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Show HEW DEVELOPMENTS. V i'-) k Rumor Tbat England Das BangM i' ; , Dilajoi Bay of Porta'al ;: j : TUB SIllllIOT .HOUE trtlll'AL. I ; Kngllili Cqusilrcai Held ta lirtdlotil ( ',' '. , for I'oruraiislon at Htmsni't ; I ' Hutlce. " (i l' IiNlMiy, Jan. HI. Th moat lm- ' i, i portBlit davrlopment In. III. Houlh 'A1 African tlluallon today It tb. taot lint, r i' . In tpila of all drtilalr.ll I now believed ' ; In many qutrlera lhal thr la om. , ' truth In th rumor that Ureal Britain ?!' ;.,' ha purchased lielagoa Biy from fc jl j Porlugal. It may turn out lo bean ': aicua for aremhllug auoh powerful Brltltb Ueel at lha oue wblob will b '! ' anchored oil Purlimoulh on Tuetdey !"- next. A. II li aunouanod Ilia govern. 1 maul of Tranivaal (bat demanded !t 'i '' am rug other lhlng,lbl Ureal Britain x . forego her right to obtain possession ot .' ', ! lielagoa Bay, and aa Germany may jj , . look unn liu a mov whloh will i.rliuaiy ihroatao lha tuiuraof Tran- j,; vaal, lb tllu tllou, If th rtporl It liu, l , '. will bsoom murocrlllosl. 1 , ' CHt'llklUI KgtDY TU gAIL. 1 PiiKi.M.iL'iii, Jan. 10. It I rpert ' d b.r. lu.l a teound ipeelal tquadron J of fail cruisers hat bn lowd ft and ; will ba held ready for oommtttloo at 'j- r , moment'a nollos, . h I.ATKHT rHUM THAISIVA AL. 'l ' A dlapalch from Pretoria thla morn- ; : lug aa)a the governor of Tranevaal baa auiiuiiuoed that ha la dtrmlnd - ' 10 liiatar mining, and Ihose Inlereeled ' ! In It used mil eacnuce liielr holdlnge . , fur the iieoelll of au "altalluf oilqua" 1 , ) uf th Haud. ,J This dispatch y only 10,000 Bor ' . -ara uuder arms, but add lguinoully lhal they will nut disband uuttl lha ,' ' '. condltluol ol tha mrrender uf Ih ' i I Ulllauuera uf the Hand hav been ', . lully catrled out ' ' -,( I, real Importance It attached bera to , ' an article In the llamourter Naoh I r I r oiili n, aald to have Ih-.u dlreolly lu- ' . ' eptied l.y i'rluce Blemarsk, In which . 11 ludlieclly dtaapprova of lha gov. . , arnment'B attitude, aod addsi "lha duly of lb. goveroruea! I mor to defand Ih Inlernal and ax. i turnal peace of lha oounlry agalual ; . ,', dieturnauoe tho lo promote aforalgn , enterprise." ,i ' ' President Krueger has sent o tela. r' r - gram to Hir Harculea Kobineon, goT. v- eruur of Ihe Ctpe Colony, lor Irene- , .'. t mlatlun lo Mr. Cnambeilaiu, acknowe. i editing Ihe receipt ol the quaau'e me. - t' .' saga, aud addlugt ' .'4 "11 1, my Inlenlloo to band over lha . Iirlaonoit, u Ibal Dr. Jamaaoo aod lb. . . . 7. British uud.r blm m.y b. punlBhcd by h.r maeel'. guverument. 1 will ;'V f'y meae times u youi eaueueiiuy uij . , filial decialna In tba matter aa oua bb J uhanueehurg aball hav reTrld to oonditlou of quialnea aod ordor. r..' lo Ih maantlma, 1 requl your x- f . V J cell.noy lo Bsaur. Ih qun uf my V high appraclaliuu uf bar word nd la ', ; ' . preferring my reapeotlul good wlabaa, ' t, . I xprt my lhank for Ih aam.." ' :'.A OH A CilAHOI OK 1IIU1I THXABON. V '" j ''i JiiHANNKiutiHo, Jan. 10. Twenty. '': v two member, of trie reform oummlttee, '" i " Including Col. Khodee, a brother of Cecil ltbodea, Hlr Druinmond liunbar, ' , V. , l.luuel Phlliie and Dr. Hauer, wera '' arretted at Iheli club Issl avenlug on a I';' charge of high treaaon, aud oouvey.g 'V uod.r eaoorl to Pretoria. j I . .' t'erfecl qul.t pr.vaila bare. Th. ! ) . !' populace It ludlOerant. Tba Ultlandar .. ar disarming. . : ', |