The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-02-01
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General Butler VIII make ano'nef az
tempt 20 reiisHe the Pesiesed place. II
the Daily AaiTF report OF General But
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l4aoSsn'ish "'VA'" I WEEK, S'ule os WI
plicitly relied on news OF iurtner ser
ious fighting would be expected snort
~ But the papers are ioatn % oeiieSe
what the ST James Slasette character l.7ilsa
ICES "uaWarrenta5le aoaStins It true,
moreover me war once arrows e0la
water on Inc ulspa'eh TINS ettet'iU0h'
by issuing statement that 1t has no
news conhrmatory OF sueh a move "
General Buffers reported speech moi
cates. Yet. to-day's dispatches from
l.adysmith ana Cape Town give
thing more than rumor In all these re-
ports. So while all definite opinion
must await further news. II does not
seem at all unlikely that another aes-
perate EFFORT WIN be made TO succor
General White.
A dispatch from the Associated Press
representative at Spearmans farm
dated Thursday. January s5' describing
the night and retirement from spion
Kop. says:
I'VE filed down sadly but IN perfect
order. The colonel OF the Kings Royal
Rifles was struck down at the moment
u hellOgraph message ordering the re-
tirement was handed TO him. The en-
envy Is holding Thanksgiving services TO-
night.
"The surgeons who ascended the hill
were allowed to remove our wounded
The scene at the top was fearful and
terrible witness TO the destructiveness
of the artillery. An day our stretcher-
bearers were busy carrying down men,
NEW YORK. Jan. 5i.-The dispatch
from Cape Town, which quotes General
Butler as saying he hoped TO be IN
Ladysmith In week, Is discredlted In
London. The report OF hghting at
Crocodile pool dlsposes of the rumor
that the British had relieved Mafeking.
There Is no great enthusiasm in I4on-
don over the expected invasion Of the
Orange Free state by third British
army, for it is considered likely that
the Beers have planned a good defense.
Colonel Villebols- Mareuil the French
strateglst, has started for cOlesburg to
assist in repelling the British advance.
Confirmation has been received Of the
report that the chief Boer shell factory
in johannesburg has been blown up
For the present the British can do
nothing 10 help Lndysmith. Some ?x-
merits believe that General White will
try to cut his way out. He must either
do this or surrender, for his food supply
is almost exhausted.
1t is said that. upon the fall OF Lazy
smith. DR.. LeydS In Europe, and Mon
taeu White. in washington. viii appeal
for mediation.
The British public seem to have to-
tally lost confidence in General Butler
The next big news is expected to be
Furnished by the Beers, They have
doubled their energy Ir the Siege in
kimberley and may be expected to
close IN on Ladysmlth. There is no sign
except the anxiety Of this British cabi-
net that any hostile dsmonstr lion
against England is contemplated. Rus
m and FRANCE are sure to take adj
vantage OF England's helplessness by
grabbing territory in Asia. but the car
!. uvIng up to his reputation as the foe
q, war
Speclal to the Herald from Spear
mans Camp, Saturday, says: There
has been a long train of ambulances ar
living at the spearman's Camp field
hospitals with wounded. The Lanca-
shire brigade sustained the heaviest
'0s Tssro wa, NO panic, The troops re-