The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 7, 1900, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO OALL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1900. BRITISH GOVERNMENT UPHELD IN THE COMMONS —r———— While Buller’s Acts Are Kept | a Sealed Mys-| tery Parlia- ment Sustains| the Salisbury Cabinet. | direct In the North of Cape Colony General Gatacre Is About to Begin Hard Fight- ing and Make a Movement Simul- taneously With French, Kelly-Ken. ny and Brabant. MODDER SPRUIT, Feb. 6.—Mes- sages from Ladysmith dated yester- day, February 5, say continuous can- nonading has besn proceeding since 5 o'clock in the morning, with the oc- casional roar of a “long ‘fom.” The firing, it is added, continues. KRUGER TO BLAME, DECLARES ASQUITH BACK-ACHING “WOMEN ! e Backache in women neverthe- less. HUDYAN brings prompt relief; for HUDYAN cures uterine DYAN FOR WOMEN: All Druggists, (IIU ) t les DYA.s also cures palpitation of the fEg. 1), choking sensations (fig. 2) emaciation (fig. 3): hollow eyes headache (fig. 5), cold extremities weak back (fig. 7). These are all of Female Weakness. 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BUCKLEY & CO., Pumps, Steam and Gasoline Engines, Boliers. 26 and 28 Fremont. band during the present war and if so un- der what restrictions and limitations, A Balfour, First Lord of the Treasury, said that food stuffs, as such, had never been considered contr: nd by Great Britain. But, he added, ffod stuffs intended to supply the army In the field were, by the universal consent of international law- vers, regarded as contraband, and a prize court would decide the facts connected with the shipments. Asked if the Government intended to cruisers to seize all cargoes for Lourenzo Marquez until their character ined by a prize court, Mr. Bal- eclined t» make any statement in this connection. George W. Wyndham, Parliamentary Secretary for the War Office, r plving to a question, said there was reason to ,belleve that of the guns from the forts at toria had been sent to the front, and that & , * ¢ - ® + . + : ¢ i d ® + ® 4 ® + . Pri et eroeieosoedeie@ bes et ed e v . . T R S B S Y b R O e e e T e e e e e i e it da i ] ] | MANNING THe? BREASTWORKS oN @EN. FRENCH'S| LINE B S S R S S . S R R R R R R R o3 |son in the Morning Post discusses here, was received b; ernment to-day an dentials, sion. THREATENS THE BOER RIGHT AT MAGERSFONTEIN LONDON, Feb. 7, 4:20 a. m.—Eord Rob- | erts has-caused to be distsibuted in the | towns bordering upon the invaded colo- nial territory an invitation to Free Stat- ers and Transvaalers to go into the des- | ert, offering them good treatment and a restoration to their farms on the British | occupation of republican territory. The manifesto guarantees that those bringing horses can sell them. Foreigners will have their passage paid to Europe. Co- lonial rebels are advised to surrender in preference to being taken prisoners. General MacDonald, with 4000 infantry, cavalry and artillery, threatens the Boer | right at Magersfontein. This is the first sign of activity on the part of Lord Me- thuen for some weeks and doubtless has relation to the movements of the British farther east. The Standard has received the follow- ing dispatch, dated Monday, February 5, from Koppies Dam: “‘General MacDonald, with a brigade of infantry, a regiment of lancers and one battery, has reached here from Modder River camp, in what is regarded as an important movement to the right of the Boer position at Magersfontein. Kopglrs Dam commands the roads from Kimber- ley to Hopetown and Douglass. Two the Transvaal Gov- presented his cre- He created an excellent impres- | Boer laagers, at Kamulhoek and Griqua- distance. he town, are within strikin, nald’s column arrival of General Mac. | was opportune, as it_just prevented twb large commandos effecting a juncture. He now holds both banks of the river. The lancers had two brushes with the | Boer patrols. There is great activity | among the enemy and strong_forces are | concentrated to oppose our further ad- vance. The troops suffered from he: and scarcity of water during the march. -— WILKINSON’S MOST SEVERE CRITICISM; LONDON, Feb. 7.—In the absence of war news this morning Spencer Wilkin- the problem of arming the nation at home. He says: “There is now such intense and wide- spread interest in the army and its man- agement that the nation will have itseif to thank if the solving of the problem | should not be the history of the next few months." He proceeds to argue that “conscription would be valueless unless the general management of the army were first re- modeled.” On this point he says: “A war office that for thirty years has not known what to do with the volun- . PY | teers would not know what to do with the | half a_million conscripts.” { Mr. Wilkinson also discusses the use ® of, the bayonet, remarking: | " “This weapon very seldom comes into b4 actual use. Its effect is on the spirits of )¢ both sides rather than on the bodies of + either. The British by ustng formations } | At for charging, but ndt for shooting, ® 4 * 3 Qo0 edededetede® > il Sy = * - o & $ lf—— coLeseERG, ——0 Soq 3 11 WHERE CEN ,FRENCH 1S b @ 1§ SAID. TC HAVE THE Boer + " FOQRCE SURROUMNDED & s . @i et e it et e eioe@ + se of them had a range of over 10,00 | ¢ e The British siege train sent out| ® 0 . mber, he added, had guns of cqual | ¢ 0 P L4 . te on the amendment to the| , 0 [ reply to the speech from t 1 4 8 As 0 SR Y 3] b & » ¢ e ‘4 4 ‘:', ® ? [ 0 4 0 PR . 3 9 o ) 9 9 g . b ) 5 & liment of long delay in ju ® Y 0 3 ulation. If he thought| ¢ : a 9 ations were & mere |4 e e —— hd the independence of or an- | I D 5 kAR, AN N T al, then In spite of the in- | @ SORNANHNHEIER LUK S S S S X/ + asi territory and the los . e st - ® British lives could not have recor.cl 5 il . nis conscience voting a penny for tne ) prosecution of the war. But that is not | ¢ ® the opinion of the House of Commons | B nor of the great majority of the country. | That was why they were united in Par-| ¢ liament and a united people. Doubtless & there had been & demonstrable lack of ‘: * * NOCRVALS PONT * - o ; foresight and insight. Chamberlain, no imPoRTANT would give much for a chaace of | & Sy an SERGEECIC RSNy SvElEpe + ing his dispatches. But there was | [ o VTISH WiILL cRoss o nd thing which had hap- | ¢ ®ce SRANGE River o * or anything which he could con- | ® ®oaq S o0® ’ ¢ late at pre: for the ‘“‘croakings” | ¢ Secccccocoeoces? or the outbursts of pani L4 ech of Asquith almost caused 2 @46+ +0+>e0+0+00+9Q . ion in the House. Asquith repre- ts the Roseberyites. and Lord Rose- it as to the hour anu vlace of arriving at * ° was present in the gallery to hear | settlement. (Loud ministerial protests,) | & . for some time after the | What really did matter was, he affirmed, 3 squith’s remarks was | that the settlement should be made in| ¢ the right spirit. : ES stion before the House Mr. Balfour, who on rising was loudly | | & . Balfour, the Govern- | cheered, said: | What is the obpect of the amendment? | & Major General Sir William | What is it likely to attain? One might | [ nfcations to Sir Alfred | have expected that the War Office would | h High Commissioner to | be attacked, but that is not the case. 1| & . published by the Man- | am driven to the conclusion that the [ [ According to | amendment is an attack upon the m.m-‘ 1 rred to, Major General But- | nial Secretary. (‘‘Hear, hear!”) Well, the | & former commander of the Brit- | Colonial Secretary may well ignore these | | outh Africa, objected to re- | persistent attacks. -The right honorable | ¥ 2 he border garrisons, and said | gentleman may remember that it has heen | ®f + 0 men should be on hand at the | during his term of office as Colonial '‘Sec- | 4 o utbreak of the war, even if it was con- the British Empire, as fined to South African republic. first shown its full consciou © John Birns, Radical member for Bat- | ness of what it Is and of what its de @ congratulated the opposition on g the courage to do its duty, “un-| uenced by newspapers owned by black- | rds and edited by ruffians who clamor for war. He characterized it as absurd that the debate would be an en- (Loud cheers.) tinfes are. | certainly contributed to this result, but it | is in no small degree owing to the great administrative abilities of the right hol orable gentleman, the Colonial Secretar: that the dramatic moment has occurred, and an incentive to the| for the first time in our history, when every British colony has joined the Boers don't ed an incentive,” | mother country to carry out a great im- fmed Burns This was supplied | perial work, and when all these petty and them years ago by the blundering policy | contemptible charges are buried in the of the Colonial Secretary, whose speech | oblivion they so well deserve, the name might be fa summarized’ as follows: | of the right honorable gentleman will for- ‘There is no argument for war. There-| ever be associated h the great move- fore wave the Union Jack. “A few mis-| ment in our history.” takes have been committed. Therefore| Mr Balfour went on to accuse the op- double your army in South Africa. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, the Liberal leader, justified the opportune- ness of the amendment, because it was the duty of the opposition to record its | judgment. He said the Government would hardly pose as conquerors upon whose | brows laurel wreaths should be placed, | for their diplomacy had failed and their military operations had been unsuccessful. | These facts, Sir Henry declared, invited criticism. At the same time he would deprecate exaggeration and would deny the existence of national humiliation and discomfiture. He also denled that the | opposition was actuated by a desire to | clamber into power or to seek party ad- vantage. The “composed and sensible | tone of the speech of the Colonial Secre- | tary,” he had been glad to hear. If the Government were aware of the disparity between the defensive forces of the South African colonies and the military strength of the Boers when the negotiations were entered upon, no condemnation, in judgment, could be too severe. Sir Henry ridiculed Lord Salisbury’s statement that the secret service fund was too small and ointed out that the whole sum had not Peen expended. He thought the Govern- ment should have disavowed the Jameson raid and given guarantees for the future, as Great Britain would have then been in a position to demand that Boers cease arming. Sir Henry demanded to know upon what evidence the existence of a Dutch con- cpiracy was asserted, declaring that, un- less the charge was well founded, it was a position of wishing to oust the Govern- ment, a suggestion that was recelved with considerable laughter. He com- mented upon the diversity of views in the opposition ranks. “Is the opposition,” he asked, “wise or patriotic? What the country has to fear is foreign nations, and the Transvaal politicians may think they can find their opportunity in our dissensions. The House of Commons cannot do much to help our arms, but this it can do—it can show that behind our soldiers in the fiel there is a united country. (Loud cheers. “Can the members of the opposition re- flect with equanimity on the fact that the vote they are about to give upon the amendment may lengthen the war and increase the tragic list of losses, and probably add one fraction to the chances of European complications?"” | Mr. Balfour, in closing, appealed to the members of the House, irrespective of | party, to rise to “the_height reached by those we represent.”” He declared that if they did this, then in a short time the | empire would issue from the struggle | “stronger not only in the consclousness of its :lrpnf!h but in the eyes of the civ- ilized world."” He resumed his seat amid | cheering. When the division | the Trish members rose in a v and left | the House without voting. Several Lib- | erals_abstained. Some others voted with | the Government, as did also Sir Edward Clarke, member for Plymouth. Mr. As- uith voted with Sir Henry Campbell- nnerman for the amendment. 4 prolongea ell ran Others have | B e e e e B e S R [ 2 BURGCHERSOORP, @ SrwEEFONTEIN : »OQA’G:Q Tebeoesededeie * D e o o e e e e R e e e A e . ] BRITISH ADVANCE TOWARD THE ORANGE RIVER. Map of the northern part of Cape Colony, showing the positions of the three divisions of the British main army of invasion, under Generals Kenny and Gatacre, and of the Boer forces opposing them. Springfontein, in the Orange Free State, is the first joint objective point of the several columns. French, Kelly- was speaking the news of the success of the Unlonist candidate in the York City election, with an unexpectedly large ma- jority, arrived and caused a great scene of enthusiasm. % sl At B CONSUL HAY RECEIVED. most_wanton insult to her Majesty’s loyal | At the close of Mr. Balfour's speech Dutch subjccts at the Cape. The war | Lord Edmund Fitzmaurice’s amendment must be prosecuted with vigor, he main- | to the address in reply to the speech from ained, but 'rrovlded British territories | the throne was rejected by against were free and Great Britain's milit: su- | the amendment to 139 in its favor. periority was vindicated, what mattered PRETORIA, Monday, Feb. 5.—Adelbert Consul ‘While Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman‘8S. Hav, the new United States have lost ten times as many men as the Boers have lost by British bayonets.” SOME MINOR ENCOUNTERS. MODDER SPRUIT, Monday, Feb. 5—On Saturday the Pretoria corps discovered a party of British from Ladysmith in- trenched at a railroad oridge, protecting a number of coolles who were cutting | PELTED WITH BAD EGGS FOR INSULTING A LADY Severe but Deserved Punishment Meted Out in Answer to a Note Written by Frank L . Gardner. Special Dispatch to The Call SANTA BARBARA, Feb. 6.—Frank in this city to-night. He had written a young ladies of this place, requesting time. sent him a decoy letter designating a m en hope that it will young to be doing the same busin BOROLORONTP | @ORCRORONL] OTORGO OO O | grass. A party of Boers dispatched to | the scene was attacked from the trenches and all retreated except four, who, h: permitted the British to advance to within \fty yards, when_they fired a volley, kill- ing three men. This was seen from the British fort, which fired a shell and sent avalry to assist the British. The Boers beat these back, killing two men. MAKES A BIG DONATION. CALCUTTA Jaypur has pees to the AMERICANS SLAIN OR TAKEN BY FILIPINOS The Maharajah of ation of 100,000 ru- n_ war fund. MANILA, tacked the ninth Inf captain t was kille ement are la ps arriving fre g ga General Pana conc around the town a attack on ) the Forty-sev pied a | One bat- rein- | talion and a b casualties forcements are unknown r Shipton. A corporal and four m ing the railroad near Maba and A to re searc! ambu: disappeared, been_captured. ing for them wa poral killed AMERICANS AMBUSHED ‘ AND SIX ARE KILLED MANILA, Feb. 7, noon.—The Insurgents on Monday captured a supply train of nine nd Dinalupijan and five privates c y-second Infantry. The geant and eleve: bull carts between Orani 1 corporal killing fi Compan £SCOTt cons mounted mer the si the ut of the 1 Acquitted of Murder. MODESTO, Feb. 6.—The trial of Andrew ss for killing £dward Purcell at Oak- dale -last October, ded in the Superior Court brought in claimed ell w Big Republican Rally. ANGELS CAMP, Feb. 6.—Judson Brusie of Sacramento and D. E. McKinlay of San Francisco held a big Rep night. Both spoke at length on of the day and evoked fre from a I and enthu After the meeting ¢ club along_nati with Frank Douglass Frank Egan a et: appla udie nce. Republican vas organized stic a { THE STARS AS TIMEKEEPERS. 4 | They Are Much More Reliable Than |breath and the Sun. ajority observatories om the sun of people sup- obtain the pose correct time fre erage man wis highest praise he s sun,” not being aware that a watch which would keep with the sun around the year would have to be nearly as bad as Cap Cuttle’s. The farmer m tely dec when to go in to dinner by the mariner was as confic sun marked alw the correc the farmer is he would be sure times two or three hundred mile where he thought he was. In other wort the sun— t is, a sun dial—is only cor- rect on a few days in each year, and dur- ing the intervening times gets as far as hour fast or slow. These variations of the sun from uni- form time caused no end of trouble be- tween the astronomers and the fine clock- makers before. it wa. yvered that the sun time is subject to such irregularities. The better the clock the worse it often seemed to go. But as the variations in sun time are now accurately known correct time might be obtained from the sun by making | proper allowance were it not for the dif- | ficulty of observing its position with suf- felent exactness. The large disk of the | sun cannot be located as perfectly as can the single point which a star makes. For this reason astronomers depend almost | wholly upon the stars for obtaining accu- | rate time. It is the method of doing this | which we propose to describe. | “There are several hundred stars whose | positions have been established with the from ds, | greatest accuracy by the most careful | observations at a number of the prin- | cipal observatories of the world. If a star's exact position is known it can read- ily be calculated when it will cross the 4 { meridian of any.given place—that is, the » | instant it will cross a north and south line | through the place. The data regarding 4 | these stars are all published in the nauti- » | cal_almanacs, which are got out by sev- Bohls & Co., was rotten-egged by twen: The letter was placed by the young lady in the hands of frien L. Gardner, a representative of H. y of the most prominent young men very insuiting letter to ¢ of the her to meet him and go out for a ds, who & neeting place. At the appointed time eiting w rotten eggs. 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