Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-11-16

the arrival there of the tropships Ar
menian and Nubia. This brings the
total number of reinforcements up to
1902, of which about 5000 are al
ready on the way to Durham. Nine
troopships, carrying 1900 men, are
due at CapetoWn today.
Joel Joins Beers.
Maaseru, Basutoland, Nov. 14.-In-
dications are that Chief Joel of the |
Basutos will join the beers, who are
likely to annex a strip of the northern
territory of Bastuoland. Other chiefs,
however, are staunch and there is no
cause for alarm.
No News In London.
London, Nov. IA paucity of news
from the front still leaves the chief
interest centered in the arrival of re-
Inducements. Estcourt dispatches say
that heliograph communication has
been established with Ladysmith but,
so far, no news has been received, the
latest date being Nov. 9Th, which
shows that the occupants of Ladysmith
have had no news of the outside world
since Gen. French reached PETER
maritzburg and that they were puzzled
at the inactivity of the beers. Every
one was confident and cheerful but all
were suffering the inconvenience of
siege, bread selling at three shillings
per loaf. Col Baden-Powell's dashing
sorties at Mafeking has encouraged
the hope that the British garrisons
along the western border will be able
to hold out. Cecil Rhodes is employ
ing 5000 men, white and
black, at Kimberley in roadmaking
as remedy for restitution. Accord
ing to a dispatch from De Aar, the
beers at Kimberley have the exact
range of the mines and are constantly
throwing shells at the dynamite huts.
Several of the latter have been blown
up and the damage done to the mines
already amounts to many thousand
pounds Among the stories from
Brussels is one that Gen. Joubert and
Gen White have been endeavoring to
negotiate for the capitulation of Lady
smith but have failed to come to terms.
Lord Salisbury and Lord Wolseley
were guests of the queen at Windsor
castle Monday night.
Why They Surrendered.
Lourenzo Marques, Delagoa Bay,
Nov 14-Father Matthews, who has
arrived her from Pretoria, says with
reference to the surrender of the Irish
fusiliers and the Worcestershire troops
af iah 50 Mol hot Oft 10
mules stampeded, the force was hard
pressed by the enemy but would have
held out had not some subordinate,
without instructions, hoisted a flag of
truce on his own responsibility. Moth
ing then remained but the surrender.
Hensley Reconnoiters.
Estcourt, Natal, Nov. 14.-Delayed-
An armored train, with a company of
royal Dublin fusiliers, started at 1870
o'clock Thursday afternoon and
reached a break in the railway line
about a half mile from Colenso with
out accident Captain Hensley and
several men reconnoitered and met a
native, who said the beers were occupy
ing the town. While the conversation
was in progress, the beers opened fire
from Fort Wylie but did no injury.
Captain Hensley thereupon retired to
the train and the fusiliers vOlleyed on
the fort. AS there was no response,
the presumption was that the beers
had retreated. The armored train re-
turned here IN safety at o'clock. Cap
tain Hensley learned from the native
that the beers were numerous on the
Ladysmith side of Colenso. During
the afternoon, there was cessation of
the bombardment of Ladysmith. A
heliograph was working from Fort
Wylie.
HicksBeach Autonomy.
London, Nov. 14-Sir Michael Hicks
Beach, chancellor of the exchequer,
speaking last evening at Bristol, said:
I'VE must establish there a pure, hon
est government on the basis of equal
rights and on something more enduring
than paper safeguards. Subject to this,
we should give whatever self-govern-
ment is possible in south Africa No
one desires that great country to be
governed permanently from Downing
street."
Chicago to Help War Victims.
Chicago, Nov. 14-Boer and English
soldiers alike are to be made benefi-
Charles of Chicago philanthropy Ehe
Holland societies have arranged a
benefit for the men fighting for the
Transvaal and, at a meeting held in
the arbitration room of the board Of
trade Monday, arrangements for a sub
scription list in behalf of the widows
and orphans of Britons who fall in
south Africa were perfected. Only
Chicagoans born in the British possess
sions will be invited to contribute to
the British funds. The money col
1ected will be sent to the Mansion
house fund at London.
England was charged with treaty
breaking and cruel oppression by
speakers at mass meeting at Central
Music hall under the auspices of the
Holland society. Addresses were de-
livered by President D. J. Schuyler of
the Holland society, DR.. Thomas, Will
liam Hocke, Judge Kavanagh and Prof
J. 7. Bergen of Holland Mich. Reso-
buttons were adopted denouncing the
English policy against the beers and
extending sympathy to the South
African republic
Sympathy for Beers.