Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-01-09

uateu from Jan. l onward are 81 aduai-
ly coming. Enough is now received
to make possible a consistent account
of the trouble in Transvaal.
For a long time the Uitlanders or
foreign population have been COM
planning that while far out numbering
the Beers and compelled to furnish
practically all the revenue OF the re-
public they We're allowed no voice in
the government. On the other hand
the Beers claim the fact that Uitland-
ers are mainly Englishmen and so far
out-number them is the main reason
for not giving them representation be-
cause they would outvote the BoeI S
and make the republic a British col
ony. Finally the British in the Trans
vaal minated to DR.. Jameson. ad-
miniStratOr of the British chartered
company, that they We're ripe for re-
volt and if he would take the initiative
they would rise and support him. Jam
eson mustered 100 men on the Trans
vaad border, ready for a raid upon
johannesburg. Then Il letter was sent
to him that Englishmen at Johannes
burg were in danger from armed Beers.
On Dec. 80 Jameson's force crossed
the Transyaal without the precaution
of notifying the Englishmen in johann
nesburg. cutting the wires to prevent
being ordered back by the British gov
eminent. The Germans and Ameli-
cans in Johannesburg had given ad-
hesion to the provisional government
followed by Africanders and Austral-
ians. While kreuger had granted the
main demand he imposed terms which
aroused Johannesburgers when they
became aware of them. But the stern
position of the British government pre-
vented a further uprising,
The battle between Jamesons forces
and the Beers near Kreugersdorp oc-
Cured. In addition to holding a
strong position the@Boers o4tn&mbered
Jameson's forces six to one and the
latter were exhausted by day and
nights march without food.
Jameson moved southwark with a
view of outfanking the Beers, but the
latter were massed in great numbers
near Vlakfontein. Jameson's party
had to fight hard all night, so that
when they reached Vlakfontein, six
miles from Johannesburg, they were
utterly exhausted. The supply of
ammunition was about gone and
nearly all the en- were on the verge
of starvation. In spite of this, they
fought stubbornly till noon against
nearly 5000 Beers surrounding them.
Then, ammunition having given out,
they were compelled to surrender. The
best estimates are that $50 of Jane
sons followers were killed; fifty
wounded The Beers captured 500
prisoners who were taken to Pretoria.
Among the wounded was Captain
Charles John Coventry, son of the earl
of Coventry, in the Bucha Land police
service, who since died.
DR.. Jameson was not wounded. He
is to be tried by court martial and
may be shot or hanged, although, hay
ing saved President Kruger's life in
the capacity of a physician he may
escape with a less severe punishment.
The Beers lost only three killed and
five wounded.
When Jameson's forces were Is
mics from Johannesburg Thursday,
the report of his coming and of the
hard fighting going on reached johann
nesburg and caused the widest eX-
element and dismay, as it was eX-
pected he would be overwhelmed, the
UitIanders having failed to send him
1T, For pf Jtyhiph no
expected at Krugerdrop, and without
which he could not be expected to
fight his way to Johannesburg il. the
face of 5000 Beers.
The utmost indignation was ex-
pressed against Sir Hercules Robin
son, governor of Cape Colony, to
whose proclamation, enjoining all
British subjects to refrain from assist
ing Jameson, preventing the Uitland-
ers from mastering at Krugersdrop.
A correspondent Of Reuters telc-
gram company was with Jameson and
says after the surrender jameson said
I'VE simply failed owing TO the lack Of
expected support. Although our al
lies failed us, we might have escaped
if the railroad had been destroyed, as
the Beers. as well as ourselves were
without ammunition until an engine
pulling several truck loads of ammu-
milton and supplies arrived for the
Beers That settled ii we had neither
ammunition nor food.
1t was evident to the correspondent
that jameson was earnest in thinking
that the Citlanders were in the great
est danger from the Beers and the
correspondent says he risked his own
life and reputation in an attempt 70
rescue them The popular feeling IN
favor of Jameson is running very
high in London
A dispatch received rs the colonial
secretary, Chamberlain from SIR Her
cules Robinson. dated Monday says
that the arms and ammunition OF the
British chartered company's forces at
BulHwayo have been placed in the
custody Of representative OF the
uuaen Of Great pritafr Tho feeling