San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-01-04
JAMISON'o BAD BREAK.
THE BOERS CLEANED HIM OUT OF
BAG AND BAGGAGE.


Jamison Has over 80 wounded-He
Is In jail With HE Leaders-over
500 Prisoners Tsken-rhe Beers
Loss Was Light-Peace Is Es-
tablished-The Burghers Are Not
Inclined to Push Matters.
LONDON, Jan. 4-The colonial
office has received a dispatch from
johannesburg at 4 o'clock this
morning, saying that all is now
quiet there. An official dispatch
received at the colonial office from
Sir Hercules Robin son, governor
Of Cape Colony, says: Sir Jacob
Dewitt, British agent at Pretor la
wires: Everything is quiet and
no further serious disturbance will
occur. A reputation from the
johannesburg reform committee
came ove yesterday evening, CIV
ing guarantees to keep the peace
and maintain order, / waited up
on President Kruger and informed
him of the guarantees. He gave
me assurance that pending your
arrival the Johannesburg people
would keep quiet and commit no
hostile acts or break the laws of
the country. johannesburg will
not be molested or surrounded by
Burgher forces. The deputation
was highly grateful for this as-
surance and pledged the commit
tee to preserve peace and order.n
I take this opportunity of testify
ing in the strongest manner the
great moderation and forebearance
Of the government OF the Transvaal
under exceptionally trying cir
cumstances. Their attitude toward
myself was everything L could
wish. The prisoners have just ar
rived. Casualties on their side are
said to be severe and on the side of
the Burghers very light"
Another dispatch from Sir Her
cules Robinson to Mr.. Chamber.
lain reads: "Dewitt writes that
Jamison's wounded number over
thirty. They are all at Kruegers-
dorf and attended by doctors. The
number killed Is estimated at
seventy, but no reliable informa-
ton is obtainable. Bodies are still
being picked up on the battlefield
and buried"
The Cape Town papers state that
DR.. Jamison, Sir Charles Willough-
by and Captain White (brother OF
Lord Annsly), are lodged in Pre-
toria Jail. Grey and Coventry, OF
the Bechuanaland police, and a
brother of the Earl OF Coventry,
are wounded. The Beers captured
about 500 prisoners.
LONDON, Jan. 4. Later In the
day a dispatch a received at the
colonial office from Cape Town
dated at noon today, giving the
following account of the invasion
Of the Transvaal by DR.. Jamison,
as gathered from the local press:
"There is no doubt Jamison yield
ed after he had lost at least twent-
eight men. The battle lasted from
three o'clock in the afternoon I'M
til eleven at night. Jamison led
the three principal attacks and
his men distinguished themselves
with great ~gallantry."
LONDON, Jan. 4.--The st. James
Gazette this afternoon thinks EN-
peror Williams message to Prest-
dent Kruger like President Cleve-
lands message to congress, a warn
ing which should not be disregard
ed, and furnishes an evidence OF a
combination of the powers against
Great Britain. Continuing, the
Gazette urges the British govern
ment "to drop the Armenian non
sense, make an alliance with Rus
STA, close the understanding with
the dreibund and in any case push
on with her srmaments with un-
sleeping energy"
The Globe says: at is an insult
from the German government col
lectively aud not only from the
an eror alone" Containing, the
Globe dwells upon the necessity
Of strengthening Great Britain's
defenses, and remarks: "There is
no war party here, but the entire
empire would so become were the
words Of President Cleveland and
Emperor William attempted to be
followed by deeds.'