The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-23

can concur, the Free State government
will abandon the violent element in the
Transvaal forces.
The settlement, in order to pacify
South Africa, as Canada has been paci-
fied, must be a settlement in which the
constitutional position of Cape Colony
and Natal must play the leading part.
The big guns and forts must be got rid
CT -
BRITISH SORTIE CHECKED.
PRETORIA, Nov A.-The following
dispatch has been received from Boer
headquarters near Ladysmith:
The field comets of the Pretoria com
mando reported that British gun car
riages and some horsemen had been heard
moving last night at Ladysmith. Our
| outposts observed the British endeavor-
Ing TO sortie towards Lombard's Kop and
| Bulawama hill, where our MaXims opened
| fire. The range was too great and, there,
| fore, our artillery began shelling which
| drove the British back. About daybreak
| the. British batteries fired upon our DO
| sitions. Two burghers were wounded 1t
| IS supposed that the object of the sortie
was to relieve the Estcourt force who
had sent an urgent message to Ladysmi tn
requesting aid. The burghers captured
| the messenger, but finally allowed him
to proceed"
1t is reported that the Natal police have
captured number of Transvaal dispatch
riders. In his latest report Gen Jouhart
says:
Il am cutting off the retreat of the
Estcourt troops to Pietermaritzburg and
driving them back on the Tugela river. :"
1t Is reported that the Beer commander
| with the forces near Ladys NTH "compre-
! hensively surveyed the different points
! from which the fall of Ladysmith can be
! insured"
WAR CASUALTIES.
| The official returns of the casualties of
| the Transvaal since the outbreak of the
! war show that ninety men have been
| killed and 200 wounded. of whom a num-
per have recovered and returned to the
| front --
Newspaper reports from Cape Colony
say general rising of the Dutch farmers
Is imminent IN Natal. and that the coo
MAI Beers In those districts which have
proclaimed republican territory have al
ready joined the Boer forces.
Gen. Snyman, who IS outside of Mara
King reports heavy firing Monday after
| noon.
REOCCUPATIoN OF NAUUWPOORT.
CAPE TOWN. Nov. A.-On SUNDAY
| 1'Gou men, sent by train from De Aar,
! reoccupied Nauuwpoort Soon after This
/
| to destroy a bridge three miles in their
| rear, but 1t was frustrated and the dam,
| age was repaired
Another naval contingent from the bat
tIeship Monarch and cruiser Dorch has
left Simons Town for the front
FREE STATE BURGHERs.
| DURHAM. Nov. 22-About 1000 fsrea
State burghers, with guns. are marching
from the west by way of Fort Noting
| ham.
| The Beers opened fire with artillery on
| Mool river camp from the north. but
! without casualties to the British.
JOHN HAYS HAMMOND.
J NEW YORK, Nov %. John Havs
! Hammond who became prominent dur
| ing the Jameson raid in the TransvaaI. |.
| ana is we'll known from the responsible
! position he holds in connection with min
! ing enterprises in various parts of the
! world, arrived here on the White Star
steamship Teutonic with his wife TODAY.
Mr.. Hammond expressed hirnsenf as very
/ grateful for the kind interest shown bv
| his countrymen in all parts of America
! during his troubles in South Africa #
! the time of the Johannesburg revolution.
Mr.. Hammond was in the best of health.
lie said he was very glad to get back to
| New York.
|
HENDERSON, by. Nov. %. Mrs.
Nancy Huston Banks, formerly of this
! city, the essa yist and novelist. is at nras-
| ent the guest of Cecil Rhodes, in the be-
| leaguered city of kimberley, South Az
RIGA. She is there as the correspondent
OF a London paper, and is in company
with Miss Amalie Kussner, of New York.
All OF these persons are on starvation
FatIons. Mrs. Banks succeeded in getting
! the only message out of Kimberley. Her
father, Judge George Huston, of Nor
! ganneld, is en- route to Washington D.
! c., TO have the department take steps
for his daughters safety. Mrs Banks,
! in 1893, was one of the prominent mem
| bers Of the worlds fair board of Iadv
commissioners. She is quite a talented
woman, and is the author of a number
! of books
MR.. MACRUM AND THE BOERs.
WASHINGTON, Nov 22-United States
J Consul Macrum, at Pretoria, has asked
the state department for leave of alb
sence with permission to take advanta ge
of 1t at once. lie pleads domestic rea-
sons for leaving his post, sand offers to
place in the consulate as the representa-
tive of the United State Vice Consul
AttelburY, who is on the ground The
| department, however. refused to accede
to the request, and Mr.. Macrum will
stay where he Is unless he sees fit to
quit his post without permission. 1t is
| learned that SO far Mr.. Macrum has not
been prohibited by the Boer government
from caring for the welfare of the Brit
fsh subjects now IN the TransvaaI and
the Free State, or, at least he has not
so notified the state department. There
has been some friction encountered in
the efforts of the British>governmen tc
secure permission for the United States
consul to disburse funds for the benefit
OF the British soldiers held as prisoners
of war
FOR RELIEF OF BOERS
NEW YORK, Nov. ga company. with
John V. Pruyn, of Albany, as chairman
was originated in this city today to as
sist Red Cross work in the South African
republics, especially within the Boer lines
The committee is in no way allied with
the American Red Cross society The or
ganization was brought about on the sug-
gestion of an Englishman who made
! known the poor facilities of the Beers
for caring for their sick, wounded and
dead. If sufficient funds are sent to the
committee, the families of the Boer dead
and wounded will be assisted 1t is the
intention of the committee to send all
/ the money to the Netherlands Red
Cross, which is in the field and needs all
the assistance 1t can get.
| 0TTTET PFcr0Drn