Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-02

burghers. were dispatched yesterday
Saturday, amid terribly pathetic
scenes. Thousands ~ refugees. white.
Mnluya and iSnfiira. have gone 10 the
Cape IN open trucks Strict orders have
been issued 10 the Boer commanders on
the frontier to restrain their men from
firing The rains have begun 60 fail
and plenty N forage VIII soon be OBJ
tninable."
The Capetown correspondent " the
Daily Chronicle SAYS Almost every
Afrlkandcr In the Cape House Of A.
scmbly IL actively engaged IN political
life. ana almost every minister u the
Dutch Reformed church ln the COLONY
has relatives In the uuor forces. J. vs..
snucr. the commissioner N public
works, has several unclpr who have
been Communicated. and Mr.. Hofmcy.
~. the AfrIkander leader has nearly
@ score of relatives IN the Trnnsyual.
a painful line ~ cleavage between
british and Afrikandors lH already
manIfesting Itself"
The special correspondent of the
Morning Post ut plotOrmnritzhurn,
Gays ~ understand that Commnndnnt-
General Joubort viii not command in
the field. lie Intends 20 return to Pre-
toria. Ills hurried visit 10 the front was
60 hold the young lioerr lu check
SchllkhurEer ~ the Executive Council.
Will command the Beers on tho Dclngoa
BnN frontier
Not the falntest hint IL allowed 10
escape a. 10 what diplomatic communi-
cations, n any. are passing between
London aud South Africa 80 far as the
public II concerned matters have not
advanced since Friday.
u IL noticeable that not even the
brussels agency % the Trnuavnai Ruv-
eminent has yet issued Mr. KrugCrr
latest note 90 the prose. The silence
maintained on both sides IL regarded un
omluouH
From South Africa the ncwa Do wholly
concerned with fnvprlsh preparations
Tor hustliluca. Communications
Ioubert h reported 10 have said that
he has 10000 men on the Nntal'bOrdcr.
and that Commaudnnt CruulC has 5000
on the Bcchunna side.
The british camp In the vicinity Of
Dundee consists u 5000 men. with
twonty.four guns. IN etronr positions.
The orange Free State ~ actively com.
Wandering Tho TrnnHvnnl govern
ment has virtually taken over tho
Netherlands railway Tor military pur-
poses. and Natal trains are being
turned back. Telegraph wircs between
Natal and Johannesburg have been cut
since Friday
According to dispatches from Pre-
torI,, complete chaos roiFna there The
government has declared a moratorium
ian emergency act OF legislation uu-
thoHzlnu a government bank To- auH-
pend specie payments Tor a given PEE
Rod, closed al the cuurtH ana aua-
pended the English papers, II II said
ALONG the borders by this tMondAyl
that there viii be- nearly $1,000 hurFhcrs
along the borders by this Monday
evening.
In johannesburg warrants have bccn
issued FOR the arrest Of some nfty
prominent uitlandcra and journalists
but all received timely warning and got
away safely.
An udconnrmed rumor has reached
johannesburg that the fret portion Of
the Indian contingent has arrived at
Durham, Natal.
The special correspondent of the
Daily Mail at Pletermarltzburg. Natal
describing train journey with
lioer command. says The burFherr
were hilarious and insultcd the passon-
gers. and fired from the carriages at