The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-06

Crow and Duncan Robertson have sine
died: staff officers Cecil and Granvill
and soldiers. Of whom were wounded
The prisoners all belong to Colonel Plu
mer's Rhodesian force. Thaba NrChu i
now in possession Of the federals
Forty-one British subjects were escort
ed across the border this morning.
London, April Sit is thought the of
heer named Cecil captured at Ramathla
bama is not Lord Salisbury's son. Lor,
Cecil. As the dispatch says, he belonge.
to Colonel Pluner's force. and IL thf
Beers had captured the premier's SO,
they would have assuredly heralGed III,
fact
Baberones, Bechuanaland Wednesday
March 2S-Colonel Plumer. with fore
Of Briti<a mounted infantry. started on
daring march Sunday. March .. with tn
| object Of threatening the Boer lines o
! communication After two rapid nigh
marches through the Transvaal territory
they arrived at dawn, March q, within
twelve miles of Zeerust and distinctly
! heard the bombardment Of Mafeking
Having reconneitered the country wit.
the view of future operations. without
sighting a single white man. Colonel Plu-
rner crossed the railroad south of 10
/ batsi, which he found in possession Of 8
/ Boer force, and returned. Then finding
I the railroad hence damaged by Genera
/ Snyman's main force he returned to the
/ vicinity of Mafeking. Rumors reach here
! that relief column IS approaching MAZE
! king from the south.
/ Mafeking. March 2S.-There has been
! little excitement during the past week
/ The Boer shell fire comes in fitful gusts
and has little effect. The British casual
/ ties are almost nil. The Beers seem to
be breaking up their main lager west
ward but have taken up an entrenched
position northward. with tire view OF pre-
venting the approach Of a relief. The
/ sharpshooters keep up steady inter
change of fire It Is runored that relief
is near The usual Sunday truce ena-
bles the garrison to continue playing
cricket matches AIahete. a native chief
southwark. has broken out against the
Beers. There was heavy firing in the d.
rection Of his chief kraal March p. An
Irish-American trooper of the Protector
ate regiment has deserted to the Beers.
A reward of $50 has been offered for his
capture. dead or alive.
THE SICK BOER PRISONERS
London, April 5.-The sickness among
the Boer prisoners at Simonstown con-
tinues to increase Five men died April
8. The prisoners who were on board the
transport Mongolian have been trans
ferred to the shore camp. Unless the sick
ness abates it is not likely that more
prisoners will be sent to st. Helena.
A dispatch from Cape Town, dated yes
terday, announces the departure for the
front of the second contingent Of Cana
dian mounted infantry.
Rudyard Kipling has returned to Cape
Town.
London April SIN the house of com
mons today Mr.. Wyndham, parliamentary
secretary of the war Office replying 10 a
question relative to the Boer prisoners at
Simonstown, said the deaths ashore far
exceeded those on board ship. He added
that 1900 additional Boer prisoners would
be dispatched to St Helena forthwith.
Cape Town, April 5-Dr Jameson, the
leader of the famous raid into the Trans
wall territory has arrived here. He is
very i'll.
MORE ABOUT CAPTAIN HALDASE
London, April Further details. just
received from Lourenzo Marques, in re-
gard TO Captain Haldane OF the Gordon
and Lieutenant lie Mesueir
OF the Dublin Fusileers, who recently ar
rived there after escaping from Pretoria
Derilous adventures on the
way, show that their experiences were
similar to those of Winston Churchill. the
war correspondent, who also escaped from
Pretoria in December last. Hiding in
swamps during the daytime, having mar
row escapes from Boer patrols, and trav-
ersing 100 miles of country, Captain Hal
dane and Lieutenant LIE Mesueir at length
reached Watervalcover, in the South At
rican republic, where they hid in an open
railroad truck covered with tarpaulin.
Continuing the narrative of their exper-
Iences, the two officers said: AT day
break, to our delight. the train moved
off. After eight hours we arrived at Ko-
but were dismayed by the
switching of our truck to a siding, while
the remainder of the train moved on into
me pTOuiSeu idNus only Nitte distant
After half an hour. 10 our great conster-
nation. we heard some one unfaste1 the
.arpaulin, the darkness of the truck was
changed 10 brilliant daylight and Dutch
nan looked over the contents. For hours
We did not move and were cramoed and
;tiied by the heat. The following morn
ng to our intense delight, the truck was
coupled to a goods train. and We soon
;rossed the line into Portuguese terri |
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Captain Haldane added that he and /
Lieutenant lie MesueIre hoped soon 20 /
DIN their regiments and face the Beers I
gain. The two officers show traces Il /
he hardships they have endured. their /
ong hair and unshaven faces being par
icularly noticeable.
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