The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1900-04-20
.BOERS ARE FLEEING
Veteran Correspondent Believes the
War About Ended.
Conflicting News "a the London Pa
PEERS. aud the British War once
Expects Co Hear Favorable
News From Lord Roberts.

Cape Town, April l5.-it is report.
Ell that Gen. Brabaut has defeated the
Beers at Wapener and captured their
arms.
London. april l7.--Conflicting re-
ports regarding the conditions at
Wepcner continue. But at this hour
there Is no definite or important
news from the front.
\ Cape Town dispatch says nearly
5000 horses have been landed there
since April IS. which indicates that
every effort is being put forth to rem
.dy the great defect in the British or
gauization. The thief Bocr delegate.
Fischer. accompanied by DIR Leyds.
visited the president of the Dutch
cabinet Monday az The Hague, but the
ioirgs OF the dee gates create little
speculation in England.
Frederick Niliisrs. the veteran war
correspondent. who arrived at south
lmpton Monday from the front. said
he believed the worst of the war was
over. but that guerilla warfare would
continue for some time.
toria April ~ reports that the
hurghers captured 500 slaughtered
oxen at Wepener. and that Gen. Prone
man that day defeated the British,
causing them TO Nv in the direction
Of Wol'erport, apparently over the
Orange river.
The lrish-Americln ambulance ar
rived at Pretoria April ~.
The Beers reports no casualties dur
ing the recent fighting az Warrenton.
London. April IA special dis
patch from l.adysmith dated April rs,
l:45. a. M. says;
"Nativc scouts have just reported
that the Boers in the Elandsguate
district have retired beyond the Big
garsburg.
"Other Information tends TO con-
irm the report that the Boers have
succeeded ian Glowing up three inn
portans colleries near Vessels Mex
completely destroying the engine
houses and plants
Brandfori. Friday April i3.-tua
Lourenzo Marques. Fighting with
Brabant's horse az Jammcrsbere
drift continues. Commandant Petus
Dcwct is reported 80 have engaged
the troops sent from illoemfontein %
Bvabrant's assistance. There was az
SO "a brush with a British column 80
vancing towards Bulfontcin. Withhold
decisive result. An the foreign AZ.
taches are now here.
London. April tT.-l.ord Robey 4
has spread his net far and wide TO
catch the adventurous commsndos
that have becn making mischif IN
the southeastern part of the state.
The net has not yet been dram ia,
hut az The headquarters of Lori Rob
erts the impression exists that ihe
power OF the Beers is decreasing. a
Daily News correspondent has them
fleeing TO the southeast; Standard
correspondent. reports them fleeing
northward; Daily Telegraph core
spondent says that some are going
north and others south; while a Morn
ing Post repre- sentative says IL Is not
known what ne Beers are doing.
Evidently the feeling at Bloemfon-
tcin is that the dispositions Of lord
Roberts are such as TO enable him %
concentrate a large force rapidly a
any point The Beers. being aware %
this, are presumed 10 be thinking
now chiefly 81 retreat.
The investment OF Wepener. accord !
ing TO special dispatch from Bloom
fonten, has absolutely been aband0n- /
ed. According TO Bethany dispatch
the Beers are unable To retreat north |
ward because the British strongly /
hold all roads
Diverse reports come from Natal. /
one asserting that the Beers have re-
tired beyond he Biggardsburg range
and another saying that some of them /
are close to Ledysmith.
London waits confidently for az 4
most immediate announcement Tor
news favorable to the British Dis
trust exists, however. as 20 any mp-
3D., continuous advance toward Pre-
tOria. chiefly on account of the hck
of horses. many OF which die in ihe
case Of long voyages. Letters from
the cape say that the three days our
ney by rail Is made in open truck.
that the arrangements for feeding nd
watering are inadequate. and that he
unfortunate animals break down rap-
idly in consequence OF these hard
ships. Despite the energy OF its hiy-
ers abroad. the war Office forc.ecs
much difficulty in supplying the nor
mons number of horses required.
Recovered From the Strike.
Chattanooga. Tenn, April r. The
officials of the Southern railway re-
port business unimpaired as n result
Of the strike of the telegraph OPERA
tors; the strikers claim that freight
trains are bandoned. and passenger
trains, running on their initial time
card rights without assistance rom
the train d;spatchers. causing seri-
Gus delays.
Dewey and bryan 90 Meet.
Chicago, April adm. Dewey
and William Jennings Bryan will meet
here Tuesday evening. MAY !. for the
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