The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 16, 1900, Page 2

(8] THE, SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 1900. VICE PRESIDENTIAL PROBLEM NOT YET SOLVED BY THE DELEGATES Republican Leaders Hold Numerous In- formal Conferences at Philadelphia Without Clearing the Situation. HILAD LPHIA, confer- al Cc ding Re- as failed entiment mal legates who will inistration ate the gemeral minee will be the e President. your simplify an oppor- ““ would : A pr Republican 10 A 1 i the reply he about it.” n on the the dif- w rva if he event of th 1€ to support ““I'here will be Long cau: being didacy f sident. While he w } he did deny any o The position of s however, well it the Vice P al career and ‘ ning in the £ s remains in Ir there are a f t fs who think wi ~Specula- | Senator Fairba: confi- | would In such an event it is believed by those who know the Sena- tor’s party loyalty that he would accept. It has been suggested that he will make the FRoe(‘h placing McKinley in nomina- tion ut ‘cu far no such arrangement has been made, Bartlett Tripp Mentioned. he fact that the name of Bartlett Tripp 2 ted to the convention for t 1= not allowed to be hidden energetic men of the Pacific Coast Tt | in charge of his inte Just | now they consist of National Committee- | men Ashton of Washington and Steele of | Oregon. They wiil be reinforced to-mor- | ow when the delegations from Oregon | d Washington arrive. | Mr. Ashton had an interview with Sen- ator Hanna to-day and told him that the nomination of Tripp would mean the re- ntion of a million and a half of voters | known as gold standard Democrats, who wo reciate the compliment paid to them by nominating a former stanch eland Democrat. although he has left | : nd joined the Republicans on xpansion issues, 's that Judge Trip] d by many other Western besides Oregen and Washington. HANNA APPEALS FOR REPUBLICAN HARMONY | will tates National Committee Decides All Con- | tests but That From Del- | aware. | PHILADELPHIA, June 15.—The Repub- lican National Committee to-day put in | three long sessions on the contests which | have been brought before it and adjourned late to-night with the controversies prac- | tically disposed of, except that from Dela- ware. This has been referred back to the sub-committee with instructions to again endeavor to bring the factions to a basis of agreement, and will receive final action to-morrow. An important action to-day | was the seating of the Brownlow dele- the Tennessee contest and refus- sion the friends of Pension to mmissioner ans. The contest w y bitter, and at one time there was | he possibility of a serlous encounter be- tween Brownlow and E The most interesting incid ans. | nt of the day was r ed unt ='in the afternoon. It w speech by Senator Hanna on the Delaware case, In which he made an im- passioned appeal for the burial of the chet between the Addicks and the Du- ont-Higgins actions. The Del are controvs was brought to the front by report in the case made by the sub- committee appointed to make an effort to bring the two factions to a basis of agree- ment ‘When report was d for | exceptic ccautions were taken to pre- the escape of ceedings to the corri Committeeman Cummi ny word of the pro- TS, gs of Towa pre- bordinafe their private | interests and their prejudices to the gen- 1 welfare and inte) wof the party. ey had been asked, he said, to unite, ach side accepting fair représentation. he Addicks people had assured him that angement would be satisfactory | . but the opposing delegation had | yut for absolute recognition, ag er effort to secure har- nd national contests. a proposition to seat the Ad- delegation, but this was met with a suggestion to recommit the matter to the ub-committee, with instructions to make further effort to bring the contesting actions together. Mn Hanna took the floor in support of this latter proposition. He occupied only about five minutes’ time, but he spoke with great earnestness. His speech was an appeal for unity of action. and he said no effort should be spared to accomplish this end. He referred to | | the cause of any individual.” | fect upc | ous contests has caused it to be generally | of the close friends of the administration, the objection of the Dupont-Higgins peo- ple to Mr, Addicks and said that opposi- tion to no one man could be allowed to stand in the way of party success in Dela- ware or elsewhere. “I am satisfied,’” he continued, “that I reflect the sentiment of the President in my appeal to secure a ssttlement of the case, and this cause is one that appeals to | the common sense of every man here. We must put aside personalities, rise above petty prejudices and take our stand on the broader plane of patriotism and party Syce The committee cannot afford to tdke up the personal cause of any set of men; much less can it afford to espouse Continuing, he id that contingencies | might possibly arise in which Delaware would settle a national contest, and it was especlally important that the possible ef- the United States Senate should | be borne in mind. True, there was a safe Republican majority in the Senate at present, but no one could tell what emer- gency might arise or what changes might uj oncluding, Senatgr Hanna sald: *“T feel an intense interest in this case be- cause of its possible bearing upon national polities, and 1 appeal to you—indeed, I supplicate the Deiaware Republicans of both parties—to forget that there has ever been a factional fignt in the party in your State, and to unite In the intarest of the common cause; and it will not do to for- get that the responsibility for any mis- take that is made will be fastened upon those who made it.” The Senator's utterances were liberally applauded by members of the committee, and when he concluded there was no op- position to the recommittal of the ques- t [ he action of the committee in the vari- remarked that it has not been influenced | 1 the least by the leaders. Senator Han- s friends from the South, especially office holders, have recelved scant consideration. Where there were rival factions of office holders, as in Alabama, both sides have been denied seats. The defeat of Wimberley in Louisiana and the vation of Warmouth s said to have n distinctly antagonistic to the wishes Wimberley was sustained by the ad- ministration in the fight that was made against his confirmation when he was ap- pointed Collector of the Port of New Or- leans. It was in opposition to this con- firmation that Warmouth took occasion to make some bitter remarks about Senator Hanna, who was supporting Wimberley. In the New York case it Is asserted that | the decision was against Senator Platt. and other cases are instanced by the mem- bers of the committee as examples of in- dependent action. The evening session was devoted to the in the contests from xas. even cases from that tate, including two delegates from the State at large and the First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Sevénth and Ninth districts. In a’general way the controversy was over the question of the selection of a member of the national committee. This position is now occupied by John Grant, while E. H. R. Green and Representative Hawley are both credited with aspirations to fill the office. Technically the First in- volved the regularity of the various con- ventions, State and district. In the case of the State convention both sides claim | regularity Both conventions chose Mr. Green and Mr. Hawley as delegates, so there is no contest on them, but the Green conven- tion named in addition William H. Mc- Donald and W. M. Rogers, while the other convention pamed C. M. Ferguson and George B. Jackson. These last named pairs were pitted against each other. The hearing was begun on the First Dis- trict. With but little discussion Walter T. Burns and John Atkins, Hawley dele- gates, were seated. The Fourth and Fifth districts were pussed. When the Sixth District was taken up it was decided that neither delegation should be represented on the lempnrari" roll. C. A. Boynton and J. H. Childs, awley delegates, were ted from 'the Seventh District. The committee then adjourned until 11 o'clock to-morrow. BSERVATIONS OF THE RECENT SOLAR ECLIPSE Perceptible Heat Demonstra- ted to Come From the Inner Corona. il Results of the Work, Together With Photographs by Scientists From Smithsonian Institution, Highly Successful. e June prelimi obse ations made C., during the re L jon of the Smith- jon has been prepared by bott of the institution. He says: us from it, the form of ric one. No rs saw only guished b and Cappel igh degree of biy in the study able before totality. No »f the wind was noted. seen, but those observers their velocity found ng for any success- ection, yet there was nota distance apart (about five observed that the birde were ality, but true to their sparrows were last 1o be n their discussion of the of 1 3 visual equatorial app ferent ht. observers was streamers. _Father ance as like observers dif- . ly divided structure h he had ¥ the eclipse of 1878, dent, but not in but the coronal stream- al observers the impres- ul carryin prrera e greatest ‘intereet ed in _the direct corona negatives taken t telescope. Mr. Smillle ex- at times ds. with posed six 30x3) piates during totalit; ranging from one-balf to sixteen se ihese negatives not yet been deveioped. S of Gme-Badt nd, two seconds and four s exposure huve been hurriedly exam- how ore er, and they give clear indication % and recrossing of filaments like nrominences and polar stream in tmporing megnitude and detall. fr. 11, detected the heat of the corona for the first time. For five min- c the second contact the bolo- neter was successfully exposed to the re- glon of the sky close to the narrowing crescent ol the sun, where the coro was shortly to appear. A diaphragm was | boats of this character. The board has ug independent observers as | All | of a field of grain bending in | Abbott, with the aid of Mr. Men-| | divided by ved with the | | publishes this morning a full confession of ature and rising breeze| the chief perpetrator, who is an artist | | | | assistance of four jovial companions, and | obtained. the last being about fort: oT before totality. Then the dia phragm was opened to five hundred times its former dimensions, and a negative de- tion of 13 mm. was observed after to- ¥. where the ive deflections had just been found, showing that the corona was actually cooler than the grain card, which had been used at the room tempera- ture. Next the black surface of the moon was allowed to radiate upon the bolo- meter d_ the still larger negative de- flection of 1 mm. was observed. The im- | portant result was that the corona gave a positive indication of heat as compared with the moon. This heat, though cer- tain, was, however, too slight to be sub- | the dispersion of the prism | with the means at hand. The hegatives taken to depict the outer corona show from three to four solar | meters’ extension the longest stream- | ers. The equatorial wings assume more 'and more hairlike proportions as | they recede from the sun, and are finally lost in an equally illuminated sky without | baving given any indication of actually | coming to an end. No attempt _to clearly examine the | plates taken for intramercurial planets has yet been possible. It is, however, doubtful if any very faint objects will be und in consideration of the considerable sky illumination during tetality. However, | Pleone and ma faint stars in_the Pleiades were plainly seen on one of the | plates 1 On the whole, the expedition may fairly be considered as very satisfactory in its results. ABDUCTION OF “GYP” WAS ONLY A JOKE| Parisian Eccentric Confesses That He | and Four Companions Were | the Culprits. PARIS, June 16.—The mystery of the| abduction of “Gyp,” Countess de Martel | de Janville, is at last cleared. Le Matin | named Karl, a character of the Latin Quartier_and famous for his practical jokes. He is was who hoaxed M. Quesnay de Beaurepaire at the time of the reytus trial by making him believe that he (Karl) was In possession of conclusive roof of the guilt of the accused. M. de ileaurspalre or a time made great capital of the communication, whereupon Rarl, | to the immense amusement of the Paris- jans, announced that it was all a prac- tical joke. Karl now explains that the idea of ab- ducting “Gyp’’ occurred to him one day while in the Louvre and looking at a | painting representing the abduction of the | Sabines. He carried out the plan, with the left the Comtesse imprisoned in a small villa on the left bank of the Seine, be- tween Charenton and St. Maurice. He expressed astonishment that the Comtesse did not reveal the identity of her abductors, for. to quiet her, he intro- duced himself and friends before leaving | her for the night. He declines to give the real object of the “joke.” inasmuch as it | failed owing to the agility of the Com- tesse. SUBMARINE BOATS TO BE BUILT ON THIS COAST Two of the Six Craft Authorized by Congress Will Be Constructed Here. Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, June 15—Two subma- rine boats will be constructed on the Pa- cific Coast. This action will be taken upon the recommendation of the board of construction, to Which SBecretary Long re- ferred the act for the construction of five e | the condtruction of the boats, | farmers ! cover or in stacks. | pour continued all this afternoon with- It recom- mends that two of the six boats to be built, one of which was authorized sev- eral years ago, be constructed on the Pa- cific Coast. Rear Admiral Charles O'Neil, chief of ordnance, was informed to-day that the submarine boat Holland, which is on its way to Newport, has arrived at Annap- olis safely and in good condition. The weather was choppy. The boat will be taken through the canal and via Long Island Sound to its destination. The Navy Department has received the report of the board of officers which in- vestigated the accident on the gunboat Wheeling at Hongkong on January 27 last when she was firing a salute in honor of the birthday anniversary of the German Emperor. Oné man was killed and five injured in consequence of an explosion which occurred. The board finds that it is unable to fix the responsibility or ascer- tain the cause of the explosion. i 3 S e RAIN INJURES CROPS. TUnexpected Showers Do Damage in Many Sections. RED BLUFF, June 15.—The heaviest thunder-storm experienced for a long time visited this section this afternoon. 1t will probably do some slight damage to grain, as harvesting is just beginning and it will probably blow down some wheat. It will also do some damage to the fruit crop, which is very heavy. Mosf of the have their hay either under The rain_commenced at 2 o'clock and at 5 o'clock about half an inch had fallen. REDDING, June 15.—Rain be; here at 11:30 o'clock and 4. Sharp %‘o“v‘v’rlxg- out intermission. The storm was accom- Ranlnd by the heaviest thunder heard ere In scveral years, peal after peal be- ing followed by remarkably vivid fiashes of lightning. The farmers have nearly all completed harvesting thelr hay crop, and no great damage Is anticipated from the unusual rain. CHICO, June 15.—Raf - mittently here during the Gay, he Toisl %recl?l!atlon being about .27 of an fnch. ry feed and fruit are badly injured. Beust st sRI N RIBIRe R oReBeHeBe BB BB+ BRIV eBoBeteReHoReg MOSE GUNST BOOMS GAGE FOR THE VICE PRESIDENCY OLUMBIA CITY, Ind.. June 15—The nearer the delegation approaches the goal the more exciting and Interesting The train made up none of the time it was behind yesterday and the morring found the dele- That gave them a chance to see the verdant. fertile country as At Cedar Rapids the Chicago papers were procured. printed a dispatch from North Platte, Nebr., headed The article contained intervis mattars become. gation about four hours late. through Iowa. Man Who Built the Oregon.” gation, didate for Vice President, said: nomination on the national ticket. considerable inconvenience. [+ B+ RN R e RV ReNIReBeRNeH RGN than a delay of two hours. HOTEL ATES INKRISIS Cy NOT ADVANCED Statement Issued hy Chair- man Jones of Democratic Committee. — . Declares the Work of the Bureau of Information Has Been Complete and All Will Be Accom- modated. e KANSAS CITY, June 15.—The sub-com- mittee of the Democratic National Com- mittee appointed to deal with the ar- rangements for the national convention met here to-day to mmke final arrange- ments for the gathering and to hear re- ports of the local committees and of Col- onel John L. Martin, sergeant at arms. One of the most important questions con- | sidered was the alleged extortionate rates cnarged by hotel men. Hon. James K. Jones, chairman of the national commitiee, presided. The others present re J. G. Johnson of Kansas, vice chair) tee; C. A. Walsh of lowa, secretary of the National Commission Committee; Messrs. D. J. Campau of Michigan, Adair Wilson of Colorado, William J. Stone of Missouri and John L. Martin. After a conference with the leading ho- tel men and with the general convention committees of Kansas City, Chairman Jones handed the Associated Press the following signed statement: The three or four leading hotels have already gontracted practically for their full capacity. On_account of the increased expense in pre- paring for the comvention the managers of these large hotels felt themselves compelled to require contracts for a minimum time after four days, the time to begin at the option of the delegation making the contract, but they did not increase their regular rate. In the other hotels, mearly forty in number, and the eight or ten thousand outside rooms listed by the local committee on public com- fort, accommodations can be had at reasonable rates and payment is only required for the length of time the rooms are occupied. The local committee on public comfort has so systematized its work that it appears to me that it Is not possible for any man to be taken care of begter and at more reasonable rates than has“been the case at any former conven- tion. The general work of the bureau of informa- tion and committee on public_comfort is in charge of A. D, L. Hamilton, New York Life building, Kansas City, Mo., who will give all information desired, reserve rooms and make contracts for all persons wishing to attend the convention. by correspondence with him. Branch head- quarters of this bureau will be established at all railroad stations in the city, and members of the committee on public comfort, wearing badges, will meet all incoming trains and will also be stationed at all hotels to assist visit- ors in securing just the kind of quarters de- sired. JAMES. K. JONES. The sub-committee also carefully {nves- tigated the rommoss being made in_ the building of the Convention Hall. Some doubt was expressed by members of the | committee that the great hall could be completed by July 4 and there was talk of urging the local committee to have a night shift of mechanics put to work upon the bullding, but after the sub-committee had been in conference with the local committee and the supervising architects they no longer doubted and accepted the assurances that the hall will be finished in_time. The meeting of the sub-committee was behind closed doors. After the adjourn- ment it was stated that the only business of public interest transacted was the ap- portionment of tickets of admission to the convention among_ the delegates and al- ternates. It was decided that each of the 930 delegates should receive besides his own seat four tickets of admission to all sessions of the convention, but that no extra tickets would be given to the alter- nates, their perquisites being limited to a seat in the «convention. Some of the members favored giving each alte: proposition was voted down. Judge Wilson of Colorado displayed a sample of the Democratic campaign but- ton here to-day. It is in the form of a clover leaf. e inscription, strangely enough, is in gold letters and is as foi- 1 H °MBemocracy Stands For Bimetallism, N t Monometallism.”” People, Not Trusts.” “Republic, Not Empire.” Killed by an Officer. « Special Dispatch to The Call, TUCSON, Ariz., June 15.—George Mulky, a peace officer, was attacked by a Mex jean with a bowie knife to-day while try ing to arrest two Mexicans at Johnson Camp. The officer shot the assailant, killing him instantly. an of the executive commit- | Comfortable rooms may be secured | te an extra ticket, but this | O@RORORORONONGRONCRONIRONG | DEWEY REFUSES SECOND PLACE WITH BRYAN WASHINGTON, June 15.—Ad- miral Dewey, who returned from his Western trip on Wednesday, was asked to-day whether or not he would define his position rela- tive to the Vice Presidential nom- ination. He replied that inasmuch as he had not been offered the nomination it would perhaps be presumptuous in him to say that he would not agcept it. “But,” it was suggested, “many Democrats throughout the country are discussing the desirability of placing you on the ticket with Mr. Bryan."” “I have never contemplated being a candidate for Vice President,’ replied the admiral. “I am not a candidate for nomination for that office and would not accept it if nominated. My position is un- changed. I stand now where I have stood for the past three months."” The foregoing statement was sub- mitted {0 and approved by Admiral Dewey. QUORORORORORHLOWIRONONILG OB LY 23101 8308 83 UROLIOOR DBOROLIES 01 8310 23 0 8 0 SIOIROBABI nanafigammmfiufismam | | | | | The Chicago Times-Herald of June 15 omers of Scott En Route—Californians Speak for the s purporting to have been given by George C. Pardee, Judge W. C. Van Fleet and J. 8. Spear Jr., all stating the consensus of opinfon to be that the delegation should do nothing until reaching Philadelphia and then if a man from the coast had any possible chance to present the claims of Mr. Scott or any other available candidate. On reaching Chicago the delegation was met by former Californians. noticeably Lee Gunst, W. H. Booth, George Katz and a number of others. Quite a number of reporters sought interviews with the various members of the dele- The representative of the Times-Herald claimed that paper to be advocating and fostering the so-called Scott boom. The various delegates interviewed made the same reply: M. A. Gunst, being pressed by the reporters as to the attitude of the California delegation in putting forth a can- ‘Wait until we get to Philadelphia.” “Of course the California dalelr:tlon wonl: Pa much honored if it could secure for'me of California’s citizens a owever, the' running mate of the President will, of course, depend largely upo: the wishes of the nominee for. President, who will, ofu::‘oum, be President McKinley. California should, in myy m‘:l": ment, assist in selecting the man who will make the strongest running mate possible from every point of view. While I personally have naught to say against Mr. Scott, I know many of the delegates are warm personal friends of Gov- ernor Gage and if chances favored a Paclfic Coast man I tliink many of the delegation would favor the Governor.” Several of the delegates overheard this conversation and seemed to give their tacit assent. The traveling arrangements of the delegation were most complete until they reached Chicago and encountered the Pennsylvania line. Here, through the oversight of the agents of the Pennsylvania line, the delegates were subjected to The train had hardly pulled out of the Chicago station before a sudden stop gave the delegates a shaking up and on investigation it was found the train had collided with a freight at a siding. of the freight cars were toppled over and demolished, but no injury of moment occurred to the delegation train, other | Griscom, United States Charge d'Affaires, is | man walked into the Marshal's office in a state Parker in_the meantime had left the office, but AWAITING NEWS OF ROBERTS' ATTACK ON THE PATRIOTS' NEW POSITIONS London War Office Expects a Battle to Be Fought in the Fastnesses East of the ~ Transvaal Capital. ONDON, June 16, 4 a. m.—Lord Rob- erts’ dispatches leave affairs east | of Pretoria with the Boers with- | drawn to a new position on Tues- | day. News of fresh fighting is ex- pected at the War Office, but none came last night. | General Rundle's patrol had a skirmish | with Boer videttes again Wednesday. | Some wonder Is expressed here as to what he is doing with three divisions. It is assumed by some that General Buller will move into Orange River Colony and co- operate with Lord Methuen and General Rundle in bagging President Steyn and his 7000 or 8000 followers. Part of Christian Botha's force has halt- ed at Paardekop, eighteen miles northwest of Volksrust. Boer parties are still near Volksrust, and fire occasionally upon the British_pickels. 4 The British Government is considering whether a substantial force should not be sent to China from South Africa. It is thought unofficially that Lord Roberts could spure a brigade or two, and the necessary transports are now in South African waters. The commander of the expedition, it Is said, probably would be General Sir William Nicholson. A dispatch from Lourenzo Marques dated yesterday says: -Persons have ar- rived here who have seen the preparations of the Boers and learned that they will retire, when forced, through the Lyden- berg district into thé Zoutpansberg region, agjoining Rhodesia and Gazaland. he Daily Mall has a dispatch from Bloemfontein, dated Wednesday, saying: “General' de Wet's attack on the railway was made after he had succeeded in lur- ing General Methuen from where he had destroyed the line. Then he cleverly seized it north of Kroonstad, blew up the bridge and destroyed a long section of the line with dynamite.” Majcr General Baden-Powell has been appointed to the rank of leutenant gen- eral. The Cape Town correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, in a dispatch dated yes- terday, says: *I understand that General de Wei, in addition to the Derbyshire bat- talion, ‘captured two companies of the City Volunteers and two companies of Yeomanry, two men only escaping to tell the tale.’ | The Lourenzo Marques corrpsgondent of the Times says: “It appeas that Steyn, and not Kruger, is now the stumbling block in the way of the surrender of the burghers. Shortly after the British entry into Pretoria Kruger proposed to reopen the peace negotiations. Steyn, bearing in | mind that his former advice was scouted, | demurred to this and pointed out that, ac- cording to the treaty between the regub-, lics, neither could conclude peace without | other. lh"eKr!ux:n equally unwilling to incur the charge of a breach of faith, had to con- TNLONDON, June 15.—The War Office iss but :t is a matter of notoriety that Kru- er favors peace on almost any terms but | islikes personally to take an initiative that would involve unconditional surren- | der. Ninety-seven burghers out of 200 in one | commando have returned to their homes. ROBERTS’ DESCRIPTION OF DIAMOND HILL SUCCESS| —The War Office has | spatch from Lord | LONDON, June 15 received the following Roberts: Pretoria, June 15—As I telegraphed yester- day from one of our outposts, fifteen miles east of Pretoria, the Boers evacuated their vosition during the night of june 12. They had | Daid so much attention to strengthening their fanks that their center was weakly held, and | as soon as this became evident, on June 12, 1 directed Ian Hamilton to attack. He moved against Diamond Hill with the Suffolks, Derby- shires and City Imperial Volunteers, supported on the left by the Guards' Brigade under Inigo Fones It was grand seeing the way our men ad- vanced over the difficult ground and under & heavy fire. The casualties, I am thankful to say, “were less than 100, a very small number consider- ing the natural strength of the position which had to be carried. | Our seizure of Diamond Hill caused the | Boers to feel they were practically surrounded, and this resulted in their hasty retirement. They were Leing followed yesterday by some of our mounted corps. Hamilton spoke in high terms of the troops engaged. Hamilton received a contusion from a shrapnel bullet in the shoulder, but is not, I am happy to say, unable to perform his duty. The rest of Lord Rgberts’ dispatch deals with the casualties and General Baden- Powell's movements in Western Trans- vaal, where Baden-Powell, with 800 men, is systematically re-establishing order and collecting arms and supplies. About 600 Boers have surrendered, and Baden-Pow- ell has captured 230 prisoners, According to Baden-Powell's report the Boers will readily discuss terms of sur- render, and they all appreciate the work of pacification by his troops KLERKSDORP SURRENDERED BY THE i(lN OF CRONIE sued the following dispatch Roberts: Pretoria Presidency, June 14, 10:40 p. m.— Kierksdorp surrendered on June § to an armed | party sent on by Hunter. Kitchener reports that the Boers attacked a construction train early this morning porth of Rhenoster River. He sent out mounted from Lord | there is much anxiety eleven wounded, including two officers. A messenger from Klerksdorp ro; Cronje, who commanded there, 4 surrender as soon as he knew fo Pretorfa was in our possession has been copied by many in the By the peaceful occupa dorp, announced by Lord British have gained a strategic some impertance, as the town is 1 the terminus of another railroad hannesburg. but it is within easy rea the Kroonstad-Vlerfontein Raliroa The Cronje who surrendered the ber piace is W son of the famous General Cre t The_son elena. prisoner at prominent, during the siege of Mafek Apart fdom the fact that Lord Robe dispatch comes direct from showing the telegraph line is the only other point of interes that the Boers whom General was reported to have utterly recuperated sufficiently to struction train A dispatch from Kimberley capture of the well-known p Holloway, who was an ad Boer army and who blew up h Fourteen Streams. Holloway v a bedy of Federals captured ern part of the Transvaal The Afrikander Pund at Paarl to-day. with sevent including seven Assemblyme It is feared at Cape Town liamentary deadlock will le porary suspension of the constit in ossible outcome of the g ohn Gordon Sprigg IS experiencin difficulty in forming a Cabin Schreiner per: ng in his refu: port a ministry dominated Rhodes. owing to personal an coalition seems _im Rose-Innes and Solomon a to accept subordinate positions ernment composed of nomigees South African League. If Mr. Sc! dissatisfied with the per: the Jim reports ) the w ed by able to pass imperial mea gerous deadlock will ensue, lead to a grave constitutional cris - | BOERS KILL MINING ENGINEER SEYMOUR Special Dispatch to The Call NEW YORK, June 15.—The Journal has the following from Winburg: The Boers attacked the Railway Ploneer Regiment yesterday at the Zand River and were driven off. Major Seymour, the weli- known American Rand engineer, who formed and commanded the regiment, was killed. Seymour’s death Is deplored. He was tinue the war. Nothing further is known | troops ,and drove off the enemy before they | Yery popular and respected throughout regarding the rumored peace negotiations, | could flo damage. One man was killed and | South Africa. to Los Angeles this fall, and in order to | ADVERTISEMENTS. TELEGRAPHIG BREVITIES. | NEW MADRID, Mo., June 15 — Samuel | Waters (colored) Wwas hanged here to-day for the murder in 1899 of Frank Helmes and wife. The killing grew out of a dispute over a di- vision fence. CAPE COAST CASTLE, Gold QCoast, June 15.—Captain Ellis, with the West African fron- | tier troops, while advancing from Fumsu to | Kwisa, lost one man killed and a corporal and | six mén woynded. NAPA, June 15.—William Young, a veteran of the Civil war, was drowned in Napa River fo-day. He was a native of Germany, aged 71 years. Papers on his person show ‘that de- ceased served as & private in the Seventh Kan- sas Regiment. MEXICO, Mo., June 15.—The State Prohibi- | tion Convention” to-day nominated Charles E. | Stokes of Mexico for Governor and Simpson | Ely of Kirksville for Lieutenant Governor. The convention passed strong resolutions condemn- | ing both the national and the State administra- | tions. CONSTANTINOPLE, June 14.—The United | States legation has not yet received a reply to | the note regarding the indemnity question | handed to the Porte on May 21, and Lloyd C. making verbal representations to the Govern- ment and pressing a solution of the matter. INDIANAPOLIS, June 15.—Friends of W. S. Taylor of Kentucky, who will be with the party going_to the Philadelphia convention, whicn | the Kentuckian is expected to join, ' declare | they will resist to the utmost any aftempt to gec possession of Mr. Taylor while en route and will go prepared to defend him. Mr. ‘I‘n)'-‘ lor is still In the city. WASHINGTON, June 15.—Adjutant General | Corbin recelved a cable message from General | MacArthur_at Manila to-day saying that the | transport Hancock safled to-day with the re- | turning battalion of the Eighteenth Infantry. | This battalion is composed entirely of men | whose terms of enlistment are about to expire, | and is being brought home for the purpose of being reorganized. SCRANTON, Miss., June 15.—Sullivan Con- verse of Chicago and his father were drowned to-day while bathing in the Bayou Chiicot, | in full view of their l4-year-old son and | brother. Sullivan Converse was one of the | volunteer seamen of the battleship Oregon dur- ing the late war with Spain. His mother, Mrs. 1da M. Converse, is well known In literary cir- cles a§ a newspaper correspondent. | ASHINGTON, June 15.—The Secretary of | Wer has designated the Uni States peni- tentiary at Fort Leavenworth, Kans., as the place of confinement of Captain Peter C. Dem- fug, the son of a pFrominent citizen of Buffalo, convicted by a court-martial at San Francisco of forgery and embezzlement and sentenced to dismissal from the army and to be imprisoned for three years. SAN BERNARDINO, June 15.—C. §. Parker, wanted in Stockton for forgery, was arrested to-day by Marshal Henderson. Yesterday a of Intoxication and asked whether a man was | Wanted in Stockton for forgery and stated if such was the fact he knew where the man could be found. Henderson communicated with Stockton and was astonished to find that the inebriated individual was the man wanted. | found to-day and arrested. TO BOOM THE VALLEY. Organization Formed by Business Men of Santa Clara County Y Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN JOSE, June 15.—Santa Clara Coun- ty and San Jose will take advantage of the boom which is almost certain to fol- low the completion of the coast railway they passed o R+ BN eRNeRNeNeRNeNeReNeNeBeR+Ne Three | Pertected at a meefing in Hale's Hall this | | Board | Fruit Association would continue in busi- | the medicine. interposed in the beam. hgving an aper- | informed th: Alternate J. H. St t ture of only 04 sa. Gitections | of the: met are ety Sl e s e T 9 Re el e Qelelion A CliEs . repidly diminished from 80 to 6 mm. | must, without Gelay, takes measures for | @+%+-H+ N+ Ko NN+ K+ KoK +W&Wfl-~fl+fl+fi+&~w&*fi+§“ reap the full benefit progressive citizens | | and business men shave organized under | the name of the Santa Clara Valley Im- rovement Club. TPhis organization was | afternoon, at which V. A. Scheller pre- sided. Its object is to promote the gen- | eral prosperity of all the varied interests | of the county of Santa Clara—to procure, preserve and disseminate information in relation to all commercial, financial and industrial affairs that may be of general interest and value. San Jose and the surrounding country will be extensively advertised in the East | in the hope of attracting a large number of tourists and homeseekers. The club starts with a membership of 150 and it | expects its rolls will include 500 names within a month. Dues were placed at 32 | per month and the term of membership | two years. The officers of the organiza- | tion are a board of managers of twenty five, a president, secretary and treasurer. | Regular meetings will be held every two Wweeks. | Officers will be elected at the next meet- | ing and George M. Bowman, Williama | Ginty, J. H. Henry, D. M. Burnett and | Dr. J. J. Miller were named as a com- mittee to make nominations. s PLAGUE IN MELBOURNE. Officers Discover Four Undoubted Cases in One Family. VANCOUVER, B. C., June 15.—Passen- gers on the Warrimoo state that the plague is abating throughout Australia, but the Sydney papers chronicle an aver- age of five new cases daily with no dim- | inution In the percentage of deaths. The | total number of cases since the outbreak | of the bubonic plague in Sydney to May 22 is 245, the deaths aggregating %4 and the number discharged after recovery 61 Since the outbreak 135 contacts have been isolated, and 144 of these remained at the quarantine station on May 22 About 1000 rats are being destroyed daily under the orders of the Government's | Board of Health. In many localities the authorities have great difficulty in en- forcing ordinary sanitary regulations. Genuine bubonic plague is reported to have broken out in Melbourne, despite vehement denials from that city. 1%e of Health discovered four un- doubted cases in one family in Melbourne. E S sy MUTILATED BODY FOUND. 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