The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-11-06

AhNA NfN We ff'fN fiffW.
Nes york. Nst "A dispatch q, the
Herald from Amsterdam. oys
one Newspaper office has been
ihr0nged uil day hy inquiries for infor-
nation about the report tliat Lady
smlih has been taken This rumor 81
heard on ever eide although ti ia hard
to aay on what is la founded
COLENs}o ABANDONED
London Nov. f-lf is ofnclaiy an
rsauaed that th. british hava etacuat-
rl Coenso
Tho war ofHco has iasdcd fhe follow
Hrg announcement.
Tho colonial office has rDcsved in-
formation tr the enect that trs British
troopa have Withdrawn from c0ienao
and have CpnceUf rlfed frther southi
but ne have no news of ans engage
meui boz that negui'0rhoo-i
OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
London Nov.. The fo,loeins ofhc-
,ai announcement has been made hy the
war ufnce.
$50 news has hecn rcocived from
Tadyuuith un 60 o'clock this nter-
moon We therefore presume maj th"
wire is slli interrupted "
Tn spife ~ aieurc the officials ~ the
war office lo uof credit the various
rumorl 10 to the poaitiOn Of tlie gerri-
sor and no grave anxiety a. felt at
present regarding the abuhy ~ General
White go hoid MS own.
Tho war ofhce al noon rriay am
nounced that uOthing had been received
rhcrc in any way mOdifyrng the state
mout ISSUED yesterday aftern0uu. say
lng shat bclatel dispatches from Lady
smith were coming through
A dispatch o. thc Exchange Telegraph
company FROM PietermaritEourg says
I.adysmith ia umet and another dis
patch from tho ,ssme plass says NUM-
boas ~ women and children icft Lady
smith yesterday evening on " passenger
train c-pr,ried hy an armor-d train.
4 third dispatch 60 the ENchaugc
Tceglaph company. dated Cape Town
November I. announces chat enc Beers
haye entered Cape CoIouy az uoryal-
apru.t des0ying several bridges
Tho Briush troop ship papidnn which
aail,i for south Africa Eovemb,r I.
from Liverpool is returning iu "a dam
Urel condition having encountered
yesterdays storm. She elgnailed thm
her horses we're dying and three boats
were stove in. She ls going 90 Iaycr-
pool to De rcntted
London. Nov. f-rho Exch,nse Teie-
graph com!"ny. later. corroborttcd its
T-otcrmaritzhurg iatcr. Eoyrmhor So
thcy llae wmincanCc
EXPERTS EXPLAIN
London. Nov s-The fact tng che
Brtls IA war Office has received 40 news
81 the situation at I4adysmith seems 90
ofectually dispose of yesterday Con..
unental rumors OF General Whfe'a cap
itulatlon and kindred stories a.. 30 thc
general had sustained "a severe reverse
there la mo- reason o. believe out that
General Ioubcrt would be- only TOO glad
to forward General whites official an-
uuuncemcnt OF the faot 90 me nearest
telegraph station. while % 10 added had
news of such "a serious character reach
ed t f1r. m government n CiTher r
would undoubtedly hnF. ueeu promptly
conveyed to the British government A.
the MoEamb.que cahie h atu broken.
t iH Impossible tor any uncanaored
messages tu reach Europe with the cz
eepuon of me dispatches of foreign
governments and iu view ot the FACE
that ln important victory would be o.
the Tcatest moral Assistance CD tnc
Beers DO seems obvious fhal th- Duf
symplthlzcra would make aurh ar oy-
ent known aa sooa GA posuble Th. ear
office is NOW making every euiatpnr
n communicate with Indysmti So
news mlg arrive AZ any mumort IN
tho meantime the best opiui0n ia aatis-
ii,.t that ~ General White keeps street.
Vs. uu the defensive he VIII be abia e.
hold his own. The British experts smile
at the Boer plan ~ campaigu which
contemplates s,.lzing Durham ln order ,o
prevent the landing ~ BRITISH troops
there
COLLIN sO'S FALL
I-sndon Nov G--'rhe evacuation 81
/ Colonso b. undoubtedly a most serious
matter fOr the British in Nami os ,t
not only tcstifies 90 She clmpiete ,r
vcstmcnt of Iadysm.th by Vie tio,rs
but makes the relief ~ Genera Sir
Ccorg, stewart white an extremely
difficult operation.
Colcnso Is thc point where enc rail-
way from I.adysmith crosses the TuEe
lat river which ~ now IN Hood. The
town itself b ~ small importance. Il