Show PERTAINING TO THE TRANSVAAL President Steyn of the Orange Free State Is seriously ill at Kroonstad Heavy fighting at Elands river commenced V com-menced on Sunday and continued Monday obtainable f V day No details arc Railway communication with Natal V has been reestablished by Gen Mac1 donalds capture of Harrlsmith V A Laurence Marques correspondent of London Daily Telegraph states that a Frenchman Just returned from the Boor frontier confirms the lelegramal which have been received during the V last few days doserJbinj the pitiable character of the Boer position |