The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 4, 1900, Page 1

SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1900. ROBERTS' MARCH TOWARD PRETORIA IS IN PROGRESS Living Wedge of Fighting Men Thrown Farther Northeast,and Boers Evacuate Brandfort Special Cable to The Call and New York Herald. Copyfl_ghted’ 1800, by the New York Herald Company. g e e S o o o e o Qoo e R e = = D R I N ‘h. sie BRITISH SCOUT M SR . P eced e - oo oo b0 FOUGHT FIERCELY ALL DAY SUNDAY g vesterday a as Post road, owly beaten back. D from the south and Grobler mmer from the mnorth on Mond ght the British reinforcements in the apex of withdrawal begun on Sunday. Under Do Grobler, Lemmer and Botha they arge British column near which was trying to inter- N being = w for angle, The Boers’ at- an ng in the di- The Boers cap y Modder River Roberts’ main army is Lor« g northward e g <SR BOERS DRIVEN BACK TOWARD BRANDFORT LONDON, May 4—The Telegraph pub- lishes this dispatch from its speefal cor- respondent: BLOEMFONT ward yesterday t east to see some of extend approximately May 1.—I went for- miles to the north- operations, which from Warrenton to Ladybrand. The cnemy are now being brought face to face with movements which, I am confident, will soon over- whelm opposition. Generals Wavells, Maxwell and Bruce Hamilton's brigades helped to secure excellent positions upon numerous ridges over a wide front many miles to the eastward of Glen, the Boers retiring. Colonel Broadwood’s cavalry brigade, wAth guns, now in full strength and horses and Ladybrand. AKES A NARROW ESCAPE AFTER A FOUR-MILE CHASE. i in Black and White.) E. 8. Wo a Sketch by -0 R o i e e S o B e e R S R O e X | ordered to Port Arthur | maneuvers are secret, and that none of | MINOR VICTO @++++44444444 4444 444444@ | Captain Libby. A few Federals were : 4 | wounded. The heavy bombardment by + LONDON, May 4.—It is + ‘ the British has been resumed at Fourteen | { announced that the British 3 |Streams | 1 have captured Brandfort. : | ngatr]r'l. (R:;:w‘v;w\{h-:‘x B:‘»:r (;;‘\‘::n;'lc Pr‘\;}lg. ; 0 4 BRANDFORT, Thursday, 3| fort wires that when the British appeared + May 3, morning — Brandfort 4 |ten miles cast of Brandfort General De- ¢ was captured by a combined < |larey ordered a charge by 500 Boers, who + movement of Colonel Tucker’s + 2:;“},‘::’2.:‘;“‘, to theix entrenchmants. | { and General Pole-Carew’s di- : o i) ”q‘,‘f;;':_e";m;::::‘e‘,: "hx;m:;;fl 4 vision en the east and oenter | wiuided ticluding ideutenani Crane. | 4+ and General Hutton’s mount- > Later in the afternoon General Delarey ‘ + ed infantry on the west. The 4| ‘;:an:“ (hst b B"i;hl‘ho;lflgr:orfifllllneh" 344 g | enty eS eas! ndfort and 3 British surprised the "Boers, :::.own miles north of the Modder River. 4 who retreated hastily. Four : € With 250 men Delarey set out in pursuit | + thousand of the enemy moved J|of the British, who numbered 1200. The | 3 here yesterday evening in or- $| forces met in'the open country, a sharp ement followed and the sh re- : dex o opposs pur, Mdyapps. 3 {$iced - e tie Boors bad k hasy s o] ;4 Colonel Tucker’s artillery hfl.d 3| were not pursued. The Federals had five | + a sharp duel with the enemy’s 4 | men wounded. + guns and put two of them out + An American has been arrested in con- | : of action. : | nection with the Rng'hw explosion. * + [ asasasssss st S e s ansanad ] pushed farther east and tered a strong com- toward Thaba Nchu. He and drove them back in n of Brandfort at very few of the enemy | afort and that the town | ende 4 conditio: 1b: outhwest of Brandfort. ALLEGED ABUSE OF INTERNATIONAL RIGHT LONDON, May 3—It has been learned repr: tive of the Associated T'nited States Embassador | ed Lord Salisbury for ex- to the alleged abuse of in- s in the case of the Amer- | Witch, which, according ment of her commander, Cap- | was boarded by the british | warship Wasp within the three-mile limit of Portuguese territory in East Africa. The American Embassador's communi- cation to the Premier hardly amounts to| a protest and serfous complications are | not likely to ensue. The case, as trans-| mitted by Secretary Hay to London, con- of the captain’s allegation that the Sea Witch was off Delagoa Bay snaled to the Wasp, which was pa- 1ling, and the Wasp sent a boat to her. The captain of the S8ea Witch complains at the visit resembled a warlike board- g party and that his manifest was ex- amined against his will when palpably within neutral waters. If the latter state- ment is true, a serious offense has been committed by the Wasp, which will call for an ample apology from Great Britain. But it is pointed out that the fact that | the Sea Witch signaled tHe Wasp before the warship noticed her invests the case with a curious uncertainty., Apparently both Mr. Choate and Lord Salisbury are | inclined to believe that there is some mis- | take, perhaps on both sides. The Premler | has referred the matter to the Admiralty, | | which no record of the occurrence, | but has cabled to Bouth Africa for the Wasp's version of the affair and it is pos- | | sible that some time may elapse before | the British reply is ready. | *In the meantime the incident does not | | nterfere in the slightest degree with the | cordiality existing between the represen- | tatives of the two nations interested. a right S The American ship Sea Witch left Wal- { Joroo December ¢ and arrived at Delagoa | Bay February 12. She sailed March 4 | for Port Natal (Durban) and arrived there March 9. FE RIES BY ' THE FEDERAL FORCES | PRETORITA, May 3.—An official war bul- letin issued h reports that on April 28 | the Federals captured nine prisoners and | ten horses east of Thaba Nchu and that | {on Aprfl 30 a British mounted corps ap- | peared near Brandfort. The Federais at- | tacked them on two sides and the British | retired. Two Federals were wounded | and eleven prisoners were taken. Another | | account, semi-official of this affair, says | | that the Wakkerstroom and Ermelo com- mandos had a skirmish with the British | near Brandfort. After a sharp fight eleven prisoners were taken and ninefeen British were left dead on the fiel jun'nding B R e R s R MANY OF THE FOREIGN LEGION ARE WOUNDED LONDON, May 3.—The War Office has | received the following dispatch from Lord Roberts dated Bloemfontejn, May 2: | “General Hamilton met with consider- | and that the hills to | able success and drove the enemy out of | Cape Colony or elsewhere. Nchu are still held | the strong position they had taken up at | can own Houtnek with comparatively small loss to | us. The Bocrs dispersed in several direc- tions, mainly to the east and south, lea ing many prisoners in our hands, includ- | ing one commandant and sixteen other | wounded men. General Hamilton 1s now | in camp at Jacobsrust. As the men need- ed rest after fighting seven out of the last | ten days I ordered them to halt for the day. General Broadwood's brigade of cavalry arrived upon the scene in time to | afford valuable assistance by threatening | the enemy’s rear. | “During the afternoon General Tan | Hamilton was joined by General Bruce Hamliton’s brigade of infantry. “The enemy admit having twelve killed and forty wounded yesterday. Among the former was Lieutenant Gunther, a | German officer belonging to the Fifty- Aifth Regiment, and among the latter was Maximoff, the Russian commander of the foreign legion. Twenty-one out of fifty- two of the enemy's casualties occurred among the members of that legion. Two Frenchmen were among the killed. ““General Hamilton speaks in high terms of the good service performed by the Eighth Hussars under Colonel Clowse and of the regiment of Lancers which came into General Broadwood's brigade and as- sisted in making the Boers vacate their position. The final stroke to the enemy’s rout was given by the Gordons and two companies of the Shropshire Light In- fantry, who cheered loudly when they got within 200 yards of the position. Kitch- ener’s Horse is also spoken of In terms of praise.” AR PLEADS CASE OF THE BRITON IN THE TRANSVAAL CHICAGO. May 3—Bishop Hartzell pleaded the case of the Briton in the Transvaal to-night before an audience that almost filled the Auditorium. He epoke from Impressions gained by per- QOWWOQMMWQ*M‘M“OM“OMMQM 3 MOUNT LASSEN IS AGAIN crowds of people were looking at the north peak Boe009 0000 0045 409 94940400000 ¢4 | very | money. ED BLYFF, Cal., May 3. is thought to be in eruption. The volcano has been supposed to be dead, but from reports brought from that section it is believed to have regained its action. Strange rumbling noises, such as caused by a heavy wagon rolling over stone. are heard, and a heavy column of gray smoke proceeds from the mountain. STRENCTHENS TS ASIATIC UADRON —_— Russian Government Prepar- ing for Eventualities in the Far East. L oo SHIPS OF WAR ARE SENT TO PORT ARTHUR Sl Although Japan Cannot Afford to Go to War at Present, the Mikado Is Closely Following the Czar’s Preparations. B e e Special Dispatch to The Ca'l. ALL HEADQUARTERS, WELL- INGTON HOTEL, WASHING- TON, May 3.—Information has been received In naval circles that the Russtan Government has taken measures to strengthen its Aslatic squad- It is learned that the decision to re- ron. inforce the Russian fleet in the Far East was reached some months ago, and that the Mediterranean and Black Sea fleets | are to be drawn upon to furnish vessels | for this purpose. | The Petropaulovski, a battleship of 10,-! 960 tons, and the Gillaka, a small gun- boat, are now on their way to Port Ar-| thur. The Admiral Machinov, an armored | crulser which is intended for the Asiatic station, Is now undergoing repairs at Cherbourg, and four gunboats will also | be What adaitionat ships will be | not known here. It is evident to officials familiar with | the situation in the Far East that Russia | is preparing for eventualities. The St. Petersburg Government does not want | war, now at least, | sent. and is doing every- | thing in its power to preserve peace. Japanese finances are such that she can- not afford war at thix ume. It is evi- dent, however, that, like Russia, she is| making preparations for emergencies, | and is keeping her fleet well in hand. At the present time the Japanese fleet is su- perfor to that of Russia, but with the re- | inforcements which the latter will send out it is apparent that the two forces will be about equal if hostilities are delayed. The Japanese fleet is engaged in ma- neuvers. Reports recelved here from English sources are to the effect that the | the foreign naval attaches were allowed on board the rships. « +-|-|-H+H‘:3H-Hfl-' B i il @ sonal observations in South Africa; from personal acquaintance with President Kruger, and from close study of the laws and the administration of the laws by the Government. Bishop Hartzell made his argument in behalf of the English. 'The audience was pro-British in its sympa- thies. Blshop Hartzell said: “In the treatment of the black races there has been a clear antagonism be- tween the Briton and the Boer from the beginning. The Boer believes that the natives are the childten of Ham and are intended by Providence for slavery. The constitution provides that there | shall be no equality hetween white and colored persons in church or state; no black man can walk on a sidewalk in town or city. This includes not only na- | tive teachers and preachers trained by | forelgn missionary societles, but also black or mulatto people who come from No black man land in the Transvaal. No black man can become a trader of any kind, no matter what his iIntelligence or how good his character. Up to two years ago there could be no legal marriage of any black person. “A marriage law was passed requiring a fee of $15, with other hindrances, so many that the missionaries and philan- thropists are seeking to have it repealed. No black man has a standing in cour: in the Transvaal he cannot sue the Gov- ernment or a white man. The Transvaal does nothing toward the education of the black people, although by licenses, ete. they pay 3 per cent of the public school What is done among them is done by English and European and mis- sionary assoclations. Add to all this the brutality, especlally of Transvaal offi- clals, toward natives.” Taking up the grievances of the Out- landers, Bishop Hartzell bitterly de- nounced the Boers for what he termed the injustice and tyranny imposed by the 23,500 voting burghers upon the 210,000 Outland- ers. He declared that the treatment of the Outlanders was outrageous. Speaking of the future the.Bishop sald: “Commencing with the twentieth century, a committee of five will rule the world— America, England, Germany, Russia and France.” CALIFORNIA BOYS fl YALE FIELD NEW HAVEN, Conn., May 3.—The Call- fornia track athletes worked to-day on Yale field, preparing for the dual meet with Yale on Saturday. The work of the men was exceedingly good. Manager Dana of the Yale Track Asso- clation to-day announced that out of fair- ness to the visitors the firsts in the events only would be counted. Inasmuch as the visitors seem sure winners in at least five or six out of the thirteen events the closeness of the competition is evident and the Yale men feel that the blue will be tried out to the utmost. hast ] IN ERUPTION —Very early this morning gathered on the streets of Mount Lassen, which ISP 44D DS V4IPS D4V 4D 400 B PRICE FIVE CENTS SCORES OF CHINESE ARE ’ DEPORTED BY JACKSON Sixty-Bight Coolies Hustled Aboard the Rio as She Is About to Sail-The Call Expose FRANK L.Coomps- f i o Bears Fruit. JoHN Pe JACKSON . /\ e OFFICIALS WHO CONTROL THE DISPOSITION OF COOLIES. B e S S S i S S e R SRR S S S Y ) HE people of this city and State have won another signal triumph through the agency of The Call. This paper undertook to expose the operations of the gigantic ring which in this city has landed thou- : (= JosepH S. SpEAR. JR. DR R S e A e e e o I S o o 2 sands upon thousands of Chinese, many of them entering San Francisco clothed with the digmity of American citizens. The first result of the expose made by The Call was the remarkable admission made by Collector of the Port John P. Jackson that after creating three thousand native-born American citizens he had no authority to create one, and announced his decision to wash his hands of any further participation in the shameful traffic. Yesterday morning The Call exposed the outrageous slave trade which a ring of lawyers, assisted by the ignorance or connivarce of men in high places, maintains at this port. The corrupt and illegal partici- pation in this traffic of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company was also shown. This paper revealed the out- rageous fact that the Pacific Mail Steamship Company is reaping an ill-gotten monthly harvest of a thousand dollars by landing, contrary to the laws of the United States, hundreds of Chinese. As a result of this expose by The Call Collector of the Port John P. Jackson gave peremptory orders yesterday to the Faderal officials in this city that the Chinese illegally detained at the Pacific Mail Dock be immediately deported and returned to China. The officials of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company protested, but the Surveyor of the Port, Taseph S. Spear, announced that he would carry out the orders of his superior if it required the assistance of every officer in the customs service in this city. The Chinese were herded by customs officers and marched upon the deck of the steamer Rio de Janeiro. The news of the startling action taken by the Federal authori- ties spread quickly in Chinatown and the lawyer conspirators, who have made thousands of dollars of profit by landing coolies in San Francisco, were informed. They instantly proceeded to the United States District Court and secured writs of habeas corpus for the coolie “native-born” citizens, who were then saved from de- portation. Notwithstanding the victory which has thus been won.over a clique of scheming lawyers and com- placent officials, the reform of the Chinese traffic at this port has only begun. In order that the exposure may be absolutely complete and that the operations of this powerful ring may be stopped The Call again defles the Collector of this Port, John P. Jackson, either to permit or demand an investigation of the shameful traffic of Chinese under his administration. The Collector of the Port has in his possession records which belong to the public and which should be produced for public inspection. He is also without records which should be in his office as a guarantee that the admission of Chinese by him has been legitimate. The Call therefore defies him to ask an investigation of Chinese business or to permit this paper to make one. ¢ 5 Federal officials at this port seem to have been laboring under the impression that the detention shed at the Pacific Mail Dock, out of which the Pacific Mail Steamship Company has made thousands upon thou- sands of dollars, is constructively the deck of the vessel upon which Chinese come to this port. Collector Jackson, through his action yesterday, evidently disagrees with his subordinates in San Francisco and the agents of the Pacific Mail. The duty of the United States District Attorney, Frank L. Coombs, appears thers- . fore to be plain. The law declares that any master of a vessel and any responsible agent of a steamship com- pany who permits a Chinese, illegally, to leave a vessel upon which he arrives at an American port shall be subject to a fine of five hundred dollars or imprisonment for one year for every Chinese he so permits to leave a vessel. Does the United States District Attorney intend to prosecute the responsible representatives of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company for permitting to land the Chinese who were ordered deported yesterday? afternoon at the Mail dock and 1 the United States Appralsers’ build- ing. The Pacific Mail Steamship Com- pany's steamship Rio de Janeiro had | been advertised to leave for the Orient at 1 p. m., and at noon Chief Dunn of the Chinese Bureau notified Customs Surveyor Spear that the Treasury De- partment had ordered the deportation of sixty-elght Chinese immigrants who had falled to effect a landing. Some of these were awaiting deportation and the re- mainder, about thirty-six, claiming to be American citizens, could not be landed because Collector Jackson refused to touch their cases even with a pair of chopsticks. He declared that he had washed his hands in soda water of the whole native-born business. When the agents of the steamship com- pany learned of the order they vehe- mently protested. They alleged that all their steerage passenger space had been taken up for freight, and that they had no room for the coolies. All their protes- tations, however, were in vain, for Sur- veyor Spear declared that he would carry out the order of the ‘Treasury Depart- ment even if he had to employ the whole force of the Custom-house to put the Chi- nese on board the Rio. Accordingly, Customs Inspector Leary and a posse ran the native born, the mer- chants and the section 6 men from the detention shed to the deck of the steamer and announced that not one of them would be allowed to leave the vessel ex- cept by virtue of a writ of habeas corpus. The usual coterie of Chinese lawyers— Pippy. Bell, Strauss, Worley, McGowan, Madden and Schaertzer—were at once notified of the condition of affairs and immediately made arrangements to ob- tain writs of habeas corpus. A typewriter was employed to reel off carbon coples of the writs, while the whole force of law- yers, with the exception of Colonel Plppy, were busy in the clerk’s office of the United States District Court filing in the blanks for the native son cases—the only ones who covld avall themselves of the benefit of habeas corpus. As fast as the papers were filled and sworn to by the usual gang of Chinese uncles, cousins and brothers, they were taken before Judge de Haven, who issued writs directed to the agents of the steamship company, re- turnable forthwith. Several writs were denied because some of the blanks were not properly filled out. In such cases new petitions were drawn up and the errors and omissions corrected. . At 4 o'clock the last of the writs— thirty-six in number—had been placed in the hands of the United States Marshal THERE was lively interest in Chi-|and served upon the steamship company's | take the case up and nese immigration matters yesterday pfficers, The' division of the cases among the at- torneys were as follows: Bell, 16: Strau: 4; Madden, 6; McGowan, 4; Schaertzer and Worley, 3. The cases will be taken to-day before United States Court Com- missioner Heacock. On account of the delay caused by the issuance of the writs the Rio did not sail at 1 p. m., as advertised, but at 5:20 p. m. In discussing the Chinese traffic and the remarkable action taken by Collector of the Port John P. Jackson yesterday, United States District Attorney Frank L. Coombs spoke as follows: “This office has no .original jurisdiction over any case that has not passed the Col- lector of the Port. The procedure in the case of Chinese desiring.to’land is this: They are first examined by the officials of the Chinese Bureau; then - the recom- mendation of the bureau is made to the Collector, and he lands or rejects the Chi- nese as he sees fit. In all that proceeding this office has nothing to do. We cannot interfere in the work of the Chinese Bu- reau, nor can we advise the Collector un- less he asks our advice, and even then he is not bound to act upon it. Should the recommendation of the Chinese Bureau be that the applicant should be allowed to land, then, if the Collector allows him or her to land, we can take the matter up if we see a chance that the Chinese is flle- gally in this country. If the Collector de- nies the application, then, if the case is brought into court, this office takes up the side of the United States and defends the action. “In those cases where the Collector al lows the applicant to land we can have the Chinese ordered into the custody of the United States Marshal while we show that he or she is illegally in the country, and then we can secure an order of eourt deporting the defendant to China. In this case of Wal Ho, which you mention this morning, there is nothing so far that justifies this office In interfering. It must pass the Collector before we can do any- thing. I know nothing of this particular case, but if the recommendation of the Chinese Bureau be that she be landed it still must be passed upon by the Col- léctor. If he disregard the recommenda- tion and orders the woman back to China we have nothing to do with the case un- less she brings habeas corpus proceed- ings. If he allows her to land we can take the matter up upon the suggestion of any one. I do not ask that proof of her fraud is necessary, nor do I ask that there be even a probability. All I want is that some reasonable doubt of her right to remain in this country exists and I will prosecute it vig- orously. “The presence of a list of coach ques- tions in any case seems to me to be sufficient to prove that the applicant 18 not entitled to land, and if such a st could be produced In the case of this woman I have no doubt she could be da- ported. If The Call will furnish me with its information I will proceed vigorousiy Wwith the case whenever it comes within the jurisdiction of this office.” Mr. Coombs declared that his office has Do original jurisdiction over any case that has not passed the Collector of the Port. Mr. Coombs is aware that the Collector of the Port, after the expose made by The Call, decided that he had no jurisdiction whatever over Chinese who applied for adwmlssion as native-born citizems. Mr. Coombs is aware that during the month of April three vessels arrived at this port —the Ch_lna. the Doric and the Nippon Maru. Upon the China there were forty- eight coolies claiming to be *native-born' cltizens of the United States: on the Dorte there were forty-two Chinese making the same plea; upon the Nippon Maru thers were thirty-one—a total of 121. Before the expose of the lo coolie native sons Collector ?’:Ic::;ncn": mitted seventeen coolies and made them citizens of the United States. There re- mained ther=fore 14 with whom the Col- lector of the Port declined to have an thing to do and over whom the United States District Attorney had jurisdiction. Mr. Coombs w! 0 be interested to know that during the administra- tion of Collector Jackson, Chinewe e remained illegally on the doeck of the Pacific Mail Steamship Com- pany as long as a year. As a ource of ill-gotten profit to the steams company, whose respo: are members of the rin Chinese at th Mr. will also be interested to know that the steamer Coptie has port, s port with 468 Many of these citizens of the United States. Will Mr. Coombs per« mit them to leave the Coptie? PLURAL WIVES ARE NOT TO BE LANDED The Treasury Department communicat- ed to Collector Jackson yesterday an im- portant decision affecting the manner in Continued on Third Page Chinese on board. are “native borm™