The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 5, 1900, Page 1

The Call, VOLUM liwl.XXX\.'ll*.\'(). 166. AN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1900. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ROBERTS IS PRESSING ON TOWARD PRETORIA Advancing Columns Now Fifty Miles North of Bloemfontein. Irish-American Brigade With the Retreating Boers Engages the Infantry Under General Hutton Near Brandfort. | @ - > o..‘.:o-o....‘o.o,.-o-o-0@&@0—@0—5‘»‘-;‘4..,44,@4_@*@.@_.,3‘, 3 . 2 A 100-POUND BRITISH S_flELL BURSTING IN A BOER LAAGER. :‘ ;‘ o050 o‘o.o:o:o:o~o:.c..¢‘AH@¢:v4-e04»0©+9<.e.‘4,.z~+:+;.@,;,; N B m ’0000‘00&“0000‘0““"‘; | G{A:’r"('—m];cr;?,fi,r,n:';”i",m‘ Liberal lead- BOERS EVACUATE THABA NCHU HILL Boers 1 ar. one ngly s re- the ROBERTS REPORTS THE PASSAGE OF THE VAAL m.—The War following ifort, t the arried at e War Office + + DISAVOW THE SEA WITCH INCIDENT SHING will be officer that in Portug In its instri Choate th: British Government w the course usually fol that the nment could not tolerate the of an American ship in cutral waters. Had the search srred on the high seas a differ- complexion would have been 1 upc the affair. It is the expectation of the State t that the British Gov- able to South Africa an investigation be the investigation was over- hat Great Britain will apol- there may be a growing out American Consul at has cabled to ent the deposi- of the Sea Witch search. It appears atement that the vessel ng woll within Portu- when the British » was difcovered. A slgnal e made and the Sea s told to heave-to. When mplied with the direction a and the crew stem to stern search was the Sea Witch oceed on her ded nd B R S S ok o B o e e e e e e e e R R R R R S R R S A BErr404949 444 444444444440 s follows under date of Bloemfontein, | May | | We ied Brandfort to-day without | | m opposition and without, I hope, ma sualties. T first brigade of mounted infa covered the left flank h Brigade of the Seventh right flank was support- teenth Brigade. Pole | ed directly on Brandfort. | which was under com. | retired in a northeast- | division T Boer mand of Delar direction.’ At | | ROSEBERY SPEAKS IN ‘ DEFENSE OF BULLER| LONDON, May 4.—In the House of Com- | mons to-day several questions with refer- ence to the war were asked. The Parlla- eriy |r.‘.rnxnr\’ Secretary of the War Office, Mr. | W m, said no further reports had boen Yo from Lord Roberts with reference to the Kornspruit disaster. Mr. Wyndham quoted the Duke of Wellington | precedent for the publication of the | | Splon Kop dispatches. In so doing. he | said, he resented the grave insinuation | | that’ the Secretary of State for War was | gutity of anything dishonorable in re- quest General Bulier to rewrite his dis- patch. Continuing, Mr. Wyndham sald he | was prepared to discuss the Question of | | the judgment and the discretion but not | | of the honor or the rectitide of the Mar- | quis of Lansdowne. . | the subject and has asked fhem to select | quence of the publication General Buller | had tendered refused. Lord I r Office Lord Rosebery declared | aced in a cruel after the de- elief of rk ral Buller had been to publish eve critic and censorious upon Gener: ler in or- der to satisfy public curiosity, of which no outward sig compelled to public. fter a brief reply ed w were now linen in t from the Duke of nshire, president of the Council, the t was dropped —_—— Boer Laager Shelled. Cape Colony wire gun Ma openc British 3 tnc pectedly on the Boer laager vi unex- sterday at nce of seven and a half miles, | »wing hundred-pound shells with won- rful accuracy and causing a hasty re- treat of the burghers.” The bombardment | was continued to-day at all points by howziters and field guns. supported by two companies of the Munster regiment, the Boers being driven from shelter and | their guns being put out of action, | e L | Hart Takes Smithfield. WAL NORTH, Cape € A ithfleld w: occupied yesterday Hart's brigade. Out of the town twenty-five were cap- | tured and the rest decamped. Ladybrand | wa ently full of Boer wounded, who have been removed to Ficksbury. ALT S by the 150 Prisoners to Be Sent to Ceylon. COLOMBO, Ceylon, May 4.—It is said | that a batch of Boet prisoners will be sent | here. has approached the Ceylon authorities on 1t is said the imperial Government | A a good site. L0 Boers Post a “Long Tom.” LADYSMITH, May 4—The Boers have | shifted their guns on the range of hills facing the British front at Elands Laagte and have posted a “long tom” on a hill in the direction of Wessels Nek. | fornia CALIFORNIANS CONFIDENT OF BEATING YALE Western Men in Good Form for To-Day's Contests at New Haven. RS 0DDS ARE AGAINST THEM ———— Outnumbered Two to One by Old Eli's Athletes, Who Have the Ad- vantage of Being Ac- climated. —_— BY A4 M. WALSH. atch to The Cail. Conn., May 4.—The first rnia has had with Eastern 1895 will occur to-morro meet that C: athlete since and the te honors gained by that famous 1885 team, which defeated every college in the coun- try. “I have mever s bunch of athietes, day. And they are a determined bunch, be- cause every man on the team says that he will run u he drops and that with every stride he takes he will think of dear old California in the foothills of Berkeley. In some events Yale will run two men, will run but one man. fajrest to only count fir§t places, which proposition was, of course, accepted by Captain Drum Captain Drum is very confident and ex- pects to win o) core of 7 to 5. He has prophesied that we will win the two hur- , high and broad jump, hammer throw, the ance runs and the pole Mc e would win the quarter. California’s sprinter ias got against him int ner in the East. tzer, Yal | team, also a graduate of St. Matthew's shool, Califorpia, when seen on the campus to-day made the following state- ment: *1 think that the chances of both teams are equal, although Yale has the advan- tage of being accustomed to the climate.” Cunh; ale’s 'varsity baseball catcher, made t following statement: “I think that California has the a what 1 have seen of them. Cunha pre- pared for Yale at Lowell High School, San Franeisco. The general opinion of the Yale men is that it will be a close match, and that if California wins it will be by a small margin. The Yale bo;® have shown themselves | sense of the | to be gentlemen in every word. They have treated every one like kings, and it will never be forgotten by Our only hope is that we can have ance to repay them This afternoon Plaw was practicing with Flannigan, the great Irish hammer throw- er, who has competed with all the East- He said that our young Califor- st hammer thrower that or saw, snd that he had not yet 1 his limit. Plaw’s triple turn was pener to Flannigan. Plaw threw ad missile over 18) f this after- We had a number of Yale men visit headquarters to-night, and they all 1l we could see wished us good luck, but s also visi nians, Charles Huse and John L of Lowell High School, two Califor- 1900 of Cali- former stu- San Fran- den cls Clippings from The Call containing ac- counts of our bas I game with Stan- ford were received here to-night. They a were read by Captain Drum to the team. At the reading of any man’s name there was’ given a rousing cheer. To-morrow we will go on the field with no more than Californians to cheer us on to vie- but we will g0 into it as If the whole were there and cheering us every moment. The entries for to-morrow’s meet are as | follows: 160-yard dash Yale—Fay A. Blount, I Richar California—W. P. Drum, A. Cado- gan 220-yard dash: Yale—D. Boardman, S. M. Thomas: California—W. P. Drum, A. Cadogan. 440-yard dash: Yale—D. Boardman, S. M. Thomas; California—W. P. Drum, A. Cadogan. 880-yard run Yale—H. P. Smith, H Poynter; California—Roy Service, Charles K. Moser Mile run: Yale—H. Spear, W. B. Weston California—C. K. Moser, Roy Service. 126-yard hurdle: Yale—J. B. Thomas, M. Ful- ton; California—R. Wi T. Hamlin. 220-yard hurdle: Yale—, B. Thomas. H. S. Mead; California—T. Hamlin, Roy Woolsey. High jump: Yale—C. M. Tainter, G. Duval; California—J. D. Hoffman, R. Woolsey. Broad jump: Yale—F. D. Cheney, H. D. Ells- worth; California—C. R. Broughton. Shot put: California—A. D, Plaw, R. Woolsey. Hammer throw: Yale—G. S. Stillman, J. W. Clark; California—A. D. Plaw Pole vault: Yale—B. Johnson (captain), W. Adriance; California—J. D. Hoffman. m is determined to uphold the | een a more determined | sald a Yale man to- | Yale thought it would be | v forbade him from saying | s event the fastest quarter-mile run- | < end rush of the football | b4 ntage from ! Yale—F. M. Beck, D. R. Francls; | PSP S I S D SR S S S P Y e e @ | PN creieb e L ? * “ . £ - £ * > - @ * . > * Ed . > . > < . L] siebeies et aieiebed et HE police have Barry Getz, a ymmgl ne’er-do-well, in the tanks, and they belleve they have the man who for the past few weeks has been terror- izing the paths of the late homegoers. | They belleve he is the hishwayman who held up Hedburg on Wednesday mornin and the one who shot Bortzmeyer Thurs- day morning. He has not been formally charged with any crime, but he will be taken to the Waldeck, where Bortz- mever is lying, and if he be identified by the injured man the charge will follow. Getz is a brother of the Getz who runs the Manhattan Saloon on Geary street. He lives with his mother at 930 Ellis street | and yet has no means of lvelthood. He was arrested last evening, about 9 o'clock, while on his way to the Orpheum with a Mrs. Moore. He was taken at once to the police headquarters, where he | was put through the sweating process, while at the same time Mrs. Moore, John D. Schloen, who keeps the grocery on | the corner of Ellis and Polk streets, and David Barney Tynes, a negro who haunts that corner, were held for exam- ination. ™ The prisoner did not take particularly | well to the examination and at times be- | came deflant and dared the police to do | their worst. He had but a hazy idea of | what e ata PRINGFIELD, Ohio. May 4—John R. S B PSS S Special Dispatch to The Call. McLEAN ABANDONS DEWEY'S CANDIDACY cLean. brother-in-law of Admiral Dewey, has abandoned the latter in his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for President and has jumped into the front seat in the Bryan bandwagon. This declaration was made here to-night by W. S. Thomas. chairman of the Democratic State Central Committee. and was called forth by requests Mr. McLean sent to the Democratic State Central Com- mittee at its meeting in Columbus yesterday afternoon to fix a time and decide upon a place for the Demo- cratic State Convention. Bernard of Cincinnati. McLean's trusted lieutenant, was there armed with a letter from Mr. McLean, which he showed to committee members. in Columbus be selected for the State convention meeting. In it there were two requests. The first was that some week other than Dewey week The second was that Webster P. Huntington, who resigned the editorship of the Columbus Press because of its editorial flop to the support of Dewey for the Presidential nomi- nation, be named for temporary chairman of the convention. Both of these requests were acceded to. In addition to this Mr. Bernard, speaking with authority, made the posi- tive declaration to the committeemen that Mr. McLean would not be a candidate for and would decline election as a delegate-at-large to the Kansas City convention. The reason given therefor was that Mr. McLean did not want to have it appear that he, who had been mentioned as a Dewey champlon, or any other man the Bryan men might be sus- picious of, should be sent to Kansas City from Ohio. Mr. Thomas sald that no misconstruction could be placed on McLean's action. candidacy is to be abandoned. The plan s to let the people gradually forget the matter. “Ohjo is for Bryan first, last and all the time.” NEW YORK, May 4—John R. McLean's flop to the Bryan camp has an important bearing upon the political situa- tion. It is taken to mean that Dewey's Mr. Thomas said: It was learned on excellent authority to-night that Admiral Dewey would accept the Vice Presidential nomination on the Democratic ticket if it were tendered him, and McLean’s move is a part of this programme. From authentic Repub- lican sources it is reported with Bryan. ST. LOUIS, May 4.—At a banquet here to-night Admiral Dewey in a speech eulogized England as America's friend, and said America could whip any nation in the world but England. _!hat Governor Roosevelt has consented to become McKinley's running mate should Dewey run best and where he was Wednes- | hown the Hold-Up. -+ ereibedebeiete Barry Getz, Arrested on Suspicion of Being the Midnight Robber, B a2 day night before the robbery, but he was positive he was in bed at the time it was | committed. He sald he was out some- where—he did not know where—with some one—he did not know whom—and returned to his home between 11:30 and 12 o'clock. | He said the reason he could net tell more | into Schloen’s saloon before he went of his whereabouts was because he was drunk. He denied that Mrs. Moore was with him, although he afterward remem- bered that his companion was a woman. Then he remembered that he had gone and also that he probably went out park. Beyond these statements, the re- peated assertion that he knew of the hold-up and that he was safe in bed at the time it happened, the examination revealed nothing. The examination of Mrs. Moore was more Interesting, for on two points she contradicted Getz's story. She said she was with him the night of the hold-up. and also that when he left her about 11:50 o'clock he was sober. She did not know where they went nor what cars they took. All she knew that he went to the cor- rer of Ellis and Polk streets with her about haif-past 11 o'clock and there he left her. He did not see her home. She lives at 706 Ellis, which is between Lar- kin and Polk, while Getz's house is be- tween Van Ness avenue and Franklin street. John Schloen, the saloon-keeper, said Getz came Into his place about half-past 11 and left again at about I At a quar- ter past Schloen says he closed his place and was in bed when he heard the shot fired. David Tynes, the negro, was in the sa- loon when Getz entered. He sald it was not 12 o'clock when z left the place, and it was just after 12 when he left him- self. He slept in a neighboring basement and heard the shot, but he did not think it was any business of his. He had heard Getz refer in one instance to holding up two men, but he believed Getz meant that he would fight them. In addition he voi- unteered the Information that he did not think Getz could have been the robber be- cause he believed Getz to be a coward and a man without grit enough to tackle any one on the streets. That was the sum of the facts bearing on the case brought out by the examina- tion. There are some more points, how- ever, that seem to make it better for Getz. The saloon keeper and Tynes declared pos. itively that on the day after the robbery Getz had no more money than usual. Getz was in the saloon at noon on Thursday, and he had no money to show. Getz told the Chief he had not worked in fourteen months. He lived on what his mother gave him, he said. She gave him from a dollar to a dollar and a half évery day and he made that do. He de- nied that he had any other place where he lived besides his own home, at El- lis street. He said he was on ‘Wednesday night just as the Chief saw him, gray clothes, blue linen shirt and a white soft hat. Then he sald he might have worn a black Derby on Wednesday, but he declared he did not own a soft black hat. In this he was corroborated by nothing | POLICE SURE THEY HAVE CAPTURED THE FOOTPAD Barry Getz Arrested on Suspicion of As- saulting Bortzmeyer. It Is Claimed It Can Be S the Pistol Found Near the Scene of That He Owned e o e e s ] B A I B e e e R R R R R N R R A R 3 +ie b e eiesere@® | Mrs. Moore' the mask atement. He was shown the revolver that was | plcked v st after the robbery, but he | denied that he had ever seen them. He said he had not carried a pistol In months; | not since he came down from Alaska some time ago. He sald he carried a pis- tol up there, but that he had sold it befors he came down. In her statement Mrs. Moore said she never saw him with a pis- | tol and Tynes sald the same thing. T is as much of the sto police would gfve out last night. Getz was arrested by Reynolds, Wren, Brown and McMann, all men who are old police- men, and believed that they had more than was brought out in the ex- aminations to back their action. It was admitted that Getz was arrested because ke had been heard to say something about holding-up some one; because he was seen near the place at about the time of the hold-up, and because he answers the rather vague description secured from Bortzmeyer in regard to his assaflant. In addition the police say that they will prove to-day that the revolver found near the robbery and which Getz denied ever having seen does really belong to him; that he got it from a friend and when he got it he sald he was going to hold some one up: —_—— Another Suspect Arrested. W. E. Claffey, sald to be a dangerous character, was arrested on Geary street early this morning by Officer Collins. Claffey had a revolver in his possession and was acting suspiciously. He was charged with vagrancy and carrying con- cealed weapors. VETSERA WILL NOT ATTEMPT ANY DEFENSE Youthful Highwayman Held for Trial on His Own Testimony. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, May 4. Without raising his voice in defense and willingly deferring to every proposition of the prosecutors, Simon Vetsera was held in §7500 bail to-day for trial upon three charges of assault to rob, the ex- treme penalty of which is fourteen years' imprisonment cn each charge. Only one of the five Oakland victims of the strange young footpad could identify him, and this witness, Harris C. Allen, an architect. not only recognized the youthful prisoner but fully identifled the pistol that was thrust in his face last Saturday night. Vetsera allowed Chief of Police Hodg- kins and Detectives Kyte and Hamilton to relate to Police Judge Smith, with much detail, the admissions and eonfes- Continued oo Second Page. nd as the