The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-11-18
FIRING is OF NO AVAIL.
Shells Thrown Into Kimberley Ap-
parently Do No Damage.
SOME DO NOT EXPLODE
Iransvaal Secretary Reitz Demands
the Release of a Spy Confined
at Ladysmith.

Hope Town, Friday, Nov. 10, After
noon.-An undated dispatch received
from Kimberley says: The Beers ceased
ehellIng November {, about D. m, hay-
ing fired at intervals all day long, some
seventy shells, majority of them falling
IL debris heaps and open spaces. The
aNerange range was $50 yards One
cooking pot was injured There was a
bflSh market for fragments, choice specj-
mems fetching II. The Beers, apparently,
were Smelling at the extreme range of
ihrlF guns. Yesterdays attempt was re-
Earded as ludicrous. The weather is
splendid. The bombardment was con-
unucd briskly all the morning, November
,. DHe shell narrowly missed the Dutch
ChUrCh. There We're no casualties. The
Sheiis are OF Il very inferior quality and
seemingly hred by amateurs. one, almost
intact, was picked up. Ii weighs Sl4
pounds. The Beers have been firing from
ihree positions. So far the Boer activity
causes little alarm.
Lcndon, Nov. lit was officially an
nounGed this afternoon that the troop
snip britannia has arrived at Cape Town
and that the troopships Lismore Castle
anu orkShlrc have arrived at Durham.
1t was also officially announced that
the troopshlp Oriental which left Lon
don October 20, had sailed from Cape
Town for Durham, and the Donald Cur
~ iii4' HI'diitI ,dTlSDEDOk castle, winch
sailed from London October -, with the
cavalry brigade staff, and naval rein
iorcements on board, had arrived at Cape
Town.
Pietermaritzburg. Friday, Nov. 10,
Mornlng.-lt is officially announced that
the long range bombardment of Lady
smith with heavy guns continues daily,
but without serious damage.
london, Nov. IA special dispatch
from Cape Town, dated Friday, Noyem-
bar 10, says that State Secretary Retz
has demanded that Gen. White immedi-
atcIy release the supposed spy. Nathan
Marks. who is confined in LadySmth
coupling his demand with threat TO ex-
ccutc six British officers. Gen. Butler
replied, according to the special dispatch,
that he was entitled to retain the man
until he should render a satisfactory ac-
count Of himself.
Nothing is known either at the war of
flee or the colonial office here regarding
tho above. 1t IS reported from Cape
Town that Marks entered Ladysmith.
after the investment of that place. with
the supposed object Of obtaining informa-
1Ion for the Beers. There is no reason
to think the Beers would be guilty Of
such i complete change from their pre-
Ni0HS correct attitude ana manner of con
ducting tie hCStilItlcs nevertheless the
SenSatiouli afternoon papers here are al
ready demanding that President Kruger
and All the members of the executive
council be ruthlessly hanged, as the only
h,tlu@ rcprSal, in the event of State See
rrtary Rcitz's threat being carried out.
Relief SoreIy Needed.
That Gen Whites relief is considered
a matter of pressing Importance is again
evidenced by the satisfaction with which
1hr officials heard of the arrival of the
tcrday couple Of days before her time.
Tho non-aTriyal of her precious freight
Of field guns and ammunition threatened
serious delay in Gen. MethucnS : arrange
mcutS for the relief of Gen. White. 1t
is true that the first division still lacks
cavalry, but in all probability the first
arrivals of that arm at Cape Town will
IT, sent to Durham, irrespective of what
division they were orIgnaliy assigned to.
There Is no doubt that the bombardmcnt
of IadySmith has Increased in intensity
during the last few days and, though all
messages from there speak of the conf
sirncc of the defenders, load of anxiety
viii be removed from the country when
unrCStralued communication with the be
fragUefcd town is rC-CStahlShcd.
The allegations Of Father Matthews
nave made "a painful impression and there
is q disposition to diScrCdit them as be
ng merely the excited view of Il non
cumhataut ignorant of real military re-
tINiTtlntbIS. NtNtllHtitSN, his Story mas
added immensely to the anxiety of those
who had relatives at the battle of Nichol-
sons Mex as they now have the dread of
diShonoring exposure.
some Feeling Aroused.
Considerable feeling has been aroused
hy the announcement that Sir William
Butler. former commander at the Cape.
will not command the troops on the occa-
sion OF the Queens visit to Bristol tomor-
row As Gen. Butler commands the
Western district his absence from this
ceremony is remarkable. and is attribut-
al to fears OF II hostile demonstration,
oWiue 10 lis unpopular attitude with ref
creme, to the Transvaal.
II is repoI ed that the officials at Cape
Town are NOW stopping all foreign official
tclcgraus, whether in code or otherwise,
except messages to the governor of Portu-
guests East Africa and Portugal.
Later in the day the Eastern Telegraph
company formally announced that, III ac-
eurdance with the instructions of the
postmaster general of colony no foreign
dispatches IN secret code or cipher can be
transmitted. via the Cape, except mes
saEes between Portugal and the govern
cr-,.encral uf Lorenzo Marques.