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to-day, when 500 of the City of Londoi
Imperial Volunteers received their klt»
and the freedom of the dry. The bli
crowds In the vicinity cheered the arrlv
in? volunteers, each of whom received i
parchment certificate of the freedom la
closed in a blue case. The ceremonial ad
mining the officers this afternoon wai
more elaborate. It occurred In the p^e3
er.ee of the Lord Mayor. A. J. Newtoa
the Councilors and the Duke of Caia
bridge. This portion of the regimen:
which sails to-morrow, attended a specla
service In St. Paul's Cathedral to-nlghj
and was afterward entertained at suppei
by the benchers of the Inner Temple,
WATER FILLS TRENCHES.
LONDON. Jan. 12.— Tho Dally Tele
graph has the following dispatch, date*
January 9. from Frere Camp: "A heav;
storm has been raging all night and then
13 every prospect that It will continue
The roads are Impassable and the riven
and spruits arp full. There has been m
firing at Ladysmith or Colenso. Tht
trenches must be tilled with water. Thi
Boers are holding Mount lllangwano. bix
they are certainly quite Isolated, as thet
bridge over the Tugela musi have beei
carried away."
GERMANY'S NEUTRALITY
BERLIN. Jan. 12.— The seml-offlcla
Nord Deutsche Gazette says: The Gov>
ernment has decided that It would no»
be compatible with strict neutrality ti
illow war materials to be sent from Get*
many either to Great Britain or to thi
Transvaal, and therefore, when It wa3 ro
ported that Ilerr Krupp was making stea
shells for Great Britain, the firm wai
promptly requested to stop any Intended
dispatch of arms, gur.3. ammunition oj
other war munitions to either belliser
CANNOT EXPORT ACIDS.
LONDON. Jan. 12.— The Gazette to-<!aj
proclaims the prohibition of the exporta
tlon In the United Kingdom or the carry*
In? coastwise of a variety of acids cap
able of being converted Into mllitarj
stores.
DENIED BY LADY METHUEN.
LONDON. Jan. 12.— Lady Methuen hai
Issued an absolute contradiction of the ro
mors that Lord Methuen Is ill or that h«
was injured by the falling of his horse a;
the battle of Magersfonteln.
MOUNTED SCOUTS ACCEPTED.
VICTORIA, B. C. Jan. 12.— The Cans,
dlan Government has accepted British Co>
lumbla's offer of a company of mounted
scouts for South African service.
It is probable that Clery had [
orders to begin his attack as soon
as the Springfield position had !
been turned and Buller had se
cured the drift. Everything
looks as if a decisive movement
and determined effort to clear!
the way to Ladysmith had been i
begun, an effort on which the ¦
whole issue of the Natal cam
paign depends. Perhaps a se
ries of engagements may take
place on both the right and left j
of the Boer lines.
The list of casualties at Lidy
smith issued by the War Officer
totals 420. The proportion killed j
to wounded is unusually heavy, i
nearly a third. Among the of
ficers who lost their lives were
two of the most popular — Lord
Ava, son of the Marquis of Duf
ferin, and Colonel Dick-Cunyng
ham, the gallant Gordon High
lander.
The death list from enteric
fever and dysentery at Lady
smith, averaging from eight to
ten daily, is considered more
serious than the 420 casualties of
Saturday's fight, as they indi
cate the frightful sanitary condi
tion of the beleaguered town. A
letter from Ladysmith, dated De
cember 7, says that even then 90
out of 540 men in the battalion
of which the writer is a member
were sick with dysentery or en
teric fever, and according to a
dispatch to the Daily Chronicle,
dated January 8, the patients and
attendants in Tombi camp,
where the hospital is, then num
bered 2800.
KITCHENER THE REAL
CHIEF IN SOUTH AFRICA
Special Cable to The Call and New York Her
ald. Copyrighted. ISOO, by James Gordon
Bennett.
LOXDOX. Jan. 13.— 1t now leaks out
that Lord Kitchener Is really the chief
In South Africa at the head of the Brit
ish troops, and Lord Roberts a figure
head. It happened thus: The national
defense committee met and decided that
Lord kitchener was the man for the
place. He was Lord Salisbury's nomina
tion. The Premier had made a study of
Lord Kitchener on the occasion of the
Sirdar's visit to Hatfield. but endless dif
ficulties were In the wayl ¦ ;_• •
Two months ago I told you the rumor
that Lord Kitchener would go out. and
the Herald and The Call were absolutely
the first papers to forecast the possibility,
which has now become a fact. The mat
ter Was then under discussion, but the
trouble was that Lord Kitchener was the
junior of Generals Buller, Warren and
others.
But Lord Salisbury Is never beaten upon
a technicality, and his solution of the
problem was to send Lord Roberts. He
will restore the confidence of the men
by his presence as field marshal, while
Lord Kitchener, being his aid, will en
able the latter under cover of his supe
rior in authority to conduct the cam
paign. The general opinion is that the
Idea Is not bad.
IMPERIAL VOLUNTEERS
RECEIVE THEIR KITS
LONDON*. Jan. 12.— There was a unique
and interesting ceremony at ths Guildhall
v ONDON, Jan. 12.— The War Office this morning received the following dis
| patch from General Buller, dated Springfield, Thursday, January 11, at
"^¦"^ 9:20 o'clock, evening:
4t l occupied the south bank of the Tugela River at Potgieters Drift this
morning and seized Pont. The river is in flood. The enemy is strongly en
trenched about Tour and a haif miles to the north."
Apart from the definite news that General Buller has attempted a second
time to cross the Tugela River the only news is the list of casualties among
the British officers in the fight at Ladysmith Saturday, January 6, showing
thirteen killed and twenty-seven wounded. Among the latter was Lieutenant
Colonel William Henry Dick-Cunyngham, V. C. f commander of the Second Bat
talion of the Gordon Highlanders since 1897. who. has since succumbed to his
wounds. The War Office announces the British casualties at Ladysmith, Janu
ary 6, among the rank and file, were 135 killed and 242 wounded.
It is officially announced that the Earl of Ava has died of his wounds.
The Earl died without recovering consciousness.
night among society people and
in military circles close to the
War Office that General Buller
was in motion. No confirmation
could then be obtained, and the
War Office was silent up to noon
yesterday, when the official dis
patch was given out showing
that on Thursday the British
forces moved westward to Pot
gieters Drift, seized the -point
and located the Boers four and a
half miles to the north. Pot
gieters Drift is not .marked on
any known map, but it is known
to be about fifteen miles west of
Colenso and is due north of
Springfield, from which Gen
eral Buller's telegram was sent.
General Buller must refer to
the great — not the little — Tu
gela when he says he has occu
pied the south bank.
The Boers are believed to hold
the junction of the two rivers
and to have a strong position at
Mount Tabanyama, east south
east of Ladysmith, which com
mands the approach to Potgiet
ers Drift.
A glance at the map will show
the significance of the British
move. General Buller was said
a short time ago to be construct
ing a railway toward Springfield.
It was also reported that the bulk
of his forces had retired to Frere,
the available troops sent to make
a demonstration under General
Clery, when Ladysmith was at
tacked, being only 10,000, or
munication with the besieged
garrison, for White's advanced
posts are two or three miles from
camp on either side of the road.
Although nothing has been .al
lowed to come through from Co
lenso or Frere since Tuesday,
and then dispatches all bore signs
of being severely censored, it is
probable that General Clery or
General Hiklyard has been left to
attack or "menace Hlangwane
Hill, while this turning move
ment has been in progress, or,
perhaps, make a strong demon
stration toward Colenso.
If the Boers there can be pre
vented from coming to the help
of their right flank by the imme
diate peril in front of them, the
British troops at Potgieters
Drift will find their work easier.
There is one point, however, that
must be considered. Unless the
Boers evacuated Springfield
General Buller has that force
threatening his rear, as well as
commandos south of Dewdrop
before him. A movement upon
the Boer right threatens the en
emy's line of communication
with the Orange Free State and
should bring on a battle imme
diately.
General Buller means to fight;
that is certain. The chief ob
stacle in his path for the moment
is the Tugela 'River, but the
floods go down as rapidly as
they rise.
Important information bearing
on this point is contained in a
dispatch from the Daily Tele
graph's war correspondent, who
reports in a message dated Tues
day that a heavy storm, with
rain, had filled the rivers and
spruits full of water. This ac
cords with . what Buller says of
the state of the Tugela at Pot
gieters Drift on Thursday.
The correspondent also states
that the Boers who were holding
Mount Hlangwane were now
quite isolated, as their bridge
over the Tugela must have been
carried away. If this is the case
an ... assault .on this mountain
is extremely likely. Should the
British be successful they will
have established themselves on
both flanks of the Boers, with a
chance of inflicting heavy loss.
about one-third of his army.
It now appears probable that
15,000 men have either utilized
the branch railway line or have
marched from Frere by the road
which ieaves Doornkop on the
right, and after running eighteen
miles in a northwesterly direction
crosses the Little Tugela and
reaches Springfield. Thence a
march of eight miles due north
would bring them to Potgieters
Drift, on the Tugela proper,
where they have established
themselves on the southern bank.
If, as it was reported, the Boers
were strongly intrenched at
Springfield, where they had
mounted one or two long guns,
it would seem that their position
was evaded by a night march.
At Potgieters Drift General
Buller has the main Boer in
trenchments away on the right.
If he can maintain himself there
he seriously threatens the safety
of Joubert's right 'flank. The
river before him, he reports, is in
flood, but as he probably has his
Royal Engineers with their pon
toon trains this will not seriously
retard him. His immediate op
ponents are four and a half miles
north, guarding, no doubt, the
road which leads to Roodespoort
and Dewdrop. From the . drift
to the latter place, is about ten
miles, and Ladysmith itself is
only' eight miles further off.
Once at -Dewdrop the reliev
ing force would be in close com-
LIEUiENAiVr COLOINcL DIcK CUNYINGHAm and tgg?
Gordon Highlanders Moving to the Assault at Elands;'
Laagte.
[From London Illustrated News.]
The death of this gallant officer will be the most widely lamented. Well
known for his conspicuous gallantry, ho had won largo and fresh honors
since the Natal campaign began. Beginning with the fight at Elands Laagte.
on October 21. in which his command Fignally distinguished itself in the as
sault on the heights held by the Boers, he bore a leading part in nearly every
one of the many engagements that have since taken place In and about Lady-
Fmith up to the time of his fatal wound in repelling the Boer assault on
Wagon Hill. January 6.
William Henry Dick-Cunyngham was born in June, ISSI, and entered the
army as sub-lieutenant In the Gordon IJighlanders in 1572. He was made cap
tain in ISSI and major of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in IS9L In
ISS7 he came back to the Gordons with the rank of lieutenant colonel. Hi 3
war service began in the Afghan war I&7S-SO, during which he took part In
eleven general and minor engagements, and several important expeditions,
twice winning special mention in the dispatches, besides a medal with two
clasps and a bronze star and the Victoria cross. He served with distinction in
the Transvaal war cf 1881, when a part of his battalion were so badly defeated
and cut up at Majuba Hill. From ISS3 to ISSS he served as adjutant of the
auxiliary forces in India. In ISO 3-94 he was staff officer (first class) in Bengal
and later D. A. A. General of Bengal. He came with contingent from In
dia to join Sir George Stewart White in the Natal campaign about the mid
dle of October.
SUCCESSFUL MOVES
IN THE PHILIPPINES
Insurgents Beaten Back With Loss
cf Slen, Property and Muni
tions of War.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 12— General Otis
has made a. report to th? War Depart
ment In regard to the military operations
In Luzon, south of Manila, showing the
capture of fcveral towns and a Isxge
BSX&beT of prisoners w'.th arms and am
ir.ur.lticn. The me-ssage is as follows:
MANILA. Jan. 12.— There have been con
tinued operation* by Batp«' command F->uth of
Mtailt. Th<- Thirty-eeventh an;J Thirty-ninth
reelment« are at Ca!a.:r.ba. ccmrnanJed by Bul
lard. On January 1 UuMard. -with two bat
talions cf th<? Thirty-ninth, attacked a force
of isf-urircr.t* In the vicinity, driving the enensy
and capturing the town of Cabayuo. On the
followinc «lay he took Elnan. The enemy's
loss vas thirty killed arid a large number'
wounded, trtth twenty prt*oner« and riflwi cap
tured. Ocr casuaititr*— three men slightly
On January 3 Hoyd. with three companies of
the Tfcirty-sever.th. captured General Kizal. h!«
official takers and property; three miles east
t,i Lo» Basos. On January 4 Long, ¦with a de
tachment of the Thirty-n'.r.th. attacked the
im=urcenu at Carraona. There were twenty-
Eve killed, with no casualties on our siJe. On
January i liuliard. with portion* cf the Thirty
seventh and Thirty-ninth regiment?, attacked
the encrny south of Calatnba and drove them
beyond Panto Tonxa*. killing twenty-four and
< ..: ' jr.-.ij artillery. Our casualties— one pri
vate killed &nd • '¦• j T:iiii Baker and Lieutenant
Peltita of the Thirty-ninth elightly wounded.
On January 11 Cheatha.ni c.t the Thirty-seventh
with It* men. supported l>y artillery, attacked
the inftutvents two miles weet cf Santo Tomaa.
cr: '•¦::.£ them ir.~ that 6eclicn. No casual-
ADMISSION CHARGED
TO SEE AN EXECUTION
Fund Collected at the Box Office Wil
Go to the Widow of the Con
demned Man.
DENVER. Jan. 12.— A special to till
News from El Paso, Texas, says: A crirzv
Inal is to be executed In the Cuartel ai
Juarez within the next few days. Thi
man will be shot Inside the walla of thi
prison. An admittance fee of 23 centa w:l
be charged all persons desiring to witnesj
the execution, and the money thus derive*
will go to the widow of the condemned
Death of Mrs. Keys.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
SUTSUN, Jan. 12.— Mrs. James A. Keys
¦wife of the County Treasurer of Solam
County, died of pleuro-pneumonia ye»
terday morning at 3 o'clock. Althoug!
Mrs. Keys had been 111 about three weeks
her death was not only unexpected, bur
a shock to the entire community. Fiv«
young children, the eldest of whom 1:
but D years of age. are left motherless
The deceased was a person of extremi
generosity and highly popular.
Death of a Mining Man.
LOS ANGELES. Jan. 12.— Thomas Wei
Hngton. aged 50 years, a mining man froa
Colorado, dropped dead In 'a lodging
house. Wellington, who was an Invalid
came to this city last August, hoping thai
a change of climate would benefit hit
health.
Miller Released.
SAN JOSE. Jan. 12.— W. W\ Miller, wn«
formerly conducted a weekly publlcatlot
in San Francisco, was released from thi
County Jail here to-day. Ho complete
his ¦ term of one year for criminal liba
upon ex-Judge .Reynolds of the Supexia'
Court
-A.ga.in tiie Britisli Oommanderin Oliief
"Will Try to FJ.ea.cla T_ia.civsmitli.
NOT A PERSON RESCUED
FROM THE DOOMED SHIP
Unknown Vessel Wrecked in St.
fflarys Bay Carried a Crew
of Sixty Men.
ST. JOirN'S. N. F., Jan. H— The fol
lowing comprise all the details re
garding the wreck in St. Marys Bay
that could be obtained up to mid
r.lght:
Th*» ship is a two-masted steamer c.f
nearly 30n0 tons and probably carried a
crew of sixty, with possibly some passen
gers. She went ashore before daybreak
on Thursday, striking a ledg? at the foot
of the cliff, where e.«caj>e was hopeless.
The crew launched the boats, but prob
ably during the panic seme were crushed
agair.st her side, others being swamped,
ell the occupants apparently perishing.
The ship «ru seen to be ua lire by resi
dents six miles away. Attracted' to the
scene, they -< -: '- c after half of the
wreck blazir.g fiercely and the fore part
under water. Keroscno In the cargo
helped the b'.aze. At that time only three
men were left on board. Tr.o were on the
bridge ar.d one was in the rigging. Those
en the bridge were safe until about 2
¦p. m., ¦» hen they were washed overboard
sir.d drowned, the bridge being carried
nwav. The survivor soon after left the
rigging, swam to the rocks and twice en
dtavored to get a footing. Falling In this,
he made his way back to the rigging,
¦where he died of exposure during the
night.
Mar.y bodies are visible tossing In the
Furf. Two of them thrown vp In a cove
caxmot be reached owing to the heavy sea.
One Is thought to be that of a woman.
Bos.ts and other wreckage are strewn
among the rocks for miles. Yesterday
(Friday) was more stormy than the day
before, and it was impossible to reach
the wreck* which has gone to pieces to
t -»ch an extent that it -has sunk beneath
the waves. A severe gale is raging to
right, which U likely to reduce her to
fragmor.ts. The Wreck Commissioner
hopes to be able to obtain her name to-
Beddesta along the shore made every
;>oss:ble effort to rescue the survivors In
the rigging, but lacking proper outfits
they failed. There is not the slightest
prospect that any person en board es
caped death, as the intense midwinter cold
would have killed any who escaped
drowr.ir.g.
A messenger who has Just arrived from
Peters River reports that a trunk filled
with women's clothing has been washed
ashore there.
STEAMER ELM BRANCH
SIGHTED IN DISTRESS
TmgTS Sent Trcin Seattle to Assist a
Disabled Vessel Off Cape
Flattery.
PORTLAND. Or.. Jan. 12.— The British
turret steamship Elm Branch, one week
ox-erdue at this pert, has been sighted
o2 Care Flattery la distress. The Pacific
Export Lumber Company, which has the
Fteamcr chartered, received a dispatch to
day from Port Townsend stating that the
i;:rr. Branch had been sighted at sea with
her propeller gone. A tag was rent from
Port Townter.d to take her in tow.
SEATTLE. Jan. 12.— The British steam
fhip Elm Branch Is off Cape Flatten*
•with a broken propeller and two tugs
have pone to her assistance. The flret
r.<=w;= rffrarding the disabled steamer was
a dispatch to the Merchants' Exchange of
this city received this afternoon. It was
from Ncah Bay, stating that the steamer
Eiihu Thomson had just passed out after
Fighting the steamer Elm Branch, dis
abled and at anchor four miles off Flat
tery rocks. The Elihu Thomson had given
the Elm Branch a hawser, but soon after
parted It and came in to report her.
A dispatch was received during- the
morning by Captain J. Blisby of the Puget
Sound Tugboat Company from some of his
tug captain*, and two tups were immedi
ately dispatched to the relief of the
steamer. These tugs are the Tyee, Cap
tain C. T. Bailey, and the Tacoma. Cap
tain H. Morrison. As the tugs left this
morning they &re now outside and will
have no difficulty in picking up the dis
abled Ftpamcr and bringing her in.
The Eim Branch, Capuiln Iliff, is e:i
route to Portland, Or., from Nagasaki,
and is tOTe&ty-Sve days out tc-day. She id
without cargo. It Is not known how long
Fhe has been disabled, but from her posi
tion It Is judged two or three days. It
would se*?m that, having broken down, she
had attempted to make the Cape under
home kind of Bail and ha<i run v? close
and feared to enter. Flattery rocks are
FeveraJ milts south of the Cape and It Is
a Fomewhat dangerous locality.
Last July the Elm Branch loaded at
Port Blakeley for Newchar.g. China, and
afterward sailed wita a cargo from Van
couver, B. C, for the Orient. She is an
Iron steamer of 2063 tons.
The Elihu Thomson partM her hawser
in tryi~C to tOT/ H* Eta Branch In.
' tics. Pchirar.'f ecl'Jir.n. cen*i*ting of a squad
r-n or th* Fourth and one of thj Eleventh cav
alry, the Thirtieth and Forty-sJxth infantry
ar.4 six Nordenfeldt puns under Cartain Van
1 duwn, t fixed Binar.n. Fitang- and Ir.dangnalc.
scattering the rnemy. tvho were severely pun
ished. Whea ton's column, three troops cf the
Seventh Cavalry. the Fourth. Twenty
eighth. Thirty-eighth and Forty-flfth regi
ments, A-:cr and Kenley's batteries, have
driven the enemy from all !mr>ortant points
north of the Silar.d line. They had heavy flghi
ir.K ar.d captured considerable pub'.lc property.
Infllrllng heavy less upon ana scattering the
enemy. Pchxvan's column is now moving in
Northern Eatar.tras in a southerly direction. All
cf Cav'.te province is. occupied Vy Wheaiton's
! eomrniir.d. There was heavy loss to th» enemy
| fißflac the week in men. ordnance and. other
I property. All derations have been very suc
i cental. OTIS.
•
POLICE DECLARE MRS.
CORSE WAS TO BLAME
Disposed to Cast Doubt Upon the San
Francisco Elocutionist's Story
of Robbery.
sr*<:lal Dlspatca U The- Call.
CHICAGO, Jan. 12.— The police deny that
Mrs. John Corse, the San Francisco elocu
tionist.* was robbed of money and dia
monds, as phe alleges. They admit ghe
lost her rings snd other Jewels and prob
ably her pur?e, but say the fault was her
own, and the man arrtsteti for taking
them will not be prosecuted.
According to the story told by Mrs.
Corse, who. while attending a Chicago
school of dramatic expression, is living
with friends at 233 Dearborn avenue, she
took dinner with friends on Wednesday
and remained with them until 11 o'clock,
when she called a cab to go home. -Arriv
ing at the Dearborn-avenue residence, she
dismissed the cabman and went to her
apartments, to discover that she had for
gotten to have a prescription tilled. Think
ing to catch the cabman, rushed
downstairs, but the vehicle was a block
away.
As Butts' drugstore, at Clark and Chest
nut street, was only a block from her
home, and the street was well lighted, she
thought she could walk the few steps In
safety. On her return, when in the middle
of the block, three men sprang from thg
shadow of a building and commanded her
to give them hrr diamonds and pecket
book. She hesitated a moment and then,
recovering herself, screamed. One of the
men grabbed her and placed a nar.d over
her mouth, drew her into the shadow, of
the building to get her out of sight cf
passing pedertrians on Clark strrtt. and
told one of his companions to call a cab
which was standing around the corner on
Clark street.
This is the last Mrs. Corse remembers.
She cays that while the cab was being
driven around a handkerchief on which
was something with a nauseating odor
was placed to hr-r nose and she became
uncenhciojs. When she regained her
senses sbe was in a back room in a ealcon
on Division street, near Clark. The set
tings '.n the rings and the brooch she
wore at her threat had been cut cut and
her pocketbook was missing. II«t face,
ri^ck and hands were badly bruised.
The police refuse to discuss the case
further than here outlined, and Mrs.
Corse will not see newspaper men. So far
as the police are concerned the incident is
closed.
MOB THREATENS
ST. LOUIS DELEGATES
Failure to Pass the Electric Light
Contract Causes a Small
Riot.
ST. LOUIS. Jan. 12.— The agitation
caused by the failure of the St. Louis
HOOK of Delegates to contract for elec
tric lighting- for the alleys, parks and
city institutions culminated to-day in a
demonstration by citfzens at the doors
leading to the Delegate floor such as has
never fee-en witnessed before in the City
Hall. A crowd numbering several hun
dred completely filled the corridors lead
ing to the Delegates' chamber. They
howled? hooted and hissed and at times
threatened to break in the doors lead
ing to the Delegates' floor. Alfred Llfo,
a page of the House, was. assaulted. At
one time a revolver -was drawn by the
sergeant at arms of the House, Henry L.
Weeks, who guarded the door loading to
the Delegates' floor, and several times,
before the arrival of the police, it looked
as though bloodshed could not be averted.
Th» ai rival of the police sergeant and
a sfjuad. together with a speech to th-e
crowd from ex-Governor Stannard, cau
tioning them to commit no overt act. had
the effect of quelling | the disturbance.
To-n:e;ht the situation in the different in
| stitutions was practically unchanged from
! that previously reported.
! At a meeting of the House of Delegates
; th's afternoon the three ordinances passed
| by the City Council this week providing
| for t'-mporary relief in the city lighting
i situation had their first reading and as
i surar.ces were given by leaders in the
I House of Delepates that the measures
| would receive prompt attention and final
I action at the earliest possible moment
j under the law. The House of Delegates
i adjourned at 5 o'clock after one of the
| most extraordinary cessions In ' the h!s
j tury of the city until 11 o'clock to-morrow
i morning, -when the bills are to be taken
j up for second reading.
SETTLING THE DISPUTE.
France and Santo Domingo Will
Come to Terms.
SAN DOMINGO, Jan. 12.-The United
I States gunboat Maehias and one more
•j French warship have arrived hero. Th?
, French admiral has had a conference
: with the Government. According to ru
j mor, the difficulty is being settled in a
j satisfactory manner.
JAMES MARTINEAU DEAD.
Unitarian Theologian Lived to the
Age of Ninety-Five.
LONDON. Jan. 12.— Professor James
Martineau. the eminent Unitarian theol
ogian, died to-day. He was In his 95th
year.
Plague Infected Vessels.
ASSUMPTION. Paraguay. Jan. 12.— The
i health authorities have declared njague
1 infected all vessels which have left a sus
pected port within ten days prior to Jan
uaxv"
SKELETONS ON THE
EDMONTON TRAIL
Relief Party Under Skirving, After
Suffering Terrible Privations,
Reaches Dawson.
Special Dispatch to The CalL
V JICTORIA. B. C. Jan. 12.-Accord
\ / ing to news received to-day from
I / Dawson City, the relief party head
y ed by Corporal Skirving of the
* Northwest Mounted Police has re
turned. The party was sent from i
that city on the £t>th of August last by j
Major Walsh, the then commandant of
the police, to search for the Moffatt party I
of prospectors, which was reported miss- !
ing in the country between the Mackenzie \
arid the Porcupine, whither it had wan- i
derod while bound for the gold fk-'ds via !
the Edmonton trail. As the members of ]
the party' had been given up as lost and '
mourned as dead by their comrades, there |
was great joy in the barracks when they i
came in. The guide. A. F. Eoakes. and '
the two policemen returned on December
19, and the corporal commanding the ad
venturous little party arrived two days
later, he having been detained owing to
an injury received to his knee while pur
suing a dog thief down to Circle City.
A ghastly srory was told by the relief
party. Corporal Skirving says there can
be r.o doubt as to the fate of the Moffatt
party, of v.horn they went in search. All
are undoubtedly dead. The party consist
ed of A. F. Moffatt of Pembroke, Phil
Bellevue of Duluth. Minn., and one
Holmes of Fresno, CaL
These men were the remainder of the
party of twenty-one persons who had
started from Edmonton for the Klondike
over that death trap in the fall of 1537. A
portion of the party which became sepa
rated managed to reach the goal to which
they were journeying, having taken diver
gent routes. The first arrivals told of oth
ers being missing, and a search was made,
and ultimately all had arrived or been ac-
counted for but these three. As t!m«
passed and no word was received fron
them their friends became anxious and
alarmed as to their safety, and the anx
ious Inquiries and petitions sent to thi
mounted police officers for assistance re*
suited in the sending of tha party whicl
has just returned.
The party, guided by Mr. Boakes. cov>
ered ever two thousand miles since leav
ing Dawson in their search, and all teC
cf great hardships they have endured
For weeks they found no trace of the un
fortur.ate prospectors. It was not untt
October that they managed to hit theli
trail, and as a result of Investigation thet
made found that all three had undoubt
edly perished of starvation In the wilder*
ness. Indians were found who had burle<
the bodies of two white men picked vi
by them and from what was learned fron
the Indians there Is every reason to be
lieve that the bodies buried were thos»
of two of the lost miners. Traces wen
also found of the other members of thi
lost party, but they disappeared at i
point not remote from where the bodlei
had been found. Several skeletons
some seemingly dragged by animate fron
shallow graves, were seen by the police
men, and from what they learned fron
: the Indians they believe that at leas
I twelve men met their death in the distrta
I through which they were traveling.
They ended their search at Fort Mo
I Pherson. where their journey was Inter
| rupted by the freezing of the river. Afta
. a short stay there, being satisfied tha.
j nothing more definite was to be ascep
• tamed. iLey started for Dawson and r»
Parted that the rumon of their death
which greatly surprised them, had bee!
1 grossly exaggerated.
BULLER ADVANCES
TO THE TUGELA
VOLUME LXXXVII— NO. 44.
SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1900.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
The San Francisco Call
LONDON, Jan. 13.— Again
the eyes of the British na
tion are concentrated
upon Buller's advance on the Tu
gela River. As I cabled yester
day morning, rumors were cur
rent at the West End Thursday