Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-12

beIs, and that the Beers all along the
border are In serious straits.
The rebels assert that the Beers are
subsisting on bread and water and So
called coiiee, made from rye,
Other rebels are leaving to fight IN
the Free State. British rule has been
restored at Ladygrey where big tight
is reported to have occurred, many
rebels being killed, II is reported that
thousands of rebels contemplate sur
rendering TO Gen. Brabant.
a dispatch from Brussels says: DIR.
Leyds asserts that Presidents Kruger
and Steyn have not telegraphed any
peace propositions through him. He
admits, however. the possibility OF such
a step on condition shat the independ-
ence Of the republics is guaranteed, in
order 20 avoid further bloodshed.
The Durham correspondent OF the
Daily News says: ION March LIST an
order was issued from Pretoria to field
comets TO make an immediate return
Of all the women and children in the
johannesburg district with particulars
as to whether each family would pos
sess means Of transport In case Of sud
den removal. The order created q SEN
sation."
ARRESTING GERMANS.
A special dispatch from Durham says;
''The Portuguese authorities at Louren-
20 Marques at the request Of Great
Britain have arrested four Germans
bound for Pretoria with arms and let
tiers Of introduction from DR.. Leyds."
BRITISH RETIRE OVER THE
TUGELA.
The Natal Mercury at Durham has the
following dispatch from Greytown,
dated today: "A force composed Of
Bethune's mounted infantry the Um-
vel mounted rifles and the Natal police.
with three Maxims under Col. Bethune.
reached Pomeroy Thursday. March Sth.
The following morning The Boer pickets
opened fire. A general engagement
soon ensued, the Beers using pompons
and two big guns. There was heavy
firing on both sides. Col. Bethune, see
ing the impossibility Of dislodging the
Beers without artillery. retired south
OF the Tugela with one man wounded.
The Boer loss Is said to be consider
able"
The above dispatch seems 20 explain
the Boer accounts OF diminishing In
the Helpmaakar district. and although
Col. Bethune's force numbered only
few hundred, the news shows that the
Beers are In considerable numbers on
the Biggarsberg.
FALL OF MAFEKING EXPECTED.
A correspondent Of the Daily Mail at
LourenzO Marques, telegraphing Sat
urday, says: According TO Boer re-
ports the fall OF Mafeking Is certain.
There has been heavy aghting all this
week, and the Beers have been she'll
Ing the town from all the outlying forts
which they have captured. Col. Ba.
den-Powell cleared all the natives out
Of town but the Beers drove them
back. The Beers are preparing for a
final assault, with the idea that the
capture Of Mafeklng will raise the
dropping spirits Of the burghers."
The correspondent Of the Times at
Lourenzo Marques says; British and
German Uitlanders are nocklng here
from the Transyaal in consequence OF
the feeling OF insecurity aroused by re-
cent events Several important JOhan.
nesburg mines have been flooded. the
government having forbidden pump
ing"
The Capetown correspondent Of the
Standard telegraphs: 1T is reported
that the Boer prisoners at Symonston
were found boring a tunnel under the
lines Of the camp. The work had made
considerable progress before diseov-
cry"