Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-05
Sic Michael Hicks-Beach Has
Sanctioned the Expenditure
Beers HAVE SEIZED GOLD
1t Is Reported That British Forccs Have
Crossed tho Border and Fighting
Has Regun. Attack on Natal .M
Momen'arIy Expected.
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| 'Ry Telegraph.)
| LONDON. Oct. 4-i'1e most interest
ing announcement in connection with
the Transvaa! crisis today is that the
Charcellor Of the Ex"hequer. Right
| Hon. Sir Michael Hicks Beach, has all
readE sanctioned the provisional ex-
pendlture of -s3.000,000 and that the
government will not exceed that limit
without authority from Parliament
Whltli will be asked to vote a sum nor
exceeding eS.00O.OO0
A meeting of the war board today
discussed and drew up arrangements
TO ensure the safety of the route from
! Durham to Laings Mex, so that large
bcoles Of troops may. or disenlba rka-
ton, be rapidly forwarded UP the
c9urtry to the front without confusion
or croWdins at the base.
| WILL SEND A BIG ARMY.
It is stated tonight that the war Of
1lce has decided that the army corps
for service in South Africa shall be
much larger than originally estimated.
and that it now consists OF over 10000
men The preparations for the dis
patch Of this force. including the char
tering of big ocean liners. is steadily
and satisfactorily proceeding.
| The Press .issocia ton learns that the
dispatch drawn UP by the cabinet on
| Friday was still unsent up to this
| evening.
| On the other hand. a telegram from
brussels gives from a well informed
source the news that DR.. Leyds. the
| representative in Europe of the South
African republic. has received confir-
l'mation If the report that President
Kruger HAD addressed an ultilnatum to
Great Britain demanding the withdraw
al of the British forces from the iron
tier within forty-eight hours and tina
it was delivered on Monday This re-
| port. however, still lacks official con-
lfrTna ton. I'd.
| ARE CONFIDENT.
| - nc confluence OF tn. military au-
q rites at the Cane Is shown by I,
dispatch received tonight from Cane
Town. which stated that al confer
ence between the military authorities
Their" ind Genera! Sir George Stewart
White. who Will command the british,
forces in Natal, the Lieutenant General
Sir Frederick Walker. held 10 consider
the situation. General White expressed
himself as confident that the British
Would be able to present a force suf-
ilcient TO repel any attack
| General White. who intended to go
To Durham on board il warship. has
now. in order to save time. abandoned
| the idea and will so by train tonight.
| y line steamer left i4ourenzo Mar
qucz. Delasfsa Bay, today with 200
Rand refugees. Largo numbers were
left behind. and all trains are crowded
tWlth those taking part 10 the exodus
from the Transvaal.
| BCER CAMP AIT NATAL. ROWS.
! y dispatch from NolkS.ust SAYS the
Boer camp the Natal border now
comprises 5000 men and is growing
daily. The camp breat:ies a religious
! fclTcr The congnissarIat arms the
dispatch says. are detective. One of
the largest corps lay in the Veldt with
Yut shelter during a heavy thunder
STORM.
| Commandant General Joubert is mo-
Imentarily expected to assume command
| of the Boer forces.
| Confirmation elf yesterdays report Of
| thorities e500.0C0 in sold which was on
burg was received today
| Tho Cape Argus asserts that the
! Beers made the seizure at Vereenig-
ing. the amount being the weeks ship
mems Of gold on the way from the Rand
to Cape Town and forwarded the treas
ure to Pretoria.
a London news agency publishes a
dispatch from Paris saying it is runlor-
ed there that a semi-oif!cial exchange
tCf views rs proceeding between Russia
France and Germany with reference to
| the TranSVaal crisis.