The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 2, 1900, Page 4

REPUBLICAN CAMP CLEANING. PON the members of the executive and the advisory committee of the Republican County Committee rest the responsibility or revising | the rolls of the Assembly district clubs and rectifying | any wrong that may have occurred, either by fraud or | by mistake, in making them up. The articles of the plan adopted for the organization of the clubs are explicit on that point. Article 4 declares: “Any com- plaint as to the fairness or justice of enrollment, and | any complaint as to the organization of any club as | hereinafter provided, shall be made to the joint execu- | tive and advisory committee, or to a sub-committee | chosen by the same, and shall be promptly decided by said joint committee, such decision to be final.” Under that rule honest Republicans who have rea- son fo believe that frauds have been practiced by the | Kelly and Crimmins crowd in any district have a 15 of relief at hand. duty to file complaints of any wrongs of which they have knowledge, and thus enable the joint committee | to purify the rolls of stuffers and enable the honest Republicans of the district to organize the club and elect officers. Even before a thorough investigation has been MONDAY....co0sseses JULY 2, 1900 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. +dress. All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager MANAGER'S OFFICE........Telephone Press 204 PUBLICATION OFFICE..Market and Third, 8. F. Telephone Press 201, E£DITORIAL ROOMS....217 to 221 Stevenson St. | Telephone Press 202, Delivered by Carriers. 15 Stingle Cop! 5 Terms by Mall, In CALL (including Sunday), CALL (including Sunday), CALL (ncluding Sund ¥ CALL—By Single Mo; TNDAY CALL One Year.. KLY CALL One Year All postmasters Cents Per Week. Ce Postage: me: forwarded when requested. - Sample coples will be OAKLAND OFFICE. 1118 Broadway C GEORGE KROGNESS, ager Foreign Advertising, Marguette Buildin (Aong Distance Telephone Chicago. ‘Central 261 PONDENT: i e Heraid Square made it is known that frauds have been perpetrated e DR B Ear AT in some of the districts. As was pointed O?It in TI}‘: STEPHEN B. SMITH...... 30 Tribune Building Call yesterday proof can be produced that in certain e, districts persons were pernfitted to enroil themselves CHICAGO NEWS STANDS: ¥ . 5 T Eherman House: P. 0. News Co.; Great Northern Hotel; | WHO are not residents of the district. There are other Fremont MHcuse; Auditorium Hotel. | districts where the saloon element, with all the toughs NEW YORK NEWS STANDS: and bummers under the control of the bosses, appears Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, A. Brentano, #1 Uniom Square: ' to have so packed the rolls that the gang will be as- Murrsy H Hotel. " = i3 3 oo e 2 A sured of control of the clubs unless a thorough purg- WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE, .Wellington Hotel | ing of the rolls can be made. Thus it will be seen MORTON E N res N : 225 . E Ci‘» E, Correspondent. there is much work before the joint committee and upon its members Montgomery. corner of Clay. open that the responsibi its es. open unul 9:M o'clock. €3 roo¢ n*il 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin, open until = $ 2961 Market, It was reported in the onicle yesterday that e - “tompromises will be made in some of the districts and the delegates divided between the conflicting in- terests. The Kelly and Crimmins people say that if i ry representation they »n clubs in the districts that are sub- they are not will start opposit jects of contention 1f that report be true, and the Republican party be saloon bosses or to ¢ the Ghetto." red to comprom et ight them, there will be no hesitation about the s choice. Honest Republicans will have to fight Kelly oot s and Crimmins under any circumstances. There is no = — compromising that issue. he only question vhether the disreputable bosses shall be permitted to T k into the Repub BUSINESS CONTINUES QUIET. the interesting staples pelled to take the position of open foes instead of that of treacherous and pretended friends It should not be left to these job hunting, roll iron were stuffing besses to begin the contest against honesty “if they are satisfa representation.” The fight should be forced on them. Wherever there a Kelly and Crimmins ticket put up in the primary election the honest Republicans of the district should put up a clean ticket in opposition. There should be ro compromise whatever with bosses whose very presence in the Republican convention would be a disgrace that would discredit its actions and weaken its influence with the voters. There is no use piling up arguments on this issue. The experience of the past has shown that the people are intolerant of the saloon boss power in politics. Any compromise with Kelly and Crimmins will en- danger the whole campaign. The time has come for the Republican party to clean up the camp.. The whole breed of reptiles that have crawled into it to profit by its victories, or to strike a poisonous blow at its true champions, must be driven out of it. THZ HOB_-KEN FIRE. H can people on guard at this season against the ever menacing danger of fire it would be found in the appalling disaster which has swept the steam- ship piers at Hoboken, and in addition to destroying millions of dollars’ worth of property caused an awful loss of life. This calamity following so closely upon that at Ottawa gives the year a dreadful record of fire losses and ought to deeply impress the people with the need of greater carefulness in handling any- The former receded from its higi off stea days y for sev not given tory tors who were ¥ zing by large sp d to take their profits, and by thc that the rise had been overdo to justify any marked decline, oper e private, corrobor- ster in the and while there was decidedly Saturday’s close, s crop failure in the Northwest cuts more ways Besides reducing the exportable surplus diminishes the earnings of 1 tap that country, advances eals, and thus incidentally the rk, which in turn gives provisions an up- 1 it affects the California the Northwest has been one oi ustomers in this line, and a wheat ¥ miean smaller shipments of our dried wheat generous m it downward. All associations an open one, with every ch, of course, engenders more or ng the line. Offerings are now in 2d prices are steadily declin- have gone out of blast, and tations for structural iron has for the expected increase in téa having been forced up by | have not the hot, dry days and nights that render 1 advance in raw cotton, ¢ South, has not prevented 1 cloth. Woolen mills are the demand ready to catch fire and blaze out from the slightest spark. Our fogs and cool winds are a blessing to us in that way as well as in others; patural ad ges and to the vigilance of our fire- men, San Francisco has thus far escaped anything like* such fires as have devastated the cities of the East. Still we are not absolutely safe. Good luck may not there, having t A good deal of closing rted in the boot and shoe trade, ! th a weakening and depressed 1 leather. e volume of business is shown in | attend us always. The best fire department in the nal bank clearin: those for | world cannot check a great fire under certain circum- ent less than for the corre- | stances. That much was shown at Portland, at Chi- r. The failures were 207, | cago, at Boston, at Ottawa and now at Hoboken. The best sa which prev We have Fourth of July. was heard in eguard against fire is that wise precaution nts an outbreak. already begun the celebration of the Y he sound of firecrackers Imost every part of the city, and the indications point to a dull s a Presidential year no great need be expected until the rs th clection is a stoppage in trade al clection 1 when it is ins about six months popping ‘will go on with increasing frequency and tude until the holiday is over. perience has that form of celebrating the day to be dan- Each succeeding year brings a long list of prov ost a year in bu American people are clecting a omcthing in this condition that | non-Presidenti; | gerous. fires following the Fourth Hardly a single city or town of any considerable size in the United States en in years there it slways & of trade about the 15t of | has escaped heavy losses in that way. A single fire- December, wi until along in February, cracker may start a blaze that will destroy a block of yravate partial suspension into an inter- | buildings before it can be checked. The Fire Depart- f mine or ten months is a little too much. Re- | ment and the Police Department combined cannot guard against such possibilities. There is needed a general vigilance and carefulness on the part of the public. Each householder should look carefully to | his own premises. That is his duty, and precautions | against fire should be a part of all preparations made for the celebration of the Glorious Fourth. least cight out of forty-eighs r iost, or partial to the 1i the suspension were total it ss of 16 2-3 per ce out as it is 0, oss is smaller. Still. it is a sinister regarded closely carries vocative of serious thought. Trade shows no pronounced change | THE SILK. PETTICOAT. from last The Statc is quictly harvesting 1 | R. ANDREW WILSON, F. R. S. E., is not an large and profitable crop of fruit and farm produce. | D authority on woman's dress, neither does he and is sending it away by the steamer and train foad | know cnough of the latest fashions fo make his i nr‘n’) of a rapidly increasing demand. It is | opinion worth anything to a society dame, but none unquestionably a good year here, whatever it may he the less he has thought it worth his while to con- in ot T of the country. i | tribute to the Edinburgh Scotsman a hearty approval | and general commendation of the volored silk petti- | coat. He declares it to be a beneficent institution, and | expresses the hope that it will be a permanent fea- | ture in feminine garmenting. The doctor’s admiration for the colored silk petti- | coat is due neither o the richness of the fabric nor o | the beauty of the color. He commends it simply be- cause its presence among her garments inclines and induces a woman to lift her trailing outer skirt high cnough above the ground to show the gleam of the alk. It is in the uplifting of the outer garment that the benefit comes. for according to the doctor a $kirt e s e 4 — — The Mission policeman who hustled a ten-year-old boy out of his home into one of the “tanks” of the City Prison appears to have missed his vocation. He ed to be an che of the public pound. It may be poessible for the missionaries and their Governments to shoot a new religion into China from dynamite guns. but it will not be Christianity. | | e/ S l | And now an enterprising speculator says he has struck oil in San Francisco. It will require smoother work than his to prove it, It is their right and it is their | an camp and fight honesty | there, or whether they shall be driven out and com- not appeared. The outlook for iron | thing likely to produce a conflagration. e In San Francisco we are not exposed to such immi- | les are also languishing. Groceries nent danger from fire as that which impends over cuzar being higher, with a good Eastern cities during the whole summer season. We all sorts of inflammable material almost like tinder and | and, thanks to such | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDA that trails along the street is not only a collector of dust and dirt, but of disease germs as well, and is a menace to public health. In expounding his doctrine Dr. Wilson says: “The main contention of the sanitarian is that a large amount of septic dust (that is, dust liable to induce disease) is brought indoors through the medium of the sweeping skirt. Among the organisms thus liable to be introduced into our homes is the bacillus of consumption. It exists in a dried state almost every- where, and is certain to be gathered up by the skirt off the pavement as a more than likely place for its presence. Dusted off within doors, we then introduce it to our houses, where it may infect us in due course. | Many other germs, harmless and the reverse, are thus brought within doors by long skirts, and of the pos- sible state of underclothing produced by this habit the less said the better. The woman with a trailing dress, however, is a nuisance to others as well as.to herself. and those who meet her have to encounter the mi- crobic breeze to which she has given origin.” ! but since it is so we can sympathize with the statement | of the Edinburgh scientist: “When women have to | lift their dresses in order to show forth the rainbow | hues of the petticoat, one may be able to proclaim the old saying about Solomon in his glory, while we at skirts off the ground.” TROUBLE AT THE FUNERAL. B Y a natural, and, it seems, an irresistibly per- verse, instinct Democracy takes to faction fight- ing as a duck takes to water. nothing else to fight about every Democrat in camo is perfectly willing to fight about nothing. Even the erowds now going to Kansas City, on what is clearly an errand to attend u political funeral, are diligently | seeking out occasions and causes for disagreement. | There is no possible chance to make a fight over the | nominee for the Presidency, so they are trying to ar- | range for a shindy over the platform. It never oc- { curs to them that if they do not put Bryan on a silver plank they will put him up a tree; and it would hardly make any difference if it did occur to them. they cannot have a ruction on the platform there (vill be | for a ruction at all, and so the platform | no chanc battle goes. | The only men of any eminence in the party who | appear to have a desire for peace are those two old fellows, Morgan of Alabama and Watterson of Ken- tucky. They have been red-hot scrappers in their time, but are not willing to waste their failing lung | power in a scrimmage over any such game as Bryan. Watterson has declared that the platform will mean nothing anyhow, and that it will make no difference what is put in it. Morgan, on the other hand, advo- cates.the readoption of the Chicago platform in full, and say “The people will understand us if we do that. | gain.” Morgan's statement is mild and fairly reasonable. | but the anti-silver men are rabid against it. them says: “But it is not Senator Morgan's spurious interpretation of the Chicago platform that gives an evil distinction to his utterance. It is his shocking confession that an appraisal of the loss and gain deter- mines the true course of the party. The votes, the [ votes, he cries; throw principle to the dogs, but get us | the votes! And such votes! The votes of hairy, | bawling Populism, of debt repudiation, of anarchy- | breeding socialism, of all the March hares of politics, }and of the shouting, headlong, mindless Bryan idol- | ators who lately sought to throw him out of his seat | in the Senate that they might put in one of their own s . | stripe—these are the voters Senator Morgan weighs | AD any warning been needed to put the Ameri- | | in the balance and finds them worthy to be courted | and kept, even at the cost of losing the support of the | voters who make up the bone and sinew of American manhood.” The length of the step from the mildness of Mor- gan's statement to the fury of that reply shows the rapid degrees by which the factions are hastening to the scrapping point. When the fellows who rage | about “hairy, bawling Populism” run up against some | vigorous Bryanite shouting damnation to anybody opposed to 16 to 1 the fun will begin, and we shall | have a circus at the funeral that will make Rome howl. | THE MISHAP TO THE OREGOCN. O sane man values property at the rate of human life, or would balance the worth of any inani- mate thing in the scale against that of a human | being; and yet there are some things of material con- struction, some works of human hgnds, that are so ssociated with sentiment and feeling that their de- struction seems almost like the loss of a friend. The heart itseli is affected under such circumstances, in spite of all cold reason can say, and men and women sorrow as sincerely as they would over the death of some great leader of the nations. To the Anglo-Saxon race no other object of human | construction -appeals so potently and so universally !'as a ship. Ruskin, indeed, has said-that a ship under full sail is the most beautiful and the noblest of the | works of man. We all know with what patriotic pride Americans have cherished “Old Ironsides,” and how the British have kept the hulk of Nelson’s brave ship, “The Fighting Temeraire.” All people of our race at least sympathize with these feelings; and here in California there has been growing up something of the same sentiment regarding “The Peerless Ore- gon.” Thereiore, there is a decp anxiety felt con- | cerning the extent of the disaster which has befallen her at the mouth of Pechili Gulf, and shoud it prove to be her utter wreck there would be a widespread sense of loss throughout the whole Pacific Coast. It is true the Oregon holds no such romantic place in history or tradition as do the famous ships we have named. She is of our own period, and romance has not had time to spread a halo around her fame. Moreover, she has done no such hard battling against | equal foes as other great warships have done. None the less she hias won her place among the craft that nations delight to honor. Before she struck upon the rock she was the foremost battleship in the world, the mistress of the seas. She had in her voyage. around the Horn achieved a feat that startled the seamen of { every country into an outburst of admiration, and in the battle off Santiago Bay had demonstrated a fight- ing power of the first magnitude. Constructed ih our own shipyards and bearing the name of our sister State, the achievements of the Ore- gon have been naturally of the highest interest to the Pacific Coast. lere are many good ships in our new navy. but not one that holds such a place in popular estimation, or is so associated with patriotic sentiment. It is not in idle boast that to her name has been prefixed the title “Peerles She has mer- ited the distinction such a title confers, and it is to be hoped she will be able once more to demonstrate her N stanch superiority by riding safely from the rocks that l | threaten er destruction. | She raises a maelstrom of dust as she wends her way | | along the pavement, and those who come aiter her | *“Microbic breeze” is a good phrase for a bad thing. 1 | It is sad to think that lovely woman should cause it; | | the same time thank heaven they are keeping their | When there is | A new alignment will lose us more than we | One of | LETTER W.H.M¢ EnvOVED ASSISTANT ; PosT MasTe M KinLey LOOKED AFTER HIS FLoK, ury A\";m ER Q'CoNNOR =113 AcT. HE members of the 8an Francisco Letter Carrlers’ Mutual Ald Asso- ciation doffed their uniforms ye: terday, and attired in picnic r | galia went over to Schuetzen Park to | enjoy their annual outing for the benefit of thefr sick fund. Fully 3060 people at- tended and the affair added shekles enough to the fund to guarantee a nurse lor two to a few of the “lads In gray. Taey consumed so much popcorn crisps, the need of a call on the sick fund will | be only a matter of a short time. Assistant Postmaster B. F. McKinley, Cashier E. A. O'Connor and Superintend- ent of Carriers A. W. Cox took a day | offt and went over to see the boys enjoy | themsely and incidentally have a little | fun themselves. R. H. Morse, floor manager, had his hands full in preventing the giris from | abdueting “Shorty” O'Nell, but the latter was not conscious of his danger, or if he was he did not seem to mind it. Con- | rad Trieber, and his lieutenants, F. Fah- | renholz and Jos. McGill (the twins), kept thelr eyes on Frank Tyrrell, “who carries south of the slot,’ and when their self- imposed task proved too arduous, rele- | gated that gentleman to the tender mer- cleg of ». I. Ames Jr., widely known in | postal circles as “‘many-of-'em.” The management of the affair was in the hands of the following committees: Arrangements—James H. Smith, - chairman; Charles McAuliffe, secretary; Louis E. Boivin, ; Joseph 1. Hogan, R. B. Beall. F. Newlon, B, F. Ames Jr., H. M. Locke, George K\\i, Spiller, Chariles ebert, L. Strasser, Haiedrich, William H. McNu J. €. Murphy. Floor manager—R. H. Morse: assistant man- he 3 H 8 3 f: | agers—p. ‘helan, T. I Mahoney. D. A. | MeNuity, H._F. Logan, Conrad Trieber, § Sanders, F. Fahrenhoiz, A. E. Goetz, J. S Sullivan, J. E. Welch, Louls Cames, Charles Webb, F. Smith. On ‘games—R. M. Locke, | Marks, H. Hoffman, A. Bates, M, Ott, James Hickey. On shooting—L. H, Bottomly, chairman: W T. Ducommon, D. Cunningham, C. Hein- rich, Fred W. Clark. Raffle—George W. Spiller, chairman; Joseph chairman; L. - Frank Tyrreil, ity, W. J. Phelan, | | chewing candy and circus lemonade that | THE HOBBY-mORSE SOME OF THOSE WHO HELPED MAKE THE LETTER-CARRIERS' OUTING A SUCCESS. D N e ae e e e Sl o S e e n e e i 1. Hogan, James Haedrich, J. C. Murphy, H. M. Locke, W. J. Phelan. The races were started promptly at 3 o'clock and afforded great amuse- ment, particularly the walking match be tween carrlers, which was hotly con- | tested, and won by C. L. Giller. The | winner is entitled to the title of “fast | mail."” Following is a list of the winners: Open race—Frank Wilson won, Arly Zeline -kg econd. | for boys under 14§ O'Brien won, re Thurston second Race for girls under 14— Emma Maillard won, | Lilly Iverson second | | | \ i | James | | for marriageabls young ladies—Elvie Rose Kelly_sacond. Mahoney Race Webher wen Race for kingle men—T Haynes second. Race for married ladies wen, J. Mrs. Nellie Byrne won, Mrs, H. E. Keily second Race for fat men—J. King won, H. In- gereon of auditor's office second. Race for men o Stanley second. Race for carriers—E. H. van second. Race for postoffice clerks—A. Liebscher wom, H._ J. Caveney second. Race for boys under 10—Roy Tyrrell won, Bert Johnson second Race for girls under 10—Edna Close won, Lowise Young second. Be- Walking match for ecarrlers—C. L. Giller won, . McAuliffe = 3 Shooting match, ten prizes—Clarence Hen- derson first prize, F. P. Schuster second, C. J Waldren third, F. A, Shrumff fourth and fifth, J. C. King sixth, T. A. Kuhls seventh, C. | Mohr eighth, 8. E. Johnion ninth and Al E. Goetz tenth. i R PORTUGUESE HOLD PICNIC. Large Attendance at Shell Mound and Pleasant Time Enjoyed. The Portuguese Protective and Benevo- lent Assoclation held its annual pienie vesterday at Shell Mound Park. The at- tendance was very large and the affair was voted a great success, The usual | games were indulged in by the merry picnickers and there were dancing floors thronged throughout the day. In the main pavillon a first-class band playedl for those who cared to waltz, and in the hall on the hill a string orchestra furnish- ABLE P R 'Bartlett won, Fred | CARRIERS HAVE A MOST ENJOY OUTING PN S el FH . MORSE LOOKED STUNNING As FLOOR MANAGER. L S '0000"'09‘“‘0O‘O'MOHQQOOQ'WQOVOO"O’G' led the music for those who wished to | dance the national Portuguese light steps. | “There were over 150 gate prizes given away and the large gathering was orderly | throughout the day. The association is now thirty-two years ¢ld and is in a very prosperous condition. The officers of the soclety are: President A. 8. Martinho; vice president. J. J. | Freitas; secretary, A. L. Quaresma: finan- cial secretary, John Rafael: trustees, J. 8. Bell, J. Coelho and M. Eduardo. The following committees made the ple- nie a success: Arrangements—John Rafasl (chairman), A L. Quaresma_(secretary), J. Coelho- (treasurer), | C._Fuller and F. C. Saraiva. | “Floor—A. S. Mastinho, A. L. Quaresma, J. B Bettencourt and J. Gaspar. Reception—M. T. Freitas, M. F. M Tri, Jose Baptista, M. Eduardo and M. Garcla. Prizes—John Rafael, J. J. de Freitas, P. I | €_Silveira and A. Perry. bol: MF Tn.n""‘::’:ml‘?"cmrg"' . Barnard Sousa, F. I Cardoss, J. Lufs aad DRUIDS’ | Merry Time Enjoyed by Golden Star | Grove at Fairfax. The basket picnic_given yesterday by Golden Star Grove No. 104, United Order of Druids, at Fairfax Park proved a | splendid suceess. The day was exception- lly pleasant and the people had a good opportunity to enjoy the programme pre- sented by the management. About one thousand people enjoyed the picnle. | Across the road and outside of the | grounds some of the plenickers had a bullshead cooked with all the attendant acies. Several hundred of the people tramped over the hills. The majority enjoyed the music of the brass band and the dancing afforded in the pavilion. The committees | in charge of the plenic were: Arrangement—W. Antonovich, F. For- cada, J. Rossi, J. Demeny, M. Saucedo, D. Ryan, J. W. Baston, N. Nierl and W. J. Simpson. | " Floor—D. G. Antonovich (manager), P. JI. Moliterno, C. Ghiselll, J. J. Joseph, | John Isola, H. Kuhlmeyer, A. Nieri, | Frank Sanguinetti and A. Regenfer. PERSONAL MEN TION. H. Welnstock, a leading merchant of Sacramento, is at the Palace. H. Doc C. Barnhart, a wholesale butcher of Santa Cruz, is at the Lick. J. M. Welmans, a mining man of New- man, is at the Occidental with his wife. 1. wW. terested in oil lands around Fresno, is at | the Lick. R. C. Kirk, a mining man of Dawson. is at the Lick, having recently arrived from the north. H. R. McNoble, an attorney of Stockton | and prominent among the Native Sons, is | a guest at the Grand. T. Daniel Frawley arrived at the Palace yesterday from Los Angeles, and most of the members of his new company got in on the evening train. Rear Admiral Beardslee returned yester- day from a fishing trip in Oregon and is at the Occldental. Mrs. Beardslee accompa- nied him on the trip. Mrs. J. M, Bell, wife of Brigadier Gen- eral Bell, famous for his daring work in the Philippines, came up on the transport Sumner and is at the Occidental. T. Platt, one of the most extensive breeders of race horses in New Zealand and the owner of a fine racing stud, is a guest at the Palace. He is on his way to England, where he will enter a number of his horses In races next season. This is his first visit to America. He will prob: bly remain in this city for several days. Joseph L. Stickney, staff correspondent of the Chicago Record, arrived from the and is at the Occidental. He has but re- cently returned from South Africa, where he represented the Record in the field up to the time of the relief of Ladysmith. At the battle of Colenso he witnessed the capture of the British batteries and the gallant effort of Lord Roberts’ son to re- fire during the entire day’s operations. At that time he received inj¥ries whic. neces- in the hospital for many weeks. While on the staff of the New York Herald Mr. Stickney acted as aid to Admiral Dewey at the battle of Manila Bay, and after- ward wrote the splendid acount of the en- gagement that appeared in the Herald and in The Call. He is a graduate of Annapo- lis and spent several years in the navy prior to engaging in newspaper work. At i CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, July 1L.—Romilley E. Foote of San Francisco is at the Everett. D. Samuels of San Francisco Is at the Plaza. ENGLISH WAR DISPATCHES IN THE LIGHT OF TRUTH The Call does mot hold {tselt responsible for the opinions published in this column, but presents them for whatever value they may have as communications of general interest. Editor Call: Since the beginning of the { British-Boer war we have been treated-to reports which are unique in regard to their truthfulness. Truth is expansible. and the British generals are friends of expansion. The war had hardly com- menced, when to the astonishment of both :friend and foe, the only brother of Presi- H. McKenzie, who is extensively in-| East last night in company with his wife | DEArly Cabr take them, and was subsequently under sitated a painful operation and kept him | i | | still defending the Orange | peared. dent Steyn (according to the English re- ports) withdrew from the Boer army to his farm and declared that he was in favor of peace, and Since that) time the very brother of the President, has been cap tured in battle fifteen times the Brit- ish, the last time being designated as Commandant Steyn. Commandant Botha has been ecaptured twenty-one t:mes, but still Leuis Botha is leading his forces against Lord Rob- erts, ana Chrisuan Boina 18 leading his men against General Bulier as before. It appears now that wnenever the Hritisn capture a Botha (the Hothas are as num- erous among the Boers as tne Smitns and Joneses are among the Americans) they apply to_him the rank ot commandant. \When General Roberts was censured by the knglish press several montns ago for his inactivity he replied that w for- eigners had lanced at Lorenzo Marque and 2ssisted the Boers. Last week he re- portea that the Boer couding all he foreiguers, were tnan 1040 men. Aamutiing that two_weeks ago 10,00 Boers fought at Laings Nek in Natal under Generals Christtan Botha, Fureil and Pre- torious against Butler this great Britisn general has not captured tnem. Have they vanished in the air? Lowis Botha commands to-day perhaps 20,00 men, and is hoiding Lord Roberis in check, awaii- ing his tme when he will inclose Lord Roberts in_Pretoria. President Steyn is Free Btate with 6000 or »00 men and General Caris- tian Dewet is conducting the most suc- ful guerilla warfare in thai Sts Two weeks ago, after his reported cap- ture by the British general, Dewet wiih 200 Boers destroyed twenty-five miles of British railroad, broke the Hritish com- munications, kilied and wounded 200 Hrit- ish and captured 70, among them repre- sentatives of the blue blood of Great Brit- ain, captured a great British convoy with provistons, clothing, blankets, and nearly captured General Kit . who a narrow margin on i unwilling to fight. n, same Ste horse, Two days later General Dewet at< tacked the British again forty miles from the first place, destroying the railroad there, captured 60 British. one cannon munitions of war, etc., and then disap- As the British came ia over- whelming numbers, they saw the clouds of dust where the Hoers disappeared, and captured thelr laager. That the Britigh tine of communication has been broken for at least three weeks &rool has been given again by the famous enersl Dewet, as he on June 24, near the Zand river, captured several trains witn 3000 mall bags containing $20.000 worth of British postage stamps, tbgether with sup- lies for the army; on this raid 150 Hignh- anders were also captured. Dewet, Botha, Steyn and other Boergenerals will be able to carry on_this war for two years to come. The Boers suffer, but the British A eca) Soterts adite that. eneral Roberts admits that he has 500 sick_and wounded in Pretoria, and the number of his sick and wounded south of Pretoria down to Cape Town may per- haps be 50.00. Why does he not pursue Botha instead of marching back to {he Orange Free State under the pretense of trying to capture Steyn. The assembling, attacking and defeati enemy. then disappearing again .5"5413’: ly’fl: they came. e Boer war has continued nearly nine months. the British lnmse?ws‘:; admitted by them. number more than 40,.- | 000 men, besides an enormous loss f sick soldiers. The financial loss is el:g': mous. and Great Britain has gained noth- ing but the hatred of all civilized nations. The situation in China requires the pres- ence of strong British reinforcements, but Lord Roberts is not willing to send mare than 10,00 of r‘nc”‘m;a to China, use of 240, tish South A|1 u.‘ 3 TR There is a s probability t erts may be attacked an dr’lvez‘tflkng; Pretoria ‘ore long, but in any case. the at present is most satisfactory ers ve | again adopted their own natural warl’.‘r‘.‘. | NEWS OF THE NAVIES. Asahi, the name of Japan's newest bat- tleship, means “rising sun,” and Asaki. as is sometimes misspelled, means ‘“the up that cheers. The Lampo, torpedo boat destroyer, made 31.3 knots on her trial, being an ex- cess of 1.3 knots over the contract. The hoat 1s one of four ordered at Elbing for the Italian navy, and is 1968 feet by 21.3 feet and 5.8 feet draught. Five boats somewhat larger are being bullt in Italian yards. The new British battleship Goliath, which was placed in commission on March 27 last, is still tied up at the Portsmouth dockyard and unable to proceed to the China station. She returned to the dock- yard May 19, having been unable to pass through the prescribed commission trials owing to leaky condenser tubes. Four German yards are building three cruisers and four torpedo boat destroyers for Russia. Ome crufser of 6000 tons is building at Stettin, another of like type and tennage is at the Germania yard, iiet, a cruiser of 3000 tons ts being built by chichan at Dantzig and the four boats of 30 tons each are under construction at Schichan’s yard dt Elbing. Sweden is about to build several protect- ed cruisers of 4000 to 000 tons. - The de- signs have not- yet beem prepared, but it s contémplated to have superimposed tur- rets, like those on the American battle- ships Kearsarge and Kentucky. The ships will also have kigh freeboards and wiil carry batteries of six-inch and eight-inch | suns of the Bofors (Swedish) madel. | Willlam Sims, gunner on the Powerful has been promoted to the rank of chief gurpner for good services rendered in the war in South Africa. Mr. Sims became g gunner in September. 1557, and the promo- fion makes him a commissioned officer. Ha is the youngest on the Iist In point of ser. vice, as no one hitherto in that grade has been promoted to the quarterdeck in less than twenty years. | The British Admiralty has pure | torpedo boat destroyer built :y t::ugh, | wick firm. The vessel Is the largest crafe jof this type vet turned out, being 323 feet | In length, 0% feet beam and 13% £ | depth. She fitted with four Y-m.;: | boilers and Farsons turbines, and when | tried on the Tyne last month made max. | imum speed of 35.888 knots and uvom' | about 34 knots during a six hours' i llr;lncll! rh\;n ‘Thls Is equal to 39,15 -um; miles, which is considered go: iway train. f008 st tow The Estramaduro, a criiser of 30 tons been launched at 290 | feet breadth and 14 feet dra?::.z,le.nn'a“fi 3 the Britis1 cruiser Peloru: The | tery consists of four 'ag.l.n:s}n;peiou ta: =7 | pounders and four six-pounders, ajf nudy_ |firing guse. The boileraare of the 5 | croft tyye and the engin being "l‘n Barcdona. Loyal oy o | Mexico have contribuf requisit, | funds for the connmetk::d. 'd‘:-th 5 ' Estramaduro. b Cal. ’