The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1900-03-23
.MAFEK|NG IS REACHED.
Reported in London That the Be-
seiged City Had Been Relieved.
gen. nuIier's Force. About 90 En-
E"Ee Gen. Botha'a Army and win
Attempt to Force the BIggars-
berg Range 10 Natal.

"ere mango In Natal.
London. March 90 The war Office
has had no news up 10 this hour con-
hrming the report Of the relief OF
Mafeking' but George Wyndham, par
hameniary under secretary for war,
replying to a private inquiry. smil-
iugly said, II think IL is all right"
The Free Staters seemingly have
not 10 COLLAPSED. They are in con-
siderable force around Smithfield,
though much displritcd.
\ British spy from RouNyille re-
ports that tommaudant Olivier and "A
commando are going To Kroonstadt.
The agents be- left behind are using
desperate means 10 raise recruits.
communicating British Beers under
penalty of death. Kroonstadt, where
The B1cu are concentrating. n 1877
miles from Blocmfontein. ~ is sur
rounded hy a couatry of hills and jun
giles.
Gen. Gatacrc o. now resting nt
Springiontein. preliminary 20 joining
lord Roberts.
Gen. Buller's hill work before Lady,
smith has given him an experience
which be- about to be- used Ina forcing
the Bggarsbcrg range. II IL believed
tina; 5000 of his 10000 men are about
90 engage Gen. liotha's force. aud tho
neat news 81 Sighting will probably
come from Natal.
The leaders of the urikandcr buud
are circulating a petition in Cape Col
ony asking the imperial government
NOS 20 take away the Independence Of
the Beers.
Thirty-two thousand additional
troops for South Africa are now az
sea.
London. March eO.-Neither the adj
vance by way OF Fourteen Streams,
nor Col Plumer's movement. has yet
resulted in bringing news Of Mafe-
kings relief; from Rloemfontein and
Natal there are apparently no Sc
rfous developments and public In
trrcst remains centcrcd in Col Baden
Powcll's force. undistracted by events
Of greater military Importance. How
ever. it appears likely that the con-
vrrging Of the troops towards Mafe-
King indicates a much more serious
purpose than merely it, relief. Judg-
ing from Lord Methuen's presence
at Warrcntown and the character Of
the near by passage OF the vanl az
Fourteen Streams. Keen observers be-
lir,c that Lord Roberts mcditates AN
nd,ancc iu force ON Pretoria los way
81 Rustcnburg. This might start
other from Fourteen streams oI
kirrksGorp. aud would probably coin
eide with nn advance via Bloemfontcin
aud Natal
Thus lord Methucn may be given
the chance 10 redeem his reputation.
a. has been done with Gen. Gatacrc.
Commandant Olivier has accom-
plished another step in his retreat
from northern Cape Colony, eNacuat-
ing housewife. and going towards
kronstndt. where President Steyn is.
The British officers now in Pretoria
have been removed from the prison
where Winston Chucrhill left them TO
new quarters In the outskirts Of the
town under Daspoort ridge. The rea-
sons for this change are not stated but
30 Is evident that Gen. Roberts army
will have TO expose a large number Of
british prisoners to exceptional
DANGER when Pretoria Is invested.
cape Town. March 2o.-Owing To the
quarrclsomeness OF Col. Schiel. the
German officer In charge Of the Boer
artillery. who was wounded and taxi
en- prisoner az the battle Of Glands
laarir. he has been removed from the
prisoners camp 10 a transport.
London. March 20.-A dispatch TO
the Daily Telegraph from Bloemfon-
tciu says: I'm speech which he
made here a few days before the Brit
ish entered the town, President kru-
ger admitted that his men would he
unable 10 keep in the field for another
month
Cape Town. March l9.-Geu. White,
the defender Of lHdysmith, has ar
rived here. but is too IN 20 permit of
n public reception in his honor.