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w HE MOBNTNG ."DREG ONI AN, FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1900. S MASSACRE AT. PEKIN Again the Story of the Murder of All Foreigners. REPORTS FROM CHINESE SOURCES According: to the Story, the Iteration Protectors Held Out Until Their Ammunition Was Gone. LONDON, July 6, 2:30 A. M. The story that all foreigners in Pekln were mur dered June 30 or July 1 appears to he cir culating simultaneously at Che Foo, Shanghai and Tien Tsln. As It Is not confirmed hy official dispatches and is not traceable to the Southern Viceroys, who are in communication with Pekln, there Is some basis for the hope that it is untrue. Cautious observers at Shang hai recognize that, even though these reports are rejected, events In Pekln must bo galloping to a tragic end. The correspondent of the Express at Shanghai gathered details from Chinese sources, which pieced together relate that when the foreigners ammunition was ex hausted, the Boxers and Imperial troops rushed the British legation and poured into the courtyard with fanatical fury. The foreign troops were so hopelessly out numbered that their fate was certain. The moment the mob broke in. the court yard was converted Into shambles. Oth ers of the Invaders reached the interior of the building. One correspondent adds: "It Is only left to hope that in the final rush of the murderous horde, the men of the legations had time to slay with their own hands their womankind and children. The Chinese are whispering the terrible news under their breaths. Their attitude toward foreigners in the streets has undergone a strange change. The de meanor of the better clasiPof Chinese Is ono of pity rather than of triumph. Even the rabble in the native quarters are silent. Something of this culminating tragedy is ghastly. The history of recent events In Pekln seems to pervade the very atmosphere here and to compel be lief against all our hopes. The Consuls fear that the report is too true and Chi nese officials do not attempt to seek rea sons for denial." Poisoning of the Emperor. Two Manchus, who have arrived at Shanghai, certify the truth of the state ment that Prince Tuan visited the palace and offered the Emperor and Dowager Empress the alternative of poison or the sword. The Emperor, they say, took poi son and died within an hour. The Dow ager Empress also chose poison, but craftily swallowed only a portion of what was offered her and survived. On the same day, the Chinese customs bureau was destroyed. Sir Robert Hart, Inspector of Customs, and his staff escaping to the legations. Intense indignation Is felt In Shanghai against the supposed action of the powers in restraining Japan from sending an army to Pekln immediately. The powers are accused of being as guilty of murder as are Prince Tuan's fanatics; and Sir Robert Hart is blamed for not having informed the foreigners of the Immense Imports of arms, and especially a few weeks ago. The Chinese commanders are preparing for a long, severe campaign, and are putting into operation plans drawn up by German officers last year for resisting an invasion from the seaboard by Russia. The correspondent of the Daily Mail at Shanghai, telegraphing under date of July 5, 12:10 P. M.. says he believes that official information comes regarding Pe kln. It may Include news of the out raging ofEngllsh women and the torture of children. It may almost be taken for granted, he asserts, that all the foreign ers in Pekln have been wiped out. There are whispers of startling rumors In the native quarters, and It must not be for gotten that the telegraph lines on which alone news can come are solely In the hands of 'the Chinese. The native ru mors are likely to have their Bource on a solid basis and native officials are be lieved to be preparing the way for the re ception of news -of the greatest crime of the century. Tatol Tu admitted to the correspondent that the case of the Euro peans in Pekln Is utterly hopeless In his opinion. He believes that If they have not yet been massacred. It Is only a mat ter of time before they will be. A letter brought by a courier from Pe kln, received In Shanghai, July 4, says the Boxers are gathering huge forces about Pekln, reinforcements arriving from all directions. This is taken to in dicate the concert of action among the nobles, who are believed to have thrown in their lot with the Boxers. The Em peror and Dowager Empress, the letter reads, are completely under the thumb of Prince Tuan and Tang Kl. Dispatches from Hong Kong say the Trlades, a secret society, is assuming a threatening demeanor on the mainland. LI Hung Chang has sent 5000 men to oc cupy the Bogue forts at the mouth of the Canton River. The Shanghai correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, wires under date of July 4: "Worse News to Come. "Tuan Shlkal, Governor of Shan Tung, telegraphs the French Consul here that .Prince Tuan Is preparing an edict order ing -the extermination of all foreigners. This Is probably Intended to prepare the public for the worst news. Chinese re ports, which are generally believed here, declare that all foreigners in Pekln have been massacred. The safety of all for eigners In North China, says one report depends -upon Japan's prompt action. Japan has 70,000 troops ready but is pre vented from sending them to China by International jealousies." The morning papers have various Con tinental dispatches handling the question as to why Japan does not send more troops to China, but none of them throws much light upon the subject. The Dally Mail offers some direct testimony from its Yokohama correspondent to whom the query was sent: "Could Japan havo relieved Pekin, If given free hand?" The correspondent replied: "Yes. Japan's strength Is ample and her ability to use Is unquestioned." The truth is that the Mikado's Ministers have been excessively cautious, fearing that a great display of force might precipitate complications among the powers. The Chinese Minister to Great Britain, who had arranged a dinner for July 24 In honor of the Chinese Emperor's birth day, cancelled all arrangements yesterday (Thursday). . It is understood that some notable Englishmen who had received In vitations to the function declined to be present and. intimated to the Minister that It was inopportune to honor the Em peror now. SITUATION AT TIEN TSIN. Unconfirmed Report "That the For eigner "Were Defeated. LONDON, July 5. A statement Is pub lished In Berlin that the Chinese have already taken Tien Tsln, but a cable dis patch from Shanghai, dated July 4. 9:35- P. M.-, shows that according to the latest advices the city is Ftlll In the hands of the International troops, though the Chinese forces continue their attempt to isolate them, as they did at Pekln. They were receiving constant accessions, many troops -arriving from Manchuria. The dispatch adds that Colonel Wogack, com manding the Russians at Tien Tsln, was almost exhausted. He had been three days and .nights In the saddle directing the operations. A dispatch from Che Foo, dated yes terday, voices the fear that In view of the imminence of the Summer rains, It win bo impossible for the joint forces to advance to Pekln until Autumn. According to reports from Shanghai, the Chinese army, on a march southward from Pekln, has reached Lofa. This is presumably General Kleh SI Chang's force en route to attack Tien Tsln. A force of 30,000 Chinese from Lu Tai has appeared northeast of Tien Tain and is reported to have been driven back by the combined forces of Russia and Japan. The losses of the Internationals were heavy. The native city when captured was a horrible spectacle. Chinese bodies were lying thick around the guns. The situation In Kwang Tung (or east ern provinces) grows worse. Li Hung Chang is said to be trying to raise a force of 200,000 militia. Anarchy is widespread In the province of Shan Tung, In spite of the efforts of Tuan Shika, the Governor, to control the revolt. Happily, a band of 35 American and other missionaries reached Tsln Tau safely on July 2. Viceroy Liu Is reported to be freely exe cuting disturbers of the peace at Nankin. The German Chamber of Commerce of Shanghai has warned Emperor William not to underestimate the gravity of the situation, but to send troops proportion ate with the forces of the other powers. A dispatch received by a news agency of this city from Shanghai, under -date of July 4, announces that the British le gation at Pekin, with 1600 refugees, was still safe when the message was sent. According to a St. Petersburg dispatch, the senior Russian naval commander at Taku recently telegraphed to St. Peters burg for mstructions as to the disposal of Chinese prisoners in his hands, and the reply he received is said to have been indefinite, and to the effect that Russia was not yet in a state of war with China. OFFICIALS HELD RESPONSIBLE, England' Plain "Warning to the Chinese Government. LONDON, July 5. In the House of Commons today the Parliamentary Secre tary of the Foreign Office, "William St. John Broderlck, replying to John Dillon, said the Government had no information to the effect that Rear-Admlral Kempff opposed the attack on Taku forts on the ground that it would force the Chinese regulars into an alllanco with the Box ers. Mr. Broderlck later announced that the Government was hourly expecting a re ply to a communication addressed to Japan, and said the Chinese Minister in London had been informed that the au thorities at Pekln would be held person ally guilty of any injuries sustained by Europeans, and he had been requested to convey this Information so as to have it reach, without fall, the authorities at Pekln. Continuing, Mr. Broderlck said Rear-Admlral Bruce had telegraphed that all the allied Admirals at Taku were working In perfect accord, and that the position of the American forces is Identi cal with that of the other powers. Re plying to other questions, Mr. Broderlck said he thought it doubtful if any or ganized government existed in China with which Great Britain could consider her self at war. The government, he also said, had no confirmation of the report ed massacre of Ministers. The Chinese Minister had already re ceived replies from the Viceroys of Nan kin and Sxechuaa. saying they will be re sponsible for the lives and property pf foreigners in their provinces as requested by the British Foreign Office, PIERCED THE CANAL. Chinese Scheme to Prevent Advance ot Troops. BERLIN, July 5. The German Consul at Tien Tsln, reporting the contents of letters of Sir Robert Hart, the Inspector General of the Chinese customs, and a French lady, dated Pekln, June 24, al ready .known, adds: "Owing to the destruction of the rail road, the beginning of the rainy season and the necessity of protecting Tien Tsln, the commanders of the International forces are unable to send troops to Pekln. The Chinese have pierced the grand canal and flooded the country, In order to pre vent the advance of the international troops towards Pekln. Messengers from Pekln cay that after the German marines burned the Tmmg Li Tamun they occu pied the city gate In front of the palace with four guns, two of which were cap tured from the Chinese. All the other gates were held by the Chinese. Prince Chlng's troops are said to be fighting against the Boxers. SURROUNDING THE LEGATIONS. One Hundred Thousand Chinese Try ing: to Break In. SHANGHAI. July 5. A messenger with official news, who left Pekln June 25, says over 100,000 Chinese soldiers and riot ers surrounded the legations, but. In spite of their fierce attacks, they had not then succeeded In breaking through the wall. The messenger also said all persons con nected with the palace were pro-Boxers, even the Princes and Dukes, and every one worshiped the god of the Boxers. The gates of the Inner city, it was added, were open for half a day. CHINESE EMPEROR. KILLED. Forced to Tnke Poison .by Prince Tuan Emprenn Also Poisoned. SHANGHAI, July 5. Emperor Kwang Su committed suicide by taking opium, under compulsion of Prince Tuan. Juno 19. The Empress Dowager also took poison, but is still alive, though reported to be insane from the effects of the drug. The above has been officially reported to the German Consular staff. Alarm at Che Foo. BERLIN. July 5. A telegram from Che Foo says that, owing to the threatening situation, the German Admiral Is prepar ing for the departure of those under his protection. It Is added that the peaceful relations heretofore existing between the foreign residents and the natives were so endangered by the Influx of agitators and the threatening attitude of Chinese sol diers that special steps were considered necessary to safeguard the foreigners. The German Consul circulated the Ad miral's proclamation. Intended to counter act the Pekin edict ordering war on for eigners. International Colnmn In Danger. PARIS. July 6,-nA Temps dispatch from Che Foo. dated today, says: "Tien Tsln is still surrounded by an overwhelming number of Chinese, who are trying to cut the communications of the International forces, whose position Is very dangerous. The allied troops, num bering 12,000 men. have succeeded with difficulty In preventing, by strategic meas ures, an assault by Chinese, whose artil lery greatly outnumbers the European guns." Troops Retreat Cat Off. BERLIN. July 5. The Deutsche Tages Zcltung prints a Che Foo special saying that the Boxers seized. Monday night, the Pel Ho bridge, securing the line of re treat of the International troops to Taku, after repeated fierce attacks. In which the Chinese lost hundreds, They next drove off the Russians from their station outside Tien Tsln after a two days' des perate resistance, and encircled the con cession, which their artillery is now dom inating. Affrcct "With America's View. BERLIN, July 5. Privy Councillor Himman empowers the Associated Press to state, regarding the United States' Chinese programme, that Germany agrees with the United States that there Is no war In Chins. In an international law sense. Germany regards the trouble as a revolution against the Chinese Gov ernment, and hence there Is no real war. Japanese Saved Tien .Tsln. LONDON, July 5. A news agency dis patch from Shanghai, dated Wednesday, July 4. after reiterating the fact that there has been heavy fighting at Tien Tsln. adds that only the arrival of 000 Japanese prevented the capture of the J town. BOXER TROUBLE SPREADS DANGER. OF AN UPRISING IN THE SOUTHERN PROVINGES. Consnl-Generol Goodno ' Cable gram to the State Department News In "Washington. WASHINGTON, July 6. The Navy De partment has received the following ca blegram from Admiral. Kempff: "Che Foo. Meyers, of the Oregon, com mands the force at Pekln. Captain Hall and Dr. Llpplt are also there. "KEMPFF." A cablegram has been received by the State Department from Consul-General Goodnow. at Shanghai, stating that there is imminent danger of an extension of the Boxer rebellion tJ the Southern prov inces unless the International forces are reinforced and maintained. Consul-General Goodnows prophecy is part of the testimony upon which the United States may base its decision to augment its forces in China considerably. Secretary Hay had as callers today rep- resentatlves of four powers Involved in the Boxer troubles. Minister "Wu came early In the day, and was followed by M. Thlebaut, the French Charge; Von, Holleben, the German Ambassador, and Mr. Nabeshlma. the Japanese Charge. It seems reasonable to suppose, notwith standing diplomatic denials on their part, these gentlemen were Impelled to visit the State Department by the Chinese condi tions; very likely they were brought there by Secretary Hay's identical note to their respective governments, defining the .position of the United States. If the note was intended, as it prooaoiy was, to bring out corresponding pledges from the powers to do what Is right In China, to act In the common Interest and to sink ignoble personal ends. It has had effect. At least one of the powers has responded. Secretary Root was in conference with Secretary Hay a short time at the State Department this morning, and it Is un derstood the purpose was to arrange for the redemption of the promise relative to military aid. It Is admitted that prepara tory measures are being taken that 'will admit of a considerable Increase of the United States force In China. MISSIONARIES AT PEKIN. Twenty-eight Americans Delieved to Be in the City. NEW YORK, July 5. Twenty-eight American missionaries sent out by the Presbyterian. Congregational and Metho dist churches and the Christian and Mis sionary Alliance, and their families, sta tioned at Pekln, are believed to have been there when the Boxers and Chinese, sol diers began their reign of terror. xhelr names are as follows: Rev. Dr. W. A. P. Martin, Rev. John Wherry, Rev. J. L. Whiting, Rev. and Mrs. C. H. Fenn and two children: Rev. and Mrs. C. A Killle, Dr. John M. Ingles and wife. Miss Eliza E. Leonard, Miss Grace Newton, Mies Bessie McCoy and Miss Jennie McKllllcan, Presbyterians; Rev. W. S. Anient, Rev.1 Chase Ewlng and wife. Mrs. M. L. Matteer. Miss Ada Ha ven, Mips Nellie Russell, Miss Elizabeth Sheffield and Mies Virginia Murdock. Ml D., Congregational; Rev. F. G. Amwell, Dr. George B. Lowery and Miss Alice Ter rlU, Methodist, and MIsb D. W. Doua, Miss Amy Brown. Misa H. Rutherford and Miss Annie Gowans, Christian Missionary Al liance. The American Board (Congregational) also has a mission station at Kalgan, a city of 70,000, Inland 125 miles northwest of Pekln, at the Manchuria gateway In the great wall. It Is supposed that the missionaries withdrew from Kalgan to Pe kln, expecting to find sufficient protection In the capital, and that they were there when the city was cut off from the world. The missionaries stationed at Kal gan were Rev. Mark Williams and Rev. William P. Sprogue and wife. Rev. Dr. Martin has b.-en in China probably longer than any other mission. ary. He went to Ning Po In 1S50. Besides doing missionary work, he has written several volumes upon Chinese subjects. In 186S he became president and professor of International law In the Tong Weng-Col lejre. When the present Imperal Univer sity of China was established, he became its president and has held, the office con tinuously since then. Rev. W. A. Ament was considered by the officers of the American Board one of the most promising missionaries In North China. He was superintendent of the Congregational Mission at Pekln. He was born In Owarao, Mich. TAKING OF TAKU FORTS. A Japanese Description of the Bat tle. VICTORIA. B. C., July 5. Details of the bombardment of the Ta"ku forts were re ceived by the RIojun Maru. When the bombardment was commenced, the Brit ish Algerine, the German litis, the Brit nese Atago, the United States Yo'rktown and the Russian Korejetz were within 2000 yards of the forts. A Shanghai cor respondent of a Japanese paper thus de scribes the fight: "At 1 o'clock on -Sunday morning, while the allied fleet was quietly anchored, without warning China declared war against the world by opening fire from the forts at Taku upon the gunboats near the chore. The first shells were harmless, hut afterwards many etruck the Algerine and litis. The fleet opened a terrible fire, Wowing the forts to pieces. The Rus sian troops on the land side are reported to have co-operated. Afterwards at day light, the forts were occupied by strong landing parties, who drove the Chinese outside at the point of the bayonet, kill- WD SING FANG, CHINESE MINISTER AT "WASHINGTON. lng hundreds ns they fled northward." It Is reported that the Algerine and litis are damaged. There are many cas ualties, but no list is available. Japanese correspondents say the Torktown, after withdrawing from the range, did not en ter the engagement. On June 1, 639 Japanese. German and Russian troops were landed to guard the Tong Tu station, and at daylight on the morning of the bombardment, when the forts were being fast demolished, they charged the Chinese outside and carried the square fort, killing many in a bayonet charge. At the same time the ships land ed parties who attacked the Chinese out side on the point, who were driven norths ward with great loss. Four hundred are said to have been killed. The damages to the ships and Hats of casualties have ' been reported In cable dispatches. Advices received by the RIojun Maru tell of the trouble between the French, the Runssians and the British over alleged preference shown by British railway officials to the British In the matter of engines for trains going to the front. At Tien Tsln. on June 14. Inspector 'Weir, a British railway employe, was attacked by a French soldier with a bayonet. The trou ble was finally settled by the British and American Consuls and the railway men. The Japanese steamer Hlgo Maru had gotten up to Tien Tsin on June' 13 to carry refugees from that city. Safety of Missionaries. NEW YORK. July 5. The Presbyterian Board of Missions today received a tele gram from Shanghai, dated July 5, an nouncing the safety of the Rev. Dubois S. Morris, who has been living at Kulln. 450 miles up the Yangtse Klang River. A cablegram was received by the Ameri can Bible Society from Shanghai, which announced that Rev. Dr. Gammon was safe. Mr. Gammon had charge of the agency at Tien Tsln, and nothing had been heard regarding him since the fight ing began at that point. Pekln Nevrs of Jnne 25. PARIS, July 5. The French Consul at Che Foo telegraphs that a Chinaman who left Pekln June 23 reports that all the Ministers and residents were then assembled at the British legation, the French, German and Japanese Legations were guarded by their own detachments, and Plnchon, the French Minister, and his wife were well. The other legations, tho custom-house and the missions had been burned. The foreign troops had lost six men killed and had six men wounded. Including the commander of the British detachment. Germany Holds Out. BERLIN. July 5. It Is semiofficially declared that Germany has declined to agree to the proposal whereby Japan should undertake the work of pacification In China, asserting that the good rela tions between Germany and Russia might be impaired. Inasmuch as Russia and Japan have opposing Interests in North China. Germany, therefore, will continue In an, attitude of neutrality in the concert of tho other powers. Civil Service in Philippines. WASHINGTON, July 5. At the request of the Philippine Commission, through the Secretary of War, F. M. HIggins. chair man of the Central Board of Examiners of tho United States Civil Service Com mission, has been assigned to duty in tho Philippines. This assignment Is made to establish civil service examinations to test the fitness of the applicants in the transfer of the Philippine government from the military to a civil basis. Mr. Higgins will stop at Hawaii on his way to the Philippines, in order to organize a board of civil service examiners and es tablish civil service examinations In that Island. Senator Spooncr "Will Retire. MILWAUKEE, Wis., July 5,-Senator John C. Spooner, who Is serving his sec ond term as United States Senator, will announce in the Sentinel tomorrow morn ing his decision not to be a candidate for re-election. He will serve out the two years of his term and make the announce ment now, because half the Legislature elected this year will participate In the election of his successor. Roseburg Notes. ROSEBURG, Or., July 5. Tho new county officers were inducted Into office today. J. E. Sawyers, of Rosoburg, and C E. Roberts, of Canyonvllle, are County Clerk Shambrook's deputies, and H. T. McClaUen Is Sheriff Parrott's deputy. Taylor Beckley had his leg broken at the ankle while skating yesterday at Myrtle Creek. He ran Into another skat er, who fell upon him. breaking hl3 leg. A Hamburg: Failure. BERLIN, July 5. The Hamburg brok ers, Alexander, Jael & Co., have failed because of the refusal .to settle their margins by customers, who are protected In their action, by the imperial bourse law outlawing debts of customers to unregis tered firms. 'THROUGH THE ROCKIES' Every European tourist who visits this country and travels over the Rio Grande Western Railway wonders why Ameri cans will go to Europe for scenery, be cause there is nothing on the European continent to compare with the mountain scenery of Colorado. The Rio Grande Western, with Its direct connections. Is the only line which gives the transconti nental passenger a trip through the heart of the Rockies. Going further East, the passenger has the choice of four roads beyond Colorado via either Omaha or Kansas City. Stop-overs are permitted anywhere between Ogden and Denver, affording a day In Salt Lake City, Glen wood Springs, Colorado Springs or Den ver. For rates and Illustrative pamphlets, address J. D. Mansfield, general "agent, 253 Washington street, Portland. Or. AN OCEAN OF FLAME FIRE IN STANDARD OIL "WORKS AT DAYONNE, N. J. Two 'and a Half Million Dollars Damage Done Caused by a Lightning Bolt. NEW YORK, July 5. More than J2.500. 000 damage has already been done, and a number of persons have been severely burned by a fire that started in the works of the Standard Oil Company,, at Con stable Hook, Bayonne, N. J., early this morning. Twenty-three large tanks, 15 Union Tank Line cars, tho crude oil re finery, the compound sweating plant, a Hungarian tenement-house and a saloon have been utterly destroyed and the con tents of 23 huge oil tanks are still burn ing in a sea of flame, covering over 100 acres. The crash of a lightning bolt, as it struck one of the connecting lines at 12:45 o'clock this morning, was the signal for the outburst of fire. Instantly a great mass of flame appeared above tanks Nos. 4. 6 and 18, and like a flash flew In all directions. These were 90-foot tanks and contained 1,260,000 gallons of oil each. Tank No. 6 was split In two. The flam ing oil Immediately set the new refinery on Are and swept across the railroad tracks to the National Storage Company, setting Are to tho trestles and tracks. All about the yards the flames spread, and In a short while 10 tanks were burn ing. The Bayonne Are department was almost helpless. Heavy volumes of gas charged smoke, which frequently Ignited like huge suspended charges of magne sium, drifted across New York Bay, and the sea of blazing oil wa3 steadily creep ing toward the docks of the oil works. Here lay over CO vessels, including tank steamers and barges. Lines were made fast to these, and they wero pulled out Into the bay. The flames had crept down to the water's edge, and even upon the water Itself were great patches of burn ing oil that set fire to some of the docks. Tho tugboat captains did what they could to save the piers and then forced a semi circle around the burning oil and threw out logs to prevent it from spreading. By this time, the flames on the tank3 had gained such headway that by the middle of the day there were 21 tanks burning. The burning fluid had Its way, and as It crept onto the small buildings In the yards, they were consumed like paper boxes. Fifteen oil cars of the Union Tank Line, and four cars of the Central Railroad of New Jersey were burned. The new refinery, which was partially destroyed, was commenced In 1S96, and cost $1,500,000. and since that time many improvements have been made. About one-third of the plant is in ruins. The area burned over Is 125 acres In extent. Two tanks exploded tonight shortly aft er 10 o'clock. These two tanks will prob ably increase the loss by $200,000. BIG WHEAT CROP ASSURED. Increase In Acreage, and Grain in Fine Condition. The 1900 wheat crop east of tho moun tains is coming along to the harvesting stage in the best possible condition, and the situation in the Valley has been won derfully Improved within the past two or three weeks. Reports received in this city yesterday, covering the situation up to July 4, at 40 of the principal points In Oregon, Washington and Idaho, are unanimous in pronouncing the crop in splendid shape, with a large portion of It beyond the reach of damage by hot winds. These reports covered a wheat area of over 600.000 acres, and, with few excep tions. v an Increase h either acreage or estimated out-turn was reported, while In a large number of the reports both acreage and crop are given as much larger than that of last year. Through the Palouse country the acreage is from 10 to SO per cent larger and the crop Is estimated at from 10 to 40 per cent larger than that of last year. At points In Sherman and Morrow County, Oregon, the acreage has Increased over 50 per cent, andthe yield per acre will be nearly double that of a year ago. In Umatilla County, a shortage in acre age is reported at one or two points, and the yield will also be lighter than that of last year. Cases of this kind are so fow In number, however, that they do not have a great effect on the situation as a whole. Reason for this can be found perhaps In the case of Adams, Or., where a shortage of 10 per cent Is reported In tho probable yield, which Is placed at So to 40 bushels per acre. Any "short age" which can still show up 40 bushels of wheat to the acre Is not serious enough to be worried over. There will also bo a much larger crop of barley than last year, and If the rain will hold off through harvest, Portland's barley exports will be more than double those of last year. From present appearances, the Pacific Northwest will turn out a wheat crop of approximately 40,000,000 bushels, which, with the carry-over now on hand, will give us the largest amount available for shipment that has ever been produced In the Northwest. JULY FLEET GATHERING. German Ship Rlclcmer lti'kmers Ar rived nt Portland Last Evening. The German ship Rlckmer Rlckmers ar rived up from Astoria last evening, and Is at Montgomery dock, where she will dis charge ballast and load wheat. This Is the second of the Rlckmers ships to reach Portland since June 1, the Mabel Rlck mers having sailed less than a week be fore the arrival of the Rlckmer Rlckmers. Another ship of the same line, the Robert Rlckmers, Is due this month from the Orient, and the Paul Rlckmers Is listed for the Sound from an Oriental port. The Mabel Rlckmers was In port less than three- weeks, and as there Is a cargo al ready on the dock for the Rlckmer Rlck mers, she will easily get back on tho high seas by the end of the month. The Lizzie Bell, which was expected to commence loading yesterday, has not yet completed repairs to her deck. It was expected that she would commence load ing yesterday, and had she been ready she would have finished tomorrow. As it Is, she will be obliged to go over to next week. The Marechal Vllllers was loading wheat yesterday, and will be finished as soon as possible, to make room at the dock for the Harlech Castle. Half a dozen ships are now due at Portland, among them being the Deccan and Rivers dale, from Hamburg, with cargo, and the Franklstan, Nlthsdale and Rlgel, In bal last, from the Orient. RETURNS TO SAN FRANCISCO. A. F. Thane, Local Manager for G. "W. McNear, Departs. A. F. Thane, who has had charge of G. W. McNear's branch since It was es tablished, about three years ago, left yesterday for San Francisco, where he will be connected with the head office. H(s successor In the Portland office is Charles E. Curry, a thoroughly competent grain man, who has been associated with Mr. Thane since the office was opened In Portland. During his three years resi dence In Portland Mr. Thane made many friends, who regret his departure Just at a time when he was developing Into a genuine webfoot. He has promised to make periodical" visits to Portland, and will undoubtedly still claim Oregon as his home. Beach Travel Begiunlng. The steamer T. J. Potter, on the seaside run, took out a big crowd of passengers yesterday morning, and her lower deck was pretty well filled with beach outfits of various descriptions. July 4 seems to be the date for the annual exodus to the I beach to set In at full tide, a'nd for the next 60 days there, will be some heavy traf fic down the river. While the weather in the city has not been very much on the Summery order, a hot wave Is expected most any day, and It will hasten the" de parture of those who still linger in the city. Philadelphia Left for Port Angeles. ASTORIA, Or., July 5. The cruiser Philadelphia left the harbor at 3.30 this afternoon for Port Angeles, with one ma rine missing. Domestlo and Foreign Port. ASTORTA, Or.. July 5. Salled-United States cruiser Philadelphia, for San Fran cisco. Left up German ship Rlckmer Rlckmers. Condition of the bar a,t 5 P. M., smooth; wind north; weather cloudy. 8eattle Arrived July 4. British bark Bertha, from Calseta Buena. Neah Ba Passed In July 4. Chilean bark Santa Rosa, from Callao. Port Towhaend, July 5. derived Chil ean bark Santa Rosa, from Callao. San Diego, July 5. Arrived British steamer Strathgyle, from Yokohama. Port Ludlow Sailed July 4. British steamer Bloemfontein, for Melbourne. Victoria Arrived July 4. Japanese steamer RIojun Maru, from Yokohama Sailed British ship Drummulr, for Mel bourne; bark Onaway, for Adelaide. Seattle Sailed July 4. Steamer City of Topeka, for Skagway. Seattle, July 6. Arrived Steamer Hum boldt, from Nome; steamer Alliance, from Nome. San Diego Arrived July 4. Bark VI dette, from Olympla. San Francisco, July 5. Sailed Steam er Walla Walla, for Victoria; ship Lu cille, for Seattle. Plymouth, July 5. Arrived Fuerst Bis marck, from NJ-w York, for Hamburg. Queenstown, July 5. Arrived Germanic, from New York, for Liverpool. THE NATIONAL LEAGUE. Cincinnati Shut Ont by the Cham pions. CINCINNATI, July 5. Nops allowed Cincinnati but one hit today. Newton pitched effectively. Dahlen's hitting gave the Champions their runs. Attendance. 900. Score: RHEJ RHE Cincinnati ....0 1 01 Brooklyn 210 0 Batteries Newton and Pelts; Nops and Farrell. New York Bent Plttuhurar. PITTSBURG, July 5. Pittsburg lost through errors and miserable slow play ing. Attendance, 2S0O. Score: RHE RHE Pittsburg 3 9 4(New York 7 7 4 Batteries Waddell, Leever and Zlm mer; Carrlck and Bowerman. Philadelphia Beat St. Louis. ST. LOUIS, July 5. St. Louis presented a crippled team, but at that put up a stiff game. McGraw's injured hand pre vented him from playing. Attendance, 2100. Score: R H El R. TT 7 St. Louis 2 9 Philadelphia ...3 10 2 Batteries Powell and Crlger; Piatt and Douglass. Chicago Beat Hoaton. CHICAGO, July 5. Chicago won their eighth straight game by shuttlnn out Boston. Attendance, 2300. Score: Chicago 2 8 1 Boston 0 7 2 R H E RHE Batteries Taylor and Donahue; Dlneen and Clements. The American League. At Indianapolis Indianapolis 7, De- troit 6. At Milwaukee Milwaukee 0, Chicago, 1. National League Standing. Won. Lost. Per ct. Brooklyn 3S 20 .655 Pittsburg 35 26 .574 Philadelphia 33 27 .550 Chicago 29 30 .492 Boston 27 31 .466 Cincinnati 25 33 .431 St. Louis 24 32 .42H New York 24 35 .407 THE DAY'S RACES. "Winners at "Washington Park and Other TrnclM. CHICAGO, July 6, Results at Wash ington Park: Ono mile Cogmoosle won, Florlzar sec ond, Lamachus third, time, 1:40. Six furlongs Sly won; Belle of Mem phis second, Headwater third, time, 1:12. Quickstep stakes, half mile Miss Ben nett won, Harry Hermann second. School for Scandal third; time. 0:48. Mile and sixteenth Golden Fox won, Eva Rice second, Andes thlrut time, 1:46. Selling, mile and 70 yards Orlmar won, Clay Pointer second, Paltroon third; tlme l:44U. Selling, seven and one-half furlongs Mellocole won. Miss Shanley second, Teu cer third; time, 1:33. Races at St. Louis. ST. LOUIS, July 5. Results: Selling, six furlongs Graves won, Na drane second, Bona Qua third; time, 1:15. Five and one-half furlongs, 2-year-olds Wild Pirate won, Selde second, Obla third; time, 1:09. Seeing, one mile Terra Incognita won, Lee King second. Theory third; time, 1:42. Six furlongs-Mlss Mae Day won, Lov ing Cup second. Bummer third; time, l:Htf. Five furlongs, 2-year-olds Lilly Pant land won, Edna Green second, Premus third; time, 1:02. Selling, six and one half furlongs The Light won. Early Bird second, Tom Cromwell third; time. 1:21. The Goll Tournament. NEW YORK, July 5. Out of a big field of contestants who began the golf tourna ment last Monday on the Garden City links, only four remain to fight It out for the honor of holding the amateur cham pionship of the United States. These are: Herbert M. Harriman, of the Meadow Brook Club, the present champion; Find lay S. Douglass, of the Fairfield County Club, Greenwich, Conn, the champion of 1S98; Walter J. Travis, of Oakland, L. I., and A G. Lockwood, an English player, who has made his home in Boston, Mass. When play was resumed this morning four young American players were the opponents of these four above mentioned, and the result was that, while the native born collegians were defeated, they put up such a splendid game that par golf and better had to be played by the win ners In order to keep the younger element out of the semi-final rounds. "Whitney the Coast Champion. SAN FRANCISCO, July 5". George F. Whitney has retained the tennis cham pionship of the- Pacific States by defeat ing Sumner Hardy in a series of 10 games. Ho Is now the permanent possessor of tho championship cup. He will soon go East to participate In this season's match. Races at Newmarket. LONDON, July 5. At today's Newmar ket races, the Prince of Wales' stakes of 10,000 sovereigns was won by H. Chap lan's 3-yedr-oId bay filly. Merry Gal, rid den by J. Relff. The Prince of Wales' Diamond Jubilee was second. Eight horses ran. EXCURSION TO BONNEVILLE The thlnf of the O. R. & N. Cos popular low-priced excursions to Bonne ville picnic grounds will be held next Sunday, July S. Special train from Union Depot 9:30 A. M. Fare 50 cents round trip. Good music Vaudeville perform ance under pavilion free. Refreshments to be had on grounds. DEMOCRATS' WAR CRY (Continued from First Page.) articles of merchandise, and the whole constitutional power of Congress over In terstate commerce and the malls and all modes of Interstate communication shall be exercised by the enactment of com prehensive laws upon the subject of trusts. Tariff laws should be amended by putting the products of trusts upon the free list to prevent monopoly under the plea of protection. The failure of the present Republican Administration, with an absolute control over all the branches of the National Government, to enact any legislation de signed to prevent or even curtail the ab sorbing power of trusts and Illegal com binations, or to enforce the anti-trust laws already on the statute books, prove the 'insincerity of the high-sounding phrases of the Republican platform. Corporations should be protected in all their rights and their legitimate inter ests should be respected, but any attempt by corporations to Interfere with the pub lic affairs of the people or to control the sovereignty which created them should be forbidden under such penalties as will make such attempts Impossible. Wecondemn the Dlngley tariff law as a trust-breeding measure, skillfully de vised to give the few. favors which they do not deserve and to place upon the many burdens which they should not bear. We favor Buch an enlargement of the scope of the Interstate tariff law as will enable the Commission to protect indi viduals and communities from discrimin ation and the public from unjust and un fair transportation rates. Finances. We reaffirm and endorse the principles of the National Democratic platform adopted at Chicago In 1S06, and we reiter ate the demand of that platform for an American financial platform adopted by the American people for themselves which shall restore and maintain a bi metallic price level, and as part of such system the Immediate restoration of the free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold at the present legal ratio of 16 to 1. without waiting for the aid or con sent of any other nation. We denounce the currency bill enacted at the last session of Congress as a step forward In the Republican policy which attempts to discredit the sovereign right of the National Government to Is sue all money, whether coin or paper, and to bestow upon National banks the power to issue and control the volume of paper moncv for their own benefit. A perma nent National bank currency secured by Government brnds must have a perma nent debt to rest upon, and If the bank currency Is to Increase with population and business, the debt must also Increase. The Republican currency scheme Is, therefore, a scheme for fastening upon the taxpayers a perpetual and growing debt for the benefit of tne banks. We are opposed to this private corporation paper circulating as money, but without legal tender qualities, and demand the retire ment of National bank notes as fast as the Government paper or silver certifi cates can be substituted for them. We favor an amendment to the Federal Constitution providing for the election of United States Senators by direct vote of the people, and we favor direct legis lation wherever practicable. ' Labor. We are opposed to government by in junction; we denounce the blacklist and favor arbitration as a means of settling disputes between corporations and their employes. In the Interest of American labor and the upbuilding of the workingman. as the corner-stone of the prosperity of our country, we recommend that Congress create a department of labor In charge of a secretary with a seat In tho Cabinet, believing that the elevation of the Ameri can laborer will bring with It Increased production and Increased prosperity to our country at home, and to our com merce abroad. We are proud of the courage and fidel ity of the American soldiers and sailors In all our wars; we favor liberal pensions to them and their dependents, and we re Iterate the position taken in the Chicago platform of 1S9G that the fact of enlist ment and service shall be deemed conclu sive evidence against disease and disabil ity before enlistment. Nicaragua Canal. We favor the Immediate construction, ownership and control of the Nicaragua canal by the United States, and we de nounce the Insincerity of the plank In the Republican National platform for an Isth mian canal In the face of the failure of the Republican majority to pass tho bill pending In Congress. We condemn the Hay-Pauncefote treaty as a surren der of American rights and Interests, not to be tolerated by the American people. We denounce the failure of the Repub lican party to carry out its pledges to grant statehood to the territories of Ariz ona, New Mexico, and Oklahoma, and we promise the people of those territories Im mediate statehood and home rule during their condition as territories, and we fa vor home rule as a territorial form of government for Alaska and Porto Rico. We favor an Intelligent system of Im proving the arid lands of the West, stor ing the waters for purposes of Irrigation and the holding of such lands for actual settlers. We favor the continuance and strict en forcement of the Chinese exclusion law, and its application to the same classes of all Asiatic races. The Boers. Jefferson said: "Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, en tangling alliances with none." We ap prove this wholesome docjrlne, and earn estly protest against the Republican de parture which has Involved us In so called world politics, including the diplo macy of Europe, and in the intrigue and land-grabbing of Asia, and wo condemn the Ill-concealed Republican alliance with England, which .must mean discrimina tion against other friendly nations, and which has already stifled the Nation's voice, while liberty is being strangled in Africa. Believing in the principles of self government, and rejecting as did our forefathers, the claim of monarchy, we view with Indignation the purpose of England to overwhelm with force the South African republics. Speaking, as we believe, for the entire American Na tion, except its Republican office-holders, and for all free men everywhere, we extend our sympathies to the heroic burghers In their unequal struggle to maintain their liberty and Independence. We denounce the lavish appropriations of the recent Republican Congresses, which have kept taxes high and which threaten the perpetuation of oppressive war levies. We oppose the accummulatlon of a surplus to be squandered In such bare-faced frauds upon taxpayers as the shipping subsidy bill, wnlch, under the false pretense of prospering American shipbuilding, would put unearned mil lions into the pockets of favorite contrib utors to the Republican campaign fund. We favor the reduction and speedy re peal of the war taxes, and a return to the time-honored Democratic policy of economy In Government expenditures Believing that our most cherished in stitutions are In great peril, that the very exls'tence of our constitutional republic is at stake, and that the decision now to be rendered will determine whether or not our children are to enjoy those bless ed privileges of free government which have made the United States great, pros perous and honored, we earnestly ask for the foregoing declaration of principles the hearty support of liberty-loving American people, regardless of previous party affili ations. Malt-Nutrine Is prepared at our brewery and Is guar anteed unequaled In quality, purity and medicinal virtue. ANHEUSER-BUSCH BREWING ASS'N. Sold by all druggists. i