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The San Francisco call., 1899-10-21
PARLIAMENT IN AN UPROAR
OVER WAR APPROPRIATION
Irish Members Fight The Bill and Redmond Is
Finally Forced to Leave the
House.

ain would have to arbitrate, and the Brit
ish lion went to sleep. There has been no
arbitration with the Transvaal because
the TranSVaal has no neighbor like the
United States
Proceeding to discuss the vote of money
for the troops, Mr.. Redmond again pro
tested against the vast sums being spent
in war, declaring that the money ought to
be expended in aid of distressed ireland.
AT this point the chairman interposed, de-
claring that Mr.. Redmond s remarks were
Mr.. Redmond persisted in his remarks,
and the chairman asked MIN 10 resume MS
seat. This he refused to do and ne was
then ordered to withdraw, which order he
also refused TO obey
An uproarious scene ensued. Mr.. Red
mond attempting to continue and his voice
being drowned by the cheers OF the IrlSh
members and cries of ''Order!' and With
drawl' from the opposition benches;
The chairman. at length, being aDIe 10
make himself heard, asked Mr. Redmond
If he declined to withdraw. The latter re-
piled that he did not wish to be dlscourte-
Gus, but he maintained his right TO protest
that the money ought to be spent in ire
land, adding, L Will not Withdraw. II Is
mere robbery or piunder.
The chairman then called the sergeant
at arms to remove the offending MEMBER,
and MIR. Redmond, amid scene OF coIlLu-
sion, said he would not trouble the ser
geant at arms and walked out amid Ma
tionalst cheers and the laughter OF the
other members.
he left the chamber, Mr.. Redmond shout
ed, Il wish you joy of the blood of the
Beers and your victory over the poor
1ransvaaI farmers"
Mr.. Balfour closed the debate by NOV
ing closure, and the vote for the troops
was then adopted by 200 to IS.
After an angry passage between Sir
Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett, Conservative
member for the Ecclsal division Of Shelf
field. and Michael Davitt, Nationalist
member for South Mayo, at the conclusion
of which Davtt was called upon TO with
draw an expression charaCterizing a
statement of Sir Ellis Ashmead-Bartett
as a falsehood Mr.. Dillon suggested that
a vote be taken on the main question. He
would only ask, he said an assurance Of
the same treatment for the enemy s
wounded as for the wounded of the Brit
ish.
Mr.. BaIfour replied that the dictates of
humanity and civilization would insure
that Mr. Balfour then read the follow
ing telegram from Major Yule. dated from
Glencoe Camp at Z o'clock this evening:
Il regret to report that General SymonS
is mortally wounded. Other casualties
win follow. The important success to-
day is due to General Symons courage
and generalship and to the gallant exam
pie and confidence he gave TO the troops
under his command
The vote of e10000.O00 was then carried
the result being announced as 271 for and
g against the credit. The House then
adjourned.
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TECHNICAL STORY
OF THE FINAL RACE
OF THE BIG YACHTS

NEW YORK, Oct. 20-Out OF the north
ward with a rush came a good stiff breeze
this morning, clearing away what httle
mist and fog there was between and s
o'clock and giving the shippers and crews
Of the Columbia and the Shamrock the
best encouragement they have yet re-
ceived for a race.
By $3.50 both yachts were passing
through the outer end OF Gedneys Chan
mel and q few minutes later, after casting
off from their tugboats, they were stand
ing off and on, under mainsail and lib,
trying the breeze, which was now from
about the north by east and increasing in
weight every minute. BY 1920 the wind
was blowing fully twenty miles an hour.
churning up quite a little sea off the
lightship, and it looked doubtful then
whether the yachts would be able to carry
even working topsails over their main
sails, much less their big clubsails.
The committee boat set the course sig
nails, south by west, soon after 10:30. The
preparatory signal was given at lO:45, the
warning at 1876 and the one TO start at
II o'clock. Just as the preparatory signal
was given the Shamrock set her working
topsail and forestaysail The Columbia {
was not yet set. Both yachts were man
euvering north of the line, with booms 10
starhoard, when the warning signal was
given. The Shamrock. heading about
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FIGHTING THAT PRECEDED
BATTLE OF TALANA HILL

LADYSMITH. Oct. 10 delayed IN trans
mission) The carbineers and border
mounted rifles, who have been in action
with the enemy nearly all day, returned
this evening. falling back fighting in the
face of some 1000 Beers. They were sew
eral times almost cut off, but a Maxim
gun held the Beers in check It is re-
ported that sixteen Beers were killed
Several times the Beers came within 400
yards range. but their shooting was bad
and the Maxims rendered signal service
in stopping their rushes. They have a
large wagon train and artillery
ALIWAL NORTH, Cape Colony, Oct.
19 delayed in transmission).- The Boer
force from Smithfield has moved to Beth
ulie, where 1000 Beers are now concen-
trated. Their plan Of campaign appears
to be for the Rouxville contingent, cross
ing the Orange River first, as they fear
the North bridge is mined, to circle
Aliwal North and to seize the railway.
simultaneously the Bethulie contingent.
It appears. is 20 cross the border seize
the railway and proceed to Albert juno
ton, there to meet the Rouxville force
If this plan succeeds the Beers expect
the Dutch in Cape Colony to Join them
The Rouxville force has artillery, in /.
cluding Ilrupp gun.
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earlier would be apparent when he de-
clared that the embodiment OF three army
corps for home defense and the dispatch
of two army corps TO country W WReIe ire
facilities of locomotion existed would pe
a graver yet a shorter and easier task,
BY October 25 "a 900 men would be shipped;
that is. In less than six days.
The cost Of mobilizing 4,OJ0 men, trans
ferring them six thousand miles, equip
ming them, maintaining them for four
months in land destitute Of surplus sup
plies, Mr.. Wyndham said would be
''By dispatching these thirty-three bat,
talions," he continued we destroyed
thirty-three machines for training men
and instructing officers In thelr sli''lIC77t
duties, and we broke up the more conf
pick organism of brigades necessary for
the instruction of general anG stan ON
GERS The Government, therefore, pro
poses to embody thirty-three oattaIlons
OF militia.
I'VE would have violated a fundamental
principle OF our army system II we nai
mobiliZed without militia, that principe
being that when all the battaltonS Ui a
regiment are sent abroad we must call out
the affiliated militia battalion and form
q provisional battalion by welding the
militia and the men under twenty left be-
hind.
Cavalry and field artillery are
strengthened differently. We propose to
raise seven cavalry regiments remaining
at home to a higher establishment and 20
gun establishments. The steps have
described viii not be made 10 assist in
the war against the two republics, but
to put the army in the same position as
II was before the war. Such steps are nee
essary unless we are content, firstly to
exist as nation on sufferance of other
powers, and secondly to allow to perish
the army machine cOntrived during the
last nineteen years at a great sacrifice
on the part of the taxpayers, to protect
these islands. and that train forces to de-
fend the empire over seas
Mr.. Wyndham concluded with a eulogy
of the commander in chief Lord Wolse-
ley, and of the officers Of the colonies.
The Irish members and Henry Labou-
cEere alone opposed the estimates.
Michael Davitt. Nationalist. character
iZed the war as a "hideous and damnable
massacre" He said there mad never been
such magnificent robbery by force, doubt
less because the prize was the greatest
that ever tempted the cupidity of the en-
pire."
John Dillon, Nationalist, thought that a
great country ought to be ashamed to
have to call out its reserves.
William Redmond, Parne!lite, vigorously
denounced the policy Of the Government
and was repeatedly called TO order by the
speaker for rambling. He contrasted the
attitude of Great Britain toward Venezu-
ella with her attitude toward the Trans
vaal.
IN the former case" he said, the
United States announced that Great Brit
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THE NATAL BATTLEFIELD.

InlS map OF Jne country ABOUT Lduy-
smith and Glencoe shows Talana Hill.
Glands Laagte Besters and other points
Of interest in the South African cam
paign.
@ 0%@->-~-~~-~-
two insignificant republics are viewed
with considerable curiosity in some of the
European capitals, notably Paris and St.
Petersburg. Notes have been exchanged
on the subject, and it is even hinted in un-
official quarters that inquiries will be ad-
dressed to the British Government as to
the contemplated absorption of the two
republics by the British Empire.
The Press Association tonight an
nounces with an air of authority that the
Governments plan is to terminate the
war in the speediest possible manner after
the forts at Pretoria and johannesburg
have been raZed, and then to promulgate
by order of the Queen in council a new
constitution for a group of five federal
states-Cape Colony, the Transvaal Ma
tai, the Orange Free State and Rhodesa-
under the title Of the Dominion of South
Africa. the Crown to nominate a governor
general and the five states having power
each to elect its own lieutenant governor
and to have local legislators. with Do
minion Parliament, to meet at Cape
Town.
With some notifications the scheme is
based upon lines similar to those of the
Canadian Government.
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AS REPORTED TO
BRITISH WAR OFFICE

LONDON. Oct 20.-The War Office has
received the following official dispatch
from Ladysmith, filed at $3.50 o'clock this
afternoon:
This from Glencoe: We were attacked
this morning at daylight by
force roughly estimated at 4000
They had placed four or five guns
In position on a hill 5400 yards east of our
camp, and they fired plugged shells. Their
artillery did no damage. Our infantry
formed for attack and we got our guns
into position. After the position of the
enemy had been shelled our infantry ad-
vanced to the attack, and after a hard
fight, lasting until 1870 p. M, the almost
inaccessible position was taken, the en-
emy retiring eastward. All the Boer guns
have been captured. We can see our sol
diers at the top of the hill Our cavalry
and artillery are still out. General Sy-
mons is severely wounded. Our losses are
heavy. They Will be telegraphed as soon
as possible"
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Amid the shrieks Of whistles the Columbia
swept grandly across the hnish line at
2:=.. followed six minutes and thirty-tour
seconds later by the beaten shamrock
This is what Sir Thomas Upton had to
say about his defeat
I'VE had to-day a fair wind and what
We supposed TO be Shamrock weather
The Columbia won on her merits, and she
is the better boat. My opponents have
treated me not only fairly, but generously:
] have no complaint to make, and even II
] wished to find fault l would not do It,
I certainly have il in mind to win the cup.
! must consult with the builders and take
q few days TO consider the challenge, put
! shah challenge again unless some one
else comes forward. If so, l shall stand
Mr.. Iselin. when seen after the. race,
said that he had been convinced all along
that the Columbia was better boat than
the Shamrock and that this test in
Shamrock weather has proved It.
Captain Barr of the COLUMBIA sald ne
thought it was grand race and said fur
ther that he had never had any fear as 70
the final outcome Of the contest
''As for my sailor men, he added, they
deserve all the credit in the world.
Mr.. Morgan was delighted with the vic
tory, as were all other members Of the
New York Yacht Club.
Are the dudes all here?' asked Mt Nor
gan. laughingly. referring to some news
paper criticism about multitude or coun-
SelOrs The JOY that was on board the Co
lumbia spread to that vessels tender the
SJ. AliClaelS. Whtle teCAi -A4Lt o-t - -
winning crew was greeted with storm OF
cheers as he came on board.
CAPTAIN Robley d. Evans Of the United
States navy, who had charge OF the pa
troll fleet, was the recipient Of many con-
gratulatiOns last evening on the manner
in which the course hau Deen kept clear.
Il am glad he said. that the contest
IS over. for it had grown a bit tiresome.
The officers and men of the revenue cut
ters and those Of the torpedo fotilla are
entitled 70 all credit, and If 1 ever have
another detail like this l will not want a
better feet captain than my friend Cap
tain Roberts Of the Manning"
Though his yacht has been beaten in the
contest for the cup, there is to Sir Thomas
Upton no gloom in defeat. Throughout ii
ali he has conducted himself as a true
sportsman should and so popular has he
become that there is now movement on
foot to present him a loving cup move
ment that is headed by former Mayor
Strong and other prominent men of this
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ceived from South Africa leave no doubt
that the BoerS failed in their endeavor to
execute combined attack in Natal and
that the British have achieved a brilliant
victory, but at the cost OF a heavy list of
killed and wounded
The Boer plan, it is evident was TO hold
the force at Ladysmith by demonstra tions
OF the Free State burghers on the western
side, SO as to prevent reinforcements be-
Ing sent to Glencoe. The latter place was
to be Isolated by cutting the railway be-
tween 1t and Ladysmith Finally a large
force was to make a converging attack on
Glencoe. The first two items of the pro-
graHme were successfully carried out
but the combined operation against Glen
coe failed, owing probably to the fact that
the Boer military organization is too
rough and amateurish to bring large
FORCES into simultaneous action 1t Is be-
neVed that only 1000 Beers were in the
actual action report says that 5000
more were advancing from Hattingspruit
and battalion of the Leicestershire Reg
iment was sent to hold them in check, but.
as already cabled, this force is now in re-
treat.
The inference is that only the column
from the direction of Freiheid came into
action and that the force from Ingagane
failed to arrive in time and definitely re-
tired after the position taken up by the
hanking column had been carried by the
British troops.
Not an impossible explanation Is the diff
ference of opinion between the Younger
and the older Beers. Where the former
were determined at all cost to push on
and attack without delay, the older Beers.
who wished to wait until all the columns
were ready, had fallen back to Newcastle
and left the others to fight alone AS a
result of this hastiness the Beers were de-
1eated and lost number of guns. It is
considered probable that the older Beers
Will in the future decide the mode of con-
Quoting the campaign and mutual recrim-
nations, If nothing else, will hamper and
delay their future actions
1t is almost impossible to overestimate
the Importance of this initial victory, the
result of an engagement in which, In a
fairly fought field, discipline and tactical
skill have told heavily. Besides restoring
British prestige it has proved that the
Boer artillery, whether directed by Ger
mans or not, is practically valueless
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BRITISH TROOPS SAIL
FOR SOUTH AFRICA

SOUTHAMPTON. Oct 20-The trans
port Yorkshire carrying the first troops
of the special army corps for South Af-
rlca cast off this afternoon at 2:2O the
other transports following at regular in
tervals. The public were excluded from
the docks during the embarkation, but
immense throngs gathered outside, cheer
ing and singing and bidding farewell to
their friends as the trains passed in.
Between this and Monday 1000 men will
leave for South Africa AS the Yorkshire
parted the public cheered vociferously
and the troops responded with vigor The
commander in chief, General Wolseley,
with his staff, was present at the embark
alton.
LONDON, Oct 20.-The British Chan
mel squadron has been ordered to proceed
to Gibraltar next Thursday.
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LONDON, Oct. 20.-In the House of
Commons to-day the First Lord of the
Treasury and Government leader, Arthur
!. Balfour, moved an address Of thanks
TO her Majesty for the royal message call
ing out the militia. John Dillon, Nation
alist member Of East Mayo, moved an
amendment declaring the embodiment OF
the militia unnecessary. This was rejected
by vote of 2g9 against sc.
In reply to a question regarding
the rumOred purchase of Delagoa
Bay by Great Britain, Mr.. Balfour
said no arrangements had been made
for such a transac ction. Replying 10
question as 10 Samoa he said no deci-
sion had yet been reached as to the future
administration OF the islands, and that the
matter was still under consideration.
The House having gone into committee
Of supply the Parliamentary Under Score
tary of State for War. Mr.. Wyndham. in
troduced the supplementary army esti-
mates In the course Of an explanation
Of the nature of the call and of the man
ner in which the nation had responded to
it, he said:
THE British military system, If it IS
worth anything, must enable us TO send
an expedition abroad without depriviug
our homes of protection. We cannot be
satisfied unless We can send such an eXpe-
dition without destroying the machinery
for maintaining our army abroad.
Dealing with the army corps now going
out. Mr. Wyndham said it numbered "a
001 regulars. all trained and mature men,
including 6G00 cavalry, ia guns. 261 wag
ous. from 5000 TO 1l,o0O horses and 14050
mules. II had been necessary to call
portion of the reserve in order TO bring
some Of the regiments to their full war
strength. The Government therefore had
called for p, 900 men. Assuming that 1900
would be effective-and this expectation
had been fully yerified-the British force
II the field would consist Of 26,000 men
with the colors and q 900 reservists.
This may seem a large force" said
Mr.. Wyndham,' but we must reflect that
the two republics, by their juxtapOstion,
have a strategical advantage, enabling
them 10 concentrate for attack at any
point on a frontier of 202O miles, q from
tier everywhere hundreds of miles from
the sea- and when We further consider the
area involved. which is inhabited by $500
U.u natives ii Is clear that considerations
Of humanity dictate that the empire
should display an unmiStakable exhibition
Of strength to secure one Of its greatest
dependencies from the horrors Of dilatory
operations
In explaining the organization of the
enormous transport service, Mr.. Wynd-
ham said the reason It was not mobilized
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BRITISH TROOPS
DRIVE THE BOERS
FROM TALANA HILL
Continued From First Page.

the action, and the command then de-
volved on General YuIe.
The enemy, as they fled, were followed
by the cavalry, mounted infantry and ar
tillery. The direction taken was to the
eastward. At the latest reports the cav
airy had not returned
Some say that four and some say that
five guns were captured. The Boer artil-
lery firing was weak. y lot of plugged
shells were used
Although the enemy's position was car
ried soon after l o'clock, a scattering fire
went on almost all the afternoon
The British losses are very severe, but
those of the Beers are much heavier.
The final rush was made with a tri-
umphant yell and as the British troops
charged to close quarters the enemy
turned and fed, leaving all their impedi-
menta and guns behind them in their pre-
cipitated fight.
While this was going on one battery of
artillery, the Eighteenth Hussars and the
mounted infantry. with part of the
Leicester regiment, got on the enemy's
flank, and as the Beers streamed wildly
down the hills, making for the main
road. they found their retreat had been
cut off, but they rallied for while and
there was severe firing with considerable
loss to each side. Many of the enemy
surrendered. A rough estimate places
the British loss at $50 killed or wounded,
and that of the Beers at 500.
A newspaper correspondent states that
through his glasses during the fighting
to-day he noticed how much the Beers
seemed to be nonplussed by the tactics
of the imperial troops. especially of the
well drilled, swift moving horsemen The
enemy are still as of old, a mob. They
are without horses and forage, and many
of them rely for food upon what they
can obtain by looting. Their animals are
mostly in a wretched condition
It IS understood that before to-day
battle several Beers had left their com
mandos and gone home to their farms.
and many others are now likely to follow
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AN EXPLOSION KILLS
ONE HUNDRED B0ERS

CAPE TOWN, Oct. 20, evening.-Dis-
patches dated Mafeking. Saturday night,
and carried by dispatch riders via Kuru-
man and Danclskuil to Hooktown, state
that Colonel Baden Powell inflicted a
tremendous blow on the Beers nine miles
north of Mafeking.
Two trucks laden with dynamite, which
it was judged unsafe to keep in Mafeking
on account of the risks Of explosion
should the town be shelled, were sent by
Colonel Baden Powell nine miles out in
the hope that the Beers would shell and
explode them. And so it happened. When
the engine had uncoupled from the trucks
and retreated about a mile the enemy
shelled the trucks with the result that a
terrible explosion occurred, killing, it is
estimated, 100 Beers.
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FRANCE AND RUSSIA
ARE NOW INTERESTED

LONDON. Oct. 2O-The absence of de-
tails regarding the British losses in the
engagement at Glencoe Camp causes the
deepest anxiety, and the War Office Is
again besieged by relatives and friends of
those making up the forces that took
part in the fight. Among the callers was
the Duke of Abercorn, who made anxious
inquiries.
1t was reported that Great Britains
immense military preparations against
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@-N~A~-N~~@-~~-~%"S

Charles Everson Macrum, United States
Consul at Pretoria, who has been placed
in charge Of British interests in the Trans
vaal during the war, was born in Pitts
burg, Pa, thirty-three years ago He
was appointed by President Mckinley
Consul at Pretoria in July, 1898. His wife
is with him in South Africa. He was
president Of the Phoenix Club, the lead
Ing Republican organization in McKln-
ley's old Congressional district, and was
at first appointed Consul to Tahiti. So
ciety Islands. but did not accept that
post.
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Explosives Confiscated.

LONDON, Oct. 20.-The Daily Telegraph
publishes the following dispatch from its
correspondent at Cape Town dated
Wednesday: A large quantity of dyna-
mite dust has been seized by the customs
authorities on board steamer
bound to Delagoa Bay. The yes
sci put into Table Bay and the infor-
nation leaked out. The explosives were
intended for the Transvaal Government
and were accordingly conf1scated.
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Foil. the Basso. Dead

LONDON. Oct. 20-The death is an
nounced Of Signor Foil. the weIl-known
baSSo.
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A MAN WHO IS NOT
FASTIDIOUS
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than other systems with double the illumna-
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Send for free booklet on Acetylene Gas. We
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Crawford avalanche., 1899-07-27
An Agreeable Surprise.

The wave Of prosperity that struck
this country with the induction into
office of President Mckinley, and
which has grown to mammoth proper
tions since, has not only had n benefi-
cent influence upon our workingmen,
but upon our working women as we'll.
The latest instance where the latter
have been benefited is the increase of
10 per cent in the wags of 300 women
In the employ of the United States
Wrapper Company of Terre Haute,
Ind, last Tuesday. The raise was a
surprise, but nevertheless appreciated.
Clayton (Mo.) Watchman.