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The Occupation.

railroad
The Occupation.
LONDON, March 15.-(Afternoon |
Service AT precisely 1870 o'clock |
Tuesday afternoon a Union Jack spe-
ciaIIy made for this purpose by Lady |
Roberts was hoisted over the pres
idency az BlOemfOntetn amidst the ac-
clamatiOns of the cOmmandsr-in-Chiefs
battalion, in which curiously enough
the Orange Free State burghers appear
to have joined with remarkable hearth
ness.
The opposition 10 the entry Of the
British troops into the capital was in
significant. The troops were occupying
few high places in the hills about the
place. but a few shells drove them out
at - o'clock In the morning and news
paper correspondents entering the
town found Mr.. Fraser and others and
guided them TO where Lord Roberts
stood on the top OF a hill waiting for
them. AS spokesman. Mr.. Fraser ask
ed protection for life and property and
surrendered the keys. Lord Roberts.
accompanied by his stan. rode at the
head of cavalcade a NAE long to the
presidency, receiving an ovation
| throughout the route, eliminating in
remarkable demonstration at the
market square. Reaching the govern
lment buildings Lord Roberts took pos
session OF the city in the name Of the
Queen and then repaired TO the pres
idency, where the ceremony of hoist
ling the Union Jack ended forever, ac-
Icording to universal opinion here. the
Boer government OF the Free State.
During his passage through the town,
Lord Roberts stopped and ordered the
instant replacement Of goods which
were being looted from the artillery
barracks by kaffirs. thus giving the pop
lulaee an earnest assurance OF the treat
ment they might expect from the vic
tors. President Steyn fled TO kroon-
stadt without replying TO Lord Roberts
: demand for his surrender and the COM
lmander-in-chief remarked afterwards
during the course of conversation while
breakfasting at the farm OF President
Steyn's brother, that the ex-president
had become a nonenuty. The British
troops. with the exception OF those
necessary to police the town, remain
loutside.
Press dispatches giving the most Of
the above interesting details, 50 settle
the point of the cutting of the railroad
and telegraph communication north OF
Bloemfontein, showing 1t was plucky
, act.
Maj. Hunt Weston. of the Royal En-
gineers, accompanied by ten men, trav-
| srsed the Boer lines and succeeded In
|, cutting the telegraph lines and blowing
lup the tracks. Bloemfontein is now re-
; garded as a sort of a halfway house
and base Of operations for the advance
} on Pretoria.
, The military authorities here expect
. a period of compai alive quiet while
Lord Roberts is establishing railroad
: connection with NorvaPs Pont anC
: Bethulie. giving the men and horses tn
rest necessary TO fit them for the sever'
} struggles which are believed to be still
? inevitable.
2 1t seems likely that the next news o
] fighting may come from Natal. Gen
: eral Warren's division which haI
=, reached Durham. has been ordered 4
!, ioin General Butler, indicating shat tn
!. Outfanking movement through tn
: neck OF Zululand referred TO in thes
: DISPATCHES March 10. Is about to com
= mence. II is reported at Bloemfontei
D that General Joubert is at Brandfort
e but other reports locate him at Biggars
berg.
Beers Admit Their Loss.
e PRETORIA. Wednesday, March H.
Afternoon Service )-state Secretar
u Reitz this morning posted the follow
[ ing announcement:
e Yesterday BlOemfontein was Occu
o pied by the British after the burgher
: had retired In a northern direction
= The seat Of the government OF the Ere
n State has already been transferred
u KrOOnstadt.'
Latest from the Front.
o NEW YORK. March 15.-CAfternoo
: service)-A dispatch to the Tribun
q from London says: News from ever
,r quarter OF the theater Of war ".
" meager at midnight. Gatacre's distrit
.e is virtually cleared, the rebels hayiu
n been dispersed at Ladygrey, East Bari
ss ley and Aliwal North. The bridge
n Aliwal North was saved after a shai
ia fght. The railways will speedily be
re operation to the Orange river al q
D. three points where crossings can
made into the Free State. The rebe
" lion among the whites OF the Priesl
In district Is not making headway. II
so British and colonial forces are resto
rs ing order In one village after anOthe
r Rumors that CrOnje and the BO
f. prisoners will be sent 10 st. Heller
es are officially confirmed. The islaI
d. will be reached after a FIVE days pa
lg sage. and the prisoners will be mo
a. comfortable than they have been
g. Cape Town, because they can be
IN lowed more liberty.
n The text OF the correspondence b
~ tween the two Presidents and Lo
an Salisbury has been read with the liv
a Iiest feeling Of satisfaction by the En-
1g Hsh In South Africa, where II Is .nte
d. preted as a clear intimation that {
C. war must 20 on until the Dutch repu
Ilics are ready to surrender unconditio
ally. The inference TO be drawn tTo
Pretoria dispatches Is that the appe
on OF the two Presidents was designed
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