Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-06-02
british HAVE NOT
TAKEN PRETORIA
po,b Uncertainty Regarding the
State Of Affairs There
roER FORCE is IN THE WAY
w.yren Attacked There VIII be
wore Fighting for Lord Hoo-
erts' Army

uo,e Fighting for Lord hoo-
erts' Army
rEarly Dispatched
,.,doo June End, 4'so a. m.-The
has the following from Lourep-
l', ,,.,,rss dated June LIST; Reports
y 4 W.. most conflicting character are
81 ~ here due to the activity Of the
GUY s.sots While one section de-
. hat President Kruger has re-
-,5 10 Pretoria for the purpose OF
.,,.rg terms Of surrender, another
ts that the British have been re-
1 oB,siie Of Pretoria. Nothing
t.rtle IS known here regarding Mt
r.a,sys whereabouts or the situation
n HE Transyaal"
ROBERTS IS SILENT
,..5 Roberts continues silent regard
~ pretoria. Probably because he can
" olrs Of events from his own per-
Nv knowledge Lourenzo Marques,
KY el he news from the BOer side
...'tsr5lsl. cables that communica-
1.'tb Pretoria Is now suspended
W. s..rs messages by courier nave
cSs5 Lourenz0 Marques but none
,i',.r date than Wednesday. These
$3.50 mat the burghers are In state
n ,sric and that Pretoria ls being
..,,roral by vigilance committee,
Isrranzo Marques again SENDS the
..r,,, tbai President Kruger has been
aDtured ,..- ella. 30 , sps.
,'f5n that the citizens committee AT
b,.,or.a may not have been able 70
any but their plans for securing the
sstshil entry OF Lord Roberts ana
,,-r.1e me city the horrors Of a siege
oelce party appeared TO be In the
.''.rl9nf and as soon as President
v,-gsr and his cabinet left Pretoria TO
l.,5,i,a new capital, the citizens
,,rmItias persuaded the command
'.,s m the forts 10 withdraw some OF
~ tr61ps from the defcnses. perhaps
vtb me view Of keeping order In the
town.
BoER FORCES MAssED.
u messengers were sent to the Brit
M or II he British. being two hours
r,-.h fr1m Pretoria on Wednesday
eised % then or at any time prior TO
H3ay noon, Lord Roberts would GER
nry have telegraphed TINS tacI
gsrse it looks as though there was
g,sr force between Pretoria ana Jo-
Mnnsburg.
mes soldiers trekking back toward
Pretoria some of them fresh from the
An with Gen Hamilton, would nave
-nrbt a new element into the sltua-
Nm and would probably overrule the
vlt committee taking the direction
q lfa.rs out Of their hands.
HARD FIGHTING AHEAD.
II this has happened the British may
G he Daily Chronicle says, see some
tarl fighting before the British nag
iss over Pretoria. for even II the Beers
tli only three forts standing close TO-
fe,tsr on the hill south Of the town,
thty would be IN a position 10 stand
slees
Tbs Beers. according 70 a special as
ptth from LOurenzo Marques, nave
e.sntered the northeastern territory
q the Free state and are engaged with
NE British near Nentersburg and Har-
fm.th
i is reported from Amsterdam that
ihs best rooms az Het HaasJe-one of
he PRINCIPAL hotels there-have been
engaged i0r President krugers occu-
Fancy from June goth.
Gen Butler is moving slowly against
hs B0er TANKS
A Dispatch from VrybuIg, dated May
n,h ays During the occupation OF
dis place hy the Beers, they logged
Do native. for slight offenses. A whip
nl several cords knotted and salted
vge found at the police station. a
boy who brought a letter 20 a woman
received twenty-five lashes, and an
cihU who sympathized with him re-
csyel ditean'
beers ATTACK BRITISH.
CapA0vu. May 3l.-Gen. warren.
vith zoo men. occupied a strong de-
isnaye position al Faboispruit on
Aay 9Th AT dawn ne found that he
vas surrounded and he was Hereby
attacked by one thousand rebels
TIE horses were stampeded. but the
il'ce concentrated and the Beers were
ipl.std a small party IN a garden
continued 90 fight tenaclouslN but
evacuated as the charge began leay-
ing q number OF wounded
we British lost fifteen Killed, m
Guiding Col Spence, and thirty wound
ROBERTS REPORTS FIGHTING,
London, June 2. 1880 O. m.-Lord
ROBERTS reports 20 the secretary Of state
i war; thc Marquis Of Lansdowne, as
johannesburg. May 81, e:4O a, NJ
rIenc1 report Of his operations during
"a. q and % reached me az O. m.
aay Ha was opposed throughout his
-algl oJi managed 10 drive on the en-
sN| nom the strong positions they sue
s'sNeiy held with very little loss, and
= now holding the PLACE which ! d.
..,,l pm 90 do. north OF Johannes.
wy Two officers were wounded and
20 men were killed and twenty-seyen
NJ FRIENDSHIP FOR BRITISH
,Gaat Re.1et Cape Colony. Thursday
"a! eL-FretorIas member Of the
H's.lllNe council offered a resolution
S.' ID lhe opinion Of a majority OF
~ Do'onlsts the chief immediate
~ Of ihe war was the unwarranted
i -.'3f'sI4tble interference Of the minority
..l0!'n IN The internal affairs OF the
~. african republics The member
,.iAtlhg IN support u The resolution
~ " would Doe Impossible 90 hold OUT
al eaand OF friendship after the war
80. yam We take the English hand that
KY. Is stained with blood Of my
al y, I. chairman advised moderation In
NJ, resolution was adopted unanl.
MRS, FI1ZMAuRICE DEAD.
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