Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-16
Beers TRYING TO
CUT OFF DUNDEE.
Their Forces Now Within Twelve
Miles Of that British Post
HAVE 1000 MEN, iG GUNS.
Advance Of Orange Free STATE nurzh-
ers-No More Fighting via
Meeting In London.

ers-No More Fighting VIA
Meeting In London
Capctown. oct iG.-Tho Orange Free
State troops have cut the telegraph
wires ana destroyed the railroad track
at Noryalsnont. just across The Orange
Frco state southern bordcrt
a dispatch from Dundee. Natal. says
Horr commando. estimated at 900
men. with 10 field guns, has reached
Dnnnhauscr, northeast " Dundee. with
the probable intention Of surrounding
dundee and In cutting on the rirrl-
son from communication with Glencoe
nnd Ladysnlith.
II m rlpposod this force lH CONE
mandcd by Commnndant Viljoen aud
comprises the German gunner.
The rest Of the Giorr force from New.
castle ~ believed 20 be marching
around Glencoe 10 sever IT, conucc-
tior with Ladyumith.
A. the refugees In Capotowu threat
On 10 become troublesome aud have
looted iHd frobhed number of lead
inr Dutchmen. there Il some txpcrtn-
ton thar martial law Will be- proc
claimed.
London, oct iG-The gradual cutting
on of outlying points nt the scene of
h1stIiueH On South Africa from toIo.
graphic communication reduced the &C.
curato news obtalnnblc 90 minimum.
Thus fa'. however. no reliable lnfor-
mti',u has been received Of any actual
lighting Except at Krnnlpnn and occa-
gl1thl exchanges of shots at VARIOUS
ouiposth. There 10 no lack Of oircum-
atanuai stories REGARDING lighting at
various points. but these are scarcely
published before they are denied. Tho
only salient facts In this mornings tcis-
grams ore that the Hocrs have nd
vanced beyond Newcastle and formed
a laager near Dnnnhauser. about ~
miles north Of Dundee. aud that KIM
barley Is isolated and probably involted.
Kimberley has thus become the linz
mediate center of lntcrert The last
mosaigc rom Kimhcrieyl prior q the
cutting of tho telegraph und the rail-
way by the Beers. said.
AN the troops az Kimberley are
wcll.'
As there arc 5000 troops. thcrc f. ilt-
de- anxiety for the safety or the town
especially aH the Boer force Is said to
De only Of about the anmo strength.
Many stories OF brush lighting a.
that point urc In circulation. but ale
though the forces are likely TO have
come Into contact. an alleged details
must DO regarded as premature and
speculative. especially o. the report De-
TRUE that the orange Frec State troops
are now lu complete possession ~ the
railway from Kimberley TO Orange rive
cr 20 miles AWAY
THE alleged yirulonce OF the nocr ate
tuci1s upon MufCklng and Kimberley
can readily be- understood when O. D.
realized init Icchunualand IT, TO the
Beers what AIfuOg- Lorraine D. to
France. 10 10 therefore probable that
both towns viii bs forced 60 undergo n
luug and drtury Investment before the
British ufu ln a position 20 send re-
lleyiug Culdmn. on tho other Side OF
The country the bosrH are closing
around The British uutpustH and have
already come Into touch with them. and
exchanged shots. Therefore more
ritflng uCws IL expected,
Adylcgs from Cupetown relate that
excitement o. Kept up there By cease
Ices reports az battles but that iltf'.
uncnslutas M visible in official clrptcs.
whore The cpinion prevails that Mnfc-
king aud Kimberley are safe, II d.
thought too. that the Roers are not
likoly To attack Nryhurg In nechuana-
land. owing To- the fact that the popu.
d HH.H d. -.
n D. assumed that the refusal OF tho
Rpew 10 accept battle IN Natal last
week. when Gen, Rlr NDorrc White al d.
vnnced and cndeHNurcd 10 draw them
through Van Reeunn's Pass. indicates
,heir unwnllngnesa Go commence hose
ulitiCs.
ON me other hand the Beers are prob-
aniy TOO ustuto 90 play the nritisn
game at the risk of uu engagement rn
GROUND whore artillery could be brought
into play and cavalry moved rapidly
The morrow city streets adjoining
the Geld Hall and stock exchaura
were crowded to-day The immodlite
occarlon was tho melting conyeno. hy
the lord mayor OF London, Sir John
Noce ioorc. TO declare the confidence
OF business men IN the city proper IN
the South African policy Of the govern
mont.
Hundreds Of tho members OF the
stock and wool exchange and OF the
greet banking and underwriting firms
curinod a procession in front Of thor
various Offices and marched 10 the
CLild Hall, singing the national airs
ana waving faga accommodating msesnf
az tTuotu at every turn, ih- Grnd
Han was packed with people. a band
stationed IN the orchestral gallery Ted
Oh In pa'rl, nc abs, which Vcra taken
up Ay the audience, amid tho waving
" nuinhtrleas union Jacks
The lord mayor and stan Wa, loud.
~ choer-,i 90 arriving and the hume -
President Kruger provoked storm OF
"poohs,'
A resolution cxtolllng the premier.
Lord Salisbury, and the secretary OF
state Tor the colonies. Mr.. Chamberlain,
was proposed by the lord mayor. soc-
onded BY Sir John Lubbock. unionlst
member OF parliament for London uni-
veralty. ana enthusiastically adopted.
Patriotic demonstrations took place
today at Birmingham, crewe and other
towns.
Tho South Atlantic Transport COM
nany. which gave Tho United States a
transport shin FOR hospital purposes
duflur the war with Spain. has now of-
forcd Great Britain q similar vessel
The admiralty has GLADLY accepted the
shin. which n named the Maine