Evening journal., 1896-07-28
FIGHTING AR BULhWAYO
Fierce Matabeles Besiege the
British Station.
THEY DEFEAT TIE EgaLIsHMEE.

Darnham. the .AmerIoan Scout, Does He
role Service-He Resembles Haggard's
Allen QuartermaIn.- south African Com
pany Money TO Suppress the Uprising.
LONDON, July 2S "A dispatch from
Cape Town reports that intelligence re-
ieivod from BGlawayo Is that the Mata-
heles are again mhssine around that place.
The situation seems no hetter than it was
last April whon Bulawayo was practically
besieged for weeks and It was only posi-
bic TO keep open the line of c0nmunica-
tion and possible retreat to Mafeking In
the south by hard service and constant
watchfulness on the part OF the forces in
Bulawayo.
Upon the arrival at Bulawayo Of Earl
Grey, who WAS appointed resident admin
lstrator Of tho British south Africa oom-
pany 80 sutcoed the notorious DR.. Jane-
son, he cainivd apprehension by his re-
ports that all danger was over and that
the endorsements there and on the way
from Mafeking were ample TO cope with
The situation.
The arrival at Bulnwayo later Of Gen
eral Sir Frederick Darlington, who had
been ordered from Gibralter 10 take charge
Of the imperial forces in south Africa,
afforded still greater feeling Of assurances
that tho Masabelo revolt would bs speed
ly crushed.
Various operations, some Of them re-
ported as highly successful and in which
Cocil Rhodes WAS an active Eguro, have
been conducted against the insurgent na-
tiyes. but they were apparently Intellectual
in stamping out the disaffectlon Ine
news received OF Captain Nicholson's posi-
/ At. f,. . nd hn
withdrawal or retreat Of his forces decpens
dissatisfaction with the state of affairs in
Rhodesia
The lnte reports from Bulawayo arc
that Captain Nicholson Is remaining there
in order to guard the laager, and that the
piokets around the town have had to be
largely increased. owing to the massing
OF hostile natives in the neighborhood
A telegram from Gwelo, reported in a
dispatch from Cape Town, says that Major
Hurreil loft there on July IL TO join the
force at Fort Victoria. He had n sharp
engagement with the enemy at Belingwe,
which lasted for four hours Three OF his
troopers were killed, and Major Hurrell
afterward joined the forces at Fort Vic
torla and proceeded from thore toward
Ndema's kraal Heavy firing has since
been heard, but the result OF the engage
ment was not known at Gwelo when the
telegram was dispatched.
Unfavorable News From Ishodesia-
The unfayorable news from Rhodesia
renews tho suggestions for the dispatch OF
additional imperial forces.to assist against
the Aiatabolos Colonial Secretary Cham
beriain has shown himself loath 30 agree
to this stop, it Is believed on politioa
grounds, owing to the jealous fears Ger
tain 70 be nroused in the Transyaal. Thes'
would not be lessened n the imperial re
endorsements were to be sent at this tim'
by the fact that Cecil Rhodes Is on thl
} ground ana with practically a free hand.
3 Tho Chronicle publishes "A letter from
Bulawayo giving a characteristic descrip
4 ton of Burnhain, the American scout
I who has done such excellent service agains
o tho Mataboles of his shooting Of Mlimo
h the Alatabsie gld, In a cave in the Matof
z DO hills while ho was In the very act d
], performing some OF the religious mum
mories by which no maintained his hol
on the supcrstiOuH natives. The Chron
iclc correspondent says OF tho American
Z. Among the workmanlike and pictui
t osquo dguas here scarcely one catche
i and charms tho eve more than the spr
IS and abort form OF Burnham. Nenrs az
n selous (the famous elephant hunter, sal
, to be tins original OF Rider hhgBafN
d ALLEN Quaternnin') onptiyated mo wit
n his wondrous hunter S eye Now Burn
C ham does tho same.
3, Tho Daily News says that it hears tina
10 Cecil Rhudes inteEds, at the earliest pos
" siblo opportunity, 60 attend the parlia
is montary eommittoe which is TO invest
n gate tho Jameson raid and to fully disclos
n oyerythiDg he lchOws about the raid.
e ono OF tho Chartered South Africa CON
a pauy's subddiary companies has vote
5. ! s25,OjO 60 assist the Chartered south Al
rica company In supprossing tho Matahel
revolt This Subsidiary company also n
solved TO ask the other companies to loi
y in raising $3.50, 900 for that purpose
" The press correspondents Al Bulaway
10 in their dispatches this morning complai
1t that the authorities are hushing up a
y details OF the recent fights, which are sal
ID to be not so favorable 50 the British forc'
y ~ the reports allowed to bo sent indicat
u These correspondents assert that persoI
n arriving at Bulawayo frcm the front +
H. pert shat the Matabele rebels manifest e.
n trene confidcnce and display great arr
m gauos, jeering at the whites and callir
e them towards.