The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-19
DOUBT The RUMOR,
.Londoners Will Not
Admit Mafeking's
Surrender.
BADEN-P0WELL STILL UNFRAMED
Sharp Engagement at Lady
smith Will Be Fought
Soon.

London, Oct. 19.-There is still no an.
Ethentic news from Mafekine. b,Y+ n t,.,.,>
ports tend to confirm the BELIEF mat
Col. Baden-Powen is holding his own
ana no credit is given to the vague. r,,-
inors that a, flag, of truce had BEEN dis.
lplayed.
considerable engagement, ia san+t,4,..
pated IN the vicinity of LadysmiKh. The.
combined advance of Beers and H,rae
state troops in this direction has hear
executed with not Inconsistencies. uoh47I
ana SHOWS a clear anpracSae4ux, oea.+h,
BRUSH position Gen. Sir sbeua,.
"tlate has 1000 men nA.Aase7,ns,.a,r-,.i
aOie' oesidesa'considerable6oroeAofvol vol
"heeers' and no anxiety Is felt oy, hia
sacoount for the Natal country. xvt,ara
the engagement Is expected "a Pnir,,,
open' and although the work OF n,o.,,,,e.
them Will be difficult, the guns ara plra-
" to do good work.
Inc country Is not favorable for Roar
tsoLlcs. and It viii be very difflra,at Fo,.
| aa-il 70 AYold the exposure of theiJ.
ilanhs 10 attack by q yie-oYo.,s a NJ -
pie enemy already oocIInyins ,,s-as1s, ~
sttlols, that is, suppostng thew raaf1,r
mean 10 hight and not nerely 10 81
Oentpe TO draW Gen, White flIrtYSay. ou+
.MISa view OF surrounding him Gen
Whlte has a large body of exoelIent
o1 MAJ Wincn can be put 10 good use
ne cape Town correspondent of the
Daily Mail says: ''The aa,thorStSa, -, ~
johannesburg have announced that
they VIII make a house to house searcb
on Monday and will compel every Prit-
| ish subject TO leave the town
Inc imperial authorities have i'm
bounded I5OO sovereigns which arrived
py steamer today for the Transvaaj
1He money viii be kept here until tha
| war is ended. Coyninghan CSq-eay, a,5
Lady Green sailed for England todav
An enthusiastic crowd assembled IN Ma
| them farewell ~ Diu
/ - Dlspttches from B1era state that the
| boers advancing northward xva,.e -
puiSed at Lobatsi station This dor,tY-
Tess means that Col. Plummer's force
f advancing TO the relief of Mafeking'
nad encountered the Beers. The re,
batsi correspondent, teIegraphine- 1,nde,.
cate OF Oct. IA, says: 1.-THE Beers were
| around us all day yesterday and brolre
| up the line in several places hetwee,
Pitsanl and Mafeking They were at
lacked and defeated by a party of orr
men from Mafeking. Thirty Beers
~ hihou uutluS the night. Another
| lou broke up the line a mile north of
Looats1, cutting the wires. The station
master and all of US here set to work
and have just restored communicated
A runner has arrived bringing news Of
Col. Baden-PowelPs success"
The Daily Telegrapf1's correspondent
at Ladysmith says no newspaper re-
porters are allowed to proceed there
either to Bester's station or Acton,
Homes, and adds that Gen. Jo,Ihert,s
forces are moving against Glencoe and
Bester's station on the Harrismith line
According to the same authorize
some volunteers who had rust come INTO
Ladysmith from Besters station and
Acton Homes before the dispatch WAS
sent, reported that 300 Beers tried In
effectually to cut off small parties of
British troops, but the Natal men were
too wary to be caught and retired fight
ing.
Firing was heavy. The country abou+
Acton Homes, being more open the
mounted volunteers there are firing
upon Dewdrop. 1t is rumoree ts.at the
country is henmed in by the Beers
The Cape Town correspondent OF the
Times, under date OF Tuesday, saws.
All is well at Kimberly, though com
munication is almost entirely cut
There is no means Of learning anything
that happens north OF the Orange river
unless, perhaps. by way of Rhodesia.''