The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-17
Wife of the President and Mrs. Botha
-as,G the Mediums of Communica-
-e'f ton with "OOm Paul"
BADEN-PoWELL ON THE MOVE
RUsTENBURG OCCUPIED BY THE DE-
FENDER OF MAFEKING.
Surrender of Hans Eloff and Piet Kru-
ger, Son OF the President-An
American officer Killed.

LONDON. June ia rumor is rife in
the city that Lord Roberts is negotiating
with President Kruger and General Botha,
through their wives. regarding terms of
surrender.
The War Office to-day received the fol-
lowing message from Lord Roberts,:
Pretoria, June 16.-Rustenburg was oc-
cupied yesterday by Baden-Powen- A col
umn starts from this place tomorrow TO
meet Baden-Powell and repair the tele-
graph between Pretoria and Rustenburg.
Hunter is moving from Potchefstroom.
His advance brigade expects to reach Jo-
hannesburg June 10.
Butler, hope, is at Standerton.
"Hedelburg will be occupied from this
place shortly. and then the Orange River
Colony will be completely cut off from the
Transvaal.
"Baden-Powell reports that the district
through which he passed is settling down
satisfactorily. Over 1000 stands of arms
were surrendered, and Hans Eloff and Piet
Kruger, son of the President, made SUBJ
mission to him yesterday, having been pre-
viously disarmed on their farms.
"Botha's army has retired. and is be-
lieved to be at Middleburg. His rear guard
was surprised and entirely routed by Ian
Hamilton's mounted infantry
The War Office has received the following
dispatch from General Butler:
'Laing's Mex. June 15.-Now that Ma
tai is clear of the enemy I wish to call at
tention to the disgraceful way in which
private property was treated in the part of
the colony they occupied Their willful and
needless damage is visible everywhere, and
houses, when not completely wrecked, have
been desecrated with filthy ingenuity. That
II has been done with the consent of the
leaders is proven by the fact that while in
Charlestown every house was wrecked, in
volksrust, two miles off, but in the Trans
vaal, every house was intact"
A dispatch from Laing's Mex, dated to-
day. says General Christian Botha's next
stand will be at Paardekop. but with a re-
duced force.
The German ambulance captured by Gen.
eral Butler has been sent to Durham.
whence it will be allowed to return to the
Transvaal via Delagoa bay
General Randle's line at Senekal and
Ficksburg is now almost invulnerable. The
Beers attacked Ficksburg this morning,
but were driven off. President Steyn, of
the Free State, is still trying to encourage
the burghers. General Dewet is trekking
north of Bloemfontein.
In an attack on the Railway Pioneers,
near Zand river to-day, the Beers were
driven off, but General Seymur, command
ing the pioneers, was killed. He was an
American and was formerly employed in
the Rand.
The indications are. according to reports
from Cape Town, that the ministerial crisis
will soon be ended by the formation of a
Cabinet by Sir Gordon Sprigg. According
to a Cape Town special the Cabinet, be-
side Mr.. Rose-Innes, who will accept a
portfolio. willsprobably include former At.
torney General Salamon. who was a mem
Der of the late Cabinet, and Sir p. HI.
Fare, who was colonial secretary during
Rhodes's second administration