The Saint Paul globe., 1900-01-06

-a AHPEAL- III
The Duchess of Marlborough, the
Countess of Essex, Lady Georgiana Cur
zon, Nine Won Audree and the leading
members of the imperial yeomanry hos
pital fund appeal, through the Associated
Press, to the people Of the United States
and Canada, in behalf Of their efforts to
equip and maintain hosIsral with base
at Cape Town.
FIRING AT LADYSMITH.
A dispatch to the Daily Telegraph from
Frere camp, dated Friday, Jan. 5, says:
There has been firing today at Lady
smith, and at Colenso. A strong caval-
ry reconnaissance, under Lord Bundon-
aid, proceeded westward this morning to-
ward Springfield, where firing is progress
ing.
There is a revival of the report that
the Beers arc short Of provisions Gen.
Buffers army is eager for the advance"
BULLER FEELING HIS WAY.
FRERE CAMP, Natal. Jan. 5-There
was a reconnaissance in force from
Chieveley this afternoon, with 1900 horses
and two guns, the object being to locate
the enemy on hill south of Hlangwano
Hill. Several shells We're fired. sup
plemented by the naval guns. The enc
my replied at long range, but did not
touch the British. Lord Dundonald, per-
ceiving a strong mounted force Issuing
beyond the British guns. with the evident
intention of coming round on our flank,
directed the forces to retire to Chieve-
ley.
The Beers hello can be seen working
north of Colenso to the Boer camp at
Umbdowan.
During the cannon fire farmers in the
valley can be seen ploWing complacently.
STEAMER MASHONA RELEASED.
CAPE TOWN, Jan. 5.-The supreme
court has ordered that the British steam
er Mashona, Capt. Johnston, which left
New York on Nov. 8, for Algoa bay, laden
with flour for the Transvaal. and which
was captured by the British gunboat
Partridge, be delivered to the claim
ants, upon giving satisfactory surety and
that the portion of the cargo claimed as
prize be stored in the custom house ct
Port Elizabeth upon surety approved by
the authorities. The prize cargo con-
sists OF 1900 bags of flour. The Mashona
will proceed to other ports and discharge
her unclaimed cargo:
COLESBERG NOT OCCUPIED
RENSBURG, Jan. 4-Celesberg has not
yet been occupied. The Beers unexpect-
edly attacked the British left at day
break this morning, but We're repulsed.
They occupied hills to. the north of the
town, but were eventually driven out Of
their positions, after an hours shelling
by our guns The British loss in to-
days engagement was light, while the
Beers are reported to have lost 100, in
Guiding twenty prisoners who were taken
by the mounted infantry about midday.
SENSATION SPOILED.
LONDON, Jan. 5.-An investigation
made at Osborne, Isle of, Wight, where
Queen Victoria is at present, shows there
is no foundation whatever Tor the story
in regard to an alleged private messenger
sent by Emperor William to her ma
jesty. .t,ts..F
TRANsvAAL SHERIFF ARRESTED.
CAPE TOWN, Jan 5.-The Transyaar s
high sheriff, Juta, while attempting to
sail for Delagoa bay today, was arrested
here. He was subsequently, paroled,
SEIZURE OF THE BUNDEsRATH.
BERLIN, Jan. 5.-The seizure of the
Bundesrath remains the dominant topic
of the German press. Influential papers,
like the Berliner Tageblatt, Cologne
volks zeitung, Berliner Neuste Nachrich-
IL,
semi official Berliner Post, strongly hint
at the possibility of Germany's forming
an anti-British coalition with Russia and
France.
The anti-British feeling Is clearly grow
ing. A. series of anti-Brttish- demonsrra-
tions In the various cities is being organ
lied by the Pan-Germanie league.
A prominent official of the German for
eign Office who was interviewed this even
ing by the correspondent of the Associat-
ed Press, said that Great Britain had not
yet answered Germany's request for an
explanation of the seizure, but that the
reply was expected In the course Of a
few days. The foreign office, according
to tais official, has not yet concluded that
Great Britain is trying to ride rough
shod over Germany
The Berliner Tagebla tt has dispatch
from Papenburg, Hanover, the home Of
Capt Muhlmann, of the German bark
Hans Wagner, of Hamburg, which was
seized by the British. at Delagoa bay on
Dec. q, saying that the bark had powder
and dynamite in her cargo.
WILL BE WITH BoERS.
LEAvENWoRTH, Kan. Jan. Capt
Carl Reichmann, Seventeenth infantry,
just appointed as the United States mill
tary attache with the Boer army. is from
a distinguished German family. He came
to America in 1881, and In the same year
at Fort Leavenworth enlisted In the reg
ular army as a private. Within three
years he passed to the grades of corporal,
sergeant and second lieutenant, and
since then his promotions have been in
the regular order. He was graduated
from the Fort Leavenworth Infantry and
Cavalry school with the class of 'S9, and
after few years was assigned to duty
at the school as an instructor in the
department of military art
RED CROSS BoER SERVICE.
NEW YORK, Jan. 5.-Recruiting for
the Red Cross Boer service goes on in
New York A. Simon, who Is in charge
of the movement and whose headquarters
Is cigar stand, says that when he ad-
vertised week ago for nurses to enter
the Boer service he received abolt 500
applications in one day. and that the
applications are coming in at an aver
age Of fifty a day. Altogether about
LOCO men and women, the majority Of
them men, have gone recently from New
York to South Africa.
TAMMANY WITH THE BOERS.
NEW YORK, Jan. 5sAThe Tammany
Hall organization of the Seventh assem-
bly, district last night passed resolutions
which declared that the organization
"sympathizes with the Beers in their
struggle against foreign invasion and op-
preston and sincerely expresses the hope
that, notwithstanding the, great odds
against which they are eontending, the
God who presides over the destinies of
nations will prosper their arms and
lead their brave soldiers from victory to
victory"
PLEADS JUSTIFICATION.
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