The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 19, 1900, Page 1

The VOLUME SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1900, PRICE FIVE CENTS. ANNA GOULD'S HUSBAND HAS LOST MILLIONS Paris Papers Make Some Very| Mean Remarks Concerning the Alleged Disastrous Speculations of Count Boni on the Bourse. | Marquis de Castellane Denies That His Son Is on the Way to America to Get More Money, and Declares That the Editor of Figaro Will Be Called Upon to Fight. » the Bourse, aé he is not a member. | e allegations were true he would be . a private speculator, acting a broker and unable for the mo- to meet his obligations. The Marquis de Castellane has written he Matin the following: faith has been abused. My | > evvo@ow»0v06»¢¢0@06000@0@0@0000000¢0400—040A pever indulged in any consequently 1r jons and proceeded against. he himself would tion. In his nce his her begs you to repair the involuntary ou have done him.” t have beer in Paris Y TIIeT sources of in- h rev 2 it was impossoble for ready money. are understood to have . there- absolute con- he matter prob- were the leading | t and places ghout ning papers reproduced M thout in any way g s - : cy. The Count’s = ' = el rn to the affair by 8 e editor of aro mating th: he a duel with the rn, or even with | n the course of the | denouncing the Figaro as canaillerio, after on the sea for New rtake to demonstrate s of this tittle-tattle, from you reparation on choose. In his absence andalous instnu- trick, which s Dreyfusard.” | s previously owned ses and which Is & strong | n. bitterly opposed to the . which championed Dreyfus, after king in fulsome terms of the Count’s racter as ticman and a patriot, a gen cult to see the origin and e Roday's maneuver. It i | him Jor who Parliament. s which all drove nce, | sented beggar and, third, as a fellow con- triviitor to the big jackpot which we are | iling n behalf. Have you il and Trinidad come into the GREAT BATTLE MAY BE COMMENCED TO-DAY e Cape Town correspondent of the | s, discussing Afrikander disloyalty, ve the sympathy of every Dutch- South Africa Is with the two re- nd that a general rising is still e possible. However, there is nothing mplicate the bund party as a whole in clally organized conspiracy against 1 Government, although the s have winked at or pandered in order to preserve their pop- The British failures and the ap- nce of the Boers on British territory ve fomented rebellion, but even now a Cons - | decisive British victory would prevent its | giving him guns all pread.” correspondent testifies to the value of the services rendered by Mr. Schreiner, »e Premier, in an embarrassing po- | He speaks less highly of Mr. Hof- the real leader of the bund party, 1 severely condemns the Dutch press the C« which, he says, is doing s utmost, while keeping on the windy side of the law, to promote rebellion and | to envenom ractal antagonism. a:] MANY MEN WANT | TO JOIN THE BOERS | w many men and guns hin cre ping 1 the military expert between G eral w a e eve as then ne Boers | h their backs to — few miles. As Jan. 18.—George W. Van n, r of the American Trans- al fund, sald to-day that between ten | and twenty able-bodied young men ap- | d to him in person every day to be sent { to South Africa to fight on the Boer side. | s0 Tugela, a rough country rrespondent mentions General ce the war started,” sald Mr. Van | eled transport o vehicles | Siclen, “there have beéen 1000 applications, ect him with tne railroa: actual count, of men who want to go‘ Mirty to the rear. Amcng to the Transvaal and fight England. I these vehicles are thirty traction engines, wh have not got the money to send them and would not send them if I could. What | would be the use of my losing both men | and money? The British. crulsers would | be sure to take the men off the ships be- | rey could reach a South African port | it costs $240 for even a steerage ticket | ch draw from ten to fifteen wag:ns ler's warning as to the mis- fiag by the Boers in his troops is considered a to give no quarter. s be no turning back.” by the morn! al Bu the white g “ful 1 .ing we can do in this ntry is.to send money to the widows orphans of the Boers. But the men | > call at my office and want to be sent | out as recruits are an exceptionally fine lot of men. They are neither beggars nor tra- -, but bright fellows, whose sympa- thies are entirely with the Boers. Many of them give up good positions and come | on expecting that I ca; on exp n send them to the PATROL OF LANCERS AMBUSHED BY BOERS presa beorbing interest felt in the situa- makes other points in the seem microscopie. Lord ind his works at Modder at his forces will e doubled before mberley. sreements are moving to- French at Rensberg. With'| ted to advance. General re's mep occupy Loperburg, a slight e War Office announces that next 11l be embarked 72 guns. 3710 men | RENSBERG, Cape Colony, Wednesday, rses. This is the largest con- | Jan. 17.—A patrol composed of sixteen of artillery ever sent abroad. ce invites 500 volunteers for battalion of yeomanry. cCormac, in the Lancet, t of the 309 wounded in the hospi- | - him only eight had been men of the New South Wales Lancers and South Australlans was ambushed yes- | terday by the Boers and overwhelmed, after a severe fight. Eight of the detach- ment escaped and have arrived in camp. The remainder were killed or captured. This morning a patrol visited the scene }o( the fight and found one dead Aus- | tralian and one wounded man. A number | of dead Boer horses were also found, | showing that the Australians made a gal- lant fight before surrendering. It appe: ng has written the following ic letter to the British Guiana he Navy League, in recogni- ontribution to the war fund: British Guiana! Seelng what 4 1o contend with X:m]y in ars that when the Australlans Yot they heis A | encountered the first body of Boers and -l Yy have done uncom- | g,;nq their retreat cut off they galloped Please convey to them my | for'a nearby kople, hoping to baat off The best thanks—first, as vice president of the | Boers, but on arriving they found another league; second as perpetrator of the ab- | force of burghers concealed. tion of a c | smith BULLER’S FORCES ARE BOMBARDING THE BOERS Pt e Advance ofthe British Troops to the Relief of Ladysmith Has Been Commenced in Deadly Earnest. g i l THE DONGA (RAVIN WHERE GEN. HARTS 000000000000 00000 LONDON, Jan.19.— The British losses in killed, wounded and captured up to date are 7987 offi- cers and men. 0000000000000 000 o0 000000000 o (] o o o ] (] E) NEAR COLENSO, MEN TOOK REFUGE B e e e e S o o 2 TUGELA PONT WHERE THE BRITISH FOUND PASSAGE «-v D e o P P ONDON, Jan., 19.—There | is a persistent rumor afloat | this morning that Lady-| has been relieved. The| same story had reached the War | Office by midnight, coupled with | the statement that a decisive vic- ! tory had beenwon by the British. | Officials there, while professing! to have received no further dis-| patches than those given out, in- | timated that perhaps the second | rumor, as indicating a battle had}_ been fought, might be true, but they placed no confidence in the first story. | The latest news received is contained in General Buller's dis- patch which states that General| Warren’s entire force had cross-| ed the Tugela at Trichardts Drift | and expected to advance five miles from the river by last even-| ing. As the Boers were in- trenched on his right front, this clearly indicates the possibility of an encounter at any minute, but the relief of the besieged city is| not at hand. As to future moves it is ali guesswork. The Boers| have strong positions on Arnot Hill Farm, some six miles irom Potgieters Drift. This position is open to a turning movement by the west, which would cut it off from the Free State passes, and by the east also, if the garri- son of Ladysmith could make a strong movement against the en- emy’s position by Onderbrook and Groblers Kloof. General Buller has two drifts in his hands, which gives him great maneuvering power. He is holding Colenso in front by a brigade, having the right pro- tected and his railway line to | | | | | Frere guarded by divisional troops. After enough men have been left in the trenches and drifts he would have for maneu- ; L R e e R e e o o S i O e S i o L el . *+ ps . L3 7 © % ) ¢ ® - s 4 : R . THORNYCROF TS FOR BULLER'S AR B e OF T FORETELLS THE ALLEGED DOOM HE BRITISH It Is Thought That & Senator Wellington Makes a Most Decisive Battle ‘W ill Begin To-Day. No Retreat for the Imperial Troops. LONDON, Jan. 19.—A spe- cial dispatch from Durban, dated Wednesday, says: Ad- vices from Potgieters Drift, dated yesterday (Tuesday), say that Sir Charles Warren has arrived within seventeen miles of Ladysmith, and that British wounded are arriving at Mooi River fleld hospital by every train from the front, indicating that there has al- ready been severe fighting. Neither report has yet been confirmed. At midnight the War Of- fice announced that it had no further news for publication. When questioned with regard to the rumored British victory and relief of Ladysmith, the officials replied that they had received no information to bear out either feature of the rumor, and were inclined to think that serious fighting must precede the relief of the town. SPEARMAN’S FARM, Na- tal, Thursday, Jan. 18, 7:20 a. m.—Our howitzer battery fired upon the Boer lines oc- casionally during last night, and the bombardment was re- sumed at a quarter to 6 this morning. All is well. L e e e e e S S ] HORSE ScouTING MYy e« .-0—0—0‘04-0—0-0—0—0—0—0-&04*—0—0-0-&04. S oetedebeseoe® alry and mounted infantry about twenty battalions of " infantry. There would be two brigades| comprising eight battalions with batteries and.naval guns to make a good advance and fight thke Boers, if needful, on their south- ern front. There would be some twelve battalions, two cavalry regiments of irregular horse and five field batteries under General Warrer to work a way to the west, maybe to Dewdrop or Ac- ton Homes, or perhaps farther to the west by Rustenberg Farm. It is not thought he will at- tempt to force' the western passes. They are fortified, and the Boers have five, if not six, lines of communication by three principal Free State passes, by railway through Charlestown, by work so that he will not give the Boers arny idea as to whether he is making for the Free State passes or for Ladysmith. If he maneuvers westward, he will cer- tainly draw off some of the Boers from their new position, which might help General Hildyard's forces or another near him to take the north of Colenso posi- tion or Groblers Kloof position in the rear and then press on and join hands with - General White at Pieters Station, as White will be on the lookout to join in the fray both by Pieters and by Dew- drop. The Morning Post’s war critic says: “There can be no question of surprising the Boers, who have had a week in which to in- trench their main position and Landman’s Drift and from Vry-|two or three days’ notice of a vering purposes besides his cav- J heid. = Warren - will .. probably | possible attack upon their right Imperialism. Are Struggling to pendence—Favors the Filipinos. ASHINGTON, Jan. 18.—For an hour to-day Wellington of Maryland (R) occupied the at- tention of the Senate, continu- ing the debate on the Philip- pine question. He took as hi | text the resolution he Introduced las Tuesday, declaring that the United States should not take permanent possesston_of the archipelago, but, after subduing the Insurrection—which he sin- cerely deplored—should confer upon the Filipinos the right to govern themselves, affording them such protection as they might need. Wellington sald he was not ready to enter upon a pollecy of expansion, “the first exemplification of which is to be the | taking by force of arms of the islands, persons and privileges of the Philippine Islanders.” History indicated that He believed that one of the great England was Refer- the lles. blessings that ever befell the loss of the American Colony. ring to Great Britain's war with Transvaal, Wellington said: She has not met the Caucasian race since the Crimean war and now, when for the first time for half a century she attempts to send her army to destroy a brave and courageous but unfortunate people, she all at once rudely awakens from the dream of her power, because she finds that corruption has eaten to her ver vitals, and her army. which she deemed was still like that of Cromwell—invincible—has been belabored and defeated every day since t attacked the Boers. And justly so. And it may be. at no distant time, that the in- | stdicus influences which have thus debased her will entirely roy the weighty structure of the empire she has erected. If the propositions advanced in 1776 were true then and a to the American people m, have they grown less the passage of a century and a And are they less applicable struggling for freed forcetul by quarter of time” dwell in the distance and are weak begir in the contention for life and the establishment of governm: y their own consent, so long denied them by the tyranny of Spain. If it were true thenm, It is true now. In the language of President McKinley him- the grand triumph. -+ march of human ifberty has mever paused.” “SRall It pause now? Shall be retarded? In the resolution I have offered I clearly in- dicate the purpose I have in view. ditions have been reached, but to endeavor the Words of Sympathy for “im- | perial destiny” had wrecked many repub- | & people in the year 1300, | self, “From Plymouth Rock to the Philippines, | the advance columns of freedom-seeking men | It is not | to abandon the present war until certain con- | attainment of the conditions as quickly as pos- | Speech in W hich He Forcibly Argues Against the Policy of the Boers, Who Inde- for Maintain Their Self-Government inhabitants of the times, gevernment D Wellington referred to the part the peo- ple of his own State had taken in the war m that Jul eralded the ¢ ower in San as it sh fleet. sur- rtial figure Secott Schiey, a cabal of one of the dep ministration to rob him Justly is the verdic e has be ~orded story a« the true he: s of this ad- glory which merfcan peo- o down to t naval battle. had passed there is no end to keep faith Wellington sald a since that great battle. indication that we & with the Cuban there fs every indl- cation that, by the power of syndicates, cabals and combinations, there is to be continued in Cuba the despotism of a mil- itary government, in which Cubans themselves have no part, which is beyond | the pale of any law save that of force and is not recognized by ow t Wellington argued for independence for the Filipinos and sald it would have been better for us, as a nation, if Admiral Dewey could have retired from Manfla Bay on the morning after he had destroy- ed the Spanish fleet. But he had to re- main to suppress anarchy and chaos. Wellington sald it was neither fair nor just to attack the President or the ad ministration for the conduct of the pres- ent war. During the Interval between the two sessions of Congress It was the Pres- ident’s duty to this war for the upholding of authority on the | slands. ponsibility of the President sed and is nmow upon | Congress ellington closed with the statement that In his opinion his resol | tion, if adepted, will conclude the war in a manner both honorable and glorious to the American nation as well as to the Philippines Teller, Stiver Republican of Colorado, resumed his speech on the financial bill, in the course of which he arraigned Sec- ations with the t New York. He | had not concluded his remarks when he suspended them for the day. flank. The plan is that Lytrel- enemy in front, while Warren’s division tries to attack the right | flank. If Buller should succeed in beating the Boers and joining hands with White, the Boer army, which must retreat across and Colenso, will be in a perilous position, for Sir Redvers will be as near Glencoe on the railway to Newecastle as the Boers them- selves. Having chosen the most effective direction and one which cess, General Buller has decided to strike with all his might.” REPORTS COME FROM BULLER AND ROBERTS LONDON, Jan. 18.—9:37 p. m.—The War Office has Issued the following bulletin: “From Buller, Spearmans Camp, Janu- ary 18: One fleld artillery battery, a how- itzer battery and Lyttelton’s brigade are across the Tugela at Potgleters Drift. ‘The enemy’s position is being bombarded by us. “Five miles higher up Warren has crossed the river by a pontoon elghty-five yards long. He hopes his force will by evening have advanced flve miles from the river to his right front. The enemy is busily entrenchin; “From Roberts, Cape Town, January 18: Gatacre reports that 300 men of all ranks have been moved from Bushmans Hoeck to Hopersburg, and the Seventy- fourth Field Battery and one company of mounted infantry from Sterkstroem to Bushmans Hoeck. Otherwise there is no change.” The War Office has recelved the follow- ing dispatch from General Roberts from Cape Town, dated to-day: “T have received a telegram from Gen- eral Buller stating that one brigade and a howitzer battery have crossed the Tu- gela River at Potgleters Drift. Five miles farther west, at Tricourds Drift, General ‘Warren has thrown a pontoon bridge over the river. By this part of his force crossed yesterday. The remainder is expected by this morning to be on the north bank. ‘Warren hopes he will be able to turn the enemy’s position, which. five miles off to his right front, 1s being strongly en- trenched.” - MARLBOROUGH A CAPTAIN. LONDON, Jan, 18.—The War Office an- nounces the appointment of the Duke of Marlborough as a staff captain in connee- tion with the Imperfal Yeomanry, bein, organized for service in South Africa. deair At CULVERTS BLOWN UP. STERKSTROEM, Jan. 18.—Yesterday the Boers blew up three culverts on the Dordrecht line, filve miles beyond an out- post of the police camp. The commando at Dordrecht numbers a thousand, prcm s GOING TO CAPETOWN. LONDON, and his family to-morrow (i | | { Jan. 19.—Rudyard Kipling will )-l! for Cape Town ton’s brigade should engage the | Klip River, between Ladysmith| offers the best prospects of suc-| g | “NO TURNING SAYS GENERAL BULLER MOUNT ALICE (near Potgfeters Drift), Natal, Monday, Jan. 15—The forward movement for the relief of Ladysmith be- | gan on Wednesday, January 10, from | Frere and Chieveley. Lord Dundonald's mounted brigade, with the Fifth brigade, under General Hart, comprising the Dub- lins, the Connaughts, the Inniskillens and the Border regiment, proceeded northwesterly to Springfleld. The position had previously been thoroughly reeom- noitered. A few miles outside of Frere Lord Dundonald passed targets by the Boers to represent a for: ing in skirmishing orde | Boers had been firing at rese from adja- cent hills. Lord Dundonald pushed om, and as the main column advanced it was erected | noticed that Springfield was not occupied by Boers and that the Fifth Brigade had position. The British transport | taken | train extended for several miles and com- | prised some 5000 vehicles. | The mounted brigade advanced rapidly, | not meeting with any opposition. The British scouts had minutely searched all the suspicious country, but there was no sign of the enemy. The column advanced to Mount Alice, facing the enemy's moun- taln fortre: The Boers had been at Potgiéters Drift the previous day, but a body of South African horsemen swam the stream un- der fire and brought over the pont from the Boer side. The Boers were evidently surprised at the appearance of the British. A camp could be seen on the Tugela heights. fac- ing Mount Alice, but the enemy quickly struck camp and cleared off into the mountains. A buggy was seen leaving for the hills on the right, presumably with General Joubert or some other com- mander. General Buller took up his quarters in a pleasantly situated farmhouse belonging to Martinus Pretorius, who has disap- peared. On Friday a loud explosion was heard. Subsequently it was found that the Boers | had destroyed a bridge under constru | seven miles above Potgieters Drift Gen- eral Buller has issued a spirited appeal and Instructions to the forces, beginning: “We are going to the rellef of our com- rades In Ladysmith. turning back.” ‘The order proceeds to acvise the men, | when they charge, regarding the condi- | tlons under which they should receive the surrender of any of the enemy. It also warns them that the Boers are treacherous in the use of the white flag. This order has been received with en- thusiasm. The march was very trylng, but the troops are now encamped amid very pleasant surroundings. Their health is excellent and all are confident. - BEARS KRUGER'S LETTER. NAPLES, Jan. 18.—Charles E. Macrum, tormer United States Consul at Pretoria, who left Lourenzo Marquez on December 18, bound for New York, landed here to- | day. It is reported that he bears a letter | from President Kruger to President Mec- Kinley, asking the latter to mediate be- I tween the Transvaal and Great Britain. | | BOERS OCCUPY PRIESKA. CRADDOCK, Cape Colony, Jan. 18.— On Saturday, January 13, the Boers, with a commando of colonial rebels, occupied Prieska, a village on the Orange River, about ten miles northwest of De Aar. There will be no