The Afro-American advance., 1900-06-16

nIrF sehreiaer Rc.lHn..
London. June Is The war Office -.
st,es the following report from Lord
Roberts. under date nf Pretoria. June
H. afternoon;
The enemy evacuated their strong pa-
Nttiun during the night and have retirsA
to the eastward Hnliera fnree aud mins
have afforded eaeh other mutual assist.
hnce Our occupation of Pretoria caused
numbers OF Beers 10 withdraw truEn
I.atnEs Mex. ana Ruiler's advance 60
Nolksrust made them feel their rear
would be shortly endangered
An earlier dispatch from Lord Hoh
rrts IL as follawss
Methuen adVaneetita IinninxspFult yes.
terhaS and found all uniet kroonstsd ts
strongly hold Mpthuan returned to-day
TO Ethenoatef river, where the railway T.
being repaired We were engaged all
yesterday with iiatha's army. The enstfay
fought with considerable Determinations
and held our cavalry on both fanks, hui
Ian Hamilton, assisted by the guaras
brigade of fnlestarews dlNissan push
inM forward took the hlii IA hts front
which eauAed The enemy 10 fail back on
their aecend position go the eastWard
This they Hra stttl holding II ls slightly
higher than the one We have captured
THE great extent Of country which has
To be covered under modern conditions
uf Warfare renders proWress very alaN
Details al the casualties have mot
reached me but | understand they aFe
moderate In unmhera The only turthst
cnRnaiics rpportsd "a date are two ofa'
GERS wounded
Dtspateh Fr.m naIIer.
Gen Huler reports to the war otiier
a. faloWsg
"tIeaannartsrn 81 Isaltigs Nek June is
morning tfeu t.Sttieton yesterday rs
upivNd the turmai Huhanlasinn 9f the town
aud district Of Wakkeraironnl, which the
ensmy Is believed 10 have completely
evacuated.
tlttie Accomplished.
Lord lluherts' engagement With Gen
Botha terminated as expected, hS the
noer commander in chief retiring from
stis positions. lieynnd driving iiotbs
further from the capital, little seems
Ca have bren accomplished. as Lori
| iiaherts DOES moi mention the capture
% prisouers ur guns of the ihilietion
OF less. terhapA the most important
| feature revealed lty lhnradays oiiicial
| dispatches l. the announcement ihhi
she as,as - Natal Il nj lust In touch
|
con,plishmeut ~ this movement, long
delayed should considerably accriei
| ate thr papBcation of the franstaal
| That il ln already bearing fruit IL eEt
ttenced by he submission of the Wax
kerAiroom district IA Gen. Lytileton
Another dispatch from Gen. bullef
SAYS den, Clery encountered nn oppof
sition IN his march from fnEogo SO
LainRs Nek. which he now occupies
Gen Dnrtnell marched through l.nings
Nek June ~ ~ Wednesdayl. on bis waS
Ia CharleStowu. The press dispatches
say CharIestnwu was partially de
sfruyed previous 10 its evacuation by
the Beers but that no damage was
done NJ Nolksrust.
In The Orange River ralony Rlfairs
seem 10 he returning 10 the same
status BA obtained previous 10 the cut
ting ot the line ot British eommuni.
cations,
uFtsFmiaea ts HssiER.
Mr schreiner appears determined to
adhere tn his resignation Of the pre-,
nlcrsbip. Ia spite of the pressure
brought TO beaf ON him by Sir Alfred
MiIuer. the British high commission.
ef and IL IL announced from Cape
Town that Milner has sent for sif
John Gordon sprigg. the former pre-.
nier. who II understood 10 be trying
10 form n cabinet.
\ diAphteh from Cape Town sayxs
''A' the epanlng of parliament Mr.
AehrslBsF wlli explain that he resigned
because he was unwilling 90 remain iu
ONCE supported by the opposition ba-
itevinK his tnnusnes IL greater with tha
moderate Afrikandsra Nhan u pfivAts
member than as premier by ths grace ot
the ptGRFssalfss Nevertheless leaders OF
ths Afriknnd~f extremists are Hsld %
consider Mr. sehfsineF a traitor To thsIf
cause
sprIMa "a Fssa Csbtnei,
Cape Town. June l5. Sir Alfred Nil
nrr. governor Of Cape Colohf. bss ssnt
for Sir John Gordon SpriRg, who IL
trying to form a eabinet.
MtsaRa AassmbIt
Warsaw, Ind. June is, The summer
school association at WinonA Park will
begin It's work ON the 10th inst. The
regular programme OF the Wisconsin
assembly will commence July = con
finuiHg for 50 consecutive days
Among The lecturers this year are Leon
Vincent. ram 4. Jones. George "
WsudlinR Mrs. Maude Bailington
Iieo'h. Dr Russell Gonwsll. Gnstavns
Cohen. s Pafkes Cadmaa
ksIIsn FlsIaa.
CoustantiBopls. "Wednesday June n
THE porte has notified the various
ambassadors hat in consequence Of
ttsir approximations II viii postpone
for - month the application of the
new tariff aud. after this delay. will
require certificates showing the eonu-
iry Of origin of imported goods
rss.Iaest ns.Isstsa
Milwaukee. June ls The eloaing
.tns's session of the National ANaocia
ton Of fresIit Men WAS nain.y devoted