The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-03
REPORT THAT The Beers
HAVE CAPTURED DUNDEE
Alarming RunOrS Have Reached London From the
TranSVaaI, But They Lack Confirmation.
Military Preparations In Active Progress at ArSenals In
Great Britain-AnOther Effort For Peace.

was a hoax. The circulars were issued
on official paper and many members
of the reserve presented themselves at
the barracks only to find that the order
was a forgery. The police now have
the matter in their hands.
An advertisement appeared this
morning announcing the formation OF
a corps of gentlemen rough riders pat
termed after Roosevelt's rough riders
for service in South Africa.
Fearful of a Raid.
Advices from Ladysmith, Natal, to-
day, say that 600 burghers have as
sembled at Albertina, in the Orange
Free State with the object of proceed
! ing in the direction of the border and
that it is feared raid on Ladysmith
! is meditated.
A prominent Englishman, DR.. Wat
son, has been Communicated at Har-
risnlith by the Orange Free State.
The Natal field artillery carbineers are
eneamped at show ground, on the road
! leading to the Orange Free State
Reports from Capetown declare that
an immediate rupture of the diplomat
ic relations between Great Britain and
/ the Transvaal is expected.
/ Quiet prevails at Cape Town, where it
/ is reported the Beers have reached La
/ ings Neck. The British at Cape Town
! express great satisfaction at the fact
/ that matters have reached a state when
a definite settlement of the difficulties
is inevitable.
The general drift of news indicates
that the position of the British troops
/ in South Africa is critical, owing to the
! delay in sending reinforcements, and in
I the event of hostilities. early reVerses
are regarded as probable.
The latest adviceS show that the
Transvaal mobilization has been rapid
and comprehensive. Many Beers, it is
said, did not wait to be Communicated,
but proceeded to the border spontane-
ously.
1t is calculated that the Orange Free
State already has 1000 men on the Dor
der Gable company officials at the
+ cape say it is impossible to reach Pre-
! toria over the Durham line. The Cape
! Town to Pretoria line is still working,
but it is glutted with official messages.
More Troops On the Border.
Advices from Cape Town say dis
patch received there today from
l.Charlestown, Natal, announces. that
eighty members of the Orange Free
State artillery, with six guns, have ar
rived at Volksrust, a point in the
IIansvaal close to the Natal border,
and that marquee has been erected
/ by the hospital authorities.
! The officials at Charlestown have re-
ceiNed telegram from the colonial sec
retary IN answer to an inquiry, in
structing them to remain absolutely
still and offer no resistance. The wo-
men have been leaving Volksrust and
the natives are leaving Charlestown.
The officials still remain, but are ready
10 leave at a moments notice. General
Joubert, the vice president of the South
! African republic and commander-in-
chief Of the Transvaal forces, has ar
rived at Volksrust and his presence
there will probably have a calming eff
feet.
The adviees from Johannesburg saw
no communicating took place there on
Saturday. Many of the Beers, it is said.
are anxious to leave, and many of the
young men are forming corps of civil
| IAN police and are acting in conjunction
with the merchants association. The
town is quiet.
Beers Are Insulting.
! A dispatch from Durham, Natal. timed
10;45 a m, today, reports that all
/ trains from the Transvaal are arriving
! tWenty-four hours late, having been
/ Obliged to give place to the Boer mill
! tary trains. It is added that the trains
which arrived last evening were packed
/ and that the station was besieged by
friends of the passengers The latter
! said they had endured great hardships
and had been subjected to insults by the
Beers.
The dispatch, continuing, says that
excitement is increasing at Durham.
I The streets are thronged with animated
crowds, and the impression prevails
th2t the Beers may commence hostili-
! ties today. Altogether over j, 900 Natal
volunteers have gone to the front
Trains from Lourenzo Marquee, Della
goa bay, are bringing enormous crowds
/ principally miners. A Boer commands
has arrived at the border town of Co
mantopoort.
The British government is chartering
a large number of steamers, evidently
for the purpose Of transporting an army
corps About forty vessels are to be
chartered, and the steamers Pavonia of
the Cunard line, and Bavarian of the
Allen line are among those already
taken.