The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 31, 1900, Page 1

VOLUME NEEDS A MORE DEFINITE POLICY TO MEET RUSSIA’S PROGRESS § SRR AL LA S CHO Ot to-day Joseph Walton, mplained that and political ite policy if it was ted American states- saying Great Brit- erfcan s rable for the co-operat of we; LIFE'S BATTLE ENDS FOR A MOST FAMOUS WAR CORRESPONDENT Archibald Forbes Passes Away at Liv- erpool After an Adventurous Career. For the Past Thirty Years This Talented Newspaper Man Had Appeared on Every Battlefield of Note. 6 1CL0 40 O G 010 B@* i rvisieieisieieieisieiet eieiei et edeQ > @ b4 - s b4 * & b 4 * . . . * - - ® . . . . . > { . - ® ¢ . . > - . . & . . - @ s . * B 4 - B ® ¢ * . ' . . ¢ . - * - . ' THE LATE ARCHIBALD FORBES. . . D L s e S SV S A S SR AP AP P PP PN Arch nd ald Forbes 1p te a short ng to the of the war, of the oper- orted the latter part 2, then the Carlist war In Spain rk as a correspondent was in » stege of Plevna. “orbes wrote a number of books * then My Experiences v Through the Cannon e of Chinese Gordon,” 1884; lock,” 1580, all of which sliar way of telling things as | ROBERTS’ ENGI‘GEMEI;ITA' CbiURCHILL’S WARNING REGARDING THE REBELS LONDON, March 31.—Spencer Wilkin- LONDON dealing with the military situation a long resses TegTe | says: reports could not have been very serious. The importance of the action lies In the that the Boers will probably for some time be shy of approaching British be rash to say that he Moy fact . of the off: to outp It w e i eb et ede 1 1 4 | | WAS NOT VERY SERIOUS |t Eis article in the Morning Post to-day | “The engagzement which Lord Roberts | s ler and most e ( e share s views gl | Lord Roberts is not about to advance {m- | . mediately. The date of the advance will | « strange that officers in the field | be secret, 50 as to prevent the enemy learning of it. Presumably Lord Kitch- ener is now at Bloemfontein, and this may be taken as an indication of the im- ence of the advance. o — SYMPATHY OF THE QUEEN. sk 1 more tolerant views wever, it is not vietorious gladia’ delay the attain- | <A LONDON, March 2. — Queen Victorla ng men to desperation. | has cabled to Lord Roberts asking him s dangerous. We de- convey to Mrs. Joubert, widow of Gen- The last thing we | eral Joubert, her sympathy at the loss r should enter the | of her husband, and to tell her that the wa | British people always regarded the dead | general as a gallant soldier and honora- | ble foeman. e who dem tooth for a tooth whether such bar- h five years of bioody e | ROBERTS' PLANS ARE SECRET. ren spolls partisan warfs e CLEMENTS NOT OPPOSED. LONDON, March 30.—In the House of Commons to-day the Parliamentarv Sec- spatch to the | retary of the War Office, Mr. Wyndham, ein, dated | was asked whether an expedition was on its way to the rellef of Mafeking. He replied that the Government was pre- cluded on military grounds from giving any indicatjons of Lord Roberts’ plans. LONDON, Mar g column, after a forcea march of terday, arrived here u | | | * -0 @090 000000000090 00000000ebebedede SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, MARCH 81, BOER FORCES AGAIN ON THE AGGRESSIVE In Taking Kopjes Near Bloemfontein the : 1900. British Suffer a Loss of One Officer Killed and 100 Men Wounded. [ e e e o e o 3 B R e R o o 2 . D ONDON, March the Secretary of War - o ON LORD ROBERTS’ FLANK. Cavalry Scouts Fceling the Enemy in the Defiles of the Vet River Mountains, Near Ladybrand. 'MM—*H’-&—M&»Q—«@—«—@WHHMM+@+H.? i e e AR RN ] - . d 1 L4 . e . - . * & . - D s - ve ° e S SR S o O SPADARSDA DA SN S AN S s | | 30.—The War Office has issued the following from Lord Roberts to “BLOEMFONTEIN, March 30.—Owing to the activity of the enemy on our im- mediate front and their hostile action toward burghers who surrendered, I found it necessary to drive them from some kopjes they had occupied near Karee Siding station, a few miles south of Brandifort. The operation was first and third cavalry brigades successfully ca under French and Le Gallais’ regiment of mounted infantry. ed out by the'seventh division, assisted by the The enemy retreated to Brandfort, and our troops now hold the kopjes. “Our casualties were: Killed lar, Luard, Peebles, Curgovan and and file.” PRETORIA, March 30.—General Louis Botha has been Joubert as commander-in-chief of the Transvaal forces. to The Call and New York Her- right, 1900, by the Herald Pub- hing Company. Spectal cable a C ONDON, March 21.—Kruger has ap- parently made up his mind not to wait until the British are ready to advance before resuming hostllities. He sent a force of Boers to Karee Siding, fourteen miles south of Brandfort, and only twenty miles from Bloemfontein. They Intrenched themselves thers on three kopfes, but Lord Roberts dispatched an overwhelming force against them, which drove them back to Brand- fort. The British loss was one killed and 100 wounded. Indications are not wanting that President Kruger intends to make some attempt to support his threat to re- ake Bloemfontein. In Natal, as well as in the Free State, lashes of outposts, which are always fre- quent before a serfous action, are begin- ning. Reports from the Boers' headquar- ters state that British troops are massing at Elandslaagte and that Colonel Bethune | with his mounted infantry has been busy in the neighborhood of Helpmakaar. Fur- ther to the east the Boers are showing signs of acting on the offensive once again. In order to check this disposition General Buller has had to strengthen his outposts. Skirmishing continues at Warrenton. The situation there suggests that a game of biuff is being played by the British, with the idea of keeping the Boer force stationary on the right bank of the river. v have succeeded Bodies of Boers are re- ported to be near Taungs to the north and near Barkley West to the southwest. The most important item of news con- cerning this portion of the seat of war having bearing on the relief of Mafeking is the intelligence that on Monday 2000 mounted men with three batteries passed through Barkley West, apparently pre- pared for a long march, and that another 1000 men were expected to follow them. The relief of the town from the south is only possible by mounted men, as the Boers have destroyed the raflroad north of Warrenton, thus preventing it being used to transport an infantry force. It is now anticipated that when Lord Roberts advances he will have about 70,000 men. This huge army will be made up of the Third, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth and Ninth divisions. with another made up of in doing ! Guargds, Highland Brigade, the First, Sec- ond, ®hird and Fourth Cavalry Brigades, one or two brigades of mounted infantry and a Yeomanry brigad | DIFFICULTIES OF THE NEXT BRITISH ADVANCE LONDON, March 31—4:15 a. m.—The head of the army of Lord Roberts is now about twenty-one miles north of Bloem- fontein. It occuples a cluster of hills won from the Boers after a stift fight, in which the British lost seven officers and 100 men. The Boers had been using these kopjes as a base for marauding bands that have been beating up the country adjacent to Bloemfontein for supplies, driving off cat- tle and forcing non-resident Free Staters into their ranks again. The enemy must have been in considerable force, as Lord Roberts sent 8000 infantry and 3000 cavalry against them. Lord Roberts’ progress to Pretoria will | probably consist of such forward move- | ments in which Boer positions will be | attacked by a portion of the army advanc- O s e s e R R R ! KRUGER MEANS TO BOMBARD BLOEMFONTEIN R R R s LONDON, March 31.—The Bloem- fontein correspondent of the Daily Chronicle, telegraphing Thursday, March 29, says: “President Kruger's latest procla- mation warns the women and chil- dren to leave Bloemfontein within five days, as he intends to bombard and destroy the city and to shoot the burghers whom he captures there. “Vigorous measures have been taken by the British to harass ma- rauding bands of Transvaal Boers. The latter are resorting to guerrilla methods, chiefly against Free Si ers who refuse to join Kruger." R e s o S RS RASSAReaee s s s RS RAnd Captain Going, Scottish Borders. Cdwards, Lieutenants Colson and French, and about 100 rank Wounded—Captains Sel- appointed to succeed General Ing rapldly with wheel transport, the main | army coming up as the rallway is re- paired. Lord Roberts is stripping the forces in the minor spheres of operations of their wagons and transport animals in order to hasten the advance. This is understood to be the reason why he recalled Lord Methuen from Barkley West to Kimber- | & PRICE FIVE CENTS. | | 10 +O OO OO+ CHO e é | 3 fleld. | @. tive soldlers killed, thirty | | | | ARIS, March 30.—An official account has been issued of the victory of the French troops at Inrah! over the Arab army that assembled with the object of attacking the French expedition which recently occupied the oasis of Insalah. southwest of Algeria. scheme and decided to storm the enemy’s position, which was success- | ¢ fully carried on March 19 by a column led by Lieutenant Colonel Eu town was first bombarded and then stormed, the Arab warriors making their last stand in the mosques. They left 600 men killed and 100 wounded on the In addition 430 prisoners were taken. eight wounded and two officers wounded. ARABS LOSE MORE THAN A THOUSAND MEN IN BATTLE WITH THE FRENCH Ea The French learned of the The The French losses were nine na- PO OF OO FO C1O AL C WOULD REJECT THE - AWARD IN DELAGOA | RAILROAD DECISION (Claimants Not Satisfied With the Small Sums Granted by the Swiss Tribunal. Colonel McMurdo’s Widow, the American | Beneficiary, to Get Only $13,000 Instead of the $4,000,000 Demanded. Special Dispatch to the Call ALL the cl Jection Swiss arb State Depart Berne, 1d, wid s in itz d, this morning d doilars instead of the $ rest e ro had expected at the r the Ame al about $13.000 a; Administrati Their advice fu the valuation of n stated were worth several millions of dollars. HEADQUARTERS, WELLINGTON HOTEL, WASHINGTON, March ation has been received here from an authoritative source that the Delagoa Bay rallroad case are in favor of the re- and the British governments of the award made by the Should the interpretation placed by the officials of the newhat puzzling cable dispatch received by them be borne out by subsequent advices Mrs. Jow of Colonel McMurdo, the American claimant, will receive only 000,000 which she stated was the valus d. an award In their favor of nearly $5,000,- est upon the $3,000.000 award made by the Berne tribunal the hat the total award will be only $4,125000. Two-fifths of this, certainly due to Mrs. Penfleld, and they are puzsled by the dis- to-day indicating that what she would receive will not amount to stimated that the first mortgage bonds would have to be liqui- amount of the award would about cover it, leaving claimant. are much chagrined at the award of the tribunal. ates that the Swiss tribunal had declined to change for which damages were claimed and which it was If this information be confirmed eign Affairs, Senor Viga Beiro, announced that the Government would soon pay the amount awarded by the Berne tribunal in the Delagoa Bay Rallway arbitra- tion without having recourse to a loan. FIRE FOR MANY BRITISH TROOPS BLOEMFONTEIN, March 30.—The at- tack upon the Boers holding the kopjes the Karee sidirg station, a few miles h of Brandford, was made by Tuck- Seventh Division, with the co-opera- 1 of French's cavalry. The attacking uded a large force of Austra & chain of kopjes was held by i there was severe fighting ,f attack. The approach s . like a fortress, and the were unable to make headway u: try made an attack upon the cavalry went round the right oers and used their Vickers | Maxim freely. | An army hospital was established in a cottage under the shelter of a large kopje. The Boer shells came right over the kopjes and landed near the hospital, which it was found necessary to evacuate. The Boers slowly retreated upon Brand- ford, taking their dead and wounded with them. Meanwhile the cavalry, including the Australian horse and the Sydney Lan- cers under Captain Cox, brigaded with Porter's brigade, the Carbineers, Scots Grey vere shell fire. The Boers had evidently marked the range, as when the troops advanced the ememy’s fire was less ac- | curate. Tke colonials displayed great coolness under fire. Many horses were killed un- der the cavalry’s flank attack. The Boers fled and all our troops pushed tion upon the kopjes recently held by the Boers. The farmers are in the laager fighting, leaving the women and the children upon the farms, which they are confident the | English will not touch. Many of these farmers would surrender their arms but lonel Knight, with 400 New mounted Infantry, including | lais’ Brigade, attacke the righ s and the Inniskillings, recelved a se- | forward, and now hold an excellent posi- | CRITICIZES BISHOP POTTER'S STATEMENTS Father McQuaid Replies to Charges Affecting the Philippine Friars. | Spectal Dispatch to The Call. | BOSTON, March 30.—Statements cred- | ited to Bishop Potter of New York were everely criticized last evening at Har- vard In the course of a lecture delivered n Peabody Hall, Phillip Brooks' house, by Father J. P. McQuaid, the San Fran- cisco volunteer chaplain in the United States army. Father McQuald spent & vear and a haif in the Philippines. He ald that Bishop Potter, after a visit last- ing four days in the islands, talked and was listene as if he were a prophet. He could not understand how the Bishop could be taken serfously. The issue which the chaplain takes with Bishop Potter relates to the stand- ard of morality among the Filipinos. He sald that the Bishop accused the friars of having charzed exorbitant fees for the celebraticn of the marriage ceremony in the Philippines, declaring ‘this was the cause of immorality, as the natives would not pay the fees. Father McQuaid said he would like to know If the Bishop could point out any specific case to prove his charge. The Bishop, he continued, that condition were general. Father Mc- Quaid specified on his side of the case where people of a section of one island {had been without a pastor for four months, the clergyman having been im- prisoned. Many children had been born | and the chaplain had baptized about a dozen. He told the people that he would perform the marriage ceremony free of charge and but one couple took advantage of the opportunity. | With regard to the claim that the friars | stirred up trouble among the natives the | lecturer said he had seen a letter written | by Aguinaldo plaint agai The great se- cret was that the friafs had lost their | great influence over the people, and they spoke as If ley. Lord Roberts has to have Methuen's | for the fear that the Johannesburg police | lost it through their Spanish pride. transport. The reason why a hot chase was not made after Commandant Olivier is that Lord Roberts did not wish to wear out the cavalry transport. General French lost 3000 horses in the relief of Kimberley and the pursuit of General Cronje. Lord Rob- erts lost 3000 transport cattle at Watervaal Drift, and it is estimated that he has lost | 4000 other animals since the forward move- ment began on February 13. The advance beyond Bloemfontein {s through a bare country and the supply officers foresee an increasing difficulty in providing for a great army moving along a single line of rallway, even when the latter is working smoothly and with ample rolling stock. The Canadian mounted rifles were part of the force that occupled Kenhardt yes- terday. The rebellion thrqughout the northwest districts of Cape Colony is almost sup- pressed. The Goth will sail to-day (Saturday) with 600 men for St. Helena to guard Gen- eral Cronjo and 4000 prisoners. i REBELLION IS CRUSHED. LONDON, March 31.—The Bloemfonteln correspondent of the Morning Post, tele- graphing Thursday, says: “Lord Kitchener and his staff crossed the temporary bridge at Norvals Pont last night. He had 3000 men under his com- mand and he left 700 at Prieska. He con- siders the rebellion crushed, although the fire may smolder for scme time.” e i AMA—;'ION IS URGED. CAPE TOWN, March 2%.—At a mass meeting of 200 Loyalists held to-day at Paarl, cighteen miles northeast of Cape Town, a resolution was unanimously adopted in favor of supporting the prin- ciple of annexation of property as an ex- emplary punishment in the case of rebels. This action has caused gratification here as exhibiting the loyalty of the district. would attack their farms in revenge for | their doing so. The Boers are known to hold Brandford in some strength—probably 5000. Relnforcements are afraid to move di- rect to their support, and are content with holding their position, which is threatened by the cavalry advance. The whole action was rather insignifi- cant. Many regiments received their bap- tism of fire and showed splendid coolness. We have now secured a fine natural posi- tion facing the huge plain before Brand- ford. Rudyard Kipling was present during' the fight. = PORTUGAL SHOWS HER FRIENDSHIP FOR BRITAIN LONDON, March 31.—The Madrid cor- respondent of the Daily Mail says: From Lisbon I heard that with full au- thorization of Portugal stores for the British forces in Rhodesia have been passed over the Beira Umtall Raiiroad. “Very amicable relations exist between Portugal and Great Britain and some po- litical changes are expected to follow the announcement of the Delagoa award.” MACRUM’S PLAINT AGAINST A POSTMASTER LONDON, March 31.—A dispatch to the Daily Chronicle from Ladysmith, dated March 30, says: “Much interest {g felt in the civil case of former United States Consul Macrum against the Postmaster at Pletermaritz- burg for an alleged breach of contract In handing over his private letters to the military authorities to open. Judgment is expected to-morrow-'" ’ | REPORTED VICTORY OF VENEZUELAN FORCES Hernandez Said to Have Sustained a Crushing Defeat Near Bolivar. | Special cable to The Call and New York Her- ald Copyright, 199, by the Herald Pub- | lishing Company. { PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, March 30.— | Venezuelan Government officials report that severe fighting occurred near the city | of Bolivar on March 22. General Penaloza, commanding the Government troops, it is | announced, defeated General Hernandez. His forces killed 223 of the revolutionists, took eighty prisoners and captured large uantities of arms and ammunition. TI overnment loss was small. General Her. | nandez, it is reported! retired to the ime terior of Guayana with 1200 men. FILIPINO MURDERERS - PUBLICLY HANGED Execution Was Witnessed by Many { Persons, but There Was No Demonstration. MANTLA, March 3.—Morales and Gon- zales, who were found guilty of murder- ing a countryman, were hanged at noon to-day in the plaza in front of the church 2t San Carlos, province of Pangasin. An officer of the venteenth Infantry pre- sided at the execution, which was wit- nessed by the principal citizens of the place. There was no demonstration. Jewelry Store Robbed. | NEW YORK, March 30.—Some time last | night the Grand Street jewelry store of Isidore Weinstein was robbed of 315 worth of jewelry and diamonds. The safe was practically destro&ed. The burg- | lars flled off the heads of the boits in the | back of the safe. They then cut the back | plate and removed thecasbestos lining.