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FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MAY 31 1900. ITISH FLAG FLIES OVER PRETORIA- ~ AND THE BOER WAR SAID TO BE OVER \ 0 Resistance Made by the Tramsvaal Forts, and President Kruger Flees Before the Arrival of Lord Roberts' Troops. Special Cable to The Call and New York Herald. Copyright, 1800, by the Herald Publishing Company. DON, May 31.—The Boer war is over. Before this news Roberts” troops, and at 25 minutes after 1 o ties had no news for publication. The Daily Mail, therefore, ws throu r He was reported yesterday ts be at Watervalhoven, w e posed. reaches you the British flag will be f‘vmg’over Pretoria. Anything that may happen now is merely a matter of policing and ication. The War Office received no information yesterday as to the movements of Lord "clock this morning it was stated that the au- obtained the first inkling of the h ts correspondent, Earl of Rosslyn, who has besn a prisoner at Pretoria. He sent r date of yesierday that Pretoria would be in the hands of the British in two hours. sident Kruger has left the Transvaal capital as a fugit e, having probably been de- h is not marked on any availa- ble map. This can hardly be Waterfall, where the British «ndiars were confined, but is appar- ently a station on the Delagoa Bay Railway, half way between Mi Q+ieia arms rs must is t be the rg Surrendered. renzo Marques ssengers town s ut- » Portugal. oo PP DOP I DIPODIPOEDIPIPIPEDIIIDIPIDIIEPiItIIIIDODIDIIEDHOIIDOEDEDOPED Roberts’ triumphal advance., s B eoeisrsieieieteiebeied ddleburg and Koomatipoort. Ths the farms are deserted. reached Geysdorp vesterday suppli Maribogopan with ten General Hunter half way between Vry- | i FREED BY FORTUNE OF WAR. View cf cne end of the prison camp at Waterval, near Pretoria, where nearly 3500 British pris- oners, who have been confined for months, have been set free by the flight of their guards before Lord ° B R o R o SRS Sy defen_derg of the forts were ordered by the local committee appointed to preserve the peace to leave their posts. Measures were taken to control the rank and file of the British prisoners by sending to them some of their own officers. Citizens assembled in Church Square, in the center of the town, to receive #he victors when they entered. All other news important enough in 2 way sinks into significance beside the occupation of the Boer capital. One cannot help being struck by the eapacity of Lord Roberts for directing his movements in such a way as to cause a remarkable coincidence in dates. The day chasen for his entry into Johannesburg was the first anniversary of the arrival of Sir Aifred Milner and President Kruger in Bloemfontein for the important conference concerning the peints at issue be- tween Great Britain and the South African republic, especially those connected with the of the outlander population of the city of gold. 3| Snyman having gone toward | 1 Northern Nagal Utrecht ha ¢ | dered to General’ Hildyard and ¢ | Lyttleton is moving to Vryheid. Three | different correspondents estim ¥ | rumber of Boers X 10,000. The Australians, toria on April who escaped from Pre- have arrived at ) | king, having spent a month on the veldt, | with but little food and no blankets. They | slept by d marched by night. They | complain bitterly of the treatment at Pre- toria. B B | AWAITING THE BRITISH ARRIVAL AT PRETORIA LONDON, May 31, 2 a. m.—The Daily Mail published the following dispatch from the Earl of Rosslyn, who was a prisoner at Pretorfa, but who, as a civil- rs to have been rel terval ouza is authorized to receive He, with an Infiuential com- s, including Chief Justic Ki, has been nd property Everyt are waiting expec for the arri sinted to pr uring the inter- auiet, but crowds urch Square serve life regnum. a possible rbance and bloods among the prisoners of war at Waterval, United States Censul Hay | and Leigh Wood insisted upon twenty of- ficers being liberated on parole to go to BOER VERSION OF THE RFEENT BATTLES PRETORIA, May- 29.—An official bulletin, just issued, Is as follows: “On Sunday a fight occurred close to Van Wycksrust in Gatsrand. The Fed- | erals fought well and the British troops & | seemed tired out. At dark the Federals were forced to retire in the airection of Van Wycksrust on account of the over- whelming force of British. “The British attacked Wittwatersrand yesterday and were in contact with the tederals at Gatsrand, but they were beaten back with good results by the Fed- erals under Commandant Louis Botha The Federals were heavily bombarded all day long, but kept their positions. The British loss is reported to be considerable The British are near Utrecht and they are also marching on Laings Nek." A_dispatch sent from Johannesburg last night describes the town as intensely ex- cited throughout the day on reports that the British were approaching; but says the excitement subsided in the evening, owing to rumors that the British had been driven back. There are large numbers of burghers at Johannésburg, but remark- able order prevails there. — - “WAR WILL CEASE ONLY FOR A TIME” BOSTON, May 30.—“Even if the whole war PP P S o e o e S e e e e B R e e SR SRCE 2 I burg and Mafeking. Geysdorp is from twelve to fifteen miles east. General Huntex meets with no resistance. General Baden-Powell is Invading far- . to dwindle in comparison. General ; 3 X M -entered the Transvaal at Mari- | ease of British Prisoners. esday. The advance was made | days - e T Water is scarce and all | Roberts, as there | — e XER” 4182 privates among “BO been ordered to - here will not al- to Peking on the rallway without the authority of the | Tsung-li-Yamen. One hundred and eight e-gun and a , amidst e resid- tish war- nd the British warships are Russian Troops Can’t Pass. TIE: Thursday, May 3L—The Chinese refuse to allow Russian troops to pass the Taku fort The rescue Germans return sterday afternoon. ort that the besic of Frenchmen and from Changhsintien They confirm the The bridges and the rolling stock destroyed. places the damage done is considerably greater than at Fangtl. The members of the rescue party saw several bodles of Chinese tearing up the sleepers, and In one case a mandarin They further assert that and others escaped 'from a mishap, 1 suffered ieft side and a lingcnn§ ew worse and worse, ora Brooks, of Martin, wtr. Georgia = Last sping AR my| aflway Directory is en- g ‘E"h" g3 § n the blame for the S > the drug jore an damage at ng-Tal on the foreign em- ’ ine of C—, and the mer- | JEUCF ncipally the British, whom, they c nded Dr. Pierce's Favor- | say. st .x.w\ have 1g;§ the‘xr)vws:&u'f‘{l’ex it = | foreigners, however, did not leav - , <o he bouglit one bottle. | FCCECE I Chiao Station, five miles to take it as directed in the | sway, in flames, and an attack had actu- d X ¢ been made on an engine from Fang- i it LA |y ertch was running on the Lu-Han the disease was compli- cough to take Dr. Pierce’s edical Discovery and * Favor- ttempt to rescue the Belgians. e e foreign men-of-war have arrived | to-duy. ve Russlan warships and - sy | tw uesi; unboats, one French war- escription’ alternately, and Dr. | the e s chion and tos Tiatian s Pleasent Pellets, on rising every | arinip are ail landing men. M. Brooks went back tothe | pregh Atrocities Committed. and got the ‘Golden Medical | o1y NGHAT, May 2.—The British war- * and T took it as directed. | gjyips Orlando and Aigerine are landing 2h left me at once and 1 | en at Taku, where the French, Rus- began | 1 el 1 repidly 3 Japanese guards have aiready e 20 Sapitiy say Sut oo gifiémfi‘zxm,”ne ““Boxers” are apparent- at my improvement. I am |}y without arms cxcept those they have to work on the farm and also | obtained from the soldiery, many of “rert 3 -~ . are openly joining the rebels. €0 lue washing for two familes,” ";fi"x};&z{. pemy R o tavta ut re legations at | M ATROC the surrounding stantly arriving of fresh country news is con- atrocities com- mitted by the ““Boxe: Three Christian families were massacred at Shan Ying, sixty miles from Peking, on Friday, Only two persons escaped. esentative of the Associated Press pre | visited Fang Tai yesterday morning and found the place occupied by a battalion | ders fomented by The and of troops. workshops, gutted and much rolling stock whole railroad station, locomotive she de- | AND FOREIGN TROOPS LANDED Lul | of an excuse for the movement than a were | da CONTINUED actionary party” in Chinese politics. and | the Emperor being under her influence, | it is not surprising that the edict is moré sympathy to bear up bravely under the trying ordeal that Matthal must now surely pass through. What line of de- fense he wiil make has not been decided upon as yet. condemnation of it. Germans Not Attacked. BERLIN, May 3).—Regarding the diso: e Boxers, a high o cial of the German Foreign Office sald t -— LIVES LOST BY A LANDSLIDE IN INDIA rman citizens have not yet been at- stroyed, including the Imperial Palace Car | tacked. Germany, therefore, has been e Company. The godowns (Chinese ware- | following the lead of France in diplomatic | Portion of the Embankment of the houses), full of valuable merchandise, | action, her citizens being more immedi- Sabermutte Collapses, Carrying were burned after having been looted by | ately affected. The case will be otherwise Thirty to Death. the rioters. The damage is est!mated at | i the German legation at Peking is at- 2 4 4 half a million taels. The. neighboring villagers seem to have joined in the attack, showing that movement is not confined to the “Boxers.” | tacked.” the | German marines had joined AHMEDABAD, India, May 30.—A por- tion of the embankment of the Saber- mutte River, on which Ahmedabad is sit- When asked if it true that 100 100 French the imperial were marines for the rescue of g 5 ced in to-day while many men, ht rioters who were captured will be | Belgzians. the official replied: Difed. o8 sfan an S0 g apitated. . Riding through the squth | “There have been no calls for marines. Pomia, S0 ey eI by - gate of Peking, the correspondent found | It must have been the civilian Germans | & sf s o bien s 5 the road inside the walls lined with troops | acting upon their own responsibility. The who greeted the traveler and his party | Foreign Office attributes the trouble in with a fusiliade of stanes. Some Heavy Fighting. LONDON, May 31.—The Daily Mail has received the following from Tientsin, dated May 30: ‘‘Heavy fighting has taken place between the imperial troops and the Boxers at Lai-Shin-Hi-Sien, but the re- sult is not known here. Rallway traffic at Peking has been resumed. The foreign settiement here is sufficiently protected by the American and Japanese troops, which | have been landed. Consequently, the ex- citement has abated.” A speclal dispatch from Shanghai, dated to-day, says: ‘‘Yesterday the Chinese Government issued an edict prohibiting the Boxer organizations, under penalty of death. The edict, which was signed by the Emperor, was concluded in equivocal terms and was promulgated more as an exc than movement. More of an Excuse. WASHINGTON, May 30.—The supposi- tion here is that the ejlct referred tgp:au issued as a result of the pressure of the forelgn legations at Peking. The dis- patches from China heretofore have stated that the diplomatic corps had de- clded to ask the Chinese Foreign Office to define explicitly the measures the Govern- ment Intended to take in dealing with the Boxers, and yesterday’s edict prohibiti the organization under penalty of deat! is, in all probability, the response to the representations made. That the document is couched in equivocal terms is not sur- prising to officlals here who are acquaint- ed with conditions in China. The Empress belongs to what is known as the ‘“re- | in’ condemnation of the| | ent Chinese government toward foreign- |SLAYER OF STANLEY | killed George C. Stanley in Chiles Valley, Killed by a Train. Special Dispatch to The Call. SUISUN, May 3.—Frank Frates of Vacaville was killed near here to-day by the overland train. He had been out driving, and while crossing the track his horse was struck by the locomotive and man, horse and wagon hurled a distance of forty feet. Frates was so badly in- jured that he died in a few minutes. The horse was instantly killed and the buggy wrecked. The victim of the accident was but 18 years of. age and a son of Frank Frates of Capay, Yolo County. —_——— China to the hostile attitude of the pres- ers.’ IS UNDER ARREST Frank Matthei in Napa County Jail Says the Shooting Was Done in Self-Defense. Special Dispatch to The Call. NAPA, May 30,—Frank Matthal, who Death of a Pioneer. SALINAS, May 30.—Onie Lagrange, one of the oldest residents of this county as well as the earliest pioneer of the State, is dead at his home in this city. “Onie Lagrange was a native of Canada and was born in 1815. Ile was prominently known In San Francisco and Angeles. The interment will take place in this city Friday. this county, Tuesday morning, was lodged in the Napa jall last night after 8 o'clock by Under Sheriff Daly of this city and Deputy Sherift Gibbs of Yountville. Matthai claims that he refrained from shooting until Stanley began to get the advantage of him in the tussle for pos- session of the shotgun, and he feared for his life, so he drew his reyolver and fired. His only regret seems to be at the sor- row and trouble it ‘viu cause his mother and sisters, who reside in San Francisco. Matthal’s sisters and an attorney from the metropolis visited the prisoner to- Sleep Changes the Verdict. The jury In the recent law suit unanimously agreed upon the verdict, sealed it and went home to bed. After sleeping over it they dis- agreed the next morning. This shows the day, and there was a long conference held | power of sieep to strengthen the human mind. LW them in the Sheriff's private of- e e I ere very much affeeted, | Those who are troubled with insomaia should and as Sheriff Dunlap took their brother back to his cell in the County Jail, the gave expressions of encouragement and | kidney, liver and blood disorders, | | the men. ' Their action cannot be too ‘hlghly praised. I w r‘»éwrm(lll'd to ac-| | company the officer: verything was | quiet.”” country is taken and the leaders Impris- POV D IO eGP bt OO+ It D0+ eD 06+ +O eI+ ¢4+ @ |ther north without opposition, Command- | oned, the war will cease ¢ Field Marshal Lord Roberts, Britain’s Greatest General Since Wellington, and President Kruger of the Transvaal, Who Has Fled From Pretoria. | render in a | | | | having ievances and it & will be renewed be until we ge e dramatic utterance was read to him com- sther envoys after their pany with t on which had ans of actior 1 upon in the event of the the British at Pretorfa. One 1 the Boer forces leave the rest of the Britts! - 11 country open to the of the eity. The other was to evacuate after a slight show of resistance, to en- able supplies to be collected. and then the army was to scatter into the moun- tains and enter upon a guerrilla warfare which would last until the last man w h until the fall Pretoria cher acknowledged that if Pres- should tell the men of his down_their arms and sur- ody they would do so. but | be claimed this nevér wiil be done by the | President. When asked as to their plans in event and M the of the surrender of the republic the capture President Kruger Fischer both agreed p on In thelr work in thi; calfed. BULLER'S REPORT OF RECENT OPERATIONS NDON, May 30.—The foilowing dis- has been recefved at the War Of- om General Buller: “NEWCASTLE, May 20.—The enemy med a langer east of the town at Dornberg, pressed my right rear an- noyingly. n May 27 1 directed a force under Lyttleton, by Schangadrift, on il they were officially re- | DR. KILMER'S SWAMP-ROOT. Thousands Have Kidney Trouble and Don’t Know it. 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