Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-12-29


Asia, high Official dec la-ed in pnrr
"There is no objection to stating tina
the understanding had by Great Brit
ain, Germany and Portugal refers onl,
to Africa and leaves Asia out of the ac
count.
LONDON, Dec. 0.-Acoording to q
dispatch received from Ladysmith
dated Wedn esday, Dec. 20, the heo
then was intense. being l0i degree
fahrenheit in the shade. There wer
many cases OF enteric fever In the tow
at that timo but not enough to cans
alarm. On the other hand, reports iron
Boer sources on the continent assert tha
typhoid fever is epidemic In Ladysmith
The Modder river correspondent o
The Daily Chronicle gavo an explana
ton of sudden rifle flro inexpl;cab
opened from the Boer trenches. Il
said:
"The Boors have wires stretchc
along the ground in front of I'll
tire nches and connected with lamps.
wire be touched n lamp is ox;lu
guishcd, thus giving warning. On.
night u high wind extinguished lnmp.
which resulted in false alarm. Th,
fro ceased when tho Beers discoy ore
shat tho alarm was false"
A correspondent OF The Daily New
NJ ktnro camp announced that Il tram
way Is being constructed from the rail
way 10 n hill commanding the Boet po
Sltion, and !hat along this the Brtisl
will conrsy i,savy ynns.
A disph.ch 10 Tho Daily Mail from
?ieter,ua-i,zburg. dated Saturday. Dec
-. said IN pnr,:
"Gbanks To tho services Of contiucnta
officers. tho character OF tho cainpaigi
has changed. We are no longer light
jnS foo who relies upon guerilla tau
sieo, put we have to deal with what /,
rapidly .hceomiD1 u disciplined army
enjoying the advantages OF knowing,
tho country ana OF selecting tho scene
OF contest without the u6rdeus Of u
cumbersome comu.isiaiat.
"Tho Beers have converted tho hills
noar Colenso into iortrnsscs OF Immense
strength. Everywhere tney havo splen
did trcnohes, many OF them bomb proof
Tramway lines permit the shifting nj
guns with astonishing riDii!ty. Tho
inuiu positions ara coEnuctsd with the
outlying positions by underground pas
sages ana the forts proper bristlc Will
machine guns that command the up
prOaches. Probably mines nr8 laid.
zone hears less nowadays about ioci
shells not bursting. Observers OF ia,
Calenso fight say the Boor shell liru wa,
very effective. This is due largely {,
the fact thnt tho distances nrc marked
oiY with white paint"
OAPE TowS, Dec. GA man named
Green, u former sergeant major OF the
British balloon department, lis mons tn,
Boer prisoners captured ut Magorsfon.
tein. lie deserted from Aldcrshot IL
1893. He said there were $4,000 Beer,
at Magersfontein, 2l 900 of whom wrr,
engaged the day of the battle, The BoeI
losses, no also asserted, were very
heavy, the trenches being full of dead
Green further declared that II tho ut
tack had been pressed the Beers woult
have yielded.
CHiEvELEY CAMP. Natal. "Wednesday
Dec. 27.-A heavy Boor gun on Bul
whana hill fired steadily upon Lady
smith throughout the morning. Lady
smith did not respond.
The enemy having been again de
teoted attempting to improve tncil
trenches facing General Butler, tn,
British heavy guns opened upon then
and the Beers scampered back into TIA,
hills. The British patrols sighted th'
enemy in force on the extreme loft
Nine Beers were killed in skirmisl
that followed, and six Boer wagons
were captured.
LONDON, Dec. 20.-The war Office 70
eeiyod dispatch from Cape Town
dated Dec. ~, containing the following
"Mothuen reports as follows: AT 0:3l
yesterday evening the Beers on tho Routl
side OF Magersfontein opened yer,
heavy fire for some time, This morning
the naval brigade 10 accommodating in