The Yale expositor., 1899-10-27
TICKINGS OF THE TELEGRAPH
News of the Day as Told Over the
Slender Wires.
DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN NEWS
Ah Interesting Batch of Newsy Items
From the TransvaaI Battle Fields
They are Taken From British Dis
patches and May be Exaggerated.

patches and May be Exaggerated.
The chancellor of the exchequer, Sir
Michael Hicks Beach, made a state
ment in the house of commons at Lon
don on the 23l on the question of the
expenditure entailed by the Transvaal
war. In part he said: "AS British
colonies had been invaded, he consid-
cred it to be consistent with all the
laws of war when it was brought to Il
successful termination the Transvaal
taxpayer should at any rate have to
bear part OF the cost"
fierce battle was fought between
the British and Beers at Glencoe,
Natal, on the 2Jth. The attack was
after hard fight, lasting until 1880
p. m. the Britshers succeeded in rout-
ing the enemy and capturing their
artillery. The British loss was $50 or
300 killed and wounded while the
Beers suffered Il loss of 500 or $40.
Mrs. Fred bingham. OF Belleville,
Ont, has presented sillicn flag to the
Bellevlle detachment of the Canadian
contingent going to the Trausvaal and
promises the Belleville man who plac es
it on the walls of the Pretoria Jail,
where her husband was confined by
the Beers during the Jameson raid,
shall receive the finest gold watch pur-
chasable in Canada.
1t is estimated that from II 900 to
10, 900 Free State Beers are watching
the passes in the Drakonberg range
from divers Hook to Collins Pass
They have pushed few patriots down
the Berg, but hitherto the main force
has not debouched from the actual
passage, which is being intrenched.
Secretary Chamberlain, in address
ing the house of commons on the 10th,
used such strong language in defense
of his conduct that the speaker made
him withdraw some of it. He was
condemned by members of the opposi-
ton, but the vote showed big ma jor-
ity for the government.
Notwithstanding the fact that fund
of gas, 900 has been raised for Trans
vaal refugees, in London, a petition
has been addressed to the lord mayor
asking that fund for the widows and
orphans of heroes of the war be opened.
At Ladysmth on the 18th the only
thing that saved the British from fall
ing prisoners was the timely work of a
Maxim gun, which held the Beers in
check and permitted the enemy to re-
treat to u more comfortable position.
In a second attack on Glenc oe on
the 22d 800 Burghers were killed and
wounded. The Beers were compelled
to make n disorderly retreat over the
plains, many prisoners and horses be-
ing captured.
A special dispatch from Cape Town,
dated Oct. 18th, SAYS n big battle has
been fought at Mafeking and that the
Beers were repulsed, losing 300 men
| against Is Britishers killed.
The official London dispatch says
that the British casualties at the bat
tie of Z andslaagte was 20 killed and
175 wounded; grand total, 247. Ten
men are also missing.
Word has been received of big
slaughter of Beers near Mafeking,
when 500 were led into death trap
and the mines exploded at the hands
| of the British.
The 21st Essex, Ont., Fusil iers will
be entitled to send eight men of the
900 that the Canadian government
will send to Britain's aid in the
! Transvaal.
Elandslaagte, n Boer position, was
taken by the English on the ed. II
/ is reported that they also captured the
Beers camp equipment, horses ant
wagons.
The house of commons by a vote o.
27l against 81 on the goth decided &c
appropriate $4,000, 600 to be used in
the war against the Beers.
Best estimates obtainablc places thC
Beers loss. during the first engage
,nent at Glencoe. ~ 400 killed.