The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-23


suitable testimonial to Lady Sarah Will
son, the Daily Nails correspondent at
Mafeldng during the siege.
PRISONERS JOLLIFY.
The British prisoners who are in the
hands of the Beers at Pretoria by some
extraordinary means, learned of the Brit
ish victories as soon as the Transvaal
authorities, and they built bonfires and
sang God Save the Queen The Pre-
toria people are apprehensive of a rising
of the prisoners, and agitate for trans
ferrance of the whole number to point
inside of the British lines, saying that 40O0
more or less makes no difference
The morning papers continue to discuss
at length President McKinIey's refusal to
intervene, pointing out the collapse of
Boer hopes.
GEN. BOTHA REBELLED.
The Durham correspondent of. the Times
telegraphing Tuesday says:
Rev. Adrian Hofmeyer tells me he
was Informed by a high Boer officer
that when President Kruger notified the
raad of the governments arrangements
to- blow up the mines and destroy Jo-
hannesburg, Gen. Louis Botha hurried TO
Pretoria and had a stormy interview with
President Kruger, to whom he said that
II the plan was not Cancelled he would
himself defend Johannesburg, adding that
the Beers were not barbarians At this.
according to Mr. Hofmeyer, the plan
was abandoned"
FLEEING FROM PRETORIA.
The Lourenzo Marques correspondent
of the Times, Telegram phings Monday, says:
THE German liner Bundesrath has
been detained here all day for special
train from Pretoria bringing the families
n Mt "a 11ty
cy regarding the identityUis maintained,
but it IS believed that among them are
Mrs Steyn and Mrs Reitz"
BRITISH AMBUSHED.
The war Office has received the follow
ing dispatch from Gen. Butler:
Newcastle, May 22.-I have received
the following from Bethune:
May Il, while marching in the drec-
ton of Newcastle, one of my squadrons
of Bethune's mounted Infantry was am
bushed by Beers, six miles west of.Vry-
held and very few escaped. Lieuts Lau-
sum and Capell are among the miss
ing. Capt. the Earl Della War; is Slight
ly wounded in the leg. The total casual
ties are about sixty-six. 1 have returned
to N'qutu for supplies. Will march to-
morrow for Newcastle, via Dundee"
Gen. Butler then proceeds:
IT detached COL Bethuae and about 500
men from Dundee May H. with instruc-
tions to march by Vaults Drift and show
his force at N'qutu, which was reported
to have been evacuated by the enemy pre-
preparatory to the return of the magis-
trate and civil establishment to the dis
trict. He was to rejoin me at Newcastle
afterwards"
BOERS ABANDON NATAL
A dispatch from Pietermaritzburg
dated Monday, May q, says the Beers
are reported to have entirely left Natal
leaving Laing's Mex free. If this is true,
it leaves the way open for Gen. Butler to
advance into the Transvaal so soon as
the repairs of the railroads are sufficient
to insure communications.
Lord Roberts is still at Kroonstad, re-
organizing his forces
Gen Rundle's forces are encamped at
Trommel, recuperating. A patrol four
miles from Trommel was attacked by the
Beers. One man was wounded and some
horses were killed. The affair was -unim-
portant, except in showing that the Beers
are still In the neighborhood and on the
lookout for any chance of snipng.
Further details of the fighting at Mafe-
king say that Comniandant Sarel Eloff's
followers deserted him. *whereupon Eloff
fired upon them himself and then sur.
rendered with eighty followers. The dis
P4Icn fatSO says Lndt one. party OF BOerS
was driven out of the Staat and allowed
to escape, as I'VE had sufficient prison
ers." The capture of EIoff and his fol-
lowers cost Baden-Powell three men
killed and seven wounded.
COL. NtATIONS REPORT.
Lord Roberts reports to the war Office
in a dispatch dated IIroonstad, May p, as
follows:
'Mahon reports that the flying column
entered Mafeling at 4 a. m, May is. He
was stubbornly opposed by 1900 men on
May II, nine miles from Mafeking, but
the Beers were driven from their strong
positions after five hours fighting
thanks, he says, to the magnificent quail
tiles Of his troops. A detachment of Ca
madam artillery, by a series of forced
marches, reached him the morning of the
fighting and rendered very valuable as
sistance. Mahons casualties were about
thirty. The Boer losses We're heavy"
BRITISH IN TRANSVAAL.
CAPE TOWN, Monday, May H.--British
troops have arrived at VeereeEigin lin
the Transvaal, north of the Vaal river.
The bridge across the Vaal was found to