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found TO their dismay that they had
rushed the wrong wagon. AS they
were riding through the Matabclc to
Lobengula's lager, they alarmed the
whole host and it was now their turn
to make their escape before the fatal
surrounding moycmcnt-which they
knew would come If they delayed
.hcmmcd them in TO their doom. Al
ready they could hear the rush OF the
cnraged Kafhrs through the bush ON
every side and shots from their rifles
and flying spears told them that there
had commenced 4 fight to finish. for
there is no quarter where the Kaflirs
arc fighting. About a quarter of 4
mile away there was huge ant hill
which the flashing lightning revealed
from time to time This. on account
OF It's dominating height, was selected
to make 4 stand on. Fighting the
black figures in tho darkness as thcv
rode over the torrcntcovercd ground,
exchanging shots with the savagcs as
the lightning revealed them On
reaching the hill 4 count was made
and three were found TO be missing.
Major Wilson ordered the scout to
find out their fate. to locate them if
thcv were dead. or guide them hack
il they lived. This was hazardous
undertaking. for on account OF the
darkness IF the NIGHT. the streams of
water. and tho lurking Kzfira. il was
necessary for Burnham to keep on
tho "spoor." 10 follow It urmorrted.
Knowing what was before him, Burn
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by his love for danger, offered his
services to the British South Africa
Company, which was conducting i
private war against King Lobengula
and his Kafir warriors,
1t did not take Burnham long TO
get into the swing OF African CAM
paigning and his ability was soon roc
oenized by the British, even with
their prcJudices against all Americans
The destruction of Major Allen
Wilson and his men at the hands OF
Lo5cngula'S warriors and the daring
work of Frederick Russell Burnham
were the two conspicuous events in
the campaign Burnham's gallant
effort to save Wilson's party made
him hero where practically every
one had an heroic deed to his credit.
Major Forbes, with about three
hundred men who were all tried and
true, was out to give battle TO King
Lobengula and his warrior hosts
While Forbes force was pursuing tho
king and his warriors, he in turn was
being followed by an army OF warlike
Matabclc who were operating the
wcll-known surrounding movement
Ipracticed in all campaigns by tho Az
rIcan races related 10 the Zulus. and
which has cost the British more than
one defeat at the hands OF the Kafirs
As the fighting was costly and the
results in battle even at thc best I'M
certain. The British conceived the ides
of capturing the main cause OF thC
war. the Warrior King Lobengula
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and went into the wilderness of the
Great Southwest to be scout
lie fought Indians and highwaynen.
searched for gold with prospcctors,
hunted big game to supply the camps
with meat, always doing more than a
mans share. AT last he got his wish.
He became a scout. For fifteen years
he wandered over that wilderness OF
canyon and desert that runs from the
Great Divide to Mexico. Fighting the
fierce Apache, hunting Mexican thieves.
doing everything that was part OF the
daily life OF 4 scout in those days.
Everyone throughout the West. knew,
or knew OF Fred Burnham. brave
man. wonderful scout, splendid shot,
and hnc horseman.
What better training could a man
have 10 fit him for the position Of Chief
OF the British Scouts in South Africa.
His selection by the British was one OF
the clever acts of the campaign, which
stands out like an inoandcsccnt light
on 4 dark road of blunders.
Major Burnham in appearance is oi
muscular. tight-knit build. little un
der medium height. has soldicrly
bearing and dresses like a business
man. His face, the conspicuous part
of him, carries the story OF his lift
and puts the seal OF the deed done
on all he tells; il is strong without
being tough peculiar and noticcabl,
Characteristic Of the African pioneer
of ali races. In Africa it is not The
gun-carrying frontiersman, who ha!
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and when the lightning flashed, they could
sec the glistcning naked bodies in the rain
Just before dawn they heard the unmiS-
taxable sounds OF marching cavalry,
They thought that the column OF MAJOR
Forbes had ridden TO their rescue In
stead it was Captain Borrow who was
sent 10 their aid with twenty men. The
Kafirs with splendid skill concealed the
fact that they had surrounded Wilson
and allowed Borrow with his troop TO
join Wilson, prcferring 10 concentrate
their attack on ono place A little later
dawn drove the night from the jungle
and in the ssby gray OF the wet morn
ing the Matabcc opened the attack from
every piece of cover they could find
Asscgais rained into the defense that
was made OF the carcasscs of the dead
horses. and bullets few from every tree,
tearing the flesh of the living and tho
dead One by one the defenders fell
and the Matabclc, encouraged by their
success. made 4 wild rush, bowling in
the delight Of their blood lust, holding
thcir shields before them and swinging
their knookerries at the heads Of the
whites who could see that unless 4
miracle hapoencd they were Eghtin0
over their graves. A wcll-held vollcy
drove them back, hurling death into
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1t was a daring plan and it required
daring set TO carry 1t out The
whole affair, although the men were
under the command of Major Wilson,
was practically in the hands of Burn
ham, who, with his brothcr-n-law,
Ingram, were to be the scouts; or
otherwise. the eyes and intelligence OF
the venture.
With twelve men. besides Burnham
and Ingram, Major Wilson set out
at nightfall to ride through the Mata-
belle TO Lobcngula's camp, seize him
and fight their way out.
1t was terrible night-just one
for such 4 decd-a terrific thunder
storm ragged Rain fell in torrents
like silver sheets on the vivid blue of
the fash and crash of the lightning
The incessant roll of the thunder
made it impossible to command. and
the earth became a lake OF rushing
waters
Three thousand Warriors were
campcd around their king on the
Shangani river. and through these in
a wild ride galloped the daring little
band, their only hope lying in sudden
action. They rushed the trek wagon
which they thought Lobengula was
using as his camp. The dizzy dane
ing of the lightning. which was sue
cecded by the sudden inky blackness,
blinded and confused them and they
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fired by the Rcdskin Chief Red Cloud,
after he had maSsacrcd the women and
children OF the town, so up i'll flames.
On one occasion his mother fed before
the savage attack Of the Indians and
knowing that the heavy child in her
arms would sooner or later result in her
capture and be the death of them both.
Watching her chance she hid her
precious child under Il shock of corn
and drew the pursuing redskins IN an
opposite direction She escaped and
when the Indians were at last driven off
She found her baby Fred sound asleep
Unconscious of the terrible fighting that
had been raging around him. This bap-
tism OF fire fitted Frederick Russell
Burnham for the adventurous roll he
was to fill in after years.
He was living in Los Angeles, Cali
fornia, when his father died, leaving him
Ia lad of twelve. TO care for his mother
For time after the head OF the house
passed away Mrs. Burnham and her boy
felt the pangs of poverty. The boy got
d job as mounted messenger, became the
brcadwlnner OF the household. An
uncle in one Of the eastern states hear
ing the fanily's plight offered to care
for Mrs. Burnham and her son. Here
young Fred Burnham's grit got chance
TO show itself and it did He refused
to become burden and at the mature
age of thirteen. he took up his rifle
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only brute courage and carclcssness
4bout the continuance OF his own cX-
lstance that succeeds III the arduouS
task Of inilictng civilization on the
Islpd 1t requires the thinker as well /,
therefore the scholar and scientist are
found more frequently than the ordi-
mary adycnturcr waiting for the main
chance. Burnham during his many
duties in the Southwest, found time to
study and become a proficient natur-
alist, gcologist and minerologiSt This.
with his scouting experience and his
all-round general knowledge gained
in the school Of hard experience.
make him valuable man for any new
country.
In 1893. longing for new fields Of
adventure and fresh openings for his
energy, Burnham packed up, and ac-
'companied by his wife and brother
in-law, Set sail for South Africa. the
land OF diamonds, gold. Kafiirs, Beers
and war. and he got what he wanted.
Primarily his idea was 20 prospect for
gold and precious stones in German
East Africa, and pick up a fight where
he could.
He no sooner reached the Dark
Continent than the news of the first
Matabclc war reached his cars. There
was nothing else to do-no choice to
make. In his cagerncss to fight he
forgot the quest for gold, and lurcd
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HIS American

II S A n erican
killed the great
and terrible b | c
N1atabclc G. o d
Mlimo. thereby
ending a bloody
war. An Empire
was the British
Empire, when it
found itself hum
blcd by the VIC
tories o t I h c
Bocrs - over Its
best I ops Ill
9 Soufh q f-,ca
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ham told Major Wilson he would re-
.quire some one to lead his horse Ma
jor Wilson volunteered. Burnham of
ten travelled on his knees to keep the
wardcd by finding the three troopers un-
harmed but lost in the jungle THIS
feat established Burnham's reputation
with the British and made him crl-
terion
Back at the hill ngain they joined
their anxious and waiting comrades and
then the watch for dawn and escape
commenced. All around they could
hear the Kalfirs preparing TO rush them.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-09-10
RUNAWAY CAR HITS
ANOTHER; 3 HURT
Brakes Fail to Work on Hyde
Street Grade and Col
liSiOn Follows

Through a collision between a Hyde
street car and a Sacramento street
car at the crossing of Hyde and Sac
ramento streets about 10 o'clock yes
terday morning a woman and two men
were badly injured and others were
slightly bruised and cut The Hyde
street car was inbound heavily laden
with passengers. Going down the
steep grade from Clay and Sacramento
streets tAe brakes would not work
properly. Henry Bienf1eld, the grip
man. yelled to the passengers to keep
their seats and threw all Of his weight
on the brakes
The Sacramento street car. which
had the right of way, was about to
clear the crossing when the Hyde street
car crashed into it's rear. throwing it
off the track and smashing the run
ming board and stanchions. The Hyde
street car was also damaged in the
front part.
A woman, who refused to give her
name, was taken away in a hack badly
injured. Conductor Minnehan of the
Sacramento street car. who was stand
ing on the rear platform, was cut by
glass and jammed between the seats
and NJ. Franmentien, sos Montgomery
avenue, a passenger, was seriously in
jured They declined to go to a hospi-
tai.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-09-10
JURY FINDS ALLEGED
BRIBER NOT GUILTY
Lee 0'NeiI Browne, Who Fig
ures in LOrimer Scandal,
Is Acquitted

CHICAGO, Sept. 9.-Lee O'Neil
Browne. minority leader in the Illinois
legislature. charged with bribery in
connection with the election of Will
lam Lorimer to the United States SEN
ate. was found not guilty by a jury in
the criminal court today. This was
Brownies second trial The jury dis
agreed in the first trial.
The reading OF the verdict absolving
Browne from guilt was greeted with
cheers from friends of Browne who
crowded the courtroom. Browne turned
10 his attorney, Charles Erbstein. and
threw his arms around his neck and
for a moment they embraced.
The bailiffs were powerless to main
tain order and with a rush Brownies
friends hoisted him TO their shoulders
and carried him around the courtroom,
continuing their cheers.
A semblance of order was restored
by vigorous effort on the part of the
court officials and the jury was polled.
The basis of the indictment against
Browne was that he had bribed Repre-
sentative Charles A White of ORAL
lon, ILL.,, his colleague on the democratic
side of the Illinois general assembly,
to vote for William Lorimer for United
States senator at the close of the dead
locked session of the last state legisla-
ture-
Browne was specifically charged with
having paid $3.50 to White in the
Briggs house in Chicago after having
given him $3.50 in Springfield.
The verdict in the Browne case came
as dramatic aftermath to yesterday
sensational incident between Colonel
Roosevelt and Senator Lorimer regard
ing the Hamilton club banquet
Senator Lorimer was attending q
meeting of directors of the La Sale
Street national bank when word was
given him concerning the verdict. A
telephone girl at the bank received the
message. Leaving her switchboard she
FASTENED to the directors room, where
she handed a paper with the words,
Not guilty to John l. Hughes, a di-
rector. Hughes read the message and
then handed it to Senator Lorimer-
He read it, tore it up and continued
his remarks to the directors.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-09-10
BEAUTIFUL DRAGON
MAY NOT PARADE
Tong War of the Hop Sings and
Suey Sings May Frus=
trate Plans

Unless temporary truce is agreed
upon between the five tongs involved
in the present war of the Hop Sing
and Suey Sing tongs it is possible that
there viii be no appearance of the
beautiful Chinese dragon in tonight's
parade. The dragon, which is nearly
200 feet long and which was received
with much applause along the line of
march of the Portola parade last year,
was to have been feature of this
evenings street carnival.
The dragon is controlled by the Hop
Sing tong and the zee family. Tt re-
quires the strength of more than a
hundred men to carry the huge car
toon. Just now the members of the
Hop Sing. Suey Sing. Bing Kung, luke
Lum and On Yick tongs are looking
for one another with bullets. In view
OF the war now wa ging, the dragon
may not appear to delight the hundreds
or thousands who will witness tonight's
street festival. If the dragon does appear
II may be headed by bearers of flag of
the admiration of those who view it,
Members of the parade committee of
the Native Sons attempted to locate
or the dragon and who agreed to ex-
hfb1t 1T in the march, but the orientals
could not be found. A plan is on foot
to have the Chinese parlor of Native
Sons carry the dragon. but many of
them are members of the families con-.
cerned in the tong war, and it is proba-
bic that they can not muster suf-
hcient number to carry the dragon
The Chinese Native Sons did not
march yesterday, although their parlor
had made arrangements to participate
The dragon has been newly dressed
in beautiful silk of many colors, and it
is well worth seeing. The present
tong war Will bring keen disappoint-
ment to those who know the dragon
and who would care to admire its gro
tesque beauty once more Just now
the dragon is being used for a far
more sinister purpose than to excite
the admiration of those who view it.
Now it is shrine before which the
sons of Confucius belonging to the Hop
Sing tong pray to acquire the spirit
and courage to do battle against their
enemies, the Suey Sing and Bing Kung
tongs.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-09-10
WOMAN STRUCK BY
TAXI AT CROSSING
Messenger Boy on Motorcycle
Injured in Collision With
an Automobile

Miss Bertha Burron, 345SA Seven
teenth street, while crossing San Jose
avenue about o'clock Thursday night
was knocked down by a taxicab driven
by Harry Melcher, employed by Will
son & Rocker.
She was taken to st. Luke's hospital
where it was thought that her skull
was fractured Melcher was arrested
and booked at the Mission station on a
charge of battery
Joseph Bfscotti. messenger boy, 34S1
Nineteenth street, while riding a motor
cycle yesterday morning collided with
an automobile at Golden Gate avenue
and Octavia street driven by E. T. Glen
non of 929 Post street
Biscotti was thrown to the ground
and sustained a fracture of the skull
He was taken to the central emergency
hospital
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-09-10
.OVERWORK BLAMED
FOR BOWERS DEATH
United States Solicitor General
Passes Away While Talk
ing to His Family

BOSTON, Sept. 9.-Solicitor General
Lloyd w. Bowers died here at 1880 a.
m today of complications arising from
an attack of bronchitis. He had been
III about two weeks.
Death came suddenly while Bowers
was talking with Mrs Bowers and a
son, the nurse being present The
family had been staying at the Hotel
Iouralne in this city for fortnight.
The first news of Bowers illness be-
came generally known through a tele-
gram sent by Mrs. Bowers to President
Faft last Tuesday. The message was
delivered to the president on the train
Whlle ne was on his way back to Bev-
erIy from the conservation congress at
81 Paul So Solicitous was Taft that
as soon as he reached Boston he called
at the Motel, but he found the patient
much improved.
Dally reports concerning the condi-
ton OF the sick man have been encour-
aging and yesterday the prospects of
his being able to leave the hotel were
discussed
DR.. Frederick Coggeshall said that
the original illness of Mr.. Bowers,
which took the form of a violent cold,
was due to overwork
10y u - DOWSrS was porn IN
Springfield, Mass, March 9, 1859 He
graduated from Yale in 1879 and from
the Columbia law school in 1882; he
was general counsel of the Chicago
Northwestern railroad in 1892 and
lastly solicitor general of the United
states. In 1887 he married Miss
Louise B. Wilson of Winona, Mimi,
VINO died 10 years later. In 1906 he
married Miss Charlotte Josephine
Lewis
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-09-10
HUGHES NOT TO BE MADE
CHIEF JUSTICE AT ONCE
Will Take Seat on Bench Be-
\ fore Congress Conyenes

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9.-If Governor
Hughes is to be made chief justice of
the supreme court of the United States
he will be promoted from an associate
justiceship.
Reports that the nomination of the
governor as an associate justice would
be withdrawn and his name sent to
the senate as chief justice have been
put to rest by arrangements that the
New York executive has been making
to take up his duties on the bench on
the second Monday in October.
AS congress does not convene until
December, the new associate justice
will have at least two months to serve
in a subordinate position on the bench.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-09-10
BURGLARS SCARED BY
SCREAMS OF WOMAN
Attempt to Break Into Mrs A.
Deming'S Residence

Burglars tried to break into the resi-
dence of Mrs. A. Deming, 1928 Nine
teenth street, about 3 o'clock yesterday
morning. She heard them and, opening
her bedroom window, shouted for as
sistance to her neighbors, and the
burglars fled
The residence of ]. A Buck. 2OO4
Cough street. was entered by burglars
Thursday and thoroughly ransacked.
Mrs. j. II. Morton's residence at 10
Commonwealth avenue was entered by
burglars Thursday and plundered
The residence of Edward Peiser, 26l5
Pine street was entered THURSDAY
night and jewelry valued at S25
stolen.
William ]. Orr. deputy sheriff from
SOnOma county, was
robbed of a purse and SIS and game
warden's badge on Third street car
Thursday night
Samuel Parrish. gunner's mate on
the U. s. S. GoldsborOugh. was robbed
of two diamond rings while drinking
on the Barbary coast Thursday night
When money talks the only thing IL
saws to most of us is "goodby-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-09-10
JURY IN SANIDAN WILL
CONTEST DISAGREES
Stands at Six to Six During "a
Hours BaIlOting
I Speoial Dispatch 10 The Call

fSpcciol Dispatch 10 The Gail
SAN JOSE. Sept. 9.-The attempt of
immediate relatives to break the will
whereby the late Mrs Felicia Savidan
left an estate Of 100000 TO Miss Jose
phine Savidan. a distant relative, failed
today when the jury was dismissed
without reaching a verdict. The fore
man reported that they stood six TO six
al the first ballot and not a man
changed his mind during the q hours
that they were out.
Miss Josephine Savidan, sole benefi-
ciary under the viii, is a daughter of a
half brother and made Mrs. Savidan
comfortable in her old age The con-
testants were: Louis. Thomas, Henry,
George, Eva Mary and Louise Sourris-
eau. children Of brother Of Mrs. Saw
dan.
The testimony of alienists from in
sane asylums of the state was intro
duced in an attempt to show that Mrs.
Savidan was incompetent TO make a
will An attempt was also made to
show that Paul Mason. wealthy cham
payne manufacturer, had influenced Mrs.
Savidan in making the will and that
the viii was forged.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-09-10
STATE SENATOR'S BANK
ROLL UNDER SUSPICION
GoodSeII of New York Accused
of Trolley BoodIing

NEW YORK, Sept. 9-The charge
that thousands of dollars had been de-
posted to his credit by representatives
of street railway interests was made
before the investigation committee of
the legislature today against former
Senator Goodsen of Orange county.
Extracts from the books of the
brokerage firm of Ellingwood & Cum
bingham showed that in less than FIVE
years the former senator had $24.S00
placed to his credit, and that at least
$4,000 of this amount had been fur
nished by officials of the Metropolitan
street railway company of this city and
the New York street railway associa-
ton.
The committee adjourned until
Wednesday.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-09-10
BATH; GAS; BOOM!
SMASHUP; HOSPITAL
House Was Wrecked When
Burned Robert Bryant Rose
From the Ruins

Robert Bryant. 1919 Clement street.
desired to take bath on Thursday
night and went to the bathroom He
turned on the gas. but forgot to light
it until a few minutes later Then
something happened. There was loud
explosion and the walls and partitions
gave way. Bryant was thrown out OF
the bathroom with his face and hands
badly burned. He was taken in an au-
tomobile to the French hospital for
treatment. He will recover. The house
was almost a total wreck. Bryant is
about 20 years Of age and said he
ought to have known better.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-09-10
PERJURY CHARGE FACES
ENGINEERS ASSISTANT
Charles O'NeiI Placed Under
Arrest in New York

ALBANY, N Y, Sept 9.-Charles
O'Neil of New York, who was conf1den-
tial assistant to former State Engineer
Frederick Skene, was arrested today on
warrant charging perjury. He was
the states principal witness against
Skene, who was acquitted last night on
a charge of grand larceny 1t being
alleged that a good roads bid in Nassau
county had been raised $4,000.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-09-10
BUSINESSMEN
ENTERTAINED AT TOKYO

TOKYO, Sept. 9.-The delegation of
American businessmen representing
several chambers of commerce of the
Pacific, on arrival on the Korea en-
route to China, was welcomed and
entertained by Baron Shibusawa, the
economist, and others of the Japanese
who have visited America.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-09-10
EXPLOSION OF WHISKY
BARREL is INJURIOUS
Santa Rosa HoteIman Loses
Mustache in Blaze
Especial Dispatch TO The Call

SANTA ROSA, Sept. 9.-olinto Bat
taglia had a narrow escape from seri-
Gus injury yesterday when a whisky
barrel exploded. Batta glia conducts
a hotel in Adams street. When the
barrels have been emptied they are
cleansed and then a small quantity of
sulphur is placed in them to complete
the cleansing process. When Battag-
liza went to investigate the cleanliness
Of the barrel with a match the collec-
ton of alcoholic fumes caused the ex-
plosion. Battaglia's right hand was
badly burned and his eyebrows and
mustache were burned off.