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THE BOERS STILL ATTACK
THEIR WORK DOES NOT W1X
THEM ANY ADVANTAGE.
British. Always Repulse the Dutch,
Though Losses Are Suffered
Getting Ready to Trelc
LONDON, July 9. -"Late news from
South Africa reports that the Boers In
effectually attacked General Bullers es
cort between Sanderton and Heidelberg:
on Saturday as he was returning from a
visit to Lord Roberts. ,
The Boers attacked Wlcksburj; garrison
at midnight on Tuesday, but were driven
off after 45 minutes fighting. General
Brabant on July 5 occupied Dernbergr, be
tween Senekal and Wlnberg:, which served
as a base for bands assailing convoys.
Colonel Mahon, of General Hutton's
mounted troops, caught up and engaged
3000 Boers east of Bronkers Spruit and
drove them off. The British casualties
numbered XL
Commandant IJmmer tried to recapture
Rustenburg on July 5, but was driven
back.
Thirty-four of Strathcona's Hprse under
lieutenant Winter were attacked by 200
Boers east of Standerton on July 6. The
British soon took possession of a kopje,
upon which they successfully withstood
the attacks of the Boers.
Portuguese Welcome the Dutch.
LONDON, July 9. The Times Lourenco
Marques correspondent says, under date
of July 7:
"A general movement of Boer settlers
in Gazaland, Portuguese territory, seem
to be In contemplation. Large herds have
been driven across the border. The
Portuguese welcome the movement."
In Gold Coast Colony.
CAPE COAST CASTLE, July 8. A let
ter from Sir Frederick Mitchell Hodgson,
Governor of the Gold Coast Colony, dated
at Akwebus, July 1, has been received
here, announcing his safety.
Hard Fighting: Expected.
FTJMSTJ, July 8. The column under
command of Colonel "Wolcocks. which is
marching to the relief of Sir Frederick
Hodgson, has arrived here. Hard fight
ing Is erpected tomorrow.
CONDITIONS IN GERMANY.
Moner Easy, Though Bourse "Wo
Agitated Iron Still Falling.
BERLIN, July 8. The Bourse bad a
highly agitated week, with heavy swells
in quotations. News from China, and the
disaster at Hoboken at the beginning of
the week caused a deep depression, which
was reinforced later by the Emperor's
speech, which seemed to indicate a sepa
rate war policy for Germany. "Wednes
day showed a lower record of figures in
.Berlin quotations than for more than a
year. Imperial loans declined LIO during
the week, owing to the execution of a
new loan to meet the expenditures of the
China expedition. Chinese loans declined
.heavily. Fives fell 1L30 Iron securities
"were depressed by less favorable reports
from the producing centers. Old Iron
-prices continue falling.
President Brown, of the Tennessee Coal
& Iron Company, has been examining the
situation In Silesia, in order to ascertain
the prospect for American pig Iron there.
iA trial order for 100 tons has been placed.
A Berlin trade paper prints an article
under the caption, "Russia or America,"
In which it claims that a certain party
has advised the government to avoid
making a commercial treaty with the
United States in order to get better terms
'with Russia. It is understood that "a
certain party" means Count Posadowsky
"Wehner, who is invariably hostile to the
TJniteof States commercially.
The money market has been unusually
easy. The private rate for money de
clined 1 per cent to Z during the week.
This rapid decline is due to large pay
ments of Interest and dividends, which
"have not found fixed Investments.
The London Stock Exchange.
, L.ONDON, July 8 The sole concern of
the stock exchange now Is China. Tho
EUdden drop In Chinese bonds during the
week just ended upset a number of loans
secured by the deposit of these securities
and forced heavy selling of others In or
der to provide funds to supply lost mar
gins. Hence there was a heavy slump all
along the line, which, in spite of a sub
sequent rally, left Its traces on all -the
markets, consols losing 1 point. Chinese
securities were lower 511 points for the
week, in spite of the fact that the in
stallment of interest for 1839 was duly
.paid in by the Shanghai banks.
Americans have been the best market
for the -week. Berlin selling has been off
set by New York buying. Prices, except
for Louisville & Nashville, closed frac
tionally higher on the week. Mining se
curities were depressed. Rands being 114
down. Money was fairly plentiful at 1 to
VA per cent tor call loans and 1 per cent
'for loans for a weelc Discounts were
firm at 22. per cent.
Dahomey Hero to Ghlno.
PARIS, July 8. IV is announced that
"GeggraDodds, the hero of the Dahomey
caiJwftfeJH has been appointed to the
command of the French expedition to
China.
SHANIEO'S RAPID GROWTH.
'Railroad Terminus and a Shipping
Station for Rich Country.
SHANXKO, Or., July 7 What was
known as the Shanlko boom has passed
away; and the town has now settled down
to business, and is getting things in ship
shape for a solid growth. There have
been some disappointments here among
men, who came with wild ideas and wild
theories of maldng a fortune in a few
weeks speculating, when. In fact, many
of them had nothing to speculate on.
Some have gone away smarting under
disappointment and given the place a
"blackeye," but the town is going right
on building and growing just the same.
To the man who is reasonable, is look
ing for a permanent home and expects
to make a fortune in the usual patient,
economical, industrious way, Shanlko of
fers a good field. It Is, and Is bound to
continue to be, a great shipping point.
The great wool and stock product for
hundreds of miles south, and many miles
in other directions, must come here. The
first season has been a great one, and it
is but a shadow of what is to follow.
There Is talk of the railroad being ex
tended, but there is some doubt about
this, and in case It is, it will be a num
ber of years before this extension Is
made. The permanent Improvements of
the railroad company and others, who are
In a position to know, show this.
One of the largest warehouses In this
part of the state has been erected here,
a large brick hotel. In which the com
pany is Interested, is under construction,
a large department store is Just completed
and filled with goods, and in a remark
able short time buildings of a permanent
.nature have been prdjected and completed
everywhere. There are a great number of
shacks and tents and improvised houses
that tend to give the town a temporary
appearance, but material has been dif
ficult to secure, the time has been short,
and all of these will be replaced by sub
stantial structures. The industrious
homeseeker, who Is in earnest and means
business, will find Shanlko a good place
to settle In. When the railroad is ex
tended Shanlko has a country about it,
And a wide scope of country, that the
railroad will not affect, that will support
It handsomely, even to the dimensions of
a city. The resources of Oregon are too
rich and too numerous for scattering
towns miles apart to suffice in supplying
the demands of the growing population.
Stock, grain and hay .grow hero- at practi
cally no expense in raising, and the re
ceipts from sales are large. The popula
tion Is Increasing rapidly, improvements
are being made in stock, the country
will be grassed with Improved grasses
and what has heretofore heen a barren
waste will be developed Into rich farms
and ranches at an early day.
Shanlko already has four general stores,
one drug store, three restaurants,1 two
chop houses, one lodging .house, one sa
loon, two blacksmith shops, one harness
shop, two livery" stables and feed yards
combined, one newspaper, ono physician.
A $16,000 brick hotel Is under construction.
"Many substantial new buildings &ro un
der construction. There are two stage
lines leading out from Shanlko. and oth
ers are under consideration. The ware
house here is 90x300 feet. The future of
Shanlko Is truly good.
REQUIRE TRIPLICATE INVOICE
Canada. Has Adopted Regulations
Lllce Those off the United States.
WASHINGTON, July. 4. Commercial
Agent Johnson, of Staabridge,. under dite
of "June 9, 1900, reports that the Cana
dian Government has adopted similar
.regulations, to those of the United States,
requiring triplicate invoices, one to he
filed at the .port of entry, one with the
shipper, and. the remaining one to be
forwarded -to the Department of Cus
toms at Ottawa.
June 15 Mr. Johnson adds that the
department is putting into force the fol
lowing new regulations, which are- of par
ticular Interest to Importers:
"The Invoice produced for entry at the
Custom-House, In respect of goods pur
chased by an importer, shalT be an In
voice from the person, firm or corporation
selling the goods to such Importer. The
Invoice shall be properly certified, and
shall faithfully represent the transaction
between, the seller of the goods and the
Importer in respect of such goods, and
shail truly exhibit the actual price, paid
and to be paid for the goods by the im
porter making entry thereof. Including
the cost -of coverings of any kind and all
chirges and expenses Incident to placing
the goods in condition, packed ready for
shipment direct to. Canada. Goods bona
fide exported" to Canada from any coun
try, but passing In tnnslt through an
other country, shall be valued for duty
as If they were Imported directly from
such first-named country, subject to the
following conditions, namely:
"(a) The bill of lading for the trans
portation o'f ,the goods to. Canada shall
show the ultimate destination, o the
goods from the place of original ship
ment t to be a port In Canada, without
any contingency. 6f-diversion. ap.d"the
goods shall not be entered .for consump
tion or for warehouse, or remain un
claimed, or remain for' any purpose other
than their trans-shipment or transit in
any Intermediate country.
"(b) The said bill of lading for the
transportation of the goods from the port
of original shipment to Canada, or a. cer
tified copy or copies thereof, and such
further evidence as the Collector may re
quire to establish the direct exportation
of the goods from the place of original
shipment to a port in Canada, as here
inbefore provided, together with a prop
er invoice of the goods, shall be pro
duced by the Importer to the Collector of
Customs at the port of entry; provided,
that a customs eertlfioate showing the
trans-shlnment of the goods in a Brit
ish, or foreign pprt, without entry thereat,
for consumption or for warehouse, or for
any other purpose than their transporta
tion in transitu to the port of destina
tion in Canada, may be reaulred by the
-said Collector as further evidence. In any
case -whero he deems necessary, in ad
dition to1 the bill of lading: provided, ilso,
that anv original bill of lading, when so
produced to the Collector and marked
With the customs irtftrnp, mav-be re
turned if a 'transitu statement' fin a form
approved bv the Minister of Customs',
containing the material facts set forth
In the bill of Idlng respecting the con
signment. Including package marks' &nd
freleht charges, ha filed with the Col
lector, and be by lilm compared with the
particulars in the original bill of lading.
"(c) Goods, subject to an ad valorem
dutv. not imported in conformity with
these regulations, shall be valued and ap
praised at their fair market value, as
sold for home consumption In the prin
cipal markets of the Jast country whence
the goods wore .transported into Canada,
at the time when the same were exported
from such country."
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Cycllsts Fatal Collision.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 8. A. B. J.
Holt, Pacific Coast agent of the -Pennsylvania
Railroad, while riding a bicycle
today, collided wjth a horse and buggy
and sustained Injuries which will prob
ably result fatally.
Fire In Cramps' Shop. .
PHILADELPHIA. July 8, The fire In
the angle iron smith shop of the Cramps'
Sons Shipbuilding Company, did only $15,
000 damage.
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LORD ROBERTS' ADVANCE
HOPELESS SITUATION OF THE
BOERS IX OPEN COUXTRT.
Utter Lack of Organisation Some
Lost Opportunities A Gen
eral Fltsrht.
New York Evening .Post.
JOHANNESBURG. May IS. There Is
no present reason for doubting that, some
time before this can get Into type, the
Orange Free State will have gone out of
business. From the beginning of Lord
Roberts' advance from Bloemfontcln, the
defense of the Free State was hopeless.
In 12 days the English army had advanced
157 miles, from Bloemfonteln to Kroon
stad. The Boors, after a mere show of
resistance, have abandoned point after
point, overwhelmed end disheartened In
the face of a force which outnumbered
them ten to one.
Tho hopelessness of their case does not
seem to have been apparent to the Boers.
They remembered their victories In Na
tal, their successes along the western bor
der, and forgot or failed to realize that
they had achieved victory and success
among the hills and kopjes, and encoun
tered their worst defeats upon Just such
ground a& that which lay before the. ad
vance of the English army. That army
spread out across the plain, from east to
west, as reported by a Boer General, in
a line that was "three hours wide." The
Boer measures distances by hours. He
rides at an average pace of six miles a.n
hour, and reckons his distance by the
time consumed. That estimate would give
the English line from wing to wing a
width of some 18 miles.
Tho numerical strength of that force Is
wholly unknown. Some estimated It at
K,W0-..eome at 105,000. Against this, on tho
veld.t, the Boer forces -wero as helpless
as a group of children trying to resist
the advance of a locomotive. Vhy were
they not warned and advised by the "for-
cjgn mercenaries," the "Continental mili
tary experts," who were hired at vast
salaries to teach the Boers the art of
war? Simply because that sort of thing
does not exists and never has existed.
There are a few foreign officers, like
lake, and Hassell, and Lossberg. the
Americans: Maxlmvoff, the Russian; An
derson, the Dane; the late. Yillebojs Ma
Teuil, the Frenchman, and a few others of
minor note. These have cut some figure
in fights, but have had no place In coun
cil. A clear refutation of that charge of
a horde of Continental Instructors and
advisers lies In the deeply seated objec
tion of the Boer to take advice from any
foreigner. He feels, in his numerical
weakness, that be needs help in fighting,
but he Intends to have most of the fight
ing done in his own way. The "foreign
officers," without exception, have occu
pied subordinate positions, commanding
only small detachments, mainly of for
eigners like themselves.
The Boer leaders knew no more of the
number of their own forces than they did
of the British force. One official told mo
that they had 10,000. Another said 800),
and another said C000. A member of the
war commission told m franVltr f-Vin -fh
had not the remotest Idea. Out of . this
force, I doubt if more than 2000 even
fired a shot. I met hundreds of them
returning from the lines along a single
course. Other hundreds passed by other
routes. Much the greater number of those
whom I met carried full cartridge belts.
There were many who were useless on a
hot firing line In any case. Boys of 12 and
11 years of age. old men who carried a
gun in one hand and a cane In the oth
er, may do good service In a strongly
constructed point of defense in a hill
country, but thejr are worse than useless
In the open, where the highest of mobil
ity and the greatest of. coolness and Judg
ment are imperative. Incapabales and
shirkers were in great number, and the
presende of aucH is always a serious det
riment in a tight comer.
x It was a folly a grand folly, if you will
to essay resistance to such a force, with
such materials and under such conditions.
The result is disastrous. At no point has
there been any deadly and determined
stand. The Boer losses are utterly in
significant. For the purpose of locating
the reported "battles," there may bo
named as follows: Brandfort, Wlnburg,
Smaldeel, Sand River, Ventersburg and
Kroonstad. Throughout them all, I great
ly doubt if the Uoer losses amount to 10
killed and 50 wounded. The 'British loss I
have no means of estimating. These
lossos, out of the number ostensibly en
gaged In fighting, are a fair indication
6t the nature of the fights.
The English army appeared In force in
front of Brandfort on May 2. The dis
tance balng 37 miles between the two
places, I Infer that the general advance
began on May 1. Brand'ort was occupied
practically without resistance, and the
Boers fell back to Smaldeel, IS miles
north. On May 4 the English right wing
entered "Wlnburg. An advance guard
which rode forward to demand the sur
rondor of the town found the place almost
desorted. After a brief and Ineffective
rosistance at tho Vet River, five miles
south of Smaldeel. that town was occu
pied on May 5. The condition was the
same. The town was virtually empty
when the British entered it. "With the
evacuation of the country about the "Vet
River, the Boers lost the only position
whore any strong resistance was possible
for many miles. The ground was by no
means Ideal for Boer methods, and they
could have only efiected a temporary re
sistance, with no hope of a British re
pulse. The point is of some, though not
much, possibility as a defensive position.
But the Boers did not, probably could
not, mobilize with sufficient rapidity.
Their lack of military system in plan and
execution had given them no general
scheme of resistance at any point, and
their small forces were widely scattered.
General De La R.ey, a man of many nat
ural Qualifications as a soldier and a lead
er, was in command of the forces in the
Immediate vicinity. He had not many In
the beginning, and a large slice had dis
persed by this time. An effort was made
to hurry down reinforcements, but It was
too late. The ground, with its advantages,
had been lost. It Is, perhaps, quite as
well; 10,000 could not have held it for more
than two or three days at the most, and a
bloody battle which could not have been
final was probably averted. The result Is
very much what It would have been In
any case, and many a man, both Boer
and English, has lived to fight or run
some other day.
If there Is go.Ing to be a "last ditch," I
presume that it is my businers to be In
Its vicinity. I do not see anything else
for tho Boers now. The English occupa--tion
of the Frsc State was a foregone
conclusion from the hour that Lord Rob
erts' bugles sounded the "Forwardl" out
of Bloemfonteln.
Chinese Honses.
London Telegraph.
In the four cities which make up the
capital, and particularly in the Imperial
city, live most of the leading and opu
lent class, and therefore the hpuses are
of a more important and solid appearanco
than is the rule elsewhere. High brick
walls, with a single stone entrance, sur
round a multitude of courts, flanked by
roofed dwell'ng-rooms. It is a curious
and universal custom among the Chlneso
to put up immediately facing the outer
door a stone or brick screen, bearing
tablets or painted scrolls inscribed with
the names of ancestors or classical texts.
The object, according to time-honored
superstition, is to ward off evil spirits,
for the demon, on entering, knocks his
head against the' obstacle, and.ibelng de
void of. all sense but an elementary hatred
of mankind, is repulsed and goes away
sorrowful. Why the aforesaid demon
should have the cleverness to turn In
at the gate, yet not sufficient to wheel
around the screen, is difficult, for the un
initiated to understand.
There is no attempt at ostentation, or
even of decent comfort, about these
dwelling-places. "Within thoy are mere
ramshackle bungalows, with stone
Cagged floors and paper windows, fantas
tically cut up by wooden partitions, and
papered without taste or cleanliness. The
furniture is polished wood, made in the
stlff, square style, and is not unfamiliar
Ornaments are few, and of the common
est foreign make, while the bronze ves
sels to be seen are all modern and coarse
In workmanship.
AT TIEN TSUTvJUNE 2!, 1870.
Tl)t Year's Massacre of the French.
Consnl And. Missionaries.
Pall MailGazette.
"We must have a man-of-war. for when
thero is none disorders Increase. There
Is no doubt that the Chinese are most
hostile to all foreigners; the flrd Is smol
dering and may at any moment break,
forth.''
Thus wrote on June 20, 1870, Mr. Lay,
British Consul at Tien Tsln. to Mr. Wado,
the British MInisfer. The smoldering fire
burst Into & conflagration on the follow
ing day. Early In the morning the gong
was heard summoning the butchers to the
shambles.
A vist horde of China's lowest scum
surrounded the French Consulate, hurled
stones at Its gates, windows and doors.
Too late came M. Fontanler's awakening;
be his negligenco what it may, he faced
his dea.th as Frenchmen in face of danger
are wont to meet it, fighting to the last.
He was cut down, his head severed, his
body mutilated. The mob forced their
T?ay into the gardens of the Consulate,
and there massacred M. Simon, M. and
Mme. Thomassln. the friends of Mr. Fon
tanier. Separated from the French Con
sulate by a wall were the French Catho
lic Church, presbytery, convent and or
phanage. Fathers Chevrier and Ou, the latter a
native priest, hastened to meet the rioters
in-the hone of being in time to administer
the last rites of their Church to the
French Consul and their friends. They
were at once surrounded and murdered,
their bodies ripped open their entire
length and afterwards thrown into the
river. The maddened mob made their
way to the convent gate. Here Sister
Monguet awaited them, A cut from a
two-handed saber severed her skull: her
body was shamefully mutilated. Sister
Andreonl was the next to fall by a blow
with a hatchet; she was Impaled and her
body carried high over the heads of the
rioters. Sister Clavecin met her murder
ers at the southeast angle of the con
Vent. She was ftragged to the pharmacy,
and while still alive her' eyes and
her heart were torn out; her
shrieks rose high above the yells
and execrations of her assassins. Sister
Tidllet. a delicate nun, fainted and was
killed. Sister Legras was cut in halves.
Sister O'SulUvan was seised close to the
kitchen. The rioters seeing a saucepan
of boiling water close at hand threw it
over her. The poor Sister, maddened with
pain and .half blinded, rushed to the chap
el, where she was dispatched. An appall
ing death awaited Sisters Pavilion and
Tlllet They had sought refuge with some
of their orphan children In the crypt be
neath the chapel. Here the wretches kin
died a fire and roasted alive their victims.
the men holding their legs and arms. Sls-J
ter Lenu was the last to meet her death
from a blow of a lanco on the temple.
The. Ambassadors in Pekln signed a col
lective note of protest to the Chinese Min
ister of Foreign Affairs, whose govern
ment paid a substantial money Indemnity
for loss of property, exiled several man
darins of lesser degree, and decapitated
certain coolies who camojforward as sub
stitutes for those really guilty, n con
sideration of the sum of 500 taels about
$700 being banded to their families, and
themselves being laid to earth In fine
clothes. and coffins. It Is more than prob
able ijat had not France been, in the
throeSfQf -the Germanvwax measures more
vigorous than threats would have been
'taken by her government.
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YOUNGEST IN THE HANKS,
i
"Webfoot Boy, Jnst 17, Servintr in the
Philippines.
Exception is taken to the statement in
The Oregonlan of July 1 that Sampson
M. Waller Is the youngest Volunteer
from Oregon. He was born April 1, 1SS3.
Edwin A. Henderson, private. Company
K, Thirty-ninth Regiment, was born June
28. 1SS3. He Is the son of John Leland
Henderson, a lawyer of Hood River, who
thinks that his boy Is the youngest pri
vate soldier now with. Uncle Sam's troops,
unless perhaps some member of a regi
mental band may be,hls junior. Mr. Hen
derson lc proud of his boy. He. has been
twice wounded, but did not mention the
matter to his father until he had m re
covered. Locking: the Stable, Etc
Tacoma Ledger.
The unanimous adoption by the City
Council of a resolution to the effect that
the street railway company overloads Its
cars and runs them too fast is in con
formity with public sentiment. To be
exact, the resolution recited that "said
Tacoma Railway & Power Company has
persisted in running cars upon Its lines
In this city beyond all reasonable speed."
. . , Now that the subject Is taken up
by citizens and people, it should be thor
oughly considered, and such action taken
as will serve to prevent accidents in fu
ture, not only by the enactment of such
ordinances as may be necessary, but in
seeing that their 'provisions arc en
forced. In this every citizen is Interested
and should be readS' to do his duty in
protecting; his fellow citizens from dan
ger. Fire. Loss of 9160,000.
WORCESTER, Mass., July 8. Fire to
day destroyed thp property of the E. B.
Crane Lumber Company and the Daniels
Cornell Company, wholesale grocers.
Fireman Luby was- probably fatally In
jured. Loss, $160,000.
Specie Import and Exports.
NEW YORK, July 8. Exports of gold
and silver from this portvto all countries
for last week aggregated $789 5S3 of sliver
bars and coin and $52,240 gold. The im
ports of specie were $15,057 gold and ?29,S7
silver. '
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Poets and novel-xnoncera go into ecstatic rap
ture over the sun-kissed, winsome maid of the
seashore. But our humble folks are not sifted
with second slrht. and can see only drowsy
frowsyneas where re veUtf on "should be.
ANNUAL FETE IN VIENNA
ALL CLASSES JOIN IN FESTIVAL OF
CORPUS CHRIST!.
Roynlty Chnrcn and Military Form
Procession in Commemoration- of
Passing; of Plnffne in 1604.
VIENNA, June li. (Chicago Tribune
special:) The forenoon has been devoted
to the most sumptuous procession the
year in Vienna boasts that of the annual
Corpus Chrlstl festival. More than seven
centuries ago, when Pope. Urban IV de
creed the feast of the Consecrated Host,
he ordered that It should be celobrated
with much of magnificence and circum
stance, and,- the Church of Rome, ever
Inclined toward pomp and splendor, en
tered Into celebration of its new festival
with gladness. The -century Just passing
has brought new standards and new
forms of religious worshfp to many peo
ples, but those nations which still cling
to the mother church look forward to
the Thursday after Trinity Sunday as a
day lor feasting, rejoicing and pleasure
seeking. Austria, more faithful to Catholicism
than, any other country, 'save France,
makes much of h.er Frohnlelchnamsfest,
and royalty, church nobility, and military
unite to make it the event of the "year.
The manner of celebration Is the same
as obtains In France, Spain, Italy, and
all countries wjhere Catholicism still pre
dominates service is held in the church,
and the monstrance fs then carried around
the church, either inside or outside of It,
or through the streets, or, as In the
country, from village to village but here
In Vienna, additional Importance Is lent
the day by making It the occasion of the
annual thanksgiving the city observes In
commemoration of the passing of the
great plague which, devastated the coun
try at the close of tho 17th century. '
At S o'clock this morning people be
gan to assemble along the streets through
which the procession was to pass, and
half an hour later regiments of soldiers
appeared and took position in" guard line
on either side of the entire route. About
7 o'clock the Emperor and all the male
members of tho royal family and the chief
representatives of the nobility drove to St.
Stephen's, and there attended high mats,
celebrated by Cardinal Gruscha, the Archbishop-
of Vienna. Shortly before 8
o'clock the procession began. The route
traversed was about a mile lnjength and
was through four of the principal streets
in the center of the city, tho Graben
back to the cathedral being the last sec
tion. Altars were erected at four, differ
ent important points along the way, and
so placed that when the Emperor and
dignitaries of the church stopped behind
them for prayer, their devotions were
performed facing each time a different
cardinal point of the compass. Through
the center of the street wai laid a board
sidewalk some five feet wide and covered
with freshly cut hay. On this the nobility
of church and state walked. Opposite
each altar was a tent, made of red silken
hangings, draped over framework, and
containing a faldstool covered with cloth
of gold, for the Emperor's uie.
The procession is headed by 150 boys,
ranging from 8 to 14 years of age, all
dressed neatly In black, with black caps
outlined with gilt cord. They are from
the Vienna Orphan Asylum and are at
tended by eight young priests In long
black robes. Following them are monks
marchlpg In twos. Capuchin brothers
bare-footed, bearded, and rough-robed.
Franciscans, Dominicans In black and
white, and Redemptorists, the order
that has the revival of Roman Catholic
faith In charge In Austria.
Then begins the. splendor of the pro
cession. Thirty-one priests, who have
charge of as many prominent churches
In "Vienna, come Into view, each dressed
In his most, .splendid robes, the heavily
embroidered banner of the church borne
before him, and attended by six or Ight
assistants, each attired. in the rich vest
ments of his .office. As one stands near
the head of the Graben and looks down
the two long blocks that constitute that
famed street, the ye 13 filled with the
sight of dark red Ellken banners, heavy
with sacred symbol, motto, and fringe of
gold, floating above a long line of portly
figures, robed In garments whose every
fold catches the clear sunlight of June
and transforms It Into gleams of noble
metal, flash of precious stope. and glint
of brilliant silken stuff. Fortunes are
represented In the gorgeous trappings
there displayed.
The City and Communal Councils, head
ed by Burgomelster Lueger. form a spot
of somber black In the brilliantly colored
procession, for although it is still early
afternoon every man is in full evening
dress, opera hat and all. as Is customary
in Continental Europe. The boys and men
of the choir of St, Stephen's, and the
members of the Archleplscopal College,
part of them In surplice, form a gradual
transition to the gorgeousness of the
court's servants and officials. Lackeys
In white stockings, black knickerbockers
and long-tailed coats, every seam in
which Is followed by gilt braid three
inches wide; the singers of the Royal
Chapel, pages, and messengers, the grand
masters and the chamberlains, all In full
livery, and truly gorgeous to the eye
of the American, accustomed to plainness
in masculine attire.
These precede two long lines of men.
to name whom would be to name most
of the chief notables of Au-rtrla. for these
lines consist of those statesmen, diplo
mats, scholars, and celebrltes who have
had conferred upon them the highest
orders the crown can bestow. The
Knights of the Orders or the Grand
Cross and the Golden Fleece pass slowly
by, each decorated with the insignia of
his order, many dressed in national cos
tume, and all carrying a taper, which
should be lighted, but which Vienna's
ever prevalent wind makes Impossible.
Polish noblemen In complete Polish
dress, yellow boots, fur-trimmed hat and
coat, white sleeves and all; Hungarians
gorgeous in dark-red velvet suits richly
embroidered, the coat off from the left
arm and the curved sword at the side;
representatives of other states, wearing
coats of silk that Is a strange mingling
of soft blues and dull reds, and made
with shoulders paddod until they are
more than square, being sloped upwards
In fact these are among the peculiar
and striking costumes which lend Inter
est and attractiveness to this section of
the parade, and prepare one for the bril
liant picture formed when the halt is
made before the altar which has been
erected in front of the column placed in
the center of the Graben in commemora
tion of the cessation of the plague in
1M.
Under a baldachin of cloth of silver and
gold, borne by prominent citizens of Vi
enna and the tassels. from the corners
carried by chamberlains of the Imperial
Court, walks his eminence Cardinal and
Archbishop Gruscha bearing the mon
strance and attired In a robe of silver
white, the train of which is borne by
two assistants.
Before him walk two attendants swing
ing silver Incense burners, and behind
him, bareheaded and unprotected from
the glare and heat of the sun, walks
Austria's Emperor, a man nearing 70
years of age, and a monarch the most
respected in all Europe! Nothing could
more forcibly demonstrate the absolute
supremacy of the Catholic religion In
Austria than does thl walking of the
head of the church under a baldachin
surrounded by tralnbearers and incense
swingers, followed by the ruler of the
empire, bareheaded and unsheltered.
The baldachin stops before the altar,
the Bmporor, followed by the Archdukes,
onters the tent and kneels, pages In me
dieval costumes stand or kneel on ono
side, singers, nobles and knights are
grouped tit the other. A short service
Is held, and then the procession moves
on, the cardinal in a veritable cloud of
incense, Emperor Franz Josef in gala cos
tume, and v looking so weary, so heated,
30 broken that pfty is wakened in every
heart, and wprds of sympathy spring in
voluntarily to the lips at mere sight of
him.
The procession ends with a detachment
of tho Imperial bodyguard and one of
the royal Hungarian bodyguard, the first
mounted on black horses and the latter
on white, all from the royal stables.
A more splendid sight than these Hun
garians cannot be imagined. Large,
finely built fellows, mounted on horses
that are the- pick, of the empire, the
bridles and trappings of) gold, the sad
dle cloths of brilliant greens and reds,
almost solid with embroidery, and the
rider In full Hungarian costume of rich
reds, gold and white, the cap topped by
a huge brush of pale yellow, and a largo
leopard skin thrown over the right
shoulder and brought under the left arm.
They make a picture truly Oriental In
Its coloring and sumptuousness, and con
taining sufficient of the barbaric to cau-ie
tho pulse to quicken and the fancy to go
sailing off into the realms of romance
and poetry. ,
A few minutes' wait and the hurahs of
the people near St. Stephen's tell that
tho Emperor and the dignitaries are re
turning to the castle and their Residences.
Tho Archdukes ride In carriages, the
wheels and sides of which are heavily
ornamented with gilt, and which aro
drawn by six black horses. Five or six
pass, and then comes one even more
splendid in its gilding, and eight white
steeds, controlled by riders In three-cornered
hats, edged with ostrich feathers,
and dressed in gala livery, draw this truly
,royal coach. In which sit the old Em
peror and Franz Ferdinand, Austria's
probable future monarch.
The crowds cheer, the aged ruler bows
his thanks, a regiment of artillery sta
tioned along the edge of the street fires
a salute of three shots, and Vienna,
through with Its Corpus Christl festival,
starts for cafe. Summer garden, park or
suburb to devote the romainder of the
day to Jollity and enJoymenC
"OPEN THE MILLS."
Hoir Wnges Have Increased in the
Past Four Years.
AKRON, O., July 8. "In the campaign
of 1SS6, Mr. McKinley made one remark
which went to the hearts of the people
from pne end of the country tq the other.
It was, 'Open the mills,' " said General
Charles Dick, secretary of the Repub
lican National Committee, today.
"Those three words met with a respon
sive :hord from the tens of thousands
who had been Idle during the last Demo
cratic Administration, and the empty din
ner pall brigade went to the polls and
voted for a full dinner pall, and for the
opening of the mills.
"In order to gain some Idea of the effect
of restoring the home market to our own
people the Republican National Commit
tee sent out blanks to members of the
National Association of Manufacturers,
asking them to kindly furnish us with
the number of men whom they had em
ployed In each year from 1SS0 to 1899 in
clusive, as well as with the total amount
of wages which they had paid during the
same years.
"We have received 200 replies. These
show that there was a steady Increase In
the number of hands employed In the tXQ
factories until the year 1S93, after which
there was an Immediate drop of 10.000 men
in 1834. But under President McKInley's
Administration the Increase in the num
ber of men employed by these same fac
tories has been startling. In 1S94 they em
ployed 131.42S men. and last year they
employed 174,643 men. In short, the num
ber of wage-earners employed by these
same 200 factories has been Increased
from 90.4S3 men in 1894 up to 174.G45 last
year almost doubled, in fact.
"But the contrast is even more striking
when applied to the amount of wages
paid, and the following table shows the
returns received from the .same 200 man
ufacturers: Tear. Wages paid.
r. '. ; $5,01
lEtt 40.S 5 8'S
lg? 53.619.'18
1894 4S.&?,,S0
5 40.SO.V66
1896 5?.5117
1897 64.412.774
1828 62,247.910
1899 7S.P35.r69
Tears. Averages.
1890-92. Inclusive $49,548,119
1893-06, Inclushe ;.. 4W711
l97-$9. inclusive ; 65,166,21
"The amount of wages paid by these
same 200 manufacturers increased steadily
from 1S90 to 1S92. then there was a drop
In 1833 and another drop in 1S91. During
the next two years wages picl-ed up, but
It was not until 1897 that these same
manufacturers were paying out as much
money in wages-os they had paid In 1832.
The increase of their pay-rolls In 1893 and
1899 Is as gratifying to me. as an emoloyer
of labor, an it must be to the men who
are now busy at good wages.
"Between 1S94 and 18S9 the 200 manufac
turers of tho National Association who
reported to us had increased their pay
rolls by upwards of $28,COO.00O, In fact, the
amount of wages which they distributed
last year was almost double what thy
paid out In 194.
"If this ratio of increase were applied to
the whole country, without taking Into
account the number of new factories that
have been started In the last few ya.rs,
who can deny that general prosperity has
visited the country? And what a depth
of meaning those three word, 'Open tie
mills,' uttered by Mr. MoKinlcy less than
four years ago, has really conveyed."
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SUGGESTS SHIP SUBSIDY.
Frye Says Bill Favors Frel-rht-Car-rlers
and Is Good.
WASHINGTON, July 4. Th disastrous
fire In New York harbor, which proved
so damaging to several of the prominent
foreign steamship lines, has awakened
anew the interest in the question of for
eign shipping, and has indirectly brought
to tho front talk on the ship subsidy bill,
which failed of consideration in both
House and Senate during the recent ses
sion. Some of the Republican leaders iv ho
are now in Washington took up the mat
tor, and declared that the bill would be
passed next session, and substantially as
reported from the two committees. These
leaders assert that the bill will have a
clear run, because the objection from the
West, whjch had previously stood In the
way of the bill, haa been removed by
certain concessions that, have been made
In the interest of Pacific shipping.
The strong objection that was made to
the 20-year subsidy period 'has been ob
literated, so soy the friends of the measu
ure, by cutting down the time on old
ships- to 10 years, which, In most In
stances, is claimed to be sufficient to re
pay the total original cost of the ship.
Another factor that worked to bring about
this change was the objection on many
bands to paying out long subsidies to old
ships, that would practically be out of
general usebefore their long term of sub
sidy expired. It is generally considered
that the life of an active ship I9 about 20
years, and there was a consequent ob
jection to a 20-year subsidy to ships that
had already been In use probably more
than half that poriod. On this account
the Sonata committee agreed "to a 10-year
subsidy for vessels now completed, and
20 years for vessels constructed after the
act shall pass.
Senator Frye, chairman of the Senate
committee on commerce, believes that
such a bill would in fivo years insure the
construction of 500,000 tons of new ships
in American yards, which would reduce
rates of' ocean transportation, increase
American export trade, and put American
shipyards on a level with the great yards
in foreign countries. Such a law would
also Insure having the foreign malls car
ried free, and gradually cut off the pay
ment of $175,000,000 a year to foreign ship
ping now doing our carrying. In dis
cussing the bill, Senator Frye Is quoted
as saying:
"The provisions of the bill favor freight
carriers at every point, rather than, tha
fleetest and most powerful ships. This
is In response to a general sentiment that
the" commercial war, upon which we have
entered, and which will be larger In tho
future, demands the former In preference
to the latter. It is recognized that tho
more rapid expansion of our export trade
"will be in that carried on with the Orient.
This will especially stimulate new lines
of steamships from our Pacific Coast porta
to Asiatic countries. To mate It par
ticularly attractive, and also possible, for
our cities to develop that trade with
American-built ships. 30 per cent of the
maximum compensation is reserved for
vessels upon the Pacific, while, of course,
there Is no limit to the extent that they
may participate In the other 70 per cent
by Increasing the number of ships in our
foreign trade."
WILL HAVE LARGE POWERS
The Ifew Federal Government tor
the Australian.
Review of Reviews.
The Federal Government of Australia,
will have large powers. In Its hands will
be vested exclusive control of customs
taxation, together with power to impoe
all such other taxes as may be required
for the public service, with the sole lim
itation that they shall be so Imposed as
in no case to discriminate between states,
or parts of states; the sole control of all
matters of defense; the management and
control or tne postal, telegraph and tele
phone services of the country; questions
of immigration, naturalization and Inter
state trade and commerce; the mainte
nance of lighthouses, beacons and buoys;
all external affairs, Including the Influx
and extradition of criminals, and all
questions of conciliation and arbitra
tion extending beyond the limits of any
single state. Banking and insurance,
coinage and currency, weights and meas
ures, laws relating to bills of exchange
and promissory notes, bankruptcy, pat
ents, copyrights und companies are also
vested sole'y in the commonwealth. In
addition to these questions, which are
for the most part, familiar to Americans
as subjects of Tederal legislation, thero
will vest In the Federal Parliament the
sole right to deal with the law of mar
riage, divorce and matrimonial causes,
and all questions relating to parental
rights and the custody and guardianship
of infants, and also all public provisions
for old age and Invalid pensions. To the
commonwealth IS reserved the right Jo
make U3e of all the railroads belonging
to any state (In Australia practically all
railroads to belong to the state), for
defense purposes, and also, with the con
sent of any state, to take over and oper
ate the state railroad or railroads on
terms to be arranged; and, with the Ilka
consent, to construct other railroads. The
power to control and regulate the nai
gatlon of rivers flowing through more
than one state Is also reserved to the
Federal Parliament, but only so Tar as
Interstate interests are directly affected.
Sovereigns Senior to Victoria.
London Chronicle.
A correspondent points out that wl
were not quite correct in describing tha
Queen as Junior only to the King of Den
mark among sovereigns. He is indeed
the only Klrg who is her senior; but.
leaving out the Pope, who Is over 90, we
have the Grand Duke of Luxemburg (un
til 1S6S Duke of Nassau), who Is nearly
two years older than Queen Victoria, and
the Grand Duke of Saxe-Welmar, who la
her senior by jut 11 months.
DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
PORTLAND. July 8. 8 P. M Maximum tem
perature. 70; minimum temperature. 55; river
readlns at 11 A. M . 13 5 feet; cbanse in 24
hours. 2; total precipitation. G P. M. to 0
P. M , 0; total precipitation since September
1. 1S00. 38 OS Inches; normal precipitation
since September 1. 1809. 45 05; deficiency, 7 2Tl
total sunMilne July 7. 1000, 7.00; possible sun
shine., ,15 -42. .,
VfEATHEU "C0NDlTIp3.
A hlh-pre-surtt area ot moderate .strength
is central oer "Western "Washington, and a
storm of marked enercr Is central over Mon
tana. No rain of consequence has fallen west
of the Rocky Mountains during the last 24
hours, and in this district very nearly sea
sonable temperatures preall. The indications
are for fair and slightly warmer weather Mon
day. WEATIIER FORECASTS.
Forecasts made at Portland for tho 28 hours
ending midnight. Monday. July 9, 1000:
Orecon Fair, slightly -warmer; northerly
winds
"Washington Fair, except showers during
the early mornlns near coa3t; slightly warme?
in Interior districts; northerly winds.
Idaho Fair, cooler southeast portion; west
erly winds
Portland and vicinity Fair and sllghtlj;
warmer; northerly winds
EDWARD A BEALS. Forecast Official.
SEW TODAY.
MATTING SALE
"Wo will sell you the heaIest seamless mat
tine, beautiful efTecU and rattrn3. the strong
est and bvt-rarlne matting made, regula
25c grade today only 10c jard, or $0.75 roil.
I. GEVURTZ
Tho Homefurnlsher. 173 First St.. N. "W. cor
Yamhill.
LOOK AT THIS
TODAY ONLY WHITE ENAMEL IROJ
I3EDS (special), with braas knobs, neat and
durable. 3 35.
WM. GADSBY
Corner "Washington and First.
18 POUNDS BEST SUGAR. $1; FLOUR. 700
sack. "Wc would suHlsc you to bu flour at
this low price. 10-pound sack graham flour.
15c; 10-pound eacK farina, 2uc; 10-pound
sack cornmeal. 20c; cornxneal In bulk. 20
pounds. 15c. sago, taplo.a. split peas, pearl
barley and birdseed, all at 5c pound; best
hams. 12'2c pound: good lean Dacon. llo
pound; lard, 5-pound can. 45c; in bulk. So
pound. Fairbanks rxld dust, 15c package;
10 bars Key oap, 5c; nasmng soda, 15o
poundi. 25c Last week for raspberries a.id
currants. Order early. New potatoes, 85o
sack; warranted to bo ripe and will keep 8
cans deviled ham, 25c; S cans sardines. 25c j
half-gallon bottle chowchow. 20c; small bot
tle of Queen olhes, 10c "We can save nou
money on coffees and teas Both stores. 233
North 14th 3treet. 412 Washington street.
Oregon Cash Grocery Company.
RARE BARGAINS IN LOTS THE MULTNO
mah Ral Estate Association will offer for
90 days all lots left unsold in "Wlllamett
tract, on bluff overlooking the rtver, oa
East Side, three and one-half miles from
center of city, at following prices: Boule
vard lots from $300 to ?e00. sl:e from 60x100
to 60x175 feet: Inside lots. $175. 50x100 feett
corner lots, $225; terms. $90 to $100 cash,
balance in one year at C per cent, principal
and interest payable quarterly; fine resi
dence lots, city water. Call on or address
"Wm. B Streeter. secretary, room 6, "Wor
cester block. Portland. Or.
Wellington Coal.
Paclhe Coast Company. . Telephone 22a. 34S
Washington street.
$25 REWARD
For apprehension of parties stealing shoes from
Swanson's Shoo Store, 729 "Williama avenue.
H. McCLEUY.
Knight's Drug Store
Opposite Oregonlan building. 120 Sixth. Drugs
und medicines. Prescriptions a. specialty.
Mortgage Loans
On unproved city nu farm property, at lowwt
current rates. Buildinr loam. Tn(atlmni
loans. Uacmaaur & Jiirreu. 311 Worcester blx. I
MORTGAGE LOANS
Oa Improved city and farm property.
R. LIVINGSTONE. 224 Stark A
YOUR SUMMER VACATION
Spend at Mount Hood. Round trip, with all
camping equipment. $5 Limit two weeks.
Write or phone for further nartieulars. Col-
phono 5114. Station C. bar 10. citvi
Mortgage Loans
On improved city property, at lowest ratea.
Title Guarantee & Trust Co.
7 Chcmber of Commerce.