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Confidently Believed It IsNear at Hand.

ROBERTS STILL ADVANCES

The Movement on to Pretoria, ItIs Thought, Will Be Rapid.

Gen. Lan Hamilton Ha* Interposed

Ilia Br!*nde Between the Retreat-

ins Boers and Winbarr, Their

Point of Concentration?Reports

From Allwal North Tell of the

Capture of Soma of the Herd, of

Cattle Which the Boers Were At-

tempting to Drive Northern rd?

Alleged Attack am Schrenler.

LONDON, May 6, <:*> a. m.? London hasb««n confidently expecting to have newsof the relief of Mafaklng before midnight,but at that hour the war office stated nofurther intelligence had been received ofHunter's column, to which the publlo be-lieved had been assigned the work of re-lieving the town.

Beyond further detail* of the occupation

of Brandfort little or no news has comaduring the night

ftltuatloa at Thnba R'Oka.A dispatch from Thaba NChu, dated

May 4, says the situation la practicallyunchanged, the Boers holding their posi-

tion and sending occasional sheila Into thaBrltlah camp. From the top of ThabaN'Chu hill one can see over the Boercamp. The country, through which anumber of Boera are trekking, Is exceed-ingly difficult. It la learned that the Boeraare trying to draw supplies from theLadybrand district.

The Seventeenth brigade hss moved fourmiles south, presumably to assist Gen.Brabant, If necessary.

\u25a0aay Head ef Cattle Captared.

A dispatch from Allwal North, datedMay 5, says:

"Three hundred captured cattle andhoraea were brought In last night. Thawounded are being gradually moved herefrom Mafeteng."

Advance Will »e Rapid.

\u25b2 dispatch fre* Cap* Team My*: "Thageaeral feeling here. In which official cir-cles participate, la that Lord Roberts' ad-

vance toward Pretoria will be rapid. TheBoer prlaonere do not antlulpato that anyeffective resistance will be encountered."

Anxiety Is felt regarding the fate of Mr.Begble. who has been arrested in connec-tion with the blowing up of the shell fac-tory. Consul Hay is watching the accused

mail's Interests.

Uca. Roberts' Report.

Lord Roberts reports to tha war officeunder date of Brandfort, May 4, as fol-

lows:"Hamilton advanced today to Neal Wel-

kot. He was engaged with the >nimy

throughout the march. He speaks Interms of praise of the behavior of thetroops, especially Broadwood's brigade atcavalry and mounted Infantry."

Following I'fHii Advantage.

Roberts Is evldentlr losing no time Infollowing up tha substantial advantage

gained by the occupation of Brandfort,

and his whola fores Is apparently moving

on Winburg.

Tha place mentioned In I/ord Roberts'

dispatch to the war offlca this morning

as "Neal Welkot" cannot be found on themaps, and It Is likely that It is a cable

error lor "near Vet kop," at which place

Gen. lam Hamilton seems to be, midway

between Hout nek and Winburg. and that

he has thus got between Wlnbur* and(Jen. Olivier* command from Wepener,

which Is occupying Thaba Patchoa.

Country Suitable (or Horr Tactics.

I let wean Thaba NVhu, Lady brand andWinburg the oouiitry la rough and suited

to the Boers' taotics, so the British areUabla to be considerably harraased beforethey capture the stronghold.

Experts differ as to whether Lord Rob-erts l« bound toward Krooiietad or In

the direction of Bethlehem. The latterplaeo Is the terminus of the line Joining

*<th the Natal railroad at Van Reei'an*

pass, and the capture of that place noulJprobably compel the Boers to leave th<Drakenburg range and thus open the way

for Gen. Buller's advance. The British

will have to reconstruct the bride* overthe Vet before the railroad between Brand-fort and Winburg becomes available.

Attempt to Assassinate *t<hrelner

CAPE TOWN, May A?The South Af-

rican News says that a pol\u25a0 nun who

was guarding Premier ftchrelner s house

has been shot, adding that the policeman

nas sir. king a e!*ar at the time, onwl.lch tact is ba»»d an assert!, n that thebutlst was evidently intended for the pre-mier, who Is an Inveterate smoker. Af-rican buni papers are making a sensationout of the affair. declaring aa ami-Uutcbplot Is on foot.

linnter Crosses the Vssl.

WARRKNTON. May 6. evening.?The

Vaal river has been auccessfnSy crossed

a Windsorton by Barton's hrtgale. with

\u25a0whom is Gen. Hunter, commanding thedivision. The Boers have evacuated Wind

scrton and Kllpdam. They are tiekkin*northward an: are tlffnting for all they

are worth. Barton Is hanging on to their

rear and shelling thnm vigorous:*

Judging from the clouds of dust, the re-treating Boers must be In very large rum-Urs.

Uners Trek From Warrenton.WARRENTON. May s.?The Boers to-

day vainly attempted to reach the Brlt-

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PROPOSED CHANGESIN THE ALASKA BILL.

Gov. Brady nnd W. J. Mllroy Snxgfit

Amendment* Before the HooveCommittee.

Special Di a patch to the Post-Intelligcncer.WASHINGTON, May 5.?-Gov. Brady and

W. J. Mllroy, of Cape Nome, advocatedtoday, before the house committee anamendment of that portion of theAlaskan bill relating to beach mining.

They favored leaving- control below lawwater mark to the war department and ailbetween low water and the tundra to min-ers' meetings; they al3o favored the re-quirement of SIOO assessment work on eacuclaim within three months of date of location.

Carrier Healstration Service.Letter carrier registration service has

been ordered established May 15 in the fol-lowing citle* of Washington: New What-com, Spokane. Walla Walla, Walllngford.

METHODIST CONFEREN CE.

Plan for I'nlfleatlon of Varlons So-cieties Referred to a Committee

of Fifteen.

CHICAGO, May s.?After an hour of ac-tive debate among delegates to the Metho-diat general conference today a committeeof fifteen was appointed to report a planfor th« consolidation of the Freedman'sAid and Southern Educational Society andthe Church Extension Society, or eitherof them, with the home department of theMissionary Society into one society to beknown as the Home Missionary Society ofthe Methodist Episcopal church. The com-mute* was Instructed to report next Fri-day.

Hey. A. I-eonard, Cincinnati conference.In discussing the resolution which was In-troduced by him declared the unificationof the societies would leasen expenses andfacilitate progressive work.

Dr. H. J. Jackson, presiding elder of theRook River conference. Introduced a me-morial, signed by the twenty laymen, pro-viding for Important changes In the meth-od* of governing deaconenes.

A resolution recommending that In anyproposed changes of the discipline the nil*be supplemented to require a two-thirdsvote of both orders present necessary foradoption was referred to the committeeon the state of the church.

A resolution providing that elections ofbishops, secretaries, book agents and edi-tors be held Monday, May 14. and that nomeasures contemplating changes In th®book of discipline be considered after May15 were also referred to this committee.The committee was Instructed to report

next Tuesday, and If Its report Is In favorof the passage of the latter resolution theamusement question will probably comabefore the conference without delay.

The conference then adjourned untilMonday.

PRISONERS ARE RELEASED.Licit. Olkbesa. Ist Command nt Ri.

peilllos, Takes lltl Captives PromrilWlM, Moatlr liulute

WASHINGTON. May K.-Th« navy d»-partment liaa mad* public a report fromLieut. J. H. Olbbona. attached to theBrooklyn, dated Cavlta, March 4. uponan expedition conducted by him In thesouth of Luxon. In the latter part ofKebrunry last, which resulted In the re-leaoa of R22 prisoner*, mostly Spaniards,who had been held by the Filipinos formany months. According to tha reportLieut. Olbbona wa* placed In commandof the United States transport Gen. Al-ava, with a detail of officers and menfrom the Brooklyn, on the 23th of Feb-ruary. and proceeded to the vicinity ofSan Narclso. Oulf of Ragay, at the south-ern extremity of Luxon, In search ofthese prisoners. Oft Gulnayaban. someof the prisoners who had escaped cameaboard, reporting that thirty-six Span-ish prisoners who were disabled hadbeen loft by the Insurgents at that townand the remainder of the prisoners, In-cluding some Americans, were being car-ried to Plrls. The AiaS-a at one* madefor Plrls and landed a party of twentymarines, under command of I,leut.Brown. U. S. M. O , at the head of thebay. The Insurgent guard fled and theprisoners were released and broughtaboard the ship. There were amongthom ten Americans: seventy-two Span-ish oflHrers, one accompanied by his wife,seventeen priests, twenty-one merchants,four Filipinos, four Spanish soldier*, In-cluding the wife of one. There waa agood deal of hariTshlp connected withthe expedition, and Lieut. Gibbons re-ports that he cannot speak too enthusi-astically of the xeal shown by the men.

IM'RKA*K Of TIIK ARMY.

Artillery Corps Will Re Increased bythe Heorgitnlsittlnn mil.

WASHINGTON. May In anticipationof tho passage by the house of the army

Mil In an unamended form,the officials at the war department havebeen figuring to learn what effect tho 1411will have up«>n the numerical strength ofthe army. It appears that the onlybranch of tho service which will receiveany addition Is the artillery, and the num-ber of men to added to that branch 1*only M7* at the maximum. This willmajte the total strength of this branch ofthe ewvice 37,44-4.

Tho present enlisted strength o| thearmy l» (5&.0U0 regular# and .15,(M> volun-teer's. or a total of 10#,Ml The r> rga-

laaiion Mil wilt Increase that total to luo.-47S men.

\o Minister to Turkey*

WASHINGTON. May &.-It Is authori-tatively announced that until the pend-ing Issue relative to the payment of theAmerican Indemnity claims Is settled tothe satisfaction of the state department,

no United States minister wiil attend theTurkish capital and Mr. Straus leave ofabeence will remain as It Is now, indefiniteas to duration.

Farmer Commits Suicide.Special Dispatch to the Post-lntelllgencer.

AUBURN, May S.-C. W. Jnjtlis. a farm-er living on Green river, about ten milesabove Auburn, committed suicide yester-day by drowning himself In the river. Hlabody was found today. He had been sickwith typhoid pneumonia and was weakand despondent He waa about S3 years ofme. a native of Allfgheny. Pa,, and hadbeen a resident In this county f-"*r twenty

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\u25a0 UNMI1 IMS.

One of Gen. Otis' Last Of-ficial Actions.

AN EDUCATIONAL PLAN.

Municipal Affairs to Be TurnedOver to the Natives.

Kach Town to Conduct All of Iti In-

ternal Affairs Thronich Officers

Elected by the Xatlvei Them-

selves, Glvinf Them am Oppor-

tunity to Learn the Duties and

Privileges of Preo Cltlsens?The

Order Promises That If Abuses

Are Committed by the Local Oil-

fllclals They Will Be Punished.

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WASHINGTON, May 6-Secretary Roottoday sent to comrrm a copy of an orderIssued by Uen. Otis und-Just received here,

providing for a system of civil municipalgovernment for the Philippines and forthe election of municipal officials by thepeople. The order says In part:

G*>. Otis' Order."It Is with great satisfaction that the

United States authorities. In consonancewith former promises, promulgates In thisorder the law by which the municipalitiesof the towns of the Philippines are to beetsnbllshed and governed In the future.The law Is Inspired by a genuinely liberalspirit and the principle of autonomousgovernment. It Is In Itself educating. ItIs calculated to urge on the people In thepath of true progress, if they are desirousto understand their duties ss free citi-zens and make legitimate use of theirprivileges.

Pan Exercise DiHrage Right.

"For the first time the Philippine peopleare to exercise the right of suffrage forelection of municipal officers?a right onlyslightly restricted by conditions whichhave been Imposed for the purpose of re-warding. as well as encouraging the peo-ple In their just.and natural aspirations tobecome educated and worthy to enjoy allthe benefits of civilization.

Rtfh Mnnlrlpallty Independent."With the municipalities a really auton-

omous and decentralised municipal gov-ernment will be established In the towns,since no provincial assembly Is createdIn the capitals of the provinces or dis-tricts. and each municipality Is the legiti-mate administrator of the Interests of thetown and will keep, preserve and expendfor the publla welfare the municipalfunds."

Purposes of This Country.

After further explaining the generalpurposes of the la/w. the order proceedsas follows:

"A reading of the provision of the la*clearly demonstrates the purpose, tenden-cies and benefleence of the United Htati*government. Naturally It Is impossible toframe legal provisions which are perfect,but thoee are susceptible of further Im-

Contlnued on Page Two.

IMBII1YHEIRS.

Austrian Emperor Gets TipsFrom tbe German.

GOOD TARGET PRACTICE.

German Artillerists and RiflemenShow Great Profioienoy.

Itrllllunt Entertainments for the

Visiting Hourok, IVh* l>rllahts

Hl* Rojal flout by CoufrrrlnK

High Military Rank, anil lias

a Trnnkful of Drroratloni for

German Notabilities? Berlin Pa-

pers Make Mnoh of the Visit a*

Showing That the Drelhnnd la

Intact and Strong- Before World.

Copyright, 1900, by the Associated rress.lIKRI.IN, May s?This was another Ideal

spring day, a regular Kaiser Wetter. Justthe thine for the Interesting army maneu-vers held this morning. Kmperor Williamand Kmperor Krancls .Joseph of Austrialeft the Anhalt depot promptly at S K m,,arriving on plain of Juoter-bogk, where the sham fights were ar-ranged. by $ o'cloek. Tlie exercises occu-pied an hour and a half, after which «h»emperor* lunched at Jueterbogk, return-

to llerlln at 1 p. tn. Hnth «mperora ai>-pearcd to be In good health and fine spirits.

Ke»#s of NharpshootlnK.

Most Interesting feats of shsrpshootlngwere witnessed and explanations weregiven to the Austrian emperor by Kmpe-ror William and Osn. Von dossier, thaminister of war, and Count Von Schlleffeii,the chief of the general staff, about thsimprovements hitherto held strictly secretof both the German army riflo of the latestpattern and tha new field guns. Theseexplanations were given to Kmperor Fran-cis Joseph alone, and not to his militarysuite. Tha Austrian emperor was deeplyInterested In them.

Maw Artillery Taetloa.

The exerulees, however, In themselvesmads a picturesque spectacle, more espe-cially tha part which displayed ths newtactics of tha (laid artillery. Tha empe-rors after their arrival at tha Jueterbogkdepot mounted horses and rods past thatroops placed tn tile from lha depot to thamaneuvers field. When they arrived therethe ordre de batallle was given out. 'iliawhole was under tha command and direc-tion of MaJ. Uen. Von Schmidt, represent-ing the Inspector of field artillery. Thetroops present were a battallun of theFirst Guard regiment, a battalion of thaSecond Guard regiment, a battallan com-posed of one company each of the GuardChasseurs and Guard Boheutsen I,ehr, anda battalion of Infantry of the sharpshoot-ers' school; also two squadrons of IdfeHussars and a field artillery regiment,made up from the sixth Instruction bat-teries of Held artillery of ths Instructionschool. Kach body was In full warstrength, with cartridges also ss In tlmsof war. The full strength of a guard pio-neer company also participated. The moatremarkable feature, about which KmperorFrancis Joseph repeatedly expressud hlaadmiration, was the exactness of aimshown both by tha artillery and Infantry,even at great distances. Tha Austrian em-peror once summoned a general of hissuite and pointed out this feature to him.

At the concilia ton of tho stasm ImiUs, apscade march tiled past the emperors,Francis Joseph thanking tha officers com-manding for lha Impitsalvs spectacle wit-nessed and a< cording them Mg"i praise.

Lunch was served at the officers' casinoof the field artillery Instruction school,

i:si|irrnr William's Set* Hank#

Kmperor William's ap»>ulnlnicnt si Aus-trian field g-ricral pleases 'dm greatly,

th* mors soa a aided and none existed In tha Austrianarmy since the death <4 Arrlr I Hike At-brat ht In IMA. The military rank thuaconferred on Kmperor William is higherthan his own In tho German army. Hesldt *

this courtesy the Austrian ? mj" t r al<igave William a majtnin ent (Mils of him-self encased In a diamond studded .raruoand with tha mmtto "KemperIdem" (always the same;. Knperor FrancisJoseph also pr- Ihs <man em-press snd her wi«*J* family with fins gifts.

Will He a Haln «»f Orders,The visiting emfteior < »vlt rred ths grsnd

cross of tha HiepUen order on Count *ontluelow, tha German minister at foreignaffairs !l*f«r« Kinperor Francis Jos. paleaves a rain of orders will descend uponl.crlin for i * <\u25a0 jh in r<. nay akmo of thadecoration* which '\u25a0 >e Austrian empercrlook along Is wild to !>e lT2s'M> florins.

Austrian l.iupernr \lelta llrdnesl.After his return to Berlin for. per or

Francis paid a number of visits.Ka : «*. between 4 and & o'clock bs drove to

ths barracks of the Brwperor I ran 1% regi-ment, which la under his personal patron-

age and .which Is ron44*t*d one of thacrack regiments of Germany. The bar-racks were splendidly ornamented anddecorated. Tha main gate showed a tri-umphal arch. In tta 'enter of which wasa large Austrian Imperial crown and J>*.neath It on velvet the monogram of thsregiment. R«wid« sere masts tearing lhaAustrian and Hungarjan r es ? entwinedwltn evergreen. The b illdlaj;itself she we-lappropriate floral decoration, and Germanand Austrian eagtca sire overywhere dl»played as symbola. The regiment receivedKmperor Francis Joseph who wis Accom-panied by Kmperor William In par addform, drawn up under the rnniand ofX,leut. Col Van Itaven. At « o'clock aboi.qufct waa served at ths regimentalcasino (or US persona. la tie 00r4.se k«n

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SERIOUS ACCIDENTS ATDEWEY CELEBBATION.

CroTrdw So firent Tliat Potent offWomen nnd Children Were

Crashed and Flrulsed.ST. LOUIS. May 5.-With a parade of

military and ctvlc organiiatlons of Mis-souri this afternoon and an informal re-ception by the Loyal Legion tonight, thetwo days' celebration in St. Louis Inhonor of Admiral l>ewey came to an end.

Probably 540,060 people, including 7&.0A0from outside points, stood patiently forhours along the line of march to see theadmiral, cheered him wildly as be wasdriven by in the parade, then pressed for-ward to some new point of vantage onthe streets along which the parade woundits way through the business district! tocheer him again.

A| some points of the parade the crowdswere so great that the police were ut-

terly help'ess. and dozens of bruised andfainting and crying children wererescued on/r l»y the use of clubs, in somecases the helples* ones being carried outover the heads of an almost immovablemass of people.

In*front of the grand stand at the ex-position building the crowd got beyondthe control of a hundred policemen, andfor an hour before the parade reached thatpoint packed the street from curb to curbfor a distance of three blocks, a narrowpassageway for the parade Anally being

clenred with great difficulty.

At this point, almost rxactly un.l»r thespot whore tho admiral stood. a horse be-longing to an officer of the Culver mili-tary academy became frightened and Inan Instant ha.l thrown Ms rider and piling-

ed into the mass of men, women and chil-dren. Rearing and kicking. hs tore hitway through the crowd along the side-walk half the length of the grand standbefore he was finally brought under con-trol, leaving over a doien persons pros-trated and bleeding on the walk. Mostof them were only slightly hurt, but oneman and two women kicked or trampled

on by the crated animal were carried tonear-by drug stores.

Over the entire length of the line ofmarch, extending for nearly si* miles, theadmiral was given so hearty a reception

that he was kept bowing and doffing hlabat continually.

The line of march was n* follows:East 011 Washington to Channlng, south

on Channlng to I»cust, east on locust toFifteenth, north on Fifteenth to Washing-

ton, east on Washington to Fourth, south

on Fourth to Clark, west on Clark toBroadway, north on Broadway to Olive,

west on Olive to Seventeenth, south onSeventeenth to Pine, west on Pine toTwentieth and disband.

Tha parade ended. Admiral and Mr*Dewey were driven at once tocrs" hotel, wliare they rested until even-ing. At 9 o'clock Admiral T>ewey wasescorted to the hall of the military orderof the Loyal legion. In the Lac'.ede build.Ing, of which the admiral has been amember for twenty years. This affair waspurely Informal, and no SSt programmewas carried out.

Tomarrow morning the admiral and par-

ty Ifave for Memphis, Tenn., where a twodays' celebration will be held In hla honor.

looking for Shipwrecked rrew.WASHINGTON, May 5.-A»alstant Sec-

retary Bpauldlng haa taken active meaa-ures to rescue If possible the fifteen menwho, In a amall boat, abandoned thewrecked steamer Virginia on the outerDiamond shoal*. Today he ordered therevenue steamers Algonquin, now at Wll-rnlnirton, N. and the OMndnfo, whichla expected to arrive at Norfolk today, toproceed to sea at once In search of themlaalng men.

Lieut. Gen. Sir Herbert Chenmtde.

LIEUT. r.EX =rn llERBI&RT CHERMHID®. who la r-laylng <u\ Import,ant pert in the present operations southeast of Rloemfinteln. Is an en-gineer officer, bo..'ling the *ibetanllai ruuk of major general In the !!r!»-

tah army. He want to South Afrt*u a brigaJe commander. but wm rm-I'Mitiy given oommand of a division. From almost hi* Mart in the servkehta career ha* been iienliflt-d wi:h ?h« Hast. He served aa mlll'sry mta< liewith the Turkish troop# throughout the K<«mn-Turkish war. In I>jC he w»ntto Egypt and K-rved through the campaign of that y«Lr, and In the Hourtanexpeditions In ISS4 and 18S5, and was for some time governor general of theRed sea. littoral. FYom :S*» to ISM ha commanded on the Nile frontier andwa» In oommand at the battle of Sarras When a commissioner was re-quired for Crete, Chensalda waa the man neleetej, and there he remainedfrom IXSJ* until la*t year. Though wish twenty-nine years* servke to hiscredit. Sir Herbert Is only 50 years of aga.