The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-05-15
BUTLER
Endea gOring TO Redeem His
Reputation,

LONDON. MAY 15-355 a. m.--General
Buffers turning OF the Bigarberg posi-
ton was effected by a bold movement.
The Beers had evacuated Helpmaaker,
but were making a satnd Monday even
ing at Blekskoplaagte, seven miles from
Dundee The corps ON the spot regarded
this as "a rear guard action intended to
cover the retreat Of the army.
AT the same time General Hildyard
took Indoba, and 1t reported that the
Beers Withdrew I'm disorder
General Butler, who seems to be en-
ploying mis- fun strength is expected to
push on. His first marches were forty
miles I'm three days. lie is thus breaking
Iuto British territory, which had been ad-
ministered for six months by the Trans
waller as though IT were part Of the re-
public they holding courts and levying
taxes. His success therefore has poll
tical as well as military consequences.
While Lord Roberts infantry are con-
centrating at Groonstad where they will
rest for a day or two his horsemen have
penetrated eighteen miles northward In
the squadron which cut the railway,
American scout Frederick Bernham.
Two hundred Beers who had hidden In
the river jungles near Kroonstad to es-
cape srvce have surrendered to the
British and taken the oath of allegiance.
According to a didspatch from Bennett
Buleigh to the Daily Telegraph, dated
Thursday, May TO- Paul Botha and Mac
donald, members of the Free State volks-
raad, demanded that the chairman should
call meeting to sue for peace, as furth-
er resistance was suicidal and proposed
10 make President Steyn a prisoner.
Nothing definite has been heard about
ihe expected relief of Mafeking. The
Cape Town correspondents continue to
wire that relief is imminent fixing Thurs
day or Wednesday at probable dates.
Inuuirers at the war Office are told
that news of the relief will be made pub
lie Immediately upon receipt. No news
had come to hand at midnight
The latest supposition concerning Gen
eraI Hunter is that possibly he is march
ing up the north bank of the Vaal with
a force sufficient in cooperation Will
Lord Roberts, to render Boer defense OF
the frontier impracticable
East of Bloemfontein General Rundl'
Is advancing toward Ladybrand. Hi'
troops and those of General Brabant arr
stretched over distance of thirty miles
The Beers are described as quite disor
S-anized and as retreatng northward
President Steyn lieutenants are tryin
10 rally them.
The same story of disintergration som
from nearly every point where the Eng
Ill
formerly a correspondent at Mafeking
who was put over the Transvaal border
reIegraphing from Lorenzo Marques Sun
day. says:
Judging from tales I have had witt
The Beers the end of the war will com
i'm n month or six weeks. Mr.. Stinkampf
chairman of the second raad who trav
eled with me, said that If the Burgher
were pressed from Pretoria thew woul
retire to the districts of the Lydenburl
mountains, which had already been pro
visioned He remarked that he hoped tn
Burghers would stand firm, but he feare
they were too broken in spirit.
81 gathered from him the whole avail
able force of the Transvaal now in tn
field the final communicating having tax
en- place last Thursday, and that it 1
only the powerful magnetism of Presi
dent Kruger getting his Burghers to
gether"