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SOUAJNTOiN, 1'A., WEDNESDAY MOKN1NG, JUNE (5, 1900.
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HOT WORDS IN
THE SENATE
Senators Hanna, Carter
and Pettigrew, tlie
Orators.
THE TART ACCUSATIONS
tor Blttor Invective and Personali
ties tho Dobato Exceeded Any
thing Hoard on the Floor of tho
Chamber in Many Yoars Tho
War of Words Provoked by State
ments by Senator Pottigrow Re
garding Republican Campaign
Contributions.
Washington, June C A tornado of
partisan debate swept over thy senate
tt'day, with Senators Hanna, of Ohio;
J'ettlKxew, of South Dakota, and Car
t'ir, of Montana, the chief ilguies. For
stnsutlonal crimination and recilmlna
tlons, for hitter peisonalltles and for
poignant Invective the debate exceeded
.anything heard on the iloor of tha
chamber for many ycais. The He wa
not passed directly, but the truthful
ness of statements was challenged
vry sharply-
Sir. Bacon (Ga.) precipitated the
scene by repeating a chaige made sev
eral days ago by Mr. Pettigrew thut
Mr Cianip. the Philadelphia ship
builder, had contilbuted $400,000 to the
Republican campaign fund In 1&92, with
the understanding that ho would be te-liuburi-ed
by contracts fot the constiuc
tkm of warships for the government.
This chaige, Mr. Bacon said, had been
dimicd neither by Mr. Hanna, the pics
eiit chairman of tho Republican na
tional comniittee, nor by Mr. Carter,
who was chairman of the committee in
1301'. Then the storm broke.
Mr. Hanna vigorously denied any
knowledge of such a transaction, and
expressed his opinion that It was false.
Mr. Carter declined the statement
properly could bo htamlud only as a He.
Mr. I'ettlgrew not only telterated the
s ateimnt, but cieated n tiemendous
ssnsation by nsseitlng that his author
ity was no less a pel son than Mr.
Cramp himself, and that In a conver
sation with .Mr. Carter that senator
hUbstantlally had vcrilled the story. He
alfo attacked Mr. Hanna relative to
lias election to the senate.
Mr. Hanna leplled In kind, nnd ex
pressed doubt of the South Dakotalan's
canity. He was followed by Mr. Car
ter, who not only denounced the
cllargos as llgnients of Mr. I'ottigrew's
Imagination, but warned the Demo
cratic side, who now were tho assocl
a .es of the Dakutalan, that if they
would "He down with dogs they would
E'Jt up with lleas."
Most of the day was given to confer
ence reports and odds and ends of busi
ness preparatory to adjournment. A
n.1ght session w,as held.
The Incident.
The exciting incident referred to
arose In a discussion of the motion
01! Gallinger (N. II.), to refer the house
anti-trust bill to the committee on
Judiciary.
Mr. Bacon (Ga.) said: "We cannot
deceive the country Into the belief
that wo are proceeding jn good faith
II wo give such dltection to this hill
at piactlcaliy will destroy any chanco
OIT action en It at this session. I think,
' and the .country will think, that tho
motion to refer Is an Indirect method
of defeating the bill." Ho was pro
foundly surprised that the statement
by Mr. Pettlgiew, that tho Ciamps,
ehlp builders of Philadelphia, had
contributed ?400,000 to the Republican
national campaign fund of 1892 with
the promise that they would be re
couped by contracts for the building
of warships had not been denied. He
regarded it as a most remarkable
statement and diiected attention to
the fact that Mr. Hanna and Mr. Car.
ter, Intimately connected with that
campaign weie in the chamber nnd
beard the statement. Instantly Mr.
Hanna was on his feet. "If," said ho
sharply, ''I should undertake to reply
to all such statements made on this
floor, I would occupy more time of
tho senate than even the senator from
Georgia docs. (Laughter.) 1 heard
tho statement and consider It un
worthy of notice and I decline to dig
nify It by a denial.
"I had nothing to do with the cam
paign of 1892, but I have hcaid this
tuory, and I say most emphatically
and decidedly that I believe It Is not
true. So fnr as Mich allusions are
made to the campaign of 1S9C, I desire
to say that no promises were made,
nor were considerations offered to any
person or corporation for contribu
tions made."
Mr. Hanna then went at length Into
the charges made by Mr. I'ettlgrew
egardlng the Ohio senatorial election,
laying they had been published first
In a Democratic newspaper of Colum.
bus and fully and completely denied
by him at the time. Then he read a
clipping from a South Dakota news
paper. In v.hlch Mr. Pettigrew was
oharaeteilzed as a traitor to his coun
try and his state and declared that
he did not represent tho people of
South Dakota. "That," declared Mr.
Hanra, vehemently, "Is my accuser In
the sennlo of the United States and
that Is the estimate In which ho Is
held by the people of his o" n state.
"Much of the stuff the senator has
uttered on this floor Is the veriest rot
and I have often, as I sit listening to
him, thought him Insane."
"When It comes to personality," hot
ly asserted Mr. Hanna, In conclusion,
"I will stand up and compare my char
acter with his. Ho may tell what he
knows about me and then" with em
phasis on every word, "I will tell what
I know about him."
Mr. Cartor's Reply,
Mr. Carter followed Mr. Hanna, re
plying to the remark of Mr. I'ettlgrew
about the alleged $400,000 contribution
of Cramo.
Mr, Carter In a most vigorous man
ner denied the statement of Mr. I'ettl
grew. He said he did not believe tho
conversation alleged to have taken
place between Pettigrew and Cramp
ever occurred.
Mr. Carter warned tho Democrats
that, as they were associated with Mr.
Pettigrew, they must have a care. Ho
said the old adage was applicable:
"That they who laid down with dogs
must expect to get up with fleas."
Mr. Pettigrew replied briefly, saying
the conversation had occur: cd.
Mr. Koraker then referred to the
Ohio case and quoted James A. Gard
ner, In defense of Mr. Hanna, saying
that the records showed that there was
no case against Mr. Hanna.
At the night session a vote was taken
nnd resulted 43 to 23 to refer the house
anti-trust bill to the Judiciary commit
tee. All Night Session.
Washington, Juno 6. Hoth houses
were still In session early this morn
ing, with every piospect of remaining;
alt night.
At I o'clock there were two appro
priation bills upon which there had
not been nn agreement the naval and
general -i-'llclency bills. All confer
once repoits except that on the sun
dry civil service" bill had been agreed'
to and that was being considered In
the senate. It was expected thcro
would be no dllllculty in reaching an
agreement on the general deficiency
bill.
Th naval bill la the only one over
which there Is serious disagreement.
LIVELY HOUSE SESSION.
Picturesque Incidents, Howevor,
Wore Fow.
Washington, June 3. The house en
tered the throes of dissolution today
and all day and evening the circling
galleiies uere crowded with spectators.
The picturesque Incidents were few.
Partisan passion running high In the
face of the impending presidential
campaign broke out several times dur
ing the afternoon and hot words were
handed across the political aisle. Mr.
Hull, of Iowa, and Mr. Lents;, of Ohio,
crossed swords, and later Mr. Gros
lenor, of Ohio, and Mr. Gaines, of
Tennessee, had a Ihely encounter.
Throughout tho day at every oppor
tunity there was a play for political
advantage and taunt and challenge
were handed back nnd forth. But all
this was merely Incidental to the work
of crowding through the big supply
bills, which had the right of way.
During the Interims between the con
sideration of the conference report
members clamored like mad men In
the wheat pit on panic day for recog
nition for private bills upon which
their political future might depend. At
the night session the galleries were
thronged and tho floor was a veritable
bedlam. Hour after hour the con
ferees struggled on with their reports,
the speaker. Arm and resolute, steer
ing the house through the tutinoll and
confusion. Toward midnight the gal
leries thinned out, but the tired legis
lators, with the prospects of an all
night session ahead, remained In their
places, getting what comfort they could
from the knowledge that tomorrow the
end would come.
The house late tonight refused by a
vote of 45 to 90 to recede and concur In
the senate amendment relating to ar
mor plate.
Two a. m. Both houses still In ses
sion. The naval and general deficien
cy appropriation bills are still In hands
of the conferees.
The senate In executive session to
night confirmed all the nominations
sent In today except that of J. S.
Black to be postmaster at Butler, Pa.
The nomination of General Wheeler to
be brigadier general was confirmed.
OREGON IS REPUBLICAN.
Later Reports Indicate tho Election
of Wolverton and That Republi
cans Havo Mado Largo Gains
Through the State.
Portland, Ore., June G. Later reports
fiom the state Indicate the election of
Wolverton, Republican, for Supreme
Judge and Bailey, Republican, for food
and daily commissioner by 8,000 to 10,
000 majority.
In the Pit st Congressional district.
Tongue, Republican, for congress was
elected by 1,500 to 2,000 majority, a gain
of fiom 500 to 1,000 over his last elec
tion. In the Second Congressional district,
Moody, Republican, for congiess was
elected by 8,000 majority.
Conceding the Democratic claim that
the entire fusion legislative ticket In
Multnomah county was elected, the
Republicans claim that the state legis
lature, which will elect a successor to
United States Senator McBilde, will
have a Republican majority of ten or
eleven.
DEATH OF STEPHEN CRANE.
Author and War Correspondent Ex
pires in Germany.
Badenweller, Baden, June fi. Stephen
Crane, the American author and war
correspondent, died here today, aged
thirty years.
London, June 5. The afternoon panels
refer to Stephen Crane in terms of
warm admiration. The St. James Ga
zette says:
"The loss of one of the most brilliant
present day writers will bo as deeply
felt by the English as by the Ameri
can nation."
Bryan Maryland's Choice.
llaltlmore, Juno 6. The Democrats in Mary
land In state convention held lure today, se
lected a elelegatle.n to the Kansas City com en
lion and adopted a platform which leau-a tho
delegates unlnstructed, hut declares that V. J.
llrjun ii tlui choice of Democrat", both in tho
counties and in the state of Jlcrjland. Imper
lalUm is condi mned, a large standing; army is
deplored.
Conference on Extradition.
Washington, June 5. The conferees on tho
extradition Mil haie agreed. The bill diders
ury lltttle from the senate measure. "Cuba"
Is stricken out ami the bill made applicable to
all possessions.
Sundry Civil Appropriations.
Washington, June 5. The conferees on the
sundry citil appropriation bill readied a com
plete agreement J 12 o'clock.
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ST. LOUIS DESIRES
STATE TROOPS
BUSINESS MEN OF THE CITY
APPEAL TO GOVERNOR.
Thoy Roquest Him to Order Out the
Militia to Restore Peaco in tho
City Women Also Potition for
Protection from Mobs Strikers
Wreck Car Full of Deputy Sheriffs.
Chief of Police Intimatos That Se
vere Measure Will Bo Employed in
Dealing with Mob in Future.
St. Louis, June 5. A committee of
fifty prominent business men of this
city has sent a communication to Oov
ernor Stephens, asklnpr him to order out
the militia to restoto order In St. Louis.
St. Louis women will also piebent a
petition to the governor beseeching him
to put an end to the attacks made
upon women by street railway strike
sympathizers. Tho petition was pre
pared today by a number of prominent
vomen. It will be placed In all of the
downtown stores today, In the hope of
obtaining 50,000 signatures. It reads as
follows:
To the Hon. Governor Stephen.
The undersigned, women residents of the Mate
of Missouri and city of St. Louis, burning with
indignation at the outrages now being daily
heaped upon women and, be It admitted with
thame, by mobs composed ol our se represent
to you that throughout this city we ale ecu
stai tly and stcuiattca!ly inobbbed and denud
ed. This outrage has eontlnuid fur man) day
and shuns no signs of abating. We rc-peettully
represent that it Is within jour power iiinmdt
ately to ubatc it, in the name of civilisation, of
honesty, of pure womanhood. We petition, we
irrpoitune, we implore ou to act.
The police yesterday arrested Mrs.
Kmma Thompson In connection with
the assault upon Christine Thlerl,
whose real name Is Susie Ilenzcl. She
told the police she gave her wronK
name because of shame In havlrur her
name known In connection with such
an affair. She Is seriously 111 as the
result of the treatment. Mrs. Thomp
son was Identified by her as one of the
mob who led the attack, but this Mrs.
Thompson denies.
A third young woman was attacked
yesterday In the southern part of the
city by a mob disguised as strike sym
pathize! s. In her case the men used
their fists In brutal fashion and tore
her clothing Into shreds.
National President Mahon, of the
Street Hallway Employes' union, Is
sued a statement condemning tho at
tacks on women, lie said the offenders
should have been summaillv handled.
Chief of Pollco Campbell says such
occurrences will not be toleiated, and
In an order to the police force declaies:
"Too many defenseless women have
been beaten and stripped of their
clothing, nnd It arrests and court pros
ecutions do no good, guns will be freely
used. Nothing Is too severe for a
brute who deliberately beats and tears
the clothing from a woman for riding
in a transit car or any other kind of
vehicle, stilke or no strike."
Attempt to Murdor Lineman.
Late last night Theodore McConner,
of Milwaukee, employed by tho Transit
company as line repaiier, was shot
while repairing wiles. McConner was
hit twice, one bullet lodging In his right
breast and tho other in his right thigh.
His wounds are not serious. His as
sailant escaped,
13y the accidental discharge of a gun
In the hands of John A. Geinz, a mem
ber of the posse comltatus, on guaid
at the power house of the Transit com
pany at Uroadway and nasconado
rtreets, Wade Sargent, a non-union
man, was shot In the right leg. Ills
condition is serious and amputation will
be necessary. Sargent's home Is In
Medina, Ohio. He came here two week
ago from Cleveland.
A special car carrying Company H,
of the posse comltatus, from tho bar
racks on AVnshlngton avenue over the
Chouteau avenue llnu to tho car shed
at Jefferson avenuo and Lasalle street,
ran over explosives on tho track at
Fifteenth street and Washington ave
nuo and at Twenty-second street and
Chouteau avenuo early today. Ther
were two explosions, the second lifting
tho car three feet into thu air and
throwing the occupants from their
seats.
The floor of the car was blown up
and the roof damaged. Fifty-four men
were on board. Two of them, D, '13,
Flelschman and Samuel Schwartzbut-
1 ger, were slightly Injured.
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The explosion aroused the neighbor
hood and In a few minute. about 3,000
people weie on the scene They Jeered
the deputies and the air was soon filled
with stones and other missiles. Sev
eral revolver shots were also fired, at
the car. The deputies charged, tiring
In the air as they advanced, and the
mob dispersed.
MR. BRYAN EXPLAINS.
Through Mr. Cummings Ho Presents
Communication to Congress.
Washington, June 5. Mr. Cummings
(N. Y.) read the following letter on the
lloor of the house today:
Lincoln, Neb., June 2.
My Deir Mr Cumtnlnirs: 1 sec that the I.'e
pe.lilii.ini are .srrtlnjr that I think a constltu
tlonil amendment mccs-ory for the annihilation
of tiuts. I bae neer said or !jcllced that an
amendment was neccfui). I hae ured lojjls
Ijtlon which I bellec to be tomtit utlonal mid
haw Mid that I naw favored a con-titutiuul
amendment if the dul!oiH of th' supreme court
dulaio such htiNlaUou eoititullouil.
The Republic.!!) partv docn not want lo destroy
the truMi. Durini this seiun of congress tho
HepublU ins bao unanimously suppuitcd a piop
osltion to cbe the national bai ks control of
the currency and thus create a paper money
trust. -.- -
I encloo a copy ct my Chicago anil-trust
speech which discusses the question of consti
tutional anicndinrnt. Yours truly,
W. J. Dryan.
NEW YORK DEMOCRATS.
Thoy Meet in Convention and Soloct
Delegates to National Gathering'.
New York, June 5 The Democratic
state convention today elected these
delegates-at-large to the national
Democratic convention: .David 13. Hill,
Hlchard Croker, IMward Murphy and
Augustus Van Wyck. Alternates:
Frank Campbell, Jacob Ruppert, Jr.,
C Morgan Sanfoul and James Shevlln.
12Iectors-at-large: Frederick Cook, of
Rochester; Robert C. Titus, of Buffalo.
The pl'atfoim adopted contains no ro
afflimatlon of the Chlengo platform of
1890, but a declaration that the party
In the state w 111 support the platform
of the Kansas City convention. The
platform declares against war taxes In
time of peace, declares for parity of
gold and silver as curieney; demands
abolition of all customs and tariffs be
tween Porto Rico and the United
States; condemns trusts anc monopo
lies and entangling alliances; demands
Just and liberal pension laws, and de
mands the election of United Stntes
senators by the people and favors the
nomination of William J. llryan. Tho
convention gave promise of being veiy
stormy, but ended quietly. The par
ticular feature of the conent!on was
the domination of affalis by ex-Senator
David H. Hill. The silver men pro
fess to bo satisfied with the result.
DROP IN PRICES
Condition of tho Iron Trado in Pitts
burg. Pittsburg. June ti. The Chronicle
Telegiaph says today that a geneial
drop in prices of Uessemer and foundry
Iron has taken place this week, and
that at a meeting of the Ressemer Fur
nace association, to be held In Cleve
land on Saturday, It Is stated on te
llable authority the price for the bal
ance of the year will be fixed at t-0.
valley furnaces, and that this rate will
be positively maintained.
As tho ptlces on lion nnd steel pro
ducts are founded on the rates for com
mon pig Iron, It says a reduction In all
lines of finished products muy bo ex
pected. Uessemer steel 'billets are sell
ing at $2S a ton this week, a drop of $7
since the opening of the year.
Agricultural Conference.
Iiellcfonto. June 5. Dr. X. O. Shadier presid
ed owr the conference In the Interest of a
betterment in UL'iliuHur.il education at the state
colleue today, (her fifty deleirates were, pres
ent and strunc i evolutions were pasted setting
forth tho special needs of the state and a com
mltttcv of lite was appointed to present the mat
ter to the next lcKHature with a lew of Be
cui'lntr the enactment of proper legislation.
Eldors Must Not Use Tobacco.
Cedanllli'. 0 Juno B. Tho Ucformed I'rcs
bjteriau tjnod today diseased the tobacco
question and passed a resolution that the
churches are prohibited from oidalnini: ciders
and 1'resbjtcries from lice lining and ordalninii
jouin,' men to the ministry who use tobacco In
any foim.
Mr. Bynum Rejected.
W'akhlnnton, June S. The senate In executive
session today rejected the nomination of Hon.
W. I), Hynum as general appraiser at the port
of New York by a tie ole.
Pennsylvania Pensions.
Washington, June S. The pension of John II.
Minnie k, of ShlcUhlnny, Luzcruu count, lias
been IficrcaicU to $&
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COUNTERFEITERS
ARE SENTENCED
DEFENDANTS IN LANCASTER
CONSPIRACY PLEAD GUILTY.
Jacobs, Kondig, Dowaoy and Burns
Learn tho Extent of Their Punish-mont-Tho
Former Aro Given
Twelve Years in tho Penitentiary,
with Fines of $5,000 Each Son
tonccs of Downoy and Burns.
Philadelphia, Juno C Four of the de
fendants In the famous Lancaster reve
nue cigar stamp counterfeiting con
spiracy today entered pleas of guilty
in the United States distilct court.
'I hey weie William M. Jacobs and Wll
Hitm L. Kendlg, Lancaster cigar mnuu
factuieis; Samuel R. Downey, frtr
r.ieily deputy Internal revenue collec
tor, und James Burns, one of JucobV
employes. The Indictments clasged
Jacobs and Kendlg with counUfMt
lng, Downey with accepting a bribe
and Burns with aiding and abetting.
The case aroused national Interest, as
tho defendants, in addition to manu
facturing spurious tevenue stamps,
placed In circulation a number of coun
terfeit notes, nmong them being tho
$100 "Monroe head" silver certlllcate.
This counterfeit was so dangoous that
the government withdrew the entire
Issue of that note. Baldwin S. Biedell
and Arthur Taylor, the engravers, were
not airalgned today. Judge MePher
son announced that he would Impose
sentence later.
Former United States District At
toiney Llleiy P. Ingham and his as
sistant, Harvey K. Newltt, are now
serving a sentence for the part they
took In the conspiracy.
Tho Sentences.
Judge McPherson this afternoon Im
posed the following sentences Tin tho
prisoners:
Kendlg and Jacobs each SJ.tO fine,
costs and twelve years Imprisonment.
Jacobs' sentence dates from April 19,
1S99, when he was arrested. KTudlg's
sentence dntes fiom today, he having
been out on ball since his arrest. If
the maximum sentence had been Im
posed on all the counts In the Indict
ment Kendlg and Jacobs wouTU oach
receive a sentence of over a hundred
years.
On Downey Is Imposed a line of $500
and costs and two years' Imprisonment
from April, 1S93; and on Burns Is Tin
posed the costs and one and one-half
yeais' Imprisonment from Apill, 1899.
The court also Imnosed sentence up
on Fairbanks and O'Dea, who attempt
ed to bribe the Jury In the tilal cf
Ingham and-Newitt. Fall banks, who
stood tilal, was lined $2,000, the coats
and two years' Imprisonment from last
March. O'Dea, who pleaded guilty,
was fined $."00, costs and one year from
last March.
Coolbaueh for Congress.
Stroud-burg, l'a June 6. nnnunccmcnt wai
made todai of the candidal' of Hon, M. V.
Coolbaiuh for congiess in tho LTuhtli district,
composed of the counties of Catlmn, Monroe,
North. million and l'ike. There are now tlie
candidates In the field. Mr. Cuolhaugh Is a
well Known Democrat and his cm. lid icy Is in
opposition to Dr. Joseph II, Shull, of Monroe
count.
Steamship Arrivals.
New York, June S. Cleared: Nooidland, Ant
werp; Mijibtlc, Lluipool; ht. Paul, Southamp
ton. Sailed: Taurlc, Licrpool; KaUer Wll
helm Der (Jrosse, Ilreincn ij Cherbourg and
Southampton. London Arrived: Minneapolis,
ew York. l'bmouth Sailed: IJatiltla, fiom
Hamburg, New oiK. I.Iuul I'jsmcI: Kialc,
New York for Chcibouig, Southampton and
Bremen.
Westchester Republicans.
Westchester, Pa., Juno 5. The lb-publican
county cornel. tlon lcld heie was without a
lipplei ot discord, and the following ticket was
ncininated: State set ator, W. I'. Snjilir, Spring
Cit) ; asemhl)iuen, icrthein distiict, W. 1'.
Cordl; eastern district, Ihoiuas Lack, lien
ehtstci; southun district, r'led. Cope, Lower
Oxford; wester dlJtrict, James (1. Pox, Cain.
Beraud Wins Brookdalo Handicap.
New York, Juno B. At (!rawcnd today tho
llrookdale luudicap, Hi miles, was won by Jean
Itrr.iud by n neck from In.p, the fawuitc. At no
time in the race wcro the two horws mori iluii
a half If nglh cpart. Time, 1.51 1-B. ( harcntus
and 1'rliuc McClurg uUo ran. A big (loud was
present.
Trip of tho Doweys.
Washington, June 5. Admiral Dewey and lire.
Dewey left here tonight at 0 o'clock la tho
llaltlu.ore and Ohio railroad for the trip to
Columbus, Detroit and Grand ItapleVi, Mich.
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THE NEWS THIS MOltXI.VH
Wcuthcr Indications Today:
FAIR WARMCR.
1 Ot eral Lord Hoberts Take Pretoria.
Warm Debate in the Senate.
Line aster Countcrfclteri Sentenced.
St. Louis Asks for State Protection.
2 (leneral N'orthcostein Pcnnlania.
I'iii.intial and Commercial,
S Local N'olan Pleads Guilty to Manslaughter.
Ministerial Association Discusses Impoitant
.'fitters.
4 Kdltnrlal.
News and Comment.
C Local How a Quartette of Constables Were
lluncocd.
West bide Ciirar factory Assured.
0 Local Wct Scranton and Suburban.
7 IIto ltall News and Results.
Itound About the County.
8 Local I.ic Industrial News.
SITUATION ALARMING.
An Encountor Botwoon tho Boxors
and Russians Will Bo Fraught
with tho Greatest Danger Ameri
can Seamen Landod.
Tien Tsln, Juno 5. News has Just
been lecelved fiom the viceroy,
tnrough tho men he sent lo Yung
C'hlng, that Mr. Norman, of the Noith
China mission, was mutdered Friday
or Satuulay. It Is thought that the
viceroy knew of Mr. Norman's mutder
at the time of Mr. Robinson's.
Berlin, June 5. The latest news re
garding the "Boxers" has reached here
by both prhato and otllcial telegrams,
all of which think the situation black
and alarming. The German foreign
ofllc considers a lencoutro between
the "Boxers" and Husrlans an event
probably fraught with the greatest
''danger. News has also i cached here
that several German and Catholic
missions In the province of Shan Tung
have been pillaged by mobs supposed
to have been Incited by the "Boxer"
agitation.
Washington, June 5. The secretary
of the navy lias received the follow
ing cablegram trom Admiral Kempff,
commanding the United Stales steam
er, Newaik, lying at the Tnku forts
at the mouth of the Pel Ho river,
dated Taku, June 5:
"Kngagomant has commenced. Have
landed force of fifty seamen more, bat
talion of marines.
(Signed) "Kempir."
Tho cipher message Is not entirely
legible? and It Is supposed at the navy
department the admiral means that
he has landed 00 t-eamon to reinforce
the battalion of matlnes already
ashore-.
Loudon, June C The Dally Express
has a dispatch from Shanghai, dated
Tuesday, which says:
"Russian troops have been ordered
from Port Arthur to tho neighborhood
of Pekln to punish the 'Boxers' for kill
ing two Cossacks and wounding two."
Commencement at Dickinson.
C.irlUle, Pa., June 1 Tho commencement c
cieUcs of tho PuUiisou college school of law
weie held this ceenlng. Music w.-i lendeied by
the- college orchestra and Unbelt Daces Smith,
of Oakcillc, addreeil the graduating class. The
baecalauic.ite udelie-s was deducted by lion,
(corgis Ciceiiwood Ite.Miohls, LL. P., of New
Yoik.
Stooplo Climber Killed.
Cold Spring, N. Y., Juno 5 Stephen W.
Ilom.ilne, while repilrlng the steeple ot 'ho
Methodist church here tod.i, fell to the ground,
a distance of 250 feet. He was almon Instantly
killed. He was at the top of the steeple and
was dinging to the lightning rod when It irive
w ay.
Thoir Skulls Crushed.
Heading, Jure fi. Tlirmai fi, llrenin, of (llr
ardville, and Michael (illloy, of Pittsburg, Ille
gal rar riders, were fuund (his morning on top
of a lteadlrg rsllway fielght car at Port Clinto-i
with their skulls fractured The) will e!le.
They were struck by an mcihcail bridge,
Pan-American Exposition Ofllolal.
HariMiurg, June 5. At the suggestion of tho
management o' tho Pan American exposition at
Pulfalo, (iournor Stone has named Juelire Joseph
lliillinute n. of 1'ltUhiirg. and James lllcerson,
jr., of Philadelphia, as kc presidents of tho
cxpcoillun.
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General Whoolor's Nomination.
Washington, Juno 5. Tho president todiy sent
to the eiute the nomination of brigadier den
eial Joseph Wheeler, V. S. Y., to bo brigadier
ecneial of tho United Stales arm,
Connolly Defeats Matthews,
New York, June B. Hddje Connolly got tho
decision oicr Matty Matthews in tho twenty
fftli round.
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PRETORIA
OCCUPIED
Lord Roberts Holds the
Capital of Transvaal
Republic,
BELIEVE WAR 19 BNDED
Genoral French Ordered to Release
British Prisoners at Waterval.
Rejoicing in Groat Britain Belief
That tho War Has Boon Ended."
Eight Months After tho Dato of
Krugor's Declaration Fato of the
Boor Forces Unknown.
London, June 5. At 2 o'clock tTH"
afternoon, almost eight months 'after
the date of the declaration of war by
tho Boers cgalnst Gieat liritaln. Lord
Roberts, the lirlttsh commanelcr In
chief In Pouth Africa, entered ricj
toiia, the capital of the South Afilcan
republic.
The war ofllce has Information that
ore of tho first orders he Issued after
the occupation was directed to Gen
eral French to release tho Htitlsh ptls
oners confined nt Watctval.
While thd head of the largest army
Great lliltaln has ever put In the Held
nnd the largest mllitarj force ever
transported by nny power In tho his
tory ot the world ocr such a distance
of sea w is redeeming the promises lit
mad" to the Guards' regiments In
bloemfonteln to lead them into tho
capital of the Transvaal, England wna
celebrating the event with wild enthu
siasm Thioughout the length and breadth!
of the country the news of the (oc
cupation of tho Kruger seat of gov
ernment spread like wild 11 re. Rased
on the recollection of recent European
wars when the occupation of tho
enemy's capital signified the end of
hostilities, Lord Robeits' terse cable
message was taken universally to
mean the practical termination of tha
war which has tried Great Urltaln'a
mllltiiry resources as they have never
been tried before.
Rejoicing in London.
London, June 6, 4.33 a. m. Queen
Victoria, surrounded by tho Duke and
Duchess of York, Princess Christian,
Princess Victoria, and many other
notables of her court, drank to tho
health of Lord Roberts and tho army,
at Balmoral, last evening, A great bon
fire, lighted at her majesty's command,
blazed on Cialggown mountain. Illu
minating the countryside for miles
around. The nation Joins In the tonst,
glorifying Lord Roberts and turbu
lently rejoicing In his victory.
Lord Roberts' postscript, announcing
the loss of the Yeomanry battalion,
came too late for the public to know it
last evening. The newspaper com
mentators consider the incident deplor
nble, but as having no weight, to speak
of. In the results. Tho battalion num
beied between 400 nnd r,00.
General Uotha and most of his men
got away fiom Pretoria. This Is In
ferred from Lord Huberts, mesage, but
the presumption Is that the Boer com
mandant general cannot escape tho
British dispositions without a fight.
Operations elsewhere seem to have!
dwindled to nothing. Bonnet Burleigh,
wiring from Johannesburg, says Presi
dent Kruger took 2,000,000 pounds In
cash to MIddleburg.
ARRANGING SURRENDER.
Lord Roborts Tells of Nojjotiationa
with Boors.
London. June r, II p. in. The war
ofllce has received tho following from
Lord Roberts:
"Pretoria, June 5, 12.B.1! p. m. Just
befoie dark yesterday the enemy wero
beaten back from nearly all the posi
tions they had been holding and Ian
Hamilton's mounted Infantry followed
them to within 2,000 yards of Pretoria,
through which they retreated hastily.
"De Lisle then sent an officer with
a Hag of truce Into the town, demand
ing its surrender In my name. Shortly
befoie midnight I was awakened by
two otnclals of the South Afilcan re
public, Sandberg, military secretary to
Commandant Genet nl Botha, and a
general olllcer of tho Boer at my, who
brought me a letter from Botha, pro
posing an armistice for tho purpose of
settling the terms of surrender.
"I replied that I would gladly meet
tho commandant general tho next
moinlng, but that I was not prepared
to discuss any terms, n the surrender
of the town must b unconditional. I
asked for a reply at daybreak, as I had
oidered the tioous to march on tha
town as soon as It was light.
"In his reply, Botha told mo that ho
had decided not to defend Pretoria, and
that ho trusted the women, children
and property would be piotected. At
1 a. m. today, while on the lino of
march, I was met by three of tho prin
cipal olllclals with a flag of truce, stat
ing their wish to surrender tho town.
"It was arranged that Pretoria should
bo taken possession of by her majesty'3
troops at 2 o'clock this afternoon,
"Mrs. Botha and Mrs. Kruger aro
both In Pretoria. Some few of tho
British prisoners have been taken
away, but tho majority are still at
Waterval. Over a hundred of the ofll
cers aro In Pi etui la. The few I hava
seen are looking well."
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WEATHER FORECAST. -f
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f Washington, June 5. Porcoast for -f
-f- Wnlno-day and Thurda i lla.tcin 1'enn- -s-
- slanla Fair and wanner Wednesday -f.
-f and Thursday; light to flesh southerly -t
-f winds. -i.
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