Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-01

tension has been relieved ulncc there
~ no longer any ground 20 dread that
the loss Of lifc was accompanied by dis
honor.
The details today show the catas-'
truphe In a brighter aspect The full
battniiona wrrv not engaged and there
fore the list 81 prisoners ls materially
reduced, while the disaster now appears
60 have been not 10 much the couae-
quencc Of defects in the plan Of ac-
ton as 10 misfortune whereby tho
column was deprived % itH nmmunl-
tlon. sun. Il seems lncomprchensl-
bic why the plight % the luckleHa coli
umn was not known ut headquarters,
ua toe scene % the surrender was only
about three miles northeast OF Lady
ninth. ana Lieut.. col. Carlton must
have expected relief 60 reach him, or,
fenslvo position. De would have re-
traced HE steps 20 LudYHmlth when he
suffered the loss of his ammunition.
Apart from Con. Whites statement
that The losses are very numerous. there
lH nothing 20 indicate their extent exc
ccpt vague report that tho soldier who
brought the news 10 Labyrinth said
the British dead and wounded were BY
Ing In heaps and that hundreds needed
doctors. This however. IL hardly borne
out by the long Hist of captured officers.
The concluding sentence o. Gen.
Of l.adyamith was received hero with
"a certain reserve. On view ~ the fact
that similar official assurances were
given recently nt Dundee and Glencoe.
ana there II Intense anxiety for news
~ the renewed attack which II not
mentioned In the dispatches The call
nmlty has served 90 alarm the Bfitiahl
I'd thulf friends.
The papers comment on the splendid
reserve of patriotism existing In the hir
away colonies. and tho deep seated fosi-
Ing of friendship ana sympathy OF tho
great kindred nation across tho At
lnntic.
The STANDARD sums up the feeling Of
the nation. saying; From the United
States and our colonies alone We hear
the voice ~ friendly sorrow and en-
courhEumeut but that Hufilcpa. An
others are welcome 10 congratulate
themselves over the mlnfortunos OF
Great Britain"
The war once has made welcome
concession TO the public desire Tor
news. Hereafter every poHtonlce will
be open Sunday morning and VIII post
copies ~ all kilograms received By the
war otilcc up % one "a, M sunday,
u was learned today By "a representa-
tive Of the Associated Press. that the
british government has been obliged TO
refuse permission FOR the United States
Co send four officers to watch the
ANmAANNhNA WIZ NMANh 10 wv IlNNNWNNA
which only permits one representative
from each recognized power.
Captain stephen L'iiommcdlDu flo-
cum. the United States military at
tnohe at Lisbon, has been selected.
lie was IN London today. buying an
outht. and sails Saturday. Col Samuel
3 sumner, the United States military
nttacho here. remains In London.
The cablust meeting today was eX-
cepuouhly brief but afterwards the
defense committee OF the cabinet. con-
aistlng OF the Duke Of Dcvunshrc, A.
j. nalfour the Marquis NJ Lanadownc
and Sir Michael Hicks Brach mot at
the foreign office and held a long con-
ference with the commander-in-ch
Of the forces, Field Marshal Lord VOL
Eeley.
In connection with the rumor OF the
loss Of q British troopship the name
of Pcninsulnr aud Oriental steamer
Nubla has been mentioned, but the
company has no knowledge OF any dis
astcr and they say they do not know
whence the rumor originated, The
Nubla sailed from southampton Oct
81. Tor tho cape ~ Good Hope. via 81.
Vincent, Cape DE Verde Islands, which
place SHE left Monday. The rumora
seems 20 have originated IN Berlin on
Monday but nothing II known OF the
matter here.
II was reported al Aldcrhot today
that another complete army division
win forthwith be formed for service In
South Africa.
The division consists Of 10000 men.
and - guns. This IL probably a pre-
llmlnary step toward a calling out OF
IA second army corps.