The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 1, 1900, Page 2

2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JANUARY 1, 1900. BADEN-POWELL’S POSITION IS BECOMING DESPERATE British Anxiety Increased by Lack of News From Mafeking—Spread of the Rebellion Among Dutch Colonists. ; | | FEFITETIFTIBIT S BB T H4TXFIB I ST 540 508 CLPA S /I LORD E£.1.CECIL, LIEUT. SQRENADIER GUARDS PN OUNDED : £ PEIITIBITETEPF ONDON nfirm Jan. 1—In the absence of 1 of the reported sortie mith that story is dis- ted such can be t of the hopeful view Boer destined any s s the seems regard rrived from British suspense is de olonel Baden-Powe g his position is be- The aisps 1 e a confident spirit, which ith advices show that is becoming deadl t be among the Durch mpts of Boers to t widely different points bearing upon the the correspondents are beginning to rward ement on the part of wger of which »atch to the Daily T cording the unfortu- reconnoissances lines at Colenso were bombarded at night. Mov er fire, and it was in- al guns should bom- wever, the latter failed to - misunderstanding, and ng party was compelled to p through the wet ht, marching in mud and water and with the greatest discomfort According to the same correspondent ‘a similar fate awaited another reconnois- sance in the opposite di “The t detachments,” says the di atcin, “Jost their way in the 3 They were unable to effect a junction for attack. They stumbled into er holes and were out all night, only drenched and disappainted in the morn- ing. I mo h from F faflure gra nate f tw Boer i roughly estimated that there are 2,00 Boers between Ladysmith and Co- Jenso, some 400 being on the south side of the Tugela River. At all points the ¢n- emy shows ceaseless activity, A large number of Americans are said 1o be finding their way into the various wolunteer regiments being raised in Cape | Celony. It is also reported that many Africans are arriving at Delagoa Ba heving been expelled from the Rand b cause they had refused to work the Jo- hannesburg mines for the Government. The proofs of contraband traffic increase @ally. It is alleged that European officers arrive &t Delagoa Bay every week and proceed to’ the Boer lines gus asserts that the latest Importations by of Lourenzo Marquez are Six way Jarge Armstrong guns and sixteen cases of | ammunition, all of which have arsived a Pretoria The imperial authorities at the Cape have seized at Adelaide an immense con- and ammunition signment of arms marked *Biscuits,” sent by Boers to Dutch farmers in that neighborhood. A correspondent of the Associated Press at Sterkstroom, telegraphing December 81, savs “Captain Montmorency of the Fwenty- first Lancers, with a patrol of 12, was reconnoitering eight miles north of Dord- yecht. He met the Boers at Labuschagnes Nek. They opened fire and the British replied. The fighting continued for six hours, when the Boers received strong re- | inforcements, including artillery. Captain Aontmorency retired and took a defensive w~asition at Dordrecht. The Boers did not pureue him. It is believed that they re- tired on their main body. not known. Our loss wes one man seri- ously wounded.” The Queen’s message to the British troops in South Africa was sent to every general. It ran thus: “1 wish you and all my brave soldlers & happy Christmas. God protect and bless you all The morning papers are inclined to re- frain from commenting upon the Bundes- rath incident pending further information. The Dally Chronicle says: “The incident was unfortunate; but the Germans may swait the result of the inquiry with con- fidence in our fairness. The Btandard says: Pears’ Pears’ soap is noth- ing but soap. Pure soap is as gen- tle as oil to the living @ . e R t6 return | The Cape Ar- | Their losses are | MEMBERS OF CoL. § BADEN-POWELLS STAFF KILLED AND WOUNDED IN TRE LATE SORTIE AT MAFERING, E =< I ok 2 o e o e e o S o o CAPT.M.C. SAND yOR‘DC AR | 2oy ERviee KILLED, WITH PLUM PUDDING the town. One shell struck the Devon- lieutenants— % % plugged shells containing plum pud- They are still fortifying their posi- - : LADYSMITH BOMBARDED : 6 - $ LONDON, Jan. 1.—The following heliograph message has been received by way of Weenan from Ladysmith, dated Wednesday, December 27: + “The Boers are actively bombarding 4 shire mess tent, killing Captain Dalzell and wounding seven o Dent, Twiss, Tringham, Gaftyn, Byrne, Scafe and Kane.” ¢ A later dispaich from Ladysmith by wey of Weenan, dated Friday, De- & cember 2, says: + “All well. The Boers have been firing © ding and the compliments of the season. : tions, and are evidently determined to recognize the unimpeach- lidity of our position. We shall enforce such clalms as we possess with d lines of communi- | €Very desire to cause the least possible inconvenience to trade among friendly Etates; but at the same time we shall act with a firm determination to assert our as a belligerent pows~."" TWO RECONNOISSANCES - RESULT DISASTROUSLY ‘able to the New York Herald. Copy- 1899, by James Gordon Bennett, Re- of this dispaich is prohibited, | rights reserved in the United States and Great Britain.] LONDON, Jan. 1L—The Daily Telegraph | publishes this dispatch from its special correspondent: FRERE CAMP, Dec. 31.—It is stated | the Boer bridge below Mount Hlangwana | has been washed away, leaving some of | the Boers isolated on this side. The in- tended night bombardment of the Colenso lines miscarried yesterday. Thorny- | croft’s Horse and a force of mounted in- | fantry advanced toward Tugela River. The Boers discovered them, as it was in- | | tended, turning their searchlight on the men, and opened a heavy Mauser fire. | Our naval s, which were to have an opportunity to cannonade the ( enemy’s trenches, did not fire. They | | waited to hear musketry, but that was in- | audible five miles away on a wet and | my night. So, after undergoing much | discomfort and floundering about’in mu and water, the troops returned to Chieve- ley. ;- Yiuch the same fate betell a recon- noitering force sent in the direction of | Mount Hiangwana. Our squadrons of | volunteers after much difficulty located | a force of Boers, who are now isolated uth of the Tugela ranges. Byings' h African Light Horse, with two proceeded to their assistance, but were unable in the darkness to find the way or effect a junction for an attack. Men and horses stumbied and fell into the | water. They were out all night and got drenched, but returned to camp in the morning. Firing continues at Ladysmith and also now at Chieveley. General Buller, with | Hart's and Lytleton’s brigades, 1s at Frere. ~The Tugela River is silll high. Last night our 4.1-inch naval guns decid- edly worried the Boers.” Two rounds of lyddite which were fired at 3 o'clock in | the morning caused them to leave their shelter The place 15 now honeycombed with trenches. The Boers’ guns are splen- | didly protected and _screened. Kraals, | @ongas and trenches have all received at- ten‘ion from the eailors’ guns, which | alone have fired since December 15. To- day, while firing, the enemy were engaged from their works facing Colenso practi- {ing in getting ranges and apparently us- | ing cqnnon and Mausers. he natives | state the enemy have mounted ten cap- | tured field guns against us. The Boers use the heliograph. They watch and warn their men to take cover when our M%:una are ready to fire. Thirty-one Boer wagons haye been seen at the junction of Little and Big Tugela Rivers. An attempt will be made to de- | stroy them. |BOERS HAVE ADVANCED | THEIR ENTRENCHMENTS | i [Special Cabie to the New York Herald. Copy- right, 189, by James Gordon Bennett. publication of this dispatch is prohibited, All rights reserved Great Britain.] LONDON, Jan. 1.—This dispatch from a speclal correspondent is published by the Dafly Mail: Modder River, Dec. 26.—Christmas over, we broke our rest by two reconnoissances this morhing. One was three miles to | the right, where we destroyed two farm houses, from which there had been occa- casional sniping. The other was on the left. A squadron (f the Twelfth Lancers and a_company of .aounted infantry ad- vanced to within yards of the Boer position, when the enemy opened fire, dis- ng the fact that they had advanced their trenches. There were no casualties except & few horses hit, yet for an hour lively firing took place, in which even the redoubtable "puuc-‘ruit," the Vick- ers Nordenfelt is called, was brought into use by the Boers, and one of the 47-inch guns by our m BECHUANALAND DUTCH in the United States and o JOIN THE BOER RANKS LONDON, Jan. 1.—The Daily Mail pub- iishes the following dispatch from Cape Town: “Ninety-five per cent of the Bechu- make a firm stand.” land farmers in the Vryburg district Joined the Boers, helping them to loot the stores throughout the country north of Orange River. They also undertook to in- vest Mafeking while General Cronje's men went south to meet Lord Methuen.. The government in Bechuanaland is being ad- ministered as if the Dutch had been in possession for ages.” i, A dispaich to the Daflseedl from Kim berley dated Fridav, December 22, says: “We have food enough for three months. Fresh fruit and vegetables are obtainable daily from. Kenilworth and water is plen- tiful and exceiient.” GERMANS ENRAGED BY THE BUNDESRATH AFFAIR BERLIN, Dec. 3l.—Regarding the seiz- ure by the British cruiser Magicienne of the imperial mail steamer Bundesrath of the German East African line, a high of- ficial of the German Foreign Office to- day said: Silence must be preserved at present eoncerning the actual status of the ne- gotiations which have been begun with Great Britain about the matter. Appro- priate steps have been taken, of which Germany must await the result. The matter is regarded by Germany as of the utmost importance, because serjously in- voiving the rights of neutrals.” This afternoon the Forelgn Secretary, Count von Bulow, conferred at the For- elgn Office with his official advisers and then reported to the Emperor. A Cabinet meeting will consider the seizure, It is asserted in Government circles that the British right to search is questioned, and that in any event the British right to 8top passengers, whether they intend to fight for the Boers or not, is strenuously disputed, as the \'eniel upon which the; were {s neutral and the territory to whic they were proceeding, namely, Delagoa Bay, also is neutral. Redress, it is as- serted, will be insisted upon by’ Germany. The German press to-day unnnlmou!{v condemns British action in the Bundes- rath seizure, which is characterized as fan instance of gross insolence” and as “calculated again to illustrate the need nf a powerful Germany navy to render such overbearance on the part of England im- p();;lbl&’\lnllhellu'ull'v." e Natlonal Zeitung strongly argues that England had no right &gymmflre with the Bundesrath, and expresses the hope that she has not adopted a flexible theory regarding contraband. . The Lokal Anzeiger surmises that there must have been a serious quarrel between the commanders of the Bundesrath and the Magicienne before the latter officer “‘overstepped hig prerogative in carrying off the steamer,” and expresses the ho| that Germany will “speedily enforce AR: release of the vessel.” Even the moderate Vossische Zeltung calls the proceeding “‘characteristic Eng- lish insolence,” and adds that ‘‘the whole attitude of the English before Delagoa Bay provokes a general protest.”. It is announced that the German pro- tected cruisers Condor nnfi Schwalbe are now on thelr way to Delagoa Bay. ——e BRITISH COLONISTS ARM TO FACE INSURRECTION CAPE TOWN,. Dec. 28.—The colonial authorities are using every precaution to prevent an Insurrection on the part of the disloyal Dutch in Cape Colony and to suppress a rising if one should occur, Everywhere the British colonists are be- ing organized into home guards, drilled, armed and ready to act in their respective localities should armed Dutch colonials ather. The theory is that the Briti ome-staying colonials shouid be fuily prepared to cope with the Dutch colonials without the aid of regulars The alertness of the Bri makes uni- art of the pro-Boer ted action on the residents difficult. Unable to act openly, they !li?‘ away singly or in small groups to join the nngmy'l forces. The authorities ormed of many centers of have been in: agitation, which it is considered undesir- able to particularize, but there is noth- ing like concerted action apparent over the wide districts. Thgemae of Mr. Michan, solicitor to the De Beers Cumpan‘y, who is accused of treason, acquires Increased importance, as he has been transferred from the cus- tody of the civil authorities here to the military authorities at De Aar. His high position causes the Dutch to watch his case keenly. Parties of Boers have been o g some seventy miles south of Lord Meth- uen’s position. Boers appeared on Christ- mas day near the railway, about twenty- nine miles south of De Aar. A British force appeared to engage them, but the enemy retired. . 5 Another party fired into a British pa- trol camp durtg the night of Wednesday, CHASTISED BY M IRATE Wi Troubles of the Los An- geles Fire Chief. s MOORE’S FACE SCRATCHED ——ay RACE BETWEEN BUGGY AND ELECTRIC CAR. e B Mrs. Jones, the Present Object of Moore’s Affections, Also Has a Stormy Interview With His Wife. o SR L Special Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 31.—In a rage of jealousy Mrs. Walter 8. Moore to-day publicly chastised her husband, who, as Chief of the Los Angeles Fire De- partment, is the best known individual in this city. For some time Mrs. Moore has questioned the fidelity of her spouse. To obtain direct evidence the Fire Chief has for weeks been under the surveillance of private detectives. For his known relations with other wom- en Mrs. Moore last spring administered to her recreant husband his first public whip- ping. The object of Mrs. Moore's pres- ent concern is Mrs. J. Jones, who with her husband, resides at 1975 East Second | street; Boyle Heights, and whom she di- rectly charges with undue int:macy with the Chief. On Friday Mrs. Moore Jones house and deman admittance, but this was refused by the handsome | blonde, who had the place barricaded. So | great was the- disturbance between the two women that Mrs. Marx, a neighbor, was made ill and fainted from fright. At 8 o'clock this morning Mrs. Moore went to the Jones cottage and broke in a window, through which she gained access. In the.bedroom Mrs. Moore found a skirt | that belonged to her own wardrobe. The | scene in the cottage can be {magined when the women met. Mrs. Moore afterward drove down the streets of Los Angeles in & buggy and saw her husband opposite the Nadeau Hotel in conversation with Detective Steele. When their eyes met Moore hoarded a car and Mrs. Moore frantically whipped up her team and kept pace with the car. At Broadway and Second street Moore jumped from the car. Mrs. Moore also took a running leap from her buggy, and proved a better sprinter than_ her hus- band. On a vacant lot facing Hill street they met. After the melee both were covered with blood, Moore’s face being lacerated by the finger nails of the irate woman. Flushed with victory, Mrs. Moore forced the Chief to accompany her to the Jones cottage. Here a domesti¢ upheav- al followed that is worthy of Byronle pen. Mrs. Moore, before her marriage, was a Miss Lanfranco, the family bein re- | spected and wealthy. She also is tha | sister of Walter 8. Maxwell, an applicant | for office under Governor Gage. A long determined desire to apply for a divorce on thedpart of Mrs. Moore will' shortly be | realized. | L e S S P | December 27. This was near Vietoria road, | An attempt was made not far from that point to damage the railway. One man was caught in the act and shot. A similar attempt was made between Multiersoleti and Klapmuts, but the would-be wrackers escaped. Like attempts are reported from several other points. Evidently small parties of Boers or Dutch colonials have been trying to intbrrupt | the movement of trains, but thus far they | | have been baffled by the elaborate Brit- ish patrolling. In one case a patrol of regulars fired on a patrol of colonials. The latter were wearing broad-brimmed hats, and were |'mistaken by the British for Boers. No | casualties occurred, but in consequence of the incident an order has been issued requiring agl classes of troops to wear Delmets. - QUEEN VICTORIA’S LIST OF NEW YEAR HONORS LONDON, Jan. 1.—The Queen's list of New Year honors, published last evening, shows fewer names than usual. Bir John Lubbock and Sir Henry Staf- ford Northcote, Governor of Bombay, are created Peers. Baron Cromer, British diplomatic agent in Egypt, Lord Montague Rowton and | ‘Willilam Wither Bramston Beach, Con- servative member for the Andover divie- jon of Hants, the Commoner who has seen the longest service, are appointed members of the Privy Council. Charles Nortoh Eliot, the British mem- ber of the Samoan High Commission, s appointed Knight Commander of St. Mi- chael and 8t. George. Naval Captains Stuart and Sturdee are designated Companions of St. Michael and St. George for their services in Samoa. George Buchanan and H. Cunnyngham are made Companions of the Bath in rec- ognition of their services in connection with the Venezuelan boundary arbitration commission. 5 Captain Willlam de Wiveleslie Abney, principal assistant secretary of the science and art department, is- designated a Knight Commander of the Bath. Among the new knights is Dr. Thomas Lauder Bruton, physician to St. Barthol- omew's Hospital. Lieutenant Governor Dailey of Nova Bcotia is also appointed Knight Com- mander of St. Michael and St. George. REAL SCOPE OF THE TREATY WITH PORTUGAL BERLIN, Dec. 31.—Despite the semi-of- ficlal disavowals, several of the leading German papers helieve in the existence of a secret treaty concerning Delagoa Bay, but they discredit the: statements of the Lokal Anzeiger regarding {ts nature. The Hamburgescner Correspondenz says: ‘'The treatY has no definite form, and it would come Into force only in case Portu- gal Fh& ld consent to sell a portion of her colonids. It is confined solely to her African possessions. a has seen the treaty, and has offered- objections." he 'Vossische Zeltung also asserts that the treaty does not mention Portugal's Aslatic possessions. - PREPARING FOR A FINAL SORTIE AT LADYSMITH LONDON, Jan. 1--A dispatch te the © ally Mail from Lourenzo Marquez, dat- ed December 29, says: "It is reported from Ledysmith, by way of Pretoria, that the British are destroying their heavy cannon prior to a final sortle. “The Transvaal agents here have bought “m the available milk, sugar and coffee. ey have managed to get large orders sent for shipment here by French and German steamers. Prices have advanced 50 per cent In consequence and the stocks are very short. Something like a famine is threatened, as the British Government stopping all goods consigned to this place ‘from coast ports. ‘“‘Several members of the Volksraad meet every steamer, doubtless to give tur- ther orders. Portugal Is doing her best to maintain neutrality, but, following opinion in Lourenzo Marquez, is generaliy e Boers in favor of actively "n- sting plies. ’%flmsvul Consul Gen- to produce food su; ‘‘Herr Pott, the éral here, Is lotlng Lloyds’ agency and the agencies for the Castle, Union and Bucknall steamship_ lines in' consequence of the position he holds. ap(feured at the des E Cargo Evans’ Ale and Stout Has Just been received by Sherwood & Sherwood® ———— Iowa Dutch Off to the Wer. CHICAGO, Dec. 31.—A special to the Times-Herald from Orange City, Ia., say: An entire regiment of soldiers s sald to be en_route from the Dutch colony in this (Sioux) county to join the Boers in the Transvaal. e e To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. E, W, ve's signature is on each box, 5o, PLANNED TO MURDER - THE FOREIGN CONSULS Filipino Plot for a Rising in Manila on the Day of Lawton’s Funeral ' - Frustrated. MANILA, - Dec.” 31.—Four explosive ; bombs, a few stands .of arms and, 500 rounds of amimunition were discovered in | a house in the center of Manila this morn- ing while the police were secking Recarte, the insurgent leader, who was said to have come to Maniia in the hope of effect- ing an outbreak yestérday by taking ad-‘ vantage of the mobilization of the Ameri- | can troops at General Lawton's funeral To-day it developed that the plot in- cluded the throwing of bombs among the | foreign consuls -attending the ceremonies, in order to bring about internatiornal com- plications. These, It seems, were to have | been thrown from the Escolta’'s high buildings, but the avoidance of the Es- colta by the funeral procession spoiled the | plan. The populace, it is thought, had been prepared for the attempt by & rumor eir- culated widely among the natives yester- | day that Aguinaldo was in Manila and | would possigly lead the outbreak. The American authorities, having been | advised of what was brewing, prepared for all contingencies. Captaia Morrison, who commands the troops in the most turbulent district of this city, says he does not believe an actual uprising will ever occur, as the natives lack the reso- lution to take the.first steps in a move- ment that would entall fighting at close guarters with the American troops. An American _advance in Cavite Province, south of Manila, is expected shortly. Reliable reports from native sples show that there are upward of 2000 organized insurgents under arms within a mile of Imus. They are strengthening their entrenchments and possess artillery. At Novaleta the Filipino entrenchments | have been much strengthened since Gen- | eral Schwan’s advance. A thousand of the enemy are in that vicinity and there | are 600 at San Francisco de Malabon. | From twelve to a hundred men will gar- rison each of the towns 4n the southern part of Cavite Province, and the same | may be sald of the towns in Batangas Province. The provinces of North Camarines and South Camarines hold quantities of hemp, which the people cannot market. As a | | can troops occupy, conseuence, the population in that part of Luzon is suffering from lack of food. Rice now costs four times. ite normal price. it is estimated that 1000 ins centered at Calamba. Reports received that 2000 insurgents a; at Mount_4 which commands steep and narrow trafls, and that they are prepared to roli bowlders down upon advancing troops. Life along the coasts of the provinces of Cagayan and North and South Tlocos is resuming normal conditions. The Ameri- the import and patrol the country roads. implore the Americans to continue occupation, to establish a settled go ent and to terminate the uncertair :s and confiscation® that have cha erized the rule of the Tagallo revol t tionists during the last e Incoming Spanish prison i Aguinaldo has ordered the of all Sponish prisoners now in pos on of the rebels. The_transport Zafiro has arrived at Ma- a, bringing General Tinano, who ch grieved at being supplanted by Colonel Hood as military Goverr Cagayan Province. He hes e he looks upon M: o assassinate v because he surrendered s that when Colonel Hood arr presidents of all the towns in the repaired to Aparri and begged continue them in_ their positions also_that the natives desired to be rid of the presence of the Macabebes, the friars and the colored American soldfers toward whom they entertained a violent antipathy. Sixty-eight sick men out of Major Bachelor's command of 120 are coming to Minfla. — Bringing Law’on's Body. WASHINGTON, Dee. 31.—The departure of the transport Thomas from M with_the remains of Major General Henry W. Lawton aboard was announced in a dispatch received-at the War Dep from General Otis to-d Th comes to the United States via Nagasak She also has ahoard the remains of the late Major John A. Logan. NEW CENTURY A VEAR HENCE PR Thus Declares Camille Flammarion. e Special Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyright, 1899, by James Gordon Bennett. PARIS, Dec. 81.—The Herald’s Euro-| ean edition publishes the following letter | rom Camille Flammarion, the eminent astronomer and chronologist: Every hundred years, toward the end of each century, this question of thé date of the change { of century is discussed. I have before me docu- ments of 1799, problem and turn it over hundred years hence, in the year of grace I which, by the way, will be favored by a very fine eclipse of the sun, total in the neighborhood of Parls on August 11, at twenty-elght minutes past 10 o'clock in the morning—our great grand- children will put the same question. Again, in fin de slecle newspapers of the perlod, there will still be distinguished minds to repeat the centuries’ old_confusion. Christ was born in the year of Rome 749, not In 5%, and died at the age of 87, not 33, and the wholé Christlan era fs four years tou young. But it would certainly be inconvenient to change f{t, althbugh this mistake has been known for some centuries. It is sufficlent if people are agreed. It is clearly & matter of convention. There Have also been variations in the date of the beginning of the which has been placed sometimes at Jan at December, 21. The year was shortened by ten days in 1582 to bring the calendar Into agreement with astronomy; but all this does | not prevent the last day of 1900 being the last of the nineteenth century. It may be seen by reading newspapers that there are still dissenters in Paris, in the prov- inces and abroad. These simply complain that the first year is called the year 1 instead of the year 0, but it was thus that the calendar was drawn up. It 1s, therefore, on December 31, 1900, at mid- | night, precisely, that the century will end, and fall in its turn into an abyss of the past to the new century. Rk s FLAMMARION. 1699 and 1599, which pose the a and over. Agal ANXIETY FELT FOR THE PIERRE LEGRAND Feared That She Foundered in the Recent Gales and Her Crew May Be Lost. MARSEILLES, vec. 3l.—Great -anxiety is feit. here regarding the fate of the French steamer Plerre Legrand, due at Marseilleg from Cdessa a week ago. She is suppos®d to have foundered during the | recent gales, \.ith her crew of forty-five. —_—— WILL BUILD ELECTRIC ROADS. ly'ltm to Be Operated on the Vari- ous Hawaiian Islands. TACOMA, Dec. 31.—Contractor R. Con- don, just from Honolulu, announces that Thos. L. and Albert Johnson of Cleveland represent an Eastern syndicate which is | preparing to build a large system of elec- | tric_railroads in Honolulu and elsewhere | on Oahu, vlvmt:l connecting ferries running ther islands. mT?w Kohala and Hilo Rallway will spend $2,300,000 building 130 miles of road. In all nearly 300 miles will be constructed, -using large quantities of American mate- rials. \ Max Sohr Dead. PHORENIX, Dec. 81.—Max Sohr, a promi- inent mining man of Salt Lake City, died here this morning of consumption. He wag president of a mining company that makes mineral wax in Salt Lake City, bnfl owned valuable mining property DIFFERENCES IN CHINA SETTLED Valuable Concessions to Three Powers. R R Epecial Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.—Theannoun ment that the extension of the fore concessions at Shanghai, China, has been fially approved ‘brings to a close a dip- lomatic_controversy between Great Biit ain and the United States and ¥ which at times became rather France taking the position at one of the negotiations that the co-ope with the British in opposing the French plan of extension was an unfriendl; act toward I This and other differ ences havi happily adjusted, cording to announcements from (' a, which arc borne out by the information of oflicials here. The controversy assumed an {nterna- tional scope when the three colonies at Shanghal—British, French and American ~sought to extend their limits. The con- cessions are just outside of the old na- tive city and liealong the river Chang massed | rat, having a strong position | Poo, near the point where it joins the | Yang-tse-kiang. tant because Shanghai is the foremost port of entry for foreign trade in the Chi- nese empire. The French settlement is nearest the city and fronts on the river. Next comes the British settlement and then the American. Tha French desire was to extend its settlement so as to take in a large area back of the old city, including five American missionary Instt- tutions. The British Government opposed this extension:quite vigorously. The British :plan of extension was for an “international settlement,” run from the rear of the British conces up to the native city. France in protested against it on the ground she would be entirely surrounded, out exit, except by the river, the na city or over British territory. The Unit States approved the plan of an interna- tional settlement, as the American inter- ests were substantially similar to those of the British, but the American attitude aid not include an indorsement of all the contentions made by the Jdritish. It was to this course of the Amierichn Govern- ment that France took exception, ) ground that it w: an unfri France. The negotiations, whi no outward show of warmth, were cs ried on with some briskness, Embassa- dor Cambon of France presenting French side up to a few months ago. The adjustment finally reached is satis- the isfactory to all parties concerned. The French concession is extended, without inciuding the American misstons. The British and American settlements are ex- tended and to some extent merged in the international settlement, but the British- American extension does not so envelop the French colopy as to place it in & pocket. . The values of the several concessions is considerable, as the population of Shang- hai is about 6,000, of which the greater part is in the foreign settlement. Here the foreigners have the right to carry n trade and control property, and also have théir ewn courts, police and an organmized military establishment. Soldier Dies of Typhoid. WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.—The death of Private Frank Roe. Company C, of the Eleventh United States Infantry, at San Juan, Puerto Rico, of typhold fever, is announced in a dispatch received at the War Department. Idaho’s Mineral Products. BOISE, Dec. 8l.—An estimate of the mineral production of Idaho for 1809 gives the following results: Gold, $2,500,000 ,000; sil- ver, $6,103,000; lead, $4,960,410; copper, ‘of them for 1899, " the best interests and loftiest by the application of electricity through my ; DR. 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