WEEKLY
iaks
VOL. X
THE DALLES, WASCO COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 11. 1900.
NO. 31
HOT FIGHTING
m PROSPECT
Report Says There Are 170,000 Chinese
Troops Ready to Contest the Ad
vaoce of the International Forces
to the Chinese Capital.
Washington, Aug. 7. Tbe war de
partrtent has received the following
cablegram frcra General Chappee:
"Che Foo, Aug. 7. Adjutant General
Washington. Tien Tsit., August 3. Con
ference today decided to give battle on
Sunday. Chinese are intrenched eaet
and west through Pel Tsang. Rust of
the Chinese are protected by flooded
ground, practically unassailable. Japan
eee, English and American forcei, about
10,000 strong, wili attack the Chinese
right, west of the river in flank. Other
forces, Russian, French, about 4000
strong on tbe opposite aide, between tbe
river and railroad. The Chinese position
is apparently strorg. Army reported
30,000 between Pe Bang any Yang Tsun,
or crossing of road to Pei Ho. Yang
Tsting is the objective.' Our force, 2,000
and battery. Oonemaugh arrived with
the Sixth Cavalry which has been left
at Tien Tsin for the guard of tbe city
and are awaiting mounts. Ministers were
safe on the 28th of July. Chaffee."
New Yok, Aag. 8. A special to the
Journal from Shanghai, save: There
are 30,000 troops at Tang Tsun, nnder
General Sung; 40.000atP.fi Tsang under
; General Tung Fuli Siang; 40,000 at
Pekin already and more arriving daily
and 60,000 in camp twenty miles west of
Tien Tsin.
CHINA WILL OFFER
RESISTANCE
Will Not Permit tbe Allies to Rescue
the Ministers Not Disposed to
Avert a War.
London, Aug. 8, 4:35 a. m. "In case
the troops advance the Chinese most
fijiht. Tbe suggestion that the allies
should be allowed to enter Pekin in
order to escort the ministers to Tien
Tsin is absolutely impossible."
This is the dictum of Li Hung Chang.
It was transmitted last evening to Wil-liatn-Pritchard
Morgan, member of par
liament for Mertbyr Tydvil, by his agent
at Shanghai. The agent has carried to
Earl Li a message from Mr. Morgan,
urging that theallied troops be permitted
to enter tbe capital, and stating that n
settlement could be made at Tien Tsin,
whereby a war of the world against
China would be averted ; but even the
optimistic Li failed to hold out tbe
slightest hope of Us feasibility, although
he reiterated to Mr. Morgan's agenl his
declaration that the ministers bad left
Pekin, fixing the date of their departure
as August 2. The agent makes this com
ment: "The consuls are without con
firmation." The messages have been sent to Lord
ird (Salisbury, accompanied by a state
ment by Mr. Morgan, nrging that the
allises lionld take no step to endanger the
lives of the ministers.
A message from the Belgian minister,
dated Pekin, August 2, seems effectually
to dispose of the rumors that the minis
ters have either left, or are intending to
leave, Pekin.
The Chinese minister in London, Sir
Chi Chen Leh Feng Lob, says he has
received a telegram from China announc
i" thatjn long I mperial edict was hsued
on August 2, authorizing the immediate
nd safe conveyance of all Europeans in
Min to Tien Ts in.
Operation! Htanintil.
Ghanite, Aug. 7. Work has been re
nmed on the old Virginia mine at Rob
inionville, at one time under the manage
"ent of tbe Blewilts, which has been
idle for several years by resson of the
Heged gutting of the richest ore chutes.
Thepropeity is owned by the Virginia
Uuld Mining company, in which John
Mitchell, of Baker City, is one of the
heaviest stockholders. The deepest shaft
n the mine has been pumped out, and
the work at present Is bei ng concentrated
0n n iiprai.ee, through which s flno
Ldy of ore can be opened up ami mined.
1-lttU Known of the Haiti.
London, Ang. 7. The special dispatch
w 'he Associated Press from Tien Tsin,
'ted Sunday, August 5, 8 a. 111., via
b,'nghal, August 7, is the only press
"""age which has got through from
Tien Tsin since the battle at Pei Tsang.
arions Tien Tsin dispatches of earlier
datesallade to reconnolter'ag rnconntr rs
with the Chinese preparatory to general
attack on the Chinese positions, which
are five miles long. Tbe reconnaissance
has developed that the Chinese are in
greater strength than expected and th
allies, according to a news agency dis
patch from Tien Tsin, dated August
are each day pushing nearer to the
Chinese position.
The Rnssians wbo have been fighting
around Tasi Chow are reported, accord
ing to a dispatch from Shanghai, dated
August 6, to have killed 3000 Chinese,
The Tao Tai of New Cliwang baa re'
fused the Russian demand to give n
the forts there.
A dispatch from Hong Kong under to
day's date, says trade with the West
River is at a standstill.
It ts now fully confirmed that a fourth
brigadeof Indian troops has been ordered
to China.
THE U.S. LEGATION
WELL ON AUG. 7
State Department Advises Minister
Conger of Approach of Relief
Column and Asks Him to Be of
Good Cheer.
Washington, Aug. 7. The following
cablegram from Minister Conger was re
ceived tonight by the state department
"Tsi Nau Yamen, Aug. 7. Secretary
of state, Washington We are still be
sieged. Our position is more precarious
Tbe Chinese government is insisting on
our leaving Pekin, which would be
certain death. There is rifle firing upon
us daily by tbe imperial troops. We
have abundant courage, but little am
munition and provisions. Two pro
greesive members of the Tsung li Yamun
have been beheaded. All connected
with legation of United States are well
at the present moment.
Congee.
Washington, Aug. 8. A reply has
been sent to Minister Conger by the
state department to the message received
from him late yesterday. It advises him
of the approach of tbe relief column and
exhorts him to be of good cheer. Tbe
dispatch was sent direct to Minister
Conger at Pekin, and a duplicate of it to
Consul-General Goodnow at Shanghai
Goodnow was direpted to spare no pains
or expense to get the message to Minister
Conger,
To Consul-General Goodnow, was also
cabled an emphatic statement of tbe
position of this government, approach
ng close to an uitimntion, and saying
that Immediate action by the Chinese
government is necessarv. He was
lirruted to communicate this to Li Hung
Chang, and other officials who can trans
mit to whatever government there is in
China.
Washington, Aug. 8. Minister Wu
this morning received an edict under
date of August 5, in which the Chinese
government permits the powers to hold
open and free communication with their
ministers. This includes the sending of
cipher messages.
The Chinese minister has also received
a copy of the imperial edict of August 2,
which was delayed in transmission. It
directs tho safe conduct of the foreigners
to Tien Tsiu ami assigns Jung Lu to
select eflicient officials to give this
conduct.
London, Aug. 8. The British consul
at Tien Tsin, nnder date of Monday,
August 0, announces that the Chinese
have been expelled from Pei Tsang, and
that thpy are in full retreat.
Ilere'a A Novel Minn.
Granitic, Aug. 7. One of thr, most
unique mines in thissectlun of the coun
try is that of II. W. Tracey, near Robin
sonvllln, known as the Black Hawk.
Mr. Tracey 's mine consists of a pay
chute n it wider than a foot at its widest
place. Its average width is from two to
three Inches. As the ore is very rich,
however, averaging perhaps 10,000
ton, Mr. Tracey says he can get all the
money he wants working single-handed.
He considers the ground safer than a
bank, and draws upon it only according
to his needs. The property is only
openod op by a 30-foct shaft and a short
drift.
Mr. Tracey is niw at work on another
shaft on a parallel vein that averages
from one-fourth to three inches in width,
The ore In this vein is equally as rich as
that in the first he worked. An adjoin
ing claim, known as tha Mollis Gibson,
is also owned by Mr. Tracey.
Chlcaao Nlill Swelterlnc.
Chic ago, Aug. 8. I he temperature 10
day was 00 degrees, and two deaths and
two prostratlou. were reported.
THE SITUATION
IS INTOLERABLE
Tbe Chinese Government Notified that
the Present Situation Could Not
Be Continued Without the Most
Serious Results.
Washington, Aug. 8. The message
from Minister Conger brings the Chi
nese situation to its most serious stage,
and the authorities in Washington re
gard the matter as one of great gravity.
They are aware that nothing but the
most vigorous action can meet tbe con
ditions, save the ministers and other
foreigners in Pekin, and avert a war of
long duration.
After a conference of tbe men in
charge of tbe diplomatic and military
affairs, in which President McKinley
participated over tbe long-distance tele
phone, it was decided to send a message
to Consul-General Goodnow, repeating
the contents of the Conger message 1
advising him that the situation war
rious and a crisis had been reached, il
was directed to communicate the fact to
Li Hung Chang, to Sheng, and other
Chinese officials wbo were to transmit it
to the government of China with astrong
representation that the present situation
was intolerable and could not be
continued without the most serious re
suits. It is understood that the dispatch
was practically an ultimatum, and a
early reply was demanded. The answer
is expected during the day or evening
and it probably will determine the
future action of this government.
It is not believed by the war depart
ment officials that the- international
forces now operating on the Pei Ho
river can reach Pekin in time to rescue
the ministers if active hostilities should
beam against the legationers by the iin
perial troops. So serious do the officii!
regard the situation that it is believed
by some there is greater safety for the
ministers and other foreigners to accept
an escort of the imperial army to Tien
Tsin than to remain in Pekin, )f war
should be declared.
The information received through tbe
Chinese minister regarding the opening
of communication between the ministers
and their governments is the one ray ol
bope in tbe situation. Whether the
promises contained in the edict will be
made good ought to be speedily known,
and if communication is established the
monstrous consequences may be averted
Although there have been intimations
before that such communication would
be established, this is the first time that
it has appeared in the form of an im
perial edict.
As a result of this latest communica
tion from the Chinese government and
the message sent to Consul-General
Goodnow, the United States government
is now in a waiting attitude, hoping for
the best, but apprehensive of the gravest
possibilities.
Yellowetone l'ark Fire.
Helena, Mont., Aug. 7. The big fire
that is raging in Yellowstone National
Park is being fought by every soldier in
the park and all the men engaged in
road construction work, Deputy United
States Marstial Jackson, who has re
turned from there, and who reported
the fire, said that when he left it was re
ported tbat the fire had extended for a
istance of ten miles and was still spread
ing. . Men who had been in the park
for years said it was the worst they had
ever seen. Deer and elk -have been
riven out of the fire area by the flames.
Buildings in the Upper Geyser Basin
are in danger, in the dense umoer
region everything is usually dry and
inds are carrying the flames with great
rapidity. In Marshal Jackson's opinion
it will be impossible for the force en
gaged to make any headway against the
li re.
Slekneaa In Philippines.
Washington, Aug. 8. Secretary Root
said today that the latest reports from
General MacArthnr show the sickness
in the Philippines as 8 per cent, which
he considered a remarkably good show
ing. Owing to the lark of surgeons, due
to separation of commands, there aie
some small detachments without a sur
geon, but this defect Is being remedied
with all due diligence.
Following is General MacArtbur's offi
cial report of the sickness in his army on
July 31 : Sick in hospitals, 375; sick
in quarters, 1081 ; percentage, 8.4,
Allies running On,
Wahhinoton, Aug. 8. The war de
partment has received the following
cablegram from General Chaffee:
"Che Foo. Adjutant-General, Wash
ington, Aug. 3. Pelt Sang was hand
sooiely taken early this morning by
Japanese troops, supported by English J
an Americans. The Japanese loss is con
siderable; English slight; Americans
none. The ground was very limited, In
tbe morning tbe American troops oc
cupied tbe rear position, which was to I
form a turning movement, but tbey were
unable to form in line. We will cross
the Pel Ho to the left bank tomorrow
morning, and move on Yang Tsun.
"Tbe consul at Che Foo has furnished
a copy of th dispatch from the Ttung 11
Yamun on July 30, which he has cabled.
Chaffer.'
Yang Tsnn is near eighteen miles from
Tien Tsin, and 9 miles from Peit Sang,
wheie Sunday's battle was fought.
ALLIES HAVE BIG
JOB BEFORE THEM
Road to Pekin Is a waste of Marshes,
Dust and Death Chinaman Tells
About It.
New York, Aug. 9. The country over
which the allied forces are now fighting
is, according to all accounts, of a sort to
make it a wonderful accomplishment to
reach Pekin in tbe face of a superior
force. W. Kai Kee, of this city, who has
traversed the route between Tien Tsin
aud Pekin several times, having gone
from South China by the Grande canal,
says of the country
"Near Tien Tsin it Ib a waste of
marshes and lagoons and wandering
rivers. The Chang Ho, the Hun Ho,
and similar streams, join tbe Pei II,
somewhere in this mesh, but taey are
very much confused. About the city to
the north are rice fields and gardens.
Beyond these are marshes, across which
tbe railway is built on an embankment,
made of bamboos driven in the earth,
the space between the two rows being
filled in.
"At Pei Chang (Pei Tsang) the first
good ground is 'onnd. It is Is 60 li (20
Lilies) from the town. The newspapers
have much misstated distances, because
Chinese miles are one-third of Euglieb
miles,
Here are great rice fields, stretching
for many miles, with embankments
built by the province along the river,
which is very crooked, and with earth
paths running every few yards through
the rice. The water being very low,
these paths and embankments would
make natural trenches for fighting. Only
on boats In the river or along tbe rail
way can artillery be nsed.
"For twenty miles and all about Yung
Sung vYan Tsun), which means dust and
mud, are mud flats, tpiiich at this season
are very dry and baked. The last Sum
mer I was along the road we otten had
to lie down and cover up our heads
while the dust etorms swept by. It is
as bad to march through as water. La fa
Sang, or the last place of mud, is where
the low hills, covered with grass, begin
to rise, and the country from here on to
Pekin is fine and rolling, with many
llages, rich farms and gardens.
"Before Lafa-Sang is reached there is
not one stone as big as a man s fist
which is natural to the ground, and not
one tree is to be seen. If the soldiers
stay long near the rivers, which in Sum
mer time have an awful smell, they will
next month become ill with fever, and
very many will die.
'There are not many people living be
tween Lafa-Sang and Tien Tsin, except
tho Chinese whom the railroads keep at
work on the track and to watch it so
the water, which sometimes flows two
ifferent directions within an hour, will
ot carry a mile of it away."
Mors Armenian Maaeacrea In Turkey.
Constantinople, Aug. 9. Advices re
ceived from Bitlis, Asiatic Turkey, say
that 200 men, women and children have
been massacred in the Armenian village
f Spakhank, in tho district of 8nsun,
by troops and Knrds under All Pasha,
the commandant of Bitlis. He is alio
said to have ordered the village to he
burned.
Colli gteel or Drain,
There is but one small chance to
.we yon r life and that is through an
peration," was the awful prospect set
before Mrs. I. B. Hunt, of Li.ne Ridge,
Wis., by her doctor after vaiuly trying
to cure her of a frightful case of stomach
trouble and yellow jaundice. He didn t
count on tho marvellous power of Elec
tric Bitters to cure stomach and liver
troubles, but she beard of it, took seven
bottles, was wholly cured, avoided sur
geon,! knife, now weighs more and feols
better than ever. It is positively guar-
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CHINESE STRONG
HOLD TAKEN
Americans Report That Battle Fought
On Monday Resulted ia Aoother
Important ictory for tbe Relief
Force Advancing On Pekin.
W A8H1NGTON, Aug. 9. The followir
dispatch has been received by the signal
office of the army here
"Che Foo, Aug. . Signals, Washing
ton August 8. ang Ten a captured
today. Wire us. Need own transport
Hon. All well.
"SciimvKN."
Yang Tsun is the town which General
Chaffee indicated in his dispatch, re
ceived late yesterday, as being the oh
jeciive 01 tne international forces on
their then pending movement. It is
,he JUDL,t'on of the Pei Ho and the rail
road leading to Pekin. Its capture will
insure to the international troops, it is
hoped, two routes of transportation to
Pekin. It is seventeen miles from Tien
Tsin.
London, Aug. 9. The flooded country
beyond Pei Tsang adds immeasurably to
the difficulty of the progress of the allies
toward Pekin. This news reaches
Shanghai correspondents from Tien
Tsin, with statements to tbe effect tbat
the situation at Tien Tsin is again
perilous, owing to the assembling of
Chinese troops within striking distance,
The losses of tbe allies in the recen
operations are now said to be 1130 men
of which number the Russians lost 600
the Japanese 410 and the British 120,
International suspicion has broken
out among the consuls at Shanghai on
account of the determination of the
British to land there a brigade of Indian
troops. It is reported that tiie French
will also land troops at Shanghai to the
number of 1200 men. While the min
isters at Pekin remain unrelieved, it
not understood why Great Britain should
divert forces destined- for the relief ex
pedition to garrison a place where peace
thus far lias been undisturbed.
A news agency dispatch from Che
Foo dated Sunday, August 5, says
messenger from J'ekin reports that the
dowager empress sent four cartloads of
food to the legations on July 28th
The British foreign office is understood
to have suppressed portions of the last
dispatch of the British minister at Pekin,
Sir Claude MacDonald, on the ground
that his explicit statements regarding
the quantity of food and ammunition
available might be useful to the enemy.
Washington, Ang. 9. The following
dispatch line been received at tbe war
department from General CliaHce, sent
via Che Foo:
"Yang Tsun, Aug. 6. Yang Tsun oc
cipied today. Wounded: Second Lieu
tenant Frank R. Lorg, Ninth infantry;
casualties about sixty men, Ninth United
States infantry, Fourteenth United
States infantry and Battery F, Fifth
United States artillery. Nearly all from
Fourteenth Infantry. Names later.
Many men prostrated by heat and
fatigue.
"Chaffee."
Itoera Take a Harrison.
London, Ang. 8, 11:30 p. m. Lord
Roberts fears that the Eland's river
garrison has been captured, after ten
days' resistance. The war office has re
ceived from bim the following dispatch:
"Pretoria, Aug. 7. Delarey, hearing
of Ian Hamilton's approach towards
Rustenberg and seeing that he had no
chance of capturing Baden-Powell, hur
ried off to Eland's river. Hamilton re
ported that firing in the Eland's river
direction ceased yesterday and Unit
Lieutenant Colonel Hoare's garrison had
evidently been captured. Hamilton left
Rustenberg this mornin;, bringing
Baken-Powell's men with him.
'Dewet commenced crossing the Vaal
river yesterday. Kitchener is now mov
ing in pnrsnit. Methnen on tho right
bank ot the Vaal, has evidently come
into contact with Dewel's advance guard,
as his guns were heard by Kirtcfiener
this morning."
Knheita Krporta tha I'rof raa of War.
London, Ang. 9. The following re
port, dated Pretoria, August 8, has been
received from Lord Roberts:
Kitchener was informed yesterday by
an escaped Biitish prisoner that Dewet's
wagons had crossed the Vaal. After
wards I heard the sound of gun?, which,
I think, must have been Melhnen's, as
directed him to take up a position be
tween Potchefstroom and Lindique,
where he could intercept the enemy,
who crossed the river at Dewetsdorp.
Kitchener is crossing the Vaal with
cavalry and mounted infantry.
'Hunter reports that he made 4140
prisoners in the Bethlehein-Harrismith
district, a majority of whom are now en
route for Cape Town. Three guns and
4000 horses were captured and ten wagon
loads of ammunition and 195.000 rounds
of ammunition were destroyed.
"The garrison of Eland's River which.
I hear has been captured, consisted of
about 300 Bushmen and Rhodeiiane. I
had hoped that Carrington had boen in
time to withdraw the garrison, but it
teems that Delary, learmngof Ian Ham
ilton's approach to Rustenburg, hurried
westward and surrounded tbe garrisou
before Carrington arrived.
"Methuen telegraphs that he engaged
a part of Dewet's lorce yesterday near
Renter's Kroon. He drove the enemy
off of a succession ol hills, which they
held obstinately. Our casualties seven
men killed or wounded, including foor
officers."
DEMANDS MADE
ON CHINA
China's Sincerity Will Be Tested by the
Follow ing Note to the Imperial
Govcrnmcot,
Washington, Aug. 9. The state de
partment at 10 o'clock this morning
made public the text of the note ad
dressed to the Chinese government.
which was last night delivered by Acting
Secretary Adee to Minister Wu for im
mediate transmission to the authorities
at Pekin. It savs :
We are availing ourselves of the op
portunity offered by the imperial edict
of the 5th of August allowing to the
foreign ministers free communication
with their respective governments in
cipher, and have sent a communication
to Minister Conger, to which we await
an answer.
"We are already advised by bim, in a
brief dispatch received August 7, that
Imperial troops are firing daily upon the
ministers in Pekin. We demand the
immediate cessation of hoetileattacks by
imperial troops upon the legations, and
urge the exercise of every power and
energy of the imperial government for
the protection of the legations and all
foreigners therein.
"We are also advised by the same dis
patch from Minister Conger that in his
opinion, for the foreign ministers to leave
Pekin, as proposed in the edict of August
2, would be certain death. In view of
the fact that the imperial troops are now
firing upon the legations and, in view of
the doubt expressed by tbe imperial gov
ernment in its edict of August 2, as to
its power to restore order and secure ab
solute safety in Pekin, it is evident that
this apprehension is well founded, for if
your government cannot protect our
minister in Pekio, it will presumptively
be unable to protect him upon a j urney
from Pekin to the coast.
"We therefore urge npon the imperial
government that it shall adopt the course
suggested in the third clause of the let
ter of tbe President to His Majesty, the
emperor of China, of July 23, 1900, and
liter Into communication witli tho re-
ief expedition so tbat co-operation may
be secured between them for the libera-
ion of the legation1), the protection of
foreigners and the restoration of order.
nch action on the part of the imperial
government would be a tatitfactory
emonstration of its friendliness and
esire to attnin these ends.
"Ai.vkv A. Adee,
"Acting Secretary.
Department of state, Washington,
August 9, 1900."
A Night of Terror.
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Machias, Me., when the doctors sai l
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by lightning aud the wires are down, for
some distance. It is thought that con
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