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. WITH REVERSES
Imperial Yeomanry Captured by
Boer Forces.
METHUEN DOHS GOOD WORK
Lard Roberts (lives OcUtli ol (be Surrtadi f
ol Pretoria-Boer (Uunl't Art ol
Treachery-Orcil Strategy ol (be
Emllih ComrniBdcr.
M)NIHN. June a.-Th war office
hiix received the following letter from
Irl Hubert
"Pretoria. June, t, U.K p. ni. Jut
iM fuiM (lurk ymlerday the enemy was
tx- it"n back frnnr nearly nil the posi
tion liti-y had been holding and ln
Hamilton's mounted tnfuntry followed
th.m lo within J.000 yurds of Pretoria,
thr.iunh whlh they ictreated hantlty.
Dc I-le then mnt an oIIHer with a
fl ig or truce Into Ihe town, demanding
Hk nurnndcr In my name. Shortly
before midnight I was awakened by
two official of th South AfrUun r
iuibili KunilUcrK. inlnlmur to Com-
innnil.itil Hiillia. and a Krnoiul oltli:r
of tlm H' r army, who brouKht me a
U titr trim Uothn propoilnR an arml
Hi'u for (lit. purpomi of airtiilng the
t'Tiim of nurrvndi-r.
' I repllrd that I would gladly fnt
tin- romiiMiiilant-gnicral thf next
nioriiliiir, but that I ai not prepared
to illnruhH any trrma a to the aur-
r"iii!T of the town, which mut be
uii'oniltlnnl.
I akrd for a reply by daybivak,
ai I had orJ.Ttid a dtiachmcut of
troop to march on the town aa aoon aa
It wim lliflit.
"In hi nrly Uotlia told me that he
httd declilfil net to defend Tretorla, and
thnt h truated the women, children
and property would be protected.
'At Urn, tmlay, while In the line
of narrh, I u nv.-t by thn-e ofll
claln, wllh a fa of truce, who atoted
thi'lr wIkIi to aurrender th tuwa.
"It wua arranced that Pretoria ahould
be titken poxai'Mlon of by her majes
ty's trooit at S o'clock thla afternoon.
' Mi, rtotha and lira. KrugT are
both In Pretoria.
Home of the Brltlnh prlKonera have
bovn taken away, but a majority of
tli'in ate atlil At Waterval. Over one
hunrtr.-d of the oflWm are In Pretoria
The few I hnve aeen are looking
well."
The following la the text of a dis
patch from Inl Roberta, announcing
the dlduster to the Thirteenth battal
ion of the Imperial Yeomanry (Irish).
''Pretoria Station, June S, 12:ba p. m.
I rt Kfet to report that the Thirteenth
Imperial Yeomanry had to aurrender to
a very huimtIot force of the enemy
on May SI, near Llndley. On receiv
ing Information of (he battalion be
ing uttucked. I ordered Methuen to
proceed with all upeed to Ita assistance.
Methuen waft then on the march, on the
Ilellbron side of Krooiwtad, and half
an hour after the receipt of my tele
gram, on June 1, he started off. By
It) a. m.. the following day, he had
mnrelK'd 44 miles n .5 hours, but he
was too late to rescue Colonel Sprage'a
Yeiniamy. Methuen attacked the
Itoers, who weie between 2.000 anl
3.000 atrottir. and. aft?r a running fight
of Ave hours, completely routed the
enmy.
U 1 a very regrettable circumstance,
but I trust It will not be very long be
fore the Irish YeDmanry are released
from captivity."
LONDON.June R, 11 A. M. It Is offt
clally announce-i that tiord Roberts
occupied Six Mile Borult on June 4.
NF.W YORK. June 5.-A dispatch to
the Tribune from London, says:
There hns been a complete embargo
on war news for 24 hours. A column
can be filled with things which the pub
lic U not allowed to know, such as Gen
eral Roberts' plan of campaign against
Fretnrlav General Culler's progress In
turning the Uocrs out of Lalng'a Nek,
tho direction and extent of the move
ments from the western border Into
tho Transvaal,, under Hunter, Methuen,
13aden-Powell and, Carrlngton, the
whereabouts of French and Hamilton,
and the full effects of the counter
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tion of the scraps of Information which
th censor permits to pass over the
wins. These relate mainly to General
Warrens light with the rebels In the
Poorwhlte district. Generals Rundle's
reconnaissance In force, which was
converted Into a serious engagement;
the capture of two nf Brabant's pa
trols neur Prlcksburg, the uncertain
ties of the situation at Pretoria and the
flight of the Boer officials to the coast
Or to the mountains. News of real Im
potence Is suppressed and It Is not
practicable for the shrewdest expert to
ascertain what Is going on at the front
or to forecast the date for the occupa
tion of Pretoria. The war office closed
at midnight without throwing any light
upon the confused situation.
It Is probable that General Roberta'
Inaction at Johannesburg Is due to the
necessity for receiving reinforcements
before ordering a fresh advance. He
has only four brigades of infantry on
the advance line and one of these must
be left behind to guard Johannesburg.
Three brigades Vf Infantry, as many
brigades of cavalry and a division of
mounted Infantry, hardly suffice for the
occupation of Pretoria, especially whef!
tho railway ned to be guarded. It Is
reasonable to assume that he is wait
ing either for the columns to appear
from the western frontier or that his
line of communication has been brok
en by the raiding operations of the Free
Btate commandoes, or that the Dutch
operations on the eastern flank have
been successful at any point. General
Roberts Is waiting until he Is fully
prepared to drive the Boers from Pre
toria and possibly to Intercept a por
tion of their force-
The mystery with which , General
French's movements are Invested has
not been explained. The military ex
perts agree that he Is the only general
on the British side who haa devised
new tactics during the campaign. He
has taught his trooers to ride fully
14 yards apart and to advance by a
series of rushes over a tone of fire,
horse and rider when In motion being
a less exposed target than an Infantry
man. The mounted Infantry are train
ed by him to approach at Intervals In
threes, one trooper holding three horses
while the other two fire their rifles
and all galloping on for a fresh rush.
French's cavalry tartlcs In the Judg
ment of experts are likely to revolu
tionize modern warfare.
LONDON. June 5. The war office
this morning Issues the following dis
patch received from Lord Roberts:
"SIX MILES SPRUIT, 8:30 P. M.,
June 4. We started this morning at
daybreak, and marched about 10 miles
to Six Miles Spruit, both banks of
which were occupied by the enemy.
Henry's and Rosa' mounted infantry
with the West Somerset. Dorset, Bed
ford and Sussex companies of yeoman
ry, quickly dislodged them from the
south bunk and pursued them nearly a
mile when they found themselves un
der a heuvy fire from guns which the
Boera had pluced In a well concealed
commanding position.
"Our heavy guns of the naval and
heavy artillery which had purposely
been In front of the column, were hur
ried to the assistance of the mounted
Infantry as fast as oxen and mules
ould travel over the great rolling
hills, surrounding Pretoria. The guns
were supported by Stevenson's brigade
of Pole-Carew and after a few rounds
drove the enemy from their positions.
"The Boers then attempted to turn
our left flank In which they were again
foiled by the mounted Infantry and
yeomanry supportod by Maxwell's bri
gade of Tucker's division. As, how
ever, they still kept pressing our left
rear, I sent word to Ian Hamilton,
who was advancing three miles to our
I' ft. to Incline toward us and fill up
the gap between the two columns,
This Anally checked the enemy, who
were driven back toward Pretoria. I
hoped, we would have been able to fol
low them up, but the days now are
very short In this part of the world,
and, after nearly two hours marching
and fighting, we had to bivouac on
the ground gained during the day.
"The Guards' brigade Is quite near
the southernmost fort by which Pretoria
Is defended and less than four miles
from the town"
LONDON. lune 6. The Lourenco
Marques correspondent of the Times,
telegraphing June . says:
"Lour?nco Marques Is swarming with
foreigners who had been assisting the
(Continued on Fourth Page.)
AGENTS I'OK
THROW DIGNITY
TO THE WINDS
Senators Mark Closing Sessions
by Disgraceful Debates.
HOUSE NOT MICH BETTER
Every Speech Tlejed With the Comlsj Pe-
lllkal Csstpslis Tke Opts Lie (be
Floer Narrowly Avoided- Imperii st .
Presidential Appotatneats.
WASHINGTON, June 6. A tornado
of partisan debate swept over the sen
ate today, with Senators Hanna, Pct-
tlgrew and Carter, the chief figures.
For senatorial criminations and re
criminations, for bitter personalities
and for poignant Invective, the debate
exceeded anything beard on the door
of the chamber for many years. Tiie
lie was not passed directly, but truth
fulness of statement was challenged
very sharply.
Bacon (dem.), of Georgia, precipitat
ed a scene by repeating the charge
made several days ago by Pettigie'.v,
that Cramp, the Philadelphia ship
builder, had contributed $400,0o0 to .the
republican campaign fund in W2 with
the understanding that be should be
reimbursed by contracts -tor the con
struction of wart lips for the govern
ment.
The charge. Bacon said had neither
been deuled by Hanna, the pieBeat
chairman of th national committee,
nor by Carter, who waa the chairman
of the committee In 1693.
Then the storm broke.
Hanna vigorously denied any knowl
edge of such a ' transaction and ex
pressed his opinion that It was false.
Carter declared the statement, prop
erly, could be branded only as a lie.
1'eitigreiv not only reiterated the
statement, but created a tremendous
serration by assorting' that his au
thority was no less a person than Mr.
....iid.'.'. and '.hat, in conversa
tion wT'i Carter, that Senator Uai
sub-staniliiUy venVJ iba rt'jij.
He aiK) attacked HaunA relative lo
hta ele.-tlm lo the senai.
Hanna i. ,'.ed in kind, and expressed
a doubt of the South Ljulan' ma
ny.
Most of the day was given to con
ference reports and odds and ends of
business, preparatory to final adjourn
ment. A night session was held.
The bouse entered the throes of dis
solution today and ail day and all
evening the galleries were crowded.
Picturesuqe Incidents were few.
Pratisan passion, runnii: high In the
face of the impending presidential
campaign, broke out several times dur
ing the afternoon, and hot words were
bandied across the political isle.
Hull (rep.), of Iow-a, and Lents (dem.)
of Ohio, crossed iwords and later
Grosvencr (rep.), of Ohio, and Gaines
(dein.), of Tennessee, had a lively en
counter. Throughout the day, at every
opportunity, there was a play for poli
tical advantage and taunt and chal
lenge were bandied back and forth.
But all this waa merely incidental to
the work of crowding through the big
supply bills, which bad the right-of-way.
During the Intsrmlm between
consideration of conference reporst.
members clamor ;d like mad men in
a wheat-pit on a panic day, for recog
nitlon for private bills upon which
their political salvation might depend.
At the night session the ga.leries
were thronged with gaily arrayed wo
men and the Aoor was a veritable bed'
lam.
Hour after hour the conferees strug
gled on with their reports, the speak
er, firm and resolute, steering tne
house througn the turmoil and confu
slon.
Toward midnight the galleries thin
ned out but the legislators, with pios
pects of an all night session ahead, re
mained in their places, getting what
comfort they could from the knowledge
that tomorrow the end would come.
The president today sent the fol
lowing nominations to the Benate; John
A. Russell, Illinois, attorney-gneeral of
Puerto Rico; Samuel C. Bothwell,
iuerto Rico, marshal supreme of Puer
to Rico; William H- Elliott, Indiana,
commissioner of Interior, Porto Rico;
W. F. Frear, Hawaii, chief Justice of
the supreme court of Hawaii; C. A,
Galgiagiht and Antonio Perry, Hawaii,
associate Justices of the supreme court
of Hawaii.
The senate today confirmed the nuni
nation of Brigadier-General Elwell S.
Otis to be major-general.
The president today nominated Brig
adler-General Joseph Wheeler, U. 8.
V., to bo brigadier-general, U. S. A.
REPORT FROM GENERAL WOOD,
I.Ut.of I'e;nt Casualties From Our
Army In Cuba.
WASHINGTON, June 5. General
Wood s latest casualty list in Cuba is
as follows:
Death report 20th to 31st .of May,
Columbia Barracks, Quemados; First
Class Sergeant Charles T- Sherwood,
sfnal corps, dlel 31st, yellow ever;
Private Frank Ellck, K, First Infantry,
drowned at Plnar del Rio, 28th.
Santiago Pa:k Master James Pie
bum, died at Kl Carney, 2tli, b rnl
cious malaria.'
Santa ClaraP'jt Commissary Ser
geant HO ward Murphy, died 2ith, yel
low fever.
HOT TIME IN IDAHO.
Democrat Enjoying a Family Row of
No Small Proportions Mining
Matters the Cause of the
Trouble.
LEWI3TON, Ida., June 5. The state
democratic convention, to elect nation
al delegate, convened this afternoon,
with John Halley,' state chairman, pre
siding. ' .
There were 228 delegates represented,
about 120 being present, exclusive of
the contesting Shoshone delegations of
twelve each. The full convention con
sists of 24f. ' ,
Kor temporary chairman. Governor
Sleuiienberg forces nominated E. M.
Wolfe, of Elmore, and the opposition,
II. (. Jackson, of Ado. The vote re
sulted In 114 ballots for each and the
chairman declined to decide.
in a second ballot the Steunenbrg
crowd lost three votes and Jackson was
elected. This gives the appointment of
the credentials, and other committees,
to the opposition. A recess was then
taken, which was subsequently male
an adjournment until tomorrow morn
ing, to enable the Shcwhone contention
to be thoroughly Investigated.
Th credentials committee's report
will favor the seating of the antl
Sletjn. n'-erg delegation from Shoshone,
but Stuenenberg hopes to defeat the
report in the convention, although his
defeat on ' temporary organization
manes this look doubtful. Idaho
county holds the pivotal vote. The
anti-administration delegates at first
only held out for no resolutions at all
teaching state uffalrs, nut declared if
any commendation was attempted
they wctiidf try to denounce Coeur
d'AIene Administration.
Conservative democrats are now at
tempting to bring the two factions to
gether by a resolution conjmendlng the
administration In general terms and
excluding any personal or specific ref
erences whatever. If this . is not ac
ceptable there will probably be a
bolt, as neither side will stand the
success of the other. The convention
will rewnvene at 10 o'clock, tomorrow
morning.
RADICAL VICTORY IN ITALY.
The Majority of the Former Cabinet
Beaten, Including President
Colombo.
NEW YORK. June 5. The Herald's
cable dispatches says that while the
Italian ministry apparently was sus
tained In the elections, the result was
really a radical victory. The Herald's
Rome correspondent says:
The majority of the former parlia
ment as well as Its former president,
Colombo, were beaten, Slgnor Colombo
losing his seat at Milan.
At last the government understands
its mistake in not having taken ad
vantage, on May 15, of the law which
was voted on April 3, to put an end to
obstruction.
The advanced parties have gained
nearly 200 seats and the north will be
In a great part opposed to the govern
ment. In short, the result foreseen,
by all sensible people has been reached
which Is, that the government now is
going to find Itself obliged either to act
against the opposition which has be
come still more powerful, dissolve par
liament for a long time and govern
by decree, or finally the Pelloux minis
try will have to resign without any
body being able to see what ministry
can replace it with any chance of last
ing. There are no other means of escaping
from the present situation which has
become graver than ever on account of
the mistake of the government and
conservatives of all shades.
Rome re-elected its five present dep
utiesthree conservatives and two so
cialists. Milan has shown by a perceptible in
crease of voters Its well known republi
can sentiments.
Only energetic measures can put
things In good order If the ministerial
ists, who have mere than 270 members
elected, will support seriously General
Pelloux.
FREIGHT RATES CUT.
Presidents' Agreement Violated By the
General Eastern Freight Agents.
NEW YORK, June 5. The Times
says:
General Eastern freight agents of
lines west of Chicago, who have here
tofore refused to accept business at
cut rates, went through the wholesale
district yesterday and solicited busi
ness of every kind at the lowest rates
they could make to suit the shippers
without regard to the presidents' agree
ment. The offers of these agents con
stituted the first open violation of the
presidents' agreement. In this city.
When it became known that some of
the western lines had offered to take
business at reduced rates, the result
was that all the other lines took the
same step, and the complete demoraliz
ation of rates on west bound business
originating in eastern territory Is now
an assured fact.
IT MAY MEAN
WAR WITH CHINA
Obscure Dispatch Received From
Admiral Kernpff.
ALL THE POWERS INVOLVED
Boxers Cootlone to Butcher Fere!jscrs
Wherever They Are Fosad Unprotected,
sad Chlactc Troops Desert th Army
to Jols la the Murder.
WASHINGTON. June 5. The scr.v
tary of the navy received the follow
ing cablegram from Admiral Kernpff,
commanding the Newark, lying at Ta
ku forts at the mouth of the Pel If11
river, dated Taku. June 5: . "
"Engagement has commenced. Have
landed a force of 50 teamen more, bat
talion of marines. KEMPFF."
The cipher message Is not legible,
and it Is supposed at the navy depart
ment that the admiral means that he
has landed SO seamen to reinforce bat
talion of marines already ashore.
SHANGHAI, June 5. Russian trop
have been ordered from Port Arthur
to the neighborhood of Peking to pun
ish the Boxers for killing two Cos
sacks and wounding two others.
TIEN TSIN, June 5. News has
Just been received from the viceroy,
through men he sent to Yung Ching,
that Mr. Norman, of North China,
mission, was murdered on Friday or
Saturday.
A representative of the Associated
Press visited Huang Tsnu, on the Peking-Tien
Tsln railway, today and
found that the station and two bridges
had been burned. The officers com
manding' the Chinese troops there said
that 200 of his men had bolted and on!y
50 remained. These fought well, kill
ing a number of Boxers. All the Chi
nese railway employes are deserting
their posts and the troops sent to
guard the stations appear to be worse
than useless. " -
SHANGHAI. Monday. The Shanghai
Gazette says It has the highest author
ity for stating that the Dowager 'Em
press has ordered the Tsung LI Ya
men to face all Europe rather - than
to Interfere with the Boxers' move
ment. Elsewhere it Is asserted that
the Viceroy has ordered troops to op
pose the further landing of parties
from foreign warships, and that troops
now engaged in operations are design
ed to prevent further foreign rein
forcements reaching Peking.
WASHINGTON, June 5. The state
department has received a cablegram
from Minister Conger, at Peking, stat
ing that matters have taken a much
mnre serious turn, there.. No details
are given, but it is indicated that the
Boxers' actvlty is extending very close
ly to the Chinese capital.
HARTFORD GOE3 TO EUROPE.
Pacific Coast Landsmen to Complete
Their Training In the Medi
terranean. NEW YORK. June 5. A special to
'the Tribune from Washington, i-nys
the frigate Hartford, which has Just
made the stralght-awuy voyage from
Pan Francisco to Newport News, U
to be ordered to Europe to complete the
education of her crew, who shipped
from the Pacific Coast as landsmen
under a four years' enlistment. Their
cruise around Cape Horn gave them
scmethlng more than a rudimentary
knowledge of maritime life, and after
the run across the Atlantic they will
probably be fit for regular warship
duty. When the Hartford reaches the
French coast next month she will be
the flagship of a squadron of training
ships in European waters larger than
ever before assembled abroad by the
United States. The others will be the
Dixie, now on her way to the Mediter
ranean from Manila; the BufTalo, the
Essex and the Lancaster.
PROBABLE LYNCHING.
Negro Fiend Held By Mob Awaiting
Identification By Victim's Mother.
MOBILE, Ala, June 6. A mob at
Mississippi City has taken a negro
named Askew, suspected of outraging
and murdering Miss Wltersteln late
Saturday night, from Jail and have
gone with hlra Into the woods. . The
mob's Intention Is to make the necro
confess.
A later dispatch from MlByBmr,p
City says that investigation has con
firmed the mob in the belief that' As
kew Is the man who murdered the girl
His clothing was found covered with
blood and he could not explain it
Undoubtedly the mob would ha.,.
hanged the negro then and there but
the mother of the younfj piii ut -k
mfnaes owklnir ;,1M
brought to Blloxl for her Identifica.
tion- Askew will be taken to I;lioxi
about daylight by boat and t!ie h.u,-'.
ing will probably take place there