parceling out « recognition which they had a right to expect. More ne gold brick was passed the | Burns crowd. and the chief of the corral will su 18 links of sympathy. | extra session is called the anti- rces of the Republican party from all sections of the State ! assemtle | at Sacramento to assist | of a clean man of } charac gence to the United States Sen | anti-Burns forces win te -n some r | utable man and the man of their ch will be ted. The Burns would mean the Republican party of Call Presidential campalgn. Leaders of the form forces aopreciate the fact t Senatorship should be eliminated fr the Presidentfal contest and they ready to sustain in extra session the h n ded members of the Legislatur. | sa the State from disgrace last - ter. There may be others of the Jiison Wright and Simpson stamp, but the crop Is too small to help the cause of m | and boodle The touts are boasting that Assembly- man M t enter t sured by Mr. people of San Joaquin C posed to Rurns’ elect) Senator Taylor is enter himse 50 claimed by the touts as a Burns recruit. The idea of the Alameda Senator betraying his titu- ents is preposterous. | e re- spect and confidence of hi 1 | nelghbors, and will ever be found on the side of morality and decency | There will be a mass-meet'ng of the reform forces In Oakland before the fight is finished, and Senator Leavitt may be invited to attend. The corruptionists, by tactles of de- bauchery and bribery known to the bosses, may secure thirty-two votes for Burns in the caucus. It fact that I attend the ¢ may b eighty publicans w bo: 'S must get forty-th trol. The judgment of t ed politicians of the § that can never get the required number, The latest intelligence from New York is that C. P. Huntington Is resolved to » Mexican him in be =® ate | Ap- pe were rec tertain th sufficient number of r | votes to control the proposed Republican| Young was on the grot caucus are not warranted by the fdr(fi.‘ with an oltve branch as t | It is extremely doubtful if he has added| Mr. de Young was | one vote to the strength of his column | house In New York of since the Legislature adjourned It is| the after on until n A | said that Assemblyman Merrill has been | he was about to take his leave Mr. Hunt | importuned frequently to promise his vote | ington sald to him: “I know that you are | for Burns. The story comes to The all | a good man, Mr. de Your f have 1 | that Burns importuned in person, where- | ways known that. You are good e upon Merrill rejconed: “The people in my | for United State Senator, but district are oppo: to your election.” | Burns replied: “You don't have to live in | ar district all the time, do you?" | " Since Representative A. S. Crowder re- | moved from San Diego to Spokane, | Wash., the Burns touts have been indus- | | triously circulating the report that he no | longer cared for the opinfon of the Diego people, and at the extra | would be found in the Burns camp. | following dispatch from Spoks | ually settles all doubts to Mr. Crow- der's position. He will be on hand and | will stand as true to his colors as when | | he resident of the southern city | SPOKANE, Dec. 6.—"l shall certainly attend an extra session of the California | | Legislature if one Is led,” said A. 8. | | Crowder, representative from San Diego, who Is now in business In this city. ““Will I vote for Burns? Well, during the last session I led the fight for U. S. Grant Jr., | and know no reason why a change should | be made In my choice now." Mr. Crowder has been here since Octo- | ber 1. He 1s at the head of a large com- pany handling California fruits on com- mission on ‘a large scale, and is also interested in real estate. A pool including | U. 8. Grant Jr. and other Californians has | through Mr. Crowder invested about $100,- 000 in Spokane real estate recentl Assemblyman, Huber of Los Angeles is | claimed by the touts as a Burns rein- | torcement by reason of Grant's retire- ment from the fleld. There is some | ground for the Huber claim, as the As- | sembiyman stated that if his vote were needed to elect Burns he might throw it to the colomel, but he did not say that| Burns would be his choice in caucus. Positive assurance has been given that | U. S. Grant Jr. is out of the fight and | | will stay out. Milton Green, who | one of Grant's managers Grant’s name may go before the for a complimentary vote if an ext sion 13 called, but he has retired from the contest.” Mr. Green's heip in the cause of Burns was recently solicited, but it was not promised. Green has a score to settle with the touts. It Is fresh in his mind that he was tortured and racked by | the followers of Burns, and it Is not likely that he will permit his persecutors to escape unpunished. The extra session is bound to reveal some of the secret in- lquities of the sessfon last winter. The | Call has taken advantage of the era of peace to lay in a good supply of new am- | munition. | It is definitely known that several Re- publican Senators and Assemblymen who have refused to sign the caucus agree- ment will go Into the caucus to oppose | fluence thr | aamission right man for trip. Before leaving this city for New Mr. de Young made known his p to visit Spever & Co., the organize the big syndicate whic cl d Southern Pacif his plans in advance eyers on the Se State and cess in res a prominent man he The “prominent man™ ¥ received tha telegram, but private heen scelved which say that C. P ngton would not consent to the pro Sltte cal deal Perhaps Mr. Huntington. through the may channels of the law depart tinue to give Burns the ort of the Southern good people of California ot demur. All that this State ask name of fair dealing 1s that the cor n shall with- hold its immoral suj 1f Huntingron knew how the touts cursed him t win- ter for not coming to Burns' with plenty of coln he would understand the situation In the Burns corral much better than Herrin ever understood it. IS TALKING. GAGE Says That He Has Heard From National Leaders of the Republican Party. LOS AN LES turn of Governor Dec. 6.—With the re- to his home here interest in political circles has received a sudden Impulse. On the crest of this bobs the extra session talk. Contrary former custom. Gage speaks with ur freedom to bis friends rexarding the o. billties of an extra session. He commit himself for publication will he admit that an extr 11 be convened but he con he Is being importuned by the national leaders of the Republican party to assist iu filling the Senatorfal vacanc: Those who are poste events are gleeful, as they take this as an that sufficlent power will be brought to bear upon the executive and an extra session will follow the pare r to- night Teft for S asked 1t he would be in ist Burns during the extra session, said: “I will not be needed. When such a session is held it simply will be a ratification for Burns.” trustworthy Boer source shows that at Hildyard's fight, November 23, the enemy lost thirty killed and 100 wounded. impossible to say how far these numbers does not admit a tenth of the losses suf- fered. Intercepted dispatches to Joubert from a commander show that eveun the official dispatches contain decldedly Inace curate Information in this respect.”” It 1s | are correct, but it is evident the enemy | TO DEFEND PRETORIA. LISBON, Dec. 6. — Two Russian | eolone a French general a French | colonel, who have been engaged by Dr. Leyds to assist in the defense of Pre. toria, left to-day for Lourenzo Marques. They were escorted to the steamer by the secretary of the French legation here.