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Established 1860. - Incorporated 188S
•• H. ESTILL, President.
DID THEY KILL AGUINALDO?
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FILIPI.NO CHIEF IS BELIEVED TO
HAVE BEEN SHOT.
B°dy of a Filipino Officer Removed
After n Volley From Maj. March's
Hen—He Shot From a Richly
Saddled Horse Upon Which Some
of Agrnlnaldo's Papers Were
Found—Hurd aud Persistent WorT.
of March's Little Band.
Vigan, Luzon, June 2, via Manila, June
I. Maj. March, with his detachment of
the Thirty-third Regiment, overtook what
1* believed to have been Aguinaldo’s par
ty, on May 18, at Lagat, about one hun
dred miles northeast of Vigan.
The Americans killed or wounded! an
officer, supposed to be Aguinaldo, whose
body was removed by his followers.
Aguinaldo had one hundred men, Maj.
March 126.' The American commander
reached Laboangan, where Aguinaldo
had made his headquarters since March 6,
on May 7. Aguinaldo had fled seven
hours before, leaving all the beaten trails,
and traveling through the forest along the
beds of streams.
Toward evening. May 19, Maj. March
struck Agulnaldo's outpost about a mile
outside of Lagat, killing four Filipinos
and capturing two. From the latter he
learned that Aguinaldo had camped there
for the night.
Although exhausted and half-starved,
Maj. March's men entered Lagat on the
run. They saw the insurgents scattering
Into the bushes or over the plateau. A
thousand yards beyond the town, on the
mountain side, the figures of twenty-five
Filipinos dressed in white, with their
leader on a gray horse, were silhuoetted
against the sunset. The Americans fired
a volley and saw the officer drop from
his horse. His followers fled, carrying the
body.
The Americans, on reaching the spot,
caught the horse, which was richly sad
dled. Blood' from a badly wounded man
was on the animal and on the ground.
The saddle bags contained Agulnaldo's
diary and some private papers, includln
proclamations. One of these was address
ed: "To the Civilized Nations.” It pro
tested against the American occupation of
the Philippines. There were also found
copies of Senator Beveridge’s speech,
translated Into Spanish and entitled "The
Death Knell of the Filipino People."
Still Followed Them T r p.'
Maj. March, believing that the Filipinos
had taken to a river, which is a tributary
to the Chico, followed it for two days,
reaching Tino, where he learned that a
party of Filipinos had descended the river
Way 20 on a raft with the body of a
dead or wounded man, upon a litter, cov
ered with palm leaves.
There Maj. March reviewed his com
mand, shoeless and exhausted, and pick
ed out twenty-four of the freshest men,
with whom he beat the surrounding coun
try for six days longer, but without find
ing any trace of the insurgents. The
Americans pushed on and arrived at Apur
ri. May 29.
The officer shot was either Aguinaldo
or his adjutant; and as the horse w;s
richly caparisoned, it is a foir presump
tion that it was Aguinaldo.
The soldiers Of Gen. Young, military
Governor of Northwestern Luzon, cap
tured early last month, an insurgent offi
cer with papers revealing Agulnaldo's
whereabouts. Gen. Young immediately
organized for pursuit, giving Maj. March
a chance to finish the work begun in
November. Maj. March left Camion,
May 10, hurrying north towards Laboa
gan, while Col. Hare, with a battalion
divided into two parts, started from
Rangued, province of Abra, covering the
trails westward. The garrisons in the
Cagayan valley were disposed in such a
way as to guard the avenues of escape
eastward.
Wlmt Maj. March Learned.
Sides heralded the approach of IMaj.
March with signal Area. On reaching La
hoagan, he apprehended a letter in Agui
naldo's handwriting, the ink of which was
hardly dry, addressed to an officer of
guerillas of the Filipino army, and say
ing:
"There having arrived this morning at
Laboagan a hostile column from Bokoc.
I have set out with all my force. My road
has no fixed destination.”
This was signed "Col. David.” a sou
briquet. Aguinaldo called at thq pr- -
dencia, from which he issued a decree,
and where his follower* celebrated Easter
With a banquet at a triangular table,
when speeches were made eulogiz n?
Gregorlc del Filar.
Thru night Maj. March’s men slept In
the bamboo, resuming the advance in ihe
morning, and reaching foriy miles
distant, in two days, although it was
raining hard in* the mountains all the
time.
Aguinaldo’s papers are very Important.
They show that he took refuge in Isa: e a
province, where he remained until he es
tablished himself at Laboagan, province
of Abra. where ho proposed to direct the
rainy season operations. Until reeenily
he was Ignorant of outside events, m ik
ing no pretense of directing the Insurrec
tion, happy if indeed he might be able lo
keep alive among Ihe hosdle Igorrot:*,
Who killed several of his followers.
STRIKE TROUBLE IN FRANCE.
One Striker lVn Killed and Twenty
\\ minded liy Gendarmes.
Chalon-sur-Baone, France, June 3.—The
strike' here reached a critical stage last
night and to-day the city resembles one
besieged, so thickly is it studded with sol
diers.
The trouble began during the afternoon,
the strikers throwing sticks and stones at
the gendarmerie. When night came the
street lamps were extinguished and mis
siles of all sorts were thrown at the cav
alry and gendarmerie, who tired, killing
one of the rioters and wounding twenty,
some of them seriously. Fifteen gen
darmes and two cavalrymen were In
jured.
Reinforcements quelled the disorders,
hut the trouble Is not yet considered
ended.
Two tleilonnn Killed.
Van Horn, Tex., June 3.—ln a fight be
tween cowboys and Mexican catlle thieve
on the Rio Grande, thirty miles south cf
here, two Mexican* were killed and De
catur Graves, u cowboy, was mortally
wounded. '
COMMISSION' IS AT MANILA.
'
Judge Taft Say* It Ha* Been Given
Extensive Powers.
Manila, June 3.—The United States trans
port Hancock, from San Francisco, April
17, arrlver here this morning with the
members of the Philippine Commlsssion.
The members of Gen, MacArthur’s staff
welcomed the commissioners on board the
Hancock.
At noon the commissioners landed and
drove to the Palace, escorted by Gen. Mac-
Arthug’s staff, a band and two companies
of the Twenty-sixth Infantry, with artil
lery.
At the palace the commissioners were
welcomed by Gan. MacArthur in a short
and forceful address. After Judge Wil
liam H. Taft, president of the commission,
had replied, the commissioners returned to
the Hancock, where they will remain until
they have selected suitable dwellings on
land.
During the morning the members of the
Filipino Supreme Court, the local editors
and many of the leading merchants re
paired to the transport, where they con
versed with the commissioners. Rear Ad
miral Remey, in command of ihe Unite!
States navel forces on the Asiatic sta
tion, called officially during the afie noon.
To-morrow Gen. MacArthur will return
the call of the commissioners. The family
of Judge Taft will remain for a wni e
in Japan. The families of the other com
missioners arrived with them.
Judge Taft, speaking to-day. In reply to
a representative of the Associated Press
regarding the powers and future work
of the commission, sold;
Have Extensive Power*.
“We have full instructions and exten
sive powers. The latter we shall not ex
ercise until we have had ample time to
acquire sufficient knowledge of the situa
tion to enable us to proceed to enact leg
islative changes and reforms preliminary
to the establishment qf a stable civil gov
ernment. Until we assume authority,
General MacArthur will continue to per
form the duties and exercise the powers
formerly performed and exercised by Gen
eral Otis; and, even after we take active
and full part in the government General
MacArthur will continue as the executive
head until, upon our recommendation to
President McKinley, it shall seem to the
President that the time has arrived for
the appointment of an executive
and for making Ihe military forces
merely auxiliary in carrying
on the civil government to be avertible
only In cases of emergency for the sup
pression of the lawless violence too for
midable to be overcome by the regularly
organized local police.
"We are aware that there are severat
issues of deep interest to the Filiinos
upon which it is our duty to take ac
tion. Some of these involve judicial in
vestigation and decisions upon l*gal
rights. Others.call for the careful exer l-e
or political power In order to secure
equitable Upon the latter
class of issues we cannot now speak.
Cannot Deal With Armed Men.
“Representing the sovereignty of the
United States in the Philippines, which
Is the purpose of our government to main
tain, we are here to do justice to the
Filipinos, and to secure for them the best'
government in our power, and such a
measure of popular control as is consist
ent wall the stability and security of law,
order and property. We are civil officers,
men of peace. The field of our work is
necessarily confined to regions where the
anned enemy has ceased his operations.
We cannot deal with armed muen. Gen.
.MacArthur and the army will do that.
When those now in arms shall have laid
them down, relying, as they certainly can,
upon the justice, generosity and clemency
of the United Slates, we shall give them
all a full hearing upon the policy to bs
pursued and the reforms to be initiated.
We purpose, to inaugurate as comprehen
sive a school system throughout the Is
lands as circumstances will allow. I am
surprised that Manila has not received
news regarding the Spooner bill, a meas
ure calculated to help us greatly in our
work here.”
Filipinos Are Anxlon*.
While in Hong-Kong the commission rs
questioned Armacho and members of the
wealthy Cortez family regarding Fillp no
affairs not covered by the Filipino Junia
there.
TTle Filipinos in Manila are anxiously
and even nervously awaiting a formal
statement by the commission regarding its
future policy. Everything • the 'commis
sioners say or do is carefully considered.
Cablegrams from Hong-Kong have been
published here to the effect that the com
mission will not assume control until Sep
tember. This report, coupled with the
statement that Washington approve* Gen.
MacArthur's plan of campaign, has created
considerable excitement in Filipino circles,
where it has been expected that Immediate
changes of policy and action would fol
low the arrival of the commission.
It should be understood that the fore
going declaration of Judge Taft is In no
sense intended as o proclamation.
D'ANNUNZIO WAS DEFEATED.
Results of Italy's Parliamentary
Election*.
Rome, June 3.—The Parllam. nlary gen
eral elections passed off quietly to-day.
The Constitutionalists have secured 192,
forty-nine of which were held by the
members of the Constitution opposition,
the Radicals have secured thirteen and
the Republicans eleven. Ffve roeond bal
lots will be necessary.
Admiral Bettollo, Minister of Marine;
Dr. Salandra, Minister of Agriculture;
Dr. Baccelll, Minister of Public Instruc
tion; Dr. lloselll, Minister of the Treas
ury, and Signor Lacava, Minister cf Pub
lic Works, have been rc-eiectel, a* also
Signor Crisp!. Gabriel d’Annunzio, Social
ist, ha* been defeated at Florence by
Count Cambrny Digny, Ministerialist.
CREW REFUSED TO PROCEED.
Hark for Savannah Was Leaking
Dut AVns Ordered to Sen.
I .ewes, Del., June 3.—The bark Carl von
Dobel was unable to proceed to Savannah
last night on account of the crew refus
ing to do duty, claiming that the vessel
was unsenworthy. The captain called a
survey, who found the vessel leaking half
an inch per hour and ordered her to pro
ceed. The crew still refuse 1 and tie
captain will ask the aid of the Brlii,*n
consul at Philadelphia.
Neely Exlrudttlnii Papers.
New York. June 3.—Gov. Roosevelt has
signed the Neely extradition pape.s and
tnay were forwarded to Washington to
night.
SAVANNAH. GA., MONDAY. JUNE 4, 1900.
BISHOP KEILEY OF SAVANMAH.
HIS CONSECRATION A MOST IMPOS
ING CEREMONY.
An Impressive Service Conducted by
Cardinal Gibbons With Numerous
Assistant*—Friend* From Savan
nah and Other Cities Present on
the Occasion of This Great Event
of His Life—Ceremonies Lasted
Four Hours.
Richmond. Va., June 3.—With much
pomp and ceremony. Very Rev, Benjamin
J. Kelley was elevated to the Eplscopdty
at St. Peter's Cathedral in this city this
morning.
The consecration of a Bishop of the
Holy Catholic Church, is one of the most
august of church ceremonials, and that
to-day was, if anything, more imposing
than usual.
Cardinal Gibbons of Baltimore, the moat
distinguished prelate of the Catholic Hier
archy, in this country, was the conse
cfator, and he was assisted by no less
than five bishops and about forty priests
from various dioceses between New York
and Savannah.
The ceremonies began at 10:30 o’clock,
and lasted for four hours. Very few lay
persons present had ever seen a bishop
consecrated, and the ceremony was im
pressive and instructive, and one that will
long live in the minds of those who wit
nessed it.
St. Peter’s Cathedral is not a large edi
fice, though It Is a famous sanctuary,
and admittance to the ceremonies was
only by ticket. Bishop Kelley’s friends
from Georgia, who came on to attend the
consecration, had been provided in ad
vance with seats, and they were accord
ed '•the best pews in the church, whioh
was uncomfortably crowded.
Fentnres of the Service.
The musical features of the service were
very beautiful and were given by a choir
of twenty-seven voices, accompanied by
an organ and orchestra. The three altars
of the church were lighted with Innumer
able candelabra and decorated profusedly
with flowers.
The vestments worn by the attending
clergy were rich and elaborate and the
sanctuary was a magnificent sight, show
ing the red and gold of the Cardinal, the
purple of the bishops with the sombre
black of the priests as a dark ground.
Half a hundred altar boys attired in
purple cassocks and white surplices, as
sisted.
Father Robert S. Kennedy, chanceller
of the Diocese of Savannah, was master
of ceremonies. Among the other priests
from Georgia, were father McMahon from
Augusta, FatherVWinkbried from Macon,
Father McKle from Brunswick, and
Father Gunn from Atlanta.
When Bishop Kelley passed down the
center aisle and back again, giving his
blessing just after the ceremony had been
concluded, it was a beautiful sight to see
the congregation kneel io receive his sol
emn blessing and when he. reached the
first pew on his return to the sanctuary,
he stopped to allow his brother to receive
his blessing and kiss his ring.
After the ceremonies, when the proces
sion had pased from the churen to the
Episcopal residWice, Bishop Kelley, after
partaking of plight refreshments, held a
genera! reception at the Episcopal resi
dence, where he received for an hour.
Uisliop's Friend* Present.
Bishop Kelley was naturally In hi* hap
piest vein, and it is evident that the pres
ence of his friends from Savannah and
other cities was very gratifying to him.
Maj. John D. Kelley of New York, a
brother of Bishop Kelley, with a -list n
gutshed party from New Y'ork, was p:e‘-
ent, and there were parties from Augusta
and Atlanta, besides friends of the His' op
from New York and other cltl.s. Amo g
those who were present from Savannah
were Mr. and Mrs. J. J. MctDonough, M.
A. O'Byrne, P. F. Gleason, Jonn W.
Golden, J. B. Maddock, Arthur J. O’Hara,
Joseph J. Higgins, Edward Hartfelder, H.
I. O’Connor, C. J. McCarthy and Jo e; h
W. HelTernan.
Father McLaughlin of New York, who
has lectured and sung in Savannah Sev
eral times, came down and assisted In
the consecration. ' •
This afternoon Maj. Kelley gave a din
ner at one of the hotels, at which
present the delegation from Savannah and
several of the visiting clergy.
At the same time, in another room. Car
dinal Gibbons and some of the more emi
nent of the prelates were dining, and at
Its conclusion, ihe visitors were invited in
and were present when the eminent car
dinal, brilliant and distinguished, even
in his feebleness,' made some congratula
tory remarks about the newly consecrat
ed bishop, and there were other pleasant
things said by those present.
Bishop Keiley will leave here with his
parly In a private cur attached to the
regular Southern train at noon to-mor
row and will arrive in Savannah early
Tuesday. He has been deluged with con
gratulatory telegrams to-day from every
where.
INSPIRING AND IMPOSING
AVns tile Ceremony lVUrli Made
Father Kelley a Bishop.
By Aps.elated Pr< ss.
Richmond, June 3.—The Rev. Benjamin
J. Keiley was consecrated Bishop of Sa
vannah at SI. Peter's, the Cathedral
church of the Virginia diocese, in Rich
mond, to-day.
Cardinal Gibbons of Baltimore was the
consecrator, assisted by the Right Rev.
John J. Monaghan, Bishop of Wilming
ton, Del., and he Right Rev. Henry P.
Northrop, Bishop of Charleston, 8. C. The
Rev. Francis Xavier McCarthy, S. TANARUS., was
the preacher.
At the mass Cardinal Gibbons, pontifi
cated, assisted by Very Rev. J. J. Bowler,
assistant priest; Very Rev. L. T. H. Ba
zin, deacon; Very Rev. Dr. Quinn, sub
deacon; Rev. Dr. Wall, first deacon of
honor; Very Rev, Father AVhltney, 8. J,.
second deacon of honor; Father Dunn,
cross betfrer of procession; Rev. Father
Water*, of Richmond, and Rev. Fn:her
Kennedy, of Savannah, master of cere
monies.
Bishop Donohue and Bishop Hald were
present in the sanctuary, with twenty
seven visiting priests from (he diocese of
Virginia, Savannah, Oa., and Baltimore.
Admission to the Cathedral was by tick
et only, and tha number so admitted was
Unfitted to the seating capabl y. The Mc-
Gill Catholic Union hud charge of the in
terior arrangements and the members of
the St. Vincent de Paul Society consti
tuted the guard of honor.
The cetemonl i began at 10:30 o’clock,.
when the procession, which had been
formed in the sacristy of the Cathedral,
passed through the grounds of the epis
copal residence, ard entered by the south
dcor. An immense crowtl had gathered
to watch the proc s don pass and so great
was the imercst manifested in the event
that hund.et s of pe pie stood without the
Cathedral during the progress of the cer
emeny.
The cer-mony was splendid and impress
ive. It lasted for nearly three hours and
a half, but there was no sign of fatigue
in the vast congregation.
Haydn s second mass was sung by the
choir of the Cathedral, which had been
augment'd for the qc aslon by the addi
tion of some of the moat pr mlnent vocal
ists in Virginia, accqrnpanied by the or
yan and full orchestra under the direc
tion of Col. C. O'B. Cowardin, editor of
the Richmond D spatch
He Was n ATratrlnian.
This is the fourth consecration that has
occumd in the t'a hedral Church of Vir
ginia, and Bishop Kelley is hitn
se'f a Virginian, personally well
known in this . corqpiunlty, and
one of a very few sons of the Old Domin
ion who has risen to any high distinction
In the Catholic church. He was born In
Petersburg, Va., Oct. 13, 1347, his father
b’ir.g Mr. John D. Keiley, who was con
sidered cne of the foremost educators if
his t me, being principal of the Anderson
’Seminary from 1840 lo 1556, and afterwards
conducting a very successful private
school.
Bishop Kelley was educated at St.
Charles College, Elficott, Md., and at the
American Collge In Rome. During the
Civil War he served as a private In Gen.
Kemper’s bilgade. He was a fellow stu
dent at the Amerl an College in Rome of
Archbishop Spalding, of Baltimore, the
Rt. Rev. John McG 11, the late Bishop
of this diocese, and Cardinal James Gib
bons, of North Carolina. He was ordained
priest in this Cathedral, and celebrated
his silver Jubilee he e on New Year's day,
1 99. He was assigned by the late Bishop
Pecker, of Wilmington, Del., to thp
charge cf a church In the little city of
Newcastle, in that diocese, and afterwards
became rector of the Pro-Cathedral at
Wilmington. When Bishop Becker was
transferred to the See of Savannah, Fa
ther Ke ley became adm’nlstrater of that
diocese, and so remai ed until his appoint
ment ty the Pope as the successor of hts
beloved Bishop. He is. almost as widely,
and as well known in Richmond as any
priest who has served In this diocese.
A Srhiilnr! > Hermes.
The sermon of Father McCarthy we*
a brilliant and scholarly effort. The
church had been founded, he said, in order
that God might be glorified by the : ai
vation of souls. Man is not a solitary,
but a social being, and society Is nothing
but a harmonized aggregation cf fami
lies. One of the greatest follies of mod
ern times, he contended, is the fanqy that
society Is independent of God. The alien
ation of society from God, the seculariza
tion of marriage and the divorce of rea
son from revelation, were dwelt upon by
the preacher at some length, AVhere Oei
is, he said, He acts as King of Kings and
Lord of Lords, and man must be under
the dominion of God, for God is every
where and where He is, He acts.
Continuing he spoke of the two sacra
ments, Christian marriage and orders.
The first, he sold, is the foundation of so
ciety, the second is needful (o society.
Continuing, he said that sacrifice was th*
chief act of Worship. The obligations of
a biehop, the requirements of one elected
to fill that office, were pointed out, and
were followed by an affectionate allusion
to Blghop Kelley, with whom the preacher
had been intimately acquainted for many
years. The functions of a bishop., and a
brief sketch of the meaning of the cere
monies of conißcration, brought his dis
course to a close.
Cardinal Gibbons sang mass at the high
altar, while the Bishop-elect said mass In
the chapel of the Blessed Virgin. The
praparatory examination, the delivery of
the emblems of pastoral authority, and the
various other ceremonies, inoident to the
consecration, were ail conducted ir. front
of the high altar.
The Litany of the Blessed Virgin by the
clergy, the Bishop-elect lying prostrate
at tiie foot of the altar, and the singing
of the Te Deum by the priests after the
consecration, also were Interesting fea
tures of the great function.
Bishop Keiley was Invested with the
pastoral staff of the late Bishop Becker,
and also with the ring of the deceased pre
late.
This ring was presented to Bishop Beck
er by his diocese when he celebrated his
Jubilee a short time before hlg death. U
is a magnificent amethyst, which' cost no
less than $2,500.
Maj. John D. Keiley, of New York,
brother of the newly consecrated Bishop,
and numerous other relatives, were pres,
ent. After the ceremony, there ws x
banquet a* Murphy’s Hotel, at which all
the church dignitaries were present. The
party will leave for their respective homes
to-morrow.
MARCUS DALY AVON THE SUIT.
He AVliipped Clark. Ont In a Legal
Fight Over a Mine.
Butte. Mont., June 3.—Judge Knowles,
of the United Stnt s Circuit Court yester
day decided the celebrated mining case
of Cosula-Parrott Company, owned by
United States Benstor W. A. Clark, and
the Anaconda Company, controlled by
Marcus Daly. ‘The question was on the
veins of the Cosula-l’arrct and Its con
nection between the 800 and she 1,000-foot
leve s of the wire with that of the Ana
conda. The suit was to recover or* that
ihe Anaconda people had extracted from
the rart below the alleged union. The
court finds for the Anaconda Company
holding th re are two distinct veins.
REFUGEES REACH TIEN TWIN.
Body of Mounted Cossacks Search
ing; for the Missing,
Tien Tsin, June 3.—Six men and two
women, French and Belgian refugees
from Fao Ting Fu have arrived here.
Nine are still missing. A body of mount
ed Cossacks have gone in search of Iho
missing and to take food to Yarj Liu
Cheng for th* relief of th* party ther*.
It is reported from Pekin that Mr. Ste
venson, of the Church of England mission
at Yem Chlng, ha* bam murdered, and
that Mr. Moran of the tamg mission, is
missing.
IT IS \)KATII TANARUS BACTERIA,
Fonnd Tbnt Ther Can Be Killed
AVllh Electric Currents.
Berlin, June 3.—An important discovery
has been mad* at the hygienic Institute
of tbe University of Wuerzburg, where It
hns %-n found that bacteria can be de
stroyed with electric Currents.
FRENCH CLOSE TO PRETORIA.
INDICATIONS ARE RESISTANCE
WILL DF. FEEBLE.
Pretoria Pictured as Bring in u State
of Confusion nnd Clino,AA’ltli the
British Expected Hourly—Foreign
Envoys Getting Bendy lo l.rnve.
Burghers Said to Be Deserting,
Bnt the Iloers Do Not beeiu t Oni
pletely Crushed.
London, June 4, 4 a. m.—There is no di
rect news from Pretoria of later data than
Thursday evening. General French’s cav
alry were then at Irene, eight miles south
of Pretoria, and firing was heard there.
Lord Roberta' messages about seconda
ry operations elsewhere and the situation
at Johannesburg, dated at Orange Grove,
a farm four miles northeast of Johannes
burg, show that on Saturday, kt 9:10 p.
m„ he was twenty-five miles from Pre
toria.
The correspondents whh Lord Roberts
have not got through a line about the op
erations lending to the occupation of Jo
hannesburg. Official messages continue
to come through, but proas telegrams are
held up, probably to avoid giving even a
hint as to wlyu may be the pending op
erations. From the other side there fil
ters through Lorenzo Marquez a mass of
statements, some contradictory, other*
obviously improbable, but the following
purporting to be facts:
"Passengers arriving at Lorenzo Mar
ques Saturday, direct from Pretoria, say
that th* capital was preparing to surren
der when they left Thursday. The forts
were dismantled. The Boer guard at
Komati Poort searched all trains, and
turned back most of the fugitives, among
them deserting foreigners, who wets
striving to reach, neutral soil.
"Immense Boer convoys of provisions
are between Pretoria and Middle I >erg.
Fifteen trains are sent dally to Mncha
dssdoran, with supplies for Lydenburg.
Pretoria is pictured by ihe refugee* ns
in a state of indescribable confusion and
chaos. The populace are dismayed, and
the British are expected hourly.”
Foreigner* AVnnt lo Leave.
Some foreign attaches have arrived at
Lorenzo Marques to communicate . with
their governments for order* to leave, as
they consider that organized war on the
Transvaal side is at an end. ,
Flying among the Boer* are renoria
that the British have been beaten bick
at Ltndley, with, hetfVy loss, that the
main attack on Elapdwonte n failed and
Lord Roberts wav fore id to retire to
Kltprlverberg. that rh*r|Wlway has be n
cut behind him sod# ME Ver. erlng, and
Ainu a provision train HRs bsen carptmel.
Without firediting any of these Boer bul
letins, everything from the field of war
behind Lord Roberts points to a great ef
fort last week to paralyze hi* advance by
a bold stroke from the eastward at the
railway north of Bloemfontein. No less
than four Boer columns were in a move
ment seemingly with this objective. There
was a commando, in front of Gen. Bra
bant, near Flcksburg, another faced Gen.
Rumiel, near Senakal; a third occupied
Lindley and pressed toward the railway,
and a fourth seized Heilbron end pushed
toward Kroonstad. These operations, as
suming them to have been Independent,
all appear to have failed.
Burghers Are Not A'et Crushed.
The revival of the Boer flgting power
east of Lord Roberts' advance, although
fruitless, Is a symptom that the Boers are
not yet crushed, in Gen. Rundle’s attack
on the entrenched Boers, seven mile* east
of Benckal, May 29, the British did not see
a Boer all day, *o completely were they
screened. The British Infantry did not get
within 1.000 yards of their riflemen. The
182 losses wired by Lord Robert* were
suffered by- the Grenadiers and Scots
Guards, while advancing over a level from,
which the gras* bad been burned. The
Britishers In khaki were a consplciouz tar
get against the black background.
Gen. Rundie withdrew his whole force
at sundown to Senekal. having succeeded
in drawing the Boers from Lindley al
lowing the threatened force to get away
safely The Boers sent to th* British for
medical help, saying that Commandant
de Vtlliers was seriously wounded. Gen.
Rundie ’ rent a doctor, with a bottle of
champagne ar.d his compliments, as well
as a mesrage that he would release all
the Beer prist n'rs at Senekal.
Burghers Arc Deserting.
The Lorenzo Marquez correspondent of
the Times, telegraphing June 2. says:
"An Austrian who has seen seven
m. nths’ active service in the Transvaal
declares that a large; propor.ion of the
burghers are deserting Lo thrlr homes.
The arrangement whereby the British
I r.soner# at Pretor a have teen olaced
under an armed guard with British of
ficers, pending the formal occupation of
the town, is ascribed to the good sense
and humane disposition of Gen. , Louis
Botha, and the Transvaal war secre
tary.”
In the. advance of the Grenadiers, Col.
Lloyd led In the face of a deadly fire.
He was hit, but struggled on, only to be
disabled by another bullet. Lieuu Mur
ray, falling, cried: "Forward, Grena
diers!" The blinding smoke of the veldt
hampered the operation*.
Lieut. Lord Seymour, on going back
to direct ihe artillery, was wounded. The
order to retire was given and executed
under a screen of smoke. The Boer firu
was kept np until dusk.
COMMANDANT BOTHA CAUGHT. *
There AVa* Considerable Fighting
Around Joliunneshurg.
London, June 3.—Lord Lansdowne, sec
retary of state for war, has received the
following from lord Roberts, dated
Orange Grove, June 2:
"“Johannesburg is quiet. The people are
rurrenderlng arms and ponies. Only
three Boer guns were left In the fort.
“The Queenslander* captured. May 30,
a Crcusot, with eleven wagons of stores
and ammunp lcn,
"Commandant Botha, of Zoutpansburg,
his field cornet and ICO prisoners, wer*
taken In the fighting around Johannes
burg, some belonging to the foreign con
tingents and the Irish brlgsde. The Thir
teenth Yeomanry were attacked May 29,
between Kroonslsad and Lindley. Ther*
wire some casualties.”
YEOMANRY HAD HARD FIGHT.
Feeling of Relief Over Occupation
of Johannesburg;
London, June 3.—The war office ha* re
ceived the following additional advices
from Lord Roberts, dated Orange Grove,
June 2: ,
"Owing to the Interruption of the tele
graph lines I only to-day received a re
port from Colonel Spriggs that his battal
ion of Imperial Yeomanry was attacked
between Kroonstaud and Lindley, May 2i.
Casualties to follow.
"The shops in Johannesburg are being
opened and there seems toi be a general
feeling of relief at the peaceful occupa
tion of the town. The proclamation an
nouncing the, annexation of the Orange
Free Slate was made known at Bloem
fontein May 26, by General Prettyman,
Military Governor. The troops under
General Kelly-Kenny formed a square,
the royal standard was hoisted, the
troops saluted, a royal salute was fired
and the Queen wns cheered. The name,
‘Orange River Colony,’ was well-received.
"Received a report yesterday that four
prisoners had escaped from Pretoria.”
RUNDLE'I TERRIBLE BA'ITLB.
Roar of Artillery Heard In Smoke
Covered Veldt.
London, June 4.—The Dolly Telegraph
has the following from Sepekal, dated
May 29:
“The scene during the battle was won
derfully picturesque, rolling billows of
smoke, higher than the highest kopje, ob
scuring the combatants. The roar of ar
tillery and the orack of musketry, under
Ihe light of the flames of the burning
veldt, combined to produce a picture of
appnlllng grandeur, but terrible for those
engaged within its field.
"To-night the surroundings of the Boer
positicn* are Hack md waste. \Ve ex
p eted the < nomy to vacate the hills be
tore morning and retire. Their desperate
efforts during Ihe day wire directed to
gsttlrg a force lo t'e kopje which Gen.
Rundie threatened last night and to-day,
In order to enable Col. Sprigg to extri
cate the Duke of Cambridge's yeomanry.
"The whole army of Free Btaters i*
now between Senekal and Lindley anil
Flcksburg It is reported to be composed
chiefly of desperate men who would not
go to the Transvaal to fight and who are
too proud to surrender. Their total num
ber is believed to be from 3,001 to 4,000.”
LARGE PERMANENT GARRISON.
AVIII De Required by Great Britain
in South Afrlen.
Berlin, June 3.—Dr. R Itz, the Transvaal
state secretary, says in the Cologne Ga
zette that England will require a perma
nent garrison of 60,000 soldiers in the
Transvaal, ani that "rebellion may be
eziected for centuries.” He believes that
many Boers will trek to German South
Africa.
TAKING TO THE MOUNTAINS.
That Seem* to Be the Coarse the
IloeTS Are Pursnlng.
Chicago, June 3.—"1 have no communi
cation with the Transvaal, and cannot
make a statement as to what the Boers
propose to do now. They had planned
first, to defepd Pretoria, and then retire
to the mountains, or else to give up the
capital and take directly to the moun
tains. It appears that they are adopting
the latter course."
Bo declared Montagu White, the Trans
vaal’s agent at London, who came to Chi
cago to-day in advance of the Boer en
voys.
Accomplished Ills object.
London, June 4.—The Dally Telegraph
has tho following from Senekal, dated
May 3Q;
"Gen. Rundie’* action Monday and yes
terday entirely secured the object for
which it was undertaken. The Boers have
now withdrawn from Lindley and Col,
Sprigg has been able to extricate the
Duke of Cambridge’s yeomanry from their
difficulties.”
REBELS AVERE NEAR PAN AMA.
Reported That Government Troop*
AVere Rend)- to Fight.
Kingston. Jamaica, June 3.—The British
steamer Orinoco, which arrived here to
day from Colombia, report# that on May
31 the rebels were within six miles of
Panama.
The government troop# had prepared for
action; the British consul and others ,had
left with their families for Tobago for
safety; all the fcolomblan soldiers had left
Colon to strengthen the Panama garrison
and 280 soldiers, brought from Savanllla
by a French steamer, on May 28, had gone
to Panama.
The United States warship Machias was
at Colon when the Orinoco left, under or
der* IO land marines if the city was
threatened by the rebels. The authorities
of Colon hod been impressing into the mil
itary service large numbers of native
youths.
The Orinoco brings also a report that
a Colombian gunboat, the Cordova, was
sunk by the rebel* between Carthagena
and Colon. Carthagena and Savanllla are
quiet; but the country Is flooded with pa
per money, the premium on gold being l.tuo
per cent.
WI!*T VIRGINIA DEMOCRATS.
A Most Vigorous Campaign Will Be
Made in Tbnt Slate.
Parkersburg, W. Vo,. June 3.—The
Democratic State Convention will meet
here next Wednesday, to nominate a full
state ticket. The Democrats propose to
organise for the most vigorous campaign
ever conducted In Ihe state.
Former Senators Camden, Davis, Faulk
ner and others, are taking an active In
terest again, although no one Is yet an
rrunced as the man who will lend In the
fight for the seat of Senator Elkin s’ In
the Senate.
nemoerat* of Indiana.
Indianapolis, Ind., June 3.—Democratic
leader# are gathering for the State Con
vention. The principal topic of discussion
Is the platform. Sentiment is dlvergme.
A platform adopted yesterday In the as
sembly Is being used In the effort to set
tle all differences. TW* platform reaffirms
the Chicago platform of 1888.
Negro Lynched by Negroes. *
Memphis, Tenn., June 3.—A report from
Tutwller, Miss., to-night states that a ne
gro known n# Dago Pete was lynched
there on Thursday night, last by a mob
composed entirely of negroes. The negro
had criminally assaulted a colored woman.
DAILY. ** A YK AJfc
( CENTS A COPT. ” ’
WEEKLI 2-TIMES-A-WEEK.H A YEAS
TO ADJOURN ON WEDNESDAY.
CONGRESS TRY ING TO CARRY OUT
THAT PROGR AMME.
Somite Will No Doubt Agree to the
House Resolution, unit the Only
Thing In the Way Will Re Dis
pute* In C onference—lt Is Relieved
These C'nn Be Settled—Friend* of
the Grout Oleomargarine Bill
Threaten Trouble.
Washinglon, June 3.—There is now hard
ly any doubt that the Senate will agres
to the House resolution to adjourn the
session next Wednesday.
The passage of the last of the appro,
prialions bills, which was accepted Satur.
day, leaves no obstacle In the way of final
adjournment except tho amendments mad*
to those bill* by the Senate, and the opin.
lon now is almost universal that thes
difference* can be adjusted and the bust
ness of the session concluded by tho lima
named.
The only two items of difference which
might cause material delay are the armor
plate amendment in the naval appropria
tion bill and the amendment to the sundry
civil appropriation In the Interest of th
St. Louis Exposition. The leaders of all
parties apparently are united in the wish
to bring the session to ti close on Wednes
day and by beginning the dally sitting*
early and allowing them to continue lat
they will succeed.
The remainder of the session will b*
given np to conference reports on th
appropriation Mils, to the consideration
of comparatively unimportant bills, on' t!i
calendar, and to ihe making of speeches
on political questions. There are half
a dozen senators, who want to be heart)
at some length, and they will be accom
modated.
AVork Before Ihe House.
Conference report* on appropriation and
other bill* promise to occupy the atten
tion of the House, to Hie exclusion of
everything eise during the closing daya
of the session.
Only one piece of general legislation so
rlously threatens the programme—tha
Grout oleomargarine bill. The friends
of this measure have been very Insistent
and have threatened, in case the Sen
ate doe* not agree to the resolution for
final adjournment Wednesday, to hold
up any amended resolution until they can
have an opportunity to vote on their bill.
A way out of the difficulty suggested yes- 1
terday, may be put into operation.
To-morrow being suspension day, Mr.
Tawney may be recognized to move that
an hour he given on Tuesday to the oleo
margarine bill. As this motion will re
quire a two-thirds vote, the powers that
be, nre willing lhait the measure be con
sidered, If it can command such an over
whelming majority Jn the House.
There is a considerable number of dis
puted item* In the appropriation bills
which the House will probably settle by
dlrecA vole. The appropriation of $5,000,-
fOO for the St. Louis exposition and soma
less Important Item* which the Senate
plac'd upon the sundry civil bill; the ar
mor plate provision the paragraph
relating lo ocean atm Jnke surveys and
the uholltlon of the sea cruise for naval
cadels in the naval bill; and the Mlles-
Corbln amendment in the military acade
my appropriation hill.
In the House there is nothing on the
horizon which threatens to prevent final
adjournment on Wednesday.
ROY KIBI.EI) IN T. 1.01 IS RIOT.
Sheriff Sow Hu IWO Men Ont Arn|
With Hlt Shot Ciiiuo,
St. June 3.—A riot of email pro
portion during the progress of which ■
boy was fatally shot, and a dynamite ex
plosion, marred what would otherwise
have been an uneventful Sabbath.
Ah a car of the Tower Grove line of thff
St. Louis Transit Company was passing
the corner of Twelfth and Calhoun streets
a crowd of strike sympathizers began
throwing stones at It. An unknown mta
leaned from a window of the oar and
fired a revolver shot toward the crowd.
The bullet sped over the heads of the mob
and lodged In the breast of Peter Prank,
aged 16, who was sitting In the doorway of
hi* father’s house. A detachment of police
dispersed the rioters and carried young
Frank to the city hospital, where it la
said the wound will prove fatal.
Late this afternoon an explosion of dy
namite shattered the cable conduit and
switches In the Olive street line at the In
tersection of Maryland and Boyle ave
nues. No one was Injured, but traffic on
that end of the llnef’hud to be suspended.
There Is no clue to the perpetrators.
More than the usual quota of police waa
furnished to-day for the protection of pas
sengers and crews and as a result, the
number of cars on the various lines of
the Transit Company # was materially ln
creasedon Olive street,” Broadway, Fourth
street, Sixth street. Northern, Central
and Union.
This morning at 9:30 o'clock the nucleus
of the First Regiment of special depuiiea
forming Slierlff I’ohlman's posse comlta
tus, consisting of ten companies of sixty
men each, armed with rloi shotguns, were
assigned to active service In preserving or
der during the continuance of the street
car strike. Their duties consisted In pa
trolling the streets and doing guard duty
at the various power houses and car sheds.
The work of eubpoenaeing citizens con
tinued lnterrupiedly to-day.
There were 238 additional deputies sworn
In Saturday and about 200 to-day, whlc!t,
with the 465 already sworn In. gives the
sheriff a total force of 900 men to assign
to active duty in response to the cull Issued
yesterday by Preeldent Hawes of the po
lice board.
EdtilMi; JUMPED TIIK TRACK.
Five People Were Killed and Much
Dauiaice Hone.
Hamilton, 0., June 3.—The engine of •
fast frdght on the Cincinnati, Hamilton
and Indianapolis Railroad Jumped the
track west of this city 10-day. Eleven cars
lorded with s‘cck were wrecked. Timothy
Mahoney, David Starkey and Ambrose
Smith a trainman, and two unknown
boys who were ste.il'ng a ride, were killed.
The loss will be ai out J5.C00. ,
Number of Census Enumerator*.
Washington, June 3 The exact number
of census enumtunor* now at work Is
52,631. Florida h is 202, (ieorp-la 1,258, South
Carolina 748, North Carolina 1,236, Vir
gin's 1,(95. I