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THE MORNING NEWS. Established I*o. - Incorporated 188$ S. H. FSTILL, President CHINESE CRISIS IS SERIOUS. MINISTERS JiKBU A FREE HAND IN DEALING WITH IT. Murder nnd Destruction Continued by the ••Itosers*” and Not One ot Them Hu* Bren Arrested or I*un iit lied—A Fig-lit Near Pekin—Trou ble Cropping Out Between Japan und Kaiilt- Crafty Russia. Has Offered China Troops. Pekin, June 6.—The situation Is growing steadily worse. Events move with such ra pidity and affairs, owing to the excitement of the natives, are so critical that the for eign ministers hold frequent meetings. They feel the need of a free hand for energetic action, without a perpetual ref erence to the home governments. Sir Claude MacDonald, the British min ister, Is wiring for seventy-five more marines. Native employes who have returned from Feng Tat say they left the "Boxers” openly drilling in the adajcent village. A strong imperial edict, Issued this eve ning, censures the “cowardliness of the imperial troops" and orders the Viceroy of Fc Chi Li and Gen. Jung Lu immediate ly to suppress the "Boxers.” The foreign ministers.at to-day’s meet ing discussed the question of a special audience of the Empress Dowager, but no decision was reached. "Boxers” Terrible Worle. Tien Tsln, June 6.—The Chinese ser vants of n Belgian engineer, who left Pao Ting Fu two days after the Bel gians, saw five foreign and two Chinese dead bodies in the grand canal, one being the body of a woman. A "Boxer” placard threatens the ex termination of the foreigners here on June 10. It- is rumored that the ‘'Boxers” and Catholic Christians fought at Tung Hu Tuesday,' three Christians being killed. H. M. 9. Barfleur has arrived, and the Terrible is expected. . One hundred and thirty-one British, thirty-one German, fifty French and sixty five Italian marinek have arrived here. These reinforcements render Tien Tsin secure. Crista of First Mngnitnde. London, June 7.—Affairs tn Chino are gradually working up a crisis of the first magnitude. The morning papers think that the Brit ish squadron is recognized as inferior tn strength to the Russian, as well as the Japanese. The Dally Telegraph says: "We regret that Great Britain is too much occupied In South Africa to settle the Chinese business with a strong hand." The Dally Chronicle says: “The- foreign,office 000-ht co puhjlgh the ofSlr Claude MacDonald (Brit ish minister at Pekin) following the course of the United States in publishing Mr. Conger's.” ' It Is generally considered- that Interven tion In some form Is necessary. The Morning Post has the following from Pe kin, dated yesterday: "Report soys that the court party !• collecting inside the city. there Is increased uneasiness.” The Pekin correspondent of the Times, telegraphing yesterday, says: "No train either left or arrived at Pek'n yesterday (Tuesday). Further damage to railways Is reported. The 'Bowr' move ment is spreading unchecked throughout the province. Not One of Them Arrested. "Not one ’Boxer’ has yet been arrested or punished. Anxiety is increasing regard ing the fate of the missionaries at ti e various stations. At the meeting of the Tsung LI Yamen yesterday (Tuesday) the Japanese minister discussed the offer of M. de Glop the Russian- minister, to give assistance of the Russian troops in quell ing disturbances. The Tsung Li Yamen denied that the offer had been made, but Russia did make it and the Chinese gov ernment is quite capable of accepting sudi assistance.” The Times’ Pekin correspondent, In a long mail article, dated April 23, which deals with Russo-Japanese rivalry in the Far East, expresses the opinion lhat war between the two Powers is inevitable, end that it cannot be long delayed, be cause of Russia's Immediate Chinese de signs and of the hatred of the Japanese for Russia when they see her enjoying •he fruits of Japan’s victorious war, to the detriment of Japan. The Times, referring to the Chinese sit uation editorially, calls attention to the Interruption of communications between the coast and Pellln, and says: "England cannot allow communications to be Interrupted for any length of time between her contingent at the capital nnd the naval bnse upon which It depends.” Concluding an elaborate survey of the field, it says: “To do nothing and let matters drift Is to Jeopardize our vast Interests In the Far East. To act Independently may not he prudent In the existing circumstances, but to allow any othar single Power to act Independently might be worse than to do nothing.” HELENA TO GO TO TIE.V TSIN. American Gunlmnt Will Aicrnd the I’eS Ho River. Washington, June 6.—Minister Conger at Pekin cabled to-day that the situation was worse at Pekin, and this statement, taken In connection with Admiral Kempff's alarming cablegram of yesterday an nouncing that an engagement had begun, decided the state department to strengthen the naval forces nearest the scene of the trouble. Accordingly a cablegram was sent to Admiral Remey at Manila,directing him to dispatch at once to Admiral Kempff's com mand the gunboat Helena, or If that craft Is not at Manila and ready for Immediate service, then some craft of correepondlng ly light draft and power. The purpose Is to place at Admiral Kempff's disposal on efficient warhlp ca pable of ascending the Pel Ho river as far up as Tien Tsln. Admiral Kempff’s flag ship, ihe Newark, drawing twenty-three feet of water, cannot ascend the river safely beyond the Taku forts near the entrance, bui the little Helena, drawing only eleven feet, can safely ascend to Tien Tsln, forty miles above. She wus especially designed for service In these Chinese rivers, and so Is likely to prove much more effective than any other of the foreign warships which can pass the Taku forts and reach Tien Tsln. Bha carries a battery particularly adapted to dealing with such half organised mobs •s the "Boxers." Beside her eight 4-inch fpje itofniu# rapid-fire guns, she carries four 6-pound er rapld-ftrers. four 1-pound rapid flrers, two Colts, and one 3-Inch rapid-fire field gun. She is commanded by Commander Swinburne, and her complement Is ten officers and 166 men. Should lie There Monday, In- view of the service ahead of her, it Is expected that Admiral Remey will add to this one or two companies of marines. If the Helena leaves JdanJla to-day, she should reach Taku next Sunday night or Monday morning. Secretary Hay cabled Minister Conger at Pekin an authorization to call for re inforcements from Admiral Kempff, and to make such disposition of his naval force as he deems proper to protect the American legation, and consulates, and American interests generally. The administration is still determined that the United States government shall continue on its independent course re specting the Chinese situation, though willing to go as far as possible to aid In the restoration of peace and order in. China. Therefore, Admiral ICempff has not been instructed to join the other naval commanders in the Pei Ho river in concerted action. A COLLISION WITH JAPAN Might Follotv Russia's Landing n Large Force at Taku. Shanghai, June 6.—The soldiers dispatch ed to attack the "Boxers” have fought an engagement quite close to Pekin. Many were killed on both sides. In consequence of the representations of Japan, the landing of a large Russian force at Taku Is alleged to have been stopped. It Is believed here that should Russia persist in sending a preponderating military force to the front a collision with Japan will inevitably result. Alarming reports are current here of the hurried completion of the mobilization of the Japanese fleet. The Russian minister at Pekin, M. de- Giers, has made another attempt to in duce the Chinese foreign office to formally request Russian assistance to restore or der, but the offer has not yet been ac cepted. Violent dissensions are reported to exist between the Chinese commander-in-chief of the forces, Jung lu, and Prince Chlng Tuan, who tn accordance with the wishes of the Dowager Empress, Is strongly sup porting the cause of the "Boxers." The mobs who murdered the English missionaries Robinson and Norman muti lated and disemboweled the bodies. The station at Y’an Tin, three miles from Pekin, has been burned. The Brtlsh minister, Sir Claude Mc- Donald, is reported quite ill. SENDING FAMILIES AWAY. Foreign i Legations In Pekin Fear for Their Safety. London, Jane S, 9.13 p. n.— A special from Shanghai dated June 6 says the members of the majority of <he legations at Pekin, Including the members of the British legation, are sending their fam ilies away. It Is also said that several prominent Chinese residents are leaving the city. There is nn unconfirmed report that two Russian engineers havejaeen murdered at Yu Chow Fu, northwes't of Port Arthur, after their wives had been outraged. The total damage done to the Chinese railroads by the Boxers is now estimated at 33,000,000. THEY ARE NOT IN' DANGER. No Baptists From tlie South in the "Boxer*” Territory. Atlanta, June 6.—Advices have been re ceived here from Dr. P. .fN Willingham, secretary of the Baptist Foreign Mission Bourd at Nashville, and Dr. W. R. Lam buth of the Methodist Foreign Mission Board at the same place, to the effect that no missionaries In China, under the direction of these boards, are in any dan ger from the present “Boxer” movement in that country. MAY LEAD TO GIIEAT TROI BLE. No Telling AVhnt May lie Outcome of “Boxer” Question. Vanqouver, B. C., Jufie 6.—Count von Leyden, German ambassador to the court of Japan, arrived by the Empress on his way home. “The ‘Boxer’ question," said the count, “Is a most serious one in China. My own country has sent troops to Pekin in co operation with those of the other powers and the outlook Is serious. The present state of affairs cannot be pul up with, but It Is to be hoped that the Empress Dow ager will suppress the lawlessness.” He went oil u> say that It was not so much for China’s sake that the diplomats feared but the European nations with the United State* and Japan were so deeply Interested that should strong measures have to be taken, with China no one knows what might happen. When he left the combined forces from the represented powers were sending troops to Pekin merely as a demonstration. “Of equrse,” he said, “a few hundred men can do very little, but It may be the beginning of greater things." Think* Japan AVonld Win. Vancouver, B. C., June 6.—Admiral Sly E. R. Fremantle, for years In charge of the Indian 'and Chinese squadrons, arriv ed to-day from the Orient. He raid that he thought Japan and Russia would sure ly fight. He said that he could make no statement as to England's probable coursv In the event of war, but said that Japan was in the right, and she would win. LI IIYNG CHANG IN FAVOR. Dowager Emprru Ha* Conferred Square Drngon I pon Him. Vancouver, B. C., June 6.—Advices brought by the steamer Empress of Japan to-day says: "LI Hung Chang Is again In high favor, the Dowager Empress of China having conferred upon him the highest decora tion at hef disposal, lhat of the square dragon. Much comment, but little grief has been heard In Pekin over the violent death of Li Lien Yen, the favorite eunuch of the Empress Dowager. He had amassed a fortune of 38,000.000 tnels and Is alleged to have been poisoned by relatives who desired his fortune. He died after three houra’ illness. Burlington'* Postmnster. Washington, June 6.—filte President to day nominated J. Z. WftUer to bo nn*t muster at Burltngion, N. C. SAVANNAH. GA., THURSDAY. JUNE 7, 1900. CONGRESS HU A HARD SNAG. TWO BRANCHES DEAD-LOCKED ON THE NAVAL BILL. House Refused to Accede to Senate Proposition to Give Ocean Survey- Work to the Navy Department. Cannon Charged Conferees With Failure to do Their Duty—He Se cured New Conferees After Hathcr a Fiery Debate. Washington, June 6.—After everybody had felt assured of adjournment this evening without any trouble, the Repub licans of the House got Into a wrangle among themselves nnd the result was a recess until to-morrow at 10 o’clock. The trouble came from a rather unex pected. source. Nobody would have been particularly surprised If there' had been longer disagreement over the armor plate item in the naval bill, but when the Re publicans executed their surrender to the trust on that item-, everybody expected t(ie bill to go through without further delay. They were disappointed, however, and the cause of their disappointment Is the Item Intended to take from the const and geodetic survey, much of its work, and hand It over to the navy. The navy people have been pulling hard for this work, and the Senate has been with them; but the House, under the spe cial leadership of Cannon, chairman of the Appropriations Committee, has made a fight for the Coast and Geodcdic Sur vey, claiming that the Senate provision would kill that branch of the government service. To-night there was developed among the Republicans a lot of bad feeling. Cannon attacked the House conferees, charging that they had not acted In good faith.. This -brought on a general fight with Foss, chairman of the qpmmlttee, and Grosvenor and others. There were charges and counter-charges of a highly Interest ing nature, and these brought on the sharpest kind of an exchange of person alities. Finally Cannon succeeded In doing something that Is very seldom done, and that was to bring about the substitution of anew set of conferees. This was a distinct slap at the House conferees, and was made more pointed by the fact that the new conferees nTe not members of the Naval Committee, ’but outsiders. Some Startling: Disclosures. During the exceedingly sensational de bate Mr. Cannon, the chairman of the Ap propriations Committee, made some start ling disclosures as to the manner In which Commander Todd, the hydrographer of the navy, had waged his campaign agatnat the stand taken by (he i ßut so in favor of th* roast and- geodetic survey doAnr ocean survey work, it was following this that the House rejected the conference report by an overwhelming majority and the speaker took the: almost unprecedentel course of appointing new conferees on the part of the House who are not members of the Navel Committee. The debate was one cf the bitterest and most heated or the session. Mr. Cannon, in the excitement of the moment, took off his collar and necktie and with sleeves rolled up aroused the House tb a tr°mend oua pitch of enthusiasm as he d-alt (he conferees sledgehammer blows. The gal leries, crowded to the doors, cheered the picturesque fight of the grizzled old veter an until the ceiling rang. The conferees defended thpir course e best they could and Mr. Foss, acting chairman of the committee, resented with bitter language the charge that he had betrayed the House. Hot words wer, bandied back and forth, but the Houaa was In an ugly mood end. was resolved to fight the Spnate to a finish. The appointment as conferees of Mr. Cannon, Mr. Moody and Mr. Shafroth. all of whom are In sympathy with the House position, assures no surrender cn their part until the House itself shall direct them to yield. Hut Debate on Oceitn Survey*. It was 8:30 p. m. when Mr. Foss present ed the final report on the naval propriatlon bill. ' A compromise had been effected on the provision re lative to ocean surveys, which ap propriated 750 000 for hydrographic surveys, while the House receded from its provision abolishing the two years’ sea course for naval cadets, but secured an amendment to the present law to per mit nn appointment from each congres sional district, every four years. Mr. Foss said the Senate conferees had abso lutely insisted on the provision relative to ocean survey*. Mr. Cannon, who had led the fight against ocean survey*, under the direc tion of the navy department, was not satisfied. He declared It was reached In the- teeth of the specific Instructions of the House. He asked the slouse to re ject the conference report. Mr. Moody of Massachusetts, vigorous ly demanded rejection, and said the ques tion at issue was whether a “coterie of naval officers, ’’ or the House was su preme. Mr. Cummings of New York said tha Senate conferees had insisted on the word “hydrographic." "It was.” he sa’d. “simply the alternative of acceptlr.p that word or staying here all nlgflt, and ios slbly for several days.” Work of Nnvy Department. Mr. Cannon told how members had been bombarded by letters ar.d tel gram* In the Interest of this hydrographic work. He had suspected that the.v were promrt ed from the Navy Department and had called on the secretary for all letters sent out from there on the subject. The sec retary had replied that there was nothing. "I knew that letter was a falsehood In substance," continued Mr. Cannon. “That is strong language, but J aftcrwarl was able to prove that the secretary as well as the House had been Imposed upon by the Bureau of Equipment.” Mr. Cannon then related how subse quently Secretary Long had ascertained thnt the hydrographer, Commander Todd, had sent out a circular letter without his (Secretary Long's) knowledge, and for that act had been suspended. He read the circular letter which had gone to com mercial bodies, boards of trade, maritime exchanges, etc., appealing for Influence and aid In forcing the appropriation bark into the naval appropriation bill. He had kept all these facts secret, he said, be cause he knew the Secretary of the Navy was an honorable man, and had been Im posed upon. He hod been compelled to disclose them, he said, In the Interest of the public service and to vindicate the honor and manhood of thfi House. Amid great applause, he asked the House to send the bill back to conference with three conferees in sympathy with tl)c sentiment of the House. The debate CCcntlnueil on Fifth I’agc.J TILLMAN, WON A VICTORY. n Bill Fassetl for llie Arttlenient of South Carolina Claims. Washington, June Tillman has had a hard fight all along the line In his efforts to get an adjustment of the claims against the Unlfjbjt .States for money expended by the Florida War, of 1812 and the Florida War of IKI Strong opposition was manifested In the Committee oil Appropriations to the amendment offered by the Senator to the sundry civil bill, but he finally succeeded in having the amendment reported by the oommUtee. When the annulment was considered in the Senate it was the *ub ject of much debate and rejected, but the senator asked for a re.-offilderatiofi, and after two hours of debate tt*e amendment was passed. The House, however, reiuafcd Isle last night to accept the action of the senate on this item and the amemdinetu was do* feated in conference. Senator TiUman an ticipating this action had previously in troduced e bill in the Sen-tig. pg.tvidlpg for a settlement of these claim* tggalost the government and at two odkJok las* hight he called it up. No objection was raised to its consideration, and after the debate the bill was considered and nisscd by the Senate. It was an unexpectediylotory and the senator says he Intends to push the matter at the next session at Congress. Assistant; Librarian of the Senate Baker, of South Carolina, has been,#! great as sistance to Senator Tillraarm||f hi* fight for the settlement of the tafljms of the state. He prepared the stftemcnt of facts nnd the precedents made by the dif ferent aots of Congress upon which the case rests. V\- . < The President’s appointment of Naval Cadet Walter Gordon Ropes- to be a lieu tenant in the Marine Corps,' announced yesterday, was evidently a mistake. To. day Mr. Roper’s name was sent tn by the President for appointment as ensign, in the navy. Hon. Pope Barrow of Savannah, former member of the United StateWffeuate, was on the floor of the Senate to-tijy, being In troduced to members, by Senjtor Clay. ALL MI'ST WORK ON H#’K FILE. No Favoritism lo Be Ahnfi Influen tial Convicts. Havana, June 6.—The order of Copt. Pitcher, polico magistrate, ttyt man sen tenced to the rock pile, shall %il be treat ed alike, being compelled to work, has provoked quite a storm of hostile com ment in .the local papers, '■ It has been, the custom foi**iw>n having money or friends, and lnfiuslice, jiot to work when sentenced. Capt, Pilcher di rects that every man must Work, or be confined in a cell with water. For this Step the Am*r*rtwSSlßt'Havan give him unstinted praise. A mass meeting and procession were held in honor of Gen. Maximo Gomez last night, and were a great success. Several thousand were, tn line, which In cluded four bandil of music, and a large torchlight procession. Gen. Gomez made a short address. In whiph he said that the people could rest assured that their wishes for absolute Independence would soon be gratified. GOVERNOR WAS APPEALED TO. New Conductors and Motormen Are Going Jo St. Louis. St. Louis, June 6.—A delegation of Bt. Louis business men, which went to Jef ferson City to-day to urge Gov. Stephens to call out the stale militia to preserve order in St. Louis, returned to the city late to-night. They said that the Governor told them that he would not take any action in the matter until he came to St. Louis. He will come here to-morrow. Five hundred moiormen and conductors formerly employed by railways of Balti more and Philadelphia will drrlve here within the next twenty-four hours to take the places of the strtkere. Itecruiis from Chicago, Cincinnati, Milwaukee and Cleveland will swell the number to six hundred. TRAINING SHIP HARTFORD. Carried Men for the Indians nnd the Mnssnehusetts, Philadelphia June 6.—The old United States frigate Hartford, used 1 for a train ing ship, arrived at the navy yard late this afternoon. The Hartford brought 400 Inndsmen for the battleships Indiana and Massachusetts from Hampton Roads, which place she left yesterday under hur ry orders. Rear Admiral Casey said to-day that the order to place the Massachusetts and Indiana In readiness was simply for the purpose of mobilization. It was an emer gency call, such as Is practiced In other countries. MAJ. SMITH DISMISSED. He Failed to Lend Seventy-Oral at San Juan Hill. Albany, N. Y., June 6.—Gov. Roose velt to-day issued an order to-day dis missing Maj. Clinton H. Smith, of the Seventy-first Regiment, from the service of the National Guard, because MaJ. Smith failed to take command of the Seventy-first Regiment ot the battle of San Juan Hill, and lead it Into the fight, when Col. Downes, Its commander, had failed to do so. FIGHT OF CAKMR AND PO.WPEY. Stated That It Did Not Take Place at Pharsnlla. London, June Athens correspond ent of the Dally Express says the re searches of Capt. Douemanis show that the great battle fought In tg B. C., be tween Julius Caesar and Pom pay, which has been supposed to have occurred In the neighborhood of the Thessalian city Phar salla, took place near the modern Kar dltaa, fifty miles northwest. NYlieel Works Burning. Richmond. June 7, 2:20 a. m.—The Vir ginia and Carolina Wheel Works, Just 1,. low the city, are afire and burning fierce ly. It is thought the big plant will prove a total loss. # Post Exchange Burned. Albuquerque, N. M., June The Poet Exchangp and Cqpteen buildings at Port Wingate were totally destroyed by fire to night. Borne of the commissary stores were saved. ARMOR PLATE UPSET PUNS. TOOK SEVERAL CONFERENCES TO REACH AGREE MEAT. I’rnrose Proposition Adopted by the Senate, Wat Finally Agreed to, bat the Delay Prevented Adjourn ment Yesterday—lt Leaves the Price of Armor Plate to the Secre tary of the Navy—Caused a Hursh Debate In the Senate. Washington, June 6.—lnability to reach an agreement upon the naval appropria tion bill, forced the Benate to abandon the adoption of the House resolution for final adjournment, to-day. The armor plate question, which, for five years has been a thorn In the side of Congress, upset the calcfilatlona of the Sienate leaders, and their well laid plans went awry. It wak a day of strife and turmoil tn the Senate. Early the conferees on the naval bill reported a disagreement, and ihc Senate was told plainly that the House Would not consent to the amend ment, providing for an armor plate fac tory to be operated by the government. The discussion of the Penrose compro mise proposition, which was adopted, de veloped an unusual bitterness of feeling, and charges of robbery and political cor ruption were hurled about the chamber with an abandon which, If they bad not fallen from the lips of grave senators, would have been regarded as reckless. Little worse ever was heard In the heat of a political campaign. Report on th> Naval Hill When the Senate reconvened at 10 o'- clock this morning, two or three minor bills were passed, and recess was then taken to await conference reports. Mr. Hale presented a conference report on the naval appropriation bill. It was a disagreement upon all questions that have been In dispute for three or four days. Mr. Penrose offered the following proposition: "That the Secretary of the Navy Is hereby authorized to procure by contract armor of the best quality for any or all vessels above referred to, provided l such contracts can be made at a price which. In his judgment, la reasonable and equita ble. but In case he is unable to make con tracts for armor under the above condi tions, he Is hereby authorized and directed to procure a site for. and lo erect thereon n factory for the manufacture of armor, and the sum of Jt, 000 ,000 Is hereby appro priated toward tha .erection of said fac tory.” Mr. Butler Instated that what he wanted was a government' Armor plant, and he would be willing to pay almost any price for armor that Is needed now provided, that the construction of an armor plant _hy- the government were made mandatory. Was Attacked by Tillman. Mr. Tillman attacked the amendment. “The chairman of the Naval Commit tee" (Hale), said he, "has declared that the government is being robbed, and that the armor trust has a knife at the gov ernment's throat, and now it is proposed to let them cut the government’s throat. We are face to face with a scandal as In famous as any In our history, second not even to the great Credit Mobiller acan dal." Mr. Penrose Interjected with considera ble feeling: "I resent the statement that there is any suspicion of scandal In this or any amend ment which I proposed.” “I am making no persona] allusions," said Mr. Tillman. "I am simply atatlng facts that are Indisputable. The'influ ences behind the House In this matter arc the shlp-bullders and the armor-man ufacturers.” Mr. Hale challenged the last statement, saying he did not believe any such Influ ences were behind either the House or the Senate. Mr. Teller of Colorado denounced the Penrose proposillon and declared that no scandal In our history will equal that ■which w-.'l grow out of "a surrender now to this robber combine.” Mr. Hanna of Ohio said the few men determined to have a government armor factory built were willing to sacrifice everything else, and he wonted the armor question taken out of the legislative branch of the government in order to get it out of politics. Mr. Hanna advocated the Penrose proposition as a fair com promise. Mr. Elkins of West Virginia and Mr. Quarles of Wisconsin pooh-poohed the Idea of a scandal in leaving the armor purchase question to the Secretary of the Navy. . ■ Danii l Keeps I'p the Fight. Mr. Money of Mississippi said the Sen ate could not afford to abrogaie Its du ties to any one, and Mr. Daniel of Vir ginia urged the Senate to stand up to the fight, which had been on for five years. Mr. Daniel said that under the present circumstance# we must buy our armor plate from a notorious and unlverenl'y recognised combine or build our own plant. He had never heard that business principles demanded that the buyer should place himself entirely In the hands of the seller, or that a man should employ an agent to do eo for him that which he could do for himself. •"Why;” asked Mr. Daniel, "did the ar mor plate manufacturers decline to ttll the cost of the production of armor plale when asked by the Senate Committee?” Mr. Penrose asked permission to reply to this Inquiry, and began by referring to Mr, Dantel'a speech as a "reckless slate mint and demagogic appeal.” Mr. Daniel resented this characterisa tion and refused to yield further. Contin uing, he urged that there was no ermr gency that should render It so necessary to hurry the construction of the navy o* not to take time to do that which should be done tn the interest of the publtc wel fare. Amendment Was Adopted. At 2:U> p. m., Mr. Hale asked for a vote upon the pending proposillon, bit Mr. Butler addressed the Sera’e In oppo sillon >o a surrender by the Senate when It was on the verge of victory. The Pen rose proposition was then vo'ed upon and agreed te, S? to *6, as follows: Yeas: Allison. Baker, Carter, Clark, Cu'- lom, Davis, Deboe, Depew, Atkins, Pair banks, Foster. FYye, Onlllnger, Hamm. Hanebrough. Hawley. Hoar, Kean, Kyle, Lodge, Mcßride, MeComas, Moßnery, Mc- Millan, Mason. Penrose, Platt of New York. Platt of Connecticut, Prltelarf. Proctor, Quarles, Bose, Scott, Sewell, Shoup. Thurston, Warren, Wetmore, Wol cott—39. Nays: Bacon, Bard, Bate, Berry, Bev eridge. Butler, Chandler, Clay. Cockrell, Culberson, Daniel, Foraker, Harris, Hei feld, Jonea of Arkansas, Kenney, Lindsey. McLnurln, Mallory, Marlin. M ney, Mor gan, Nelson, Perkins, Pettigrew. Pettua, Rawlings, Simon, Spooner, Sullluu, Taliaferro, Teller, Tillman, Turner, Ve t -35. The Senate then agreed to a further conference. The conference ’reports on the sundry civil bill were agreed to, the Senate reced ing from the one hitherto disputed minor Item. A resolution called by Mr. Pettigrew to discharge the Committee on Edilcapon and Labor from further consideration of the eight-hour bill was Eld on the table, 33 to 28. At t:4O p. m. the Senate reces oJ until 6:80 p. m. The Senate reconvened at 6:30 p. m. and after being In session fifty-five minutes without accomplishing anything took a te cese until 8:26, when Mr. Hale announced that the conferees oq the naval .appropria tion had agreed to a final report. Some Political Speeches. To-night Senators Carter of Montana, Mason of Illinois, Turner of Washington and Money of Mississippi kept the Sen ate on edge with rattling , political speeches. Mr. Carter of Montana predicted victory for McKinley this fall. The. first gun of the campaign had been fired In Oregon, which had given a Republican majority of 10,000 in face of the Porto Rican tariff. In face of the supposed sntl-expanklon sentiment nnd despite the erring, wan dering way of a man said to be a crim inal In Cuba. Mr. Carter then entered upon a general discussion of the, Philippine question. Mr. Mason of Illinois mtde a. half-hu morous, halt-sqrioua reply ot Mr. Carter’s speech. He declared that if the Rtpubli eqn party had carried Oregon It was in spite of and not because of our Philipp nr policy, our policy towards the Porto Ricans and our treatment of the Boys In South Africa. Mr. Turner of Washington sharply crit icised the Republican leaders for forcing adjournment while such measures as th- Nicaraguan canal bill, anti-trust hill rnd the eight-hour labor bill demand attention. Mr. Hale explained the dlsagr ement with the House on ocean and 1 ike surveys. Tlje Senate had already yielded on more than half of the substance of the survey Item. While Mn Hale was speaking the offi cial announcement of the action of the House was made, and Mr. Hale moved that the Senate insist upon Its amend ments, and grant the conference request ed by the House. This was done and Mr. Butler was appointed a conferee In place of Mr. Tillman, who had left for his home. On motion of Mr. Hale, tho Senate, nt 10:40 p. m., adjourned until 11 o'clock to morrow. SIGNED A HINDRFdI HILLS. Important Measures Made Law by President's Action. Washington, June 6.—During hie stay at the Capitol tost ay the President signed jsgsr MS) .bills, the moss Important of which wer the sundry civil, general de ficiency, emergency, river and harbor, District of Columbia and military acad emy appropriation bills and the Alaskan code bill; resolution disposing of the Con gressional Library rooms In the Capitol; resolution concerning the unveiling of the Lafayette statue in Paris, Incorporating the Frederic Douglare His torical Association; providing for the safe keeping of public moneys In Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines; extend ing the coal land laws of the United States to Alaska. rETEBS HELD FOR BIGAMY. Arrested In Charleston anil Taken to Chnllnnoogfi. Chattanooga, Tenn., June 6.—C. Wllford Peters, arrested in Charleston, 8. C., Charged with bigamy, the trial being set for Friday, Is in Jail here. He was ar rested at the Instance of the woman, who clalirw to be his second living wife. It Is charged that Peters married a second wife in this oily Dec. 27, last. He. claims he has no recollection of a marriage, and that If a ceremony was performed, he was under hypnotic Influence. The magistrate, who claims to have married' them, states that Peters rqade the arrangements. AN ALLEGED (01 YTIIHFEITER. Arrested In Connection With Penn sylvania Conspiracy. Philadelphia, June 6.—The United States secret service operatives sprung another surprise here to-night when they mode sn additional arrest In the great counterfeit ing conspiracy which was uneartlhed In this city and In Lancaster, Pa. The man apprehended to-night Is Daniel R. Hayes, a yard man In the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad, charged with having passed S2O counterfeit Hamilton head treasury notes, with which the etty recently has been flooded. He was held in SIO,OOO ball. DOKHS HAVE TAKEN AN OATH. They Agree to Cnntlnne the Strug gle to the Hitter End. London, June 7.—The Loren so Marques correspondent of the Times, telegraphing Juno 5, says; “According to refugees from Pretoria, thousands of burghers, under Gen. Botha,' have taken an oath to oontlnue the strug gle to the bitter end. "United States Consul Hollis started f r* the Transvaal to-day. The nature of his mission Is not m4de public here;” THE COLOMBIAN HE VOLUTION. Inaurgrnls Heported to llnve De feated the Government. Cnraras, Venezuela, June 6.—A dispatch from Cucuta, department of Santander, Venezuela, sacs that after thlrleen days of hghilng, the Colombian revolutionists have routed the government forces near Bt-caramanga, capturing a number of prisoners. Including Qen. Penasolana. Outrages on Pilgrims. Berlin, June ft.—'The series of outrages committed on May 24, at Bt. Peter's, In Rome, upon Oerman pilgrims and priests, by French pilgrims and priests, Is now being Investigated by both the Vatican and the Prussian minister at the Vatican. The latter has demanded full satisfaction. Chaplain of ItepubllcHiis, Philadelphia. June •.—Rev. Dr. Edgar M. Levy of this city received nottftept on from Senator Manna of hts selection ra chaplain to the National Republican Con vention.. . PAILT. It A TEAK t CENTS A COPT. WEEKLY 2-TiMEb-A-IVEEK.iI A TEAS BOERS IN A SAFE RETREAT. LYDENIH'RG IS FORTIFIED BY PHEt IIMTOXS HOCKS. There They Are Well and May Make n Stubborn Resist mice—British Opernttons Are nt • Standstill lor the Present—Hefn gees From Pretoria—lmportant Boer Army nt Lnlng’s ftek—A Proposition Made to Nntnl. London, June 7, 3:16 a. m.—Military op orations in South Africa are apparentlp at a standstill. For a day or two tha tired troops of I-ord Roberts are renting, and he is filling the magazines and ware houses ot his new base, Pretoria, prepar atory to a long chase after the retiring Boers In the direction of Lydenburg. Hi* cavalry sre probably seeking to Intercept Commandant General Botha. Some dispatches are lo hand which Pretoria Monday, while the fighting wafl godng on outside the city. They come bp way of Loreqzo Marques. One of then* say*: "Toward the end of the day when tha British naval guns were shelling lha southern forts, a number of projectile# burst, damaging the suburbs. All day tha Armed burghers have been leaving' Pres toria, going east. The greater part of tha railway rolling stock has been removed.. "Gen. Bolhn was fighting an essentially rear guard action, hts object being not t a defend Pretoria, hut to delay Lord Rob erts until the railway switch had been cleared and the main part of the Roep army had started to withdraw. The Brit ish advance appears to have left open ta the Boers the beat line of retreat alone the railway.” Possibly Lord Roberts may have beer* able to cut the railway before a full re tirement was effected. That Pretoria would be defended was apparently given out after the council of war, with a view of misleading the British, Lydenburg Well Fortified. Lydenburg, the district into which th# provisions originally destined for Pretoria have Teen diverted and where a Partrldga factory has been erected and reserve sup plies of all sorts are stored, is a voice nla region of fertile valleys, enclosed by great ramparts of precipitous rocks, penetrated by narrow; winding passes. There are herds of cattle in the valleys, and there is much native labor available for fortW lying. The Boers used both heavy and light artillery at Pretoria. What is supposed to have been the last train oijt of Pretoria arrived at Lorenzo Marques Sunday evening. The passengers Included a number of foreign volunteers, who were leaving the Boers, and also thg wive* nnd ctMlxhvn of th* Hotbusdey*. They (•described Pretoria aa 4->tltte of food an* e.'othlng. What the Boer officials could not take the natives and townspeople did. Probably the most important Boer army Is at Lalng'a Nek, where both sides are passive. Gen. Rundle and Gen. Brabant have withdrawn a little southward. Gen. Baden-Powell has extended marital law to the Marlco and North Lltchenberg districts. Shota were exchanged between Boer nnd British patrols eighteen miles east of Mafeking on May 28. Part of the forces lately at Pretoria are reported to have gone westward to meet Baden-Pow ell und 10 moke a show of holding th country through which he and Gen. Hun ter are moving. Ilurrs Are 1 norgnntxsil. A dispatch to the Dally Telegraph from Newcastle, dated Tuesday, describes tJgl Boers there ns nn unorganized rabble, without flour, meat or sugar. Their sur render Is only u question of time. Never theless the correspondent avers, they hold strong positions with the prospect of • safe letrest toward Lydenberg. It Is understod at Newra-Ue that tha British government has approach’d tha Natal government with the p oposlt n that Natal should voluntarily rthoutc* local self-government for a time, In order that a general system of crown govern ment may be instituted for all 8 uth Af rica, lending, In the course of time, to federation and the subsequent autonomy of the various states simultaneously. Ijourenzo Marques correspondents attach significance to the number of British wor ships In Delegoa Bay, suggesting that they ore there possibly In anticipation of aid ing the Portuguese In the event of dis turbances on Ih (Transvaal border. LORD ROBERT*’ HK4 EPTION. More Knthnalnam at Pretoria Than He Anticipated. London, June 6, 10:25 a. m.—Lord Robert# telegraphed to the war office as follows: •’Pretoria, June 5, 8:35 p. m.—The occu pation of the town passed off most satis factorily, and the British flag Is now hoisted on top of ths government offices. The troops met with a much more enthu siastic reception than I anticipated. The Third battalion of the Grenadier Guards lined the square when the march past toolc place. ‘‘Owing to their having been on luty at some distance around the town, very few cavalry and Infantry were üble to taka part In the ceremony. "Several of our officers who, had been prisoners were among Ihe onlookers.” A THREE DAYS' ARMISTICE IJollin and llnllcr In Conference at l.alnK’s !Yek. London, June 6.—A special dispatch from Lorenzo Marquez, dated Tuesday, June 6, says: “Gen. Buller and Christian Botha met at Lalng's Nek at Buller’s request, when a three days’ armistice was agreed upon.” The dispatch adds that the British have evacuated Utrecht. BODY BE UOKHS & t'lt RENDERED, Three Earls Captured With tile Im perial Yenmnnry. London, June 6—A belated dispatch from Mafrklng, dated May 21, announces the British occupation of Malmanl, where 200 Boers surrendered. Among the officers of the Thirteenth Imperial Yeomanry captured are the Earl of Lettrtm. the Earl of Longford and tha Earl of Ennlsmoor. Queer I’acksgr fnr-keelr. Indianapolis, Juno B.—There Is a mys terious package In the Postoffice at Mun cle. addressed to Charles F. W. Neely, and bearing the postmark of San Jose, Costa Rica. The government officers have secured an attachment for the par- Mia