Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-03-24
Cape Town, March 24.-Sir Alfred
Miner, who is on a mission north
ward, has arrived at Dordrecht.

A Springfontein telegram published in
the second edition of The Times says
"The apparent submissive attitude OF
the Free Staters should be accepted with
caution. The large proportion of obso
lete, inferior weapons being turned in by
them to the British is giving the impress
sion that large stores of modern Mausers
!, are being concealed" 3"
The Outlook's special correspondent at
Cape Town says. Feeling is running
strong against the leniency with which
rebels of Cape Colony and Natal are be-
ing treated by the British authorities"
Artillery Duel Near Wnrrenton.
A dispatch from Warrcnton, dated
March %, says:
"a reconnaissance of the Boer position
was made yesterday by the Twentieth
battery of Royal artillery, under com
mand Of Major Blewitt. The artillery
was supported by the Kimberley Light
horse. There was smart artillery duel
which lasted all morning. The Beers
had four guns, two of which fired cor
dite The Boer fire was ineffective, how.
ever, and the guns were eventually 81
lenced. There were no casualties among
the British.
1.-TWO citizens of Vryburg, who have
been imprisoned by the Beers, arrived
here under a flag of truce. They state
that the big gun with which the Doers
bombarded Kimberley was sent through
Chrstiana to Pretoria.
"Trains are now running to within
eight miles of Warrenton. The Beers
left hurriedly and had no time to dam
age the station.
"The Beers have vacated Kiipdam and
Windsorton, which are almost deserted y
A dispatch from Bloemfontcin says:
General French. with a brigade OF
cavalry and mounted infantry, has ar
! rived at Thaba Nchu and opened hello
graphic communication with Maseru. He
reports all well.
1T was reported recently that force
Of 1000 Beers was endeayoring to es-
cape from the south of the Free State
along the Basutoland frontier. General
trench's movement therefore may be
intended to head off that body. Maseru
is on the Basutoland boundary line."
Questions About Methuen.
In the house of commons Mr.. John
Gordon MacNeill, Irish Nationalist men,
ber for South Donegal, showed an insa'
table desire for information in regard to
the battle of Magersfonten, Lord Me-
thuen's relations with his officers and af-
fairs in Kimberley, but the parliamenta-
ry secretary of the war office, Mr.. George
Wyndham, parried all the questions.
He said he knew nothing confirming
the suggestion that General Wauchope
had raised objections to Lord Methuen's
plan of battle and added that no investi.
cations had been proposed into the al
legged differences between Mr.. Cecil
Rhodes and Colonel Kekewich. Indeed,
he declared, the war Office was not aware
that the latter's authority had in any
way been questioned.
The only positive answer given by Mr..
Wyndham to the interrogations was to
the effect that neither dumdum nor any
thing in the nature of expanding or eX-
plosive bullets had been used by the
British troops in South Africa.
In regard to the trouble between Colo
mel Bloomfield Cough and Lord Methuen
Mr.. Wyndham said that the formers
command expired March 15 and that his
return home previous to that date was
due to Lord Methuen's action. An in
vestigation into this matter, he declared,
would be held as soon as witnesses should
return from South Africa.