The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 25, 1900, Page 1

VOLUME LXXXVII-NO. 186. SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1900. PRICE FIVE CENTS. SWOLLEN STREAM TEMPORARILY DELAYS ADVANCE OF LORD ROBERTS’ ARMY TOWARD THE VAAL RIS Invading Force Compelled to Con- struct 2 Pontoon Across Rhe- noster River Before Resuming the March to Pretoria. Escape of the Wounded Earl de la Warr F he Battlefield a Warr I'rom the Dattlelteld L b4 Where Bethune’s Squadron Was 5 [ AR Captured by a Patriot Force. 0 A TA AT AT A TR RO E LR T RO ESATRD @ | x LONDON, May 25.—The Lourenzo Marques corre- £ .’ spondent of the Times, telegraphing Wednesday, says: @ | * “According te a private letter smuggled thrcugh from 4): ¢ Pretor resident Kruger now favors surrandzr on the ¢ S continuance of the war would ruin the ¥ f- burghers. He has thrcwn upon the (’ e onus of what course to pursue. ) « released at Pretoria report extraor- 4 ( vity during the last two weeks on the railway ( - r > Petersburg. As many as twenty trains * aily and itis possible that a large portion % ve bee sed to move supplies northward for safety.” ;3 @ A A AT AT AT A DR AT A TR TSR T A TR AR @ . '. M = ha s rs % L3 o g y w A Biggarsberg all | bt with ne were found vacant. | 4 ge has been finished at E n s now go to Dundee or «lg pe - the best way to cele- birthday was to repair weastle, and every man espondents Jocular. 0 E w sh th | was put tc rk Earl de la Warr’s Escape. a W was supposed to we befel s Hors 1adron pe. He leg behind north of ns 1s flour and telegraph rom Ma route in a ther infliction the Gaze h of t the time of the dis- | of | PRI SN S B -0 0-O-6-O-0--5D . i VEREENIGING, THE FIRST STATION IN THE TRANSVAAL ON THE RAILROAD FROM CAPE TOWN, NOW HELR BY LORD ROBERTS. - . TRAPPED BY THE BOERS—The Affair at Sonna’s Post March 81, Similar to xperience of Bethune’s Horse. *-0 plague. The the most | . but fears ¥y get s | n many Indirect especially 0 whether the Transvaal's I. O. U.'s be redeemed.’” Birmingham Argus, which keeps in pretty close touch with the Colonial Office, say “We understand that a general election will be ordered as soo as Lord Roberts | obtains an additional success. The Go nt will ask the country what it to do with the conquered repub- | = . [ |SCENES ATTENDING THE | RELIEF OF MAFEKING | MAFEKING, May 13, via Kimberley, May -The Eritish relieving force occu- | pied this town at 9 o'clock. The garrison immediately moved out Mith twelve- P rs and pompoms and attacked Me Mullin’s laager. The Boers resisted weak- | complished by colon: RS the E half-hour and then fled in disor- der, leaving eir tents, wagons and i plements. The Bri then occupied all the Boer positions. Colonel Baden-Powell gave the garrison an opportuni enge themselves, using the reltef force as a reserve and as supports. Men women swarmed to the housetops, and Lady Sarah Wilson on a bicycle accompanied the troops as far as the Boer lines. ly for a The town guard formed up in the market the march past the relief force. immense enthusiasm over the square fi There fact that the relief ¢ the place was ac- EIGHT BRITISH SLAIN IN A BOER AMBYS! BOER CAMP, VOLKSRUST, Tuesday, May 22.—The British crossed the Buffalo River and were within sight of our posi- tion yesterday. They are busy emplacing heavy cannon at Schoenshoogte, near the scene of the battle on the Ingogo River in 1885. It is reported that fighting oc- curred at Bothas Nek yesterday. Chris Botha, brother of the commander | In chief, has been appointed assistant to the commander in chief, and has given great ratisfaction. He has revived the fighting spirit in many of the Federals, In an ambush between 'Nqutu and Mount pect eight British were killed and thirteen wounded. BOER REPORT OF THE DISASTER TO BETHUNE | PRETORIA, Wednesday, May 23.—An B S i R B e A A British Triumph Predicted by Joubert Before His Death. Appeal Sent by Gallant Patriot to the Peopleof this Country. May h EW 24.—General eight days a letter ot this YORK. n greater f. | by which been killed that we yet In the 1d before a force three or four e e e o e e ot S o B 2 ho rules heaven and official builetin issued here to-day says | contributing to the bazaar some r nations great upom sixty British cavalry came Into collision | Dresden china and engravings of pict is the great Amert- on May 20 with eighty of the § fland d by sty bearing impe 1 States of America. commando at Choperos Nek. T ghting gnatur cribed, “For the Na- They naturally have lasted an hour. The British lost twenty- | tional Baz by the Emperor him- England. The only seven killed, twenty-five wounded and | self. He nt a number of his own rth are the Or- eleven were taken prisoners. Twe photogr ned and bearing a brief horses, two Maxims and sente in German. ammunition were captured. lost one killed and one wounded ¥ assisted to remove the wounded and bury the dead. On Sunday Kalbe engaged the British between Hellbron and Lindley. The Fed- erals had to retire before an overwhe!m. ing force, losing one killed and wounded. NATIONAL BAZAAR IN l AID OF WAR SUFFERERS LONDON,; May 24.—The Princess n(' Wales ‘at Kensington to-day opened the Great National Bazaar, In aid of the suf- terers of the war. The magnitude of the | present undertaking, which will last three | days, quite eclipses the similar affair held in June of last year in aid of the Charing Cross Hospital. Although much space in the Palace Hotel has been given up to the bazaar, the enterprise has attained such huge proportions that vast stands have been erected in adjoining grounds. The Princess Dolgorouki and the Duch esses of Sutherland and Marlborough es- corted the Princess of Wales through the bazaar. The receipts have already ex- | ceeded $50.000. | The stalls are attended by titled per- sonages and the elite of London's society. Emperor William of Germany has shown his sympathy for the war sufferers by | The bazaar, containing upward of sev- enty stalls, >nting most of the regi- ments now > in South Africa, is arranged in emporium d forms an immense containing every conceivable The naval stall is attracting much atten- tion. It is filled with medels. naval !m- piements, relies of the slége of Ladysmith and books signed by Kipling. L STEAD ON AMERICAN COLDNESS TO BOERS | i LONDON, May 24—At a “stop the war"” meeting in London this afternoon William Btead remarked’ that the Boer delegates now.in the United States told him they were prepared to accept terms compatible with independence, and asked if it was any good attempting to see Lord Salisbury, to which, Mr. Stead said, he replied it was useless to do so unless they were prepared to surrender their independence. So the delegates pro- ceeded to America, “where they have met with such coldness in officlaldom as has excited the exultation of those who are determined to tbrottle the little states to death.” peace on any | er the eyes their sympathy. then, that our on to these great article that can be offered for le. The | nations? heir rulers answer Princess of Wales, after making a tour of | in the day of judgment to the Almighty Gov- | the zaar, officiated as a saleswoman for | érnor f"" Disposer egard to their rule of B> thise. af rouee o Capator | the nations? some time at the Household Cavalry | “Nyitre Stands the great American republic in stalls. his er? Shy be the means in 's and for continuance and promo- jon of both those States in South Africa or is motto “Might is right?” We expect some- thing better. Therefore our envoy, the bearer of this, is now sent to your President and | | come aware th | success and this opportuni States and it will be a pleasure to me to be- at these envoys have met with at gour Government shall use ake itself highly worthy a glory and a bless- Almighty God and om ca but also t whose e es are looking out and alwa; ut toward the example of America, whose helping sh to see outstretched fare they always shall pray 'KRUGER SAYS HE WILL DEFEND JOHANNESBURG CAPE TOWN May 24.—President Kru- ger, it is an ced here, has issued a proclama ng he will defend Jo- hanne and calling upon all the | Boers to fight to the bitter end. FALL IN COTTON WRECKS PRICE, McCORMICK & CO. R e New York Brokerage House, in Whi(;»l; George Crocker Is a Special Partner, Fails With Liabilities Estimated at Thirteen Million Dollars —v e eoe@ | P . Surtis . - assignees. Mr. romwell & oon that 1t - to make any statement at < condition of th = 1 w O e S o D T S R R o SRCR SR PSR W Y GEORGE CROCKER. P et e el o e e e ] is on his Way | ... as aitotal surprise, though they had t force to temporarily demoralize an Entir: Surprise. | mors were current | [ was trouble, and | ure the cotton market became paric- b “ nouncement | stricken and broke 10 to 13 points. The of sus w it was gem- | extent of the decline from the highest er - MecCormick | price of when the bull movement culmi- & « w ¥ rred to. Prior npated has been 122 points. The market at to the forn Y the cotton |1:45 p. m. showed a net loss of 10 to 14 market ha points under | points, having recovered from the ex- terrific selling unts from all | treme depression. dire = long been re-| There was a decline of about 1 per cent gan 8 le g supporter of the in the standard raliway shares and from market, ar e time it was sald it was | 2 to 2% per cent in the balance of the list. going to put While the firm was also a member of m up to 10 cents. | The decline month, however, | the Produce Exchange the effect of the was st it and despite all efforts it | faflure there was almost wholly sentimen- could not hold the market up. Conse- | tal. According to the rule of the quently to-day’s development did not ' change the announcement of the fallure the tsade. Following the announcement of the fail- | | | | | | & | was followed by the suspended firm's outstanding contracts on | the floor of the Exchange. Up to the | close of the Exchange the dealings for the firm’s account footed up 33,90 shares. | losing out of the Announcement by Assignees. Assignees Willlam J. Curtis and William Nelson Cromwell make the following an- nouncement regarding the failure: To the creditors of Price, Price, McCormick & Co. have been compelled | to temporarily suspend payment. We ask and advise that creditors holding stocks, bonds and | other collateral to loans and already well | margined hold the loans until reasonable op- | portunity be afforded the aseignees to deal | with the same, that unnecessary loss thereby | may be avoided. McCormick & Co.: Price, McCormick & Co. had an exten- sive wire service and at times were cred- ifted with doing fuily as large a business as any firm on the Exchange. The repre- | sentatives of the firm on the Exchange | weré R. M. Stewart-Wortley, W. C. Mc- | Cormick and Gorge Crocker, thé special partner. Most of the business of the firm was in the Cotton Exehange at first and | its senfor member and organizer was for- | merly of the firm of Hubbard, Price & | Co. At that time the older firm had a large Southern business. The present firm | | controlied much of this Southern stock | | business and -has been very active at| times in stocks favored by Southern ope- | rators, although this line of trade has been far less in volume than its regular | | commission business obtained through its | wire service to outside cities. - |SAN FRANCISCO AGENTS EXPRESS SURPRISE | The correspondents in this city of Price, | McCormick & Co. are A. Gerberding & | Co. ana H. Blum & Co. They were great- 1y surprised to hear of the fallure of the New York house, which was supposed, to be very strong financlally. According to their advices, George Crocker, who is | abroad, is interested in Price, McCormick special partner, putting in $100.000 per an- | 2 CAPTURES 4 YOUNG : HUSBAND AT A COST OF THREE MILLIONS Special Dispatch to The Cail. BOSTON, May 24.—Another wed- ding >f spring and winter has just come to light in Malden, where are temporarily residing at present young Willard H. Hutchinson, 24 years old, and his bride of 8 sum- mers, who has-a fortune of $3,000,000. This 1s now &ll in her husband's rame, the transfer occurring at the time of the marriage. Thrice a wife and as often di- vorced—each time from a man of note—Louisa Chamberlain, recently Mrs. Cornelius B. Marco of New York, i6 again a blushing bride.- Mr. and Mrs. Hutchinson were married secretly at the Mansion House, Richmond, Va., on St. Val- entine's day of this year. No one beyond the contracting parties, the necessary witnesses and the Rev. Dr. Cooper of Richmond, who per- formed the ceremony, was present. Each was sworn to absolute secrecy and until to-day it was an absolute secret. Mrs. Hutchinson was first mar- ried at the age of 16 to Dr. Fred- erick Augustus Caldwell of this city. Several years later Mrs. Cald- well secured a divorce. Later she became the wife of Colonel Willlam Tompkins. Several years elapsed and Mrs. Tompkins again became a petitioner for the untying of con- jugal bonds and again she was successful. It was not until late in 18%4 that Mrs. Tompkins again bowed to the dictates of a persistent cupid, and on December 20 of that year in the old Hotel Brunswick, in New York, she became Mrs. Cornelius B. Marco. In June, 1899, Mr. and Mrs. Marco separated, and soon after- ward Mrs. Marco obtained a di- vorce, Willard H. Hutchinson is a son of Captain Allen Hutchinson of Montpelier, Vt., a friend of Admiral Dewey. He is an actor. His sister is Katherine Hutchinson, also well known in the dlamatic world. S+t H 4440 num up to the beginning of the present year. Then the San Francisco correspond- ents were notified that Mr. Crocker had invested $400,000 in the concern. Since then his interest has been increased to $500,000. Willlam Baehr of A. Gerberding & Co. - + + B -+ + - + + - *> & + + . + + + + + + + + + . + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + > + + + + + + + + + + + D D e e e Raans s e S ARG A s s Ex- | & Co. to the amount of $500,00. He was a | sald yesterday that he did not think any person in Ban Francisco was much hurt WELIRD SIGHT WITNESSED BY PASSION PLAY SPECTATORS Sun's Rays Breaking Through a Heavy Bank of Clouds Throw a Brilliant Beam Upon the Robes oi the BERAMMERGAU, May 24—The in-| itial performance of the ‘Passion Play,” following the grand rehear- | sal on Sunday, took place to-day. The attendance was enormous, de- | spite the fact that the day was cold, | cloudy and generally unfavorable. The | representation as a whole, accord- ing to the opinion of competent| judges, surpassed that of 1300. Herr Joseph Mayer, who recited the prologue, was, as on previous occasions, a majestic | figure. Herr Anton Lang, as Christ, was | excellent, although somewhat nefvous. His voice is clear and his face seems to fit the character, although not so refined | as the face of Mayer,- who was sa_long | the Christ of these representations. Lang, however, showed improvement as to-] Christ. day's performance progressed, his ges- tures béing particularly graceful. During the Bethany scene a weird ef- fect ‘'was produced by the" sun breaking suddenly from the clouds and casting a brilliant beam on Christ's robes. Fraulein Anna Flunger, the Mary of the production, has a fine, well-rounded face and is a good actress, but she lacks the pathos that Rosa Lang was wont to dis- play. The player now taking the part of Judas, Johann Zwink, is very fine—a vast improvement upon his predecessor in the role. On the other hand, Thomas Rendt, the Peter of the cast, scarcely equals Hett's portrayal. Fraulein Bertha Wolf. as Mary Magdalene, is striking in appear- | ance, and made a profound impression. | Sebastian Laing as Caiaphas, realized the | 1deal impersonation of that relentless priest. Fraulein Mathilde Ruitz, the soprano, was greatly admired. and young Boold shows decided promise. During the afternoon performance, Herr Anton Lang was repeatedly overcome with nervousness, but he went through his crueifixion scene with perfect seif-pos- session and the memorable seven words of the Savior could be distinctly heard by the vast concourse. During the taking down of the Christ from the cross, the sharp whistling of a locomotive jarred un- pleasantly upon the ear. The scenes throughout were beautiful. by the failure. Probably no one was in for more than a few thousand dollars. There has been considerable speculation in | cotton here, and also in stocks, by men of wealth. Possibly the total loss in this city might amount to .half a milllon dollars outside of the losées of George Crocker. The money that Mr. Crocker put into the firm was cleaned up on a wheat deal. In addition to George Crocker there was another partner in the house who is well known in California. This is Walter W. Price, formerly a newspaper man In this city, who, after his experience here, went to New York and became a clerk in the house. Then he was made a partner. He was a member of the Bohemian and the Press clubs during his residence here. | Small Firm Carried Down. MACON, Ga., May 24.—Talbot & Palmer, brokers, of this city, failed to-day for | about $16,000. The suspension of Price, | McCormick & Co. Is supposed to have caused the failure. A few months ago the firm failed with liabilities about $30,000. —— New England Branch Houses. BOSTON, May 24.—Price, McCormick & Co. have several branches in New Eng- land. At one time they had a wire agency in this city, but of late the local business has been transacted through various brok- ers’ houses, including the firms of George A. Fernald & Co., Hayden & Sloan Com- pany, Towle & Fitzgerald, Lee, Higginson | & Co., and others. At Fernald & Co.'s | office thfs afternoon it was stated that| Price, McCormick & Co.’s account with them was very small. SLOW PROGRESS MADE ON THflE’ALASKA BILL} House Adopts Amendment Permit- ting Dredging for Gold Below | Low Water on Nome Beach. | WASHINGTON, May 24.—The House practically devoted eight hours to-day to i the consideration of the Alaska civil gov- | ernment bill, but progress was slow. Two One of them authorized the Secretary of War to | amendments of importance were adopted. | | issue permits to excavate or dredge for goid below low water mark on1 the beach at Cape Nome. The Secretary has heretofore issued permits, but the bill as It passed the Senate canceled them. The House also struck out the echapter relating to arrest and bail, which permit- ted arrests in certain civil actions. The conference ation bill was adopted. ek T ) REPORT IS READY. WASHINGTON, May 24—The Industrial Commission has completed its report on report on the Indian appropri- | general labor laws and it will be forward- ed to Conzress Saturday. This report, it is sald, will be of as much or greater im- portance inan the report on trusts. It has been found possible to make a number of specific recommendations, one of the prin- | cipal ones being that the labor laws be made uniform throughout the States. The report will contain a digest of na- tional and State labor legisiation. There will be several minority reports. o o M CAPTAIN W'GOWAN TO BE COURT-MARTIALED Court of Inquiry Finds That He Did Not Use Proper Discretion in Killing a Filipino. WASHINGTON, May 24.—The report of the court of inquiry into the case of Cap- tatn McGowan, U. N., who, it is al- leged, shot a Filipino who was attempting to board the Monadnock in Manila Bay, reached the Navy Department to-day. Secretary Long made the following an- nouncement: ““The members of the court find that the proper discretion was not exercised in the shooting and that Captain McGowan was fault in not reporting it to the com- owan made vis of the :ldow andvchlldren of the deceased Filipino. They recommend a court- tial, which will probably be