The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 31, 1900, Page 1

VOLUME LXXXIX-—-NO. 31. SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1900. PRICE FIVE OCENTS. BOER RAIDERS MAKE A DESCENT UPON AND CAPTURE THE BRITISH TROOPS GARRISONING HELVETIA Lord Kitchener Reports Fifty Men Killed or Wounded and the Remainder of the Force Prisoners. Yatriots Besiege Zeerust and Additional Commandos Cross the Boundar\ to Invade Cape Colony Zeeru vide area lies, with at he is the track >ecupied ng position on Ratlway MONTREAL, Quebec, Dec. 30.—Close in- | siry leaves little doubt that Rev. James Baron Johnson of New York was in . ty from December § to 13. A photo- graph of him was fully identified as that Montgomery,” who was at the Hotel on December % and 10 and Ruggles,” who lived at the house ® Gleason. “Mr. Ruggles” left Mon- | ! on December 13 with a womean he ' his wife to sail on the steamship n from Halifax. oture of Mr. Johnson was shown Clerk Phillips of the Windsor fternoom and he was asked “I could wwear that that is the same man,” he szge “1 did not see the woman here at all, but there is no doubt whatever | fn my mind that the ploture is that of the man you have been Inquiring about and | who was bere for o day.” { to Chie er siege are being repeated. s to British a: s besieged, Kimberley is isolated and news of Boer successes comes from points cover- in South Africa. Lord Kitchener repprts the capture of Helvetia, a strong post on the burg Railway, by a Boer commando on Saturday. Fifty of the garrison were killed he remainder, two hundred in number, led away into captivity. At Kimberley ths scenes Famine pricss prevail and the military has taken e object of husbanding the resources of the town It has been found ithdraw the garrison from Ottoshoop. Practically the whole of the two former republics of Cape Colony are overrun by Boer raiders, whose mobility enables them to con- swoop down upon the smaller garrisons along the British lines of communication. South Africa, the demand for the resignation of Sir Henry Col- | m at home that thxwawh. to involve the London War Offic: and the army chief- { | | Colville’s column was pursu- nd foree of 400 of the y was seen moving toward the camp B ers a sec wh the British transport was In- ed. The small British force made a ¥ stand rcements arrived ith artillery d after a severe fight the Boers were eated. The British losse: killed and sixty missing. The Boers ad thirty-ome killed ring from Pretoria on says: “There is in the situation :n Cape The eastern ce 0\ the enemy have broken up in }small par- ht and to be moving about district, evidently om the north. The the western force von. De Lisle and "mv'\rrf‘fl are in close pursuit. a i @ feefelelelelededeelel als that has ever shaken British military circles . il it @ | turday by Major General Hen- | whaose resignation has been | demanded by the War Office but who has | refused to resign and has demanded a trial | by court-martial, te establish the respon- | sibility for the Yeomanry disaster at! Londley May. excites considerable athy and a tendency to make further attacks upon the War Office. It is gener- conceded that Colville has b-en» ¢ treated, but as his statement is | ex parte the papers withhold final judg- ! \ | press on ry Coly le last ment. DESIRES THE COURT'S RETURN. | Emperor Kwang Su Wishes to End | Its Exiic From Peking. | PARIS. Dec. 3).—The Havas Agency has | received the following dispatch from Pe- | king: “Prince Ching and L{ Hung Chang | have communicated *o the foreizn en-| voys an imperial edict in which the Em- | RouTE TAKEN BY mamse WHERE MR.CUDANMY LEFT THE RANSOM MONEY CUDAKRY HOME HOUSE. IN NTHicH CUBARY \was A PR SoONER - |AGREES T0 DENANDS OF THE POWERS Chinesefmfiamr Or- ders Sioning of Joint Note. Imperial Edlct Comes as a Surprise t0 Ministers at Peking. Kwang fu Only Asks That His Pleni- poten jaries Chtain the Best Possib’e Terms. Spacial r‘\lspnihu:no call PEKING, Dec. 30.—The Chinese pleni- potentiaries have been unexpectedly or- dered to sign the preliminary joint note and have notified ths foreign envoys to | that effect. The Chinese themseives were greatly ' S " Arrested a Bullet MAHA, Dec. 20.—E. A. Cudahy, the millionaire packer, having thought better of his,resolution of Sunday that he would not re- veal to the public the contents of | the second letter he received from the abductors of his son, The Call is now per- communication. Here is the letter: “Cudahy: If you value the boy’s life at the price of a bullet you will well anough alone. let. If any man whether gilty or ino- cent is ever arrested a bulet will close | the boy’s mouth. You will think of this warning when it is to late.” This letter, which was unsigned, was outh 37th ““Omaha, “E. D. Cudahy It was postmarke OMAHA THUGS THREATEN YOUNG CUDAHY’S MURDER IF WARNING IS IGNORED Second Letter to.the Lad’s Father Demands That He Withdraw Reward. Declares That if Any Alleged Abductor Be mitted to publish a verbatim copy of that | withdraw the reward at once and let | If you don’t do | this we will finish the job with a bul- | sent through the mails and was addressed ' Will Avenge Hm Special Dispatch to The Call. lar Bay on Saturday and led him to Point [Mllls. some miles off. Sheriff Lean appre- ‘hended the man eighteen miles south of | Houghton this afternoon. There was con- | siderable excitement over the affair. but | it is not belicved that Sullivan harbored !any sinister iptentions. He Is belleved to be mentally deranged. e “ELOISE T.” wm'nzs AGAIN. Bene:u Her Anony-mon.l Offer to Clear the Mystery. CINC ATI, Dec. 30.—The has received a second significant letter | from “EMwise T.." who now signs herself | “Eloise V. Tarreil.” In this letter the | writer says that comjectures as to her identity on the par: of the Omaha cor- respondent are wrong. that she is not Liz- |zie Burns. and that the correspondents are not likely to fathom the mystery her identity. §h» also glves reasons her offer to clear up the Cudahy mystery. { *“Hell hath no f! for y like 2 woman scorned” T g ealam an e A RESibENCE ' cusany | i v WIDNAP HowARD (Youmg oooaooooo Qtlz:b vn; loy \{ b J LEAVEN\WORTH ST RCOM TO FLOOR OF WHICH YOUNG CUDAMY \wAS CHAINED a0000 — ILLUSTRATION OF EVENTS IN THE CUDAHY KIDNAPING CASE._+ SESHEEY Pace, Mueloni dvn, TR sl . 5 “French has occupied Ventorsdorp. | Clements reports that he is opposed on the road to Rustenburg. The eastern line was blown up near Pan and a train was | held up this morning on the Standerton line. General Knox's column and Boyd's brigade are holding Dewet from breaking south Commenting upon the Helvetia disaster, | the Daily Mail calls upon the Government | at least 50,000 additional to send out mounted men. A warrant has been issued against Dr. a member of the late Schreiner and he is under arrest on a of delivering a seditious speech at Reinet, inciting to rebellion, in with the recent Boer invasion | Tewater, charge of the colonies. ““This,” says the Cape Town correspond- ent of the Daily Telegraph, “is the com- mencement of a series of arrests herald- ing a wide extension of martial law.” The elzborate statement given to the | Special Lispatch to The Call The clerk at the key counter also recog- nized the picture and said that the man received several messages at the Windsor | under a funny name. When asked if it | was “Ruggles,” he said: “Yes, that is it. One was a telegram early in the morning and during the morn- ing he got some messages delivered by a special service boy.” Pictures of Mr. Johnson and of a young woman who disappeared from New York at about the same time as the minister were shown to Miss Gleason. That of Mr. Johnson shows him in his fire depart- ment uniform. After she examined it Miss Gleason said: “The hat and clothes make him look | different, but Mr. Ruggles had just such a face as that. The picture of Mrs. Rug- gles is not so good. She was so beautiful that no photograph could do har fustice.” Inquiries based on Informiation that | ernor of the province of Shansi, ; it e @ FULLY IDENTIFY “MR MONTGOMERY” AS THE REV. JAMES LE BARON JOHNSON Clerks of Montreal Hotel at Which the Clergyman Stopped Are Positive in Their Statements. peror declares that China accepts the joint note and authorizes Prince Ching and Li Hung Chang to negotiate and to ask for a suspension of hostilities.” Prince Ching and Li Hung Chang, ae- cording to another dispatch to the Havas Agency, say that Emperor Kwang Su has expressed a desire that the court should | return to Peking at the end of February. SHANGHALI, Dec. 3L.—There are persist- ent reports in circulation here that the imperial court is preparing to return to Peking. Chinese advices from the capital say that ninety carts with mules and horses have been dispatched to Talyuenfu to meet and bring back the imperial per- sonages and their entourage. It is also asserted that Emperor Kwang Su has summoned Hu Ping Chih, former Gov- to Sin- ganfu to accompany him to Peking. The Mohammedan rising in the province of Kansu is spreading, and the troops of the Viceroy of the province of Hunan are algae able to hold their own against the r pels. messages for “Mr. Ruggles”” were deliv- |ered at the Windsor Hotel resulted In the finding of a special service boy who was called about 11 o'clock on the morn- ing of December 9 to the boarding house in Metcalf street and received a message for a man whose name he remembers as “Mr. Bugle” at th¢ Windsor Hotel. He says the lady was tall, dark and hand- some. She gave him moneysand told him to hurry. At the Windsor, while he was asking for the person to whom the mess- age was addressed a man who, he says, answers the description of Jol stepped up and said, “That's for me.” taking the envelope and giving him a tip. The woman stayed two days at the Met- calf street house and then left. She re- ceived no visitors while there, but went out frequently. Mr. Ruggles received no visitors at Miss Gleason's, but was out all day long. astonished at recelving the imperial in- structions. Neither Li Hung Chang nor Prince Ching had expected success in persuading the court under ten days. The Emperor’s fnstructions are to agree | tully to the note, but lo endeavor to get the best terms possible, particularly in the | matter of limiting the number of the lega tion guards and also as to the places where these are to be iocated. The plenipotentiaries are instructed to endeavor to limit the number of army posts along the line of railway to as few as possible and finaily to request th2 powers not to destroy ihe forts but merely to disarm them. Li Hung Chang’s health 1s bad and it is doubtful whether he will be able to do more than affix his signature to an in- strument delegating kis powers to Prince Ching until another plenipotentiary shal! have been appointed. He was dressed this morning and carred in a chair to the residence of Prince Cring, with whom he held a long consultation. Prince Ching then called upon the dean of the diplomat- fc corps, the Spanish Minister, Senor de Cologan, and requested him to notify the other envoys that Instructions had been received from the Emperor to sign the note. The forelgn communities in Peking are satisfled at the decided tone of the col- lective note and the assertion that the powers are determined to entertaln no proposals for the modification of their de- mands. It is understood Li Hung Chang sent a memorial to the throne couched in very strong terms urging complete com- pliance. The Germans killed forty Chinese troops near Mancheng, northwest of Paotingfu. They hadno casualties. Among the na- tives a feeling of great distrust is being caused, apparently by the high-handed action of the Germans. as the Chinese suspect them of an intention to force a serfous engagement with the Chinese troops. FAVORS WITHDRAWING TROOPS State Department Anxious to Termi- nate Occupation of China. ‘WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.—China is anx- fous that foreign occupation of her terri- tory shall come to an end as promptly as postble, as it is constantly causing dis- orders and is an obstacle to the peaceful adjustment of ‘affairs. In view of the prospect that each nation will hereafter maintain a legation guard w-mm % Dec. 22,8 a. m.,” and was delivered at the | Cudahy home at 11 a. m. by a postman. The paper used was ordinary white note paper and the matter was printed in cap- | ital letters with black ink. The heartlessness of the letter has aroused public indignation to a high pitch. | The detectives Infer from the letter that Pat Crowe was positively connected with the crime and that the criminals are still !n or near this city. The letter was mailed | at the postoffice in Omaha at 8 a. m. De- cember 22, showing clearly that one of the | gang was in the postoffice on that date it the letter had the same origin as the let- ter demanding the ransom. That the ori- gin was the same is attested by General Speaking of it General Cowin said to-day: “The letter was shown to me, and I thought that the Chief of Police ought to see it, it might help in the investiga- tion, but I advised strenuously that noth- ing whatever be sald about it, because I thought it was to the Interest of all that until these parties had been captured the letter should be withheld.” Mr. Cudahy says that he has not with- drawn the reward and does not propose to do so. John Smith, an employe of the Schneid- erwind broom factory, has positively identified Pat Crowe as the man who rented the Schnelderwind house, in which Eddle Cudahy was held by his abductors. This is the first positive recognition of any of the bandits. When shown a picture ot Crowe, Smith said: “You need not show me any pictures. I know that man. It was Pat Crowe. I was busy at the broom machine when Crowe called to rent the house and paid no at- tention to him- during his talk with Mrs. Schnelderwind. Then I thought I recog- nized the voice, and stopped my machine long enough to get a good look at him. I saw at a glance that the man was none other than Crowe, a man whom I had known for ten years. I am as positive as to the identity of Crowe as I would be of my own brother.” Detectives to-day verified the Smith story, and are now satisfled beyond doubt of Crowe’s connection with the abduction. Smith has lived in Omaha twelve vears and has known Crowe for much of that time. e AL Tramp Steals a Boy. MARQUETTE, Mich., Dec. 30.—William Sulltvan, & tramp, picked up the five- year-old son of Raymond Thiery of Dol- John C. Cowin, who saw both missives. | ! |is the quotation she uses to explain her | position. \ | The last letter is dated December 29. | and again the woman—if the writer be a | woman—gives names and dates that are convineing on the point that she knows enough about the Cudahy abductors to be wanted. Her lejters are lengthy and | most mysterious In facts, dates and de-| Efforts to ascertain who the writer | ‘mu; is hava proved futile. She keeps well in the background, and ‘evidently considers her position well before intrusting the let- térs to the mail DENOUNCES VON WALDERSEE. Dr. Morrison Accuses the Commander of Duplicity. LONDON, Deec. 31.—Wiring to the Times from Peking yesterday Dr. Morrison | says: “The Chinese have accepted all the conditions of the joint note. They are sending formal acceptance by an envoy, and ask that negotiations should com- cease. Li Hung Chang is much better, although greatly shaken. “Five expeditions are now operating. Every report tells of increasing unrest. power to exercise authority is spreading disorder broadcast and forcing peaceful Chinese into opposition.” In a dispatch dated December 28 Dr. Morrison sends a long protest against German harshness, which, he says, is cre- ating Instead of checking disorder. He accuses the Germans of punishing the in- nocent and the gullty indiscriminately in order to levy fines for defraying their own military expenses and to form an excuse for continued hostile oppression. He also charges Count von Waldersee with a breach of faith, on the ground that he gave Li Hung Chang a map defining the area of the occupation in the province of Chili and indicated the district beyond which the allles would not operate, and yet allowed the German troops to inflict severe punishment upon the Chinese at Tsangchau and Yungching, both of which are outside the area. Repeating his statement that the Ger- mans are preparing for an expedition to Singanfu In the spring and also fomenting trouble In the Yangtse Valley, Dr. Mor- rison says: sion should not be seized to separate the British troops from 0-( von Walder- gee’s command.” Enquirer | | Nelson A. Miles, mence forthwith and military operations | The policy of depriving the Chinese of all | MILES SAYS ALGER SHUNS ~ THETRUTR Accuses_.E?- Secre- tary of Deliberate - Falsehood. Anmnounces That He Will ' Reply in Detail to the | Statements. Friends of the Commander in Chief Seek in Vain to Dissuade Him From This Course. Special Dispatch to The Call CALL HEADQUARTERS. 1468 G STREET N. W. WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.—“A great many statements that former Secretary of War Alger makes in his arti- cle ‘The Food of the Army During the Spanish War’ zre absolutely untrue. The case was tried in the high court of pub- lic opinion and the press, and its verdict was given two years ago. ““As to the statements which Mr. Alger makes which are untrue, I cannot discuss them. I do not propose to go into detafls now. I intend to answer the article, but I will do so in my own time. That is all § u | care to say now.” This is the answer Lieutenant General commanding the army. consented to make to-day to the charges of General R. A. Alger in his North Amer- fcan Review article. General Miles re- turned to-day from North Carolina, where he had enjoyed several days’ hunting. He read General Alger's article and then went for a drive with Mrs. Miles. General Miles' determination to answer General Alger is regretted by his imme- diate officlal and personal friends. They belleve that In the interest of the general and of the army at large he should let General Alger's charges go without com- ment now, and write a book when he re- tired fully dealing with the Spanish war and the beef controversy. General Miles Wwill not, however, wait so long. He will commence the preparation of his reply, and when ready he will make it public. General Miles deeply regrets that the beef controvery has been revived. He re- garded it as closed, his charges in his opinion having been sustained and the country having passed final judgment. General Miles' action after the Spanish war In calling attention to the character of the meats supplied the drmy was not dictated by any desire to call down public odlum upon General Alger or upon Gen- eral Eagan. In fact, he studiously avoid- ed mentioning their names. He feels that as a result of the charges then made and the investigation and publicity which fol- lowed there has been a vast improvement in the rations supplied the service, with a corresponding improvement in the health o the soldlers. The beef packers are more careful, the inspection is better and the rations of the troops superior to what It was during the Spanish war. In his reply tc General Alger it s un- derstood the commanding general of the army will not hesitate to publish certain facts which, it is said, will not be credita- ble to the former Secretary of War. Gen- eral Miles will take up in detail th charges of General Alger and make a spe- cific answer to each. With respect to General Miles' delay In bringing the facts | In connection with the beef furnished to the troops to the attention of the Secre- tary of War, it is explained that he did not care to make serious charges, which | would cause such indignation throughout the country, unless he belleved the facts warranted their submission. He therefore instituted a qutet investigation and gave consideration to the reports made to him by subordimate officers. His duty as com- manding general required that he should take steps for an investigation as soon as he became convinced that the Government bad been defrauded and that the troops | had been compelled to eat nauseating | tood, which was responsible for so much fllness. Had he falled to take this action he would have been derelict and unfaith- ful to the obligations of his position. Surgeon Daly's delay In submitting his report to Genmeral Miles arose from the fact that he btecame {ll after returning from Porto Rico and the necessity of | making a carsful analysis of the beef which he had secured. The report of Lieuténant Colomel E. A. Garlington, inspector general, who made a careful investigation of the beef ques- tion, sustained General Miles’ assertion that the beef was treated with preserva- tives, and the testimony of officers before the war commission and court of inquiry will also be quoted In substantiation of General Miles’ attitude. STRIKE IS DECLARED OFF. Scranton Car Men Granted Advance of Two Cents an Hour. SCRANTON, Pa., Dec. 3L—At 12:45 this morning the street car strike. inaugurated a week ago. was called off. President Clark. General Manager Silllman and two directors of the street car company came to the strikers’ hall after the vote to com- vance of 3 cents an hour. They were al- lowed 2 cents. The men are also allowed a ten-hour day. Three hundred and twen- ty men were affected. ‘Will Return to St.