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KRUGER WILL NOT
CONCEDE DEFEAT
Declares Boer Reverses
Merely Temporary.
Are
BLOWS SMOKE AND DEFIANCE
Boer President Siys till Prim Palace
Cir, No! Pretoria, li tbe Capital ol
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LONDON, June . The executive of
ficer of the Transvaal government are
In a railway lar, which la shunted on
a will h at Machadorp.
I'rculil.-nt Kxwy.it caused Die Inter
lui of the '-oat h to be reconstructed
noiiin lime ago w 1th a view to the
contingent ! Hint have now arrived. A
('omnieindcnt of the Dally Expreax,
who went from Lourcncu Murque to
see Pn-sldcnl Krugvr. waa received
yexterday. The president wit smoking
a long l(. Mi) looked worried but his
hearing wa quid and dciermln.-d
He did no! mnhc the least objection to
bllig interviewed.
"Vra." ml I resident Krugvr. "It
la quite true :hat the Biltleh have oc
cupM Pretoria. This .however, dot
mt end th- war. The burgher ue
fully clrl.Tinln.'d to fight to the last,
They will nev-.'r rum-nder no long as
DflO armed mit n-nmln in the country.
I feel j-ntiui-A'-trd by the fine w.rk
Blij and Povt are doing In the Frte
State."
The rorro'jHin 1 -nt suggested hal the
war wa over. lunsmuch aa the capital
had been taicn.
"The rnplfal." exclaimed rrenldent
Kruger, with energy, "what I a inp'
Ital?" It ctie not conalft of any par-
tleulur rolleetlon of brick and morlnr
The ouplUU of the republlit, i the aeat
of aov.'inintnt, I here In this car,
There la no mnglo about any aperlnl
lk.lit. Our country la Invaded, It la
true,, but It la not conquered. The
government Ih itl!l fflHllve.,,
Iteferrlnjc to the reaaona why he left
f'liloiln. Krugef 'aid:
'1 v'vnn not fooiiiili enoiiKh to br tak
en prisoner. I provided thla meniiK of
H-oniollon precisely for the, same rea-
aon aa our burghera auply tlieniH' Ives
with liorwa ehcn they take the field,
'It la nefrHMiry that I ah uld be
able to move quickly from place to
place. That la all. Hyo and bye, this
our will take me back to Pretoria,
For Ihrt preicMit It enubloa ine to kivp
aay from Pretoria, whore I ahould be
of no aervlce and only play Into the
haiula of the enemy."
"They any, .Mr. Kruger,," remarked
the convHpomlent, "that you have
brought with you gold to the value of
.000,000."
"It Ix not true." replied the pre.
dent. "Whatever monetary reaourcea
I may have with me are simply thoae
we require for atate purposes. At th
sumo time, I am not irolng to tell you
v h r.; our treasure Is. Let Huberts find
. If ho ran,"
"They ntso wy In London, Mr. Kru-
ger, that you contemplate taking ref
uue on a Dutch mnu-of-war at Lour-
enco RIarqueg."
"That, again, la a He. I do not con
template reruRP anywhere. I shall not
enve my country."
The correspondent "Then, sir, there
Is much surprise at your having left
Mrs. Kruger behind."
President Kruger "But Why? Mrs.
Kruger Is quite .safe In Pretoria. She
would only be put to personal Incon
venience here. All communication be-
ween us Is stopped, of course, but
she will await my return with talm-
ness and courage-. Bhe is a brave wo
man. I am awaiting further Information."
LONDON. June 7. In the absence
of anything from British source en-
llKhtenlng the Boer statement " that
eneral Puller requested a three-days'
ui nilstlce, the military experts here are
ncllned to believe a revised version
of the story will show that General
Puller summoned the federals to sur
render or evacuate their positions with
in three days, falling In which he will
attack them.
According to a dispatch from Lou-
rnco Marques uinl-r today' date the
Hoera under General Botha are again
concentrating in the .neighborhood of
Malherly, twelve miles east of Pret.r!a.
From the surne Koune.lt Is reported
that the Ilrltlsli prisoners are 'x-lng
removed to Nooltg;d vht from the un
healthy spot In the Klund's valley.
About M men rca'.-h:d there June 6
and 7on June t. ..'
The trained relations Between the
secretary f stat for war, the Marquis
of lansdown. and the British com
mander In chief of the forces. Lord
Wolseley, aptK-ar to have rea-hPd such
a pitch that but f ir the exegencie of
the situation. Lord Wolseley would have
n-slgned. It seems that Lord Lans
doune attempted to usurp some of the
authority always heretofore wielded by
the commander-in-chief, and the lat
ter la now said to nave laid the whole
matter before Lord Fallsbury.
NEW YOHK, June 7. A dispatch to
the Tribune from London says:
"Bobs" may be mut-r of Pretoria,
but general apathy Is in command of
the L'nlted Kingdom. The war la re
gurded B virtually ended, since the
utmost which the Boers ran expert is
success In pouncing upon Isolated com
mands her and there, and this will be
follow e.d by embarrassment In finding
places where primmer can be confined
and fed. '
Uird Hubert' first work at Pretoria
Is to release the prisoners at Waterval,
which General French has probably
already accomplished, although the offl-.
rial news haa not been received.
Their number haa been roughly esti
mated at four thousand, but a large
proportion of them w ill probably be un
lit for duty after their long confine
ment. "The British line from Hellbron
through Llndley and Senekal to Flcka
burg, la now held to strongly that an
advance toward Frankfurt and Beth-l-hem
set-ems Imminent The capture
of the yeomanry force will serve to
convince Free State leaders that their
REMARKABLE SCENE
IN THE IIOUS
Party Passion and Persona
Rancor Forgotten.
AND ALL HAVE A JOLLY TIM
FoMowlnj a Scsmi of Bitter Simple
Nalloul Question, RtprcicaUtlvts
Hive Lore Fcut ii Sif
Some Patriotic Aire.
WASHINGTON, June 7.-Congress
adjourned sine die at 6 ocloc
anernoon. in marked con
trast with the exciting Incidents at
tending the blttr struggle of the
closing hours of the session. Speaker
Henderson laid down his gavel at
o'clock thla afternoon at tho couclu
slon of one of the most picturesque
scene which haa ever occurred In the
hall of the representative.
Party passion and personal rancor,
which have brought the house to the
brink of actual riot at times durln
L. I.. ... -
me luai inriy-eigni nours, gave way
at the closing half hour to g-ood fel
icwHhip, which ended In a patriotic
outburst that stirred the crowded gal
leilea to the highest pitch of enthusi
asm.
During a brief recess, taken within
thirty minute of the time fixed for
final adjournment, to give the presi
dent an opportunity to affix hia Blgna
ture to bills that were being rushed
to him for approval, a group of mem
bers. led by Mercer, Ball, Fitzgerald
and Tawney. congregated in the area
to the left of the speaker's rostrum
and began singing patriotic airs. The
bold stroke did not prevent the fall of j Kallerie were banked . to the doors
coiumLia, oem of the Ocean," "Auld
Lang Syne," "The Red, White and
Blue," successively rang out
A the singin; proceeded, members
Joined the group until, without regard
to age or party, the entire membership
of the house Joined in the chorus.
iae iqn-ciaiors in me galleries ap
plauded each song until the. strains of
"Dixie" tilled the hall. Then their on
bounded enthusiasm broke out in wild
cheers.
But the enthusiasm which "Dixie"
evoked was not to be compared with
the remarkable demonstration which
followed, when, in a clear and ringing
tenor, Fitzgerald (dem.), of -Massachusetts,
started a national anthem with
the Inspiring words, Through the
Dawn's Early Light"
in an msiani an me men. women
and children In the galleries were on
their feet. Joining In the singing. The
chorus, from thousands of throats, re
verberated through the hall.
It was a magnificent and soul-!n
spiring spectacle-
After Speaker Henderson had made
a graceful, farewell speech, thanking
the members for their courtesy, and
had declared the house adjourned, the
members testified to his popularity by
singing 'For He's a Jolly Good Fellow
and Immediately the newspaper cor
respondents In the press gallery sang
the Doxology
Pretoria, and has left them with pris-
out to feed when their own supplies
are meager-
The clearance of this eastern district
of the Fr-e State la evidently the first
work which Lord Roberta will order.
It will be greatly Jacllltated when Sir
K?dvers Puller's afmy. from which
there has been no official news for sev
eral days, compels the evacuation of
Lalng'a Nek and la to free and occupy
StandersliHi.
General Puller Is reported to be con
ferring with the Bovr commander at
Lulng's Nek. but Is more likely to be
swinging his divisions around New
castle as a pivot, so as to envelop the
lU.er position.
Society has been badly hit by the
capture of the yeomanry' near Llndley,
since the corps represented the tilled
and wealthy classes. The casualties of
ttw yeomanry In the fight which pre
ceded the surrender were serious.
Questions connected with the polltl
cal settlement of conquered territories
are not seriously discussed by the press
since a military occupation and govern
ment for a prolonged period Is a fore
gone conclusion. The new crown colo-nl'-s
will not be allowed to govern
themselves for a long time after the
next general election In England
When that election will occur Is still
uncertain, but probably It will take
place in October.
The Chinese question Is now consld
ered much graver than anything that
Is happening Sn South Africa. There Is
a general apprehension that an out
break between Russia and Japan will
be the sequel to the large use of Cos
sacks for ths relief of foreigners In
China.
LONDON. June ?. The Lourenco
Marques correspondent of the Times
telegraphing, June 5, says:
"According to refugees from Pretoria,
thousands of burghers under General
Botha have taken oath to continue the
struggle to the bitter end.
'United States Consul Hollls started
for the Transvaal today. The nature
of his mission Is not made public here."
WILL NOT PARADE.
PHILADELPHIA, June 7.-Because
the republican national convention hall
Is said to have been completed by non
union labor, the forty-three organiza
tions of the allied building trades coun
cil, refused today to accept the Invita
tion to participate In the parade of
the allied republican clubs during con
vention week.
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During the closing hours of the house,
Lentx got In another word about the
Coeur d'Alene testimony,' which drew
from Laeey (rep.), of Iowa, a shot to
the effect that the minority view of
the Coeur d'Alene trouble had not
been sustained - in Idaho yesterday,
where the ' democrats had endorsed
Governor Steunenberg's action.
"I do pot believe It." he replied. "At
any rat he was not endorsed In Sho
shone county, where all the facts are
known." ' ' "
Overstreet (rep.), of Indiana, at
tempted to taunt Lentx with a resolu
tion to give a condemned cannon to
the Sons of Veterans, but Lentx, with
the remark that the Sons of Veterans
would like to read the story of how
their fathers were confined In the
"bull pen" at Wardner, said he would
not object and the resolution was
adopted.
Dayton moved that the house recede
and concur in the senate amendment
to the naval bill continuing the six
years' course for cadets, but providing
that a cadet at Annapolis from each
congressional district should be ap
pointed every four years. The motion
was agreed to. This action removed
the last stumbling block and finally
passed the naval appropriation bill.
Lentx made frequent Interruptions
and. at one time, managed to get in
with the partial statement:
"In answer to Lacey, I have a tele
gram from Coeur d'Alene county, say
ing: 'Governor Steunenberg cut a
watermelon today, but' "
shnrp rapping of the gavel cut
Lenta off.
The principal feature of the closing
day in the house was the reversal of
Its action of last night In turning down
the conferees on the naval bill for
yielding on the item relating to ocean
surveys. Over night, the sentiment of
the house underwent a complete change
and today the members voted, by a
large majority, to accept outright the
senate amendment, which goes much
further than the compromise which the
conferee offered last night-
The new conferees led by Cannon,
who had brought In the compromise
which they considered more satisfac
tory, were ignomlnoualy pushed aside.
It was a distinct victory for the first
conferees, Foss, Dayton and Cummin
The other feature of the closing day
was the course of Lentz (dem.) of Ohio,
In blocking unanimous consent legisla
tion. For three days he had object-
ed to bills becaure the majority would
not allow testimony In the Coeur
d'Alene Investigation to be printed, and
he maintained his position to the end
WASHINGTON. June 7.-When the
senate convened at 11 o'clork today,
the conferees on the naval approprla
Hon bill were still in session. No
agreement had been reached by the
conferees, and none was immediately
In sight.
On motion of Cockrell the senate be
gan the consideration of private pen-
ion bllla, the agreement being to con
slier all the unobjected house pension
bills on the calendar. Fifty-eight house
pension bills were passed. They will
be sent to the president for signature
today.
An Ineffectual attempt was made by
Chandler to obtain consideration for
hi resolution Instructing the commit
tee on privileges and elections to In
quire Into the constitutionality of the
eK-ctorlal laws of certain states. .Ber
ry and Petus simultaneously objected.
ai ii. a. m. ine senate took a re
cess for an hour.
When the senate reconvened at 12:43,
Hale reported further disagreement on
the naval appropriation bill, and mov
ed the senate Insist upon its amend
ment. The report and motion were
agreeo. xo. ine senate then took a
recess until 2 o'clock.
After passing a bill amending the
act Incorporating the supreme lodge
of the Knights of Pythias, a further
recess until 3 o'clock was taken.
The conferees on the naval appropri
ation bill have d-xided to report dis
agreement after a session of two hours.
The conferees express confidence, how
ever, of being able to conclude the
controversy If another meeting is or
dered. The conference developed the
fact Uiat the representative of both
houses are willing to make mutual con
cessions, and In reality an agreement
waa practically reached, though It was
decided to first report disagreement to
both houses In order to test the feel
ing.
The agreement eliminated all Inland
and coast work, confined the surrey to
the ocean, eliminating all reference to
lakes and to "hydrograplHc surveys,"
and reduces the $100,000 appropriated
by the senate amendment to $50,000.
The amendment, as agreed upon, will
r?ad as follows:
'For ocean survey. Including the wa
ters of Cuba and the Philippine archl
pelago, but not the coast thereof, and
for the purchase of nautical books,
charts and sailing directions and
freight and express charges on the
same, $o0,000.
This Is a compromise In all respects.
Ihe original provision In the house
bill was for ocean survevs onlv and
appropriated $100,000. This settle
ment Is said to be satisfactory to the
superintendent of the Coast and Geode
tic Survey.
NOW ENGLAND WILL
FIGHT CHINESE
British Marines Forcing Their
Way to Pckin.
SLAUGHTER STILL GOES ON
Naval
Act
Commander (lire Full Power to
-tailed State Will Adhere to Pol
ler of Noa-latcrfcrtKC a Far
as It It Possible.
BIG REPUBLICAN PLURALITIES.
Returns From Counties Increase Sen
timent In Support of Admln
1st ration.
PORTLAND, June 7. Practically
complete returns' from all but three
counties In the state give Wolverton
(rep.) for Justice of the supreme court
10,343 plurality. It Is belleVid that the
official vote will increase his Dlnralltv
to 11.000. Tongue (rep.) for congress
in the First district, has 3,119 plurality
and a few precincts are yet to be
heard from .which will in all proba
bility, give him 3.S0O plurality.
Moody (rep.) In the Second district
has a plurality of 8,625 and one county
has not yet been heard from. His plu
mmy win proDapiy be increased to
about 11.000.
NO OUTSIDERS WANTED.
Nevada Senators Protest Against Car-
pet-Paggers Home Rule Wanted.
NEW YORK, June 7. A special to
the Herald from Washington, says:
The renomlnation of Fred B. Sprlggs,
of tTtlca. N. Y., who has been serving
as Indian agent in Nevada since 1S97,
as rejected by the senate because of
the opposition of the Nevada senators.
They objected to an "outsider". In office
In their state. The home rule policy
appealed strongly to western senators
and Senators Piatt and Depew, dis
covering this, declined to make a fur
ther fight for Mr. Sprlggs.
Mr. Sprlggs was first nominated In
1SD7. The senate failing to act. the
president gave him two successive appointments.
REV. CONDIT DE.D.
WALLA WALLA, June 7. Rev. E.
N. Condit, pastor of the First Presby
terian church, died suddenly of apo
pjlexy this morning. The deceased was
formerly president of the Albany col
lege. In Oregon; the Occidental college,
at Los Angeles, and pastor at La
Grande and Boise.
LONDON. June 8. A special dispatch
from Shanghai, daud 7:30 p. m. today,
say that the Dowager Empress has
ordered General Neih SI Ch-mg with
J.000 men to protect the railroad at
Pekin.
"A severe fight has occurred with
the "Boxers," ranks Include many sol
diers from other general commands.
When the battle ended, 200 dead were
left on the field." The dispatch goes on
to say:
"One hundred and eighty Biitl-th
marines, with machine guns, are about
to. force the passage from Tien Tain
to Pekin. Altogether about 900 British
have land id from the fleet, a greiter
number than have been landed from
the combined vessels of the other pow
er. Thi evidence of Great Britain's
intention to assert her position strong
ly give great satisfaction here."
WASHINGTON, June 7. The state
department has made no concealment
of It policy respecting the Chinese
situation and haa repeatedly intimat-d
tha tit Is concerned solely for the safe
ty of the American legation and con
sulates In China and for the direct. In
terest cf American cltizena-
By adhering closely to ita old-time
policy of abstention from Interference
with Internal matters In China, and
especially by refraining from entangle
ment in the movements in connection
with the projects it other powers, the
state department is confident Lhat it
can properly care for all legitimate in
terests in China during the present
crisis without becoming Involved. Itself,
and without loss of prestige.
LONDON. June 8. The situation In
China, as measured by abundant un
official telegrams, continues full of In
teresting possibilities, but apparently
it has not grown worse durins the
last twenty-four hours, although the
favorite adjectives of London and con
tinental commentators are "perilous,"
"grave" and "dangerous." Naval com
manders In Chinese waters have re
ceived Identical Instructions as to pro
ceedure, the question as to'emergency
being left to their discretion. No fears
are entertained as to the safety of the
legations at Pekin. The European res
idents, however, are escaping from the
capital to the coast. Peking is still
under control, according to a dispatch
to the Morning Post yesterday, but is
in a very excited state.
More than a thousand foreign guards
were garrisoning the legation houses.
Six hundred International troops are
at Tien Tsin, with six guns.
Telegraphing from Tien Tsin under
date of June 6, a correspondent says:
"I left Tien Tsin this morning en
route to Pekin, accompanied by Gen
eral Nieh, supposed to be one cf the
best Chinese generals, with 60 troops.
We proceeded to Lofa. a distan.-e of
41 miles. We found the plate-iay,ers'
cabins in flames and tel?grapb, poles
cut, and men . engag-id in destroying
others in villages near the railway,
where flags were seen bearing the in
striptlon, "Kill All Foreigners.' "
"I saw--smoke, evidently from burn-
Ing houses In the distance, but Gen-
eral Nih refused to proceed further,
being in mortal fear of the Boxers,'
though the foreigners endeavored to
persuade him to disentrain his troops,
who are firmly convinced that it is
useless to fight the Boxers, as
other Chinese say they have
Boxers hit with bullets rise and run
away.
"There seems to be little orrwne.-i
a resumption of traffic to Pekin unless
the foreign powers assume control 0f
me laiirruj mini wif iuines? govern
ment proves itself capable of manag
ing communications with its capl'aiT"
LONDON. June 7. Teleeri.nV,i
from TUn Tsin, under date of June 6
a correspondent says: '
I left Tien Tsin this morning
route for Pekin. aoeoninnnii k.. .. ..
eral Nieh. supposed to be one of the
best of the Chinese generals, with 60 '
troops. We proceeded to Lofa, a dis
tance of 31 miles. We found the p-a-
layers' cabins '.n flames, telegranh r,,'i.
cut. and men engaged In deatr,'yl
others in villages near the rallwav
where flags were seen bearing th- i'
scriptlon, 'Kill All Foreigners '
"I saw smoke, evidently from
houses. In the distance, but General
Nieh refused to proceed further b.w
In mortal fear of the Boxers t
the foreigner endeavored to persuarl.
...... uioviiuoui ins HOOPS, Will, h-v,
firmly convinced that it
fight the Boxers, as other Chinese J
they have seen Boxers hit with bull i
rlso and run away. l
There seems to be little n... .
a resumption of traffic to Pekin unlee'L
: ume control oi
the Chinese government iim... ......
capable of managing commurilcan,', I