The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 1, 1900, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1900. 3 E T (OONTRY S DENTDED | OF TROOPS —_— Resolution Expressing Con- | fidence in the Govern- ment Defeated. N0 MOVES ON FIELD According to Latest Information the Retirement From Spion Kop Was Inevitable @ bet et esei s e e CHED SDODIIS N, Feb. 1.—In the naval cir- f Portsmouth there is a g impres hat before long mmission This the fact that ployed have clves in readi- e service at short at Ports- ADVERTSEMENTS. Pimples Are more than a disfigurement of the | skin; they are a handicap to a young man, alike in love and business. The pimply face looks dissipated and both merchant and maiden look askance at the unfortunate fellow whose face is his misfortune. An al- most certain cure for pimples and similar disfigurin, eruptions ie foun in Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It pur- ifies the bl of the corrupting cause of ordinary eruptive diseases, cleanses the skin and builds up the body with sound wholesome flesh. * Discovery” con- tains neither alco- nor marcotica. am well pieased with your medicines.” writes John A. Callo- “In thoc 1 was working at ight and 1 broke out in lumps all over, and when these ief the skin ~eled 1 took six ottles of ‘Goldem Medical Disc and two of Decior Pierce's Pellets, and 1 4o believe thet I nd and well. T have 2 good appetite, but e ] commenced treatment I had ne 8 ite | My eyes were sunken and my face was 1 had gimples and brown s on my Now these are all gonme have used my kinds of medicines but received no bene- | Last year I wr)!hrd one hnndred and hirty four pounds, now I weigh ome hun- and forty-five. Please a thanks, 1am soglad I found the right kind of fedicine.” Dr. Pierce's Medical Adviser sent free | on receipt of stamps to pay expense of | mailing only. Send 21 one-cent stam for book in paper covers, or 31 stamps for cloth, to Dr. Pikrce, Buffalo, N. Y. = 1 visir DR. JORDAN'S grear 1 MUSEUM OF ANATOMY 108) KAZZET N 3 2oy Garms | been | further information except that the big | | (Spectal Cable to the right, 1900, by mouth is being pushed with all Only the most necessary repairs on sev- eral crulsers, now refitting, have been | ® taken in hand. § That the channel squadron should at the last moment have be: ish waters, instead of to Gibraltar, is also cons! some Important step may be taken. The | ¢ squadron remains for ten or a fort- [ & night at Bantry and then proceeds to| J Suda Bay or Gibraltar. 12 Under these circumst »s, and in view | 9 of the fact that with the departure of the | ¢ Eighth division and Fourth cavalry brig- [ & ade, Great Britain would be practically | 4 > e edeoe@ @ie et e . ® il @ 2 770 Poyrmory meie CEBERG * NGLISH NAVY IS RAPIDLY MOBILI speed. | @40 04640+ 0e0-0000 D—ai B T e S S = PR N . d[)‘/t/f&y L,,/T/“"’Jodmp BOY A 77 w by éflj e B et e800 0600064000608 080b 000800000000 +0 enuded of troops, the steps taken by | veals the fierceness of the Boer attack | the Admiralty have much meaning. Un- |and tne terrific havoc wrought by the en- ordinary circumstances the ships of shelis. When the Boer: o have been | S€€n they were 1000 yards away. The; vort and | thén de ded into a hollow. When next onport and | jt is time for Admiralty condition of and the squadron will pro- s0 as would le spring cruise the defenseless han ti w st d for a short cruise, :nd in case of need that be nea In the meantime reserve squadron we is likely & mobili the turing a few men. This mistake was ob- to stand sentinel at Portland w served, a. bayonet charge followed and | Admiral Rawson takes his powerful fieet | the Boers fled. Two of thelr Maxim- from Jreland to Gibraliar, its usual ren- | Nordenfeldts commenced to drop -shells dezv when pelitical clo At meeting of the me: House of Commons who have served in | si the navy or army a resolution expressing | & | B might necessary two voting for ft. The ad a resolution urg- 1o take steps at once ormation of a force consisting of cavalry and artillery for the purpose of home defense. | On the field of war there is ‘no appar- | | t change in the situation. No'd patches | 1 London yes- | though there rumors from | 2 other attempt to Telieve | Ladysmith would be made. ! The War Office announced that it had | received no confirmation of the report that ral Buller had said to.the-troops that he hoped to be in Ladysmith within a weelk R tl only s w portunt | among attempted to creep c graphed to Swartzkop, was ne ought shelter behind rocks. At this e the first Boer shell burst and the | order “'was given for one regiment to re- re to the edge of the kopje, where there | as more cover. The order was miscon- rued by some in the foremost trenches, ho fell back. The Boers seized this op- y_and rushed the trenches, cap- us, doing terrible damage. The oer riflemen noticing the havec wrought se up on two occa- n back with loss. y appealed to our Our response was a to be ons, only dri s they retreatcd the to surrender. formation of the hilltop is like a :nhle. a mile long and a quarter of a mile or bl oad e for The shorter side alone was availa- The firing party which e Boer attack was neces- small he remainder of our force attered about, seeking shelter. - ADYSMITH GARRISON IS IN GOOD CONDITION | LADYSMITH, Sunday, Jan. 28 (helio- near the Tugela iver).—The news of the prolongation of e siege, resulting from General Buller’s fallure, | can hold on. is received with fortitude. We The garrison {s healthler, According to the latest information, the | GROTHOREORRAOLS 0 LF OFOVRRRRBOLHN inevitable. When reinforcements and a few guns arrived during the nigh the position still held by the British forces | was so confined that the varlous reg. iments were huddled together and it' was impossible in the darkness to make proper | arrangements to meet the storm of shell t and bullets that daylight would bring upon them From retirement from Spion Kop seems fo have | | | reral Buller’s force there is no guns were still at Mount Alice on Sunday, with Lyttelton's Generals Fr acre in Cape mounted men tow br covering them. enny and Gat pushing out their i each other. If there 1s any effort o part of the Boers in the Zoutberg district to drive Kelly- Kenny back the forces on the east and west will do what they can to threaten | the flanks of the advancing Boers. | It is not likely that any severe fighting | wiil take place for some time in this sec- | tion. The Boers at Colesberg, Steinsberg | & and Stormberg seem to be content if they can keep the British troops in check while | Cronje operates between Modder River | and Kimberley | SO | TROOPS WERE SCATTERED BY THE BOERS’ SHELLS | % g New York Herald. Copy- . by James Gordon Bennett. Re. publication of this dispatch iz prohibited. All rights reserved in the United States and Grest Britain.] LONDON, Fe¢b. 1L.—This dispatch from its special correspondent is published in the Daily Mail: SPEARMANS CAMP, Monday, Jan. 29, —Conversation with our men who were on the fighting lines at Spion Kop re- THE CALL’S Home Study Circle. SEYMOUR EATON, Director. NEW COURSES, SPRING TERM 1900, Beginning Thursday, February 15, 1900. American Political Parties Twenty Lessons in French Conversation Recent Scientific Discoveries Golden Ages of Literature Photography for Amateurs Biographioal Studies for Girls L IL IIL Iv. V. VI The lectures and lessons of the several courses are published dally in the San Francisco Call. Address all correspondence to llnél:fi-er Home Study Circle, S8an Fran- cisco D e e e T S S possible to see them they were venty yards off, and our foremost | force his way through the Boer defenses cheery and conflient. Disease is disap- pearing and there is no horse sickness. The rains give plenty of grass. We can hear General Buller's guns still working, | and it is rumored in camp that he is ad- vancing along another line. The Boer laagers around are again full of men who have returned from the Upper Tugela. The Boers have also taken up a new po- sition on the hills near Colenso, where they are in great force. Reinforcements are apparently arriving from the Trans- vaal, Large bodies of Boers are algo vis- ible between here and Potgieters Drift. BOERS NOW EXECRATE THE AFRIKANDER BUND LONDON, Feb. 1.—The Cape Town cor- respondent of the Daily Mail says: “Evidence is accumulating that some- thing beyond a tacit understanding ex- isted between the Boer executives and the inner circle of the Afrikander Bund con- cerning what should follow the ripening rebellicn at the outbreak of war. Fully 5000 colonial Dutchmen have joined the enemy. The Boers, however, believed that this number would be multiplied tenfold. Consequently the Afrikander Bund is now execrated at Pretoria and Bloemfontein." [SICK AND WOUNDED ARE WELL CARED FOR CAPE TOWN, Jan. 3L.—Fleld Marshal Lord Roberts authorizes the representa- tives of the Associated Press to say that as a result of his inspection of the hos- pital service here, he is perfectly satis- fied that everything medical skill sug- gests for the benefit and comfort of the sick and wounded bas been done. He is satisfied the home authorities are sending out all the nurses who will possibly be required ADDITIONAL CASUALTY LIST FROM SPION KOP| LONDON, Jan. 3.—The War Office has issued an additional casualty list of the | battle of Spion Kop, January 24, and of | the engagements at Ventere Spruit, Janu- | ary 17 and- January 20. The additional list numbers 133 men killed, 391 wounded | ana_63 mis a total of 583. | additional casualties given for the fight | ing at Ventere Spruit, the total loss sir | the beginning of the war is placed at 958 men. - | MUCH OPPOSITICN TO THE MASON RESOLUTION | WASHINGTON, Jan. 3L—The Masen | resolution in the Interest of the Boer re- public received attention at the hands of the Senate Committee on Forelgn Rela- tions to-day. There was not a full ac-| | tendance of members and definite action upon it was postponed. The sentiment of the committee as expressed by those | present was practically unanimously op- | | Posed to action because of the effect upon other nations than the two involved In the African war This expression was so | general as to make quite certain that no affirmative action will be taken on the resolution. | DULL DAY IN THE | HOUSE OF COMMONS LONDON, Jan. 31.—There was an utter | lack of interest in to-day's debate in the | House of Commons. At no time was the public gailery well filled. ! were academic, traveled in deep-worn ruts, and. did not-touch upon the future, | in which alone the public is much inter- | ested. The only- sign of animation during | the whole session was when Sir Robert | | Threshie Reig attacked the South Afri- can committee, drawing forth cries from the Irish mémb of “Publish the Hawkesley letters A. J. Balfour, replying to the sugges- tions ‘of Sir John Henry-Kennaway, Con- | tive member for the Honiton divis- jon of Devonshire, said he regretted that it would be contrary to precedent to cur-‘ | tail the debate, as the umendment was a vote of censure upon which the fate of | the Government depends. ! | “William St. John Broderick, Under Sec- | | retary of Forelgn Affairs, closed to-day’s dcbate. He generally traversed the in- dictments of tke opposition, which he | characterized as “immortal” at such a |'time as the present. No Conservative, he | added, defended the raid, from which, he | claiméd, the -Government had sufféred | more than® snybody, because, when the | rald_was precipitated President Kruger “had almost reached the end of his.tether with his own burghers cn account of his treatment of Uitlanders.” The Hovnse then adjourned. | - | BOERS PLAN TO FLOOD i THE TOWN OF LADYSMITH i ot LONDON, Feb. 1.—The correspondent of the Times at Lourenzo Marquez, tele- graphing yesterday, sa “Information | has been received here from the Trans- | vaal that the War Department, convinced that it would be useless to storm Lady- smith and that the bombardment will continue ineffective, has decided upon a change of tactics. Huge quantities of timber and sandbags and hundreds of Kaffirs have been sent from Johannes- burg and Pretoria for the purpose of aamming Klip River some miles below Ladysmith, the idea being to flood the town.and to drive the soldlers and inhabi- i tanfs out of the bombproof caves, so as to expose them to shell fire. ““The Portuguese authorities are at last exerclsing stricter surveillance. The Gov- ernor has notified the Consuls that they | must personally guarantee that applicants | for passports are not going to assist the i | Boer army before passports will be grant- ed. Tt is rumored that he has aiso con- veyed a hint to Herr Pott, the Transvaal Consul, of serious consequences if he con- tinues to infringe the neutrality of the —_———— GENERAL BULLER DEFENDS COLONEL THORNYCROFT LONDON, Jan. 3l.—General Buller tele- graphs from Spearmans Camp under to- day's = date that Colonel Thornyeroft was the officer who ordered the retire- ment from Spion Kop. General Buller | adds: “It is due to him to say that I be- | lieve his personal gallantry saved a difi- cult situation -early January 24, and that under a loss of at least 40 per cent he | directed the defense with conspicuous courage and ability throughout the day. | No blame whatever for the withdrawal {18, in my opinion, attributable to him, and [ think his conduct throughout was admirable.” NARROW ESCAPE OF COLONEL THORNYCROFT | . LONDON, Feb. 1.—A dispatch to the | Times from Pietermaritzburg, dated Sun- | day Iast, says: “Colonel Thornycroft had a narrow escape last week. He went to meet a Boer flag of truce, which usked a parley, but, having become suspicicus, he told the Boer commandant that he would not parley. Both retired and the Boers fired a volley, the colonel only escaping in consequence of the Boers' bad shooting.” BULLERSTILL HOLDS THE TUGELA DRIFTS CAPE TOWN, Tuesday, Jan. 30.—Gen- eral Buller still holds the Tugela drifts, and will possibly renew his attempt to before long. In any case, Ladysmith is capable of holding out for a considerable time. CABINET COUNCIL CALLED. LONDON, Feb. 1.—Lord Salisbury has The speeches | B ZING FOR HOME DEFENSE 2W4¢+¢¢0¢¢4v¢++%w++400+¢¢0+*094440%*&000ooooooq»mo. : LONDON, Feb. 1, 4 a. m.—The supplemental lists of casualties 1l two columns in nonpareil typs : : in the morning papers, making 1300 reported thus far from General Buller's operations north of the 3 3 Tugela. The Daily Chronicle estimates that the total exceeds 2000. The 40 per cent loss at Spion Kop is * 4+ greater than any British force ever suffered, except possibly at Albuera, Spain, in 1811. : i The Admiralty has warned all half-pay naval officers to hold themselves in readiness for service. * E This, with the fact that nl;fle sqamen not tharoug.hly experienced have beén withdrawn from the Chan- : + nel squadron, is taken to indicate the early mobilization of the reserve fleet, especially “A” division. 3 + .mMQQ##OQ#00900#MM*#0440400000?W¢m¢t¢00400QQ&#QMW‘ called another Cabinet council, which wiil meet Friday or Saturday to consider the situation. Public spirits are at a very low ebb. —_——— FIRING HAS CEASED AROUND LADYSMITH [Special Cable to the New York Herald. Coge- | Tight, 1900, by James Gordon Bennett. publication of this diepatch is prohibited. All rights reserved in the United States and Great Britain.] s LONDON, Feb. 1.—This dispatch from its special correspondent is published in the Daily Mail: LADYSMITH (by hellograph to Zwarts Kop). Monday.—There has been a cessa- tion of firing since Thursday and relfef is expected daily. | LOSSES OF BOERS AT SPION KOP | PRETORIA, Monday, Jan. 29.—It is offi- | cially announced that the Boer casual- ! ties at Spion Kop were fifty-three men ‘k("l‘d and 120 wounded. Webster Davis. ‘Asislslan( Secretary of the Interior at Washington, accompanied by the United States C ul, Hollls, and the State At- torney, started to-day for the Boer head laager at Ladysmith in the President's salon carriage. BRITISH SUBJECTS MUST HELP BOERS l CAPE TOW Jan. 31.—Kimberley heli- ographed to the Modder River Friday, Samples freely given. 718 ‘Market St. $]3 ours for $13.50. $17.50 goods. so high. Now we are R T TR ¥ 8 O TR 57 chase is gone. select: vest. picture, The Strand is similar suit. priced overcoat—see lower light-colored cloths. collar. and Cor. Single-breasted, silk facing; Double-breasted, silk facing on lapels. shorter and has outside pockets. Powell and | January 26, that all the British subjects | in the Barkleywest district had been or- | dered by the Boers to take up arms for | the republic under a penalty of three months at hard labor. Abow | men are affected by this order. | ZOLA ACQUITTED. | Libel Suit Brought by the Petit Jour- nal Decided Adversely. PARIS, Jan. 3L.—The court before which the case was tried to-day acquitted M Zola in the libel suit brought against him by M. Ernest Judet of arising from M. Zola's d piy to M. Judet's accusations against M Zola's father that the letters published in the Petit Journal were forgeries or willfully garbled. M. Zola was fined m of the sult default_at the first hearing during his flight to England. Made to order | .50 Instead of your buying a suit or overcoat for $17.50 or there- about suppose you order one of When it comes down to value they are equal. We are sure that our $13.50 gar- ments are equal to the ordinary We purchased the cloth for this sale before the trade prices went up In some cases we saved 50 per cent through this. making the suits and overcoats at a special price. Considering this you can readily see the saving in purchasing one of these $13.50 garments. This sale is for a limited time only—until all the cloth of this pur- These suits and overcoats are made to your order in any of the eight styles below which you may Sack Suits Single-breasted, plain lapels. Double-breasted, plain lapels. high-cut, double-breasted See the upper Cutaways Cutaway frocks, well tailored, fit assured, good selec- tion of dressy cloths to choose from. to the cutaway frock, but is Makes a dressy business Overcoats Box overcoat, fashionably tailored, fits like the high- picture. Good selection of Winter overcoat, knee length, stylish material, velvet If out of town, write for sample catalogue No. 2.