The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 13, 1900, Page 1

The VOLUME LXXXVII—-NO. 103. all. SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 1900. UNCLE SAM SENDS APPEAL FOR PEACE Stretches a Point to Aid the Boers, but Great Britain Will Demand Unconditional Surrender. . "IN BE of a _dispatek 1 which it re- nor Hay, m Jut representa- re President, whether t the pre 1 of of peace that Pres- First—Reorganization of the inde- pendence and sovereignty of the Bouth African republic and Orange Free State. Second—Naturalization to be con- | ferred upon foreigners residing five years in the Transvaal. Third—English and Dutch to be taught in the public schools and to be used in the courts. Fourth—Arbitration of claims growing out of the Jameson raid, of the coolie gquestion, of the dispute growing out of the restrictions im- posed by the South African republic upon the negroes of the entire Trans- vaal and of all other questions at is- gue between the belligerents. who very good 5 ation, stated that the b ident Kru to re- leve his of the suze of ” he econtinued, “that h t republic should be re- moved fr ropean politics, and he is i should be the in Europe.” aythority said to-night nd Russia stand ations to Great of peace just as assured the United good offices to that France end LONDON, March ender on the part of the Transvaal Orange Free State and absolute to consider any - proffer end declination good offices of intervention on the part of any foreign power is, according to ex- celient authority, the policy decided upon by the British Government. Ifour’s announcement that the terms spon which Her Majesty's Government was willing to end the war would very shortly be laid before Parliament—accord- ing to some reports to-day—created the livellest interest among members of all ehades of politics. It quite overshadowed LEA from | ng the Boer appeal 2.—Unconditional | of | e Special Dispatch to The Call. 0000000 e GUERED M in the public mind, for the time being, B >mfontein, he e miles distant. d that the documents yur promised to produce sting of only two tele- is the communication Kruger and Steyn ex- of the Transvaal ate to surrender pro- now wh h brief, cc The first The reply of the Govern- any such terms, and the statement that I'thére must be unconditional surrender. | In the Parliamentary lobbles yesterday | the 1dea of entertaining any such pro- | posals at the present juncture was alto- | gether scouted. Military experts believe that the end of the is still far distant. The result of the action of Presidents Kruger and great powers and also to the Governments of Belgium, Holland and Switzerland, is awaited with intense interest. KRUGER APPEALS TO THE POWERS TO INTERVENE » that President Kru- g = Consuls at Pretoria, has led for the intervention of the great s in the Transvaal war and has also led to the Governments of Belgium, « 1 and Switzerland. DURBAN, Monday Tr. al having appealed for media ain, March 12—The to Germany tion in the war with Great Brit- Germany has replied that she de- es to Interfere, as she is in no way ncerned in the conflict. LONDON, March 12—In the House of Commons to-day Mr. Balfour, the First Lord of the Treasury and Government leader, replying to a question as to wheth- er, consistently with public interest, ho could - state the essential conditions on which alone the Government would entar- taln peace proposals from the South Af- r republics, promised that papers in this connection would shortly be presented | to the House of Commons. Being asked if there was any founda- tion for the report.that President Kruger had addressed a communication %o the Government, Mr. Balfour reiterated his promise that papers bearing cn this sub Ject would be presented to the House within a short time s learned that the papers promised Balfour will be presented to-mor- d will confirm in every respect tha cabled by the Associated, Press on last, that the peace rumors were ded on the fact that President Eru- ger had appealed to Lord Salisbury for a cessation of hostilities, setting forth at length by cable the terms which he was ing to accept, and also that the cabled patch to the Premier was signed by President Steyn as well as by President Kruger. Lord Salisbury’'s anewer is exactly as give the Associated Press at the same tim mely, that the advances had met wi n emphatic rejection at the hands of Lord Salisbury, who also said that no such attempt to retain the independence of the Transvaal could be considered for a moment by the British Government. L rd H. Courtne; 1. P., and others, in behalf of the South African conciliation committee, will memorialize Lord Salis- bury to make peace, now that the British arms are triumphant, on the basis of 1 rights to all whites and disarma- ment, leaving the two republics naticnal life within their own borders. |INTEREST CENTERS IN THE POLITICAL ASPECTS LONDON, March 13, 4:20 a. m.—Lord Roberts is making a very rapld advance, and he Is again misleading the Boers by continuing the advance southward in- | stead of through the flat country due east of Aasvogel Kop. He will probably | seize the railway south of Bloemfontein, | and, although another battle Is possible, | it 1s more likely that the Boers are only endeavoring to delay his advance until all | the rolling stock of the rallway and the stores and troops from the Orange River district can he got away. Such confidence is now felt In the military operations that interest rather centers in the political as- row an new ay AFKING. Making for the bomb-proof at the alarm of “Here comes the shells.” The Boers are pressing the siege of Mafeking with redoubled efforts in hopes of the moral effect it will have upon the Afrikanders should Bloemfontein fall. The sketch was made by the special artist of a London daily at the front. dence of the republics | a peremptory refusal to entertain | Steyn In appealing for intervention of the | executive { : SONPPSIPSPSPAP SOUP AP PP SPUD U D O SO SO SO SO S SO SD S5 S SD SRR SR SIS L9 S S A S8 S 3 pects of the war. The Daily News quotes the importance of Lord Roberts’ advance | Whitelaw Reid as saying in a private let- being only ter: “I give you hearty congratulations on | the changed aspect of the war. It is an immense relief to us all as well as to 2 | ‘This view,” says the Dally News, “is | welcome as expressing with unusual measure of authority enlightened public | feeling In the United States.” Except in the case of Germany the re- | plies of the powers to the Boer appeals for intervention are not yet known pub- | licly here, but it is quite certaln that Austria-Hungary and Italy will decline to interfere, and there is no apprehension | that anything will come of the overtures ‘ot the two republics. A dispatch from Iourenzo Marques an- nounces the arrival there of Mr. Fischer, the Orange Free State Secretary, and Mr. Woolmarans, a member of the Transvaal council. It is not known | whether they are bound on a mission to foreign powers or to Sir Alfred Milner. Mr. Woolmarans is in President Kruger's confldence. | Cecil Rhodes has issued a statement that his forthcoming visit to England has | solely to do with private business and 1s in no way connected with the South Af- | rican settlement. | A ) | COLONIES EXPECTED TO CONTINUE SUPPORT LONDON, March 12—At the commence- ment of the debate in the House of Com- mons to-day on the army estimates the Parllamentary Secretary for the War | Office, Mr. Wyndham, declared ‘that re- cent events did not justify at the present time any diminution in the provision for | the further conduct of the campalgn In ‘South Africa. The financlal-cost of the | | war, he declared, was.not immediately altered by fluctuations of fallure or suc- cess. Tt would be rash at present to think that the number of months the British army would remain in South Africa was likely to be materially shortened. So the Government estimates included what was believed to be enough money to continue the efforts at full pressure for another six months and at. half pressure for six months thereafter. Continuing, Mr. Wyndham said he con- 1(omplaled that the colonies would in | future continue their military support of the empire on a systematic basis, and they might live to see this new force rey- olutionize the problem of imperial de- fense. The colonies, he declared, had not fulfilled a contract but had obeyed the | instinct of the imperial race. It might be that in the future the colonies would not only seek to perpetuate their present ac- tion but would seek to render a repetition by some organization on prearranged lines. The speaker paid a high tribute to the heroism of the troops, who, he sald had so splendidly contributed to the deep- lalad strategy of Lord Roberts. Regarding shooting practice, Mr. Wynd- ham said that the Government proposed to expend £140,000 on rifle ranges and in sending officers to Switzerland to study the subject of ranges. Discussing the necessity for additional battalions In order to enable the same number of battalions to be at home as were abroad and the Impossibility of re. ducing the forces abroad, the Secretary | incldentally remarked: “No one had ever found the opportunity or time to with- draw our troops from Egypt and no one ever would find time.” Regarding garrisons abroad, Mr. Wynd- ham said that only by more voluntary system of recrulting could the garrisons be maintained. TWO LIEUTENANTS AMONG BRITISH OFFICERS KILLED LONDON, March 12.—The War Office this morning issued the following dispatch from Aasvogel Kop under date of March 1S 468 OUTHITTED THE BOERS Lord Roberts, by Rapid Advance, Reaches a Point Twelve Miles South of Bloemfon- tein. 4444440 | e+ GENERAL FRENCH AT BLOEMFONTEIN LONDON, March 13, 9:55 a. m.— 4+ The War Office has received a 4+ dispatch from Lord Roberts an- t nouncing that General French I i : reached Bloemfontein last evening aassssssssnsesscsnsnsass and occupied two hills close to the rallway station. ENTERS VLEIT, Orange Free State, March 12, Monday even- ing.—The British forces, which since the fighting at Dreifontein have been marching rapidly, have turned the Boer position. The Brit- ish cavalry is ahead. The Boers were reported this morning about 12,000 strong with gighteen guns in position on a range of kopjes commanding the road to Bloemfontein, which is distant fif- teen miles. LONDON, March 13—The Daily News has the following dispatch, dated Monday evening, March 12, from Venters Vlet: “We left Aasvodel Kop this morning, preceded by cavalry, and marched here, a distance of about fifteen miles. The army has been following Kraal Spruit and we are now rather to the south of Bloem- fontein and only about twelve miles off. All the divisions have now joined the main advance. Lord Roberts’ headquar- ters are at Gregorowski's farm. You will | remember that the reform prisoners were tried before Judge Gregorowski. “By advancing along Kraal Spruit Lord Roberts has again outwitted the Boers, who had entrenched themselves along the Modder, thinking that our route would be in that direction. We found most of the farms along our line of march de- serted, with white flags flying over the houses. All the belongings worth removal had been taken away and there were evi- dent signs that the occupants left in a great hurry, things being littered about. The commander-in-chief has given strict orders that nothing is to be touched. It is not expected that we shall meet with great opposition in entering Bloemfon- tein."" i SRR AMERICA DOES NOT ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY PARIS, March 13, 6:45 a. m.—The Gau- lois publishes the following from its Lon- don correspondent: “According to good authority President Krugerand President Steynhave not made a formal proposition of peace, but have asked the British Government, through the United States, the conditions it would accept for the opening of negotiations on the basis of the independence of the re- publics. President Kruger is alleged to has sald that he would accept mediation, but the United States Government, in transmitting this communication, took care to declare that it did not assume the responsibility for the initiative in media- tion.” The London correspondent of the Matin says: “I learn that United States Embas- gador Choate recelved last evening a long and important eable from the United States relative to South Africa which he will communicate to-day to Lord Salis- bury.” ARETR e Stowe Visits Cronje. CAPE TOWN, March 12.—James G. Stowe, United States Consul General here, has pald a visit to General Cronje at the latter's request on board the British cruiser Doris. They conversed with the aid of an interpreter. General Cronje ex- pressed great satisfaction with his sur- roundings and with the treatment he had received at the hands of the British. , Mr. Stowe has also visited the camp where the Boer prisoners are at Simons- town. He was shown where they had excavated a tunnel for a distance of twenty-five yards with tin dishes and cups. If the tunnel had been continued another dozen yards their escape would have been possible. One of the prisoners gave information of the plot. plattelF o Mob Attacks Schreiner. SCARBORCUGH, England, March 12.— Cronwright Schreiner, husband of Olive Schreiner, and other advocates of the Boer cause were invited to dine here this evening at a restaurant belonging to the firm of Mr. Rowntree, a former member of the House of Commons. When the fact became known a hostile and continu- ally growing crowd gathered outside and began to sing patrictic songs. Finally an attack was made upon the restaurant, the crowd wrecking its elaborate front. Schreiner and Rowntree were compelled to escape by a side door and were badly hustled by the crowd. The incident oc- curred well on in the evening. Eventu- ally mounted police charged and dispersed the disturbers. g LD Naval Officers Decorated. LONDON, March 13.—The Queen has conferred the companionship of the Bath upon Captain the Hon. Hedworth Lamb- ton of the first-class cruiser Powerful, and upon Captain Percy Scott of the first-class cruiser Terrible for their services in the military operations at Ladysmith. —_——— No News From Mafeking. LONDON, March 13.—No further news has been received from Mafeking, but it turns out that Colonel Peakman com- mands the relief column which is march- 12, 5:30 &. m.: “We were unopposed during the march yesterday. The officers I left at the last camp to record the list of casualties have not yet arrived. The following additional casualties are known, however: “Klilled—Lieutenants F. N. Parsons and A. B. Coddington of the Essex Regiment, “Wounded—Lieutenants C. Berkeley (se- verely), Lloyd Arm and G. H. Raleigh. “General Gatacre reports that he was within a mile of the Bethulie Railway bridge yesterday. The bridge was par- tlally destroyed and the enemy was hold ing the opposite bank." I ing from Kimberley. CARDINAL DIANOSSA SUMMONED BY DEATH ‘Was the Candidate of Austria in the Conclave Which Elected Pope Leo. VEHONA, Italy, March L Dianossa, Bishop of Verona, is dead. He Cobtiave which elected Fope Leo. ‘| jutant General Colller as well. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ARREST OF TAYLOR MAY BE ATTEMPTED Kent ucky Democrats Said to Be Plan- ing the Imprisonment of the Republican Governor. RANKFORT, March 12.—The situ- ation in Frankfort to-night shows a radical improvement from that of twenty-four hours ago. Public excltement, worked up to the high-| est pitch by the arrest of Secretary of State Powers, Captain Davis and the oth- ers accused of complicity in the assassin- atfon of Governor Goebel, and by rumors among the Republicans that the hastily organized militia of Governor Beckham was to attempt to take possession of the State buildings or arrest Governor Tay- lor, and among the Democrats that the State militia would attempt to arrest| Governor Beckham, died away almost en- tirely when it became evident that neither side had any intention of initiating hos- tilitles. Nevertheless, great uneasiness still exists, especlally among the Republi- cans. Democratic leaders do not deny the re- ports that further arrests will be made in connection with the Goebel assassina- tion, which one prominent Democrat sald to-day might also iInclude some anti- Goebel Democrats, and already several Republican members of the Legislature have left Frankfort, presumably to avold possible arrest. Rumors in regard to the Governor Taylor and Republican mem- bers of the Legislature, but that of Ad- No war- rant has been issued for General Colller as yet, however. Sheriff Suter assured General Colller of that fact this morning upon the latter’s arrival from Louisville. General Colller drily remarked that Sher- it Suter could find him five minutes after a warrant was issued. In the service of further warrants lles arrests included not only the name of | one of the critical points of the general situation, as several Republican legisla- tors have openly expressed their Inten- tion to resist such service to the last, while an attempt to arrest Governor Tay- lor at present would in all probability be attended by consequences unpleasant to contemplate. Governor Taylor has been urged by several Republican leaders to remove the seat of government to London for the present, where he would be safer from the possibility of arrest, but it is understood he has refused to take such action and will remain in Frankfort un- til the Federal courts have finally passed upon the disputed Governorship. Legislature to Adjourn. ‘The developments of the next twenty- four hours probably will settle things one way or the other, as the Legislature has but that much longer to live, and with a peaceful final settlement and a departure of the legislators much pressure will be removed. Absolutely nothing occurred during the day to create excitement. Nevertheless, both sides took further precautions to guard their interests. A conference was held during the day between Governor Beckham, Mayor Dehonex of Frankfort and Sheriff Suter, and shortly afterward Sheriff Suter swore in twenty-five extra | Deputy, Sheriffs and Mayor Dehoney fifty special policemen, members of the militia company organized yesterday. These men will be used to “preserve the peace until after the present crisis is past,” as Sherift Suter expressed it. Lieutenant Peake, commanding the militia contingent which started for London as guard for Secre- tary Powers and Captain Davis, returned from Lexington during the day. No more militia companies are expected here, ac- cording to General Colller. Both houses of the Legislature met af the usual hour to-day and transacted con- siderable business of a routine nature. Rumors that the Legislature was not to be allowed to meet at the State House drew a large crowd around the capitol grounds before the hour for calling the sessions, but only the usual guard was present in the square and no attempt was made to prevent the legisiators assem- bling. It was expected that the Tripplet resolution appropriating $100000 for the organization of a new State militia under Governor Beckham would come up for passage in the House, but the bill was not called up for some reason. During the day many of the legislators received vouchers in full payment of their'salaries, the vouehers being honored by a Frank- fort bank, acting, it is understood. as’ agent for a Loulsville bankingyinstitution, DEMOCRATS ARREST AN ASYLUM- STEWARD LOUISVILLE, Ky., March 12.—-W. L, Hazellpp was arrested this afternoon at the Central Asylum for the Insane on a charge of conspiracy. The charge is practically the same as that under which Secretary of State Caleb Powers and Captain John Davis are now-in custody. | Hazellpp Is alleged to have been impli- cated in the plot to assassinate Willlam Goebel. He Is the steward of the Central Asylum and was appointed to that office by Governor Bradley during his term. Hazelipp is from Grayson County. He is in the custody of detectives at Lakeland and will be brought to Louiswille. : ! : § : ; ? ! § } § ; % L e e e SENATE’S ACTION MAY KILL CANAL TREATY England Not Likely to Agree to Fur- ther Modifications of Clayton- Bulwer Agreement. LONDON, March 12—No communica- tions have passed between London and Washington in regard to the Nicaraguan canal treaty, and the reports cabled here that Lord Pauncefote, the British Em- bassador at Washington, had sent dis- patches to the Foreign Office bearing on this subject are incorrect. The Associ- ated Press is authorized to say that the attitude of the British Government is that, having agreed to all of Becretary Hay's requests without ask- ing for quid pro quo, it can do nothing more, nor express any opinion until new requests are made through the same. channel. As nothing of the kind had been done, no mnotice could be taken of the Senatorial action. It appears that Lord Salisbury has thus far devoted no attention to the matter. The United States Charge d'Affaires here, Henry White, had an interview with Lord Sallsbury to-day, but, as far 3 the Assoclated Press is able t4 ascer- tain, the Nicaraguan cahal matter was not discussed. Under the clrcumstances, it 1s difficult to definitely say what will be the probable attitude of Great Britain on this question, but the indications point to the fact that the adoption of the Sen- ate’'s amendment will result in Great Britain's refusal to further consider any modification of the Clayton-Bulwer The Daily News in an editorial dealing with the Hay-Pauncefote convention say: “The Monroe doctrine has been made responsible for some strange pretensions, but for none stranger than the claim to a military control of the Nicaragua canal. Even if President McKinley yields to the Senate it does not follow that Lord Salls- bury will yleld 4o President McKinley.” The Dally Chronicle says: ‘“‘We hope Lord Salisbury will not yield. We are all for ‘a good understanding with but we do not belleve it will be attained respondent in Managua reports that Presi- SIEGE INCIDENT ‘AT MAFEKING. A Boer shell after tearing away the roof and part of the wall of Rissle’s Hotel, the principal hostelry of the town, set fire to the debris, a matter of quite frequent occurrence. Outbreaks of this kind are promptly suppressed by those near, as shown In this picture, which is taken from the London Daily Graphic. O dent Zelaya, knowing the sensitiveness and patriotic feelings of the Nicaraguans, will not commit himself on the question of United States troops being landed to defend the projected canal. He sald the solution of the question rested wholly with Congress. TRAFFIC BLOCKED BY SNOW AND LAND SLIDES Six Houses Demolished at Sandon and One Man Loses His Life. VANCOUVER, B. C., March 12—No overland train has arrived here since Sat- urday, all traffic being suspended by mud and snowslides In the interfor. Heavy snowslides are reported from the Selkirk Mountains, carrying down trees and im- mense rocks, sweeping away the cut bank truss bridge 150 feet long between Bear Creek and Six-Mile Creek. From Sandon comes the news of an even more eerious disaster. A landslide at noon demolished six houses in the lower part of the town, burying one of the tenants, ‘Willlam « McLeod, beneath the mass of debris which crushed the houses as If they had been eggshells. Three others, occupants of the dwelling, were seriously injured, half a dozen others sustaining less severe injuries. Delayed overland passengers will go through to-morrow, transferring at the break in the line. REPORTED DROWNING OF TWENTY-TWO MEN HALIFAX, N. 8., March 12—A Yar- mouth dispatch reports that the steamer Counte collided with another steamer off Satle Island and the captain and twenty- one men were drowned. —_— French Boxer Dies. PARIS, March 12.—Guydo, the celebrat- ed boxer who met James Jeffries some months ago in Paris, dled last Saturday in the Hospital Bouccicault. He was ad- mitted to the institution about the mid- dle of February, when his case was diag- nosed as tuberculosis in its advanced | tfes of a Kansas City stages. Las ] L Rt S B S R e It R e e P 0e0 st 00 DEMOCRATS PLANNING FOR THE CONVENTION | Members of the National Committes Visit Kansas City to Perfect Arrangements. KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 12—Five members of the Democratic National Committee came to Kansas City to-day to start into motion the machinery for handling the Democratic Natlonal Con- vention next July. They are W. J. Stona of Mijssouri, J. G. Johnson of Kansas, Judge Adair Wilson of Colorado, D. J. Campau of Michigan and C. A. Walsh of Iowa. These gentlemen, with H. D. Clay- ton of Alabama and J. M. Guffey of Penn- sylvania, constitute the sub-committee of the national committee appointed to look after and direct the arrangements of the convention. Clayton is 1il and Guffey was unable on account of business engage- ments to be present. John I Martin, ser- geant-at-arms of the Natlonal Commit- tee, was here. The forenoon was spent In 1 Conventifon Hall, where the July gather- ing will be held. At 1 o'clock the mem- bers of the committee were entertained at luncheon at the Kansas City Club, where impromptu talks were mad Committeemen Stone, Johnson, Cun.p-bu'. Walsh and Martin and members of the local committee, Later the committee held conferences with the press, hotel and rail committees. The sessions was continued into the evening. The commite tee will not be able to finish its work tiil to-morrow. In the course of Interviews, the mem- ‘ bers of the sub-committee, well as the ress and telegraph reports, pronounced onvention Hall one of the best and most suitable for housing large gatherin, TFRTE . oot gy comsion urin; e day a ress 1t to look {lter the comfort apr Vi av: BaBstrined Tor carrvins out 1ts parpece sul or_c: E. M. Clendenning, who was ‘e’m man of the committee, was auth mittee to see that you have ai ac- commodations and are treated f: . We thl!h.'.lul: is sent you t -mnm gh_g' Q all will recelve just and eq mfi" t ment and will be accorded iuln hd.r‘:u. and thriving city, such