The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 20, 1900, Page 2

o THE SUNDAY CALL. Story of the Last Daus in Johannesblurs. —— TOLD BY AN AMERICAN WHO CAME DIRECT FROM THERE TO SAN FRANCISCO. L S = d to stay, They were the bank clerks and t straight to Europe or America, and ¢ E y e rreennn rig:; by this time. But thdse Who "others whose knowledge and work made e mmall means were thrown out of busi- them necessary. I hear that even those ness. and so they are living, God Knows few have gone now. 3 how” God knows where. They fled to the For some time I clung to nxT ,;d e bar(fer—ccunted no costs, so they 80t gnd to my business, but I realized at last according to Government promised to s to take the wit of the country, ) keep thelr prom. nic, and - people would 1. upon the roofs »n open coal in torrents, me one ticket fr and 1 » Cape Town So 1 guess I'll ass ticket will that thers was no use. So I ma to leave Before I could get away I had t a way that all of us Amer ~Semgrearyes had n a E got my passport 1 closely 7 loose with a did so last began their from at night for fea gineer and fireman nd slept with us in the m in way that r engineer and fireman « Gonv seem 1 c tic ion, and the result his st atior I can tell you I was glad to get away at last. After seeing the town deserted: after enforced police duty: after all the rough it was good to bound for BOER ARMY W /oASSING THROUGH THE / STREETSQFJOHA.\NESBUR(}A = 4s you In tms crowd,” I sald to him. away—and some are camping out of doors alone, and those of us who | “You can’t get a place Inside a carriage.” ana ¥ close to starvation. I'm at the situation realize t And I thought “I told you so” the next afraid, They had long, hard trips to the We can hold out until other T - . ‘,yk( day, whether I said it or not. For I saw bhorder, being sidetracked every time that UD OUF cause, and then s hope. ERTE my swagger Krenchman leaving town. trains of Transvaal troops passed, and It But"—and there was a shadow crossed his He was seated on a coal car, hugging two was a guessing game whether the: ould I f other natfons should not helo we Valizes, while the rain was drenching him miss or have meals. The carriages are C€an't last alone. to the ekin. Poor man, I guess he found arranged with miserable bunks, and. a very little “comfortable traveling” on blanket and pillow for the night costs 60 that trip. cents. But there were thousands who They have endured real hardships, some could get neither blanket nor pillow. of thesc people. Those who were able For a while a few British were allowed CREUSOT GUN.AMOUANTED AT RAIUWAY STATION , PRETORIA . ,