The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 9, 1900, Page 1

VOLUME LXXXVII-NO. 140. The SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, APRIL 9, 1900. PRICE FIVE CENTS. BOER [ Burghers Sally From Bloemfon-| tein Waterworks and Attack British Pickets Within Eight| Miles of Free State Capital. | SR | Large Force Appears to the South of the City and Threatens an Assault| Upon the Invaders’ Line of Com-| munieation. . LOEMFONTEIN, Saturday, 7. — The| Boers re reported in force the south, threatening the railroad, which, however, is strongly protected. British pickets at Spring- field, eight miles distant, were attacked to-day by Boers advancing from the waterworks. Re- mounts are rap.dly arriving. Tne British are in| high spirits and anxious to advance. o s e to The Call and New York Herald. Copyrighted, 1800, by the New York Herald Company. April io o D I S e Y ab Special C emall =k te the Brit war in the work of shown than by f and that near Reddersburg. the Boshof affalr, where the odds were easy to get complete informa- he other leg. In the first 4, three companies of the Northumberland Fusiliers— a force five or six times allowed to return. An Is think it much more im- British reflects most seriously upon the in- ained in a report from Gen- eral Broadwood's column at ish camp slumbering p This, be it remember g. during which several rear- om the start of th descriptions lose stx hundre 1s o i the ce- arm ay’'s hasty the well-known and popular actress. The War Office has issued a list of 1 officers and men on Thursday. Nine were | led a sergeant, Patrick Campbell, | was falling at the Royalty Thea | 1 the town by her grand performa geant Ca belonged was inspected | reet barracks shortly vefore the men left for | ‘ampbell singled for presentation to his } | husband of t at Boshof he ¢ rawing a which Ser; mpbell by was out ction which was conferred on him alone among the rank AMERICAN COWBOYS WITH THE BOERS. Special Dispatch to The Call. s the following from Pretoria. dated April | 0 bayonets for the use of the commando un- nd the legion e of French- is made up of | nce this dis- | been killed re 1o~ One hundred and fifty ty. he wounded captives are sent to he fighting at Korn Spruit on Saturday, and captured a British convoy and almost were Roberts Horse, a detachment of a 1 Hussars and the Royal Horse ROYAL IRISH RIFLES FOUGHT BRAVELY. TN, April 5 (del 1 the eastern | Tuesday tran smission).—The Royal Irish Rifles the Free State collecting arms, and were were intercepted by a Boer com- n. The Irish intrenched them- ng both flanks, only to find escape r re. The British replied spar- the hope that help would arrive. They fired intermittently dur- e British position until Wed- who had fought tenaciously, were suffering severely By this time, also, the Rifles had expended their that there was no sign of succor they surrendered, having urs. They lost ten killed and many wounded. d is Captain Tennant, General Gatacre's chief intelligence t did not attempt to rush BOERS SHOOT A FREE STATE TRAITOR. April 6.—The Ninth Division, under General Tolville. t irection of Reitfontein, but arrived too late to ds. T leaders, who had c-sembled there for conference. The « State burghet named McCaskill, who was em- | rductor of the wagons which the Boers captured at r works | to Bethany, on orders from headquarters, to guard | RETREAT FROM ROUXVILLE ACCOMPLISHED. | ALIWAL NORTH, Saturday, April 7.—That portion of the Royal Irish Rifles V\. h has been falling back from Rouxville arrived he: safely last night T r retirement w e i by a detachme sent by General Brabant, fr - ing the Boers and interrupting the movement of the enemy from Rouxviile Lieutenant B and two men of Brabant's detachment of the Border Horse | are missing. Two Boers were killed in the rear guard action. A strong Boer | commando i reported to be at Walsekop, fourteen miles west of Rouxville. 1 A + PP e000 000000 | south | you ® . @ . . . @ - ® R T SR SRS PP » ving out the wire wh g0 it would >0 B e S o o s The above picture, taken from the Sphere, Gepicts a un| HURRYING THE BALLOON OUT OF RANGE, BRITISH DISASTERS \Actity of the Federal Forces Around Bloemfontein -Gwes London Cause for /ncreasmg Anxiety. ONDON, April 9, 4:40 a. m.—When it is b e in mind that all the dis- patches from the front are severe- Iy censored, there is little in the ws to bring satisfaction to Eng- land. Assurances that nothing need be feared, even if the rallway and telegraphs are cut and Bloemfontein isolated, to- gether w »ws that the ladies and other civilians are being ordered aws do not augur well There are rumors from Cape Town that the telegraph wires were already cut yes- terday (Sunday) and also that the Hus- sars who were sent to the relief of the | Royal Irish Rifles are also missing, al- though probably these are the outcome of Boer exaggerations designed to en- « the burghers al (€ mpt of Iville to catch the Boer leaders in conf tein failed, probabl usual, because of | enemy. | cided no Last Tuesday many of the his- toric regiments, like the Scots Greys, the Inniskillen Dragoons and the Lancers, could not muster a hundred mounted men, while artillery horses were very scarce. The enemy has now been entire! red out from the position they lat occu- pied north of Glenn and the British force there is being considerably ‘augmented. Lord Kitchener commands the railway to the south and our positions are secure against ifterruptions. The troops are all in good spirits, though badly in need of clothing and boots.” Roberts Delays His Advance. The Cape Town correspondent of the Daily News, telegraphing Friday, sa. ‘Owing to a lack of horses and to the sufferings of the men from pneumon nce at Reitfon- | due to thin clothing, Lord Roberts has d;;- the to make a big move until the fack of kol re provided with tnicker uni- The result of these serious checks to | the British arms is that the whole Free | The Bloemfontein correspondent of the State is up again and that the Boers are | Morning Post, telegraphing Friday, s full of activity over the entire field. A | “No anxiety need be felt as to the secur- belated Boer dispatch says that bayonets | ity of Bloemfontein, although the enemy were made for the foreign legion under | may succeed in cutting telegraphic com- the late General de Villebois Mareuil. The | munication and even in destroying the Boers are bo: lesberg and | railway for a brief period. A number of numbering 6000, wagons, Stormberg commanc with ten cannon and T safely through, thus pe nificent strategic feat.”” British Surprised While Asleep. A Boer account of the Bloemfontein waterworks affair say ve got | Lady orming a “mag- | cently from wood evacuated Thaba Nchu owing to the | mmandant Olivier from th Federal troops found th advance of ( The British camp in péaceful slumber, with civilians, including Lady Bentinck and dward Cecil, who arrived here re- Cape Town, left to-day in compliance with a general order Issued by the authorities.” The: Bloemfgntein correspondent of the olonel Broad- | Daily Mail, telegraphing Friday and re- erring to the death at Boshof of General de Villebois Mareuil, commander of the French legion of the Boer army, says: ‘He, was a une type of the French bheau out a sentinel or an outpost to give the |Sabreur, brave, dashing, highly intelligent, ’ 1 alarm. General de Wet immediately placed guns and the commandos in such loving war, yet a polished gentleman at ome and a scholarly and almost brilliant positions as to surround the British, who | Writer. He was of far too high a type to did not have time to recover from their | be understood by the Boers, who showed surprise.” The Cape Town correspondent of the Times, discussing the affair, says: “All the details only serve to bring out clearly the marvelous cleverness of the Boers, no | angrily less than the marvelous careiessness and improvidence of the British officers, whom, it would seem, no series of disas- ters will ever teach to keep wide awake. The Boers in Colonel Broadwood's rear drove his force into the party at the arift exactly as partridges are driven to a net. At the drift itself, as each wagon descended the hollow, it was shown which way to drive, so as not to block the con- Ve When the gur all clear again for their reception. one who was present said: cloakroom. The Boers politely b | arrived the trap was | of Jagersfontein. open contempt for his advice and disobe- dlence to his orders. He it was who warned General Cronje that he was being flanked by Lord Roberts. Cronje replied he British will never leave the railway.” The French officer persisted, saying it was obvious that the British meant to outflank the Boers. Then Cronje shouted: ‘Boy, keep still. I was a soldier before you were born.' " Free Staters Resume Fighting. The Bloemfontein correspondent of the Times, telegraphing Friday, says: ‘*“The Boers now stretch in a thin line from Sannas Post, on the south, to a point east The railway stations As | are amply protected, but their defense ‘It was like | necessitates heavy patrolling work. The took | question of protecting the surrendered your rifle and asked you to kindly stand | Free Staters is being solved by their re- to one side to do. The American scout Burnham testified to the terrific pace with ‘which the Boer commandos cover the ground and the | ease with which they make their guns. ‘The Bloemfontein correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, in a dispatch dated Fri- day, says: “All is quiet here. Remounts and reinforcements are arriving and prep- arations are being made to deal with the There was nothing else for | ception into the military camps. Many are flocking here, but it is reported that the farms westward of the capital are ten- anted by women only, the men having rejoined the Boer commandos.” The Cape Town correspondent of the Daily Mall says: “Charges of insubordi- nation and pllifering are made against the crew of the foundered British steamer Mexican. After the collision with the ‘Winkfield they to be incapable | | | | | | | igue Incident in the Dattle of Vaal Krantz. Members of a Bri tish military balloon corps had establi: from the reel, allowed the well-tethered aerfal steed to carry the observers to a height from which they could safely observe the positi battle surged the, wrong way, and they found themselves exposed to a hot fire from the enem | @HHHHH444444 444444444440 | + + REIGN OF TERROR BEGUN BY SOUTH AFRICAN NATIVES LOURENZO MARQUES, Friday, April 6.—A runner, who has just ar- rived here from Sobobos Kraal s: Sobobo has been killed and h women have been tied up with ropes. Unrest is increasing in the country, which is in a most unset- tled state, bordering on a reign of terror, in the absence of ‘‘white man's Jaw.” Many natives have been threatened, and in one dis- trict they have been completely killed off. A messenger from Bromersdorp, Swaziland, says the Boers are mak- ing presents to the Queen and are seeking permission to pass through Swaziland armed. McQuezie, the famous old Swazi chief, and two women of his house- hold, with their infants, been assegaied at McQuezies Kraal. The kraal was sacked and burned and the chief's sons cap- tured. Numerous bands are marc ing about—natives and Swazis— and marauding in every direction. This correspondent found McQue- zie's ‘son in charge of two natives, who admitted the killing of the chief, but sald they had followed the orders of the Swazl Queen MASERU, Basutoland, Thursday, April 5.—The reoccupation of Lady- brand, Thaba Nchu and the Bloem- fontein waterworks by the Boers, in the very sight of the Basutos, who recently witnessed the expul- sion of the Boers by the British, is far the most important aspect of the situation here. Already the na- tives are arguing that the British have suffered reverses, and should the British evacuate Wepener, the results, so far as the natives are concerned, are likely to prove disas- trous. All hope to see General Bra- bant steadily advance and drive the enemy before him. + + + + - + + + - + 4 + + + . + + + + + + + - + + + + + - K + + + k + + - + + + + + & P + + + - + + + + + > + + + + + of or unwilling to do their duty. scant consideration. investigation.” THIRTY BOERS ESCAPE FROM BRITISH PRISON SIMONTOWN, Cape Town, April 7.—It | now appears that no fewer than thirty last recap- tured. The prisoners effected their escape by cutting a fence under the sentry bridge Boers escaped from the old camp evening. Nine have since been while the sentry was above. A driver a sanitary cart was offered £200 to carry | A new tunnel has been discovered in the direction opposite the off the prisoners. former one. It had been completed within five feet of the point for a break. ————— Many Frenchmen Captured. BOSHOF, Orange Free State, Frenchmen. draggled appearance. man; and Lord Me behavior. of the Yeomanry and ull we honors. L y's guns, with great danger of having their reel No time was to be lost, and whipping up-their horses and reeling in- as they went, they galloped the whole affair out of danger. @+ risisisbeietei e RUMORS OF FURTHER + G444+ 4444444444444 44440 Many rifled the belongings of passengers and | treated the passengers themsclves with The Cape Times de- mands their detention and a searching Friday, April 6.—The prisoners captured by the British and brought in to-day include They present a ';(. [eth- uen has complimented his men on their Captains Boyle and Willlam General de Villebo! ere burfed to-day with military J orders tn'w.m the captain, who, according | EW YORK. April 8.—A thrilling | story of the alleged massacre of Fllipino prisoners by American soldiers is told for first time in a letter written by a Brooklyn boy, Corpor Leonard - Mygatt, serving in the Philippines with the ty-third Rej Regular According to the murder thirty men of Mygatt's company led unarmed Filipi- nos into a jungle and fired volley after volley into them, until all of the brown- t of the slaugh- orrible details » was, he an actor in the great tragedy from beginning to end. ter to his sister, Mrs. Harry of Brooklyn he has told he saw and experienced i dly the killing of the p ers will lead to a thorough investigation the War Department. Several times hefore there have come from the Philip- pines whispers of the shooting or bayon- eting of Tagal prisoners, but this is the first time a thoroughly reliable man has given above his own signature details of such a horrible act. Not On: Was Spared. “Do not let one escape,” was the order from Mygatt's captain; and Mygatt, in his letter, says not one escaped. Though Mygatt does not name the cap- tain ‘who gave the orders, it is supposed he refers to Captain Cloman of the Twenty-third Regiment, as he was with Captain Cloman’s company. While Mygatt and four companions were out in the interior on an exploring expe- dition they were attacked by treacherous | natives, whom they were entertainine. One of Mygatt's companions was mur- dered outright, another so severely wound- ed be died a few hours later and two others almost fatally wounded. Mygatt was the only one who escaped unharmed. According to his story he put his wounded, dead and dying comrades into an open boat and sailed with them thirty- five miles to the outpost at Bongas, where the company was stationed. As soon as Mpygatt reported the outrage, he says, the captain gathered up a detail of forty men | and started for Balambing, where the na- tives had attacked the little party of Americans. On the way to Balambing the captain, according to Mygatt, gave him these unmistakable orders: orporal, if I am hurt so I cannot give | the commapd I want you to understand | that not a Nouse is to be left standing, and not a Moro alive.” Arriving at Balambing the Amerfcans corralled every male Moro, the total num- ber of prisoners taken belng over 200, all | grown men. The captain elicited confessiongy from the.prisoners who had assisted In the at- | tack upon Mygatt and his comrades. The | next morning all men who had aided in the treacherous assault were killed under | prisoners says and in a Pow- hing A ell just AR RA R A s s R R R R R R S S A nas s S of | to to Mygat shed themselves ns and movements of th wagon destroyed and the balloon | killed a CORDON DRAWN CLOSER AROUND LORD ROBERTS ARMY G S e S e S S S S AP DA S PP PSP PP +>e® RS v * e . Pege B a favorable Boe Raae ae o e e o e e S S S SN SV DA WP NSNS ¥ TELLS OF A MASSACRE OF CAPTIVE FILIPINGS Story of Horrible Barbarity Contained in | a Letter From a Corporal in the | Regular Army. Special Dispatch to the Jall. “Take them out to w for our fire We need wood Do em Shot Down Like Wild Beasts. Thirty Am g Mers w aded rifles formed the detail th: d the already cu gether. ward and sho One « bullets, began crowd of unarmed the magazine of i at the end spread first erack o of twenty to speak, a rative, not c alive. The serge with orders into the ca and reporte: ers tried to es This s the Brooklyn. the most pepular the borough found his regi owt he had Forty-seventh, w sergeant. He soon leutenancy. When Regiment retu disbanded Mygatt enlis: ¢ lar army as a private and was sent t Philippines with the Twenty fantry. In two weeks he wa to corporal and hopes to be fur vanced before NE. BOER REPORT OF RECENT VICTORIES PRETORIA renzo M eral DeWet force of Brit southeast of Bloe prisoners and a la nition and heavy I the other commandos It is officially announced here t the Bloemfontein waterworks the lican forces captured eleven officers 362 men, with cleven guns, two ammu tlon wagons, other wagons and mules. Brother of Steyn Taken. BLOEMFONTEIN, Saturday, April 7.— Another of Mr. Steyn's brothers was cap- ture nea aree sidin, esterday arrived here to-dag. . © -