The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-06-23
STEYN
still Puts up u Strong + ght,
sAlthough Surrounded.

LONDON, JUNE $3.50 A. M.-Gen.
Steyns forces in the Orange River colony
are for the time drawing most Of the at
tention Of Lord Roberts, rather to the
neglect of Commandant Gen. Louis Botha
and Pres dent kruger. The severance be-
twee nthe Trans vaal and the Orange Riv-
er colony was completed yesterday, as
Lord Roberts said it would be, by the ar
rival of Gen. Buffers advance guard.
The wide net around the 6,OOO or 5000
men under Gen Steyn VII not contract.
Adroit manouvcrng and brisk fighting
are likely to take place, because until all
resistance south of the Vaal is at an end
the British line Of communications will
not be safe.
President KruPer's sons who surren-
dered to Gen. Baden-Powell are back on
their farms and working peacefully. Gen.
Baden-Powell rode with only 300 men
from Mafeking and he made the last sec
zion Of hi srde to Pretoria with only 30
Lord Roberts met him in the outskirts OF
town and escorted HIM to the presidency.
Gen. Dewet's farm houses have been
burned by the British.
Gen. Butler has issued a special order
eulogizing the services Of Strathcona's
horse.
Capt. Jones and the brigade from II. NJ.
s. Frigate have been ordered back TO the
ship at the admirals request.
STANDERTON OCCUPIED.
KAATSCHBOSH, JUNE 22.-Gen. Dun
donald with the third cavalry br gade'
occunied Standerton today without oppo-
sition The urghers left yesterday after
having blown up the railroad b 1dge and
doing other damage. The infantry
marched % miles today and camped at
Kaatschoch Spruit tonight
BULLER PRESSING ON
LONDON, JUNE 22.-4 a. m.-General
Butler is pressing his advance. On We'd
nesday, he followed the johannesburg
railway to Paardekop, thirty-one miles
from St. Anderton. About 300 Beers, sing
ly or in small parties have surrendered.
The war office has issued a lists OF
casualties in engagements around He'll
bron, previously undisclosed.
Lord Roberts adopted the TransVaal
mining regulations for military admins
tration. The frs train for Pretoria lsft
Cape Town yesterday. A dispatch from
Lourenzo Marqeus says
THE Beers have printed and posted
at every corner the following Macha-
dodorp. Monday-The Paris exposition
has closed and France has declared war
against England. Fifty mi es OF raj
way have been destroyed in the Free
State and 10000 British have surrende--
ed '"
Five miles of telegraph between Ko-
matt Poort and Coop Maiden are down
and native runners traverse this distance
mI,
have had successes east of Pretoria.
The colonial office publish 5 a noti ca
ton by the military government at John
nesburg of the stoppage Of a check fol-
10000 pounds drawn for the French bank
Of the South African republic and warn
ing all persons against dealing in this
check as the funds of the national bacB
are the property of her majestys govern
ment.
The Transvaal government according tC
the Lourenzo Marques correspondent o1
the Times, is reduced to severe financia
straits and is endeavoring to meet the
emergency with treasury bills but the
people refuse to accept them.
! LONDON, JUNE 22.-Lord Roberts re
ports that General Ian Hamilton reach
ed the springs yesterday enroute fol
Heidelburg to join hands with Genera
Butler, who is expected to reach st. An
derson tomorrow. Otherwise there is NJ
news of Importance from South Afri
ca.
The following dispatch Of Lord Rob
erts in full is as follows:
PRETORIA, JUNE 22.-Ian Hamil on
column reached the springs yesterday en-
route the Heiidelburg where they wi!
join hands with Buffers troops, VIII
reached Paardekop yesterday, and will b
at Standardton tomorrow, thus opening
up communication between Pretoria an
Natal and preventing any joint actioi
between the Transvaalers and the peo
pie Of the Orange River Colony. Baden
Powell reports from Rutenburg, that h
found the leading Beers very pacific an
cordial in his return journey hence
Commanant Steyn and two actively h S
tile field cornets had been captured dur
ing his absence.
Lord Edward Cecil, the administrato
of Rustenburg district has to date e~col
lected 5000 rifles.
THE commissioner at Kroonstad re
ports that 341 rifles have been handed /
at Wolmarnstad.
KRUGER WANTS TO REMAIN.
LOURENZO MARQUES, JUNE %
: President Kruger's principal conditio
: for peace is that he be allowed to II
main in the country.
Il There are 5000 British sick and wount
! ed at Pretoria.
:, Mrs. Reitz wife of the Transvaal stat
u secretary, and her family, who arrive
u here en- route for Europe, had so Ii
u tie money that the Dutch consul pul