Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-03-13

London, March l3.-Lord Roberts
is making a very rapid advance and
is again misleading the Beers by con-
tinuing his advance sou Inward, in
stead of through The fial esJuntry due
east of Asvofel Kop. He will prob
ably seize the railway south Of Bloem-
fonten and, although another battle
is possible, it is more likely that the
Beers are only endeavoring to delay
his advance until all the rolling stock
of the railway and the stores and
troops from the Orange river district
can be gotten away north.
Such confidence is now felt in the
military operations that interest
rather centers in the political aspects
of the war.
The hardships experienced by General
Macdonald's highland brigade and the
suffering it underwent in its march to
Koodoosberg are described graphically by
Il correspondent of The Standard in
letter just at hand. The trying climatic
conditions of the South African veldt
are pointed out, and the danger Of mov-
ing heavily equipped infantry in such a
country long distances in the heat Of the
day without a proper water supply is
emphasized. From the experiences of
the highlanders it is evident that the i'm
perial forces must follow the rivers or
railway lines in the advance to Pretoria
The Standards man says:
Men seized with sunstroke, writhing
and gasping for water, We're lying every
80 yards or so along the route to Koo-
doosberg. Fortunately, the river being
comparatively near, water was eventual
ly prpcurable, and the men all got into
camp at the drift by / o'clock. A few of
the cases turned out to be really serious.
Two men were lost altogether One of
them was found two days later by a pa
troll of lancers. He was in a raving CON
dition and died soon after being brought
into camp.
Each man was carrying $50 rounds of
ammunition in pouches hung on his
stomach and attached with an arrange
ment of straps which closely resembles
the ordinary mule harness used here.
Hung on his back was a heavy overcoat,
which since the march from Orange river
began has, so far as have observed, new
cr been used once. Then there are the
water bottle. canteen, rifle and other
necessary articles, altogether, with uni
form. making up burden of about 60
pounds. The kilt is quite unsuitable for
such Il march. Thorns caught the kits
and tore the bare legs of the highanders
in the most cruel manner"
Cape Town, March 13.-The publica-
ton of President Kruger's appeals to the
burghers is received joyfully by the Brit
ish, as it proves to their satisfaction that
the Beers have been disorganized by their
recent defeats.
The Cape Times discourages an active
agitation in support OF the annihilation
Of the rwo Boer republics. 1t advises the
people to have confidence in Great Brit
ain, as that government, it says, will
make a settlement that will be entirely
satisfactory. The Canadian and Austria
liam volunteers who were here recently
were unanimously in favor Of the erndi-
cation of the two republics.
Arrangements have been made by the
civil and military authorities to have all
future cases of rebellion tried before
Judge and two military officers, but the
Cape Dutch who were captured at Sun
nyside and have already been arraigned
in the civil courts will be tried by jury
at Cape Town during the April assizes
The government will ask parliament to
organize special court.
Cecil Rhodes intends to send Mr.. Ba-
ker, noted architect, to Egypt, Rome
and Athens to study mausoleums. When
he returns he will erect mausoleum at
Kimberley in memory of those who were