The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 22, 1900, Page 1

i his Paper not take o1 The VOLUME LXXXVII-NO. 183. FRAN CISCO, TUESDAY, MAY 2 1900. PRICE FIVE CENTS BRITISH HORSEMEN ARE WITHIN FORTY MILES OF JOHANNESBURG Migration From Pretoria Has Been Commenced. Details of the Rapid March of the Relief | Column to D0-0-90-9 000 s . (From the he T i were unopposed, yelled: ‘Come ou you skulkers; tc Suddenly a Boe ks!' Near- opened side, body of vanguard of 150 into which had been burned = into two partl The r defenses nd but Meanwhile a str food mated a on iptain Singletin and Ve Dunlop St who for a time nned with forty Boers in the of- British South African Protec- ra 1is position was covered by our | = Boers were called upon to sur- Te hey refused, and the fighting r d for some hours. The Boer: st ¥ Finally two parties of the & nemy surrendered, one party aping. he_casualties are not yet fully k The Boers lost about 150, but our ca < were under twenty. Angus Ham correspondent the London Times, s missing Boers Retreating Northward. e railw ad is expected to by Kr Tuesday) 1 delay valry radius eas con. t of Kroonstad, advance s al ily. General Rundle shift their cond day. The Boers | ward from Harri- | nd sniping are decrea ing Lord Roberts is advised that little r It sistance d be expected south of Klip » Ri ear Johannesburg, where the digging trenches, but the 1ceory a corresponden [ rmed. ‘The same authority r probable that there will be . te defense south of Preto-| king with the utmost that even the ital of the w ng the force in ansvaal is likely to be evacuated. The rying parallel | orjers from the War Office directing six o d to throw | more siege trains to go out, however, in- The Boers | gicate arations in expectancy of ¥ urned west Aur- | gjeg, Tt OvVer- | Twenty-one war correspondents have ed him but | heen killed or have died of disease dur- | ing the war. In this respect the Daily | Colonel | Mail has t n unfortunate, ten of its rep- b ted at Jal- | resentatives having been put out of ser-| Mafeking was re- | vice by death or iliness. | under conditions The War Office announces that eleven Angorrespondent of vessels will leave home ports during the | thirty days with 3869 officers and men and 238 horses, | The promotion of Colonel Baden-Powell | is generally expected to be followed by further honors, probably an important command with a temporary rank of lieu- tenant general. He only got his colonelcy in 1897, and he now goes ahead of a long | list of seniors. =ed and guided the r executed by | olonel Mahon's | dated at S N N O e 1 rted at . L | —_— | posoes:, ‘ L REPORTS ON , s Hardest Blo' |0FFIC|A | Baden- “tiow o e ve- | THE RELIEF OF MAFEKING . « of Commandant | g | Frandsem | L ONDON, May 2.—The following dis- s es ed | ch from | patch has been received from Lord Rob- | . 3 O 1 at the War Ofiice: | Eloff to-¢ ell into one of the varlous roonstad, May 2L.—The following is ps that have beer for months. | from Hunter: | e enemy y » much | * * Mafeking is relieved, Mahon entered | ed during t w days, | it May I8’ " . i attack on the castern side of | The following dispatch from Sir Alfred | while a large force which during | Milner, in South Africa, to Secretary of | had crept along ihe river. guided | State for the Colonies, Mr. Joseph Cham- | rebels who had chosen the | berlain, was received at p. m. to-day: detours, managed to enter the| “Barton telegraphs from Taungs thn[ Earalong location. This they burned and | Mafeking was relieved May 11 The re- | e | Department has met the issue raised by Mafeking. D B B e e e ot ] ] THE FALL OF THE FIRST BOER CAPITAL. Sphere.) The formel surrender of Bloemfontsin to Lord Roberts, on March 13, by a deputation of civilians took place on a kopje scme two miles As the deputation, headed by Mr. Fraser, whom Mr. Steyn had defeated at the last election for President, Mr. nd Mr. Pappenfus, the Landrost, approached the British Commander in Chief they saluted respectfully, and their spokesman, a stepping forward informed him that the town was without defense and that they wished to surrender, asking at the same time that ! erty should be protected, and handing him the keys <f the Government buildings. Lord Roberts relied that if there was no further The War Office received the following atch from Lord RoBerts earlier in the ay: ‘KROONSTAD, May 2L.—Mahon (Col- B. T. Mahon) reports having joined Plumer at Jaimaisda May 15. He was fol- lowed by a Boer commando from Maritz- i Siding and turned westward to avoid ay 13 he was attacked in the thick losing five men killed, two missing 24 wounded, including a Daily Mall spondent. The Boers lost more than Mahon in killed and wounded. “Another report has been re eived from Bade well, dated May giving - im- portant news. Before dawn, May 13, a storming party of trong, personally | led by ed t loff, rushed the Staat and prot pickets and reach- torate camp from | the westward along the Maloppo Valley 4 strong musketry demonstration being made at the same time along the eastern ront of our position. Our western posts closed in and stopped the Boer supports following, thus cutting off Eloff's retreat, while the town defenses stopped his fur- advance. His force got divided in | the darkness and a strong party was placed between them, completely sur- ounding them. Fighting continued all v long “Soon after nightfall two parties sur- rendere the S and the other was driven out of aat under a heavy fire. Ten dead | and nineteen wounded of the enemy were left behind ard 108 prisoners were taken. including Eloff nine offic Seven- | Frenchmen and many Germans were among the prisoners. Our losses were six | men killed and two officers i wounded.” BOER DELEGATES TOLD AMERICA CAJI:T INTERFERE w. nd SHINGTON, May 2. —The Siate the coming to Washington of the Boer delegation by declining to interfere in be- half of the South African republics in the present struggle. In view of this an.| decision all questions as to the cter of the recognition to be extend- €d to the delegates and the sufficiency of their credentials drovped at once into the backgreund. It was, after all, of little mo- | ment whether or not the Boers were re- | ceived as diplomatic agents or ministers so long as they were powerless to promote the prime object of their m! n, namely, to cause the I'nited States Government to intervene to bring about peace. The meeting between the delegates and Seeretary Hay was brought about in the simplest manner. General O'Beirne had secured from the department last Satur- p v | can people that R PR W s S D ST Kellner, DRSNS - - S WY ntee protection. He informed the deputation that he would enter the town in state, and they departed to make prepa- z i ¢ e S e I S S S S S PAS DU S ‘ | lieving column w a composite under | day a promise to entertain any credentials | McMahon of about 2300 men.” | that might be presented to-da This morning a note came to the State Depart- ment from the delegates asking that they be permitted to present themselves at the department. A prompt acquiescence was returned Secretary Hay, and the hour of 2:30 was fixed for the meeting. At that | time the three delegates appeared. They were unaccompanied and were shown at once into the diplomatic room. Secretary Hay, accompanied by Mr. Babcock, his private secretary and stenographer, en- tered the diplomatic room and cordially greeted his visitors. Just what passed be- tween them probably will never be exactly known, for when the meeting was over, after lasting an hour, the Boers, In de- parting, stated to a number of anwous newspaper men that they had and would have nothing to say as to what happened. For his part, the Secretary of State was more commuificative, but before making any statement he made his way to the | White House and consulted the President. Then he out through his secretary | the following statement: Messrs. A. Fiscrier, C. H. Wessels and A. D, W. Weolmarans, the delegates in thi country of the puth African republic called to-day | by appolntment at the State Department. They | were cordially received, and remained with the | Secretary of State for more than an hour. Thy laid before the Secretary at much length g reat energy and eloquence the tre controversy in South e of the Boer republics that the United States should intervene in the . interests of peace and use its efforts to that end with the British roment The Secretary of State made the following | reply: | a merits Africa and the Jast December, said: “This Government has maintained an attitude of neutrality in the unfortunate contest between Great Britain and the Boer states of Africa. We have remained | fajthful to the precept-of avolding entangling alllances as to affairs not of our direct con. cern. Had circumstanc suggested that the parties to the quarrel would have welcomed a kindly“exvression of the hope of the Ameri- war might be averted, good offices would have been gladly tendered.’ The President in his message to v‘unlrau.l | “As the ‘war went on the President, while regretting the suffering and the sacrifices en- dured by both of the combatants, could do | nothing but preserve a strice neutrality be- | tween them. This he has steadily and con- | scientiously done, but there mever was a mo- | ment when he would have neglected any fa orable occasion to use his good offices in the | interests of neace. ““On Wpe 10th of last March we recelved from Mr. Hay, the Unit:d States Consul at Pre- torfa, this telazram: ‘I am offictally raquested | by, the Governments of the rapublics to urge | your intecrvention with a view of cessation of | hostilities. Same request to representativ of Europern powers.’ ““The President at onca directed me to con- vey the substance of this telegram to the Brit- ish Governmert, O AT AT AT AT AT AT AT AT R D RSEDED R R AT AHSAS RS A SRS AR @ ¢ and in communicating this STATE BOARD OF HEALTH, EXPLODES HE State Board of Health h=ld a special mesting in room 14 of the Grand Hotel last pight and officially declared that there was not one existing case of bubonic plague in this city or State. In addition to this, the State Board formulated a letter, which is to be sent to every State Health Board in the United States, declaring the abso- ( lute non-existence of the plague in San Francisco and California. CATADADADA DI ADADE SATA AT A DA AT A DDA OAD AAHSASAT @ | 5:30 o'clock at the intersection | dent’s action In the matter. | President’s instruction to Lord Salisbury. | ternal | cere desire of all PLAGUE RUMORS 'RIOTING AND DEATH ATTEND ST. LOUIS RAILWAY STRIKE One Youth Killed and Three Men and a Girl Wounded During Attacks by Frenzied Mobs Upon Street Cars. T. LOUIS, May 21.—One boy killed and three men and was a girl| were wounded to-day as a result of | the strike. The dead: MARTIN ZIKA, 18 years of age, | struck by a bullet fired street car. The wounded: torman, shot in upper portion arm; Some in Jacksonville, Iil. not.serious. Minnie Krucger, 18 years of age, struck in left thigh by a glancing bullet; not serious. Two rioters seen to fall during a fight at Thirteenth and Herbert streets between a mob of 250 men and the police; carried away by friends and names not learned. Was an Innocent Onlooker. Zika was shot late in the afternoon while standing in the door of his home at 1200 Geyer avenue. hundred men had surtrounded a car of the Tower Grove line and were threaten- ing the conductor and motorman. stones had been’ thrown when a shot was fired from the ckr, the bullet Zika full in the breast. He died within a few minutes. Corductor Owen Farley Drake were arrested by the the police, Station to-right from a of left police. At Farley Zika. He shot, he sald, at a man who was preparing to throw a stone at Mim and the bullet struck Zika. The four persons wounded were all in- jured during a fight which occurred at th and Herbert streets. The riot was fively while 1t 1asted, Fully 100 shots bein flredy and, as the streets were crowded with' people it is remarkable that the request 1 was directed by him to express his| earncst hope that a way to bring about peace might be found, and to say that we would be glad to aid in any friendly manner to promote 50 happy @ result. The Transvaal Government wag at the same time informedl of the Prest- Our representa- the In answer he was requested to thank the Presi- tive In Londcn promptly communicatec dent for the friendly interest shown by him. | and Lord Salisbury added that her Majesty’s Clarence E. Mullen, mo- | of Thir-| wound | | comrad A mob of several | A few | striking | ad- | | mitted having fired the shot which killed | , | one and Motorman | number of wounded was so small. Four cars of the Bellefontaine line | were running close together, and when | the first one turned the corner it plunged into a crowd ¢ 0 who gathered there. > ‘stop was made and the car was free of the mob before any damage could be done. The mob was ready for the second car. ov. en and women he however, and it ived a warm recep- tion. Ste were rained upon it and sev- eral shots fired at the conductor and mo- torman. The four police officers on the car at once returned the fire of the reversed nd the crew rg the shots, 3 k to reinforc rs, each carrying four officers close behind, Police ptain Joyce on the third. arly 2 minute a rapid fire went on from both sides nd then led by Captain Joyce, the police made a rush for the crowd, which broke and scattered in all directions. Ballets for Two Rioters. | Motorman Mullen of the second car was shot through the arm, he being the only wounded by the mob. Two rioters | were seen to fall, hit by bullets fired by the police, and several officers who took part in the scrimmage declared that fully half-dozen members the mob had been shot down. The best information and the evidence of the greater number of officers is, wever, to the effect at only two were shot by the police. They were at once carried off by their friends and their names are not known. Minnie Kreuger ran into a yard for | | safety when the Nght began, and a bullet, | i Government could not accept the intervention | of any power. This communication also was immediately transmitted to our Consul at Pre- | toria, to be communicated to the President of | | the Souts African republic. Gov- informed the United States was the only So far as we are | ernment in the world of all those approached | by the South African republics which tendered its good offices to either of the combatants lu the interest of cessation of hostilities. . As allysion had been made to The Hague conference, and as action had been susgested based upon that Instrument, it may be as wéil | t0. quote a phrase from article JII, which states: ‘‘Powers ‘stranger to the dispute may have the right to offer good offices or media- tion even during the course of hostilities,”” and article V, which says: ‘“‘The functions of the mediator are at an end when once it is de- clared either by one of the parties to the dis- pute or by the mediator himself that the means of reconciliation proposed by him are rot ac- cepted.” This would seem to render any fur- ther action of the United States unadvisable under existing circumstances. The steps taken by the President in his earnest desire to see an end to the strife which has caused o much suffering may already be | eald to have gone to the extreme limit per- mitted to him. Indeed, I in his discretion he had chosen not to present to England the South African request for good offices, he might have justified his action by referring to the follow- ing decleration which was made in the very act of signing The Hague convention by the plenipotentiaries of the United States: “Noth- ing contained in this convention shall be so construed as to require of the United States America to devart from its traditional policy of not intruding upon, interfering with, en- tangling itself with questions »f policy or in- administration of any forelgn states; nor shall anything contained in said convention be construed to Imply a relinquishment by the United States of America of its traditional at- titude toward purely American question: The Prestdent sympathizes heartily in the sin- the pedple of the United tates that the war which is now afflicting outh Africa may fér the sake of both parties engaged come to a speedy close; but having done his full duty In preserving a striot!y neu- tral position between them and in seizing the first opportunity that presented itself for ten- | dering his good offices in the interests of peace, he feels that in the present circumstances no course is open to him except to persist in the policy ‘of impartial neutrality. To deviate from this would be contraary to all our traditions and all our national interests and would lead striking an iron fence near which she JAPANESE ARE SHINOLED BY WILY AGENTS Frauds Also Perpetrated | on the Immigration Office. Charged Exorbitant Rates for the Small Sum of Money Required to Show They Are Not Paupers. et secial Dispatch to The Call. VANCOUVER, B. C., May 21.—A sensa- | sation was caused to-day as the result of investigations by officlals of the United States Immigration Office here, which is in charge of Hon. A. He It de- veloped that not only were Japanese working a swindling game on the offictals, but the newly arrived sons of the Mika- do’s empire, who have come In such herds lately, were being bilked on a wholesale scale by their more experienced country men who have lived in Vancouver for sev- eral years, The law requires that immigrants to the States cannot be paupers, but must have at least $30. The officials were surprised during the past week at the readiness with which the Japanese came up with their mone: but had no choice but to give them their papets. Hundreds have been put through in this way. To-da: however, the demand made a second time for the exhibition of $3) and it was | fourd that there was only $ among a score of Japanese, who were leaving by | a stage for the United Stat They afterward e: that they borrowed the money to pass the officials on and in every paid highly for the loan of $30 for an hour, some as much as $5. It was also found thit the Japanese contractors here were representing to | their fellow ountrymen that the fees to consequences which neither the President nor | the people of the United States should regard with favor. Lord Pauncefote-called at the State De- partment while the Boers were consulting with Secretary Hay. He was shown into the dinlomatic reception room, and there displaced General O'Beirne, who had also been waiting to see Secretary Hay. he was admitted to see the Secretary. The Boer representatives will be receiv- ed by the President at the White Ho at 10 o’clock to-morrow morning. Their visit to the executive mansion was ar- ranged for them by Secretary Hay dur- ing their call at the State Department th afternoon. The call, it is understood, will be entirely unofficial in character, as the envoys have not yet presented to the offi- cials the credentials with which they are accredited. —_——— VICTORIA REVIEWS GUARDS. LONDON, May 21.—The Queen at Wind- sor to-day reviewed a detachment of the Guards which Is proceeding to South Af- rica. Her Majesty addressed the troops, wishing them success and expressing the hope that she would see them all back at no distant date. AT A O x * ¢ The | Embassador was not kept long. for in the | course of five minutes the Boers left and | were $4 instead’ of $1 for passing the Im- | migration Officer, and that: in hundreds of instances they had pocketed the differ- | ence. It is estimated oy the officials that $3000 has been ‘taken from the newly ar- rived Japanese by bilking methods. | | TEMPERANCE WORKERS TO | | | | | | 1 | | | MEET IN LOS ANGELES Preliminary Arrangements Are Com- pleted and Many Delegates Have Already Arrived. LOS ANGELES, May 2l.—Temperance Temple presented a scene of active pre- paration to-day and by evening every thing was in readiness for the opening of the State Women's Christian Temperance Union convention, wkich will meet to- morrow. Already the delegates have be- gun to arrive. The presidents of the a | powder were set off at once | received | men in Monroe. | a slight resistance, | standing, glanced off and hit her in the left thigh The passengers on the car made wild ambles for the open when the trou- began. Among them were three women, and the femaie sympathizers with the strikers, who were present in large umt at once attacked thefn. They »wered them with abuse, pelted them " stones. clods and sticks and made run for their lves. For several squares the chase was kept up, the three women finally ng the street and run- ning ac ant 1 still hotly pursued crowd of women, who suc. | ceedea and then in striking one of the ves with a stick or a stone. The crowd was not distanced until the three women had b 4 fully a third of a mile. The police had their hands full at the time in dealing the mob at the corner, and re not able to af< ford any protection to the women Park-Avenue Car Attacked. At 6 o'clock a small riot urred at | Eleventh street and Park av A mob of several hundred men and women at- ked the hom Park avenue trip. Several wn and a t was fired, the mob ¥ one of the ar could not be determined forty m was at once dt eadquarters, and the b dispersed hout difficulty. After the meeting of labor leaders to- night, held for the purpose of discussing s were but whether men on the f A atched m the advisability of calling out the organ- ized labor of the city on a syhpathetic stri was announced that nothing had | been done. in Lake Tagish dro Three of his dogs were He was in the water two hours r»l taken out insensible. largest blast ever fired in the north was shot on the shore of Lake Bennett on Thursday by contractors of the extensfon of the White Pass road. Four tons of It tore out 6000 cuble yards of granite rock from the mountain side and the concussion broke all the ice in Lake Bennett for a distance of four miles. The trail to Atlin is gone and that coun~ try is shut off from traffic for a week or two antil the complete opening of the ROBBED, SHOT AND LEFT FOR DEAD Clark Whited of Idaho Assailed by Three Robbers in Maaroe, | Washington. SEATTLE, Wash., May 2L—Clark Whited, of Owyhee, Idaho, is lying at the point of death the result of injuries at the ds of three highway- he desperados confront- ed Whited and demanded money. He made but the cold end of a revolver poked In his face caused him to change his mind. He at once threw up his hands and was relleved of his money and valuables. The robbers evidently feared that hae had recognized them and would put offi- cers on their trail, and the man who held the revolver fired. Whited tottered and fell. Believing him to be dead the men threw him into an emoty box car, where he was afterward found, bleeding and un- conscious. He was taken to the hospital and restoratives administered. After the doctors had worked over him for several hours he became conscious long enough to sconnected story of the crime and 1 into a comatose condition, all efforts to revive him have proved futile. He was not able to give a good description of the thieves and it is believed they have made good their ese cape. MURDER AND SUICIDE CAUSED BY JEALOUSY as ha | Washington School Teacher Killed by a Man, Who Afterward Takes His Own Life. PORTLAND, Or., May 2L.—A special to the Oregonian from Hood River say Miss Ida Foss, a school teacher, aged vears, was t and instantly killed last night by Benjamin Wagnitz. He was Jealous of Miss Foss and tried to stab her, but not being successful he secured a rifle and s . After carrying the body into the house he blew his own ns out with the rifle. —_— NOT COMING TO THE COAST, President McKinley Completes Hig Plans for the Summer. | WASHINGTON, May 21.—President Me< Kinley will not go to California this sum- mer. This has been practically settled by the plans which the President has just | completed, and which precluded the possi- | bility of his taking the coast trip. | KING OTTO'S DEATH NEAR. Southern California Unions held a meet- | Mad Ruler of Bavaria Unable to ing this morning, to arrange for the en- | tertainment of delegat Credentials for | seventy-five delegates have been received. | In all there WHI}T 5) delegates, many of | whom arrived thls eCening. All meetings except the medal contest, which will take place Thursday evening, will be free to the public. The State officers will meet In executive session to-morrow. The regular session | of the convention will begin at 1:30 p. m. | The medal contest is to be a feature of | the convention week and will be under the | direction of Mrs. Julia Kendall Holt. H. Clay Needham will be the fraternal | delegate from the Good Templars organi- zation. FLORA REACHES DAWSON. Big Dynamite Blast Opens Up Lake | Bennett. Special Dispatch to The Call. SKAGUAY, May 17, via Tacoma, May 21.—A telegraphic dispatch from Dawson states that the steamery Flora of the Klon- dike Corporation’s line arrived there yes- terday from Lower Labarge. The steamer Ora is expected there from Labarge to- morrow. The Flora is the first steamer to reach Dawson this season. Lake Ben- nett will open in less than a week. The entire Yukon will then be practically open | from the headwaters to Dawson. The steamer Gleaner will leave Bennett for Caribou next Monday. Mails from Dawson have been delayed on the river since April 28. They are said to be at Five Fingers. | that his advance will Move, Speak or Eat. MUNICH. May 2 The latest reports regarding the condition of the demented King Otto of Bavaria are that he is paral- vzed and unable to move, speak or eat. His death is hourly expected. BULLER'S ADVANCE CHECKED. LONDON, May 21.—The War Office has received the following message from Lord Roberts: “KROONSTAD, May 21.—Buller reports be delayed for a few days on account of the way in which the railroad has been destroyed. “Rundle reports that Ladybrand has been occupied. “‘Hunter is pushing up the railway with supplies for the Mafeking garrison and is arranging a hospital train for the convey- ance of the sick and wounded to Kimber- ley. - ““Methuen has left force. operate with thi o TO DEFEND JOHANNESBURG. LOURENZO MARQUES, May 2L—The defense works of Johannesburg are pro- gressing rapidly. Six guns brought from the front have been emplaced in a fort, while schanzes and trenches intersect Katzerand and Klipriversberg, behind the race course. ,Hoopstad to co- et SIX SIEGE TRAINS. LONDON, May 21.—Six siege trains have been ordered to be prepared at Al- dershot for transportation to South Af- A local mail carrier fell through the ice | rica.