Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-24

tein. our only casualty was captain
wounded. II II reported that the Beers
are concentrating south u kimberley,
and now occupy laagurH at StagstUin-
fontein station and SehoitA Nrk. Their
camp n practically surrounded by cop.
plce and the country 10 suitable 10 their
tactics"
Van Rensburg. the rlnglcador OF the
rebels at colosburg. was arrested Just
as he was Joining lioer commando.
Under orders from Gen. Gathcrc. he
will be- tried Tor treason.
Hon, Mr. Logan, member " the
Cape Colony Legislative council. who
has Just returned to Orange river from
belmont. says the British troops en-
gagged the Beers this side u Belmont.
their artillery practice being splendid.
The British Infantry carried the kopJcH
at the point " the bayonct and drove
the Beers from their position
tupetoWn DISPATCHES say United
States Cuuaul-Gcuerai Stove has re-
cplv.d Information that the British pris-
uncu IN Pretoria are we'll fed. and that
there Ia no ruth IN the statement that
they are suffering from scuryy.
sir Alfred Miner has issued a pro.
clamauon To the people Of the colony.
IN the course ~ which be- says: 1t
" my duty 10 dispel FALSE reports Iv-
gardinT the policy and lutcntluna " the
imperial government Misleading mani
fcstocs from beyond thu border rvpfy-
sent the Imperial authorities as dcair-
ing 10 opprcaa the Dutch. and the idea
has spread abroad that the Dutch Will
be- deprived OF their constitutional
rights Then. j. absolutely no truth
In such allegations.
The imperial government desires the
greatest freedom OF self-govcfnmcnt Tor
both Dutch and British, ana the cN-
tension, not the curtailmcnt. OF the con.
AtltutlOnal rlghte that are solely en-
dangcfcd BY rebellion. The imperial gov
eminent udh,fca firmly ~ tho prncl-
pie Of equal freedom TOT all loyal colo
nlsts."
An officlal dispatch from Sir Alfred
Mllncr 20 Mr. Chamberlain rcports that
thus far the efforts Of the inots To
provoke an uprising nmong the lilsutuB
or 10 start a civil war, have been un-
successful, The governor of Cape
Colony says;
The Bosrs Informed chief jonathan
that II he would Join them he would he
defended. n he refuses. they told him
hc would not be moloatcd. but they de-
clatcd that he must vNp"l the British
MAGISTRATE aud allow hla fellow Tribes
to pass freely into the Orange Free
state, whose government. Ia return,
would guarantee Hlautnlnud a. the
Basuto- In pvrpctulty. The great com
cyrn Of the Beers u the crops, which
viii rot unless HnHutn labor can b. OBJ
talncd Evidently the natives have
hoon affected by the reports N repeated
lio.r succsssea. but their general attl.
tudc " satisfactory"
The military authorities have given
permission 10 the Canadian contingent,
on It's arrival at Capctown. to march
through the city which viii be- bauti-
fully decorated, and the day VIII be-
observed a. a holiday
The liocrs uocunis1 StrynHhurg,
southwest OF liutghersdorp, on Mon
day,
Merckins wac safe as late as No
ycmber 18th.
Tho FUND Tot hitting out the Maine
~ hospital shlp now exceeds SIS ,O0o,
exclusive 81 the receipts OF the concert
dedicated ~ Mrs. liruwn-Pottor. At
the meeting Of the executive commit
tee ~ the fund today, three American
surgeons and i've nurses recently al
rived presented themselves. and were
cordially received by Lady Randolph
Churchill aud her colleagues
Tho Daily Chronicle says. I'VE learn
that the cabinet has decided that the
basis OF settlement In South Africa VIII
he united South Africa. modelled upon
tho Canadian plan. The details have
not yet been settled but II IL prncu-
cally certain that no terms 81 peace
viii be accepted by the British gov.
ernment short Of tho British occupation
" Pretoria and Bloemfontgln."
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