The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-06-02
MYSTERY
About the British Army in
South Africa-NO
News.

LONDON, JUNE 2-3:45 Il. m.-Lord
Roberts continues silent about Pr.,uril,
probably because he cannot wire of ev-
ent' from his own personal Knowledge.
Lorenzo Marques where all the ncNy rroic
tie Boer side is ro-hadled cables that
communications hom Pretoria is now sus-
| PENDED.
Some messages by carrier hav, reached
| Lorenzo Marques but none of later date
| ttar Wednesday, These assert .has the
Bn gFers are I'm a state of panic ami that
Irctoria is being controlled by d vigil
t'Ce committee. Lorenzo NJ r. lbs aEain
s"rh l. the report that PreAl4lt 'Iruger
has been captured.
The news blank gives rise to the report
that the citizens committee at Pretoria
may not have been able 10 carry out their
plans for securing the peaceful entry of
Lord Roberts and sparing the city the
horrors of a siege
\ eace party appeared 10 ne IN the
ascendant and as soon as President
Kruger and his cabinet left Pretoria to
organize a new capital the citizens com
nittee persuaded the commandants Of the
forts to withdraw some of the troops
from the defenses perhaps with the
view Of keeping order in town. II mes
/ sengers were sent to the British, or If
the British being two hours march from
| Pretoria on Wednesday, entered IT then
or at any time prior to Friday noon,
Lord Roberts would certainly have tee-
graphed this fact. Hence it looks as
though a Boer force between Pretoria
and johannesburg.
These soldiers trekking back toward
Pretoria some of them fresh from the
fight with General Hamilton, would have
brought a new element into the situa-
ton and would probably overrule the
peace comittee, taking the direction of
affairs out Of their hands. If this has
happened the British navy as the Daily
| Chronicle says, see some hard fighting
before the British flag flies over Pretor-
la, for If even the Beers only held three
forts standing close together on the hills
south of town, they would be in position
to stand a siege.
The Beers according to a special dis
patch from Lorenzo Marques, have re-
entered the northeastern territory of the
Free State and are engaged with the
British near Ventersburg and -Harrl
smith 1t is reported from Amsterdam
that the best rooms at Het Haasjee-one
of the principal hotels there, have beer
engaged for President Krugers occupan.
cy from June %.
General Butler is moving slowly against
the Boer fanks
\ dispatch from Vryburg dated May 80
says
During the occupation of this place
by the Beers they hogged the natives
for slight offenses. \ whip and several
cords knotted and salted were found at
the police station. \ boy who brought
a letter to a woman received twenty-five
lashes and another who sympathized with
him received fifteen"
Lady Georgiana Curzon has cabled H.
600 pounds to provide comforts and lux
uries at Mafeking.
HOT FIGHT.
CAPE TOWN, May 31.-Gen. Warrer
with 600 men occupied a strong de-
fensive position at Fabersprut on May
y 90. At dawn he found that he was sur
rounded and he was fiercely attacked
by ! GOO rebels.
The horses We're stampeded but the
force concentrated and the oers were
repulsed. A small party in a gardey
continued to fight tenaciously but ev
acuated as the charge began, leaving
q number wounded
The British lost Is killed including
Col. Spence and 80 wounded,
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