The Portland daily press., 1899-10-25

frustrate our efforts towards tranquility.
The Beers, therefore, ara responsible for
any commotion and Tor tbs alarm regard
ing native inyasions which now pre-
wallis"
DIX. JAMESON IN FIELD.
Lorenzo Marque:z. DslAgoa Bay, Osto-
bsr 2i.-Dr. Jameson, who became ia
nous through the raid which he headed
into the TTansyaal, and his companion,
Colonel Grey, have arrived here from
England.
GEN. WHITES MOVEMENTS
London, October "a --General White has
not "fought his way out Of Ladysmith,"
as published In New York. because he left
Ladysmith Saturday moiuiBg and Gap
ture hlandplhagte, which is is mi es out,
and he has noe apparently moved to-
wards Waschbank He expected to unite
with Gen. Yuls in the neirhborhood of
Wasohnnnk tonight, 50 lis fight with
the Orange Free State troops today must
have occurred nearly 25 miles from Lady
smith and as IL took place on the Lady
p smith Newuastle road, which runs some
two miles west and almost PARALLEL with
the RAILROAD, hs evidently egeountsred
the Free state force which had takea up
q position in the Blpgarshsrg hill and
blocked the road between Ladysmith
and GLENCOE, also threat, ming General
Yule's stand. The dispersal. Of ihe
Orange Free State forces eiy I'm
proves he british position at waschhank
If General White decided to wait there for
General Joubert.
BEDS FOR WOUNDED.
Cape Town. October 24-A privnte
telegram from Dslagos Bay says a man
who has just srTi sed there from Johaa-
nssburg as erts that the Transyaal gov
eminent has appropriated $50 beds In
private houses In johannesburg fer
wounded troops from the front. The Bosr
organs, according 10 this information,
ere doing everything to minim re the
Boer loss S.
LORD WOLSLEY'S SUMMING UP.
London, Octabsr 2a.--The parliament
tary secretary of th 3 war ofiics. Mr..
George windham, In the Horse OF Com
mons today, announced that Hid Mar
shall Lord Wolslsy. this commander in
chief of the forsss, summed up the sitn-
alton in Natal today as follows:
General YuIe has fallen back to effect
a junction with Sir George Stewart
White He campsd yesterday evening
about sixteen miles south of Dundee
without seeing nytains of the enemy
during the march and it has since been
reported that Ais well on the Wasch-
bank river
''Genstal White fought successful
action with an Orange Free State forcs
today on the road between Lady
and Newcastle and should sioin hands
with General Yuls this evening,
General Yuls reports that his
wounded are doing we'll.
''The Bosr wounded on our hands are
treated just as our own and l have every
reason to believe the Beers will treat any
of our wounded in their hands in a simi
larry humane manner"
Mr.. Windham added: 81 may remind
the Houss that the 1ransvaal 10 party
to the Geneva convention
Replying to a question as to what ar
rApgement had been made to employ
civilian doctors to assist In the care of the
wounded In South Africa. Mr.. Wyndham
said he was glad to take the opportunity
of announcing that Sir William MaoCor-
mick, the distinguished president Of the
Royal College OF Surgeons had intimRted
his readiness to accompany Gen. Sir
Redvers Buffers force and place hrs great
skill and ability at the disposal of the
army medical authorities. MIR. Wynd-
ham added:
1--WE have not hssitated to ACCEPT his
patriotic Offer"
The first lord of the treasury and gov
eminent leader, MIR. A. j. Baifour, re.
plying to question regarding the dam
age done TO Roman Catholic missions
In Samoa by the shells of British war.
ships, said only a single case had tean
brought to the notice of the government,
adding that any claim would be fully
considered. But. he pointed out, accord
ing to tie principles of international law
the government was under no liability
to compensate for losses caused by opera
tons of war.
Later. Mr.. Balfour announced that 1t
was expected parliament would be pro-
rogued on Friday.
ADVANCING ON KIMBERLEY.