The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-01-06
Official Information Says Every
thing Is Quiet There
Now.
Great Moderation and FOrbear-
ance Exercised by the Boer
Government.
Kruger Promises to Right the
Wrongs Complained of by
UitlanderS.

LONDON, Jan. 6.-The colonial Office
received "A dispatch from Johannesbu burg
at 4 o'clock o. m, saying that all is
quiet there now.
An official dispatch received at tho
colonial Office from Sir Hercules Robin
son, governor of Cape Colony, says:
"Dewett (Sir Jacob Dewett) the Brit
ish agent at Pretoria, wires: Every
thing is quiet and no further serious
disturbances will occur. A deputation
from the Johannesburg reform com.
mittee came over, giving guarantees to
keep the peace and maintain order. l
waited upon President Kruger and in
formed him of the guarantees. He
gave me the assurance that pending
your arrival, if the Johannesburg peo-
pie 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 deputation was highly
grateful for this assurance and pledged
the committee to preserve peace and
order.
Great Moderation and Forbearance
II take this opportunity Of testifying
in the strongest manne to the great
moderation and forbearance of the
government of the T~ransvaal under ex-
ceptionally trying circumstances.
Their attitude toward myself was
everything / could wish.
THE prisoners have just arrived.
The casualties ON their side are said to
be severe, and ON the side Of the burgh-
ers very slight"
Another dispatch from Sir Robinson
to Mr.. Chamberlain reads.
'Dewett wires that Jameson's
wounded number over 30. They are
all at Krugersdorp and attended by
doctors. Their names and the details
of their wounds cannot be given. The
number of killed is estimated at 70; but
no reliable information is obtainable.
The bodies are still being picked up on
the battlefield and buried.
1.-The Cape Town papers state that
DR.. Jameson, Sir Charles Willoughby
and Captain White, a brother Of Lord
Annaly, are lodged in Pretoria jail.
Grey and Coventry, Captain Charles
j. Coventry of the Buchuanaland DO
lice and a brother Of the earl Of Gov.
entry are wounded. The Beers cap.
tured about 500 prisoners.
Battle Lasted ght Hours.
Later in the day a dispatch was re.
ceived at the colonial Office from Cape
Town. dated noon, giving the following
details of the invasion of the Transvaal
by DR.. Jameson and his followers, a
gathered from the local press.
There is no doubt that DR.. Jameson
yielded after he had lost at least 2s
men. The battle lasted from 3 in the
afternoon until II at n ght. DR.. Jane
son led the three principal attacks anG
his men distinguished themselves with
great %gallantry.
Warnings Should Not he Disregarded
The st. James Gazetts says Emperor
Williams message to President Kruger
like President C.eveland's message tc
congress, is a warning which SHOULD
not be disregarded, and furnishes evi
dence of a combination Of the power:
against Great Britain.
Continuing, the St. James Gazette
urges the British government to '.dro,
the Armenian nonsense, make an al
lance with Russia, close the under
standing with the dreibund. and in any
case, push on with the ornaments witt
unsleeping energy"
The Globe says: lit is an insult from
the German government, collectively
and not only from the emperor alone
the necessity of strengthening Grea
Britain's d%efenses, and remarks
There is no wal party here, but thu
entire empire would S O become wer,
the words of President Cleveland ant
Emperor William attempted to be fol
lowed by deeds.'