Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-20

the south. The simultaneous Boer move
mens frcm Acton Homes from the west
and from Rorke's drift and Helpmakaar
from the east, may indicate projected at
tack upon the railway below Colenso. The
movement from the cast also suggests an
attack on the railway at Waschbank be-
tween Ladysmith and Glencoe.
Military experts are inclined to the opinion
that the troops at Glencoe are only form
of guard left to attract the force under
Commandant General Joubert, while General
Whites full strength is concentrating at
Ladysmith with view of attacking the
Orange Free State force while General
Joubert is still forty miles away.
Stories of British successes in the Mafeking
district are so persistent that in the absence
of contradiction from Boer sources they
may be accepted as true in the main, al
though the alleged killing of 300 Beers Is
discredited.
Crobjc Hns Flower of Army.
General Cronjc's troops are regarded as
the flower OF the Transvaal forces and de-
cisive fighting must occur on the western
border. If, as was intimated in last nights
dispatch, reiefs are approaching from
Rhodesia, it will thereby not be long de-
layed.
Apart from the desire to gain an initial
advantage by capturing Mafeking, and
thereby attracting the Dutch colonists, the
object of the Beers in massing in Bechuan
aland is doubtless due to the fact that this
splendid stock country is full of CATTLE and
as 1t is only sparsely settled would give
the Transvaal a route by which to import
arms and munitions by way of Walfisch bay,
Damaraland on the West African coast.
A dispatch from Pretoria asserts that the
Trap aol has rahlp6 IN nh
B. Robinson, the millionaire gold mine
owner and chairman of the South African
Banking company who is now in London,
to return to Johannesburg on pain of con-
fiscation of his property. Mr.. Robinson
characterizes the alleged threat as ridiculous.
He says he is a British subject, that the
Transvaal government has no right to de-
mand his return and that his property has
not been and cannot be confiscated.
Portugal according to a dispatch from
Berlin, has given distinct assurances of it's
neutrality. A continuance OF commerce
with the Transvaal by way of Delagoa bay,
is therefore secured
Almost everything is now in readiness for
the departure of troops from Southampton
tomorrow when five TRANSPORTS each carry
M, the others following at intervals of half
an hour.
Captain Ncsbitt Wounded
Advices from Capetown. dated yesterday,
say that the governor of the colony, Sir AL
fred Miner, has issued proclamation pro-
hibiting the importation of all dangerous
explosives.
According to private information received
here from Bloemfontein, capital of the Or
ange Free State, President Kruger tele-
graphed an account to President Steyn of
the affair at Kraaipan, where the Beers de-
rallied and hOn rdnd ha ch
train carrying Captain Nesbitts party Mr..
Kruger said that Nesbitt and seven men
were seriously wounded, that no one was
Killed and that all the prisoners were we'll
According to the same advices a Dutch
farmer living in one Of the border towns has
received letter from friend in the Trans
vaal referring to the Mafeking affair as bad
business"
Report All Well nt Kimberley.
CAPETOWN, Oct. ia dispatch from
Kimberley, dated October II, says: "AlI Is
well here. Colonel Hore engaged the Beers
at Mafeking October IA with great success
Mafeking was still safe on October l5."
A special dispatch to the Caps Argus re-
iterates the statement that in the fghting
at Mafeking Colonel Hore repulsed the
Beers, inficting loss of 300 men
The Cape Times publishes the following
dispatch from Kimberley: Reliable in
formation from Mafcking says that an ar
mored train, while reconnoitering north of
the town last Saturday, engaged 500 Beers,
who suffered heavily.
Colonel Fitzclarence's column foied the
Beers, inflicting severe less. The British
casualties were two killed and fourteen
wounded, two severely"
Complaints OF Boer outrages upon the ma
tiyes continue to arrive. These serve
further TO innama tho pacutos a,a c,,,,,
Yesterday $50 Basutos from Johannesburg
arrived at Burghersdorp, Cape Colony, and
alleged that the Beers had robbed them
wholesale.
Delayed Telegram.
LADYSMITH, Oct, 1S,-Noon-(Delayed in
Transmission)-A cavalry patrol below
Tintwa pass had brush with the enemy
yesterday. The Beers opened with artillery.
but retreated on the advance OF the Fifth
Lancers.
DURHAM, Natal, Oct, 1S.-(Delayed In