The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-12
CLOslNG OUT THE
TRANSVAAL WAR
Some Guerrilla Fighting in Which
the British usne. ally
in.

LONDON. Oct. 4.-Lord Roberts
wires:
Hart returned to Krugersdorp Oc-
tober LIST. He has been thirty-three-
days from his base, marched $40 miles,
was in contact with the enemy twenty
nine days. killed an unknown number
and captured ninety-six. The British
lost three killed, three prisoners ano
twenty-four wounded. Hart brought
back 1870 head of cattle and 2Sl sheep.
Butler has returned to Leydenburg
from Spitzkop with a thousand sheep.
There are skirmishes with the Beers
daily but they are small affairs.
The Dublin Fusileers made a night
assault with the bayonet on a Boer
lager between Pretoria and johannes
burg and captured nine men, mostly
important Beers who have troubled the
district.
"a party of Beers have penetrated
the southern part of Orange River Col
ony. entered Dewetsdorp and wepener
Detaehments are after them
TRANsvAAL IN AUGUST.
WASHINGTON. Oct. Am interest
ing picture of the Transvaal and Free
i
had passed over the country, is present.
cd In a report TO the State Department
from United States Consul General
Stowe at Cape Town. dated August 17th
last. He had just returned to the Cape
from trip, through the two republics.
lie says that for hundreds Of miles all
the wire fencing Is down and cannot Se
used again. The posts have been burn
ed for fuel and must be replaced with
iron posts, owing to the scarcity of tim
Der. The blowing in progress is limit
ed. compared with former years and
there will be a large market for Ame-i-
can cereals. BY March. 1901. agricul-
tural machinery will be wanted.
Il Meat and live stock will continue 10
be imported johannesburg had only
three days supply % meat when Mr..
Stowe left the town. While the Beers
who have returned are anxious to get
to work several months must elapse
before things settle down to a normal
basis. The Government is building q
new line Of railway from Farrismith tC
connect with the Orange Colony sys-
. TEN. so that the Netherlands Railway
! with its 200 per cent dividends will M
longer have a monopoly In the Trans
vaai There will be a big demand fol
bridge material and electrical machin
cry and supplies.
Lord Roberts has appointed an ad
: visory committee to assist him in tn
reopening Of johannesburg and secur'
the return of mining population. upoi
1 which the prosperity of the town de
. ponds. IL rs questionable whether al
E undesirable element common to al
mining towns will be allowed to return
to johannesburg.
: AMERICAN SUPPLIES.
CHICAGO. Oct. "A special to tn
}. Record from New Orleans. says:
4 The British army headquarters i
n this Sity are TO be closed within tn
: next Few days. Since the English Off
J, GERS wers sent here in August. 1899,
!, purchase supplies. 1900 horses and AZ.
. 900 mules have been shipped from TIL
!. port 90 Cape Town as well as larg
: quantities Of forage and other sup
: plies. the pay therefor being about $40
I, 900 900 In English gold. Several thou
) sand Americans shipped as volunteer
z on the transports for South Africa an
q many of them joined the English arm,
! The sailing last night of the big trans
y port Montezurna with horses and mule
for Cape Town has practically termin
10 ated the work Of the headquarters.