The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-31
HOSTS ARE GATHERING.
Indian Tribesmen Threaten the
Safety of Residents of ziarat.

has been received here from the
frontier. An attack has been made on
Shimwari. in the SANTANA Range, but the
attacking force was repulsed, losing five
killed and many wounded. There is con
siderable excitement among the tribes
along the Bolan route to Quetta, and the
| telegraph wires have again been cut 1t
| is reported that the tribesmen are gath
ering near the Zaret sanitarum and much
anxiety is felt regarding the safety of
| The women ami children there, rs the
railway officials are asking for military
protection for their property. If the
| route is considered safe the women and
children at the sanitarium will be
brought away but otherwise. troops. twill
be SEM from Quetta to protect them.
The column under Colonel Gordon
which was despatched to the SANTANA dis
trct to-day is composed entirely of native
troops, and is fully equipped with med
ical, comnlissariat and transport services
| 1t has orders to force the Kohat Pass if
| necessary.
Rum rs are current tending to throw
| doubts upon the genuineness of the
Ameer's reply to the Viceroy of India re.
garding the completely of Afghan sub.
jects in the uprising. The disarming of
the Khyber Rifles, which formed Il part
of the garrison Mt Jamrud, was com
plete surprise. but the orders We're obeyed
without any trouble.
Much individual firing into the camp
at Jamrrd has taken place, as many as
one hundred stray shots having been fired
at the outposts in Il single night. Some
of these shots were fred ut so short range
that three native officers who were on
watch were killed. 1t speaks we'll for the
discipline and obedience maintained in
the camp thnt not single shot was fired
in reply. The hot weather is extremely
trying, but the health and spirits of the
troops are go0d. Fears are expressed of
the fall of Russian, northwest of Mardan,
the VIII ole district being In the hands OF
the enemy.
v General Wodehouse has gone from
Mardan to Russian, where the force, which
now amounts TO 1000 men with two
guns, will be strengthened.
Confirmation has been received of the
rumors that the Afridis are quarreling
among themselves over the division of the
booty taken from the captured forts.
Only about five hundred of them have
been left to guard the Khyber Pass, the
others having dispersed to seek supplies
of provisions. This is probably the rea
son for the cessation of hostilities.
The general idea here is that If further
delay occurs in Furnishing The Afridis, for
which purpose at least twenty thousand
men are required, there will he ii general
uprisin" on an enormous scale, extending
from OrakZaianu to Zaimukht. beyond
kuram and into Wazristan, despite the
presence of the British field force in the
Trochi valley, east o! + ustam. Between
Buner and the Indus the tribes appear to
he disinclined 10 join the rebellion
The Pesahawurs were disarmcd. Six
of them were held as prisoners and the
remainder, to the number of thirty, were
allowed to 20 free.
1t was this news which led to the dis
arming OF II portion of the garrison at
Jamrud. 1t is believed that the Khybcr
Rifles. garrisoning the forts in the Khy
Der Pass, had acted in q similar manner.