The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-04-17
RUMOR
OF the BrabAnt QVictory is Not
Confirmed.

LONDON. April 17.-4:15 a. m..-Ijorl
Roberts has spread his net far and
wide to catch the nervy commanders
that have been making mischief In the
oustheastern part OF the statt. Tht
ne ma snot YET been drawn i'm but. at
the headquarters Of Lord Robtrts the
impression exist thast the power Of the
Beers is decreasing.
The daily News correspondent has
them fleeing TO the southeast; a Stand
ard correspondent reports them fleeing
northward; a Daily Telegraph CORE
spondents say that some are going
north and that Others are going south,
while a morning Post representative
says It is not known what the Boers are
doing.
Evidently the feeling at Bloemfontein
is that the dispoitions OF Lord Roberts
is such as to enable him to concentrate
a large force rapidly at any point The
Beers being aware OF this are presumed
TO be thinking now carefully OF retreat.
The investment Of Wepner. according
to "a special dispatch form Bloemfon-
tein, has absolutely been abandoned
According to a Bethany dispatch the
Beers are unable to retreat northward
because the British strongly hold al
roads
Diverse reports come from the Natal
one asserting THAT the Beers have retir-
ed beyond the Biggarsburg range and
another saying that they are close to
Ladysmith.
London waits confidently for al
most immediate announcement OF news
favorable to the British.
Distrust continues however, as to any
rapid, continuous advance toward Pre-
tOria, chiefly on the account OF the lack
OF horses. may of which die in the
case OF the long voyages. Letters freom
the Cape say that three days journey
by rail is made i'm open trucks. that the
arrangements tor feeding and watering
are inadequate and that the animals
break down rapidly owing to these
hardghipS.
Despite the energy OF it's buyers
abroad the war office secs much d.t-
ficulty in supplying the enormous mum
ber OF horses required
EXAGGERATED.
LONDON. April 17-A dispstch to
the Times from Mafeking dated April
16 confirming earlier reports says;
After Colonel Plumer's repulse Com
mandant Snyman sent a message in
viting Colonel Baden-Powell no send out
10 collect the dead and wounded, but
when the ambulances appeared the
Boer comnandoe declined to allow
them to be taken. 1t wes discovered.
however that the Boer reports Of the
extent OF the British casualties have
been greatly exaggerated,
PRISONERS AT ST. HELENA.
JAMESTOWN, ST HELENA, April
16.-The hetremainder Of the Boer prison
ers were landed today and sent to
Deadlwood
Colonel Schiel and two others who
had been confined at the citdel. after
their attempt to escape. have been re-
leased and they also have gone 10 Dead
wood
LONDON, April ia correspondent
Of the Daily Telegraph ait Ladycmith
in dispatch dated April 16, says
The Boer are down again ait Dewdrop,
east OF Ladysmith.
LONDON, April 1.-THE Bloemfon-
teln correspondent Of the Daily Tee
graph, in a dispatch dated yesterday.
says:
The Beers have rased the seige Of
Wepner ard have left Rouxville. A
majority OF them have returned north.
LONDON, April 1.-THE Daily News
has the following from Reddersburg.
dated Friday:
General Chemersi saw the rear
guard OF the Beers disappear southeast
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