The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1900-06-09

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Sefafions.AThe decision as to the II.
stnTe milftArys@colrse has not been
made knoWn.L oniB Bothn and he
larey sat 81 the council. ~
another dtspstch brogghtEto I1our-
emo Marquee BY messenger and
hated ats Pretoria, Eridayssat midnight,
says: SSs us S
sThe war councilsassurnes the pow
erssof the government: It's members
declare that the capital maybe still
successfully defended. One command
er declared: With The help Of God the
hour will still come when Great Brit
min will acknowledge the independ-
ience Of the two republics. A tremen-
dols change will yet come w the
situation -
General Delarey said Pretoria would
be defended to the utmost, adding:
There is every chance that we will
yet beat the enemy out OF the .coun-
try
President Kruger is somewhere
to the eastward, but is in constant
wire communication with the leaders
here. There Is, however, q deep feel
ing of anger against him on account
Of what is now called his unnecessary
flight, and because he and the officials
took all the gold and left their sub
ordinates unpaid. The latest phase OF
public opinion is q marvellous revival
Of courage" Z
From Lourenzo Marquee comes q
dispatch, dated June 4, saying.
ut is known that some great Brit
ish movement is in progress outside
OF Pretoria: The mysterious move.
ments OF President krueger's secre-
Rtary and physician, particularly their
visit to the Dutch warship Friesland,
which is in the harbor here, has
aroused suspicious that important
personages are expected.
Cape Town. Sunday, June 3.@Thc
telegraph to Pretoria is still open, but
theatown is in great confusion. There
has been q general exodus, among
those taking part in it being the for.
5eign fighting legion. Six special
trains left Wednesday last, and one Of
them has been derailed. No British
refugees have arrived here. 5
London, June 4.-I.ondon today is
enjoying Whitsun Monday, 20 bank
holiday. undisturbed by descriptions
of engagements between the British
and the Beers in South Africa, and
the public here is full of confidence
that Roberts will enter Pretoria be-
fore many hours have: elapsed. The
latest theory of the day is that Rob
erts is moving his fianking column so
as to envelop such Of the Boer forces
rs may be insthe neighborhood of Pre-
toria.
nOrange River Colony the burghers
are reported keeping a close watch on
Steyn to prevent him from leaving his
command in the lurch. SS
The Flights at senekal.
The Daily Telegraph has the follow
ing from Senekal, dated May 80:
General Rund1e's action Monday
and yesterday entirely secured the OBJ
ject for which it was undertaken.
The Beers have now withdrawn from
Lindley, and Colonel Sprigg has been
able to extricate the duke of Cam
bridges yeomanry from their diff
tculties."
The London Daily Telegraph also
has the following from Scnekal,
dated May 90:
"The scene during the battle was
wonderfully pictureqne, rolling bill
lows of smoke, higher than tile high
est koEje. ~obscnring the combntaIlts.
The roar of artillery and the crack Of
musketry, nnder the flames of TIL"
burning yelt, combined to produce Il
picture of appalling grandeur, but
terrible for those engaged within its
field.
Tonight the surroundings of the
Boer position are blackened and
waste. We expect the enemy to va
cate the hills before morning and TO
retire. Their desperate efforts dur
ing the day were directed to getting
n force to the kopje which General
Rumble threatened last night and to-
day in order to enable Colonel Sprigg
to extricate the duke of Cambrilge's
yeomanry. The whole army of Free
Staters is now between Seneknl, Lind
ley and Ficksburg. 1t is reported to
be composed chiefly of desperate men
who would not go to the Transvaal
to fight and who are too proud to sur
render. Their total number is believed
to be from 5000 to 1000"
Capture Number OF British.
Maseru, Basutoland, Friday, June /,
Brabant's horse has been
subjected to several captures ut the
hands of the Beers. Lieutenant Run-
die and twenty men, while search
ing a farmhouse in the Ficksburg dis
trict, We're captured. Two of the men
were wounded. Lieutenant Less and
two men e captured while com
Wandering. Another patrol OF border
horse, numbering twenty men, while
pursuing a small party of Beers, were
surrounded and captured. County
Glerchen sent thirteen men of the pro-
vincial horse under Lieutenant Bow
8ker with a flag of truce to Senekal to
demand the surrender of that place.
The Beers captured the entire party,
and after robbing the men of NIL but
their clothing sent them to Urede,
whence some of them managed to es-
cape. Most Of those who succeeded In
Guiding their guards, however, were
recnDtured.