Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-01-01
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dispatch to the Daily Mail from
Lourenzo Marques, dated December
29th says; 1T is reported from Lady
smith by way OF Pretoria that the Brit
lsh are destroying their heavy cannon.
prior TO a final Sortle.
"The Transvaal agents here have
bought up all the available milk, SUI
gar and Coffee. They have managed TO
get large orders sent FOR shipment here
by French and German steamers.
Prices have advanced per cent In
Consequence and the stocks are, very
short. Something Ike a famine Is
threatened us the British government
Is stopping all goods consigned here
from the coast ports.
Several members Of the Volksraad
meet every steamer, doubtless to give
further orders. Portugal is doing her
best to maintain neutrality but foreign
opinion In LourenZo Marques Is gen.
orally in favor Of actively assisting the
Beers 10 obtain food supplies
Herr Pott. the Transyaal consul
general here. is losing Lloyd's agency
and the agencies for tie Castle. Union
and Bucknall steamship lines In con-
sequence Of the position he holds"
In the absence Of confirmation OF the
reported sortle from Ladysmith that
story IL dscredIted. No such hopeful
view can be taken as the BOer account
OF the Mafekng sortie seems designed
to convey. No word regarding any
such movement has yet arrived from
British sources and the feeling OF sus-
pense Is deepening as II Is feared Col
Baden-PoWelrs silence indicates mat
his position is becoming desperate
The dispatches from the front breathe
a confident spirit which Is by no means
echoed here. The latest LadysL.Ith ad-
vices show that the Beers Smelling Is
becoming deadly, while sickness and
ennul must also be telling strongly
upon the garrison.
The news OF the spread OF rebel
lion among the Dutch colonists and OF
the attempt OF Beers to cut the rail-
way at widely different points is very
disquietlng as bearing upon the safety
OF the extended lines OF communities
ton.
All the correspondents are beginning
to hint OF forward movement on the
the part OF Gen. Butler, the danger Of
which is indicated in dispatch TO the
Daily Telegraph from Frere, recording
the unfortunate failure OF two recon-
noissances. In one case the Boer lines
at Colenso were to have been bonn
barded by night. Mounted men drew
the Boer fire, and II was intended that
the naval guns should lombard. This
however. the latter failed TO do. ow-
ing TO some Misunderstanding, and the
accommodating party was compelled TO
founder back to camp, through the
wet and stormy night. marching In
mud and water and with the greatest
discomfort
According to the same correspondent
a similar fate awaited another recon-
noissanee In the opposite direction
Two attachments" says the dispatch,
"lost their way In the darkness. They
were unable to effect a junction for at
tack; they stumbled into water holes
and We're out all night. only TO return
drenched and disappointed in the morn
ing"
1t Is roughly estimated that there
are $4,000 Beers between Ladysmith and
Colenso. some 400 being on the south
side Of the Tugela river At all points
the enemy shows ceaseless activity.
A large number OF Americans are
said TO be finding their way into the
various volunteer regiments being
raised In Cape Colony. II Is also re-
ported that many Africans are arriv-
ing at Delasoa bay. having been ex-
PEELED from the Rand because they had
refused TO work the johannesburg
mines for the government.