Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-29
FREE STATE annexed.
Lord Roberts Announces to His
Troops Annexation Of the
.Fres State.
70 Be Known Hereafter as Orange
River State Roberts Near
Johannesburg.
The British Advance Column Now
Within Fifteen Niles Of
That City.

alton Of the Free State. which hereafter
will be called the Orange River state.
Pretoria, May 2S-The British occu-
pied Zeerust this morning and large
force is marching to Lichtenburg. II
An official bulletin states that the
British crossed the vaal river Saturday.
Gen. Lemmer had severe fight at Kip
river. Five burghers were wounded and
two captured The British We're 5000
strong. BY an order recently issued.
the president decreed that May q and
the two following days be observed by
the whole country as days of prayer
Humiliation and confession of sins, and
that petitions be offered for relief from
oppression. Fighting took place at Van
Wytrust. fifteen miles south OF Johan-
nesburg, with large force Of British.
which broke thru from Kip river.
Kip River. Transvaal, May 28.-The
Boere. after preparing q good position.
fled early. The train bearing their last
detachment was nearly captured by \
Pilkington's West Australians. The [
prisoners taken state there is no inter-
tioE of blowing up the mines declaring
the threat was simply made with the
intention OF frightening away the
burghers. The British advance force is
now within fifteen miles or Johannes
burg.
Cape Town, May est is rumored
here that French has cut the Boer COM
munications between Heidelberg and
Bokesberg, within a few miles of Jo-
hannesburg.
At lngogo.
NyA,n,oo l.AvrI,.a iSI Guns
at Ingogo have been heavily lombard
ing the Boer positions since daylight.
The Boer guns replied intermittingly.
FORTY MILES FROM PRETORIA
. Gen. Roberts Near the Transvaai
~ Capital.
London. May % According to an Of
hcial dispatch from Lort Roberts after
midnight last. night he is at the Kip
river, eighteen miles from Johannes
burg. having marched twenty miles.
from his position OF Sunday on the
Z north branch OF the yaal river.
Johannesburg Is only twenty-five
miles from Pretoria, and the opposition
he reports 10 have encountered is not
( serious the burghers having abandoned
position after position, and barely es-
Gaping from the last with their good
guns.
II one believes what the English war
correspondents at the front wire their
newspapers and what Lord Roberts tel
egraphs the war office the Boer cause is
growing more desperate hourly, and, in
fact, the surrender Of a part Of the
Transvaals troops is a matter of a short
time.
Roberts, Dispntch.
London, May 29.-The war Office Just
before midnight published the following
dispatch from Lord Roberts,
'Klip River, Transvaal. May 2S. 5:25
p. m.--We marched twenty miles today
and are now eighteen miles from Jo-
1annesbrrg. The enemy had prepared
several positions where they intended
10 oppose us. but they abandoned one
after the other as we neared them.
I'VE pressed them so hard that they
had only Just time to get their five guns
4 into train and to leave as soon as some
OF the westralian infantry dashed
into II.
FIGHTING.
.Frencll's and Ian Hamilton's forces
are apparently engaged with the enemy
about ten miles to our left. as firing has
been heard since noon.
'arhe farmers near our line OF ad-
vance are surrendering. With their arm.
and horses.
"Rundle occupied senekal on May "a
No report Of what took place ha'
reached me as yet.
RUMoR OF OCCUPATION.
A dispatch from Cape Town says
"It is rumored that Gen. French ha
entered Johannesburg
RUMBLE AT sENEKAL.
a dispatch from Senekal. Sunday
says: Gen. Rumble with artillery, tn
yeomanry. and the Wiltshires. Middle
sex and Leicester regiments, unde
Maj. Dalbiac. has occupied seneka
whence the Beers were driven by a fe,
shells. A field cornet and q number O
other Beers were killed. The Brltis
casualties numbered eleven.
.sThe Beers are believed to be concen
frating near Bethlehem"
COST OF MAFEKING SIEGE.
A dispatch from Mafeking, date
May g. says the total Casualties sine
the commencement OF the siege wer
Goa. Out Of forty-four officers, twent,
two were killed, wounded or missing
ana 1870 men out OF 975, white private
were killed. wounded or missing.
CRISIS Is EXPECTED soon.