Pike County Democrat, Volume 30, Number 25, Petersburg, Pike County, 27 October 1899 — Page 8

t£b fib ®m»«t g § rnwrat M> McC. STOOPS, Editor m4 Proprietor. PETERSBURG, : INDIANA. A dispatch from Simla, dated the 20th, said: “The number of persons now receiving famine relief through* out India has reached 383,000.” From the gigantic war preparations being made by England, it is plain that - she does not intend t6 allow Europe to dictate her policy in South Africa. Berlin, Can., will be the next meet* ing place of the Evangelical general conference. The date of the session was fixed for the first Tuesday in October, 1903. Director of Posts Vaille has sent to Postmaster-General Smith a letter entering an absolute denial of a published charge of censorship of the mails at Manila. The 17th was the last day for the English reserves to rejoin the colors, and reports from the principal centers show that virtually all the reserves presented themselves.

Henry Frohman, father of Daniel, Charles and Gustave Frohman, the theatrical managers, died, qn the 18th, at —■ his home in New York eity of heart failure, aged.72 years. Arthur Twining Hadley, L.L. D., was, on the 18th, inaugurated president of Yale university, the thirtieth in line and the immediate successor to the venerable Timothy Dwight. Jesse T. Davis, author of many popnlar songs, died in New York, on the 19th, of heart disease, aged 26 years. He was a negro, a native of Cincinnati, and a graduate of a college there. Admiral Dewey will arrive in Atlanta, Ga., on the 24th. He will be there two days, and return to Washington with Lieut. Caldwell, while Flag.-Lieut. Brumby will remain in Georgia for t short time, Surgeon-General Wyman, on the 19th received a cablegram from Inspector Woodbury, of the Marine hospital service, dated Rio Janeiro, Brazil, saying that the plague had made its appearance at Santos, Brazil. The Berlin Neuste Xachrichten declares that the colonial council has adopted a resolution declaring it compatible with German colonial interests to abandon Samoa, in return for suflicient indemnification. The committe on permanent organization appointed by the anti-imperial-ist conference in Chicago, met there, oa the 19th, and formed a national organization to be known as tbs “American Anti-Imperialist League.” The Boers seized the telephone at Modder river, on the 16th, and an tempted to speak with Kimberley, hop* ing to learn the disposition of th* British forces there. The maneuver was, however, discovered and frustrat ad. Gen. Otis received messages, on thr 18th, purporting to come from the insurgent Gen. Pio del Pilar, offering to sell out his army, and to deliver Ague naldo into the hands of the Americans. The policy of Gen. Otis is firmly set against buying any surrenders. The Haytien government has nomi listed Judge Day as the sole arbitrator In the pending Metzger claim against Hayti. for.damages sustained through the infringment of a certain concession. The nomination was promptly confirmed by the state department. E. H. Conger, United States minister to China, who has made a tour of tin chief cities and towns of China, says; “The customs returns do not represent actual importations of American good* Into China. During the last six montht American imports in cotton, sheetings and fluor have doubled.”

The soldiers of the Twentieth Kansas regiment, who will be mustered out in San Francisco, on the 28th, will not reach home in time to vote at th« coming party elections. The election* occur November 8 ii/cities Of the first and second class, "jCnd voters must be registered ten days before that date. At a meeting of the directors of tht Boston & Montana Mining Co., held it Boston, on the 20th, the regular quae terly dividend of $4 per share was declared, and also an extra dividend ol $11 per, share. The previous quarterly dividend, declared last July, was $4 per share and an extra dividend of $6 Carl Casberg, manager of a 1,000•ere stock form near Randolph, Mo. owned by the Missouri, Kansas »$ Texas Trust Co.,^has been missiug since Auguest 3Q, and is said to hav« gone to his home in Germany, Local cattlemen, who claim Casberg owes them an aggregate of $8,000 or over, have Attached what few belonging Ut left. The British arms won a most deci-< slve vietory over the Boers near Glen? coe, In Natal, on the 20th, from 800 t«i V00 of the burghers being killed and wounded. The British also lost heavily, It is believed that this reverse, coming when the Boers had expected cietory, will cheek their onward movement if it doesn’t dampen theii military ardor. Maj. Frank Kidder Upham, treasurer, acting quartermaster and commissary of the Soldiers’ home at Santa Monica. Cat, accidentally killed himself on the 17th. He was about tc take a revolver from his desk, preparatory! to taking charge of a large sum ofj money at the railroad depot* when in j *aome manner the weapon ms discharged, the bullet passing through J>is brain.

NEWS IN BRIEF. Oompiled from Various Source*. PERSONAL ANP GENERAL. ~ M. Gohir, a writer leading article* for the Dreyfusard organ Aurore, fought a duel, on the 18th, with the son of Gen. Mercier, former French minister of war. M. Mercier was pinked in the chest, but was not thought to be seriously hurt. The transport Senator, with the Iowa volunteers on board, is expected to arrive at San Francisco, from Manila soon. Ten new cases of yellow fever were reported at Key West, Fla., on the 18th, and one death. The United States transport Thomas, the finest troop ship afloat, sailed, on the 19th, from Cramps £hip yard for New York, where she will go into dry dock to be painted. The Thomas is to go to the Philippines early in November, and will carry over 8,000 persons, including soldiers, officers, nurses and crew. The United States transport Resolute, with provisions for Porto Rico, sailed from New York, on the 19th, for that port. She arrived at New York from Philadelphia with 400 tons o.' pioxisions aboard, and before her departure took on about an equal amount

ra crooKiyn. Surgeon-General Sternberg has received a dispatch from Gibraltar stating that the transport Missouri, with a large quantity of medical supplies and a number of nurses sailed, on the 19tli, for Manila after having been detained for some days for minor repairs. Two battalions of the Thirty-ninth infantry arrived at Portland, Ore., on the 19th, from Fort Crook, Neb., and together with the third battalion, which had been recruited at Vancouver barracks, will sail for the Philippines from that city about November 1. In a desperate encounter wi th a gang of six smugglers in Arizona, on the 13th, Collector of Customs Chenoweth and a companion killed two of the number, the other four making their escape. A quantity of smuggled mescal and contraband stock was seized. A dispatch from Cape Town, on the 201 h, said it was rumored there that [ the Boers at Mafeking were lured over | Lyddite mines and 1,300 of them were killed. ‘ | ■ * A dispatch from London says: The calling out of the militia indicates plainly that the British government considers it necessary to take timely precautions against sor,*e foreign complication which threatens to supervene upon the Transvaal trouble. The United States legation at Lima, Peru, informs the state department that a new lighthouse has been established by the Peruvian government at the port of Molendo. The light will be visible 14 miles. The statement of the condixionof the treasury issued on the 19th showed: Available cash balance, $287,811,147; gold reserve, $254,505,201. Gen. Lawton’s forces met those of Gen. Pio del Pilar, at San Isidro, on the 19th, and the Filipinos were defeated. It is reported that Col. BadenPowell, commander at Mafeking, drew' the Boers over a mine charged with Lyddite, the new and powerful explosive, and at “just the right moment” the mines were exploded. Fifteen hundred Boers, it is said, were killed. The Pxdlman Palaee Car Co. has absorbed the Wagner Palace Car Co. The Wagner company will go out of businxss December 21. The capital of the new’ company, so rumor says, will be $100,000,000, and rumor also has it that Bobert T. Lincoln will be president of the corporation. William Henry Appleton, son of the founder of the great publishing house of D. Appleton & Co., and for many years head of the firm, died in New' York, on the 19th, aged S5, The temporary Alaskan boundary line, as agreed upon between London and Washington, will it is stated, run at least 22 miles from tidewater, and excludes Canada from the Lynn

canal. Miss Helen Gould has been traveling in the west, and has been received with great kindness everywhere. In fact Miss Gould says the people treat her too well. Admiral Dewey «>ccupied a theater box in Washington, on the evening of the 19th. As soon as the people sighted him, there was un ovation. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee will arrive about the 31st from Cuba, on a furlough. There are rumors that the general may be a candidate for United States senator from Virginia. The grave of John Tyler, former president of the United States, in Hollywood cemetery, Richmond, Va., which has been neglected and unmarked for 37 years, will receive attention. A monument will be erected. The ex-president, his wife and daughter lie side by side, their last resting place being known to but few. A cablegram from Manila, on the 20th, says:* “Capt. MacRae, with a battalion of the Seventeenth infantry, marched to the town of Jose; Malinas for the purpose of dispersing a band of 300 insurgents, under Juan Dicarot, who had recently been annoying outposts and travelers along the road from Santa Ana to Arayat. The insurgents fled in the direction of Magalang. A mining man from Sonora, Mexico, reports the disappearance and supposed murder of Dr. L. Theodore Wunschow, an American, and his servant. Chi August 16 they left the town of Bariaricoa for Santa Helena. Wunachow had a large amount of gold in his possession, which he was taking to Santa Helena to exchange for a draft. They never reached Santa Helena. Senator Chauncey M. Denew says the Vanderbilt win is satisfactory to Cornelius Vanderbilt, and the talk i about a contest in nonsense- '

Win. Eugene Doughtery, father ol May Robson, who is the wife of Actot Stuart Robson, died suddenly in New York, on the 20th, aged 37. He was labor reporter on an evening newspaper in New York and had formerly been employed as a newspaper man in Chicagro. A party of Germans who were delegates to the commercial congress at Philadelphia are touring this country for the purpose of investigating American methods of manufacture and agriculture. The Berlin Freissinige Zeitung says: “The debt of the empire lias enormously increased since the death of William I., and all to further Germany’s weltntalch.lt is time to call a halt.** An unknown steamer ran into and sank i fialiing schooner in Boston harbor on the night of the 20th. Of the nine men aboard the fisherman only two,are thought to be saved. A liberal revolution has started in the departments of Santander and Tolumt, Bogota. Martial law has been established all over the requblic. LATE NEWS ITEMS.

Another battle, lasting oYer right hours, in which infantry, artillery and cavalry were used with great effect was won by the British over their stubborn foes on the 22d. It was begun at Dundee and, covering ranch ground, was ended at and will be known as the bat-_ tie of Talana hill: The loss on both sides was heavy, that of the Boers being frightful. On the 22d Gen. Funston wired front San Francisco to the war department his acceptance of the appointment pf brigadier general in the newly-formed volunteer service. Gen. Funston "Will return to Kansas with the Kansas volunteers who will be mustered out on the 28th. He then will report at Washington for duty in the Philippines. William Wilke, aged 19, died, on Ijje night of the 22d, one hour after receiviiyg blows on the nose, jaws and pit of the stomach in a prize fight with Charles Chelius, aged 19, in the basement of the Wilke home. The boys belonged to amateur chibs, and fought ior a 85 purse. Chelius was arrested. It is stated that within another year at least 2.500 more men will be employed in and about the copper mines in the immediate vicinity of Calumet, Mich. It is also said that of this number the Calumet and Hecla Co. wilt employ no less than 1,500 new men before the middle of next summer, A special cable, received at Omaha, Neb., on the 22d, announced the death, in the Philippines, of Maj. Guy Howard, son of Gen. O. O. Howard. Tha cablegram was received by Judge J. M.‘Woolworth, father-in-law of Maj. Howard, and said Maj, Howard was killed in action on the 21st. * The Dewey home committee, which has-in charge the purchase of a home in Washington for the admiral, with the money received from popular substitution, have selected house No. 1747 Rhode Island avenue, Northwest, known as the “Fitch house.” There will be no strike of telegraph operators on the Big 'Four railway. A strike is impossible without the consent and co-operation of the affiliated’ organizations of trainmen and firemen, and these have positively refused their consent. ' ' The registration in Greater New York was completed on the*22d. The total registration was 476,717. The Forty-fifth volunteer infantry, Col. Dorst commanding, left St. Paul, Minn., on the 22d. CURRENT NEWS NOTES. —Five men were seriously injured and one woman died from shock, as a result of an accident on .the Brooklyn elevated, Saturday. y* —Gen. Otis has advised the war department of the arrival at Manila oi the transports Sherman and Eider. There were no casualties on eitkei ship. —Rear-Admiral Schley, who has accepted an invitation to visit Atlanta Ga., has been asked to make his trif next week, tilling Admiral Dewey’* place.

—By advice of his physician, Admiral Dewej has cancelled his proposed trips to Philadelphia and Atlan ta, and will accept no more invitations before next spring1. —The officers of the British Channel squadron, which is under orders tc proceed to Gibraltar to-morrow, believe it is going there for guard duty, as the garrison at the Bock is weak at present. — BucknerMcKee, a prominent farmer, and Mrs. John M. Wilson, a widow, were found dead by the roadside, near Lawreuoeburg, Ky. Both had been shot, but whether it was a ease of murder or suicide, it not known. —The "delegates to the International Commercial' congress, in session in Philadelphia, in connection with the National export exposition, went to Washington, Saturday, for the purpose of calling upon President MeRinley. —Gen. Lawton’s column is establishing a base at San Isidro, Launches and cascoes navigate the shallow Bio Grande with considerable difficulty, but supplier have been landed in the vicinity, to be transported overland. —Gen. Symons was one of the few who escaped on that memorable January morning at Isnhdula, when nearly the whole of his regiment, the gallant Twenty-fourth, perished. Thus there is a tragic completeness in hia victory near the scene of that massacre, —Gen. Frederick Funston, of Kansas, lectured to the student body at Standford university on the Philippines. He blamed the friars as being at the bottom of the insurrection. The general unmercifully attacked the church, not, ns he insisted, because it was the Catholic denomination, but Jet the influence it maintained upon that class o! people.

NEWS FROM INDIANA. Latest Happenings Within the Borders of Our Own State. Oral* Slankti. Korth Judsou, Ind., Oct. 20.—The project of draining the Kankakee marshes is said to be likely-to be carried out. soon. The Indiana legislature at its last session passed an act permitting the governor to apply the proceeds of the sale of swamp lands for this purpose. and now a company of Boston capitalists has made contracts with farmers near here to raise sugar beets and promises to build a beet sugar plant. Efforts will be made to have the state drain the land, which is said to be suitable for b^f culture. , Battle Fla* Returned. Zionsville, lnd.; Oet. St).—The family of Maj. B. M. Gregory, who died July 13, has returned to Grenada, Miss., a confederate Hag captured by Maj. Gregory of the Tenth Indiana volunteers at the battle of Mill Spring. Ky., January 1S62, thus carrying out the wishes of Maj. Gregory and the regiment respecting the disposition of the flag after his death. The flag was sant to Mrs. 1\ S. Dudley, sister of Col. Statham, of the Grenada rifles. Mrs. Dudley was one of the ladies who made the flag.

Ittained tor • Death. Valparaiso, lr.d., Oct. 30,- Mrs. Da via Smith. Mrs. M. L. Am]rus and Mrs. Smackjles. prominent residents of this place ami enthusiastic followers of the Dowie system of divine healing. were held responsible by Coroner Koch for the death of little Henry Ereu while under their care. The verdict not only censures the women, but recommends that they be arrested and held to await the action of the grand jury. Hanes Bnrned. Washington, Ind„ Oct. 20.—The barn of Walter Buckley, near this city, was burned and six head of horsesuperished. Hay, corn, wheat and farming implements were destroyed. The origin of the fire is believed to be incendiary. Buckley is the man who was dangerously shot by his son-in-law, William D. Killion, a week ago, because the old man upbraided Killion for abusing his wife A Meteor Falls. Mnneie, lnd„ Oct. 20.—Shortly before midnight a 30-pouniNneteorite fell in a vacant lot in the rear of the Maple drove beer garden, where a dance was in progress, -and Bert Foster, proprietor of the garden, has the treasure intaet. The crowd was startled by the loud explosion, and soon found the white hot meteor stone buried two feet in the hard clay ground. After the Teacher. Kobertsdale, lnd„ Oct, 20.—Immediately after the funeral <^f Arthur Whitney, aged 14, at this place, the father of the boy swore out a warrant for the arrest of Prof. W. H. Kieehers. principal of the local school, on the charge of manslaughter, alleging his boy’s death was the result of a whipping administered by the teacher on Septembei 22. Sale Confirmed. New Albany, I ml,, Oct. 20.—Judge Cook, of the Harrison circuit court, has confirmed the sale of assets of the defunct New Albany Banking company to David F. Bowman, The amount received will bring the total up to about 85 per cent, on deposits. The bank failed in June, 1S93, with over $110*000 due to depositors. A Speedy Verdict. Indianapolis, Ind„ Oct, 20.—One of the speediest verdicts ever reached in a murder case in the Marion criminal court was that brought in by the jury which tried the case against Joseph Blakeley for the murder of Jumes Gordon. The jury acquitted Blakeley after five minutes’ deliberation. Change of Kokomo, Ind., Oct. 20.—Henry Bernard and L. J. Kamsey, junk dealers here, were arrested charged with Teeeiving stolen goods from boys. When the cases were called they asked for a change of venue and an order yras granted transferring them to Frankfort.

Rearnnl Home. Wabash, lnd„ Oct. 20.—David lTtz. the Wabash county farmer who disappeared the other day after his wife's funeral and who has been missing for ov:r a week, has returned home. He says he has no knowledge of where he was or how long he was gone. Raised Their Rates* Marion, Ind.. Oct. 20,—Some of the independent telephone lines out of this city have raised their long-distance rates 50 per cent, to avoid a rate war which was threatened by the Bell people if the low priced schedule were continued. , Boys Are Scarce. Fairmont, Ind„ Oct. 20.—Boy laborers tfre much iu demand in this city for work in the fruit jar and bottle factories, and the manufacturers are offering the highest wages ever known for ♦heir services, with no takers. _4 Golas to Porto Rico. Bichmond, Ind., Oct. 20,—Rev, Nettie Valentine, formerly connected with the United Brethren church and well known throughout this section, is preparing to go to Porto Rico to do evangelistic work. Station Robbed. Lafontaine, Ind., Oct. 20.—Burglars entered the Big Four railway station here and made away with $84 in money and tickets. They overlooked a package containing $63 in bils. Elected President. Kentland, Ind., Oct. 20,—At the annual meeting, in Chicago of the National Grain Dealers’ association Warren T. McCray, ©f this plane, was elect*# vresident.

Notable Victory for the British Arms After a Most Determined Resistance by the Boers, i EI6HT HOURS OF OESPEMTE FIORTIIG. MugnifleeBt Artillery Work—TheX** of War—l'ne*i untied Conrage of the Boer*—The Bottle Begaa at Duadee, hot Ended at Talaaa Util -Flight of the Boer*. London, Oct. 23.—A correspondent in Glencoe camp, telegraphing on October j 20, and describing the fighting that | followed the first engagement of the I Boer attack on the British position, j wit:

Where the Cnaunltie* Hegu. “It was after the battle was renewed, following the lull that ensued upon the sharp cannonading of the British which silenced the guns of the Boers on Smith’s hill, that our casualties began. The Indian hospital corps of coolies under Maj. Donegan, of the Eighteenth hussars, ran out, keeping in the rear o{ the advancing infantry and artillery that had galloped front | the second position through the towij j amid tHe cheers of the citizens. The Doer* Gradually Silenced. . “At this point the Boers became erratic. The artillery was firing on the hill where the Boers were stationed in great numbers, but the return tire did little damage. The enemy kept up an incessant shooting, but our shrapnel began to tell its tale, with the result that the Boer fire visibly slackened. From a ceaseless rattle the rifle fire dwindled to straggling shots. “A corporal of Dublin fusileers, was carried past me to the rear on a streteher. Maj. Davidson, of the Irish fus iliers was shot through both legs, and Color Sergeant Anderson, of the Dublin f usiliers was brought in wounded in the right shoulder. “The artillery in front was shelling the hill, and the King’s Royal Rifles, on the, right front, were, busy with the Maxims, making the Boers anxious about their position. Their artillery had been silenced by the splendid serv ice of ours. Flankiuaf the Enemy. Meanwhile a squadron of the Eighteenth hussars and a mounted company of the Dublin fusiliers were creeping around ou the enemy's left flank, while another squadron of the hussars and a mounted company of the King’s Royal Rifles deployed to the right flank, at the cornfields. Several Men Killed or Wounded. '“The artillery continued to play on Smith’s hill with a range of nearly 3,000 yards. Under its cover the Dublin fusiliers and the King's Royal Rifles pressed forward. It was in the execution of this maneuver that the casualties to our infantry occurred, several men being killed or wounded. Rode In Front j»f the Guns. “The firing now eased off on our side, and only a solitary shot was returned now and then. Gen. Symons, taking advantage of this lull, rode forward with his staff, in front of the guns taking cover at the rear of the plantation, near the base of the hill. All this time our infantry, in extended formation, had gradually pressed forward, watehing the Boers from the rear of the artillery and massing on the extreme left of the hill. ( at to Piece* or Driven Away. “1 saw three shells in quick succession cut some to pieces and drive others away. The Boer fire was becoming hot, hut the first battalion of the King’k Royal Rifles and the British fusiliers, led respectively by Col. Gunning and Col. Carlton, continued to mount the hill. Gradually they extended along the ridge, and at one o'clock, after four and a half hours of artillery fighting to screen them, they managed to reach a wall, running parallel with the ridge, about 600 yards from the summit.

Vlnanlficent Artillery Work. “This position was gained under cover of some magnificent shooting by our artillerymen, who plaeed shells at points were the Boers were massed, with amazing accuracy, compelling them to retire. But not for long. On again the determined enemy would come, only to be beaten back again by the excellent shooting of the Thirteenth and Ninth batteries under Maj. Dawkins and Maj. King. The Tug of War. “At 11:45 a. m. the firing had almost jeased, find our infantry were over the wall in a twinkling, and rushing toward the plateau at the base of the top or secondary ridge. The defense by the Boers was most determined, the ene- j my again and again pouring a long fusillade fire into the British ranks, which was hotly returned in well-di-rected volleys by the slowly-advancing Dublin fusiliers and King's Royal Bifles. “A large body of Boers, driven from Smith’s hill, took refuge in a cattle kTaal, intending a cross fire. The Thirteenth battery opened fire, however, and poured in such a hail of bullets as caused them to shift their position. Unequalled Couraare of the Roera. “Thus far the enemy have displayed undoubted courage, perhaps unequalled by the best European troops. They have stood up to our scattering artillery fire with the greatest determination, on Talana ridge, standing dearly out on the sky line they still appeared unbeaten find defiant. Tht Sixty-Matfi Puaked Forward. “The fighting bad now raged six and a half hoursy when the Sixty-ninth battery was ordered to limber up and

—- advance. The battery galloped a new position in splendid fortn^^tt^ was in action at the front in a n»o* xuent. v- -'JllllilTike Thirteenth Ordered t?**- "^r “So effective was the apparent suit of this close-range firing that Thirteenth battery was at one* ' dcred up, and after two roundsman* each battery, perfect silence refgrted. over the enemy’s front, brokeb||||g|® by the, whirring of the Maxims, served by the Dublin fusiliers, who had secured an excellent position tofpibe right. Duripg a momentary cessation the Boers had taken upa jHxsition on a hill to the right of the road ietwUhff to Maima colliery, but the Thirteenth battery soon opened fire on them and compelled them to retire. Fro at Dundee to Talaua “Meanwhile the two infantry battalions continued to climb the hill, and at* 1:30 p. in., after eight hours of desperate fighting, the position was carried, the Boers having precij 'IfciMy evacuated the hill. Thus, what bad commenced with a battle at Doutlee, ended in a glorious victory for British arms at what must be known as the battle of Talana hill. '

GEM3HA1* 'W HITE'S REPORT. Official Arvnnpt of tke Battle an* E#pUMh Victory nt Kl«ntl*ku«tt^c. London, Oct. 23.—The war office yesterday afternoon published the following dispatch to the secretary of state for war, the marquis of Lausdovvne, front tl*c general commanding. in Natal, Sir George Stewart White, regarding the engagement Satuftlay at Klendslaagte, between .Glencoe and Ladysmith, when the British, under Gen. Jan H. M. Koek second command in the Transvaal army, who was himself wounded and captured and has since died. White, Commander in NataL to the Secretary of State for War. filed Ladysmith, October 22. 10:30 a. m. In action at Klandstaagte yesterday the troops engaged were the.following: Cavalry—Fifth lancers, a squndroq- of the Fifth dragoon guards, the imperial light horse and two squadrons of Natal carbineers: artillery— Twenty-first held battery. Forty-see- | ond field battery and the Natal field I bat tery; infantry—The Devonshire reg- ! iment, half a battalion of the tJotalon Highlanders and the Manchester regiment. The whole force was under Gen. French, with Col. Hamilton commanding the iufantrv. ' I was present in person 3:30 p. m. to 6:30 p. m., but did not assume .direction of the fight, whichwps left in the hands of Gen. Freneh. Although desultory fighting took place earlier m the day, while rei a forcemeats, sent out' later, on ascertaining the enemy's strength, were arriving from Ladysmith, the real action did til 3:30. Al that hour the Boers held a position of very exceptionaLftfength. consisting of a rock hill about-a mile and a half southeast of .Flandslaagte . our guns took a poststation. At 3 p. m. ^ tion on a ridge, 100 yards from the Boies, whose guns at once opened fire. This fire was generally well directed, but somewhat high. This time Contrary to previous experiences, their shells burst well. The imperial light horse moved to* wards the left of the enemy's position and two squadrons of the Fifth lancers to wan] his right. Haring the artillery duel, mounted Boers pushed out from their left and engaged the imperial light horse. In a few minutes the enemy’s guns ceased firing^ and our artillery was turned on the mounted Boers, who opposed the imperial light horse. The latter at ohc^^l back! After the artillery fire portions of our infantry advanced to the attack, supported by onr guns in the second position, thjp Devonshires held the enemy in front while the Manchester regime nt and the Gordon Highlanders 1 turr ed his left flank. The libers’ guns, althoi lerecd, invariably opened the slightest opportunity, served with great courage, z&fter severe fighting our infantry carried the noeition. At 6:30 h. m. this-/ was ae©ften si-' ikgain on d were

comp lished, the enemy standing' his ground to the last with courage and tenacity. The Fifth lancers and a squadron of the Fifth dragoon guards charged three times through the retreating Boers in the dark, doing considerable execution. : We captured the Boer camp, with tents, wagons, horses and also two guns. The Boer losses wTrevery considerable including a number of wounded and unwounded prisoners. Among the former are Gen. dan Keek and Piet Joubert, nephew of Com-mandant-General Joubert., One goods train, with supplies for Glencoe camp, and nine English prisoners were recovered. Our loss, I regret to say, was heavy. It is roughly computed at 150 killed and wounded. “The collection of the wottnded over a large area in the dark Sind the arrangements for seuding them in have thus far occupied our time aod attention. A full list will go to yon later. Our wounded and those of the enemy are now arrived by trains. Besides Boers,' we hove many Hollanders, Germans, and prisoners of mixed nationalities. The behavior of our troops and of the colonial forces was admirable. A BRILLIANT FEAT OP ARMS. The Capture of 13 land*! a mite from Boer* StroBflr Entrenched. Cape Town, Oct. 22.—Dispatches received from the front regarding the capture of Elandslaagte show it to have been a brilliant feat of arms. The Boers were strongly entrenched and fought with their wonted bravery. They seized every opportunity of coming into action, and ran to serve their guns when they got a good chance. „ i The British wounded a*$ n°w taken to Ladysmith. ■' - ' . , ^