The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-01-04

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Apparsnti tis sis aT ssss of are
Colony ends 'furt u scuth than Il
sdid last ,ecena and ord Tsitehener
does not psar rs y have had IL B much;
ISsu ~ V in dirty irig back the ins
vniers Az ice Had receir ed no
news, last evening ~ tie reported rep cap.
sture Re yeomanry near Isrftstowsr,. S
II "a Bnrghersdorp dispatch has seaS my
terioils reverence To- If AN uI,fortunste
nlista king ofs the enemy Tor aBrabantfs
Horse s which resulted in the sound
Ing Of cease fire, ana enabled the
Beers to- occupy III the conn ss,idir
positions. the British retiring from u
difficult predicaln ent. 3 Ri Gen. Clements.
success against the Beers In the Mag
liesberg region Is also doubt full, the.
last dispatch n sporting that 9is'it was
considered advisable not to force the.
Beers from their position The Brit
ish press continues in the main opti-
naistic, but the condition OF affairs
brings home the enormous ANTIQUITIES
that will face Lord Kitchener In pa
trolling and policing such enormous
tracts Of country, even when the Beers
lg Shall Nc Tinnllv subdued. I. 81 V
The Daily Mail, which makes la
strong appeal to the government to
face the facts and send Lord Kitchener
more troops. says: There is a real
risk in being lulled to sleep by care
fully censored smessages.' 5s N. Il i$
Lord Kitchener, according to q. dis
patch from Johannesburg, has ISSUED a
proclamation dated Pretoria, Dec. 90
announcing that burghers who volun-
tarily surrender will be allowed to-
live with their families in the govern
ment laagers until such time as guer-
rilla warfare has sufficiently abated to
admit Of their returning In safety to
their homes The proclamation prom
ises that all property and stock brought
in at the time of surrender will be re-
spected ard paid for II requisitioned
cision to include Maoris in the New
Zealand compliment is exceedingly in 4
teresting as at the beginning of the
employ blacks.
NO. 5ssIi. uYlt14n CAPTURED. ~,
It is reported that part of the British
force which followed the Beers from
Britstown toward Prieska have been
surrounded and captured. The report
comes in, q dispatch from Cape Town.
The troops taken prisoners are said to
be squadron. Of yeomanry. There
We're many casualties The war Office
has no information regarding the cap
ture.
SCHEME OF THE CUDAIIYC FAILS
Packing interests Turn Ont Enor-
nous Amounts OF Lard ana Thus
Chcckmatc the Corner.
Chicago, Dec. 49, The attempted
deal on the part of, the Cudahys to
manipulate a big play in December
lard is said to have fallen through.
They are said to be long anywhere !
from $1,000 to 100000 tierces for this
months delivery, and that they will
get the lard goes without saying. There
have been enormous amounts Of lard
made by all the packers, including
those In the West and Northwest and
the one aim of the whole packing in
terest was to down the Cudahys in
their December lard deal. In advancing
the price on December lard the, Cuda-
hys have forced hogs to much higher
level than they would otherwise have
been, and instead of being able to
manufacture low priced pork, ribs and
lard, the packing interests are in a
position to lose money. The Cudahys
are at the bottom of this, and the OPP
posing packers want some Of their
money in consequence. People owing
the Cudahys December lard have re-
fused a deliver it until the last day of
December, when the Cudahys will have
to carry it over into January and suf-
fer sharp loss owing to The difference
between the two options.