The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-01

that the Beers are massing six miles south
OF Pretoria for new and desperate stand
with a front of twelve miles,
other rumors In the camp of Lord
Roberts are that President Kruger is i'll at
Lydenburg and that ammunition of the
Beers is running short. NJ. II. Donohoe,
the correspondent of the Daily Chronicle,
was captured yesterday.
NOT WAITING TO CATCH THE HARE.
Some discussion is going on in London as
to what will be done with President Kru-
ger If he is captured. One idea is that he
will be sent to st. Helena and that he will
be tried for treason. The Daily Express
says: "Mr. Kruger's London agent has In
vested G140,000 of the Presidents money in
land and mines. This took place before
the war broke out and to this fact may be
ascribed the failure of the Transvaal au-
thorities to blow up the mines"
The Times says: ANY further resistance
the Beers may offer will be futile. The col
lapse of the Transvaal as a militant state
may be regarded complete. Threats of
obstinate guerrilla warfare need not be
taken more seriously than the exploded
| menace of resistance at Johannesburg and
Pretoria. The formal annexation of the
Transvaal will speedily follow. The war is
rapidly approaching its close"
The Times has the following from Ma
seru. Basutoland, dated May 30: Core
spondence has been found In the house of
Commandant Crowther showing that the
Beers invited the Basutos 10 rise and drive
the British into the sea-
a dispatch from Brussels says: "Con-
signments of gold continue to come to the
Netherlands Bank regularly for the Trans
vaal government, but these have not been
so large of late as formerly. 1t is under
stood that DR.. Leyds has not had power to
draw at will since the arrival here of the
Boer peace delegates
So thoroughly is the country here imbued
with the belief that Pretoria has fallen
that Mr.. Joseph Chamberlain. the secretary
of state for the colonies. speaking yester-
day at meeting of the University of Bir-
mingham. proposed message to the Queen
congratulating her upon the capture of
Johannesburg and Pretoria, which was
sent to the afternoon papers
The newspapers ell acknowledge the
prompt friendliness of the United States
consul at Pretoria, Mr.. Adelbert S. Hay
in insisting on the release of number of
British prisoners in order to avert dis
turbance among the latter.
The British have occupied Heidelberg. on
the railroad connecting Johannesburg with
the Transvaal frontier town Of Voiksrust,
on the Natal frontier, near Laing's mex.
| Lord Cecil Manners, son of the Duke of
| Rutland, and who is acting newspaper
| correspondent, was among the prisoners
| captured by the Beers during Lord Rob-
erts's advance May %.
| A special dispatch from Germiston "a
| suburb of johannesburg says several hun
| dred Beers have sought refuge in a mine,
where the British Grenadiers have cor
nered them and barred all escape.
The Westminster Gazette says 1t was ru-
mored last night in a quarter likely to be
we'll informed that President Kruger had
| been captured by the British six miles from
| Pretoria The War Office here knows MOTH
| ing about the reported capture.
| Emperor William, according to the Ber-
| lin correspondent of the Daily Telegraph.
| has sent a telegram to the Queen congrat-
ulating her upon the success of Lord
| Roberts.
Five thousand fresh troops will embark
| for South Africa within the next few days.