The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 28, 1899, Page 2

THE SAN FRAN CTSCO CALL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28 TWO GERMAN FIGHT TO THE. DEATH Duel on the Swiss the Killing of One of the : Combatants. OF INTEREST TO PECPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST are I Btrikers Soon e om the Naval Bla inquiry will be ot n R0O [ d terms with the ment Whisky . fAAA G ——e-—— HENRY PHELPS DEAD. SAN JOSE, De ~Henr; ploneer resident s city, died at Gil- r a short lliness. M ere to visit a brother om an old affiction ed Was 4 native of ew York and 70 years of age. Mr. Phelps California’ in 1852, took up his San Jose. He ed meve ssor of Santa sed was a promi- nent member of the Odd Feilows. Four grown children survive him, Charles, Belle and Minnie Phelps 'and Mrs. C. K. Spen- Pears’ What is wanted of soap for the skin is to wash it clean and not hurt it Pure soap does that. This is why we want pure soap; and when we say pure, we mean without alkali. Pears’ is pure; no free alkali. There are a thou- sand virtues of soap; this one is enough. You can trust a soap that has no biting alkali in it. All sorts of stores sell it, especially druggists: all sorts of people use it. . “SPARTAN MOTHERS” IS y Phelps, a | | OFFICERS Frontier Results in Kis bel ® rrisoned at 3 under revi Xise of the 3 . = ORONUOROUONONOONORONCRCQ REE COINAGE bUBBLE BURSTS New Creed of Southern Democracy. I e s for Vice an probably will WS, OF THE WAR I SOUTH AFRICA Presi- Continued from First Page. i tered with two squadrons and mounted | = infantry for two miles along the line and | Irew the fire of four guns and two Vick- ers machine guns. Four horses were hit. The Queen’s Christmas message was re- ived with enthuslasm. Gatacre is en- 1 communication with | the Indwe collieries. ONDON Dee. 21.—The Mafeking relief force, a: Rhodeslan | ording to a dis- from Mochundi, Bechuanaland, Saturday, December 16, was pro- lowly owing to the ne ity the bridges, averaging one y intercepted Boer mailbag, 1t is add- , shows that twenty Boers were killed d many wounded during the British | attack on the Sequani laager. AUSTIN'S WAR POEM YORK, Dec. Z1.—In this week's f the Independent Alfred Austin, on the war Spartan Mothers stanzas follow: NEW The last two | The sister's sigh, the maiden’s tear, ’ The wife's, the widow's stified wail— ve the hand, these brace the spear, em over veldt and vale. | Or life or limbd Who rends the chain and breaks the rod? Who falls for freedom falis for God. And should it be his happy fate Male to return to home and rest, She will be standing at the gate, To fold him to her trembling ‘breast. Or should he fall By ridge or wall, And lie ‘neath some green southern sod— Wh | | dies for country sleeps with God. AMERICA FURNI SHES MEN FOR BOTH SIDES NEW YORK, Dec. ist o ~The work of en- g men in this city to take the Boer side In the war iIs in charge of two agents who operate in a saloon near police head- uarters. The leader in the movement is | stav Simon, a Boer recently arrived | from the Transvaal. Associated with him is @ young German, Henry Scharff, who has lived many years among the Boers | ana who reached New York a week ago | from Pretoria. Simon owned in Johanne: burg several hotels and saloons; these were closed up when the war began, and being incapable of active service In the fleld, he came here in the interest of his | | country. Scharff, his companion in this work, was among the first to come out from the Yukon country with news of the Klondike gold flelds, and has mining in- terests there and in the Tranevaal. Since his return to the Transvaal from Alaska | he has been in the confidence of the Boer leaders and he has been sent here on this special mission. A number of people, | | chiefly voung men, have gone to the | | Transvaal. Some two hundred left a week | | ago and sixty went just before Christmas. | Ever since the outbreak of the Trans- | | vaal war the British consulate in this city | | has recetved letters from persons eager to | enlist in the British army. “1 don’t think it is any exaggeration to say that we have received five thousand letters from persons who want to enlist,” schools ang 'PUBLIC SCHOOLS MENACED BY POLITICAL BOSSES Educators at Sacramento Discuss Present Conditions and Suggest Remedies for Existing Ewvils. BENUAMIN IDE wHesLER er Jordan, president of re, atseu by David St Stanford P Universit sion the subject par: am Ide Whee Dr. F C.'R. Brown and others David Starr Jordan in his paper sta re of democracy In States wAs due to the inability to condu al b 3 the Wiilcox are th true. Qu d th § g pal is the corruption the three wsserted to f public fran rporations, r State, Is basis of a vast amount of disc: Its natural remedy is the public per e func m whi The s by wards declaration was made was deplored in favor of electing these trustees at large. Dr. Jordan stated that a sixth source of Inefiiclency In local government 1 | the tact that it is not taken seriously. A plece of gross corruption or inefiiciency ends with a newspaper cartoon, which not accepted as evidence by the people, who are used to unjust criticism in this form. The trouble is that the American people are too good-humored. The s GEORGE c.PARDRE . citles were where the no matter whether or not. The city ated to be a close it never gave an out e for a sition. themselves upward means, teac profession. If intrigue g pulling, s of sway- power furnish means he nobler arts of love votion to the needs of ntered into the com- the ranks of the h those who care to Know; work of teacher opening in ore fol for all know who pay thefr hats than 1; with those wh than of psychole -step than of the art n ndents should be civil servic t ap- ru ained speclally, educated to take hers should te of Oakland fol- ng the same line T He claim- were to be freed the_people -ceasing in- ¥ must make it ress to see to it that at the head of school a paper alo; Pre 0! ad good teachers chosen. He e growth of schools in Call- lored the fact that the law with this growth. Tt that the Board of ation had to be teach- yers are admitted to pra ire examined by law doctors, but teachers, who hold the highest position of all, are admitted to teach upon examination of a { nof achers appointed as a political favor by the Board of Supervisors. ate should take full tice law they the same is true o charge of int county Boards | Davio STARR JORDAWN . Prominent Sp:akers at the Teachers’ Convention in Sacramento. v adjunct to the political debts, then the moral tone will be lowered. Ability and integrity shouid be rewarded, and if replaced by a pull on a political boss it would be distinctly de- grading on the teacher. Children, quick 10 pick up things, would soon learn how the Her job and would soon a pull on the teacher. cher got Tot nt of the | Board of Educatio t the chief causes of the e ection of s 0ol trustees- by vote, the method of examining rs by ‘the county and the of uniformity in the tion ~ of teachers. He suggested as a remedy na- tionalization and 3 f r fons should only be AN, conducted upon pl formulated by a board consisting of the president and the professors of the different State univer- sitfes. Frank H. Short of Fresno took a pes- simistic view of things, seeming to fear of the nation might come tical corruption s did 1 ¥ thelr pupils | true ideas of good citizenship, | Benjamin Ide Wheeler closed the discu slon with a brief talk that wus applaud frequent intery He expressed h y that so much had been g fcs and not one word in its favor. Political methc were declared to be part of the machinery for getting the Government 1 man should be running order and every a politician The old ele ¥ hoosing a President of | the United showed how our fore- { fathers had f-ared to place this fu directly in the hands of the peopl the politicians had manipulate that now the ele lete and A upon the & some! g that might into trouble. He declared th: organizations and p Joner we recognize this the nd that all citizens should take pi h organization. At the present tir there was to much work of the Govern- nt that was highly spectalized that it d s obso- books as atute at us ty ™ | politicians and placed in the hands of ex- perts. As teachers are experts they | should ba chosen by educators and not | by a body of men elected by the wkhole being taken out of the hands of the | - schools as it does of the State | People without regard to thelr qualifi University and the Normal schools. It |tions, and the safest way to get profcs- should have full charge of the certifica- | 8lonal excellence was to Invest special- ination of local to national affairs was declared to be a gr cause of weakness a The plea that a bad m and corruption. must be chosen at home for the sake the party at large s heard at every elec- tion and Is alw S se and degrading. The faflure of to give to their peo- ple good schools was attributed to the cor- ruption of civic authority for the further- ance of individual ends. The schools are bad because the schools are tampered with and used as tools to_enrich or ad- | » persons who have them In | s in tak- action of teache itics was touched upon and | besides these, a great many apply to us | in person for help or advice in the matter. We are prevented by United States stat- | utes from enlisting them and we have to | send them away. The only way they can | get into the army is to go to England | and enlist on thelr own responsibilit How many of them do this we have no way of knowing. I think, however, that a great many of them do enlist. It is sur- prising to notice the various sorts and conditions of men who seek enlistment | with us. There is scarcely a nationality | that 1s not represented. English, of course, predominate, but Americans are second in number. It is an interesting | circumstance that several United States | soldiers in uniform have come here and | asked to be enlisted.” | HINDOOS PRAY FOR ‘ GREAT BRITAIN'S SUCCESS | NEW YORK, Dec. 27.—Hindoo astrolos | gers, according to Bombay papers which | have just been' recelved, are connecting | the famine plague and British reverses | to the peculiar conjunction of the planets, when on the 15th of November seven | planets were in the sign of Scorplo. The | Hindoos of Bombay, therefore, to avert Middleburg, whence there was direct service | further calamity and insure success to the British arms, arranged for special prayers and religious ceremonies at one of their great temples. Seventy-five learned Brahmins officlated. The first act was the presentation of gifts to these priests of valuable shawls and money. The priests then invoked divine blessings on the rulers and ruled, and the people sang hymns in Marathl and Gujaratl, of which the Indian papers give the fol- lowing translation: “God grant that the {llustrious and merciful Victoria may always enjoy per- fect peace and happiness; that feelings of loyalty may remain deeply rooted in the hearts of her subjects, and that her domain may be free from all foreign In- vasions. May all differences between the rulers and ruled vanish; may her Ma- Jes subjects move on the path of righteousness; may all treason disappear; | may famine and pestilence fly away; may the people of the Transvaal come to re- pent thelr acts of folly, and may her Ma- jesty's forces gain glory and success on the fields of battle in Africa.”” At the close of the service three cheers were given for the long life, glory and success of her Majesty, the Queen Em- press. ———— HOW CHURCHILL ESCAPED FROM BOERS | LOURENZO MARQUEZ, Dec. 22.—Mr. Winston Churchill arrived here late last night and left for Durban by the steamer Induna. LONDON, Dec. 21.—Mr. Churchill has cabled and the Morning Post publishes to-day an account of his escape from captivity with the Boers af- ter having been made a prisoner in the reconnaissance of an armored -traln at Estcourt. The dispatch, which Is dated Lourenzo Marquez, December 21, says: On the afternoon of December 12, the Trans- vaal's Secretary of War informed me that there was little chance of my release, I ‘Winston { 1ook was gloomy tion of teachers and the appointing of rtisan Boards of Education, com- men who are actively interested ed methods of school work. This could be done by simply changing a few | the teachers of Sacramento gave a recep- | it would give to us a complete school sy lteve it would prove to be far better than the present system The moral aspect of political interfer- ence in the schools was treated by Rev. C. R. Brown. He declared that if school positions are used as loose change to pay stem with every reason to be- | | tsts with the appointive power. | Several cdepartmental meetings were held at which business of a purely tech- | njcal nature was transacted. To-night tion to the members of the assoclation, The Capltol was brilllantly lighted up and the corridors were filled with music and well-dressed men and wamen. To-morrow will be a busin meeting and there will a reception to-morrow night at the | Crocker Art Gallery to Benjamin | Wheeler. night T left the State School's Prison in Pre- toria by climbing the wall when the sentries’ backs were turned momentarily. 1 walked ugh the streets of the town without dis- meeting many burghers, but was not 4 In the crowd. 1 got through the | pickets of the town guards and stuck to the I 4 ¥ Rallroad. 1 walked along It, evading the watchers at the bridges and cul- waited for a train beyond the first The 11:10 freight train from Pretoria ved before 1 reached the place and was moving at full speed. I boarded It with great difficulty and hid under coal sacks. I jumped from the train before dawn and was- sheltered during the day In a small wood, in company with a huge vulture, who displayed a lively interest in me. 1 walked along at dusk. There were no more trains that night. The danger of meeting the guards of the line con- tinued, but T was obliged“to follow it, as T had no compass or map. 1 had to make wide de- station had arrt tours to avold bridges, stations and huts, and 20 My progress was very slow. Chocolate 1s not a satlstying food. The out- ‘but T persevered, with God's Lelp. For five days my food supply was very precar} 1 was laying up by daylight and walking nights. Meanwhile my escape had been discovered and my description telegraphed everywhere. All trains were searched, and every eye was on the watch for me. Four times the wrong people Were arrested. The sixth day I managed to board a train beyond P to Delagoa Bay. In the evening I concealed myselt ip a rallway truck under a great pile of = 1 had & small stbre of good water. I remained hidden so, chancing discovery. The Boers searched the train at Komatipoort, but | 414 not search deep enough. After some sixty hours of misery I eame safely here. I am very weak, but am free. I bave lost many pounds | in welght, but am light in heart. I shall avail | myself cf every opportunity henceforth to urge | earnestly the unflinching and uncompromising prosecution of the war. - |NAVAL GUNS .THROW DEADLY LYDDITE SHELLS CHIEVELEY CAMP, Natal, Tuesday, Dec. 26.—The naval guns began shelling | ing, using lyddite. The shelling conttnued about two hours. Ever since the engage- energetically opening their intrenchments, They can be seen galloping freely from hill to hill. Ladysmith also had a busy morning to- day, shelling the Boer position on Um- bulwara Mountain. The bursting shells | were plainly visible at Chieveley. CHIEVELEY CAMP, Natal, Friday, Boers In force on this side of the Tugela River three regiments of regulars, sup- ported by artillery and all the available | mounted voluntieers, under the command tured 500 cattle. - SEDITION AMO! DUTCH COLONISTS LONDON, Dee. 28.—A special corre- spondent of the Dally Chronicle, tele- graphing from Sterkstroom, Cape Coleny, Thursday, December 21, says: “Strong measures are nec to check the hostlle feeling among the Dutch colonists, whose sedition is shown in the removal of rallway bolts, the ob- said the British Vice-Consul to-day, “and | therefore resolved to escaps, aod the same | struction of bridges and culverts and at- the Boer position at 5 o'clock this morn- | ment at Colenso the enemy have been | Dec. 22.—Our scouts having reported the | of Lord Dundonald, advanced. The Boers | retired across the river. The British cap- | tacks upan Solitary horsemen. Disaffec- tion is bound to increase unless immediate | relnforcements are forthcoming. The loyal Dutch and British settlers are becoming alarmingly fmpatient.” ROBERTS AND KITCHENER. GIBRALTAR, Dec. 2I.—The steamer | Dunottar Castle, having on board Lord | Roberts of Kandahar, commander-in-chief rived here yesterday evening. General Sir Kitchener,’ who came from Egypt to join Lord Roberts as his chief. of staff, em- barked on the Dunottar Castle, and_the l\]‘_"ssél salled early this morning for Cape own. Ide |, of the British forces in South Africa, ar- | - THERDN DORENIS |— " HOT OF THE DEAD Missing Man Shows Upf at Los Angeles. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK Dec. z7.—Theron A. Dore- | SICK HEADAGHE e SFositively cured by these ved yesterday morning by sen of Upper Montclair, Little Pills. at| stus Var uncle of Mrs. Doremus, who is now A They also relleve Distress from Dyspepsta, ome of he ry in Jamaica, 2 L1 2 ok o ‘.:‘1\\'_::-.1 of the [ndigestion and Too Hany:‘au::g. D,\ per- ews, It was Doremus w e 4 :,“""N" OTemie Tay | fect remady ior Dizziness, Nausea, ed vea 1 ry boat | ness, Bad Tastein the Mouth, Coated To: ew Y0rk | Pain in the Side, TORPID LIVER. T Regulate the Bowels, Purely Vegetabl S:nall Pill, 8mall Dosc j at h overboard ater his 3 & imped weeks d. bome suddenly on ht left & hat smafl Price, e in a stateroom on the steamer | Al ne of the Provide and Stonington | The note read. ’lease | Upper Montelair tha y - swii self overboard. DOREMUS.” | Stylish, The next day since then Mrs. Dore- | Perfect-fitting L mus has mourned her husband as dead, | [ the missing man's friends have stead- | Iy held that he would be heard from. | TAILOR-MADE *| It 1s now stated that Mr. Doremus had "Te i Ken of taking a trip to California in SUITS | h nefiting his heaith. He has ufferer from a complica- and recently met a fi Can te had on eas payments of $1 which aggravated perhaps unbalanced his of business was closed n attachment from the Sheriff’s | reverse, and or one of his d! and the | ock I'il.r! f:lnfl?l’” b i ) ei A Week ! DOREMUS A PARETIC. ! at the | Does Not Recall the Incidents of His CHICAGO | DIe s TAILORING CO., LOS ANGELES, Dec. 2I.—Theron A 1816 | Doremus, who disappeared from w | York some time ago, leaving a note that he would jump from a steamer, occuples room 35 in the Hotel Gray, corner Third and Main streets. When n to-night pr ed a pitlable appearance. His flerings are acute, as his legs are swollen out of shape by rheumatism Of slender build, gray bearded, bordering MARKEY 8T, Open Evenings. 60 years of age, his suffering was in- 1sely Doremus is clearly a | ctim of paresis, and as he fails to re- call a single instance of his past, except | to weep when speaking of his wife and is evident that he suffered aporary aberration when he r |t sappeared from Upper M clair, N. J., where, according to his state ment, he has for years been engaged In | the flour and feed trade ne arrived in Los Angeles on Saturday | y |1ast and wandered about until he e | tered the Hotel Gray, where the landlady || Men only. Pay when well. No In out of sympathy igned him a room. | | curable cases taken @dvice and pr According to her statement he admitted || vate book free. affic: or mail. Home verty an. said h 170. He || cures. Letters cohfidential. 73! Market e of linen. | | St S.F. Take elevator to third flo tion Doremus said he did not remember when he left home et on what train he traveled or what he passed. He could not 1l _that K e OCEAN TRAVEL. ever was gn a steamer in New York, o R e that he left a te addressed Lo al He did not remember that he mad attempt to commit suici ¥ or the reason why he came to Los Angeles. “1 realized to that 1 was in Los | Angeles,” he s but I wish some one would get me home—but they cannot do | it until this awful buzzing in my head is for Sydne . stopped.’ | OMPANY- 555 . Doremus evidently realizes helpl Favor! ¢ v as he to-day applled through Dr. | Samoa. New England, etc . 0. SrAcURELS & B1Ud. CO., agts., 14 Montgomery Pier 7, Foot Pacific St Freight 2. 327 Market St Pacific Coast Steamship Go Eteamers ve Broadway whart, San Francisco: For Alaskan Dec. 1, 2. 7. to company's ness, Kirkpatrick for admission to the County Hospital, where he says hd will go to- | morrow if he can be moveds As he be- longs to Cliff Lodge, Royal Arcanum, the members of the order will to-morrow be asked to aid the unfortunate wanderes. J CONGRESSMAN BOUTELLE | IS SERIOUSLY ILL | | § BOSTON, Dec. 2.—Congressman C. A. |\ Boutelle of Maine s at a sanitarfum at | Brookline, but his exact condition 18 un- known, 2xcept to his Intimate relatives. To-night it was understood here that his condition was very serious, but inquiry at his home in Bangor brought word that | there had teen no reason to belleve that condition had materiully changed | | ports, 10 & m.. Jas. 1. cb steamers Victorts, (Wash.), ann 1, and every ! -3 ,:xlunme to this compan: for Aluska and O. N. R'y.; at Taco R'y; at Vancouver to C.P. 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