Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-10-26
ABILENE WEEKLY REFLECTOR ABILENE KANSAS OCTOBER g. 89s-W PAGES

PROBABLE that ten. CronJe will not re-
sumo the attacs and will perhaps re-
tire altogether.
THE Beers SMELLING DUNDEE.
Cape Town, Oct. 23.--A dispatch has
arrived announcing that the Beers are
Smelling Dundee, east Of Glencoe, at
long range, but that their fire is inei-
I.
London, Oct. 24.-No news yet re-
ceived tends to dispel the apprehension
caused by Lord Wolseley's brief sum
mary Of the situation. A Pietermaritz-
burg dispatch says that the censor now
permits no message to be sent from the
front. Other dispatches represent the
Beers as boasting that Dund ee is abso-
lutely cut off and assert that despite
the British victories the situation is
still uncertain.
1t appears certain that the brilliant
victory at Elandslaagte was productive
OF no effect for the relief Of Glencoe
and the very reticence and brevity OF
Lord Wolseley's communication are
only too ominous. 1t seems to be
worded to prepare the public for bad
news and it is only too likely that Gen.
Yule has been compelled to abandon
the wounded and the prisoners at Dun.
dee because his force is too weak TO
hold the AZ miles separating Dundee
from Glencoe.
1t is expected that Commandant
Erasmus has by this time joined Com
mandant General Joubert and that
their combined columns amounts to
some 10000 or 1000 men, while the
Free State Beers, now threatening
Ladysmith from the east, and column
reported to be coming through Zulu.
land must also be reckoned with. In
short, Gen. Sir George Stewart White
has been unable to follow up his sue.
cesses and is obliged to remain at
Ladysmith without being able to re.
store railway communication, which is
probably broken at other points be.
sides Elandslaagte..
A dispatch to the Times from Coles.
burg, Cape Colony, says: 1.-THE situa-
ton to-day Monday is grave. The
Beers are $50 strong and will be rein
forced from Driekop. No defense is
possible. The town guard will re.
tire on Naauwpoort on the appearance
Of the enemy. The Driekop force is
estimated at 1900 men. The report OF
the fighting at Glencoe has been pla.
carded at Bethulie, the frontier town
on the east London lines, as a brilliant
Boer victory"
KIMBERLEY SURROUNDED BY BOERs.
London, Oct 24.-The Daily Mail
says 1t understands message was re.
ceived in London yesterday from Cecil
Rhodes dated at Kimberley, October 10,
declaring in substance that the inhab.
itants of Kimberley desired to draw
the attention Of the government TO the
need Of speedily sending reinforce
ments there, as the town was being
surrounded by increasing numbers Of
Transvaal and Free State Beers.
THE BOERs ATTACKING GLENCOE.
London, Oct. 24.-The Daily Tele.
graph has received the following from
Ladysmith, dated Sunday at $40 p. M,
1.-THE Beers, reported to be Q, 900 strong
and under the command of Command.
ant General Joubert and President
Kruger in person, are to-day again at.
lacking Glencoe. Gen. Yule, command.
ing our troops, has moved his camp
back into better defensive position"
GEN. cRoNJE CAPTURED.
London, Oct. 24.-The correspondent
of the Daily Mail at Durham, Natal,
says: IAN official of the Bonanza
mine, who has just arrived from Pre-.
toria, declares that while there he heard
that Col. Baden-P Powell, the British
commander at Mafeking, had captured
Gen. Cronje and 80 other Beers and had
killed $780,"
FAMINE ALMOST CERTAIN.
Koopmansfontein, Oct. a4-Parties
Of Kaffirs returning home from Jagers.
fontein to Kimberley are unable to OBJ.
tain food. Already there is a scarcity
of supplies throughout Bechualand and
Griqualand West, owing to the total
stoppage Of the transport service,
Famine is almost certain.
THE BOERs STAGGERED.
Cape Town, Oct. 24.-News has been
received from Dundee to the effect that
the Boer disaster at Elandslaagte stag.
gered the Beers completely, rendering
the attack upon Dundee feeble. There
fore there is no cause for anxiety.
KRUGER DECIDES TO sURREN DER.
Ottawa, Ont, Oct. 24.-The governor
general, Lord Mimic, has received a
cablegram from South Africa, dated
yesterday afternoon, to the effect that
President Kruger has decided to sur.
render.