The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-14
SAYS DEWET SHOT
A PEACE ENVOY
Kitchener Accuses the BOer
Commander.
TWO OTHER EMS
SARIES FLOGGED
Burghers Make Futile Attack
on Two GaTrisOnS.

London. Jan. 13.-The war Office
has received the following dispatch
from Lord Kitchener:
Pretoria, Sunday, Jan 13.-About
1.4OO Beers crossed the line, attack
inc both Zuurfopt1in and Kaalfon-
tein stations, but were driven Il.
They are being pursued by cavalry
brigade"
Lord Kitchener reports also several
sIzirrnishes at different points, with
trihing British losses, and adds:
..Three agents Of the peace com
missioners were taken as prisoners
to Dewet-s lager near Lindley,
Jan. 10. One, who was a British
subject, was logged and then shot.
The other two burghers were logged
by Dewet's orders"
London. Jan IA. 4.So a. m.-The brief
report of the fate of the three members
of the peace committee who were sent
TO see General DeWeL eZcites the deep
est Indignation on all sides. one or
Two papers eXpress a hope that Lord
Kitchener has been misled by false re-
ports. but iJ is generally felt that he
would not have reported the matter 10
the war Office without und0ubted evi-
dence.
The Daily Mail heads the report with
Gle word Murder" and declalms
against any further attempt TO coax
the enemy into submission
IN 4-aa|r q a.
pale of humanity" says the Daily Mall
'.and not prOClamauons, but large re-
Inducements. mast be our WaIChWOrd-
The Morning Post says
This marks the point where the
guerrilla phase ends and the bandit
phase begins
An the papers appeal strongly TO
the government TO hurry forward rein
TlrCemeutS since IL is evident that the
Boer leaders have now become des-
perale and Cancellation is quite useless.
The Pretoria correspondent OF the
Daily Mail announced the return 10
Pretoria of Mr. PeCtOTius, a former
president of the late South African re-
public. from q futile endeaVOr to per-
suade the Eocr leaders to surrender.
Beers Attack Two GarrisOns.
A dispatch from Pretoria, dated Sat
u~dav Jan. -. says. Last night the
Eoerl cut the wires between Irene and
01fraur-fDuTeIu stations Early TINS
morning 500 Beers. under COmmandant
Raver Invested Kaalf0uIein station. A
hot rifle fire and shell fire, with two
field pieces and q. Maxim, was main
tanned for six hours.
An armUred train and endorsements
were sent from Pretoria, but before
thry had arrived upon the scene the
garrison had driven off the Beers. who
retired uumolested with e transport
train half "a mile long. The Beers blew
up the line beyond kaarifOnteIu, COM
pclliu= he mail train to return here
Details of the attacks upon kaaIOn-
Iaiu and Luurfoutcin stations show
that there were only small garrIspns Of
about I-g men al each station The
British had excel enr trenches which
enabled fhem 10 aithstand the attacks
until the Beers. having aScertaiued
that reiUfuTcemautS were coming To
the Earri=ruS retired. AT ZUUTfouteiu
a. party OF Beers in khaki suits sue
JDedeI bon capturing British patrol Of
eight men whom they subsequently lib
Grated. Tho railway and telegraph
lines viii Dee speedily restored
No further Jews has been received
regarding tine invasion of Cape Colony.
Sir Alfred Miner writes To a CORE
spoudeut BOO England, saying
-Ir would Ha useless for me rD notice
the wholesale lies that are spread about
concerning me. IF 7 attempted 10 do
$50. would have no time for anything
else