Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-04-12

hours stea1ay. Ttey had lest ten
killed AMI many wounded Among the
captured * Can't. Tspnaut. Gen. Cat
acres chief Intelligence officer.
Beers Forced From Positions
I.oudon. April lo-The BlCemfontsin
iein correspondent OF the Daily Tfte-
grapn SAYS. '~An Is Quiet here. Re-
mounts ard achievements are aTiN.
iug and preparations are being made
10 deal with the enemy. LAST TUESDAY
many OF the historic regiments conld
Dot muster a hundred mounted men
while artillery horses were very
scsrce. The enemy have Row been en-
rirely cleared out from the position
they lately occupied rOrih Of Glen and
the British force there - being con
sidcrably augmented Lord Kitchener
Commands the railway 10 the south
and our positions r secur against
infeErEption. The Troops are S1l AL
in good spirits. though badly in netSi
OF clothing and boots.
bad Eject ON Natives
Maseru. Basutoland. April io-The
reocCupati0n OF LadybraRd. Thana
N'Chu and Bloemf0ntein water works
by the Beers in the very sight Of the
Basutos. who recently witnessed the
expulsion 81 the Beers by the British
is far the o important aspect Of the
situation here. in view Of its probable
effect upOn the native mird. Already
the natives are arguing that the Brit
ISL have suffered reverses. and should
the British eyscuste Wepener he r.
suits. so far as the natives are con-
cerEef. are likely TO prove disastrous.
All hope 10 see Gen. Brabaut steadily
advance and drive the enemy before
him
Unrest SwaziIand.
Lourenzo Marques, April 10-A run-
ncr who has Just arrived here from
Sopobo's Kraal. Swaziland, says that
Sopobo has been killed and his women
tied up with ropes Unrest il iDcreas
ing in the country. which is in a most
unsettled state, bordering on a reign OF
terror in the absence Of white men ;
law" Manv natives have been threat
ened. and in one district they have
been completely killed OF. A messen-
ger from B~romerSdorp. Swaziland,
SAYS the Beers are making presents to
the queen and are seeking TO PASS
through Swaziland armed.
BIoemfontein Is safe.
London. April 10 The BIoemfon-
correspondent OF the Morning Post.
te~legraphins Friday. says: No anx-
iety need be felt az 10 the security Of
BloemfOntein. although the enemy
NAV succeed in destroying telegraDhic
contamination and even in cutting the
railway for a brief period. A number
Of Civilians. including Lady Bentick
and LADY Edward Cecil. who arrived
here recently from Cape Town. left
Friday in compliance with a general
order issued by the authorities"
As Reported by Beers.
Pretoria. April 10-Ii is reported that
Gen. DE Wet attacked and defeated n
large force of British cavalry al De
Vets dorD. southeast Of Bloemfontein.
capturing $50 prisoners and a large
quantity of ammunition and camp
stores and inflicting heavy loss. The
federal loss was two killed and four
wounded. All IS quiet with the other
~commandos.
Beers Threaten the Railway.
BlOemfontein. April I0-The Beers
are reported la fOrce I o the south.
threatening the railway. which. how
ever. is strongly protected. British
pickets al Springfield. eight miles dis
tant. were attacked Saturday by Beers
advancing from the water works. Be-
mounts are rapidly arriving. The
British are in high spirits and anxious
10 advance.
Reborts' Advance VIII BE Delayed.
London. April 1a.-The Cape Town
correspondent OF the Daily Newsl tel
egraphing Friday. says: Owing TO
lack Of horses and to the sufferings Of
the men from pneumonia. due TO thin
clothing. Lord Roberts has decided not
TO make a big move until the troops
are provided with thicker uniforms
No Trace of Caeptured British.
Bethany. April 10-Gen. Gatacre's
force has returned mere without hav-
ing any trace Of the Inflated British
column captured by the Reddersburg
commando. II is impossible To esti-
mate the British losses. but as the men
fought stubbornly it is probable that
these We're large.
Insurgents Walk Into n Trap.
Carnoyon, Cape Colony. April 1o-lt
Is reported that 100 insurgents who
were n O aware hat Sir Charles Par
sons had occupied kenhardt. rode into
that place and were captured BY the
British troops The Canadian artillery
has arrived here from Van wyck's
Wei.
steyn's Brother Captured.
Bloemfontein. April 10.-Another Of
Mr.. Steyn's brothers was vaptured
near Karee Siding Friday and arrived
here Saturday.