The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 27, 1900, Page 1

wV()Ll'.\lli LXXXVII-NO. 1358, SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1900. PRICE FI‘;E (TE: HAVOC OF PLATEAU OF THABA NCHU OCCUPIED BY HANDS OF FLAMES IN THE BRITISH AFTER SLIGHT RESISTANCE NATIVES TWO CITIE [an Hamilton’s Column Making a Forced March to Intercept the _CU_T OFF Retreat of the Patriots From Dewetsdorp. Ml Eruelty Ehafged |@roressssopigsnrs s it rtrintese B e e e e 1 Boers May Make a: : Explosion Wrecks a tfl BE' iafl ‘I‘ra Brs Stand to Cover the ; :i Boer Arsenal at Jo- g Escape of Convoys + ' hannesburg, Killing ; ' iy ; i e in Afica Hastening North- 3 3 rteen Men and Sy ward. : I3 Injuring Many. KING LEOPOLD ! 1 2 = IS UNDER FIRE ® & " Brabant's Horse Are ! 2 Cause of the Disaster ° ) § 5 A . ' Almost Entrapped b 1\ITot gr;own, but Fcused by a Deputy of Being During the Cpera- ; ] S Be“e"eiir o e Chief Trafficker in tions for the Relief + b P e Rubber in t I i tor's Deed. ubber in the Conso of Wepener. 3 : = Cain oz - C ?v N Tsraelspoort, | :; R i : s . ): s s £ s ; & =~ 7 ® l > ’:“'; seked - B & | the Government as an n : $ l"t"r\lvrj.;"m’-;;t:‘ 2 de- ; L s . ;%Tp.:'.‘.a vll_- Herr the ma - in e Ko o bt RED CROSS NURSES TAKING CHARGE OF TiE WGOUNDED. 3| " Tha cane ot ihe : e g )UIPMENT 'AND SUPPLIE! ENTS OF LORD ROBERTS' A : :;‘m\‘.'v:”( " i FOR PROMPT AND !/ ART OF THE m»h CROS! ;8 ble pe r ¥ BULANCE ARE KEPT RIGHT UP TO THE A POOR F OW’'S LIFE OR L. l\lH & € g + HAS BE D BY THEIR TIMELY AND 3 As soon as possible o ‘o~o~o:0-o-¢-0~0~0HM0¢+-&+0-‘—0—0W+‘»M0—0—0—0—‘@0«99@0. War Office publishes the following dispatch from Lor ONDON, April 26 (Midni _, Roberts, dated /~/v.';r.r ntein g : 2 “General Ian Hamilton yesterday drove the enemy off a strong position at Israel's Port by a od turning movement, which was admirably carried out by General Ridley, rnnmmndu of ll"-l\""h\'_ y b i g = s % < X spondent « e Second Mounted Brigade, and General Smith-Dorrien, commanding the Eighteenth Brigade. The |on Wean s ” ; | inquiry suggests that the exploston was troops are to-day advancing toward Thaba Nchw. Qur lesscs; were slight, only one yet veportecd— |4 plannea outrage The ,\“;- v = Hperi s, witk ngly efficient the Boers had reoccu- The report : = B o i - £ g o " ed be untrue. Lord | Major Marshall, Grahamstown Mounted Rifles, severe wwound in the shoulder. B g o s ot Ao 1550 gk iy The Bloemfontein correspondent of the Standard, telegraphing Thursday, says: 1 tity of nitro glycerin than could have > - 2 PR ; ¥ | found on the premises. General Ian Hamilton,' with mounted infantry, naval guns and a howitzer battery, advanced |bve working again in = e St Thokb 8 e e ot : BS, : ’ The Lourenzo Marqu e from the water works in the directi n of Thaba Nchu. A [a‘rgt foree af infantry xuff'mhd‘ Mo tHE | Dk N o FIFTH-AVENUE HOTEL met no opposition, and the mounted infantry occupied a position dominating the Ladybrand district.” St e ool T B el 5 i sof = 3 ransvaal Government in expelling : The Bloemfontein corr ndent of the Daily Telegraph, under Wednesday's date, says: ish subjects at a time when there SOLD AT AUCTION (07 IRk od infantrv ente he hio unt. iats, of T, Tch ) % st with- steamer to take them from here Our me ml/uf infan r ynn. red the /11_\/{ noun uuyr plateau of Thaba Nchu to-day, almost S ith- | tatas Coiial’ Adeibect Bovi anid - Oniciel TG Tt ¥ out opposition. As Thaba Nchu is a natural fortress, this must mean that the Boers' have practically | oo ‘-"\”_’-’”;“ Realized for the New York ‘thrown up the sponge’ in this section of the country. If the force presses on to Ladybrand the whole | Pretoria of Property. AT : z L b 2 5 ? vaumv‘l'l explosion by means of Special Dispatch t . country south of that point and in line zwith Bloemfontein will be complétely in our hands. One difficulty |a tunnei aug from a st £ l\.,:v]fi;wmrm ‘f YORK PP AR L T S AR I DR % Sty o szt Ton Fetvel oy | Side of the street the affair is likely to ris hadt ge is that many of the Boers forming .«{:;z;rz\?n{(i. S mu.mv(’mh ly «uA:zlm'.r'ng themselves beaten retreat to their § A RN eats ther Eapuibic of Niqhe e 1 o which threat.| farms and resume the roles of peaceful citizens, hiding their rifles. | maining. It is also feared that the Boers my which threat- 8 will make reprisals on the mines.” from Cape Town — — - it S of the War Office, culty 1n procuring ships and handi 'umnurt: or rolling stock, but on the fact French Eme“ Dewetsdorp. ms, declared that Lord | capped the authorities, but already thit | that Lord Roberts had shifted his base D JORP, Wednesday, April %.— v had 141 horses and | from Cape Town to Bloemfontein, thus French en 1 this town to- n addition tc ‘Iv('\~ ing the recapturing and ) cavalry brigades. He left camp oid | th s i panying the troops, and by | of the railroad and the elearing ¥ at daylight and found the Boers he e spatches indicate e 3 the remounts delivered | of communication for a distance of the hills. These were shelied and th . 2 WYNDHAM EXPLA'NS Shi dfaaioe either re! d or modi- | would number 42,000 horses and % | miles on e track with a rise of Boers retreated. The cavalry pushed 5. fled by the scarcity of remc At the | mules. Steps had also been taken to sup- | feet. Regarding the relief of Mafeking, around the position of the Boers above 5 ’ same time, the Secretary declared, It was | ply the necessary rolling stock for the | which all had at heart, the Secretary sald | the town, where they were holding Gen. . o ROBERTS DISPATCHES true that the ex ures for horseflesh | raflroads. that the House would realize that speedy ' eral Rundle In check. Tt is ropurli( n':: & yhse e BAlT. ckoabdatcalii th s and that| But as far as the Government was | relief would not be aided by divulging the | 00 Boers passed through the town last * April 26—In the House of the War Office wvariably exceeded | aware the military problem before Lord | —0—m — — — | night in order to avold General Fren = v George Wyndham, Par- | the requisitions from South Africa. The | Roberts had not turned on the question of | Continued on Fifth Page. | attack in the rear poudeser & — = 2 —_— — —= — - —— — In two . B jects of Windsor will rebuke the Phila- | the Queen came before with her dead hus- | f I delph 0 s to President Kru i Jl\fin-’l they kindly and mly welcomed : of the 1 a set of resolutions of | | her. but on this occasion, after the lapse g e sympathy. he 24th of May, the of thirty-nine years, her reception equaled s T Queen irth ersary, they wil | that of previous v . and she carries | € | dispatch t tes to the l’hflfl'i'l““.‘ away the most pleasant and most affec- | 1 | p :ge of sympathy and ad- | te memory of the time spent in Ire- | A | mi Aguinaldo and his al war- land. | ° " b el | ¥ “The Queen carnestly prays that good | . 359, a é to Hitclicoe t T scision to retaliate upon the Phil- will and harmony may prevail among all Darling & Co still T . | rrived at in a_meeting | her people and that they may be happy etet, DRAS & Tear 5% Gl oo pooe | of vn» R Bar At Wilachtiog o0 Wiinday, | and prosperous.” he time of onstruct | Arrangements were made to solicit sub- | LONDON, April 26.—Queen Victorla ar- b e s g "iong ca | seriptions to defray the expenses of the | et B Akt of b TR B ers B s el G A T | delegates. A canvass will be made of nel fleet fired a roval salute as her Ma- estate values in New York since the 2 x | the city and if enough money cannot be jesty’s yacht anchored. The town was Fifth-avenue Hotel was founded. Fo - B s Sl s bis | raised by popular subscription the neces- —_— profusely decorated, and this evening T ‘nerI; e ekt 46 (e Sy Totes he sary amount will be made up by contri- | ry. there was a general illumination of the | N3 T 1 d postoffice w: - e Three H?fndred Put Out of | Butions trom one or two wealthy citizens | Given a Hearty Farewell on |town ana narbor. The channel fieet pro. | NiCaraguan Government Dis- | 3% M5 Fart o8 Baw i mos e F ceeded to Milfordhaven. The Queen and s | rivers on three sides, New York eould e g e Action in North THOMAS MELLERSH TO Her Departure From |ner sute ainea aboard the sacht atter che| pOSeS of the Maritime |y grow norchwara, and the streets now g are fn . . rage had been reached. They w tretch from Battery to Yonkers, a dis- Lumber Company 5 remain on board the vessel untll 10:3) - v - o Tirealives | e Tlocos. WED AN OHIO BELLE Dublin i n s et s SYasealivl 0 Company. tance of tweaty-fve miles. ‘Broadway in £ the Ottawa A e = party will take a train for Windsor. —_— New Yok City, : oo i (hr Martin | . - _About thres hun. | Secretary of the San Francisco and| pyupriN, April %6.—Queen Vietoria and 0 WASHINGTON, April 2%.—The NI Madison Square is now rega . ave been killed ve- North Pacific Will Join the the Princesses Christian and Henry of | WINS A BET BUT raguan Government has finally canceled | hOtel center of New York. though it is srth Tlocos, including Doda’s | Benedicks. Battenberg left the viceregal lodge at the -concession of the Maritime C; gradually extending m: The ¥ the attack on Bato on April Special Dispatch to The Call noon and drove to Kingsbridge station on v KILLS HIS- FRIEND { company to construct a ship canal across _Hotel on nd street a R om $ix '$0 weven bundsed pebals. | SIS AGIINID. Olifo, Aprlh 3 An-‘;""" way :10 Kingstown l;uv..llk:n;:mml. i Nicaragua. i Klnrf on com- those of J. R a quarter of whom were armed with |houncement is made to-day of the engage- | 1-4T8€ crowds at every point of vantage 1t of & Discussion & This decision is the result of proceedings | P2rative i » growth ved at $100900: the he rest carrying bolos, determined- | ment of Miss Carrie M. Coombe, daughter | BaVe her Majesty a loyal farewell. The Sae n;“f b Fpdag %0 the | covering a period of nearly five months, | Of the hotel district northward. A. W. Fleck ked the Americans, charging their | of Mr. and Mrs. h .Coombe of Young | train started for. Kingstown at 12:30 amia xplosiveness of Dy- The' original concession would have ex- positions and fighting at close quarters. | street, Mount Auburn, and Thomas Mel- | the heRrCiant, COmEmrgimE. BodEmons | ¢ namite. pired on October 5 last, but the company GEORGE BRADFORD FOUND The engagen ed all the afternoon, |lersh of San Francisco, Cal. The marriage | OWds had preceded the Queen to Kings- | GREENSBURG, Pa., April 26.—It was | applied for an extension of the period. g o i [ gt ing the town, but they | wiil take place in Jume and their home |oWn and occupied the plers and other | through a wager entered into between | This was refused by the Nicaraguan Gov- DEAD ON HIS RANCH . ich their own- were repulsed after the arrival of Ameri- |will be in San Francisco, where Mr. Mel- | Places from which the royal yacht Vic- | George Stoncowich and John Mickolick | ernment, and then the company, contend- X vthing, so can reinforce: The insurgents gen- | lersh is sccretary and controller of the | t0ria and Albert could be viewed. A mem- | that death and destruction was brought | Ing that it had been prevented by cir- R eiony erally are aggressive in that provinee. | San Francisco and North Pacific Rail- | orable demonstration occurred as her Ma- | about in the tenement house at Laramer | cumstances beyond its control from carry. Believed That He Accidentally Shot Govern- They captured an American provision | road. Miss Coombe is an only daughter, a | -"‘fUh- ‘m}e“fled by a br‘l}lanetdsuite, board- | on Tuesday night. | ing out its contract, had resort to an ar- Himself While Handling a ~ » b~ a dis- wagon near Lapo. graduate of Woodward High School and | {7 P N"‘"i “’;"d‘fl quflmf hseflWérd at| The party of Austrians sat in a room | ticle in that contract providing for a set- Pistol. - of Public | The Americans, having obtained evi- | has done superior work in the art school | ]-Lv %Vm- amid t ed ;{18‘0 t de roval sa- | where there were stored several kegs of | tlement of differences between the com- gpectal Dispatch to The Call - ork 2 dence that the Alcaldes of Lapo, Magsin- | wood carving department. Her father is fr"‘f‘ i "‘f fleelhfln h ear y“ar; prolonged | powder and some dynamite, at the home | pany and the Nicaraguan Government by | gaN JOSE. April 2. Geo Bradferd . - el 0% ne. i Sinall e holding | retired, having been formerly of the firm | Shoering from the throngs lining the wat- | of John Mickolick, discussing the explo- | means of arbitration. The Nicaraguan |, well-kmown tectdenc of (hi comno ford: treacherous communication with the in- |of Daniels & Coombe. sxslas, sive powers of powder and dynamite. | Government admitted the obligation to | o 2 RS TN QRTINS surgents, imprisoned them and burned th Before her departure the Queen con-|Stoncowich offered a wager of 25 cents | arbitrate the matter and announced fts | o oo 3634 at Bis ranch near Mud Lapo Town Hall. o AN SOLD AT ferred baronetcies upon the Lord Mayors | with Mickolick that the blasting powder | arbrtrators. The company was Inviicd oy | SPFings, a short distance from Evergreen. 3 WOoMm of Dublip: sniti Beatiat,iths, title' of Lord | vontaliiod i the ksgs Would not tte: . | 1o tkerios, bt Detne motied thar brar morning with hole in his 5= There have been several minor fights in Mayor on the Mayor of Cork and his suc- | The bet was accepted and a quantity of | cordance with the common laws of head. He was liv E at the place. E the province, including an attack on La- AUCTION IN TEXAS | cessors in office and knighthood upon the | the powder was placed on the floor and a | § g Nie ket Da- | This morning Sam Young. a man whe had i vag on April 17 by 200 insurgents, forty A Mayor of Cork and the Mayor of Lon. |lishted match thrown into it. Stoncowich | tions, it must name N'caraguans as ar- | peen working at the Bradford ranch, went g of whom were killed and eighty cap- donderry. Her Majesty gave £1000 to be | 105t the bet. The body of Mickolick lies | bitrators, it failed to do so. to the place to see deceased and_found . Of ron. “The officers report that the mew o¢ | Human Chattel Disposed of for Forty | Gomammed soone ihe pooe in the Dbl | %t morgue here. ‘The other victims | On the 3ist of January the Nicaraguan | the remains in the barn. his side was ng. The ns of communica- /- 42ird Bogiment and T st in the Ci A will recover. fiscal solicitor appeared before the Su- & revoiver. Bradford was last seen alive O 4 Hull is by boat, | 7€, Thirty-thir giment and Third Cav- Dollars in the City of hospitals. By the Queen’s command Earl et perior Court and asked for a judgment | YESterday afternoon. He bad been dead X srater to be hed | 2117 bebaved aplenaidly, under yery trying Galveston. Cadogan, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, has| ~SUBSIDY BILL INDORSED. | cuil“the company by default Simes | 2000t Lwelve hours when discovered. 2 : gl circumstances, v i lowing: 2 y by d . - Bine i o A b i i, 4 m the river. oy GALVESTON, Tex., April 26.—A woman | Issued the following: that date the matter has been held under of means and said . et of the Hull fire brigade T.h"'",h“erm"fllsfi;":';::"w;”:"“" at| o as Margaret Connette was sold at | “The Queen is very anxious before leav- | National Association of Manufac-| o il00 0o und the United States sty | to be worth $200.0. His friends assert . aken to the general hos. | oo ™ e O ptared re killed and | 4uction within a block of the Federal | Ing Ireland, where she has spent a most turers Favors the Measure. {ster to Nicaragua, Mr. Merry, has been | that shooting must have been aceidental, = Ottaw - . bullding here Monday pight for $40. The | @8Teeable time, to express through the | BOSTON. April 25.—The National Asso- |at Managua sceking to effect a just ser. &5 he was always fooling with frearms. R e e police and Federal authorities are search- | Lord Lieutenant to her Itish people how | ciation of Manufacturers has {ndorsed the | tiement of the lssue. Informatyon has just | beaio A beothor. Wallo Brodfocd, to rigl - WILL SEND A CHEERING ing for the partles involved. The woman | VEry much grdtified and how deeply | bill now pending before Congress for the | reached here that the courts, having de- | sides in San Francisco. Both have been fire originated through a fire in a is said to have been imported from Bel- | touched she has been by her reception | encouragement of the American merchant | cided against the company's claims, the deeply interested in mining operations . muey, and the bigh wind caused "ESSAGE To AGUINALDO | gium, together with a lot of other Beigian | here during the three weeks the Queen | marine. Resolutlons favoring the laying | Nicaraguan Government has refuseq r, and until lately deceased. with his broth- 4 games to spread rapidly. Coming. to & and French women, and was under con- | D&8 spent in this charming place. = fg-mugfgmc‘lbll,? e e hCited | extend the period of time allowed for the | &F; Owned the Bradford mine in Lake the Ottawa side of the river and that por- tract to the man who sold her. United| 'She has been received by all ranks and | States and Cubs, ¥ ® P2U| construction of the Nicaraguan canai by | “A oom 4al Dispatch to The Call ppines were adopted ¥ | An inquest was held this aftern a oo 8 5 — ————————— | Special '7;_ Btates lmmlfl-tlnn Imnector Levy is|creeds with an enthusiasm and affection Fhe immcietion voted m hold its next | the Maritime Canal Company and has va- | the jury brought in 3 verdict of .mfl,. Continued on Second Page. DETROIT. Aari 2.—Loyal Brlu-h sub- | working on the case which could not be surpassed. Each time | convention at Detrolt, Mich. l ated its concession l L-un