Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-27
~, Released Newspaper Man
Say. Of British at Pretoria
,uOr NEAR BLoEMFoNTElN'
-. Report. omeer wounded
o.,,O.s saairs-i'Osr' at b'as"''
berg Natal Advice"
u.nanr March gs.-wllllam

puiD', '.,,soaper correspondent VINO
COX 80 from Imprisonment at
was nisI sss arrived here. He adds ms
Prelolls, N the stories OF the goou
tes1no.y ~ the prisoners by the
uealns.sl authorities, though the SUD
Trsns,@s' sametimes subjected the mp
s ss 10 annoyances. - p... and
~ Ne Vas evidently worried al lhe
~ ~ ~ events. Prominent persons AZ
lslA qSs.ssvaal capital bitterly accuse
N, 1s ucsmeyer the Afrikander leader,
NJ; t pser,isr Schrelner Of deserving
shl They say they expected a hum
us1'' ,honsand Cape Colonists to join
he republics. ,,,, .,snooted
V'n heartedness, and Mr.. Cox
4Aarsd that his life will be In danger
ne hands Of the irate burghers II
PRETORIA Is besieged. ~
\, nslaeoa Bay Mr.. Cox saw wen
,.,s-n Trsnsyaal secret service agents
s-.,basng and forwarding all kinds OF
s'ois to the Transvaal.
forSon March g1.-Reconnaissances or
,ae5, Importance continue to be the
I'M features Of the war in South Atri-
u lord Roberts wires to the war
ace as follows:
aPiosmfonten. Monday, March 20
7.etaln gloane-Stanley OF the sixteenth
ss,srs was slightly wounded In an af-
s,, N outposts north OF the Modder
fvsr March g.
TbIs bare statement is all that comes
ANN the commander-ln-chief.
4 dispatch from Bloemfontein dated
Monday March 26, and published In the
,ond edition OF the Times, amplifies
lerl Roberts account as follows:
"A cavalry reconnaissance was made
Yesterday toward Brandfort. The six
ttsnth lancers. by skirmishing drew
he Beers from their position In the
o,en when the ninth lancers attempted
d oitnank the enemy while they were
engaged from the front by a dlsmount-
Cd section Of the sixteenth lancers. our
casualties are reported to be few
A Dispatch from Maseru, BasutolaDd,
lated the 26th says,
The Basutoland government Is busy
oleiing natives to be employed at
Bsmionteln In repairing and laying
railroads
The natives report that the Free
;lilp on the borders OF BasutoIsnd
hW refused TO go 20 Kroonstadt and
AZ staying on their farms, as II IL now
be ploughing season and they are In.
dined 70 keep their land and submit
rather than give It up antlght."
Botr reports from Natal show no de-
'i0pmenis Of Importance had occurred
there up 10 March %. A dispatch from
DE Boeg camp at Glencoe dated March
q says
NO attack IS expected TO be made on
DE Boer forces In Natal. Generals
Bciha and Meyer have been Joined by
ihef wives. Pretorius with a patrol
co. between an advance guard OF Ian
oss and lis main body March 90 One
hncH who refused to surrender was
sA0t"
Gen. Botha denies the reports that the
Iiahsyaal women were wounded In the
Iagta trenches Gen. Butler has sent
" Beers list Of their wounded, stat
itg that he buried sixty men. Gen.
he.ha says this Is impossible. as his
N.s do not show any such losses.
a lAdysmlth special says.
Beer patriots endeayOred 10 trap a
party Of the 18th hussars March 25th
q Waschbank. A hot chase ensued.
several Beers were wounded.
A printed document has been found
ewing the Boer losses at Sp0n Kop at
over 200, but this can scarcely be
credited
Aoyiees today from Capetown say:
kains are general throughout South
aI'lca, and rivers which have been dry
'oi years are being flooded Many
amps are transformed into swamps.
lak VII still more initiate against any
immediate British advance. Sickness
tnong TIE Boer prisoners on the trans
poHs i Increasing. Three deaths oc-
CURED March &c. The bodies were
usIiel by the British with the Trans
,sal nag on the collins, the leading
pllch Of simonstown attending the
.guetaL Typhoid alone claims 100 VIC
. nins among the prisoners and the pop
us.on OF simonstown fear an epidemic.
n a meeting OF the bund was held az
. ar March l6. and was attended by
s,s,etel members Of the Cape assembly.
~ ~ passed resolutions regretting that the
,ape government was not consulted be-
, ~, lhe war and declaring that any
I, .s,.ielnent which did not respect tbs
S S,.s pehoence Of the republics would he
~ mental 70 the highest interests OF
w. priush empire. Mr.. HargrOve. the
M, Nh, speaker prophesied another war
r..i'lu SIX years unless Independence
s Sss granted, and Assemblyman MarIas
~ esa y, e'srized the war as continuation
" me Jameson raid.
asSsn, white was presented with an
eaaress by the mayor ana mpnicinal
tlr, ol Vapetown today. assuring
h ,S,. " tnelr sympathy in his enforced
,,sca'ss,soils and declaring that the
,r OF the siege Of I.adysmlth are
Non y 'ne brightest annals OF the ma
IA ~. ~ stated that Lord Roberts is going
M, speleWn TO meet Lady Roberts.
Ns,o,..aei Dayitt arrived at Lourenzo
~sfeees March "a.
TIM. palch 70 the second edition OF the
ore ' 10. nom that port declares the Beers
,on,s,,s natives from the mines to
buzz ", trenches around Johannes
"a ~ sttlihg mat the mines are expect
derr M 5' y. down owing to the military
ihsf ~ snllth, March 27.-It IL reported
I,as,t ,ne boers are massing IN their en-
4 4. 'n a5, positions at Blggarsberg. and
~ slaed thar their transport trains
D fsci, ghsl az New Castle IN readiness
NV ,'r ,.,e their retreat. in case neces-
~ requires such a step.
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