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SURROUNDS THE BRITISH.
PRETORIA. April 17.— The latest official
reports from the Free State are to the ef
fect that General De Wet Is still sur
rounding General Brabant (Dalgety's)
forces, though the British forces are
strongly entrenched in Boer fashion. In
dicating that they are colonials.
Commandant Fronemann reports that
he chased 400 troops across the river in
the direction of Aliwal North, capturing
several prisoners. It is said that Bethullu
bridge has been blown up.
Goes on a Bicycle Tour.
WASHINGTON. April IS:— Second As
sistant Secretary of State Adee left
Washington to-night for a two months'
pleasure tour a-wheel in Northern France,
along the Rhine and through the Black
Forest.
LONDON. April 1?, 4:19 a. in.— Heavy
rair.s IxajM Je the movements of the
British columns. The blockade of
Wepentr continues, although relief
is near. Large quantities of stores
ar«? being moved southward from Bloem
fontein. which is a reversal cf the course
of frci^tt for the last six weeks. These
shipment* are made necessary by the op
erations in the southeast of the Free
State. There are 2000 sick in the field hos
dUalc most oX the cases being of dysen
irry and «r.teric fever.
With the exception of these facts, the
embargo upon war intelligence is almost
complete. The special correspondents
eend trivialities or statements which ob
ecure rattier than explain the situation in
th»?ir efforts Co prepare matter that will
pass the censor. Here and there a phrase
indicates an expectancy that large things
are about to happen.
Euiler to Be Recalled.
What is to be done with S:r Redvers
Buller and Sir Charles Warren occupies
everybody's auention. The papers con
tinue to comment earnestly upon Lord
Roberts" censure of these commanders.
They ask it" more errors are not likely to
occur, together with fruitless waste of life
fa th«- event that men who have been de
clared ircompetent by their superior con
tsii M ti> ropvman.l «o.O>> trirops- It U now
!getter*s!r accepted that the Government
bad a jvjrpose in the publication of Lord
Robtrts' diFpatch and that thr recall of
General Buller end General Warren has
probably been decided upon.
Steady Flow of Foreigners.
According to Boer reports there is a
Etc-ady flow of foreign volunteers to the
Transvaal- Hitherto these adventurers
have been attached to the various com
rr-ar.dof. Now it is said they are to be
formed into a special legion, with conti
::*-r.-.a! o!Sc*rs, and there is a rumor that
ih«- ccrr.rr.ar-d will be given to a distln
exished French soldier, lately retired, who
is now in the Transvaal or is nearing the
end of the journey thither.
PresctTiabiy the officer referred to in this
report i? General de Negrier. former mem
b»r cf the French Supreme Council of
War. who was removed from the active
list last July by the Marquis de Gallifet
a? a disciplinary measure during the ex
cltenicnt arising from the Dreyfus court
xr.artial. _
IN HONOR OF MAREUIL.
P^R'S. April IS.— Memorial services in
I r of the late General Vlllebois Ma-
T*ui\ killed while fighting agair.st the Bn-
Usb in South Africa, were held in Notre
Dame Cathedral to-day, the cost being
defrayed by public subscription. There
•p as "a large attendance, including the
« nr.«=u!< of the Orange Free State and the
T:ar.*vaaL The building was cgpecially
.^corated with cable hangings and tri
colors. '
Gereral Mercler on leaving the cathedral
ct the conclusion of the ceremony was
loudly acclaimed, which evoked a eoun
irr-dirr.onstratlon, resulting in the police
charging across the square in front of the
cathedral. TSe Anglophobe Deputy. M.
MfflerofsJ lent himself to a similar demon
ic ration with a like result. A few arrests
were made.
MANIFESTO TO AFRIKANDERS
CAPE TOWN, April IS.— The Boer Gov
ernments are circulating the following
ir.ar.ifesrto to the Afrikanders throughout
Cape Colony:
"We feel that our fate and the fate of
the whole cf Africar.dom is at stake, and
¦we appeal to you to stand and fight ehoul
<;rr to shoulder with us. You canr.ot. you
may not. allow the tyrant to extinguish
forever your finest traits of character, as
a nation.
"With you on our side the issue cannot
hr doubtful. You must conquer. God
srant that love for your country and your
liberty and the noble virtues cf men truly
iro*: may induce you to join us In the hour
of our supreme struggle."
DEAD LEFT UNBURIED.
his' Irish bride are returning to England
next month."
The appeal by Earl Russell for a judicial
separation, to which the Countess re
ferred, was decided by the House of
Lords in July, 1597. The question for de
cision was whether Countess Russell had
been guilty of legal cruelty. His appeal
was dismissed with costs.
Lord's Doings in Nevada.
RENO, Nev.. April IS.— Earl Russell, son
of John Russell, once Prime Minister of
England and a descendant of the Duke of
Bedford, has been masquerading about
Reno and along the shores of Lake Tahoe
a good part of the past year under the
guise of "J. F. Russell." He has been ac
companied by a woman going under the
name of Mollle Cooke and a young man,
said to be her son. but who turns out to
be Stanley Watson. At the Riverside Ho
tel, In Reno, about a year ago. Earl Rus
sell and Mollie Cooke first made their ap
pearance here, and by their mode of liv
ing left the impression that they were
husband and wife, that is. they occupied
room's together, smoked cigarettes to
gether and altogether acted as husband
and wife. " Later report 3 reached here
from Glenbrook that they had rented a
cottage on the shores of Lake Tahoe and
were there keeping house under the same
relationship. Still later they appeared in
Reno accompanied by a young man, said
to be the son of Mollle Cooke. Finally
they arrived here Sunday last and asked
George Cheek, the "Marriage Bureau"
clerk at the Riverside, if they could be
married without a license. On being in
formed that it would be a penitentiary
offense they procured a license and sum
moned Judge Curler of the Second Dis
trict Nevada Court, and in the presence
of George W. Cheek, the hotel clerk, and
Stanley Watson, the alleged son of Mol
lie Cooke, were married in the parlors of
the Riverside Hotel.
As Seen Smoking Together.
As seen smoking cigarettes with Earl
Russell on the lawn at the Riverside Hotel
about a year ago Mollle Cooke was buxom,
dark and forty, and from her features as
well as bearing • appeared amply able to
take care of herself. As compared with her
liege lord she is small of stature,, but
compactly if not stoutly built. .With
coarse, sharp-cut features, black hair and
dark eyes, her jaw, chin and reliant bear
ing in particular would- give one _the- in*
presslon that she would make a mighty
poor clinging vine to almost any 'massive
oak. Earl Russell would do for the oak.
He is tall, of reddish complexion, coarse
featured and has that gawkish, lounging
appearance and gait that we associate
with certain Englishmen- in this country.
With his outing costume, leggings, pipe
and cap, taken In connection with a cer
tain superiority of manner, he attracted
attention and naturally suggested British
nobility. In their conversations here they
"flocked by themselves," and no inkling
of the real identity of any of them ever
leaked out.
There is absolutely nothing known here
of the past history of 'Mollle Cooke,
though it had been surmised that she
came from Ireland. Earl Ru?sell regis
tered at the Riverside as "J. F. Russell
and party." He signed the marriage cer
tificate as "John Francis Stanley Russell
of London, England," married to "Mollie
Cooke of London. England."
BULLER AND WARREN
ARE TO BE RECALLED
(Continued on Third Fa£c)
MASERU. April 17.-Colonel Dalgety's
casualties since he has been besieged at
Wepomr have be^n twenty killed and 100
wounded. The Boer losses are reported
to have befn considerably heavier. After
the night attark on April 12 the dead were
!. ft on the field, where they Etill lie un
buried.
There is a conflict of opinion among the
Ifv-ders. Some want to attack again,
while ethers refuse to do so. Desultory
cannon firing and "sniping" continues.
The Caledonis rising, which alarms the
Boer*, as they are now on both sides of
the river, and might be cut on* if the
stream was to tweome flooded. Five Boer
yuns are believed to be disabled.
TRANSVAAL'S OFFER.
PRETORIA. April IS.— As soon as the
Berne award of the D«lagoa Bay Railway
arbitration was published the Transvaal
Government offered to lend Portugal the
amount she was condemned to pay ($3,000,
000). which, however, was courteously de
clined, the statement being made that the
money was already provided. The Gov
ernment is receiving many memorials
from burghers on the subject of sending
the Boer prisoners to St. Helena and will
formally protest to Great Britain on the
subject.
Secretary cf State Reitz Bay» the Trans-
vaal Government is not taking any reso
lution regarding the destruction or the
mines.
BELIEF BADLY NEEDED.
ACCRA. Gold Coast Colony. West Af
rica, April IS.— News has been received
here that Kumassie is closely invested and
that the situation will become accordingly
grave if relief is delayed. The Governor,
Sir Frederick Mitchell Hodgson, is asking
for all available forces., A British officer
who is in command of an important sta
tion north of Kumassie pays that unless
relief Is forthcoming soon It will be im
possible to hold out.
The first relief force Is expected to ar
rive at Kumassie to-day, and It will at
tempt to force the cordon. Natives here
are convinced that French Influences are
operating against the British.
GATACRE ALSO COMING.
LONDON. April IS.— Colonel Crofton,
who was in command at Spion Kop from
the time. General Woodgate was wounded
until Colonel Thornycroft was appointed
to the position and whose heliograph mes
sages to General Warren caused General
Buller to appoint Thornycroft to the
command, was placed on half. pay to-day.
Private information from Shrewsbury
to-day is to the effect that General Gat-
SHOT AT HIS DOOR
BY A WOODCHOPPER
Thomas Owens Fatally Injures Ed
Hale Near Lytton Springs
and Escapes.
SANTA ROSA, April 13.— Ed Hale was
shot and killed to-night by Thomas J.
Owens, who escaped. Late this evening
a man named Thomas J. Owens came to
the cottage occupied by Ed Hale, near
Lytton Springs, and wanted to be ad
mitted. Hale refused him admission.
Besides Hale there were two women In
the house, one of whom was Mrs. Hale.
On being refused admission Owens drew
a gun and shot Hale, who was standing
in the doorway. Owens then ran away.
Hale died In half an hour, the bullet hav
ing passed through his body.
Owens is a woodchopper and lives in
Alexander Valley. The Sheriff and depu
ties left here upon receipt of the news
of the murder and they are now In pur
suit of the murderer. Officers from the
country north of here are also on his
trail. . No cause has thus far been as
signed for the shooting.
GAVE UP A CAPTIVE
FILIPINO TO DEATH
Colonel James S. Pettit of the Thirty-
First Volunteers Court-
Martialed.
NEW YORK. April IS.— A dispatch from
Manila announces that Colonel James S.
Pettit cf the Thirty-first Volunteers, in
command at Zamboanga, has been court
martialed for banding a prisoner of war
over to President Medell of Zamboanga,
who killed the prisoner at once, without
trial.
Pettit Is the officer with whom Lieu
tenant Colonel Webb C. Hayes, who re
cently resigned, Is said to have quarreled,
owing to Pettlt's dickering with a Morro
for the right to land troops and compell
ing his men to submit to indignities from
the natives.
PRINCIPALS IN A BUSINESS DEAL THAT ONE REGRETS.
mAX KERSHAW. a young man
frcm Philadelphia, with a pen
chant for French restaurants
and the cocktail route, and a fre
quent visitor at the Cliff House, is looking
for one Jule C. Gamage, another young
man about town. In order to hag his
game Kershaw has employed an attorney
and the Pir.kertcn Detective Agency.
Kershaw doesn't ask for much— only about
J6700 worth of good, negotiable raiiroaJ
stock, which In a moment of effervescent
confidence he took from his inside pocket
and gave Gamage to dispose of in tht
New York market. The winsome Gam
age is now in New York playing the role
of a man of wealth. Kershaw is holding
forth at a French restaurant in th!s city,
blaspheming his own easy disposition and
vociferously damping the day he met the
quiet, smooth-faced and oily tongued
Gamage.
Gamage. who is employed by the Hard
ing Collection Agency, has been a familiar
figure in the cafes and public places of
this city, being usually identified by his
clothes, which were of the passionate va
riety.
Kershaw Had Money to Burn.
For more than a year Max Kershaw
has been in this city, and he calls it "lit
tle Paris." His home is in Philadelphia,
where the stone gathers the moss, and
the change from the peaceful life of that
great city to the swirling, fierce, "fizz"
existence of San Francisco has been his
financial undoing. Every month Kershaw
received a fat package of currency from
his uncle, J. Henry Kershaw, and from
his brother in Philadelphia, both of whom
are men of wealth and of prominent social
position. Max v/as always on the line, his
pockets heavy with clinking gold and with
an ever-ready hand to spend it. But lately
the money went "out of the exchequer
faster than it came in. One year of con
sistent remitting exhausted the patience
and generosity of uncle and brother, and
Max Kershaw was left without ready
cash.
As a safeguard and a last resource in
time of need the young Philadelphian al
ways carried on his person several thou
sand dollars' worth of railroad stock.
Gamage found this out. and now he has
the stock and Kershaw- is using every
means to recover It. He claims that his
good nuture, hla kindness of heart and his
dire distress were all instrumental in
drawing the railroad securities away from
him and placing them in the hands of
Gamage. Besides obtaining possession of
the stock Gamage secured from Kershaw
a general power of attorney to do as ho
saw flt with all his possessions.
The power of attorney was secured by
J E. Shaln, who acted for Gamage. and
forwarded It to the latter in New York
City. >:¦;•
Gamage Is in New York.
Gamage has been located in New York,
and he will be soon forced by legal pro
cess to deliver the stock in his possession,
if he has not disposed of it. The power of
attorney was revoked yesterday.
Kershaw. a graduate of Yale, has trav
eled from one end of the world to the
other, dipping into the pleasures of life
with abandon and utter lack of restraint.
In Denver he owns property worth thou
sands of dollars, but it is tied up in an
estate and he could- not use the income
as he 'desired. In this city he associated
with all the young men from the East
who have good connections and periodic
remittances. One of this class was Mor
gan Smith, who enjoys the reputation of
having squandered a fortune on the track
and following the rapid road to ruin.
Smith is a nephew of J. Pierpont Morgan
of •¦¦ New '¦ York. His sudden dash and
splurge In this community is a thing of
the immediate past, and he is at present a
rounder who has run bis course.
"Smith told Gamage ¦ all about .my
stock," says Kershaw, "else he would
cot have known about it. I waa strap?ea
and bauiy in want of money. Snutn
knew of the stock and my condition, ana
1 am positive he informed Gamage t>:
both. At any rate Gamage cane to ms
and agreed to get me JlOuO on the bonds
representing $30w of stock."
Parted With His Bonds.
Kershaw had in his possession threo
bonds of the Vincennes and Indianapolis
Kallroad, each valued at $1000, also three
bonds of the Philadelphia ami Reading
Railroad, which agg.Vgated in value JSTOif.
With ail this convertible property about
his clothes Kershaw could see neither the
sense nor the reason of going thirsty for
a bottle of champagne or hungry for
frogs, saute, etc.. so he listened to the
proposals of Gamage.
The deal was this: The collector of bail
debts was to receive 3 per cent for nego
tiating the sale of the tonds. Gamage
realized that a trip East, where the bontia
were quoted, might be palmed off en
young Kershaw. and the suggestion fol
lowed the thought. As evidence of good
faith he gave Kershaw CX> and received
the bond*. The COO came from Jak«
Raver. who loaned Garnage - H*.*) for a
single night and charged him for the us.?
of it the small sum of SZi). which is 172 i
per cent per annum. Rut what did Gam
age care? The next day he went to the
Crocker-Woolwortli Bank with the Vin
.cennes and Ir.dianapoiis .bond 3 anil
borrowed $1000 at a reasonable rat a
of interest, depositing the bonds as se
curity. Raver was paid that day. In or
der to get a quotation on the bends Gam
age. agreed to pay Jack Welch $100.
Money was no object to the collector.
Takes a Whirl in Chicago.
Kershaw with his S3OO was thoroughly
comerit with himself and liked th«
smooth-faced, check-suited broker. On
April 5 Gamage separated himself from
this city, bound to the far East. At Den
ver, where the real property of Kershaw
is situated. Gamage stopped off for a
time. Chicago was to his liking and he
"did" that city in genuine free-handed
fashion. Then came New York. Gamago
is not yet finished with the great metrop
olis.
From New York came all manner ol
wild tales about the collector. He repre
sented himself as an attorney with rail
road bonds from a reluctant holder who
wanted to sell. The Waidorf-Astolia was
selected by him as his nocturnal resting
place. Wine, women and horses helpe-l
consume hl3 time. Bell, the fashionable
New York tailor, is fitting him out In new
checks. He was on Wall street and of
fered the information that he owned Vin
cennes and IndianapolL* stock, but that as
he was not In want of money he wouM
hold it for a rise. When he grows 3ated
of New York. If his expressed desires b<?
akin to the truth. Gamage will then g»
to Philadelphia. Baltimore and Washing
ton. These cities are ail he cares to visi*
In the East. After that will come a Euro
pean trip for an Indefinite period. At
feast, that 13 what Gamage says:
KeTshaw Has an Awakening.
Jnst such a time as Gaaa?e has b«»n
Indulging in In New York Kershaw hs.3
been naving at this end of the continent.
Women and wine ana a reckless disre
gard for the cost have paralyzed the JSOO
and row Kershaw k* thinking until the
perspirntlon is streaming from his brain.
When he discovered what he had done h*
wired his relatives in Philadelphia, ami
they engaged the Pinkerton Deteetivo
Agency and an attorney for the young
Gamage is still in New York. Wherever
he goes in his incandescent wanderings as
he plays the butterfly of fashion and th«
torrid "tenderloin pattern, the shadow o?
a detective is upon him. What final ac
tion will be taken by young Kershaw i 3
yet unknown.
Gamage Explains Matters.
I Gamase was seen last n!sht In N>w
I York, and pave the follnwtas interview:
"A week or two a?n Kershaw came to
me— in the Maison Rlche I believe it was —
i (Continued on Third Paje.)
While Britons Are Trying to Reorganize
the Army in Natal, Rains Delay Oper
ations in the Free State.
EARL RUSSELL MAY
BE A BIGAMIST
Failing to Secure a Separation
From His Wife in England, He
Marries in Nevada.
Countess Enraged by the Announcement of
Her Husband's Act, and. Will at Once
Bring Legal Proceedings.
Special Cable to The Call and New York Herald. Copyrighted, 1900, by
the New York Herald Company.
KERSHAW WANTS
HIS BONDS BACK
Jule C. Gamage Secures Posses
sion of Railroad Stock and
Goes East.
Tale of Wild Life in Two Cities in Which a
Wealthy Philadelphian and a Local
Man Figure.
Abandonment of Spion Kop, Which Lord Roberts Strongly Censures
This position, it will be remembered, was occupied by the British troops after three days' fight
ing in the vicinity, on the night of January 23, the Boers really evacuating it in order to entrap them.
From, dawn till dark of the 24th the Boer attack was pressed and rifle and cannon fire poured upon the
top cf the hill. General Woodgate, the officer in command of the British force, was killed, with 27 officers
and 177 men and 33 officers and 670 men wounded, besides 101 taken prisoners — 1008 in all.* During
the night Colonel Thornycroft, then in command, gave the order to retreat, which was begun at 1 o'clock
and accomplished by daylight on the 25th.
The above picture, taken from the London Graphic, shows the manner of removing the wounded,
the place beiner utterly impracticable for wheeled vehicles.
acre is leaving South Africa this week to
resume command of a local district.
TORE OFF RED CROSS BADGES.
LONDON, April 19.— According to a dis
patch to the Daily Mail from Lourenzo
Marques nearly half the members of the
Chicago ambulance corps, when offered
Mausers on their arTlval at Pretoria, tore
off their Red Cross badges. United States
Consul Hay notified the Transvaal Gov
ernment that he must report the circum
stance to Washington.
DRENCHED WITH RAIN.
LONDON. April 19.— The Bloemfontein
correspondent of the Morning Post,.tele
graphing Tuesday, .April 17,. says: "The
town has been drenched with rain during
the last three •days;, which has caused the
greatest discomfort, especially as the
Thirteenth Brigade is not provided with
tents."
TO INTERCEPT CARRINGTON
LONDON. April IS.— The Lourenzo
Marques correspondent of the Daily Mail,
telegraphing Wednesday, says: - "Two
hundred and fifty Boers started , to-day
from Waterval Onder marching through
the Zoutp'anberg district to intercept Gen
eral Carrlngton'a force."
and get a divorce after the courts of his
own country have refused it. It Is not
true that the . Earl secured a judicial
separation from- me. The House of Lords
decided against the' Earl's petition for a
separation when It heard the case. The
blow is a terrible one to me; I hardly be
lieve it." - . ' ' ¦ - -
The Countess has placed the case in the
hands of her solicitcrs % The Earl's solici
tors, Messrs. Vanderco'ln. professed to be
in total Ignorance of their client's action.
Lady Scott Speaks ; Freely.
Lady Scott said she and her daughter
know the Earl had been In America about
a year, but they. had. heard "nothing from
him. She. added: . - •
"Lady. Russell: has placed- the matter in
the hands. of her solicitors. and Is not at
all inclined to resign^ herself • to the ac
ceptance of.. her. noble j husband's I family
motto, which Is: 'What will be. will be.'"
A close friend |of Lord j Russell, on con
firming . the announcement of . the Earl's
marriage, adds:
"For some time Lord- Russell felt 'that
his years of . suffering and . annoyance . had
released him from all obligations, moral
or otherwlse.'connected with hfs first mar
riage, and* therefore that; he was priv
ileged to do as, he pleased. I do not be
lieve the question at bigamy; will be
raised.rbut afany rate Lord Russell and
SAX FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1900.
VOLUME LXXXVII-NO. 150.
PRICE FIVE CE^TS.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL
LONDON". April 18.— Society was
startled by the appearance of an
aavertisement cabled to the Times
and Standard yesterday statin?
that John Francis Stanley, Eari
Russell, was married at Reno, Nov., to
Mollle, daughter of the late George Cooke
of Cumbernauld, Scotland, on April 15
last. Earl Russell has been In America
about a year, but little of his movements
is known to his friends in London and
the announcement of his marriage was
a great surprise. Apparently he had not
confided his Intention to secure a divorce
to friends here. .'-
Countess Russell, who has been appear
ing at the Tivoli Music Hall, was quite
unprepared to hear the news, which so
affected her that she was unade to ap
pear last night. "When I saw her in the
afternoon she was very much upset and
very indignant.
"It is monstrous; terrible," she said,
"that a man can go to another country