PRICE FIVE CENTS.
sanJfrXn ciscp; >monp
Before a Large Audience the Attorney Accuses 1 Corporation bf
Bribery, the Bulletin of Blackmail and Incompetent Sari Fran
cisco Officials of Barring the Acquisition of a Public Uti i v
EX-SUPERVISOR REED DENOUNCES
SPRING VALLEY WATER COMPANY AND
THE CITY'S BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
VICTIM OF AN-UNKNOWN.ASSAS
"SIN . WHO : SHOT - ; HER DOWN
! .WITHOUT APPARENT. MOTIVE.
candidate* for office at elec
tions in this town and de
mands money as the price of
support or immunity from
attack. ~ I cite these in
stances drawn from politics,
•imply because the proof is
absolutely convincing:. The
Bulletin is a common
strumpet. It Is a pity that it.
- B "*— Infl lesce . or_ an e v t fii
«lve circulation.' It In the ,
duty of every cnod cltlKen to
mini ml re Its pernicious in
fluence, and expose Its cor
rupt practices, because not
only in politics, bnt In the
business world as well, the .
Bulletin blackmails and
thrives.
* • • '
. !• there crawling within
the limits of the city and
county of San Francisco any
thing: more nauseous and de
graded than the "fcoujrhten
Bulletin,*' or Its corrupt pro
prietor, hypocritically pre
tending to be for decency
and cood government?
It Is a we! I known fact
that the Bulletin holds n»
blackmailinpr roast. The
statesman'* explanation of
the phenomena has become
CnraoDS in local lonrnnlliin.
It iris that "tlie lease has
expired.*'
mistress (or n .lay. If paid its
price. It i» a notorious fact
that tor the past several
years the Bulletin has sap
ported n. prominent Demo
cratic statesman, lately re
tired from active political
life. At la«t Its k up port be
came lukdvnrm and finally
obanjred to a well-directed
•¦eceiiaor, R. A. Crotheri,
the San Francisco Bulletin Is
the scarlet ivonmn of jour
nallam. It will he any one's
ment of Georgre - K..
Fitch panned an inde
pendent and honest ca
reer in San Francisco
journalism and had a
powerful Influence in this
rommnnlty. Dut nnder hla
SAYS BULLETIN
FATTEN5 ITSELF
BY BLACKMAIL
B^— — VT the chief offender
In the San Francisco
Bulletin. That paper
_____ under the manage-
EX-SUPERVISOR WHO DE
"NOUNCED WATER COMPANY
AND THE BULLETIN.
2 CoatixLued "on.' Pajgo • Two f ¦
•-. v ¦¦ BERLIN,'/- Feb: / 1 6.^-It i- is
reported V from" ; Baku, Trans-
Caucasia^^' that of
persons v were V killed ';'¦ byj.'the
> earthquake j> in I the £ SJiamaka
; district^ and that]) tlie "towns
and "ylllag-es for twenty yersts
around ' Shamaka ' suffered se- i
'! verely.^ \[ :. ¦¦ J .?'J: ¦'¦ ¦¦ r '~{;, "a--. '.'.< :¦
THOUSANDS LOSE
THEIR LIVES IN
THE EARTHQUAKE
PATRIOTISM OP MBS. BE WET.
DURBAN, Feb. 16.-^Mrs." Dewet in an
interview; held; at the' Maritzburg coricen
tratiori-camp said > that , two' 6f >» her; sons
were : still fighting j'witri; their Jfatiie?. 1 Tsho
regretted Jthat -the GbverrimeritV had : . riot i
perfnitted '} her ' to /.communicate'; , with % her,
husband, -.and said j she was: certain t . he'
woiiid" never. "surrender.;. Mrs. Dewet:de
clared she would rather see < her . husband
die than" submit.'; .::*.,. . . ¦";' ;"'-;' : -',
UT the clii«f tllflical
tle» In the Way of
municipal ovrnernhlp
¦fo*. iSan Francisco's
Water unpply nre the
Spring: Valley '-."Water; Work* .
and. /the Board -of .Public
AVork« and It* CityEnprlneer.
The ' Spring: Water.
Work* In -a : rich, powerful
and nmcrapnloni corpora
tion. It 1st ', one r ot . the' chief "
members of what; Arthur!
- McEfren mo happily; described
as . the "Associated ; Vlllaln-
Iei«." It Is niing and will, une
every kind' • of Influence^ to '
defeat . municipal oiynemhip *
and there are many poWerful
factor* in '; molding:.' .public'
. onlnlon that r , are .only -too
anxioun to be used, If they be
vrell paid. There are the' pur-'
chanable politicians ] and the:
purchaoable prein. ; The pur
chasable prewii In a' danger
factor agalnnt the people'*
Interest*.
% "- •'-•¦•,¦•¦
The moat . nerlouM :dlfflcul^~.
ty,-hoT»-ever,Whlch'tlie.cnune
of : municipal ownernliip I*
laborlncr under in Snn Kran
cIkco. Is a , bnreancratlc, . cx
travanrant," daivdllnic»* incom
petent Hoard . . of ¦;> Public,
AVorku .and City, - Engineer.
They came Into office on ¦ the
hiprh tide' of .the -demand 'for <
j>ul»li< # ouneridiiji of public,
ntilitio", and. have . kiiccckn
fully dlnnipated^the ,-enthu
. h in « in ' of ¦' the " people, and ' nl
nioKt - dfntrorcd belief , In the
posniblllty. of the practical
• access of sacb. a policy.
SALT ; LAKE, Feb. ; 16.— Three : thops'anVl
Western.horses, -known as cayuses, gath-;
ered from : the ranges of the inter-mburi- :
tain. States are to i; be "shipped Vto" South
Africa f or ';¦ use ' in the : British army/ } . t The'
animals were s purchased by agents of '. trie"
British' army,* who' have' been scouring .the
country for weeks, and; have been concen
trated in corrals in this 'city arid at Grand
Junction!: Colo. The first shipment '"was
iriade f rom v here',to-day, a trainload being
sent -direct -to.? New Orleans. S Shipments
iWiUib^e made, daily -until, the .^entire' lot ia
disposed of." r r" '' / ; 'V- •
CAYUSES FOR. THE RAND.
BOARD OF WORKS
IS DECLARED THE
WORST OBSTACLE
."The' Spring 'Valley Water^ Company has "evl-_
dently reached the limit of lt« ~ present y-'re
iources.; -The W3tcr taken • frbm\ Point ; Uobo.-,
Creek ha's . been '. condemned, .and ' It \will / be ! but
a comparatively ' short time when .the . supply'
drawn from Lake Merced", must. 'be* condemned'
also," v for- the ; settlement , of population ., is ex
tending !n_ that ' direction: In ' fact,* it ' is' only,'
a ,' qiicstion - of , time : when -no part; of the penlri-'
"San Francisco [emerges • from the contro
versy, over "the use of Point Lobos Creek*as
."a .source of water; supply "only 'to- confront .a
more (important problem. :".'. It, is fairly certain
the Spring . Valley/ Water ¦ Company '.resorted
to that creek mainly because it could not 'ob
tain from. Mts "other sources of supply i a .'quaii-'
I U . ty of' water adequate to the demands .' at "all
seasons of the year. The real. questioriVbef ore
»he , city," ' therefore;* is not ; one of . preventing^
the u'ae . of ..water drawn • from ' contamiria'ted :
wj^ter slieds.-but of providing' a source' of water
jsuppiy. which shall be not only "pure but abund
ant ¦ "-•'.¦¦ : wfflB^j^g^ap^^gJaBBMM
The Real Water Problem:
It takes a great" deal to scare the people of
San Francisco. A , gentleman said to me .the
other day that ; If war were declared against
the United States' and' a .hostile ., fleet' 'were
threatening | San Francisco our ¦{ people, would
¦not believe. they were In danger till the bombs
were crashing thrqugh the roofs ¦'; of , ' their
dwellings. 'No greater calamity than a;scar
city ; of water can face , any- people, , yet * it has
only " ; been recently that the question of a' water
famine ' could' Interest our people. . They are,
however, waking; lip. .The San: Francisco Call
is one of the organs of conservatism. No one
can charge It' with being a supporter of muni
cipal ownership,^ yet on the 10th of last De
cember It had the following, 'editorial: ¦ '
From which the Inference is plain that an
other dry year, will be disastrous^ We are near
ly ' six ; inches short 'or ram this year as com
pared with 'last year. ¦
Chief Engineer. Schussler also said:/ "I. said
last year we were In the fourth dry year, and
in spite of having had four unproductive years,
we- still had . water j enough .for the fifth' year,
and tha t is this year. ! We are ' In i this : year
now.". . '".. : r : -~ ,. ..; .'
People Hard • to Scare.
Engineer Schussler answered, * "If we did not
have that. property we might find some morn
ing that'. we did riot have quite the amount
that. we bad heretofore."
In order to drain the mud fiats by placing its
suction pipe in the deepest part of the lake. / .
On/ February 11.' 1802, ' Chief Engineer
Schussler justified the expenditure of large
sums of • money in j Alameda last year on ! the
ground that the supply/of water was running
short.l The question was'asked by Supervisor
"Wynn, - "Whatia the necessity of these proper-,
ties that have been acquired to be used at tha
present, time by the Spring Valley .Water Com
pany?'; -;, ¦ ¦ ; . ,-' - .:•.¦,' ¦ .^ '[ '
J, Annie Anderson, believing I am now about
to die, make this, my dying statement. I came
from .the! Swedish church on : Jessie street. I
bade , my sister " farewell and ' I , started "to go
home/., 1 1 took • the car near Sixth street and I
sat on the car until I came to Ashbury street.
I had. gone a few steps when a man came and
took hold of me and then he shot me and I
cried and «peoplfe cams and he ran away. Ha
had a mask on .his. face: be had. a rain coat on
and the; cape "hid his face. .1 couldn't see him
.very 'good,; if was all done ¦ so quietly. Thl*
happened at : 0 UtO p. m.. " February - 16. " 1DO2.
.There .were no others on the, car that I saw.
except^the conductor, arid the man that steers : .
the ; car. ? : ; I - think it was one of ¦ them , on t the
car that sho< me, for he waa shooting > whila 1
vii to tbi'car. i - \ _>.
When the wounded woman' arrived at
the hospital Detective- Dinan Immediately
telephoned for Policeman Xelson to act
as interpreter • for Assistant District At
torney • John J."' Greeley, who was thera
to take the dying "woman's statement. It
was as follows:
, v; . The ¦ excited man "who boarded the Mc-
Allister-street car an " hour and a half
after the shooting did not wear an over
coat* of any kind. He was ' described as
being 5'feet ? inches In height; dressed in
black, with a derby hat and dark brown
mustache.
Both are positive there was not a fourth
person on the car.. Chief Wittman and
Captain Seymour,. after interviewing both
gripman J and conductor, were "completely
satisfied that i neither were Implicated in
any'way'with the murderous assault.
They were utterly surprised at the news
of the shooting. They 'returned from' the
trip to the park at 10 o'clock and went
home, and at that time nothing was
known at the power-house of the occur
rence.
.', Both C.L. Jones, the gripman, and Con
ductor Wyatt state that . they heard no
shots in the locality after the woman left
the car,.' '
, John Wyatt, conductor, on car No. 207 of
the Hayes-street line, saj-3 that a woman
with a. light colored coat and straw hat
andj black veil, which answers- the de
scription of the wearing apparel cf the
wounded woman, got o.i nia car at the
ferry and got off at Ashbury and Hayes
streets about 9:45 p. m. He noticed her,
particularly, because she was the only
passenger beyond the .Haycs-ctreet pbweri
Mystery Shrouds Case.
The woman's positive statements and
the seemingly rational way in which she
described the shooting in every particular,
save that portion of it in which she casts
suspicion upon the conductor, involves the
case in a tangled skein of mystery, which
the police may have a hard task unravel
ing, t .
The conductor and gripman state posi
tively that tney heard no shots, and the
people in the neighborhood bear out their
stories. Several gentlemen -who live in
toe vicinity of the shooting say that only
one shot was fired. The bullet was flred
at close- range. It burned a- hole In the
white coat which she wore and left pow
der marks for fully four or five inches
around the spot where the bullet entered.
San Francisco's dependence for water is al
most entirely upon the Spring Valley Water
Works. The Visltadon Water Company sup
plies 517 consumers and is the only rival of the
monopoly. The sources of water of the Spring
Valley Water Works are three — Lake Merced,
• the peniniula reservoirs and Alameda Creek.
Lake Merced Is a foj-mer arm of the ocean,
into which drains the rain water O ( f several
thousand acres of land, some of it thickly in
fcfib'.ted. The three perdnso 1 * reservoir* are
eltuated in the hills of San, Mateo County.
They are magnificent reservoir siteE. but have
very fmall catchment areas. When full they
contain a. three year's (supply of. water for San
Frsncieco. These reservoirs . were once the
main supply of the Spring Valley Water
Works, but the lirht rainfall of .the past five
years has compelled 11 to \ develop \ to the ut
taort the water-bearing properties of Alameda
Creek. Alaraeda Creek has a very large' draln
aee area, but no reservoir eites — at least, none
untilized. The flood waters of winter run"! into .
the ocean without hindrance. In order to make ,
use of a portion of this water Chief Kng-ineer
£cfcur«0er has developed a sort of: underground
reservoir in the gravel beds Just above Sunol,
and by a system o f underground • tunnels ob
tains a constant supply" of over eight million
gallons per day. From these various, source*
about 26,000,000 gallons a day are * secured.
MoFt of the water Is good, but 'some 'of'- It' is
b&d. and retting worse.
The epr^jVa^^XVaier_.Woria-!u coa-
¦¦ X-SUPERVISOR Charles Wesley
Reed delivered an address last
¦^ evening at the Academy of Sci
ences building on the subject of
- 1 <*f "Ban Francisco's Water Supply"
before a large audience, which
frequently cheered his remarks.
The speaker was listened to with close
attention, and his caustic criticisms of
the Board of Public Works, the Spring
Valley Water Company and the Bulletin
were greeted with applause.
At the close of . the address some of
those who had listened to the arraign
ment of a portion of the city's govern
ment, the water company and the Bulle
tin asked pertinent questions of^ the
speaker of the evening, who furnished the
Information desired.
A \ vote of thanks was unanimously
given to the ex-Supervisor and he was
personally congratulated by the majority
cf Mie citizens present at the meeting.
In dealing with the subject of the city's
supply of water ex-Supervisor Reed said:
The constitution of California provides that
in the month of February or ' each year the
legislative body of each municipality shall es
tablish the "rates of compensation to be col
lected for the use of water supplied to any city
and county, or city or town, or the inhabit
ar.tt thereof." All over the State the man^iite
of article XIV cf the constitution is now "jsing
complied with. A discussion of San Fran
cisco"6 water question is therefore timely, and
in my humble opinion Is of great importance.
San Francisco's Present Supply.
; Miss 'Anderson could not be shaken in
her statement that there was shooting on
tho'outsldci'otthecag. before' she left it. .
:*. She said ' that she and : Miss Anderson
were, fairly -"well acquainted. She knew
of 1 no entanglements or love affairs in
which Miss Anderson was concerned; and
was . inclined .to -believe • her " companion's
story v that the conductor and [gripman
.were responsible for the shooting.
, . Miss Anderson's^8ister and brother, live
at J 527.' O'Farrelli street, but they, had not
been located by ,the~police up' to an early
hour. ,* : Miss } Louise • Meyer, who Is,' alao
a Swedish girl working fora family that
lives: near, the Snell; home; accompanied
the wounded woman to", the hospital. Miss
Meyer saldTthaT7«he1 knew ; of s no , person
who could have any. desire to put Miaa
Anderson out of the way. ¦ Miss Meyer
arid -Miss Anderson came here frorri Swe
den last October^ Miss Meyer talks very
good 'English.;
Kelatives Not Located.
v.Whlle Dr. Maher . was dressing her
wound' ; at . the" hospital Miss jAntlcr3on
said that she boarded, the" Hayes-street
car at Sixth street. She also; stated thi3
emphatically ; ; in .iher dying jstatement
made later to Assistant District Attorney
JohiriJ.' Greeley. Conductor John Wyatt
states positively that the woman got on
the car at the ferry,. but as Miss Ander
son says .that she had been,in attendance
at the \ Swedish church on Jessie ' street,
near; Sixth;, and '¦ that she < had; only left
her sister arid brother : a f ewj minutes be-'
fore,' the, conductor is probably mistaken.
was the victim of a footpad or. some'per
son", perhaps a lover, ;" whose- jealousy
proriipted him to -make an attempt, upon
her life.: . ',%\- '¦"¦ .' Jl
The theory of the -police at : an early
hour. this morning is that Miss Anderson
.Neither of the men knew of the.shoot
ing and wereta bed; when informed of it
by'a Call reporter..' The police are Inclined
to ; believe that the' woman was so badly
frightened that she <Joe3 not really .know
how the shooting occurred or that she is
trying to conceal . something. •
• On; the other hand her story" of the af
fair* in every particular save the implica
tion, of the car crew seems probable and
was given In a very coherent manner.
Knew Nothing of the Shooting.
She'stated that , she believed that' she
was. shot by .the gripman. Both gripman
and conductor were closely questioned by
the police, and they, could give no' reason
for such a statement except that the .wo
man'had become delirious as a result of
the wound. '.'
• 1 . ¦ ¦ — r- : — ;
Emergency Hospital ambulance and had
the woman removed tb t the" hospital. At
the" hospital Miss Anderson, .through Po
liceman Nelson, who acted as Interpreter,
made some ; startling : statements iniplica
ting - the crew ; of the car ' on which she
rode, but which Chief Wittman and Cap
tairi Seymour discredit entirely, j
TI1E HAGUE," Feb.' 16.— Messrs. Wolma
rens arid . Wessels r salled for New Tork T ori
board ; the , Holland-American steamship
Jiner. from Boulogne on* February 14. Their
trip to the United!" States was decided
upon at a~conf erence held at the house of
Mr. 1 Kruger on February 12. ' Wolmarens
and. Wessels' intend i to. tour the, United
States in the interest of ; thejBoers.
: LONDON, . Feb.; 16.— In a f dispatch* from
Amsterdam the .correspondent ' of r the
Daily Mail^ says Mr! ; Kruger expects fa
vorable, results .; from*- the .: tour the
United States of Wessels and Wolmarens,
and that they intend to.exploit the diplo
matic ; disclosures In the matter, of [ the
Spanish-American , war ¦ dispute.
'¦¦ PARIS, Feb. 16.^— The Temps', irir an au
thorized note, 6ays that only "Vyessels arid
"VVolrnarens, of _~ trie _ ; Boer ¦ delegates'.', in
Europe,"; have sailed for the United States
arid that Fischer ;• remains In Brussels.
The note says the journey ; of Wessels and
Wolmarens has ,rio, : object;
that it'/simply- appeared necessary that
they . enter Into direct . relations with the
pro-Boer committees in the TJnited States
.with a view, to mutual understanding and
organization. , San Francisco will, be one
of the: cities, visited: by; the -Boer agents."
MISSION; . OFKEUGEE'S AGENTS '¦
structed on » wron« principle. Its projectors
believed that sufficient rain water I could be.
caught and stored In the San Mateo Mountains
for the needs of San Francisco for .' years to
come. But they made a sad mistake. Millions
of dollars have been spent on the peninsula
reservoirs, yet for the last five years they have
yielded practically no n«w, water. Five years
agro the reservoirs were full, . now they are
about one-sixth full. The lessened rainfall of,
the last five years has been a severe blow to
the agricultural regions of the. State, but* even '
more to the Spring Valley Water Works. That
company Is compelled . to draw 'on the stored
water of the peninsula reservoirs to a greater
extent # than the inflow, while its other sources
of supply are not sufficient for the .present'
needs of San. Francisco, let alone Its' future'
necessities. The water company Is like a man
who has money In bank and . a small j Income
from his business, but whose expenses are
theater than this income. He has to draw
on the bank to keep going, and the question
Is, How long will it be before he Is bankrupt?
In like manner, the Spring \ Valley ; Water
Works has been drawing on the peninsula res
ervoirs for five years, and its capltal-f-for wa
ter is Us capital— has been gradually lessened. .
The company has been making great efforts
In the meantime to stay the drain on its stored
water by increasing its. supply' from other
sources. It has spent, and is spending, mil
lions in Alameda; it "has r-wntly been using
the polluted water of * Lobos Creek, poisoned
with the drainage/from sewers, hospitc'is , and
graveyards, but was compelled to stop by the?
last Board of Supervisors; and it is'now build-,
ing & trestle out In the middle of Lake Merced "•
About 11:30 last night a "suspicious look
ing rcharacter boarded J a McAllister-street
car at - Central ) avenue.' . Gripman -' J. R.
Mlrito; noticed ."that the man" washout' of
breath > as , if • he had been; running quite a
distance ; arid \ spoke to Conductor j Upton
about ; lt.>i He V walked Into 'trie ¦ car 'arid
acted "Very 'nervously.: all: during/the trip"
to ? town. The •' stranger> rode on -' the^car
until It reached the'ferry, where hie alight
ed and ran . up s East*: street and -'took ; a
* jackson-street ' car. V-The police ! believe lie"
'might'be theTmari who shot .the' woman.'; '".
"As soon as Miss 'Anderson staggered, i'n-
; t q; thel house" Mrs. : Snell;. and , her, husband
put ! her ; in bed arid " telephoned , at once" for
Drs. Shiels arid Cross. ¦;, Upon .their ; ' arrival
¦ at /.the^b'o'ujiqV\tiieg*-\telep^pu'e'a^fo^ jyie'
Suspicious Character on •: Car.'
> '. Chief f of \ Police -"Wlttman ¦' and Captain
Seymour,; who live in the 'neighborhood;
of the -shooting, !were sumriioned '¦ at ; orice
and police; headquarters ( was also noti
fied. Detective 'Jerry, Dinan was • detailed
to '\ go at*, once .', to ; the scene, and _ he as
sisted Chief /VVittman arid Captain ": Sey/
mour 'inithe. search, for:' the; man' who
did thetshbotirig^ He" notified all : the po-^
lice t offlcersValong » the line jto be on \ the
alert' 'for 'suspicious^characters, .but' up to
an early hour ! this .mornirigV no arrests
.were smade.; ; •., ' . ' . »
Miss Anderson- tried, to run away, but
the man 'grasned' ; her \ by. the throat . and
placing^. the pistol hie : carried in his hand
up to' her side pulled !the trigger arid fired.
The J wounded- servant girl i cried /out * in"
agony aridlthe , footpad, if footpad it was,
became . frightened : and - ran [ away. She
then staggered on' a few feet up thestreet
'to the : Snell* horned;/ ;'
Says She Heard; Shot ,
" Miss, Anderson says "that when the car
arrived \ at ; the : corner of Ashbury and
Hayes ; streets; she heard a shot the
dummy/'; She . became frightened and ran
out of the : car, and started down Ashbury
street"- to • the \ Snell ¦ home. \ She had only
gone a few steps when a man wearing a
mask and; a fain;' coat accosted; her and"
said, "Come here," ' or "Where are ¦ you
going?!' - , ;
.. Gripman f. ¦ L.» Jones and Conductor
John . Wyatt ,7 who-, manned the car , : sta te
that ! they let j the woman off J the ; car at
Ashbury street. They did 'not j hear any
shootlngv y . : " ¦ : ; ' "¦ ' - : :".';"
~"£"1^ gi fllir :"p tt'li rf* have ' .Imqtrier "^'mystery *
¦J-',- ¦ ; on their h^daJv^lA^nle'Aiderspn,'
B , a : serVat)t ? «frl ; ' in ? the Employ- of
;" JL : "was""sh6t^d6-wn*. by".'an unknown:
, - ;..' '-Vv'man,' ' ''^presumably.; , a -.footpad,
shortly before 10 o'clock last night almost
within the shadow Vof the home .of the
family- 'for^ whom-; she worked. No ap-'
Varent motive "for the \ crime \ exists. . The
"bullet * entered" the; left side 'and passed
through the ; lungs .and; the physicians say
it will - probably prove fatal:',The wounded
Woman staggered ?al6ng;the street and
succeeded in • getting to the door of the
Snell home." She rang "the bell; and when
' Mrs.^ Snell> opened ' the * door "the ; bleeding
victim of the unknown aasassin| fell head
long into the hallway, v .\
, Miss Anderson, who is' about 32 years of
age, ; recently; came r from ;« Sweden. v She
'does not talk English and could give little,
information that .would > lead to - the , iden
tity: of i. the ; niari ; who shot .her.;- At . the
Receiving Hospital,. where she\was taken,
Miss Anderson" made : a j ran^>ling, r^state
merit,' in j which she 'said {that i either l : the
conductor or, the grlpman >. of;Uhe".Hayes
street ¦'¦ car " on which she "rode from' Sixth"
street to the "scene" of the shooting had
fifed the shot.
•LONDON, ; Feb.- 16.-Lord Kitchener in
addition to reporting, the KJip River af
fair, '-^ ..*¦;;- ..¦-.;
; -."A' party ;¦ from the"' South 'African, con- .
stabulary . line": on' the Watervale River en
countered on 1 -February; 10 J a' superior,
force of- the* eneni'y ' near^, Varitondorsbek
."^Acuordlrje ' to'JfJr*apecial < :'drapatch**' Trofn
Pretoria the 'mounted' infantrymen' who'
were trapps£f : at?Kllp rtlyer;,jvere,all,°£re8^
froni home, and .-unused Ho Boer tactics.
The bulk of ; the : casualties occurred'dur
ing the . retreat'; ;of .-the * British.^ ¦' Thel
killed' included:; Major < Dowell,' the .com
mander of the force. ,.
;','¦ PRETORIA, Febi' IS.— One hundred fand
fifty '"mounted".' Infantrymen /while patrol
ling- the i Klip? River, ; south of Johannes
burg;", : on February^ 12 'surrounded a; farm
bouse where-they suspected B oers Tv-ere In
nidlng.~' A single , Boer broke: away: from'
the house^and' the: British started to pur
sue him./ The Boer "climbed ' a kopje,- the
British following.-*' Immediately a 'heavy,
fire was^opene'dvupdn "them :from;. three
sides. - The British " found themselves in •' a
trap and in a position where, they!.,were
unable to make any defense.,:;; ' ,. ¦ .
;• Eight of the British' officers madeja gal
lan> effort- and -defended [ the ridge -with
carbines ( and revolvers -untlli they {were
overpowered. .The\British lost two offi
cers and ten men killed and several offi
cers and/forty. men before ;the
force was able 'to fall "back under cover of
a blockhouse. * ¦ : V' '_ "• ',
Fugitive , Lures; Mounted Force Into
a Position . on Three •
-.- •.-.; • Sides^by Hidden 1 '
. .'Patriots.
Briti sh Lose K.T welyet Killed
v r and; More^Than" Forty
-Wounded.
Pursuit ; ; of : a ; Single
Burgher : Ends in
Cowardly Deed I- Employer's
* Home-- 1 Police Hurrv to Scene but Up to a Late Hour Fail to Find
: piew to Woman's Assailant and She Makes Dying Statement
BOER LEADS
THE ENEMY
INTO TRAP
ANNIE ANDERSON IS vAGGOSTED BY
THUG, WHO SPEEDS BULLET THROUGH
HER BODY WITHOUT APPARENT MOTIVE
MASKED ASSASSIN SHOOTS SERVANT
GIRL AND MYSTERY SHROUDS CRIME
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The San Francisco Call.