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SERGEANT CAMPBELL KILLED. LONDON. April 7. 11:45 p. The War Office has posted the list of casualties at Petersfonteln, near Boshof, on April 5.

Only one Is reported Sergeant Patrick, Campbell of the-Imperial Yeomanry, husband of the well-known actress. Nine commissioned officers and men are reported wounded. ARRIVAL OF MORE TROOPS. CAPE TOWN, April The British transport Bavarian has arrived here with 2300 troops. During her passage she spoke the British transport Mount Lebanon, bound for.

this port, in a disabled condition. The Mount Lebanon, however, said her repairs could be effected at sea, Richardson said, and not having been reported back within a week, was privileged. He moved its adoption. The motion was not contended. against, and was agreed to without division.

Richardson then asked unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Affairs, to whom was referred his resolution extending sympathy to the Boers, have leave to report at any timei Payne objected. 1- o'clock public business was suspended," and the remainder of the day was occupied In eulogies on the and- public services of the late' Richard P. Bland of Missouri, and several feeling' tributes were to the sturdy old champion of silver. LATEST DISASTER COST 600 BRITONS LONDON. April Lord reports to the War Office as follows: Friday.

April i The casualties at Reddersburg were: Officers killed. Captain F. Cassen and Lieutenant C- R. Barclay, both of the Northumberlands; wounded, two; captured, eight; non-commissioned officers and men killed, eight; wounded, thirtythree. The rest were captured.

Our strength was 167 mounted Infantry and 429 Infantry. The enemy was said to be 3200, with five guns." ASHANTI TRIBES IN ARMS. ACCRA. British Gold Coast Colony. April The situation in Ashanti Is unchanged.

A Coomassie runner reports that all the Ashanti tribes are in arms, tho King of Bekwai alone remaining loyal. It is believed that the Ashanti Golden Stool has been found and that the rising 'Is due to the endeavor of the Governor of the colony. Sir Frederick Mitchell Hodgson, to take possession of It. BOERS AND RIFLES CAPTURED. ALIWALNORTH.

Cape Colony, April The colonial division at Wepener has captured five prisoners and four hundred rifles. The Royal Irish Rifles are falling back on Beestekraal from Rouxville. The Boers are reported to be moving east and west of Rouxville and a number of them are reported sixteen miles down the Orange River. A town guard is being formed here. SOCIETY SENORITAS IN A DUEL Two Women of Mexico City Quarrel Cver a Lover and Fight.

ONE SERIOUSLY WOUNDED After Encounter the Combatants Kiss and the Vanquished Releases Her Claim to the Man Who Caused the Fray. CITY OF MEXICO, April Details of a duel In which the principals and seconds were women prominent In Mexican society have just come to light. One woman was so seriously wounded that a surgeon had to be called and this led to the arrest of the participants. The duel grew out of a love affair. Rafael Riquelme went to a fashionable ball several nights ago, accompanied by Senorita Marta Duran.

a belle of the Senorita Juana Luna, to whom Riquelme had been paying marked attention, aiso attended the ball, and she saw Senorita Duran in the company of Rafael. Her Mexican blood surged In a passion. She confronted Senorita Duran, and after a quarrel challenged her rival. The challenge was accepted and the next morning the two women and four seconds drove in two carriages to a vacant lot near the Romlta outskirts of the city. The rivals stripped off their waists and the signal for the encounter was given.

The first round was bloodless. In the second round Senorita Duran was aggressive, while her opponent acted on the defensive. Senorita Duran's terrific thrusts began to tell upon her strength and then Senorita Luna, who had been waiting for her adversary to tire lierself, took advantage of her weariness and made a savage lunge at her breast. She inflicted an ugly wound, but Senorita Duran again faced her and received a scratch on the cheek. In the third round Senorita Duran was weak from the loss of blood.

Senorita Luna inflicted a wound on her sword arm. She dropped her weapon and the duel was over. The women kissed and the one in true chivalry fashion renounced Roquelme. The seconds placed the wounded woman in a carriage and drove her home. Her condition becamp so serious that a physician was railed in.

Under the Mexican law no physician a wounded person without an order from the authorities. The cage was presented to the police inspector and an investigation brought out the facts. Senorita Duran was taken -to Juares Hospital and the other five persons were arrested and placed in solitary confinement at Belem. Highwayman Baffled. REDDING, April As A.

F. Dobrowsky, a Redding jeweler, was returning home at an early hour this morning with his wife and sister-in-law from a dance In the town of Shasta a masked highwayman stepped out of the brush and displaying a gun demanded hands up. The reins were in the hands of Mrs. Dobrowsky, who, Instead of obeying the command, lashed the already swiftly going horse to a more rapid pace and successfully balked the designs of the highwayman without Injury resulting to any one. It Is believed the attempted hold-up would have been successful had the party been traveling at a slower pace.

Injured in a Runaway. April Mrs. N. W. Williams, wife a Redding business man, met injuries In, a runaway accident this afternoon from which she cannot recover.

She was enjoying a ride with her mother when the horse she was driving became frightened and ranaway. Tho buggy collided with a heavy wagon, throwing Mrs. Williams to the fracturing her and otherwise Injuring her. The older lady jumped before the collision and escaped serious injury. Mrs.

Williams Is a six months'; bride. She 'has 'been a leader in social circles. Methodist Conference. SANTA ROSA, April! Much business of Importance at: the Methodist conference here to-day. Ukiah was selected as the next place of meeting, and a number of young men were licensed to preach." sons were swept into the river when the dam broke, but all were saved by boatmen.

A crowd of white people numbering about thirty, living just below thf dam in tents, were seen at their habitations just before tho dam broke and have not been accounted for since. It in generally that all of thorn were swept away. One man. attempting cross the roadway leading to the bridge across tho rivrr just big wave rolled down, was caught and he and his horse and buggy went down with the torrent alid wora heard. of no more.

A family of six negroes living in the valley south of the city are known to been drowned. It is estimated that than 100 houses have been destroyed the loss of property will be great. light and power plant costing and half million dollars. The breaking of tha dam engulfed the old water company's plant below the city and It Is lying fifteen feet under water, while the city is In darkness and without water. Reports from points below here are to the effect that the flood has been most disastrous.

The surface of the river throughout the day has been dotted with, small houses or fragments of houses anil drowned animals, along with trees anJ debrlH. all of which bear testimony to tha ravages of the flood in the mountain region above Austin. In addition to the losses here the International and Great Northern Railroad the Austin and Northwestern both entering this city, have suffered severely, the first named having a serious wreck by reason of floods this morning. The south-bound cannon ball train front St. Louis on the Internationa! ami (Jreat Northern' was wrecked at McNelll.

miles above here, as a result of a washout. The engine and cars plunged into culvert, demolishing the engine, the mail. baggage car, two day coaches and oim sleeper. The cars left the track ami rolWl over on their sides in four feet of water, but fortunately no lives were lost were any of the passengers badly hurt. This is attributable to the fact that them were not many on the train and it was running slowly at the time, owing to tha bad track.

The mail clerk. Ora Davis of San Antonio, was seriously bruised, and Engineer P. E. Mayham of San Antonio and Fireman C. M.

Stanley were slightly injured. The Austin and Northwestern road ope-. rated- no trains to-day, due to the fact that five of their bridges were washed away during the night. torrent, having risen forty feet within ten hours. After daylight this morning it became evident that the situation was serious.

The river began to rise so rapidly that It was evident that the immense dam and all the power houses and contents, costing one and a half million dollars, were in imminent danger. To add to the terror of the situation, small frame houses, trees and debris of every description began descending the river and piling up against the upper face of the dam. This weight was augmented every moment until by 10 o'clock there was a mass of debria lodged against the dam which threatened the safety of the structure. In addition millions of gallons of water, muddy from its long, journey, was whirling and plunging to the sixty-foot fall, and It was evident that wall could withstand tho Immense pressure. The crisis came shortly after 11 o'clock, when suddenly- with a report like the roar of the ocean the great wedge twenty-five feet high, 600 feet wide and about eight feet thick rolled out of the center section of the dam down the face of the sixty feet deep Into the river below.

This left a hanging gap in the very middle of the dam through which the debris and water fiercely poured, while the flood already raging was threatening everything In Its path. The released water poured into the power house, catching eight. employes at work there, drowning all of them. The breaking of the dam caused wild excitement in the city. The' telegraph companies at once wired to places below here to look out for the great wave, and runners were dispatched on horses to notify those living in the valleys below the city.

The telegraphic messages served as a timely warning to many, but the rushing waters outstripped the horsemen and many houses were picked up and swept away before the occupants could get together their valuables. Within- a short time air the valleys to the south and west of Austin were filled to overflowing with water and the southern portion of the city tributary to the river was Large crowds collected on the river banks and several per- AUSTIN. Texas, April This city is to-night in pitch darkness, with a raging river, a mile wide and swollen far beyond Its natural banks, roaring and surging through all the lower portion of the town, having spread destruction and death in Its wake. In addition to the vast loss of property interests It is calculated that between thirty and forty lives have been sacrificed and the reports coming in from the tributary country to-night do not tend to improve matters. The flood is 'not unlike the disastrons Johnstown flood some years ago.

In that a raging river, already swollen far beyond its capacity, bore too heavily upon an Immense 'dam spanning the river here, breaking it and letting loose a reservoir of water thirty miles long, half a mile wide and sixty feet deep to aid In carrying destruction down the valleys of the Colorado River. The great dam In the Colorado River gave way at noon to-day from the enormous pressure of, water and debris and with a roar and crash swept the below the city, wrecking the immense light and power plant and drowning eight workmen. Following Is a list of the known dead, including those killed in the power house: FRANK KINCET. FRANK KINNEY. WALTER FLOWER.

WALTER JOHNSON. FRANK FITZGERALD. WALTER BLOSSMAN. JOSEPH NEWMAN. DICK MORRIS (colored).

JOHN PROES. CHARLES BURCHARD. Six I negroes. Last Wednesday night it began to rain very hard at this place, the storm extending north of here along the watersheds of the Colorado River. The precipitation continued until this the downfall averaging six Inches within an hour.

I All this vast quantity, of: water along the watersheds of the Colorado. River rapidly swelled the current until at o'clock this morning the river, which had been rising steadily since last evening, was a raging AUSTIN, Texas; April -The increased volume of water which came down the river undermined the power, house at the dam at 1:30 this morning and it fell into the river, carrying with it $300,000 worth oi machinery. to avoid partial movements, and he win await quietly whatever the enemy may do until he if again ready for a continuous movement and decisive action. Meantime the Boers are making the best of this period of Inaction. With a.

force of 10.000 or 12.000 men they are said to be moving south firm Thaba Xchu. and other forces have shown themselves along the Basuto border, where General Brabant's division of colonials Is said to be confronted by a etronK Boer force near Wepener. Brabant's force, however, probably is able to take care of itself. The surprise and destruction of a British detachment near Reddersburg suggests that the Boer plan may to break up the railway between NorvaJs Pont and Bloemfontein. by means of which Lord Roberts secures his supplies and reinforcements.

Such a if successful, would cause Lord Roberta some embarrassment, and might draw him Into making a strong counter stroke toward the south. It proves, at least," that the Boers have now discovered that their best Is to rely upon strong raiding parties moving rapidly, rather than upon a war of positions wherein they must always In time be overborne. But the effect of the new Boer policy will be merely to hasten the development of the mounted of the British force. Roberta is forming at Bloemfontein a strong division of mounted troops to be commanded t.y Colonel lan Hamilton, one of his best officers. As soon an he has a good supply of horses.

Lord Roberts will be ready to reply with interest to the annoyance the Boers are now causing him. f' The return of the Boers into the districts the burghers made submission have the result of increaslnz their embluerment, so that there Is now. a probability of the war being fought out to the end, as was the of recession. In that case months must elapse before close of hostilities. The most disagreeable feature of to-day's news Is the uneasiness of the Basutos.

The situation In the Free State is one of some difficulty, and may cause temporary anxiety, but unless serious blow is struck at the communication of the British army, the Boer raid will have little effect. Even the temporary destruction of the railroad would cause no more than a diversion. RESOLUTION OF SYMPATHY FOR BOERS WASHINGTON, April ln the House to-day Richardson of Tennessee, the floor kadei of the minority, asked unanimous consent for the consideration of the.folio wing resolution: "Resolved, That this House views with dee.p interest the heroic struggle of the republics of South Africa to maintain their independence, and that we hereGy tender them our most profound sympathy In their unequal but gallant struggle." "That resolution should go to the Committee on Foreign Affairs." observed Payne of New York, the floor leader of the majority. "Did I understand. the gentleman to object?" asked Richardson, "I did," replied Payne.

Richardson made a privilege motion to adopt, the resolution Introduced by him calling upon the Secretary of War for information as to whether Charles G. Magoon, the law officer of the Insular, bureau, had ever furnished an opinion that the treaty with Spain extended, the -con- Ftitutlon over Porto Rico and the Philippines. The resolution had been 'referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, LONDON. April 8. sa.

No news was issued by the War Office last night. None wus received from the front, except that from Bloemfontein. dated April 4. relating to the engagement of General Gatacre at Redrifn-huTff, which seems to have been held tark by the censor. It will be remembered that Lord Roberts.

In reporting the occurrence" at Reddersburg. raid that General Gatacre had arrived on the morning of April 4. Hence he may have succeeded in engaging the Boer? later in the day. It is strange, however, that General Gatacre' movemente have not been "men- Honed in Lord Roberts' other dispatches. The last of which was dated the evening of April 6.

It is reported from Ladysmith that the are beginning to construe General Kuller's Inactivity as a sign of fear or inability to resume active operations. Hence are showing much activity, particularly around Biggarsberg, and are said to be planning to outflank General Buller by an advance in force by way of Helpxnaakar. Ac the plan Is known, it is not likely that the Boers will find Buller unprepared. The Boers state that the Colesberg and Stormberg commandos, numbering 6000 and ten guns, have reached Kroonstad. at an annexation meeting at Wynberg on April 6.

ex-Premier Sir John Gordon Sprigg declared that he had been informed by a member of the Afrikanderbund, who had just returned from Pretoria, that the executives of the republics fit commencement of the war expected the actJvo assistance of 45.000 colonials. He had learned also that documents existed incriminating a number of leading colonials In machinations with the government of the republics. Speaking at a large Imperial demonstration at Newcastle-on-Tyne last night, G. VT. McArtney.

secretary to the admiralty, cald that when the war was i he settlement that the Government would incumbent upon itself to make would be received by the people of the country as adequate satisfaction for the expenditure of blood and treasure that has been made in the defense of the rights of British subjects. DIFFICULTIES FOR ROBERTS TO OVERCOME LONDON. April Spencer Wilkinson, reviewing the military situation in South Africa for the Associated Press, at midnight Faye: The DOFltion In the Free State Helms' to that the British cavalry and mounted infantry the In the heavy, marches from Mwdder Kiver Station to Klmberley and from Klrcberloy to Dloemfonteln; that the lack of routed with the exhaustion of the transport service, has compelled Ixird to- withhold his advance, and that during the halt the Uoorg have recovered from their expression and have resumed the offensive. The at Kaare Siding, rollowjr.c the move of General Krench to Sanna. Tost, hts no doubt riven extra strain to the mounted troops.

The need of has become urgent. Dispatches, however, that have been received lately Indicate that a fresh supply of horses In beriming to arrive at Cape Town. Lord Roberts seems anxious, co far as be can. BLOEMFONTEIN. Wednesday, April General Gatacre had an engagement with the enemy at Reddersburg to-day.

Detail's the affair have not yet been received here. THE ABOVE PICTURE. TAKEN FROM THE SPHERE. SHOWS THE CAPTURE BY GENERAL FRENCH'S TROOPS OF A TRAIN OF SEVENTY-THREE WAGON 3 ON CRQNJEIS RETREAT FROM MAGERSFONTEIN. A DAY OR TWO AFTER, IT WILL BE REMEMBERED, THE BOERS CAPTURED A TRAIN OF SEVENTY-EIGHT OF LORD ROBERTS' WAGONS AT WATERVAL DRIFT.

ON THE REIT. British. Cavalry Capturing a Boer Wagon Train. HEAVIEST STORM IN YEARS. SAN ANTONIO.

April The heaviest rain and electric storm in thirtyflve years visited San Antonio and the entire Southwest last night, destroying all street lights, flooding cellars and overflowing San Pedro Creek and San Antonio River. The only train into San Antonio to-day was on the International and Great Northern from Laredo. No trains have gone out. Railway bridges in all directions have been washed away. No telegraphic communication can be had west of Del Rio, on the Southern Pacific, and the damage beyond that point is not known.

It, will be many days before the trains can run to El Paso. In Rockport many houses were blown off their foundations. Shipping suffered most. Out of about thirty boats lying at anchor in front of the town, only three rode the storm, suffering no damage. LOSS OF LIFE IN THE FLOODS.

WACO, April Reports of loss of life and damage caused by floods due to the Incessant rains during the past three days continue to pour in from all directions, indicating a repetition of the disasters of last year. The loss of life to a great extent has already surpassed that of previous years. Both telegraphic and telephone service all over the State is completely prostrated and details from the flooded districts are very meager. All streams, the Brazos and Colorado River, are overflowing the lowlands and rising very rapidly. The crops of cotton and corn are nearly submerged and will have to be replanted.

-Railway traffic is practically suspended on all railroads running into this city. INSURGENTS CAPTURED. CARNAVON. Capo Colony. April lt Is reported that 200 Insurgents, who were not aware that Sir Charles Parsons had occupied Kenhardt, rode into that place and wore captured by the British troops.

The Canadian artillery has returned here from Van Wycks Vlei. ROBERTS HAMPERED BY BOLD RAIDS GREAT LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY General Gatacre Has Engagement With the Boers After the "Unfortunate Occurrence" at Reddersburg. NEWS OF A BATTLE HELD BACK BY THE BRITISH PRESS CENSOR TEXAS TOWNS SWEPT BY FLOOD, LEAVING DEATH AND RUIN IN ITS WAKE Racing Torrents of the Colorado Increased in Fury by the Breaking of the Austin Reservoir Dam. Pages 13 to 22 Pages 13 to 22 VOLUME LXXXVII-NO. 139.

PRICE FIVE CENTS. SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, APRIL 8, THIRTY-TWO PAGES. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL Flood Disaster at Austin, Colorado River Dam Which Broke.