The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-22

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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
ing with a sucking child was shot through
the breast while among 100 women ana
children. An explosive H-pounder sheh
burst IN The lager piece n 1ra ,,se,l IN
caused blood poisoning and he fingered
several days in agony"
Capture Of n British Convoy.
The Times has the following from Lou
renzo Marquee, dated Feb. r.
According to a Boer account Gen De-
wit claims TO have captured In an attack
upon the rear guard OF Gen. Frenchs coli
umn, 1870 wagons OF provisions ana aflthuh-
ition, $500 oxen and afty-eight men
No More Danger of n Rising.
A dispatch TO the Times from Cradock'
dated February ~, says:
1T is believed here that al danger Of
colonial rising is at an END.
crouJe's omcial Report.
PRETORIA. Feb ia portion OF the
official report from Cronje. dated SUNDAY
has been given out as foliows.
Yesterday morning. about D O'CLOCK
while removing the lager near scholtz
mex, we were attacked by the British. The
fight lasted until 7:30 in the evening. Al
though on the whole the British were driv-
en- back, they each time resumed the at
tack. The loss TO the British must have
been considerable. Thus far the Boer loss
has been eight killed and twelve wounded
This morning the British shelled us with
Mt
was too small to stop the cavalry from
entering Kimberley"
Further OmciaI Reports.
PRETORIA, Feb. 3o--Offlcial reports
have been received as follows.
commandment Steyne says that on Sat
urday and Sunday. near Foodoosrand, he
fought the British, who tried to encom-
pass Cronje's lager, and drove them OFT
They fought until late Sunday evening.
The Beers had one man killed and one
wounded. and captured booty and twenty
one horses and mules. Gen Dewitt says
that on Sunay afternoon he arrived be-
fore Paardeeberg and Foodoosrand, In
which direction there had been heavy fir
ing since morning. He stormed several
kopies. which the British vacated, leaving
their dead and wounded and forty prison.
ers in the hands of the Beers who CAR
ture the kopjes. The Boer loss was two
killed and four wounded The fight lasted
until late In the evening"
Beers Evacuating Natal.
BERLIN, Feb. 2l.-The Tageblatt pub
fishes special dispatches from Brussels
which say the Transvaal legation there an
nounces that all the Beers are evacuatng
Natal their positions in that colony being
no longer tenable. Gen. Jouhert, II Is add
ed. has ordered a concentration of ali avail
able forces to oppose Lord Roberts. The
al af .1xsts asQfH uffn he VaIu
and Butler viii enter the town ut the end
OF the week
Inauiring Into Seizures.
LouRENZo MARQUEE. Feb. 2O-Cait-
ed States Consul Hollis has sent circular
letter to merchants here, stating he IL in
structed to inquire into recent seizures OF
merchandise from New York. He requests
information as 10 the actual ownership of
goods. the reasons given for the seizure
and other matters pertinent to the subject
and says he Is prepared to receive sworn
declarations of the parties Interested
Buffers Report.
LONDON, Feb. 81 An p. m.-The war
Office has received the following dispatch
from Gen. Butler;
sChivelcy Camp. Feb, 81
THE fifth division crossed Tugela todey
by a pontoon and drove back the enemys
rear guard. our twelve-pounder siiencing
all the enemy's guns
Canadian Losses at Modder River.
TORONTO, Ont. Feb. a.-A special to
the Globe says:
The first Canadian contingent was en-
gagged at Modder river sunday and eigh-
teen OF the regiment were killed, sixty
wounded Among the wounded was Capt.
Mason, of Toronto The Canadians forded
the Modder river after nights march,"
Linz Omen ktnherley.
NEW YORK. Feb d.-The Angio-Am-
erican Telegraph company today issued
the following notice: From London We
are again informed that kilograms may
now he accepted for Kimberley, but only
at the sender's risk"
Cronie Reported Surrounded.
CAPE TOWN, Feb. "A special cor
respondent of the Cape Argus says. Gen.
Cronjc Is surrounded az Paardeberg Drift
but "a Offering stubborn resistance. Tho
British are Smelling the Beers vigorously
and expect 10 capture the whole force"
More Canadians Leave.
HALIFAX. n. s.. Feb, 1.-THE last de-
tachment Of the second Canadian Con-
tingent for South Africa. consisting of
more than 80 officers and men and nearly
the same number OF horses. sailed from
Halifax today. The men were given an
enthusiastic scud-on
Conspicuous among the decorations OF
the transport Milwaukee was the Stars
and Stripes beneath the British blue en-.
sign at the fore. This Is a most unusual
circumstance.
WARNING FROM THE CAPE.