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VOLUME LXXXVII-NO. 133. SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, APRIL 23 oy 1909. PRICE FIVE CENTS. PURGHERS AMBUSH A BRITISH CONVOY AND CAPTURE SIX GUNS Colonel Broadwood’s Mounted Infantry and Batteries Are Forced to Retreat From Thaba N’chu and March Into a Trap Within Sight | | | § of the Headquarters of LLord Roberits. USHMAN KOP, Saturday, March 31.—The British force commanded by Colonel; Broadwood, consisting of the Tenth Hussars, Household Cavalry, two horse batteries and a force of mounted in antry, under Coionel Pilcher, which had been garrisoning Thaba N’chu, was obliged, in consequence of the near approach of a large force of Boers, to leave last night. Colonel Broadwood marched to the Bloemfontein water works, south of the Modder,! where he encamped at 4 o’clock this morning. At early dawn the camp was shelled by the| enemy from a near point. Colonel Broadwood sent off a convoy with the batteries, while the rest of the force remained to act as a rear guard. The convoy arrived at a deep spruit, where the Boers were concealed, and the entire body walked into ambush and was cap-| tured, together with six guns. [ The loss of life was not great, since most of the British had walked into the trap be- hot was fired. fore a L at no The extraor | Boers have ver tactics. er activity in ariously jed Wepener L s issued the following ¥ Kimberley: *“I have re. 5 hat if any disturban River, my 1 h the rebels imme- BOERS FOUGHT WELL AT KAREE SIDING special corre- legraph sends sday, March 29. fon was fought ding, resuiting in with loss. The Brandfort. ith me in my fire. Our re- drive of nearly nd shell Ived a been of made before- Boers from Glen. G w G brigade ker's ir on, made a me to-day | s proceeded to attack the s' brigade of mounted pompoms, advanced | ult ground delayed of our left. The Boers off Le Gallals, they got dually the Boers m their kopjes, and then idges which they held. lly heavy, continued hough the enemy had position, our losses were slight. We now occupy antry the ridges formerly held by linary flict began soon | Boers. Genera! French has returned w - - WEBSTER DAVIS WILL LECTURE ON THE WAR NSAS CITY, Mo., April 1.—A Journal Washington s of Kansas ( would impose n taking his departure for home | from Pretoria 2000 persons gathered to | leave of him at the station. They led to him in tears to state their = to the American pe and Mr. < conscience uld haunt reant to that pitifu’ American people are n the situation. He il himself of an ROBERTS’ CONDOLENCES TO JOUBERT'S FAMILY MFONTEIN rch — Lord Ma fol dispatch jon of my most respect- t their sad bereaven also for me that s v's forces share m: the sudden guisned 5 gene: dis ¥y end of sc oted his life to the service of his - and whose personal gallantry was ed by his humane conduct us bearing under all circum- i KNESS AMONG [ THE BOER PRISONERS | March 31.—The departure the British t =ports with the Boer oners for St. Helena has been delayed in o equence of the sickness among the prisoners. Three died to-day and twelve | have died during the week. | Arrangements are being made to prevent | | | CAPE TOWN, of overcrowding. The prisoners do not com- plain of their treatment or their food. v of General Cronje's men when cap- red were completely worn out by the ips they had undergone, and little £ left them to fight disease. the confinement on shipboard However, is equally irksome to men who have been ymed to outdoor life. PORTUGUESE PORT IS OPENED TO BRITISH LONDON, April 2—The Lisbon corre- ndent of the Daily Mafl says: “The srtuguese Government has wired orders Beira that British troops and ammu- on be allowed to pass through freely Minister of Forelgn Affairs, Vega has announced in the Chamber sties that the Government is in »n of rallway bonds with which the award of the Delagva Bay arbitration tribunal.” to Railway pay SAFETY OF OLIVIER'S FORCE NOW ASSURED LONDON, April 2—The Times has the following from Mafeting, Basutoland, dated Friday, March 3): General Olivier has just passed Jammersberg Drift with 2000 men, four guns and 80 wagons. The | column, which extended thirty miles, was accompanied by many women and chil- dren. ik [ Steyn Arouses the Burghers. { MASERU, Basutoland, March 31.—Presi- dent Steyn is reported to have gone to Ladybrand to stir up the burghersthere to renewed resistance. The Boers have re- moved from the immediate vicinity of | Plattberg and taken up a commanding position adjacent. The Dutch who sur- rendered their arms at Ladybrand are now suffering seizures of their livestock. —_—— Joubert Named His Successor. PRETORIA, Friday., March 30, —Presi- dent Kruger said in public to-day the last expressed desire of the late Commandant- General Joubert was that he should be succeeded as commandant-general by Louis Botha, | executed with the greatest secre jir W, | len Fiske. | Lancaster officer. | was made known in Los Angeles further CLIMAX RE neral Colville’s division, which left Bloemfontein early this morning, arrived here| , and he is now shelling the Boers. 1< TSO T OO OO OO TSO>SO OSSP ACHED IN THE MARCEAU FAMILY TROUBLE Had Her By a Clever Ruse She P Theodore Marceau Jr., but Her\Wit Ultimate! B ' 'Mrs. Marceau Left Los Angeles With Baby and the Colonel Arrested. almed Off Allen Fiske as| y Failed. e Lt | OS ANGELES, April 1.—A elimax was reached to-day in the Mar- ceau conflict for the possession of heo Jr. Mrs. Amanda Mar- mother of the child with v lea . but they had proceeded ~olonel discovered that ed and headed off v means of a tele- est. Allen the train station In this it the rest of the party were ntil they arrived at Bakers- 1 Marceau repeatedly de- ay and this morn- u be brought to his 8 requested that he be left with him to pass the nig Mrs. Mar- ceau told her friends that she feared she suld r again see mined to go to her home in San Fran- while she had him in her pos- session. Her departure was planned quietly and At a little past noon she and her family walked through the hotel where she had apart- ments, entered a carriage and drove to the depot. About forty minutes before she left the hotel Mrs. Marceau, in response to a tele- phone request from the colonel, informed him that the boy was well and that she would let him know later when he would be taken to the galler When the colonel discovered that Mrs. Marceau had left the city he sought Sher- H. Hammel, who, through Mar- attorney, Clarence A. Miller, di- ed Constable Harry J. Butler by wire at Lancaster to board the train and de- mand the child. This was done. With a woman's wit Mrs. Marceau asked whether e child would require her Angeles. Being informed . she said: , if that is the case, here 1is the And the Constable, as the train steamed north, marched away with Al- The boy still remains with the When this clever ruse cisco proceedings were taken. Through coun- sel a complaint was drawn, charging Mrs. Marceau with felony and theft in the taking away of Theo C. Marceau Jr. This complaint was wired at § o'clock to-night to Sheriff Borgwardt at Bakersfield, and upon the arrival of the northbound tratn Mrs. Marceau was arrested and held. Sheriff Hammel has been Informed that Mrs. Marceau and her boy will turned to Los Angeles to-morrow morn- ing on the Owl train. MRS. FENNELL DOES NOT KNOW WHAT TO THINK Can Give No Satisfactory Explana- tion for Marceau’s Action in Having Her Arrested. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. BAKERSFIELD, April 1.—When the north-bound Southern Pacific overland reached this city at 9 o’clock this evening | Sheriff Borgwardt and deputies met it to arrest Mrs. Amanda J. Fennell, otherwise Mrs. Colonel Marceau, on a warrant fs- sued out of Justice W. P. James’ court, in Los Angeles, charging her with child- stealing. Mrs. Fennell objected strongly to leaving her compartment in the Pull- man, and a number of gentlemen in the car offered to assist her, until Sheriff Borgwardt called upon them to assist him, showing them the warrant he held signed by Sheriff Hammel of Los Angeles County. Mrs. Fennell would not leave the car until her baggage was seized and her companion, Martha Frenzell, also cus- todian of the child In contention, was lifted out with little Theodore Marceau. Then she consented to go and was as- nce on their northern | at or boy and deter- | be re- | ! sisted to a carriage and driven to the| Southern Hotel. She accepted the situa- tion gracefully and Sheriff Borgwardt al- lowed her to accompany The Call corre- spondent to a telephone office, where she | communicated with friends in San Fran- clsco relative to her situation Concerning the probabie reason for Colo- nel Marceau's action in causing her arrest Mrs. Fennell said: *“I am entirely at a loss to know why he should this way.” And then, with a flash of **Possibly he s drunk.” Continuing, she sald: “I dined with the colonel only Saturday evening. I was with him from § o'clock until 12, and when I left him he was in a complaisant mood | and agreed fully that Theodore should go with me and Martha. When [ got ready to leave Los Angeles Sunday noon I telephoned the colonel, bidding him | good-by, shortly before train time, and he | | interposed no objection then. | “My surprise was very great when an officer boarded our train at a town called Lancaster and arrested my boy, Allen Fiske, and took him from the train. He | is only 12 years old, and I should have fol- | lowed him only that I was so stunned by | | the occurrence that the train was in mo- | tion before I realized what was happen- ing. I telegraphed at other stations; it | would do me no good to get off the train then, but it was not until I reached Bakersfield that I learned that he would be sent after me—in fact, that he was the | wrong boy. I am glad the country Con- stable at Lancaster was so stupid, as he left me little Theodore, who was the one they wanted. “I consider the treatment I have been subjected to as simply outrageous. Sher- it Borgwardt has shown me every con- sideration, but I am utterly unable to see how it is possible to apprehend me, my child and the guardian the courts have appointed for my child. They tear my son away from me at one station and take me | from it by force at another, and now they | are to take me back to Los Angeles, just | | to please that miserable old man, who | | doesn’t in the least know what he is do- ing.” ITALY ON THE VERGE OF A REVOLUTION | King Humbert, Alarmed at the | Situation, Is Said to Be in Hiding. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, April 1.—The Journal has | the following from Rome: It can no longer be doubted that a dangerous condi- tion of unrest obtains throughout Italy. | This has existed for some time, but has been brought to a head by the Govern- | ment’s attempt to pass a coercive meas- | ure known as the “Public Safety biil. This. under plea of suppressing riots, ete., takes away the rights of free speech and of public meetings. For six weeks the Government has attempted to pass this bill, despite the fierce opposition of the Socialists and Republicans, which has now developed into a dangerous revolutionary movement. The Italian Government strove to pass this bill by em‘poweflnx the President to suppress opposition speakers, but sitting was suspended dally owing to uproar and fights, which Socialists ard Republicans started about a week ago. During the discussion of the bill Signor Pantago electrified the Chamber by an impas- sioned appeal to the constituent assem- gly. lw'};.lch"he dec{n‘?nded should be elected ¢ plebiscite, and he e also for re: of fhe Ttalign constitution. iy The King is so alarmed that he has not been seen for several days. It is known that Queen Margherita has implored him to fly to Civita Vecchia, and it is believed he has gone there to calm Margherita. The people here are not allowed to mus- ter In crowds and everybody is wonder- ing what will happen next. St doalh e Changing Free State Names. CAPE TOWN, April L.—Army orders were iss ued to-day declaring the al of the title ““Free State Rallways, supe! his the title * tional Military Rallyays.” i | | I | + telephoned to the > L R e O e e B o e o MILI . TARY BALLOON IN USE. rantz, when the position and movements of the Boers were observed by aeronauts and below. D R A R R el R e R e R B S R S R e L S L S S R R N R R S R R N R R R R ] | EXPLORERS HAVE LOCATED SOUTHERN MAGNETIC POLE Sir George Newnes PSS S Scientific Expedition Re- turns From Its Cruise in Antarctic ELLINGTON, N. Z., Waters. April 1.—The exploring steamer Southern Cross, bearing C. E. Borchgrevink and the survivors of the South Polar expedition fitted out in 188 by Sir George Newnes of London, arrived to-day atCamp- belltown, near Bluff Harbor, . Borchgrevink reports that the magnetic pole has been located. N. Han- sen, one of the zoologists who started with the expedition, dled on the voyage. The expedition left Hobart of February, the members ranged that the steamer should le 190. Mr. Borchgrevink's party consisted magnetic observer, to be assisted by and Dr. H. Kloevstad as medical officer. Finland to look after ninety dogs. NEW YORK, April 1.—What little has as South Polar Sea has been eagerly read. becau continent and Antarctic Ocean are still almost , Tasmania for t Enormous suppl been told of Herr Carsten Egeberg . despite the general advance of discovery and exploration, the Antarctic unknown as they were centuries ago. landed from the Southern Cross near of nine, including himself. Lieutenant W. Louis Bernacchi; Mr. Fougnai was general utility man and s of provisions were laid in. N. Hansen and Hugh Evans he antarctic region on December 19, 18%. During the latter part e Adair, Victorialand, it having been ar- ve them there with full equipment of every kind and should return for them early in Colbeck, R. N. B., was selected as first were chosen as zoologists cook. With these went two natives of Borehgrevinks' discoveries in_ the Borchgrevinks' first voyage was made in 1894, when he shipped as a common sailor on the Antarctic. On his return he contributed a paper on southern exploration that established his reputation as an explorer. On his former voyage he was the first white man who had set foot upon the Antarctic continent since Captain Ross discovered it in 1841 The recent expedition of Herr Borchgrevinks was organized in Norway and London, with the Ifberal assistance of Sir George Newnes, and sailed from England lache, heard. Another object was the discove degrees 5 minutes south and longitude 1 strike rapidly for the interi Still a third object was the settleme Borchgrevinks believed there was. Ro flesh and supposed them to have been made b: ed the conclusion that they were not made by degrees east. r to locate this pole. t of disco sea leopards. teeth, but by weapons. They were never about the head, as they August, 1588, One of the objects of the expedition was to search for Ger- the Belgian explorer, who had gone on a trip to the southern continest a year before and of whom nothing had been v of the southern magnetie pole, which he belleved to be situated in latitude 75 He expected if he found himself able to land om the coast to he controversy as to whether there was human life on the continent. -red that seals killed on the coast of Antarctica had deep scars in their Borchgrevinks made a closer study of these scars and reach- id have been had they been received in a fight, but were on the back and sides. From this he argued that there mus® be people on the continent akin to the Eskimos of the northern islands. His expedition left Hobart, Tasmania, on December 19, 158. During the latter part of February members landed from the Southern Cross near Cape Adare, Victoria Land, on the Antarctic continent. There the party was left and the ship was to return for them this year. JAPANESE SAY THAT PLEDGES WERE BROKEN Rumors of Friction With the United States Over the Hawaiian Question. Correspondence Asscclated Press. YOKOHAMA, March 14.—The Emperor’s | message of congratulation to Queen Vie- | toria and her reply thereto have awak- ened, lively satisfaction in all quarters of the empire and have emphasized the sym- pathy almost universally felt for the British in the Soyth African struggle. _The death of Professor Toyama, an ex; ication, removes one of | t‘g‘lnl;:!r-k‘;lfowxr?:cholm of the realm lnd‘ Wwill attract attention in the West, espe- eclally in the United States, where his abil- | ities were known. It ed that the Emperor will | shortly raise to the peerage Dr. Kentaro Kaneko, the first of the Japanese to be | the honorary degree of LL. D. by Judging from the strictures of ‘the na- tive press there is fear of some friction between Japan and the United States over the Hawaiian question. There are now some 60,000 Jngfinsse in the islands. It is claimed that t at_the time of annexation. The visit of Professor Agassiz and his sclentific collcagues on the United States Fish Commission steamer Albatross has been the occasion of many social festivi- ties, conspicuous among them bei a re- ception tendered by the Imperial Univer- sity and the Japan Harvard Club. The death of Consul General Gowoy, which occurred yesterday. has awakened universal regret not only in the American community but among the representatives of all nations. e s Swift Advarce Urged. LONDON, April 2—Spencer Wilkinson, in the Morning Post, says: “The attack on Thaba Nchu and the convoy is a sam- ple of the mode in which the Boers will try to conduct the war. It is a legitimate mode and the most effective for Boer pur- poses. So long as the Boer army keeps the field such attacks will embarrass the British and perhaps the best way to get rid of the difficulty would be a swift ad- vance and decisive blows against the matn’ Boer army.” e United States is ignoring | pledges given to the Japanese Government | | PLAGUE HAS RUN ITS COURSE IN HONOLULU | E | | Herman Levy, Who Was Reported Il With the Disease, Has Recovered. HONOLULU, March 24.—The Board of | Health has practically decided that th | plague has run its course. No cases have | developed for over a week. The members | of the board now feel that quarantine re- strictions may be made less stringent. Commenct ‘with the 26th all restrietions regarding the shipment of merchandise from Honolulu except merchandise from Asiatic ports will be rescinded. Every- thing except Oriental xoods is considered safe. It is not intended, however, that there shall be any let-up of proper disin- fection of shipments or the supervision of | the matter by the Health Board. Herman Levy, the hotel clerk, who was taken ill some weeks ago, has recovered and will soon be about again. His case has not Abnn otlldallyr ;lerllred unef of | plague. As a matter of faet, some of ths 15«:« of Health physiclans now admit that the young man never had plague, but, on the contrary, was iil with typhoid- pneumonia.

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