The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-04-17

The Royal Irish Fusilis-s We're Com
PEELED to Evacuate Rockville.
Il Is Reported That Seven Thousand
Beers Are at Wepener-The Brit
ish War Omce Claims to Have
No News From the Front

have been remOunted at the forts Ow-
ing TO the fears of the populace that
the Beers Will again attempt n siege.
4 battalion of the Scottish Rifles has
arrived and the redoUbts around the
Gown are manned witt regular troops.
The military authorities. however, re-
gard these fears as groundless.
Pretoria, Wednesday, April IL
United States Consul Hay, in an in
tervicw had here, says that tb,. report
that Capt. Reichnan, the United
States military att3che, participated
in the fight near Sannas Post is alb
sClJtely false. Capt. RcichmaI., it is
said, was occupied most of the time
attending upon the wounde,! Dutch
military attache, Lieut.. Nix, who has
siPcc died.
LOIdon, April 15.-The only devel-
opment reported thus far Saturday
in the cable dispatches received here
from South Africa is the heavy bonn
bardment of the British trenches at
Warrenton, April 13, but which re-
suited in no damage, the Beers. ap-
parently, being under the impression
that the British meditated an attack.
Maj. Gen. Sir Frederick Darlington
accompanied by detachments of BUSH
men and Scotch scouts, sailed Satur-
day from Cape Town for Beira, POrtu-
gucse East Africa
BEYOND the mysterious Cape Town
hints regarding the early expectation
of good news about Mafeking, there
is no further information at hand in
connection with the beleaguered
town. which now must be in great
straights.
Milan, April 15.-The Boer peace
commissioners started for The Hague
Saturday afternoon, Dr. Leyds, the
diplomatic agent for the TyaIsvaal
accompanying them as far as Brus-
sells.
Aliwal North, April 14.-Five hun
dred Beers under Commandant Swa-
nepOel forced the Royal Irish rifles TO
evacuate Rouxville. The former land
rost. who had been acting for the
British, offered to go to the front 20
prove himself a true Free Slater. and
almost to n man the Free Staters
who had taken the oath reioined the
Beers. Nearly every one produced i
Mauser. Looting, however, was re-
pressed.
Il is officially reported that the
British losses at Wepener in four days
fighting were IS men killed and 1872
wounded. Among the casualties are
Quartermaster Williams, Lieut.. Hal
ford and Lieut.. Duncan.
1t is reported that there are 1000
Beers at Wepener.
Sir Godfrey LAGOON, resident COM
missioner at Maseru, telegraphs that
no Smelling has been heard from the
direction of Wepener to-day.
\ regiment of British infantry and
a battery of artillery arrived Friday
Gen. Brabant's headquarters and
all the mounted troops have gone to
RouXville.
The Northern Post asserts that the
Rockville district furnished 1000 re-
cruits to the Boer forces as the re-
suit of the invasion last week.
Fourteen sympathizers have been
imprisoned. The Beers admit having
shot Mr. Giney, the hotel keeper, for
taking forage to the British. \ pay
master with e1.4OO was captured
London. April 16.-The war office
has nothing TO communicate to the
public. 1t may be taken for granted
that the rumOr of Gen. Brabalt's vic
tory at Wepener is premature. With
the remainder of his force he left Ali
wal North for Rockville, and there
has scarcely been time for an engage
ment.
There is practically no fresh news
this morning. All the BloemfOntein
dispatches, however, breathe a conf
dent tone. There seems TO be a heavy
demand on the railway for 50 large
an army leaves the populace bare of
everything save the absolute necessi-
ties of life.
The utmost Lord Roberts will be
able to do for some time to come will
be in the direction of clearing the
41ONAS nun AlAN NOul4ELl phi u lllE
Free State.
The dispatches announce the APP
Proach of winter. The first pinch of
frost has been felt at Bloemfontein,
where considerable rain has fallen.
London. April 16.-The Cape Town
correspondent Of the Daily Telegraph
telegraphing Sunday, says: An uu-
confirmed report is in circulation
here that Gen. Brabant has inflicted a
crushing defeat upon the Beers at
Wepener, capturing guns and taking
prisoners"
London, April 16.-The Bloemfon-
tein correspondent of the Times tele-
graphing Sunday, says: 1T is re-
ported that reinforcement for the
Beers, with 60 wagons, have arrived
at Dewetsdorp en- route for Wepener.
This should precipitate an action"
Dewey and Bryan to Meet.
Chicago, April adm. Dewey