Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-01-26

4. IAN ss-Gen. Butler reports
h De British casualties January "a
vrs. Six officers, eighteen non
,--i..oned officers and men.
r,.,1ed. Twelve officers and one
,,rl and forty-two non-commis-
IA oacers and men, thirty-one men
sag e.
I, BuIlers dispatch is dated Spear
=, camp, January 2s, 1925 a. m,
,,,,. has been no delay in the COM
-,s,Ions passing between Gen.
4, and the war office, The killed
u, Col. Buchanan Riddell, of the
y, royal rifles He served In the
4, var Of 1881. 1t Is not clear
MINER ,he casualties include those at
I. Kou or only those resulting from
sshdng prior to the spion kop
rrneni.
sosably as an immediate effect OF
receipt Of the news Of the abandon
!, o. splon Kop by the British force
y, Gen. Sir Charles Warren orders
h been sent to Aldershot TO have the
nh cavalry division in readiness to
lark for South Africa early in Feb
|ay.
A far as the general public is con-
rei now that the first flash OF dis
yMulmeni Is over II takes the news
:cAay. When the newspapers bearing
Il plicards containing the words
slsa Xop abandoned appeared IN
Il STREETS the people rushed to buy
BE- Japsrs and from cabmen on top
hnpln cabs TO business men hurry
b edwards, all could be seen scam
rg the news with dazed expressions.
b. sns Of pleasure which were visi-
everywhere yesterday have now
IVA place to wave OF depression,
uhsre have been no outward demon
rstcis or scenes In the west end the
srtlu with which the bad news trav-
saNas remarkable.
A'tv minutes before II o'clock this
'ning the dingy war office had a de-
r'n appearance, only few reporters
Z Messengers being visible. A few
iiiis later, however and almost
a'lianeously with the posting of Gen,
-'Fs dispatch, carriages and cabs
y rolling up, people with anxious
~ fastening to the notice boards,
ne Hobbies soon became congested.
WEED back" "sheled out, ! sup
Great heaven he's had to go
These and similar expressions
heafd on all sides, and with down.
eunlenances the long stream OF
n made their way back TO the
~ while their places were occupied
'I afternoon newspapers only brief
sQnment on the situation. preferring
rst fuller particulars.
~ 81 James Gazette says. 1--WE
gay a the beginning"
Westminster Gazette suggests
ns abandonment Of Spion Kop
e -sg mean more than that a mis-
=. !. q the Kop. '
~ raj Mall Gazette expects that
.',shee viii again continue as II
=. WIN a series Of PUSHES; "a kopie
!, y a'Is nalf a mile gain there. and
= V shsll have IN short TO fight our
~, y 'ee rescue by hardly won
~ ladysmiih nevertheless viii be
\, IN S' Os, says i Is assured that the
d ~ s.., wv lace the situation calmly
~aey with the firm determine.
yrsss forward unflnchingly I'm
q al Obstacles" s' :"
- editorial the Westminster "a.
All his afternoon.
~, ~ associated Press said Warren's
n. ~ WAS was Provisional"
h an, "'ssunlnsler Gazette's remark
1''ss out BY George W smallevis
Ss HnisoolaIed Press takes care that
49, ., nol over estimate Warren's
|t,,,l s ssusssesling that II Is only pro-
tfsn ss that there Is the usual dis
49, " London to exaggerate the
n. 's NY, o. the point scored . " '"e
~, u "sss,,mlnsier Gazette then pro-
h M, zen. n. ,hd us own course. pointlnp
.s over facts 'O'' u ueciihe
~ matter u fact Gre., p,,a,,
aels,Ir.a , ,I 'he point gained was more
tsrs INA. man II really was, hence the
n B,,t,s,.glsion o. feeling caused nv
3h,s,s's announcement ~ ~
$s,k,, ~. Of Splon Kop cons,asr
y. A., A +. Beers who held the Y pasi1,nn
PM /, As British casualties IN re-
n r,,s sullng the subsequent at
bal vain, "savy and that the STRAIT
.ects,,a,..t0 q ne poin, had sim to he
(ai rsss there never was ~ sn Nv
hi t .,,Sa Toy Throwing up b hats any amy
go.sSlss i,t Particulars arrive i,r' !, ana %
nsis 40 q estimate to what sr r. y
: u SS.lssls.Bppointmen, is justit s.
b res uSsseni vas dictated by ,. strs,e
>, Ssl'.s unless t s0Ss y., The position
ss.s an snd discovering his U YEP plant mt
tor ~. SS'1ts TO attempt I 10 So asc ,So
,ss e., more Profitable ascent Ell else Is
sissssa, may be the exalapa,,on q,
uA 4 'S s,1 Of SpIon ' Kon hv ,S o.
way nos uSu1 s,ao. have the same