The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-08

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were working as usual to Lourenzo Mar
quez.
The Daily Express. in commenting upon
the interview. refers to the 'unahated de-
fance of the chief OF the Transvaalers."
Boer. stiII Hold some Prisoners.
Nine hundred British prisoners arrived
Tuesday At Nooitgedacht They were
penned in barbed wire field OF four
acres on tie open vedt
According to dispatch from Lourenzo
Marquez dated yesterday, ord Roberts is
reported to have intercepted two trains
full. leaving the vicinity Of Pretoria.
Scanty News From Pretoria.
kilograms from the British side are ex-
ceedngly scanty. Two brief ones received
from Pretoria say that Mrs. Kruger is
still occupying the presidency and that
a number of engines and cars have been
secured. The British. under Maj. De
Jisle, captured a machine gun and
caused the Beers heavy loss. the British
casualties being slight. Boer officials re-
moved $4,000 in gold from the national
bank June 4. but did not touch the cash
holdings Of the other banks
Some of the Beers are surrendering vol
unfairly. and the townspeople OF Pretoria
are described az showing considerable en-
thusasm over the British arrival
Removal of the Prisoners.
Mr.. Provost Battersby. in a dispatch to
the Morning Post from Pretoria, dated
June 5, says:
The Beers pledged themselves TO twen-
~ British officers not to take the British
prisoners away II these officers would con-
troll them and prevent an outbreak. New
ertheless they began their removal. AZ
ter 30 had been taken. British shells struck
a train that was loading, and the Eoers
desisted and retired
The British officers at Daspoort refused
TO leave their quarters. and made the Boer
commandant a prisoner, releasing him at
midnight on condition that he would can
eel the order for the removal of the pris-
oners The Pretoria forts were found
without guns. All the artillery had been
gotten away"
Another dispatch saws:
Sixteen hundred British prisoners were
removed. After the government mad taken
away most Of the stores the ourghers
were given a free hand to help themselves
All the British found was few hundred
bags of coffee and sugar"
Buffers Alleged Armistice.
In the absence of anything from Brit
ish sources enlightening the Bocrs' stnte-
nert that Gen Butler requested a three
DAYS armistice, the military exports here
ara II clined to believe revised version
of the story will show that Gen. Bnller
summoned the federals to surrender or
evacuate their positions within three days
falling in which he would attack them.
Beers Again Comceutratinx
According to a dispatch from Lourenzo
Marquee under today's date, the Beers I'M
der Gen. Botha are again concentrating
in the neighborhood of Hathley. twelve
miles east of Pretoria. From the same
source it Is reported that the British pris-
oners are being removed to Nooitgedach
from the unhealthy spot in the Glands
valley. About 500 men reached there June
and 700 June 6.
Trouble In War Once
The strained relations between the sec
rotary OF state for war, Marquis OF Lans-
downe and the British commander in
chief Of force. Lord Wolseley. appear TO
have reached such pitch that but for the
exigency Of the situation Lord Wolseley
would have resigned 1t seems that Lord
Lansdowne attempted to usurp some of
the authority always heretofore welded
by the cOmmanderin- chief. and the lat
ter is now said to have laid the whole
matter before Lord Salisbury.
Burahers swear to Fight.
The Lourenzo MARQUEE correspondent OF
the Times. telegraphing June 5, says:
According to refugees from Pretoria,
thousands of burghers under Gen. Botha
have taken an oath to continue the strug-
gle to the bitter end.
United States Consul Hollis started for
the Transvaal today The nature of his
mission is not made public here"
Miners Warned to Keep Away.
The following dispatch has been re-
ceived at the colonial office from the Brit
ish high commissioner in South Africa:
Cape Town, June :
1T is reported by telegram that
large numbers OF miners and 9TH
ers are about TO start for the
Transvaal from southampton on satur-
day, Cannot a public notification he is
sued warning the people against prema-
ture return here? They will be delayed
at Cape points and will only increase the
number supported by charity. II must be
a couple Of months at least before the
bulk OF those now in the colony and in
Natal can be allowed to return or work
generally can be- resumed
VIII Not Immi9rate TO This County
NEW YORK. June a dispatch to the
Herald from Lourenzo Marquez says, In
response 20 telegraph inquiry to Presi-
dent Kruger informing him of the offer
II 100 acres nf land in America to each
burghcr the president replied We thank
YOU for This generous offer % land. hut
the hurghrrs are determined to hght for
their own land and independence TO the
bitter end"
Nromanry Lost Heavily.
LONDON. June The HIST ~ casualties
now coming through indicates there was
severe nEhtjuK before the one
Hundred and Thirtieth yeomanry
surrendered Already the names ot nine
teen men Killed and twenty eight wound
"a have been isSGei The killed include
Sir John Elliott Cecil Power. baronst and
among the wounded is he Earl Of Long
ford
Gen. Warren Marching Northwnrd.
CAPE TOWN June Cen Warren.
With s'r nE force. including the Cana
dian artillery. rs reaching north through
Griqual10a NEST. re enramp"a AZ camp
bell Yesterday. 20 opposition icing ~
ferfl %.r5'-,-s q th- rebels are hand
ting in '1f.- arms % the RnIsh CON-
mandcs
LORD ROBERTS NEXT WORK.
Release of Prisoners at waterfall
and Clearing Eastern Free state
az HpsFs the First step.