Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-01

tension has been relieved since there
" no longer any ground to dread that
the loss Of life was accompanied BY dis
honor.
The details today show the catna-'
trophe In brighter aspect The fun
hattnllona were not engaged and there
fore the list Of prisoners IL materially
reduced, while the disaster now appears
90 have been not 10 much the conHc-
quenco of defects IN the plan Of nc.
tiun az 20 mlnfortunc whereby the
column was deprived " its ammunl-
ton. sun. 70 seems iucomprehcnri-
BILE why the plight Of the lucklcss COLI
umn was not known az headquarters.
nH TOE scene uf the surrender was only
about three miles northeast OF Lady
ninth. ana Lieut., Col. Carlton must
have expected relief 60 reach him, or.
instead of attempting 10 occupy de-
fcnslve position. be- would have re-
traced hlH stops TO Ladyamlth when he
suffered the loss OF his ammunition.
Apart from Gen. Whites statement
that the losses are very numerous there
o. nothing TO Indicate their extent ox-
cept a vague report that the soldier who
brought the news 10 LadyHmith said
the British dead and wounded were ly-
Ing In heaps and that hundreds needed
doctors. This however. ~ hardly borne
out by tho long llst of captured onicorH.
The concluding sentence OF Cen
O. y
~ i.ndyHmith was received here with
"a certain reserve. 81 Wow of the fact
that similar official assurances were
given recently at Dundee and Glencoe.
aud there ia Intense anxiety for news
~ the renewed attack. which IL not
mentioned In the dispatches The cnl-
nmity has served 20 alarm the british,
I'd their friends.
The papers comment on the splendid
reserve Of patriotism existing IN the fhr
away colonies. and the deep aclted feel
inr of friendship ana sympathy ~ tho
great kindred nation across the At
lnntic.
The STANDARD sums up the feeling Of
the nation, saying; From the United
Stntca and our colonies alone We hear
the voice or friendly aorrow and on
cOuragumont But that aufilcca. All
others are welcome 20 congratulate
themselves oyer the mlnfortuncs OF
Great britain"
The war uiiico has made welcome
concession 10 the public desire Tor
news. Hereafter every poHtoillcc Will
be- open sunday morning and win post
copies ~ all kilograms received by the
war office up 10 one a. M, sunday.
u was learned today By a representa-
tive uf the Associated Press. that the
british government has been Obliged 20
refuse permission Tor the United States
60 send four officers 90 watch the
which only permits one representative
from zach recognised power.
Captain stephen L'llommcdiou Slo-
cum, the United States military at
tnche az Lisbon, has been selected.
lie was IN London today. buying an
OUTFIT and sails Saturday. Col Samuel
&. sumner, the United States military
nttachc here, remains In London.
The cabln.t meeting today was exc
ceptiouhlly brief but afterwards the
defense committee OF the cabinet, con-
Hiating OF the Duke Of Devonshire, A.
j. Balfour. the Marquis ~ Lansdowno
and Sir Michael Hicks Beach met nt
the foreign Office and held a long con-
ference with the commander-in-chief
Of the forces, Field Marnhnl Lord VOL
Heiey.
In connection with the rumor OF the
loss Of a British troopshlp the name
Of pcninsulur ana Oriental steamer
Nuhla has been mentioned, but the
company has no knowledge OF any dis
whence the rumur originated, The
Nuhin sailed from southampton Oct.
"a, Tor tho cape ~ Good Hope, Via 81.
Vincent, Cape DE Verde Islands, which
place she left Monday The rumors
seems 10 have originated IN Berlin on
Monday but nothing Is known Of the
matter here,
II was reported al Aldorshot today
that another complete army division
VIII forthwith be formed for service In
South Africa.
The division consists OF 10000 men,
ana "a guns This II probably a pre-
llmlnary step toward a calling out OF
"a second army corps,