Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-01
BUTLER RESIGNED
BUT LORD ROBERTS REFUSED TO
ACCEPT HIS TENDER, d
DETACHED SCRAPS OF NEWS.
Beers Becoming Aggressive Between
Kimberley and Fourteen Streams
and Now Occupy Windsorton.

London. May 1. $3.50 a. m.-The Beers
are now showing uncommon activity
west of Bloemfontein. They are in force
between Fourteen Streams and Kimber-
ley. On Sunday they occupied Wind
sorton, west of the railway, and now
threaten to interrupt the communication
of the British force at Warrenton to- the
north. This, too, at a time when General
Hunter Is about to start on a 200 mile
march for Mafeking. probably with s, 900
men.
To the east of Bloemfontein the Beers
on Sunday night were still holding the
hills near Thaba N'Chu. while behind
them long wagon trains, loaded with
wheat for the Boer army in the north,
are moving through Ladybrand. ii
The British captured one Boer convoy
on Saturday, but it's size is not men,
toned in the dispatch, which barely an
nounces the fact.
Wepener, lately the scene of incessant
fighting. is deserted, General Brabant
and Colonel Dalgety having moved
northward.
A dispatch from Maseru, dated Mon
day, says: The Basutos are a second
time a~stounded to see the Beers peace
fully returning with herds which the ma
tives hin should be the booty or Brit
ish, who are said to be the copquerors."
According to the information from
Maseru the main body Of the Beers
reached Leeuw river, due west Of Lady
brand, Sunday. small parties trailing be-
hind at intervals of ten miles to protect
the e a n whip up their herds. Slight
outpost actions take place daily beyond
karee Siding, where the head Of the
British invasion is cautioned.
African horse sickness has broken out
in General Buffers army. 1t proves es-
pecially fatal among freshly arrived an
ilnals. The Bloemfontein Correspond
ents point out that the deficiency in the
veterinary department causes thousands
of losses.
Gen. Lucas Meyer. replying to General
Buffers complaint that some of the Brit
ish prisoners at Pretoria are lodged in
the town jail, says that only those are so
treated who have tried. or who are sus-
pected of trying to escape. He ~retorts,
however, that Boer prisoners are con-
fined in the town Jail at Pietermaritz-
burg with natives.
The morning papers give special promi-
nence to the statement of a news agency
that Sir Redvers Butler sent his ~resigna-
ton to Lord Roberts after the Spion Kop
censures were reported and that Lord
Roberts declined to accept it.
The war specials today consist chiefly
of detached scraps. the favorite intro
duction of the military ~mmenta
and editorial writer's being that as only
ScdHI news mas Deen wired, something
big is probably about to happen.
The Daily Chronicles expert says:
IF a solid victory is to be obtained the
British must hav different leadership
from has been displayed in the
De~wetsdorp operations"
Jamestown, st. Helena, April 3O.-Gen-
eral Cronje and his wife, accompanied by
the generals private secretary, We're
permitted to attend religious services
yesterday at DeadWood camp, after
which they had their first ride around
the country. an experience which SEEM
ed to give Gineral Cronje much pleasure.
The famous Boer commander was re-
ceived with cheers.
Pretoria, April 3O.-As a sequel to the
Johannesburg explosion the government
has ordered British subjects, with a few
exceptions, to cave the republic within
forty-eight hours. Nearly e4OO has been
subscribed for the relief Of the victims.
Commandment Schatt has been relieved
from military command Of Johannes
burg n has gone on m
Ladysmith, April 30.-The country
lively clear of Beers. Gen. Luis Botha
has returned to Pretoria to resume the
supreme command of the Transvaal
forces.