Late Cab.es

Bruce Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 3217, 20 November 1900, Page 5

Late Cab.es

« Lord NN'olsely will shortly visit Canada, South Africa and Egypt. The bubonic plague has broken out in the native camp at Kingwiliiamtown, Cape Colony. Major Esterhazy has made a confession covering several columns before the French Consul-general in London with reference to the famous Lreyfus case, incriminating Paty dv Clam, the late Colonel Henry, Generals Billot, Boisdeffre, Gonse, and Saussier. He states that the bordereau on which Dreyfus was convicted was forged and the letters from the Kaiser were fabricated. Esterhazy reasserts that he acted in obedience to orders. Owing to the disclosures in connection with the new French field gun, the American Ambassador left Paris. A fatal train accident is reported from the Scruth of France, owing to tlie subsidence of the permanent way. Thirteen persons were killed, including the Duke of Canevaro, Peruvian Minister at Paris. Thirty others were injured, including the Duchess of Canevaro, who had both her legs broken. The Boers have broken the Bloeirr fontein-Orange River railway in 20 places; also the Kimberley- Belmont line. Heavy fighting is reported from Edenburg. There were 75 Boer casualties. Lord Kitchener has gone to Matai. \ number of colonial troops visited Windsor, and were shown the State apartments. The Powager- impress has censured I.i Hung Chang and Prince Ching for not preventing the allied punitive expedition from penetrating to the interior. General you Waldersee, Commander of the allied forces, complains that the Russians relinquished their patrol of I the Taku Tongku railway without noti- [ fying him. Commandant De Beer, with 800 men, is investigating Scheizer Keneke in South West Transvaal. The British garrison consists of 250 men under Colonel Chauner, and they are gallantly resisting the Boer attack. The Hanseatic Courts have ordered the gold recently seized aboard thf i steamer Bundersrath at Hamburg anc | confiscated by order of the Hamburg