Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-01-05

An official dispatch received at the
colonial Office from Sir Hercules Robin
son. the governor Of Cape Colony, says,
"Dewett (Sir Jocobus Dewett, the Brit
ish agent at Pretoria,) writes: Every
thing IS quiet and no further serious.
disturbances will occur. A deputadoFel
from the johannesburg reform commit" "a !,
tee came over yesterday evening giving
guarantees to keep the peace and main
tain order. l waited upon President
Kruger and informed him Of the guar
antees. He gave me the assurance that
pending your arrival, if the Johannes
burg people keep quiet and commit no
hostile acts or in any way break the
laws Of the country, johannesburg will
not be molested or surrounded by the
Burgher forces. The deputat,on Was
highly grateful for this assurance and
pledged the committee TO preserve peace
and order.
Il take this opOrtunity to testify in
the strongest manner to the great mod
erations and forbearance OF the govern
ment of the Transvaal under the excep-
tionally trying circumstances Their
attitude toward myself was everything
| could wish. The prisoners have ar
rived. The casualties on their side are
said to be severe and on the side Of the
Burghers very slight"
ANOTHER DISPATCH
from Sir Hercules Robinson to Mr..
Chamberlain reads: "Dewstt wires that
Jamesons wounded number over 30.
They are all at Krugersdorp and attend
ed by doctors. Their names and the de-
tails of their wounds cannot yet be
given. The number Of killed is esti-
mated at 20, but no reliable information
IS obtainable. The bodies are still be-
ing picked up on the battlefield and
buried.
The Capetown papers state that DR..
Jameson. Sir Charles Willoughby and
Capt. White "a brother Of Lord Annaly)
are lodged IN Pretoria Jail. Grey and
Coventry Capt Charles j. Coventry, or
tie Bechuanaland poll. ~ hrotaar-
Of the Earl Of CoyentI ied.
The Beers capnrafSA,ah sore
ers" NstzI-,a =. an.rs
a private tsl5 Ifre%
he he :: IS wiling t. ~ gas sas.sfs..... g
cessions to the Uitlanders or foreign
population Of the Traasyaal, Whose de-
mands for representationAln view ot the
fact that bhey contribute hact:callyhthe
whole revenue Of the rsRe he. led tdAhs
Ill feeling which resultS on Dr JAM
sons raid, Il being tho sg9ef Of the IN
Tuders Of Johahnesbur3- brd rise ia
rebellion and jointhe rAu
Later in the day a 68ch vas re-
ce.ved at the colonial6mce from Cape
town, dated noon to-day giving the
following dgtails-0f the invas on Of the
Transyaal by IT. Jameson and his fOi-
lowers, as gath'red from tae local press:
There is no ioubt that DR.. jameson
yielded after se had let at least y
men. The battle lasted from 3 IN the
afternoon uhJili1 o'clock az night Dr.
jameson let tie three principal at.acks,
and his man distinguished tbemseIVes)
with great Fshntry" 4
THE ST. JAMES GAZETTE
this AFTERNOON, thinks tlat Emperor
Williams's message 10 President Kruger.
Ike President Cleyelande message TO
Congress IS a warning which should not
be disregar Rni furnishes evidence
against Grea. Pr.tain Continuing
the Gazette uref 4 the British govern
ment 10 Il Armenian nonsense.
make an alias lh Russia, close tns
81 n aa Dricbund, and,
in any case. Dusa oh.With the armsments
with unsle W orgy
The Glote n insult from
the Ceinlg mont collectively
and not or I emperor alone
he Globe 1ir>- 4 upon tle
necess'ty Il strengthening ief}at Brlte-u y
aims defer and rsmuFsM p'i'l'-'N
no war party here bul tde entire camp
would 50 become were the words Of
President Cleveland and Emperor Will
.am attempted 20 be followed by deeds
The Berlin. correspondent Of the
Times fears that Emperor Williams
telegram viii induce President Kruger
70 denounce the Transvsal treaties with
England. Emperor williams d-spaich
20 President Kruger .s denounced win
he utmost severity IN the editorials IN
English newspapers. The TINES says;
1T is grove and distinctly unfriendly
and beng compiled after conference
with Chancellor Won Hohenlohe, and
the fore IN and naval secretaries, I'M
parts to it the Importance o. a STATE
act" The article proceeds 70 argus
that Germany has no ground 70 con-
tend that any doubt exists as 70 Eng
lands right OF suzerainty over the
Transvaal. and asks: "ls our Berlin
indeed right when no
confesses that he s driven 70 tae con-
clus,on that Germany has gladly seed
this opportunity to hum.Eale Eng
land?"
The Post says: at IS evident that
The Emperor considers war W-th Els-
land something 10 be prepaid Tor. wa
cannot hide from ourselves that Eng
land stands alone The prefer reply 20
the Emperor's telegram is the recall q
the Mediterranean squadron % JON
he Channel squadron"
THE TELEGRAM
Of the Emperor Is as follows:
81 express my sincere congratul al-oas
that with your own people and VIZ
out appealing 70 the help Of tne irieh-ly
powers, you have succeeded hy you,
own energetic action against the armed
bands which invaded your country as
d d,sturbers Of the peace and nave 'uus
been enabled TO restore peace ana sAls
guard the independence Of your country
against attack from the outside