The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-02-10
CROSSES THE RIVER.
Gen. Butler Said to Have Again I'm
dertaken TO Eject Relief
of Ladysmith.

Durham, Feb. 5.-Gen. Butler crossed
the Tugela river Friday night, and il
marching on Ladysmith. No definite
news will be permitted to go out unit
Ladysmith is relieved.
London, Feb. 5.-The Pietermaritz
burg correspondent of the Daily Mail
telegraphing Sunday, says:
"Gen. Butler has undoubtedly secured
! the road to Ladysmith and should reach
| his objective this week 1t Is believed here
| that the object of the Beers In OCCUPYING
Ngutu. Zululand. is to secure the road from
Dundee to Vryheid in case of retreat.
IL learn from a reliable source that Gen
| youbert was seriously injured by shell
| In the fight at Willow Grange. and that he
| will never be able TO command again on
| horseback My informant says that he has
| In fact. retired from the field.
1.-The Beers admit that the attack on
Ladysmith was a serious blunder and
would not have occurred IL Gen. Joubert
had been in command. Gen. Lucas Meyer
played the coward at Talana and sheltered
himself In a Red Cross wagon, shamming
sickness. He has been unable to face the
Beers since, and they threaten to shoot
him" O
London, Feb. 5-Winstou Churchill,
in dispatch from Spearman's Camp,
dated Saturday, February 3, says:
The belief is general that all will be
staked ON the issue of the coming bat
tie. 1t is probable that no press tele-
grams, will be permitted>to leave pend
ing the operations. The fighting pow
er, morale and material of the army
was never higher than it is now.
Ladysmith, Feb. (by heliograpE
from Signal hilD The garrison were
much cheered by hearing Gen. Buffers
guns Saturday. The result of the en-
gagement is not known. The Beers
are again massing near Ladysmith,
also moving another gun toward Sur
prise HILL, We are quite ready for
them if they contemplate another at
tack.
New York, Feb. 5.-Charles f.. Ma
crum, the former United States consul
at Pretoria, who asked to be recalled
at time when affairs in the republic
were al crisis. and when his presence
at the TransyaaI republic was urgently
required by the state department, ar
rived here Sunday on the American
line steamship St. Paul. With him
were his wife and little daughter, Mr..
Macrum has maintained silence as to
his reasons for wishing to leave. his
station, and though repeatedly asked
to make public his reasons for so DO
ing, he has refused. His silence. is
still unbrokeu. though Mr.. Maerum says
that to-day. after his arrival in Wash
ington and visit to the state depart
ment, he will issue statement over his
signature telling why he left his post
at such criticaf time.
IMr. Macrum was appointed consUf ut
Pretoria by President Mckinney at THE In
stance of Representative Tayler, of OHIO.
lie was at Pretoria Is months At the be-
ginning o! hostilft!es between the British
and the Beers he was empowered by che
government TO look after the British inter
ests during the war. He agreed but +aon
Informed the de partment that President
Kruger would not permit him to act as "A
representative Of the British government.
This was followed by his cables asking that
he be relieved AMI even naming man Who
could act as his successor. He was refused
permission to lsave his station, but per-
sisted. and at, last the state department
cabled him to come home, He was, sue
ceeded by a son of Secretary Hay.1