The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 12, 1900, Page 1

VOLUME LXXXVII-NO. 74. SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1900. to be o nis e PRICE FIVE CENTS. CUERRILLA WARFARE N LUZON Insurgent Bands Incessantly | Harass the American Garrisons. s BURNING ARROWS SHOT INTO TOWNS odeiode AN OLD BOER SAVES THE \FE OF CoL. PALEY, WHO lL__\Eswour«DED ONTHE- GROUND Natives Camp in the Hills and Maintain a Constant Fire Upon the Outposts. Aefedefededefofefoleleobole Mool el - MANTLA, Feb. 12. — A + + number of ex-insurgent of- + + ficers who arrived yesterday + # state that Ge 1 Pio del + + Pilar, the insurgent leader, + + died of fever a fortnight ago + + in the Morong Mountains. The + # leaders after his death held + + & meeting, at which it was < + recognized it would be futile + <+ to offer further resistance to « %+ the Am Therfl""“ + % they disb: $ + which are + <+ small gs 2 - + R S o o o o o 2 ANILA, Fe [LLUSTRATED \ NEwWS N going for d to take gangs of Hemp held and -Secth Cammrine ranspofts. Many insur- t part of the island as province. An- 1| soon start to garri- he north coast of the continues south of ave been made to his staft ('um Batan- urgents. The Americans S BULLET-PROOF DHIELD SULLEY PROGF AT 700 YARDS eacom, with six -second Infant it with Gengral Pi Epectal Cable to The Call and the New York IS attempted to Herald. Copyright, 190, by the New York along the trail Herald Compeny. e bear the lake ONDON, Feb. 12.—The fact that the Here were dispersed, ‘War Office up to the present moment d several wounded, — has not issued any message received southward with a small proceeding reported dro, has has assem- ment across the Tugela has aroused a feeling of apprehension In some quarters that the Natal commander is too movement to send any dispatches. ases were = There are indications T he natives and |y . co gesumed, temporarily at least, the « excitement, how. offensive and are moving upon the British right flank and the line of communica- ) the | tions, plainly the best means of compelling cers | the abandonment of the effort to relieve d of | Ladysmith by the Springfield-Schiel drift At Inhlawe Mountain the Boers route. have long held a upon the British right. They seem now to have pushed forward from it to a point deseribed as Bloys Farm, “not an hour’s ride from Chieveley,” as one dispatch has it. This place is probably a little to the southwest of Inhlawe, since it com- mands both the road and the afiway WHEELER SPEAKS OF THE ASSIMILATION OF CHINA President of the University of Cali- fornia Gives His Views Upon the Subject. bridges at Colenso. CHICARD, M. 31 The Sasies: 4w At the same time word comes from | B s D SR SHE G a- | Natal of a further advance of the Zulu- world will be @ quick or a ciey land force of Boers, apparently develop- process, clared Benjamin lde Wheele-, ing the flank movement in the direction <of Greytown. This would threaten the ®iritish line of communications far to the southward. It is quite likely that Gemeral Buller will have to leave White to hold out as best he can while he protects his own position. The Boers at Colesburg are unusually active. Far from being hemmed in, they are themselves threatening the British line of communications. As dispatches from that section to Cape Town are signed “Clements” it is probable that General French has gone to take command of a | cavalry division. Roberts’ arrival at Mod- | der River is regarded as an indication that University of California, through Chicago to-day on his X bt if it be natural and peaceful adjustment will be insured. Therefore the question, not so m the Chinese as of China, is of nt importance to Americans. -ssure of ages has made of the st masters in commerce. The'r n iron, and as the commerc of this ountry has hat of mmetals they distanced. But let instruction from the | e metal arts,. and they able with their geniue to revolu- the commerce of the globe.” A e e s ] JOUBERT IS MOVING TO ATTACK BULLER DURBAN, Feb. 11.—It is rumored here that General Joubert is marching column of 6600 men to outflank General Buller. W YORK, Feb. 12—The World has the following from London: »rt of the Morning Leader writes in the issue of to-day: “C ral Buller felt that it would be useless to persevere in the attempt to relleve Ladysmith, which would have cost more loss than the number of men remaining in Ladysmith. We hegr now of two attempts to turn Gen- eral Puller himself, one by a small Boer column marching through Zululand and another with €000 men in Natal, under the redoubtable Joubert himself. unforced a -4 The war ex; VICTORIOUS BOER ARMY HAS NOW ASSUMED THE AGGRESSIVE Begins a Flank Movement Against Buller’s Line of Com- munications, and the British Force on the Tugela Is Imperiled. B e e b4 he was the situation is unchanged.” BEING MADE FOR TROOPS |N SOUTHATRICA| O-H—H—H—H-H—H-H-I-H—I—H'H‘PH‘I. MODDER RIVER, Feb. 10.—Lord Roberts is here. enthusiastically cheered. He visited the camp of the Highlanders this morning and compli- mented General MacDonatd and his men on their steady conduct at Koodoosberg Drift. Apparently the Boers have brought cll their big guns from Mafeking to shell Kimberley. Our naval guns shelled Magersfontein to-day, but the Boer guns were silent. It is supposed that the enemy have withdrawn their artillery. They are blowing up the permanent way beyond Moron Siding. The | Boers still man their trenches, but their numbers are apparently reduced. The bulk of their force has gone to Kimberley or toward onr flank. The Highlanders returned last night. Before retiring they found the bodies of twelve Boers. They believe the losses of the enemy were heavier than those of the British, because it is known that in addition to the dead Boers found s2veral had been buried LONDON, Feb. 11, midnight.—The War Office has just issued the following dispatch, dated to- | day, from the general commanding at Cape Town: | “Clements r:ports from Rensburg that on Friday, February @, the Boers tried to turn his right flank, but were beaten off Position maintained. Casualties small. “Kimberley reports that the Boer fighting force was apparently increased on Wednesday, Febru- ary 7. Next day the Boers commenced the construction of trenches to the east, nearly parallel to the Glacis and four hundred yards from the Premier mine “A mnative reported that he accompanied some Boers who left Mafeking for Kimberley, carrying with them a 6-inch gun and a quick-firing field gun. The former opened fire on Kimberley. Otherwise from Buller in regard to his retire- | fly engaged In meeting a Boer flank | | that the Boers threatening position | Mail, telegraphed yesterday as follo as well as ‘wana and e & " : the commander in chief is surveying the situation, with the possible intention of making his advance into Orange Free State from that point. The Boers' pressure on Kimberley is re- ported by Colonel Kekewich, the British commander, to be increasing. It is said that the guns which were formerly at Mafeking have been moved down to Kim- berley; that a six-inch gun has opened fire upon the town. The Boer forces show an increase and they are moving their “It is quite possible General Buller was held on the upper Tugela as much by the ruggedness of the ground as by the enemy’s artillery fire. He may be s0 weak on the lower Tugela as to leave his right flank and his communica- ns with the sea open to attack. But he must make the best of his force. All reinforcements within reach for a fortnight to come are earmarked for an Bttempt to force a passage of Orange River.” The expert asserts that Roberts’ plan was Buller's originally and notes #¥ith alarm the appearance of enteric fever in General Gatacre’s and other @mps. He says Lord Kitchener has not got to the front yet, and that Lord Roberts is not likely to order a general advance until his chief of staff ar- rives. M#‘##OW*OOQH#O**%&#“QH e e e R e e S 2 % : i ; : i : 3 : intrenchments forward. From the Cape press is learned a fact which has been carefully cut out of tele- grams by the censor. The besieged town took to horseflesh in January. Plainly it is nearing the end of its food, and, conse- quently, its resistance. This may explain the concentration of so large a British force at Modder River. A significant sentence in a Dalily News dispatch from Cape Town strengthens the & L B e R s BOER FORCE CROSSES THE TUGELA RIVER Occupies a Position Less Than an Hour’s Ride From General Headquarters. LONDON, Feb. 12.—The Pletermaritzburg correspondent of the Daily “The Boers have occupied Bloys ¥arm, south of the Tugela, which is un- der an hour’s ride from Chieveley, and have turned hospital. On:the farm are hills commanding both bridges over the Tugela, rts Wylie and Molyneux, and from which a view of Bulu- ysmith is obtainable. There s much apprehension here regard- ing the Boer movement, and the authorities are on the alert.” F YR TOTTS IV OUTU IS SUTe T BT O VS SRRSO OUe 4 AT MAGERSFONTE N BOERS SURPRISED IN THEIR TRENCHES AND FORTY SEVEN BAYONETTED BY THE HIGHLANDERS. Buller’s the homestead into a + 44444440 belief that Roberts is about to advance. The message states that every avallable truck of the Western Railway system has been secured by the mmtnry authorities. - BULLER WILL MAKE ONE MCRE ATTEMPT LONDON, Feb. 12.—Winston Churchill sends from Frere Camp to the Morning Post a long review of the situation. He says: “General Buller always thought it im- possible to hold the triangle of Natal north of the Tugela, but the initial mis- take was made owing to the miscalcula- tions of the Boer strength and the fact that millions’ worth of stores hase been colleted at Ladysmith. From the the first he regarded the relief of Ladysmith as a forlorn hope. He did not feel justified in ordering a subordinate to perform such a doubtful task. “The absence of good maps has cost much blood. An attempt to thrust the L L S S ettt @ T ne Upon appearing before the troops on Friday WHITE MAN STRUNG UP BY TEXANS Lynched for a Murder After the Law Had Failed to Punish. | SABBATH TRAGEDY AT PORT ARTHUR }Jury's Verdict of “Not Guilty” Set Aside by a Mob of Aveng- ing Citizens. ORT ARTHUR, Texas, Feb. 11— James Sweeney ( ) was lynched at 1 o'clock this m ng. Sweeney was a cotton scre killed Charles Cr laborer, by running his neck. The crime the afternoon of Februar in a room, with no witnesses prese 18 said to have resuited from a fight that | took place a few hours p s. On Mon- | and probable numbers of the Boers near | Colesberg, where they are not inclosed, | but only half surrounded on the south. He points out that the Boer poslllr)ns‘ cover a front of twenty miles and infers | that there must be several thousand of the enemy on the ground. He expresses | | the hope that the rumor from Durban | that a Boer force is advancing in the hope | of outflanking General Buller is correct, for he considers that General Joubert | would thus, expose himself to just the | sort of blow it is so difficult to deliver against the fortified positions north of the Tugela. BRITISH SCOUTS TAKEN PRISONER BY BOERS RENSBURG, Feb. 11.—A picket of five Victorian Rifles, after holding a post for some hours yesterday, was forced to re- tire, the Boers getting on a hill and firing down upon them. Three were slightly wounded, one is missing and one escaped unhurt. Out of a patrol from Tjuofontein, under Captain Hamilton, composed of eight Tasmanians and eight of General French’'s scouts, only two Tasmanians and three scouts returned. The others were captured by the Boers. In Wednesday’'s brush two correspon.- ents, Mr. Hales of the London Dally News and Mr. Lambie of the Melbourne Age, fell behind. Mr. Haief, who was slightly wounded, was captured by the Boers and Mr. Lamble was killed. The British took two prisoners. YOUNG OFFICERS INCITED THF. SOUDANESE MUTINY CAIRO, Feb. 11.—The official investiga- tions show that only a few Egyptian offi cers, all of them young men, were in. volved in the trouble with the two Soudan- ese battalions, whom they had advised to obey the orders to give up cartridges. It seems that the Implicated officers had be- | | | | | Government and ¢ indicted for murder in the first degree. He was placed on trial at Beaumont, Texas, on Friday, and last night the jury returned a verdict of not | gutlty. As soon as he was day Sweeney was -ased Sweeney re- turned to Port Ar arriving here at 12:30 this morning. W had been tele- sraphed ahead that he coming, and arched him to a telephene the first at- 1 attempt a mob met him at up town and strun pole without ceremony tempt the rope br: was made successt legs, so his feet ground, and dra the rope taut Its work accom the mob, which was made up of Port Arthur citizens, dis- persed quietly. Sheriff Langham of Beaumont was no- tified and immed rted for Port Arthur. He re ont to- night with “Jac S8 steve- dore and a fellow-workman of Crum- bach’s, in cus believed to have been a ri Port Arthur he Kansas Ci road. The advent of that and most of its citiz ple. The citizen but none of them GALAPAGOS ISLANDS NOT WANTED BY AMERICA United States Has Merely Ap- proached Ecuador to Obtain a Conlmg Smtxon. Special Calle. 1o 1 lynching, femn it. PANAMA b. 11.—The Her: spondent in Guayaquil says that ine of the Ecudorian Government regardirg the reported negot that sale of the Gal with a response t exist. The [ bald J. Samp for the pure merely as mit the Ur station on ter of For would pres final action GERMANY uyn}:nmvm Looks With Disfavor Upon the Ital- ian Reciprocity Treaty. come excited over Anglophobe articles published by the Liwa, which praised the Transvaal and advised the Egyptians to take advantage of British distractions in South Africa. None of the senior officers are in any way implicated. A court of inquiry will sit immediately to investigate the affair. REFSIIE S CONSCRIPTION IN wered that he to Congress for BERLIN. Feb. 1L.—The Italian treaty AUSTRALIA URGED | witn the United States | attention and is i | from the t of LONDON, Feb. 12.—The Dalily Mul!asn:: “Tlunn‘-;\ - publishes the followng dispatch from | (g %nc® rticles upon which the United States Government is making reductions, like toys, a dyes, iron Continued on Second Page. cement, are especially Gs 8 ticles, and that the United S eimimieiieiieieiibiiniiie-ing | parently endeavoring to br in pressure upon Germany the pzudu\‘ negotiations. ez Stricken With Paralysis. Special Dispatch to PACIFIC GROVE ton, a wealthy resident of t < - - t his home ——ac TR ts of what Heved to be a stroke y 3 attending to busine day atternoon Ch 2R T vas suddenly a and his voes 1.2 o= Ro: Y -y iy became ow states, owever, that the paralysis was only par- tlal and temporary, being due to the eon~ gestion of the braih caeac K REIB Editor Found Dead. % @ erfedeefelnfeefefontoorfeten) enemy back from Brakefontein or Doorn Kloof would have cost 3000 men, and since at least two brigades must keep the door open behind us, too few would have re- mained to force the way to Ladysmith. Moreover, General Buller remembers his army is the only army for the defense of the rest of Natal. Therefore, he decided to withdraw and try elsewhere. “Another flerce attempt will be made to force the Tugela. Great Britain must realize the ugly faet that the relief of Ladysmith would strain an army of 50,000, and that 100,000 men would not be too many. The country, therefore, must be prepared for a heavy loss, and per- haps for disappointment. “Remembering that considerations of honor, more than policy, demand cease- less efforts to relleve Ladysmith, the whole army, despite disappointments and retreat, regards General Buller with sym- pathy and trust such as are seldom seen even in fortunate circumstances. “The security of Southern Natal is our important consideration. The necessity of obtaining control of Delagoa Bay is very apparent. The ingress of foreigners and war material is ceaseless. Surely a set- tlement with Portugal would be only a question of money."” ‘Wilkinson Hopeful. LONDON, Feb. 12—Spencer Wilkinsos. in the Morning Post to-day, dwells upon the evidence of the unexpected activity FON DU LAC, Wis.. Feb. 11.—The body of Elijah Cone, the oldest news- aper men in was found frozen P the river In this city y. Mr. Cone | had been missing for forty-eight hours. Up to the time of his disappearance he was editor of the Fon du Lac Daily News. PREPAR 3 F\IJ?SES ,;’NSI:E TéhJE Prince Henry nt Vienna. SHELLS AT coAL [ VIENNA, Feb. 1l.—Prince Henry of LENSOC. Prussia arrived here to-day. Emperor Francis Joseph met him at the rallway | station and accompanied him to the Hofburg. The populace gave the Princa l an ovation. 3 } 3 } | BOERS OUTFLANK THE BRITISH AT RENSBERG RENSBURG, Saturday, Feb. 10.—The Boers outflanked tbe British ves- terday. A considerable force of the enemy was threatening the British com- munications betweeen Rensberg and Slingersfontein, twelve miles away, and during a reconnoissance by some Inniskillings and twenty Australians from Slingersfontein the Boers were discovered attempting to get a gun into posi- tion to shell the British camp. The Australians, having come into very close contact with the enemy, took cover under a hill about %000 yards from the camp. Thereupon the Boers took up a position with a view of preventing their retreat. Some burghers got within 200 yards of the Australians and called upon them to surender. They replied by fixing bayonets and shouting deflance. Sergeant Edwards and two men made a dash, and galloping under a hot fire passed a number of hills held by Boers, took word that the Australlans were safe and confident of holding the enemy at bay and of getting out after dark, which they eventually did. The Inniskillings prevented the enemy getting their guns Into position. The Australians lost one man killed and three wounded. The convoys have been successful in getting to Slingersfontein to-day, the British escorts having had several brushes with parties of from twenty to thirty Boers infesting the region. Lieutenant Colonel Page, with a section of artillery and 150 horse, got one large convoy through by shelling the en- emy out of the road. The Boers also outflanked us on the west, placed a gun in position at Bastards Neck and fired on one of our outposts, driving off 1000 sheep. To-day the Boers shelled the British camp, but with little effect. R e e e e e e AR R R R R R Rl i : : : % : i :