The Saint Paul globe., 1900-06-14
BOER COMMANDER MANAGED To
ESCAPE WITH COLUMN AFTER
LOSING BATTLE
LORD ROBERTS MIKES REPORT
COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PRE-
TORIA AND OUTSIDE WORLD
Is AGAIN OPENED
PRESIDENT KRUGER PREPARED
Has an Engine Ready to Move with
His Capital on "A Train at
First Sign of Danger
Schreiner Resigns.

LONDON. June A. $50 a. m.-Tbe dis
patch from Lord Roberts clearing up the
situation at Pretoria and along the COM
| munications stands alone Military oh
servers, noting that no mention is mada
OF prisoners, assume that Gen. Dewet got
away with his forces practically intact
Cen Butler entered Volksrust Wednes-
day. passed through Charleston and en-.
camped near Laing's Mex. The tunnel
was not much damaged. Both ends were
blown out. but the engineers think that
repairs can be effected in about four
days.
The advance guard of Gen. Butler saw
the Boer rear guard four miles distant
! yesterday. 1t was estimated that s,OOs
Boers were Withdrawing The towns.
! people al Ermelo counted fifteen guns.
Three hundred Free Staters released
from guarding Van Renans Pass hav1
gone to join President Steyn's commando
in the eastern part Of the Orange river
colony.
Gen Rundle has sent notice 10 the F.res
Staters that unless they surrender by
June Is their farms and other possessions
will be conhscated.
| KRUGER IS READY.
President Kruger, according to a dis.
patch from Lourenzo Marques, keeps q
locomotive with steam up attached to the
car in which he concentrates the execu.
tive officers of the government and thai
he Intends 10 leave Machadodorp soon ia
establish the Transvaal capital at Nel
! Spruit in the mountains, a fine defensive
region.
The state printing press IS operating al
Machadodorp, producing leaflets contain.
ing war news for distribution among the
Beers.
1t is again reported at Lcurenzo
Marques that the British are advancing
through Swaziland. Lord Roberts, 1t np
pears, however. countermanded the order
given to ssrathcona's horse to land or
! the coast and to penetrate to the Trans
Vaal through the Swat country
Mr.. Schreiner, the Cape premier and
his colleagues resigned last evening, Sir
! Alfred Miner accepting their resigna-
tlons. The London. papers only recently
! abused Mr.. Schreiner for not making war
preparations. Now they are compli-
menting his refusal to follow the ma
! Jorlty of the Afrikander bund in oppo.
] y
Gen. Buffers casualties on June 10 have
been issued by the war Office They were
70 killed, l26 wounded, and missing.
meeting Of women who object to the
war was held at Queens hall last even
| ing Mrs. Howard Courtney presided
! and Mrs. James Bryce moved a resolution
! declaring that the war resulted from the
bad policy Of tho government" This
and other anti-Wdr resolutions were
| adopted. The meeting Kissed Mr. Cham
! berlains name vigorously
M. II. Donahue, the Daily Mails cor
! respondent at Pretoria, insists that Pres
ident Kruger took GS,5OO,OOO gold In Lis
flight
dispatch from Lisbon says: ''The
! Portuguese government IS again reported
! fearing that the Beers will enter Delagoa
! bay territory when forced TO retreat from
/ Lydenburg. The Portuguese have only
! 5O0 troops in East Africa and will be pow
erless to prevent an incursion'
BRITISH LOSSES.
The following dispatch has been le-
! ceived at the war office from Lord Rob-
/ erts:
"Katsbosch, June 12-In yesterdays
! engagement Methuen had one killed and
! eighteen wounded. Among the latter is
/ Lieut.. Cearl, Of the Twelfth battalion OK
! yeomanry.
"On June the Derbyshire militia lost
/ &c killed and 104 wounded, all Of whom
were IN the yeomanry hospital which
was captured by the Beers and retaken
| by Methuen."
BOERS CAPTURE A TRAIN.
A special dispatch from Cape Town re-
ports that the Beers recently captured a
| train at Smaldeel, and destroyed two
miles of the line But subsequent dis
patches show that Gen. Hunter routed all
] the Beers in that ueiRlbOrhOod
The Earl Of Airlie, whose death Lord
! Roberts deplores, was one Of the most
popular members of the nobility and
| commanded the Twelfth lancers. Lieut.
Cavendish was the son and heir of Lord
Chesnam. Maj. Fortescue was formerly
| aide-de-camp TO Lord Seymour. IN Cam
ada.