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. for a, datigerotte movement among
the inatiblthnte.
All along the rallWays the culverts
wherever of any size, have been.
atterlY ilestroyed, but the englneere
• . hope to make a detour in gem° came
ON Ill , uN. Lanediczinui
veo,treshaeBriirtioitliewy,ftqiell tiellinsusPuogg
E
the entry- ot the Ctinadiano es foie
• lows: "Tbey are fine, straPlentafen
, !owe, brOaci-oh.ouldored. clean 1 bed
and Wee -Wed. They owing peat witli.
an eau' otride and a free gait. pens
, Rims of the etrough aud pride
brought them from the lakes and
motaitatriel of Canada. Their beote
were out at the thee, stocktngs un-
clareed, breech.es torn, then mended
eagrytornataiangeilauvasbuatn ebnovery rtattotetrhaoande
ritionson,,,from over the men who have
mate.hed ohoulder to shoulder with.
regiments of long and `great tradi•
• \ The Enemy Hurrying North
to Kroonstad.
:
GUNS AND STORES' CAPTURED.
14 Every Boer Farm Being Searched
By the British.
a •
What is Gen. French Doing ?-Praise for Canada's Soldierst-One Canadian
Slightly Wounded -Two More Sick-Snyman Anxious to Get Away From
Ilareking-Beer Recruits From faussiae-Sword for Oen. White -Crippled
Prisoners Sent Starving From Pretoria -Capt.' Bell Recoverlog-Th
Fingoes' Desperate Fight With the. Boers -Roberta and Kitchener Dirac
Artillery Fire. "
London, May 7. -The ca,pture of • nothing to peraliel the enthusiasm
Winburg .by the Britieh is confirmed with which the naval heroes of Lady -
and the main advance • to Pretoria. smith, the officers and orovv of the
continues with • the maChine-like ere; BeitialClifiit:Ziass cruiser • Powerful,
..cision and rapidity which 'havoc:bar. were greeted in London to -day. -There
aoterized all Lord Roberts' forward was one continuous roar of greeting,
movements. .By the • occupation • of waving handkercniefs, flags and hats _
IWinburg Gen. Ian Hamilton 'puts as the naval brigade• with the khaki .
-himself nearly parallel with Lord • colored guns marched from. the depot
Roberto, and enly 29 milee eastward, to the Horse Guards parade, where
while he his the additional advan- the Prince of Wales, in, the uniform of _
tage of being connected with his an admiral of the fleet, accompanied
chief by means of a railroad that by the First Lord of the Admiraltere
runs frem Simaldest, Winburg road , Mr. George J, Gosehete, and a number
etatiou as it is sometimes called, to of high naval and military officers. in-
.Winburg.
• •
speeted the bluejackets. After the in-
. emcee= by. the •Prince -of. Wales the
Whitt of Buller? . . Parade•forinecl a square, with the °ili-
a • The only feature of the carefully cers in the centre, and the First Lord
• of the Admiralty and the Prince .of
devised plan of general advance 'not
Wales spat) -briefly - in terms ef
• yet disclosed by • the swift develop-.
miration of the work and valor of. the
a . ments. is the part Gen. Buller has seamen end officers, . and then Mr.
‘ , elected to take in the operations.
e. present there are no indications Gosehen individually introduced them
' 'At
. • Y n t 't tee the Prince of Wales, who shook
--- • hanla with them and Bald a few words
Natal army. Doubtless a few days
. more or less will bringi out the Set- to each. The Prince .of . Wales -intro-
duced Capt. Lambton to the l'rincess
'ish.line of action -before the Biggers- of Wales, and the brigade was alter -
g. ' . word entertained .at Innoheon, Pre-
. paratory to marchiag through the
• -• Pressing Northward.' :- •
• ••• city. Alter the men sat down to
Lard Roberts is now nine tunes. Aunehee.ii the Prince. of Waleki, the
north of the Vet, and 68 mules north Princess of Wales, Mr. Goechen and
of •Bloemfontelp. Evidently he' -le not •others traversed the rooms, •and were
letting grass growunderhis. feet, heartily cheered.
though the Boers are . equally anxi- • General 'Macdonald's Wound.
.ous to. retreat towards Kroonstad •
and are ea doing. • In. a second • letter from Geo. Hoc -
At the time this despatch is' sent tor 'Macdonald to Mrs. Maeleed, of
there Is northing new :from Gen. Bunt- Cadbole; Invergordon Castle; 'he _Hays:
eie but it is oresained he is pushing "You Nvi 1 1 be pleased to knew that
steadily forward in the direction of •I returned to duty on the 10th of
MafekinCaideci by the aggressiveness March, and • that I never left the
of Barton's and Paget's brigades. brigade ••nor went . into hospit,al.
Thetcritics of the afternoon news- What grand luck ! •I ani •not able to.
papers view the situation witli the walk yet, but hope to do so in a
greateat satisfaction. . • month or ' two. The bullet ' entered
-..-le. • the outside of my left foot just un-
lialisilton Active, der the ankle joint, and came out at
- a special despatelt from Smaldeel, the other side a little'lower' 'doyen -
dated 9.45 ,paue Sunday, May oediees a very clean wound, whieh, if caused.
details of the occupation of Winburg- by a Martini' bullet, would have gest
by the British:. . , me my foot." • • . •
It says: "News has jest come here • --•:-. • ' '
' that Gen. Hamilton is giving the London, May, 8. -Gen. Roberts ha,s
Boers no rest,'and that.they are fall- notv advanced half way from Bloem-
lug back hurriedly. He entered Win. fontein to Kroonstad, where It is still
burg to -day after a brisk fight, in supposed the Boers will offer the first
which the Boers fell hack sta quickly serieus resistance to the . British
that one of their guns, in addition to march northward. .Mattere hitherto,
et Maxim, .was abandoned." so far as 'known in London, ha.ve
• gone most successfully fOr the British,
The Battle of Vet Iteter." though there sham not yet been a do -
The same despatch describing.. the
crossing of the Vet River by the Brl- In his despatch chropicling the pas-
tish says: .4 The Boer forces en- • sage of •tho Vet and the occupation'of
SmaIdeet Gen. Roberts does not men: -
trenched on the opposite bank pre-'
pared to contest the crossing. Our tion the occupation of Winburg, though
several of. tho eorrespendente' agree
guns were brought •into play and a.
terrific shell flee was directed on that it hag been occ.upled by the Brit -
the Boer lines. At the same time the ish. There 18 .11Meh Wan regarding'
which the commander-in-chief keeps
Queenslanders, under a heavy fire,
hat own coansel. Indeed, the greater
dashed across the river, and adva,no-
part or the army is not accounted for
Ing in the open, completely turned
the Boer right. It ' wake dusk, but ; in the official despatches.
Curiosity here is especially keen re -
nothing could stop the gallant Aus- g
trallans. They pushed on again, seiz- i garcling Gen. Preach, who has not been
ed a commanding kopje and by brit- mentioned for daYs, and whofte role is
llant movements and continuous rifle naturally assumed to be important.
fire drove off the enemy in the dark- . (Inc surmise which seethe as probable
la that he is operating east-
ness. The first "Meade of down this , as anY
ward, where it is believed the burgh-
rnornink found the enemy in full ere are yet in strong force. Tide idea
flight, and our men after them, and . is confir.nme by a deepeteh from Mas-
hy nine o'clock this merning we en- '
tered this important stragetle point." ern/ Bagutoland, reporting that sev-
i eral thousand Free State Boers are In
Methuen Heard From. I an area of about 15 miles formed by a
A despatch from Basher, dated Fri- • setefeirele drawn from Thaba, Pat -
day; May • 4, serf General Metheen. (aloe mountain, skirting the eastern
made a reconnaissance from there elide of Thaba Ncint hill, and thence
a day previous, to the :neighborhood . through Korannaberg to Ficksburg.
of Sjartkopples Fontein tend located Within th's area are collected great
the Boer Mager. After an unirnpor- , herds of cattle. • Tho district is also
tent exchange of fire the Boers re- rich In foodstuffs for in,en, and pasture
moved their 'eager. A fairly strong for horses. There are several mines
force Of Boers was wen moving and plenty of water: It le generally
northward. Gen. Methuen then re- believed that the Free Staters in 'Ole
turned to Boshof. .
1 •••••6•••rodd 1 district are disinclined to Ito's, north-
. ward or to cross into tho 'Transvaal, •
Crossed .the Vet. .. Stich 4 force, however, finless' it lis
. 9
London, May 7, 10.55 a. me -The of- broken up, would be very menacing to •
Mai anhounceme.nt is made that Gen- the British line or advance.
oral Roberts haA croteed the Vet.River • •--- ' . -
and kr encamped at Smaliclei junction. Every itottee an Arsenal.
The Boers are in full retreat towards Smaideel, May 0. -The movement
. Zand sinner and Kromatad.
• that culminated in the capture of
1Vinburg and Smaldeel was part of
Slew Forty Boers. a great general movement extend-
Smalldel, May 7. -Tho British ar- ing from Gen. Bunter on the west
rived here without opposition. The ' to Gen. Rundle on the edit. Lord
••••.130e,, rs' last train left late on Saturday . Roberts, admirable strategy re -
night, ho Boor longeg yesterday in the suited in placing everywhere five
west flank -Wee 40 killed. Their. rear . Britieh to one Boer. Out of what
. guard remains behind koples 10 mike appeared the inextricable confuelon
, distant. There, is mach railway forage .Of divisione and brign,des, order watt `
. and corn here. It is stated that the quickly evolved, and the Boort; Were
Boers are retreating tower& Ieroon- compelled to moot Lord Roberto on.
tad. The Zama laver bridge is report- der unfavorable conditienn.
ed to have be,en destroyed. What is more important sis that
the Dritish are now able to wait.
i Roberts' Metal Report, Their front and strong positions arc
the 'knowledge that their
London, May 7, 11. aan.-Lord Bob- safe in
arts reports to the War Office 'in a, flanking columns will advance and
„ alespateh dated Smalideli May 6, at. bittflank the Boers.
• ternoon.-We croased the Vet River ' Yet the Boors held a really strong
,
• . poeition, from whin, earlier in the
tbis morning, and are now enenenped
. at Smalidel Junction. The enemy is in camPaign• they could only have been
full retreat town Zand River and forced hYs hard fighting.
, s •
s Kroonsted. The turning movement' Gen. Hamiltemat arrival at Win.
semi Made by the mounted infantry burg, although not directly outflank -
jolt before dark yesterday. It was a ing the Doers, made their poeition
very &aiding affair. The Canadiano, extretnely tintomfortable,
114: mid Queensland Mounted infantry . left was (Wen more eneceeeftil than
New South 'Wale* New Zealand Rifles Gen. lititton'e movement . on the
Vied 'With each other in the deteredune ' at first imagined. Forty Deere were
elon t „eloee with the enemy. Capt. ' killed.
,enleY.' t 0 Eseex Regiment, 0000 The mareli was shert. but Gen.
mending the . aril Infantry Battalion,: Pole -Cam's division marched 58
behaved in a Very gallant' manner.; miles in four daye.
0 The naval gums and the artillery i Gen. Tucker's divisien le marching 1
mem excellent peaetice, particularly on ow left to -day, and Gen. Max -
two five-inelt gang used for the first, won't+ brigade is to erose the river
i before night.
, time With tide foree.
4. Nee captured it Maxine and 25 . Lord Itoberte has been very istriet
:
i prieoners. Our elettalthe are very few in his examination of the farme,
-only 15 WOunded, 1 killed and a with the result of dieelotting the fact
miming." , that, nearly every 'homes is a Minh!. i
, . .......... titre arsenal, Mattoon, Martini*, and
abundant ammunition being found,
Welcomed the lierotes. If thew had, not .rt eineovered, the
Don, May 7. -The enfilade of eae- army would h leerier in its
ele. dirmonaki‘tionst prObably Show rear the it 4. alit alt4 ,11/1111 I
'' . t'e' AiiiitiA
eleli;kiiiiiridseelaseetiraNsimziaiiiikaiiviv A..- \
'1,s•
Make a tteMPOrary line down the river
bed, ae at 'the Modder.
Relents have been heard tale after-
noon, howing that more culverts and
bridges are being destroyed north-
ward.
. Supplies Captured,
Smaldeen May 6, 9.45 ' p. in. -The
- crossing of the Verb River by the Brit,
_ ish wee an excellen.t piece of figlit-
ing. Several Boer railway officers re.
mained, tor surrender. The director of
tho Beer commissariat pointed to two
great sheds,which he Raid containea
stores for Transvaal and Free State
' burghers. 'Me two Republics main-
tain separate stores aud use different
trains; , • . t. -
Four trains. with Boers went north
yesterday. A train from the north
prought a Creusot gun, • but It ar-
rived too late to be of any use and was
taken back again to Zand River. Gen.
Delarey commanded the Boers eiere.
..Smaideel le 9 miles north of the Vet
Inver, and 66 miles north of Bloemfon.
tein. The Britian foreeo are $10*
half way bet.ween Bloemfontein, the
old, and Kroonstad, the new, Free
State eapitan •
,
' • ...1...e ,,,,M . 1 1. -
May Rest a Few Days.
. .
London, alay • 8. -The Boers are
everywhere ' retiring. before the
British., encept on the Natal frontier
and at ainfeklag, to the inner Wrote
of their defence. Tey appear deter-
mined not to fight until the Kroole
stad •Hilis are reached Lord Roberts
is expected to. do 'another forty or
fifty miles, and then to waitfor a.
time in -order to .brbag up supplies
and to repair 'the' railway: --There-
are one .or tivo hints in the despatches.
from the front that he may, vest foe
a few days at Smaldeein . •
Fifteen thotmand Britieh • are now
Operating on the western frontier of.
the Free State. As the deadlock at
Warrenton, has. been broken, and the
Boers are retreating, there is nothing
formidable except distance between
•Warrentou, and Mafeking. The most
hopeful advices . from ..Mafeking on
April 22nd were that the garrison
wOuldsbeebarelr ablento'•hold out for
a month.. At • that ttme the fever was
spreading. • ' .• • '
.Lord -Roberts and lord Kitchener
Personally directed the artillery hi
the Vet River. engagement
Queen 'Victoria' will send a .signed
phcitograph to Col. Kekewich, the hero
of Kimberley. . ,.
. 'O -
.•
.
One ' .Canadiatit :slightly Wounded,
.London,
. a ... •
• .Loridon, May . "7. -The War Office
glees the Mimes of . two 'officers killea,
.and seven•• wounded - in- tae neighbere
'hood of Brandfera. • - .
' .A.mong. those wounded. in the fight-.
ing : round 'Warrenton :hum May. 3rel
to May: 6tli is the Bari of Abaci,
whose •injuriai are Blight: • .• .•
Twenty-eight norecoMmiasioned eta-
cero and men b.a,ve died front disease,
In tho willows hospitals. ' • • :
Pte. Browne Canadian Mount.ed In-
fantry, was slightly. 'wounded . at
Brendford. on *May 5th.: • ' - • . .'
Ptes. R. H.• G. Muesli, Canadian.
Mounted •Infantry, and Therrlaulte of;
the First Royale, are 'seriously ill, but
it 'is not 'stated wnere'theY are, '
• • : • . • ••• _es- . , • .
. Snyman Gatlin; Alarmed. .
-London, May 13..--a. fresh lot Of mes-
sages have. been vocalised from ?late.
•
kinge brinaieg. ' the maven from- that
islticanderarn to Aprli 22nd. Tee situa, .
tion was unchanged, except. that the
town had not been bombarded for a
few' dam • • • .
A new Boer Mager had Appeared. to
tho southwest of the town. . '. .
The depreeolon of the garrison .bY
• not hearing- of relief had not affected
the determination not to allow the.
. besiegers' to crown their long efforts
with triumph. The food . difficulty •
was,' of course; • inereasing. Horse-
flesh Was the .niaineta,y of the peo-
ple. • - - , .
.•• Lorenzo alarg'ue'z is. not the best '
source of pewe in referenee to Mare-
•kitia, but It 'Is reported from there
that Commandant Snyman is so al.'
armed at the prospect of having his
retreat cutoff that he has appealed -
for permiseloa.• to withdraw north-
ward to intercept Colonel Pluther. •
• A. case - of whiskey 'realized zi.or3'
at a raffleeand a pound of flour was
sold at auction for -two . guineas
($10) • , • . ..
. .
. --- .
Crippled and Starvin,r Prisoners.
..111,••••,
May Have Kruger's Appeal -
Pretoria, May 6. -Dr. Long, with the
Chicago Ambulance Corps, hes gone to
the field iaager before Mtifeking. Four
hundred' more Britishere te de,
ported to the frontier tonnorrow.
Richard Harding Davin hall at long in-
terview with President Kruger yes-
terday, and It is geuenally thought
that his Honor has sent through Mr.
Davis an Appeal to the Amerinan
Peolsie aProPes of the minsion of the
peace envoys,
um..more
Capt. Bell RecoverIng.
Capt. Bell, A, D. C. to General Hut.
ton, has been for two months in hos-
• pital with typhoid fever. He is now
at Bloemfontein, end was able on the
25th of March to dictate a letter to a
friend of his In Toron,to. Capt.. Bell
wan in charge of the Maxim` gun with
the filet Can:14Jan contingent.
1
Brier Volunteers ter017, ittl$8111;
St. Petersburg, May 7. -The people,
of Orel have aubsoribed 12,000 roubles
to send a party of volunteers to the
Transvaal, The celebra.ted Father
• John, of Cronstadt, has green the ex-
peclItion his blessing, and presented d
holy Ikon to the members. ,Fa.ther
nohn 'wrote •
• •• "Go forth, with the help of God, and
'defend with your lives the unfortune
ate and unjustly persecuted Boers.
-God grant that you either return with
boner and delight or fall wiah renown
and receive an incorruptible crown
from the King of Glory." •'
- • '
The Slaughter of Fingoestee .
••
:London, May 7. -Details are to
hand of the recent killing of a patty
of FingOes, who made a sortie from
nifafeking: A correspondent writes,:
For some time it has been impossin
ble to prevent the natives from raid-
ing -cattle.-- The ; high prices s 'which
they are able to obtain in the toWn
and their natural love for 'expedi-
tions of this sort -led them to break
out in small paries, and they .re-
turn more often than not In tri-
umph . with 'valuable additions to the
foodstuffs o1. the garrison. • •
Inthe early part of the Week two
Baralonge arrived in the native
etadt and offered. to show any party
of cattk3-raiders where a good haui.
could no anacle with comparative
safety. Onhearing. this, 25 Fingoes
-determined-to make an eftort to
•capture the' prize, and started- out
eager. for adventure. They were arm-
ed chiefly with old muzzle -loading
• ri-
fles, a:11y one or two of them having
- breech-loarders. • •
Their joy, however, was short-lived.
Tne treacherous Baralongsied them
Into a trap; where they were sur-
rounded ancl. attacked by a Boer
patrol. SO well did the Fingoes fight
that the Basun, though they out-
numberecl. the nietlyes, were compell-
ed td- draw off and await reinforce-
ments. Seeingthat escape was im-
possible, . the Fingoes fell' back to .
pan,' the only cover evadable.
The Beers brought up another him-
dren men, with a Mannlichersetaxim
and - a 1 -pounder Maxim-Norclenfeldt,
and,: surrounding the pen, opened a.
murderous fire: • • ' .
Tatere wasno question, of surrender.
The leader ot the natives, p, tali, spare
men, ' named. Indabazitl, rallied his
men fon. their last fight,. as Alan. Wil-
son did on the Sha.ngani, From this
ri-Ingto the Bettie g sun those twenty.
- five Fingoese armed with' obsolete ri-
fles,' fought a grim, desperate fight.
From their two machine guns and
Mausers the Boers poured , a ceaseless
firo into 'their midst, whilst the one -
pounder Nordenteldt shells cracked all
round Ilk& fireworks.
Tbe Fing,aes fought 'till their am-
mutittion was exhanetted, and then
the Boers killed theft* to a man. Of
ther whole party only one; who was
wounded, eecaped by hiding among
13°1nnt
°.• rieleafollewing day,
0Saturday,
Commandant Snyrean sent a letter
under a flag of truce to Colonel Ba-
den-Powell, . complaining that the
Itritish commandant should employ
barbarians tol raid cattle. ' •
• Tile natives lathe course of the fight
killed six Boers and wounded a gteat
taumber. Had tbey possesseden larger
supply of anintimitioretheynantadSnlien
doubt, have inflicted heavier execu-
tion, but the expedition, being un-
authorized,. had been unable •to pre-
pare more. The poor. blaeks who
died so bravely were loyal -to 'the
last tot the nation which had protect-
ed them against the Boers, a.nd to the
"Great 'White Queen," whohe chil-
dren theyeclaimed to be.
.--
Brithali Hold Pourteen Streams.
Warrantee; Calle Colony, Mar 7 --
The Boers have been driven otit of
Fourteen Streams and tive British
are now encamped on the north bank
of the' Vaal River. •
Lorenzo Marquez, May 7. -Fourteen
discharged wounded prisoners who
came down fromPretoria on Wednes-
day, leave for Durban to-morroVe by
11-. M. S. litagicienne. •
• They were turned out at a. mozn.
ent's notice, without food or medi-
cal attendance, and were only,
aup-
ported by the kindness of the Bri-
tishers on the train. Nearly ail are
cripples, genie are paralyzed, some
minus limbs, and the two days' Jour-
• nee' in a second class carriage was
positive tortirre to them.
Among them is Cooper, of Mont-
morency's Scoute, who was with Cap-
tain de Montmorency at tho finish,
was himself wounded in three places,
and shared his, water bottle . with
Montmorency, who, although twice
hit, never admitted his wounds, but
continued shooting, lying down within
a few yards of Cooper: Later on,
when the Boers came up they found
Montmoreney stone dead.
The released prieoners say that
several trains loaded with men and
supplies have gone north to Pleters.
burg this week, to protect the nor-
thern boundary against Generel Car-
rIngton.
• Sword or Gen. White. • •
Ladysmith, May 7. -Contributions
to the fund for buying a sword of
honor for Sir George White are re-
stricted 40 reeidents during the F Vge,
and the email amenats total £100.
Shinga, tho native, who was tried
by court martial for aesieting the
Doerts by allowing them concealed
cattle beionging tO •nativee virhich
the Dom stole, and Mee for acting
rig guide and spy to the enentty, wee
found guilty today and senteneed to
twelve months. imprisonment with
hard labor.
Three Enropeats were convieted of
gelling liquor te• soldier's. One was
teateneed to nint, mentheimprison.
ment without the option of a fine,
and the other two were fined £20
with the option, of six months' Inn
pratonnient
Praise for Our Seldiere.
Londou, Eng., litay 7. -The Boom-
foritetu
c'orrnepondent of tlie on -
don Daily New, dlacribing "Greater
13ritalte at the front, says: " To
Canada we take off our hats. She
tae fent WI, Welliesother worthy
representatives, a regiment of in.
fantry that wins adanleation from
every soldier for marching, ender.
tittle Or fighting. It NM ehallenge
comparieen with any battalion in
Lord Roberta' army, And that laser
ne a geed deel.'•
The Toronto breraltif l'elegrain had
the fellOte
1 yed
London, atee
Robertso Splendid Strategy. •
London, May 6. -'rhe capture of
Brandford wars the roma of an ad-
mirably conceived and well executed
combined movement. The night be-
fore the British advanee four thousand
Rkkers moved there, taking up a strong
line of defence, with the avowed ob-
ject of opposing the British to the
bitter end. Aa a result of the strategy
of Lord Roberts they ware forced to
retreat hastily, nearly losing a eonvoy
of guns. While the operations were
in progress Lord Roberti was preeent
on a kopje north of Karree, where he
was in heliographic.. connnunieatida
with each colunint
Oe the right Bruce Hanillton'a hri-
gado moved eastwardly along the line
of a keel° communicating by n. road
with the railway. In close touch
fol-
I�wed Maxwell's brigade, with WaV-
elle, on his left, all under command of
Lieutenant -General Tucker. General
Pole-Carewn &vision formed the
centre brigade, composed of Jones'
and Stevenson's brigades, while lint. -
ton's nu:nutted infantry, made up main-
ly of Canadiane, Australlane and NOW
'Zealanders, .mttde a wide detour and
'arrived at the east of the town.
, The night before the occupation of
Drandford the Ptritielf aseizedtwo Ismer
kopjes commanding a deep arid uglY
eIrrnit, which it was known that the
Were daily occupied. Gen. Pole -Carew
ordered two bettallons of Guarde to
move silently after nightfall and oc-
enpy the kettle% which wall done with -
Out opposition. This greatly facilitat-
ed the advance, AO the Boors relin.
quieted tibe sprultiallowing the pass.
ago of the whole force unopposed.
About three hours after the advanee
began heavy artillery firing was
heard to the right. Maxwell, finding
thnt the Doers had two Otte teetted in
ood position, engeged them with
Ids artillery at 1,500 yard* range.
Bo1t Ade* fired furiously but the
11 gone vrere groontositihsaratrem. wTtwat
re was
the unexpected arrival of the Brit
lets the Deere left several small koples
unoccupied. Seizing these, Gen. Mut
ten opened fire with les battery
sending Col. Alderson to outflank tit
Deere on the left.
The Boom unable to withstand th
shrapnel, evacuated their Icopjos, and
streamed across the plain toward a
mune' kepi° immediately above an
commanding the to'vrn. As they re
treated the battery placed several
• silents with accuraoy in their midet,
and they immedlatelar left their seeond
pooltion, a move that was perceived
by Hutton, who fent part of bis
troops In pursuit. Remington seized
the kopje evacuated by the Boers, and
e
thereupon. they retired, leaving th
town at the mercy of the British. BY
• two o'clock the whom force we's seen
four 'miles off, trekking north. SeY
oral prisoners were taken, including
commapdant, who had returned to
destroy the telegraph instruments.
Tha townspeople declared that th
Irish -American contingent with the
Boers behaved riotously 'when the
fighting began, and retuned to take
Part In it, only manning a Itopie close
0
VESUVIUS AGAIN
IN VIOLENT ERINION
Mad King of Bavaria Believed to
111
be Near Death.
e ST. ,ILOUIS STREET CAR STRIKE.
te the town, The military attaches
with the Boers wituessal the fighting
from kopjes north ef the town, follow
ing the movements on maps. While •
watching the British advance in front
they failed to perceive Hutton's move-
ment, and We arrival canna them to
retreat in a hurry.
All the British moventents were
carried out like clockwork, and a
fine spectacle was presented as the
long front pushed slowly forward.
• Wbile Pole-Crinew's division was oe-
cupyltig the town, Tucker's engaged
a force of some four thousand Boers
bouthwest of the town. • During ' an
artillery duel Wavell's brigade came
• under the concentrated fire of the
Boer guild and was forced to retreat.
The Boers finally retired with two
guns disabled. The prisoners say the
• Boers In the town included one thou-
sand who had been opposed to the
British' at Inaba Nchu.
Irish Brigade With Hunter.
The Express correspondent with
Gen. Hunter, in his account of the
mien. states that the Irish Brigade
• .was in action on Friday. This is in-
• teresting, and it suggests that Gen.
Hart is assisting Gen. Hunter. The
last time that the Commander of the
Irish! Brigade eves heard of was in
conjunction • with Gen. Brabant, in
the advance from the south for the
• relief on tWepetua_r. •
, .
1101b,s Wreck Cars and Destroy ' "lrop.erty-A‘Rieter Arrested, Resale(' end
' Again Arrested. -.Paris Exhibitioo Directors Pressing Terili Exhibitor. •
, --Yankees tilt Hard--Aftairs in Samoa -Chiefs Accept the Situation '
• With Good Grace -U, S. Flag to Fly in Peace There, •.
-op.erations of the Mafeking relief col -
• '
Fighting Continued Sundey.
London, May 7. -With 'the excep-
tion' of • a report from • Bloemfontein
that General Ian. Hamilton has oc-
cepied. Winburg, there is little to add.
to General Robert& description of the
advance of-ntireneBritislinnforces from
Drandford to the Vet River. It is ase
:mimed nere thatthe operations were
continued Actively Suaday, buli,. no
details have been received,
The neighborhood- of Thaba Nchu
seems to continue sto ne the scene of
active engagements, n.etwititseanding
the northward advent*. General Bra-
bant apparently met with strong op-
position at 'Phaba• • Patehoa, • near
Thaba Mille• for General Ruedie left
the latter place Friday, to assist him
with tho ...Seventeenth Brigade and
two batteries of artillery. The Brit-
ish succeeded in ousting • the Boers
from .their position on a, kopje, but
the' subsequent operations have not
been reported. ••
Press telegrams from Warrenton re-
present •General Barton's engagement
at Rooldnan as being severe, although
the British loss is stated to have been
only five killed and 25 wounded. The
Boers, who- numbered -from 2,000 to 8,-
000, awaited attack in bushy, •Sillly
groundrandthe fighting Meted -from 9
a.m. to 11 inn*. The British infantry
was sometimes engaged at close quar-
ters. It WAS, bowever, a movement,
appateritly • by the 'Yeomanry,' threat-
ening the Boer retreat, that decided
the dee, and the burghers hastily
evacuated their positions, leaving 18
dead behind then]; but carrying "off
their "wounded. The Yeomanry pursued
the 'Boers for some • miles, and a num-
ber of prisoners were -taken. A Swed-
ish ambulance was also captured, but
was allowed to return. . •
The Boers, it ie now sta.ted, have
completely cleared out ot the Wind-
sorton autl =Nam districts.
There are no reports from Natal in-
dicating •any movement, of General
Buller in co-operation With •• Gefteral
Roberts'. advance.
A Boer account of the capture Of
nrandford says: "The Federal forces,
?Although weak In numberie offered
Strong resistance, but they were forc-
ed by the overwhelming force opposed
to them to evacuate the town.?
• British Capture ' Winburg.
-Vet River, &Miley; Slay 6. --General
Ian Hamilton's brigade this morn-
ing compiled Winberg, twenty milts
west of this place, and which was
the base of eupp its toz the Doers in
the Southern Free State. • Yesterday
Hamilton's forte eapturA korkies co.t.
troaing the town, and this morning
the enemy were found to have
evacuated the, place. Their retreat
from AVt.iburg wee eimultaneons with
the retirement or the Boars north of
here.
Success at All Points.
London, May • 7. -Lord Roberts
maklug better • progress than any-
one, had shred to hope, and Ls meet-
ing with euecese at all points. .
••
•
As the latent new of Gen. Hamil-
ton's operations, dated Saturday
morning, was that he was then pre-
paring to force the difficult passage.
over Little Vet •Itever on. the Blom.
fonteln-Winburg road, there need be
no doubt that the newts of the oceu.
Dation is accurate, although not of -
tidally confirmed.
Gen. Hamilton's advance will pre-
vent the Boer forces in the direetion
of Thaba Nchn joining their inain
army near Winburg. General Rundle
On Saturday had arrivein pursuit
of the .Doers mem miles .iiorth of
Thaba Nolan, compelling the .Doers to
retire In an easterly direction. •
Anckland, N. Z., May.-Advicee re-
ceived from Samoa announce that the
United States flag has been hoisted
over the Island of Tutuila. anti(' great
• native rejoicing, and that the chiefs
have made a formal .cession of the
• Inland to the United States...14e in-
habitants of Manua; it is also an-
nounced, -request the formal hoisting
of the American flag over. that island,
wheal* will likewise be ceded.
The natives or the islands will rule
• thennielvee, under governors appoint-
ed by the commandant of the . naval
station, Quiet prevails In. German
Samoa,. ••• - .
• Vesuvius in Eruption.
Rome, May 8.-MountVesitylus has
been in e state of eruption • for the
last three days,' and exploplons within
the crater have thrown lava and
raassee'ot roele to a great height
Last night the eruptiert was espec-
ially violent, and was accompanied lin
menacIng rumblings, •
• More Strike Trciubles.
• $t. Louis, MO., Mays13.-Tbe.Execu-
tive Committee .of the Street Rail-
road Men's Union at midnight decid-
ed to recommend to the' employees
of the 'Transit • Company • that a
• strike- be decided 'upon forthwith. At
2 .o'elock this morning a mass m•eet-
• lug of 2,600 employees,•tvith not a dis-
senting voice, decided in favor of the
strike. Tite, compapy controls all but
one of the street car lines In-• St
. Louis, -and at. 6 -eau, not a weel-
was• turning. • •• " •
With the exception •ot a fete cars
on thia Park 'avenue . division of the
• Lindell line, which are •being run by
• non-union men, all the lines•compris-.
ing the at. Lents Transit Company
• are tied up.
• At Park a:nd Jakferson avenues,
• where two ear lines mese, a, crowd.
of strikers, gathered at 7.80 a. in.
and attemisted.to stop three cars en
the Park avenue division by putting
ileavY stories on the track.A squad
of ponce aressted Charlet( Doyle. but
the' mole -attacked the.officers, inad re-
leased him. Doyle . was evehtuallY te•
Botka, Dieheartened.
London, May 7. -The Times' corre-
Spondent at Lorenzo Marquee says
that• Commandant -General Louis
13otha has been in the FreeiState. with
the objeet of rousing the bafghers to.
a sense of their duties and reeponsis
Witty, but that he returned disheart-
ened and dlsgausted by their apathy.
The correspondent adds that he has
learned from an unimpeaeltable source
that General Botha openly told some
of his friends that the Free Staters
were so completely demoralized that
it was hopeless to expect to do any.
thing with them.
The Correspondent further Sal%
that it is more than ever evident that
the mass of burghere will not become.
a party to resisting: the siege ot Pro-
Mafeking itelleVed 7
London, May 7.--Pront Lorenzo Mex.
quer; como various ruitiore that Colonel
Planter has been reinforced, and IN
again adveneing toward lilefeking.
Another report says lifttfeking has
been. relieved and General Lommer, '
with amoo Doers, ettptured at Pour.
teen Streame.
The foerth biome 1 eoefereeee Of
the
BRITAIN AND HER COLONIES
Prince of' Wales Salisbury
Tarte and Others Speak.
. .
COLONIAL TROOPS-. HONORED.- •
.; London 'cable oftylf,:, Tata .. banquet
given at the Betel .Cecil In London
this evening by the . British Empire
League In honor of the eolonlal troops
in South Africa and of' the Australian
Federation • delegates, brought toge-
ther' a brilliant • gathering.. The, Duke
DI Devonsidre, Lord I'resiclentof the
Council or Ministers,' presided, flanked
IV the l'rince. of. Wares,' the Duke of
York,_the • Duke of • • Cambridge, •the
Duke of Fife,. the Marquis of .Sallebury,
Joseph Chamberlain, Lord Wolseley,
Lord Stra,thcona And Mount . Royal,
Coe Devisee, Presidentof the Can- •
.adian. League, and Lord Lansdowno.
oTtihme.roctompany included oonse • 250
- In proposing the health of •• the
Quern, the' Duke of -Devonshire remark-
ed- that Her Majefity's reeent"vlsits to
Londonand Dublin had made clear to
everyone the 'respect and loyalty felt
for her in till -parts of her doMinlens,
and he saidhe' was confident that if
Her Majesty.. could visit the colonies
she...would receive there a vvelcome
even more, enthuslastio.
• • The • Briissels
' The Prince of Wales, responding to
the toast to himself, the..Princess and
the other 'members of the royal fam-
ily, made the followdng.brief reference
to the Brussels incident:
" X will say no more than this. Ail
oi us are le the hands of God, and
whether . we lose our life througb •
sickness, accident or titenhander of an •
"aseasstri wo meet bow to • Hid Inscrut-
able will. .1 ain glad to have .this
opportunity not only Of -thanking you:
of England, but of thanking others
from far distant parts, ..not only of
the empire, but of the civilized world:0.
The Prince. Concluded' .by .neknowl-
edging the' "ready manner in which
the colotties hex° sent their best
troops to.fight .for the leorther coun-
try."
• The Brave Canadian Troops. •
Lard Salisbury, propoeina "The im-
perial Forces," paid a tribute th the
disinterestedness of the colonlee In
sending troops, wbose .eplendid qual-
ities and courage heel formed a mag-
nificent speetitele, and had taken not
only the empire but the Whole world .
by .surprlee.
Ni•km*mo.ai:a • • a
captured and taken to the police eta*
tion, follewed by a great crowd.
Ten Care on the isaime &violet* were
blocked at Paric avenue and Nebraska
• street by it crowd of 200 strikers
and sympathizers. who , pulled donsn
, the trolleyo,, cut the ropes, and
smashed theear windows. •
.As far as could be learned 0,800 of
13,600 .men employed by the St. Louis
Tramilt Company on Its care and in
Its sheds went out this morning.
• King Otto B Pr
• Berlin, May 8, -The health or -the
demented King Otto, of Bavaria.. la
coMpletely broken tip, and the _end
is expected soon.
Bustling the Yankees.. •• '
Paris, May S. -Should the. 'French • •
the decision to permit no installation •
. '
still outside the grounder. Anterica • ,
woiiM•.suf.fea• greater loss than ether
• countries, bnt the actioti , of the
French offielalawiould still be a •hard-
ship. The pronouncement, however, is
generally •regarded as intended for
home •Consumption, as the unfleished
eonditioreof the buildings undotibtedly
, had its effect en the electkni held last
Seedily, when the Nationalists had
seen a, deckled viatory.• Nett Sunday
elections occur In the distribte • wherd
the second ballots are necessary, and
the decree is believed to be intended
to indicate to the .people ,the earneat
effort- of the Government • to hasten
.the .cempl• pethlioinipoinfo.
th.eAcetxrave.iti°4.
Manila, May 8.-A• fence of' rebels on
• May 2nd . attabked twenty nren .of
Company In of the 44th Regitnents
• stationed at Bareitae, Iloilo Province,
on the Isla.nd of Panay. Three of the
Americans Werekilled and severe'
W00 Wounded, t ; ' • . •
officials hold to the strict letter' of
of exhibits a,fter next Saturdays the
effect on the labors of any coun-
tries; and •private exhibiters will • be
disastrous. Although that date hs a
month after the formal opening, the
instailktka IS ail yet far from eOln-
'plete,-and many cars filled with ex-
hibit% some of them American. are
fellow-eoloidets. 4So. far as Imperial
defence Is concerned-, ether natione
were erected to the teeth, and it WO5
time iwe took :such measunes as will
„enable the Emp:me, should oicceston
,arise, to strike with full Inane. I hope
that rupon the conclusion of .the war,
an imperial conference win be called."
• Trileute to Australians. • s •
afrneliambarlain, who proposed "Our
Austrialien r Kinsmen," refereed, 40
some dength to.the qtlestiea et Alia-
ttali,an lFederation. Ile said he cor-
dially "agreed with Lord Salisbury's
argoment against an, artificial hes, • ,.
toning of colonial union, andi he 'sup-
Posedl, theeefecrei that the creation. •
of Colonial Council was still dia-.tant, and it Would continue to de-
venve, upon the mother country
trustee 1 of Imnerie,1 interests,o •
gasp& the future of the Empire; - •
hiding ito the assistance given by the .
colonian troops. in South Africa, he
said "The fact is, we, are only just
!beginning to realize the gineatnese od-
our Joiwn Empire and, its. possibilities ••
10 ,the future. To -night we recognize
with , heartfelt gratitude the senti-
ments that moved the colonies to john
Slain an hour of trial. If the occasion
•
ehould anhe.epily arise when we ma
be called upon to reciprocate wit
something stronger than vrerde I be-
lieve the Oki Countey stand: the
• 'I . .
• .
strain,"
In an eloquent peroration Mr.
• Chamberlain declared that the old
days of apathy and indifference to.
ward the colonies had passed away,
and Ida glean place to a Strenuous
desire for closer union.
. Mr. TartiOs Invitation. •
Mr. Joseph Israel Tarte, Canadian
Minister of Public Works, ProPOSila4 •
"The British Empire League," eald
ho hoped the war would be epeedilY
concluded, and that then the stoke
free inetitatione which had made Care
ada ft nation would be given to South
Africa. The Canadians, he ecutheled,
Well remembered the trip of the Prince
of Wales to Canada, and now, on their
behalf, he Would asit 111.9 Royal /ugh -
nem -whether it wag not poseible
repeat that visit." (Load cheers.) •
The Duke Of Devotedness brieflyre.
seceded for the league, said a eable•
gram had bean sent to Lord Roberts
to the effectthat the Prince of Wales,
the Duke of York, the Duke of Owe -
bridge, the Marquis of Salisbury and
the members of the British Empire
• League had drunk to the meson of
the Imperial forma he wtts so ably
commanding, and expreesing their
high appreciation of the loyal cour-
age and endurance of all ranks, add-
ing that a reply had been received
from Lord Roberto- tendering grate-
ful thanker on behalf of the troops,
and et:tying that all vvvere in splendid ;
conditions and that Rer Majesty might
rely upon them to bring the eampaige
in South Africa to • a satisfactory
COneluelan.
The Duke of Devonshire concluded
with an expreselon of deeneet4 eYni•
pathy and regret on behalf of the
league with the Canadians in the pre -
Knee of the calamity at Ottawa.
Mr. l'arte was accorded a magnifi.
cent reception, and hie remarks were
warmly applauded. During the even-
ing the chief guest, tine Royal High-
nees the Prince' Of Wales, chatted
with Mr. Tarte. and Col. Bentsen.
'The services they have rendered in
the field," said the Premier, "aro
splendki, -unexampled, and only sur-
passed be the further service of have
Eng drawn tit() empire together. Not
only have they heiona us In. what I
trust le it conquering campaign, but
which, in the present state of opinion
in some parts of the world, as of no
small consequence. After what the
colonle8 have done it is realived that
Great Britain Is a more linportant
nation In the world than before ; her
character is tnore respected, and her
wishes aro more regarded."
Lord Salisbury dePretated any at.
tempt to expedite a fusion of the
colonies With tho mother coutttrY
by legislation, declaring that it
will be better to allow this
Wonderful growth of atatiment
to grow by its own Mese, and,
aecerding to the impulse of its own
vitality. In that event, he each it
would eserreiSe an influence over the
charecter, progress and habits ef the
Worith istech itin had never harem been
exercieed aby Any Empire. conelud-
ed with the remark: "I beg to temple
with elde, tortet the name of my ex-
eellent trierid, Col. Benison."
Col. Dtafeestve Reoperate.
CANaDAOS • ,
At the Pails 14hxhibltien Wilt•Fare
• . :laments Great Britain's,
Ottawa,• May . Nein .)- to
Canadian bulidinge at the rade Ex-
pceitIon will be kept Open oti feutiday,
notwithstanding the peetett• Irons the
Canadian Governtnent rtnd the Im-
perial authorities on the faubjetat The
only buildinge that will he *lobed nit
Sunday are thole of the United Stet*
Ilon. X. X. Tarte ha* had the Cariadiere
easetion grotty improved by leteedrate
itt and deeerati it. The eVelk bat