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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY RUMORS OF RENEWE Reported in the Com- mons and Elsewhere That Buller Has Crossed the Tugela at Three Places and That a Hot Engage- ment Is in Progress. Blunders in Parlia- ment Cause Amaze- ment and Indigna- tion. BRI ONDON, Feb. 2—Plenty of rumors in London yester- from the In the there was f Commons and elsewhere Buller “had hree places s proceed: afternoon paper shed 1f by ews, Was r rt. It r Office »f Mafeking belng reliéved are number. m 1ds and that reports ago. through Pre- it is but of the that its rk of Parliament. general sentim ¥ atisfaction futile that its a worse impre 1an all the Boer vi that important has been re- can, tell. BULLER STILL NEEDS HEAVY REINFORCEMENTS W n, discusses a Churchill, scribing Winst " er’s the difficulties [$+4 4444444444444+ + # | 2 4+ LONDON, Feb. 1=A further list 4 J : 4 of casualties published by.the War .4 |- |¢ Office._brings the total-from - the . 4| | 4 ‘crossing of the Tugela to the aban- 4| % 4 donment -of -Spion- Kop_ to 195 of- 4 |-¢ 4 ficers and men, +1 4 {4 The War:Office this evening com- 4 | ¥ | 4 pletes the list of British casuaities 4 ¥ 4 at Spion Kop by ‘announcing - the 4 | ¢ + mnames of- 215 missing’ men of va- 4! % + + rious regiments, including 137 mem-~ 4 | 4 + bers of the: Lancashire ‘Fusiliers. -~ 4| + 4+ b4 D e R e R o s Y | ‘General Buller ought to have another division. ‘ : Th » des with the view we have that the _ceriter of gravity | & Natal ‘and .that & British decieive, while a. o - + - Natal would " have. d! & ‘ + ! & 3¢ $ intelligible’ that he f & + ark again without being reinforced. However, @ third attempt will be f Toss -of - time. ed, 1t seems ‘ the ‘movement: §s now -in_prog- | ¥ o3 st hope: that the splendfd bravery @ will be rewarded by success. ‘When * Churchill’ says-that’ the ‘*‘public’ must nerve:|-$ he probably: means *‘prepare our g . Rome . for -heavy losses the 1 ! : ill'sdispatch ‘ffom’ Pie- | @ . addition to details.re- | + beded>ee@ BULLET e PRoOF 3 SHIELDS & * £ . .a - | ST, + \‘SIR WM. MAC CORMAC > ‘HV!S!TING TrE || MiLTAAy nospthL5| ; JAT PIETERMARITZ BURG > @ei i e e ies edei e tion on the Tugela, givi the. gener serfous _attacks u fllu Ko we: of warfare: as battle: of Spion ow ‘the British tfoops mixed and -djforganized machinéry of control was: & methods during the affected: the' Boers, ‘ea R B e e i e i S e e S SN O ] * ® + THE HLIP RIVER BELOMW LADysmn'H, WITH THE SANA—~ TAR(UM on THE HiLL ABove. O B R S R R SROES SORY OSSO = to have occupied Prieska and is now en- camped there, Prieska is on the Orange River 100 miles below Orange River sta- tion’ and west of Kimberley. PR VON BRUSEWITZ'S RECORD. BERLIN, - Feb.. 1-—Lieutenant = Von Brusewitz, who was killed at Spion Kap, is the same officer who some three years ago ran a civilian through with his sw in a cafe in Carlsruhe. The affair cau |.a storm- of indignation through Germany. Von Brusewitz was dismissed from the army and sentenced to three and a half years’ imprisonment. T HAY IN SOUTH AFRICA. LOURENZO MARQUEZ, Feb. 1.—Adel- bert S. Hay, the United States Consul at Pretoria, arrived here to-day on his way to the Transvaal. f | - BERESFORD DEPARTS. T.ONDON, Feb.1.—-Rear Admiral Charles morning on his way to Malta to take charge of the second British Mediterra- nean fleet. MINISTER TO THE B e = S S S S S S S e AR S e e e e o e e S Y ] es | vaal, al most. of . whom - the United States was glad to get rid of.” toria, Canon Farmer added, was pro- oned for two vears. b S STRENGTH all details and has OF THE BOERS. Boer gubs are few, -but splendid TR < handled. The: Boers can -find- TONDON, Féb. Y.—A Tétfer appesrs to- targels st A day from a Hanoverlan officer formerly| e of ‘the. Twenty-second German.-Infantry | I'bu now nong e ary advisers of | riteresting comparison. of BHUSh | the. hov o Mong. the milltary ‘advisers of | which says that nearly 10,000 n soldiers, including quite among the Boers. Refer- situation at Lady-| | heights, like Sedan, we can-| 1side except by a rellef ng us two to one.’’ Discussed by Diplomatic Committee. re fiicer say o the strength of our position of b wing t ou a circle not -be_b column. eutnimbe: ch | WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.—The diplomatis | and consular aprropriation bill was finally o | agreed on by the House Committec on SAY JOUBERT MET DEATH. | Forelgn Affairs to-day. It carri total BRE - of 31,740,476, as against $1,711 cea SPEARMANS CAMP, Natal; Jan. %0.—| Pellns L e pliag B il g ere is‘an optimistic feeling in alf ranks. |: partment. . “The $6000. heretofore requirey caused a ge lrl':’l‘~ are .co dent of ultimate suc- | for United. States particlpation n the n of ultimate Great enthusiasm was aroused. by | tripartite government of Samoa. is dropped Tecuperative’ powers Queen’s message and General Bullet’s | ¢wing-to the partition of the islands. The Tif' \;u‘r, ”\ffl\‘;‘r'h is ssin admiration for General | $3000 - for reports of the intercon ntal . even by unsatisfactory ral ‘Clery's : divisions | ratlway ‘project ‘also is” omitted, as the hey would reach Ladysmith | work has b etween the former forev vil war and n ‘without flames hs gold of a more -at Britain persevere. tem LEYDS TRYING TO aticipates. that the te rmonious n am “Alden Smith of Michigan brought ird a propcsition - to . provide plomatic representative to the 4l in place of the limited consular rep- MANY DEATHS OCCUR DAILY. retentation now provided.. The sugsestion " | pas discussed, but Mr. Smith did not aub- HOOF LAAGER, LADYSM .| mit a formal motion and the proposition v 5o Rl R Tues- | did not take form in the bill as reported. Aes ot ot -hese, © | The usua) allowance for Mexican bound- Long Toms" occasionally fire on Lady- | ary work is increased $5000 owing 1o the smith. The deaths in- Ladysmith from | pressing need of ‘an early settlement : of | fever and other causes must be enormous, | the water right controversy. s persisted’ in asserting. that ert was killed by a shell out- smith. 5 e diy Beresford -started for the Continent this | of the committee to-day | for | Trans-| o “y FIGHTING. GOVERNMENT PARRIES QUESTIONS ON WAR Another Day of Hot Debate and Exciting Speeches in the House. 190 = the Govern- LONDON, Feb. 1—Tn - the - House _'of | dependenze Belge and: what the Govern: do when the Government: had done wrong; he con- tinued: it -had done- it -with. right motly The two cardinal points in the campaign | were; firstly, @ desire to give diplomacy. a chance; secondly, the decisfon of Ger Buller to reneve Ladysmith. It must.not be supposed that he criticized General Buller's -decision. . General Buller was on | Lord of the Treasury, replied in the nega-| tive | Mr. Balfour; in answer. to another ques- |‘tiow, said that while the military opera- were proceeding. he could -not- an- | inguiry as to the slaughter of Highlanders: at Magersfontein. Regarding the | eral Sir Willlam Fr. | I the spot. and could doubtless explain his 1t ons. was sters . which to- conserv. | | | | | ancis Butler, | [ in“command of British troops in South | along any line of 2 o 5 L [ Africa until August, 1899, wh | Duteh. - Mr. Wyndham n deplored the [feved by Lieutenint & ral Sir Fre | amendment, wiiich, he rted, would be Dependable Drugs Health All Right? If you need medicine The Owl can help you. We have every known remedy —cut rates, too. Commons to-day ‘the Government parried [Nt proposes to vieh | Vothing ever gets old or e At dh Minigiers were “dellberately charged with | No}:hmg gCCh busi v i r ersonal ‘dishonor and public fals | i i war.in South Africa. Mr. Wyndham, the |S535} ccording to his view of the cas stale here—too mu Parliamentary Under Secretary of :State isurh accusations ouglit to be treated with ness. for War, maintained that the Information.| contempt. il . |- furnished by the intelligénce department | Sir Charles Dilke, ad‘t'nr[‘;e.d“ gg;.fqfln‘ Pinkham’s Compound 750 was generally accurate and that informa- | SO Lo the, Foreel of Deal GEC L1 AU he Cherry Pectoral 20¢ tion' fn regard to the forces remalning in | on Tord. Fitzmausice's amendment to the | S:;od.ont 20¢ the “Unfted Kingdom would be included | address to. the speech from the throne. o B mulsi e In the statement which the Government |He sald he thought no one could deny that | Scott’s Emulsion < would make - shortly. - Relative to the | the et result had been to kill the bellef| § -Swamp Root Epecch “made “by Genéral ‘Wolseley, - the | eonamet: o wi . g e e ~railitary S s Dyspepsia Tablets oc commander in: chief, explaining ‘the Brit- | reputation, - he added. was never lower | 's Remedies 75¢ ish reéverses in’ South Africa, Mr.. Wynd- | and n(-;m now ‘the. t'ln\ée{{‘\mfil’;(r failed to | Carter’s Pills 15¢C ham said. Lord Wolseley merely intended | 872sP the seriousness of the war. Cascarets o€, 20C, 40C 3 Mr. Wyndham, Parllamentary Secretary w0 to_convey ‘the impression that the military | for the War Office, who followed, admitted Abbey’s Salts 20¢, 496, 95¢ qualities: showri by the Boers were of a |the War Office had. not beéen impeccable, Cuticura Soap 15¢ higher order “than' had been . anticipated. |but he argued that the Government had Peats’ Scap 15¢ [At::this - remark " the Irish - members | done its best. considering: the Hmitations | Sump of Figs 35¢ B ates 5 the = cs. | of the-military system and welcomed cr cheered. Asked.if he hud any war news | i SLRTY SYRER SO0 IC R thus en- | oria 25¢ tocommunicate . to ‘the. House Mr. Bal- {abled to furn:to best account the tidé of | four; the ‘Government ‘leader and First | patriotism and the lessons of the war. If Free deilverv to railroad points within 100 mifes on orders of §5 of Up. | ik - Willlam' Forestier-Walker, it beinig in- | *‘misundersfood by the -Continental crit- timated that General Butler mpathies |:{cs, by our. fellow subjects in Natal and 1128 MARKET ST iérs v Gt the Bo ol v our kinsmen in America o are i :“ By of 1he Doem, M6 ""; T | 'watching: the: vicissitudes of the strug- SAN FRANCISCO | said ihere. was no reason to present them | A2 | § 10THanD BROADWAY, OaxLanp to the House, |""As regards the ‘forces 'engaged. Mr.| | General ‘Butler's opinion on South ‘Afri- | Wyndham. said -that . exclusiv ¢ the |- can affalrs, he added, was well known. | eighth .division and the Fourth Cava The ‘general had never suggested to.the | Brigade. Great Britain had 112,000 foot and | > | artillery, 3700 cavalry, 36 siege: gu 33 War Office; either publicly. or privately, | nfval giing, 35 howltzers. b4 batteries of | that the.number of troops required would | horse artillery. and- %34 field ‘guns, while | { 'be “anything -like: ‘the number actually | the combined -forces of ‘the two . repub- | That Cleveland Blcycles are sent. lics were estimated in 1898 at 58,000 men. | In regard to the' suggestion that In-| The Parliamentary Secretary of the War| = the best. | dian troops should have . been used in‘[Office &lso said he would have to ask the | |'South Africa the House, Mr. Balfour said, | House for larger financial means in order | this. only possible conclusion, and that the sys- | Replying to questions relating’ to the | tem of home.defénse be put on a sound | letters of B. F. Hawksley, counsel for the | footing. | British South Africa Company, and other R | letters ;:"bs 4’ by ftl‘ Cocreem inde Ths Butler’s Removal Explained. | Belge, the Secretary of State for the Colo- SDON . Feb = & Hotias Dles. Mr. - Chamberlain, admitted. _that | LOWDOR. - Feh: Jodn _the House': of | those of which . he 4 had: personal | TOTOS to-Aa¥. LIS Becretd 0%.-orate.tov ] knowledge were published substantially | War, the Marqui¢ of Lansdowne, sald he correctly: The letters, he added, desired to formally announce that Lieu- | stolen from Mr. Hawksles's office by a|tenant General Sir William Francis Butier | clerk, who was summarily dismissed in | resigned command of ‘the forces in South 1898 Mr. Chamberlan. further - declared | Afrion becanse. of -a political - divergence MIGHEST GRADE, that he was only aware of the existence [ of “opinion with Sir- Alfred Milner, the | of the Tetters a few days before they {igh Commissioner, and Governor | were published. e Colony, which was so great that | Mr. Balfour, replying to another q reluded his command of the forces an tion by John Gordon Swift McNefll. Na- ath Africa would become a_source tional{st member for South Donegal, in | of sment to. the high Commis- sioner. regard to the letters published by the In- STRONG SPEECH FOR EXPANSION Representative Sibley Roasts Democrats. ple_ authority: to act for this Government and its citizens. We now had consular agents there, and the status of a Minister would give dignity and authority. Mr. Smith maintained that this could be done without interference in treaty obli- gations. |~ One committeeman suggested that the | | appointment of a United States Minister | | to the Transvaal during the present war | | would ‘be equivalent to a recognition of | the Boer republic, and would be so con- | strued. As there appeared to be ‘a_disposition to | regard ‘the proposition as likely to cause | trouble, Mr, Smith said: he would not press it to-a vote; as he had desired unan- [ imity if anything was to-be done: The | | committee adjourned soon after, with the understanding ' that - Mr. -Smith was' free | to offer the proposition as an amendment to the diplomatic andconsular bill .when it is considered on the floor of the House, A\ . Feb. 1 —Representative | [-Joseph- Sibley . of Pennsylvania, who at- |'tained great prominence - in:the Fifty- | fourth ‘Congress by his earnest champion- | ship of free silver, assailed his Demo- cratic: colleagues te for thelr epposi=| tion to ‘expansion in.a speech that madeé | the:floor and galleries roar. { Mr. Sibley: has recanted his views on | free silver and i now generally out of | line. withhis. colléagues ~on the - Demo- [ cratic side.” He insisted to-day that ‘éx- | pansion was-an original Democratic doe- | trine promulgated by Jefferson and ad-| hered to by Madison, Jackson, Tyler, Polk | andBuchanan.: In eloquent language he | pictured ‘the: destiny: of the United States carrying the arts of peace:. and the story | |'of the cross: to the remotest corners of | the globe. . Mr, Sibley received an impres- | sive demonstration when he closed.. The | remainder of the debate to-day was. un- | @enevnn e Qe me LS O L THE FUNNIEST YET! | >@ s “&@hat 1o Do &hen the Nurse Jays ‘It's aBoy.” Robert J. Burdette Is Recog- nized as One of the Great- e e e e S e e | interesting. . It ‘touched -the questions of rs.. Just mediation in the ‘Transvaal, lynchings in Sst oy Comlc Sriters the South and the jury. law.in. Hawaii. | Read His Story in Next Not -muech progress . was- made. with the Indian appropriation bill, which- was under consideration. —_—— Session of the Senate. WASHINGTON. 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No matter how it may end Ger- | many will acquire uncomfortable neigh- | bors—either “‘fanatical Boers” or ‘‘pre sumptuous British, | More than this the feeling is that in 3erman Southwest Africa, where the or_element is strong but slumbering, a | | formidable Boer movement is bound to » awakened. Germany, therefore, would ace under conditions that would th belligerents weakened. al von Schwelling in the T.okal Anzeiger ¥s: “The Boers will and must | conti the fight until the military bank- ruptcy of the English is accomplished.” —p- | PERSONAL SAFETY WAS MACRUM’S FIRST CAREi & FILS, BORDEAUX, T e LONDON, Feb. 1.—Canon Farmer, who forced to leave Pretoria with other | clergymen, has arrived in Lon- With reference to Charles E. Ma- crum, the former United States Consul at Pretoria, Canon Farmer said to a repre- E tive of the Associated Press: “Mr. Macrum was one of the last men I saw before leaving. I told him he was taking the wrong side and did not understand American feeling. 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