The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-06-09

LONDON, June 8 C1:25 p. m 1.-The war
office has received the following dispatch
from Gen. Butler:
yellow Boom Farm, June Son June
Gen. Talbot Coke, with the Tenth brig
ade and the South African light horse,
seized Van Wyl1e hill. The enemy made
some resistance and good deal of snip
ing occurred. Our casualties were about
four killed and thirteen wounded.
During that day and the following
we got two Az and two 12-pounder naval
guns up on Van Wyke hill, and two s.
inch guns onto the southwestern spur
Of InlewelO. Under cover of their fire
Gen. Hildyard today assaulted all the
spurs of the Berg between Botha's Pass
and Inl1ewelo.
THE attack, which was well planned
by Hildyard and carried out with i'm
mense dash by the troops, for whom no
mountains were too steep, outflanked the
enemy, who were forced to retire from
their very strong position.
Il think we did not have any casual
ties. and I hope I have obtained a posi-
tion from which 1 can render Laing's
Mex Untenable"
FOR CANADIAN CONTINGENT.
ton hotel this afternoon, organized by
Mrs. Norton, in aid of the Canadian con-
tingent in the war. Lady Randolph
Churchill, the Earl and Countess of Ches-
terfeld the Earl and Countess Of Var
borough, Miss NIuriel Wilson, Nine AL
bani. Miss Edna May, Mrs. Langtry, Mrs.
Leslie Carter, and a host of prominent
actresses and musicians assisted in vari-
cess.
CANADIANS MISTREATED.
Mr.. Harold G. Parsons, federation dele
gate from Western Australia, writes TO
the morning papers to protest against
the treatment given to the wounded Can
adams. He says:
THE wounded Canadians at Shorncliffe
camp returning from the front complain
that they are badly fed, unhealthy
clothed and refused a surgeon. This
seems curious return to make for their
conspicuous services voluntarily render
ed. 1 have it on indisputable authority
that it is the practice of the war office
to administer the British volunteer, and
for all 1 know, the regular army, by
means of regulations drafted and issued
in great part on no better authority than
OF gentlemen, no doubt, of irreproach-
able character but by no means adapted
by their intelligence or education to be
intrusted with so great a responsibility
Such a relegation of authority, which
is unconstitutional as we'll as unbusiness-
like is in itself enough to show that the
whole war Office from top to bottom,
must be reformed, if not reconstructed.
after the war;
LONDON, June g. 3:15 a. m.-Gen. Rul
Ter has at length taken the offensive
and by maheIvering, he has secured a
position west of Laing's Mex by which
he believes he can make the Boer posi-
tiOn uutenable. Presumably he will i'm
me1iately follow up his success
Lord Roberts has communicated moth
ing for three days, nor Permitted the cor
respondents to wire what is goiHg on
I.ondons 5 inference is hat he is resting
although he is possibly diSposing his ar
my for a rush after CCmmandant Cen
eral Botha. 4 blockade of wires, owing
to the crush of official correspondence,
may account for the scanty press dis.
patches Some kilograms filed a week
ago are only just now arriving. Among
those are spirited descriptions of the
fighting at Elandsfontem. According to
one of them, the streets were filled with
women and children. Rifle shots could
diers would stop firing anG join In the
chase after chickens. The burghers sur
rendered to any one. KaffirS went about
looting the Jewish stores, and mounted
infantry galloped hither and thither.
Lord Roberts army has a new song.
1t runs thus:
Were marching into Pretoria,
1t belongs to Queen Victoria"
PRISONERS DECEIVED
The Daily Express has the following
from Pretoria, dated Wednesday:
1.-The 1000 prisoners who were deported
from Waterfall were told that they were
about to be given up to Lord Roberts.
They entrained cheerfully and were con-
veyed TO Nooit Gedache instead of Pre-
toria.
Gen Louis Botha, with a rear guard
of 1900, left Pretoria during the night.
The British advance guard, on entering
was upon the very heels of the retiring
Beers. Botha has sworn to carry on the
war in the mountains"
At LoureEzo Marques station a crowd
waited all Thursday night to see Presi-
dent Kruger, as 1t was reported he would
arrive by a special train to gain an asy-
lum on board the Netherlands cruiser
Friesland.
Middleburg is said to be full of Boer
refugees and wounded. The railway still
delivers goods at Brookhorst Spruit, forty
miles east of Pretoria. A British column
is at Bremersdorp, Swaziland Eleven
British prisoners have been taken to
Middleburg. The British at Beira are
moving into the interior, in detachments
of 200, daily.
Mr. G. V Fiddes imperial secretary
to the high commissioner, with a part Of
Sir Alfred Miners staff, left Cape Town
Friday evening for Pretoria, possibly. as
the Cape Town correspondent of the
Daily News thinks, to arrange the an
nexation- details.
HOLLIS SENSATION EXPLODED.
WASHINGTON, June S-secretar,
Hay says, in reference to the Lourenzo
Marques dispatch, stating that it was
believed United States Consul Hollis had
been negotiating with President Kruger
TO bring about peace by direction of the
Washington government, that Mr.. Hollis
had no authority whatever from the state
department to make a trip into the
Transvaal and, furthermore, the state
department did not know of anv such
intention on his part. The consul had
no right to go into foreign territory with
out permission from the state depart
ment, but as it is assumed that his Wis