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"WEDNESDAY EVENING.
TOPEKA, KANSAS, JUNE 6, 1900..
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
TWO CENTS.
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TOO EASY.
Roborts'Occupation of Pretoria
Without Resistance
Gives Rise to a Suspicion of an
Understanding
BETWEEN LEADERS.
Eritish Commander Again Has
Cause For Hegret.
Thirteenth Imperial Yeomanry
Captured by Boers.
T.ondon. June 6. 10::'..- A. M. Lord
Huberts telegraphed to the war office as
follows:
Pretoria, June 5 r.:3r. P. M. The oc
cupation o the town passed off mot
satisfactorily and the British flag is now
hoisted on top of the government, offices.
Th- troops met with a much more en
thusiastic reception than I anticipated.
The third battalion of the Grenadier
guards lined the square when the march
past took place.
"Oowinff to their having been on duty
at some distance around the town very
few cavalry and infantry were able to
take part in the ceremony.
Several of our officers who had been
prisoners were among the on-lookers.
SUSPICIONS AROUSED. :
New York. June 6. A Tribune dis
patch from London says:
The facility with which Johannesburg
and Pretoria have been taken leads
many military men to suspect that
Iher-'- has been a seceet understanding
between President Kruger and the Brit
ish government by which the war will
be brought to an end without unneces
sary losa of life and wasteful destruc
tion of property. This theory wnne
plausible cannot be proved since neith
er President Kroner nor Lord Roberts
will admit that there has been any se-
i-ret intrigue, or that the closing scenes
of the war have been prearranged in
any sense. The safer generalization is
that the Boers have fought gallantly
nnuinst the resources of a mighty em
pire, and have been finally overwhelm
ed bv superior numbers and energy and
i hat" Lord Roberts has worked out an
intricate piobb'tn" in the dynamics of
war. He has known how much force
was needed on the advance line and
what kind of force, and how to protect
his lino of communications most effec
tively by operations un the eastern flank
under Gen. Bundle.
There are many signs that the strug
gle will end in the course of a fortnight,
liiiI the (1. tails' of the surrender of Pre
toria, communicated by Lord Roberts
at midnight, support this view.
HOW PRETORIA WAS TAKEN. .
London. .Tune fi. The war office has
Iteeive.i the following from Lord Rob
erts: "Pretoria, June r 12:.", P. M. Just
before dark yesterday the enemy were
beaten back from nearly all the posi
tions they had been bidding and Ian
Hamilton's mounted infantry followed
them to within 2. wo yards of Pretoria,
through which they retreated hastily.
"Inl.isle then sent an officer with a
flag of 1 nice into the town demanding
its surrender in my name. Shortly be
Jore midnight I was awakened by two
officials of the South African republic,
Sandierg, military secretary to Com
mandant General Botha, and a general
officer of the Boer army, who brought
me n letter from P.otha proposing an
armistice for the purpose of settling the
terms of surrender.
"1 r .plied thiit I would gladly meet
the commandant general the next morn
ins?, but that I was not prepared to ciis
c uss any terms, as the surrender of the
town must lie unconditional. I asked for
a reply by daybreak, as 1 had nrderud
the troops to march on the town as soon
iis it was light.
"In his reply Botha told me that he I
had decided not to defend Pretoria and
he trusted women, children and pro
perty would be protected. At 1 o'clock
. m. today, while on the line of march,
J was no t by three of the principal of
ficials with a flag of truce, stating their
wish to surrender the town.
"it was arranged that Pretoria should
be taken possession of by Her Majes
ty's troops at 2 o'clock this afternoon.
Mrs. Botha and Mrs. Kruger are both in
Pretoria. Some few of the British pris
oners have been taken away, but the
majority are still at Waterval. Over a
hundred of the officers are in Pretoria.
The few 1 have seen are looking well."
O VI 1UWHKLM ED BY' BOERS.
London. June 6. Lord Roberts re
ports to the war office that the Thir
teen'h baltalion of the Imperial yeo
manry (Irish) was "overwhelmed by
the Boers at Lindley."
Lord Methuen made a "magnificent
march to the rescue." but was too late.
follow mg is the text of the dispau h
from Lord Roberts announcing the dis
aster to the Thirteenth battalion of the
Imperial yeomanry:
"Pretoria station. June f, VI :T p. m.
I regret to report that the Thirteenth
Imperial yeomanry had to surrender to
a very superior force of the enemy on
Hay I'l near Lindley. On receiving in
formation of the battalion be ins at
tacked I ordered Methuen to proceed
With nil speed to its assistance.
"Methuen was then in march on Hol
ibron side of Kronstad, and half an
hour after the receipt of my telegram
on June' 1 he started off. By p) a. m.
of tne following day he had marched
forty-five miles in twenty-five hours,
hut he was too late to rescue Colonel
tpr.'igg's yeomanry.
"Methuen attacked the Ro-rs. who
si for g. and
five hours
alter a running light of
completely routed the
-nomy.
"It is a very regrettable circumstance
but 1 trust it will not be very long be
fore the Irish yeomanry are released
from captivity."
KKUGKR GOT AWAY WITH THE
CASH.
London, June 6. Queen Victoria, sur
rounded by the Duke and Duchess of
York, Princess Christian, Princess Vic
toria and many other notables of her
court, drank to the health of Lord
Roberts and the army, at Balmoral last
evening". A great bonfire, lighted at
hermajecty's command, blazed on Craig
gown mountain, illuminating the coun
try for mile? around. The nation joins
in the toast, glorifying Lord Roberts
and turbulently rejoicing in his vic
tory. The dispatch, of Lord Roberts telling
ot the incidents before the surrendering
of the capital by three civilians, stand
alone, as the correspondents with him
Mve fiut had their turn with the wires.
Lord Roberts' postscript announcing
the loss of the yeomanry battalion
came too late for the public to know
it last evening. The newspaper com
mentators considered the incident de
plorable, but as having no weight to
speak of in the results. The battalion
numbered between 400 ana 500.
General Botha and most of his men
got away from Pretoria.
This is inferred from Lord Roberts'
message, but the presumption is that
the Boer commandant general can not
escape the British dispositions without
a fight.
Operations elsewhere seem to have
dwindled to nothing. General Baden
Powell joined General Hunter on Sun
day at Liehtenburg. Sir Redvers Bul
ler has not moved.
Bernett Burleigh, wiring from Johan
nesburg, says President Kruger took
2,oii0,000 pounds in cash to Middleburg.
Mr. Burleigh and Guy H. Scull, an
American correspondent, entered Johan
nesburg the night before Lord Roberts
occupied the city and made a tour of
it unmolested by the armed burghers.
CIILERKATED ALL, NIGHT.
ijondon. June 6. England celebrated
j last night the fall of Pretoria, very
ii'uii, ts .-. utr uiu toe leiiei. o: .uai-:iu,.
I rtrnkepntss has been a trifle less than
wnen Ruden-Powell was the hero of the
moment, but in London and in other
large towns the scenes last evening
were practically a repetition of those
which marked the other victories, and
long after midnight uproarious yelling
the tooting of horns and discordant
chants ascended from city streets usu
ally at such an hour as silent as the
grave.
During the evening processions
marched along the Strand, Piccadilly
and other leading thoroughfares. In
fact so great was the crush that the
easiest method of locomotion was to
join one of the processions for whose
i strident choruses and waving flags all
traffic was stopped. Coaches and cabs
were freely chartered in honor of the
joyful occasion and these were soon so
packed with invited and uninvited
guest that they assumed the aspect of
living pyramids of Bachanalians. Babies
in arm, white haired women, girls of
the street, club men in evening dress
and White Chapel coster mongers inter
mingled along the flaring thoroughfares
bent upon celebrating the victory. Into
the faces of all were continually thrust
huge peacock" feathers described for no
known reasons as "Kruger's persuad
ers." Girls were indiscriminately kissed,
jostled and tossed around amid the ec
static jubilation of the crowd. A spec
ies of confetti which stuck to the cloth
ing of the recipient proved a popuiar
form of showing one's exultation, until
the stores of the peddlars ran out.
Then the night grew older and rowdy
ism of the worst form held sway. From
almost every bar room came sounds of
inebriate attempts to sing "God Save
the Queen." and "Rule Britannia."
At the music halls and theaters last
evening the mention of Lord Roberts at
Pretoria brought every audience to its
feet in a second and it was almost im
possible for the performers to hold the
interest of those in front of them. Every
building possessing" an illuminating de
vice used it for all it was worth until
the metropolis was ablaze with, light.
The clubs of Pall Hall -were lit up with
huge torches and the staid old street of
murky buildings was scarcely recogniz
able. BOTHA AND BTJLLER MEET.
London, June 6. A special dispatch
from Lorenzo Marques dated Tuesday,
June 5, says: "General Buller and
Christian Botha met at Laings Nek at
Puller's request when a three days ar
mistice was agreed upon." The dispatch
adds that the British have evacuated
Utrecht.
BOER ATiMY IS INTACT.
London, June 6. Until the situation
in the neighborhood of Pretoria is en
lightened, teh officials here as well as
others will find difficulty in prognosti
cating Lcrd Roberts immediate pro
gramme. It appears evident that the
Boer commander in chief. Gen. Botha,
with all his guns withdrew in good or
der, probably along the Delagoa Bay
railroad with the view of joining Presi
dent Kruger. So the Transvaal forces
remain practically intact with Presi
dents Kruger and Steyn with General
Botha and Secretary of State Reitz, all
safe and in a position to continue di
lection of affairs.
The more optimistic see in the fact
that President Kruger's wife and Gen.
Botha's were left at Pretoria, an indi
1 cation that the president does not count
j on a long resistance. In any case it will
! probably take Lord Roberts at least a
week to organize a campaign of pur
suit. The military authorities antici
pate that the next important news will
come from Gen. Buller's direction,
plenty of time has elapsed to complete
the1 turning movement at Laings Nek.
A belated dispatch from Mafeking da
ted May 31, announces the Britlvh oc
cupation of Malmani, where 200 Boers
surrendered.
AT A STANDSTILL.
St. Louis Strike Presents Ho New
Developments.
St. Louis, June 6. There is no change
today in the street railway strike situ
ation, negotiations between the strikers !
and the Transit company are at a stand-
still. The posse comitatus is constantly
growing in numbers. Sheriff Pohlman I
now has nearly 1.200 special deputies,
under arms and before night expects to
increase that number to 1,500.
City Counselor Schnurmacher has
delivered an opinion that the municipal
assembly has the right and power o
repeal any franchise or grant made by
it since the present city charter went
into effect providing it is a self-evident
fact that the holder of the specinl pr'v
ilejiv. has neglected to carry out th ob
ligations assumed. Bills are pending in
both branchi'S of the municipal assem
bly to revoke the Transit company's
charter for failure to run cars accord
ing to schedule.
One line in addition to those in oper-
I ateo eteru;iy ii running; cais tout.,
j under police protection but not a car
has run over the Transit ooropany s
system at night since the strike uean.
General Manager ISaumhoff, of the
Transit company said today:
"No sane man would think of operat
ing street oars in St. Louis at night
while conditions remain as they are.
"1 am very anxious to run cars after
dark, but I feel that in doing so. I
would be jeopardizing the lives of the
company's employes and passengers.
"1 believe the public realize"? that on
several divisions it woulti be unsafe for
passengers to ride on the cars at night.
As soon as it is possible to .do so
without risking lives and without en
countering wire cutters we will operate
all of our lines after dark."
Japan "Wants American Cattle.
San Francisco. June G. Japan is seeking
American and European cattle to intro
duce among native herds "and improve the
general stock on the islands. Four Jap
anese government officials especially com
missioned to sell and purchase fine stock
have arrived here. They will inspect the
herds of this state before going east and
to Kurope. They propose to get the best
grades of breeding stock known.
Battle Between Boxers and the
Chinese Soldiers.
Fought Almost Under Walls of
the Capital.
JAPAN CALLS A HALT.
Forbids Russia to Land Troops
at Taku.
Orders Hurried Mobilization of
Her Fleet.
HELENA ORDERED UP.
Admiral Kempff to Be Rein
forced at Once.
Battleships Indiana and Massa
chusetts Made Ready.
Shanghai, June 6 The soldiers dis
patched 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 Rus
sia 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 mobiliza
tion of the Japanese fleet.
BOXERS CLOSE TO TIEN TSIN.
London, June 6. The Pekin corre
spondent of the Times, telegraphing
Tuesday, says:
"Mr. Norman, a missionary of the
Society for the Propagation of the
Gospel, was cruelly murdered at Yung
Ching on June 2: The viceroy of Pe-Chi-Li
has officially notified the fact
to the British minister.
The murder was undoubtedly due to
the complicity of the Chinese govern
ment in the disturbances caused by the
boxers. A secret edict, issued two days
ago, forbade the soldiers to fire upon
the boxers. The soldiers who were
killed at Huang Tsun offered no re
sistance and were simply guarding the
railway.
It is indisputable, that the chief sup
porters of the boxers include Prince
Tuan, the father, and Hsu Tung, the
guardian of the heir apparent, as well
as Tung Fuh Slang, the general com
manding the hordes of Kan Su soldiers,
who have long menaced the safety of
foreigners in Pi-Chi-Lt. It is imper
atively necessary that the Tien Tsin
railway should be immediately pa
trolled, and patrolled by British guards.
Tien Tsin itself is apparently quiet, but
there is much suppressed excitement.
The Berlin correspondent of the Daily
Chronicle says:
"In official circles here it is believed
that the situation in China has grown
worse. The powers are now exchang
ing dispatches regarding the appoint
ment of a single commander of the
united European and united American
squadron.
A dispatch to the Daily Mail from
Tien Tsin. dated June 4, says
"The situation is very serious. The
boxers are approaching Tien Tsin on
all sides."
The Shanghai correspondent of the
Daily Mail, telegraphing yesterday
says:
"The boxers are witMn three miles
of Tien Tsin. In addition to the ma
rines, tne tlerensive force includes vol
unteers under the command of Major
Higgs, late of the Sixteenth lancers.
The town is practically under arms."
The Daily Express has a dispatch
from Shanghai, dated Tuesday, which
says:
"Russian troops have been ordered
from Fort Arthur to the neighborhood
of Pekin to punish the boxers for kill
ing two Cossacks and wounding two."
BLACK AND ALARMING.
Berlin, June 6. The latest news re
garding the boxers has reached here
both bv private ana orlicial telegrams.
! all pf which think the situation black
ana alarming. ine uerman loreign
office considers a recontre between the
boxers and Russians an event probably
fraught with the greatest danger.
News has also reached here that sev
eral German and Catholic missionaries
in the province of Shan Tung have been
pillaged by mobs supposed to have been
incited by the boxers agitation.
BURNING BRIDGES.
TienTsin, June 6. via Shanghai. Last
night passed quietly but Tien Tsin is
in a very excited state this morning.
About 100 more foreign troops are ex
pected here today. Trains cannot get
throush to Pekin on account of the
burning bridges.
News has just been received from the
viceroy through the men sent to Tung
Ching that .Mr. isorman, ot tne Mortn
China mission, was murdered Friday or
Saturday. It is thought that the vice
roy knew of Mr. Norman's murder at
the time of Mr. Robinson's.
TWO BATTLESHIPS READY.
Philadelphia. June 6. Under orders
from the navy detjartment the battle
ships Massachusetts and Indiana at the
League island navy yard are being pre
pared for sea. The orders give no clew
as to what service the vessels may be
called into, the notice to Commandant
Casey being simply to get the ships
ready and dispatch them as soon as
possible to Hampton Roads, where they
are to await further orders. The war
ships were this morning piloted out ot
the reserve basin around to the Dela
ware river front where preparations for
departure were finished.
Both vessels were practically ready
to go to sea- when orders came, having
been thoroughly overhauled at the
Brooklyn navy yard before their ar
rival here. The two vessels are loaded
with enough coal to make a trip across
the Atlantic, and they- contain large
supplies of ammunition. There are 120
men in the reserve crew of each ship,
the balance of the complement of 405
sailors and 80 marines having been dis
tributed among various naval stations
after the vessels reached here from
Brooklyn.
The full crews were filled out with the
525 men who came here on the frigate
.Hartford from Hampton Roads and the
other details ordered here from New
York and Boston. The Hartford's crew
included 400 landsmen who have just
been brought around from San Francisco
Recruits were also taken from among
the 60 landsmen and apprentices on the
receiving ship at League island.
RUSSIA IS EAGER.
Shanghai, .Tune 6. The Russian min
ister at Pekin, M. Degievs, has made
another attempt to induce the Chinese
foreign office to formally request Rus
sian assistance to, restore order, but the
offer has not yet been accepted.
Violent dissensions are reported to ex
ist between the Chinese commander in
chief of the forces, Jung-Lu and Prince
Ching-Tuan, who, in accordance 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 disemboweled
the bodies. The station at Yan-Tin,
three miles from Pekin has been burn
ed. The British minister. Sir Claude
McDonald, is reported to be quite ill.
REINFORCEMENTS FOR KEMPFF.
v asnington, June b. Baa news con
tinues to come from Minister Conger
and thfe American naval force in the
Pei Ho river has been ordered to be
reinforced. The minister cabled today
that the situation was worse at Pekin.
and thi3 statement taken in connection
with Admiral Kempff's alarming cable
gram of yesterday announcing 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 Remy at Manila di
recting him to dispatch at once to Ad
miral Kempff's command the gunboat
Helena, or if that craft is not at Ma
nila ready for immediate service, then
some craft of correspondingly light
draft and power: The purpose is to
place at Admiral Kempff's disposal are
efficient warship capable of ascending
the Pei Ho river as fat up as Tien
Tsin.
Admiral Kempff's flagship, the New
ark, drawing 23 feet of water, can not
ascend the river safely beyond the
Taku forts near the entrance, but the
little Helena, drawing only 11 feet, can
safely ascend to Tien Tsin, forty miles
above. She was specially designed for
service in these Chinese rivers, and so
is likely to prove much more efficient
than any other of the foreign warships
which can pass the Taku forts and
reach Tien Tsin. She carries a battery
particularly adapted to dealing with
such half organized mobs as the boxers.
Besides her eight four-inch rapid fire
guns she cariies four six-pounder rapid
hrers, four one-pounder rapid nrers.
two Colts and one three-inch rapid flrer
field gun. She is commanded by Com
mander Swinburn and her complement
is ten officers and 166 men. In view of
the service ahead of her, it is expected
that Admiral Remy will add to this
one or two companies of marines.
II is gathered from Admiral Kempff's
advices that the boxers are about to at
tack Tien Tsin, so that the Helena will
be a particularly welcome addition to
the foreign fleet in that part of China.,
If she leaves Manila today she should
reach Taku next Sunday night or Mon
day morning. Secretary Hay cabled
Minister Conger at Pekin an authoriza
tion to call for reinforcements from
Admiral Kempff, and to make such dis
position cf his r.aval force as he deems
proper to protect American interests
generally.
The administration is still determined
that the United, States government
shall continue in its course respecting
the Chinese situation, though willing
to go as far as possible to aid in the
restoration of peace and order in China.
Therefore Admiral Kempff has not been
instructed to join the other naval com
manders in the Pei Ho river in con
certed action.
A NEGRO PARTY.
Colored Men to Organize For
the Campaign.
Will Name Candidates For Pres
ident and Congressmen.
Philadelphia, June 6. The first steps
looking to the organization of a na
tional negro party have been taken in
this city. Prominent negroes! bishops,
ministers, editors, and lawyers at a
meeting decided to place a presidential
ticket in the field with .negro candi
dates. The plan is to organize the
party in every state cf the union and
nominate candidates for state and con
gressional "offices.
An executive committee has been ap
pointed to draw up a call for a conven
tion and distribute circulars outlining
the reasons for the formation of a na
tional negro party.
Bishop Levi J. Cappin, the newly
elected head of the A. M. E. church in
this district, presided at the meeting.
The names mentioned for president
were ex-Judge E. J. Walker, of Boston,
with P. B. S. Pinchback. ex-lieutenant
governor of Louisiana, as vice presi
dent; Bishop V. B. Derrick, of New
York, with Prof. Deboise as rice presi
dent; Bishop Grant, of Illinois, with the
Rev. Dr. J. P. Sampson as vice presi
dent; Bishop Turner with Booker T.
Washington, of Alabama, as vice presi
dent, and Bishop Walters with T. T.
Allain of Louisiana as vice president.
FBEIDB1CHS SCORES.
Old Topeta Man Gets a Good
Place in Alaska.
"Washington, June 6. The president
sent to the senate today the following
nominations for the new judicial offices
in Alaska under the new law:
Judges Melville C. Brown. Alaska:
James VVickersham. Washington; Arthur
.hi. Aoyes. Minnesota.
Mars halls James M. Shoup, Alaska;
Cornelius L. Vawler, Alaska; G. G. Perry,
Iowa.
Attorneys Robert A. FYeidrichs. Alas
ka; Joseph K. Wood, Montana; A. M.
Post. Nebraska.
John G. Brady to be governor of Alaska.
DR. STORKS DEAD.
Passed Away at His Some in Brook
lyn Aged 79.
New York, June 6. Rev. Dr. Richard
Salter Storrs, pastor emeritus of the
Church of the Pilgrims, Brooklyn, died
last night at his home, aged 79 years.
For many years Dr. Storrs was pres
ident of the home missionary society.
CLOSING DAY.
Congress Enters Upon Its Final
Daily Session.
Both Houses Worked Nearly All
Night.
MUCH BUSINESS DONE.
Military Academy Bill Sent to
the President.
The House Met at Eight O'clock
This Morning.
Washington, June 6 Congress has en
tered upon what undoubtedly is the last
day of the present session. The mem
bers of both branches looked tired and
wan as they reassembled this morning
after their arduous work of yesterday,
the house meeting at 8 o'clock and the
senate at 10. While the sessions lasted
practically all night, the exciting scenes
and incidents of former days were miss
ing. The senate held a short executive
session at 11:40 after which conference
reports on the sundry civil appropria
tion, the naval academy and the general
deficiency bills were presented and
adopted.
The sundry civil bill was a complete
agreement except one item, relating to
rvevaaa .claims. The naval conferees,
were deadlocked on the armor plate
provisions. There was a complete agree
ment on the deficiency bill. The mili
tary academy bill was passed and sent
to the president. At 2:30 o'clock this
morning the senate went into executive
session after which a recess was taken
until 10 o'clock.
The house during the early hours of
the morning was without a quorum un
til 3:30 o'clock. A reces was then taken
until 8 this morning.
IN THE SENATE.
Washington, June 6. At 10 a. m., to
day the senate reconvened to prepare
- for final adjournment. A score of sen
ators only were present, but the cham
ber rapidly filled. The naval and sun
dry civil appropriation bills remained in
conference, all the others having been
agreed to. The usual routine business
of the senate was practically abandoned
today, only two or three new billa and
resolutions were presented.
Mr. Carter secured the passage of a
bill providing for the increase to $375,-
000 of the limit of cost for the public
building at Helena, Mont.
A recess was then taken to await the
presentation of conference reports.
When the senate reconvened at 10:30
Mr. Allison reported from the commit
tee on appropriations the house concur
rent resolution providing for final ad
journment at 3 p. m. .today. The com
mittee had made no amendment.. It
was permitted temporarily to lie on the
table. Mr. Hale presented a conference
report on the naval appropriation "bill.
It was a disagreement upon all ques
tions that have been in dispute for three
or four days. Mr. Hale explained that
the armor plate question was the great
stumbling block to agreement. No price
had been agreed upon by the conferees
because the house conferees believed
the price should be left to the discretion
of the secretary of the navy. Mr. Hale
said Mr. Penrose had a proposition to
offer, which he would be glad to have
the senate pass upon.
Mr. Penrose then offered the follow
ing proposition:
"That the secretary of the navy is
hereby authorized to procure by con
tract, armor cf the best quality for any
or all vessels above referred to, pro
vided such contracts can be made at a
price which is now. in his judgment,
reasonable and equitable, but in case he
i;? unable to make contracts for armor
under the above conditions, he is here
by authorized and directed to procure
a site for and to erect thereon a factory
for the manufacture of armor and the
sum of $4,000,000 is hereby appropriated
towards the erection of said factory."
A sharp and extended debate followed
the reading of the Penrose amendment.
Senators Tillman and Teller attacking
it bitterly and Senator Hanna defending
it.
Mr. Teller said he did not believe
"that any scandal in our history will
equal that which will grow out of a
surrender now to this robber combine."
Other senators took part in the debate.
At 2:20 o'clock Mr. Hale asked for a
vote upon the pending proposition, but
Mr. Butler addressed the senate in op
position to a surrender by that body
when it was on tne verge of victory.
After some further debate the amend
ment was put on passage and carried.
33 to 3d.
Following is the detailed vote: Yeas
Allison, Baker, Carter, Clark, Cullom,
Davis, Deboe, Depew; Elkins, Flair-
banks, Foster, Frye. Gallinger, Hanna,
Hansbrough, Hawley, Hoar, Kean,
Kyle. Lodge. McBride, McComas. Me
Enery, McMillan, Mason, Penrose, Piatt
N. Y.), Piatt (Conn.); Pritchard, Proc
tor, Quarles, Ross, Scott, Sewell, Shoup,
Thurston, Warren, Wetmore, Wolcott
39.
Nays Bacon, Bard, Bate, Berry, Bev-
eridge; Butler, Chandler. Clay, Coek
rell. Culberson, Daniel, Foraker, Har
ris, Heitfeld. Jones (Ark.),, Kenney,
Lindsay, McLaurin, Mallory, Martin,
Money, Morgan, Nelson, Perkins. J?etti
grew, Pettus, Rawlins, Simon, Spooner,
Sullivan, Taliaferro, Teller, Tillman,
Turner. Vest 35.
The senate then took up the sundry
civil bill, the Nevada claim being the
contested point.
IN THE HOUSE.
Washington, June 6. A handful of
members were on hand when the house
reassembled at 8 o'clock this morning
after being in recess only a few hours.
Speaker 'lenderson went home about 4
a. m.. and was again in the chair at 8
o'clock, showing no signs of fatigue.
The conference report on the general
deficiency bill showing a complete
agreement was presented and agreed to.
Mr. Cannon announced that the contest
over the sundry civil bill was about
concluded, only one item being in con
troversy and he deferred reporting until
the attendance increased. As the atten
dance was so slim a recess was taken
until 9:30.
Additional members had come in
when the house reassembled. The joint
resolutinn expressing gratification over
the unveiling of the Lafayette statue at
Paris was agreed to.
Mr. Cannon then submitted the con
ference report on the sundry civil bill
showing the item covering the claims of
Nevada to. be the only one in dispute.
Among the important items struck out
were those for the memorial bridge
across the Potomac river and a light
house vessel for the Pacific coast, for
a branch soldiers' home in Idaho; lega
tion buildings in Korea and Siam; and
statue of Rochambeau.
Among the important Items retained
were those placing under the supervis
ion of the secretary of the treasury the
execution- of the Chinese exclusion and
immigration laws, gauging water sup
ply of certain streams $100,000; provid
ing plans for the enlargement of the
White House and development of sur
rounding grounds; appropriating $25,
000 for outer pass of the Mississippi riv
er, providing for the settlement of
Spanish war claims arising from mili
tary use and occupation. The Mis
sissippi, Missouri and Columbia river
items were retained, the Mississippi
item, for the lower river, being reduced
to $2,250,000. The provision as to state
claims was compromised by an amend
ment that certain federal claims against
these states would not be prosecuted.
The forest reserve provision was
amended that lien land selections shall
hereafter be made from surveyed lands.
Mr. Cannon explained that the senate
had added about $5,000,000 to the orig
inal $61,000,000 of this bill and that by
this report the senate yielded about
$1,000,000 and the house $4,000,000.
Considerable debate followed on the
various items. The sundry civil con
ference report was agreed to and on the
one item, still open, appropriating $462.
000 for claims of Nevada, Mr. Newlands
of Nevada" moved that the house concur
with the senate amendment. This
brought on a short debate on state
claims, Mr. Moody (Mass.) urging that
the Nevada claim would set a prece
dent for other like claims aggregating
about $5,000,000. The approach of the
closing hours of congress began to be
manifested as the morning were on. The
galleries filled and floral gifts began to
come in for members. Mr. Heatwole
was particularly honored with a huge
rose bush in full bloom.
Mr. Moody contended that the pay
ment of Nevada's claim would estab
lish a dangerous precedent. It was for
extra pay given to Nevada's soldiers
during the civil" war. California, if this
claim were paid, would have a valid
claim for $4,000,000 and Oregon for near
ly half a million.
Mr. Newland s motion to concur in
the senate amendment was lost 45 to
97. The house further insisted on the
amendment and the bill was sent back
to conference. .
The house passed a few bills of minor
importance during the afternoon by
unanimous consent. Many requests for
unanimous consent were preferred, but
Mr. Lentz (O.) objected on the ground
that his perscftial rights wfcre being
invaded by the refusal of the majority
to allow the printing of the Coeur
d'Alene testimony. The house spent
most of the time in recess.
DOCKERYNAMED
Nominated For Governor of Mis
souri by Acclamation.
Kansas City, June 6. When the Dem
ocratic state convention was called to
oi der this morning the credentials com
mittee, which had blocked the work of
the gathering all day yesterday, was
ready to report, and the prospects for
rushing through the deliberations were
bright. The committee had been in
session, till after midnight and found
against -the- police machines, both here
17
EX-CONGRESSMAN
DOCKERT.
and in St. Louis. The report was read
by J. J. Butler, of St. Louis, chairman
of the committee. "
The credentials committee report was
adopted without debate, and the plat
form read and adopted with a whoop.
THE PLATFORM.
"We reaffirm and endorse the nation
al Democratic platfrom adopted at Chi
cago in 18S6 and declare our continued
fealty to the utterances therein enunci
ated upon the free and unlimited coin
age of silver and gold at the establish
ed ratio of 16 to 1, and we denounce as
'unwise and dangerous in the extreme
the single gold standard bank act of the
present session of congress, which
places the control of paper circulating
medium in the hands of the national
bank- corporations.
"We denounce as one of the most try
ins evils of the day the present tenden
cy towards monopoly and the destroy
ing of cpjupetition, particularly the in
dustrjafecmbination known as trusts.
'We arraign the Republican party as
guilty ot the grossest hypocrisy in the
treatment of this question, in that be
hiS :n ascendency in congress, it has
steadlastly refused to pass any of tne
le;rislation which has been proposed to
curb the power of trusts; has failed to
withdraw tariff protection from trust
made goods; has constituted the leaders
o trusts as the leaders of its party in
the nation, and accepted from them con
tributions of millions of dollars to its
gigantic corruption fund which fact in
itself is a menace to the stability o. our
free institutions."..
The platform reiterates adhesion to
the Monroe doctrine and deprecates the
departure from its principles which
have been made by the Republican ad
ministration in its war for conqu?st;
insists that the government restore
Cuba to the Cubans at the earliest mo
ment possible; favors the construction
of the Nicaragua canal, the upbuilding
of the merchant marine; "extend our
earnest sympathy to the people of the
Boer republics," and continues:
"With renewed faith in the ability,
patriotism and courage of the Hon.
William J. Bryan, believing him to be
the greatest exponent of the principles
for which the Democratic party ptands
and satisfied that power would not daz
zle, nor wealth blind him to the duties
which he ow es to the people and we ex
press it as the wish of this convention
that the delegates from Missouri to the
national Democratic convention shall
oast their votes for him as the -nomines.
of Democratic party for president of the
United States."
The nomination of state officers was
(Continued on Sixth Page.)
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A. M
WON'T DEFORCED
Corporations Refuse to Comply
With Kansas Law.
Secretary of State Powerless to
. Enforce .Provisions.
XO BLANKS ARE SENT.
Those That Have Not Reported
Left Off List.
Only Feel Effect of Law When
They Are Sued.
The Bush corporation law, passed by
the special session of the legislature,
seems to command little respect of cor
porations, which are required to make
annual reports showing the condition,
of the business to the secretary of
state.
Tip's law was originally passed with
the view of preventing the watering of
stocks and to also prevent illegal prac
tices in the conduct of the business of
a corporation.
It was contended when the law was
being considered in the legislature that
the passage would be valuable to the
taxpayers of the state who by reason:
of these annual reports could at any
time acquire positive information con
cerning .the responsibility of corpora
tions in which they were interested,
either as patrons or stockholders.
The law so far as it was designed
to answerthis purpose is a failure. Cor
porations which were aimed at have
paid not the slightest attention to the
law. They have ignored its provisions
in every particular, going so far as to
fail to answer the letters, of inquiry '
sent out by the secretary of state.
There are 5,000 corporations on rec
ord as chartered institutions in the
office of the secretary of state.
Of this number 700 are dead, reports
of this condition having been received
from officers formerly connected with
them.
One thousand corporations have com-'
plied with the provisions of the law
requiring annual reports, while 3.300
have ignored the letters of the secretary
of state demanding these reports.
There is but one penalty attached to
this violation of law and it is one
which has no terrors for the average
business enterprise. It is a provision
to the effect that if a corporation be
sued it can not defend itself in court
unless such annual reports have been
made to the secretary of state. So
long as a corporation has no lawsuits
the protection of this law is not nec
essary. And. in the event of a law
suit arising, it would be an easy mat
ter for "the corporation to make nut.
and file its report, thereby placing it
self .'ln.;tne ' position required ..by law
for proper defense -
The secretary- of state has Sfmt out,
the necessary blank forms, upon which
these annual reports for 1SS9-19W are
to be" made, the returtr being - due 'be
tween June 1 and August 1 this year.
The secretary of state has long ago '
given up in despair the effort to secure
reports from the corporations which
have ignored the law, and this year
blanks have been sent only to the 1,000
concerns which last year complied with
the law by filing the prescribed reports.
The secretary of state is given no
power in this matter. He can not un
der any construction of the law force
these corporations to make the reports
called for, and the only duty w hich can
be performed in this connection is one
of pleading. The law is very lame in
this particular, and while 1 contem
plated, probably, a wise purpose when
it was framed, the lack of proper au
thority conferred upon the secretary of
state makes it practically a dead letter
upon the statute .books.
The law governing this matter is one
section of the Bush corporation law
which created also the state charter
board. The law makes the following
requirements In the report:
"First The authorized capital stock.
"Second The paid-up capital stock.
"Third The par value and the mar
ket value of the stock.
"Fourth A detailed statement of the
assets and liabilities. .
-"Fifth A detailed statement of the
receipts and expenditures for the year
preceding.
"Sixth A full and complete list of
the stockholders and the number of
shares held by each.
"Seventh The names and addresses
of the pfficers, trustees, directors, to
gether with a certificate as to the time
and manner of their election."
The provision outlining the duties of
the secretary- of state follow:
"The secretary of state may at any
time require a supplemental report
which, shall contain information and
data upon such matters as the secre
tary of state may specify. It shall
also be the duty of the president and
secretary of the corporation, as soon
as any sale or transfer of stock i9
made, to file with the secretary of state
a statement of such changes of owner
ship and the par value and the amount
of stock. No such transfer of stock
shall be legal or binding until such
statement is made.
"No action shall be maintained or re
covery had in any of the courts of this
state by any corporation doing business
in this state without obtaining the cer
tificate of the secretary of state that
the statements provided for have been
properly made."
Banks, insurance and railroad corpo
rations are exempted from the provi
sions of this law.
MOORS 'MASSING
In Preparation For an Attack
on the French.
London, -June 6. Special dispatches
received from Algiers protray a serious
situation. Thousands of Moors ; are :
massing at Figuig and in the neighbor
hood, . preparing for a determined at
tack upon the advance posts . of the
French. The French columns have join
ed hands at Zoubia, but the men suffer
terribly from heat and thirst arid hun
dreds of camels died. :
The French are - preparing entrench
ments and are confident of their ability
to repeal an attack and even to take the
offensive against Figuig if necessary.
, c Weather Indications.
Chicago, June 6. For Kansas Fair
and cooler tonight and Thursday; brisk
northwest winds.