The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 30, 1899, Page 1

VOLUME LXXXVII-NO. 30. PRICE FIVE CENTS. BULLER MUST TRY OCEAN LINER TO AID LADYSMITH ASHORE AND Bombardment of the Besieging Boers Becoming Most Deadly and Fever e S SPA csre b0 s 3 : 3 3 + ¢ + Giving the Alarm—“The Boers Are Coming,” Z v Fri Black and White - * ‘Q‘.r-oiofioéo-o-oio~05‘6-0-0oQAbvi‘0‘~030;0=0<?~0<3~0-<<»7—0<§o~4oio«“. LONDON. Dec. 30. 3 ring pretty he es appear confident, t en 1 it General Je PPN PG AP DS WD SO WA WA S SN DU S SO S S their retreat December 24 (via Pietermaritzb lescent. On aging recently. »d fourt 1 horses. cadquarters 'to another point. ert they are very reticent. of his attempt to relieve Ladysmitl). > now retired to the north bank of the Tugela amn i command of the Boers here. Rages Among White’s Force. 1 dispatches from Chieveley camp hint darkly at This is interpreted with some m to mean It is reported givings being They are also moving their laagers nearer on of putting further pressure on the avily from bombardment. garrison, which now urg).—General White has had a Friday one shell killed six men Another just missed the Fifth Lan- veral shells have fallen close to General White's The military Boers have been observed moving northward and westward in large numbers. December 26 (by way of Lourenzo Marquez, Thursday, Decem- PR Tuesday, “TORIA, nanc ber enemy from Mafeking attacked one of our forts with cannon and an armored train, and so per- ant Sny ng sistently that there was fight Commandant Swart reports from the 1 1an reports as follows from Molopo: “On Monday morning the right on the walls of the fort. But we have retained our fort. The 3ritish loss is reported as fifty-five.” ger at Alowyns Kop, near Zeorust, that he had an engagement on Friday, December 22, with Kaffirs in the neighborhood of Derdorpoort. The Kaf- firs occupied a strongly fortified ridge fighting the burghers captured the Ka w his res of the Boer 1 comment The have, if such strengthened the mest £0 on pletely vanquishe the military problem, Mr, Churct restion tlat England should eitk n army of nd e with the rifie Boers and figh after their nethods, or should place in the field - sely superior force, receives gen- eral indorsement It must be observed one of the est dificultic a country as i Colony or Natal s and with only a rew gauge rallway, is supplies, which would m successful employment o such as he Suggests. Since fighting the battle at Tugela Gen- eral Buller has received reinforcements of #000 men and elghteen guns, and the next move will probably be taken by that col- umn Ladyemith dlspatches st singl prov of a great a te itate against the | = x . | Kimberle critical, nor can General Gatacre at pres- | ent do much, though there is a rumor of | waree ffirs’ position, losing t bombardment alth and morale fever is increasing, is the move- holera Its General White's impair its effi- ties, which ws that improved and have 1ght to bear on Ladysmith evious period in the siege. s risen and is still rising, Boer gunners h; more guns bn than at any The Tugel ve thus doing the first part of General Bul- | ler's task of clearing the enemy from out | of Inhawe, on the southern bank of the river, for him. At the same time it leaves Buller with a swollen river before him. There is good reason to expect that as soon as the Tugela drops again, whether in three days or in ten, G al Buller will make a great effort for the relief of Lady- | smith 1t is not likely that any early movement will take place on Modder River univss *s condition should become ver: heavy firing heard from Cradock in the direction of Btromberg. Mafeking, unless Colonel Plumer is able to come to its aid, must look after itself | for a while. that the | An Incldent that has caused those who and were well prepared for emergencies. After killed and five wounded. heavy | differently occurred at the surrender of Licutenant Colonel Bullock and a small party of soldiers after the retirement of the main body and the abandonment of | the guns at the battle of Colenso. It has been stated by a number of correspond- ents that this party took refuge in a donga, and that the Boers, having crossed the river in some force, sent forward three men with a flag of truce, presum- ably to demand their surrender; that the British soldiers thereupon fired on the white flag, killing two out of three men, and that the Boers thereupon came upon the donga in considerable force and de- manded their surrender. | The position of the men being absolutely hopeless, the Boers could easily have kilied all had they wished to. If the British soldiers fired deliberately on the white flag, and the Boers accepted their °t, it shows the Boers in a much better light than has been indicated in most of the dispatches from British sources. In a later dispatch Mr. Churchili con- | firms this impression hy stating that there need be no anxiety as to the treatment of British prisoners by the Boers, who arc, he says, not bloodthirsty, but anxious to be deserving of the respect of European nations by a correct observance of .he rules of war. As to the general situation, the Morning Post summarizes it as follow “A de- garrison can hold out six weeks or two have been accusing the Boers of violating | cisive victory on the Tugela would put mogthe longer, but confinement within a | the rules of war and humanity to think | a different face on the war, Yet-with 8. PP SR P D SRS D S SO SO S P S S S ST G060 -04-0-0-O-0-O-00 | HEAVY Flflm | bombard the pl { no | chief in South Africa was IN DANGER German Mail Steamer Meets Disaster on the English Coast---Believed to Be One of the Hamburg-Ameri- can Vessels -—- Lives of Those Aboard Imperiled. B R Special Dispatch to The Call. ONDON, Dec. mail steamer, believed to be one of the t I about a quarter of a mile off Dungeness, the southern extrem- | ity of K Heavy are breaking over the vessel d the boats are unable to reach her. engers. that us. r the s very s liner gently Folkstone but they had the ity in getting off, owing to the gale Als of distress were andhead lightship. " YORK, D vessels 1ve been near the *S, unless the depa ilings from Ha bound. Elimf rs from the probiem would ntic Transport and the W th of whose steamers pass Du r from Hull. Salling lists s very unlikely ths would in the position indicated unate vessel therefore probab) ) the Mediterran, an side of how that it he the 009 British troops and 20,000 colonial troo in the uth a General Bulier enough at what clrcum- e the center of the situ- m : This is (1 political consider other than the of vic S The Daily Telegraph says tions, ers all the the mind of General Buller. There are ns, however, that the Boers have be- nervous at Tugela as they un- at Magersfontein, which -— IN THE DIRECTION OF STORMBERG | TOWN, Thursday, atch from C in the dire Dec. wdock reports hea ing supposed this Is connected with General acre's attempt with the Indwe collieries. 20.—A dis Office tior ar situation ) far as Generals ( | French are concerned. ARTILLERY FIGHTING IN VICINITY OF KIMBERLEY KIMBERLF der River, De detachment of the Y. Friday Before mounte artillery and iight infantry a westerly direction. Boer Kamperdam opened fire at Kimberley Fort replying shells. with The British force reconnoitered outposts | along the Lazaretta ridge, the Boer pa- trols retiring. Having accomplished this and having discovere Boer reinforce- ments approaching from Wimbledon ridge, | Colonal Chamier, with the Royal Artillery, exchanged a dozen shells as soon as the guns could be limbered up. Some 50 Boers | poured In a heavy fire from their earth- retiring with | works, the British finally | the loss of one horse. The movement showed that the Boers were still keeping their guns in the viein- ity of Kimberley and are able to sum- mon reinforcements rapidly. It also showed their proneness to vacate a posi- tion immediately when weaker than the opposition force. BRITISH CASUALTIES IN LADYSMITH SIEGE PIETERMARITZBURG, Wednesday, Dec. 2.—A dispatch from Ladysmith, dated December 22, says: The Boers have mounted another howitzer on Mill, replacing the gun captured in the sortie of the rifle brigade. While they watch us nightly with a searchlight and signs of assaulting the town. They probably think they can starve us out, but we have plenty of provisions. total casualties since the siege began are 70 men killed and 276 wounded. WAR MATERIALS SMUGGLED TO BOERS LONDON, Dec. 30.—The Times has a dispatch from Lourenzo Marquez dated December 28, which says: “The suspicion that the Boer Intelli- | gence Department is in close touch with a | foreign consulate in Pretoria is confirmed surrendey without any retaliation for the | by the fact that the news of the appoint- ment of Lord Roberts as commander in generally known In Pretoria cn December 20, indi- rectly reaching Delagoa Bay from the Transvaal two days later. Suspiclon rests upon a Consul who is notorious for his Boer sympathy. There is reason to belleve that Pretoria is kept well informed with regard to British military move- ments. “‘With reference to the rumors of smug- gling contraband it is significant that Ma- Jjor Erasmus of the Free State artillery is Continued on Second Paga, —A large German Hamburg-American liners, has ground during a terrific gale are entertained for the safety of ALMOST UNANIMOUS FOR CIVIC PROGRESS Nearly $7,000,000 Readily Voted for Schools, a Perfect Sewer System and a Modern Hospital. Residents in Outlying Districts Burn Red Fire to Demonstrate Their Joy at the Inauguration of the New Regime. | @+ 0+T4CHO40 + 04040+ CH040+40 + 0O + 040404040+ T+0+040 4+ —_— : position of the | Tugs and lifeboats requisitioned from Dover utmost observed Examinations of d the maritime of either the or North German r Dungeness. It is almost | how a steamer of | spot rt- Hamburg or Bremen the back do not iner of the two companies burg or Bremen out- | ting the two Ger- ave on former from London, the lat- | any vessel of efther . Oriental or Hamburg- cieieieg result of influence ur general and locol, upreme one of the neces- “We have no means of penetrating the veil which cov- operations in Northern Natal, nor are we permitted to know what is in/ ate the proximity of a big 28—A y fir- tion of Stormberg. It is t0 reopen communica- ch received tacre and Otto’s Kopje, twenty | EW San Francisco’s municipal pro- | & | was up to a certain point | § VOFE, BY DISTRICTS. | vesterday. The voters | Ll e | d that in addition te ? | perfect park and boulevard e tem, the city must also have ade- quate schools, a modern City and County i, 5 Sewer System. New llospltal. New Schools. Hospital and a sewer system that shall | ¢ ASSEMBLY | [ preserve the Ith of its residents. | DISTRICT. & e = 3 — |. Out of over 22000 voters who we | | y Tet | the polls vesterday not %00 could be fc For. Agnsti yg,., who were opposed to any of the thre _ e —_ = propositions t were placed on the bal-| § Twenty-eighth s12 =ninth hirtieth Thirty-first .. Thirty-second ~third . y-fourth Thirty-fifth ..... lot huma It Is a gratifying testimony to the | e » community that the | ti-bond votes were | » proposed hospital | was surprising even to the | - of th expected that not less than | 10 per cent of the total vote would be inst the bonds, but the returns showed t the opponents of civic advancement | comprise much less than 4 per cent of all | those whose vote went to the polls. On the strength of t ft-repeated a fon that a kicker will always vote his it can be assumed that the non-j in the entire community do not | more than 1 per cent of the voters. The names of all those who opposed to bonds for public necessities in this great city could be printed In one column of this paper and some of those who were * o * o * o - o * (-] 3 o * o * o * o - o +* o 8 o * o * o * o - o 20,203 @ +0+040+0 40+ 040404040+ 0404040404040 Majorities ... interested in the returns at the Regis- > ¢ »d regret that such o 040 o '.\v"r:» 3 ng made 1mx‘», % 40+ 0+0+0+0 C+ 0+0+4040+040+04040+ 04040 +@ e becay ballot bably no other city that ever held a [any other n bonds mean | The returns of the two bonds elections | bond election can show such a rvel- | beauty, health and T prove that the judgment of the campaign | 0u$ proportion of progressive voters. It | prosperity for our people | o in that it decided | Was the first bond election ever held in | This is clear the dormant committee was correct, in at it decided | HAS e Aot D e 5. witn the exeen Satatad b Bl to give spe attentlon to park exten-| tion of that of resday, and it rxious to our slons, trusting to the very clear nec )t stretching the ry far to r and more ac- sity for those tmings voted for vester-| that it was pr: ally unanimous s day to carry them through. Owing largely | No longer will the succ e reports | It also pro to the unpleasant weather there was al of superintendents of the city's great | citizer are pr willing to help a i etietie et et et G+t tie N feeti ettt et ettt who b . > \ . ~ o \ o PRESIDENT SBARBORO THANKS THE CALL 3 i i s well as to 1 t al £ %} k H mnfn. & A NDREA SBARBORO, president i s of the Ce Improvement 4 id, Naph. B. Greengelder a Club, i very gratified at the ® | other prominent citizens, wh outcome of the bond election | given up their time and s e ok Uhdan' mn pleasures to go out and edu ple in a plain, b ““Much credit | essitke m: te for the improvement t Call, earnest adv of this city and as h M ey llgiadt e B SR local organizations which have the valuable services and mrpd g P welfare of San Francisco in view Mr. I frankly admit were of inestimabie valuia Sbharboro has been s a U\W’{I n(‘ : '1»;3“:’1‘0\1:13 u{‘”'T-. “r‘ j;{ " alm YAAA::: strength. His speeches to the citizens f municipal bonds for ad fonal park | se of this city helped to convince them area, new schools, & sanitaty sewer wra of the urgent need of school hous hospita sewers and other nece: ry improv s s clea at this valu- sty S taken to able journal is ever 1 willing heart by the voters when they cast cur oy ™ reficial to their ballots vesterday. s Ctilon el i e Mayor Phelan has appreciated Mr. new era has dawned upon San Fr: Sbarboro's efforts and it is said will and I hope an t that the progr appoint him on ome of the important s co-operate and keep | ¢ commissions. When the vote on the D s fc_officials bond election was announced CaTLY Out the meastutes 6f or 2 ade the tude just passed upon by the voters of San Francisco.” The success of the bond elegtion has been the means of making one man sue and this one is Judge F. On behalf of the Central Improve- ment Club and Civic Associations I desire to tender my hearty thanks RN et et e tietietiet e et et e atie Y, the citizens of San Francisco for hav- Ju.!zr-'qnjn_v e :L'r;mrh‘ [{a l‘hll.!“l‘vyr.{'wrt-’-‘-’: ing seconded the efforts of the organi- verance he accomplished what he started zation which I have the honor to rep- out to do in 1882 This was the resent. The vote of to-day and of P 4 of the Jewish rmeteries in the Wednesday has raised our city to an and the converting of th to a era of prosperity. The first to feel the public park. Single han first by himseif he cc » removal of th ess will be the enhance- ANDREA SBARBORO. M o pulse of suc ment of values in real estate. Cap- e time, but as italists will now feel more confident Wealth and prosperity. The voters represented to his opponents the ad- and will invest thelr money in im- have indorsed the indefatigable labors vantages it would be to the of Mayor Phelan and given a vot in the vicinity of the cemeteries to hava them removed he gained converts to his of confidence to the new administration. proving this city with permanent and substantial business blocks and mag- nificent residences. This will give new “The eternal gratitude of our citi- :x:'_.‘;“-_”‘,‘l'r“"\‘\‘.‘l‘j"};" g Snate s s life to all industries and prmanent zens is due The Call and all the pre: e o e C1Y_ P employment for many to come which has been unanimous in advo- $ | cemeteries stood and turn them into & | to our laborers, me pics and ar- cating the bond issue. P ept public park. tisans and many happy homes will my personal thanks for the interest In this the Ju grow up all over the city. Our popu- The Call has taken in the cause 1 in order to kill D R A R R R R A A R L L R S AR P PR SO S N AR SRR SRS lation will increase in numbe @ ¢ tietietietietet eteetietiet falling off of nearly 8000 from the vote of last \‘\'(vgnr'sduy. but the vote of yester- day was not much less than that of the charter election. The decisive victories of this week leave no doubt of the great desire of the citizens to progress along the only ltnes that can make San Fran- cisco a world-renowned eity. The whole- souled way in which this has beén dem- onstrated will also at onc aterially raise the status of Californ etropolis in comparison with other . At the great Paris Exposition the fact will be enerously exploited that San Francisco fias ‘decided to spend $11,000.000 in improv- ing her attractions, perfecting her sani- tary arrangements and making her edu- cational facilities complete. These her- alds of a new and progressive life in this city, following so closely upon the world- wide interest that recently centered in the State University, will of them- selves prove such a favorable advertise- ment of this city that permanent results from this source cannot help but follow. m Surprise ace daily they also show The no district was there any but the flnr:‘ sentiment—a desire to get out of the beaten rut of the past and to start out along a new track that offered almost in. finite possibilities. The election was ognized as a great opportunity to make a grand record and the record was made. represent.’” 2ot etie ety e ietiet, PR e L letetieteN eIt | hospital refer to the fact that the old rniike structure, erected twenty-eight vears ago, i a sure entrance-nouse to the cemetery; no more will sanitary experts formulate reports that the sewerage con- | ditions are such that it is a miracle tha San Francisco's death rate is not the highest in the world; no longer will May- or Phelan be forced to admit that the schools of this city compare unfavorably with those of Oakland. Such unhappy conditions will no longer furnish argu ment for pessimists, for although some years may elapse before all the proposi- tions decided upon become realities, the money has been voted for their “acquisi- | tion, “construction and completion,” and | not one cent can by any subterfuge be di- verted from the purpose for which it was | raised. Among the men upon whom has fallen much of the hard work of the campalgn is | Gustave Schpee, president of the Sunny- side_Improvenent Club and secretary of the Public Improvements Central Club of all civic organizations. | “My pleasure at the overwhelming suc cess of the two elections is unbounded aid Mr. Schnee. “The improvements are of enormous to every individ- acquired In benefit and Importa | ual and could not have | “mon had th But_when M accomplishin ranch schem purpose the was sprung. This r the time being. yor Phelan concelved the panhandle idea, Judge Van Reyengom went to him and laid his idéa of the Mis- sion lots before him. The Mayor coin- cided with the Judge's views and the scheme was Included in the Park bond {ssue with the already known results. As soon as the result of the election was made public on the Mission road there wi no end of the rejoicing among the mem bers of the families residing west of Islais Creek. The election for new school houses will give to the people in this particular section a bullding worthy of the name and The old the necessity of the location bullding that has been used fo unfit for a cattle shed, much les ing for the education of children Castro street was also jubilant, as that portion of the city will got a school bufld- ing in which their 40 cnfldren can be ac- commodated, instead of a school which is | now located over a saloon. The same cheerful salutations were no- ticeable in all of the outside districts, es- peclally the Mission district, where schools were few and far between. Richmond, too, has reason to join the ranks of the jubilant. and in this distriet President George R. Fletcher of the Point Lobos Improvement Club was the first to burn red lights in front of his residence in honor of the vic ¥ TWO SEVEN-STORY BUILDINGS BURNED New York Firemen Narrowly Escape | Death While Fighting a Con- flagration. NEW YORK, Dec. 20.—The two seven- story bulldings at 425 to 435 5 East Twenty- fourth street, occupled principally by the wall-paper factory of William Campbell & Co., were destroyed by fire to-night. The loss is fully $500,000. The plant of the New York Hygienic Ice Company, which occupied the base- ment of 425, and that of the Manhattan Electric Light Company, on the first and second floors of the same building, were totally destroyed. A large portion of the East Side gets its lights from that com- pany, and because of the fire was cast into complete darkness. The Campbell Company employed 400 persons, who will be thrown out of work by the fire. The properties of all three firms are de- stroyed beyond the hope of saving a’dol- Jar's worth. The losses are partially cov- ered by insurance. Three hook and ladder men, Andrew De- glan, Joseph Shaughnessy and Joseph Bessinger, were caught on the sixth floor of the building and escaped with great | difficulty. All were severely burned Shaughnessy and Bessinger were sent to Bellevue Hospital. Two other hook and ladder men were caught on one of the high window ledges, with the flames roar- ing all around them and the dense smoke making them almost imperceptible from the street. Extension ladders were run and firemen brought them down in an almost unconscious condition. One of | the men, Lee Potter, was very severely | burned and was sent to Bellevue Hospi- tal. —_——— Plum for Young Croker. NEW YORK, Dec. 20.—Fire Commis- sioner Scannel to-day promoted Deputy | Chief Edward F. Croker to be chief of the New York City Fire Department at a sal- ary of 35000 a year. The Commissioner to- | day received the certified list of the civil service, showing that Mr. Croker had a percentage of 97.30. The new Chief is a nephew of Richard Croker. fu Stk ‘White Gets the Decision. SIOUX CITY, lowa, Dec. 20.—The glove contest between Tommy White and Dick 1night resulted in a decision for White, Green in the Grand Opera-house here lo-l THOMAS DIES FROM THE EFFECT OF HIS WOUNDS Woman Who Shot Him Rearrested and Again Released on Heavy Bonds. MERCED, I 2. | who was shot Tuesday afternoon by the | 8irl he had wronged and to whom he claimed to be married, died shortly after Charles Thomas, | 7 o'clock to-night. His relatives, who | ive In Mondamin, lowa, have been no- tified of the awful tragedy and asked | what disposition shall be made of the re- mains, Soon after he died his slayer, who had been released from custody on a $1000 | bail, was again atrested arraigned | before Justice of Peace Crocker, who ad- | mitted her to a $10,000 bail, which she fur- nished, and she is now at the home of her parents. | Thom as 34 years of age and a na- tive of Jowa. He came to Merced about four years ago and worked in the loeal newspaper offices and taught music. On Tuesday next the Coroner's jury will rene der 1ts verdict.