Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1901 — sin ii ■ mini [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

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Captain and Four Killed in Boer Fight VICTORY OF THE COLONISTS. Shift Camp by Night and Hide In Out of the Way Spot* British Meet Freshly Plowed Land* In Orange River Colony. ■Cape Town cable: In a brisk fight at Twenty-four Streams, near Piquetberg, Captain Ballew and four other British were killed and several others wounded. The British having surprised seve al camps the Bocr i aie now In the habit, of shifting camp by night. Lately the B itlsh c ilumns, after long night marches, have arrived at their objectives only to find the Boers gone. British columns pentt ating Orange River Colony miles from the railways find fields of miizi or freshly plowed lands, the Boers making off at their approach and return ng when the columns pass on. The herds on the high veldt still se m to be numerous. The Boers are living on cattle and mealies stored in out of. the way places. The invaders have reached the sea, a com-

mando of 500 men having penetrated through the rich Great B?rg valley to Hopefie'.d and Saldanha bay, northwest of Cape Town. The republicans have secured a number of recruit? and considerable quantities of supplies. General French is directing the operations against them,

The worst typhocn in t n years has been raging in the Philippine Islands for the past few days. Its center has been about sixty miles from Manila. Eight miles of ra'lioad have been destroyed and half of North and Central

Luzon has been submerged. A majority of the telegraph lines have been damaged and government and other vessels have suffered. Twenty persons have been ki led in Manila Bay. The town of Baler has been demolish'ed.

MAP SHOWING COVRSE OF TYPHOON