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@ exe TETENEF SHOLD FOX SXOHONOXGHEQ goco»iml“ SHOXS XS “umog P~ b 4 * ® - x: ( ( »: > * A Y76 * * . )ZJQ(‘\‘ )) : i : / * y - fed o2 * * - et % 2 x : - 2 3 H Cererex PH XKD HOX PAGXOXOXOXOQ GOXOXPXILPAIXIXIK & % SXOXOAIHOH IR SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, APRIL 22, 1900—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS. HOSTILITIES RENEWED AT ALL POINTS IN THE FIELD OF SOUTH AFRICAN WAR Most Important of All Operations Is March| of Third and Eighin Divisions to the Relief| of Wepener. Boers Continue to Attack the| Position Held by the British N rth of Glens—Carrington’s| 1g March to the Rescue of eleaguered Mafeking. Y Call and New York Herald. Copyrighted, 1900, by New York Herald Company. ] ed near Boshof on Friday v 3 in-check, how P ¢ brought safely ting the speedy relief of s way south from Be rington’s forc There will Buluwayo, the ce under ight, as it e in order to keep 1 then have the as- ovements sof a force of 5000 over 400 odd raflway available probably an action Baden-Powell. about Mafeking 1ds upon Carrington. DISPATCHES MEAGER AND UNSATISFACTORY were reconnoitering General Roberts' of Bloemfontein. Next they Methuen, who was retir- 1 Lansdowne’s action in publishing 1 Kop dispatches is inexplicable, % ¢ - gh me owledge, only on the ’ te nts to be assured of the public opinion In shortly fe- General Buller. Ministers of late er dared act u 1 they first felt public opinion. v ® Buller has many powerful A r T was selected by Sir Henry | t anerman, late Secretary of | , to be commander in chief ion of the Duke of Cams | nsdowne is officially re- | rd I be for General Buller's selection | 1 dated South African command, and he | = = T of ate to ordgr him home. The em de- » of the disy public hes is an invi to produce thelr ver is remarkable that Lord Wolseley ation of censure ac- | mpanie recall. The nation is grac- rowing angry with the head man. t of the War Office, and it is about SR LT Ll SIGNALING BY FRENCH SHIP OFF ST. HELENA HELENA, April 21.—Much excite- r cture have been caused by of French warship in on Thursday. The ves- | seen close to the shore in BOER TACTICS TO WORRY BRITISH TROOPS th of the island, where & il late In the day. It then | Ed , says at mid- the direction of Jamestown | been seen since. with his wife and staff, £ in a nice little country they will remove to a larger General ( have been liv house. Late The transport Lake Erle provided has arrivel - ep is to | with 3% prisoners, including thirty-four 1 vy isolated | officer: The health of the prisoners is par f T compels the Brit- | generaily goed. tsh, if t ack under T SRR oo BOERS SHELLED THE commander to send a relief ex- ELANDS LAAGTE COLLIERY ELANDS LAAGTE, April 21.—A com- | mando of 1000 Boers came through Wes- sels Nek this morning. They crossea Sunda bridge and advanced to the The Boer force n order to get i to attack. . where n surrounded t from the | crest of a ridge, but fell back when they m the west | saw the mounted infantry, who openea he relief of | fire. Later the Boers shelled Elands Laagte colliery. Ten shells fell close to the mine, but did no damage. The work at the mine was stoppedg but it is hoped work will be resumed tS-morrow. The British guns opened fire. The naval brigade on the right sent a few shells in the direc- tion of the Boer guns, which were postea on a long ridge 4000 yards to the right of the bridge. They were difficult to locate, heir smail forces | but the Boers were soon retreating over ¢ or two ago ! the hill toward Wessels Nek. Several of sh them back | f a flank with a | B . P B3 i * Ed 2 bd + 4 4 F'd . Bd * 3 [@409640900049900000004000000 *ie D O S oL Y & R R e enemy. % oot e%e%R e g " 7 G O e e *'BLOEMFONTEIN, April 21.—Rundle’s force came in contact with the enemy yesterday four miles southwest of Dewetsdorp. They occupied strong positions covering the town. The Yeomanry and Mounted Infantry seized another pos ion, which enabled Rundle to drive the en- emy off and occupy the high ground the enemy had been holding. “Rundle advanced this morning early and is now again engaging the Our casualties yesterday were two men severely wounded and Licutenant O’Connor and seven men slightly wounded.”’ ) ¢ * © * D! * e - < 4 ® £ 1 b b e - A > + Hindrances to Lord Roberts’ Advance—A Rainy Night—Camp on + . the Veldt. b¢ FROM BLOEMFONTEL. STATE THAT FOR THE PAST TE DAYS THERE : DOWNPOUR OF RAIN. WHILE THIS BRINGS ITS ADVANTAGES IN F ) INSURING AN AMPLE SHRRPLY -OF WATER FOR ¥HE TROOPS i B} - ¢ STATE OF AFFAIRS FOR BOTH WHEN ON THE MOVE. THE ABOVE ? ; LONDON_ GRAPHIC, SHOWS A BODY OF FREDN i CAVALRY, ® OPEN, FLOODED VELDT AND PREPARING TO GO INTO CAMP, WITH + © OTHER STORM LOW RING SAR. UNDER 2 CONDITIONS THE MOVEMENTS OF < LORD ROBERTS' & 4 TROOPS MUST NEEDS BE VERY 'S. OW AND CIRCUMSCRIBED. Ps O S S N N e R Sw S S ] f R A R e R R R 2 R R A A A A A A A R N N R L L L L Ge%e® & . & ONDON, April 21.—The War Office has received the following dispatch ¢ 4 from Lord Roberts: 2080 0B 4N S NN A RILINIR 4NN eNeR e+ NN R Uotietie NetieN +2e%Q | FIERCE BOER ATTACK FINALLY REPULSED, LONDON April 22 well s The 80 heavy and nd wounded. became Kkilled & reach convoy the shells caught them and must have done some damage. On the left the squadron of African Horse were engaged all day in exchang- shots with the Boers. No casualties are reported. Late in the day the Boers showed ac- tivity in_the ches on the ridges in > agte. A few 4.7 shells iquish their work only 4800 yards ¢ ers sa) in force; paring to retire. tacking are pre WOMEN FIGHTERS ATTIRED AS MEN LONDON, April 21.—A letter from a nurée in the hospital in Cape Town cor- roborates an unpleasant feature of the war. The writer says the medical officers, | for sanitary reasons, forced a number of Boer prisoners to bathe in the river be- | hind the hospital. Two of them absolute- ly refused to strip, and when forced to do o it was found that they were women in men's clothes. The writer adds: * “Quite a number of the dead on the battlefields have been found to be women similarly disguised, and, worse than all, it has often been these women who have beeen guilty of atrocities such as killing the wounded.” BOERS’ IRISH BRIGADE PARADES BEFORE KRUGER PRETORIA, April 20.—President Kru- ger has received through President Steyn an official report sent by General de Wet under date of April 20 to the effect that the latter still surrounds General Bra- pant's Colonials at Wepener and that he has captured eleven prisoners, including the chief artillery officer. The report adds that the British coming from Aliwal North are destroying farm houses on the way. The Irish brigade paraded this morning in front of President Kruger’s house. The President made a speech to them and the force was afterward photographed. ALk gt FOR THE TRIAL OF REBELS. LONDON, April 21.—The Law Journal says a special court will be constituted for the trial of rebels in South Africa, of which the Lord Chief Justice, Baron Rus- sell of Killowen, will be a member. ed Boshof safely. A special dispatch from Swartzkopf, Josofonteln, dated April 21, says; made a determined attack on a convoy returning to Boshof. This morning 1500 Boers The British succeeded in repulsing the attack, and their fire ined that the Boers fell back with considerable loss. The British casualties were sixteen | BOERS REINFORCED ARGUND WEPENER April 21.—The Boers around Wepener have been rein- forcedg and are now stronger than ever. The fifing of cannon and rifles w heard to-day in the direction of Dewetsdorp, which was looked upon as meaning that | relief-was approaching. Heavy fighting is hourly expected. Two large forces left the vicinity of Wepener this morning, one | going in the direction of Dewetsdorp and | the other toward Rouxville. The Boers are excited and jubllant in consequence of President Stein's assertion that foreign in- tervention is certain and that it is only | necessary to struggle for a short time. | The generals are inspiring the burghers | | MASERU, Basutoland, with inflammatory patriotic specches. Sev- eral houszes have been filled with the Boer wounded and others have been ybrand. ield Cornet Bouwer, who surrendered | to the British and afterward rejoined the | Free Staters, has been arrested by the Boers. His wife offered £630 bail for his appearance, but it was refused. METHUEN’S CONVOY IS FIERCELY ATTACKED | BOSHOF, Orange Free State, April 21.— At midday yesterday General Methuen's fleld force at Swarzkopfontein was or- dered to return to Boshof. Its convoy ex- tended over six miles. The escort took up a position on a hill commanding the road just in the nick of time, as a force of 2000 Boers with two guns and a pompom sud- denly appeared in the vicinity and opened a very heavy fire. The British, however, held them in check until the column reached a place of safety, when they re- tired, The British had several casualties. The Boers fought determinedly and must have suffered considerably, as they once advanced to within 100 yards of the hill, whence a concealed detachment of the British opened a heavy fusillade on them. Pactioio L S GLOWING BOER NOTICES. KIMBERLEY, April 20.—Boer official notices have been found placarded at Campbell and elsewhere saying that in the recent battles the Boers captured 13,- 000 troops, 18 cannon and 300 wagons and setting forth that the burghers were full of valor; that the outlook was bright and saying confirmation had been received of the report that Russia had invaded India | with two and a half million men. Another sent to official Boer notice appoints General Lis- benburg to command Griqualand Westand warns all burghers to join under penalty of punishment, in accordance with the Imurtinl law of the Free State. CONTINUED UNTIL DARK BLOEMFONTEIN, April 20.—Continu- ing their march on Friday Chermside and Rundle ¢ame into contact with the Boers near Dewetsdorp at noon. The fighting continued until dark and was principally carried on by the artillery, which temporarily silenced two of the Boers’ guns. LT RELIEF REACHES COOMASSIE. ACCRA, April 21.—The official announce- ment is made that Captain Middlemist and the relieving troops have reached Coomassie. No details are given, but the situation is considered very much more hopeful, although there is still great un- certainty as to the outcome of the upris- ing. A quantity of ammunition for the Max- ims is being forwarded to Cape Coast Cas- tle and to the front RICH FIND IN ATLIN. Miner Unearths a Pocket of Almost Pure Gold. Special Dispatch to The Call. VICTORIA, B. C., April 21.—J. H. Brownlee, a provincial surveyor who ar- rived here from Atlin, says a very rich find of free gold has been made in a cay- ern on Spruce Creek in the Atlin distriet. This find is a mystery. The discoverer was drifting to reach the supposed old channel of Spruce for a grub stake—that is, to rock out enough gold to buy pork, beans, tobacco, etc. He was rewarded by striking a pocket of gold, out of which he had taken more than a pound, which sells for $15 to $17 an ounce, when Mr. Brown- lee left. Mr. Brownlee is making an ex- perimental shipment' of this rich stuff to New York, believing it wilt be in demana for jewelry. The admixture of rose quartz with filigree gold produces a very hand- some effect and much more chaste jew- elry than the more vulgar placer nuggets. This winter it has been proved that a ledge of free milling quartz extends above and below discovery on Pine, and it has been stripped for 700 or 800 feet, and in places the locators have sunk to a depth of thirty-five feet. In no place is the ledge narrower than eighteen inches, car- rying gold values as high as $700 or to the ton. Generals | Though | Scarcely Deci | Course to Pu call of Buller membrance, the United S with Turkey, the Paris 5 from her re; there is only one topic, and t possible resul Even the to detract interest from the sorbi teem with comment that d bled expression of opinion re | moment of such terrible indictments | the authorities differ widely as to the ca | dies therefor, one common verdict seems Kop was a terrible muddle and th Though the Cabinet itself apr sue, public opix arding v fton. as Cr this seems unlikely to h tion t a1l sections of the b publication of Roberts’ 1 sed his populari The polite warnt Alfred Milner, that military operations and the pollcy because certain young ladies made Though, morally, the fru this torfety, this descent of English soclety of worse. This rush to the front is on: burst of unhealthy sentimentallsm, tunity. This sickly cherished by idie 1s spreading its roots The Satur Alfred Milner throughout th vy Review goes on to hint the world will the Cabinet appeti the Government hopes General F strictures. same know Lord Roberts’ Censure of the Officers Who Blundered at Absorbs All Attention at London. Spion Appears ded Upon W hat rsue, There Is a | General Clamor for the Re- and W arren. Copyrighted, 1900, by the Associated Press. ck M. Hodg- out of re- brink of war en Vietoria i red on nt of ng sen T the reme- to have that Spion on on half nd for ac- of Ic be satisflea gher heads fall ¢ for his own ven, and n ss declare A curio of a general out- ich the w afforded the oppor- Kiplingism of the m halls and re its vigorous which that if the wom 1o not take Sir what to think of them. bfi;LINES A PLATFORM [ FOR THE DEMOCRACY | National Committeeman Johnson's Views as to the Issues in the Campaign. PEABODY, Kans., April 2L.—Hon. J. G. Democratic committeeman for 2d vice chairman of the Demo- cratic Natlonal Executive Committee, to- in response to a telegram from the New York Journal, propounding five ques- tions relating to the coming campalgn, telegraphed that paper as follows: Question 1—On what issues will the Demo- for President? of the money ney. contraction by sthe | erats go into the fi | Arswer—Denunciation | with its policy of cu | retiremest of green | | | of the gold stanc n abandonment of denunciation Nances rampant . and monopolies, 1 trusts | and industr the out- | growth of McKihiley tariffs and the foster | dren of McKinleyls nt and future; | for tarift revision a | erush the trusts; demand for 1 e tax, he who has may share the Governmental bur- | dens with he who must have; and demand that interstate ccrporation employe ted by national legislation from c . blacklisting | and kindred outrases. Question 2—What change, made in the platform. of 18967 Answer—The answer to the first question an- vers this. N Question 31t Dewey runs as an tndependent what effect will his 1t any, will be candidate for President, 1l candidacy have on the Demo party? ‘Answer—Difficult to estimate. Am certain 1l be elected anyway. on 4—What do you think Bryan's vote will be cn the first ballot at Kansas City? Answer—Thirk no name but Bryan's will be that he will be nominated by acclamation. | 1dent? = Answer—I have no present cholce for Vice | President. Any good man who is an fdeal | Democrat, viz., one who insists that this shall | be a Government of and by the people, and not dominated by influences which use the Govern- { ment to help them traffic In the necessities of the common people, will suit me and the allied forces which expect to elect him. e VICTORY FOR POOLSELLERS. J. H. Davis Is Acquitted by a Jury in Yolo County. Spectal Disoatch to The Call. WOODLAND, April 2L.—A jury acquit- ted J. H. Davis in less than five minutes to-day of the charge of violating the anti- pool selling ordinance. This was a Wash- | ington case and Davis is one of the pool | sellers who was driven out of Sacramento and who located on the Yolo side of the river. The prosecution did not make a strong case. It was not shown that there was a race on the day the prosecuting witnesses bought a pool. The jockeys sub- penaed for that purpose did not appear and Judge Ruggles refused to grant a turther continuance or to issue an attach- ment for the defaulting witnesses. The defense also attacked the validity of the ordinance, but it is understood that the failure to prove that there was a race was the principal reason for acquittal. It is probable that the Supervisors will de- cide to re-enact the ordinance. The pool sellers have gained a substantial victory. Before the new ordinance will beoperative the season will be over. After the trial to-day Frank Deroux, who has virtually been the defendant, presented to the Kansas City convention and | |~ Question 5—Who is your cholce for Vice Pres- ral witnesses a blind. ——— HEAVY REDUCTION IN THE PRICE OF WIRE American Steel and Wire Company Employe Confirms the Report of a Cut. April 21.—At the local of- NEW YORK fices of the Am . n Steel akd Wire | Company an employe confirmed the re- port that the reduction of $20 per ton had | been ordered in t ot W | barbed wire and galvanized } With an $18 cut ed 3 | This is equ reduction of one cent und in wire nails, ma price 3220 a keg. The price for barbed wire is $2 S0 a hundred pounds and for gal- vanized fence nails $2 a hundred pounds. The cut in Annealed fence wire is from $3 05 to $2 15 per 100 poun CROTON DAM STRIKERS HELD TO GRAND JURY Twenty-Three of the Leaders Charged With Threatening Life and Property. CROTON LANDING, N. Y., April 21— There was no tr at the Croton dam to-day and about 350 men were at work. The strikers were paid off to-day, recetv- | ing about $30,000. The twenty-five strikers arrested on Thursday were arraigned to-day and ait | but two were hel | for the Grand Jury, | charged with carrying concealed weapon and threatening life and property. Teachers for Summer Schools. | Spectal Dispateh to The Call. PACIFIC GROVE, April 21.—The Board of Directors of the Pacific Grove Summer School has just completed negotfations for securing five itional professors from | Stanford and California universities who will conduct courses of study in this citp | under the summer school's auspices. They are Dr. W. P. Boynton of the University of California, Professor Rockwell, Dr. Hunt of the University of the Pacific and Professor Rufus Lot Green, Assistant Professor Herbert Z. Kipp and Harold 8. | Muckleston of Stanford University. The addition of these men to the faculty gives a specialist at the head of each departe ment of study and makes the courses of instruction much more valuable than for- merly. This school iy rapidly rising to the first rank among American summer schools, and it is stated the attendance this year will be nearly double that of any previous year. frocaci AR | Will Ask for a Receiver. ST. PAUL, April 2L.—A Dispatch spectal from Butte, Mont., says: Some time ago Burdelle O'Connor instituted a $2,000.000 damage suit against the Anaconda Min- ing Company, setting forth that the de- fendant, through workings of the St Lawrence, Anaconda and Mountain View mines, unlawfully extracted ore from the Copper Trust mine, owned by the plaint- iff and asking for a permanent injunction. Yesterday the attorneys for the plaintift announced that In case Judge Clancey denies the permanent Injunction they would seek the appointment of a recelver for the Anaconda Company.