Delaware gazette and state journal., 1899-10-26
/ strenuous Demand on All Sides for a
RsVerSiOn to the Earlier Practice.
EXCITING NEWS EXPECTED SOON
The War in Natal Has Only
Commenced.
BoERS NOT DISCOURAGED BY LOSSES

,ngaped this evening. one of our men
qas Killed. and two through trucks of
dvpamite wole removed from the town
6,thyith. and blown up by the Beers.
The Boer loss is uncertain. Tho Boer
,fery moved around, trying to draw
tbe fnlce covering the town. There
yas small engagement. but nothing
If consequence happened. We are COM
rleply isolated, but as safe as bank.
Sot oae man has left. Rain is approach
iDp, Our troops met the enemy, cut
tng the limo today, and Maxim gun
on the train did good work, and cleared
away the wreckers. y
\ A dispatch to the Morning Post.
nom Kimberley, dated October Goth,
md carried by dispatch rider via the
= Orange River, whore il is dated Octo-
ber 9th, reports slight skirmishing and
mail casualties. 1t is believed, how
ever, that the dispatch must refer to
ths armored train fight at Mafekiug.
No news has been received in London
oi fighting at Glencoe beyond the vague
reports Saturday and Sunday. already
cabled, in which statements were made
that long range firing had occurred ut
Dundee. The Chronicle, this morning,
|, commenting upon the mysterious
pcence in regard to tho War Office
Dispatches, said there is nothing to
Prove that there has not been fighting
at Dundee or Glencoe, which COM
Iellcd Gen. Yulo to retreat.
4 dispatch to the Daily Mail, ficm
Cape Town, dated October 24h, says
thn, Eca ~, nr,nu hava haat, sapt frop,
Pretoria to Mafeking.
uIAMBERLA1N AND RHODES IDENTICAL.
During the debate on the second
reading of the appropriation bill in
the House of Commons, today. James
H. Dalziel, Liberal member for the
Rrkcaldy district, expressed the opin.
ion that one of the greatest difficulties
10 arriving at n settlement with Presi
dent Kruger had been that, rightly or
wrongly, the President had believed
Nj. Chamberlain, the British Secre-
Ary of State for the Colonies, aud
Cecil Rhodes were identical. He added
that Mr.. Chamberlain had given
Founds for this belief. by suppressing
Diagrams, whereupon the Colonial sec
irtary tartly interviewed, saying: u
have never suppressed kilograms.
have not got them. Mr.. Chamber
lain also denied that he had refused
10 see DR.. Montagu White, the agent
Of the Transyaal, who, the Colonial
Secretary added, had never applied fol
an audience. The Speaker, William
Court Gully, interviewed ht this juno.
iue, and declared that all references tc
such matters were out Of order.
Michael Dapitt, Irish Nationalist
member for South Mayo, announced ir
The House of Commons, today, that h,
would resign tomorrow, as o protes
ganst the Boer war. Mr.. Davitt.de'
bounced the lingo press, and said tina
the war was for the meanest and mos
Hercenary aims, and would be knowr
s the greatest crime of the century
lie declared that, If he had beer
offered home rule and an Irish re
public. no would not have accepted
l9em, if accompanied by the condition
lha he vote for the war. As protest
he would ask to be relieved from at
tldance in the House. He had beei
70 the House for five years, trying t,
obtain Justice for Ireland, and he lef
Il convinced that mo cause CT justic
ind tight would have tho support o
ne House, unless backed by force"
oEFtcIAn REPORTS "DocToRED."
The commander chief, Field Mar
;aal Lord Wolseley, has APPARENT
been convicted of doctoringn oflicia
leEorts from the front, and there is
Strenuous demand on all sides foi
ie'elslon to the earlier practice, whe
!Mae reports of Gen. Sir George Stewat
NNllte, the British commander i
natal, vert given out textuHlly as 500
sfeceivcd The commander in-chief'
summary read in the House OF Com
nous yesterday spoke Of Gen. Whit
having fought successful action
Whereas Gen. Whites own accoun
puts an entirely different complexio
w Tho situation, and reduces tn
mWement to its proper proportions
ald shows that further exciting liz
e'gence may be expected from tn
SANE quarter at any moment
1t Is quite evident that the war j
aatal has only commenced, and ths
me Bocrs are by no means discourage
y losing the first two battles, an
many experts are satisfied Gen. Joubei
y even now close to the heels of th
htltlSh, and that a decisive action ma
%,iought today or tomorrow.
" Later estimates of the Boer losses {
handslaagte give 800 killed. The
to99lless, bravery and good aim can |
Judged from the fact that, out Of II I
y " officers with the half battalion
uofdon Highlanders, four were kille'
sna ~ wounded, while the casaulti
smohg the rank and file were 27 pl
SSal' during less than three hour
IShl'ng Lieut.. Campbell of Il
S,ordon Highlanders has since die
Hom his wounds.
W. uen White has telegrarhed to ii
var oilice, from Rietfontein, under da
e. a., october Gath, saying that, in d
tsat.i9g near Ladysmith, II OF Il
%a %sltlsh force were killed, and
%ouhued, and that five are missing, II
tGsts'laliles being mostly among Il
uIoucester Regiment.
a. special fiom ladysmith, dated t
tIy, says the troop of the Eighteen
NV ,bSuSSafs - which got astray in pursuit.
ne boers, after the battle Of Glencu
Sas arrived at I.adysmith, the troope
,EN ,sEaSlns fought their way through wi
"e loss of three holses.
" wEstrRN SITUATION COMPLICATED.
mo situation in the West is becol
~ ~ complicated. The Boer proclaim
,oa u"a OF annexation, and the claims ol
,,StU'93ry at Glencoe, are likely to indu
MY. %o ontch to side with their COUNT
~nn already in fha fia,d
s;r me ,atest dispatch from Kimberl
Elye5 details Of the arrangements ma
y The British commander, Gel. Kel
',",' '",ene' Tor the defsnce of the town, a
,@ve3 ,ons1 MAT miles of bar bed wire 81
'oGnd tho town.
according to a Brussels dispatch, l
Tsus, the diplomatic agent of t
,n.u. ,rnnansVaal in Europe, has issued sta
my M ~ That the Beers have now nea
'V'V1o men in the field.