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LONDON, June IS Observer at HlmrKlhi mid Tien Tiln tliink there la & until dcul more trouble ahead for th concert of Hie powei tlmii Unit of merely nucliliiK Pekln with 2,"o0 men. Ki'iluiiH disturbance haw taken pluc? at Yuri Nun Vu and Metif Te, us well a 0II1.T imln'a nt a considerable iIIh timer from Mitt uipital. The w holy Chili' 1 mplre seem to ! In 11 ferment. The Intention nf the I-'mprtx Dow- ')' a id mi 111 equivocal, Willi 1 he bat arce of testimony on I lie side of the d-ierinliiallon In rxnd the aniir.n.riii.' lrt of 11 purt of her country ir to l"t? her dynasty In the attempt, li I related of Iht thut in Monday, ful- lowing tho murder of tne chancellor of the J.iii.uienc i gittloii, nhe was aruned ! vim of diuiK r 11 nd went perion Hlly lu unjf Tlnif, the gate of I'ekln, whore hht! advlHed the rlotera to lit vrik lint h took no stppa lo uiic force and the ui prmnncg of thliiK" ure in"re threatening limn before. While A'tmlr il Krymour, with the In ternational relief column, ia forcing hU woy to iVkln, evcral of the powers r arranulutf largely lo reinforce their de (alia at Tloii Tln. Oermnny prooH.a etidlna; l.:ol nu n. Cr. ai Urltaln aei.t SH mi'n from Hong Kong yesterday and 4110 will . 8unday. Ituly hua or derej 1,KM to hold thenuelvea In ivudi npa. Kulft. hcu .rdlng to a St. Peters burg dlKpntch of Wednesday, ha de cided to bring her force at Tien Tuin up to $.000. Thua the combined forces ut Tien Tln will probably aoon be admit IO.Wk) men. The expllt ll ntatemcnt made yeater day afternoon In the hnure' of com mona by Purlluinentary Secretary of Foreign Office llrj.lerlck. with refer enie to the Identity of opinion among the h went un the nutation of uppll ciiII jh of force, and the method of ap plying .'t, U accepted by all the morning pupeu nil uulte HUttLlent for the rea- ent uud the hope la generally expreits ed that nothing will happen to dl nilnlHh harmony. TIEN TSIN. June U. The Kusalana have Innd.'d four elKht-centlnietre Runs. Then.', with 1,700 men, will atart on the march for Pekln tomorrow. Tlr.N TSIN. June 14.-A courier, who arrived thin morning from Tekln and Lnng Knng brought a U tter from the American It-gut Ion, atatlug that General Tung Kuh Slang Intends to oppose the entrance of the foreign troops Into I'ekln. Thirty thousand troops are guarding the south gate, and the Chi nese have gun trained on the Ameri can niixMlon 11 n I British legation. The courltr reports that It Is said that upwards of 2.W0 Poxers are In the immediate neighborhood of Lung Fang. Itallroad communication between this place and Admiral Seymour's Interna tional fore? has been cut three miles beyond Lnng Tne Sun. Two brigades have been destroyed. It is rumored that the Hoxers are determined to burn Tien Tsln station tonight. Owing to the extensive dam age dona th railroad, It Is feared the International force cannot reach Pekln before Sunday. The Jnpanciio cruiser Suma has ar rived at Taku. LONDON, June 14.-A special dis patch from Shanghai says the position of the legations at Pekln la most criti cal, According; to this dispatch 30,000 Chinese troops are drawn up outside th gnton of the city to oppose the re lief force, and guns are trained on the American, Japanese and British lega tions. Tho American, nusslan and Jopnn?se ministers havo sent couriers to Tien Tsln asking for 2,000 of each' Screens and Screen frames, fire and Draught Screens.... A NEW CONSIGNMENT JUST RECEIVED FOLDING BEDS MANTEL, BEDS CHINA CLOSETS and LIBRARY CASES CHARLES HEILB0RN & SON nationality, The United Btatea tun boats Yorktown and Castlne left yes icniiiy for Tong Ku. There are no foreign warship here. YOKOHAMA. June U. Japan la about to send a mixed r'-f(ttm-nt to China. The government pr 'sa declare that Japan aloti- could suppress the re volt but she must first win the cull-(ti-iic of thi) powers and avoid aet likely to awaken suspicion. TIEN THIN. Wednesday, June 12. Th International expedition la now at Lung Fan, half way to Peking. The troops found the ttMtlon destroyed and two h jiu'rcil yards of the track torn up. L'pon approaching the station they found the Iloxera still carrying on the work of destruction, but the latter bolt-d Into the Village upon- the ap proach of the advance party. A shell from h six pound ?r waa dropped Into tl)4 village and the lioxera fled up the line. Above the station a small purty wh discovered engaged In tearing up the track, but a few long range shots drove them off. The patrol returned this morning and reports that a mile and a j nuurter of the track has been destroyed. The exw-dltlon will remain for the preterit at Lang Fang. A courier, who arrived this nooning from Peking and Lang Fang, brought a letter from the American legation stating that Oen-ral Tung Fun Slang Intern! lo opxise the entrance of the foreign troops Into Peking. Ten thoui 11 11 1 troops are guarding the south gate. The courier reports that It la sai 1 that upwards of two 'thousand Boxers are In the itnm-dli'e neighborhood of Lung Fang. New York, June H. A dispatch to the Tribune from London. ays: The news frjm Peking Is still vague. The marines are compelled lo fighl their way Into the capital with rifle and Malm. The ItrilHb marines have been In action with the Boxers In clear ing the railways, but eight nations are represented on the fighting llnu. There are persistent rumors that Russian troops are und -r or l-rs to - Invade Northern China, but It Is not yet clear tint either England or Jaian has con sented to an exclujlve movement by a single power. Japan will acquiesce If she be allow -d to supply a large mil itary contlng-nt, ut this Is not in cluded In the Russian scheme of mili tary occupation. .What Lord i?a!U- loiry'a policy is, nobody In diplomatic circles can make out- It Is strongly suspected that he has not hit upon a policy, but Is cautiously feeling his way In the dark. The l hlna complications will exert a dln;et Influence upon the present for tunes of ih ministers here. It Is now probable that Arthur Balfour' will be induc?d to take the foreign office when the cabinet Is reconstructed. He Is deeply interested In :he China question and has studied It In detail. He will probably be Lord Salisbury's successor In that ofllce at an early day. This will leave a vaoan.-y somewhere for Mr. Chamberlain, either In the treasury or the war olTlof, and the leadership of the Commons In any event. rum land, June 14.-A special to the Telegram from Victoria, IJ. C. says: News was brought by the Queen Ade laide of an extremely narrow escape from a UussJ-Japaa war about the be ginning of May. The threatened strug gle would hava been on before now, according to '.he advices received from Japan, had it not been for the refusal of Great Britain to aid Japan against Russia, owing to the fact that her forces were engaged In South Africa. It seems thut about six weeks ago such a crisis had been reached that hostilities were regarded as inevitable In Japan. The bone of contention was, as before, Muaampo, Korea. Japan had, despite the protests of Russia, Installed a Japanese trader In a very good, if not the best, location at the port over the ownership of which both nations wore then contending, and where permission had been given Rus sia to settle, providing no fortifications wore established by the Korean gov ernment. Russia called upon Japan to withdraw the trader from Mosampo, but the Mikado's government refused to do so. Not only did Bhe refuse to do so, but Japan sent a curt note to Rus sia to the effe.-t that Japan waa pre pared to protect the trader. Japan had understood that If It cam. to the worst, and it was to be war. she was to have the support of Great Britain, and accordingly the British authorities were Informed of the strained situation. Instead of receiving the expected re ply that Great Britain would be ready (Continued on Fourth Page.) BOTHA SURPRISES LORD ROBERTS Stands Two Days and Withdraw Without Losing a Gun. PACIFICATION IS A BIG JOB Eaillib Now Admit It Will Be .Halter of Months, Not Weeks- krujer Holds Oi lo Mil Gold aid liiiicf Paper Carre acy. LONDON, June 15.-That Command ant-General Louis Botha should hat- been able to stand for two days against Lord Robert's and then to retreat with out losing any guns or having any of his men captured, la taken to mean that he has a force whleh the British must still reckon :ia formidable when actln def-nslvely. The pacification of the whole of the Transvaal, especially the wide Jipaees fur from the railroad. Is looked upon as a buslnejB requiring months lather than weeks. Meanwhile everythln goes well for the British arms. A Boer bulletin Issued June 12, at Miuhadodorp, said: lioin wings 01 the federal lorct touched the advancing army at 1 a. m. yesterday, east of Pretoria. The fight Ing continued until dark. The enemy. though In overwhelming .lumbers, were checked along the line of thirty-six miles, and the burghers succeeded In driving back their right wing five miles. Two burghers were killed and ten wounded." Another Machaldod rp announcement Is that the first regiment of General Puller's force attacked Almmds Nek and was "annihilated," but as the Brit ish were In overwhelming force, the burghers were compelled to abandon the nt-k. A dispatch from Lourenco Marqu;s, of yesterday, says: 'President Kruger is holding on to his gold and Issuing paper notes from the press In his executive car. The Boer government's coin in block Is ex haunted and officials are now paying out plain gold discs unstamped. Some who have declined to accept the notts have taen their salaries In gold bars, "Two steamers arrived at Lourenco Marpjes yesterduy bringing several thousanu tons of supplies, consigned to Portuguese merchants but deBtlued for the Boers. General Bullcr will be un able to advance further until he j,ets supplies. Nearly every farm house his troops passed flew the white flag. The British took nothing without paxlng for it. LONDON. June 14. The war office Issues the following report from Lord Roberts, under date of Pretoria, June 13, afternoon: "The enemy evaluated their strong position during the night and have re tired to the eastward. Buller's forces and mine have afforded each other mu tual assistance. Our occupation of Pretoria caused numbers of Boers to withdraw, from Laing's Nek, and Bul ler's advance to Volksrust made them feel their rear would be shortly en dangered." LONDON. June 14Lord Robert's engagement with General Botha term! nated, as expected, by the Boer com mander-in-chlef retiring from his posi tion. Beyond driving Botha further from the capital, little seems to have been accomplished, as Roberts does not mention the capture of prisoners or gun9 or the Infliction of loss. Perhaps the most Important feature revealed by today's official dispatches Is the an nouncement that the army of Natal is at last In tou:h with Roberts' troops The accomplishment of '.his movement, long delayed, should considerably accel erate the pacification of the Trans vaal. That it is already bearing fruit is evident by the submission of the Wakkentrom district to General Lyt tleton. Another dispatch from Buller says General Cleary encountered no op position In his march from Ingogo to Laing's Nek, which he now occupies. General Dartnell marched through Laing's Nek on June IS on his way to Charlestown. Tr?ss dispatches say Clmrlestown was partially destroyed previous to Its occupation by the Boers, but no damuge was done at Volks nist. In Orange River Colony affairs seem to be turning to the same status as obtained previous to the cutting of the line of British communications. Schre Incr appears dct?rmlnel to adhere to his resignation of the premiership In spite of the pressure brought to bear on him by Sir Alfred Milner, and It is announced from Cape Town that Milner has sent for Sir John Gordon Spring, the former premier, whom he under stood to be trying to form a cabinet. A Cape Town dispatch says: "At the opening of parliament Schre lner will explain that he resigned be cause he was unwilling to remain In ofllce, supported by opposition, believ ing that his Influence Is groater with th moderate Afrikander when a pri vate ineniVr than as premier by fores of progrexulves. Nevertheless, leaders of the Afrikander extremists are faid to consider Sehreiner a traitor to their cause," LONDON, June 14-Ird Roberts re ports to the war offtep under date of Pretoria, June 13, :55 A. M., as follows: "Mcthum advanced to Honlngpruit yesterday and found all quiet. Kroin stad Is strongly held. Methuen re turned today to Rhenoster River, where the railway la being repaired. We were engaged all yesterday with Botha'i army. The enemy fought with consid erable determination and held our cav alry on both flank, but Hamilton, as sisted by the guards brigade of Pole Carew'a division, pushing forward, took the Mil In his front, which caused the enemy to fall back on their second po sition to the eastward. This they are still holding. It Is slightly higher than th one we have captured. "The great country which has to be covered under modern conditions of warfare rend vn progress very slow. Details of casualllea have not reached me, but I und-rstand they are moderate In numbers. The only further casual ties reported to dale are two officers wounded." LONION. June 14. General Bull-r report to the war office as follows: "Headquarters at Laing's Nek, June 14. morning: "General Lyttleton yesterday received the formal submission of the town and district of Wakkers which the f nemy is believed to have completely eva?u ated." LONDON. June 14. 10:35 A. M.-The war office Issues the following report from Lord Roberts,', under date of Pretoria, June 13, afternoon: "The enemy evacuated their strjng position during the night and have re tired to the eastward. Buller's force and mine have afforded each other mutual assistance. Our occupation of Pretoria caused numbers of Boers to withdraw from Laing's Nek and Bul ler's advance to Volksrust made them feel their rear would be shortlv en dangered." XF.W YORK. June 14.-The London Daily Express correspondent telegraphs from Machadodorp. 140 miles east of Pretoria, under date of June 10, In con nection with the capture and destruc tion by the Boer general, Dewet, of 3.000 suits of clothing: I "The British soldiers complain much of cold. There .s much suffering anion it them and the hospitals are full of the sick and exhausted. The sickness among the horses, too. Is increasing, thousands of the animals having suc cumbed at Kroonsiai, on the road from Bloemfonteln to Pretoria." LONDON, June 14. It is officially an nounced that Lord Roberts reports that the Boers have evacuated their strong position and retired to the eastward. The forces of General Buller and Lord Roberts afforded mutual assistance. CAPE TOWN, June 14. Sir Alfred Milner. governor of Cape Colony, has sent for Sir John Gordon Sprlgg, who is trying to form a cabinet. BOARD OF HEALTH ON TRIAL. Injunction Processings in the Plague Case at San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO, June 14.-Argu- ment of counsel In the Injunction pro ceedings In the plague case occupied the attention of the court this morning. Attorney Dunne presented a long ar gument In support of the contention of the board of health, that it had not violated the law in quarantining the Chinese or that It had discriminated in so doimj. He said the board of su pervisors had the necessary power to vest the board of health with uower to enforce such quarantine as the board of health deemed necessary for the protection of the health of the in habitants of the city. The attorney for the complaint then read a number of 'tffldavits in support of the bill of complaint, in which the depositions swore that If plague ex isted, prefer precautions have not been taken by the board of health. Other affidavits were to the effect that dague does not and has not existed In the city. Attorney Campbell nad not fin ished his argument when a recess was taken. BEGINNING OF THE END. Policemen Withdrawn From Lines of St. Louis Street Car Company. ST. LOUIS, ilo., June 14.-Pre dictions that yesterday witness ed the beelmune of the end of the great street railway strike were corroborated today when the po lice department withdrew its officers from all the cars and power houses of the St. Louis Transit Company and re turned them to their regular beats. CROKER RETURNING. Famous Tammany Leader Sets Sail Fiom England. SOUTHAMPTON. Enirland. June 14. Richard Croker, the noted Tammany leader, was among the passengers on the American liner which sailer from here today. MANY CANDIDATES FOR THE PLACE Contest for Vice-Presidential Nomination Grows Warm. REPUBLICANS ALL AT SEA Manas Says (be Race It Wide ,0pea and That tbe Beit Ma Will Win-Loul.il-m Federal Oflke-Holdcrt Turned Do a. PHILADELPHIA. June 14.-With all the work preliminary to the entertain mnt of the national republican con vention and its attendant throngs practically accomplished, Philadelphia Is now contentedly awaiting her visit ors. From the big convention ball down to the smallest detail, tln.se charged wPh the responsibility feel that they have the situation well in hand, lind the completeness of the preparations seems to justify th- belief. As yet, however, the hospitality of the city Is by no mvans taxed. There have been very few arrivals today, and the lobby crowds at the hotels are com posed principally of those Interested In the contests with which the national committee is wrestling. The great mass of delegates are not expected to arrive until Saturday or Sunday. The most Interesting event in the na tional committee today was the s.-atlng of the Warraouth delegates from Lou isiana after a very spirited contest occupying nearly all day. This is an overthrow of the federal office holders of Louisiana, ten of whom were on the delegation, headed by Wimberly, collector of the port of New Orleans. Although Wimberly is a member of the catlonal committee and made the strongest possible presentation of the case, the commi'tee. by a vote of twentjr-flve to eighteen, declared fur his opponent The man thus declared seat ed is William Pitt Kellogg, the for- mei govern r and at one lime United States senator from Louisiana, who has been a delegate to every republican convention since 1S60. Warmouth and his friends, who were successful today, represent the sugar planting interests of Louisiana, and thi claim was made before the national committee that the recognition of this faction would make it possible to elect three republican members in congress from that state. The Delaware case is in abeyance, while the subcommittee, which was appointed yesterday, is endeavoring to have the factions agree. It is understood that the Dupont Hlggins delegates insist upon the ab solute recognition of their entire dele gation, while the Adiicks men have shown a disposition to make some con cessions. Payne, who is chairman of the sub committee, says the Delaware case may go over until Sunday before final set tlement. Chairman Hanna Is the center of in terest and is much sought after for Interviews in the hope that he will give some Indication of his choice for the vice-presidency. He is still non committal and, while he has been quot ed in several papers, his statements are of a general character. . As to the vice-presidency, while It is the uppermost tcplo of discussion, the members of the committee, and other leading republicans here, seem to be still at sea. Nearly every prominent republican who says anything about It, remarks that the "Held Is still open and the best nun. will -win," which is taken to indicate that no one has been accepted by those who are man aging the affairs of the party. Some avowed candidates are Lleutenant Governer Woodruff, of New York, who has friends on the ground hustling for him; Secretary Long, who was launch ed today as a full-fledged candidate by the general distribution of his pic tures on which are labeled "for vice president, John D. Long," and Repre sentative Dolliver, of Iowa, vvho.-e friends are urging him because of his reputation as an orator and because of geographical reasons. According to me present outixiK, besides the three named, there will be votes cast tor a number of favorite sons, though In many Instances It will be merely & complimentary vo:e. Among these are Senator Fairbanks, of Indiana; ex-Senator Washburn, of Minnesota; Gover nor Schotield, of Wisconsin; Judge Bartlett Tripp, of South Dakota, and Colonel -Jay b. -Tor re y, -of Wyoming, while the field is open for any other who may be entered In the race. i CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATS. SACRAMENTO. June 11 Th i,.m,.. cratlo state convention In session here today, adopted resolutions reaffirming the Chicago platform, and Instructed their nationn.1 de!etrate foe The democracy Is congratulated on the selection or. vv. k. Hearst to be presl dent of the national association of dem ocratic rluh3. ai.i1 1 1 j ........ rassed commending the San Francisco examiner ana lew lorn journal for their effort In advocating democratic nrlneinlea ani rhnmn!onln the o dacy of William Jennings Bryan for president. 4