The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-03-19
FREE SKATERS
SURRENDER.
800 Laid Down Arms on
Saturday. Mafeking
Not Relieved.

London, March 19.-The Daily Tele-
graph prints he following this morning:
Bloemfontein March IL delayed until
Marsh 12)-IIcreasing numbers OF Free
Skaters are accepting Lord Roberts oondi-
ticn and surrendering their arms.
Tomorrow and The following day a
commando 500 strong is coming in to
give up their riAsG. The newspaper.
Friend Of tho Free State, advocates Brit
ish rule.
Eight hundred men laid down their
arms to-day on the Basut0land border.
On Saturday railway communication
with Cape Town will be open.
London, Monday March 19.-The Daily
Mall prints the following from Julian.
Ralrh:
Blosmfon.ein. March 1--we ore get.
ting In rifles faster even than factory
could turn them out All along the Free
State Railway, from Springtonteln to
BlOomfoptein, at every station, the B0ers
are coming In to surrender their Mausers.
Martins and pistols. Before p lico head.
quarters hera there is q long limo Of bur-
ghers who are giving up their TERMS 500
have already done SO.
Throughout the country $500 rifles. etc,
were handed in to-day. The whole south
Crn half OF the State shows q deter nina
tion to end the struggle. 1t is cert ain that
II tho British officials can reach the north
ern hangers with Roberts proclamation
the whole population will declare for peace
Each man, in handing in his arms.signs
under oath a declaration t to take up
arms against tho British Governments dur.
ing the present war nor furnish any as
slstance or information about the British
forces to the republican forces and to ro-
main quietly at home until the war 10
over
EGeneral Poe-C also proceeded to
Norvul's Pont from which point he hello
graphed TO General Clements that eigh-
teen hundred Froo Skaters had submitted
at Edenherg.
The Other point of interest this morning
Is Mnfeklng, Lord Roberts has telegraph
ed the War office TINT tho Kimberly force
reached Warlenton On Friday March IL.
He was in time to prevent tho Deviation
Bridge from being completely destroyed
and to secure the point On ,heVaal
Owing to the Beers having deliberately
bomEarded the native stadt. which is full
of women and children, Colonel Baden
Powell has armod The natives, but he has
only allowed them to act on the defensive
although they have c amOred to be allow
ell to go out and attack at the point OF he
assegai. They will be preyen ed Us long
Il possible from intlcting reprisals on The
BOer5.
Cape Town advices state the same fact.
adding tha5 as tbs forcu neared Windsor.
ton the Eoers evacuated that town. de-
sIroyng u bridge.
As Wa"renlon Is only about forty miles
from Kimberley, on the Vaal River, the
relieving turce seems to have Inluo haste
Slowly, and the hope of Mafekng must be
en- PMmei, who Is at Lobatsi. but who,e
pa ro1s havu gone within four cen miles
Of Malcklng ami found the railway unin-
jured.
1t Is repo ted that the rebels who re-
fused to accompany he Transvanlers
wien the latter vacated Taungs and Vry-
burg are preparing to trek into Delnara-
lind on the approach of the Britt b, but
that the Hotccntct chiefs are getting ready
to bnr their escape.
Dispatches from Lobstsl some forty
miles north Of Maieking, say that Cam
mandan; Eluff, WI h o commando. has
left Irrust for Mnfeking. Commandment
SGnWh tz, with 15O man, is thIeate ing the
railway near Aasvogel kop, north Of
Lob ,ts
he Mnfeking relief column, Colonels =
Drummond and Peas man commanding,
had sharp engagement ut Fourteen
Streams. The British succeeded in driv-
ing he Beers off. They had only fow
casualties.
Pretoria officially denies thut mp to
March IL this town mad been relieved or
the siege tased,
The Bri iIh officers here have boon re.
moved from he model school 20 new
quarters IN tho on skirts of the town.
he town a. cording to LorcnZo Mar
qurZ, WAS holding i,s own on March 10,
lhu garrison was well and Iegging along
on quarter raIions, supplemented by an
occI ionnl capture of beef. Tho natives
were get ing restless.
/! he chief OF thn intelligence department,
Molcngrhaf, announce, 1T Pretoria that
tho Federal To- ses, prior to tine relief of
X NIB r!y and L,ivsmlth were: Killed.
bI1; wounded, 2l2A. Accidents sickness
aud other disabling causes, he asserts.
bl ing the total TO 4351