The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 19, 1899, Page 2

o THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19. 1899, SAN JOSE AWAITS HER GUESTS TO THE JUBILE erei s e eiee o ¢ - T P — _— bisrsbepsis s evesg SR UL SR S S A A AR Y read tng rapidly of good wea WLLER REPORTED T0 HAVE CROSSED THE TUGELA Co First Page. i relfef of Ladysn the most important ting 1 some foreign power without any British CENSORED STORY OF THE DEFEAT OF BULLER m body of c ved to the right with & field ba to them was the 1 " Brigade, under ( General Hi e extremo the miles tc gune firing lyddite sheiled and t unders posted at the center be rering away at the enemy's works north of Tugela. It the infantry attac disclosed the pos With great resolution and courage our soldiers pushed ahead in the face of & terrible storm of shells and rifie bullets, which caused a spatter on the ground like haflstones. A portion of the enemy's trenches on the river bank and the bat- ed severely The Fuslleors drove the Boers from Colenso. General Hart forded the Tugela at noon, but in view of the numbe and the strength o it was rea the my's guns their defensive works that ul be very Thereupon Our losses red killed and wounded. The Boer casualties also were serious. The Dally Telegraph remarks: “The above dispatch from our war correspond- ent describing the battle at Tugela River was handed in at Chieveley Camp station at thirty-five minutes after 6 p. m. on Friday, the day of the action, but it did not reach our London offices until about half-past »sterday (Monday) morning. It is # that the message has been very roughly handled by the military censor at Chieveley. Therefore its value @8 & record of events of the day has bean 10 & large extent destroyed. It will be ob- served In particular that our corre- spondent has been allowed to say noth- | costly and was the troops wer were several h tmprobab withdrawn obvi SAMUEL W. BORING, Grand Marshal of the San Jose Jubilee Parade. L e SR DA AP P, tiere i e i ereieseie@ b4 B R R S . = *ve e . tbedeis e e ® under its chairm: Mrs. B. D, is at w nE_the twe erior ( » drawing s of the gu FEVERISH ACTIVITY IN FRENCH NAVAL CIRCLES PARIS ably feverish ac- aval cir a d for an ex ($100,000,000) approted e question of submarine boats is oc cupying close atte rials at Cher- bourg of the Narval and at Tuslon of th Goubet continue with raging su The others, the Francalse and th Algerien, pr ted to the nation b Matin's subscribers, are ap completion e Rochefort yards Narval prove that it is Tt subma more here rapidly BRITISH FORCES FORCED TO VACATE VAALKOP its special correspondent was published in Daily Mall NAAUWPOORT Saturd Dec. 16— The Boers brought a big & r upon Vaalkop vesterday, and since then an in- | termittent artillery duel has been raging. Fo-day it was decided to vacate Vaalkop. This was accomplished under a shell fire enemy, which did us no damage n for the evacuation was that were too small reach their ‘“long Tom.' Our scouts > been con- tinually sniped a have hit. The artillery a have re turned to Arundel, which will be the British base. —_—— THIS GOVERNMENT CHECKS INTERFERENCE WASHINGTON, Deec. 18.—Intervention or mediation by this Government in the South African war is not contemplated by the President. Notwithstanding re ports to the contrary and the known de sire of foreign governments that _the United States should join in a movement looking to the stopping of hostilities be- tween Great Britain and the South Afri- can republic this continues to be the at- titude of the administration. Indeed, it may be that the attitude of this Govern- ment may be responsible in part for the fallure of continental Europe to act. ROBERTS WILL NOT FIND PEACE NOW Dec. LONDON, 18.—A colncidence in OPEN EVENINGS CHRISTMAS BARGAINS GALORE AS YOU'VE NOT KNOWN BEFORE, AT SMITHS' CASH STORE NEAR MARKET STREET SHORE. THIS WEEK | [ | | F 1 I§ DEGREE GIVEN 10 CHAMBERLAIN At Ceremony Students Cause Riots. R, 5 Spectal Dispatch to The Call DUBLIN, Dec. 18.—At Trinity College this afternoon the honordry degree of ¢ tor of laws was o on Joseph British Secretary of State There was a brilliant » ceremoriy. The under- e ring vo roval stan students Mans ! corporation flag Chamberlain, Colonies for the ) che carrying the ack. The the On this Iy that he juba Hill nd ar- ATRO, T r. who rd Kiteh 1 chief of Kanda »f the 1s possible NAVAL GUNS IN DEMAND. LONDON Dec. 1§ g sford | ing war w ¢ Adm yrd er- al 1 in elue ther s ex and naval gums resery spared fre mou s be BRITONS BUYING MULES. KANS Bri CITY mules r Transv Already 1300 m > been South A A thousand more ne In iwo weeks and another a thousand head is almost Captal M. Smith of the second shi make ad of mules bought in Kan glish use in t The first shipment of 700 has the Transvaal and is in service. Instead of using these mules as pack mules, as was first expected, the British have put ihe Kansas City mules in harness and they are dr annon and supply wagons over the hills in the Boer country DOMINION'S LOYALTY. OTTAWA, Ontarlo, Dec. 18.—The im- perfal Government accepted the offer of the Dominion Government to seni a second contingent to the Transvaal. The ¢ Marine, in mak e an- nouncement, says that while it is not speci- fied in the cable what is required, the con- tingent will likely be made uy cavalry and artillery. The con be sent without demand. The considering the matter. —— ent will abinet is MINISTERS WANT TO RETIRE. LONDON, Dec. 19.—The Daily Mail pub- lishes the following dispatch from An- twerp: “The Brftish and American Ministers at The Hague have asked permission to re- tire to Antwerp with a view of avoiding personal unpleasantness during the anti- English attitude of the Dutch. There is no foundation for the reports on the Con- tinent that the diplomatic relations with the Netherlands are strained.” GATACRE'S GUIDES SHOT. LONDON, Dec. 19.—A dispatch to the Daily Mail from Frere Camp says that the bodies of two of the guides who mis- led General Gatacre at Stormberg were found on the battlefield. The men had been shot. —_— - KILLED AT MAGERSFONTEIN. LONDON, Dec. 18.~The War Office this evening posted a revised list of the casu- alties in the battle of Magersfontein, giv- | ing fifty-one additional killed. - TROOPS FROM AUSTRALIA. MELBOURNE, Dec. 18.—An Australian mounted contingent of a thousand men will sail for South Africa before January 10. An additional New South Wales bat- tery of artillery is to sail immediately. UNEKNOWN MAN KILLED. Struck on a Trestle in Yolo by East- bound Flyer. SACRAMENTO, Dec. 18.--About noon to-day as the east-bound overland fiyer was nearing the town of Washingtan, In Yolo County, it turned a curve and came upon an old man who was walking a trestle. Before the train could be checked it struck the man, killing him almost in- stantly. Deceased was a stranger. In his pockets were found pension papers in the name’ of John W. Smith, with San Francisco, Suisun and Jackson as his suc- cessive places of residence. The body was taken in charge by the Coroner of Yolo. eceased was 60 to 65 years of age. argely of | | AN RAFAEL, Dec. 18.—The citizens | of Marin County emphatically placed thémselves on record to- night as protesting against the ac- tion of the State Board of Harbor Commissioners in relegating the ferry- boats of the California Northwestern and the North Pacific Coast Railway compa- nies to ramshackle slips to the north of the new Ferry depot A mass meeting was held to-night at the San Rafael Opera-house, which was | | filled to overflowing. An excursion train | brought 30 people from Bausalito, who marched to the opera-house four abreast, MARIN COUNTY CITIZENS | at the clos: | company that has never WILLIAM BARR % H. Olmsted 18 chalrman of the me wis Judge Dufficy, i, Supervisor Pe m Brown and preliminary re- outhursts of ar ywed OIL LAND LOCATIONS DECLARED INVALID | Sufficient covery Had Not Been Made by the Nevada Sierra 0il Company. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 18.—This morning | in the ederal Cir i ‘ourt Judge Ross R decision i W irg on the app cation of the N npany oil property at ( » County, | eld that t location BURGLARS IN SAN JOSE. Garden City Ovoirun With Crooks Attracted by the Jubilece. SAN JOSE, T 15.—A band of burgéars s ded or Jose and last night f fere An wlly large number thi are wn. obnoxious ! ily been attracted by ais and Orchard str and in jewelry and aken music store of y. at 240 South First street, of $140 in e A dog left in had been dr At the resi- e of Rev. A. M. Herenins burglars se- two_watches orjewelry, the family of Philip 1 who re- it Fourth and Willia jewelry absence of to the | determined to | ind suspicious — . — | | POSTOFFICE IS ROBBED. Safe Damaged by Gunpowder, but Is |1 Not Blown Open | HOLLTY Dec. 18.—Burg ted | an entr e | the postoffice here early this morning. The ke throug v dow in Postmaster Shaw's pri | and out the panel of a door, | main room and safe. They | | broken ope | op and stole bination he o | knock nd giant powder e ploded, 1 to burst open the The burglars were evi frightencd | | off, as t fi . powder, tools, | ete., behind them succeeded in get- ting away with 1 change, which in the till, nothing else being Marshal Archibald | ase and think that they have a strong clew. Sskeiat R ANNEXATION SUSTAINED. Superior Court Decision Which Af- fects Los Angeles. LOS A LES, Dec. 18.—Judge Trask, in the Superior Court to-day, sustained the validity of the election by which Uni- versity was annexed to this city. The plaintiffs claimed that not one-fifth of the egal voters signed the petition to the Council asking that the election be called. | The court held that the Council was alone able to decide this question and that it could not properly come before the court. | b/ | Crescent City Races. NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 18.—Jim and Tom | {insley were the only winning favorites The track was slow. Results | Selling, one mile—Yuba Dam won, Uhlers second, Towanda third. Time, 1:44 Six and a half furlongs—Turney won, Crane | second, Pythia third. Tim 23%. | Selling, mile and a quarter—Jimp won, Admetus second, Albert Vale third. — Time, 21 Handicap, one mile—Compensation wWon, 1:42. Time, des second,” Florizar third Selling, seven Moncrelth second, Sentenced for Forgery. SANTA BARBARA, Dec. 18.—Oscar Riech of San Diego was to-day sentenced 10 three years in San Quentin for mr% . Riech at one time was a leading merchant of San Diego. The Typewriter Invention. A statisticlan has proved that the iuvention of the tyvewriter has given employment to 50,000 people, but he fails to state now many cases of weak stomachs and dyspepsia it has induced. All people of sedentary ocoiy n ned Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, 1t heps nature to bear the syrain which ensues from | pension and re | of the confinement and it 14 a wonderful medicine, No one realizes this more keenly than or woman who has been cured of troubie b eecham’s Pills OURE SIOK HEADAGHE and act like magic on a weak stomach and disordered liver. 10 cents and 25 cenis, at all drug stores. only of the injustice done the county. At- torney Boyd, the orator of the evening, then addressed the assemblage at length on the action of the Harbor Commission- ers in adopting the order changing the slips of the Marin County railways and giving_the preference to the Santa line. He wis frequently interrupted by demonstratio on the part of his hearers, a given an o ion ““The question at issue “is whether t declared Boyd, ailways, that carry nearly 3,000,000 of people annually, are not entitled to consideration, merely a matter of public con than a e senger {n San Francisco. “Before adopting the order of the Harbor Commissioners should have notified permitted them t furnish data showing to what they were entitied. Assemblyman Atherton and District Attorney M 3 owed in short but forceful addr E or which the meet- ing un ously adopted a long tlon calling upon the Harbor Comu sioners to sider their actic hboth hasty and Chairman . Barr o ten to lay the facts This committee will be selec Journed with three rousing cheer chalrman and sp for the NAVIGATION COMPANY MAY HAVE NEW MANAGER | Charles D. Clarke Said to Be Slated to Eucceed II. J. Corcoran, Who Is Very IIL STOCKTON, Dec. 18.~A report was in tion here to-day to the effect that ke had been selected to J. Corcoran as manager of | Navigation and Improve- | r. Corcoran is a very and am hension ¢ be able r. ng his friends serious will ts as to whether he resume his active ran has the reputation of the ablest business men D. Peters, pr speaking on Ny said & as manager of the oran has not been su- not be right whi is yet In time our San y excellent 1 1 cannot 1 1o formal hope he may Clarke his duties. m Y action = Charles D. ( vears with the ( impr has been alifornia N ment Company was in th then « to San While here he has by his business for eight Avigation and the first six kton office and kd - NAVAL FEUD REOPENED. Pettigrew Introduces a Resolution of Thanks to Schley. WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.—Sens Pet- tigrew of Sauth Dakota to-day introduced a joint resoluticn tendering to Rear Ad- miral Winfleld Scott Schley and the of- ficers and men under his command the thanks of Congress *“for highly dis guished conduct in conflict with the en- emy, ax displaved by him in the destru:- tion of the Spanish fleet off the harbor of antiago, July 3, 1868 Ask Andrews’ Resignation. CHICAGO, Dec. 15.—Public adve Great Britain's side in the South amin Andrews School cy. of African Supor- Chicago, being in Council to-night calling n or his immediate sus- al from his position by tior. duced in th for his re gna the Board of Educ Churches to Play Baseball. OAKLAND, Dec. 18— Mon's Le Ch eball team Presbyte has issued a ck S TGILMORE Now DENOUNCE HARBOR BOARD Fe | vet landed a pas- | change | to-morrow. The meeting ad- | for us | Union Street | I- | WITH OUR N Belief That Prisoners Are Free. Special Dispatch to The Call MANILA, Dec. 19.—It Is officially an- | nounced that General Young reports that | he belleves the American prisoners, In- | cluding Lieutenant Gilmore, are now in | the hands of the United States tre | | Lieutenant Colonel Ho and Major | Hunter have been operating with smail commands in Northirn Ilgcos province and it is supposed that one of these has ef- | fected tue release of the Americans. The | report has not yet been veriied. General Lawton started last night with the rkleventh Cavalry, under Colonel Lockett, and battalions of (he Twenty- ninth and Twenty-seventh' Infantry, un- der Lieutenant Colonel Sargent, to cag- ture San Mateo, where Geronimo has 30 | insurgents weral ( nt has nearly cleared Zam- province. He discovered hidden in | Subig Bay a steamer, the Don Francisco ully equipped and coaled. She the vessel Aguinaldo ¢ for his escape. Cap- Thirty-second Regi- an insurgent band in vince, killing several offi- pr ceix. major Smith, with three companies of the nteenth, surrounded and cap- | tured er band of guerriiles, wh {we ng a large section in the I n Che troops killed several of the | | band. | neral Hughes has captured insurgent strong and Romblon, the | navy was killed anu one wounded ents In the island of Panay are probably suppressed Dec. 18.—Encouraging s reached the Navy Department tc from Admiral Watson at Manila re- ting the members of the crew of the Yorktown boat's party, which lanaed at Baler last spring. The report gives th account of a sailor of the party who has made his way to Manfla, and it shows that eleven of the original party of Af- teen are still alive The man R de who brings this news, was cockswain of the Yorktown, a native of Amsterdam but a resident of San Francisco, where he shipped. The four dead men mentioned enlisted at the following points: Nygard, | & Russian, at Brooklyn; McDonald of | Carmel Valley, Cal., at Mare Island; Dil | ler, a native of , Ind., at Mare Isl- | and, and Morrissey, a native of Colum- | bus, Neb., also at Mare Island. Admiral | Watson's cablegram is as follows MANILA, Dec. 17.—Seaman Rynders of ASHING.LUN ne the Yorktown, captured Baler, recap- tured with Woodbury by cavalry at Bay- | 18, has reported on d of flag- | both wounded whe more was ind. He reports Ny- Diller, Morrissey ki ¢, Venville, wounded in nig well Baler morrow; DEATH OF JUDGE WILLIAMS. ADVERTISEMENTS. BAGLESON oG0S LARGE STOCK RICH HOLIDAY NOVELTIES! NECK DRESS, N.GHT ROBES, SHIRTS UNDERW GLOVES, HOSIERY, MUFFLERS, HANDKERCHIEFS, ETC. LOW PRICES! 748 and 750 Market Street. 242 Montgomery Street. AR, HOLIDAY HINTS! A SET OF NICE CARVERS or TAELE KNTIVES, With Pearl, Ivory, Delft or Handles MANICURE or SCISSORS SETS. Btag RAZORS or SHAVING OUTFITS. POCKET or COMBINATION KNIVES. TOOL, CHESTS, NUT SBI'S, GOTHIO LANTERNS et the handsomest assortment fry suit ail pockets Palace Hardware coa Market Company, Street. | Had Represented El Dorado County S p % v % in the Legislature. | v ] WOODLAND, Dec. 18 —Judge George E BI : Williams died at the health retreat near DUCTION IN | | St. Helena Sunc \fLernoor - N II | Judge Williams attained prominence as ’ -ILl)_N-.\L«\D‘_ | one of the foremost citizens while he was SuUITS H a_resident of ado C He For the Holldays. | served that county In the Legisla and e also In the capacity of Superior Judge opportunity of § He filled both positions with distinguished abllity and to the entire satisfaction of | is constituents. He was a lawyer of profound learning and notable for the purity of both his public and pri e life, After the death of his brother Judge Wil- liams removed to San Franci and de- voted his entire time to the.management e Willlams estate. Judge Willlams leaves a widow and one daughter. - Promoted and Retired. . 18.—Brigadier Gen- | WASHINGTON, De eral Edgar S. Kellogg. recently promoted from coionel of the Sixth Infantry been placed on the retired list course will followed in_ the Brigadier Gilhert 8. C. recently from. colonei the regim hese retirements w in the list of briga - | Young Runaways Fined. | , Dec. 18.—The three San Ernest Monterichard, Joe | | lter Hafvey, who stole ride in a boxecar from Davisville to Oak- land, appropriated three pairs of shoes | during the trip and pleaded guflty to the charge of petty larceny. were sentenced by Justice Ruggles to pay a fine of $15 | h or go to the County Jail for fifteen N | day - - Complete Their Work. WOODLAND, Dec. 18.—Clark & Henery | of Stockton completed their contract for | putting in fifty-two bitumen street cross- ings in Woodland. to-day. The work is regarded as & great improvement. cibussle kbl Useful Christmas Presents. Beautifully {lluminated boxes filled with | good writing paper, tied with siik ribbons, make useful and handsome Christmas presents. For sale by Sanborn, Vall & Co., 71 Market st . —————— | Pioneer Resident Dead. EUREKA, Dec. 18.—Duncan Weatherby, of Humboldt Treasurer S, died at his home at Bay- | side Sunday evening give you credit for sensible j; nience is, he will know the Make a selection, and A good gift— a Hawes Hat If you intend to give a hat as a Christmas present give a Hawes hat. The recipient will admire America knows that a Hawes hat is 8 3.00 Derbys and Fedoras in different shapes and colors. what is wanted, it can be changed after Christmas. Qut-of-town orders filled. Write us for lllustrated Catalogus No. 2. S.NWood&Co. 718 Market Street. _¥our good taste and udgment. he only inconve- price, as most every man in if the shape and color is not e get a Sult or Overcoat. The he —— PHROS0 FOR THE COMPLEXION ARetr Harmless waaannary Efficient . 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