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The San Francisco call., 1899-10-25
BASUTOS RECEIVE
OVERTURES FROM BOERS

LONDON, Oct, 24-The Colonial Office
this evening published dispatch re-
ceived from the British High Commits
soner in South Africa, Sir Alfred Miner,
communicating significant dispatch
from Sir Godfrey Laigden, the British
resident Commissioner in Basutoland, call
ing attention to the recklessness of the
Basutos, whom, he says. he has been try
ing to calm. The resident Commissioner
adds:
Our policy, however, has been made
difficult by the clustering of the Beers.
who have freely threatened to attack
Masuru and other stations. These threats,
combined with intriguing, have con-
tributed to rouse excitement among the
natives. I wish to place it on record that
the Beers have unwisely attempted to
shake the allegiance of the Basutos and
Illustrate our efforts toward tranquility
The Beers, therefore, are responsible for
any commotfon and for the alarm regard
ing native invasions which now prevail. -
CAPE TOWN, Oct. 24.-The following
advices have been received here from
Masuru, Basutoland, dated October %:
"A reliable native lately visited laager
of Orange Free State troops just opposite
Masuru. He found it to consist of wagons,
surrounded by turf piled three feet high.
He noticed only a few Mausers. The
Boer commandant questioned him regard
ing the feeling of the different Basuto
chiefs, principally the paramount chief,
Lorothodi. and in order to draw the COM
mandant, the native replied that the na-
tives sided with the Beers.
"Thereupon the commandant said the
two republics wished to kill the Briishers
and to take over and govern the Basutos,
restoring to the latter that part Of the
country which the Free State formerly
took from them. AS to the Britishers.
those whom they failed to kill they would
drive into the sea.
THE cemmandant wished a decision on
the part of Lorothodi and the other
chiefs as soon as Observation-Disclosures they
would fight the Beers or British-because
his contingent was anxious to help the
Beers elsewhere. He acknowledged that
his men were afraid of the Basutos, be-
cause their wives and families, as well as
their cattle, were within reach of Basuto
incursion; and he said he was prepared
to enter into an agreement with the
chiefs, signing the same, to give a very
substantial recompense to the tribesmen
for assisting the Beers Failing this, if
the Basutos would give written under
standing not to assist either side the COM
mandant said his forces would withdraw
from the Basutoland border and go to the
assistance OF their countrymen, where
lighting was hottest The Beers on the
Basutoland frontier, according to the best
information obtainable at Masuru, num-
Der about 2500."
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-25
GENERAL MILES INSPECTS
OLD FORT OMAHA
Favors the Repairing of the Historic
Structure for the Occupancy
of TrOopS

OMAHA, Oct 24-General Nelson A.
Miles and party arrived in this city this
morning. They were met at the depot
by General Merriam and the officers of
the headquarters staff here. Colonel Will
liam F. CQdy and a number of prominent
citizens. During the day the general Wis
ited old Fort Omaha, which has been
abandoned since the building of Fort
Crook. The general has always favored
keeping the old fort in condition for oc-
cupancy, and in view of the necessity of
providing healthy and convenient posts
for regiments returning from the tropics
the buildings in repair and using them in
connection with the new fort. During the
day he visited the exposition and in the
afternoon started West over the Burling-
ton for the mountains, where he will go
on a hunting trip with Colonel Cody
Colonel Cody has had telephone line
sixty miles long constructed to the hunt
ing camp, so that the general can be kept
in touch with the outer world
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-25
TROOPS FROM CANADA.

MINNEAPOLIS. Oct. PA special to
the Journal from Winnipeg, Manitoba.
says: There was great enthusiasm to-
day when the train bearing the Manitoba
and British Columbia contingent of the
Canadian military to assist Great Britain
in the Transvaal pulled out for the East
Only fifty men from each province would
be accepted, and these had been carefully
selected from each battalion and troop
50 that every regiment in the Dominion
service would have representative. Citi-
zens raised $500 to furnish comforts to
the men. A half holiday was proclaimed
and an immense crowd watched the en-
barkation in a driZZling rain Captain
Leybourne commands the Manitoba con-
tingent.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-25
MOTTO
Taxes Due Upon Assessments
Made by the State Board
Of Equalization.
CONTROLLER DEPARTMENT.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

A
SACRAMENTO, Oct II. 1889
In accordance with the provisions of Section
1858 OF the Political Code. notice is hereby
given that l have received from the stats
Board Of Equalization the Duplicate Record
of Assessments OF Railways and the ''Duplt-
cate Record of Apportionment of Railway As
sessments," containing the assessments upon
the property Of each OF the following named
associations or corporations as fixed by said
to-wit:
California Pacific. Railroad Company. Gen.
trail PaGinG , Railroad Company. Northern Cali
fornia Railroad Company. Northern Railway
Company, South Pacific Coast Railroad Com
pany. Southern Pacific Railroad Company
San Francisco and North Pacific Raiiwsvs
Company, Southern California Railway COM
pany, Santa Fe Pacific Railroad COMPANY
North Pacific Coast Railroad Company Se n
Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Rai,wa y
Company Nevada County Narrow-Gauge Rail
Company. Nevada California- Oregon RAILWAY
Company Pajaro Valley Consolidated Railroad
Company. Pacific Coast Railway Company.
Gualala River Railroad Company Ssiifo1nffs;
and Nevada Railroad Company, Sierra RAILWAY
Company Of California, Sierra Valley Raiiwsy
Company. San Francisco and San Ms+so F1sc a.
tric Railway Company. Randsburg Railway
Company. and Pullman Palace Car Company
property and one half of the State and COUNT
taxes on az real property are now due ana
pMayaDle Monda "a an9 VIII be delinquent on the last
Monoay IN November next. at o'clock o. m
and unless paid to the State Treasurer, at ths
taphsol prior thereto. 5 per cent will be added
TO the amount thereof. and unless so paid on
or before the last Monday in April next at
ba 56ad e59ek ?. m an additional per cent viii
Ue The naurI rs1,,. 20 pri the amount thereof
taxes on all real proper+v viii he dra arf
PAYABLE pyt d after ter, the FIRST Monday in January
day In April next at 6 o. 'cIocls n m and
Snpi,a SnIesa paid to the State Treasurer, a. ths
to ths amonn{ theEeto per cent Will be added
4 P. COLGAN. State controller
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-25
BRUMBY AT ATLANTA.
Admiral Dewey's Flag Lieutenant
Given a Splendid Welcome,

tenant Brumby of Admiral Dewey's flag
ship Olympia arrived here at o'clock
tonight. Thousands of people were wait
ing at the depot and gave him a rousing
reception. A committee of Atlanta citi-
zens met him at the State line and acted
ing to go direct to his home in Marietta,
Ga, no programme of reception was
carried out. He was escorted to special
tram on the Western and Atlanta, which
TOOK him Immediately to his destination,
twenty miles out of town.
Atlanta Is splendidly decorated in honor
OF MS coming. Lieutenant Brumby will
come will be given him tomorrow night.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-25

State Beers are moving westward in or
der to join Cronje for an attack on Kim
berley.
Dispatch riders who are coming down
to the Orange River from Kimberley are
performing thrilling feats. They ride
through the Boer lines under cover of
darkness and Will get to Orange River
without taking any rest, save for change
of horses. The distance is sixty miles.
one rider who rode into Kimberley last
Friday was chased for seventeen miles
by the Beers, narrowly escaping with his
life. This same man returned safely with
dispatches to Orange River to-day. When
he had reached point thirty miles from
Kimberley his horse fell and kicked two
fingers off the mans hand against a rock,
but despite his painful wound the gallant
fellow made good the journey here He
reports that the Beers are three miles
from Kimberley, but are afraid to attack
and are waiting for the arrival of Cronje.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-25
SLIGHT SKIRMISHES
AND SMALL CASUALTIES

LONDON, Oct 25.-A dispatch to the
Morning Post from Kimberley. dated the
afternoon of October 20 and carried by a
dispatch rider, via the Orange River,
where it is dated October "a reports
slight skirmishes and small casualties. 1t
IS believed. however. that the dispatch
must refer to the armored train fight at
Mafeking.
The Chronicle this morning, comment
ing on the mysterious reticence IN regard
to the War Office dispatches, says that
there is nothing to prove that there has
not been fighting at Dundee or Glencoe,
which compelled General Yule to retreat.
a dispatch to the Daily Mail from Cape
Town, dated October "a, says that five
big guns have been sent from Pretoria to
Mafeking.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-25
CATHOLIC CHURCH
CONTROVERSY ENDED
Excommunication Removed From the
Troubled East st. Louis
Parish.

ROME. Oct. 24.-The following is the
full text CT the official instructions from
Cardinal Ledochowsld to the Bishop of
Belleville Ill, bearing on the recent con-
troversy in the Catholic church of East
ST. Louis:
Remove Immediately the excommuni-
cation from the parish, as they do not
deserve it. Get Father Cruze to resign
and appoint a pastor of their own
nationality over them"
of the Propaganda, to whom belongs the
final settlement of all ecclesiastical con-
troversies Of this nature. There is no ap-
peal from his ruling. 1t follows on these
instructions that the general practice of
the church for the future duties will be
that Bishops must appoint pastors ac-
cording 10 the nationality of congrega-
tiOQS
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-25
DRAMATIC SUICIDE
OF GEORGE PLANT
Sitting Beside His Wife on Bale OF
Hay in His Barn, Shoots Him
self With q Shotgun.

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 24.-George Plant,
who shot himself with a shotgun last
night while sitting in his barn on bale
of hay beside his wife of only two months,
died this morning at 3 o'clock, without
explaining his rash act. His was deter
mined case of suicide, as he had quietly
shotgun. had asked his wife to move over
a little. Not suspecting his intent she did
so. as she thought she had hidden all his
trigger with his toe and the charge en-
tered his side. He tore off bandages when
placed on the wound by the doctor, say
ing he was determined TO die.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-25
General Symons Improving.

LONDON. Oct 25.-The Daily Tele-
graph publishes this dispatch from its
special correspondent:
p CAPE TOWN, Oct. 23.-A heartfelt wish
is gratified by the receipt Of favorable
news about Major General Symons, who
was to-day reported in private tele-
gram to be improving. The whole colony
was profoundly touched by the Queens
message of sympathy and admiration for
the troops engaged at Glencoe and Glands
Laagte.
1t is believed that the Beers WILL after
a show of resistance. retreat on Wax
kerstrom and Bloemfontein on the ap-
proach of General Buffers columns.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-25
MANY VICTIMS Of
KENTUCKY FEUDS
Crimes in the Blue Grass
Region.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

LONDON, KY, Oct 24-Tom Witmore
and Dan Parker were ambushed yester-
day on Horse Creek, en- route to Clay
County Circuit Court. The former was
killed and the latter injured Bob Travis
was killed at Hamlet
A report states that Philpot, en- route
to Manchester Court, was ambushed and
killed at Pigeon Roost to-day.
Trouble is reported on Sexton's Creek
between the White and Baker factions
Circuit Judge Eversole, fearing assassina-
ton, did not go to Manchester and the
opening of the court was delayed The
numbers, heavily armed Manchester is
crowded and the situation looks grave.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-25
SWIFTEST TORPEDO
BOAT OF HER SIZE
The Dahlgren Attains a Speed of
ThirtyOne Knots an Hour
During a Trial

BATH, Me, Oct. 24.-By attaining a
speed of thirty-one knots an hour during
several hours trial to-day the new tor
pedo boat Dahlgren obtained her trial re-
qurements and proved herself a very able
boat. At the same time she made better
time over a mile course than has ever
been reached by TORPEDO boat OF her
made under very favorable conditions.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-25
RUSSIA REINFORCING
HER PACIFIC FLEET
Rumors Of a Chino-Japanese Alliance
Believed To Be the
Rea SON

Special Cable to The Call and the New York
Herald. Copyrighted, 1899, by James Cor
don Bennett.
BERLIN, Oct. 24.-The Tageblatt learns
from ST. Petersburg that rumors are cur
rent there that the nineteen Russian men,
of-War in the Pacific will shortly be re-
inforced by six ships from the eastern
squadron. The Tageblatt sees in this a
connection with rumors of a Chino
Japanese alliance.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-25
ASKS THE SUPPORT
OF THE ELECTORATE

LONDON, Oct. 24-Arthur ]. Bal
four, First Lord of the Treasury and Gov
ernment leader in the House Of Com
mons writing to the Conservative can
didate for Parliament in Bow, makes 1t
perfectly clear that the Government asks
the support Of the electorate at the pres
ent juncture on patriotic grounds He
says:
ION questions Of legislation much might
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-25
GERMANY'S STAND
AS TO INTERVENTION

BERLIN, Oct. 24-The Tageblatt denies
the statement of the Eclair of Paris that
Germany after promising assistance to
France and Russia for the purpose of in
tervention in the Transvaal seems now
TO withdraw it. The Tageblatt declares:
I'VE believe we are well informed when
we state that the German Government
did not participate in any combination for
intervention"
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-25
FLEET FOR HOME PORTS.

LONDON. Oct. 24.-It is rumored at
Plymouth that the Admiralty is about to
mobilize a reserve fleet in home ports and
that this and other naval undertakings
are due to the intention of Russia to seize
a port in the Persian Gulf.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-25
MORE THAN TWO
SCORE OF WIVES
Record Of q Chicago MuD Who Is
Arrested on q Bigony
Charge.

24-Fo
the
, L.
howm said
China three Peru
of
them for different
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-25
EXPEDITION RETURNS.
Failure of the Shushitna River Elk
ploration PARTY.

PORT TOWNSEND, Wash, Oct. Pa
The United States Government expedi-
ton in charge Of Captain Glenn which
went north to explore Shushitna River
has returned to Valdes to winter 1t was
the intention of the expedition to winter
on the Shushitna River, but owing to the
failure of the arrival of supplies in time
to take them up the river the expedition
was compelled to return to VaIdes. where
supplies were landed by the steamer
Cleveland.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-25
Senator Mallory Ill.

Senator Mallory of Florida. and a mem
Der Of the Industrial Commission, is i'll
a Providence Hospital in this city He
is suffering from an enlargement of the
liver but his condition is not alarming.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-25
Prominent odd Fellow Dies.

MONTEZUMA. Iowa. Oct. 24-Otto L.
Rosman, formerly grand master of the
Iowa Odd Fellows and representative to
the Supreme Lodge, died here to-day of
aDOplexV
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-25
JAMESON AND GREY.

LOURENZO MARQUEE, Delagoa Bay,
Oct 24-Dr Jameson, who became fam
Gus through the raid which he headed
into the Transvaal, and his companion,
Colonel Grey, have arrived here from
England.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-25
WELL KNOWN DIVINE
CALLED BY The REAPER
Death of Rev. N. R. Peck, Clergyman,
Pioneer and Former Member of State
Horticultural Commission.

DACIFIC GROVE. Oct. 24-Uni-
- versal mourning prevails in this
city to-day because Of the death
of Rev. n. r. Peck, horticultur-
ist, pioneer and clergyman. Death
was due to heart disease. According
to the records Father Peck, as he
was best known, was born in Vermont
In 1873 but as he often said that he
had lived through four wars-that of
1872, the Mexican, the Civil and the
Spanish-this date is believed to be in
correct He became a Methodist min
lister some years prior to 1888. In 1888
Conference Of New York, but left 1t
in 1850 to come to California. For a
number of years he labored as an in
dependent preacher among the miners.
in 1855 he joined the California Confer
ence at its fourth annual session, and
had attended every subsequent session
up 10 that recently closed in this city.
His first regular charge in California
was at Los Angeles, from which place
he went 10 Sacramento and establish
ed the present NJ. L. Church on II.
street. Being physically too feeble to
continue in the active ministry Father
Peck was made a superannuate of the
California Conference in 1889.
Father Peck served as a member of
leaves a widow, one daughter, Mrs
J. W. Kuykendau Of San Francisco.
The funeral will take place to-mo
number Of California Methodist clerg
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-25
PRISONERS WELL TREATED.

CAPE TOWN. Oct. PA dispatch from
Kimberley dated October q and brought
by dispatch rider to the Orange River
has just; arrived here. 1t says:
'The position in Kimberley is un-
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-25
To Cure La Grippe in Two Days

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets All
druggists refund the money If It falls to cure
E. ". Groves signature is on each box 25c
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-25
Indicted for a Crime of Years Ago

PARIS, Mo-, Oct. 24.-The Grand Jury
this afternoon returned an indictment for
murder in the first degree against Alex
ander Jester, on the charge of numbering
GILBERT Gates, son of Chicago million
aire. twenty eight years ago.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-25


q ALINAS, Oct. 24-One of the prettest
wedding ceremonies as well as most
~ notable society events in Monterey
County occurred tonight, when
Frank w. Sargent and Miss Mary Wat
son were united in marriage. The event
took place at the country home of the
brides parents. Corral de TERRA. Rev.
Father Stoeters officiated
Miss Watson is the daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs Thomas Watson, both of whom are
natives of California and are children of
one of the pure Castillan families who
came to this State in the forties. Miss
Watson is a native daughter. Her pa
rents have lived In Monterey County for
great many years and have become very
wealthy.
Frank w Sargent has been Deputy
County Clerk since 1897. Mr.. Sargent is
native son. He is a graduate of Santa
Clara College, where in 1895 he took the
degree of A. B. He studied law until May,
1897, since which time he has been in poii-
tics. Mr.. Sargent is first vice president
of the parlor of Native Sons in this citv
and president of the Young Mems Instf-
tute.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-25

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city. in which ne depicts in graphic way inc
religious. ethical and social effects OF the MA
hometan religion the people OF the country
Africa is soon to he redeemed from savagety'
IN fact the redemption has already peen acoo'''
plished In large portion OF II, ana the prac''a'
question at once comes ND whether the cause
q, civilization will be best promoted by giV'ns
~ the natives the religion of Christ or the re-
uo,on Of Islam. We think no one can rise from
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same general subject in two handsome i'us'ra,
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Story OF Civilization" by Frederic Perry Nopie'
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Chicago Exposition. The remarkaole acheHe
n,.rts Of Christian missionaries In Africa. not
,,.re,v IN establishing Christianity, but in lay
Inc the foundations Of civilization. are told In an
interesting manner The work 10 an Important
contribution to the literature Of Africa"
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