The record-union., 1899-10-13
LATEST FROM SOUTH AFRICA.
ARMORED TRAIN REPORTED
DESTROYED.
President Kruger Declines to Quit
Pretoria-Orange Free State
Loyal to the Transvaal.

CAPE TOWN, Oct. 13, 9:45 a. ma
dispatch from Vryburg says that an
armored train has been destroyed. 1t
is feared that much loss of life Will re-
suit. The news has been unofficiaily
confirmed.
1t is learned here that the Free State
traders have been heavily comman-
deered, and have refused to import
more goods, and it is expected that the
Beers will shortly find difficulty in OBJ
tanning coffee and sugar. The tele-
graph wires have been cut at Maribo-
go, forty miles south of Mafelling.
KRUGER WILL NOT QUIT PIE
TORIA.
LONDON, Oct 12.-In reply to the
formal inquiry of Sir Alfred Miner
Governor Of Cape Colony and British
High Commissioner in South Africa
President Steyn of the Orange Free
State, announces that that State will
make common cause with the Trans
vaal
President Kruger is credited with de-
clining to quit Pretoria, declaring that.
like a faithful Captain, he VIII re-
main on the bridge whether the ship
rides safely into the harbor Or goes
down into the deep"
Harry Escombe, former Prime Mn
lister of Natal, was among the last to
leave Charlestown. He still doubts
whether the Beers will really move into
Natal
Conyngham Greene, when bidding
farewell to the Transvaal Government,
mentioned the case of the Englishman
Robertson, who is imprisoned at Pre-
toria on a charge of attempting to
raise recruits at johannesburg for the
Natal Light Horse. His friends are
seriously concerned for his safety, and
on his behalf.
So far the news received thus far
shows no shot as yet fired. The dis
trict between CharIestown and New
castle, Natal. has an area of 250
square miles and consists chiefly of
hilly moorland, sparsely populated.
The Jacobsdal commando of the Free
State Beers is marching on the Modder
River
There is no abatement in the anti
English feeling on the continent. The
Times - Berlin corrac0o,,6an+ 5ooIox,,
that the German nation as a whole is
unfriendly to England and that there
would be rejoicing on all sides if Eng
land should suffer disaster or damage.
just as the people We're ready to re-
joice had America suffered defeat at
the hands of the Spanish
STEYN'S PROCLAMATION.
CAPE TOWN, Oct 13.-President
Steyn of the Orange Free State has is
sued proclamation to the Free State
Burghers, in which he says:
Our sister republic is about to he
attacked by an unscrupulous enemy,
who has long looked for pretext to
annihilate the Afrikanders. Our oeople
are bound to the Transvaal by ties as
well as by formal treaty"
President Steyn declares solemnly in
the presence of the Almighty that he
is compelled TO resist the powerful en-
emy owing to the injustice done his
kth and kin. Solemn obligations he,
declares, have not protected the Trans4s
Vaal against the annexation conspiracy.
and when its independence ceases the
Free States existence as an independ-
ent State is meaningless.
''The experiences of the past" the
proclamation says, shows that no re-
lance can be placed upon the solemn
promises and obligations of Great Brit
ain when an administration is at the
helm that is prepared to stamp treat
les under foot"
Poor Prospect of a Race To-day.