The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 23, 1900, Page 1

The Tall VOLUME LXXXVII—N 0. 54. SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1900. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ROERS CONTESTING EVERY INCH OF GROUND GAINED BY BRITONS While Buller's Army Is Battling Fiercely to Relieve Ladysmith a Report Comes That Lord Dundonald With Sixteen Hundred Men Has Entered the Beleaguered [ @* Ot Ot 000t 000+ 0e0+ 040 ¢80 +8+0+0+9-+6+@) leading his men to seize a fresh point of Town. S 23. — Generzl meeting strong to his advance the Boer positions along f Mount Tabanyzma, ch received s scnt from Spcar-- ONDON Warren | Jan. 1 L s | ‘ ridges [ this morn- T W C mp at 4 o'clock y:ster- | K aiternoon says that the| Bocrs are numerous and strougly [ enched every and ars contesting | inch of ground { The Frusscls correspondent of the Daily Chronicle asserts that | ! from authentic that the iLocers have| ,000 and 90,000 men | he has roed ctween 8 in the ficid DURBAN, Nat i 1. dan. 22.—The | mes from as excel= | in Pictermaritzburg that Lord Cundonald bas en- teme red Lad with 600 men. not quarter Lord has been acting well ths line of advance. — r from is kown | fiying | to | conf rmed zny | but it Dundonald’s it o attack upon day’s hard English cavalry on the veldt and Lord | to use colonial cavalry e S | HOT FIGHTING GOES | ON DURING THE DAY | 23.—The Dally Matl has ted Sunday night, from range is in- and many cp- were driven took cover rocks with The forces, sk of drivieg k with good | Much fir'ng abounds in nills warfare, and our one. vertheless, it g Iy Wher- ever « enemy were observed a fresh position our field bat- - showers of shrapnel, snd ement of the guns, followa] must have greatly | m were on the defensive al- save once, when they nk our left and were d. They relied almost e. A few shells were piece of ordnance, but sly. | he lower crest on the ! ent fired fr these fell b “We nOW occupy m rmle B R B a2 s e e | @esoei000000 00000000 | left and are converging slowly but surely | and wounded are carried away to the rear | rapialy. | will be resumed to-morrow. too | | vance { l 1 . ON BULLERS ROUTE TO i l siepe Bebee toe e es e D e Map Showing the Positions of the British and Boer Forces During the Late Movements on the Tugela, as Lescribed in Dispatches. srePeDeDe e e o the Boer center. known but The Boer loss ‘s u been heavy. The K a PEIIIPTIPI P9 II 099999+ 09+9 064943090600 @Q Strong rumors are in circulation at the Boers are retirin The battle th BOAST OF A BOER MAY NOT BE A DREAM LONDON, Jan. 22.—The Dally Chronicle has received the following. dated January 4:10 p. m., from Spearmans Camp: The Boers admit twenty-one casualties ring General Lyttelton’s skirmish o y. General Warren continues on- though he is necessarily making | slow progress, as the Boers are numercus and strongly Intrenched. Our 1 ntry are working over parallel ridges. Lord Dundonald’s cavairy lying well the left flank and awaliting develop- The Boers contest every inch of e ground. ‘This morning General Warren's artil- reopened fire, but the Boers did not v and our fire became less hot. The naval guns in front have been quiet. A Boer prisoner who was brought in boasted that it would take us three months to reach Ladysmith BOERS SAID TO BE LOSING HEAVILY NEW YORK, special from Lc is for the out o ments the “Dug-Cuts” Jan. 23—The Tribune's ndon, 6 a. m., says: There Hsncyooube) moment an almost complete from the theater of ope- Shortly before midnight cessation of rations General MacDonald left Cape Town to as- | sume command of the Highland brigade at Modder River. The Malil states that some friction has arisen between the regulars and colonials in Natal and a number of colonial officers are resigning their commissions. TONS OF SHRAPNEL THROWN AGAINST BOERS SPEARMANS CAMP, Natal, Jan. 22, | 9:30 a. m.—Early on Sunday morning Gen- | eral Warren commenced a flanking move- ment on the extreme left of the Boer posi- tion. The Infantry advanced at 5 o'clock in the morning along the irregular Ta- bamyama Mountain, which ends at Spion- kop. The artillery positions were behind and on the plain. The British carefuliy worked along the hills until within 1000 | yards of a commanding Kopje, on which | the Boers were concentrated, concealed behind immense boulders strewn thickly over the hill. The artillery opened the attack and the batterles worked continu- ously, pouring tons of shrapnel among the Boers, who devoted thelr attention to musketry firing on the British infantry. | The Boers stuck to their rocky fastnesses | with the greatest tenacity, and at the conclusion of the day the British had only | fire being directed mainly against the e :f,:,'y"ffv: tad ':r?,f,:‘m’flhth‘:;e ¢ R doubts. damage. Captain Honley of the Dublin Mafeking was safe down to January 12, | Fusileers fell mortally "wounded while] it o message from ting progress. The | last night were uil s brigade during the | Kop Sunday. They | ninety-two—one officer = wounded; five rank and file | seventy-five wounded and elght | r repc killed, kilied, be doubted that fight- esterday morning, and | : awaited. graph’s correspondent, describ- s cperations, says throughout | ral Warren continued to ad- | . The Boers resisted stub- | bornly, but Hart’s brigade, which, with Hildyard’s had the brunt of the infantry work, drove them slowly from hill to hil. | The Dublin Fusileers fought grandly, A | turning movement was tried by the Boers on the British extreme left, but two bat- teries of artillery and the Devons stopped and repulsed it Despite the strength of their works and numbers the Boers are losing heavily. During the afternoon the Dublins tried to take a stiff position by the bayonet, but | the correspondent does not mention whether the attempt was successful or otherwise. The bombardment of Kimber- ley was renewed on January 17, the Boer ! who federated the British empire.’ " vantage. DR. CONAN DOYLE GOING TO THE FRONT LONDON, Jan. 2.—Alfred Austin, the poet.laureate, and Dr. Conan Doyle, the novelist, were the guests of the Authors’ Club lzst evening. In response to a toast to his health Dr. Doyle sald he was about to go to the front, not with a rifle, but with a stethoscope, which many would regard as a more dangerous weapon. “This war,’ he continued, “‘marks a turning point in the life of Great Britain. Some eight months ago I took the chair at a peace meeting, but I wish now to abjure that error. 1 have seen more posi- tive virtue in this country during the last few months than I saw during the pre- vious forty years of my lif& Why should we punish Kruger? That man has solved a problem which every statesman had found unsolvable: “I would buifld a monument to President Kruger of the size of St. Paul's Cathedral, putting him under it, and I would write across it: ‘To the memory of the man WILLIAM PRAISES BOER GENERALSHIP | BERLIN, Jan. 22—The Montag Zeltung | asserts that when the Emperor recently | received the Presidents of the Diet he ex- | e e o o ) | ?"Hf’¢§000¢0¢6¢0¢§§4¢0#§10# [ e e e e e e o e s A e otk A e S S e e a e e o e o e Lok XL, ; Artillery Crossing the Klip River at Ladysmith Under Fire. On the Right Are Shown for Protection From Shells, With Which the kiver Bank Is L R e o S SRS S S S S = pressed deep regret at the heavy loss of British officers in South Africa ani praised the Boer generalship, but his Majesty reprehended the attitude of the German press toward Great Brita'n, which, he said, was rendering his task of avoiding friction with Great Britain doubly hard. He recalled Prince Ris- marck’s saying that the “windows which our press smashed we have to pay for.” The release of the Marle has made a most excellent impression here, and is in- terpreted as showing the earnest desire of Great Britain to re-establish ther- oughly friendly relations with Germany. Nevertheless there is the highest auther- ity for the statement that Germany has not abandoned the idea of bringing atout a clearer definition of what constitutes contraband and the rights of neutrals on the sea, elther through an international conference or direct diplomatic negotia- tions between Cabinets. A high official of the Foreign Office dis- cussing the matter to-day sald: “Germany must await, of course, the re- sult of the present negotiations with England relative to the rights of neu- tral ‘We are not anxious to take the initiative in a movement for. a clearer definition of contraband, but if necessary ‘we shall do s0o. Anyway, we are ready to join the other nations in such a move- ment.”" ' United States Embassador White, when asked for a statement of the American position, said: F ;. J QHHH+ 44+ 4444444 44444440 LONDON, Jan. 23.—Just before midnight the War Office issued the following dispatch from General Buller: ‘“Spearmans Camp, Jan. 22, 6 p. m.—The following casualties are reported in Gen- eral Hart’s brigade as the re- sult of yesterday’s fighting: “Killed — Captain Ryall, Yorkshire Regiment, and five men. “Wounded — Second Lieu- tenant Andrews, Border regi- ment; Captain MacLaughlan, Inniskillings; Lieutenant Bar- low, Yorkshire regiment, and seventy-five men; missing, eight men. “Other casualties will be forwarded when received.” D R e e 2 o o 4 D e S Y “I"have no authority to express the views of my Government since Germany has not thus far approached the United States with a request to join a movement | for a clearer definition of contraband and the rights of neutrals, but I may say that our Government has always been ready to go into a conference on the subject. ver since the declaration of Paris in 185 the United States Government has stood for the same sea rights as land rights respecting private property, holi- ing it free under any circumstances which is going further than any other nation. During the peace conference at The Hague I made a desperate effort in the same direction. Not only did I write a long letter to the president of the con- ference, Baron de Staal. but T also made a long speech on the question before tne conference. 1 found Germany, Sweden and Holland with the United States in the main, but that England was against us, and also France and Russia, for wo known reasons.” The East Africa line s now establish- ing the amount of damage it sustained by the seizure of the Bundesrath. This will be at least 500,000 mark: —_— BRITISH TROOPS BEHAVE WELL UNDER CROSS FIRE LONDON, Jan. 23.—The Times publish- es the following from Frere Camp, dated | yesterday (Monday): *“On Friday General Warren began a long, circuitous march frem Trichards | Drift westward. This was abandoned owlng to the fact that the long ridge | which runs from Spionskop was occupiel by the enemy, who commanded the route, | rendering the maintenance of communi- | catlon for transports impossible. He | therefore returned and camped for the | night about two miles from Trichards | Drift. On Saturday a frontal attack on | the ridges was ordered.” The correspondent then describes Sat- urday’s fighting (already cabled), anl adds: “The men behaved splendidiy under an O+-0-99-0-040+0+000eg S T R S R e incessant heavy cross-fire in a burning sun for seven hours. Our casualties were for the most part slight, the proportion of killed and wounded being extremcly small.” AT KIMBERLEY THE BOERS ARE ACTIVE KIMBERLEY (by heliograph), Wednes- | the Continental power: PHELAN BREAKS ANOTHER PRE-ELECTION PROMISE Deceives Saloon Men in Order to Secure Their Votes. Agrees Not to Disturb License, but Attempts to Raise It to $600 a Year as Soon as He Attains Power. AYOR PHELAN has attempted | to break another of hi pre- election promises, and has only been prevented from doing so by reason of the fact that his own Board of Supervisors, disgusted with his actions, refused to be a party to his double ling. Recent developments have proved conclusively that Phelan re- cefved many votes on credit—n other words, on promise of reward in the way of patronage or favors in the event of his election. Many of those who were induced by his seductive in him have given up hope of ever ¢ lecting the debt; the few left who still have faith are finding out that the promises fulfilled by Phelan are few and ar between The most recent case of his duplicity is his attempt to pla $50 a month on th face of his promis fore election, when he wa port and their votes. that he would not favor any measure that would disturb the conditions then existing At present the license is $21 a quarter. Phelan attempted at a caucus of the Su- pervisors, held about two weeks ago, to force that body to place the tax at $500 a year. The Supervisors, having been ad- vised of his guarantee to the saloon men, refused to accede to his demands. When they fix the new license the figure will be $50 a quarter, which Is sald to be sa factory to the liquor men, although they do not thank the Mayor for the fa- vor. The story of the saloon license promise is on a par with all of Phelan’s methods of securing political prestige. ~Shortly after the late municipal conventions named their candidates for Mayor a committee of the San Francisco Protective As- sociation waited 1 both Phelan and Horace Dav The object of the committee was not to exact any promises from either Phelan or the gen- tleman who was to be his opponent. They did not go to ask protection. They only wanted to ascertain the stand of thg twe candidates on the liquor questiom - amd| learn if either was inclined to be oppres- sive in the event of becoming the execu- tive officer of new San Francisco. Phelan received the committee with open arms. It represented an interest that controlled a great number of votes and the Mayor saw a chance to buy their favor nd support, with one of his “pho promises. The spokesman was hardly given an opportunity to explain the purpose of the visit tefore Phelan volunteered the information that he was the greatest friend the saloon men ever had and promised that he would not | favor any measure calculated to increase thelr burdens. “Why. the saloons are the best things that ever happened.” he is reported to have said. “The outlying districts of the | city have been built up by reason of the little saloons that thrive there. The Mayor's oily eloquence tm- pressed the liquor men that they straight- way indorsed him. The ticket that cireulated among the members Protective Associati not mitting {itself in 1 ment of Phelan, was so arranged t blind voter could have und at a rstood its - tent. In big black-face type vords: “For Mayor, James D, J followed by “or Horace Dav in letters €0 small and insignificant t nothing was left to explain Phelan was elected and the v saloon men went a long wa bringing about his success Phelan to be a man of ers did not inter in the license q e recent convention of lifornia the League ey were astounded to lear r's publie announcement that he fave d taxin whisky men lim! n before the convention he said i New San F with a deficienc Iy $100.000 annu ishment of the bt to the will have to be made up in some way. I favoer placing a tax of §1 on v nicksl- t machine produce 000, and I at the reat should be taken out ¢ profits of the aloon men QOur license here is but a paltry 321 a quarter, while in Los Angeles the liquor men are forced to pay M0 a vear. There is no reas why the San Francisco saloon men should be let down 80 easy when those of the southern city pay as much as they do.” Phelan attempted to carry his t8cas into effect as soon as the new Board of Supervisors was organized. He called the members together in caucus about two weeks ago and made the same suggestion that he had voiced hefe of the League of Calify and he argued that it was his wish that the license In San Francisco should ar- bitrarily -he-fixed-at 350 - vear. The Su- pervisors were not inclined to any such proposition. They had some sense of de- ceney and fair play, and believed that tne saloon men should at least be given a hearing. The matter was referred to the License Committee, consisting of Super- visors Comte, McCarthy and Booth. They held a conference with the same com tee that had interviewed Mayor Phelan before election. The re of the inter- change of ldeas was s flance of the Mayor’s protest, to place new license at $50 a rter. The saloon me t entertain a very high regard for the Mayor's Integrit and from the action taken by the Board of Supervisors it is evident that the mem- bers agree with the views of the liquor dealers. disappointed at the apparent apathy of HOSPITAL SHIP MAINE AT CAPE TOWN LONDON, Jan. 22.—The Ladles’ Maine | Hospital Committee received the follow- ing dispatch to-night: “CAPE TOWN, Jan. 22.—Arrived yester- day. All well. Going to Durban Thurs- day. Everything satisfactory. | 2 “CHURCHILL.” The signer of the above dispatch is evi- dently Lady Randolph Churchill, who left England on December 27 with the Ameri- can hospital ship Maine. A T BEEF FOR THE BOERS. CHICAGO, Jan. 22.—A trainload of beef (750.600 pounds) for the use of the Boers | is being purchased here by an agent of | the Transvaal Government. On account | of recent seizures by British war vessels of ships bearing supplies for the Trans- vaal packers have refused to sell the beef | for @elivery beyond Chicago and negotia- tlons tor transportation are pending. This | i3 the second trainload of beef sold here | for the Boers, the first consignment, =old | about a month ago, being now, it is'said, on the ocean. VANCOUVER ROUGH RIDERS. VANCOUVER, B. C., Jan. 22.—Applica- tions for enlistment in the Vancouver Rough Riders continue to come to local @ "0+ -00-0+00+@Q day, Jan. 17, via Modder River, Jan. 22. Native reports say that a proclamation has been issued at Barklay West by Com- mandant Boithoff ordering all British sub- Jects to leave before January 22. Ladies are being subjected to great insults. The Boers are again very active, bombarding heavily from ail positions from dawn until 8 a. m., the fire being directed chiefly against the redoubts. PRETORIA PERTURBED. LONDON, Jan. 23.—The correspondent of the Times at Lourenzo Marquez, tecle- graphing yesterday. says: “News from the republics is exceeding- 1y ‘meager, but it is reported that Pretc- | ria is much perturbed. This is confirmed | from different sources, and to-day It is even hinted that the Boers are about to sue for peace. This is Improbable until they have played their trump card in the shape of an appeal for intervention. It is an undoubted fact that are bitterly b e RS- @ B @ COL. B. FAMILTON, This officer, who is a member of General Clery’s staff, was wound- | ed in Saturday’s battle near Spior- | * kop. Colonel Hamilton is the champlon swordsman of the Brit- ish army. * N e e e e e e e e military authorities by wire and mail. A one-armed applicant from Kamloops be- ar also his lieves that his dismemberment is no b to his acceptability, as he offers own trained horse verbal command, a crack shot Obispo, Cal., ing to provide his own horse ment. BOERS FIRE FURIOUSLY. LONDON, Jan. 23.—The Dail publishes the follow Telegraph ng dispatch delayed by the censor from Rensberg, dated Sun- day afternocon “Last evening at 9 o'clock the Boers be- susly a position. Three tiers | visible. The firing lasted -quarters of an hour. The reason for alarm is not known here.’ - 3 KRUGER WANTS PROTECTORATE NEW YORK, Jan. 2—A Journal spe- clal from Rome say The Agenzia Italiana says that Krugeér's letter through former Consul Macrum to McKinley asks a United States protectorate over the Transvaal and Orange Free State. 1t McKinley grants the request the Boer re- publics will make large concessions to foreigners in order to end the war, se- cording to the Agenzia. — - g “LONG CECIL” FIRED. LONDON, Jan. 23. dispatch to the Daily Telegraph from Kimberley, dated Friday, January 19, says: “A ‘2S-pounder gun, christened ‘Lord Cecil,’ which was manufactured at the | De Beers workshops, was tried to-day and fired accurately at a range of 3060 | yaras.” — - :THBEATENS CORRESPONDENTS. STERKSTROM, Jan. 22.—Affairs here continue quiet. Tremendous swarms of locusts are passing over the British camp in a northerly direction and are destroy- | Ing the grass on the veldt. Commandant Oliver threatens to detain as prisoners of / newspaper correspondents cap- tured by his force ST. LOUIS WORLD'S FAIR. Congress to Be Asked for a Five- Million Apropriation. | _ST. LOUIS, Jan Rallroad system to toward the 35,000,000 | being raised for the Fair, to be held In | the 'Louisiana purcha A bill appropriating 35,000,000 in aid of the fair is about to be Introduced in Con- gress. The Pennsylvania St to commemorata centennfal. | ——— Democratic Sensation Fails. FRANKFORT, Ky.. Jan. 22—For {wo days the Democrats have been talking about a second bribery sensation im which an attempt was made to induce a Goebel man to vote for Taylor, and to-day some evidence given before the Grand Jury, no indictments being returned, how- ever. The Republicans laugh at the story and declare there is nothing in it. Wii- lHam T. Clark of New York, who was subperaed as the confidential man of Richard Croker. returned to New York to-night.