The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-06-21
WILL TAKE MONTHS
Ratification of the TransvnaI a Rig
Undertaking

Undertaking..
London, June lG.-That Command
ant General Louis Botha should have
Deen able 10 stand for two DAYS
against Lord Roberts and then TO re.
treat without losing any guns or hay.
ing any OF his men captured is taken
10 NEAR that he has force which
the British must still reckon as for
mlGable when acting defensively.
Inc pacilcation of the whole Trans
vaal, especially the wide spaces far
from railways, is looked upon as a
business requiring months rather than
weeks. Meanwhile
Everything Goes Well
for the British army. A Boer buIle.
tin issued June l. at Machadodorp
says: Both wings of the federal
FORCES touched the advancing enemy
ut ~ a. III. yesterday east of Pre-
torlt Fighting continued until dark.
The enemy, although in overwhelming
numbers, were checked along a line of
thirty-siX miles. and the burghers
succeeded in driving back their right
wing five miles. Two burghers were
killed and ten wounded
Another Machadodorp announce
ment Is that the first regiment of Gen.
Buffers force 10
Attack Almonds Mex
was 'annihilated," but as the British
were in overwhelming force the
burghers were compelled to abandon
the Mex.
A dispatch from Lourenzo Marques,
dated yesterday, says: president
Kruger is Eolding on to his gold and
is issuing paper notes from a press in
his private car. The Beers coin stock
is exhausted and the officials are now
paying out plain gold discs unstamped.
Some who have declined to accept
notes have taken their salaries il
gold lars. The Boer government is
still paying out much gold in that
way"
Supplies for Beers.
Two steamers arrived at Lourenzo
Marques yesterday bringing several
thousand tons of supplies consigned TO
Portuguese merchants, but destined
for the Beers. One hundred Ameri-
cans, Frenchlnen, Germans and Hol-
landers have arrived there by various
steamers en- route for the Transvaal.
Mr.. CrewG. the British consul gen
eral. has large stocks Of clothing for
the British prisoners, but he Will not
forward these until he gets assurances
that the Beers will not take them for
their own use.
Butler Needs Supplies.
Gen. BEller will be unable TO ad-
vance further Until he gets supplies.
He viii probably wait until the tunnel
has been cleared. Nearly every farm
horse his troops passed flew white
flag. The British took nothing with
out paying for il and a brisk business
was done in milk. eggs, bread and
chickens by thrifty housewives, who
were pleased 10 get so much English
money. One woman. whose husband
and two son have been fighting. said:
You British are unlike our people
They took my horses in exchange Tor
sheep and mealies and made me make
butter which they never paid for. L
am sending 10 have my man come
home at once" Usually the first
question n Beer woman puts is: "Will
my husband be shot II he is cap
tured"
Beers Fear Execution.
One young man was pulled from
under a bed and he went down on his
knees begging the British patrol not
to shoot him.
Gen Rumble had sharp skirmish at
Ficksburg or June u. The Beers had
been aggressive along the whole Ficks-
burg SOnekal line and menaced Ficks-
burg i'm force. The British outposts
retired to the village. Gen5 Rumble
held the attention OF the Beers in
front with two guns. while yeomanry
were sent around to their rear and
drove them off, with loss to the
British Of three wounded. Two pa
trolls were also wounded.
Pre- sident Steyn is at Uitkopf. His
presence there is supposed TO account
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