Show OUflER OETS Boer Commander Accomplishes Accom-plishes Great Feat ELUDES BRITISH SOLDIERS He Took the Chance of Being Ground Between the Upper Millstone of Lord Roberts and the Nether Millstone Mill-stone of tho Broken Basuto Frontier Fron-tier and Won Lord Robertas Advance Ad-vance Hay bo Delayed for Several Months Table Issued Giving British Brit-ish Loss in War at 10050 London March 2R 1 a tiirhie Beers are hualng a little good luck and are shamIng name holdnobH again as a iaiding party estimated at 100 Is be liewd by 1 iho rrltlsh forces at Warren ton to have crossed I he Kimbcrley Hlotmfonteln wagon road Monday and to have headed for Jacobsdal with thy Intention of outline the railway ten miles west Commandant Olivier appears to have gotten his SOflO men and twentyfive miles of wagons Into rugged country whore lie can make an easy rearguard defcnse Charles Williams the military expert says GREAT FKAT ACCOMPLISHED If this column gels through substantially sub-stantially Commandant Olivier will have carried out the great feat of the I war seeing that he ran every chance of being grumd between the upper millstone of Lord Kobertss army and S the nether millstone of the broken Ba suio frontier He will have done It within fifty miles ur so of Lord Robertas main strength Ortalnly it looked for a week is though Lord Roberts held Olivier In the hollow of his hand If f Olivier gets through to Kroonsladl with I even 2000 mcn It I will I be an Important Im-portant addition to the Boor gathering there HOW II13 ESCAPED Ills escape I Is attributable I In I part to lie oniout condition of the British t Brit-ish cavalry horses Lord Roberts transport appears a to have bcn badlv dislocated by the loss at Edt river before be-fore Cronjea surrender of tin wugon tniln and in addition to this the army with hlch he purpores to advance toward to-ward Pretoria Is nearly double that of tho earlier movements ROBJSRTSS ADVANCE PELAYFD Ten thousand I transport cavalry and gun animals are duo to arrive at cape ports during this and next week It Is given out at Capetown that Lord Roberts Rob-erts advance may be delayed for mouths Although I such statements should b2 received with reserve It oems positive that he Intends to go to Copetown to meet Lady Roberts who is due to arrive there in ten days BRITISH LOSSES The War office has Issued another able a-ble of British losses showing an aggregate ag-gregate of 1GGJO which does not Include In-clude 1001 men who have been Invalided Invalid-ed home Spencer Wilkinson In the Morning Pout says There is nothing to indicate indi-cate the early movement of the main forces In either theater of war When it comes It will be unexpected for Lord Roberts Is not In the habit of announcing an-nouncing his movements In advance HOPE FOR MAF13KING The latest telegrams give ground for a hopeful lew as to Mafe kIng and suggest lie likelihood that Commandant Ollvlers force will make good its lelrcat The opinion telegraphed tele-graphed from Muzoru Is tiiat the Boers at Ladybrand were covering the retirement re-tirement of their convoy toward So noka sixty miles north If the convoy con-voy has escaped the commandoes can scarcely be prevented from I retreating I Small parties It Is next to Impossible to stop stopBOHUS BOHUS AT KROONSTADT Natal telegrams point to a reduction In the Botc orces In that quarter and to a concentration at Kroonstadt but lie positions and trenches of the Doers will help thorn little now that t the British ate organised with a view to mobility and now that the large bodies bod-ies of mounted troops are at the disposal dispo-sal of Lord Roberts BRIEF MESSAGE FROM ROBERTS Rcconnolsoanecs of slight Importance continue to be the only features of the war In South Africa Lord Roberts wires to the War olllce as follows Ulocmfonteln Monday March 2C Capt SloancStanley of tin Sixteenth Luneeis wos slightly wounded ii an aflnlr of outposts north of the Modeler river March 2alh This bare statement is all that comes from the commanderMichief AMPLIFIER THE REPORT A dispatch 1 from Ploemfonleln dated Monday March JtHh and published In the Times amplifies Lord Roberts as follows fol-lows A cavalry reconnoltsance was made yesterday toward Brandfort Tin Sixteenth Lancers by skirmishing drov the Boers from thclr position In the S open when the Ninth Lancers attempted at-tempted to outflank the enemy whllc l they were engaged from the front by 1 a dismounted section of the Sixteenth Lancers Our casualties arc i reported to be few fewREFUSE REFUSE TO FIGHT A dl palch from Maaorn Basutoland dated the Gth says The Bnsutoland Government is busy collecting natives to be employed at Bloemfonteln In repairing re-pairing and laying railroads The natives na-tives report that the Free Staters on the borders of Bamitoland have refused to go to Kroonstadt and are staying on their farms as It is now llu ploughing season and they 1 are Inclined to keep their land and submit rather than give It up and tight QUIET IN NATAL Uuer reports from Natal show no developments de-velopments of Importance had occurred there up lo March 23md A dispatch from the Boer camp at Glencoc dated March 23rd says No attack Is expected ex-pected to be made on the Boer forces in Natal Gens Botha anal Meyer haw ben Joined by their wives Pretorlus with a patrol got between an advance guard of Lancers and its main body March 22nd One Lancer who refused to surrender was shot NO WOMEN WOUNDED Ccii Moihn denies the reports that the Transvaal women were wounded In the Tugela trenches Gen Boiler ban I I Sent the Boers a list of their wounded staling that he burled sixty men Gen Botha says this IB impossible as his rolls do not show any such losss A Ladyomlth special says Boer pallets endeavored to trap a party of the Thirteenth Hussars March 25th at Waschbank A hot chase ensued Several Sev-eral Boers were wounded j BOER LOSSES AT SPIONKOP A printed document has been found a giving the Boer losses iit Splonkop at p over 2oOO but this I ran scarcely be I ccedlttul A dispatch from Durban Monday J I Mmch HGth Hays William Co a newspaper correspondent who was released re-leased from Imprisonment ut Pretoria Ias arrived there He adds bin lestl mony to the stories 9T the gpoU treatment treat-ment of > lie prisoners by l the TrHns raal authorities though the subordi notes subjected the captives lo annoyances annoy-ances ancesDESEhTED THE BOERS Mr Cox saw Secretary Riltz and says he was evidently worried at the turn of events Prominent persons a I the Transvaal capital bitterly accuse Sir Hofmeyer lie Afrikander leader and Premier Schrclner of deserting them They say they expected a hundred hun-dred thousand Cape Colonists to Join the republics JOUBERT IN DANGER Jen Joubcrt Is apparently suspected of halfhcii tedncss and Mr u Cox gathered gath-ered thai lila life will be In danger at the hands of the Irate burghers If Pretoria Pre-toria lx besieged At Delagoa bay Mr Cox saw well known Transvaal secret servIce agents purchasing and forwarding all kinds of goods lo the Transvaal SKIRMISH AT LADYBRAND Advices from Maseru Bnsulolond dated Monday March IClh say A small British force commanded by Col Pllcher entered Lndybratid this morning morn-ing aft < r driving In the Doer outposts A considerable body of Boers Ihen I nt I tacked ihe I Krltiyli who retired lifter rapturing 1 tin lintMrost I I The British had t hi rca men ta minded I and the Boers eIght men wounded It I Is underslonl 1 the Boers are trying t lo cheek tho t Brlt Msh while their convoy of wagons pushes on to Senecka BOER FORCES MASSING 11 is reported that thin Boers ame massing In their Intrenched populous at Hlggaribrg and U I t Is added that t I their transpoit tinint are packed ut New Custio in readiness to facilitate > their i client in n case necessity requires S S tucli < a tep GATACRE TO HE IX CHARGE The I Capetown corrtKpondenl of the Daily News telegraphing Tuesdav Marcf lth n says n Is Improbable that the advance from Bloomfonteln will I I I be made for another month Gen a dements Is advancing to BloemfonlHri iii lour ciduriins When 1rd I Roberts begins the t march northward frn Galncre will be left jn charge of Bloemfonteln The colonial Government Govern-ment has ordered the m ape volunteers I lo withdraw t south I of the Orange river for fear of accentuating racial feeling FREE STATERS SEIZE ROAD A dispatch lo the I Dally Chronicle from Klmberley dated Monday says Four hundred Free staters have taken possession o the road between Klm berlcv and I Paardesberg They have seized a farm near Pandamsfonteln v here a numbei of army horses had been sent to rest and raze it 1 Is rumored ru-mored that iheiv objci l Is to a raid Ihc railway by way of Jacobsdal GUARDING MOUNTAIN PASSES A snrclal lo the Dally Telegraph from Ladysmlih dated Monday says There are about 20000 Boers guarding tho nine passes over the Drakenshprg range They are led by Commandant De Bcer of Harrlsmlth and conslsl of Free Sinters It Is reported thai I the I Roeis have removed their t blgguns from Rlggarsberg as U Is not Intended to make a stand there SOUTHERN COMMANDOES MOVE The correspondent of lh > Dally News at I Lorem Marques telegraphing I I Sunday Sun-day says The Transvaal War ofllce announces that the southern commandoes comman-does fifin colesberg and Slormbrg win Join the main body In fortyeight hourr Some apprehension exists that Com mandan Oliver and Commandant I Gro belai may be cut off LIP LOYALTY The Morning Post has the following dated March Uijth from Burgersdorp Dutch lip loyally is now very strong hull lie Dutch are tumbling over one another In efforts lo give Information to the British authorities Real loyal Iv however will be a plain of slow giowlh in those t disirkls I have traveled trav-eled wilh I Sir 1 Alfred I Mllner I I and I believe be-lieve his policy toward the rebels is tempering justice with mercy WANTED TO ENJOY PEACE A dispatch lo Ihe Dully Telegraph from Rloemfonteln dated Monday says The Tranavaalers have arrested arrest-ed 1 Commandant 1 Prinslce who had their pass permit but had setlled unon a farm iwenty ml I en north of Bloemfonteln wishing to enjoy peace undei Rrillsh rule a CLEMENT AT JAGERSFONTEIN The Dally News publishes Qi < follow imr from FturesmlUi dated Tuesday March J7th Gen Clementss column occupied Jagersfontcln and Fauresmlth this morning amid great rejoicing and enthusIasm and without opposition The Brlllsh troops were warmly cheercd and Union Jacks are now flying fly-ing everywhere S BOMBARDING MAFEKING Advices from Mafeklng dated Mon this March 1Uh says The Boers ic commenced the bombai mcii t of this place March 12th a sixinch gun which has been comparatively silent for a weelc firing the shrapnel used against the troops t In the open The projectiles projec-tiles were ineffectual against cover but were dangerous to pedestrians One shell buft In the courthouse killing several natives and wounding four other nersoni Several women were slightly wounded The steel plate of the shell passed through Ihe hotel of lice and spenl ilself beneath a table whero It was scrambled for by employees em-ployees Another shrapnel shell burst above the bombproof occupied by i lie Reuter Telegraph companys correspondent corre-spondent and sprinkled tins walls wilh bullets S BOERS EVACUATE POSITION There has been little development since the dispatch of March lOlh A detachment of colonial natives commanded com-manded by Mackenzie advanced lo Tackal Tree fort the position originally occupied by Ihe siege gun on the southwestern height bin the Boom discovered tho I plans and evacuated it Previously a detachment of Barralon natives hid been dispatched against anew a-new fort threatcnulng our western position po-sition and sueceeded in cieepiiu up to within a few yards of lie sleeping Boers outside and In the reai of the fort They IIred ihroe volleys and then retreated in accordance with their in structlona Sunday March lllh I was observed as a truce The British troops sat on the parapets conversing with lie Boers and amicable relallons were maintained until dark pinos he should gaa In one of thi ciuls ers which form the I fleet to take pan in I the subsequent events WANTED AN AGREEMENT 1 The account says that ARiilnaUlo S risked for the advice of the committee as lo whether he bhould accompany the Admiral Tho advice was generally fi I orable to I his going but Agulraldo In sIn d that it was dangerous In go to 1 Ito Philippines without u pnvlou S written agreement with the Admiral I since it may happen that It he places himself at his orders he may make him I sign a document containing proposals highly prejudicial lo the Interests of the fatherland Continuing li said that If li ac eeptod such proposals the act would b < unpatriotic while if he should rcfup a break between lie Iwo is evident i I To avoid this dilemma he proposed that I a committee should be sent to the Ad I in Ira I to Intervene I ii llh I the insurgents I If necessary and to ascertain the Intentions In-tentions of the United Stales S ALL ARMS NEEDED To this t it was replied by members of the committee that It Is thoroughly I agreed upon wilb I the Admiral that ho i > to give the Presidint all the arms which h need since the t former is I convinced that the fleet can do nothing in the Philippines If not used In cnn I nectlon t with the insurgents in I earrj I lag out their plan of v ar against hiS hi-S Spauiiht Government They expressed the opinion that owing to Admiral Di ii eys device of culture he would not I require the t signing of any documents S I but Insisted that If he should so insist J I Aguinaldo could decline S I SIGNIFICANT STATEMENT SIn S-In this comectlon the following extract ex-tract Js tigui i than nit Tlierx will I bo no I better 1 opportunity limn i the present for the expeditionary forces to land on thone Islands and to arm themselves at lie rtfpeiis of the Americans and assure tIn attainment of our legitimate aspirations against those very people The Filipino I i people unprovided wilh I I l arm will be tin victims of the dc mauds and exactions of the United Stales bul provided with a run will be I able to oppose hempolves to them and struggle for boil Independence Agon clllo urged that Aguinaldo once in Hie I Philippines I could arouse the marsen to action against the Americans HoI I Ho-I bought however that It was probable that the United States would grant Independence In-dependence to tho Filipino The question ques-tion as in whether Aguinaldo should go was put to a a vole and the proposition proposi-tion was carried unanimously LETTERS FROM TRAITOR Another section of the matter forwarded for-warded relates to letlers which were sent to the Phillppi tins and were regarded 1 re-garded is encouraging to the insui goats One of them Is from J V Martin Mar-tin of SI Louis who asks for an article arti-cle on the Filipino situation which will strengthen the cause of antiexpansion in the elections in the United Stales There is also a letter dated at Cincinnati Cincin-nati and signed Danelnger which purports pur-ports to give the proceedings of thai Ohio Single Tax league in derogation of t the war upon the insurgents Mr l Danslnger also expresses his strong opposition to such a war |