The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-12

zsFff3cn concluded a peace Afte1Af95b Tex&FSas
al Majuba hill, I am bound to state my
profound conviction that there Is no corr
5ceiyable government In this cenntrx
which could repeat it, :
esreatl Ions; being made
SouIhannp for l1ss Sat-
urday, Of Cen Sir ifSsz sssfleZ and
great demo ipEt Is ant The
Duke Of Gonna ilt, tfie Duke p9 York,
Lord IansdowYe; Lord 0sseley aud
Gen. sssir EVELYN Wood, are expeeted to-
accompany him to Southampton Horn
london. n ~ 4;
1T is expected that the feet +of. -traffsrs
ports conveying Gen, Sir Redyers .BuHe
! asaaasssearps be ed bv warships,
w1lie pa tca boats and torpedo
boa Is will b sent sesth African wa.
sfefs ssEsss ss
he governJnesst READS ex xpeudxdH
,0das go in military pre- pa arat ions, he ofs'
GERS placed with contractors this week
alone amounting to a6066o0 The author
tiles, anticipating a serious reduction in
the output OF the South African coal
mines, have oEdered i've thousand tons Of
: Eng lish steaf eeal sfe sent teZti1e=
ttsapeIor the use pf the
he olztbEeaiso war has sent up the
price of ileat and many.
places farmer isf Ne ref used to sell wheat
at less flian % siailg in some
cazes Hefdfng out 4for stiIf higher prices.
A dispatch FROM Ixllnbez Cecil
Rhodes is eApecteA there sla9rs
The rumor that 8afr. Greepe has been
murdered is of dJap ptfu5 and iss
considered extrenAs tir1pT0babfe "a &C.
is believed that 5salence to orders:
from the imperial gsy Enent Mr.. Greene
had already left p Pts<6aa, confding the
care of British inter aSt6 toA United States
Consul Macrum.
DOM PAULs BzHHfE13A
PRETORIA, Oct. 11EPx<siSsez5S E<ruS
ger day was arrloun9ed Il as-
ltb@ MScaHhp and a general s15asy ok.
fagS StkkoHehou the town. 4here WAS
sfeset Aves called upon the president.
! eAsiaie British diplomatic agent, Conyng
ham Greene, was represented by the sec
retary of the agency. Congratulatory
kilograms were received by the president
from all parts of South Africa and Eu-
rope. In the course of the morning, adj
dressing a body Of burghers who called
Immediately before setting out for the
fort, the president impressed upon them
that they must not trust in themselves,
but should place all their reliance upon
God, who directs every bullet.
You must keep up your courage" he
said, land remember that in former
days, although our enemies were numer-
ous comparatively few burghers fell"
The burghers departed, singing the Boer
national airs.
STERN WAR MEASURES. -
CAPE TOWN, Oct. n.-Sir Alfred Mil
ner, governor of Cape Colony, and British
high commissioner in South Africa, has
issued a proclamation declaring all per-
sons abetting the enemy in a state Of
war with Great Britain to be guilty Of
high treason.
The Beers are expected to occupy New
castle, Natal, tomorrow morning (Thurs-
day..
A Buluwayo dispatch reports that the
town is dull, owing to the departure Of
the troops. Business is at a standstill.
The utmost effort is being made to keep
the mines working. The railway con-
tinues uninterrupted. Splendid rains have
again fallen.
The news of the Boer ultimatum and
the character of the demands evoked at
first only incredulitys When the report
feeling of stupor, which was shortly
| replaced by anger at the impertinence
of the document Then followed signs
of relief at the relaxation of the long
tension and the final clearing UP of
the situation by an ultinatum
Although the prog ssives do not pro-
fess to desire war fo. wars sake, there
is universal belief that only war can
effect a settlement.
There is little fear with regard to the
possibility Of a successful Boer attack
upon Cape Colony. 1t is believed that
the garrison is we'll able to hold it's own
The fact is recalled that, in 1881. when
the British were standing on the de-
fensive, they were almost invariably sue
cessful.
dispatch from Mafeking, dated noon,
says that no alarm was raised last night
although every precaution for defense
was made. The excitement was fncreas-
ed by news that the telegraph wires had
been cut 1t was found that the break
ing of the wires was due to the fighting
top of the armored train, which had not
been lowered. The telegraph staff, by
hard work. restored communication early
this morning.