Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-02-24
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fEarly Dispatched
=. FEB. "a. l;l5 a. NM Bar
bnaon ,,resd in the house Of com,
H'ns ., n' news regarding Cen cron,e
% iaHn'' ,acslyed by the government
ID o's1 cent to the war office during
Re bad '' .aa he asserted that nothing
y. 7, some to hand there ..,,nobly
30 '"~ c.o,,e therefore, is presumably,
Gen tlVnyS, Ma other constructor
gl unpea ,',on the three days silence
= D'' srpmanly possible luasi sn,es,ation
3 y 'ssrrIpdons Of ms s''ua. i,st
De Cav morning, for him 70 r i,.i,h
gsinssOaG rsat Britain does not WIN
ons, u,yatlon for the yalor OF a iosins
I'm against such ODDS
MAGNIFICENT COURAGE
.ro,l,hmsn feel something IKE Ike pr ,Se
Ln,s even es foe, says tnr
o grVits W. I'm a position covering
Dily T .nuare mile hemmed In on an
eB ,,tiSd with a chain Of hre from
go w vsi and howitser, played OH
hns 'slS Iyddlte. bursting In us own
~, G sreen light his hasVly-p,u ua
h.A .cbss enfladed by a stream OF lsas
l -, down the river from the ioI, i
E w cen Cronje still elects 10 neh"
rsagnifcent courage
"" Cronies wife Is described by 'he
w. AZ urging him to surrender W
,a,r 10 save the lives OF his men, Du'
4, would not A. ,to,n-
Psi saws: From Boer dispatches
W ., v infer that Gen. Dewet mas
$3.50 a considerable force OF seat
80 Ro,rs al Petersburg, about hlteeh
W. southeast Of Koodoosrand, win
-1T Al relieving Gen. Cronje.
%, 4 probable that battle Is also
.dns In Natal. Any way there rs no
,-J tor alarm. II Is quite posslpie
Az sf,er the fight Lord Roberts may
\, engaged in pursuing the Beers,
s,l,b would take him away from the
esrsph line. ...a,r,
Possibly a big fight is proceeding,
is'l Roberts may be fighting from
1@ 10 1900 Beers. This would ac-
ysb, for the long silence, as an ex-
me has proved that the battles
erry some days. The Beers are ex-
IA, Al digging cover and Cronje, IN
desperation. may have risked sor-
ID the nigh"
Beers ARE IN DOUBT.
ne Lourenzo Marques correspondent
Ode Daily News ielegraphing Tues
hf saws: We are In a state OF DOUBT
nl anxiety regarding events In the
I'M State. We hear that the tele-
rs,h wires between Gen. Cronje ana
Eosmiontein have been severed and
De news from the front is conflicting.
-hha symptom Of the present trend
q events that storekeepers in the Free
safe have wired here, stopping the Tor
vtldlng Of goods. | learn that the
TranSaal government has f5,0Oo.OOO In
ssllon al Pretoria and Is coming $4,000
gyrelgns a month
he Daily Telegraph's correspondent
U Kimberley, in a dispatch dated
thursday. SAYS: II have had a chat
VIII Mf. Cecil Rhodes, who declares
hat no, half enough has been made
q The splendid gallantry Of the mount
4 troops mostly local men, in the nu-
meiou engagements fought during the
Investment Many OF the men, he
si me, had never used the bayonet
kt0rs and did not know how TO fix
cae Yet, In storming the Boer re-
doubts on November 25th and 2Sth, they
nllanlly charged up the ridges, hold
hg The rife in one hand and the bayo-
tsi In the other"
SAVE A lOO-PoUNDER.
The Daily Chronicle has the following
Dispatch from Kimberley, dated Feb
maly list Cavalry patrols that went
io'th 10 capture the Boer l00-pounder
isp'ri that the weapon has been taken
tyond Rlyerton station, drawn by
hliy'two oxen. The British cavalry
hy that they saw Boer parties. but
hey I'D not 20 beyond Riverton for
isaf of being cut of. They learned.
t'seyer, that the Transvaalers were
eng concentrated on the border to the
forth
A party Of Beers fired into the Brit
30 camp, Fifty thousand pounds OF
illlsln.
shortly.
w. & Chapman, with thirty men,
se guy for weeks agains. the Beers
kimberley"
Beers REPORT FIGHTING.
ihe following official war bulletin
= issued al Pretoria on Wednesday:
airport was received this morning OF
sanol Ire west OF Colesberg. At
,s'IIe'parg cannon firing commenced
10 the morning.
,aMg hight was expected today.
sst teiegraphed yesterday from
,1Goufg that all was quiet except
r,.ss cannon shots and small skir-
sues suss' Yesterday evening the British
tI'usu The federal positions as far as
.1-auser' but We're driven back.
a.. message from Cronje Is to the
- .hat his loss yesterday was four
wa usad and wounded. Dewets loss
.., Saoanlmander Fronoman reports that
sVruafy 10Th TO February goth
hb rs almost surrounded by the Brit
,,-,,,' me Modder river. when with a
ne river e" he O'ohe through
M ~ sunday there was a heavy fight.
Do, ~ ia ,lsh prepared to lay siege TO the
vs,s lager with fighting generals. We
MI. surrounded By $500 British. five
NJ ~, nom the chief lager. At night
q ss" NV. Vuf way through with the loss
n, ieh dead and sixteen wounded.
t,,ass's 70 The British was heavy. Yea
nssb ns we cut our way through to
h'oS Vr ,,l who was in the neighbor-
alsr tl'y-three prisoners formerly
y, nave been forwarded.
eorf,,,, exported that the British were
isissv ay attacking Koodoosrand yes
IA, n'lh Infantry and lancers. but
lo,t were driven back"
Tassisy~ e,nuen arrived at Kimberley
To- n ne win act as admlnistra.
sotiSv.A' kimberley district. extending
wlch mai 70 Orange river Col. Keke-
looal ~. remain In command of the
oess.s ,-. ,ses The issue o. siege so,,n
Beer thursday. There are sixty.four
.Nsoners there
WAT BuLLER is DOING.
s"pateh from ch,.v.,. 49,