The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-11-17
am JOUBERT DEAD.
Celebrated R0er Comm lnder
Mas Eilld NOV g.

ioudon Nnt i6 a dispatch rcccit
~ hrre today frpgn pieicrmatitzbrug
dated November ~. Says 10 n rumorei
there that General f1ct IOubcrf. com
mandcr ln chief of the llocr forcos. has
bc,.n KILLED ln action.
Durnn. sunday Nov Dc Tho Timcs
~ Eoaal publishes telegram from
Lyurcnzo Marques saying that General
goulrett waa kincd in action on Thurs
tay. November
SEEMS TO 1915 TRUE
f,puiou Nov i6 The most uurtlIns
n.-au from thr s,nt of war today iH lhn
report of hc death of General Pact
Iyuhaas. csfmmandor 500 ,'hicf uf the
il.sr fofraH Though fhe rcppr cpmee
trsm dinerom quarters lt obviously
lacks confirmation. a. thr Same rmc
usu,y p.uplo believe fhe report to be
A,si founded a. rhc FenDrtif death is
sad g. have sseurIfI Nu.Umher
shcn The uurr rncmon wefr under
sfo,i So be within 1000 yards of Lady
snnh A severe nghang hrutc-n the
10 atr.h anil flocrs fho same dAy has
sipro been reported SO ls regarded in
i,sne quarters na uuite possible thnf
gcn,ral Jouber1 always mctcd Gov
hia rcr,aoual cOuragc and coolnoss. may
nave dangerously cxppscd himself ln a
u-Tgpsnai rocunuoistnDe pf The British
g,psittsn NJ Jouir.rt Nerc r.auy killed
um thc battlefield 81 would seem uo he
ths attoHt doath for such a fgdmn1 soi-
der Even hts noos admit that De-
rrIfi,t equarely and hls aotion when
General sympns died in cabling his
sympathy Go the bcfy'ave,i widow. csi-
teolisnlci ln him high regard of aii
soldiers lf ls claimed that the druth
- I0ubcrt would hr likely to Head Go
enc usiOptlou by tho Bocrs Of boldcr
and morc active tactics CAS- % b. well
known. General Jouhfrt was a cautious
md conservative commander md chat
io had cousld rahic difhcuhy 500 re-
atranlng his hpthcaded followers
Tho drlhlcta ~ News thia morning
bring Information that tadyamth was
suu undergoing bomharimcnt ON sum
lay from forty-aN pouuders. while enc
british naval gums were Nient The
ilocrn. % consequently appears have
r,i m0rc heavy guns into position.
Nanle esther the British ammunition
hls given out or she British gunucre
az rsscrving their FIRE tn Wow of tho
pOor proRress made hy the bo,rcrang
BOra
BOERs WIN a FIGHT
Estconf. Natal Nov. is.-R.30 -. m
-rho Red Cross patrol. sent a. rccpy
~ iho kllcd ami wounded m the des
t1lctlon 81 the Brthsh ar7morcd train
"a Aack A six o'clock fhia evening th.
repcv7ed that on meeting the Bocr ptt
rF. he was halted and asked w'hat ho
wanted iIc replied that ho had come
Titli the truin 90 recover the hilci AND
wounded The Boora told him 90 MAX
hn request in writing and IN Brl,
foe colnpiicd
After waiting two hours another
ItDor caanc and Informed Dr Briao.
tliat. as General Ioubess was very fli
away. no answer 90 me request could
bs Furnished until tomorrow tn Botr
fud thnt IL Dr. nuatoo would then rs
turn with a White nag he could counl
upon reply from General IouhcH
Dr priHtoe enquired whether thcr
gcro many wounded The Boer rcpno,
that ho had heard there were about ssv
IN Tie declined % give any informn
uon regarding IAeut Winston Church
hi " has roinod nli dny and iH Ftl
rulnlng
1ac fate of the Dubliua and of Lirut
churchill ia unknown
Thc Natal Mercury describing thc en
eagcmcni, says
'1hc enemy apparently opened 6r
with q Maxim and two . poundcra get
ting che lunwc accurately Tho nra
was ~ severe chat telegraph wires lut
poles were destroyed Their gums wr..
Duaicd on a kople covered with brush
wDOd. and their ahaIpshootcrs wcr,