Madame Modjeska To Revisit Poland The Sf Call 6may 1900

Pages 13 to 22 VOLUME LXXXVII-XO. 1G7.

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL. SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, MAY 6, 1900-THIRTY-TWO PAGES.

Pages 13 to 22 PRICE FIVE CENTS.

ROBERTS' ARMY MOVING TOWARD THE STRONG BOER FORTIFICATIONS British

Forces

Have Made a Great "Strike in the Direction of Kroonstad, the New Capital of the Orange Free O IdIC.

More Than Maneuvering Required to

Conquer the Combined Armies of the . Transvaal, Which Are Now Merely Shifting From One Stronghold to An-

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HOW THE BRITISH TOOK BRANDFORT

NO NEWS COMES

FROM MAFEKING (t Is

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Details of the Battles Preceding the F^etiremeQt of the

Hunter's Coltl}e

Has Not Yet Relieved Besieged Town. —

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Orange Free State. May 4.— The capture of the town was tha result of an. admirably .conceived and well executed combined movement. The night before the British" advance 4000 Boers moved here, taking up a strong line of defense with the avowed object of opposing the British to

May 6. 4:20 a. m. London has been confidently expecting to have news of the relief of Mafcking before midnight, but at that hour the War Office stated no further intelligence had been received ofHunter's column, to which the public believed- had. been assigned the work of relieving ,the

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Beyond further details of the occupation of Brandfort little or no news "has come during the night. A dispatch from Thaba Nchu dated May 4 says the Fituatlon Is practically unchanged, the Boers- holding their position and sending occasional shells Into the British camp. From the top of Thaba Nchu hill one can see over the Boer camp. The country, through which a number of Boers are trekking. I? exceedingly difficult. It is learned that the Boers are trying to draw supplies from the Ladybranri district. The Seventeenth Brigade has moved four miles south, presumably to assist. General Brabant if necessary. A dispatch from Aliwal North dated May 5 says: "Three hundred captured cattle and horses were brought in last night. The wounded are being gradually moved here from Mafeking." A dispatch from Capetown says: "The general feeling here, in which official circles participate. Is that Ijord Roberts' advance toward Pretoria will be rapid. The Boer prisoners do not anticipate that any effective resistance will be encountered." Anxiety is felt regnrdinsr the fate of Mr. Begbie, who has been arrested in connection with the blowing up of the shell factory at Pretoria. Consul Hdy Is 1 watching the accused man's interests.

MADAME MODJESKA REPUBLICANS DISCUSS TO REVISIT POLAND CAMPAIGN ISSUES Trusts and Financial Matters the Will Go Back to Her Childhood's Chief Topic at the Conference ;Home and Receive Punishment to j in Sacramento. Remove the Ban of Exile. LOS ANGELES. May 5,-Mtnc. Helena SACRAMENTO. May 5.—Several intera^drecspp.

the bitter end.

LONDON; getting;6.^ Ail'

.-May. through the land- the people heartily had been tired of the war. The slowness of operations and- long waiting for the news of Roberts' advance had almost stifled general public interest in South African events, but interest is growing again, and anything in the shape of a sensational line in the contents of the afternoon papers creates excite-i

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will.f make- the capital of the :

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the big 'gun , ,. '. Natives report that the Boers ing" Christiana, many "of them

the; shells from stores -afLydenberg, which 'they Ellenced them.".

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that the situation is hopeless and appar-

ently are trekking from Klpdam and No' importance should be .at- Wlndsorton northward. tached to this report, nor reports about Pretoria being destitute of BULLET. INTENDED FOR PREMIER SCHREINER guns. In conversation to-day an invalided officer from the front CAPE TOWN. May 5.—The South Afrisaid- that when Lord Roberts did can News says that a policeman who was guarding Premier Schreiner's* house has get near Pretoria, which would been shot, adding that the policeman was be only after some tough fight- smoking a cigar at the time, upon which Is' based an assertion that the bullet ing, he would have at least a six- fact was evidently intended for the Premier, is an -inveterate smoker. months' job to take the town He who The .African Bund papers are making a declares Cape Town enthusiasts sensation out of the affair, declaring an arerterribly farout in saying that anti-Dutch plot Is on foot. the^war will be ended in six HAMILTON'S ADVANCE months' time. REPORTED BY ROBERTS

As a result of the strategy of Lord Roberts they were forced to retreat hastily, nearly losing a convoy of guns and abandoning the defense of the town. Lord Roberts was present while the operations were in progress on a kopje north of Kafee, in which position he was In helio'graphic communication with each

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column. On the right Brunee and Hamilton's brigade moved eastward along a line of a kopje communicating by a road with a railroad. In close touch followed Maxwell's brigade with Wavell on his left, all under command of Lieutenant General Tucker. General Pole-Carew's division formed the center advance, composed of infantry, made up Jones' and Stevenson's brigades, while Hutton's mounted mainly of Canadians, Australians and New Zealanders, made a wide detour and arrived at the east of the town. The niijht before the occupation of Brandfort the Brftish seized two small kopjes commanding a deep and ugly spruit, which it was known thcifoers daily occupied. General Pole-Carew ordered two battalions of Guards to move silently after nightfall and occupy the kopjes, which was done without opposition. This greatly facilitated the advance, as the Boers relinquished the spruit, allowing

the passage of the whole force unopposed.

About three hours after the advance commenced heavy artillery firing wa3 heard to the right. Maxwell, finding that the Boers had two suns posted in a good position, engaged them with his artillery at a 1500-yard range. Both sides fired furiously, but the Boers' guns were soon completely silenced. The gun fire whs heard to the left, where Genera^ Ilutton had come In touch with the Boers, who were holding a strong position. Owing, however, to the unexpected arrival of the British the Boers left ,several small kopjes unoccijpied. and, seizing these. General Hutton opened fire with his battery, sending COlonel' Anderson to outflank the', Boers on the left. The Boers, unable to withstand the shrapnel, evacuated their kopjes and streamed across the plain to a small kopja immediately above, commanding the town.. . '-.:• v •,.',3' As they retreated the battery placed several shells with great acuracy in their t midst, and they immediately retreated from their second position, a move that was perceived by Hutton. who sent a portion of his troops in pursuit. Remington seized the kopje abandoned by the Boers. Thereupon the Boers retired. 'leaving the town at the mercy of the British- In the meantime Colonel Anderson, trying to outflank, found the Boers. His galloping Maxim received a heavy pompom fire and he was obliged to retire. On the other side Maxwell forced the Boers' position. By 2 o'clock the whole force was several miles off, trekking ntrth. Several prisoners were taken, including a commandant, who had returned in order to destroy the telegraph instruments. The townspeople declare that the Irishr-American contingent with the Boers behaved riotously when the fighting began and refused to take part in It, only manning a korje close to the town: ( The military attaches with the Boers watched the fight through glasses from kopjes north of the town, following the movements on maps. Itappears that while watching the British in front they failed to perceive Hutton's movement, and his arrival caused them to retreat. Allthe British movements were carried out like clockwork. The casualties w-;re very few. Their advance presented a superb spectacle as the long front pushed slowly forward. After the retreat of the Boers the whole mounted infantry was sent in pursuit, entering the town at 2 p. m., close behind the retreating Boers, but the latter were too quick to be overtaken: . While General Pole-Carew's division was occupying: the town ' General Tucker engaged with a force of some 4000 Boers on -the British right." southwest of the town. During the artillery duel Wavell's brigade came under the concentrated fire of the Boers' guns and was forced to retire. The Boers finally retired with two guns disabled, making good their . retreat. The prisoners say that there were about 6000 Boers Inthe town, including 1000 who hadT been'onposed to the British at Thaba Nchu.

It is now very plain that the forward movement from Bloemearnest. By esting touching campaign lr.- Modjeska, the Countess Bozenta, has de- fontein has begun in eues. were delivered at the Republican termined not to appear before the Ameri- his move on Brandfort, now the conference at the Capitol to-day. can public next year, but instead' the ¦¦.WARRENTON. .'May 6 (evening).-The In the address delivered by Major H. Countess will face the ukase Issued by - the headquarters of the British army, atVal River has been successfully crossed Lord.Roberts reports LONDON, May Welnstock of Sacramento on "Trusts Russian Czar and visit her own much Windsorton by Barton's brigade, with to the 'War Office5.— under date of BrandFrom a Commercial Standpoint," he said: loved Poland. Mme. Modjeska has not vis- Lord Roberts has made a great is General Hunter, commanding the whom 4, May have ited her native land since girlhood, as she as follows: "That the evils of concentration stride toward Kroonstad, in the division. The Boers have evacuated Wind- fort. "Hamilton advanced to-day, to Nealbeen grossly exaggerated is made plain on has been an exile, and In later years, for and Klipdam. They are trekking welka." • engaged with the enemy all sides. The greatest evil charged lose majeste. has been under. the displeas- neighborhood of which it has sorton was He northward and are fighting for all they the march. He speaks in against the so-called trust is that of op- ure of the Russian ruler. are worth. Barton is hanging on to their throughoutpraise been that the Boers reported of the behavior of the pression to labor.- It'has br-en held that During the World's Fair th<> actress was rear and shelling them vigorously. Judg- terms of \ alleged especially brigade the of» Broadwood's of part troops, the first move f-n one of the principal speakers at the have been building extensive for- ing from the clouds of dust the retreatcavalry and the mounted infantry." trusts would be to grind labor down to the Women's Parliament ing Boers must bo in'very largo numbers. In Chicago, and in dust and to' lower the was** scale to a keeping with her intense patriotism she tifications. is general reThere barely standard where the v.-orkor could Passengers spoke upon the methods in vogue in Rusfor Nome. COULDN'T REACH THE GUN. exist and reproduce' himself, and yet the sia that entailed imprisonment in Sibe- joicing here over the good progSEATTLE, Wash., May 5.—The Alaska fact elands before our eyes this very day rian prisons, and addressed herself to the steamer Company's Dora WARRENTON, May 5.—The Boers to- Commercial anc hour that, in this, the greatest year theme that removed rreedom from the ress being made, but at the same Failed this afternoon for Cape Nome, via In the history of the so-called trusts when subjects of the Czar. The address re- time the fact must be taken into day vainly attempted to reach the British St Michael, with -thirty-seven first-class new gun with their artillery, but some of passengers and 110 tons of general cargo. consolidations have taken place repre- ceived much attention In foreign and senting billions <jf capital, labor was never consideration that before Kroondiplomatic circles and American was In so great demand and Wage-earners as widely copied. These utterances caused stad is reached the Boers will rule never commanded such big pay." the madame to fall under the ban of th* .a D. E. McKinlay. who was one of the Czar. need to be driveiVout of the WinPresidential Electors in 1S%. took as his During her Eastern tour she determined Eubject • "Trusts— Their Growth and Deburg section, which is a • rough to visit Poland, and permission was velopment." He said he would admit the sought from St. Petersburg, but a refusal and broken country, eminently Republican party was responsible to a was the answer. Russian Embassacertain extent for the great factories and dor at Washington The was asked to aid, and suited for their characteristic tactrusts, because .that party had created agencies were invoked. The only other capitalists confidence and Induced to unadvice the Countess received was to go to tics. Winburg is, in fact, regardlock their vaults and invest their wealth. Poland and In order to remove the ban ONE LIFE LOST IN BUILDINGS WRECKED up The party had started mills and fac- accept whatever punishment might be de- ed by the Boers "as one of their tories which had been closed. It had also creed. From the Orange County ranch and strongholds, . it is exceedBY TERRIFIC GALE THE SANDON FIRE by means of a prohibitive tariff kept the madame will go in August direct to goods of foreign make out of the coun- the home of her childhood. Boers probable ingly that the will ;/.:; Much Damage Done and Several Per- Property Loss •13 Very Heavy, but try. make a stand there,, or at least In the course of his address on "Has the sons Injured in a Section of Aid Is Pouring In. From All AGED INDIAN DIES. Financial Problem Been Adjusted T' Colcause a great deal of trouble in Nebraska. Sides. .V.'-I^-r /.OMAHA. onel Irish said: "Iam here as a mombcr El Compadre, Aged Nebr., May 5.—A special to the SPOKANE. Wash.. May 5.-A Kaslo. B. One Hundred and their efforts to stay the British of the executive committee of the IndianBee from Wilsonvilie, Nebr., gives meager C. dispatch to the Spokesman-Review apclis Monetary Conference. In its name Fifteen Years, Passes Away. details of a* terrific gale, accompanied oy says: Sandon "presented a frightful scene to salute you as the representative of the Special Dispatch to The Call. advance and secure further time heavy rain and hall, that swept that sec- of desolation thl3 morning and to make only party that offered hospitality to tion this evening.- Much destruction is it worse a tragedy Is connected with the SAN DIEGO, May 5.— Word was re- for preparations" to oppose the sound money ideas and the courage to known to have resulted, but how much conflagration. ceived tills evening of the death to-day at British forces farther north. crystallize them into law. rancherla, cannot be told until daylight comes to aid Miles Rambaugh, a gambler, perished in "Within the last three months I about four miles have the Indian , the searchers. the Clifton Hotel. He came from Finches. been Invited to address a' Democratic or- below the line in Lower California, of El opinion While it is the of some the oldest resident of the In the north part of the town one house Canada." ganization In San Francisco and this Re- Compadre, The property loss is now figured at $700,was blown down, the occupants escaping. publican body upon the same subject— the peninsula. His age was recorded at 115 old military men here that Lord 000. J. M. Harris, owner of the townsite. registration at the A Presbyterian church was destroyed and is of his death, and old condition of our. financial legislation and residents the heaviest loser. Hia losses aggremany barns and outbuildings demolished. had known him for many Roberts' army, moving on a very $3IX).0CO. the progress made by reform therein. I years havewho Offers of assistance are path of the gate country along .In little doubt of the the the pouring correctness in. Kaslo took the lead with a take this to bo evidence of the decline of broad front, ought not "to have storm ruin ia widespread. Several farm- special train of supplies. .Vancouver. New dogmatic and the advance of scientific of the count. For more than thirty years houses were blown to pieces and a num- Denver, Slocan City. Nelson and other he had been known as an aged and dried any difficulty in enveloping the finance." promptly to the rescue, while up Indian, and his great-grandchildren ber of persons injured. So far as is points camewired, Nicaragua Canal— •The Its Effect on the have been ministering to his few wants at Boer lines and compelling them "Draw on U3 for $2000." known, no one was killed. It is known Winnipeg big mines "around the town placed Allthe by of California" was family caught Commerce treated of A. Tower was the rancherla. . that the boarding-houses their at the disposal of Irving M. Scott of San Francisco, who are more cauin their house .when it was crushed and the homelessa. • The women are sticking He was once -well known in San Diego, to retire, others A. Bourne seriously injured. BaJd that the great canal would practicalwere H. plucklly pa.st all to the burned town. Most of years ¦Pretoria. but for. the eleven The British Advance on he had not tious in speaking out. These fear ly unify the two oceans and was a neceswas caught in the'- wreck •of his home and them refuse to leave it to come to Kaslo. .rr.ap'shbws ;the! positions^ of the several divisions ,of Lord Robabove The; sity. It must W under the complete con- been able to travel so tai; away from the _ badly» hurt. shack which 'provided hlnS with shelter. that more will be required to erts', army in the Orange Free State, and that of General 'Duller in Natal, with trol of the United States. Pope's Appointment. Frank Stratton this afternoon While he has never been able to tell his bring the Avar to an end than maSenator an those of the principal Boer/comrhandos as far as told,'in the dispatches. •J New School Assured. """* May 5.—Formal notice certainty, age address on the election iaw to a he has. told of being a ; delivered WASHINGTON. . : advance,' , River, probably Winburg The British i is at yesterday at the Vet MILL a.— The friends of ' was received at the here of his name. strong, full-grown man a long time before- neuvering the to-day. Should they, puah ;safety, of the but ; Boer forces of Sinekal and Bethlehem the. school defeated their opponents appointment by Pope Leo on^to to-day of the the new: the fort at Yuma was built. Years ago extent, though they Boers at /VanJReenans Pass to some compromised opposition willbe to by' Benjamin of Woodmen. S2 votes 2L The to-day Keilly. D.D., Festivities his age was figured out by what he told one position into another. XIIIof Very Rev. It-is willstill have a line of retreat by a road running north along the west side of to the school was mostly furnished by as Bishop of Savannah, Ga. The conseVISALIA. May a.— The Woodmen as being close to 100 years. He. has sur,,,.¦.... ;-V v. the Drakensburg. . site which haa cration of Bishop Keilly will probably those who disliked the lodges of Tulare. Kings and Fresno coun- vived all his children and many "of his again reported, that even when General Ian Ilamiiton is at Houtnek. north "of Thaban Chu, with a been chosen for the new building. In occur at the Baltimore Cathedral at an ties held a big picnic at Mountain View grandchildren have passed away,, but the spite of , the opposition, however, the early date. strong forced the Boers are saldito again: hold the latter place, and if in force British reach Pretoria no real Park, near Vlsalia. to-day. Rain interArchbishop Martinelll, the Papal deleschool backers put extra voters in the there are few Indians in the northern part wlllseriously endanger ;Roberts', 1

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field with the result that victory is theirs. gate, and Rev. Dr. Rooker, his secretary, The general Interest taken by citizens is leave this week for Portland, Or., where shown by,the vote cast— 103 out of a total the former will confer the pallium upon

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