The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 13, 1900, Page 1

The all VOLUME LXXXVII—NO. 44, SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1900. PRICE FIVE CENTS. NOT A PERSON RESCUED BULLER ADVANCES SKELETONS ON THE TO TEHE TUGEIL.A FROM THE DOOMED SHIP .~ o o e * EDMONTON TRAIL : 5 . Will Try to Reach Ladvsmith. ¥ g l,fikflOW“ vesse' erCked "1 St‘ LONDON, Jan, 12.—The War Office this morning received the following dis- Rehef Party Under Sklrv“lg’ After Marys Bay Carried a Crew Bi20 arciock, cvemms e Thursdan dansary W ot Suifering Terrible Privations, “*1 occupied the south bank of the Tugela River at Potgieters Drift this RO Apart from the definite news that General Buller has atiempted a second | time to cross the Tugela River the only news is the list of casuaities among | Special Dispatch to The Call. the British ofiicers in the fight at Ladysmith Saturday, January 6, showing e A L RS P SN B e thirteen killed and twenty-seven wounded. Among the latter was Lieutenant| ing to news reél.x-.:'x" m'!n o] o b B B -4 Colonel William Henry Dick-Cunyngham, V. C., commander of the Second Bat-| S Sga i D ke S i ' talion of the Gordon Highlanders since 1897, who. has since succumbed to his| Northwest Mounted Police has re- s the turned. Th wounds. The War Office announces the British casualties at Ladysmith, dJanu- | tat ety on o i : ary 6, among the rank and file, were 185 killed and 242 wounded. 7 “'?““(,;’;j‘h‘:fj‘,;j,";‘l'j‘gj;’(“’.; It is ofiicially announced that the Earl of Ava has died of his wounds. rrospect rs; which ws repet The Earl died without recovering consciousness. h Porcupine, whither i % I ONDON, Jan. i3~—Againr@ee s oe e s o eae D e e e S e e e -] sent from re . guided by r two th n in the and the | the eyes of the British na- | e | P nfh;'n‘snz tion are concentrated joia Ohres Bod 1 - POLlCE DECLARE MRS. upon Buller’s advance on the Tu- | the two poiicem el e 19, and the corpo: picked uy rela River. As I cabled yester- A LAME &€ 3 ? CORIE s Tee day morning, rumors were cur- | Disposed to Cast Doubt Upon the San | rent at the West End Thursday | ) Francisco Elocutionist’s Story of Robbery. *d were th s. Traces wi r me‘fihers of the P m@ 0HM+0—0+0-0~. . skeletons Is fron police d fron at leas e distria party of started from over that dea of the anaged tc T —_— nton for the D in the fall of 1897 s - It is probable that Clery had |4 en %0 of the City of Londor . . r ved their kil orders to begin his attack as soon e_‘- The kh:"‘ as the Springfield position had in iy ty cheered the arriw ng volunteers, each of whom received 3 been turned and Buller had = se- | Pirhiment certificat he freedom n cured the drift. Everything mitting the officers looks as if a decisive movement | ence of the Lor {and determined effort to clear|, { the way to Ladysmith had been £ g begun, an effort on which the munication with the besieged|pole issue of the Natal cam- Duke of Cam the regiment tended a specia thedral to-nigh ed at suppes Inner Tempie. oL 5 % garrison, for White’s a.dvanccd paign depends. Perhaps a1 se-] WATER FILLS TRENCHES. i posts are two or three miles from| rjes of engagements may take LONDON, Jan 12— STEAMEP ELM BRANCH SIGHTED IN DISTRESS Tugs Sent From Seattle to Assist a R e e o S e A A A @+ siedeteoeoeteiec® Disabled Vessel Of Cape » = = A ho Daily Tels Fiattery. . : - A camp on either side of the road. | place on both the right and left | Sammars s, fom Ty S spatch. . e s T LIEUI l:NAul COLUNEL DICK CUNYNGHAm and m 7% | Although nothing has been al-| of the Boer lines. storm has been raging all night and then the last Mrs. Corse remembers. ill continue that o X and the riven There has been ne or Colenso. The d with water. Th unt Hlangwano, bu lated, as thet Gordon Highlanders Moving to the Assault at Elands. ¥ lowed to come th{ough fl\:om Fo-! The list of casualties at Lady- Laagte. iR e ] 19’:;”}1” :g rere lsmCTl R uesday, | smith issued by the War Office rom London Illustrated News. o |ar 1 dispatches all bore signs s : allant officer will be the most widely lamented. Well ;l‘" 1 }‘ en disp: : s L NS | totals 420. The proportion killed antry, he had won large and fr of being severely censored, it is| ¢4 wounded is unusually heavy, -,....;o@o«iq-@o@-o@o-oa»oe05 dhd Beginning w the fight at v 3 Z t have bees K mand signally distinguished probable Itl]\:;t (:Tr;’eralelerl\f OT| nearly a third. Among the oi- : 2 Boers, he bore a leading part 1y every 2 dyard has been left to| ¢ < £ e that have since taken place in and about Lady- § | General Hildy | ficers who lost their lives were! GERMANY'S NEUTRALITY. of his fatal wound in repelling the Boer assault on @iattack or ‘menace H]z\ng\\'ane\ two of the most popular—Lord ngham was born in June, 1551, and entered the ¢ Hill, while this turning move-| Ava, son of the Marquis of Dui- he Gordon Highlanders in 1872, He was made cap- & ernment has decided that it would nos D o Tilgnibstirs fa 18 ~1n 7l ment has been in progress, or, ‘ferm. and Colonel Dick-Cunyng- be compatible with strict neutrality t ons with the rank of lieutenant colonel. His [ | | perhaps, make a strong demon- [ham, the gallant Gordon High- allow war materials to be sent from Gen Jan. 12—The semi-officls sche Gazette says: The Gow R pasuss ey ; e var 1578-80, duri; hich he took part £n it eat B or to th ; ranch, di=- | p0B THREATENS engagements, and several important exped ¢ | stration toward Colenso. ‘ lander. '!rdrwx_a'?‘l' a}?\l’:hvre‘*r when it was re ot e tion in the dispatches, besides a medal with two & 2 ¥ - tr K n ST. LOUIS DELEGATES { <= d the Victoria cross. He served whhhdl\;llnlc('lun x:; 3 If the Boers there can }l:e lprle | The death list from enteric o < 4 the Tra 2 1881, when a part of his battalion were so badly defeates | v _ T =t & ana'cut up B e s 10 15e5 e adrvan 'ma slitaut of the ~epysuted from coming to the help| fever and dysentery at Lady- Failure to Pess the Electric Light ¢ auxiliary forces dia.In 18- hie was staft officer (frat clas) in Bengal § of their right flank by the imme-| (i oy eraging from eight to Centract Causes a Small S LR e v L R e @ | diate peril in front of them, the ; r George Stewart White in the Natal campalgn about the mid- [ | P ten daily, is considered more er. : : ¢ | British troops at Potgieters| . 12—The agitation | serious than the 420 casualties of re of the St. Louis OH o e . Drift will find their work easier. Saturday’s to contract for elec- parks and night among society people and|about one-third of his army. There is one point, however, that | foday In & . military circles close to the| It now appears probable that| must be considered. Unless the | stores. the doors War Office that General Buller| 15,000 men have either unllzed Boers evacudted Qprmgfie.(l 15 boan k adlihuiith dated De s cce LA was in motion. No confirmation | the branch raijway line or have | General Buller has that force| cember 7, says that even. thep'go DENIED BY LADY METHUEN. could then be obtained, and the|marched from Frere by the road | threatening his rear, as well as| out of 540 r;len =i thic battilons lfxg\l?; a .J.m» 12 ,m;;"\(‘\h(‘!:‘u::’):fi e o . mors that Lord Methuen is lil or that he of which the writer is a2 member | TiT i iirea by the g of his horse & were sick with dysentery or en- | the battle of Magerstontein. LONDON, Jan. 12—The Gazette to-day fight, as they indi-| proclaims the prohibition of the exporta c o 4 3 tion In the United Kingdom or the cate the frightiul sanitary condi-| ing coastwise of a variety of aci tion of the beleaguered town. A |32ble of being converted Into mf na hissed and at times \\ar Office was silent up to noon | which ieaves Doornkop on the | commandos south of Dewdrop s lead- A, 2 i 2 5 g < floor. A”T"ldhf"- vesterday, when the official dis-|right, and after running eighteen| before him. A movement upon e, was, as e At~ ¥ . . - . . . . a revoiver was drawn by the patch was given out showing|miles in a northwesterly direction | the Boer right threatens the en-| teric fever, and according to a, MOUNTED SCOUTS ACCEPTED. at arms of the House, Henry L. " A R 2 i T R icati . 3 . y fuarded the door leading to | that on Thursday the British|crosses the Little Tugela and|emy’s line of communication dispatch to the Daily Chronicle,| vicTomIa. B. G- Jan 12—The Cane floor, and several times, forces moved westward to Pot-| reaches Springfield. Thence a|with the Orange Free State and | jated January 8, the patients and | &!an Government has accepted British Co val of the police, it looked 2 f % § . . 4 . lumbia’s offer of a company of mounted d could not be averted. | gieters Drift, seized the -point|march of eight miles due north|should bring on a battle imme-|attendants in Tombi camp soouts o St ASiiesat Nesvibe. the police sergeant and .r with a speech to the and located the Boers four and a | would bring them to Potgieters| diately. k where the hospital is, then num- n ex-Governor Stannard, cau- half miles to the north. Pot-| Drift, on the Tugela proper,| General Buller means to fight;| bered 2800. | ADMISSION CHARGED ling * the disturbance. gieters Drift is not.marked on|where they have established|that is certain. The chief ob- — | TO SEE AN EXECUTION mn‘xr; ‘Lnindlff;rgn;r;; any known map, but it is known | themselves on the southern bank. | stacle in his path for the moment KITCHENER THE REAL Fund Collicted “-;e Box Office Wi ;’?‘nusn of Delegates tO De about fifteen miles west of | If, as it was reported, the Boers| is the Tugela “River, but the CHIEF IN SOUTH AFR'CA‘ Go to the Widow of the Con- e ordinances passed and is due north of|were strongly intrenched at s idly | demned Man. this week providing Colenso 8" floods go down as rapidly as Spectal Cable to The Call and New York Her- DENVER, Jan. 12—A special to the in the city lighting Springfield, from which Gen-|Springfield, where they had| they rise. ald. Copyrighted, 19, by James Gordon | News from Fl Paso, Texas, says: A crime first reading and as- o eir first reading and 2% eral Buller's telegram was sent. |mounted one or two long guns,| Important information bearing| LONDON. Jan. 13—t now leaks out o 19 to be exceuted In the Tuartel u ; : s 5 T : : that Lord Kitchener s really the chief | JUATeZ within the nmext few days. The foghtes Afne e MoTREe General Buller must refer to|it would seem that their position| on this point is contained in a|in South Africa at the head of the Brit. Man Will be shot inside the Walls of the > prompt attention and final SUCCESSFUL MOVES IN THE PHILIPPINES Insurgents Beaten Back With Loss of Men, Property and Muni- s ous of War. se 0f . : : i @ o prison. An admittance fee of 25 centa wil carliest _possible moment | the great—not the little—Tu-|was evaded by a night march. dispatch from the Daily Tele- ’,,’;‘,;‘"‘it”;,:p"pinfi(?"ihi?b"é‘ie“nfg:;;; be charged all persons desiring to witness e The House of Delegates 3 ¢ : . o 3 4 . S s 4! | the execution, and the money thus derive¢ red at b o'cleck atier ane of the | g€la when he says he has occu-| At Potgieters Dl:lft General | graph’s w ar correspondent, who | defense committee met and man for the | Wil 80 to the widow of the condemnet o aToa fa She T pied the south bank. Buller has the main Boer in-| reports in 2 message dated Tues—' place. He was Lord Salisbury’s nomina- | a8 SRLLE R L 0’ el - v % . . R h mad L y biils are to be taken| The Boers are believed to hold | trenchments away on the right.|day that a heavy storm, with|iion; Ehe Premier had made a study o Death of Mrs. Keys. 4 A 2 A A s - % sz sl & Special Dispatch to The Cail. the junction of the two rivers|If he can maintain himself there!rain, had filled the rivers and |Sirdar's visit to Hatfield, but endless ait- | SPCRm DIt 1o The . ] 3 it wite. £ the way. SUISUN, Jan. 12.—Mrs. James A. Keys SETTLING THC DISPUTE. | and to have a strong position at| he seriously threatens the safety | spruits full of water. This ac-| Two months ago I told you the rumor | Wife of the County Treasurer of Solane i J > County, died of pleuro-pneumonia 2 -3 . h Lord Kitch 14 d r yes France and Santo Demingo Will Mount Tabanyama, east south-|of Joubert’s right ‘flank. The|cords with what Buller says of :h:ll{pr:m i ‘F::r(';’l‘uwvr:oag::lu?;y \‘;rda{( mo;nl:gbe at &1 o‘;‘éockh Althougt Come to Terms. rsmi ‘hi i i Sak 5 the first papers to forecast the possibility, Mrs. Keys ha en 11l about three weeks NGO, Sl T e aica LRI of Ladysmith, which com-|river before him, he reports, is in | the state of the Tugela at Pot- |t first papers to torecast the possiblity, | her death was not only urexpected, bz \ { Machizs and one more | mands the approach to Potgxet— flood, but as he probably has his | gieters Drift on Thursday. A W Ui, Yonen dutiston Tk the S Bl g > S p have ved hete. The . . . rouble was th Lo e s d . A rifies, cap- sy ppeiecs: ers Drift. Royal Engineers with their pon-| The correspondent also states| junior of Generals Buller, Warren and Dut 9 years of age, are left motherless P conference 3 - Ao . . PR = 3 4 The deceased was a person of extrems eltghtly rament. A:;m:l(::,lg sy | A glance at the n'fla;})] \nl]l;how toon tr;ms thi;I }wll not seriously | that the Boers who were holding | ®'Ber ora Salisbury 1s never beaten upon | Senerosity and highly popular. q & % H i is 1 H " - a technicality, and his solution of the LA | the significance of the British|retard him s immediate op-| Mount Hlangwane were now e Wos 1a sk Tant Toburt Hal Death of a Mining Man. | JAMES MARTINEAU pEAp. |move. General Buller was said|ponents are four and a half miles| quite isolated, as their bridge| win restore the confidence of the men LOS ANGELES, Jan. 12—Thomas Wel — 1 1 by his presence as field marshal, while lington, aged 5 years, a mining man from Unitarian Theologian Lived to the |2 SHOrt time ago to be construct-| north, guarding, no doubt, the| over the Tugela must have been| rora Kitchener, being his aid, will en-| Colorado, dropped dead in a lodging mor, the diffic satisfactory man; There were twenty- s e Age of Ninety-Five. ing a railway toward Springfield. | road which leads to Roodespoort | carried away. If this is the case|aPle the latter under cover of his supe- house Wellingion, who was an invalid 0 Thrr i St ,’.,’;“‘.KL'::; i kr el e g ey cerecn . “ames | It was also reported that the bulk|and Dewdrop. From the drift|an assault on this mountain - Bl e Sl a::;;%:%E;';’;(emitdL“m‘x?::e":fiifi e e T o of Calamba wnd frove them | oEian. dled to-day. He was In his Sth | of his forces had retired to Frere, | to the latter place is about ten|is extremely likely. Should the U T | : Miller Released ;fl" el 2 N Plaigws Tatocied Visocks. the available troops sent to make | miles, Aand Fadysmith itself is| British be .successful they will| IMPERIAL VOLUNTEERS (SAN JOSE, jan. 12—W. W. Miller, whe 7-uinch shebly wénsted | ASSU fflifi;ur‘if‘iu?;cf::d uu—-‘wz a demonstration unr.icr General | only eight miles further off. : have established thcmselve_s on RECEIVE THEIR KITS | in San Francisco, was released from the supported by artiliers. attacked | infected all vessels which have lett o rux. | Clery, when Ladysmith was at-| Once at Dewdrop the reliev-| both flanks of the Boers, with a et e g e B g e Ko the insurgents two miles west of Santo Tomas, pccled port within ten days prior to Jan- @riving them from that section. No c«uu.l.li tacked, being only 10,000, or'ing force would be in close com-| chance of inflicting heavy 10ss. | ot interesting ceremons ot vhe Guinnoy | tpon, ex-Judge Reynolds of the