The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-03-10

London, March 9, AIS a. m.-The
Beers appear to have made no stand
whatever, except that while in retreat
they twice repulsed General French's
cavalry with rifle fire. AS no report
has been made of the capture of prison
ers, the enemy probably got away with
their entire force General French is
still following them and keeping be
tween them and Bloemfontein.
The evacuation of the northern dis
tricts of Cape Colony is now nearly
complete: The British are in posses
sion OF the railroad crossings.
The military critics comment on the
discouraging news from Mafeking Col
onel Baden-PowelI seems to be in grave
need of outside help. Otherwise he
would not allow the correspondents to
send out information respecting the
distress of the garrison.
A REIMBURSEMENT of some of the higher
commands is taking place. General
White is to go to Stormberg to take su-
preme command of General Gatacre's
division and the Tenth division, now in
process of formation which will be I'M
der the Immediate command of General
Hunter, Sir George Whites chief of
staff
The Daily News makes the following
editorial announcement: 1t was ru-
mored in London yesterday, and we
have some reason for believing the ru-
NOR to be correct, that the two repub-
lies made informal and unofficial over
lures of peace on the preceding day.
Unfortunately. the conditions sug-
gested were of such a character as to
preclude the possibility of leading to
any result. Terms which might have
been gladly accepted before the war, in
order to avert it, are impossible after
the war, with all the sacrifices it has
entailed."
The Standard publishes the following
dispatch from Poplar Grove, dated
March s: THE movements of the
mounted men were somewhat too rapid
for the supporting infantry, and as a
result. the Boer position was turned
before the main body could strike eff
fectively. The Beers fell back precipi-
lately and, extending to the southeast,
they checked the advance of the Brit
ish cavalry with a heavy rifle fire at
500 yards range. Accordingly, General
French moved southwark and outfiank-
ed them again, but the Beers repeated
their tactics
Mr.. Hallowen. the Daily News cor
respondent at Mafeking. who passed
TWO months IN pTISbu III Z ISloi Id, Is
capped last week and was recaptured
sixty miles from Pretoria, sends a dis
patch to his paper, dated Pretoria Jail.
March .. via LourenZO Marquee. de-
scribing the misleading news given the
Beers by their officers regarding the
course Of the war. He adds:
Great dissatisfaction exists among
the Beers, as their supplies of food, es-
pecially meat, coffee and sugar, are
very irregular. and many threaten to
return to their farms"
The Daily Mail has the following
from Kimberley, dated Wednesday.
March I: benjamin Silpent born in
Russia and alleged to be an American
citizen. has been sentenced to three
years Imprisonment at hard labor for
signalling to the enemy during the
siege"
Mafeking, Feb. 19.-What may be
typhoid malaria has broken out in the
women's lager and dysentery, due to
the absence of vegetables, is rife among
the garrison. We are thrown upon
our own resources. Such luxuries as
we had are exhausted or have been
for the hospitals which
are filled to overflowing. The children's
grave yard. close to the women's laager,
oro,ve 1,-aelyIU as the VOunp lives arc