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V wmm txiwittttfc V VOL. XL. NO. 12,337. THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THTJKSDAY, JUNE 28, 1900. PRICE FIVE CENTS. avwVK Now Is the t'me to purchase your GARDEN HOSE MANUFACTURED BT Goodyear Rubber Company R. H. PEASE. President and Manager. NOS. 73 AND 75 FIRST ST., PORTLAND, OREGON THE MOST COMPLETE STOCK OF Photographic Goods In the City at Retail and Wholesale. Newest, Best and Up-to-Dete Goods Only. Agents for Volgtlaender Colllnear Lenses. BLUMAUER-FRANK DRUG CO., 144-148 Foarth St, Near Morrison HOTEL PERKINS Fifth and Washington Streets . . PORTLAND, OREGON EUROPEAN PLAIN Flrst-Clnsa Checic ReitaaraBt Connected With Hotel. Shaw's Pure Malt The Condensed Strength and Nutriment ef Barley and Rye BlUmaUer & Hoch, HO Fourth Street Sole Distributers for Oregon F.DAVIES. Pros. St. Charles Hotel CO. (INCORPORATED). FRONT AND MORRISON STREETS PORTLAND. OREGON American end European Plan. SUMMERS & IMPORTERS WHOLESALE AND China, Crockery, Glassware LAMP goqds-and cutlery Hotel, Restaurant and. 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Nine Insurgent lead ers, including Generals Plo del Pilar, Concepcion. Garcia and Alvarez were re leased today upon taking the oath of al legiance to the Government and renounc ing all forms of revolution in the Philip pines, together with making formal ac knowledgment of American sovereignty. This oath Is much stronger and more binding than the oath whjch General Otis administered, and was consequently dis tasteful to the Filipinos, who accepted It with bad grace, fully realizing the re sults of any violation. Senor Buencamlno took the oath Monday. It Is hoped that this sparing of the nine leaders will In fluence their men to tako advantage of the amnesty, which has thus far been without results, other than those of to day. HILL IN CONTROL. Consolidation of the Northern Paclflc and Great Northern. MINNEAPOLIS. Minn., June 27. The Times this morning publishes a special from New York obtained from an author itative source, saying that James J. Hill has finally succeeded in securing control of the Northern Pacific The telegram follows: "New York, Juno 27. Henry C. Payne, of the Republican National Committee, left here for Cleveland tonight to see Mark Hanna and the principal object of his visit is the proposed consolidation of the Great Northern and Northern Pacific Railroads. Sir William Van Horne, of the Canadian Pacific, has given partic ulars as to the Hill coup to a business friend in Montreal, who repeated the story here." Lord Kenilngton Dead. NEW YORK. June 27. A dispatch from Bloemfonteln announces the death there of Lord Kensington, of the Life Guards, aged 37, from wounds. Ask for one of the following brands: Gold Seal Indian ' Anvil Badger Elk Obelisk Cupertr Pioneer fUstune Rooms Single 75c to 11-50 per day Rooms1 Double $1.00 to ?ZW per day Rooms Family JL50 to 53.00 per day C T. BELCHER. Sec and Trans. American plan... European plan... ,. ..n... n.w. n.75 ... Kte. 75c $1.00 PRAEL CO. 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William Woerner, 29, an Ironworker. Mary Tierney, 50. Samuel Bust and Robert Waddell. Iron workers, are not expected to live. Cloudy skies and a good breeze kept down tho temperature this afternoon to SZ degrees. "Tito Deaths at Chicago. CHICAGO. June 27. Two deaths were caused by the excessive heat and humid ity today. Antonio Shoggens dropped dead on the street, and Oscar Bolsener, overcome while sitting In a second-3tory window, fell to the ground, sustaining fatal Injuries. The thermometer regis tered 89 degrees on the street, and tho humidity was almost at the saturation point. A heavy shower late in the after noon afforded some relief. Plague at Yokohama. YOKOHAMA. June 15, via. Victoria, B. J C, 27. A case of plague has been -discov ered on a P. & O. steamer, the first case to make Its appearance here. ON A SINGLE ISSUE Prohibition Platform Covers Only Liquor Traffic. H'KINLEY SEVERELY SCORED Flrt Sax of National Convention Cleared Up All Baalaeas Ex cept Nomination. CONVENTION HALL, CHICAGO. Juno 27. The Prohibition party will make Its National campaign this year upon a plat form of a single issue, all other issues being subordinated to this question. Upon this platform it is probable that either Rev. S. C Swallow, the "fighting par son," of Harrlsburg, Pa., or John G. Woolley, of Chicago, editor of the New Voice, .the Prohibition National organ, will be nominated for President. The National convention of the- Prohibi tion party met here today, and in three sessions, morning, afternoon and evening, cleared up all business except the nomina tions for President and Vice-President, which will be made tomorrow morning. The convention, in point of numbers and enthusiasm shown. Is considered one of the greatest ever held by the advocates of cold water. Thirty-seven states were represented when Chairman Stewart, of the National committee, called the con vention to order at the First Regiment Armory today, nearly 700 delegates being present, while scores of others are ex pected tomorrow, when the party names Its National candidates. The platform as adopted by the conven tion bears solely upon the question of the suppression of the liquor traffic. In con nection with this, however, the Adminis tration, and President McKlnley In par ticular, are bitterly arraigned for the po sition taken on the anti-canteen law, tho action on this being denounced as "trea sonable." A bitter fight took place in the committee on resolutions before the plat form was finally agreed upon, the mem bers being sharply divided over the ques tion of a single issue or a "broad" plat form. The advocates of woman suffrage were particularly emphatic in demanding a suffrage plank, but after a session last ing several hours the matter was compro mised by reporting a separate resolution favoring the granting of the franchise to women, and In this form the report of the committee on resolutions was adopt ed by the convention after considerable further debate. Just previous to the fall of the gavel the delegates from the New England States marched Into the hall In a body, carrying a canteen with the letters "U. 6." Inverted, and bearing the legend "Anti-Canteen." They were liberally ap plauded. Convention Called to Order. After the convention had come to or der. Chairman Stewart delivered his for mal address. He said the Prohibition jjarty was wide awake, and should, poll 1,000,000 votes this year. "M Is not an easy thing," he said, "to prepare a platform upon which a great reform organization Is tq go before the country, butour duty Is so clear and so plain that this convention could not get far astray. We ere agreed that the saloon ought to die, and upon that declaration we are ready .to face the world." Chairman Stewart then announced tho temporary officers, as follows: Chairman, Samuel Dickie, of Michigan; secretary, A. E. Wilson, Chlcago;-asslstant secretaries. Colonel J. Ellis, Tennessee, and E. B. Sutton, Idaho. Chairman Dickie made a brief speech, outlining the work to be done by the con vention. He bittterly denounced the Ad ministration for Its position on the can teen law, and charged it with ''debauch ing the peoples of its new possessions In the Philippines." He also accused the Government of using Its Consular service for gathering information for the use of distillers and brewers. At the conclusion of Chairman Dickie's speech, the rules and order of business were adopted, and the roll of states was called for the appointment of committees. A recess until 2:30 P. M. was then taken. Afternoon Session. The afternoon session was called to or der at1 2:40 P. M. The report of the com mittee on credentials was not ready, and, pending Its completion, the convention was entertained "by Instrumental and vo cal music, In which prohibition wa3 lauded. The report of the committee on creden tials was then presented by Chairman Jo hann, who stated that the committee had decided that only those delegates present with certificates duly signed were enti tled to seats. There were 93 delegates actually seated, representing 27 states. The report was adopted. Homer Castle, of Pittsburg, submitted the report of the committee on perma nent organization and order of business. The report recommended Samuel Dickie, of Michigan, for permanent chairman, and Colonel R. S. Cheeves, of Tennessee, for permanent secretary. It was apparent that the Indiana delegation had aban doned its Intention of nominating John H. Woolley for permanent chairman, for tho recommendations of the committee were 4 adopted unanimously amid a roar of ap plause. "Speech, speech," shouted some of the delegates. "This Is Just the opportunity I have been waiting for," said Chairman Dickie, "but I won't make a speech. Instead, I'll ask those delegates In the rear of the hall to sit down, and sit down now." The delegates sat down. The list of National committeemen, as selected by the delegations of the various states, was then read and adopted. It Included: California. L. W. Elliott. Ga- brlell SUckney; Colorado. J. N. Scouller. Mrs. M. E. Craz; Idaho, H. A. Lee, E. a. button; Kansas, T. D. Talmage. J. B. Gearson: Missouri. H. P. Faris, Charles E. Stokes; Montana, Thomas E. Street, B. M. Gardner: Nebraska, A. G. Wolffenbarger. L. G. Parker; Oregon, W. P. Elmore. E. O. Miller; Texas, D. H. Hancock. Rev. J. G. Adams; Utah, Jacob H. Boreman, C D. Savery: Washington, B S. Smith, Roger S. Greene. The convention then took a recess until 8 P. M. The Platform. At the evening session of the conven tion the platform was read by Secretary Hopkins, of the resolutions committee, as follows: "The National Prohibition party In con vention represented at Chicago, June 27 and 2Sk 1500. acknowledging Almighty God as the supreme cause of all Just gov ernment, realizing that this Republic was founded upon Christian principles, and can endure only as it embodies Justice and righteousness, and asserting that all rfuthorlty should seek the best good of all governed to this end. wisely prohibiting what is wrong and permitting only what Is right, hereby records and proclaims: Definition of Party. "First We accept and assert the defini tion given by Edmund Burke that a party Is a body of men Joined together for the, purpose of promoting by their Joint endeavor the national interest upon some particular principles on which they arc all 1 agreed. Wc declare that there la no prln- clple now advocated by any other party which could be made a factor In govern ment with such beneficent moral and ma terial results as the principle of prohi bition applied to the beverage traffic; that the .National Interest could be promoted In. no other way so surely and so widely as by its assertion, through a National pol icy and the co-operation therein of every state, forbidding the manufacture, sale, ex portation. Importation and transportation of intoxicating liquors for beverage pur poses; that we stand for this as the only principle proposed by any party any where for the settlement of a question greater and graver than any other before the American people, and Involving more profoundly than any other the moral future and financial welfare; and that all patriotic citizens of this country agreed upon this principle, however much dis agreement there may bo to minor consid erations and Issues, should Btand together at the bfiUot-box from this time forward until prohibition la the established law of the United States, with a party In power to enforce It and to Insure Its moral and material benefits. "Wo insist that such a party, agreed upon this principal policy, having sober leadership, without any obligations for success- to the saloon vote and to those demoralizing political combinations of men and money now allied therewith and supplement thereto, could successfully cope with all other and lesser problems of government In legislative halls and In tho executive chair, and It is useless for any party to mako declarations in its plat form as to any questions concerning which there .may be serious differences of opin ion in Its own membership, and as to which, "because of such differences, the party could legislate only on a basis of mutual concessions when coming Into power. "We submit that the Democratic and Republican parties are alike Insincere In their assumed policy to trusts and mon opolies. They dare not and do not attack the most dangerous of them all tho liquor power. So long as the saloon debauches the citizens and breeds the purchasable voter, money will continue to buy Its way to power. Break down this traffic, elevate manhood, and a sober citizenship will find a way to control dangerous com binations of capital. "Wo purpose, as a first step In the financial problems of the Nation, to save more than a billion of dollars every year now annually expended to support tho liquor traffic and to demoralize our peo ple. When that Is accomplished, things will have bo improved that with a clearer atmosphere the country can address ltselt to the questions as to the kind and quan fitly of currency needed. " The Isnue Presented. "Second We reaffirm as true. Indis putably, the declaration of Hon. William Wlndom, when Secretary of the Treasury, in the Cabinet of President Arthur, that, "considered socially, financially, polit ically or morally, the licensed liquor traf fic Is or ought to be the overwhelming Issue In American politics," and "that tho destruction of this iniquity stands next on the calendar of the world's progress." We hold that the existence of our party presents this Issue squarely to the Amerl can people and lays upon them the re sponsibility of choice between liquor par ties, dominated by distillers and brewers, with their policy of salbon-perpetuation, breeding waste, wickedness, woe, pauper ism, taxation, corruption and crime., and our party of patriotic and moral princi ple, with a policy which defends It tronv domination by corruption of bosses and which Insures forever against the blight ing' control of saloon politics. "We face with sorrow, shame and fear the awful fact that this liquor traffic has a grip on our Government, municipal, state and National, through the revenue system and saloon society which no other party dares to dispute; a grip whlch,dom lnatcs the party now In power from cau cus to Congress, from policeman to Presi dent; from the rumshop to the White House; a grip which compels the Chief Executive to consent that law shall be nullified In behalf of the brewer; that the canteen shall curse our Army and spread Intemperance across the seas, and that our flag shall wave as the symbol of partisanship at home and abroad, be tween this Government and the men who defy It for their own profit and benefit. The President Arraljyned. "Third We charge upon President Mc Klnley, who was elected to his office by appeals to Christian sentiment and patri otism, almost unprecedented, and by a combination of moral Influences never be fore seen In this country, that by his conspicuous example as a wlne-drlnker at public banquets and a wlne-servlng host in the White House, he has dono more to encourage the liquor business, to demoralize the temperance habits of young men and to bring Christian prac tices and requirements into disrepute than any other President this Republic haa had. "We further charge upon President Mc Klnley responsibility for the army can teen," with all Its dire brood of disease, Immorality, sin and death In this coun try. In Cuba, In Porto Rico and the Phil lpplnes; and we Insist that by his attl- tude concerning tho canteen and his ap- opinion. Is that there is nothing to do but parent contempt for the vast number of ' await the course of events and to see petitions and petitioners protesting , what the Ministers themselves say when against It, he has ontraged and insulted ( they are rescued. the moral sentiment of this country In All the students at the foreign hospitals such a manner and to such a degree as In Canton are leaving. Women mission calls for righteous uprising and his Indlg- ' arles are returning from the West River nant and effective rebuke. We challenge ' ports. There was a slight disturbance denial of the fact that our Executive, as i at Wo Chou, Tuesday, while the women Commander-in-Chief of the forces of tho "were embarking. The crowd shouted: United States, at any time prior to or since March 3, 1839, could have closed every army saloon, called a canteen, by Executive order, as President Hayes did before him, and should have closed them for tho same reasons which actuated President Hayes; we assert that the act of Congress passed March 2, 1S99, forbid ding the sale of liquors "In any post ex change or canteen" by "any officer or pri vate soldier," or by "any other person on any premises used for military pur poses by the United States" wa3 and Is as explicit an act of prohibition as the EnsiIsh language can frame; we declare our solemn belief that the Attorney-Gen eral, In his Interpretation of that law, and the Secretary of War, In his accept ance of that Interpretation and his re fusal to enforce the law, were and are guilty of treasonable nullification there of, and that President McKinley, through his assent to and indorsement of such In- terpretatlon and refusal on the part ot , The magnitude of the arrangements officials as appointed by and responslb e Japan ls maUng suggests provision to him. shares responsibility In their , agajnat contingencies other than the sup guilt; and we record our conviction that ; pression Qf the present disturbances in a new and serious peril confronts our china. She "has chartered 19 additional country in the fact that Its President, at transports, and now has 35 in all. the behest of the beer power, dare and i does abrogate a law in Congress, through subordinates whose acts become his, and I thus virtually confesses that laws are to j be administered or nullified In the In terest of a law-defying business by an Administration under mortgage to such i business for support. "Fourth We deplore the fact that an Army of this Republic, claiming the right and power to carry our flag across the seas and to conquer and annex new terri tory, should admit Its lack of power to prohibit the American saloon on subju gated soil, or should openly confess Itself subject to liquor sovereignty under that flag. We are humbled, exasperated and grieved by the evidence, painfully abund ant, that this Administration's policy of expansion Is bearing so rapidly Its fruits of drunkenness, insanity and crime under 'Concluded on Third Pare.) TO SEYMOUR'S AID Prompt Response to His Call for Help. COMPOSITE FORCE ON THE WAY The Heavy Fighting at Tien Tain Saturday In. One Month 60,000 Foreign. Troops Available. LONDON, June 2S, 3:20 A. M. The com posite brigade of 230) men which raised the investment of Tien Tsln and pushed on to holn Admiral Sevmnnr hni nrnh. ably saved him, but the news has not yet j reached Che Foo. The last steamer ar- rHlng at Che Foo from Taku brought GENERAL ADNA WHO "WILL COMMAND THE AMERICAN LAND FORCES IX CHINA. this message, dated Tien Tsln. Monday, June 25: The Russian General in command of the relief force had decided, in view of ' Saturday's heavy fighting and marching, i thnt nn rlnv'n rifr for tho trnnns was essential, and that tho advance should not be resumed until today. Meanwhile ,came Admiral Seymour's heliograph that bis position was desperate and that he could only hold out two days. The re lief started at dawn today (Monday). "Saturday's fighting began at daybreak. The allied forces opened with several of the Terrlble's 4.7 naval guns, six field guns and numerous machine guns, the firing being at long range. They con tinued to advance steadily, the Chinese artillery replying. The guns of the allies were more skillfully handled and put the guns of the Chinese out of action, one by one, the Chinese retreating about noon. "There was keen rivalry among the representatives of the various nations as to which would enter Tien Tsln first, and the Americans and British went In neck and neck. The Russians stormed the arsenal, thereby sustaining the largest losses. "Several thousand Japanese have left Taku for Tien Tsln, and altogether 13,003 Japanese have landed. The International troops now aggregate nearly 20,000, and Japan Is preparing to send 20,000 more. With British, American and other troops ordered to go, probably 60,000 men will be available in a month. . "The Ton Shan refugees and the for eign engineers at Che Foo estimate the Chinese troops now In the field as 23,000 drilled troops at Lu Tal, 25,000 at Shan Hal Wan, 13.000 driven from Tien Tsin and 150,000 at Pekln." The dispatch received by the Foreign Office stating that the foreign legatlon ers were required to leave Pekln within a specified time is Interpreted in some unofficial quarters as tantamount to giv ing the Ministers their passports and to a declaration of war: but as China does nothing like other countries, the official "Kill the foreign devils!" According to advices from Shanghai, the Chinese officials, by direction of the Southern Viceroys, are asking the Con suls to agree to conditions "Insuring," as the Chinese say, "the neutrality of Shanghai and other coast cities." They are also asking that foreign warships shall not sail or anchor near the forts nor go to ports where there are no war ships now; that their crews shall not go ashore, and that the protection of for eigners be left to the Chinese authorities. The conditions are considered at Shang hai to be virtually an ultimatum from Viceroys Liu Kung Ylh and Chang Chlh Tung. The Consuls desire a sufficient naval and military force to back up their refusal to comply with these demands. The total National force there now con sists of S63 men and 32 guns. The Chi nese have 6000 men with six guns in the forts and 10.000 men outside Shanghai I ,yt4Vi fnnDpn vHfloa finri TnnrTiri (nin Seymour' Expedition Relieved. CHE FOO, June 28, via Shanghai, noon. Admiral Seymour's expedition has been relieved, having failed to connect with Pekln. There ls no news from Pekln. Russian Colonel Schtelle, commanding the combined forces of 1000 men, ls supposed to be proceeding to Pekln. Admiral Sey mour's expedition- ls returning to Tien Tsln. His force has suffered greatly. It is estimated that from 40.000 to 60,000 Chinese troops are before Pekln. Boxers from all sections are swarming there. EMPEROR WILLIAM PERPLEXED. Germany Will Need More Troops In China. BERLIN, June 27. A prominent mem ber of Emperor William's entourage, who I has Just returned to Berlin Irom Kiel, "where he saw the Emperor, eays that His Majesty and Count von Bulow, the For eign Minister, are considerably perplexed es to how Germany Is to meet the present situation: ha China, Inasmuch as they are Inclined to think that a much larger force of troops will become necessary to carry the campaign to a successful issue. Both are also convinced that Germany should bear her full share of the responsibility. Meanwhile disquieting reports continue to arrive from Kiao Chou, where Governor Jaeschke fears that art outbreak may oc our at any moment, precipitating & gen eral revolt and the Irruption Into the Ger man sphere of large bands of Boxers known to be ia the surrounding district in tho Province of Shan Tung. More over, It Is understood that Emperor Will iam has not yet decided whether to con tinue the former entente cordiale with Russia and France In China, as after tho Chino-Japan War, or to turn more to the side of England, the United States and Japan. Herr Eugene Wolff, in the Berliner Tageblatt, publishes a powerful article regardlre China, drawn from Intimate and very recent acquaintance with the land and Its people. He gives a history R. CHAFFEE. of the Boxer movement, and blames Ger many and England for not recognizing its dagerous character during the last two years. He says the French Minister in Pekftn M. Pinchon, alone energetlcal- ly forced the Empress Dowager to re move Que Shen from the Governorship of Shan Tung. Que Shen had been ap pohvted. although the Empress knew that he was the founder of the Boxers. Herr Wolff declares that either the ru mors are true that the Empress has be come a drunkard, and is often in a etato of irresponsibility, or that she has been hoodwinked into believing that the Box ers only mean to oust the foreigners and have no designs upon the Manchu dy aaty. He contends that the powers must force the Empress court to remain In Pekln, and compel the Empress to stay there until the conference of the powers. At the same time he regards It as of the highest importance that the Tsung H Ya- mun. be thoroughly reformed, and be de- v eloped Into an actual foreign) office, clothed with authority enabling It to en force Its mandates. He also advocates direct dealing between the provincial Governors and the representatives of the powers. The Kreuz Zeltung expresses a fear that It would be difficult. In case of a long war, for Germany to maintain her Influence In the sphere subdued. A much larger German contingent should be sent to China, and It expresses the hope that German troops there be not placed under English commanders, add'ng: "We have no confidence in English leadership.". The Berliner Tageblatt complains that British news from the Chinese seat of war does not do Justice to German valor, adding: "We have noticed that those English reports mention German co-operation only to say something unpleasant or disparaging." Official Engllih. Advices. LONDON. June 27. The Parliamentary Secretary of the Foreign Office, William St. , John Broderlck, in the House of Commons today said he was at last able to announce the receipt ot-Information of the relief of Tien Tsln. He added that the government had received two tele grams. One from the British Consul at Tien Tsln, wired June 23, by way of Che Foo, June 27, announced that a Brit ish column, under Maurice, of the Welsh Fusllllers, and a naval brigade, under Commander Craddock, had arrived at noon, 550 strong. The message also said that 1500 Russians were reported to be at the Tien Tsln Railroad station, and that 150 Americans and 50 Italians had also arrived. The second telegram was from Rear-Admiral Bruce, dated Taku, June 25. It added to the above that Vlce Admlral Seymour was reported to be 10 miles from Tien Tsln, hampered with sick and wounded and engaged with the enemy. Cuban Troops for China. HAVANA, June 27. Much Interest was aroused among the American soldiers by the Associated Press dispatch announc ing that probably half the troops will leave Cuba during the next few months. The rumor here that the Secord Infantry will leave within the next 10 days, as soon as a transport Is available, and go directly to China Is generally belleyed. Governor-General Wood, however, denies all knowledge of the reports, and It seems that an officer of the regiment received a private cable dispatch from a friend to that effect. A Matter of Precaution. PARIS, June 27. The French Minister of Marine, M. de Lassan, has received a cablegram from Captain la Joure, at the French arsenal at Foo Chow, saying that he has sent to Hong Kong all the women and chlHren connected with the French mission at tho arsenal. Italian Wamhlps for China. ROME, June 27. The Italian cruiser Vettor PisunI and the protected cruisers Stromboll and Vesuvlo have been ordered to Chinese waters. Funeral of 31. J. ItusRell. CHICAGO, June 27. The funeral of Mar tin J. Russell, who died at Mackinac Isl and Sunday, was held here from St. Thomas' Church. The pall-bearers were members of the Chicago Chronicle staff, of which paper the deceased was editor and part owner. THE SULZER Bryan Summoned the New Yorker to Lincoln. CROKER AND MURPHY WILL rGO Kansas City Talcing Ob a Conven. tloa. Appearance Delegates Be ginning to. Arrive KANSAS Crrr, June '27. Congressman William Sulzer, who Is being boomed foe Vice-President on the Democratic ticket, and Richard Croker and ex-Senator E. G. Murphy, of New York, will have a con ference at Lincoln, Neb,, with William J. Bryan before they come to Kansas City to attend the National convention. Ster ling Price, of Texas, who has opened headquarters here for Mr. Sulzer, today received a telegram from that gentleman saying he had left New York for- Lincoln at noon today. Another telegram saya Messrs. Croker and Murphy will be la the Nebraska capital Friday night, .Mr. Sulzer hopes to be on the ticket with Mr. Bryan, and it Is said tho latter expressed a desire to confer with him. Further than this, Mr. Price would vouchsafe nothing. President O'ConneH. of the Sons of 'Lib erty, the oldest organization in New York, is on his way to Kansas City," and will open headquarters for Sulzer tomor row evening or Friday, and Fred Felgel, editor of the Tammany Times, another. Sulzer boomer, will arrive Friday- The city Is beginning to take on a gala appearance In anticipation of an early ar rival of delegates; business houses are be ing decorated, arc and Incandescent lights are being strung In profusion on the down-town streets, and a general clean up Is in progress. A good-sized contin gent of Eastern newspaper representa tives have already arrived, but a general Inflow of people is not expected till Fri day. Ex-Governor William J. Stone, National Committeeman for Missouri, and Vlce Chairman of the National Committee, is expected Friday night, as are other mem bers of the subcommittee, which will hold a meeting Saturday. James Boyle, dis trict leader of Tammany, will arrive Sat urday, with about a dozen of his col leagues. They come to prepare the way for the Tammany delegation, which will reach Kansas City Monday evening on two special trains. Sunday the state delegations will begin to arrive. The Pennsylvania delegation, made up of 100 people, and the Montana delegation, headed by W. A. Clark, ar due Sunday morning and the Kansas del egation In the evening. Monday tho New England delegates from Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island, with George Fred Williams, of Massachusetts, as their Vice-Presidential candidate, will reach the city, and the same day the Cal ifornia, Nebraska and Missouri delega tions will arrive. The greatest rush of delegations will arrive Tuesday. Nearly all the states not mentioned are booked to arrive that day. A convention Innovation, the reading off the Declaration of Independence from tho platform, will bo Introduced at the first session, July 4, and, according to the. present programme, the music and deco rations of that day will be selected with. a particular Idea of commemorating tha National holiday. The badges for the delegates have been received. They are an elaborate attain There Is an oxidized silver bar for the pin, below which hangs a silk flag about four1 inches long. To the flag Is attached a medal of gold or oxidized silver. 17. S. MONETARY LEAGUE. A Silver Organization Soon to Meef in, Kansas City. KANSAS CITY, June 27. The United States Monetary League, which will meet here at the Auditorium July 2 and 3, w'll be addressed by a dozen speakers of Na tional prominence. There will be threar sessions, morning, afternoon and evening, of each day, and two speeches at eacht session. Acceptances of Invitation to speak have been received from Senator W. V. Allen, of Nebraska; Dr. J. R. Reemelln, of Cincinnati; J. R. Sovereign, ex-president of the Knights of Labor; General J. B. Weaver, of Iowa; John P. Altgeld. of Illinois; Fred Williams, of Massachusetts; W. H. Harvey ("Coin"), of Chicago; John P. St. John, of Kansas; Thomas E. Beckworth, of Michigan; Nor man E. Mack, of Buffalo, N. Y.; Samuel Gompers, president of the American Fed eration of Labor; Charles A. Towne, ot Minnesota, and Congressman Sulzer, of New York. The meeting Is not a convention. K will adopt some resolutions on what the platform ought to contain, but It win not attempt to help make the ticket. Judge Charles L Thompson, of Denver, president of the National organization, and J. Woods Merrill, of Kansas City, are preparing the programme. STDLL IN THE FIELD. Devroy Open for a Presidential Nomination. NEWPORT, R. I., Juno 27. Admiral Dewey, in an Interview last night, said: "I stand Just where I was some tima ago. If the American people want me aa their candidate for President, I am ready." Asked If he would stand for the nomU nation of Vice-President, he replied ha would not. Concerning the political outlook In tho West, from which part of the country the? Admiral recently returned, he said: "There Is a strong feeling In the West for Bryan, and if he runs for the PresU dency, I believe he will be elected." Admiral Dewey paid a high tribute to President McKlnley. He spoke of the mental strain under which the Chief Ex ecutive labored, and cited the case of thei. present crisis in China, which 13 very serf ous. he said. Compn.ii a Candidate. DETROIT, June 27. Daniel C Campau, Chairman of the Michigan Democratio State Central Committee, and member ot the National committee, is in receipt ol many letters from various states urging him to become a candidate for the Vice- Presidency before the Kansas City con vention. Mr. Campau's political secre tary declared today In positive terms that Campau's name would be presented to the Kansas City convention as a Vlc Presidential candidate. Japanese Driven Out. REDDING. Cal., June 27. Two hundred miners and smelter employes of Keswick and vicinity last night drove 21 Japanese laborers out of town. The Japanese were put on a train for this place and at this point the railroad conductor put them, off. There was no violence. The miners object to the Japanese, who were em ployed to take the places of white men. K