The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 4, 1900, Page 13

44444040 AR Pages 1310 22 TEL 24442+ + 444944244404 b 4y g G s VOLUME LXXXVII-NO. 66. Call SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1900—THIRTY-TWO PAGES THEEEEY FFFEFFFEFFTPIFITTFIFFIIIM Pages 13 t0 22: FEFPEFFLLEFFFILL PP IF SRS PRICE FIVE CENTS. BULLER'S ARMY IS MARCHING FORWARD Third Attempt’ to Relieve Ladysmith Begun, and Another Desperate Battle Probably in Progress. Dottt e s 000 e0eo e | \, Feb. 4—Has r again crossed Has he begun to pound his occupying ish subjects. cial confir- ts which have t the Natal crossed the Tu- e a simultaneous at- n the Boer positions at erent points. There is I confirmation even of| he s begun movement, but the is regarded tary circles as significant. St. James Gazette last ight repeated. the statement 1 private sources which it ie two days ago about Buller aving engaged in battle with the for two days and that together, peech on Monday to War- 1 when he said he hoped 1 see them in Lady- reconnoissance to s Poort, it is regarded as 1 of Buller’s intention to try movement of wider considered indica- 1 the hazard of battle and 1g the last forty-eight rs events of tremendous im- ave been happening in anxiety, but still with more hope than during the previous of silence which preceded actions. The reason more hope is because it is as- t General Buller would likely to have entered upon a venture certain to be very costly unless there were reason- able prospects of success. A feeling that great events are in progress is in the air. People be the one which failed. | he is trying his for-| the country is waiting | | working order before he will start. After Ge b e ed eoeD el ebeoQ ) @ + ® - @ L 4 . £ . ® - & . New DUBLINS AND RILLINGS TUGELA are waiting at the clubs and in sloppy and sleety streets and around newspaper offices for news which has not yet come, but which-may arrive at any moment. Again come those stories that the Free Staters are heartily tired of the war. There is an addition to the story this time that they have approached British authori- ties with a view of ascertaining terms of peace if they throw over their Transvaal allies. J BULLER'S ARMY 1 MUST MOVE FORWARD LONDON, Feb. 4—Spencer Wilkinson writes the following review of the situa- tion in South Africa for the Assoclated Press at midnight: “It is morally impossible for Buller's army, so long as there is any fight left in it, to sit ‘st{ll while Sir George White s invested at Ladysmith. Better than at would be to lose 10,000 men in an at- Pt at rellef. Accordingly, it is prob- 2 that General Buller will try again, and, indeed, that he is now on the move and fighting “As he has kept General Lyttleton's ade north of the river, the probabil- is that his next move will be an ad- vance on Lyttleton’s right. He would hardly go to Lyttieton’s left, because that y lead to a fresh attack upon ion Kop. and the range of which it is a part. He would not go to the east of except with his whole force, less | brigade. The retention of Lyt- brigade at Potgieters Drift may, therefore, be taken as proof that the new move will not be to-the east of Co- | lenso. “East of Potgieters there are drifts, one or two of which General Buller's guns command, and he can, | therefore, cross the river, bus the Boers have had ample time to prepare positions beyond the river. “A frontal attack would, as usual, be costly, but unless the general is prepared for a heavy loss he has little chance of breakirg through the Boer defenses. | ““The right plan would be that made by | General Sherman when he pushed back Johnson from Chattanooga to Atlanta. | Sherman intrenched along Johnson’s front | and then extended his line to one of the flanks. By the time Sherman was ready | | to move a force around benind his en- | trenched line to attack Johnson in the ! flank and threaten his retreat the Con- | federate general withdrew. Such tactics are practicable with only a force nymer- ically superfor. We do not know the strength of the Boers in Natal. Winston | Churchill estimates them at only 19,000, of | whom 7000 are observing Ladysmith. This | | would give Buller 25,000 against 12,000, and | should render possible something like | Sherman’s maneuvers. But there s rea- son to believe that Buller's own estimate | of the Boer forces is much higher. | “Lord Roberts will certainly not hurry | | his move from the Cape. He will first | complete the assembling of his forces, | | which will not all have arrived for an- | other three weeks. Then he will have | transports properly organized and in several nens ouirn @50 0000000 INNIS - AcRoss THE DEC. |5 - - that he will probably make a rapld move. | But no outcry will induce him to start | until he considers all i{s ready. | “Last week’s report that Mafeking had | been relieved seems to have arisen, from | Colonel Plumer's skirmish near Croco- dile Pool. The report came from Boer | sources, and this origin of it seems to | show that the Boers are not sanguine of | success in the northwest. They have probably reduced their forces in that re- gion in order to strengthen themselves | against Methuen and General Buller.” - BRITISH FORTRESSES HAVE BEEN DISMANTLED LONDON, Feb. 3.—In the House of Com- mons erday George Wyndham, under Secretary for War, made a very encour- aging showing for the artillery which England had found it possible to send to the front, but I also heard a very inter- esting conversation between a member of Pa; and another gentleman which tended for publication. The out a s prising number surprising if the o etedeg L e e S S [ R T . % z ¢ of the country thereabouts. houses, flows In from the south. The h side are occupied by the Boers, and the are occupled by the British, whose adv In the battle of Colenso, Decembar eral Hart attempted the passage of the January 13. . ® . > - EY . P . L 4 . s . L 4 “ ® . * * * + £ . L 4 - > . L4 . ® . & * + ? - & B > kg ® + .Q+0+M—M¢—0+H—‘—0~0—0—0—0—0-_0—0—0—0—0—0-0~0—0-“—0—0—. truth were known, which is that our fort- resses have been dismantled of every sin- gle modern gun and that although on pa- per many batteries are still shown they are old and worthless. Great Britain to- v is practically without defenses.” This is rather startling, but it accounts for the active watch which Is being kept by the British navy at the present mo- ment around home coasts. —_— |REITZ'S APPEAL TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC LONDON, Feb. 3.—The papers here pub- lish extracts from a remarkable document emanating from the office of the Secre- | tary of State at Pretoria, dated December 16. The document comprises 10,000 words and is_countersigned by Secretary of State Reitz. It seems speclally written for the Amierican public. It says: We, to a great extent, depend on America and Europe for our foodstuffs. It will be crim- inal on the part of the great powers to suffer this little nation to perish by famine, since the sword has falled. Since 1870, when the President of the United States acknowledged our republic as & sovereign state. Americans have flocked here in number. In every instance the hand of fellowship has been extende® to I them. Not a single case of disagreement is on lrecurd. but wlmh;.ha h‘:lu‘t'“ note of the oppressor we are informed America s act- ing In lnm" with the | strange It is sald in London that one division of General Buller's army is trying the passage of the Tugela near the mouth of the Little Tugela, some twelve miles above Colenso. The upper picture, which is from a sketch made for the Daily Graphic by a British officer on the spot, gives a good idea of the nature The Tugela River comes down through the gorge in the center of the picture and flows on to the right between the high shaded bills in the distance and the lighter ones in the foreground. The Little Tugela. from the southwest, joins it just opposite the lone tree In the middle of the scene, while just below a smaller stream, on ‘which stand a couple of farm- the bridge. A part of the Dublin Fusillers and some of the Inniskilling Fus:- lers were the only ones who succeeded In reaching the other side. Fourteen of the former and four of the latter were drowned and the others were sub- jected to a murderous fire as soon as they made their appearance on the north bank. The central picture, drawn from a sketch by the artist of the London Tllustrated News, depicts the scene at that time. Among the visible preparations for General Buller's advance to Ladysmith are seven spans, 100 feet each, for the permanent rebuilding of and Frere bridges, blown up by the Boers, which are now on their way to Dur- ban. The order for this work was given on December 21, and the first span complete, as shown in the bottom picture, was turned out by the works on @+++ 4444444444440 SPEARMANS CAMP, Fri- day, Feb. 2.—The Boers fire occasionally at the troops on the right flank. It is reported that they have dug up the roads leading to Ladysmith in order to make the progress difficult and have made sev- eral trenches along the route and are busy strengthening those in front of their posi- tion. AR S o AR R R R R R £ % + 3 + 20 S 4 pé ; republic has no sympathy with us; i¢ the boasted condescension of the British is to be preferred to sincérity and truth, we will no longer belleve in the justice and integrity of the American nation, and her profession of Christianity we will consider empty sound. Secretary Reitz further says that the Boers have never abused the white flag and the British murdered women, chil- dren and an American subject at Derde- poert. —_—— GREAT BRITAIN IN MOST DESPERATE STRAITS NEW YORK, Feb. 3.—A special to the World from London says: To compre- hend the desperate pass to which Great | Britain has been brought by the present | administration of the Government a visit | to Parliament suffices. A nerveless, re- sourceless, discomfited, despondent Cab- inet i{s confronted in the House of Com- mons by a divided, disorganized, futile opposition Mr. Balfour, the Government leader, is alternately sunk in a posture of gloomy collapse or galvanized into a sickening | appearance of inane cheerfulness, recall- | ing the vacant gayety of demented | Ophelia. Mr. Chamberlain's notion of braving the | crisis is to adopt a fixed expression of | emptuous amusement, which, under strain of long continuance, develops an indescribably repellant, corpse- | grin. e rest, the treasury bench array nisters) consists of deadheads. a Lord Salisbury’s aristocratic and pension hunters, with Mr. n's family party of nonentities hysically in contrast, but ectual feebleness and vacu- The only man among them who shows irage and unaffected equanimity, d with a full comprehension of the vity of the situation and praé- is young George Wyndham, the ecretary for War, who may prove | fon even of the British War Dc- | House of Lords the same melan dences of palsied grasp of effete | 1 ers are observable. Lord Salisbury ike a man dazed by a staggering blow. s are not into levity, but his | s sheer inability to appre- as happened and what it may He talks and Iboks like one in | clate what portend. his death Mr. Goebel's condition grew a dream or condition of only semi-con- | steadily worse. BShortly before noon sciousy 1t is a palnful, pathetic spec- | after hypodermic injections of strychnine tacle. Lord Rosebery appeared to hald out a promise of fllling the yawning gap, but his activities are spasmodic. He makes a speich evinelog power and spirit and then disanpears “or an unlimited time, his vanity Being ssiistied by the mom sensation he has created. Ha 1s a m. in words and pose, but a trifler, an idler, without pluck or tenacity, and his life, s it may appear, is something tery. Great Britain's governing caste is ex- | posed as an organized imposture. The | bubble of her prestige has been pricked; PREPARING TO ADVANCE ... SPANS moR corenso BRIOCE - «° DESTROYER B> THE ©SoERS igher dark hills, or kops, on the north lighter ones on the south or near side ance post is shown in the foreground. 15 last, the Irish brigade under Gen- Tugela River by the west drift, above ¢ the Colenso R o S her future {s obscure and darkened. The conviction is spreading here, and was boldly expressed last night by Sir Edward Clarke in the House of Commons, that a conquest of the republics is {mpossible, except at a cost utterly disproportionate to any advantage obtainable therefrom. o TO EXCHANGE FOR COMMANDANT PRETORIUS CAPE TOWN, Feb. 3.—Correspondence has been exchanged between Lord Rob- erts and the commandant general of the Boer forces at Pretoria regarding the ro- lease of Commandant Pretorius, whose leg has been amputated. Lord Roberts says he does not wish to detain so gallant a soldier and asks where he shall send him. The reply to this correspondence stat. that Commandant Pratorius it denies to thank Lord Roberts for his kindnees and asks him to send Pretorius to General Methuen, stating that General Cronje will arrange for his conveyance home. s i BOERS WRECK CULVERTS. MODDER RIVER, Feb. 3.—The Boers yesterday were busy destroying the rail- way bridge between here and Langeburg from a xolnt 2000 yards from the British adv: position. Thirty-three explo- enemy. If our sister | able sions were heard, and doubtless the line and culverts were wrecked for a consider- distance. ‘were Mr. Goebel's sister, acker, and his hrother, Arthur Goebel, of Cincinnati, who have been in constant at- tendance at Mr. Dr. McCormack. Justus Goebel, another brother, who has been hurrying from Arizona as fast as steam would carry him, in a vain hope of reaching his dying brother in time for some token of recog- nitlon, Oxygen was frequently administered the dying man during the afternoon in an effort to keep him alive until his brother’s arrival, frony of fate, the traln on which Justus Goebel was traveling to Frankfort was delayed causes, reached here it was only to learn that his brother was dead. sans of both parties deep grief is mani- fested, and already a movement has been started to erect a fitting monument Mr. Goebel's memory on the spot in the | State house grounds where he was shot. No arrangements have made for the funeral. and locked in the death chamber of their brother, Arthur and Justus Goebel and Mrs. Braunacker have given out no inti- mation of their wishes and probably no | definite arrangements will be made until 0-mOrTow. quest will be made on behalf of the citi- zens of Frankfort that Mr. Goebel's last resting place be in the cemetery here, where lle burfed Daniel Boone and Vice President Andrew Johnson. early hour this morning until the hour of {and whisky and afterward of morphine | had been given him, Mr. Goebel requested that Captain L. G. Wallace of the Ken- tucky penitentiary, an be sent for, and when the latter came the ‘two had.a short conversation. “Lew, { nounce to the world that I do-not hold myself in open violence to the word of God.” The hypodermic Injections afforded one temporary relief. But the sufferer for the first time in his long weary struggle for | life had apparent! courage. McCormack, who stood at the bedside, | “I'm afraid now that I'm not going to get | over this.” | Dr. McCormack endeavored to cheer the fas side said: and nurses retire. utes the dying man was brother and sister, Mrs. Braunacker. | Soon after this he fell Into a stupor, and | at 2 o'clock his condition was considered | | so alarming that as a’last resort oxygen | was given in an endeavor to keep the | dying man alive If possible until the arri- | val of his brother, Justus Goebel, from Arizona, who was due shortly. after o'clock. This treatment resulted in an improve- | his departure. ment, but the rally was so slight and slow | the dying man was again given oxygen that to the weary watchers at the bed- | and again a slight. rally resulted, but it | side it was apparent that the end was not | was only temporary. | At 6:10 p. m. Dr. Hume left the dying | | man's bedside and reported to the throngs | of anxious watchers in the corridors of the hotel that death was a matter of but | far off, and Rev. Methodist church of Frankfort was sent for. _He came at once. the death chamber Dr. Taliaferro crossed { Radam i ool oo de e do s oo g0 500 0o A0S0 S S0 e dngn { ] ary injunction ruary 8. PPt I+ D0 BP0+ 2+ >+ O+ +0 4342+ 9+ @ This was the first intelligence given the GOEBEL DIES FROM ASSASSIN’'S BULLET After a Gallant Struggle the Plucky Governor-Elect of Kentucky Yields to the Grim Destroyer. MOURNING IN THE BLUE GRASS STATE. Republican Governor Taylor Continues to Defy the Democratic Legislature and Will Not Heed the Processes of the Courts. RANKFORT, Ky., Feb. 3.—The bul- let fired by an unknown assassin last Tuesday morning ended the lfe of William Goebel at 6:45| o'clock this evening. The only R R e e e e e persons present at ‘the death bed Mrs. Braun- Goebel's bedside, and arrived forty minutes too late. but in vain. For, by the cruel various finally from Goebel several hours and when Mr. Among bitter part for as yet been in grief *~o+e -0-’—0—04«’—0—0;:-:0-0—0%0 AR Sl S Plunged It is understood that a re- From an intimate friend, wish to an- id Mr. Goebel, 1 logt his indomitable “Doctor,” sald he feebly to Dr. ailing man, but the latter soon re- man stirred Goebel was silent for a moment, Then for twenty min- left with his | him. Dr. Tallaferro of tha: Softly entering | HON. W. S. PRYOR. THE LATE WILLIAM GOEBEL, 0040404040400 04040400+00060000000b0b00 ay gasping for | a few moments time. The oxygen treat- side of the bed | ment was used constantly in a desperat y. With tears streaming | lapsed into a condition of semi-conscious- | down their faces Mrs. Braunacker and | ness. About 1 o'clock he aroused himseif | Arthur Goebel knelt at the bedside also. again and calling Dr. McCormack to his | Then Dr. Tallaferro arose and opening his | Bible read a few selected, verses from the “Doctor, am I going to get well? T want ‘L Epistle to St. James. As the words of the to know the truth, for I have several | 2Postle were read by the divine the dying | things to attend to.” | *Mr. Goebel, you have but a few hours | OVer his brother Arthur Goebel said: to live,” replied Dr. McCormack. Mr. | then calling his brother, Arthur Goebel, to his side he asked that the physicians | 100king anxious for some sign of recog- | rition, a look of intelligence came into the half-closed eves and it was apparent that | Mr. Goebel understood what was sald to | over to where Mr. Goebel 1 breath, and kneeling at the prayed earnestl: slightly. Shortly Quickly Will, Dr. Taliaferro is here.” No response came from the dying man, | but as Arthur Goebel leaned over him, Shortly after this Dr. Taliaferro left the room and. descending the stairs, entered the ladles’ reception room, where, at the request of several ladies—wives of legis- | lators—he held brief services. 6| divine again went to Mr. Goebel's bedside | and about five minutes afterward This noted attorney is chiet counsel for the Goebel Democrats, and it was Governor Taylor from upon his motion yesterday that the Kentucky Circuit Court issued a tempor- restraining taking action until Feb- leaning | Then the took after 4 o'clock | | .+0—9—0—0—0—0—0—0—0+0-0—0-0—0+H-M-0—0M-0—94—0-0—0. R R e e R IR 3 effort to keep Mr. Goebel alive until Jus- | tus_Goebel's arrival, but no effort was | made to arouse the unconscious man. As Dr. Hume departed from the room the afllicted brother and.sister turned to Dr. McCormack and requested that they be left entirely alone with their brother, who was fast sinking. The physicians mtly withdrew, clos. ing the door softly behind them upon tha grief-stricken brother and sister. Silently they knelt at his bedside, their eyes fas- tened upon the hailf-open eyelids of the unconscious man, while the life that had been battling so valiantly against the as- assin’s bullet since last Tuesday morn- ing flickered out. Death claimed its vice tim, and the brother and sister, bowed by sorrow, whose pangs were Intensifled by the knowledge that a few miles away hurrying to them was their brother Ji tus, who would arrive too late, sat dow: upon the deathbed alone with thelr dead. Not a sound emanated from the room to apprise the anxious watchers in the ho- Goebel had | tel corridor without that Mr. passed away. The stricken brother and sister were left undisturbed while the two physicians out- side the door anxiously looked at their watches as the minutes fled by, fearing the truth vet wondering at the long si- lence. Finally, at 7:20 o'clock, the train bearing Justus Goebel pulled into Frank- fort. At the station to meet him were Samuel J. Shackelford. clerk of the Court of Appeals, and Mayor Rhinoch of Cov- ington. They met Mr. Goebel at the car steps. “Is he dead—tell me. is he dead?”" wers the first words he uttered. “He is not | dead.” was the assurance given him by the friends, who had no inkling of the | truth. The party entered a carrfage, and five minutes later, at 7:35 o'clock, arrived at the Capitol Hotel. With tears streaming from his eyes Mr. Goebel was conducted to the chamber where lay his brother. The rap at the door was answered by Arthur Goebel, who silently drew his brother within and again closed the door. Five minutes later Arthur Goebel agaln | opened the door and motioned to the two physicians. “He died at 6:46 o'clock painlessly,” was | all he sald, and then closed the door. There was no excitement in the corridor. Those who heard the words of Arthur | Goebel were reverently silent and did not disseminate the intelligence. Within a few moments the following announcement had | been prepared and was silently handed about the hotel and in the streets: To the People of Kentucky: It is with the most profound sorrow that we announce the death of Governor William Goebel In his last moments he counseled his friends to keep cool and bow to the law in all things. We, his triends and advisers, beg of the people of Ken- in this hour of affiiction, to carefully from any act of violence or any resort law. 1t would be his wish if he wers alive that there should be absolutely no stain | on his memory by any imprudent act of any who were his friends. The iaw is supreme and n_ tis re-establish th Srongs he and bis party have suffersd will their proper redress. s e e, 'S BLACKBURN, B R e e B S I SRR S R. B. BRADB A S. J SHACKELFORD, C. D. McCHORD, SOUTH TRIMBLE, Speaker of the House, L. _H. CARTER, President pro tem of Senate, bbb