The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-25
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Continued from PARE one.

Continued from Pare One.
Iourenzo Marquee, telesraphing yester-
day, and dealing with the lawlessness 6f
the low class of Beers. who are getting
beyond the control of ti1s government.
ana the better class IL ofifciais who are
honestly DESTROYS OF protecting life and
property. says:
MY informants are convinced that the
only way to save the Rand from the fury
OF the rabbie Is to cut on the retreat Of
the Beers iii the direction or J6flannes-
burg. The hot bloods among the Beers
are convinced that the war u due to the
capitalists and that the only revenge pos
sibie is to dynamite the mines"
noer Camps Unaanitary.
A correspondent Of the Times at Mod
der river teieEfaphing Tuesday shys:
''The reports OF deserters agree that
the situation Of the Beers at Magersfon-
tein Is becoming unbearable. because the
camp Is unsanitary. enteric fever is
the other hand. the health Of the British
camp Is satisfactory. although THE grounr
has been exhausted by thesiohg eflcamp-
ment and trees have been cut down by In
sect pests and dust storms"
Travel to Transvnal stopped.
A dispatch to the Daily Mail from Lour-
EMO Marcnez dated Wednesday. says:
"This morning all passengers booked for
the Transvaal were stopped by govern
ment order. with the exception Of the
members of the Russian ambulance corps.
who proceeded by special train"
Curious Denial Made.
The secretary of the British South Afri-
can Company has Just given out q curious
denial of the statement that the company
Is purchasing large quantities Of rifles
and saddlery for prompt delivery in South
Africa. He admits the purchases, but
says they were made by himself in his
private capacity. and adds they were only
for the equipment OF the imperial yeo-
many. There was q growing impression
that the company was concerned in the
purchase.
Boer Accounts of Fighting.
A dispatch from Pretoria. dated Janu-
airy Is. somewhat modified the dispatch of
january %. from the Boer iaager. cabled
the Associated Press last night. It says:
-Four or five times during the day the
British replaced their weary soldiers by
fresh ones. The Boer casualties to date
wounded. Our men are in excellent spir-
its. There is a large slaughter of British.
Gen. Botha is now in sole command. Gen.
Cronje having been sent elsewhere"
The same Dispatch evidently referring
to the situation at Colenso. says:
zone of the large Boar Maxims was
temporarily disordered. but was soon rel
paired. The British north camp IL in
confusion. People are observed trekkine
aimlessly in all directions ~ "
No News to give Out.
Shortly after IL o'clock the war office
announced that nothing further in the
way of dispatches would be given out
during the night.
Warren Occupies Spionkop.
LONDON, JAN rs, sA5 a. m.-The war
office has received q telegram stating
that Gen. Warren has occupied spionkop.
Herman Military Opinion.
BERLIN, Jan. Alderman press tacti-
clans are almost unanimously of the opin-
ion that the situation of the British forces
around Ladysmith is desperate. The Ber-
liner Tageblatt prints a Brussels special
claiming that Sir Charles Warren has
been signally defeated. A military writer
for the Kreuz Zetung says the movement
to relieve Ladysmith has failed, rendering
the British line OF retreat endangered. "
German Bark Released.
The German bark Hans Wagner. stopped
on December 10 In South African waters
by the British gunboat Fearless and or
dered to go to Port Elizabeth to unload,
after leaving the contraband specified by
the British authorities. has proceeded on
her way to Delagoa bay, being the last Of
the seized German vessels to be released
Bombardments Have Ceased.
KIMBERLEY. Jan. 2s.-Bombardments.
have ceased, but the Beers are perpetually
engaged in shipping. Long Cecil" is do
ing excellent work and Cecil Rhodes has
personally fired several Shells from the
gun.
British Transport Disabled.
CAPE TOWN. Jan. 23.-The British
transport Cymric has been dispatched to
assist the transport Manchester Corpora
ton, reported on January 10, In latitude
south and longitude 8 with two Of her
propeller blades lost.
All British to BE Expelled.
LONDON, Jan. 24.-The correspondent
oe the Times at Lourenzo Marquee tele-
graphing Tuesday. says:
y 1.-THE wholesale expulsion of British sub
jects now remaining In the TransvaA Ii
expected next week.
THE French liner Gironde has arrived
here, crowded with military looking for
eigners bound for the Transyaal. These
include fifty Russian ambulance men,
with Germans, Frenchmen, Italians and
Greeks. Herr Potts, the Transvaal consul
general here, has arranged for their con-