The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 20, 1900, Page 13

ii | erene® : Pages 13 10 22 Sererertrersnsnane SR Snenersnened VOLUME XXXVIT-NO. 181, s Tall, nd SR L 2 T | s | SAN FRANCISCO, SU DAY, MAY 20, 1900—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS. PRETORIA GOVERNMENT MAy SOON SUE LORD ROBERTS FOR PEACE. LONDON, May 20.-—It is reported that the Pretoria Government has decided to sue to Lord Roberts for peace. While no confirmation of this rumor is at hand it is generally credited. > 0060 . LONDON GOES WILD OVER THE NEWS FROM MAFEKING—SCENE IN FRONT OF THE MANSION HOUSE. B e BADEN POWELL THE HERO OF THE HOUR Tumultuous Scenes Continue to Follow the News of the Rehef of Mcfeklng to-night AJ)-J umgd and but-'t B e T Bl s oo o e oo -4 Adapted from the Illustrated London News’ picture of the rejoicing over the relief of Ladysmith. the execut Prestdent CHICAGO, May Ben naught's shoulders of St. Paul's rd Mayor be here were forced to | hopeless for e the Mansion | ieged by an im- challenge an: rland, May 19.—The eom- 1 to make a final appeal to the | large docks of the N D e RIS ATTEMPT TO DESTROY BRITISH FORTIFICATWNS from Vancouver, pathizers with the Boers ttempt to fons at locks, where $70 1d have been done, of the leaders in the plot, who barely ed from the gua of the circumstances to-day. ! three weeks ago the officer commanding at the Esquimalt forts was Special Cabdle to the \'aw York Herald a is prohibited. 19.—A special to the - C blow up the imalt. The 00,%0 damage the objective E: wer their lives. of Con- wn Rifles made a statement of He sa; that advised y of to a Fenian from the t San Francisco and of three well- ver. sentries to to kili. On North Paclfic squadren | |ALMOST CAUGHT UP shoot after the .n.:l_'re to reply tosa second | to shoot Wednesday night just at midnight four men were discovered Dy the sentries with- | in Delagoa Bay is confirmed, and the con- | layed for some days. in the iine of the first outposts and they | spiracy appears to have been much more were just abreast of the Fort Macaulay | extensive than was at first believed. An ternational Peace Burean | works and within a short distance of the | I ve powers who are signers of the | and two guards challenged almost simul- | near warships without permission would B R READY TO BLOW UP MINES AND DESTROY JOHANNESBURG Transvaal Government Makes Dire Threats in Court _ Circular's Anpnouncement Requesting of Lord Roberts a Cessation of Hostilities. by the New York Herald Company. Republication of this United States and Great Britain.] send a message to Lord Roberts, d. oer President 3 re shaky and desire a compromise. by bombardment. of Pretoria passed resolutions urging the defense I soon be scarce in Pretoria. ng taken to Lydenberg, where g the discouraging situation, President Steyn maintains a cheery and bold They do not day and carried several forts. The Boers falled f the British was them wi a few miles of the g out. ORTOIONOREORIONTN O % 0 N0 % S NORONONNS be fired on is that the admiral command- ing the South African station thus gave an early intimation to the Boer emissaries who had been appointed to visit Durban and que Town and attack the warships with infernal machines that a strict sur- °1fl‘\nce would be maintained every night on all men-of-war. | RELIEF COLUMN WAS the time a search n formed there was much and the men succeeded in running p’\:t the lat: outposts. The guards have been doubled. WITH RETREATING BOERS| roxpox. ar 15— special dispateh | from Molopo, dated May 18, states that a large British force from the south suec- ceeded in entering Mafeking Wednesday and that the siege was raised by the Boer commandos withdrawing eastward. BERLIN, May 19.—A special from Cape Town says that the relief column as it approached Mafeking from the south was attacked by a strong force of Boers, who were repulsed.. The column then pushed on and the Boers retreated hurriedly. LONDON, May 13.—The War Office has received the following dispatch from Gen- eral Buller, dated Newcastle, May 19: ““General Clery moved to Ingogo to-day and General Dundonald to Laings Nek. We almost caught up with the tall of the enemy's column and have captured a few prisoners and wagons. “The men have marched very well in- deed. I left Ladysmith i‘;’ lg'e"n;l Y | The rear guard continued in action for the road used sm now miles IFOM | some time. The British casualties were there. slight. S et HUTTON MADE A DASH. KROONSTAD, May 18.—General Hutton ‘with his mounted infantry to-day made a “The telegraph section has been inde- fatigable and the army service corps has | kept us full of rations all the time. The Fifth Division also has done great ser-| vice.” dash upon Bothaville and captured three PLOT TO 'BLOW UP commandants and nineteen other prison- A BRITISH WARSHIP | = mowcy 2arpe, The Colt machine gua section, commanded by Atlumney, has ar- rived here. NEW YORK, May 15.—A special to the Owing to the deralling of two trains at Sun from Durben says: The story of a|the Vet River progress toward the com- plot to blow up the British warship Forte pletion of the rallway deviation will be de- ‘» S . Y |RELTEVED LAST WEDNESDAY. s ek LORENZO MARQUES, May 19—Ma- feking was relleved Wednesday. May 18 explanation of the proclamation issued & month ago that boats approaching t:ml BSOS CF 83 0103 01 88 (X RUORIORSON ATTACKED BY BOERS + P eI e e e e rere EEEERERRE Y ) A R AR R v XEE AR [ R R R R R R R I B3+ 0P ePeieedesetete EEN EXPRESSES lQU HER GRATIFICATION Mafekmg Is Reheved ONDON, \my 20, i Makes It Seem Certain That | BOER DELEGATES MAY BE OFFICIALLY RECEIVED 19.—The creden- elegates now In Wash- onel tate Department Meanwhile, t sflence covers the seat of rica A dispatch from Winburg dated May 19 egates with absolute credentials conse- nsidered on thefr eans a foregone conm- o be de- form, in spite of A dispatch fro Buller has ca | magistrate and his staff, the M T £+ for Newcastle. | the Corporation have I gone to the Free | Many fleetng Boers hav | State by Mullers Pass; others have gone | to Wakkerstroe: it of them, how- ever, have gone north as a disorganized mob."” MANY VISITORS GREET BOER PEACE ENVOYS WASHINGTON, May 13.—Three verv tired Beer envoys stood up all morn | their apartments at the \rl‘rgtm s! hands with a constant stream of acquiescing in the numerous requests a suggestions of the Washington recept! committee and cautigusly pa g the rapid fire of inquiries from a small army of newspaper correspondents. Mr. Fischer was the spokesman of the party “We are playing a wholly unaccustom- ed role as diplomats,” safd he, “and it is of the utmost moment that we should not give Sffense to the American Government by violating any of the techincal rules of the game which we know nothing about. l We have a mission to perform to the| State Department and there are things connected with that mission which the State Department has a right to know | says that eighty of Eloff's patrol were before ‘we discuss them in publie.” | killed and that the Irish-American brigada Asked what were the nature of the com- | was greatly cut up at Kroonstad The mission’s credentials, Mr. Fischer replied: | Boers are turning against the French and “They are from our Goyernment, and we ' Germans. prohibition upenm e dealings with east 10 the extent to their t that at present the If n a receptive edentials are com- disposed to consider them admintstration state as far as cerned, and is on their m CAPE TOWN, May 19.—The Cape Argus