The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1900-06-23
SlehS THAT WAR 4.
IS NEARLY OVER
The Natal Volunteers Dismissed BY
Sir Redyers Butler Last
Saturday.
SOME TROOPS MAY GO 10 CHINA
Entirc Division OF Dnllcr's Army
Said to- Itc Bilteted For tho
Far East..-Ifisi,tins East
of Pretoria.

london, June 19.-There are some
Indications that Roberts considers.
the war's-end in South Africa not fur
distant. One of these is the fact that.
the Natal volunteers, who had seen
hard service, were dismissed to their
homes by Sir Redycrs Butler Satur-
day.
Another indication is the report
current in au~thoritutiyely informed.
military circles in London that u
complete division of regulars is to be
Withdrawn from General Buffers
army and embarked ut Durham Tor
China.
The troops from India will probably
gonext.
Unofficial intelligence from Macha-
dodorp, via L%ourenzo Marquee, is to
the effect that the British troops are
near Middlebnrg.
The Boer narrative of the fighting
east of Pretoria says:
"Thef commanders east of Pretoria,
in the direction of Bronkhorst spruit,
We're compelled to retire after a fierce
stand of than two days. The
short range rife fire was very hot,
and for part of the second day, cspe-
cially late in the afternoon, the. enemy
fought Mt a distance OHIO yards. Our
loss cannot be given. Field Colonel
John Van Buren, was killed..
Information is again to hand re-
garding the miserable condition of the
enemy's troops that have penetrated
to Johannesburg and Pretoria. They
continually complain of the lack of
food. Several British soldiers have
died in the streets of Pretoria OF ex-
haustion and starvation. Along the
road lie the corpses of horses aud
mules, while the living animals are so
weak that they are hardly able to
carry their loads"
Another bulletin from Machadodorp,
according to a dispatch dated June is.
says:
Fifteen officers and 100 British sol
der prisoners have arrived at Stan
derton, Free State, bound for Nooit
Gedacht. Thirty burghers were killed.
and wounded during the last few days
fighting near PRETORIA"
Mr.. Steyn has issued n proclamation
declaring that the Free State still ex-
lists, is independent, and does not ac-
knowledge the authority of Great
Britain.
Negotiating Peace Terms.
london, June IA is rife
in this city that Lord Roberts is nego-
%tiating with President Krueger and.
General Botha through their wives in.
regard to terms of surrender.
Vandalism of RDcrs.
The wal Office has received thcSfol-
lowing from Butler:
sLaing's Mex, June 15.-Now that
Natal is clear of the enemy | wish to
cnll attention to the ~disgracefuI way
in which private property was treat
ed in the part of the colony they oc-
cupicd. Their willfnl and needless
damage is visible everywhere. Houses,
when not completely wrecked. have
been desecrated with filthy ingenuity.
That this has been done with the con-
sent of the leaders is proved by the
fact that while in Charlestown every
house was wrecked, in Nolksrust. two
miles off, but in the Transvaal, every
house is intact"
Badcn-I,owelI's Operations.
The: war Office has received the fol.
lowing from Roberts:
Notwithstanding was occu-
pied yesterday by Baden-Powel. a
column starts from this place tornor
t1'S ~ lSSV %ShSh duAl ASGhlb
the telegraph between Pretoria and
Rustenburg. Hunter is moving from
Potchefstroom. His advance brigade
expects to reach Johannesburg June
10. Butler, l hope, is at Standerton.
H%aidelbnrg will be occupied from this
place shortly and then Orange River
Colony will be completely cut from
the Transyaal. Baden-Powell reports
the district through which he passed
settling down satisfactorily. Over
5000 stands of arms We're surrendered
and Hans Elof and Pet Kruger, son
of the president, submitted to him
yesterday, having been previously dis
armed on their farms.
"Botha's army has retired and is
belicvedst to be at Middleborg. His rear
guard was surprised and entirely
I'D by Hamilton's mounted infan
try"
A telegrnm from Cape Town an
nounces that the ministerial dead
lock has been relieved. Sir John Cor
don Sprigg hopes to have d ministry