The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 19, 1900, Page 1

LXX MAFEKING RELIEVED AND JOY RUNS RIOT IN THE STREETS OF LONDON e e e e e e e e e e s ] i —_—— VOLUMRE PRICE FIVE CENTS. AN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1900. e 1o+ Millions Spend |} ; | Boer Peace En- Half the Night|: il voysReceivea Promenading, |+ i Warm Wel- Singing, and|! {| come Upon : Their Arrival at the National | Capital. Cheering t he|: Portrait of Ba- den-Powell. . + | . j‘Have Full Power to ¢| Act in'a Diplomatic | Capacity and Will - o r ¢ . _ That Causes the . | Endeavor to Induce most R | J most R ¢! Uncle Sam to Inter- itish * vene in the War I A )¢ low : y : N +| Now Being Waged = b4 in South Africa =% . * . )| 3 » * * k4 ® - b ‘ .| r . - s n *1 = s s o S S S o e e Sl D e e S oo O ; bt cch Rivel | @444 444444494+ 4444444544@ | be forgotten that Colonel Baden-Powell's | Oniy two of our men were wounded 1 ; Rhenoster | 4 . ¢ most energetic and most capable helper | Steyn was not there, and his gover ent | rties are sighted | 4 | was Lord Cecll, son of the Premier, whose | officials had left Sunday. i v Co tion b MAY CAUSE mother died while he was doing duty fz “Hutton's Mounted Infantry yesterday |T hoped ¥ ie - at wit he Johannes; | & | from home and cut off from comm | surprised and captured about thirty | ow whether M is actively commandeering { | tion with his family.” | miles nothwest of this place Commandant For a Sunday Meeting. northwest -of Kroonstad. KING OSGAR | S Botha, Fleld Cornet Gassen, five Johan PR S Yt g efforts are being made by the |BOER PEACE ENVOYS l;!hburs Policemen. and seyenteen Boers. . - gl - o . nghting P i e Podi} TO ABDIG ATE RECEIVE THE NEWS| “Buier reports that severai 3 o S s g led, The stration is re: —— faxtoera Are. hanging T aime. of the commi a T r . duced to the t limits. The Boers | | . o ! ot Spribr . sfoner May 18.— st intima- tion and not a dem : i | i wnnelana 't 3L | et e relice of Matering which came | SUMMARY OF THE X nombe e railway is completely wrecked. The work | ONDON,May 18.—The:Btock- 4 |+, Ol iR T O e conveyed to them | " jtat OLPEPAe il GERNE SR WASE. TN helm - correspondent _of the 4 | . 4 representative of the Associated | SIEGE OF MAFEKING | 7. ’ Al 1{ ers now 101d the best posit for de- Daily Press says: “Rumors | Press who boarded the Congressional - | tives Sulzer, De A o in- ending the pass. are abroad here in' pro-Boer 3 | Titieq upon which they were being con- | The stege of Mafeking lasted seven | 3 g : AR dectariiley. St LKiag | Diedr's: $ | veyed: - t0.-Wadhingtan, ed | months and four days. The British gar- " GREAT REJOICJNG IN et ittt i b e 7k | inroian: aitimore..; Abraham ¥ Tison, under the command of Colonel R. | .5 3rea a v s to 3 : 1 | b who acted as spokesman for the party, Sdet-Powdll. conatalalt of fwenty. abdicate, as it has embittered his ¥ | teoni Pratotiniand) 8. 8. Baden-Powell, consisted of twenty- ( | i | 1 relations with Prince the THE BRITISH METROPOLIS | rown is mentioned as B O Cabinet. birthds 3 the for a public announcement."” The June P R R R R TS read the dispatches London carefully, but without any show of emotion. “I have no comment to make at this of the British army, three service or at their mounted men, mos: ;"500 infantry, and a battery of fleld own in- colonal | - | time,” he sald. “In the a official llery, 150 men with guns and a| he ¢ #* atfon I much prefer to axim detachment, besides a battalion of | and retary Ha . QH444444444 44 444044444440 | white male rei . who were organized | to remain most of the day at th i ansion Hou Fould th ews, if true, inc 5 | for acforme, sl o companies of na- s % and lobbies and snon began to be circu S e T L R Syt TN knfes: of> ua- | Plans of Peace Envoys“ 2 s ¥ ks SoR b S DIOE | b = Afte etir r Mr. Fls- v ] Mne DU S lated among the members of the House of | (. suked. Colonel Baden-Powell, with Lord Ea- | After - r Mo o pellracd o GRICH o | “By no means,” was the reply. ‘“There | ward Cecil. Major Vyvyan and others had | (€T outlir i P~ {b- . Poprpgyrsntin ) 1 cheers, Thoma Hedderwick, advanced Lib- | js much to be done before there can be an | heen on the ground some weeks preparing | 1€ what | » accomplis) i € " satriotic demon- War Office at 9 o'cloek announced | €¥d! member for the Wick Dis | even, if Mafeking has | for offensive or defensive operations, as | 1 the United Stat L ! Be pl hat no news had bee ved, and at | considerable excitement ! | the & ikt he. | e said, with cre- nlls can - Lord Mayor . Newton, in his | Stood that news-of the 5 gree with 'Lord. Roberts in| The war began on October 11, and the | ¢ ol - joyful news | had been received. W that so? No his prediction that the fighting will be next day the Boers derailed and capture g % o i by | ter made any reply, and the debate | gyer by the Queen's birthday | the armored train at Kraai Pan, betwee 1 ' i £ was accompanied by | Was continued. But the House no longer| <3y no manner of me: unless the | Mafeking and Vryburg, thereby cutting a I m 0 An oress to the front of the t0Ok any interest in it, and the members | lish surrender,’” replied the.envoy, as| off rail communication with Kimberley s s gt where an enormous por- | Went into the lobbies to discuss the great | the train moved out of the station on its | and the south. On October 15 they seized . S ien the Wi of -Powell was displayed, | €vent. e e | way to Washington. | the water works at Rool Groonel and by : i ; y g the inscription, “Mafeking A | Tt the next day had practically surrounded levéa % EROIC BADEN-POWELL | 4 i d_th i on the st r feved 1 - C and nvested the town, and on 21s H | GENERAL BULLER HAS vested the town. ‘ While the attendants were waving Unlon began - e ST i e e Bl el PRAISED BY THE PRESS| QCCUPIED NEWGRSTLE |~ stover 5 nas 2 ana' sgainon Ho. oo p e < . I wish your cheers against the works, while the enemy were st could reach Mafe- LONDON, May 19.—That not only Maf toward 1y n closer the pushing N, May 18.- 1t is offic but. the ole United Kingdom with some and considerable Here the speech was by re- | King 4 b a seneral Buller b : R ek % Britannfa,” after which the Lord Mayor | °f the morning papers. Sl | Buller in & dispatch to the War | On November 6 the Boers made an as- | thou ‘ i 7 e | The Daily Telegraph s “Mafeking Matsdi Nawcastle, Me | sault, which was successfully repulsed. | that way By p i Ve never doubted what the end would | ¥ & small place. Its fall would have | ~iNewcastle was occupied la December 4, seeing no prospect for-near | Without r be or that Britizh pluck and courage | Made no difference during the course of | (5 qay the whole Second Division relief, Colonel Powell put the garrison |t e ek W o ® | the war, bus while the balance of battle | Thirq Cavalry Brigade will be conc: and citizens on short rations. | 2 $ii T ard Mavor tien 164 the ‘cowa=ta | 208 redressed upon . the great fields of | yru1eq there. 1 have sent the mounted | December 2 the garrison made a night » Press office in New | singing "G d s 7tHa t‘uw bl H%E | confliet, the ‘unconquerable little town | rce through Nautu to expel a small | Attack on the “sandbag” fort to the north | e » ce it was forwarded to the fur- | alers’ of the Queen,” and with S0l- | shut up in the north saw the few weeks | gorce of the enemy and to reassure the | of the town, inflicting some loss on the | the wa 2 ¥ gy b s o Lo R s Sl | Queen, and with renewed | for which 4t-was expected to hold out pass | natives. - | enemy, but suffering much themselves in | i e - SO g e e e a o ultitude ang the mvioy. the finto ‘months of 1solatlon. Never wifl Ens- | “irThe enemy’ have burned the chapel, | both officers and men. WAR OVER AS TO . verlain called at the War | “por He's 8 Good Felloa s the | 1and forget the hapgy, hopeful thrill that | proken much glass, plundered many | Regular bombardment was kept up | % J Chamberlain calied 2 o s 3 3 v, e | . 3 -Pow ks g! very 4 a o Ga Office after midnight and received & tre- | Mayor and his party retired. The masses came ,m h.er when }ol_nnel Baden f‘,nv\s-ll \ houses and take sh .from the bark: ;hrzy\{bpnut n!mgs‘t every day =¢xcgv11n:\ THE FHEE STATEHS k 1 | mendous ovatt ? people outside the Mansion H. e8 | gald, ‘Maféking can't be taken by sitting | pyt otherwise they have not done much | Sunday, when by mutual consent bot| - ; 1 ood i S imensions. that thiee 00N | down and looking at it.' There is no ad- | harm: The. raflway is badly damaged and | sides rested. € - n Important Operations. grew to such dimensions that the. police | yameoment which the nation would mot March 31 Colonel Plumer's column of o the New York Herald. Copy- the Ingagane and Nkader bridges are de- [Spectal Cable ¢ right, I | o Mafeking has had the | Were compelled to divert all traflic, omni- | ward for the bri i G . 1150 men from Rhodesia, on the north, ad- | , by New York Herald Com- g & 11| effect of Jing for a moment Interest | buses, etc., through the side streets. e Theh b0™1FoN cotrabe o | HT0NEC: 88 ey e e ' | vancing to the Tellet- uf he. town, was pany. Republication of this dispatch s \ nded B s e elsowhere in the field | Special editions of the newspapers ap- | the hero of the empire.” P O A ving befors us about | Anally repulsed at Ramatulabama, elght- | Pty Slaces ana ‘Great Bricami & 8 Queen” 1 ertheless yesterday brought | peared and the fickers announced the | The Standard says: “As a final blow £o | 1000 se‘,m' to have gone to Wakkerstroem | een miles from Mafeking, and fell back to | ppETORIA, May 17.—There is a dectsive . uncements. Lord [news in-all the public resorts. 1In the (the hopes of the enemy comes the hews | ana some by Millers Pass to the Free| Mathudl This hope destroyed. Colonel| .iisign the war here. Lord Roberts’ ad- g s ad Thursday. He | West End leading thoroughfares were im- | from Washington that the United States | gtate, The remainder, who are describeq | Baden-Powell cut the ratlons, now con-| o o0 grom Bloemfontein to Kroonstad peded by a constant stream of the popu- lace cheering themselves hoarse and sing- ing “God Save the Queen” and “Soldiers | of the Queen.” | The enthusiasm as this ais sisting largely of mule and horse meat, and bran, still further, and waited for the rellef column from the south which Lord Roberts promised should reach him be- tween the 1Sth and 224 of May. the relief column m Kroonstad and {'Cabinet met to consider a Pretoria dis- patch asking intervention and that Presi- dent McKinley and his colleagues deeided _that they can take no steps whatever. If the Boers want peace they must sue for | as a disorganized rabble, have gone north and say they Intend to make a stand at | Laings Nek BOMMANDANT BOTHA was practically an unobstructed march. | The Boers not fight and failed to make an effective stand anywhere. At Brandfort the Boers retreated befors the British within rifle range, leaving atch is sent left the e ky | a wide tract of | already promises to even rival the scenes | it from the Imperial Government." Just en Colonel Biake's Irish-Americans and othe: 2 WENE s 3 : < : ) i | - s et s i ® SFEed ns and other nel Broadwood - oecupled | which followed the reiief of Ladysmith. . | The Times says: “The d:=onstrations | SURPRISED AND CAPTURED Vaal River or “h"{'-‘ in “r;‘"‘",'fi"‘ "; t| gut'anders to do all the fighting. These Lindley on Thursday and. the same day | A reporter of the Associated Press in- |last evening in London have had no paral- | has not appeared from.the dispatches. |, . peavily. though it is surmised that it is a part of quired at the Foreign Office, and the resi- probably ! dent clerks sald that nothing had yet been red one of the from Kroonstad. lel In recent times. Nor was this surpris. ing. There has been nothing like the de- President Steyn personally endeavored to induce the burghers to stand at Kroon- Major General Hunter's force, LONDON, May 18.—4:28 p. m.—The fol- G Gene sday encamped at | received there in confirmation of the news | fense of Mafeking in modern history, | lowing dispatch has been received from | under Colonel Paget, which crossed (he | .3 "pyut fajied, they continuin pes y. | 1o E <l o = ; ad, & . y wuing to fall | Cloc ish succesees are thus re- | {rom Pretoria of the relief of Mafoking. | Kars and Lucknow were fine examples of | Lord Roberts at the War Office: Yl R e bt 195 miven | back notwithstanding his appeal. o ported at every point from which news | The dispatch of e Associate Tess | valer and endurance and resourcefulness, | “KROONSTAD, May 15.—Methuen en-|inst. and re: . ¥ h . 4 General Botha with a handful of b came yesterda [ containing the news of the relief of the | but the means of defense in those cases | tered Hoopstad yosterday unopposed. Gen. | from Mafeking, on the Iith. & oen Bretectll the Tear: Tommmied veus A Lourenzo Marques correspondent tel- | long besieged place was sent to the House | were infinitely greater than what was at | erals Duprey and Danfels and forty men | As the rellef columu, of whose advarce | ov4cuated for a day when the British were £ | egraphed yesterday as follows: ‘New |of Parllament, where it created a great |the disposition of Colencl Baden-Powell | have surrendered. Broadwood occupied| they were kept advised by their scouts, | L ivin o fow miles 2nd the Free: State peace proposals will probably be put for- | deal of excitement in the press gallery |and his vallant comrades. It should not ' Lindley yesterday after siight opposition. | drew near the Boers redoubled thelr ef-| cqpital removed to Heilbron. The war is ward by the Boer Government. The re- | forts to reduce the town and the heaviest | gyer so far as the Free State is concerned. - ni reverses are causing despondency. | @4444bEEb bbb bbbt tEIIE 4P L L LI L L HEII41I494 4144 4444442444 E 44444 @ | IENINE the warrison Bas had €0 do Nas| The Foers have abandoned Natal and ~ rzed ting of the | ¥ : been during these last few days. retired to Laings Nek. 1. €s at oria Thurs- | | ikt <al— . 5 | WHITE FLAG. T fhe Batruction af the mlnts S s 1 T NO lN ! E RVEN I lON UN' ESS +/ ABUSE OF THE .| TO EXTEND VOLUNTEER ACT. nsidered. is understood that | 4 3 gt g R - | i o . { 3 LONDON. May 18.—A gpecial dispatch| pon = S e E e EQUESTED BY BOTH SIDES : i i@l 2 hebih v i same_ point_ Prosident Kruger and the | + : L ks 3| been proved agalnst some Hoer prisoners. | {o powers of the volunteer act by pro Pr nt ser | 3 ey will be punished. Lore erts in- | - i iy 2 | other high ofdisls pu r:‘l"l‘::g"‘“,“.‘.;’f ;{’r’,':?:r: “: :A} tends making an example of them. A | LiOng ‘:;;:‘:‘;T,‘;,’: - ;nfl;nn,:gl.; Fasiae it . i | r | British patrol was fired upon from a h 3 oy byl i~ vt mere and the ¢ (CALL HEADQUARTERS, WELL'NGTON HOTEL, WASHING- 3 i di o s near iptontein, | g, acioal lmvasion, ond w0 eo < foreign cC orla are ving | . 4 . 4 | Three were wounded and three were cap- o it . | tor Eyaenborg, © 0 T Be TON, May 18.—The question of American intervention e T m e b, brene ™ 0 | ment rendering them liab (o be cailed In Kroo it is sald that President H - e cn at any time tor either home or foreign Kruger will surrender when Lord Roberts |+ 110 th_e South African war was discussed at the Cabinet }| puvine uve ProvIsIONns. | serviee e ‘T:n;,_m::b::(;:“ |3 mecting to-day, and the gencral conclusion reached was to *| 10URENZO MARQUES, May 1_1n| FEW WILL SUPPORT KRUGER. Lord Roberts 15 aceumulating immense | 3 @ANEPE to the former decision against interference, unless §| 2nicivaion of the cosing of the railway | |\ 1o yse 18- Me. Benmett Bur- < quantities of supplles and ‘the prepara- b F + 3 ' buyi 1 the . leigh wires from Kroonstad to the Dally - | foms for another movemens are el ad- mediation shouid be requested by both sides. 3 o risions ama torwarding them coable | Telegraph that fewer than 500 burghers L+ | vanced. e ne: B annes- % I3 ot Dirs. Two thousand en are WOKITE o | @+ ++bbbbbb b bbbttt bbbttt bttt b b4 3PP PP I Ittt 1114004444410 PPFPE I B e o B e i TS AT e | o ien b to (he moumiatea: