Connecticut western news., 1896-01-09
WAR IN TRANSVAAL.
OR. JAMESON DEFEATED IN A BATTLE
 WITH THE BOERS.

The History of the III Fated Freeboot-
 ing Expedition of the Director of the
 British Chartered Company Into the
 Territory of the South African Republic.
 LONDON, Jan Hate dispatches from Johannesburg, Pretoria and Cape Town give detailed accounts of Dr. Jameson's invasion of the Transvaal and the battle with the Boers, in which his force was de- feated and captured. The following is an authentic statement of the incident:
 For a long time past the uitlanders, or foreign residents of the Transvaal, havc been repeatedly complaining of the treat ment they have been subjected to by tho Boers. The uitlanders, though far out numbering the Boers, have been compelled to contribute practically all the revenue of the republic and yet have no representa- tion or voice in its government. That is their side of the question.
 On the other hand, the Boers claim that the very fact that the uitlanders, mainly Englishmen, so far outnumber them is the main argument against giving them full representation, for then they would soon outvote the Boers and make the re- public nothing more or less than British colony.
  til intimations were made to Dr. Jameson, administrator of the territory of the Brit ish Chartered company, that the British in the Transvaal were ripe for revolt and that if he would take the initiative the uitlanders would rise and support him.
 Jameson Gets Ready.
 Dr. Jameson then began preparations for raid upon Johannesburg, mastering about 700 men and plenty of ammunition, but little food, on the Transvaal border. When the right moment arrived, letter was sent to him by the uitlanders of Jo- hannesburg, urgently asking him to go to the assistance of his compatriots, who were in danger at the hands of the aroused Boers, then riding about the streets and country in a most threatening manner.
 On Monday, Dec 30, Dr. Jameson's force crossed the Transvaal border without the knowledge, however, it would seem, of the uitlanders of Johannesburg. He cut the telegraph wires behind him, to prevent being ordered back by the British government, it is claimed, and pushed on for Krugersdorp, where he expected to meet re-enforcements of 2,000 uitlanders.
 On the following day, Dec. 31, there was intense excitement at Johannesburg, peo- pie hurrying into the town from the mines and suburbs.
 The central committee of uitlander citi- zens constituted themselves provisional government for the town, and announced that ample provision would be made to defend it against any body of Boers.
 The provisional government established itself in the Consolidated Goldfields build ing, and three maxim rapid fire guns were placed by the citizens in advantageous po- sitions about it.
 The so called thew government" then sent an ultimatum to the government of President Kruger at Pretoria. The latter proposed a conference at Pretoria on the following day, Wednesday, but the com mittee appointed by the new government hesitated to go to Pretoria without a safe conduct.
 By this time the news that Dr. Jameson had crossed the border was in Johannes burg, and his arrival at that place was ex-