Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-04

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on LadyHmlth. na. according to the lat
est news, after the artillery duel and
Ineffective sklrmlshes Tuesday. the
Beers took up good positions ON Signal
liill and umbutwani mountain.
The two commanders continue 20
exchange courtoslcs. Con. White 90 re-
Spouse 10 Gen. Ioubortr request Tues
day, lent the Boorr an ambulance TO aH.
Hiat Ia the conveyance Of the Iioor
wounded.
II Is understood that the feeling Of se-
curity az LadyHmlth has been greatly
lncropaed since all the naval guns have
been mounted there IN spite Of the
knowldgc OF the garrison VI the Bocru'
Efforts 10 cut the railroad south.
Advices from Capctown show that the
people there are beginning Co realize
the seriousness OF the situation In Nat.
al. Merchants are upprohcnalyc of the
Beers oycrrunnlng the entire country
and It r. reported that many Of them
have Instructed their representatives TO
leave PiotcrnnfitEburT
In spite Of the optimism Of military
mon there n feeling OF general
anxiety at Capctown. The orange
river h reported 10 b. ~ swollen that
the drifts are impossible. and the Bovra
hold the wagon bridge NJ Phliloppous.
which r. the only means of crossing.
The Kimberley correspondent Of the
Daily Mail In a dispatch iiicd November
I and forwarded by way Of orange
River. says
The Boers are SIN in force In this
vicinity. on Saturday evening our
patrol was fired on In the ncighborhood
VI the Wcaaelton mine. the enemy cx-
pending quantity OF ammunition luof-
fcctuaily. however owing 20 the long
range,
a Free state burEher with a pass
from the enemy has brought 200 oxen
Tho enemy h reported 10 have three
Siege guns in position at Ollphnntfou-
tcln, four miles from Wcasrltnn.
The British naval guns seem destined
70 play an important part ln the war
The curringo platforms Of those used
az LndyHmith were dcHlgucd by Cap
tain Percy Scott. uf the nrHt class cfliis-
or Terrible. who has succeeded in de-
signing carriage capable of bearing
and oarryiuE four HcNrn-iuch guns
This 10 considered By experts Go be- "a
z
j. u, Johnson. the South African mill
liunaire, writes that Cen. White viii be
perfectly safe u he sits stlil at Lady
smith and refuses 10 De- Induced hy the
usual hocr tactics into being drawn
out with view OF lnhIotinE "a defeat on
the Hncrs
Next Saturday Major General Buffers
troops wiz begin arriving Ia South
Africa. and whether he decides 20 be-
fln an INVASION or the Orange Free
state through poaar Junction or to
send troops 90 cooperate directly with
Gen, White the situation VIII lmmcdi-
ately be relieved.
The weekly papers are following the
lead Of tho dailies IN dwelling on the
value Of the friendship Of the United
States
The Spectator saysi Apart from their
feelings as kinrmen, the Americans are,
We believe, universally aware that We
saved them from European Intervention
DURING the spanish war and would hail
with delight the opportunity ~ paying
on that debt That feeling, which Il Wen
known on the continent, prevents Euro
poun foreign Offices from entertaining
rash suggeatlons"
News that ColcnHo has been evacuated
was another bitter plll for the British
public and ~ nrouslng fear that the
continental statements Of second scr
| iuuH defeat % Gen. White may prove
true. 4 algnincant fact Is that the war
| Office does not say when Colenan was
evacuated, 20 the statement which ems
unatcd Thursday from Or. Leyds. the
| diplomatic representative ~ the Trans
yunl, who a. located at brussels, that
the beers had occupied ColnnHo. was
possibly true. There 10 much apprc-
henHlon that they were aupprCnHing bad
news.
Ounnery Lieut.. Egerton Of the Brit
/ lHh cruiser Powerful, who was wounded
/ hy the explosion of % shell AT ihs bonn
hardmcnt Of Lad, eniith. has been pros
/ NOTED 20 the rank NJ commander Tor
/ services In the field His legs have
| been nmputntod. The onlcer II
/ nephew Of the duke Of Drvunshlrr
The possibility OF Lady Randolph
! Churchill accompanying the American
| hospital ship Maine 20 ne Cape Of
| Good Hope has aroused much inter-
/ est here. Her lndyFhip said 20 q repre-
sentative Of the Associated Press toe
| day. THE question " my going la de-
Z pendent upon several contingencies, II
/ u quite possible may 40, but the mat
/ ter Inns not yet been fully determined
upon" Lady Churchill has takon the
] most active part IN the scheme a. az
/ out the Maine, and her friends nrc now
/ anxious that she should see tho matter
through personally
Capetown, Nov. So delayed dlg-
] lNi'N FROM itNuMhAn NhiNu bttnntl 30
| announces th1t M the event % rcln-
| forcemguts helqR needed, the volunteers
l would be lmmo dlntnly called out.
A Fort Tull dispatch dated october
l 2l says shots were oxChaugad between
| Col. plumcrH column ana the B0ors ut
| pontirlfl Tho British had one man
/ wounded
! a British patrol rcconnolleflug Pont-
/ drlft, October "a, captured i've Beers
/ - was then Relieved the bulk NJ the
| hoer army had retired from Fort Tult,
/ EolnH south, and leaving an outpost
| Two gunnera were lost IN Tie bush, ana