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HE MOBNTNG ."DREG ONI AN, FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1900.
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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
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medicinal virtue.
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