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Oefieral Hunter to March to the
lief •of Mafeking.
.. 7-T777 "Xe• elPeee--7,Feeeeeew
SUITLEMENT TO THE CLINTON SEW ERAS
mer'ely tib wee Order% and that the
steff eine quite ignorant Of the Moe.
Unity or tiro nom positions.
Co oael Dreg:Oyer torei Wepener
numbered 1.700, tile 10,3803 during
the laces were 30 kiilee and
wonliteel.
It is reported that there wits an
artillery regae,ement yeeterday ab
Korea eidieg, Ina tiO details have
Iii t reeelved.
Doers in a Miserable liondition.
Marie prii 0.-Firine was liea*:d
in the, eirecticei 1.thabaneira for
Re, seine rhours yesterilay. Maw, Boers
Ve'" are . etreating !Vora Weelener and
leaveeteciorp, preceeding by arose
roads near the Basutoland berder.
It le reported that they are in a
miserable condition, disorganized end
depreseel. Many are deserted and are
hiding on the fernrs. The main body
wee in email/ last niglat near Uwe
River ealeis, They were unherneered
by evagense using pack hortsree most:y
tor arerpesce of tranispoet. It is he-
ehat most or the Transva,atere
have gone north. They to:d the am-
'tives that they had .been ttaRed away
by President Kreger...
WI14. START FROM KIMBERLEY.
Two of the Canadian Mounted Rifles
Reported Missing.,
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The Pedal' ACCidelit to Private Bradley, of the Second Voutirigent-eA Good
Deat et • Sicieuess-U..S. Senate .Rejects Beer Motion -British Subjects
Ordered PrOM heTransvetall--Malleking's Trouleles-Boers Without Pore
•. - aae.-eAterhtielied by Boers. . , • , • ' ,
...-Londene, April '27. -The War Office supported hime, baying • pledged hine
hal; planed the following 'from Lord self .to Europe that such action
'
would not be taken, leresident Levu.
Roberts, . dated Bleemeentein. Fridien. ger yielded to • their represeotationa
', April 27th: . and the borings wove Deed with con-
, " Gen. French _reeethed -Thalia Nehn . erete,
. ten ,merning• with caerelry. •• • , .,
., •• Re' met Gee:, Ian. Hammen and Getting, enore 1)1 Lena. . . .
" Th oar ens brigad,e eller.%
atilt hOldIng 'WO
e, the Daily -Telegra,ple , tome • ' Cane
Leedom Apiel ee. :eh- despitee • VG
Gen. Sail:014) I '
,.44,60 e eneele Wero Town, dated Friday, - Says expelled
, . ere outlet of the town, wherettom • residents or eahannesburg, who li e
,Gen, 'French aiie Gen. Hainilton• were arrived there! 'state that • the 'Boaevrs
. eeeeeeeleg le euee, eeepi ,oee, . are getting short of ammueltioneud
•• lead for bullets. . Teey have coin-
, utlotiefr soeLittleRocifleT4.badeieNilnu eivt.fft elella enateleereel the stocks of. private, OWn• '
tok.. . . . . . ; . . ers, and requisitions have been made
ou lead pipe manureteturers. •
• Addieional Caeiteltlea' thus far re-' . • , , . •,
,
ported in lianalltmete mounted intone' . • , • • • • .
try': Vents. Beery and Hill, weuedecl, . . • PX) leYal. Australians. .. • ..
both. cif Marshall's L•Hberese the formeree
, oe
rilie. April 27. --The German (.10V,
. severely, • the letter slightly- . • ' eminent eas formally demanded -sat-
.e.e patrol tionaBethulie oame across isfe.ction for et number of outrages
4 body of the Mierny. on • Smithfield , eitele. eeenuitted'at Melbourne upon
Toad, April ZOO. Pte. King, oe thee. reeldents oupposed to beerienelly,.to -thee
Preheat Alfree ,Guards, woe Wiled,. and were, • - - •
, , , • . . ,,, •
"tlea of tile Reyel.ecete' S'er vice.. Corps . e - . , . ,, ---h - • , . '
. . .. .....„:„. ,,,oe_oe,... , _, ........H...,.......13r1001,:.prwokets. D3teg. ,....
. cann4iiiiis- in Fleet. - • - I . , • .
. . , London, April 27.-A despatch to ted
, •were taken prisoners. : - ‘• . ' Deity New from Pretoria,. dated Men-
" The 'Yeoincei Cavalry, 'wider Geri. 1 day, saes that 47 British prisoners.
Brebazoit, after reconnoitring as far L. bare died in six weeks. Two hundred
ORTVV,;eperter, eeterned. to' Dewetedorp of teem are eitic with fever.anddy.sen, .
, theiemorninke : , . . , . tery .at leaterval: • ' , • •
•Oee. -11conlitores force •Include.s part. ' • Tee deepietah adds that eirasmes de
• cif the . Ounediati, ..iiiirenteci • Infantry„ . Klerk • Das been sentenced. to ., two
'Willie' Canada's first • contingent is HE . yettre'•imprisoninent at hard labor for
Oen. Sinite-Dorrienel brigade, . . guiding • the British at, Petruenurg
Ieenden, ,April 28. -The Daily' Chrome . and Bioendeneein. - . ' .. : , ,. . •
Iola lates the' following from "Vaal: Benle . , ' • ' , ---,' •. ' - •
'dated W.eerie.sclay, April 250: aeatal Doe& mount le e'W' 011ite.•. '
"F"For two eager the B0e14 .iliV0 been • 'Elands•Inagte, Natal, April 26.--T1I-re
fighter.; 'a series of rear -guard ections: Boere nave mounted' three guns,, pre-
' .
Crossing the Modder here and .• hetle-
' e ',' -
eneluel stnned to be 15epounderee whieee mine
'by General Alderson
Oland the British positiom
leeh:elute:I Canadia.114. theegee Sn
. ' • • e
NatIves. report that Many Of the re-
' Retailed
' eo koeje.s •southeest of tho crossing; ' eidents . of tee ''Biggersbere disteict
One narrowly ,nilesed :beteg captured Neve reinforced the Boers- teethe
hY General Iturelle,. w -ho was coming Elan& Laegte. ' • ' • • • •
from that directio,n. But oil .sighting A signal fire was: peen. last night
ein adviermetheytin•ned eastward and . The Bono were evidently commute -
slipped 'awry: :between r 0 enema Alder-- eatirie with friends hi the Orange
8011..antLc4eneral nundio. • - Free •State. . They are burning the
"A. eirileoner just captured' asserte :grass bn the hills to prevent; its being'
that.PreSident.Steyn was present dure ..see. On fim by', the .British iiimil fire,
bee Moneay's f.ghtIng at eltingfo.nteini Which Would, force' teem to abandon
i•
jea'15t (3f Peeawi had el"wedriii.1e their trenches.' • • • • .
boned, .that hci was noteasily.: ree Robes ,In Free State. . •
eeoeelefieeeeii;• •• : • : *Bloemfontein, Aeiell
Ner...if,h. • The correspondent is informed that
• theicles Gen. Grobler's commando and
,J,..ondoit, • April 28. -Gen. . itobertstho parties of Boars -still. in the south=
'Maintains ids Palley of .• reStricting eastern part of: the Free State . to
•• 'llainuself and the correspondents withl. the, number of 6,000; there are 2,000
Thlin to, brief roinouncementis et what • special sekvice velunteers on what is
•''. Inas actually' 'been. done. Beyond the • called a "peepers. commando." These
"meetioa thee the Boers Med the ease- ,, Men are well mounted, and carry siap,r
• ern outlet of Thaba Nehu, there is no tiles for eight daYs. When _their Map:.
• Dedication of *here the thirehere are ' plies are exhausted .other special -
located. ,The 'impression beip is that • service Men relieve them. These 2,000
men ..try tiperate between:. the
British and the main Boer fierce. eanall
foraging patties are constantly de-
tached from tele force, and their ATO+
bility 15- sea time they operate In
' various direetione. ' ••
g•• It la reported bete tent Gen. De
Wea with nearly 750- wagons ate]a,
heavy Boer' transport, hats arrived at
Kroonstedt teem the south. He left
a considerable forpe b.ehind•
There is groat inteteee here in the
• arrest of Christine Richter, a brother
of Jan. Richter. The latter Was ar-
rested On tlia charge of :sheeting sol-
diers at Bunker's hook. Christian is
charged with . n. similar offence, and
also with' simoting an officer from a
ferrielzeine on elm De 'Wetsdorp road,
.10 miles from this place Christian
Is a man of 65. 1110 IR tha
wealtelest farmer intim district, anti
le vented to many prominent fami-
ne% Ile clew; not take part In poll -
ties, "
Return.
tondon;, April 27. -The Sieantor
Tel tall C1.1 tla arrivc11 art " th
ampten this evening from eouth At- .
Yard Kipling and hie ;limey.%
they have efeccted.their exeape noith-
Ward. -
Tim news or the coittinual arrival
of• troops at Kimberley is taken to
Mean that preparatiens are being
made -to advance to the xelief of Itate-:
king from the sonth. • Tho feeling or
despondency regarding 111afelcing
again rising bore. It is now recog-
niz.ez1 how Jong it must take Gen.
Carrington. to reach that place front .
the north. There is no indication that
tee Boers in Natal are sleekening
their grip.in the Biggarsberg Aistriot„
where it is estimated they Ininaber
teem 5,000 to8,000, witlitieriple
: •
artll-
Only 4 SMALL banger.
Leaden, :April VS. --The Daery T-elee
grapb, in a. epeal editione.
d, depoints a
cleepetce 'Tram Benetee Bueeeigb, dat-
e lereetToratein, April 2.0;h, which
SeYS
'eThe :troops tyre new art Thabo. lerchet,
They .,finel'• plenty of prievisiona. and
feirage.. There is. sniping &lily at tear-
• etcling;" but destine...lea rt .rare.
The actexte have only e smote laager
near ere/Word, L'etchse norSe to -day
captured hundrode or cattle. The nit -e
geneers are •prog'ressing in thele work
tiatding go permanent bridge
acrosseth,e, Modde. r hiver av Glyn." .
A General A.dvance. •
• London, April '28. -The lhoemfon-
tein • correaponeene fho Morning
vost, ;Winetene thurchlil, telegraph-
ang erhursdaY; says
"Moot'. sartisfeetory progress has
been, made ea the accumulation of
d a
eteeu,rIng the pave week. The prose
teazle of a gcnoraa ateviumer aro more
favorable." .
The Bloemfontein' correspoltdent of
the Daily Telegraph. under Tburaday's
date, EiVril
rThe Boers who retreated from De
Weetegaerp kept well ahead of General
Freirdllekeeeavalry. „Dittoes tlie enemy
should make a amid at leroonstod
Lord Roberts will rapidly cross the
Vaal Revere'
letters Still in the South.
AliWel North. April 27, --It le re-
portee that there are 800 Boers at
lloinarienes lop, in the Smithfield dire
triet, 160 at Smithfield, 400 with two
guns and a, Maxim at Ga•s' kept aral
220 with two guns at Kloeter drift.
(10.1611011 Meer.
i,000 Foil Kits Weekly.
London, April 27. -The army cloth -
big factory at Milbank is tending to
BOutit Africa 15,00,0 full kite week
-
1y. tip to etarelt 200,000 pairs of
drowere had been sent, and flew 20,-
'000 palter are going out weeklY in
nelditiott to cant, quantitioe docke
and woolen Jaeseye, The order.; aro in.
etiing• and it is expected that the
y will work at the present rate
the ead of the Ivor.
Kruger's 111111(1 Stayed.
,Loildell, April illie-Several corree.
pondente confirm the reporte that
• 0.1Oltainteebtirg Mine, were bored,
.ebargeel, And ready to be blown 1111,but they fray that rommandent.
General Botha went to l'retoria and
related against the deatroeingnf
Weer. Nato ;senor Klizeka
rioa. Aenotig her pareseneere vete Bed-
• • Col. Otter • Wouneed.
• Moutreae April e7. -Th o Stak hat
the following special cable from W.
• Richmond fhnitb, its eel-re:pendent
• with thee fleet Canadian contingent
•eIsrael's Pcort, Oratige Free State,
• April 27.-I regret to nave to State
that Lieut. -Col. W. D. Otter, the
• commandant of the Royal Canadian
Regiment, was wouuded in the en- -
augment yesterday, when :the Boers •
wore driven out of their positions
here. The tett woe a smart one while •
It lasted, and Gen. Ian. Ilemiltotes
division, including part of tho Cana-
dian Mounted Rifles, aecompanied by
the whole or the Royal Canadian
accompliehed the task eot
with eomplete gamete The Can:edema
• again wonthe heartleat encomium%
from the eciaimanding general for
their plucky concluot under fire. Our
eaetertiteee afriong the rank and file
wore praetically 1111. Colonel Otter's
wound Is not serious, and no evil ef-
fects aro antiolpated. • (Signed) W. ,
Itleihriond
1.oruloi. e a. rn.-Tie6, oetty
deepalch froni Lord Itoberte pubritined
yeetetelay was the usual Het of deaths
and sieletteei. The flood of nenepaper
despatehee to -clay describing tin re-
, cent operations, 'throws no light
whatever mph the present poeit'on
of affairs or upon tile groat, lineation
• it to whoa the main advance Is to,
, begbi. The Ataxia -aril's . announcement,
that (low:ral Frenehei cavalry aro rc.
• tuning to Thoomfoetein in eleer proof
that there is no further hope of eatebe
Ing tho retreating Boers, rend the
Loudon leavers are boginning to dee.
iniliatichee wattle practlealL fail.
two of the elaberate preparationof
!eat *week.
• The D'Oemfoettin corteeeondutt of
the, Poe spea,ke now of tim urgent
need at preeent and always of more
harem.
There is VeryllttIo 116WA from other
rpm rbeeee.
The day Mall puleishes a etetement
° front Co:oral Long, wife waS blamed
; for tile hies' of the s teoleneo,
that In advancing the no ao he did
Per ireeilareee
Doers Will Now, Concentrate.
D'ocuifontlea..Apre 29,-Te.,3 ',cant
opera liens heye tended to clear the
mi. leery atu t00% aeu, pol;:-careve4
progreee through the cottutry
bruushe home to tile Free etatere the
fact that the policy of lealency has
hem abateloned. Besides eelzIng the
stoelts oe farmers weer, alter Immo
given their submission, were toned
fighting, lie cornmendeered all tee
:tweet:et. forage, Ing receipts for
the same, and tins will prevout the
Doers esing -the resources of the cone,
try.
The leeers are now :evidently re-
turiilng order to coaeentrate for
opposing the British edvaiace. Now
that Thebanelm, as well as the ap-
1)voae1Ioi is strongly held, Lady -
brand, with the unfriendly Basutos
lining the border, la rendered a pose
tion of extreme daeiger for tee lepers.
tee 'gravity of wilieh will be aecen•
tuateeo-from the eminent tiro Brit -
loll advance begins.
It is understood that the Briejell
w U eonitime to hold l'haberiehu ow-
ing to its serategic importance, and
especially with a view to checking
future raids. coniniandos that
heel recently been operating in the
direction of Teabanelne are . melting
away, the Boers quietly returning
to their fermi', and many of teeth'
taking the oath of allegiance. ,Ek-
perimice leas elven, 'however, In
many eciees, that thisis only a prc.
tenee to enable the Boers to create
disturbances on tee retie, of the Brit.
lee, and vigorous methods will prob.
,ably, bo necessary et° force real. eire
,armaluent.•
• '
Sonliee'S boob. for •Kruger.
London, ; peivate let-
ter hale.; been received. in London
from Cede ether, the Italian officer
in tire eroploy , or 'tie: Boer Govern,:
, went, which gives a .gloomy acomme
or the state of affairs in tile Teens-
veala month age.The wetter sees;
•Iiivery dee diminishes the burgh-
ers' hope .ixt obteining an honorable
Peaere, based on the -recognition of
tire independenee of the Republic.
President Kruger, by look and voice,
sliows eimeelf tesheartened. kle is
'nearly alwaya in the field, where he
ardeptly hopes to 'find a. soldier's
death. Many European volunteers
ha vp deserted various corninctudes,
,end the Reel, arinthe dank lose men
whose pleeee cannot be supplied.
Since the commencement of Febru-
ary there..ba've not been a dozen vol.
untezes froM the outside' World. Rob-
erts has all the trump cards. in his
hand, and nag subdue the Tra,navaaI
witeout giving • battle,
"Quie ,need cney wait. Mready the
precees of disintegration a the Beer
tomes this get in, while the stores of
amxnuiiEticn aro ditaintliihing$X a much
greater Irate than new ehote and‘shell
and certridges Can lee inamitactured.
At Ochannesbure, as in ,Pretoria, 'the
one ,overpoweeingdesire is fOl! peace: -
Tee eoutitey is dead, and many • des -
par of its ever eemitig to life again."
Col. Ricci adds that thecoantraandant
at echanneetharg has, isened a peo-
clamatien, forbidding citizen* going
aeer the nonce, from which it is as-
sumed that there is some treat in
the reports teat areangemen:s epee
been ,xn,a.dci tor their destruction. A
good :many . burghers apeear te be -
lave that the. geed mines tonstLetk
aort oe'hostage whieh God has erneed
LII theer.hanes., and by menus of which
england, whose one desinels to get
god, can be eompeeed to coneede tea-
sexiable terms or peace.
Rundle is at Thabanchue
.Thabanchui 'April 21. -:-Gen. Bundles
division !has arrived here. The marelt
;rem • Dewetsdorp• wee *ueeventfue
Generuls arel leatuleten are
also there. The Boers aro re'horted ten
.miee's, to the eastward. The mounted
force, eatire in contact with them and
had celight skirmielr. The resuet of
the eunetien al Generals French and
nut -idle is the elearneere of the eourarry
of Boers at thin point.. •
Infantry iniveneed within 2,000 yards,
under good shelter.
"During the alternoon the battle
b4r41110 general, and extended over a
frontage a 1.0 mile% Tee rifle, Mitelin
. ate' ertillery firing was deafening.
o'clock the Oneadiana ad-
vanced in open order, brit, meeting
with ter.ritle fire, they took elien
ter in .11, donee,. When thee Simile
eeptured the itopeee, Boere wero
seen retiring north and met vieth
wagon % and isubsequently, when the
infantry load° a darer, the rat- of
enany tired a few seete, arid
eleared oft,
"On eceupying Thabanehu wormed
the atom and liotele all lootee by
the Boers. Tee nativecomplain of
hoeing their hersee and cattle stolen
and of eruel treatment, The Faglisli
residelits were stibjeeted to taurite
and theatre"
I learn Vint yesterday Boer rein-
forcemente from Brendford came too
late to eaglet their comrade% We
found helleerePhie .raeeenee frOM
President Steyn to Gen. Botha, say
-
Ing it was inadviseele to send more
troope te _Fourteen ,etreains; as the
Federal& were already too weak be.
tween Bloemfontein and Kroonsted,
and because there were 50,000 B141.
Ls] at 131oentIontrain. The farmers
around Item have all been forced to
rejoin the enemy.
The Doers' Strength,
• tondpn, April .8(:). -The BIoemfentein
' correspondent of the Stow -bed, tele-
graphing Sundayesays : eThe Boers
eave taken every advaritaeteeof tee
mountainous nature of theyeereatry,
winch marks the line of theireeeeeet
te Ladybrand. The task of detving
theinels difficult, end • it is .0etibeeul
whether they can. be reduced to eub-
unission in re dietriet' so favorable to
their tactics. •• et, e
"I have visited a Britieh outpeete
the one nearest Brancitord, The P.efAil
show the deepest anxiety to learn -int
Probable lino of our advance, aled they
declare that they will not /the a abet
from Brandford, ae tette wish to ext,ve
the town from laombardmente
- "The enemy am rentrenehee on the
AtIlieesoietheeet of Drandferd, but they
• 4••••••.1...
• . Adjacent Country Cleiir.
Thabalielin, April 28e -The adjacent
country le now 'clear, the 'teem hav-
ing retiree towards Ladybrand.
Teere zero interestiag developments
ahead.
• Olivier IS Wotiiided
Ay1wol North, 20. -It
porbea Imth
re at tiommentlitut Olivler
W311 wounded at etrepener east Moe
en.1-.
New Zealandeele while ecouting,
tought sbt Boerse killing three and
wounding three. One New Zealaieler
was wrangle:I. -
The inhabitante of .11ouxville do not
know to which Government thee be-
long, aa there In no civil administra-
tion there. • -
Canadians in Action,
London, Apra • e0. -A. special dee
eintteli front Thabeneltu, &Mee Thurs-
day, deseribing the etiglit at Isratiee
Poort, which ire ebout eeven miles.
ivet of Thabanehu, Nays: " Three
hundree Itheers info strongly en-
trenched on two koplen, The place of
honor was giveut to the Canadians,
who Advanced very cleverly tinder
their eashiers commeneer, (loi. Otter,
The Boers retiervell their fire until
the Canadians had reitched the wire
Mitalig*lements ; then thee Vaned
With it terrific halt of bullet% ,
. "'Tim Cariatiettal, however, had takon
gool cover...Attie Were nob greatly
elamagel. They were ably eupported
In the iteaattlt by the Gealtrienetowa
Iforee.
" Sari:Tasty° rushee broughb theni
right up to the hoping, When Col.
Otter was etruek twice, one bullet
inflicting an ugly letb not eerigereug.
WOund itt leo, neck, one the other
tearing the badges front, hie shoulder,
Due Ito still cheerer:I hie men on with
the kopee w.ire retrial T11.1 Boer
bonal. Tho Britizit losses' were 20in
killee end tronneed."
A tleAreiteli to 'the Mall from
Thabancte describing the Hanle eno
gagoment, saps; "Tito British fertile
tory shelled the koples all day from
three poeltionn. The Boer positione
wero extremely well cleave
Ingof a long range of very preelpi-
tome Itilis, with' narrow poteee be.
tween„ commanding a vast extent. of
(tort ntey. •
"The mounted infantry, male witio
turning irioveingent, while the feet
•
Woo' are tar better ;off thin thiati
to the mete, and theme that aro now
fighting will be tar better off when
they are living uudar a truly retitle
lima form of Governmentwhiehe
they do not have now."
.01,0•1=qicran
'YeSirlmy Come did very well
, at Paardeberg," says a Woken Can.
dIn
".A.riother men We a bullet through ,
tJi e broth, and they ishave off 'the
. brain ag Ib preerudee. Ito wilerecover
all right. Ile can sexily ta0V0 one Side
of his lace but be laughed gleefully
with that' Bide when I mentioned
Hector Macdonald -Ito being a itigle
tender.
Anther Highlander was wounded
at Mitgerefontein,' healee up, and had
Just come baok, wounded again at
Paartleberg. The coincidence geented
to amuse eine
")e.3, :sir, the bullets le all over
you, if you lance begin to mind thein
in action yore might as well not be
here at all.
thirdly hold myself, I feel so pleased
abevt'irrtlitetvbor .ileallne, sir. I eau.
eenti poor fellow, was 6711)g -his
gelato nerve Jtad, been Ploughed liP by
a bullet apa ho had neuralgia day, and
night. Nature will in :time gacouhno.
• date iteelf.
„ h,Lancashire Fueiliere, sir,' says, an
either. 'We lost 470' men out of 0001
only five offieere ont of -tweitty left,
tine a captain in command. Yes, the
loSt More thug nee '
band outside strekee up' 'Sol-
dier:, of the Churn," and those wit° can
move hobble oat of the tenth- and the
Others brighten and sit up in bed-poot
soldiere, of the Queen 1"
• Doer 'envoys. Got no Comfort.
Berlin. A.pril 20.-T1te Dresden Neu- •
vete Naeltrichten loam from the
very boat- Beare.) thet at the confer.
once eehl between. members el 'the
Beer mission and Beetle 13eaufort. the
Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs, the
latter del las best te 'convince tee
aneveal delegateof the hopelege
nese of their mission.
At the Preseing request of the mis.
Blom Dr. de Beaufort put himself in
•Communication with the Cabinets ot
Berlin, Vienna, it. Peterebtirg and
antl naturally receivecl from,
all of teem the answer that any' in.
tervention was imposeible.
A.11- the pewees, without exeeption,
aeltireel the Boors to Melte overture
of peace to ngland. Even if their
ineeperelenee eltoula be Siorifice.:1 the
COnChlsiell of peace would at least
put du end to melees bloodehed,
coming to America.
•.
Tee Hague, April lige-The members
Of the Boer Peace Mission will sail
froxu Itotteelam foe tbe Mated States
mixt Thursday evening by the Hol-
land. Ainerieen Line teloodep Maas -
dam. Die Loyde and Dr. etheithe will
not' accompauy the &legatee. The
deJeb es Will visit Amsterdam to-
morrow.
PT..*
Roberts BefusedBuller's Resignation
London, April 00. --The Central Now
'mien:mos an interview with efeelore
General Sir Henry Rhodes
Green, tee, famous Angle -Indian
it
strategist and figittee, weree pr
nu edie-
tiodurthe the war have been Sin-
nWarlY correct, tereeene belief Is'
thret General Roberts, alter leaving a.
lateens kat*. to oppose tee main Boer
•arine at Kroonstaci will strike for
Tan Reenenes pass and oYerWheina the
Romer who are now in ,Natel, and Witie
General Buller's alley invade' the
Transvaal by way. of Laing's Nek,
Thar statement MO leit attracted
Loneen, May 41,....
-Themo ie no official
news. from the Orange Free State,
and no unofficial news of tater date
than Sunday, -when Gen. lereneh was
reporeted .to heeding Theba elechu
and xeconneler.ing the hies to the
eeet .of that place: The Belem, accord-
ing to. ene report, are in great
strength en the neigheorliotod, bee,
arceoriding .to, another,' they are neer
eve sarieiy northatere, ,`,,eaving rtaly a
rear guard, without teen:sip:et, in the
• -
The, Dailey eorireepeudent at
Thalba etchir reports' filo the. Beitith
home ea'peurred -a Been convoy.; but he
• gems no detailai
It dis. reported fella Crape Town that
General alienter, whase. dlivisien was
fee /
11
•
11
Ott
Jijel 1,1
tlI
1111 ttiti ttttittit "".
0 EL LIT WIT?. GENERAL ORoNJO BEICOttill BE LEFT POE ST. .13ELENA.
•Though naturally silent and embittered:he' his defetete General"Cronje tenweil a little in the genial' cone
pany of ' the British' officers. The defeated Generel is here Nhowai ellabtting witti,,claVtain Watermeyer, the . •
officer in .weiose elutes° .ite was -The Graphic. • • . • . • e
• •
1
ere not likely to make any, serious
etand until we reach Nroonstailt."
The Bloemfontein correspondent of
the eforniiig Post, telegrapeing Satur-
day, says: "From a Boer °feeler in
the commissariat, I have obtained
wino interesting detail% The recall
had ih December 00,000 niee. lu
March they nee barely 1:6500r Lavine*
lost 8,000 in killea or Wounded ae.d
0,500 in captured. The others aro not
accounted for, but have probably re-
turned to their farms. '
"Tier official who gave me t1ie. in-
formation predicts that the approach
of veinier will produee further whole" -
sale shrinkage. He says the Boers are
short of wagons, wheat and smokeless
powder, but that they- have plentv ol'
other stores( rine of rifle =mural ma.
They are not likely, however, to make
a serious resistance, as they possele
no poeitions ties side of Pretoria that
are not capable of being turned by the
British army.' Moreover, the Vaal
River often no proteetion, betause It
Is fordable every dozen miles or EO. The
'official. tlenke o deterniined advance
by the Britten would Jetta the Buttes
to dedroy- the Johannesburg Melee.
Their cleverest general, ee eneo, 114 De -
Leroy, although. Botha is a man or
great ability, Non& of the Boer com-
manders, In his opinion, can be com-
pared with the tate tea. eoubert."
. .......... .
* litasutos Stopped Boers:
,
Pretoria, April 27. -The representa-
tive of Renter's Telegram C'ompany
at Brandford is Wormed. that Beers
at° J'ammer's Drift tried to got Mai -
munition. through Basutoland, but
that the Basutos stopped the wagons
and informee Gen. Detvot that a
strcsig contingent of Beentos is now
guareing the lino to prevent en-
trance or exit from Basutoland. '
Native reports Nom ableinnesburg
say tee Government inelicetore. there,
aee convineed that dynamite wesehe
cause of the recent explosion., and
that the tlyncienitards' train has been
tracoe to 4 Vacant house la tee 'vicin-
ity of the first explosion. They have
tberefore stopped all trains through
Bologna /lay, in order to prevent the
eseitiee of the Huspects. Among tee
pereone arrested Ls William Ilegbia,
eon of tho head of the Begble Com-
pany, in *Whose eithe baii hes been
refused. The ilfteir nine affect the
question of tie7
? British remaining in
the State. ' 1 .
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1110 War 'Will Ilring Unity.
Now York, Apell IIG,-Tho pleasant
epriepo Aveather had the °Mot of
bringing large aindeneal to the vari-
Oliii churehee where the work of the
Ecumenical' Conferente, now lit eessien
lit title city, wee diseuese I toelay. ,
Bishop Ieartzell, the missionary
blieurop to A.friert of the etethofliat
elpiecopel Clinreh in thli eountrY,
prerteheil tie" enorriing at Si.. Paul's
efethodist Episcopal Church. /te Ar-
rive:1 here Seturatte evenleg„Itert re,
turnci from a tour through Weet foul
South Africa. Speaking of the South
Afriean wa,r, Ito bail: "Donee bo
alatenee about the war, re is f linfIlY
0110 Of the X(41.1011'0! Flit thO hietory of
the eontinnt
e. The oere. as a pea.
Pie, etre not fled lig the Britielh
Only ft "mall frin , at tete north IS
ti!SArktIteNt Prone% ilehrethor WV.*
pride in Itio loyailt,y0o the Queen. Ont
Of thet war tviti coke mate. I 2i4 it
cieirly, a unity bleed int grounde ot
mutual reopeett The Boers In Carte
s,
nearly the amount of attention...it ee-
•l eervee. It certainly has the Merit of
• novelty and probability. Teat there is
1 eretto amount eif teeth' in it . is
Ietrenethenect by the feet that Oen-
, eral Green 1..3 a. doge personal friend of
1, I led Marseal Lord n•olacl.ie and Ad-
jezenteeeneral Sir Evelyn Weed.
• Aeettant-tinneral Wood, by the way,
etated yesterday that as Soon as he
learned of the pulinamtion of General
I.ord• Bonert& etrieturee on the con-
duct oe the Ladysmith relief opera-
tions, General Buller tendered his re-
signation to General Roberta, we° re-
• fused to accept it, •
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' - Boers to Wieter in leailat.
Ladyinnttll, .Aptil.• 2V,--T1e 'Boers are
.making preparatiOnS for spenoing the
winter in. Natal. They nee visiting
all the Enters within tee oecneled
ephere, demancline, the . payment of
the but tax and inforniing 'thorn theY
name not . pay to the Nertel Govern. -
Mont iii future, Int to them. • •
.,
: • Tho leoers aro eringing their stock
front tere 4'401'h -chit into Natal for
the wintergraziag, anti 'have hitine
atel to the Kaffir:: that they require
geese for their animals, awl thee the
nattveS inust w0rk for titem or move
eouth of Sunday's Rivet.
1 .. The enemy are busy .ort new pose
tioes north .01 Feends Langte. It has
tleen ascertained by meatus of
irange-fluders that they are hot tbss
s than fifteeit thousand yards distant
'front the station and thecollierieth,
and teerefore 'beyond the rotten .of
our guns. ,
•
I Bleeinfoeten, Neh
At TApril ti7.-Ocneral
halia, u. .
•
smieleneeelen dectleied Thalia, Nehu
on Thureday. alie Etoere retiree to
Ladybrand after lighting a rear-
guard eetion throughout *Wedneadayea
. retreat.
1 The Canadian% mimed out in skir-
miebing order, wore Gen. Smitioleor•
tient vanguard, and had to do most
of tho work. The Shronshires and a
battalion of tee Gordon Highlanders
E were also with Gen, einitleDorrien.
' Christian Richter's f artnhouso has
been burned. ' A nviate flag was fly -
leg over it, but this was regarded
aa a doaoy, as enemy arnica Iloere
, .
were Seed in the vicinity. Mee lath.
. tor le not c,harged with shooting at
' Ilritielt ookliere whilethe white flag
1 • Wile flyltee over ids house, but he le un.
der arreat. . .
A London Times spode1 states that
Intafoking was ngatn beinbarded on
the Iltit April, but without dellig ate
'treatable damage, The Boers wore
repulsed in an ottempt to risk it
position by a 1111Mber of ('apo 'Soya.
I London, April :1 R.- Doyleavito
Conan Doyle on Tontine.
event cut tie a volunteer doctor, pays
a glowing tribate In the Daily Nowa
to the British Moldier, and at the
same dine VAIN of some remarkable
Ir'G'ithetlitaitlin. y is a great men," writes
the novelist. "I went to WW1:urie-ea.
terday tin(' saw him In various
Stagr,S ofmath:I:teen and torture, told
/ tako my hail off to him. Heroic lie
is in his enoetentatiotie patience and
pereletent menee of humor. Ono poor
folleW, :shot through both optic nerve*
.--SOIW3 IlOpri ' of SaVing tho left eye
-was place.' and quiet.
"'Tim bullet that went throng)!
mo, Mr, hit Gene.rel Knox afterwerde
K71 another, proudly, ,
,
laretee ateporte.4 to arreving at
- Kineneelev, stairt tram that place'
en command. ofa' strong co:umn to
rieliove Maeeking. The operation, ji is
said, . will preblable• bre seconded
(Gienexorl Methuen, but General
Hunter lira ha in chief eenteoll,
reeseetch frone Kimberley states
that elm Beers yesterday (Monday)
occupied' in etreing force the town of
Winetiortorivn whioh is areout 35 melee
from 'Gel:tame Methuen's heedfauartere
at ;Boise oe.
irhe 'Yeomanry in tho Reshot dis-
trict one grateene for the sip:elide)
sierviee of the Aeareieleasa field hospitel
elareng the recent openatione.
Slight outpost action, tele piece
daily Leyond Nam= • siding, where
the head of the British ineasion Is
African hens 81-,kries3 has
brokeu out in General Buller's axeny.
It proves eopectally fatal among
freshly arrived anthills. The Bloem-
foritein " correspondents point out
teat the claficienelee In the veterinary
cePertment cause thousande of Iowan.
•
A eespetch from nabs. Mem says
hard fighting took pleco east of there
Sunday. De Wet tried t,o turn the
British right with the aid of artil-
lery, but was beaten off.
Crellje WA'S Cheered.
Jamestown, St, Helena, April 80.-
Gonera,1 Croat:, and hs wife, ,acc,ont.
pearled by tee Generales Privalte Sec-
retary, were permitted to attend re.
Hem& earl -lee yesterday at Dead-
wood -camp, aft -or Which ' thoy bad
their 'trot. Me: around the country,
an expertenee which seemed to give
nut p eacnire.
The famous Boer ,commarider was
received with °beer% •
Clear of Bettye.
Ladysmith, April 80. --The country
north of Sunday* River seems cone
paratively clear or Boer%
Goeerat Louis Botha ha n returned
te Pretoria, to resume the supreme
emannand Of the' Trensvaal forme.
01•10.3...prro
Sennee Rejeeted It.
Wailtington, April 30. -By ra vote or
20 to 29, tho Senate today refused
to n011aider feneltor Pottle:rimer Mee
ititione of sympathy with the Mere
Count releitine Captures",
Cape Town, April 80.-4. Frerteb, of.
ricer. Comte Ducalue, who le described
as tho suoceeien... of Col. Vilielede
*wen% Juts erriveil here o presentee
Ho wag captured. In a ekirmieli la the '
'Kimberley district.
, Free Staters May teed,
Bloenifentein, April 80. - Reports
from naive runners state that the
Boors do not litteret to defend Ilrencl-
fordebut Ivan oppose us from the line
of bine north Pi it, using tile Vet
River to protect teen, • front. The
next atand thereafter Will be made
at Kroonisted ante upon tile vane
• River.• •
Tee Boers in Narree district (lettere
that a8. soon as the British afford
them adequate protection from the
bullYing. Transvaalers, Free Statere
will lay down thele arms, as thee are
seek of the war,
.1••••,...00A
Davits Retureing.
Pretoria, April 28, via Lorenzo Mar.
quez, April 80. -Michael Devitt, an '
ex -member of the Britien I-Touse of
Commons, wito came to the Trans-
vaal ostensibly as a newspaper cote .
respondent„ will leave to -night on his
• return to Ruropc. Ile hes contributed
£10 for the relief of the :sufferers 14,
the explosion in Begble's engineering ere
Works et Johannesburg.
•, A, savage murder by :stabbing wais
committed here Thursday night, ,
• Supplies Pouring in.
• London. May le -A despatch to
the Times: from Lorenzo Marquee
says teat the Transvaal and the
• Orange Free State continue to tiny
enormous supplies of . provielone
Practically -all the goods brought by
German and French steamers aro
• landed into •cors, and Promptly taken
by rail to the Transvaal.
• •
Stratheonafi Embark.
Montreal, April 80. -The fifte re.
crults for the Stratheona, Horee ar-
rived here -this evening and embark
ed on the , steanaselp 'Vancouver,
.whiclo sails to -morrow inornilig for '
- England. ,
Boers Sniping at Weirton.
Warrenton e April 20. -The Boers -
have reoccupied the poeitionout of
which they were shelled on Tuesdae.
• They have been ,persistently sniping
Women and ,ceildren draieleg ration •••
after dark. ' ' •
•
'.With the:Second 'Contingent..
• Van'Wyks -Vide 606 Colony, -April ,
4, via Loecion, April 80. -The first "
death in the socone Canadian eontle.-
goat occurred teoday...Privatelbadlie,4
of Ottawa, hadriddenhis horse to the
titer in order that the animalntight
drink. The horsesuddenly ehreW him,
rine he sank into a deep teethe Bead- •• •
ley could mit swLun. Private Walters, of
Ottawa, and .a dozen °there jumped -
Into the water ter rescuehim, atid one.
of the lumber, Pte. Fires, a Weet,Aerse
traliam ehrought him to the' surface.
• Lieut. Atherisc,n threw, n, rope to the
pair, who were then pulled ashore;
• Bradley was uneonecious, ' but .atter
prolonged effort Dr. Stewart and .
Hospital Sergeant Whitton succeeded
in restoring, animation. The Mud had,..
however, so injured his banes that •
pneumonia, ,set In, -en4 he dled the
'same night. The body was buried here
with military honors. •
• Fearful rales, almost' „thipesisable.
roads and • a threatened .shortage of
Previsions and forage axe character-
ising the =arab., These heeds:hips are
beginning to -tell. We left nineteen
men in hospital et Carnarvon, and •
another ' hospital has 'beer estab-
lished' bete. Pte. Hopkins., of D rat. ,
bery, accidentallydischarged: els re-
volver, the bullet taking effect in his •
knee. The wound Is .not serious.
Col. rferclimer has taken a staff
nointment at Cape Town; and Major
Rowe is now commanding :the Can-
adian 'Rifles.
Itien_and ,
. Lorenzo Marquez, ,April 29. -• The
liner klereog arrived to -day with two
hundred and fifty passengers for the
' Transvaal, including forty Red Cress
• men end Mr. Philip, director of the
dynamite coMpany. The vessel has'
.a demo of three thousand tone. The
ship's manifest shows• extraordine
ary amount of machinery.
The Herzog needs watekixig. •
• '
• Meyer's Reply to Itoberta.
• London, efey 1.-Generne Lucas
Meyer, replying to General Roberta'
complaint • that some or the BrItish
prisoners at Pretoria are lodged in the
town jail, says that only those are so
treated who hale) tried or who ere
Suspected of trying. to swept). He re-
torts, moreover, that Boer prisonere
are confined in the towa jen at Dietermaritzlitirg with natives, .
To Canadians Illissinre
•
•
• London, April ,80.-A deseetolfto
the War Office from Mufeking, In
Etritish Basutoland, hOrtheegib Of
ener.• reports Mud two Canedlan
members of the Mounted Rifles are
missing,. They are: •
Sergt. It, IL Ryan, 13" .Squadron,
weo was on the reserve Of offieers
need belonged to Kentville, N. S. „,
• Pte, hhos. E. leaden, of "II" Squad-
ron, who had been br "B" Squadron .
of tho Itoyett Canadian Dragoons,
SIIE WAS PEE ANI) LAN611.11).,
Too Nervous to Sleep, and Daily Grew Weaker
and Weaker. By .Using Dr. Chase's Nerve Food
She Gained in Weight*, the Color Returned to
Her Cheeks and She Gradually Became Strong
and Well.
roir people eseapo the depressing,
debilitating (Meets of *ring, when
the bleed is thin and watery atul the
Whole system exhausted by the'
artifielal life of Whiter..
TO young lady whose cage Is
deoeribed bolone had noVer boon
strong sine° passing the critical
period known au the dawn of woman.
Wod. SAO WAS taways °Vermin()
by tired, languid foelinge and lacked
the color, strength and elatitieley of
movement whielt Is natural 'to a girl
of eeventeen.
tier mother tolls in the following
letter how lfer daughter Wall
pletely cured by the use of Dr.
Clittse'S NerVe Food, the great
restorative.
tfra 11. McLaughlin, 05 Perna.
meat oftreet, Toronto, statee, "MY
elaughter WM pale, weak, languid
and very' nervotue her appetite+, wait
poor and changeable, ahe• eould
soartely drag herself about the
hones and her fierVell Wert cone
pletely unit -troll tr, she 'could not
rierlii tor roots *mg brX a WO at
a time witatot starting 141101. err'
ilgl,ArsigArtg-* vlar and
woaket X *enrn atti704
earl got it
'box of Chases Nom% Food. She
• ueed tees frontons for Rom Week*,
and from the first we noticed it de.
aided improvement. Her appetite ise.
canto better, she gained in 'weight
tho eolor returned to her face, and
eho gradually heleamo /AMIN and well..
cannet Ome* too mueli in tome of
thie Wereletful treatment mince It has
More Otteit nbiteable; to my &rash,
Tn mace of thonsomis of pale,
weak, laerrOtle girls and woolen Dr.
Olutee's Nettie Food has tiemonetrat.,
ed Its unperalleled renteiretivie pow -
era. leer men wive are worn but by
overwork or the ravage* of Memos
this troth-MaeequoilyZioient.
It is a eloodebelleler aiterlte
vitallter of meet untiqtal torts, watch
by streestbeatbg
.and Inv Ling the whoa*
As it sprbill' restorative It lo anL9.
moulted by anyrenal,' known
mnso
a. 50,oento a box a ail _diatom
Qt' 1'*ot1 MMN02‘,
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