The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-05
they EADn SHORT WORK.
The Beers XIII, Wound aud Capture All
of Jameson'e Party.

"A
OF Jamsson'e Party.
LONDON, Jen. 4.-The colonial Office
received dispstoh from Johannesburg
OF O'Clock this morning, saying tina
oil 10 now quiet shero.
An Official dispstoh received at the
colonial of1oe from Sir Hercules Rob :
inaon, tho governor of Cape Colony,
says: ''Dewott, (Sir Jacobua Dewett,
che British agent at Pretorie) wiree:
Everything 10 now quiet, and no
further serious disturbances will oc
our. a deputation from the Johannes
burg reform committee came over yes
terdey evening, giving guarantees to
keep the peace and maintain order.
l waited upon Presidents Kruger and
informed him Of the guarantees.
He gave me the assurance that pend
Ing your arrival, II the Johannesburg
people keep quiet and commit no hos
tile acts or in any way break the laws
OF the country, johannesburg will not
DO moleEted or surrounded By the
Burghers The deputasion wac highly
grateful for thig assurance aud pledged
the committee to preserve peace and
order.
~ tako this opportunity Of testifying
In tho strongeGs manner to ,he great
moderation and forbearGDce OF the gov
ernmens Of Trancvael under excep-
tionally trying circumstances. Their
attitude toward myself ives everything
could wieh. Tho prisoners have iuss
arrived. The casualsies On their side
are sold to be severe and on the side of
the BurgherB very nlight"
DR.. Jameeon and $50 raen were tsken
prisoners st Krugersd orr and were et,er-
wards sent to Pretoria. Or. jameson
was not wounded The Cape Times
asyn that eighty of the British Char
tered Company were killed.
Another dispatch from Sir Hercules
RobiEson 30 Mr. Chant erlsin reads:
"Dewets wires thet Jsmeson's wounded
number over thirty. They are ell ct
Rrusersdorp and attended by doctors.
Their nemes and the details OF their
wounds cannot yet be given. Tho num-
Der OF killed Ia Estimated ct Eeventy,
but no reliable Information Is obtain
ablo. Tho bodies are rtill being picked
up On the battlefield snd buried.
The Onpe-town papers state that Dr..
20 Imeeon, Sir Charles Willoughby and
Captain White 70 brother of Lord
Annaly) are lodged in Pretoris jail.
Grey and Coventry Captain Ohsrles
Coventry, OF the BechuennlaEd police,
and brother Of the Earl Of Coventry
are wounded. The Beers captured about
500 prisoners.
rho ST. James Gazette this afternoon
thinks that Emperor William's message
to President Kruger, like President
Clevslsnd's message to Congress-, Is a
warning which should not be disre-
gsrded, end furnishes evidence OF 9 COM
binntion Of tho powers against Great
Britain. Continuing, the ST. James
Gazette urges tho Brlt!sh governmen.
to drop the Armenian nonsense, make
sn sllisnce with Russia, close tho I'M
derstending with the Dreibund and, in
any Gaze, puOh on tho ornaments with
una eeping energy"
The Globe Gays: "Is 10 en- insult from
the German governments collectively
ond not only from the EN- oeror alone"
Continuing, the Globe dwells upon the
neceeeisy OF strengthening Great
Brissin's defonees and remarks: "There
IL no wEF party here, but the entire
empire would 30 become were the worda
OF Preotdens Cleveland end Emperor
William attempted to be followed by
deeds"
Germany is Deaset.
BERLIN, Jcn. 4. X )elnischo Tonight