New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1900-06-06

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Lord Roberts Does Not Confirm tie
Report That PREY Has
Been Captured 81
The REPORTS ARE VERY CONF CITING.
Preside nt IkruEer said to Have Fled
rom Che Capital and The 4 to Have
Returned-FaII OF j Johannes burg
Z &c n, yvarren's Forces In q Fig ht-
her n Tvs of 4 Il q WA N.
London, May 81 & a. M Brit tons
arose this orning to find peace prac-
teal ~ ablished ii South Africa and
President Kruge with
either Lydenburg or Holland prob
ably the latt as his destination,
The Kaleidoscope chan ge in the sitl-
alton Is startling Twenty four hours
finds Lord Roberts in Johannesburg
Pretoria abandoned BY the Beers the
Afrikan ders negotiating for peace and
the armies of the Transyaal and their
allies in disorga nized retreat
Flight of Krug =.
a most sensational dispatch has
been received by the Mail from Pre-
toria, which suggests that tn e war is
virtually at an end. Lord Rosslyn. tel
egraphing from the Transvaal capital
at l1:4o yesterday forenoon, defnite-
ly stated that the city would be Occur
pied in about two hours time. Presi-
dent Kruger has fed to aterval-
bowen, but every arrange had
been made for the reception of the
British troops.
Says War Will Not Cease.
Boston, May 3 .s- --59s Even if the whole
country is / aiken and the leaders inn
|gprisoned, the war will cease only for ..
time, and it viii be renewed again and
again, if need be, until we get our lib
erty, was the. dramatic utterance Of
M. A. Fischer, one of the Boer ENJOYS,
when he was shown 4 he dispatch from
London announcing the surrender Of
Pretoria. S35s4
Is Not Confirm e d.
London, June THE war office here
knows thing. about the reported cap
ture Of President Kruger: Belated
messag esfrom Pretoria con firm re-
ports Of the departure Of President
Kruger with his cabinet and staff off
cials Tuesday night and the selection
at meeting ofscitizens Of a, committee
to administer the city professionally.
The present seat lof the Boer gov
eminent, according to a dispatch from
Lourenzo Marques. dated Thursday, is
Middleburg, but it will probably be
shifted further east.
Fall of Johanne 81 burg. s5=5
& London, June The following dis
patch from Lord Roberts has been re-
Eceiyed at the war office here:
Johannesburg May 81, 2 p. m.-Her
majesty's forces are now in possession OF
johannesburg and the British flag floats
over the government buildings. -
Roberts Is Silent.
s London, T. une 2.-Lord Roberts con-
tinues silent regarding Pretoria, prob
ably because he cannot wire Of events
from his own knowledge. sLourenzo
Marques, sWhere all the news from the
BoerS side is rehandled, cables that
Communication with Pretoria is now
suspended. Some messages by courier
have reached Lourenzo Marques, but
none of later date than Wednesday
These assert that the, burghers are in
a state Of panic, and that Pretoria is
being controlled by a vigilance com
mittee. Lourenzo Marques again
sends the report that President
Kruger has been captured
stories Conflict.
The Times hasNthe following from
Lourenzo Marques, dated June II: Re-
ports of the most conflicting character
are current here, due to the activity of
! the Boer agents. While one section de-
clares that President Kruger has re-
turned to Pretoria for the purpose Of
|>arranging terms of surrender, anot her
asserts that the British have been re-
/ pulsed outside of Pref oria. N othing
authentic is known here re garding Mr..
slAGA-iuS - w uSIedOOutSs OIStut SIUudllOu
in%the Transvaal i. &
! 5s Kruger Very HI. sS 81.
London, june p be1ated dispatch
from Kroonstad, dated Tuesday, May
20, reports that President Kruger is
!! very ill and adds that the station
master at Kroonst ad says the presi-
dent is is dead his, however was not
credited s5
Warren's Force Attacked.
Cape q own, June z. * len. Warren,
! with 700, men. occupied a strong de-
fensiye 9position 1t Fabers put, on NJ az
20. t dawn he found that he was
surrounded, and he was fereely IA f
tackled by 900 rebels. The horses
were stampeded, but st he force con-
centrated and the Beers were re-
pulsed. small party in garden
continued s sgh tenaeiou sly but
evacuated as he charge began, leaV-
ing a nun Der Of .*Wounde ]. The Brit
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