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WEEKLY VOL. X THE DALLES, WASCO COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, lbOO NO. 49 MINISTERS ALIVE LAST WEDNESDAY Their Stronghold 1'nder Continued Shot aad Shell, and Quick Relief Only Can Prevent Massacre of the Oc cupants by Chinese Troops. Washington, July 20. The following statement has been given out at tlia state department : On the llthofthis month, tbestatede- partiuent communicated a brief message, asking tidings from Minister Conger, in the state department cipner. Minister Wu understock to get this into Minister Conger's hand, if he were alive. He has succeeded iu doing this. Tula morn ing the state department received a telegram frou) Consul-General Goodnow at Shanghai, saying: "The governor of Shan Tuna informs inethat he has received today a cipher message from Conger of the 18tb." A few minute' later Minister Wu ap peared at the state department with a telegram from Taotai Shang, dated the 20th of July, w'lich had been received by Minister Wu at 8:31) o clock this morn in, reading as follows : 'Your telegram was forwarded and, a9 requested, I send reply from the Tsung Li Vamun, as follows: " 'Your telegram of the loth day of this moon (11th of Julv) received. The state (IctKirtnient telegram has been handed to Minister Conger. Herewith is Minister Conger's reply to the state department. ' " Mr. Conger's cablegram is as follows: "In British legation. Under con tinued shot and shell from Chinese troops. (J ink reiief only can prevent general massacre." The message is not dated, but it is understood was sent from Pekin on the lxth. This reply was in the statedepartment cipher, and it is regarded by the state department as genuine, inasmuch as forgeries seem, under the circumstances, impossible. Washington, July 20. As eoon as Minister Conger's cablegram had been translated, a cabinet council was called in the oflice of the secretary of state. In reply to a question, Adjutant General Corhin said it was impossible to say now what effect the receipt of Minister Conger's message would have on our military operations in China or our preparations here. He did not know but that increased military haste might precipitate matters in China. The cabinet council between Secre taries Hay, Long ami Hoot lasted about fifteen minutes. The postmaster-general and secretary of the treasury did not attcd. No statement was given out after the conference. London, July 20. A special dispatch from llng Kong says French gunboats have landed 300 Ai.namese soldiers to protect Shamlet, x suburb of Canton. Washington, July 20. Secretary Long has sent the following cablegram to Admiral Reiney : "Conger telegraphs that lie Is under fire in British legation. Pekin. Use and nrgi! every means possible for-itnmediate reliet." POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES Will Endeavor to Prevent Partition of Chinese Empire. Ciitcuio, July 20. A special to the Tunes Herald tmni Washington says: A re.ii t f (m ,., ,,,,1 nieetings held riie-dny a il Thursday, Hie policy of the I'nileil Stales concerning the great worl.i's crisis in China is folly and definitely decided upon. The substance 'his policy is as follows : The United Slates will under no ircninstHiices join in the partition of Cniua aiiiong trie powers. 2. The United Stale w ill use all its Influence, to the inmost extent, short of War with Kurnpean nations, to prevent di'iiiembcrment of the Chinese Km pi re. I. The United States proposes lo have a veritable settlement of the Chinese troubles, ami its voice will ever ' rained against spoliation and in favor preservation of China's territorial and "overnim ntl entity, along the line set 'unh in S crelsry Hay's note to the lowers, dsted July 3. The United States will not declare war upon China on account of the show- J in of facts, no matter what other powers may do. 5. The United States, actio inde pendently and for itself, will co-operate with the other powers in restoring order in China, In ponishing al! officials, high or low, found guilty of crimes againet human life, and in setting op a stable I government that may give guarantees ot j security of life and property and freedom of trade. THERE WILL BE NO DELAY Whether the Conger Message Is Gen uine or Not. Washington, July 21. While the state department maintains the greatest confidence in the authenticity of ' the message from Minister Conger, yet many people well versed into diplomatic mat ters doubt that this message was a reply to Secretary Hay's cablegram. Those who doubt the Conger niessago are at a loss to undersand why such a message was sent, if not autheuitic, which view is taken by the state department. Such a message, if a forgery, would not tend to delay, the only object which could be hoped for by those who would penetrate the deception and this fact tends to con firm the genuineness ol the message, which, if not an answer to Hay, mnst have been delayed in transmission or held up pnrpoeely. The story put afloat here this morning that the ministers were safely confirmed in an underground passage from the British legation to the imperial palace is ricnled. It is absurd to think such a passage could exist without it being known before the present emergency arose, and if the legation has fallen it Ib reasonable to suppose such a passage, way has been expjsed and likewise de stroyed. But even the existence of such a passage is pronounced absurd, and the story, emanating, as it did, without rea son or guise of truth behind it, has been held up to ridicule in Washington. Senator Burows, of Michigan, says McKinley will carry the country by 500,- 000 majority, deriving his main strength from expansion. Imperialism, he says, is not worry, ing the people, who will stand by McKinlev and support his Philippine policy as against the wild cries of the democrats. He thinks the 10-to-l provision iu the democratic plat form will tend to swell the republican majorities. Salmon T.io 1'lontlfiil. Astoria, July 22. The fishing situa tion during the past few days has changed materially for the better, with the result that today the cold-storage men have been almost blocked; indeed, one, Alter, was blocked. The different canneries in operation packed more fish today than any day during the season, and while none of these were blocked, they were busy all day. If signs are at all reliable, the run will continue for several days to come. The increased run has lieen especially appreciated by the gillnet fishermen, while the catch of the traps has fallen ofT. The seines scoop up everything that comes along, and the present low water is to their advantage. Caul Crag- Humeri. San Fuancihco, July 20. Word lias been received here that the hotel at Castle Crag, Shasta county, burned to the ground at I o'clock this morning. All the guests escaped with their baggage. Castle Crag Tavern was a fashionable Summer hotel, high up in the mountains of Shasta county, ami was owned by tho Pacific Improvement Company, It was crowded with society people from San Francisco and other portions of the state. War Wmrl fr Klhrman. Vanioi vkh, B. ('., July 22. --There was little practical change in the salmon fishermen' strike situation t-dy. Late i reports from Stevenson show that the liidirrmen have reinsed tiie latest oiler nf the canners lo pay 20 cents a lih throughout the eason. The men mill hold out for So cents. Violence is threatened if the fish tomorrow, as Japanese go out to 7- it is reported thevl0' will do. A war vessel may he sent from Victoria to protect them. I alirnrnla Wheal I'rnp. Stockton, CaI., July 20. Kxperts in this city sav that the wheat crop in Cali fornia this season is going to fall below the estimates niBilit six weeks or two months ago. This shortage is said to be due In some localities to several days of hot weather that swept over the state about the time the nhe.U was what is termed "in the milk." In other sections an Insect worked on the roots of the plant nntil it reduced the sap li the (talks and affected the grain. PROPHESIES INTER NATIONAL CRISIS Relieves America Should Prepare for a Crash Which Will Involve the Whole World in a Gigantic Struggle for Supremacy. Nkw York, July 21. Lieutenant C. A. Totten,. at New Haveu, Conn., had given utterance to a etiring prophecy on the present international crisis. He calls the China war the "dragoniao one," and compares the reported maesacres in China with "the crime of Benjamin against one lone woman, for which all Israel nearly wiped out the whole tribe." "Uni verbal war before universal peace; it uust come," says Lieutenant Totten. The duty of the civilized world is to ad vance against the barbaric world. I be lieve that confusion will confuse itself more and more, year by year, until the long predicted crash involves all con cerned in a world-wide conflagration, in finitely hotter than the Hoboken fire and just as sudden. "America must prepare for it. The Anglo-Saxon world must, be in at this death England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales; the Germans if they are wise, for it is the balance of power that is on deck. It is our last chance and we mnst improve it, onr best opportunity. "Wo are at the parting of the ways Events have thrust us into outside mat ters ; the very operations of peace, the natural ones commerce and vast inter national treaties of reciprocity all over the world have silently involved us in a maze of environments that we cannot escape. Before its magnitude tho de struction of the Maine was naught. Yet the latter led logically to a war just as our own revolution. Why, even Mr. Bryan took up arms then. Now, shall we withdraw from mo concert of the civilized nations in this common demand for future peace and vast indemnity for the recent outrage, or not? "Let us prepare for war, anywav, if we have any sense left. Matters of party policy are but fardels before such issues as confront ns." MISSIONARIES HAVE HAD THEIR SHARE Some Were Also Politicians and Were Too Grasping. New York, Jnly 23. Rev. Dr. A. WoodrubT Halsey, secretary of the Pres byterian board of foreign missions, speaking on the Chinese situation, eaid : "The missionary has had his share in fomenting this trouble, and must bear his share of the blame. Some of the mis9ionarins have been politicians, as well as Christians, and their grasping, selfish attitude hat helped to bring about the present condition. "Very significant is the attitndeof the Chinese toward the Roman Catholic missionaries. t i r t i I i anow oi many iiouian . 1 . 1 1 I . . I T J laiiioncs woo nave iiona reaiiy gouu work. But it is true, unfortunately, that the whole Roman Catholic propa ganda is political, as well as religious. This has been prominently exemplified only recently in the Philippines, where all the influence of that great church of the ages was used for self-aggrandizement. So it is In 1'eru, Chile and Brazil. There missions are simply monasteries (if the Middle ages over again. "In China, Hip Roman Catholics havo suffered, first, because they meddled with Chinese politics. Ministers Wu said : 'Yon would not tolerate a hand of Chinese missionaries coming to New York and preaching Confucianism and meddling with thegovernment. "I point this out because I want yon to iinderstane that there are two ideas to the question. Of the Bi-t Presbyterian missionaries who were in the dangerous n,, 011 lmt nineteen aro now tn places safety. Notwithstanding the great commotion, the persecution has nut been directed primarily against the Protestants, because as n rule they do their work as peaceable servants of Christ. "We have now 7000 missi.iiiaries in China, l.'iOO schools and 121 hospitals and dispensaries, at which latter places last year were treated 1,700,000 persons. You cannot go through villiage in China without meeting someone who has been blessed by the Christian church." Itm-fclisin Itvaninlnalitd In Kanliirkjr. Lkvincton, Ky., July 20. Governor Beckham was nominated by the demo cratic state convention for governor if Kentucky by acclamation at 3 :(i" this morning. After the names of Judge Black, of Barboursvilie, and Judge Tarvm, of Newport, were placed in nomination the roll call cl the convention was begun. When McLean county was reached at 3 o'clock, Beckham had tho 5-17 votes necessary to nominate. Then Black and Tarvin's names were with drawn and the latter moved that the nomination of Beckham be made un animous. The motion carried, and Beckham was escorted to the platform, where he made his speech of acceptance. MINISTERS ARE REPORTED SAFE Prince Tuau's Alleged Message is in Conflict With That of Minister Conger, However, in Saying There Was No Fighting in Pekin Last Wednesday. Washington, July 23. Tho state de partment baa made public the following The state department has received i dispatch from Mr. Goodnow, the consul general at Shanghai, dated today, saying that Prince Tuttn wires that an officer of the Tsung li Y'aninn saw all the ministers on the 18th ; that none was Injured and that no attack was at that time being made. He does not say to whom the dispatch of Prince Tuan was addressed and it is to a certain extent at variance with the dispatch of Mr. Conger of that date, describing the legation as being under fire at the time." New York, Julv 23. A dispatch to the Herald from Che too, July 21, says that the captain of a British steamer who has just arrived from New Chwang, teports that there arrived there on Thursday a Chinaman professing to be a foreigner's servant who escaped from Pekin on the 12th, on which date the British legation was destroyed and the foreigners butchered. The story is credited in New Chwang. Another telegram came from the gov ernor of Shan Tung last night. He says : "I have received definite information from rekui that all the ministers are well and there is no illness among them. The proper Chinese authorities are de vising means for their rescue and pro tection. Sr. Peterhih no, July 23. Two en counters are reported to have taken place between British and Chinese forces near Wei Hat Wei. Tho latter, it was reported, were repulsed after a stubborn encounter. No dates are given. M. Krntizki the engineer of tne Eastern Chinese Railway, telegraphing from Algatchi, in the Trans-Baikal territory, under date of Friday, July 20, reports the occupation of Chailar, by Chincfe troops. The Russians, according to this dispatch, continued to concentrate at Charbin. Were .lllve Friday. Bri sski.s, July 21. The minister of foreign affairs, M. Faverau, has received It. n foltna-inp teleirram from Shanghai. I.,.,, - . ,n,Iav . - "A telegram from the governorof Shan Tung announces that the ministers were safe July 20. They were under the guardianship of the Chinese authorities. LI H nng Chang has arrived at Shanghai." Tho Charge. d'AHVirs at the Chin 'se legation here this tnorniag received a telegram from tho Chinese minister at London, saying he had just received a telegram from the Governor of Shan Tang, transmitted by Sheng, the admin istrator of telegraphs at Shanghai, stat ing that all the foreig.l representatives at Pekin were safe. This dispatch was communic ited to the Belgian minister of foreign afTiirs. The oflicial demanded that he bit put in communication with tho Belgian minister at Pekin and in formed as to the situation of the Belgian refugees in that city. liners llralell OH', London, July 22. The war office has receive! tho following dispatch from Lord Huberts : "Pretoria, July 22. The Boers made a determined attack yesterday to destroy a post at Trail Head, thirteen miles eait of Heidelberg, which they attacked with three gum and a pompom and sur rounded. They were, however, beaten oH after a Bharp engagement, before re inforcements summoned from Heidel berg had arrived." Itftiiifmtier That Chas. Stubling is still doing a retail business at his new place. He sells in quantities lo suit all customer.', Irom one bottle to a barrel. Family orders delivered promptly. MINISTER BLAMES THE MISSIONARY Says He Meddles in the Civil Allairs of the Orient. Nkw York, Jnly 2.1 Rv. Robert S. MacArthur, preaching in Calvary Bap tist church last night on the subject, "Why Ho the Heathen RigeT" said: "The heathen are raging, that is cer tain. China amazes the world. Five years agj Japan aloua annihilated her army and navy. Now she defies all the Kuropean nations. Chin has been called the riddle of the world ; the jest of all nations. "Doubtless some missionaries are largely responsible for the present up rising in China. All the missionaries who refrain from civil functionsand con fine themselves simply to preaching the gospel are not responsible for these up risings. They follow the American id. a of separation of church and state. They do not interfere between their converts and the Chinese authorities. "Those missionaries who combine civil authority with their religions in struction are pariiy responsible for the condition of things in China. More than 300 years ago in Japan the Roman Catholic church persecuted the Japanese who refused to accept their doctrine. At this moment similar things are at work in China. Bishops have told tales which excite the jealousy of the Chinese. "Some missionaries actually sit as jus tices in civil cases and impose fines and other temporal penalties. They soon surround themselves with all the dignity of kingly rulers, and the native heathen do not distinguish between the ecclesias tical and civil rule. The result is an anti-foreign feeling. An anti-foreign spirit has been developed, and no one can help but see that the first attack is made upon the missionaries who have assumed to exercise civil power. "I w as in China five years ago this month, and many of the conditions I ex amined on the spot. I also have the testimony of missionaries on the ground at this moment. They declare the bish ops secure the release id their converts when brought before the courts, an I that the authority of the French consul is often invoked to emphasize the do mands of the priests and bishops. riiu same thing is going on in the Philippines at the present time. These things lead to uprisings. The war with Japan put an end for a tiuio to a con templated uprising of the Boxers. Only missionaries who confine themselves simplv to their religious duties can do any good. Those who do not only pro voke uprisings on the part of the jealous Asiatic. 'Nothing is clearer than that it is the Inty ot the United (states government to protect the lives and property of its citi us. Ureal Britain has invoked the admiration of the whole world because of her army and navy, ami because she is ready to protect her citizen with them." A fl'iml Ciiligh Mpfllrlne. Many thousands have been restored to health ami happiness by the use of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. If af flicted with any throat or lung trouble, give it a trial lor it is certain to prove beneficial. Coughs that have resisted all othertreatment for years, have yielded to this remedy and perfect health been restored. Cases that seemed hopeless, that the climate of famous lie. 0th resorts (ailed to benefit, have been permanently tired fry its usn. For ruo by Blakeley & Houghton. To Hold For H.-tli-r ITIie. 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"Domrone it," she aobbed. "I'm not Kiiii(r to be the first American j,''1! tl" marry nil Kiijrlish lord, I don't enrc whut they say. Mommy wants it. nnd so does tliidda, and now it's up to his lordship to jtet me, but, odsbndikins. I vow I'll not set the pcijs for posterity ill this iin-.niet'icniiiiiifr business, so there," und Janice, chuckling- softly t. herself, stilled her sobs once more in the pillow. The W Up Saved II. The story is tfoing- the rounds that when Kudyitrd Kipling had written "The Recessional." w hich the editor of the London Times declared lo lie tin jrrctitest poem written in the nine teenth century, and which the whole w oi-ld has ivceivcd ns one of I lie trreat cst pieces of work in our time, he whs so depressed by its shortciiminK I hut he threw the first rotiirh copy into tin waste paper basket. But Mrs. Kipling has learned her husband pretty well, and so she rescued it. But for Mrs. Kiplinpr we should have bad no 'lieees sionul!" Many a rreiit deed that has lifted humanity upward has been nour ished and saved from defeat by the wntchful and loving sympathy of some unknown member of the home part nertdiip. I'nrrteil ltl-e. Boil one cupful of thoroughly wnshed rice in two cnpfuls of boiling: salted watt-r. Itoil for ten minutes and strain. Add a tcaspoonful of curry powder that has been nibbed smooth in cold water. Boil the rice thus sea soned in a cu,iful of stock until ten der. Strain, place in the center of a platter, cover with the liquor and sprinkle with chopped parsley. N. Y. Tribune. W hy Me ua Marred Out. Mile. Jeanne (iiuuvin, who is a pro fessor of law in a woman's college in Paris, baa sent a special invitation to the l'ortias of ibis country to visit the exposition. Mile, t'hnuviu is slight, pretty and winsome. In her plea be fore a famous Parisian jude for ad mission to the bar she said: "I am u doctor of philosophy, a doctor of laws and a bachelor of literature.'' 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