The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-16
Beers In RETREAT
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signal apparatus shipped to the Beers by
a French firm

signal apparatus shipped to the Beers by
| French firm"
DOM PAUL'S APPEAL.
A dispatch to the Daily Mail. dated
| Saturday, Jan Is, from Lourenzo
| Marques, says:
President Kruger has issued q proc
| lamation ordering all burghers to the
! front. The Volkstem, the Transvaal off,
c1al organ, suggests that the moment the
British cross the border the Boer indus
try should be irretrievably destroyed
President Kruger issued a circular dat
| ed Jan. 8 to Boer commandments and
burgheES urging them to show more en-
| ergy in the Transvaal cause He quotes
Psalm %. verse Z, as God-given instruc-
| tons to the burghers, and says that the
British have fixed their faith In Psalm
| 81. He also quotes Psalm SO, verses 10
! and IA, and asserts that he has searched
| the Bible without finding any other mode
which can be followed by the Beers, who
| must fight in the name or the Lord
Communicating is proceeding busily at
Pretoria, where the town guard is ex-
| changing Mausers for Martins, as the
former are badly needed at the front
ut is said that there are nearly 5000
British prisoners in Pretoria"
BOERs RETREATING.
Inc correspondent OF the Daily News
| at Pietermaritzburg, telegraphing Jan.
II. says:
1.-THE gallantry Of the Ladysmith gar
rfson last Saturday appears to have de-
pressed, If not actually demoralized, the
Beers generally. It Is believed that they
lost at least two or three killed against
our one
Many Beers are believed trekking
northward. The magistrate at Nautu.
Zululand, telegraphs that scouts report
having seen many Boer families with
wagons. proceeding north, via Zululand.
while former residents Of Dundee report
that after the repulse at Ladysnith a
number Of Boer wagons, laden with dead
and wounded, passed through the town
ship, and the Beers burned some Of the
buildings as they departed. Five days
have departed since any news
GUNS FOR THE BOERS.
The Daily Mail publishes the following
from q special correspondent at La
Creusta, Francei
after two days earnest inquiry I have
no hesitation in stating that the Schnei-
der factory Is not only working night and
day In the manufacture Of guns and
ammunition for the Beers, but that 1t
has already packed, ready for shipment
to the Transvaal, six heavy guns Of
large caliber. Workmen told me that
before long ten guns would be dis
patched to the Beers"
BUTLER RUMOR DENIED.
A telegram from Newport. Wales, says
Rutherford Harris, formerly resident d.
South Africa company, has received a ca
blegram to the effect that Gen. Butler
has suffered another reverse.
Later Mr.. Harris denied having re-
ceived the telegram referring to the
alleged repulse Of Gen. Butler.
LORD ROBERTS REPORTS.
The war office has published the fol-
lowing dispatch from Lord Roberts,
dated Cape Town. Jan. Is, $40 pm.
Trench reports that reconnaissance
yesterday Sunday shelled the Colesberg
road bridge. No casualties. Returned to-
day. Methuen and Gatacre no change"
BoERS DRIVEN BACK.
BoER HEADQUARTERS, OUTSIDE
LADYSMITH, Tuesday, Jan. 9.-The
Beers occupying the southern edges Of
Besters Kop were driven out by the
British Saturday. Commandant Nelson,
on the west of the town, and the Pre-
toria commando, on the north, have
taken the kopjes commanding Caesars
camp, from which they maintain a
continuous sniping Of the British. The
Pretoria commando lost six men killed
and six wounded In attempting to storm
the fort.
KAISER IS FURIOUS.
BERLIN, Jan. 15.-Emperor William
still takes the deepest interest In the
Bundesrath incident, and holds frequent
conferences on the subject with the for
eign secretary, Count Won BueloW. The
matter was under consideration today.
and the correspondent of the Associated
Press was informed after the conference
that the emperor is still furious about the
seizure, which he regards as particularly
ungraceful and uncalled for on the part
of Great Britain, inasmuch as he was
led to believe during his recent visit that
England would hereafter do everything
in her power Ito preserve amicable rela-
tons. In view Of all this his majesty re-
CARDS the seizures of German vessels as
apparent bad faith on the part of Lord
Salisbury" The German ambassador In
London, Count Won hatfield, has In
formed the German government that tie
seizures were made upon the order Of the
admiralty, and not of the foreign Of
fee The kaiser however, considers this
a mere subterfuge
SYMPATHY FOR BOERs.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Jan. 15.-The city
council tonight, by unanimous vote,
passed resolution extending their SYM
pathy to the Beers in their present war.
and expressing the hope they would be
victorious over the British.
WEBSTER DAVIS ACTIVE.
CAPE TOWN, Saturday, Jan. 13.-
Webster Davis, the United States as
sistant secretary of the interior, visited
the Boer prisoners today, and subse-
quently dined with the admiral. He
then visited and babe farewell to the
governor, Sir Alfred Miner, previous to
starting for the Transvaal.
DISCREDITED REPORT.
CAPE TOWN, Jan. ia dispatch to
the Argus, dated Friday last, Jan. IL,
says:
1.-THE authorities have received news
that Gen. Warren has crossed the Tugela
and occupied strong position north Of
the river
This report has been current here since
yesterday, but is discredited In official
circles.
MIR. MACRUM HEARD FROM.
PORT SAID, Jan. 15-Charles E. Ma
crum, formerly United States consul at
Pretoria left here on board the steamer
Koenig today for Naples, on his way
home.