The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-03-23
RELIEF on THE WAY.
siege OF Mafeking Bids FAIR Soon to
he Raised-ProGress Of Brit-
I @S.s ISL Advance. E&

Siege OF Mafekine bids FAIR soon to
he ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Of Brit-
..1# ISL Advance. LIN
Cape Town, March 1s.The mount
ed force from Kimberley proceeding
to the relief Of Mafeking, has arrived
at Warrenton. As the force neared
Windsorton the Beers evacuated the
town, blowing up the bridge.
London, March 19.-The Morning.
Post expert thinks that Mafeking has
been relieved by Col. Plumer by this
time, as the Post has q cable from
Maj. Baillie, it's correspondent, say
ing: 'Wire: instructions" which is
dated Lobatsl, March Is. Maj. Baltic
has been witt: the Mafeking defenses
for the last few months and has been
sending his dispatches out by various
means.
The news from South Africa to-day
is entirely satisfactory to the British
public. The relief ofMafeking is not yet
announced, but it is extremely prob
able that this is already accomplished
by Col. Plumer's advance.
London, March 19.-The war Office
has received the following dispatch
from Field Marshal Lord Roberts,
dated Bloemfontein, Sunday, Marcn
Is:
1.-The Guards brigade returned yesterday
from Norvals Pont Several burghers have
laid down their arms to Gen. Pole-Carew at
Edenburg and elsewhere, The officer COM
manding at Belmont reports that some de-
iserters have come in with 4 maxim, a
ntne.pOunder and another gun. Another
ntne-pounder has been brought into Coles
berg. The cavalry brigade has gone to
Thaba Nchu in order to reassure the in
habitants of that district and to distrib-
ute copies of the proclamation to the peo-
pie of the Free State. These proclama-
ttons are being eagerly sought after. Lord
Methuen reached Warrenton on March &C.
He was in time to prevent the Deviation
bridge from being completely destroyed
and to secure the pont on the Vaal. The
English mail was dispatched from here
by rail yesterday and tomorrow the regu-
lar mail service with Cape Town will be
reopened."
Lourenzo Marques, March ia
dispatch from Mafeking, dated Sat-
uAu0J ~, SdySs
1.-THE garrison is holding it's own. We
have heard numerous rumOrs that the
siege will be raised, but so far that is not
the case. We are pegging along patiently
on quarter rations, supplemented by the
occasional capture Of cattle. Our home
made gun erratically bombaFds the Boer
trenches. Horrible stories are current that
the Beers are inflicting nameless fortunes
upon captured native runners. These may
hn< r,,0 k,,t <kn1v
native passions to such an extent that It
may soon be impossible to hold the ma
tives in check. Owing to the Beers having
deliberately bombarded the native stadt,
which Is full OF women and children. Col.
Baden-POwell has armed the natives, but
he has only allowed them to act on the
defensive, although they have clamored to
be allowed to go out and attack at tho
point of the assegai. They will be pre-
vented as long as possible from inflicting
reprisals on the Beers"
Cape Town, March 19.-The MAIZE
king relief column, Coils. Drummond
and Peadman commanding, had a
sharp engagement at Fourteen
Streams. The British succeeded in
driving the Beers of
Pretoria, Friday, March 16.-The
chief of the intelligence department,
Molengraaf, announces that the feder-
al losses, prior to the relief of Kimber-
ley and Ladysmith were: Killed, GIT:
wounded, 2,129. Accidents, sickness
and other disabling causes, he asserts,
bring the total to 1881.
London, March 19.-The Orange Free
State is the queens dominion. Gen.
Gatacre has occupied Springfontein.
and Gen. Pole-Carew, with the guards.
has joined Gen. Clements at Norvars
pont. The Free State commanders
have disappeared in the south, and
their guns have probably been buried
or concealed. No resistance has been
offered to the British columns in the
southern district, and the burghers are
everywhere returning to their homes.
There are many press dispatches from
Brabant's, Gatacre's and Clements COL
umns, but there is only one story-the
Free State forces are disbanding and
the rebellion in the Dutch district of
Cape Colony is at an end. The British
troops have been welcomed as allies.
and not received sullenly as enemies.
London, March ia dispatch to
the Daily Mail from Bloemfontein,
dated Friday, March is, says: "We
are getting rifles surrendered faster
than a factory could turn them out.
1t IL quite certain that if British of.
fetal can reach the northern laagers
with Lord Roberts proclamation, the
whole Boer population will declare
for peace"
London, March 19.-The Naples cor.
respondent of the Daily Mail tele.
graphs an interview he has had with
Webster Davis, United States assist.
ant secretary of the interior. Ac.
cording to this Mr.. Davis said: when
/ left Pretoria the Beers were becom.
ing DESTROYS of peace. President
Kruger and Gen. Joubert were the
strongest opponents of the peace p9f-
ty, but they were becoming exceed.
ingly unpopular. I do not believe
the Beers will resist much longer"
The correspondent says Mr.. Davis de.
clined to speak regarding his mission,
but that the general belief in Naples
is that he is bearing terms and q re.
quest for American mediation.
London, March 19,-A dispatch to the
Daily News from Bloemfontein, dated
Friday, March 1e, says: Events have
occurred which induce some to predict
that the war will last only so long as it
takes to march to Pretoria. The edu.
Gated Beers, even the Transvaalers, are
ready to accept the inevitable.