The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 14, 1900, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISOCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1900. BOERS DRIVE TN“TTTE ST R OFTTPOSTS. During Hard Fighting Near Colesberg Strenu-| Efforts Are Made Imperial Troops-—Consider- able L.osses Reported—Buller in Danger of Being Sur- ous to -~ PP Iounded. ?.,o et et et eoed @ PSS b ONDON, Feb. 14.—A dispatch ; l to the Daily Mail from _ Rensburg, dated yesterday, | , e has been hard fighting for ¢ ome days near Colesberg, the Boers © meking strenuous efforts to outflank ¥ the British left. The enemy occupies | | str positions from Achtertang | _ through Potfontein to a point five miles south of Jagersfontein. » “The fighting at the outpost camp | o has been very severe during the last , few days. Yesterday the Boers at- o tacked the position of the Won TS, | o to the southeast of Colesberg. Fi - e ing continued all day and after dark & it was considered necessary to with- ¢ draw to Rensburg. Our losses are not yet known. . “On the left the West Australians, | @ Wiltshires and Berkshires had hot fighting, but held their positions ¢ against long odds. The Boer losses ¢ were considerable ® . “Owing to the growing difficulties experienced by convoys reaching 4 e latter wers vacated d the troops withdrew . g “The Boers are burning the farms of the loyalists, but the latter have away with contrived to their stock.” get .. ONDON news TO TAKE UP PosiTioN sb s ea e ey . P*P09 PP R bede oo - e e e oe rected the Eighth e to go out BRITISH TROOPS DRIVEN IN FROM THE OUTPOSTS e . both retreat sides the various outposts ring heavy on The patch ids that it is doubtf f Rens- RENSBURG, Feb 2 (evening).—The burg be held ve again drive in the British S westers nan to-car. <1t EXPLANATIONS MADE Nek, < IN THE COMMONS LONDON, Feb. 13—In the House of ay Thomas Hedderwick, for Wyck district, gave aittention to without rep- ial Parliament n for a month that time “will discussion. 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When debate on the army supple- estimates was resumed Mr. ham, during the course of a speech, ain Intimated that an attempt would be made to democraticize the army, which, he said, he thought ought not to be closed ers who did not enjoy an Income of from £150 to £500 a also said it was a s ndal 0400000006000 0000080 0090600000000 4000009090000000000040+0 the commanders In | ily in Pretoria, who will pay dearly for it. | he Secretary | diers who got astray during the Dundee Ir. Wyndham | and danger to | the empire that young men could not en- | ter the cavalry unless th able to give them £500 1 y The Under Secretary further announc that it was not intended to raise volunteers in Ire- land. ENGLISHMAN SHOT FOR BEING A BOER SPY New York Herald. Copy- New York Herald Com- ation of this dispatch is All rights reserved in the Great Britain.] PARIS, 13.—The Temps' corre- spondent in Durban sends an account of the execution of an English lighthouse- keeper, who was a spy in the service of the Boers. One day while a troopship wac passing the high promontory on r fathers were lightho! is situated an officer’s atten- tion was attracted by singular heliograph signals that were being made on the other side of the lighthouse. The keepe was watched and it was found that by the use of the ordinary heliograph code | the keeper signaled each new arrivsl of troops, each moyement in port and the number of men, cannons and horses dis- embarked to accomplices situated on a mountain some dist: away. These messages were repeated from post to post and reached the Boer headquarters on the Tugela river in two or three days, and this has been going on for some time since the outbreak of the war. He was paid £60 for each telegram, and before beginning his operations had re- ceived £900 on account, which was proved by an examination of his account at the | Transvaal National Bank, which has a branch at Durban, and which pald him the money. He was a full-bred English- man, @ years old, and had been emploved | in the lighthouse for a long time. His wife and five children would not belicve | in his guilt and a painful scene took place | when he was transferred on board a man- | cf-war, where he was shot, - TWO GIRLS AIDED CHURCHILL’S ESCAPE | (Special Cable to the New York Herald. Copy- right, 190, by New York Herald Com- pany. Republication of this dispatch is probibited. All rights reserved in the ['iitea States ana Great Britain.] BRUSSELS, Feb. 13.—According to pri- vate letters from Pretoria inquiry has re- vealed that, although Winston Churchill, for honorable motives, alleges that he es- caped single handed, he was assisted by vhich the | | | heretofore. + | DD 49D -0 o —_— B At = AT THE TUGELA | s Temea BOER RIFLEMEN PICRING OFF THE BRITISH TROOP & AS THEY ADVANCE.. B R R e R R T P : § + ® t %0— L d SHHHH A4 bbb b4y The Uniac Portugueza. of this city received the following special cablegram yesterday, which sub- stantiates the prediction made in The Call last Sunday: LISBON, Feb. 13.—The King has signed a protocol of a se- cret offensive and defensive alliance with England, with the approval of the leaders of the militant parties of both countries. ) ® * . PEEIEE At Er e et @ A o 2 44444444424 444440 bed * @rH444444444 0450040444449 | | amounts being raised to equip volunteers. The equipment of the Yeomanry Hospital | has just left England for the Cape. The ladies at the head of this charity have | now decided to raise funds to kecep the hospital going for six months and have | issued the following appeal to the British | tesidents of the United States: oring to address an appeal to | D | We are end |in a few weeks. 54 + BRITISH COMMISSIONERS s MURDERED IN BURMAH + { RANGOON, British Burmah + gioners Middle and Sutherland : emarcation of the Burmo-Chinese boundary, have been mur- + dered in the Monghem district. Consul Litter was wounded, : but escaped. e o 2 our fellow-countrymen, who, although absent front their native land, are mixed up heart and soul in its prosperity. At this moment, when we see Volunteers from every quarter of the British empire linked in ome common bond of nd shoulder to shoulder with Eng- fighting for the freedom of the op- pressed, will Englishmen, Scotchmen and Irish- men net unite with us and identify themselves with this same noble spirit by assisting us to alleviate the sufferings of those who are risk- ing their lives in Africa? America has gener- ously given and is still maintaining a hospital ship for our wounded soidiers. This munifi- cence is deeply appreciated in our coun It 1s not to America that we now appeal. It is to those who cannot for various reasons fight at their country’s call Il the bravest of Great Britain's soldiers will shortly be at the front. We would ask their absent com- rades to prove by their liberality that they are mindful of the sufferings of those who fall bravely in keeping up the traditions of British soldiers, A NON-COMBATANT RENSBURG, Feb. 13. — An Australlan newspaper correspondent, Mr. Reay, paid an In ting visit to the Boer Sund: make i o of Ris mi: coiteague, Mr. Hale of the London who was captured on February 7, at the time Mr. Lambie of the Melbourne Age was Mr. Reay ar- rived at the ez afolded. When taken before r t Delarey his eyes were unbandaged Delarey said he deeply regretted t non-combatant hed been killed ard pressed his sympathy with Mr. Lambie's widow. Mr. Reay was then escorted to Mr. Lambie's grave, and the latter's watch and other personal effects were handed over to Mr. Reay. The escort in- formed Mr. Reay that the two republics had 120,000 men fighting and were able to continue the war Indefinitely. WOO0D HAS SEIZED ZOUTPANS DRIFT 13.—A private telegram the force com- LONDON, Feb. received here says that manded by General Wood has moved up | from the southward and seized Zoutpans Drift, which he now holds. BRITISH CASUALTIES AT POTGIETERS DRIFT LONDON, Feb. 13.—A revised list of the British casualties at Potgieters Drift from February 5 to February 7 shows: Killed, 26; wounded, 319; missing, 5. STARVING OUT THE MAFEKING GARRISON LONDON, Feb. —An undated dispatch from Mafeking, via Gaberones, Fabru 2, says: Colonel Baden-Powel!l has re- celved a communication from Lord Rob- erts, promising that relief would be sent The food will iast. The The Bocrs garrison is as game as ever. , Feb. 13.—The British Commis- , who had been engaged in the TPV +0 0000000000000 04Q |4+ 444443434 4444444444443 44494992944994 tttt ettt ettt AR R JE S I | have expressed their intention not to fight but to starve us out. All well, The War Office has posted a dispaich trom Colonel Kekewich. dated Sunday, February 11. to the effect that Kimberiey was bombarded throu Thursday, February 8. During the morning of Feb- ruary 9, a small infantry gagement lasting two hours occurred at Alexan- dersfontein. The situation rwise is unchanged. ELEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY SUITS FILED IN ONE DAY Depositors of the Union Savings Bank of San Jose Take Action Against Stockholders. Special Di teh to The ¢ SAN JOSE. Feb. 1 | ana fifteen suits were il Rosenthal's court to-day by depositors of the fnsolvent Union Savings Bank agah.st the stockholders of that institution. This } bateh of was brougl sixteen | plaintifts all o stocknold- ers are defendants. The a s are for pro rata liability on the bank accoumts and range in amount from a few cents to $80. At the same time between 59 and 1000 | demurrers to the same suits were also flied. There was a large array of legal talent pres In most ca were demanded Christ vs. Wh r The (; f st be deposited e If all cases g y ses, with nearly 2 e recently w »ecupy Jus- s time for aimost a year. JACK THE HUGGER IS NEARLY BEATEN TO DEATH Insulter of Women in Boise Meets With Severe Punishment From Angry Husbands. Special Dispatch to The Caill, BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 13.—Women passing along Boise's streets after dark have been frightened Into hysterics of late by | “Jack the Hugger rush from dark and then ¥ | warrant for h be adorned ‘Offl(‘fl'! do not | a draughtsman and has | ts here. leading archite | Agnews’ Managers Meet. T atch to The Call Spe: | SAN JOSE 13.—The = Agnews to-night | Upham president of t Montg K. Wi | cently Curnow, ent and took h ‘ Examined on Murder Charge. MEDFORD, Or., Feb. 13.—The prelim- fnary examination of A. J. Hamiin, who shot Ed_Armstrong here Sunday, | was held to-day before Justice of the | Peace James Stewart. Hamiin was placed under $1%0 bonds to appear before the next Grand Jur: D s e 2 o o ol o o g two girls belonging to a well-known fam- It is also asserted that 2000 English sol- | retreat, going north instead of south, have arrived in Portuguese territory and heen disarmed after wandering hungrily through Zululand. Letters to several Brussels friends and to the Petit Bleu state that there are now eight gold mines being worked by the Transvaal Government, including Robin- | son, Bonanza, Ferreiria, Deep Rose, Deep | Wemmer, Village Maid and Crown Reef. Others are about to be reopened. Boers are working them so wel that they ave vielding thousands of pounds more than In the Simmer Jack mine was found a splendid ambulance carriage, pre- | sented to the company in view of the war by Cecil Rhodes. It has been sent to General Cronje at Magersfontein. RHODES TO BE HELD { HOSTAGE FOR INDEMNITY LONDON, Feb. 13.—The friends of Cecil Rhodes are becoming alarmed at his pos- sible fate and have sent an emissary to see Dr. Leyds, the diplomatic agent of the Boers in Europe, in regard to the prob- able course the Boers would pursue in the event of his capture. Dr. Leyds assured | the intermediaries that the Boers did not intend to kill Mr. Rhodes, but, he added, | they would certainly hold him as a hLost-| age until the indemnity for the Jameson | raid was pald. In view of the develop- ments since the raild the Boers have also decided to double the amount of the in- demnity demanded, so Mr. Rhodes' | friends will have to hand over £2,000,000 | ($10,000,000) before he is released. ! It is also learned definitely that Dr. Jameson is still at Ladysmith, in spite of all conflicting reports. A semi-official paragraph is published in the Globe this | afternoon saying Germany does not con- template intervention. The German Government, it is added, does not conzider itself concerned In the future status or in the existence of the Boer republics, oo i 753 WORK OF WOMEN FOR THE SICK AND WOUNDED LONDON, Feb. 13.—As the conviction grows in Great Britain that the war will be long the efforts for providing for the sick and wounded and the families of the soldiers at the front are redoubling. There is searcely a woman in England, who, in addition to mailing articles of clothing for those in the field and in the hospitals, is not working for and contributing to some social fund. Mrs. Arthur Paget's entertainment to- night brought in over £5000 for the fami- lies of the Household Troops, in which her husband Is a colonel of the Scots Guards, the Mansion House fund exceeds £690,000, the Dally Telegraph's fund amounts to £119,000 and the Dally Mali's totals £77,000. These amounts cover only the larger London funds, and do not In- clude numerous provincial funds of large things. "' s to-day: No. 2. Centuries ago, dur- ing St originated. ‘hen it has been observed, chanzing, however, a little from time to time. ‘10 the Roman Empire, Valentine’s day Ever since But St. Valentine’s is traditionally a day of choosing— a day in which to make selections of one Kind or another. At one time people only chose valentines on that day, but the present hurrying age looks more to practical Some folks now choose clothes, and especially when by coincidence they can get an extreme value on that day. Here is a suggestion to those who choose to choose all-wool blue serge suits They are single and double breasted sack suits, fashionably made from goed material that will give long service. Out-of-fown orders filled—writs us—ask anything you wish about the sui Mention that you would like our clothing catalogue