WEEKLY
f?3P 1
VOL. X
THE DALLES, WASCO COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 21, lbOO.
NO. 4&
TRAIN WRECK ON
THE SITUATION STORY OF PEKIN
CAN'T STAND
REPUBLICANS
INST. PAUL
A DECLARATION
OF WAR
THE 0. R. & N.
IN PEKIN
MASSACRE DENIED
CHRISTIANITY
mn mmm mm mwtmh
West-Hound Portland-Chicago Special
Crashed Into Freieht Train
Nobody Seriously lojured.
The Japanese Minister Asks Relief From ; Chinese Officials Assert Positively That
Imminent Danger of Massacre.
All Were Sale on the Ninth.
Pendlkton, July 18. At Cay nee sta
tion, fifteen miles east from here on
thK main line of the O. R. dt N.
it 7:3' mis morning, me west
bound Portland-Chicago special train
erashed into the rear end of a freight
train which was standing en the track
it the station. A light engine was also
tt the rear of the freight traiu and was
crushed into the caboose and three flu
curs. Both engines, the caboose aud
the flats are badly wrecked.
East-bound passenger trains which
backed to Pendleton to. await the clear
lug op of the debris at the wreck,
brought particulars, as follows:
Toe east-hound passenger went from
here to Ciya-te station, where it polled
in on a siding to allow the freight and
passeiig-r west-bound trains to pass.
The freight train pulled in from the
east and stood on the main track. At
the rear of the freieht stood a light
ensrine. The fireman of the light en
gine went back to flig the passenger
train, which was due any minute, the
fireman letting back only about a hun
dred yards.
Just hrvond Cay use station is a sharp
curve. Engineer Mathenson of the pas
senger train, came around the curve on
down grade and was unable to stop the
train after teeina the signal to put on
brakes. His engine crashed into the
light engine, pushing it into the rear of
the freight train and demolishing both
engines, caboose and three flat cars of
tbe freight.
Engineer Mathenson and Fireman
William Guion, of the passenger, jumped
and received only slight injuries.
Brakeman Tom Sanders, of .the freight,
who wag in the caboose, wag buried in
the wreck, and when extricated wag
thought to be almost dead, being cov
ered wi'h blood and bruises. Dr. Ring
bam, the com pan) 's physician, of Walla
Walla, chanced to be on the passenger
train, and attended the Injured men
He says none are seriously hurt.
A few passengers, by, impact of the
collision, were hurled forward and re
eeived cuu on the head, but none were
of consequence. The debris piled on the
track is being removed, but it may take
all day before traffic is resumed.
Washington, July 18. The Japanese
legation has received the following dis
patch from the minister of foreign affairs
at Tokio:
liarcn Nisbi's (Japanese minister at
Pekin) letter of June 29, was received at
Tien Tsin Julv 12. The letter wag
brought by a messenger. It savs the
legations are daily bombarded. Ammo
nilion is running short. Dagger of
maseaere is imminent. Prompt relief is
earnestly desired. The messenger says
the foreign ministers consider it lmposBi
ble to produce provisions after July 1
Washington, July 18. The state de
partment has received a dispatch from
Consul-General Fowler at Che Foo saying
that the governor of Shan Tung has
wired that his courier left Pekin on .July
9. Tue legations were still holding out
Minister Allen at Seoul, Corea, tele'
graphs the state department that Boxers
and Chinese are in forco within a few
miles of theCoiean frontier. Tho natives
of Ping Vang, the most northerly
province of Corea, are much alarmed
and are fleeing. The foieigners remain
in safety. Ihe government is very
aniioos.
PabaluUKly Kith Strike.
Bakeb City, July 10 Ex-District
Attorney Charles t1'. Hyde, who returned
today from a visit to the Red Boy mine,
reports a fabulously rich strike' uade
there Saturday. The ore was found
forty feet below the lower workings in
linking a winzj, and is the richest ore
ever unearthed in Eastern Ortgon, be'
ing about one half gold. Mr. Hvde
says the extent of the ore body could
not be ascertained when he left, as the
strike wag just made. He says the ore
taken from the vein was fairly dazzling
to theye. The Red Boy is one of the
biggest producers in Eastern Oregon,
nd is credited with an output of $20,000
ml $30,000 a month. Godfrey A Tabor,
the owners, recently purchased a deep
sinking plant, and it is iheii intention
to sink on the property to a depth of
2000 feet. The plant is now on the
ground, and will be put in place as rap
idly ag possible.
Ilur.t It Hounds.
London, July 18 The Dally Mail pnb
lisheg a sensational dispatch from St.
Petersburg, dated Monday, which al
erts that there is no doubt that China
has declared war against Russia.
"The Russian press," says the corre
spondent, "is restricted to the publica
tion of any dispatches from the front
has been prohibited. I hear, however,
from a reliable source, that the Chinese
tmops and the Boxers seized a Russian
transport vessel laden with munitions at
""agon (on the A inns river, about 18
n'iles from the Russian frontier), killing
almost the entire Russian escort. They
"''it suddenly attacked and bombarded
the town of Blagovestchnesk, capital of
the Amur government, on the Amur
river. The garrison held out bravely,
but wag finally overwhelming over
Powered. Nearly all perished and the
town was burned."
Hoxq Kong, July 17. Li IlungChang,
disregarding all attempts of Europeans
and Chinese to persuade him to remain,
la't Canton this morning for Pekin.
Prior to his departure Chinese mer
chants and gentry of Canton strongly
appealed to the viceroy not to leave, and
presented a petition setting forth that
Canton, so long a prey to the depreda
tions of robbers and pirates, had become
peaceful during LI Hung Chang's vice
royalty, that disturbances had been re
pressed with a strong hand, and the
people enabled to live without being
panic stricken when dogs barked.
The petitioners, this paper continued,
learned with trembling that their pro
tector was proceeding north and they
wept as at the loss of a parent. Tbe
absence of rebellion and piracy being
solely due to the presence of LI Hung
Chang, the merchants were ready to
cast thenis-Oves before the wheels of his
chariot to prevent his departure.
London, July 18. A special d'.spntch
from Shanghai, dated today, eays the
disembarkation of 15,000 Japanese troops
is proceeding at Taku.
Washington, July 17. The Chinese
minister has received a dispatch from
the Chinese minister at London, an
thenticated by Sheng, the imperial in
spector of telegraphs and posts at Shang
hai, and by two viceroys, declaring th
the foreigners at Pekin were safe on July
9, and were receiving the protection
the government. This is two davs after
the reported maseacre. Minister Wu
hag laid the message before Secretary
Hay.
London, July 17. Mr. William Pritch
ard-Morgan, a member of parliament
today received a cablegram containing
positive assurances from a source upon
which he relies that the British legation
at Pekis wag still standing July 9, and
also that Li Hung Chang left Canton
this morning to take supreme command
at Pekin.
Washington, July 17. The text of
the dispatch received by Minister Wu
this morning, and laid by him before
Secretary Hay, is as follows:
"The utmost efforts have been made
to protect foreign ministers, who were
well on the 13th (Chinese calendar, cor
responding to our July 9). If the city of
Tien Tsin should be destroyed, it would
be difficult to restore the same in 1C0
years. Request the powers to preserve
it, as the consequences would affect
Chinese and foreign commerce. Earl
Li Hung Chang is transferred to North
China as viceroy to Chi Li. Please
transmit this dispatch to the ministers
at other capitals."
This dispatch, wb'.ch is dated July 10,
was signed by Viceroys Liu Kun Yi and
Chang Chili Tung, of Nanking and Wu
Chang, respectively, and also by Sheng,
director of posts and telegraphs at Shang
hai. It was addressed to the Chinese
minister In London, and by him trans
nutted to Minister Wu under today's
date
In accordance with the request con
tained in the cablegram, Minister Wu
asked Secretary Hay to. agree with the
other powers to preserve Tien Tsin from
destruction. The secretary's answer was
not made public, but Minister Wu fears
that thedestructlon already has occurred.
He regards the cablegram as perfectly
authentic.
ENGLAND AFTER
CHANG'S SCALP
Hlorm la Wl.esiili,
LaChosmk, Wis., July 10. The heav
jest rain norm In La Crosse and vicinity
'or three years has been raging for the
P"t three days. Th storm was general
In Wasconsin, Minnesota and the Da
ko'M. All railroads have suffered from
whonts. The hall did great deal of
damage to cropg In those states.
Tien Tlo Taken.
London, July 18. In tho house of
commons today the parliamentary secre
tary for the foreign office, St. John
Broderick, read a telegram from Admiral
Seymour, dated Taku, July 17, giving an
account of the capture of the native city
ol Tieu Tsin by t he allied forces. Accord
to this dispatch, the morning of July U
the Japanese blew np the gate and en
tered the city, the others following. On
the right the Russians captured a battery
on the bank of the Liu Tai Canal, con
sisting of twelve small guns. The other
troops were engaged on the left. About
8000 in all were engaged, and over 700
were killed or wounded, the Japanese
being the heaviest losers. Tbe British
bad twenty killed and 93 wounded. The
Chinese troops fled, In what direction is
not known.
Hualnea Interrupted by Htrlke.
Sr. Louw, July 10. The St. Louis
transit company today filed in the city
register's office its returns of trips and
passengers for the quarter ending June
30 last, aa required by law. These re
ports are particularly Interesting, as
showing the decrease in the company's
business, caused by the strike. During
ti e first three month of this year, before j prnor n(
the elrike wag Inaumirated, the transit strong proof that the
company, according to its returns, parried jCanlon, iu spite of his professions of
27,0o8,585 passengers, its cars making 1,- j frientlsliip for the foreigners, is io thor
307,825 trips In so doing. Acceding to ongh ,ym)thy and league with his old
its returns for the three months ending ; frjt.n, an, patriot, Prince Tuan. Sir
Will Xot Be Allowed to Go to Pekin
Is Believed to Be in League With
Prince Tuan.
. Nkw Yokk, July 17. A dispatch to
the Journal and Advertiser from Lon
don says: In the lobby of the house of
commons last night it was declaredTthat
the government had issued orders for
the seizure of Li Hung Chang and for
his imprisonment at Hong Kong, pend
ing hi deportation to some place in In
dia, in the event of his carrying out his
project of proceeding northward by sea,
in compliance with the summons which
be has received from Pekin. English
gunboats and cruisers are hovering off
the coast of the Province of Kwan Tung
with orders to intercept any vessel, no
matter what as It flies, having the vice
roy on lioard, and to seenre his person.
It is resolved to hold Li Hung Chang
as a species of hostage, and, morever, it
appers that Sir Henry Blake, the gov-
Hong Kong, hag obtained
old viceroy of
That
Is at the Bottom of Chinese
Objection to Foreigners.
Washington, July 13. The antipathy
of the great majority of the Chinese to
the introduction of foreign religions into
their empire is the cause arcribed by R.
Kondo, president of the Japan Mail
Steamship company, to the present hos
tilities in tbe Orient. Occupying a high
position in the business and financial
circles in the East, Mr. Koodo has had
excellent opportunities for observation.
He declares that the efforts of the
missionaries have not been very fruitful
so far as bringing China under Western
ideas is concerned. He thinks the
Chinese are so thoroughly imbued with
the teachings of Confucius and other
Chinese sages that they are bitterly
hostile to all foreign faiths, and resent
the advances of onr missionaries. '
When Mr. Konde was in China last
year he was informed by conservathe
Chinese citizens that the people were
not averse to foreigners coming to their
country to trade, but they would not
tolerate their attempts to spread outside
religions. Mr. Kondo savs the Chinese
business instinct is ag acute and fully
developed ag that. of any nation, and
through its agency their confidence may
be gained and the empire opened to for
eign commerce.
This gentleman regards lightly the
story that Japan and RuBsia are likely
to clash over the Liao Tung Peninsula
which Japan wished to absorb, but
which hag become practically Russian
territory. He does not consider the
fact that Japan has increased her army
and navy and that Russia has gathered
100,000 men on the Siberian fiontier
signifying any pending hostility between
the two nations. He regarda these
moves rather aa means of protection
than aggression, in a word, he savs
there has been a great deal of exagyera
Hon concerning Russia a and Japan
attitudes, both in China and Corea
Nothing could be farther from Japan'
desire, he concludes, than to fit; (it
Russia, and the same is squally true of
Russia as regards Japan.
Civilisation Versa Barbarism.
New Yobk, July 17. A dispatch to
the Trilrune from London, eays: Civili
zation is confronted with a terrible war
with the forces of barbarism. One of
the turning points of history has been
reached. Pekin will be erupted after an
arduous campaign in the autumn and
tha bloodstained .iictator and empret-s
iu sympathy with antt-f jreign move
ment, will be overthrown, but the onI
vengeance which civilization can carry
into execution is the humane policy of
governing China in an enlightened way
through the partition of the empire. The
Boxers will gradually be dispersed and
the assassins driven into the interior,
but Japan, Russia, and theother powers
will be compelled to accept responsibility
fr condoling the administration of
Cbina.
Teddi, Major Gregg. Senator Xelson
and Col. Stone Make Addresses.
June 30 its cars made only 417,049 trips
and carried 13,733,021 passengers,
Judge W. H. Wellington.
Phoenix, Ariz., July 1(1. Judge W.
II. Washington, of Philadelphia, a direct
descendant of Augustine Washington,
father of George Washington, is dead at
Castle Creek Hot Springs, of consump
tion. He was forty-five years old and a
Uwytr of recognized ability.
The Oregon All Hlght,
Wahhinoton, July 17. The following
dispatch was received at the navy de
partment this morning :
"Nojl, July 17. The Oregon passed
through Simonofekl Straits on way to
Kure. All well. Wii.Df."
Henry cables that no less than 50,000
Mauser rifles and a quantity of quick
firing guns have reached Canton since
the beginning of the .year, and have,
with the knowledge and approval of the
viceroy, been judiciously distributed
among those most likely to do execution gation, short of food, hard pressed and
Want Ills reimport.
San Francisco, July 17. Ho Yow,
the imperial consul-general of the Chi
nese empire, is officially preparing to re
ceive passports for himself and his at
tendants. He said :
'The Ctiinese in this state are to a
man heart and soul against the Boxers
and tho awful crimes they are com
mitting against humanity. I have just
attended a meeting of the leading Ctii
nese merchants of San Francisco, at
which it was decided that they would
immediately close their business here, it
necessary, and offer their services to the
United States aa volunteers to go to
China and fight under the United States
fhtg with the allied powers. I under
stand that Minister Wn is ready to leave
at any time. I have not as yet received
definite orders fioin him.
I)ilatch From I't-kln.
Chicago, July 18. A dispatch to the
Record from Cho Foo, July 15th, via
Shanghai July 18th, says: A commu
nication was received today by the
Japanese consul from the Japanese min
ister at Pekin June 29th. It said that
all the ministers were in the British le-
therewith against the foreigners.
Children rr Adoption.
Twin girl babes 5 months old ; one
girl habe, 1 month; one girl 3 years;
one boy I year ; one boy 2 years ; one
boy 9 years. Apply to I. F. Tobey,
superintendent Children's Home Soci
ety. The superintendent will be in The
Dalles this week and will receive written
applications at this office.
unable to hold out many days
(This is significant, for It Is the latest
dispatob from Pekin, except those from
Chinese sources, since Sir Robert Hart's
message of June 25th, when he said the
'guns were trained on the legation.)
For le.
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lubricating oils and greases. Prices and
terms are right. Write for prices. Cen
tral Refining Co., Cleveland, Ohio.
St. Pai'i., July 17 The nation 1
league of republican clubs wag called to
order by Col. George Stone, the presi
dent, this morning.
On the roll call of elates about half the
number responded. Acting Mayor Gregg
made a short address of welcome. After
speeches by Gov. Roosevelt and Senator
Nelson, President Stone delivered his
address. ' In part Col. Stone said :
"It is not enough to have able leaders,
it is not enough to have immortal prir.ci
plea set forth In our platform ; wo must
have loyal patriotic citizens who value
tb privilege of American citizenship
men who w ill lay aside partisan feeling
and vote along the lines of patriotism
Patriotism does not alone consist in
shouldering the title or girding on the
sword, and a readiness to follow the
fluttering flag to far off fields of glory
It is a sentiment implanted in the heart
of loyal men that will compel him to
study his countrv'a every interest in
peace as well as war, to vote right as
well as fight right. Patriotism will
dictate to the honest American voter
that he etmiv the economic and
industrial questions which will be sub'
mitted for his consideration, with an eye
i-ingle to hi country's welfare, and with
a heart inspired for his country's glory ;
then we can have no fear, that when the
principles set forth in our platform are
understood and the worth and merit of
the men who carry our standards are
full v esitmated, the result will be. the
overwhelming election of McKinley and
Roosevelt.
"Of the duties of public men the im
mortal Lincoln said, 'They should he
men who know and realize that the first
and greatest duty of this nation la to ex
tend individual liherty to every foot of
soil where the fortunes of peace and war
may plant the Stars and Stripes.' Such
men have we in the republican partv,
and such are tho men whose names are
presented to the voters of Ihe country
for election of tho offices of president and
vice-president of tbe United States;
whose names are synonomoua with
honesty, ability, loyalty, ourage and
all the qualities ttiat make men great;
whose ability is the highest council
chambers of the land hag been amph
proven ; whose con rageods loyalty bade
them throw aside the pursuits and
pleasures of busy, happy existence and
hasten to the battlefield at theii
country's cail, and with the unswerving
moral courage, exuul y great, to bid de
fiance to criticism and follow the path
of highest duty, and these are men under
whose leadership the grand old party
will In November sweep the land for
honest government, honest money and
honest principles."
Has Given tbe Chiucse Minister at St.
Petersburg His "Walking Papers"
and Will Probably Soon Have an
Army Marching on Pekin.
IThanke From llawallane.
Washington, Julv 18. The president
lias received the following letter:
"Honolulu, June 30, 1900. To His
Excellency, William McKinley, preBl
dent, and congress of the United States
of America Greeting: The native
Hawaiian citizen of the territory ol
Hawaii send their greeting; they wish
to express to you their appreciation and
thanks (or the liberal laws which the
congress has enacted for the territory of
Hawaii, and which yonr excellency has
pproved on the 30th day of April last
W e further extend onr good aishes to
your excellency, to the congress and the
people of America. Respectfully yours,
D. Kalauokalani, James K. Kanlia,
Robert W. Wilcox, nation tl committee."
rrlncn Tuan Army.
St. Petersburg, Julv 18. A dispatch
from Che Foo says: Prince Tuan has
mobilized 150,000 mm, divided into
iflVrent corps. Tim northern corps has
been ordered to expel foreigners from
Amur. The Pt-kln aroiv is divided into
our corps, the first of which is to oper
ate against Mukden and occupy the
roads between Pekin and Shan Hal
Kuan; the second is to concentrate at
Tien Tsin, and the third at I'tkin,
hence a column numb riig 40,000 will
sent to Wei Hai Wei and I sin Tau,
hile Ihe fourth corps will concentrate
at Nankin. There, are now 23,00') Jap
auese troops in China.
Caen in toar cneeke.
AlLconotv warrants registered prior
Aug. 1, 1KH0, will be paid at my
office. Interest ceases after June 30,
1900. J. F. Hampmiir,
Omntv Treasurer.
be
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Nkw York, July 19. A dispatch to
the Journal and Advertiserfrom I.ondon
says : The Chinese invasion of the Amur
province is equivalent to a declaration of
war against Russia, which, construing it
as such, has handed the Chinese envoy
at St. Petersburg his passports today and
reguested him to leave the country, along
with the members of his mission.
The importance of this Chinese decla
ration of war against Russia, and of this
bold invasion of Russian territory, lie
in the fact, as the matter now stands,
that it virtually releases the Czar from
his obligations to the foreign powers to
act in concert with thorn in China. He
is placed thereby in a position to act in
dependently, not only with reference to
defence of his dominions against the
Chinese invasion, but also as regarda
the carrying of war into the enemy's
country and an eventual march upon.
Pekin.
Should a Russian army, proceeding
from Siberia, reach Pekin and capture it
before the allies could get to it from the
Pacific Coast, tbe Czar would be able to
dictate terms to China independently of
the other powers, and without any re
gard to their wisiies, virtually establish
ing himself as master of the country.
The British and German governments,
alarmed at the idea of this eventually,,
have today decided to abandon the policy
which they have pursued nntil now and
to declare war upon the Chinese govern
ment, thus plating themselves in line
with Russia and France and the United
States is expected to follow suit Im
mediately. France has, Indeed, already issued, to
day, a decree forbidding the sale of arms
or war material of any kind to the
Chinese, while Germany has already
prohibited the Chinese envoy at Berlin
from communicating with his govern
ment except through the German foreign
office, and is preparing to give him his
passports. Here in London, the Chinese
minister has already packed all belong
ings, removed hir boys from the schools
and cancelled all his engagements, so as
to be ready for immediate departure.
In addition to the corps of the imperial
Chinese army, which has invaded Siberia
with orders to drive all foreigners out of
the rich gold-hearing Amur province of
the Czar, there are five other corps, one
of which is engaged in destroying the
Russian railroad in Manchuria and in
iriving all the foreigners, especially the
Russians, from the northern portion of
the empire; another is to occupy the
roads between Pekin and Sham Hai
Kwan ; yet another is to concentrate at
Nanking, while columns are being direct
ed in hot haste to Tien Tsin, to the bor
ders of Corea and to the neighborhood
of Shanghai.
Altogether the Pekin government is
eetimated to have, under arms at the
present moment no less than 1,000,000
men, spleudully equipped with Manser
rifles, smokeless powder and quick-firing
oidinance, and carefully trained under
the direction of Danish and German
offi cers. This huge army is under the
orders of Prince Tuan.
In addition to this, there is the Chi
nese fleet, reconstructed and reorganized
since the war with Japan, and compris
ing fifteen first-class cruisers of the very
latest type. These are cruising about
the Yellow sea, with their decks cleared
for action.
Inasmuch as five vessels of the allied
fleet, including the British battle-ship-
Terrible, are cruising about in the same
waters, reconnoitering various town
and forts and inviting the latter to open
Are upon them, news may ba expected)
at any moment ol a naval battle.
Nine other foreign men-of-war are at
anchor of Shanghai, with the object of
assisting in the defense of that city in
the event of its bing attacked by the
big Chinese army, which is now within
one day's march of the place.
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