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Here one has a vast selection,: ' 100 ROLLS STRAW MATTING, 6 patterns to select from; the price 1 Kg is simply startling; the yard tu 100 ROLLS STRAW MATTING, In new oolorlngs and styles; value, 9ftr 25c yard v' 150 ROLLS STRAW MATTING, in styles superior to those you see 'OK' In other .stores at 38c yard "' .,C. INGRAIN CARPETS, a good selection, equal in all respects tof appearance and wear to the sort selling elsewhere at double Afc the price. xl. EX. SUPER INGRAIN CARPET, various patterns, and all good color combinations, a value that is a fair bargain at 75c yard; KKr for this sale only- JJl- TAPESTRY BRUSSELS, some of the handsomest pattern crea- lions of the season; we want your business, so we have for gotten the profit on these goods, worth 7&o yard; sale price, 7fe made, laid and lined , , J . "VELVET CARPETS, strictly novelties In color, and weave, a large, number of designs to select from, varied color combinations, c-j -i e . .actually worth ?.25 yard; sale price., ..... ........... 'The Finest Collection In the Market at Reduced Prices. GOODS SOLD ON EASY Caw5ton & Company leafing and Ventilating Contractors Estimates Furnished on Steam and i Hot Water Heating, Dealers In En gines, Boilers, Machinery Supplies "48 and 50 first St., Near Pine VENEZUELA IS QUIET. Minintcr Loomis Reports an Era- of Prosperity. "WASHINGTON, Sept. 15. Frank Loom ls, United States Minister to Tenezueja, has arrived In Washington on leave of absence from his post. Mr. Loomis says that when he left Venezuela the country .was perfectly quiet so far as .political conditions were concerned. CommeVcial ly there has teen a great Improvement in .affairs, and the rising price of coffoe promises a period of great prosperity. American capital, he says, Is going into Venezuela in increasing quantities. One corporation has just undertaken to supply Caracas, the capital of the coun try, with Illuminating and heating gas, 'manufactured at the seaport of La. Guay ra, 12 miles distant. Gas coal In Caracas costs $12 "a ton; at sea level the price is-14, hence the projected pipe lino. An other American enterprise under way "is 'the erection of electric-light plants .at La Guayra to light Caracas by long-dlstanco .transmission of power. Mr. Loomis says that the conditions across the line in Colombia ere, politi cally. In confusion and this has affected business unfavorably. Just before Mr. Loomis left Caracas the two commissions appointed to delimit the boundary line in the disputes between Venezuela and Great Britain and Venezuela and Colombia arrived and en tered upon their work. It Is believed, Mr. Loomis said, that tinder the award of 1896, when Spain acted as arbitrator be tween Venezuela and Colombia, that Ven ezuela will lose almost one-seventh of her territory, being almost the entire strip of country west of the Rio Negro. Colombia-Costa Rica Boundary. PARIS, Sept. 15. President Loubet, act ing as arbitrator In the boundary dispute between Colombia and Costa Rica, de cides that the frontier between the two republics is formed hy the cordillera of the mountains setting out from Punta Mona, on the Atlantic, and crossing northwards the valley from Rio Tarlna to Rio Slxpla. then by a ltae drawn at about the ninth degree of latitude be tween the Atlantic and Pacific After wards the boundary follows a line 'be tween Chfriqui Vlejo and the tributaries of the Gulf of Dulce, ending at Punta Buryea, on the Pacific The islands east and southwest of 'Pun ta Mona, near the coast, belong toColom bia. and those further away from the continent, lying between the Mosquito coast and the Isthmus of Panama, are also Colombian territory, as well as the" lslandft situated east of the Buryea Is lands, including them. The islands west of this point are assigned to Costa Rica. Havana Customs Receipts. WASHINGTON, Sept. 15. The Division of Customs and Insular Affairs of the War Department has .given out for .pub lication a statement of. the receipts at the Havana Custom-House for the month of August, 1900, showing that the "total To celpts for the montfi were ?S9L$)2C. Quality, Style and Price Are to he considered In the pur chase of Parlor Furniture. We ex cel here.. Only goods of merit are allowed In, our warerooms, and our prices are' as low. as the common factory-made goods. "We have beau tiful suits- of Louis XIV style, with genuine majhogany veneered frame, at $30.00, and 'birch suits of three pieces as low as $20.00 PAYMENTS IF SO DESIRED Wlmmt fHi fr" T Vj i& fcfi IB Telephone " Slain 107. PORTLAND,; OREGON HIDING IN MONGOLIA. Empress and Emperor Watching Events, in Pekin. :NEW YORK," Sept. 15. A dispatch to the Herald from Pekin says the. Empress Dowager and the Emperor, with 8000 troops as a guard, are now staying with a Mongolian Prince In Mongolia, 150 miles westward of Pekin, watching events here. No .pursuit of them Is intended by the foreign troops" If Jckln is to be held, Immediate steps must be taken to meet the problem of a food supply for 500,000 population or else there will be certain starvation next Win ter. The yearly contribution of the south ern provinces of 100,000 tons of rice for ttfe Pekin Manchus is stopped by the military operations, and part of it has1 been con fiscated at Tien Tsin. The Russians are keenly pushing their Interests. There are 8000 of them here now. yIn Manchuria they report fighting everywhere, with Chinese troops, pointing to a permanent occupation down to the great wall at Shanghai Kwan. The Japanese have 10,000 men here." They occupy the whole north part of the city, the largest and richest share of all. Shanghai Calls It a Mistake. SHANGHAI, Sept. 15. News of the con templated withdrawal of the allies from Pekin has caused a, sensation, and Is re garded as a great mistake, which is like ly to eventuate in disturbances In other parts of China, whore the people are cer tain to attribute the evacuation to a de feat of the European forces. Even hero the Chinese as a whole do not believe that tho allies ever reached Pekin. They think the. story' a fabrication. Competent ob servers believe that a lesson " must be brought home to China now in order to prevent serious outbreaks In the future. Forecast of Peace Terms. NEW "FORK, Sept. 15. A dispatch to the Tribune from London says: " Press dispatches are filed with forecasts of the peace negotiations at Pekin, and the conditions which Russia and other powers are likely to Impose. The demand for the return of the "Emperor to power is accurately stated without doubt, but this leaves the question of the Empress' Influence unsettled, and that lies at the bottom of'thc present complications. The1 leaders of the Boxer revolt and of the Im perial Army can never be punished if she reainsany influence at the palace. American Transvaal Leagme. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Sept. 15. Sy brant Wesselus, as chairman of the com mittee on organization, today sent out a call for a meeting to be held in Chicago September 25, at which time the American Transvaal "League is, to be launched as a National organization. The objects as set, forth are "to promote and secure peace for the South African Republics; to spread' information regarding the cause and cre ate sentiment -against the war; to raise funds for the cause and to. procure a tender- of sod offices of the United States to end the war." . . . ' CHANGE OF PLANS Russia's -Intentions in China Not Expressed in Her Note.. .. -. NiW STATEMENT BEING PREPARED Dissolution of Parliament Expected September 25-British Liberal Parity Leaderless. LONDON, , Sept. 15. Lord Salisbury is back at hls-post. Sir Chlh Luh, the Chi nese Minister, had a conference . at the Foreign Office yesterday with the Premier. The United States, German, French and Russian representatives were also there, yet not one of the great London dallies has a word of editorial comment on the subject that Is uppermost In the" thoughts of the world's diplomats. It Is a striking exemplification' of how completely be fogged Is the public of every "European nation with regard to the purpose of their representatives. The Associated Press, however, hears from olrcles in close touch with the Foreign Office that a definite ex position of the diplomatic situation and the aims of the powers may be expected early next week, together with some ink ling as to how it is proposed to attain the objects in view, but that at present the main point of discussion continues to be the question whether the powers shall or shall not evacuate. Pekin. Thls,vltvIs reasserted, Is already provisionally settled negatively by Great Britain and Germany, who are hopeful of gaining the,unted ad hesion of the powers- to a temporary post ponement of the scheme. In the opinion of diplomats, the way has beensomewhat cleared for the ac complishment of this by the recent notes from St. Petersburg explaining that Rus sia's real intent is wholly different from the meaning deduced from the text of the original proposal, as intimating thatRus sia may compromise. Considerable Im portance is attached to the semi-official statement that Russia recognizes the im possibility of the allies leaving Pekin un less the Chinese Government Immediately enters, so that there shall be no Interval without a government.,. Additional con firmation of this view 'is found in the fact that Russia has resumed sending forces to China. This is entirely contrary to the supposed spirit, of the Russian note, and prepares observers for' a change of plans after the apparent failure of the policy favored In the original note. Officials In London take little stock in the carping complaints of the Russo phobes, though they are fully alive to the possibility of a Muscovite move in some unexpected quarter, and perhaps also some surprise from Germany. ' They point out that many allegations of intrigue, founded on the most trivial Incidents, and others like the report that Li Hung Chang Is traveling under the protection of Rus sia alone, have already been disproved. They deprecate the attempts to manufac ture international friction from such petty causes. "4 . Lord Salisbury's return to England has auickened sneculation as to the date of the general Election. Nobonyoiitslde the! Premiers political surrounding, -knows tha date of the dissolution, but the kingdom will be In the throes of an election during the course of .a-few days. A proclamation dissolving Parliament will, In all proba bility, be signed, at the council which the Queenvswlll hold at Balmoral Monday. It is likely that the date determined upon will be September 25. . President Kruger's arrival at Delagoa Bay will suffice as a ..basis for the British Government to assert that the war ' Is over and the Conservatives will appeal to a presumed grateful nation onvwhat is known here as- the "khaki Issue" ;k.ln,other words, the military Issue. There is keen and increasing activity everywhere on both sides, but even the stanchest party newspapers admit that the Liberals wjll enter the struggle leaderless and dis united, and In a general .state of con fusion, practically precluding success. To add to the misfortunes of the Liberal paTty, physicians have peremptorily or dered John Morley, on account of throat trouble, to refrain from all speech-making for several months.. The Liberals thus, on the eve of. election, , are deprived of the services of one of their most able orators. James R. Keene, who sailed for the United States today, said to a representa tive of the Associated Press: "I have had a long Summer's' relaxa tion from business, and am going home confident that, after tho campaign in the United States, commercial affairs will ex perience a period of great prosperity. I have talked with President Cassatt and many other Americans and Englishmen, and all were of the same belief thit there is practically no limit -to the possibilities nf Amur trade In BuroDe: We have so much to sell and can sell so cheaply there seems to be no branch of trade in which we will be unable to compete. I believej this Includes coal, although, of course," there is 'a lot of humbug circulat ing about the amount of transactions al ready accomplished. The scarcity of Eng lish 'labor, due to the men absent at war, combinedwith the scarcity of ships, due to the same cause, ha? enabled mine owners to advance prices, and In due time these conditions will be. modified. But England will have to keep a large stand ing army in South Africa, and this will require 'transports. So, until new ships are built, the present conditions will largo ly prevaU, enabling the United States to obtain a permanent footing in the market. "My -racing experience has been pleas ant, but we have little preference between England and the United States. We in tend to serid more, horses. Racing is more of a sport' in England ind more a busi ness In tho United States. But i$ is in teresting in both places." The conference of . the Institute of Journalists, held in London the present week, undfer the auspices of Lord Mayor Newton, passed a number of remarkable resolutions, the results1 of which are awaited with a great deal of curiosity. Tor instance."" hereafter, if tho dictates of the Institute are obeyed, editors must refrain from Inviting contributions from persons of wealth, position, society, etc., because they thus deprive of valuable space those who are Journalists by pro fession and have no other means of liveli hood. It was resolved also to form a committee, whose duty is to Investigate charges against papers manipulating items of news or unduly expanding cablegrams. Another committee was .appointed to draw .. vnma tnr tVio ATATTilnation of all persons aspiring to a newspaper career. Dr. Clark Bell, who sailed for New York from Rotterdam on the Spaarndam Sep tember 3, said to a representative of the Associated Press before sailing: .,.- "I ain. bynoimeans dissatisfied with the results of my visit in behalf of Mrs. May brick, though the Home 'Secretary has yet taken no action. The publication of Lord Russell's letter caused a profound im pression. Furthermore, J nave since learned on high authority that Lord Rus sell kept his promise'' to Mrs. Maybrick, and. in the capacity of Lord Chief Justice prepared a loner statement strongly urging her release, and concluding as follows: In my opinion, as head of the judiciary of England, Mrs. Maybrick ought to be Immediately, released.' This letter was shown to Lord Hugh Cecil and others be fore petition to the Home Secretary (Sir Matthew White Ridley), and in -the opin ion of the best-informed barristers in Eng . land, those representations constituted an official act of the Chief Justice, and tho Home Secretary ought so to regard them." The .Times publishes a second article to day1 on American comp"etltion in small metal goods. Commenting editorially upon the article, the Times arrives at the con clusion that "a protective .tariff leaves trade to adapt itself, to ther special needs of the home market, and to only" com pete with foreign markets with surplus not especially adapted for foreign needs. We shall Teel the full stress of German and American competition only when, if ever, the financial barriers -which now re strain its pressure are removed." All kinds of rumors are current regarding the coming of American enterprise and capital to relieve London's traffic. That the metrop olis Is far behind every provincial center In many things that go to make up a modern city Is beginning to be realized by Englishmen as well as by Americans; and a demand Is arising for new blood American or otherwise capable of solv ing transit problems. One had only to attempt a journey to" the city this week to realize the costly delays and vexa tions to which business is subjected under present conditions. The main artery from Trafalgar Square to the bank 13 so torn up that It takes cabs and busses SO or 40 minutes to cover a Journey of less than two miles. Connected with all this congestion Is the great problem of housing the work ing classes, 'at which the closest students of London's social problems are aghast, though they readily perceive that the only remedy, as in the case of lessening the congestion of the street, lies in a widespread network of rapid transit, which, under the County Council rules, must hereafter be subterranean. London therefore will' gladly welcome American aid: and there is no lack of Indications that Americans are aotively seeking in vestment in this and other directions. There is scarcely a hotel in London that does no't contain an Important represen tative of some American Industry or en terprise which he' is actively engaged In promoting. There is much gossip over the state ment 4 that Charles T. Yerkes, of Chicago and New York, has secured con "trol of the stocky of tho Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstea.d underground rail road, and It is hinted the denial made in this connection Thursday by Mr. Smith, the secretary of the company, as already cabled to the Associated Press, is by no means conclusive. It Is pointed out that there are some evidences of truth In these reports and Mr. Yerkes' friends openly declare that he has not only se cured this valuable opening, but that his coming to London mean's that he will control the electrical traction system ot the metropolis. Nor is London the only place where American capitalists are engaged in electrical enterprises. The next few days will probably see the completion of plans ,for the construction and consolidation,-of a system of 120 miles of suburban lines conne'ctlng Manchester, Liverpool, Bolton and a score of small towns, of Northern England. This project is in the hands ot "Tom" .andJubert Johnson, -of New York. 4K?rr - v American coat and nfllroad -magnates aro also busy here. Robert . Pitcalrn, superintendent of the Pittsburg division ;6f the Pennsylvania Railroad, is-still 'With the Carnegles, and President Cas satt is watching developments at One 'London hotel, while the Baltimore & .Ohio people have their headquarters at another hostelry. Both parties are con fldent that American coal has, found a , permanent place on the Continent, If not in EnKland. .Every American uonsui m .Europe has been set to work to supply statistics as to tho possibility oi nnaing a market.- , "The great drawback," said a promi nent member or the Baltimore &Ohlo syndicate, "is lack of transportation. It Messrs. Carnegie and Pitcalrn can equip a fleet of vessels specially constiucted for earrvlnc coal, such as our iron ore "and oil fleets, and give a through rate from the coali mines to Marseilles and Odessa, the United States would have the European coal market t at her feet, for all time." ', When a clear - cut issue is again discernible in the confusion surround- ing the Chinese difficulties, there may bo a reawakening of real in terest, but at present China hold?, a secondary place In the -public tnind in Eneland. The Parliamentary campaign .Is In full-swing, but Lord Salisbury has not yet taken the country Into his conti dence as to balloting day; and the cohse queruVuricertalnty gives the stump-speaking that. is going on in every constitu ency an academic tinge. So Great Brit ain, lacking a more interesting topic haA: returned to .the consideration of the war in South Africa; and the newspapers are. of the " campaign, as Great Britain is tired of.carnage.-. President Kruger's dramatic retreat has led the 'commentators to rearmounce tho close of the war; -but the long list of casualties' and deaths In hospital, 'aggre gating 200 aweek, which continue-, to fill up the bulletin boards. at the WarOfflce, belle their statements. Th'e clajms hith erto made that the British Iosses'.in South Africa have been small as compared with those of other campaigns appear to eed revisiorf'"judgingfrom tho recent calcula tions made-by a well-known aotuary who' ..finds .thatjaf the officers in , South 'Africa 72 1 per thousand have beenrkillea or died from ;wounds, SQ.t'per thousand, of the officers have died from disease, "while ,ot the men 19 per thousand have beeitklllpd or died from wounds, and SlJB Have rilled from disease. .' , V i .. These -startling statistics not- only Ml-- lnstratfi that-whllathft officers and mert have suffered approximately equally 'from disease, tho risks of the officers in action have been hugely disproportionate, and also that the rate of mortality in South, Africa is much greater than in tne 'ran-co-German iWar. , Kruger's millions are the subject of disrespectful paragraphs and long nar ratives of dispraise. The lowest esti mate of his wealth is 1,000,000, invested abroad, while" some calculators figure -his wealth at 5,000,000. ' The Transvaal Government is supposed to have two or three millions in Conti nental banks, which will be hoarded by the managing committee, Dr. Leyds says, for a future rising when England Is in other difficulties. ' As the period to which Lord Salisbury has extended Lord Paunce fote's service as British Ambassador expires in a few months, there are many conjectures as to' who will suc ceed him at Washington. Sir Henry Howard, who has been British Minister at The Hague and Luxemburg since 1S36, and who is described In this connection as "a straightforward diplomat, just such a character as Americans, like to deal with," is rather more often mentioned than; others. Sir Henry Howard has served more than once at the British Legation at "Washington, and his wife is a daughter v of ' the late George, W. Rlggs, of Washington, D. C. He was born in 1843. and entered tho dopllmatlc service In 1865. NO ISOLATED ACTION Interested Powers Convinced of Harmony in China. STATEMENT OFCCRMANrS POSITION Berlin Press Condemns the Placing of the Recent Loan ia 'tne United States. BERLIN, Sept. 15. The Chinese situa tion -is here deemed to be highly unsat isfactory and most complicated, though no sensational events are Immediately ex pected, and Isolated action upon the part of any one power Is not anticipated. Ac cording to the opinion here, all the lnter- ested powers are too firmly convinced of the importance jof continued harmony and solidarity to jeopardize them whenfto rfScSsslty eaUsfofiEIt is expected' in Berlin that neither Russia nor France will withdraw their troops hurriedly from' Pekin, and it is believed the United States will not be In -any greater hurry. Infor mation has reached this city that Rus sia, In any event, will keep large bodies of troops In China, not only in the fron tier provinces of Mongolia, Manchuria and Klrin, but also in the interior and the coast districts of Pe Chi-Li. The mili tary directors of the allied forces have agreed that under the circumstances it is "necessary to strengthen the tactical and strategical position of the interna tional forces in Pel Chi Li. Russia, too, will finish the railroad from Yang Tsun to 'Pekin. Regarding Germany's action, she will, In any case, insist on severe punishment being inflicted on the treacherous Chi nese authorities, to which purpose tho confession of Baron von Ketteler's as sasslon came opportunely. Germany will not accept Yung Lu as a peace negotia tor, if the charges made against Yung Lu that he led the attacks against the Pekin Legations are proved. But Ger many, though her Foreign Office insists on the principle of severe punishment, does not oppose peace .with China, as shown yesterday by Dr. Mumm von 'Sohwarzenstein. the Gorman Minister to China, accepting Li Hung Chang's visit at Shanghai. The German. papers are filled with mall correspondence from China, mostly de scribing in detail events until shortly before the march upon Pekin. All tho letters agree-in saying that Germany was the only power' not permitting looting, and maintaining the strictest discipline among her troops. The papers today nearly all condemn the placing of the German loan In tho United States, as calculated to humiliate the nation. The .Vosslsche Zeltung pub lishes figures showing the imperial gov ernment has 140,000,000 marks on hand, and says: . "Why,' then, borrow abroad, thU3 put ting Germany on a par with Russia and smaller and less moneyed countries? Tho empire would no t have found It difficult to raise the amount here, without the aid of any bank."' The .Boersen Courier, Boersen Zeltung and Cologne' Volks Zeltung express them selves 'similarly. The correspondent of. the Associated Press learns authorita tively, however, that German Government circles have been most agreeably im pressed Tjyhe manner in which the Ger man loan has been taken up in the United, 'States. The correspondent learns from a Derson who saw Dr. Miauel. the Min- 'is'ter' of Fln.ahce, this afternoon, that he :1s highly delighted with the success of the, loan., 'A London paper's statement that this is only an installment of a total loan of 200,'000,000 marks Is disbelieved here. The correspondent of the Associated Press called the Reichsbank officials' attention (to the statement, and v they refused-to deny It A representative of Dr. Miquel, however, emphatically denied It. DrMI- quel informed him that the Imperial Gov ernment's needs dre satisfied for the pres ent. " The Associated Press Informant also contradicted the statement from Jew York that part of the loan will be placed in Germany. It is understood that the German Government's motive in placing the loan In America was the Berlin high financiers' dissatisfaction because the government placed the 200,000" loan" -of 1899 through a single bank. The government wanted to show the high financiers that it is independent. The Socialist party convention will open tomorrow at Mayence. The Socialist Women's Conference will begin the same d4y. The first convention's chief point of issue is whether generally to partici pate in the Prussian Diet elections. A meeting of Americans has been held at the United States Embassy here In aid of the Texas sufferers. Resolutions of sympathy were passed and 2000 marks were subscribed. A committee, consisting of Secretary Jackson. "Rev. Dr. Dickie and Deputy Consul-Generah Frederick von v JOHN WILSOIf, PIONEER. 31ERpHANT. Versen, was appointed to solicit further subscriptions. Between Worms and Frankenstein there has been laid bare an immense tomb with prehistoric remains 4000 years old- The skeletons show they are those of a tall, strong race. The bodies were burled In a stooping position. Breslau University has changed the con- dltjon of doctorate promotions" in phil osophy, requiring' of "the candidates grad uation from schools similar to the Ger man gymnasiums. The British Embassy here knows noth ing Of the projected visit of Emperor William and the Crown Prince to the Queen of England, as reported by a Lon don paper. LOOTING IN PEKIN. Brutal Outrages Committed in Tungr Chow. PEKIN, Sept. 3, via Taku. Sept. 7, via Shanghai, Sept. ,13 Looting in Pekin con- tlnues, both authorized and unauthorized. Few houses are guarded, except those oc cupied, by foreigners,, the palaces and those In the sacred city. Almost eyery house is destitute of furniture. General Chaffee says he could not have believed that any city would ever be given over so completely to looters, and he earnestly desires the co-operation of every nation to prevent this. On the other hand the missionaries com plain because the sacred city has not been looted. They urge that the royal family and other highly placed Chinese person ages who were behind all the trouble should be made to suffer more than those who blindly followed them. General Fukushlma, the Japanese com mander, Informed General Chaffee that brutal outrages were- being committed In Tung Chow. He told the American commander that he had positive Infor mation that many women had thrown themselves into wells or committed suicide in other ways after having been outraged, and that there were several authentic cases wherein coolies had been killed under peculiarly atrocious conditions. He requested General Chaffee to Investigate and then to co-operate with him to check these barbarities as far as possible. General Chaffee ordered Major Muir to proceed Immediately to Tung Chow, and to report. At a council of Generals today, the Russian General Llnevltch said ho had received information that two forces of Boxers, one numbering 10,000 and the other 4000. were marching from the south to endeavor to cut the communica tions of the allies between Pekin and- Tien Tsln. It was finally decided that the line was sufficiently guarded, as the allies would certainly receive definite tidings ot the approach of tho Boxers In time to mobilize at any given point. The council merely Issued orders for Increased vigil ance on the part of the outposts. The telegraph line has been closed against press messages, because of the enormous government business. NO POWER TO NEGOTIATE. Neither Ministers Nor Commanders Can Treat With Chlnar. PEKIN, Sept. 7, via Taku, Sept. 13, and Shanghai, Sept. 15. At a meeting of the foreign Ministers here, it has been decided that they have no power at pres ent to treat with Prince Ching. The Gen erals of the powers also think they can not treat with the Prince. The Russian legation, it Is understood, has been or dered to be withdrawn, and this is be lieved to indicate that the future of China must bo declped by an international com mittee in some foreign capital. Sir Robert Hart, the director of the Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs, has informed the foreign Generals that they must be prepared for future hostilities, that the Chinese troops are concentrat ing and moving on the line of communi cation between Pekin and Tien Tsin, and that it is thought trouble may be looked for In November. General Chaffee be lloves'he has sufficient troops to hold out against any attack. (Minister Conger has received reliable news to the effect that all Americans at Pao Ting Fu have been killed. It Is be lieved that eight missionaries were there. Prince Ching informed Minister Conger that the Emperor is to return to Pekin. The Prince says the Emperor and the entire court are In small villages 60 mile3 away. He will not endeavor to negotiate until tho arrival of LI Hung Chang, who is expected here shortly. Lieutenant Benjamin B. Hyer, com manding 60 men of the cavalry, was re cently attacked near here by 500 Boxers. He put them to rout, his force kllllnc 25 and capturing some rifles and treasure. There were no American casualties. Marcns Daly's Condition. NEW YORK, Sept. 15.-Marcus Daly,f the millionaire copper mlneowner of Mon tana Is very seriously III at the Hotel Netherland In this city. Mr. Daly arrived here on the Etrurla a week ago and has since been In condition of much suffer ing, occasioning anxiety to his friends and business associates. His ailment is heart trouble. He was reported somewhat stronger today. JOHN WILSON DEAD Pioneer Merchant, Scholar and Book-Lover. BEGAN BUSINESS INK)RTLA3!D, 1350 Founder- of the House ot Olds & King; Owner- of tne Finest Library in the 'State. John Wirson. one of Portland's pioneer busln6ss men, founder of the house of 01d3 & King, scholar, book-lover and owner of the finest private library In Ore gon, died at his residence, corner Four teenth and Taylor streets, yesterday morning, aged 74. For some time he had been a sufferer from Bright's disease, and he had been confined to his bed for thy past four months. Four children surviva him Mrs. W. L. Jones, Mrs. Edwin Cas well, Robert W. Wilson and George W. Wilson. The deceased was a native ot Ardeev Ireland, and came to Portland In 1850 via Cape Horn. In that year he became a clerk In the general merchandise store of the original firm ot Allen & Lewis, lo cated then, as now, on Front street. Six years later he formed a partnership with L. H. Wakefield, who was at one tlmo Postmaster of this city, and is now a resident of 3&n Francisco. Their trade consisted of general merchandise, as did all of. tho mercantile establishments of those days, and was conducted on Front street, between Morrison and .Alder, until J871, when the location was changed to Third street, between Morrison and Yam hill. In 1SOT Mr. Wilson bought tho in terests of his partner, and from, that tima until 1S78 he carried on the business, alono. Three years after he assumed complete control. He erected a building on Third street, between Morrison and Alder, and It was while occupying this building in 1878 that he concluded to dispose of hl3 ousiness and retire from mercantile pur suits. Her sold out to W. P. 01d3 and &. Lw. King, who then established the firm of Olds & lUng. whicn has since given place to the corporation known by that name. t Following his retirement he devoted his attention to his real estate holdings, which by that time had attained consid erable value. On the quarter block at the corner, of Fourth and Alder streets owned by him he erected the Holton House in 1S8L the name of which ha3 since been changed to the Belvedere Hotel. At tho time of his death, he was also the owner of the property occupied by the Blum-auer-Frank Drug Company, on Fourth street, between Alder and Morrison, and a strip of the sime width extending through to Third strbet. Among his associates in hU3iness Mr. Wilson was considered a man of the best qualities In every sense of the word, of the highest order of Intellectual ability, and of unwavering. Integrity la all his re lations. Although. he w'aiut an unnrorn tlous and retiring- nature, he wa3 kind and? considerate to all, and quietly and with out effort won the lasting friendship and full confidence of all whom he met. With his Intimate friends he disclosed more of the nobility .of his nature, but even thero his Innate modesty and dislike of any thing approaching display had a tendency to hold In check the rich conversational powers that never failed to delight and Instruct those fortunate enough-to be his hearers. He took a deep interest in edu cational matters, and during his many years' service as a School Director hero his Intelligent and careful work did much to put them in their present high stato of efficiency. W. P. Olds, who was employed as a clerk In Mr. Wilson's store for 10 years, had an Intimate knowledge of his busi ness and social life, and speak3 of him in the most eulogistic terms. "He waa one of the men that the world at larga does not know Intimately." said Mr. Olds yesterday; "one that does a great deal of thinking and a great deal of gocd. Of the strictest probity, and of unusual capability as a merchant, a man of class ical education and remarkable culture, during all his life he had been a great student, and his mind was stored with the choicest learning in every field oC knowledge. He ha'd graduated from a. school In the North of Ireland, and had originally intended to enter the ministry. He was extremely unpretentious in every way, and In a quiet way wa3 always a contributor to charitable objects. To his employes he was more than good, and tha training they received under him has been of Incalculable benefit to them." JOHN WILSON AND HIS LIBRARY. Sidelight on the Man and His Valna-4 ble Collection of Boolcs. John Wilson was one of those quiets sunny-tempered, prudent-minded men, who belong to the solid, conservative element of the community, hi3 sound judgment in the affairs of life, orderly habits and ready willingness to respect the rights of others making him a most desirable citizen and neighbor. Eyen up to the closing weeks ot his life his genial face, with its touch, of ruddiness brightened by the frosty whiteness of his hair and beard, kept its cheeriness. It was a pleasant face to meet on the street or at the door. He was essentially gentle-mannered, with some thing ot that old-school formality and courtliness, united with perfect simplicity and naivete which now belongs to a past generation. Seldom . was he known to complain; there was no touch of bitter ness, no aggressiveness to his nature, which was practical and serene rather than emotional. His one enthusiasm was for his books, and this remained fresh and undlmmed to the end. The remarkably wide rango of subjects covered by his library, extend ing into nearly every branch of human knowledge, bore testimony to the catholic ity and Impartiality of his judgment. If there was any bias to his thought It was in the matter of liberality in matters of religion. He was gently Intolerant of all that bordered on the dogmatic. The tra dition of the ages was less to him than his own reason. His library, which ranks high among the private libraries of Ameri ca, Is peculiarly rich in critical commen taries on biblical literature. Many of these are not strictly orthodox, but aro carefully selected work3 of the great thinkers of the day. There Is no doubt but that the presence of this library in Portland has, unknown to the many, had a broadening influenco upon the community, for many clergymen have availed themselves of Mr. Wilson's generous hospitality to do private readlnff In It, and the Ideas there absorbed have been sown broadcast from many a pulpit. i Mr. Wilson was by no means a mera book-worm. He had an intelligent appre hension of the purpose and scope of every book that went into his library and ho was accumulating dally to the end. Many of these volumes show valuable critical addenda and marginal notes, writ ten by his own hand, and these now bear mute testimony to his loving interest In the great and endurinff thoughts con tained therein.' - .- -:-.,.. :; - i i,