The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-05-26

Marques. are now close to the Vaal
river, within forty miles Of Johannes
burg. The migration from Pretoria
has begun. Women and children are
being sent in trains to Machadadorp.
on the way to L%ydenburg. Trains are
arriving at LourenZo Marques filled
with passengers, among whom are
many Germans who are bound for
Europe.
Some details Of Col. Mahon's Mafe-
king relief expedition are now coming
through from wayside points. 1t was
one long rush to MafeAing. G. i.
Hands. the Daily Mail correspondent,
mentioned in Lord Roberts dispatches
to the war office as dangerously
wounded j nthe fight with the Beers
May Is. sent his last message from
VrHburg May 9, per unn to Kim
berley, May II. He says:
1.-The flying mounted column secretly
and safely organized by Gen. Hunter
started from Barkly and arrived here
tonight. covering 100 miles in five
days. 1t is
A Grand Force
of mounted men. Imperial light borse,|
from Ladysmith; the Kimberley
ulOuALCu SO1 pS Will 1AOJuA I'll"
tillery and pom poms and a selected
body of infantry from the fusileer
brigade. A special equipment Of light
this splendid force. The force so
such rapidity that. although this is
scouting, the Beers were surprised.
VNho no0,,vnr vo0vo1 roro11o1 with tho
enemy's positions on the Vaal. at ROOr-
getting behind them without firing a
Monday that Gen. Hunters balloon
was visible and his bombardment
heard. The route taken was between
the vaal and the Hart rivers. then
along the right bank of the Dry Hart
to a point abreast of Taungs and
thence to Pudimoe, Roedeport and
.Vryburg."
A Strange Race.
A correspondent with Gen. Hunter
telegraphs as follows from Fourteen
Streams: "Col. Mahon's relieving col
umn left Barkly West under secret
orders May 4, reaching VYyburg May
IL. The Beers marched on the right
flank Of the British and a strange race
followed. Mahon pressing toward
Mafeking with the utmost speed con-
sistent with keeping the force in con-
dition. and the Beers hurrying paral-
lei in an effort to pass him to throw
themselves across their path. The
Beers succeeded. He then turned west
during the night. The Beers followed,
overlook and attacked him in the buch,
but were beaten off,
Then. as Lord Roberts wired. Col.
Mshon and Col. Plumer united forces
at Jamasibi May Is, and Mafeking vas
relieved three days later under condi-
tions hot vet known here. A cores
pondent of the Daily Express says:
"Gen. Hunter devised and guided the
relief which
Was Daringly Executed.
by Col. Mahon." The last message
from Col. Mahon's column before the
relief was dated at Majanamabili, May
IL. 1t says:
The column left Vrybmg yesterday,
did nineteen miles and ~outspanned at
2 q. m. No fires were allowed. We
started at dawn to-day and trekked
here"
Col. Baden-P owell's hardest blow to
the besiegers was the capture of Com
mandant Sarel Eloff. President Kru-
gers grandson, and his men. The
railway head is expected to be at
Kroonstad to-day. The congestion Of
traffic at Smaldeel delays Lord Rob-
erts' advance. but his cavalry continue
active through a wide radius east and
southeast of Kroonstad. The infantry
advance steadily. Gen. Colville and
Gen. Rumble shift their headquarters
each second day. The
The Beers Are R~etreatinR.
northward from Harrismith. Raiding
and shipping are decreasing. Lord
Roberts is adviced that little resis-
lance need be expected south of Kip
Rfversburg, near johannesburg, where
the natives are digging trenches, but
the position, according to a cores
pondent. car be turned. The same au-
thority thinks it improbable that there
will be any desperate defense south of
Pretoria. and that even the capital Of
the TraDsvaal is likely to be evacu-
ated. The order from the war office
directing six more siege guns to 90 out,
however. indicate preparations in ex-
pectation of a siege. Twenty-one war
correspondents have been killed or
have died Of disease during the war.
In this respect the Daily Mail has been
particularly unfortunate, ten of its
representatives having been put out of
service BY death or illness.
FLAMES DESTROY 30 HOMES.