The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-03-10

Hines Going to Wreck.
Most of the gold mines. except those
which the government controls, are in
/ a shocking state. They are Hooded and
machinery is rusting and is being will,
. fully smashed"
I The war Office has issued the follow
ing despatch from Lord Roberts.
Clements has occupied NOrvsl's
Pont and the adjacent drift As soon
as the engineers, pOntoon and troops
arrive, he viii cross the river. when
the necessary repairs to the railway
bridge viii be commenced
'Gatacre occupied BurghersdorD
March and was greeted with grean
enthusiasm on the part Of loyal in
habltants- His scouts report that large
numbers Of the rebels in their neigh
bOrhoOd are anxious 10 surrender"
The amount of the new war loan viii
! be &30,000.000. The interest Will be at
"a per cent. and the bonds viii be re-
, deemable at par May >. 1910. The issue
price is SO pounds 10 shilhngs.
No Danger of Complication
The chancellor Of the exchequer, Sir
Michael Hfcks-Beach- addressed the
bankers and merchants at the Bank Of
England on the subject of the war loan,
saying that in spite Of all runors to
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indication whatever Of foreign cOmpli-
| cations.
A leading banker who is a member OF
! parliament, said that the entire $50
/ 10000 would be subscribed by lunch
/ time TODAY and probably e1O0. 900. 900
would be subscribed before the lists
/ closed. The Statist says that the bank
ers believe the application Will exceed
900, O00, 600
Spencer Wilkinson, dealing in the
Morning Post today with the disap-
] pOintment expressed by the war cor
respondents respecting the Popular
Grove battle, says
Doubtless it was not a great victory,
! since the enemy WAS not punished and
no great strategiCaI advantage Was
I gained. It cannot be denied that the
/ Beers have pursued a wise course in
! defiance of the very bad tactical and
strategicaI advice Of President Kruger
Z and President Steyn- From the British
+ view point, il is a pity this advice was
not followed for. in that case LORI.
Roberts would probably have captured
/ the whole force
May Adopt Guerilla Tactics.
We may be pretty sure that he did
not mean to ALLOW them 10 retreat,
but every commander in the field has
I his disappOintments. It looks now as
/ though the Beers would soon adopt
! guerilla tactics, but even when the
/ TransvaaI is occupied there will still
! be plenty Of work for the British
1 forces"
Mr. a. C. Hales, the Daily News
! correspondent, who fell into the hands
D Of the Beers February Z, and was re-
leased a few days ago, at BlOemfOn-
/ TEN, telegraphs some inside impress
siOns" of the Beers"
They are clever as cats in their
/ rough mountain country and nearly as
( active. dashing from point to point
with marvellous rapidity; equally at
home on foot or in the saddle. never
( by any chance exposing themselves
/ needlessly. but brave enough when
mere courage and use are necessary
They watched our meE moving to
ward them on the veldt from behind
! bushes, rocks and loose earth. often al
/ lowing our scouts to get within a few
yards, and permitting them TO ride
/ away unmolested in order to draw the
/ troops into ambush"
/ It was into one Of these snares that
f Mr.. Hales, with eighty Tasmantans
rode.
One Generals Uniform.
/ Lamberts, the Boer general. is lie
/ scribed as dressed as a bullock driver,
/ with patched twwed trousers, a coarse
/ blue cotton shirt. a dirty red cotton
/ handkerchief round his neck and a bat
I tered felt hat"
/ he wore a pair Of boots that were
/ ragged at the toes. his sleeves we're
rolled I'd to the elbow, and he had a
/ short pipe in his mouth when Mr.
| HaleS saw him But he seemed fun OF
/ dash and energy and was said TO be q
/ celebrated hunter. His men did not
salute him, but addressed him famil-
/ iarly.
Mr.. Hales and the other wounded
/ were sent into the interior. Whenever
/ their escort stopped at a BOer farm,
men and women gave them milk, fruit.
/ brandy and tobacco. washed their
/ wounds and literally overwhelmed them
with kindly attentions When some Of
/ the British prisoners said they were
married and had families, the BOer
+ women would lift their children to be
! taken bv the hand.