Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-05-31
TERED JOHANNESBURG TODAY.
,.as Was Not There Yesterday - Unexpected Flight OF
y o,.,s They Leave PretOria-SOme Fghng--BOers
eoye War Stores May be Attacked by Portugal.

r,r,y DIspatchesl
v,y Of. II a. m.-The war
-i'A - -,lyi the following dis
DIS ,-5 Roberts under date OF
81 -soa. May 81. ..,..,, 70
4 A' ne this morning the com
iia''', .ms 10 see me. He begged
'l .r entering the town for "a
bars we're many armed
m inside. / agreed to TINS
" anxious 10 avert the pos
,s,ytb.ne Ike disturbance IN
4. ,grn. and as bodies Of the
.,uI holding the hills IN the
...s r..sbborhood from which
' nave 10 be cleared on before
Al. reports that he attacked a
.,, o., Beers near senckal ON
Head his casualties were NOT
..,,ot reports hat on May 2S two
.,-o,s. consisting Of two officers
Fl ,,g men. were cut of by the
IA and taken prisoners
II WAS A HARD FIGHT
May 3d. HE a. m.-The war
received from Lord Roberts
5,t4l Germlston, May 80, Q a..
ayng ,., ....,.s,,.
Ian UImIlton's column ]
Fl him ms already mentioned, TO
Fl .ri f1 the west uf Johannes
"a sgprlrl of Freuch's cavalry
ras directed 20 go north near the
n l,5.ng .o Pretoria, ! nave nor
t,Sr French yet, but Hamilton,
III ~, which has just reached me,
& 15tat about o'clock in the az
ts nlnd his way blocked by
. nv strongly posted on some
. .,i ridges three miles south of
~ p,rd They had two heavy guns
.',s~I f.H guns and p0m-poms'
ts1 forthwith attacked.
4 ,ovDoys BORE THE BRuNT
.gbt was led by the Gordons,
M capturing one extremity OF
" ,irs wheeled around and worked
-" m nrtl after dark, clearing IL OF
:" .'~y who fought most obstinate
III n. 5pa hundred and fourth led on
~ '1.r flank and would MOI be de-
hi chief share I'm the action, as
. \. casualties fell TO the G1rdons'
. [. gallant advance excited the au-
. non o., 3D.
Ig,~.r5n is now at Florida, due
a johannesburg, and French Is
q -i.s further 90 the northeast The
,s Doe cavalry, the mounted in
" M and the seventh division are
. me heights Of the town The
Fl IN division. with batteries II and
ihs heavy artillery, are south OF
. r-sburg
g,r.ton speaks On high terms OF
, d tha manner ia which Bruce
IL 6r and Col. Spens of the Shrop-
chi Infantry handled their men,
smIth.D0rrien's direction.
Il vRRENDER OF PRETORIA
nes Oct May 3l.-w. S. Fielding,
=. ben OF finance. announced IN the
N sef commons this morning the tax
81 Pretoria.
II LONDON CARES LITTLE.
.r York. May 3l.-A dispatch to the
II lr. from London May 81
u striking contrast was offered be-
f m De scenes IN Pail Mall and 9TH
n hu51ghiares last night and those
n Nl'ekIng The fate Of johannesburg
n DE- richest gold district In the
i 10 vas hanging IN the balance, but
q we're no thronss Of anxious spec
n g IN from. OF the war office and
it was 900 unwonted stir Of excite
n Do PIccadily or the Strand. the
h a1ieg. whose grievances and rights
. ihs direct cause Of England's most
n g0gs and costly war since Ma
Qhs time We're apparently outside
nnge Of popular symDathies,
y isas a fortnight ago London was
4 tn. itself hoarse over the deliver
\ % o few hundred colonial troops
4 n starvation in Mafeking
\ RE ATTENTION TO THE DERBY,
loli0n was not deeply interested In
lli was going on In South Africa nor
iols about the safety Of Johannes
4 s ana tht Immense treasure pow
RI through the gold reefs Of the
Fiiersnnl. II cared more about
shining Of the Derby by the Prince
4 wales horse than about Roberts
10 johannesburg or French's cap
Of ihe Pretoria sweepstakes. Not
October had there been so little
bp'letiued nor an equal degree Of
A l.st.essnass and apathy The
market WAS an animated spectacle
u O'Clock when her majesty's the
vas emgtied after the first per-
ancs of Mr. Trees adaptation Of
4 van Ninkle,' which had aston
American admirers Of Joseph JEFF
u noi a little by the frankness Of
nel0dnma
AAITENTION TO WAR NEWS.
ne mIIIIon8Ires We're anxious about
s1Id mines they did not reveal
emotions boy hanging on the pal
h Uoni 0i the war office and wait
N new, from johannesburg. Pail
vas Na9Uaut and the war office
Hs Doors soon after II o'clock
", giving out "a line Of information
\. aohanntspurg or Pretoria. tPle
q. ml1u'ght credited Gen. Rob
yum Q sudden determination 10
,u on Pretoria without occupVing
.. -.','.oufR and another. from Boer
Nc forecast the Turing Of the entire
i,,.i ai,nE io destruction by the willy
whether there was a tragedy
i. r's on The rand or a roaring
~ tsIiain'rt by Kruger and Sails
IA L i.6lo1 knew not and apparently
"'iSH COLUMBIA CELEBRAEs.
,,.'of.a. . g.. May 3l.-Victoria last
n, ,. was blaze N HIGHT. all citizens
p D. ooi Oh celebrate the evacuation
n. ',y'ls Bon0res blazed every ten
s,..- 'ae main streets. and millions
y ~ '.heIs and bands, 20 proclaim
., go news Today has been pro-
N, general holiday by the mayor
general celebration Is being held.
BoERS RETREAT.
- --.on May 81. 8 a. m.-Yesterday
g,,. .ne british were only about two
,r ,.ua.4,Ieh iiom Pretoria. and the
\ s,- ''' ~ forces had abandoned
y Ihs Intelligence comes from
S,i agent 40 the Transvaal capt.