Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-17
British Advance was Within Fifty
Miles on Saturday,
GENERAL JoUBERT is ALIVE.


a., a.s.
reported 70 pe directing ms euetA
against kimberley
IL tsu nov, lnoyrn Tint tho roliof move
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'"."' '"""i" N''n'''''s
some uiuc ago. The hinih lahccr4'
Northumberland fulllceu Munster
f,,-tte... md ,,.,.t .e a.. f,r,ssbtr.a
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"hp' some uine ago Meie eohelhtlaV"h
~ DE Anr junction. were, on saturday
lnat. within ATTY miles OF Kimberley.
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VOC '''' 'N''','
ehgaEement on the lVth' Frluayl Wh'oh
resulted In the loss Of Lieut.. Col Keith
raieoper
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HN'i SNhiht ihul'N''s thAN VIZ "'N -"
the eve Of very important develop
incnta In the region Of the Orange river
and nt,,v ,b, it,, ~ n, Anr tunetion.
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Nolo'nurE' burghctndorp ana Ah"M
North.
A dispatch In the Now York Tribune
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"oai i''iu"" saw"
While sensational dispatches respect
ms an advance OF portion of Gen
Juubcrta forces from culenso and the
Investment OF EHicuurt have not heeh
confirmed, the Beers have repeated inc
earliest incident Of the war by attack
| INK aud Destroying an nrmored Train
/ which had been used for rocunnoitefing
/ purposes The earliest account of this
/ nfnir diner In details, but u ~ evident
/ that the train was suddenly hred upon
/ between Estcourt and Colcnno, ana
/ probably derallrd. The trains gun
was disabled. according TO one account.
/ ana the men were forced into hard
Z nght, In which there were serious losses
! IN Killed and wounded and possibly
| prisoners nv well IL was good trap
and the British force was apparently
! surprised. Eutcourt hns already been
| reinforced, ana II II not llkcly that the
Beers VIII attempt TO invest g.
A. the Mohawk has arrived nt the
| Cape with the twelfth lhncerH. cavalry
| will be- available In three days Tor re-
| lief column.
| The embargo on nows at the Cape
| has been no nrohhitive that anything
l may have happcncd al IndyHmlth dur.
/ a rumor from Pretoria by way Of
| Louronzo MARQUEE, that Gen Jouhcrt
| had fallen In action on Thursday can
neither be accepted nor rejected. That
was the dag on which the last official
/ disnatch with details Of the lombard
mont was sent through 10 Durham. The
| rumor OF his death fita Ia with vague
reports previously received that gem
/ ernt firing that day was unusually severe
and that close approach was made
TO the British lines OF defense. IL
! was also oxuosed 10 the Inherent i'm.
PROFANITY that an engagement could
! have taken place and the Hocr COM
| maudor boen Killed without the world
! knowinr something about IL within
| eiaht days
den. Ioubcrt's death would naturally
| have produced nm important effect upon
| the Iiosr plnu OF nttnck A younger
| md more lmpuigivs general would have
| tnkcn Inc plncn on me wary nnd cau.
! tioug commander. and some Hpur would
have hgon likely 10 have ordered an u.s.
] suult uuou Cen Whitc'a position. Gen.
Ja1b,rt has M onee bedn IA most re.
| soureofui general and tho noblrst pn 10
| pIot on mo Boer side. 'sllm Pct" ns
/ ha has nlwnyH b.en known among tho
| s,uth Africans refused To take office
! undrr mo gir ThpophUus ghenstono's
| srh.n.e of UfItlrh annexation. when
! Kruger himself vns less acrupuloua.
! 10 nrotcrted AGAINST that act 81 az.
rrss.Ion. and was willing to nght Tor
! no llbeftias of tho Transynnl when
| Erugnr ,,ns moi equally rtnunch. Jou-
| bcr while nlu OF craft and wlles or
| mn oid door stalker. was no match FOR
iSr,iuer An tho etbletIes of politlcs H.
iscile1 Erugnt's grit nnd infexible will
| urpnrts ~ ACKNOWLEDGEMENT from
| Orange river 10 belmont nc-
rnn,nanv nceotints Of the at
! t,rL an mo nrtnnr,d train
0 Ia
maj tSinb.rlcv ne we'll M i.advsmith.
,giiI l.. relieved before the qenerni adj
ys,c, IL made through the Orange Frc8
stat. The military eyports NOW nqre.
NM ths tyyn rxpnssd rnrrisnns an ench
Nank v,ui he delivered from nttntk bv
M many i'm suusrior strength b~fbr,
Nv, oririnal plan of lnynsion ~ the iva
r,n,ihiies nnd oecunntion of their ehpi.
,sts ~ ,,rrieb ami. nnd that Inc intter
,,ay.r,cnt v.ni be deferred until thc
INA M mo year. when Inc now division
n,sy nobulzlnr haa disembarked I'm
g,,,,h Afrlrn
w., rsn trust uuiier." sata one al
bia ,yarmest friends To me yesterdny
~, cb,ose his avn time nnd aeid M
oner,tInns ~ IA moi "A man 10 nito,y
10 pecrs Ga force MIN To- nrht ,yhere
nv AN nav, sfrnnts defensive nnai.
tinns In mounta.u pnsses. lie wui nol
~ drav,n nyyav from the omen country
| ,,h,r,. ~, nritish troops win be free Il
nncratc their avn way with irreslstibls
farc,, !"
sir,it,r Wow WINS .xpressed bv a
recruitment d,nartment chlef yhe smoke
- *, r,r,sstt,, ~ nverrtinnin.r NOM 10.
rui,iics brfnre Tho Dutch popuintiou
ie,,iH ~ in,nr,ss.d Win Tho hnneiess.
49, ~ M strugsflr ana induceI h.
1nrTerder uneonditionniiy puileri,
,s.,rch thrnu,,h Iiiostnfont,in "a pr,.
,,ri, hn addrd ,vo1ld he m stronsr "a ~.
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