The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 14, 1901, Page 1

B S b o e 3 i3I Cmin @ all, . "VOLUME LXXXI SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 1901 BRITISH GARRISON REPELS AN ATTACK | UPON KAALFONTEIN Drives Off a Boer Commando Under Bayer After an Engagement Lasting Six Hours. . Kitchener Reports the Shooting of a Captured British Agent of the Peace Commissioners. - Fpecial Dispatch to The Call 10. One, gged other two burghe: January subject, was flc Dew der.” Dr. Gerald Webb. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ROOSEVELT SAVES HIS HUNTING COMPANION FROM THE ATTACK OF A COLORADO MOUNTAIN LION Vice President-Elect Puts a Bullet Through the Heart of the Enraged Beast as It Is Crouching to Spring Upon e | JOHNSON AND MARY HOFFMAN BRIDE TRAVEL AS AND- GROOM Officers of the Allan Liner Tunisian Positive as to the Identity of the Young Elopers. Conduct of the Pair While En Route to Liverpool Gives Passengers Much Cause for Gossip. Special Dispatch to The Call HALIFAX N. S, Jan. 13—The Allar Line steamer Tunisian arrived here from Liverpool at 4 p. m. The Call's represen- 1 | | [ { | | <teward entered and was treated to a re- markable sight. The occupants were en deshabille, more thar half undressed, and 8 port the fate of thr tative met her officers at the dock. the re- | Johnson was in a similar condition. Tha y e committee who | sult of his interview with them establish- | man had a big sponge with which 4 i sea General Dewet axcites | 1 ing beyond doubt the fact that two of the | he was mopping up the water on the floor. = S eyl pie ¥ | Tunisian’'s passengers on her last outward | It seemed they had been preparing to taks apers ¢ a hope that Lord = | I bound trip were Rev. James Le Baron ' a bath and that in some way or other f Kit yas heen misied by false re- | Johnson of New York and Miss Mary | they had allowed the magmificent bath 5. b s felt generally that he | | Hoffman, the beautiful San Francisco reservolr to overflow. . : he matter to the War | girt. Rev. Mr. Johnson then told an officer doubted evidence * The fact that they journeyed under the | that he was not infatuated with the sleep- s PRI | names of L. F. Montgomery of Louis- | In§ accommodations in his suite. The declaims against | | ville. Ky., and Mrs. Montgomery, did not | Peéds In both rooms, the bath being be- coax the enemy at all detract from their enjoyment of | tWeen the two rooms, were intended for | the trip, for Captain Vipont, who com- | One sleeper each. What Mr. Johnson has placed himself outside the manded the steamer, nor any of his offi- Wanted was a comfortable double bed, and o save the Dally Meaki 1 cers or passengers .new that it was an | e asked if this could not be arranged. A Samaiing: Tt St eloping couple. They were known famil- | bed for two was rigged up by bringing £ D s Sl }mrly and spoken of as the “bride and | !0 Settees and cushions from unoccupled =¥ : —— Feraom.” staterooms and with these they con- = ]‘:,r(". i rooms on the Tunisian and Rev. Mr. John- “’?f"d :‘(‘;"""" e s N appeal strongly to the son and Miss Hoffman had one of them. g s oy B iron »® ... f‘ . ; ety P b | They paid for the luxury of occupying this | MT- Johnson took & prominent seat in the el e it b v ot e congregation while religious observanes ve now become desperate and s quite useless | dered by Johnson Captain Vipont and the purser were or- to fit up the bridal was held. Regarded as Actors. . 5 Colrssponient B The sty | suite in any way required by distinguished = The Tunisian’s officers say that the s the ret o Pretoria of | passengers. These orders were carried | theory genmerally accepted on board re- f g Bl out to the letter and the whole resources #arding the bride and groom was that s,.a for President of the | | | | of the Tunistan were at the disposal of | they were actors. recently married, who a blic, from a futile e R il M. Mantacinins were “blowing In" a large part of their w the Boer-leaders to | N e 3 savin Their conduct was very showy No Doubt as to Identity. from first to last. Fspeefally eonsplcuons of the attacks upon Kaalfontein It is certain that “Mr. and Mrs. L. F. was Miss Hoffman. She appeared at din- [ Ehat shenot 4 Montgomery of Louisville, WET€ | ner in the extreme of evening dress. One o out 120 Rev. James Le Baron Johnson and Miss | (o o (meare spoke to me particularly statior had ex- Mary Hoffman. Half a dozen of the | o ani prowma e handsome arms, which enches, which enabled them to | | shap's officers who had been In constant | o cant for thin, muslin-like material. he & i Bl he ntbikke nBte the Beere 13 | contact with them declared. without the | _.is” Lore ganerally bare close up to her . ctadtnd i B LA slightest hesiiation and with the utmost | ¢poi1sare She would, when the bugle Kol k1 d | confidence when shown the photographs | sounded for dinner, sometimes come out ty of Boers in khak publisked in The'Call: of the stateroom ahead of Mr. Johnson w apturing a British pa- “Oh, ves, that's the bride and groom. | attired In ultra-fashionable evening dress | of eight men, whom they subsequent- Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery, who oecupled 1 tound no one on the Tunisian whoe v liberated. The ailway and telegraph | the bridal suite on the saloon deck.’ had received from them any hint of what g b ines will be speedily restored | The train that brought Johnson and |their movements would be after reaching were been received re- | | Rl | “the’bride” to Halifax arrived here about | yoverpool, or what the future had m sued by a | \ of Cape Colony. | 10 o'clock in the forenoon and the steamer | store for them. The steward found the ES E writes to a corre- % 4 | salled at once. Their baggage was ad- | couple good passengers to wait upon. One d. saying: “It would S A % e, e o < o b v & | dressed “L. F. Montgomery, Halifax.” |of them told me that they were exceed- i adice A" ot VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT THEODORE ROOSEVELT, WHOSE QUICK EYE AND READY AIM SAVED DR. GER- The steamer's name. for some reason, Was | ingly exacting in their demands: what- s are spread about concerning me. | .| ALD WEBE FROM THE CLAWS OF A MOUNTAIN LION. ROOSEVELT SHOT THE BRUTE AS IT WAS not included in the address on the trunks. | ever was asked for had to be done ex- g r tempted to do so I would not have | | CROUCHING TO SPRING UPON HIS COMPANION. | | This caused Johnson a lot of trouble, for | actly as ordered, or there was sure to B s nything else.” 4 | | the baggage was pitched off at the pas- | pe trouble. Wine in liberal quantitles was . 2.2 f; ¥ <% | senger station and was not carried down | served to them at every meal, and the CC MMISSIO St @ ERS SIGN THE JOINT NOTE ENVER, Jan. 13.—Vice President- | alect Theodore Roosevelt bis first lion late yesterday aft- killea * Special Dispatch to The Call. cided that Roosevelt should have this honor. A The position of the animal made recon- noitering necessary in order to get a gcod | for another spring, this time intending to ;auaok Dr. ‘Webb, Roosévelt raised his | rifie and fired, the bullet plercing the | brute’s heart and killing it instantly. by the train to the steamer's side. He | was afraid it was lost. A hue and cry, were raised and special messengers were sent back to hunt it up. They found it | all right, however, and a full hour before ‘ the Tunislan safled it was safely on board | baker soon found that there were at least two epicures on board—they were the lov- ing counle from Louisviile, Ky “They treated me all right,” sald the steward, who was assigned especially to wait upon the pair. e action probabiy saved Dr. Gerald | shot, and Dr. Webb walked around the | It was a small lion but a good specimen, | and so were the bride and groom. They | “Dearle” was a frequent term they used P hi O : : Webb of Colorado Sprinfs, who is with | tree several times. The lion was watch- | and It was immedlately skinned by the | did no sightseeing dbout town, but at|in addressing one another. The steward rine { ¥ I 1ce Cnmq b]eCtS to the PrOpOSGd Retlr— the party, from serious injury. | ing for an opportunity, and finally en- | guides with the party. The skin will be | Once betook themselves to their says: ing of Li Hung Chang. The joint note of the| by (h,\j signed tion: re of the peace conditio: fon of the indemnit including a a reduction | of the strength of the foreign troops in | and- the preservation of the right The hunting party started from Meeker yesterday morning and struck a trail about four miles from the Keyrstone ranch, which is Roosevelt's headquarters. Dogs followed the trail until the lion was finally cornered, when it took refuge in a high tree. Governor Roosevelt insisted on drawing lots for the first shot at the lion, | ernoon, and his nerve and prompt | | @eavored to escape by making a long leap for the ground. It landed a few feet from Dr. Webb. Although he was ready to shoot, he was in a position where it would have been Impossible for him to have killed the animal, even after a hand-to- hand struggle. : Governor Roosevelt had been watching | tanned, and with the others which Gov- | ernor Roosevelt hopes to obtain it will ‘make a large rug. The technical name of what is known in the West as the mountain lion is felis colcolar. The hunting party rested at Keystone ranch to-day, but will start eariy to-mor- | row morning for a trip in an obscure part state- rooms. A Bathtub Episode. One of the ship's officers sald to The! Call correspondent that before the steam- ship was 500 yards from the wharf where she had been moored one of the stewards saw water dripping from under one of the doors of their suite of rooms. He “T liked them, for, though they made me stand around and demanded and got the very best that was going, they were not stingy. For one thing I got the tip of $10. ‘When they left the ship at Liverpool, and I know of two others in our department who also got $10 each at the end of the voyage. A number of boys got from them . rt arms and ammunition. There | ;a1 Webb won, although it was de- | the lion closely, and while it was crouched | of the mountains. knocked and asked what the matter was. | tips, and the lady gave the stewardess { are indications of a growing belief among Johnson told him to come in and the |$10.” from | the Chinese that one or two of the pow- | @ eimimimiriribeiusininiet oo e e e b + e’ Z < suffering is | ers will support these modifications @ i He was fecling wors: % @ S ONS FREEZE DURI -G e T’ CHINA PAYS INDEMNITIES. S ORE OF PER i E 3 PREPARATIONS COMPLETE _ BT | i e o Dot HE BLIZZARD IN SOUTHERN RUSSIA Mission Property. TACOMA, Jan. 12 —Oriental advices tate that the Chinese Viceroys of the =outhern provinces are paying American, h and French indemnities for de- n The French 000 for the burning of missions in the Canton pref. property. "atholic [ |Starving Passengers of Snow-Bound Trains F:ight With One Another for Scanty Food Supplies. —— FOR VANDERBILT WEDDING At Request Bride-to-Be the Ceremony Will Be Simp'e as Possible. claims are being pald with| LONDON, Jan. 14—The Odessa corre-| plows, although these would have been | firewood and water having been obtained. : raised :.\'v;w;lai!a sessments on | gpondent of the Daily News wires that | useless éven if they could have been “Finally, driven to desperation, sixty | NEWPORT, R. L, Jan. 13.—With the ex- | visited St. John's Church and there a f th ay W gen ar s asing ol g in 0 3 e B | Vi N = ¢ 3 . a g (“(r_\ an e leasing of gambling | 120 people were frozen to death in the | found. 2 passengers, with Count Kapnist, deter- ception of the decorations at the churc ['short rehearsal was held. monopolies blizzard in Southern Russia. | “Finally some 500 passengers had as- | mined to walk to Odessa. Count Kapnist, | REPORTED DEFEAT OF BOXERS. | The Odessa correspondent of the Daily Mail sends a heartrending story of the | sembled at Razdyelnaia. A regiment was sent from Kieff southward and 3000 troops with forty, reached a point where he was and at the house, the preparations for the wedding of Alfred Gwynne Vanderblit | At the conclusion of the regular ser- vice to-night a large corps of decorators | able to obtain sledges, and all arrives | ) Frenc 2 New York took possession of the reonally say | French Force Said to Have Slain a; sufferings of railway passengers snow-| went northward from Odessa with uhov-! Odessa, though uncertain as to the (:a?,; el e ,?:‘“:e,af.“n"{h.h:':u';:f":::i13.0.:&;. :nd they v:m w:rk until 9 o'clock - any vrr~}»r«a~y“r”hi.~)r1‘x;f“‘ _ Thousand Chinese. | bound while on the way to Odessa. Thei els. On the third day the relieving party | of those they had left behind. f:_‘:g;f.""m orincipal arrivals belng Wil- | to-morrow morning. : A et e ]”iu.‘:sqt;ur:fl); ;la:\n 1;(-]'1;?:I“Ilalllzn Con- | plizzard, he (:‘s)":. r:;:e:; cnlrllle!nhi:hl rn: succeeded In‘:utfl'\: : r:asaaxe for a| ‘“Meanwhile Governor Schuvaloff had | ..m K. Vanderbilt, who came in a pri-| To-morrow at noon the wedding will oc- Rusave s gz By w‘ n'.“v:”:". w.msmp‘pm Safi Muc“ r;?r:;- | more than 1 nu}: over n;‘ :}: ole : couple of trains, which started wl.th 2000 | organized train sledges with supplies, vate car, and Senator Chauncy M. De- | cur, and although it takes place at one - g ol fsioded . Southern Russia. He describes the grad- | prisoners, after a mad rush, the weakest | which, after herculean efforts. relleved | o whe arrived by boat to-night. Mr. |of the highest Episcopal churches in the he score of his reeent u'- | some of the Ministers | « for China to make | 2 plenipotentiary. says that they went thére for target prac- tice. It is again reported here that the allies dre preparing to enter the province of Shansi. ual arrival of rrains at Razdyelnaia with hundreds of passengers from the north, | who had become entrained six days be- | fore. “They had been snowed in for five going to the wall. “The trains proceeded for eighteen hours and were again stuck in the snow, unable to go elther forward or backward. The blizzard continued. Demoniacal fury and the two trains, It was found that many of the passengers had their arms or legs ! frozen. “Eighteen thousand troops are now en- gaged in the work of clearing the line. Vanderblit was met by his nephew at the station and the party was at once driven | to The Breakers, the residence of Cor-| nellus Vanderbilt at Ochre Point. city, the programme of the ceremony, at the request of Miss French, has been sim- plified as much as possible. The choir boys will be In attendance, but will sing only twice and will do no Shos - b % * . bilt entertained a large e e ‘oug i 1| A French force is reported to have de- | 5 <o he continues, “and fighting among | pandemonium prevalled, the passengers | The storm has abated, and it is announced i v‘nd:: ight. The chief event to- | marching. At the conclusion of the cere- s g the negi- | feated a body of Boxers west of PAoting- | emeelves for the scanty food supplies | cursing the raflway management, fainting | that the besieged trains will get through house party 008 " e dlnmer which was | mony, which will probably mot occupy o . » Peldng. o | Fu, Silling & thousand. provided at the railway buffets. Women | and weeping. The trains were burled and | {0 Odessa this evening. No mails have night was meu:;mn:“ e o e e i Sl ; for various bt~ 352 4 rious reasons, all passed a horrible night. When morn- been received here for six days. Corpses | given to a n would be objec- formaily 0 the Germans im- | er the ratirc ely e Giers, the Brit Minister, ob- 1de in refusing 1o | ribute rice and | se in the British P JAPAN STRONGLY OBJECTS. Transfer of Negotiations to Europe Is Not Desired. By Stephen Bonsal { e to The Call and New York Her right, 1901, by the Herald Pub- mpany ing PEKIN Jan. 12—Japan strongly op- transter of negotiations to Eu- rope. on the ground that the presence of 14 Hung Chang and Prince Ching are for the maintenance of order here. — - Modifies Peace Conditions. SHANGHAIL Jan. 13.—Liu Kun Yi, Viee- rev of Nankin, has formulated modifica- Prince Chun Selected. PEKING, Jan. 13.—Prince Chun's ap- pointment as Chinese envoy to Germany to meke apologies for the murder of Baron von Ketteler has been approved. It is probable that Prince Su will accompany him. AR Brings Invalids From China. LLONDON, Jan. 12.—The American hos- pital ship Maine has arrived at Southamp- ton with invalids from China ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY CHINESE DIE BY DROWNING Disaster Occurs by the Overcrowding of a Steamer Plying on West River, Near Canton. TACOMA, Jan. 13.—Oriental advices state that an overcrowded steamship ply- ing on West River lost her rudder and was carried by the current on the rocks near Canton, sinking in a few minutes. Of 50 passengers on board 150 were drowned through being unable to reach the deck and jump overboard. Others jumped and were rescued by passing and children were weeping with hunger, while gangs of men battled with snow- drifts, which were thirty-five feet deep in some places, and that, too, without snow- DOUBTS IF ENGLAND'S | NAVY IS SEAWORTHY Startling Statements Made by Expert in an Article on the Subject. LONDON, Jan. 14—The story of the new royal yacht, which remains the theme of much talk among yachting men and ship designers, is the subject of a | long letter in the Pall Mall Gazette, writ- ten by Willlam Allen, an expert. He enumerates the various faflures and alter- ations which the yacht haa undergone and | say1 “Hence tne question naturally arises, Are the battleships and cruisers of the British navy stable? With the heel- in= over recently of her Majesty's ship Resolution an object lesson is provided which ought to be seriously heeded. ‘With bunkers and tanks empty, can these vessels remain upright? “If stability is to be sacrificed to speed, Ing came a peasant volunteered to walk six miles to the nearest station with tele- grams beseeching assistance, supplies, which can never be attalned or main- talnea after the trial trip farce is over, then the British fleet is indeed in a de- plorable condition, and the sooner the na- tion i= made aware of this fact the better for its ultimate safety.” The general opinion expressed by ship- ping experts and ship owners s that the Admiralty, was exceedingly wrong in the matter. They agreed with Mr. Allen that large expense had been incurred through the ramheadedness of that department, exactly as expresse.. in his letter, e o Charged With Embezzlement. NASHVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 13.—Walter 8. Ralney, circult clerk of this county, was arrested here to-day on a charge of em- bezzlement. The warrant was issued upon application of a Baltimore company which 18 on Rainey's bond for $10,000. He was admitted to bail in the sum of $10,000. have been kept unburied for eight days, as it has been impossible to inter them. The conduct of the raflway authorities is loudly condemned.” B L I 2 i ] KLONDIKE MINER IS ROBBED OF HIS GOLD Peter Hansen Deposits $10,000 With Two Bunko Men for Safe Keeping. NEW YORK, Jan. 13.—Peter Hansen, the Danish miner, who sold a mining through San Francisco with the proceeds, was to-day robbed of $10,000 by bunko men under the Brooklyn Lridge. He carried his gold dust in a leather belt and some nug- gets in a satchel. He was clothed in fur, and his hair, bushy and long, singled him out for an easy mark. The bunko men, after several rounds of drinks, invited Hansen to show his golden nuggets. They sald they were going to Denmark also, |and he deposited his gold in their strong oak chest for safekecping. claim in the Klondike and recently passed | by Mrs. Harry Payne ‘Whitney. | This afternoon the entire wedding party | guests will be driven to the French resi- dence. .W%W. GENERAL WHITE WILL LIVE Il'l_ SAN FRANCISCO Militia Officer Who Defrauded the State of Michigan Coming to the Coast. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Jan. 13.—Gen- eral Willlam L. White, ex-quartermaster general of the State militia, who pleaded guilty to defrauding the State of $40,000 in a military steal and who was pardoned | by ex-Governor Pingree on condition that | he pay a 35000 fine. departed to-day for Chicago. He has severed all business con- nections in Michigan, and after visiting relatives In Chicago will leave for San. Francisco, never to return to Michigan. He says he will engage in the ‘enen.l} commission business, handling drugs and other supples. ‘White must send $1000 each year for five years until the fine is paid, or be liable to arrest and imprisonment for ten Years. MISSING PERSONS NOW ACCOUNTED FOR Report That the Panic at Turner Hall in Chicago Was Created With Malicious Intent. CHICAGO, Jan. 13.—The four persons who were reported missing last night af- ter the panie In the Twelfth-street Turner Hall, in which five persons were trampled to death, were accounted for to- day. Though there were more than two score of persons badly hurt, it is thought now that nome of them will dle. In the Jewish quarter it was repeatedly asserted last night and to-day that the panic was started with malictous intent. Hugo Oldstein, a cripple, has informed the police that a few minutes before the false cry of fire was raised a young man accosted him at the foot of the stairs leading to the hall and advised him to get out of the way, saying thers “would be something doing in a minuta”