The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 23, 1900, Page 3

little knot of on their uni- out here one sees ® square cut vermilion cape. t colored, so & man Paardeberg. 1l get them they the R. A M. C. men, but =h from the home hos- and happy, en cut down le, and they whers they 3 ted like stags on Mod- d awhile, met a man were swiftly comman- ctors lay dead s, and it was ss the plain, behind the graves of the Highland Brigade, lay t ospital tents, and thither loaded mule sl ox wagons were heading. Like Num- ber Three, they had been at work a weary whil There came no surprise or be- wilderment, hardly even any pity, to the onlooker as the big Red Crosses lurched sné pliched. This, sald the wagons, is the custom with the wounded Stricken | man are gathered as soon as possible by the bearer companies, whose casualty list is & heavy one. ey ere dressed for the first time ewiftly and efficlently; they are then put to the tilted wagons till they reach the hospital that sends them to the rail. Th rall takes the badly wounded to Cap: | be wise to visit Magersfontein. service. | Town and the sea that leads to Netley. This is the system, sald the wagons, and here was the system all naked to the glaring day. | Three nights had the wagons been on | the road—rained upon, thundered over and lightened about, jolted and jerked and | jarred—but the long and short of it was that of 800 wonded the wagons had lost not one. Would the hospital take delivery, please, | said the wagons, and they drew aside to rest, for their cattle were very, very tired. As for Number Three. No, it would not The train might be filled and sent away at any moment. There was an old official ring about th! and I was not the least surprised that wi waited eleven hours—time to have gone to Magersfontein and back on all fours. But yed by er Three. 1d of blood & ot local The staff, including a German Prince, lived across the road in a battered cara- vanserai with scores of ponies tied to the veranda. The platform was banked with Red | Cross cases, badly needed at Kimberley, | and with mall bage badly needed by the | men who came up, fingered them curious- | Iy end slunk away. Business first, mails | later. The telegraph office was a small edition | of De Aar—hideously overworked. | A knot of sappers came up from the river, whers they had been tamping bal- | last tnder & new siding. Qther sappers with “R. P. R on their Hats followed. These last were the detalls of the Rail- | way Ploneers, skilled mechanicians, and | the Mke, of Johannesburg, and under the | grime and the khaki one met a host of a | certain weird dinner given in the Gold Reef city two years ago. l | twisters” in the transport, lost acquaint- THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, APRIL 23, 1900. WITH NUMBER THREE” One gets used to privates with visiting cards, and it is perfectly natural to dis- cuss bacteriology, West African explora- tion and the ethics of publishing, the in- icacies of the bankruptcy act and the | pr cts of the Labor party in South Aus- tralia with spurred troopers. So it was not disconcerting to meet men of the Chitral siege, once prisoners in the hands of Omra Khan, old schoolmates, In- dlan staff corps men doing duty as “tail- ances of ten years ago, side by side with the fellow-passenger of three weeks ago, unrecognizeble to-day under the sunburm, hair and dust. It was only an undress rehearsal for the day of judgment. A detail of army service men en route for Kimberley spread themselves at ease on their baggage and chaffed a quarter- | master sergeant who had lost his sword, but by the regulations was miserably tied to the empty scabbard till he could return the thing to store. A knot of excited Life Guards demanded news of French's division. “QOut since Sunday week and no news. We belong to 'em. We were sick. We want to rejoin. Do you know where he 157 BY A colonial suggested that cavalry divi- stons always suspend operations for a corporal of horse and two dozen troopers. A gunner driver In a cart pered over a ' old Cape paper, for thece is the Modde: with a drawn face came out of nowhere and told a story. His wife had dted at home of influenza, was dead and buried. children, thank God! but it hurt—it hurt cruelly. He spoke and vanished. Half a mile up the line a private of Highlanders was cooking potatoes and semolina together. He was In luck. He had helped “swipe” a Boer wagon over- turned by our shell fire, and picked up the semolina from the dust. A knot of officers had made themselves a rude mess house In & roofless hut, wi a blanket for shade. One of them wished to see a sister of Number Three—to tell her that So-and-So was dead. A little gathering moved across the dust to look for the graves of the Highland Brigade. Even now the nameboards are eplit and blistered, and the date carries us back a thousand years. And so it went on, hour after hour, this procession of faces, this tangle of half-caught tales. His people could look after the | § Second installment of the famous author’'s graphic Ei':i?id',t’.’rfl““":“ e e t description of notable scenes and stirring incidents of iR G eme o aw | e oo 't the great conflict n South Africa between the Boers :%:},:“bh,;“:“,:e "1{’”1 E and the Britons. :‘méci_:mn‘ifl"Z;fio—;fimcn}d‘ * * O I I E I T hhkkkkkk kAR A Ak A kA kA AR AT T T T T T EET T O | Toward evening the remnants, as it were, of a battalion moved from the hos- pital tent In broken squads, one man sup- porting another | They were “light” cases—men de- { nied the merciful cushioning shock of a severe wound—in acute and annoying pain. They would go down to Naauw- poort by the Kimberley train, but first they must be called over. | They reached the platform haltingly; their uniforms were darkened in places by patches as of carelessly spilled var- nish, and sometimes their trouser hems were gumyny with the sama stuff. They sat down by companies in the ust, half a score of regiments mixed. Thelr officers got them fruit and ecigar- | ettes; the mere sound filled their compan- | lons’ water bottles. They chaffed greatly In undertones, but they did not say one single word which by | any construction could be considered even | coarse. They dld not complain, they did not growl, they did not curse. They were | going to Naauwpoort to get well. In a | few days they would return. They had | outmarched and outmaneuvered their enemy—on a couple of biscuits a day, but | they had also outmarched their pro- |a RUDYARD KIPLING | @ I I I I A AN NN RNE NN XA NI I 0 9 9 9 % 5 I 2 F'@ | Visions. Thelr compantons wers now at-|a man and shames | were made ready. They want rest from pain, our wounded. Food and clean sheets will often bring it, but on occasion we must help nature. | The worn, chipped and scratched rifles clattered into the arm racks, the thin r kits followed, and after them the ed stretchers, “Fractured thigh,” sald an order! “Which? Left or right?” said t Sis- er. “Right,” sald the man, and he was | slipped on to his back accordingly, in- | jured leg outside, where it could be got | at_eastest. “Special,” sald the orderly. Here was a clean stomach wound. He could eat milk | and slops in a bunk marked to that effect, | and the gentlemanly Mauser would suffer him to live. Down the car he went, tht ing nobly of his soul, and in no way ap- proving of milk dlet. Entered one amputation below the right elbow—very cheery. Full diet for this amputation, but no full dlet for yonder | lung shot, who cannot e down without pain. Were there any sick? | There were no sick, and the doctors | thanked heaven. They would sooner bring | down three trains of wounded than one of sick. Dysentery, that milks the heart out of | logsen themselv Now come the One colonel, ach man' towel ush. The: bag. but it was thoughtful she-angel. Man after man ghakes off or is hel out of the creased, dusty, greasy, gloo: blood-stained khaki and nestles in th ury of cl by ! MIYYETBAR | SALOONS FROM | MILL VALLEY Temperance Element About to Play Its Final ‘ Card. | ns Will Incorporate and En- to Raise the License t deavor Fee to a Prohibitive Figure. ber cracker is buried in the past, ana| Flu‘“ clink in & fearless, orn manner | in saloons carrying boldly blazoned on their fronts the nature of the goods they retall COMMITS MURDER WHILE ] CRAZED WITH LIQUOR Fisherman Cuts the Throat of His| Friend and in His Frenzy In- | jures Another. | CHICAGO, April 22—Crazed with liquor, | Willlam Aylward, a fisherman, to-day | siashed the throat of his old friend and schoolmate, Willlam Larkins, severing the gular vein and caused Larkins' death Within ten minutes. Then, turning on four other occupants of his fishing shack, he unged at them, cutting Thomas Morris, and in his an 18-year-old boy, in the head, frenzy gashing his own hand. Aylward staggered from the house to the police station three blocks away. He stepped up to the desk and, placing his blood-stained hands on it, said: “L have just cut & man, and I thought I'q better tell you about it.” He was sent to a cell without resistance. | Officers then arrested the occupants of the shack as witnesses , e, SHOT BY A BANDIT. | Jordan L. Cooke Killed at the Town of Acatlan, Mexico. EAGLE PASS, Tex., April News has Jordan L. S ey SOUGHT TO BE A HERO. Young Man Burns a House Just to Save the Family. ATCHISON, Kans., April rt Thomas C. W to the charge of t Dis- n pleaded erm g house in Yy res- thereby make his kindness had been After Woerman had nd to me. n was a reader of cheap novels. Croker Is Not Dead. LONDON, April 22—Richard Croker of New York is at Wantage, perfectly well. Ghirardelli’s Coca 39c You know the brand at ™ 450—1-1b tine—3 days’ sale Cocoa Shells 4¢ A good substitute for » cocos—In bulk—better for health than coffee—3; days Coffee Substitutes 18c All are 25c r—Pos- ® tum Cereal, Old Grist Monday Apdl 23 1900 | ways Ml and Acme Ralston— 3 days’ sale Sweet Corn 8%c The best in the West— F. F. C.—First Families of Californta — regular roc—deliciously tender— Ly days’ sale Citron 7%%c | B"?s;d—gvoa e Bt { cand for cooking | —a snap for 3 days String Beans 6%c Choice Eastern—reguiar de 10c—a hummer for 3 days Matting for Carpets 25c Yard wide—for summer y cottages—3 days sale Butter 30¢C Our celebrafed Acme square Creame: regular 35c— comes in this moming | | Mot We'll pay your car fare, so come right on down — we’re aimost to the ferry. Telephone | ifyou can’t come—free deliv —across-the-bay residents should leave orders in the morning, re- ceive a parcel check and every- | thing is ready at night, Dining rooms — dressmaking department—Cape Nome out- fitters in everything — Manu- facturers of pure food preserves, etc.—A six-floor store of the | best the world produces, CASH STORE 25-27 MARKET ST. S.F. | |in d | this country and his native land. and Express, beeogln ' DISIPPEARS FAOM A HOTEL N NEW YOR Friends of J. W. Moyle, a Former Californian, Alarmed. Left the Hoffman House Two Weeks | Ago and Since Then No Trace | of Him Has Been Found. e Spectal Dispatch to The Call —~Friends of J. W. NEW YORK, April 22 M are v anxious to learn what has become of him. He has been living at the Hoffman House for the last six months, tisappeared two weeks ago vester- warning of his ing in his rooms | ge with him. Since his | 1as come from him. rs old and he looks | oseph Wheeler that “the General.” stomed to introduce o strangers as the gallant Squthern and the resemblance was so strik- few ever detected the impo- Moyle always enjoyed the His friends w him Mr. joke. He had been at the Hoffman House for eighteen years before he took up per- manent residence e. His wife and daughters live in Cali came interested in minir tory of the State. He s fornia_ Legislature in with Senator John P. Jones, now of Nevada, and re- Iy he has seen much of Senator Jones, who ‘also makes his headquarters at the | Hoffman House. ‘I have no {dea what has become of foyle,” said Senator Jones to-day. *I used 1o know him very well indeed 1a the old days in California. We served to- gether in the State Senate there thirty- five years ago, but I had not seen much | of him of late years until we met here at the Hoffman House last fall. He was al- ornia, where he be- early in the his- d in the Call- 1 interested in mining enterprises, and he told me some time o that he had an interest in some Canadian mines, but where they were I do not know." Mr. Moyle was a familiar figure in Wall street and his absence has caused much comment among brokers there who knew | him. | Colonel Peacock, chief clerk of the ho- tel, was unable to throw any light upon the mystery to-day. Mr. Moyle's friends had noticed that on Bundays almost in- | variably a younger man of dark complex- fon, whom none of them knew, was in the habit of joining him. They were accus- tomed to take luncheon in the cafe and then go to the Gilsey House. Mr. Moyle was seen with the stranger two weeks ago to-day in both hotels. LIGHT SHED ON THE PEREZ MYSTERY Authorities Now Believe Woodchopper Has Returned to His Home in Philippines. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. SAN RAFAEL, April 2.—The mystery of the disappearance of Andrew Peres | now seems to be almost solved, at least as far as Lagunitas Canyon is concerned. Sheriff Taylor is convinced, after a thor- | ough investigation, that the remains of Perez are not, as he at first supposed, rotting in the Black Hole of Marin, in fact the probabilitles are that Perez is alive. In the light of further develop- ments it now looks as though Perez had jumped the country and gone to his home e Philippines. He was, according | to friends in the wood camp, & quarrel- some, ne’er-do-well and was in the habit | of making Invidious comparisons belween‘ That the His wife, too, tells of her husband’s fre- | uent spells af homesickness and so it is thought by all interested that the man is not the victim of foul play, but has gone to seek pastures new, away from the re- strictions he found so hard to put up with in the white man’s country. | Sheriff Taylor's investigation falls to reveal any trace of violence. John Enos, foreman of the camp, states that Per had no enemies in the woodchopping | community, and about two weeks ago took his few belongings and passing down | the wagon road left the canyon behind | him, as he said, “‘forever.' Peréz went East, while Mrs. the inion that her missing husband s, if alive, in Cuba or the Philippines. In spite of the failure of the Investigation to reveal traces of foul play, a close watch wiil be placed on the canyon-dwellers and a suspicious move on the part of any of | the woodmen may resuit In arrest. | DEATH OF AN EDITOR. | Benjamin Northrupp, a Prominent Newspaper Man, Passes Away. | NEW YORK, April 22 — Benjamin | Northrupp, a well known newspaper man, died Saturday night of meningitis, after an illness of a few weeks. Mr. Northrupp | was born in Cleveland, in 1856. He re- celved his education at'a_Wisconsin col- lege and in Germany and France. He was at various times connected with the In- dianapolis News and other Western pa- pers. He came to New York in 1582 to take an editorial position on the Graphic and afterward became a staff writer on the New York Times and a speclal writer on the Herald. In 1858 Mr. Northrupp went on the Mail its managing ed- itor, a position he held for several years. In 1898 he e editor in chief of the Baltimore Herald, but resigned on n-l inos thinks Perez is of | count of {ll health. | But BITTER FIGHT BEIG WAGED AGHINST HARNA Ohio Republican Factions to Clash in Convention on Tuesday. Despite the Strife Within the Party, All Elements Will Give McKinley Their In- dorsement. — Epectal Dispatch to The Call COLUMBUS, Ohlo, April The Re- publican State Convention will here on Tuesday and Wednesday. The State officers to be nominated in them- selves are not of great importance, but terest in the selection of the head of the ticket this year is helghtened by the campalgn mad nti-Hanna-anti- Dick faction of t against the didacy of the tion bo side of the te, Republicans ask, What kind of an Indorsement will Ohio glve McKinley?’ Within the State they ask, “How can we best stand by the Pres- ident?” Two candidates will appear before the conventlon for the head position on the ticket, that of Secretary of State—Lewls C. Laylin of Norwalk and Howard D. Manington of Columbus. Both assert their nomination stands for the indorsement of the President and the national administra- tion. But Mr. Laylin has the open and avowed indorsement of Senator Hanna and Chairman Dick. The contest to capturs the convention delegates has been ve fall. It was only a few weeks after Gov ernor Nash's election that Daughert who now opposes Hanna's deslres, in an authorized interview stated he would actively support the candidacy of Howard Manington for Secretary of State. He declared he was in harmony with the ad- ministration of McKinley and would work for the indorsement of the administration. ‘Whether he attempted to forestall Hanna | and Dick by his interview none but Mr. Daugherty and his closest friends can tell. Hanna and Dick very quickly gave the Republicans of the State to under- stand that Daugherty was not dictating the administration candidates. . MAY RUN WITH BRYAN. George Fred Willlams Mentioned for Second Place on the Ticket. BOSTON, April 22. — Nineteen of the thirty delegates from this State to the National Democratic Convention, together with a number of alternates, met in this city to-day to arrange the detalls of their trip to Kansas €ity. George Fred Wil- liams was elected permanent chairman of the delegation. Information from other New England States was to the effect that their delegations would accompany the Massachusetts men. The mention of George Fred Willlams as a possibility for Vice President pro- voked enthusiasm, but no formal resolu- tions indorsing any candidate for any office were adopted. Pennsylvanl’n Politics. HARRISBURG. Pa., April 22—The Re- | | publican State Convention will be held here Wednesday to nominate candidates for Congressman-at-large, Auditor Gen- eral, Presidential Electors and delegates to the National convention. Dr. Theodore L. Flood of Meadville is a candidate for Congressman-at-large. Hon. Galusha A. Grow is an active candidate for renomin ation and will be here to take personal di rection of his canvas: Other candidates for this office_are orge T. Oliver of Pittsburg and Robert H. Forderer of Phil- adeiphia. — - Delegates to Los Angeles. Special Dispatch to The Call. PACIFIC GROVE, April 22.—At a spe- cfal meeting of the Monterey Republican Club the- following persons were elected delegates to the meeling of the California League of Republican Clubs to be held in Los_Angeles on April 27: Hon. T. J. Fleld, Fred C. Michaelis, W. W. James, F. M. Hilby and Grant Towle; alternates, W. C. Brown, B. Boronda, Thomas Allen, A. Schaufele and W. E. Parker. CONTINUED SUCCESS OF COLOMBIAN INSURGENTS Colon Is Threatened and It Is Re- | ported That Baranquilla Has Been Taken. KINGSTON, Jamaica, April 22.—Advices from Colombia to-day say that Bocas del Toro, Panama, s in possession of the reb- els. Last Friday the Government char- tered a British steamer to take troops to Bocas del Toro, where an important bat- tle is expected. With Bocas del Toro in the hands of the rebels Colon is prae- tically threatened. There is considerable excitement at Car- tegena over the report that Baranquilla has fallen into thehands of the insurgents. | This rumor is not entirely credited, but there are good grounds for believing that the town will soon be taken. x pbrted Grand Trunk Changes. NEW YORK,April 22—The Times learns on good authority that George B. Reeve, the retiring general traffic manager of the Grand’ Trunk Raliway, will be succeeded by John W. Loud, at present general freight agent, and W. E. Davis, the pres- ent general pule:ger agent, the office having been divided. Mr. Reeve will re- ?ro to his fruit ranch in Southern Cali- be held | bitter since last | INDICTMENT AGAINST TAYLOR |Grand Jury Will Not Re- port It Until After the ; Contest Case. el A Kentucky’s Governor Declares He Is | Not a Fugitive and the Rumor a Requisition Was Asked For Is Denied. Lt FRANKFORT, K April 22.—While the Franklin County Grand Jury has not adjourned, it is understood that the in- - TO BE HELD UP ence district ley report get sand on a bar A. Gordon and E. G. Stan- ng $18 to the shovelfy 100 feet from BCH LEDGE OF UARTL I NOME DISTRIT ‘:Uncovered by T. D. Me- Dermott on Basin Creek. et DA | Miners Suffer From Extreme Cold | and Scores of Alaskan Dogs Have Been Frozen to Death. ol 2B SEATTLE, April 22.—Special advices brought from Cape Nome by passengers on the steamer Cottage City contain the REV. P. E. KIPP ILL Former Oakland Preacher Stricken day, ter a semi-paraly lowed the stroke erend gentlema chalr of p paral | vestigation of the Goebel assassination | following: = R {has been completed. The Indictment| Peter Barnard arrived at Nome on RAIN IN THE SOUTH. against Governor Taylor will be held up | Christmas day, after a futiie attempt to oo ill after the argument of the Governor- coast. He | Good Hay Crops Assured and Grain contest case, which is docketed for hearing before the Supreme Court a W ngton April 3. It is said that no warrant will be {ssued or other steps | taken in the case till after that time. The rumor that Governor Beckham has been applied to for a requisition is without foundatio: Former Governor W. O. Bradley, lead- ing counsel for Republican Governor Tay- lor, gave to the Associated Press the fol- lowing interview to-night: I have had no communication with Governor Taylor_since he went to Washington. The press, T His case for the Supreme G isfled that this is not true. ent to Washington on purely s not connected in any wey I notice, states that he is thers prepar- I am eat- @ the report to be trus that ttempting to prevent the n for his return to this hether a requisition could be Beckman or woul ssary for me to express y t not and would never be a fugitive at if tndicted he would re- spect the law and meet his accusers face to face. Therefore, there remains but one course | open to him and that is to return as soon as he can, walk boldly and bravely into court and meet the indictment like a man. A other course would be rank injustice not on | to himseif. but to those of his friends who ha- | been_accused of so know whether an_in: againet Governor Taylor, but 1f it 1 have no doubt that he wiil promptly surrender him- self into the hands of the law and believe that any intimation to the contrary does him an in- Justice. PREACHER’S DAUGHTER IN A SPOKANE JAIL he was from justice and th: Gang of Fraudulent Check Passers. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. SPOKANE, April 22.—Maggie Evans, aged 19 years, the daughter of Willlam Evans, a prominent Methodist minister of Knoxville, Tenn., is In the City Jail, charged with passing a forged check. The | police believe she is the dupe of a gang | of fraudulent check passers which is ope- | | rating extensively in the Northwest. She | recefved the check from a Mrs. West, who requested her to have it cashed. She did | 0. In the meantime Mrs. West left town. | The forgery was promptly discovered and Miss Evans arrested. Efforts are being made by the police to capture Mrs. West, who is supposed to be in Montana. Miss Evans has been here | about ten months, working as a waitress. She is pretty, but lacks knowledge of the | world. Domni | RANCH HANDS QUARREL AND ONE IS KILLED Dispute Arose Over a Trivial Matter, and the Death Blow Was Struck With a Bare Fist. Spectal Diepatch to The Call. RED BLUFF, April 22.—De Witt Mark- ham, an employe on the Cone ranch, this | afternoon killed a man named Banion, | another employe of the ranch. The two | | men quarreled over some trivial mattef | | and came to blows. They clinched and | | Markham hit Banion three times on the | head with his fist. The latter sank to the | ground and soon died. ! Markham had worked at the ranch but one day. . He is 30 vears of age and his | | home 13 in Napa County, where his father | | lives. When seen in jail Markham ex- | pressed_sorrow over what had happened I and said he had no idea of kiliing Banion, Markham's friends speak of him in good | terms, and much sympathy is expressed | at the unfortunate end of the trivial dis- pute. Banion was about 45 years of age. b Bt Dr. Trimmer Re-elected. Special Dispatch to The Call. PACIFIC GROVE, April 2—Dr. 0. 8. | Trimmer, a prominent Monterey County | Republican_and one of the newly clected | members of the Board of Trustees of this | city, has been unanimously chosen to suc- | ceed himself as Mayor of Pacific Grove. | Dr. Trimmer has held the office of dent of the Board of Trustees, or Mayor, of Pacific Grove since the city was first incorporated in et Cuban Treasury Recelpts. WASHINGTON, April 22.—The total re- ceipts of the Cuban treasury for the month of March were $L678,668, divided fol- | lows: Customs, $1,472,990; postal receipts, 729; internal revenue receipts, $94,330; miscellaneous recelpts, efi. The re- onth of 1599 celpts for the corresponding | amounted to $963,083. 1 be | Police Belleve She Is the Dups of n' o cold that a party May Be Saved. Spectal Dispatch to Calt LOS OLIVOS, Ap timely rains in trict began frozen to death. | T. D. McDermott reports finding a has e | quartz ledge on B: k. twelve miles morning. ¥ | from Nome, t ton. hope of a ¢ A prospector for the Alaskan Commer- | tent with a s cfal Company is reported to have got 13 | ent storm will cents to the pan on 3ay. A rich h copper strike is rej Clar- to order clothes URtailor=- made clothing is all made in a clean, light, airy work- shop by white hands. The prices are aslow as they can be and be con- | G it LIRSS sisterit with good material and good workman- ship. S a special for a time until a cer- tain consignment of cloth is used up, we are making to order suits and overcoats in eight styles, any one of which is *13.50 FROM the good material usel we pronounce the clothes worth $17.50. Our big cloth purchases made months ago enable us to offer these good values. Samples free upon request. If you reside out of San Francisco write for cutalogue No. 1 con- taining samples ; also self-measurement blank. Our specialty—filling mail orders for tailor-made clothes. SNWO00D, Market St., and Cor. Powell and Eddy.