Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-10-20
commenced to fall back upon the town,
allowing themselves to be driven by the

The Beers, eager to retrieve their po-
sition, advanced to the attack and were
drawn over the leddite mines, which
had been laid for the defense of the
town.
HThe invaders suffered terribly. 1t
is reported that 1,500 of them were
killed.
1.-THE Mafeking armored train also
has been doing great execution
Suffer Heavy Loss.
The Daily Telegraph publishes this
dispatch from its special correspondent
concerning the isege of Mafeking:
"Pietermaritzburg Natal. Oct. 49,
Reports have been received here from
various sources which state that the
British inflicted heavy losses on the
Beers during the fight near Mafeking.
kilograms from Cape Town and Coles
| berg report that great slaughter has oc-
Cured. Advices have come by way of
Biera confirming the report that the
enemy lost 300 killed and the British
\ eighteen.
According to private intelligence
Col. Baden-Powell placed force of 400
men upon the eneIny's flank during the
might In the morning, by means of
4
Beers into position where the Maxims
wrought havoc in their ranks.
4 "In the absencesof direct telegraphic
communication. however, these details
must be received with caution. This
| fight is supposed to be the same engage
nent in which the Beers admit that
| they had three men killed
1.-The Beers We're repulsed with a loss
/ of VI in a N MT p N a at ph H..
ment of the Lancashire regiment in an
armored train near Kimberley.
TT is noticeable fact that all our re-
ports of the artillery fire of the Beers
agree in describing it as wildly indef
mite. Forsinstance, not a single shell
hit the armored train.
1T is officially reported that a Free
State commando from Tintwa Pass
opened fire on a small British cavalry
/ patrol. This was the first aggressive
/ step on the side of the Free State.
sKIRMIsHES ALONG BORDER.
Beers Reported Very Aggressive Near
1 Kimberley.
| Orange River, Oct Is. afternoon (de-
IIayed in transmission).- ).-The Beers suf-
fered a reverse on Sunday at Spruit
fonten, ten miles south of Kimberley.
/ An armored train went out to bring in
a train reported to have been captured
| by the Beers near the Spruitfonten sid
ing. a party of Beers who We're en-
4 camped near by lowered the railway
signal and displayed a white flag, APP
parently with the idea of inducing the
train to proceed. The driver suspected
that the Beers We're in possession and
49,.
sued in large force and opened fire, but
without any effect.
The soldiers replied from train and
about half a dozen Boers We're killed
The British were ssiscratched.
Seven hundred Beers surprised a par
ty of thirteen Cape Colony police who
were guarding the railway at Riverton
Road. eighteen miles north of kimber-
ley, on Sunday morning. The police re-
tired A terrific explosion was heard
later and it is believed that the Beers
blew up the station. A relief party of
Itwenty- police sent from Kimberley
met the Beers near Riverton. The en-
emy displayed n white flag to induce
the troops to fall into their trap, but
the police We're ordered to retire. Then
the Beers opened heavy fire upon
4 them, discharging about 400 rounds \
bullet struck the horse of Surgeon Maj.
; Sullivan who with a trooper whose
horse had stumbled and dismounted
Il him was captured.
says We're Not Neutral.
London. Oct. 2o.-The Times editorial
lly complains of the lax observance of
neutrality on the part of some of the
states of the United States in permit
ting the sympathetic recruiting and en-
Ilistment of men openly and ostenta-
, tiously for service against England in
South Africa.
Regarding shipments of contraband
for the Beers the Times says the ship
llpers must not complain if the goods are
, seized by British cruisers. and notes
that these consignments appear to come
t mostly from Hamburg. 1t says:
{ Perhaps though this is doubtful
some shipments may have been made ir
r American ports. If this is SO, Amerlcar
LAWYERS will be aware that they have
only to read I4ourenzo Marquee is STU
ated near the Transvaal frontier, fol
: .Matamoras is situated near the borders
r of the confederate states, to bring such
consignements within the precise terms
of some of the best known decisions OF
their supreme -tpAi - iSii ie.7tf'7Ns -
, the real destination of contraband arti-
cles this country only asks that the
!. rules and usages of international Law
? should be impartialy applied
. An Official statement.
i London. Oct 20.-The scandal caused
by the circulation of false war news by
the evening papers principally, and tbs
yellow press generally, has led sil
e Howard Vincent to try to induce the
e war office to establish an official in
t ouiry bureau. the duty of which shall
j be to issue daily TO the press all otficia
Information received. 1t is general,
s considered. however, that this is quite
r useless The suggestion is seriously
made that a strict censorship of tn,
press be established, but probably
nothing whatever will be done
The following bulletin was ISSUED
! last evening at the War office:
= mo news of Importance has been re
= ceived from Natal today Thursday
: The cavalry attached to our forces a
Ladysmith and Dundee are engaged il
observing the enemy's movements
Steps have been taken to secure Pieter
+ maritzburg and Durham against raid
from the western frontier.
mo recent reliable intelligence ha
been received from Kimberley or Ma
D ticking. Both places are cut off from