The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 5, 1900, Page 1

e Call the Library.**** UME LXXXVII—NO. 36 SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, JANUARY 35, 1900. PRICE FIVE CENTS. CHRISTIANS ASSASSINATED MHlNESE London Receives More Anti - Foreign Demonstra- tions in Province of Shantung. RIOTERS ROUTED BY THE TROOI. MMissionaries of All Appeal ST SOR RGO TN W RIORIORK 20NN -1 country. Cheering News From South @frica, but a Decisive Battle Draws Near. | CAPE TOWN, Jan. 8.—Inteiligence has been received here from the Free State to the effect that President Steyn has issued a proclamation declaring that every white man, irrespective of na- tionality, is to be considered a burgher and is liable to be compelled to fight for the defense of the 3 O R e S N T S O T S G O S0 N R O 2 D O R O ARG O S O R O S O O NN SR RO ORI O | | } | | Epecia - e n beg | < | « ; | € = r 2 i B | .l | s { P ' to - — BSERS x | T NATAL FARMERS SAVING THEIR STOCK. = From ily Graphic.) B _: can 5 o5t 4% b h that section largely of English extraction c : r s f the ders. Now ted that General Bul- SN e s ae i aAS iR G S SR IGRBE L D o W N U T ’ ¢ . )¢ . o . . ENRAGE GERMANY 2 . 3 . : ./ Great Britain Cannot [nterrupt ? DS 2 2 3 Neutral Trade Withaut - . . - : 3 * ¢l Serious Complications. . - * " 3 3 . Epecial Dispatch to The Call. * B P ing .contraband of war for or to P % pe 4 , or otherwise - e As ea as 1T 3 confederation de- : . - § € . Py 1d merc P belonging p t the same time m, if destined for the use > *le of American nd it was held by the Su- é € vh in 1866 that contraband mer- 4 L2 chandise is subject to a different rule in ? P s e on than that N : § A a :“ 2 €2 not contra- . 5 ;. e capture only . ¥ 1 de-| when a violation of t ckade fs in- | i tended; the former w tined to a § @ hostile country or to actual military or | . naval use of the enemy, whether block- . * s contraband of | aded or not. Trade of neutrals with bel- )4 o W requested | jyzar, in articles not contraband is ab- ot v n 'X}“”’" solutely free u interrupted by block- . o | Ston """"," anY | ade; conveyance by n 1s to bellige: P § are ;”1"- It | ents of contraband articles is always un- . ¥ es may always be . LORD CHESHAM, THE BRITISH ROOSEVELT. 2 REVIRES it by sea. As there is 3 T ; txureof | ., kade of a neutral port short of an h ¢ This h of 2000 “Rough Ride e e Aded fos | act of war the question of blockade does | 2 the Duke of the added In- | 5ot arise in respect to Lourenzo Marquesz. | and others explained on of the Aden :\nd‘fll satisfied can shippers ¥y intrusted cretary of State and the Ameri mbassador at London, without any ported case steamer General at mes 2 more e = hismorning Whether > however, which ates in this re- be statdd in response to that his force the Boers, al- he town of Colesberg it- quiries. iciples upon which our Govern- 3 d T eeded during were embodied in instruc- not 3 the civil wa t been occupied, der the authdrity of the President. “The substance of them was that a ves- sel was not to be seized without a search carefully made so far as to render it rea- enemy is being gradually led. Moreover, the Boers’ There are | tions issued by the Navy Department un- A well-informed publicist has sald that the interests of peace and commerce on one hand and those of war on the other | have In conflict of forces rested at a prac- | tical line of settlement “Interests of peace have prevailed so far as to permit the carrier to transport con- | traband goods subject to no other penalty han loss of his commercial enterprise . e., his freight and expensc, while the in- terests of war have prevailed so far as to permit a belligerent to stop contraband goods on their passage and convert them | into his own use. The advantgge of this may go on subject to ascertainable risks, which may be provided for by contrac [and guarded against hy insurance, and producers and merchants can, continue their business and procure transportation without criminality, taking the risk of ure and condemnation of noxious, ar- ticles. ¥ ‘At the same time belligerents have fur- ther security of being able to condemn all interests involved, whether vessel or cargo, if there have been fraudulent prac- tice or hosfile service. In strictness, every is that the carrying trade of the world | GATACRE’S FORCE DRIVES | THE BOERS OUT OF MOLTENO, 2 2 < b1 < 2 2| o = article which is either n a- band or which has becc ecia cire es of war is liable to confis- catior!, but it is usual for those nations who Fary their list of contraband t ject the latter class to pre-emption which by English practice mea purchase WILLIAM GROWS WRATHY OVER | THE SEIZURES e object of is to be @i { by the owners of P captured by the Bri off Delagoa. The seizure has cc and is till earnes m do well honorable to On absol respondent Majesty censed because him wing that duef to the blunde . but to rict order: which officers are mervely cardiing out. He has-therefore instv.oted Cotfnt von Bulow, the For to demand exact ar h, yutrage done to r defic Engli®h warships breaches of as only Germ lack of fear to must be thorou; Indignation mee by branches of th German press, wi thunders aga official Berl denied that the indigna eizures by Bri in wider and wi touc circles.” HAMBURG, Jan. 4—The German East African Company publishes in the Hamburger Nachric g that immediately upon the declaration of war the company voluntarily forward to South Africa two ments of arms already vessels_ simply to avol uble and ¢ lay in connection with the other portions of the cargoes. A copy of the manifest of the Bundes- rath has been published, showing that her cargo did not contain contraband The owners declare that there is absolutely no foundation for the statement that sad- dles and other war material have been found amid the cargo of the Bundesrath. | VIENNA, Jan. 4—Diplomats here seem o consider that Great Britain ought not | | to have searched a German steamer in the | Suez canal. The Weiner Aligemeine Zeitung says-® *“It looks as if Great Britain cared less | for the cargo In question than for demon- strating before the worid that, although most unlucky on the Jand, she is the ua- chalishged mistress of the sea, a demon- | stration which will do more for the Ger- | man navy than all the ships of Emperor | ‘William.” t | | | ceeding. at into Orange Free State sonable to belleve that she was engaged the road to Bothas Drift is e e possible route that toward Boers to come out into the open, so action was for the most part confined to the artillery on both sides: The arrival of Geperal Gat- acre, however, with reinforce- ments from Sterksstroom camp, quickly converted a drawn battle into a British victory,@&he Boers being driven out of Molteno and whither some of vers are reported to be al- king their way: A pre- rt has stated that Nor- t bridge is commanded suis for prot MISSIONAR R TR Y CAPTURED BY THE “BOXERS” Mr yesterda) report, was only a matter of s to-day confirmed. The 3oers are now in retreat. After back to their old positions at : s . a night's march a force of|Stormberg. It seems as if the ate t Mr. Brook burghers of Stormberg seized | Boers’ ruse was to Ie'ad Gatacre French Troops Routed. Moiteno at daybreak on|into the difficult country which . o it o baitie oocareed 1or | Wednesday, at the same time| developing attacks upon the| Cape Mounted Rifles on the west and on the Royal Irish Rifles | and others on the east of the o town. Although the little Brit-| B =i el » | ish force at Bushmans Hoek did | ceroy also wired the Teung L{ Yamen | psking what steps are to be taken. i Douglas and hoisting the British ated the town, taking the inhab- itants with him. It is explained that this activ- three £ Fa | these recent small engagements are ail. done for the purpose of keeping down Dutch disaffec- tion, and that there are likely to be many more of the same kind during the next week or two. From the important positions at Modder River and Tugela lit- tle fresh intelligence came. At | Tugela yesterday the Boers’ trenches were subjected to what seems to have been a very vig- orous bombardment, which did a good deal of damage and stam- was the scene of his reverse, but | peded some of their horses. Thc; the device failed. After taking |forces on each side may be| \roughly stated as follows, flag there Colonel Pilcher evacu- | though from the nature of things | | the figures for the Boers cannot be more than a guess: Buller, | 22,000 infantry, 3300 cavalry, its best it could not induce thelity on the part of the British and | 2000 artillery and 70 guns; Jou- J bert, 18,500 mounted infantry, | | 1500 artillery and 60 guns. | i |BOERS PARTLY | SURROUNDED BY i BRITISH TROOPS | [Special Cable to the i right, 1909, by J | pubiication of this dispatch is prohibited | All rights reserved in the United States and Great Britain.) | LONDON, Jan. 5.—The Daily Mail pub- lishes this dispatch from its special cor- | respondent: ‘ RENSBERG, CAPE COL: day, Jan. 3—We set fire last pight to the trucks of the wrecked train and their con- tents, and they are still blazing. The New South Wales Lancers performed the duty under a heavy shell and rifle fire, to | which we replied. This lasted until mid day, the Boers trying to loot the hummi | trucks, but being compelled by our shel| fire to retire. Shrapnel burst right among them sev- | eral times and must have done consider- | | able damage, many riderless horses rush- ; ing about the veldt. Some of the enemy w York Herald Copy- Gordon Re- | took sheiter in the statlon house, but | were shelled out. The survivors galloped away. The Boers were seen to llop a gun through one of the passes. As they | did so our artillery opened fire on them. | D e R R R e e A A A s A e A A e as o ) OA KLAND JUDGE SUPS WITH TWO CRAP SHOOTERS 'Quiet Little Snack With Men Upon Whom He Must Soon Sit in Judgment. e e e e e e e oo o e ok B o e ] D R A R R R R S R R N R N R R R R AR NS S A A A ! + ! t : ! : POLICE JUDGE MOKTIMER SMITH OF OAKLANMND. Police Judze Mortimer and indulged in a m some of those arrested n Oakiand—raid of the st before mi: scended in a re. for an entrance f a dozen player lice Judge Mortimer Sm bail. Before Judge Smith arrived the lice had fixed the bail at $30 for each and $100 for the banker. Bonds were put up in most of the in Jo tances and nberg furnished the money. k some time to have thes were pretty he police for ke their experience an {ree in their denunciation the raid Then came Police Judge Smith's mid- supper that has since made all the uble. After the prisoners had been bailed, the Police Judge went to what is | known as he office Restau- rant.” on Elevent between Broad- way and Washington. This is an al night cafe, in which there are a ¥k 4 boxes sép: board partit 1 the case w them SRRV fof garfe o mF Bohde Yther He s t ed we 2o that t against them woul onviet »f betting on the ‘c there w g no evidence - have nmo doubt there were ‘bones Deacon had gone on the d that e was not I | The gun has not yet been heard to fire, and we presume its escort were shot. We have the enemy partly surrounded. His lines of communication are cut off and the roads and bridges are heid. This accounts for the strenuous efforts which the enemy made to loot the wrecked food trucks. The Berkshires have been reinforced by the Suffolks and hold the central ‘position, in which quarter desultory firing is still pro- The Second Cavalry Brigade, consisting of a battery of Royal Horse or Burton, the Innis- Tenth Hussars command the extreme left, the whole being under Col- el Fisher. ting of O Battery of Royal Horse tillery, under Str John Harvis, the New nders, mounted infantry neers, the whole be Porter, form the extre Major Genera! Brabazon is in command of the whole of this force. What much want is more gu f larger caliber. If we had them we c« do much age. The peculiar divi fantry and guns will be noticed. —_— GATACRE'S MEN CLAIM TO HAVE ROUTED THE BOERS Colonel [Special Cable to the New York Herald , 1900, by James Gordon Bennett LONDON, Jan. 5.—This dispatch from its special correspondent is published by the Daily Mail: STERKSTROOM, Wednesday, Jan. 3.— | Early yesterday morning a large force of The First Cavalry Brigade, | and car-| dam- | on of cavalry, in- | ' Boers descended from Stormberg on Mol- | teno, which they occupied. They proceeded to attack an outpost of fifty men stationed south of the town, at the same time cutting the telegraph wire to the south of them. This maneuver was, how- ever. too late. for authorities at Sterk- then | I stroom had warning and foree of Kaffrarian Rifles Bonnie MeL pushed Bushmans E Firing quickly co B sition on the heast of Mol- 'y fired on an armored hiiltops, markable follow up this su MANY APPEALS TO THIS COUNTRY TO INTERFERE Special Dispatch to The Call WASHINGTON, Jan. 4—In addition to indirect suggestions from the Transvaal Government for the mediation of the United States to bring an end to the war, Hay has been deluged m foreign and & can to use ted States to put a stop to fur- Secretary itizens Continued on Second Page. This Paper not ' to be taken from o P PEN -«