The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 15, 1900, Page 2

2 GENERAL BULLER BIGGARSBERG POSITION| (ONCESSIONS T0 Marching Forty Miles in Three Days He TURNS Scores a Success of Consequence, Political as We]l as 5404090400000 R S R R T = > @*ceboss -5 . be0e . s 009 T . Military. -0 &—0-04—9-0—644»«@. ' FLEEING FEOM THE BRITISH INVADERS. . northwar are trying fur'nA jent at ing, . tele- Sunday, with burghers they would Leydenberg om Pretoria district of th the a that he rghers would and firm, but he feared they were too broken in spirits. I gath- ered from him that the availab! of the T now in the force ring havir , and that it is only the powerful m::m ism of Presi- dent Kruger getting his burghers to- gether. At the British hospitals in Bloem- fontein the ths from fever from eight to ten daily.” “| BULLER SUCCEEDS IN FORCING THE BIGGARSBERG average ted Press from Pietermar- timed 12:05 to-day st intimation of a suce General Buller in rthern of this dispatch evi- news of the affair rect from the scene for he merely said: r's official telegram tell- t the Biggarsberg, re- sived here an hour ago, has given keen ction. It is confidently anticipated :e will be occupied by the Brit- Che residents of the north s forcing the Big will speedily eturn to thetr homes.” the Associated Farm, 8:20 this The sende ing of his dated Stonehill ing, =a “After four ds march eastward, at HUDYAN—50c. foot of the Biggarsberg ridges, in the ctipn of Helpmaakar, which was oc- ¢ the Federals, the Second Bri- day led the attack. Dundonald’s broke the Boers' center and advanced on their ex ln the direction of Pomeroy of burghers occupied overlooking Helpmaakar, but they did not wait for the assault.” s o KRUGER AND ROBERTS ON v tadsas emesy | TREATMENT OF PRISONERS L PRSP R | 0. may be cossulted | by Ielvor or in person. | .DOCTORS | Write your sympicms SEND FOR CIRCULARS, AND TESTIMO- NTALS OF THE GREAT KUD!AH—m All Druggists, g s ct to HUDYA Francisco, Cal LONDON, May 14.—The War Office has published & dispatch from Lord Roberts, datel Krognstad, Sunday, May 13, giving the correspondence between Lord Roberts who | to the s clative d martial law try who it had | ad to escape. T security. Otherwi: ed like the other pri d every lomt'dml April President Kruger’s ted out that no dif- the British authori- the Boer might b ing that room for abuse by offi knowledge of Un u\u‘ orities. LOSSES SUSTAINED BY THE INNISKILLINGS gave the LONDON, May 14.—The War Office has | the following dispatch from Lord Roberts: “KROONSTAD, Sunday, May ualities in the hu Hee! urrml “the mmmamung Captain Elsworthy, was killed, two officers were wounded at the | same time, and have been sent to the ar. But it would appear that a party f our men going up to a kraal on which vhite flag was flying was suddenly at- <ed by a large number of the enemy. Two officers, Captain Haih of the Sixth of Australian Horse, were made prison- s and twenty-one men are still unac- counted for. Some of them may have turned up, as the cavalry covered a con- siderable distance May 10 and reported missing have been rejoining during the few days."” oregoing dispatch refers to the sustained by the Inniskillings May detailed in the dispatches of the As- ated Press Saturday last. The. troop- ers were fired on while unsaddling their horses, having approached the kraal un- suspiciously as a white flag was flying from it. BRAVE BOER GIRL STANDS OFF KITCHENER Dragoons and TLieutenant Wilkinson th Correspondence of the Associated Press. LONDON, May 14.—Reuter’s correspond- ent at Pretoria writes: Of all the storles told by the correspondents with General | Kitchener this by far is the best: While Lord Kitchener was engaged in sup- pressing the Preiska rebellion he ordered the destruction of a certain farmhouse. Not seeing any signs of his orders being carried out he rode over with his staff and found an inter- esting situation. In the doorway of the doomed farmhouse stood @ pretty young Dutch girl, her hands clasping the door posts and her eyes flashing fire from beneath her dainty sunbon- net, The Irish sergeant in charge of the party of destruction was vainly endeavoring to per- suade hér to let them pass in, but to all his blandishments of ‘‘Arrah, darlint, acushla,' etc,, the maiden turned a deaf ear and a_deadlock prevailed. Kitchener's sharp ““What's this!"” put a climax to the scene. The #irl evidently guessed that this was the dreaded chief of staff, and her lips trembled in ‘spite of herself. Kitchener gazed surlily at her, standing bravely though tearfully there and turned to his military secretary. ““Put down,”" he growlea, “that the commander's orders with reference to the destruction of Rightman's farm could Dot be carried out, owing to unexpected oppo- sition. Forward, gentlemen.™ This is, vouched for by C. A. McNuellen an engineer, recently - returned from Johannesburg. | Marques).—A | here announcing tha ver, the Government 22 that he | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MAY 15, 1900 ENGLAND MAKES HER COLONIES To Be Granted Representa- tives to Sit in the Privy Council Chamberlain Introduces New Austra- lian Commonwealth Bill and Explains the Purposes of the Government. A LONDON, May 14—The Secretary of State for the Colonfes, Mr. Joseph Cham- | berlain, rose in a well filled house to-day | to introduce the Australian Common-| wealth bill, which he described as a great 4 and imporulnt step towards the organiza- | tion of the British emplre. Continuing, Mr. Chamberlain sald it would make Australia an indissoluble | federal commonwealth, united for the trol of the national defense. Mr. Cham- | tries were concerned in the new consti- | tution it was important that measures that might involve the imperial gover ment in the most serious responsibilitie should be interpreted which all the parties had full confl and the govetnment could not consent to Clause 74 relating to the Appeal Court because it meant the abolition of the im perial veto. The government would ask the house, he gaid, to amend the bill so n the power of the Court of A peals. The government, he added, pro- d to introduce In thé House of ‘Lords forthwith a echeme to appoint for seven ars a representative each of Canada, South Africa, Australla and India to be members of the privy council and who would act as Lords of appeal. Life pees conferred on them so th would continue to =it in the Hou: ages would be the; nt had not acceded to propc rad received the unanimous approval of and, he added, the opposition Dpeals T e bill pa gecond readin d {ts first. reading. was fixed for May 2 | AFRIKANDER WOMEN ASK TO BE ARMED a Lourenzo n has heen lssued PRETORIA T bul s Federals at Help- Tonders Nek. e burghers this morning attacked Mafeking. The telegr: within an hot At 10 o’clock, he At a meeting of held yesterda solved to ask the Government arms and ammunition and suggest that they do the work of the | men officials in the town who, they de- ught to be fighting at the front. lution was carried unanimousl: The Volkstem prisoners in the hands of the Boers will feel the effects of the embargo placed | tinned meats and clothing destined | | for the Transvaal at Delagoa Bay. for i \VOLKSRAAD MEMBERS } READY TO SURRENDER [Spectal Cable to the New York Herald. Cop: 1900, by New York Herald Com- Republication of this dispatch s d All rights reserved in the | ates and Great Britain.] KROONSTAD, May 13.—Fully 200 local Boers hid under the river banks in order | to escape commando duty. These men and others have now surrendered and | taken the oath of alleglance. Our troops | are rapidly concentrating and it is hoped that the requisite locomotive power will be here by Wednesday. Lord Roberts is | determined to press on in pursuit. Tt appears that on Thursday last Paul | Botha and Mr. Macdonald, members of the Volksraad, demanded that the chair- man should call a meeting to sue for peace, further resistance being suicidal, and that President Steyn be made a pris- oner. e TEMPERATE TROOPERS. TONDON, May 14.—At the annual meet- ing of the Army Temperance Association to-day Major General Sir George White, the defender of Ladysmith, presiding, a letter was read from Lord Roberts, dated Bloemfontein, April 19, during the course of which the writer says: ‘“There never was a more temperate army than that which marched under my command from the Modder river to Bloemfontein. Noth- ing but good can resuit from so many soldlers being brought together in an ar- duous campaign when they see how splen- didly our temperance men have borne up against the hardships and dangers they have had to face.” i HEILBRUN THE CAPITAL. KROONSTAD, May 12.—President Steyn has gone to Hellbrun, not Lindley. He has declared the former the new capital. Four hundred burghers have given up their arms here and in this neighborhood. Although the bridge across the Valsch has been destroyed, a good deviation ex- ists where the road ran before the bridge was constructed. The Transvaalers are reported to be massing at the Vaal. The Standard and Diggers' News of Jo- hannesburg shows that dissensions exist in_the Transvaal Volksraad. Railway repairs are progressing rapidly. The town acccp(s the occupation quietly. 28 i FOLLOWED THE BOERS. THABA NCHU, May 13.—The Eighth Division, with its front extending thirty miles, was vesterday moving forward. General Grenfell and General Brabant followed the Boers, reaching Newberry's mills and capturing great quantities of flour and grain. General Brabant's main force, with Campbell's brigade of guards and General Boyes' brigade, have cleared the country. The Boers are splitting up and retiring in the direction of Cloclo- land. HOPE FOR EARLY PEACE. BUDAPEST, May 14.—In the course of his customary speech to the delegations to-day the Austro-Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Count Goluchowski, de- clared that the confidence he had pre- viously felt that the South African war would not dangerously affect the relations between the great powers had so far been fully realized. He hoped hostilities would soon be terminated and mediation ap- peared to be out of the question, unless both belligerents demired 1t, KUMASSIE owm! INVESTED. ACCRA, May 14.—Runners who arrived here to-day report that Kumassie is still closely invested by the Ashantis, but that the garrison is holding out. The Adasis, neighboring tribes, threaten the Bek'u.h, ‘who are loyal to the Government. | most important funetions of goverr:aent | with intercolonial free trade, a common tariff for all the colony and common con- | | berlain pointed out that as foreign coun- ! A would refuse to support the government | | proposals in reference to the Court of A the British are ad- | | asserts that the British | FUGITIVE NEELEY TO RESIST EXTRADITION Sent to Cuba m————— i D R S N T s e s @0—@—»@-%0—004—04—0—0—0—0. of Lord gh they would not ;m. as Judge: r term of service had g et S would be paid the E CHARLES F. W I 3 nlr M &) 2 the chet of the THE POSTOFFIC m-erm government i sl e The Liberal leader In the House, Sir| 4 EMBEZZLEMENT. Henry Campbeil-Bannerman, sald he thought it unfortunate that the g vern- | B e 0090060060000 e0 000t ebeioieieisse® ] | NEW YORK, the requisition for the e Charles F. W. Necley, the chief of the finance division of the Postoffice Depart- { ment of Cuba, who is charged with em- ‘hl‘zzh’mom and is now out on bail, United States District Attorney Barnett said to- May 14.—In speaking of tradition of Fourth Assistant Postmaster General to Straighten Out the Postal Frauds. B0 0.0 40 5. 00 G e T Snam e o o S ) O R R S R R and sion of the scandal arrest of Neeley. made public by the There is some dis- v the shoulders of General Alger all the re- sponsibility possible. He is blamed first for the appointment of Director Rathbone f the postal itor, and secondly he ignored General Breckinridge' | sua canal bill as it sed the House. ition in certain quarters to transfer to | ¢ | Gold crowna. 5. s F & [ 2 S advertive e bebe n wAS KIDNEY DISEASE __‘.. A COMPLETE @WRE AFTER A TCUR, Wi T BENEFIT, AMONG THE LEADING LIGHTS FW THE MEDICAL PROFESSION. The Case of FRANCES W. GRESHAM, 617 2nd St., N. W., Washington,D. C., Secretary and Treasurer the Higherlcague of Educational Society, Washinglon. “T firmly belfeve that I owe my life td War ner's Safe Cure. For two years I suffered with y trouble and could find no 14 I spent hundreds of dollars on dost where. and medicines—some would give temporary re lef and others none whatever. I decided to . 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NO PLATES [ ) New York Dental Parlurs, 723 Market Street, a first cabled recommendation permitrin SAN FRANCISCO. | "I have recetved the requisition papers b l;"“}3:{“{k’“({:"f’“g;““ o ection HOURS, $ to §; SUNDAYS, 10 to & from Washington and have c vmm\mi('ul-‘ relativ 1ts publiched | MAIN OFFICE PORTLAND | ed with Governor Roosevelt in regard It . telegraphed Secretary Root, | — | the hearing which 1 ailowed the | & was not responsible for the | aetendants n ea ases. I pre- | Crit = au ceRstag S Ea e e oooooooooooo 09090900090 : sibility rested with Mr. Root's predece: - > the hearing will be gjven not later | sor. Tt is pointed out by army officer: 3 Wetneatoy e B Nt SIS S AR BPY 1S NEALTHRUL! S | After reading the papers which came | ¥ when General Breckinridge submit- | H — — 0 by messenger from Washington, John D. "H! his annus f;;wnrtlhln 1?‘:“- ?m pe :«;, A Natural Mineral w“": ¥, counsel for Neeley, informed | F'r o5 por s o Yyl ¥ ; ectors geners oc District Attorney Barnett that he would ctors, genesal nspact “”\g with medicinal qualities, O e the granting o radition pape 1 Alger resent the at- | * sald Lindsay to a re- | tem 3 Inistration to shift the | 2 For Indigestion and ° porter, “the charges in Governor Wood's | respor Sibility to his shoulders They | ¢ ) ® ition papers go back (o the old|point out that he appointed Director | o tomach Disorders. 0 Spanish Xnv\('s;hxhu)' aceuse our client of a | Rathbone upon _the recommendation of | & 1 | violation of the penal code of Cyba, arti- | Postmaster General Smith, and the audi- | @ cle 401, section 3, which reads: * | tor upon the recommendation of Secretary | & | So-catted V]CHY 3 iic employe who has charge of | Gag -y 2 rml|.|~ who takes, ar con: rnx'-hul-].n others | e | 3 IN SIPHONS ° will take any part thereof, s be pun- | | ished with the penalty of Pres FAVORABLE REPGRT | & IS | NOT S 15 Tim tparnat ot ; wLl$ VICHY: not exceed 125,000 charge i comvictea e may be'im: | MADE ON CANAL BILL 8 o risoned in rters where the crime- was | : et the Genuine o committed term not ('(urmum; twelve yedrs ss than six and a day. ’ Senate Committee on Interoceanic 3 A, "Ths: %har,u»i are not brought under tlh:“ Canals Recommends That the & 4 | United States laws, the maximum penalty Wessure Be Pallded: ° | for the same affense being seven years, ¥ s | 0 nor under the postal laws of Cuba, which | WASHINGTON, May 4.—The Senate | ¢ provide for a penalty of not less than six | Committee on Interoceanic Canals to-day | O months nor more than ten years. As the | grdered a favorable report on the Nicara-| ® o charges read, the authorities want to try 18 - him fn Cuba ‘without a jury and before | Judge appointed by the Military Gover- | nor. Our client asks to be nlvd in the United States court as a citizen. WASHINGTON, May 14.—The Postmas- ter General, after a protracted interview with the President to-day, announ that Joseph L. Bristow, Fourth As ant Postmaster General, will proceed to Havana next Wednesd. to take charge | of the postal affairs of the island of Cuba. The Postmaster General declined to s i whether or not Director General of Po | Rathbone would be suspended. It is however, that the fact that General B | tow will assume these duties does not ne | essarily indicate that Mr. Rathbone will be relieved of all connection with the ser. vice. General Bristow outranks the Di- rector of Posts, and the latter might ope- | rate as a subordinate, though on this point no statement is vouchsafed. Further than the announcement that Mr. Bristow would go to Havana, the Postmaster General sald there were no new developments in the situation. said that there had not been an intima- tion_that there had been any wrongdoing in the postal affairs of either the Philip- pine Islands or Porto Rico. Respecting rumors that similar frregu- larities to those developed in Cuba have occurred In the other insular pos: over which military jurisdiction h extended, It is declared positively a War Department that while the inspec- tors have been working constantly to im- prove the administrative servi they have not found a single case involving moral turpitude. CUBANS GRIN OVER AMERICAN DISHONESTY Postal Frauds in the Island Far Greater Than Was Originally Supposed. HAVANA, May 14.—The extent of the postal frauds is far greater than what was originally expected. Besides taking In the postal department, the frauds scem to_include the Havana office and various others throughout the island, and also to | have extended to outside points which have been used for the sale of some of the old issue of stamps that were ordered destroyed. The result of the investigation at the local postoffice is the suspension of Post- master Thompson, who was installed in April of last year. He will remain at his own house for the present. Moya and Mascaro, stamp-sellers in the main office, have also been arrested and further ar- rests are expected to-morrow. As many as six others have been placed under the closest supervision and will be arrested as soon as their services can be spared. As a matter of fact, if they were all to be suddenly relieved of duty it would not be possible to carry on the postal de- partment of Havana. Messrs. Reeves and Reynolds, the audi- tors of the postal department, are still under arrest at their own rooms., in charge of detectives. Special quarters will, however, be prepared in some for- tress, where all the prisoners connected with the frauds will be taken as soon as arrested. To-day's arrests and the suspension of Mr. Thompson did not take place until after dark. and consequently these new features of the case are not generally known ‘throughout the city this evening, but there is a perceptible excitement at the postoffice, where no one knows who may be the next to be singled out. It appears that the frauds ramified in almost every %oflsn)le direction. Even the rented boxes have been a source of ille- gltimate gain. Every additional revelation increas mmensely pleas: They declare that the Amerlcanps can no longer boast in Cuba of their superior honesty when in Government employ. ALGER AND BROOKE ARE NOW BLAMED Bpecial Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, May W.~Hstes @, Rathbone has been deposed as director general of posts In Cuba, and the names f Alger and Ge 1 Brook: R R PR a| { | ators Morgan, - | ner voting in the affirmative and Senator He | | There were only five members of the | committee present at to-day’s meeting. A motion ‘was made to report the bill, and | without debate the vote was taken, Sen- McBride, Harrls and Tur- Hanna in the m‘ga!h(‘ VESVVIU S AL'I’IVE. Professor Matteucei capes Being Buried by Lava. ROME, May .—Mount Vesuvius again in a state of eruption, tors are forbidden to approach within a | certain distance. Signor Matteuc pro- fessor of geology in the University of Naples, who is devoting himself to study of volcanic action, had a narrow es- cape. He had received a special permit to approach the crater, and was bruised and burned by a s stones. —_———— Amaya on Trial. Special Dispatch to The Call. 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