Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-06-19

Gen. bOtha. through their wives, regard
ing terms of surrender.
London, June 1G.-4:f7 D. m.-The war
office has received the following message
from Lord Roberts. dated Pretoria, June
Is:
"Rustcnberg was occupied yesterday
by Baden Powell. A column starts from
this place tomorrow to meet Baden
Powell and repair the telegraph between
Pretoria and Rustenburg. Hunter is
moving from Potchefstroom. His ad-
vance brigade expects to reach Johannes
burg June 49,
Butler. hope, is at Standerton. Hell
delberg will be occupied from this place
shortly and then the Orange River colony
VIII be completely cut off from the Trans
vaal.
"BadenPowell reports that the district
through which he passed is settling down
satisfactorily. Over 1000 stands of arms
were surrendered and Hans Eloff ana Piet
Kruger, son Of the President, were to
make SUBMISSION to him yesterday, hav-
ing been previously GisaImed on their
farms
"Botha's army has retired and is h.
HeVcd to be at Middleburg. Ills rear
guard was surprised and entirely routed
by Ian Hamlton's mounted infantry"
Malicious Destruction of PROPERTY.
The war Office has received the follow
ing dispatch from Gen. Butler, dated
Laing's Mex, June 10:
Now that Natal is clear OF the enemy
L wish to call attention to the disgra cefu
way IN which private property was treat
ed III the part of the colony they Occu-
pied: Their willful and needless damage
Is visible everywhere, and houses, when
not completely wrecked, have been desc
Islf II ~
has been done with the consent Of the
leaders is proved by the fact that while
III CharlestoWn every house was wrecked
IN Nolksrust, two miles off, but in the
1ransvaal, every house was intact"
Cape Town, June 16.-The Basutos are
raiding the farms of the Beers who have
surrendered their farms to the British,
destroying their fences, threatening the
people and driving off their cattle. Sew
eral instances are reported, also, where
natives of Cape Colony have assaulted
and robbed colonial rebels who have sur
rendered their arms. Lord Roberts is
coping energetically with the difficulty.
Furnishing without delay those proved
guilty of excuses.
American is Killed.
President Steyn's chief of engineers, an
American named Seymour, has been
killed in action. 1t is still rumored that
Sir John Gordon Sprgs is forming a cab
met, but some days must elapse before
the ministerial crisis can be brought to
an end
Come to Plead for Peace.
An Afrikander doctor of divinity and
three Cape Colony Beers will sail for
England next Wednesday TO plead for
peace and the independence of the Boer
republics.
Beers Guard Their Position.
London, June 16.-Where the next
battle will be fought it is too early to
guess. Lord Roberts latest dispatch
concerning the fighting at Hatherley
shows that Gen. BOtha was prepared so
thoroughly to resist thanking movements
that the British field marshal was COM
PEELED to abandon the attempt to turn
him out of his position and to launch a
column against his front. This duty
was assigned to Gen. Ian Hamilton S
troops after they had tried in vain for
two days TO get around the BOer left
AS the penalty of the Beers effective
their center comparatively weak, and
Lord Roberts took advantage of the sit
uation as soon as he realized the true
state of affairs
The work of Ian Hamitons men in
assailing the enfeebled portion of the
Boer line is said to have been daring in
the extreme. The general himself was
on the firing line and came off, after the
capture of the key to the Boer position,
with bruised shoulder that told Of
close association with shrapnel bullet.
Steyn was Opposed.
London, June 16.-The Times LoureIl-
co Marques correspondent says that Pres
ident Steyn and not President Kruger
was the stumbling block to the surren-
der of the burghers shortly after the
British entry into the Transvaal. Kru-
ger proposed reopening peace negotia-
lions, but Steyn strongly demurred. point
ing out that according to the treaty be-
tween the two republics neither party
could conclude peace without the consent
Of the other. As representing the Or
ange Free State he refused to consent.
Unless he is willing to lay himself open
to the charge Of breach of faith Kruger
had no alternative but to continue the
campaign.
Botha's Next Stand.
London, June ia dispatch from
Laing's Mex, dated today, says Gen.
Christian Botha's next stand will be at
Baardekop, but with a reduced force.
The German ambulance captured by
Gen Butler has been sent to Durham.
whence it will be allowed to return TO
the Transvaal via Delag0a bay.
MORE TROUBLE FOR ENGLAND.