The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 29, 1900, Page 13

IRISH SOLDIERS MAY HAVE TO WEAR KILTS | ugh the Queen right of H Gibson is a learned young i a Frenchwoman and in England talk of making the new Mr. s which have come from g of the suffering ighlanders and the attached to this ou the long list of foolish probable that the War ke that view. e with the Queen’s present as possible of the new t will be mustered for the trooping of colors and re- London on May 22 kilting would .be d the impartial on- misery, poverty and s that prevail and ot nd western Ireland. 1 ons that exist in tish isles England can anything but an- the part of the majority of their complete fafl- ire of Ireland’s needs, ant and generous may be deep signs of friend- KINDNESS OF “BOBS” TO WOUNDED SOLDIERS According to the n Lord Roberts’ hy have been ng the wait at ted every man in with him many Mt- up to one of the « “Can I do ng the reply, my name out Ist.” This man's name ixiety that his alarmed was ap- officer, Lord Roberts sing to w h over child. With such y carcely surprising that t its lttle general, 4 as a wh tains from criticisms f anything he may do. 1f General Buller walted inactive as long as Lord Roky- rigade masquerade in kilts, | O AR R R R R T T T T T RO RN the so- | the hour of achieving independence the people of es have regarded with ruggles of other people to free themselves from Buropean dom- therefore be it From Whereas, on, solved, That we watch with deep and ablding interest the herolc battle of the South African republics against ession, and our best for the full success of contest for liberty of Massachusetts ascertained that no committee had reported the reso- Jution to the Senate he moved that it be referred to the Committee on Forelgn Relatio Without a word of debate the vote was taken, thirty-one Senators voting in favor of reference and eleven against it. As the vote disclosed the absence of a quorum, an effort was mad to secure one, but it was unsuc cessful and the Senate adjourned. Party lines were not drawn in the vote to refer. While all those who voted against reference are in favor of the adoption of the reso- lution, several Senators on both sides of the chamber who are known to be favorable to the reso- lution voted to send it to the com- mittee. AS a QUOTUM Was Not pres- ent -and voting the resolution re- tains its place, subject to call at any time. The detailed vote was as follows: Ayes—Allison, Baker, Bard, Carter, | % clark (Wyo), Clay, Cullom, Davis, | 4 Frve, Gear, Hansbrough, Hawley, Jones 1 (Nev.), Kean, Lindsay. Lodge, Mc- | fcCumber, McEnery, McLau- an, Morgan, Nelson, Penrose, Perkine, Pettus, Pritchard, Proctor, i sus, Seott, Shoup—31 |4 e Albat IR, (ATK.), | Cockrell, Culbe Heitfeld, v, Rawlins (Utah), Teller, Tur- 4 | B e e s e e e g ner, Vest—11 e |+ ;.N#“OQ#&O###&QO}&OO#. | public criticism and impatience would well nigh have forced his recall. ‘ SUGGESTS REVIVAL OF J CONCENTRADO SYSTEM | LONDON, April 25.—The St. James Ga- | zette this afternoon, dealing with the problem of the treatment of the Free State farmers, suggests a revival of Gen- | ral Weyler's Cuban concentrado system, | “minus the horrible dishonesty of its ex: cution.” A dispatch from Ladysmith under to- | day's date says there are only small par- ties of Boers in Tintwa Pass, but that | some hundreds are guarding the Van | Reenan and Olivershoek passes. (om- | mandants De Beer and Vannieskirk are | in charge, and thelr forces have been go | disposed that the whole body can be | massed at any pass the British may at-, tempt to force. A dispatch from Dewetsdorp, dated Fri- aay, April 27, says residents of that place claim the strength of the Boer force which recently evacuated the place was 6000 men, with six guns, under German officers. RETREATING BURGHERS | CHANGE THEIR COURSE! MASERU, April 2I.—The Boers, number- ing several thousand, who abandoned the siege of Wepener on Wednesday, started in the direction of Ladybrand, butchanged their course and took the middle road | Jeading past Thaba Patso Mountain and Lecan River mills, thence toward Thaba Nchu and in the direction of Winberg. The border guard of Basutos has been broken up In consequence of Wepener now being in the hands of the British, One of General Hart’s wagon train@ which erts has at Bloemfontein the storm of lencumbered the movements, has been | of the Begble Company, | porter of Rueter's Telegram | been received here to clear all the ho: in whose case bail has been refused. The affalr may af- fect the question of the British remaining in the State. —_— SLIGHT ENGAGEMENT NEAR THABA NCHU THABA NCHU, April 2.—General Run- dle's division has arrived here. Thé march from Dewetsdorp was uneventful. Generals French and Hamlilton are also here. e Boers are reported ten miles | to the eastward. The mounted force came In contact with them and had a slight ekirmish. The result of the junction of Generals French and Rundle 18 the clear- ance of the country of Boers at this point. i L BASUTOLAND NATIVES STOP BRITISH FORCE PRETORIA, Friday, April 27.—The. re- Company, | with the Federals at Brandfort, is In- formed that the British at Jamersdrift | tried to get ammunition through Basuto- | land, but that the Basutos stopped the wagons and informed General Dewet. A strong contingent of Basutos Is now guarding the line to prevent entrance to or exit from Basutoland. s Making Way for the Wounded. CAPE TOWN, April 28.—Orders have pitals of convalescents, and they are be- ing removed to the hospital ship, with a view of providing for future contingencles. HALF-BREED DESPERADO LYNCHED IN MISSOURI Mindee Chowagee Taken From Jail and Strung Up on a Tree in the Yard. MARSHALL, Mo., April 25—Mindee Chowagee, the negro-Indian who escaped | from jall here on Thursday night after assaulting Sheriff Joseph Wilson and his little son and shooting the Sherift's wife | in the arm when she came to their assist- | ance, was lynched at 11:30 to-night by a mob of angry citizens. The lynchers forced an entrance to the jall, meeting with slight resistance at the hands of the | officers, and dragged the prisoner out into the jail yard, where he was strung up to a | tree. . Chowagee was recaptured at 10 o'clock | last night ten miles southeast of Mar- shall. He rode up to a farmhouse on a | stolen horse and asked for something to | eat. He was invited in, and while he sat | at the table the farmer and one of his | men covered him with two shotguns, or- | dering him to throw up ‘his hands. He obeyed and was bound hand and foot and | brought back to Marshall. | Chowagee was under arrest on a charge of burglary. John Smith, the negro pris- oner who joined with Chowagee in the as- sault upon the Sheriff, is still at large. — FILIPINO CABINET’S PRESIDENT TAKEN Signor Paterno Found Il in the Mcuntains and Carried on a Litter to Manila. MANILA, April 28.—Major General Lloyd Wheaton reports that Senor Pa- terno, the former President of the Fili- pino so-called Cabinet, was captured in the mountains near Trinidad, Province of Benguet, April 2. Paterno recently, through relatives in Manila, requested and received permis- sion to enter the American lines, but falled to appear. His relatives explained that he had been sick a long time and was an invalld. He was brought to San Fernando on a litter ambulance by sol- diers of the Forty-eighth Regiment. | A call for ald, signed by the Mayor and | | mark and, with the large creeks, is pour- | SBaley. At Richmond the river is ten feet | the universal report of correspondents is unchanged fromlast night. Con- ditions could hardly be worse. Every available wagon, dray and float was brought into use, and the entire night was spent in moving hundreds of families out of the submerged | district. There are no new names added | to the list of fatalities to-day, but reports | of persons missing and who were last seen in the overflowed section are numerous. | many prominent citizens, has been sent | out, and a ma meeting of citizens of Waco will be held Monday night to devise | means to ald the suffering and those In need. The lecal weather bureau gives the rainfall for the past twenty-four hours as 4.0 Inches, the heaviest on record. It was believed that the worst of the over- flow was at an end until the Government bureau posted the following bulletin to- day: “Excessive rains throughout the Brazos drainage basin will probably cause a de. cided rise in the Brazos River, overflowlng much low land from McLennan County to the gulf during the next ten da. Please warn residents along the river. Much anxlety is felt now over the Brazos overflow, and runners have been sent to notify the farmers in the low- lands. The flood yesterday was not alone confined to this county. Temple and Bel- ton, thirty miles south, reported vast dam- age by overflows, the rainfal at Temple being 5.94 inches, by far the heaviest ever Known. A special from Belton says: “Not since 1852 has this city and vielnity been visited by such a downpour of rain as fell here during the past two days. The Salldo River broke all previous high water marks and_destroyed the fine iron wagon bridge at this place. At Summersville the school- house was carried away and the dam washed out. The large steel bridge at Lit- tle River, on the main line of the Mis- souri, Kansas and Texas, is wrecked. The Leon' River is out of its banks and the | electric plant is flooded, the city being in total darkness.” Calverts reports a fifteen-foot rise In the river there. The Navasota at Court- ney is within two feet of its high water ing a flood into the swollen Brazos above Hempstead. At that voint the river Is out of its banks and rising fast. The bot- toms will be full of water before morn- ing. At Chapel Hill the river is booming and backwater covers a large sectlon of flat lands. The same conditions prevail at higher than yesterday from local and the waters are still to come. Columbia reports the river near the tops of the banks and rising fast. The country is already flooded and the river is expected to repeat Its performances of last July and spread half across Brazoria County. No loss of life s reported, but rains that crops are ruined beyond hope of re- demption and farmers will have to begin all over again on their year's work. FLOOD WATERS SPREAD OVER THE LOWLANDS GALVESTON, Tex., April 28.—Reports received to-night Indicate that another dlsastrous overflow is spreading over the lowlands adjoining the streams and rivers of the State and that the loss to farmers will be enormous. Crops will have to be replanted in many Instances. The rall- roads are feeling the effects of the second flood. A telegram was received at the head- quarters of the Santa Fe Rallroad from W. B. Scott, superintendent of the Southern division, reporting that the Brazos River was rapldly rising on the Montgomery branch and rising three inches an hour at Thompson, where the Santa Fe crosses the Lower Brazos. Mr. Scott expressed fears that there would be trouble on the Lower Brazos. much bigher than it had been during the | flood earlier in the month. He reported 100 feet of track washed out at one place on the Montgomery branch and 50 feet in another place. On the San Angelo branch two bridges have been swept away and 200 feet of track unplaced. The Southern Pacific is operating its westbound trains for California around the wrecked bridge at Columbus by the same route as before. A day train goes only as far west as Alleyton. It is re- ported here that all trains on the San An- | tonfo and Aransas Pass and the New York, Texas and Mexico Houston have been abandoned. The Gulf and Interstate Rallway Is under water at Hildebrandt Bayou, north of Winnte, and no trains were run to-day. The telegraph wires are also down. ————— IMMENSE DAMAGE BY FLOOD AND HURRICANE DALLAS, Texas, April 28.—The floods show no signs of receding. On the con- trary, most of the Texas rivers are ris- fng. A Fort Worth telegram says the Trinity River has overflowed, doing much property damage. The people are alarmed for the safety of the waterworks. which are seriously threatened. A nine-foot rise is sweeping down from the headwaters of the Trinity. The telegraph wires are gone south of Waco, isolating more than half the State. Raflroad movements are absolutely sus- pended south of Dallas on almost every line in the State. The s by flood and hurricane since yesterda¥ morning Is esti- mated to reach three to five million dol- lars, including damage to railroads and crops. The damage to raflrcads is im- mense In Hill, McLennan, Williamson, Bell, Colorado, Bastrop and adjoining counties. The telegraph companies have large forces of linemen out trying to make re- pairs. SURGEON AT A DUEL SLAIN BY A BULLET Principal in a Parisian Affair of Honor Kills One of the * Attendants. g Special Dispatch to The Call NEW YORK, April 28.—The World has this from Paris: A duel yesterday be- tween M. Lagache, the well-known jour- | nalist, and M. Vingtrinier, a sculptor of reputation, resulted fatally, but to neither combatants. The rounders of the boule- vards who would find something to joke at in the black plague are shaking with laughter over the melodramatic encounter and result. Lagache had been harshly criticizing Vingtrinier's statues, saying in effect that the first-year students in the medical schools knew more of surface anatomy than did Vingtrinier. The indignant sculptor sent his seconds; Lagache promptly accepted the challenge, and chose pistols as the weapons. They met yesterday. Everything was quite proper and solemn. The principals, clad entirely in black, even turned up their coat collars, so neither exposed a ~pot of white to his ad- versary's alm. The word was gr'en‘ Both raised their pistols, but only tke journal- ist fired, and he missed. With a superb gesture Vingtrinier | turned his pistol away from Lagache, and, exclaiming, “My religion forbids me to shoot my fellow man,” pulled the trigger. The surgeon In attendance fell dead. The sculptor had shot him through the heart. oS e e Transports Rechartered. WASHINGTON, April 28.—The quarter- master general has rachartered the trans- ports Athenian and Flintshire on the Pa- cific Coast, the first named for freight ser- vice on the Alaskan station and the last named for freight service between San | He reported Little River rising one foot | Francisco and Manila. corexe FEASESH GXVLO KPR GHOXOXOROHGQ gonu_*flflo; m»mnmfl? = 4 * : D $ 3 g : b ¢ : ‘ et ¥ - S 3 s ®) : - = & . BEHrere XELOXOXOLOK O % SXORGHOXILIXOD 8 700*0&0- @ \‘fi; uf» ”*f?'*‘)*”t*:._ VOLUME LXXXVII-NO. 160. SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, APRIL 29, 1900—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS. NORTHWARD TOWARD LADYBRAND OFFICERS OF OAKLAND 5 N o SO S S S S ? Proves to Be a Polish Cook, Named Vetsera, Roberts’ Forces Trying ? Driven to kCrlme LYJ Lack of to Overtake Burgher b Wor aggr}junaer. Column Retreatin I : T Colitie N1 g . $| Attempted Five Hold-Ups Last Night in the Fashionable rom 1@aba Nchu. ' ¢| Residence Section of the City Across the Bay and Was gt T 5 Finally Captured Without a Struggle. TRANSVAALERS ARE ! FAR OUTNUMBERED ; E AKLAND, April 35—The . | hwayman who has bhee . s Y Y | if"_“ .Hj" w nnihilation Threatens D N the Patriots If They | e oo a1t wren Compelled to Turn bk e 4d Fight ® | L. Munckorosvon Vetse ana 12ng. X I vouthful native of P . i | cook, driven to robbery be B ety gt : NT g 2 The € & | ¥t eedom he confes: Ch S ? e ot ?'I\‘}:l—‘:':‘p:r(:‘ul\‘.xr::lul:-l s o i w h Africa z to the fiverin thix clty o 5.3 R rought him to the end Ny 155 the last $ | pistol and a black knotted silk handker- ein ¢, ® | chief which were his im) ‘ ¢ | were found s - ] ;3 Nas tho resultlof ac s work on the part of Detective and | | s ? | Charles Hamerton, who ran tpa 1th T ® | down on bicycles, capturi . . * corner of nirtee w ts s 3 re [:n“unm rl"lxxzew 1!,1 I of the city. Vetsera u 4 - mitted the he was gu g = | His "operations early this £ L ACuhlen AN & | Oakland were identi ll\\’1‘\ his method e » Franc » and the e ' ' . e was the v <t g robbe i' riking =l e A b ¢ We ~p- | His captur - 4 | prompt action 2 & | Peterson, who Lawes ™ a policemen pe | of the night wa i e : AT CLOSE QUARTERS—BRITISH LANCER PATROL AND BOER SCOUTS ENGAGED. 7 (il L il b tsco hol sl (From the Spear.) { ‘“h 2 Were Sig g Rredring ” ¢ IS s i ict east of Harrison street t e 1 up_the e &0—%»0—@—0—@—«-04@4—@-0—@4—@4—&0—@—&5»0@»«g,+@—»s->+©—v<§+®+®—o—®—0—®a—¢>4—@+mfl+©—o-.? | :u. lu{mx_ng «l-v‘”rvl kx;‘\n ot T we th m} Shortly before 11 o’clock they were were taken chargs Of by. fhe Basntaland Gov- s i sands and saw a sev f them there. They oS ) A at pre t seventy wounded are getting e o utrach * 3k o of arrison. | stea | \E\ \TE REI‘ER\ along well Vet il iJvfm:::tng”fm:n their wheels they drew | Vetsera s A their pistols, and a second b 1k s G ; T o i ris jclous pe wh s had been BOER RESOLUTION & ARSENAL EXPLOSION THE RISING WATERS |i 5y e s a5 CAUSED BY TRAITOR | scription they had of the robber But There Are Others. U L 4 2 . . SR | detectives seized his arms. Kyte reported to the pol PRETORIA, Friday, April 27.—Later ri » 25 & 8 oo i oo e e ey e aern:| EVETY VEhicle in Waco Utilized | rim moies : e o B s WASHINGTON. April 28. —Q'«;H“ ment in s there are convinced that 5 “’:1 l“as T ¢ pock = S Revron une to-day dynamite w: he cause of the recent ex- g ng ‘else hut some ¢ o S : i e 3 et S | 00 Carry Residents to Places |iumion i s wome ot oo & wn” oty wers n to extend its sympathy has been traced to a vacant house in the | and o mot & cent. The pistol was an in thelr war with viclnity of the first explosion. They have, ver had . e ot Samabas o midet of he 3 | tneretore, 'stopnea M1 rming - Shrougn of Safety. oidaspioncd. rusted weapcn ¢ 7S | ppe T BATE ON % of bills of minor Im- 4 | Delagoa Bay In order to prevent the e | M yvhat's this for?" was the > h DI e e et Aok e parmons et A tioahy [ ohich Mo iald (hatithe stream was|, .ic'y Cclamatian, as he was SUGAR IS LOWERED He said little more until the d - arn got him to the ‘rmllrr- <z-;rlun_ . Decision of Interstate Commerce ,. his stor £ h:IIo:‘l‘Kl’;‘“‘ ::n;.fl :admh aversthing. Y Commission in a Nebraska have got me,” said Vetsera. “I gav o Case. those San Francisco police all the trouble | Spectal Dispateh to all | they wanted. Yes, I am the robber. My | OMAHA. N 1 28.—In the report first hold-up was in San Francisco last | and opinto Tatate Colmdree Sunday night. Then there was another on | (' of A. J. Gu Monday evening and two on uesday the Union Pa- trains out of | | | the man. | “It was laughable the way I fooled the | mediat s | police. When they sent out the men dis- | Om R guised as women I used to walk alor il Pag-d | money. I P cures a re ght the £ Kearney rate of shipp night. I shot at a man that didn’t 'know until the next d eaw the papers, that I hit him he hold-ups were ward Northrup E\:rnday night; J. J. Deane, Monday: Mor Sideman and Alexander Rog Tues- the latter having been w 1 by Vetsera. Continuing his story nder smooth-faced young robbe = mmon points to that ¥o quarto rega is not an In age the streets at night and bow to them. O night I saw a couple standing under gaslight. The disguised policeman up his skirts to scratch a match saw he had on trousers. With couple the ‘woman’ was a foot ta “I got tired of trying in San Francisco so T came over here this morning to look around and decide where to begin ¢ tions to-night. The Oakland were too smart for me and I am cz t Well, it can’t be helped, I suppose. | “1 came here from New York about six months ago. My native place is Po I had a girl in San Franci but left me a few days ago and went to Port- jand. No, I will not tell you whe lived. I am a cook, but I have not working for some time nd broke, I thought I would tr money by standing up pe hold up folks that looked as if they 1 followed the man I shot blocks, thinking he was a rich man none of them panned out very well.” Vetsera was charged with robbe will not be turned over to t cisco police, as he has confes: of robberies in Oakland to in prisonment for many ¥ belleve Vetsera is insa [ The crimes which led to the robber's | capture to-night were of the same daring | nature that characterized his work in San Francisco. The first holdup re- | My ported to the police shortly after | o'clock. Mrs. Steddon, Miss Beeman and Miss Bennett, residing at 317 Boulevarc Terrace, were walking along that ‘street one hundred yards from their house when a masked man jumped upon them from the shadow of some trees and with | CLAIMS TOWNSITE AS MINING LAND Utica Company Asserts Title to Property in the Heart of Angels Camp. B SR Special Dispatch to The Call. ANGELS CAMP, April —Owners of the Utica mine of this place have created much excitement among property owners by asserting title to land that reache: the heart of Angels and has many busi- ness houses and residences on it. The O ERT V ple. I tried to had ANDERBILT IS ENGAGED TO WED His Bride-to-Be Is Miss Elsie French, a Wealthy Heiress of New 1 NEW YORK of Albert G. Va Corneli he engag cond son nd Miss e of § ted the g an He by residents to proc a Government titla to the town site. Government, in tr patent to t He rece t for agricultur: them The locat- naking no protest, 1 tit were pr al ; Utlea Company bases its title on a deed | The Utica pe that the mineral obtained from Otto F'etcher. a resident of | location i and holds this place, who sold his claim for $15.000. | good. g of those owning lots in The in dispute was in pioneer the ai of land will be held ropert: days tge E‘on ldence mining clalm, which A was staked off by Fletcher's ancestora. Some fine p »f law regarding the lo- Twent; qenm afterward, Justice Cooley | catlon of agricultural and mineral lands soon t ing a legal battle, says, Judge Norman, then occupying the | will probably be decided through this con- Superior bench of the county, was asked | troversy.