The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-07

A dispatch from PlstarrnaTitzourg dated
!Eitay reports tina: railway ccInm0Eica-
ton WITH Ia1y smith Is severed, the Beers
ha r3g effected IA iodgEusnt az SoIt1orpa,
south OF Ladysnaith about seven miles.
Among those Invested al Iadysmith are
Col. Rhodes. brother OF Cecil Rhodes, sir
John Nileugnuy and. II Is believed. DR.
Jameson. as well az most OF Tie press cor
respondents and probably the Earl OF Ava,
son Of the Marquis OF Dunerin and Ava
All Cape Railways Taken over.
All the Cape railways are now in the
hands al the military authorities. Five
hundred tons Of food stuffs were seized on
beard the steamship Maria at Durham
consigned 10 Delagoa bay for the Trans
vaal. Twenty missionaries have arrived at
Durham from Swaziland after many mar
row escapes.
Big Gun Not n Success.
II is reported from Boer sources that the
big gun with which Gen. Cornie had hoped
10 dsEolish Na.eking IS not a SUCCESS. Il
& believed 10 be a Schneider-Canet Gun
weighing with the cartridges, about ten
tons. The recoii Is SO tremendous as 70
throw the gun out Of gear every time it Is
fired After using the weapon two days
the Beers gave IL Up.
Basutos Refuse Roer Overtures.
The Morning Post hears from Maseru.
cite tho Ras9tos against the British has
failed.
Natal VIII Ask Compensation.
II is understood tina, when the time
comes TO arrange terms Of peace, Natal
VIII claim an appertionraent Of territory
which. besides recon- pensing the colony
for losses sustained will place IL In a po-
sltlon lsss open TO attack in the future.
Runners of Mere Fights.
There are removed runers Of another
engagement 81 Glands lnagte with severe
Boer losses.
Germas vessel Closely Watched.
II Is reported from Cairo that the Ger
man steamer Zanzibar. bound for Zanzi-
bar. arrived st Port Said without passen-
gers and that, having embarked thirty
there. she sailed followed and watched hy
the British cruiser Fearless
Ne Late News Received.
LONDON, Nov. THE var Office An
nounced at midnight tha; no dispatches
had BEEN received beyond those already
made public and that nothing further
would be issued before noon today. Thus
not solitary Official item % news has
been pos;ed for nearly twenty-toug hours.
This has given rise - a crop cs rumo~s
that fadysmiths ammunition Is exhaust
cd. that Sir George stewart White Is NOR
tally wounded: that both facts are being
concealed. and that other unlucky harpen-
tngs have taken place. Fer a.l these re-
ports there Is absolutely no foundation.
Al tho care time the Bri;isher has lad 1T
tie - stimulate him within the last twenty
four hours except the news ~ the CONF
dent attitude Of f.sdygmith garrison ana
iis slight successes last Thursday and Fri
day.
situation In Natal Gloomy.
Adrtces from other parts % South Africa
are distinctly unpalntahle. and everything
points TO a critical situation IN Natal and
the northern portions OK Care Colony. sike-
Il 70 grow more acute until Gen " atte
t. either relieved or aeciStvelv Defeated
Nobody Garcs TO think Of Capitulaiion
Rather Tran that he IS expected as a last
resort. II Iadysmita becomes unfenahle
"a make desperate effort - or. his way
through the Doers back into lover Natal
ard to Join hands with the garrison there.