The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-03-15
THE Beers HOLD STRONG POSITIONS.
Located Near the Junction of Drakensb erg and
Bigarrsberg Ranges.
(By The Associated Press. J


Ladysmith, Wednesday, March 1.-THE
Beers have been located in several
strong positions near the junction of the
Drakensberg and the Bigarrsberg ranges.
They have heavy guns in position on
Pongwoni Kop at Hlatikulu, and in the
Impati Mountains as we'll as at Gibson's
Farm, near Cundycleugh Pass. General
Hunter now commands the division.
Both men and horses of the relief column
are completely recovered and are now
in the pink of condition. The reconstruc-
ton of the railway from Ladysmith to
Dundee is progressing rapidly.
Beers ARRESTED FOR TREASON.
Cape Town, March 1.-THE British
troops under Lord Methuen have return
ed to Kimberley from the occupation of
Boshof, Orange Free State. Guns and
seventy thousand rounds of ammunition
were seized and strong garrison was left
to guard the town.
Six Beers were arrested there on
charges of treason Nearly all the resi-
dents were wearing mourning, as the
Boshof commando lost two hundred men
at the battle of Belmont.
MARKINGS CASE DESPERATE.
London, March 14.-Mafeking can
scarcely hold out much longer. The
news of Colonel Plumer's approach has
given substance to the rumors of its re-
lief, but those best informed are inclined
to think the relief is more likely to be
accomplished by Colonel Peakman's
column from Kimberley. Private advices
have set forth that Colonel Plumer had
almost given up hope of accomplishing
anything more than harassing the Beers,
though since these were written it is
possible that diminished numbers of the
investing forces may have rendered
Plumers task more feasible.
Everything is apparently quiet in Natal,
while from Herschel comes the state
ment that the total collapse of the insur-
gent colonists is imminent.
General Cronje, according to a Cape
Town special sails for st. Helena, March
18th, accompanied by all the Paardeberg
prisoners.
Cecil Rhodes is suffering from ca
tarrh of the stomach and is unable to sail
for England
Natal dispatches recount the satisfac-
ton felt there at Lord Salisbury's reply
to the Presidents peace overtures.
dispatch from Pietermaritzburg, pub
lished in the second edition of the Times,
says:
The reply, especially the last para
graph relating to independence, has
been received in Natal with feeling of
great relief and is dispelling all doubts. J"
A private dispatch from Johannesburg
has been received in London, dated Sat-
urday, March 10th, contradicting the re-
ports that the mines are flooded and all
the machinery broken, and asserting that
all is we'll
MAY DESTROY JOHANNESBURG.
New York, March -tThursday.)-
Montagu White confirms the rumors that
the Beers will utterly destroy johannes
burg if forced to do SO. Pretoria could
not be defended he says, if Johannesburg
were permitted to remain
BOER OFFICIALS SAIL.
Lourenzo Marques, March 13.-Mr.
Fischer, the Orange Free State Secretary.
and Mr.. Wolmarans, of the Transvaal
Executive Council, sailed for Europe to
day by the German steamer Kaiser.
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