Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-10-16
BOBRS AND BRITONS
The Lord Mayor Of London Holds a
Meeting to Hurrah for the
Government.
TELEGRAPH WIRES ARE CUT
Reports from Natal Are That Many British
Have Joined the Boer Invaders
Warning Is Issued to Brit
ish Subjects,

cape Town, october l6.--The Orange
Free State troops have cut the tele.
graph wires and destroyed the railroad
track at Norvalspont just across the
Free States southern border.
A dispatch from Dundee, Natal, says
a Boer command estimated at 1000 men
With sixteen field guns reached Damn.
hauser, northeast of Dundee, with the
probable intention of surrounding Dun
dee and cutting off the garrison from
communication with Glencoe and Lady
smith. 1t is supposed this force is COM
manded by Commandant Viljien, and
comprises German gunners. The rest of
the Boer force from New Castle is be-
lieved to be marching around Glencoe
to sever its connection with Ladysmith.
As refugees at Cape Town have hooted
and mobbed a number of leading Dutch,
there Is some expectation that martial
law will be proclaimed.
London, October 16.--A gradual cut
ting off of outlying points at the scene
Of hostilities in South Africa from tele-
graphic communication has reduced the
accurate news obtainable to the mimi
mum. Thus far, however no reliable
information has been received of any
actual fighting outside of Africa ex-
cept at Kraaipan, and an occasional ex-
change of shots at various outposts.
The only salient fact in this morning s
kilograms are that the Beers have ad-
vanced beyond New Castle and formed
a laager near Dannhauser. about twelve
miles north Of Dundee. Kimberly is iso-
lated and probably invested. As there
are 5000 troops there, little anxiety is
felt for the safety of the town.
Durham, October 16.-Two extraordi-
nary gazettes have been issued. The
first proclaims martial law at New Cas-
tie, Dundee, the Kip river, Unsiga and
the Upper Tugila divisions. The reason
given Is a belief that Natal subjects
have Joined the invading Beers and as
sisted the enemy. The other gazette
commands British subjects to remem-
Der their obligations to the queen, and
warns them to abstain from intercourse
and trade with the Transvaal or Orange
Free State.
London, October 16.-The narrow city
streets adjoining Guild hall and the
stock exchange were crowded to-day.
The immediate occasion was a meeting
convened by the Lord Mayor of London
to declare the confidence Of the business
men Of the city proper in the South At
rican policy Of the government. Guild
hall was packed with people. A band
led off in patriotic airs, which were ta-
ken up by the audience amid the wav-
ing of numberless union jacks. A reso-
luton extolling Premier Salisbury and
Secretary of State for the Colonies
Chamberlain was proposed by the lord
mayor, seconded by Sir John Lubbock,
Union member of parliament, and en-
Enthusiastically adopted.
London, Oct. 16.--The war office is
sued the following note this afternoon
with respect to the situation In South
Africa: The dispatches received do not
point to any material change In the
situation. Small bodies OF Beers are re-
ported to have crossed the Natal from
tier at various points. Entrenchments
are said to have been thrown up at Van
Beenan's Pass.