The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 24, 1900, Page 1

VOLUME LXXXVI— NO. 124, BAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 1900. PRICE FIVE CENTS MAFEKING'S FATE CAUSES BRITONS TO BE APPREHENSIVE Plumer’s Relief Force @Attacked and Driven Further Away Than Ever. Kruger Transvaal and Steyn Disputing Whether Republic Has Annexed the the Orange Free State. Bpecial Cabfe to The Call and New York Herald. Copyrighted, 1900, by the New York Herald Company. arch 24 —Mafeking’s fate public Interest spatches treat- umns have been ain so far amer 1s eking is ever. Com main Saturday. con- as the al- body An ar- ater part of Lemisch have telegraphed to the Premler, Dr. von Koerbe, demanding that he take steps to stop the exportation of forty- annon, which are said to have left the Skoda factory, Bohemia, on their way to Trieste, it belng further alleged that y are Intended for the use of the Brit- ish forces in South Africa. ATTACKS OF BOERS ON BLUMER'S FORCE LONDON, March 23, 9:20 p. m.—The War Office has fssued the following: “From the general at Cape Town to the Secretary of War: “CAF TOWN, March 23.—The foilow- res s to | ¥ » t British B r L 1t to either s r «( dile P twice as 1 . r feking as he was t t w Commandant Sny- . - K s old positions around F well's on, which. way, has estah ordnance L e e S its own home- throw home-made g telegram has arrived from Nichoisen, uwayo, March 16: vanced from the south in considerable | force this morning. They first advancel e e SR R Y ] FIGHTING AND WATCEING AT MAFEKING b 3 & SR 1 ¥ - to the effect that he has @ . red r sharp fighting, ¢ : atles to north. What dis- 4 : e i garrison can be better [ o e « me three weeks 3 he 3 18 tion to see the @ ows the men in the ¢ . Boe telescopes In looking for & Plumer + NPT B e R Y Boers . | from Goodes Siding. After a sharp en- S - gemer itenant Colonel Bodle's ad- had this did From not the the Boer forces of d . w Norvals Pont and tles from Springfon- curre in the Kroon- “ommandant Olivier had on 2 secessful battle near Bethulie ys earlier. m fr Boer sources can be re- < Kruger and Steyn are or not. Apparently g employment in in- President Kruger's stating that the London and pro- the territ of the Czar af- end of amusement in London and will not soon be forgotten. od yesterday TO STOP THE CANNON. VIENNA, March 25.—Deputies Wolf and | ish troops in South Africa. In regard to | Gaberones.' Free State | Gatacre | Generals hands » Transvaal has an- | oSt Was ¢ 11 ed to retreat. Tha tly carried out to casualties includ- n and a corpcral . probably pris- were woundal, with him close to who immediately surrounded exact Boer casualties are un- but several In the afternoon the Boers ad- ed farther north and shelled our p. om a ridge on our left. Our 12%- replied, the artillery continuing et. Lieutenant A. J. Tyler has of wounds. One native was nt Chapm < and two ive troopers man’s horse fell emy m. The YET PROBING INTO | METHUEN'S TACTICS LONDON, March 23.—In the House of Commons to-day John Gordon MacNell, Irish Nationalist member for South Doxe- gal, again asked for Information in regurd to the battle of Magersfontein, Lord Methuen's relations with Ms officers and affairs in Kimberley, but the Parliamont- ary Secretary of the War Office, George Wyndham, parried all the questions. He said he knew nothing confirming the sug- gestion that General Wauchope had raised objections to Lord Methuen's plan of bat- tle, and added that no investigations had been proposed into the alleged differences between Cecll Rhodes and Colonel Keke- wich. Indeed, he declared the War Office was not aware that the latter's authority | had In any way been questioned. | The oniy positive answer given by Mr. | Wyndham to the {nterrogations was to the effect that neither dum-dums nor any- thing in the nature of expanding or ex- plosive bullets had been used by the Drit- e e e SRR S 0 @'0 B R I S S e S S R e SRCE SC N S I s were shot at zhort | WITNESSES DESCRIBE THE GOEBEL MURDER Preliminary Examination of Secretary of State Powers Is Begun at Frankfort. s ;—QQOAW*M 2 ; ‘LLOBATSI, March 14.—The Boers ad- | G. &0*:‘0 - > B et TROOPS ON L e T e e R S S S S T S T S S UP A Y preliminary examination cf Sec tary of 8tete Culedb | Powers, | | sination of Willlam Goebel, bégan | to-day before Judge Moore. The Court- | hot was guarded ins out by | militia and scores sheriffs armed with Winchester rifies to prevent | possible interference from mountainee who were reported on their way Frankfort, but their presence was un- necessary the mountaineer: led to appear and no disorder ¢ The es to-day included Warden Eph L stective Armstrong, Sherift | Bosworth of Fayette County, who arrest- ed Secreta Captain John | Davis, and S! who is now under | i bonds, charged with complicity in the murder. The testimony tended to show that the shots came from that section of the executive building In which Secretary Powers' offiee is located, although no on swore that the shots were from the Sec- retary’s office. The strongest evidence who was in Gover- perhaps was given by Stias Jones ror Taylor's antercom when the shooting | took place.’ There were many in there | | whom he did not know. It was his im- pression the shots were fired from the ex- ‘muil\r bullding, and he thought from srner of the building In which Sec- * office is located. When the shots were fired he walked into the anteroom, where he saw Captain Davis | and Governor Taylor among others. There | was cons!derable excitement Governor Tavlor came to the door and wanted to | know who was shot Tried to Open Powers’ Door. “Did you see.any one try to open Caleb Powers’ door?” asked Attorney Polsgrove. “Yes; I saw a man with sandy whiskers the trouble between Colonel Bloomfield Gough and Lord Methuen, Mr. Wyndham said that the former's command expire] | March 15, and that his return home pre- | vious to that date was due to Lord | Methuen's action. An Investigation into this matter, he added, would be held as soon ae witnesses would return from South Africa. . pic AR | BOERS AT FOURTEEN [ STREAMS THREATENED LONDON, March 23.—A dispatch to the Daily News from Warrenton, dated Thursday, describing Lord Methuen's po- sition there, says: “A small flanking force sent through | Boshoft secured an important crossing, where the ferry had been destroyed, but foreseeing this Lord Methuen had another pont built, which is ready to be sent thither when an advance is considered opportune. The cavalry and infantry col- umn is en route for this point. Thus the position of the Boers at Fourteen Streams is formidably threatened. Lord Methuen's advance has not been hurried to the re- lief of Mafeking, where the pressure ap- parently has been relaxed as a result of operations elsewhere, but he 18 confident of his ability to push aside the opposition on the Vaal River when the proper time comes."” e ENFORCING MARTIAL LAW. CAPE TOWN, March 23.—It is under- stood that Sir Alfred Milner's mission northward is connected with the enforce- ment of martial law. He will use his per- sonal influence toward the pacification of disaffected centers. The Cape Ministry-is loyally supporting him. Martial law, in response to requests from loyalists, has been proclaimed in the Gordonia districts. i e ISOLATING PLUMER’S FORCES. LONDON, March 24.—A dispatch to the Dafly News from Lourenzo Marques, dated Friday, says: “It is reported here from Pretoria that Co: Bioff is solating golonol Plumer’s forces near | much str e o S e e e o GUARD AT KENTUCKY’S CAPITAL. with a hatchet,” replied Jones. Jones said there “as muth nelsr but M: Powers' office. i Secretar. On crors-examination Jones sald he saw Powers leave his office during the morn- ing for Louisville. This was previous to the shooting. lence was adduced to-day tending that the defendant was {mpli- but in one of the between the at- torneys for the def nd those of the commonwealth the fact was brought out tkat F. Wharton Golde: who s sald to have made a confesston, would be ‘called to the witness stand before the hearing ends. Prosecuting Attorney Polsgrove sald to-night that suffcient evidenee had | ready teen heard to warrant the arrest but that the case would be | nger before he was through. An incldent occurred during the after- noon that showed how the people are pre- pared for emergencles. ‘A soldier in the rear courtvard dropped his revolver on | the stone flagging and it exploded. In an instant every man in - the crowded courtroom was on his feet, fully a third of them with their hands to their rear pockets. Explained to the President. WASHINGTON, March 23.—Colonel An- owers, drew Cowan, a merchant of Loulsville, Ky.; Samuel J. Roberts, editor of the Lexington Leader,.and John Marshall, Republican Lieutenant Governor of the State, all prominent Republicans and friends of Governor Taylor, called at the White House hefore the Cabinet meeting | to-day and had a half-hour’s conversation with the President on the political -situa tion in Kentucky. On leaving the Execu- tive Mansion they stated that they had | | troops to be sent to the State or a | not asked for a Congressional inv | to.abide by their decision. ‘and then to the Supreme Court of A R i 4 AL al 71 WY Al T R e A S e D RANKFORT, Ky., March 23.—The ¥ trying to open the dcor. He struck it | called on Mr. McKinley for the sole pur- pose of explaining te him the exact situ- ation In the State “and what had led up charged with abetting the assas- | could not say that he hSard“any from | {o the present cordition of affairs. They sald that they assured the Presi- dent that they Gld not want eral interference wha Th ver. ey tion, sald, nor would they ask for one, as they dld not want it. On Febru- ary 21 the principal parties in interest had slgned an agreement by which each party agreed to submit the questions involved to the courts for a final determination and This - agree- ment, it Is sald, stipulated that elther party feeling aggrieved might appeal from the lower court to the Court of Appeals the United States. This part of the agree- ment, it is sald, read as follows: Should any party, after the final determina- tlon' of the causes by the Court of Appeals, desire & writ of error to the Supreme Court of the United States to review such determination, ! it 1a agreed that such writ shall be immediately applled for and diligently prosecuted, If secured, and that all parties to sald causes will unite in mny application to sald Federal Supreme Court to docket and advance sald causes and to give them the earliest hearing and deter- mination possible. Cowan and his associates claim that the Goebel partisans have done a number of things which Indicated they were not acting In good falth. Nevertheless, they did not expect any serfous clashing. but, on the contrary, believed that all of the interests involved would abide by the de- cision of the Supreme Court of the United States, though it was not at all probable that efther party would be satisfied with anything short of a_decision by the high- est court in the land. BOER CAMP, KROONSTADT, March 22.—Affalrs are being put in proper shape, and the Free Staters who had to leave s1e returning In crowds, The President's proc- lamation has shown the burghers that ths Government is standing firm. The con mands are mobilizing in great numbers and the men are more determined than ever. President Steyn has issued a proclama- tion in which he warns the burghers uot to lay down their arms and help {he Kng- lish; that they are liable to the utmost punishment as traitors. JOUBERT COMMANDING THE COMBINED FORCES LONDQN, March 2{.—A Bloemfontein correspondent of the Dally News tel- egraphing Thursday says: *'A letter from Mr. Poultney, an interpreter in the Free State courts, has been received by his wife here In_which the writer declares that General Joubert is commanding the combined forces at Kroonstadt, where there is plenty of men, guns and food- stuffs for a determined resistance.” i sadas FRENCH’S MEN FIGHTING EAST OF BLOEMFONTEIN LONDON, March 3.—According to a special dispatch from Cape Town, dated to-day, General French's cavalry brigade 1s fighting eastward of Bloemfontein. oo in sty REBELLION SUPPRESSED. BLOEMFONTEIN, Thursday, March 22. The rcbellion in the Prieska district has been suppressed and Lord Kitchener is returning here. P, HAS STEYN BEEN DEPOSED? . Friday, Maroh 28— been deposed from the Presidency and that the public affairs of the Free State are being administered by a committee at Kroonstad. ALL DIFFERENCES FULLY ADJUSTED Parties to the Carnegie-Frick Contro- versy Sign the Combine! New Charter. PITTSBURG. March 23 —All the parties in interest in the great Carnegle-Fricik controversy were In attendance In the boardroom of the Carnegie Steel Company from 11 o'clock this morning until nearly 6 o'clock this afternoon, and as a result it is sald authoritatively that not only have all matters of difference been settled and adjusted, but that the separate and di:- tinct amounts which each person is to re- celve from the great combined capital has been agreed upon. The charter of the Carnegie Steel Company has been signed by the persons in interest, some thirty-six In all, and the first three names on he certificate are Andrew Carnegie, Henry Phipps Jr. and Henry Clay Frick. This Indicates to the world that the old friends and recent litigants are again united and standing together, heading the list of those Interested in the combined indus- tries to be represented by the Carncgie company, with its capital of $160,000,000 and its securities amounting to perhaps as much more. Of this amount Andrew Carnegle sub- scribed over $80,000,000, Henry Phipps about $18,000,000, Henry C. Frick about $16,000,000, Charles M. Schwab about $18.- 000,000 and Francis T. F. Lovejoy about $8,000,000. The rest is in scattering amouats, although the list is said to contain, and certainly represents, in the neighborhoond of twenty millionaires, The resuit of the conferenec was also an agreement on all minor points of dc- tafl. The charter in the case is likely to be filed on Monday of next week, and 't is proposed on Tuesday and Wednesday of next week to close all the preliminaries, to hold the directors’ meeting here in Pittsburg and to elect officers of the com- pany and arrange every other matter of SPRINGFONTEIN, SHOWER KISSES UPON A CCUSED MISS HORLOCKER Hastings Women lief in the Show Their Be- Prisoner’s Innocence. by an Incident in ASTINGS, Nebr., March 23.—The State to-day rested and the intro- | duction of testimony in the de- tense of Miss Viola Horlocker, on trial for sending poisoned candy | to Mrs. Morey, commenced. One witness | was called to show that the woman seen in the flat about the time the candy was | left there was not Miss Horlocker. The succeeding witnesses were questioned as to her inheritance of insanity from her | mother and her attorney said it would be | shown by testimony that she was insane | at the time the crime was alleged to have been committed and is at the present | time. | One of the most exciting incidents of | the trial occurred this afternoon when a | number of Hastings women rushed up to | Miss Horlocker and showered Kisses upon her. The fair defendant was almost over- | come by this unexpected demonstration | and the court, counsel and spectators were | deeply moved. Charge of Attempting Poisoned Candy, Mrs, Employer. D e e e e el e a e i o e de iR And e e dn e da g £ SUSL SN SY ST | TRIAL OF FRANCIS TRUTH CONTINUED Sick and Maimed Persons Appear in | Court as Witnesses for the Government. Special Dispatch to The Call. BOSTON, March 23.—By agreement be- tween counsel the trial of Francis Truth | of the “Institute of Divine Healing” on | the charge-of having devised a “scheme | ana artifice”” with Intent to use the United | States malls for the purpose of defraud- ing the public was continued until April 2. At the appointed hour for the beginning of the trial this morning the United States | Cireuft Court room was filled with specta- tors, most of whom seemed to have some personal interest in the proceedings. | Nearly forty of them were witnesses for | the Government, and many of the others | were sick and maimed who have been | treated by the defendant. Francis Truth, with his wife, came into the courtroom early, and as his former employes entered and took seats behind him in the capacity of Government wit- nesses he greeted them with a smile and a gentle bow. After the witnesses had been called the courtroom was cleared of | spectators. Even Francis Truth and his counsel had to depart at the request of Assistant District Attorney Casey, who wanted a private consultation with the | witnesses on the Government side. -y HANDWRITING EXPERTS WILL NEXT BE HEARD Mrs. Conrad Completes Her Testi- mony in the Mansfield Libel Case. HOLLISTER, March 23.—The fourth day of the Mansfleld trial closed with the two days’ examination of Mrs. Conrad, the prosecuting witness. She testified as | to the efforts made to entrap Mrs. Mans- | fleld, the receipt of anonymous letters | and the attempt and fallure to fix the | | gullt on many suspected persons. Mrs. A. Tonn, Mrs. Joseph Grubb and Mrs. Olive Porter, high lights in the Rebekahs, | followed with suspicious circumstances | pointing to the defendant’s guflt. Justice Agnew also detailed the recelipt | of an anonymous letter and his detective | | work to catch the author. The Agnews letter warned him about allowing his children to associate with the Conrad children, and followed a picnic at the Conrad place which was attended by the Agnew children. The case went over un- til Monday, at which time the experts on handwriting will take an inning. s F CONSENTS TO DELAY. Franos Grants Postponement of Ac- tion on Reciprocity Treaty. PARIS, March 23.—At a Cabinet council to-day the Minister of Forelgn Affairs, M. Delcasse, announced the signature of the protocol delaying the ratification of ml:Lmaeo-A-flm treaty until March by . MISS VIOLA HORLOCKER, Who Is on Trial on a Court, Counsel and Spectators Deeply Moved the Trial of the Alleged Poisoner. Special Dispatch to The Call The love affairs of Lawyer Charles F. Morey and Miss Horlocker were described on the witness stand this afternoon by Miss Eva Stewart, an intimate friend of Miss Horlocker. Miss Stewart testifled that Viola had come to her and sald she had something to confess. She then went on to tell how Morey made his first ad- vances to her in the office after the others had gone home. He was sad and lonel he sald, and wanted friend a promised to assume the role progressed so rapidly occasion, when Morey w; thing headache with hypnotism, a little door in her heart flew open and she experienced a her feeling never before entermined for man. After that she frequently his company and everything went as hap- plly as a marriage bell unt!l Mrs. Morey took a hand. Then Morey told Viela that he must be faithful to his wife and that she (Viola) must regard him only friend. This caused her much grie the attachment was finally broken [ o R e e e e R e R e e R et S ] to Murder, by Means of Morey, the Wife of Her B R o e A s Ao B S S o B o g Qe 000000 eoedsbededeisdeisiedesietere® ONCE A RICH SAN FRANCISCO MERCHANT James Sharp Arrested While Beg- ging on the Streets of New York. Spectal Dispatch to The Call NEW YORK, March 23.—Ja now broken in health and dre but ten years.ago. he sa merchant in San Franc while begging in the Bowery to-day and sent to the Almshouse for thirty days. While asking alms near Bayard street the old man was found by Policeman Joha Liebler of the ex Market vagrancv squad. He said he was glad to be arre: ed, as he was ill and hungry. He gave his age as 59 years and sald: “I am penniless now, but ence I was & rich man. I was an iron merchant in Call- fornia, and men there who are now mil- lonalres were once in my employ. I am ashamed to let them know that I have fallen so low. I can beg from strangers, but I would not ask help from the men who knew me in better day On his own request the old man was sent to the Almshouse. Sharp, ed in rags, a wealthy iron co, was arrested | HARVARD GRADUATES FOR STANFORD FACULTY President Jordan Making Selections of Instructors at the Eastern Institution. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. BOSTON, March 23.—Dr. David Starr Jordan, president of Leland Stanford Uni- versity, arrived in Boston late yesterday afternoon and is now stopping at the Hotel Brunswick with his wife. Dr. Jor- dan’s last visit to Boston was in 1391, the time Stanford University was opened. e is here to visit President Eliot of Har- vard, and he intends to select two or three professors for Stanford from the Harvard postgraduates. “I wanted to see President Eliot par- ticularly,” he sald, “and then I came to Boston because I wish to keep in touch with Harvard as much as posesible. I ex- pect to make some important additions to our faculty, and I think this is about as good a place to come to for them as there is. Stanford has made it a point to get Harvard men where it was advisable to do 50. and we already have 2 large num- er. DUKE OF ORLEANS ATTACKED BY A BEAR Narrowly Escapes Death While Hunting in the South of Spain. SEVILLE, Spain, March 23.—The Duke of Orlears, who Is traveling in the south of Spain, participated in a wild bear hunt near here yesterday. He bad :mmrrnw esca] bear attacked him, in e!l.n{‘ a woull:: ln‘!he leg, but the duke killed him before he could do further injury. The duke’'s wound is slight