Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-30
NEAR LAOYSM|TH
The Beers Arc Gathering in
Large Force.
DEPENDS ON GEN. WHITE
His Resources and Judgement Will
Settle the Fate of the TOWN.
Censorship is Becoming More Rig
Or0us--B0erS Capture Mules.

London, Oct. 3O.-The position at Lady
smith, without being alarming, is su1ti-
GENTLY dangerous to excite anxiety. EV1-
IDENTIFY the Beers are trying to repeat
their Dundee tactics. Roughly estimated
they have 1000 men as against 10000
British. General Sir George Stewart
White has better artillery, but his is of
lesser range. The delay in the Boer at
tack is reported to be due to the nom
arrival of Commandant General Jou-I
bert's column. This has given the British
Il much-needed respite after their recent
! eNertions. Everything, it is now consid-
cred, hinges on General Whites resources
! and judgment. Nothing is known re-
garding the progress of defensive works
for the protection Of Ladysnith.
The censorship is more active than
ever. According to the Daily Chronicles
correspondent the new regulations limit
the number of words allowed for press
messages to one-fourth the number al
lowable before
Farmers in the neighborhood of Lady
smith have left their farms and stock at
the mercy Of the Beers and are congre-
gated in the town. TWO guns the Beers
have MOUNTED are powerful weapons.
They are the ones used in Smelling Dun
d,e. and it is a matter of considerable
surprise how they managed to transport
such heavy pieces.
Again it is reported that Prehldent
Kruger, accompanied BY General Joubelt,
Is at the front in 4 s~plendidly fitted ira
yelling wagon. The Standards cores
pondent at Ladysmith, telesraphins sat
urday, sends a statement that the Beers
have captured 1900 mules, a loss that
must seriously inconvenience the British
transportation. The attempt Of the Beers
to cut the railway at Pietermarltzbuis
WAS frustrated by British cavalry.
The Mife of Creenral Jan hpck has ar
rived at I.edysmith under a flag Of truce
to nurse her wounded husband. AH the
u~nWounded Boer prisoners have been sent
10 Durham to prevent any ATTEMPT at
rescue. The explanation Of the alleged
Boer massacre at Dundee appears 70 be
that a portion of the town guard, al
though fairly warned by General iule be
fore his retirement. continued to carry
arms and thirty of them We're shot before
the Beers discovered who they We're.
The body of William Penn synons was
buried without a coffin shrouded in the
Union Jack. Among the papers found
upon him was a telegram from Lady SE-
/, mons conSratulating MIN upon his sue
! cess.
) Later accounts of the first battle an,
; the evacuation of Dundee do not give
I those affairs a roster hue. Owing To the
, Smelling of Glencoe camp the telegraph
operators We're compelled to scanpe
4 with numerous unforMarded dispatches
4 When the Beers entered Dundee they in
) dulged in general looting of stores. bu
? apparently did not modest the populace
{ In the first battle the Beers captured
8 the Maxim of the Eighteenth hussars
) but only after the entire crew OF the CUR
4 with one exception, had been disabled
The servers effectually damaged the CUR
: Only two officers of the staff of Genera
= Sympns came off without a wound.
Again it is asserted the moment tn
ROYAL Dublin fusileers reached the sum
NIT Of the kopja at Glencoe. the Boer
showed a white flag and asked a truce
bury their dead. The British %artiller
was ordered 10 cease firing and the Hoel
took advantage Of the cessation to retrea
en- maSSe. Otherwise they would NAY
been annihilated.
The correspondent of the Daily Mail 9
J L~aaysmitla, t~alegraphirs Sunday, DIES
= cribed the arrival of the balloon there o
SUNDAY. 1t was welcomed. he says, Wit
Wild dances by the kaffirs. VINO reSai
it as a deity. General White ana Ger
alal Archibald Hunter both assembled o
y - y n4io y
= position. According to the latest rt
Ports from capetoWn. General Joube'
has Joined hands With the Free sta
. forces ard there has been some outpa
= fighting. President Kruger has arrive
q al Glencoe.
4 There is no fresh news from the ives
K ern rontier. The miners are still Worl
I ing at Kimberley, where there are pr
visions enough to last nine months. 4
! ell Rhodes has mounted and fully euui
. ped q town guard of 400 men at a co
A Of E15,0O0.
The Durham correspondent of the Dai
Mail says: "It is reported on the a
= thority of the British residents in Pc
. dolanl that the Pondos are in consta
Z communication with Durban and III
K they are anxious to help" The hous
x hold guard, it is announced, nave recei
ed orders to form a composite regime
~ for South Africa, including the First Ii
. guards. Lieutenant Colonel Lockha
4 commanding, ruartered at Windsor. a
K attachments of the Second life guart
"a Colonel the Earl of Bundonald. col
< handing and the Royal Horse guar
= Lieutenant Colonel Brocklenhurst co.
manaing. The medical eEaminati
4 was begun yesterday and it is expect
= that the regiment will embark in abe
a week. Emperor William wired a ia
we'll message to the Royal Dragons,
which regiment he is honorary colon
saying: May you all return unscatf
and we'll"