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

—-— .ungmmmomm ©020324 302959593028 703 355243029290 - - > : H ” l) ) : 4 N ! - ;&o'*oct%*m"’em ;m*o‘ufin sxeze sae H"O*N“’; VOLUME I.XXX\'II—XO. 132, SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, APRIL 1, 1900—THIRTY-T\"O PAGES. I’RI(‘E }I\ F ('E\T ROBERTS LOST ABOUT WATEH NG VICTORIA READY FOR TWO HUNDRED TROOPS JOURNEY TO IRELAND | Casualties in the Latest Battle With ther RUSSIAN Elaborate Arrangements Include the Boers More Numerous Than at AHW”’Y Sending of a Vast Array of Pots First Reported. and Pans to Dublin. , SEBLE RPN v RISt - LTI SO e G WW”WHW;*)+H?+Q—‘- > e i eieieie sieiei e ateieteied@ . Some Britons Believe : : War With Japan Is ! : Very Near. ¢ b4 ® : MIKADO, HOWEVER, 8 '3 : NOT READY FOR FRAY & 2 To What Extent England's : b Moral ‘Assistance Can Be - ¢ Given to Turkey Isa : . Question That Also b . Worries Sali * 3 bury. : - > . i e —— Y o Latest Portrait of the Queen and Her Great-Grandchildren in the Direct Line. TR . B X WORKING UNDER DIFFICULTIES. Boyal Engineers throwing a ponto @ +P e L0l ebeIOPIEPIOEIOIOIIOIIOIOIITOEILOEDTSE DY bridge across Qi s P 0 008 0P 0TI 0P eP e el el e ettt et ede o8 shotoisdodobotodoetodsbototiocotosesese the Tug 1 @eterepets Qi 02 0P ePed el edeileitedsdetietletsiesilehedledtetede i eieieletdeiodbedsieieievedeiobeboiesede 1e Delago n’s own war Great Br been the progress of peace in the Orange Free State tles which the Briti ;evw e had g i fifty copper s especially for the v The E“" of Der ing, holds ‘three Irish titles "'1! s for aid-d However, though the (‘uee" is's 11 of excite approaching visit, she is not forgetful of South Africa. A Queen remarked that she was aware many people imagin cause her death. “I may die.,” added her Majesty, not mean to let Mr. Kruger kill me.” Lieute 1siasm in regard to her rounds that the var would r cause. I do nothing of | s desire to| and become | evident ehat | VALOR OF RAW TROOPS the la to interty | IN TAKING THE KOPJES dle in taking ad- | every quarter 3 t ace of the world, | BLOE!!FO\'TEI. March 31.—The Boer | engagem ¢ be crowded tofether wWithout r | it is reassuring to remember that the fixed | Position vesterday was one of great mat- | occupled th b 0¢ TUIBIE | olcy of Russia for years has been to | ural Only the turning movement | the Elghtee DEMOCRATS MAY TRY TO ABDUCT FINLEY - o 2 take matters almo: o the point of hos- | of General French and Major Le Gallais, STEYN'S ALLEGED ORDER | tilitles and then to settle diplomatically, | the latter commander of the mounted in- E the only exception of this in modern times | faitry, on either flank insured the British being the Crimea, when the e ss. TO SHOOT LOYAL BURGHERS ol iri in Ensiand lnd her to betieve | The shape of the koples was irregular. | 1 toach ‘ that the cou would not interfere. The Boers’ right flank consisted of a long | Luker's df LONDON, March 31.—From Cape Town | hill with wma-;d sides, Co{!nocxe‘?‘nfl(‘:llie circular basin. el | main position by a long, low ridge, thick- | rar I e *;;h:;:jj;:;;‘tznr;u ROBERTS REPORTS THE | et Pus' rast 'of ‘tha posttioes to- | oo Intonin, u- | ard the lef d of broken kopjes, | deliv s : g e s g e DEATH OF COL. GOUGH | I honccied by a migh ridge. e e burghers refusing to join the Boer army —— Major Le Gallais moved around the | aq if on parade. LONDON, March 31.—Lord Roberts re- | Boers’ left and engaged them, first freely | tected by guns w ports the death at Norvals Pont on Wed- | using his Vickers-Maxims and gradually | tne Boer position s from elsewhere is meager, the | Desday, March 3, ?1: S )Br.el the Hon. | fc;:ms h:PmF;:*:S‘O‘;Ta:d the center, | Bnus;. ;d\—;nce-! = s ¥ n 2] R k. | where they - od st o e e peedy ;:;::hx;r:‘g! ?;:a;mlfiff‘unf e 2 i theor Le Gallais was e to move | ei?le;e;! e\’ie;’: uzx o it e | Colonel Gough had been private secre- | until late.in m;gayl: wmlecednem French | geteen miles @ l'tary to the commander-in-chief of the | moved early. e latter made a wide de- The Boer loss BURGHERS FOUGHT WELL. | British forces, Lord Wolseley, since 1s97. ’ tour toward the rear of theé Boers. but KROONSTAD, o__ F. S. March 3.—|He was born in County Tipperary, Ire- | was unable to complete the movement be- | RTPLING HONORS JOUBERT. BLUNDERS OF BRITISH General Smuts to-day engaged the British | 1204, July 35, 152, and was the second | fore the Boers perceived this intention and ! 5 Agggsr Pocay - son of the late secorid Viscount Gough. | abandoned the position. They retired In| BLOEMFONTEIN, March 3L—General LEADERS AT SPION KOP one 15 aend 08 & working pares wiin en. | 20 Matet' Kop, south of Brandfort, and | . joined the Fourteenth Hussars in 1571, | good order between General Fremch and | Lord Roberts has sent a telegram of con- ¢ 2 : | Stmsemmn. 10 smpmorpline. Deseac . Thom et | Nub iehiesls (Gt Dax Sie six- hours. Thfi‘puced through the staff college in 1553, | Major Le Gallais, where the main body of | dolence to President Kruger on the death ke : | ters are provided foe in military macuals, but | DurEhers fought weil. The casualtles are | commanded mounted infantry, Soudan | the Boers, with four guns, held an excel- | of General Joubert. Rudyard Kipling has | CAPE TOWN. March IL—The fireq 5 RK. March 3. —Correspindence | are desised in South Africa. where owing to | unknown. The Free State Raad will as- campalgn, 184-55, and commanded the | lent position on the edge of a deep donga, | written a poem on Joubert's death, which | datch of prisoners started to-day for 8t the Associated Press frox. London,the absence of roads sbd bridges they are more | semble at Kroonstad on April 2 Fourteenth Hussars In 159136 whence they shelled General French. | appears in the Friend of the Free State. | Helena. © discovedng me from the gener bo¥ Describitg the sticking of a convoy in a drift, he writes: trek shudder at the'cruelty, but was