Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-12-21
Big Force From India.


communications have been cut.
R,y Fore. t.o,,, ,,a,o
Lonaon' Dec. l9.-lhe war Office has
Deeh IN communication win General
Sir Wiiiiam Lockhart. commandment
chlel OF lhdla, win view OF ascertain
inS Whae troops can pc spared from
ms ores, ana ~ IS uHaess,ooa .nat as
al,,.ss. VI .nrst ioiee WI
I m.,I. ii: :i.s: isaNs pclhoas ~.
aauln naa, .neaus. lour res,nieil's ol
I..'; Ups III a!iiliu,iiIion aiiu
81 sa15 o. a..;iisi ineiuulhs hoIse
f snna ns,a ;,, pat .t :. c rs noPeu 11is
,,.;,h;,, WI, .sinioi'e ee'ierai D''iis'
"a w. mos -.
The duke OF Sonnaught visited the
war Office yesterday Since the APP
pu,nshnen. ~ Ji 'oia hooe''s as COM
ama..;an - ~ So 1T ..il .s', N. i
dnl,a fro,,, ,,o;,,a ~ ~, go 'ne
ba no. 60 ss ,,ae;, an a..a do
Ia -. ~. $50 ~ So ~ - ue-
stand., l., ~ 49,. - ~ =. ,.,,:aaaS.
,hat .h ~ iii Wa - - io' u'iiiheiy
10 WI NC oseieoii'e
!, LORD eheshan. commanding ofheer OF
the Royal Buchlnghamshire yeomanry,
=. :. :. y s''s-N - AOt>S
OF 5,opo yeomanry who will proceed to
IShe .Nape; Inc 1eomanry forces sent
out WIN 5oe araitsa SO us to work to-
9ether with mounted. infantry and
mounted miiitla from Canada and Aus
tralia. throughout the country volun-
teefs are responding With the utmost
aiacritysto ahe official notices.
According to dispatch from Cane
Town. General Sir Chas. Warren and
his staff have started for Deaar. This
seems to indicate thar She fifth division
will be sent TO reinforce lord Methuen,
n decision which will meet with gener-
al approval, rs the opinion is almost
everywhere held that it will be useless
ito waste any more time by frittering
away men between the various col
umns.
The Morninp Post in A tber alarm,
isl article remarl,s mon rho dif.;n,,it,,
of decidino sncb = crucial matta,. ma
says: Beside three generals in the
se,a' ~ OF wi'oih meea 70 pe reinforced,
.nele - tns Isneiifoi, IN m SaPe Soiony
~ ,,,I.. gu es., il.kes i 10,
..,s,1,,in y ision. s'e
-. ..p.iois VS. U.s., - ~ aee'oe' anu on
III ~ n M ~ p
,.,, ~ na moI n 80 ha ~. POINTS gu. the ur-
50, So .i 49,, n ~ rs ..l
ns ~ ny ~. gu no.ne'it 70 proteet
lns mug VI eo1iiliu.l,eat'on Win sol1h
- $3.50, 9%nS .na, a uailei win
go ..i4s lp, o"s u. CONE any
10y "i'nou' : i'ii 'isi' ~ lennon 70 nave
M NJ t,,.t L.
$50 ~ 49, ~ .iis ~ ns"1 mas pecn received
l.o'n Nspe loWu, out .ie SaPe Argus
describing the battle All Tueela river.
who says: General Barton carried the
village OF Solenso at. the point OF the
payonet under raking fire. The few
accounts OF the battle yet to hand fail
10 give an accurate IDEA but the state
ment mat General Siery commanded
anr,oad in son,a t,,,.,,;,,r ,,,. ~ ms
and that the Tugela river battle was
only a part OF larger scheme of ope-
rations.
v.n,,ao, Rs,,, r.u.
LONDON, DEC: l9.-lby Associated
l-ress.)-lhe failure OF the London d
NortheTh oanR' liinlteu, comparative
Tbe directnrs iss,,sd ID ), a sta.aran loaa ,;
bu1ing the failure to alleged libelous
assertions regarding the bank which
appeared in the press. The banks
assets, according TO the directors,
should fully cover its liabilities. The
l Gdl OF me na'k ana me rise IN the
eight per cent. did NOT annear ia b.ye
any serious effects on tbe market. The
general feeling ON the street was 1har
Conditions were better
"ar"e' A.asier'
London, Dec. 10. -By Associated