The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 1, 1900, Page 1

/7 Ldwra oy Yrzan VOLUME LXXXVII-NO. 162. BOERS WILL OFFER STOUT RESISTANCE Thrust Back From One Strong Position They Prepare for the Fray at Another. Further Fighting Occurs at Karee Siding, the Oppos- ing Artillery Exchanging Compliments at Long Range. e SR Rdn an e o GOOD GUNNERY ON THE PART OF THE BOERS. (From the Epear.) To drop three shells in succession within a space less than one hundred feet square, at ordinary range, is counted fair marksmanship, but to plant them so close together from a range of six and a helf miles and just missing the object fired at is very remarkable. Yet this was just what the Boer “Long Tom” on Isimbulwani Mountain did when a battery of British artillery was returning to Lady- smith after an engagement on the north side of the town. Having to cross a ridge, on the top of which t they were exposed for a short distance, the Boers directed tae fire of one of their big guns on them. The f first shell struck as shown in the above picture just ss the fist enn passed. The second fall alrost in"the 4 same place, barely missing the second gun, while the third struck some fifteca feet to the right of the + road. The escape of the British gunners was lucky, not one being touched. - R e o R e o S W W war specials to-day c tion of the mi rial writers being that, as only scant | ing to the toast to himselr; sist’ chiefly |liant gathering. The Duke of Dev: onshire, s, the favorite introduc- |lord president of the Council of Ministers, pen ily. ma expert says: “If | the Bru to be attained the Brit- | “T will incident: i vietory have s been displayed in the Dewets- | lcse our life through sicknes dorp operations. the hands of an a sin Bodies Found in the Ruins. to his in le will.” i Dally News from Lou- G SR, farquez saj ixty-five bodies COMING OF BOER DELEGATES. been extricated from the rulns in " Begbie Iron Works at Johannesburg.” WASHINGTON, April 30.—It can er fighting at Fa- exchang- of the Times, telegraphing Monda ys: | art of the machinery of the Begbie has started again. The Federal ernment continues to buy enormous | tities of provisic Boer delegation who are about to sail — viduals, jus WARM WAR TALK — AT tinct unders LONDON, John Gordon Swift Mac- | ment. Irish Nationalist member for South | gal, resumed the interrogation of the rilamentary Secretary of the War | Office, Mr. ith African war, but got little satis- tion. Speaker Gully finally called Mr. Neill to order for demanding to know | her the operations at Magersfontein xempt from criticlsm by the com- | nder in chief of the British forces in | ith Africa because Lord Methuen was »ty peer and court favorite.” | Mr. Wyndham said that the War Office | ad n unicated with General Bul- e the east of Bloemfonteln the Boers | 1T In connection with the Splon Kop dis- on Sunday night were still holding the | Paiches, but that communications had b Thaba Nchu, while behind them | Passed between Lord Roberts and General | long wagon ins loaded with wheat for er in reference to the publication of | the Boer army in the morth are moving the dispatches in question. | through Ladybrand, The Government leader, Mr. Balfour, Y h capttred one Boer convoy Subseque: announced that “with a \ts size is not mentioned | YieW of clearing up misconceptions which which barely announces | Dad gathered round the publication of the Wepener, lately the scene of dispatches” he would place the salary of fighting, is® deserted, General | the Becretary of State for War among | Colonel Dalgetty having | the Yotes to be taken Friday and thus | enable a debate to be had on the subject. more Be to resist Activity of the Bosxs. The Boers are now s west of Bloemfontein in force between Fourteen St Kimberley. On Sunday rton, west of the raflway 1 to interrupt the commu ish force at Warr too, at a time wh Hunter is about to start on march for Mafeking, probably with 5000 men. eo; moved northward. A dispatch fram Maseru, dated Monday, | say e e - | BRITISH SUBJECTS MUST LEAVE REPUBLIC the Boers peacefully retir- | PRETORIA, April 30.—As a sequel to rds . whith_the natives think | hooty of the British, who formation from Maseru | the Johannesburg explosion the Govern- are Acce the conquerors.” to o ,0dy of e Boers reached | ment has ordered British subjects with Leeuw River, due whst of Ladybrand, | @ few exceptions to leave the republic Sunday | parties-\railing behind ‘at | Within forty-efght hours. sntervais of ten miles th protect the.réar | Nearly £40 has been subscribed for the and wi their herdl Slight outpost | Tellef of the victims. actions tak jails\ beyond Karee| Commandant Schatt has been relieved Siding, where 1d o the British in- | of the military command at Johannes- vasion is cantooned. bum and has gone on command. Bickness Among Bullkr’s - Horses. Sk, Amons Bullis Horses. | CRONJE CHEERED IN in General Bulier's army. I\proves espe- | clally fatal among freshly Wrrived ani- | HIS ISLAND Pmso" mals. The Bloemfont colfrespondents | ML point out that the deficiencies\in che vet- | JAMBESTOWN, St. Helena, April 30.— erinary department cause thjusands of | General Cronje and his wife, accompanied losses. 'm the general's private secretary, were General Lucas Meyer, replyimt to Gen- | ! permitted to attend religious services at eral Buller's complaint that sofe of the | Deadwood Camp, after which they had British prisoners 4 lodged | {peir first ride around the country, an | in the town Jail, are | cxperjence which seemed to give General | ., R OO0 RO 0 O H e RO OO CHOGH OHH 0 RO RO RO O HORTCROHCHGT QORI GO so treated ‘h; i € e sus- | Cronje much pleasure. The famous Boer pected of trying to escape. torts, | commander was recelved with cheers. moreover, that Boer con- e fined in the town jail ritz- IN HONOR OF COLON S. burg with natives. sl 1AL The morning papers give special pi m!.l LONDON, April 30.—The banquet given mence 1o the statement of & news aghcy | «t the Hotel Cecil in London this after- JORORMORCE | Vries has preparcd a bill providing | of Japan tive to the restriction of | JAPANESE CONSUL ‘ | Government and its representatives in this | fsts, but. e, iuesiswot deny-that he has{ | communicated specially with kis Govern- | during the last few months. He keeps si- B A R S R , 4 a. m—Fighting | that Sir Redvers Buller sent his resigna- | noon by the British Empire League in ntly not of 1 to Lord Roberts after the Spion Kop | honor of the colonial troops in South has been es were published and that Lord | Africa and of the Australian federation ined to accept it. delegates brought together here a bril- tary commentators and | presided. The Prince of Wales respond. the Princess something big is | and the other members of the royal fam- de the following brief reference to 10 more than this: All of us iifferent leadership from |are in the hands of God, and whether we accident or e must bow be | The Lourenzo Marquez correspondent |stated that 'the persons composing the from Europe for the United States this week will not be denied access to the Sec. retary of State when they reach Wash- Ington. They will be received as indi- as was Montagu White, but anding that they IN THE COMMONS are not recognized officlally as a Boer | delegation, and that the Secretary does Aok | not admit their competence to enter into il 20.—Tn the House of |3NY negotiations with the State Depart- RO ORCHOHIRIACROR SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, MAY 1, RESTRICTS IAPANESE CODLIES ——— Call, S PRICE FIVE COENTS. FEARFUL SHAG ROCK BLOWN OFF THE MAP Thousands of People Line the Shores of the Bay to Witness the Big Explosion. Representative Do Vries Has\ Great Column of Water Thrown High Into the Air Prepared 2 Most Im- porfant Bill CALIFORNIANS ARE NOW READY TO ACT| Government of the Mikado Watches the Situation, but Taks:s No Ac- tion Relative to Rsstrict- ing Immigration. e Specia: Dispatch to The Call. ALL HEADQUARTERS, WEL- LINGTON HOTEL, WASH- INGTON, April 80.—California’s Congressional delegation has been for several weeks considering means for. checking undesirable Japaness immigration. Representative de BRSPS A A R PRI R G SRS s for the restriction, if not excluslon, of the incoming hordes of the IMikado’s subjects. However, De Vries will await developments before introduc- ing this most important measure, Representatives Loud and Kahn were 1ntome&;:sy Secretary of Stato | Hay to-day that the State Depart- | ment was not ‘awarz of any action being taken by the Government | J apanese igration. ¢ HEHE IS WATCHFUL | The Mikado's Consuls on this coast :::'p‘ keeping a watehful eye on the situation brought about by the arrival of the hordes of Japanese laborers in this country. It is thought that alarm is filling their breasts at the probable results when the | laboring mem here become thoroughly | aroused, and that much secret correspond- ence is going on between the Japanese country anenf the situation. The an—mm Cdnsul in this city, Count Hirokcni Mufsu, dérles that any alarm ex- | ment regarding the influx of Japanese lence regarding contents of communica- tions that have passed between himself {and his Government, and shows anxiety to make out that the number of Japanese coming to this country is not nearly so great as reported, As to the possibility of international complications arising through any abuse of Japanese that may be caused by the growing sentiment against their ceming here to compete at small wages with |day. American labor, Count Mutsu simply says | there was no concussion, too much on the justice of | any American tribunals to fear any such re- | killed, sults. He relies, too, implicitly, he says, | number | on the courts here punishing any offend- | on the scene scoop up all of the finny tribe t | stunned by the explosion, This is all pretty sentiment, but human | ended in.a disappointment, for | passigns are not controlled by sentiment, | bass, salmon or sturgeon showed | espectally when the acquirement of daily that he relie: ers agalnst the peace of Japanese resi- dents to belleve that his country will ever have cause for complaint. bread is at the bottom of the agitation. Remembrance of how the Chinese were treated before the passage of the exclu- sion act, when the feeling against them s at the highest pitch, na A dispatch from Seattle, publ yesterday morning, stated that Consul Shokmo™ of that city celved a dispatch from the Consul at San | blown Francisco to join in the cabled request of | 1870. all the Japanese Consuls on the coast to | ors to blow up Shag Ro their Government to stop further Japa- | that Blossom Rock was destroyed, nese emigration to this country,” and that | years ago, but owing to mishaps in per- “Shokmo had wired a strong protest to | fecting plans the v\nrk (‘nuhl nut be ac- the Japanese Government.’ complished sul Mutsu denied vesterday that he [ The contractors i Sont and in consequence there was not the had sent any dispatch to Seattle. 3 An‘:l rnznnnsmn s SCENES AT 1HE DEoTRUCTION OF SHAG ROCK NE of the most beautiful and im- pressive sights ever seen on the bay of San Francisco was the blowing up of Shag, or Barrel Rock, ves Contrary o the general expectation, | nor was there but their hopes the yeasty foam that spread over a n' radiating from where of surface Rock formerly water. aturally gives | Shag and Arch rocks have been consid- | rise to apprehensions as to what may hap- | ered “a menace to navigatio pen to the incoming Japanese coolies. iners ever since the day ished here | Rock was also classed as an obstruction. more directly than did the nlh('r two danger »p’)t: it was Goyernment Tt was the Intention of the contract- ck the same day | thirty | from the phenomenon than there was a As it dham, in regard to the %mmmmmmmmmmmmmwmmm ANOTHER LITERARY TREAT! The Latest Story on the Stirring.... South African S*23¢ BY Sspot WILL APPEAR IN OO War Rudyard Kipling THE CALL TO-MORROW It deals with the wounded, depicting their sorrows and their hopes as only Kipling can..¢ ¢ w o« one of e mosT GRAPHIC PEN PICTURES ever presenteo. DON’'T MISS IT! S | | Expanded. for 3 p. m., and it was exactly two min- utes past that hour when the electric | spark was released. In the twinkling of n _eyve a’ huge mass of rock and wat and splintered lumber from the derr! that had been erected to facilitate ope: tions were flying heavenward rd the rock w: E water oy ice marked by @h.u: Rock boil for nearly fifteen minut xplosion. The State Tiam followed about ten minates Inter. and then in rapid succ lannches | hts, fishing boats and tugs until full a hundred craft were gathered on the spot. The Call boat went clear across the spot where Shag Rock formerly stcod. | and the bubbling and seething waters little more than make her roll from side to side. In fact, there was less movement few minutes later in an encounter with | the back wash of a stern-wheel steamer. It was shortly after the noon hour when the tugs Lottie and Transit took a ! in tow and started for Shag Rock | reaching the 2 taching the | wire was reeled out until the barge and | the tugs were close to the Angel Island | shore. There the dynamo was attached | Thn hour for. firing the mine was set’ ls Long be- | to | fore the water had rf-.h(d mounting v When the Heavy Charge of Nitro-Gelatin D S e ' A S R R e . ) R R S I o o o A g THE BxPLOS 1ON A 6!’ 8L0330M RocK FROM PHOTOGRAPN" + > B e e o i o o o Qere et et osere@ the tugs. In five minutes from the time sirens sounded the button was touchea and Shag Rock went up into the air. In spite of the fact that the hour for the explosion had been ke profound secret the wonderful sight was witnessed by nds of people. The garrisons « Angel Island. at the ack Point were all gathe: ss the sight, while Telegraph and Rus- n hills and the shore line from Powell reet wharf to Black Point were dotted with people anxious to see the sight. They ere all more than satisfled. as they wit- nessed ome of the grandest sights ever seen on the bay of San Franeisco. It is stated that the contractors are to receive from the Government $280.000 for blowing up Shag or Barrel rock, Arch rock and the reef extending from Alca- traz toward Sausalito. Having-sucee: fully performed a part of their contract they will immediately receive $30,000. Thei= next operations will be upon Arch rock. Upon completing their work on Arch rock they will pay .their respects to the reef extending from Alcatraz toward Sausa- and three long whistles blown by one of | lito. CAR STRIKE HOPEFUL Freight Handlers on Roads Entering Buffalo Decide to Strike for | Higher Wages. BUFFALO, N. Y., April 30.—With the ultimatum that was to have been given to-day deferred, the status of the strike | on car repairs of the New York Central | Rallroad !s unchanged to-night, except<l | |LEADERS OF CHICAGO ' ing so far as the action of President C: laway in consenting that Superintendent Wait of the motive power department shall meet in conference the members of | the executive committee, has tended to| create a bellef among the strikers that | the company is disposed to pursue a con- | ciliatory poiicy. The leaders of the strike were to-night very pronounced in their expressions of Betermination to make no concessions. To-night about 1000 freight handlers em- ployed in the railway freighthouses of the roads entering Buffalo other than th2 Lake Shore decided to strike for an in- crease of wages and shorter hours. Two hundred men employed in the yards of the New York, Lake Brie and Western at repalr work aldo” struck to- | n ST LOUIS, April 30.—The strike situa- | tion on the Suburban Street Railway re- mains unchanged. No serious imter tion to the service of the system res from the walkout. Willlam MecDameis, a | motorman, died at his home w-day as result of an njury caused by being struck | g{ a stone Sunday night while running on | s ear. —_— - TWO FORCES SENT ‘ TO RELIEVE MAFEKING | | | LONDON, May 1.—The Express corres- | pondent at Cape Town cables: “I have it on the highest authority that General Hunter has been sent to Kim- berley to command a strong column in- tended for the relief of leeklnge Gen- eral Barton's brigade also has en Ai- rected on Mafeking, an operation which TR0 thuen.” robably will be seconded by Lo\rdl BRITISH MISSIONARIES TENDER A RECEPTION Interesting Event in Connection With the Ecumenical Conven- tion at New York. NEW YORK, April 3.—Probably the most interesting event of the day in con- nection with the Ecumenical Convention, which will close to-morrow, was the re= ception at Sherry’s to-night, tendered by 300 missionarfes, who are British subjects or who pursue their work of teaching in British possessions by the residents of New York. Several hundred persons of British birth were present at this reception. The big ballroom was decorated with Ameri- can and British flags, smilax and palms. American, English, Irish, Scotch, Welsh | and Austrialian airs were played by the orchestra. After the reception address of welcome was made by George Gray Ward, president of- the St. George Soclety and chairman of the executive committee. Bishop Potter. E. Gerald and Rev. Dr. R. 8. M. Arthur were among the speakers. ‘Another interesting reception was that tendered the missionaries and delegates | by the Chinese Christians of Greater New York at the Presbyterian Chinese Mis- sion to-night. There were present al 150 missionaries and 300 visitors friends. Barth’s Scheme Abandoned. BERLIN, April 30.—Dr. Theodore Barth, the Frelssinnige leader, has abandoned the idea of promoting a German national anglophite demonstration, friends of Eng- land here having advised him that in view of the present temper of the English peo- plpo:’l would be liable to be misunder- stood. BOTHA IN SUPREME COMMAND. LADYSMITH, April 30.—The country north of Sunday River seems compara- tively clear of Boers. General Loufs Botha has returned to Pretoria to resume the supreme command of the Transvaal forces. Baron von der Jeltsch Dead. ERLIN, April 3.- Baron Saurma von Jeltsch, former German Minister &t ton, is dead.