The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-06-12
TISHEMBARRASSED
Beers Tear Up 2I Miles of an I'm
pOrtant Railway Line.
Lord Roberts Has Made No Report
for Three Days or Permitted the
Correspondents to Wire rs
to What Is Going On.

Lourenzo Marques, June 9.-United
States Consul Hollis, who returned
here from the Transvaal by special
train, had a two hours interview in
close conference with President Kru-
| ger at MachadOdorp. 1t is stated
that Mr.. Hollis was the bearer OF
| friendly dispatches from the United
States government urging Mr.. Kru-
ger to treat for peace.
Washington, June 9.-Secretary Hay
says in reference to the Lourenz Mar
! ques dispatch, stating that it was be-
/ lieved United States Consul Hollis
| had been negotiating with President
Kruger to bring about peace, by di-
rectiOn of the Washington govern
ment, that Mr.. Hollis had no authori-
| " whatever from the state depart
ment to make trip into the Trans
vaal, and, furthermore, the state de-
| partment did not know of any such
| intention on his part.
The consul had no right to go in
to foreign territory without permits
sion from the state department, but,
| as it is assumed that his visit was of
| a purely personal character, il is not
probable that notice will be taken of
| his reported actions.
London, June 9.-The war office has
received the following dispatch from
| Gen. Butler:
yellow Boom Farm, June Son
June Gen. Talbot Coke, with the
| tenth brigade and the South African
| light horse, seized Van Wike hill. The
enemy made some resistance, and a
good deal of sniping occurred. Our
casualties were about four killed and
| Is wounded.
During that day and the following
we got two Al and two 12-pounder
naval guns onto Van Wike hill, and
| two fve-inch guns onto the south
western spur of Inkewelo. Under
cover of their fire Gen. Hildyard to-
| day assaulted all the spurs of the
berg between BOtha's Pass and hike
welo.
'The attack, which was we'll plan
ned by Hildyard and carried out with
| immense dash by the troops, for
whom no mountains were too steep,
| oUtfanked the enemy, who were
! forced to retire from their very
strong position.
Il think we did not have any cas-
ualties, and I hope l have obtained
position from which 1 can render
Laing's Mex untenable."
Lord Roberts has communicated
nothing for three days, nor permitted
the correspondents to wire what is
going on. London's inference is that
he is resting, although he is possibly
dispOsing his army for a reach after
Commandant General Botha.
London, June 1O.-Gen. Forester
Walker cables to the war office from
Cape Town, under date of June Sth,
as follows:
''Kelly-Kenny. at BlOemfonJein, re-
ports that the telegraph has been cut
at RoOdeval, north of KroOnstad, by
body of Beers estimated To 1000
strong, with six field guns. He is
sending reinforcements to KrOonstad
and l am reinforcing from Cape Colo
ny. l hope the interruption will be
only temporary"
London is somewhat Disguised at the
''disagreeable activity" manifested by
the Beers in the Orange river colo
ny in cutting Lord Roberts telegraph
ic communication at Roodeval. north
of Kroonstad. As vet there is no
Indication whence came the strong
body of 1000 Beers that has arrived
at ROOdeval, unless it is the force
mentioned in a recent BOer dispatch
as having started from Standerton
with this very object in view. APP
parently the authorities on the spot
regard the situation at least as tenn
pOrary serious, as they are not re-
enforcing the garrison at KrOOnstad,
but are sending up troops from the
lines of communication in Cape Colo
ny.
London, June 1.-THE Beers have
torn up p miles of Lord Rob
erts' vital line of railway between
America Siding and RoOdeval. 1t is a
bold raid and veXatiOus, but il does
not disquiet the military authorities
as yet, for they expect Gen. Kelly
Kenny TO drive off the marauders and
to reopen the line.
The rapidity of the advance of Lord
Roberts can not have permitted him
to accumulate large reserves of stores.
Therefore an interruption of the rail-
way, even for a week, must embarrass
the army and may bring the forward
operations to a standstill. Nothing
has been heard from Lord Roberts for
three days. This raid on the railway,
the strenuous opposition to Gen. Run
die and the nimble escape of Com
mandant Gen. BOtha's division have
forced the war office observers to the
reluctant conclusion that the war is
not yet over, although even the occa-
sional civilian BOer sympathizer can
not see how the Beers will be abe to
do anything to change the result.
The Seat Brought $4,000.
New York. June IO-A cotton Az