The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-13

LONDON. Jan. Is, 4 a. m.--Gen. Buffers
twenty-eight words announcing his for
ward movement on Thursday Is interpret
ed as meaning that he has passed around
the western end of the Boer lines at Co
lenso and Is now several miles behind
them, within fourteen miles OF Gen.
Whites outposts at Ladysmith. The Boers
a few days ago had forces with guns at
Springfield. where Gen. Butler dates his
dispatch. These commandos have been
obviously dislodged. either by fighting or
by maneuvering. the Beers retiring across
the Tugela as Gen. Butler advances.
Important Operations i'm Progress.
From Gen. Buffers dispatch. coupled
with the fact that unonicial intelligence
from the seat of war has virtually ceased
since Monday, the deduction is drawn that
important operations are In progress, as
he cannot move far without going against
the Boer intrenchments-
Disease i'm Ladysmith.
The death list from enteric fever and
dysentery at Ladysmith, averaging from
eight to ten day, is considered more Sc
rious than the 40 casualties of Saturdays
fight, as 1t indicates the frightfully unsan-
itary condition OF the beleaguered town.
A letter from Lladysmith. dated December
Z says that even then ninety out Of the $40
men in the battalion Of which the writer
Is member were sick with dysentery or
enteric fever. and. according to dispatch
to the Daily Chronicle dated January s
the patients and attendants in Tomb
camp. where the hospital is, then num-
bered $500.
Enthusiasm Over volunteers.
Remarkable scenes OF patriotism were
witnessed in London last evening. after
a short service held for the volunteers in
st. Pauls cathedral. The vast audience
was slow to dispense. Ladies stood up on
their chairs, beckoning and calling to their
fathers sons and friends in the ranks, the
latter signaling back. A scene Of great
animation ensued. The organist introduce
ed few bars of the national anthem in
concluding the voluntary. The effect OF
this was magical. First the volunteers
and then the congregation took up the
strains, and the vast cathedral was filed
with enthusiastic song. Demonstrations
were renewed by the immense crowds OUT
side. st. Paurs churchyard and Ludgate
hill were black with people, and 1t was Inn
possible for the volunteers to march. In
ranks by their friends and admirers, who.
raised them on their shoulders and thus
carried them down Fleet street TO the tenn
pie. Those who escaped hoisting proceed
ed slowly, surrounded by clinging women
Afterward, at the various theaters where
the men were entertained, and yet later.
on returning to the barracks, these scenes
were renewed, and the streets were filled
ttt .t<xht -.
No Americans Accepted.
Mr.. Reginald Wynne, chief of the yeo-
manry recruiting office. says he has re-
fused numerous offers made by Americans
for services. Only British subjects are all
lowed to join. Consequently. he says, the
report that several American Rough Rid
ers have enlisted In the yeomanry Is in
correct Some Britishers, however. who
are alleged to have seen service in yfS0
American army, have been accepted.
Duke of Marlborough viii Go.
cepted by the war office for service in the
yeomanry.
Mr.. Chamberlain has received kilograms
from Ceylon showing that the legislative
council Of the colony has voted to send LIS
mounted men to South Africa.
Strength Of the Boer Army.
An apparently well-informed correspond
ent OF the Morning Post says:
''The Beers strength. originally 5000, In
now heavily augmented by Cape colonists
and the enemy's fighting forces may be es-
tiinated fairly at 100000 men and 26 guns
The Beers are not compelled to guard their
communications. Their grass is good, the
crops are growing vegetables. cattle and
sheep are plenty. and game is abundant
storm Fills the River.
LONDON, Jan. 12.-The Daily Telegraph
has the following dispatch, dated January
9. from Freere camp:
"A heavy storm has been raging all
night, and there is every prospect that It
viii continue The roads are impossible.
and the rivers and spruits are full
There has been no firing at Ladysmith
or CoIenso. The trenches must be filled
with water. The Beers are holding Mount
Iiangwano. but they are certainly quite
isolated, as their bridge over the TugeIa
must have been carried away"
Buffers Brief Dispatch.
The war office this morning received the
following dispatch from Butler, dated
Springfield. January II. go p. m.
81 occupied the south bank OF the Tugeia
river at Potgietcrs drift this morning and
seized the point. The river Il In hood.