Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-14

TROoPsulps AT THE CAPE.
improbable storie. Circulated - Ceu.
whites Relief Important stop
ping Omciai kilograms.

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An undated dispatch received from
Kimberley says:
THE Beers ceased Smelling Nov. q.
about 2 y. M. having fired at intervals
all day long some seventy shells. ma
iority of them falling In debris heaps
ana open spaces Tho average range
was s,io0 yards. one cooking pot was
Injured. There was brisk market for
fragments. choice specimens bringing
two pounds. The Beers apparently were
Smelling az the extreme range of their
guns Yesterdays attempt was regard
cd as ludlcrous. The weather was aplcn-
did. The homhardment WINS continued
hrlskly an the morning OF Nov. sth.
one shell narrowly missed the Dutch
church.
There were no casualties. The shells
ARE u a very inferior quality ana seem
inHy nred by amateur. one, almost
Intact WIS picked up. II weighs 80
pounds The nocru have been nrinE
frum three positions 30 far the bocr
activity causes little alarm"
London, Nov. Alt was officially an
nounccd this afternoon that the troop
ship britannia has arrived az Cape
Castle ana Yorkshire have arrived az
Durham.
The admiralty has chartered the
White Star line steamer Majestic 90
convoy troops TO South Africa immcdi-
ately after she returns from her pres
ont trip 60 New York
The Majestic Niiled from Liverpool
Roy 5. ana from Queenstown Nov. D.
aud 10 due 10 arrive Ia New York to-
morrow.
Il was also officially announced that
the tfuopHhip Oriental which lef Lon.
don october 20th. had sailed from Cape.
town Tor Durham. and the Donald Nur-
RE line steamer CaHsbrook castle,
which sailed from London Oct "a. with
the cavalry brigade stan and naval re-
Inducements on board. had arrived ut
tapvtuwu.
Nothing Is known either at
the war office or the colonial
clal statement cabisd from CnpctoWn
saying STATE Secretary Hclt1 In behalf
uf the Trnnayanl government haa de.
mandcd that Con white immadlhtcly
reisaae Nathan Mark. "a supfipuod Spy.
who ia confined al Ladyamlth. the dis
patch adding that President Kruger
threatens. u Marks II executed. 20 re-
tnlintc By shooting six British ofilcofs
in the hands Of the norfa. Il IL further
asserted from Cageinwn that Marks
entered Ladyamith after the Investment
oi that place with the supposed object
OF obtaining Information Tor the Beers
ana one Nernion 81 the story is that
the rransyaal authorities have threat
cncd 60 execute ak British officers n
The supposed Spy a. not released 10
witch Gen. Butler ls said TO have re-
piled that the British were entitled TO
retain the man until be should rcndcr
n satisfactory account uf himself Uuth
e. HHHH Il
Of lmpfohnbIllty aH there IN no reason
tn think the Beers would be guilty Oh
such complct, change from their pre-.
vious correct attitude and manner uf
conducting the hoatilitca. Ncycrthe-
less, the sensational afternoon ncwHpa.
neis hero are already dcmandins that
President Kruger and an the members
Of the executive council be rithio.ay |
hanged. aa the only nttinr rcpusal IN |
the event ~ State Secretary Raltz'a |
threat being carried out
That Gen. Whites relief u considered |
a matter of Pressing importance IL |
again evidenced by the satlafaction
with which the officials heard Of the ar. |
rival ~ the transport Armenian at |
tapoiuwn yesterday q couple of day. |
before her time The non-arrivnl on |
her precious freight N neld guns ana /
ammunition threatened serious delay In |
zen Meth"un's arrangements for tho
The division sim lacks cavalry. but |
IN an probability the FIRST arrival NJ /
that arm az Cnpetown viii ba sent to
Durham Irrespective of which division
they were originally assigned 20. There
h no doubt that the bombardment Of
Ladysmlth has Increased In Intensity
Turing the last few days, and though
M messages from there speak " lie
confidence ~ the defenders. a load on
inNlcty win be- removed from the coun-
~ when unrcHtralnod communication
win the bclenruorcd town II re-cstab-
ishod.
The allegations Of Father Matthews
lave made a painful Impression, and
here u "a disposition 10 dlscredlt thom
~ being merely the excited views of
/ non-comhatant ignorant ~ real mill
AIRY requirements Nevertheless. his
tory has added immensely TO the nnx.
ETY. OF those who had relatives al the
latuc " Nlcholson'a Mex as result
u the dlEhouorlug exposure.
Considerable feeling has been aroused
~ the announcement that Sir William
Butler. former commander az the Cane
Vim not command the troops on the ur.
aston uf the queens visit To Bristol to- !
norrcN As Gen. Iiutles commands
he western district his absence from
Do ceremony u remarkable and is nt-
rihutcd 20 fears NJ hostile demon
trntlon owing To his unpopular atti-
udc with reference a. the rrnnsvaai.
u II reported officials at CnpetoWn
10 now stopping all official foreign
Diagrams whether IN code OF otherwise.
kept MESSAGES 10 the governor OF
portuguese East Africa aud Portugal.
Later In the day the Eastern Toie.
raph company announced thar IA nc-
prdpnco with tho Instructions OF he
general ~ Cape Colony no
lrclgu official dispatches, either In ~.
ret or cypher. can be transmitted via
ie Cape except messages between
ortugal and the governor general VI
orcnzo Marquee,
wlreworksr but Not Monopoly.
Washington. Nov. li-Tho Inaugtri,i
today listened 10 inc taeti,
Tony OF John w Gates. chairman ana
Managing director u the American
tecl and Wire company. Mr. gates
iid that while his company controlled
major portion NJ the wire product ~ 1
Ne country II aid not sock 10 monopol.
IL the business, but on the contrary /
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