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

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATI;'RDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1900 BULLER SAID TO HAVE AGAIN ADVANCED TO THE RELIEF OF LADYSMITH 1 | | | LLondon War Office Or- dered a Forward Move-| ment, and a Battle May| Have Been Fought Al- ready on the Banks of the Tuge]a Special Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. by James Gordon Bennett. Copyright, 1809, ONDON, Feb. 3.—Charles Williams, military critic of the Morning | Leader, who accurately stated General Warren’s purpose to attack | the Boer lines to the westward, when all other advices declared he had gone toward Weenen, says this morning: “General Buller has begun his new movement toward Ladysmith. | He was probably engaged soon after noon yesterday, if all his artillery i | | | and munitions had come up. In any case, his orders were definite for an advance, at the latest this morning. There is no reason to believe that the direction is that of Dundon- ald’s reconnoissance toward Hongers Poort, close to Bethana, although some cavalry and horse artillery may go by that way, so as to operat= on or perhaps beyond the Acton Homes road. “We are inclined to believe General Buller means to pound out of existence any Boers or any works lying on the river near the junction of the Little Tugela. If he succeeds in establishing himself thers on the northern bank he will virtually have turned the Boer positions at On- derbrook and Groblers Kloof, overlooking Colenso. This would mean a splitting of the Boer forces on the south of Ladysmith. Probably General White would be able to help in an effort by occupying with energy the containing bodies of the enemy.” ONDOX, Feb. 3—While fio deficite, Discontent with Parliament's policy of here from | talk instead n_is increasing. ~The press of t irrespective of emanding announce e, 18 not e Governm at steps it pi litary ] % inforcements outh Africa, es have not been called B reserve fleet is not position ¢ ubert has gor of the channel IRISH SOLDIERS DUBBED REBELS IN PARLIAMENT Sharp Words Interchanged in Dsbate on the War. > dHouse of k, the under Foreign Affairs, 1 the ac- von Bu- reign Af- the British g ve vernmen erms from the nothing contraba The nd Govern- ¥ red an the representations of the Ger- Government and assurances of the | amship Company Great Britain ot m eed, pending further arrangement, elg a ong effort will to arrest mail ships except om the | h to M vest suspicions. K lieved at | Broderick said the Government had no . t knowledge of any communication having A passed between the Netherlands and other Governments with reference to the war, of the mutual relaf of the European powers with respect to the war. t Attempts made to_ illuminate the con- of Jose ;vh Cl mberiain, the Sec- . v of State for the Colonles, with the 8 Jameson rald did not meet much success & mberlain, being asked in regard to a r sent by B. ley, counsel for ; British S Compa to Earl Gray, f British Administra- tor of Mas under date of Feb- o ruary 2, 1597, in which he said that Cham- erlain would no one but himself to blame if the cable dispatches referring to the negotiations of 1895 were produced before the Parl ary committee of a nquiry, replied that they were communi- ol cations between third parties and he had no knowledge of them at the time they . were exch He assumed that the ble were those which | stin PR SN D S U P P * ® |4 HErROCIC WwoOmR = ® GETTING WATER ¢ FOR WOUNDRD COMRADES AT L4 MAGERSFONTEIMN - - Ot o0t 060000000000 eg | Hawksley had declined to produce. The cable messages were sent to him in 1806 for confidential perusal and he returned | them with a letter saying there would be | 1o _personal objection to their publication. | During the course of the day’s proceed- ings John MacNeill, anti- P'lrn?l“\l‘w’n("lll ber for South Dnnngal enlivened the ses- | sion by asking questions regarding the | Irish militia. Among other things ne | asked why the Irish militiamen were seat away from Ireland, to which William Johnston, Conserva member for South Belfast, promptly interjecte “Be se they are rebe Thi; used John Dillon, Irish National- ist member from East Mayo, to exclaim" rish rebels are good enough [for to fight behind in the Transvaal.” The debate on the amendment to the address in reply to the speeech from tke throne was then resumed. - After James Brice, Liberal member for the south dli- vision of Aberdeen, had severely censured the Government for “provoking an unjust war,” George J. Goschen, First Lord of the ‘Admiralty, declared that the Cabinet | assumed full Tesponsiblity, and proceed.d to rebut the charges of provocation. At | this juncture the Irish members showed a_disposition to disturb the proceedings. | William Redmond, Parnellite Home Rule member for East Claire, invited Goschen to “try to talk _sense,” whereupon the | Speaker remonstrated and Redmond with- drew his expression. | Continuing, Goschen assured the House that since the outbreak of the war there had been an unbroken tension with the Admiraity. They knew their position and their strong and weak points. They had regard for the situation at the point of yiew of the empire, and not that of South Africa alone. It would be a criminal to do otherwise, but it would be un to parade their strength, “If Germany or any of the great pow- ers had been in our position, would they have been more patient?”’ Goschen asked. Goschen said he realized the positicn was serious, but, he added, there was no reason for a feeling of insecurity. While the navy was in the present position, witn the country so consclous of its resources, it was folly to speak of panic. u ‘FOREIGNERS ARRIVE ‘ TO JOIN THE BOERS LONDON, Feb. 3.—The of the Times at Lourenzo Marquez, graphing vesterday, says: ° “Crowds of military-looking ‘men are landing here. During the last two days more than a hundred, described as suspicious, have arrived on German steamers. These include a number of smart men, evidentl officers, bhut most , pennifess adven- morning 'some twenty - of the better sort left for Pretorfa. Many of them wore riding boots and carried field They were assiduously attended by a Transvaal detective. President Steyn, addressing the burgh- correspondent tele- ers in Natal, accused Great Britain of coercing the Boers into war. He said England had already drunk deeply Boer blood, but was still unsatisfied. not Sir Alfred Milner, he asked. said that the Afrikanders must be annihilated? ““This is the grand, final object of the war,” he exclaimed, “but God will never | Times, te! @ 1 L 4 . ® 2 ¢ @ . ® . e e e o 2 & @+ oed e permit the subjugaticn of the Afrikan- ders. Let not the burghers imitate the barbarian-like looting which the chemy are gullty, buf et B s o iesie as Christians If we do so unitedly our contest for life and the destiny of eur race must end in yigtory. The Cape Town orrespondent of egraphing vesterday, says: “As a military train was traversing Hex River Pass to-day an unknown individual fired a shotgun and killed a soldler. The oceurrence of this outrage so near Cape Town suggests the advisability of recon- sidering the decision not to enforce mar- | tial law throughout the colony.” - BOERS MOBILIZING TO MEET BULLER'S ATTACK LONDON, Feb. 3.—Heliograms from Ladysmith three days ago said that the Boer investment lines were then thin- ning and that the besiegers were moving in force toward the Tugela, indicating that a collision was expected there. This intelligence bears out other signs that General _Buller proposes s h attack. The War ce to reveal nothing of what ha in Natal. Without exception the military critics re- gard with dismay the prospect of a re- the | flashed | BEN Bomr H ! SESINTHE SHELTER OF A DONGA (RAVINEY L_J MopoEm RIVER. e o newal of the assaults unless General Bul- ler has been heavily reinforced, and there | is nothing to indicate that this is the case. | ~ Lora Kitchener has been traveling from army to army in Northern Cape Colony and General French, 'by instructions, is now ,n Cape Town consulting with Lord Roberts. he lar e engineering eonstruc- tions are proceeding at Modder River, uggesting that Lord Methuen's fortified camp has been selected as the base from which to invade the Free State. Numer- | ous sidings, platforms and warehouses are being built and a permanent rajlway bridge is well advanced. German strate- gists ass of the country would make Kimberley and the than from the Sterkstroom or . Colesberg. = Therefore they infer that the combined British forces will overwhelm the Boers at Ma- gersfantein and first relieve Kimberley as an incident of the invasion “General Buller’ retreat,’”” says the Towq correspondent of the Stand- “has resulted In a_recrudescence of treasonable talk here. The bitter feeling of the Dutch against the British has pos- 9ibly suggested the opportunities for an organized attack on Sir Alfred Milner by the Ministerial press. which has published an article, belleved fo have been written by Mr. Merriman. Secretar: ape Treasury, demanding Sir Alfred Mimer's recall.”” northward of district more rugged region GENERAL TORRES SLAIN | IN BATTLE WITH YAQUIS Mexicans Lose Three Hundred Men in Killed and Wounded on the fiuaymas Desert. Special Dispatch to The Call. —A dispatch to- Guaymas nveys the news being under command of Torres. The fighting occurred on the Guaymas Lorenzo Torres, commander desert fifty miles east of Guaymas. The an forces in the Yaqul war, | Yaquis withdrew and were. not pursued led in the Bacatete Mountains. A | The number engaged was 2000 Mexicahs | between the Yaquis and [ and 3000 Yaquis. Nine Yaquis, thirty-one | the Mexicacs | Indian women and twenty-six Indian chfl- | Dr. Sanden’s Bels At Half Price. I have purchased the right and title for, the sale of the Dr. Sanden Belt, which I guarantee on a $5000 bond to be the genuine and original. ONLY ANOTHER FRAUD And others may offer thelr beits under certain claims but mine is the veritable Lr. Sanden Electric Beit, made and purchased during the year 1899. Call and test them. I am selling them at one-half list prices; or send for book, ““1hree Classes of Men,” free. DR. S. S. HALL, Lion Drug Co., *~“5semmis = B e i s e et ettt doeletddotededefeopofetededo o fefefedeteded= ! their ground by presenting a regular front { g Do, i dren were taken captive by the Mexicans, General Torres lost 89 killed, 210 wounded | and 5 missing, while the Yaquis lost 90 killed and wounded. The Yaquis still hold the mouth of the Yaqui and the line of steamers between the river and Guaymas is not in opera- tion. Santa Teresa, who is with the Ya- quis at that point, has with her 3000 fully equipped men. Guaymas Desert, in which General Tor- res met the Yaquis, is twenty-five miles wide, its western limit being within twenty-five miles of Guaymas. The Ya- quis, who expected to cross the desert before the Mexicans got a start and then fall on Guaymas, were handicapped by their horses and did not get far,before the moon rose. The Mexicans were on the desert before the Yaquis had gone eight miles across fit. The Mexicags made good progress, as they had no Rorses to lead, coming up with the Yaquis in the middle of the | desert, where the battle was fought at § o’'clock on the morning of January 27. The Yaquis, under Tenebanto, stood | extending from bowlder to bowlder, and placing parties on the projections. The horses were kept in a bunch away from the fire. The Mexicans suffered heavily while advancing _upon. the Yaquls, and then came a hand-to-hand fight, for which the Mexicans were better equipped | than their enemies. h’ll?he conflict lasted three hours. The horses of the Yaquis stampeded, but the Indians fought on. The Yaquis worked | around the Mexicans and then withdrew and started back toward Bacatete Moun- tains. The Guaymas Mexicans are expected to return to Bacatete after a rest and ex- terminate the Yaquis. If the Yaquls had succeeded in crossing the desert Guaymas would have been at thelr mercy. Four hours’ delay saved the town. Crushed Under an Engine. OAKLAND? Feb. 3.—A light engine run- | ning along First street at a high rate of lpeed about 1 o'clock this morning struck nnd instantly killed an old woman who was crossing the track at Adeline street. The identity of the woman is a mystery There was nothing on her person to give | an fdea of who she was and no one who saw her knew her. She was shabbily dressed and appeared | to be over 80 years of age. The engine was the lone one that runs up from the ole at night after all the trains have left. The body of the woman, badly man- gled, was taken to the Morgue. What the Woman was doing in that part of town at such an hour Is also’'a mystery. —————— Stabbed in the Breast. Thomas Frees, an Austrian, stabbed and severely wounded Paul Ruman, with whom he became involved in a quarrel over a game of cards last evenihg. The men were n{luyln‘ pedro in a lodging- house at Brannan street and Ruman objected to the manner in which Froes shuffled the cards. The latter, without drew a pocke\‘_knltc and stabbed n the breast. rolman Mullin under unlt and charged ault to murder. Ruman was lrenled n the Receiving Hospital. warning, Ruman l aced, | from disgrace. 'BARD IS THE CHOICE OF THE CAUCUS Continued From Page Two unite upon a man who will be a credit to us and an honor to Califorhia.” Assemblyman Belshaw followed. I lieve that delays are dangerous,” he s “and that we should settle this quest at once. While 1 have had a person: A1 choice for Senator, I feel that the time has come to put aside any selfish feeling that T may have had and join with those whose onfy object is to save the party I will stand for any good man that this conference may select.” Wild applause greeted the remarks of the representative from Cantra Costa. Simi- lar sentiments were expressed by Assem- blyman Raw. Assemblyman ~Huber, be- 14 who has been | claimed all along by the Burns boasters, boldly proclaimed himself as against the Mexican. “I belleve, as others haye already ex- pressed, that some selection should be made that le ,be creditable to the party and the S said the Assemblyman. 2] ill abide by the conference decision.’ The .remarks of Assemblyman Woerks created the most enthusiastic applause. “The instructions of -my constituents were to stay with Grant,” he sald, “and I have conscientiously done’ so;- but I -be- lieve that the time has come for me to take a broad view of those instructions apd vote for any g0od Republican who will faithfully represent the State at the national capital. I know that my people will be satisfied If: I cast my vote for the nominee of this conference.’” Senator Bulla was evidently as delight- ed as.any of those who went with him into the conference and he did not hesitate to take the floor and say so. ‘‘There was some little feeling in certain - quar- ters last session,” said he, “and ‘I am gratified and proud of the "votes I re- celved and the feeling for my eause which was shown at that time. I am proud of the fact that even in this campaign, when 1 did not come forward as a_candidate, I recefved the votes that. have been given me In caucus. Now I want to take occasion to announce that I am mnot im this fight; that no man among us is un- der obligations to me, and that all those who were with me are free so far as I imay make them so-to go into this disc sion untrammeled and to°do what they see fit to elect a Senator. :That is.what I have come into this conference fo Assemblyman Dunlap of Stockton . got up to speak for Irving M. Scott. Mr. Dun- lap gave way heartily and gracefully. He ou!llned the position Mr. Scott and his ad- herents had tdken since his entrance into | the fight, and said that although his am. bition was to bécome Senator, it did not extend to the extent that he would stand in the way of - party welfare. At this point Cutter of Yuba broke into. the speech-making with the suggestion that as some few of the members to vote for a favorite at the general cau- cus, it would be well not to vote for the caucus nominee until the second bhallot, serml!tlng the favorites to show in- the Mr. Cunu uelt!o- served. only to give Assem! -~ “‘E " the chance he h-d wu,ht to retrfeve himself. At near the end of the last session Cos- esired | per, without explanation ‘and without excuse, went over to Burns. was deliberate, and many . theories to his His constituents condemned him, and his home papers, as well as the State press, censured him severely. There were none too many adjectives to apply Cosper and his peculiar actfon. To-day however, he squared himself, and after his speech was given a royal welcome to the_old ranks of the “antis." I object to Senator Cutter's suggestion,” sald he. “It seems to me that it would give Burns an_opportunity to name the Senator, and if he got the opportunity it is certain he would name for the place one of his own stripe. We do. not -want to take that chance, even If we have favorites for whom we wisi . to east complimentary ballots.” and at once moved that the conference nominee be voted for upon the first bal- lot taken to-night, and a rising vote made the motion the unanimous nersomenl of every,.one of the * JUBILATION AT HOME OF ~ Special Dispatch to The: Cail: VENTURA, Feb. 2.—Dispatches recelved here from Sacramento. . announcing - the success of Thomas R. Bard in the Repub- lican caucus and ‘his probable election to the United States Senate, caused a tre- mendous demonstration here fo-night. A cannon was brought into play to assist the public in venting its boisterous en- thusiasm. = There were bonfires and an impromptu. street parade. The celebra- tion kept up until a late hour. .The vic- tory of Mr. Bard has aroused the great- est enthusiasm among his friends and neighbors, and throughout. “the _efitire county there was rejoicing to-night. Y b Sbviamiing ! WATER FRONT BILL PASSES THE SENATE Special Dispatch to The. Call. CALL 'HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 2.—One of the bills ‘affect- ing the improvement of the water front of San: Francisco passed the Senate at to-day’'s session without : a dissenting vote::” The enactment is- the ‘one which gives -the Commissioners: thé power to in- crease the wharfage of the -city. .The other bill, authorizing the. Commissioners to mike leases of . the wharves for terms ‘of five years, the rents to he applied to the payment of the improvements and not to exceed the-cost thereof, was referred :: the judiciary committee, as. it 0 rental to be ci A joint.resolutfo: was offered ‘by Strat- ton lmtmcunx alifornfa’s repreunu.- at ‘the muonu capital ‘to -uua-t NE Flk"«a LINE. His action | discredit were advaneed as reasons for it. | Valentine accepted Cosper's suggestions | REPUBLICANS’ CHOICE was ht Ilnwi:e to - Dllce a lhnlt on the .+ P o | b 5 % OHEAVY LOSSOF i I+ +* {1t BOERS REPORTED : b ERS REPORTED 3 é 4+ + ¢ | + ¢!} LONDON, Feb. 3—An un- ¢ |4+ dated dispatch from Lady- | @ | 4+ smith says the Boer losses in 4 ¢4 |+ last week’'s fighting were + 3 : eleven hundred killed and six : ¢ | 4+ hundred wounded, among the 2 @ | : former being five field cornets. 3 4 + R A e e e e ad ] ¢ | strike out the word navigable, so that . the fund could be expended on any stream or ereek in the State. The advecates of the bill claimed that Smith was trying to defeat it by delay The amendment was yoted down and a recess was taken untfl to-morrow morn- aken up again “all's report of ublican members ted that Leavitt the number of | ing, when the bill w A few days ago, in th ald parcel out more patronage to the Burns touts. The Call's information was not correct. The Sena- tor has a consistent advocate of economy his actions in the ecaucus were decidedly opposed to any. unneces- sary expenditure. coir MRS Ww o/ [ BOERS’ BIGGEST ARMY MUST BE CRUSHED LONDON, Feb. 3.—Spencer Wilkinsen, who devotes his articie in the Morning Post to-day to the principles upon which war should be conducted as applicable to a, South Afri “The Hive says no great cities. Pre- torie 08 Blcmfouteln ave nas ceaters of national life, like Paris and London. To occupy them, therefore, would have little effect, unless after the defeat of the Boer army. The Boe the body of citizens ~ constitr v. e 1 therefore our first bus sh the biggest army-namely, that n the vicin ity of Ladysmith. Though there have been apparently troops enough in South General Buller has never had suf- ficient number for this purpose. Accord- ingly the outline of the war reveals no bold and ar conception. Until the idea emerges and controls the 10 decided strategical whole operation there can be turn in the tide. ROUGH RIDERS FROM CANADA FOR THE FRONT fal Dispatch to The Cail "OUVER, B. €., Feb. 2—The Do- minion Government iz to be petitfonied to offer the British War Office the services of 10,000 men to go to the Transvaasl. A meonster patriotic mass-meeting was held ght, when it was decided to ask rnor General to make this offer to the War Office and to provide the $750,- 000 necessary for the landing of this num- ber of mounted infantry In Cape Town within the next two months. A long reso- lution asking co-operation is being sent to-night to the Mayor of every city in the Dominion of Canada. It is assured that there will be no trouble in raising this number of Rough Riders. but the ques- tion Is whether t yvernment will pro- vide so large a sum of money for sending them through PP 0D EFEIPEPOPOPET 4000060069 0Pedededed . ® B sees 00 ® BRITISH ENGINEERS BUILDING TEMPORARY BRIDGE OVE®R tre e e B e e e e . ] - WENT AGAINST A FORTRESS. The coming congress of the [ frikander In und is expected to consider a resolution e disapproval of policy | LOURENZO MARQUEZ, Feb. 2.—The up to the war’ and urging | following, dated Gaberones, January 20, “peace on fair terms.” It is learned that the War Office intends to increase the regular army by fifteen battalions of infantry, adding these to the existing regiments. | B404040+040+ 0404040404040 has been received here “A Boer scout was captured yesterday by Colonel Plumer’s outposts and & smail party was sent out to reconnoiter certain hills. They ‘ascended the wrong Kkopje and blundered upon a Boer fortress armed With a Maxim. Fortunately they man- to_President McKinley that he' offer his | “5t arer Siabaten fonn Gaboress. dated services to Great Britain and the Trans- | Jan 26, says g vaal Republic as mediator of the present el Plumer used his twelve- dificuities, with the idea of Dringing | pounder on the Hoer position for the first about a_cessation of hostilities. 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