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IIIh cavalry urc probably it-kin to Int-.'rojpt Commandant-Gen-1 1 ill Botha. LONDON, June (.A hpnlnl dispatch from I-oun nco Man ie. dated June S. nay: ' lluller and ehrlstiun Iloiha met at Lalni! Nik, at Bull-is request, when a three day' armistice was agreed itiwm.' The disputed odd thut the British evacuated Utrecht. Vntll the situation In the neighbor hood of IV torla la enlightened, the of fl. liiU here, a well K Others, Will find dltllculty In prognosticating Rob- erl.V Immc Jin t program. It appears cvl lent thai the Boer rotiimand'-r-ln-rhlt-f, CSeneral Botha, with all hla Kna, withdrew In food onlrr, protubly along the Delagoa Hay railroad, with a vlw of Joining I'real- l:nt Krmicr. Hd the Tranavaal forwea ri'inuln 'iiruvtlcally intact with Pri-M- il.'iita KruRi-r and Bleyn and Oneral Botha and Hicrctary of State Helta all nale and in a position to continue the direction affair. ThH more optlniltlc im in l!ic fact thnt l'iKldint Krugvr'a wife and tidii'ial liotha'a wife were left at I'iWitU an Imllcatlon that the preal di'iit do a not count on long ivnlntHnci. In any cnxe, It will probably take Iviibt'ttH a wt-rk at b'lixt to LiRanlxe a fi'inmliiii of mintult. The military HiiihnritU'S antlclpato that the next liiiiit'i-tunt newt will come from CJcn- nil llullcr'a direction. A iH-lntid cllhi'iitch from Mufcklng, dated Vny 31, announcea the Urltlxh in u iilltui of Malmanla, where 200 liMia auirciidered. NUW VOBK, June . A dlHpatoh to tliu Tribune from London saya: The pronii-nnd fnm Cupe Town to Pretoria wua ended yeaterduy, after a bititlo of nmneuvera, rather than serl oua nghting. Lord Huberts glvea a detailed dcacrlptlon of this engage ment and helps thereby to dignify the entry of the British troops into the cni'ltitl. The details have a hollow ring and It l not clear that the resistance offered by the Hoera was serious. The llocii', Vihin attacked by the mounted Infantry and the Yeomanry, fell back upon a position in the rear, where they had concealed several guns. The naval guns and the batteries of artllery moved up with the Infantry brigade behind them, and the DuUh retired. The Boers then made a feeble attempt to turn the left flank of the BiitiHh army, but were thwarted when Ucncral Hamilton's column of mount ed Infantry filled the gap. The Boers retreated and Lord Roberts', army, after bivouacking over night, entered Pretoria yesterday afternoon, the Guards leading the way. The casual ties were not heavy, and the engage ment was a series of maneuver's on each side, without desperate fighting, in the Dutch stronghold. Lord Roberts was embarrassed by the Earl of Rosslyn's enterprise lost ; week In revealing the helplessness of panic-stricken Pretoria, and the fa cility with which It could be entered by the British troops, and he was de prived of the credit of forcing his way Into the Boer capital, since the eager ness of the officials to surrender the town was proclaimed when he was not WB.AKB SOLE AGENT!? POK WILD'S INLAID LINOLEUM Tlicro is nothing bettor in the market for iloors. Colors run clear through to the lack. We also handle an extensive lino of plain niid printed .linoleum. Wo cull special attention to our line of All Wool Ingrain Carpets racgitg in price from 50c to $1.00 CHARLES HEILBORN & SON prepared to advance. By waiting rlx duys h gave the Buers time to recover from their panic and to make some show of defending the capital. The account of Monday's engagement and Tuesday's entry Is better reading fur each side In consilience of the delay. The Boer lutve the credit for (nuking a final stand at Hlx Mile Kprult and of seeking to aintunh the ISrlilnh u'nl then to outflank them and Lord Roberta, Instead of mar'hlng In several days nfier the enemy had scuttled out, has the satisfaction of entering the cupltrtl In gallant style after a sue cessful engagement Lord Huberts docs not appear o have used more than two brigades of Infan try, with a strong body of cavalry, snd, while the very guns were kept well In front, there was little work for them. He had stationed two brig ade of cav.ilry north of Pretoria and Oeneial Hamilton's column to the west and had not attempted to concentrate his forces, since the Boer commandoes were not strong. After a few hours of maneuvering the capital was left de fenseless. The forts constructed at the expense of the mine own.-rs 'and strengthened during the war, were abandoned, the Creusots and Krupps end the famous Long Toms, w hich were to render Pre toria Impr gnable, were taken east to the mountains and the capital, which President Kruger's burghers had boast ed would be defended for month after month, was suddenly left after a feeble engagement. The facility with which Johannes burg and Pretoria hav! been taken leads many military m'n to suspect that there Is a secret understanding between Presld nt Kruger and the PrltiHh government by which the war will be brought to an end without un necessary loss of life and wasteful de struction of property. This theory, while plausible cannot be proved, since neither President Kruger, nor Lord Roberts will admit that there has been any secr.H intrigue or that the closing scenes of the war have been prearranged In any sense. The safer generalixatlon Is that the Boers have fought rallantly against the resources of a mighty empire and have been finally overwhelmed by superior num bers and energy, and that Lord Rob erts hat worked out an intricate prob lem In the dynamics of war. He has known how much force was needed on the advance line, and what kind of force, und how to protect his line of communications most effectively by op erations on the eastern ilank under General Rundle. The campaign may now be said to have ended west of the line drawn from Pp-torla to Fkksburg. General Hun ter's division Is reported to have en tered Lhhtenburg. Lord Methuen will probably turn up at Potchtfstroom and General Baden-Powell and Gen eral Carrington will occupy Zeerust and Rustenberg. The occupation of Pretoria wilt probably dishearten the Free State forces and the Bethlehem, llarrlsmltli and Vrede districts will be gradually overrun by General Rundle's force. The remaining operations of the war will be restricted to the Lyren burg UlHtrict, to which the forces still holding Lalng's Nek must retreat through Ermelo. There are many Blgns that the strug gle will end In the course of a fort night and the details of surrender of Pretoria, communicated by Lord Rob erts at midnight, support this view. From Lord Roberts' report It appears that the Boers were driven back fair ly Into Tretoiia on Monday's engage ment, und that the surrender of the town was demanded. General Botha proposed an armistice for settling the terms of surrender and Lord Roberts replied that there could be no con ditions. General Botha decided agnlnst any attempt to defend the town, and the civil officials arranged for the en trv of the troops during the after noon as had been done at Johannes burg. The wives of General Botha and Pres ident Kruger remained In the town and no attempt was made to remove the British prisoners to Waterval. All the prisoners will be speedily re leased and the stand made in the Ly denburg district is not likely to be serious. MORE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEES. NEW YORK, June 6. The Social Labor party, in convention in this city today, nominated Joseph F. Mal orey, of Lynn, Mass-, for president of the United States, and Valentine Reb niell, of Pittsburg, for vice-president. A HOT TIME IN THE HOUSE Closing Sessions of Congress Marked by Bitter Debate. ADJOURNMENT NOT IN SIGHT Rcprestatatlve Caaioi Strips as l( (or tbc Prlie Rlo( ui Defies His AavtrMrics All Dlislly Throws. Away, aid Con greu Will Adjoara Row. WASHINGTON, June (.-When the house tonlgnt, at 10:30, took a recvfcs until 10 a. m. tomorrow, the two cham bers or the national legislature, with heads down and hums locked, were a desperate struggle. The inability to reach an agreement on the naval appropriation bill force J the senate to abandon the adoption of the houte resolution for a rlnal ad journment today. The armor plate question, which for Ave years has been a iharo in the side of eon arena, upset the calculations of lh-' senate leaders and their well laid plans went awry. It was a day of strife and turmoil in the senate. Early conferees on the naval bill re ported a disagreement and the senate was told plainly that the hoube would not consent to an amendement provid ing for an armor plate factory to be operated by the government. A compromise proposition was pre sented by Penroe (rep.) of Pennsylva nia, and after hours of debate, was rmally adopted by a vote of Z9 to 33. The discussion of the proposition developed unusual bitterness of feeling, and charges of robbery and political corruption were burled about the chamber with an abandon, which, if they had not fallen from lips of grave senators, would have been regarded as reckless. Little orse was heard in the heat of a ooliticar'coinpaigh.' . " Three o'clock, the hour agreed upon for ilnal adjournment, was pulsed and stilt the senate wrestle with the ar mor question. When the Penrose proposition was finally agreed to it was supposed to ckar the way but late tonight another disagreement was reached on the na val bill and the senate took an ad journment until 11 o'clock, tomorrow morning- The Penrose proposition is as fol lows: ' The secretary of the navy hi author ized to procure, by contract, armor of the best qu-illty, provided such con tracts can be made at a price which now, iu his judgment, is reasonable and equitable, but in case he is unable to make the contracts for armor under the above conditions, he is authorized to erect a factory for the manufacture of urmor, and $4,000,000 is appropriat ed toward the erection of such fac tory." In the senate this evening, when the suggestion was made by Cockrell, that an Informal recess be taken until the naval conference report was received from the house. Carter (rep.), of Mon tana, said the time sp?nt In awaiting the report "might be employed profi tably by anti-expansionists In submit ting their views on the Oregon elec tion." He directed au- r. fact that Representative Tonue.wh four years ago was elected by only sixty-five majority, had been re-elected this week by a majority of more than S.000. ."Oregon," said he, "gives a repub lican majority of 10,000 and this :nan Trneue. who has, consistently support ed the present administration, Puerto Rican tariff and all, has a known ma jority of more than 3.000 and back counties are yet to be heard from. "It seems to me that the time might be spent well In hearing; explanations of anti-expansionists tor this condi tion of affairs In Oregon." He predicted a victory for McKinley this fall. The first gun of the campaign has been fired In Oregon, which has given a republican majority of 10.000 In the face of the Puerto Rican tariff and despite of the erring, wandering way of men said to be criminal in Cuba." Carter then entered upon a general discussion of the Philippine situation, from a political point of view. Mason (rep.), of Illinois, mude a half-humorous, half-serioua reply to Carter. He declared that, the republi can party had carried Oregon, in spite of, and not because of our Philippine policy on our policy towards the Puerto Rlcans, and our treatment of the Boers in South Africa, Turn3r said he had not gotten Into the chamber in time to hoar all of the "stump speech" of Carter, but he had arrived In time to hear him place McKlnl'.-y firmly in the White House as a result of the next campaign. Turner then sharply criticised the republican leaders for forcing an ad journment when there were public measures demanding attention. These included the Nicaragua canal bill, the anti-trust bill and the eight hour bill. The pro'eedlngs in the house during the day were tame and without dra matic incident. This was partly due to the fact that firm position was taken by the house on the armor plate provision which transferred the fight to the lloor of the senate and to the obstinate refusal of Lentz, an Ohio democrat, to permit any unanimous const-nt to legislation until the repub lican leaders had agreed to allow the testimony In the Coeur d'AIcne Inves tigation to be printed. Lcn'.z hold the house by the throat alt day, and except for privileged mat ters, thine legislative were practically at a standstill . But tonight there was enough ex citement to compensate for the dullness of the day session. The house got Its dander up over the failure of Its conferees to abide by their instruction on the ocean survey Item and after an exceedingly sensa tional rivhute In which Cannon, chair man of the appropriations committee, made some startling disclosures us to the manner In which Commander Todd, hydrosrapher of the nivy had waged his campaign against the stand taken by the house In favor of coast and geodetic burvey during the ocean work. The house rejected the conference re port by an overwhelming majority and the speaker took the almost unprece dented course of appointing new con ferees on the part of the houeg, who are not members of the naval commit tee. The debate was one of the bitterest and most heated of the session. Cau nn, in the excitement of the moment, took off his collar and necktie, and with sleeves rolled up, Aroused the houfe to a tremendous pitch of enthus iasm as he dealt the conferees sledge hammer blows. The galleries, crowded to the doors, cheered the picturesque fight of the grizzled old veteran until the fretted ceillnx rang. The conferees defended their course as best they could, and Foss, acting chairman of the commit tee, resentid with bitter language the charg? that he had betrayed the house. . Hot words were handed back and forth but the house was in an ugly mood and was resolved to right the sen ate to a flnldh. The appointment as conferees, of Cannon, Moody and Sraf orth. nil of whom are In sympathy with the house's position, assures no sur render" on thslr part until the house itself shall dlre.-t them to yield. IS AGl'INALDO DEAD? Report From Manila Says Reported Killing Is Pur-ly Guess-Work. MANILA, June 6. A dispatch from Candon, dated June 4, says: "Major P. C. March's men, of the Thirty-third regiment, returned to Candon today by steamer from ApparL The majority of the men are ready for the hospital. They are thin and weak, having travelled 250 miles In the mountains, during which they suf fered greatly from hunger. Of fifty horses which started with the battalion, only thirteen survived. The battalion practically collapsed at Plal. thirty miles from Tuguearao, as the result of fevers and exhaustion. "The officers say It Is all guess work as to whether Aguinaldo was shot. Before the Americans struck Sagat, the insurgent chief divided his forces Into parties of ten, following different trails. The report among natives Is that Aguinaldo was wounded in the shoulder. "The papers shoy that nearly all the presidents installed by the Americans In General Young's territory are treacherous and have been making reg ular repprts to Aguinaldo as to the disposition and movements of the American troops, and they have been collecting and forwarding taxes. Cap tured papers also prove the disloyalty of native telegraph operators. They have been sending Aguinaldo soples of important telegrams exchanged between American officials, and letters were also found relating to large contribu tions forwarded to Aguinaldo from Spanish and other foreign business men. STEUENBERG TRIUMPHS. People of Idaho Sustain the Governor in Attitude on Strike. LEWISTON. Ida., June 6. The forces of Governor Steunenberg triumphed to day in the state democratic conven tion by seating the contesting dele gation from Shoshone county, friendly to the governor, by a vote of 152 to 77. The result is a practical endorsement of Governor Steun-?nberg's administra tion as applied to the Coeur d'Alene troubles, as the fight was made al most entirely on that line. The oppo sition to the governor made a stub born fight for two days. The Steunenberg men contend that the Shoshone county democratic con vention was controlled by populists who captured the primaries under the dictation of those responsible for labor troubles. On a preliminary vote to seat neither delegation the proposition was defeated by a vote of 132 to 97. The vote on this contest Bhowed Steunenberg's control of the convention and the opposition then gave way. Resolutions were passed which en dorsed Bryan for the presidency and Colonel James. Hamilton Lewis, of Washington, for the vice-presidency, and favor the fusion of all reform forces in the campaign. SITUATION GROWS STEADILY WORSE Chinese "Boxers" to Extermi nate Foreigners on Sunday. POWERS LAND MORE MARINES Imperial Orders to Suppreii tbc "Boxers', Iisucd From Pekla, Bat No Heed Will Bt Paid-Fltht Wltb Catholics. TAKING, June 6. The situation Is growing steadily worse. Events move with such rapidity and affairs, owing to the excitement of the natives, sre so critical, that the foreign ministers hold frequent meetings. They feel the need of a free hand for energetic action. wThout perpetual ref erence to their home governments. TIEN TSIN. June (.A blood pla card threatens 'he extermination of foreigners here on June 10. It is rumored that the Boxers and Catholic Christians fought at Tung Hu Tuesday, three Christians being killed. One hundr?d and thirty-one .British, 31 German, 50 French and 45 Ita'lan marines have arrived here. These re inforcements render Tien Tpln secur. PEKIN'I, June (-A strong imper ial edict lssu?d this evening censures "the cowardlinMS of the Imperial troops" and ord?rs the viceroy of Pe Chi LI and General Jung Lu Imme diately to suppress the Boxers. SHANGHAI. June 6. Soldiers dis patched to attack the Boxers have fought an engagement quite close to Peking. Many were killed on both sides. In consequence of the representa tions, of -Japan,-th landimr-ef-ar large Russian force at Taku Is alleged to have been stopped- It Is believed here that should Russia persist In sending a prepondering mil itary for:e to the front, a collision with Japan will Inevitably result. Alarm in? reports are current here of the hurried completion of the mobolizatlon of the Japanese fleet. The Russian minister at Peking, M. Dcigrer. has made another attempt to Induce th? Chinese foreign office to formally request Russian assistance to res'ore order, but the offer has not yet bwn accepted. Violent dissensions are reported to exist between the Chinese commander-in-chief of the forces, Jung Lu, and Prince Chlng Tuan, who, in accord ance with the wishes of the Dowager Empress, is strongly supporting the cause of the Boxers. The mobs who murdered the English missionaries, Robinson and Norman, mutilated and dlsembowied the bodies. The station at Tan Tin, three miles from Peking, has been burned- The British minister. Sir Claude Mc Donald, Is reported to be quite 111. J POLITICS IN CUBA. Amalgamation of Party Organizations Not Favored By Party Leaders. HAVANA, June 6. All the political parties, through their representative newspapers, have pronounced against the plan of General Maximo Gomez to amalgamate the party organizations. Members of the cabinet say the scheme Is not feasible, as such an election would not tarry any recognition from the United States. More than this they assert that an amalgamation is unnecessary, as they have an assur ance from the United States govern ment that a convention will, be called as soon as possible after the elections of all the mayors, to form a constitu tion which will be presented for rat ification to the next congress. Con sequently, as they argue. If General Gomez were to carry out his plan of taking a plebiscite, it would make even the friends of Cuba believe It lmpossi bin for the Cubans to do anything with out fighting among themselves. AMERICA DAY AT OXFORD. Degrees From the English University to Be Conferred on Prominent Americans. NEW YORK. June B.-A dispatch to the Tribune from London gays: Th?re will be no commemoration at Oxford this month on account of the war. but there will be an "America day, on which a series of honorarv grees will be conferred at a i . meeting of the convocation. Trie list will include the presentation of a i gree of doctor of civil law to Char'.- Eliot Norton, of Harvard; doctor 7r dlvinity to the Rev. Morgan Dix, iln'l doctor of science to Profc-sKor CIijV' ler, of Columbia, and rrof.-iu.,, ...'. Baldwin, of Princeton. The lait Tl " gree is remarkable, since 0nrh ,i ' " has never before had a scientific rt-r, nition of this kind in an Epi-V ?" versity.