Show 1 Two TH6VS1 BOERS REPORTED KILLED Rumors In Londompla British Brit-ish Victory FURIOUS FIGHTING IS NOW IN PROGRESS Pitched Battles Occurring at Various Vari-ous Points In Natal V Telegraphic Communication With the Scat of War Interrupted Details of the Destruction of the English Armored Train Daslied Into a Culvert Which Had Been Blown Uy Captain Uesbitt Had Been Warned General Buller Off London ct 14 Thpee who 3iave l > een anxious for moie stirring news lr jm the Slit of war are getting It to the fulkst extent his imorning as 4ic cordjn to dispatch the shooting must have be on arnost continuous aong the entire bfttei of the Boer re publn hile piuJv d touttles have oc mrrrl or are wciiTtng at various pnrit W i Nuitiil ani t British Bechuana laiJ Mot of the reports however reniiiin umuntirm + iL Ae Mafeklng Is iut < > ft t l irai > hi < illy the stones from thit punt ir n atty ef Kaflir origin ami nus tH t njrar < i < dwlth suspicion 7 hii noiv l i > pi teibillty that Gen ril fi > uj big < m Tiand has begun Itlv a sujt ii Maffkine relieblede tI i vill pull I bt awaited Further oviavs ait a it liana rasaraing tne cte Btru < txji of tin armored tnaini at Kruxipjn They show that Captain Ni > bit vh was in romnnandi of the trajfi as warned at Maribogo that the liners h d tho ln e He replied that IIP wag bound to j > 0eed Opened Fire On Train Koaring Kraaipan the train dashed into a iulvert that hart been blown up by the H < i who ere lying in wait for the train The Boer artillery im imdiuu ly ononed fire and a desperate fight onsue1 lai intr four hours with UK o > ids guatiy igairst the British The precise cietalls are uncertain It fc i SfvTnt howevei that a police patrol acted by tie firing approached tjir about 2KO yards of Kraaipan jhe train dxohed with the Boer artittitil1 rHinding at it but noticed 0 no-ticed noArvaponv Th Boors satwned Afraid to appr < ah unti1 the wreck was omirte and thi iwlie paired feared k an there rare r < > signs1 of life near the train that the pn in f < HOO had perished t 4n adespea ute aKemi > t M get the train tmck io MafeUnK whee they knew it was ajixSnlily waittd vith its load oC guns anfl antouniti xt1Iht T3c > as bet heaviiY out there is nb irean 1vtLfyIfl this Two miles of rails e > vjtom up E port of a Bittle There nouitIyita1is i > eonriuation r or the rejxwt tht a haul has occurred p bttweon Sir Ptetvuji lite ar I the Oranp Free Slat tni i although there is no question that Sio Boers have rrossed the frontie a in < > ral ixwnts They are reported to vcsweraJ guns and it is said the battle began before th Boers had mace a naid The British Brit-ish cavalry and artillery are liable to have had the best f the lighting It is already itprrtd tint the British have gained afpreat vi < rory as 2000 Boers were killed ni tht British loss vis very slighi but this nay be without with-out foundation as anotbe rwport has Iwn published to ih fftt that Lord ltl bschiid waS In ioit or < able news J of a gieat Britfc victory hit when the Aspooiatd Press ip H > aenHtive ques tiontd hm regardns the rrt he ie plwtl I am sorr > that 1 hive not re i < h i > d anytfring of the pir Ti < juxjbahlliity M rn in be that J has JKH been ny figltm as yet A Natal REVERSES AT OUTSET En1and Is Not Discouraged By Capture Cap-ture oi the Armored rain i Lndn IPt 14 The C p H t Of tfne t I un t western l < uUr t the 1 s aaT is the H ihnirg o a few a i ipiitoO revervs at rhr iiaist nftbe T > j < The Bi > er paii is Uv un 55 c itvif it seems t > be to strike J e1 S S IK upJy at diffuviu points WIth a > > cf obtaining v inn strategic itt 1r nrf np i TH > WO < ihc ai rival of Il e Driti1 h reinforreniiris ft At all I llUs the irjt > ii iro Cmoil by tf < < r fois fUTHnn a i ist in nuin I her The n st < lnnsiTrs position es JKM ally icx the liss the ari > refl rMn 51 betwvtn Maf knvsr and Yrv I burp O > nel liadttnlVv i II vhi in oomiiiaim at MtrfrkinSt is a man < f then the-n iteM < > uragr and efteay but i has onJy iiHi mon many of them i u u 1 lars wh < so lisrhtime ca > acity t not kniwn 1 though it is bpieTd > be jrin H frict that lie has nTiVi out of Mafrng indicates soive ai1 n sion at in < ul likelihood he laveS i lave-S to star t ficree assault or a p ed Unei d I Sir George Stcuart AVhte romma Incr in Natal is istinTi to Jmvi iut irOOO men siren h 1 1 in etionsl enttenched positions fr 7l Lpdysn t h to Pund He is a ni ff great 11 I ttur < < s and has the Milutliie assistniie of Gtjieral Sir Yiiiiun ijor cy S > nia experienced in hill li hiins in Indi and of General Sir Anhitald Hunter experienced in Soudan campaign cam-paign It is no exrimAeii that The Hassj in of rU3lament viU not exceed to rreeks The opposition will Jevi > u i s cncrslt tv > an endeavof to extract frcni thc government some information ol > That condtrions peace willibe conoludcdl and a to the future po ti < Mi of the irarrvaai j t STARTS POB SOUTH AEEICA Gen Sir Hedvers Buller Receives An i Ovation On His Departure i Iondon Oct 14 General Sir Red tAers Buller who will have the chief LI command in South Afrx acrx > nipanie < i II by his staft left Vaterliv > station this N ahern r > n l > r Southampton to KO n U > bour the Uunottar Castio His 10 jiiirture was the occasion for another vatriiu demonstration r I General Ballor arrived at the station nt 1 > P nl Vkh great difiiculty his carriage forced its way through tt Crowds that blocked every approach Tlie people swarmed everywhere and ga the station the appearance of a gerltable beehive Constant and deafening deafen-ing cheers marked the approach of the S royal carriages ojfftfclning the Print > i i < f Wales and Duke of Cambridge und alien Sir Redvxr HUUT alighted a 1 S S apoaretI in tIt imr i > or the tati n S tJ receive the rrin e aid his form T I H S at i ai4 S Ze commandPTinchief enthusiasm knew no bounds The immense waiting room was tem porarll > tonverted into a reception room where the secretary of state for war Lord Liansdowne Lord Wolseley George Vyndham parliamentary un dersecretao of state for war General Sir Evelyn Wood Colonel Lord Paul Melhuf and a hot of other celebrities were gathered to bid iarervell to General Gen-eral Buller The Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cambridge accompanied l5m to the train Meanwhile the people filled every available spot within the station hangS hang-S w S qM S 1 W S CHARLES EVEHSOUT MACRtTh Aarifrfem Oonsul at Pretoria Who Will Look After British Interests in the Transvaal S ing even from windows Thousands of threats took up the cries of Good luck and Remember Majuba Everybody Every-body the royal personages included uncovered as the train finally pulled out of the station The admiralty has been cautioned against allowing shipowners who are to provide the transports to engage the crews at Rotterdam or Antwerp as these iwrts are filled with Boer SP1 Sand S-and sympathizers Southampton Eng Oct 14The arrival ar-rival and embarkation of Sir General Redvers Buller was the occasion for a scene of frantic enthusiasm Thousands of townspeople and visitors swarmed near the quay where the mayor of Southampton welcomed General Buller amid deafening cheers and the waving of handkerchiefs hats and walking sticks Sir Redvers smilingly acknowledged the demonstration and went immediately imme-diately on board the steamer entering the captains cabin where he bid farewell fare-well to Lady Buller and hisdaughter When the Dunottar Castle sailed with General Buller and the others standing on the deck the rrcnvd cheered theme them-e lves hoarse and sang God Save 1e Queen as she glided outof tALL t-ALL WEBB REPULSED Boers Reported to Have Made Several Seve-ral Attacks On Kafeking London Oct 14 According to dispatches dis-patches from the front the Boers have made several attacks upon Mafeking all of which have been repulsed In connection with the rumored attack upon ilafeking a disquieting report comes from Pretoria to the effect that the RustenbUrg and Marico commandoes comman-does have crossed the border and entered en-tered the Rooigrond territory between Lichtenburg and Mafeking blowing up the bridge over the Maloppo river and destroying a train load of dynamite and the track As Mafeking depends upon Rooelgrond for its water supply the sigBificance of this move is evident A dispatch from Pretoria dated Oct 14 says General Koch wires from the Natal border that his commando has occupied Botohas pass and also captured the railway station The latest reports from Vryburg say the armored train that was destroyed at Kraaipin contained in addition to Neabltts force a number of workmen and six residents of Marigogo south of Mafeking who on hearing of the Boer advance took refuge in the train The following dispatch from Lady smith has been rvielved at the war office of-fice Sir George Stewart White went in the direction of Van Reenans pass itt o a m Friday but failed to draw the Boers to the pass He returned to Ladysmith where he is now No engagement en-gagement occurred FRIENDLY TO THE BRITISH The Basutos Are Anxious to Engage In War With the Boers New York Oct 14A dispatch to the Tribune from London says Friends of the Boers hear with regret of the attempt at-tempt to induce the Basutos to attack the British envoys who went across the Caledon river requesting the Basutos on the other sides to summon the chief Lftrothodi to a conference Tlie Basu tos refused even to take the message Tiif i ellef in a Basuto alliance is circulated cir-culated in the Orange Free State This Is ridiculous Within the last twenty four hours Lerothodi has reiterated his bitterness to the Boers A serious embarrassment em-barrassment to the imperial government govern-ment is the fear lest this powerful nation na-tion of mounted warriors may attack the Dutch This partly accounts for the aniannous British armament now preparing pre-paring A friend who accompanied Sir Alfred Mllner on a recent visit to Basutoland was deeply impressed with the Basuto strength and loyalty to Great Britain Lerothodi provided refreshments for Sir Alfred Milner and his staff along the route of their return journey At certain cer-tain Dutch farm houses although ho Iwd paid for it he would not accompany accom-pany Sir Alfred Milner or break bread vtiigi the Dutchmen The old wrongs were too deep Constant appeals from the paramount thief to the British resident to permit him to raid the Free State are almost proverbial among those in the inner ring at the time of Jamesons raid Le rothodi placed 20000 mounted men on the border with a view of protesting against the defeat of Jameson by an advance against the republics He only yttided to the British resident and wTOidrew unwillingly OPPOSED TO THE WAR The Queen Herself Has Been An Obstacle Ob-stacle to Chamberlains Policy New York Oct 14A dispatch to the World from London says Queen Vic torias efforts to maintain peace have been a sore obstacle to Colonial Secretary Secre-tary Chamberlain and the war party he was aided in the cabinet chiefly by Prince Minister Salisbury and the Duke S r Devonshire the latter of whom the < iiresfdent of the council of minis rs has Incurred theItter hostility of tie jingoes by making two peeches de t t S ± iSa L S daring peace still possible after Mjv Chamberlain and Sir Alfred Melner the British high comhiissfonerln South Africa Af-rica had irrevocably committed themselves them-selves to war Had Devonshire succeeded succeed-ed Chamberlains resignation would have been inevitable > The chancellor of the excequer Sir Michael HlcksBeiach is also understood under-stood to be opposed to the war principally prin-cipally because of his profound professional profes-sional personal distrust of Chamberlain Chamber-lain S lainWhen When General Buller after being designated as commanderinchief of the British forces in South Africa went to Balmoral to take his official leave of his sovereign the queen impressed upon him her hatred of war and her desire for Us rapid termination General Gen-eral Buller assured her majesty Ms conviction was that the war will be troublesome but riot dangerous Leonard Courtney a Unionist man j her of parliament declared at a meeting meet-ing of his constituents last night that arbitiatlon is the proper remedy Despite i Des-pite the efforts made by the local Tory uire pullers the majority of the meeting meet-ing favored his view though the noisy few claimed victory WARNING TO BRITISHERS Proclamation Issued to Subjects In South African Republics Cape Town Oct 13 Delayed in transmission trans-mission A proclamation has been issued is-sued signed by the governor of Cape Colony Sir Alfred Milner and the premier pre-mier W P Schreiner saying that owing ow-ing to the state cfVar existing between the imperial government and the Transvaal and the Orange Free State it is expedient to warn Britishers and others of their duties and obligations to the queen It exhorts them to observe ob-serve loyalty to the queen and the government gov-ernment and to abstain from treasonable treason-able and seditious acts and all words and acts tending to excits disaffection It warns her majestys subjects not to enlist or engage in the military service of either < Jf the two republics and not to carry oai trade with or supply goods to either republic or to the citizens of either Any one committing what is thus prohibited the proclamation says will be punished REGRET AT CAPETOWN S Feelings Airoused By the Boers Attack At-tack OnuBritish Armored Train Gape TownY Oct 14News respecting the destruction of the armored train was received I here with feelings of regret re-gret minsleci with admiration and praise for the I pluck of Captain Nesbitt The mosquito bit hard befort it died is a common expression There is no sort of apprehension among the peopVje though they are possibly pos-sibly in an angiiier mood Perfect confidence con-fidence exists tiat all will be right in the end despitethe small initial success of the Boers I S REAX5Y EOR A TIGHT Three Thcusand Boers Camped On Iiigogo Battlefield Durban Jct Authentic news has reached here that 3000 Boers are camped 7in the Ingogo battlefield last evening Two armored trains now patrol pa-trol the line in the vicinity of Lady smith S S The transports Gaul and Henzada arrived today from India The transport trans-port yardha with a qontincent of lancers lan-cers vjtaj compelled to put back here She ncountered a severe gale off East Loilon southeast of Kingwilliams town and was considerably damaged losing nearly 100 horses I TAKE STEPS FOR DEFENSE Bjritish In Basutoland Are Alarmed I By Warlike Rumors f Cape Town Oct 14In consequence f reiterated reports that 3ie Orange rree State burghers rcontcmplaMan attack upon Maseru the British head ContlnuedoaPae I T S S |