Show HEAVY AT I It is Expected that General Gatacre is En Endeavoring to Reopen with the Collieries Doers have Mounted Another Howitzer Near Garrison is Capable of Holding Out Almost Indefinitely Makes Sample of Boer Lawmaking Men of Army Over Coming of Roberts They Anticipate Everything from Hs His Presence from Victory to at Steyn Brother rother of President of Orange Free State Refuses to Continue War ar CapetoWn Teoy Tuesday Dee Dec dis dispatch patch from Cradock report heavy fir firing Ing In The iho dIrection ot of I III It Itis is II Bu supposed this Is connected with Gel len to reopen communication cation tun wih with the tho collieries Lundn I Nu No Change London Dec dispatch received by the tho war olce office dat dated Capetown Thursday December says Bays ther there I ts no change in the situation so tar os as Gens Gens Gatacre and French are con concerned concerned They hold AvoId Assault aol Wednesday Dee Dec dispatch from Ladysmith date dated December 2nd says lays The Doel Doers have mounted another howitzer on Surprise hUI replaCing th the gun captured In tie time the While they the sortie ot of rifle brigade te watch us with a searchlight and bombard time the place daly daily they show no al signs s ot of assaultIng time the town They probably think they can starve stare us out I but we have plenty ot of provisions The Tho total casualties since the he siege siege began ar are seventy men amen killed and wound Report Pretoria Monday reports under date dato ot of December that trains are now to Colenso Indicating that the Bors have bui built I a connectIon around Ladysmith Gen Cronje reports from the Mod Modder der river December that the ner capture captured two torts tort at l December I It Is ru that Gen Con big naval gun n ha has exploded IERE hERE JS IS A SAMPLE The Transvaal government has pro a now new gold god tax I law W by which Individuals nn and companie companies their own mines ar are tax thirty d per percent er cent ot of time the output while mine mines worked by the thc government wi ivill lay pay fity fifty per nor cent Suspended moines wi will pay thirty per cent on their output col cal calculated on three months workings Re He Reducing works will pa pay thirty per cent ot of their net profs profits Time ho law Is retro retroactive active to October r TROUtS OLD Ut Over Appointment or fit Oen ml und London Dec Deo from rota ni parts ot of South Africa emphasize the great eat en among tile the troops and by the appointments of Generals Roberts and Kitchener The Tho annoUncement that tIme the Cornier wi will have supreme anti that time tho later hatter wi will 0 be chief tt f It staff ff has largely dispelled the tho depression In Cape Colony caused by time the rev res while tIme the soldiers anticipate lv everything from tIme the presence ot of Bobs ruin success In batte battle to Advices from Capetown dated Dec 24 t tSO SO say an investigation shows that the ro re reported ported disaffection among the Dutch In Inthe inthe the VictorIa has hns been beon o over overdrawn r drawn The he farmers It Is pointed out are mostly land owners and 1 not rl risk k the loss ot of their farms b by rising A dispatch from Lourenzo Marques dated Dee Dec 23 3 Ins says a 11 curious stor story Is current emann emanating from Boer sources that Mat Matt Sten brother ot of the tho president dent ot of the Orange I Free State and SOO Free definitely reused refused to continuo continue time the war Mut Matt Sten acting as aa spokesman ot of the port party It i reported to have bave told time the president that be WIS was only authorized to Intervene In the Interest ot of peace and that the burghers did not feel teel that the they were bound In his unwarrantable conduct especially as thy they ran time the risk ot of confiscation ot of their property and the they simply desired to be permitted to farm furm In peace und and proposed to Im Immediately mediately return to their farms Sir Howard Vincent member ot of parliament for tor the central division ot of Sheffield and colonel ot of time the Queens Westminster las has been ape ap appointed pointed to command time the infantry dl di division vision Islon ot of the city ot of London imperial regiment The rhe text ot of Col to the burghers b Matching the gist or of which ha has al already road ready been from Lurenzo Lourenzo toda today After asserting that the cannot hope for tor foreign and pretending to relate the th exact Rrt o of ni nil th the European po pet r rt including Emperor William Iam who the colonel said fully 7 os Cs with England makes the extraordinary statement that the American government has warne warned time the others or of her Intention to side fide with Englan England should an any ot of them interfere i A war o ee dispatch from Col dat dated Dee Dec 12 after a an that Lady Sarah Wilson had arrived sate and welt well at Mafeking adds that the bombardment and musketry Ore fire continue dailY on al nil sides and that the health and spirits of at time the garrison are very satisfactory The Tue 1111 Line London De war office has received time the following dispatch Capetown Thursday Dec 28 The again colliery lne line Is now working |