The Warwickshire Herald. — 1893-10-05 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

THE TROUBLES IN MASHONALAND.  The latest official reports received in Cape Town from Mashonaland state that the Matahele are raiding around Lo Magundos, situated 60 miles to the west of Fort Salisbury. The natives report that the Matabele are collecting on the border in regiments. The special correspondent at Fort Salisbury of the Care Tines says that the public there are indignant at the present inactivity, and demand the prompt suppression with a strung band of the wholesale murders and other atrocities constantly being perpetrated by the Matabele. The following is an extract of a letter which has been received by a Dublin lady from her brother in Mashonaland. The letter Is dated Fort Salisbury, August I,lth, 103: "I am sending you a paper by this post; you will see we are to have a fight with the Matabeles very soon. Everything is settled; all we are waiting for are the horses; they will 54 here in three weeks, so we are likely to have a rough time of it for the next three months at the very least. The British South Africa Company are giving free farms and 20 gold cl.ims to all the fellows that will fight f, r them. There are about 750 men to right agaii.st about 10,000 Alatabelee. This row has put the ountry back about 12 months. Things were just taking a turn for the better when the Matabeles came row d Vic oria. We all hope here that alter this fight the country will go ahead like wilofir . This fight has been looked forward to since we came up the country, but nobody thought it would come as soon as this. Victoria is close on the border of Matabelelend, and when the disturbance arose all the people —(town and tarmermi—men, women and children —had to come into Fort Salisbury. The women are mostly Dutch; they had to sleep wherever they could—in the post.office and other offices. The men slept on the roof."  THE MISSING HUNGARIAN STATESMAN The sensitioeal stories from Hungary as to the missing Hungarian Minister, Herr Julius Bodnar, being traced to o,:end, and that a lady was mixed up in the inatter,are stated to be absolutely without foundation The English authorities and German and Hungarian Consuls have made every effort to trace the statesman, and they have had the assistance of a ..pecial Hungarian detective provided by the family. who occupy a distinguished position in their country. Herr Bodnar had risen to special distinction, and was sent by his Government on a mission to the Chicago Exhibition. There he became ill and ,ietermined on returning home, being advised by his medical attendants to get as much sea as possible. A reward of f.. 30 was offered, and a likenie.s oi Herr Bodnar is now in circulation in the Police Gazette. When the disappearance was first putilidied many clues and suggestions were male to the police, and very one has been followed without result A barber at Deal stated that be had shaved the missing gentleman, whilst another person stated that he had ridden with him in a London and Chatham train. Every drowned body washed ashore on the South Coast has also been critically examined, but the fact remains that since he was see,. on the deck of the Lahn in Southampton Wat r,. returning from New York, there has not been the slighteet trace of him. There was a large sum of money in his luggage, and that went on to Bremen. What gave the police reason to hope that Herr Bo 'nor was still alive was the absence of his toilet necessaries, but though they have not come to hand the authorities have a theory which fully accounts for them. The special detective has left SOUtliaMpton by the Latin for Germany, and all the authorities engaged in the matter in this country are of ol anon that Herr Bodnar must have fallen overboard unnoticed. Herr Bodnar was not seen in eompany with anyone on the Lahn, and on account of he state of his health, was eery reserved  A