The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 28, 1900, Page 1

o The o = VOLUME"EXXXVII—NO. 128. Uall. SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 1900. PRICE FIVE CENTS. STARTLING DEVELOPMENTS IN GOEBEL ASSASSINATION Additional Evidence of the Plot Giv cution by Two Men Implicated. Failing to Offer Any Testimony for the Defense Sécretary of State Powers and Culton Are Held for ' Charge of Murder. % % % % | gt | A i 1 [ N e R R R e R R R R R RN RS R ] - b et et edg . March There here he was In confer- neys for the prosecu- | He was accom- | r-in-law, E. E. Hogg, | It was reported | n had made some Streets, e counsel for the defense held a consul- after which ex-Governor Brown ced that no testimony would be | d for the defense and that he rer examination. to Powers by Gov- en tendered by ex- as a bar to the prosecu- at the defendant be Campbell said the 1 denled Governor Taylor's n at the tme it was ernor Brown moved that the ed upon the evidence, motion sverruled. as then asked for. Th bee; the as ay that ature of alin ! on as he heretofore n as mc red in is - ass ranklin County ¥ be further inves- v that the After the Powers case had been dispos- County Attorney Polsgrove ed he cases of Captain John Davis and William H. Culton, who are also charged with being accessories to the murder, be postpon: ek this afternoon, ing so agreed, and court at hour. At that hour mination and was also WASHINGTCN, March 27.—The Cabinet iay discussed the sitwation in Ken- Senator Deboe and Representa- ive Pugh saw the President and several members of the Cabinet It is learned " CbNT!NUED BOMBARDMENT OF BESIEGED MAFEKING March mb: JOUBERT SUSPECTED OF HALF-HEARTEDNESS DURBAN, Monday, Mareh 26.—Willlam | Cox, a newspaper correspondent who was released from imprisonment at Pretoria, has arrived here. He adds his testimony | the stories of the good treatment of the prisoners by the Transvaal authori- B i B B S S S S S 14.—The Boers re- ment of this place which had been MAFEKING. the b ehrapnel used agai : ope he projectile ineffectual | o B vy g ol i o pe. | ties, though the subordinates sometimes | shell buss the court. | Subjected the captives to annoyances. Mr. Cox saw Secretary Reitz and says he was evidently worried at the turn of events. Prominent persons at the Transvaal capi- | tal bitterly accuse Mr. Hofmeler, the Af- | rikander leader, and Premier Schreiner of | deserting them. They say .ney expected | 100.000 Cape Colonists to join the Tepub- | lics. - General Joubert is apparently suspected of half-heartedness, and Mr. Cox gath- | ered that his life will be in danger at the s and wound- )men were plate of spent itsel was scrambled for shrapnel shell bupst proof occupled by Company’'s ©o the wall with b ® bé ® . ® mere has been little development since DT D B Mareh 10, A detachmen: | bands of the irate burghers it Pretoria is | natives commanded by Mac- | Pesicged. | At Delagoa Bay, Mr. Cox saw weil-|'§ known Transvaal secret service agents | puréhasing and forwarding all kinds of | goods to the Transvaal. | viously a detachment of Barrelong P s e | e« had been dispatched against a new BRITISH FORCE DRIVEN BACK. | ening our western position and | L= | in creeping up to within a few | MASERU, Basutoland, Monday, March | he sleeping Boers outside and in | 2.—A small British force commanded by ¢ the fort. They fired three vol- | Colonel Pilcher entered Ladybrand this retreated in accordance | morning after driving in the Boer out- | tructions. Sunday. March 11. | posts. A considerable body of Boers then | s a truce. The British | attacked the British, who retired after e parapets conversing with | capturing the Landdrost. The British had | d amicable relations were | three men wounded and the Boers eight | dark. mer. wounded. It is understood that the | i | Boers are trying to check the British | SEIZED BY FREE STATERS. | while their convoy of wagons pushes on to Senekal. ON, March 28.—A dispatch to lhe’ hronicle from Kimberley, dated | BOERS ARE MASSING. says “Four hundred Free | > Btaters have laken possession of the road | LADYSMITH, March ZI.—It is reported | 4 between Kimberley and Paardeberg. They | that the Boers are massing in their in- heve seized a farm near Pandamsfontein, | trenched positions at Biggarsberg, and It'; where a number of army horses had been | is added that their transport trains are | sent to rest end graze. It is rumored that | packed at Newcastle in readiness to fa- I their object to raid the railway by way | cilitate their retreat in case necessity re- of Jacobsdal. quires such a step. nzie advanced to Jackal Tree Fort, the occupled by the siege heights, but the and evacuated + . maintained o s The Davis Eesidencs, on the Ccrner of Lewis and Clinton Frankiort, Where, the Plot io Assassinate Goebel is Ajleged to Have Been Formed .44544%%%@%—@“%” that no Federal Interference has been re- quested, nor is any aut dent may licans Government is concerned, it is positively | men of the Thirteenth Hussars. NVADERS ESCAPING - PURSUERS ——— Retreating Boers Ra- pidly Getting Away ’ From British. —_—— WILL SO0N BE AT A-PLACE OF SAFETY —_— en to the Prose- Trial on the | marched by Olivier's Men. Skirmishes at Out- posts of Roberts’ and Buller's Armies. e | Special cable to The Call and New York Her- ald. Copyright. 1500, by the Herald Pub- | lshing Company. March 22.—With his army e south of the Free State | from { Commandant Olivier is apparently | eluding the British pursult and making good, his escape. All evi- dence gaes to show that the retreating in- | vaders of Cape Colony have practically | succeeded in getting away from the Brit- | ish column, which, it was thought, would | encompass and capture them. They have accomplished a long, daring and difficult perfor force. Olivier is said to have al- ready reached Clocolan, which s near | the border of Basutoland and on the road | running from Ladybrand northeast to | Ricksbyrg. This is north of the line on | which French's cavairy have been oper- ating, and the fact that the British gen- | eral has returned to Bloemfontein seems to prove that his attempt to stop the pro- | gress of the Boer eolumn was a faflure. The small British force that entered Iy before a larger number of Boers, who may have | mand. | Pont, which wo;:d su:hn to bg«mr,lqd- { dsr Poert, to-the soathwe § (“M | Possibly the Boer rear guard has been 4n- & | gaged thete. o | Severe fighting is likely to take place ! near Fauresmith. The Boers are there in e e S s S Y ] he can concentrate hif entire division be- desired, but it has | fore attacking them. General Brabant is n intimated that the moral support of | being checked in his efforts to pacify the administration would be very helpful, | extreme northeastern part of Cape Colony would an expression of sympathy. The | by swiftly moving bodies of Boers, who delegations that have been here, so far | pounce down upon any village left wifh- | Place “in the immediate future.” can be learned, have asked nothing |out a garrison und commandeering those re than that. It can be stated on high i of the inhabitants who have given up hority that, however much the Preei- | thelr arms. There have been cavalry skir- sympathize with the Repub- | mishes at Lord Roberts' outposts in the in Kentucky, he realizes that the | Free State and at General Buller's in deral Government cannot take any part | Natal. the controversy. The question at issue | General Buller reports that the Boers before the courts and, so far as the | tried unsuccessfully to trap -some of the General at Glencoe, de- erted that the courts wiil be allowed to | Botha, who commands GUERRILLA WARFARE' IN BOERLAND. Lord Roberts’ stay at Bloemfontein is to be indefinitely. territory behind him. He must make his lines of communication the Transvaal. How long this will take 1s yet to be determined. Already ‘In their appearance and inflicted more or less damage. The attack upon the fiy nine miles of their main body, which resulted in the killing of ompmn ing of all of the others, is a token of what may be expected The above picture taken from rangers and are about to be cut off. Earl ‘The inserted portrait is that of of Beauchamp and had above. He was a brother of the French’s Cavalry Is Out-| flank march in the face of a vastly su- | | Ladybrand was forced to retreat hurried- | been part of Olfvier's com- | Firing has been heard at Modder | some force, General Gatacre waiting unti) | his rear five officers t the the shows a party of 5 Spear a - British- who have b 5 cavalrymen 3 e umfi-_-‘ly’ e BROUGHT THEM 1 t ® e e e e o e e e e I e o T o o I ™MRs. FENNELL. AND THE SABY - R R R S o e A L.TTL:c CHILD. @ OLONEL THEODORE C. MAR- | custodian, appointed by the court with CEAU and Mrs. Amanda Fiske | the mutual consent of his parents at the Marceau-Fennell. will once again | tme of the divorce. .. On Thursday last 7/ stand together before the altar | Mrs. Hall was let into the secret of the and swear to take one auother ‘‘for better | reconeiliation, when she received the fol- or for worse, wntii death do them part. | JOTI1g note fASm the legel repressota- No preparations are being made for the | UiVes of the child’s parents: nuptials. The bride cnce again “to be” is Mrs., Hall: Colonel and Mrs, Marcean not to be allowed much time to have a| bave come to an understanding and satis- trousseau built. Colonel Marceau wants | factory agreemént as to the care and cus- | again to call Mrs. Fennell his very own. tody of Theodore C. Marceau Jr. and will When the doughty colcnel wants a thing | ;‘-Hmm R'lk"e you nr'.r.‘.y further charge | he wants it quickly and so it naturally | m. Yours respectfuily, | follows that the legal sanction of the VAN R. PATERSON, . . H. C. McPIKE. | ir's reconciliation will take RN A s | Accompanying the attorney’s note was the following letter from Mr. and Mrs. | Marceau: A baby's hand brought the separated couple together. A baby’s tender touch | made the excitable colonel admit that he | had been hasty and perhaps unjust. A baby’s smile made a proud, foolish, head- strong woman confess that there was hid- den in her heart a love that had never died. The baby who has accomplished these seeming marvels is Theodore C. Marceau Jr., the little 5-year-old son of | the separated couple. | March 22, 1909, Dear Mrs. Hall: The inclosed letter will explain that which is sad for us to state under the existing circumstances. We would not cause you a moment's sorrow, but our dear boy is necessary to our future happi- nesy and to enhance his present physical condition by his change of abode to the balmy climate of Los Angeles. We will ex- plain all to your. entire satisfaction and we ! sdge Moore said: “It is not my belief | Pass upon it without the least inter- s £ Rl Hiare s i s, 11V with | T v red ihe shot which killed | feTence or an expression of: interest by amma” Hall, at &l Hvaey street. | Bt gy Sy ey ok oy i vernor Goebel, but, from the evidence, | the Federal authorities. Continued on Second Page. Ma.ima” Hall was baby Thépdore's | e i Dby s A - opinion that he was connected | g o 5o o o600 G090 > | Théee ‘a s conspiracy to Mill Bim. T =BalS % | For we shall always teach him the priceless r that he be helé over with- | value of your love and tenderness in his frtae 4| infancy. You will soon see us. With our hearts’ best wishes we are gratefully yours, AMANDA J. MARCEAU, | THEO C. MARCEAU. | Sent to Mrs. Sarah E. Hall, 821 JHyde | street, 3:30 5. m. | On the day following the receipt of the # | toregoing letters, Friday, the 233, Colonel Marceau and his divorced wife arrived at & | the Hall home on Hyde street and re- # | cetved their child and, bundling him into & | & carriage in waiting, nad him brought to ? | his mcther's home. ¢ | On Monday Colonel Marceau left for @ | Los Angeles on business. and, with the 4 | consent of its mother and In charge of its & mother's maid, Martha Frenzel, Baby | Marceau aceompanied his father to the | southérn country. Although negotiations tending to a re- ugion of the separated couple have been going on for some time, the final steps | toward a reconciliation were hastily | taken.. Colonel Marceau returned -from | New York on Friday, the 16th. He at | once approached his ex-wife's attorney, Van R. Paterson, and it was arranged . e ¢! * BY DIVORCED PARENTS ARE BROUGHT 10GETHER BY B e e S e R S e . ] 'THEIRR TINY BABY’S HAND TOGETHER Colonel Marceau and Mrs. Amanda Fiske-Marceau- Fennell to Wed Again. Romantic Reconciliation of the Separated Couple to Be Folowed by a Speedy Wedding, and Then They Will Be Off for New York, Where They Expect to Make Their Future Home. } | ! | i 1 x i ; i [3 ! B R L L e I S B B e e R S R + SN 2 * A7 7 //< . ,@,(‘_ e ‘\\‘\ b JS TreooorE v 3 MAarRcEAU . ® } L e e . ] | that they meet in the attorney’'s affice. | The baby. its welfare and the deep love its parents bore him figured prominently in the conference, and the result of the interview was that Colonel Marceau and Mrs. Fennell walked up Montgomery street arm in arm and later dined in Mrs. Fennell's flat. Marceau's vislt to Laes Angeles is a purely business one, and his efforts while - thére will all_tend to the d:!pcsal of his gallery on the southern city. Once married to the Wife of other days, | Marceau will proceed to New. York, whers {be will open a gailery. Itisto be a | splendid affair, quite worthy of the Em- | pire City, and it is understood that the | Photographer has made advances to Fred Bushnell, the most artistic man in_the business here, to join him In his new en- terprise. = . When Mrs. Fennell slips on the ring that once again makes her the wife of Colonel Marceau it will be the fourth plain gnid | band that has crnamented her marriage finger. The first lucky man to call the lady his wife was John D. Fiske. a theat- rical man of Fresno. Fiske was murdered by Stillman. and after a pertod of mourn- | ing. In July, 191, Mrs. Fiske was married | to Colonel Marceau. The wedding was celebrated in Santa Cruz and the ecouple came to this city to make their home. | After five years of married life the lady was divorced from Colonel Marceau in March, 15%. On November 2, 1365, the fair | dfvorcee was married to Gerald M. Fen- nell in New York, and was granted a di- | vorce from him in August. 1397. Since her last divorce Mrs. Fennell has | traveled extensively., and has but recently | returned from a trip to the Orient. 'PREMIER SALISBURY DID NOT APOLOGIZE LONDON, March 27.—The report pub- lished in the United States that Lord Sal- isbury has apologized for the ‘pening of American consular mail in South Africa is untrue. Nothing whatever has pessed ? | between the two Governments on this matter and the British Premler has takea no action to investigate the allegations of Charles E. Macrum, former Consul of the United States at Pretoria, nor has he been requested to do so. A printed fac- simile of a letter to Mr. Macrum alleged to have been opened was given to Lord Salisbury by a representative of the As- soclated Press, but he made no comment nor did he direct that anything be done. WASHINGTON, March 27.—It is said at the State Department regarding the story that Great Britain- Has applogized to this | Government for. the action of the censor in opening letters addressed to the United States Consul at Pretoria that the United States Government has made no demand L 4 & * ? . + L3 : z 1 ¢ j z ! farther north toward of the Colastream Guards within, , Hon. E. H. Lygon) and the wound- and ‘Lygon, mail with others, Lord Pauncefote, speaking for his Government, disavowed the action of the censor and declared that it was unauthorized in respect to M. Macrum's mall. This assurance was given long ago and some of the members of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs wers acquainted with it at the time. —————— ROBERTS REPORTS - "SLIGHT RE LONDON, March 2.—Lord Roberts wires to the War Office follows: “BLOEMFONTEIN. Monday, March 26. —Captain Sloane-Stanley of the Sixteenth Lancers was slightly wounded in an affair of outposts north of the Modder River March 5. This bare statement is all that comes from the commander-in-chief. A dispatch from Bloemfontein, dated Monday. March 26, and published in the second edition of the Times amplifies Lord Roberts’ dispatch as follows: “A cavalry reconnoissance was made yesterday toward Brandfort. The Six- teenth Lancers by skirmishing drew the Boers from their position in the open, when the Ninth Lancers attempted to out- flank the enemy while they were from the front by a dismounted section of the Sixteenth Lancers. Our casualties are reported to be few.” paaie ol 66 in the Russian answer to the Kruger- Steyn intervention appeal. She has been etriving to prevent a pro-Boer reply, such as Count Muravieff, the Russian Minister, has prepared.