Evening star., 1899-11-25
OFFSET TO BAD NEWS,
News of KhaIifas Death Cheers Tn
London Public.

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HO>nCN' NOV siiioel ne news OF
the death OF the khallfa ana the final de-
feat of the dervishes has been received here
with great iov as a welcome set-off to the
sario,,s eituotiop in south ,frioo
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Inc siaVest news from cape Town TO-DAY
comes from the northern part of the colony
where, ii is now evident. numbers of Dutch
farmers have risen and Joined tho inyadi,,e
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Ca1o,,I- Can catonr,,., t',.11,,ar+',.
noIIncgs tIat 900 colonial rei,eIs, incI1dina
ali ex-magistrate of Barkly- East, have
joined the enemy al the latter place ana
wa. tne mo- Loire - I,P - pe
,nerate and nossih,- intercant cen car
al res advance 10 TeOccupy Stormberg juno
ton, strategic point from which Gen.
Gatacre can get in direct touch through
the railroad with Gen. trench at NaauW-
pOoft, ana thuS with the BRUSH DaSe at
De Aar
Another dispatch says that refugees ar
irving from Queenstown assert that Lady
grey mas Deen occupied ny ille cul"hlai
farmers ana that IL is leaFea th@Ie ttat d
genera noE oEemenJ IN favor OF the boefs
VIII p" made
Farther dispatches from belmont con-
nfmlhS me nedCh"IouS use OF lht Whlte
flag by the Beers are arousns Indignation.
The troo2s engaged are bitterly complain
Ing and 1t IS feared the result Will be re-
lpSal 10 give lne b"tfS quarter
An incident similar 10 the one which oc-
cured at the battle Of Glencoe, Wneh an
olhCer was shot 10y a wounded boer, Is re-
ported by the London Times correSpoh4ent
at Belmont, who says that Lieut.. Blundell
of the Grenadler Guards was shot by a
wounded BoeI whom he was tending. Such
statements appear incredihle, but they are
now confirmed officially by the protest of
Gen. Methuen, who has sent a message 10
the BOCF e8faBlant.Ff, saving:
Gen. HetEuen's Warning.
Il must ask you to warn your wounded
not to shoot our officers. / must warn you
not TO use dumdum bullets, OF use the nag
of truce t"eacherously. Such action is
coWardly In the extreme, and L cannot
countenance it,
All accounts confirm the splendid chafS-
ing OF the Brush infantry, the Sc"ts
ouaru9 ens'Iln1 me hght Will III uiiiS oef'1
5'hr second ridSn 5as the strongest posi-
tion tn Eoars tbnrn ,,,ara Sheltered he
hiJI ran1narts Of hn,,l"srs N4yartheIess
tho e,Iaria od,,on,a5 sfaa[iiIv MANY Of
tho,, ,onIi,, orooi1iI'
r. /; K1iaht 1a,, -,,,ou-, war corra-
spondent Who vent tn HaVsna during the
S,rro'tSh 80 w t - ~ - - iHT,,,fnd 10 ~
a1rn hr a g,I,,I iI,,,, INV, T"ti T,'I1iio" " "7
Tba bosnitai trai a,,i'a5 of Oranea river
IN tba n;nlI n4 IT, ta Cona To1n and
uas sent to pairnont - oiit trba train is con-
strTctod an tbl onrrii I,-.+,,,s I,fth his
20 I ~ o ltio Nol ioot Sy 7tIiii1 tt"N ~ 80
to Orange river with the wounded it was
round that a number OF them were aple 10
ThA pul 'nele We're many 80
station to the hosnitai The wounded were
cheerful, and as thew Umped along sup
ported by medical oTderiies, exchanged
ehaiI with soldiers IN the crowd.
..yes W. tb 'aNeu ;I " It, fro,, tho
MANNED man ..in nv hIooninp leg
zen. Methueh's Purpose In question.
There Is much discussion now as to
ubatbar C,ap NTath,,o,, ir,+o,dS to march
1T. - ,,i,I - -, -,
oiieot " Niiiioeiley OF douole ioui'u anu
cut OH the free StaterS who nave INVADED
the Colesberg and Burghersdorp districts,
ard driving then, on Gems Gatacre and
r1rorcb iraio+ . out,... ,,f.at -, +b,,
~ Vi u'illis ueV'. ot t
l he seheral opihlon, however Is that ne