2 PREPARATION IN TRE NAVY HURRIED (Continued from Page One.) say that the searchlights of the Kimber ley defences were visible the prwitwi* night and that therefore, Kimslierley is still MltttOt. The latest dispatch from KknaN'i'ley gives details of the avnmgwwpnbs nutde „y the British eomniander. Colonel Keke wiohe, 'for the defense of the town. The meat consumpt ion is limited to a pound daily. A dispatch from Maseru, dated October j 24th. says Commissioner Lagdeu was j then starting ho meet Lerothcdi and j other Boswto chiefs at Putiatsni UAwr. win re the chiefs have asstsisMed at the request of Ijerothodi to pledge their loy alty to the Queen. A dispatch from Dnrlmn dated Ooto- Ikt 22nd. says authentic information has i reached then 1 from Molnurth, Zululand, j that on Sunday a large Boer force was approaching. The in habitants forthwith entered Fort Maxwell, anticipating an attack at dawn on Monday. According to a Brussels dispatch. Or. Loyds, the diplomatic ograt of the Trans vaal in Bnrope has issued a statement that the Boers have now nearly 100,000 men in the Arid, made irp as follows; Boer regular. 35,000: artillery, 1.250; j I*dice. 1.700. Orange Freejjhate Boers, including Out landers. 3T>,000; Natal Boers. 3.000; Ihs hnanaland and Rhode- j paan Boers. 8.000; Foreign legion. 000: American 4.00(1; Germans. 0.000; I>utch- Belgians, 2.000; Irish. 1,000; Seandina vkins. 000; French. Swiss and Italians 200. . The Jews, it apipeans, are doing police ! work. . . | A special dispatch from Pretoria, via | I/fir en zo Marques, dated October 24 th, purports to give as having urged that while the Boer successes were yet unim portant, there was still time foi an am; cable settlement, -as he believed rite Boers had been misled as to real issue. With unconscious humor, a Gape Town correspondent telegraphed yesterday; "The censorship, which is always a delicate matter, is working smoothly and without a hitch.” This exactly hits off the state of af fairs today. An omnioim veil is still drawn over the movements of General Sir George Stewart White and General Yule. Beyond belated Ladysmith dis patches concerning tin* Elamlslaagte tight, which are still filtering in. the British public is left in complete dark ness and to conjecture over “cooked” War Office dispatches. Since it is practically certain that General Yule has now effected a junc tion with General White—although this was not brought about Tuesday night, as announced by the Daily Mail, but some time on Wednesday-*-and as both are now in a position of safety, conjec ture concerns itself ehietly with tin l man ner of General Yule's retreat. That it was hasty is evident. Was it disorder ly? Was any considerable camp equip ment abandoned? Was there any fight ing on the way? Such question and others like them, the public are anxious ly asking. Since the receipt of General White's curious first description of the Ladysmith fight, in which the British lost a hundred men. little reliance can he placed on the official dispatches. While the concealment of the facts regarding General Yule’s retreat can he amply justified on the ground of keeping the intelligence from the Boers the hiding of the news respecting the Hussars and Fusileers, who were apparently captured in the battle of Glencoe. is severely criticised, no intimation having even been given that the officers were miss ing. The heavy losses of the British troops in facing only some 8,000 Boers fre upon as showing what rifle fire means today in the hands of even undisciplined men who can shoot fairly straight and stand 'their ground. General Sir Kedvers Buller is expected to arrive at the Gape early next week, and the indications are that some troops have already arrived at the front and been in the fighting, whose arrival lias not yet been announced. There is a probability, therefore, th«u re-in forcernents are moving up. This is cal culated to hasten Commandant General Joubert's attack on Ladysmith, and news of a big battle is daily expected. About half a complete army corps' is now afloat, a lull has occurred in dis patching the remainder of General Boi ler’s forces owing to some difficulty in obtaining transports. New and stringent orders were pro mulgated yesterday with* reference to the defences of Gibraltar. The privi lege English have hitherto had of enter ing the gate without a pass is tempor arily sus;»ended. Nobody is allowed to enter or to inspect the batteries. Even the famous St. Michael’s cave is closed because it is required for the storage of arms and ammunition. For months sappers and miners have been engaged in constructing new and powerful bat teries and it is believed that the garri son will he augmented. Tlie Times commenting editorially on the rumor of European intervention, scouts the idea, saying; “No power will lift a finger. The alarming combinations built upon naval movements have no existence save in overheated imaginations.” THE BRITISH LOBWJS. London, Oct. 25 General White has telegraphed to the War Office from Rietfontoin. under date of Octoiber 24th, saying that in the fighting war Lady smith thirteen of the British force were killed aid mimty three wounded, and that three are missing, the casualties be ing mostly among the Gloucester regi ment. A SQUADRON CAPTURED (?) London, Oct. 25.—The War Office this evening issued the following: “We (learn from unofficial sources that the following officers whose absence had not previously linen notified to us, are prisoners in the enemy’s hands: : “Eighteenth Hussars. Ilieutenant Colo nel Moller, Major Greville and Captain Pollock: Duplin Fusileers, Captain Ixms diale, Lieutenant Lemeseurier, Lieuten ant Garvice, Lieutenant Grimshaw. Lieutenant Majondie and Lieutenant Shore. “It is pit's timed that the whole squad ron of the Eighteenth Hussars under the command of the officers named, were taken prisoners.” A squadron of Hussars usually con sists of three troops of 28 men each, so that about 80 officers aud men of the Eighteenth Hussars are supposed to have been captured. the squadron -safe. London. Oet. 25.—‘A. special dispatch from Lad?smith, dated Oetotier 23rd. says the group of the Eighteenth Hussars which got astray in pursuing the Boers after the battle of Glencoe has arrived at Ladysmith, the troopers having fought (their way through with the loss of time horses. GEN. SYMONS DOING WELL. Cape Town, Oct. 25. —Intelligence re ceived here yesterday from Natal says the Imllet has been extracted from the wound of General Symons who was struck down- while leading his troops at the battle of Glencoe, and that the pa tient is cheerful and doing well. Advices from Orange River. Cape Col ony. near the Orange Free State bonier, announce that the Boers have taken Kripdam, near Barkley West, north of Kinderley. and that Assistant Magis trate Harms worth and«'fus clerk are pris oners. It i> Mipposwthat the Boers are advancing on Dong’as. further west, the inhabitants of which place are asking for protection. SKIRMISHES AT KIMBERLEY. London, Oct. 25—A dispatch to the Morning Post from Kimberley, dated October 21st. via Oranfje River. l>rto lx*r 24th. says: "An armored train was engaged this evening, “tie of our men was killed and two trucks of dynamite was removed from the town for safety and were Down up by the Boers. The Bier loss is uncertain. The Boer artillery moved around, trying to draw the force from covering the town. It was a small en gagement but nothing of consequence has happened. "We arc completely isolated, but ns safe as a bank. Not one man has left. Raki is approaching. "Our fiHips met the enemy cutting the line today and a Maxim gun on the train did good work ami cleared away the wreckers.” BOERS AGAIN DEFEATED. London, Oct. 25.—A special dispatch from Cnjie Town, dated 9:10 this morn ing says there has l>een another battle »t Ladysmith and that the Boers were repulsed. The British casualties were placed at four killed ami seven wound ed. ail rank ai«l file. THE BRITISH CRUISER. Queenstown. (h't. 25. —The British cruisers Furious, I'elorus and Pactohis, sailed from here this afternoon on route to Cape Clear, where they will meet eight battlships and two cruisers of the Channel Squadron, from the north of Ireland. The fleet will then proceed os tensibly to Gibraltar, hut it is thought that, possibly the fleet’s destination is a Spanish or Portuguese port, ns the ves sels have taken out bills of health from the consuls of those countries. WHITE FORTIFIES THE ROAD. Ixyndon. October 25—The War Office this evening made public the following dispatch sent by General liite from Ladysmith at 3:50 this afternoon: “The advance guard of the forces sent out by me this morning to get in touch with ami help General 5 ule s column was within three miles of that column which had temporarily halted at S' nday River, about noon. I have occup d all the strong positions on the road to ad.v smith and I have no further anxiety about them. 1 have received from Lieu tenant Kendrick, signalling officer of the Queen's regiment,who has ridden in, and also from Colonel Dartnell. of the Natal police, who accompanied the col umn, the best account of the spirits and efficiency of the troops, who are very anxious to meet the enemy again.” BOERS SELLING DUNDEE. Ladysmith, Natal. October 22.—(Even ing—-Delayed in Transmission. (—Boer artillery is shelling Dundee and the for mer British camp. Our troops a't now occupying an entrenched camp. The Boer artillery is firing at very long range and the shells are ineffective. Communication with Dundee is severed. The Boer wounded and prisoners are still coming in, and the former are re ceiving every attention. General Ben Yiljoen is wounded and a prisoner. DAY ITT WILL RESIGN. London, October 25. —Michael Davitt. the Irish Nationalist member for South Mayo announced in the House of (’om inous today that he would resign tomor row as a protest against the Boer war. Mr. Davitt denounced the jingo press and said that the war for the meanest aud most mercenary aims ’ would be known as the greatest crime of the cen tury. ■Mr. Davitt’s resignation was something of a coup de theatre, as the Pail Mall Gazette says that som * time ago he told his intimate friends that lie would take the first opportunity of retiring from Parliament. THE APPROPRIATION BULL. London, October 25.—The House of Commons, by a vote of 224 to 28 passed the second reading of the appropriation bill. TOTAL BRITISH LOSSES. London, October 25. —The War Office returns show that the total British casualties since the beginning of hostili ties reach 597. Eighteen officers have been killed and 55 wounded, and 7(5 men killed and 435 wounded. There are 13 unaccounted for. This total, however, does not include the squadron of the Eighteenth Hussars which went astray near Dundee, and l lie officers Os the Dublin Fusileers. The re |sort of heavy losses sent from Reitfontein came as an unpleasant sur prise. as General White’s telegram to the War Office yesterday gave the im pression that there was merely a brush. MILLIONS GIVEN AWAY. It is certainly gratifying to the public to know of one concern in the land who are not afraid to be generous to the needy and suffering. The proprie tors of Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, have given away over ten million trial liottles of this great medicine: and have the satisfaction of knowing it has absolutely cured thousands of hopeless cases. Asth ma, Bronchitis, Hoarseness and all dis ease of the Throat, Chest and Lungs are surely cured by it. Call on all druggists, and get a free trial bottle. Regular size 50c and sl. Every bottle guaran teed, or price refunded. E. 11. Willis, a passenger who arrived at New York from Havana on the steamer Niagara Monday has yellow fever. He was taken to (the hospital on Swinburne Island, and is not ’expected to recover. THE NEWS AND OBSERVER, THURSDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 26, 1899. DAY OF THANKSGIVING McKINIEY ISSUES HIS PROCLAMATION NAMING NOVEMBER 30 H. He Declares the Nation has Great Cause for Thanksgiving, Hopes the Significance of the Day Will be Remembered Washington, Oct. 25.—The President today issued the following Thanksgiving proclamation: "riy the President of the United States; A PR< HMxYMATION. “A national custom dear to the hearts of the people calls for the setting apart of one day hi each yenr ns an occasion of s]veeople of Cuba has ben faithfully a drained. There is marked progress toward the restoration* ofi healthy industrial conditions, and un diV wist' sanitary regulations the island ‘has enjoyid unusual exemption from the scourge of fever. Tin* hurricane which swept over our new possession of Porto Rico, destroying the homes ami property of the inhabitants, called forth the in stant sympathy of the pimple of the Uni ted (States who were swift to respond with generous aid to the sufferers. While the insurrection still continues in the Island of Luzon, business is resuming its activity, and confidence in the good purposes of the United Stab's is being rapidly established throughout the archi pelago. “For these reasons and countless oth ers, I. William McKinley. President of the United States, do thereby name Thursday, the 30th day of November next, as a day of general thanksgiving ami prayer, to lie olvservEd as such by all our people on this continent and in our newly acquired islands; and I ad vise that on this day religious exercises ahull lie conducted in the Churches or meeting places of all denominations, in order that in the social features of the day its real significance may not lie lost sight of, -but fervent prayers may be of fered to the Most ’High for a continuance of the Divine guidance without which man’s efforts are vain and for Divine consolation to 'those whose kindred and fri.-uds have sacrificed their lives for country. “I recommend also that on this day so far as may be found practical labor shall cease from its accustomed toil and char ity at Minn d toward the sick, the needy and the poor. “In witness wheTeof I have set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to lx? affixed. “Done at the City of Washington, this 25th day of October, in the year of our 'lx>rd 1899. and of the Independence of the United States, the one hundred and twenty-fourth. (Seal) “WILLIAM MeKINLEY. “Bv the President: •JOHN HAY, Secretary of State.” TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS. McKinley will go to Richmond to see the launching of the .Shubrick. Tidal waves on the coast of Japan have caused much loss of life. It is said that W. *H. Watkins has bought the Pittsburg Baseball Oluib. The State of New Jersey has pre sented Admiral Simpson With ye, Win. Simpsoh. total eclipse of sun in may. Will Enter at Norfolk and be Visible for Two Hours in Raleigh. In the year 1900 there will lie three eclipses-two of the sun ami one of the moon. I. A total <*clipse of the Him May 28th. This eclipse i« generally visible in Wi'stcrn Europe, in Northern Africa, the North Atlantic anil Arctic Oceans, Greenland, North .Vitierha ami the ex treme northern part of Smith Aftherica. The path of total eclipse begins in Egypt, and pax-sing over the Mediterranean Sea, ,tosscs Spain aud Portugai; thence at mss the Atlantic it enters North America at Norfolk, Vo., and hearing to the southwest. roaches the gulf roast, near New Orleans; continuing its course across the Gulf of Mexico and Mex U-o, it encounters flic Pacific Ocean at a point near (’him 1 Corrictites; visible else where in region* mentioned as partial eeli|*sr. Regins in local mean time as follows: \t Rost oil, 8:12 a. in.; New York. 7:51 a. in.; Philadelphia, 7: Mi a. in.: Washington. 7:37 a. in.; New Or leans, 9:23 a. in.: Galveston. <5:2 a. m.; Pittsburg, 7:2(5 a. m.; 'Cincinnati, 7:<5 a. m.: Chicago, 0:55 a. m.; Denver, 5:44 a. m. Ends at Huston, 10:44 a. in.; New York, 10:22 a. m.: I’hiladelplria. 1(t:17 a. m.: Wnshlngbui, 10:9 «. nr.; <'hfirlestoii, 9:50 a. ill.; New Orleans, 9:5 u. in.; Gal veston, 8:17 a. in.; Fit t.siburg. 9:58 a. m.; Cincinnati, 9:38 a. tip.; Chicago, 9:28 a, in.; Denver. 8:10 a. in. Regins at Ral eigh at 7:30 a. m. Ends at 9:59 a. in. 11. A partial eclipse of the moon June 12th; visible Imre. but quite small ami tudmitorbtnt. 111. An annular eeliiise of the sun No veiu’ilK'r 21st; not vfoiHo hero. Visible to Sniikilra. Romeo and some other East India islands, Australia, Southern Africa ami portions of the KotMh Atlantic and Indian Oceans. YELLOW FEVER IN THE ARMY. It isn’t tin? number of men that yel low fever kills that frighten* you, but the unexpected suddenness of ils attack, and tin* rapidity with which it kills. A man is well and hearty at 3 p. im; at 4 p. m. he is deadly ill; at (5 p. m. he is dead, and at 8 p. m. he is buried. 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