Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-06-07
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London, June 3.-Lord Roberts con.
| ,;nyas silent regarding Pretoria, prob
ably because he cannot wire OF vents
| from his own knowledge. LourehZo
Marques. where all the news from the
Boer side is rehardled, cables that
| communication with Pretoria is now
suspended, some messages by courier
having reached Lourenzo Marques,
bet none of later date than Wednes
day. They have it that the burghers
are in a state of panic and that IRE
toria is being controlled by a vigilance
committee. Iourenzo Marques again
sends the report that President
Kruger Has Been Captured.
Tie news blank gives a suspicion that
the citizens committee at Pretoria
may not have been GbIe TO carry out
their plans for securing the peaceful
entry of Lord Roberts and sparing the
city the horrors of Il siege. The peace
party appeared TO be in the ascendant,
and as soon as President Kruger and
his cabinet lefr Pretoria TO organize
a new capital the citizens committee
persuaded the commandments of the
forts to withdraw their troops from
the defenceS, perhaps with the view
of keeping
Order In the Town.
II messengers were sent to the British
or If the British, being two hours
mafeh from Pretoria on Wednesday.
entered ii at any time prior TO Friday
noon. Lord Roberts would certainly
have t~eiegraphed this fact. Hence it
looks as though there was a Boer
force between Pretoria and Johannes
burg. The Beers trekking back toward
Pretoria. some of them fresh from the
fight with Gen. Hamilton, would have
brought a new elements into the situa-
zion ard would probably override the
peace committee. taking the direction
of affairs ont Of their hands. If this
has happened the British may, as the
Chronicle says, see
Some Hard Fighting
before the British flag flies over Pre-
toria, for even if the Beers held three
forts standing close together on the
hills south of the town. they wouid be
VII Il IfDStEAOn u NtsAId u SlE=E. lAV
Beers. according to a dispatch from
LourenZ0 Marques. have re-entered
the northeastern territory of the Free
State and are engaged with the British
between Fickshurg and Harrismith.
1t is reported from Antwerp that the
best rooms at the Het Haasie, one Of
the principal hotels there, have been
engaged
Kruger's Occupancy
from June y. Gen. Butler Is moving
slowly against the Boer tanks. A dis
patch from yryburg, dated May 80,
says:
During the occupation of this place
by the Beers they flogged the natives
for slight offences. A whip and several
cords. knotted and sailed, were found
ut the police station. A boy who
brought a letter to a woman received
twenty-five lashes, and another who
sympathized with hif received Fifteen"
Lady Georgiana CurZon has raised
Ell 600 to provide comforts and lux
uries ut Mafekiny.
Conflicting Reports.
The Times has the following from
LoureEZo Marques, dated June J.:
"Reports of the most conflicting char
acter are current here due TO the activ-
ity Of the Boer agents. While one sec
ton declares that President Kruger
has returned to Pretoria for the pur-
pose Of arranging terms of surrender.
another asserts that the British have
been repulsed outside of Pretoria.
Nothing authentic is known here re-
garding Mr.. Kruger's whereabouts or
the situation in the Transs aal."
ATTACK BY PIRATES.