The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 11, 1900, Page 13

00009"900000000000000i 8] e Pages 1310 22: IEE R R R R *4+e FEA4 244442424444 404+ The 'i. - ‘ VOLUME LXXXVII-NO. 73. S FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, *FEFF ‘?‘V“’??"“*””‘ FEBRUARY 11, 1900—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS. BULLEFER BARFEILY ESCAPED OVERWHELIM R e e e B e e e I o o e o e SRR Y Y | Just Before Their Retreat Across the Tugela the British Troops by the Use of a War Balloon Discovered the Boers Had Cunningly Set a Most Deadly Trap for Them. ONCON, Feb. 1l.—A special some fitted with disappearing dispat:h from Springficld mountings and all cunning!y Bridge under dats of Friday, masked. These, but for the bal- lconist, would never have be:n coversd in time to save the Britishfrom falling into the dead~- ly trap, as they commanded the road the British would have had to take in order to recach Lady~- smith. These guns rendered the actual positions of the bLritish unten~ abic and a further advance im- p.ss ble, except at the costof a terrible and uscless loss of life. February 9, gives 2 new explana- n of Generai nt. cording to this dispatch a balloonist on Wednesday discove crcd the fact that the Boers 1ad developed extraordinary and ex ted artiliery strength on rnkloof, to the British right, herc they had managed to raw up a dozsm hcavy guns, Buller's retire= e S P PO OIPIPIPIPOPOIPOIPIDOIPIPODOIIODODOEDOGD OFF THE GUN FROM DRAN I t that a great many st have been killed by fire or died of disease the men say it is impossible e to co-operate with I the latter is within les of Ladysmith. Even the Boers are de- e extent, his ac- e free from seri- ow more clear ller has a her- fore him. MacDonald was e by order of w confirmed. more disap- ller’s troubles. at MacDonald 1 in military c retirement s f wa very galling. an be ap-| Mean e the general develop- ments on the Modder River are being watched with no little in- terest. Important events are ex- pected to take place within the next week, for it is now quite clear that it is Roberts’ intention first to deal with Cronje’s army of Boers at Magersfontein and Jacobsdahl. With this object a large force is being concentrated rapidly at the Orange River sta- tion and in the camp at Modder River. There seems to be little doubt here was talk in some quar-|that General French also has s yesterday and some surprise joined Methuen and assumed the was expressed that nothing had | role for which he was originally been done in the way of an at- | cast, namely, the command of the tempt to cause a diversion in,‘now united cavalry division. ure of the ing it necessary troops to cross the ground within view of ers on the adjoining hill nce the object of the British clear the superior the Boers enables concentrate rapidly” it a superiority of fire in ce of which no advance is ible unless at very heavy to + 98990 s 2000000000000 WOoN THE VicTorIA (ROSS CORPORA L oW THE L'?lCUR&E LEADING ; ¢ |+ t' l; * | * e [+ |® L e I = S S S IN ACTION 4 ch)Q MBERS TOBRING S AT <e\_s~slg‘ HSPORTING NEWS, PO DODOIOIIOIDIIOIIGIOIOIDPOEODOEDOED S *Poe @ L e e | @+0+0+0402+0+0+9+0 |ALL DEPENDS ON LORD ROBERTS LONDON, Feb. 10.—Spencer Wilkinson, | the military expert, reviewing the South African situation for the Assoclated Press at midnight, says: . | “Lord Roberts has now taken hold of | the campalign. His strategy evidently is | to act in the western theater of war with | energy enough to move the center of grav- luymnn- “General Buller's move must, therefore, BOER LONG RANGE GUN M \WVER KRONIEK SRR DA =) ON THE TUGELA BURIAL 1 be considered in. its place "in a general scheme. The idea seems to be that if General Buller cannot | skin* the bear himself he can hold | its leg while some one else does. Accord- ingly General Buller is not to risk his army, but, short of that, is to give the Boers as much to do in Natal as he can. ‘‘His attack of the past week was hard- ly carried out with the push that marks In a man resolved to win or be broken. any case it is no easy task to cross river in order to plerce the front of t! army posted beyond it. Modern weapons favor an attack which envelops a flank but not an attack which tries to break the center of an army. “The mnew pian !nvelves prompt and skillful operations against the Free State forces in the west—a series of L R S S Y BoeErR PASTOR HoloInG FUNERAL SERVICES OVER BRITISH DEAD BEFORE. LD« il Allen’s resolution was as follows: Pettus of Ala lution had been declared adopted. go over.” To this Allen consented. fit of temporary aberration of attention. attracting the slightest comment from any o request of the chair (Frye) Allen consented to a rec the incident closed amid much quiet laughter. No objection was made to the consideration of the anybody realized what was going on the resol a to another and several, among them Allen, L ama, addressing the cha -G P OGO PP DI DI GOICPIO I DGO E OO0 0000000000000t Pt-00D0Dt0b0t TPtttbtdsdededsdsdsdsdsdedededsdesd Roberts is a strong man with a big heart, a resolute will and a clear head. His pres- | ence with a British army has a magnetie | effect and when he moves he will prob- ;ably make the Boers move. He has re- inforced Methuen with a cavalry brigade and horse artillery and there is probably | an infantry division to follow. “Looking at General Buller's action by | itself the impression it makes recalls | General McClellan, who, though cautious and knowing how to preserve his army, | hardly ever displayed the initiative power | to run risks or the self-reliance of a great | commander. To all appearances General | Buller has given up his third attempt be- fore his attack was fully developed. “A telegram received this evening from Lourenzo Marquez speaks of a sortie from Ladysmith in the night of Thursday to Friday. Such an attempt of General LS NS I G O ER uto.@o@ovéogo;ooooooofit ‘White to cut his way out was probable and may succeed, though the nature of modern weapons is against him and thers O SENATE EXPRESSES SYMPATHY FOR BOERS Allen’'s Resolution Urging Media- tion Creeps Through, bbut Will Be Reconsidered. WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.—A resolution expressing sympathy with the Boers in their struggle against Great Britain e belligerents was adopted by the Senats to-day in a Allen of Nebraska, and wen: red or more Se: ne of the dozen sideration of t Resolved, That the United States of America extends its sympatby to the people of the South African republics in their heroic struggle for liberty and popular government, and believes it to be the duty of the Government of the United States of America to offer mediation to the end that further bloodshed may be averted and an honorable peace may be concluded between the belligerent governments. about a dozen Senators being presenmt. and declared adopted. The chairman agreed to this point, but asked Allen that he permit the vote to be reconsidersd and let the resolution Dash of White’s Men. BOER HEAD LAAC ) YSMITH R MccrugiYet Silent. WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.—Mr. Macru vote by which the e ayes and noes. To this Allen objected, as the reso~ NG DISASTE o through without however, at the n was passed and lat bbb ex-Consul to Pri Boers Take Inkandla. ATTE MPT TO ASSASSINATE GOV. TAYLOR Five Shots Fired by Two Men, Who Fled, Pur- sued by the State GQuards. Special Dispatch to The Call. b 1 RANKFORT, Ky., Feb. 10.—An at- tempt to assassinate Governor Tay- lor was made a few minutes be- fore midnight to-night. Two un- known men who were stationed fifjy yards from the Governor’s residence fired five shots at Taylor while the latter was in one of the front rooms of the house conversing with members of his family. Guards around the executive building heard the shots and returned the fire. | The would-be assassins fled. One of the shots fired at the executive mansion barely missed K. N. Noah of the Lexing- ton company, stationed at the front gate. Noah returned the fire with his rifle and, drawing a pistol, jumped over the fence and pursued the men several squares, fir. ing at them as he ran. WILLIAM S. TAYLOR, Republican Governor of Kentuoky. e . ] | | z R e R R e R L e o R T S S T S T o S S S S S 3 | yards. It is not thought any of the sol- dier's shots took effect. The mea evi- dently fired to alarm Taylor, who spent the night at the mansion for the first time since the assassinatfon of Goebel. The Governor received several threaten- ing letters from men who announced their intention of killing him. One was malled jat New Albany this morning. | The writer sald he had employed men to kill him on sight, and in the event the contract was not carried out he himseif would do the work. After the shooting to-night five extra | men were sent to the mansion, making | fitteen in all on guard. The soldlers say | they have noticed several suspicious char- acters prowling around the mansion since the Governor arrived home this afterncon.