Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-12

satisfaction that tho American govern
mont has undertaken 20 protect British
Interests Ia the Tmnsvanl They say
that the Americans are certain 10 show
tho same tact In discharEing the ru-
HpunHlhIlity which aroused tho rnthusl-
uHm ~ "uur kin beyond the ara. when
the British undertook "a similar task In
their behalf
a dispatch from Durham sayi tho ar
rnnHUmontH for forming AN outander
corps have been completed.
The colonial office announces officially
that Alr. Mnctrum. the United states
consul ln Pretoria. with the consent u
hia government. has taken charge of
iifltish Interests In the Trauayaal.
Five N the leading South African
firms ln London have subscribed 5000
each 90 the lord mayors FUND fpr the
relief ~ refugees
The directors of Sir Thomas Llptnn'u
nOumpuny have decided a. acquicscv in
q rurgeHtlun cnhlod hy him from New
YORK shat all rcscrNist1 ON the COM
punyH pay roll be- given hnlf pay dur
lng their absence. aud be- rciuHtatcd Ia
tho cumpany'n employ after hoatillticu
are ended.
Hiram l. Maxim. chief engineer and
director Of the Maxim Nnrdcufollt
Guns and Ammunition company linz
itci. In an interview today says.
80 Tar ns ! am aware the Beers pos
aesH thirty MnNlma, but the british
could not fear the Beer artillery. which
has always proved n source OF weakness
rather than strength 10 the hurFhers.
After warmly approving nrmorcd
trains ana pointing out how uacfW they
had been TO Americans Ia the Philip
pines. he sald'
Tho noern remind me Of the people
" the Southern states ~ the American
Union. They nrc excellent mnrksmen
and ns good nghtcra aH can be- found
anywhere In the world. However, mono
ever fought better than the Southern
crs and yet they lost Just 20 viii Eng
llHh vnnqulHh The iiocrs. n you want
tp know what the English speaking
races can DO. look across the Atlantic
and see what America has done"
Mafoklng. oct. ia.-Half a battery Of
artillery from Kimberley has Just arr
| rived, The pollcc az the outlying sta
| lions have been ordered 90 concentrate
/ within the town llmite. None " allowed
/ To leave either By road or train without
special permission which IL not granted
/ 60 any able bodied man. Nearly AN tho
women and children have left Conf
/ dcucc In their ability TO rcpulae the
/ Bocra n Increasing among the British,
Durham. oct. 1.-THE imperial re-
serves IN Natal have been called out
] Everybody has let Charleetown, the
/ last train bringing away the railway
| stan 10 Newcastle. while the exodus
| from Newcastle also continues.
The Fifth dragons arrived thia morn
| Ing from India, landed Immediately and
at once proceeded TO the front.
Lorenzo Marques. oct. is.-informa-
| tlou has reached here that the Beers
have mined three piers OF the bridge
at Komat Port on the Komau river
Kimberley, oct. ie.-The authorities OF
Mafcklng are hourly expecting an at
Jack. In which event the wires between
Mafeking ana Kimberley VIII be- cut.
ana Information entirely shut OF.
The latest Information regarding the
number OF hurghcrs assembled along
the Kimberley border ia that II does
The Beers have only four field guns.
| A aucccssful attack upon Kimberley Is
therefore considered impossible
Cnpetown. oct. ia.-News has been ro-
| coiVod here that the British diplomatic
agent In the Tranavaal. Mr.. Conyngham
| Greene. paid his formal farewell visits
| 10 Prcat Kruger ana the high Boer Of
| nclnlH at Pretoria last evening.
In the Cape house Of assembly today
| Premier Schrcincr made an lmpnssioned
appeal TO the country and the press u
preserve the peace.
n o. asserted that Mr.. schrolser re-
fused TO sign the proclamation Of tho
governor Of Cape Colony, Sir Alfred
Miner declaring all persons abettlng
the enemy In a state u war against
Great Britain 10 be guilty ~ treason
II ~ understood the military authori-
ties VIII Immediately establish cen
gorshlp over an kilograms 10 ana from
Cape Colony as has already been don,
IN Natal.
Last evening the Orange Free stat,
commando moved nearer the western
border In the direction OF Moddor river
All available troops ~ the garrison
OF the district were dispatched 60 d
point nearer the western border laa
night.
Pretoria. oct. 12.-CDelaycd IN trans
mlssion.l-A declaration OF martial low
Ia momontarily expected. More com
mnndeered gold arrived today under es
cort and was lodged In the nationa
bank.
Five hundred BritlHhors have applied
To the Landdrnst FOR permission to re-
main I'm Pretoria. Permits To those con
aidered eligible viii be granted onll
after the proclamation Of martial law,
In many instances different member
OF the same families are taxing opposite
sides, so that the hontllities VIII be thi
nature OF civil war.
Paris. oct. i2.--sccretary Wander
hoeven OF the Transvnal European
agency, officially notified the Froncl
government this morning that stat
OF war between tho South African re