VOLUME' XXIX.
WILSON, N. G., NOVEMBER 2, 1899.
NUMBER 42.
IT SEGAf! IN EARNEST THIS &CRNING THE
BOERS SURROUND THE TOWN.
IE WOW I0BE M FOB SOIilff AFRICA ,
Reports in Paris of the Assassination of Gen
eral Bailer King Manelek Sale to be
Marching Against the British. "
:3ZZ
another division of ten thousand men
to be held .in readiness to embark for
South Aftric3. They will be immed
iately sent, if General Buller upon ar-
rival advises rnat reinforcements are
necessary- The War Office states
General Bullcr has not yet arrived at
Cape Town, nevertheless some Paris
papers announce his arrival, adding
that he was assassinated immediately
on landing. .
The Result of ikirmishss.
iierlin. October 30.- A report
received here from Holland says that
the whole British army at Ladysmith
has surrendered and that the troops
are now prisoners ol war
Report3 No Damage Done.
London, October 30. -A, despatch
from Durban this "morning supple-
1 1 i
ments the Ladysmith despatch with
the information that the Boer shells
were directed chiefly at the station,
and that no damage had been done
up to the time the Durban message
was sent. ' ' . jr-
Much Depends On Ladysmith.
Kimberly, October 30. The Boer
losses in recent skirmishes are esti-
mated at twelve killecl and - forty-five j
wounded,
A Battle Now Rages. .
Ladysmith, October, 30. The bat-
tle has begun. The Boers opened
fire with artillery on the British camp.
After sevenshots had been fired the
Boers ara advancing on the left flank.
ihev now surround tne town on
three sides. ' '
Gen. White's men are in splendid
spirits and Gen, Yule's men have al
most entirely recovered Irom the ex
haustion of the forced march from
Glencoe. The advance posts of the
Boers are now, only two and a half
miles away.
They have stationed heavy guns
which fact causes uneasiness, as Gen.
Yule reports that the Boers have im
proved in their artillery fire since the
battle of Dundee.
Reports a British Surrender.
Paris October 30. Echo De
Paris prints an interview with Lynde
expressing the opinion that the im
pending action at Ladysmith will be
a decisive one. Although Europe
sympathized with the Transvaal, he
was aware of the fact that the powers
would not interfere if the Boers were
beaten. - .
Cecil Rhodes Feels Safe.
Cape Town, October 30.--A des
patch from Kimberly S3ys that Cecil
Rhodes complimented" the troops
after the recent fight there. He said
if there was any- one man whom the
boers would like; to capture it was
himself, but he felt perfectly safe in
kimberly. . - '
Now Comes King Manelek.
Paris, October 30.-A; telegram
from the French office says that King
Manelek, at the head of forty thous
and men. is marching from; the
State of Tigre. It is believed he in
tends action beyond the Abysinian
frontier, possibly against the British.
TISH
5 '
MEET
THE BOERS PUT
c lr it u t r u
IHE BRITISH ' FORCES - HIT
Dissension in The British Cabinet as the Result of the Defeat-
Gen. White Assumes all the Blame The Boers
Moving on Ladysmith Itself.
Ladysmith, October 31. The bat
tle cf Ladysmith resulted in the ter
rible defeat of the British. Forty-
three officers and two thousand men,
the Irish Fusileers and Gloucester
Regiment were surrounded by the
Boers, who captured these two noted
regiments together with a. m punted
battery. Ihe British fought hero-
icaiiy against enormous odds, being
hemmed in by more than fifteen
thousand well armed Boers, the pick
of General Joubert's forces, yet they
fought until their ran ks were terribly
decimated.- . General White says the
men fought nobly and accepts all the
blame of the overwhelming defeat.
; s Can Hold Ladysmith. -London,'
October ' 31. -The War
officials consider that General White
will be able to hold Ladysmith des-
pite his heavy losses. They calculate
that eight transports with ten thous-
and men will reach Durban by No-
vember 10th. Gen. White has food
enough it besieged to last two
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months. He will probably be sus-
pended immediately.
. RI c re Soldiers Preparing.
T a ti,q t
nffir. has ordered the second armv
corpse to be in readiness to be called
OUt.' '.('-"
Boers Captured 1850 Men.
The total force captured by the
Boers is eighteen hundred and fifty
men and forty two officers.
Boers Building Forts.
Cape Town, Oct. 31. A message
SPAIN EXCITED.
Does Not Like Concentration of British Ves-
sells Vessels Ordered to Cadiz.
London, October 3 f . A Madrid
correspondent mailed to London
Friday last the . following which the
censor wouia not anow nim 10 ieie-
graph :
"There is a great deal of activity
in diplomatic circles in connection
with the British - display of force in
the concentration of warships. A
majority of foreign representatives
here yesterday received cipher dis
patches and many of them subse
quently conferred with Premier Sil
vela. Orders have already been
given for the Spanish fleet to concen
trate at Cadiz. Dispatch boats have
been sent with secret orders to the
Canary Islands and southern main
land ports." i
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Bryan Will Get It.
Norfolk. Va., Oct. 3i.Arthur
Sewall, of Maine, the Vice-Presidential
nominee of the Democrats in 1896,
in an. interview yesterday said . that
Bryan would be re-nominated and
would have the solid support of the
New England delegation.
A
TERRIBLE
THEM TO. UTTER
- r tttt xt : u t t xtto nrAOT,mT.n
till Till THEIR RANKS
from Kimberly says the Boers are j
building forts around the town, and
are planting siege guns.
Dissension in British Cabinet.
London, October 31. A fierce
dissension in the British Cabinet is
the result of the crushing defeat at
j Ladysmith. Secretary of State for
War Lansdowne mav resign as the I
1 o 1
result of the accusation of Wolsley !
who charges him with rejecting the
urgent advice given to the War Of
fice authorities to send an army corps
to South Africa as far back as July.
Wolsely, then warned the Govern
ment that the Boers were not then
prepared to invade NataL and said
that if a British expecitionwere sent
it would prevent rany7aisasierv- Lans
downe opposed Wplsely's- counsel
and the Cabinet allowed Lansdowne
to have his way.
British Fear The Effect.
In addition to the loss of men at
Ladysmith six seven pound screw
guns were lost by the British, and as
the Boer artillery is already strong
the capture of these guns will be a
great help to the Boers. Apart from
the immediate loss of effectives it is
feared the, defeat may have a most
depressing effect on the remainder
of the Ladysmith force. It is also
feared that Boer sympathizers who
have not yet taken sides publicly,
will now join the Transvaal forces.
White's Manly Utterance.
The manliness of Gen. White's
avowal of hisfault in the defeat at
A Thousand More.
Washington, October .20. Al
though the twelve additional regi
ments authorized by the President
have been recruited, the work of se
curing additional troops for the Phil
ippines will not stop. It has been
decided by the Secretary of War to
enlist ot least a thousand more.
Otis will soon have a force of 5,000
men. The additional thousand to be
enlisted will be utilized in bringing
up the regular regiments now in the
Philippines to their maximum quota.
Lawton is expected to make con
siderable advance within the next ten
days. .
, SING SING ON FIRE.
Flames Break Out at Midnight Convicts Great
ly Excited.
Sing Sing, N. Y., October 31.
The new administration building of
the, prison, caught fire at midnight
and not "until dawn were, the flames
controlled. The loss is twenty ;five
thousand dollars. The convicts
were greatly excited but were finally
quieted. .
DEFEAT
ROUT AT LADY-
ihlllf DECIMATED
Ladysmih has awakened deepest
sympathy for him. An official of
the War Office said, that the defeat
was more likely due to the craze off
our. younger officers to distinguish
themselvesvto obtain mention in des
patches and earn the Victoria Cross,
than the fault of that splendid Indian
veteran, Gen. White, desDite his niti-
ful avowal. Terrible excitement pre-
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vaijs at Gloucester and Dublin, the
home of many of the soldiers captured
or killed.
Consterantion in Natal. '
Durban, Natal. October . News
-. .
of the disaster at Ladvsmith has
spread consternation throughout Na-
tl TTvArtr ao;ioWa ro
set to work raising- entrenchments at
Pietermaritzburg against a Boer at-
tack. The Boers are reoorted as be-
ing near the Tugola river ten miles
south of Ladysmith in the rear of the
British nosition. It is renorted that
they are feeling their way to Oolesso,
evidently to destroy railroad com
munication with the coast.
Moving on Ladysmith Itself.
London, October 31. A Lady
smith dispatch says the Boers were
observed this morning advancing to
ward the town, probably to begin
the attack on Ladysmith . itself.
Nothing additional to the above has
been received since and it is believed
another fight is imminent.
Send your old King Heaters to
Alex Quarles' Tin Shop. He will
make them good as new.
CAPTURED A TELEGRAPHER.
Also Some Telegraph Instruments Chased
in-
surgents But Got None.
Manila, November 1. Major Par
ker with two troops of the fourth cav
alry, and Batson's Macabebes sur
prised the garrison at Allaga this
morning. They captured a telegraph-
er with several line instruments and
some records containing a message
from Col. Pardrilla to Aguinaldo, re-
Dortine that Gen. Lawton had been
killed on October 27. and his body
taken to Manila. Col. Hayes with
another squadron entered Talavera
this morning unresisted.
A hundred and fifty insurgents are
located in another town and Ameri-1
hut
no 'prisoners were captured, but a
large quantity of munitions of war
were secured. j
He Deserves Them.
New York, November 1. bir
Thomas Lioton sailed today for
England on the steamer bt. Louis.
He cheered on his route
TROOPS ARE FULL OF FIGHT
THE BRITISH GARRISON AT LADYSMITH UN
DISMAYED-MORE TROOPS SENT.
THE SOLES RAM OFF WITH IHE AMMUNITION
This Was Partly the Cause of the Defeat at
Ladysmith The English Had Ex
hausted Their Cartridges.
Ladysmith, November 1. The
naval brigade, having mounted two
fifty pound guns, replied hotly to the
Boer guns until late last night. Fifty
pounders were planted late Monday
night to be ready for action when the
Boer cannonading began at day
break. .
What the Mules Did.
London, November 1. General
White cabled the war office to-day
tne details of the defeat of Monday,
showing that the disaster was far
worse than at first reported. He
says that 120 boulders were rolled
down the hills, that the rifle shots
stampeded the mules, the stampede
spread to the battery mules, which
ran ori wltn tne whole of the gun
equipment. A greater portion of the
small arms and ammunition kept in
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reserve was simuariy iosr.
Ane miusn mian"y ana oattauons
seized the hlU and tortified it with
sana Dags ana stone breastworks.
I At J .1 T a , -
l UdVV" luc ucri commencea SKir-
m,.sPIn8' ana at halt past nine they
were strony reinforced. They
Pushed the atack with reat eneTSV
and the hTe became very searching.
1 he enemy - Passed to short range
and the British losses became very
numerous. At three in the afternoon
the ammunition was practically ex
hausted and the position was cap
tured with our column of about 1006.
The enemy treated our wounded
with great humanity. The loss does
not eflect the security of Ladysmith.
Knocked off its Platform.
Capetown, November , 1. The
Naval Brigade knocked a Boer forty
pounder off its platform and silenced
the guns at Hepvvorth Hill last night.
The- Boers then abandoned the po
sition. - Cabinet to Meet.
London, November 1. The Brit-
ish Cabinet has
been
summoned to
meet today.
Troops Full of
ight.
London, November 1. In the
artillery duel yesterday the Boers
brought up more, guns as some were
silenced, and their loss must be
heavy. The garrison at Ladysmith
s described as in good spirits and
confident, the troops being full of
fight.
Silenced the Encm's 6uns-
Gen. White's .report says that only
eight companies and a mountain bat-
tery surrendered after the ammuni-
tion was exhausted. Late in the en
gagement the naval contingent under -
Captain Lambon of H. M. S. Power-
nil came into action, and their ex-
I tremely accurate fire silenced the
enemy s guns.
Not So Gloomy.
The gloom has been relieved by
today's story of the heroic stand cf A
the Fusileers and the GIoucestershjAre
Regiment until their cartridgesere
gone. The details receivf,t today
show a brighter aspect flFull battal
jons were not engage4 S
ions were not enaed" ia e battle
before Ladvsmith.illierefore list
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