The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 4, 1900, Page 1

Tall, ‘()LL‘\IE LX3 XVIII-NO. 4. OERS CLAIM TO HAVE ritish Near Johann to Be Greate Previous Battle of the War.| Highest Authorities o NFLICTED HEAVY LOSS Casualties esburg Asserted 3 3 r Than in Any|! @0@'0@ t the Republic Again|{ Declare That Humanity Is About to Be $ Staggered by a Great Disaster to the Invaders, hesburg k place at later ng. General I purpc ,runx urrender. sourenzo Mar- etoria say " iy ™ : & » sses wired Gren een burned. The were'a o u- ack background rew his wh ¥ wound- doctor, with a | gne and his compliments, that he would re- risoners at Senékal. rghers Arm Deserting. | jues urrfiqmndcn[ of | declared n of the burghers homes. The ar- Eritish prisoners under an s pending of the town is ind humane and of sect Qgmopabe > that Lord Rob- imired great, ners. It seems Irene was in- awal from Pre- t was 6% ,Ihs"mh.a 8. 2 a Dezdiy Fire. f the Greradiers Colonel | Ir the advan € of m.—There is no | e . ance of | 4 was when fierce fight- | o " The Bokburg and valor. They were |% Derksen. The East Rand | ¢ “Long Tom,” which | ¢ | & § fous battle of the war, | ¢ ed at Kroonstad. |/ threatening the | hing Johannesburg . kom, two and h from other ® an and other The reports al Louis Botha ar- L was shot atch to the Daily dated Satur- no signs of leaving €wspaper commentators here gener: nage is at an er in Cape Town, pennies | mous premium t Dover on tches from e from the Trans- abroad. Naples v a German OCv'yO!‘O:050\"0‘9’l‘é#*V"&Oo"t:’OvOO.‘90*’0@‘@"!"@09 o ieves that many Bocrs h Africa. ROBERTS REPORTS THAT YEOMANRY WERE ATTACKED - received the follow- from Lord Roberts, nge Grove, J 1 Sprigg that his batt: Yeomanry was attacked d Lindley on May | — pectal Dispatch to The Call. AYMOND, JU'\E 3.—The lone high- one of the stages he a number of cav pos! It is the common belief that the bandit had a number of accomplices walting brush or he would not about his work in such a deliberate man- He walked freely among his ner. STAGE ROBBER SUCCESSFULLY EVADES PURSUING POSSES in Flghtm g .*MO*—O+0H—0—®—Q R R Ranasas o o s o o e e e MRS. WALTEP A HART. Weil-Known Berkeleyans, Victims of the Lone Highwayman. j tims and asked each man in turn if he had any weapons. All this time his body | was an easy target for any man who might have been armed. jeSitles of individual experiences ¥re now eaking out. All are interesting and some and posse ars | irqS imorous, although the partics me watching all roads in the | terested fail to see the joke. T. H. Grif- | but as vet the only clew to the | fin of San Francisco was ordered to pass| man and new it seemed as a as the shining gold pieces. Excitement runs high "1 and should the highwaym. he would probably meet wi Some of the bolder spirits fully held up four v is still at large. n from the Sheriff's almost proved his un ectly aided the bandit in While he the express be was surpr =w Zealand stepped out. He says he thought the halting place was a toll gat= | stages a few days ago. pulling out a fat wallet began search- | There Is much speculation regardin, ing for a dgilar bill. ever mind count- | moves after es ping from the ing that, DI take it all.” said the robber. | men. Many e e ed | The traveler hesitated a moment. but nof | hills and is conc drove into the liftle sitatingly obeyed the He was asked if npum m.n a “box teamster. Footma n have g a railway station than in the hills. S P D e eI D eI e D eD e GO el el eteieie® th" local! turel usage. op assert a rope would be too ;-)od for tne posse ity is a satchel containing | around the hat, which he did. Eviden:ly | is_eagerly awaited. i tures which, was f the passengers did not think they were The ma de no attempt to disguise | v e the highw church and contribute the smallest coi | hi: y of his victims as the collection netted $340. When the m. His description first stage was stopped a tourist from | lies wnh m,n of the highwayman who successfully held up one of the Xosemh»\ (ll-—\l in the nm\h'mr hood other men until his funds are exhauste A minute description of the man h been telegraphed to surrounding cities and the officers hope rather for his capture at PRICE FIVE CENTS. to the 3| India. +| Thousands Perish Daily, ° !l That Vultures, & * by Investigation. . - OMBAY, June * — Klopsch of 3 Hera districts, makes the chol cken in flight, w The numbers at one relief s camps have been swept by in all directions and st ditches. ““At Godhera there were 300 death Dohad 260 in the same perfod. was % per cent. corpses. w corpse. hovered around the patients. “I visited the sm: were lying on the groun fair. “I can fully ing the dead. Dogs h: jaws “The goverhment heart! inefficient. BefWee tion of the Bombay ] residency period in the nineteenth century. spirit of the people when the monsoon breal NEW YORK, June.i—Rev. _ who has seen twenty from India. Bo: direct the accounts of t. pictures; that the actual “I have read I have seen t can ass ¥ printed or i ly favorable.no r who has arrived here after mak! following statement Everywhere I met the most shocking an P Alr and water were Impreg: ‘At Ahmedabad the death rate in the & I sqy new patients placed face to face with The thermometer registered ox and cholera wards at . there being no cots. O verify the reports that vultures, ave been seen running about with 1s doing its best, but the nat the famine, the p is now worse Whole famil broken and there may be so Edward S. Hume, a missi five years of service in Bom In speaking before the execut tee of one hundred on the India famine r d. And the worst of it is f can be expected until FAMINE CAMPS SWEPT BY CHOLERA AND SMALLPOX 'Story of Revolting Scenes Told !{| by Louis Klopsch After a Visit Stricken Districts of and the Reports Dogs and Jackals Are !| Devouring the Dead Are Fully Verified New York 10 per cent. Every day ery "J!' h cot ther 15 in dogs fes Hu P00+ PSO 000 4-0-0-0-4-0-0045-0-0-0-00 % CRITICIZE COMMANDERS ¢ OF OPPOSING FORCES & + - WASHINGTON, June 3.—8 the lessons taught by the o important 3| are Boer war t reports of the American arm: ® | cers who have”Been sharply watching the @ | South African military operations be ¢ | published in pamphlet form for the bene- & | fit of the service. Tactical reports from + | officers who ticipated in the campaign against Santfago de Cuba and operations @ | ir the Philippines will also be called _to ¢ the attention of officers of the army. 4| Captain Stephen L. H. Slocum. Eighth R ., who is with the British army, I iana Captain Karl Relchman. with the o | Boer forces, do not hesitate In their re- { cize the commanders of the ¥ sing forces. The criticism passed by Roberts upon Generals Muller, and Gatacre are repeated * ain S\-u um. L 4 n's reports are gener- * to the Boers, € | general of their defens ? | cit at their failure to take tf 9 | te has frequently lost them valuable 4 | advantage cers of the army who have bee + | closely following the war say that whi & | the lessons taught cannot be regarded as especially new, the operations have sub- stantiated these important conclusions: Avoldance of frontal attacks upon an position, especially in close order He was at once told to hand it over and | formaton. ptable to the bold bandit | Necessity of having the latest smail s and artillery. desirability of risking artillery, as lenso. 1 Buller did at Value of effective scouting. ~ Presence of ample cavalry and artillery. EP sy FIERCE FIGHTING TO EXTRICATE THE YEOMANRY une 4 —The D: from Senekal, Telegraph dated He at ence | | g the road agent's rifle reluctantly | of the spot where the stage was held up. | “General Rundle’'s action Monday and ted into the brush and the soldiers handed over the purse. It contained $17. | The eagerness with which he accented Joc | yesterday entirely secured the objeet for arched for 1 several hours. He | O passenger had presence of mi Footman's box of food is dwelt upon in oh it was undgrtaken. The Boers hav e good his however, and-the | S8 m“» to drop $60 d?,“" his back belore! support of this theory. _Others hold that hdrawn from _indley and Colo 0fs of twenty. horses plowed up the | PRy collection was taken up, e T C e Sung the tress | been able to extricate 4 so thoroughly that it is now fm- he robber was app: ly willing to | and is successfully making his way to ey fra g bty 8 DOW Im- | take anything he could zet, as is evi- | one of the larger cities by a safe but cir- Cambridge's eomanry { ble to find the trail, denced by the story of Joe Footman, a | cuitous route and will mix freely with | their difficulties.” News has the following from e battle was won- | derfully picturesque, rolling billows of —- - - y: nnesburg are being 1 there seems to be a general t the peaceful occ uncing the an- State »as 26 by General or. The troops formed a wn: hotsted, alute was (’hr"‘rhd, The lony’ was well name of * recelv report yesterday 'It'd' escaped from BLAKE ACCUSES BRITISH OF INHUMAN TACTICS DALLAS, Tex., June 3.—General J. Y. P. Blake, commander of the Irish brigade in the Boer army, was a Texas.cowboy in ea life and jwas known as “Beau” Blake. Alexander W. Robertson of Den- ton County received a letter from General Blake to-day, in which the general says: “This war is to destroy the liberty and independence of the Dutch and deprive them of their gold fields to satisfy Rhodes, Chamberlain and Milner. He that would | serve humanity best would have hanged | for their perfidy the above trio of political B rascals. The Dutch are too liberal, too . humane and too strict in their observance | o of the rules zoverning civilized warfare | to contend with the English the armistice, the Red C flag and murder wounded the lance on the battlefield. | “The Irish brigade. which I have the d honor to command, is composed of Irish| ¢ and Irish-Americans, and a braver and | * more determined lot of men you will not | ¢ find anywhere. J was wounded in the right | © arm Lelow the elbow Ly a shrapnel shell | ¢ on October 3 at the battie of Modder- | 4 spruit, in froat of Ladysmith. 1 neverJ . 0-00—0‘00«)—0;—;01040“‘*0000@0"000’ who abuse | the white | ptives with | 9 left the battifield, aithough I was laid up for six w: L e e e AT THE SEAT OF WAR. . Conan Doyle, the author of “Sherlock Holmes,” making his rounds among the wounded Canadians in the Langman Hospital. | smoke, higher than the highest kopje, | ring the combatants. The roar | artillery and the crackle of musket | der the Hght of the flames of the burning | veldt combined to produce g_picture of appalling grandeur, but terrible for those | | engaged within its fleld. . “To-night the surroundings of the Boer | | position are blackened and waste. We ex- \ pect the enemy to vacate the hills before | morning and to retire. Their desperata efforts during the day were directed (o getting a force to the kopje Rundie threatened I rt and to-day in order to e el Spriggs to ex- | tricate the Duke of Cambridge's Yeo- manry. “The whole army of Free Staters Is now between Senekal. Lindley and Ficks- burg. It is reported to be composed chiefly of desperate_men, who would not g0 to the Transvdal to-fight and“who are | too proud to surrender. Thetr total num- ber is believed to be from 3000 to 4000." MOUNTAIN WARFARE B R R R SR SRR SRS S P ' K o @ . CHICAGO, June 3.-Montagu White, the Transvaal's agent at London, who came to Chicago to-day in advance of the Boer envoys, sald when asked Iif the Boers w-uld continue the war to the extent of waging a guerrilla conflict: “What else can they do? They can get no terms from the English. Salisbury will not leave them a shred of independence. Even if the situation is impossible in a military sense, politics dominates it, and the mountain warfare is the only alterna- tive. They can keep up some sort of re- sistance there for a year.” GUN ON PONGWANA WAS A -SURPRISE LONDON, June 4£—The Newcastle cor- respondent of the Times, telegraphing May 81, says: “It is possible that the Boers will aban- [ THE ONLY ALTERNATIVE | & SAN JOSEAr KILLED IN A RESTAURANT Frank Narvaez Shot “by an Un- known, for Whom Police Are [ Looking. ¥ killed in t o'clock t person. Narvae the man wh police are loo: GOMEZ SEEKING THE CUBAN PRESIDENCY Island Warrior’s Ambition Said to Be Furthered by Wealthy Americans. HAVANA, June 3.—Maximo Gomes 18 expect; y to-morrow ceive that Gene Cuba from S is reported as having ing to Havana to b plete and absol ependence of Cuba. ate friend of Gomez says that the fl'fllr force the p posal if only COLOMBIAN REBELS CLOSING ON PANAMA British Consul and Other Foreigners Leave the City for Safety. N, Jamaica. June I — The mer Orinoco, which arrived mbia, reported that were within six miles “onsul and others on May 31 the rebel of Panama. The E had left with their r Tobago for safety. he fan soldiers trengt he'] the Panama 3 brougkt from had gone nited States warship Machias was at Colon when the Orimoco le forders to land marines if the | threatened by the rebels. The aut te | of Colon had been impressing into the military service large numbers of native youths. | The Orinoco brings a report that a Co- lombian gunboat, the Cordova, was sunlp by !ha rebels between Carthagena and ‘BURGLAHS PURSUED OVER TENEMENT HOUSE TOPS | NEW YORK, June 3—The police at an | early hoyr this morning chased four | house-breakers over the rooftops In the One-Hundred-and-Third-street East Side tenement district with disastrous results. The men were surprised while forcing an entrance to a clothing store. Three of the men attempted a descent by means of a pole standing close to one of the buildings. At least two of them feil from about the third story to the pavement below. Alexander Crowe, 21 years old. was killed and Willlam Dickson was found un__nscious. It is thought that the other man fell on top of those two and was not injured. He made his escape. James Smith, 2 years of age, was caught on the roof.