Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-03-28

| stating that he buried 90 men. Gen.
Botha says this is impossible. as his
| rolls do not show any such loss
A Ladysmith special says: 'Boer
| patrols endeavored to trap party of
the 18th Hussars March %, at WAUGH
bank. \ hot chase ensued. Several
| Beers We're wounded"
The same dispatch says: "A printed
document has been found giving the
Boer losses at Spion Kop at over 300
but this can scarcely be credited"
Advices. today. from Cape Town say:
Rains are general throughout South
Africa and rivers which have been dry
| for years have been flooded Many
| camps are transformed into swamps.
This will still more initiate against an
| immediate British advance.
sickness among the B0cr prisoners
on the transports is increasing. Three
deaths occurred. March %. The bodies
We're buried by the British with the
| Transvaal flag on the collins, the lead
| ing Dutch of Simonstown attending the
funeral. Typhoid alone claims 100 vic
| tins among the prisoners. and the pop
ulatiOn of SimonstOWn fear an cpl
demic.
"A meeting of the Bund was held at
Paarl. March 70. and was attended by
several members Of the cape Assembly.
1t passed resolutions rcgrettinS that
the Cape government was not consult
"a before the war. ana declaring that
any settlement which did not respect
the independence of the republicans
would be detrimental TO the highest
interests of the British empire. Mr.
Hargrovc, the chief speaker. prophc-
sled another war within six years I'M
less independence was granted, and
Assemblyman Marais characterized tn
war as continuation Of the jameson
raid"
Gen. White was presented with an
address by the mayor ana municipal
council of Cape Town. today. assuring
him Of their sympathy in his enforced
home going and declaring that the
records Of the siege Of Ladysmith are
among the brightest annals Of the ma
ton.
1t is announced that Lord Roberts
is going to Cape Town to meet Lady
Roberts.
Mr.. Michael Davitt arrived at Loren
20 Marques, March II. y dispatch in
the second edition Of the Times from
that port declares the Beers are using
natives from the mines to construct
trenches around Johannesburg, adding
that the mines are expected to shut
down owing to the military demand
for Kafiir labor.
London. March 27-The secretary Of
state for home affairs, Sir Mathew
White Ridley, replying to a delegation,
ina Cd hot HicGpllItinn nf
Parliament was improbable during the
present year He said that if the gov
eminent face another session. which
was probable, it hoped to remedy some
defects in the mining laws.
Ladysmith March 27.-It is reported
that the Beers are massing in their
entrenched positions at the Biggers-
berg and it is added that their trans
port trains are packed at Newcastle
in readiness to facilitate their retreat
in case necessity requires such a step.
Mafeking, Wednesday, March ii
There has been little development since
the dispatch of March 10. a detach
ment of colonial natives, commanded
by Mackenzie. advanced to Jackal
Tree fort, the position originally oc-
cupied by the siege gun, on the south |
western heights. but the Beers dis |
covered the plans and evacuated it. !
Previously a detachment of BarralonS
natives had been dispatched against
new fort threatening our western po
sition and succeeded in creeping up to
within few yards Of the sleeping
Beers outside and in the rear of the
fort. They fired three volleys and they
retreated. in accordance with their in
structions.
Sunday. March II. was observed as
truce. The British troops sat on the
parapets conversing with the Beers
and amiable relations were maintained
until dark.
The Beers recommended the bonn
bardment of this place, March Il. a
finch gun which had been compare
lively silent for week, firing the
shrapnel used against troops in the
open. The projectiles were Intellectual
cover, but were dangerous TO
pedestrians. One shell burst IN the
court house, killing several natives and
wounding four persons. Several women
were also slightly wounded. The steel
plate of the shell passed through the
hotel office and spent itself beneath
table. where il was scrambled for by
the employees. Another shrapnel shell